Mining News of the Curry-
Coos Empire
a v a ilab le in th e m e ta l p a llad iu m .
of th e so-called p la tin u m gro u p .
P a lla d iu m is u n ta rn is h a b le
an d
has th e sam e b lu e-w h ite co lo r as
p la tin u m itself.
It now seem s
lik ely to com e in to its rig h tfu l
place as a m a te ria l fo r jew elry .
Many people have a p ceju d ice
a g a in s t w hite gold, re g a rd in g it
as im ita tio n p la tin u m , an d . m o re ­
over, all w h ite gold slow ly ta rn
ishes. T h o u g h o th e r people buy
w h ite gold, m any w ish fo r so m e ­
th in g b e tte r, yet can n o t
a ffo rd
p la tin u m .
„ , j _,
,k
o
w
1 r>ort* ln , *le U nited S ta te s, but tion, a pay ro ll, an d a fo u n d a tio n
and dow n
th e
R oosevelt
Tea. he says, y o u r w hoop and why in c o rp o ra te , the h a rb o r h a -
b Id on
h ig h w ay on Ju ly 4 as a p a rt o f , h u rr a h ab , , t n a tu r a l re s o u rc e , is been h ere fo r the last 20 y ears would be taxed" o u t" 'o f'"e '« to te n ^
th e
a c am p a ig n to sell
g re a t a.! based on fact as 1 have learn - ju s t like it is, th e r e have been in a p ro p erly m an ag ed in co rp o -
n o rth w e st reg io n to th e e a ste rn i ed
from a u th e n tic
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g o v ern m en t possibly fo u r new houses b u ilt In rated tow n w ould be th e m an g y
T h hat
at p point
o in t is se ttle d , the la s, 20 years, and n e v e r get ' m ongrel dogs of w hich P o rt Or-
public.
T
he
tra
n
s
c
o
n
tin
e
n
ta
l
re
p
o
rts.
METAL MARKET
and is one of th e p ro p rie to rs of
ra ilro a d s a re co -o p e ra tin g
w ith Now
------ I . w ant to p u t in a 50 -th o u s b e tte r co n d itio n s ln the tow n you ' ford has its full m int«
E. & M. J.
th e M o n tan a-W ash in g to n m ine in
th e V. of O. in m a k in g these side a n d -d o lla r f u r n itu r e ---------------
you , rorn n as its tu n q u o ta.
f a c t o r y u live
in u n til you have co-opera 1
New Y ork, N. Y , Ju n e 18, 1927 S tevens co u n ty , W ashington. His
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trip s fo r th e te a c h e rs possible, w hich will fu rn ish
em p lo y m en t
C opper, 0.123 pound
hom e is in B aker.
an d as m ost of th e te a c h e rs w ill fo r 20 or 25 tow nsm en.
W
here
Tin, 0 638 pound.
J. J. O ’K eefe, g en eral m a n ag e r
be from the region e a st of the can I get w ater fo r fire p ro te c ­
L ead, 0.064 pound.
o f th e
B aisley -E lk h o rn .
was
R ockies, the value of th e a tte n d ­ tio n fo r my fac to ry ?
Oh, you
Zinc. 0.061 pound.
elected vice p re sid e n t of the a s ­
a n t p u blicity will be g reat
have no fire p ro te c tio n a lrig h t,
A ntim ony, C.12 pound.
so ciatio n , an d R o b ert M B etts,
Mrs. E lla K n ap p an d Mrs. Ma­ m aybe I can p u t in tny own w a­
B ism uth, |2 20 pound.
o f th e C o rn u co p ia m ine, was th e
bel G illings re p re se n t the Civic te r B.vstem w ith o u t th e cost be
Irid iu m , >109 ounce.
choice fo r tre a s u re r. T he secre-
Im p ro v em e n t club on the c e n tra l ing p ro h ib itiv e how a b o u t lig h ts
P a lla d iu m , $54 ounce.
j ta ry of th e new o rg a n iz a tio n is
e n te rta in m e n t
c o m m ittee,
Mrs. in case 1 should get o rd e rs th a t
P la tin u m $66 ounce.
