Port Orford Deep Water Harbor =
The KEY to the Development of the Vast Natural Resources of the Mid-Pacific Coast Empire
PORT ORFORD NEWS
Port Orford, Oregon, Tuesday, July 21, 1931.
Volume V.
Seek Lost Wealth on Sea Floor;
Str. Brother Jonathon Wreck
THE NEWS
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Crescent City, July 17—Rival
outfits are m aking Crescent City <»
harbor their headquarters at pres ♦
FACTORS FAVORING
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ent in conducting an extensive ♦
SMALL-TOWN BUSINESS
search of the w ater of the Pacific
By Dr. Julius Klein,
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ocean off Point St. George in an at * Asst. Secretary of Commerce <$■
tempt to locate the wreck of the «>
Brother Jonathan, ill fated passen ■$- «S’
ger boat which w ent down on the
(Continued from last week.)
reefs o ff that place with a terrific
Take the case of Pasco, W ash
loss of lives and property in the
early hours of Jthe morning of ington, an im portant division point
July 30, 1865 Stories of treasure on the airline serving the great
carried by the Jonathan h i vv kept i northweet, which has spurs con-
interest in the craft alive through- necting the major cities of the
out the succeeding years and pre- Pacific Coast and the "Inland Em-
viously several expeditions have ■ pire'
with the transcontinental
been outfitted In an attem pt to lo- route »nd which will soon be con-
cate the wreck as it lies on the nected with an airline serving
Alaska The airline has made P as
ocean floor, but without success.
In command of one expedition co famous throughout the country.
now seeking trace of the Jonathan It is a surprise to seasoned air
is Payton Parks of Santa Barbara, travelers to learn that its popula
a keen eyed young man, who spent tion is less than 5,000; some of
several years in the United States them had doubtless expected sky
navy and is quite fam iliar with scrapers and double-decked busses
there. If air traffic goes on increas
waters along this coast.
Another group searching for the ’n8 as it has been doing recently, ;;
hulk of the Brother Jonathan is that supposition may become a jj
working under the direction of Har-i reality.
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ry Van Pelt well known local man. I Another small town In som ewhat
and have chartered the smack ’he same position is Bellefonte. ; ¡;
Crescent City This outfit has been Pennsylvania, which owes much of I1
out a number of times and con- *’8 present renown- and some in-I a
siderable excitem ent was caused crease in business to the fact that | «
here one day when it was reported , ” ’8 important as a stopping-place
that the boat had located a wreck f ° r mail and passenger planes when : ::
and brought in some wooden plates bad flying w eather sets in over the ::
Alleghenies.
heavily encrusted with barnacles.
I could greatly lengthen this list , ;;
The follow ing story concerning
the wreck of the Brother Jonathan of new air-line towns. Elko and ;;
appeared in the Sunday Journal, Las Vegas. Nevada, and Midland, i ::
published at Portland, Ore., 1926: Texas, are other pertinent ex- i;
"Standing silent watch as a hall amples. Cheyenne. W yoming, had
tree in a m odest cottage at Oregon an early history closely identified u
The newspaper is the mirror through which the public at
large forms its mental picture of a community, and therefore, a
live newspaper is of vital necessity to any community that desires
to progress. The lack of such newspaper indicates stagnation and
there can be no stagnation without a tendency to drift backward.
The NEWS in its initial issue of November 9,1926, announced
a policy of support for those progressive movements designed for
the upbuilding of the Port Orford area and the full development
of the whole Southwestern Oregon region. It has faithfully car
ried that policy out during its nearly five years of existence. It
has supported every worthwhile movement of the community and
its columns and advertising space have been given freely. It sup
ported the movement resulting in a Congressional appropriation
of $83,500 for the establishment of a modern coast guard station
at Port Orford, which will require an annual appropriation for
maintenance for all future time of approximately $14,000, mostly
for payroll purposes—the greatest continuous payroll yet secured
for Port Orford; it supported the movement whereby the State
Highway Commission acquired Battle Rock Park, thus preserving
that vantage point from which the beautiful ocean panorama
scene is seen; it supported the movement which resulted in the
defeat of the, ill conceived scheme to make all lands west of the
highway in Curry county into a game preserve, thereby protecting
the valuable dairy industry from destruction; it supported the
successful campaign for the preservation of the interesting sea
lion as an unusual tourist attraction; it supported the movement
to eliminate the commercial sign and billboard nuisance along
the scenic Oregon Coast highway through Curry county, thereby
preserving the natural scenic beauty of the region for the enjoy
ment of the traveling public; it has supported the library, the
schools, and civic and religious organizations consistently; it has
given liberally of its space to spread the gospel of the great nat
ural wealth and beauty of the Curry region; and it is supporting
whole heartedly the movement for the improvement of the local
harbor by the Federal Government as a harbor of refuge by mak
ing it an all year round harbor.
