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In Bygone Days in Curry.
Tlie first newspaper ever publish
ed in Curry County was the Port
Orford Post, established at Port O. -
lord in i88of bv J, H." Upton & Son
In i882' the-PosVWy,,puchased by
.tlteV Su'tion, 'who moved it lv
boat to tiiiensnurg, eniargeu u,
changed its name to the Curry Couri
ty Post, and continued the publica
tion without missing an issue. He
nubli'shed the nauer as the Post for
a couple of years, then agin .en
lar d it and changed its name to
the Gold Beach Gazette, although
lh.. .Hie ril the town U4S not
changed from Ellcnsburg to Cold
" B.ich for 'mp time atterwards In
1 1892 hes. ld the Gazette to R. D
Hump, arid established the Port O.r
foid Tribune, the first issue of the
Tr1bune.appe.11 ing on May 10 iSot
' At the 'time' of the removal of ')(
Post to1 Ellcnsburg there was no
wagon road between Port Orfnrd
v and'ciie't'cV .Although the people of
Northern Currv had completed a
road from Port Orford to the Cook
cc-untx hue.' The mails were ea-ried
dri horseback', and travelers li.nl
their choice of traveling on foot r
on horseback, providing thev could
gefa'' horse. Although there had
been periodical discussions of the
riuH nnMiinn almost from the first
.
settlement of tne county, the firs
earnest agitation of the subject w.s
in 1 883, and the various conflicting
ideas, as to the probable cost and
'the manner of building the road is
'certainly amusing to all the old
settlers who' are still living in the
couutv. Each one knew about what
the road' would cost, the figures
varying from about 15000 to $200,
000. Each frfendof the proposition
knew Where the road cught to run
find each orie could lay out a good
practical route on an excellent grade.
But each settW was unanimous in
his belief that the only practical
route was via his1 house. Some of
th'e'leading citizen's' were bitterly
opposed to the building of any kind
of road. The county was too
worthless to justify a road; there
was no vacant land left that any
family would1 live on'l,to Undertake
id bliild the road would bankrupt
the1 county beiore it Was half finished;
evsn if it' could be built without cose
to'the county it could not be kept
open for two years. As a sample of
theenthusiasm of some of the friends
of the. proposition we quote ex
County Judge Woodruff, who in an
article in the Post proposed building
the road from Ellensburg to Port
Orford by private subscription, and
alleged that the cost would not be
above $8000. Finally during the
8o's Hon. A, H. Crook was sent to
the legislature and obtained an ap
propriotion of $14,000 to assist in
building the road, to be paid oci
to the county when the road was
finished.1 Then the county court
took a hand and appointed three
road commissioner, and surveyor,
with orders to kiy out a road on an
18 inch grade from Chetco to Pprt
Orford. After many disputes, much
wrangling and more or less bitter
feeling the survey was accomplished,
contracts let, nnd the road was let.
and the road was completed in 1890
afa cost of about $50,000 The
work was well done, and was a great
credit to the people of those days,
considering the sparsely settled
county, and a 500,000 tax roll.
From the date of the completion
of the road a marked change for the
better began to take place. New
people' began to come in, looking
for land and building up new homes;
old settlers began to think o build
ing up new and more substantial
and attractive houses in the piace o
old log 'cabins and shacks, and more
substantial improvements began to
appear on the sides. And although
the progress has been slow it has
been continuous and sure The
cayuse as a means of navel has
given way to the wagon, carriage
and automobile. The telephone I as
made social neighbors of the people
of all parts of the county, as well as
placing-us in close communication
with the United States. And it will
be but a short time when bur coast
will'be iraneversed by trains of a
coast railroad. The ranks of the
settlers of the old days have been
deplorably thinned until thee lutiii
a .small minority of the population,
yet they aie entitled to the greatefl
credit for opening up the counlrv
under very advene conditions, anil
making i t easy of access for the
who have since arrived, and wlu
are now in the large majority. Port
Orford Tribune.
MADE A SECRET PACT.
Yet In 6omo Way the Story Was Pried
Loone, and Here It It.
Homer Croy, tho humorist, was vis
ited the other dnj by Crank Smith,
who hnd sold a story to a ningnzlnu
nnd wanted souio money rljdit a way.
