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PORT ORFORD, OREGON: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, ISSO.
T H E PO ST .
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ORFORD
AND
C O U N T Y '.
T h e S ta te U n iv e r s ity .
From the biennial i.e p o rt of the
State U niversity, for 1880, we copy
the following clause as to
low TO APPLY FOR COUNTY SCHOL­
ARSH IPS:
The law provides for the free
Tuition in the Colleigiate D epart­
ment of one student from each
■ounty, and an additional one for
each member of the Legislature.
Students to avail themselves of the
benefits of the law m ust make their
application in w riting to th e
County Superintendent of the
■ounty in which they reside. The
aid County Supt. shall refer
:lnr iltHHtS of the applicants to the
County Court, and the applicants
shall be examined by the County
Superintendent or some person
appointed by said County Court.
The applicant shall be examined
and pass an examination in the
branches required of teachers of
common schools by the statutes of
this State. This examination will
admit the applicants to the Normal
ir Scientific courses, and if the ap­
plicants wish to take the Classical
■ourse, they will bo required to
pass an examination in the elements
f Greek Gram m ar and Reader,
Latin Grammar and Reader, and
our books of Ciesar.
D e p a r t m e n t H e p o r t* .
AVe take pleasure in acknowledg­
ing our obligations to Hon. R. I ’.
Earliart, Secretary of State, for
.lie biennial R eports of the Secre­
tary of State, Supt. of P eniten­
tiary, State Librarian, Supt. P u b ­
lic In stru ctio n , State A gricultural
Collego and State U niversity.
These docum ents are of substan­
tial utility to us, and will be refer­
red to more at length as occasion
may suggest. The R eport of the
Secretary of State will rank first
among all sim ilar docum ents on
tile as a model of clearness, m eth­
od anil com pleteness. Bookkeepers
we have thought, were like poets—
born—not made.
NECK HK O K EN.
E m t il E n l l o f M r . S a m u e l L a k e ,
o f C lie t c o .
The melancholy news of the sad
death of Mr. Samuel Lake,of Cliet-
co, b rother of W ill Lake, mail car­
rier on P o rt Orford-Bandon route,
reached this place after T he P ost
was p u t to press last week. The
correspondent of tlio Crescent
City C ourier gives the following
account of the sad affair:
“ In Chetco vally on Friday even­
ing occurred a most distressing and
fatal accident by which Mr. Sam ­
uel Lake lost his life. He was en ­
gaged in hauling lum ber for Mr.
Blake of th at locality. Upon a r­
riving in front of his own reside nee
with a load on the way to its des­
tination, he stopped the team and
ran into the house, obtained a
piece of bread and b u tter, kissed
his wife and starting again for the
wagon, discovered the team moving
off on a down grade. Quickening
his pace to a run, he came up w ith,
and was seen in the a ct of sp rin g ­
ing from the elevated road-side on
the wagon, ju sta s it was disappear­
ing down the hill. H is alarmed
wife ran to the spot and to ile r h o r­
ror found him lying motionless
on the ground,on the opposite side
of the road, while the team went
Hying away at full speed. H er
heart-piercing
cries
b ro u g h t
speedy assistance from near neigh­
bors, b u t all efforts to resucítate
the injured man were w ithout
avail, and in a few m inutes he
breathed his last, w ithout uttering
a word. I t is supposed th at in
springing on the wagon from the
roadside the motion of the wagon
being greater than th a to f his own,
he lost his eq u ilib riu m and went
headlong over, striking the ground
with his head, thus dislocating his
neck. W hen assured of his death
the grief of his newly-crazed young
wife (they had been m arried but a
few months) was heart-rending in
the extreme, and the sad scene will
never be effaced from the memory
of those who witnessed it.”
U . S . S u i t s to V a c a t e T i t l e , E t c .
