Port Orford post., November 03, 1881, Image 1

PORT ORFORD
VOL. II.
THE POST.
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authorized to receive advertisem ents for
tlie columns of this paper.
T h e « P o l a r » . . ’’
No. 1 of volume 1 of n lG-page
semi-secular hebdomadal which
mado its appearance at Portland
on October 22d, is before us. As
a typographic feat the Polaris is
creditable, while ability seems
not w anting in its editorial make
’IF up. Politically, tho new candi­
date is R epublican, w ith a very
decided leaning toward the Half
Breed wing of the Republican par­
ty. Religiously, the Polaris is
'A
vary sU onglj tinged w ith a sp irit
of intolerance toward and respect­
ing Catholicism and Catholics;
indeed its anti-Catholic bent may
be said to am ount to a hobby. Spe­
cific tenets aside, the Palaris, in
its literary and lqiseellaneous de­
partm ents is a decided step in ad­
vance of any publication which
has hitherto emanated from P o rt­
land, and should receive what its
obvious m erits clearly entiye it
to, viz, a living, paying support.
There is room in Oregon for a
periodical of its class.
Tw o M u ch l.c n r n in g .
The Botanist of tho A gricultu­
ral D epartm ent of the United
States ought to have his jaw broke
for the num erous jaw-breakers in
the way of L atin names he inter­
jects into his report. For instance,
our common orchard grass he
calls “ Dactylis O lom erats!” In
his description of orchard grass
this Botanist spreads him self im ­
mensely; the effort may have
“ busted” him, and it is to be hoped
it did, as no sensible farmer ever
wants to hear of his like again.
He says:
“ I t is a perennial grass, of
strong, rank grow th, about three
feet high, the culm and leaves
roughish. the leaves broadly linear,
light green, ami five or six on a
culm. Tin* panicle is two or three
inches long. The lower palet in
< ach flow, r is ovate-lanceolate,
ending in a short awn. and is rath-
•r longer than the glum es."
The “ Cobos" has been placed on
ways at Bandon, and tho water
»artially pumped out. Tho ex-
t.»nt of her daning* has not yet
Deen ascertained.
NO. 23.
PORT ORFORD, OREGON: THURSDAY, NOV. 3, ISSI.
T H E S A F E T Y O F T H E “ H E M E .*»
A C o m ed y o f E rrors.
A 'I 'lm e l) M e m o r ia l.
J u d g e B ennett, a n d o th e rs at
Tho Code of Oregon, is, iu some
s h e R e tu r n « fr o m a n I n v o lu ii-
tar>' a n d H a z a r d o u s C r u is e f a r respects, a very “ Comedy of er­ B andon, are tim ely in th e held
t o t h e W o r th w a r d —“ T h e V e s t rors." For instance, in the chap­ w ith a p e titio n to C o n g re ss, w hich
V e s s e l A flo a t’’—M u s ln c s s in E x ­
ter providing for the recovery of body convenes on th e lir s t M o n ­
ile .
day of next m o n th , lo r an a d d i­
The new and admirably adapted the possession of real property,
tio n al a p p ro p ria tio n to c o n tin u e
Section
329,
the
donation
law
of
and equipped steamship “ Mary D.
th e w ork so well b e g u n a t th e
Hume" has ju st had an “ experi­ Congress is referred to as having
m outh of the C o q u ille . W e do
ence" which dem onstrated her been approved Septem ber 27, 1859.
“ Siuslaw ” is spelled “ Synselaw .” not very clearly see how C o n g re ss
integrity, and made the hearts of
In the act defining the boundaries can d isc o n tin u e th e C o q u ille im ­
her commander and tho rem nant of
of Douglas county, “ California” p ro v em e n t at th e p o in t w here the
the crew left on board, glad. On
mountain is substituted for “ Cala- $10,999 a p p ro p ria tio n left it. S uch
Tuesday, October 18, the “ Hume"
pooia" mountain. Deinly, tho chief a c o u rse w o u ld a b o u t e n ta il a
arrived off the mouth of Rogue
com piler of the Code, testifies his w aste of th e m oney a lre a d y e x ­
river at a time when th at bar was
adherence to his “ W allainet” hob­ pended. T h e m em orial is to tin 1
so rough as to make it unsafe for
p oint in th e follow ing' w ords:
tho vessel to attem pt to enter the by by giving bis pet spelling the
To
the H onorable llo i m : o r Ib r-
preference throughout, inserting
harbor. She laid off and on for a
lU'.SKNT ATIVEK, IN C O N G R E S S A s -
“ W illam ette,” the correct and
week, when the storm which had
sem bled :
preferable form in brackets.
