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. Port Orford Deep Water Harbor — The KEY to the Development of the Vast Natural Resources of the Mid-Pacific Coast Empir PORT ORFORD NEWS Volume V. Port Orford, Oregon, Tuesday, April 21, 1931. Number 24. Curry Adapted to Agriculture; Homemaker s Opportunity The opening up of the Last Pron- . tier—the Curry country—by the ♦ jcenlo Oregon Coast highw ay is af- 0 CHURCH CALENDAR ♦ fording opportunities for the home- ♦ maker, agriculturally inclined, to ♦ ♦ «> ♦ become financially independent. With som e 103,000 acres o f agri Sunday, April 26, 1931. cultural lands in the county, of Sunday School, 10 a. m. w hich but a small percentage is Preaching Service, 11 a. m. tilled, a large portion of the area Porum, 7:30 p. m. being cutover lands, the raising of Tuesday, Choir Practice at Roy agricultural products for the enor- Corson home at 7:30 p. m. mous tourist traffic that is des- Thursday, Forum Practise at tined to travel via the Oregon Coast Church at 7:30 p. m. —owing to its beautiful scenery N otes and equable all-year-round clim ate "Why was Christ so long in com- — will become of vital importance, ing?" w as the topic .chosen by t^e market being at home, and a Rev. McVicker for his sermon 8un- ca ih one at that. day morning. Several of the most All vegetables, berries, fruits, frequent questions asked on this grasses and flowers thrive on the subject were discussed by Rev. Mc- slopes reaching from the ocean to Vicker. The Young Peoples choir the mountains to the east—with- assisted by Mrs. Sw eet at the or- out irrigation at that—while stock- Kan A. B Hogatt and R oy Corson raising and dairying are profitable sang "Now the Day is Over”. The enterprises on account o f green church had been prettily decorated feed for the full 12 months o f the by Lois Warner and Faye Tribbey." year. Forty-eight attended Sunday Flowers grow in profusion and school. Mrs. Forty acted as super- during the spring months the won- intendent in the absence of Mrs. derful rhododendron and the azal Corson. eas are in bloom everywhere. Forum Notes It's the Last Frontier in all that A m ost enjoyable party was giv- I the name implies, and It is won- en Friday night in the Woodman derfully endowed with rich nat- hall, several of the members of the ural resources aw aiting the hand forum attending “Must I Always of the experienced man to be turn- Forgive" w as the topic o f Sunday ed into profitable comm ercial I night's discussion. Faye Tribbey channels. was leader and several responded with quotations. What do Mission aries D o?” is the subject for next <8)rpgnn is ¿fly Hiniuv By Charles A. Howard The Lure oí Southern Oregon; Wide Variety oí Resources Port Orford Local News By A G. JACKSON U. S. Forest Examiner Mother N ature planned a n d equipped southern Oregon to be Mi and Mrs C. C. Wright and ready to meet the diverse demands baby motored to Marshfield Sun- ° t her visitors as well as those of day and attended the theatre. her permanent residents. Variety Dick Adams of Illahe was the is the keynote which applies to the week end guest of Don McKenzie soil, climate, topography and natu- at Cloverdale ral resources of this favored region. Mr. and Mrs Paul Leutwyler and There are soils in southern Ore- Miss Claire Gravos motored to gon for nearly all staple crops as Gold Beach Saturday morning well as many special ones There L. B Hatton is spending sever- is broccoli soli in the Umpqua al days at home from his m ining valley, tokay grape land In the property on the Middle Elk. Grants Pass region, orchard land Dr. L. R. Pugh left W ednesday along the Rogue, year-long dairy for Portland, returning Sunday land along the coast, and small n‘Kht. | fruit, truck and bulb land abur.