Port Orford news., November 27, 1928, Image 1

Port Orford Deep Water Harbor = The KEY to the Development of the Vast Natural Wealth of the Mid-Pacific Coast Empire
PORT ORFORD NEWS
VOL. III.
Port Orford, Oregon, Tuesday, November 27, 1928.
No. 4
Congressional Representatives
Appealed To; Coast Guard
Sawyer Raps Signs; Say
Curry Free from Nuisance
(Lluuiksutuiiiu
By DO RA D E A N M cCUTCH EO N
Senators McNary and Steiwer
and Congressman Haw ley have Alleged Attempt
Father . . . I thank Thee for childhood,
For storms, lightning and thunder . ,
Roosevelt Highway
Portland, Nov. 22.— Freeing of
been requested by the Port Or­
Of Poisoning
For spring, sw eet scented orchards__
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a11 Orpgon highw ays from blll-
ford Chamber of Commerce to
Green fields and sunshine after rain,
Last Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. Les­
JiUnjeet Ot Big Story boards except in recognized Corn-
press for early recognition the lie O. Tichenor moved from Lang­
And w hite cotton fields;
The desert and wild w aste place«;
Details and pictures of the Roose- n,erclal locations was proposed by
claim of Port Orford for the es­ lois to Port Orford, having rented
I thank Thee for the wooded road.
For autumn's glowing beauty_
velt Memorial Coast highway are j J udge w Sawyer of Bend, state
tablishm ent of a life saving station the house o f Frank McIntyre on
That ran winding to school . . .
features of an article written by ' highway commissioner, before the
or the natural deep water harbor the R oosevelt highw ay in the north
Winter . . . shrouded in myst'ry—
W. L Crissey of the Crissey A) : Advertising club at Benson Wed
at this place, the merits of which part o f town. While the Tichenors
And all that spring tim e yields.
And memory's pictured faces . . . !
pine Gardens, which appears in the ! nPsdH-v afternoon By Judge Saw-
have been sung in prose and poetry did not occupy the house the first
winter travel Issue of Country ' yer sat c E. Gates of Medford,
for generations past. N ow that night, it is alleged that someone
Life. Dr. Crlssey’s article is called ' anotber commissioner.
the Curry country has been op­ entered and slashed a traveling
Along the Roosevelt Memorial
Intimation that the
address
ened up by the construction of the bag. as if in search of something.
And I thank Thee for bird music.
I thank Thee for years of striving.
Highway" and tells of the scenic ‘ would open an anti-billboard cam-
scenic R oosevelt highw ay north W ednesday night It is claimed that
The whippoorwill and mocking bird-
For every lesson learned—
beauty of the famous Oregon roaJ I’slgn at least unofficially spon-
and
harbor. I while the Tichenors were asleep,
. , . south, this strategic
j
The cooing dove on her nest;
j and the enormous sum spent In sored by the state highway body •
And gludly can cel th e losses;
which controls the developm ent of both belng deaf entry wag Bga,n
its building.
the whole tributary region, merits effected by means of a pass k ey
brought to the session numerous
I thank Thee for wild flowers,
I thank Thee for all the hours,
In his article Mr. Crissey points representatives of women's and
the attention o f the federal gov­ and a drawing of a skull and cross
So many . . . adorned my way . .
Which
Thou
hast
given
me
.
.
.
out the advantage the highway a f­ other organizations campaigning
ernment. The description and his­ bones made on the kitchen table,
Each, in its own time have blest.
fords tourists and also residents of “gainst the posters and painted
In which to sift the dross««.
tory of the harbor follows:
being punctuated w ith a butcher
Oregon. Speaking of the new 1 signs,
The harbor is about midway be­ knife w ith a woman's hat as part
j
beaches
and resorts which the
There were also In the audience
tween San Francisco bay and o f the array, as was also a jar of
i R oosevelt highw ay passes, he says: busily making notes, representa-
’uget sound and is protected on fruit, which had been opened, and
Father I thank Thee for girlhood,
"To the people of the Pacific lives of the poster advertising con-
And I thank Thee for motherhixxl,
he north and northwest by “The two loaves of dry bread. It is claim-
coast states them selves, this varl- cerns.
