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ORFORD
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FACTS — NEWS
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VOLUME I
PORT ORFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1938
Cres-
per-
NUMBER 52
OPEN LETTER
ncisco
week
TO THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION
Mer-
ip to
MILL OPERATION
AWAITS BOAT
No definite knowledge as to when
Through Curry i
Between Rains
GOLD COAST R. R.
HIT BY EXAMINER
POSTPONED
United Press dispatch from The
We know that the flood-cursed “dike section” of the S. S. Portford would arrive
Pictorial Edition of The Post Now Planned For
Washington, D. C. on Tuesday stat-
available as we go to press,
the Coast highway southwest of Coquille is a recur was
ed that an examiner had recom-
April 8th Issue
but weather conditions favoring,
' mended to the Inter-State Com
rent headache to you. But to those who live south of the
steamer may arrive shortly and
merce commission that the per-
that point, it is more than an irritation. It is a men operation of the Trans-Pacific plant Like Oaul, Curry county is divis • mits
for construction of the Gold
ace to all business activity, involves frequently haz will be resumed as soon as the boat ible into three parts, although the Coast railway from Leland to Port
WE BOW TO THE WEATHER
starts loading and makes space lines of separation are a trifle nebu
ardous and dangerous trips with incidental damage available for storage of lumber. lous. The northern section is dom Orford and another to Grants Pass
Crescent City organizations
to cars, interrupts mail, freight and passenger stage No damage was sustained at the inated by the lumbering industry, and
for a road between these two points
dock
or
in
the
yards
during
the
To do the canvassing and fact gathering neces-
service and disrupts all the social organization of
with dairying and stock-raising be withdrawn.
furious storm.
sary
still important. The tourist busi-
communities located along 120 miles of the highway. last
_
including taking numerous pictures proved to be
This
dispatch
seems
somewhat
,
H. S. McDuffee is expected dur ness with incidental fishing, and
ing the week end and he will be politics are the engrossing inter garbled as the Grants Pass-Cres- impossible of competion iri time to publish our pictor
Patiently we have waited year after year for accompanied by Philip Smith..
| cent City route was never granted ial section as the first number of our second volume
ests of the middle of the county
something to be done. We realize any solution will in DeBruin who is interested in Mr.
the about Gold Beach and the Rogue I a permit to build. The Gold Coast on April 1st.
volve considerable expense and that to construct a tie-plug plant arrived in town this river. In southern Curry, about I railroad was howevei- granted an
.■A*°nslon of time for beginning
Brookings and Harbor, the once
The traveling and writing could have been done
highway along the coast between Coos Bay and Ban-; week.
construction which, it is under-
dominant
lumbering activity has
don would be most expensive and that engineering I
under
difficulties, but done, despite the series of fur
stood, expires April 1st.
waned to be superseded by bulb
COQUILLE FLOOD IS
problems are difficult in working out other routes or
ious
storms.
But to do the photographic work was
culture for flower production, tour
in lifting the present level of the dike. But we under
not
possible
and
this tied in with the other prepara
ist traffic, where like at Gold
TOPIC OF MEETING
CHEESE FROM GOATS
tion.
r
Beach, emphasis is laid on fishing
stand your engineers have made exhaustive studies
except it is the Chetco river that is
MILK
IS
PROJECT
However, a week’s delay is not particultarlv im-
of the problems from every angle. We leave the solu Gold Beach, Mar. 23—Side-track boasted instead of the Rogue, and
tion to you for it is altogether your business.
portant in this matter. The date of April 1st was se
ing of all other highway interests a new industry based on milk goats.
concentrating all possible ef
That a factory to produce cheese lected partly for sentimental reasons as an appropri
Last Saturday the writer, accom
It can be easily understand why you hesitate to and
fort on securing a year around panied by Joe Fosse and Arthur from goat’s milk will be in opera- ate way to celebrate the first birthday
The Post.
load an already over-burdened budget with such an crossing of the Coquille River is Eddy, in the chastened and docile tion within the next month seems
lobably,
we
as
publishers
are
more
concerned
expensive reconstruction job. But the people of the unanimous endeavor of the but somewhat battered car, Eliza now assured, according to state- about this necessary delay than are our readers
Such
Gold Beach Chamber of Commerce. beth, resumed the trip postponed ments made by a group of those
southern Coos and Curry counties have already sus At its last night meeting it was from the previous week when interested as producers in the pro apologies are required we offer.
