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Port Orford Deep Water Harbor
fhe KEY to the Development of the Vast Natural Wealth of the Mid-Pacific Coast
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Port Orford, Oregon, Tuesday, December 4, 1928,
Logging Plan Annulled
M arshfield, Nov, 30. A logging
c o n tra c t m ade in 1910 betw een the
R o b ert D ollar com pany and the
C oquille Mill & T ug com pany, pro­
vided for th e D ollar com pany,
w hich had a m ill on th e low er Co­
quille river, to log 160,000.000 feet
of tim b er on B ear an d Bills creeks,
n ot less th a n 20,000.000 feet annual-
T he form al op ening of th e P o rt
O rford high school g y m n asiu m w as
held S a tu rd a y night, Dec. 1, w ith
a double-header b ask etb all gam e
betw een th e R iv erto n an d P o rt O r­
ford high school g irls an d boys
team s a s th e event o f th e evening.
B oth team s w ere well m atched
and in b o th gam es th e local team s
carried off the honors, fully up­
holding the high sta n d a rd of sp o rts­
m anship an d skill fo r w hich P o rt
O rford H igh is w idely recognized.
The girls te a m looked v ery n a tty
in th e ir new su its of p ale blue
bloom ers w ith w hite w aists in
vest effect. 'T h e line-up of the
girls gam e w as:
P o rt O rfo rd —
Veva A nderson, M arion T ichenor,
fo iw a rd s; A nna T ichenor, M arg a­
re t T ichenor, c en te rs; A nna B arton
and R uby P urdin, g u a rd s; R iver-
T he co n tra c t w as annulled by de­
cision of Ju d g e B ran d on com ­
p lain t of the mill and tu g'com pany.
a fte r being in fo rce fo r 18 years.
T he price of tim b er has advanced
several fold since th e c o n tra c t w as
m ade and th e D ollar com pany w as
holding it, th o u g h not o p eratin g
since 1918, on th e tech n icality th a t
in logging less th a n th e agreed
am o u n t an n u ally th e D ollar com pa­
ny could pay 25 cen ts a th ousand
a s a delinquency.
Port Orford Deep
W ater H arbor
'( E d ito r 's note T he follow ing a r ­
ticle by th e late H onorable B inger
H erm an, co n g ressm an from this
, d is tric t m any y ears ago, relative to
th e n a tu ra l deep w ater h a rb o r a t
P o rt O rford, is of in te re st a t this
tim e, now th a t th e R oosevelt high­
w ay has opened up C u rry county
to investors for developm ent. The
a rtic le ap p eared in th e P o rt O r­
ford T ribune, issue of A ugust 21,'
1924).
By B IN G E R H ER M A N .
"My re cen t very in te re stin g visit
to P o rt O rford has enabled m e to
form som e conclusions in th e in ­
te re sts of its p e rm a n e n t future,
w hich I su b m it to you.
"H isto ry is positive in its rev­
elatio n s th a t no g re a t ev en t ever
influenced th e progress of m ankind
November W eather
T h a t the
° f th e P o rt o r
W eath er sta tistic s for the m onth i ? , J C han,be' of Com m erce a n t
of N ovem ber for. the P o rt O rford
h ” N ews ln a8klnK th a l a federa
region, as k ep t by C ooperative lif<’ 8avlng »tatlon be established
W eather O bserver Jo hnston, s h o w , " th *’ n a ,u ra l d ecP w a t«r b a ‘ boi
8 clea r days. 10 p artly clea r and ' h e re ’ la m ectln*
th e enthusl-
12 cloudy days, w ith 10.18 inches i af',l<' «'nd° " » ’1’le n t of O regon's sen
of p recip itatio n . T he dally ran g e I a t" r8 '8 best evldenced by tele-
of te m p e ra tu re w as:
g ia n ts received from S en ato r Me-
D ate Max Min
D ate Max Min ' N ary an d S‘ n a to ‘ S telw er last Frl-
i nope you will th is year, as
I you have done in th e past, m eet
w ith a generous response w hich
will enable you, n o t only to c a rry
on, bu t to w iden th e scope of your
i w ork w hich is such g re a t value
I to o u r state.