For summer, with its far flung roads—
For every halting onward step—
Heads" which rise alm ost perpen­ ed that an auto robe and som e food
, ety and beauty come as a distinct
Force of legislation and force of
dicularly 250 feet above the sur­ supplies were stolen.
And Joys that would intervene;
The next
And dreams that wouldn't come true;
surprise, for until now only a few public opinion were described by
face of the ocean. There are no morning a cat was found dead in
For cities, rivers and oceans—
of the resorts and towns could Judge Sawyer as the principal fac-
And Father . . . again I thank Thee .
bars or sunken rocks, and pilot or the yard, and the report gained
be visited without traveling great lors in removing billboards from
And what I've seen from mountain tops
tug service is unnecessary.
The credence that it had feasted on the
For every Song In The Night Time .
distances by round-about and dlf- state highways.
depth of the water varies from dry bread and died, and it was
For valleys and rivers between.
And the Stara
in heaven'H own blue!
flcult roads So virgin that the In-
He mentioned as possible legis-
five fathom s upward, and the larg­ also claimed that the fruit had
dians haven't discovered It yet’ latlon. removal o f billboards bv
est carriers afloat can readily enter been sent to a Bandon physician
I was the graphic summing up of one state authority, police enforcem ent
and load at all tim es of the year who pronounced it poisoned.
Iraveler,”
on the ground that, especially at
with the providing of a limited
Sunday and Monday Deputy
Mr. Crissey said that his article curves and Intersections, the out-
breakwater to protect shipping
S h e riff G. W Norton investigated ; Life Saving Station
was one of the few on Oregon to door advertising distracts atten-
Ship Grounds 3 Times
from the south and southwest the matter and found that Tichenor
Black Sands of
appear in Country Life, a maga- Hon of motor drivers and lessens
Requcstcd for P. 0. Marshfield, Or., Nov. 23.—The
storms of winter, and such a break- j had received a letter from the
Curry Are Rich zine of recognized authority on safety, zoning and taxation The
The Port Orford Chamber of coastwise steam er Prentiss seri­
water will also provide an ample ow ner of the ranch at Langlois on
You would as well throw a flan­ travel Coos County Courier.
, fit st method, that of removal, b**
anchorage basin. The freedom of which he had lived, written No- Commerce has asked, by resolu- ously damaged the trolling boat
said is under attack on the ground
the Oregon coast off Port Orford vember 1», ordering him to vacated tlon that a life 8avinS station be ' Gypsie and ran on mud flats three nel shirt in front of a bull as to
that it Is violation of the 14th sec-
from fogs is in favor of this harbor. within four days; that the fruit e8ta ^lished by the United S ta te s ) times in attem pting to navigate dispute the values of black sand LockleV Tells
with a man who has mined them
l i r - u sx
U° n ° f th® fpderal constitution
In 1883 Major H. M. Roberts. was alleged to have been sent to g ° vernment on the natural deep- | upper Coos bay in a dense fog to-
in Curry county.
W ild Hogs "Kalnst removal of property with
corps of engineers, V. S war de- ! Dr Leep at Bandon, who has been water harbor at Port Orford, the day
Matt Coy, night policeman
In i FrPd E c k le y , the Oregon Jour- out due process o f law
He felt
partment, presented a plan and es- ! away from home for several days re8olution reading:
| Crossing in the vessel, in com-
_ kn ...
