PORT ORFORD NEWS
Port Orford, Oregon, Tuesday, May 3, 1927.
Mining News of the Curry-
Coos Empire
on D ecem ber 27. 1909. to E A
A sh m an an d w ent to
A sh lan d ,
O reg o n , to live, re m a in in g th e r e
u n til th e fam ily m oved to C h e­
h alis. W ash ., in 1919. D eceased
leaves -to m o u rn h e r loss, E A.
A shm an, an d
a ste p -d a u g h te r,
Mrs. C arl M alone, o f C h e h a lis:
th re e s iste rs, M rs E u g en e S ch u y ­
le r o f L om pos. C alif., E n a Mc­
K enzie a n d F lo re n c e A d o lp h sen
o f P o rt O rfo rd , a n d th r e e b r o th ­
e rs, J o h n W ., D avid, an d R o b ­
e r t G. M cK enzie, all o f P o rt O r
ford.
WHAT’S HAPPENING a g a in st J W rig h t,
TO BILL’S BUTTE? , w rtg h tec'de<’ *"
o f C ed ar fork
of
Mr
Ladies Aid
Civic Club
S ixteen m em b ers and one vis
tto r, M rs C la rn o of Gold Beach
a tte n d e d th e re g u la r m eetin g of
th e Civic clhb T h u rsd a y
a fte r­
noon. A sh o rt b u sin ess m eetin g
was held a n d th e lease on the
.club room signed fo r th e c u rre n t
year
A t th e close of th e a f t e r ­
noon th e h ostesses, Mrs. N. B.
I " rig h t an d Mrs. C larence W rig h t
serv ed a m ost te m p tin g
lu n c h ­
eon r f
d elicio u s
cake,
sa n d ­
w iches and coffee.
The
next
m e etin g of th e club will be held
May 5.
Road SBpe Away from Rase and
METAL MARKET
Report Says Mountain is
c id e n ts
u n d e rg ro u n d .
38
in
T he Ladles* Aid held th e ir re g ­
By E. & M J.
R isin g In E levation.
sh a fts , 25 in o p en -p it m in es and
u la r w eekly m e etin g W ednesday
New Y ork. N. Y „ A p ril 23.
34 in s u r fa c e sh o p s an d y ard s.
a fte rn o o n a t th e M cK enzie club
C opper, $0,128 pound.
room .
In th e ab sence o f the
— E n g in e e rin g & M ining J o u rn a l.
L ead, $0.07 pound.
Is B ill's b u tte on th e rise?
p re s id e n t, Mrs A P Sw eet Mrs.
X X X
T in, $0,666 pound.
T his y o u n g m o u n ta in
w hich I R. G. M cK enzie p resided a t the
RICH <iOM> STRIK E
Zinc, $0.0635 p ound.
sh o o ts up to a co n sid e ra b le h eig h t s h o rt b u sin ess session.
Mose E n d ic o tt, W illiam B ra d ­
A t the
S ilver, $0,566 ounoe.
a few m iles s o u th e a s t of B andon n ex t m eetin g , May 4th, re f r e s h ­
ley an d B e rt M cM ullen of P o w ­
A ntim ony, $0.15 pound
is re p o rte d to be g a in in g lu e le ­ m e n ts w ill be served w ith Mrs.
e rs a re re p o rte d to have m ade
B ism u th . $2.20 p o u n d .
v ation a t th e ra te of one inch E. C. A nderson and Mrs. R. G
a ric h g o ld s trik e on B ary m o u n ­
p e r year.
Irid iu m , $115 .0 0 ounce.
M cKenzie as hostess.
ta in so u th
Powers last week
P a lla d iu m . $58.00 ounce.
