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'Oregon Historical Society
THE BANDON RECORDER
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VOLUME XXXII BANDON, OREGON, FEBRUARY 1, 1916 NUMBER S
TUG KLIHYAM
TO BE SOLD
San Francisco Concern Hakes Offer. Lo
cal People Endeavor lo Interest Port
Docs tho port of Bandon need the
tug Klihynrn.? Can tho shipping in
terests of the Coqulllo river return to
llio tlmo when each boat was its own
1 ilot, often port bound for days be
cause thero wns no positive knowledge
i,a to whrc the clumnel laid or how
deep tho water was? These. are live
(aicstions along tho river just at pro
umt for tliere is a lively prospect that
the tug will be sold to San Francisco
parties.
The majority interest in the tug,
controlled by J. L. Kronenberg and
tho C.' P. Doo estate of San Francisco
lias determined to sell. A San Fran
omco concern has offered ?:i0,000 for
tho boat. Tho retiring interests
frankly acknowledge they would
l ather the boat would stay on tho
liver and have offered her for $20,-
000 to local intorcsts. An effort is
being made to induce the port of Han
don to buy her. Individually the
members of tho port arc favorable to
the proposition. They realize the im
portanceof tho tug to harbor shipping
i.nd havo the preceedent that othci
ports in the state, notably the Port
of Portland own towing tugs.
They know tho venture would be a
profitable one too. Tho tug has al
ways been a paying institution. Dur
ing 1915 she earned ?:1,000 which is
12 per cent on tho $20,000 asked foi
her. Ih Rood years she has earned
annually 20 per cent on her original
cojt of f-10,000. One. year she earnee"
1.0, per, cnt, . lV
Buttho portaiaTrnltl public contl
raont'wlU not sustain them in tho pur
c hse. If they can bo nsaurcd public
rantinvent in tho valley will uphold
liicm they may make the deal. The
tug would bo of use to them also in
port work undertaken from tinio to
t me.
Captain Robert Johnson, O. A
1 rowbridge, Captain J. Johnson am)
other local men who havo shares in
I ho tug nro cocking to interest enough
t.ipitnl along tho river in the purcliust
tf tho tug but owing to the present
financial condition of tho district it
is up hill work. They may succeed
' ml have until a week from Saturday
i fght in which to raiso $11,000.
Hut the vessel rer.lly should belong
to tho port and an effirt will bo made
to havo the ownership vested in all
tho people directly interested.
Tho wholo valley is Interested in
I o mutter for tho tug is an important
fire protection to all perishable pro
pory that lies close to tho water's
edge, shipping, mills and warehouse
all have "protection in tho fact Unit
tho tug is closu at hand always ready
for a call.
Coquillo is interested for the John
con mill is to havo a regular shipping
outlet through the three masted
schooner Oakland of San Francisco
which is to carry away its product.
The Klihynrn was built six years ago
at the Kronenberg ship yard along
tide tho Mooro mill. It cost ? 10,000
i ml carries nuichinery that cost $28,-
(100. It was a successor to tho tug
Triumph built and owned by tho Par-
1 orsburg mill of which at that time
( P. Hoe was the owner, and J. I
Kronenberg manager. When the mill
I urned down and the Triumph had to
l o replaced tho Doe company did not
feel like doing the work alone and a
company was organized of which the
present stock enmpany is the survivor
The tug matter is one that is of vi
tal Interest to llandon and tho ship
ping along tho river. Without it the
imporanco of tho harbor would be very
much diminished and many boats
wlilc huow outer will not attempt to
maintain trnlllc
Tho Kllham wiu wi'll ami strongly
built with her frame work of cedar
Orcnmoiiiilly ho Iiiih to be sunt to Shii
I'riuiclKi'o to havo Iter bottom scraped
and painted mid her iiMchluory over
1 auli'il but her upkeep in not expaiw
ivu
Tli Hulter of puruliiiDU will miih
up Imfiifi) tlio Hiit ut the unit meet
mjr.
Tin' M&u fiiittuo ball wUJ l ylv
Hi In Wfik Ml ll, r.'th,
Ho For Coquille Friday Night
Of vital interest to the champion
ship hopes of the local basket ball
team is the game which is scheduled
with Coquilh next Friday night in
the county scat. Coquille has a good
team which was beaten by Mnrshficld
through overconfidence. The setback
will tend to nerve them to do their
best in the coming game with Uandon
and the latter will do well if they win.
Of course Handon expects to win and
will be backed up by a crowd of root
ers who will charter a boat nnd accom
pany them up tho river on the ovent-
full night. The tigers have acquitt
ed thcnkselves well so far and the pro
spects for success arc bright.
