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.
Platinum - Noblest ot Metal
. Southwest Ore. Potential Field
Port Orford, Oregon, Tuesday, July 16, 1929.
Number 36.
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Oppose Rogue River Bridge;
Another Dunne Political Move
Sattle Stork
DORA DEAN McCUTCHEON
(Editor's Note: While the history made on Battle Rock in June 1851 will ever
shine brightly, the preservation of this historic monolith itself amid decent surround
Ita History a Romance
Platinum is the noblest of met
ings accessible to the public for the generations to follow, requires im mediate action
AGAINST SIGNS
als. rare as the diamond, beauti- j The story of platinum is like
il
John W Kelley, political writer
on the part of the public generally, else it is doomed to oblivion amid the litter of
McMinnvlHe. Ore.. June 21.—It
ful as the emerald and useful some fairy tale about a little lost
! on the Oregonian staff, has the fol
backyards of buildings proposed to be erected on the adjacent shore )
seem s as if the present tendency
as iron. When the Spaniards came prince After ages of neglect the
lowing to say about the move of
of advertising is to shock the sense
to South America they found the * J*r*nce has come into his own with
Senator Joe Dunne to oppose the
of sight and beauty. Buildings of
natives throwing it back into the a11 mankind Paying homage,
, construction of the bridge across
certain firms are painted In most
rivers as useless. From that state
Thousands of years ago. the
the Rogue river on the Roosevelt
Eons of time I 've stood,
Then . . . came . . , the H ighw ay—
glaring colors. Beauty and fitness
of uselessness it has come to be the archeologists tell us. acients of
Highway, announcement of which
On this surf-beaten shore—
Bringing
countless
throngs—
are
purposely
sacrificed.
Illumin
¿most useful and most ardently de- South America worked the metal
i was made by Governor Patterson
W atching the sea in storm;
Caravans—from
the
World's
great
Marts!
ated
signs
in
flam
ing
red
seek
to
sired o f all metals. It is always me- into ornaments for their kings and '
I’ve seen the clouds aflam e—
on his recent trip through Coos and
T h en -R o o sev elt—On His Steed . . . . !
shock you into a frame of mind to Curry counties:
tallic when found, but chemists Priests. In the American Museum ' ;;
Heard the thunders crash,
Symbolic of San Juan . . . .
seek
their
doors
by
day
Safely
anchored
in
Port
from
harm.
convert It to many other forms and ot Natural History in New York
To honor me- and the Nine Great Hearts.
“It will surprise the people along
Why are all the other senses ig
states.
I is a collection of such jew els tak-
the Oregon coast highway and oth
Our
Port
is
a
refuge
nored In this campaign of shocks?
I’m part of the Sea . . . .
W ithout platinum, many refine- en h om tombs in Ecuador, suppos-
ers to learn that Senator Dunne
From the Sea Gods' shock,
Why not sirens, bombs and other
And part of the Shoreland—
ments of modern life would be Im- ■ ed to be not less than two thousand
admits he is trying to find some
They can only pound at its Gate;
—A
standing
symbol
between;
devilish
noises
to
announce
som
e
possible, as no substitute has been years old.
method by which the highway com
Safe in this Harbor—
With R oosevelt and his Steed,
body’s location.
found for it.
| But the art of working platinum
mission can be enjoined from con
Sheltered by "The Heads,”
On my top-most Crest—
After 30 years I distinctly recall
N ever fearing the storms, or Fate.
Its Uses Innumerable
waa lost and w as not rediscovered
structing
t h e proposed bridge
Midst the Trees of Evergreen . . . . !
my first contact w ith hydrogen-sul
across the Rogue between Gold
For the m aking o t fum ing sul- unU1 three hundred years after the
phide.
and
by
the
sam
e
smell
recall
T his Gate-Way is open . . . .
