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BANDON,
DIRECTORY.
Baseball ?
I
Last Sunday the people of Bandon
an don lodge , N u . us . a . fa m . went out to the Ball Bark and
Stated communication» first Sator watched Marshfield play base ball
day after the foil moon of eaeb month
All Master M hhoiih cordially invited.
The end of the brat inning looked as
E. H. ROSA, W. M.
if Bandon also intended to play ball,
for the «core was OG, but at the end
I. O. <>. F
of
tbe secund inning stood 2:0 and
andon lodge . No. ixt, i o. o. f
meet* every Wednesday evening. Bandon did not get a look at ‘2nd
Visiting brothers in good atandlng cor
base, tbe fourth inning tbe visitors
dially invited.
HOBT. JOHNSON. N. G.
made 6, and then it was all “off” with
L J. K adi . ky , Sec.
Bandon, and Marshfield alone "played
ball ” The home team put up a game
Rebekah Lodge No. 126.
replete with errors. One of tbe field
EETS Every 2nd and 4th Tueadays,
Practice night tirat Wednesday of the ers abandoned bis correct position
month. Social Evening the 3rd Saturday and
of stood Bentinel m the tall timber.
the month. A cordial invitation eiteuded
The short and 2nd baseman vied with
to all uieiubera in good atandlng.
M inkhva L ewin , N, G. one another in banging onto tbe
P bahi . EaicKHoN. Seo'y.
second corner of the diamond. 'The
Kulghtn of Fythlaa
fielders sat down and made note of
elphi lodge no . 64, Knight» of tbe visitors' efficient batting ability
Pythias. Meets every Monday even
W e have excellent material in the
mg at Maaonio hall
Visiting Knigbta in
vited to attend.
R E. L Bediliion,
C. home team as lias been proven in
B. N. HaaaiNuToN, K. of K. S.
their recent game with North Bend,
aud
in their practice prior to the
Modern W <>«»<! men,
game,
and also tbe first three innings
<rABLE KOCK CAMP, No. 9176, M W
1 of A. Meets every fourth Saturday of of tbe Sunday game. However tbe
each month at Concrete Hall.
Visiting
most necessary quality of all was
neighbors cordially invited to attend.
iaeking,
i. e. team work, and also a
GEORGE LORENZ. H. C.
little
more
practice with tbe ‘‘stick.
E. E. O ak ns, Clerk.
W e believe that Bandon has just as
Foresters of America.
good material as any team in tbe
TOURT QUEEN OF THE FOREST. No. Coos League, but they need practice
J 17, meets Friday night of each week,
W ith hard practice and a
in Concrete Hall, Bandon, Oregon. A cor badly.
dial weloome is extended to all visiting little coaching they stand just as good
brother».
W L. DAVIDSON,
show for winning the pennant as any
G. T tlsb ,
Chief Ranger.
Fin. Secretary.
team in tbe league. Tbe final score
was, Marshfield 13, Bandon 1.
Woodmen of tlie World.
Next Sunday the local team will
easide camp No. 212, w. o. w
meets in regular session the first and travel inland to meet tbe Coqnillians,
third Thursdays of each month in the Mi
somo hall. Visiting members are oordially The latter team has also a large
invited.
A. RICE, C. C.
bonch of errors to its credit so far
O.C. W aldvooel , Clerk.
this year and has been very irregular
in its playing, and we look for the
local team to bring back a scalp
OREGON,
THURSDAY
MANY IMPROVEMENTS
PLANNED.
Masonic.
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PROFESSIONAL.
Dr H. Li- Houston,
PHYSICIAN
SUKtiEON
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Office over Drug Store.
Hours, 9 to 12,
a.m. 1:30 to 4, p in ; 7 to 8 in the evening
Night calls answered from office.
BANDON.
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OREGON.
North Bend
Marshfield
Bandon
Coquille
Won
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Lost
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500
KAKI
.(MM)
.500
Real Estate List.
2 one acre tracts, adjoining town
cheap.
