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OQ« BANK « of BANDON, BANDON OREGON Capital $25,000.00 PPAUI} OF DIHBCTOK8; 4. L. Kao«»saau. Fr»»iu»al, J. P bmhulm , V um > F. J. F» hv , Gn»Mvt. F lam , T. F. H ash . BANDON The Only Exclusiv^ Dry Goods Store in Bandon. IN EARLY DAYS An Article Written by the late George Bennett, taken from the “Pioneer History of Coo» and Mrs. T. ANDERSON vy.^4 Latest and Newest Style« of Curry Countie»." We transact a general Banking Business and custo- paers are given every accommodation consistent with conservative banking. PORRESPONDENTS American National Bauk of San Francisco; Merchants Nations! Bunk, Portland, Or.; The Chase National Bauk of New York; First National Bauk, Coquille, Or. 1'hiH Bank is eqoipped with a double-wall fire-proof vault and the latent and of mauffapetu Mt eel aafe, affording the putJio tbe beat poaaible protection. WHEN YOU VISIT BANDON AN1) THE FAMOUS BANDON BEACH STOP AT THE TUPPER HOUSE OKO. LAIRD- Rates $1 tp $2 per Day. Special Rates by the Week or Month- Sample Room in Connection for Commercial men. I The fir-t donation claim taken np sooth of the Coquille river on tpe coast and extending almost as far south as Port Orford, watt taken io the year 1853 by Thompson Lowe, better known as Tommy L-wo, wjjo came here from New Orleans; and the second by Chris Long, a Canadjan. Tommy Lowe's was t^e jirs| Jipusp built in all the extensive Country just mentioned, and Chris Longs the second; both of these were op I he Tu< Triumph Towing Schooner Ruby to Seo. Bandou Beach. After tbp»e; and at the close of tbe name year, the site of the town of Bandou was taken up, not for th* gold that glittered in froot of it for there was none; hut because it ing their turn to be towed out to sea. for the democratic candidate. was a convenient place for a ferry, There were no hotel», no Halooos, no Iu 1875, tbe first »t«amer, the Myr and from its admirable position for drug »tore, or »tore» of auy kind, no t|e, was brought up from San Frau commercial purposes, must, io course warehouse», there were no wagons 1 cisco by Capt. Furlong aud Mr. Brag of time, necessarily become very v»l heavily laden with exports aud im This was the first steamer that ever uable. Tbe first to occupy this was port» plodding their weary course to ran regularly on the Coquille. She an Englishman named William Wyke- ami fro, there was Do sawmill or ran from Bandon to Myrtle Point one wike, alias Billy Buckhorn, and a man steamboat whistle to iutrnde upon day and returned tbe next Some named James Sanders. They were time monotony of the solemn silence time previously Alfred Machado put succeeded by A H. Thrift and Louis that prevailed everywhere; there wrh a little boat, “The Mary” with some Turner. They sold out to Christ Long nothing savetbecroak of tberaven as steam mHchjpeyy in ber, on tberiver and Edward Eaby, and these to John it slowly »ailed through tbe sky, or but ebe did Dot make regular trips Lewis and Neil. Lewis bought Neil the circles of whirliug sea birds over aud soon ceased to run. By this time several new colonials out and was sole owner until 1886, head. who dived down, aud flying when be disposed of hie interest to close to where we stood, uttered »neb bad arrived from old Bandou, in Ire Averill and Alberson; tbe latter sold untired, shrill and melancholy cries land, aud its vicinity, amoug whom to Averill who theu liecame sole own that were euougb to surpass th«» feel- were Joseph Williams and bis three er, but subsequently bp disposed of a iugs of tbe most resolute and fill tbe sons, Tom Popbam, James Ellis, R. half interest to George Dyer. They minds with erroneous forebodings. B-Shine, Mrs. E M. Joyce, Miss K. divided, aud Dyer became tbe owner Nevertheless we thought it was just Abbott aud subsequently Dr. Vance of the town site. The first cattle in the very place for a town, and that it and George Lombard Ip 1878 tbe first justice of tbe troduced into this part of tbe countiy was only a question of time wbeu south of the Coquille river were there would be a large and thriving peace was dnly sworn into office for brought here in '53 by Chris Long, one there. It was tbe month of a tbe Baudon precinci. We were unan all tbe way from Illinois. He arrived large river, aud all vessels passing in imously elected. Our duties were here with twenty-five cows, three yoke and out must puss its doors. Tbe very light coDsistiug principally of of oxep and two spau of horses. Tbe people, resilient for a long wuy down declarations and performing the cows be sold at from £65 to J]00 per lhe coast, must do all their exporting marriage ceremony. A justice in tbe bea t, a yoke of oxen for 9’250, aud a and importing there, and tbe immense far west sometimes comes across an span of horses for 9'350. country behind with its almost inex incident in the tieing of tbe nuptial In 1858, Aunie, eldest daughter