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About The Port Orford tribune. (Port Orford, Or.) 1892-19?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1903)
V o lu m e 11 p o r t o k f o h d , o u e g o a , w k >' k s i > a y , f e u iiü a h y i h , i « o 3 TVii i n b e v -1*1 OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. curious flight, then walk back to bis a n d Media. Willie proposes n trip in the house, kneeling by her bedside chair and resume his story: “J was to a rock three miles out to eea. Pr“y»nK God to help her bear her bit- STATE AND DISTRICT OFFICERS : nything for an adventure, says I‘e r ' r°’8' I - m o r n i n g Lillie could horn in the little town of Bayside, A U. 8. Senators—J )hu H. M itchell and ...7 . ,n, , , , , not be round. Her pony was missing. the youngest of six children. Bro Lillie. 1 he boat could only carry Hhe had takeu the roaJ ,or LilUe KJv. Joseph Simon, both of Portland. C ongressm an, F irs t D istrict—Thomas ther Horace, the eldest and favor three, so Willie, his cousin Media er. She left her pony on the beach, “ I had a very severe sickness H . Tongue, of H illsboro. ite, had a selfish disposition. H or and Lillie took the trip. The P a - ; took a small boat and started for the that took off all my hair. I pur G overnor—Geo. E . C ham berlain S a chased a bottle of Ayer’s Hair she had visited with Willie Lara- ace and I could never get along to cific was as strll ns it had ever been , r Vigor and it brought all my hair lem. known. As the little craft glided out * r f?r •e*-W«’d’a eggs. She knew there gether, therefore I sjieut my vaca back again.” S ecretary of State—F. I. Dunbar, Sa . , 4 . was danger in trying to reach the rock. W. D. Quinn, Marseilles, III. {o that tion away from home. It was iny to sea, tiie boat would raise up over What wasj 8h(J lem. S tate T .easurer—C has. S. Moore, Sa delight to spend the sultry summer a swell, then down, then over an- She knew not. Willie Leaper was O ne thing is certain,— lem . days on the beach. One summer other, till it grew dim in the dis- wulking along the beach, when he dis Ayer’s Hair Vigor makes S u p t P ublic In stru ctio n —J. H . Ack afternoon I took a lute drive on the tance. John Swagg never left the covered a small boat battling with the erman, Salem. the hair grow. This is “ “d occupied by a lady. He beach, as the day had been unusu spot from where the boat started till , i hastened State P rinter—J . R. W hitney, Salem. to His boat and was soon in because it is a hair food. its return. H i. whole life was bound pu„ u lt of the boat, which only reach- ally warm. The sun was fast sink A ttorney G eneral—D. R, N . B lack It feeds the hair and the b u rn , Salem. ing behind a crimson cloud; the last up in the safety of that little crew, ed the rock a few minute, ahead of hair grows, that’s all there C lerk State Land B oard —M. L .C h a m rays fell in the « aters of the deep, as it carried one that in the last few ) him. She was clinging to the rock. He is to it. It stops falling berlain, Salem . sparkling like crystal, when I be weeks had caused him more happi- took her frail form in his arms and put J o in t Senator for Coos and Curry—T. of the hair, too, and al ness than he ever thought befell the ' hU b°3t: . Her f“ee was flu8hed held a party of ladles mounted on , M. Dimmlck. , a al • , with fever, and it was fever that caused ways restores color to black horses that were cantering lot of man. As the sun was sink- the mad freak. Willie took her to hi. Jo in t R epresentative for Coos and gray hair. C urry—R. D. Hume, W edderburn. leisurely, while the young ladies ing in the western water, the brave ii,jme, Bnd for several days she hover- »1.0» 1 bellle. All dmS!lst«. Ju d g e , 2d Ju d icial D istrict—J. W. were chatting and laughing. -But little patry returned, bringiug au ed between life and death. When the If your drngirist cannot supply you, H am ilton, Roseburg. send uh one dollar and wo will express their merriment was soon turned to abundance of sea