Orfn Historical J9ocItjr City Hall j X THE BANDON RECORDER Bandon By-the-Sea has the Prettiest Beach on the Coast VOLUME XXXI BANDON, OREGON, JUNE 29, 1915 NUMBER 25 hot GOVERNMENT LOSES IN BIG SUIT Case in Which County is Interested by Nearly $400,000 Taxes Awarded to Railroad Companies The government was loser in n sup reme court decision pronounced during the past week and the railroad com panies interested in the Oregon and California land grants were winners. The victory for the corporations which involved the possession of a tract of land said to be as large as the state of Delaware is however a barren one. While it confirms the companies in their possession of the land it also holds that they only hold an equity in the land of $2.50 an acre. The grants involved in this case were originally given to the railroad companies as a bonus for railroad con struction. The provision which held the prico down to $2.50 per acre how ever is the one which has created the trouble. The companies disposed of flections where it seemed advantage ous, holding on to the remainder in the prospect of profiting by the rise, and expecting to got around the $2.50 provision in some way or other. Directly and indirectly this land speculation has resulted in accumulat ed unpaid taxes in this county amoun ting to nearly fpur hundred thousand dollars. While these large sums have remained unpaid the county has been hard put to finance itself and has been compelled to resort to interest bear ing warrants. The suit was instituted in accord ance with a regulation of congress in tho federal district court of Oregon o,i September !, 1908. The govern r..cnt claimed that the railroad had forfeited its rights by having violated a provision which required it to sell in not more than ICO-acro tracts for rot more than $2.50 an acre, and only to actual settlers. The government r.ought to prove that the company had cold in large tracts to timber com panies at more than $2.50 an acre and ltad adopted n policy to sell no more to any purchaser for the time being. The railroad contended that the pro ision was not effective, because the 1 inils were unfit for settlement, and furthermore, urged that tho govern ment bo stopped from raising the question of forfeiture because of long t cquiesceneo in the company's disre gard of tho selling provision. About 05 persons who went upon the lands and claimed to be actual set tlors, within the meaning of the law, brought a cross complaint, asking that thu railroad company be held as the trustee for actual settlers and requir ed to sell to them. Some 0,000 per sons who have not gono upon the land to make settlements but who have ap plied to the railroad company to pur chase 100 acres intervened with a pe tition that tho company be required us a trustee, to convey lands to them. Tho Stato of Oregon intervened with the claim that the state levied nearly half a million dollars taxes a year on thu lauds and asked that the lauds not be forfeited to the govern ment in which case, the taxes might bo lost, but that the railroad 1h requir ed to sell them for tho benefit of the government. The Union Trust Conr.ny of New York, trustee under n mortgage given on tho land to secure $20,000,000 of bonds used in building the railroad al so intervened. The district court declared the lands forfeited, and thu caso was taken to the Supreme Court of Appeal. It was argued latu in April. STANDING OK THE CON- TESTANTS W lllancho Cuthbort Mil!) f" Mm. F. II. Fnsbender, .21107 fi l.cnnn Fullerton, 10771' Dorothy Unglols 4080 i" ottiiitt uwin loor. Al.lu Mors Willi Mlnuli' MiUiirdy mm "! ' Violet Monro firtfl ' EiiIii Moom 60 ' Hindu HIilnM 6W "' Amy WliHUor IPJ i liUm Wolf, fffefl HOLD CONFIRMATION SERVICE Class or Ten Unites With the Episco. palian Church Sunday A class of ten was confirmed in the Bandon Episcopal church hist .Sunday forenoon. Bishop Walter timnner per formed the rites of the ihurch and preached a sermon. The church was specially decorated for tho occasion and there was a large attendance. The following were admitted to the church on this occasion: Mrs. Garten, Alta Mars, Marjory Lorcnz Eliba Wiren, Joanette Upton, Ottilie Lcwin, Harold Johnson, Randolph Johnson, Thomas White, Arthur Gale. Wants To Meet The Man From Coquille Herman