Port Orford news., February 21, 1928, Image 1

The KEY to the Development ot the Vast Natural Wealth of Southwestern Oregon
. PORT ORFORD DEEP vVATER HARBOR
PORT ORFORD NEWS
VOL. IL
Port Orford. Oregon. Tuesday, February 21, 1928.
Game Association Would Have
Curry-Coos Man on Commission
T h e C u rry C o u n tv
GaflM
o
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Born bebruary 22, 1732.
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association, Port Orford unit held a KO OSCVClt S ‘’ K o U J th
.. speciaj meeting in the Masonic hall
in Port Orford Sunday afternoon,
Theodore Roosevelt was particular
with Crawford W Smith in the chair
Resolutions were adopted follow­ about who went to war with him
ing the selection of a game warden He organized the only “exclusive reg­
for Curry county from among the iment in history when he assembled
applicants who reside in the county. the Rough Riders for the fight with
Inasmuch as a vacancy is due in Spain.
Thousands applied for enlistment
June in the fish commission, and the
further fact that all three members in the outfit and thousands were re '
Family connections, excellent .
of that commission come from the Co­ fused
lumbia river territory, it was the reputations, wealth and breeding did j
W hat Roosevelt I
opinion of the meeting that the va- not mean a thing
cancy referred to should be filled by wanted \va- the finest aggregation of
the appointment of a local man from mounted fighting men he could get 1
Curry or Coos county - a man famil- I a? d, hc ctT ‘ hls men for ««"tness !
■ar with local fishing conditions— and
’harpne,s of cye and mind !
resolutions were adopted to lay the
e '" f
, to u t a bad horse
j
matter before the governor for his '
thc
teg.ment included ,
consideration
I ,n lts ranks mcn who bad Feen
gamblers,
Next Sunday many of the mem- ' jail,
I"" ' ?an}
CT*' roiigh mining men i
hers of thc association will go to G o ld ' r<
° u>ter’' ‘ two-gun men from i
Beach where a meeting of those inter­ the West and lone scouts who had
ested in game and fish will be held terrorized the border But there were I
for the purpose of attempting an or also fearless fighting mcn in the East
ganuation of thc Gold Beach unit of ' * h° COU' d ndc srac,ously >" a car-
the Curry county association
I nagf °L
» vicious pony
There
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• were college athletes who had learned
1
' to ta^c punishment on the football
Riders" Exclusive
Highway O iiicials
Visit Bridge
Gold Beach. Feb. 20.— J. M Dev-
ers attorney for the state highway
commission, and W. E Chandler, d r
vision engineer of this district with
headquarters at Grants Pass, visited
Gold Beach last week and made ar­
rangements of additional rights of
way for the approach to the proposed
bridge across the Rogue
The pres­
ence of these officials in Gold Beach
on this work indicates that action on
thc bridge matter will he taken as
soon as the $$ auto license bill is out
of th way.
It is also understood that the high­
way commission is planning on taking
over the Bagnell ferry to supplement
the new ferry over the Rogue for t'._
1928 tourist season, as the promise
is for a large summer traffic over the
scenic Roosevelt
u imj
w|1(,
and soldiers
Seals Off Cape Blanco
Died December 14, 1799.
Washington
The brave - the wise - the good.
Washington
Supreme in war. in council, and in peace.
Washington
Discreet, without fear: valiant, without ambition:
confident, without presumption.
Washington
In disaster calm; in success moderate; in all himself.
Washington
The hero, the patriot, the Christian; the father of nations,
the friend of mankind; who
when he had won all, renounced all; and sought
in the bosom of his family and of nature,
retirement;
and in the hope of religion
immortality.
Spanish War
Committee Action on
County Schools
Veterans Lauded
Roosevelt Statue
News Items
W ashington. Feb. 1 8 — A great
•Washington. D C . Feb. 21.— Con­
No. 16
Economic Geology of
Port Orford Region
Chamber of Commerce
Elects Officers for Year
The Port Orford chamber of com
mercc held its annual meeting last
Tuesday night and elected the fol­
lowing officers and directors
President W H Sheridan.