- Mr. and Mrs. R. G McKenzie ac- dant throughout the region. Eng- companled by Mr and Mrs. Ray- lish w alnuts and other nut crops mond Capps of Sixes enjoyed a mo- are grown comm ercially In varl- tor trip to Monmouth Sunday ous parts of the region However, Mr and Mrs Joe Nielsen of Rlv- not all the soli of southern Ore^ erton were week end guests « t the gon is adapted to farm crops In Baker Ranch. fact, embracing as It does exten Mrs. Geo. W Sotanson and chil slve mountain areas, much the dren and Wyman Eaton were larger part of the region is and guests of Mr and Mrs. David Mc- should be maintained as timber- ! Kenzie at a picnic lunch Sunday land. on the beach The varied soil and clim ate pro Mrs. Bernal Forty, Mrs. Chas. duce such a variety of timber as Neuman and Mrs Maud Lynch probably cannot be duplicated in motored to Bandon Saturday. J the Pacific coast region. Port Or- Miss Ruth Clark visited Sunday fo rd 'cedar. whTch grows commer at the Donaldson home in D en cially nowhere else In the world, mark. is the most Important timber of arrived last week , Cooa and Curry counties. Much of , Frank , , Seal . J from Montana and is contemplat- th ,„ tlm b„ „ marketed In Japan Ing installing electricity In Port on the other aldp of ' ° 'd where Its peculiar qualities o f col- will lead. Mrs Orris Knapp and Mrs. L. R lor, durability and reslstence to In- Ladies Aid I Pugh and baby motored to Gold sect dam age appeal to the thrifty Ohio Institution Negotiating With Mrs. W. T. W hite, Sr., and Mrs. Beach yesterday afternoon Mrs Japanese. Oregon myrtle Is an- Mrs. Charles Fox of Langlois Bernal Forty were hostesses at the I Knapp la starting a dancing class other timber peculiar to the south- for Collection. Ladies Aid W ednesday. Plans for in QoM Beach. ern Oregon region Fashioned Into the com ing "all county club” meet- George and Vic Horner spent the novelties, its beauty of grain and Ian glols April 11.—One o f the ing were discussed. week end at their home In Port Or- texture attract buyers from all finest collections of Indian relics _____ ford, returned yesterday morning parts of the world. Other lmpor- of any resident in the state is said L anginls Com m un ity Church | to their work at Dillon's camp »an » trees of the coast region In- to be owned by Mrs. Charles Fox, Sunday School Sunday 10:30 a. m. Mrs. Elmer Jacobson of Bandon elude Douglas fir, Sitka spruce and who with her husband, lives on a Superintendent Prof. I B Sevy J visited her mother, Mrs. Maude redwood Tan oak Is at present ranch near here, writes Helen Mc- Christian Endeavor Sunday 7:18 Lynch and Miss Grace Fromm the •‘’ought for the tannic ad d content Cracken. Her collection is so well p. m., President Lila Dement. past week. , of its bark, but Its lumber is ex- known that a museum in Ohio has Preaching service Sunday at 8:00 E L. Harris of the Middle Elk peeted to Prove useful also when been negotiating for the prize ar p. m., by the pastor. was a business visitor In town ,bp ProPer method of curing It for ticles, and has indicated that It This is a Community Church and W ednesday ha" been worked out The will obtain them within a few | the entire Community is a part of Thursday the Gold Beach Seniors wood Ik hard and haa a flne grain months it and all are urged to attend all visited the local high school on*1.fo' noorlnK and other uses as soon The collection, which includes the services, their annual "Sneak D ay”. ai' "easonlng problem la settled. arrowheads, war clubs, beads, warn- Elmer E. McVicker, Pastor Mrs. Earl Moore and children Eu<'a |yptus and M onterey cypress pum, and many other such relics, -------------------- and Mrs Harry Starling motored also grow on the coast. Further In was begun by Mrs Fox soon af- p o rt O rford MaV Club leaders to Meet to land, the chief comm ercial timber Marshfield W ednesday ter she and Mr. Fox moved here — — J species are sugar pine. western ah h ciub local leaders in the from N ew Jersey 22 years ago Mr. and Mrs. Crayton Sauers. The "hydro-electric departm ent o f P h o e n i x A rtx tn in » « _»_ . . . . . . Curry county are invited and re Mr and Mrs Lester Sauers and yellow pine and Douglas fir. Men Mrs. Fox first became interested in collecting the relics while on a »he city has an inquiry for current for a Iand bound state Is a task for travel Oregon's highw ays ThU “ ’ U“ ta<1 l° “ tend th* con ,er*'MS« son, Junior, of Sm ith River, and have been cutting sugar pine in the mmnfncF aha «**«•*««« from Port u Orford. At i the —•— J and school tr be held with H. C. Mr and Mrs W A West of Cres Illinois valley for 78 years. camping tHn trip when she found a *«*•»» r iu r u . a m e council riant« a - h • ™™ n o iu u .i k .. 