Smith Would Wreck Vengeance on Man Who Told Him Bandon Was Free And Easy Town When the life savers take their ex ercises there is always some kind of a crowd to watch them in their evolu tions, but for genuine interest you should see the crowd that watches tho city marshall when ho takes his occasional stunts of exercise. Last Thursday ufternoon he took a gen uine bad man in tow and tho crowd that witnessed the proceeding was both ample anil eager. Herman Smith is the name of the b. m. who gave the marshall a chance to entertain the boys. Smith had come over from Pow ers, a desert station in the interior of the county and it had been so long since ho had seen nnything wet that ho sort of overdid the busineis. He stationed himself in n prominent place and endeavored to give the grand hailing sign of the order of Gambri nus to each and every one who came within hailing distance. The eagle eye of Marshall Holman detected him and it struck the official that in the process of moistening up Mr. Smith was in danger of becoming a little too fresh. He seriously admon ished that gentleman. But the later thought the marshall was trying to pass him the answer to the distress sign in the order of "Cheor-up-Chnrloy and Have-an-Onion" and did not pay proper heed to the mnrshall's good advice. Thereupon tho latter laid vio lent hands upon Mr. Smith and the hnrschidc may be said to have been put in play. You may take your un cle's word for it that it was something of a skirmish. But in the fateful sev enth the marshall got the strangle hold on the opposition and laid him or. his back in the bottom of a passiuf wagon and hauled him to what our friend Harry calls the city Bastile. In the transfer from tho wagon to tho cell there was more entertainment. Smith raved and kicked like a maniac but finally was caged. In the morning he was assessed $10 hut lacking that amount was finally let olT as a measure of economy foi tho city. Smith said ho was only anx'oin to get buck to Coquille tlmt he might slay one of the citizens of thai burg. He said when he came from the desert nmmr hn otmttii.il fir tint ..iiintt. c.mr 1 , at the parting of the ways and specu lated which road he had holier Hike the one to Marshfield or the one to Bandon. He had been in Marshfield bo'oro and believed that town welcomed pil grims and granted them every priv ilege. His recollection of Bandon 'vas ililferent but a Coquille man whom ho met assured him that there had been a welcome change in tho city by-tho-sca and he would do well to journoy this way. Therefore when ho returned to Coquille ho was going to hunt up an axe and seek nut that Coquille traitor and slaughter him. Thu piling in Hint part ci Hn n Jot which lien over the tld IliU tint 11 free rout of oil thin week. A buri- um) by tho dux I go, wink Saturdny nnd the trnde nil run nut on tin vvuiom of tun liiwur ilvnr. l ntwimxl In wt'tl clout mi IihiIi thli-k on the lint In um p'tr m ami thu Mlnr liml iuiwhII in Us il Uttn a tMilittttfrjUiuk lll ii we i jlKar w mm itw fiwtt 11. INDIAN PAGEANT HAS FINE SUCCESS Large Attendance at Out Door Entertain menl. Annual Event Planned When a determined and persistent woman wills it the impossible conies down from its perch and becomes a docile reality. Something less than a hundred men, women, boys girls and children, some in uniforms, some in blankets, some in little but paint and feathers, and solve in all stages between, disported in the woodland arena and enacted, mostly in Diintniiiime. tho Indian story of Klakahma, Saturdny nighf. The presentation was entirely by white people. There were Indian blan kets in the makeup, an Indian swamp grass dress, Indian moccasins, beads, baskets, weapons, but the aboriginal, himself was missing. One, living at Randolph had been invited to como nnd occupy a prominent position. He promised to come on certain terms. He must have his expenses paid, in cluding traveling and hotel bills for himself and family and five dollars. He was deemed to have absorbed too much of the white man's thrift to be a truly Indian and the invitation wan not pressed. A feature of the evening was a down town parade. Most of the In dini s made .up at Averill's store and then war whooping and ki-yiing went down Erst street on their way to the grounds. Palions came