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The KEY to the Development of the Vast Natural Resources of the Mid-Pacific Coast Empire
PORT ORFORD NEWS
Volume: V.
Highway Receives Publicity; j
Former Resident Interested
Port Orford, Oregon, Tuesday, October 27, 1931.
AN EMPIRE IN THE MAKING
Number 49.
Banker Says Coast Better;
Industrial Centers Hit Hard
With an area of 50,647 square miles—larger than Pennsyl
vania or New York—the MID-PACIFIC COAST EMPIRE in Or
egon, embraces approximately the south half of the State—a vast
expanse of almost virgin territory insofar as the utilization of its
great natural resources is concerned. This region is over three
times the size of Switzerland, which has no seaport, and, based
on Switzerland’s population of around 4,000,000, is capable of sup
porting upwards of 12,000,000 people.
Thomas Fowler, a former Curry CHURCH CALENDAR
county resident, now residing at
PORT ORPXJRl)
Portland, Oct. 23 —It is generally
Armstrong, Texas, continues to
| conceded throughout the country
LOCALS
Sunday
School,
10:30
a.
m.
take a great interest in things per
that the Pacific Coast and N ew
Forum, 7:00 p. m.
taining to this section The News
England sections are in better con
is in receipt o f the October copy
Bible pictures at the Forum,
Ames S. Johnston and daughter, dition in so far as general business
of the H ighw ay Magazine from Mr. Thursday evening, 7 o’clock
Miss Luetta, spent the week end is concerned than any other sec
Fowler, on the front cover of
with Mr. and Mrs R oy Garrett tion, according to Edgar H. Sensen-
27 attended Sunday school Sun
which appears an excellent repro
in Myrtle Point, Mr. and Mrs. Gar ich. vice president of the United
day
morning
Mrs
Schlappi
sub
duction of the popular scene on the
rett returning w ith them to Port States National bank, who returned
Oregon Coast Highway just south stituted for Mrs. Lynch.
Orford Sunday e.fternoon.
lecently after being at the Amer
of Rocky Point, three miles below
Forum
Mt and Mrs. W. T. White, Jr., ican Bankers' association conven
Port Orford. The issue contains
Sunday night's Forum was led
and daughter, Camelia visited in tion at Atlantic City
an article by Ariel E. V. Dunn of by Freda Methany and Edna Os-
Marshfield Saturday afternoon.
Sensenich was appointed mem
Portland, entitled "Roosevelt Mem- trandar in a most creditable man
Mrs. Mary B. Rice, Miss Ruth ber of the bank m anagem ent com
orial Highway Breaks Another
40 were in attendance.
Clark and Miss Katherine Fasnacht mittee for a three-year period.
Frontier Barrier", as follows:
j
t--**Ta Aid
spent the week end at the Baker
Strange as It may seem to some,
Although histories chronicle the
Last W ednesday at the home of
ranch as the guests of Mrs. E. J. the favorable position of these two
passing of the Old West" as an Mrs. R. G McKenzie on E lk river
Baker.
sections is due to the lack of in
event of years ago. It is only now an all day m eeting o f the Ladies
Mrs O. Leneve is spending sever dustrial developm ent,” he said. "The
that the last frontiers are being Aid was held w ith a pot-luck lunch-
al days visiting at the home of Mrs. Pacific Coast has been primarily a
broken down. The Roosevelt Mem- eon at noon. Several motored out
Will Rose in C.iqullle, Mrs. Rose comm ercial and raw material pro
orial Highway, new ly opened on the from town and a most enthusiastic
be'ng her sister-in-law
duction region, with little Industrial
West Coast, hewn through rock m eeting was held. A fter luncheon
William Bills left Monday for operation. The worst effects of the
over precipitous cliffs and cut Mrs A. P Sw eet and Mrs. Orris
Myrtle Creek From there he will go depression have been felt in the
through a m ass of forest land filled Knapp- accompanied by Mrs. Roy
io southern Josephine county to ex- Industrial centers, and It m akes one
with wildcat, deer, panther, bear Corson at the piano, gave several
amine so nc mining property, and wonder whether we want anything
and coyote, has thrown open to most pleasing vocal selections. Mrs.
then return to Port Orford for (he o f the sort or not.
comm ercial interests as well as Bernal Forty, as chaplain o f the Aid
winter.