It was n 8,000 word yarn. Croy figured
It would bring 2 cents n word, so h
loaned .Smith (00 nnd Smith gave Croy
the following agreement:
"Whereas, Indent, nnd Know nil men
hy theso presents:
"I, the undersigned, Frnajt L, Smith,
being, to the best of ray belief, in my
right mind, do hereby bequeath, be
ntow and otherwise mnkc n free, grntlrt
gift of nny nnd all moneys that may ho
paid to me for n story entitled, 'Break
ing Up the Hunch.' The factn of the
ease being ns follows; Me, I, the party
of the first pnrt, hnvlng received writ
ton Info, thnt the mug. has decided to
fnll for my story, nnd. being broke, I
have decided todlscount my claim for
fifty ($50) beans, cnah money, to be pnld
mo by snld H. Croy. It Is understood
that If paid more thnn fifty I am to
turn It nil over to Croy without a mur
mur, yea. I must never squeal nor ad
vertise to tho world thnt Croy has
made this soft money. And. likewise,
nnd by the same token. If paid less
than fifty beans Croy Is to keep his
trap closed and make no reference In
nny woy. shape, form, manner. Ian
gunge (Including the Scandinavian), or
dlnlect. to the fact thnt he has mnde
nn error in judgment."
"Will you be satisfied with $70?"
asked Smith some weeks Inter. Croy
thought a moment nnd then said,
"Yc-o-s."
Before a witness the money was pnld
over, but Croy still hung about. Final
ly he asked:
"Would yog mind telling mo what
you got for that yarn?"
"Sure you are sntlslled?" naked Smith.
"Yes," said Croy.
"Well, I got S18.ri for It," snld Smith.
New York World.
Discouragement.
Whnt kills meii Is discouragement .
It Is sitting down under trouble thnt
destroys them; It is standing up nnd
mocking trouble thnt enables them to
go through it without harm.
Too Rich For His Blood.
During tho street car stiiko In Bos
ton n few yenrs ngo the cars were put
In chnrge of conductors who were far
"NO MA'AM," HB EkAID WITH A OniN.
from exhibiting tho courtesy nnd oblig
ing manners of tho regular men.
A lady slgnn'led n car in Brookllnc,
nnd ns It stopped sho snld to tho con
ductor, "Do you stop at tho Do Swell
hotel ?"
"No, ma'am," snld he, with a grin;
"I can't nflord to." And ho gnyly
started the enr Bostonwnrd, leaving
tho lady ngano with astonishment
Youth's Companion.
The Adored One.
ITo is a confirmed bachelor. In fact,
his nttltude towjd women is nlraost
thnt of a misogynist Ills particular
beto nolro Is a new acquaintance of his
sister, Miss Blank.
Ho met her In tho street tho other
day mid, seeing no wny out of It, stop
ped and spoke to her. Sho saw how ho
was fidgeting to get nway nnd snld:
"Yon seem very preoccupied. Ah, I
know! You are thinking of the ono
you ndore."
"I adore no one," wns his stiff rojolij.
der.
"You enn't deceive me. I know you
nro deeply In love. Besides, your sis
ter showed me 11 photo of the object of
your dovotlon only last night. It isn't
n type I ndmlro. But, there, every ono
to his taste. I won't toll nny one.
Goodby."
And bofore ho could reply she wns
gone.
When ho reached home he snld to his
sister, "Whnt girl's photo did you
show Miss Blank Inst night?"
"Not nny. The only photo 1 showed
her wns ono of yourself."
Then It dnwncd upon him what Miss
Blank was driving ut London Scraps.
COULTER'S QUEER STORY.
It Was Thought He Had Discovered
Hades, but He Hadn't.
At 11 gathering 111 Milwaukee u well
known minister was culled on to tell a
story, nnd this Is whut ho told:
"Did you ever hear of Coulter's hell
Of the two men lost by the grout
Lewis and Chirk expedition of 1S03 on
Its long Journey through the northwest
ono wa3 11 man named Coulter, lie
was captured by Indiuus, who stripped
him and set him to running trm guntlut.
