THE BANDON RECORDER
Bandon By-the-Sea has the Prettiest Beach on the Coast
VOLUME XXXI
BANDON, OREGON, DECEMBER 7, 1915
NUMBER 48
BROUGHT RELIEF
TO THE EXPLORER
Ruby Sailed In Arctic Seas With Supplies
For Stefanson. Arctic Season Short
After a five day's wait outBidc the
l?ood ship Kuliy found the conditions
light for an entrance Wednesday
morning and passed on up to Prosper
for her cargo of lumber. Captain S.
l- Cottle is comtnnnder of the Ruby
and she is owned by Shields & Knaf
(lich, 17 Coleman wharf, Seattle. Tho
Ruby under Captain Cottla has been
recently in the Alaska trade and in
the wanner months of the year has
gone to the ports of the Hudson's Hay
company on the north shore of Canada
To reach these ports the Kuby had to
pass around Cape Harrow on the north
mint of Alaska and continue to the
British possessions. This is through
.ens covered with ice and the only
navigable channel is a narrow paa
,age between the ice and the shore
vhero thf boat that traverses thereon
literally shoves its way along over
tho mud. Recontly, tho Arctic trade
has not been profitable. The European
war had knocked tho bottom out of
fur market and so many substitutes
have been found for whalebone that
that article no longer yields a profit
to the hunter.
Hcrshcl and Bailey islands were the
ports reached by tho Kuby and they
ran only bo reached from tho outside
world by water for from four to six
weeks in the summer time. The Canad
ian coast is navigable for a longer
time than that but Point Harrow has
a censon that is very short.
Heforo he was master of the Kuby
( aplain Cottlo was master of the Bel
v doru; and before he handled the Bel
vtdero ho was owner a ml master of
t'io Karl uk. The Knrltik was sold by
him to Stcfansson the explorer and
us used by him in his explorations
i i tho ice and drifted away from the
iploring party.
When Stefanson went up for the
t Ip on which hi. was for a long time
i sported lost, Cr.pt. Cottle in the Hcl-
Idoro iecompai:ud him with supplies
He also took supples up to Stcftiussor
ihis year. When the Karluk got away
iron) the Stefansson party they pro
ici'ded to go into winter quarters
i'hey found themselves easily able to
live on the country and all tho timu
fiey were supposed to bo lost were
living in plenty, the only scarcity that
w is experienced being writing paper.
They found boar, seal, caribou and
musk ox. For two months they could
find nothing but fat for fuel and used
more tht.n 10,000 lbs of fat in this
manner since the party was in the
rorth. Stefitiisson found a new island,
to tho north of Hanks land and Canada
has already laid claim to it. Hut as
the new Island is good for little but
h icntific (lata it Is not likely that in
tci'l.ntior.al coinplic.-.tioiis will arise
over its possession.
Stefunuson says he has still another
j oar for exploration before ho will re
turn to civilization.
Although the fur trado has been
bad since the beginning of the war in
Furope the trado is beginning to pick
up considerably of late. Styles have
I 'en originated wlach are increasing
tho demand for furs in this country,
C ut in narrow strips it is used to dec
orate the edges of garments ami at
present it is fashionable to have a
f trip of fur around tho tops of mila
dy's shoes. White fox fur has doubled
i.i value rnd the prospects for the fur
t.nde for the coming year are consid
erably brighter.
If it Should Take I 'I re!
Interested paitioH dosire to call the
t Mention of tho school beard to the
ild school hoiiKO on the height of West
Second street. The building is easy
of ncecMH and is 11 general rendezvous
With the wind in Hie right direction
'i fire In this building would bo apt to
take a slue of the town with it. The
building should be looked after.
Tin1 (iriii'o Dollar wh uKpodwl In
Unlay and mi nut up and lu'd out
c for a wlillu. Hut growlug llrwl
of waiting she mummI nil for a Iwid
o,. i of m I'uot Sound jmiU.
J tin Im ii mm) a Imi! will i Utii Iwf
John Barrows Meets
Death By Falling Tree
This eveni -g the report comes that
John Harrows was accido tly killed
in the wcods at Two Mile. According
to tho report ho wr.s working in the
woods when a fr.lliag tree, taking an
unexpected turn struck himrnd killed
him. A prompt cr.ll was Ei.nt in for
the undertaker and coroner and they
immediately responded. Mr. Harrows
lived in Ki.st Handon and leaves a
widow who Ir.s the sympr.thy of all
in her nlll'ction.
Bandon Has Clear Lead
In School Census.