The steamer Dispatch has been
chartered for tho occasion leaving
Handon at four, P. M. One and nil arc
invited to go along and root for the
Tigers and join in the festivities of the
evening.
EIGHT YEARS
BETWEEN RIDES
Sleighing Parties And Snowball Fights
Feature of Last Weeks Life in Bandon
Thctimo that elapses between li
quid refreshments when the governor
of North Cnrolina meets tho governor
of Sou tli Carolina is nothing compar
ed to the intervals between slcighridcs
in Handon.
Eight years ago thero was enough
mow on our streets to enable a sleigh
to lie pulled over it and nt that time
Curl Garouttc indulged in the luxury
of a sleighride. Last week there war.
.mother opportunity and, making a
V?lT3L" l 1 -1 t
vJieign-wun n oracc oi planus ior run
ners, Mr. Garoutto hitched on two
horses not forgetting the slcighbelU
and took u family party out for a ride.
Kight years ago, according to Mr.
Garoutto there was more snow al
though the cold spell was not of such
long duration. Tho snow last Satur
day morning did not exceed three in
ches in thickness, but it was the re
sult of three or four successive, snows
uul the bottom had settled into a tex
ture where a sleigh runner could bo
pulled over it without dragging entire
ly on the bottom.
Tho thermometer did not registci
as low as a day or two before New
Voars when 2fi nbovo was recorded still
tho nights were cold enough so the
.'.now did not melt and each evening
made up for what had melted in the
day time, thus keeping the ground
white for three or four days last week
S. G. Whitsctt also made a sleigh
by putting a pair of planks under a
buggy box and tliere were a few oth
ers equally enterprising.
Every snuill boy who had relatives
or friends of ingenious ability, work-
3d them to procure hand sleighs with
which to slide down hill, Hand sleighs
of all sorts nnd conditions were to be
seen and numerous snow men sprng
into short lived promience.
Early in the week the down town
section of First street ovc;- tho tide
tlats retained the slushy snow in the
gutters offering nmunition to a crowd
who eagerly took advantage of it. Hut
indignities woro offered to passing
pedestrians and it became so much
of a nuisance that the city marshal
put a stop to it.
Sam Harrows had the cat'l-j on his
ruich at the he id of Johnson creek,
I rought up o llandon and is feeding
It em until the snou has gone and they
tray shift for th nilves. Ohas. liar
rows, who helped to drive tho enttlo to
town says tint the snow there is a
foot (loop on the level. And in some
of the hollows it mis waist deep. This
vas ("has. firit chance to wallow in
the Know and ho toot nd-Miitngo of
the opportunity llowcvci, the rain
of today made nlwrt work of what
miow remained in Itan.lnii and will
soon eltmr tho mot ' from the foothills
ics Being Overcome
Wlnlt milking iloflnllo haj boon mr
iMMittKl t it uimIu-tumlliig m that tin
dillU-ullUM that ntnod IkHwvom tho
Mftw Mtlll utkl n aupply nf log-i art
aimmi to U rumovtMl l that 0h
mliieUt will mhih-I ubgut tliti llr uf
ENGINEER SEES
COAST RAILWAY
Prophecy of H. P. Hoey at Eugene Gather
ing Names Project as Near Event
A dispatch from Eugene to the Ore
gonian last Tuesday says.
The construction of 200 miles of
railroad from Coos Bay to Eureka,
Cal. connecting Willamette-Pacific,
now Hearing completion, and th
Western Pacific, having its northern
tcrmnius at Eureka, will bo the next
link in tho proposed Southern Paci
fic road down the coast to San Fran
cisco. This announcement was made
today by H. P. Hoey, who has Irad
charge of the Willamette Pacific cen
struction work. Mr. Hoey says he
has made a trip over the proposed
routo in connection with the construc
tion work.
Mr. Hoey was unable to say speci
fically when tactual construction of
the road would bo started. He did
say, however, that the policy of the
company in building tho Willamette
Pacific road has been to construct n
road which will be suitable to handle
through trolfic.
He also said lo date the Willamette
Pacific has cost f9,000,000. He said
there was no grado on the entire line
greater than six-tenths of 1 per cent.
With the link of road between Coos
Hay and Eureka comploted, construc
tion from Maplcton to Tillainool
would provide a coaHt road from Port
bind to San Francisco.