"Outrunning their blows, he snatch
ed n spear frdm the last Indian, killed
lilm with It and run Into the inoun
tains naked and wounded, but tit last
free nnd armed. Wandering toward
tho southeast, he presently found him
self in u land where the forces of tin
turc appeared to have gone mnd t(
sothcr. Klvcrs from which he sough
to drink ran hot water, boiling foiln
tains gushed hundreds of feet In the
air. volcanoes of black mud vomited ut
him, bubbling fountains of snow white
mud gushed nround. with others of
crimson and blue, and green. A mouu
tnln of pure sulphur crystals roso on
one hand, and from beside a stream
rose another composed of black glass
almost as clear us n window pane.
"At last, escaping- from tho place, he
was found by some trappers, who
clothed him And took hltu to St. Louis
where they reported hliu as one whose
mind had been wrecked by his expert
uces. Wherever he told of the fright
ful country which he swore he had
seen men roared with mirth at the
yarn nnd raado him tell and retell It
till within n few years It went all over
tho west ns nn oxnmplo of the effect
of the horrors of being lost on tho hu
man mind. It was commonly known
as 'the story of Coulter's hell.' nnd tin
der thnt nume It frequently nppenred
in the eastern pnpers In the early thlr
ties nnd forties. Coulter himself final
ly died regnrded to the Inst iib n hope
less mnnlnc.
"And then In 18C.9 some, Montana
trappers wandered into the region and
came back with the astounding bile
that Coulter had told the truth and had
never been Insane at nil. The govern
ment Immediately rushed soldiers and
scientists Into the country, nnd before
long It became the Yellowstone Nn
tlonul park. And thnt is the story of
Coulter's hell." Milwaukee JournnI,
NERVE IN BASEBALL
Result of a Wild Throw to Third With
the Bases Full.
Chnrley Dooln, one of the famous
catchers of the Nntlonnl league, tells a
story to the effect thnt nffer 11 brief
trlnl with the St Paul olub In 1880
Charles A. Comlskcy, then Its manager,
advised him to return to tho tailoring
business nnd stick to it
Another yarn concerning Dooln tells
how a little Inter' on and when ho was
still little more than n youth and
weighing in the neighborhood of 115
pounds, he wished himself upon Man
agcr McKibben of the St Joseph club.
When Dooln reported Mac walked
around hi in twice and then announced
that he wanted a catcher and not a
Jockey. Injuries to regulars, however,
gave the boy his chnnce. und ho wns
sent in to backstop for "Big Jim"
Wlggs.
In his first game Dooln wanted to
prove that In addition to being a
catcher he wns some thrower. When
ho heaved to second' the hnsemnn
would have needed n ladder to get the
ball: to third his pegs were low. nnd
his shoots to first nearly took tiie
sacker off his feet After his wild
throws had filled the bases In ono In
ning he threw to third again to catch
a runner off tho cushion. Tho ball
went so high the left fielder almost
got to It on the fly, while "everybody
en me home."
When the Inning wns over Dooln had
four errors charged against him, and
he walked to the clubhouse nnd began
to pack up his clothes McKibben
stopped him. saying his nerve In dar
ing to throw to third to catch a man
off with tho bases full, caused by his
previous bad throws, deserved another
chance. Dooln stuck nnd caught al
most every gnme that season. Ills
next Jump wns to-the Phillies, nnd his
reputation was made. fid A, Goewoy
In Leslie's.
Made Her Moro Nervous.
She was rather a nervous old lady
and, fearful of being robbed of her
purse, kept it In a pocket of her un
derskirt Taking u cab. she. ut tho
end of the Journey, began searching,
as ladles do. for the carefully conceal
ed pocket The cabby, mlscoustrulug
her movements, looked on grimly.
"Well, mem," he broke In. "when
you've done n-scratchlng, -me faro's
18 peuee." London Tntlor.
Impeachment.
In Rnglnnd It was the old practice
to Impeach for conduct out of oliloo.
Private citizen's could be Impeached.
Dr. Sacheverell wus Impeached for
preaching an unpopular sermon, the
Duke of Richmond for proposing an
adjournment of the house of lords nnd
Inlgo .Innes for tearing down n church.
Hut In America liiipeacliment has been
restricted to men In ofllee for conduct
In olllce. Argonaut
Crazy as a Loon.
