Port Orford post., August 12, 1880, Image 1

PORT ORFORD
VOL. I.
PORT ORFORD, OREGON: THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, ISSO.
THE^ PO ST.
T h e Ia tra l P a p e r .
The San Francisco Chronicle
says: The local newspaper, if
•J. 11. I 'P T O S »"t S O X , P r o p r ie t o r «
properly conducted serves a better
purpose, and gives more inform a­
tion relative to the soil, climate
P u b lin lie il E v e r y T h u r m U ty ,
and productions of the country
...A T ....
where it is published than the
»•OUT ORFORI), CURRY CO., OB. most elaborate and carefully w rit­
ten letter. I t denotes, step by step
the telephone of progress, physical
S I 'B S C I t l I T I O X I t A T E H .
and intellectual, destroying the
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jungles
of undergrow n ignorance,
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"T hree J lit n t li « ...................................... 7 5 even as the ax of the woodsman
clearing the forest perm its the su n ­
light and heat to penetrate where
ADVERTISING KATES REASONABLE.
they have never before gone.
TOW N
AND
C O U N T Y ’.
l t c g a i l a r S t e a m e r T r ip « .
.H u ll a n i l P a w H cn tfc r EO ark.
I t seems to ns a passenger hack
would pay on the route between
P o rt O rford and Bandon, and wo
are sure a hack line operated be­
tween the two points named would
be a decided convenience to the
traveling public.
D uring the
greater part of the year, it is quite
practicable, we are told, to keep
the road in good condition for
such use. This end of the coun­
ty road leading to Bandon has
been p u t in excellent order d u r­
ing the present season.
Tlie people of C urry county and
of the Coquille country, now have
it in tlieir power we learn, to se­
cure stated and regular trip s of a
-reamer to run between Coquille
river and San Francisco, calling
both ways at F ort O rford, E llen s­
burg, Chetco, and Sm ith river.
Capt. Boss, an experienced, pop­
ular and successful navigator of
Itr e u k w a te r D ep a rt.
the upper Coast, will, we are told,
We are indebted to Hon. L. F.
out a steamer on the route above G rover for a copy of the R eport of
’in d ic a ted aud keep her in th is the H arbor of liefuge Engineers,
^IXUde jn^them yent shippers at the received last week from W ashing­
ton. The R eport is quite volum ­
points named will give her ade­ inous, containing opinions, peti­
quate encouragem ent. I t would tions, etc., pro ami eon of all sorts
certainly be to the interest of and in the interest of all points.
business men as well as the farm ­ The argum ent of the Board in fa­
vor of F o rt Orford is exhaustive,
ing public and stock men at, and and also conclusive. We will take
trib u tary to, these sh ip p in g points occasion to refer to this docum ent
to have consultations with a view again.
to such arrangem ents as shall in ­
F u r ew t F i r e .
sure them against the tardy and
F ires in the woods north and
uncertain coining and going of north-east of town have had a mod­
schooners. Shippers of wool, erate run for a few days past, the
hides, etc., could rely with cer­ smoke from which im parts to the
atm osphere a regular ‘‘dog days”
tainty upon getting their goods off aspect. I t is not th o u g h t prob­
and into the market when the best able that fires will rage extensively
prices are offered, whereas, as in the forests this year, as they
things have been going d u rin g the ! have started up too early, and be­
fore the com bustible elem ents
c u rren t shipping season, no per­ were thorughly dried out.
son could guess with any degree
C u re fo r D ip h th e r ia .
of accuracy when the next oppor­
Gn
the
2d page of T he P ost we
tu n ity to ship would be offered.
p
rin
t
th
is
week what is claimed as
Uncertain arrivals and departures
a specific for the dread malady,
of vessels embarass our m erchants diphtheria. I t is copied from a
and render it difficult for those of journal published in A ustralia, and
them not possessed of very ample for the copy containing which we
capital to keep their stocks up are indebted to Mr. John Black-
lock. The remedy is worth atten ­
even tolerably. This entails in- { tion at this time.
convenience upon the purchasing
C uom a n i l C u r r y .
public also. Through reasonable
In
1870
Coos and C urry counties
concert of action on the p art of
combined had a population of
those interested in m aintaining ' 2148; in 1880 they have 6005. By
regular and reliable com m unica­ 1800 we will have a population
tion with San Francisco, it is sufficient to w arrant pretensions
reasonably certain th at the end ' looking to the erection of an inde­
pendent R epublic. Oregon don't
,ought may be attained. It is ‘ care.
worth the effort, at least.
