A Pozt Orford Deep Water Harbor = The KEY to the Development of the Vast Natural Wealth of the Mid-Pacific Coast Empire PORT ORFORD NEWS VOL. II. Freedom from Fogs Great As­ set; Port Orford Fortunate Port Orford, Oregon, Tuesday, September 25, 1928. Grand Jury Selected; All-Curry Booth Big Hit A eomen Case Settled M yrtle Point. Sept. 22 T he m ost Billboards Knocked Out No. 47 Mid-Pacific Coast Empire Min­ erals; Wonderfully Rich Area T he K an sas su p r etna co u rt has T h e new g ra n d ju ry w as d raw n ' unusual booth ever displayed a t , upheld the c o n stitu tio n a lity of the la st T uesday in th e C u rry co u n ty | the Coos a ” d C u rry fa ir h ere is law w hich p rohibits billboards circu it co u rt a t Gold B each an d ,h a t o t C u rry county and in c h arg e along th e highw ay an d th e only as now co n stitu ted co n sists of j of w H S heridan, president of signs w hich m ay now law fully ap- Louis L. K napp. P o rt O rfo rd ; H. E. ,be P o rt O rford ch am b er of com p ear beside th e th o ro u g h fa re a re F arm er, P istol R iv er; C hauncey | m erce- road m arkers. ___________ I C arp en ter, M ou n tain ; F ra n k Col-! T h ,s is th e first y e a r th a t C u rry It seem s high tim e we grew- up vin, Gold B each; C arl T. S tew art, county h a s ever actively ta k e n to som ething like this. F o r the T he n a tu ra l deep w a te r h a rb o r ' Gold B each; R. W. D onaca. J e r r y ’s ; P a rt in the a n n u a, so u th w estern m ost p a rt w e have stopped chew- a t P o rt O rford is exceptionally well Children Injured (By J. J. H o o g straat. editor Saw Mill Burns blessed In b ein g fre e from fogs— Near Langlois ^ a t an d H. B. Sm ith. L anglois. O regon exposition and only goes ing tobacco, w earin g cow hide boots S unday P acific C oast M iner). aftern o o n about two B andon, Sept. 22 H arold and I J u d fce W alter E vans, sittin g in ; to prove th a t w hen the people of an d grow ing chin w hiskers. T here o’clock the saw m ill of L ester Sau th e m a rin e r’s d re a d —an d it is a A way out here in th e west, in source of m uch speculation on the A ndrew, 8 an d 10 y e a r old sons of ' place of Ju d g e B rand, ad jo u rn ed | C u rry co u n ty decide to do a thing, is no reason w hy we should con- ers. located about* eight m iles fact as fa r w est as one can g et tin u e to to le ra te th e use of a ma- n o rth of P o rt O rford on the Roose- ' and stHI rem aln on A m erican soil, p a rt of th e lay m an w hy the strip Mr. an d Mrs. H aim er N ylsen of co u rt T uesday fo r several days, to , ’hey do it right. T he C u rry booth in the G range jestlc m o u n tain as so m eth in g to velt highw ay, w as burned to th e i lies au a re a ap proxim ately 30,000 of coast from C ape B lanco—six Langlois, a re in a serio u s condition be convenpd probably th e fo re p a rt tb ,s 7 * pk T rtal ju ro rs w ere ; hall here would do cred it to th o ex h o rt th e use of a p a te n t m edicine , ground t , hpr w „ h . ' , square miles In extent th a t is . m iles n o rth of P o rt O rfo rd —so u th a t th e Leep hospital in th is city. I Pf y ° ' g i g a n t i c reservoir of m ineral to C ape S ebastian —12miles south su fferin g severe in ju ries w hen 1 «missed a s all ju ry cases w ere section from w hich It com es a t o r find no b e tte r use fo r a pine , gawpd ,um bpr on ° | w ealth T his huge a re a w hich Is of Gold B each should be co m p ar­ s tru c k by a c a r on th e L anglois , d e p o se d of. b u t th ere a re several ’he g re a te st fa irs in th e country, forest th a n as a b ack g ro u n d for ' , hp f,rp rpm alng „ „ m a tte rs for in th t h e e o opinion n in io n o of f f fa n l ir r m m n anagers n n tz A r s i in n v v i itatio t a t i o n n to t o sm a m oke n k o som anm e o kind n? y y tery, Mr. , ’ an em plrp ln “ . . apR . . . rapidly ... fo