"Before I sentence the prisoner I
should like to osk the attorney wliy
he thinks thnt the defendant Is In
sane." "Your houor, he admits that he had
a perfectly fnlr trial."phll(idelphln
Ledger. ' ' '
Holding on Tight.
Yon can't nlways tell; UiV young man
who holds on to you ns tightly nn a
v!e before mnrrlage. girls, may hold
on to hi money the samp wny after
ward Florida Tlmua-Union,
WATCHES THE CLOUDS.
One
New Yorker's Easy and
Wall
Paid, but Important, Job.
There Is one man In New York who
would seem to bold an easy and unique
job. From Jan. I to Dec. 31 he puts in
his whole time wntcttlug for clouds
from the top of one of the tallest sky.
scrapers. He does nothing else." Is well'
paid If he performs bis duty vigilantly
and ImS no one to boss or hustle him
nround except the clouds. For tools
he works with n telescope, and he enn
smoke, rend poetry or do whnt he
pleases, provided he keeps his weather
eye keenly peeled for the first sign of
n storm cloud inveenliiLr down tho Hud
son. On that rests his whole Job. for
should a thunderstorm catch him nap-
ping It would mean a serious strain on
the leading electric light nnd power '
company. ;
In no other city but New York do ,
conditions mako for such a cotitliigeu-
cy owing to uio eompnci consmienon ,
of tho huge blocks of downtown sky- j
scrupers an enormous amount of elec-
trie light is suddenly demanded when
ever tho sky becomes darkened. Thou- ,
sands of bulbs are simultaneously 1
switched on. At nightfall tills need
for. light is easily calculated, but no '
certain provision can be mode against I
the sudden overshadiiw of a storm '
cloud oilier than by stationing a look- j
out man on the top of a skyscraper.
Consequently when he sv n cloud j
sweeping down tho Hudson or ndvauc- 1
ing from nny other direction It Is his '
business to watch Its approach care- !
fully. I
Therein ho must use a bit of Judg- '
racnt If It Is likely to sweep clear of
the city he need nut bother about it
But should ho reckon it will pass over
Manhattan It Is his business to tele- 1
phouo the chief power station a warn- ,
Ing that a storm cloud Is cpmlng. At
once n red light glows In tho engine ,
room, und the stokers bustle to shovel
coal into tho furnaces. Presently tho
huge generators revolve at greater j
speed to supply the emergency demand
for electricity. Thus when the thou
sands of lights nro switched on down
town few nro likely to rvcm how tho
sudden call for light has been met
Meanwhile the cloud watcher is in
no fear that a mechanical device will
deprive him of his Job, tor the weather
Instrument that can record ust the di
rection a cloud will take in sweeping
on toward Manhattan U yet in the dim
future of invention. New Vork Trib
une. Course of the Panama Canal.
There is a somewhat popular delu
sion about the Panama canal to wit
that the course from Colon, on the
Caribbean or Atlantic sido of tho Isth
mus, to Panama, on the Pacific side, is
from east to west Of courso the At
lantic Is at tho cost and tho Puclflc is
.at the west but tho isthmus is very
crooked and at this point tends from a
little south of west to north of east
and Colon is actually farther west
than. Panama. As a result tho canal
runs from north-northwest to south'
southeast and on reaching tho Pacific
one finds himself farther Cast than ho
wns when he left tho Atlantic. Queer,
isn't it to co westward by going east
ward? But It's u gcogrnphlcnl fact all
the same, which few realize until they
study the map. New York Tribune.
Canine Etiquette.
In their relations one with another
dogs have it keen senso of etiquette
Unless they aro on very intimate terms
they take great pains never to brush
iigulnst or even touch one another.
For ono dog to stop over another Is a
dangerous breach of etiquette unless
they are special friends. It Is no un
common thing for two dogs to belong
to the same person and live In the
same house and yet never take tho
slightest notice of each other. Wo
have n spaniel so dlgultled that ho will
never permit nnother member of tho
dug family to pillow his head upon
him. but with the egotism of a truo
aristocrat he does not hesitate to make
use of the other dogs for that purpose.
Henry C. Morwln In Atlantic.
No Canee For Actors.