. W illiam E. N o rth , w ho is also
Reno, Ju n e 1 I R eno w ill b e ' D av,d M cK enzie an d Mrs Geo w ould re q u ire ru n n in g my fa c ­
Q uicksilver, $115
fo r
75-lb. se c re ta ry of th e B ak er county
a
a co lo rfu l city on J u n e 25 w hen " S oranaon. th e L adies Aid. and to ry th re e e ig h t-h o u r sh ifts
I flask.
C h am b er of C om m erce.
O h! You hav e no ele c tric
P re s id e n t C oolidge p resses
th e '
p Y oiin* anfl H ans A dolph- day.
X X X
"T h e asso c ia tio n , it seem s, will
1 son th e C h am b er of C om m erce, sy stem . Yes, g en tlem en . 1 m ight
go o v er w ith th e b an g th a t th e
protec
and the p lan s of th e co m m ittee be ab le to finance fire
, first m eetin g p ro m ise r,” H
E. bom b, an d th e g ates to N ev ad a's
tio n , and e le c tric ity a lo n g
w ith
Jn May A lask a J u n e a u m in ed [ I H endryx
w rite s from
B aker. T ra n sc o n tin e n ta l H ig h w ay s e x p o ­ a re m a tu rin g rap id ly .
|
an d tram m ed to
m ill
3 97,400 I , " F ro m ev ery w h ere we a re
A sea food d in n e r is to
be th e heavy in v estm en t in a facto ry
re- sitio n g ro u n d s sw in g open
tons, from w hich a reco v ery of
N ev ad a's q u a rte r-m illio n d o lla r serv ed to th e v is ito rs at A gate but 1 am h ere to tell you rig h t
i reiv in g th e su p p o rt of th o se in
$168.500 is re p o rte d , o r 42 40c
noon, a fte r now th a t too m any good p ro g re s­
edifice,
a
th re e -sto ry co n crete Beach p a rk ab o u t
i te re ste d in m in in g
E sp ecially
p er ton. O p e ra tin g ex p e n d itu re s
w
hich
th
e
p
a
rty
w
i
l
l
d riv e south sive tow ns o ffe r th o se a d v a n ta g e s
s
tru
c
tu
re
,
h
o
u
ses
e
x
h
ib
its
for
all
I do th e m en w ho a re do in g the
to ta le d $182,200, o r 45.85c p e r 1
of
its
17
co
u
n
ties,
besides
a
sta
te
as
fa
r
as
A
rizona
Inn
aud ta k e w ith o u t my h av in g to invest in
d ig g in g seem to be
in te re ste d .
I th in k I'll look
so m e ­
to n , an d o p e ra tin g loss $13,700. |
T hese ex h ib its a re ex ­ in th e b e a u tifu l scenery
alo n g them .
The m an in th e h ills seem s to disp lay .
or 3.45c p e r ton. O th e r ex p en d ­ I w an t th e a ss o c ia tio n .”— M ining ten siv e an d b e a u tifu lly d isp lay ed , th e R oosevelt h ig h w ay ,
r e tu r n ­ w here else
T hose a re vital fac to rs in the
itu re s to ta le d $19,300. re s u ltin g T ru th .
d e p ic tin g t h e ,S i l v e r S ta te 's in ­ ing to C oquille in tim e to em b ark
in a d e fic it of $33.000 fo r th e
d u s tria l, m in eral and a g ric u ltu r on th e ir special tr a in fo r E ugene p ro g ress of every sm a ll com m on
X X X
ity w hich can be ev e n tu a lly han
m o n th /
al w ealth as well as its scenic th a t n ig h t.
d ied, p ro v id in g th e fo u n d a tio n is
X -X X
a ttra c tio n s .
th e re to build upon a n d the fo u n ­ i
S o u th w e ste rn O regon
M ining . C a llfn rn la 's m issio a-ty p « b uild- ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
d
a tio n is an in c o rp o ra te d tow n.
