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Port Orford Deep Water Harbor = The KEY to the Development of the Vas, Natural Wealth of the Mid-Pacife Coast Empire PORT ORFORD NEWS VOL. IV. Port Orford, Oregon, Tuesday, July I. 1930. Number 34. niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii mi in Minmiiiriiii, No Change in Mail Service; New Contract in Force Today | ^ 1 Appropriation Bill Up; Coast Guard Station Possible i h r JFnurfh nf JJitly DORA DEAN M eCl'Tt'HEON E j The new mail contract for the Hail the month of July transportation of the mails between T. B. Testing Program 1 All over the country, Marshfield and Crescent City, with Upon com pletion of the T. B. E The second deficiency appropria- I Curry Men Protest Birth month of freedom - Are great celebrations. Ward, McVay & Ward of Crescent testing program which has been S j» , tion bil1- with an amendment pro- City as contractors, started service carried on in this county during E W ith mid-summer gardens Koad blgns vldlng for an appropriation for tha Picnics and great arbors. today, the contractors operating the past month Coes county is in E In a cigarette It's taste, but In <'°u»truction of a coast guard s u - Bloom ing for the Fourth; one mail stage, carying mail and line for a place on the list of modi- E C urry it is only another blot on the “ on a‘ Port Orford, is now before Band m usic and song; freight, in each direction daily, and fied accredited areas in Oregon S _ scenic escutcheon, so to speak the »«‘fa te and will In all probabil- Blue sky and white clouds, Some dancing some flirting. arriving and departing from Port According to Dr Foster of the bur- “ S In spite of the statem ent that ity be adoP‘ed tomorrow, as con- Orford at approxim ately the s a m e ' eau o f anim al industry and in = And red clim bing roses. X "I'd walk a mile for a Camel," 8rp88 ‘8 »‘tem pting to wind up ita And many speech making. hours as under the old contract. ‘ charge of the work in Oregon. = X there will be at least 100 miles of aifaira by Thursday o»' this week. Acclaim the ‘'Colors" All joyously happy E highw ay in Southwestern Oregon K the b111 con‘all>8 the Port Orford According to official advice re m ere are no strictly accredited E ceived by Postm aster H oggatt from areas anywhere. There are several E E where travelers will not be remind- l,em when <‘ finally passes, it la From heaven to earth . . . . This N ation-H ide Throng the ch ief clerk of the railway mall hundred modified accredited dis- S E ed of the fact, if the Port Orford ,hpn for the president to approve service the new contractors have tricts in the United States, eight of E E chamber of commerce has its way ° r d'8aPPr<’ve the measure. employed the Oregon Stages com- which are in Oregon, including the E On hilltops and mountains. X Protesting the activities of bill pos In 1891 congress adopted legist*. And this D ay reminds us. »pany to continue to handle the follow ing counties: Clatsop, Hood Z S ters for that company a letter was tion authorizing the establishm ent By rivers and sea shore, pouch of first class mail arriving River, Josephine, Lincoln, Polk, Til Z S recently forwarded to the R. J. of a coast guard station here, and Of those w ho’ve gone over, on the passenger stage of that line lamook. W ashington and Yamhill S S Reynolds Tobacco company by treasury department acquired In village and city, Who fought for this Country— from the north at 10 a. m., and According to present law a district = X Curry county boosters. some land for that purpose, al- would have to be absolutely free = from the south at 4.50 p. m. Floats the Red. W hite and Blue; Z "Coming events cast their sha- lhoU8b no appropriation w as au- That we all might be Free; = dowe before," and In the future to- ‘horlzed to carry out the purpose This arrangem ent will mean a from Infection among all bovine an- 5 School children and sm all boys. Z bacco bill posters will obey that "Pw<> year8 aK° the chamber of com- Pioneers and soldiers . . . continuance of the excellent mail im als to