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.
Three Companies in Receiv- :
ership; Fraud Charges Fail ♦
Port Orford, Oregon, Tuesday, September 24, 1929.
(Tlje (fa ll of ¡Battle ¡Rock
Dora Dean McCutcheon
Number 46.
: Astoria Mayors’ Caravan to
Reach Port Orford Thursday
Rouse _ .... Ye P e o p le ________ !
Don’t let them build,
The trail of the case of C. C. In-
4
Hear m y -------- Calling .........
A wall before m e _____ !
Your
rights
are
now
in
jeopardy!
man, and The Inman Mines Com- ' 4.
Obscuring all. who pass this W a y _____ !
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ >1 Mayor J. C. Ten Brook of Astor
Port Orford, too—
pany versus the Inman Lumber 4 .
Don’t rob of m e _____
SPORTSMEN NEW S
Is
Calling,
C
alling—
*
♦ ia will, on Sept. 24, head a dele
Your sm iling faces—
Development Company, the Port
♦
FARM POINTERS
"Come Save Us from C a la m ity _____
gation of coast mayors, county and
♦
There
are
so
m
a
n
y
_____
every
d
a
y
______
’
.
Orford Harbor A D evelopm ent Cor- *
♦
city officials and prominent bus
poration, C. R. Wade, J. M. Beach,
How o f’t you’ve heard,
inessmen in a caravan over the en
A ...... — Sacrifice _____
George W. Soranson, David Mc
Sportsmen who were forced to
The old old story—
tire
completed section of the Roos
On
Moloch's
altar
_____
!
Kenzie, W. P. Young and C. C. alter their deer hunting plans be
Fowls which are excessively fat
“If united we will stand;’’
evelt Highway from Astoria to
Are placed the memory of "The N in e!”
Ponting, w as held last week at Co cause of the postponement of the
show
a
yellowish
liver,
which
Is
B u t -------- list to m e _______
O must I stand _____
Crescent City, California.
You must hasten—
distinctly enlarged and in ratherj
quille before Judge Brand. A vast ' season must wait for a general rain
In sewerage c e ss-p o o ls_____ !
'
'
I
soft
and
greasy
Such
a
liver
is
'
The Mayor’s Caravan Is the offlc-
If
you
would
save
Port
Orford
Land!
amount of record and oral testi- which will quench the flam es of
Then seems the sun would cease to shine!
I mony was introduced on W ed n es-! destructive forest fires that are
, , : easily ruptured, bringing about a ' ,al Publlc*fy agency organized to
Would you sponsor,
day, Thursday and Friday, and on 1 sweeping the state. In no season ' *
' fatal hemorrhage, says the Oregon : attract attention to the caravan of
There's our Boy Scouts—
For me o b liv io n _____ ?
I Experiment station H eavy breeds ' poaat comm unities to Salem on
Saturday morning the attorneys ( of the recent past has Oregon ex- 1« ►
They, too will help us .........
By your silence and lack of zeal?
| with a tendency toward excessive SePtcmber 28, when scores of peti-
Also The Veterans _ .... .. of "The Maine";
stipulated that a receiver be named J perienced the long period o f |
Would you wall m e _____
How they have worked
fat need plenty of exercise and a j tlons are to be presented by some
for the tw o corporations, and , drought that has been the lot of I (
From out Port O r fo r d _____
For Roosevelt Statue .........
Judge Brand named W. H. Wann ’ the state this year. W hen timber j' ’
minimum of fat producing feeds
I flfty comm unities to Governor I L
And thus my doom forever s e a l _____ ?
Will all their efforts be in vain _____ ?
• • • •
| Ratterson, asking his intersession
of Marshfield, certified public ac- men were congratulating them- 1 ’
Poultry paralysis is so far an ' and ,hat ot the highway commls-
countant, as the receiver, and also . selves on having escaped serious < >
Tis not because—
So long I’ve stood—
incurable disease, the cause o f , sion ’oward reissuing bonds suf-
included The Inman Mines Com- fires flames broke out In a large , ,
You have no money _____
A towering signal _______ !
whlch Is unknown, says the Oregon I flclent to complete the Roosevelt
pany, one of the plaintiffs, in the ■ number of places and demanded
Nor would money, you withhold;
To wayfarers, on Sea and S h o r e ........... !
