The Port Orford Tribune
“Out W here The West Ends"
Covers N orthern Curry County
PORT ORFORD, CURRY COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. JULY 29, 1925.
Port Orford Makes Good as
Host to Curry County’s First
B ig State G athering
Grand Crawl Given
O rd er of th e
Voi. 34. No. 12.
B K E IE L T ’S SONS
S e rp e n t ||J BE INVITED HERE
Malaban Lair, Military Order of
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the Serpent of the Province of Ore
gon, held a Grand Crawl in the Bar
rio of Port Orford, on Saturday even
ing, July 25th, 1925, being the first
WILL MAKE NATIONAL EVENT
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: county history. Thirteen candidates,
ROUGH RIDER — COST
Port Orford last week had the dis- ful thing in this world today is the reassure you of that fact that heaven called Americanos in the Kites of the
P L A C E D AT
tinction of entertaining the first state man or woman that does not appreci- is located south of here—probably one Order, were received into the Order,
$20,000.
gathering ever held in Curry county, ate nature. You have much to see mile. Yesterday when 1 was called on and with such a terrible number it
and together with this did itself here. You haven’t been around to our the telephone and asked if I would was decreed that one must die. Who
The two sons of Theodore Roosevelt,
proud in taking care of the more than , bluffo and coves and many have not call here I thought Frank Tichenor the choice fell upon we of course can-
now in Asia on an exploring expe
200 delegates and friends who were I seen our highway south of here. The i had got here (as you know he doesn’t not surmise.
dition have been cabled an invitation
here for all of three days, while not a | scenery on the highway south of live here). I said I would be glad to Just at dark, illuminating fires were
to attend the unveiling of a monu
few were among us for four to five here to me is the most beautiful of come, and I accept it as a distinguish- placed along the streets of Port Or-
ment to Col. Roosevelt on Battle Rock,
days, during the time of the state en any in the world. Don’t leave Port ed honor to appear before you. It i ford, and a parade of the members
near Port Orford, Frank B. Tichenor,
campment Department of Oregon, Orford without first seeing these j was indicated to me, however, th at hei and candidates was held. The de
chairman of the Spanish war veterans’
United Spanish War Veterans and caves I mention and going over th e ' might, in addition to say in g w h at he votees of the Serpent appeared clad
committee in charge of the memorial,
Heads. Then you will have seen the chose, say a word of welcome. Now I as Filipino savages, with grass girdles
the Ladies’ Auxiliary.
! announces. That one or both of the
Where the Port Orford people were west. You are now situated in the having heard the welcome th at you about their waists, and little else,
{Roosevelts will attend is virtually as-
somewhat dubious as to what might most western town in all the United have heard assure you that a Sen-*black of body and face, long ha:.-ed,
I sured, Tichenor said. The unveiling
be the outcome, they hav„e the ex States. This is as far west as you ator from Coos and Curry county ■ noses decorated with big rings, carry-
of the statue will be made a national
pressions of satisfaction given on can get, and you are seeing it to d ay , cannot say anything further on that ing spears, battle axes and skulls, and
event.
as
you
would
have
seen
it
150
y
e
a
rs!
subject.
However,
I
want
to
say
just
¡a
number
of
them
with
real
honest-to
every hand by the visitors who de
SENECA FOUTS
The statue of their dead comrade in
clared th a t the reception, entertain ago with the exception of the roads, a few words and then the real speak-! goodness snakes tvfining roguishly First Department Commander Uniteli arms was voted bv the veterans on
But
in
a
few
years
you
come
back
and
ers
of
the
afternoon
will
begin.
It
about
their
necks,
blacksnakes,
bull
ment and comfort extended was all
Spanish War Veterans, Department ol the last day of the convention in Port
and more than could have been de you will not see a small town here, is indeed fitting and appropriate that snakes, Australian mocassins, and Oregon, present stage director of j Orford, and Battle Rock was dedicated
and
a
few
people,
but
you
will
see
a
worthy
and
partiotic
organization
other
kinds.
