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MARSHFIELD SUN ANNUAL JAN. 1901 SPECIAL EDITION Part 4 compilation copyright (c) 2005 by Marilee Miller : NO COPYING OR DISTRIBUTION of this document without permission. Text-only version, free copy, please go back to Sun Annual Part 1.. Part 4. #36= Sen. George P. Topping #37= Walter Sinclair # 38= R. H. Rosa #39= Cranberry Culture #40= J. B. Dulley #41=. Lyons' sawmill. #42= J. S. Coke, Jr. #43= Wm. S. Chandler; Coos Bay Railroad #44= Coos County Coal. Spreckels' Interests #45= Holland Bros. boat shop #46= Cloverdale Creamery #47= Patrick Hennessey #48= Cooperative Investments #49= W. C. Chase /////// |
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_______________ GEORGE P. TOPPING _____ Oregonians naturally feel an increased interest in the ambitions and aspirations of a young man who was born and raised in their own state. This fact, however, is not the only reason why he whose name heads this article is so popular among those who know him. His name is a synonym for all that is true and honorable in a man, a fellow citizen and a lawyer, and few if any stand higher socially or morally in the estimation of his neighbors and friends. Mr. Topping was born on a farm 17 miles from Grants Pass in Josephine county, on the 15th day of August, 1871. He received his preliminary education in the public schools of Grants Pass. After quitting school he accepted the position of general agent in that district for the Earl Fruit Company, of California. He remained in this position until October, 1890, when he went into the fruit business for himself. In 1891, Mr. Topping began reading law. In 1892 Mr. Topping was elected school director and made chairman of the board. In June he was elected justice of the peace, but after serving one year he was compelled, on account of his business, to resign. In 1895 he disposed of his business and removed to Coos county, locating in Bandon, and continuing his study of law, and in 1897 was admitted to the bar. In 1896 Mr. Topping was elected city recorder and has been re-elected three times. In 1898 he was elected a member of the state legislature on the Republican ticket. In 1897 he was elected delegate to the grand lodge of Foresters, which met at The Dalles, and in 1899 was elected delegate to the grand court, held in Oregon City, at which meeting he was chosen supreme representative of Oregon to the supreme court, held at Detroit, Mich. August 14, 1899. Mr. Topping was married September 21, 1898, to Miss Amy Wilkins, of Coos county. They have one child -- a girl. Mr. Topping affiliates with the Masons, Workmen and Foresters. |
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_______________ WALTER SINCLAIR _____ There is probably no member of the legal profession better or more favorably known throughout Coos county than is the subject of this sketch, by reason of his long and intimate acquaintanceship with its leading men and active participation in all matters of public import that have tended to advance the interests of this section of the state. His enterprise and integrity have made for him friends in all classes of society, and his name is a synonym for honesty and industry. Walter Sinclair was born on the nineteenth day of November, 1838, in Columbiana county, Ohio. He received his preliminary education in the public schools of Columbiana and the Union School in Highland county. He then accepted the position of teacher in the Highland county public schools, and later taught for [illegible] years in Clinton county. In November, 1861, Mr. Sinclair enlisted in Company D, sixth Ohio Cavalry, which company later became Company D, Eleventh Ohio Cavalry. On being mustered out in April, '65, he removed to Wyoming and became engaged in the lumber business; but later, being desirous of becoming a lawyer, Mr. Sinclair devoted his evenings to the study of his chosen profession, and in 1882 was admitted to the bar. In 1885 he removed to Oregon, locating in Coquille City, where he again took up his chosen profession. Mr. Sinclair is a Republican in politics, and in 1891 was a member of the Oregon state senate and is at present serving his second term as deputy county attorney. Mr. Sinclair is a Mason and a member of the Grand Army. Miss A. M. Sinclair, his daughter, is at present attending St. Helen's Hall in Portland. In '95 he was again married to Miss K. Stauff, of Coos county, Oregon. |
| (pg.14,20) # 38 |