Vice president. L B Hatton.
Secretary, Geo. W Soranson.
Treasurer. R C. Ostrander
Directoi- David McKenzie W T
White Sr.. W P Young. Dr R L
l’ugh and R C Ostrander
In accepting the secretaryship Mr
Soranson expressly stipulated that as
soon .us the work on hand is com­
pleted he will feel free to tender his
resignation
Reports of officers were read at the
meeting and showed that a large
amount of constructive work was ac­
complished during the year and at a
minimum amount of expense
The
financial report showed the chamber
is free of debt save for current hills
New members who loined last week
were W J. Paulman and Ed Pitner
Washington. D C . Feh
Senator Steiwer was among the
of senators invited to the
House breakfast hy President
idge today.
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group
White
Cool­
Part IV
COAL
Near the mouth of Shasta Costa
creek there has been prospecting foe
coal and on account of transportation
its local with reference to Rogue
river and the coast gave it for a tune
considerable promise but an attempt
to mine the coal has not proved suc­
cessful
It has a thickness of 4 to
6 feet, and looks on the hole to he
of poor quality, hut in composition it
is remarkable, resembling in some
respects the pitch coal and in othera
thc normal lignite of the Coos Bay
coal held
The specimen analyzed.
No I of the table following. was
collected hy Mr M.-Cuhhin hut is
quite like the material which the writ­
er collected later at the same place.
It contains a remarkably low percent­
age of water, and when heated par­
tially fuses like pitch coal. hut. like
the noimal lignite, it contains a larger
percentage of ash and more near­
ly equal amounts of volatile and fixed
carbon
It appears to coke well, hut
the large amount of non-combustible
ash in the coke reduces it.« value For
purposes of comparison analyses of
pitch coal and other coal are gives
in the table
W here exposed on
Shasta Costa creek the coally shale
has a thickness of 10 feet
By Mrs. Katharine J. Harris
Portland. Feb 18 —“ W hat’s that’ many underestimate the services of gressman \\ C Hawley of Oregon
County Superintendent
the veterans of the war with Spain, yesterday appeared before the house
Man overboard?"
During the months of January and
thc
Philippine
Insurrection,
and
the
committee
and
library
at
a
hearing
ANALYSES OF SHASTA COSTA AND RIV ERTON COALS
So sang out the second mate on
February nine pupils were granted
the Admiral coaster liner Admiral C hinese Boxer rebellion. It was the on house hill No. 9769 for the ap­ certificates from the superintendent'
Fiske off Cape Blanco one morning first time in our history that our propriation of $30,000 for the erec office for reading and reporting on
soldiers and sailors were called upon tion of a memorial statue of Theo­
recently
10 approved hooks. Those to receive
R V Harris, the purser, peered to go to foreign soil and distant seas dore Roosevelt on Battle Rock
awards were: Margaret Carson. Fran
to
fight
for
the
freedom
of
other
|
Pott
Orford
harbor,
and
•
urged
fav-
over the ship's «ide into the Pacific,
cis Lindberg. Jean Gillings. Lela
orahle action.
smooth as glass, and there he saw peoples
Crumley and Virginia Larson of Port
It was the first and only American
*
was appeared to be an old tnan with
Orford. David Richardson and Violet
gray mustache, head out of water war in which all the soldiers and sail-j
Fithian of Gold Beach and Thelma
But a black flipper flashed through ors from private to general and ad I
. p l , Q T,
Davis of Brookings.
V â
miral
were
volunteers
Portland.
Feb
19
The
governor
s
K
the blue. Harris grinned
£
5
by
3
0
Tentative plans are being made to
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caravan, sponsored by the Portland
3
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"Looks like the vanguard of the
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3
2
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G.
