Pnrt 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, October 13, 1931,
Hoover Averts Financial
Smash; Also Stems Tide
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SINCERITY OF PURPOSE
™ e?iaDUrz
£®nuinely generous in bestowing her blessings
K n J iV ?r!;,Orford area» an<l man has but to carry on along the
lines she laid down to secure the full development of this rich see-
tmn. fundamentally the future prosperity of the region depends
on the great volume of tourist travel destined to flow over the
indLCn ° reg° j C-°aSt n.^hway— the par excellence of the coast­
al plane as a dairy region—on the accessibility and availability of
the deep sea fishing—and on the natural resources of the tnbu-
m in S s S
t a
t e
r "
a‘Ural Wealth in timbep'
Rogue Highway Planned:
Court Adopts Resolution
(By John W Kelly in Oregonian.) CHURCH
W ashington, D. C., Oct. 1 0 —Like
Sunday. October 18, 1931
an elixir of life has come the plan
The movement for the building of
Sunday Schoo], 10 30 a. m.
of President Hoover to restore bus­
a modern highw ay from Gold Beach
Young Peoples' Forum, 7:00 p. m.
iness confidence. R egardless of po­
up Rogue R iver to Grants Pass was
Forum Practice Thursday, 7:00
litical consequences, and in the face p. m.
initiated W ednesday at the meeting
of opposition in his own party and
Messrs E lliott and Hall, mining of the County Court when that body
Sunday night Reverend Howard
from dem ocratic opponents, the
men, who investigated the ______
Middle went on record as favoring such
Jewell
of
Portland,
a
Canadian
president intends going further and
Elk district last month, passed wor‘t The court plans on inviting
taking up the m atter of extending ,7 ° '^ * ar veteran l graduate of
through Port Orford Sunday en the county courts of Jackson and
the moratorium, and it is conceiva-
UK y Collpge’ England, and a
route to their homes in Portland Josephine counties and the officials
l i e that he will offer to trade can- youn^ man of wide experience, oc-
after having a ten day fishing and of the United State Bureau of Pub­
cellation of war debts for disarm- C.Up'ed tbe pulplt' holding the un­
lic Roads to meet with the Curry
hunting vacation on the Rogue.
ament. a trade which Europe may , , V . 7 attcntion of his congrega-
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Adolphsen County body at such time and place
agree to after the visit of Prem ier „ ° n
rouKhout his entire discourse.
were enjoying the fish in g on the as may be determined.
Laval of France. Nor is it beyond /
7* „ as his text the statem ent
Rogue
Sunday, taking their speed
A highway up the Rogue will aid
the realm of spepulation that Pres- ° , ,
1 Know That My Redeem-
[ boat with them They report fishing materially In bringing about the de­
ident Hoover may yet propose a 7
lveth • Speaking without notes,
, exceptionally fine, Mrs Adolphsen velopment of this vast region rich
coalition government. The times
evetend Jewell gave a vivid pic-
catching and landing two large in timber and minerals, and as a
are out of joint and Mr Hoover has , Ure ° f Job during his period of ex-
o
n e s one o f which /Weighed 40 scenic route it will hold Its own
the courage to attem pt unusual . reme Physical distress and suffer-
| pounds.
with any existing highway.
remedies if they appeal to him.
!n®’ acccntuated by the abandon-
Mrs C. A. Bechtel is now in
The movement has the support of
It has been known in W ashington "1Pr” of fam ily and friends. Clear-
J charge of the Port Orford Bakery the Gold Beach Chamber of Com­
for weeks that America was head- ,7 and forcefully, using Job as the
Mrs Clarinda Lee of Langlois merce which plans on sending a
ed for a financial sm ash unless
Illustration having reached
has been the guest of Mr and Mrs delegation to Grants P ass to dis-
something could be done to avert . e uttermost degree of dejection,
W. T White, Sr., and renew ing ' cuss the proposition with the
the catastrophe. People were pan-
PVerpnd Jewell lead up to the d l-
friendships in Port Orford
Grants Pass chamber.
