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Port Orford Deep Water Harbor = The KEY to the Development of the Vast Natural Resources of the Mid-Pacific Coast Empire PORT ORFORD NEWS Volume V. Port Orford, Oregon, Tuesday, June 9, 1931. Inman Case to Resume; End of Litigation in Sight Yesterday Judge C. R Wade of AfUURtaiM*» Bandon ordered of Court Reporter ’ Vftlunteprs UlUIlievIh /AShl.Mdlltf George Begg a transcript of the Members of the Port O rford,d testim ony taken in the case of C Chamber °* Commerce were great- 3 C Inman and The Inman Mines ly Pleaaed Saturday when they re- " com pany vesus the Inman Lum- ceived a letter from the Ore» ° n ber and Development C o, et al. in Federation of Labor pledging the order that a resumption of the fu” 8UPP°rt o f labor In the cam- trial may be had and judgm ent ren- pal- ' tc 9ecurt Federal aid for the dered in accordance w ith the facta. Improvement of the Port Orford The case w as temporarily ad- harbor aa a harbor of refu^e The journed when the receiver was ap- work of »'curing the additional pointed, and now that the receiver data requested by Senator McNary has sold the assets of the Inman and Congressman Hawley before . u Lumber A Development Co., the the hearinK of the harbor ca8e 18 | men who were made personal de- resumed before the Board of En- | fendants in the case seek the com- S n eers. W ashington, in October. | pletion of the taking of testim onv *» «oin« forward rapidly and the | and the rendering of judgm ent that chamber is receiving alm ost dally , g they were not guilty of fraud in the data de8ired In ‘he of y the conduct of the business of the «hipping men and deepsea workers , g defendant companies, as alleged a real Interest Is being taken, as :: The status of the case at the time the harbor is so well known for its of the receivership is best given h «ven facilities that all appear to by a reprint of the proceedings be willing to put their shoulder to 8 from the September 24, 1929, issue the wheel to do their bit toward | of the News, as follows: m akln* “ the harbor, of " fU*e , "The trial of the case of C. C. In Congress contem plated in 1879 man. and The Inman Mines Com- -------------------- pany versus the Inman Lumber A Electric Lijiht Plant D evelopm ent Company. the Port Tbe work of 8 t *nging wlres for Orford Harbor * Development Cor- the di8tributing 8ystem of th(, new poration, C R. Wade, J. M. Beach, lighting plant being install- 8 George W Soranson. David M e-, pd by Frank Sea, |g golng forward !i Kenxie, W P Young and C. C rapldly The generating house h a s , „ Ponting, w as held last week at Co- . bepn erected and the generating ! 8 qullle before Judge Brand A vast equipment expected within a few | amount o f record and oral test!- dayg The work being done ,g o f | mony was introduced on Wednes- Btandard construction, and Port " day, Thursday and Friday, and On Orford.8 lighting system promises Saturday morning the attorneys to bp modern in every respect stipulated that a receiver be n a m ed ! _____________ for the two corporations, and , , ivi • Judge Brand named W. H. W ann rvORUC Petition I'llcd of Marshfield, certified public a c - 1 Salem, June 3.—The Rogue Riv-1 countant, as the receiver, and also er referendum petitions attacking - included The Inman Mines Com- the closing of the stream were filed pany, one of the plaintiffs, in the with Secretary of State H oss here order creating the receivership. today with 18,500 nam es o f voters In the complaint of the plaintiffs attached 1 i it was charged that the two -or- -------------------- porations were insolvent and that the individual , defendants have The Port Orford Chamber o f « been guilty of fraudulent practices in carrying on the work of the C° “ *n! rce._l8_ ,n e'pt. “L “ J_"; companies. The com plaining wit vitation from the Commanding ness, C. C. Inman, was on the stand General to attend the Annual Re- ' for a day and a half and failed, on view and Combat Dem onstration of I •• cross examination, to establish the Oregon N ation s’ Guard troops fraud of any character, and the at Camp Clatsop on June 20. officers of the defendant corpora-' tion produced the records o f the Remodels Seaside Hotel companies to substantiate their The owner j p Ma8ter8On • 8 claim that no fraud had been com- now engaged ,n the remodeling o f ¡8 mitted. and that they had acted the Seagide hotel lnto a p a rtm en ts' 8 solely in the interest of preserving