‘28tI acres improved ranch, tine bear
ing orchard, 90 acres bottom land,
OFFICE IN OLD BRKUtB BUILDINU,
10 miles from Bandon.
Large
BANDON,
OHKtiON. amount of
white cedar on it,
price
$4(MM).
GKO. P. TOPPING,
Neat
5
room
cottage
just
finished,
ATTORNEY ANU COUNSELOR AT LAW
good location, now pays 18 per cent
AND
NOTARY PUBLIC.
on sale price, a snap at $700.
Eire Inauran.ee,
House and *2 lots in town, good lo
Haudon, - - -
- Oregon.
cation, land set out in strawberries,
$550.
C R W'ADE
House, barn and other onthouses,
nearly four acres of ground cleared
ATTORNEY AT LAW
and under fence, good location near
Notary Public
town $*2000. No better investment in
Office with Wheeler Real Estate Co.
the market.
B andon ,
....
orkoon
River front ranch. ) mile river
G. T. TKE41IGOI.il,
front on deep water. 177 1-3 acre
ATTORNEY - AT LAW,
coal land $3500.
NOTARY public
Houses to rent, Coos and Curry
property
for sale, ranches of all sizes,
Baudot),
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Oregon.
in both count ies for sale.
C. R
BARROW
Store room to rent cheap in the
best part of Bandon
Attorney and Counselor at I jaw
Notary Public
General merchandise store with
Fint-clas* references
Fifteen Yeats Ex stock and fixtures with building and
perience.
large lot, doing a business of $25,IMM>
CoquiLLi,
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O bkoon .
to $30.000 per year, well located, and
established business, which can
C- T- Blumenrother long
be doubled by tbe right parties
U. 8. Coiuuilliliilirr »ml Notary Public.
Price $9000,
Filings and Filial proofs made on Home
Dr
1». Is. NT F. ELF.
Resident Dentist
stead», Timber Claims and other U. S. Lands
Muuey l.oans Negotiated on Approved
Manufacturing plant for sale.
Good paying business. Big frontage
on deep water. First class business
Office in room 10 Beyerle Building, Ban
don. Residence on Butte Creek, Oregon.
proposition on Coquille river $'20,000
Keal Itotate bought and Sold.
Five room boose just finished, good
location $700.
M. G. Pohl.
A number of first class deep water
front mill sites for sale cheap.
Bandon Hdw Storv
2 timber claims, cruise (>,000,000
May 21 an d22
feet each, mostly whit» cedar, handy
Consult him for your eyos. bead sebo to roads and easy to log. Price $2500
weariness, or nervousness.
each.
Lots $15 and up, located in ail
A. H. H1T<’H<<M'K
parts of town and surrounding ad
Centrnctor nml
Bnilder
dition. Property of all kinds bought
and sold at living prices
Estimate« given on any kind of
Security,
buildings.
Address Bandon, Oregon.
W. B THRESHER.
Attorney - at - Lair-
H'edderburn
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Oregon
We are an old established firm and
are reliable. We are no curbstone
real estate agents. Call and see us.
and if we do not have what you
want we will get it.
T he B andon R eai . E state X L oan
C ompany , Rooms 2 and 3,
New Hanbolm Bld g.
Bandon, Ore.
Town Board Meets and
Gives Orders.
ber 23
Cleve Jennings
Killed.
SHOT BY J. H. BOWLSBY
AT ASTORIA.