, icky; confidence has been lost. max
tim ely topic of the mental
Mr. and Mrs David McKenzie
Banks were closing every day, &n 8P‘ritual struggle being exper-
•j . motored to Marshfield Saturday
banks which were perfectly sound len<e throughout the world as a
I; > for the day.
and solvent, but whose vaults were resu‘l
wor'd wide depression. He
s i P S . K ing of Salem, state forest
Last W ednesday H B Van Duzer
filled with frozen securities The empha81zed the urgent need of men
1:1 field advisor, and E L White, fire tendered Governor Meier his resig­
very day that President Hoover a " wompn wh" know of what they
11 warden, transacted business in the nation as State Highway Commis­
held his noctura! conference with
8peakinK men and women of
isouthern part of the county last sioner, which position he held for
32 senators and representatives and , L'™ aPd . unswerving purpose—
' week.
eight and one-half years, the last
outlined his program 14 banks fail- ,. ° SB W ° in these days o f transi-
Carl Rasmussen of the Middle half of the period being chairman
ed to open It has been going on
,. ,
doubt can face their daily
Elk arrived in town yesterday to of the comm ission The reasons as-
with a po8‘tive recogni-
like that for months, all over the problems wlth
spend a few days.
| s ‘kned for the action were condl-
tion
o
f
the
power
of
a
divine
God
country.
Mr. and Mrs Harold Johnson and tlons of health and necessity for
have
re-
Ppvepend
Jewell
stated
clearly
that
For generations banks have re- .... ,
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children motored to Bandon Satur- carinK for his private business
garded first m ortgages as first-class , * urnan destiny of man is the
day.
| Governor Meier im m ediately ap-
investments. In this depression and \* .a cl ups,ion of this present day."
Charles Hullng of the Marshfield po,r,ted J C. Ainsworth, chairman
loss of confidence, the first mort-
address, while most scholarly,
postoffice has been spending sev- of ,bp board of directors of the
gages could not be liquidated, not- Was appllcable in every w ay to ev-
eral days hunting in Curry cog.tty. U n,,ed States National Bank, to the
withstanding the m ortgages would * 'y P aao ot daily life.
Miss Ruth Clark spent the w e'k
acanpy — an appointment that
be paid on maturity. Bonds missed
Reverend Jewell was accompan-
end as the guest of Mr and >irs. nieet8 w1“ 1 approval throughout
payment on Interest, yet the bonds ,ed by Reverend Smart who or-
Clarence Zumwalt of Sixes.
the 8taf®- Mr. Ainsworth has long
will be worth 100 cents on the dol- dained him into the ministry. He is
;; j Mrs. Alta Larsen of Bandon bepn Identified with the good roads
lar at maturity. It appeared as an applicant for the recently com-
” spent several hours In Port Orford movenH“n< and his knowledge of
though the bottom was dropping bined Bandon-I-anglois-Port Orford
Sunday and was the dinner guest ",a t’' a ffa‘rH generally is an assur-
out of everything. Stocks and bonds Parish Innumerable favorable corn-
of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Sweet at ance tbat hlKhway affairs will be
pledged to banks for loans, when meuts have been heard on his ser-
Arizona Inn.
k ePt on the sam e high business
t
they fell below the margin of se- mons delivered Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Seal and children, p,ane as during the incum bency of
curity established by a bank, were
A m en’8 quartet, composed of
j Frank and Betty, attended the the- Comm‘8,,loner VanDuzer.
dumped on the market, to the loss Arnes S. Johnston, A. B. Hoggatt,
I atre in Bandon Sunday afternoon.
Both Mr. VanDuzer and Mr. Ains-
of the borrower and the loss of the R°V Corson and Art Mayea, sang
i i , Alfred Bick of Marshfield visited worth were greatly Interested in the
bank, and depressing still further ‘he anthem "Just As I Am". Two
; friends in Port Orford Sunday
State Highway Commission acquir-
the market. The banks ruthlessly Kiris. Winifred Babel and Maxine
Warren Littlefield, who has been ‘nK ,bp lands fronting historic Bat-
sold securities to maintain their B&fklow of the Forum acted as
painting signs in Curry has return- t|p Rock for parking purposes. Mr.
cash position.
ushers. The church had been most
ed to his home In Marshfield.
VanDuzer aided as Chairman of the
Great financial institutions which beautifully and artistically decor-
Mi. and Mrs. R. G. McKenzie and Commission and Mr Ainsworth pro­
finance real estate found them- a ‘ed with a green trailing vine
children motored to Ijrnglols Sun- vlded the facilities of his bank for
selves alm ost broke, because they w “ b a profusion of white flowers
day to visit at the W J. Sabin depositary purposes without charge,
could not dispose of these securi- dahlias in shades of pink, and ever-
homp
8nd they, with the late Governor
ties. This condition extended down Kreens. by Maxine and Evelyn
Mrs. E J Baker. Mrs Mary B. Patterson
and
ex-Commisaioner
to the sm all loan com panies pat- Ra | KIow. Lois Warner, Ruth Maloy
Rice, S. J Spoerl and N at Perkins Robert W Sawyer were largely In-
ronized by the sm all home-owner an(‘ Alice Bechtel of the Young Peo-
spent Saturday In Marshfield.
strum ental In bringing about a suc-
and to the sm all banks. The banks P‘PB Eorum.
