The Dickinson press., 1913-02-08
OUR PEOPLE At COOS BAY
they MAY INVEST there

The Coos Bay Times. published at
Marsh6eld. OREGON. on January 18th,
had the following to say regarding the
visit of prominent Dickinson men in
Coos county:
J.. f. Brodie, q prominent coal mine
operator Of Dickinson, N. D., accom-
panied BY z. II. Kennedy, J. G. Quin-
livan and E. j. Hughes, also OF Dick
inson. j. S. Clarkson of Portland and
and r. F. Cox of Portland, and the
latter's timber cruisers. left here today
on the Breakwater for their homes,
after q trip through Coos and Curry
counties. They have been looking over
some big propositions in this section
and will probably become interested
here and may move here. Although
they saw the country at it's worst and
made the trip during one of the worst
storms that southwestern Oregon has
known in yeers. they are greatly i'm
pressed with the future prospects and
the world of opportunities for develop
ment.
Messrs. Brodie and Clarkson are old
time friends and the latter is a great
booster for this section of Oregon. He
insists that it has greater opportunities
and prospects than any other section
of the United States and is endeavor-
ing to interest a number Of his friends
here. Mr.. Clarkson has for many years
been associated in business with the
Porter Bros. the leading railroad con-
tractors of the Pacific Northwest. who
are now building the Coos Bay-Eugene
line into Mansfield.
The party arrived here last week and
made the trip down the Coast to Gold
Beach. inspecting the famous Port Or
ford cedar belt en- route. On their re-
turn they spent a day or so here in
specting the local timber and logging
camps. A. H. Powers took them to the
Smith Powers camps. showing them
some of the Greatest logging operations
on the coast, and later took them through
the c.. A. Smith mills, the most mod
ern lumber plants in the world.
Mr.. Br0die was particularly impress
ed with the new mine which the C. A.
Smith company is having opened by
Supt. Hennessey on Isthmus Inlet. Mr..
Brodie is a big coal mining operator
and he pronounced the local coal field
as shown by the Smith Powers Hennes-
sey mine to be equal to the famous coal
fields of the east. He declares that it is
the opening of a coal business that will
be a revelation to even the most ardent
believers in the local coal fields.
1T is equal to the famous Hooking
valley mines of Ohio" remarked Mr..
Brodie in talking about it with friends
last night.
In discussing the impression made
by this section, one of the party today
said:
The whole country has been a reve-
lation to me. Coos and Curry counties
are full of wonderful opportunities. the
timber and coal being vast and then
the possibilities of the cleared off
lands. An acre of the cleared off lands
will support a COW and the ranchers
are netting 500 a year on each COW.
Then there is but Une drawback. And
that is the country roads. They are
the worst l ever saw. The idea of q
country like this that is really entitled
by its natural resources to ~boulevards.
having roads that would be a disgrace
anywhere. I suppose that it takes
people to get them and the 10. 600
people in Coos county and 2, 500 people
in Curry county require time t accom-
plish these things"
Mr.. Cox has big timber holdings in
Curry county, having recently sold his
holdings near Tillamook in the SIS, 600, a.
600 timber deal there. He and his
cruisers aided Mr.. Clarkson in looking
over this section.