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Volume XXIII.
BANDON,
Price To Build
Capt. Jensen to
Still Another.
Change Vessels
OREGON:
THURSDAY,
JANUARY
10,
Local Items.
Don't forgot tluit Dr. Hi«« I«-, dt-tAist
located iu Bandon.
1907.
Number 2.
The Storm and
its Consequences
IN
Jack Boone Drowned.
•lack Bootie, a laborer, met a sad
end in the lipper forks of the river
last Friday while assisting iu starting
Fur reliable watch repairing go to
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It. \\ iI m m, Coquille. Ore.
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('ash paid for sacks by tbe Bandon
River Boomed, and Over One
Will Take Leave of Elizabeth
a log jam near Lee during tbe pre
Commercial Co.
yard Contract for
160 acre ranch 5 miles from Bandou;
Million Feet of Logs
to Man the New Steamer
good
bottom
land,
82300.
Bandon
vailing
high water. In their hurried
Tbe scLooner Coquille, lumbtr la
Steam Schooner.
Real
Estate
Co.
Went
to
Sea.
“Bandon.”
work the boat was capsized and the
den, was towed to sea this morniig.
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Miss
Dollie
Skeels
of
Coquille
was
workmen were all spilled into the tur
The A. 8. Estabrook Co. of 8an
Alvin Munck is another to prtvid I«.
visiting friends and relatives here
Never in the history of Southern Indent stream. All tint Boone clung
Captain
C.
P.
Jensen
will
be
miss
bis
business
front
with
a
gasoliu
•
arc
Francisco is to build another atearn
since our last.
Coo« dill the wind blow harder or the to tbe l*oat and were rescued, but be
schooner for the Coquille Kan Frau ing from tlx* bridge of tbe steamer light.
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lots
and
bouse
in
Bandon,
all
rain
more copiously descend than on started for the shore swimming, evi
Elizabeth after tbe present trip He
The barge < 'hinook. Captain Luvell,
cisco trade
cleared
ami
fine
ocean
view,
81300,
|
Thursday and Thursday night of last dently preferiog that method of get
It has already one for tbe name is to be succeeded by Captain John lias finished loading at the Rivifton Balldoll Real Estate Co.
Ilei
mill,
and
is
ready
for
sea
when
week. It was a veritable bursting of ling out, and disregarding the advice
trade under construction at tbe North Olsen, who came lip this voyage to
tow appears off the bar.
The steamer Favorite laid by in tLe elements iu all their unrestrained
get acquainted with our people Hli-i
of powerless sbotem^u. When part
Bend yards.
Tex Robison caiue near beii|* a Bandon Sunday to bave some repairs | fury.
take
new
notes
of
our
river
and
way to land the man suddenly threw
bar
Mr. J. H. Price, owner of the new
passenger to San Francisco on the made to her engines at the local foun
Friday
morning
witnessed
tbe
river
Captain Jensen has engaged Ilia
up bis arms and sank, and be was
dry.
shipyard north of Bandon, confirmed
steamer Elizabeth this morning. Ask
,
at
a
remarkable
height,
yellow
with
services
to
tbe
A
Co.
8. Estabrook
seen no more, uor has bis body boeu
tin* report to a representative of the
Tex how it all came about.
Cold nights ami warm days have
mud, and bearing upon its crest recover! >d.
as
commander
of
the
new
steamer
R ecoruek Monday.
Visitors to Bandon from Coqidle been the order since the lute severe
countless logs aud drift toward the
•
‘
Bandon
”
which
is
building
at
North
Boone was a middle-aged single
last evening were Sheriff W . W. C|ige storm. We bave had much frost tbe
Mr. Price will go below in a few
sea.
last
few
mornings.
