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About The Bandon recorder. (Bandon, Or.) 1915-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1915)
J ( I. . . at? . THE BANDON RECORDER Itfe HHiih ODitr lisrrtlirrs mtit JJatrmts a iHrrrtt (ttlirtstmaa! VOLUME XXXI BANDON, OREGON. DECEMBER 21, 1915 NUMBER 50 FORT IS READY TO START WORK Representatives Return From Portland and Plan to Start Work January 1st Col. It. it. Rosa and Secretary J. H. Jorton of the Bandon Port Commis .lon returned from their trip to Port und and an a result of their visit it is reported that active worK on the clos ing of the gap in the soutlt jetty will begin about January ltst. The coni mir.Kion'jrs conferred with Major Pot tuithe government engineer at Port land and secured permission to use the rock in the quarry and the track and equipment which has boon in use during the government work this ummcr. This privilege it is figured, wortli from five to oigh., thousand lollnrs. The port plans to sell .$25,000 hands to carry on the work. Beginning operations, however, need not .depend on this. Tho port has some money, e ough to start and as the first work will l)o extending tho tramway and ihis is not expensive, it is figured that i'ie money from the bond issue will iio r.'u ly rbout an sooh uh it is need ed. Iocril river men rely 0:1 this pro ject to restore the deptli of channel but think tho improvement will not bo wholely satisfactory until tho north jetty is extended. Completing the jol iy is relied on to throw the channel moro and away from the. rocks on the south sido where tho deep channel has been all summer. While in Portland tho commission e ) broached the subject of the oxt?i i in of tho north jetty hut did not 4 ako formal application. They receiv c 1 assurances that if Such application w.is tnado it would bo, defied and they tLtl notH'are,toritivei'irmsinait rcfulr? a on the records, However the engineer promised to i ive a new survey of tho bar made i soon as tho weather was favorablo id at that t mc the extension of the tty w'll ho tnkcn,up. Major Potter appeared to bo Bomn hat sl;eptic:'.l as to tho need of more ork on the harbor entrance bore. Ho was told that there Was twenty lillion feet of logs within tho Coquil- vnlK-y and that it cost $1.50 a tlious id to haul them over to the water lied of tho Coos. As tho market price f tho finished product was the same o all this $1.50 would have to come rut (W the logs. Tho aggregate wta vast sum and it was worth looking .il'tcr. The commissioners told him that the majority of the people, the bulk of timber and tho greater por tion of tli assos-Kod valuation of the .unty ,va.- in the Coquille valley and ' cy I Mked It was entitled to con sideration. Basket Ball Christmas Night On C"iiistninn night tho basket ball team of tho Handon high school will tngago the team from Hiverton. The, Liter is a strong organization and will make the locals go to beat them. The llandon boys have taken brisk ex trelse ''aeli afternoon of tho week and may also rely on familiarity with Hie tloor to help them in the contest. So fur Coach (Juigley is very woll sat isfied with the progress of his hopo i ills and expects them to rundur a good (..'count of themselves. Anawji'lng a mil issued by J. I. Sid- ell an 1 Mrs. W. K. Cn.fne a number f philaiithropiu men and women of l.e city met in the city hall lnit night i ud ar.auged to reniuuibor tho Itan- on poor with baakuU of eatable for I'hristmau. rjlS () ll i) !) li) (?) ') if SO ij.W VK Al.l. I have iihsayH thought of Chriktmaii limo when It Imi come nnmml hk a good tint a hind f.iigiving, WmHUbh, pWaMint lime, I lui only tim 1 kiww of, in tlu long mtwular uf tho ymr. Mllfll IIHII HWl WMIIM mw ly ii.it l umtwiit ti ohi Utii' a)il i-p It. mi t find) And tlwraAirp. ' il.uuiiti it hiio ituvti Mil a mtrmp ..i yulJ ur aWv. i ii ui mf irnHml, I Mi li kut i ' mm yuu4 1 I my, 'i i U'h it 1 ' l'UUl I X Mil kKKK Passing of a Pioneer Mother Mrs. Edward Fahy, Sr., one of the pioneer residents of the Coquille val ley was laid to her last rest in this cityjthls forenoon. Funeral services in her behalf wore held in the Catholic church at"10:no and the services were largely attended. Her death was duo to a cold con tracted two or three months ago com plicated with the infirmities of old age. Hor death occurred last Saturday night- Mrv. Fr.hy's maiden name was Sar ah Sponkiemer und she was horn at Hess Humbnst, Prussia, April 111, 18H5. She came to America in 1851 and lived for a couple of years in New York. In 