T he m em orial of the u n d e rsig n e d
prevailed increased to a gale, when
There are divers other crudities of in h a b ita n ts of Coos am i C u rry
she became tho sport of tho ele­
both text and typography in the c o u n tie s h u m b ly show eth:
ments. A very hurricane from the
T h a t C o n g ress g ra n te d $19,999
south raged, and the vessel flew work, which wo havo, from time tow ard s im p ro v in g tin* m o u th of
to time discovered, b u t which we the C o q u ille riv e r, 'th a t th is sum
Northward before it, w ith only the
cannot now enum erate from mem­
Captain, (Caughell) P u rser, E n ­ ory. In Art. X V II., Sec. 1 of the has been ex p en d ed on a wall b u ilt
of e rib -w o rk , c o n ta in in g several
gineer,Firem an and Cook on board, C onstitution of the State relating th o u sa n d to n s of hew n rock and
tho first Mato and four sailors hav­ to amendm ents, it is provided that e x te n d in g in le n g th over 899 feet.
T h a t th is im p ro v e m e n t has been
ing nt great personal risk, gone the Legislature
ratifying an
ashore at H unter's Point, and were amendm ent previously proposed, of very c o n sid e rab le benefit, as nn
in stan ce of w hich we may m ention
unable afterw ards to retu rn to d u ­ shall “ cause the same to he pub­ th a t th e o n ly vessel th a t u se d to
ty. On, on toward the frozen N orth l i s h e d w ithout delay in several fre q u e n t o u r riv e r in late y e a rs,
the noble eraft flew, now low “ new spapers,” etc. There is evi­ ra re ly m ado o v er fo u r voyages a
down in a deep, dark and forbid­ dently here an omis.mf^b" flic a r­ year. S in ce th e abovo im p ro v e ­
m en t was m ade sh e is m ak in g at
ding trough of the angry sea, and ticle “ the” either from the text, th
e rate of tw elve voyages a y ear.
anon on the erest of a wave which or. resulting from a typographical M oreover, se v era l o th e r fo ssels
towered aloft to a giddy bight. “ o u t.” B ut in Sec. 2 of the same are c o in in g in to o u r riv e r th a t n ev ­
Finally, the storm abating, and Article appears the most outland­ e r cam e before. N e v e rth e le ss,
m u ch m ore rem a in s to be done.
the sea gradually resum ing its ish syntactical jum ble to be met O u r riv e r, as h e re to fo re , s till ru n s
wonted state of repose the vessel with in half a lifetime, as follows: to th e ocean th ro u g h a channel
was pu t upon her course for P o rt
“ S ection 2, If two or more c o n ta in in g m any shoals and s u n k ­
Orford H arbor where she arrived “ amendments shall bo subm itted en ro ck s, upon one <>f w hich th e
ste a m er E s te r C obos s tru c k on
safe and sound Tuesday late in tho “ in «licit m anner,” | having refer­ th e l l t l i of O c to b e r, 18-81 (sine -
afternoon of Nov. 1st, where the ence hero of course to the provis­ th e above im p ro v e m e n t was m a d e ),
ions of See. 1] “ that the electors
officers upon coming ashore, were “ shall vote for or against each of and w recked.
T h a t, w ith th e p ro sp e c t of h av ­
tho objects of congratulations “ such amendm ents separately.”
in g tho m o u th of th e C o q u ille
showered upon them for th eir es­
The relative “ th a t” used in this opened and th e re b y b e in g ab le to
cape from what was hero thought m anner utterly destroys the sense I g et o u r p ro d u c ts to m a rk e t, o u r
to be a great peril. Captain i of the sentence- in fact u tterly farm ers w ent to w ork an d th is
Caughell commends tho behavior annihilates the sentence—hors«*, y e a r on a m o d erate estim a te -
have pro d u ced 29 tons of w heat
of the “ Mary D. H um e” in her foot and dragoons. Let us, in for the one p ro d u ced p re v io u sly ,
trying cirais in the highest terms, very charity, assume that the sen­ and o th e r a rtic le s even in a g re a te r
ratio .
and is more than ever before of tence was written-
em o rslists ask for a f u r th e r a p ­
course, proud of the noble ship
“ If two or more amendments p M
ro p ria tio n of $59,000, in o rd e r to
he has the honor to command. “ shall lie subm itted in such nmn- ! c o n tin u e th e p re se n t b reak w ater
Tho supply of coals on board “ ncr, the electors sha’I vote for or i th ro u g h tho N o rth s p it a n d into
“ against each of such anieiid- i the ocean, as rec o m m e n d e d by Mn-
was well nigh exhausted, also “ ments separately. ”
i jo r B olton, of th e U. S. E n g in e e rs ,
tho “ Hume" had not been so com­
W ho the proof reader was wo in b is re p o rt of th e su rv e y o r d e r ­
pletely at tho mercy of tho do not know, but we are made ed by ( Congress am i by < io v e rn m e iit
storm. In this experience of aware by the im print attached that s c ie n tists since th e n . T h is w ill
Capt. Caughell. ho was made to the work was p rinted by Bancroft c o n d u c t th e riv e r in to a c h a n n el
realize the pressing necessity for A- Co., San Francisco, though free from rooks au 1 sh o als an 1
th ere b y form a a safe an in le t ami
a H arbor of Refuge, as-, bad there
o
u tle t for vessels of m o d erate to n ­
Eugene
Semple,
State
P
rin
ter,
been such an asylum, ho could
nage
as m ay be found in the
should
have
hud
the
work
done
in
have made it and lain inside in
U nited Ktutes.
safety and composure during all Oregon by Oregon craftsnien.