The w aiting of the years—
phuric acid and fixed nitrogen; for Spaniards came to America. It was
Beach and Wedderburn. When Gov.
a more ancient egg
Has anyone
For the Voyagers of Peace—
Have paved Golden Paths,
ernor Patterson announced at Coos
jewelry, w atches and settings for another hundred years before it
None other can enter therein;
forgotten the aroma of the skunk?
Ta a Memorial for the "Nine”;
Bay that the bridge Is to be built
precious stones; for lightning rod was recognized as having unusual
We stand here as H osts—
There is a long line of disgusting
They lead across the seas
im mediately — the Improvement
tips, coloring for pottery and plioto- value. Not until the Great War
ii
In our Harbor so fair . . . . !
things that shock the sense of
And cut through the Clouds
Coos and Curry counties have been
graphs and for the preservation of Cime was it considered unusually
To welcome you from the storm ’s din.
That Hearts of the Brave May Entwine!
taste that still await the advertis
praying for of recent years—there
standards o f m easurements, it is precious. Now platinum has taken
er’s touch. If advertisers dare not
B illions of white caps,
appeared to be general rejoicing
the only metal. For the X-ray, ra its place as the noblest of the met
A thousand years will pass . . . .
make
use
of
many
of
the
above
Have played on my Reef,
The principal exception appeara to
dio, telephone and telegraph, no als and its uses are extending so
And still we will stand—
suggestions, why should they so
Then passed to crystaline beds;
be Senator Dunne.
other will take its place. The den rapidly that unless more is found,
A tribute—true—to those of yore;
trespass on the sense of sight?
Millions of sunsets,
My dreams through the ages
tist uses a third of all produced, it seem s the development of many
" 'Senator Jay H. Upton and T,
One can start for a drive most
Have shined across the sea—
Have all come true . . . .
for it will not oxidize nor tarnish' arts and sciences must be checked.
says Senator Dunne, 'are looking
Crowning w ith Beauty "The H eads.”
any
place
in
thia
fair
state,
amid
Worlds move through our Open Door!
No acid w ill affect It but aqua re
W hat is probably the first re
scenic wonders that charm the up the road laws and other statutes
gia and for that reason it is uni corded mention of platinum among
For ages I've basked
White ships of pleasure-
world
From beginning to end to see If we can stop the building
In the su n ’s warm rays,
versally used for chemical appara moderns was made by the eminent
Little sk iffs a-sail . . . .
one's trip is marred by ugly signs of that bridge. Our reason* We feel
L ist’ning to whisp'rings o f spring;
tus.
scholar Julius Caesar Scallger in
Gladden . . . the vision . .
highway
commission
today
at every vantage point. Visions of that the
I've seen the land-bird’s nest—
Big ships of Commerce . . . .
Under changing conditions it is 1557. He did not call it by any name
' the day's scenic panorama are spat should complete roads on the orig
Heard the seagull's cry—
Are anchored in Port—
the hardest and softest of the met- but referred to it as a metal found
tered with Hokum's signs. Let us inal highway map before they
And the mighty eagles on wing.
Loading for Ports far away.
als. Combined with 10 per cent to ,n the region between Mexico and
hope you are disgusted with every spend 3850,000 on a bridge which
20 per cent of iridium it is the Darien—a metal not fusible by fire
For years I've felt Life . . . .
thing else Hokum as you are with isn ’t needed at this time. That
At my feet play children—
amount of money would go a long
Saw a coming Change . . . .
hardest, pure platinum can be nor by any of the processes known
his signs.
Lovers track the sands.
And sensed the growing of my Trees;
way grading roads
We haven't
drawn Into a wire invisible One cu to Spaniards He was answ ering
Old men stop —salu te and pass o n ;
One
of
the
largest
firms
doing
,
I ’ve seen land-mar ks go—
w ay of holding up the
bic inch w ill stretch about 50,000 another writer who had declared
Travelers walk the B e a c h -
business
in
this
state
has
voluntar-
°
Un
Have felt an onward press—
bridge idea yet. but we have hop
Air ships soar o'er head—
miles. Hard or soft, It is the best all metals fusible. Scallger said
lly removed its offending signs.
