Image provided by: Cape Blanco Heritage Society; Port Orford, OR
About Port Orford news. (Port Orford, Oregon) 1926-193? | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1930)
'Port Orfwd Water Deep Harbor — The KEY to the Development of the Vast Natural Wealth of the Mid-Pacific Coast Empire PORT ORFORD NEWS VOL. IV. Port Orford, Oregon, Tuesday, May 20,1930. Number .2T. . Rail Officials Visit SW Oregon; New Rail Rumors Rife Packers Combine Plants 1 Commencement Exercises Held; Joseph Wins Gov. Nomination; Class ol Four Graduate Knapp Defeats Tichenor Gold Beach, May 15 — With the I opening of the 1930 commercial fish I ing season today announcement f was made that the catch of both ! the Gold Beach Packing company j and the Macleay Estate company would be handled at the packing plant of Macleay’s at Wedderburn | Anent the visit of Louis W Hill, across the river. If the catch is u n -1 Commencement exercises for the ! Oregon Electric chairman of the board of directors usually lai ge the Gold Beach Pack- 1930 class of the Port Orford high Educational Oope sheets generally were thrust of the Great Northern road, and County Votes placed in com- ___ school ___ were ___ held ... in the high B school Lets Contract mg plant , jwill be __________ cnot)1 I i into the discard when the vote« With returns from three of the Arthur Curtis James, the dominant Portland, May 18. Hauser Con- mission to augment the facilities of gymnasium Thursday evening with Entertainment factor in Great Northern affairs, struction company, low bidder on j Macleay. Wednesday evening George E. sixteen precincts in Curry county1 w®re counted Friday night. George a large and appreciative audience to Myrtle Point last Friday, the clearing, grading and bridging the ' Griffith, public relationship ¿fflcTr — ml“ "ng' F dday'8 prinlary elec' -°n republic^ n° “ - in attendance. Roy Hewitt, dean of tion resulted in the following vote i lnatlon for governor, and h if oppon Myrtle Point Herald says: first section of the Linn county the Willamette university law ' 5°nn< 1 “d with the United States for governor in Curry county • ent in the November election will Licenses D. Not Needed Louis Hill and A. C. James, two extension of the Oregon Electric Washington, C . May 13 Fish- SChOO‘ was the sPeakel of the ev- ‘ Z 7 er° ” l,C' F° ’'tland’ and W ----- Republican ' Edward F i,ailey of Eugene. oaa »«— «----- • • • Fuller of the state forestry of- of the biggest railway executives railway east of Lebanon, has been ermen planning to visit the nation oninar ening, his address being largely Ralph Williams will be returned as Corbett awarded that contract, W. F. Tur 271 fice at Salem, conducted in the United States, passed through a very ......... » al parks this summer for the first devoted to the proposition of edu- 217 Myrtle Point this morning V on --V ---- — _____ — T4» ti ner, president of the railway, an- time will be interested in knowing eating the young minds along the interMtln< and highly educational. Joseph and Walter M. Pierce will substi Hall ___ _ tour of inspection of southwestern ! n° u"ced yesterday. 1Û5 tute for Oswald West on the demo entertainment at the high school lines of pacifism. Norblad Oregon, and particularly the Coos Nlne contractors bid on this first that the United States Government 102 gymnasium. Moving pictures of the cratic national committee. On entering the gymnasium a Jeffery . county district They were travel- Unit’ and the Hauser fiKUre was in makes no charge for the privilege ...... 14 Senator Charles L. McNary and ing by automobile and their obj<£- e*CeM of *200«». * was reported. V*68' a" " ’. which_ are Z V l T Z Z “1/ / Z Z * 1 * * I POP“*" view Bennett ... I4I at Rocky Point) Congressman Willis C. Hawley had The construction company is ex- administered by the National Park eye. The stage had been trans- just south of Port Orford, and o th -1 Democratic tive today was Coos Bay. formed by a master hand into Bailev .. . ___ pected to start actual work within Service of the Department of the replica 20 no opposition in the primaries for of a beautiful garden spot. ' Oreaon8“” ° ' We8t" n Wilbur Interior. Therefore no federal fish Mr. Hill is chairman of the board a few days, said Mr. Turner. 