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Port Orford Deep Water Harbor = The KEY to the Development of the Vast Natural Wealth of the Mid-Pacific Coast Empire PORT ORFORC NEWS VOL. III. Knapp Fort Bill Passes Senate; Awaits Governor’s Action Port Orford, Oregon, Tuesday, March 5, 1929. Port Orford to Hoover Inaugurated; Port Orford Cedar Play in Tourney Im pressive Ceremony In W orld’s Markets No. 18. Will of People Defied; Rogue River Bill Passes (Coos Bay Tim es) W ashington, Mar. 4. — Herbert Port Orford cedar is well known An announcement, of great in I in Scotland, having been used in j Hoover, the 31st president of the | place of first quality Quebec yel- United States, w as inducted into terest to basketball fans of the l low pine for considerable time. office today w ith unusually im Port Orford section as well as to The wood being mild and in clear pressive inauguration ceremonies. fans of Coos county, was made ’ grade, free of defects, its uses have Chief Justic Taft, former presi recently by tournam ent officials of dent, adm inistering the oath of the local district, relative to the -------- Senator Miller's bill, senate bill ' been extended in recent years. inviting of the Port Orford high No. 154, providing for the w ith The sizes in most request in office. school basketball team to try con- l . l l l l l b c r ( O H ip iiliy House bill No 435, introduced by drawal of the w aters of Rogue Scotland are w hat are known as 1 R epresentative Knapp o f Port Or February W eather clusions with other team s of this E lects O fficers i river from further appropriation Waa. Port OrfnrH "Sidings,” nam ely 5 4-inch, 6 4-inch President’s Cabinet i\e a r r o r i v n o r u and g4jnch thicR w(th o c< L aalon. ford and providing that port dis The Inman Lumber A Develop for commercial purposes, passed The ten men who are to be the section in the district tournament W eather statistics, as kept by tricts m ay sell and lease property, to be held in the Marshfield arm ment company held a stockholders’ the house of representatives last ally 3-inch and 4-inch also inquir official advisers of President Hoov- passed the senate Thursday with Cooperative United S tates Observ ory, Friday and Saturday, March m eeting in the offices of the com week with but two dissenting votes, ed for. „ . „ „ . er are: but six dissenting votes. Inasm uch er Henry Johnston at Port Orford, pany in Port Orford Friday to one of which w as that o f Repre Secretary of state—Henry L. 8 and 9. as the bill had previously passed indicate that the w eather for Feb- I Generally speaking Port Orford Previous invitations included all elect a board of directors to serve sentative Knapp of P ort Orford, Stimson, New York. ruary w as nearly ideal, there being eedar is used in Scotland for high the house, by but one dissenting Secretary of the treasury- An- teams of leaKue “A’\ and *_he until the next annual meeting. The and as the bill had previously pass • vote, the bill is now in the hands 16 clear days. 6 partly clear days cla8a ‘"terior finishing. The fol- two leading members of league new board consists of C. R. Wade, ed the senate it now rests with drew W. Mellon of Pennsylvania. of Governor Patterson for ap and 6 cloudy days, w ith »29 Inches , >™‘nK * ('ll known buildings in This lineup would Include of Bandon; J. M Beach, and Geo Governor Patterson whether the Secretary of w ar—James W. "B.” of precipitation. The daily range I Glasgow have been entirely finlsh- proval or disapproval. Marshfield, North Bend, Bandon, W. Soranson. Later In the day the bill will become a law or not. Good of Iowa. of tem perature was: ed in ‘his wood: Victoria Infirm- The chamber or commerce, upon The Port Orford Chamber of Attorney-general — William D. Myrtle Point, Coquille, Roseburg, new board completed its organiza D ay Max Max Min arX' R °y al Infirmary, Royal Sick D ay Max Min learning of the passage of the Coos R iver and Riverton high tion and elected C. R. Wade as Commerce at Its regular meeting 1 4ft 1R 5R 35 Children’s hospital. Ear, N ose and Mitchell of Minnesota. 