Port Orford post., April 14, 1881, Image 1

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PORT ORl’ORD, OREGON: THURSDAY, APRIL 14. ISSI.
VOL. I.
THE
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PORT ORFORD, CURRY CO., OR.
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1'lirec MoiltliN.......................... .15
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Merchant 's Exeliange, San Frau cisco, is
authorized to rccvivi advcrtlbcineuts for
file columns of this paper.
D row ned.
From tho officers of tho “ Sliu-
b rie k ” whi li vessel arrived last
Friday, we leanuof the drow ning
of throe men at Yaquina Bay.
The vessel ordered for tho E ngi­
neer’s D epartm ent by Col. Gilles­
pie arrived oil’ Yaquimt Bay, when
a boat containing the Captain and
three men was lowered for the
purpose of placing buoys on each
side of tiie channel at the entrance
to the Bay. By some mishap the
boat was caught, in what are called
the "jaw s" and I’apai/.ed, the Cap-
' “^iatii and two men sulking almost
immediately; one seaman, how­
ever, was thrown ashore and ef­
forts were being m ule to revive
him when the “ Shubrick” left.
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From VSk< i> «».
U nder date of A pril 8th, our
regular
Chetco correspondent
w rites as follows:
Farm ers are very busy p utting
in their grain ninl gardens this
line weather.
The “ Mary D. H um e” camo into
Smith river and took a full load
w ithout any trouble, the captain
seeming highly pleased with the
entrance to the river over the bar.
She is expected back in a few
days with freight, and another
cargo is awaiting her arrrival.
We \vi h th e little steamer success.
H i i o o u e r f o r IC o g u c lX iv e r .
We arc informed that a company
has been formed for the purpose
of buying a schooner to ply be­
tween Rogue river and San Fran-
Mr. A. II. Moore is men­
tioned
being at the head of tho
enterp i -e, and that gent email has
gone 1 1 »w to open negotiations
for the purchase of the schooner
“ Cham pion.”
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T h e C h e t c u B i r k S a m i M in e s .
C o u n ty C o u rt P r o c e e d in g s .
H o u n d O ver.
A correspondent w riting to the
Crescent City Record says: There
are over fifty claims located al­
ready, and there seems to be some
gold on all of them ; but the great­
er portion of the one hundred and
sixty acres, located by the first
company of eight, seems to bo a
solid bed of black sand, prospect­
ing very ric h —in fact, the richest
we ever saw. We noticed in one
cut, which the boys had ru n , that
they had a bank of over fo u r feet
of the richest black sand. I t is
undoubtedly one of the richest
black sand mines on the Coast, and
all that will be required to unearth
a fortune there is work, with prop­
er management for saving the
gold.
The mines are about a mile from
the present beach, i. id has every
indication of having been a beach
some day itself. Tho pay d irt is
generally loose, except near the
bed-rock, which seems to he very
ouipact and hard. The bed-rock
is a blue slate with a scum of hard
red rock over it, about four or five
inches thick. Wo saw a prospect
out of a hole ab o u th alfa mile from
the main cut, which was exceed­
ingly rich, and goes to prove that
the bed of sand is ext( n d v . The
company are going rig h t ahead in
making preparations to work it.
Theii first job is to bring water on
the e aim; they intend to bring
two ereeks, which aro now' ru n ­
ning on each side, on to it. Their
main ditch will be about two miles
long.
PROBATE COURT.
The examination of H enry Ros­
enbrook, charged with the m urder
of Win. Black, at Big Meadow s on
Rogue river last December, was
held last Friday and Saturday be­
fore Judge Tichenor. Mr. Jerry
H untley of E llensburg conducted
the prosecution and C yrus Mad­
den, appeared for Rosenbrook.
A large num ber of witnesses were
examined, and sufficient evidence
adduced to w arrant his being
bound over, which was aceord-
ingly done. Sheriff G auntlett
and D eputy Brannigan left Sun­
day for E llensburg w ith tho p ris­
oner.