District Clerk Knight has completed
the school census nnd finds a decrease
within the precincts of the district
during tho past year of ninety live
pupils. The census rdso discloses the
fact that in the matter of the number
of pupils Handon leads the county by
a comfortable margin. Here arc the
figures as wo have them.
1011 1915 loss
Handon OfiO 8(!5 95
Marshlield 081 781 200
North Hond, .... S-.VJ 053 18(!
Myrtle Point -10() H55 45
The newspapers of Coquille arc dis
crete about the exact figures but ad
mit that the loss of pupils in that city
during the past year is about 100.
The members of the B.ndon Wom
en's Kclief Corps met at their hall on
the last Friday in December and elect
ed the following officers: President,
Mrs. Alva Miller; Senior Vice, Mrs.
Ed Sumner; Junior Vice. Mrs. Ada
Still; Chaplin, Mrs. Shannon; Treas.,
Mrs. C. M. Spencer, Conductor, Mrs.
Fanny Hufi"ord; Guard, Mrs. Anki
Nelson; Appointive officers will be
elected at the next meeting.
Handon Grange, 308 entertained at
dinner Saturday noon and had tables,
filled with chicken, salad, cake, pie,
honey, and a dozen other things to
ticklo tho palate. All for 25 cts. And
there was a largo turnout to take ad
advantage of the lurgain. the net
proceeds of lha dinner were a little
under .$20. $10.85 to bo exact and the
Grange takes this opportunity to re
turn a vote of thanks to the public
for patronage.
At their meeting Saturday, Decem
ber -lt.lt Handon grange elected the fol
lowing olllcers:
Clara Canterbury, Master,
Mattie J. Zeek, Overseer,
Mabel Jarman, lecturer,
C. G. Fahy, Treasurer,
C. D. Jarmnn, Secretary,
Pauline Hunt, Chaplin,
Thos. Razor, Steward,
Ilattie Razor, Asst. Steward,
I'aloma Randleman, Iidy Asst
Steward,
Polly Randleman, Ceres,
Mime Hunt, Flora,
Dora Hanly, Pomona,
E. M. Raiidlcmaii, Gate Keeper,
C. H. Zeek, Deputy of State Grange
for Coos County.
Miss Henry, librarian, made a spe
cial etrort last week to display child
ren's litornturc. Slio had a small
atnirw.iy, trimmed in yellow in imi
tation of a golden stalrciife on which
as in proportionate steps for tho in
creasing ages she had suitable books.
Another shelf contained a selection of
other good juveniles and served to
show how many good books there are
for children in the city library.
Dr. H. I.. Houston and family re
turned on the Hrooklyn last week
from San Francisco, They report a
most pleasant trip hut would have re
turned Mooner had the steamers been
tore freipient. However Dr. Houston
improved his time by taking special
uoik in '.he hospitals of Sail Francis
coin tho Southorn Pacific and tho
St Frauds acquainting himself with
the lutwt discoveries and method in
surgmy.
Acting of a high chiiniclur wn,( what
tlwy saw who ultemlml tliv perform
A u' uf Um I'rimsM Itoiimiioir at Iho
(In imI UitU I'lldny night. The peculiar
lliiof ihn Ituuiiuii (uiiipnrtiimint guvu
K mm O'Kvil apUtMjiil nxldw fur
Im- i-muiUrtuU wwm ami ulluir pluy.
W9 wi thf wm wtmlUiuiy wull
jridkud tt UwU jmmllir (dm- 'Jliu
tmutm, lm imiutilBi) win wU
nkhuI iy it Jwrp upwd,
HIGH TIDES
SCOUR BAR
High Tides And River Flood Come To
gether And Aid In Common Task
One of the highest tides of the year
swept into the river yesterday. It met
flood conditions in the upper river and
tho combination gave the dwellers a
long the river the highest water they
have had for some time. Many logs
came out of the tributary crcks nnd
debris in general floated away on the
bosom of the flood.
There has been a big current in the
river since Saturday so swift at times
that tho buoy near the harbor ent
rance was pulled under water with the
current.
The buoy nearer town pulled away
and moved over to the north jetty.
Some cf the building backing on the
water front had their supports
threatened and a small building on the
Gallier dock fell over and let a num
ber of hop poles into the water.
The water at Bullards came within
a foot and a half of tho top of the
wharf but did no damage.
