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THE MOBKING OREGONIA2J, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1902.
BANDON BY THE SEA
A PROSPEROUS TOWN WITH A PERMANENT PAY-ROLL
A WOOLEN MILL, MATCH FACTORY, CANNERY, ETC.
BANDON, Nov. 19. (Special corre
spondence.) According to the census of
1900. the population of Coos County was
10,324. and that of Bandon G45. making It
the third largest town In the county. An
estimate of the present population at 750
or 800 is quite conservative. It Is not a
matter of great importance to the aver
age reader what the exact population is
now, or has been in the past; he is more
interested In knowing what the popula
tion is likely to be in the future.
There Is -more depending upon a few
Individuals In a town In making or un
making it than would appear upon the
surface. The Bandon of today is largely
indebted to. the enterprise of a man now
departed for its present commercial inv
portance. Dating back to 1850 and 1S51,
the ifnouth of the Coqullle River (pro
nounced here both Co-quell and Co-keel)
was" looked upon as the site of a future
city, and the first man who owned It
jealously guarded his possessions, but
was opposed to any intrusion on his vest
ed rights, and. as a consequence, what
town there was then of Bandon was lo
cated a mile or so to the south. The
sand mining at Randolph, north of here,
was then creating great excitement, and
a city dependent upon commerce was not
so absolute a necessity. When. In the
year 1S86, Judge .Dyer (who died In 1895)
thought he saw a favorable investment
for some money at the mouth of the
river, he was confronted by the owner
of the land, who would not sell any part
unless he sold it all. and to purchase the
land at the price he demanded was tak
ing considerable risk, but Mr. Dyer was
ready to back his judgment with his
money, and purchased the land, and at
once began to lay broad plans for mak
ing It a remunerative investment. Dur
ing his lifetime he was ever ready to as
sist in the establishment of local enter
prises by donations of both lands and
money, and It is largely owing to this
liberal spirit that Bandon now has a
raonthly payroll of about 510.000. based
on the employment of over 200 persons
in the various Industries here. When he
tiled. Bandon lost a man who had done.
In an unostentatious way. many good
things for "the town. That he was as
sisted by others equally wide-awake and
enterprising 13 not denied, but had he
been actuated by the spirit some prop-orty-owners
manifest, he could not have
secured the active co-opcratlon of his
fellow-citizens and have accomplished so
much. Even when he sold property to
individuals, he would endeavor to influ
ence them In the direction of pursuing
a liberal policy for the future welfare of
the town. V.'e mention these facts at
tMi time, as such services are sometimes
overlooked, and the Importance of a lib
oral prl'cy by men in doing business with
their fellow-man 13 not fully realized.
The business street of Bandon Is alons
the scuth bank of the Coqullle River,
just inside the mouth, distant only a
half mile or so from lho ocean. There Is
one street Just above the level of the
water, and there the land rises abruptly
about 50 feet, and there is an extenslvs
level tract extending back from the river,
and on this bench is the residence por
t'on, commanding a fine view of river
and ocean. Just on the edge of this ris
ing ground stards the public school build
ing recently built, and of which the Ban
den people are justly proud. Looking out
frcm Its artistic town towards the west
is seen, the Government jetty on the
rcut,h side of the bar of the Coqullle
River, and opposite it the north, jetty,
vhlch already give a channel into the
ocean of 12 feet or more in depth. Ves
sels carrying 400.000 feet of lumber and
Orawing over 11 feet have often passed
out safely. On the point near the north
jetty is sen the Coqullle lighthouse and
foghorn, in charge erf Mr. Hartman. as
sisted hy Mr. Brotherton, the latter being
a son-in-law of E. T. Hatch, now of
Portland. Quito Imposing dwellings and
outbuildings have been erected for the
employes at the llghttiouse. For the dis
tance of a mile or so. the river runs east
and west, and then makes a bend to the
north for a mile, and again towards the
cast. The depth of water in front of the
wharves here ranges from 25 to SO feet,
and tidewater rxtends up the river about
42 miles. The ocean-going vessel Man-d-lay
has gone 2S miles up the river, and
river steamers have gone nearly 20 miles
further. The river steamers Favorite,
Cnptaln Mooman, and Dispatch. Captain
"White, make morning and afternoon trips
as far as Coqullle City, passing on the
way the sawmill towns of Prosper and
Parkersburg. the mining town of River
ton, and the town of. Bullard, on the
north shore. It. costs only 75 cents to
make the round trip, up in the morning
rnd back in the afternoon, and it is a
pleasant ride.
At the upper end of the wharf is the
car.nery, belonging to C. Timmons and as
sociates, which has just completed can
ning about 10,000 cases of salmon, and em
ployed during the season about 100 hands.
