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CIV THE BANDON RECORDER 0 VOLUME XXXII BANDON, OREGON. JANUARY 4, 1916 NUMBER 1 BANDON GOES DRY QUIETLY Salens Clese at Midnight Dec. 31st Withort Unusual Demonstration "I would give my hat, I would give my shoes For one more drink Of Bandon HOOZE." So blithely hummed a man as he Htenped along First street Monday morning and landed like a shot from a 42 centimeter gun against a familiar door. Hut -the door, instead of opening, lemnined closed and the man turned thoughtfully nway. Promptly at midight the saloons of Handon closed and although there was lomo lawt hour celebration, it was by no means vociferous. No outbreaks oc curred the police had a quiet time. Thurc were a few Btreet fights car l.cr in the evening but on the whole the passing of the saloon in Handon was a quiet event. There was not near fi3 large a crowd of outsiders in town f.a thero was for the Christmas cele bration. Not a great deal of liquor was left on the hands of the saloon keepers December Ulst, several of the saloons put up signs advertising two glasses of beer for a nickel and all did a large package business. In all directions mon went carrying jugs and demijohns niul many a cellar is equipped for n long scige. This week the men whom tho people of the state have put out of bushiest have been busy readjusting their nf fairs, cleaning up and making future pLns. Some will try mining, some will ct.irt up in the line of soft drinks und others nre undecided. In the meantime the citizens of Handon nre checking up bulancoj to find something with which to meet thr occupation tax and the business of the c ty proceeds as usual. Rescue of the Enterprise The gasoline- schooner Enterprise I uilt on the Coquille in t'.H)3 by John Miller was oiif of tho sufferers by 'he scent storm which rapd along tin. shore of tko Pacific Tho Enterprise jft Astoria a wssk ago Sunday fot Will port on Alsea hay with a cargo of merchandise mid A lr..Pt; if oil ns a deck load. Arriving at her destina tion she found tho bai too rough to cross and put down an anchor to wait for more quiet seas. The storm in creased and during tho night the an chor line parted. Th bolt was sav ed from going into the breakers by starting her engines. She wont ewen. ty miles out to tea ltd let down a drag anchor. In the nu-antiiiie the bolti mat insetted her engi.j to the fuill had ii'rted off .mil pulod loose Water came hi h- pump filled with gravel and the Enterprise was soon in a helpless com'tilci. There weiv three men in t'te boat, Captain Parker Engineor M. E. Par:or and Roy Mil i, or ad they mado what effort they could to uttntLt tho attention of pas dug vessels. Kie boats passed bin none of them answered the signals. Finally the steam schooner Willa mette south Pound from Portland turned to put a lino nhoard tho Enter prise. This was off Hecata head and the helpless schooner was towed, to Arago head where the Adeline Smith took the line and towed the Enterprise into Coos Hay. Tha Enterpi iso fr feet lonug and I' of about 211 Inns ,ross burden. She was first owned by R D. I limn and used out of Rogit river. She U mi v owned by NeNo.i Ciendness of Astoria DERRINGER (SETS THE DIAMOND WIiim the dig Sparkler in lloyle'H llo. Ida) Annual Context A. F .Pormiucr was the lucky limit n Boyle' annual diamond outed. Ho won tin ui.iud prirt' with Number 70, The second prixe, No. M 1:1 Im I ot u yet found nil owner Threo iiuin I em fur earli prize were drawn and, failing In the llnd droit the dluinond will go to lint next on the lint. Lit llu Muigunl Tuttlu did llm druwing. M u i iy llnriiung of (lie Kniiilo (Iro my liu nut Itud ull III miwwiful i umber IhoukM in hut llu following IN llltl llt f 111 llM wlllt'H l fill , iiiudti hnowiii U, Ml, vlrlw ill (Mi ir, -41. A I' iifiin Dili Mr. VV. lr i H MfllSri Wu Ml J. 0. Jfiii i, mil I L nUr Killed by Dredge Accident II. C. Geary had his name in the Coos Hay papers last week because of an accident to the Dredge Seattle with which ho was formerly connected Mr. Geary, who is now employed in Sidwell's store has a letter from a for- mcr fellow workman and as the par ties to the talc formerly resided and worked here we give an account of tlte accident. A man named iiill (jus tafson was killed by tho recoil of a broken cable hanger with which the ladder or boom of tho dredge was held up for repairs. Tho ladder was be ing repaired and Gustafson and Fred Hollavcr with tho captain were on it They wxre putting" on a new ladder wire and the two men were taking up tlte slack when the hanger broke drop ing the ladder in CO feet of water. This was on Dec. 23. Gustafson was killed instantly. Holloway had the bones of a hand and arm broken and his face badly lacerated. He was taken to the Providence hospital. A diver was sent down and the body of Gustfson promptly recovered. He wns buried on the 2!Hh. The dredge is working at scuttle. Gustafson worked on the H. B building after work on the dredge was finished on the Coquille. The letter was written by Joo Bowers. 