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LAM) OPENING AT
ROSEBURG SOON
a t th e tim e of h o ld in g th e g e n ­
e ra l electio n In N o v em b er of last
y e a r.
T he p rin c ip a l q u e stio n
ra ise d In th e p ro ceed in g s w as th e
fa ilu re of o ffic ia ls to m ail to ev ­
e ry leg al v o ter of th e co u n ty a
p a m p h le t c o n ta in in g
th e
title
an d te x t o f th e m e a su re to be
v o ted upon.
J u s tic e B elt in his o p in io n d is­
m issin g th e p ro ceed in g s h eld th a t
th e law d ire c ts th a t w hen a p ro ­
posed m e a su re is su b m itte d a t a
g e n e ra l elec tio n
th e
p am p h le t
m u s t be m ailed n o t less th a n 55
d ay s p rio r th e re to an d if a t a
si>eclal electio n 25
d ay s
p rio r
th e re to .
“ S ince th e elec tio n w as sp e ­
c ia l,” read th e op in io n , “ an d no
a tte m p t was m ad e to com ply w ith
th e m a n d a to ry p ro v isio n s of t i e
O regon law s w ith
re la tio n
to
m a ilin g v o ters p a m p h le ts, it fo l­
low s th a t th e elec tio n re la tiv e to
c h a n g in g th e
lo catio n
o f th e
c o u n ty s e a t Is void
" C o u rts o u g h t to be and a re
v ery re lu c ta n t to in te rfe re w ith
th e w ill of th e people as e x p re s s­
ed a t an elec tio n , b u t c a n n o t v a l­
id a te an elec tio n of th is c h a ra c ­
te r w h erein th e r e h a s been a to ­
ta l fa ilu re to follow th e p lain and
e x p licit m a n d a te o f th e s ta tu te
as sp e cific ally p o in ted o u t by th is
c o u rt in B rig g s vs. S tev en s, u n ­
d e r d a te o f J u ly 30, 1 9 2 6 .”—
O reg o n ian
an<l m ore fish erm en , a r d th e in ­ IL gtater of lstndl O ffice
Gives
d u s try itse lf w ill in d u e
tim e
Date« and Inform ation for
m ak e a good-sized city a t P o rt
P rospective A pplicants.
O rfo rd .
lte< reul Jniotl fV-xurt.
H am ill A. C an ad ay , re g is te r of
T he C u rry c o u n try ia d e stin e d th e R o seb u rg U. S. L and office,
to becom e th e g re a t p la y g ro u n d an n o u n c e s t h a t a b o u t 2 3.000
of th e so u th w e s te rn O reg o n c o u n ­ a cres o f rev ested O regon & Cali-«
fo rn ia g r a n t la n d s an d Coos Bay
tr y , a n d P o rt O rfo rd , w ith its W agon R oad g ra n t la n d s in th is
w o n d e rfu l h a rb o r, its fre sh -w a te r d is tric t w ill be open ed to e n try
lak e, its beaches, its u n su riu tssed u n d e r th e h o m estead
law ,
on
h o te l sites, its sp o rts m a n ’s fish ­ M arch 1 5, 1927.
Som e of th is
in g an d h u n tin g , Its fa c ilitie s fo r lan d Is th e lan d th a t h as been
w a te r sp o rts, an d Its a ll-th e -y e a r- w ith d ra w n fo r p o w er sites, p art
’ro u n d m ild c lim a te m u st o f n ec­ o f w hich will be open ed to e n ­
e s s ity becom e th e g re a t
re s o rt try w ith th e pow er site re s e rv a ­
c e n te r of th e e n tire reg io n . W ith tio n , a n d som e of it is la n d on
w hich th e tim b e r h as been sold
th e en o rm o u s volum e o f to u ris t an d c u t over. No p u rc h a se price
tr a v e l over th e scenic R oosevelt will be re q u ire d fo r th e cu t-o v er
h ig h w ay p red icted by th u se who la n d , b u t th e u su a l 32.50 p er
hav e ex p erien ce in to u r is t tra v e l, a c re ch arg ed fo r re v e ste d land
a city of no m ean size is a ssu re d m u st be paid fo r all o th e r lan d s
to be opened.
a t P o rt O rford.