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a
Ihe war department records show J chamber of commerce, and hearing hold the annual county institute early
V
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0
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fur seals headed north." he replied
1
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s°
that there were more casualties, ac- i greeting from Oregon to California, in March
The meeting was post
z
<
£
Harris said '..at the annual u iig ia
poned last November on account of
cording
to
the
number
involved,
in
E
<>t
l|nder
way
today
on
the
long
trip
1
.79
tion of Bering sea seals who come
48 90
36 38
■ 3 73
6 23
Medford and Ash thc epidemic. The majority of the
2
2 08
from as far as Southern California, is that war than there were ,n our forces ‘° Sacra™ " '°
2.0a
82.91
10.43
4 62
1 00
0 006
teachers
in
the
county
are
anxious
to
land will he the first layover stops
s
under wav
Preceded by the hulls. cither in the Civil war or the World
11.22
12 92
34 31
36.77
6 00
1 96
Governor Patterson will extend to have the institute and every few days
the seals are bound again for the | war.
Governor Young Oregon's greetings inquiries come to the county school
1 < oal obtained by Mr
Prihiloff islands for the summer | -r. _ . . i
u
c
McCub-
and appreciation of California's work superintendent « office concerning it
montj,„
I
1 " c tota* number who served
bin on Shasta Costa creek
Analysed
School people throughout the sts'e
thc Spanish American war was about in improving her highways in the
by George Seiger, who reports “coke
Harris was radio man and movie
Last week Monday Dr.
J
W.
4’ 0,000
Every one of these were northern part of the state to connect were shocked to hear of the recent
good."'
photographer
for
John
Borden.
Chi­
Wheeler of Gold Beach, while re­
volunteers
They were the first to up with Oregon's $100,000,000 sys­ death of | E Calavan. supervisor of
2. Pitch coal from Ferry's mine.
The potential water power resourc­
turning home from a professional call cago millionaire, on his 1913 expedi- carry thc emblem of our national con­ tem.
duh work from the state department
Riverton,
Coos county. Ore
at Bandon, encountered a cougar on
,nt°
-^rctK f°r Fig game ceptions across the waters and plant
es
of
Oregon
amount
to
3.663,(XX)
of education at Salem
Mr Calavan
the Roosevelt highway about five hu" ting' scientific investigation and
3. Coal from same mine as 2; both
had made several visits to Curry coun­ horsepower as estimated from the
it in the soil of a people oppressed hy ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
miles south of Port' Orford near the 1 ’! udy ° f na,llraI bl’‘ory
Chapman
♦
♦ ty in the interest of Boy«' and Girls' stream flow available 90 per cent of analyzed hy W F Hillcbrand. w ho
centuries of injustice.
Carl W hite ranch on Brushes creek. I Andrfw" scientist-explorer, was along
♦ COUNTY C L E ItK FIL IN G S ♦ club work He was scheduled for an the time, or 3.890,000 horsepower as reports that coke of 2 was in hard.
The Civil war began in April. 1861.
and as the h,g animal appeared to be ™ ,‘hat voVaec which was made on the
♦
♦ other trip here next month March 29 estimated from the flow of 30 per Hack lumps, adhering to crucible,
blinded hy the glare of the head !
i° ° '
aux,bary «chooner rigged and ended in 1863. was of four ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
and 30
Superintendent Howard cent of thc time, if storage is provid­ while that of 3 was loose and sandy
years
duration;
volunteers
of
service.
lights a race down the highway was y’ ch‘ Adv«,n' u" “ - now bar pilot boat
states
that
it
will he at least a month ed in feasible reservoir sites, accord­
Analyses of coals in Eckley region,
J
M
Church,
et
ux.
to
Frank
E
sta ted which ended when the physi- ° n San Ejanctsco Fay Borden s pres- 62 per cent, drafted in service, 38
ing to a statement made public by with notes, hy W
before the vacancy is filled
F
Hillebrand
Knapp, deed
per
cent
2.200.000
took
part
for
an
c a n ’s car came a little to close to the I e" ‘ cxP 'd,t,on ” Fe.ng made on the
the department of the interior based March 21, 1901
State Bank of Brookings to Alfred
stern end of the doctor’s competitor. " i * ' p rrtin ,,o u ’
Northern Light average term of service of 11 months.
on field work and studies of the ge­
3392
349$
The Spanish-American war started Jackson, satisfaction of mortgage
ological survey
River surveys have Moisture in vacuo
cau«»ing thc beast to take a flying w hich is better suited for Arctic voy­ April 21. 1898. and ended July 4.