to mee, , he ne(,d8 of , he tourt8t “ and protecting the assets of the , raff,c th|g gea8On The work ,g companies, and in carrying out the jng done by WaIter Rob,nson and plans for which the com panies thp hotc, w i„ bp charge of Mr were organized Personal bank ac- an<J Mrg R w counts of Inman were introduced. _____________ one in Marshfield and the other in N ew York, show ing that consider- Deepsea Fishing Good able sum s of m oneys purported to Depsea fishing through the Port i :: have been raised for the corpora- Orford harbor is exceptionally :: tions’ uses were deposited in 'those good at thiB time, Sunday the 8 accounts several boats bringing in a splend- On Friday the court w as flood- ¡d catch. D uring the heavy winds 8 ed w ith telegram s from New York of last week many strange fishing 8 relative to the account of E. L. boats sought the quiet shelter of 8 O'Harra Company, the concern the local harbor which had the financing contract ____________________ _____ with the company, asking perm is sion to intervene and also suggest- iota of evidence introduced to show h ing how the m atter should be that Judge C. R. Wade had been 8 handled Inasmuch as the case w as guilty of fraud in the slightest de- 8 at issue and opportunity had been gree, making the announcem ent for 8 h%d to become interested in the the protection of the dignity of the 8 case before trial, the m atter o f in- court of w hich Judge W ade is a 8 tervention w as denied by the court, member. The judge further stated 8 and. it appearing to the court that clearly that the receiverships were 8 accounts not parties to the cause not created on any allegation o f 8 m ight and probably would start fraud found in the complaint, but 8 other proceedings, thereby causing solely on the court's initiative to i; the defendant corporations greater adm inister the affairs o f the cor- 8 embarrassment. Judge Brand con- porations until such tim e as the 8 eluded that the practical way to case could be heard finally on its 8 handle the m atter w as to appoint a merits, after all concerned had been 8 receiver to protect the assets of the put on notice, and the issues in- 8 companies, to adjourn court until telligently decided. the receiver had ample time in "The court also announced that 8 which to serve notice on all par- while the officers of the corpora- ties that they must come into court tions could not function during the within a certain period and assert receivership, they could form ulate their claims, and then conclude the plans for the reorganization of the taking o f testim ony and decide the business and submit sam e to him issues on their merits. for consideration. The testim ony brought out that "Receiver Wann will qualify im- the Inman Mines Co. was very m ediately and take possession of heavily involved, the debts as of all of the properties involved in April 30. 1928. am ounting to ap- the three receiverships " proxlm ately 3114.000 00 and that As soon as the transcript is the property Itself had been ac- ready application will be made to qulred by three or four trustees In Judge Brand to set a date for the N ew England states. The court de- resumtpion of the taking of testl- 8 cided. In view of this situation, mony, which is expected will be 8 that the rights o f creditor would early In July, now that all parties 8 best be conserved by placing the are within the jurisdiction o f the m ining company in the receivership court or are w illing to come here as above stated, so that all facts for that purpose could be made known when the The Inman Mines com pany is trial of the issue is resumed still in the hands o f R eceiver In announcing his decision from Wann, and the sale of the property the bench Saturday morning Judge In the Interests o f the large num- Brand took occasion to clearly ber of creditors will be made with- state that there had not been one in the near future it is understood Review National Guard Number 31. mnBiiwiiain:mnnaniimiim:n!nnaa«acnucnnuag::cn»!wm;üiiiiiiiiiin— ■ Oregon’s Mineral Survey; Final Chapter Given WHY A SPECIAL MEETING? On August 21, 1927, the Port of Port Orford, through its commissioners, entered into a contract for the sale of the port dock on the basis of an initial payment of $10,000, with deferred payments of $10,000 each year for a period of five years, the de ferred payments to be represented by notes bearing interest and secured by a first mortgage on the dock. At the