And heard strange voices on the breeze!
Old things and old grudges are Gone!
es'"
conductor o f electricity known next here waa one not fu»*ble.
This sense of beauty and fitness
Senator Dunne is the individual
to silver and for that reason it is
And so the world In general be-
I've held the boats of m en—
should be appreciated.
Behold this vision fail -
who held up all new work on the
used as sparking and contact points lievsd platinum to be infusible and
F elt their m oving forms,
I would not, if I could, elim inate
A City—spreading far—
Roosevelt H ighway last ye»r with
in engines where great heat is de- not malleable until 1783. when the
Heard wild y ella -and cannon’s roar!
the financial benefits of our high
W hite turrets, towers and domes . . . !
I’ve
seen
life-blood
flow—
veloped. Its m elting point is 1,775 French chem ist. Chabaneau, die
A haven for the sick . . . .
ways. I would, if I could, make an hia vicious initiative m easures re
Have felt its red'ning stains—
garding auto license fees, apparent
degrees Centigrade, or 3227 degrees covered a method of making It into
Healings for the sad—
endless line of beauty of them. I
And saw dark forms crawling on shore!
ly solely for political purposes, and
Fahrenheit. This point can be rais- Ingots. But even then it was more
Cathedrals Schools and Homes . . . . !
do not feel alone in seeking after
those who know the situation say
ed still higher by com bining with of a curiosity than a useful metal
the beautiful. It is the most Im
I've seen the fighting cease
The highway a winding,
that his present move is purely for
°Aher metals.
and waR chiefly used for m aking
pelling
motive
for
every
pleasure
W atched men swim the bay—
Edging old ocean—”
the purpose of political bunk for
Because It contracts and expands ornaments for kings and nobles,
Seeking shelter from Indian bands;
trip Who would fish for trout In a
Seems beckoning Roosevelt and Steed;
consumption by his constituents In
less than do other metals, it is the Many chem ists had managed to
Have seen them return . . . .
concrete pond? Who cares for a
But w e’er safely anchored,
, and around Portland, as the courts
Have watched them build their homes,
one used for lead-in w ires for in- make small ornam ents of the met-
drive down an avenue of signs?
In Port Orford Bay—
, have no authority to question the
And Port Orford rise by their hands
candescent bulbs and tor thermo al before that, but none had ever
And no other call w e’ll heed.
People are in quest of the beau I adm inistrative acta of the highway
couples.
rendered it m alleable so that it
tiful. It has made its Impression comm ission unless fraud In shown.
I've dreamed countless dreams,
R
oosevelt
and
his
Steed
.
.
.
.
!
Platinum has properties almost could be utilized commercially.
on most everything in our daily ;
Of a City to Be . . . .
A fitting Crown P oint . . . . .
magical, which even the chemists Chabaneau’s discovery was of very
life. They seek beauty In parks, by
Rising on the Shore-Land here;
Signaling to land and sea;
cannot explain. In powdered form great value to science.
Of ships to be sheltered,
streams. In woodlands and In mea I
Slug Benefactor
Honoring the heroes—
dows, in mountains and by the sea 1 While on his way from Grants
It will absorb 800 times its own vol
Of a Port of Call . . . .
Somebody learned that it has a
Who saved "Port Orford la n d . . . . "
Our wealth spreading far and near!
ume of oxygen, and a bit of this greater weight than gold, and as
A m onum ent great, w e’ll be . . . . !
