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About Southwest Oregon recorder. (Denmark, Curry County, Or.) 188?-18?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1884)
Volume II. DENMARK, CURRY COUNTY, OREGON : TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1884. Number 6. o BREVITIES. Mr. Frank Langlois has accepted a position at Parkersburg. A Blaine and Logan club has been organized at Marshfield. Jack Frost made., his appearance across the river last week Mr. Geo. Bensen and "wife were up from Port Orford Saturday. The steamer Coos Bay stopped at Port Orford on her last trip up. Curless's.horsewillcontest'f6r the first prize at the Coquille fair. Miss Alice Hughe3 returned to. her home on Sixes river last Thursday. Miss Jennie Malehorn, of this place has taken a school at Myrtle Point Jim AVilson wants to bet all he has even downto his shirt that Blaine t will be left We still have hopes that Cleveland will overcome the Republican majori ty in this county. Sheriff Bailey was up this way last week posting notices of election and notifications to taxpayers. Mr. J. P. Tupper of Bandon, came down yesterday to inspect the wreck of the City of Napa, we understand. Hume and Sutton have again healed the breach, and the latter, like the fabled sow, has returned to his wal low. A. P. Mann of Sixes ' was in Den mark last Saturday, and the denizens were reminded that Butler is yet in the field. Mrs. S. J. Culver, who has been visiting relatives in the Valley, passed through Denmark on her way to Port Orford Thursday. Mr. Thomas Barry, of San Fran cisco, passed down to Port Orfard on Saturday's stage to look after the in terests of Andrew Crawford. There is a Butler wave up on Sixes and if it could get past" H. J. Zum wait's and, then escape Pat Hughes further down, it might go headlong into the sea. A crew started in a boat to make some changes with the cable at 'the point last week, when the boat cap sized, somewhat severely injuring one Johnson on the head. A l-ri T1 TTi f-rVi n rrVi 1 vrnVi av rt TTr n J. S. Fitzhugh of Roseburg, died in Grant Co., Sept 17th. "We believe deceased was a nephew of Hon. Solo mon Fitzhugh of this place. - Langlois & Nelson have entered "Old Bill," a team horse, in the best race at the Coquille fair, and have confidence that he will get away with the swag, "Maplewood" being in not withstanding. A Puzzle Explained. When it was announced that Mr. Stitt's school was to close Saturday, many people who remembered the date of its com mencement were incredulous. The school opened May 12th,' ;and a vaca tion of Fourth of July week was had, besides the school was closed on elec tion day. Thus one week and a day had been made up, arid the five months' term was out Oct 4th, whereas the popular idea would have it that, if no time had been lost the term could not expire before Oct 12th. It happens in this - way. School's are practically taught by the day instead of by the month five days per week, which is twenty days per month or sixty days per quarter, and resultingly one hundred days for a five months' term. Two hundred and forty days out of the three hundred and sixty five constitutes a year's teaching. At $55 per month, the salery is equal to 2 75 per day. The Ciy. of Napa. At each tide efiorts are made to work the sehooner City of Napa up out of reach of the breakers, and unless a storm rises during the week it is more than like ly that the vessel" will he .saved, though she is badly strained and her jcabin and Jxatchesiiay .been carried BRIDGE LETTING. Last Saturday being the day ap pointed to open bids for the building of Floras creek bridge, considerable interest was manifested in the mat ter. Four bids were put in. We will enumerate them in the order of size. N. C. Lorentzen, $1,150; Rus- sel & CorkhilL 785; J. H, Upton, 711 ; Wm. H. Averill, 600. The Committee took three days to ex amine and compare plans submitted before making the award. All the plans exhibited were quite practica ble; the structure fashioned in accor dance with either one of these will be a good one. Mr. Averill is in a position to execute the contract with greater facility than any of the other bidders, residing as he does near tho site, and being otherwise equipped for the undertaking. Being a public spirited citizen, and anxious for the improvement of our roads, he will take special pride in giving v a good, enduring bridge. Taken Their Depasture. Mr. John Blacklock and family took pas sage on the Orion from Port 0ford for their future home in San Fran cisco. Mr. B. has long been a resi dent of this county, aod has taken a leading part in all efforts for the promotion of the best interests of this section. We regret to lose him and his family from our midst, but are assured that he will not cease to interest himself in behalf of enter prise and development in this county. He leaves large interests behind him. Returned. Mr. Willis Miller and family of Rogue river, passed through Denmark Saturday on their way home, haviDg been visiting friends and relatives in Marion county during the past month. Mr. Miller confirms the reports we have had of the immense damage done to grain in the Valley by tho rain and says that fully two-thirds of the grain was rendered unfit for marked He finds, as others have found, that there are worse places than Curry county. Regret the Change Our stock men down this way generally regret the transfer to other parties by Mr. H. P. Whitney of his business on the Bay. Mr. W. has been so long a customer of our sheep and cattle men and has uniformly dealt so squarely with them, that they had come to look upon him as a fixture in the business. Mr. Whitney's successors will com ply with