of haustible supply of rare and valuuble kuol that is not uninteresting, such Judge D. J. Lowe, was born io April timber, and its bills and vales, whose as the former husband objecting to at Myrtle grove, opposite where l'ark numerous flocks of sheep and herds tbe marriage, fiqt also unusual and ersburg now stands. She was tbe of cattle woold be fed wbeu tbe coun significant. A bride and bridegroom first white child born on tbe Coquille. try was cleared and settled, must have present themselves before us. and, Her cousin, eldest daughter of ber thia as their shipping port. We made having banded us tbe necessary doc Uncle YelveatQU M. Lowe, was the onr way to Thompson Lowe’s. He uments, we commenced. As we were second. was tbe first settler here and took up from tbe old country where great im It was in the summer of tbe year tbe first donation claim. Tbe moment portance is attached to tbe cereraouy, 1859 that tbe Twin Sisters sailed into we saw tbe place we liked it. After we always read moat of tbe solemniz . <1 r« ling in a targe ation of matrimony according to tbe the Coqnille. She was of Hbout twen lie;' r, ~ I! - ' r :i> a >11.1 r it Li ng ritual of tbe Church of England, aud ty-ton burden and had a small stock tov oui vi- to ii" • “ <• h> n itb particularly that portiou of it where of merchandise on board. She was f» •• fro;: irn the woman promisee to obey him, love, received all along the line with vocif no t,’ to r>*•• .I--, -at < ’ run! ■ «b. | bouor and keep him io sickness and erous applause. Everyone living Mn til: nigl ■ tbe banks, together with their wives Here tyaa t ne ocean. < u« g i eat cum mer health. When we were after repeat and children, cheered aud cheered cial highway of t|ie world before ns ing tbe words just mentioned iu a until thpy were hoarse. They all by day, and its soft, gentle murmur» slow and solemn manner, “Say judge exclaimed lhe naturally looked upon her aa tbe to soothe us to sleep at night. Tbe hold on there awbil forerunner of a big and prosperous soil here and along tbe coast is a fair bride, “'as for keeping me 'tie he’s future. She was like tbe gate of a black loam and is very productive. It bon nd to me, as for to love aud honor great canal that was now opened for is true that although Indian corn I have no objection to do so. so long the first time to let in tbe flood. She grows as high here as it does any as be loves aud honors me. but as for showed unmistakably that vessels where else, yet it duesu't mature well obey, obey be damned! Look here.'' could not oulv sail iuto tbe river, buf owipg to oim summer temperature be said she in a very impressive manner that in addition she could make ber ing so low. but we grow citrons and and with an imperative shake of tbe way up to tbe forks, a distance of for muskmelons, the product of a semi head that could not be misunder ty miles, unaided. Hurrah! Now tropical clime alongside potatoes and stood, “I never oileyed any on« since there was an outlet for their agricul turnips, tbe products of a temperate I was boru and nijiy I he damned if tural produce, their coal, iron, copper, clime, cucumbers and tomatoes, pump I am going to begin now " Here the platiuum and other minerala, and for kina am) squash, onions, parsnips, car bridegroom refused and told ber be an almost inexhaustible supply of tbe rots, cauliflower and cabbage all grow didu’t want ber tp obey him unless tallest and beet firs, tbe largest uud on tbe same soil and side by side. she liked and turning to the aston most beautiful myrtle.and the choicest We attribute all this uot only to the ished justice be asked him to leave white ceday in tbe world. Hon. Cours- soil but to tbe equability of our cli that part out. He did so and the rest sens. Commander. Capt. Rackliff de mate. Tbe monibly meau difference of tbe service proepedpd smoothly and served every credit for bis confidence, lie tween January, our coldest mouth uninterrupted to tbe end. In 1883 the first sawmill in Bandon daring and skill. He was accompan in tbe year, and that of August, onr ied by bis eon William, and came hottest, being only thirteen degrees. or vicinity was erected by R. H. Ross, here from the Umpqua, and t-o pleased Thia is probably owing to tbe north it was built about two miles inland was be with tbe prospectsof tbe conn west wind which prevails iu tbe sum ftpd in a country abounding with the try that be sold out all hi, property mer, and the southwest wind in the beat spruce, fir and white cedar. Tbe first Christian church ever there and permanently settled on the winter, and very materially aided by creeled on the lower Coqnille aud iu the Japan curreut which flows in be hanks of tbe river near Mjiile Point, which he bongbt from Mr Ben Figg. tween Cape Arago and Blanco, and a|l {hat extensive country lying be- In 1873 George Ber.nett, accompanied between wLose arms, stretching out tweeu it and California