Volume II.
DENMARK, CURRY COUNTY, OREGON : TUESDAY, -SEPTEMBER 23, 1884. Number 4.
BREVITIES.
. Mr. P. Dwyer dropped in on us
Sunday.
' This is the beginning of the gum
boot season:
i
Mr. Harrington, late of Jos. Nay's
mill, passed up yesterday.
Solly Anderson caught a fine otter
in Beaver Creek last Saturday.
Mr. David Carey passed through
Denmark last week on his way to the
Bay.
Mr. E: Clark, of Clark & Dwyer,
was down from the mountains last
week. .
Two letters in the Denmark5 post
offieo for Fred Funk and Steward J.
Miller.
The wild goose season is not afar
off, and the sport is burnishing up
his breech-loader.
Passengers of the Port Orford hack
line now take their noon-day meal at
the Lorentzen house.
S. Bernstein, of the Burnham Lum
ber Company, came up from San
Francisco last week.
Mr. Chas, "Winsor, superintendent
of Hume's cannery passed up en route
.to Par kersburg Monday.
Mr. T. W Crook passed through
Denmark yesterday, having the racer
Maplewood in charge, on his way to
Coquille City.
, Jos. Bassett of Port Orford is mak
ing final preparations for his depar
ture for-Oakland, taking his stock
of goods with him.
Mr. Thos. Cornwall was up this
way yesterday having come for Mr.
Haft's bear dog to assist him in rid
ding his place of the unusually num
erous varmints which are killing his
sheep.
T- Tame Pasturage.-W1io questions
the practicability of speedily reduc
ing our brush lands to good pasture,
will do well to inspect the present
condition of the hill -sides facing
Capt Lorentzen's residence. Two
years ago a garter snake would have
hesitated before attempting the ascent
of these slopes, so dense was the
growth of brush thereon. All is
. changed now, and an endurinsr crass
sod occupies the space vacated by the
bramble. And it has cost next to
nothing to accomplish this gratifying
result A little intelligent effort in
in the way of setting out fires at the
right time and in the' right places
did the work. It only remained to
scatter the seed, to lay the founda
tion for excellent permanent pastur
age. There are thousands of acres
near here, which will be much easier
reduced from unproductiveness than
, were the hill-sides and slopes above
mentioned; indeed were the great
stretches of semi-open lands lying
east of the Floras lake jlats occupied
in small holdings, they can with a
comparatively trifling outlay of mon
ey and muscle, be made to blossom as
the rose. These hill and dells will be
owned and occupied by thrifty, sol
vent, self-sustaining stock-raisers,
dairymen, farmers and horticultur
ists before many years have elapsed.
Job "Work. During the past two
weeks the Recorder job .office has
done considerable work for Langlois
& Nelson in the way of bill heads,
letter heads, paper bags, etc. This
firm, always abreast of the times, is
not blind to the beneficent results cer
tain to accrue from the persistent and
'judicious use of printer's ink, and
their success is a standing rebuke to
the folly of country merchants who
make out their bills on straw wrapping
paper and write their few letters with
a "404 Gillott" on diagonally-ruled
boarding-school-girl note paper.
. "Varmints." W. H. Averill discov
ered and shot at a panther on his
place Sunday, and within two hours
all the hunting bloods in the dis
trict were out with guns and dogs
'but failed to trace-it up.
THE BRIDGE MEETING.
Saturday last at 1 o'clock, in pur
suance of an advertised call , of the
president, the citizens of the district
interested in the building of a bridge
across Floras creek met to hear the
report and take action on the work of
the committee elected at a meeting
held the previous Saturday. In the
absence of the chairman of the com.
mittee, J. E Hawkins, and E. M.