all existing arrangments which remained to be carried out in this county when they purchased the business. Fire. Last Monday night Mr. Cotton's house caught fire and w as totally destroyed. The bedding and a portion of the clothing were saved, as could all have been but for a misplaced box of cartridges which caused the family to immediately de part from the vicinity of the burning building. The shells exploded a few minutes after occupants had reached a refuge, blowing the house to atoms. The fire was caused . by a defective chimney. Gone to Roseburg. Col. John Lane has removed to Roseburg and formed a law partnership with his brother Hon. Lafayette Lane. We regret the Col's leaving Southwest Oregon, as he was one of the most genial and companionable men it has been our fortune to meet in the two counties. Before the people as a candidate, the Col. was absolutely - invincible. We wish him the most unbounded success in hk new location. . Closed for the Term. The pub lic school at this place in charge of Mr. D. E. Stitt, closed iar .the term last Saturday. The attendance dur ing the entire session has been good, and the marked advancement of pu pils an .all, grades attest the worth and ability jaf Mr.; Stitt .as -an instructor, Many visitors '.were present .at the lnjexercoaas. COOS COUNTY ITEMS. Dunham and son intend opening their coal mine, on the Isthmus this Winter, for the purpose of supplying their locomotives with coal. The Herald says 850 salmon were caught at the cannery last Tuesday night The company have 400 cases of tin on the schooner Coquille. Grass hay sells on the banks of Coos river at 14 and grain hay at 18 per ton. And yet every schooner brings up California baled hay. The new vessel at Grube's is decked, planked and nearly caulked, with the exception of the bottom. She will remain on the ways this Winter. At the examination of teachers held at Marshfield last Friday, first-grade certificates were awarded to Clyamon Vanderburg and Miss Charlotte Van- derbunr. An effort is being made to organize a Company of State Militia at Marsh field. The list already bears many signatures, and the number is daily being increased. John Macklebrink closed down his logging camp at the forks of the north fork of Coos river last Tuesday. He has about 350 now in tbe water, which will average 800 feet to the log. The Herald is informed that thev drive fifteen piles a da 7 in the construe tion of the breakwater at Bandon. Its progress outward, is from seven to twelve feet in the same period. As Rev. J. B. Perkins was coming ing from Empire the other day, on the steamer Comet one of the win- dowsi the sash of which was raised, unexpectedly fell and severely mashed the fingers of the left hand. An immigrant train of 13 wagons arrived at Coos City on Monday last, having come overland from flnlifnr- nia. Some of the party nave rela tives on Ten Mile, and we understand it is their intention to settle in that portion of the county. News. Wednesday night of last week Capt. Ernst had the third and fourth fin gers of his right hand badly mashed while he was engaged in landing a cattle scow at the wharf at this place, by having his hand caught between the wharf and a portion ot thev scow. Mail. Among the freight received here by last steamer we noticed a box l&- beled "Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co. English milk." This is not ex actly carrying "coals to Newcastle,?' but it is bringing milk a long way into an extraordinarily good milk re gion. Mail. Robert Dunham has a crew of men employed cleaning out beaver slough preparatory to . putting in a stern wheel steamer to run between the Co quille and Coaledo A great deal of freight comes over that route at pres ent, the average being about five tons per day, and with better facilities for handling it, a much larger traffic can be secured. John Smith, who fell and hurt him self so badly at the mill in Empire on the 13th of August, died at his home at Poney Slough on the 24th ult, and was buried at Marshfield on the 25th. He was a Finn, 52 years of age, and. an old resident of the Bay. The Mail says his misfortune in losing the logs that he had spent two Summers in cutting and rafting, no doubt led to the loss of his life. The Bay Democracy hies its cas tor into the ring after Jthis fashion, through the Coos Bay News: Elec tion is coming on, and all sides should be heard. Suppose we organ ize a joint discussion, say for three nights successively, Democrats and ,Blaine Republicans putting forward a new speaker .each might What says the Blainechibl ' Or if thc-above! suggestion does not meet your appro-' bation, any reasonable arrangements :for a joint discussion will be accepted by the Democrats, against either lo- Lcal. speakers or thpse .from abroad. GENERAL' NEWS. Jno. McCullough is reported to be losing his mind. Corn-fed hogs are being shipped from Ashland to Portland. Postmaster General Gresham has been appointed Secretary of the Treasury. Hon,;. W. D. Fenton, Democratic elector, opened the campaign at Salem on the 5th. ; It is reported that the Empress of China has decided to conclude peace with France. Portland will! not adopt electric light. The gas company had a lein on the council v The rain has rendered about one half of the grain in Baker county un fit for market. , Under the new ordinance, liquor dealers in Olympia, W. T., pay 000 as a yearly license. It is rumored that President Ar thur and Miss Lillie Frelinghuysen will soon be married. In the White Bay district New Foundland, 3,000 persons are starving owing to the failure of the codfish catch. Frank Frisbie, the defaulting bank teller of Portland, pleaded guilty last week and was sentenced to