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VOLUME XXXII
BANDON, OREGON, TUESDAY. JUAi, 13, 1916
NUMBER 23
BANDON
DEATH COMES TO
J. L. KRONENBERG
Buried At Parkersburg Tues.
Prominent Banker and Capitalist Passes
Away After Short Illness. Pneumonia
the Cause. Hundreds Pay Tribute To
Man Who Did Most In Building Up
This Section
A id ever near ub, though unseen,
Tho dear Immortal spirits tread;
lor nil the boundless universe
Is life there are no dead
Edward Hulwer-Lytton
.lonn i.. Krononberg, haimer, enpi-
( hut and tlio man who has probably
( sue tho most towards the recent dc-
'lopmcnt of Ilandon and the sur
uniling country, died at It :ItO o'cloclc
I'duy afternoon, in the F.mergoncy
j.'pitnl, at the age of C5 years. Pncu
lonin was the cause of the dentil. In
il, Mr. ICioncnhorg was sick but n
. days and wan In tho hospital but
hours. .
Mr. Krononberg ruturned to Itaudoii,
'iom California, HCiircely ten days be
fore his dnatlt and waft in apparently
o.l health until a wee): ago S.itur
d.iy, when ho complained of hein,
''lightly indisposed but continued lo
i ttend to husincsn inattrti which do
laanded his attention. Monday moru
la', ho catno down town as usual but
u t ro badly that he had to return to
ilj Lowin I 01110, on Oregon avenue,
ioio ho was staying. From that
no on he continued to sink and was
. .on to the lipspitul Thursday injrn-
His older son, Jnck, was the only
mbcr of the family with him when
pa sod aw.iy, Mrs. Kronenherg ami
i? younger son, George, being on
eir w.iy from California at the time
Until about a year ago the Kronen
il'H nuide their homo in Huudon
nere Mr. Kronenborg held heavy in
rests. Upon the graduation of
ck from the High School here, last
ne, tho family moved to Snttsalito,
(I., in order that .lack might bo near
e University of California, which he
tended during the winter. Mr
onenberg'" interests, however, d
i undi'd that he spend much time here
.id he was back ami forth frequently
I the close of tho school year at tho
I nivcr.ity, Jack returned to Randon
to work during tho summer, and Mm,
i ronenborg and George were starting
1 jr ilandon, to spend the summer
hen word that Mr. krononberg was
i I reached them. They were enrouto
v non ho died. Coming by way of Ku
wore met in that city by
' Cr.tir.o, Frank Fahy and Miss
i r:'ii e, who accompanied thorn
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i1 iy i
don wheie they arrived Salur
. t.
i. i to allow Mr. Kronenber';'
lu tliei ,id sisters to rvach her. the
futcrnl service weri postponed i.itil
lucsday afternoon. At one o'clock on
t t (I y services wore held in the
i .ii it parlors.
'.on II. union the remains w?re
i I n to Purkor?hiirg. where inter-
i 'eat w. -i made !" t'tc bomitiful fnmi-
1 burial plot, which nestles among
1 c tiees on the erwit of a high hil
i ' t' e old Krotmnborg homo. Hero,
i i. id. d by fully a thousanl
f n d and admirers of Mr. Krouoit-
1 the servico wua read by C. 't
1 lo.
Hundred of people went fron. his
i . mt of them rfn the atcamor
- mtch and tho rest in automobiles
.teamer Telegraph brought a
e number from Coqjille and fiom
' t city also, many came in automo
Ici TracticaUy everyone in P;rk
c burr ii the Hoar Creek valley ct-
t ded the servicos, while from every
I o at along tho river, from Coos Ray
. I from Curry county, there wore
i e who wished to pay their lust
pods to the man, who in life bad
en the benefactor of them all, either
i ireetly or indirectly.