Mrs Raymond Coy was a bust- cessful conclusion of the matter
lending to stockm en and farmers
Sunday School
ness visitor in Port Orford the lat­
ter part of the week.
o . , _
found them selves in a position
Sunday school attendance is pick
Mr and Mrs. Robert Edgerton
' ,r e F o u n d
where they could advance no money ¡ng up rapidly, 48 attending Sun '
and to take over sheep, cattle or day morning
of Powers are occupying a part of
Canyonville, Oct 8 Ore that Is
farms would not help them.
the Lindberg residence. Thursday estim ated to be worth $80,000 a ton
Forum
R em edy S im p le O ne
their son, Tom Edgerton, arrived to w as struck September 17 in the
One
of
the
most
interesting
m
eet­
Ü
The remedy for restoration of
visit them
Huckleberry mine, between Riddle
confidence is simple, yet will re­ ings ever held by the Forum was
Mrs Elia Knapp and little grand­ and Canyonville, according to J. R
quire legislation to work out in­ held Sunday night About 50 at­
daughter, Marjorie, of Reedsport Bean of this city, who. with H L.
tricate details. The first step is to tended. Alice Bechtel and Lois W ar­
were guests Saturday and Sunday Shnwver of Riddle and Jesse
pool $500,000,000 by such banks as ner being the leaders, assisted by
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Orris Shambrook of Sutherlin, operate
are not hogtied with frozen assets, girls of the grade school. The sub­
K"app
thp 8°ld property. The mine Is on
and use this money to relieve the ject for the evening was "Team
Miss Katherine Fasnacht of the Mitchell creek. Ixiw-grade ore is
solvent but em barrassed banks, and W ork”. The Junior girls sang two
high school faculty visited at the »aid to run about $150 to the ton
to take over assets of closed banks songs. "Beautiful Isle of Som e­
home of her brother Superlnten- in values
so that depositors can receive part w here” and "Open the Door for the
dent Fasnacht of the Bandon
The property has been worked
of their money which is now tied Children.” Peggy Corson and Mar­
schools Saturday
since 1913, in which year a slide
lon
Wilson
sang
the
duet
”1
Surren­
up. The sum is not staggering; it is
Mr. and Mrs. Crayton Sauers of from the mountain gave up $900
Smith River, Calif., were guests at In gold. Since then a tunnel has
no more than congress voted for der All”. Reverend Jewell and Rev- :
the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. been put through the slide.
the federal farm board to deni erend Smart of Portland attended :
the meeting, the former speaking :
Sauers the past week
with the problems o f agriculture.
Mr and Mrs. R. G McKenzie mo­
The next step is to permit the briefly, but most enthusiastically. ;
ANOTHER
tored to Coquille last Thursday ori
federal reserve to rediscount paper on the evident splendid work being :
’’ which it cannot handle" now an d 'to ap‘'°m pli.ihed in the Interest of the
BIG C LU B O F F E R
a business trip
accept as security for loans the TounK peop p-
Frank Seal, C. C Inman and Or
This week the N ews adds an
ris Knapp were business visitors
security which is not now eligible
L adles Aid
other big club offer to Its read
In Marshfield last Tuesday.
under the law. Once this is accom-
Mr8 N p Grant and Mrs. A. P.
era. The offer covers one full
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Corson and
plished by necessary congressional Swpet were hostesses last Wednes-
year s subscription to the Dally
family were dinner guests Sunday
action, frozen assets will be melted day at a mo8t Interesting and en-
News-Telegram of Portland, four
of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Sweet of
and the thaw will extend from the J°yable meeting of the Ladies Aid
Arizona Inn.
monthly m agazines — McCall's,
b'g finance com panies handling Spvpral Committees were appolnt-
Delineator, Sunset and Better
Mr and Mrs. Budd Post and chll-
mortgage loans, down to the bank pd, ‘"eluding a calling comm ittee
Homes and Gardens and the
n the country town having loans and a eommittee to work out plans of Mrs R. G. McKenzie, pot luck
L a b o r a t H oO V er D a m
tw o m o n th .
