The Port Orford tribune., August 21, 1924, Image 1

Of More than 3000 People Who Assembled Last W eek to
« U N IO N PROGRAM, > F^A- z
TURING BATTLE OF BATTUE
ROCK, A SPLENDID SUCCESS
Men andwomen who first set­
tled In Corry county were hon
•rad -guests of Port Orford,
Thursday. Friday and Saturday
of last week and throngs of
people gathered from all sections
Ot southwestern Oregon to pay
tribute to the hardy pioanters.
Great credit is due Frank B.
Tichenor, who for the past three
mouths has devoted his antiro
time to making preparation! for­
th# reunion and to the* commit­
tee in charge for the highly eee-
eeeaful manner in which the pro*
tute to the Pioneers
SOME OF THE FIRST COMERS >
B IN G E R HERMANN
WHO GREETED FRIENDS AT
HOLDS AUDIENCE WITH
THE REUNION AUG. 14-15-16
MASTERLY ADDRESS
don.
the firs of a small cannon. Three
Mrs. L . Loekwood. 1874. Dsb-
timed the attack was renewed
The foliowing address was) “ As Magellan had discovered
ai(d three times the Indians went deli weed by Honorable Binger • the strait in the south, it wad last w
L. Mynatt, 1873, Ban
Hermann
pioneer of
1 8 « thought there iu a t bo OM to ■ Mrs. M. E. Holt, 1853, l(yrtls
b e .te n off.
speaking
before
a
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J.C.
McAdams, 187«.
Point.
> Defenders 'it the fort saUiqd cnee. August 14. the O p e n i n g ’ / I “ , " “ o ^ l a Î ^ d I S
H.
W.
Lynch, 1878, Port Or­
Thornes Orford Langlois. 1854,
fo rth between attacks to dis
ford.
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Bandon.
patch wounded foe m en with
aword sod gun butt'and in all r J Ï Ï 2 2 2 2 2 5 .
Maude
Cox
McAdams. 1873,
John Langlois. 1864, Bandon.
ways strict attention Was paid association of tendereat pioneer !
D. Cuniff, 1868, Gold
, re *Mr«* « g « «
to detail in reproduction of tfiia a u
E . P. Anderson. 187«, North
. but u ^ n » .
2 i t 2 'f T 7 i™ 2 2 ^ 2 2 "
Louis Knspp, 1869, Port Or­
hititorieMovont... —
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moat historic spots in our <rest J " 1“*
a.
here w h id T to ford.
*. | fe . .
lend.
Friday anorniug was spent in
31nger Hermann, 1869,
if
tb . nation.
n ,,
& ¿ X
Ruaha McBride Millar, 1872.
burg.
sightseeing and at neon an en story of Port Orford goes back
the production which bo de­
joyabie picnic dinner was served
Chas. S. Schroder, 1869, Os- ' W. R. Miliar, 1876,
far beyond the discovery of the
scribes at its tn transe, wo can quiUe. .
pt Agate Beach Agto Park,
G. W. Curry, 1876, Port Or-
Columbia river by Captain Gray.
which was fallowed by interest­ I t is blended with fiction, with almost identify a river not far
Mrs. O. T. Bonder, 1869. M yr-
Illness of tie Pull
The celebrad
tion opened on the ing exercises J>7 the Boy Scouts. romance end with all th e uta'rs t r o a UB
V. G. Gatto. 1879. Eugene.
n
of hit crew, he elates, pee-
V » « s r a m B a , U « M y r tie f Mrs. Eva Z.HiU.1874, Bandon.
near Batí tie Rock,
Ip the evening the crowd realities of human life. Pioneer
d his exploration of the Point,
r afternoon with the arrival gathered in the big headquart­ struggles ia the settlement of j
W1U Batea, 1873, Roseburg-
F. P. Hermann, 1869, Myrtle
sad river.