E x-service m en o f th e la te w ar
C om bine th e to u r an d ad d th e
fa rm in g in d u s try , w hich will n a t­ w ith G erm an y m ay b egin filin g
a p p lic a tio n s
on
F e b ru a ry
23.
u ra lly u tilize th e h a rb o r fo r Its 1927, an d all a p p lic a tio n s filed
o u tle t, an d th e fu tu re h o ld s from th a t d a te to an d in clu d in g
fo r th g re a t p ro m ise fo r a larg e M arch 14, 1927, will be c o n sid ­
a n d th riv in g city on th e sh o res ered as filed a t th e sam e tim e,
an d a d ra w in g had fo r all co n ­
of th e P acific a t P o rt O rfo rd .
E x-service
1927 w ill see th e tim b e r o p ­ flic tin g ap p lic a tio n s.
p re fe re n c e
e ra tio n s well u n d e rw a y ; m in in g m en w ill also h av e
u n til
Is a lre a d y b e g in n in g to g et in to r ig h t to file on th e lan d
J u n e 13, 1927, a n d on J u n e 14,
its s trid e ; deep-sea fish in g on a 1927, th e lan d w ill be open to
c o m m ercial scale Is a ssu re d fo r e n try by th e g e n e ra l p ublic. Set­
th e com ing seaso n , a n d th e g re a t tle rs cla im in g p re fe re n c e
rig h t
R o o sev elt h ig h w ay w ill be o p e n ­ by v irtu e o f se ttle m e n t on th e
ed fo r to u r is t tra v e l from C res­ lan d p ilo r to D ecem ber 1, 1913,
file
th e ir
a p p lic a tio n s
c e n t C ity on th e so u th to R ose­ sh o u ld
( E x tr a c t from sp eech by MaJ.
b u rg , on th e P acific h ig h w ay , for fro m F e b ru a ry 23 to M arch 14. Gen. E d g a r Ja d w in , c h ief of e n ­
1927.
th e 1927 season.
P rin te d p a m p h le ts co n ta in in g g in e e rs, d eliv ered a t th e m eetin g
d e sc rip tio n s of th e la n d s to be o f th e n a tio n a l riv e rs and h a r ­
LANDOWNERS* WINHKH
o p en ed , and re g u la tio n s g o v e rn ­ b o rs co n g ress in W a sh in g to n , D.
TO HE DISREGARDED ing th e o p en in g an d co sts of fil­ C,, D ecem ber 8, 1 9 2 8 .)
in g w ill be receiv ed a t th e local
T h e p lan fo r d ev elo p in g o u r
lund office a t R o seb u rg , O regon,
(C o n tin u ed from page 1)
h a r­
a b o u t F e b ru a ry 1st, a n d can he se a c o a st h a rb o rs p ro v id es
b u sin ess
in te re s ts
w ho
d raw hud
upon re q u e st. — W estern b o rs s u ffic ie n t in n u m b e r, an d of
su ch c h a ra c te ris tic s and so d is ­
h eav ily on C u rry co u n ty fo r th e ir W orld.
tr ib u te d , a s to n feet th e n eed s of
b u sin ess.
B usiness in te re s ts l i ­
o u r fo reig n an d co astw ise co m ­
a b le to be a ffected sh o u ld ta k e a
m erce.
H a rb o rs m ay be classed
h a n d in th e m a tte r an d see th a t
a c c o rd in g to th e ir
p o ssib ilities,
th e w ishes of C u rry
c o u n ty ’s
view ed n o t o n ly from th e s ta n d ­
la n d o w n e rs a re resp ected .
S alem , O r., Ja n . 24.— T h e s ta te p o in t of p h y sical lim ita tio n s b u t
su p re m e c o u rt h as d ism issed p ro ­ fro m th a t of co m m ercial
p ro b ­
ceed in g s in m a n d a m u s in w hich a b ilitie s.
Wq. h av e
firs t,
our
T he Civic Im p ro v e m e n t clu b o f A U H ill an d E. D. B riggs, p la in ­ g re a t ocean p o rts, w hich, because
P o rt O rford wish to th a n k th e tiffs, so u g h t to com pel
W.