"In cities where industrial de
tourists, southwestern Oregon, the was in charge of the devotional ex-
M is Paul ..eutw yler motored to velopm ent has taken place there
w ildest section o f America.
erclses. At the business m eeting
have often been booms that sk y
Bandon Saturday io visit friends.
The R oosevelt Memorial High- w hich followed several matters per-
rocketed things beyond all reason
W C. Purdin and Jake Shultz left
way, so named in honor of that taining to the Aid's future activities
The feeling of unbounded prosper
the
fore
part
of
last
week
for
An
celebrated
American,
Theodore were discussed, among them being
ity was great, but when the de
derson, California, to remain for an
Roosevelt, is the first road skirting a Harvest Festival to be som etim e
pression fell and the plants were
indefinite period.
the P acific Ocean to connect the ln November, particulars of which
closed the source of income o f the
northern part of Oregon with Cal- are to be announced at an early
Mrs. E. L. Gething and children entire com m unity was cut off. Con
ifornia. It begins at Astoria, Ore., date. An executive com m ittee for
of tieklund, Oregon, who have been ditions ln such places are deporable
the mouth of the Columbia River, the festival was appointed consist-
the guests of Mrs. Gethlng's alHter, while in the comm ercial and trans
and extends southward 431 miles to ln S o f Mrs. Frank Seal, Mrs. A. P
Mrs. R. G. McKenzie, returned to portation centers conditions are In
Crescent City, California. When a Sweet, Mrs. C. C. Woodworth, Mrs.
their h^mc Sunday.
finitely better.”
highw ay is completed from British H. W. Babel, Mrs. Roy Corson. Mrs.
j Mr. end Mis. R. G. Thom as of
Sensenich said the convention
Columbia to Mexico, this will be B Forty and Mrs. Geo W Soran-
| Pnsco, Washington, and M i « U »»h from the standpoint of program
the central link in that system.
son.
¡Thomas, their daughter, .a nurse at
standards was the most successful
The United States governm ent
Mrs. Howard Hull as chairman
I the W esleye Hospital, Marshfield, ever held In the East and Middle
initiated this vast engineering pro- of the chest com m ittee reported
j and airs. Alva Harry of Marshfield, West, except for New
England,
Ject in the sum mer of 1919. and that all contributions to the chest
I were rn jojin g some of ».he scenic there Is very little evidence of gen
contributions from nation, state had been distributed and that there
I a-trap i r.s of Curry co -n ty last eral improvement, he said.
and counties made possible the w as need for more. Anyone who
| week.
carrying out of these plans.
can assist in this splendid work is
i Mr. and Mrs. Frank Seal were
IxK*al Men Acquitted
A trip down the highway affords asked to get in touch with Mrs.
I olnner g iu sts of Mi. and Mrs. Cr-
one an opportunity to study at first Hull or Mrs. Sweet.
I ris Knapp Tuesday night.
John Farrier and Jack Napier,
hand the history of this region. At
Mrs David McKenzie will be
I Tiny Zr.derson has gone to Klam- charged by the state with spearing
the north, the new road connects hostess at her home at Cloverdale
i nth Fal l, to take employment.
salmon, were acquitted by a Jury In
with the world-famed Columbia ranch at the next m eeting to be
Col. J. f . Johnson an 1 W. F. Justice of the P eace M H W right’s
R iver Highway, and it w as at this held on November 4th. It will be
|j • Hnyden of Gold Beach were tran s court last Tuesday The jury, com
point that John Jacob Astor found a combined m eeting of the Ladies
it j si ting hiisireM here the fore part posed of John Hurst, Fred Jamie-
H
ed his fur trading post in 1811. The Aid and W omen’s Club with a pot
of last week,
son. H. Adolphsen, F. W. Smith,
salt cairns at Gearhart and Seaside, luck luncheon served at noon. A
Rudolph Jepson. of the Southern Marion Zumwalt and Harry Inwall,
two popular Oregon beach resorts, com m ittee consisting of Mrs. B.