Our highw ays offer a thousand Pass to Crecent City, Sunday night,
powder plunged Into gas will burst gold was then the heaviest metal
opportunities for natural landscap Claude Acre played the part of a
into flame. Certain chemicals will known, platinum was ideal for j
ing and planting of flowers and friend to two men hiking along the
highw ay by giving them a ride in
combine only in the presence of counterfeiting. Spurious doubloons
::::::»!:3:iu::t:nRsnRiaamn shrubs and trees. I recall the
Upon arriving at a point
platinum, the platinum remaining made their appearance with only a
------- | Scotch broom on the Astoria-Sea- hia car.
_
. .
.
unchanged. It is the most marvel thin coating of gold Because the
Mining Survey
of
beauty
near
.
G
a^
“et'
Patients to Convention < Eugene to Celebrate I side drive as a _ thing
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a » Acre
» u became eiccpy
» k -
ous of the catalyzers.
Gold Hill, Ore., July 13. The sur
Salem, Ore., July 13.—Convaies-
Eugene, Ore., July 15.—Strangers th®t has not failed to impress Its
’ tOpP.
.
* * .n ,p '
, ?
world in general had never heard
the
time
he
had
dozed
o
ff
nicely
vey
of
the
mineral
deposits
of
It is alm ost the heaviest thing of platinum the counterfeits p ass
cent patients at the U S Veteran's pa?r|ng .hrough this thriving city beauty on all beholders. It will
e me e a
oze o
n ce v
in nature, being surpassed only ed without suspicion until the gold southwestern Oregon, which has hospital at Portland will be special are bewildered at the sight of many ' charm when the combination of he was attacked by the two men
by osmium and iridium which are began to wear off. The Encyclo- been started by J. T. Pardee of the guests of the American Legion dur- ' - bearded and picturesquely dressed I pretty faces and - cheap tobacco has who slugged him and then threw
him out of the car after robbing
found associated with it. In the pedia of Diderot and d’Alembert, i United States geological survey, is in S the department convention of men and demure, hoop-skirted wo passed from our scenery.
him of his money.
MW’ fam ily are palladium, rhodi- published in 1774. tells of Holland- ;hp N 'st «‘nee 1916. when the oper- that oiganization which is to be men, on the streets, In the shops
Attractive merchandise s e l l s . !
The two highwaym en then took
Uiu ard* ruthenium, also remark ers getting such counterfeits on the ations of the Oregon bureau of held in Salem, August 8, 9 and 10. and offices and even in the thca Beautiful advertising attracts So
the
car and proceeded to Crescent
mine
and
geology
ceased.
This
sur-
j
Through
the
cooperation
of
Dr.
coast
of
South
America,
and
re
able metals. Osmium has a specif
tie s and other public places. The beautiful are many of our advertis City where they abandoned the car
ic gravity of 22 48; iridium. 2242, lates how they stopped over there vey is being made sim ultaneously , Paul I. Carter who is in charge of bewilderm ent is usually short-lived ing pages that I scan them first.
near the Associated Oil com pany’s
and platinum, 21.5. Gold weighs 19 3 on their next voyage and hanged in northeastern and southwestern ! the hospital, arrangem ents have however, for soon the newcomer is
Many are spending large sums on
plant on D street, where it was
Oregon,
and
made
possible
through
j
been
made
to
furnish
free
transpor-
times as m uch as w ater and until the traders from whom they had
informed by one of the whiskered highway advertising The way they | found Tuesday evening by two boys
the
appropriation
by
the
state
leg-
(
tation
for
patients
who
are
able
to
'l)jse other m etals were discovered, received them. Those doubloors
gentlemen or old-fashioned women are spending it detracts from the who had gained a description of the
was believed to be the heaviest of would have been worth about 38 if islature of 330,000, which was make the trip. This will be a one- that Eugene is to have a pioneer beauty of our highways. T hey,
car.
the metals. This fact led to coun pure gold. Today they would be mat' hed by an equal amount by day event for the hospital patients pageant July 25, 26 apd 27.
would be our friends
Let them i
In a dazed condition Acre made
the
federal
government.
