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.
Do Sea Lions Destroy Food
Fish; Questionaire Prepared
Port Orford, Oregon, Tuesday. August 13, 1929
No. 40.
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JJnrt (0rfurh’a panorama
(Editor’s Note: The following description of Port Orford
and the magnificent ocean panorama as viewed from the vacant
lands lying between the Roosevelt highway and historic Battle
rock, published in the Oregonian, issue of August 10, 1929, is in­
dicative of the value of preserving this vantage ground for the
benefit of those who travel the scenic Roosevelt route, and as a
natural asset that cannot be duplicated elsewhere.)
Post Office Dept. to Investig­
ate; Schedule not Authorized
New Line East
Whether the wanton slaughter of
Of interest to all southwestern
the sea lion is to continue until
Artist Visits
The postal service com es nearer
Thursday T H
Tregea. Port­ to the people as a whole than any
this anim al is exterm inated along Oregon is the announcement that
land artist who is spending a few other governm ental agency, and
the southw est Oregon coast de­ the Klamath-Alturas cutoff of the
days’ vacation at Bandon, came anything that affects the handling
pends upon the determination of Southern Pacific system will be
down to Port Orford where the of one’s mail is of prime import­
the question as to whether it is opened for traffic on September 1,
sun was shining to view Curry ance. The post office departm ent
destructive of food fish to a de­ affording a short line eastward
county’s wonderful scenery.
He is run on the policy of fairness
gree warranting the payment of a from the Klamath Falls region.
was so greatly impressed by what and no discrimination, and whan
bounty and an open season on With the completion of the Owens
he saw that he came back again defects In the service are called to
him. Oregon for years had a Lumber road from Medford to
heavy bounty on the sea lion and Klamath Falls, this eastward out­
r riday to go over the ground again. Its attention they are usually In-
and before leaving later in the af- vestigated promptly
during that period w h o l e s a l e let will be of im mense value to the
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Rogue
river
valley
section,
and
ternoon he called at the N ews o f- ’ —
slaughter took place, and since
I flee and voluntarily stated that no- ' a^ n s t T r t Or"fort l^ t h '" '" “?»0"
the ieduction of the bounty the ‘bere remains but the stretch from
I where in the world is there a f u
u
Orford In the m atter
lust to kill has been strong in i Grants Pass westward to tidewa-
certain so-called sportsmen to the 1 ^er *° ^'ve adequate transportation
degree that unless afforded pro- fac,lities to a11 southwest Oregon
nessed of the harbor and shore- '
a service perm itting of 20-hour
line to the south from the vantage
tectlon the sea lion will soon be
advantage over Port Orford w as
point on the vacant lands fronting
a thing of the past—like the buf- ,
Pear Crop Heavy
called to the attention of the ch ief
historic Battle rock. Mr. Tregea
falo.
Medford. Aug. 9.—The Rogue
clerk of the railway mail service,
also
called
attention
to
the
absence
Through some unexplainable log- I r*ver valley pear crop is a heavy
Portland, who has charge o f mall
of
fog
in
the
Port
Orford
area,
schedules In this d istrict by the
ic the Oregon legislature some one this year and the market I
and claimed that it was an asset
chamber of commerce, and the fol­
years ago was induced to place a prices indicate that it will be the !
:: that could not be over estimated
low ing reply, show ing that his of­
bounty on the sea lion as it was banner season as far as revenue
fice did not authorize any dlscrlm -
claimed it w as destructive of salm ­ Is concerned. P icking of Bartletts
on and halibut.
In reality the will start next week and growers
Probe Shellfish Poisoning lnat,on against this place, has been
facts warranted a bounty on the w i"
from $80 to $90 per ton,
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* received:
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RAILWAY MAH. SERVTCE
small spotted seal which preys u p -l* ^ * 1 an es“ m a‘cd crop o f 18,000
clam
beds
on
the
shores
of
Marin
Portland O r A n . a
on salmon, even going into the tons ° f this variety. Including all
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quaranUn1"" C°.Unt'; 8 under fl
Mr Geo W Soran.on,
river mouth to make its catch, but, i',ar'e‘les. the pear crop of the val-
M m ck le d? r
/ u P r W a,t**r
Secy Port Orford C of C .