1 «.in a * B ~ Some eastern hardwoods do well number of arrowheads w hich had m eeting last evening a communi- jne88 leaders have learned DennHc f in e s t h r t" "r” 7" X ° 7 e ° f the S<,ymour in charge. Friday. April cent City spent the week end with In the southern Oregon region. been unearthed by digger squirrels cation w as read from Mr Seal, re- obstacles however there ■- - - *- •• -F *C<" - « y r t e m s ^ , at Gold Beach Mr and Mrs. H. L. Sauers at is no in the United States, but a state Early settlers brought In seeds and or by the wind blowing over the cently of Montana, who plans to abatem ent in a drive to Mr. Seymour, state club leader, Agate Beach accom- traffic police squad whose mem _ _ ... , _ now a»ch trees as black locust, elm, sand. Soon after, she became an establish a light and power plant pjjsh that task George ( ampbe and son, George . has a special m essage and a lot of bers are ready at all tim es to aid . . . chestnut, catalpa, bass wood tulip ardent collector, and has continued a » Port Orford. He had planned to Were it _. .. _ . . . . K a mere engineering job. m otorists in whatever difficulty new material that is of vital im Jr were In town Thursday fr o m j_ and other Introduced species are w ith her explorations o f regions install a small Diesel engine, but Arizona v. portance to the people interested their home In the Middle Elk would have had a deep- they may find them selves. flourishing In various parts o f the known to possess such treasures. believes he can do better by buy- watpr niitlP7 ”i»nT in boys' and girls' club work Mrs. Ruby Jam es of Langlois vis region. People both Coos and Curry ing current from Bandon and build- ^ ^ .« ." iw ^ h u r ^ X h a v in ’ truly ited Thursday with Mrs Mabel New and old local leaders should Sawmills are shipping their out counties and are m fam iliar with the col- ing an extension of the line man. from he Arizona tmrder a n d ‘hat th a t , , . , , th Mather lections, anv have visited t h e the Bandon hvdro-electric COVeted enforcing body to a group of each bring br'n* a a I I . ° o f f the q uestion. M a,h*r put of sugar pine to a wide mar lections, and m any have visited the Bandon hydro-electric plant goal lies tearritory Mrs Vic Horner entertained belonging to well-trained, state-controlled mot- and Prob|ems evolving from their ket. some going as far east as N ew Fox ranch to view them, while on W illow creek to Port Orford. another nation. Friday night at a very enjoyable orists whose main duties consist of c,ub act<vitles. York Port Orford cedar and the others have seen them at the Coos The m atter was referred to the party for her niece Shirley Mc- The proposal involves the digging a,d,nK In all safety cam paigns The m eeting will be held at the two pines, sugar and western yel hydro-electric committee. and Curry fair. Qualn Games and (del)c(ous re A Mr. Shockley of North Bend in- of a canal, or utilization o f the controlling the highways adequate-. court house In Gold Beach, start- freshm ents passed a happy even low, are the species most often Of particular beauty are the five arrowhead-shaped boards, covered quired about electrical work in Colorado river channel, from the *y to make the roads safe for driv- lnK at 10 a. m. including a lunch- ing The guests were Virgie and | applied for by loggers who seek to together buy timber from the national for and continuing w ith velvety white buckskin, on Bandon, w anting to establish an Arlzona-California-Mexico junction era' and lending any assistance eon Winifred Babel. through the afternoon as long as Freda Matheny, ests of the southern Oregon region. w hich are mounted m any of the electric shop and do the wiring, at Yuma to the Gulf of California. w hlch may be desired Evelyn Rowen, D orothy M ather Thp Due to the stym ie of interna- The new uniform o coast traffic reserve sells mature treasures. TM *e boards are in the etc., «or for ine the city city. Me He was referred treasures I tie ' ---- w » i ir a r r ic conditlons justify - ----- e- Luclle Lindberg Kenneth Handley , . “ shape of arrowheads, and are 36 by hydro-electric co m m ittee- W estern ' lo"a ,","1 »he matter soon passed law s recently adopted have w on' Problems Involving the handling an<1 Frank Sutton timber here as elsewhere under from the hands o f Arizona and the praise of tourists from all over i ot a l* 4-H clubs will be discussed conditions which provide for close 28 Inches In dimension. On them World Among those planning to attend became an affair between the Un the nation, and already have aided A county-wide program will he utilization of all timber cut and the are mounted arrowheads o f flint, the Woodcraft Rally at Coquille ited