The
procession
wended
sired or hoped for.
Order of the Serpent.
to the memory of the great Rough
By Thursday afternoon, when the hundreds of people up and down this should hold its convention in this its way to the Woodmen Hall, where
Rider by the Spanish American war
Highway.
This
highway
has
changed
rural
county.
That
the
veterans
here
the
public
was
permitted
to
witness
captured
by
a
savage
tribe
and
con
veterans’ assembled for their initial
veterans,
the American Legion, the
this particular section of the coun- assembling stood for in time of war, the practice of some of the arts of the demned to death. His fearless bear-
meeting in being welcomed to Port
Grand Army of the Republic, and the
try,
and
you
people
that
have
lived
on
the
citizens
of
this
county,
in
a
p
e
-,
Order,
particularly
a
dance
where
a
j
ing
marked
him
as
worthy
and
after
Orford, the majority of the delegates
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nLz^_i ’the Coquille will remember the boats cuiiar manner, stand for in time of very large rattlesnake was turned ! wierd ceremonies and terrible prac- Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Spanish War
veterans.
, y
1 t 1 ither in the rooms
up an" ' own ' or
years w hile' peace. Militant patrotism in time of loose on the floor, writhing, coiling | tices he was received intu the tribe
In commemoration of
Approximately $20,000 will be
assigned to them or else in tents pro- ! today you have but one freight b o at.' peace or war is most essential to the and striking at anyone approaching as a member.
vTl d in the 'irks or else brought by i
highway is doing away with t h a t ! welfare of our country. To the vet- ¡near, and to the accompaniment of an ; his delivery, and to preserve for fu- ra*se<' among school children, frater-
kind of transportation.
lerans of the Spanish American War, incessant din of tom-toms some of ture generations some of the wierd nal an<* Patrotic organizations of Ore-
themselves.
And we would like during this con-J WP o f both Coos and Curry counties the savages danced about the rat- practices of aboriginal tribes, before *on> an<l Private subscriptions to de-
At 1:30 o’clock, after having vention for the comrades and the i are highly honored by your presence tier, attempting to grasp him with- their customs and costumes should fray the cost Onp hundred dollars
joined in a procession from the busi auxiliarv to dedicate a spot upon Bat-j here. We rejoioe th at you are the out being struck, and being several become lost by the onward march of ready has been pledged.
ness part of town to the Welconfe tie Rock that we may set a monument i first large group of people of Oregon'times nearly caught by the snake’s ¡civilization, with chapge
Rough Rider.
to more
West theater, led by the Mahadon in the near future to erect upon that to enjoy the salubrious climate, the fangs, until at last the snake became civilized garb and ways of living,
The statue will be bronze, 15 feet
the
Drum corps of Port Orford, Depart rock a life size statue of Theodorei picturesque mountains and the mar- completely hypnotized, and coiled Order of the Serpent was founded, the in height with a five-foot concrete
ment Commander Geo. F. A. Walker Roosevelt—this to mark the Roose- i velous scenery of the Roosevelt High-1 himself into a defensive position, and work consisting of three degrees, the base, showing Roosevelt in rough
announced the opening of the exer velt highway. I know of no more ' way and the delightful county thru with one last lunge he was grasped first degree, or Grade, being confer-¡rider uniform standing at parade rest,
cises, calling upon Comrade Frank B. fitting place than this rock, located in which it runs. This county is destin- about the neck and whirled above the red here Saturday evening, and called
The statue will summount Battle
Tichenor to make good his boast of a section of this country where Grant j ed to entertain millions in the future, head of the successful savage who I the Katapuna Grade, or th at of Ap Rock, which projects out into the sea,
a year previous that if the veterans and Sherman received their first mili-j but none more distinguished, nor has captured him. The public was j prentice Warrior. This is followed by and will overlook both the Roosevelt
would come to Port Orford they tary training.