Notice has been served upon
Capt. Tiehenor, J . B. Tiehenor,
E. H. Meservey and others, citing
them to appear in the U. S. Cir
cuit C ourt, at Portland, on the
first Monday in November, to
show cause why the prayer of the
U nited States shall not be granted,
asking for the vacation of the p at­
ents to the tract of land lying west
of P o rt O rford, and generally des
ignated as “ the H eads.” A lthough
the tract in question was patented
K om i W ork .
to the parties in question in p u r
We understand th at Mr. T. W. suance of law, yet it seems the
(book will proceed to look after same is claimed as “ reserved.”
.he trail between here and E llens­
burg in time to have the same in
“ Ju n io r" is off on a to u r of ob­
good condition before the Fall servation up the C oquille this
rain set in.
week.
E q u c s tr ie n n c s liip ,
BREVITIES.
The stranger is often struck
The other evening, after having
with wonder, not unmixed with
adm iration, upon witnessing the killed an elk out back of the mill,
dash, ease and grace displayed by Will Lake slaved a California lion
the ladies of this country on horse­ which measuered 8*i from tip to
tip. Messrs. K napp ami ('ap t.
back. The apparent recklessness
and skill with which the average Lorentzen pay U bounty of 82 00
lady iu the saddle “ weathers” the a scalp, for ¡'anthers and bears
killed within two miles of their
worst trails—now over logs, then respective promises.
under overhanging lim bs and
M. Riley (the other Michael)
brush, and anon around sharp
was
married to Mrs. E. A. Brown,
curves in precipitous grades—on,on
at
Sm
ith river week before last.
they dash—presenting a spect&clo
of during well calculated to ap'pal The poet “ lariat" of the Courier
one unused to such sights and un­ says of the occasion:
here was a sound of deviltry bv night,
fam iliar with the pre-eminent “T
For the oil-can hand had gath ered th e re ”
safety and sure-footedness of And the eiirly-to-lied iiwokp'wltli affright
terrible din th a t was hom e on
horses inured to such service. At the
the air.______
P rio r to the era of wagon roads in
these parts, tho ouly moans of in­ The engineering and working
tercommunication and local com­ forces at the mouth of the Coquille
merce was the “ quarter-deck” of have taken quarters on the second
M r. Jo h n
Lewis'
the faithful equine, and tho pack floor of
store,
where
they
surround
them ­
saddle, neither of which has, by
selves
with
such
comforts
ns
one
any means, fallen into disuse yet.
ouly
can
have
by
living
at
home
Thus tho people im perceptibly as
and boarding at the sa^ie place.
it wore, grew into expert horse­
Sir. Knapp has ju st completed
men, and our animals were of ne­
cessity educated ami duly trained a neat, cosy house south of his old
to the service required of them. residence. His purpose is,we learn,
The distance from P ort Orford to to construct a two-sfory building
Ellensburg, which points are as adjoining in front of the new one
yet only connected by saddle trail, and to occupy a part of the site of
is th irty miles. I t may well be the old one.
The tax levy for Coos county is
imagined that part of this stretch
is over rough and rugged ground. 27 mills. I t had lieen better for
Monday m orning last, at 7 o’clock, C urry county to have endorsed a
U. S. D eputy Marshal Brown, of like levy. County s c rip ’way down
Portland, started out for E llens­ is a n abom ination; everybody is
tho speculators.
b urg, in company with Alf. Gaunt- loser save
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lett, mail carrier, who was accom­
I t Is feared that m atters will not
panied on that trip by Mrs. Sher­ have time to run the gauntlet of
iff G auntlett, returning home from red tapo at a day early enough to
a visit to her parents in this place. complete the Coquille improve-
The M arshal—or mayhap tho ani- nient this year,
mal he bestrodo—was too plucky
Mrs. Griffith and brother re­
to be left, so, when tho mail and turned to town yesterday, after an
Mrs. G. reached the seat of justice absence nt Mr. W ells’ place of
of C urry county between two and some months.