r th e co u rt tn to tn ta k k o e nr» up in of I 1 S a u e n | exam ined be- atively free from th e fogs th a t highw ay. T reasu res on D isplay. c ig a re tte T he g re a t hills of New ev ery th in g S a tu rd a v n t a h ^ < f t!r com inB know n as the m id P acific d riv in g along th e now Pending. A. M artin prevail both n o rth an d so u th of T he exhibit is like a dream , a H am pshire, m ade b eau tifu l by i a - 1 , h , y ght a f ,e r C oast E m nlre T he case of th e P o rt O rford th is region. T he laym an claim s road, m et th e little fellows w ho ’ " the mill closed down and found no e-mpire. th a t C ape Blanco, th e fa rth e s t w est w ere rid in g on one bicycle, A ndrew C'o m ,n erc’al com pany a g a in s t Rob- , tre a s u re sto re of n ativ e copper, ture, a re daubed w ith ugliness by ! unusual conditions T his m id-PacIflc C oast E m pire The mill w as m an. On th e tru n k highw ays of point of land in th e U nited States, rid in g on th e bar. M artin claim ed e rt M K yle an d v ario u s o th er , agate, gold and platinum . ow ned by H ans Adolphsen, whose is th a t a re a in southw estern O r­ an d C ape S eb astian , w hich also the boys fell from th e bicycle as m em bers of th e P o rt O rford Home- , P u re n ative copper is exhibited. M assachusetts you c a n 't see Amer- lo«» is estim ated a t about $2500, PRon a n d In n o rth w estern C allfor- ju ts well o u t into th e ocean, a re he rounded th e tu rn , fallin g into stead of Yeomen, w as tried before picked from the vast sto re of cop- lea first, because m ost of It is be- w hile M r S a u e r « ' in « , u . . . . ’" , ' s nla ‘h a t >1«’» to the w est of th e 1 a , J22m N ) , ' ‘ ’ " " *d C ascade divide and betw een the responsible fo r th e in terv en in g th e d irect p a th of his ap p ro ach in g a J“ ? T uesday T his w as an ac- per deposits w hich a re said to ex- hind flarin g signs. We a re a lite ra te people, pre- I lnp " W ..............- stre tc h being co m p arativ ely free car. H aro ld su ffered a broken leg I Uon io r m oney alleged to be due j ist in C u rry co u n ty ; gold from illam ette valley on the n o rth a n d mill o r lum ber w as carried. from fogs, an d w h e th e r th is claim an d severe injuries. T he ex ten t of for lum be r fu rn ish ed th e Yeom en black sands, gold from quartz, yel- sum ably possessed of app reciatio n the S acram en to valley on th e in ju ries to A ndrew h as n o t been for th e rodeo th ey stag ed a t P o rt lowish. fascinating, gold ore. for a glorious co u n try sid e Some sq u ares up w ith scien tific facts or south. W hile this v a st area, as Export Log Market Several of A gates, b eau tifu l stones of a d ay we shall all be d em an d in g re- not, th e fact rem ain s th a t w hile a scertain ed b u t his condition is ° r f o r d in July, 1926 large as m any whole E u ro p ean M artin im m ediately i th e d efen d an ts nam ed in th e action j th o u san d colors, lining th e outsides spect for its ch arm as K an sas does P o rt O rford C edar Volume of countries, con tain s h u n d red s th e co ast region n o rth of Cape very serious. of B lanco and th a t so u th of S eb asti­ rep o rted th e accid en t to Ju stic e , settIed th e ir portio n of th e claim ' of vases, polished to a gleam ing now — W o rch ester (M a ss) Tele- business is good and an Increase thousands of acres of tillable an a re enveloped in dense fog LeGore of B andon a fte r b rin g in g o u t of co u rt- an d th e case T u esd ay brilliance, beckoning softly, som e gram . in Inquiry Is reported F resh c u t ground in Its fertile valleys. It al- ------------------- - logs a re com ing on th e m ark et In so con tain s m illions of acres in Ita banks, th e in te rv en in g stretch , in ­ th e ch ild ren to th e B andon hos- w as m erely a fo rm ality to o btain ! as an im ated as h um an eyes, som e a ju d g m en t a g a in s t those w ho have set in pins and bars, all hold p ara- D f l d M 'in F o u n d la rg e r q u a n tity No 2 continues m ountainous sections th a t a re u n ­ cluding the P o rt O rford area, pital. —1 T he co u rt in stru c te d ■ m ‘ ‘ , , , no t settled m ount ount in in terest. terest. in very good dem and, w hile the fit fo r ag ricu ltu re. To m ake up b ask s in full sunshine. Highway Set behind th e a g a te display is ussell th e j u ry to b rin g in a v erd ict for B andon, Or., S ept 25.