time the first pay ment was due an initial deposit of $2500 was made and an agree ment entered into that the remainder of that payment would be made within 90 days. An injunction suit held the payments in abeyance until it was finally disposed of in 1929, at which time all payments became due and payable. Since the initial deposit was made no effort has been made to meet the requirements of the contract, which, owing to the long lapse of time has become un- • workable and a cloud on the title to the property, preventing the Commission from negotiating with other parties for its sale, and, on April 5, 1931, realizing that this condition created a handicap in the administration of the affairs of the taxpayers of the dis trict, and upon advice of legal counsel, the Commission unanimous ly voted to serve notice on the holders of the contract that all pay ments due, with interest, must be paid within 90 days or the con tract would be cancelled. This gave the interested parties ample time in which to protect their interests, but nothing was done until Friday of last week when those parties appeared before the Port Commission at its regular meeting and laid the foundation for asking for an extension of the contract or a new deal. It is now understood that an effort is being made by them to cause a spec ial meeting of the Commission to be held for the express purpose of considering such request. The meeting Friday developed that other parties have had the matter of negotiating with the district for the purchase of the dock under consideration for sometime past, and that they were only awaiting the time the title to the property was cleared up so that same could be sold. It was stated at the meeting that these parties were reputable business men, sincerely interested in the development of this section, who, when negotiations were opened, would frankly lay their cards on the table so that the taxpayers could investigate and determine for themselves whether they were able to carry out any contract they entered into. That is but ordinary good business, as any reputable businessman is only too willing to submit to an investigation of his financial standing and ability to carry out his contracts, and the least that the tax payers of the port district can do is to insist that all cards be placed on the table face upward in order that a recurrence of the record of failures of the past several years may be avoided. The taxpayers generally applaud the decision of the com missioners to either secure settlement of all back payments, with interest, on the present contract, or a clear title to the property through cancellation. Such action will injure none. If the present contract holders'are financially unable to perform at this time they cannot lay the blame on the taxpayers; nor can they expect those taxpayers to continue to furnish the credit on which to raise funds to carry on their promotion schemes. With the clear ing of title through cancellation.they will have the same oppor tunity to negotiate a new contract as others who desire to acquire the property, which is but fair, and the only condition should be that all negotiations include a showdown of financial ability and integrity necessary to carry out the commitment when incurred. Surely no one will object to fair play, but every landowner should object to favors being granted to those who have by their past actions and present statements showed their inability to carry on unless the taxpavers continue to be made to carrv the load for them. Why a special meeting when the Commission has already decreed that the contract must be paid up or cancelled, and when the regular meeting of the Commission will be but three weeks away? Is it to secure action before the landowners generally know what is going on? If the Commission was right on April 5th in de manding the payment of the contract or its cancellation, it is right today in enforcing that demand, as two months of the three have been allowed to lapse with nothing done. If performance cannot be had under the present contract what can be expected in that regard under a new one or an extension of the present one? The action of the Commission on April 5th should stand until the de cree is enforced in one way or the other, and in any event before any consideration is given to an extension all of the landowners of the district should have ample opportunity to express their view’s. If the situation is