The Port Orford tribune., May 28, 1901, Image 1

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O R K G O N ,
T U E S D A Y , M A Y SS, 1901.
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red shirt drew a long knife, waved of the Umqua, where Empire City
it over his head, gave a terrible now stands. There they found a
yell, and with at least 100 of his few white men on the other side,
BTATF o f f ic e r s :
Correspondent Portland Telegram. braves, started for us with a rush. who, launching their boats, took
V .fì. Senatore—Joli» H. Mitchell and .
Port Orford, Or., May 5.—June 9, I stood by the gun, holding a piece the nine ragged defenders aboard,
Joseph Simon.
C o n g r í-a sm a n -T h o m a s II. T on gu e.
will mark a memorable event in the | of tarred rope with one end iu the set sail, and just as the sun was
G o v ern o r— T . T. O eer.
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history of pioneer life on .the Pacific fire ready, as soon as tho Indians setting, July 2, 1851, they reached
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Coast. Fifty years ago, on the crowded on the narrow ridge in their haven of safety.
morning of June 9, 1851, there front of tho cannon, to let them
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After resting a few days, Dr.
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a ' . l - H D . . L
R e . e N
,B la c k b u r n .
landed on the beach just below the have the contents when it would do Joseph Drew and his associates
C lerk Htatc Board S ch ool L a n d Coin-
hills where Port Orford now stands the most execution. The air was took the party up the Umpqua, to
m issio n ers— M . L. C h a m b e rlin .
E . K . M IL L E R , P r o p r ie to r .
J o in t S en ator, T. M. D im m ick .
nine men, whose thrilling experi­ full of arrows, coming from 100 a place, now Scottsburg, where they
J o in t R ep resen ta tiv e— K. D. H u m e.
ence constitutes one of the most in­ hows. James Corrigan had picked landed July 4. There they separated
SE CO ND JUD ICIAL DISTRICT '•
I have just taken charge of this ,
teresting chapters of Oregon’s pio up a piue board about 15 inches but Cyrus 'V. Iledden, one of tho
J u d g e , J . W . H a m ilto n , R o s e b u r g .
frvorite Travelers’ Resort, and
neer history.
P ro secu tin g A tto rn ey , G eo. >1. B l o w n ,
wide, eight feet long and 1.3 inches nine heroes, settled down at Scotts­
overhauled and remodeled the
Battle Rock, visible from every thick. He stood right behind me burg, where after half a century, he
R oseb urg.
COVOTY O F F IC E R S.
same. Everything in connec­
part of the town and far ont at sea, and held the board in front of us still lives, and where, while hoeing
C ou n ty J u d g e - M . R iley , G old Beach.
tion therewith is
C o m m issio n ers— F . H - I> i?k.e ' A lie tc o 1
by reason of its location near the both. Thirty-seven arrows hit the in his garden, the white-haired
P J L in d b erg , 1‘o r t Orford.
center of the beautiful crescent hoard, and at least half of them pioneer related his experience to
S l S V v ° w S u S o i l ! i ¿ » n l.
New
and
Clean,
harbor, is separated from the Bhoro showed their points through it. the writer.
T rea su res, W . 8 . W iu sor, G old Beach
by about 30 yards of smooth beach, ¡Two of iny men were disabled.
Battle Rock stands today as it
A sse sso r — E . 8 . B e a n , L a n g lo is
B^*ooJ^u_it
^^UianisTtBicrin.Lang-1
nn<’ ’n F IR S T d A G S °°n- j Takes pleasure in informing the public that he has now on hand. and under water at high tide. It rises
did
50 years ago; but no memorial
Palmer
was
shot
through
the
neck
C ' ° l « i « .i
,
dition- We have also a fine
will continue to replenish, his large and complete Stock of Gen-
like a huge whale, head toward the and was bleeding badly; Ridoubt no tablet marks the scene of the
Surveyor-O. Cunniff, J r , GoldBeach.
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er!ll Merchandise consisting of.
sea, sides perpendicular, to a height was shot in the breast, the arrow bloody tragedy, where a handful
or the co unts :
i
where not and cold baths can!
ircu it J o u r t m eets o ’ th e T hird M on-
be obtained. A BA R ,s run in LADIES an d G E N T L E M E N ’S U N D E R W E A R ,
of 75 feet. The rock tapers into a sticking in the breast bone, making of white men fought a battls for
narrow path over its back. On top i a painful wound, and Slater ran civilization, blazing a path to the
<Uy in A u g u st of ea ch year.