b u reau . w ith o ffices a t G ran ts lng,' erec,ert at 11 COf,t of $ 65,000,
E a ste rn O regon M ining a sso ci­
♦
AVANT ADS
B
N early a ll of th o se a g a in s t the
P ass, h as reelected m o st of Its
te m p o ra ry ann ex , co stin g
atio n w as o rg an ized at B ak er on
p
ro
p o sitio n say we will be taxed
o fficers as follow s P. S. W oodin
c o n ta in in g as
m uch ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
J u n e 6 a t a m eetin g a tte n d e d by
o u t of ex isten ce. I do not a rg u e
flo o r space as th e m ain stru e -
p
re
s
id
e
n
t;
C.
E.
R
usk,
vice
p
re
s
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HAY FO R S A L E - In th e field at fo r one m in u te th a t tax es will
m ore th a n 100 m in in g m en of
overflow
S ten g er. tu re , w ill co n ta in th e
th e B<ind R anch on E lk riv er, not be in creased a few cen ts on
e a ste rn O regon and ’he
S nake id e n t a t la rg e ; L. U.
I
co
u
n
ty
ex
h
ib
its
from
th
a
t
sta
te
.
at $5.00 to $7.00 cash
per th e d o lla r, but a re not th e
riv e r section of Idaho.
H e re a f­ vice p re s id e n t fo r D ouglas co u n ­ In all, 35 co u n ties from th e G ol­
in ­
A.
ton.
Jn 2 8 t3 creased taxes c o u n te rb a la n c e d by
te r m e etin g s will be h eld on th e ty ; A. W. Love, s e c re ta ry ;
den
B
ear
state,
w
ill
be
re
p
re
se
n
t-
'
■’ ■ W alk e r,
tr e a s u re r .
T he
only-
ed.
FOR SA LE — One sto re building th e in c re a se In p ro p e rty value
each m o n th
new o fficer is R ay R easo n er, vice
T he expo sitio n p a rk w ith
its
and lan d . C all o r w rite Mrs you can bet y o u r bo tto m d o lla r
J. C. Bow er w as elected p r e s i- ' !’resid en f fo [ Ja ck so n county. Fl-
th ey are.
im p ro v em en ts cost $160.000. It
M. A. N ielson.
P o rt O rford,
aii"at of th e new .,-so cia-io n when " a “ ^
co n sists o f D. I. h as been en h an ced
Show m e any
u n in c o rp o ra te d
in
b e au ty
O
regon.
Jn
2
1
t3
th e d ire c to rs
org an ized .
Mr. j
’ E ' iyno an<^ ( h a s- w ith a n eck la ce of lig h ts I n d '
tow n in th e V nited S ta te s th a t
e v e r p ro g ressed beyond a ce rta in
wen is p e rh a p s as well
ac-
g re a t colored a rc s in fro n t of th e
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ b b b b b b b b b point an d th a t point is th e village
a in te d w ith m in in g co n d itio n s
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• x h ib itio n palaces.
e s ta te — not tow n o r city w ith m od­
e a ste rn O regon as an y o th e r
The am u sem en t p ro g ram
for ♦
♦
FOR» VI
♦ ern co nveniences.
P ort O rford is
tn.
H e is also in te re ste d in
v isito rs is v aried
to s u it
all
B a tow n as old as IN irtland and
m ing d ev elo p m en ts
elsew h ere
classes and m oods; it is of high ♦
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w ith one six tie th th e ex p e n d itu re
T h irty y ears ago th e position o rd e r an d is co stin g $100,000 f o r ,
fo r h a rb o r im p ro v e m e n ts ’ could
I
M
O
I
t
l
'o
l
t
ATION
th
e
five
w
eek
s’
period.
of gold as th e p re fe rre d m etal
I’RO AND CON be m ade one of th e fin est sea-
E x h ib its in th e v a rio u s
p a l­
¡{ fo r je w e lry seem ed u n a s s a ila b le ,
and in th is p o sitio n it w as b u t­ aces, co m m ercial, civic an d m u- '
(C o n tin u e d from page 1)
tressed
by tra d itio n ,
in trin sic n lcip al, w ill re p re se n t an expend
b eau ty , an d p rice, say s th e In ­ itu re of o v er one m illio n d o lla rs 1 over, le ts get dow n tn c lea r, con-
d u s tria l B u lletin of A rth u r
D. and a re re p re se n ta tiv e of th e d e ­ I else facts, leaving out
e n tire ly
L ittle, In c., fo r Ju n e.