15 nomination to succeed themselves. s»u . with . . » a v . ________ e . , were projected on the of directors of the Great Northern Mountain ash, graceful droop- i ¡ Ore8°n. SCreen McNary will be opposed In Novem Hough The project involves an expendi- ing licenses are required. together with the moving company, and Mr. James is the ture of $1,500.000, and must be be- I, state fishing licenses are required Piper .<.hT,ln I f,lm for the youngsters si ber by Elton Watkins, democrat, in some of therm h o w ^ v e i ^ h i i Z ’**-1 "UU«e ^ o l l ^ Po'd"’ M ^ y Z ^ r ^ d heaviest holder of stock in the gun by June 1 of this year and com- Ralph Williams for republican and Hawley by William A. Delzell, Northwestern Pacific, the Western 1 pleted before June 1 of next year, because the states In which they W° [ k and ?a‘eway outlines In 18,lde8 deplctjn wild life ' scene'™ national committeeman received democrat. m ^ iy ’ ehow lw Pacific and is also a member of the according to interstate commerce I “e have not ceded to the federal ^ f o r m e d the background The and foregt Judge James U. Campbell won 244 while his opponent received 181. --------- * exclusive - - JI rare ®nd exq u isite bear g ra ss w ith . . - y snowing board of directors of the Great commission order. governmnt Jurisdiction f < ry p,uma/ of J, ^ s t r u c t ve forest fires and the re- Walter M. Pierce for democratic the republican nomination for - po- Northern and a heavy stockholder ---------------- — over them, or because, in ceding was combined in basket decoration fIashed foraat flrea> were national committeeman received 3« Mltlon No- 5 on the supreme court, in the Southern Pacific. He is said with pale pink Portland Caroline , Te Z / " Z Z ' * " Colored slides to 17 received by Oswald West. For i and Harry H Belt took the republi- Fortunate Accident X d ^ t h e ^ m ^ ^ e c ^ ; ^ to be the heaviest stockholder in nirk a I I °outhwes " ------ — - beautlful nowers non»lnation for position No. 6. Testout roses, pink snap dragons fI°wers ol of 8UPreme court justice judge, Camp- railroads in this country. Inin » h 7 f o ° m Z highway license fees. The pa.ks in wh.ch . p - p ragons southwestern Oregon, including the bel1 received 288 against 176 for his CamPbe11 will be opposed at the Into 12th street. Port Orford, Fri- state fishing licenses must be taken and snowballs. The lighting i erreit. U_ _ .1.--. . . . e ' _______ a .e « - r«ll plnrthm a, Judge XX effect, beautiful _ o fall election H by O. P. Coshow, The Northwestern Pacific line ex day forenoon, Lester Sauers1 truck out are the following: Yosemite rhododendron, brought °PP°nent- , G. 8. ___i___ Shepherd with various colored bulbs, brought Walker, received 319 votes for coun- lncunlbent. on the democratio tends from San Francisco to E ur-1 ^ 8tZ Z bZ " Z h. ' Z nd W“ h- ' » many a' Volcanic, Generai out the full beauty of the arrange- "*“ ,y expressions 0 of apprec ty judge as against 254 for Bow- tlcket' eka, Cal. Rumor has been rife in ° ‘ '? Oriffith and Mr, this section for some time that the 1 was ridma wi'th h iT ^ n ^ 11^'8 Wh° Grant' Grand Canyon, Acadia. ment. Many expressions of wonder p ,. and delight were caused by this ‘ „„ ,, gave l,Rere8tlng talks re- man and A. II. Bolce 384 as against ' G. A. Howard, had no opposition | tor the republican nomination for wonderful effect produced under f the work they are engaged 208 for Ed Sypher. ed from Eureka to Powers. Look- and rendered unconcious. Mr sons deslrina to --------- the The return from the missing pre- suPerlntendent of public Instruction the dir direction of Nat Perkins. The • ■ e Pre8ervaBon ot the forests ing at It In another way. the Great »„ a. u , desiring to fish in these na- clncts will not. It is said, materially “nd C’ H Gram was unopposed for iZ w a .