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VOLUME XXX
BANDON, OREGON, AUGUST 18, 1914,
NUMBER 64
SEMI -WEEKLY t
J. A.
HAMBLOCK
PASSES AW
Coos County Pioneer Sue
cumbs to Attack of Mens
les While on Camping
Trip in Curry Count'.
John A. Hanililock, n pioneer oi
Coos county, died Sunday at the Hill
yard ranch near Eucre Creek in Cur
ry county, where he had boon on a
camping trip. Death was due to a
severe attack of measles.,
Mr. Hamblock, in company with S,
W. Fay and family, Ahia Harrows and
family nnd J. II. Morrison, went to
Euchre Creek the Inst week in July
for a hunting and camping trip, and
shortly after their arrival there con
tracted tho disease which caused his
death.
John A. Hamblock wns a native of
Coos county having been born here
48 vears ntro and had lived here all
his life being at the time of his death
the owner of a dairy farm four milet,
up the river from bandon. His par
ents were nmong the first settlers ot
this section and at one time in the
early days ran the only road house
between Port Orford and Coos Day.
Mr. Hamblock was unmarried.
He was a man of genial disposition,
staightforward and honest in all hie
dealing, and had not nn enemy in the
world. His untimely death has
caused widespread and genuine sor
row. He is survived by his mother,
and two sisters, Mrs. It. V. Bullard,
of Bullards, and Mrs. Abia Harrows
of Bandon.
The funeral was held at two o'clock"
this afternoon from the. Odd -Fellows
hall, tho Odd Fellows having charge
of the services. Interment was made
in the private family plot on the
Hamblock estate.
Tho sympathy of the entire com
munity goes out to tho bereaved fam
ily. AUDITOR WORKMEN'S COM
PENSATION LAW IN TOWN
B. T. Spaulding, traveling audito:
of the State Industrial Commission,
is in tho city and will remain for a
week or ten days. Mr. Spaulding says
that over eighty-five per cent of the
mills, factories, etc., in the state have
ncccptcd this act and are working ii
connection with it. He will call up
on all tho plants in and about tho eitj
that have connected themselves with
the commission.
German Version Different.
The reports of the European wai
appearing in the German newspapers
in tho United States is vastly differ
ent from the roports coining from
London and Paris. Albert Nowhouse,
an employe of tho Recorder office
arrived last spring with his parent
from Germany, and has an uncle in
present German army. In a recent
German paper received by the New
houso's tho Germans are credited
with tho capture of the Belgian for
tress "Luttich," wlucn Is claimed to
bo tho largest fort and strongest, in
Belgium. The reports states that the
Germans lost heavily, and that it re
quired three army corps to turn the
trick.
Now Ready at the Library.
"Tho Hidden Children" and Booth
Tarkington's Boy Stories, taken from
'the Cosmopolitan) nnd bound in book
form.
Also the following twelve valuable
pamphlets: Manual of Common
American nnd European Insects and
Manual of Common Moths and But
terflies, with illustrations in natural
colors. Manual of Plays. A List of
tho Useful Minerals In tho U. S. nnd
their location, Illustrated Manual of
Common Oregon Ferns. Tho Gover
nors of Oregon. Present Problems in
Public Service, Panama Canal Tolls.
The Willamette University Bulletin
for July. Views from the Koulh Da
kota Krhool of Mines, nnd u list of
the publications pertaining to Gov
iTiunmit Ownership of lliillioiols,
A- i Wvndfl, proprlm at Urn llafc
Moris of t'oos t'oitiily, Is over Imm
MurIWltjd today lotrfuag afivr tiu lu
lmt ut luliw Inn1.
AT
TAX PENALTY UP
TO COUNTY COURTS
Stale Tax Commission Decides That
County Courts Are The Ones To
Decide Mooted Question.