There Is one profession that has al
ways refrained from currying a walk
ing stick. The uctor knows well that
on the stage he must walk without ex
traneous support, and he knows that
tho mere hint of a walking stick lu his
hand ns he walks the streets Is a
temptation to lean tills way or that
Actors, even when out of n Job, never
lean on a stick. They know that their
balanced walk Is their asset If tho
whole of society recurs to walking
sticks the actors will refrain. London
Chronicle.
Not Even Bent.
rJttlo Erie had dropped a basket
containing some, eggs on his way homo
fioin tho grocery
How many did you break?" uskea
his mother.
I didn't break any." replied Eric,
"but the hulls came off two or threw."
Chicago News.
Tomato Seed Oil.
An excellent burning oil hns been ex
tracted from tomato seeds. These, with
the skins, are thoroughly dried In tho
sun. The seeds are then crushed In a'
hydraulic press and .yield n thin yel
low oil. This when turned in a lamp
gives a bright odorless iight London
MnlL
Made Him Too Good.
"Ro Bho married him to reform him.
Arid what is tho result?!'
"lie's so good now thnt lie's shocked
by the gowns sho wears." Boston
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It to the surmounting of difllcultiM
that makes hero. Louis Kossuth. ,
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THE POLIGE
Of San Francisco
ARE BEING FURNISHED WITH SMALL AUTO
OBILES WHICH ARE EQUIPPED WITH
"WIRELESS"
IF THE CITIES CONSIDER "WIRELESS" A
VALUABLE ASSISTANCE IN PROTECTING
PROPERTY WHAT THEN, MUST BE THE
VALUE OF "WIRELESS" AT SEA AS A PRO
TECTION TO LIFE ! ! '!
"TWIN SCREW"
"WIRELESS"
S. S. FIFIELD
SAILS FROM BANDON TO SAN FRANCISCO
Tuesday, Feb. 17, 5 a. m.
S. S. SPEEDWELL
SAILS FROM BANDON TO SAN FRANCISCO
SAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES, LONG BEACH,
REDONDO, SAN DIEGO
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 18, 5:30 a; m.
FOR SPEED SAFETY COMFORT
"THE ONLY WAY"
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GEO. T. MOULTON . J. E. SCHILLING
Coquille Agent. Myrtle Point Agent
HENRY SENGSTACKEN
Marshfield Agent.
Talk About
Solid Comfort!
You just want to get one
of our DICTATOR cigars
between your teeth and light
it. There may be other ci
gaJs as good as the DICTA
TOR but they will cost you
more money than you may
care to pay. The price of the
DICTATOR is only 10c and
when you have smoked one
you'll wonder how it can be
so little.
Bowman Cigar Co.
He-Advertisement for Bids for tin
City Ollicinl Printing.
Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids wlil be received until half, past
sovon o'clock P. M. the 18th dny of
February, 1914, for the City official
printing of the City of Bnndon, Ore
jjon, in accordance with requirements
specifications nnd conditions on file
in the office of the City Recorder,
each bid must be nccompanied with
nn affidavit of the entiro bonafide cir
culntion of said newspaper, bids
must bo made out on blanks for that
purpose ami will be furnished upon
request nt the office of the City Re
corder. Council reserves , the right to re
ject any nnd all bids..
By order of the Common Council.
E. B. KAUSRUD,
City Recorder,
Hoys' ami Girls' Clubs.
Oregon Agriculture Colleffc, Cor-5
vallis, Ore., Feb. The wor"ko Organ
izing boys and girls' clubs in every
school district of Oregon has already
been begun. Polk county schools,
which were pretty thoroughly organi
zed through tho dairy record keep
ing nnsocintion, were first in the line
in the now movement. liven before
tho club bulletins and oiostitutions
wore ready for geeral circulation,
County School Superintendent bey
mour hnd organized the workers'
clubs in fifty of the school districts.
Tho work is also wtell under way
in some counties, .superintendent.
Cannon assisted by Mr. Cross, a gra
duate student of the Agricultural Col-
lego who is doing research work in
r. rnl school organizations, has begun
tho work of organizing clubs in lien-
ton county. Progress is reported
from other pnrts qt the state, and
there is every reason to bolieve that
tho entirostate will be orgnaianized
bp the close fo the spring terms.
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