H o p in g th a t y o u r h o n o ra b le
these weary hours during which
"
/
H
ouse
w ill g ra n t th is, o u r m o d e r­
his vessel was being tossed about,
A n o t h e r O n e «»one.
ate re q u e s t, m e m o ria lists, as m
hith er and tither, the prey of
The casing of another pier in d u ty b o u n d , will e v e r pray.
chance. On h e r way down, the
G ko . B enn ett ,
tho
1’. O. C. Co's tramway which
‘‘Hume" went into the Um pqua
and took on a cargo of several connects the deep water at the S e c r e ta r t of th e J o in t C o m m ittee
of Coos a n d C u rry c o u n tie s for
hundred cases of salmon for tho rock with the shore was car­
im p ro v in g th e m o u th of th e C o­
San Francisco market, thus mix­ ried away by the heavy sea last
q u ille riv e r.
ing business with peril, and
♦ ♦ •
crowning an exploit with profit week. It is but a question of a
J . B. T ie h e n o r w ent below on
which hail so very recently ex­ short time when the whole
plored the ragged edge of dire stru ctu re m ust go if nothing is th e “ lin in g ” to in a u g u ra te a term
of school M onday.
disaster. The “ Hum e” departed done to secure it.
from this port yesterday m orning
Miss Mary W insor went down to
intending to go into Roguo river
• E llensburg on the “ Huino."
i on the 9 o'clock a. m. tide.
Advertise in T he P ost .
CORRESPONDENCE.
E llensbvrg , Oct. 27, 1881.
W e h av e h ad an a b u n d a n c e of
rain this season and a fair pros­
pect for more.
T h e p o tato c ro p in som e lo c a li­
ties has been dam aged som e by
b lig h t, b u t to no g rea t e x te n t.
On tho n ig h t of th e 12th of Oct
o b e r we had a sw eep in g frost along
th e riv e r, w hich cooked th e late
tom atoes, ami m ade o u r corn field s
look ra th e r sick. T h is was ratln :•
an u n u s u a l freak of old J a c k , as
ho d o es not g e n e ra lly v isit u s so
early m th e season.
T h e Fall A shing d o u b tle s s w dl
d o s e in a few days, as salm on are
g e ttin g very scarce. T ho ru n th is
F all h as been a very good otic.
H um e .V Co. a re e x p e rim e n tin g
som e in th e sw eet corn b u sin e ss
th is season, ea rly lust, s p rin g they
e o n tra ete d w ith M essrs E ickinau
and M ansfleld to raise thoin a few
acres of sw eet c o rn , for w hich they «
w ere to pay $19 p er acre fo r th e
co rn d e liv e re d on th e ir w h a rf; th e
co rn is of a good q u a lity , and has
p ro d u ce d a larg e y ie ld . T h e C om ­
pany are ta k in g g re a t pains in p u t­
tin g th is corn U]i, and we believe
the c u le rp rD o w ill prove a success.
If so, it will add g re a tly to tTie
b u sin ess in te re s ts of o u r B ogue
riv e r farm ers.
O u r co u n ty officials d o n o t a l­
ways find th e ir pathw ay strew n
w ith roses, but. som etim es w ith
th o rn s am i b rie rs ; and it seem s as
th o u g h o u r Sheej) in s p e c to r is
fin d in g m ore th o rn s th an roses,
lie lias found difficulty in e n fo rc ­
in g tho law w hich c re a te d h is
office, and it is v ery g e n e ra lly b e­
lieved th a t th e law w ill y e t prove
a failu re.
M r. E d ito r, we still talk railroad
som«' dow n th is way, b u t h av en 't
h e a rd tin 1 e n g in e w h istle yet.
C an’t you give us a little break
w ater news? W e need so m e th in g
for a change.
(), yes; I cam e n ear fo rg e ttin :
to tell von that o u r po|M ilation is
in c re a sin g very fast Imre of late.
Tw o b irth s in th is v icin ity w ithin
th e p a s t few days, ami well, I
g u ess 1 will w rite again soon.
Si nsciiiiii'.K.
A C o il .iila -r a U le I .e s s .
T h e goo-Is am i h o u seh o ld e ffe c t;
of D r. am i M rs. S te ele w ho h a v
located a t S m ith riv e r, w ere on
board th e “ C obos" when th a t ves
sel s u n k a t th e m o u th of th e C o ­
q u ille . T h e ir goods were sto red
away in the vessel’s hold, am i urn
of c o u r e, ru in ed .
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*
T h e “ M ose" cro ssed th e b a r nt,
C o q u ille T uesday e v e n in g , s tr i k ­
ing suveral tim es, am i s p rin g in g
a leak. D am age s lig h t.
C ongress
co n v en es th e first.
M onday in nex t m o n th , and wifi
p ro b ab ly rem ain in session u u ’.d
som e tim e iu J u ly .