States and Mexico. This greatly in expediting travel and worked out to suit the needs of all leaving of seed trees to restock the agate, jade, jasper and obsldlon. prompted Senator Henry F Ash- m aking It safer and more enjoy localities A social or recreational last night were Mrs. Bernal Forty. areas cut over. Prevention of for The obsldlon is a relic of the past Mrs. Maude Lynch. Mrs Rachael Uudei the leadership of R. Q. hurst to Introduce a resolution in able. est fires Is also a condition of gov calen d ar for the whole county when volcanos emitted molten la Marsh, Mrs Eunice Jameison, Mis. McKenzie of Elk R iver a sheep the U. S Senate asking that neg ernment timber sale contracts. should be made. va. It is thought that the Modoc The expressed speed lim it as N R Marsh. Mrs. Roy Rabel. Mrs. club has been organized and en- otiations for title to a strip of As might be expected In a region Indians made the arrows of obsid- designated Is 45 miles an hour, Granges and other organizations M T Wright, Mrs. O. Leneve. Mrs ■ - a .u _ . .v thuslastlc m eetings are held each M exican land be acquired Ion and traded them to the D igger __ but the measure is tempered by the Interested In the progress of 4-H Bud Post Mrs Mabel Mather. Mr where farm crops and timber are _______________ _ W ednesday afternoon. Roderick As an engineering feat, the mat- clause m aking such a lim it only club work In the county should and Mrs. E. A. Lindberg, Mrs. Geo varied and abundant, the clim ate Indians on the coast McKenzie is president; Howard ter is comparatively sim ple Less Wampum made from the seed provisional A portion of the law have a representative at this meet Quigley, Mrs. C. A. Bechtell, Mrs of southern Oregon leaves little to W hitman, vice president, and Ed- work would be required than reads: of the digger pine also are mount- ward _________ _ . - ------------- Ing. A list of questions should be Fred Jameison, Mrs. Harold John- be desired. It is neither too hot Lindberg, -------*----- — ed on the board. The m eat was — 7 nerp8sary ior the canal from the presented by each person and son, Mrs Ella Knapp, Mrs. Chas, nor too cold for comfort. Severe "No person shall drive a vehicle si from t h e s e e d h v the m™ b^ » r e \ \ c de | Wilcox. Ted- Gulf of Mexico to Houston, Houston Texas T exas extracted from the seed by the round-table discussion will be the Neuman. Mrs Hans Adolphsen A windstorm s seldom occur and there dy McKenzie, Irving Jameison, Dredging would be easier than that upon a highway at a speed great Is plenty of rain during the w in Indians, and the remaining hull er than is reasonable and prudent, m eans of giving every one an op- May Pole drill, under the direction ter season Snow seldom falls ex Mary Shirery, John Shirery. Jam es used as a means of exchange, as Malloy, Hulet Malloy and Rllly done In clearing a 35 foot channel having due regard to the traffic, portunlty to present different of Mrs Adolphsen w as given cept at the higher elevations Dur in the Columbia from Portland, surface, and width of the highway, views. m oney today Is used. Arrowheads I.indberg. The Will Johnson fam ily are now ing the summer the coast region also were used as a means of ex _______________________ O re- to the river's mouth at As- A bigger and better 4-H club occupying the cottage recently va and the hazard at Inter-sections usually has an Invigorating ocean . ' ' ,orl,L change. and by such finery was ey. and Mrs Harry and any other conditions then program for the county is the aim cated by Mr breeze which brings in air pure the wealth o f an Indian measured. Other Interesting articles mount of this m eeting existing.” Strang. and refreshing from the vast The Indians wore their various ed on ’he boards are cooper b esd i Maintenance Crew For F W Sm ith and A. B H ogatt Although the 45-mile-an-hour l»m- stretches of the Pnclfic. The coast types of beads around their necks made from sheet metal. The heads were In Bandon Saturday night clim ate Is so mild that calla lilies or carried them about w ith other sre about two and one-half Inches Mrs Roy Corson returned Sun * br pa«RPri fhP rew «peed rode vlr- out of doors In December. treasures In a little buckskin pouch lo r e end are almost geometrically \ estimate OysttT Ground ,lay n|ght from Portland where she hloom A rcdlstrlctlng of the malnten- tually takes the limit of miles per