6 78
4 72
Bank of Italy to Alfred Jackson
aging
Narrow bridges on some of our been made and maps published hy the Volatile comhustihle
leap off the grade in the darkness.
43 31
41 40
Seals are interesting in tfietr north- 1902. with slightly over 430,000 men et al. release of mortgage
highways create an extremely danger­ geological survey covering 1,674 miles Fixed combustible
47 27
34 91
Mary A. Nielson to Theron J ous traffic hazard according to the oi rivers in Oregon
’ ern haunts." Harris said “The hulls participating for an average service
The river sur­ Ash .................
term
of
14
months.
*2 44 »»1897
Fromm mortgage.
’ seek out a feeding and breeding
Oregon State Motor association
All veys included a number of reservoir
Marshfield. Feb 1 7 — Harvey
The W orld war began in April
S. ' ground on a rough, rockv beach and
I Nichols to Geo Carleton. too frequently accidents and injur­ sites and in addition 47 dam sites
100 00 100 00
Hale, county agent of Coos county, 1 are followed hy the cows. Often there* ,9 1 7 - and ended November II , 1918 mortgage
ies due to this condition are recorded were surveyed on a large scale.
Sulphur
3 87
67(3
assisted hy W L Teutsch. has just are battle« to the death over the cows, 1 duration ”n- year and seven months.
Fred A Dinsmore to Ruth A H i,’, The situation is being corrected as
Some idea of what nearly 6 million
* Light reddish. ** White
completed a survey of the dairying each hull having a harem that ranges 3,000.000 men were involved for an warranty deed
rapidly as possible, hut a narrow
average of nine months' service, con-
industry of Coos and Curry counties, sometimes up to 100 'w ives'"
Mary Robinson to Curry County bridge not only is an impediment to horsepower of potential water power
Coke in both cases slightly sintered
in the rivers of Oregon may mean to
and finds that the 14,320 dairy cows
Harris said that the Admiral Fiske sisting of 36 per cent volunteers and Bank, mortgage
traffic flow, hut is evidence of lack | the future of the state can he gained and non <’o,nhnstiNe.
produced 1904 tons of cheese and ran into a good «ix«d herd a distance 64 pfr cent dra^ r(* men
A B Evan« to Winfield Duley.
of precaution in safeguarding the
from the fact that ao far only about
The sulphur, at least in 3493. a p ­
319 tons of butter, valued at $2,- north of Cape Blanco.
The Spanish-American war veter­ satisfaction of mortgage.
ers of the highways
J per cent of these waterpower re­ pears to he almost wholly inorganic
000.000. during 1927
an« were all volunteers, and 61 per
A C Snider to Bank of Bandon,
The ash of the latter»
sources have been utilized and that combination
cent were in foreign service against chattel mortgage
with complete development the install­ being white, can, and in fact doeal
41 per cent in the W orld war
Hay Zumwalt to Curry County
ed capacity of water wheel« might carry hut little iron, hence there can
bank chattel mortgage
Rudolph Lrutwyler has kindly d< amount to 8 million horsepower or
Grants Pass, Feh 18 W H Mer
he little pyrite in the coal There
C
R
Snydam
to
F
A
Ayres,
deed
—
During
thc
pa*t
three
year«
eon-
nated the following hooks to the li
rin returned to Grants Pass last veek
H B Wmgust to W R Riah, mi­ brarv Barer Son of Kazon. Jame more The latter figure may he com­ likewise little, if any. gypsum in 349$
and will immediately open the labor- I ' lde,ahlc progress has been made in
The Port O rford high school hoys'
pared with the installed capacity of
hJo. 3392 is from a five-foot veil*
atory of the U S. land office for the ' devdoP'"lt the state highway park sys- team won from the Gold Beach team ning deed
Oliver Curwood
Sinful Peck Moi
M' ” e Endicott to W B Rial, m i-’ gan Robertson Roads of Destiny O water wheels in plants of 100 horse- : in the Holmes prospects, sec 33T31s«
purpose of continuing the experi- tCm ,n
’tate " ow P°* , at Gold Beach Saturday night with
power or more in the whole United R I3W . about one and three-fourth*
¡H enry
ments to determine the mineral con sesses some 28 highway parks total I a score of 23 to 10. while the girls’ f nlng drrd
States which at the end of 1926 • miles west of Eckley
M N Hamilton bookkeeper's li-I
tent of the many tracts of open gov­ ing over 140(1 acres exclusive of areas team lost to Gold Beach hy a store
amounted to 11.721.000 horsepower i N „ , 4„ „ from t|)e „B .