The support thus given, has resulted successfully for every
constructive movement undertaken and brought to the completion
stage, and has been in the interest of the community as a whole.
The results obtained have established a prestige that should go
far toward the solution of current and future problems of the
community—a prestige that the NEWS is proud of.
As a newspaper is vital to every live community, the NEWS,
in common with all other newspapers, depends on the support of
the people served and benefited for its existence, and the measure
of success achieved is in direct ratio to the support given. There
are but two ways to give such support—through subscription and
through advertising—both essential to the publication of any
newspaper.
During July the NEWS has in effect a VACATION BAR
GAIN subscription rate which should be of interest to every citi
zen interested in the progress of the community. Details are found
on page 3 of this issue in a half page display advertisement. It
is a convenient and simple way in which to support your com
munity newspaper at a very' limited cost.
At this time the NEWS renews its initial issue pledge to work
for the upbuilding of the Port Orford area and the full develop
ment of the many rich natural resources of all of Southwestern
Oregon.
Number 37.
Bandon Flower Show Success;
Many Attend from Port Orford
PORT OR FT)RI)
LOCAIJ3
Mr and Mrs. Charles A Long
and Mrs. Long’s daughter. Miss
Nancy Smith of Marshfield, and
J M. Limpach. left W ednesday on
a motor trip to San Francisco to
be gone for several days.
Mr and Mrs. Steve Perkins and
Emerson Baggett of Seattle are
guests at the Baker ranch. They
left Seattle late Friday afternoon
arriving at the Baker ranch Sat
urday morning in time for break
fast.
Editor Hassler of the Coquille
Courier transacted business in town
last Monday.
Mr and Mrs. Ralph Strudivan
and children have returned from
a motor trip to Redmond, Oregon.
Mrs. Elizabeth Eddy of Marsh
field is the house guest of M4 and
Mrs H. L. Sauers.
R. L. W agner transacted business
in Bandon Tuesday and attended a
m eeting of the Fair Board at Myr
tle Point in the evening
Arch Mathewson was a business
visitor In Gold Beach Wednesday.
George Curry of the Elk river
was a business visitor yesterday
in Port Orford
J W Swetman of the Garrison
Ia.ke district transacted business
in town Monday.
Mr and Mrs. Harold Morgan
and two children, Dorothy and
Francis of Los Angeles, arrived
Saturday night to visit Mr. and
Mrs. Orris Knapp. They left yester
day for Seattle.
City is an ancient pilot wheel. En- w ith the pony express, but recently | -i
C. C. Inman was a brief visitor
graved on a brass band around the our new est (and almost equally G:
in Gold Beach Wednesday.
hub of the wheel are the words, glam orous) means of communica- ii
C. C Ponting transacted business
•Brother Jonathan’. Three years tion has furnished a sequel to those i ii
In Gold Beach Tuesday
ago this wheel was cast ashore on frontier days. Cheyenne is now an ::
Mr and Mis. L. L. Thomas of
the beach of northern California at airline division point, with repair •:
Marshfield enjoyed fishing in the
a point midway between the pres- shop, pilots’ quarters, and so on. j i;
Rogue river Sunday of last week
ent lumbering town o f Brookings At the airport a plane com es swing- j ii
Mrs. E. L. White has arrived
and Crescent City. The wheel came ¡ng down from the sky, mailbags ¡j
from Baker to spend the summer
ashore at the sam e spot where 40 are transferred, and another plane ::
in Port Orford
bodies from the ill-fated steam ship roars away in a cloud o f dust. The ::
Mr, and Mrs Odell Bennett of
were w ashed ashore 60 years ago.
weekly drama of the pony express ;■
Salem have been visiting Mr. Ben
’’In command of Capt. Samuel De ¡s revived, in a way. in the speed ,;;
nett's uncle, W H. Bennett for a
Wolf, and over his demurrer, she and hustle of the skyw ay service \
few days.
steamed out of the Golden Gate
There can be no doubt that ra d io 1ii
Mr and Mrs. Paul Leutwyler and
with 299 passengers, more than has worked to the advantage of the jii
I^awrence Miller motored to Oak
cargo capacity and the $365.000 in small-town business man. Supply-1 ii
land. Oregon. Sunday, returning
gold that has. at this late
date, ¡ng an endless variety of enter- '
Monday morning.
renewed Interest in the now nearly tainm ent for the h o m e- and for the ii
Mr and Mrs. Frank Rogers, Dor
forgotten Brother Jonathan.
