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Oregon Historical Society City Hall X Job Printing! A modern equipped job printing department. Advertisers! The Recorder covers the Bandon field thoroughly BANDON RECORDER BANDON, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 2i 1914 VOLUME XXX NUMBER 42 T OWN CAUCUS ON JUNE 5TH ( ITY COUNCIL SETS DATE AND TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS OK IMPORTANCE AT MEETING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. Tho City Council met in regular cession at the city hall Wednesday night with the mayor city recorder, city engineer, city attorney, marshal und all councilmcn present. After reading of the minutes, bids for public works were taken up and the contract for installing toilets in the city jail was awarded to J. M Hattus, he being the lowest bidder. The matter of numbering houses was taken up and City Engineer Sawyer said he would take the mat ter up and work on the proposition at his leisure and submit a report as noon as possible. On motion tho city engineer wae ordered toS prepare specifications Tot paving First strcot from the east lino of Bandon Avenue to the wesl lino of Breuer's property. The city recorder was ordered to advertise tho Council's intention of constructing a sewer on First Street It was regularly moved and se conded that a mass meeting for nom hinting candidates for city official! be held at 8:00 p. m. Juno 5th, and thut Ward No. 1 be given two coun cilmcn for two years nnd one coun cilman for ono year, nnd that Ward No. 2 bo given two councilmcn foi ono year and one ocunciiman for twe years. It was also decided that im mediately after the general masi meeting that ward meetings bo held for the purpose of nominating coun cilmen. Tho east ward to meet ir the fire hall and tho west ward' in tin old opera house. Tho general masi meeting will also be held in tho olt opera house. The matter of judges and clerks foi the city election was then taken up nnd R. C. McKinnis, J. H. Jones and Mrs. 13. Lowin were appointed judgei for tho west ward, and Mrs. C. E Kopf nnd Geo. Manciet were appoint ed clerks for the west ward. For tho oust ward, S. Mundy, A G. Thrift and Miss Henry were elect cd for judges and Miss Knto Host nnd Mrs. II. II. Dufort for clerks. A resolution wns passed authoriz lug tho city recorder, to give notice of the general city election for Juiu 17th in accordance with tho citj charter. The date of Juno 3rd was set foi hearing tho report of tho board of viewers on Seventh Street. Lights wore ordered installed or Second Street nnd Grand. Avenue also on the corner of Twelfth Street und Alabama Avenue, nnd n commit teo was appointed to confer with the Elictric Light Co., with a view of re moving the nrc light from Second nnd Elmira and installing a tungsten The matter was referred to tho light committee. A communication from W. H. But ton was read, nsking a change in the assessment of the sewer along his property on Franklin Avenue nnd in Sewer District No. 1, nnd object iug to the assessment as made bj the ordinance passed May 5th. The communication was filed. Rebates were granted to all par ties who had constructed concrete walks on First Street East. Tho amount of tho rebate in the price of boardwalks nlong the property. Tho city recorder reported that the work of improvement on First Street East from Harlem Avenue to June Avenue was completed and tho same was accepted. Also Second East from Grand Avenue to Michigan Av enue, and also June Avenue from tho north line of Third Street East to Third North. Also First Street Ensto from Chicago Avenue to Baltimore Avenue. I'etilioiiH to do their own Improve ment work on Oregon Avenue by it number of property uwiuth wero ivud und in view of thu fuct that them U an injunction on thin utri'ct, tho pe tition wem filed. , The Impounding ftui for IUpIiui t'n tuttlu whlrh hud wn Impounded, wit ll x I'd ut f'Ou u plppu und the met tvr of Colemtyi' I'uttlti yii luhl ov or until the next meeting. The street committee was order ed to investigate First Street North to decide as to whether or not the work of grading the street was com pleted. It was moved and carried that W (I. Button be rebated on the sewer as iessment to an amount equal to the assessment on the