,
connection with the Hotel, j
H O S IE R Y , F U R N IS H I N G GO*
au n ty C o u rt m eets o n t h e first Mon-
where all up-to-date drinks-ean ! vrtT™;IC,
, „ „ TT n c i - v c w l - , »
and
commanding ibis approach, i and laid down in a hole behind the sea for future generations to fol­
d a y s in J a n u a ry , A p ril, J u ly and Sep-
lre(1 ,n , h e h .m dfl o f a n Y O U T H S and C H I L D R E N S W EAR
there is a flat surface of 150 yards , lent. This left six of us to fight it low. Would it not bo appropriate
t e m b e r o t ea ch war.
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experienced, polite and nccom-
FANCY GOODS NOTIONS, RIBBONS,
I’OSTOFFCKH IN THK COUNTÙ .
in length by 15 yards wide, now I out with the Indians who still kept on this, the 50th anniversary, to
m o d a t i l l g b a r - te n d e r .
L A C E S , E M B R O ID E R Y , B R A ID S , E T C .
r.
a
.
V À U E OF O FFIC E .
mostly covered with a scraggy coming. When they crowded on erect a memorial tablet inscribing
F . 11. Blakw.
C h e too,
:D
STABLE,
a ls o , w ith rates
S U IT IN G , D R E S S G O O D S , D R E S S F L A N N E L , growth of myrtle and dwarf pine.
J . M cC u tch en . 1
the narrow ridge, tho red-shirted the names of the heroes, and the
H a rb or.
Captain William Tichenor, evi­ fellow in the lead not more than date of tho battle of June 10, 1851,
M rs. E . lla rd en h ru o k .
Irm a,
dently attracted by the beauty of eight feet from the muzzlo of the to serve as an historic landmark fer
M iss A n n ie D o y le .
G old B e a c h ,
L in in g s, S ilesia s, B u tto n s, B in d in g s, e tc .
treatment.
A . L .D u n c a n .
the harbor, the vast forests back of gun, I applied the fiery end of the future generations?
W-edderburn,
H. C.
Also a c o m p le te a ss o r tm e n t o f B ea u tif ll C alicos, A pron a n d D ress G in g h a m s,
M rs. E . G . H u r t. >
IlU h ce ,
it, and its favor,iblo geographical rope to the priming. The execution
N
ote —The statement above that
W ld te G oods, P e r c a le s, L aw n , In d ia I.in o n , L o n sd a le, Tallin L in en ,
M rs. E . J. B u rrow , j
O phir,
location to the Southern Oregon was fearful. At least 12 or 13 men Empire City is at the mouth of the
C . L. W a k eu ia n . j
P o r t O rford,
N a p k in s, S h eetin g a m i P illo w -S lip M u slin , T o w e ls and
wines, concluded to start a settle were killed outright, and such a Umpqua is an error, Empire City
J . 8 . C ap p s.
Denmark,
C rash , H o u se L in in g , T ick in g , O il C loth,
went, lay out a town and build a tumbling of scared Indians I never being on Coos Bay.
F . M. L a n glois.
Langlois,
J . A . H a in e s, j
road to the mines. The scheme al­ saw before or since.
E c k le y ,
A . A uhery. 1
A g n ess,
The use of oil on steamers as well
lured nine y lung men, whose names
“The gun was upset by the re­
J o se p h H u r e .,
Hare,
as
locomotives for fuel purposes is
were,
respectively,
J.
M.
Kirkpat­
411 styles of
R u b b e r
G oods,
coil, and we never stopped to right
rick, J. 11. Eagan, J. T. Slater, it, but rushed out and at them, and an absolute certainity, not only up­
; George Ridoubt, T. D. Palmer, soon cleared the rock of live war­ on the Pacific, but the Atlantic as
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Joseph Ilessey, Cyrus W' Hedden, riors. Then we counted 17 dead well, where the increased cost of
j »IF YOU WISH TO ADVERTISE
< i
IN N E W S P A P E R S
James Corrigan and Erastus Sum­ Indians on the rock. And this was coal admits the substitution of oil
O il
C lo th in g ,
s a d d e e s
J j
ANYWHERB AT ANYTIME
mers. They sailed from Portland the bloody baptism that gave the at $1.25 a barrel under Flynn’s
CaU oa or W rite
i
on
the old steam propeller Sea Gull, name ‘Battle Rock’ to our old camp system of generation. According
ES
•E.C.DAKE'S ADVERTISING AGENCY'
Captain
Tichenor, June 4, 1851, at Port Orford, on the 10th day of to the statment of Mr. Flynn, a
- ■ 64 * 6g Merchants’ Exchange
steamer of a capacity of 5,000 tons
M ad e to O rder.