Experim ent station. W here the i H18 hway The Mayors Caravan Is
‘Tis not because.
order creating the receivership.
1 the efforts o f hundreds of fighters. ’ *
"A Monolith ______
!”
You have grown fickle,
disease is present, the station urg-1 ,o be 8 small but representative
« In . . the
.
,1 ....
Governor Patterson, unwilling to , ' ' ►
To c u w n the Ages ____
complaint of the plaintiffs
For well I know your hearts of gold!
es rigid sanitation In rearing next , ho<,V an<1 each comm unity en route
.
, ... . -v. .
permit the taking of unnecessary ,,
A Guardian ------ At Port Orford's Door!
it was charged that the two cor- .
.
,
,
„ “
year’s young stock as possible pre- ls expected to add a designated of-
,
.
,
. hazards, issued a proclamation call-
porations were insolvent and that
,
..
, .
...
You’ve forgotten—
ventive measures. Im portant fa c -1 i,ciaI to the caravan.
O --------My ---------- P e o p le _____
.
log for the closing of the season
the individual defendants have ,
..
..
,
,
. .
Just for the moment,
tors to bear In mind in this con | The Mayors Caravan Itinerary
Awake -------- and L is t e n _____ !
.
...
. ,
. , .
from the original opening date of .
T hat’s why I call to you today;
been guilty of fraudulent practices „ ,
.
,
1
We ask so little of each of Y o u _____ !
nectlon are brooding on concrete calls for departure from Astoria at
,
..
,
-
September 15 until such a tim e as
So
Port
Orford
in carrying on the work of the thp com ing Qf rajng wou]d
ou(
Arise .... ...... and C o m e .............
or wire, and removing the fowls noon September 24 arriving »♦
And Roosevelt Highway
With pride and money _____
companies
?!nA . W2 ; , ' hp ° 'd f f e s and prevent the start
m m edlately after the brooding per- Newport at 6 p m. with dinner and
May combine with me for a y e ___ _ !
'Twill mean so much, if this you'll do!
ness, C. C. Inman, w as on the stand
iod to land not previously used for m eeting arrange,! by the Newport
ing o f new ones. Ample tim e was
for a day and a half and failed, on
poultry, and upon which no poul Lions Club September 25 d H ^ I
given the sportsmen to make j
I was here f i r s t _____
Let's not forget .. .
cross
exam ination,
to establish ■ changes in their hunting plans to j
try droppings have been dl.tribut- tion will leave for No. th Bend ” e
How oft I’ve told y o u _____ !
Our ......
Women
Brave
fraud of any character, and the
They'll save m e .... ...... from Oblivion
In pictures, verse, story and song!
conform to the official ruling.
. . . .
! body nt ‘he caravan will drive to
officers of the defendant corpora
I'd feel the sham e—
They will marshall
i When the season is to open de- !
. . . . .
..
, Corvallis, thence to Drain to Reeds-
tion produced the records of the i pends entirely upon the w eather j
As one d is c a r d e d _____
Their own resources
W h.le the beef cattle outlook re-1 por, and to Nortb Rpn(J Thp morp
companies to substantiate their . man.
Then
.... .. help us all
'Twould be too great a public wrong!
to Carry on!
mains good for producers who are venturesome will drive over the
claim that no fraud had been com
already In the business on a well- uncompleted section of the highway
A wrong to those,
Countless children ...........
mitted, and that they had acted I D __
’ Reports of illegal seining and
inrKar M n
a "mp,e feed I b<” WPen Newport and Gardiner If
Who’ve
heard
our
story,
Would
gladly
help
me
...........
solely in the interest of preserving
„ - ,, .
..
,
n sight, Oregon producers start- J weather conditions permit
The
___.....................................
dynam iting of fish on the lower
And traveled far our sights to see;
If you could answ er to my call;
and protecting the assets of the I
ing new herds or increasing pres- banquet and
,
A wrong to those.