She store as well—It tends to counter- I ;;
othy and Mary Dutch, and George
sailed from San Francisco at noon, act the lure of city am usem ents
Mandigo of North Bend, enjoyed
July 28, for the north.
It keeps people closer to their own ;;
fishing on the Rogue last week.
"She floundered along until 16 hearth-stones and to their home-
Mrs. Anna Anderson and son.
miles northw est of Crescent City, town merchants or neighborhood ii
Raymond Hatfield. o f Klamath
The m aster found he could not shops And when television comes, ii
Falls, and Sam Sorensen also of
weather Blanco and started back in full power and perfection—as I;;
Klamath Falls. Mr and Mrs. Leon
for Crescent City. Five miles on the it surely will some time this stay- :i
W alker of Forest Grove, Buster
back track and she wound up on at-home influence will be enhanced ;;
Anderson of Vancouver, Dennis
the w ash rock that now bears the an(j
intensified
immeasurably.
Sorensen and Orland Anderson of
Small-town business will inevitably
name of ’Jonathan’
Marshfield, and Mrs E L. Gethlng
benefit from such a striking trans
of Eureka, Calif., attended
the
formation and forward step as this.
funeral of Edward C. Anderson In
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Let us take a brief look now at
Port Orford last Friday
The millionaire colony of Cali one of the livest and most con
Mr. and Mrs. David McKenzie
tentious
questions
that
bear
upon
fornians located on the upper
motored to Gold Beach Thursday.
Rogue river have determined to such business: Namely1. "Can the
I^ast Tuesday deputy game and Donna McKenzie and P eggy Cor
The Coos-Curry County Fair
San Franciaco, July 15.—The
fully control the river which pass- chain store successfully invade the
fish wardens Brown and Anderson son accompanying them
which
will
be
held
in
Myrtle
Point
the iir8t allotment of $6,-
es through their holdings and have small town?" Certainly a vital 9a,e
(Continued on page 2.)
on September 23. 24. 25, and 26. wiP arrested F. F. Cornell and his son.
brought suit in the circuit court problem—this one of the survival 000.000 of the bonds for the con
Bandon, near
who as Pres- stiuction of the Golden Gate bridge be one of the beat fairs ever held Jack Cornell, of
of Jackson county to get a decision of the independent
it is "the has failed for the time being. It in the county If the enthusiasm I Rocky Point, south of Port Orford.
on the question. They insfst that ident Hoover „ has
put
.
.
. bus . n „„
displayed by members of the Fair for having deer meat in their pos-
fishermen and mining men trespass foundation of American
esa „ brine found advisable to have the
„ n I Board whlTh m e. In the Coqu.ile sessio n out o f season and for dla-
The Port Orford Chamber o f
when enjoying fishing or 88ekin8
o f course. I canno
eg
(h ,
R b d b
expected that I hotel on Tuesday evening, July 14. gulslng the sex of the anim als slain, Commerce has received from the
gold on the bed of the river where it swer such a controversial question ’he issue i t naa Deen expecrea u r n
I Two small deer were found In the
he Hydrographic office of the Navy
w n n r t h r e e minutes at mv *he allotm ent would find ready sale is any indication.
Iw o small deer were round in tne
runs through their property The ¡n the . I two
or three m inutes at my
Department the late hydrographic
possession
of
the
defendants,
and
According
to
L.
H.
Pearce,
sec-
question is an Interesting legal one disposal I Just want to mention a and that actual construction work
chart showing Port Orford harbor
the
carcasses
were
taken
to
Co
whether the Rogue few of the things that Influence would be under way during July. | retary, special effort will be made
and rests on
g
A chain store In a The directors of the district feel , this year to have better agrlcultur- quille and placed in refrigeration designated as a seaplane anchor
age. The chart gives all airport
is deemed to be a navigable stream the situation,
suburb. that quick action may be had In al exhibits and it is thought that The two Cornells were taken to and anchorages along the Pacific
in that section or not. The outcome real sm all town not
Gold
Beach
and
arraigned
before
this
will
be
made
possible
by
the
court and that no
coast from Mexico to the Canadian
will be awaited with considerable mind you lacks some of the char- the supreme
earlier m aturing crops More ex Justice of the Peace Stair, when
acteristics that help to "make the lengthy delay will result,
line
interest by the public generally.
