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f -WEEKLY 'X "IS. Hi an Is! on VOLUME XXIX BANDON, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1913 NUMBER 84 "Taking Things Easy Will Make You Uneasy a Little Later On" SEMI Iteftifftef ROUGH RIDER . GETS IN BAD Proprietor of Wild West - o Show Under Arrest for Wife Desertion. The following from the Roseburg Review will be interesting to Ban- donians because Grider was the man who brought the Wild West Show here during the White Cedar Fes tival: Sheriff Quine returned Saturday night from Winnemucea, Nevada. bringing back Chas. Crider, who was arrested there on charge of deserting his wife and child in this city. Grider made un effort to fight extradition and had employed two lawvers to defend him. They were informed that Grider had nothing with which to pay lor their services and the next day the case was dropped. Grider has had a checkerd career the past few years and also seems to have a faculty of disturbing family relationships. A divorce suit filed here recently is said to be an out come of one of Grider's exploits in this line. As indicated a few days ago, it is now pretty generally ad mitted that the woman Grider de serted here is not legally his wife, That he is the father of the four months old child is not denied, how ever, nor that the couple had lived and traveled together for about a year and a half as husband and wife. Grider lived at Myrtle Creek, where he conducted a moving pic ture show for nearly a year. Thence he went to Portland and was with the Arnold shows for a short time. Thence he went to Los Angeles and later 3tarted a Wild West show which traveled through California and Oregon. It was one of the 0 women of this show that he traveled with as his wife and who is the present complainant against hint, The show outfit was in Roseburg last summer and from here went to Coos County. There Grider quit the company and came to Roseburg and Myrtle Creek. The show em ployes filed an action against him for unnaid salaries and Grider was i placed under arrest in Roseburg, He immediately got busy by tele. phone to the plaintiffs and upon his assurance that he was on his way bark to Coos Hay and would settle their claims he was released, He did go to Coos Bay ami effected some kind of a settlement. The show then disbanded. Returning to this county Grider pretended to purchase an automobile from W. A, Foley, of Myrtle Creek. On securing possession of the mat chine he pursuaded Grant Taylor of of Winchester, to go to Winnmucca with him in the vehicle on a pro posed government land deal. Mr. Taylor is still there, so Sheriff Quine reports, but the land deal has so lar failed to develop. It was this auto that the Winnemucea attorneys expected to get for defending Grid er, but a telegram from Mr. Foley stating that he was still the owner, the machine not having been paid for, they quickly dropped the fight and the prisoner was turned over to Sheriff Quine. A hearing is scheduled Defore Justice Marsters for tomorrow morn ing, and as the complaint against Grider is on behalf of both the woman and child it is very -probable that he will be held for trial, even though ghe, admits she was never legally married to him,;- V NEW STORE Peoples Racket .Store Will Open Tomorrow. e 0The People 5, 10 15c store will be open tomorrow. This is a niAv stqre with a .new stock of goods, The goods'are all first class for the money and are artistically arranged on the shelves so that it will be con venient for cutomers to get just what they want with but very little looking around. Read their ad on page 4 ol this issue and take advantage of some of the bargains ihey ate offering. Makes Generous Gift. Arthur Ellingson has recently made a donatjon'of $25 to the gen eral maintenance fund of the Ban4 don public library. This generous donation is much appreciated by the library management and indi cates that Mr, Ellingson is truly a public spirited man. Along the Waterfront. The Fifield sailed Wednesday witl 410,000 feet of lumber and the fol lowing passengers: W. Martin, J. White, L. J. Hall, .G F. Martin. Miss Fielding, Miss Sanborn, C Malehorn and wife, J. L. Burns wife and child, M. Buckley and wife. MissVorty, Mrs. Hanbridge, Mrs. Lukde, Mr. Cawfield and wife, Mrs. Creg, E. Kardinal, T. C. Warium, W. J. Boricles. C. C. Brooks. T. M. Whitlow, F. Gregg, Mr. Mar shall and wife, W. Bassett, T. Ayers, Josie Warner, L. Warner, Florence Warner, M. Blum, V