PORT ORFORD NEWS
Port Orford, Oregon, Tuesday March 25, 1930
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Port Orford visitor Sunday.
Bandon, en route home from Los
ary line« of the state show ing the '
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PO R T ORFORD LOCAL
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Endorses Corbett
David McKenzie.
Tug And Coast Guards
Angeles, stopped in town Monday
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NEW S
* and Donna and Don, visited B an­
From England com es a reflection approximate location of the county
of
last
week
under
consideration
the
balance
of
> > « > ♦ » » ■ » » ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ « . ♦ don Saturday
Aid Distressed Ship
of the gubernatorial campaign in
L. A. Lozier, representative of the Oregon, for Colonel John le a d e r the space within the boundaries
The Masonic hall is being redec­
The Mahoney steam schooner
Alvin Miller and family moved to
Oregon
Granite
company,
of
Roee-
orated in the interior, the work Myrtle Point Saturday Mr. Miller
has written a letter replying to the containing a cut descriptive o f 1 Prentiss, small freighter, bound
Bandon
burg transacted business in Gold reference of Henry L. Corbett as some natural resource or natural |
being done by W P Young.
from San Francisco to Portland
S H Morse, postoffice inspector,
will enter the State Tuberculosis
Beach Thursday
High-Hat Harry ” Colonel Lead- developm ent of that particular was towed into Coos Bay W ednes­
Mr and Mrs. George Sparks re­ hospital at Salem.
paid the local post office a visit
Mrs. Laura Hardin of Ophir vis­ I er was a British army officer who county. The cut for Curry county J
turned from Paso Robles Thurs­
day without a propeller, aftei
Stephen H Morse, post office in- '“ 2 'J.'"¿“J ,
ited Mrs. Katherine J. Harris, coun­ was sent to Oregon during the lat­ is a view of the Frogner, a 9300 ton 1
day and are now located at the
spending a night ten m iles out to
( apector located at Eugene visited
ty superintendent of schools, early ter part of the war and was in cargo carrier, loading logs at the |
McGribbie R anger Station on the
sea off Bandon in a heavy swell
Railway Mail Service, stopped over last week
the
local
office
the
first
of
last
dock
in
the
natural
deep
w
ater
har-1
charge o f the officers’ training
Middle Elk
The ship is anchored below Empire
here en route to Portland from a
R. T Merservey and Charles Bil­ , camp at Eugene He was known bor at Port Orford.
week
Mr
Morse
was
assigned
to
where an Inspection will be made
S. J. Spoerl of Chinquapin Ridge,
trip to Crescent City in connection lings of Illahe. were Gold Beach
this territory som e 15 years ago,
as a two-fisted fighting man and
General statistics given include
president of the port commission,
with the new mail contract recent­ visitors last week
The Port of Bandon Tug Kllhyam
I became im mensely popular during those covering timber, and they | in charge of Captain L Chrtaten-
transacted business in town Satur­ but during the past several years ly let to a concern in the California
The state highway department , his sojourn in this state.
he has been in charge of the San town.
show that Oregon has one-fifth of sen brought the steam er safely over
day.
have been engaged for several days
Francisco division.
R. L. W agner and George Curry,
A daughter w as born to Mr and in placing the ferry slips in condi­
Colonel Leader w rites from 3 all standing merchantable timber the Coos Hay bat at 11 05 W ednes­
A. S. Rand, ch ief clerk o f the Mrs J. I. Everest at the Leep hos­
Elk river dairymen, were doing
W hitehall Place. London. S. W to of the whole United States; that day morning after having the
Railway Mail Service, Portland, pital last week. Mr. and Mrs Ever­ tion for the summer traffic.
lumbering is Oregon’s greatest in­ craft in tow since about three
business in Port Orford Saturday.
a
Portland friend as follows
Mrs C. M W illiams of Cottage
George W Axtell of the Middle stbpped over in Port Orford Wed­ est reside on Elk river
“The winds of chance recently dustry, supporting a payroll of 45,- o’clock The cutter Redwing, reach
Grove,
mother
of
D
istrict
Attorney
Elk district shopped in town Sat­ nesday. en route to Portland from * Dr. and Mrs S C. E ndicott o? Grant W illiams. Neal and Donald wafted to me the good fortune of 000 people and m anufacturing lum­ ed by wireless, arrived on the sceno
a trip to Crescent City where he Eugene visited at the O. L. Zentner
ber worth J100.000.000 annually At-1 early and stood by until she crossed
urday.
