PAGI rivi
Pioneer Miners
In Coos Black Sands
By R. M. Harrison
Weekly Letter From Washington, D. C. 1
BY CONGRESSMAN HARRIS ELLSWORTH
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(Continued from last week)
The long and hazardous pourney of
this,—the—Morrison »«-««In. was not
without mishaps, which brought sor
row and tears to those who were
spared to move on, for in two or
more instances, the cold cruel hand
of the Redman took its toll, while
along the Platte river some little fresh
mounds of earth were left behind, to
mark the spot where the deadly
breath of cholera had played its role.
That long and tedious summer of
’49 was on the wane when the little
caravan had topped the great Rocky
Mountain range and was traveling
down the streams that flowed into
the great blue Pacific and which
brought a new hope to the hearts
of the brave men and women, for
they felt that they were nearing their
goal and that they had conquered the
dangers that lay out on those broad
plains which they had now left be
hind them.
In a pleasant little valley, down along
the Truckee river, where the grass
wasstill green, the caravan of cov
ered wagons, about 30 in all, was
circled around in the usual style, to
form a corral for the stock, as well
as to make a barrier against any at
tack or surprise by the Indians.
To the weary travelers this camp
was a real haven of rest, for them
selves, as »well as for the weary and
footsore herds and the faithful old
bovine which had bent to the creak
ing yokes for these many, many long
and blistering miles of barren soil
and scanty brouse.
There being plenty of green feed
for the stock and a splepdid place to
rest up, it was decided to remain
there for a week, while all hands
could have a regular wash up, clean
up time, which was so badly needed.
While on the week’s rest and vaca
tion, some of the men had traveled
about the locality and, by meeting
a . number of travelers and having
heard their stories of the great op
portunities in the different sections
of the country, and from the fact
that many of them were travel weary,
they had decided to settle on the first
favorable spot and in the evenings,
at their camp fires, there would be
considerable discussion of the matter.
So as the train proceeded farther
along it became less and less until
when they came to where the Oregon
trail branched off, there were but
our wagons left In the train to
inish the run into the wilds of Ore-
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state War Urgency Committees in
Oregon and in Washington. It is ex
pected by the Washington, D. C., au
thorities that the two states will agree
on a plant location in one of the states.
Maybe they will—but it looks like
a long delaying battle to me.
Then, too, we must not overlook
the fact that when the WPB approved
construction of these three plants
it aid »0 With the piuviso that es--
sential or critical materials and labor
would not be used.
In" other words, WPB has not yet
come completely “cleun” on these
alumina-from-clay projects, but has,
it seems to ine, rather grudgingly ap
proved them.
skins as they ran away, with no tell- I; Washington, D. C„ November 6, quote, that state absentee ballot pro
1943—Very shortly there will be con visions are not practical for permit
ing of results; but one of the men,,,
siderable discussion of the proposed ting service men to vote and that the
Lute Williams, received a very, pain. -...t.i.u « the mirting-"»dter voting soldier voting law passed last ses
ful wound in his side, from an arrow
bill (Public Law 712 approved Sep sion did noFWBrir------ - ------ -—- --------
which left the flint buried in the tember 16, 1942). To date these bills,
Most Secretaries of State believe
flesh.
Williams* condition became companion bills in House and Senate, that recent legislative action in the
very serious during the night, and the
have only been under heavy discus various states has fixed up state ab
caravan took an early start the fol
sion in the legislative committee to sentee voting laws so that they will
lowing morning, as they had heard
which they were assigned.
Very permit service men to vote. .
that there was a military post at shortly there will be plenty of discus
It is true that only a few ballots
Randolph on the Coquille river, sion of them.
were cast by soldiers using the war
where they hoped to get medical aid
In spite of the fact that nearly ballots provided under the soldier
for the wounded man, and after an
every member of the Congress would voting law passed late in 1942. That
all day's forced march« with their
Republicans were elated over the
gladly make it more easily possible law never had a chance to work. It
tired-out animals, and very sick man,
for the men in the armed forces to was approved September 16—just 47 recent eastern elections. The state
they reached the little post just about
cast a ballot in the 1944 elections, the days before the election. The paper that gave G. O. P. members the great-
nightfall, and with the splendid luck
bills mentioned are highly controver administrative work had to be done I est cheer was Kentucky which not,
found an army Doctor, who extracted
even the Republican optimists really
sial-more than that, they are highly and the ballots and everything else ' expected would elect a Republican
the “war head” and put the patient I political.
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had to be printed and distributed all
back on the road to recovery.