u
h d " T T
°f
I
P" PU lar « > f re .p o n d e n t, tells the supreme court might recognize
tim ate for a breakwater at Port and did not return until Monday;
RESOLUTION
mand of Captain Albert Beach. H ch est h
richest beach deposits when a boy ,,f wtId hog hunting In Curry coun­ the police authority on grounds of
Orford, and in 1876 a board of i end that there was no evidence
Whereas, necessity exists for the madp her Way through the lower and jjjte niany other - delv 1 i th
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v',u “ '
in " a recent
it
army engineers made an exam ine- »hat the cat had died from eating establishm ent
of additional life bay without mishap. Below East- bUsiness of mlnina
at
t te" t*
*’* ’ ln
rpppnt ,88Ue
ot the Jour- public safety even If esthetic con­
siderations did not weigh
Since
nal, 88 follows
tion and also submitted
a report any of the bread. Deputy Sheriff saving facilities on the coast of side fprry landing she nosed out when conditions we re rl ht BFVa ” "al
and estim ates covering the cost of ' Norton expressed the opinion that ' Oregon; and
° f the channel and into the mud.
.
8 •
i Two or three weeks ago I vislt- the use of public money for the
a I ?*r' ?.?y 8 ° ne ° f tho’ P ppople ! pd p °w ers in Coos county
Pow highway creates the value of bill­
such a breakwater; and. again, in 1 while all angles of the matter had
Whereas, the natural deep-water Backin8 o ff- shc went around
h en di*parag«- I prs is on the Coquille river and is board advertising he thought the
the rivers and harbors
act of ‘ not been cleared up that there was harbor at Port Orford is the onlv ferry sllp and 8truck ’he flat« ,
r^ c
t h “ VPry h p a ,t of a w o n d e rfu l tax might be sustained
March 3. 1879. $150.000 was appro- no evidence to support the belief no-bar deep-water harbor between again
She turned about a n d ” , . n n
As to public opinion, he said
* n r iilfo M
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» k o i n
_ a a—
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a •
a
a.
av' h
u"
Urry COUnty' 1,ar- 8tand o ' timber
Almost directly
, prlated for the com m encem ent of that an attem pt to poison the fam- San Francisco bay on the south headin8 directly across the b •y-
ticularly where he has worked the «„uth of Powers. In Curry county one woman's letter written to
the construction of a breakwater Uy had been made.
and P uget sound on the north and smashpd lnto the Oypsle moored at j beaches
.
,
I ,8 ‘he little town of Illahe. which George Eastm an had brought re­
and harbor of refuge at such point
Frank McIntyre, owner of
the
Whereas, said harbor at Port Or- 8 wharf
D iscussing the m ining work In ig eight miles north of Agnes«, moval of kodak advertising from
on the P acific coast between San property, posted a reward of $100 ; ford is accessible at all tim es and I The fish boat was cut through
to
past days and the frequent rich Powers is on the Coquille river the highways
The Standard Oil
Francisco
and the Straits of Juan , looking to the arrest and convic- , under
_
____ all conditions for the oper Lhe keel Her hu” forced up on a
finds Mr. Coy told of discovering and Illahe Is on the Rogue river Pompa,’y of California added to Its
de Fuca as In the opinion of a Hon of the guilty parties, but no ation of a life saving station and fIoating flsh dock prevented water
one deposit of three-foot thickness Powers is about 40 miles by trail K°"d Wl11 by removlnK «11 outdoor
m ajority of the board of U. S. en- arrests have been made.
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Whereas,
said
harbor
is strate
______
from
flowing
Into from f,owtng ,nt< a gaping hole
He and his partner worked
18 from Illahe. Illahe Is In the heart
? ,rt'",ng
Pacific states. One
Leslie
O.