birds’ eggs. W il fever left her the life-blood ebbed back you a bottle. Be sure and r k e the name Prosecuting A ttorney, 2d Ju d icial D is and with the aid of loving core she re o f your «earest express oihc6. Address, grief. A strange noise came from li* was happy. Ho was almostsure covered. M rs. L ay to n aad her d au g h tr ic t—George M. Brown, R oseburg. J . C. AYER C O ., Lowell, Mass. Lillie eared a little for him. une of the rocks, which caused one V . S. Com m issioners—J . H . U pton, ters retu rn ed to their home in the East, L anglois; J. H untley, Gold Beuch. Willie accom panied them. of the horses to plungu in the air, B ut John Swagg felt sure her love S w ag g ’s Is la n d . A fterw ard a picture of a girl clinging COUNTY O FFICERS. throwing its rider, and like a star was his, and was determ ined to know hia fate soon. B u t th e opportunity did to a rock w ith the waves dashing over C ounty Ju d g e—E. A. Bailey, Gold tled deer, was out of sight in a mo Standing out about 1500 feet from not present Itself till they were spend her, was exhibited at a fair that m ade Beuch. ment. I sprang from my buggy to land, in tile Pacific ocean, on the ing the last of th e ir outing days at the E sther L ayton a fam ous artist. County Commissioners—F. H. Blake, I » l t Y G O O D S , Oregon coast, is a huge rock, the the young lady’s aid, She was un big Lagoon. T here, one still sum m er J o h n Swagg sailed the seas till heal th Chetco; C. W. H aines, Eckley. Sheriff—J . G. W alker, Gold Beach. top of which is level and covered hurt, and a lovelier girl I never night, with the stars as witnesses, Lillie failed him , believing Lillie was false, but after long y ears of wandering, C ounty C lerk—G eorge W . Sm ith, with a loose, black soil, which is met; there was a garden in her face, with her azure eyes looking into Jo h n ’s j learned she had been tru e, and treas. pledged her happiness to his keeping. Gold Beach. of roses and white liilies; eyes like quite fertile. There, alone on thé John went back to College an en ' ured h er picture a n d mem ory close to C ounty Treasurer—Jam es C aughell, rock, is an old man, like Robinson the blue flax, which looked ahylv gaged man. One year more and lie his heart. He lias never found Lillie, W edderburn. Crusoe. The rock contains three from beneath long, dark lashes, would claim his bride. Scarcely a week and spent his declining years on the Assessor—A. H. Post, P ort Orford . acres of rich soil, and this strange while her wavy, golden hair made a that a letter did not pass between them. rock which bears his nam e, and was School S upt.—Win. 8. G uerin, L an g buried there, C uickkt . lois. old man took it by the right of be hallo over that lovely head. Her Those letters were treasu red by Lillio a s though they contained words of Surveyor—D. Cunnlff, Jr., Gold Beach. W a tt e r s o u o n L in co ln . two companions, a sister and friend, ing the first discoverer, and from a Gold. U I l T I N t t S OF T U I COURTS. strange desire to be away from all were charm ing young ladies, but C ircuit C ourt m eets F ourth M onday in In the speech delivered at the the one that sat beside me as we Horace Swagg, believing the old pro mankind. * verb th a t " it is n o t good lor m an to A ugust of each year. recent reunion of'U nion and Con This old salt of the Pacific ocean rodo homeward, was the loveliest of live alone,” proposed to Alpha L eap er,1 C ounty C om m issioners C ourt m eets Hardware, Tinware, Glassware, Crockery. federate veterans in New York in | has given up his sailor’s life to be the three. Esther was younger than nnd was accepted. Mrs. Swagg did not flrBt W ednesday in Jan u ary , April, come a herjnit on the rock which her sister, with dark, hazel eyes, like Alpha, although she adm itted she response to the toast ‘‘To the Mem J u ly and Septem ber of each year. FLOUR and F E E D always on hand. P ro b ate C ourt meets first Monday in bears his name. Scarcely ever does while Lucy Smith was tall and was a good woman, b u t still