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fa th e r w as m ade sh e riff of C u rry
co u n ty in 1858 by th e s ta te legis­
la tu re w hen th e county w as o rg a n ­
ized.
tak en p a rt in th e killing of h er hus-
hand and sons, w ere hanged, som e |
girl, probably E llen T ichenor. did
plead for th e life of one of them .
W A LT E R F R IL E Y
A few d ay s before th e In d ian o u t­
M orning O regonian.
b reak E nos sta rte d up th e riv er
w ith th re e men Jo h n K levinger.
a Mr. H u ntley an d a th ird m an Bunkers Will Speck
w hose nam e I do not recall. In a
day or so he re tu rn e d and rep o rted
Before Public Schools
th a t he an d his com panions had
The educational com m ittee of the
been a tta c k e d by In d ian s an d he O regon B unkers association is ar-
alone had escaped The men w ere .¿ „ g in g for a series of educational
n ever seen ag ain He rep o rted also talk s on b an k ln g
be given in the
th a t tw o of th ree m in ers living on pubhc gchoo|g O utlineg on geveral
R ogue riv er a t B ig Bend had Sent gpecif|ed gubjects wllI be prepared
him down for am m u n itio n an d he and these outlines used as a basis
w as given all th e pow der an d lead fol. talk s bv the bankerg
E ach
he could carry . W ith th e am m uni- coninii„ ee m em ber has been na­
tion, he im m ediately joined th e 8(gned to a rra n g e for app o in tm en t
In d ian s an d becam e th eir chief He of a key b a n k e r in each county to
w as n ever in th e fo rt o r w ithin c a rry on educational work. Hal
m u sk et shot d u rin g th e w ar Stiles of Coquille, w as allotted six
E very day d u rin g th e siege he co u n tl„ including Coos and C urry.
could plainly be seen by th o se in
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the fort, rid in g a w hite horse, lead-
ing th e In d ian s and u rg in g th em The Eight Ages Of Man
to a tta c k .
F o rtu n ately , every person has
T ich en o r sta te s th a t E nos w as ar- freedom of cholce tn thig cou n try
rested, p u t in Irons an d ta k e n to As- We can c h an g „ o u r pergonttI pro.
Mr*. V irginia Judy E sterly, dean
to n a an d a fte r a co u rt-m a rtia l gram g ag often and aa radlcally ag |
found inn o cen t of w rong-doing we wish, providing we have the of women at the U niversity of
Oregon, who is retu rn in g to the
E nos w a sn 't ta k e n to A storia in stre n g th of c h a ra c te r to
c a rry | cam pus a fte r a year away. She
irons, but a fte r th e w ar w as over th ro u g h ' w h at we regoIve
with her two daughters has been
an d the In d ian s su rre n d e re d to the
I t m ay be in terestin g to look a t in E urope during the year. Mrs.
w hites, he m ade a long deto u r
th e “E ig h t Ages of M an.” to com ­ E sterly did educational research
th ro u g h th e m o u n tain s an d ap ­
p are it w ith the h isto ry of our own in Norway and o th er countries.
peared on a reserv atio n in W ash-
lives If we are not satisfied then ,
New World Solo Record
Br caking the form er w orld's record for solo non-refueling endurance
flying by one hour, four m inutes and fo rty eight seconds, V ern Speich,
33-year-otd Baiooa islan d pilot, landed at the L ong Beach M unicipal
Airport after being in the air 38 hours and 48 seconds, Speich is shown
w ith hie Zenith biplane, which w as fueled by the Associated Oil Com pany
w ith 452 gallons of Associated A viation gasoline and 25 gallons of Cycol
m otor oil for the record breaking hop.