Tichenor
is
a
grand-I
glcally
located
for
the
successful
“
nd
slnklng
hcr
glneers for the Pacific coast might
Leslie O. Tichenor is a grand-1 glcally located for the successful and Blnklng her N °
was
days and then the ocean went on of the deer country
The easiest ma" 8 PamPalK" Hd the new hlgh-
be found most suitable. The board
son of Captain William Tichenor. and economical operation of the aboard
« rampage
fine streak
w ay to
to gp*
get there
there is Is to
to go
go by
by mo-
mo- * “y , al°" , K ,hp Poa"‘
of engineers submitted their re- who founded Port Orford, and a life saving se rv ic e of th e
The Prent*88 again headed up "nnv
d(r... and the
K ° r of way
coast o o f f Curry
c
port on March 6, 1880, and the ma- brother of F B and Grover Tlche" government. T .'n g ’ s l t u X ' X ’ t thp bay and bppamp
<bp
Bwrn- i
pp <bp B "8Ue river from
advertl.,n g
They took out nine ounces Gold Beach, Hunters often
To condemn all outdoor ad vet Us­
go
jority of the board selected Port nor, who reside here, and Lieuten- , midway between San Francisco bav east side mud flats, where two
of gold In the 18 days and a fine , tn to Illahe from Agness by pack ing, he said, would not be Just, but
tugs pulled her off after two hours
Orford as the most suitable point ®nt C. H. Tichenor of the P o r t-( and Puget sound-
stock of platinum. This was about trail, and they also
go in from to have It promiscuously scattered
for a harbor of refuge. Again on land police reserves.
Now, Therefore. Be It Resolved She came in light to load lumber c ll d
,H .* « ’,« war broke out Marlal or Powers by
pack train. particularly in the form of tin tags
February 19. 1881. the board of en­
for
San
Francisco
and
was
not
by the Port Orford Chamber of
Gold
sold
at
$16
an
ounce
and
Deer
hunters
usually
make
their and cardboard posters, he consid­
gineers. in com pliance with a Port Orford 77, Ophir 22 Commerce In regular meeting as- damaged.
platinum brought only $45 at the headquarters at the
Big Bend ered offensive, and he said there
senate resolution, submitted a sup­
The new high school gymnasium - sem bled this 20th day of Novem-
time. Platinum raised to $75 with- ranch
There I. fine fishing
are those who refuse to patronize
plem entary report in w hich a ma­
w as initiated Saturday by a basket- bpr’ 1928, that 11 is the sense of
Joe Whitsett Improved Ip a year or 18 months Matt is Rogue river, wonderful deer hunt- Poncprna which thus advertise A
jority of the board adhered to its ball game between the local high ,bia chamber that the federal gov-
Rev. and Mrs. J. C. W hitsett ° ne ° f tho8e entha8la8t« who have |n g and wild picturesque scenery grpatep c«n«lderatlon. he condud-
former selection o f Port Orford as
school team and the Ophir high
should establish a life took thp,r ,ittle 8on J°® who had grPat faith ln winter beach mining One rather unusual form of sport
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..
’ han PVPn th e ,ln a n<'la l loss
a harbor o f refuge
No actual
school, the score being 77 to 22 In | 8av‘ng 8tat'on on the natural deep-
been suffering for
several days
the terr,tory ' r°"> -1« to 10 miles „„ RogUe river is wild hog hunt- pro,pppUv* to
the outdoor adver-
construction work was done, and favor of the locals The boys play- . * atpr harbor at Port Orford, Or- from a palnfu, Par troubIe
to "ort»i of Rogue river. C o o s Coun- ing
In early days the settlers tl" nK agpnp"‘" " “ >e securing
of
but $8.626.92 w as spent in surveys
ed a fast game. Euchre creek was ’ egr'~ • and
Marshfield last Monday where an ty Cour,er
turned their hogs out io feed on
touris‘ va'ue from
and
in., exam inations, the balance be
,
a,so a fast team but unable to
Be 11 Further Resolved that a
*h* m A t *nd many ot these hogs O^p,fon'■ highways.
tions called
appb° pr‘a' «top the Port Orford scoring m a -' certlfipd popy of this resolution be X-ray disclosed the necessity of a
Drs J
M
rOrestry Pictures have become as wild os their fore-
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were m a d e to in ^ r «1 e8t‘mat,M chine. Robert Tichenor. forward, I '-w a r d e d to each Honorable Chas mastoid operation
Simpkins and -A. B Peacock per-
A program of rare educational hears, and some of the old boars
Civic Club Notes
tion of the work sfnee Bthatmum e ’ hOWed expppt,onal ab"lty and
M_cNary and Honorable Freder
formed the operation at W esley value w as given In the comm unity are vpry 8avaKe There are plenty
Civic club nset Thursday after­
promises to be a star performer for ick steiw er. United States
t..
