Brookings-Harbor pilot., November 26, 1953, Page 5, Image 5

HISTORICAL NOTES
OF CURRY COUNTY
co unty o r th e T e rrito ria l archives.
One of W alto n ’s em ployees was
G eorge M. S cudder and som ehow
he la te r got hold of th e p ro p e rty
as he recorded disposing of it
Sept. 5, 1868. S cu d d er w as on-'
By M. S. BRAINARD
tim e county judge, dying Nov. 17.
(C ontinued from last w eek)
he w as n atu ra liz ed in circu it court 1870, at the age of 50. and is
i at E llensburg!
buried in th e old Gold R each
Louis D o u cette ap p e ars to have
cem eterv.
Aug.
8.
1860.
he
sued
Jim
M
c­
been of m ixed blood whose boat
C orm ick and D ennis CunifT for
Riley, and his son-in-law , F ra n k
and in d u stry w as his investm ent ¡'•b
reak in g w indows in R othen- S te w a rt, w ere p a rtn e rs in a saw ­
in th e fe rry deal. H is nam e a p ­
p ears as a ju ro r in th e first called heim ’s sto re and dam aging goods.” mill, fisheries and m erchandise
by th e J.P ., c o u rt at Gold Beach, The ju ry found for the plaintiff sto re from 1870 to 1876 w hen they
and assessed the cu lp rits 810, but, sold out all th e ir in te re sts to R.
J u ly 24, 1855.
w
ith tw o ju rie s called to enjoy D. Hum e. M icheál R iley arriv ed
On Jan . 1, 1858, the co u it
the
case, Jim and Dennis had to in P o rt O rford d u rin g th e Indian
g ra n te d a liquor license to Sim on
pungle up a to tal of 8107.75.
troubles. Sept. 1, 1853, w ith a
R othenheim , at th e m outh of the
blanket
and an eight d o lla r gold
N
ovem
ber
2,
of
th
at
sam
e
year,
Rogue. Sim on receipted for poll
piece.
T
he 1873 tax ap p raisal of
th
e
re
w
as
recorded
a
deed
and
taxes, in I860, w as J.P ., for som e
y ea rs a f te r ta k in g the job, J u ly bill of sale from C harles L. Riley and S te w a rt valued th e ir
9. 1862, and then. J u n e 6, 1866, S tro n g , of Virg nia C ity, T errito ry holdings at 12,350. on w hich th ev
of U tah, to W illiam E. W alton, of ■'aid a tax of $308.75, th e la rg e st
S an F rancisco, for 815,000, tak in g in the county for th a t year.
in all th e land beginning from a
It is probable th a t at th e tim e
DAILY
point on th e south shore "w here R iley and S te w a rt had th e ir sto re
th e m o u th of the Rogue R iver is it w as grouped w ith o th e r m er­
n a rro w e st,” east one half mil », c a n tile e stab lish m en ts on th e flat
following th e m ean d er line of the ju st n o rth of w here the S unset
river, th en a sq u are one h alf m ile Inn now stands.
on a side, back to the point of b e­
F ro m o th e r sources, viewed
ginning, “ to g e th e r w ith fishing w ith to d ay ’s eyes, th e ir stock
DAVE FRANKLIN,
rig h ts, buildings, etc.,” and a m ust have lieen w hat could be
la te r inventory m entions a con­ called p rim itiv e for th e re was
Owner
sid erab le stock of m erchandise. e x ta n t a story concerning a long
Phone 2634
How S tro n g got orig in al posses­ aw aited and needed consignm ent
GEORGE LOSTROH
sion
of th e plat is probably to be of felt hats, all of which, a c co rd ­
Local Agent
found in th e records of “C oose” ing to an old tim er, m ust have
been, “ blocked for a six point
bu ck .”
T he ta x rolls of 1878 show but
th re e sto res in th e county
A. D.
W olcott, at P o rt O rford, and D.
A VTHORIZED
W oodruff and R. I). H um e, at
E llen sb u rg alth o u g h it is m ore
th an possible th e assessor o v er­
looked F red B lak e’s (son of
“H a rry ” )
w here
th e
P edroli
R anch house now stands, ju st
n o rth of th e W inchuck.
And in ’98, a t Gold Beach, th ere
w as also Billie K irk ’s and John
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R. B row ning’s, w ith the R. D.
H um e em porium m oved across
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the riv e r to W edderbum .
T his W illiam K irk la te r had a
sto re on th e C hetco, w hich he
Across from Shell Station
Brookings, Oregon
m oved w hen th e highw ay w as re ­
P. O. Box 195 Brookings, Oregon
Phone 2274 aligned, la te r selling to M ark
Wood, w ho disposed of th e busi­
ness to E lm er H anscam . P a rt of
H a n sc am ’s present building used
to be on th e o th e r side of 101.
and w as m oved across.
1953
C onsidering the fact th a t only
t
$
$
$
393 folks w ere tallied in th e 1860
census, sto re business then could
$
$
not have been very brisk and peo­
$
$
♦
$
ple did not come into the coun ty
v ery fast.
It is in te re stin g to note th a t on-*
H ans H oustm a renew ed his liquor
license for M ountain H ouse (C ar-
penterville, now) on J u n e 6, 1859,
and la te r posted a notice th a t lie
no longer kept a public house.
Possibly the creek heading un d er
C olgrove’s, now nam ed. “ H oust-
e n a d e r”, could be a c o rru p tio n of
the nam e of this e a rly hostler.
In cu llin g county anti o th e r re c­
ords, a sim ilar thesis could be
p rep ared for alm ost every s e ttl •-
m ent in th e county. P laces, peo­
ple,
and d ates here-in listed cam e
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Lions A uxiliary, C hetco Inn. 8
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C hetco C horal Club. B aptist at 8 p.m.
C hurch, 8 p in.
N a \ horhill Club.
Scout B uilding C o m m ittee at
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