PORT ORFORD
NO. 52.
PORT ORFORD, OREGON: THURSDAY, MAA 25, 1SS2.
VOL. IT.
THE POST.
POST.
A H u g e S lid e .
A land slide of considerable
magnitude ju st below town pre
sents some interesting phenom
ena. A largo section of the bluff
gave way during the past \\ inter,
sliding down upon the sand beach,
and, though the mass is far re
moved from whore it started,
some of the trees still stand eiect
upon it, as if they had grown on
the spot. The pressuro behind
and next to the bluff is so great
as keep the mass on tlie move sea
ward, though so gradually, as iu
the case of a glacier, that no mo
tion is perceptible to tho eye, yet
so considerable lias been t ’10 move
m ent during tho months since the
slide occurred, that, had its base
not been continually abraded by
the serf at high tido, it m ust ere
this have completely obstructed the
broad beach occupied by it; as it
is, it proves an inconvenience to
travel up ano down tho beach
when the title is in.
O p e r a tio n » n t t h e M ill.
The unsettled state of the weath
er which prevailed for so many
weeks the present S pring render
ed progress looking to active
work at the mill slow, but now
that conditions are moro favorable,
operations are iu a forward state.
Logging is fairly inaugurated,
and tho mill lias been renovated
and put in condition forvigoious
work. I t is running now mostly
on lumber required for tho new
tramway which is already well ad
vanced toward completion, rest h-
mg out to tho new oedar belt.
Mr. Dixon, the Superintendent, is
a practical lumberman, and we
shall be glad to see him succoed
with liis present enterprise, which,
in view of tho good figure cedar is
commanding iu the market, he
m ust do if no untoward circum
stance prevents.
W a l t e r S u t t o n F x p in liiM .
E ditor P ost .—W ill you allow
P ort
O r fo r d n n d
F .llc n a b u r g ,
P o r t « o f O c lt v c r y
Grover's Senate Bill No. 1290,
mo a small space in your paper for
making
Yaquina a Port of Entry,
a few remarks as to certain charges
creates
P o rt O rford aud Ellens
J . H. U P T O ^ •*- SO *', P r o p r ie to r * .
against mo which have been cir
culated lately by a few individuals burg P orts of Delivery, and pro
P u b lis h e d E v e r y T h u r s d a y ,
who are trying very hard to make vides for the appointment of a
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a little capital against me? It, is Deputy Collector for each, to be
reported that in tho year 1879 I assigned by the Collector fit Em
PORT Oivf’ORD, CURRY CO., OR.
was the cause of Mr. Huiuc’s tax pire City. Tho Bill us it came
es being reduced. Now I do not from the Senate pushed the House
S V It SV It 11* T t O X i t I T P S .
think it fair or just tow aril the on April 19, and it is therefore iu
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«six m o n th . .............................
other members of the Board of order for Mr. Hacker to give uh
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Equalization, to give mo all the a Deputy at this place, and also
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credit for correcting so gross a ono for Ellensburg. No Demo
advertising bates reasonable .
blunder of the Asssessor, and I crat need apply.
L. p. KislIEll, Advertising Agent 81
think they should have due credit
P r o s p e r o iiN K n i t .
M erchant’s Exchange, San J 'r a i u **
The salmon catch at Rogue river
for assisting in making the correc
authorized to receive advertisem ents foi
th e column?, of this p a p e r.
tion, for, even tlie Assessor him has been of late tinpreedoiitedly
self after seeing the blunder, was large. All up and down the stream
A lic e is n o M ore.
willing to have the mistake co r large hauls are being made, until
Tlio half-breed Alice who has
rected. That Mr. H um e's assess tho capacity of tho cannery is tax
lain at the ranchcrie.at the mouth
ment for that year was reduced in ed to its utmost; and tho refriger
of E lk river in a condition of help
tho sum of five thousand dollars ator departm ent of the cannery
lessness for so long a period, aban
is a fact, the facts of which are as has been of the first consequence
doned by the few ab^rignes there
V o lu m e 1 1 1 .
since tlio jam commenced, as they
The present num ber elopes A ol- follows: Mr. Hume was assessed can froezo down to keep, 700 at a
about, a sore tax upon Mrs. Mc
in March t r April, 1879, for every-*!
ume II. of T iik P ost , and the next
Kenzie who lived nearest the
thing lie owned in C urry county. time.
issue will uslier in Aolumo 111
dreary abode of the poor creatine,
A N o w M o m t n iy .
