Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-06-01

river. He has packed in quarter
of million dollars in gold pieces
His home stands in sheltered rool
of the bay, and he loves to look, out
and see the orchard grass wave on the
hillside. He came here In 1881
and was six years on the government
work. In 1884 ne got interests or
Alsea Bay and built cannery IN
1888. His ancestors came to the
United States In the Revolutionary
period. He has been a pioneer OF
pioneers and has paved the way for
future generators. He has laid off
Alsea City several hundred ceres, a
large level beach sloping to the
ocean. 1t has rich soil, is sheltered
and commands a view of the whole
coast as far as Cape Perpetua. The
sunshine is tempered, the air is
soft, the breezes woo and invite
to restful repose on the perfumed
bosom of mother nature, that dear
old dame mellow with age and al
ways tender with those who trust
her, and harsh with those who vio-
late her rules and regulations. 1
never laid my head on her lap
and felt her soothing hands and
cooling breath so gently lull my feel
ings to repose as in the hills over
looking Alsea Bay.
The Middletons and other Portland
people come here every year and are
building cottages. This will be a
delightful summer home of the
wealthier class of people.
There are more clans, crabs, oys-
ters, salmon and trout in this bay
than the people here at present
know what to do with.
Live Firms of Boosters.
Walker & hebow have been in the
general merchandise business here
for the past six years. They handle
produce, including hides, pelts and
furs. Marion Lebow was raised near
Cottage Grove and is we'll known in
the Willamette Valley. He says Of
tho Alsea country that it has great
resources and is well worth boosting
for. "The climate is of a very even
temperature-no great heat or cold
The soil will produce anything that
can be grown in the temperate
regions of the world only great
deal more than most countries that
l know anything about. Potatoes
will grow almost without cultiva-
tion. AS a hay country 1t is un-
equalled. Glover and timothy grow
heavy crops. Fruits of all kinds
grow in abundance. We buy hum
dreds of bushels of apples every year
and have never seen wormy apple
on Alsea bay. Children do well here
both as to numbers and size and the
people are very healthy. Fishing
is the big industry and our main
reliance The big runs are Chinook
and silversides and they are canned
and shipped out of here extensively,
The finest trolling and trout fishing
are to be had here on the Alsea
river and its tributaries. The crab
industry was struck a hard blow by
the act of the last legislature pro-
hibiting shipments outside of the
county. During the three months now
prohibited there were thousands Of
dollars worth sent out of here, and
no harm done to the industry, as the
crabs caught were all Of the mature
size that come up into fresh water
and then die after spawning. There
is no evidence that they do not pro-
pogatc at all seasons of the year, but
those not caught in the summer
months bury themselves in the sand
and remain there until dead, and
after the closed shipment
season, there are hundreds of more
or less dead crabs taken that are un-
fit for food, and it makes the busi-
ness Improbable.