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LODGE DIRECTORY
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I »ANDON LODGE, No. 115. A. F. A M.
I » Hinted couiuiutiiciitious tirst Sattir
day after th» full unsni of each mouth
All Master Masons cordially invited.
G BOAK, W. M.
I*. N ilson , Hee.
Local Option Column
Harriman Order» Immediate Anti-Prohibition Column
Building of Coos Bay
Road
Following nrv the CHiididnlm endui e labv
the < feit (’«»tint y Law HiidOidvr Lt* a go«*:
Ed. ItMt'klrtf for Joint K» preKeutHiiw.
Railroad Will be Extended South to
W F. tllwhrr lor ItrprrMeiilative.
Eureka Where it Joins Line From
John F Hall fur County ludge.
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Willits.
W. W. (¿at'e f«»r Kheritf
•V. E Cleghorn fol County Clerk.
Hhttlaud Jou usl.
Dr. E M idrus for Coroner.
Archie McNair for Cotnimssioner
E. H. Harriman today gave orders
A. N. <»ould for Hiirveyor.
liy wire to Portland and S hu Fran
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Chief Purpose of the Local Option
Law Amendment.
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Received.
I’tio following explmwdiou of tbo
peuding amendment to thrt^'cal op
I White Duck
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tion law hits tieeli fnrnislieil to the
a ♦ Sylvia Dongola
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Oregonian liy Ralph E. Moody, au
* Ramona Dong. Fox
anis in lodge , n io. 133, I. O. O. F.
attorney who represents t lie seiilimout ♦
meets every i Saturday evening,
■> Patent
which is favorable tu I tie measure;
Visiting brothers in good standing cor-
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cisco oilicials to construct ^nmediati -
dtally invited.
lbs people ar« hi favorof local
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C. F. LORENZ,. N.G.
Our preneut Loot! Option Law ly the Coos Bay railroad, St) miles in
option,
but not prohibition. \\ lieu, H
A. J. H aktman . Bee.
when applied, oflieerH who will do , lengtli. from Draiu on the Mount
therefore, tlie *‘|ocal-i>plton law was * Velour Calf
Eiirewlrr» of America.
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their duty, means prohibition in the , Shasta routs in Oregon south westerly
siiluiiitted to the electors for their a Patent Colt
TOUKT QUEEN OF THE FOREST, No. territory in which it is operative. It to Marshfield.
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( J 17, meets Friday night uf each week, is the fairest and must jtiHl local up This road will futm the nurtlii lit approval at the general election held S ♦ Russia Calf Tan
in Concrete Hall, Bandon. Oregon. A cor
• i 1904 it received a majority of votes a
dial welcome ia extended to all visiting tiuii law in our country today.
portion of a now coast linn between
east thereon, as it was tielieved to lie *
brothers.
W D. MARSHALL,
a
The liquor business ih admitted to San Francisco and Portland. The
A. R ick ,
Chief Ranger.
as represented Had the voters un •> •>
Fin. Secretary.
Harriman
interests
and
President
be the greatest evil in our laud by all,
derstood that lb« provisions of the
Bandon,
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Oregon.
save
possibly, a very few men engaged Koster, of t bo California North wesleu
Woodmen of the World.
law made it iu many respects a pro :
have
iu
the
latter
road,
the
sontliern
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easide camp n <>. ma. w <>. w in the btisiuesH. Our faws of regula
ay
rain and
ill eeds
rneelH in regolar wssion the first and tion admit the evil of it, but propose end of the proposed new line. These hibition measure coutainiug unfair
third Thursdays of t ach month in the Ma
provisions,
and
not
simply
local
op
always
<>n
band.
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sonic hall. Visiting memlxirs are oordially to eventually eradicate it. They do 'ame interests hth preparing to ex
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tion,
it
would
have
beeu
defeated
invited.
A. RICE, C. C.
not even control, much less destroy tend tiie California Northwestern
It was not fully understood by the
O.C. W aldvogel , Clerk.
from Willits to Eureka, while be
the businesH.
people,
at the time they voted upou ./. E. H.1DSALL,
D. P. STRANG, Jr.
Our present law provides for coun tween Eureka and Marshfield, Har-
this
law.
that it provided I hat the pro-
Practical Surveyor.
rimau
I
ihh
bad
fur
a
couple
of
months
ty optiuii which is just and fair for
PROFESSIONAL
hibitiouists might call au election
many reasons. First, the burden of surveyors looking over the ground.
every
year, while those in favor of
J. P, O’Brien, vice president and
earing for the product of the liquor
uf
license
could only call an election
Dr. H. L. Houston, busineHs falls on the county; paupers general manager of the O. H. & N.