tained losses in dollars and cents from flood condi decided to bring pressure to bear, Elizabeth had to be rescued from a ject at Brookings on Saturday. The
tions on this few miles of highway far more than to the exclusion of all other high canyon, as readers of a previous money has been arised for erection
of fiierce storms with snow falling
LAMBS DIE IN
article will recall. It was assumed of the necessary plant a.id the site
would be expended from your funds, to which we way interests, on getting a cross that
even on the lower hill ranges has
this
would
be
a
kind
of
after
1
has
been
selected,
on
the
Christen-
ing of the flooded river bed be
rapidly changed the situation ior
COLD
STORMS
have contributed our full share.
cause any other action on the pro the storm trip but as it has been i sen ranch, four miles north of
hetco
and
time.
• anr
re m
gym
body
been
the
been
the
acks
■edit
ased
eers
het-
‘lere
of
ved
ity,
ngs
ang
to
and betterment of the high proved since it was just between । Brookings. Ai. the start there will
We are asking you to get busy and do something motion
be 200 goats producing for the fac
way hinges on this one problem. storms trip.
this year. We are fed up with evasions and non-com- As this community is now cut off It was impressed on us that keep tory. Dr. Mabel Handen brook will
mital replies. We ask relief from a situation which from the north for third extensive ing a highway like our own boast be manager and a Swiss cheese-
period in the current year and as ed Coast route open during the win maker by the name of Rolla will be
grows more and more intolerable each year as traffic this
condition is an annual affair, ter months is a herculean task. ! the expert in charge. It is believ
increases. And in this The Post speaks for the entirei ; offsetting
all efforts to bring more Keeping a highway which skirts ed that the product will be of high
public in the large district affected.
traffic and business to the area, the । most of the time steep hills and quality and command an excellent
up
The cold storsni of last week pro
bably took a heavy toll of young
lambs in Curry county, judging
from scattered reports coming In
from sheepmen. There will also be
some loss of cattle on ranches
where the hay supply has been ex
hausted . Pasturage l as been un
usually good all winter until the
cold storms hit the coast country
early this month bringing heavy
snowfall in the high hill.;. Sheep
have thrived well all during the
winter with little need of special
feeding or care as the numerous
rain storms were accompanied by
low temperatures. The lamb crop
was excellent. B t th’ two weeks
the worse.
COQUILLE FOOD HITS
MAIL SERVICE
While the Coquille river was on
a periodical rampage and as usual
covered the highway over the dike
southwest of Coquille for five or
six days, mail service through Cur
ry county was not only delayed
but put in reverse gear. The first
mail came into Port Orford from
the south about 10:30 A. M. and
the stage met the boat at Bandon
for connections with a mail truck
at Coquille, bringing back the mail
to Bandon for points south and
delivery was . ade jt Port Orford
late in the afternoon.
, chamber, backed by the commun- mountains on one side and the sea price.
' ity as a whole, feels that further on the other is some job. At in- j Officers in the Curry County
production
alone,to
say
nothing
of
MANGANESE RECEIVES
D”1”” Goat * - association are: Hom-
attendant freight, equipment sales, highway expenditures in south- numerable places there was evi- Dairy
and other economic gains; (2) the ; western Oregon should be made in dene that small slides had been re- i er Hardenbrook, president; Chas.,
ATTENTION
trade past with Brazil, cutting the ' crossing the Coquille with a de- moved or passed by for later re- i Rie®, vice-president; Frank Hass-
moval while work was being done iter’ secretary; Judson Bell and R.
tariff virtually in half and apply pendable highway.
| This project will probably be tak- at critical points by the mainten- !
VanCamp, directors.
