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PORT ORFORD NEWS
VOL. IV.
Port Orford, Oregon, Tuesday, July 8, 1930
Number 35.
Battle Rock, Historic Spot
at Port Orford, to be Park
::
A iHii»-§>iunnter 51 ream
(In Memory of Port Orford)
By Dora Dean McCutcheon
(From Oregonian)
Senate in Special Session;
Harbor Bill Adopted
I Ostrander, were able supporters of ; |
j their secretary, George W. Soran- if
BY JO SEPH L. BROGAN
J » , .
s s n s
son, when he conducted his anti- j If
Final negotiations for the pur­ billboard campaign, which not only ' if
steelheads and chinook salmon u dent Hoover called, a special
chase of lands fronting Battle attracted national but world-wide ff
they have passed over the fish lad- sion of the senate to convene Mon­
attention
and
commendation
from
1II
Rock, historic monument of pio­
der at the Savage Rapids dam on day (yesterday) to consider ratifi­
civic
bodies,
publications
and
lovers
1
ff
neer days of the southwestern Ore­
the Rogue river Indicates that an cation of the London treaty.
gon coast, have just been conclud­ o f the unspoiled and undesecrated 1 it
efficient patrol is being maintained
President Hoover signed the riv­
ed at Port Orford by the state high­ in natural surroundings. No un- •I
by the state game comm ission at ers and harbors bill appropriating
way com m ission. The state park sightly boardings now mar the
the mouth of the stream. In the approximately $140,000,000 for the
thus acquired will be a highly de- hundred-mile stretch of the Roose- ff
nine weeks following April 23 when Improvement of the rivers and har­
sirable addition to the other attrac- velt hiKhway from Bandon south tn ff
two men from the U. S. Bureau of bors of the country during the next
tions of the Roosevelt highway
• the California line.
1- isheries started the count, 21,121 fifteen years. Included in this mea­
Thia parking tract will be furth-
The campaign was arduous and II
Chinook salmon and 1100 steelhead sure was authorization for an ex-
er expanded through cession to the bitter, big interests had to be rea- 0
Î 1.“ ï ! ^ “ 8Ked ° \ e r th e la d d e r ar>d up amination and survey of the nat-
(Tate, by Curry county, of a tract soned with and placated, property ff
straam, according to Harold Cllf- ural deep water harbor at Port Or­
of land on Fort Point, the high land owners pledged, and the gospel o f ! 0
ford, state game warden.
ford with view to federal appropri­
projecting seaward from the Port beauty unsullied made to flow un-
The report of the government ation for improvement, and exami­
Orford hotel.
ceaslngly in the editorial columns
agents is gratifying," said Mr Clif­ nation of Rogue river east of Gold
In all, this will make a parking o? ^h® Fort Orford News, but the
ford this week. "It convinces us Beach w ith view of removing some
area of som e magnitude, will en- 1 re8U,t was at length attained Now
i: | that our men who have charge of of the obstacles to river traffic on
able the tradition of B attle Rock to ' each luxuriously blooming azalea. I
the prevention o f illegal fishing on the portion near Agness.
be held inviolate from commercial ’ eacb brilliantly yellow hedge o f |
I the lower Rogue are efficient In
The p- -ident also signed the
encroachment, and will undoubted- Irish furze, the rhododendrons and
the performance of their duty It
ly pave the w ay to a future congrea- the enameled-leaved jackpines and !
second d.r,‘ ' y appropriation bill
also proves that steelheads and
sional appropriation for a monu- sPruces no longer have to hide
salmon do enter the upper river in which c a i. ieu a senate amendment
g large
ber, and
and thM
“ ’ “ U° n
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ment to Theodore Roosevelt, whose tbeir beauty behind the sign of
large num
numbers
that the
the "fish
fish o r t “ Y 7 " ‘ T
honored name the highw ay bears, Ule Juwbone Inn, or the suggestion j
ii ladder
ladder is
success th
a n 1 k
In“ "lu c‘> “ no report has
is more
more of
of a a success
than
on the rugged height where Ore- of the W hlzit Oil flamboyancies. j
i: some people give It credit for beh.g
rec®,vpd “
lhe ''•to of any
gon pioneers made their heroic ' whlch- if given full vent, attain the
:j
"Each fem ale salmon carries roe
* ‘"l h »“h
the bl11' “ *8
stand against great odds.
