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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1950)
THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1950 "Schools Must Be Kept Standard," Rotarians Are Told Accusations made against the school board and people of the area, through the columns of the Curry County Reporter last week by M. L. DeMartin, in an etTort to block a passage vote in Dist. No. 17, were explained by War ren Smith to Rotary Wednesday noon, when he told ot a party consisting of C. A .MacKenzie, Elmer Parker, as president of the Chamber of Commerce, and himself, representing the school board, called on Nir. DeMartn. Wednesday morning, asking Mr. DeMartin to name the people accused. Mr. DeMartin refused, and in the same breath. to:d the three the "they had better being go ing.” It was ascertained. Tues day, Mr. Smith stated, that M. L. DeMartin had caused to be published his slanderous remarks in the Curry County Reporter of last week. "Brookings schools are barely standard now." Mr. Smith told the club, "and if we want these schools io remain so, we must pay for' the conduct of them. Such men as Virgil Goldsberry, Homer Kessler and Ear! Carson, as members of the budget board, did not ‘pad’ any budget for the coming year Every ugure was based upon the cost of previous BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS. OREGON years, plus tht' fluctuation of any! costs in the meantime. 1 "The district’s books have been' audited by the state department : and not once have they ever been found to be out of line in any manner. In fact, the dis- trict has been complimented upon , its business-like manner. "Conduct of the schools during my regime, and 1 am certain it has been so before, have been as economically as possible. We are educating our children at a per-pupil cost much less than any other school in this section of Oregon. We are paying our teachers less than the standard of southwestern Oregon. "And. mind you, the Southern Curry County Taxpayers League wishes to cut oil the entire bud get for water,’’ said Mr. Smith in closing. Port Orford History More Spectacular Than Other Places By Emil R. Petcrsor Historian, Coos-Cu rry Pioneer Association No cheerful movement fluctuate gale the gale, No busy steps the grass-grown ! foot n ay tread, For all the bloomy flush of life Ims fled." UNKNOWN It was about this same time -in fact it was near the end of May. 1859, that the steamer Co- lumbia. making one of its usual stops at Port Orford, as it had done before on its regular run from San Francisco to Portland, landed a group of some sixty or seventy* people, including several families, and a number of single men. They were on their way to the Coquille Valley in c oos Co., destined to take an important part in the agricultural, business and political development of their adopted homeland. The group came to he known as th* Baltimore colony, for they had come from Baltimore. Maryland. Their leader was Mr. Henry Hermann, with his family. The oldest son. Binger, was then 16 years of age. Binger grew up to become an outstanding leader, I not only in southwestern Ore-1 gon, but throughout the stated He taught the first school in the. Coquille valley: he studied law | and became a member of the; state legislature: he was elected to the United States Congress at i a time when Oregon had only, one congressional district, and so The World's Best Climate he represented the entile state of Oregon in Congress. 1 here is much more to the story of the Baltimore colony, and its mem bers. But let us return to Port Orford. Sixty-five years, two months, two weeks and a day or so alter the Baltimore colony had landed at Port Orford, Binger Hermann returned. It was mid-August, in 1924. Port Orford was Holding a celebration, honoring t h e pio- neers of southwestern Oregon. It was reported that some 3(XK) people attended that three-day jubilee. History records that "the cele- brat ion opened on the beach near Battle Rock with the arrival of the Grand Old Pioneer and the Statesman. Binger Hermann, now 81 yerrs old. He was escorted by the Bandon Beachmen, the Ban don band and the Boy Scouts ot Coos County. Mr. Hermann spoke on the spot where he had first touched Oregon soil, in 1859. This was Mr. Hermann s fare well address. More than 2000 people were furnished with a sea-food dinner. The tables at which they ate, stretched a quar ter of a mile from Battle Rock southward.” PAGE FIVE briet Q about ano Hier gatnermg that is to meet in Po: t Orford soon. It xvil be much smaller and spoetaci: ar. It will start from Bend in the morning of June 1. will pass through Coos Bay thn ugh Co- quille and Bandon and then on to Port Orford. The party will be made up of <• * * 1 • hv two more couples at Port Orford, at Castaway, by the Sea, where Pres. dinner \>ill be serxed a ¡id Cherry Rohner. The occasion \ ’0 be the ter mination of a cn^u t based on the census of Coos and Curry counties Editor J W. rorester Jr, of the Coos Bay Harbor, and Editor H. P. Hornish nf the Coos Bax T:m s. will be judges of the contest. The party will bt made up of the two judges and their wiws: Hal Shade, manager of KOOS. wife: Emil R. Peterson of "Meet the Pioneers,” with his wife: and Mr and Mrs. J. E. Norton of Coquille, who are invited to represent the Coos Curry Pioneer and Historical As- social ioti. At Port Orford the party will be joined by Mayor and Mrs. Douglas Johnson, and will be resei ved by Pres, and Cherry Rohner, a t beautiful Castaway by the Sea. SomewHere along the line one more cuplé will be added, consisting of the contest winner and his or her companion. . In all this Land of Coos and This was merely the hi ginning Curry, perhaps no other point of the three-day event, but the is surrounded with so much his story is