PORT ORFORD
NO. 24.
PORT ORFORD, OREGON: THURSDAY, NOV. 10,1881.
VOL. II.
TIIE POST.
.1. 11. C P T O 5 & SO N , P r o p r ie to r s .
P u b lis h e d K r e r y
POST.
T h u rsday,
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L. P. F ish er , Advertising Agent, 21
Merchant’s Exchange, San Francisco, is
authorized to receive advertisem ents for
the columns of this paper.
IB a s G o n e ,
Jere H untley, E sq., so long a
resident of E llensburg as to have
come to be regarded as a fixture
of C urry county, left, with his
family, on th o ‘ Hume” Wednesday
for Crescent City, w hither ho goes
to locate an 1 practice his profession
—that of the law. Wo regret that
Mr. H. had not remained with us,
and bespeak for him th a t consider
ation among his now neighbors
to winch his professional ability
and social qualities entitle him.
A n ti-M o n o p o ly .
The Oregon V idett heretofore a
literary monthly is now issued
weekly with the adjunct title,
/Vnti-Monopolist. The V idett in
its new character deals vigorous
blows against the system of half
legalized piracy which perm its the
confiscation of the earnings of tho
m illions by and in the interest of
the more thousands. Lot us hope
that the anti-monopoly war-cry
will not cease until tne toiling m il
lions of the land shall have justice
in some sort dealt out to them.
If true to themselves the people
have it in their power to extort
tlieir ju st demands. To succeed
in tlieir anti-monopoly fight they
must be vigilant, circum spect and
'determined. Tho oue danger of
all others which [will beset them,
will be found in tho facility with
which a class of characterless
brokers in partisan opportunities
will insinuate themselves into the
favor of the new organization.
Shun them! Spit upon their pre
tensions. Once in a position to
betray you, they will sell you out
as cold-bloodedly and cruelly as
th - Mammons of M onopoly now
rob you. Hail this class of p o liti
cal barnacles and hum bugs lived
in the day of Ju d as Iscariot, they
would have speculated in the blood
of tho Redeemer in the very pres
ence of tho awful scenes of Cal
vary. O ut upon them.
PERSONAL.
Mr. J . Sears was in town Tues
day.
Thanks toM . M. Bates for favors
extended.
Mrs. O. 1‘. Brown sent us some
mammoth apples last week.
Mr. C. Jensen has been finishing
the interior of his dwelling on the
Heads.
The Senion went below to Ellens
burg Monday and returned yes
terday.
J. B. Tichenor’s school opeued
at Ellensburg Monday, w ith a fair
attendance.
Thos. Cunningham of Ellens
burg now carries the mail on the
Southern route.
Mr. J . W. Carman returned from
tho Valley last week, briuging
some blooded sheep.
II. I ’. W hitney of Coos Bay was
in town yesterday, having como
down after a band of cattle collect
ed for liim by Jos. Nay.
CORRESPONDENCE.
C hmtoo , N ov .
fi’f 1,
Tho heavy rains have' almost
stopped the dairy business hero for
The Langlois postoffice was only
this season.
tem porarily discontinued after all,
Tho road viewers made a favor
as we learn, until the new letting
able report of the road surveyed
on this routo, which will take
through this valley. This is
place in June. Mr. Knapp and
cheering news to tho many peti
the D epartm ent did not agree, it
A full line of patent rem edies, tioners aud settlers in Curry coun
seems, as to the value of the
| and also standard prescriptions, to ty. Tho new store is nearing com
extra service involved in the m at
be had at W olcott’s. This in a pletion hero and business looks
ter of serving the new office.
county 80 miles in extent along lively.
A nother settlor in here from the
The “ Cobos” has been repaired the Ci>ast, and reaching eastward East and he wears a Hancock
and re-loaded and was waiting far into the interior, and contain hat, too.
S ettler .
yesterday m orning for an oppor ing one solitary physician, is for
tunity to go out. She will pro tunate.
In the Summary of assessments
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of
Clackamas county fur the year
We
learn
that
Mr.