T h e d isc o v e re rs v isited
M yrtle ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
T he a c c u ra c y o f th e
re p o rt
P la tin u m , $10 4 .0 0 ounce.
h a s n o t been v erifie d by W eeteru
P o in t fo r su p p lie s a few
d ay s
IDENTITY SOUGHT
« • W orld b u t H. H. D u fo rt sta te s
Q u ick silv er, $122 fo r a
75- ago an d th e new s o f th e s tr ik e ♦
p o u n d flask.
leak e d o u t. C o n sid e ra b le e x cite­ ♦
W ho is m a k in g th e o ffe r ♦ 1 th a t it h as been told to him by
One o f th e m oat
In te re stin g
X X X
the
m en t p re v a ils o v er th e
d isco v ­ ♦ to b u y th e h y d ro -e le c tric fo r ♦ j a h o m e s te a d e r liv in g n e a r
clu b s
am o n g
the
W illis T. W hite, o f P o rt O r­ and u sefu l
ALASKA-JUNEAU FOR MARCH e ry a n d it is an n o u n c e d
i base of th e b u tte w ho got h is In-
th a t
In y o u n g e r set o f iPort O rfo rd Is the
A la sk a J u n e a u In .March, 1927, m an y o f th e P o w ers p eo p le a re ♦ $ 1 2 0 ,0 0 0 , an d w h a t do th e y ♦ | fo rm a tio n from men of th e U. S. fo rd . w as a p p o in te d tru s te e
M ayea. G a rd e n club, w hose club le a d e r
m in ed
an d
tra m m e d
3 75,000 p re p a rin g to ta k e to th e hills. ♦ m ean by th e ‘‘la rg e dev elo p - ♦ ) geodetlb su rv e y w ho, h e sta te s, th e case o f G eorge V.
♦ m e n t" p ro m ised fo r th e lm - ♦ m a in ta in a m a r k e r a t th e top of b a n k ru p t, of P o rt O rfo rd , M on­ is Mrs E lla K napp. T he mem
to n s o f o re, y ie ld in g $ 1 9 0 ,5 0 0 ;
X X X
In
c re d ito rs
h e a rin g bers of the club a re p u p ils
JOHNSON MT. OOLD MINE
th is w as a gro ss re tu rn of 50.8c
o b se rv a ­ day. in th e
♦ m e d ia te f u tu re ?
< th e b u tte from w hich
and
tio n s a re ta k e n a t sea.
T hey h eld in th e office of R eferee E Mrs N. B. R ice’s g ra d e s
p e r ton. O p e ra tin g e x p e n d itu re s
W illiam M ason o f P o w e rs w as ♦
T h is q u e stio n is u p p er- ♦ j m ak e tr ip s to th e top of th e Bu-tte Jo e n k
ft was not know n w he­ a r e c a rry in g on th e g a rd e n w ork
to ta le d $198,250 , o r 5 2.87c p er in C o q u ille S a tu rd a y to co n su lt
ton.
T he o p e ra tin g
loss
was his a tto rn e y , J . J. S ta n le y , r e la ­ ♦ m oat in th e m in d s of citi- ♦ j once a y e a r an d sinoe th ese ob­ t h e r W h ite w ould accep t th e of­ as o u tlin e d by th e ex ten sio n s e r ­
♦ zens to d ay . O ne w as h e a rd ♦
fice.
M ayea, P o rt O rford
pool vice of the O regon A g ric u ltu ra l
$7,750, o r 2.07c p e r ton. O th e r tiv e to th e o rg a n iz a tio n o f
a ♦ to say, ‘‘a new b lack san d ♦ se rv atio n s hav e begun, w hich was room p ro p rie to r, has a s s e ts o u t- college.
J e a n G illings Is p re s i­
e x p e n d itu re s an d accru ed c h a rg ­
p ro b ab ly seven o r e ig h t
y ears
a n o th e r. ♦ ! ago, the m o u n ta in is said to have sid e o f p ro p e rty upon w hich ex ­ d en t
th e clu b ; L ela C ru m ley
es o f $20,000 in creased th e d efi­ c o rp o ra tio n to ta k e o v er a n d o p ­ ♦ m in in g sch em e” ;
e r a te th e e x te n siv e h o ld in g s of ♦ “ a g ia n t h y d ro -e le c tric cor- ♦ I ele v a te d e ig h t inches.
D oro th y A xtell,
em p tio n was allow ed of slig h tly vice p re s id e n t;
cit to $27,750 fo r th e m o n th .
ta p p in g a ll th e ♦
T h e o th e r m em b ers
h im se lf an d h is a sso c ia te s in th e ♦ p o ra tio n
L ia b ilitie s a re listed se c re ta ry .