J. of th e ir g e o g ra p h ic a l
lo catio n s
H ig h w ay C om m ission, esp ecially H a rtz e ll, co u n ty Judge o f Ja ck so n an d ph y sical s u rro u n d in g s ,
a re
Mr. C h a n d le r an d Mr. Vun Scoy, co u n ty , to Issue a p ro clam atio n a c tu a lly c e n te rs of fo reig n tra d e
fo r th e ir g e n e ro u s
co -o p eratio n d e c la rin g an in itia tiv e
m easu re o r su sc e p tib le o f b eing m ade so.
in o ffe rin g w ork m en an d tools p ro v id in g fo r th e re m o v a l of th e N ext com e th e h a rb o rs a t which
in th e w idening of th e e n tra n c e c o u n ty s e a t fro m Ja c k s o n v ille to m ay be sh ip p ed im p o rta n t q u a n ­
from th e h ig h w ay to th e cem e­ M edford to be In full fo rce and titie s o f b u lk y fre ig h t b u t w here
tery.
effect.
a g e n e ra l b u sin ess h a s n o t and
Port. O rfo rd Civic Im ­
T h e In itia tiv e p e titio n w as a p ­ can n o t be developed.
H a rb o rs
p ro v em en t C lub.
proved a t a sp ecial elec tio n held o f le s s e r im p o rta n c e a re
th o se
Harbor Work
County Seat Move
in Jackson Voided
Words of Appreciation
used p rim a rily fo r co astw ise t r a f ­
fic, w h ere th e im p o rts a n d p ro d ­
u c ts of a lim ited te r rito ry a re d is ­
tr ib u te d an d collected.
F in a lly
co;ae th e h a rb o rs a n d h av en s fo r
fish in g c ra ft and th e n u m e ro u s
sm a ll h a rb o rs th a t e n g ag e in a
p u re ly local co astw ise o r in te rn a l
tra ffic .
T hese v a rio u s
h a rb o rs
have c o n tro llin g d e p th s o f from
12 to 40 fe e t, d e p e n d in g upon
th e tr a f f ic th e y serve.
We have sp e n t a b o u t
$465,-
00 0 ,0 0 0 to d a te upon som e 200
h a rb o rs and th e r e still re m a in s
to be done, in o rd e r to co m p lete
e x is tin g plans, w ork to ta lin g in
cost a b o u t
$ 1 1 0 ,000,000.
T he
co m m erce m oved o v er o u r h a r ­
bors in 1925 w as over 3 0 0 ,000,-
000 tons.
T h e b e n e fits d eriv ed
from o u r seaco ast h a rb o rs
a re
v ital.
Upon them is d e p e n d e n t
o u r e n tir e o v erseas tra d e . Upon
th is tr a d e is d e p e n d e n t to a la rg e
e x te n t o u r econom ic g ro w th and
p ro s p e rity . M ost of o u r seaco ast
h a rb o rs have been p u t in ex cel­
le n t co n d itio n . T he la te s t a d d i­
tio n to th e h appy fam ily is th e
p o rt o f C orpus C h ris ti— o fficia lly
o pened a few m o n th s ag o as a
fu ll-fle d g e d h a r b o r a n d a lre a d y
en g a g e d in c o astw ise an d o v e r­
seas business.
M iam i cam e
In
se v e ra l y e a rs ag o w ith 18 feet,
a n d h a v in g fo u n d It In su ffic ie n t,
is now b eing re b o rn w ith a d ep th
of 25 feet.
I t is now possible
fo r shipB c a rry in g
co m m o d ities
from and to e v ery p a rt of the
U n ited S ta te s to e n te r th e h a r ­
b o r w hich w ill give th e m ost eco­
n o m ical ra il h a u l. Im p ro v ed h a r ­
b o rs h av e m ad e possible a g re a t
in crease in th e size of th e sh ip s
w hich c a rry o u r com m erce. T he
in creased size o f s h ip s h as, in
tu r n , re s u lte d in
m uch
lo w er
ocean ra te s, and a
c o n seq u en t
e n o rm o u s a n n u a l sav in g in w ater
fr e ig h t ra te s. O ur se a c o a st h a r ­
b o rs se rv e th e e n tire co u n try , th e
c e n tra l s ta te s , a n d th e
m iddle
w est, as well as th o se sectio n s
b o rd e rin g on th e se a b o ard .
T he price received by th e f a r m ­
e r fo r h is w h eat d e p e n d s upon
th e p ric e of th is g ra in in L iv e r­
pool.
S aving se v e ra l c e n ts p er
b u sh el on the ocean ra te s , th e r e ­
fo re, Increases his re c e ip ts by th e
sam e a m o u n t n o t only fo r th e
g ra in a c tu a lly ex p o rte d b u t fo r
th e g ra in sold fo r d o m estic co n ­
su m p tio n .