Joseph Fyfo, Jr. is in the city at
present looking after the interests of
the Estabrook company here, lie says
that business all along tho coast has
lot made wiy Tstetlinfr udvunce ' U8rpcc-miiv inclined to prblixitynie"
yet but ho positively expects old Gen
eral Prosperity to put In an nppear-
incc on the coast and in Bandon with
in tho next six wcci s. The Speed-
.vcel of late has been taking loads out
of Cooi Bay.
Lincoln And Washington
The Patriotic socicl o of Bandon
tie planning a joint r.-.-'br ..Ion of Hie
birthdays of Linco' i : n.l Washing
ton. Handon Post, G A. K. and Han
don Camp, S. V., si - . d by the W. It.
C, the schools i. it Uio public will
render a patriotic program suitable
to both of tho nation's groat heroes
in connection with Union Defenders
Day on Feb. 12th nt 8, p. nu at the
OrpbcuiM theater. Tho program will
ippear in our next issue.
Eugene Schettcr says the present
winter is the worst in 20 yenrs. Wil
liam I j. Mast says it is the worst in i)5
years. Frank Flam says it is the worst
in -15 years. You can take your choice
Ed. Capps who was up from Den
mark yesterday reports much suffer
ing amongst live stock in that section
over, tho unusual snow. Tho average
price for cattle in that neighborhood
lias dropped to $23 o r$25 and good
cows can be bought for that price.
Many of the sheep men are also af
fected by the weather. Colgrove and
Culver two ranchers of that section
have each lost a thousand sheep.
City Hocordor Kausrud received the
necessary shipments of blank bonds
in tho parcels post recoived hero Mon
day morning and promptly sent off
the final transcript and the probabili
ty is that money to redeem the out
standing warrants will btt ready for
use by the middle of February or be
fqre.
Some of the Coquille soft drink
merchants are having trouble. They
sold cider to some young boys, with
the lesult that the boys got up on a
table and danced a hilarious, rip ro.
nring jig, and Slouth Liljqvist, bought
home of it Mud lmd it analyzed with
the lOKiilt that instead of boh loss
than half one porcont of alcohol thero
mi imi'i bi ut t eiii in u. aiuciiuu
now. ..oaior w iriou imioro jiui.ru
of the Pouro htanluy and ronvictal.
J lark Duiihiini, F. Khorox, nnd John-
m the iiiunufurhjror wuro ulw)
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IUI4 1'IHMH, WIUIV WOUIU Ml fill IHrlt!
w fur hu wu twiuoniwl, ho would
lUr i( s!w, yr uy Mi fins,
NORTH BEND TIES
MYRTLE POINT
Coos County High School Debating Contest
Results in Draw. Locals Lose
Whatever ginger was lacking in the
North Hend basket ball team on the
occasion of its last visit here, was am
ply made up in tin North Boud debat
ing team which competed with tho re
prescnla'.'vcs of the Handon high
school ia the auditorium, of the high
school buildii.g last Fridy evening.
They won tho unanimous decision from
the judges in a contest Unit was stag
ed before a small audience.
Tho subject w s: Resolv.d that
the United States should adopt the es
sential features cf the Swiss system
of milu'.ry tmining and soivicc."
North Hend was presented by Haudall
Jones nnd Merril Chappcl; Handon by
Harold Johnson and Dick Crain.
fin their nrgument the North Hend
orators executed a flank attack and
took the locals from nn unexpected
angle. They had been preparing to
refute the arguments of the por.ee pro
pagandists; whereas the North Head
ers admitted that preparedness was
all right, that it was needed but that
the Swiss system did not go far en
ough. They said it belonged to the
nineteenth century and wont on at
lobgth to explain how in many ways
things that were all right years ago
hiid Itecome obsolete in the throbbing
bristling present and classed the Swiss
system, as typical of this.
They had their talks well stitched
together and delivered them forc
ibly although thero was not'iing espe
clally strong in the points of argu
ments presented. Randall Jones, cs
made a long address with good deliv
ery but he established very few of
the fundamentals of argument. It
was with tho second fiddlo that North
Bend won the debate conclusively.
Merril Chappcl outclassed Dick Crain
who was second man for tho locals.
Chappel nvido a strong showing. With
distinct enunciation nnd good delivery
ho brought out his arguments in a
most effective manner.
Harold Johason leader for Handon
made a good showing. He had many
strong points of argument m his
speech and delivered it well.
Above all, he kept up his courage
nder trying conditions. Ho know,
instinctively that he was facing de
feat but kept to the trenches gamely
and fought it through to the end.
Dick Crain was an example of the
unpreparedness with which the sub
ject dealt. With longer time and
more work in preparation ho could
havo bettered his work many percent.
