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'A V.t THE BAinuON RECORDER" Bandon By-the-Sea has the Prettiest Beach on the Coast VOLUME XXXI BANDON, OREGON, AUGUST 24 1915 NUMBER 33 ' . " ' i i i i 1 1 i i i i 111 " 1 . " " " ' 1 i .. - i. i i . ., , , , . . BODY OF NEFF FOUND IN LAKE Muck Hwled Curry Couny Murderer Found Te Have Taken His Own life Searched for far and near through the woods and wilds of northern Cur ry county the body of R. B. Ncflf, murderer of the late Alllo Wittmann was found floating near the spot where he had left his boat on the night of the murder. Paul Mntheny.mude the discovery sighting the body from the land. Close at hand the man's gun was fish ed up from the water. The spot was the western shore of Floras lako and the evidence indicates that after row ing across the lake, Neff disembark ed from his boat, divested himself of hat and coat, waded out into the lake for a short distance and shot himself through the heart. The wound that caused his end appeared upon the body find his hat and coat were found a mong the bushes of the bank of the lake. Whllo different posses and gangs of men, under charge of Deputy Sheriff Gent Russell and Sheriff Bulloy of Curry county had ranged the woods cearching for the murderer his body was reposing in the silent waters of the lake.. Some of the parties even ouspectcd that the murderer had camped near them, and had found his trail, etc. The truth was that they tracked ono another, and although they found many signs, tho one clow, the man's hat and coat they did not find, Tho body was found Monday morn ing at 10:30 and his burial took place this afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Den mark cemetry. According to the Coos-Curry Root nun the school troubles originated tMeugh the facv that Neff was a k$niiMnan for C. J. Walker, whom he tried to kill, that a fellow bondsman, Gao. Coburn, had left the state nnd NctY feared that Walkers affairs were not as they 'should be and he should be called upon to the liability of his bond. The following is tho text of tho note Neff left in his house. To The Public "Aug. 14, 19151 want W. A. Wood appointed as administrator of my af fairs. I have $600 in tho Bank of Ban don. I want a desant fnueral nnd a toom stono (like this) R. B. Neff, Borne 1859, Died 1915, A Victim of unfortunate circumstances." The evidence indicated that NefT had first taken poison then taken tallow ns an antidote tho tnken to the boat in un attempt to escape, again lost his courage r.nd killed himself. The funeral of Allies Wittmann was held laRt week Mondr.y nnd was large ly attended with burial in the Den mark cemetery. lie was born in Humbolt county in 1885 and came to Curry county with his parents in 1895. Besides her regular load of lumber tho Elizabeth took out a consignment of butter of local production, several tons of wool and a score or more of bales of moss far Frisco green houses. The Last Service The annual conferenc of tho M. K. church, South meets at Roseburg, Sept. 9th and tho meeting next Sun day evening will be the last one in the conference year. Sunday school at 10, A. M. Preach ing at 11 and8 P. M. Epworth League ut 7, P. M. Tho men of the church are specially invited to attend the closing service next Sunduy evening and ure promis ed kindly and courteous treatment. W .11. SMITH, PuBtor V ft "'I (i) ff) (i) 0 ) (?) 51 STANDING OF TI1K CON 0 TKSTAN'I'S 0 i Ulntu'hu Cuthheit ill til iu Mia, I'. II. Funbonder . A'ifiM to lAioim Fullerton UVMTJt to Dorothy UngloU tOriil to Oltlllt- Iiwln 1005 to A Mi Mum SI 8080 Mlniiii) MiCunly MO to Vlulni Mooiti f0 e lUtU Mur M) tf Amy WJiuLur fiP8 id Hu-iiu humiu, ....... um j:i.iwi m 01 I 0. to Plenty of Diversions Living in the vicinity of the govern ment quarry is not at all a humdrum cxistance these days. The rock blasts occasionally or rather frequently en- counted material adapted to purposes of bombardment. When the blasts come the people living near run out doors for they say it is easier to dodge the projectiles in the open than if as they might do they come through tho roof of the house. Small stones are thrown considerable distances and at times there is much accompanying gas and smoke. One day last week W. F. Beck, a government employee was struck by a rock and injured. He started to run with the explosion of the blast but tripped and fell. A reck weighing four or five hundred pounds rolled onto him. He was brought to the Emergency hospital. Fire Destroys Fox Home Overturned Lamp Starts Blaze at 3 O'Clock Sunday Morning. Many