too long for a single run. tory as is Port Orford. It will be continued another It was in 1851 that Captain time.. But I want tn tc H you William Tichenor landed his par-1 ty there, hoping and looking for a shorter route to the rich gold fields a hundred miks in’and, to the east of the coast ranges, in to “FIND” and “BUY” It In CRESCENT CITY, CALIFORNIA: southern Too Late To Classify California Oregon, and northern! Where A business and professional guide to Friendly Crescent City Concerns who For Sale: ’36 Ford V-8 chassis Tichenor failed in his main share of your trade when d^inu your out-of-town shopping. complete with five weels, and two purpose but his men and others merit a new tires. $50 as is. George Cum- who followed did find rich de nuns, Box 532. City. 14tf posits of gold on the beaches and in creek and river beds up and down the coast from Port Or Card of Thanks ford. There followed that mad Gifts, Stationery I wish to thank both Demo rush that always comes with re-1 Floyd Mulligan crats and Republicans, voters of ports of gold strikes. Many, no School Supplies, Cards Brookings and Curry county for doubt most, of those who came Repair & Installation Silverware their generous write-in support, were people of high moral char 1010 2nd St. Telephone 2212 for coroner in the recent pri acter, with good intentions. But Supplies and Appliances Flatware mary election. Crescent City, California among them were the usual ren Hollowware DR. A. O. SCHMITT. Ph. 1581 egades, the riffraff of humanity, always bent on making trouble DIRELYTE among those who otherwise would CRESCENT CITY be peaceful, progressive citizens, Following the rich gold dis- covcrics in 1853. Port Orford mushroomed to a communi tv Visit our record dept & ELECTRIC CO. shall we call it a city? Anyway, Compelte Radio Sales it is reported to have had six Complete line of hard or eight hotels, as many saloons and Service 829 SECOND and nearly as many stores. Gold ware and electrical fix Complete Real Estate Service seekers were setting up tneir 840 3rd Si tures and appliances. claims and their shacks up ano NOTARY PUBLIC the coast. Trouble by tne PHONE 143 Bo.' ¿11 South end of town down few renegades stirred up Phones 341 or 281 with the Indians. The natives reta’iated. Soon the Indian wars Brookings, Oregon were on Federal troops wore sent ’n tn Sheet Metal & Plumbin ATLAS POWER TOOLS — and Beach Frontage south of the re-on forco loccl ’’okmtep^s. Chetco River 190 teet on ocean \n armv post wps * stahfished Hardware, also clothing for the Household Appliances, entire in one of the most protected '‘nd was given the name ot Fort family, including boots & irli fXAMiNIO areas. Two rentals on property Orford. During th’« ngr’od the Sheet Metal, Plumbing shoes. Come in and shop with us! LtNStS GROUND with plenty of acreage for new Tnd»ans wore "obbod of thnir and heating supplies. beach homes. Very fine terms. ands, tbnir hunting and fishing 1280 Second Street "rounds P^d fhrir V- rn Pho. 631 9(H) 4th St Phone 2752, Crescent City, Calif. $100.00 down and $25 pei mo. destroyed. They were rounded up buys a good town lot. New tract and shinned away to For-oft rCs. being opened. See yours today. creations under promise that never was fulfilled and sG’i is Carrell’s-Hedrick Two acres close in could bel pending (hwn through ’h- third ELECTRIC subdivided for profit or would fourth and nvpn to the fifth gen make good motel site.. On beach oration But that’s anther s*nrv road Bv 1856 the cold rush n as los- Chevrolet - Buick ’nP ’t.S momnntv-H md lyoc bp. Sales-Service Just listed ont' of the finest ginning to decline; the Indians Your Hotpoint Store For Price Quotations On All 2-bedroom homes in Brookings bad boon qh’nnnd nn+- thn trnons Auto Repair, Painting BUILDING MATERIAL rrmnvp^ pnd pn.-t Orford in the ;»est of locations. Lovely 941 Second St was approaching the ctptus of grounds. This must be seen to Radiators Repaired. Phone 1881 2nd & Market St. be appreciated. $15,000 00 with A DESERTED CHY PHONE 931 Ph. 471 Crescent Citv CRESCENT (TTY, CALIF. terms. Someone Wrote "In the year 1859, Port Orford Remember those lots with riv was no longer the live place er boating privileges. Nunn Bush Shoes with its manv p^onk and n’ac^s of amusement. Every year since Arrow Shirts --------- and soon A truly fine 6-room (2-bed- 1856 saw its decline MENS WEAR Genuine Levis rooms) home built in 1949 with it was deserted, only .hree fam- 3 acres of good soil. Four kinds dies remaining- Mr I irnan and Pendleton Shirts Jarman Shoes, Knox & family: Mrs Knapp, known all •of berries and some lilies, chick over X-RAY FITTED Jantzen Sweaters Baxter Hats, Marlboro the country' as Grandma en house and small barn. Fine Knapp. and one of th * dn^rp^t White Stag Shirts Phone 2102 well and pressure system. This and kindest old ladies that ever Mail Orders Filled Complete Line This is definitely not the average was. and her son. Louis: and I 828 2nd St. Crescent City 920 Second St. run of the mill homes and must Capt. Tichenor and family. of "Wierd. silent, ghost-like, re-1 definitely be seen to be appreci Work Clothes ated Priced at only $7500 un mained the hotels, the saloons, the stores: hom^s for the birds, A Snack Or Meal Sporting Goods furnished. Will sell furnished. storehouses for the wood-rats J sport for the north wind that ! Yrou can’t go wrong by played hide-and-seek through all the broken windows and open dropping in at the doorways; broken fences, dosnrt- ed farmyards, roofless buildings i all were melancholy evidence j Leave Orders at of former life. Store for Men” But note the sounds of papula- 1 Cur-Del Cleaners Mrs. C. I. Patrick tian fail. ■ L J 4 CR..SCENT CITY MERCHANTS—Give Them At Least A Trial! DAVIDSON'S G 0. 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