opposite side of the street. Three of the councilmer otcd no and three voted yes, the mayor then voted yes. W. H. Button offered to pay ui isscssmcnt for CO feet back from Franklin Avenue on the sewer propo rtion and the offer wns uccepled. The city engineer was ordered to post notices on property where the lidcwalks need repairing that unless iniil sidewalk was repaired the city would do the work and charge to the oroperty. A warrant was ordered drawn in favor of II. H. Dufort for $310.00 he amount due on First Street North is soon as the street committee and ity engineer pass on the street. The balance due on June Avenue ;vas ordered paid and a warrant was irdercd drawn for the sume. J. M dnms was the contractor on thif itreet. A warrant was ordered drawn on ho Jackson Avojiuo improvement fund in favor of J. M. Adams, the con tractor. Luke and Kay were paid the amount of their contract on First Street East, less the sidewalk rebates. The city engineer's plans and spec ifications for the improvement of Fillmore Avenue were accepted. Twenty-five dollars was appropri Udo out of the general fund for the ourposc of fixing tho streets. Tho building occupied by the L. N. E. restaurant was ordered re-shin-jded and the flue extended. Tho city attorney reported that lie Uiought they would have a , report from tho Supremo court on the Ore gon avenue case by about next Tues lay or Wednesday. Tho city attorney :i!so recommended that the. caso. of Stoll vs. City of Bandon was a good .nso to appeal if a new trial is not granted and that ho had asked and been grnted 30 days in which to file i brief. The council adjourned to meet ncx. Wednesday night in special session. BRIEF LOCAL ITEMS. A carpenter shop is being built, at the foot of tho hill on Edison avenue. The First National Bank will move nto its new building Monday, May 25th. Dr. Pemberton nnd wife of Lang 'ois drove to Bandon in their car Wed nesday. Miss Inez Lusk, n former teacher in the Bandon Rchools, wns down from Myrtle Point the forepart of the week visiting friends. Coming soon to the Grand theatre, "Tho Third Degree" in five reels. Also the "Lion nnd the Mouse," in six reels. Watch for them. N. II. Larson and wife of Port Or ford wero in this city a few day:, this week, while Mrs. Larson was re ceiving medical treatment Thos. F. Ilnggerty is taking a iliort vacation down the cosat, rid ing horse back to Langlois and Port Or ford. lie expects to bo back the middle of next week. The library is indebted to Mr. F. N. Perkins for 10 volumes of Muhl I inch's historical stories, including fiction woven nround real historical characters. The now wharf east of tho Bandon Creamery, belonging to Kronenberg & Rassmussen, is completed and now in use. It adds several thousand square feet to Baudon's dockago sur face, Geo. W. Mooro left 03, tho Fifield Wednesday for San; Francisco and Berkloy where he will visit witli his family und look after business affairs. The Mooro family will come to Bau dot) this Bummur nnd occupy tho resi dence recently vacated by Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Cody. , Port Orford people are about the moHt entliindiutic good roads peop'e In Oregon They did not top with one good roudn day, but have nlreii", put in two day und urti udvertUii tomorrow, May 'M, an tho third di: whuy all ihu men it in tt urn out ui i woik thu loud Tim i die it I wit. do Ihiilr purl Ity wr u picn tililiiur. HOW THE GOOD ROADS BONDS WERE DEFEATED. C. R. Wade was a member of the .anvassing board of the primary and road bond election, returning home Wednesday night. Mr. Wade In convcruation with a representative of The' Recorder stated that on canvassing the first 11 precincts of the county, which in cluded the. Coos Bay towns, Bandon and Coquille, the bonds seemed to have carried, but the remaining twelve precincts, including Myrtle Point and upper territory, soon de termined otherwise. Some of the voted nmong the latter 12 precincts were: 11 yes and 128 no; 2 yes and 02 noj 1 yes and 74 no; 3 yes and 29 no, and others in pro portion. With these precincts vot ing so solidly against the proposi tion it was defeated by a majority of 483. NOTES FROM ALONG THE BANDON WATERFRONT The Elizabeth arrived last night with 175 tons of freight and tho fol lowing