1858 with a party of friends and relatives she started for the western land of gold, coming by way of Panama. After a short residence in Californ ia she cume to Oregon, lauding in Port Orford. She was married in ISliO and -with her husband settled down on a homestead a short distance north east of Dullards on which she spout the remainder of her days. She was the mother of nine children eight of which arc living. Her hus band died several years ago. Tho eight surviving children are: Klorinila, Mary, K. Mrs. A II Brown, Edward W Iwidoro P., Silas W., Francis J.. Charles G. Mrs. Capt. Oscar Gruggel died ahout 1S87. She has a sister, Aim. Dormer, liv ing in Sacramento. Another sister died in San Francisco some ' years (ago, Injured by Falling Tree A man named Ci.urlc- Landis wiia. injured in Anderson's tie camp one I aUl be no other conclusion. He de day last week. He was hit by a follodj however that tho small atrip of tree, the blow strikinir his head. Al-1 the foct of the hill at the though no bones were broken the. man j urth V3t corner of tho church pro received such injuries as made liimsl party, was on tne ground that it was delirious and hard for the " attend-1 condemned end ?400 paid, therefore, ufttSMn tho'teute'rgJncy hospital whewf ifltrin thoitfitergoncy hosiiFutl wVi5fJt'''15it ic was pluced, to' handle him. Und-'-rJor which was mr.de permanent a- s is a recent arrival in these parts, ral,ll Wel'l alul tllu c'lly cs to the re- coming originally from Michigan.He -i-mg po.tion of the disputed pro has a family of eleven small children i :ise-. dependant on him. His condition has j irjve non contested divorce been bad with small prospect' of, ru- j - were granted, one being from co very. j -nuion H e others froili up river. The 1 -lilt of-L'llie Prewett for separate The divorce case of M. V. Smith I 'uitntSanneo against David Prewett against his wife was prosenlod to the j is timbr way with about thirty wit court and taken under advisement fori esses presert, relishing rumors, gos future disposition. Mr. Smith is : ips, a.id aw multieiplieity of suspiei under bond to appear for trial at thelo..&, a..d ipferencos. .lanuary session of pointing a gun at an ollicer. A former suit for divorce) Til 12 PORT .MATTKItS by Mrs. Smith against her husband j A 8ui( wa8 LroUKht somo lilnu aK0 presented at the September term is . . .. , , ... i i i i .i . i against tho Port of lfhndon, by the A singlo'bi log, , recently passing through Coquille on the long Smith Powers lodging train headoiffov Coos Kay, and all in the clear, was estimat ed by several bystanilers who saw1" ft a's being worth $'150. ' ' ' Win. .Mast started to put in more of tho cluster lights by tho Filing' son block when the city engineer halt ed proceedings on the scoru that the posts were not of the proper specifi cations. Since those points were of the typo made in a local foundiy ami wore first made oll'icial,' Mr. Mast did not mc. where the objection' lay. This mat ter will probably bo threshed out with the ro-;t of tho grist tomorrow nigh. (Jet Your Candy Here. The Domestic Science depr.itmont of the Ilandun school will give a can dy aalu in the TimnuiiiB building, for merly occupFiHl by tho Golden Itule on Thiiitulay of this week, lusting all ' day. Since no material is supplied by of Mr. Win. Sorensen, from tho Gold the school district the girls hope forllteach Globe and reprinted in another a g.MMl iwtronagiA'at this time to help! part of thia paper, is incorrect in one them in the auppliis for their work. Ed llowmun of Floras Creek who was! in town on ' ImsinesK one ily during Ui oast woek states that fUning- in Unit territory is gocd. The Ash nro viehHis so much so that i- imui ha lo hide behind a trine to bait hf hook. There will ) a apccial program ..i i In' PreJ.) tirian church it Hun li y inirui'ig with a p.ngrttm a an- nnu iced last wrrk in th Ktoiih r. ,.. It I.. Tracy hu rrinnw l tin Um fl '.H l'i 1'iiril .lint la in, hi' i ill of It. Th f k.tmi HMtttj will I laid oUtV Trawy Utat M J. frfs'ii. lllur j4tftUl'itf I t a 1 to !