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About Southwest Oregon recorder. (Denmark, Curry County, Or.) 188?-18?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 1884)
Volume (L ; DENMARK, CURRY COUNTY, OREGON :i TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1884. - Number 7. t , , r " ' . , BREVITIES. . . S. M. Bray, formerly of Curry, is now a resident of Ellensburg, W. T. "We hear some complaint of a po tato rot in this section. The trouble is confined to late planted crops. Dr. Elgin, James Aikeii and Rob ert Lowe have taken f twenty-acre tracts of mineral land m the Sixes country. Mr. Averill has a f oroe engaged to get out timbers for the new bridge, but the wet weather proves a Berious hindrance to fair progress. . Some Calif orni&turfman will reach out this way for Maplewood before long. They have a way down there of gathering in Oregon's fast horses. Mr. Jas. Williams was up to Co quille City last week and while there engaged the Odd Fellows' Hall, in which he is to give a grand ball New Year's night "Sammy Tilden," second in the late Coquillejraces lacks everything of being a slow coach. He is a fine animal, rather heavier of build than the average Woodbury. Curry county is destined to become famous forthe number of fast horses bred and reared here. In this partic ular she alreadyjenjoys the eminence of front rank over all the other twenty-four counties in Oregon. Louis Knapp entered his two-story sorrel in the first race at the Coquille fair against the Woodburys, mile heat Louis says the distance he brought up in the rear was too great to con veniently compute. Moral: Enter scrubs in ecrub races. Soub Graphs. Our tattooed neigh bor down at Ellensburg has had a perpetual attack offspur gf apes ever ' sinCelhe" Recorde ' stepped straight to the front rank of local journalism. Last week he said: "If you want a 'live' local paper printed at home!' "Alive' with grammatical and syn tactical errors about a gross each week and generally very gross. And such "printing L" It has no parallel either "at home" or abroad. Fur ther on he says he will not print "ob jectionable quack advertisements !" How long since? Only since the whole batch were ordered out on ac count of the execrable presswork which generally defaces the sheet. One of the most "objectionable" ads. has all along heretofore enjoyed the prominence in his Eheet of long primer type leaded. He says he is above offering premiums. How long since? Of course no one will have forgotten that he offered the Ameri can Farmer gratis in the effort to 'secure subscribers to his sheet, which, especially about that time, no one could read. And then, it is not a mark of very remarkable "life" in a local paper to be .debauched all over with repeated ads. Gone and Done it. Our bachelor friend, John N. Langlois, having con eluded after very mature deliberation that single blessedness was not just the right thing, sat himself about the discovery of a helpmeet1 to accom-i pany him along the remainder of his journey of life, and finally found hez in the person of the accomplished Misd Ella Rudolph, and bore his prize ofl in triumph to his wigwam at the New! Lake dairy. No cake. , Yet Another. Although Jos. Nav has sold Maplewood he has another "world-beater coming on, which hJ calls "Maud M" She is a picture td look at, and if she don't render a creditable account of herself in th not distant future, there is nothin; in the appearance in an animal a her age. Removal. To-day the Recorde office and "all appurtenances then unto or in anywise belonging" will be removed to the building opposite the postoffice. IlJE SCHOOL. MEETING SATURDAY. Pursuant to legal notice the voters of School District No. 13 met in con siderable numbers at Denmark Satur day last to pass upon the advisability of levying a tax to complete the school house, and for the transaction of any other proper business. It was soon apparent that the majority cf those assembled were opposed to the completion of the house on the site heretofore selected, donated, and deeded to the district. It was claimed that the location was such as not to adequately accommodate the greatest number either at the present time or prospectively. Upon a vote being taken the proposition to levy a tax was negatived, whereupon a motion to elect a Committee of three to select a site and report their' doings at an adjourned meeting to be held Satur day, Oct. 18th, was carried. Messrs. Haft, Dodge and Hawkins were elect ed as such Committee. It seems to be the preference of the majority to locate tbe site at the point where the the lands of S. J. Culver, E. Dodge. N. C. Lorentzen and J. F. Cox corner together. Leaving out of view Messrs. J. A. Cox, D. E. Stitt, S. T. Malehorn and Wm. Cox, the site in contemplation will be eminent I7 the proper one, and it is probable that the boundaries of the district will be so reformed as to throw the three first-named into the north side district, if the proposed relocation of the school grounds shall be accom plished. ; i DBOWNED. 