_____________ R. H. ROSA _____ |
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When making a review of the business interest, and incidentally the business men of a city, it is always a pleasure to be able to associate the names of early-timers with the progressive and prosperous business men of the present time. It goes to show what push, energy, and enterprise will accomplish. No better example of this can be shown in Coos county than by referring to the subject of this sketch. Ralph H. Rosa was born in New York in 1894 [sic?]. When but four years old his parents removed to Grand Rapids, Mich., at which point he received his preliminary education in the public schools. In 1863 he enlisted in the Thirteenth Michigan battalion of light artillery. On being mustered out in 1864 he entered the Eastman Commercial College, from which institution he graduated in 1865. In 1868 he removed to California, and two years later to Oregon and homesteaded on Isthmus slough. In 1883 Mr. Rosa embarked in the sawmill business building his mill just 2 1/4 miles from Bandon. In 1896 his mill was destroyed by fire, and in 1898 was rebuilt. It has a capacity of 12,000 feet per day, and is equipped with the latest improved machinery. Mr. Rosa has a reserve of fine white cedar. He employs 20 men in the mill and camp. Most of his output is shipped to San Francisco. Mr. Rosa has been one of the main factors in the upbuilding of Bandon, and has built some of the best business blocks in the town. Mr. Rosa was married in 1877 to Miss Viola Lowe, of Coos county. They have two boys and two girls. Mr. Rosa is a member of the Masons, K. of P., Foresters, and Grand Army. |
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_______________ CRANBERRY CULTURE. _____ Coos county is the home of the cultivation of the cranberries in Oregon, a fact of importance but not generally known. The industry was first established here some sixteen years ago by C. D. McFarlain [sic], formerly of Sacramento, California, who has made a complete success of the business and ships annually from his marshes on North slough some 2,000 bushels of this delicious fruit to San Francisco. Since Mr. McFarlain's [sic] successful achievement a number of other parties have embarked in this branch of industry, among them most notably being Charles Getty, who has several acres of vines set out at his Sunny Meadows farm on South slough. The location is an ideal one so situated that the marshes can be easily flooded in case of frosty weather. Berries from these bogs took the premium at the district fair held in Marshfield the past year. They were exceptionally large, of a fine flavor, and handsome color. = |
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_______________ J. B. DULLEY _____ No man in Coos county is held in higher regard by his many friends and acquaintances and certainly no one is more deserving of such esteem, than is J. B. Dulley, one of Coos county's oldest residents. His honor and worth as a citizen and a public spirited man, have always been recognized, while his business ability, coupled with his natural foresight and shrewdness, have made him successful inmost of his undertakings. J. B. Dulley was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, June 30, 1834, where he received his preliminary education in the public schools, and later attended the Bethany College in Brook county, Virginia. In 1850 Mr. Dulley removed to San Francisco, where he remained but a short while before coming to Oregon, where he followed mining until 1854, when he came to Coos county and in 1861 became engaged in steamboating on Catchen [sic] slough and Coos river. The following year he disposed of his steamboat and established a general merchandise store at Sumner. Mr. Dulley was also the owner of the townsite of Sumner, which he located on part of his 160-acre farm. In 1862 he sold his mercantile business and accepted a position with H. H. Luse, and later with the S. O. Co., at Sumner, until they retired from business in 1894. In 1899 he removed to Coquille City. Mr. Dulley was a member of the state legislature in 1875, and in 1855-6 was the first assessor of Coos county. He was elected to his present position of county treasurer in June, 1900. Mr. Dulley was married in 1876 to Miss E. Higley, of Sumner. They have a family of three girls and five boys. |
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______________ LYON'S [sic] SAWMILL _____ One of the most complete and up-to-date sawmills in Coos county is boasted on the banks of the Coquille river at Coquille City. It was just 15 years ago that the late J. A. Lyons bought this property from Binger Hermann, at which time he had a capacity of 8,000 feet per day. Mr. Lyons on taking over the plant at once increased the capacity to 20,000 feet, and within the past two years, under the management of Mr. Perry, the administrator, its capacity has been increased to 40,000 feet per day. This mill has 400 feet of water frontage and sufficient dockage to load four schooners at once. They employ between 50 and 60 men at their mill and logging camps all the year around. They have 3,00 acres of good timber, all of which is accessible to tide water. The machinery is all up to date, and both the yards and mill are amply equipped for fighting fire. The Lyons estate also runs one of the largest general merchandise stores in Coquille City, and is under the direct management of Mr. Perry. |