| m ultiplicity o f the rabbit and ex- ff
ii containing
approximately
500 000 coa, t guard
”
’ ,n wag
“ ‘rested
Pl roximately 500.000
ltem
jn , he that
bm the
B attle B ock 800 Feet Long
, elude the sun from the sky and ff
*"RRS The fish commission
,
C
°.u
d
I
ilnal,y
8l&
ned
If
so
the
station
will
B attle Rock, located in the natur- the sea from the hori“ n
have taken more
, .
KK
he Prob«hly be constructed yet this
fish that
al deep-water harbor of Port Or- ■ Tbe state highw ay comm ission ff
Rapids dam than i f annually mken
‘’I" prov,d®d ,or an aP-
ford, is approxim ately 300 feet long, Ravp their unstinted aid to the j ff
in the W illam ette river "
| proprlat on of approximately $84.-
60 feet wide at water level, and 60 Port Orford campaigners, and the ff
000 for the purpose. The station is
feet high. About 60 feet north o f | other coast cities and towns from ; ff
4 ss .
1 n*“eded to properly patrol the south-
the shoreward extrem ity of the Bandon south rallied ably to the ff
couniy Court Meet« ¡w estern Oregon coart, and it will
rock the bluff rises about 40 feet defense of their beloved R oosevelt ff
At the monthly m eeting of the maintain a crew of nine or ten men
from the beach. It is about 400 j highway. The result speaks fo r . ff
county court last Wednesday, road w ,,h an annual payroll and main-
feet from the bluff to the highway, *tae'f. aa adm iring travelers will ff
contracts were awarded as follows: tenance charge of approxim ately
thus insuring a considerable park teH-
D. P. Plym ale was low bidder of H «**)
area, w ith a width of som e 600 feet, | The epic story of Battle Rock
the extension of the Floras creek'
exclusive of the Curry county dona- j dates back to the birth of the south-
road, his bid being $7.063. He r e -'
tion adjoining the old fort. From western Oregon coast as an inte-
Beach Party
ceived the contract. John R. H ili'
the park, and from Fort Point, a J gral part of the Oregon country. It I
Last W ednesday night 87 mem-
of
Harbor,
was
awarded
the
CfccUv
►
,
,u
v
„
•m agn ificen t seaward view can be ranks in vividness w ith the block- j
market
road
contract
on
his
bid
of
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r
i
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°
P
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T0™"1
obtained, the first unobstructed house battle of the Cascades as a ‘
$4,489 The contract for p a ln tln g ™ ,
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sight of the ocean from the south­ highlight of early northwest history,
the Pistol river bridge w al let to
/ T * " * “ m° 8t de"«h t,u *
ern part of the Rooeevelt highway,
All of these facts are worthy o f f
W C. Boyd A Son for $125 the "1<K,n"«ht be‘ ch P*r‘>’ A h u g . bon­
and B attle Rock can be mounted commemoration. Here at Port Or­
fire was built, gam es played and
county to furnish the paint.
from the beach fronting the park. ford they stand out clear-cut as
stories told around the fire, mingled
, with singing favorite songs and
It has been chiefly through the the outlines of Battle Rock when
Girl Kills Cougar
, the toasting of marshmallows. A
untiring efforts of George W. Sor- the trade winds blow refreshingly
Miss Genevieve Adams, daughter delicious lunch was served and the
anson, of Port Orford, alw ays a and the sky and sea merge into
of John Adams of Potato Illahe on evening passed pleasantly,
zealot where the R oosevelt high­ one blue pattern of admirable love- ! I
the Rogue, former game warden for' Mr" c - c - Woodworth of Sixes,
way is concerned, and ably backed liness
Curry county, last week killed a Mr8 Mabel Gillings, Mrs. Rosa
by the Port Orford chamber of
large cougar which the Adam's Ponting and Mrs. C. C. Ponting
commerce, of which he is secretary,
New District Engineer
chaperoned the party. The young
dogs had treed near her home.