Salem, Ore. The state tax commis
sion has put it up to the county courts
to deal with the much discussed ques
tion of penalties on second half of
tax payments. The commission says
it is of the opinion that the law re
quiring the collection of penalties on
the second half of tuxes, paid before
September 1, where tho first half was
paid before April 1, are definito and
by no means unreasonable, but in
junctions restraining tho collection
of such penalties have been issued in
Multnomah and one or two other coun
ties. While these injunctions, in the
absence of affirmation by the su
preme court, do not modify the ad
ministration of the law in other coun
ties, in sound reasoning and fair deal
ing, says the commission, taxpayers
of certain counties should not enjoy
privileges and immunities in the ad
ministration of n tax law which are
not granted to the taxpayers of other
.on lilies. In conclusion the commit
tee says: "This commission has not
lUfficient authority under the law to
mier the tax collectors of the several
.-ountics to remit penalties on second
lnlf tax payments, but inasmuch as
.he county courts of the several coun
Acs prescribe the amout and approve
.he bonds given by the tax collectors
'or the faithful performance of their
lutics, we are of the opinion that the
iounty court of any county, by an
rder properly made, may accept the
njunction granted in Multnomah
-ounty, and remit tho penalties on
(ccond half tax payments. In obey
ng such nn order of the county court
;ho tax collector would be relieved of
responsibility under his bond for fail-
jio to collect such penalties."
WILL ENTER TELE
GRAPH BUSINESS
Zoos Bay Home Telephone Company
Will Connect With the Pacific
States Telephone Wires.
Coos Bay Times: Manager E. C.
Drews stated today that the Coos Bay
Home Telephone Company had prac
tically completed arrangements to
angago in tho telegraph as well as
.ho telephone business, handling mes
mges to all coast points direct with
mt being relayed over either the
A'ostcrn Union or the Postal. The
.olograph instruments were Installed
oday and G. W. Carlcton will work
from 7 to 9 o'clock each evening,
ending out commercial messages,
light letters, etc., which are turned
jver to the telephone company tele-
;raph. Tho arrangement is made
jossiblo by similar action on the part
f the Pacific States Telephone Com
pany, with whom tho Coos Bay Tele-
mono Company operates on tho long
listance business outside of Coos
tnd Curry counties. Heretofore the
Western Union and the Bell Tele
phono companies were operated joint-
y but this merger was recently dis-
iolved by tho government and now
ho telephone company will, operate
i telegraph business over its wires as
.veil as carrying on tho telephone
iusines8, the wires being used sim
iltaneously for telephoning nnd tele-
jrnphing. Within a few days Mr.
Drews expects to have a telegraph
operator engaged all day to handle
telegraph business. Heretofore tho
Western Union has been using the
long distance phono wires when its
lines were down, paying about sev
anty cents per hour for the use of tho
wire, but now it will not have that
privilege. Under tho new arrangement
tho telephono company's telegraph
will operate in connection with both
tho Postal and Western Union nt
Kosoburg on incoming business which
they wish to send horo. The Wes
tern Union under the old arrangement
had exclusive use, having the only
ollico on the Buy, anil some months
itsotl the telephone lines quite a hit.
Japun 'I'liri Hlcns Germany
Tokto -Jupsn lias sent nn ultima
Ujih u (Jttiittuny douiuiuliiig lm wllh
drww Jur wr)il and ovueualo Kluu
CliMi. IMam (Urmauy umnMAou-
uly uswpu by August W, Jupuii wjj)
FORTS AT LIEGE
TAKEN BY THE GERMANS
(By long distance telephone
Liege, Aug. 18-The Forts at Liege are being taken by
the Germans. French military experts say it is doubt
ful if the Germans can be kept in Belgium by the allies.
Brussels, August 18 Brussels is in danger of fall
ing. The royal family, except the king himself, have
letf.
Washington, Aug. 18-President Wilson has issued a
lengthy statement asking the people of the United
States to be careful not to make any rash remarks that
might be considered unfriendly by any of the warring na
tions out to Keep a cool head ana not stir up strife.
