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About Port Orford post. (Port Orford, Oregon) 1880-1882 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1881)
PORT ORFORD POST. • ■ , m e n n ir H IE COST. - 1 .1 I V % . m ountains; and that scared and we turned and started for THURSDAY, JA N . 13. IS S I. To hear the ocean’s roar, Portland. Traveled Jefferson on COK. 6 th a JACKSON STS., C EX TEitvir.LE, Umatilla Co., Or.) And w atch the moon m ajestic roll the Santiam ; from there we traveled i u t - u i n i » i : u ■.<»<.(<’ December 12, 1880. f Through darkness* solem n h o u r,_ twelve miles below Salem; Sunday Port O rford, - Oregon E ditor P ost - -Wo left Sixes on And th ro u g h the broken clouds to see, 'I ho AVillnmetto Farm er fulinin m orning it was clear and cold; I tie sta rs look softly down, the 27th of October, and came as ales a lenghty urticlo in favor of „ traveled one mile below Oregon Like A ngel eyes, th a t hid us flee, tar as M oras creek that night. protective tariff, in which it makes AM P R E P A R E D TO ACCOMMO City Monday; made Portland by 1 (.lute To m ore exalted g round. ilio 11m next morning il was raining a the point that “ protection” in the 2 o clock the next m orning; went A h ! th e re 's a th o u g h t I can n o t quell little and rather bad traveling. Ibiited States has made it possi U nit’s upw ard, onw ard sp ed ,— On the 29th we went on board the on board the Thompson at 5 o’clock T ra v e lin g P u b lic ble for American m anufacturers of and started out for The Dalles, As Memory weaves tier g e n tle spell steam er Cores, and went to Co cutlery to sell their wares in Shef R ound days forever fled: W ith good beds while' the Table will il quille City; there laid over for my j w here we arrived at 5 o’clock in ways field! The Farm er did not see And in the m ystic fold ot n ig h t be supplied with the best the M ir the evening; laid over in The ket affords. horses, which got in Saturday Conies up life’s sw eetest dream ._ that, in this admission, it Till sta rs hi th e ir angelic light, night. Tho boys brought word Dalles two days waiting for Sam rat down on its own position. For F lin g down a softer beam. that we could not get over the to bring the horses. I t was very instance, that paper contends that GOOD S T A B L IN G road as it was tilled with fallen cold and frosty,ground froze hard; F o r o th e r eyes have looked on m ine everybody in America ought to In Y outh’s bew itching bloom, trees. We had to go by steamer lolt Tho Dalles about 10 o’clock In c o n n e c t io n w i t h t h e n o u s« . pay a large price for the manufac " hose rays were pure as vestal slirini to M yrtle Point, and concluded to tho 2,)th of Nov; traveled over tured articles they consume, in W. S. AA INSOR, Proprietor. W itliin the tem p le's gloom ; try the Coos Bay Wagon Iioad. bids and table lands to the other order to keep out ol' the country, Bill, now I w ander long the shore, Deshntes. On the 27th started Left M yrtle Point Monday morn goods m anufactured by the “ p a u " hli weary steps alone,— early; could hardly k< ep from E S T A B L IS H E D IN 1852 nig, and traveled over as had Those vestal eyes shall shine no more, per labor of E ngland.” To keep road as I over saw; it hadn’t been freezing; traveled up the Colum 1 heir earthly lays have flown: mit such goods we m ust m aintain But in the wierd like realm of n ig h t, worked on this year. The old bia for about three miles and then a protective tariff to the end that I seem to see th eir sp irit lig h t. road was fenced up in some places had a rockey canyon for about American m anufacturers shall Grpsoi.. and turned on the side hill; was four miles; then came out on table have the monopoly of the sale of full of stumps and short turns lands covered with bunch grass; all such. But it American man editorial NOTES AND NEWS. that could hardly be made with this land is being settled up very ufaeturers can go into Bhellield, fast; there is where we left Mc- Tho small pox bus reached O l i o span of horses. We droye Aboy and wife. There has been a the very seat of cutlery manufac until dark, and only got about 15 ture in England, and sell theii Walla Walla. gency rent many houses put up this miles. Tho next m orning we wares in com pttition with “ p au I he United States spend $100,- hitched up and made about three Pall and a great many more places R o o m s 2» a n d 31, M e r c h a n t s ’ Ex. per labor,” what sort of labor 000,000 annually for sugar. c h a n g e , C u lifo z n iu S t . , S . E. miles to Mr. H u n t’s, on the East taken that there is no houses on, m ust such cutlery have been p ro An Indian burying ground has tori», of the Coquille; it commenced but patches plowed on them, duced by in this country? But been unearthed near.tho m outh of raining and rained p retty hard all llioio is chances for a great many the Farm er conceals from its read the Coquille. «lay. We laid over until noon the places yet, bu t tho great draw V B.