Reverend W. S. Smith presided as
chairman of the meeting, performing
that function most excellently.
The judges were J. M. Crites, prin
cipal of the high school of Coquille
nnd A. R. Gridlcy and John Mottley of
Mnrshficld.
In tho talkfcst through the county
the championship wna left undecided,
North Hend and Myrtle Point having
won nt both ends of the contest, and
will have to talk off the draw. Under
the rules prevalent last year, by which
Handon won thcchamiionship at the
first contest, North Bond would have
been the winner this year as the teams
from that city won two unanimous de
cisions. In addition to their Handon
victory the North Hend udlrmutivo
team won n conipleto victory from
Coquille in their home city.
While Myrtle Point won from
Marshfiold, at Myrtle Point with n
unanimous decision, its negative team
lost one point in its victory over Co
quillc the same evo.iing. Bandon's
invading team lost to Miirrihriclu lit
the unanimous opinion of the judges.
A song by tho teachers quartette
consisting of the Misses Moore, Mas
torson, Ilal.er and Thallium was much
enjoyed by tho audience who called
vainly for un encore. Prof. Harold
, QlI,Kly (uniUhi!ll UlL. muiml uam
Dimmit
M No, l(U(J , MlrIlllUvi,
Wiu romponml of Alox llniiult ami
llyler. Tim nugulivM wu uplmhl
l!l'' iU lu,y Uvur ml AI,rlJ
..'CuhiiIhkIiiim f Cmua.
M Mu(1(lfM( lim M
ml Huih Cwwsb iMjkt Ut Ut gtllr
(IIUUVH uiul Uiy Mir lyU CtltfU'iJ
iil IUvb 'I'jiprMoii Qt Uumjoi til
fended tho negative.
At Coquille, Morton Tyrrell and
Leslie Schroeder were for the afllr
mativo nnd the negative was taken by
Walter Seaman nnd Harvey Walter.
The judges at North Bend were F.
E. Allen, Dr. R. W. Morrow nnd 11. C.
Mnloi.cy all of Marshfiold.
The judges at Marshfiold were
Claud H. Giles of Myrtle Point, Edgar
McDaniel of North Bend and Ray
mond E. Baker of Coquille.
Tho judges at Coquille were L. L.
Gardner of Bandon, Rev. Price of
North Bend and J. L. Smith, Coos
county Agriculturist.
The judges at Myrtle Point were W.
C. Chase and R. G. Knowlton of Co
quille and C. R. Wade of Bandon. The
speakers for Mnrshficld were Wesley
Seaman and Harvey Walters and for
Myrtle Point Hazel Neil and Helen
Whitaker.
LIBRARY BOARD
LADIES RECEIVE
Books And Money Showered at Reception
Last Friday Afternoon
The attendance and interest aroused
by the book shower at the librr.ry last
Friday afternoon was an indication of
the hold that sterling institution has
upon the reading public of Bandon.
Everyone who was asked to help re
sponded liberally and the donation of
books and money was a notable one.
Tho donations began several days in
advance to tho event and still contiue
The three women members of tho
board acted as patronesses of the
event and assisted Miss Henry in re
ceivmg. The members aro Mrs. u r.
Pape,, Mrs. L. WT Turhbull nnd'Mra:
John Dickey. Mrs. Dickoy was tho
last member of the board to qualify
having been appointed at the last
meeting of the council to succeed Mrs.
Geo. Geisendorfer.
There was a constant stream of vi
sitors during tho afternoon and they
were entertained with music from a
Victrola donated for the occasion by
the Sabro brothers nnd with Otto Sa
bro as engineer in chief. Many of
the selection consisted of the old fa
vorites and were very much appreciat
ed.
The guests were treated to refresh
meats consisting of coffee and cake.
Mrs. Strowbridge presided in the
kitchen nnd the Misses Gail Boak and
Florence Fish and Boyd Henry at
tended to the regular patrons of lib
rary. Especial mention must be nuulo of
the decorations. Each table had its
centerpiece of flowers or ferns loaned
for the occasion from the studio of
Prof. A. Richnds and which helped to
supply the usual greenery which the
snow had made dillicult to get.
Many fine books were among the
lonations. Perhaps the best single
volume was the Roycroft production
entitled "Justinian and Theodora" pre
sented by Prof. Richards. Elbert
Dyer gets the riblxm, however, for
the largest donation, presenting throe
sets of books, "Messages of tho Presi
dents" a set of Funk and WngnalPs
encyclopedia and a set of "The Won
dors of Nature in Modern Life."