Valuable Cukios Lost in Ruins The residence of J. E. Fox, just off the south end of Jackson avenue was burned early Sunday morning. At the time of the accident the .only oc cupants of the house were Miss Eliza beth Fox and Mrs. Robert Fox and baby. Miss Elizabeth arose at about three o'clock in the morning nnd light ing a lamp started for the kitchen of tho house. On her way she tripped over a small chair and the lamp fell and broke. Flames communicated themselves to the lace curtains in tho windows nnd to clothes in a nearly closet. As well ns they could the women folks gave the alarm but being so far distant from other houses re sponse was not immediate. Tho nearest city hydrant was two blocks away. Nothing could stay the flames and only a little was saved from the building. By the applicant of water from pails the woodshed nnd chicken house were saved. At the time of tho fire J. E. Fox, owner of the building was at Port Orford with Robert Fox, taking some pictures and did not return until the next day. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fox are from California but have been staying here from the summer. A number of valuable articles went with the building. Among them was a collection of ivory from Alaska, gathered by J. E. Fox when in that country. This consisted of numerous articles, animals, men by the hundred varved from walrus tusks. Tho col lection was valued at $1,000. A huge painting of Mrs. Fox's mother, vnlu ed at $300 was also lost. Mr. Fox had a fine collection of agates lost in the ruins. The agate, though hard yill not stand fire and the blackest of them turns to n white, chalky substance. Two nnd three weeks ago tho water at the bar was smooth and tractable but since that time it has been trying I to make up for lost time, a cross wind has created a heavy sea and several boats have been held up for short in tervals because of bar conditions. Fri day the Brooklyn laid outside and the iuk iiiiij;iiii ni'iii uiu 111 uiu evening to bring her in. Just ns the tug was j well outside tho fog which had been . gathering eume in in earnest closing tne circle 01 observation to narrow limits. The fog horn at tho light house had inopportunely gone wrong nnd a whistle was brought into piny as a substitute. Tho tug was still out side and Guardr.mnn Jameson with a hand bell on the far end of the south side jetty to make what noise lie could to help tho boats outside keep their bearings. Jns. Walstrom also brought out a shot gun in the hope that its re peated dischargo u-mld bo of service. The shots of the gun served to cull people from tho city who thought a wreck must bo tho occasion thereof. But Uiu fog lift d; coon lecsoniiig the cnuso of alarm. Both tho Brooklyn and the tug remained oi the outside all night and camo in with tho Satur day morning tide. Hum Kchunmtu got lilt murk mm n'a ' on u iMNir on bin claim north of till dily hut Friduy mid pulling th trltfrr hiouidit bruin l llm ilimt. Tlii) Imur, ii I I'D Hi liliu'k unit, wu pin. jmiml for tulilbllluii ju'ot und LuyuKhl Ut im und jiJuimI Id Uiu Oily iJljJN wlum MwiLltty U van wrml l Uit riwik tDJ mtl jaliilii AGATE CARNIVAL ATTRACTS MANY Bioger Hermann Makes Address. Curry County Wrestlers Win All Events Bigger and better than ever is the verdict to the Port Orford carnival, held last week Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The largest attendance of nny day was Thursday, the first day when something like two thousand people visited the Curry County town. The oration delivered by the Hon. Binger Hermann was tho central at traction on that date and many of the old timers who had known and sup ported the congressman in the days of his political ascendency assembled to hear him and grasp his hand. Mr. Hermann was the best friend the coast country of southwestern Oregon ever had in the national capital and particularly he always had a friendly feeling for Port Orford. The senti ment was reciprocated and party linos wore lost sight of in tho support of Hermann. In the nature of things, Mr. Her mann's address of Thuisdny was largely reminiscent, detailing experi ences when the country was new and of the incidents of pioneer life. In the program of sports at the car nival, wrestling had n prominent part and Curry county fairly radiated in the results. On three succeeding days the champions of that county went up up against the representatives of the outside world and on all three occasi ons the Curry county men triumphed. Perhaps the best contest of nil from the viewpoint of the spectator, took