( My. Ii I.m Imii.) CHURCH WINS ON OREGON AVENUE Street Improvement Project, Halted For Some Time Must he Given Up Says Court Judge Cok'j called a brief session of the circuit court Monday io i u down some decisions, and also to hear some default divorce cases. The injunction Suit brought by Alexander Christie, for tho Catholic Church as plaintiff against the city of Bandon and W. II. Webb, as dofondants wna one of the cases decided. The court said in sub stance, that upon the examination of the plat which he had examined that in his pinion the evidence showed First: That there was no showing as contDnded by the city sufficient to make the land in question a public road or right of way by prescription, or usage. Second: That after a further ex amination of the plat in his opinion it was not tho intention of the church to dedicate tho strip of laud lying o.. the West sido of its property, &nd that the !':ltcrP:,Gttion of ovor' Ii,le" nlark uescripi.icn and data on sr.nl plat clearly to the court's mind indicated tiuit the dedication of the land in question by the church was not so in iui dud; and stated that tho evidence wa so strong as to satisfy him entire y u: J leave no doubts in his mind of L.ie i tlrectness of his decision.' He .-.aid i.iit l:u hud gone ino the ques tion thoiougbly, and was entirely sa- from tt.o evidoi.ee that there Southern Oregon Comp.;ny, the Mer chant I.nnd Company, Dennis McCar thy ud others, on the ground that plaintiff owned land embraced with in the bounds of said port, and which was not within the Coquille river wat-fin rshed, and they sought to enjoin the olloctiiii of taxes from their land. The po-t filed an objection to the suf ficiency of their complain', on the ground tt at they had not stated a -auso of suit, and the mutter having iieen hevooforo presented to the court A'as passed upen yesterday, by the .ourt overruling tho damurrer. The aw point" having thus bejn settled oy tho court, it appet'-s that the ro nmining ipiestion to be determined s largely one of fact, as to whothor the said land really lies in this or the Coos Hay watershed. Bill Was Not There The item coiicorniriir the sliootinir important jmrticular. Win. Soreiuun was not prenonl at the shooting. Mm. SoioatH is paddling her own canoe and luta boon 'for somo two years or mora. Tile report is hro that Mrs. Sor mmn wns wnitiiig In a rostuuriint In Kurakn.-4iiHl wnthot hy nn lulnilrur whim ah ntumM'j Iwvn the plupa. l ! il 7) in i.l ,y I., ,i if i (,) l?) ,,)() "Hy the upWmW of Ms HiwaMM And Itif hund ujmm Uta saa And lb. niuji'kly n ailMM Kiiriatf avar Oalila f fatl kf Kinirly iHtniN Aim! r MumiM laiw th kwa Ami llfl Hti Itt'iul . ud vuiio Ii 'lul kfuln. 1 1. Tltv '' t REPRESENTATIVE SCHOOL ORATORS Candidates Named to Meet Debaters From Coos Co. Schools in Preliminaries tesUuits are Harold Johnson, Helen Thornton, Hello Chatburn, Mildred Langlcy, and Dick Crain. I - Four is the usual number allowed hut the two last named of the success ful contestants were tied for honors, in the opinion of the judges. It was therefore decided to let the five stand and either Miss Langlcy or Mr. Crain will serve as an alternate. Tho list of those who tried for the honors wr.s the same as that announc ed last week with the addition of Eu gene Scolield and Dick Crain. They were to represents the juniors. All the other classes had representation and'of course the juniors would not al low themselves to be outuhone j The judges were Messrs C. Mayne Knight and Harold Quigloy and Miss Erma Craine. The contests will be hold some time in January. Each high school in the county will have a con test on the date set. Each school will havu a .negative and an nflirmitive team. The negative will talk away from home. The students will be taught to defend both the affirmative and the negative sides and locally they will not know which side they have to defend until the time of trial. Tho tryout of Friday developed the largest number of aspirants vho have ever tried for place on the local do- lwting teams. ! ;,,c ' 1 .... vv , entertaining features of k of high school was a spelling contest; the boys pitted against the girls. Tho girls won with a percentage of 78j and the boys contented themselves with 72 Good Opportunity For M. D. There i" a chance for a doctor to secure a good practice by taking the field recently made vacant by tho moving of Dr. Pemberton from Lang lois to Myrtle Point and Dr. Kobbins from Port Orford to Gold Iloach and which leaves no doctor at either of those towns. The medical schools of Portland have been questioned and it is likely that a doctor will bo forth coming in tho early spring. Hut in the mean time, the field is open, o Five Handon attorneys all there are town journeyed to Coquille yeer- day on the early boat but the Judge did not arrive until the 11:52 train, and tho short time remaining in which to transact business before tho last boat left at .'1 o'clock was all too short, with the result that F. J. Chaburn re turned and the others were compelled to remain over night returning home today. A divorce was granted by tho Cir cuit Court yesterday to Dorothy Lang lois in the suit brought by her ngainst Kay Langlois. It has become quite apparent that there will bo three aspirants for the Republican nomination for county prosecuting attorney at the coming prima -y nominating election namely I A. Liljeqvist, prose U incumbent nd i I. M. Miller, both of Mnrshfield, and n . .. ' Coos court)' representative C. R. Bar- j mil, .if in.llilln 11.. ............ I.. ........ , ' T'"- V ."" ,..l'Tu 111 IVnuliiiliitlii .. .... r...i. .....I .1... ' nw ... v wwnii'i.uij lilt; tun, .lull iiiv few appear so far to have no aspira tions along that line. The proudest person in llandon to tkty is Miiuton Treadgohl. A line bnliy daughter arrived at Ills home at U:15 yosteiday. Tho young ludy tiw the scale at 7V lbs und mother ami child are iluing nlvuly. alarahiWd rumor atiys Unit mayor, nnnracmilntniiiB f 1 I . . 1 1. I , T- . , V 4. "a,,uun U,K" law received a suggestion that he go h "h I M mB C0',tCSt .f the!nl"?- "Ut tlier said "No, S Bv in the try out at Hie high school last ycn aml , nm , , I'riday forenoon. The successful .con- ,. i,orn.. .. xL J. .1 talarl II. A. Cuiplti will appoint J, T. t UVaiul m Uy MuiHvy, mal lint 'lima y Mr, (VippU will hMm airinn r ' 4.iy th ixpurt. Sir. UnwtJ la n mm ttaralivrly iwt um.ii At MfiMAU. aiid ln'. tttmiina iHuy tritmdt iiu jIimhh. hituMif Ui r a lm4 wurfaflr Transplanting Old Timber Dr. Pemberton, formerly of Lang lois is moving this week with his fam ily to Myrtle Point, where he will take over the practice of Dr. Leslie G Johnson cf that place. Dr. Pembertoi and family passed through Handon .Monday and were accocmpanied bv Mrs. Pomberton's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Iinglois. Doc said when he first decided to move his father-in an only child and then there was : grandson . Daughter and mother be gan to consider and plan and weep the second morning, Father Frank said "Well, I'm decided to go. I'm 50- ing up town to sell out" He went to Ed Thrift and said "I am going to sell" and named his price :?,000, at 520 a month, until paid, and you have just 20 minutes in which to say yea." Hy noon ho had cleaned up and wanted to go right then without further delay. It is repored that father and mother in law packed ell tho hint night in their old home and after sel ling out all their old belongings slick and clean and giving nway what they could not sell, packed come forty or fifty boxes; tho first time in their wedded life tl.ey had ever moved their place of residence. Doc told one on himself. Ho had a small supply of drugs tho-e for his own use which he determined to dis pose of as unnecessary ii) his new lo cation. Ho said to a Bandon druggist: "I'll give certain cirugsUo you for 15c a pound." He was offered 10c Doc took it unaware that war conditions had sent the price up to about $4.00. Mr. and Mrs. Langlois have many relatives and a multitude of friends in Bandon and are well and favorably known all over Coos and Curry coun ties. Find Gold Nugget The biggest nugget of which there is any record of having been found in this section of the state was picked up recently by Chns. Curl and Clint Ainsworth on their mining claims on Houlder creek. These gentlemen arc located on tho creek about a mile and a half below whore the Port Orford-Il-laho trail crosses it. They have been working for several months opening up their claims, and it will probably be well along in the spring before they are ready to do any actual mining. In putting in a tail race they changed the channel of the creek slightly and when returning to their work in tlio morning a few square feet of lied rock had been uncovered and the big nugget was lying in plain view. It weighed a little over 12 ounces and as the gold found in that sectio runs from $10 to $20 an ounce, it is safe to say that this nugget will bring $200. It was sent to the mint, bu as yet re turns have not been received. Last spring J. R. Smith caused con siderable excitement by coming out gf tile mountains from Rock creek, about three miles from where Curl and Ainsworth are located on Houlder creek, with a nugget that brought $90 and considerable smaller gold. While the Smith property however, has been worked more or less since that time, so far as can be- learned, it has not yielded according to exceptntious. The publicity given the Smith strike caus ed many prospectors to flock to that section