Rogue river at the expense o f the
For the Future ..........
companies, and in carrying out the
en, herds may w e ,! hen, in mind ................................. Commerce T.ea^
Who fought to save u s ___ _
Is Their P r o b lem _
Upper Rogue are declared to be
plans for which the companies
I
■ breedlnK s,o<’k 1« high In price ,ng North Hpnd , hp morn|
J
For you and all p o ste r ity _____ !
If
They’d unite
w e’ed never Fall!
entirely w ithout foundation by
were organized Personal bank ac
0 and feed In many localities limited 2«lh
delegat|on w |„g
*
Harold Clifford, state game war- '
counts of Inman were Introduced,
So ........... I will Call—
You've
been
my
pride
......
...
,
-
a
y
the
e
c
o
n
o
m
ie
s
department
of
Prpgcpnt
(
.i(y
(h)|,
,,v(>n|n
d
bp
den. To ascertain the validity of
A Thousand Children
one in Marshfield and the other in
I’ve been your champion _____
the Oregon Extension service
1 e n te r ,n ln o d
,
u
"
statem ents of illegal fish taking
,
,
,
,
|
ent«rt*lned
at
a
dinner
at
the
I know they will come and talk with me!
New York, show ing that consider
Together, we have fought thus far!
Mr Clifford with Matt Ryckman. !
1 American Legion hall given under
To Them
I’ll tell
We've done too much—
able sum s of m oneys purported to
While many growers are of the 1
.
j
.
superintendent
o
f
hatcheries
spent
A
great,
great
story.
,
.
,,
i
’ne auspices of the Crescent C ty
To
win
the
battle
_____
have been raised for the corp ora-,
H
opinion that good corn s inge can c k .„ v ._ » c _
’
Of Ages Gone, and Times ___
to Be ........!
i. .1
several days in the Go d Beach dis-
You
..... cannot now, allow this Bar!
k ,
1
,
v
, Chamber of Commerce. The de e-
tlons uses were deposited In those
. , ..
I
be
obtained
only
when
the
corn
Is
„
| trict where alleged violations were
I n„, . . .
. .
.u c . 1 Ration will leave Crescent City
put up In a green state, the best ¡,e ,)tPmb(. r „ Rnd dr,vp to
They will listen ..... .....
accoun r
1 si.fd to be going on. His investiga-
Port Orford Land,
And
they
will
answ
er—
silage
ls
obtained
probably
when
sOn Friday the court was flood- . tion convinced him that there are
And Roosevelt H ighw ay—
burg where they will, if possible,
To all the pleadings of my Heart
!
jth e corn is allowed to reach a fair
ed w ith telegram s from N ew York probably less law violations on the ,
Were built by men, both brave and wise;
have a brief interview with the
They’ll
find
a
w
ay—
state
of
maturity,
finds
the
Oregon
Historic Crime—
relative to the account of E. L j Lower Rogue than on any stream '
Roseburg county court in an effort
To solve this problem,
Experim ent station.
Would blot our pages.
O’Harra Company, the concern in Oregon; that the river is a
to enlist the cooperation o f D oug
And each will do a big man's part
.. !
If
you
allow
this
Wall
to
rise
.....
.....
!
which had the financing contract seething mass of steelhead and i
las county The caravan will then
with the company, asking permis- salmon and that fishing is good; |
Mule (’reek Promising proceed to Eugene, leaving Eugene
Now
I ........... can Walt
Our
Pioneers—
W ith _____ calm _____ assurance.
sion to intervene and also suggest- and that private citizens and com
the morning of September 28 to
| ’’Cougar” George Morrison, pros
Are they forgotten ...........
And Know
You'll Answer
My
ing how the matter should be , mercial fishermen are w illing and
Join the larger caravan from the
pector
of
Bandon,
arrived
In
Gold
Far
Call!
Do not their lives call out to You?
handled. Inasm uch as the case w as , anxious to cooperate with the state j
coast sections In presenting their
For The Children ..........
Beach on Monday from the Mule
What would we h a v e ...... ....
at issue and opportunity had been game department in its efforts to ., ,
petitions to the governor.