become a strictly accredit- j s S impulse and reach for the acel- m ,rce K<)t behind a movement to service that Port Orford has en ed area. In order to receive recog- E From oceans to oceans Each . . . in his own time, X lerator instead of a sign when they 8ecure the station and that body joyed during the past several nition as a modified accredited area E With flags and fire crackers— — hit Curry county's border baR b88n actively engaged on the months, and without changes in | the county must have less than E With lim itless courage- j one-half of one per cent infection E hours of arrival and departure. S Some cigarettes may be "toasted" "i" q " s4nc** the abl« »upport To this free land—prove true. among all cattle Gave all unselfishly. X but not in Curry county They're wi Se"a ,° ” McNary and Stelw er. = ' roasted there. * • and Congressman Hawley Th. H aving found no reactors after 5 Citizens’ Training Camp developing _______ ______ treasury department opposed Sen- one month to the testing 5 From far reaching boraers. Vancouver. B a r r a c k s . Wash., o f the beef cattle in Coos county, for E Hail The Fourth of July ! E I ll- . . . .... ator Stelwer's bill foi an approprla- June 26.—With approxim ately 700 T. B.. Dr. F. H. Thompson, federal E X ( »iptlirc Illicit Distiller ‘ton at this session on the ground Come countless numbers, And all that it stands for. young men in olive drab uniforms inspector, w orking on the eradica x Early last Tuesday morning Sher- ,h n * 1(8 Policy was to provide for W aving the Colors— for a month—many of them for the tion of the disease in Oregon left E x riff Turner and Deputy Sheriff ,w o s ,atlons each session, and Port Let great Guns reverberate— first tim e in their lives—the Cltl- Coquille on June 28. feeling that S X Miller of Gold Beach arrested Al Oriord happened to be third on Which centuries cannot fade; All ever land and sea; zens’ Military Training camp opened Coos county is a clean county as S x Baird of Bandon and took posses- ‘be list. The department, however. here for real business this week. far gg T B jg concerned and ready z = Sion of his Still which was found n8,e'*d to include the Port Orford Many from foreign ports. Heads . . . bare lor a mom ent—■ Boys are here from every county in to recommend accreditation for the = X in the house in the north part of i,em ,n ,t8 next budget Senator Welcome this Birth Day Oregon, and from five counties in county. Fifty-seven herds includ- = X Port Orford. Baird and the still McNary thereupon introduced an As we sing the Flag Song, s o u t h w e s t e r n W ashington, th e .ln g 2.444 cattle were tested = X were taken to Gold Beach where am endinent to the second deficien cy Joining the m illions— In utter gratitude— guests of t h . United States govern-1 The ,dea pf plac, Coog c S X the accused w as held in bond of aPProP'lation bill and if the bill ment for . 3 M a y f i n i n g In c.tl- , on the bovlne tubprculog)g accredy = E $600, furnished by Jess Turner and 18 f,n a|ly adopted In its present —A m erica’s . . Parade . . For This Ijind of the Free. zenship, athletics, phys.cal develop- lted ,|gt wag concelved E Z Milt Moore, for a preliminary heai- form ,,nd signed by the president, ment and military discipline. Those County A gricultura, Councj] gomp = Z ing before Justice Ralph Starr on Port Orford will soon have a co a st 8 July 2. guard station. from Port Orford, Oregon, are Don* I onth apn \ = . . . . . . . , „ . . . m onm s ago A com m ittee consisting — aid McKenzie and Buster Ander- , E „ „ Dement. E D Webb and ................................ . S The MtiJl is probably the inost IIIlljUtlim illlllH IIMIIimii modern apparatus of its kind cap- Smoking in Forests •George Hampton, was appointed at; n . — . , ■ - J 1. tured in Curry It is of 100 Portland. June M — - .vmoaing Sm oking on on The C. M. T C. training is part that tim e by the council to investi- P o r t O r f o r d B i d s M i e n C h l l u h f P iu h P r o a T ..IL r* j • 1 . ' county ------- -------------------------------— —. »— » se. of a broad schem e of national civ- gate the program. This investiga- ,. ... , , „ u >fDt r ISh C TCt I dlks OH Roadside BeailtV gallor* capacity and made of cop- national forests of the P acific ic consciousness and defense, de-| tion included several m eetings with 101* b i g h t - b e e r s W ashington, June 28. The recent Monmouth June 24 Pr»> , per' sUn<,‘n« n,nc test high. A northwest will be subject to a n ew veloped nine years ago. and con- federal, state and county officials 11 summer tourists in S ou th -1 e ort of th8 ,r8a8ury departm ent v /ieg u n s hi„k,,.„... ____ . 8 quantity nignway departm ent for i * . of mash and sugar were tmn u is announced tinulng with Increasing populanty i and the completion o f the program western Oregon fail to visit Port 1 Its progressiveness in the develon “ “k fn ”y a ,r e s,ln * »«Iclals by regional forester C. J Buck. by aliens .. of Portland. until this year, when authorized Is due largely to the work of the Orford while in Curry county it it „ caught .7 ” ,: ----------- -- beyond the three- - ! ------- ment of . .. the . highway n r n , aev«<°P r . m i . as evidence quotas were over-enrolled and had com m ittee will be through no fault of the lir" ‘t received a blow Friday Oregon Mrg w ** , ™ Jim Lockwood was visiting Baird Under the new regulation w hich to be raised to accomm odate the ap- The dairy cattle of Coos county N ew s of that place Emblazoned ' ordZr““ ^ th e’T f f ^ T ’ t h t den‘ ° f ,be N ational Council of at the of tha 8" 88‘ a" d ‘b8 effective July 1. all na- lic e n ls I i h have a v e been b e e n tested t e a t e H . annually - „ . , . 1 1 , , for ____ a c r o s s three h r e e e columns n l u m n s r»n frn nl u u an o r a e r to th e e f f e c t th a t ___ u — . * „ l l l e e r . » ..I . u i l - . . . _ . plicants. sev- across on Ila its ------- front ...J ocr- -- - t ------ ----------- — — such fis h m a v h e h m „ h , i , .1. Way»lde Reauty, N ew York Citv o ,f *cer8 ,o o *‘ bid’ 1° Gold Beach tlonal forest lands of Oregon anil Regular army officers and en- , eral years by Dr. W V Glaisyer, l-age last week the N ew s told What ____ l y , bp broU8ht into the gpokp , o thp studpn( body where he was able to con vin c. them W ashington are closed to sm oking listed men. specially picked for pro-1 county veterinarian As a result of to Do and See at Port Orford and < ount'y duty free normal school yesterday on the sub- tbat be w a‘i not Interested In or “while traveling In timber, brush ficiency in training young men. are this work the county is remarkably V icinity.” ~ ~~ connected with the operation of the or grass areas, except on paved and j ject of roadside im provements on duty as instructors, and C M. j clean of T. B am ong dairy cattle. Here are the suggestions: W o r k ■ FOf£FCSSCS The visiting New Yorker assert- still, and he was released Dtscov surfaced highways " This m eans, T. C boys who have had exper- Last year out of over ten thousand Historic B attle Rock in the Port F 'lday a large contingent „ ___ „„ or tofla was made b: by small according to Mr. Buck, that If a’ of ed that "the motorist of today is ery of the still '*'*'* ience In previous camps are serv-i dairy cattle the per cent of reac- Orford harbor, and the wonderful hi« hw»y equipment was taken demanding IK more more than than safety s .r .iv ' In Port Orford bi.ys who tipped off the forest visitor w ishes to sm oke It ing as non-commissioner o f f ic e r s t io n was much under one-half of ocean panoramic view to be ob- south <° PiBtol river and Brookings travel; he is asking that rldlmr officers. will be necessary to stop w hile Successful completion of the C M ( one percent, the maximum amount tained from the R oosevelt highway. and the work of clearing up slides he made delightful Money sn e n t on sm oking and to put out all ligh ted material before continuing Aceord- T C. course prepares a student for a ‘' 7 * d for W ,tb t h *’ ! Historic Fort point where a won. CUrVM W"' be done ^ u t i f y i n g our roadsides Is of As Harlan Sres a com m ission In