'The lad tier whose weight broke the heavy ca ble weighs G5 tons. A Joint Installation The local Masonic lodge and East ern Mar cttapter combined for a joint installation on New Years eve and the ceremonies were attended by a large company of members ns well as rela tives and friends. Tho Eastern Star chanter led in the program with Jas. Mast as installing olllcer und Mrs. Alice Gnllier as mar- jhal. The following are the oflicers of tho chapter for the cominir year al though not all of them were present to bo installed. Julia Pane. W. M.: Chas. F. Pane. W. P.: Lilian Flom. A. M.: Mnrv Gal- tier, secretary; Elizabeth Helmken, treasurer; Adelaide Pearson, con.; lilnnchc Faultls, A. C; Rate Rosa, dah; Merta Mehl, Ruth; Elizabeth Mancict, Esther; Jeancttc Pearce, Martha; Alice Gamer. Electa: Annie Craine, W.; II. K. Flom. S; Viola Ro- vi, (J.: hvu haton, M.; Edith II. Gcts- ondorfer, O. Handon lodge of A. F. & A. M. next installed with W. A. LeGore, worship ful master in tho chair, ho having been installed at a previous meeting. W. J. sabin acted as marshal. Followtntr arc the new officers pf the lodge: W. A. Le Gore worshipful master; Raymond E. Watkins, senior warden: Thomas D. White, junior warden: Edward E. Oakes, treasurer; Chas. E. Bowman, secretary; James W. Mast, senior doa .on,; William H. Pearce, junior dea con; Henry u. Helmken, senior stew ard; William E. Cruindr junior stcw ird; Churles Martin, tyler; Waller J. Snbin, marshal. Following tlte ritual work there was .1 banquet spread by the ladies in the .lining room of the appartment and tvhen the good things were disposed jf there was speaking with Ropresent itive C. R. Harrows ns orator. The evening was a very pleasant one and ill report n good time. It only lacked i half hour of the new year when the meeting dispersed. Celebrate in B. B. Building Among the achievments overlooked in last weeks summary of doings in 1915 were the building of the Biggs lluckinghani building and of the bak sry building, by Paul Stephen. Those buildings ate the most notable things in that line taking place in the county during tho year and have done much to inspire confidence in the future of Handon. The outer covering of the II. H building has at last been removed and the structure stands revealed as a notable piece of architecture. It oc etipies n commanding position in the down town region and is easily the most conspicuous landmark in the city. A little informal gathering of people interested or who have worked to make the building was held in Hip central rooms hist Thursday evening Something like twenty were present and spent the evening in n social game of cards. Refreshments were brought in and a number of impromptu talks were inatle with the building as a cent ral theme. Among those who respond ed were II. J, Ostlind the nrrhitert. Messrs Payne and Johnson the build em, Geo. Ijtlrd. Dr. Sorennon mid oth ors. Photographer L I. Wheeler wan i tilled in mill took a llaiih light of the groupi' uh nouvenlr of the event. A J N FAN, I'OR DIU'KM HE It AND FOR THE YEA It ltU5 Handon, January '.'ml, linn Editor Handon Itmonlor The ruin full fur (hi) month of )n-itiilr w U.i) ImtIiiw. I)tt jttluy itud rloudy, iri, t'lagr iluy. I. Thi riiii)U fur l Iim nurriMMiMllug tiuwlli ml li If); (who. 0ERD1NG FAMILY CLEVER PLAYERS High School Team Beaten by Brothers From Coquille The Ocrding family emerged vie tors in their contest with tho Handon high school basket ball team nt Dreamland last Saturday night. The first half was anybody's game and the locals held the lead at the calling of intermission, 12 to 11 but in the last half the athletic brothers from the county seat went in to win, which they did, with a final score of 22 to 15. It was a practice game for bolli sides, but principally for tho Oerdings They had not played together for many moons, were barely acquainted, so to speak, to present their own claims, which left the spectator to speculate what would be the re sult had the Coquillers been really practiced up. Despito their alleged lack of form they managed to keep the ball near their own basket the greater share ol the time and when ever they passed the sphere it was to be noticed that usually there was an Oerdittg at the other end of the route to connect witlt it. They were older and heavier and ovidently more experienced in the tricks of the game than their Handon tvnls and several of their