Further to the east stands the Bandon
"Woolen Mill, a three-story wooden build
ing, employing over 60 hands, and 'now
crowded with orders and running over
time. A few blocks further east is the recent
ly erected Bandon Match Factory ofDyer
& Shoemaker. Less than a year ago it
was operating on match "Fpilnts" alone.
and shipping to match factories in large
cities, but last August it commenced the
manufacture of matches for the market,
that and so successful has the venture
V?cn that Its present capacity is soon to
18 doub!od and employment given to SO
inrtead cf IS hands. The match stock is
Port Orford cedar, so abundant near here,
which Is brought to the factory in four
foct bolts and then cut into blocks 4
inches long, which are run through a
"matter," and then resawed and run
through a "splitter." when they are ready
for "finishing." These blocks are dipped
in sulphur and brimstone, separated into
smaller blocks, wrapped by girls, who be
come very skillful, and placed in the cases
ready for shipment. Bandon matches will
soon be known all over the Coast.
The same firm has a broom-handle fac
tory near by, which employs from 10 to 16
hands, and when run to its full capacity
tt'.rns out about 4.000,000 handles a year.
Port Orford cedar is used, a'nd for the
past 10 years broom handles have been
made here, and this1 locality now supplies
the Pacific Coast trade. Automatic lathes
turn out the handles very rapidly, and
trey are packed 100 in a bundle, weigh
ing about eight ounces to each hindie, and
shipped to all parts of the world. Aus
tralia is one of the largest customers of
the factory here. This is said to be the
first factory built on the Pacific Coast for
the exclusive manufacture of broom han
dles. There are half a dozen sawmills tribu
tary to Bandon, sawing cedar and' fir lum
ber of which mere detailed mention will
be made later, in this letter.
Extending southward from the mouth
of the Coqullle River Is Bandon Beach,
which is very popular as a driveway, and
for visitors, on which are found many va
rieties of pretty pebbles. The beach at
low tide is quite level, and extends down
the- coast about 10 miles. There are many
bluffs and rocky crags, which add to the
variety and beauty of the scenery. Among
these rocks are salt water bathing pools,
with .clean, hard, sandy bottoms, and when
Bandon becomes the seaside resort sho
is destined to be. one of her attractions
-will be the fine sea bathing. The rocks
assume some quite fantastic forms, some
quite famous being a human face In out
line, called "The Sphinx": another, "The
Lion and the Monkey," and another, "The
Wizard Rocks" where spirit forms are
seen in the dashing of the waves.
An enterprise of no small Importance,
which was liberally "boomed" by the bus
iness men of Bandon, is the twmile
plank roadway leading into town frdm
the P'outh. When this road, would now be
impassable, during the rainy season,
heavy loads of lumber and matchwood
arc being hauled to Bandon. and this im
portant industry continues through the
whole year. The planking is white cedar,
which, it is estimated, will last for 20
years. To a person riding over the muddy
roads from the south, this plank road
leading Into Eandon creates a very favor
able Impression, and you expect, and are
prepared to meet, a wide-awake and en
terprising class of people, and you are
not disappointed. The town and Its peo
ple have a prosperous appearance, and you
can readily believe Bandon to be a de
sirable place of residence, and that Its
people are wholesouled and hospitable.
The Government has located a llfesaving
station at Bandon, and eight men are em
ployed, who keep constant watch day and
night. A lookout is stationed about one
mile down the coast, on a rocky head
land, and watches of four hours each are
kept. This crew has rendered some val
uable assistance to vessels in distress since
its location here. The payroll of over $300
a month Is quite an item to the business
men of this town.
Bandon has no electric lights. It would
seem that the Installing of a plant here
might be made to pay, particularly from
the fact that a sufficient water power can
be secured cheaply only a short distance.
away. This power could be electnnea,
brought into- town and used, not only for
lighting but also to' propel machinery.
One great advantage of a water power
over steam, even If Its low cost of opera
tion is left out. is that light and power
can be furnished during both diy and
night, which is quite an advantage.
Bandon has no steam laundry and no
bakery. Both these lines of business will
bear investigation by experienced persons,
to determine whether they will be paying
investments.
Bandon did have a brewery, but it is
not In operation now. If an ice machine
and cold-storage plant were joined with
the brewing business it would give some
person a handsome Income, and would
grow with the expansion of trade. There
Is quite a dairy country adjacent to Ban
don, and the surplus butter made during
the Summer could be placed in cold stor
age and sold during the Winter, as fresh
and sweet as when made, and at good
prices. Game and fish could also be pre
served In the same way. This Investment
would require about $2S0 capital.
Bandon is cn the Coqullle River, and all
the commerce of the adjacent country
must pay tribute as It passes by, and no
matter where a const railroad is located,
it cannot get out of reach of Bandon by
water.
The commercial Importance of Bandon
is increasing each year, and experienced
railroad builders have learned that it
rays best to build to towns with an es
tablished trade, rather than to go
them; hence. It is very improbable that
Bandon will ever be called upon to exert
herself to any great extent to secure rail
road connections. The Bandon people
want a railroad along the Coast, and the
trade already centered here will b an Irn
pTtant part of the business of such a
road.
Bandon Is In Oregon, but not of Oregon.