hibits are expected this year from they pleaded not guilty and were
w heels go round” in typical chain-
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the four Smith-Hughes departm ents released on bond, with trial date
store activity In the nature of
and from 4-H club members et for Thursday of this week
things it cannot have so m u ch ; Hitch-hiking, the practice of
throughout both counties Attrac-
That one nas but to travel the
The Ethel S en route from Cres large-scale requisition, distribution,’ standing by the roadside soliciting 1(vp offpr„ hgvp bpp„ recelvpd from
scenic Oregon Coast Highway to
accounting,
and
other
city
chain-
{^„gportation
from
operators
of
cent City to the Siuslaw put in to
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several different bands to play at
become a booster for the shore
the local harbor W ednesday and store advantages Probably that is private automobiles. is now unlaw- the fair and the task of selecting
Salem, Ore Timbered areas In
north and south route was demon
remained over night to escape the why our Census figures show ,h ®’ fu) ¡n eight states and the District
one has been turned over to the three national forests In Oregon strated a few days ago when P. D
heavy seas and northerly winds.
in towns of less than 10.000. the of c o |urnbja according to J. E music com m ittee consisting of P were closed by proclamation of
Nowell, published of the Advance-
Friday the SS Bandon of the chains do less than. 10 per cent^of sbe)ton aecretary-manager of the
O. Lund. L. H. Pearce, and Albert Governor Meier. The forests a f R egister of Tulare, Calif., travel
..
the
total
business.
To
Increase
that
Oregon State Motor association, Powpr„ r}o„d mua(c
naaurPd and fected were the Mount Hood na ed north over the coast route to at
Moore line brought a cargo of ce
ment for the new bridge across they are up against one of the which is affiliated with the Amer every effort will be put forth this tional forest, Santlam forest and tend the Elks convention In Seattle
Rogue river and unloaded at the great assets of the small-town in- ican Automobile association
year to provide a fair of real edu the Siskiyou forest The Siskiyou Interviewed at Gold Beach, where
, dependent, namely, personal rela-
Mr Shelton declared that the cational value, clean carnival en closed area includes about 1,200 he had stopped to have repairs
port dock
i tions and special service.
eight states which now ban these tertainm ent and good horse racing acres on Gi ay back creek about five made to his car, Mr Howell, ac
I Take the credit question The I “thumb-tourista" and
"highway
Members of the fair board and miles northeast of Holland All of cording to the Reporter, said
independent m erchant can take
these areas represent a high fire
"Your Oregon Coast H ighw ay is
I advantage of the fact that it is ; Willies," are Connecticut, Delaware, others who attended the meeting
Maine, Minnesota, New Jersey are: E llis Dement, president: Hen hazard and the closure order was one of the moat scenicaliy beauti
The benefit dance and supper
safe to extend “open New York. Oregon and W isconsin.
given at the Woodman Hall Friday
*
ry Hess, vice-president; L. H issued In conjunction with the fed ful highways over which I have
night by the Woman ■ club was credit"
cr,“dn in the American small town
Pearce, secretary treasurer; J A eral closure regulations already in traveled It is in a class by itself.
well attended and a success finan
L anon. Albert Powers, W T De effect In these forests
Every foot of it carries an appeal
cially Local music was furnished one in which an exasperated mer-
to the recreation 1st. In tim e It will
Last W ednesday J. O. Wood- ment. E, L. Clausen. R L Wagner.
and dancing was Indulged in until chant. desperate over a bill lo n g , worth, vice president of the North- G. R McNair, P O Lund, Henry
become the most traveled and most
a late hour.
Governor .Meier has named a tax fam ous highway of the west, and
due. accosted the debtor with these I era Pacific railroad, with head Gustafson. Jens F Svtnth K Brun-
words "Look here. John, you’ve j quarters at St. Paul, Minnesota, fleld, Wm Cunning. Arthur Saw com m ittee of three In each county you folks here In Curry county
been ow ing me this bill for a year passed through
Port Orford en yer. R. M Knox, and George Jen- of the etate. Those named for will profit from the travel of rec-
Curry county are Robert G. Mc reationlsts who wljj visit this sec
half-way * I’m “ route north over the scenic Oregon kins.