, Pacific at Marshfield, was enjoying reached the verdict within five min-
recall the Lewis and Clark explor- Forty. Mrs. R. W. Babel and Mrs
the hunting In Curry county last J utes after the case was turned over
ing expedition sent out by the gov- Orris Knapp was appointed to fur-
week as the guest of Crayton ' to It.
ernment in 1805 The salt cairns nish the entertainm ent from t h e 1
Sauers.
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were used by these pioneers for Ladies Aid.
j Mrs. Mabel Gillings and Mrs. i
Coos Ranks Merge
distilling w ater from the Pacific
Ralph Sturdivan were shopping in
T h o se attending the m eeting were
ocean for drinking purposes, and
Handon last Tuesday
Mrs R G McKenzie, hostess, and i
Marshfield, Or., Oct
25. The
are still in a state of excellent pres
Mrs Ellison and party of Coquille
Coos Bay National
bank of Marsh-
her guests. Mrs. W. J Sabin and ...................
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ervation
Mrs. W U. Sabin of Langlois, and
.... ...... .„„„„I school teachers were recent guests field today took over the affairs of
The influence of Old Spain is dis Mrs. E. L. Gething of Oakland
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h . home «e
r. A
a r>
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...
.. and
at t the
of Mr ««a
and M
Mrs
P «a-
the American
of this city
for
the
past ...................................
week m aking the pre- feature
can be added to the show
cernible at several points along the ¿ ¿ 7
Grand
.Jury
Fails
Sweet
at
Arizona
Inn
assumed
to
pay
Its
depositors
The
Mrs. A. P. Sweet, president, lim inary preparations.
during the three days this year.
Oregon coast line. Cannon Beach Mrs.
T z,
4
1
i
t
s
L. B. Hatton, Leland Panter, Roy three-story banking building was
Henry
Adolphsen.
Miss
Ena*
The
most
im
portant
immediate
a
At
m eeting of the directors
was named tor a huge cannon
IO indict Local Men Corson and W illiam B ills made a taken over by R F. W illiams. Joe
McKenzie, Mrs. E. R Lindberg, function is the publishing of the
washed ashore from the e . c _-k of a
held last evening It w as decided
, ..
Mrs. L. R. Pugh, Mrs. H ans Adolph premium list. It is planned to is
The
county
grand jury In its final trip to tne Hatton mine on the Mid Williams and Reider Rugge. with
Spanish vessel In the seventeenth sen Mrg B Po8t M
c
P
that about $100 worth of additional
report Tuesday of this week re die Elk the forepart of last week, an option for the American bank
sue
a
book
of
approxim
ately
the
wire
coops
will
be
needed
this
year.
the" Z . t h 7 Tillam ° ° k B ay
ing. Mrs R W Babei. Mrs. Chas
sam e size and com pleteness as las’ Last year $30 In rental fees were turned a not true bill against R. E. Messrs Corson and Rills returning organization to take It back In a
o d in h h‘ n gH
h ’ arV °
Newman. Mrs Roy Corson. Mrs. C
Thursday and the rest of the party reasonable period.
found in the beach sands, cubes of c Hayes. Mrs w T w h (te gr year. There will be som e changes. paid on coops. This year the »am" Rieslnnd and son. Leroy, of the Saturday night.
Deposits of the American bank
Bandon
Home
Cannery
who
were
made from last year's experiences. __________
w —
.... borrowed from
rum ber are
being
O l 7 7 a ni°h W.
Mare ln?prin,s Of Mrs
Howard Hull
Mrs
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Corson and and its high-grade securities went
old Spanish coins. No one knows ex Knnnn Mr. n r- «7 „a
.u
“ nd there
!,orne addit,ons »he county fair’ board"" without
held on c h a ,«e" of receiving children were dinner guests of Mr to the Coos Bay National and slow
°wWu '
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Advert‘- m ents for the premium charge. The additional ones to be
r-roperty The men were held
actly the source o f the wax. but F i a ^ u r -
Frank
Seal,
Mrs.