Will
surely I,ead
You
■ Creek district where he has been
had to become interested in the enforce the laws protecting steel-
Here In Port Orford .........
To Help
Unite
For One And
prospecting and staking claim s for
case before trial, the m atter of in- head and salmon.
If th ey’d not been so brave and true!
A l l ____ !
i a number of Bandon business men,
terventlon w as denied by the court. |
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R oosevelt H igh w ay P etitio n s
' with encouraging reports of the
and. it appearing to the court that i With another month to go be-
Scores of revised petitions ask
, rich strikes recently made In the
accounts not parties to the cause fore the fiscal year o f the state
ing the governor to urge re-issuing
p. middle Rogue district.
might and probably would start game department ends the records
= I Morrison is of the opinion that of $1000 000 state highw ay bonds
other proceedings, thereby causing ghow that 25 more cougar have
the Mule Creek diggings will even- each year for five years, the
the defendant corporations greater heen killed in Oregon than in the
I
tually develop Into a great m ining amount to be used for highw ay
Buys
Summer
Home
Sawyer
Boosts
Alaska
Mining
Census
embarrassment, Judge Brand con- year ending September 30. 1928
district but he says It will take development at the discretion of
eluded that the practical w ay to j,a st year a total o f 254 cougar
Herbert Fleishhacker, San Fran-
Earnest Walker Sawyer, execu I The Mining Division of the Cen- , tim e and money
the state highw ay commission,
handle the m atter was to appoint a wprp |{ii]pd while during the eleven ejseo banker and multi-millionaire tive assistant to the Secretary of sus Bureau is conducting prelim- ' “Surface Indications would lead
went Into circulation over Coos
receiver to protect the assets of the months of the current year 279 here on last Friday, purchased the the Interior, who spent consider- inary work on the 1930 mine cen- ' one to believe that the rich ore
county this week
The petitions
companies, to adjourn court until have been killed. Harold Clifford. .John M. Woodworth place near the able tim e during the summer sus The questionnaire which the found on the surface diggings con-
will be gathered by the Astoria
the receiver had ample time in gtate game warden believes that • mouth o f Sliver Creek on Rogue months, sees
Alaska
sees
not only as bureau will send to the mining In tlnue with depth,"’ he declared. motorcade, due here September 28.
which to serve notice on all par- thia increagP | s |n no measure due r(ver as a g|te for a summer home. a fertile field for industrial and ‘ dustry for filling out Is in course
"but as yet there has been little and presented to Governor Patter-
ties that they m ust come into court to thp fact that hunters are realiz- 1 Not only is he planning to make comm ercial development, but also ! of preparation. In order to have
real developm ent work. There are Ron follow ing its arrival In Salem,
within a certain period and assert jng the great inroads the cougar the Lower Rogue his summer play- ns a junction point for the great J some of the latest and most au
som
e m ighty fine surface prospects
The petitions originally worded
their claim s, and then conclude the magp among deer and are m aking ground, but he will bring m any of Intercontinental airways c f the thentic Information which Is n eces
carrying free gold and rich sul by the Astoria Chamber of Com-
s t in g of testim ony and decide the Pff„rts ,0 wipe the predatory pests his wealthy California friends with future.
sary to the content and accurate
merce asked for $1.000,000 each
, from the forests. Another thing him.
issues on their merits.
Mr
Saw yer’s firm belief in mailing of the questionnaire »he
That the outlook for extensive year for three vears. the
total
Mr Fleishhacker was accom pan Alaska's future as a center of com 1 ensus Bureau Is cooperating with development work Is splendid, was amount to be used on the Roosevelt
The testim ony brought out that I" ‘ba‘ m any hunters are equlp-
the Inman Mines Co w as very Pin* them selves with trained var- ied here by Roy Bishop o f San mercial aviation is in no small the Bureau of Mines and other or- h is assertion, based on the fact highway
heavily Involved, the debts as of mint dogs Only dogs trained for Francisco and General Manager measure due to the success with ganizations which are In constant that parties are becoming interest-
No
provision
regarding the
April 30 1928 amounting to ap- predatory animal hunting are of Murphy of the Pacific Timber com- which he accomplished his own touch with the Industry.