--R _______ Gold Beach Alontf O re Sen. 21- T he ‘° g g rad e a ' B° *" con8|d«’ra- th is deficit In ag ric u ltu ra l area, S tatistical reco rd s k ep t by U. S. one of th e m ost unusual exhibits body of a m an believed to t P o n tiff bl* Ca" N° 1 ' OgS B rereton N atu re has generously supplied a C o-operative W e ath er O bserver H. M artin of Meadville, Penn., is , X £ " « 2 l ’"” “ “ “ ........................................ ... ever to com e out of C u rry county. “ v n “ ™ , # •-------------------- H e n ry Jo h n sto n a t P o rt O rford out on $250 bond a fte r being a rre st- B ehind the four pieces of b u ck ­ show th a t fo r th e 13 m onths en d ­ ed by T raffic O fficer C. C. W il- Rich Ore CoitleS x t j r x ............................- - ing Ju ly 31, th e re w ere 226 clear liam s. ch arg ed w ith reckless driv- F r o m S te n ir p r M ltlP skin stre tc h e d on fram es, fash io n ­ ed in th e shape o f arro w and sp ear days and 43 p a rtly clear, the ing a fte r strik in g th e tw o young Ba)pg & R tenger on W ed n esd a y I v ’ a ? ” ~ I “ ''* " of w ith hundred cloudy days <1281 of th e rain y N ylsen boys on th e L anglois road startp d up thp mU1 a t thp(r m)np | hpads an d - stone arro w and sp ear heads and season rep resen tin g p ractically all S atu rd ay afternoon. fo u r m iles so u th of C anyonville on ,, .. , . c a t L / t h a t d e a th P corPs,‘ ,n d |- , hand. F u rn itu re dim ension is th a t b ro u g h t the firs t se ttle rs into .. th neering m inds to th is g re a t re se r­ , has com bed th e In d ian burying no sun k en rocks, an d no pilot serv- on th e rig h t hand side of th e high Specim ens of the Blue Ribbon at Fair ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ < • ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ voir of w ealth locked up In o u r Ice required, an d w hen the h a rb o r I w ay but w hen he neared them a re tei be sent to various"ptacL s’ ta ' grounds of C u rry county for relics. The y earlin g R om any ram of R A lthough C u rry county's nam e m ountain w ildernesses. Follow ing receives the developm ent to w hich ' ’hey tu rn e d th e ir bicycle, on w hich th is co u n try an d E urope in o rd er She now possesses them by the G McKenzie, of Reavlew ra n ch on ' a p p ears of record In the title, Coos these pioneers, w ho w ith keen It is en titled by reason of Ita stra - they w ere riding, an d ran Into th e ¡o deteVmine th e m ost efficien t boxful. To secure th e raw hide on th e low er E lk river, took th e blue A c u r r y C ounties F a ir this v ear vision and perception ap p re c ia te teglc location co n tro llin g th e rich fro n t of his c ar T he ch ild ren procP89 for recovering v alues in w hich to set th e stone and beads, ribbon a t the Coos and C u rry , waB the first th a t th is county h as the g re a t o p p o rtu n ity fo r the build- trib u ta ry region of th e M id-Pacific | claim ed M artin w as on th e w ro n g p latin u m and its related m etals she killed deer and tan n ed th e county fa ir a t M yrtle P oint last ' actively entered into the sp irit of inK of va8t fo rtu n es in th e open hides to buckskin, herself. C oast E m p ire it wll become second ' side of th e road com ing a t a fast th a t a re co n tain ed in th e ore week. ing up of th is v a st em