Geo.
W
Soranson.
list,
are
now
being
solicited
and
it
bought
will
provide
the
space
for
|
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on alleged and Mrs. G. Ft McNair, Bandon, assets were placed In trust, stoek-
some say that a Spanish ship
holders of the American bank to be
. . . additional
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. . I evidence that they had bought stol Frlday evening.
is planned to have sufficient data the
entries
bound for China w as wrecked along
over last
Lloyd Knapp and little daughter paid from any liquidation of these
en
meat.
The
grand
juiy
vindicated
for
it
reminds
world
travelers
o
f
compiled
to
begin
work
on
it
with-
year,
the American coast, depositing its
of Reedsport, accompanied by his assets R easons ascribed for the
th em .
the Bay of Naples. Since the dis- In a f®w days.
wax cargo on the beach.
N ot true bills were likewise re mother. Mrs. Ella Knapp, were merger were business conditions
Mr. W inters has received a shlp-
The highw ay follow s on down covery that Port Orford cedar, pro-
turned In the ease against H O. g u e sts S u n d a y o f Mr. and Mrs. Or and a high overhead expense of the
through what was Indian reserva duced nowhere else in the world, ment of trophies which are on dis-
N
ettleton of Bandon whose indict ris Knapp. Mrs. Knapp had ju st re American.
Oklahoma
Hits
Signs
is
especially
adaptable
for
making
play
at
his
jew
elry
store.
He
is
of-
tion country until a few years ago.
ment
was sought on charges of as ceived word of the death of her
Many of the oldest residents of battery separators in the automo- fering the trophies to those who
The Oklahoma S tate Highway sault and battery, and that of Thus. brother. Mr. Sterling, at Sherlock,
Offers Scholarship
Coos and Curry counties on snuth- tlve field. It has become the center w ish to present them to the show Department, in it» effort to keep
Calif.
western
Oregon
been of a , thriving
at a actual
cost. . To
the
follow- - b illb o a rd s fro m o b sc u rin g « ro n o rv u Lewis of Bandon who was being
rn O
re g o n have
n a v e n never
e v e r been
........... lumber * . industry.
.. u u a u , , The
* n r «1
c iu n i com
i o a date
a ie m
e rouow
R
Mr and Mrs. An<)y Ellis motored
President C. W
Tenney of
more than a few miles from their w ° ° d *’ Practlcally impervious to ing Individuals and organizations aJon„ the highways or creating a i ' . t i " " n 8 C harge ° f se,1,n« ,n to »- to Bandon on business last Thurs
flooding College, Wesleyan, Idaho,
homes during their entire lives, and acid8' th<> 8 raln being so fine that have decided to sponsor a trophy: traffic hazard by obstructing
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aU° r
day.
th e i
announces that that Institution of-
were as isolated from the ordinary 1 may be cut to precision w ith var- Lions club, chamber o f commerce, view has inserted the
Mis W J Sabin and son, Curtis, fers a $50 00 scholarship to one 1931
following
iations
o
f
less
thr
a
one
thousandth
2;
comm ercial world as if they were
barbers real e sta te m en. car- cla u se tn ltR standard eonveyancr
I ’f l ' l l l i l s N o t Required
and Mrs. W U Sabin, of Langlois, honor graduate from each and
te r s W
W estern
e s t e r n World,
W o r ld
a n d the
t h e fnrn,
-
. . in . K.TvinTr ”ri»77
. ke'777 ■
and
on some far away inaccessible is of an inch Early pioneers once penters.
were guests of Mrs R. G McKenzie every high school in its territory
.
" way
land The sam e conditions which fought a memorable three-day unemployed. H. J McDiarmid who
Siskiyou N ational Forest Super last W ednesday at the m eeting of He also advises that scholars need-
“In consideration of the construe-1
bottled up the population in these fight with the Indians at Port Or says he has been out of a job for
visor J H Blliingslea. Grants Pass the la d le s Aid
ing additional help may work for
tion of S ta te H ig h w a y
the
som e time, proposed the cup from
sections also kept travel out, and ford.
has announced campfire permits
Donald McKenzie took a a iimu
load ui
of half
their
and room, which.