35 55 46 15 52 bill by the senate, held a special Postm aster-general — Walter F. schools. Plans now call for the president of the company, J. M last Tuesday adopted the following 33 16 52 37 57 meeting, and adopted the following 2 dropping of one of the team s which Rpacb as v|Ce president and Geo. ; resolution request!! g Governor Brown of Ohio. 55 32 65 32 17 3 resolution: has competed In the league “A” W. Soranson secretary and treas Patterson to veto the bill: tile Insurance Co.. Ltd., Gleneagles Secretary of the navy—Charles 30 18 53 35 55 W hereas, the senate and the 4 Whereas, on November 6, 1928, Francis Adams of M assachusetts. schedule and add the Port Orford urer. 55 31 19 32 52 house of representatives of the 5 j high school in its place. This no At the stockholders' m eeting re the people of the state of Oregon Secretary of interior—Dr. R ay 53 34 20 25 48 1929 session of the Oregon legisla 6 doubt will increase the strength of ports of officers were read and voted down decisively measures to Lyman Wilbur of California. 32 54 21 24 52 ture have passed house bill No. 435, 7 the tournam ent team s as a whole discussed and the affairs of the withdraw the waters of the Rogue, have been panelled throughout in Secretary of agriculture—Arthur 38 53 22 28 52 introduced by R e p r e s e n t a t i v e ! 8 and give Port Orford high school company generally gone Into, the Umpqua, the MacKenzie, and M. Hyde of Missouri. 42 Port Orford cedar. 23 54 28 55 Knapp and providing that port dis- i 9 its first chance to compete in a the D eschutes rivers from further The Clyde R iver shipyards have Secretary of commerce—Robert 35 52 24 25 51 tricts m ay sell and lease property; ' 10 district tournam ent in which the C on trol W a te r R e so u r c e s commercial appropriation; and 52 38 used Port Orford cedar for many P. Lamont of Illinois. 25 26 51 11 and w inner goes to Salem for the state 2A senate bill No. 154. pro years for panelling in the first Secretary of labor—James J. 34 53 26 33 57 » W hereas, the taxpayers o f the 12 championship tourney. Kin ana i . vldlng that the w aters of the Rogue Davis, of Pennsylvania. The Port Orford high school, - H o u s e bill 405, by Chlnnock. is , , » 43 55 27 33 53 Port o f Port Orford, in Curry 13 the most Important m easure affect river shall be withdrawn from fur- 40 59 33 28 54 county, Oregon, are vitally inter 14 w ith a total registration of 16 boys, ing the control and development —- — W ant Oregon Land ested in this measure as it will boasts the strongest basketball ! ther commercial use, has passed 33 yacht decking and small boat bulld- Jam es A. Gleason, Little Sioux, team by far ever produced by the of the state's w ater resources that ,lly Average (approx.) 53 provide a means w hereby they can both branches of the legislature : Ing. has been up for consideration this Iowa, contem plates making a trip sell and dispose of the docks, In England Port Orford cedar to Oregon this fall and w ants school and during the present sea session, according to R hea Luper, and is now In the hands o f the w harfs and other harbor facilities ' son captured 13 straight games state engineer Ban on Tonics It passed both governor for approval or dlsapprov , ' has been used in lesser amounts, of said port district; and Boise, Idaho, Feb. 26. Although whjcb ¡g increasing as the merits around 100 acres of unimproved aga|nBt high school opponents be houses without discussion. i *’ ' and land, preferably logged-off land, in W hereas, the m aintenance of said rumor has It that the m erchants , Qf <hp woo<] bppome known There fore a gam e was added on the Under former laws It was v lr -1 Whereas, the approval of said the coast region, suitable for dairy wrong side of the ledger. The one harbor facilities are annually in- ] of Boise are talking o f protesting tually mandatory upon the state l-K'-I»tlon by the governor will demand in England ing. poultry, hogs, fruit, and nuts, creasing the burden on the taxpay- , the governm ent’s action in prohib- is a good among sm all boat builders, as this and general farming. Prefers to and only game lost to a high school engineer to approve all applications nla^e H*e bill become a law in ers, ow ing to the fact that prac lting the sale of tonics and malt, lndustry is centered ln England aggregation w as the win taken by for permits to appropriate water i a"d in opposi tically the only freight handled ov and (hat the ex-m alt and tonic rathpr {han Scotland Myrtle Point, Coos county basket It8 U8e in be close to good schools. tion to. the will of the people of for any beneficial use, regardless John M H iggins, 215 Benner ball champions for 1929, and this er said docks consists o f export sellers may institute a test case. I thg battery trade of England ha8 the state as expressed at the No street. Highland