not good ory of Abraham Lincoln,” Mr. H en each m onth. he leave his rock,' which ’ has been slender, with brown eyes th a t had a enough for her son Horace. She beg- ry Watterson spoke in substance as Orders taken for any article not in stock. j ged of H orace to give her up. “Jo h n CURRY COUNTY POST OFFICES AND POST- hia refuge for the last fourteen y eais,, merry tw inkle in them. We ar- and Frederick will never m arry th eir follows; Orders taken for Suits, and fits guaranteed. M ASTERS. , “ If Lincoln had lived there would except logo to the little town at rived at Mrs. Layton’s as the moon equals if you only m arry a poor m an’s C hetco................................... F. H . Blake. the mouth of the Chetco, to buy his was climbing the mountains; a fire daugher.” “ Why, m other, John is be have been no era of reconstruction, H a rb o r............. .. Jam es McCutchen. tobacco, and, I am sorry to relate, of drift wood gave us a cheery wd- trothed to the sw eetest girl in Califor with its represession agencies and G old B e a c h ............. Miss Annie Doyle. nia. Well, I never was much of a take sometitnes whiskey, and is oft-times come. After tliat night I became a am ong the ladies, anyway. I m ig h t oppressive legislation. If Lincoln W ed d erb u rn .......................Jo h n Hume. Illlh e e ........... .........................J . R. H all. seen to-walk around town like lie frequent visitor at the L ayton’s. as well m arry A lpha as any. She will had lived there would have been A g n e ss...................... M rs. J. D. Cooley. Many a moon-lit night 1 walked be a g re a t deal of help to me finan wanting to the extreineism of the was a whole regiment and every C o rb in ........................C has. R. W ilson. man of him drunk. T hat was only on the beach with Lillie Layton, cially.” “ D on’t talk to me, I cannot time the cuo of his taking off to P o rt O rford..................... Ames Jo h n sto n the bad in his nature. But there while tbs stars arose in all their ra- hear it ,” she s o b s . You could have spur the steeds of vengance. Fur Denmark............................. J. 8. Capps. finest lady in the land—j Lincoln entertained, with respect to L a n g lo is ................................E. Itackleff. was the good—theangel side, which dieut numbers and glittered in the married the have arried Lillie, «mF the re-habilitatlon of the Uuion, the you could have m married E c k le y ............................... J. A. H aines. always presented itself whenever heavens far above. Then I would Jo h n will see lots of ladies he will pre- ) there was sickness, sorrow or pover think of the poet who had declared fer to her, before he leaves C ollege.” single wish that the southe.n states Horace was a t last persuaded to try to use h is homely phraseology—. ty in our midst, when tliis old man that God made such nights for J. H U N TLEY , might be seen with a sack on his sparking. While awake my thoughts his fate, and try to win Lillie, which should come bach home and behave back, bringing some of his best po were for that beautiful girl. She Mrs. Swagg thought would bo easily themselves—and, if he lived he A ttorney & Counselor at Law done. She w as determ ined to save the woul(J i,ave m ade th ia w;l h effect. tatoes. No^ waiting for the thanks .¿tuned so p u r. and innocent, fur family name, let happen what would, I, i „ l , ... ™ . All goods not giving satisfaction can be returned, and money refund , , . , , , , . . „ ’ uul as he made everything eflfect- NOTARY PUBLIC, above all others of her sex that I he would receive, take his only liv and was joined by her daughter, Ber- j . J - ed, providing the goods are returned in good order. which lie seriously addressed ing companion in his arms and have ever met. She was my Lillie tlia, who had come home on a visit ua G old B sacu : : O r euo n . make a hasty retreat for his island. flower, and a feeling of happiness She did most of the planning. On the him self. “ H is was the genius of common This companion