the United State* • daIryKCat,‘’e “ derful ocean view may be obtained. by th' h,* b" ay department. much greater value to the mass of Port Orford X “* many ‘M rec°rd‘ °f ,h‘ ,or“ ‘ *’*" Army reserve. ren rnai tne county should be fires are started every The Heads where the P acific may Oiling operations of the section the people than art galleries." ----------------- — accredited. In order to get this it Mrs. Iaiwton spoke to the stu- E, ° Harla»- r«»r by campers, hunters, and fish - necessary to test the beef cat- be seen In three directions from an between Ophir and Wedderburn is dents under auspices of the Ore tha ° f- erm,‘n ‘raveling along foreet roads Rail Construction Starts ; was This altitude of 250 feet above sea now under way, and it is under was done and no reactors Klamath Falls. O re. June 27 — , were found so we have reagon to level. stood that as soon as that is com- A large engineering crew under . th|nk Coog county bp Qn <hp gc The Port Orford natural deep P*eted the section south of Gold the direction of R H Nickerson credjted ,igt ,n , h(. negr future C m m ittee Meet X X water harbor and its rugged shore Beacb ,h a * has been recently grav- has started work on the south end Before ieaving Coos county Dr line eled will also be oiled Portland, June 27. Chairman aboy ‘ p °rt Orford and vicinity enjoym ent of our forest visitor* of t the event'ua Great lv Northern extension Thompson reported th* the tlL Xill“ connect with I T h o m p 8 ° n reP°rted b88‘ Agate Beach park on Garrison Work of r.grad .n g and graveling P h " M8‘"<-ba" ‘ he republican "J»»rneyi„g up to Port Orford At the same time, we must ,ecog- ^ W estern Pacific extension north X T d l n s th t ° WnerS ‘ake' “ °' WatM W'thin ,b e D en m ar^ P ort Orford s e c tio n a U t e « ’“ ’" ' “ • e is figuring on cal- o f th" T ‘h“ ° Ur ,lr8t du,y " th' Pr»- f r o r n t h e i r m a m im p No announce- ? do‘n8 Ibc testing I have re- a sto n es throw of the ocean. continued under the Rhoades A ng ,h e 8tate car>‘r«l com m ittee to- ranson of the News. He drove tectlon of the forested areas en- main has been made as to the con- [ ived J ery flr” ' cooperation from Agate beach where agates ma> Dillard and Saxton & Looney con ,,t h e r eBrly *n AuRU8< to r the se- “• ?* nea, by "h»'8 trusted to our care. Therefore. in - gm ent Ion of Great Northern tracks P " « 88 concerned practically all be gathered and the blue Pacific tracts The bad curve on the north lec,ion ot K candidate on the repub- w * ' are r8r,ain U> fw l the gtead of prohibiting sm oking alto- st ruction ,on of Great Northern tracks, I o of f the beef b„ f cattle .............................. ellmlnX ” .lean ticket to succeed G e o r g e W and — - w . 4re th<B that are not go- viewed ................................. in all Its grandeur out of K lam ath Falls. , ing to market this summer have and the work of elim inating the Jo88Ph- deceased S i, counties m rn„iri, „ . d rea8onabl* requirement that the I ! been tested and we . found j no infeo- p . oct , Orford beach where curve near the site of the old c,ud,n* c “ rry. have not yet perfect J ? p1.' 7 ' 1 1 h,,n * 8 walked up to sm oker shall stop (while smoking,» I th . -u . safe ior ‘be children to play — ----- — —_ , .. , Curry Free of T. w B. j; ' tion. the cattle of the county are 8 S a u e r s' s a w m ill ai ed ........................ their county commit! m lttees and for P'at8au ab"v8 ‘he If the public en ter, heartily Into exceptionally heglthy and I sha,, '‘ X “ 1 -X ln ? ™ " tha‘ which resem ble, the hi.toH c rcghUtion w . Gold Beach. June 25.