All her trade relations are with -San Fran
cisco. Vessels both large and 4mall ar
rive and depart from and 'to San Fran
cisco, but not from and to Portland. Busi
ness men here tell me they could In many
cases buy to much better advantage In
Portland than San Francisco. If they had
a better way of getting the freight, but as
it Is now they are compelled to do much
of their business with the California me
tropolis. If it is an Impossibility for Port
land to heve steamers running Into Ban
don. then the Portland business men
should by all means unite In encouraging
and assisting a railroad connection. There
is an undeveloped country here of great
possibilities. Its timber, its coal and its
dairying are but In their infancy, and as
the commercial metropolis of Oregon
Portlard should make a greater effort to
control some or all of the trade. It Is well
worth securing, not only for its present
value, but what it may expand to in the
future. I confess I am unable to under
stand why the five lumber schooners I
have seen pass over the bar here during
the past few days, and the steamer Man
dalay. which takes out coal and match-
twood, nnd came in with a large cargo of
merchandise, could not have ocen running
to Portland as well as San Francisco.
There may be some good reason, but It
does not appear on the surface. The only
comment made by the merchants Is that
Portland Is indifferent to their wants-, and.
cannot expect their trade unless she
makes some effort to get it.
The Bandon public school employs four
teachers, and has an enrollment of 16S, the
primary department being in charge of
Miss M. Wilson, with C9 enrolled. Miss M.
Walker has 48 in her department, and
the principal. Mm H. T. Wooten, and
her assistant. Miss A. K. Maddocks. have
51 enrolled. The school building is an im
posing one, and occupies a very sightly
location.
The Bandon Woolen Mills, the property
of T. W. Clarke and associates, was
erected in 1893-94. Eandon citizens en
couraged the location of the enterprirc
here by liberal donations of land and la
bor. Mr. Clarke was with the Oregon City
woolen mills for 25 years before coming
here and locating, and the advantages of
Bandon in its cheap fuel and shipping fa
cilities caused the mlil to be so located.
It was at first a "two-set" mill, but an
increase of business called for more ma
chinery, and it is now a "three-set" r. .
and yet is too small, and during the past
three years has been behind on orders,
nnd has been compelled to run overtime.
Last year an attempt was made to run
day and night, using a double shift of
hands, but it was difficult to secure a
crpwi and now It runs only until 9 o'clock
at night. About 20 of thf hands are paid
day wages, ranging from $40 a month and
up: and about 40 are paid for piecework,
and earn more, some of the young lady
weavers earning as much as ?G0 a month.
Wages have been advanced during ...e
pact three years from 20 to 25 per cent.
The product of the Bandon. mills is all
pure wool, and Is largely special orders
for shipment to the East, and on one line
of goods alcne for a Detroit firm the
amount of the order will aggregate $150,000,
and it will take the mill over a year to
fill. Extensive improvements to the mill
are contemp-.atcd in the future, depend
ent largely upon the" development of the
railroad situation on the Coast. The
present transportation facilities are an
advance over those of a few years ago.
but there is still room for improvement.
The temperature on the coast here va
ries but little between Summer and Win
ter, being cool in Summer and moderately
warm, never very cold, in Winter. There
are no destructive winds and electric
storms, and malaria is said to be un
known. The first case of fever and ague
is yet to be reported in this section.
William G. Carroll is the resident engi
neer here. In charge of the Government
improvements. In addition to the duties
imposed upon him of superintending the
expenditure of the Government funds he
is required to collect data relative to the
exports and Imports at this port
According to reports furnished to the
United Stales Engineer's office in Port
land, and which are printed by the Gov
ernment, the total tonnage of shipments
from the port of Bandon during the cal
ender year J900 was 2S.SS3 tons, beinjr an
increase, of 6433 tons over 1S98. and 2193
tons over 1899, showing that the business
here is increasing. The classes of ship
ments are give'n as follows: For 1900
Lumber and logs 24.695 tons (or 11.S1S.S00
feet as against 1C.2E5 tons In 1S9S: coal.
1150 tons, as against S628 tons in 1S9S. The
rhlpments of coal during the coming year
will be about 5000 tons. Matchwood. 1904
tens, as against 1412 tons In 1S98: broom
handles, S21 tons, as against 2S0 tons in
1398. The salmon shipments of 1900 were
160 tons; hides. 2, tons; .agricultural prod
ucts, 32 tons, and miscellaneous freight,
S3 tons. The imports, or receipts, at this
port were 1ESS tons In 19CO, consisting of
general merchandise, wool, hay and ma
chinery. Since 1SS0 Government Improvements
have been made cn the Coqullle River bar
here, and the good results have been ap
parent each year. Up to the last session
of Congress, the appropriations altogether
amounted to only J210.000. This last ap
propriation of SS0.000 leaves $45,000 yet to
be appropriated to complete the project
of permanently maintaining a depth of at
least eight feet on the bar at low tide, or
14 feet at high. tide. The contract for
extending the north jetty out into the
ocean COO feet was let October 8 last to
John Kicrnan, of Portland, and work will
commence at once, and is to be completed
In 10 months. The contract price jwas
about $25,000.