Paris, Aug. 18-A11 English troops have been landed
on the continent without opposition.
St Petersburg, Aug. 18-It is reported that the Ger
man Kaiser's son has been wounded in battle and is be
ing brought back to Berlin. The Kaiser has issued a stat
ment asking the United States to withold judgment as
Russia claim Germany started the war and the Kaiser
claims Jiussia started it.
LET PAVING
T
Effort Will Be Made To Get
Construction Work Com
pletcd Before the Wet
Season Starts.
The city council will let the con
tract tomorrow night for paying
First Street from the Bank of Ban
don to the pier at the west end of
the street, and ns soon as tho contract
is let and the necessary preliminaries
are arranged the actual construction
work will commence in ord lint the
improvement may bo completed be
fore the wet season sets in.
Editor Has Novel. Experience
Tho editor of the Sentinel had an
experience common enough to many
people but novel to him, when he
bunked on the soft sido of a sand
dune on tho cliffs south of Bandon
last Friday night and had the starry
sky for his canopy. Not but that ho
has often slept in the open, but this
time ho was absolutely alone. He
kindled a good camp fire and lay
down to a dreamless sleep, however,
assured that any hobo tho blaze
might attract would be at least as
fearful as he would be if ho should
come that way. With a couple of
blankets it seemed really warmer than
slcoping in the house, and tho air was
so much moro a'ppetizing that he
wanted to swear off on bedrooms
from that time forth. Coquille Sen
tinel.
"A Million Bid"
Vitagraph star photo feature in five
reel3 at the Grand next Sunday, Aug.
23. This is the first of tho big Broad
way features that played in tho Vita
graph theatre in New York City for
thirty days to immense crowds. Tho
story is intensely gripping through
out. Tho wreck at sea of tho million
aires yacht is no doubt the most sen
sational stunt ever shown in pictures.
The Vitagraph cast includes tho best
players of that company Anita Stew
art plays tho heroine and Harry Mor-
cy the mlllionario club man. This
Broadway featuro will bo at the
Grand theatre noxt Sunday, August
23. Don't miss it.
AVERILL RETURNS FROM
EASTERN BUYING TRIP.
I). M. Averlll returned Sunday night
from Ida eastern buying trip In which
ho visited u number of cities and
purchused a lurgo stock of goods.
Mr. Averlll says that conditions are
ruther quiet In the parts of the coun
try lui visited, hut I he people urn op.
Ilinlrllr. The wholesale houses are
doing it good business us (he retail
urn uru liuylng qullti heavily ill ).
llft!j'Sl!jD ' big Ijttdu durjlltf Ul"
full Mitt) winter.
CONTRAC
ARE BEING
from Marshfield Record)
HOTEL MEET
ING IS HELD
Will Start Campaign to Get
Balance of Fund Needed.
Want to Start Building
Operations Soon.
A Tiotel meeting was held last
nighfjat the Hotel Gallier and fur
ther plans for the new building dis
cussed. A campaign will be started
to raise $2,100, which is the amount
yet needed to put the proposition
through.
It is believed that it will take a cou
ple of days to raise the amuont and
then the building will be started at
once and rushed to completion with
the hopes of having it ready for oc
cupancy by the first of the year.
GRANGE PICNIC ON THE
RANKS OF BEAR CREEK
The Grango picnic last Saturday
on the Huga ranch on the banks of
Bear Creek was attended by about 50
people from various parts of the ad
joining country and everybody pres
ent had a fine time. A number went
up from Bandon on the boat and were
met nt Parkersburg by teams which
conveyed them to tho picnic grounds.
The day was spent in playing games
and an excellent program was carried
out, but tho best part of the affair
was the big picnic dinner. Tho ta
bles were spread with many goods
things to eat and everyone did jus
tice to the feast. In the evening all
left for their homes, voting it a most
pleasant day and resolving to have
more grange picnics in the future.
Tax Will Be Imposed.