baskets were made on the run in a manner that vas pretty to behold. Hut the Handon boys made u game itruggle in their efforts to combat the-stronger and heavier players and mowed marked improvement in their iiard work as well as in passing the nail. Harold Johnson's bulk and ac tivity did much to stem the tide of jcoring for their opponents and Reed Gallier's long arms and Pullen's clever work were much in evidence. Webb 3ne of the team's best players was half sick with grip and could not otnc up to his usual form. For the .ocals Gnllier, Webb and Johnson each made a basket and Pullen acquired ine remainder. For the Oerdings, Georgo an 1 Wnlter did most of the scoring. Altogether the locals put up a good .'ontest in tho presence of strong op tosition and their work speaks well if performances in the coming league games. Melvin Kern of Coquille officiated is referee and Ray Watkins was the umpire. The lute up: Bandon Oerdings Valter O John 0. George 0. Harry O. Charles O. I'ulleti Forward Forward Center Guard Guard Hndsall Gallicr Webb lohusou William and Albert, the two other members of the Ourding family were I'tefet't to volunteer their "erviies if ;ied. They tue the younger nieni- oers of the family and are still in vitici.e ocuert. Another Pioneer Called Mrs. Rachel Randloman died at lie home of her daughter, Mrs. Mu ora Sner.d on Bepr Creek Friday notning, Dec. HI. She was the widow ( Henry Randloman who died on the .an day of tho same month in 1900 wing ulso tlte anniversary their wed- ling in 1815. Mrs. Randleman wsa born in Franklin county, Missouri, Sept. 25, 182b making her age SO years, a mo. and 0 days. They were amoog the ear ly settlers of the Coquille valloy huv. ing crossed the pluiim by ox team in ISM by w.ty of California. They set tled o i Hear creek in 1872 on tho home stead win re Evandor Randleman now lives. Mm Raiidleman wns the moth er of i-ight children of whom, only 11 nre living- Mrs. Manorn Snead, of Hear creek, Evtndor Randlomnn pf Hear t'.eek and Mrs. Iulse Harklow of Norway. The funeril services were .oiiilticted from the roglditnro of Mr. Snetid by Elder A. II. Rio of Handon on lAn' day, Jan. 2nd and tho re main wi re laid to teat in the home i-eimilary mi Honr Creel. atte..i!d by ti largec ontour of friend und rilu tivra. Mr. IlivuJhlh huu lftiiui w,iiL .I,, u MuliiLiikutluii ilurx uuil iluwlliiiu in I... HlfiHl IM till' Wlfel Hf l)M Mull tthmi WliMlut lilul tfuiulihdu.1 in lit. .iMitti uiuimir flie U'jirjraw U u U Ul.W far MwudMg. 'iWmmifi n fi ATTORNEYS FEED AND THEN FROLIC Banquet of Bar Association Enlivened With Jest and Song The last banquet of the Bar Asso ciatiou of Coos county under the wet dispensation in Oregon held nt the Hotel Gallicr last Wednesday night measured up fairly well with its op portunities. Attorney Goss, of Marsh field, referring to the subject, said that the next years meeting of the as sociation at Mnrshlicld would have to be a pocket flask affair. Hut Wednes day night the old condition prevailed and none of the frills were slighted. There were no excesses but fellowship and merriment reigned and brilliant flushes of wit intermingled with story and fong through three hours of festi itics. There were something like twenty- five attorneys and their guests present when the first course was brought in but tlte lawyers would not be satis fied until their hosts, Ed and Steve Gullicr had been brought in and places made for them at the board. Following is the menu of the ban quet: Fruit Cocktail Baked Salmon with Tartare Sauce Winter Combination Salad Fried Chicken with Cream Sauce Cramberry Jelly Mashed Potatoes Asparagus Tips Angel Parfait -find Cake Mince Pie Beer Burgundy Cigars At the conclusion of the eating At torney C. R. Wade of this city, arose tntmostcr nnd called on A. J, Sherwood for some reminiscences, first explaining how in the days of his youth Mr. Sherwood had been dedicat ed to the bar: Mr. Sherwood responded by reading what ho purported to bo a report of a memorial committee appointed to draw up suitable tribute to the cha racters of John Hall and Joe Bennett assuming that those absent gentlemen had passed on to the abodes of the blest and which he proceeded to read. The memorial was long and couched in nn ironical vein and an ex ceedingly clever piece of literary com position. After paying tribute to their traits of character, all good but were stated negatively, saying niong other things that the committee knew the departed were honest as they had searched the records and fail ed to find any instance where they had been convicted pf embezzlement. Their talents and thrift were extolled. in the same manner and then after the at empt of a detective in an usbestos suit to