™ owns — . Uera was Uken to his injuries home, and tional parks arrangement of ‘ those on through an educational campaign chan*e the Oregon E lec-) I fortunately no serious “re- menti t h X h should ’T h T . make t X ^ m »rr»nee- h o r X 8eat,nS a ^ " R " - “ r V ,he relallve standing.' o'f "°"Jlnatlon„ by party to 8UC- Northern trie. That L road has just secured suited. The fenders of the W ashing-‘ to secure t h e i tat ®uthor 1 e Mise Ruth Clark, _. t .» ., I the candidate» , ceed himself principal, .. the 18 sponsored bv by the TTnltoH Un'ted a State’ “ “ various var,0Ui' ‘’“"cUdates. permission from the interstate com- ton car were somewhat damaged ------------------- | Louis L Knapp won the republl- graduates—Nell Rice, Anna Barton, forestry office and an association ' merce commission to extend its line and repairs were made at Paul 1 can n°mination for Joint repreeen- Ruth Miller and Donald McKenzie, of businessmen representing th e ' I’nri Orfo»-rl 1 ) tatlve from Coos and Curry coun- rom the Willamette valley into the Leutwylers garage. Responsibility I Class Day Exercises —Roy Hewitt, the speaker of the i timber Interests. Suislaw country. Still another plan has not yet been definitely fixed for Interesting class day exercises evening, and Louis L. Knapp, Precinct Vote t,e8' and wl11 be opposed in the fall is that the visit of the men here at the accident. In the Port Orford precinct about W. H. Bennett who captured the were held by the 1930 graduating chairman of the school board, was Forestry Man Here this time might have something to an 80 per cent vote was cast, with noni*natlon on the democratic class Wednesday afternocn at 2 in complete harmony with the lov- A. G. Jackson, assistant from the 108 republican and 25 democratic do with the proposed extension of | o’clock In the high school. The pro- rly garden scene. Poppy Sale te transcontinental railroad across, "High School Song.” "In a Garden ^ fH eR'!mnt8tlr‘CtJ i'0re.8 to UPerV,80‘ r 0.te8 P'aCed ‘he ba"Ot h”* The ' A Q' Walker waa "ominated by gram consisted of the song "Down Oregon, making Coos Bay its ter- The annual poppy sale will in Sunshine Valley” by the high of R ose. In June,” high school rhor- .cv e.a T d ly s h, Port Or’^ 8' T V in T wh‘ch. were ava"ab'e wi‘h- , tha republicans for county Judge start on May 24, and the News m inus us; Procession. Howard " l Hull Vl' , ! ? " minutes after the poll, I Incumbent and will be Judge opposed by Bailey, the present gladly gives the following Informa- school students; class history by Invocation, Rev Mrs. McVIeker; i s i e oHicia n l t Z s ¿ “ I" “ « " nd r*1? C. H who Any of the guesses above m ight' tion regarding the wearing of the Ruth Miller; essay on “War” by Donald McKenzie; song, "First Vio O’ Mine" "Lullaby Land" male son and F I w m ! day Ml Jaek- . National Commitiwmen won on the democratic ticket, prove to be right. Certain it is, flower on Poppy Day: Lullaby Land, Address" Roy Roy ’ Hewitt, HewR ' ™ ''•'Z ! R*P D«m ' AH over Ed Sypher. though, that men of Hill’s and ) The poppy was worn in America lets,” by the girls* .chorus; class quintette; Address, 60 on the republican ticket for county James' caliber find their time too ; *t> honor of the war dead even be- prophecy by Nell Rice; class will dean of law school, WHLamett» Uni r re warden, made a trip of Inapec- Ralph W illiam s___ 1 commissioner. C. L. Berry received com m ission er Cl valuable to come into a country tore the close of the war. In 1919 by Donhld McKenzie; and song versity; "Look Down Dear Eyes. tion to Rocky Peak south of Port ) Chaa. F Walker ___ .,¿27 jq the democratic nomination like this just out of curiosity or for ¡scattered poppy sales were held by! ,raduatloa” by ‘•be school. The and "A Brown Bird Singing," Fred- Grford Where the state Intends in -) Walter M. Pleroe pleasure at this time of year. Their the American Legion and the fo l-[ 888 ProPhecy and the class will erick Hull; Valedictory, Anna Bar stalling a lookout station for the Oswald West ____ ______ 9 The fight over the republican being together is proof of a pre- lowing year, in national convention r° U.K t^C°rth "° end ot merr|- ton; presentation of diplomas, Louis 1930 fire season. Mr. Jackson an nomination