Washington. D. C. Ways and
means to supplement falling customs
receipts by other taxes during the
European war were discussed by sec
retary McAdoo and Chairman Sim
mons, of tho Senate Finance Commit
tee, and Chairman Underwood of the
House Ways and Means Committee.
There was considerable talk of the
feasibility of a stamn- tax on checks
and documents, much tho same as
during the Spanish war and of an in
creased tax on beer and tobacco, rso
conclusion has been reached. It was
determined to draft a bill to raise
$100,000,000 by additional internal
revenue.
Santa Cluus Victim.
New York Importers of toys are
hard hit by the European war and the
present indications aro that mere
will be a dearth of the latest produc
tions from Gormuny, Austria and
Russia for the coming Christmas sea
son. The first shipment had just been
made on the other side when tho war
broke out, and with tho arrival hero
lust week of the steamship President
Lincoln the lust entilos were recelv
ed,
Amerii'uii ReglsU-ry HoukM.
Wellington, I). (3. Robert Dollur
s hurt in put Ma ships under Amor
mm iftflsti'v. Ho bus ono vossul ut
Honolulu will) u JOQ,000 dojlur
mw ww mv ml ( mi
MflJ )i0 Is UPittUD to )Q"'W
MORE ABOUT COOS
CO. MAIL SERVICE
Government Still Bent On Carrying
Out Penurious Policy Regardless of
Many Protests.
The Coos County-Roseburg mail
service situation remains unchanged.
None of the bids received in the re
cent call for offers to conduct the
star routes conform to the govern
ments idea of economy. Congress
man Hawley has strongly protested
many times both in person and letter
against tho action of the Postofllce
Department in discontinuing or de
creasing service on tho routes on the
ground that the service was too ex
pensive. He is continuing the fight
with all the information at his com
mand and personally appeared before
the Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral filing the written protest copied
below, against the proposed action
of the Department in the matter of
the Coos county service.
The first letter is the last corres
pondence pasing between Mr. Hawley
und tho Fourth Assistant, explaining
the result of the latest advertisement
for bids:
"My Dear Mr. Hawley With ref
erence to correspondence heretofore
had relative to star route service be
tween Roseburg and Myrtle Point,
and between Roseburg and Marshfield
Oregon, I beg to advise you that no
satisfactory proposals were submit
ted in response to tho late advertise
ments for service bctwoen the points
mentioned, and therefore, an award
of contract could not be made for cith
er of these routes. However, in con
nection with the establishment of
through service between tho post of
fices in question, advertisements were
Issued for star routes from Roseburg
to Camas Valley, Bridge to Myrtle
Point, Roseburg to Rcston, and
Marshfield to Sitkum, Oregon, a
wards having been made on all these
routes except the last named. In or
der that service may be provided be
tween Marshfield and Sitkum, anoth
er advertisement has been issued, and
with the view of maintaining through
service between Roseburg and Myr
tle Point, an advertisement has been
issued inviting proposals for a route
from Camas Valley to Bridge. A-
wards of contract, however, for this
service will depend upon receipt of
acceptable bids in proper form at
reasonable rates of compensation for
the routes in question, and you will
be notified at the earliest date prac
ticable of the result of these adver
tisements. Sincerely yours, Jas. I.
Blakslees, 4th Asst. P. G."
Following is the protest filed by
Mr. Hawley:
"My Dear Sir: I have your letter
of August 5th, 1914, relative to the
mail service out of Roseburg to Coos
county; more especially I desire to
urge again that the many thousands
of people of that section arc entitled
to good mail service. I cannot see
that the present plan to divide the
route will result in such service be
ing maintained, especially in view
of the fact that at present there is
not provided by tho contracts entered
into service between Camas Valley
and Bridge. On behalf of the people
who are being deprived of adequate
service, I respectfully but vigorously
protest against tho policy which seems
to me to be a long step backward and
will prove a serious handicap to that
section until the railroad now being
built to Coos Bay is completed. Yours
truly. W. C. Hawley."