Mr. D u fo rt s ta te s th a t he had o v e r $400.
X X X
coast to w n s o f O regon an d ♦ n o t g iven th e m a tte r se rio u s con- a t $1,236.10.
a re R ay F ro m m .
M arie
L in d ­
A C C ID E N T S AT M ETAL M INES Jo h n so n an d Iro n m o u n ta in d is­
berg,
R uby iP urdln,
C larence
A to ta l of 126,713 m en w ere tric t.
Mr. M ason h as asso ciate d ♦ W a s h in g to n " ; s till a n o th e r. ♦ I sid é ra tio n u n til se v e ra l d ay s ago
o n ly
th e
M ountain ♦ w hen in m a k in g a itrlp to
his
em ployed a t m etal
m in es an d w ith him th e o w n e rs o f o th e r ♦ “ it's
found
n o n -m e ta lllc m ines in th e U nited claim s in th a t v ic in ity a n d th e y ♦ S ta te s ra is in g th e a n te ” . A ♦ I tim b e r on th e b u tte he
♦
s till m ore cyn ical view is. ♦ th a t 400 fe e t o f th e ro ad , e x te n d ­
M iss R ose B othw ell, w ho has
S ta te s (e x c e p t coal m in es and w ill fo o l t h e i r claim s a n d ta k e
♦ "s im p ly a g am b le on th e ♦ ing a b o u t a m ile below th e b u tte s p e n t th e la s t seven m o n th s In
sto n e q u a r r ie s ) in 1925, a c c o rd ­
th
em
all
in
to
th
e
c
o
rp
o
ra
te
p
ro
p
­
♦
p a rt of a co u p le of b ro k e rs ." ♦ an d d ire c tly In line w ith Its base, C h in a, re tu rn e d to th e
in g to re p o rts receiv ed by th e'
U nited
B ut of a ll th e wild con- ♦ h a d slid 18 in ch es o u t of line.
U. S. b u re a u o f m ines from op­ e rty . T h e n a m e o f th e new co m ­ ♦
S
ta
te
s
last
M
onday
an
d
was
th e
♦
le c tu re s th e r e is one th a t ♦ S o m eth in g u n u s u a l h as
ta k e n g u e s t o f Mrs. W. T W hite, J r .,
e r a tin g
com panies
th ro u g h o u t p an y w ill be J o h n s o n M o u n tain
th e th e co u n try .
T h is re p re se n ts M ining co m p an y , u n less th e r e is « co m m an d s m o re w illin g lis- ♦ place, ho said , and If th e m o u n ­
S he Is now v is­
re s t: ♦ tain is on th e ris e as rep o rted , it la s t T h u rsd a y
an in c re a se of 3,585 o v er
th e som e o th e r c o rp o ra tio n o f s im i­ ♦ te n e rs th a n a ll th e
Mrs.
M ary
♦ "T h e G re a t N o rth e rn b rin g - ♦ p ro b ab ly took a n o th e r su d d en itin g h e r m o th e r.
n u m b e r em ployed in th e p re c e d ­ la r n a m e s in w hich e v e n t
Mr. ♦
in g th e O regon E le c tric th is ♦ Jum p end sh o o k th e road dow n B o th w ell a t Gold B each, b u t w ill
in g y ear.
T hese
m en
w orked Mason w ill choose som e
o th e r ♦ w ay .”
w here
a bit.
I t w ill be necessary to soon re tu rn to E u g en e
37 ,1 7 2 .3 5 9 m a n -sh ifts, an a v e r­ n am e fo r h is
com pany.
The ♦
"L o o k a t E m p ire ," th ey ♦ b u ild a p p ro a c h e s to th e ro a d on I sh e w ill a tte n d su m m e r school.
ag e of 293 w o rk d ay s p e r m an,
co m p an y w ill be in c o rp o ra te d fo r ♦ te ll you, “ do you su p p o se ♦ e ith e r side b efo re it can now be
a s co m p ared
w ith
35,734,008
She is g lad to be back hom e o u t
all th a t big ex citem en t is ♦ tra v e le d by e a r.— (W estern W orld. I of th e fig h tin g as she lost all of
m a n -sh ifts an d
290
w o rk d ay s $ 3 0 0 ,0 0 0 , a n d th e r e w ill be no
fo r fu n ? "
Yes, th e w isest ♦
■ p er m an in 1924.