If you want a home in Oregon, investigate our offerings.
every
two
years; or that the prohibi
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
company
and
S.
P.
company,
this
and criminals are county charges.
We have Timber and Coal Lands, Farm and Dairy Lands, Stock Ranches and
tionists were permitted to group sev
Office over Drug Store.
Hours. 11 to 19,
Under preciuct option two or three morning slated that be had received
CITY FROFERTY.
eral “dry precincts together with
a.ra. 1 :30 to 4. p.m.", 7 to 8 in the evening.
precincts might continue to produce word to invite contractors to bid on
one
‘
wet
so
as
to
permit
the
major
If
you
wish
to
luiy,
«ell or exchange, call on uh and we will give you goud
Night calls answered from office.
many thousand dollars of expense for the construction of the branch from
ity
iu
the
dry
precincts
to
overcome
service. Honieeteader» Located uh Demrable Government Land.
IIANIION,
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OKKtlON. a county of thirty or more precincts. Drain to Marshtield. Speciticatious
the majority iu the wet precints, and
for
the
work
are
out
and
the
inten
Is it just or right to deprive a mao
40 good level LOTS in WOODLAND ADDI TION, close in and cheap fur cash
thus force a precinct to become dry
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W<>OLEN MILL ADDITION.
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from voting on a question that in tion is to commence construction
Dr. S- L. Perkins,
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without further delay. Surveyors even though a majority residing in
volves such a financial burden?
such preciuct did not wish it.
PH Y SIC IAN Æ SURGEON,
In this state the larger part of the have been in the field for many
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\\ hik it was understood that when
Stock ranch of 520 acres; uood buildings and other improvements. $5 per acre.
taxable property is in the country. months and ttiesuivey was completed
HANDON, OKKOON.
au election was called for the whole
We have dairy riuiolie«, city residence propeity and acreage property within city
Hence they bear lbe*greater burden some time ago.
Office at resilience on Fourth Street.
county,
such county would be dry if
limits.
This
branch
means
the
first
rail
and are of right entitled to a voice on
BANDON OH
road into the Coos Bay country and it weut fur probibitiou, the people Office* in HIDortul» Bldg
this question.
Dr. D. L. 8TBBLE
did not understand that if such
it
will
tap
one
of
the
riche.*!
timber
Precinct lines are arbit rary and usu
county election went against prubiBi
ally unreasonable and should not de sections of tlie state. The lands in
tion it did not allow the county lo be
prive a man from voting on a ques that vicinity are adapted to stock
OFFICE OVEK FURNITURE STORE.
wet, tint made dry sueb precincts as
tion of so much importance, when his raising and dairying and the lack of
voted dry.
OREGON. home and children and money are all proper tiauspoitatiou facilities only
BANDON,
The people did nut know ttiat the
has prevented the country from a
at stake.
GKO. I’. TOPPING,
law
provide! that when a precinct
The liquor ineti's amendment to remarkably rapid development. With
went,
dry it denied the right of a per
ATTORNEY and COUNSELOR AT LAW our law. among other worse things, Hie new line completed and direct
AND
eon
living
iu that precinct to have
provides for preciuct option Under and quick connection witii Portland,
NOTARY PUBLIC.
liquor in bis own house for the use
The liuying pilline is inviteli to cali and get my pi leva on all kinds and gradi«.
it three precincts it; this county could the vast Coos Bay district is expected
of bis family and gUeStS.
Fire I1T.Suira.iT.ee.
continue nearly all of the evils of the to build up au enormous trade with
The proposed amendment Io the
Bandon, - - - - Oregon.
liquor business. And they own one Portland.
local option law correct h these ob-
Steamers* plying between Portland
tenth of the taxable property of the
C- T- Blumenrother 21) precincts, and Lave less than 500 and California ports have been touch jectionable features, while but de-
ing at Coos Bay but they have been stroying or in any manner interfering
votes. Would it be just? (
U. H. Couiiiilsxluiier hik I Notary Public.
with ttie proper purposes of the law
This bill also provides that all tines unable of late to take care uf the in
Filings atni Final proofs made on Home
The amendment provides that i>
■teada, Timber Claims mid other U. N. Lands and forfeitures under it lie paid into creasing traffic, although tonnage
local
option election shall only I e
Money Loan. Negotiated on Approved
the city treasury. It costs this coun has been added continually.