. ...
dren fnotsred to Powers last Friday
Port Orford N ews all for $4 40.
on farms and livestock
for an entertainment to be given luncheon being served at noon Any-
W aahlnrton <>., „ . . .
wr .
The offer effects a saving on
That the situation has been des- ln the near fu,ure 11 w r' decided one desiring to go who has no way rnpn on th# HoovPr p
regular aubacrlptlons to theae
perate every banker has been well to have an a11 day meeting Wed- of transportation is asked to com- Colorado Rive, are now hired at |^ ¡ " I n g ^ a c t Ivltles Io flna^T hlm *1 tt e j X e r Elk. "wer^guesTs“ Sunday
newspapers and p erio d ica l of
aware.
nesday. October 21st. at the home municate with Mrs. Roy Corson
$3 80
will leave the club room about
" •-
-
-
-
-
h .L V’Ty. ? nj ' e ° f thP prob,pm has er plan He more than intimated at Cars
10 oclock
Th* offer Includes an alter­
been laid before the president by ht(l ntght
with the con.
Blood, agent of the Department of the baX c‘ti*« and then fled ac-
I n W inters H tanlev F m - e . . a
ight
nate
combination consisting of
financiers and these bank ers were gressmen that he would discuss ex-
L#b° r
frO,n ' o r ^ " t d ^ _ a. P”PU,a' youn'{ ,ady Hsrbert Ol.,m of Marshfield were
one full year's subacrlption to
"Pinion. Members of the fed- tending the moratorium for three O rt'JJO n G e t s Ov<?F M i l l i o n th,> darn 8lt’ Tbp '’""tractors make ,,f Myrtle Point, pleaded guilty to
the Dally News-Telegram, four
en route Tuesday to Rogue river
reserve board w ere in accord years instead of one year, his or-
known their labor needs to the Em- an indictm ent containing
monthly m agazines Delineator,
four to spend several days fishing.
Portland.
Oct.
9
At
a
confer-
ih .W».aCCUrate Wa* th* opinl°" of lginal plan It is generally recog
ploym ent Office at ¡ m k
It is rounta for passing w orthless checks
Better Homes and Gardena, Sun­
Mr.
and
Mrs.
H.
K
Hansen
of
____ nanciers was attested by the n |Zed that a moratorium for one ence of the United States Forest ' estim ated that 1000 men are now today i and
. .k.WaJI 8en,encpd to 12 Myrtle Point visited at the home of
set and Good Stories- the week
n reaction of the market when year will not meet the situation and Service. Bureau of Public Roads of w aiting at that point for work Ea years in the penitentiary by Cl.- Mr. and M r. L B Hatton Sun
Pathfinder, and the N e w s -
cult
Judge
Brand
h a ^ * 3 rumorpd ,b at ,bp president the president has now come to that ficials. and the
State
service men and United States clt
Nelson
all for $4 40. effectin g a saving of
.
. .
aP* day while en route to Crescent Cltv
Highway
Mr and Mrs D R
V
In mind. Prices
a . moratorium
Commission
$4 OS
of h ’ome
n n a. such
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. . . . . . . . . . . u... vo
m m issio n here
nere
today $1320000 Isens are given preference In lab or, Pp«hended In Salt Ijik e City and
Norton, Mr
once It h d . ° Ck’ Went up at of morp ,han onp ’’par however was allotted from the forestry high employment, and under the set up | hp »»d the young lady were return and Mrs H E Boak and Mrs Mc­
Theae offers are made possible
has been
been notorious
notorious thaft will come violent objection
..
. con­
r
t "re it has
in
by an arrangement perfected by
w ay allotment made by Congress to now in force the labor problem at | ed to Coos county by Sheriff Hess Nair, Hr, motored down from
first-class securities have
_______ __
been gress. There was an agreement to Oregon to be apportioned to th< the dam is working smoothly and i
the N ews with the News-Tele­
Bandon Sunday night to attend
’'unification8
7 ' ° W * n y th * ° n e y e‘ r bU‘ " IOBg* r P* rtod v8ri"u* high w ay 'n eeds "throughout satisfactorily
I
.
gram of Portland and enable
service at the Community Church
The
"
*n
the depression |g opposed Germany is too far gon» the state The Oregon Coast High
readers to secure standard read­
E W G iegg of Coquille visited
down h8S°h S Wh> thP prtces Were to h* a,dpd materially by a suspen way drew $100,000 of the allotm ent 1
ing matter at approxim ately one-
In Port Orford Sunday.