for Joint representative United State« Senator nounces that forest ranger schools arranged plan. Another thing is at Cleveland, Ohio, the Legion Z " 1' ™The fhesls of Ruth Miller L. Knapp, chairman of the hoard will be held at Powers, Agness and , Charles L. M cN ary___ 74 , created the greatest interest of any that harbor Improvements of sev adopted the poppy as its memor- ' The Plowman Poet,” (Burns,) An- Benediction. Rev. McVlcker; Reces^ Gasquet (Cal.) in June for the pur Elton Watkins _________ jj of the local contests. With four con- eral Inlet cities along the coast are ial flower. When the Auxiliary was i j na Barton. “Our Atheistic Poet,” sional, Mrs. Howard Hull. ( teatants In the field a strong cam ( 'ongreesman War." The singing of the quintette, com pose of instruction in the beat Willie C. Hawley _______71 pushing themselves before congress organized in Kansas City in 1921, i <Sbe"8y;,1 1* >nald paign was carried on. In Coos coun- methods of forest fire fighting. at this time for an answer. The gov- j one of its first acts was the adop- W*"nin£ of P<«ed of Frederick Hull, Roy Cor- 13 ty Knapp received 1402 votea, William A. Delzell __ _ ernment and the railroads work to -' tion of the poppy as the memorial the West for the Nation," merited son, A B. Hoggatt, Crawford Smith G overnor L Tichenor 1070, Hunter 801, and gether In those things, and where flower. The nation-wide sale of the appreciation given and showed and Art Mayea, and to two tenor ( Chenoweth 864, giving Knapp a lead Renews Old friendship I G eorge W. Josep h ( there of 332 votea. In Curry county, the railroad decides to go is where . poppies to be worn on Memorial splendid thought and excellent pre- solos by Frederick Hull were par- W V. Fuller of the state forestry A- W. Norblad __ 18 Ocularly enjoyed by the audience. office and W J. Paulman spent ( with all but the outlying precincts the government decides to make Day was begun by the Legion and paratlon by the graduates E- Bennett ___ Miss Anna Barton as valedictorian many pleasant hours last week re- Harry L. Corbett ( reporting. Chenoweth received 217 its major improvements. ) Auxiliary in 1921. At first silk pop- votes. Knapp 180, Tichenor 188 and Louis Hill and Mr. James arrived I P‘e“ made ,n France by French wl‘ Petition To Close Rogue did iul1 JUBtlce to tbe class honor. newing old friendships that were Charles Hall ___ -J « An Initiative petition, creating a cbairman Louis L. Knapp present formed back In Minnesota over 30 John A. Jeffery in Portland the first of this week dOW’ and or!,hans were used but t Hunter 115. The unreported pre- 12 clncts cannot change these tuts is from S t Paul, headquarters of the 1 8° ° n th* manufact'«* ° t P«P*r pop- constitutional amendment that will ed the dlP|oma* to the graduates in j years ago. both of tke men having Edward F. Bailey 2 to any great degree one way or Great Northern company , pie® by American disabled veter- close the Rogue river to commer a few words appropriate to the oc- ! lived in the same town there Mr A. C. Hough I the other, and Knapp has received , ans was begun. The paper poppy cial fishing was approved by the caslon At the close of the exercises Fuller was In Port Orford In con- Ed 8. Piper The Great Northern interests are made by the American disabled In state game commlsaion without a the graduates were showered with nection with the campaign being George R. W ilbur_______ the nomination by from 300 to 380 carylng on a determined plan to government hospitals and poppy votes. , . ___ dissenting vote, In Portland. May the congratulations and well wishes conducted In forest fire prevention I J u s tic e S u prem e Court, P « participate In the natural resource work-shops became the standard 12. of their hosts of sdmlring friends. I work George 8. Shepherd .. 