10 Brookings-HarBor
28, 1954 ■ who would tra d e p elts for cloth,
The two w ere arrested on com ­
BOYS ARRESTED FOR p lain
b lankets, beads, tobacco, knives,
t of a local citizen, a f te r the
and such m a te ria ls as w ere p ac k ­ USING AIR GUNS
boys had broken windows in his
ed out from M issouri a t a nom i­
home. The com plainant w ithdrew ’
Tw o B rookings ju v en iles w ere charges a fte r the boys had paid
nal one thousand p er cent m ark -
| up!
releas: d to th e ’r p a re n ts last for th e dam age done.
week
by Ju d g e Guy F o rsy th , a fte r
The principal o bjective of the
The firing of an a ir rifle or
By MAX B RA IN A R D
having
been ap p reh en d ed using sp rin g -a ctu ated gun inside the
i A shley-Sm ith com bine w as to find
betw een
the - a ir rifles w ithin th e city of city is prohibited by city sta tu te .
F p O U R IS T TR A V EL into thi
o supply his personal re q u ire a usable w a te rw a y ---------
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Brookings.
It is also forbidden to give a child
-■ a rea w as officially opened b\ n en ts w hich included a 40 o r 30 G reat S alt L ake and th e Gulf
such a weapon in the city.
Jed ed iah S tro n g S m ith in Jun< •aliber “p lains rifle" having a bar- of C alifornia but w hen this w as
an d July, 1828. It is possible that eel from th irty to th irty -six inches attem p ted , th e a d v e n tu re rs ran w a te r overtook th e carav an , n o rth
w an d erin g
R ussians
or
ship­ ong, w hich fired a long, heavy into objections from th e S panish- of th e C im m aron, in v eiy d a n g e r­
w recked C hinese m ay have p re ­ pullet and used m uch m ore pow- M exican a u th o ritie s alread y es- ous In d ian co u n try . S m ith foolish­
ceded S m ith but, of such, we have der than th e K en tu ck y sq u irrel tablished th ere. At S an Diego, ly w ent ahead alone to look for
no record. T h e re also m ay have rifles. T he fa v o rite w eapons w ere S m ith c o n ta c te d officers of A m eri- w ater. C om anches ju m p ed him as
been s c a tte re d fu r sco u ts from m ade by Jaco b and S am uel H aw - can vessels engaged in the hide he d ran k , and killed him , on the
and tallow tra d e -------1
and M exican
th e Hudson B ay C om pany.
ken in St. Louis.
------- of * 27th day of May, 1831.
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Jed S m ith w as a sy ste m a tic
S m ith, in his scant 32 years,
S m ith stay ed in A shley’s em - 1
w a n d e re r w h e rev er he thought ploy for som e th re e y ea rs durin g from th e ir governm ent to prevent probably dd m ore th an any other
T O P SO IL AND F IL L D IR T
th e re m ight be beav er fur. T h at which tim e it is recorded th a t he tak in g out of the p e lts by fo reign­ m an ev er did, in all history, to
is why he w as here
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and
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Phone 2057 or 2341
u ab le real e s ta te ev er known.
He w as born at B ainbridge, by a grizzly (n u m ero u s then». th e U nited S ta te s.
S m ith, w eary in g of th e long ne­ Anyhow', he opened o u r p ro fitab le
N ew York, in 179$), and unliki T he bear bowled over horse and
m ost of his la te r associates, w as rid e r and badly chew ed S m ith ’s gotiations, finally ag reed not to to u rist business.
a well e d u c ated m an before he head. One C lym an, a com panian, tak e any m ore b eav er in th e M exi­
w ent to clerk in g on
th e G reat had to stitc h S m ith ’s scalp, can dom ain and d ep a rted , n o rth ­
HLjn niTiTTi: rrfrTnj: n ^ p i y f r /
L a k e s at th e age of
13. It w i? cheeks, and e a rs back so as to w ard, to renew his o p eratio n s as
th ere , probably, th a t his in tere st cover his o th erw ise naked skull soon as he w as out of sight of
in fu r and th e g reat
w est was daubed h>m over w ith soap and the M exicans, well know ing the
h atched, sh ip m en ts of pelts pass- , sugar, helped him onto his horse M exicans’ in ab ility to police such
ing from th e field to th e c e n tra l S m ith could ride on about a m il? a large area.
fu r m a rk e t, th en at M ontreal. In to a su ita b le cam ping place.
T he p a rty 's su ffe rin g in the
1822 he w as in S t. Louis, h eart
T he p a rty explored and trap p e d w astelan d s w as trem en d o u s and
• Specializing in Radiator Repair
of th e w e ste rn developm ent and in an a re a exten d in g from the som e of them died. As w as the
( all Smith River 337 or Box 151 Brookings
in April of 23 loft th e re in a com- p resen t s ta te of W yom ing, down custom of these expeditions, ren-
tor delivery service
l « n v of about 100. prom oted by the vast valley of th e C olorado devouz w ere scheduled tw o o r
I ltam Ashley. As each tra p p e r river, sending th e ir packs of fu r th re e y ea rs in advance, ce n te rin g
•
Open Evenings 7 to 9 p.m.