and bow far by hie two sous, Joseph W. Bonnett fri m tbe mainland, it is sheltered down that way we are uuable to say, and G«o, A. Bennett, and George M. from all winds save tbe west, and also was built in Bandon this year. It Sealy, arrived at fCmpire City per with considerable mor« warmth in it» was consecrated on tbe 12th day of steamer Eastport, Capt. Whitney. waters than it has in tbe colder and August, 1883, by Archbishop Segbere. We loft Bandon Cork county. Jre- more expos«>d portions of the coast. uss is ted by tbe Rev. J. Heinrich, of laud, on May 25th, 1873. per City of We were greatly pleased with tbe Roseburg. In 1886 onr first newspaper “Tbe Baltimore, and arrived at New York beach and its aurronndiDgs. Its pic Bandon Recorder’’ was established by in June, then Boon left per rail for turesque rocks, caves and arches, P. O. Chilstrom and J. M. Upton. San Francisco, thence, as formerly have very few, if any, riyals, and a« a In 1888 the first seboouer was built stated, for Empire City, We wer health resort we need only meutipn at Bandon. She wqs tbe Ralph J. induced to corpe here ffom what we that the fn-sh and invigorating breeze bad read of tbe cjimate and resources that comes in there oyer an oceaq ex Long; cost £7,000 and was owued by of this papt pf Pregoo, and after an pause of nearly four thousand miles, Chris Long. R. H. Rosa, Chris Dan experience of many years, we believe the nearest land to it on the opposite ielson and Capt. Jensen. At the first election of town offi there are few more equable climates side being Yokohama in Japan. Wtt cers J. M. Upton was elected record to be found auywbere, aud that its We bonght out Thompson Lowe and er; E. A. Bedillion marshal; tbe five agricultural, mineral and other re others, and also bought out tbe beach five trustees were W. H. Averill, Geo. sources arp all that could be reasoua fronting on tbe lands of T. Lowe's M. Dyer, Robt. Walker, D. E Stitt b!y required. donation claim from the government, and J. B Marshall. We left in a day or two after for and which was formerly a resort of the Cpqoille. We arrived tn due time black sand mines, and onr purchases at the piptltb pf Bear creek, and from extended on tbe north np tbe Ijne in ROOM FOR ALL IN OREGON. thence to Harry Baldwin's place; corporating the town of Bandon, and Oregon has an area of 96,030 there we remained a few days and in tbe south beyond tbe only road square miles, or 61,459.000 acres. It from thence to tb«» ferry at tbe river leadiug to tbe beach. is 3500 square milee larger than New mou’h. Thia is npw tbe site of the In 1874, a petition was sent lively and flourishing t<rgn of Bandon. to tbe County Court to have this por Hampshire. Vermont, Massachusetts, It was a gloomy luo'^ng place at tion of the Randolph precinct formed Rhode Island, Connecticut, New that time. There was pply one dwel into a new precinct and for which we York. New Jersey and Delaware all ling bouse there and that was a small nnanimonsly selected lhe name of put togpt|ief. As thickly peopled as one and aitnated at thg foot of a Bandon. It was granted by tbe court Rhode Island, it would maintain a small bluff Tbe adjoining lands and tbe first election beld io Jnne population of 30,729.600. and as were covered with dense b»p»b; there 1874. Tbe jndgea were Judge M. densely populated as England it were no wharfs lined with ship Dyer, Olof Nelson and Louis Turner. would' give habitation to 51,933,024 ping laden with tbe choicest lumber, Tbe first man to record a vote was people. Of thia vast domain but nod with tLeir big white gaps lazily Col. Tima, Johnson. There were only 3,000,000 acres are cultivated. This flapping iu tbe breeze quietly await 11'2 votes met and nearly all of them leave# 58 458,900 upeupivated. > Suitings, Trimmings, Dress Goods and Ladies Furnishings. Bibhone, Collars. Gloves, Belts, Calicoes, Corsets, Handkerchiefs, Hosiery, Ladies Muslin Underwear», etc. I Bandon, Everything for Christmas! A Beautiful Assortment of Pleasing Xmas Gifts Now on Display. TOILET CASES-Pretty and serviceable, PERFUMES-The best and most complete line in ever shown in town. DOLLS-See our Doll corner, No better or larger assortment ever shown. TOYS-To please the boys and girls, All kinds of toys at all kinds of prices. 11 Books, Notions, Albums, Fancy Stationery, Gold Pens, Triple Mirrors, Work boxes, Cuff and Collar boxes, Brushes, etc, etc. C. Y. LOWE l'>i»vigsgi»t9 BANDON, : I : OREGON. I Merry Christmas! - - • » - - J. W aldvogel - - ► « : & S on ■ - - - - - - - Dealer» In Meats, Fresh ■ Ham, Bacon, Dried Beef, Sausages, * ► M Lard, Butter, Eggs, Fruit, Vegetables. TW We wish to thank tbe people of Bandon and vicinity for tbeir patronage year and ask a continuance of »awe for the eoming New Year. You will find «a always seedy to serve yon wi^ tha beet goods at reasonable pries«. ■¡•■144. llimpillllllllXAi;; X X-XXXAXl A « r - - I