sufficiently urgent for a special meeting under the circumstances, it is sufficiently urgent for every land- owner of the district to have an opportunity to say whether that is what he wants to have done or not. The action of the Commissioners in demanding settlement was in line with good business practice and in complete accord with their oaths of office to administer the property in the best interests of the taxpayers whose lands are bonded for port pur poses. The landowners should congratulate the commissioners on the business ability displayed in the action taken on April 5th and have faith that they will not be improperly swerved from the course so logically mapped out. The issue is purely one of clearing up an unworkable con tract and of clearing the cloud from the title to the property of the Port District. The landowmers will ask for nothing unreason able or unfair and should be content with nothing less than a clean cut carry ing out of that issue. Its Captain Tichenor Now Tht ‘f™“ M,n,n« Truth) Last Monday night Lieutenant „ , the conclu8‘on of a six- Carrol H Tichenor. a former Port “rt‘f l e l d,8c0U88,on ° t the U. 8. „ 8 Orford boy. received h l. appoint- GeoI°K,cal Survey's work in Ore- 8 ment as a captain of Police Re- g°" " 1929 and 1930 Ve‘° ° r the 8 serves of the City of Portland. The aPProPrl“ Uon haa caused suspen- 8 announcem ent of the promotion 8l°" ° ' th *’ " ork for 1931 •j came at the annual banquet of t h e 1 ‘ ° U d investigation of min- 8 police reserves and Chief of Police “ Jesources ln Oregon be con i’ Jenkins presented Mr Tichenor 1 nued ° r r*‘8umed “ ’ »me future I: w ith his new official badge a n d ' ‘ m e' the folIow,n8 suggested 8 related the record of the captain's " 8m ° nK ,h e Pr°J«*‘» most likely ii rise from the ranks during his 30 ° repay geologic study: 8 years service w ith the department I W E S T E R N O R EG O N 8 John F. Logan, of the civil service j Gold Roaring A reas ii com m ission: Paul R. Kelty o f t h e ' Many gold-bearing districts in Oregonian; Bishop Suintier, and 8 others spoke highly of the official J“ckson and Josephine Countli work of Captain Tichenor in arr wor*hy of detailed geologic ex handling the Sunshine Division of ,m ln atlons. the police department. | Among those which m ight be con- I Captain, as he is to be known «rst «re the Ashland, Jack- from now on, and Mrs. Tichenor J ■onv81c. Gold Hill, and Greenback plan on vacationing at Port Or- dls*rlcts. E xle'tng topographic maps ford about the first of July The would for the most part be suf- many relatives and friends in Cur- i,clen ‘ f ° r this work Some small ry county of Captain and Mrs areas would need to be remapped Tichenor join in expressing their on a larger scale, congratulations on the deserved Th<* occurrence of gold lodes In promotion. ‘ be Mule Creek district, north of the Rogue River above Agnetss. has been known for the last 30 Senator McNary Home years, and a moderate production Portland, June 5. Senator and u .. t u x , - J Is reported. Mrs Charles L. McNary returned , , For details . o f the geo- fr.srr, . . today j known, from W ashington and . . have ,olfy j are ,.,.,., _ i_ u . and u a survey of , u _ / a , .th e district might be expected to gone to their home at Salem. ' i- . j . . - T k . McNary »<x, u _ , is a part . of ald The home . . . 1» . the _ future . . developm ent of ,. , . .. , . , , ’ , the lodes. There Is no adequate the old McNary land claim and It u . .. ‘ k m , ... . base map. and therefore the geolo- holds many fond associations for ,, . ,, . . . . . gic examination should be preceded the senator who was born there . _ . , . . r by the m aking of a topographic He will be "down on the farm u.,- ___. til It 1. again time for him to re- m‘ P C° V*r ° r 40 SqU* re m"M on a scale not sm aller than 2 Inches turn to the capital, which will be to a mile. about the middle of October, when An area of several square miles hearings will be held on the Port „„,1 o . . c o u x that Includes the Robert Orford and Crescent City harbor e x . E. and , , __ . , other m ines In the Chetco River developm ents and the W illam ette drainage basin w est of Kerby Is canalization project. among those worth a detailed ex amination. The Kerby topographic map is for the moat part an ade- C. C. Inman, who for many years quate base for this work promoted the Inman Mines co m -’ Gold lodes and deposits of Iron, pany on the upper Sixes river, re- chromium, and