i.-
i « *’ ‘mppo^
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‘ ^ -- F o r ’ f “ s “" ^ P rcven tm n ^ ervlc? of bear, cougar, bobcats, otter. noon and a further discussion of
the
the more
advanced
and demands
populous of sections
have
been ‘“^ 7 r | “ t
T ^ d th
'
littlp
Joe
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mink, and 'coon In and about Ilia federating with the state club was
he and Agness Because of Its In­ had
Mrs. Bernal Forty, Mrs
Harold
G. Jackson, assist­ accessibility It will remain a hunt- Crawford Smith and Mrs ______
Orford h a r b o r
14 Thp g,rl playprs were resplen- ° rpgon' accompanied by a request of lhe week
Orford harbor.
ant supervisor of Siskiyou nation­ era' paradise for some years to Johnson of the Port Orford social
dent in their new costum es and lbat they U8e 'heir good offices
It is estimated that there c,ub were present. Mrs. L. R. Pugh
i Owing to the harbor being ac­ created considerable favorable com- tow ard the establishm ent o f such
al forest, gave a brief, Interesting come
__ arp
wa8 ala" a guest After the busl-
cessible at all tim es and under all
and instructive talk and the
plc- ®bout four deer to the square
ment. A big crowd of rooters was , 8
saving station.
Don McKenzie Improving tures were not only Instructive but : m,,P ln CurrF county As there np88 meeting a delicious "pot
conditions,
despite
the
severe
In attendance.
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Some
of ______
them arP about 5*’° "Quare miles in Cur- luck'’ luncheon waa enjoyed.
A
Mr and Mrs. David McKenzie beautiful as well
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storm s that make all river harbors
N ext Saturday night the local
Democratic
Deficit
motored to Bandon Friday night to are used on the Ellingson c h a u -1 ry county. this means that the 8P*cla> meeting of the club Is call-
along the coast bar-bound, it fre­
high school team will play the
Jam es W Gerard, treasurer of visit Don. who is a patient at Leep j taaqua circuit. This is a part of dPPr P°Pu ,at|on of Curry county ed tnT Friday afternoon at 2:30
quently occurs that pilots come
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when the matter of federation will
overland to Port Orford to board Riverton high, at which time the the Democratic National commit- hospital, convalescing from a s 2 I ‘he publicity program of fl7e ore Probablv exceeds
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hemorrhage
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vent,on
in
an
appeal
for
the
co
'
be voted upon
vessels to take them in over neigh­
icit in the recent campaign will friends eagerly await the daily re I operation of the people of the state
boring river harbors, due to the
Carmichael
Sued
be approxim ately $1.600,000
port
M AGAZINE E D IT O R H E R E
port of
of his
his condition
condition He is doing J ln preserving its greatest asset its
fact that the pilots are unable to
Sam Carmichael, of Bandon,
Contributions to the campaign very nicely, although as a natural J Umber
Walter H off Seeley of N ew York
cross out of those harbors during Comer Stake to Museum
claim
ing
homestead
rights
on
a
fund, said Mr Gerard amounted result of so serious an illness his j
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Success
severe storm y periods During the
Y esterday Louis L. Knapp, joint
claim in section 1, township 30, City,
„ . . . vice
.
Since the election
current month the record In this representative elect from Curry to $3.736.000,
recovery is slow He i. now able
Thanksgiving
Day
, , Hv
,a n g " U ' '• defendant In a suit by ' ub,l*bln6 company and editor of
regard includes four
steam ers an<l Coos counties, turned the cor- 24.000 contributions had been sent to receive calls from his friends
The citizens of the United States ' hp 8'lvem m ent which Is trying to
magazine, was here the
which have put to at Port Or- ner stake found on the Port Orford in money and he estim ated that
have much to be thankful for this di8p,’88,‘88 b 'm
The government . /
.