F ash io n , v elopm ent and p ro g re ss of th e th e p ro b a b ility of w h e th e r Mr.
W
est.
how ev er, fo r re a so n s of its own.
A li Kinds, of
' Inm an will or w ill not succeed
An ex p o sitio n v illa, s itu a te d at
has sin ce th en tu rn e d to p la ti­
in in d u cin g o u tsid e c a p ita l to in ­
n u m , w ith th e re s u lt th a t th e a scenic p o in t, n e a r th e exposi­ vest in P o rt O rfo rd an d vicinity.
p rice o f th e la t te r m etal w as soon tion p a rk , has been e rected a t a
sev eral tim es th a t of gold, to th e cost of $40.606, and will fu rn ish 1 W o u ld n ’t th e tow n be b e tte r
I()„ t o ff if it w ere in c o rp o ra te d rig h t
A g ciils fo r
acco m m o d atio n s
g re a t d is a d v a n ta g e o f chem ical h o u sin g
to d ay ? I say it w ould and h ere
1200
people.
science and in d u s try , in
w hich
a re a few reaso n s w hy:
p la tin u m is e ss e n tia l fo r
m any
At th e p re se n t tim e , th e re a re
purposes.
T
h
e
d
em
an
d
fo
r
w
hite
PORT ORFORD, ORE.
Jew elry an d th e g re a t
in crease
T he Civic Im p ro v em e n t
club. Ju-it p a rts of fo u r s tre e ts in the
in th e co st of p la tin u m th e n led th e L adies Aid and th e C h am b er , ' w hole tow n w hich a re passable In
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
to th e d ev elo p m en t of so-called of
C om m erce
have
com bined m id -w in te r as well us m id -su m ­
m
er,
n
am
ely.
3
blocks
on
Jack
so
n
"white g o ld ” by a llo y in g gold forces in p re p a rin g fo r th e en
1
w ith b ase m etals.
te r ta in m e n t of th e 200 te a c h e rs ! stre e t, 2 blocks on N in th s tre e t,
_____ ■ 3 blocks on Sixth s tre e t and pos-
C u rio u sly en o u g h , th e re was a who a re a tte n d in g the
su m m er 1
,
, , ,
»•-B--B--B- B-B-B--B--B--B--B
m uch
m o re
s u ita b le
m a te ria l school a t th e V. of O. and who I sibly 12 blocks on O regon stre e t.
T hose on Sixth s tre e t and Or-
egon s tr e e t h av in g been g ravelled
I by th e s ta te h ig h w ay com m ission
and th o -o on la c k -o n and N inth
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h aving b e n g ra v e lle d y ears ago
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by th e county.
Why d o e s 's u c h a co n d itio n ex­
ist In a tow n w here e v ery sin g le
in h a b ita n t ta k e s exception w hen
you accuse him of b ein g a back
' n u m b e r?
I H e re ’s th e an sw er: Such a con-
I d itio n ex ists because th e tow n is
i n o t in c o rp o ra te d an d th o se who
do wish to p ro g ress hav e n o t the
1 in d iv id u al in flu en ce to go to th e
co u n ty c o u rt and g et re s u lts in
th e m a tte r of s tre e t an d
sid e ­
w alk g rades.
I w an t it d e fin ite ly u n d ersto o d
«♦. , h ere and now th a t th is does not
m ean th a t ev ery s tr e e t in P ort
O rfo rd sh o u ld lie
g ra d e d
and
sid ew alk ed and paved
im m edl-
, ate ly th e tow n is In co rp o rated
n o r w ould such a th in g happen
fo r it is only by a m a jo rity vote,
of th e leg al ow ners o f p ro p e rty
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ny c e rta in str
th a t Or
v r lin
th e stre e t g ra d in g and
' p av in g be done on th a t stre e t.