McArdle, F, Clomer, J. G. W. Hutchison. The Brooklyn arrived Tuesday ind sails again today for Chetco. The Elizabeth left San Fiancisco for Bandon today. " The Tillamook will probably ar rive tomorrow or Sunday. The Bandon arrived yesterday and the Grace Dollar this morning Portola on at San Francisco. San Francisco, Oct. 22. All San Francisco and a hundred thou sand visitors turned out today to witness the parade, the first big event of the Portola Festival, the four day celebration marking the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of the Pacific Coast. The first event, a lengthy program of sports, were staged tins alternoon. Twenty Eight Reels at the Grand. Owing to a mistake in making film shipments from Poilland the 28 reel per week schedule will begin next Friday, October 31st instead of this week as previously announced. Tonight, Friday, we oftier a feature program consisting of a two reel special Vitagraph, "The White Slave." Bunny in. a good, comic and also a comedy by Edison Cor 4000 feet tonight. No ad.vartce, 10c and sc. Saturday and Sunday regular program of three reels Watch for our big specials next week. F, F. Friant, who bought the halfway place at Corbin several months ago, came in on the Rustler Sunday with his housekeeping goods etc., MrSusPriant arriving next day by stage. Mr. Friant says that they will open the house to the public the4atter part of this week, and next summer he plans extensive a). terations when he will change the place into a first class summer resort calling it "The Arizona" in honor of the state from which he comes. Mr. Frirnt was superintendent of one of the Harriman railroads in Arizona. and is a gentleman of considerable means. Port Orford Tribune. CITY ACTED . AS AGENT a So Claims Water Company, In Suit To Annul Its Franchise A new point has been raised in the case of the City of Bandon vs the Bandon Water Company. The city begun suit in equity to termi nate the Water Company's franchise and now the Water Company raises the point that the city has no such right, that the city in granting the franchise acted merely as agent for the state and that if the franchise is to be revoked, it musf be done through quo warranto proceedings in the name of the stite. The qucs- has never been raised in Oregon before and upon the completion of the arguments, both sides were given ten days in which to file briefs Catterlin Wins Two Cases. The case of W. E. Catterlin vs Ralph Bunn was tried before Justice M. T. Wright, in Port Orford, last Friday and Saturday. The action was one brought by Mr. Catterlin for the unlawful holding of house hold fixtures at the Star ranch, near Langlois. by Mr. Bunn, as custodian for the sheriff of this county. This case resulted from trouble betweerT Mr. Catterlin and Dr. Wetherbee wherein the latter had an attachment placed upon the property of the latter the most of which property is in Washington County. And in Washington County Mr. Catterlin settled the matter and had the at tachment dissolved, but for some reason the notice of this dissoution was not sent to Mr. Bunn who held several hundred dollars worth of Mr. Catterlin's goods a month or six weeks after they should have been turned over to their owner. Mr. Catterlin brought two separate actions against Mr. Bunn, each ask ing for costs and 100 damages. The first action was tried before a jury Friday, which returned a ver diet in favor of the plaintiff or all that he asked, and a similiar verdict was returned in the second case which was tried before Justice Wright the following day, Mr. Catterlin was represented by Geo. P. Topping, of Bandon, and C J . Walker, of Lakeport, appeared for the defendant. Mr. Bunn got mixed up in the matter acting under the orders of Deputy Sheriff J. G. Rus sell, and it is thought that the fines assessed against him will eventually, come irom tne indemnity bond put up by Wetherbee at the time he attached Catterlin's property. - Port Orford Tribune. Coming to the Orpheum. Monday Oct. 27, "the show of the season." Fred A, Walters and his company of popular players in the latest and best comedies anil dramas and refined vaudeville. Change of program nightly. Opening night "The Flower of Arizona." . ; Prices, rc and 25c. 000 Hunters Return. W. T. Allan, Oscar Ferris, dies- ter Hadsall and Bert Anderson Anderson returned yesterday from a several weeks hunting trin on Euchre Creek in Curry County. They bagged several fine