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

| eStS anu SnlSIpIISSS OL WbtupOTli
Lincoln county. 1t is little king
dom within itself, and the writer had
the privilege of telling the good peo-
pie at a meeting of the citizens what
was being done to wake up the whole
state and carry the campaign of
development to the more remote
parts of the country. This little
community is located at the mouth
Of Alsea Bay, and that bay has the
beginnings of industry and commerce
that will one day make it a consider
able factor in the affairs of the state
of Oregon. The Alsea river is a
powerful stream about four times as
large as the Yaquina, and navigable
for nearly forty miles. Timber can
be brought down the river to this
point for saving purposes, and there
is enough to run a dozen sawmills
for an hundred years. Waldport has
good commercial club that is in a
way social organization, as both
ladies and gentlemen constitute the
membership. The officers are w. r.
Ready president; w. H. Dougherty,
secretary and treasurer; Leslie H.
Evans, vice-president.
Haze Progressive Men.
The President of the club, Mr..
Ready, is the postmaster, and a man
who has done a great deal to get out
side capital interested in the Alsea
country. He owns a great deal of
property, and sells ranches and deals
in timber lands. He goes out to at
tend county fair meetings and was
naturally the man for the head IF
the commercial club. His secretary,
Mr.. Dougherty, has the responsible
position of manager and bookkeeper
for the Waldport Mill Company.
Leslie H. Evens is of a pioneer fam
lily that for many years conducted
the stage line, and they own a great
deal of property in and about Wald-
port. Mr.. Evens conducts the tela-
phone exchange, a cash store and
when the party had to be made up
for the search of the lost boy he was
one of the first to plunge into the
jungle and stayed with it.
Alsea bay was created and in
corporated under the General Port
Commission act. Governor Benson
has appointed Henry Nice, J. w.
Walker, Ernest Everson, w. Fl. Har-
rison and F. NJ Seitz. They are
progressive men and large property
owners who will look after the
maritime affairs of this harbor. The
Wilhelmina, Condor and Askkosh
make regular trips in here.
Been Here 81 Years.
Marion Ruble has been in the
country most of the time since 1879.
Nearly half the time he has been in
terested in sawmills and other in
dustries elsewhere, and has been IN
California and Portland some years.
He can speak from a personal knowl-
edge when he says that lands on this
coast are worth more and produce a
great deal more than in the best parts
of Southern California. Mr.. Ruble
helped build the Waldport sawmill
and has operated it. He is still hold
ing this country in the highest con-
fidence and believes it has great
future. He is the owner of a valu-
able townsite adjoining the present
city of Waldport, a tract of parklike |
appearance and perfectly sheltered |
and yet on the salt water.
~ am confident" said Mr.. RHble,
that in no part of California can a
person invest 500 or $1,000, or ten
thousand and be so sure TO double
bis money in a few years as in the
AIsea country.
"Alsea Bay and vicinity embraces
a good portion of the southern part
of Lincoln County. The country
here is somewhat hilly, the hills be-
ing generally low along the coast,
lyere ging higher as you go inland.
they have been covered with a mag
lificent growth of timber, but in
some time past, evidently prior to
l849,' the most of 1t was killed by
ire, and a good many of their dead
ops are still standing above a
growth of young timber that has
,ome on since. The land Is nearly
III fertile. and suited to growing
potatoes, onions, cabbage and num-
'er of other kinds Of vegetables; also
imothy, clover and variety Of
'ther grasses, while apples, pears.
'lums, cherries and variety II
mall fruits have almost invariably
'roven a success. Apples In par
icular. / think, will be an important
Industry here. BY exercising a little
are in selecting suitable locations
nd choosing proper varieties, tho
ruit will be as large. highly colorcd
nd finely Favored as anywhere, and