D on't ev er let an y o n e tell
you
j th a t th e city c .iin d l Is going to
u and sa v th a t you a re
going to be levied a s tr e e t a sse ss­
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m en t. u n less a m a jo rity o f your
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n eig h b o rs on
th a t
v ery sam e
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stre e t h av e voted to have It im ­
proved a g a in st y o u r w ill, an d ln
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th a t rasp , If you do n o t w a n t to
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live on an Im proved s tr e e t and
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w ould r a th e r spend m ost o f your
w in te r d lig in g th e old F o rd out
of sh e m m on a side s t r e e t— get
b usy and tr a d e p ro p erty . A eon-
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| d ltlo n ex ists to d sv w h e ri a t least
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fo u r fam ilies a re using a brid g e
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on N inth y s tre e t
w hich
should
have been i< ondem ned o r rep a ire d
a y e a r ago.
A b so lu tely n o th in g
w ill be d o n e a b o u t It u n til an a u ­
to m o b ile goes th ro u g h and so m e­
be
a l c i U b ile
<
one Is h u rt, o r se v eral s tr a y cows
a tte m p t to cross said b rid g e In
u n iso n an d tw o o r th r e e e ith e r
crow d o v er th e side o r b re a k a
BRUSHES CREEK SERVICE STATION
Located at Base of Humbug Mountain
Reno To Celebrate
CAMP GROUNDS and CAMP STORE
»
* Alaska Juneau in May
Located in the heart of the hunting
grounds. Good fishing.
Wilson & Grant, Proprietors
Southwest Oregon Bureau
New Mining Association
Now O pen
PORT ORFORD
PHARMACY
Palladium—A New
Meta, for Jewelry
— NEW STOCK OF —
Drugs
BANDON
BOTTLING WORKS
J
Port Orford
SOFT DRINKS
Bottles Sterilized
Hardware Co.
EDELWEISS BEER
L. M. Strong, Prop.
Preparation for Teachers
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Toilet Articles
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Stationery
SODA FOUNTAIN
REGISTERED PHARMACIST
MRS. LON N ER PUGH
Port Orford, Oregon
The Lake View Tracts
SAMPLE BALLOT
SPECIAL ELECTION, INCORPORATION OF CITY OF
PORT ORFORD. CURRY COUNTY, OREGON
JUNE 28, 1927
All within I-ive Minutes' Walk of Garrison lake, offering
Boating, Trout Fishing, Duck Hunting and Rathing; also adja­
cent to Agate Beach.
Mark a cross (X) after the number and answer voted for
“Shall that portion of Curry County described as:
‘Beginning at low water line of the Pacific Ocean
’’’wp. 33 S. R. 15 W. W. M., at the point where it
ejected by the East boundary line (extending
nwird) of the 1865 plat of Port Orford, Curry
nty. Oregon: thence North along the East bound-
Z of said plat to a point 200 feet North of the North
ie of 20th Street; thence West to the Northwest
irner of Block No. 174 of said plat: thence South to
said low water line of the Pacific Ocean; thence
along said low water line in a general Easterly di­
rection to the point of beginning'
be incorporated as a municipal corporation to be
known as The City of Port Orford, Curry County,
Oregon, in accordance with the provisions of that
certain act of the legislative assembly of the State
of Oregon, passed at its regular session held in 1913,
*1od ‘An act to provide for the organization and
of cities and towns, and to legalize
'-«retofore have attempted to
T of title XXVI of
Lords Oit„
Title XXVII.
Chapter I) and ait .
the functions of
iiiporporated cities and town.'
such attempted
’n *"rporation.' "
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Just off the Roosevelt Highway.
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Located between Port Orford and Garrison lake, Ample
reservation assuringgood wide roads.
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These tracts are ideal as summer home sites or permanent
residences and can he either bought outright or obtained on
long-term leases.
!
Make your arrangements with us for building that cot­
tage now.
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R ecause
th e b rid g e w as b u ilt by