ernment land in southern Oregon. within the Blue mountains and the , of 14 to 20
Mark
W
ood
to
Antone
Jackson,
»
Some of the large rivers « Oregon! of the Holmes proapacta. upper tun
Wallowa
mountain
timber
reserve.
-
The
high
school
boys
have
won
Mr Boyer, division inspector for the
j The 1927 mineral production of sis fo r whil h recent estimates have been net. see 14, T32S R I3W from
U S. land office at Portland, is ex­ and is rapidly redeeming its public every game played in the county so ati’faction of lodgment
Brixikings State bank to Walter J
<he western states is given as fol made hy the geological survey are point four and one-half miles south
pected to join Mr Merrin in the near responsibilities ,n protecting its high far this season, and on Friday night
listed below- the figures are based on west of Eckley
, lows:
wav scenic resources and in providing February 24. play with Langlois here (Jarn " « ‘'«»action of mortgage
future
the flow available 30 per cent of
—
l . -----
• and recreation- —
H C Handley to Fred Hull, hill
Colorado
parks
picnic
grounds,
This
game
will
end
the
season
The
The coal (Shasta Costa creek, is
$17.300,(K
M
In the mineral determinations car
I Utah
These girls' team w.ll also play that night of »ale
s-»S congf«
1. VZI I £ |< imer-
III I I |
74,343 000 the time The figures for the Colum- underlain hy 300 feet of
ried on for the purpose of classify al spots for the motorists
Nevada
24.300.000 hia river and th e Snake and Klam ate. whoae lower part 1« composed
ing the lands as to their value, the U park, have been acquired by purchase, j The h.gh school team plans on go- , Frederick Brown estate petition for
probate
California
16.768 300 ath river basins represent only Ore largely of gabbro pebbles, while near
S land office officials have deemed by gifts and by f.ling of vacant unre- . mg to Ashland to participate ,n the I
Arizona
100.000.000 gon « share of the resources of thcac J the top the pebbles are smaller and
it necessary to investigate the pres­ served public land» of the United , Southern Oregon tournament to he
New Mexico
largely of Cretaceous sandstone Be
I 3 300.000
tate-
<<rum tracts have been «. held there March 16 and 17 ,n wl
ence of tin in southern Oregon rock
Horsepower low the conglomerate at has« of the
D
a ,
as much of the land otherwise open cured which give the highway de 1 the boy. will compete w.th the .mall- I u
Columbia River
1.408.000 Arago beds there lie 100 feet or so
R" y ”
t Frank . B Tichenor. . - a - Port
— Orford
_
to homestead entry has been report partment control of the land, on I er high school, of all southwestern „ ,
Klamath River Basin
132,000 of sandstones and shales, which sep
either
side
of
the
highway
for
con
'
Oregon,
provided
sufficient
fund,
are
'
'day
at
a
del.gfhtful
lunch-
hoy
who
return,
every
summer
to
ed as carrying sufficient values in tia
361.(MX) Mate it from the Myrtle formation
«iderable distances,
allowing them to ' ,■ ailahle
* r ” n
s * v «3»l friends motored down spend the season with boyhood friends Umpqua River Basin
and other minerals to make it more
from Bandon and during the morn- and amid familiar surrounding.