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_______________ J. S. COKE, JR. _____ Among the representative members of the Coos county bar the name of J. S. Coke, Jr. must be given a leading place, having, by virtue of natural ability and practical training, attained a position in his profession which many an older man might well be proud to occupy. Mr. Coke was born in Morristown, Tenn., August 21, 1867. When but a lad his parents removed to Oregon, locating in Coos county, where Mr. Coke received his preliminary education in the public schools and later read law under J. W. Bennett, of Marshfield, and Whalley, Strahan & Pipes, of Portland, where he also entered the law department of the State University. In1892 he returned to Marshfield and began the practice of his chosen profession. In 1896 he was elected City Attorney, which position he still holds. Mr. Coke is also attorney for the C. B. R. & E. R. R. & N. Co. He takes an active interest in politics, but has never sought political office, preferring to devote his time to his law practice, and although a Southerner by birth and reared a Democrat, he did not agree with his party in its financial policy of 1896 and 1900, and when that party advocated hauling down the American flag and surrendering the Phillippine islands at the demand of an avowed enemy, he renounced his allegiance to his old party and cast his ballot for McKinley and Roosevelt. Mr. Coke affiliates with the I. O. O. F. and K. of P. |
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_______________ W. S. CHANDLER _____ Live, wide-awake, and progressive business men are what is wanted in every community. Coos County has such an individual in the person of W.S. Chandler, receiver for the United States court of the C. B. R..& E. R. R. & N. Co. and manager of the Beaver Hill Coal Company. Mr. Chandler is a cautious, shrewd business manager, and ever alert to the best interest of his employers. While he has only resided in this section a few years, Mr. Chandler is well versed in the greatness of the resources of this county and has firm faith in the future progress and development of the county. The prominent position he occupies leaves Coos County’s future as much in his hands as any other single individual. His fair and honorable business dealings has [sic] won for him the high esteem of the large number of working men under his supervision and the community as well. |
| (pg 29-30) [ed. note: This edition carried two items on W. S. Chandler] |
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_______________ WM. S. CHANDLER. [subhead; bold] (pg 29-30) ____ Among the most highly respected and estimable citizens of Coos county the name of William S. Chandler is always mentioned. A man of most exemplary habits, of warm sympathies, and who is ever willing to extend the hand of charity to any deserving cause or worthy individual, he has won a reputation for honesty, probity and sobriety that no words of ours can add to, and of which he is in every way deserving. Born in San Francisco on the 18th day of January, 1858, in 1878 he removed to Oregon, where he followed mining until 1880, when he removed to Washington and later to British Columbia, where he remained until 1899, when he came to Coos county and took charge of the Beaver Hill mines. On December 18th, 1899, he became general manager of the Coos county railroad. Both of these positions he has filled with not only credit to himself, but to the benefit of every property holder in the county. Mr. Chandler was married in 1882 to Miss Nellie Irving, of British Columbia. |
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_______________ THE WHOLE AREA OF COOS COUNTY UNDERLAID WITH COAL. _____ Three Distinct Basins -- 26 1/2 feet of Workable Coal -- The Spreckels Extensive Interests. _____ Coal underlies nearly the whole area of Coos county. There are three beds of coal lying in distinct basins and belong to what is known as the Eocene formation. There are four seams, ranging in width from 2 1/2 feet to 6 1/2 feet in thickness, the workable strata or productive stratas aggregates 21 1/2 feet in width. The above are but brief statements of the facts of one of Coos county's grandest resources and what has attracted capitalists to this section by the scores, more particularly the past season, and prospecting on a large scale, the most