follow them to the lower regions they had been located in a dream and it . was discovered were thriving in the nether world between Paradise und Hades where two other friends O'Brien and Moloney were running, official newspapers, one of tho north strip nnd the other of the south atrip. I. N. Miller was then called on to defend himself, n eertninrecord show ing that n man of tho same surname had been convicted of murder in East Oregon and sentenced to the peniten tiary. Mr. Miller proceeded to give an alibi to his own satisfaction and then went on to ruminate on the good fortune of the man Miller to bo con victed nnd sentenced In these days of penitentiary libraries and golf link rather than in tho olden days. Gloomi ly he spoke of the ancient crucifixion of tlte garotte, the sentence to the arena, and hanging which he said was the invention of the English who had a peculiar talent for inflicting the death penalty. They tore men apart with horses, rolled them in barrels studded with spikes, or placed them undeY dropping water where the con tinual stream bored through their ikull. He congratulated thoke pre sent that if they should be convicted in the future they would not uffr uch torment hut would huvti the lib ntrlo und golf link iufllt'tml on them 4 tit flrat uiHiitioiuxl. Judge k'flilbtiwlit In rtpoiidiiig to tliu lMt ttf Tho Altitude of Jury und WiUtoM uwni4 il.u Iwr" (old u tUry mt Ma miiy mtMiimmm. llu IwiJ mmimi u mt U g VmUtu Qnmm km mmJ U&i ma k. Hut us Imv ttg tim VittuHf Itf MM MMl If Imhy Wi$u J M ym j ij posiiur witness nnd who wanted to in flict personal cMistiscmcnt on the at torney for what he alleged was stric tures on his character in tho proceed ings of the trial. The lawyer sized up the man and saw that he was anx ious for a fight Being spnre himself the lawyer addressed his antagonist announcing that if all he wanted to do wns to obtain satifaction by ad ministering corporal punishment he cguld consider the same as already ac complished. Mr. Sehlbrede was wil ling to consider himself as alrendy whipped and so the affair ended. Costs nnd Fees inspired W. U. Douglass to a few words in defense of upholding the associations fee sche dule and a few side shots on his ex periences in the live stock department of the Panama exposition. In introducing the next speaker tho toasttnastcr said his subject "12 Or.. I7(i-18.'2" would, if looked up, disclose one of the few instances where the supreme court of the state had been known to ihdulge in humor. The case was an attempt to secure a divorce where both parties had filed suit 3tarting a controversy Hint had con tinued in the courts of the state for years and was yet in litigation. At torney Barrows was given this sub ject with tlte idea that it was a good opic for a poem. A poem in some form usually appeared at the annual .lanqtict and Mr. Barrows supplied on this occasion. Heavy stress was laid on the riduculous and Mr. Barrowa production was hailed with delight b ill. The lawing but unloving couple belonged to the family of Adams. Mr. Barrows went, back to the first Adams and said that since that time the A lanis had been in hot water. Speaking of this pconv. Attorney Goss took occasion later to commend it and said that Mr. Harrows had been considerably criticised on account of his tendency to long winded remarks ind he recommended that in the future tho attorney be compelled to submit his briefs in poetry. Judge Coke was on the program with "The Attitude of the Bench To ward the Bar" but said he thought ieriotts remarks would be out of place it this stage of the evening and beg ged to be excused. Concluding remarks were mado by I. T. Goss, G. T. Trcadgold,J. T. Brand tlie new city attorney of Marshfield, C. H. Giles, and others. The new as sociation president, W. C. Chase cull ing the close to the proceedings. During the afternoon session held it the Moose club rooms, three new members were taken into the associa tion. They were I. N. Miller of .Marshfield and Attorneys Chatburn ittd Gardener of Bandon. ft was de cided to hold the next meeting at Marshfield and ofi'iecrs for the ensuing year were elected as follows: W. C. Chase president; C. A. Sehlbrede, vice president; J. J. Stanley, secretary fi. R. Wade, treasurer; C. II. Giles nnd I. D. Goss, members executive com-1 mittcc. The members of the association who enjoyed the banquet were: J. O. Stemmler, Claud II. Giles, E. C. Ro uerts. S. D. Pulford, Myrtle Point W. 0. Chase, J. J. Stuanley, A. J. Sher wood, Coquille; C. A. Sehlbrede, I. N. Mitler, C. F. Knight, E. L. Powell, J. r. Brand, J. M. Mclntuff, C. R. Peck, John S. Coke, J. D.loss, W. U. Doug las, Geo. Watkins, Marshfield; C. E. Mtiybee, North