"V ery tru ly yours.
“I. L. P a tte rso n , G o v e rn o r-
P re p a ra tio n s for th e sale of seals
a re com plete today in every com ­
Cost of Forest
m u n ity in O regon. More th an h alf
Fire Protection
of th e co u n ties in th e sta te have
public h ealth asso ciatio n s w hich
F o u r m illion dollars w as in v est­
a re a ffiliated w ith th e O regon T u ­ ed by all agencies in p ro tectin g
berculosis association, an d w hich fo rests from fire w ithin th e 38
c a rry on y ear-ro u n d p ro g ram s of j s ta te s coo p eratin g w ith the feder-
h ealth education, n u rs in g service, 1 al g overnm ent u n d er th e C larke-
and o th er activ ities for building M cN ary a c t of 1924, it is a n n o u n c­
good h ealth and p rev en tin g tu b e r­ ed by th e U. S. fo rest service in
W ashington, D. C„ N ov 30, 1928.
culosis.
Geo. W. Soranson, Secy.,
! P o rtlan d , O regon. T his is exclu­
P o rt O rford C ham ber of Comm erce,
In th is co u n ty th e C h ristm as sive of the a m o u n ts spent by th e
P o rt O rford, Ore.
h ealth seals a re to be sold u n d er ' fo rest service in th e protection of
Fishing
Petition
Lost
m e u n e - u p ro r tn e boys gam e
th e d irectio n o f Mrs. K a th e rin e ' th e n atio n al forests, and is an in­
A cknow ledgm ent Is m ade your
T he petition for the closing of
w as: P o rt O rford R. T ichenor,
H at i is, Gold B each.
crease of 20 p er cen t over the
the E lk an d Sixes rivers to com ­ letter w ith copy resolution re es­
Neil Rice, f; L. T ichenor, c; C.
Women A fter Signs
am o u n t sp en t la st y e a r and n e a r­
m ercial fishfog, signed g en erally by tab lish m en t of life saving station
F rom m , Alvin A nderson, g; R iv­
B altim ore, Md.—"Save th e B eau ­
ly 40 per cen t over 1926 expendi-
th e landow ners residing
along at P o rt O rford. Stop. Am today
e rto n — G. S m ith, P h ilp o tt, f; Hul- ty of A m erica" is th e slogan a d o p t­
■ tures.
those stre a m s is m issing. It w as ta k in g up m a tte r vigorously w ith
tin er, c; L. Sm ith, W atson, g.
r
ioya
A
dam
s
of
Gold
B
each,
son
ed by th e B altim o re F e d eratio n of
| T he federal sh a re has increased
left ln L eneve’s d ru g sto re as a pro p er official and will advise you
T he boys gam e ended w ith th e W om en’s clubs in a cru sad e a g a in st of Jo h n Adam s, fo rm er C u rry from $660.000 In th e fiscal y ear
convenient
place to obtain sig n a ­ resu lt of my e ffo rts ln few days.
splendid show ing of 51-38 in fav o r ro ad sid e billboards in th is state. county gam e w arden, p u t on a 1926 to $1,200,000 for th e
fiscal
F red erick Steiw er,
tures, b u t It h as disappeared. The
of P o rt O rford. E a rl R ice o f B an ­ Mrs. R o b e rt F ra n k Skutch, fed er­ show fo r his g ra n d fa th e r, w ho w as y e a r 1929.
U. S. Senator.
loss
of
th
e
petition
will
req
u
ire
a
v
isiting
a
t
his
home.
T
he
'y
o
u
n
^
don acted as referee.
atio n p resid en t, sp eak in g a t the
O regon received $48.442 from the
new
petitio
n
being
prep
ared
and
T he gym nasium had been a t ­ a n n u al m eeting, u rg ed su p p o rt of m an w ent o u t w ith his dogs and federal a p p ro p riatio n fo r th e fis­
A copy of th e resolution, u rging
the sig n a tu re s ag ain obtained, and
tractiv ely d eco rated by th e stu ­ th is m ovem ent by th e 41 m em ber gun to s ta rt a co u g ar h u n t and cal y e a r 1928, and an allo tm en t of
to hasten th e w ork C larence Z um ­ th a t the federal g o v ern m en t ta k e
soon
had
one
treed.