The commerce of the Coqullle River
passing over the bar has heretofore been
carried by small schooners of from 75 to
140 tons net register. The towage is per
formed by the steam tug Triumph, of 27
tons register, which has been In service at
the bar throughout the years. During
the past two years the steamer Mandalay
has been added to the Coqullle River fleet,
making regular trips to San Francisco.
WIFE OF A PRESIDENT SERIOUSLY ILL
MRS. JULIA DI3XT GRANT.
Mrs. Julia Dent Grant, widow of the late President Grant, is seriously 111 at
her residence in Wa?hlr.cton, D. C. Although no immediate apprehension Is 'felt
for her, she is suffering from a heavy cold of two weeks' duration, combined with
asthma. Mm. Sartorls is with her mother, devoting all her care to her. None
but the most intimate friends are admitted to see her. Mrs. Grant returned
from her Summer home at Coburg. Canada, a month ago. and has for two
weeks been in poor health. She la 77 years old.
This rtcamer has 266 tons net register,
and draws 13 feet loaded, and has also
passenger accommodations. The princi
pal article of export is lumber, of which
the country tributary to the Coquille ,
River furnishes an abundant supply of me
best quality, the variety locally known as
Port Orford cedar being an especially
valuable commodity. Coal of an excel
lent quality is found at Rlverton, 15 miles
above the river entrance. The mines have
not been worked extensively for a num
ber o'f years, owing to lack of transporta
tion facilities, the small schooners finding
timber the most profitable cargo. Since
the advent of the Mandalay above-mentioned
active operations at the coal mines
have been resumed, and further develop
ments In thn way of opening new mines
are In progress. Much of the timber and
practically all of the fruit and dairy prod
ucts of the Coquille Valley have hereto
fore been shipped by rail from Myrtle
Point and Coqifillo City to Marshfield, on
Coos Bay,, and thence by steamer. In
coming merchandise was largely received
over the same route. This was the most
expensive method, but has been given the
preference by some shippers on account
of the delays Incident to schooner ship
ments The steamer line recently estab
lished has remedied this Ho a certain ex
tent, though transportation facilities are
still Inadequate to the needs of the pres
ent lumber industry, which Is . growing
larger each year. The local river busi
ness Is handled by river steamers the
Antelope, a propeller of 19 tons; the
Venus a propeller of 15 tons; the Favor
ite.' a propeller of 46 tons, and the Dis
patch, a slernwhedl boat of 107 tons, none
drawing more than four feet of water.
The Dispatch carries the United States
mails, making six round trips a week be
tween Bandon and Coquille City.
The water supply for Bandon comes
from a large spring two miles back of
town, and has 'a pressure of about 52
pounds. The supply is sufilcient for pres
ent needs, but in case of the town need
ing a larger supply there are numerous
creeks which could be easily brought In.
Bandon has one hotel, three saloons,
five churches, four general merchandise
stores, two butcher shops, two barker
shops, two hardware stores, one grocery
store, one drug store, three cigar stores,
livery stable, furniture store, restaurant,
photograph gallery, blacksmith shop,
newspaper, cannery, woolen mill, broom
handle and match factory and box fac
tory. The shipbuilding industry is destined
to become of considerable Importance at
Bandon and vicinity. During the past
few years there have been built, four or
five schooners, two tugs and an ocean
going, vessel, the Homer, which now plies
between San Francisco and Portland and
along the coast. The fir lumber of this
section is of superior quality for ship
building, being so pronounced by experts
In the business. In addition, there is the
Port Orford cedar, which makes a strong,
light frame, and has more lasting quali
ties than other timber, being equal to
oak in that respect, and much lighter,
giving the vessel more buoyancy and a
greater carrying capacity. At present
there is in course of construction at Pros
per a sawmill settlement three mlle3 up
the river from Bandon, a steam schooner
which will have a carrying capacity of
600,000 feet of lumber, and will be ready
for launching in a week or two. She
will make the run between Portland and
San Francisco. At Parkersburg. seven
miles up the river 'from here, the three -
masted schooner Advance was launched
a few weeks ago. and made her maiden
trip from here October 19. loaded with
025,000 feet of lumber.. The lumber ship-
'ments, until recently, have been made in
two-masted schooners, with a carrying
capacity of from 120.0CO to 15O.CO0 feet but.
owlng to the improvements cn the Co-
quiile bar. the shipments are now made
in three-masted and steam schooners
carrying from C30.0CO to 400.000 feet of lum
ber each iilp.
The wharf at Bandon Is about 500 feet
in length, with slips at each end, and has
accommodations for half a dozen vessels
at one time. The water being fresh, there
is no trouble with the ravages of teredos
on the piling. . Wharves can. bs built any
distance along the river front and ac
commodate any amount of shipping. To
judge from the amount of freight pass
ing over the wharf now, Its capacity is
about reached, and more wharves will
soon be required.
With the advent 'of u railroad to the
coast, there is un opening at Bandon for.
a seaside hotel, and there are several
very sightly locations which would be
convenient to both the town and the
ocean beach. t .