Bend
for
tbe
San
Francisco
Bandon
mat),
aud has occasionally visited
V. R \\ ilson and Norman Bulge,
days to perfect every detail for bin
The
stream
farther
above
us
over
tbe latter connected with the Sentjuel
W hen your watch needs repairing
Bandon while working ut Seeley &
ship construction work lie has other run.
office.
take or send it to V. R. Wilson, flowed the fields and lowlands, ami a Thomas’.
Tbe
new
steamer
will
not
bo
ready
vessels already contracted for.
“The Watchmaker;” over 20 years’ great ileal of damage was done.
for service before some time in the
Joint Representative Ed Rucilefi'
The new steamer for the Estabrook
experience. Office at Coquille
Coonille
*
The worst damage perhaps was in
of Latiglois passed tbrough Bandon
Lumber Co. will be a twin-screw that early summer, but in the meanwhile
F. P Cooper, an electrician from
Light
keeper
tbe
first
of
the
wook
for
Coos
bay,en
Wiren
states
that
tbe
destruction of log booms and the
will carry 700,000 feet of lumber at a tbe captain and bis family will con route to Salem f<> attetid tbe sessien during the incessant
Portland, was in town last Friday,
downpour of demoralization of highways, bridges
returning from Curry comity where
maximum depth of eleven feet six in tinue to reside iu Bandon, he spend of tbe Legislatnre. Düring bis al> l liiirsday last nearly !> inches of raiu
and telephone wires by falling trees
ches of water. Her length over all ing much of his time on the bay to senee John Tyler will bave chargeof fell iu 24 hours. We dou’t doubt it
be and bis wife bad tiled on timber
and debris.
direct
certain
details
of
tbe
new
ves
in
tbe
least.
bis
mercantile
busiuess.
will be 195 feet,or 30 feet longer than
claims. Mr. Cooper was before the
For some days no mails got through
This
is
a
lumber
and
municipal board here expressing a
the Elizabeth. The bean) will be 45 sei. He goes below, as usual, on the
During the terrific gale of las)
from Roseburg, and even now we are wish to secure a franchise enabling
Elizabeth
today.
ing
country,
yet
lumber
and
coal
are
feet.
Thursday a falling tree struck tin*
bim to put in an electric lighting
Captain Jensen is a careful skippei corner of a shed that enclosed Glen two of the hardest things to get for getting only letter mail.
Mr. Price, as Htated in our bead
local
consumption.
Rather
a
singular
The
loss
through
bursting
of
booiys
plant
in Bandon. Such applications
lines, has been given tbe contract, for and a jovial gentleman as well. He Cox’s logging donkey this side of
state
of
affairs.
have
been
numerous of late.
Prosper. The shed was demolished,
ami tbe scattering of their contents
her immediate construction near Ban has been running into tbe Ccquilh
but, strange to say, tbe engine was
Mr. and M rs. Bert Folsom came to the open sea will run up into tbe
for a long time.
don.
Butter wrapper« printed at tbe K e -
not harmed in the slightest.
down from Coquille yesterday on a tens of thousands True, some of the
Captain Olsen, bis successor, ap
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cokdeh office.
visit.
Mrs. Folsom was formerly
Ed B. Thrift and wife of Langlois
logs were captured down stream, but
pears to be a very agreeable gentle
Reports of Water Supply. man, and be is competent in even were intown last evening going borne Miss Susie Tuttle, ami is a sister of perhaps 150(1 of them crossed the bar,
Mrs, Eil Gallier.
from Marshfield by private convey
and. if any of them were then over-
way to guide tbe destinies of the a nee.
Mrs. Boyd aiA daughter, Miss Effie,
Ed smilingly whispered while
At tbe last meeting of the Town
Elizabeth, having been in command, here that he now had a boy in bis returned to their' home in this place hauled and brought back, they wore
Trustees Surveyor Chas. McCulloch
we believe, of tbe steamer Coquille family, making two girls and a boy last week from Eastern vregoti and damaged by gravel and roek
rendered a report concerning tbe lu-
all told, Tbe little one was born les other points. Tbe ladies bave been
Nine booms iu all are said to
Biver in recent months.
vestigations be bail made for a
*-l»«rf>iit
Miwrul
inonlliH.
tliau
a
mouth
ago.