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T h e “ A l e x . O u iir a it i, J r . ’ *
Tho “ Alex. D unean, J r . ” has
been on tho ways at the foot of
Jefferson street d u rin g the past
week undergoing repairs. She
has been thoroughly overhauled,
being repainted, caulked, eto., pre­
paratory to making a trip north as
far as Cape Blanco, having been
chartered to take supplies to the
light-house at th at poiut. J . B.
Tichenor will be placed in com­
mand.
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Foul ta n .
John Blacklock was the victim
of a pai'-.fttl cu t a few days since
while chopping a stick of wood
out at his placo North of P o rt
O rford. Tho ax glanced and
struck his foot cutting through
his shoe and nearly severing four”
of his toes.
In the m atter of the estate of D.
C. H all, insane. O rdered that A.
H. Moore, J . II. G auutlett, and
Win. Gauutlett. bg appointed ap­
praisers of said estate.
Estate of I. S. Jones, deceased.
R. W alker appointed adm inistrator
Estate of Thomas Taylor, de­
ceased. Ran Tichenor appointed
adm inistrator.
commissioners ’ court .
The Sheriff was allowed until
the Ju ly term of the County
Court to make his final retu rn of
taxes for 1880.
A. J . Edson was appointed
Sheep Commissioner fo r'C u rry
county for one year with bonds
fixed at 81000.
The license of Asa C anaan to
retail spirituous liquors ia P o rt
O rford renewed, to continue six
months from April 8, 1881. ,
License of R. W alker & t ’o. to
retail spirituous liquors in Bllens-
ensburg, renewed, to eofelinue
six months from March 3d, 1881.
Ordered that the Sheriff be au ­
thorized to give receipt in full of
all demands of C urry county
against certain prem ises
>82.
S R 12 and 13 W est for delinquent
taxes, etc., for the years 1878 and
1879 upon receipt of delinquent
taxes (together with ten per cent,
thereon) for 1878 and delinquent
taxes for 1879.
Bills paid to the am ount of
(¡39 24, including two m onth's sal-
ery of Clerk ami Sheriff.
C hanged.
This week a change of route
waa made for the mail carriers.
Wilt Lake resumes the old route
to Bandon and retu rn , while Mr.
1TI. Moore takes the Newcastle
route. Andrew Ilall, who was re­
lieved by Will Lake, left for the
Coquille Tuesday. Mr. Alfred
G auutlett is now tem porarily on
the E llensburg route, D eunis
Cnuiff being in the m ountains
after cattle.
Mr. G. Bowne of Ellensburg
has been spending a few days
with us d u ring the week, and
seems well pleased w ith the pros­
pects of F o rt O rford. We shall
expect you to “ open shop” here
before long “ Jim m y .”
Tho S pring run of salmon at
Rogue river thus far is said to be
poor. There are prospects of its
The schooner “ E ster Cobos” a r­
becoming better later in tire seas­
G eese are g o in g n o rth w a rd , and
rived at E llensburg Monday m orn­
on, however.
flying very low. A flock flew over
ing, having on board a large quan­
town a few days since, and were
tity of machinery for H um e’s
Mr. Moore, father of Hi. Moore
so low that Chas. W iusor was
beach mines.
carrier
on the Newcastle route,
enabled to bring two of the birds
to the ground at one shot.
A large and good supply of oat arrived here a passenger on the
nteal and graham flour at A. D. “ Arcata” Monday last.
P ublic school wi.l commence
t about the 1st of Mav nt this place W olcott’s.
A. D. W olcott and wife start
with the prospect of increased at
The “ Mary D. Hum e” is over­ this m orning on a week’s visit to
the Coquille.
tendance.
due at this place threo days.
NO.
Mr. Cresswell's Statement.
E ditors P ost .—In your issue of
March 31st, 1881. you published a* -
communication from Cheteo cal­
culated to injure my reputation for
fair dealing in business matters.
B ut the strictures of your corres­
pondent m ight have passed as un­
worthy of notice, as it only p u r­
ported to be Enos’ version of the
transaction, had you not supple­
mented it with an editorial headed
“ A S tupid Attem pt at F rau d .”
with your comments in consonance
with the heading.