E ach of th e sto ck fo r sale, a s it w ill all be
h e r p e rso n al th in g s, th e C hinese
on es (w e h o p e ) have it all ♦
fi­
la r g e r b ra n c h e s o f th e in d u s try a b so rb ed a n d th e co m p an y
h a v in g looted an d
b u rn ed
th e
d oped o u t th a t th e " la rg e ♦
ex cep t iron mlneB show ed an in ­ n an ced by th o s e w ho a re a lre a d y
d e v e lo p m e n t”
is
n o th in g ♦
W illiam B e n n ett, iPort O rford h o u se w h ere she was s ta y in g and
c re a s e in th e n u m b e r of em p lo y ­ in te re s te d In th e p ro p e rtie s to be
w hich
she
less th a n a ra ilro a d .— «West- ♦ m e rc h a n t, w as in
Gold
Beach also th e school in
ees
Iro n m in es em p lo y ed ab o u t m ined.
e rn W o rld .
« M onday to a p p e a r in c o u rt w here ta u g h t.
B u t she says th a t she
2000 few er m en th a n In 1924
Mr. M ason h ad w ith him a few
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ he had a case.
w ill re tu rn If th e
o p p o rtu n ity
b u t th e
re d u c tio n
w as ab o u t -a m p le s of c o a rse gold as we!! as
R ay Z u m w alt of Sixes
w as a rise s, as sh e
c o u n te rb a la n c e d by an in crease
h as n o t seen
h e re th is w eek a c tin g as one of en o u g h
In th e a v e ra g e w o rk in g tim e p er som e v ery ric h lo o k in g o re , all
of th e co u n try .
She
h as
th e J u ro rs in th e d is tric t co u rt.
m an fro m 269 d ay s in 1924 to o f w hich in d ic a te th a t he
b ro u g h t hom e se v eral w o n d erfu l
Mrs
Je
s
sie
H
o
g
g
att,
p
o
stm
is­
som
e
ex
c
e
p
tio
n
a
lly
good
p
ro
s
­
275 d ay s in 1925.
1
Mr. an d - M rs. H an s H. H a n ­ tre ss a t P o rt O rfo rd , and
G er­ h a n d -c a rv e d b eads from re a l ivo­
Mr. M ason w ill o b ject,
O f th e to ta l n u m b e r of acci pects.
d e n ts a t all m in es, 371
w ere* p e rh a p s , to o u r u sin g th e w ord son, o f L an g lo is, B a tista P ed ro - tru d e B othw ell, w ere h ere T u e s­ ry, carv ed by th e C hinese, also
li, o f H a rb o r, a n d Jo e H ard eg -
som e p e a rls from J a p a n , and sev ­
fa ta l. 21 cau sed p e rm a n e n t to ta l “ p ro s p e c ts” a r h e say s he
has g er, of E lk riv e r, have received day v isitin g w ith Miss D oro th y
e ra l o th e r b e a u tifu l s trin g s
of
d isa b ility , 653 cau sed p e rm a n e n t* been in th e re w o rk in g th is p ro p ­ th e i r fin a l p a p e rs an d «r® now L am son.
Cecil G all o f C oquille w as re g ­ beads.
p a rtia l d is a b ility ,
8,163 caused o sitio n o u t fo r seven y e a rs an d
full fled g ed A m erican
citizen s. istered a t th e W e d d erb u rn
ho­
in ju ry of a te m p o ra ry
n a tu re
E. H. C h eev er, a m e rc h a n t
of
Mr. Oall
d isa b lin g th e em plo y ees fo r m ore th ese claim s a re no lo n g e r sim ­ L anglois, and Ed S y p h er, co u n ty tel W ednesday n ig h t.
a re
p ro v en
is connected w ith th e s ta te h ig h ­
th a n fo u rte e n days, an d 26,2951 ply p ro sp ects b u t
co m m issio n er, ac te d as w itn esses w ay d e p a rtm e n t and Is in th ese
caused te m p o ra ry d is a b ility ex­ m in es.— S e n tin e l.