early and they kept . oming until tho grand stand over flowed. The cr.twd was good ttured waiting patiently through tho inevit able delays and applauding liberally. As the first band of warriors, head- iid by Johnnie Shields, wise in ii.dinivl lore, came skipping out for their littlci stunt around tne totem poie, tney 'ut quite n dash for many a manly form had nothing to protect it from the norwester save breech clouts and ' fairly thin coat of paint. However t'ey got a hand both coming nd go ' ig and felt encouraged. This scene served to bring out tho youngest ac tor in tho troupe, "Baby Conrad" loan '.! for the occasion who enacted the oart of the baby Hessna being shown to tho wariors. All were gorgiously painted, many urder the artistic hand of Architect. Karl School who himself resembled a Pueblo Indian. Although the shades of night dimmed these some from the .iiidicncc it had its effect upon tho players themselves and they disport ed w'tli the gusto of savages. Chief Coquille Ernest Witkins had a sporty he.ul dresj of regulation proportions and a g,y blaiuct and a pipe that would cause even warring Europe to smoke foi peueo. Sage Trondgold also stalked around in a blanket for which a Piute would trade a herd of ponies. Warrior Byrne reembtcd a Sioux scout and Warrior LeGore would hnve iieen welcomed as a brother by any baud of Modocs. Cnri Avcrill could have posed for a picture of Oceola the Seminole and as for Prof. Richi'.rdj, his bow itihl arrows were tho genuine nr. tide and the beads braided in hif hair ....il.l I,....,. I....... n... .1....... : . ..r ,, " a Siwa "h squaw. There wore many good costumes n tnong the younger men and cultus Theeko Earl McNair was as mbchi- vous as any Indian could possibily be. Of course the older squaws had 1 100 tatood on their chins. Mrs. Mines had an artistic rig, Mrs. Walker had a dress of swamp grass, the skirt made by a squaw for the event and the cape one that had seen service nmong the aboriginals. Mrs Averill had an excellent makeup and received many compliment for her handling of tho part of Hindi Worn. Mrs. Guy Dippol as Hossnn and Old Polly had a number of appmpriatu continues and carried out her part exceedingly well. Mrs. Kromtnborg an Old Mary, the IiiUmi, I wild to Imvu wiuiiVoifoltod the old wouldn't khiIi ii wd talk with ninth skill mid her dosrriplivo Interlude wr warmly hujiInujM. Ti idiis in Hot mm dmuw nltu yi MMMiUmt4 etmUl m Ik amiiplli Jrl in liurir Mnwiug hiwumJ t) ty 'juilbxl UmnnIvm w, i:mhnu ). utf HumiiUy, UmI 4t l4l h4fyy im UimmJmv Midi the good work of many can not be' dwelt upon for lack of space I Perhaps forty automobiles were parked in the road beyond tho place' of the pageant. Something over a doz- j en auto parties came from Coquille and many were there fiom Dairy ville, Langlois, Port Orford and even from Gold Bench. Among those from Coquille were Reuben Mnst, E. Johnson, Balloni, Fred Slagel and families Mrs. Ida Owen, Mrs. A. J. Sherwood, Miss Clair Sherwood. One boy walked up from Langlois to attend. The net results of the pageant are $110.85 and Mrs. Kronenberg who or iginated the idea and through whose energy the success of the event is largely due is determined that the money shall serve as a neuclus for a sum with which to purchase a site for a Carnegie library. The subscriptions to periodicals for the coining year were taken care of by the proceeds from the Hnnrahan dance and the play given by tho Ladies Glee Club which will care for tho wants of tho library for the coming year and for this reason the time is deemed ap propriate for the starting of a move menl for a library building. Many helped to make tho affair a success nesuies mose whose names appeared before the public. Jack Kronenberg attended to tlu lighting, J. L. Kronenberg looked nfter the seats and Win. Mast and Mr. Gregory built the canoe and the cabin. Many others helped, not the least of whom was Miss Henry, librarian who made wigs, collected blankets, distributed advertising and was tireless in her efforts to make the affair a success. Wedded Near To Nature's Heart ear Creek Couple Are Spliced in The Shade of a Grove Bordering a Hay Field An out door wedding was the fea ture of Bear Creek social circles last week. The event took place Satur day at high moon in the sha'de of a grove of majestic trees on tho edge of a hay field. Tho principals to this unique wed ding ceremony were G. C. Worth, a rancher of that section and Miss Jincy Ann Cox, (laughter of John Cox on whoso farm the event took place. The ceremony was performed by Kev. A. Huberly in the presence of eighty five invited guests. 