22 | In the Port Orford precinct tonnage of Oregon. Having con- American Legion and Auxiliary Knapp received 48 votes. Tichenor The intention is to have the pe- j James U. Campbell _____ 39 quered the Klamath Falls situation, flower. ; titlon on the ballot for the Novem- 49, Chenoweth 4, Hunter 1. Four Oliver P. C o sh o w _____ 11 they have a case before the inter- On Saturday. May 24. millions _________ of ber election. d e m o c r a t s cast complimentary J u stic e Hupreme Court, Pos. 8 state commerce commission on final Americans will wear the blood-red ; votee for Knapp, giving Knapp a Harry H. Belt ...... ........... 81 hearing for permission to connect poppy of Flanders fields in mem- S u p erin ten d en t I'nblic In struction popular vote o t 52 or three in the up the Great Northern from K lam -) ory of those gallant American boys Butter Situation Improves lead Bennett, the democratic can- C. A. H o w a r d ________ 73 Corvallis, Maq 17.—Butter produc ath Falls with the Western Pacific who sacrificed their lives in the didate, received 9 votes in this pre I-uhor C om m ission er In California, by the construction' World war It is hoped that every tion is being curtailed, while con cinct. C. H. Gram ___ .M of approximately 200 miles of new one will wear a poppy on that day, sumption is on the Increase, ac Joint K ep resen taU ve 6U1 D istrict road. Their movements also indi- for in no more fitting way can ex- cording to the latest report on com F. B. T ich en or __ 49 Frank Lance Dies cate a determined plan to convert presslon be given to the honor In modity situation and market out Geo D. Chenoweth ....... . 4 Frank Lance, who has been ill at the Oregon Electric into a freight, which those men are held who died | look Issued by the Oregon State Wra H. Hunter _____ 1 his home In the northern part of carrier, to make it produce profit-j that American ideals might live. It) college extension service. The but Louis L. Kneop ____,.._ 48 town for some weeks past, was tak ably, and already they have filed is hoped, too, that under every ter output of the country in March William H. B e n n e tt___ 9 en to the Ix-ep hospital, Bandon, an application for permission to breast which bears a poppy will was 3 per cent below that of March D istr ict A ttorney last Thursday and died Sunday. construct an extension 40 miles beat a heart which understands the 1929 and somewhat more in April Grant J. W illia m s_____ 74 Funeral services were held in Ban southwestward Into the timber belt beautiful symbolism of the little ' With consumption Increasing at Ownty Judge don Tuesday afternoon, with Inter of the Siuslaw country, and they ' flower. I Present price levels, the supply-de- W alk er__________ 20 ment in the Bandon cemetery. Mrs. have acquired feeders along the line Th„ wparino. nt ,1 , „„ mand situation is improved, the re- B o w m a n __ _______ 1 o , u ,- ,„to 1 r * r - t Hhermon E. Jacobs s sister of Mr. Moore _____ 80 Lance and a former resident of Ing tonnage sections It has been Bailey _____ ..... . 19' Port Orford now living at Baker, accepted as a fact that years ago to public acceptance by clever pro- VHn„ . F . C ou nt) C om m ission er Oregon, arrived In Bandon Tuesday their plans contemplated connect motion. The Idea of wearing the Z " " J . ‘h‘" °VP' Sypher ------------ 22 to attend the funeral. ~ . .. ® foreign market«. Severe depression ing up from the north with the poppy in memory of the World war exiab! Euro butUr P„ Bolce ______ ____ 86 Northwestern Pacific at Trinidad. dead sprang un as naturally as the ■immeuj, Berry ______ Cal., and about two years ago it little wild poppy grows in the fields especially In Germany and Great 101 Moon Governs Easter Justice of Peace was declared by those who claimed of France and Belgium. It took root Brttian. I New York,—The day we celebrate T. Wright _________ 80 to know that the Eugene extension spontaneously in England. Canada, Meanwhile the campaign to in as Easter Sunday was adopted 823 Port ( onunlssloners would come southward Into the France and many other parts of the crease the use of butter In Oregon A. D. by the Council of Christian P. Masterson _______ 88 southwestern Oregon country. With world as well as In the United has progressed with surprising vi I Churches which met at Nlcaea. L. Wagner _____ 84 Messrs Hill and James visiting States, until the