J . W. New o f P o rt O rfo rd was
fo r Mr. an d Mrs. H an so n , w ho p a r ts in s ta llin g .n fo rm a tio n signs
cee d in g th e re m a in d e r of th e day
h ere to d ay a rr a n g in g fo r a new
have
liv
ed
In
th
e
L
an
g
lo
is
sec­
a lo n g th e R o o sev elt highw ay.
of th e a c c id e n t b u t not e x c e e d -,
e n g in e fo r his fish in g boat. He
tio n fo r som e tim e w h ere Mr.
P o rt O rfo rd Is well re p re s e n t­
ing fo u rte e n days.
Isa b e lle A shm an w as b o rn a t H an so n h as c h a rg e o f th e L a n g ­ ed In Gold B each th is w eek, h a v ­ says th e y a re p la n n in g fo r a big
T h e p rin c ip a l cau ses o f a cci­
lois ch eese fa c to ry .
G. J. H el- ing six of th e ir citizen s on the seaso n in th e fish b u sin ess th ere.
d e n ts th a t re s u lte d In d e a th w ere P o rt O rfo rd F e b ru a ry 11, 1875,
F. B. T lo h en o r of P o rt O rford
of
R o b e rt
an d b e rg e r an d ¡Bud McVay, co u n ty Ju ry .
T h ey a re : Dick Q uellen.
fa lls of ro ck from ro o f o r w all, th e d a u g h te r
co m m issio n er, acted as w itn esses C h a rle s N eu m an . S. J. S poerl, is sp e n d in g to d ay in M arshfield.
explosives, h a u la g e , an d p erso n s G eo rg ian a M cK enzie, an d d ied at
of
fa llin g dow n c h u te s , w inzes, r a is ­ C h eh alis, W ash ., A pril 21, 1927, fo r B a tista P e d ro li, and Jo h n Mc­ Roy O stra n d e r, C. F. G uerin and W ith him a re T. T. C bave
es. o r sto p es. O f th e to ta l n u m ­ a t th e ag e o f 52 y e a rs, 2 m o n th s K enzie o f E lk riv e r a n d W. J . Je sse S u tto n .
P o rtla n d , G. C. T tc h e n o r o f S a­
Sw
eet
of
B
andon
w
ere
w
itn
esses
T h e case of W illiam B en n ett, lem an d J a c k J . S pong of E u ­
b er of d e a th s . 273 w ere from a c ­ an d 11 days.
She w as m a rrie d fo r Mr. H a rd e g g e r.
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rd ch re creek.
of
Bankruptcy Hearing
Held for G. V. Mayea
Garden Club
of
Price. L o ren a O 'K elley and W al­
te r S u tton.
Chicago Lumber
Buyer on Trip
H a rry Ja m ie so n of th e A rrow
L u m b er Co. o f C hicago a rriv ed
y e sterd ay on his a n n u a l b u y in g
trip fo r h is firm . T hey use sev ­
e ra l m illion feet of P o rt O rford
w hite c e d a r in th e ir b a tte ry hoard
d e p a rtm e n t.
Mr Jam ieso n h a s m any frien d s
on Coos Bay a n d ra te s th is sec­
tion as th e m ost e n jo y ab le and
h om elike th a t he visits.
On his trip h e re last year, he
esta b lish e d a re p u ta tio n
as
a
fish erm an and is fig u rin g on g e t­
tin g o u t and la n d in g r few big
ones d u rin g h is visit
T o d ay h e m ad e a tr ip to B an­
don w ith W L. F o rsy th e of th e
W estern W hite C ed ar Co.
Mr. J a m ie so n ’s p lant Is lo c a t­
ed ln the C hicago d is tric t n e a r
w here th e " g a n g g u n m en ” have
been sh o o tin g th in g s up th e last
few m onths.
He ca rrie s a spe­
cial d e p u ty s h e r iff a p p o in tm en t.
— T im es.
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