Never before has such an abundance
tf 1 uitiful floral offerings boon seen
'I ndo'i. There were basketful
t r ' sl ft ful of blossoms and dozons
rf floral pieces. Two trucks wore ti'
n'b to carry all of the flowers and
ii .pie . irUnl tli:r offerings to
Going to tho grave a a
(Con. , pupils of the Dear
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
MEET AT NORTH BEND
Gathering At Bay Gty Monday Evening i
One Of Largest Fraternal Affairs Ever
Held in County
Twenty members of the Delph
Chapter No. 01, Knights of Pythuia
lodge of this city, attended the lodgi
convention held in Loggie hall, at
North Uend, Monday evening. O'er
100 delegates from the different town-
in the county were in attendance at
the meeting, which opened with a ban
quct at six o'clock, Mayor Elmer Ku-
bol, of North Ilend, acting as tojst
master. Among the delegates who
addressed the meeting wore Giand
Chancellor Willard L. .Marks, Milt m A
Schultz, J. V. Mast, C. A. Smith and
H. A. Anderson.
Many novel and delightful feature
were introduced into the meeting by
tho North Bend lodge, which was in
chnrge, including the serving of iro!i
trout at the banquet. After the ban
quet the delegates adjourned to the
lodge rooms where an initiation etr.
lest was staged between the Hauiion
Mid Worth Ucud lodges, the hitter be
ng awarded the prize for cxcelk'ncc
in ritualistic work.
Those present from Handon were;
Neil McGilvery, I'. H. Hoyt, 0. A.
Trowbridge, K. It. Henry, H. N. Har
rington, Vic Ilreuer, 1). II. Jackson, J.
II. Jones, Ray Corson, J. V. Mast,
John Langlois, J. Horn, E. O. Clinton,
Thomas White, G. K. McNair, Ernest
Sidwell, W. A. Hoover, J. II. Shields,
Chas. E. Pa pc, K. H. Kosa, J. H. Howe.
Creek school carried a bouquet, a ri
lute to tho friend of children.
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The pallbearers were; honorary: II.
II. Kosa, C. Y. Lowe, Paul Stephan, G.
T. Treadgold, O. A. Trowbridge, am'
t'apU Hobt. Johnson. Active; W. J.
Sweet, Guy Dippcl, A. S. Elliot, Lunt
ner Gallier, S. C. Johnson and Dr. S
('. Endicott.
llcsidos his wife and two sons Mr.
Krononberg leaves his mother, Mrj. C.
E. Krononberg, of Coquillo, three sist
ers, Mrs. A. J. Marsh, of Sixes Kiver,
ixrs. Ida Owens, of Coquillo, and Mrs.
Enuna Ill.tkely, of Oakland, Cab. an 1
a brother, Fred Krononberg, also of
Oakland.
All business in Ilandon and as fat
up the valley 'as Coquille ceased fr
three hours Tuosday afternoon, dur
ing the funeral of Mr. Krononberg,
Hero and in Coquille all of the businust
houses closed their doors, all of tho
mills and camps along the lower river
were shut down for the day and not
a factory wheel turned between tho
hours of 1:00 and -1:00 o'clock in the
iftornoon. On shipboard and every
ilagpole the flags hung at half most
in mourning for the man whom all
had learned to love and respect.
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John L. Krononberg was horn .tt
Arago, December ISfll, and hlj
schooling wag had in that district and
Coquille. When but a young man ho
became foreman of tho Parker mill,
.it Parkersburg, where he met naJ
married Miss Ottilie Parker, daughter
(.f Mr. and Mrs. Judnh Parker. When
tho mill was sold to the Coquille Mill
and Tug company, of which Chas. P.
Doe of Sun Francisco is tho president,
Mr. Krononberg Imcnme superinten
dent, which position he held until the
mill burned down in 190.1. In that
year ho and other local men bought
tho Randolph Lumber company hold
ings and he was made prosident and
malinger. This plant was later sold
to the Robert Dollar company.