flower became the gor In one city the use of butter ! They determined that Easter should L W h ite ____________ 71 southwestern Oregon at this time. almost universally recognized sym- has been boosted so much that sale fall on the first Sunday following J S p o e r l_______ - 15 the Paschal full moon, which hap- following the Great Northern’s ot World war sacrifice of substitutes has fallen off 35 per Scattering complimentary votes i moves above recorded, the ques , , . pens on or after March 21. T he Sergeant Alvin York, one of the cent. were cast for various persons, but 1 1 , > _ tion is raised as to the purpose of outstanding heroes of the World e 1 _• . principal reason for placing Easter the foregoing gives the record of a . ■ .. the visit, and the belief is entirely war, is to make a memorial ad __ _____________ ( Sunday on this date was that pil O. S. C. Commencement the controlling votes. tenable that the further extension dress over the National Broadcast grims needed moonlight to travel Corvallis, May 17. — Commence of the Oregon Electric is under con ing system on May 25. at 5:30. dur ment day at Oregon State college UZ 1 4 4 44 xx . Ion the,r way to the *reat y «a rly sideration Wreck At Itnetts Creek ¡Easter festivities. The date of Eaa- ing the Collier radio hour. He will this year will be June 2 when the Southwestern Oregon holds forth make an appeal for the poppy sale sixty-first class will be graduated. Wednesday last as Mr and Mrs.) t««- may Vary at present between alluring potential tonnage In natur Forget them not' As years go by This will be the twerty-third com-, Lew Frazier of l-onglols, were 1 March 22 and April 28 If a paschal rounding the sharp curve at Rhetts full moon falls on a Sunday, then al resources, and tonnage is the life* On our remembrance they rely mencement over which President creek south of Port Orford their Easter day Is the next Sunday. blood of railways. With harbor im -, They are the maimed Death did W. J. Kerr has presided here in per- 1 provements being considered at dlf-j deny Ford truck load of household goods son. | tipped over, seriously Injuring Mrs. ferent points along the southwest-1 Its solace—crippled, blind, they try 92 Years Old Tod ay Edward C Elliott, president of em Oregon coast, and with the To find on earth the peace they Purdue university of Indiana has Frazier, who was Uken to the Gold - ________ — _. — Mall..,. Sixtv five per ent of the industrial pay roll of the state of Oregon Southern Pacific railway, the great know been obtained as the commence- 1 comes from the forest industry, and in many counties over one-half Beach hospital for treatment The Hr. 92-year-old resident of Port Or- rival of the Northern lines, claim In Flander’s Fields ” ment speaker In addition to the ' o, the taxes come from th« forest and forest industries. This In !• 1 azier s were moving to Harbor ford, is giving grave concern to his ing this great region as its own ter- : M vrtle Point P o in t I relatives and friends Today 1. Is Mr. — graduating class, guests o f honor dustry brings in more money than wheat, wool, fruit, dairying and E A Malloy of the Myrtle ritory we may look forward to a I “ r‘ , Rober’ Forty end ' will be members of the silver Jubl- fishe i.-s combined. John T. Tigert, ex-U. S. Commissioner of Edu 1 Transportation o o m p a n y came Malloy’s 92nd birthday and he Is renewal of the battle by these lines ' daughters. Shirley and Dorris vis •'"«s of 1905 which will be hold- cstion, says: “There is 1 m r- important lerson for the American along and rendered first aid. load- receiving the best wishes of his for participation In the immense j ited 8am Popple at Fourmile Sun ing its twenty-fifth reunion here people to learn than the need of growiry and conserving forest« ) ing the household goods on his many friends for a full recovery tonnage available in this region. ' day. ruck and taking them back to from his present illness. " '■- n ' t ur fu.ure development as • hfn g ;« uimn th» • uccess with wh.ch we can spread this go»p< Ianglola ............ ..................!" °< r ”T “ »•