—Dr for the tn flxing , he date for thp ggthrr. Plains of Abraham at Quebec Here hope that more drastic restriction» T hlstlew alte. veterinarian in . . . the ---- . recommend accreditation ---------- — —- P0 *"1 ln the Un,ted s,a l8 8 . and ‘be South of Port Orford bridge Ing of the com m ittee to name the nf,‘Ur* baa fa8bl«ned a most mag wl|| not be necessary government service, assisted by R. j county." said Dr Thompson as he Kovernrnent lighthouse l o c a t e d crew s are widening bridges and candidate have oeen been r®- ra- nlf|c8nt background for \ * M Knox, county agent for Curry waw ready to take the stage for ere ■ '’ h u i u s i c . i Requests v U M i# nave ” « and •••»« b setting c iih i ^ im i T _______ ’h « t a t r . i n n a i , t . . . —» ----- Brushes creek and the beautiful P8«P»Hn< for the widening of the celved from several cities for the “ *raa’ ‘our*"‘ hotel. A triangular . M , torestsr also point- and Cooe counties, are engaged in Eugene testing Curry county cattle for tu- B eef cattle owners whose oattle driv8 on ‘be Roosevelt highway ®rfof d7 >ph?r . of the honor of holding the comm ittee ’ ¡"‘a the town and axure amav'1 lt»h»Ll dur- through the shaded region back of highway, but whether that w oik m eeting but in all probability th e blUe o f th * b a y 10 ,h 8 «“»‘ i a « r- ."TJ7 “Khted material on foreet berculosis Nearly 3000 head have were tested by Dr Thompson p --------------- a . -------------- * probability the r|g<| promotory 8hl„ ()njf off ,.>««><1. or who actually sta rt, a fir» will be undertaken thie year or call will be for Portland been examined so far, and Dr. ing the past month spoke well of Humbug mountain eight of water to the southeast and " ,OrMt materlaJ by carelpasnea» Floras lake with a shore line of next hafl not been » " ‘cially an T hlstlew alte stated today that hs the work which Dr. Thompson has While State Treasurer Tom Kay , hrn „„ open spacp (hp with match, tobacco, campfires, o r had found but one animal that re- donp and ‘he efforts o f the federal approximately 25 miles, located nounced and Judge Robert W Sawyer ap- weBt wbirh btlf£ g (hp (>).pan ajb otherwfee becom e, liable to pros- acted to the test a very remark- and st*‘e authorities in carrying amid a beautiful settin g o f green pear to have the lead in the race , he d , guardln_ (he m th «cutler, under the state foreet fire able condition according to the of- ou‘ ‘hie program is very much ap- foliage Forest Area Closed |th th ere e r e . are r . many other prominent of fhe m ighty Rogue back Into Th*a • b° Uld ^ t l c u la r l y flclals predated In the county According The Middle _________ Elk river ____ and ___ the Up- __________ Medford, Ore., June 29. - The name® mentioned for the honor view snd o ff to t h , north b e t t e r *" m'nd by UaVeler" When the testin g of Curry county to action taken at the last meet- per six es river for m ountain pas bl°wdown area of 60,000 acres In j „ , . . . . ‘he rises of the plateau floor "“cb roada « ‘he Columbia river cattle Is completed the county will *n8 of th8 Coos County Agricultural times. Including trout fishing and th*“ Crater national forest, on the be certified as entitled to be classed Council, an expression of apprécia- deer hunting. south fork of the Rogue river, will Rivers and Harbors Bill Stretches away as far as the eye h,*hway and M‘ Hood loop, where can distinguish the wide level 8m"l“ n « *• not prohibited tinder th» as a T B free area t,on for thl8 assistance will be sent DeeDSPa flghin„ .hrnnvh th . o « -. b* clo8ed trav«1 °n July 1. Hugh W ashington, June 24 The rivers ’• n ^ce e,"*u7 to those authorities a n d in sp e c to rs O rfo rd h a rb o r * P ° Ft R ankln’ supervisor, announces. The and harbors bill haj finally been 8andy bearb an l»*“ * ‘lon to come Port Orford reef wh th 8 r8a ‘» one of the most serious fire Passed by the house and senate snd “nd anJ”y ,U bathing. Its deepsea t h .0 " sm ok er's* co d ^ a d v o ca to * ' by the council This is particularly h". ba“ rd" ■" — aad •• £ — tb' baad8 P ~ 8'd8"‘ “ n i t ^ ' 7 M nh’fht by toe f o Z X r ' v . c ^ d County Agents to Meet I appropriate since It was this coun- r: X g ° X n ^ Medford. Ore . June 29 -C ounty d l which has sponsored the work y not U8ed to any ” ‘8" ‘ by hunters Hoover for approval or dl.approv.1 P«r‘u"'‘l«s . M<ncjeg wh|ch agents from Douglas. Coos. Curry. Datrymen and beef rgttI(. thousands - Southwestern Oregon o, camperB It I. understood that the president en wide publicity during the put oeephine. Jackson