pin co Thursdny between Smiling Dutch of this city and Geo? Sutton of Port Orford. The match was even nnd well contested. Although Sutton outweighed his opponent, 180 to 140, his opponent had the advantage of professional experience, training and jtvill. The match was a pretty one, showing the possibilities of physical development in the defensive and of fensive but in the end the weight of Sutton told and he threw his opponent twice in succession, the first time 42 iiii- utes nnd the second in 18 minutes. The match on Friday, the second day between M. G. Lutsey the Lang lois butter maker and rancher and Eddie O'Connell of Portland had at tracted considerable advance atten tion. Tho two had had n match at Port Orford on the Fourth in which O'Connell won nnd now Lutsey was was making nn attempt to redeem his laurels. Much interest was manifest ed in the outcome of the event but the fact that Lutsey was suffering with a game knee served to deter his support ers from backing him as they would otherwise hnve done. Lut soy's knee was his undoing in the firr.t fall and the fall went toO' Connell. The second fall went to Lutsey in short order. He secured a half body scissors and head chancery on his opponent and forced his should ers on tho mat. On tho third nnd crit ical bout, bcth men were careful and tried for the defensive. O'Connell however did most of the work but Lutsey was too strong for him and se cured tho fall in 15 minutes. With the record of Friday and in the belief that he had come back Cur ry county rallied enthusiastically to the support of Lutsey on Saturday. In his match with Rentrop he 'had plen ty of backers and money moved in nil directions. Rentrop "The middle weight champion of Europe" in his: short stay in this country has develop ed quite a following and there was no lack of backing in his behalf. When tho match opened it was evi dent that each man had determined to win. They roughed it nnd the contest was more like a slugging than a wrestling match. In their vurious tumbles they found tho eutiro hall was none too big, The end came npeed!ly. Hontiop got u body hold on Lutmy and tried to throw him over his head But l.utuey bout him too It, strulght md up uml limteud of allowing him- ni'lf In bi IoiwimI, threw Itentrop overi HI litnildnr uml the two landing valid' ly 1111 til limul ut thu Kuioja'aii ilium I'loii, Uml wothy u pinki'd up mi' ttjwurimj uihI It wu ovru hour hu, for hii lriiK)il Iihi. I.uuuy wut HMUH lH!!ir, GiiSlteil WiJjmj uiwl ill lulu Utf puis by fiituliw is lK ijiJy cap. with Lutsey. Dutch, and O'Con nell and to throw the throe in an hour, but I.utsey'8 game knee served to pre vent acceptance to this challenge. Wilson won in the running race be tween the profcsional wrestlers and also in n . race, in which the athletes ran upon their, hands. A tug of wai was proposed between the wrestlers nnd any opposition but no one would jf enter the opposition lists. A scow was presented for water sports but as it was not padded no candidates could be secured for the inevitable ducking". Tent City By Sea Side Adventists In Annual Gathering. El ders From' Walla Walla, Are Here Something like twenty tents are pitched on the hill alongside Ocean drive with the big tent as the center of attraction. These are peopled with Seventh Day Adventists from all sec tions of Coos county come to attend the annual camp meeting. The daily sessions with n program as announced below began Monday morning. Elders C. W. Flaiz and A. A. Burman of Walla Walla, Wash, ar rived in time to take part in yester- days session. The two weeks special meetings ns held by Messrs Bunch and Lingenfel der closed Sunday evening with a strong address by Mr. Bunch. The ses sions arc well attended and those in charge express satisfaction with the success of the meetings as so far held. ' Wednesday night the topic is "The plan of Salvation as Presented in the Earthly Sanctunry and its Ser vices" by Elder F. S. Bunch, Bible In structor of Walla Walla College. Thursday: "The Christian Sab it bath". Friday: "The United States as -porotold in Prophecy". 