'Tho bridesmaids were Misses Taloma Kandlenian and Clara Sliced and the best men were Henry and Glenn Cox. The bride was dressed in white silk and carried a shower hoquct of white roses. Previous to tho event the wedding party and guests lined up to bo photo graphed, this part of the ceremony being under the skilled hand of L. I. Wheeler of Bandon who made tho trip to Bear Creek with this end in viev Succeeding the event a bountiful wed ding dinner was prepared to which all of those in attendance did ample justice, Witli the congratulations of all the happy couple will settle down imme diately in a farm belonging to the groom in the Bear Creek country. The Bear Creek country is coining to tho front as an agricultural locality and the trip down to it makes a fine ride. Those attending the wedding from Bandon wore Mr. Wheeler were Mrs. Ogren and Miss Elizabeth Fox. O. A. Trowbridge, President of tho West Shore Oil Company, accompani ed by W. II. Button, C. It. Wade and Spencer Trowbridgo motered out to tho well last week. This was the first auto to venture over that moun tainous road this season, and while koine and was encountered, no great difficulty was experienced, .Spencer brought back a good Hiring of trout with him. And oiico more the Poll OiToitl Air- uIm Carnival Is undor wuy und is ud. vorllsml for nitxt August ll, to, iml vuiiwn or nyiuo roinu a. imboriy JlsL It Is 11 foul' yours old insllUJ-lpJ " (tUHim wpnly, Mr. odtf uf Uim um gulling mttiM- 0M1 yi. Wu "1 Hi" Uiu Imy. Mm, TdliiiiflK and $biUnm kim ii? UwIHuwh, runiwr tur Uu (il rwoliftg b math mUmilug at fssWiiur Htswimwi uu m IwmJ M-aduif 1 d. mi k timklyi vimm-m 10 wktuU im DRAINAGE QUESTION BEFORE THE COUNCIL Attorneys Discuss Hile Case, Water Im provements Planned City Attorney Treadgold and At C. K. Barrows of Coquille torney threshed over the I lite poniTdrainirig proposition before the city council last Wednesday night and considera hie ancient and modern history wa.- delved into. This discussion revolved around the draining of a pond on the southerly part of town which was at one time made to drain through the Franklin avenue sewer. Tho original Franklin avenue sewer did not reach this pond but the engineer in charge supposing that the matter of pay ment could be later arranged ran a branch to the pond and drained it. The residents of Franklin avenue objected to this extension utiles Hite would pay his share of the cost of the sewer work. The technicalities of the law forbade this and tho drainage connec tion was taken up. Tho winter rains caused IbA" poiuL to form as before coiistitutljAi.n me nace to the health of pccpPliving mar it an Hite brought suTfVto coin pell n connection. From the outcome f tho talk Wednesday night an effort vill be made to have this comici'lion made by paying back by Mr. Hite to the residents of Franklin avenue of a certain proportion of their assess ments covering the original cost of the work. The council discussed various means of raising revenue to finance the city and supply the loss that will arise when the city feels the loss of .lquor licenses. A tax on vocations has been resorted to in the earlier his tory of tho city and it is quite likely that such a tax will bo now imposed. Foundryman' W. F. Kogers called the attention of the council to tho fact that some time previously the council had decided on an oflicial lamp post with the idea of having the lamp posts of the city uniform and that the official lamp post was not the same as the cluster lights recently installed on First street. The council decided to allow variations in the lights with the stipulation that all should be of the same height. Each of the five saloons now doing business of tile city applied for an ex tension of the water system ill 1 e as tilling six mouths and tho same was granted. This represents revenue of $2,500 for the city. Tho city oificials are now bending their energies to dispose of sonic of the bond issues