and the Port Orford News, of which
Portland, July 5.—Major Oscar O.
people are planning on having on»
he is editor, that the state highway ( Kuentz, corps of engineers. United
of these delightful affairs once a
comm ission has been able to ac- > States army, has been assigned to
Metal Prices
month.
quire the land at a nominal figure 1 Portland as district engineer and
Lead (N. Y ) -----------5.25c per lb
At """
the business m
m eenng
eeting or
of rne
the
While som e of the property o w n ers, and will take over the duties of the
Zinc (St L.) ____
4.25c per lb
Copper
__ __
u n c p#r
were com placent of the plan, others , office July 27. The major is in
per )b church trustees held Sunday morn-
had to be won over into unity and Portland enjoying a leave of ab-
Silver
33 62c per ounce ing it was announced that Mrs.
an abandonm ent of fictitious values sence following a three-year tour
Aluminum (N. Y.)
24 30c per lb. Bernal Forty had consented to act
for their holdings. The aggregate of duty at Panam a and has estab-
Antimony (N Y . ) ____ 7.00c. per lb as Sunday school superintendent.
uuHUL m .i..ii..miu«»k.wmanuuiUBBia m a u ui i i i siisiBi i>Bini ii i i
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prlce paid by the state to the in- llshed his home with hts mother,
Nickel (N Y ) Ingot _.35 00c per lb An election was held and Mrs For­
dividual land owners amounts to wife and three children at 553 East
Platinum (N. Y.) $46 00 per ounce ty elected to the position. It was al­
derided to retain the services of
about $4500
Tw enty-fifth street North.
Park Lands Recorded
Norblad Out of Picture Good Manners in Forpsf« Quicksilver (8 F ) $1)7 00 per 76 lb so
Rev McVicker A canvass of the
When the Port Orford chamber
A ssignm ent of a new district en- ' The Oregon state highw ay com­
Salem, July 2 —The name of Gov-
rh(. rr s F o r . «
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congregation will be carried on by
, erce got behind
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____ for lands em or A W Norblad has been defl-
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of comm
the idea ._ glneer to ______________________________________
Portland is the result of mission has ________
filed deeds
a comm ittee this week.
several years ago, the state agreed splitting up the duties of the United embraced in the parking area n l,e,Y removed from the list of wr, u
* r«" on ab ly ’wild and
Trail Work to Start
to contribute $2000. provided the re- sta tes engineers' office here Lieu- fronting historic B attle Rock as fol- candidates for nomination at the the
, y° U, * °, cam P,nR ln
The
forest
service
Intends
•
»rrvicr inienas to »
. »
.
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mainder of the purchase price w as tenant-CoIonel Gustave R Lukesh, lows:
hands of the republican com m ittee w L h r n ^
■
K° n *nd
start its seasonal work in the con- Iy e d ’ «nUier tO DOOT
xaised by popular subscription. A who haa been
div,glon engl.
when it m eets later this month or
r
dOn'' ¡f* /* yOUI
I'" F. Friant to state o f Oregon— — ...
of Wild Animal Hunter
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| Rood manners at home Take them struction of the Middle Elk trail on
few donations were received, but neer and di, trict engineer, is re- deed.
early in August
If anyone says a panther will not
with you. You need them more on July 15, according to word received
the stock m arket deflation o f some ||eved of the work of the district
In a lengthy statem ent to the your vacation than when you are In Port Orford this week. The work chase a human being, Brant Taylor,
W illis T W hite to state of Ore­
tim e back worked against the sue- engineer but will remain in charge
gon—deed.
press.