Williams, visited the district attor­ | an Oregon paper, which, however,
so "In southwestern Oregon is the Into the harbor
contained
an
otherw
ise
clever
arti­
Mr. and Mrs. George Campbell of had been in connection with the home last week
ney last week while en route home
Mrs. R. A. Offerle is now at Co­ from a California trip.
cle referring contem ptuously to H. largest stand of Port Orford cedar,
Long Beach, California, are expect­ new mail carrying contract award­
The Bandon Coast Guard an
ed a firm of that town
a strong, light wood, clear grained swered the distress signal of the
quille where she is employed as
L. Corbett as 'High-Hat Hary '
ed to return here to spend the
W.
A.
Derrington
of
Fairbanks.
F B. Tichenor, of Eugene, was a matron at the county farm.
season at their summer home on
“I have not heard from Mr. Cor- and In world demand for airplane ; Prentiss late Tuesday and Captain
guest at the Knapp hotel W ed­
Dr. Drake, county health officer, ; Alaska, is visiting at the home of ! bett for years, and probably I have use. veneer stock and Interior fin- ' Joseph Nutter sent out his power
the Middle Elk about April 1.
!
his
aunt,
Mrs.
F.
O.
Bowman.
lah.”
Mr and Mrs. H. L. McCartney of nesday night, while enroute to the and Marion King, county nurse,
boat. The Prentiss asked for a tow
Those from Maria! who transact­ j faded from his memory, but he
visited the local schools last week
The booklet is excellently com ­ into Bandon The tug was secured
San Diego, Cal., plan on returning Ashland tournament.
served
under
me
in
the
Oregon
offi­
ed
business
in
the
county
seat
last
Mrs W alter Barklow was operat­ where they examined 80 students
to their sum mer home on Elk river
cers’ training camp, the last year piled and reflects credit on the but because of the heavy sea. could
ed on for appendicitis at the Mast- of the first and eighth grades The week were George Billings. George of the war. I think that if the great work the chamber Is doing not take her into Bandon, and de­
shortly after April 1 st
,
Thornton,
C.
Fry
and
Claud
Bar-
Ruth Miller returned Tuesday Wilson hospital at Myrtle Point remedial defects found were about don.
most capable writer of the article toward the full developm ent of the i cided to wait until after midnight
on an average as elsewhere In the
from Eugene where she has been Saturday.
referred to had seen him he would state. It has an appeal that will when the the tide would be favor­
Iju-y
Smitton,
assistan
t
to
Mar­
Mrs. Lillian Coons, who has been county.
visiting her sister. Mrs. W. A. Rob­
have altered the tone of his article. not be lost on those prospective able before bringing her to Coos
tin Dreser, resident engineer for ¿he
visiting her mother Mrs. C. C. Moul-
Bay
inson.
When the black death- the terrible
L. D. Felsheim . publicity m anag­
highway departm ent on the bridge
Lex Fromm has returned from son for the past two weeks, re­ er for Senator Charles Hall, re­
Influenza ep id em ic- struck us, we Oregonians who receive a copy.
The Prentiss, has a crew of about
I contract has arrived and taken up
x.eViland Normal for the spring va­ turned to her Portland home Fri­ turned to Portland the first o f last
had over 100 men striken together;
15 men Outside of a lost propeller
up
his
duties
day.
cation.
week.
no nurses, and little accomodation.
home port is San Franclsco. -W est
NEW S WANT ADS PAY
Mr and Mrs. Fred Caughell and
Mrs C. E. Corrick of Langlois,
Mr. and Mrs. Orris Knapp and
Graydon Treadgold is home from Mrs. W H. Caughell were Crescent Corbett sat up every night nursing
ern World.
the sick, and it is my absolute be­
children Mrs. Ella Knapp and Mrs. who has been caring for Mrs. Joe college for the spring vacation.
City visitors last week
Mary R ice motored to Bandon Sat­ Everest and infant daughter, on
lief that he saved at least a score
Herbert Brown, president o f the
Iju
iglols
Elk river returned home Sunday
urday.
of lives. B y day he did his ten
Coos county chamber o f commerce,
E. J. T illey is remodelling his hours hard soldiering, and was al­
Mrs. Rosa Ponting, mother o f C. and R T Moore attended the
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Long visited
building and when completed it ways the first to volunteer for the
at the Howard home on the Sixes C Ponting, arrived in Port Orford monthly m eeting of that organiza­
INCLUDE BEAUTIFUL
will present a very modern appear­ most unpopular fatigues.
Sunday and in the afternoon at­ Saturday from Portland, to spend tion at Coquille Monday night of
ance.
the summer with relatives
“I doubt if there were greater in- |
tended the theater in Bandon.
last week.
Mr and Mrs. Bernal Forty and
Mrs. A. P. Sw eet of Arizona Inn stances of devotion to duty by any I
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rice kept
Mr
and
Mrs.