Woodville sawmill, the property of R.
H. Rosa, is located at the end of the
plank roadway 2 miles out from Bandon.
It was built in 16S3. and has a capacity of
12,000 feet a day. The mill has been
sawing In the same place for the past 19
years on white cedar, and there is tim
ber near the mill for nearly 10 years
longer. The train road out into the tlm- i
ber, over which the logs are brought to
the mill, is about two miles long. Logs
range in size from two to seven feet in
diameter, and are all white cedar. Logs
not suitable for lumber are cut into bolts
and sold for match wood, which is in
active demand. The merchantable lum
ber is shipped in the rough by vessel
from Bandon. By-products of the mill
are made into broomhandloSj the ca
pacity of the mill being 4000 handles a
day, and a kiln has recently been con
structed for drying the handles. White
cedar is an excellent wood for planking
roadways, and one firm in San Francisco
this year placed an order for 60,000 feet
of 4x4 lumber, which" was laid on a wharf
where heavy teaming is done, as thi3
wood does not split and silver, as do
some other kinds of planking. Mr. Rosa
is now erecting a store building In Ban
don, and in the Spring will Incorporate a
merchandise company and put In a stock
of general merchandise. The mill em
ploys 20 hands. The cedar timber belt
around Bandon is about four miles wido
and 16 miles long, baing principally white
cedar and fir. The country Is compara
tively level, and there will be no diffi
culty in getting the logs to the sawmills,
and. with a coast railroad in operation,
there would be given a great Impetus to
the lumber business. The-lasting quality
of this white cedar is well illustrated by
an incident related by Mr. Rosa. Out in
the woods is lying a cedar tree which is
perfectly sound, and growing over it is
a tree about four feet In diameter, which
must be .75 or 100 years'old. In the Im
mediate vlelnity of the sawmills, where
the large trees have been logged off. a
younger growth has sprung up, and there
are trees about 35 years old. 12 and 13
inches in diameter. By the time the old
est timber here is logged off. there will
be a second growth ready for market.
Old logging roads have become almost
obliterated with a denss growth of young'
fir. cedar and alder trees.'
George P. Topping, of Bandon. is very i
enthusiastic over the future of the coast
counties. The many water powers on tho
rivers running into the ocean along tha
ccast could be electrified and a coast
railroad be operated so cheaply that a
passenger rate of $5 could be made profit
able from Portland to San Francisco, and
freight rates be proportionately cheap,
as, by locating the road" along the ocean,
it would be a continuous level haul. What
may be done in the future in developing
the immense water powers In the rivers,
along the coast la a matter of specula
tion. One great advantage is the short
distance of these powers from the coast
and the ease with which hey may be
controlled. There is an aggregate of not
less than 500.000 horsepower now going
to waste. A syndicate could be formed
and get control of these water powers
along they coast very cheaply now. and
the powers could be united into one gi
gantic system.
Between Port Orf6rd and Bandon are
thousands of acres of wild huckleberry
bushes, and at this seaso,n they are cov
ered with blue and purple berries, the
season during which the berries hang
on the bush.es being about three months
from September 1 to December 1. 1
have it from good authority that one per
son can gather 25 gallons in 10 hour3, but
it takes much longer to pick out the
stems and small leaves than to gather
the berries from the bushes. It has been
suggested to me that if the berries wero
gathered and the juice pressed out that
an excellent quality of wine could be
made having medicinal qualities, and
this is a resource of this country the de
velopment of which has never yet been
tried. The experiment of canning the
berries has been tried, but the labor of
picking over the berries to free them of
the small twigs and leaves makes the
j product quite expensive, but they could
be pressed and the juice made into wine
at a much less cost,
Dyer & Shoemaker have two porta-
j ble sawmills on Crooked River, about
j Ave miles from Bandon, which saw
t almost " theh entire product into
"squares" for making cedar broom-han-
i dies. Mr. Dyer has invented an ingenious
arrangement of saws, which he will
patent, which cut the broom-handle
"squares" directly from the log. making
a cut as the carriage goes up and also as
It comes back. The strips are cut the
proper length, packed in bundles and
hauled to the broom-handle factory' in
Bandon, and there turned, polished and
packed in bundles of 100 each, ready for
shipment. " ' E. C. P. .
STATE VOIDS ITS DEED
(Continued from First Paye.)
upon them, but since they also "contain
mineral they are subject to condemna
tion and surrender to the Government
Many of these tracts are now owned by
Eastern purchasers who bought suppos
ing that the state would not sell unless
it had a good title to the land. Neither,
the application the purchaser is required
to make nor the deed that is Issued con
tains any mention of an exception in the
case of mineral land. A man who buys
school land thatls plainly mineral and
chiefly valuable for that reason, or who
buys It in violation of law, Is hardly in
a position to complain if he is ousted.
But the Innocent purchaser who relied
upon the conveyance from the state will
.contend that he has a right not only to
the passive but the active assistance of
the state in supporting his title.