THE THIRD JURY
REACHES VERDICT
Suloonman Found Guilty in Munici
pal Court of Selling Liquor to a
Minor.
The jury in tho third trial of the
City of Bandon vs. Geo. Button, pro
prietor of the Office saloon, reached
a verdict of guilty as charged about
8:00 o'clock Friday evening.
The charge was selling liquor to a
minor.
The case was tried beforo Munici
pal Judge K. Ii, Knusrud, who Im
posed u fine of f7ft.00 und cosUi up.
on tho defendant. It Is not probable
tliut the ruse will bo uppeulcd to a
higher court.
J. T. Hullivuu urn) fulfill with ut
JU-uyur Uill.tfuii'luy and Monduy vis.
PLANS ARE
COMPLETED
Expect to IIa o Building on
Dyer Corner Ready For
Occupancy by the. First
of the Year.
Dr. D. E. Biggs and Gus Bucking
ham have their plans about complet
ed for their new building on tho Dy
er corner. The architects plans have
been practically accepted and as soon
as the necessary preliminaries can be
gone through with, the active con
struction work will begin.
It is the hope of Messrs. Biggs
and Buckingham to have the building
completed by January 1st and ready
for occupancy.
The new building will be either con
crete or brick, probably concrete and
will be two stories high, covering a
ground space of 73x100.
TWO YOUNG GIRLS
DROWN LAST WEEK
May Willey and Vera Harry Go To
Death in North Fork at Brewster
Volley Lost Week.
Coquille Sentinel: Wednesday af
ternoon about four o'clock our people
were shocked to learn by phone from
Brewster Valley of the drowning of
two young ladies who were well
known to our young people and had
many friends here. Both were of the
same age, 1C years. One was May
Willey of Fairview, whose father, C.
L. Willey, is employed in J. A.
Lamb & Co.'s hardware stor and
tin shop here. The other was Vera
Harry, daughter of E. M. Harry, of
Brewster Valley. Mr. Willey was
appraised at once and Mr. Lamb im
mediately took him out to Brewster
in his car. It seems that Mrs. Wil
ley had driven over to the valley that
morning with May and a brother,
Charles, who was near her age, who
were going over to Camas valley for
a visit. A younger sister about eight
years of age was also along.. The
young pcoplo proposed to walk over
the mountains and Charles took their
grip over to the stage station, half a
mile or more from Mr. Hary's to have
it shipped. At the same time the two
if iris, with a younger sistor of each,
went down to the North Fork to bath
The stream here is full of deep holes
and they got into one of these and
were unable to get out. Dr. John
son of Myrtle Point was summoned
and he covered the 2G miles in an hour
and fifteen minutes in getting there;
but after that lapse of time all pos
sibility of recussitation was gone.
SCHOOL WILL
OPEN SEPT. 14
The Bandon schools will open Sep
tember 14th this year and every in
dication points to one of the most
successful school years we have ever
had. Tho teachers have all been se
cured and there is an exceptionally
strong corps.
Bandon district No. sG4 has moro
school pupils than any other district
in the county and indications aro that
there will be a large increaso this
year.
Cases Begun in Circuit Court.
August 7 Hill Military Co. vs.
John Preuss.
August 8 Louis I. Wheeler vs.
Alpha R. Wheeler.
August 8 In the matter of the as
signment of Murtin A. Stlckel to
Arthur McKcon.
August 10 C. John Hlllstrom,
Conrad Hlllqulst, C. A, Johnson, I..
A, Hogland, Alfred Hoglund und Jno,
lilurkinun vs. City of Marshfield and
tho Port of Coos Buy, This is u suit
to secure u drulnuge outlet for land
effected by the (Ills tliut huvo been
minis III low iunus,
August J2-OII.1 HuhIIu vs, H. M.
(Julinby und Jtisso Aikvnnuii,
August j!Wiimu n, Uios vs,
Ft.d'JI, (Jiof,,uit fur dlvorcv,