That there are large deposits of ing to other important foreign
i
en
up
with
considerable
vigor
by
ance crews. Creeks were running ; It *■ expected that the number of
manganese ore in Coos and Curry sources, has had the effect of bring
i the Gold Beach delegation at the : banks full ___
mcnieu ; goats milked will be largely in-
and rivulets trickled
counties is well known to all min ing domestic production to a stand | forthcoming coastal chamber meet- I down every little
ways or cascaded ! creased as other parties are plan-
ing men. Just now there is action still, and (3) there are sufficient
I in minature waterfalls from the I ning to add these animals to the
| Ing in Port Orford, March 24.
pending in Congress for accumula manganese ores in this country for
। rocky cliffs.
I Stock carried on their ranches and
WK « ><•«
: „
tion of a million ton stock-pile as a all peace time or wartime purpos
I The sun came out at intervals il- new residents are expected to set
es,
although
we
now
produce
less
preparedness step in anticipation
NON-SUCH
I
luminating
wild
and
beautiful
tle soon in the vicinity of the new j
than 7 per cent of the national con
of possible war.
scenery washed and glistening after plant and engage in the business. I
sumption of manganese.
BILLED SATURDAY
In an interview this week, Earl
a week of furious storms. The sea A limited amount of stock is being!
Oregon’s principal manganese de-
K. Nixon, director of the State De
"The "Non-Such Circus will ar- surged white with anger against sold locally to finance the initial
pcsits
are
in
Jackson,
Coos,
Curry,
partment of Geology and Mineral
j rive promptly in Langlois on Sat-
| ' urday Mar. 26th this week and will shores below. It was a trip live in operation of the plant until the IWWWISRBIJWC::' •’
Industries urged civic groups and Josephine, and Grant counties.
memory.
products can be marketed.
News quoted from the Port Or- cows; Mr. Yeoman, thirty cows;
"The building of a manganese begin at 8 o’clock.
business leaders to use every effort
I We approach with caution cn-
ford Post, published January 27, and Mr. Martin 15 couws. Mr. Mc
to secure action in Congress to stockpile, vitally necessary for
Her majiesty, the Queen, Miss ‘ joined by the road signs the treach-
1881, by J. H. Upton & Son.
Vey, living about seven miles be
have this stock-pile created by ore national defense—doig it by devel Lois Perkins with her attendants ! erous sections on either side of Ar-
low Ellensburg, had his house car
mined in the United States. It opment of domestic deposits rather will arrive at the stroke of 8:30 j izona Inn In the Mussel Creek val-
A BRAVE WOMAN
ried away by the stream which ran
IN
would mean much for manganese than by merely buying it from o'clock. Let us all be there and । ley but found these places passable.
foreign sources—and the restora give them a hand and hearty greet It was not until we were going
mining in Oregon.
During the late freshet, Mrs. near the house, but which, before
tion of fair tariff protection would ing.
Gillispie, Of Rogue river, awoke the freshet was only a few inches
NIXON QUOTED
The clowns, tumblers, ath down from Kobelanzar's station
Politics warmed up considerably during the night to find the water deep. The damage to the cannery
“Of prime interest to this state bring grea benefits to Oregon” NJiX- letes, rope walkers and menagerie that came upon slide that blocked
all be present. It will also be a the highway where ten or a dozen during the past week in Curry. It one foot and a half deep in her at Ellensburg is assessed at $5,000.
are actions now before both hous on said.
es of the national congress,” he
good place to loosen up your stiff men directed by Bernald Forty has been generally understood that house. At the time, there were in From Mr. Geo. Guerin wc learn
joints to the lively tunes of the । were shovelling mud and gravel ov- there would be a struggle for the the house besides herself, her three that very little damage was done in
said, “for they virtually hold the
JOINT CLUB MEET
Everest orchestra and all for the . er the bank from a mass that con- j nomination on the republican tick children and her mother-in-law. the vicinity of Newcastle, except
fate of the potentially vast domest
IS PLANNED
small admisison harge.
et as district attorney and this is The river was alive with drift at the carrying away of Newcastle
ic industry of producing man
; tinually crawled toward them.
bridge.