Old Friendsllnder New Names
The oxigencics of tho wrestling
game in Portland require some start
ling changes not only in form but in
the names of tho athletes. For in
stance here is our old friend, "Smiling
Dutch" with his picture in the Port
land papers under the name of Santell
engaged in a championship contest
with Eddie O'Connell. The exploits
of Jim Wilson, known in Portland as
Jim Londos are also spoken of in the
following taken from the Evening Te
legram. Eddie O'Connell .".dded another scalp
to his belt last night at the Rose City
'lub smoker, when ho throw Young
Santell in two straight falls. Santell
iroved a formidable opponent, and
O'Connell worked carefully with him
in the fust bout but finally clumped
a half nelson on him in 25 minutes,
11 Ms seconds. Tho second one came
orsier, as lie secured the came hold
ind pinned Santell's shoulders to the
mat in 11 minutes 42 seconds.
O'Connell had the upper hold the
greater r.rl of tho time but Santell
had enough skill to make the match
an interesting one. After ho had been
defeated, Sa.itcll acted tiie part of
the sportsman and addressed the
crowd, stating that O'Connell could
throw any man of his weight in the
world. Fred T. Merrill, manager of
the Rose City club, was also impress
ed and voiced the same sentiments.
Jim Londos, the Greek light heavy
weight, showed his prowess when he
tackled four huskies, agreeing to
throw each in 15 minutes or forfeit
$50. Nick Spollos lasted one minute;
Zenloss went down in 8 Mi minutes; C.
S. Howard quit after five minutcs,ll
seconds, and Jack Root on whom Lon
dos had fastened a dangerous ham
merlock, gavo up after eight minutes
and -10 seconds.
Tho bill presented at the Grand last
Wednesday night was an unusually
good one. "Help Wnnted" wr.s espe
cially notable for the characters in
the cast. The story itself had that re
deeming trait that it ended well hut its
theme was helped out immensely by
the actors who impersonated the parts
The elderly confidential clerk might
havo stepped out from the pages of
Dickens, the heroine who essayed to
get rich as a stenographer and who
made up for her lack of ability by con
fusion and tears, was most prettily
done; the boys who fight pillow
fights and romped together were of
the genuine variety. The comedy
skit of the evening, was also good, a
city enthusiast for the country who
when ho was told to water tho horse
took a Nprinkllug can and poured the
water on the horse's hack ami who ut
Icmptud to milk it row by cutting u
! pull under tho row ami working lir
(nil tin ii pump bundle, wan very good.
Tim. Andsrson bus purled with fhu
pi(ipiMrhlp of Ihu AiulornQii ivg.
Unmml mil) lliu Mine I now In rlmrKv
hir. I't'tiL (itnmy f Myrilu J'oint.
Mr. Aii'hrm) l!JI conduiU hit ouin.
It! m
UNCOVERING OF
A CONSPIRACY?
Does The Writer Of Note Plan Villiany or
Obscwe Business Enterprise
We (frankly acknowledge that the
following dated at Grants' Pass and
directed to the Recorder, is too much
for us. We have studied it through
carefully and have made n serious ef
fort to understand what the writer is
driving at but without success. We
are fain tharcfore to classify it as
some sort of code communication or
cypher corrospoi donco; but just what
who can tell?
Thevaddress, Recorder was quali
fied as Democratic newspaper. So pos
sibly this is a politician seeking the
jrnitorship of tho state insnne asylum
If so, we decline to recommend him.
Possibly he is in tho pay of the Kaiser
and wants to r.iico an insurrection in
our fair land. If so let him hsurrect.
Perhaps but why perhaps? Read it
and form your own conclusions.
Editor Recorder:
Dear sir lam talking on Feriegn
Lands and would like to Have you
Print this if you have no Herd feeling
Against Cannibal from the Heathen
Lands as Hnyti West Indies Islands, I
hope that you will Notice Just few
things about these Few things I write
unto you, sir. Do See Now come an
other bell In shape of Drums Togather
witli a pep Peep S hows, Views of
this Kinds of Syercoscopcs have all
manners of Interesting Things, and
again the Japanese will have dig
down in thier yeans or kinnimos or
run into the houses and see Mothers
to get the Necearrics extra yens. Then
theystand in arow Before the lens
will -JoQk a cent or nicklc wotworth ac
cording, to this Piples, Colg Repairs'
comes along and drone thier called and
nnothor advertising bands come by
with thier flutes andsamais Towr.rd
Night Another Canday Man shows up
In Swallow Tail Coat, of Bright Red
Ho has Megophone and saisy Rein or
Shine My Candy is Fine, Hawkers of
Maccaronia stew for dinner r.re now
heard, and The Chinses Chop suey
Mnn sound a melancholy Pope Like
the drone of A scotch Bagpie, Hop
ing that you may see this is smo of the
things that donot come into your
Hooks that you have in your schools,
and no Directors of Parents should
object to hear a man who travel and
was born in orther Country, than U.