D
R.
Norton,
and
other soldier In any country in the
open house Saturday night waiting children attended the band concert sons, Fred and Robert, are spend­ was a visitor here Saturday.
Mrs. H H. Hansen and Mrs. Julia war
returns from the Ashland tourna­ in Bandon Sunday
ing
several
days
in
Portland
and
Charles Forty of Elk river was
Anderson visited Marshfield last
“My name will convey nothing to I
ment.
i vicinity.
week.
Oregonians now, except, perhaps a !
Don Marsh, accompanied by his shopping in town Thursday.
J.
F.
Kronenburg
has
returned
C. F. Rhoades of the Rhoades-
Mrs. Julia Anderson has pur­ few old-timers, but these will know
mother, Mrs. Rachael Marsh, spent
from a business trip to San Fran­
chased a part o f the Guerin farm that I do not make wild statem ents. |
Saturday in Coquille visiting with Dillard firm, highway contractors, cisco.
YOUR 1930 ITINERARY
on Floras creek
My life has been spent on the out- 1
Mrs. Marsh's daughter, Mrs. Man­ was in town Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. McNair and
Sixes
posts, at the utterm ost ends o f the I
sell.
| children of N orth Bend visited at
C. C. Woodworth, our local mer­ earth, where one does not often j
George Quigley and son Norman
Ladies Aid
| the home of Mr. McNair's brother.
On The Roosevelt Highway
chant, transacted business in Ban­ meet soft men, but I have had no
At the bi-weekly m eeting of the G R McNair last week.
have the contract for the cedar
experience of a more unpretentious
culverts on the Denmark-Port Or­ Ladiee Aid held last W ednesday, I Rev. A. B. Reese, of Brookings. don Monday.
ford highw ay work, and stui ted Mrs. L. R Pugh presided as chair- stopped over in Bandon last Thurs-
Considerable activity Is m anifest man. nor a truer man, nor a bigger
FISHING — HUNTING — BOATING
work Monday.
man in the absence of Mrs. H. L. day en route to Marshfield.
in this vicinity with the approach man than H. L. Corbett of Port­
Gold Beach
The Lakeside basketball team Sauers, the president. D iscussion |
of spring, and the starting work land, Ore. Oregonian
BATHING
passed through Port Orford Sun­ was had about improving th e' Rev c c Hulltt preached | n on the highw ay contracts.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Long of Issue Attractive Booklet
day on their w ay home from the church premises and a general the Community church Sunday ev-
Ashland tournament. Members of cleaning up to make a less fire ening Mr Hulitt is m issionary of Port Orford visited the Howards.
The State Chamber of Commerce
the team spoke very highly of the hazard. Tomorrow will probably | the Presbyterian church of the Sunday.
has just issued an exceptionally
local team ’s show ing in the tourna­ be the day set for doing the work Coos district.
The Rhodes - Dillard company, attractive booklet entitled “Ore­
ment.
At the next m eeting the election
Col. and Mrs. J. C. Johnson have contractors for the regrading of gon,” descriptive of the resources
Joe Everest has purchased a new of officers will occur. At the close returned home from Cottage Grove this section of the highw ay have of the state generally and of each
John R. Smith & Son, Props.
Ford truck to be used on his dairy o f the afternoon, the hostesses, Mrs. where they attended the funeral of established camp here ow ing to Its individual county
A full page Is
ranch.
Ella Knapp and Mrs. Orris Knapp a close friend.
convenience to the work on both devoted to each county and at the
George Erdman of Bandon w as a served delicious refreshments.
Mr. and Mrs. S. Marksbury of ends of the Job.
top of the page appears the bound-
Floras Lake
FLORAS LAKE HOTEL
X
Port Orford’s Natural Deep Water Harbor
THE KEY
T o th e D e v e l o p m e n t o f t h e G r e a t
Mid-Pacific Coast Empire
Depth of Water from 30 to 42 feet.
The logical tidewater outlet for the
great Mid-Pacific Coast Empire with
its inexhaustible supply of rich natural
resources consisting of 1-14 of aH the
standing merchantable timber in the
United States, vast deposits of copper,
iron, gold, chrome, cinnabar, .coking
No Dredging.
No Sunken Rocks.
No Pilot 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
Requires Limited Protection from
South and Southwest Storms of Win­
ter.
9300-Ton Vessel Ixiading in Port Orford Harbor
Repeatedly Selected by Board of Ar­
my Engineers as
' »r of Refuge
•for Pacific Coas
Port Orford Chamber of Commerce
ter of the Great Recreational
gion of Southwestern Oregon.
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All Year Round Harbor .
Fishing.
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PORT ORFORD. OREGON
All Year Round Har1
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