;
who
will
receive
special
attention
terfeiting and a few hangings, but worth upwards of 340 if pure p la t-,
Called the "Sunset Trail Celebra know they are our best friends , his way up the highw ay to the
Chrome and quicksilver deposits ! and entertainm ent. Bus transpor-
when
they
help
us
make
our
high-
|
if the spurious coins were offered inum Czar Nicholas I of Russia be-
tion,” the event has taken on sta te
camp of Mr and Mrs. W alter Mun-
today they would be gladly receiv- gan m aking coins of platinum in will icceive first attention in this : tation to and from the various con- wide importance and now promises ways most beautiful.
cey and they in turn telephoned to
ed at over five tim es their face val-j 1828 but this coinage was suspend- legion. During the war period this vention attractions will be furnish-
CHARLES L. WILLIAMS - ,
to be one of the outstanding cele- !
Sheriff Breen after hearing Acre’s
ue Times change, also metals.
jn 1845 when the coins became ' part of the state was a heavy pro- pd and m eals will be provided with-
brations on the P acific coast. S it
I story and noting his condition.
it Is Rare and Coatlv
worth more than their face value ducer of chromite It was found in out cost The fact that Salem is uated In the heart of the historic
Sheriff Breen and L. R. Black w ent
Postmaster Visits
In 1919 platinum sold as kigh as Not only coins but ingots were huge deposits In Jackson and Jose- | within easy distance of Portland
and j to the ramp and brought Acre Into
pioneer "Oregon Country", Eugene
Mr
and
Mrs
G
G.
Godfrey,
»170 an ounce. Iridium. Its
most counterfeited
So
important a phlne counties It Is being used e x - , m ak e. It possible for the L -glon to and the surrounding area Is rich In
young daughter, Mary Barbara, ac town and placed him in the county
useful alloy, sold at 3610 an ounce I concern as the South Seas company ten.lvely in the m anufacture o f remember the disabled bud lies at
lore of early settlem ent days, and companied by Mr Godfrey’s father, hospital where he is being cared
in 1919 There is only 3 per cent as accepted an ingot supposed to con-
cpt' ! 7 ; 8nd th" e *’ ‘ gr° W’ their convention.
the staunch, aggressive spirit that visited in Port Orford Thursday en for.
much iridium produced as platln- tain 12000 pounds sterling in gold ing demand for chromite.
led the makers of the state out route north over the Roosevelt
The two men, who gave their
Three months will be spent this
Off the Grade
um whereas the most common al- Upon trying to m elt it, a thin skin
from the east is to be the Inspira highw ay to their home In Indepen names as J. D. MacGregor and Ed
of
summer
in
collecting
data
on
the
Mr
and
Mrs.
Kirby
of
Myrtle
loys call for from five to 20 per ’ of gold came off. and the rest
tion of the com ing three day cele dence, Ore., where Mr Godfrey is ward Leonard, were arrested at
ati mineral deposits. A two-year pro- Creek. Ore., where Mr. Kirby pre
cent iridium It is evident that a I the ingot was thrown away a»
bration.
postm aster The party was greatly Clam B :ach In Humboldt county by
re-
gram
is
outlined
in
m
aking
the
sur
sides as postmaster, went o ff the I
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crisis is approaching in the iridium worthless because no method of re-
impressed with the scenic beauty of the authorities, after the officers of
vey
complete
and
accurate.
All
the
grade
on
the
Roosevelt
highway
j
’ fining was known.
situation.
southwestern Oregon.
especially j that county had been Informed of
info.m ation gathered wtll be pub south of Port Orford, near Hum-
Arrest Fisherman
t'habaneau's First Ingot
along the coast, and will undoubt the robbery and given a descrip
But speakng of alloys. It is inter
lished by the federal government bug Moun'aln, Saturday, w ithout
Deputy Game Warden Curtis edly return for a more extended tion of the two men.