W
hile
th
e
d en t body w ith th e h ig h school clubs, co n sistin g of 13,500 women.
$65.012 h as been m ade for th e c u r­
w alt suggests th a t all w ho signed action looking to the estab lish m en t
“S ig n b o ard s alo n g th e highw ay dogs k ep t th e p a n th e r in th e tree, re n t fiscal y e a r ending J u n e 30,
colors of blue and w hite, and
the m issing petition get In touch of a life saving statio n here, w as
h u ck leb e rry g reen s w ere used m ost of M aryland a re becom ing m ore o f­ Floyd w ent an d invited his g ra n d ­ 1929.
w
ith him fo r purpose of signing also forw arded to C ongressm an
effectively on th e w alls an d stage. fensive dally, an d th e w ork in th is fa th e r an d th e fam ily o u t to see
H aw ley of th is d istrict, the c h a ir­
W ashington received $80.955 for
th e new one.
th
e
fun.
T
he
co
u
g
ar
w
as
dislodg­
D u rin g in term issio n s the stu d e n t sta te needs new in centive an d in ­
1928 and has been allotted $69,155
m an of the pow erful w ays and
body gave th e ir school yells an d ' sp iratio n . "Isn 't it a w o m an ’s Job ed from tre e a fte r tre e an d again for the c u rre n t fiscal year.
m eans com m ittee of the house, who
The
san g th e school songs.
A v e r y ! to help g et rid of th e m ? ” M rs sen t to safety by th e dogs.
alw ays w orks for m eritorious Im­
T hese allo tm en ts to the sta te s
large crow d greeted th e p lay ers— ! S k u tch declared. O th er states, she ' an im al w as finally shot an d th e a re paid into th e s ta te tre a su rie s
provem ents in his d istrict.
fun
ended.
la rg e r th a n a t a n y previous gam e continued, have ta k e n th e ir fight
a n d a re used by th e s ta te fo resters
O wing to th e fa c t th a t d u rin g
played in P o rt O rford. A fter the
as a n aid in th e protection of
severe sto rm y w eath er It is alm ost
t . u . l eaar to r Arrows state-ow ned and ;:rivately-ow ned
gam es a delicious su p p er w as serv-
Im possible for life saving crew s to
w ork ad v an tag eo u sly from b a r
z
1 Pari Orford ladlaa
Coquille, Nov. 3 0 —E. H. K ern fo rest lands. M ost of th e m oney
( In th e high school w hile d an cin g
harbors, th e P o rt O rford h a rb o r
has been sen d in g o u t larg e q u a n ­ is allo tted in tu rn to th e fo rest
associations,
upon
fu rn ish es an Ideal location for th e
titie s of dowels, 3-8 inch sq u ares p ro tective
w hich they w ere so u rg e n t and |
estab lish m en t of such a station
of w hite ce d a r to arch ery m en in
so anxious fo r Its beginning as the
from w hich the w ork can be c a r­
th e n o rth w est, an d every reply has
P o rt O rford project. Once, when
ried on u n d er a n y w e a th e r condi­
been th a t th is wood m akes th e best
th e ir fo r m ir recom m endations was
tions, as th ere a re no sand bars
arro w fo r a rc h e ry p u rp o ses to be
su b m itted to them for revision or
to cross In going to the rescue of
found anyw here. Mr. K ern is c a re ­
re-approval, th ey m ade a second i
disabled ships.
Coquille, Nov. 30.—Ju d g e J. T. ful. too. to see th a t th e g rain ru n s
re a ffirm in g all they had p re v io u s -'
C ham ber G ela Result«.
