Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-06-13

most pretentious home yet built at
Nye creek.
L. 2. Brewer and wife. Of New
berg, have leased the Minthorn sani-
tarium and will administer hot sea
baths. Ed. Seidler, the pioneer bath
house contractor, will manage the
surf bathing accommodations.
n. ]. Damon has returned from
North Yakima completely broken
down, and is picking up right along,
and will be able to get away with
full three squares a day by the time
the Salem crowd arrives.
DIR. E. P. Small, who is considered
only a quack by the regulars, is per-
forming all kinds of cures here
among the sick. He has even made
some progress with the little Safer
lee boy, who can now get about on
tricycle..
One of the attractions of the city
is Mr.. Rubarts and his blue Andalu-
sian rooster, Bobby" who was
called Dick" until an accident befell
him, as a result of which he nearly
went up in a very badly smelling
smoke. The old veteran, who baches
down on the dock, although quite a
ladies man, is an inveterate smoker,
and one day threw a lighted match
on the floor. Dick jumped down to
see what it was, and in leaving 1t
swept the train of his Sunday-go-to-
meeting trail around, and it caught
fire and the Newport fire department
had to respond on a quick run to
keep Dick from roasting in his own
decorations. His beautiful tail was
gone, and the princely Spanish game
bird has appeared in a decollete bob
tail street suit ever since. But he is
great pet, and adds to the gaiety Of
nations at Newport.
The Oregonian was kind enoug to
print the following from my pen
about the pioneers who have made
this place a popular modern resort:
Yaquina Bay Pioneers.
The Yaquina Bay country was al
ways the scene of early pioneer enter
prise An indomitable class was at
tracted to this beautiful bay, where
fishing, game, shellfsh of all kinds,
abounded and the pleasures of the
chase abundance of food, and the at
fractions of the clean, beautiful
beaches united to draw men of a ro-
mantle and adventurous turn Of
mind to this part of the coast. The
early history of bodybuilding, con-
struction of wagon roads, construc-
tion of railroad over the mountains,
the dreams of making this a great
shipping port, and the struggle to de-
velop agriculture and fruit growing
are all part of romance of the West
as interesting as the conquest of
Peru. The first actors in this drama
are gone, but their memory fingers
in the minds of many still here. AS
frequenter of Yaquina Bay for
nearly a quarter of century l can
recall many of the men now gone
who struck the first blows for open
ing the pathway to the Pacific, which
is now enjoyed by hundreds every
week, with palatial trains, modern
hotels and all the conveniences of
civilization.
The three oldest settlers, in time
of taking up claims, now living here
on the bay are Josiah S. Copeland,
on Depot slough Royal Bensell, CT
Newport, and VIM. Mackey, of Tole-
do. Elias and John Wiser took up
the claims where Newport now
stands in 1866, but both are dead.
Another, who is dead, was George L..
Boone, after whom Boone's Point is
named, and who was related to Dan
iel Boone of Kentucky fame. The
Yaquina Bay settler was with Kit
Carson, Pegleg Smith, Jim Beck
with and Buckskin Bob, now resid-
ing on Tsiltcoos Lake, Linn county,
with the Doniphan expedition to
Texas George King is still living at
Oysterville. His brother, John, came
later, and was one of the first men to
plant orchards at Medford, where his
descendants still live. Captain Sol
Dodge took up the claim at Oyster
Vile, and lost his life in the wreck
of the schooner Champion on Shoal-
water bay. Other Oysterville pion-
eers were Newton Poole, after whom
Poole's slough is named; H. c. Newt,
VIM. Caffrey, Dimmie Winant, a
brother of James ]. Winant, who
lost his life in a wreck, and James
Brown, better known as whispering
Brown" Israel Eddy, afer whom
Eddyville is named, died a few
months since. Other pioneers of va
quina were J, N. Stark, Thos. Rus
SELL VIM. Beck. Parker drifted in
from Walla Walla and turned loose
the first pair of canary birds. By the
same token these pioneers could
swear that Col. Parker drew the
long bow on the matter of there be-
ing an abundance of shad in the
Yaquina, as the first shad has prob
ably to go up that river.
Among the pioneers who have an
swered the long roll and are toiling
westward up the slopes of another,
and, we hope, more beautiful world,
are Sam Casae, John Loomis, Fred
OLSON, DR.. Bayley, Billy Neal, John