! !
SAN FRANCISCO. CAU
landing
at
Port Orford June 9. June, 1851.
M e n s ’ & B o y s ’ H a ts & C a p s.
1
wastes enough inthe imperfect com­
Their entire armament consisted .of
E u r e k a H a r n e s s O il,
“Incredible as it may seem, there
bustion of coal and the lost space
one
United
States
six-shooting
rifle,
were two warriors that passed tke
A Complete Stock of
ALL KINDS OF SADDLERY HARD­
three old flintlock muskets, one old crowd and were not hit by any of required to carry it, as measured by
J. M. UPTON,
WARE.
sword, one 38 caliber revolver, one the slugs fired from the cannon. the results and the requirements
BOOTS AND SHOES.
A ttorney and Counselor a t Law, j S a d d le - B la n k e t » , B it s , dfce., d tc.
pair derringers, about 50 pounds of One, a big strong looking Indian, of oil, to rebuild itself every ten
At greatly reduced pruoes.
powder and 10 pounds of bar lead made up his mind that he wanted years. There is -no more danger,
B A N D O N , O H lfG O N .
and one old brass cannon taken my scalp; he rushed at mo with a he contends, from an oil explosion
H a r n e ss a n d S a d d le s rep aired a t liv in g H A R D W A R E ,
prices.
from the Sea Gull. Few Indians big knife. Corrigan shot him in on steamers or locomotives, when
Office u p stairs, In Eldorado Building
were in sight when they landed but the shoulder, and Summers shot him properly stored and applied, than
L a n g lo is , O r e g o n .
Captain Kirkpatrick, though the through the bowels, and still he there is from the spontaneons com­
T IN W A R E ,
youngest of the party, took a pro eaine on. He made a slush at ino bustion of coal, or even the gen­
S. H. HAZARD,
DR. J. J. CALDWELL,
per estimate of the situation, based with his knife, which I knocked erated gases of decomposed vege­
upon
bis knowledge of Indian cun­ ont of his hand with my left. tables.—8. F. Bulletin.
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ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW
G K A M T i :W A lt E ,
ning, for he had had the benefit of When lie grappled for his knife
PORT O R F O R D ,
OREGON.
The twenty-ninth annual reunion
E m pire C ity, Oregon.
I CROCKERY, LAMPS and LANTERNS, CUTLERY,
CLOCKS association and training with that again I pulled one of the derringers of the Oregon Pioneer Association
W ill P ra ctice in th e S u p rem e Court, Diseases of Ladies and Children a Spec-1
most famous Indian fighter, Kit and shot him in the head, the hall
will assemble this year in the ex­
MIRRORS, ETC.
and a ll C ourts of th is S tate.
ia l ty .
Carson. Captain Tichenor contnu- entering one temple and coming
position building, Portland, on Fri­
ed his voyage to San Francisco, out at the other. He than turned
day, June 14th. All persons com­
Shad Hudson,
promising to return in 14 days and ran 20 feet, falling dead among
J . E. H aines. t t R O P F ¡ P T E S ___
NO THING BUT THE BEST,
J. HUNTLEY,
ing to, or horn in the original terri­
with more men and provisions.
HUDSON & HAINES.
,_
,/
C O N »W T IN G op
the Indians killed by the cannon.
tory of Oregon prior to February
On the following morning, June
I
cas,
Green
and
Roasted
Coffee,
Cocoa,
Chocalatc,
Spices,
Extracts,
a
“The
other
brave
went
for
Eagan
14, 1859, without regard to where
Attorney & Counselor at Law MINING & REAL ESTATE AGENTS.
10, a party o f Rogue River Indians, whose musket missed fire, as the
they now reside, are eligible to
Choice \ ariety of Canned Goods, Dried Fruits of all kinds in Stock.
nccompined by a big ehief in a red Indian was in the act of fixing an
E c k le y , O r e g o n ,
N O TA R Y P U B L IC ,
membership. The annual address
shirt, came up the coast in a canoe, arrow in his bow. Eagan hit him j
will be made by Judge Raleigh
V a lu a b le M ines, F a r m s, S to c k R anches
nud, landing on the beach, began over the head with the barrel, bend­
G oli > B each
:
:
O rjeoon .