park, N. J., con loss w as suffered on the Myrtle of what effect the appropriation vember election; and Port Orford cedar logs hauled by H. E Ray. United States district bppn fair,y 8teady might have on the future develop tem plates com ing to Oregon this trucks, which truck hauling can attorney who issued the notice of | Qf Rg po88lb|lltle8 ln the E ng- Point floor. Though 'h e Port Or Whereas, the withdrawal of the not continue in excess of two more restraint, said today no such case )(gh markct Bprnpr & Wll8on of summer and w ants a place large ford school offers no alibi for the ment of the state. House bill 405 wnters of the Rogue river from authorizes the state engineer to years on account of the inaccessi had yet been started and that he maRp tbp fo„ ow lng com. enough to pasture from 250 to 500 defeat by Myrtle Point, followers , commercial developm * ent . will . . serl- bility of the standing timber to thinks the m erchants will not con- m pnts. ,,port Orford ppdar ghould head of cattle, w ith small acreage of the team point to the showing refer anv application to the state i ously retard the general develop reclamation com m ittee which may of improved land. transportation of this character; test the law. made against the Ekblad Hardware ment of all of southwestern Ore- be more largely used for cabinet L. Farren, 100 W. Government team last Tuesday on the Port prejudicially affect the public In gon: and Federal prohibition officers spent wQrk than lg thp caflp at prpgpnt terest. W hereas, the bonded debt of the today advising m erchants carry- ag Jt ,g g fin e WQod for th ,g pur. street, Pensacola, Fla., will m ake Orford floor. Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved It also provides for a public P ort of Port Orford will begin to Ing malt syrup, tonics The Hardwaremen barely edged cordial |n addiUon to thp m any other a trip to Oregon ln the near fu by the Port Orford Chamber of hearing on the application and ture and wants from 80 to 160 acres out a 29 to 27 victory after follow m ature in 1931, thereby adding ad w ines and other alcoholic substi- , uggg fo wh)(,h R )g adapted .. Commerce, ln regular m eeting as ditional burdens on the taxpayers, ' tutes, that if they continue to d o , Another ardpnt propagandlgt for of unimproved land suitable for ing Port Orford at the end of the makes It the duty of the com m is sembled, that it is the sense of this who m ust squarely face the pay so It would be at their own per 1. port Qrford ppdar ,g thp f(rm o{ poultry raising and general farm first half 19 to 15. The showing sion to consider the highest use body that said bill should be ve of the water for any and all pur ing of said bonded debt together as the officers are determ ined to , Smpgton * R an„comb London, ing. made by the Port Orford squad toed by the governor of Oregon; Axel A. Samuelson, Troy, Idaho, was remarkable for the reason that poses. w ith the upkeep and m aintenance enforce the prohibition law to the , among thp par)lpgt of thp Br|t)gh ___________ and expects to come to Oregon this of taxation ; and ii 0 4 That a copy of this resolution be ! com panies to appreciate the out- year and w ants from 40 to 80 acres the Ekblad team had as its mem p W hereas, at this tim e the Port Seagull Story forwarded to Honorable I. L. P at- bers some of the greatest basket . " “ ; standing merits of this wood. of partly improved land in w est of Port Orford has an opportunity Are seagulls endowed with a teraon, governor, Salem, Oregon, W rijibt Kiirn Burns ( Japan supplies by far the larg- ern Oregon suitable for fruit rais ball stars ever turned out by coach to sell its docks, wharfs and oth- , requeat that he give due con- es of the two Coos B ay high sense of compassion when any of er harbor facilities and thereby re- | About 11 o’clock last night (Mon- est export m arket for Port Orford ing and general farming. Is also schools, some of the players be thelr number become crippled or g|deratlon to the question of veto- lleve the taxpayers of the district day) Rev. W hitsett, who lives cedar. The developm ent of this interested in Irrigated land. |n g said bill, ing Hugh Chapman, ‘’Shorty” Mc 111? across the R oosevelt highway, dis- { trade came about through the A. G. Webber, box 734, Miles city, Daniel, Bobby Robertson, Alton of the present and prospective tax ( Phil Adams and John Wheeler ( It aH()prted by those Interest- covered fire In the two-story barn j