—A D V ERTISIN G SOLIC'ITEl ers the point that such cutlery is next day, then started and made back is tim ber, which has to be i « • for all new spapers published < - The Sioux Indians demand sold by American m anufacturers he Pacific Coast, the Sandw ich Island- one mile beyond Mr. L a ird ’s. hauled from ten to fort” miles. t Iolynesia, Mexican Ports, Panam a ,V: in England at a figure far below ^7,000,000 for the privilege of There tho road ran out, and we Wo got to John Days a little after paraiso, Ja p a n , C hina, New Zealand, tic tunning a railroad through their that at which the same class of goods A ustralian Colonies, the E a ste rn State had to unload our wagon and pack dark; could not get any wood; and lands. E urope. I'iles ol nearly every news can be had for ot the same man- our things for about seven miles. went across the river and made a p ap er published on the Facilie Con- Tho Times says the late frosts uiaeturers by American merchants. constantly on hand, and all adve Thursday evening the folks camped raid on sage brush; managed l Kept i s e r s are allowed free access to tb, n And it we can conipeto in the E u have occasioned considerable dam- in an old shed; wo started out to get enough to cook supper (luring business ho u rs. ropean markets with our wares, age to ' eg,'tables in Jackson D77“T he P ost is k e p t on flic at the ¡•right and early, and managed by and breakfast with, bu t nearly olhee of L. P. Fisher. whore is tli,. oensc in a tariff? Whv county. i.ird worJCtu get about three froze in the meantime. The next Navigation is almost entirely •'Pl'fess home consum ers with ex miles, and went back to camp, m orning we started out about sun J. B. toitionato prices* in tho face of suspended on tho Columbia, the rise, taking the old em igrant road; I’ riday. We started out again and such evidence that such goods can river being frozen over from The m.nle a mile the next day; got to had a long hill to climb; got upon l") uud are afforded at so much Dalles up i'-'S where we could put my wagon to high table lands—very tine—cov less When shipped abroad? A tar- Gen. 0 . 0 . Howard has been gether and load up and try the ered with hunch grass. There were P o r t O rfo rd , C u r r y C o .. Or. i 1 craze is the craziest cuzro of all placed in command at West Point, no houses along the road, hut off the crazes. And that's what’s the General Wheaton taking command wagon again; then went back after the road live or six miles it is the women and children; brought s. P. HAZARD, mat ter o! the 1 ’arnier. ol (lie D epartm ent of the Colum them out horseback; (James Me- thickly settled. The stage road bia. A tto rn e y at L a v / A b o y and wife being with us). runs up Rock creek, and through 1 he clause in the new treaty l»e- 'I’li.' W inter thus far has proved Some places the mud was up to Hepner, which, is situated on the E M P IR E c i t y . ,H""n «he United M .desand China, very disastrous to sheep owners the axle and the road ju st barely head of Willow Creek; there is Coos County, relative to immigration js ns f(1| ’ Oregon in the K lickitat country; over one wido enough for the wagon and quite a large settlem ent on this "M ie Em peror of China thousand head of sheep having by hugging the bank ju st as close creek; got to Willow creek about J. HUNTLEY, consents that whenever in the frozen to death. as possible, we managed to make sundown; plenty of wood; started Counselor at Law,& N otary Puhli 'T n n .u . of the United Stales the An unusually cold wave has across the mountains. From there early the next m orning and travel coming hither of Chinese laborers E llexsbcho , O reooy . ed over thousands of acres of as or their residence in this country swept over Northwestern Oregon; we had pretty good roads, till we tine land as ever laid out of doors. “ ''••cl