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W o rm -E a ten .
1C t in I n f o r S h e l t e r .
The outer pier of the P o rt O r­
D uring Monday night last the i ford Cedar Co’s wharf has l»een
G ussie Telfair on her way from j substantially destroyed by a vora­
San Francisco to Coos llay put in- | cious sea worm. The pier can he
replaced at a nominal cost if a t­
o Port Orford liarb >r where she tended to in time.
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lay until toward noon Tuesday.
C n l n in C u r r y .
4'iiesday m orning the Arcata came
C urry eounty at the census of
in, on her way up to the bay also,
1870, hail a population num liering
tti.l tarried awhile. No person 504 only; in 1N80 she has a popu-
i.- » a cith r ‘hip came ashore.
a on of 1236 -aguin of 732.
t . o o i l H ooka*.
The
“ lti* a iila tii» a ”
G ra m m a r
i n O u r N r h o o lw .
Air. J . R. Griffith is canvassing
for a num ber of very valuable
The first gram m ar of the E n g ­
books—useful, amusing, in stru c­ lish language ever published, was
tive. He is offering Mark Twain’s w ritten and compiled by Lindley
inim itable
M urray, of Laneastereounty, Penn­
“ t r a m p a br o a d , ”
sylvania.
M urray’s work was
A companion volume for “ Inno­ adapted by Samuel Kirkham for
cents Abroad.” The title alone is more general convenience in
a sufficient guarantee that this schools. It is w orthy of remark
book is worth all it costs. The
in this connection, that there has
“ n a t io n a l e n c y c l o p e d ia ”
been produced no text hook on the
Of business and social forms, subject since, that could truthfully
em bracing the laws of etiquette he said to he an improvement on
and goo<l society, and containing the original. Brown's, Bullion’s
plain and simple instructions in and W ells’ were creditable efforts
the art of appearing to the best ad­ in their way; hut it remained for
vantage on all occasions; how to Glark to eclipse all former
dress well and tastefully; with failures in this lino. Devoid of
rules for courtship, marriage, etc., the element of directness, cohe­
etc. Show ing how to vrite agood rence or visible method, this latter
hand, and how to express w ritten work seems to have been specially
thoughts in a correct and elegant designed to confuse and discour­
manner, with instructions in com age the learner. And this apology
position, oratory, w riting, poetry, for a grammar, has been, strangely
w riting for the press, etc., etc. enough, foisted upon the schools
A practical guide to the prepara­ of this State. Such a retrogade
tion of business and legal docu­ movement is not creditable to its
ments, bills, recipes, commercial authors, at least in the light of re­
forms, resolutions for public meet­ sults.
ings, private and public corres­
F ir e A p p r o u e h in ^ .
pondence, letters of sympathy,
friendship, courtship, aiTection,
Yesterday afternoon when the
etc., etc. Valuable lilljseholil mail carrier passed J . L. Nay’s
recipes, and show'ing how
make place on Elk river, the lire on the
the most of everything, forming a opposite side and to the east was in
complete and comprehensive book dangerous proxim ity to th a t gen­
of reverence.
tlem en's place. I t was coining
D R chase ' s HKCEIZ i HOOK.
down the river. Some apprehen­
A book of 648 pages, containing sion was manifested for the safe­
formula for treatm ent for most of ty of fences and buildings.
the diseases Mesh is heir to, liesides
hundreds of valuable recipes ap­
A w u ilin ir S h ip m e n t.
plicable to all pursuits and condi-
Considerable wool has accum u­
itons in life —in fact a treasury of lated hero, and awaits shipm ent
useful knowledge. The hook con­ below. Tho prices realized for
tains also a comprehensive veterin­ this staple for a while past have
ary departm ent, which is invalua­ been better than at one time seem­
ble to persons owning and having ed probable.
the care of stock.
WILL TAKE ORDERS
For W ebster’s new pictorial d ic­
tionary, and the new pictorial fam­
ily B ible.
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T h e D ance.
The social dance given last Sat­
urday evening was well uttenduil,
aud f l i c participants, w ithout ex­
ception express themselves as
having spent a very enjoyable
evening. Inasmuch as the m usic
was furnished by Messrs. A. B.
Sabine and Johnny C ronenhurg,
it is unnecessary to comment on
its excellence.
i H i k - I i iti-uiiiiix.