Mr. Krononberg has boon president
of the Rank of I?amlon since it was
organized in 1001. In 1010 he moved
his family to Ilandon from Parkora-
burg and up until a your ago ho made
this city his headquarters. At tno
time of his donth he was manaKer oi
the Coquillo Mill and Tug company,
president of tho Randon Orchard com
pany, with holdings in Washington and
Douglas counties, president of the
Southern Oregon Transportation corn-
any, which owns the steamer Speed
well, president of tho Randon Powc
company, and president of .the Coquilk
Towboat company, besides Iwinr in I ,
terested in the steamer Randon aiedl
owning ast tracta of timber and farm1
and both in the Coouillo -allev amll e
California. He was managing owi.or
of the schooner Oregon up until th.
fflnrit Dwnulinr ii, llllil
Dtiui 3Iuur lillfi
ROSEBURG BOY SCOUTS
ENCAMPED ON BEACH
Arrive Tuesday Afternoon and Plan To
Stay About a Week. Boys Camp and
Drill Along Road. 90-Mile Hike Made
In a Week
Twenty three strong, with their
(. out master, three patroU of Roy
Scouts from Rosebur arrived in
Randon on the steamer Telegraph,
Ti eadaj evening and ru"t into camp
on the bluff near the Queen Anne eot
itige. F.xcept for the boat rido clover
he rwer from Coquille, tho boys hik-
td the optire 90 miles, con ing by way
of the old Coos Ray waaon road.
leaving Iiosoburg lajt Tuesday
morning, tnoy rpent a weeu on tno
id; taking the trip by easy .-tajre.H.
- il:'..., ivmm nf ln vl.r.mtr ha Imvs
' . .
Jiild march until noon ana tl.r. rest
.if the dav was snent in s'-oi.t nractlee.
A tin co day stop was mado in Rraw;5M?i?!S.eo ' " Prasi.co
:ler Vnllev. Thev are mnrehinir 1 uht
11 of their equipment boiuff carried
ii a sumily wagon which briiirs up
be roar. Military order is strictly
iiiaintaiued on the march and the boys
appear as campaign veterans.
Wednesday morning tho boys will
march to Johnson's, beach, north f
.own, where they will camp for four
or five days before leaving on tho re
turn trip. Many of tho scouts ha
vor soon the ocean until their ar
vnl here and thoy are spending: ev
.y spare moment along the bsu h.
! 'iming in wonder at the things
H-h soein commonplace to Handon
'W).ti. i
rollowinir nre the mem'bora of the
in i... mimi!'
Hawk Patrol; Jas. McNab, patrol
....i.rr nni.r UnnWinn. ...i.tnnt na.
ml in.ior nn.l ! lurk ino-l.nn-
Levi White. Howard Krohn and Wnl-
ice O'Brien, scouts.
Pox Patrol; Roese Hutcheson, u-,
rol lendor; l-'rancis Dlllard, assistant!
atrol leader, and Ron Chilson, Frank
madon, Duiiahl Hunt and Stan' v
loden, scouts.
Panther Patrol; Percy Pearson, pa
ml le- r; Abort Me?o1i, asaistan
latrol b-...ior, and Raymo .d Parslow,
Robert Chilson, Harry Shield, Frank
Hutclii' on. Albert Everts and G'--
Rradburri, scouts.
Troop Uugler, JicV Shields.
K. S. J. Himilton. Scout Co;.. -ioner.
s accompai'yin? tho hoy . .
-nit
-ter.
IIaro',1 W. Quigley, science and com
nercial tcaehor in the High Srhool.
left Ki;dny morning for his home in
Portlsrd. When he left thry he hud
not derided whether ho wonld accept
position which had teen offered him
m Portland for tho summer months.
or attend summer school at the Univer.
sity of Orogon. Mr. Quigley wil. re
sume his duties here when scl.oo
starts in September.
Or. .S J. Mann motored to Marsh
field, wiiero ha ws callwl on profes
: ional husirer.s, Welneslay.
lime that boat was sold, about a yuar;
ago. He was one of the largest h'jld-
ors of city property in Randon and ti-
cently purchased a beautiful place b. 1
ausilito. Cel.