Blackerby, secretary, it could not be
ascertained whether or not any bids
had been received for the erection of
a bridge at yie site selected by the
committee. After some little discus
sion the meeting concluded that, had
any bids been received, the "chairman
would have presented them; where
upon D. E. Stitt a member of the
committee, moved its discharge, which
motion was adopted. A motion to
elect a new committee of three, to
report within four days, was passed,
and Messrs. Peter Nelson, T. J. Stitt,
Z. Boice, E. Dodge,' W. Shoemaker,
W. S. Guerin and W. Cox were put
in nomination, the balloting resulting
in the selection of Messrs. Dodge,
Cox and Stitt After some discus
sion as to the probable cost and di
mensions of the proposed bridge, the
meeting adjourned, si)ie die.
The committeehave since reported
and suggest that the road, after
crossing the chasm south of J. M.
Upton's place, pass thence by the
west foot of the rocky butte on an
even and very gentle slope to the
bridge site; thence along the west
bank of the river until it strikes the
section line, thence along said lino
to the high land north of the valley
and 'thence over to intersect the
county road.
Panthers. Old "Doc." "Wilson
writes to us as follows: During the
past week the panthers have played
h with my sheep. I had .fifteen
graded bucks in a grass lot near my
shanty, for safe keeping, and last
Friday night the panthers killed five
of them, and crippled eight more so
badly that some have sinco died.
After a thorough reconnaissance of
my range, I find they have been about
as heavy on my little band. First
off, I thought such damnablo luck
as that would make a preacher cuss.
Why sir, Invas mad enough to eat a
dozen boiled eggs at one setting. I
would have shot a panther if I could
have come on to him, and had my
gun, and she had not hung fire.'' But
upon mature reflection, ' my chickens
have plenty of meat to eat, and are
running over my wooden plates as
usual, and I am able to crawl round
by a fight sqneeze, but it makes no
difference, so Cleveland is elected.
No Burns this Year. The rains
have come again, which fact must dis
pel any hopes there may have been
entertained for Fall burning. Where
the brush has been slashed and lies
thick upon the ground, it will be all
the better for lying over one season,
as the burn which follows will be
much cleaner; besides, there will be
an advantage in giving the elders and
salmon brush a chance to sprout, as,
when the ground is burned in August
the sprouts and stumps from which
they issued will be effectually killed,
thus hastening their decay and dis
appearance. There are, however,
many hundred . acres of last year's
burns which, if thickly seeded this
Fall yet, will produce good pasture
for next season, besides "holding the
fort" against the advent of noxious
and worthless growths which always
seek to occupy burnt over lands.
There are many hundred acres of un
claimed land burnt over and ready
for seeding.
Moved. Mr. E. M. Blackerby who
has had S. J. Culver's place rented
for a year past, moved his family last
week to the Brown place across the
creek where they will reside for the
' present
COOS COUNTY ITEMS.
Daniel T.! HilL late of Coquille
City, died at! the insane asylum at
Salem on the 14th ihst
Twent7-nine boats are engaged in
fishing on the Coquille, catching, in
the aggregate, -1000 salmon per night
Rev. G. W. Black, of the Babtist
Church at Marshfield and Miss Ella
Bitter, of Parkersburg, were married
at the latter place, on Thursday last.
Hon. A. C. Jones of Roseburg, a
Cleveland candidate for Elector of
this State was announced to speak at
Norman's. Hall in Marshfield last
Saturday night
The late rains have damaged grain
in Coos County. Grain cut before
the storm is a total loss,- while uncut
grain is so badly lodged that it will
be difficult to harvest
The Government steamer Gen.
"Wright was in the Bay last Sunday.
Capt Powell was aboard, perhaps to
see how the breakwater would look
from a new standpoint.
Mr. John Lewis will next week
commence the construction of aware
house, 80x30 feet, with 1G feet sides,
at Bandon, and will be prepared to
take cafe of all freight discharged by
vessels at his wharf.
James Dyer, who arrived ion the
last steamer, is here on a visit to his
brother, our esteemed County Judge.
Some years ago Mr. Dyer resided at
Port Orford. He is now a resident of
California, and is the inventor of
quartz-crushing machinery of a valu
able character. Mail.
A. C. Frick, the man who was late
ly stabbed at Randolph, is improving
and it is said will ultimately recover,
notwithstanding the serious nature
of his. wounds. Frank Sheridan, who
is accused of cutting him, is at pres
ent in Empire awaiting the action of
the Grand Jury.