as the spotted seal is a single foot- I
8 estimated at 4600 car loads.
n a rtm en .
r
1
P ° rt O rford
er, hunters could not make any
partment of public health, indlca- Mv dear Sir
money hunting this specie, and. as
Grants Pass Folk Visit
tlons
---- were today that five San
Receipt Is acknowledged o f your
above said, through some unex- j Mr. and Mrs' James N. Dean,
Francisco residents, stricken after
letter dated August 8 relative to
plainable logic, the bounty law was 1 of Grants Pass, accompanied by
eating toxic clams, would recover
change In service from Bandon to
construed to cover the sea lion, Mrs. Dean’s father, G. A. Guild, of
Four other persona have died w ith­
Port Orford under new stage
which congregates by the thous- Merlin, visited in Port Orford
in the last week after eating clams,
schedules effective August 1.
ands on the reefs off the Curry Thursday and Friday, and Mr.
or mussels, gathered off the north­
While It w as known that there
county coast, m aking their whole­ Dean renewed many old acquaint-i 1
ern California coast.
was som e advance In schedule o f
Mr. Dean, who is a mine
sale slaughter extrem ely profitable. ances
While an outbreak of mussel
the regular passenger stage, no In­
The reduction in the bounty on operator in Josephine county in the
poisoning occurred In July, 1927,
structions for change In dispatch
the sea lion resulted in a lessen­ Gallce district, spent some time
this year was the first In which
of malls from Bandon for down-
ing of the exterm ination program, here in 1913 and told the N ews
cases of clam poisoning have been
coast points have been issued from
but a new m enace appeared in that as early as that period he
observed by the state board of
this office, and from the Informa­
health, said Dr D ickie today. In
the form of hunting the sea lion predicted that Port Orford would
tion available we are at a loss to
one day come into its own by rea­
m aking public results of research
for sport.
understand just w hat the trouble
work
on
causes
of
the
poison.
son
of
the
strategic
location
o
f
its
may be.
While there may be those who
maintain that the sea lion is de- .
"atura' harbor through which
1 We are com m encing lnvestlga-
structive of the salmon and the I "’U8t f ° W the
tonnage of
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, tlon to learn Just w hat change has
Correction
halibut, the evidence does not sup­ I natural resources of Its tributary
been made In the service and the
back country. The party came
In last w eek’s issue the article,
port that contention, in fact, old-
reason therefor, and will try to
f
Hunt
Spotted
Seal,
was
published
tiloe fishermen and hunters of sea 1 fr° m the south and was loud In
adjust the m atter as quickly as
, as a reprint from the colum ns of
the early ' itS pra,se o f ,h e scenic Roosevelt
possible and will then advise you
lion maintain that in
Inman’s Stork
Marvel at Coast Scenery Port Orford’s
the Curry County Reporter, but
highway, and plans on returning
further as to the result of the In­
days when sea lions were abun-
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Last
week
Mr.
and
Mrs.
John
and halibut were , h° me V,a Bandon and R o sb u r g
Interest Sold
Seven U nnderu I ' hrough an oversight credit was vestigation.
dant salmon
Kunz
and
Mr
and
Mrs.
Dud
Kunz
The . ,
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* onders not given that paper for the ltem
The stock interest of C. C. Inman
Sincerely yours.
also plentiful; that since the sea
The interesting pastim e of de- , We gladly acknowledge the over-
in the Port Orford Harbor A De- of Portland viBited at the home of
A 8. RAND.
lion herds have been decimated by
Escape Drowning
term
lnlng
the
seven
wonders
of
the
sight.
reason of the bounty and sports
Grants Pass. Or., Aug 9._C E 1 v®lopment corporation was sold un- Lieut. C. H. Tichenor in Port Or­ different cities of the United States
C hief Clerk
ford. John Kunz being a brother-
We may confidently expect a
hunting, these fish have also de­ Mlller o f Portland, his son Charles der ‘be hammer Monday at the
now engaging the attention of the
the lieutenant.