Since this mineral base is being "wrest
ed" from the state, it would be supposed
that the state would resist the "wrest
ing" proccsa So long as the wresting
continues to be profitable to the state
and to the base hunters, the state Is
likely to continue 'to aid the Government
in defeating the state's conveyances. As
shown in yesterday's Oregonlan, if Odell
should succeed In hl3 schemo the state
will make come $150,000 by the deal, and
he will make as much more..
In his proceedings for the adjudication
of tho mineral character of lands In
Eastern Oregon General Odell says he
has left out all those tracts finally deeded
by the state, and is going after only those
tracts held under certificate of sale He
la proceeding upon the theory that the
men who bought and paid ono-fifth of
the purchase price down, as required by
law, are probably speculators, and not
entitled to the consideration accorded a
man who has a deed. This is a presump
tion "the land officials have never been
willing to entertain, for, although atten
tion has repeatedly been called to the
Illegal purchases made by speculators,
the land officials have always maintained
that they had nothing upon which to
base a belief- that wrong existed. While
this discrimination upon the part of Gen
eral Odell 3hows that his Intentions are
good, it does not vary the effect of the
adoption of the double-selling policy by
the Land Department If some of tho
speculators should bo ousted by General
Odell's operations, no one would com
plain, but the policy which applies to
them will also apply to the innocent
purchaser. If a man who hp- made only
his first payment can be ousted, so also
can the man who has made all his pay
ments.
The question of whether the state can
sell land and afterward use It as 'base"
has been passed upon by the General
Land Office and by the Department of the
Interior. When the question was pre
sented before the Commissioner of the
Land Office, Hon. Binger Hermann, that
official held that when the state had once
sold school land It could not afterward
use that same land as base for the se
lection of lieu land. This is the decision
that will be generally approved as just
and equitable. The case wan taken to
th Secretary of the Interior, and by that
official reversed, .It being held that the
state could sell Its land and afterward
relinquish It to the Government and get
lieu land In its stead. It is this decision
under which the State Land Agent Is
now proceeding.
. The decision of the Secretary of the
Interior must be accepted as law, and It
must be conceded that the stato has the
legal right and power to dishonor its own
deeds. The on'.y question is whether the
state is adopting an equitable and moral
ly just policy when it proceeds to exer
cise the right which the Government con
cedes it. In the business world no man
could long retain his standing if he gave
deeds and afterwards sought to avoid
them upon any pretext or ground what
ever A third party, having a just and
equitable Interest, might be permitted to
contest the title of the purchaser, but the
man who made the deed .would bo ex
pected to give It at least hl3 moral sup
port. This the state dpeo'not do, but on
the contrary, it invites and aids base
hunters to defeat the conveyances it has
executed
Those who understand the methods by
which General Odell secures "base" gen
erally approve the plan, and are glad
to see him make money at it. It Is the
participation of the state In proceedings
which seek to avoid Its own conveyances
which has met disapproval
AN INSURANCE QUIBBLE.
T.Inlillltv Dcncnds on Standard of
Time in Louisville.
LOUISVILLE, Ky.. Nov. 20. Whether
noon in Louisville is reckoned according
tn standard time or solar time is the
question involved in 13 suits for $19,940
insurance tiled nere Dy tne reasiee
Gaulbert Company and the Louisville
T.ond & Color Company. Each of these
oults is against insurance companies that
held policies on these buildings of the
two companies destroyed by lire about
m!flf'.nv. Anril 1. last.
The nolicles of the i3 defendant 'corn
nnnics were In force from noon, April 1,
1M1. to noon. April 1. 1902. None of the
policies makes It plain whether the word
noon means according to stanuaru or so
lar'time. The accords of the fire depart
mont show that the flames were discov
ered about 11:45 o'clock, although the ox
act moment never has been definitely set
tied. Solar time is 17 minutes faster
than standard time, and ,if the tire broke
out at 11:15 standard time it was then 2
minutps after neon by solar time. Thus
i the defendant Insurance company claims
that the "noon" in the policies means solar
time, and base their position for refusing
to pay them upon the around that the
policies had expired 2& minutes when the
fire broke out.
Monitor Kevnila In Ilonton.
BOSTON. Nov. 20. The singio-turreted
monitor Nevada, which has Just been
completed by tho Bath Iron Works for
the United States Navy and 13 to have
her sccflnd trial the second week in De
cember, arrived at the Boston Navy yard
today frcm Bath.
Xott She'll Be Popnlnr.
MILWAUKEE. Nov. .20. The Journal
says:
Mis3 Bell Brown, living at 60S Vliet
street, this city, has fallen heir to a for
tune estimated at over- $10,000,000. through
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the death of a great-uncle named L. O.
Lawrence, of New York City. Mr. Law
rence was at one time member of the
New Torjk Stock Exchange. Miss Brown
la now 18 years old. The will provides
that the money will not be turned over
to Miss Brown until she reaches the age
of 25 years.
, Architects and Engineers.