pire. Is b e­ the a n n u al event. in T he stone im plem ents a re finely to none of th e h a rb o rs on th e en- i cate of speed. addition to th e gold. A nna T lrh e n o r took both blue gin n in g to com e an abundance o f n , , , i shaped and w ere left by m any tre P acifice coast. ■ M artin 's h earin g w ill be held and red ribbons on h er exhibit of cap,taI w ,th w h,ch to unlock th la Roosevelt Being Oiled R ecreatio n al A dvantages. next M onday a t B andon, sta te d Of- b ll ltle ^ c o n s titu te ' U-" nn' ^biL ’ Ke" <>ratlons of C urry Indians. g re a t reserv o ir of new w ealth. T he highw ay com m ission is plac­ crayon w ork Diiiues c o n stitu te its one big as-1 E n a M rK enzie assisted Mr. T he freedom of th is section of fleer W illiams. Gold m ining In th is em pire ia Mrs W eston Z um w alt took two set. says Mr. S tenger. H e th in k s s h p ridan a t the booth w hich also ing a lig h t co at of oil on the th e co ast from fogs is also a g re a t ------------------- - not new. I t began w ith the d is­ th e v arious pockets th a t have been R oosevelt highw ay for a d istan ce , blue and one red ribbon on fancy , . Included cheese m a n u factu red by , , ,, , , covery of gold a t S u tte rs mill. T h e asset to th e recreatio n al a d v a n t-j IJttIe Girl Dies uncovered from tim e to tim e. . thp L angIois chppgp fapt |nty ««-veral m iles south from B an- work ages offered in C u rry county, and n B radfleld str.k e ' ingg by Mrg W llllam Ru8sell of don a n d the w ork so fa r h as dem- “ ob M cKenzie landed the blue gold rush th a t th u s began ln '49. assu re s th a t th is g re a t n a tu ra l C ,ara H u r s t 1° y (' a r-old daugh- „ B iieh ch ' Qo tb e m B l" ribbon for his prize R om any y e a r­ sc a tte ie d m iners all over this g re a t plavground will be utilized to th e te r ° f W i,liam « “ rs t Jr., of E lk 7 “ ™. 8g°' th<‘ famOU" R ob- Langlois. M yrtle wood fu rn itu re o n stra te d its w orth to a u to ists m ineralized zone and w ithin a few ling ram . utm ost now th a t th e scenic Roose- [ ,V’ r dl,,d M onday Thp » « '* K'rl " h / J v t h ” 8° UthWPSt ° f , ™ d e by D D. MaGIll and vege- y ears m illions of dollars w o rth of T he ore and m ineral exhibit from velt highw ay has opened It up to had ba”o <" P o rtla n d for and P r° bably ,h 8 m ade , t«blerf from the H a rd e g g a r B ros.’ Farewell Party coarse gold w as being recovered retu rn ed a feu da>s ago T ripp, a re ra n c h on Elk river. A n u m b er of friends of Davis C u rry county, while lim ited In ex­ from creek beds and g ravel banka th ro u g h n o rth an d south traffic. m edical tre a tm e n t an d tent, created considerable in terest home w ith in th e p ast few days. b u t 8Uriace Indications of deep- _____________ _ and Jesse P o n tin g gave a su rp rise In every county In th e em pire. E v- F u n eral services have n o t been ,ylng veins ’h at will be uncovered p a rty fo r them a t th e P o n tin g on th e p a rt of th e fa ir visitors. A gate displays of Mrs E lla ery Bectlon d ates its h isto ry from Johnstons to Leave New Mail Service w hen developm ent is u n d e rta k e n in announced as yet. home. The evening w as sp e n t In Mr an d Mrs H en ry Jo h n sto n of K napp and M L lm pach. of pol tbp discovery of gold In som e o f T he post office d e p a rtm e n t a t earn est. R iddle News G arriso n lake expect to leave to- gam es and d an cin g an d la te r de­ Ished agates, and H enry Jo h n sto n Sr *‘,'k« an d its first settle m e n ts W ashington has let a c o n tract to day or W ednesday fo r a trip to " ' ,OU" rpfrpBhmpnt8 w ere served of unpolished stones a ttra c te d con- were form ed w here the pay d ir t th e S outhern P acific com pany for logger Injured r T hose p resen t w ere M iss R u th Mining News From so u th ern O regon fo r th e im prove­ slderable Interest