4 ' ' Oscar Inberg, step-son of Capi ' H. Strahan of Ellensburg, was drowned in Rogue river on the afternoon of Oct. 6th, in attempting to cross the river on a mule, at one of the fords about two miles above town; the ford is one whjghyhas been used all Sum mer, but St this time the tide being well in, young Inberg found swim ming water and his mule becom ing unmanageable, he was finally thrown loose from it, and the general supposition is that he was disabled in some way by the animal, as he did not seem to make any eftort at swimming ashore, although the water was perfectly smooth and 'the river not very wide at that point. Mr. Hume's crew, of fishermen were a few hundred yards from the drown ing man, and in full view, but before they could reach the spot, the young man sunk to rise no more. One of the boats was within a few yards of him the last time he came up but could not reach in time; immediately the sein was thrown out, and a haul made for the body, but without suc cess, and during the afternoon there were a number of unsuccessful hauls made, and although the river has been dragged thoroughly and a num ber of cartridge's of giant powder used, the body has not been recovered up to this writing. Iost. A large white pipHfeseXoj bling a mearschaum. The finder, by delivering same at this office will receive $1 and thanks. COOS COtWYi Lizzy Prien is the narod, and Peter Nelson is the captain ox the vessel launched at Parkersburg on the 29th. The lumber is on the ground for Sengstacken & Smith's new building at Marshfield, and the carpenters have already commenced work on the building. Our young and enterprising black smith, Steve Gallier, is about starting a laundry in this place. This will afford a rare opportunity to get your skirts ironesl. Herald. Lytle post, No. 27, G A. K, Co quille City, organized last June, now numbers 44 members, most of whom areWe3tern men and all of whom are said to be native-born citizens. Haynes & Co. last week shut down their logging camp at Kentuck slough and took their cattle to the ranch at Coos City. They put in 1,300 logs this season that averaged about 900 feet to the log. -; Charley Hanscom of Coaldeo raises Jap Yoakam 22,193 feet on hat big day,s work of his in putting in logs. Hanscom tells the Herald that he once hauled in one day 1 41 logs that scaled 78,843 feet The bridges acoross the sloughs and gulches between Coaledo and Marshfield are now finished. This will enable horsemen and foot-passengers to travel through from Co quille to Marshfield. ;f It is stated that. Capt Littlefield has secured the Radclifl rock, at the mouth of Coquille river, and adjacent lands, for the Government. We un derstand it is the intension to build a light house on the roclt 4 ' A deed was recorded in Douglas county , last week conveying 63,143 acres of the. old Coos Bay Wagon Road Co. lands, by ; W!,H. Besse to the ' Oreg5h Stfatb&rn - Improvement Co. for a consideration of $81,715. Capt Reed received orders from the owners of the Coo's Bay, to pro ceed to San Francisco on that vessel, for the purpose of completing ar rangements to build a side wheel steamer mentioned in a former issue. The vessel will be built in . the ship yard at this place. News. Frank Sheridan languishes in jail and thereby pays his fine at the rate of $2 per day, while his victim of the knife, A. C. Frlck, will soon be well enough to leave the county hospital. The Mail shouts when it says that the tax-payers of tiie county would have been winner if. that fisherman's frolic had ended with the demise of both principals in the 'fight The work of improving and enlarg ing the capacity of Dean & Co's mill No. 2 (the Lobree mill) goes on, but with only a limited force of men, the proprietors not manifesting a dispo sition to hurry the work in the face of the present dullness of the lumber trade When the proposed improve ments to this mill have been per fected it will have a cutting capacity of 60.000 feet per day, and the im proved machinery being put in will enable the mill to manufacture lum ber at least 60 cents per thousand cheaper than the mill at this place is now doing. All Of tne refuse at mill No. 2 will, be carried away by machinery and the number of men necessary to run the mill will be about a half dozen less than the num ber employed at the mill here. Mail. School Lot. It js said that Mr, Dodge will donate one acre of ground at the corner had in contemplation by the majority at the meeting Satur day, and sell an additional acre for $10 and donate the proceeds toward the driving of a well on the premises. Figures May Lie. For instance, A, B, C and D do a job of work for the sum of $60. A is entitled to one third, B to one-fourth, C to one-fifth and D to one-sixth of the sum; what will be the share of each? Get out your f abers. A "SCALP" LAW WANTED. To the Editor. I saw in a late is sue of your paper a note from Doc Wilson stating that the panthers had been playing h 11 with his sheep. Now, does not the idea suggest itself that at the coming session of the Leg islature a law should be passed plac ing a bounty on the scalps of these rapacious and destructive animals that infest our mountains and prey upon the poor as well as tne rich man's stock? I have heard it argued that a bounty law would -bankrupt the county. Is it not as broad as it is long? The value of property year ly destroyed by panthers, bears, lynx and other destructive animals is con siderable. Now, would not the pro ceeds of such stock go a long . wav toward paying bounties on and ex terminating these hyas mesache quad rupeds? The writer has heretofore been engaged in the stock business on this Coast, and knows how to sympathize with Doc Wilson or any one else in the wholesale destruction of his flock by the ravages of wild an imals. If the question in regard to a bounty law is of interest to the peo ple of Southwest Oregon, or Curry alone, why not discuss it through the columns of our local papers? Let us hear from others on the