The proceeds from this unusual I
ganese, the indispensabe element in
We made a precarious turn on materializing with the announce the time, but to remain In the
The Sunset Garden club met with entertainment will be used for the
ments
coming
from
Wood
of
house
was
almost
certain
death
to
making sound steel. A bill by Sen
, the side hill and followed directions
LOCAL NOTES
ator John E. Miller of Arkansas Mrs. Ruth Adams Friday afternoon furthering of 4-H club work and in folowing a piece of hte old coun Brookings, Herbert Dewart and all; so taking her children, the
with Mrs. Margery Brooks as joint other needs of the Langlois Grade
Rev. C. A. Phllbrook went down
provides for acquisition of a mill
ty road down the steep hill as a Grant Williams, both of Child brave woman started, the water
hostess. It was arranged at this school.
ion-ton stockpile, domestically-min
detour, to reach the Euchre Creek Beach, all registered as republi being above her waist, for the up to Crescent City to assist the pas
meeting invite the Port Orford
ed. of this No. 1 strategic mineral. ,
bottoms where Ophir nestles. From cans. Other contestants are rum land back of the house, which she tor of the M. E. church in conduct
Women's club to the next meeting
reached not without considerable ing a protracted meeting.
The concurrent resolutions of Sen- 1
Ophir to Gold Beach we could ored as possibilities.
SEASON
to be held at the "white house" in
A small bomb shell was trown danger as the current was so
ator James E. Murray of Montana (
mage a good time over a hghway
the Hamlet Friday, April 1st, as
R. D. Hume came up to Ellens
and Congressman Francis H. Cace j
in good shape until we approached in the unexpected filing of E. B. strong as to carry them out Into
luncheon guests.
I Gold Beach where a piece of sunk- Sypher, of Langlois for county the main stream. Returning she burg to be present at the launch
of South Dakota in the House call
At the banquet held at Silver j en grade was found.
commisioner, an office he filled for carried her mother-in-law to the ing of the new steamer
upon the Secretary of State to ex-
DINNER PARTY FOR
Springs Inn Thursday evening of
elude manganese in proposed new
I Entering Gold Beach from the two or three terms some years ago. place where she had previously
last week by the Trans-Pacific bas
1 A. W. Cope of Langlois had filed taken her children. During the ex
The only house that was endang
tariff treaties and to remove it
bridge the Rogue looked mighty
BIDDLES GIVEN
ketball team K. L. Stanniger, man-
the week preceding for this office. citement they had naturally for ered by the flood on Floras Creek,
from the schedule of commodities
and
majestic
as
the
mile
wide
| ager, was presented with a fine
Both are republicans and both are gotten to take matches, and, as a we learn, was Mr. Boise's. Mr. B.
in the Brazil reciprocal trade pact
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. White, Jr.,
stream flowed out to the sea. Look
, Gladstone bag of saddle leather. It
well-known and popular In the consequence, being a good distance was at the bay and Mrs. B. aband
of 1935.”
entertained Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Bid-
ing up river the several Islands
X P'aC! *he trophies । were only markea by nodding tree north end of the county. Probably from any neighbor, were obliged to oned the house for fear that " more
Nixon explained that, in a recent die and family, Mr. and Mrs. John 1
the division of the vote in the south stop in the woods all night without Was coming.” They lost some pigs.
hearing before a sub-committee of Marsh and Maurice Redcliff at din- as ehamnions of P®s two aeasons । tops in the yellow flood.
the Senate Military Affairs Com ner Sunday evening, honoring the ' Oreeon Inden i it outhwestern ! That we could probably get end of the county will have much any fire.
John Fitzhugh, C. E„ has accom
mittee in Washington, it was Biddles who leave soon for their । uregon Independent league in the । through to Harbor was the infor- to do indeciding the contest. R.
plished a feat In civil engineering
WAY HACK—LONG AGO
brought out that: (1) the proposed home at Loon Lake, near Spokane. | custody of the Port Orford high 1 ■ mation gained at Gold Beach, in L. Wagner, incumbent by appoint
hithertosupposed to be impossible,
million-ton stockpile, if produced The Biddles have spent a number school. Guests attending the func- ' terspersed with some political dis ment, is unopposed for nomination
We are Indebted to J. B. Tlche-
from domestic ores, would mean of winters at Port Orford. A so- I tion besides Mr. and Mrs. Stanni- cussion. Then we were on our way on the democratic ticket thus far nor for the opportunity to inspect by constructing a reservoir at Op
While both are unopposed at the *
hir beach, which will add greatly to
68,000.000 man-hours of employ- clial evening with games and danc , ger were: Mr. and Mrs. Delmar agalnn found at Cape San Sabast-
a journal and ledger kept away the capacity of the mine.