NEW YORK. Nov. 20. The 10th annual
meeting of the Society of Naval Archi
tects and Marine Engineers was begun
here today with many representative
naval constructors and engineers pres
ent. Papers were read by Henry S.
Pritchetr, LL. D., Edwin A. StevenB.
Charles P. Paulding, Jr., assistant United
States Naval Constructor. J. W. Powell,
William A. Falrburn, George C. Cook and
.woressor c. H. Peabody,
Irish Leaders Reach Chicago.
CHICAGO. Nov. 20. John Dillon and
Michael Davitt. the Irish Nationalist
leaders, reached Chicago today from To
ledo, and will speak here Sunday night
at the Auditorium. Both declare that
this Winter will witness the passage by
the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain
of an Irish land purchase act that will
settle the agricultural question.
AT THE HOTELS.
THE PERKINS.
J M Garrison. Forest
Grove
Mrs Thos Morgan,
Aberdeen
Mrs M Larsen. Kelso
Mrs B Olsen. Catlln
Mrs Llewellyn, Butte
Frank Wilbur, city
H S Dorman, Dulatn
J B Jamleson. Olymp
Airs jamieson, ao
jars e ti Keith.
Rhlnelander. Wis
J F Reynolds, Seattle
Frank Cardwell. Wal
lace. Idaho
Mrs M A Collins,
Grants, Or
Chas I Chambers. Sac
Mrs O D Brownlns,
ramento
A M Rider, St Paul
J Collins, San Fran
A L Thomas, Slletz
Bellevue. Or
W S Lysons. Kelso
Mrs Korsebaum, Kan
Herbert Halstead, Con
don, Or
Mrs Halstead, Condon
J 8 Boyer, Condon
A R Bell. Dallas. Or
R Brett, Vancouver
A L Powne, Antelope
Wra Ulrlch. Medford
J A Hayeo, Dallas
R N Adams. Mlnnpls
A II Carvell, Springnd
Mrs Carvel, do
JT A Kumler. do
Mrs W E Beaudamp,
Easton, Wash
Mrs J E Cole. Helena
G W Nlnemeier, Mon-
tesano
Mrs Ninemeler. do
W J New. Wis
Mrs M J Fuller, Cor
vallis H Overhardt. Hood R
H S McGowan, Mc-
Mrs Thomas. Siletz
E W Topplns. N Y
Mrs E L Bond. Seattle
Charles Cleveland,
Qresham
Mrs Cleveland, do
W H Pullen, Ontario
C A.ilcGrew, Dundee,
Or
Miss Lulu Ronard. NT
Mlas Brown
Miss Lcota Mayer
Jos Katus. N Y
O M Haroldson,Seattle
Mrs H&roldson. do
It A Horton, San Fr
W H Karr. Hoaulam
J A Karr. Hoaulam
w T Llewellyn. Butte
Miss Llewellyn. Butte
V F Korsebaum, Kan
D H Neplow, Pendletn
C M Ruhlehs, Tacoma
Mrs Rublens. do
Gowan, Wash
H B Catton. Walla W
THE IMPERIAL.
T B Kay, Salem
E R Applegate, Drain
C D Drain. Drain
C A Holder, Goldendl
C P Krouso. Or
S Krouse, do
C H Gray. Salem
Mrs Gray, Salem
Mrs J w McKay. W
J S Wilson, Kan City
Mrs J M Patterson.
The Dalles
J B Wolf. Wash
M M Jackson, do
S J Radcllfte. N D
C H Lake. Dalles
John M May, Nome
Mrs May, Nome
Jas Withycombe, Cor
vallls Nolo M .Osborn. Sactmo
Mrs Harry L Patrick,
Sacramento
J S Crooks, MInnpla
C L Gilbert, Hood R
F B Ellsworth. N Y
H G Van Dusn, As
toria
Gen C Osburn. Seattle
W'C Towne, Skasway
V C Stayte. Seattle
Ray Klrkfleld. Ala
Chas H Green. S F
Mrs C M Mclntyre,
Hoqulam
G S Jones. San Fran
E 'E McMahill. Salem iCapt J J Reynolds, Ab
J B Wolf. Wash torla
Foley Cralff. "Belle of'Jas Darling. N Y
New York"
W W Bo?cow, Hlllsbro
Mr3 W H Snyder.
Castle Rock
S L Balrd. Seattle
Mrs Balrd. Seattle
Max Bloom, N Y
Violet Letters. N Y
L I Welst. Bend
J A Webb. Medford
W E Fraaler. Albany
W A Williams, Chgo
Thos Carmlchael, Gas
ton J W Maxwell, Tacoma
A C Sturrett. Vancvr
Mrs Sturrett. Vancvr
W Murlln. Portland
II M Peyser. San Fr
W E Phlpps. Medford
Mrs B D Crocker. WW,C E Barrett. Ft Brldg
THE ST. CHARLES.'