Governor Norblad announced at home The rules for good man will start at Panther creek and run road patrolman In the Dora district
cess of this plan and it had to be of the division, which embraces
George E W aters to state o f Ore­ that he would not be a candidate ners as given by the forest service about three miles down th e* Elk and former Fourmlle resident, wlsh-
abandoned But through the zeal- Oregon, W ashington. Idaho, western
for re-election, accepting, he said, are easy to learn and are followed rtV*r *° connect UP wlth f*1* trall *• to take Issue with the author,
gon—deed.
ous efforts of the Port Orford Montana and Alaska
E
lva
McGraw
to
state
o
f
Oregon
th*
Wl11 of the P ^ P 1* as expressed by all good sportsmen good ,am r, fr° m 0,8 McOribble station When "ays a Coquille report
chamber of com m erce in getting a
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and good tou ris..
P' completed it will give a t through
—deed
i ln th e primaries His statem ent also ers
I s sile T Broat of Dora declarea
era and good tourists They are:
reduction on the cost of the prop­
trail over the mountain to Powers that Taylor Is to be believed, for
Other instrum ents filed for rec- contained an explanation of his ac
erty, and sm oothing out all ob- 1 Port Commission Meets
First obtain a camp fire permit
The
Clerk
Caughell tlons ,n o iilc « since the primaries
every indication points to Taylor
highway
commission
s t a d e s , the
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« port comm ission met Satur- I ords w ith County
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Carry a shovel and ax.
saw its w ay clear to shoulder the day a *t,irnoon ln lta regular month- during the past week were
"I alone will accept responsible
Weather Statistics
f-vtOR « merry foot race and scare
Smoke only in camp.
a raw aaya a<o.
responsibility.
1 ,y 8es8ion’ wlth President Spoerl | W R. Johnson—proof o f labor on
,or the removal of Judge Sawyer
Drown your fire dead out with
W eather statistics at Port Orford,
and Commissioners W hite and Sut- mining claim.
from the state highw ay commis- water.
kept
by
cooperative
weather
obser-
'
AccordlnR to Taylor's story, he
Veterans Dedicate Site
ton present. Business of a routine* CarI R aam u asen -location of min- a‘o n " “ id Oovsruo. N v.blad. who
Leave a clean and sanitary camp Ver H ,n ry John8t«n. "how that for had r« n ° « t of gas on his grader.
In 1925 the Oregon departm ent of nature was , ran8acted
ing claim
stated that Sawyer's removal was
Observe the state fish and game th* tweI»e months period
ending "rd 8‘arted
walk along the road
the United Spanish w ar veterans
The Hyde camp is rapidly hauling
A G. K elley—proof of labor min beraUFe of « "lack of interest In laws
June 3°. 193«. there were 229 clear to get a 8UPP'y when he saw a
held an annual encampm ent at
:the R oosevelt highway and caused
Cooperate with the forest rangers day* 40 day" partly c ,*ar
and ’* nther ,n hla path' B e,n* una""««
Port Orford. W hile there they dedi­ Port Orford cedar logs from Its ing claim.
George Axtell - proof of labor
feelings on the com- and Btatr ftr(. ward<.ng
days classed as cloudy, with a rain- and after '"’»"'ceasful attem pts to
cated Battle Rock as the site for camp south of Port Orford to the
tr a im n r a l a l » .
m litfllo n .
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w
s__a. .
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h #
ftn lm n l
z ^ n lln iia z l
scare t the
animal, which n oontlnued
fall of 4637 inches
a memorial statue of Theodore dock for water shipm ent to Marsh­ mining claim.
and suppressing forest fires
field.
to
come
his
way,
Taylor
took
to his
Fred
Caughell
to
E.
B
H
o
o
k
e
r
-
R oosevelt T he movem ent was a f­
P ractice these rules and preach
heels, and ran som e distance, with
deed.