.
the grand old pi
Oeo Divilbise, 1874, Rand« . i
ers teat whore flash-light photo­ new icjatries has se.poro if
‘Equally mysterious, ho forth-
» A
G u s r i^ .M «
Bingor
graphs of pioneers in oM time ever, been greater.
To kn
ML Herman, 1869, Myrtle
by the Banc
Las Cox. 1872, LangM a
ì Fahr,-1861,1
L . Cox. 1871,Langloia
enjoy, sad the advantages we
of California.
Appearing upon
& Mooris, 1861, PM d
M. H. Dement, 1876, Myrito
possess, should greatly appeal to
his charts other explorers
Hamblock, 1863, Bul­ Point.
.. ,
the remotest posterity.
It has
lieved him, and the eharia of lard, Ore
F. B. Tichenor, 1876. Portland.
been wail said that those who
l u s u i u w i u v one
h w aaeaaaeaxw
xs
y w a n t o af-
W "
U U l U s a F. Blakeley, 1863, Port
mariners
hundred
yean
J. A. Matson. 1875, Marshfield.
look forward to posterity will
ter Aguilar’s charts inlflOR, still Orford.'
M ra M. A. Nielson, 1878.
overlook backward to aneestry,
contained the legend of the
L. D BUlings, 1864, gMAMrford.
and that to live in hearts we!
. j
leave behind is not to dis. _
¡ » n U * « « « • of A m « ; and
M yrtle Point
A. Ellingson, 1872, Coquille.
------- :« Ussc s ts r e r e r-
the
Glenn Cox. 1866, Band«. ;
R. A. Cribbina 1876, Bridga
“ We fondly cherish the mem of the Island of California,
just
Geo. F. Moulton, 186«, Co-
G. T. Hermann. 187A Broad-
ory of the nation’s oarlv pienaers north of Cape Blanco.
I
1 quiile.
bent, Oregon.
on Plymouth Rock in 1020 by the however, explorations of the
B. F.* Smith, 1^67, Coquille.
T. A. Schroder, 187L Coquilla
“ Mayflower, ” and long later, in Gulf of California proved other­
Mra. Bella N . Laird. 1865,
Emma K Cook, 1874, Port
1831, with no less affection, we
wise, but the belief in the mys­ Sitkum, Oregon.
Orford.
recall today those heroic men left
terious strait still continued, and
J. A. Cox, 1865. Langlois.
Idq d. Cornwell, 187«, Port
on Battle Rock by the • ‘Sea various reputed entrañosa wars
E. B. Sypher, 1866, Langlois. Orford-
J •
Gull.” They were both the ad­
platted on the charts of .sailors * Louisa Sutton, 1868, Port O
a Turner. 1977. Gold
vance guards of Anglo - Saxon ss leading to it both from the ford.
. "
Beach.
migration to conquer thd wilder ¡ Atlantic sod Pacific sides, and
Mrs.. F. V. Vincent 1868,
187«,
George H, Guerin,
nets and to build an empire and 'these voyages were encouraged
In the evening the crowd
Smith River, California.
M
yrtle
Point
the letter to found a further by the seafaring nations. Eog-
which had assvmbled for the
Walter Suttou, 1870," Fort Or­
G. Forty. 1878, Port Orford..
dvilisalion here on the w
e s te r^ .,,
w e s te rn ^ ^ jjn offer>¿ B reward of twenty ford.
afternoon exercises was aug­
~
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Rose Curry. 1877, Port Orford.
confines of £he republic. ■
V housaod pounds to the euc<
mented until more than 3000
David Carer, 1872, Powers.
C. H. Ttfhenor, 1879, Portland.
“
Indeed,
the-history
of
Port
people, eaid to be the largest
ful na v ic to r. •
x
Asa B.''Car jy , 1876. Coquilla
<3^ W. Zumwalt, 1870, Sixes.
Orford is like a plsy upon the
«Justa» 5 V a n c o u v e r
gathering aver assembled here,
Elia Rudolph Langlois, 1870,
Mrs. Alice Carey, 1872,Powera
stage IB its many parts.