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Prepared by the administration, and over the world AND BACK in time governor. In spite of the claims of
At this time, there was a company
ith the heat from M<Jown town„ ob_ for the election. It just could npt the Fourth Term advocates that the
Mounted Volunteer. fromlvtougly on th
they w|U doubtleaa
be done—but it is now pointed out elections were purely local and did
the 2nd Regiment, under command of
reported
The admlnig. by the administration forces that the not indicate any national trend, it is
Adjutant C. S. Drew, which was ready tration wantg guch , biU
law did not work and therefore this a fact that the question of approving
or dissapproving the New Deal ad
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H ere
ot ,he provision, of new proposal must be enacted.
might spring up in thjit region, which
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Politically the proposed voting ministration was injected into all
was naturally expected from the na-| An
War Ballot Com. bills are dynamite—or at least may three state elections—New York, New
tives, as the rapidly increasing in- l
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i mission appointed by the President b* *° regarded by many members of Jersey and Kentucky.
i’ce.was givtng the , and con>igUng of
^^t. Congress.
Nearly every member
Indians some concern, “nd Randolph , and |wo Rapublicanl would admin- i wants to have the service men vote
Only two major bills will be con
was selected for the army post, the' igter th< lgw'
and he knows the people at home and sidered between now and the ad
site
being . at
the lower end of the river
V
oUng wou,d
don. b ngme
journment of this session—the new
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Tutuij wuuiu nut uv uuiiv uy ueuiic the service men themselves feel the
island, which afforded an abundant'--__ ________________
tax bill and the Commodity Credit
same
way.
But
members
on
both
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of feed for the stock, and and was:
bill—the letter involves the highly
sides
of
the
aisle
will
certainly
b„lk
¡ticket or by writing in the names.
also a barrier against the animals!
All citizens overseas whether in at the proposed change In the law controversial subsidy issue.
scattering out, or of being driven off
i the armed forces or not would come if it is reported to the floor in its
by the Indians.
¡under the provision» of.the bll^-in- present fofm.
So tense was the situation, at that ' eluding
Merchant Marihe.
time, between the whites and the
State voting laws would be com-
The alumina-from-clay plants, dis
reds, that a resolution from the citi- '
I pletely disregarded.
cussed at much length in my recent
zens of Randolph, in the late 40's
Since the name at oniy one Presi- weekly letters, were approved—or
The County-State Coal Survey,
caused the 36th Congress In Senate
dential candidate Is really well were they? I understand that two, which during the last four months has
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Miscellaneous Document No. 59, to
known, it is pretty easy to guess how the one in Wyoming and the one -ln drilled over 6000 feet of hole in its
pass the following resolution: “Re- 1
the ballot mentioned above would South Carolina, are going ahead. But exploration for stripping coal de
solved: That if any person or per- '
work.
1 the one for the Northwest is not yet posits, and has proven some 150,000
sons shall sell, give, barter or in any 1
manner dispose of any gun, rifle,) The argument is made that the located. The location of the plant in tons of shallow coal available on two
pistol, carbine or other firearms or i present soldier voting law is not ade- the Northwest has been referred to properties located near Rivertpn and
any powder, lead, caps or other amu- |
nition, to any Indian or Indians, such 1
person of persons so offending shall
be deemed guilty of a high misde-)
meanor and shall receive for the first'
offense thirty-nine lashes upon the
bare back, and for the second offense, I
shall suffer death."
Jimmie’s several years absence
from that region, Was quite noticable
to, him, as there was a semblance of
civilization taking form, and while he
had met a few natives, he had noticed
that the friendliness toward him was
greatly lacking, and only one of his
old time friends would talk to him in
any friendly way, and then it would
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be only in a complaining way, about
the pale face taking away bis hunting
Way with the Rolos
ground, and too many “calapene poo
and Regulations of the
mowich,” but Jimmie was more in
terested in the matter of the Moore
WPI and the OPA)
home on Little Waters, and on the
first night's arrival at Randolph he
chanced to meet an old friend, sub
chief Jumping Crab, from whom he
got the full story of affairs around
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'.the LittU Waters region, «specially,
the former home of the Moore's, about
which, by the old Indian's story,
a great mystery had developed in the
old cabin, and for several moons the
Indians had been terror stricken and
had abandoned that neck of the
woods.
It appeared that after the death of
Moore and his Mahala, after Jimmie I
had gone, a great white bird had taken I
up its abode in- the deserted home,
and when anyone entered the place j
this bird would make grimaces at ■
him, and show no signs of trying to
get away, but would sit there through-
out the entire day, as if on duty.
Fortunetely>for you,
Owing to the condition of Williams,*
we find ourselves today,
with his arrow wound, it was neces
near Marshfield, has now received a
new power drill which will supple
ment and accelerate the drilling work
that up to the present has been done
entirely by hand.