B ran d excused th e ju ry last Mon- s tra ig h t th io u g h th e sq u are w hich
ly reported. M ajor R o b erts ln the |
T h a t the local c h am b e r of com ­
d a ), su b ject to call, held a m otion is so n ecessary in m ak in g a p e r­
beginning and then C aptain 81m-1
m erce has succeeded In doing the •
day T u esd ay w hich w as th e last fect a rr o 4 .
onds rep o rted P o rt O rford a s the
m ajo r portion of th e th in g s w hich
session of co u rt u n til D ecem ber 13
ONLY best site on th e P acific
It has sponsored is well know n to
T he ju d g e h as been req u ested by
Film
Panther
coast fo r a b reak w ater.
the local people, and d u rin g the
th e su p rem e c o u rt to sit on the
D elm er C olgrove J r . fu rn ish ed
p ast tw o y ears It h as m ade a rec­
bench a t D allas an d a t A storia
“T
he
p
e
st
28
y
ears
have
done
tw o m otion p ictu re m en, Je s s Sill
ord of accom plishm ent o f w hich
n ex t week to h e a r cases in w hich
m
uch
to
re
fu
te
th
e
se
c
re
ta
ry
's
a
d
­
an d O tto Jones, a tam e p a n th e r to
Its m em bers m ay be ju stly proud.
th e ju d g es of those d istric ts a re
verse rep o rt on g overnm ental rec­
use in m ak in g som e wild life films.
P ark in g Space.
disoualified.
ognition.
P
o
rt
O
rford
now
has
a
The an im al h ad beeu a pet a t the
T hrough th e e ffo rts of th e ch am ­
nice
com
m
e.ee
to
recom
m
end
it;
it
Colgrove plaee for several m onths.
ber th e s ta te highw ay com m ission
has th e R oosevelt highw ay, aided
Bazaar
T he an im al w as secured an d a l­
r was induced to acquire the vacan t
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) d by the governm ent.
T he Civic club will hold a b azaar lowed to be treed by som e dogs
lands lying betw een the R oosevelt
i» h- a o th e r highw ay e n tran ces
a t th e club room S a tu rd a y a fte r­ an d th e film men got 700 feet of
highw ay an d h isto ric B attle rock
to b rin g to th e shipping th e Im-
noon, Dec. 8. B esides m an y a t­ pictures.
for p ark in g purposes an d to per-»
. - »■ i a tu ro l p ro d u cts It did r o t
tra c tiv e artic le s of fancy w ork. etc.,
p etu ate th is ad v an tag eo u s site
h ■ e
y ears ago. E ven foreign
th e ladies have provided a “m ys­
Io Marshfield
S p o .il an d Na» P e rk in s
-hint in g has en tered its p o rt Hnd
te ry bog” w hich will be especially w ere in tow n S a tu rd a y n ig h t a t-
C. C. In m an and F ra n k B. Tlche from w hich to view th e w onder­
loaded
cargoes
for
A
siatic
con-
in te re stin g to children.
or m ade a business trip to M arsh ful p an o ram a o f th e ocean and
ten d in g th e b ask etb all gam e.
game.
shore line to the south and so u th ­
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2)
field M onday.
east, for the benefit and enjoym ent
Family Dinner
of the public
T he m ajo rity of
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these tra c ts have been acquired by
An enjoyable fam ily T har
the com m ission and the ch am b er
Ing d in n e r w as served by 8'
is assistin'# the com m ission In ac­
Mrs. L. O. T ichenor a t th eir
q u irin g the balance of th e land.
on the R o o se v It highw ay,
It is hoped th a t all tra c ts will be
p resen t ln ad d itio n to the
In the nam e of the com m ission by
w ere M rs. H o lt of M yrtle
early sp rin g so th a t w ork o f p a rk ­
m other, and th e F B. T icher
ing th is space m ay be done In tim e
G rover T ich en o r fam ilii s o
for fhe 1929 to u rist traffic.
O rford and H e rb e rt Ticheno
Sign , and Billboard«.
ily o f Texas.
T hrough the cooperative effo rts
of th. ch am b er and the P o rt Or-
foid News, th e scenic R oosevelt
h hv v from Bandon so u th to the
C altfom iii line is free from the
sign and billboard nuisance, an d in
b u r r y county the ch am b e r h a s se­
cured the cooperation of th e land-
owr « to m ain tain th e ir pro p er­
ty In such a state. T his m ovem ent
Judge Brand Assigned
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