was a little tow- would take possession of me as j following day Bertha made Alpha a call, and told her Horace was soon to sense. - Of perfect intellectual ap- Will Practice in all th e Courts of tliis colored dog ca^ed ‘’Sniff.” Sniff passed oil'to dreamland, and Lillie wed an E astern girl. Is her nam e Lu lumb. He sprung from a southern State. would go there with me, in my seemed to he no account, only for cy Sm ith? asked Alpha, with menace pedigree and was born in the south. company for th* old man. He was dreams; and it was her that pro in h e r dark eyes. She had alw ays been Public Land Cases a Specialty. Timber Land, Act June 3, 1878,— MRS. E. W. JEN SEN , so lazy he would wait for his mas- posed the best pleasure party of the jealous of Lucy Smith. After stirring He knew nil about the south, its in Notice fo r Publication. ter to pick him up and carry him season. One bright morning as she UIJ “ hornet’s nest Bertha returned stitutions, its traditions and its FIN E MILLINERY. J. II. UPTON, , , . . , . , .... , i i i i ,i home. M eanwhile Horace had made peculiarities. U n ited States L and Office, R oseburg, Oregon, November, 7, 1902. over a log or any object which came, was s.tt,ng on the back porch, the ulHe a call( und tella her that John “ From first lo last throughout C .S . C O M M I 8 H I O N E H , , _. T ii „ „ i r n ii Notice is hereby given th a t in com- sun peeped through tile morning- j wjahed him to escort her to the ball A complete line of Ladies and ll- p |jance with provisions of tlie a e t of in his way. the angry debates proceeding the Now if this old man had not been glories, throwing its »oft light on Thursday evening, as he would reach d re n ’s Trim m ed H ats. I Congress o f Ju n e 3, 1878, entitled “ An NOTARY PUBLIC, Ready tc W ear H ats and Sailors co n -. net for the, sale of tim ber Jninls^jn the a sailor lie could not have clim bed Lillie’s fair face as she shyly turned Bayside late in the evening. Lillie war, amid all the passions of the States of California, Oregon, Nevada, from a boat over the waves to such her azure eyes toward me with a thought it. kind of Jo h n , anil with war itself, not one vindictive pro 3tantly on hand. L anglois , C urry C o ., O ueoon . and in W ashington T erritory,” as ex ,. , • , . , , . , i r i „ i i „ ..:n oheeiful lieart prepared for the hall, scriptive word fell from his tongue Hats trim m ed to order on short notice. tended to all th e Public Land States by a dizzy h.ght to reach tils top ot look of welcome. Oh, John, »«1*; MeanwllUe 1>M, wturnml toOBk. .. „ j X-, __ «et of A ugust 4, 1892, Peter O’Connor, d e a le r in Town Lots, and Im proved tell John the news, that Lillie or pen whilst during its progress P o r t O rfo rd , O regon. of Ely, county of St. Louis, State of his rock. Stranger, lot you and I you take ns girls today, to visit the land and W ild Lands. M innesota, has th is day filed in th is of cliuih that ladder, in imagination, light house? So it was soon decid- W1W to be Horace’s bride. The night there was scarcely a day when he fice, bis swprn statem ent No. 3894, fo and go with the old man to his ed that we would E. W . J E N S E N , did not project his great personality grand ball at Bayside F ilings and Final Proofs Mail« on of th tiie e Southeast arter | “ n “ 8° *'n “ U1# ola '“an ni* eu m at woiliu spend the me day uny on ( of oi the m e grauu oau at m tjuiuu Bertha o tiie pureliase of Southeast q q u u arter ................................... ‘ Hose between «nine southern man or JU S T IC E O F T H E P E A C E , Ion No. 34, in Township stranga abode. Our feet arc on the Trinidad Head. The day was clear | urged John to to take her and (SEt^) of-section " Hom esteads and Pre-em ptions. you not uoinan and danger. Yet the south , ,• t . », • . , .. 1 :1 * 1 Clark to Bayside. “ Why (ll«l 7 yoi No. 31 soutl i, runge No. 14 west, »r prool tn the bidder: » we are climb* and , pleasant, J when AND ?r to show t>.o+ th a t rouudsof » - « 1 » while the air was 8tay tit and will offer , ___. . j you — were j there?” docs not know,except us a kind of GENERAL CONVEYANCING. th e land sought is more valuable mg; we dare not look below, for the tilled with the fragrance of « a " ? j .