passengers: Mrs. M. Ogren, Anna Ogren, J. J. Sullivan, A. Andor jon, James G. Thorne, A. F. Derring er, L. II. Cornvalt, M. A. Wright, Mrs. J. L. Thomson, Chas. Pischell, wife and child, R. B. Panthames. The Elizabeth will sail again tomorrow night at 10:80 o'clock. Tho Bandon arrived thin morning with a cargo of gasoline for tho Stan dard Oil Co. Tho Tillamook is due to arrive from Portland in a day or two. The Fifield sailed Wednesday with 8,000 feet of shooks, 0,317 railroad ties, 255 poles, 222,000 feet of lum ber and the following passengers: N. W. Thompson, Frank Dickman, II Van Ordor, M. B. Morshad, W. J. White, P. L. Burr, Miss Ida Fuller Geo. W. Mooro, Geo. Bradford, I. Hadscll, J. H. Coorson, William Rep J. A. Hhyward and wife, Nv J. Han: sen, wife nnd daughter, Chas. Mor gan, A. C. Hatcher, Chas. Jacobs, A Krauer, S. E. Olis, A. D. Lee, M. R. Rose. The Fifield will go to San Pe dro and Sun Diego before returning here. NEW LAUNDRY BUILDING TO BE COMMENCED A. F. Derringer returned on tho Elizabeth from San Francisco, where ho hnd been looking after nvt chincry for his now laundry to replace tho ono recently burned down. Mr Derringer expects to stnrt his now building next week and will not have his machinery come until time to in stall it in the new building. ROSEBURG-COOS COUNTY RAILROAD BOOSTER COMING E. M. Andrews, ono of the enthus iasts of tho proposed railroad from Rosoburg. to Coos county will be in Bandon in a few days to lobk over the situation here nnd will go on down to Port Orford where lie will also in vestigate conditions. Mr. Andrews has recently returned from n visit to New York wheor ho was in toucli with a number of large bonding houses nnd there wns n keeness among these houses to buy bonds for tho construc tion of tide water lines. Fred Single, well known in Bandon, has established an auto lino between Marshfield and Coquille, which wjll give people from Bandon longer timo to transact business in Mnrsh field and return the snmo day than wns formerly the case, when they had to depend on tho train servico to get them back' to Coquillo Tho Bandon High school track team will go to Myrtle Point tomor row wliero tho Coos county track meet will bo held, Bnndon will be represented by a numbor of ntholetes who have been in training for some timo and they nrc expected to brinr homo at least a piece of the bacon. Mrs. F. A. Holmun recolvetl 11 letter ywitcrndy Mating that a lino baby hoy, weighing i) pounds, wun born to Mr. und Mr. Hum Hiinrock of Hit loin, May IDth, Mr. Iliincnck Ik a brother of Mm. II0I1111111 mid i well known in liumloii, IS. IL 'I'hxlli'f J-ujikIoIm wuh a liuiidoii vUltur yvktvrud, COMMERCIAL CLUB ISSUES ADVERTISING FOLDERS This office has just comploted a twelve-page folder advertising Ban don, the work being authorized by the Bandon Commercial Club. The folde rcontains a large amount of information nbout Bandon and the adjacent country, und should be sent far and wide by the people of this city. Send one to your friends in the East who are thinking of making a change with the view of bettering their conditions. The club has issued 5000 of these folders so there will be plenty to last, some time. They can be had by up olying to M. E. Trendgold, secretary of the Commercial Club. RANDOLPH AGAIN. HAS TROUBLE ON COLUMBIA BAR Capt. John Anderson of the gaso line schooner Randolph lias been in trouble again on tho Columbia bar nnd though his boat wus aground for i while no serious damago was done. Concerning the accident a Portland paper says: "The little gasoline schooner Randolph is hard aground on the north side of the jetty sands in tho lower harbor and her cargo will have to bo lightened before she can 30 afloat. "The craft was entering the river shortly after 12 o'clock last night, bringing 1200 cases of salmon from Rogue River, and, getting out of the channel, ran on tho sands. The Point' Adnms and Cape Dissappointmcnt life saving crews, hastened to the rescue as did the tug 'Wallula. "Efforts wero mado both this morn ing nnd tonight to flont the stranded craft, and the Wallula broke one of her hawsers in the attempt, but the vessel was moved only about 12 feet. The Randolph lies in comparatively smooth wnter, is not damaged and herkposition is not dangerous. r'Qft . C. R. WADE