bucks and considerable other game, and report a most enjoyable trip, A LAW FOR THE LABORER Workmen's C o m p e nsation ' "Act Should Be Put Though The Workmen's Compensation Act, which the voters will have an opportunity to pass on at the special referendum election November 4 was framed by a commission repre senting the Grange, the employers and the workers. Tne law provides automatic compensation for injured workmen and their widows and children in case of death, and is designed to do away actions at, law against employes for damages in cases where workmen are injured or killed. It is claimed by friends of the new system that it will have a tendency to reduce the number of accidents. Unquestionably it will greatly reduce the number of pau pers and public charges resulting irom tatal accidents, as statistics show that only about 12 per cent of those injured have actionable claims for damages under the present laws. It is claimed that the referendum on this bill was invoked by the agents ot employers liability insurance companies, and by certain personal injury5 lawyerrs both of which classes will Jose heavily if the bill becomes a law. 1 ue 1)111 useii, ana not 1 tie refejttidum, is on trial, and those iii'favor of the measure should mark their ballots 308 X yes, Left $20,000 to Heirs. The will of the late J. W. Ham- merberg was filed for probate Mon- day. He left an estate of almost $20,000, which is all in notes and cash, to be equally divided between his three brothers and sisters. The three live in the East, most of them in Ohio, and are quite advanced in years. Col. Kosa ol Bandon was named as executor. -aoa Change in Ownership. A deal was closed yesterday morn ing whereby A. W. Stuart, who has been foreman in the Rkcokder office for the past ten months, took over the stock of F. J. Chatburn and is now connected with the paper as a proprietor. We have no announcement to make at this time, further than to state the Rncoitnr.R will continue to be the paper of the people and for the people and we will continue to give everybody a square deal. Three Things Prophesied. George M. Hyland, of Portland, after a five-weeks trip through the East and other parts of the country, announces that he is confident that three things are going to take place in the United States within the ne,xt ten years. He says: "First, there will be woman's .suffrage in every state; "Second, thpre will be National prohibition, and, "Third, there will be universal municipal ownership of public utili ties. "It is coming as sure as you are born. Woman's suffrage will come first and right soon, too, I'm think ing." Coquille Herald, R. P. Hempel suffered an acci dent the other day in which he got a broken rib as the result of a colt falling on him. Dr, Gale dressed the wound and he is getting along quite well now. J SPECIAL TAXES Must Be Voted Before Dec. Under New Law. It is perhaps not generally known that all special road, city and schoo taxes must be voted before Dec. ist in order"?o be included in next year's levy, yet such is now the law and all districts and towns should take action accordingly. Regarding procedure in levying special road taxes there is considerable difierence of opinion, Making a Place For Sulzer. William bulzer s tnends seem bound that he once more shall be it They are apparently not so partial lar about the place, as tln-y are that he shall have a place. One enthusi ast cheers his name as that of a po tential President, and now there are others who would have him seek re-election to Congreis. It would not be at all surprising if William Suler, responding to this pressure of friendship and to the spur of his own ambition, were to again try his luck in active politics. If this does happen it will be un fortunate for Sulzer, For while the former Governor has many warm admirers in New York many who believe that he has been the martyr in the recent impeachment proceed ings, it is undoubtedly the public estimate ol that whole attair that Sulzer had made himself .altogether too worthy of Tammany creation; and that while his motives for break ing with that organization were good, his orecord is not and can not be ignored. Sulzer s political strength is gone. Tammany has ruined him, but it was his own acts that made that ruin possible. If he seeks further politi cal honor he wi'l only suffer further humiliation, whether he is immedi ately successful or not. Portland Telegram. LOCAL BRIEFS. The Art club