E Stafford, city" W O Matchett & wf,
C A Hawkins. Ilwacoj city
Harry Reve, Scranton.iG W Richmond. Cen-
Pa tralla
John Wake. do
M R Jameson. do
F R Wlsder & wf,
Salem
W J Muckle. Rainier
; M Patton, Olympia
B J Burke. Seaside
E Wllron. Mich
A J Laws. Mich
A H Pnll-r. Sookane
W G Rhiide, Gray's R
Edward V llklnon.
Baker City
Clyde Bueh. do
C A Nordlke, Scott's
Mills
Mrs- B M Turk, do
Mrs F O Wing, do
C R. Hill. McMlnnville
C H'Klmr. do
W ScAtt & fam. La
III West. ScanDOOse
Camas
M Chcevcr & wf,
IG- Richmond & wf, city
Stel-'.I Cloiuet. Little Falls
la . ID Sullivan, do
Mr- D A Coffman. Sea-iValtf r George, Deer
side ( Island
D II Mclntyre. Wllla-IC J Llttlepage & wf.
mma i city
Mrs A M Hopson. Ft
Douglas
J A Ker3ey. Newberg
L A May. Warrenton
J C Cochran. Glenwd
Elizabeth Beaman.
Oregon City
E E Quick. St Helens
IC A Benson. Rockwood
I F Vaughn, Heppner
U E Cheever & wf,
Stella
C A Rodfgeb. Ariel
J Harris, Knlama
C Bryant. Junction Cty
M Freeman & wf, do
A M Gay & wf. Castle
Rock
"lyde Fln?h. RMS
J A Tozler, Heppner
H W Holden. city
Wm Hlgglns. Bohemia
A Strldell, Eurauia
O H Mess, do
J M Forbes. Etna
A E Cooper, S D
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Flret-class restaurant in connection.
does not overtax the in
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soluble, indigestible or
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It is eaav to keeD well if we would only
observe each day a few simple rules oC
health.
The all-important thing is to keep the
stomach right, and to do this it is not
necessary to diet or to follow a set ruie
or blli of fare. Such pampering simply
makes a capricious appetite and a feeling-
that certain favorite articles of food must
be avoided.
Professor Wiechold gives pretty good ad
vice on this subject: he says: "I ana
6S years old, and have never had a serious
illness, and at the same time my life has
been largely an indoor one. but I earl y dis
covered that the way to keep heaithy was
to keep a healthy stomach, not by eating
bran crackers or dieting of any sort; on
the contrary, I always eat what my ap
petite craves, but dally for the past eight
years I have made it a practice to take
one or two of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
after each meal, and I attribute my ro
bust health for a man of my age to the
regular daily use of Stuart's Tablets.
'"My physician first advised me to use
them because he said they were perfectly
harmless, and were not a secret patent
medicine, but contained 'only the natural
digestives, peptones and diastase, and aft
er using them a few weeks, I have never
ceased to thank him for his advice.
"I honestly believe the habit of taking
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets after meals is
the real health habit, because their use
brings health to the sick and ailing and
preserves health to the well and strong."
Men and women past 50 years of ago
need a safe w digestive after meals to in
suro a perfect digestion and to ward oft
disease, and the safest best known and
most widely used is Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets.
They are found in every well regulated
household from Maine to California, and
in Great . Britain and Australia are rapid
ly pushing their way into popular favor.
All druggists sell Stuarts Dyspepsia!
Tablets, full sized packages at 50 centsv
and for a week stomach a 50-cent packaga
will often do 550 worth of good.
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A half to a teanpoonful In half a tumbler of
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Was Always Very
Pale and Thin.
Nervous Prostration."
Faint Spells.
Dr. Miles' Nervine Saved
My Life,
There is great danger in a run down con
dition. Overwork, mental strain, the cares
and worries of business and the home, all
have a deleterious effect upon the nerves,
which in their devitalized condition readily
fall prey to the attacks of disease. Aside
from the danger there is no condition at
tended by so many disagreeable symptoms;
such as loss of appetite, indigestion or nerv
ous dyspepsia, headache, tired feeling and
loss of ambition together with the agony of
sleepless nights spent in tossing restlessly
about, only to rise exhausted in the morning.
Dr. Miles' Nervine is a true nerve tonic
which, by strengthening the nerves, restores
health and appetite ana brings sweet sleep.
"For six years I suffered almost constantly
from a complication of troubles which culmi
nated in complete nervous prostration. I
had no appetite, I could not sleep, I suffered
from indigestion and nervousness. As is so
often the case in nervous prostration X fre
quently had weak, fainting spells. Doctors
did not help me. They said my blood was
very poor, and I know my face was always
very pale. The very first bottle of Dr. Miles'
Nervine I took gave me noticeable relief and
I felt stronger than I had in years. My
neighbors in Puyallup, Wash., where I then
lived will testify to this. I also used some of
Dr. Miles' Restorative Tonic and Anti-Pain
Pills. I believe the Dr. Miles Remedies
saved my life." Mrs. J. C. Benedict, Tuck
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HELENA,- Mont. Oct. 4. 1002.
Dr. C. A. Perrin. Helena.
Mont.;,
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