noted of which is that now being carried on by the Beaver Hill Coal Company, under the supervision of W. S. Chandler, a practical mining engineer, and whose opinion on mining projects is authority wherever he is known, Mr. Chandler having successfully operated several of the largest coal mines in British Columbia. His company now have [sic] a diamond drill in operation and intend to go down to a depth of 1000 feet. This work is being carried on in a thoroughly practical manner, and if developments are satisfactory a genuine coal excitement is in store for Coos. The J. D. Spreckels and Brothers Company, of San Francisco, are the principal stockholders in the Beaver Hill Coal Company, which institution has under bond 5,000 acres of timber and coal land in these parts and located along the line of their railroad, which is to be tested and devoleped [sic] in the near future. With the work now going on at the Beaver Hill mine, it is the intention of the company to have a production o f coal by the fall of 1901 of 500 tons per day which will be carried to San Francisco by their own steamers. |
| (pg.12,21) # 45 |
_______________ HOLLAND BROS. _____ A review of the leading industries of Marshfield would not be complete without a description of the Holland Bros. Boat Building Company. Established in Marshfield in 1894 by W. W. and P. B. Holland. Their first gasoline launch was turned out in 1896, since then they have built and sold four more, and are at present at work on another 40-foot launch. They have also built quite a number of small row and sail boats, which on account of the well known reputation this company enjoys for excellency of workmanship and fair dealing they have had no trouble in disposing as soon as built. They also keep on hand a limited number of pleasure boats, which can be rented for a nominal sum either by the hour, day or week, also a fine assortment of guns, fishing tackle, rods, seines, nets, etc., both for rent or sale. Their building is 28 x 100 feet with 50 feet water front. A snap shot of the interior of this place will appear in this issue. W. W. Holland, the senior member of this firm, was born in coos county, Oregon, in 1868. After finishing his education he worked in the ship yards until 1894 when, in connection with his brother, P. B., he established their present business. In 1897, leaving his brother in charge of their business in Marshfield, he made a trip to Alaska, and located a ship yard at Lake Bennett, where at an expense of $5,000 per month he built 60 scows and 100 small boats. In 1899 he sold out and returned to Marshfield and has since then devoted his entire time to the Marshfield business. |
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_______________ CLOVERDALE CREAMERY. _____ Coos county, Oregon, has become famous throughout Oregon and California for the excellency of its butter. Not only does it produce more butter than any other county in Oregon, but on account of its purity and exceptional fine flavor it commands a higher price in the markets today than any other butter manufactured in the state. Amongst those who have made Coos county's butter famous may be mentioned Mr. F. Thomson, operator and owner of the Cloverdale Creamery, which is situated on the banks of the Coquille river, about four miles above the county seat, and is one of the best equipped and managed creameries in the county. This creamery has a capacity of 700 pounds per hour, and was started May 1, 1900. Only the most approved methods are employed, and the output so far this season has been 8,000 pounds, all of which has been shipped to San Francisco. Mr. Thomson is one of Coos county's most progressive citizens, and is always found amongst those who are not only willing to boost their own individual interests, but one willing to put their shoulders to the wheel and assist in turning it for the interest of their county, and it is today owing to just such men as he that Coos county is making such rapid strides both in wealth and population. |
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_______________ PATRICK HENNESSEY _____ Self-made men are a scarcity in most communities, yet we have many in Coos county who are making their mark in the world. Among the number is Patrick Hennessey, superintendent of the Oregon Coal & Navigation Company's coal mines at Libby. Mr. Hennessey came to these parts some 15 years ago and accepted a position as a miner in these mines. He was determined to get to the front, and by constant attention to duty and faithfulness to his employers, Mr. Hennessey gradually ascended the ladder until he occupies the present important position. His company employs upwards of 200 men at their mines; they also operate three miles of railroad to carry their coal to their bunkers on Coos bay, cuts of which will be seen elsewhere in this issue. In the past three years this company has opened up a new mine that is noted as a dividend payer, And the work was done entirely under the supervision of the present superintendent. Mr. Hennessey is thoroughly alive to the best interests of Coos county and is one of her prominent and progressive citizens. |