or threatens to affect, in ju in Portland the ieo weighs down got to F luruoy valley where Tljis land is fast being settled up. Pa rtic u la r A ttention paid to La r riously the inter,-sis of the United trees, telegraph wires, awnings, a tire ran till and we had to eamp Each man can take up 480 acres, B usiness. States, th ou (ho UnikH, Sf ihM and makes havoc among things and go into Looking G lass to get THE generally. it ¡>ut on. Then on Tuesday we a homestead, tim ber culture, and Covernm eut may regulate, limit railroad quaiter. I t is about' th ir t has. (. rocker who purchased m ale Cole’s valley; Wednesday or suspend such coming or resi ty live miles from Willow to B ut dence in such manner as the Uui troin the C om pinv the lands em we traveled within six miles of Oaklaud; Thursday we traveled ter creek; it was after night when te d States m iy deem proper. braced in the C o ,a Bav Waggon until about noon, when the same got to camp; next morning had a Road swag,has deeded that part ot tire ran off again, the wheel broke sandy sage brush country to go ’I lie N. Y. Sun s.ys Murk Twain the road lying in Douglas county down and I had to take it back to through for about ten miles to STILL KEEPS THE LEAD ¡•as become daft. At times he im to the said county for its own use Oakland and get it tilled. The I matilln, then weut upon table IPP'lUcr* D 1. it . a g in e s h im s e lf e d i t o r o f the Cour- and “ b eh o o f’ forever. m o s t ret. weather was clear and frosty. F r i lands again. Off to our left it was rentnH * t . CK t Machine ever ic "E and at other times fancies one wheat field after another to day we started about noon uud etlv J ' its work q u ic k ly , qul 1'iinselfa church deacon. A short A prom inent dry-goods m er travc ed w ithin eight miles of the the Blue mountains, about fifty ««II-factbin.’’ a"d nlwar3fflvcs P " « “ >‘iu e si nee he was M ind in his chant in Boston worked half an talip o o a m ountains; on Saturday miles. \v e got to Pendleton that ° f 23 ycnrs o f P atient labo, 'k "binding on an empty an hour on the following proposi we crossed the m ontains to the night; the next day started about o.d Ricelom f “ ‘ t oxporicnco t'7 m ost skill« dr foo ls box trying to palm him- tion, and failed to give an answer: Coast fork; from then«, we started noon and came to Wild Horse ill oti <S 1 com bines tho good points ol l f otl t.,r and Egyptian obelisk. - “ If four men can build a »ton« Sunday m orning and traveled creek, the end of our journey. I t ¿"felt U r * 11“0’’ M“ h 1“’“« «’*«” m c rii i ^ a rc ^ y Sew ing Machine« wall in nine dai s, how long w ill it w ithin three miles of Springfield. commenced snowing the 2,1 of De »omni < 1° rnnrkct, but nono arose Sixleen offenders were sent up tali,' fiv e ill,'ll to build a like wall Monday we made Shedds Station; cember, ami snowed about «¡x v w J L iK*1*“ 1 r*‘rfc c t 1,1 d e<a«I I none iron, Portland at the late term ef in six days?” 1 uesday we traveled four miles inches, which laid on for three - - — «a. Circuit Court from Multnomah Chinm.k w ^dZ | *~ to Mr. Walks; laid over there u n days, then ..........“ ----- »0 iam ous. The population of Oregon is onnty. I heir several sentences o co n flJe“ c e o i all an whohav, who nav came and took it off. R has been >eenhi?, ^ “ » ^ 'VOn ,h ‘^conflUenceof til Thursday morning. They told Silice. * * * D O W lw * T » r* n rl . •fgregated forty three and u half J74,7(’,7. Males, 103,388; females, us there that the road was open x r f o i n ° W l* T ° nfl do « b t th ____ e mos 71.379, native, 111,327; Foreign, ^ew ing- Machine in tho m ark et. « »nice in the Penitentiary O. W . J l X K IX . across the Caseade M ountins. We •iPJ.-Hl; white. 1(13,087; colored, agents w a n t e d . started ami got w ithin teu miles Z. v ... >ead ior Dcscriptive Circulars &c. I hiladelphia has raised £100,000 11.080, including in the State, of the toll gate on the Santiam (.e o rg c E lh o t, (Mrs. Cross) the JO H N S O N , C L A R K & CO • *,.>0b Chinese, 2 Japanese, 1,079 • •>r General Grant. road :wid it commenced raining in Engl,»,, j , . j ni | l C U A « K «, CO, Indians and half breeds. the valley and snowing in the L o n d o g on 2 7 ,h „ , t In < * M G IIT T IIO I C U T S . ’Tis music to tile weary soul ■ n te r e M t l.iv I . tie r fr o m J u n k in . G eorge L. P. FISHER’S NEW S PAPE K a d v e r t is . in g A ©Vary P u b S i c , U6HT*RUNNINfi