Security.
called every two years; prevents
The Drain Marshfield line forms
Office in room 10 Beyerl» Building, Ban ty at least ifljj.OOO a year to take care
C. P. J ENSE .V, Master.
grouping and gerrymandering of
of the product of this evil, iu cash, the initial link of a new coast line
don. Residence on Butte ('reek, Oregon.
districts,
and
allows
each
precinct
to
I Ins Steamer ia N< w . is St i ortgly built, and fit It d with die latent improvements, and will
Keal Katate bought and Sold.
besides many of its best boys and railroad to l e built from Humboldt
give a tegular 8 dav aervice, for pasM tigers and freight, between the
determine
what shall be the rule iu
Coquille River. Oregon, and Ran Francisco, Calif.
girls. If there are any unusual crim Bay, California, to Coos Bay. This
such
precinct
.
So
that
if
a
irajority
inal cases, it may lie $2,000 to $10,000 Ii ne would give another rail route
ELBERT DYER, Agent, Bandon. Oregon.
of a precinct votes dry it shall lie dry;
E. T. KliU.SF, Managing Agent, 207 Front Street, Sim Francisco, California.
more. No revenue, yet it must bear from San Francisco to Portland and
if wet it shall be wet.
do away with tlie steep glades of I be
all the expense.
Should the amendment be adopted,
But we often hear some advocate of Shasta rente.
The Old Reliable
it will make the present law a purely
(’«»rrert Abstract» for hiij
The California Nortbwesterb ex-
this highly "profitable" evil ask how
preciuct local •option law as it was
Blacksmiths and Wagonmakers
the city would get along without this tends from San Francisco bay to the
part «if C«»oa County fur
originally represented to be, and
revenue? Well, let the people who I umber town of Sheridan, just north
I> mí
ni»iie<l on Short Notier
which the people thought it was at
HOItNENHOEl N<»
own the property and leap the profit of Willits A strip of road about 100
ttie
time
it
ivas
adopted,
giving
each
Price» Kight.
boar the expense it requires. It is miles in length would bring the line
II eatj Eorgiiig
side
the
enme
and
equal
ptivileges.
Compati)
but few of the tax payers who pay to the city of Eureka, a place of 12,-
Ship Work
COQUILLE, - - - OREGON.
The amendment also raises the
their taxes that way, anil working 000 population on Humboldt Bay,
anil Logging Woik
nuiiilter of signatures necessary to
men bad better invest their mouey in and the center of the redwood lumber
i<> our Specialty.
call an election from 1(1 per cent to
property and the comforts of life. It industry of the coast. The Santa Fe
3(1
per cent. To permit 1(1 per cent,
< I k K oon .
B andon ,
would lie Iietter for all the people to railroad already has a foothold in
a small minority uf any community
have all earing for themselves. Pan Humboldt, owning the Eel Kiver rail
to call au election puts it in the
pers, criminals, and unfortunates road.
power , f a few not only to thrust an
would be less numerous.
At Eureka, the Harriman interests,
expense upon the taxpayeis of the
Add to the ruined manhood, wo*n through A. B. Hammond, the million
Only llegulHf I.in«* B«*1 w «*<* ii I'orlI iiik I mid Kurekit
county, lint such t lglit could be and
anhoood and childhood, the lost time aire tiinberinan, have secured a foot
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liny
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has been easily utilized as a weapon
and energy, the neglected homes, hold. possessing a franchise along
of persecution or blackmail.
farms and business, the wasted dol t he waterfront atid a lugging road
P GRAY <t CO., Gett’l Acts.
L W. SHAW, Anent.
The amendimnt further provides
lars, the sighs, heartaches and tears <•: xtending from Eureka to Luffenbolz,
421 Market St. Sm Francisco.
Marshfield, Pbmie 441.
You Can’t Expect to Get
that thesnleof liquors in wholesale
a lumber rump near l'nnidad. Rights
and
count
it
in
money
if
yon
will
and
II orth for .'¡tl. Rut
quantities by bona tied brewers, and
you will have what it costs to cart) o f way have been secured as far north
Get
Pour
You Ca n
distilleries ami wineries or wholesale
this proposed liquor amendment. It as Crescent City, and surveys cooi-
MONEY'S WORTH at
Imuses, is not to be construed as a
means no proliitni ton in Coos except pleted not th to Coos Bay.
“We can’t all have money,”
violation of the law. The purpose of
in Ten Mile and Deer Park precincts
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local opt ion is 4o control the saloon
said Brother Bill
and a few more like them. Do yon
and the sale uf liquors in retail quan
By
■•tie
Peint.
Dealer in Boats and Mi«»«*» want it this way?
tities. Under the present law, should
But we can at least look an though we had.”
George E-cott fell on ax at the Hie precinct nt which a brewery is
Repairing neatly and promptly done at
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Levi Smith loggmg cfttiip Saturday lociito.l vote dry, it would prevci th'1..
lowest living prices.