While press of the country from east to
prompt adjustm ent of the schedule
creased in the sam e ratio; that 9. and Cal Allen, guide, had a nar- cour thouse in Gold Beach by Sher- ln’,aw
Forest Fires
Medford. Or., Aug 9 A fire at which will place Port Orford on a
the sea lion feeds principally on row escape from drowning when iff Turner to satisfy a judgm ent ; here the visitors were entertained w est is an excellent way In which
the skate and other slow moving their outboard motorboat over- 'n ‘be sum o f $2000.00, plus court ; with deep-sea and stream fishing to bring to the attention of the W illiams creek on the Applegate parity w ith Gold Beach In the mat­
denizens of the deep, the salmon turned and sank as they were try- , cost»' interest and attorney fees, i and auto trips to the many delight­ citizens of the cities and towns section of Josephine county de­ ter of letter mall and It will be
being too sw ift for the cumber­ ing to negotiate the Russian rap­ obtained by Ellen B Rudnas on ful places and natural attractions the merits o f their respective as­ stroyed the threshing machine, a Interesting to learn who assumed
some sea lion to catch, and the ids down the Rogue river. The ac­ a note at the September term of o f the region, and returned to their sets of an extraordinary nature, as , barn, two wagons, 50 bushels of to m ake this new schedule for the
halibut living too deep in the wa­ cident occurred Monday but word court Inman did not attend the homes greatly pleased with their well as to inform the public gen- ; wheat and about $50 worth of post office department.
ter for him to reach; that the o f it was first received here to­ sale and Attorney Ben S Fisher, Visit. The party left Portland for erally of the wonders of the varl- , lumber and »bakes for a new roof
bam at the home of Tom
skate is the deadly foe of the hali­ day when a forest ranger arrived representing the Judgment owner, Ashland from which city they vis­ ous comm unities, each of which on
has wonders worth describing
but through thriving o ff the hali­ from that section
bid the stock In at the price of
The three gained shore with the $500. taking a deficiency judgm ent ited Crater lake. Klamath Falls,
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w on oers — ¡.h e e x h .n ^ K
v h " t c a r b o n fr<” " August
session last W ednesday
but spawn on the ocean bottom;
Port Orford’s
seven wonders
Bend, com ing over the Mackenzie selected from the numerous natur-
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b'<"">
‘be , w1th Judge C H B ailey prerid-
that the best sea food fishing is greatest o f difficulty, the ranger for the balance.
said
All
supplies
and
extra
cloth­
Pass to the coast Mrs Kunz, a f­ al
«1 assets
ousxz.».. with which a benevolent
.
.straw while threshinv
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in the w aters adjacent to the
Ing and
ing were lost.
ter view ing the scenery along the Nature has blessed her are, in the
rocks where the sea lion congre­
Hielberger, Sheriff Turner and
The . party , started down Rogue Thermometer
Reads
Hifrh I shore,
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a n n o u n c e d th a t w h iir C r g ia r o rd er o f th e ir m erit a s s e le c te d hv
G r a n ts P a s s . Or
gate, w hich fact they claim dis­
Aug 9.- Two County Clerk Caughell In attend­
par feoM.
lasksue 1- —
A MU.1.1_
a
Saturday
at . the _
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Baker | lake is wonderful, it c a n n o t
New»:
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putes the contention that the sea river from here last Friday on a
creek district ance. Other than auditing and al­
it cannot com
lion is the foe of such fish owing fishing trip planned to end at home on Chinquapin ridge the ther pare with the scenic beauty of the ' First — Its wonderful, naturel in ear Rough and Ready creek In lowing accounts, the business con-
to the fact that natural instinct Gold Beach, the mouth of the river memeter r e g is te r e d H l
Sunday j coast line from Port Orford south d"*P-wster harbor where
with the Grants Pass district were re- slated of granting a dance hall Il-
at Illahe It was reported 102.
■ the Rogue r,v#r
would cause the fish to remain
proper development, from 30 to 42 ported by the Siskiyou forest office cense to W J. Paulman to oper-
' ate a dance hall In Port Orford.
aspr.' from the w aters Infested by Portland Man
feet of water may be had at the here as under control.