Sunday afternoon the local ball Now I’ll meet you """
Kenzie. Port Orford; John R Hill, tion to enjoy your evergreen moun
team played the Coquille nine on ready to forget half what you owe I Coast highway He was on his way
Harbor; and Frank Ken worthy. tains, your beautiful forests and
Mabel
Gillings
transacted
heme
from
a
vacation
trip
to
Hon
And
John
cam
e
right
back
with
Mrs
the grade school diamond, the vis
stream s and sea beaches "
Langlois.
businei ■ in Bandon Tuesday
olulu.
(Continued on page 2 )
itors w inning by a score of 13 to 2.
I
Sports Claim Rogue River
Golden Gate Bridge
Fair Sept 23 and 26
Arrested for Deer Killing
Sea Anchorage ( ’hart
Hitch-Hiking Illegal
Harbor Shipping News
Benefit Dance Success
"• Kail Head Travel, North
Tax Committee Named
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To Wed Japanese Girl
A romance of the east and w est
received parental blessings today
and left the son of a Gold Beach
minister free to marry his sw eet
heart, a winsom e Japanese art stu
dent, according to United Press
dispatches from San Francisco.
The blessings were given by the
Rev. J. W. Angell, Gold Beach pas
tor, and father of the groom-to-be,
and by the bride-to-be's uncle in
Japan.
Though Joseph Warner A ngell,
24, a university graduate, braved a
storm of conflicting em otions and
interests in his courtship of Miss
Katsuko Suzuki, 23, it was indi
cated that the two do not plan to
wed for at least a year.
The last objection to the roman
ce was withdrawn
by Chlyuro
Endo, guardian of the girl, who
him self had been a suitor for her
hand.
A ngell’s father also had objected
to the engagem ent, but his son.
who had been graduated
from
W ooster college, Ohio, and was tak
ing a course at the U niversity of
California, convinced his father of
his sincerity and received his bless
ing In answer to a formal appeal
to the Japanese consul, the pastor
had been Informed that the govern
ment was not concerned with the
m arriage.
The Rev Mr. Angell is pastor of
the Gold Beach Community church,
Presbyterian
Miss Suzuki came to the United
States eight years ago. She had
taken refuge In a Presbyterian m is
sion in San Francisco during the
controversy between her guardian,
her fiance and her prospective
father-in-law.—Times.
Bids for Bridge Approach
When the State H ighw ay C om
mission meets on July 30 bids for
the construction of the approaches
to the new $600,000 bridge acioss
Rogue river at Gold Beach will be
considered, and probably the con
tract let. Work on the Fraser-
Mereer contract for the construc
tion of the bridge itself is pro
ceeding rapidly and will probably
be completed well In advance of
the time limit, December 31. 1931.
Eastern Star Meets
Saturday night the Order o f the
Eastern Star Chapter No. 136. held
ita monthly m eeting In the Masonic
Hall. A light luncheon was served
and business of a routine character
transacted.
Coast Highway Booster
Close Siskiyou Tract
Coquille Wins 13-2
Friday and Saturday Bandon
held its annual flower show and a
large exhibit of both dom estic and
wild flowers was on display. The
dahlia exhibit was unusually at
tractive. The Bandon Concert Band
rendered a concert Saturday even
ing in front of the building hous
ing the show.
Many Port Orford flower lover«
were In attendance including Mrs.
R. G McKenzie. Mrs. R. F. Abbott,
Mrs. R. L. Wagner. Mrs. Henry
Adolphsen, Miss Ena McKenzie,
Mrs. Ray Zumwalt of Sixes, and
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Ponting and
their house guests. Mrs. Jessie Case
of Central Point, Mrs. Amy Thomp
son of Hollywood, Calif., Mrs. C. P.
Wolfe of Portland, and Charles L.
Swain of Corvallis.
Edward Cotrell Anderson was
born at Grand Rapids, Michigan
Oct. 10^ 1869 His boyhood was
spent on the Great lo k e s and later
he traveled to many foreign coun
tries.
He was married to Mrs. Matte
Sorenson at Winlock, W ashington,
on September 14, 1905, To this union
were born Orland and Willard. Mrs.
Veva Walker and Alvin Anderson.
Mrs. Anderson passed aw ay three
years ago.
On October 5, 1930. he was mar
ried to Mrs Anna Fisher, who sur
vives him.
Mr Anderson was stricken with
apoplexy at Klamath Falls on July
14. The body was shipped to Port
Orford and burial was made at the
fam ily plot In the cemetery.
Rev Loree of Bandon had charge
o f the services at the cemetery. The
Klamath Funeral Home was in
charge of the funeral.