'following is the order of the daily program. Morning . .. Devotional Service v 6:00 Children's Meeting 8:00 Bible Study 9:00 Preaching 10:30 Afternoon Preaching 2:30 Young People's Meeting 5:00 Song Service 7:40 Preaching , 8:00 Special attention is given to the musical part of the program. Ar rangements for the meeting were made by the local pastor, C. L. Ling onfelter nnd T. G. Bunch of Roseburg, president of the Southern Oregon con ference who will have charge of the meeting. The meaning of the present war, the Eastern Question, "the United States in Prophecy, tho Signs of Christ's soon coming and many other import ant subjects will be discussed from the word of God. A cordial invitation to tho people of Bandon to attend any or all of these services is extended. Stones Fly At Quarry A blast at the quarry last Saturday afternoon raised a 500 pound stono which in its fall camo through the roof that covers the hoisting engine to the south of the cut. The stone hit the boiler of the engine and made a huge dent in it which indicates the force of the moving stone, since the boiler is not, made of tin. However an accident of this kind does not dis turb the political economy of the work nt tho quarry which went forward as usual. On a recent occasion n large stone was sent down in the re gion of the Queen Ann cottago. Captain Wiren of the Bandon light house was tho purchaser this week of Hip hriUMA nu-niil v VMir Anilitflrm on Elmira St. The hame consists of a ; house and two lots and the considera tion is not made known. It is re ported that Mr. Anderson will go to prospect conniliniiR 011 too niimmw. j Mln Kllzfiht'tli Hodgi'm Munied with the but Kllxuhetli from Iht kiiiii- , mr In lleikulity wlur ln vUltfd lln fulr und utttmdi'il NUiimu'r tudiool. On Iht I ilp up lui wuH ii(tiii)iiiianli( by two fritniiU, MIm MurKnrt'1 M(!uuk land und Mlw lillu lluriiliiiin, Imlli tit WulJu Wullu, W'ualjIuKlflil, JI flr, vmk's jtuiijji on Hip bluff by Llu tmn lk'' ikjMiJ lor Jlitilr a-MjjMB Mm Back From the Fair Captain Robert Johnson and family party returned from their trip to San Francisco Saturday afternoon having been gone just thirtyone days. They were n little over five days each way on the trip up and down to the bnyl city and everything went smoothly enroute. Tha Dodge auto gave a good account of itself on the whole distance taking the bumps and jars and grades without puncture or injury of any kind, except for n capcover to the hub of one wheel which came loose and dropped off on the way home. The Johnsons rented apartments near tho fair ground and saw the sights thoroughly. The trouble the captain experienced in seeing the fair was to keep his judgement revised nnd up to the minute and to accumu late a stock of superlatives with which to describe the sights. The Swedish cutlery exhibir struck him ns the fin est thing he over saw until he saw the Manchester cutlery exhibit, and with the Canadian exhibit, tho French ex hibit, the California exhibit and the Oregon exhibit and the rest of them it was merely a case of forgetting in the last seen that there had been anything else to compare with it on display. On the way up the party stopped to see the agate carnival at Port Orford. They had a very enjoyable trip. Good Ship Sir Francis Here Hold Navigator in 31 foot Boat at the Beginning of A Long Voyage Captain Thomas Drake of the good ship Sir Francis, 34 feet long, with a 10 foot beam, drawing 3 feet of water and 5 tons burden sailed into Bandon harbor Tuesday morning nnd tied up at the dock east of the Bandon creamery. When seen by a Recorder represen tative this afternoon Captain Drake announced his destination as Nova Scotia. He was born in England and reared a sailor from boyhood. Now having 'obtained a co'mpctcuco he- is spending his leisure on a pleasure voyage. He had never lived in Nova Scotia, but that provinco makes a han dy destination. He will go by way of tho Panama canal, the Gulf of Mexico, the Missis sippi and Illinois rivers, the Drainage canal and the Great Lakes to his desti nation and expects to complete the journey iir-two years. Mindful of the great mariner whose name is combined in that of his own nnd that of his boat Captain Drake will stop at Drake's bay north of San Francisco where the explorer is said to hnve wintered when he circumnavi gated the globe with the Golden Hind. When asked how his boat got its name Captain Drake said it was christened by some sentimental stranger who finding that the owner's name was Drake thought it appropri ate that the boat should be Sir Fran cis. Captain Drake took a picnic party out for a sail from Marshfield Sunday and expects to make a little money in a similar way at other points along the route. The captain built his own boat which carried two masts and 1100 fe.et of sail. He expects to sail most of the way but is equipped with a gas oline engine for use should occasion demand. Saturday of this week the Recorders Free Trip contest draws to a close nnd the name of tho winner who