three o’clock, P. * M., Marshal
The steamer Q uickstep, a Gov­
Brown was there too. On his re­ ernm ent transport, was in tho Co­
tu rn to this place he m ust needs quille last week, and was expect­
recount a few of tho perils and ed in our harbor.
hair-breadth escapes which had
Louis Knapp brought up from
varied the monotony of the trip
Bogue river a thorough bred buck,
down. Whenever it became ne­
selected from the band of Mr.
cessary in the thread of his n a rra ­ Hume, we understand.
tive to mention the exploits of the
There will b« a social hop at
lady in question, he spoke in meas­
Sol. C ulyer’s Friday evening
ured cadence and accents low, it next.
not having yet occurred to him
The Quickstep lost her keel go­
that she was, by great odds, the
ing into the Coquille, and is u n ­
best rider in the crowd.
dergoing repairs.
The Mose sailed Sunday for
The conclusion of the very ex* San Francisco.
collent descriptive article by our
T H E M A IN E E L E C T IO N .
friend Frank A. Stew art will be
fourni on tho fourth page. The
The State election in Maine last
types by an oversight on the sec­ week went Democratic by a majori­
ond ¡»age, had it “ concluded on t y of -----votes. The Democrats
and G n < nbackors united on one
third page.”
ticket in that State, on the Electo­
Salmon canning has commenced ral ticket as well as Stab). The
result of the State election Mettles
at the Smith river cannary. The | ! the
Presidential contest, so far a
most of tho fish used to begin with ' the nine votes of the “ Green Moiin-
were brought from Chetco.
tain” State can effect it.
The
F o u r th
P age.
U t > It I< I1SP4 > N n KN ( K.
.New l nkc.
E ditor P ost :—I will add one
more to your list of correspond­
ents, and send you a few items
frofti our valley. The farmers are
all busy harvesting their crops,
which arc yielding bountifully, as
usual crops have never failed us
yet.
The dairymen are jubilant over
the demand for b u tter; there will
be shipped from this place during
the season about ten tons of the
latter article, which, at present
¡»rices, will not bring less than
five thousand dollars; add To this
the beef, potk.ctc., which is annu­
ally turned off of every dairy farm
and it will make a neat little show­
ing. D airying is yet in its infancy
here and cannot be extensively
carriod on until the pastures are
well seeded in tame grasses. k
.
At present, an average cow will
give from seven to ten gallons of
milk per day, from which can be
made three fourths to one pound
and a half of butter. There is no
part o f Oregon or California where
dairying can be »¡tr«!»-'
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successfully than hero, owing to
the pure water and greenness of
the grass the season through.
What we are greatly in need of
is a home m arket; nt ¡»resent the
bulk <>f the farm ers’ productions
have to be sent to California to
find market. Give us the Harbor
of Refuge at P o rt Orford and we
will be content.
O u rv a lle y is fast settling with
ju st the kind of people to make a
sctth'inent ¡»rosperons; some that
came here only a year ago with
comparatively nothing, now have
better homes ami are in a more
prosperous condition.
If a person wishes
to get
along ami build up a home he must
work and not depend on his neigh­
bors. O ur school is progressing
finely under the skillful manage­
ment of Mr. G uerin, whose pres­
ent term will soon expire; it is
universally regretted that he can­
not stay with us longer, for, as a
teacher, he has few if any equids
in the State.
Mr. E. Bossen of this place is
preparing to catch fish at New riv­
er; he will p u t up for local pur*
i ¡loses only, this season.
HUILDING NOTES.
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Mr. Alex. Thrift, has about com­
pleted bis new dairy-house to take
the place of the old one which
was too small. C. Long is build­
ing a large milk stable ami barn
com him d. 11. Nelson, E. Bossen,
I ami C. Nelson are each building a .
' new barn. Langlois Bros, are
hauling lum ber for a wagon and
i blacksm ith shop.
Wild geese and ducks have
made th eir appearance; we will
' soon have fine limiting.
‘
F armer .
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