It is
“ Captato George Vancouver,, Rendon,
sted to witness the
Mrs- Lillie Johnson,
1877, ’
all a drama in real life, but the
late a! 1791, sailed the
i of the battle of Bat-
M ra Lao, Leutwyler, 1870,p o rt Orford
pioneer actors tyho plsyed the for the same aoairch and at the Orford
le Rock, stag ed at 9 o'clock.
E. M. Gallier. 1874. Bandon.
parts have nearly all gone.
Of same time to grasp an English
Long before the red flares
WilUs
White, 1871. Port
S. P. Pierce, 1874, Sixes.
them only a few gray heads sre bold upon Spanish possessions Orford.
peared, marking the two boats
Mrs. A. D. A si cot t
1878,
ladofi with defenders of tbs rock
here today. But the history of far to the Northwest
He had
F. O. Nordbug, 1872, Port M —wiiftnlri
0 T SHAKE which they are a part will go sailed with Captain Cook in his
putting In from sea,
crowds MARX MIO H E R R tfT
L
Orford.
down as a rich legacy for these two previous voyages.
Van­
B rttlo h to o *
lined the banks facing the
Joe Flam, 187?. Bandon.
Fr,eBdly
they leave behind.
t o r t lo «
Before and daring the engage­
couver in his exploration chart­
F-.J. Faly, 187.’, Bandon.
Lbadoa.- Tho story of tho Loadoo
T h e R tr t.it o f A n la n
ed this Port Orford harbor and
ment, Bottle Rock was iliumin-
N. E- Barklow, 1872, Bandon
coAcrence etoaod w ith I s o tttw s rh r
tedw ith flares lighting up its [ lactd. nt The atoning «* the * « u
“ P o rtjQ rfo rd comes down to named the eape nearby a t Capo
T. M. Willard. 1871, Coquille.
rugged grandeur in striking
• t o v m ended aad the britiah us from almostiime immemorial. Orford in honor of his friend the
J- M. Adams, 1872, Bandon.
For over 200
manner and in contrast with the
■ e minister, lUunaiy Mac;
I t is a pioneer within itself. Its E arl of Orford.
M ra Belle Adama 1874. B u - * Boston. M u m . — Dr. Lmta
dark blue of the sea, forming a
history was first brought'to light years! the strait of Anton still
to rs ot Unlontowe. t o - wee
All acquire its possession, which his oontBUder-lB-cklef «S the
.
W rt-
Picture Which wiH tong be re­ L I.
over 300 years ago by Marten continued to be a mystery.
membered.
The effect was
de Aguilar, an old Spanish ex­ above the 43rd degree of Isti experienced • ’ « could perceive A r a r of tke RepebUe to the •
____________ to r Where
further enhanced ly a fire Io M. Heart**, the French premier, was plorer who discovered the west­ tu d e the Pacific coast was sr would become valuable. This
cated whom the original war
erly headland near here and undiscovered country through navigator was Captain William
tSeHe-ehtai; the
W'WqWt e word, etf the otory £»-a named it Cape Blanco.
party of redmeo bivouacked ju>d
He was the 17th and three-fourths of Tichenor.
Rev. Charlee 1
Bis
ship
reaching
tor. gaoDonald lin e d M. H a rrio t'.
around which scores of hostiiaa, I right h a M «nJ Joined it with that of seeking for the world’s prise in the 18th centuries.
A t last, Portland In her regular journey» chaplalB-lD-cblet, e a t Kota D. A.
enacted hr scout troops o f Gods | Dr. H a n . Theo he «leaped hark, the mystic straits of Anian, through the more aearchtng ex-, from Ran Francisco he at once Stewtta of R egale, N. T . ceartermae-
WUfrad A. W etharto a of
county and local young men, en­
Van­ made notification and entry in
la « restally. while the Frenchman which as far back-as 1500, Cer- pim-ations of Cook and
gaged in a mad war dance.
the O entaa tightened the (rip tereaJ. another Spanish naviga­ couver, the Anian bubble b u n t the surveyor general’s office at
shook haada cordially.
tor, claimed to have discovered i en« was no longer a mystery.