ENOS
F A T E WAS
I w here he resided co n tin u ally m ore
RICHLY
D ESE R V E D I th a n 40 years, u n til his d e a th in
S an Jose, Cal., Oct. 23.- (To th e 1903. H e an d my m o th er were
E d ito r.)—T h ere has come to my no­ am ong those In th e fo rt on th e
tice an artic le in The O regonian n o rth side of R ogue riv er durin g
by F ra n k B. T ichen o r of P o rt O r­ the R ogue R iv er In d ian w ar of
ford, entitled "E nos, a F rien d of 1855. B efore th e In d ian o u tb reak
W hites, but V ictim of bocal R u f­ Enos
sp en t
considerable
tim e
fia n s.” In the beginning T ich en o r . am ong m in ers along th e beach, oc­
says: “I w ish to defend th e good casionally being hired to shovel pay
nam e of E nos.”
d irt in to sluices. I have h eard th a t
My fath er, th e late Ju d g e R iley he w as n o t in an y w ay badly mis-
of C u rry county, landed from a ed by th e w hites.
ste a m e r a t P o rt O rford S eptem ber tre a te d by th e w hites.
1, 1852. In th e sp rin g of 1853 he from m y fa th e r, w ho o ften related
cam e to the m o u th of R ogue river, to m e th e h isto ry of Enos. My
: : r . " „ X " ' , ' h y„ X wa S ' - , ; ¿ S
a t P o rtlan d . S h eriff R iley o f C u rry
county m ade th e trip from P o rt
O rford to P o rtla n d by steam er, an d
a fte r an ad v en tu ro u s re tu rn trip
arriv ed a t P o rt O rford w ith Enos,
Ironed h an d and foot.
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E nos w as tried by a c o u rt of law
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a t P o rt O rford. No w itness ap
peared a g a in s t him an d S h eriff
R iley w as ord ered to tu rn him
loose. W hile th e riv ets w hich held
th e sh ack les on his an k les w ere
being c u t by a blacksm ith, a large
crow d g ath ered outside th e door
As soon as he w as freed he was
seized, ta k e n up on top of B attle
R ock and h a n g e d - a fate he richly
d eserv ed —b u t n o t by a b and of
ru ffian s. He w as han g ed by c iti­
zens an d m iners who had been
th ro u g h th e w ar an d knew of his
treach ery .
A nother erro n eo u s sta te m e n t is
th a t E len T ichenor, d a u g h te r of
C ap tain T ichenor, found h er way
up on B attle R ock and th e re clung
to th e feet of E nos an d begged for
his life.
No such Incident oc-
cured a t th e d e a th of Enos. Some
lim e la te r w hen several In d ian s
identified by Mrs. Geise, as h aving
Í7. O. Dea» Hack
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s,'os
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on an< cm pei
10 to 30—He acq u ires his m an n er
"J / friends.
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and
30 to 40 He eith e r m akes good
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or b reak s down.
40 to 50 H e goes ahead a t full
speed or lies by the roadside
50 to 60— He reaps w h at he h as
sowed in his earlier y ears
60 to 70- -H e has his full m easu re
o f ho n o r or dishonor.
70 to 80—He looks fo rw ard and
back w ith g reat joy or g re a t regret.
—M yrtle P o in t H erald.
Ladies Aid
T he L adies Aid Society of the
C om m unity church will m eet a t th e
hom e of Mrs. W h itse tt tom orrow .
W ednesday afternoon, Oct. 30th.
o f
and Mrs. W. T. W hite, sr.. a re the the girls sew ed an d discussed p lan s
fo r th e d iffe re n t a c tiv ities of the
I club The girls have finished hem
{ m ing and d esigning tea towels, an d
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♦ ! a re now doing h o t dish holders.
COUNTY CLERK RECORDS A
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E G. club m et w ith Mrs. B eam an,
M ining in stru m e n ts filed d u rin g and had a beach p a rty on th e P o rt
| the p ast week include:
O rford beach T hey played gam es,
, H. W. Laipple, proof of labor on san g songs, and told sto ries aro u n d
m ining claim.
a large driftw ood fire A bout n in e
I D. J. H ew itt, location notice m in­ o'clock th ey had re fresh m en ts of
ing claim.
w einers, buns, m arshm allow s, a n d
A. M W alker to W J. W alker, oranges.
deed.