The facts are as follows: On
the 7th day of Ju ly , 1880, Mr.
Enos being in bad health, and
S ig n a l S e r v ic e S t a t io n .
being desirous of visiting San
I t is rum ored, since the arrival
Francisco for the benefit of his
of the light-house tender “ Shu-
health, he proposed that if I would
b rick ,” that the Government in­
raise him the money (8250) with
tends making Cape Blanco a Sig­
which to bear his expenses, he
nal Service Station, and further,
would make me a deed of his land;
that telegraph communication will
which money I agreed to raise.
be made from the Cape to the
Mr. Enos went down to Crescent
nearest point on the Coos Bay
City two days before I did and
line.
had Judge Hamilton to draw up
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The “ Areata,’’( ’apt. Holt, arrived the necessary deed of conveyance;
here Monday. It is the inten­ which deed Mr. Enos duly execu­
tion. to run the vessel between ted and acknowledged. I borrow­
San Francisco and Dejit.rture Bay, ed the money from Mr. Wall of
instead of making Coos Bay the Crescent City, giving my note
term inus of the route as has been bearing 1)4 per cent, per month
interest to pay Mr. Enos as agreed
the ease heretofore.
between us. This was a complete
Joseph Noah has sold his place transaction in itself, and if the
on Sixes river to Mr. Daniel Divel- m atter had stopped there, then
bis of Ellensburg, who will bring there would have been no diffi­
his family up to occupy the farm culty about it. B ut Mr Enos
in a few’ weeks. Mr. Noah intends then asked me if I was willing,
locating in Coos county.
in ease of his recovery and return,
Miss Florence Lowe concludes to give him the privilege of re­
a very successful term of school deeming the lands I had p u r­
chased from him. I agreed to do
at the Cape to-flav.
so, and executed a bond binding*
myself to re-transfer the land to
TELEG RA PH IC .
him on payment of a certain sum,
S t . P etpksburo , April 8.—The with interest at one p er cent per
trial of the persons charged with m onth; or in default of making
the m urder of the late Em peror such deed I was to forfeit and pay
began yesterday. Jelitbolf con­
ducts his own defense. Admission to Mr. Enos the snm of 8500.
obtained by ticket. The strictest This was another transaction.
control is maintained. Ten seats
Now for the transaction which
were assigned to the foreign press gave rise to the false statem ent oi
and five to the Russian press. A
life-size p o rtrait of the late Czar, your Cheteo correspondent. Mr
draped in black, is a prom inent Enos came with his witnesses and
feature of the hall. Sixty-four paid the $250 named in the bond,
witnesses and eleven experts will together with other money whicl
examined. Greek, Catholic, L u th ­
eran and Mohammedan clergy I had loaned him since the execu­
were present to adm inister oaths. tion of tlio bond, am ounting in
The reading of the accusation oc­ all to 8312. He demanded th at 1
cupied two hours. Tho prisoners, should sign a deed or some in stru ­
when asked, declined to state their
names, ages, profession, or domi­ ment which they had brought with
them. I refused to do so, but 1
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ciles.
then and there counted ont 8500
Residents of Port Orford and vicinity
who are ruptured, or otherwise ailing, (the am ount I had agreed to for­
should secure “Dr. Pierce's Magnetic feit) and tendered it to him bu t be
Elastic Truss,’’ or Electric Helt without
refused to accept it, and left in a
delay. Read their ad.
great rage.
LOST.
Yon are. probably correct in
N TIIE EVENING OF THE 12TH your statement of the law, in case
inst.. between tiie residence of Mrs. the deed and bond bail been exe­
Jas. Blacklock, and tiie store of Bates A
c
cuted
at the same time, and ha<’
Johnson, a gold ring with pchblc-dia- l>een parts of the same transaction,
niond set, underneath which tiie letters
“A. J. D.” were engraved. Any person b u t such are not the facts n f th
J ohn C resswell .
returning tiie same to this office will be case.
liberaliv rewarded.
C hetco , April 6, 1881.
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