S. A.
Hope you Over look this Papar, sur
ry, Yours Thankfull
Dr. D. J. H. A. Z. SWackhanncr,
Haytian Cannibal Heatehn.
Sprinkling The Coals
J. Ira Sidwcli is wearing smoked
glasses as the result of a email colis
sion at his Pacific rooming house last
Saturday evening. A man from one of
the logging camps applied to Sid for
lodgings and tho latter took the pros
pective customer upstairs to show him
a vacant room. The prospect being
wet as a marine landscape, Sid finally
decided that he did not have rooms to
rent and by way of a finality turned
out the lights and commanded a de
scent. The logger grew quarrelsome
and Mr. Sidwcli went after him, ham
mer and tongs. Despite a couple of
bruised eyes he was so successful thut
when Officer Cessna mado his appear
ance he had to pull Mr. Sidwcli off
from the man who n short time before
announced his ability to clean out the
house.
Tho officer took his prisoner up to
the Rastilc and when the matter of
bonds came up Mr. Sidwcli gave bail.
When the time came for the hear
ing Monday mprning the man did not
put in an appearance. The matter 1b
being hold over but if tho logger falls
to show up, Mr, Sldwell anounces his
willingness to make good to tho extent
of the bonds ha signed.
Mrs, Murgurct Kennedy and Mrs,
J. A. Kennedy returned from their
trip to Hun IVunrUro ami the fulr on
the Hiooklyi lust wiik uiuJ report a
most oiijoyuhlu visit in lh Huy City.
With fliem return") m'phuw i( Urn
(unw, Viunh (Joldun of Ji4irfcly nl
It is i t"l Ihwy will imkv it lust
t'lfori In smut!) tb will j( (h lU
Coos County Lawyers
To Meet in Bandon
The next meeting of the Coos coun
ty bar association will bo hold in Ban
don on December 27th which is the
Wednesday between Christmas and
New Years. A meeting of the county
bar was held in Coquille yesterday
and a committee of Bandon attorneys
consisting of Attorneys Treadgold,
Topping and Wade presented tho in
vitation to miet in Handon and it was
accepted. Th.5 committee row has the
definite arrangements in prepara
tion. A business mcctbg will be held
in the afternoon and a banquet in the
evening. Of course on the latter occas
ion thero will bj spoachmnklng and a
royal good time.
K. Fs. Call Roll
And Elect Officers
Monday evening was roll .call for
the Knights of Pythias and there was
a large turnout of members and nn
joyable time for all. Something like
05 members responded to the roll call.
Election of officers was the order of
the evening and tho following were
chosen: Victor Brouer, R. C. C; Ralyfi
Dippel, C. C; Willis Hoover, V. Q,tC.;
Zeno Gatchcll, P.; Victor Hreuer, M.
of W.; B. M. Harrington, K. of' R. &
S.; Albert Garfield, E.; J. H. Howe,
M. at A.; J. Jones, I. G.; Roy Corson,
O. G.; S. C. Johnson, Trustee for 3
years. It might bo added that B. N.
Harrington who was re-elected as the
scribe of tho organization hns held
that office in the local lodge for 17
years.
Folowing there was spcachmaking
and eating. The banquet was prepared
under the capable eyes of the commit
tee John Shields, Tom Laird aid C. F.
Pape and it was a good one. Those do
ing the talking were Victor Breucr, T.
Laird, Capt. White, Jas Mast and
numerous others. The talk by ex
Chancellor Mast was especially nota
ble. His subject was "Music, tho Voice
of God" and it was a notable effort.
There was a lorge attendance and
much interest manifested in the meet
ing. The Lumber Situation
There is considerable talk afloat as
to the brighter prospects for the lum
ber trade. It w.".s reported last week
that the Dollars had the boom filled
with logs and were scaling them pre
paratory to sawing, but inquiries fail
ed to find any positive encouragement
that the mill would put on n force of
workers.
Inquiries at the Morre mill also fail
ed to discover signs of early activity.
Geo. W. Moore is expected here
within a weak on a belated Thanks
giving visit and he may hr.ve some
thing of interest to communicate.
George Stephenson, of the Swayne
& Hoyt Company, was here from
North Bend today on business. He
says that the ship owners have ab
sorbed most of the recent advance in
lumber prices by raising the freight
charges, tho Speedwell increasing tho
price $1 per thousand feet from Coos
Bay to San Diego, which is about the
same as other companies have advanc
ed. Coos Bay Times.