Stott, a pioneer of 1852.
a n d T im b er L an d s F o r Sale.
preparations for au attack. The ing it. Stunned from the blow, '
H ou se a n d s ix acres of w e ll im proved
chief, beginning with a preliminary Eagan jumped at him, took away
W ill P ra ctice in a ll th e C ourts of th is la rd in W ilb u r, D o u g la s c o u n ty for
Onoday last week, Hirman Cronk,
flourish of his big knife, indicating his bow,and then jumped back,
C a n d y , N u ts, C itr o n , L em o n a n d O r a n g e P e e l .
S ta te.
who is the only surviving pensioner
sa le , o r w ill e x c h a n g e for p ro p erty in
to the men on the rocks that he was turned his musket and dealt him
M yrtle P o in t, C oos c o u n ty .
of the war of 1812, celebrated the
P u b lic L and C ases a S p ecia lty .
after their scalps. What followed three or four blows with the butt,
101st anniversary of his birth at
is best told iu the Captain’s own knocking him entirely off the rock
the home of his daughter, Mrs. 8. A.
GEORGE M. BROWN,
words, as follows-:
into the sea.
Rowley, in Dunn Brook, near Utica,
K
NA
PP
HOTEL,
“The brass cannon, commanding
“The next day a parley ensued, N. Y. Mr. Cronk is in good health
A T T O R N E Y A T L ik W ,
Port Orford, Oregon,
bacon , lard , beans , coffee , sugar and rolled barley the approach, was loaded with two resulting in a truce. The Indians for a person who has lived a cen­
pounds of powder and two handfuls were permitted to carry oil' their
ROSEBURG, OREGON.
tury, and was able to enjoy the oc­
A . K N A P I ’ P r o p r ie to r .
Sold as low as the market will permit.
of lead slugs. The fellow in the dead, about 23, except one, the fel­
casion with those who githurel
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,
To meet the necessities of the tunes, my goods are
low iu the red shirt. An Indian with him to celehrete.
L. L. BURTENSIIAW,
;
F irst-cla ss in ev ery respect.
gave the body a kick and with a
M arked D o w n to the L o w e s t Figures Possible DO YOU GET UP
grunt loft it. This excited the
W ill « » » lo r e V m u m I* .
a t t o r n e y A T L A W .
G o Jd F ee d S ta b le a tta c h e d .
Orders taken for Suits and fits Guaranteed.
WITH A LAME BACK ? curiosity of the party when, on A n « x p lo ra tlo n m issio n , bound fo r
t h e avow ed purpose
M y r tle P o in t, O regon .
closer inspection they found that V en ezu ela , w ith
istr ic ts o f th e g r e a t fo r ­
C A L L a n d G E T P R I C E S B E F O R E B U Y IN G E l F L V M E R E. Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable. he had been a white man—a former o e f s ts e x o p f lo r th in e g lo d w
er O rinoco, h a s soiled
P. U. LINDBERG,
fro m Uordeaux-'l’BulIlac.
The co m ­
Almost everybody who reads the news- Hudson’s Bay
Company
man.
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----- |0 k, now of the wondirful
m issio n is com p osed o f Dr. L u cien
IV 111 p ra ctice in a d th e C ou rts of th e
UNDERTAKER.
papers
Shipwrecked,
and
rescued
by
the
cures made by Dr.
Mori s i e, Its head, and h is w ife, as w ell
£ ‘«te, sod in the U. 8. Land Office.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, Indians, he had become oneof them. a s 12 o th e rs, w h o se sp ec ia l stu d ies o f
the great kidney, liver
A Complete Line of Caskets, Coffins
They themselves buried the body p ro fessio n e m in e n tly fit them to a c­
and bladder remedy.
co m p lish th e end In view . Dr. M orisse
and Trimmings.
J. H. UPTON,
It Is the great medi­ on the beach later on. The Indians Is alrea d y k n o w n fo r th e su ccessfu l
cal triumph of the nine­
teenth century: dis­ disposed of their dead bv burning fu lfillin g o f fo rm er m issio n s to th e
U .f iL C O M M I S M I O N E R , Orders taken for Tombstones and
sa m e reg io n . A n a v a n t-g a rd e o f th e
covered after years of them.