The Siskiyou office has broad- and a refund of $57 68 In taxeu Im-
their enem y if it were otherwise.
docks
with
full
protection
afford-
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To Investigate
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ed Shipping at all times: where cast a general w arning to touriats properly assesaed to Elm er Torpen.
To officially determine the ques­
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W a r d o f P o r t,a n d »pent n eather Statistics Given
en 1929 " b o w in g a to ta l o f 235 d e a r vessels may enter and depart at and others that exceptionally low ( The county court also ordered the
tion at issue the bureau of fisher­
Will: where there are no bars or humidity has increased the fire publication of the delinquent tax
ies of the federal government, at nouncing before he left that
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sunken rocks, and dredging Is un­ hazard In southern Oregon forests, foreclosure sum m ons to start on
Washington, has asked Commis­ would return shortly to make a
September 12.
as
sioner Henry O’Malley, who is now more extensive investigation
elude the rainy months of the year necessary: and where pilot service
in Alaska, to investigate the ques- ‘° ‘be resources and opportunities never cold—and the freest of pre- or winter months as they are Is unneeded
Tour Across Continent
vailing fogs of any section along known in other regions, which ac­
Second Its wonderful Port Or­
tlon before his return to W ashing­ of the Port Orford section.
Chantred to Leep Rock
George Sauers, accompanied by
the whole Pacific coast. W eather counts for the major number of ford cedar, found nowhere else ex­ bis friend. George Williams, of
The Rnnrion Chamber of Com-
ton around September 1. If the
statistics kept by the United States the cloudy days given. The rain­ cept In Curry and southern Coos Marsbfleld. will leave this week on ' n”’rc‘‘ ha" b*‘an advlsed by the
matter is decided that the sea
Bodv Identified
cooperative w eather observer, Hen- fall during this period was 56 49 county, with the great reserve sup­ a motor trip across the continent. UnMed f” a‘*» hydrographic office
lion is not a destroyer of food
The sighting of a body of
fish, the president of the United woman afloat at sea off the mouth 17 Jobn"on- ‘•“,1 ‘be story in detail. Inches. The statistics by months ply lying In the back country trib­ Sauers and W illiams are Stanford a * S"n Franc,sco “ >a‘ ‘be govern-
utary to the Port Orford harbor university friends. Mr W illiam s ' rT”‘nt •" "kreeable to changing the
States has su fficien t authority to o f Rogue river, reported by Henry and below is found the statistics are as follows:
Tab!c rock to
rock
withdraw the rocks where the sea Hanofsen, a fisherman of Astoria. Month
Third—Its wonderful c lim a te _ will enter Harvard and Mr Sauers n ,m '
Temperature D ays
Days Days
Leep.
lions congregate and create a ref- when he arrived in the Port Or- 1928
never hot and never cold and un­ will return to Stanford via the i In m*rnnry o f Dr R V
Max
Min. Clear
Partly Cloudy
R
ain­
who was accidentally killed on the
uge for their protection: therefore. ford harbor last week as related
usually free from the prevailing Panam» canal
Clear
fall
rock late In June while hunting
It is sim ply a question of deter­ in the last Issue of the News, has July
fogs of the P sclfic coast: with an
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sea Ilona, and that the coast and
mining the one point whether the been Identified by Mr. and Mrs August ...
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Club
Executive
Visits
geodetic
survey had been request­
sea lion is destructive of food fish Marksbury as the body of Bessie September
sn
all-year-round
evergreen
cover­
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Mrs A. o. Jackson, vice presi­ ed to m ake the necessary changes
to such a degree as to warrant Wells, a daughter o f Mrs Marks- October _
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bury, who disappeared from her November
dron and azalea and profusion
I dent of the Southern Oregon Fed­ on governm ent maps
its exterm ination, or n o t
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home In Bandon July 14. the iden- December
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Fourth Historic Rattle rock and | erated Woman's club is spending
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To give the widest possible lati­
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tlflcatlon being made by the de­
1929
Port
Orford's wonderful ocean pan­ two w eeks vacationing In Port Or­
with Assistance
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tude to the inquiry the Port Or­
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scription o f the dress and shoes J a n u a r y _______
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orama
as viewed from the vacant ion'’ i T ? d^pufy "forest s u p e r b
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ford Chamber of Commerce has
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lands
lying
between
the
Roosevelt
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Prepared a questionnaire to be
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fisherman Memorial services were M a r c h _____
highway and historic Rattle rock Of the Siskiyou national forest snd n L
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answered by those who have di­
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held In the Methodist church at April .