Klamath Lake )n c urry county are cooperating with ' eW* has signified h l. Intention of sign Bad Smaatl-I p tw0 yaa„ , t lg de. l<nad to J T . and D eschutes counties will gather Dr w E Th ts,lPwajte of the same L t.,?8“ "'8 Sunday Mr end Mrs. Fred Ax- ,a>4| and put e f, w tlv e te.th" in to .Mineral Conference In Medford Tuesday at a confer- bur, au who ,g , „ tlng r4tf|r thPrf Mineral Survey The bill contains provision for an of San Francisco driving an this code according to Mr Buck. Grants Pass. June 28 A miner ence of southern Oregon agenta. for T B There ig no county veter Uniform p la n , for carrying on • ^ rry' . ° " l : . . Jun* ” . «> 8™ nomic conference w ,„ b,. he,d 2 ” “ °? T yay ba' f l " " . A * 1« ^ h « l sm ash-up Follow)nR the . m„k„ . g bor at Port Orford, also an appro- n8 ir the Fromm hom estead south full ‘he agricultural work In the dif- ' dairy' o attle are included'In'the tW .'r t* U U^ d e r e u iu U U v ” Pap<,pr^ i s IccoM in g toTb rt ” b ° h J li ' y Port Orford, dui but rortunately fortunately prlatlon of $100.000 to provide a Dangerous to sm oka While trav- ferent counties w ill be discussed d is c u s s e d ' ____ a Testing will v be . completed _________ prlatlon is ._____ 8 a p p ro - in is , s according III be WOrk now nearing completion e n sin e < .7 to Albert Burch min 16-foo‘ channel In the Bandon h .r neither of the occupants of the car , | | ng; on forea, brugb or _ragg |ai, d a g e n r s w ,u ..s o attend the . he„ about (wo wpFkg anJ a( npar Takjlmp Jogep Bne £ ¿ 7 " X n 7 . “ ' ' r The agents will uthern Oregon-northern Califorr.- that time Curry county should be according to W A Hutton, mem- e n c e is to d e te r m tn th " **» ta agriculture conference to be held eligible for accreditation also R ber of the state mining board, who the mineral denosits In * uto'** t h er. next fall. R. O. Fowler. Jack- Kno, ajlglgtant county agprt wag g „ em todgy* confprri"° " X ? " T "°U‘bw 7 l- son county a g e n t is In charge of | hag been arrangjng the schedule, » gathering ! accom panying Dr Thistlew aite in I Curry county and George H Jen- Director Elected .'«In county agent, has been working Mrs Raymond Capps of Sixes with Dr Thompson in Coos county » a s elected to the board of direc- j -------------------- tors of Union hPgh school d istr ic t! Mr and Mrs C H Tlchenor of with Mark McCallister, state cor | ng transportation n r o h i » m . m n problems, and poration comm issioner A similar survey also in P launched In eastern Oregon The ducts Southern Oregon survey is being conducted by J T Pardee a fed eral mining expert An appropria- been rueatL o f Mr '' »nd* « -------- • to tion of .................. g u e s t s or Mr a n d M rs P No 2 last week to succeed Mrs. • Portland are expected next - week $25.000 w as authorized by v during toe past week left John Fromm whose term expired spend their annual vacation In the 1929 legislative session for this Saturday for their home at Tuaeon A very light vote was cast (P ort Orford .work Artaona. bor were Injured The car turned turtle and stove In the top and Smoke Only broke j. w h u , „ to p p in g In a safe place To Erect Small Smelter ’>r* f ? f 7 lly 4,1 !h* * laa" and “ w l" 0j8ar nf *'• Inflammable materia* probably require an entire new or Medford, Ore June 29 An elec body The cause of the wreck is | 2 During or right after a h eavy , trie sm elter will be erected on the said according to plan» announced here today by Dee Williams, engineer The company will quarry and smelt ° r* *" **** dl8,r,r‘ A sm elter w e ig h in g 110.000 pound with other equlpm e-t is being u- loaded this w eek T h e . I . r t ell. e ^ 4 X u ,« m« p Inside a vehicle on two-way brought the damaged car to hia highways, or garage In Port Orford 4 Above timber line, and - After sm oking put out all lighted R W Babel of Marshfield. Is pre material siding at the barber shop of R C. The law prohibits throwing aw ay Mr “ and Babel and and any burning matches or tobacco, or » Ostrander 7 n '’ « Mrs 88 Babel * " rM* * n t ,n * w " n“ UrUI ,n * h>r“ t