M e-Y -T *n PXpIainpd
»‘on of payments for a twelve sta te and county funds to match
« , ‘ng ron8,ruc' pd by W H Bennett
_ Mr ________
________
half price Either combination
and Mrs. ______
Tracey
Corbin _ have
Coquille. Oct. 10.
orlum F t tension IJkely
month, and since then Great Britain the „ Federal funds and from this , son.
tron itn K his hotel property on the returned from a motor trip to Cal-
will provide an appreciated
mining nrntnn«
i.c-»..ration of confidence In and other nations have been plung-
promoter who n ego-| h.ghw ey and Jackson Street. This Ifornl. points.
Christmas present by a friend
W‘" '* * * ’ * “ •»«* •
"n . group of min
” fica is only part o f the Hoov- ed into financial chaos
Is s much needed Improvement end
C. A Long snd Pearl Purdin
O ffer good sn ly from October
and additional $35,000
J ing rlalm , on th, ,Jpper
IS to November IS
be appreciated by the public
.spent Sunday fishing the Rogue
t
.
PORT ORFORD
LOCALS
bridge and the construction work north of Marshfield for the 1932
traffic, this great artery will continue for all time to produce
an ever increasing volume of tourists with the resultant prosper
lty by reason of their large expenditures. To secure the maximum
tbene/ ’A tderefor- however, nothing should be left undone to at­
tract the tourists eye and cause them to remain and enjoy our
fine beaches, historic Rattle Rock, The Heads. Garrison Lake the
and hunting4^6’ °UF many SCCniC Sp°tS’ and the excellent Ashing
or, T,he ,d airy indVstry thrives here, owing to the year round
equable climate and abundant rainfall, and forms a basic feature
of our present day stable conditions. With the future development
tn nnv/egI0”4the industr.V will expand in volume and will continue
perform its part in the upbuilding of the county.
The other two fundamental factors—deepsea fishino- and tk„
development of the natural resources of the tributary country—
depend it almost
on the h improvement
make
an all wholly
year Lundi
a r ^ i f ™ " a nf r c thn
P t , * o ' ■ S , . ,
fruition of what nature has provided for man’s benefit ■ n i
S
e?o‘r The
harbor X o”™
»
i X
“
in. the
sourcJ= J
The development of the natural re-
sources of the back country requires an all year round harbor
to warrant the enormous expenditures of private capital to pro
ide for transportation, lumber and mining development.
An analysis of the situation, therefore, must necessarily foen«
01 lhe necessity of securing the improvement of the lo-
?bara°r‘ Im,f)rovements of this character are properly the work
nnnHHtf fVaI ^ e rn m e n t, owing to their non-profit V a t u n - a
OrfnrH 2Oche
.co g n izes and acts upon. In the Port
ord case a vital additional reason is found for the Federal
the facMhat JH^ertaking Jhe improvement of the local harbor in
the fact that 6- per cent of the acreage of the county is owned by
tG,);7unment and’,th.erefore, tax exempt, the remaining 38 per
cent of the acreage being required to provide all taxes for the
PnfiP° it 4kf thfG 4C°Unty £°vernment, the county’s proportion of the
cost of the state government, and such federal taxes as may be
levied The one way in which this tax problem mav be adjusted
and alleviated is for the government to do those things properly
governmental work, where requisite and necesslrv, that
will aid in the commercial development of the county. This fact
'." generally recognized and has successfully supported the pleas
of other communities seeking aid in their harbor improvements.
Port Orford is extremely fortunate from the standpoint of
what nature provided and Port Orford has been fortunate so far
in her progress through the opening up of the county by adequate
transportiition of the highway class, in having the support of a
profitable dairy industry, in securing the new coast guard sta­
tion and in perpetuating those points of interest—such as acces­
sibility to Port Orford beach, the magnificent ocean panorama
view’ from the state owned park fronting Rattle Rock, and the
newly created Sealion Refuge on Port Orford and Blanco reefs—
for the pleasure and enjoyment of the tourist traffic. Port Orford
will continue to be fortunate in furthering her progress if she will
but follow the same sound lines in her efforts to secure the im-
proxement of the local harbor as was followed in developing the
other fundamental lines of endeavor. There is no magic or mystery
about such work and soundness of plan and sincerity of purpose
must be the guides in the future as in the past.
Promoter Draws 12 Yrs.
( onstructe Sidewalk
A "*w c°ncrete sidewalk i. be
V an Duzer Resigns