authorized in the lust election. Bonds for the outstanding warants wil be promptly sought hut R is not likely that tho proposed ex tension of the water system wil be as speedily gone about. The finance com mittee has first to consider whether or not the increased water system will find enough paHronage to pay the int erest on tho debt necesary to be as sumed in order to get the system. If the water department can not be made to pay for itself it is not likely that the city wil go tin; full limit of the $80,000 bond issue at this time. It is quite likely that the hint liitng to be attempted will be the rejuvena tion of the water service system in tho ity. The poor condition of tho service in certain parts of the city is thought to be responsible for a fulling oir in the number of city water patrons which is beginning to make itself felt. For this reason it is likely that the distribution system in the city will he the first thing attendid lo and an t.'fi"oit will be made to Mill a bond is sue of $ 10,000 to accomplish this pur pose. Presbytery Meeting A call meeting of the Prenbytcry wuh held in the local Pruiliytoiinn rhurch hint week Tuonday afternoon nnd evening. The meeting wnw culled for the apportionment of the homo I At prosont 11 vn of the uiuji aid tompo niissfon fund. Those prosut wr Ihsjinry and Ihrwo only nro iogulnr. llovs. J. H. Ktubbb.lluld of Miirsliflslii, V. U. Khlinlan of North Bond, J. K. Financial Report Of Bandon School District The following Is tile report or too Bandon school district as reported at the last annual meeting: Casli at beginning of year ? 52.01 District tax, 10i,2t;.5t) County tax (i(!50.8r State tax 1707.55 Tuition 1100. S50 desks sold, 1350. Total 18702.115 ?1 002:1.75 Teachers' wages, Fuel and supplies, 1550.80 New school house and site, . KVJO.il'J Interest on Bonds, l!Hi:t.-ll Total ? 1 75 18.45 Cash on Hand ?121!!.!)S Acres of school land, 20 Est. value grounds & bldgs. ?00000.00 School furniture, etc 2500.00 Insurance on property, .... -12000.00 Average salary male teachers 10(5.00 Average salary female teachcrR$(7.00 Bonded indebtedness 17500.00 Time warrants 1S025.00 Common warrants K'OHi.OI No. children, of school age in dist. 01.'! Teachers, 1 male, 19 female, total 2.5 No. library books 1 150 The Judge Is a Cheerful Prevaricator Will Reel OlT a Few Thursday Night to Promote Beach Walk The date for the commercial club play which has been in preparation for some time past lias been positively set for Thursday, July 1st at the Grand Thu play which was at one time considered under the title of "Tho Rural Judge" is advertised under the caption of "A Cheerful Liar" nnd both titles are eloquently descriptive. When you consider a rural judge who is an amiable fabricator, you get nil idea of a situation around which a good plot can be woven. The characters are said to bo well adapted to the actors who have as sumed their parts and a good enter tainment is assured. An aditional recommendation ia found in the object sought to be bene fited. The beach walk makes access easy to one of Bandon's greatest as sets in these breezy summer days and the maintenance of the walk is a pub lic enterprise. Tho walk has already been repaired and the money for this purpose it is expected lo realize from "A Cheerful Liar." Tlie cause is u worthy one ami ail should give it their patronage. The following is the cast of charac ters: Hastings Hussel, J. P., the cheerful liar Hoy Tlioni Randolph Dearborn, an accessory before the fact, Dr. L. P. Sorunsen "Rev." Ezra Stiggius, a gold cure practitioner Tom Laird Gen. Boomer, Chicago realty million aire I. T. Lillard Guy McGuflin, a country coni-tahlu, Everard H. Movie Flora Boomer, who has a g.iod tHe when she wants to, Mrs. L. Febhcini Birdie Swcetlove, houKokeopor al a gold cure, Dorothy Gibaon Lucretia SpriggiiiR, Hnoniur school ma'am, Minn Poarl Cralno Synopsis: Act I. Deception. Act II. Detention. Act III. Destruction. Curtain rises at 8:30. At the llfo saving station thoy nro awaiting sonio word from tho gov nriiuiont making permanent tho llrt of const guards In tho Incut survlro This ramus about Uiioujfli Uiu work lug of Uim eivil rvi and Hit. Uoiiim- mry mmmi nro jhjI m unUI tlify 1,0 lnp mmo am mmi w li ow Smmiinf ur HU4mI JifidttMntisli sjssj WWWWIsJsjjs