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rect knowledge oh the subject and Bandon Sunday. Svith Reverend F
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panse of the Pacific to the south
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ways of that country through the
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a copy of sam e is printed on page L. Young officiating
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and southwest and the rugged
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shore line with its background of
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The chamber suggests that deep-
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lhe Pacific slope clothing In ever­
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s"a fishermen generally and those Dr. DoUsfnn Appointed
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green. to the southeast a view un­
who have hunted the sea lion, «
Marine Surgeon
surpassed elsewhere.
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either for the bounty or for sport, i Dr H. L. Houston of Bandon has
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Fifth Its wonderful freshwater herlaln
answer the questions asked In this been appointed the marine surgeon
As a clim ate for a recreational Ideal
No snow or ice along the lak e Garrison lake fresh water
questionnaire fully. sv,-es.r to the who will have charge of all med- region the brand dished out by the
coastal plain and freezes are un i being but a stone’s throw from the
’♦atement before a notary public , icsl and surgical work o f the ma- weatherman cannot be surpassed, known
salt w ater of the ocean.
and mail It to the
Port Orford rfne service In this d istrict his of- «nd clim atic conditions are favor-
Huch a clim ate it sn asset the I Sixth The H eads the highlands
r hamber o f Commerce. Port Or­ flclal title being A ssistant Surgeon able for the great industrial de-
ford. Oregon, as promptly as poa- o f the Public Health
service veloom ent warranted by the rich worth of which cannot be over- embraced In the promontory which club activities and the possibili­
Andrew P Johnston will again
»ible, so that all the evidence may
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-atu ral resources of the tributary estim ated, and Port Orford citizens forms the natural deep water har­ ties of loea! club work After her run the school bus north, and J.
** in proper form to present to
Attorney Llljqvtst of Marshfield country, warranting outdoor work sre extrem ely fortuoa’e in llvln - bor. wlch rise also precipitately discussion the club decided on a Radnor the bus south during the
Commissioner O’Malley when he stopped In Port Orford Thursday ’h» year round while for dairying under clim atic c o -d ltio -s w hich from 250 to 300 feet above the level foreign country travel course of
of the sea. and affording an un-
•n route to Gold Beach.
, and stock raising, conditions are prevail hare
reaches Oregor
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Portland, Or.. Aug. 9.—(To the Editor.)—It is a long straight
road from the north into Port Orford, so smooth, so straight
that the senses gradually become lulled with the beauties that
Oregon knows so well how to lavish on her roadsides. But no
other kind of road could give just the proper introduction to a
spot like Port Orford.
A sharp turn, a little cluster of stores and homes, then sud­
denly a vista so overwhelming that to one who has succumbed
to the spirit of the long straight road, the things that filled his
mind a moment before are gone in a flash. Instead there is the
sparkle of the sea far below, blue as the sky, the glittering sands
stretching in an unbroken line to the south and peopled only bv
scavenging gulls, the sharp somber rocks offshore encircled
with the foam of the battering waves, the rustle of dry grass at
his feet stirred by the strong cool wind from the Pacific—all
these capture his mind and leave room in it only for those
thoughts awakened by the scene before him.
When this magic has had time to do its work is the time to
talk with its people and rediscover something that some of us be­
lieved had long since passed. The sparkle of the sea is in the
eyes of people here, the peaceful beauty of the scene is reflected
in their gentle courtesy and charm, even the sound of the waves
far below seems an echo of the laughter of the children.
Port Orford is a name known to many in all parts of the
country from the fame of its cedar, and those who have formed
a picture of it from visits to lumbering towns should be pre­
pared to find a charm here different from what they may have
experienced before. It is a place where for some of us it is iust
a little easier to get in tune with the infinite and to get the worid
back in tune with ourselves.
—Ray E. Parmenter.
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