Shortly ed In the district with finances suf- Roosevelt highway has been made
proxlmat’e ly $114.000 00. and that value in taking cougar
The of- pany of Scotia. Cal
mission of Inspection by means of Hf ,Pr January 1 the questionnaire fld en t to uncover the ledges and In the new petitions a copy of
They took the trip up the Rogue a plane, covering territory In about will be mailed to m ining interests to prpct m|||„ to handiP
the property Itself had been ac- '« I n g of $500 In cash prizes In ad-
thp orpg which follows
quired bv three or four trustees In d“ ion to the regular $25 bounties In a motorboat and were so much a month that with only ordinary Officials of the Census Bureau re-
Morrison obtained the handle of
"WHEREAS the Oregon State
New England states The court de- to the most successful cougar hunt- pleased with the recreational fea means of travel would have taken quest all mine owners, operators Cougar"
to his name when he Highway Commission In Its eighth
clded. In view of this situation, that
*"1 undoubtedly make a heav- tures and the beauty o f this sec- him a year In fact, to cover the and others In the Industry to co- threw his prospect pick at a cou-
biennial report for
1927 28 de
1er killing in the com ing season.
tion that Mr Fleishhacker decided I territory which he visited and saw operate by promptly returning to gar which he surprised while eat- d a res fpnge M f. 'At this time the
the rights of creditor would best
that he would Install a summer ! from the air would be an Impos- the bureau the Information sought Ing a deer on one of his prospect outstanding and most Important
be conserved by placing the min
Like the shoem aker who spends lodge on the Rogue
1 sibility by any other means as he by the questionnaire as It will ex- trips, and the pick atruck the anl- ohtectlve of Oregon’a Road Rulld-
ing -om pany in the receivership as
his day off in cobbling his own
Mr. Fleishhacker was not only | traveled over miles and miles of pedlte an early publication of the mal In Its side and stuck
above stated, so that all facts in
The | ng program Is the completion of
shoes. Matt Rvckman. superinten impressed with the recreational , territory still Inaccessible by foot returns on the industry
connection with its affairs could be
cougar carried the pick »w ay but the construction of the Roosevelt
dent of hatcheries for the state features of Curry County, but he is Or wheels. He flew 2000 miles,
Morrison got the hind-quarters of Const H ighw ay’,
made known when the trial of the
game department cannot remain also deeply interested In the exten- 1
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the deer which the cougar left In
W HEREAS delay In complet-
Request
Questionnaires
issue is resumed.
awav from fish or fishing territory g|ve latent resources that are wait
Ing the construction o f the R oose
Senator I>ea Visits
In announcing his d e c is io n , r r n i
vacation
With a party of |ng development He expressed the
The questionnaires being prepar hls haate Reporter.
velt Coast H ighw ay Is retarding
the bench Saturday m orning Judge friends from the federal bureau of r,eed for a railroad to hasten this
United States Senator Clarence ed for the consideration of the
the development and progress of
Brand took occasion to clearlv fisheries he Is m aking a two w eeks’ development,
F. Lea. was a visitor in this city on United States Bureau of Fisheries. Beach Returns
i- e
•
Urngon and in withholding the
state that there had not been one trip to the Alaska fishing grounds
Mr. Fleishhacker is financially Saturday and w as the speaker at W ashington, D. C„ in connection
Tf)
(
Jilifornia
great dividends which should be
iota of evidence introduced to show
with
the
movement
to
create
a
interested in m any Oregon projects, an informal m eeting of several of
accruing from the $11,000.000 al
that Judge C. R W ade had been (
He owns large interests in hvdro- the local citizens at the Hotel refuge of the reefs off the Curry ' J M Beach president of the
Fire
Prevention
Week
ready Invested In this highway, and
guilty of fraud In the slightest de-
county
coast
for
the
protection
of
Port
Orford
Harbor
A
Develop-
electric
plants
In
Southern
Oregon
Lnuff
that
afternoon.