A wild - bogy weighing about 300
pounds, was killed by Philip Martin
a few days ago, in the canyon at his
place, near Southport. Tho beast
first routod Martin's dog, and then
manifested a disposition to go for
him, when it was shot and killed. It
had tusks three inches or more in
length.
Obo Smith of Pony slough, took to
Empire last week a raft of 380 logs,
which he anchored above town, and
Thursday night the line parted and
the raft drifted to tho Breakwater
at Rocky Point, where it went to
pieces, after which all the logs except
about two dozen went over the bar
and were lost The logs were worth
about 1,200.
Mi H. P. "Whitney has sold his
real estate on the Bay, and the good
will of the butchering business to
Messrs Otto Schetter and P. Flana
gan for $27,500. The new firm also
take the stock of merchandise on
hand at cost prices. We understand
they have also made arrangements to
take whatever beef cattle "Whitney
may wish to dispose of. News.
Tho Neics says Capt Reed has
made arrangements to build a side
wheel steamer for the owners of the
Coos Bay. Her dimensions will bo
keel, 120 feet; beam, 25 feet, and
depth of hold, 7 feet, to cfraw seven
feet when loaded. When the new
steamer is finished, tho Coos Bay will
run from San Francisco to this port,
only, and the now boat will deliver
freight at the different harbors and
rivers along the Coast touching at
Ellensburg, Port Orford and possibly
the Coquille.
Knee Cut. We are informed that
a letter has been received by Mrs. O.
P. Brown of this place from her hus
band who went from b.ere some time
since to Linkville, in Benton county,
for the benefit of his health, that
while engaged in getting out shingle
timber he lost control of the splitting
ax, which went entirely through .the
block and into his leg, spliting his
knee-cap.
ELLENSBURG ITEMS.
The run of fish still remains rather
slack for this time of year.
A party will be given in the now
warehouse when it is completed.
v Beautiful weather again, and our
farmers are busily engaged in thrash
ing and taking care of their small
grain.
Any one wishing a first class Singer
sewing machine will do well to cal Ion
or address, A. M. Gillespie of Ellens
burg. v
'Chas. Camp still remains at the
North Star in rather poor health, but
is somewhat improved since last
writing.
There will be quite an amount of
fencing done with barbed wire in this
portion of the' county during the
coming season.
The steamer Hume came in on the
evening of the 13th, and having mt
very little freight either to discharge
or to take away, went out on the
same tide.
Capt Strahan and his partjr went
out to the rocks on the Rogue river
reef on the morning of the 13th and
returned on the same day with their
camping outfit used while sealing , on
those rocks during tho past season.
Badger.
land sales.
We omitted to mention in our last
issue the purchase of the Bassett land
on Floras creek by Messrs. T. J. Stitt
and George Fitzhugh. The tract con
sists of two hundred acres, lying im
mediately along the stream from Mr.
Averill's west line up. Mr. Stitt gets
the east half in the division between
himself and Mr. F.', of the entire pur
chase. .
Mr. J. E. Hawkins . has purchased
of Mrs. C. M. Upton, the tract of land
locally known as the "Scott. Eighty."
This purchase, added to the Fitzhugh
place, gives Mr. Hawkins one of the
most desirable farms in Curry county.
By trimming away some willow points
here and there, and clearing an oc
casional alder grove on the skirts of
the prairie, Mr. H. will possess a sol
id field of excellent open bottom land
of one hundred and twenty acres
which can bo swept by the eye from
from any point of observation within
the opening. There is no crop but
will grow to perfection on this place.
The Fair. We learn that T. W.
Crook will enter 'Jos. Nay's Maple
wood in the mile race at the fair and
stock show at Coquille City, on the
16th prox., under the auspices of the
Southwest Oregon Agricultural So
ciety. For the same race A. J. Aiken's
horse, Sammy Tilden, and the "Gal
lier mare" have been entered. This
race promises to be the feature of the
racing program, since it will serve to
settle a much mooted question as to
which of the two Woodbury colts is
"fleetest of foot." . Some funds will
change ownership on the result
The Miners' Manual. Henry N.