Jno.
Cronen
ceed to San Francisco under sail,
1881,
published in our last weeks
burg,
J
r
.,
of
the
Coquille,
intends
as her propeller and other portions
issue, the gross value of property
of her machinery are damaged to opening a private school in Port should have read $3,330,394 instead
Orford this W inter. The Centen $33,303,94. The figures were cor
a considerable extent.
nial building will be used as the rect hut the typo im properly
pointed them off.- O. C. E n ter
Mrs. Jno. C ronenburg re tu rn school house.
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prise.
ed to her home at Norway last
Capt. Lorentzen has rushed his
The abovo was about as ridicu
Friday after a two weeks’ visit in
house up at a two-forty gato. It lous a blunder in pointing of num
Port O rford. Mrs. C ronenburg
is 26x40 feet in size, story-and-a- bers as that which occured in T he
was accompanied by Miss Annie
lialf-higli, and otherwise aspires P ost iu its statem ent of tho State
Jessie Blacklock of this place who
to pretensions as a considerable and county revenues derivable
purposes making a few weeks’
structure.
from
tho total assessments of
C
urry
county.
A brace of sneak-thieves, who
Mr. Jno. H untley has sold his
! play sleight-of-hand tricks in sal-
The ball ^ iv e n at E llensburg,
farm and beach mine situated j loons are on their travels, and the
Friday evening last, by the fish
about six miles this side of E llens
valley papers send greeting a
ermen of Rogue river, is spoken
burg, to Judge Cooley. We are
, timely caution.
of as having been a yery pleasant
informed the consideration was
The steamer “ Hume” sailed affair indeed.
five thousand dollars.
from E llensburg yesterday for
Bates has ju st completed the re
The county jail at Roseburg was San Francisco w ith a full cargo.
painting
of his cottage in town,
burned last Wednesday, and one
The
“
Hum
e”
took
a
goodly
num-
and
also
the
front fence, the place
prisoner confined therein perished
i her of passengers on her trip has a fresh and cosy aspect.
in tiie tl imes. the Sheriff being ab-
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down yesterday.
viifc with the keys.
O ur genial friend Jas. Langlois
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The U. S. Coast Survey steamer steps exceeding high of late.
Parties contem plating purehase-
“ H aslcr” is overdue at this place. Wherefore?
in g a p ia n o o r organ will find it
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o their advantage to communicate
" M j ? i >. Hume” ill call
Now is the season for gum boots
with tliis office.
i at this port on her next trip np.
and Wolcott has a supply.
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p it r .s i: v r
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.
A D lN sc r tn t I o n o i l i t s I ' r n c t i c i i l
Y V o r k in g s b y B ln r tl) V 'lm r a t o n .
E ditor P ost .—Of all the laws,
mysteriously and insidiously de
signed, our present statute, in re
lation to sheep, is the most odious
¡and tyranical. The famous 7x8
lawyers of the Electoral Conimis-
' sion could not juggle up one by
incantation more favorable to law
yers ami destructive to clients.
Tho necessity of a law to prevent
tho spread of disease among cither
beasts or men, is imperative; but
this law invades the rights of
property, as well as tho rights of
man, by giving tho Inspector a
power to enter our enclosures,
drive our sheep, and otherwise
control them .; while tho insignifi
cant owner, m ust stand with his
hands in his pockets, in an attitude
of groat ■ expectancy, p ith eyes
awonder and month agape, most
humbly awaiting Boss Shepherd's
diagnosis, aud mutely reoeives the
sublime pronunciation.!
If the people of Eastern Oregon
want such a law, let them have it;
bu t lot them have ^ill of it! Our
county, itud the valley eounties,
where sheep are kept w ithin en
closures, have no need of it. Our
people hoped that no one would
accept tho position of Inspector.
“ C ontra.” Shakespeare has some
thing to say about, - “ Ciad in a
little brief authority:” and our old
friend Kelsay, by the by, used to
say, th a t,—“ Tho fee is the eseense
of the ease.”