The major portion of the ship- deed
Splendid Meeting
terward approved by the national
them too.
Creighton
Sauers Hurt ’he panther after him, to th s home
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organization of the veterans, and ment of cem ent for the Rogue r
Early last W ednesday morning of
T Groa, a prfdatory anl.
Hall
ESwar. 'T'
F o r ,,
it
V° Ung P eoP,e ’8
In 1927 the Oregon legislature me­ er bridge has been hauled to Wed-
Creighton Sauers, son of Mr. and mal hunf„
To
Ingtail
Smelter
d e rb u rn and it is u n d e rsto o d th a t
"«»ds
Finance
Co.
F"™m
of
the
Community
church
soon as Taylor
morialized congress to appropriate
the pouring of concrete for the
Ma™hfleld. July 3. - Senator ""d8r th* ' « d*r8hlp of Mrs Mabel
Gold Hill. July 3 - The 55-ton Mrs H. L. Sauers o f Port Orford, could tell hla story, Groat started
$25,000 for the erection of the sta ­
was
crushed
between
two
logs
while
north pier will start today It is es- charlea Hall, and son Keith, with y ,ll,n68 hpld 8 most creditable pa- electric sm elter to be Installed south
out with his hunting dogs, and soon
tue. B ills were introduced in past
timated that the total freight for 0,h er a88°<-‘ates, have organized the
' 8erv,c* Fifty-one were In of this place has arrived at Med* engaged In his logging operations located the panther, which was
sessions of congress to carry out
the bridge construction that will be Westarn D iscount Corporation with a,tendance and $6 25 was realized ford, and will be hauled to the on Sm ith river, resulting In a com ­ killed without much trouble. Groat
the program, but as the vacant
handled
over the Port Orford dock hf'ad<l “a rf«rs here, to engage in as-
, aa8,at in def r»y‘fR the expense smelter site at once Dee Williams, pound fracture of the pelvic arch. brought the anim al’s pelt to the
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wero m ' lnp r t v a t r ’ ™ " .M " 'o n R»nd w l" h" ab° ut 16.000 tons
' ' u'" " sisting in the financing o f small ° f 8 ,amP for the church. The sing- engineer In charge, will make no While he will be in the hospital for county clerk’s office Thursday, re-
with plan, a f ^ t b / Z 7 X r . f
o
f
-------------------- industries The capital I. stated as "* ot .V ,ct»r
"My H esrt I . statem ent s s to the objective of the the next eight or ten weeks he •« reiving the county bounty, and mak-
We closed the door and hurried away_
Across the river, and out the road,
We hurried along, passed others, in haste,
Going somewhere on a holiday . . . !
M(e noticed the river, calm and serene,
Then we saw the fields spreading far,
Some were golden, ripe for harvest,
Others a sweeping shining green.
The river left us—to wander through the hills—
We crossed country to the mountains,
0, the mountains—how they greeted us—
And their thousand silvery rills.
Then again we found the river, singing merrily_
We went along together—with river and mountain,
How wonderfully friendly they were,
Then we came suddenly to the shining sea.
How it greeted us—the great rolling ocean—
With its booming welcome, sounding from shore to shore
The in-coming tide with its great breakers,
Tireless in its ceaseless motion.
The waves came up and broke in splendor,
The sea gulls also welcomed us—
Floating from crest to crest,
Throwing the spray in glee at each other.
Night came down o’er the mighty waters,
Sea-birds pleaded and called to each other,
The sea sang a lullaby, we lay down under the trees
The wind talked in soft whispers.
The waves came from afar and washed the'shore,
The ocean sang it’s song of mystery,
We drifted into dreams and the tide receded,
Dawn came and we awoke to the ocean’s roar.
We arose with the morning and laughed with the sea,
Waved it goodbye and turned toward the road;
Raced back through the mountains, found the river,
Heard its gurgling laugh as it went by in glee.