Bend; G. P. Topping, ti. T. Treadgold, C. R. Wade, F. J. Chatburn, L. L. Gardener, Handon. A New Year Party A group of the college folks nnd a fow of the high school students sued out the old and welcomed in the New Year with an impromptu watcli party, Friday evening. The nffair was ar ranged at the eleventh hour und wits in u way n progressive dance. The early part of the evening was given over to dancing ut tlte homo of Rayner Geisendorfer, while refreshments were served by MIhsom Peail und Erma ("ruine, at their home. A feuturu of tho evening were typo slug Iwuring the niiiiiu of each ono prumtnt with which they tainx'd their nanum on the program cards of the other. Yell fort ho college riipruMiitted by tho different guoU prtwont wero glvon ut the troU of iiildnlrhU Tliwe irMMinl Hvrui lwl CtuuMut, J'wtrl Crulnu, ISnnu I win. Amy WhWir, ltt)i Jlwrrw, U, It, iimmArt, IJjuwkJ Julm-oa, OLD YEAR ENDS WITH SNOW STORM A Cloak of the Beautiful to Cover Old Departing Nineteen Fifteen The year nineteen fifteen not only went out wet but it went out cold. It nlso went out in a snow storm. As though sloughing something out of her system that needed disposal of, nature responded with an inch of the beauti ful. It made the traveling sloppy but furnished fun for the children who took advantage of the unusual oppor tunity to snowball pedestrians- and make diminutive snow men. The snow lasted only a short time. It i.rd bean proceeded by n cold spell with lower temperature that this section has ex perienced in many years. Thursday morning the thermometer in the government coast guard station registered 2(5 nbove and Captain John son says that in his seventeen years in Hadon this is tlte coldest he has known Not n fow calla lily beds that hereto fore had given signs of promise, wete flattened out in this freeze. The water pipes of the city lie close to tho surface and plumbing in the averago housiTMs unprotected. Yet so brief wns the interval of the severest cold that little damage is reported. Although, locally there was little wind in tho interval, there must have wens storms at sea for a fow days the oar was very rough. Mariners icport the winds at sea us varying, swilchinir 3iiddenly from scutltwst to north west nnd raising a cea that nirdc even the largest boats tip and roll. Cold weather and snow wns report ed all along the west coast At Baker in East Oregon the thermometer went to 39 below. Spokane nlso reports ero temperature tor eastern Wash ington, Idaho and Montana. Snow fell in the suburbs of Los Angeles. Tho dry valleys to tho east of the mountains ns well ns the orange districts of Riverside and San Bernar dino were alike treated to a mantle of snow. There was no frost with it however and no damage resulted to the citrus fruits. The cold spell soon passed over. Here in Bnndon the snow did not last much longer than twenty four hours ind by Sunday, tho rainmaker was a gain on the job. Many New Boats Not for n dozen years has there ! cen such activity n tlie ship building line on this coast ns it in evidence at nre sent. In a few davs i'io keel of a120 foot boat will bo hud at North Band. Four auxilliary schooners with Diesel engines are under contract on the coast. for the lumber trade. Two are being built at St. Helena for tho Mc Cormicks; ono at Gray'j Haibor for the E. K. Wood Lumber Co. nnd a fourth at Seattle for the A. V. Thunu Co., says the Coos Hay Times. There are a number of other ocean going carriers building on Ute Coast, J II to be linished during U'ltJ, and pro bably the busiest plant is that of tho Union lion Works, whero tho La Brae, a new tinker for the Union Oil Co. was lauched December . 18, and the same firm hns the tanker Los Angeles being rapidly constructed there. Hind Rolph & Co. has ordered the Annette Rolph which is a duplicate of the Pa cific, an 8500 ton currier completed there recently and loaded last week on Paget Sound with flour for Europe besides u second steamer of the same type has bejjp rodered by them but not named, with a third of the kind con tracted for that is to be tho proporty of he Starchan interests, of Georgi i, who purchased tho Urana, u clhtur ship of the Pacific fleet which is re ceiving finishing touches there, mid soon loads flour on Puget Soud, The Unon Iron Works is ulso turn ing out the Mnkiki for tho MtiUoii Nuvigution Company, she being n lister ubip of the Mutsouiu now In service between Sun l-Vunclsco and t)te Hawaiian IvIundH. Then' urn eight other oulered, nil oil tanker, two for the Mluuduid Oil I'ompuny of Cullfoi nlu, two for lh Htundurd Oil Comju tiy of Now York, two for Km Htundanl ull Coiupuny of Diduwure und two (or Ihu NUiuluril Oil L'oinpuny of J'hhV dwlphiu. 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