More w ar history'm ore welcome to its borders. You are then excluded from the hall while the | the Grade of Warrior, and then ¡highway and the Pacific ocean. The
would find such a reception as had probably could be w ritten in this sec- fortunate in your selection of a con- more secret portions of the Rites were ¡Chieftain. The candidates, or Ameri- rock is virtually the farthest west
never been extended. Mr. Tichenor tion of the county than probably any , vention place because you are about to practiced, which rumor says ranged canos, are said to be inoculated with point in the United States.
then proceeded to extend this wel
According to present plans the
other section of the state, and the enjoy the hospitality of a noble peo from kissing the chief snake to things the virus, and we don’t doubt it, from
come, which he did in the following
what they have hinted a t on being in statue will be completed in two
bravest of all brave ones are the ple; before the county is altered, even more terrible.
manner:
Th > origin of the Order was taken terviewed as to their experiences. years, approximately the same length
ones th at ventured down here in the changed or deadened by contact with
“I accept thit opportunity of wel 50’s. Down by Battle Rock is where the countless thousands of visitors from an event which is said to have The members are called Companions, of time required to finish the Roose
coming you, and shall always con Binger Herman first stepped upon that make for indifference on the occurred in the Philipine Islands dur and we hear besides The Snake, there velt highway through Curry county.
sider it one of the pleasantest mo Oregon soil. Friends, the people not part of the residents.
An early ing the occupation by the American were in evidence The Skull and the At the time of the unveiling it is
ments of my life. In looking over only of Port Orford, but of Coos I pioneer of this community was a Troops, when an American officer was i Bloody Bola.
planned to run a caravan of automo
the books on etiquette in welcoming and Curry county extend to you a \ friend of Abraham Lincoln. He, the
biles over the highway from San
a crowd, I find that generally a cordial welcome. We want to make j pioneer, was the forbear of one of
Diego to Port Orford.
Efforts will
mayor has a great big wooden key your stay here a long to be remem our most active hosts today. In
be made to swing the national en
with many ribbons attached to it and berer one. We have no city here and traditions this county is rich. You are
campment to Portland that year and
he presents this key to the conven you will not be troubled at night by to see reproduced this evening the
to adjourn the convention from Port
tion members, telling them to take noise and things of that kfnd, and battle of Battle Rock, a spectacular
land to Port Orford to attend the un
the city, and a few minutes afterwards we want to say to you, when you i reproduction of a pioneer tragedy. It
veiling.
he employes about 300 extra police. travel up and down this coast you are i is said one of the pioneers now liv-
Spot Historic.
Upon this occasion we have no mayor free from fog. This is the only part ing entertained Secretary Seward
Battle Rock is one of the most his-
—we haven’t any in Curry county. of the coast where you will find no when his vessel landed here enroute
Saturday, July 25th, 1925, will go one of the great memorials of our toric sPota in southwestern Oregon,
We are a fortunate bunch of people. fog. When the north wind is blow- to Alaska to see whether the United
down in history as one of the most country. In dignity and in silence, !Here was fouffbt an Indian battle in
"We haven’t any key with ribbons on ing it hits Cape Blanco. It may be * States should buy it. This and much
memorable days of Port Orford, par with reverence, and with quiet pa- !1851 with a ,itt,e hana of Pionpprs
because the citizens of Port Orford foggy up a t Coos Bay and Bandon i more historical data can be learned,
ticularly among the devotees of the triotism, the great concourse of headed by Tichenor’s grandfather, a
have taken even the locks off their but the fog hits Cape Blanco and goes!or seen, and verified.
You are all Roosevelt Highway and the member Americans surrounding the rock bore|^r ’pn<*
Abraham Lincoln, and the
doors and thrown them wide open to out to sea. The only time we e v e r' men who are interested in the wel-
ship of the United Spanish War Vet- witness as the Hon. Jay H. Upton, rock- rnore than anV otbpr onp ?Pot
you people. All you have to do is look bave fog bere 5g wben the wind fare of our state.
