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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1954)
Dave GiHmore Tells Story of 67 Years 5Pent ,n Brookings - Harbor Area lion, and th a t sh o rten ed the Rnii i- s p rin g s d riv e o v er the m o u n tain team f o r ' t h e d 'W ' o C um m ings, w hich w as a high I , n .? h G eneral L and offic Brookings-I Iarbor Pilot his 84th b i r t h d l v ^ d 7hM m o s t^ f h ^ i ^ ' * G i,lm ore had ce le b rate d clim b. Mv b ro th e r drove th e at l o rtlan d . F red R udolf w as o u r T i n RSDAY, F E B . 18, 1954 ing from W illets to C um m ings chief engineer, T his w eek w e’re v e n . X n ° h ‘S bc” Sp™ ' j" a rea sw tor 11 m onths, < ■__ , I . h a d 'a 's i c k for then * ™ " ' h«ck to coast and w hich follow s: h e re : P 'lhhsh D ave's sto ry of his life, spell an d went hack on th e Bell in i t ,. , l, o s' <' ll° « " ‘I lived S prings run. 5 e a r " ’»chuck 7 ' UCk riVer riv er for for «'»>». about Oregon, F e b I ru w a as ry horn 11 1 at ^ * K 7 erby, ^voH? H*0” ’ I r ° d R ale‘Kh S co tt packed all h s a " d m o" ' <1 ,0 B><»kings I ben I quit and w ent back to , . h ' ra n c h l’S and in th e p lace'rT h n es a? Lone^^R ^°l i Ns Sto- the , K erby and I m oved my m o th er 'h e r e I now live. , havp m arn e d . who lives in E u re k a II s R oseburg and Bly u n til I w as 17 road ** tHe Fnd ° f tb e and fa th e r to Jack so n countv nan te is D avid J. G ilintore and w here I w orked on a ranch for a 5e a rs old. In '87 I cam e into C res- ,v . cent C ity helping old M exican ««., Sc,o tt s s to re " as is now y e a r and then went back to w ork S I p d .iu g h ter at E tto rsh u rg . C alif M artin ez w ith a s trin g of 37 pack I ed he C olgrove Place. <n the m ncs. first at th e Hom e- H e r nam e is M yrle F ren ch s i . m arrie d C laren ce F rench. 1 h a t’,. m ules he ran for Mr. G asquet I w orked th a t w in te r on th e sta k e m ine, then the V a u g h te r IXnc Franklin, O w n er w f l d C r/ CPnt C i,v W Packed to J one R anch and in th e spring of mine and finally to the H am m ers- lohn c°Hh,' rS' W E G ilintore. and Jo h n Gtllm ore. and a sister. Maud « d K erb y aPPy A ,th ° US" ■ 0 1 w orked for Jo e McVey, on ley mine. I w orked th e re tw o E B low n, all of E u re k a, and a P hone 2634 the VVinchuck bridge. W hile th e re Years until it w as sold to Linsex ba,l a le tte r from th e Idaho and C ain, from the M ojave deesrt ' ’'o lh e i' in H appy C am p. C alif , c Geo. Lostroh, L ocal A g e n t That fall I cam e back to the A. (»illmore. coast and w orked on th e ra ilro ad s ta g e C om pany to com e to U kiah rh e n I w ent to R an d sb u rg w h ere RiliSn ilfh R,VCr f° r fIobbs W a’l- and drive sta g e for them . I had wo bad a job in a m ine in th e I Rill I laisted and N ick T ack w ere my saddle horse in S m ith River Siskiyou and T rin ity ranges the bosses and I w orked as a pow- ' orners. w ent in to C rescent City cam e out to Redding. C alif.? and N o lob Too Large No Job Too Small out nl°Hkey ’ b,ow ine 'h e stum ps the next day and on into K lam ath ’hen I got sick, sold m y horses out of th e way. T hen I w ent to ’he next. I had old Indian Billy and w ent back to Rogue riv r W aldo for a while, com ing back swim my horse at th e K la m a th That w as in 1895. and I m oved m y folks back to K erby and to fall sp ru ce for M cDonald in for m e and I w ent on to S w a n ’s P ( ) P C ,‘? X AT1ONS ' D R iV E W A ' S - FLO O R S th e V inn ig er cam p but I w as h u rt now called O rick - t h a t night. T h 1 w orked th e re w ith c a ttle for