copper occur In the turned to Port Orford last Tuesday Collins Creek district, In Curry where he joined his associate, A 8 county south of A gness Fur de- Noble who haR been here for the tails of the geology are known, and past month. Messrs. Inman and no maps are in existence on which Noble attended the Port Commls- to show the geology adequately A slon meeting Friday and Informed topographic map should first be the com m issioners that the pur- made of an area of about 50 square pose of his visit was to ascertain miles on a scale of about 2 Inches how much was due on the contract to the mile on the dock which the commission, j Lode deposits are known to oc- on April 5th, decreed must be paid cur In the Quartzvllle district, at up within ninety days or else be Christy Creek and at Cheeney cancelled, notices being sent by creek, on the west slope of the registered mail to H. N. Sperry, Cascade Range. These and other trustee, the purchaser of the assets areas that tie between the districts of the defunct Inman Lumber A already * surveyed and that occur Development company, and to In- along the zone of Intrusive rocks man who made the bid for the as- previously mentioned are of decid- sets for Sperry. The Commission ed Interest for further geologic Informed Mr Inman that there study was $47,000 due on the contract D eposit» of B lack Sand and that the 90 days time expires | Despite past failures, attem pts on July 14. two months of the are made from time to tim e to work time having run by reason of the the deposits of black sand along fact that the notice was delivered the Oregon coast, and an examlna- to those Interested on April 14 tlon of available Information brings ' out the fart that little is known as Inman Returns Chamber Meets Tonight th* of t h e »» d ’,p ° a,ta The Board of Directors of the Many sam ples have been tested and Pott Orford Chamber of Commerce found to contain various amounts m eets tonight to consider the ° f magnetite, chromite. Ilmenlte, status of the additional data b e in g 'and other valuable minerals. In- compiled al the request of S en ator.'lu d ln g gold and platinum, hut MrNary snd Congressman Hawley d«t* on which to base trustworthy for the continuance of the h earln g.q u an ,*‘a , *v' estim ates are very 8 of the case before the Board of scanty. The deposits along the pres 8 Army Engineers In W ashington In ent and ancient beaches are known In n general way to be distributed 8 October along stretches that aggregate 40 miles or more In length A detailed To ( amp In Curry survey of these stretches might be North Bend, June 6 A family expected to shed light on the ex reunion will be held tomorrow at tent of the deposits and aid engin the Otto Neuman home In North eers in m aking more exact esti Bend This will be the first time m ates of their value preliminary In ten years that Mr and Mrs to attem pts at exploitation Neuman and all of their children Iron Ore, Chrom ite. M angeneae have had a fam ily gathering Surveys of some of the districts N ext week, the Neuman fam ily mentioned. In particular those d is will all go camping In Curry coun tricts In the mountains of Curry ty There will be 20 In the party county and along the coast of Cur including seven grand children. ry and Coos, m ight be expected. In ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦A ♦ ♦ FOR TAXPAYERS d> As the News Is about to go *• ♦ to press Information Is recelv- ♦ 4 ed that an effort is being made * ♦ to have the Port Commission- *■ ♦ ers call a Special Meeting of ♦ ♦ the Commission yet this week * ♦ T sxpayers should lay aside * ♦ other business and attend such * ♦ meeting. If, as. and when call- ♦ ♦ ed Personally see or telephone ♦ ♦ one of the com m issioners to ♦ learn the date and hour. It < ♦ Is your property that is In- * ♦ volved. ♦ ♦ rana: addition to giving Information about the precious and base metals, to shed light on the occurrence of Iron ore, chromite, and manganese. Additional useful details concern ing the llmonlte ores of Columbia county might be obtained by a resurvey of those deposits that have previously been described by Parks and Williams In a report published by the state N on m etallic M inerals Owing to the fact that lim estone Is generally scarce elsewhere on the Paclflo coast the deposits should be mapped In detail as a guide to their future use. The an n ual,output of clay-work ♦ ing Industries In western Oregon (Continued on page 3.)