is Rogue River Basin
332 000
Traces of coal have been found on
valuable as mining land than it would conserve the timber and keep wooded
1 ing hours a quilting party was the di making a wonderful record in
his Snake River B.i«m
823.000 Coal creek and near Rogue river
sections in their original state
he for agriculture
The task of as­
version while cards were enjoyed aft- work of increasing the membership Icschtite« River Ba«in
732 000 above Big bend, at well as at other
saying all of the ores from lands up
The Ladies Aid had a most enjoy- , er luncheon
Those enjoying Mrs of the Woodmen of the W oild Dm
In its work of classifying the pub localities, hut none of them are ot
on which homestead entries have
a, . |
, ,
afternoon last Wedne««jay at the Corson's hospitality were Mr
Ray ing the first 11 days of the current ic lands as provided hy law the ge importance.
been filed as well as making a com „3 7 4 4 . meeting of the club it ( home of M r. Roy B Corson with McNair Mr« Ralph Moore
Mr»
month in western Washington he has Jogic.d survey 1« collecting detailed
(Diller's treatise on the gold found
n " i
,
a k i T
J C t W h " - " a" d
W
I
V ic t o r B re n e r. M r . H K I lorn
plete re-classification of all open gov
and - atised 204 applicants to he examined information concerning the agricoltur in the Fort Orford quadrangle will
eminent land will take many months interest at each meeting
This week Sabin as hostesses
After an after Mi
J Robinson of Bandon Mr. for 12 camp, the amount ,-f the pro
I and mineral character and power appear in next issue.)
it is the queMion of county officer« roon of «ewing and a friendly d
to complete.
Alta Larson
M r. W
.
1«.
,11 J l e Sabin.
v
. Mi
.
tertion written in the Bellingham do- site value of every tract of public '
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One of the first tasks Mr Merrin
'I ™ ™ i ' - ™ " " I - I '« ™ ; W
W J I W t C ,ll,n „ M r, L R P .„h ,„,l
Mi
is confronted with is the determma
ormation concerning these land«
>ur representative
tion of some accurate and successful
Madge Lawson, of Needles. Ariz .
1
Washington
D
C
method for the assaying of the rocks
¿«•unng u« ing manner gave »everal solo« to the ■
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tinn« ar*
k
11
■>
/v
owner ot
of property along the scent,
scenic
It ioL < i .u i
,,'»r’er
upport in oMammg the delight of those present and later
The card party given a, the brarv
w ^ e ^ H u ,^
r
O
n
a
i
k
S
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l
t
l
l
r
n
i
n
u
Roosewh
highway in Curry county
f
their
of this area. Some progress toward
f .harles Lindbergh drove thousand ,,„ t north of Rogue river, has signed
thu end w-as made hy the government Roosevelt statue
i Mrs Alta Larson and Mrs
Sweet j Thursday evening w-as a decided sue-
of miles Wdhout an a« ,d en . .0 mar pledge .0 state h.ghway commiaiton
'J
r * 'i
* rr* Feard in some pleasing duet, I cess and several have requested that-
men during their previous ■,.«> in s r,k ,l c - 11
Twenty-eight major nark
A
ord
It M.,11 he remembered to assist in maintaining Corry county
southern Oregon prior to the Chris« Mahel Orthng. were hottesse« f.< th e T h e next meeting of th e A i d will he m o re he held in th e n e - r '
already been secured in ddition > -
afternoon wrving delicious refresh- I an all day qu.lt,ng party at the home neat l it t l e -
«itti,
h .1 • ; bin ,n its natural state unmarred by com
mas season
«
large
amount
of
acreage
on which
ments Mr« Adda Porter
In
him how to drive from the mere.al sign, and billboard, along the
I of Mrs Fred Bcofield. February 29 the purchase of new books
he tm-her w-ill he presrvd.
ha<'k «■al
highway.
Governor’s Caravan
Encounters Cougar
On the Highway
Available Water
Power Enormous
Narrow Bridges
Dairying Profitable
Investigates Minerals
Highway Commission
Is Acquiring Parks
Donations to Library
m
Basketball at Gold Beach
Mineral Production
Entertains at Luncheon
TV
Ladies Aid
Civic Club
..... .
w ......... n
Arizonian Signa Hedge