world-wide search made by agents Montana, plans to m ake a trip to Selen, Tyberg. Livingston and Carl will answer this question most em- pd jn f bp fun developm ent of the burdens: and W hereas, the said house bill No. owned by M T. W right and Im- of Japanese timber Import firms to Oregon this winter and wants from Paynp This lineup except on rare phatically In the affirm ative. state, both comm ercially and recre- 435 is now in the hands of the m ediately called Delm ar Wright, j find a substitute for the native 10 to 40 acres of improved land In j occaB|ons could spot any Coos In fact they have good proof, so ationally, that tnls bill is a direct who lives near the barn. The white cedar, which for centuries the southwestern part of Oregon county high school team 15 points they say, of the truth of their blow to the development commer- governor for approval or disap building and entire contents were ' has been the favorite wood of suitable for poultry raising and and then takp an easy victory. proval; and answer. d a lly of the whole of southwestern Port Qrford In the 13 games In W hereas, said legislation is in destroyed, although Rev. W hitsett Japanese builders and craftsm en, fruit. Is also Interested In Irri- Here is the story told by Adams Oregon through which the Rogue and Mr W right made an effort "Hinokl" as the Japanese cedar is gated land. line w ith sound public policy: which it was returned the winner of an Incident which happened r|vpr Rows, and that if it ia al- Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved to start the big five-ton W hite I called, entered into the construc- E Dowse. Webb city, Okla . con- 8Corpd 516 points against a total back of the Rogue R iver garage lowed to become a law the state In a d d ic tio n of shrines and tem ples, and tem plates com ing to Oregon and of 243 garnered by its opponents, last Friday: by the Port Orford Chamber of truck w ithout success. will suffer materially, as the region Wheeler threw som e chunks of Is known to be rich In timber and Commerce, in special m eeting as tion to the truck the W rights had the better class of houses from w ants from 40 to 80 acres of half R T |chenor. speedy forward of the considerable logging equipm ent , time immemorial. improved and half new land In team, took 186 points of the total meat back of the garage and soon minerals requiring cheap power sembled this 2nd day of March, The growing scarcity of this western Oregon suitable for dairy 1929, th at it is the sense o f this and some household goods stored as his mark for the w inning games a flock of seagulls were attracted for their development. body th at said house bill No. 435 In the barn, all of which were de- wood and imperial edicts curtall- ing. poultry raising fruit, and gen The bill Is the outgrowth of the The record of the gam es won to it. But to his surprise, not all Im provements not is as follow s. of them began to eat from the old-time fish question, but observ become a law through the approv stroyed. Mr W right estim ates his ing its production, opened the mar- era, farm ing loss at $4000. without insurance. het to Port Orford cedar, which necesrary, prefers to put up own Port Orford 39 Ophir al of the governor of the state; ers say that the law m akers have 32 morsel. _______1 _ ! closely resem bles the native “hin- building. Instead a half dozen of the birds permitted sentim ent and prejudice 22 and Ophir 77 Port Orford oki.” From a modest beginning a John T. Parrish, motor route A. T hat a copy of this resolution 38 formed a circle around the meat to overbalance their Judgment, and Riverton L ife Savin? Station decade ago. the trade has risen to Hinckley, Minn., will come to Or Port Orford 51 be forwarded to Honorable I. L. The chamber of comm erce Sat large proportions. Port Orford 29 Crescent City 27 and from out of the flock came that they entirely lost sight of the egon as soon as he can sell or fact that the voters of the state Patterson, governor, w ith request urday received a telegram from 19 a gull with a broken leg Riverton Japan im ports the wood in the tiad e his farm there for property Port Orford 40 While the crippled gull ate his fill at large last November decisively th at he approve said bill, and also Senator Charles L McNary stat- 11 Bandon Orford Port 31 form of logs, lumber and small that a copy hereof be forwarded ing that he had called at the office t)mbpr8 A ]argp and gtpady tradp here. W ants from 40 