was th e richest. th e tra n sp o rta tio n of m ails he- A lfred H aft, em ployed by O scar C lark. Mis. M ary Rice. M rs M a­ „ R O ,!l,< ' R i V e r D i r t r W m ent of Mrs. Jo h n sto n 's health. C ran b erries from the only bog Follow ing the m in er of th e early tw een R , oseburg and M arshfield by M ather I . h l. P , „ O rfo rd r « „ M r an d Mrs E R R ow land of bel Gillings, Rev. and Mrs. J C. In C u rry county w ere displayed by days who m ined w ith a pick a n d m otor stages, effective O ctober 1. ,ogging op, r a t |ons on th e Sixes M aria‘ O re Sept 22 M,nlnR 18 W hitsett, Mr. and Mrs. P onting, a shovel and a cradle o r a “long 1928. an d it is expected th a t th e river, w as seriously Injured la s t! assu m in g a lively in te re st in the W alnut C reek. Calif., a re visiting Mrs. F B. T lchenor. A nna. Jd a rio n H enry Johnston. H ard eg g er B ro th ers fully sus- T om ”, cam e the placer m iner, who. ae'Yl,Ce Y i " / ! m edy ,h e. r ° Uen WPek w hile loading logs He w as Mule creek d is tric t n e a r M aria), in P o rt O rford fo r a few davs. and M arg aret T ichenor, B u ste r An­ m ail service th a t has been handed stru ck by one of tu e big logging w here a golden zone has been dis the g uests of Mrs. R ow land's cous- derson. Floyd W right. N oim an tatneri th e rep u tatio n of C u rry for w ith hydraulic giants, w orked th e out to C u rry co u n ty d u rin g the tru ck s, th e re a r w heel cru sh in g covered In a r »iiriferous b elt of ,n ’ F r a n k Tlchenor. M rs Row land Quigley, Bob T lchenor. p roducts including an cie n t channels and produced L aura ag ric u ltu ra l p ast several weeks. m illions of dollars by m oving larg e his side an d b reak in g several ribs. a system of p arallel veins o ccu rin g iB a Kra n d d au g h ter of C aptain WII- T h u rm an T om m y Corbin and Wil- beets of an abnorm al size T he exhibit of M rs C harles Fox volum es of d irt th a t could not be The in ju red m an w as ta k e n to In porp h y ry traceab le for 15 m iles l,arrk T ichenor, the fou n d er of P o rt buv P o nting T he Golden D ream lode discov- O rford. of I-anglois was undoubtedly the w orked p rofitably by hand. Som e the B andon hospital fo r tre a tm e n t Big Log Drive Made ered by Merl A lexander, is traced J H R °8*‘rs ot ’he R ogers Real o u tsta n d in g fe atu re of the All-Cur- o t ’hese placers a re still being op- and is doing well. T he m iddle fork of th e Coquille ( ’¡vie Club Notes for over seven miles, an d fully io- E s ,a ’' com pany. R oseburg, tran s- ry booth, consisting of a large col- crated and m any new ones a re be- riv e r w as full of w hite ced ar logs < tvlc club m et T h u rsd ay w ith 12 lection of Indian arro w heads and ,n K opened up by experienced op- cated. The ore assay s from $100 Hcte:i business in P o rt O rford Mon- day. Mr. R ogers w as accom panied m em bers in atten d an ce. Delicious relics. last S atu rd ay w hen several splash Decision Against JuduC to ,300° ln S°'d P«?r ton e ra to rs from o th er sections w ho wata nn orod TVio !/->«■ o w ere m d dam am s s w ere opened. T he logs refresh m en ts w ere served a t t h e E n a M cKenzie and W H. Sheri- hBve i u8t begun to realise th e rich - T he Golden C row n group, ow ned by b ‘B wife L ast week in th e c irc u it co u rt driven out to th e m ain river and close^ of th e aftern o o n T he next d an bad ch arg e of th e A ll-C urry ne8B o t ° u r placer ground In corn- -------------------- for C u rry co unty Ju d g e W alter by C. M. Lewis an d com pany, is m eeting will be T hu rsd ay . Septem various booms betw een M yrtle booth and w ere co n stan tly on hand Pa ’ i*on w ith th a t of o th e r dla- Banker ( ’ailed East P o in t and Coquille T he log s.tu a- ‘88U,ed ” rd e r ^^u irtn g r located on th e sam e lode. T he o re to tell th e public of th e w onders