Mr. Kronenberg left no will and to
I try to sstimate the value oi what hi
left would b gio-asworS. It is stated
u(. ,ua ,..,n il. t ;.. ..i
.1 A
merciore
his don;li Oill not .irt'ec
,erPr,r'e8 wn,en wao intPrest-
ed directly or indirectly, to any g"cat
extent financially.
TEMPORARY AGREEMENT
REACHED WITH STRIKERS
Loslwremen Return To Work Friday
Details Of Settlement Being Worktd
Out At Conference.
; p;C5 $ol Averted
Shortage Of Sup
'ord reached H. Mar.cict, secre
tMT oT tho local longshoreman's un-
itffc uthorizinfr the loading and un -
loqaiiTK. all vessels which would
pal. the rat oe asked by the striker,
Fwtay noon. Within an hour n crw
" """KB""''""!"" wore at won; load-
. f . .
ing Hie steamer Acme, which had
b4(n taking on ties at the Egtabrook
Wnflo boats up and down tho co ist
baihjr worked, the agrroemont be-
iwm employers and the sti..ior
u.'m,I .mnnMtm. n...l . 1. - .I,:t f
!" ij .niu mu uuuiiis m
w H,""ni "ro uoing worKed put
uiuu uobib, me owners 01 winci.
,,avo aRrn t W the advanced rat-
us a,e i.it worueit and there arc:
Btl" a m"1'-''- of ships in different
coaai ports mat the striKei-s rorune to
touch. ;
Most of the companies oiwatir.nrl
steamers in and out of this port have'
granted tin- demands of the longshore -
man and tho touts have resumud theii
regular runs. Tho Speedwell crossed
in Monday morning and commence ,
loading at pnee, us did thu Phooniv.
and Bamlon upen their arrival. How-!
over, no worJ has licen received from
no MIWM ' supposed tha;.
she is still tied up at San Francisco
As nieticr.lly all of the food supplies
that came to Randon from Californ't. 1
apo cn this ship, the short
of. potatoes, fruit and other peri h-1
oble goods l-.s not been received.
"f t1,e morchai.ts have largo ,
orders on lite Sin Francisco dock a-
wmamm " samng or hiq iwisauem.
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THAT BONDING ACT
fdltor Recorder:-
An article recently publishoil in tho
Waatorn Worlil takes n fling at the
H&nding Act, nuking it tho sponsor
for some of Uie City's financial short
age, Teforrinx to it as the "froak lion.l
ing act", and also says that there is
a joker in tho Randon act, and con
tinue in substance as follows:
"The Bancroft bonding act make
it a bonanza for the projierty own.v
Who wishes to improve his proper''
n borrowed capital. He is allows
to pay principal and interest to the
if on the installment plan. The r'tV.
year he rot'res one tenth of the prin
-ipal and pays the interest on the
whole for a year, second year another
tenth etc., and the final year he
wya acly oe tenth of the
original
nrincinal and the interest on that nart '
only. In the meantime the city has '
been forced to sell ten year improve-
Ntont honds, on which each year it!
pays 0 per cent interest, and when the !
final reckoning comes the city p iys j
the interest defu-t, and the goneial
fund of the city generously donates
$270 per thousand td the good cans, ;
rpiie t-ne property owner pays vwo
interest
This is an inconv't and misleading
tatement of tho op. ration of 4lie bond- (
ipg act, .
The real 'import of that ar -
tide is that. tho city must by reason
of 0Jie stringent provisions of thjs bond'
in act, pay 6 pSr cent a year for ten
ffH varo nn tVin.fiill ainnn s.mM
.11 vnn nn V.n- A. 11 11000 o ' .