to 80 acres Port Orford 33 Rogue River 28 of the meat, the group of sentinels snowed under sim ilar bills to w ith to Honorable Louis L Knapp, the of Admiral BI,lard of the United bptwppn Bfty gnd Japan „ of improved or partly Improved Port Orford 25 11 in the circle fought off all of the draw the waters of the Rogue, Oakland 6 ! other gulls and would not permit Umpqua, MacKenzie and D eschutes tiuthor of the legislation. Langlois States coast guard service. W ash- m ainta,npd throUghout the year land suitable for dairying and gen Port Orford 37 Prefers to locate Port Orford 36 13 , them to have a taste or to molest rivers from further commercial Langlois ington, D. C . and that the repor port Orford cpdar |„ U8pd |n Japan eral farm ing 13 j the cripple. use. Governor Patterson has an ex- In 1927 the port comm ission con of Commander Kelly and Super- for aJmogt every conceivable pur- near a thriving small town. Port Orford 48 Gold Beach Jam es B. Botay, 712 Franklin Port Orford 47 13 After more than an hour, when cellent opportunity to prevent the tracted w ith the Inman lum ber & intendent of Construction Fourchy. Gold Beach from hougp bui|dlng ppn. 10 the cripple had eaten all that he Injustice this measure will do if D evelopm ent company to sell the who visited Port Orford last month. p)|g and tubR R Jg a)go a grPat street, Downers grove. III., plans Port Orford 23 Reedsport on com ing to Oregon in August ' wanted, the guards gave a signal ‘ finally It becomes a law, and It dock In the Port Orford harbor had not been received favorite in the wooden novelty and and w ants from 40 to 80 acres suit 243 and the entire flock pounced upon is believed that his Judgment will A. H Powers. Fred Powers and 516 It is understood locally that the )ndua, rlP8 of , hat country, the remainder of the m eat and , be In line with that o f the voters Dr. Ggp E. Dix, all of Coos coun report is being held by the Inves- Owjng fo fhp ?hortagp of the na- able for dairying, poultry, fruit, and soon caused it to disappear. of the state. ty. enjoined the sale, and upon tlgating officials aw aiting stormy ((vp ppdar gupp)y Japan now general farming. Prefers western Oregon and would like a place on Dense Fo? Held "Don’t tell me the aeagulls have trial o f the case In the circuit w eather conditions in order that using Port Orford cedar for pur a highway, not too far from a large Cause of Wreck no sense or no compassion upon court at Gold Beach last year Captain N utter of the Bardon poses hitherto enjoyed only by the city, good markets, and if possible Friday the steam ship Sujameco. other gulls which are ill or crip Discrim ination Made Judge Brand upheld the conten coast guard station m ay have an a)mogt gaprpd „h,nf)k| .. Among tion of the plaintiffs The port opportunity to make the necessary tbpgp |g for tpmp]p construction with some river or lake frontage. owned by the Transmarine line of pled.” said AdaniB Reporter. A gainst Roosevelt Ingwald Swaren, of Killdeer, N. New York city, bound from San com m ission then appealed the observations at the proposed site The beginning of this year w it D., com ing to Oregon in June or Sunday a south-bound traveler Francisco, g r o u n d e d on a sand case to the supreme court where Curry's superfine weather, there Knapp’s Bill Passes nessed one of the most unusual stopped at one of Port Orford's it now is on the calendar. fore, appears to be responsible for 8b)pmPnt8 o f )ts klnd from Coos July and wants one section of un beach eight m iles north of the en Salem, Mar. 2. House bill 348. In- i leading service stations for gas, Owing to the fact that the land the delay in receipt of the report Ray gn ordpr pan|ng ff)r plpcp„ improved land in southern Oregon trance to Coos bay at 9:40 A. M troduced by R epresentative Knapp gnd (fj pxprp81!lng hl„ appreclatlon owners within the port district by the W ashington officials. temple timber. 