Copp, of Washington, D. C, has a
little volume called the "Prospectors'
Manual" a work sungested by a Col
orado miner. It enables the pros
pector to any mineral by the acid and
blow-pipe tests given. It also gives
the United States and local mining
laws to date, land office instructions,
and valuable forms for location no
tices, miner's liens, proofs, leases,
deed, and applications for patents.
Price 50 cents.
School Meeting. The directors of
School District 0.13 met Saturday
to take into consideration the ques
tion of the completion of the school
house, and ordered the Clerk to call
a meeting of tho voters of said Dis
trict to pass upon the advisability
of levying a tax to raise the neces
sary funds, in addition to the sub
scriptions paid in, to complete the
structure. The second Saturday in
October was named as the date of
tho meeting,
GENERAL NEWS.
Two Chinamen born in Walla
Walla, W. T., and now of age are en
titled to vote.
The Tammany organization; on the
12th inst, by a vote of 810 to 87, ea
dorsed the action of the National
Democratic Convention.
"O, for Blucher or .for night," ex
claimed Wellington at Waterloo. "O,
for Dorsey or for cash," cries the
Plumed Knight in his soul.
Frank Hutchings, the man who
murdered his mistress in San Fran
cisco some months 6inco was hanged
in that city on the 12th inst
The Nez Perces, now. in Indian
Territory, are to be returned to their
old reservation in Idaho. Chief Jo
seph will not return with his tribe as
his scalp is at a premium in that sec- .
tion.
It is stated that the price realized
by the China Merchants' Steam Nav
agation Company for their fleet of
twenty-six vessels, sold, as announced,
to an American Company, for 5,250,
000 taels, equal to about $6,500,000.
At Pomeroy, W; T., wheat is sold
for 35 cents per bushel. In Lewis
ton, L T., it has been sold for 28 and
30 cents per bushel, and dull sale at
that price. Millions of bushels havo
been produced this year in those lo
calities. It is stated that President Arthur
is quietly laying wires for election to
the United States Senate from New
York to succeed Senator Lapham
whose term expires March 4, 1885.
Arthur believes 'that a Senatorship
from the great State of New York is
a position he could take with proprie
ty, and at the same save his dignity.
Frisbie, the defaulting bank clerk,
was arraigned in Portland on the 16th
on a charge of the larceny of $2,905
in a banking house, the complaint al
leging that the money was taken on
July 12. After consulting with his
counsel he stated that he would waive
examination. His bonds were fixed
at 5,000, which he is unable to fur
nish. Advices state that intelligence h as
reached Canton of fearful inunda ,
tions in Khiang Sai province. The
news is dated from King Jak, chief
center of tho pottery manufacture,
and one of the four great markets of
the Empire. The floods lasted four
days, and submerged an immense sec
tion of country to the depth of
sixty feet. Wrhole towns were swept
away, and from 70,000 to 80,000 peo
ple perished.
On account of tho depression in the
trade, the Edgar Thompson Steel
Company, of Pittsburg, Pa, have no
tified their employees that unless
they accept a reduction of wages a
suspension of operations would bo
necessary. The firm employs nearly
5,000 men. The probability is that
a reduction will be accepted, as tho
number of idle men in that vicinity
is greater now than at any time dur
ing the past ten years.
The international survey party has
located the boundary between Mexico
and the United States, 600 yards
north of the old line. This throws a
considerable portion of the town of
Nosgales on Mexican soil. The Mexi
can law prohibits foreigners from
holding real- estate within twenty
leagues of the boundary. Americans
declare their intention to hold on to
their property, by force of arms if
necessary. General Topete will in
force the demands of his Government
and compel American occupants to
relinquish their possessions. Trouble
is expected.
A Big Egg. Mr. J. E. Hawkins
brought to this office last week a hen's
egg, which for size beats anything
ever produced in these parts. It
measures six inches in circumfrenco
the short way and eight inches
lengthwise. s