during the summer, and u nugget valued at $03 was picked up on Houlder creek, but which various parties made wages mining along , " , ' , i i V , , these'two strenniH, which head close together, yet the location of tho mother lode that supplies these big 11 " nuggets remains a mystery. ' Mvsers. Curl and Ainsworth are opening up about 10 acres of virgin ground that lies in u comparatively level basin along the Htreum, Nuggets have been found above und below them but the groiimU thoy are developing had not been worked been nun of the huge iiiiwnint of "dead" work necos miry to put it in nhiipn to inliiii, 'i'ho "Of' i"KKt Uiy fwuml had u snmll f quuru stlffkliig" Ut II, und Ihuy l.wvrl u IinIkh further up lh tt tim aume jwinuiuim. uim no iuw uifti limy uwy ijuyti ihuiui mu mum t aupply. . hub, t iriuuui lull WHS MARKET SHOWS STEADY GAINS Lumber Situation Grows Steadily More En couraging And Mills Plan to Begin Work It is stated on what appears to be good authority and from different sources, that the present price of fir lumber is $13.50 at San Francisco, which price is considerably iibove those p-evailing during the past two or thras years of opci.ttion here. The prospects for the early oper ation of the local mills seem encour aging. John Yoakum, receiver for the Cody Lumber Co., who is in charge of its affairs and has the custody of the logs cut by that company on the Coach tract, has received a bid for the logs pursuant to his advertisement, calling for bids. Before the court would miiko an order directing the receiver to ac cept the bid, he required that A. J. Sherwood and clients opposing the receivership, should first express themselves ns satisfied with the con ditions of the proposed sale and with the amount of the bid, which for some reason they declined to do, but in stead asked the court for 15 days ex tension of time in which to re-ndver-tise in tho hope that they would re ceive higher and better bids, which ap plication was granted by the court. Receiver John Yoakum must there fore delay for that time any action in the way of closing up the deal.- The matter of the local mills start ing seems to bo rather a question of getting logs, but loggers and mill men scorn to be busily engaged in confer ences these days and Bandon may be justified in looking for operations. about 'as soon as the formalities of court and other necessary delays can be disposed of. Eternal City Was Fine There was a large and representa tive audience ut the presentation of 'The Eternal City" at the Grand last Thursday night and exprcsionc of ap preciation were pretty general. The pictures were a treat such as the mov ie public is occasionally regaled with. It takes an unusually good attraction o receive special attention and de serve the label of superlative in these lays of excellent pictures but the "E- tornnl City" easily demoastrated its class. Its pictures were magnificent. At tunes, watching tho development of the story was like sitting in a re volving art gallery where classic mas terpieces followed one another in a bewildering succession. The scenes of Rome, the exterior and interior of the Coliseum, tho Vat- can gardens, St Peters and the Cas tle of St Angelos, were especially fine as were alos a number of scenes of interesting spots in London. pleasant feature of tho evening's program was the playing of Hugh Davenport, pianist. If tho Ecenes were classic his playing was of tho came ariety, displaying sympathy und up- nppreciation. His selection of the rigrh accompanmient for the picture was exceptionally good. i) 3 iw W a d r (S) ffl 9i BE A GOOD FELLOW 0 ') (?) Baskets eontui ling eats for 0 s Christmas dinner aie to be pre- 0 '0 par"! i-ml se.i. into mary homes. 5' Your donation of soine.i:ing for the baskots or a I ttl i cash, will 0 bo iiseiT to tho bnbt, putaiblo ud- 3 (,) vantage. 0 C:iali for this worthy enter- $ " prino muy be left with O. A. Trowbridge, Gold i Rule, Jno, 0 Dickey or J. Iru Sldwell. 0 ' DuniitliitiN of fiMMl muy be taken d " to the Odd I'ellova' hull hotwcuii S 2 und fi oVIuak, Tiiuimliiy uftur. 0 noon :nl from 0 to 'i I'rhlay. If Vim kniiM d any family 'u who, yuu feel, would npprnlatu " m buskat, or uny I mlly diwrv 0 " iug u UsUt iiil Ut iIuni Iuiihu f f irfaaa 11 thu Hiiibilllwj u&w 7) r" ymr iiaa4ia Mrs. W. l Ciutw, r. a D i J. Ira mmtiL ' () ii ti & j) ii Q) fit q, ( MMi Will 1 1 iiMH 1 1 v -I i j( -iih ritfMUx in kJi tin Jmui JmnI m tf 4 1 'I ' 4' '1 i i 4 i I 4 l' i t I t J i J t b i 4 ( 1 t 1.141,1 It I.. 1 'IUJ 'U iklMaii. J.. It. MWb