After ho was assessed he caught
Tlio “ Hume’’ will bo duo at this
has at last succumbed to pitiless
The Oriental Casket is the title The papor lias pursued ’lie even
and canned two thousand cases of
F ate aud is no more. Mr. Wm. of a new monthly w h ic h ‘ has tenor o f.its way for two years, salmon. The Assessor hearing of port Bunday or Monday next.
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O 'Sullivan who had brought along ju st reached us from tho East, bo- gradually and steadily adding to
tliiH returned to Mr. lluuie in Ju ly
David Carey returned from tho
some food for the poor woman on ing published at Philadelphia by tlio array of its friends. V 0 had
of
tlio
samo
year,
and
assessed
said
Bay
last week.
his way to town Thursday last, L. Lum Smith and edited by the hoped to have enlarged T he P ost 2,000 cases of salmon for #5,000.
upon approaching and look- noted American novelist Emerson ere this, and we still look forwaid Now the law does not allow the
Jim m y ” Bowne is iu Crosccn
5- ^ AntH the dismal hovel which Bennett who furnishes the initial to enlargement at no distant day. Assessor to assess a man’s proper
City, painting.
had so long done duty as a e '1«
»tur>. «-ho Cusket is in marked
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B r e a k w itte r .
ty twice for the samo year, which
ter for the doomed being, found contrast to the innumerable and
Mr.*F. O. Von dor Groen camo
In its report published else the Assessor did in this case, for
h er lying upon the sand nude trashy Eastern publications with where in this issue tho House almost
everything
composing up yesterday.
and cold and lifeless. The good which this Coast is flooded, aud Committee on Commerce author these two thousand cases of- sal
people who had ministered to her m efits success.
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Tho Baker City Republican is
izos tlie Secretary of War to ex mon had been previously assessed.
S h e ep S h e a r in g .
comfort as best they could for so
opposed
to tho practice of too of
pend money appropriated by the The lum ber thut made tlio boxes,
Shearing has commenced rather
long, breathe a sigh of relief that
act of March 3, 1879, for construe the tin anil solder that made the ten re-electing any person to tho
the victim of so great a wrong, earlier than usual in this county of a H arbor v f Refuge at P o rt cans, tlio salt, tho nets that caught same office. The Republican c rit
and of so much suffering, will ex the present season, aud the clip
Orford on the Pacific Coast, if in tho fish and the money anil nior icises such a mistaken policy as
perience no more of earthly an promises ruthor better than that of bis opinion it bo deemed judicious chandiso that paid the men for follows:
last year. Mr. Knapp got up his
guish.
“ The argum ent that beoaase
catching amt canning the fish had
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flock and commenced to shear yes to do so.
an
incum bent is competent, there
all
been
assessed
for
the
sumo
'« l i n t B i g « t i n .
fore
lie shovld be re-elected to tho
terday, ami wo hear of others hav
Messrs. McFadden, candidate year. This was plainly ft wrong
• Wo have got a new cannon in
office as often as he desires it,
intr already begun. I t is usual for Judge, and A. F. Campbell,
Ellensburg. I t is not tlio o&e-
fnl assessment, and it was so de would lead to a “ life loaae” for
for a secomt clip to follow early candidate for Prosecuting A ttor
Mark t wain spoke of when bo vis
cided
by competent attorney«, an< anv capablo person. Sometimes,
shearing.
ney,
have
been
on
a
visit
to
tlio
I think it is right ‘and just that it is impossible to ascertain wheth
ited tlio tomb of Abelard and
er the work of an officer has been
A*» l i n e n
Bay.
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the other member« of tho Board correctly and carefully done, until
Eloisa; nor Je.imn D udloy’s,
We think Mr. S. tt ’ii is in or-or
which grev. from a little pistol to iu his statem ent ets_whero pub
Notice him been given to tlio ef have duo credit for doing their a new man conies in to investigate
ihattors.”
n full grown cannon. I t is said lished to-day that the remainder fect th at a dance will bo given in duty in correcting the mistake.