met yesterday with Mrs. E. D. Webb. A pleasant alternoon was enjoyed and elegant refreshments were served by the hostess. Frank Ballette who has been em- ployed in Geo. E. Wilson's black smith shop has left and the latter has secured another man who came up from Curry County yesterday. The Thimble club met yesterday afternoon with Mrs. Anna Tucker on Ocean Drive. The afternoon was very pleasantly spent and delicious refreshments were seived. Thos. Coats is very low at his home at present, and there is little hopes that he will survive long. Mr. Coats had a stroke of paralysis about three years ago, since which time he has not been able to walk, nit could wheel himself in a wheel chair, but for the past couple of weeks he has been failing very rapidly. 1 he Commercial club is in receipt three valuable pamphlets on of poultry husbandry from the Oregon Agricultural College which may be found on the tables of the club and read by anyone interested, but please do not take them from the club room. Someone has taken out a treatise on swine husbandry, which if returned at once will be much ap predated by the club. Captain Hobson's onslaught on Representative Underwood in the louse may win him votes for Sena tor in Alabama, but it will win him contempt everywhere else. We do not at all like the Mr. Underwood's arifi bill, but we refuse to believe lim "a tool of the liquor interests" or a "dummy ot Wall street." The only way small men like Captain iobson can bring themselves into public notice is to attack big men ike Underwood. Oregoman. HOLD COUPLE FORBIGAMY P. D. Chamberlain of Port land, Wed Former Marsh field Waitress There. P. D. Chamberlain, who has been making this section for the past year as agent of the L. C. Smith Typewriter company, and who has spent considerable time in Marsh- field as well as the other Coos county towns is up against a bigamy charge in Portland. It is stated that his second wife was a Marshfield wait ress, and it is believed that Miss Eva Sellmer, who was a wnitress at The Chandler Hotel for several months when Chamberlain first came here, is the woman referred to. A Portland paper says: "Confessing that he had a wife and daughter at Portland, Me., whom he had not seen since a year ago last August, P. D. Chamber lain, aged 30, is held at the county jail on $1000 cash bail on a charge of polygamy, preferred by Mi;s Eva Selmer, aged 27, whom Chamber lain pretended to marry October 12. Chamberlrin has been unable to raise bail. Sergeant Harms and Patrolmen Wise and Christoferson arrested Chamberlain at 388 Elev enth street with Misn Selmer last night, Miss Selmer being detained merely as a witness. Chamberlain denied liis marriage to Miss Selmer for a time and then denied that he had a family in the East. Later he broke down and made a full con fession. Chamberlain met the girl, whom he trappd into the bogus marriage, at Marshfield a year ago and finally married her, although she had been warned that Chamber lain had deserted a wife and daugh ter. Later developments proved the the truth of the warning and she caused Chamberlain's arrest. He will be given a preliminary hearing in the municipal court. P. D. Chamberlain, has both legs off at the knees. He has an eastern and western wife, it is declared. The former lives at Portland, Maine, while the other lives at Portland, Ore. It was the aalcsmnn s idea to keep the two women as far apart as possible, as it was this way he hoped to keep each ignorant ol the other, say the police, ctiamneriain ad mitted that he had sent his wife at Portland, Maine, 1200 within the ast lew weeks, this money to apply npon their support, cnambenain is employed by the L. C. Smith Typewriter company. Coos Bay Times. P. H. Poole and Louis E. Brown, of Bandon, were in town a couple of days since our last issue. The former gentleman came clown as special correspondent for the Ore- gonian with instructions to give Port Orford a three column writeup while Mr. Brown is district manager for the Mutual Life Insurance com pany and was looking up business in his line. Mr. Poole has just opened an abstract office in Bandon, and he and Mr. Brown are among the live wires of that town. Port Orford Tribune. Roll Anderson is now able to be about town without assistance, and it is thought he will be entirely re covered soon. Mr. Anderson's ma ny friends will be glad to see him among them again after his long siege in the hospital, and his intense suffering.