had to be g ru b -sin k d to flour, I back to St. Louis T hese packs th e region being trap p ed . Sm ith
tea . . coffee
and lend I i consisted
consisted 01
of one
one nunnreo
hundred p p e e lls
headed foi
. . . salt, r powder,
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n s " and
" '* his p a rty w ere
n e neaoea
ro;
GEO. SHiPLEY, OWNER
1 1 w uch to cast bullets, as well I each. w eighed 150 lbs , and packed i ^ e a r Bake, n e a r th e p re sen t ju n c
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as w ith saddle and nack horses, two packs to th e m ule load
tion of Idaho, W yom ing and U tah
th is re p resen te d an ex p e n d itu re of
rem em ber all th e w ay from
R iv alry w as intense. Indians
sev eral th o u san d s of dollars, the w ere a freq u en t m enace, and th e S an Diego, going by th e w ay of
re tu r n s on w hich w ere very high, w hites w ere ju st as cruel as they, B akersfield, S an F rancisco, Reno
b e a v e r p elts av erag in g five dol­ each side leaving records of be­ and south of th e G reat S a lt Lake.
lars each in S t. Louis and th re e heading wounded. O ccasionally,
H ighw ay F ro n ta g e
(H ighw ay 101, O regon’s Main S tre e t)
In th e w in te r of ’27. S m ith was
in
11»» mi
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e t.
T he trapper* had I th e p a rtie s en c o u n te red Indians back in C alifornia, com ing down
C H ETC O R IV E R FR O N T A G E
-
R E SID E N T IA L LOTS
th ro u g h w hat is now' C en tral U tah
N E W H OM ES
-
R A N C H ES
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FARM LANDS
and again crossing th e M ojave,
A C R EA G E
-
IN D U ST R IA L S IT E S
and again p esterin g th e governor,
IN C O M E P R O P E R T IE S
finally com ing to an ag reem en t,
B eau tifu l Scenic, P a rk lik e Ocean F ro n tag e
w hich the governor neglected to
G a rd n er Bldg.
c a rry out.
Brookings,
P hone 2801
Oregon
On J a n u a ry 1. 1828, S m ith s
R EA L estate broker
whole p arty reassem bled in the
Who tries to do the common things of life uncommonly well:*
San Joaquin valley, fig u rin g on
trap p in g to th e east, to w ard th e
G reat S alt Lake, but it w as a vc ry
A M ER IC A N FOOD
w et spring. T hey had a te rrib le
tim e w ith flooded lands and
SPECIA L L U N C H 75c
sloughs, and th ey co u ld n ’t find
Soup
a pass th ro u g h th e m o u n tain s so
E n tre e
fo n t nued scouting th e w estern
F ren c h F ried o r M ashed P o ta to es
slopes, which becam e m ore and
Coffee o r T ea
m ore rugged, forcing th em to w ard
Ice C ream o r S h erb et
th e ocean, w hich th ey reached,
according to S m ith ’s diary, on the
Chinese Combination Lunches Soc and 90c
eig h th of June, a f te r crossing high
up on the K la m a th river. M ay 28
C hinese S pecials Any S ty le
On th e 23rd of Ju n e, S m ith fig­
u red he crossed out of th e p ro ­
N ew H ours
vince of C alifo rn ia into O regon,
Open 11 a.m . to 1 a m .
and ra fte d the Rogue on th e 27th
7 days a w vek
J u ly 9. they w ere at Coos Bay,
and
a couple of days later, on the
W e C a te r to P a rtie s
P hone 3161
I mixjua.
W hile encam ped on th e la tte r.
TOMMY MOE
S m ith and som e cam panions w ere
I out scouting th e ir ro u te ahead
" hen a p a rty of In d ian s ju m p ed
th eir cam p, killing fifteen m en
and tak in g all th e ir possessions.
A rth u r Black, a huge m an. beat
(Our sand and gravel is washed,
oft bis a tta c k e rs and m ade bis
screened
am i w eighed to give lull
way to F ort V ancouver. a rriv in g
m easu re and p ro p er p roportions
th e re A ugust 8. T he next day
S m ith and tw o o th e rs who had
of ag g reg ate, to in su re q u ality )
been scouting w ith him , also a r ­
rived a t th e fort
A lthough th e com pany w as
com peting w ith th e huge H udson
Leave y o u r packages in your e a r th ro u g h o u t th e day
I Bay o u tfit. Dr. M cLoughlin could
Crushed Ci ravel
River Run Sand and Gravel fj,
not allow th e In d ian s to su stain
( omplcte Service
hair Prices
th e idea they could p lu n d e r any
Rock Fill Material
Clay Fill
tra p p e rs, so he sent a larg e ex ­
pedition to the U m pqua. S m ith,
Black Top Toil
River Silt
and th e o th e r survivors, w ent
w ith th e p a r t\ and th ey recovered
Clam Shell Soil
Concrete Pipe & Ditching
<00 b eav er hides. 39 horses, and
oth r goods, at a cost of th o u ­
sands ot ¡xYunds i in tra p p ng
tim e) to the H udson B a\ C om ­
N O 1OB T O O SMALI
pany. S m ith la te r sold the pack to
Visit O ur Wholesale Row
M cLoughlin for $3.200.
B eaver w ere fast being deci-
Pilot T hursday , J anuary
Historical Notes
ROSS SALVAGE
BAYVIEW GARAGE
A t State Line
C H O IC E P R O P E R T IE S
SHANGHAI
CAFE
W H. BRADY
READY MIX
CONCRETE
WHEN YOU SHOP IN COOS BAY
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Have your car Serviced
At Lou Blanc, Inc.
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Cadillac and Oldsmobile
j
Safety-Tested Used Cars
LO U B L A N C , Inc.
Across the street from th e Post Office in Coos B av
Ì
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u v ite d
S m ith w e n t in to The h o rse
anti c a ttle business, a f te r 1830,
s ttin g out from M issouri for
S a n ta Fe w ith tw e n ty -th re e w ag ­
ons and eighty-five m en. L ack of
Í
Brookings
RED-E-MIX Concrete
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Co. {