«Because, dear John, I thought you N O T A R Y I’ U I I L I C . hearsay, that this big brained, big foi its tim ber or stone th an for agricnl tural purposes, and to establish his wild waves are lashing the rock, as flowers, as I accompanied Lillie to woldd want to be there, and 1 hastened soulc'i man was a friend, a friend | claim to said land liefore the Register if trying to push it with its mighty Trinidad Head, while brother Fred here to inform you of the wedding. As at court, when friends were most in L. A. ROBERTS, O r e g o n Mo^d^ay* UteC^ \ ? OdavUrof *^ren8tk. After that dizzy cl mb- accompanied her sister, and Hor- you and Lillie were once intimate need, having the will and the pow agent A T T O H N E Y AT LAW . S t f “ ' “ U > ° ing we have at last reached the top ace waited on Mies Sm ith.” J th o u g h t you would be so er to rescue it from the wolves of German A m erican U p nnmpq a« witnesses • . , , • pleased to n e a r L illie would bo a dear brutality and rapine, whom history M y r tle P o in t , O r e g o n . ra n t McMahan, William Labcau, of of the ladder; our tret are now on Reader, you can onl y imagine the aister now.” What you have told me, all wars tells us the lust of vic Insurance Company, Ely, M inn, A. E. Peck, of M ntariila solid ground, and while we are fol pleasant day these young people Bertha, is like driving a dagger in my of tory, the very smell of battl«, lures Oregon, E. S. Well», of Olalla, Oregon. Probate busiarss a specialty. feeling the salt h eart. Oh, Ltlile, I never could liave from their hiding lo prey upon the LIFE, FIRE AND MARINE. Any and all person» claim in g ad verge- lowing the path to the bouse le t us were spending, ly the above-described lands are re -. pause for a moment, to admire the breeze at every breath, looking believed it. Goo l-byo, Bertha, he helpless, the dying, and the dead.” — . u , . . « ..-I down ill the sea foam from that « M , with a trembling voice. And he Real Estate and Conveyancing. ¿n or before »aid 26th day of May, 1903.1 towers. As you Step over tiie three Five thousand dollars has been was gone—and that was the last John J. T. BRIDGES,Register. 1 hold you will be surprised at the lofty bight. So lot us leave them Swagg wae seen by his relatives for 2i paid for the drinking glass used by J. M. UPTON, P o r t O rfo rd , - - - - O re g o n . neat appearance of the place. Th* to their own enjoyment, while I in years. He had gone, no one knew the late ompress of Austria while Attorney and Counselor at Law, T imber L and , A ct J une 3, 1878,— P. J. LINDBERG, house contains two looms, which troduca to you William L«ap«r, or where. B ertha believed ho jum ped In taking ills waters at Luugen Suh- N otice for P ublication . walltaeh, near Wiesbaden. BA N D O N , O R EG O N . are neatly carpeted. A huge arm Willie, a» he was commonly called, the bay and drow ned himself. She leurned a lesson th a t was never for- UNDERTAKER. United States I.and Office, chair sits before the lire place, that His father wasafi Englishman, w ho British soldiers deposited £30 - getton, for his pale face haunted her R oselnirg. Oregon. D ecem ber 2 0 ,1P02. 680 last year in m ilitary saviugs Olle* u p stairs, in Eldorsd* Building Notice is hereby given th a t in com pli- gives the room an appearance of had come to California years ago, like a ghost. The night of the ball a r hank*. A Complete Line of Caskets, Coffins anee with the provisions of the Act of comfort. In a corner by itself sits married a Hoopa valley Indian rived. Lillie was th ere, looking her C ongress of Ju n e 3, 1878, entitled “ An and Trimmings. old rustic stand, covered with man. She wore two «tripes which best. But John did not make hl» ap- act for the sale of tim b er lan d s in the ian j GEORGE M. BROWN, States of C alifornia, O regon, Nevada, (KJd relics of the sea, and