The nine defenders I g i. / « '
A roooluHoe weo adopted teatreot-
Oregon City for one section of
I -7A B M aaH w w Vdhees Are K lls W e .
, and passed through In his ship A g M ta U leeo vers P o r t O rfo rd land, embracing this site and ln< a commlttaa te present to the n e «
Captain Kirkpatrick, land«
, “ But thia section of the Ore­ namirg it Pert Orfoed — trans­ congreee a U U to iaereaao the pea-
r W aflkl«ttoB, D. C.— M ere than }.. from one great ocean to another
the beach just north of the
and quietly dim bod to a rude SCStoO poraoao wUl he allgihio to vote leading to India and which he gon const and, indeed, from ferring and adopting Vancou­ a to n of an C lvfl w ar veteran« te «71
SO the Orel tone
Cape Mendocino to the Cdtom* ver’s name of Orford from the a aMnth; ovary widow who married
fo rt built near the satnmit tafUco.emsptod 4»
naatod, as Aniak.
prior to IN S , «SS a month; a r a r
bis
river, for another sixty cage and restoring its former anraes. «M a month; ooldlora toteUy
Shortly afterwards the Indians, Whshlagtos ottoraoy.
“Others later claimtid to have
uttering Mood - curdling war
followed him through the same years remained largely unex­ name. .Congress the previous «iooWed, H U a »oath, aad aoMlare
U. a Svwstor Colt le I
wheat» and led by ''the ma« in
watsrwaya even xiviag the lati­ plored anti! 1869. when another year bad enacted the Donation «Cabled. «ISS.
Oasa4 Rapids. Mich, was ««tooted
Bristol. >. L~-tfstteS 9u
the led shirt.” a whfto roae-
tude apd longitude ot their var navigator-and ha « American Land Claim lay. giving to heads
SO aoxt ro ar’s , moating plaox
The
to t Le Duron R. Cott 4io<
A
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M
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v itic c i w i y io W F <tay mornlSR
ages « d describing fabled cities —sailing by, discovered this har­ o f families «40 aorta of laud abd central locatloo is said to have aMtd
H o ^ o J So
bor,
and
in
the
"Sea
Gull”
an
¡ t o Ito chatea.
and Dovuiated d I acm t t t v d
battik streamed to
cktahqpt f
Jane 9th. 1861. determined to F
throu ;h.
prom ptly
b y ,^ « v
arcises and addreu at
Senator Chas Hall, and
Binger Herman being the prio­
cipal speakers. In the con rie of
h is' address Senator Hail said:
" I belong to the newer geaor
ation and am here only to pay
my respects* to the older gen­
erations, to whom I remove my
h a t No greeter tribute to the
WOsk of these early settlers «an
be paid than is being given them
by a celebration such as thi».”
- The afternoon’s program con­
cluded w ith an Indian- Muck-
Muck of shellfish baked in
pits a«d served on king
arranged on the h ja c k
Tlctopor, was enjoyed.
Anoth-
which evoked warm
'as a recitation by
Mrs. Lee Lentwyler, after which
adjournment was taken to W.
O. W. and Fromm Hails, where
danefag was continued until a
late hour. Dances were given
at Fromm Hall sl< three nights
o fth s éelebrwti
Saturday was largely devoted
to a meeting *oP the Southern
Oregon Highway Association,
an acpoqnt cd which appears
sisewbere in this issu**, followed
in the evening by a hotl y oou-
woa by Asa
racer sad «
big campfire on the beaetoaround
which the pioneers gathered to
listes to reminiscences of early
days. r
It only remains to be said that
the affair was a decided success
The pioneers were fittingly an
tertaiaed and ss a medium of
publicity alooe thé vsiiMK d f the
reunion esn
timsted. „
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ARENSBÜRG ELECTED ,
6. A. R. COMMANDER'
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