Cemetery Railing.
m issio n le ft in S ep te m b er la st w ith a
lUffl scientific research by
NOTARY public ,
“The party repulsed two other co m p lete o u tfit fo r ex p lo ra tio n an d
J f
Dr. Kilmer, the eml-
PORT ORFORD, OREGON.
! ’ _ . A— ~ . * nent kidney and blad-
sc ie n tific end».— N. Y. Sun-.
—
'
der specialist, and Is attacks later on, each led by a big
L aholois , C ibby Co., tln o o x .
B o a lo n
P a B d la » .
wonderfully successful In promptly curing ehief, picked out by the defenders’
O ne cu p fu l su et, ch op p ed fine; one
lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou­ unerring rifle in turn, the death of
Ten
per
cent.
Discount
Allowed
fer
Cash,
Eicept
D ea ler iu Town Lota, and Improved'
c u p fu l m o la sse s, tw o o f sw eet m ilk,
bles and Bright’s Disease, which la the worst
J. W. STRANGE,
'each chief resulting in utter de­ o n e -h s lf cu p fu l o f su g a r, three cu p fu ls
form of kidney trouble.
and Wild Lands.
Dr. Kilmer's S w a m p -R o o t Is not rec­
flour, and ona each o f ra isin s and
on Flour.
D E A T IS T .
ommended for everything but If you have kid­ moralization of the Iddlans.
Filings and Final Proofs Made on
chopped d a te s; add n u tm e g , cloves and
ney, liver or bladder trouble It will be found
But each day brought more cin n am on to su it; o n e tea sp o o n fu l
Homesteads and Pre-emptions.
Just the remedy you need. It has been tested
soda, and on e o f sa lt.
Steam fo u r
C O Q U IL L E C IT Y , O R E G O N .
■ In so many ways. In hospital work. In private i Indians to the scene; they guarded
practice, among the helpless too poor to pur­ . the white men closely; hut the h o u rs, and dry iu th e oven. T h is w ill
GENERAL COMVEYANCING.
k eep for m onth s, and m ay be reh eated
chase relief and has proved so successful In
every case that a special arrangement has j whitA man’s strategy was superior at any tim e. S erv e h o t, w ith sour
■ W ill v i s i t C u rry C o u n ty se m i-a n n u a lly .
been made by which all readers of this paper , to the Indians’ cunning. All of a au ce,—L a d ies’ W orld, N ew York.
who have not already tried it, may have a
WALTER SUTTON,
sample bottle sent free by malt, also a book the party escaped. Traveling by
rien n l*- I s l l l o o d Oc ei>.
telling more about Swamp-Root and how to I night through a wilderness of for­
N O T A R Y
P U B L IC
Clean blood means a clean skin. N o
! find out If you have kidney or bladder trouble.
JOSEPH HARE,
W hen writing mention reading this generous ests and swamps, with a few sea beauty w ith o u t it. Cascarets, t 'andj Cat her
tic clean yo u r blood and keep it c.ean, by
. offer In this paper and
P O R T O R F O R D - - OREGON.
biscuits for food. They followed s tirrin g up the lazy liv e r and drivin g nil im ­
i tend your address to
fro m tl>e ism I v . lk-gin to-day to
; the coast line, crossed the Coquille purities
Notary Public A Conveyancer
I Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bing­
imuish pimples, boils, blotches, blackhead^
tbiit sickly liilio u s com plexion liy taking
hamton, N. Y. The
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¡liv e r, and reached in an exhausted snd
Caw-arets, -beauty fo r ten cents. A ll drug-
regular fifty cent and n o n * of
A lull set ol Notary and Conveyancer's
and famishing condition the mouth puls, a tiis fa e lio n guaranteed, Jttr, Arc, 30c.
! dollar sties are sold by all good druggists.
O F F IC IA L D IR E C T O R Y
T h e B lo o d y
EAT VIEW
HOTEL,
Ä » . Wedderburn, Oregon.
P. J. MASTERSON,
DEALER IN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
PORT ORFORD, OREGON,
,
HARNESS &BI11 HI.
Cigars, Pipes and Tobacco.
------------------- ¡Sperry’s and Oregon Flour always on band.
CASH PAID FOB T O , HIDES, ETC.
Agent for Wells, Fargo &
Co’s Express.
blanks w ill be kept on hand
L A N G L O I8 , O R E G O N .
B a p tis m o f B a t t le
R o ck .