Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-08-09
Determination of S. P. to Build
Causes General Rejoicing
Newport Thronged With De-
lighted Visitors.
A THOUSAND HERE SUNDAY
Newport Growing by Leaps and
Bounds ,and Is to Be the Great
Coast Resort-Fishing and Hunt
ing Both Fine-Vandals Shoot the
Birds and Also WontonIy Kill the
Sea Lions and Should BE Vigorous.
ly Prosecuted.

Newport Aug. S.-The most de-
l1ghtful weather has prevailed here
the past week. Soft vapors roll in
from the sea tempering the glaring
sunlight Then about noon the clouds
break away and the sky is the most
perfect baby blue and the air is soft
and clear and so pure that your lungs
Just want to drink in oceans of it.
On Sunday about thousand peo-
pie came over on two trains and the
hotels were chock-a-block with eXcur-
sionists. A happier better-dressed
and better-behaved crowd you nev-
er saw. Hundreds carried picnic bas-
kets and lunched on the beaches. The
steamer Anvil took several hundred
out to sea. Yesterday the new steam
er Tillamook came in.
was delighted to hear of the final
determination of the Southern Pacific
to build into Coos Bay from Eugene,
via Siuslaw and down the coast.
There is one of the brightest moves
ever made on the railroad checker
board. That line will tap three har-
bors any amount of summer resort
property endless masses of timber,
a great coal field and fine cities. The
whole region traversed is one grand
every foot of it, and have held some
of the finest booster meetings ever
held on Coos Bay and the very first
ever held at the mouth of the Sius-
law. / shall live to take a Pullman
car at Salem and get breakfast at
Coos Bay. Everybody on Yaquina
Bay is happy over the good fortune
for the coast country south Of here,
because 1t means more commerce for
all the coast cities.
If the Southern Pacific should build
The few remaining miles of track to
connect the end of it's line at Yaquina
with Newport there would be a city
of 5000 people down there inside OF
two years. Newport cap now enter
tain 1000 people as easily as it could
1000 a few years ago. All kinds of
property is looking up here and I
know of no better place to make a
little investment right now than New
port, unless it Is Salem.
There is a large Salem colony here
at PRESENT. Seems as if half the
town were here. Three boats are
making daily trips for deeD sea fish
ing, furnishing tackle and the ride
for so cents. And they get quanti-
ties of fine fish The markets are
supplied with fresh Linn Goldfish, the
rock cod and the big red grouper.
Tom cod are running and caught in
great quantities The candle-fsh.
really the finest fry fish in the ocean,
is being netted and plenty of found
ers and perch in the bay, with kelp
off the rocks.
There should be a law to protect
the founder. which is being netted
and the small fish used for crab bait
The founder is the richest food in
the bay, and it is pity to see them
exterminated. They are fine ang-
ling, not as sporty as trout or sal
mon, but good fishing for men, wo-
men and children. and the finest kind
of eating. do hope the fish warden
will put a stop to the destruction of
the founder
The effort of Game Warden Gatens
to enforce the law is bearing good
fruit. Deer are more plentiful, and
the trout streams are being restocked
| have never caught a fish since the
enactment of the fishing license law.
do not like the idea of going to the
county seat before being allowed to
catch a fish, although the law does