Sirs
rvitvpfy • »«> H
fr*
tuutiicipHi water supply.
Miss Effie Collier, who has been from C. C. Carter’s boom in tbe south
(ieorge W. Shelly of Marshfield,
masters with both instead of one com
spending
the school vacation with fork.
The board bad inotructed him to
county representative of a Portland
ing to our promising waterway.
relatives
at
Coquille, returned to Ban
Simpson of North Bend is probab
make these investigations simply as a
firm, became a member of the Bandon
don
Saturday.
The local schools re
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Chamber of Commerce on bis last
ly the heaviest loser
means of ascertaining the chance for
visit here. Mr. Shelly owns a one opened Monday morning
Glen Cox’s 111 logs were practical
Lyons & Johnson Mill.
good water and pressure anil tbe
third interest in Nels Peterson’s Pros
Tbe name of Mrs. Dora Sneed was ly all recovered, they having lodged
probable cost thereof.
per Addition to Bandon.
He ban inadvertently omitted by the R ecoden
To Make Room for My
against the new Cody wharf.
Mr McCulloch reported that be
Work started Friday of last week fait bin ibis thriving community.
last week in publishing a list of the
Spring Stock.
found several creeks contiguous to clearing ground and putting up tern
At Price’s new shipyard the tower
children of the late Henry Randle
Ray F. Kinsman again appeared as
Bandon from which an average of 200 porary structures at tbe scene of tbe
man. We regret very much that the and office structures went down be
purser whim the Elizabeth came t<>
omission
occurred, and hasten to make fore tbe gale, and Mr. Price, crying
feet fall was available with 86 pounds proposed new mill of Lyons X John
port last Friday. That evening lit
amends
pressure at water rest and a pure son north of Bandon.
••Great Smit here» ns!” resolved once
assured all his friends there was al*
Tlios.
Lewis
now
takes
(lie
place
of
wholesome quality of water.
more to anchor his ships and build
It was expected to begin yesterday solutely nothing m the reports coni
that is. tbe report! Joseph McKenna as first assistant ings securely. The reconstruction of
Some recommendations were made, or today placing piles for the new i!eruing bim
about orange blossoms, orange grovej engineer on tbe steamer Elizabeth,
and the report was placed on tile.
the mammoth sheds there has now
wharf, a driver for the pupose having
etc., though he was stumped wheti Mr. McKen na having been transferred I
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been bestily built.
asked to explain the meaning of net to E. T. Kruse's new steamer just fin begun.
A grand benefit dance is to be given
lace curtains on his stateroom «in ished on the Columbia. M r. Lewis
- - ooo—
is an old-time engineer of this locali
at Prosper Saturday night, the pro
Bandon Lodge of Odd Fellows in «lows and a great big orange reposing
me
ceeds to be donated to Mrs. Mary stalled officers last evening, and there on a shelf within. Perchance it wib ty-
a joke, but we must have further| Better illumination on Main street
Russell, a widow who has been sick was a deal of festivity concluding
evidence before volunteering an apo/ during nocturnal hours is now the
for some time. Free boats will lie with a banquet at tbe Pacific Grill ogy foi our utterances.
i order, and our people accordingly ap
run from both Bandon and Coquille, Rooms. In tbe absence of J J Stan
Tin* handsome new sewing machine precíate it. Walter Nelson and Gross
th«) Spaniel»* Orchestra will furnish ley, D D G M, Tlios I) White offi<-ia
Bros, each placed a new patent g; so-
music, and an effort is to be exerted i ted in his stead. The officers induct to I’e given away by the R ecokd ^ ii line lamp in front of their respective
Best bargains offered by
to net a goodly sum for this unfor ed were as follows: N G, Robt John Feb. 1st in the present voting conliG places of business last Sunday. Th»
tunate woman.