Tf this law is to remain on the
statute book of Oregon, I, for one,
am not willing that, tho sheep-
growing Interests shall, alone, be
protected by guardian (?) power.
This savors too much of “ class
legislation,” ami looks like a greedi
ness for mutton. Let us reduce
mutton to par by having a guardi
an appointed to inspect, order,
drive and control, all other busi
ness interests. In tho m ultitudi
nous exigencies that would arise,
wo would all become Inspectors,
and thus create a political m illen
nium.
WE HAD A CASE
Inspector qualified, went and ex
amined tho sheep, found them
sound, b u t would not issue a per
mit, as the sheep had come out of
a hand that w as slightly diseased.
Thus you can see some of tho com-
plications and annoyances that can
arise from the attempted execu
tion of this law they aro enough
to make a preacher swear, and
give a lawyer religion. At least,
so 1 thought, when I saw our 250
pound advocate wearing a “ smile
that was childlike and bland.”
Out of this case one man is now
bound over for ail assault w ith a
deadly w’eapon. Three mon forci
bly accomplishing an unlawful
purpose may make a case of rio t—
the three being singly or collect
ively liable to a suit for damages;
another suit can grow out of tho
injunction; while the Inspector is
also liable for witholding a perm it
which it was plainly his duty to
give, if the sheep were sound.
Under this law we have no right
to drive sheep to market, or from
one part of Uncle Sam's domain
to another, w ithout our G uardian’s
Perm it.
Whoever buys my
friend Wilson’s bunks will have no
right to remove them without a
permit — except by successful
smuggling.
I know of no other law that
leaves us so much to the tender
mercies of our enemies, or so com
pletely Shylockeil. Three dollars
a day and mileage, on the word of
onr enemy, for a c-sheep medical
call 69 mill's away, on ten patients
worth $1 25 apiece! If not pulled
over our eyes, it’s enough to make
us believe we’ve got wool in our
teeth—hah a-a!
H ardy T hurston .
A Japanese genius has succeeded
in making rifles of silk. They are
as “ rigid as iron guns w hile they
are easy of carriage and have a
very long range."
Blank deeds at this office.
BORN.
At Cape Blanco, T hui rduy, Novi-iuhu •
3d, ISKt, to tiie wife J a s . Langlois, a
d a u g h te r.
Down here not reported in your
FIN A L PROOF NÖTIGE.
l paper. Two men wished to drive
i a hand of sheep from the north
L and O fficr it
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R owf . iii hu . Or., Oct. It, ls s |. »
side of Rogue 'river, to Pistol riv
V O I l( I. IS HEREBY H IVES TH AT
er, ten miles below. Thero being
the follow ing named Heiller hfl»
no qualified Inspector, they select Hied notice of hi» Intention to make tl
rial proof hi su p p o rt of hi» claim , ami
ed sound sheep, doctored them to th a t »aid proof will he made before the
bo ho doubly sure, and started: Ju d g e o r Clerk of Curry county, at El-
Icnsburg, H urry county, on
bu t they were forcibly stopped by
’111 n r « (In y , l l n a e o il i e r 1 5 , l~»**B,
throo men, on tho highway. Viz: W illiam M c V ay .- Iloine»tcnd
While that racket was going on, No 2707 fur the E ' <»f BW* 1, , BWfi (if
HW R, Section It «ml BE1, of B E ',
another party got out w arrants and i Section 15. 'I' ll, S. It. Io Went, Wiliam
Meridian.
had tho drovers arrested. After idle
lie nam es the following aw hi» wit-
an interesting trial they wero re- in - e s to prove his continuous residence
and cultivation of, »ahi land, viz:
i lensed, and told by tho J . I ’, that upon,
George l.aranee, Awa Crook, Kelley
j they had u right to drivo on. But I Seotfi A»h Moore, ull i f Cheten, C u n t
, they wero again stopped by an in 1 County O regon. W«. F. B i : nj i m i n .
junction. In tho meantime the 037 23-5
Register.