The topography of southern Ore around the neck. The first beads -erfer» it is still a m ystery how ance departm ent of the state high her mother for a few had visited m other hour o ff the motorist and puts the gon varlee from broad river bot Harvey C McMillan, biologist for days. are thought to have come to the the workmanship was performed w ay system is said to become ef- responsibility for the safe opera- tom s to narrow canyons, and from the United States bureau of flsher- coast from Germany, being ship with the crude tools which the fective May 1 which means three tlon of his vehicle strictly up to Mrs Mabel Gillings was a bus I* s is making an Investigation of iness visitor In Bandon last Tues level stretches of coastal plains ped around Cape Horn by boat Indians were known to possess employes o f the state now residing him. with light houses along the shore bays along the Oregon coast that day Long, white horn-shaped beads Three-cornered stone needles, in Bandon will have to move to to precipitous mountain regions Penalties In case of mishap, may later lead to an oyster In also are mounted on the boards used In sew ing buckskin, also are Coquille Lawrence Tichenor has returned They are W P la w s, These beads are perhaps three- Included. The needles are well Chas W oolley and Lester Whitp however will be heavier for the dustry to be developed som ewhere t o his studies at Llnnfleld college culm inating In Mt McLoughlln, 9,- 730 feet high with a forest fire sixteenths of an Inch In diam eter, formed and may be used today According to the new plans they too-speedy driver In case of equal In Oregon Mr McMillan is now at Mr and Mrs. Orris Knapp and lookout station on the very sum Yaqulna bay and will stop at Till Mrs Mary R ice attendAri and about one and one-fourth to with as much ease as special steel will have charge of the section o* blame otherwise the amook Netarts. Nehalem, Yachats theatre In Bandon Sunday night mit. The Rogue and Umpqua riv one and one-half Inches long It needles made for the sam e purpose highw ay from east of Myrtle Point ers rise In the Cascade mountains, and W inchester bays before com Is not known how the Indians hol Many other such relics o f the to Fourmile, south of Ba- don, with E L W hite Is laying a concrete ing to Coos Bay McMillan Is the floor In the David McKenzie bam cut their w ay through the Coast lowed out the center of the beads p s s t Including five mortars. 36 Coquille s s their headquarte ■ Two range and carry the Interior drain Thursday will be "Rook DO” leading authority on the oyster In- at Cloverdale Stock farm. as the job today would be one for pestles, four w sr clubs, and a ether employes sre to be drop P age to the Pacific Ixtsser stream s d t 'x t r y S"d 1« now ntutlvlng meth a craftsman with excellent tools. stone skinning knife are found In ped from the regular force W o tlon Day" at the library. Mr and Mrs. Delmar Wright f r » e h r ~ r o t z •v|!| he served a d rxls of how to hulld un such an were guests Saturday night of Mrs are the Illinois river, Coquille riv T hese beads also wer» used as mon- the collection r m World. silver offering taken. er. Coos river, Pistol river, Chetco Industry along the coast. Mabel Mather. (Continued on page 2 ) MUSEUM MAY GET INDIAN RELICS n‘ght Gerald Tichenor Oregon Is My Home. I believe in the brightness of her sunshine, the warmth of her showers and the greeness of her trees, for they bring comfort to those who dwell among her hills. I believe in the beauty of her streams, the ma jesty of her mountains and the glory of her sunsets, for they cause the soul of man to expand. I believe in her history, for it is the stirring epic of an heroic people. I believe in her men and women, for they have the courage of the pioneer and fear not to try new things. I believe in her children, for they are the sons and daughters of those who followed the rugged westward trail to the land of their dreams. I believe in her schools, for they are not dead with tradition but are close to the life of the people. I believe in the courage and fortitude of her pio neers, and in the ultimate fulfillment of the destiny that they visioned. Oregon Is My Home. Arizona Seeks Tourists Laud Oregon’s Buy Bandon Current Pacific Port New Traffic I^aws 4- Sheep Club Organized Highwav to be Moved “ *’ artual,y a bart of ‘hP Book Donation hav U. S. Biologist to In-