At the shower seventythree persons
responded in cash and furnished the
four bits to a total of $14.50. Als
122 books were received. A list of
the books will bo printed next week.
One of the features of the .adver
tising of the showor was a poster made
by Howard McGinitie, of the Camp
bell kid variety and very nicely exe
cuted. Jackson A Shiulds aro reported to
have disposed of their stock of gro-
cers, known as tho City Grocery to
J. M. linker, owner of the building ill
which tho tock is located nnd who
formorly rtui a store ia tho samo place
Mr. Jackson has rented the rooming
hoiuu, eloo by, known um tho Western
Hume irul will op:tti it.
NotwiUwtwmlliig thu reported will
iiigiiuM of tli owner uf Hih Brook
lyn to wrt wiiiijm'i)' with, hr, rlw ullll
otttililtuwl U HMk thU port, film
-am in Miiy yUnly iiwnmg with
Um UttwUfl kmJ tfut nwwy tliia inwm
tog wiUt h UwJ tmm lit l'fJr ntlll
'iw itiMwiivii tiny! Hominy aiulii air
jj MrJjur Nim! msi.UhJ u turn In
A CLEAN DOCKET
FOR DRY BANDON
First Month Under New Law Shows Little
Police Business. Bigger Cash Receipts
A Bandon merchant informed tho
representative of tho Recorder that
his total of cash business for the
month of January 1016 was fortylhreo
per cent greater than the January for
1015. He credits this to the Oregon
dry law as it has worked out in Ban
don. Many a family where the extra
quarter went for companionship and
red water nnd the rest of the fixings
1ms this year put the surplus in beef
steak, sugar and calico. At least this
is one way of looking at it.
But the city has not been as fortu
nate in its returns during the month
past. Financially, since police officers
bine to bo paid whether or not they
work, the city seems to havo been the
loser. Last ycyir something like a
dozen drunks contributed $50 to tho
offers of the city in January, whilo
during the January past the justice
docket is clear; no drunks, no fines,
tho marshal has nothing to do but
twiddle his thumbs and wait for the
time when the street will need wetting
down. So much for dry Bandon.
January Rainfall
February 1st, 1910
Editor Bandon Recorder: The rainfall
for the month of January was 10.GS
inches: days rainy, cloudy nnd partly
cloudy SO: days clear, 1. 15 dnysout
of the month snow nnd hail squalls ap
peared. Tho most snow was on the
ih when thero was 2 inches on tho
ground.
The rainfall for tho corespondintr,
month of 1915 was 7.72 inches, a dif
ference of 2.96 inches in excess over
last year. Respectfully,
O. WIREN,
Co-operative Obscrvor
County Court Change Rumors
John F. Hall was elected in 1910
County judge for six years. Just a
bout a year ago he resigned. James
Watson was apointed county judge
in his stead. There was n con
erablc sized mix up then as to how
long a cunty judge was elected for,
uul when a judge was, and when he
wns not. No thought seemed to be
taken as to how long Watson went in
for. Now comes up the question,
whether ho fills ex-judge Hall's term,
which expires this year, or holds for
six years from the dntc of his appoint
ment. Thero ia considerable differ
ence of opinion among attorneys, but
the major opinion seems to be that
there is a vacancy to fill this. year.
James Watson is also, reported as
saying he would go to Portland to en
ter a law partnership with his brother-in-law
A. M. Crawford, though this
report has not been confirmed.
It is a current report around Myrt
le Point that Taylor .lenient, present
County Commissioner has the bee in
his bonnet, nnd intends to run next
time whenever next time may be
for County Judge, and Juke Stemmler
also has aspirations along that line.
If Watson's term expires, and De
ment runs for County Judge, it would
seem Hint the make up and personate
of the County Court, or a major por
tion thereof will be greatly changed
this coming election.
A Crazy Barometer
What is tlui matte. with the weath
erman. All of the ptt viwk the ba
rometer indicate I fair weather and
according to all experience of fore
esters tho sui sl 'iubl be shilling .nd
the gtKitlo winds wanning up the veg
etation. But there is a hitch soma
where and many ure curious to know
JuHt where it In.
The high vrliuol buy ure cuvmhh
i rig the rUy to will tickets for llwlr an
huhI trxi'iintioii lo Coqulllu to tako in
Um lUt hull inline Friday vwiilng
Kiwi are moating with good auaaaaa.
Dm Tlgura Hro u rggroKutOiii of win
aaW m ull will ymni k HP uik u
i 11 mi iiif vUtfiiy wtnJntt !YWy
atgbi.