I Al !. (IN
t’xsrt Ovfvn*«L
cutting liis leg severely just below brewery from tuanufacturiiig any
I,e»r
in
its
present
location,
ami
force
Owiug to bad we ither and lack of prnctic , the Knee Hs went to Mr. Amlerson’s
it to establish its plaut ill some pr»*
the ball game at Dairyvillo iia< taeii pist
place near Bandon to recover
ciiicl that voted wet. practically con-
polled lo Sunday lune 3rd.
M. G. Pohl has received from a tiscatiug (lie plant located in the dry
w line of Scniptex for
Some mining in-it arrived via C<s>a Bay
les
Angeles jeweler the information precinct; and though a wholesaler
last week to ex i nolle I lie < iv rue Curry untie
bad al great expense established his
on Bowlder < reek, with ii view < f putting up that I lie Idack sand of this coast, par place of litisiness i>i a certain location
a quartz null if available.
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ticularly that in the vicinity of Cape if the precinct would go dry, tie would
J. Q, Gilbert is lieie fur a tew days, on Arago contains fragments of dia lie prevented from doing business at
business, Laving bioughl Ins wife and monds w Inch when cut and polished (Ins location, even tbougii he did not
mother in I iw a far as Bandon where they make very good setting. He slates' seli to any one living within such dry
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precinct.
will remain until tin return.
that the platinum found in the sand
The amendment proposed takes
R o I h MI \ Allen, who wax "bnebing" on is of interior quality, being mixed this unjust and objectional feature
the I'. Emery place on Rogne river, was
out of the law. The amendment fur
other minerals.
found dead in I iih h .i <<* last w ek. having
S.ilil liy
ther provides that when a preciuct
evidently been dead several days. Il is
I’here are a number of amendments goes dry it shall not go into effect
supposed that lie died suddenly of heart to the state constitution which Voters until 90 days This gives a saloon
disease. Mr. Allen has been in Curry County should cireftilly study Imfore election man who was legally doing liusiness
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fit
■■IIIIME
nearly twenty years, was a |»'iisiouer of ih
hi ttie precinct Before it went dry
Indian wars > n th • plains lint otherwise not day and prepare is to act intelligently. time within which to dispose of bis j
much is known of his anleeedeuts or of Ins If the voters are to make the law now fixtures and stock. No reasonable'
people. It is sa'd that his right name was a cham e for tb>-m to show their al tl- man can object to this provision.
I In* Npw l>i uk M«»rt* iA
Heady fur HiiMiii«*»»». Everything New hik I Frewh.
Cuntiin Jiam. I, iter we learn that lie was tty ami. above all, their ititi-refl in
The present local option law was i
found dead sitting tn a chair.
drawn l>y those who are if. favor of !
that paiticular work.—Enterprise.
prohibition, an I not local option ¡and I
Some of the Coos liay ties seem lo believe
its enactment was secured upon ttie!
-ooo
that tlie sho iling of the Columbia river bar.
represent at ton that ji was a local op .
is"wnter on th' ir wheel." Not much gentle
Uliambet lain and Wit hycomlie are lion measure. Since jh» true effects
Tine line of Fancy Candies.
Imported and Domestic Cigars.
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men The jetty sxstvinv a e alike. Com bulli good men and either would make of ttie provision of sm'li act hav-> now
Ireen
discovered
and
made
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>WH,
pare Co"H river with the Columbia when a creditable governor. Gue ia a He-
the law should •'» amended so that it
yon wish ts illu-traie ihe difference with .ic- pnblicnn and the other inh Democrat
really will l>e what it was origiually h
cnracy. The great ha liorson this const are I’h« DettMicrats being the minority thought aBd represented lobe,simply
BANDoN
Port Orford and Puget Sound -the latter party, it becomes necessary for ifteni a local opt ion law; find the adoption
Will not make a man look dressed np if he has a tbreedays growth of lieard.
Nice clean ro-im«. ?.’> and 50c a bight. *1
mnc'i larger, I iV Port O'ford deeper, and t> claim their candidate is the better of the amendment uow proposed Will
Presto, change. .Inst »ten into
make it a local option law conttitiing
a W'ek ; $.*>.00 a month.
more available for rapid coiumeroe. Its man, but tlMt does not make it * fag*.
H. F MORRISON'S Barber Shop
no pn'vUton which tfi not. ffiir a»d’
.itjp
lie will make yon I'tOk like a gentleman.
Hot and Cold Baths,
coming is fated, and only belated — Tribune — Salem Journal.
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