" ppk Pn route b«me
holds that Carmichael has not met i™"1 Port
rford
he con-
ford to take on Captains Skog beach last month over to A. G. the total number of persons mak­
Pulp
Mill
Started
Thanskglvlng day thankful that
ing
donations
to
the
democratic
homestead
requirements
and
that
prrpd
w
,th
C.
C.
Inman
ln
regard
and Hermanson. pilots, who came Jackson of the Siskiyou national
K’,
D J K,
,
r}od re,<n8 "Upreme thankful that
North Bend, Nov 23 -Construe the great moral forces of th e N a his land I. timber, rather than
over land from Coos bay to pilot forest reserve, for presentation to war chest would be between 125.000
dpv,,|oP"’8nt project that Is
ag " cu ltu ial
p,,nd'ng In that community. He
the ships in over the Coos bar. The the W ashington museum at Olym- and 150.000. He placed the cam ­ tion work on the first of several tlon are still in their ascendancy
said that Curry county Is the gar
llfe saving station at Bandon has P*a This stake, according to the paign expenses at about $5.30t 000. units of the new pulp mill of the thankful that the health of the '
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spot of the world and plans
Sitka Spruce Pulp and Paper mill
also been compelled In the past to records, w as a meander corner
Western Lbr. Co. Sold den
W P Young, c . C. Ponting and at Empire has been started and It Nation Is safeguarded by the ad-
to return here In the near future
send Its crew and boat overland monument placed on the W ashing-
vances made In medical science -
Marshfield. Nov 23 The Evans - Western World
yman Eaton were in Bandon is announced that same will be
launch their life boat at Port ton »Ide of the Columbia river in
and thankful that the country la Auto le a d in g company of Detroit,
pushed rapidly to completion
Orford to attend to a ship dlsas- 1859 by Surveyors Van Vleet and Tuesday afternoon.
enjoying general prosperity.
Michigan, has purchased the plan,
The Success magazine has been
ter. ow ing to the fact thstt the bar Newson, whose survey of that re-
of the W estern Lumber Manufac­ extinct for som etim e past.
at the mouth of the Coquille river ?lon was approved by James Til-
turing company, located here, so
prevented operations from the Ion. surveyor general of W ashing-
It was announced today.
home port.
ton. In 1860. and therefore is of
( ranberries Received
With these facts, and the fact considerable historical value
Its
The News Is Indebted to Editor
Mrs.
Canrilin
that the Port Orford harbor is finding on the Port Orford beach
J 8 Dellinger of the Morning As
admirably adapted for the location ■•hows It had flo ted down the
Donates
Books
‘—Ian, Astoria, for a box of cran
of a life saving station, the cham ­ Columbia and south in the ocean
T^« library Is deeply Indebted to berries grown on the bogs of hts
ber of commerce is pressing for an current upwards of 500 miles
Mrs Wm Candlln of Coquille who Delmoor ranch near his home city,
early consideration of the matter.
dora.ed the following books
The berries are of good six« and
i
h
■
Canadian
Commonwealth,
by
’•xcellent
quality and fully meet the
Miss Eleanor Purdin, who has Purther Contributions
Leu’ : The Promise. Ilenchy; Ap- requirements of an Oregon prod-
been visiting In and near Portland
To H. S. Light Plant
ror. Strings. Gates; Britton of the uct
for the past two months, returned
I* B Hatton, new sw itch box:
Tenth, Brady; Aston Kirk, Special
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to Port Orford last Monday She V Ingell. Dunham's Mr. and Mrs
Defective, by M clnytre; Beyond
W ill I I avp
was accompanied by her brother Clarence Wright, each $5
•he Frontier Parrish Betty Zane
~
Bazaar
placer M ining In Curry County.
The Clvto club will have a b . . . . .
Fort Orford Harbor.
Grey
Saturday afternoon, December 8
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