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Thursday, March 15, 1956 BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT — BROOKINGS, OREGON DEL NORTE HISTO RY - by M. S. BRAINARD /chored in the lee of the Point. But the town of Klamath did- j redskins told them was a huge Even before that, there was not last long. Little gold was amount of gold. The Indians a widely circulated story which found. The river entrance was then murdered them and in re- appeared on both coasts and even treacherous so the traders could taliation. the remaining whites j today, may stimulate some be- not land goods. All the buildings wipe out a whole village. liever. The tale is of a white were taken down and moved co Proceeding further up the man who found a huge pocket other locations and Bledsoe Klamath, after a month of rug of gold, somewhere in the coast writes that in the early 80*s ged struggle, the rest of the par ranges, and toiled no one can there was nothing left to show ty arrived at a beautiful bench imagine how hard to amass it there ever was a town there. where they not only found an all and return to the East. But In the session of 1856'57, the abundance of gold but also a the savages learned his secret, California Legislature set the plentiful amount of game, and mauled him and left him for county of Del Norte off from so pleased were they with this dead, finally burning his cabin Klamath County, and established prospect they named the place in their desperate search for his the seat of government at Cres “Happy Camp.” as the settle treasure. Although our miner cent City. It ordered a county ment contiues to be known to regained some of his strength, election to be held in May of ’57. this day. his mind was gone, wandering But, back in '51, another party Following these early settle about, and finally reaching his of prospectors was made up from ments at Trinidad, Klamath, and kin in the east. From there came Trinidad, W’ho also undertook Happy Camp, a small number of the story that upon his deathbed the exploration of the stream men camped in the shelter of the old chaps mind cleared, and they regarded as Trinity. On Point St. George, but Bledsoe be recited, in minute detail, just their way up the stream, three says this was not until 1852, al- where his lonely cabin had stood young men were enticed by the though as early as the Spring j and where that treasure was Indians to a place where the i of 1850, several ships had an- buried, somewhere in what is now Del Norte County! 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National. — PAGE N IN E grade tearher for the past sev- clinic at the Brookings Grade eral years does not plan to teach School on Friday, March 23rd, next year due to other interests, between 9:3 and 11:30 a.m. Dr. ‘---- — ------------- Paul Ronniger will give physical Another school »arnival is be WELL CHILD CLINIC HERE examinations, assisted by Don>> ing prepared by p e students of There will be a well child thea Miller, public health the local high school, slatxxl for the gym at 7:30 p.m on March 23rd. * This year’s event is under the leadership of Charlotte Jensen, ably assisted by her committee, composed of Bobtyy Berger, Janet Glass, Sandra Way, Barbara Guthrie. Paul Williams, Shirley Hewitt, and Lowell Lute, rep resenting all the high school grades. The various classes and «chool societies will have booths and prince and princess tickets are being sold by the students, the tickets lieing good at the var ious concessions. In the past, 4-PIECE ORCHESTRA these events have been very well attended and the profits have been returned to the community. •' * . - - SCHOOL M A N S FOR CARNIVAL alone, to San Francisco. Chrome was located in ‘68, on Low Div ide Hill, and between then and '73 some 1.300 tnos of ore were shipped annually by the Tyson Smelting Co., of Baltimore, Maryland, the ore assaying some 40 percent chrome. Coal was discovered at Point St. George in the early 70 s and a shaft was sunk some 70 or 80 feet but capital couldn’t be en couraged to further the scheme. Bledsoe remarks on the great differences in climate between Crescent City and Happy Camp. In the latter place, deep snows and very cold weather are com mon in winter and the summers are frequently as hot as any place in California, while the rest of Del Norte has a very equable climate the year around. Mr. Bledsoe is apparently the best authority we have on the CHANEY PLANS early days in Del Norte. His general thesis flo.vs smoothly TO LEAVE and is plausible. We are indeed, deeply indebted to him for this UPPER CHETCO ' NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA Herschel Chaney, principal of legacy from around a hundred Crescent City, in the early 80’s ! years ago and we hope to have the Upper Chetco School for the was said to resemble a collection past two years has resigned, ef' av ailable more of his works. of low huts, when viewed from —The End fective at the end of the school the deck of an approching ship term. The board reluctantly ac , but this impression was contra- cepted his( resignation. Mr. Chan i dieted when upon landing, one ey had been offered a two-year PATRONIZE found a population of 1,200. 12 contract at a considerable in ALL brick building, a stone ware crease in salary. He plans to go PILOT house, 2 churches and 12 sal east to a teaching position. ADVERTISERS oon«. The Odd Fellows, Masons, Mrs. Esther Waldien, lower Good Templars and A.O.U.W. were already established. Trans portation by stage was available to Smith River, Jacksonville, and thence up ond down the Willam ette and Sacramento vadleys. The Hume Sawmill at the mouth of the Smith River was cutting some 30,(XX) feet of lumber a day. In '77, the Occident and Orient Commercial Company built a 200 by 60 foot plant there and were processing some) $40,000 w-orth of salmon, annually. In reviewing Del Norte’s min- ing since its beginning, in *51, Bledsoe waxes quite enthusiastic VIOAftA. and probably rightly so—as to 0 the out-turn of gold from around Happy Camp, where Eastern capital was interested. Other gold mining sites were along the A C H IL A N . Klamath, in the Big Flat, Hay <3 nes Flat and French Hill gravel bods and that the hard rock of Bald Hill had then been worked for some 20 years. Good gold had also been taken from the beach sands. Too, in the early 80’s there were five good copper mines, dating from the early 60’s, in the Low Divide District, namely: Hanscam, Occidental, Union, Alta, and Monmouth From '60 to ’63 some 2,000 tons of ore, valued at about $60 a ton, went from the Alta and Union mines, ^SATURDAY. MARCH,17th ELKS hard time dance ADMISSION: 99< Per Couple Midnight Snack for 49c PRIZE FOR THE GOSH-AWFULEST CLOTHES All Elks and Their Ladies and Out-Of-Town Guests Invited Better W ear Something Green No o th er a u to m a tic w a s h e s m o d e rn fa b r ic s s o s a fe ly NEW MAYTAG /ZC A u to m a tic d u p lic a te s hand—w ashin g m e th o d ? Every item on this young miss can be washed autom atically — and beautifully—in the new Maytag. It does the same three things you do w hen you hand-w ash d e lic a te things. NOTICE 1. G entle action. Maytag’« "Mod« ern Fabrics” cycle automatically slows agitation and spinning speed. Set wash time for as little as one minute, if you like. Brookings Residents 2. 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