Gold B each M otor Co,, to C urry
T he Biology class h as had a live
C ounty B ank, m ortgage.
bird in cap tiv ity in th e science
S ecu rity B an k of M yrtle P o in t to
room, as th e y a re stu d y in g bird
R. H. McCall, satisfactio n m o rt­
life, an d w ished to w atch its a c ­
gage.
tions.
1 com m ittee In charge.
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Six new books have been ob­
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P IR A T E S ' W E E K L Y
A tained from the sta te lib ra ry fo r
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A book rep o rt w ork T hey are, “T he
4' A A A A A A A A A A A A A R eign of L aw .” "B oy’s L ife o f
Colonel L aw rence," “Boone, o f th e
Mrs. H arris, the county school W ilderness.” "The C overed W agon,”
su p erin ten d e n t, visited th e high and “T he Sea H aw k.”
school F rid a y afternoon. She was
very well satisfied w ith th e ap­
A play h as been selected by th e
p earan ce of the building, and said stu d e n ts and th ey will begin re ­
it looked as well as It did tw o years h e arsin g a t once.
ago.
The K. E G. club m et T h u rsd ay
aftern o o n
The m eeting lasted for
about an hour, d u rin g w hich tim e
O. Men Chosen
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U niversity of Oregon, E ugene.—
T hree g raduate stu d en ts and one
undergraduate made up the f c t r
chosen by the Rhodes Scholarship
com m ittee to rep resen t the U niver­
sity of Oregon at the final try o u ts
in P ortland in D ecember, it has
been announced by George M. Re­
bec, Dean of the G raduate School
and chairm an of the com m ittee
The four a ra W alter H em pstead,
a g raduate student and an instruo-
to r In the E nglish dep artm en t last
y ear; R alph M artig, a history grad­
uate research a ssistan t last year
In the D epartm ent of H istory;
R obert F. Jackson, a g rad u ate in
Physics, who is already well s ta rt­
ed tow ards his second degree, and
John H. Cox, a senior and m ajor in
H istory.
Mr Johnson, of th e E k b lad A th ­
letic sto re of M arshfield w as h ere
, „ to ta k e o rd ers fo r th e
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h u rsd ay
boys b a sk e t ball su its
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Floras Lake
YOUR 1929 ITINERARY
On The Roosevelt Highway
FISHING — HUNTING — BOATING
BATHING
Halloween Party
ow ans' Club will he hos­
Superintendent Visits tess The T h W u rsd
ay afternoon Oct. 31st,
M rs K ath erin e H a rris of Gold a t th e L ehaey a l a H allow e'en
B each, county school su p e rin te n d ­ P a rty . E ach m em ber Is to Invite a
ent. sp en t T h u rsd ay In P o rt O r­ guest and a t four o’clock a covered
ford visiting the g rad e and high 1 dish luncheon will be served Mrs.
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Mabel Gillings. Mrs. B ert Lynch
FLORAS LAKE HOTEL
John R. Smith & Son, Props.
Port Orford’s Natural Deep Water Harbor
THE KEY
To the Development of the Great
Mid-Pacific Coast Empire
The logical tidewater outlet for the
great Mid-Pacific Coast Empire with
its inexhaustible supply of rich natural
resources consisting of 1-14 of all the
standing merchantable timber in the
Cnited States, vast deposits of copper,
iron, gold, chrome, cinnabar, .coking
Dredging
Sunken Rocks
Service
Protected from North and Northwest
Storms of Summer,
coal, granite, marble and a wide vari­
ety of the more precious mineral; and
its great diversity of agricultural
equires Limited Protection from
South and Southwest Storms of Win­
ter.
9300-Ton Vessel Loading in Port Orford Harbor
Repeatedly Selected by Board of Ar­
my Engineers as Harbor of Refuge
for Pacific ( oast.
All Year Round Harbor for Deep Sea
Fishing.
Orford Chamber of Co
PORT ORFORD, OREGON
ter of the Great Recreational Re­
gion of Southwestern Oregon.
All Year Round Harbor for Deep Sea
Fishing.