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feet and there has been consider able preliminary work in cleaning out the well and shutting off the caveins before the drill can resume, but this is now practically com B, «RS MH0TBÏ COFUEN pleted. W. H Wann, certified public accountant, is engaged in auditing Keeping Promise» to Children S WE think it over we find that the books of the company. there are many reasons for I making promises to children but only one for breaking them. We Port Orford i are very apt to consider them only J the fruit o f the moment that will Local News 1 be promptly forgotten by the child and msv be as promptly forgotten Among those attending the New by us. This Is where we are Years dance at Two Mile were Mr. wrong. We may forget It but the and Mrs. C. C. Wright. Mrs Jessie child does not. Hoggatt, Mrs Ethel Mather, Mrs Betty was playing happily the Ray Dean, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Dean. other day when she conceived the Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Wright, Miss Idea of removing her Shoes and Ruby Purdin, Floyd Wright, Geo. stockings. Soon she came limping Into the house, crying as If with Purdin. Bob Tlchenor, Palmer But the lungs of ten. The foot had ton and Louis Knapp. been struck by a nail and while Crayton Sauers was a business nothing serious resulted the acci dent was sufficient to start a whole visitor in Marshfield Wednesday. Wednesday, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. day of peevishness, snd toward night Mother was at her wits’ end, McKenzie, Mrs. Henry Adolphsen in need of rest. Betty continued and Miss Ena McKenzie motored to fret and whine To make a long to Gold Beach story short, nothing wss pleasing Mr and Mrs. Roy Haft of Sixes all day long, hut the Important ia- entertained at New Years dinner wue came toward the end when driven desperate, said: for Mt and Mrs. Tracey Corbin, Mother, •‘Betty, if you’ll only stop fretting j Mr. and Mrs. James Smith, F. W. for a while and let Mother rest M rs A lice Bell o f Raton Rapids. M ichigan, w ith the silve r cup trophv ' Smith. Alf Haft, Jack Prock and I’ll glvs you some Ice cream.” w h h she won by subm itting a quart ja r o f C u th lie rt raspberries iii the j Howard Wallace Instantaneous calm and quiet re N tio n a l Canning Contest at Shenandoah, Iowa M rs Bell won three other Dr. and Mrs. L. R. Pugh and sulted, hut when the promise was cups the title o f Grand Champion w ith a $Scn cash prize, and a $100 prize i baby motored to Marshfield Thurs- rashly made the hour had not been luff the best ja r o f fru it. noticed. It was In reality very j day with Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Kelt- near Betty's supper time. Mother i ner and in the evening attended rested for a short while, forgetting » ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦I Girl Scout News j the theatre. all about her promise, revelling ♦ Mrs. Mabei Mather received word only in the quiet. But Betty had <>, A special meeting of the Girl ♦ PIRATES’ WEERLT When Xlother 4 Scout Troop was held Monday for i from Myrtle Point New Years not forgotten! ♦ Ruby Purdin, Editor stirred as if to get up, Retty was 0 the purpose of receiving the Girl morning that a six pound baby girl upon her for the fulflllment. she ❖ 1 Scout pins. Those who received pins had been bom to Mr and Mrs. Vic- had made a bargain and rightfully were: Miss Clara Gravos, Marie tor Horner. She has been named had come for Its fruition. Last Saturday the Pirates return-, Lindberg, Shirley McKenzie, Helen Roberta Jacqueline. “Oh, goody! Can I have the iee ed the basket ball game with Gard- Capps and June Crumley. Those Saturday Neil Johnson celebra cream now?” she called. Xlother looked surprised and iner at Gardiner. The Pirates were j who did not receive p/ins were I ted his sixth birthday having as his glanced at tier watch. "Why, Bet victorious by a score of 42-7. | Wanda Rigsby, who has not passed little guests Orris Smith, Gordon ty, It’s supper time now. Don’t you Next Monday will begin a new | her tenderfoot test, and Margaret Forty, Nadine Babel, James Lind- know that Ice cream isn’t good for semester. Many changes will be Corson who is ill. berg, Fredia Matheny, Dorris For- little girls so Iste at night?” made in the schedule and subjects After receiving the pins the ty, and Winifred Babel Games and So that waa the promise, was It? taught. Thursday and Friday we Morse Code was studied. We prac- I delicious refreshments were enjoy- 8he wasn’t to tasta that Ice cream will take our final semester exams. tice sending and receiving messag- ed. after all. Disappointment over Alvin Anderson will have com es, which was enjoyed very much George Curry of Elk river was a whelmed her and no doubt In her pleted his high school course this by the Scouts present. A short time business visitor in town yesterday, small subconsciousness worked the semester. He will be missed very was spent on learing the Girl Scout j Mrs. Mabel Mather and daughter, fretting of complete disillusion ment, the faintly defined knowl much by his fellow-students. son8- I Dorothy, Calvin Smith, and Court edge that Xlother did not play fair. A basket ball game between Mrs. H. L. McCartney was the 1 Steinhauer visited Saturday at the Anyway, a very unhappy child ate North Bend and the Pirates will j honored Scout and helped us very 1 Victor Horner home in Myrtle a very uninteresting supper and went to bed completely tired out, be played here, this Saturday. The I much in learning the Morse code, point Port Orford Independents will also Taps were sung and we adjourned, i Mrs. A. Gale and daughters, Bet- at war with the world. Yea, the Incident would be for have a game. As yet it is not def ------------------- ] ty and Virginia, of Bandon, and gotten hut wonld that and other initely know what team they will son, Thornton, who was gecompan- similar broken promises never play. Fat Elk to Resume led by his friend Lester McDonald. again be remembered? Alas, they The work of resuming drilling 1 spent the week end at the E. J. would I Not by Mother—she only Mrs. Bechtel and daughter. Alice, for oil and gas in the well of the I Baker ranch on Chinquapin Ridge. made them—but by Betty who suf of Brushes Creek enjoyed New Fat Elk Oil A Gas Co., near Co- I Thornton Gale and Mr McDonald fered the pain of their whimsical Years dinner with Mr. and Mrs. quille will be resumed early this 1 are students at the University of destruction! <(Tr 19Ift Western N e w m w r > N. P. Grant. week. The drill is now down 1640 Oregon. Champion Home Canner o f fbe United States M OTHER PROBLEM A r T T T : t T T ❖ ❖ I T T T f ❖ Y READ THE Port Orford News AND KEEP INFORMED OF THE Progress of Development During 1931 Of The Rich Natural Resources Of Southwestern Oregon TIMBER AGRICULTURE — — MINERALS DEEP SEA FISHING RECREATIONAL PURSUITS $2.00 For 12 Month — $1.00 For 6 Months Subscribe Now! Port Orford N ew s Port Orferd, Oregon Port Orfords Natural Deep Water Harbor THE KEY 4 / T o th e D e v e lo p m e n t of th e G reat Mid-Pacific Coast Empire Depth of Water from 30 to 42 feet. 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