Wrigut, Mrs. Hairy Helmken, Miss
ptimaries, a close race is antici-!
ment and a 124,000,000 payroll for ing followed the dinner.
ian a wintry grandeur ii, the seeth
back In 1953-4, in a store belonging
es. Esther Deitrich, Mary Jean Ray
pated between Roy Carter, demo
ing, white-capped sea. Then came
to Capt. Tichenor. Those were
Last week a portion of the stern
mond. Evelyn Baird. Patricia and
cratic incumbent, and Heinie Dol- '
familiar winding roads through the
days of high freights and fabulous
Frances Moyer.
and rudder of a vessel came ashore
ge, popular garage man of Port '
forests with only minor slides un-
profits, and yet many of the staple
The team won 21 out of 23 games
a few miles below Rogue river. The
Orford for the office of joint re
this season and made a total of I . til the verdant beauty of the Pis- I presentative In the legislature. The commodities were cheaper than wreck appeared to be that of a new
now
tl River valley greeted the eye. 1
boat.
points to 647 made by oppon- I
Important factor In this contest
before
will 922
ents.
I Here the river was over-flowing its will probably the division of votes
birthday party
marked
banks.
STORM NOTES
, Saturday evening
in Coos county.
last, Mrs.
A few miles farther on we came
Greater damage was sustained Blacklcok gave her son Willie a
aim
make
list 100 per cent paid up to
TIE-PLUGS SHIPPED
to the big slide where the highway :
during the late freshet in the low birthday party, to which Invita
the second year publication, April
had dropped down gome five feet or 1 DIESEL PLANT STANDS
TO DENVER
er part of the county than In this tions were issued and numerously
more where it crossed a piece of
section. Chetco river was three texponded to. In the dining room
BY
DURING
STORM
A
car
load
that just
order of tie-plugs collapsed ground. The highway
feet higher than In 1861-2, being up were arranged temporary stage set
were shipped from the local plant crew were on the job
difficult or at
inconvenient
some sub Wednesday
The new diesel plant in Port Or to the door of the residence of Mr
and had
tings, and aided by his brother
to Denver, Col., for the gravelled the two ends of the break ford was called upon to take over
I^ke, and also up to the caves of Johnnie, Miss Blanche Bates., Willie
scribers. In that case
why
and
Denver * Rio Grande railway. and a roadway through. Se
_ we the load several times during the James Stitt's house, carrying away Bates and Arthur Upton, Willie en-
will be
There were 1.250,000 tie plugs in the dipped In and pulled out again and
storm period when wires were
shipment, The consignment was found ro serious obstacles to ob- broken and on Sunday the broken his barn and large quantities of tertained the company for some
oats and hay Mr Miller last his time with character sketches, songs
tricked to Coquille for shipment struct the way between there and
lines of the Mountain States Pow season's catch of fish. On Smith
tableaus, etc. In which the young
by rail and was the first shipment Brookings, reached at noon, after
er company which affords stand river, the dairying interests suf
participants acquitted themselves
made from the new plant which is passing Carpentarville perched up
by service to the Bandon system fered severely, principally from the
with credit. The remainder of the
new part of the Trans-Pacific set in the hills.
According Our Records
interrupted service making the use loss of stock. As far as we can
evening was pleasantly occuppied
up, constructed during the past
Brookings
and
Harbor
are
two
of the diesel plant necessary to learn those who lost dairy cows
’ inform us if there has
a
in dancing and playing the various
few months.
(Continued on page eight)
n.aintain service in Port Orford.
were: Mr. Bailey who lost fifty games peculiar to such gatherings.
FEDERAL
CIRCUS
PORT ORFORD 57 YMRS AGO
POLITICAL CONTESTS
LOOM
CURRY
VICTORIOUS
IS CELEBRATED
All subscriptions expiring
April 1st
below.
We
to
our
begin
of
1st.
We realize
at this time payment may
be
least
for
tell us
and when
we
reasonable.
be
YOUR SUBSCRIPTION EXPIRES
to
Kindi}
been
mistake made.