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n a ir m
e ir h board
<
grantor herein agrees to p ro h ib it
On down through country which the unemployed and is raising the
this country has been preserved as
n° on*er r’‘<l ’llrpd of camp i high
school students to the volley
ith certain
the construction of any sign ns bill W
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loan facilities.
God made it More than 4.611.500.- is a veritable sportsm an’s paradise, funds for it. This will be a novel
Siskiyou National For- ball game at Ijinglols last Thurs- make It possible for the boy or
boards, or other advertising devices L
filled
with
game
and
gam
efish.
one
feature
aad
is
indicative
of
the
000 feet of governm ent owned tim
within 150 feet of the center line of arr„rdinv , '
a " "r °
• _ day
gjr| w| th a reMl ,jM| re to conflp|et«»
ber still stands in Curry county crosses the little W inchuck R iver com m unity-wide Interest that Is be - i d highway. And further agrees hv L j office / " J ™
'’UPP
" W P r'“ ’ * F R° bb "n<1
"" aduc«“ <’«’ “ > - c u r e a college
alone, although If the whole pop- and six miles south a wooden sign in8 shown In the coming event,
that the State Highway Commls- Bli. nvstei ? r
? o S’U»*rv‘-«’r
WrtKht were in Bandon Friday course
illation within its boundary were announces the Oregon-California
Numerous letters have been re
was a business via-
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„on.
„ agents
„ „ and . ... , rrom aistrict rangers
distributed along the new Roosevelt boundary line.
The Roosevelt celved from exhibitors over the
Itor in Coquille W ednesday after-
Dr. and Mrs L. R Pugh motored
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highway through this country, al- highway ends at Crescent City, Cal
state, Indicating that they would
noon
to Bandon last Thursday on bus-
therefrom any sign, billboard an(, r
-
.
.
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most 10 miles would separate every b“ t the motorist may continue down again be represented
some
of o move
Port m Orford's
Miss Ruth Iness
r o th e r a d v e rtis in g d e v ic es w h ic h th r e e m X - o f
E
«--re
i . o r u . t teachers.
eam e
resident.
the coast by w ay o f the Redwood them planning to bring more en- now
___ exist o r w h i c h m . v h e r . . « . ,
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”5 ra'"
fal,en
CIark’ principal, and Miss Kath-
Those 'Iving In the district be- Highway which leads through for- tries than last year
/ ’'** ° r w h f k may hereafter erally over the forest, beginning erine Fasnacht, assistan t of the
tween Marshfield and Coquille in- ests^of California redwoods, to San
The , how ha8 received the
L d 1 5 ^ 1 t * f the’ ^ X ^
Wednesday Snow was also reported high school, and Mrs. Mary Rice, CLUB OFFER NOW ON
llne
♦
sisted upon immediate completion
from Bolan Peak and other high principal: Miss Edna Miller, Inter- ♦
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of the new wire coops bought this o f said highw ay.”
The extraordinary offer for ♦
of the 17 mile« of paving between
points All the forest firemen and mediate room, and Mrs. N
P ♦
year by the county fair board In
California has removed 50.000 of
the tw o cities, and thia first link
have been called In. It » Grant, primary room of the grade * standard reading matter con- ♦
Bandon Poultry Show exchange for allowing them to use fending signs from along its high lookouts
of the Roosevelt Highway w as com
believed
the
forget fire season Is school attended Teachers Institute * tain art In the NEWS' Club ♦
the Bandon coops
•- Offer found on page 3 of this *
ways.