There is going erans an(l
u ju a o l, . » For ¡delegate *6 the encampment, from ’n ^ urrV county, symbolizes the winn-
and the iaujcB
Ladies’ n Auxiliary.
into the faces of the citizens of this swjtcheg southerly. We believe we ¡forward today in the building of the
that time Batt,c Rock> wbere tbe Bend, Oregon, and recently President *nK
tbp west from the red men of
little community and you will find the bave tbe best ocean jn tbe wo,ld. j Roosevelt Highway a project that Roosevelt Highway touches the Pa- of the Oregon Senate, formally turned ^he wilderness.
welcome. We are glad today to be know you cotnrades are going to have will immeasurably advance the eco- cjfic ocfian waj, dedicated as a sjte for the first shovelful of earth, marking
“ We believe,” said Tichenor today,
holding and dedicating the first con- a ROO() tirne an(J you are
away nonlic status of Oregon. Responsible
erecti(;n of a statue of Theodore the spot where the near future will “that no more fitting memorial of
vention of any kind ever held in Cur- f rom this convention saying a hand officials of the Southern California Roosevelt, for whom this portion of see another American Shrine. Then a Roosevelt could be erected than this
rv county. You people th at have fu, of men an(, women in this far branch of the A. A. A. state that they
the Coast Highway is named. The mighty shout as the committee clam- statue. It will be in a setting that he
passed over the Roosevelt Highway, west ern section are responsible for can and will route 3,000 cars
. . per day United Spanish War Veterans, in con- bered down to the foot of the rock, would most appreciate, the primitive
and p art of the highway that is not tbjg g.ood t ime. In fact they are go- over this highway when it is com- yentR)n assembled, have passed a and all gathered near to hear the ad- west that he loved so well on a historic
yet part of the Roosevelt Highway, , ¡n^
do everything in their power pleted,^largely new business to , )re- rego,u^jon pledging themselves to dress of Mr. Upton.
¡rock named in his honor and over
do not realize what the people in this ■
your stay a very pleasant gon. Z.
Oregon is a great - state and has
guch a monun1pnti at a cost of
Mr Upton’s address was one of the which thousands of his countrymen
section have put up with for years onp j tbank you •>
a destiny that requires a trained im-1 not less than Twenty Thousand dol- finest accomplishments of the few wiI1 trave1 pver’’ year- U wi” he a
and years. If you could realize it
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Senator Charles Hall from Coos agination to comprehend. 11 ha' n ’ lars> and from the expressions heard ,lavs’ celebration. In a stirring tribute fittinlr ‘»’ibute to a man who Is re-
took a day of hard traveling from
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n amon(? them tbia amount ¡s merely ? to a leader, a statesman, a bene- •',Ponii>bIp
af the development
and Curry counties was next intro- been more than 10 years that
here to Bandon, and sometimes two
a
resident
of
Curry
county
found
his
gt&rt
which
u
wQrk
Tbere
baa
mankind
and
their
comrade
of
a
spctio"
always
nenrest his heart.”
duced bv Commander
Walker.
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f OrPtrnn bp
ui u i c i i i m i h i 41111 tn eir comraflP
weeks from this section to Portland,
Mr. Hall spoke as follows: “It has way ,n"> other Pa” s. 01
n been a movement on foot for some fa armSt Mr. Upton ,lecjared that in
George F. A. Walker of Portland,
morning and take our evening meal come to my attention since coming tO |WaJ l°°ked upon a. being a foreigner, i
t0 erect such a monument at the name and on behalf of the United pa!'t department commander of Ore
^ Portland a id n e rt Z i we can Port Orford that when you folks were an<1
’ a
£e
”° int °n the RoOWVe,t HighWSy' Spanish War V*tpra"*-
the citizens
ba* been appointed secretary-
in
Portland,
next
we c the
a n invited
.............. here a year ago v by our silver-,
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and
of Oregon.
We
historical in itself.
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of the memorial committee.