Fire Prevention
Week occurs
"WHEREAS, during the next
^ e . m aking the announcem ent for
sealiopp
will
probably
be
forward
ment
corporation,
who
came
to
Or-
and he has extensive business 111-• Senator Lea talked at some
the protection of the dignity o f the from October « to 12. and should terests in Portland. Including the ]Pngth on the possibilities of get- od to destination this week, and It I egon last week to attend the trial four or five yeara the Oregon Rtate
court of which Judge Wade is a be observed bv every citizen Pur-
is requested that anyone having o f the caae of C. C. Inman veraus H ighw ay Commlsalon will retire at
member The judge further stated ing 1928 there were.1 7 7 3A2 fores ownership of the Portland Tele- ting an appropriation for the ex
knowledge
of the subject who de the Inman Lumber A Development leaat $2,000,000 of highw ay bonda
gram.
Reporter.
tension of the Crescent City break
clearly that the receiverships were fires burning over 43ML31 I acres
sire
to
assist
in the matter send In company, and others, left Sunday per year, therefore
water this year, and while he was
"BE IT RESOLVED, that we.
not created on any allegation of , o f lanct m ,
a
not any too enthusiastic over the their questionnaire promptly to the ! morning for Los Angeles, going by
.
. .
.
442 934 22b and building fires caus-
fraud found In the complaint, b u t,» - «
more Fire Situation
Port Orford t'hamber of Com- the way of the coast route to San the underalgned. atrongly petition
prospects,
he
stated
that
there
I 1
,0 .d - ing losses of m any millions more
Hla Excellency. Governor I L. Pat-
solely on court s initiative to an
Francisco.
The fire hazard has been ex
Under Control wnu,d bav* bp a
work
I teraon. to approve and H B Van
minister the affairs of the corpor
, done and cause shown the govern-
ceptionally acute this season and
Duser. chairman and Robert W
ations until such time as the case
The bad fire situation which has mppt why they should spend any
Fire Prevention Week is a proper
File Will
Acts
as
Librarian
( Sawyer and C. E Gates, members
could be heard finally on its mér
existed
In
Curry
county
since
about
morp
money
for
an
extension
at
the
The will of th* late O P Haagen-
period in which to check up on
Mrs Rosa Ponting very kindly o '
Oregon State H ighway eom-
ita. after all concerned had been
the situation and adopt such prac the , th of September is now well present time.—C rescent American. aen, pioneer reaident of LanKloia nsslsted at the Library Saturday | mission, to cause to be reissued
put on notice, and the issues in
under
control,
with
the
large
area
_____________
who
died
on
May
21.
haa
been
filed
tices as will tend to lessen the
and sold $1000,000 of State H igh
telligently decided
on the middle Elk patrolled by a
for probate by hl* widow. Mr* An nfternoon.
hazard for the com ing year
way bonds each year for five yeara.
Lodge
Celebrates
few
fire
fighters
With
weather
The court also announced that
na M Haagenaen All of the prop-
,
the proceeds to be used exclusively
conditions improving It is believed
Ocean Rebekah Lcdeg No 128 of ertv of the deaeaaed ia left to the ,
while the officers of the corpora for consideration.
To Veteran s Hospital for
new highway construction In
Receiver Wann will qualify im- the worst of the fire hazard cf Bandon celebrated its 78th anniver widow with full power to adm in-
tions could not function during the
Ixiuls Marsh left Monday for Oregon, with precedence In the ex
mediately
and
take
possession
of
1
the
season
is
past,
but
extrem
e
cau
receivership, they could formulate
sary at Agate Beach Park Poet Ister the property without account- ’’ortlsnd where he will enter the penditure thereof to be given to
plana for the reorganization of the all of the properties involved In tion still must be exercised until Orford Rurday. About 50 mem Ing to the court The estate Is val- V eteran’s Hospital for treatm ent the moat important and outatand-
.a fte r the first rains
bers of the ledge being present
business and submit sam e to him the three receiverships
ued at approximately $2000
of varicose veins and sinus trouble. Ing highw ay objectives.
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