| (pg. 22)xx # 48 |
_______________ CO-OPERATIVE INVESTMENTS. _____ This is the Best and Safest Plan of Earning Money on Your Capital. _____ We would call attention to the advertisement in this issue of the Cooperative Investment Company, of Portland, Oregon. Speaking f this company, the New York Sun of recent date said: "Most people in the East entertain the delusion that the great wealth accumulated on the Pacific Coast is mainly the products of the mines. Rigid [sic] facts, however, tell a different tale. Long before gold or silver was discovered, the far Northwest enriched many men on the Atlantic seaboard -- namely, John Jacob Astor, and money, invested in real property, laid the foundation of the wealth of most of the pioneers. The increase of population had a great deal more to do with the enriching process than any ability possessed by the men who owned the land. This condition still exists and will for years to come." The success of the Co-operative Investment Company thus far has demonstrated this plan [printout illegible] [illegible: inception?] a few then joined themselves together for the purchase of desirable real property, and the company has grown beyond the expectations of the original members. Their profits have been sufficient to warrant universal interest in the company, in its plan and policy. No property was purchased which was not earning sufficient to guarantee interest on the money paid for it, and the difference between that sum and its increased value was the additional pro rata profit for each stockholder. Every person who buys a share becomes an owner in all holdings of the company. Shares may be paid for in full at the par value of $25.00 or subscribed and paid for at the rate of 50 cents per month on each share. The company also issues 6% Guaranteed Bonds, running for a period of ten years, the interest on which is paid semi-annually. This is an exceptionally great time for investments in Portland and a number of other places in the Northwest. Anyone who desires information can address the company, 84 Fourth street, Portland, Or., when a full line of explanatory literature will be forwarded free of charge. |
| (pg.22-3) # 49 |
____________ W. C. CHASE _____ It is perfectly natural to admire luck, determination and ambition in a young man. This, no doubt, is one reason why he whose name heads this sketch has won so many friends during his residence here. Mr. Chase was born near Oakland, Or., Jan 1, 1870, remaining there until 1882, when his parents removed to Idaho, locating on a farm near Grangeville. Here Mr. Chase spent his time working on the farm and riding after stock on the range. In the autumn of 1889, Mr. Chase returned to Oregon, entered the Jefferson Institute, and although placed in a class with students of 10 and 12 years of age, went to work with a determination to educate himself. During vacations he worked to earn money to bear his school expenses the following year. Diptheria having broken up the school, Mr. Chase returned to his home in Idaho in the fall of 1890. He came to Oregon again the following year, attended school at Turner for one term, then accepted a position in a meat market at Independence as a blockman , where he worked until fall. In September, 1892, he entered the State Normal School at Drain, Or., completed two years work the first year, and graduated June 4, 1894. For the next two years we find him teaching and studying, his spare time being devoted to the study of Blackstone and Kent's Commentaries. Having completed a term in Lincoln county, Mr. Chase went to Jackson county, taught one term in the country, and was chosen principal of the Phoenix schools. While here he took unto himself a wife, Miss Inez A. Rich, of Coquille City, one of the most efficient and popular teachers of Coos county. Mr. Chase was next chosen principal of the Coquille City schools, where Mrs. Chase was his first assistant. Here he was liked very much, but count not be persuaded to accept the school again, his mind being bent upon the study of law. That fall he went to Michigan, entered the law department of the University of Ann Arbor, from which institution he graduated in June, 1899, having the degree of LL. B. [sic] conferred upon him. He then returned to Oregon, took up the practice of law at Coquille City, and his efforts have been crowned with abundant success. |