is to hnve the $50 for a vr.cation trip will bo an nounced next week. A little analysis cf the figures of the combined vote will be of intoresat The prospect is that the combined a mount of money represented in the contest is over $35,000 nnd when it is considered that this sum is only a por tion of the business by the firms inter ested it will be seen that there is still some money In Bandon. The following is the piiKsenger list of tho Elizubeth which left the Bandon harbor last Saturday night: Minn II. 0. Abbott, Mik. J. II. Abbott, Mr. mid Mm. H. T. Wolvertoii, Minx Kiiruli Wolvcrtnii, llmiry Kolvln, (Srovur Unw orn, Mm. M- () HuwkiiiH, Mm. A. Hiibeily, Mm. I.. M MeAIIUtr, Mn (iriiro Hull, Mm I'mil H. Coku, Mm. iu Kulon und I'lilld, A. Hkhihi, Vlr llimi.ir, Karl VVIIU, W. II. Umm, I W. Utlnr, , J, wkIi. J- l' MumiJit. , i, C. OuUid 15. I'. WWW, A CHATAUQUA FOR NEXT SUMMER Representive Of Big Event Seeks To Interest Prospective Patrons InJIhis City The long cherished project of a Chntauqua for Bandon has been reviv ed and this week, agents of n widely known institution are seeking to inter est people of tho city in this project. Miss Janet Young of the 1913 class of the University of Oregon is in the city as a representative of this under taking. The aim is to get this insti tution started in three different cities of Coos county and Miss Marjory Cowan also of the same class of the university is seeking to interest the public spirited people of Marshfield. The other city in which they aim to have the Chntauqua placed is' Myrtle Point or Coquillo. In order to make tho Chntauqua a success it is necessary to have thirty public spirited citizens of the city gunrantee the sale of 500 full course tickets at $2.50 for the course. In her quest in Bandon Miss Young has so far met with fair success anil it ap pears quite likely that the Chntnuqui will be held next year. Tho coming of the Chntauqua is one of the things made possible by tho coining of the railroad to this section r.s it would not be practicable to get the entertainers in and out of the dis trict ns it is at present. Ellison and White are the promoters with offico.i in Portland and Boise, Idaho. They are the largest operators in this line in the west and cover the five states of Oregon.Wnshington, California, Idaho and Montana. They work in towns of 1,000 and over including such towns as Fresno, Seattle, Spokane and others. Their course lasts a week nnd the topics are divided in three classes; Entertainments, Lectures and Musical Programs, during tJ.? past.yeuivtlicy had such attractions as Dr. Ilillis of Brooklyn, Col. Bain of Kentucky, Nel son Darling, Lumberman of Oklahoma J. P. MacCorry, Mrs. A. C. Zchner the Swjss Alpine Yodlers, the Schumann Quintette, the Gulotta Trio, Saxon Singers, Ciricillo Band nnd others. During the week of tho Chntauqua the program includes features, morn ings afternoons and evenings, end Bandon would make an especially good place for such a gathering as the custom in many places is for psople to come and camp and enjoy nn outing while attending the lectures. Tho se curing of the Chntauqua will indicate the dawning of a new day for Bandon when its attractions as a seaside re sort come to be recognized. Fog Horn Is Fixed .Musical Instrutm-nl at- Light House Once More Ready for Duty The familiar boom of the fog horn is heard once more at tho light house and the machinery which operated the' noise maker is once more in work ing order. There are two engines for this work und inopportunely both gave out at the same time. Last Friday evening, confronted with ono of the densest fogs that ever visited this coast the small government engine was run to the seaward end of the track, filled with fuel ami its whistle used ns a substitute for the fog horn. The engines which operate the horn are two in number and uso kerosene for power without tho use of torch or electric spark. Once heated they work automatically and are the only engines of the kind in this vicinity. Their cylinder heads became corroded with the gusscH of combustion and had to bo re-bored hut they are now ro paiied and in working order again, When the light house is moved to thin side of the river in the house tho plmiH for which ure now being drawn, all the equipment will Im mnv. Hut tho mumbling kihII nf the building will bo left ntuiidliitf, Thu irovorniimiitwlll llltuly mlvarUna tlin ilwulllni? lined In wiiwimitlon wMi (Iih llylil liouoti for wile Id Uiu IOW04I Mildur. A. W, UujiuiUit wlm lis mUm tor Mtllmio hi IWh u, to Im tk b mm la M