Uave
h e « in and th fm
o rn year
in g and
«
£ of the
^ state
^
X
e
of
the American
peo- treasurer
t- a s u r e r of
meeting
following
evening take
take our
our mead
mead on
on tongued orator, Mr. Tichenor, th at
h r o u g b t an<1 I e n ,lin *
to the setting and pie) be dedjCated and consecrated A meeting r of the entire committee
following evening
this state are fast being brought
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if you
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* Battle Rock as a monument, as a will be held at Portland in Reptem-
et " in
San
R heroic emblem, and it is highly fitting memorial, and as a site on which bpr to comP|ptp arrangements for the
is
anv
was
located
just
in
the
back
yard
of
,
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you
please.
Now if
there
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tbe building of our roads. To
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th at the veteran:: of the war in which should be erected visible evidence of ,f*r’ve ^or ^uni*a-
comrade or sister th at leaves h e re , P °ft Orford, and
since o he c n has
spoken
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he has about Coos Bay 1“ atrat*’ 1 w as, over
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Roosevelt was so conspicuous a figure the love and respect of men for a
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Mretjnff p ,aee.
and is not satisfied with this trip, he *n the manner
other day, and in the hotel that even- should be the ones to make a choice
or she is not constituted right. They and the fog, you might think he jn(< j noticed men from Klamath
mnn among ^Jpn-
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Baker was named as the plan; for
in which everyone oan concentrate
M «. Eva G. Hyde, ret,ring P«M -itbe 1926 state comman,,er) there be
don’t love nature, and the most p iti-1 doesn’t tell the truth, but I want to Falls, from Pendleton and Baker City, and co-operate. For this movement
dent
of the Ladies’ auxiliary to the ¡ng nQ opposit)on.
nt
and I couldn’t 'jut notice them calling will not be local or state wide alone.
United Spanish War Veterans of the
each other by their first names, as
Officers Elected.
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In further commemoration of the Department of Oregon, then ail-1
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Jim, Tom, e tc , and when we get on
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ibis Higbwav is 1
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The United Spanish W ar Veterans
Battle Rock Dedicated
as National Monument
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getting closer together. We are very
deHghted indeed to have a patriotic
: gathering such as this
South-
western Oregon county. We would be
i glad to barter away to you people
our interests in Curry county because
when we trade it off to you it is go
ing to belong to you and also belong
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xtu
ss*s
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and will, for expressions are being wouM make for the success of the S-
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was followed by mander; Lafe Manning, Portland, sen
ator vice-commander;
E. nder.
A. Hurst,
w nt
of
ce.
vic<womm.
At noon the two conventions joined
,c -inn from their meeting
in a
■ I (>■ the pulse quickening
place.
or of the Malabon Drum
Portland, with colors flying,
War, Wilbur Henderson of Portland,! -fbe Ladies’ Auxiliary named the
duly accredited laisson officer from following for officers: Helene Op-
the American I>egion to the conven dycke, Grants Pass, president; Minnie
tion, and a past commander of the A. Glessner, Portland, senior vice-
legion. He spoke with deep feeling
N. Carr,
to US still. In other words, we arr
lnP w K n , w nrrc m e 1,1 m e common purpose ano aims or president;
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nrPB11|pnt.
Emma Portland,
I annin
BATTLE ROCK PORT ORFORD
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^ '¡c a tio n committee ascended the his- the two generations of veterans, and ^ ' ’h am, Chaplain: Jennie' Vienent^
whereon the United Spanish War Veterans of Oregon plan the erection of *°in*. U
p,8y
Batt,e Rork’. an'‘
hlatorian; Lulu Brotherton,
monument to their comrade, Theodore Roosevelt, and which will mark , gon’ but the play ground of the en- formally and officially dedicated it as opportunity to assist in any and all Albany, patriotic instructor; Allie
¡Worrell, Albany, musician.
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the Roosevelt Highway now being completed through Curry county.
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henceforth to be known as{
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