As for reducing Mr. Ilum o’s
to have come from Mexico and of Mr. Hume’s taxables after they Blacklock’a hall Saturday after
Yuli bail better cut out this oddrese-
taxes for the year 1880, tho Board
has seen yrar in Maximilian’s time. had been reduced by Mr. S. and
“ Dr. (!. U. Sykes, lb'.i Madison Kt., Cbl
next.
of Equalization did what they cage,” for you may need bi* "Sura Cur*
The Chinamen think it in a good
Judge Cooley, was #30,000. O ur
Senator George who is anti-Clii thought was right. Mr. Thom p for Caturrb.” _________
gun, and feel safe; but tlie fisher
recollection of tho m atter is that
“ H O t'U ll O N H A T H .”
nese to desperation represents son, agent for Mr. Hume, appear Clear* out
men say it is spiked. W ell, if it
rats, mice, rouches, tlie», ant*,
Mr. H. was assessed for only #29,
Mississippi in the U. S. Senate.
ed before the Board and mudo a lied-bugs. skunks. chipmunks, gopher»,
oannot be heard on the 4th of July
000, aud that the reduction left
15 cents. D ruggists.
we will not call it even a son of a the sum at #18,000.
Rev. Mr. Philbrook preached at sworn statement of the value of
Do not delay using Anime»’» Cough
Mr. H um e’s personal property, Syrup.
—cauuon.
E llensburg .
the
school
house
iu
this
place
Tlio latest as to the m urder of
Lawyer’s use Amman's Cough Syrup.
and made affidavit that I10 was as
evomng last.
All Diuggiata *«11 Amman s Cough
A Bandon w riter in the News Cavendish and Burke at D ublin, is Sunday -----------------
sessed too high; ami the Board, Syrup.
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has it that a Mr. Abraham bought to the effect that the crime was
Mr. W illiam Bailoy, candidate knowing that Mr. Thompson was
Great Discovery—Ammon’s Cough
Mr. Hugh Duffy’s place on Floras procured by a conspiracy of land for Sheriff, camo up yesterday better acquainted with tho value Syrup.
Ask to see large bottle—Arnmeu’»
ereek. I t was Mr. W. II. Averill lords, hoping to mako the Land afternoon.
of Mr. Hume’s personal property Cough Syrup.
Cotibuiuptlves use Ammdn’s Cughe
who secured the prize. Mr. A. I League odious, by casting sus-
at that time than anyone else, and Syrup.
Ned
W
ilson
and
J
as.
Crew
slew
has an excellent place, and pro ; picion of the crime upon it,
Ministers use Amtiio i’s Cou^b Syrup
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a whale of a sea otter yesterday having no reason to think that he
It cured my cold—Aiumeu’s Cough
ceeds to improve it.
I John W. Kelly has sold the morning.
would make a false Oath ami per Syrup
’Twill cure your cold—A uim en»
jure himself, believed him and re
Roseburg Independent to a p u b
Cough Syrup.
Charley W iusor came up from
An
accommodating
mail
carrier
duced Mr. Hume’s taxes in the
lishing company. I t is much im
Many Druggists recommend and try
Ellensburg on a visit to his par
sell wbu» pays them the largest profit
proved typographically and other is Mr. Hinklcy of tho Southern sum of #9,021, which left tho to to
Do not he deceived. The remedy stuiul*
ents last Saturday' and returned
tal value of his property at #30,- upon Its own merits. You cun buy a
wise under the new management. route.
the following day.
000, which they considered it was sample hottie for 15 cent», and tost U.
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Jlavc you Catarrh? “Dr. Sykes'*
Sure Cure” is an unfailing remedy,
Have vou heard ot it
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HKINNY
• ‘i u ' t i l l *».*««
“ Wells’ Health Renewer” restore*
Quick, complete cure, all unnoylng kid
ney, bladder aud uriuary disease*. |1 health uml vigor, cures Dyspepsia, tin
1 potence, Kexuul Debility. t l .
Druggists.
their duty to do.
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W alttti S utton .
Larger hotties at 50 cents »nd
100. Ask to sue larger size aud read
i the ourself.
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