D eeper h a rb o r s and
c h e a p e r ocean ra te s in c re a se th e
p ro fits on all ex p o rts sold in fo r­
eign m a r k e ts — w h e th e r m a n u ­
fa c tu re d in th e E a st, W est, S outh
o r N o rth . It is possible to com ­
PORT ORFORD NEWS
p u te th e sa v in g s in land fre ig h t serv ed m o st ap p e tiz in g
re f re s h ­
ra te s th a t re s u lt
fro m
w ater m en ts of h o t d o u g h n u ts an d cof­
tr a n s p o rta tio n in in te rc o a s ta l and fee.
T he n e x t m e etin g w ill be
c o astw ise tra ffic , fo r h e re
we h eld Ja n 27 w ith th e M esdam es
have e sta b lish e d ra te s via o th e r W. an d J. S u tto n as h ostesses.
m ean s o f co m m u n ic a tio n
w ith
w hich to c o m p are th e w a te r ra te .
T h ese sa v in g s exceed $ 3 5 0,000,-
T he L ad ies Aid of th e C om ­
000 a n n u a lly . T hese fig u re s do
n o t ta k e in to a cco u n t th e b e n e ­ m u n ity c h u rc h m et a t th e hom e
fits a risin g from o v erseas tra d e , | of Mrs. A lta L arso n W ed n esd ay
w hich la t te r b e n e fits add over a , a fte rn o o n , J a n . 19 fo r th e ir re g ­
h u n d re d m illion.
T he to ta l a n ­ u la r w eekly m eetin g . Mrs. Sw eet,
n u a l h a rb o r sav in g s th u s e v a lu ­ th e n ew ly e lec ted p re s id e n t, p re ­
a te d eq u al th e to ta l c o st of all sided at th e b u sin ess session and
th e h a rb o rs to d a te — an a n n u a l m ade se v eral h e lp fu l su g g e stio n s
d iv id e n d of 100 p e r cen t. In a d ­ fo r th e w ork of th e Aid d u rin g
Mrs.
L arson
d itio n it m ay be m e n tio n e d th a t th e com ing y e a r.
th e im p ro v e m e n t o f th e se h a r ­ serv ed a d a in ty lu n ch a t th e close
bors h a s been c o n c u rre n t w ith of th e a fte rn o o n . T he n ex t m e e t­
th e g ro w th of th e c o u n try an d ing w ill be held Ja n . 26 w ith Mrs.
th a t we now receive in th e c o l­ R. G. M cK enzie as h o stess a t th e
lectio n of a n n u a l cu sto m s d u es hom e of h e r m o th e r, Mrs. E. C.
A nderson.
over a h a lf-b illio n d o lla rs.
Ladies’ Aid
Ostrander’s
BARBER SHOP
R. C. Ostrander,
Prop.
Port Orford
Civic Club
T h e C ivic club m e t J a n . 20 at
th e club ro o m w ith 21 m em b ers
a n sw e rin g ro ll call an d one v is­
ito r, Mrs. W . W ood of Los A n­
geles, d a u g h te r-in -la w of Mrs. G.
F. S p ark s. T h e o u ts ta n d in g fe a ­
tu r e of th e b u sin e ss session was
th e re p o r t th a t ihe h ig h w ay co m ­
m ission h ad k in d ly o ffered to d o ­
n a te th e se rv ices of tools
an d
w o rk m en to help th e clu b in the
n ec e ssa ry w ork of w id en in g th e
d riv e w a y from th e h ig h w a y
to
th e
cem e tery .
T he
p re s id e n t,
Mrs. E lla K n ap p , a p p o in te d Mrs. |
B e rt L ynch as a c o m m itte e of
one to co -o p erate w ith th e h ig h ­
w ay com m ission. A t th e end of
th e b u sin ess m e e tin g Mrs. A nne
D ieterich and Mrs. H. A dolphsen
Bargain Spec :ials
1 carton matches......... .......... ....
23c
7 bars Swift’s laundry soap ... ........... 25c
1 carton Camel cigarettes.........
$1.25
49-lb. sk. hard wheat flour .......
$2.09
5 lbs. Lombard coffee....... ........
$2.59
3 pkgs. Royal Club jell powder .............. 25c
Real
Estate
1 pkg. citrus pow der................... ............ 26c
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