one year in the Penitentiary. Gov. Newell has been assigned as Indian Inspector to the fifth division that consists of California, Oregon, Washington and Northern Idaho. But little progress has been made in the Panama canal for the past six months, notwithstanding the fact that 16,000 men have been at work. The Columbus Iron and Goal Co., at Hollidaysburg, Pa., have posted notices of a reduction that will cut laborers' wages down to 81 cents per day. . Minnie Garrison, eldest daughter of the late Wm. Lloyd Garrison, was married at Elberon, N. J., on the 26th ult, to Count Pal de Brialles, of Ep ernay France. . Mrs. Griffin, wife of J. S. Griffin, both early missionaries among the Indians of the Northwest Coast died at Forest Grove on the 26th at the age of 80 years. Parliament is to be asked at the next session to vote an allowance to Prince Albert Victor Christian Ed ward, eldest son of the Prince of Wales, of 50,000 a year. Rathdrum, Idaho, a starting point for the Cceur d'Alenes, was burned on the 27th. Not a business house is left in the town and no provisions on hand. Hundreds are destitute. A lot of. Italian and Hungarian la borers have been imported by a con tractor to work on sewer construction in Washington at 75 and 90 cents a day, crowding out colored laborers at 1 50, and trouble is threatened in consequence. Verily, American la bor is '"protected" against the "pau per labor of Europe!'? Hon. Joseph S. Smith, of Portland, died in that city on the 29th ult. De ceased was born in Pennsylvania and was 60 years of age at the time of his death. He was among the pio neers of Oregon, settling at Oregon City in 1845, and has filled many high political positions in the State. He was nominated for Governor in 1882 but was defeated by his Republi nca opponent Z. F. Moody. The Times special says the French stopped and searched English regu lar trading steamers at Frehkien and Aai-Loong, 'in the channel of For mosa. There is great irritation in consequence of this high handed pro ceeding. Neutral steamers convey ing, soldiers: and munitions to various charters! in this section of the world are all alarmed at their prospects, if this shall not be resented, and it is regarded as likely to be a source of possible . complications with foreign jpowejrs- , ' EIXENSUURG ITEMS, The run of salmon still continues light for Rogue river. Rogue river will have another fish ery the coming season. The potato crop of this vicinity' is afflicted with the blight The new warehouse of the Busi ness Association is very nearly com pleted. Our school has a large attendance this term, and Miss Gray proves to bo a popular teacher. Mr. Frank Bailey has been paying Chetco a business visit during the past week but did not bring her home with him this time; delays are dangerous, Frank The tug Pelican came in one day this week and returned to Smith riv er. She brought Mrs. A. H. Moore and took away A. H. and F. S.; Moore A. W. Lester and one or two stran gers Within the past few days Mr. R. D. Hume has purchased the tide land frontage of Messrs. M. Doyle and A. H. Moore. Mr. H. seems to have a hun gering and thirsting after that kind of real estate. We were pleased, this evening to notice the- familiar countenance of our old friend, J. N. Langlois of Den mark. Dame Rumor says he had important business with the County Clerk. John is one of our substan tial young men, and lucky is she who wins him. One day this week there were 24, 947 pounds of grain received at the new warehouse, which was the sur plus product of our small ranches on the river, Grain raising is rather a new enterprise in this vicinity, but judging from the surplus of this sea son it may yet prove to be one of our leading industries. Badger. We were in error last week in our account of the beaching' of the City of Napa, in stating that the vessel had lain off for. fourteen days await ing an opportunity to sail into Black lock Harbor. She arrived and sailed right in, laid some moorings, and was getting ready to take a cargo when heavy seas set in, whereupon she sailed out and laid off for only three days. Returning, she was making ready to load, when heavy , swells came in from the westward and finally overwhelmed her. School Closed. Prof. W. S.Guer in's school across the river closed for the term last Friday with appropri ate .exorcises. Next Saturday, as School Superintendent the Professor will make tbe round of the schools in the southern portion of the county. On the 20th of the present month he opens and eight months' term of school at the Cape. The Fair. To-day the fair at Co quille City opens under the auspices of the Southwest Oregon Agricultu ral Association, and the outlook is fa vorable for some spirited racing and a, good stock exhibit Hon. J. M. Siglin will deliver the opening ad dress. For the past few weeks the sea has been rougher along here than usual for this time of year, especially for so long a period together. The schooner Orion which sailed from Port Orford on the 1st took the last of the season's work . of Nay's mill ' FINALi PROOF NOTICE. Land Office at Eosebubo, Oeeqon 1 September 29th, 1884. J NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT that the following named settler has tiled notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Judge or Clerk of Curry County, at Ellensburg, Oregon, on Saturday, November 15, 1884, Viz: HANS NELSON Homestead, No. 8275, for the Lots 3 and 4, Section 2, and Lots 1 and 2, Section Township 31, South of Kange 15 "West. ? He names the following witnesses to Drove J his continuous residence upon and cultiva- 1 irr rif aaiA lirtd in? John N. Langlois, 11. F. Shoemaker, Win. JJx andF.lI.. Langlois, all of Denmark, Or.