The
clean-up
has
proved
very
definitely ended on the Siskiyou.
pleted and joyfully celebrated at
There will be an Increased num-
at Gold Beach last Friday
Everything looks like a show of popular. Similar cam paigns
♦ Issue Is now In effect, and will ♦
in
Coqullle in April. 1924 This dis- ber of silver trophies, in addition
Frank
Seal
Is
building
a
garage
nearly tw ice the size of last year, Pennsylvania and W isconsin, where
* continue until November 16th ♦
tance can now be traveled in half to cash prizes and ribbons, offered
in the rear of his power plant on ♦ Th, „pportumty
oMa(n *
Heavy Storm
according to the officers The ad- the state highway crews set out to
an hour, w hereas in the eary stages at the second annual Bandon E gg
iregon strict.
dally and weekly papers and ♦
dittonal
room
provided
by
the
larg-
remove
an
accumulation
of
Illegal
The heavy storm Sunday caused
of this same road. It took alm ost a A Poultry show to be held in the
C a l,f' ♦ sta n d a r d monthly magazine« »
day
The cost of the Roosevelt former Bandon Hardware location ™ bU,W,.nft ^ 7 ”.’ ’’’’X V ° f roor*> ’"‘rns- r,‘"ult',d ,n ,h * destrpctlon of a large rock to slide onto the high snd C P Kibler of North
Bend a a, aDnroxImstelv
Eair
a.
comm
ercial
displays
by
those
Inter-
thousand»
of
these
iinetghtly
oh-
way at Rocky Point, and yesterday
were enjoying the fishing in Curry < makes' |» easy to do Christmas a
Highway through parts of thia dis- on First street December 1, 2 and 3
ested
in
the
poultry
Industry
and
jects
The
Gulf
R
efining
Company
the
m
aintenasce
crew
under
Ber
county
last
W
ednesday
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shopping
7
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h
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trlct ran as high as $75.000 a mile
President Chas F W inters and
will give better opportunity to dis- o f Pittsburg has decided to dlscon-
The town of Port Orford will secretary Jens F 9vinth, together,
nal Forty were busily engaged In
Captain Mabin of the Blanco . frr ars fu„ v
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tinue its billboard advertising on removing It Traffic was not d. ’
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T,r ''ar*ru,|y
♦
interest the visitor to that section, w ith the directors, have been busy* play the stock
Light --------
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It is hoped that some amusement highw ays leading Into W ashington laved
Friday
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Here is found one-fourteenth of all the remaining mer
chantable standing timber in the United States—great deposits of
copper, iron, chrome, coal of a cooking quality, cinnebar, gold,
marble, limestone, granite, carbonic gas, a wide variety of com
mercial mineral waters, as well as stream deposits of precious
metals, platinum, iridium, palladium, osmium and ruthenium—
vast areas of agricultural, horticultral and grazing lands—exten
sive deepsea fishing banks—and a variety of attractions for the
pleasure seeker, including mountains, lakes, rivers, beaches, hunt
ing, fishing, and scenic settings of an incomparable nature. The
area is blessed with climatic conditions adapted to the various
portions of the region, from the all year round equable weather
along the coast to the more rigorous conditions of the higher al
titudes.
This great region is of sufficient size and contains such a
wide variety of natural resources that it is susceptible of becom
ing a selfsustaining nation in itself, with the topography and
drainage such that, with the surmounting of the Cascade Range*
with a rail line, it is all tributary to a nearby tidewater outlet,
where the products of its forests, mines, factories, and i»ils will
find cheap water transportation to the markets of the world.
Nature, in her wisdom, supplied all the necessary attributes
to make a substantial and progressive region, and man has but to
follow the lines she has laid down to receive the benefits in the
greatest possible degree. Sound engineering follows nature’s lines
wherever possible, and sound engineering in the planning for the
full development of the MID-PACIFIC COAST EMPIRE in Ore
gon dictates that improvement of the natural deep water harbor
at Port Orford will solve the problem, and at a fraction of the cost
of an effort to develop a tidewater outlet for the section by over
coming greater natural barriers to create something of an artifi
cial nature. Sound engineering means sound planning before the
money is expended, and sound planning means progress and pro
fit for all time to come; and it further means that Oregon will re
ceive the full benefit of its rich natural resources on which its
citizens have paid taxes for years instead of the major portion of
the profits going to labor and capital elsewhere.
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