in the were tnttoed from the corner» of her liearniice. Site felt tiie disappointm ent Orders taken for Tombstones and tendcUo a l 'l ''^ " l ’uldh^'Lan.i Vtatêi center of this odd collection is the mouth down the chin, a euston still deeply. E sther and Fred were enjoy Cemetery Railing. ing the evening, and were not aw are of A T T O R N E Y AT LAW , by act of A ugust 4 1892, Fred | p ic tu re of a lovely woman. in vogue with the coast Indian«, tiie trap th a t had been set to sever two P O R T O R F O R D , O R E G O N . ¡ A. Meid, of B an§on, county of Coos, akes short roada. State of Oregon, has th is d a y . ! , I t once happened that 1 was storm ' showing she was old enough to loving hearts. Horace seemed all at-) BORKBCBG, OBEOOW. fileil in thisofflee his sworn statement bousd ou this island, it was then marry. When Mr. Leaper married t iition to Lillie, hut she was cold and J , W. S T R A N G E , of''iMicU’oi/No^l'wyiiiTiiwnship^No'^D , became aequai«ted with part o f : her she had another »tripe latloed reserved, an d a t an early hour reques- south, range No. 14 west, and will offer ifie old uiau’s lnstoiy, and why this down the middle of her chin, show toil to Is: taken homo. “ I am a fra id ' WALTER SUTTON, I> E ^ íT I W T . proof to show that the land sought i s ; . . . . , • I • .t . i Up I you were lisappoiutod ever John to- [ m ore valuable for its timber or stone piciur. came into bn possession, ing she was me.ried. Mr- r ' ( |)tj Li„ ie. bu, c mld ot eoiue; JL j k a n d light loads. N O T A R Y l ’l l t l . l f than for agricultural purposes, and to why guarded so jealously for so bought all tiie land he could with his wife was quite ill.” "H is Wife?” C O Q U II.I.K C IT Y , O R E G O N . the“u . iH8. ^'ominiHHioner! 'at "liandon“ many weary years. While sitting hit limited means, married this In- gasped Lillie. “ Yes, dear. John win 1 P O K T O R PO K O - - OBBGOS Oregon, on Monday, the 9th day of «ntii him in hi* cozy tittle room, dian woman to g*t more laud— niari iod recently, to a Miss Clark. Did . Will viist Curry County eemi-annnally. MHenam csas witnesses: Amos Cor. with the rain heatiag on the roof, however he loved his dark mate, Bertha iv t tell you? Site probably knew you bad a tenderness for J o h n ,1 ^ ■ ^ P ood for everything DR. J. J. CALDW ELL, son, Simeon N. R. Hunt, W illiam G. we drew our chairs close to the fire. Here, near the mouth of Little Riv- ali'i dlti not cure Pi h u rt your feelings, i _ f I lf Port, O rfo rd Camp C arro ll, Jam es Denholin, all of Ban ■ ' commenced his er he grew rich, boating traveler* that runs on wheel«. P h y s ic ia n a n d S u r g e o a , Ae the old man • 01 “ • 609, W oodmen of the don, Oregon. I would not have told you tonight had and then g e t1 over the river before it had a bridge. : at their H all on th e Any and all persons claim in g ad- gtory he woul I now W orld, will m eet I not deemed it m y duty, m v fair one,” S o ld E v e r y w h e r e . PORT ORFORD, O R E G O N . second and fourth ;h Saturdays of each vereely th e ^w re-d escrib eii lan d s are ■ were at i-tooping Io kiss her, wliieh she re s e n t-' uo'sl standing I requ requested to file th e ir claim s in th is of- I * I ■ - the floor, with hi* Tiie day the Swagg party m onth. All m em iibers bers in good M.a. by «TiSDlSD OU. <50. lice on o r before said 9th day of March, mournful eyes turned to sea, pause (Trinidad Head ilicv m.'t W illiam vd liy slapping him in th e mouth. She Diseases of Ladies and Children a Spec are invited to attend E C MARSTER8., C. C. 1WM. jumped from the buggy and was soon I A S. J ohnston , Clerk. J. T. BRIDGES, Register. , in liis walk to watch the «ea birds’ Leaper nnd hie two couii»1, Alpha ialty M y Hair P. J. MASTERSON, POET ORFORI), OREGON, DEALER IN GENERAL MERCHANDIS" KEEPS IN STOCK, GROCERIES, The Best, Only, Ladies’ and Gents’ Furnishing Goods, Hats and Caps, Oil Clothing, Boots and Shoes, NEW GOODS R eceived by every steam er. HIDES asd WOOL taksa is change fir Goods. DOORS and WINDOWS. AXLE GREASE W