When Chabaneau announced his
estlng to note that the firm of
and made available for the mining
week
arrested stay Mr and Mrs. Godfrey called
The two are now being held in
Johnson, M atthey ft Co., assayers discovery of a platinum smelting industry. Grants Pass will serve as serious iniury other than the cut- ; Townsend last
ting of her lips quite badly, The Frank King of Glendale, at Floras
process,
Charles
III.
then
King
of
upon Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W Soran- the county jail on an open charge
to the Royal mint and the Bank of
the base for the survey.
damage to the car was small.
■ I-ake for fishing without a license. son and brought m essages of good aw aiting the outcome of Acre's In
England, have produced platinum Spain, called him to Madrid and
King pleaded guilty before Justice will from Mr and Mrs Z C. Kim juries
with a purity of 99998773 per 1.000 made a hero of him. He let him
John Hudson of Elk river, was of the Peace White at Port Orford ball of Independence, where Mr
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Buys Ix)ts
Parts This
firm made
the __........
standard live in the royal palace, settled a
and was fined 324 and costs.
r and m easures which are pre- pensioh of 32.200 a year on him and | Wm Reynolds of Los Angeles, trading in town Wednesday.
Zimball Is publisher of the E nter
IftM-al Girl Marries
served In Paris, som e 8.000 ounces established for him a professorship Calif., who has been visiting r e la -,
prise, who were school day friends
Ijiura Thurman, daughter of Mr.
’foy of platinum of that degree of of metalluigy. chemistry and phys lives in Port Orford, Thursday pur- '
I of Mr Sorarison in Pennsylvania
and Mrs. L. G. Thurman o f Port
ica in the university of Madrid The chased four lots on the Roosevelt
Purity being used.
Orford, was married at Coquille on
highway
in
the
north
part
of
town
Count of Aranda was the great
" h en the Great War began. Rua-
The Spirit of Port Orford July 1st to Oliver Ix>shbough of
man o f Spain in those days and he as an investment. Mr. Reynolds re
was producing 300.000 ounces a
I The June, 1929, Issue of The Fore- McKinley, Ore . and the newly weds
became a friend of Chabaneau. The turned south Friday
.'ear and Columbia, in South Amct-
I word, the monthly magazine publl- are now residing at McKinley
chemist took to Aranda's palace
ica 12,000. All the rest of the world
I
shed by the Three Arts Club of Among those attending the wed
one day a sample of the new metal
The 1929 encampment of the t n l-
Produced only 1,500 ounces. Bolshe-
New York City, of which Mrs. John ding were Dale Thurman of Port
-It
was
a
little
cube
of
about
ten
ted
Spanish
War
Veterans
opened
flst rule disorganized the Russian
Henry Hammond la president, car Orford, T. Ixrshbough of McKinley
centimeters
He
placed
it
on
a
tabk
yesterday at Roseburg, and ’lie city
industry so that only a fraction of
ried a reprint of "The Spirit of Port and Lloyd Idjndy of Coquille.
'he prewar production now comes and the Count reached to pick it is the host to upwards of two
Orford" written by Mrs. Lillian
thousand
visitors.
The
meet
clos
from Russia. Columbia is now pro- up.
Concord Beach, and originally pub
8. J Spoerl. his mother, Mrs Ba
"You are Joking.” said the Count es tomorrow (W ednesday!. Many
ductng several tim es her pre-war
lished In the NEW S In the Issue of ker and her niece, Miss Merle Per
prominent
speakers
are
on
the
pi'
you
have
fastened
it
down
.""ptember » 1928 Mrs Beach, who kins of Seattle, motored to Marsh
record, but the rest of the world Is
. cludlfcg Governor Puttei-
“No Indeed.” said Chabanetu . :
well known In Port Orford was field last W ednesday They return
Producing no more than before
s .a ar.d Secretary of State Hal
""bat production com es from other picking it up with an effort
merly president of the Three ed In the evening driving a fine
countries is incidental.
(Continued in next w eeks
Arts Club
Dodge sedan.
i