W. ( . ( a l t e r and in th e m ines for P ORCHES - STEPS S ID E W A L K S - PA T IO S th e re so w ent down to the K lam - next day I m ade A rc ata for the John Elder, in the Sow ell m ine night, and the next th ro u g h Bay- F o n J i T £ " d fiShed With * * BACKED BY 27 YEARS EXPERIENCE F o u n ta in . H e and his boy w ere side and F resh w a ter, to put mv for Ed U lm sted and M cN anerv of E u rêk a. pat <ing m ail from C rescent C ity horse up a t A yer’s L ivery in E u r- Estimates Cheerfully Given to Jo h n so n ’s, eig h t m iles below pka. I w as well acq u ain ted w ith I w as on th e N atio n al F o rest 2 ^ ' he n ° r ,h '>f he A yers L afe and N a te and for a y e a r and then I w ent hack S tam e, and Lizzie, and Rildie, also to Lovelock, N evada, for a y ea r H e got sick and I took his place Dave K indle th a t the C hinam an and then back to K erby and fishing th ree nights every week, killed d u rin g the w ar in E u rek a packed to th e m ines for several f could leave C resc en t C itv and K indle and B alt run th e sto re in years. Easy Street Brookings, Ore. Phone 3272 K erbyvilie w hen I w as a boy. t hen in 191J-15 I packed for th e RO to B equa th e nex t m orning. I F ro m E u re k a I w ent to H ydes le ft m y horse at Bril B ailey's can- ville w here I had a pass on the ta k e m e ° 'd In d ian BHI would ta k e m e across th e riv e r in his stage. I sold my horse and ou tfit b o at and I would get a horse from *o a sheep m an and left on the 'm n d e to Joh n so n 's. A m an stage. I w ent to B ridgeville and by th e nam e of H ayes packed the took th e night sta g e to A lder m ad from T rin id ad to Johnson's. Do nt and from A lder P oint to I t took him th re e days to m ake H a rris and Bells S prings, for din 1 he round trip. T h ere w ere no ner, then to C um m ings. I m et mv roads then betw een C rescent C itv boss at B ells S prings and stay ed and T rinidad, only a horse tra il all night at C um m ings statio n an d H ayes had to cross the sand drove stag e from C um m ings spits at L ittle Lagoon. S to n e L a A lder P oint for 16 m onths, then m y b ro th e r and I ent back ,u goon and Big Lagoon. W hen I got th ro u g h th a t fall of ' K erby and brought back 44 head 88 I w ent back to S m ;th R iver of sta g e horses from Jack so n and went to w ork in th e liv e n county. W e tra ile d th ro u g h C res stab le for C ooker and Bain. I cent C ity and T rinidad. T here drove stag e and freig h t team , even w ere tw o boys w ith us. One drove as fa r n o rth as Lone R anch, eight sta g e from B ridgeville to A lders m iles above H arbor. Then, in ’89 P oint. His nam e w as C h arlie Tice. I hired out to J. W. G ray to drive B arney P ayne tended stock team at th e Lone R anch. This w as w hen th e borax m ine w as ru n No. 4 sta tio n on th e sw ine Ukiah. ning. I hauled borax. V hen th ey finished th e bridg I h ere w asn 't any road Io Gold at A lder P oint the night drive B each then. Tom M oore was packing th e m ail on horseback from B ridgeville ran th ro u g h J fa rr s ’- G eorge T uby ran th e s ta 11 Daily Freight Service Coast Freight Lines CEMENT WORK CONTRACTED ART GIBBS AUTOREPAIRING - - « i n t i » FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE TRUCKS MMi J W ith th e n e w I n tern a m ed iu m -d u ty four- wheel d riv e tru c k s you can haul men, tools, and equip ment through mud, sand, snow and over the roughest kind of ground. And for normal high way operation you simply dis engage the front axle drive. tional • • . 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