35 inches at the suitable for sheep and stock rais due to a dense fog that prevailed I of Port Orford, Increasing the sal- , of lhp wonderfu, Roo„eve,t hlgh- ing. along that section of the coaut. ary of the county treasurer of i face the paying off of the bonded ~ sm all end. and ranging in length way remarked that, ow ing to heart O. Blndno, of La« Vegas. N e v , It Is probable the vessel may be Curry county, h a . passed both (roub)p Indebtedness in 1931 and thereaf h|g phyld<.,an had advlaa<, Steelhead N ot Game risn from 29 to 35 feet, cut from the w ants from 4A to 60 acres of Im saved aa it was not in Immediate ter, together w ith the coast of branches of the legislature and is a({aln8t maklng tbe , rlp OVer the State House, Salem, Or., Feb. 25. f|npRt quality of logs. proved land suitable for angora danger. m aintenance and upkeep from tax now in the hands of Governor Pat- , a||, k|you moun, alnB on the P acific —It looks as though the anglers y bp Japanese government was goats and stock raising Coming ation. R epresentative Knapp in ter son. ’ b |gbw ay and that he had called will lose out in their fight for the nof |ong in recognizing the valu- som etim e this summer. troduced house bill No. 435 to pro excluslve right to capture steel- abjp properties of the new cedar at the Portland branch of the A. A. Basketball Tonight R R. DeArmond, Merchants E x vide direct authority in law for heads House bill 480, by Peters, imported from the United States P. 0 . W ins Both Games A. for road Information as to how change building. St. Louis, Mo. the sale of the property, in order Tonight the Port Orford boys m aking steelhead a game fish in and her state railways are using Friday night the Reedsport bas I plans on com ing to Oregon in high school team will meet the •"that the landowners would not be all waters of the state, Is on the Port Orford cedar ties in large July or August and w ants from R oosevelt highway and was told too severely injured. strong Ekblads of Marshfield on ketball team went down to defeat | table in the house The plan now j ouantitles 25 to 100 acres of improved land the home floor for a second game. by the Port Orford high school that It could not be done. S tarl The action of both houses in is to take it from the table, elim- Inquiries are being received from suitable for dairying, poultry and bplng probably the last game of boys team with a score of 29 to 9 in ing south the traveler made In passing the measure, in defiance inate all references to steelhead as Germany, France Italy, the Ar- quiry at Eugene and was directed stock raising o f the powerful lobby against It. the season to be played In Port favor of the locals. trout, and then the comm ercial gentlne. South Africa. Australia, C B McBride, Burley, Idaho, is Orford Saturday night the Port Orford via Drain to Coos Bay, and told Is a stron g tribute to its author, firhing interests will be satisfied i India and other primary timber coming to Oregon sometime during high school girls team w ent to the attendant at the local station and R epresentative Knapp may The state game com m ission will markets Brookings and gathered a game that It was a wonderful road all Justly feel proud of his maiden still be able to designate certain ! Use of Port Orford cedar in this summer and wants 320 acres the way. of dry land suitable for general legislative effort. As the bill Is Rep. Knapp to Return With the girls team of that city stream s where the steelhead will South America to date has largely with the score showing 17 to 10. along sound public policy lines its be a game fish, but it w ill n^» »>e ( becn in the form of railway ties, farm ing Word received by The News from approval by the governor is be Henry Johnston of Garrison lake most of w hich have been used on a game fish In all waters. R epresentative Louis L. Knapp last lieved to be certain. from F B Tlchenor returned Mrs. W alter Sutton and son, district, who, with his wife, recent the west coast of that continent. Saturday was to the effect that he Inquiries are being received from Salem Saturday afternoon. anticipated the session of the leg Jesse, went to Gold Beach Satur ly returned from several months Mrs Georgia Bailey, chief oper islature would adjourn Saturday day, Mrs Sutton rem aining with spent In Canada, was shaking .to r of the W est Coast Telephone ' h-. Ladies Aid ttals of the east coast countries night and that he would return her daughter. Mrs. Jesse Turner, hands with friends In town Tues Mr and Mrs Harold Sauers re Mrs H. L Sauers of Agate B ea-h exchange at Gold Beach, motored Port Orford is alw ays glad Sales o f Port Orford cedar to turned the first of the month from home either Tuesday or Wednes foe an extended visit, and Mr. Sut day :■ to Pert Orford last Monday eve- ( park will be hostess to the Ladies to welcome Curryltes horns again. ton returning home 8unday day. a month's motor tour of California. r ir-t, and returned the sam e night, j (Continued on page 2.) Aid W ednesday afternoon a