ifiOO ipf-re t nor t!i.ius?nd dollam
n'bond, wh'lc thr property oiwr
-ets o!T for '!n interot. and the city
t'onaves t' i'i'fe..rce between '0
and ?000 or U'O, as a deficiency. The j
E. H. BOYLE AND MISS
ERftiA CRAINE MARRIED
Prominent tMembers Of Younger Set Are
Quietly Wedded At Home Of Bride
Parents, Monday Evening. Only Few
Intimate Friends and Relatives Present
Mvs Krma Craino, daughter of Mr
nil Mrs. W. E. Craine, of this city,
nd Everard II. Royle, son of Mr. and
Irs. R. W. Royle, and manager of the
loyle Jowelry company, were marriw)
t the home of the brides parent, oi
wdiron nvonue, at seven o'clock, Mon
Uy evening by Rev. Win. Horsfal!
was witnessed by only t few intimat
Iriends and rebtivoa. Immodiateh
r.fter the ceremony Mr. and Mi;-
Royle left for Coquille in an automo
bile, where they took tho train foi
Portland, Tuesday morning.
During the past year the bride ha'
held the position of domestic scienc
teacher in the Randon High Scho.d
She has lived in this city practically
all of her life and was a gradunto ol
the High School with tho class of P.1! 1
following which she attended St, He
Ion's Hall, in Portland, for a year 1
; ihe Fall of 1912 she entered Orooi
! Agricultural Colletre and was trraduai.
ta irom mat institution a year ngo.
Mr. Royle is one of the enterpris.n
; . - ..
meivnants oi tno city and is proinm
, nit in lodge circles. He came to Rai
j don about seven years ago and enter
I ?d the jewelry business with bis fatho
U. W. Royle, who is now in Arizona
Three years ago Mr. Roylo bocam
inanager of tho Royle Jowolrv com
... . - f . . 1 1 . ,
iianj-, one 01 uiu leaning nousen in inai
I line oi buh'inoss in this part of thc
jntntc.
; noin .Air. and Mrs. Hoylo hava
host of friends in this city. Upor
their returne from tho honoymoo
'rip to Portland they will bo at lu.in.
iO their friends in the Felter residence
on Gnrfield avenue
Architect Denj. Ostlind is over froii
: ' lie 0aV on business connected with
' construction of tho new Rasmus
: n" Sage building. The building
f.hne rapidly nnd will bo com-
r'. : befr the time limit sot it
contract, ajwiling to Mr. Long
ion, of the Longston Coustructio.
o.npany, which has tho contract.
f evenU of Wednesday
. e 1 1th, will lie the marriage of
,,is8 Solve to Lloyd Rosa. Only
few intimate friends and the relativ
of tho brido and groom will attend
'''e wedding.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Rosa wil'
mako thoir home in Mvrtle Pub"..
vheiv he is employed by the Kstabro.
company.
Miss Hsael Loo, of Myrtle Point, is
visiting with hor sistor, Mrs.
Catcholl, for a few weeks.
Zeno
incorrectness of such an impression
oju-ists in the fact that tho Orogo
law at Sec. 32-IS L. O. L. reads as fol
lews: "Provided, the right to take up
nd cancel cuch bond or bonds, upon
'he payment of the face value thereo'
d or after one yoar, with accrued lu
lercst to the date of payment, shad bo
'nd is hereby vested In the city issu
'ng each bond or bonds."
Raid law also provides that the city
y issue ite bonds in convenient de
c. initiations not exceeding $fi00 each.
Therefore it is optional with the ci
'y under this law, whether It issu.-i-
U bonds in small denominations and
iwys them off as the property owners
i.av. or whether it holds intact tho ui.l !
installmentsuntil they pre all paid in
before canceling, the bonds If all
tho cities working ui-ler this net
choose to hol.1, the sack until all of the
installments have been paid in, tfcav
may do so, nul in so doing, "donate
270 to the good caueo." If thoy -ic-
ire to pay londs off as ho install
ments nte paid In, thoy can do so,
merely by notifying the bond holder,
by, n
Jt is cjontjet, however, to add this: The
j roporty oo.ti.'t-'only pays hfs interest
annaally into tho cit'os, while tho oitios
! ro reouired to pay the interest to the
,hond holder semi-annually, and in so
j doing the cities should, . if ehtir
1 onds are naid off nromutlv as the in-
;.tallnientf are paid in by the propetty
1. ll.n-l. .... 1.1 I.. 1... .1...
owner, find a doficiencv not to oxeuid
i.bout four dollars and six bits per
thousand of bonds,
,- Respectfully,
- JQJIN NEILSOW
CHATAUQUA TO BE
HELD AS PLANNED
Ticket Sale Has Commenced
Decision To Carry Event Through Reached
At Meeting Of Those Who Had Sub.
scribed For Tickets, Tuesday. Com
mittees Are Appointed.