WILL NOT BE A CANDIDATE FOR COUNCIL. The following statement from C. R. Wade, at present a member of the City Council, is self explanatory: To The Recorder I note that you mention my name in connection with the office of Councilman for the West ward for tho coming city elec tion, and desire to state that I am not a candidate for re-election to that office- under any circumstances. C. R. Wade. NO UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER HERE. Bandon now is without a United States Commissioner, as C. R. Wade the former commissioner, tendered his resignation to tho Federal Court in March und tho same has been ac cepted. Homesteaders now find it necessary to go to Port Orford, Myrtle Point, or the couty clerk at Coquillo for matters pertaining to their homo steuds before tho department. CARPENTER & SON WILL , MOVE TO NEW BUILDING. D. W. Carpenter has leased the store building being erected by A. G. Thrift n Second Street, as a new home for tho Racket Store. The building has u frontage of 35 feet nnd a depth of 00 feet. Plato glass and prism glass will bo used for the front of the store. The ceiling is to be sixteen ft. high, and at the buck ot fhe store a commodious balcony will be built. It is intended to havo the new store building one of tho most attractive and up-to-date stores in Bandon. Mr. Carpenter expects to occupy tho premises by tho first of July. Brown and Gibson nro the contractors in the construction of the building. SPRUCE VALLEY. Miss Montgomery of Portland, who owns a large tract of land here, has been in tho valley looking after hor interests. Tho Cottage prayer meeting at the residence of Mrs. Howell Saturday evening was well uttonded and the interest was good. Meeting next Saturday night at tho homo of A. H. Iteetiit. Cluy Cornwall, mm of Geo, Corn wall hud tho wlttfortuno to get bin lug broken Hunduy morning. Ho ii ut tho homo of hi ilr, Mr. Bright. K, H. riMeliU, fomniin ut Ilullurdi, ) liullt un addition to iU ioum-rjJIIQKKN. BANDON CONSTRUCTION CO. GETS WHARF CONTRACT Port Orford Tribune: Tho Port Orford Wharf Company has complet ed its organization, filed their articles of incorporation und let the contract for the building of the new wharf. The compnny had a civil engineer examine the site last Friday, and the wharf will be built around the point .is originally intended. The Bandon Construction Company, who has the contract, will commence work within the next week and complete the struc ture within 35 days. A GOOD ONE COMING TO THE GRAND THEATRE "Two Roses," a Lubin in two reels will appear at the Grand Theatre Sunday, May 24. A well sustained story of a young married man who is lured from his cold undemonstra tive wife by a designing woman. The pictures are particularly good and the acting quiet und effective. The heartless woman is fattally injured in an auto accident and her last wish is that the husband return to his wife. Edward J. Piel, Ormo Hawley and Ada Charles are in tho cast. The boy's part is also acted to perfection. A strong ottering of its type. Mon day night the Massrc, in two reels. - STATE INDUSTRIAL NOTES. Salem, Ore., May 21. Five coun ties frm Eugene to Portland have united to develop the Pacific High way on tho east side of the Willam ette vulloy. A public dock is to bo built at Port Orford to cost $0,000. Corvallis is to have a new Episco pal church. A lake Labish drainage scheme is being worked out in Marion countj at an expense of $20,000. Richland and Newbridge, Bakci county, arc to bo supplied with c mountain water system to cost $50, 000. Astoria will spend $280,000 thit year on a seawall, and fill in fiftj blocks of' city property for factories and business. Tho Oregon Power Co. at Eugem is making special rates to induce fac torics to locate at thtat city. Business men in the hop industry representing $25,000,000, and a year ly output of 5 to 6 millions, are or gnnizing against prohibition. Astoria is to gut a street car lint extension of two miles at the hundi of tho Pacific Power and Light Co. Judge McGinn holds that a rail road company is not liublc for dam ages done n passenger caused by 1 wreck in a storm. A farmers co-operativo creamer has been organized at Bend. The Presbyterians at Astoria huvi let the contract for a $5,000 church. It