subject that are more directly interested than your humble servant Also whether a State Assayer would not be beneficial in the development of the State's mineral resources. Respectfully, . S. Hudson. Sixes Mines, Oct 4. ELLEXSBUIIG ITEMS. The schooner Stranger is due at this port It now takes Forty to carry the mail between this place and Port Orford. How many will it take when we get a daily mail? A heavy run of salmon during the week 1,400 at one haul of the seine andpir. Hume sent to Smith River for a tug load of laborers to take care of the fish The Rogue river packet Slim Jim Capt. S; H. Miller, has been making regular trips during the past week, and is furnishing the town with a good supply of first class ash wood. Father Hienrich, of the Catholic Church, is spending a few days in town this week, attending to the offices of his Church. He is an affa ble, scholarly gentleman who makes friends where ever he goes. Lively times in' Judge Dewey'a Court this week caused by a young man going visiting, where he was not asked; and the trouble ended in a little whittling with a pocket knife. The young man who was ar rested was discharged by the Court with a reprimand. The Races. The fair last week at Coquille Citytwas a success from every point of view, and particularly so was the racing pragram. Though the track was entirely too new for swift speeding, the time made .by the winners of the various races was ex cellent For the first race of one mile J. L. Nay's Maplewood, Aiken's Sammy Tilden, the Gallier mare and L. Knapp's Robin Hood were en tered, Maplewood coming in first, Sammy Tilden second and the rest in the order named. Time, 1:53 For the half mile heat race Silver Tail, of Douglas, Maplewood and another horse wer entered. Maple wood won, distancing Silver Tail the first heat The most diverting occurrence of the fair was "Silver Tail" getting distanced by Maple wood. The owner of the Douglas county horse entered him in the half mile and repeat race, being sure he would 'distance all competitors and and thus be relieved of repeating" The said owner set the distance stake himself, and immediately saw the "biter bitten," for it was, Silver Tail who was "left', behind the fatal stake, . , THE LATEST NEWS. Ohio State election comes off to day. There are 273 patients in the In sane Asylum at Salem. Prohibitionists claim that they will poll 100 votes in Yamhill county. Bancroft, the historian, celebrated his 84th birthday on the 4th at his home in New York. Mormons are leaving Tennessee, in compliance with the vigorous de mands of the people. The procession at the Cleveland demonstration at Buffalo on the 5th, was eight miles long. Mr. J. A. Stratton has been ap pointed Clerk of the Supreme Court, vice T. B. Odeneal, resigned. The steamer Texan , made the trip from Liverpool to New York in six days and ten hours, the fastest time on record. Washington Bartlett has been nom inated by the Democrats and W. C. Merry by the Republicans for mayor of San Francisco. The will of Private Henry has been filed for probate. It simply devised his pay and property to his parents, brother and sister and was written in pencil on a scrap of paper about the size of a postal card.- The lighthouse steamer Manzanita was announced to sail from San Francisco on the 9th with supplies for northern lighthouses. The Gov ernment has made ari appropriation of $87,000 for a new steamer, work on which will be commenced at San Francisco this month, : After the completion of . the new vessel,, the Manzanita will be sent to this State to take the place of the Shubrick. -I A special to the Omaha Republican of the 3d instant tells of the . murder of Harry Percival, wife, . infant child and a young man living on a neigh boring farm, about ten miles west of Fullerton, in Nance county, Nebraska. The mother and child were shot in their bed; the father was found be side a hay stack, with two bullets in his body and partially consumed by hogs, and the young man was shot in his bed. Percival's house was robbed and everything of value in money and jewelry, except his wife's watch, was taken. The deed is supposed to have been committed by a farm hand and partner, both of whom are missing. The Recorder. There is no coun try paper superior to the Recorder in the particulars of choice, fresh, in structive miscellaneous reading mat ter, in addition to local and editorial matter of importance. Thirty-three wide columns filled with instructive, interesting and amusing reading each week is a feat few papers have ven tured upon. Readers of the Record er find in it such a variety of read ing as to make the paper a necessity to while away spare hours and to in terest and instruct themselves during the long Winter evenings now at hand: and all for $2 50 a year. Or, for $2 75 the Weekly Call or St. Louis Republican in addition. Or, for $2 50 in advance, both the Re corder and Chicago Weekly News, or the Recorder and Northwest Farmer and Dairyman will be 6ent for one year. The opportunity is presented for readers to secure the largest amount of excellent reading matter for the least possible price. Maplewood Sold. It is said that the purchase of J. L. Nay's Maple wood last week at the fair by R. Zumwalt was for R. D. Hume, who will add the now famous flyer to the number of fine horses already on his place across the river from Ellens burg. By the way, some years since Mr. H.' brought up from California a fine mare with a Thad Stevens colt by her side. We have heard nothing from, either of late.