The new drill, which was manu
factured at St. Helens, was brought
onto the job last week at Riverton,
where it will drill several deep holes
to complete the exploration at that
project.—It will then be »roved to the~
old Englewood property near Marsh
field to drill holes varying from 50 to
150 feet in depth. The drill will be
in charge of J. E. Cleaver, engineer
who has had many years of drilling
experience in the California oil fields,
according to John Rliot Allen,' in
charge of the Survey.
Preliminary exploration is also
going on in the South Slough area
south of Charleston, in the Alder
Creek area south of Riverton, in the
Fishtrap Creek region south of Co
quille, and in the Catching Slough
region.
Word has been received that the
U. S. Bureau of Mines engineers and
the U. S. Geological Survey geolo
gists, who are to supervise a separate
8100,000 drilling of deep coal in the
Coos Bay area, are due to arrive with
in the next few days.
Insurance Specialist, F. R. Bull.
We carry a complete Uhe of V-
Belts for all makes of Refrigerators,
Washing Machines and other equip
ment Washer Service Co.. 865 W.
Front, Coquille. Phone.
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Power Drill For
Coal Testing
GENUINE
Clearance
On arriving at Phoenix, they found
a rather smothered excitement and
heard hints to the effect that a man
the southwestern part of the Oregon
territory could be reached and that,
only by horse back, as there was no
road over which they could take the
wagons and it was here that the party
stripped down to horseback and pack
animals for their last tap on the long
und tiresome journey. It was about
mid-autumn when the little horse-
borne caravan, about a dozen ani
mals, strung out over the trail over
the Siskiyou mountains.
Reaching the Rogue river valley,
about the present site of Jacksonville,
they found a little settlement of
whites—rendezvoused and stockaded
against any attack from the Indians,
who at that time were showing some
dislike for the rapidly increasing
paleface population.
This little settlement at that time
was called Phoenix, in honor of the
first settler there, whose name was
Phoenix Coldiron, a member of some
Hudson Bay outfit and a partner of sary to keep him quiet for a time,
the famous French explorer and trap and it was decided to set up a camp
per, Petro Roughe, - for which the at Randolph and keep him there until
Rogue river was named.
1 he was able to travel again, and while
O arriving at Phoenik, they found it was only the matter of about five,
a rather smothered exictement and miles to their final goal, they could
heard hints to the efect that a man ride the distance to and from the,
by name of Emmett Jackson had camp, until they could arrange better
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found some yellow metal in a stream living facilities at the new camp.
t>ed where he was digging a water
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hole, which was believed to be gold. '
Some of the wise ones had called it 1 x |
brass, as gold never comes in chunks, I | OWIISCnCl V.IUD IMO. Z
but in fine dust, and since Jimmie
Townsend Club, No. 2, met with
Morrison was captain and leader of the president, Mrs. Alma Halter last
the caravan, his council was sought Thursday and opened with the Lord's
in the matter and he turned it down, prayer and salute to the flag. At the
saying that there was no red sand business session ten renewals of
with it.
membership were reported and the
There was considerable discussion total new apd reinstated the past few
on the matter among the members of meetings has reached 50.
the caravan during their night's stay
A visitor from southern California
at Phoenix, and two if its members, was Edith Brummett, rwho is a Town
Malcom Eaton, and Hank Cantrell, send member of long standing.. An
believing that it was gold, decided to other visitor was Bertha Wilson, of
stay and try their luck at mining, and Coquille, and others present were:
on the following day set their stakes Maude Brockman, Alma Halter, Mary
on a gulch claim which still bears the CK
Keck,
WtS., Lillian
UIH1UU Roth,
avvitii, ¿MMR
Elsie .,* Hicjpm,
h ».^* mii ».
name»« CankreM-'s guleh,? which later Mildrjed Miller, Florence BeNoma,
proved to be very rich in gold.
Dorothy Waterman, Emma Lou Roth,
The remainder of the caravan pulled Margaret Ann Roth and David Miller.
The club is making Christmas plans
on over the old Indian trail and struck
the coast at the mouth of Sequoachin and all merrtebrs are requested to
river (now Elk river), a few miles bring what they can for the Christ
north of Port Orford, where they mas sale at the next meeting which
found a few white settlers, and here, will be at the home of Mary Keck
Nov. 10.
18. Meeting
inursaay, iwv.
mtreuiig ■ starts
too, they had some little diiiicuiiy
difficulty on Thursday,
ig _
graves who sought at two o'clock.—Club Secretary.
with' some young
to
drive
off auiiic
some vs
of the pack animals
iu ui
ivr uu
from their camp during the night, and ! HanO-carved Myrtlewood foe col-
several shots were fired at the Red- ' lector» at Harbison's.
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for women and girts . ..
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item ploinly marked with
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