is expected that trains on tht Willametto Pacific will run from Eu gene to tidewater this fall. The O. W. R. & N. Co. is plah ning terminals at Pendleton, witl shops and yards to employ severa hundred men. Astoria and Portland merchant; are co-operating to find am arket foi the product of the new Astoria flour ing mills. Halibut baid:s off tho Tillamool coast arc being investigated. Tho southern Oregon and north em California mining congress wil lie held at Ashland early in July l revive interest in mining nnd mini mize tho evil effects of tho blue skj law. Lumber interests nnd creosote in terests nre uniting to establish a num ber of wood block paving plants ii Oregon cities thnt have the raw ma tcrial, and go tifter some of the street and permanent highway busi ncss. Tho Ii nib mining company is build ing n big reservoir near Aslilund and will irrigate the Sunset orchard of several hundred acres. The Oregon-Idaho Power Co. Ih do veloplng a 2,000 horse power plunl on tho Snuko river opposito Copper field. Mrs. Amelia Brown of I .a no Coun ty Iiuh Invented a sunltury cup for milk bottles thut u Donvcr firm offer lier fifty thousand dollars for. Tin fight for thou o of Oregon stonu us Dimming for tho now Mali' university utJmlnUlrutlon building Ik wliuthiT Die HUHo Anhltecl sliull a led torro colt or Ortgon Mono THE OFFICIAL COUNTY VOTE ROAD BONDS LOSE BY LARGE MAJORITIES AGAINST IT IN UPPER RIVER PRECINCTS. CLOSE RACES. Coquille, May 21. The' official 'ount of the vote in Coos county was Inished Tuesday night, and it is now lefinitely known who the candidates vill be at the election this fall. The road bonds lost by n majority jf 483, the total vote being 150!) for md 2082 against. Geo. J. Armstrong of Bandon de feated Thos. Jamas of North Bend for county commissioner by 15 votes mil C. S. McCulloch defeated A. N. lould for county surveyor by 42 otes. C. R. Barrows won the nominu lon for state representative on the Kejpublicun ticket over Geo. Wat ins by 53 votes nnd Tom Hnll of Iitrshfield beat A. T. Morrison of Co niillo by 47 votes. Theso wero all lose contests. Republican. Following is the official count for ill offices: County Representative C. R. Har rows, 700; M. A.. Simpson, 380; Geo. Wntkins, 713. Joint Representative S. P. Pierce tOlO; E. J. Loney, 790. County Judge Jus. Watson, W. C. Chase, 784. Sheriff Alfred Johnson, 1113, Geo. V. Starr, 780. County Clerk F. E. Allen, 741, F. D. Kruse, 297; Robert W. Watson. 1070. Treasurer T. M. Dimmick. - '- k"" Surveyor A. N. Gould, 9G9; C. S. McCulloch 1003. Coroner F. E. Wilson. Commissioner G. J. Armstrong, 305; Frank Fium, 444, T. B. James, 590, Levi Smith, 35G. Nutional Committeeman Chas. W. Ackerman, 799; Ralph E. Williams, J40. U S. Senator It. A. Booth, 1592. Congressman W. C. Hawley, 1258; B. F. Jones, 022. Governor Geo. C. Brownell, 211; Wm. A Carter, 139; A. M. Crawford, 783, Grant B. Dimick, 132; T. T. Gcor, 142; Chas. A. Johns 50; Gus C. Mos er, 114; Jns Withyeombe, 538. State Treasurer Thomas B. ICny, 1502. For Supreme Court Henry L. Bean, 1010; Henry L. Benson, 740; 1 J. Cleeton, 509; P. II. D'Arcy, 272; .uwrence T. Harris, 1047, Thomas A. UcBride, 708; Chas. L. McNary, 503; SarnucJ T. Richurdson, 378. Attorney General Geo. M. Brown, 1409; Geo. N. Farrin, 113; Frank S. Cirant, 252; J. J. Johnson, 72; Wm. P. Lord, 02. State Superintendent J. A. Church II, 1393. John H. Lewis, 1127; L. R. Stock mnn, 403. Labor Commissioner Fred S. By non, 324; O. P. Hoff, 321; 'John A, Madscn, 209; M. E. Miller, 317. Railroad Commissioner Frank J. Miller, 1131; Hal 1). Patton, 488. Water Supt. Jas. T. Chinook, 1381 Democrat ir. Representative Tom Hall, 407; A. T. Morrison, 420. Sheriff W. W. Gage, 547; Taylor Siglin, 404. Commissioner Elbert Dyer, 498; O. J. Seeley, 309. Joint Representative A. Adolph .sen, 500. County Judge J. J, Stanley, 084. County CJerk A. B. Collier. County Treasurer M. II. Hershey, 078. U. S. Senator Geo. E. Chamberlain 802. For Congress Fred llolllstnr,020; W. II. Meredith, .122. For Governor A. S, Hitnnott, (',. A. Cobb, 72; John Manning, UU; Robt. A. Mlllttr, r; Dr. (1. J, Hinlth, 408. Nutloniil Coniiulllt'oiiiun W. H. Cannon, im; ll, M. Khtoily, III, Hiiprt'iMo OyiJiU W;ij, QuAlaway, ibi Wm, iuiimy. (& Alloriiy Qmm, J. A. Julfivyn, 019.