A small company of Bandon people
made the trip to the county seat last
week Tuesday to bo in attendance at
the trial of tho Oregon r.vcnuo suit
which Archbishop Christio is bringing
in behalf of the local Catholic church
to nrevent the completion of tho grade
work on that thoroughfare. After the
taking of testimony tho court gave tho
attorneys ten Jays In which to file
written briefs. John I). Goss of Marsh
field represents the church and City
Attorney Treadgold is looking after
the interests of '.ho city.
Circuit court stiiited yesterday
with tho grand Jury in session, Judge
Coku is presiding hut Judge Kkipwortii
of JCugenu is uxpertad t roino nnd
tuke tlio l-'iH'li ixl wuuk.
AinoriK thosu (mm Mmdoii in ut
tsixliMim till wuk wr id ny Mor
11411, )). Ii, gtruuluil, W, VVulU, II,
ACCEPT BIDS
FOR CITY BONDS
Western Bond & Mortgage Co. of Portland
Gets Both Of Proposed Issues
Bids for the bonds to refund tho
forty thousand dollars in outstanding
warrants and to renew the water sys
tem within the city were accepted by
the council at the meeting last
Wednesday night. It was not a unan
imous move on the part of tho council.
Geo. Laird of the former city water
company was present und advised tho
council that in his opinion the system
within the city could be put in shape
to last several years for an expendi
ture of from ten to fifteen thousand
dollars.
Three of the councilmen, Johnson,
Rasmusscn and Dippel, agreed with
him but the other three, Chatburn,
Pape and Mast, thought that it would
be cheaper to do the improving now
by putting in the materinl now and
by breaking the tie vote, Mayor Top
ping agreed with tho latter.
The freeing of the money tied up in
warrants can not help but bo of ben
efit to tho community at this time.
The succssful bidder for the bonds
is the fWcstern Bond and Mortgage
Co. of Portland. For the refunding
bonds they tire to receive C per cent
and for tho water bonds 5 percent.
The trnnscrip for the water bonds
was sent ofT tod".y and it is consider
ed quite probable that the money for
tho refunding bonds will bo available
about January 1st.
Folowing the meeting of represent
ative citizens of the city at the city
hall last Tuesday night a meeting was
hold in K. P. hall Wednesday after
noon. C. F; Papo presided and talks
wore given on the subject of the occu
pation tax and city finances, general
ly by the chirman, John Nielson, Ray
McNair, D. W. Carpenter, J. Ira Sid
wcli, J. A. Byrne, W. C. Sellmor, R. II.
Rosa, A. II. Sparks, C. Y. Lowe, O. A.
Trowbridge and others. The tenor of
the speechifying was to the effect
that none were in favor of the tax but
would submit to it as gracefully as
might bo that the credit of the city
might be maintained. The following
were named as a committee to confer
with the city council: John Nielson,
chairman, J. Walstrom, F. S. Perry,
D. W. C-rpenter, J. I. Sidwcli.
Mr. Nielson, representing the com
mittee appeared before the council in
the evening and presented the views
of himself nnd associates.
However, the council was not ready
to act in the matter aind the council
committee and the citizens committee
will get together and formulate an
ordinance sometime before the meet
ing of the council next week.
Although the notion prevails that
the occupation tax is not legal or
binding Attorney Treadgold gives it
us his opinion that the tax is consti
tutional and within the powers of
the council.
Jim Wilson is attracting attention
in the sporting columns of the Port
land papers these days. He has offer
ed to give any man who will stay on
the mat with him 15 minutes $C0 and
to take them on in bunches of four
Wilson in Portland is known ns Lon
dos nnd his challenge has roused tho
sporting circles of the Northwest.
Wrestlers in Seattle and Billings,
Montana, have taken exception to the
assumption they can be hr.ndlcd in
that summary manner and are seeking
dates. It appears that Londos will be
kept busy but he is tho sort of a man
to enjoy that busy feeling.
The Mc. Nair ffarwaro Co. has a
number of tilings of interest to tho
Christmas shopper and none should
fail to read their adv. on page 2.
The Gotde-i Rule is till selling toys
at half price but the stock grows less
er.fh day. Head their udv on pngo 'I.
Hoyl'i'M frco diamonds nro i strong
nmgnut for the buyer of hol'day good
iiiui the bust of it is thut lie y.ivtn full
vuiuu tviuAvwl In uilililioii fur tliu
pundibjuir.
Hubro Jfjos, i.ru IiuvIiik signs put
in undur Diulr Jlply windows wjilnh
yUfHHivv Wi'l nuitl) to lk
flit' t) window.