Everyone should son; V G, W A Tenbrook; Sec’y, 1, J arrived per Elizabeth Friday, cud lamps burn till midnight.
help tbe worthy move, and enjoy an Radley; Treas, A G Hoyt. Other of may now be seen at the Bundtn
Singular to say, the .condition of
excellent time besides. All the tickets fivers were installed but they v.eri- Hardware Co.’s establishment Tbe
machine
is
what
is
known
as
Hi"
Mrs.
Wm. Gallier seems to have
cost are 81 apiece.
' not reported.
Ollie** iu Denholm building, upstairs.
\ index Special Cabinet, ami its value, taken a decided change for the bet
as listed by I lie factory is 850. This ter, and «lie is now able to sit up at
C. T. BLumenrother
is only one of two prizes that we will times and take nourishment ami talk
A. D. Morse
give on I lie same date, the other being with tier friends. Thonged lady pos-
n 840 bedroom set now displayed at •esses remarkable vitality, which is a
the furniture store. Remember that fortunate thing indeed at this critical
flu« laily getting tin* highest number period of her life.
of votes lias her choice of these otters,
I lie wifi« of Jap Luce died at her
tin* next highest lady to take the prize borne iu Prosper last Saturday after
remaining. Pay wbat you owe on an illness of some time, aged about 4(1
subscription ami one year in advance years. Decedent suffered from tumor,
and get 150 votes.
we understand, and underwent an
Estabrook Gives
the
Ship
GRAND
ale
of Millinery Linet ;
Prices Greatly Reduced.
My Pretty Display
Miss Maud Garfield
NOW is the time to buy
Bandon real estate.
BANDON REAL ESTATE CO.
II
Bandon. Oregon
NEW YEAR
PLAT A
Tbe steamer Elizabeth, from San
Francisco, steamed into the river
To all our customers and friends in general we say A HAPPY AND Friday afternoon, having reman ed
outside through tbe terrible gale to
PROSPEROUS NEU YEAR. Also would we retnrn our heartfelt thanks
await a quieting of the bar. She suf
for tbe liberal patronage accorded us tbe past year, and shall strive to merit fered no serious consequences fr m
a continuance of tbe same. We cannot but feel that tbe large business we • the blow, aud rode the mountain' us
seas like a duck. The vessel brought
have built ut> in Bandon has been due to honest goods and fair ireatnient,
110 tons of freight and three passen
and these the public can rest satisfied of getting in the future.
gers Cha«. A. Rodgers. J. Moore
and Harry \\ alker. She sailed again
Yours to Please.
this morning with a good general
cargo and live pa-senger« -Mi«« Anna
Logan and J, McMullen and family.
It is net. certain whether the Eliza
beth will lay up on this trip or next
. to la* converted into an oil-burn» r,
but the supposition. Is it will be thin
trip- The task )»ill on'y
about 15 i! iys.
O. A. Trowbridge,
Grocer and Clothier.
operation therefor but a few days be
fore her death. Sb«« leaves a husband
and one child. The remains were
brought to Bandon for but ial Sun-lay.
The schooner Coquille River was
brought down from Aberdeen yester
day morning loaded and ready for
-«■a. H«r skipper, Captain Bottger.
who is her owner, and who brought
vessels to thia port many years ago,
tells the R ecouped th it on Ins last
stay in San Francisco bo expended
8101)0 in repairing and strengthening
the Coquille River. That accounted
for the long absence of tbe craft after
she left here the latter part of Octo
ber Captain Bottger has a nice fam
ily ami home in Oakland, and, though
t e has tried to leave the sea. be says |
I
be can m »er be satisfied to do bo .
Cheapest .Lots
Bandon
50x100 Feet Lots, 60 Feet
Streets and 12 Feet Alleys.
Title Perfect. Warranty Deeds.
The Wheeler Real Estate Co
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