T he P ost , although a small
sheet, contains each week a g reater
quantity of reading m atter than
the average country new spaper,
and the entire paper is set up and
printed at F o rt O rford; in other
words it does not use a “ patent
outside." It is, em phatically, in
m atter and mechanism, a homo
production.
S u c c c it t llH l M e liu o l.
J. B. Tichenor’s private school
lias proved successful beyond the
most sanguine anticipations of the
teacher. Scholars from E llen s­
burg and other distant points are
enrolled as regular attendants.
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N o r t h W in d .
Old Boreas poured out upon us
Monday and Tuesday some of the
choicest tokens of his wrath.
I le p n in tiu ir
Mr. W olcott has been having
iis store repainted—out side and
in .
NO. 12.
COQUILLE RIVER ITEMS.
Crops of all kinds excellent.
B arker’s mill is not running at
present.
New hotel will be oponed at
M yrtle Point, Sept. 1st.
Steam ers run daily between
Myrtle Point and Bandon.
There have been no new cases
of d iphtheria for some time.
U am tnerhtirg is logging oppo­
site Randolph for G ruhoy’s mill.
Chas. F. W heeler, pauper, at
Coquille City is notdead, after all.
Snyder «fe Co. are logging above
Norway to supply the new mill at
Coquille City.
Between Norway and Bandon the
navigation of the river is never in­
terrupted by shoals.
Botweon Hall’s Prairie and Mid­
dle Fork considerable ash is cut
for lum ber purposes.
Quit«» a large quantity of wool
has alre.i ly been shipped from
Bandon the present season, with
more waiting.
Kapklcfl’s and L ehnherr's Hour-
lng .m ils aro in operation part of
the time. After threshing all the
m ills will he kept going.
The now Coquille City saw mill
b u ilt by B unch & Sons, is now in
operation c u ttin g lum ber p rin ­
cipally for purposes of th eir own.
Two hotels at Coquille City.
(Live hotel kept by Mr. Miller,
Ilia
F a m ily .
and Robinson House, kept by Mrs.
Mr. and Mrs. J . B. Tichenor
have much the most extensive Robinson. Good accommodations
family in town. They ar«> hoard­ and prices moderate.
ing divers and sundry patrons of
The settlers above tho head of
the l ’ort Orfor.l school.
navigation on the river look for­
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ward to the construction of a ra il­
We are indebted t o Mr. J . R. road from Roseburg to Fort O rford
Griffith who is ju st down from ,
a to u r in that country for many for an outlet down the valley.
items of our interesting budget
There are in the valley at pres­
from up and down the Coquille ent, three flowering mills. Bunch
river.
A Son will have an additional one
at Coquille. Those now in oper­
I te r e lv e d lo o I ,a le .
Communication from Floras ation belong respectively to Raek-
Creek reached us ju st as we were liff, L ehnherr and Rend.
going to press; will appear next
Persons who have fallen among
week.
the C oquillurs uniformly testify to
tho many excellent traits of the
THE MARKETS.
people generally. Clever, socia­
W o o l.
ble, kind and accommodating,
N orthern, 27@31 cents; Oregon, they make the strunger feel at home
Valley 32(<ip*)4c; Southern free, and fortunate for his happy su r­
20(ff)25o; Han Joaquin, 2I(«.26c for
free, 18(«^2,)c for hurry; H um ­ roundings.
boldt, 30,7/}32o with some choice
C o m b in e d I n « r e u s e .
lots at 33}{c; Eastern Oregon
25(<»/27e.
The combined per cent, increase
Iliili- « .
of population in Coos and C urry,
Hides are quoted in San F ran ­ is 335 Coos 195 and C urry 140.
cisco as follows: Dry, 18(«, 18*^<;
ft If»; Halted steers, i<»V»c p lb:
NOTH K.
sheep skins, shearlings, 2i)(a 21c;
Notice is hereby given that my
short wool, 30@40c; woo, skins,
wife,
C atherine G ardner, lias left
50c »0^1 00.
me w ithout cause; that I have
paid her the estim ated value of
BORN.
one-third of my property, and
that I will not be responsible for
ROSS At Chetco, Oregon, J u ly any of her debts or contracts.
27th, 1880, to the w ife of 1. P. R o s s ,
S. B. G U lD N I It.
E llensburg, O r., Aug. 7 ,18-V,