We came to the fields which had beckoned us to roam.
We smiled back at the wonder of it all,
Raced over the winding way, crossed the river—
Came to the closed door, which opened and welcomed us home.
v a rio u s
b u ild in g .
th „
w o u ld
rele
gate the historic site tr n h s c k v a rd
a«oclatlon . no action was ever tak-
en by the legislators The veterans
are now in a position to carry for
ward the program and bring it to
conclusion as
did the
Port Orford chamber of
commerce In < the
k . park
.1. movement.
.
The Port Orford chamber of com­
merce has alw ays been aggressively
engaged w herever the good of the
Roosevelt highw ay was concerned
Its members. David McKenzie,
Louis L. Knapp Henry Johnston
S J. Spoerl. W P Young M. J
Ltmpach C. C Ponting and R S
HeaVV Fish K. Catch
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T h e n in e (b h i n
out o f the Port Orford harbor Wed
nesday brought ln 7000 pounds of
salmon and on the follow ing day
repeated the large catch with an
equal quantity C H Buffington
and Charles Felter are buying the
fiih for the(r p|antg a , Bandon and
Marshfield
L ieu t and Mrs C. H. Tlchenor
of Portland, arrived Sunday night
to spend their summer vacation in
Port Orford, and are cozlly housed
in their summer home. "Tlchenor s
R est"
•«- Ing application for the state bounty,
2° °°° ’ hare’ ° f n° par com mon and " “ 'T* “ d ,t he numb«rs rendered backers of the project, but it is re° ? V7 W “ rap,dIy “ can
10,000 shares o t 6 per cent preferred hy ,h ' o u a r ’et consisting of Messrs understood that the plant will be pected Mr H L. Sauers visited
him W ednesday and Thursday Mrs
Ferry Starts Earlier
states he is through with politics.
especially enjoyed The young sr ores of this vicinity Arrange- Hauers left for Crescent City
Because of Increased travel over
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people are most grateful to them m ents have been made with the
the Roosevelt highway, provision
.
for so graciously
graciously o offering their ser- Copco for electric power, and with
Don’t Mean Maybe’
has been made at Gold Beach and
Alniwla Mine to Operate vices Mrs Gillings gave a patriotic the Southern Pacific to build a spur
(R eedsport Courier)
along the lower Rogue valley for
Grants P ass July $ -T he A im ed , '« d i n g and D avl. Ponting read th e to the sm elter site
P
Ernest Zlnlker w ishes to Inform better auxiliary service at Bagnell's
mine, located at Galice on Rogue scripture The flag salute was given
those whom it may concern that he ferry, which la four miles up the
river w est o f this city, is Installing by N»e congregation, and there was
.w en t Tuesday evening to dig tus­ river The ferry will comm ence op­
Drilling to Resume
equipment to placer mine a por- excellent congregational singing
socks from the tennis court being
Coquille July 3 - The slipspear C »-red by the alumni and no one erating at 6 a. m
lion of its property, with twelve
which will hr used to loosen the else appeared; that he Is now
men employed to place In the equip­
Donation to Library cssln
Mr and Mrs. E R Barnes and
g in the Fat Elk oil well ar­
m en t which has a capacity of 200n
Tiny Anderson has donated the rived W ednesday and the crew will through digging tussocks; that he daughter, of Coquille, stopped in
yards a day. In place. Actual oper­ following books to the library
never did think much of th s exer­ Port Orford Tuesday while en
start work at once
ation is not expected to r tirt until
cise as a major pastime; that any route to Crescent City to spend
"The Blue Window," "Under W el­
the middle o f the month when ad­
one w ishing tussocks dug had bet­
lington's Command," "The Gods of
R. L. Wagner was a business vis­ ter get busy and dig them. In other the Fourth Mr Barnes la the Flamo
ditional men will be put to work
Mars"
representative for the Standard OH
itor in Langlois Tuesday afternoon. words, he's through.
company