Randon is to have a Chaut-'UdUt..
iieginiiing Wednesday, July lOth and
Issting four days, as was first plan-
.ed somo months ago. At a mecl'ns
of those who had signed up fur ti
ets, hold in tho City Hall Tuesi
owning, tho Randon Chautaunna .
oemtion was organised, C. F. P,
'icing eloctetl chairnuin, J. Ira Sidw
ocrotary, and Frank Fahy, tronsui
The following committees wore t v
pointed:
Advertising, L. D. I'elshoim. C. ?
Wade and J. W. Mast.
Grounds; II. C. Uippol, W. K. Re :,
R. N. Harrington, E. II. Royle
Tent; Tho-, Neilson, John Noils.
W. K. Craino and Roy Corson.
Seating and Platform; J. A. Ryiv
i. C. Johnson, and Geo. W. Moore.
Tickets; Frank Fahy, and W. . .
Pearce.
Ticket Sales; John Dickey, M i
Amelia Henry, Dr. II. L. Houston, 1 .
L. Schofield, S. Gnllior, Kd. Galli .
A. R. Sweet, Sabro brothers, Th .
N'eilson, Prof. Richards nnd W. :
Wells.
Transportation; Kugono Schot :
uid C. R. Wade.
Piano; Prof. Richards.
All of the committees will ho"
vork at once, as there is less than ;
lonths time in which to make prop.
ions for the event. The Tieke'
iiles committee, which has the hi si;
f soiling MO tickets, started the'r
-mpaign immediately after the meet
tig udjournod.
DEMOCRATIC C10NTRAL COMM.
HOLDS MRUTING AT COQUILLIS
Permanent organisation of tho IV
nocratic Central Committee for Mn
County was made at a mooting held
he f ity Hall, at Coquille, Tuesduy,
line 13th, and tho following oflicers
vore elected:
Frod Holliator of North Rend, chair
man; W. J. Rust, of Mnrshfield, sacro-
pry Treasurer; Louis Strong, of Myr
lc Point, Congressional Committee
man. Another meeting of tho Committee
ill bo held in the near future to np
joint working committees in the dif
orent sections of tho county and t.i
onsidor other busiiifiRS connected with
he present campaign. It is hoped
hat all of tho committeemen will tie
nresont at this meeting.
W. L. Mast was the only attendant
from Randon at Tuesday's muutintf.
Miss Csrmen Hittson, of Modford
Oiegon. is a house guest nt thu W I'..
rino home on Kdison avenue. Min
Hittson is a graduato of the phuriuar:
Jepartment of tho Orogon Agricul
tural College and is now employed I-.
ir home city.
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PARK CLKAN-UP I)AA' . :
CHANGKD TO THURSDAY 1
Owing to the fact that Frl-
f day, Juno 10th, the day nh
3 nounced last 'week as Park
5 Clean-Up Day, is pay day
for tho camps arnul town and
most of the men como in to do
thcir'buying, Uie dote has been,
i set flocid nnd tho clean-up will
i bo held Thursday.
This announcement wa.i
V nwde yesterday by tho commit -''
tee in charge of the affair (
and Mayor Topping has witli
i drawn his proclamation doclar
ing Friday"aftornoon a holiday
and has callod the holiday
for Thursday. Practically all
i of the btisinoss house will
close at noon. All families
are uged to join In the pie-
nc tftipper 1 1 tke Psrk, fonow
'i ing which v. big bon-fire will
;' bo held for the children.
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