Tbe town board met again last
Monday night and ordered a whole
sale construction of sidewalks to be Aboard Steamer Alliance.
built within the town at once. Tbe
tioard will shortly publish a notice of
J. H. Bowlsby »hot and killed
its intention to order a side walk to Clev.i Jennings on Friday of last week
tie built on the right hand side of the <»n the deck of the Str. Alliance while
street one iisunlly travels going to she was moort-d at Astoria en route
Tupper Rock, the said walk to begin to Coos Bay. Both men wereof North
at the G. A. R. hall aud continue! l>eml. I lie story of the affair in brief
to the city liiuits. Also a sidewalk is that P>owlsl>y, according to an eye
will be ordered on tbe West side of witness walked up behind Jennings,
Spruce Street from the(». A. R. hall and stepping within a calun doorand
South to the Horsfall property.
keeping liis body ont of sight, stuck
Tbe board also ordered tbe pub
bis head around thecorner. ami while
lication of its intention to grade Col- ' Jennings was intent on watching the
umbia Avenue from Iris to Sixth St., longshoremen below. Bowlsby tired
and to establish the grade of First i
with a 44 revolver, the bullet striking
Street between Wharf and Homer 2.1 inches from the spine neat the 10th
Streets, aud to widen and re-plank |
rib and coming out in front below tbe
the same, with 4 inch planks.
left breast. 1 he wounded man turned
The recorder was also instructed
after the shot in lime to look the mur
to purchase 250 feet of lire hose.
dnrer full in the face, and during the
Bids have already been posted for
short tune that lie lived made a state
tbe proposed improvement of Atwater
ment to the purser on the boHt,
Street, and the Marshal has posted
1 he cause of the tragedy was Jen
notice to all property owners within i
nings alleged undue familiarity with
the corporate limits to clean up tbe
Bowlsby s wife, though Jennings im
Streets in front of their property and
mediately preceding bis death made
to repair all defective sidewalks. I
a declaration of innocence. Jennings
Those failing to do so wiil undoubt (
was fully aware <>f Bowlsby's hatred
edly receive a personal visit from the '
for him, in fact hail been shot at twice
marshal at a later date.
at. North Bend, while fishing. Then
With all the proposed improvement j
lie left for Portland for safety, to
in street conditions and a few arc !
which place he had been followed.
lights interspersed here ami there.
Jennings hearing that Bowlsby was
Baudot) will no doubt take on tbe air
in that city looking for him. he de
of a young city.
cided to take tbe steamer for North
Bend, and Bowlsby hearing of the fact
’Frisco Lumber News.
also bought a ticket for that place.
The first meeting occurod at Astoria
with
the above result. A coroner's
Lumber at San Francisco, shipped
jury
was
called but adjourned till
there from Portland, is being disposed
of at. any price in order to get funds the next return of tbe Alliance, to
with which to carry on their business. await the arrival of necessary wit
Advices received state that much
lumber has been sold nt $15 per nesses before arriving at a final con
thousand feet, and that it is likely to clusion concerning the affair. Bowlsby
be selling as low as 10 dollars per is under arrest ami held in the Astoria
thousand within a week.
jail.
The cause of the great slump is
attributed to labor troubles. Before
the strikes were declared, enough Southern PabificJ Develope-
tonnage could not be secured for the
ment.
transportation of fir to the Bay City
Business was flourishing io such an
unprecedented degree that it is ex
< >n competent autlioiity tbe Times
plained many of the buyers got over
is
able to ntate that the Southern
stocked. And when tbe latter trouble
arose there was little demand for Pacific route, will parallel the east
building material, and it is going at side of the upper bay. crushing over
a sacrifice. It is feared that many ■it the mouth of Coos river, thence
lumber buyers in California will lost* running along the eastern side of
every dollar they own before the sit
uation has been settled and business Isthmus Slough to the old Henry
resumed on an extensive scale. ville mine, which has been idle since
Coasters for carrying lumber to 1874. Plan* are now mapped ont
California are on the market at the which will not only add hundreds to
lowest freight rates quoted for more
than three years Several fixtures al the population of iln> territory con
$4.50 per thousand feet have been re tiguous to the upper bay, but will run
ported
t uless a great cbadge is the present payroll of Marshfield into
brought about soon. it. is predicted figures that seem now well nigh im
the rates will be down to $3 and even
The Southern Pacific
lower, reaching such a point that the probable
owners will be forced to tie up their Railroad Company will make of Ceos
crafts.
Bay a coaling center for the railroad
as well as the marine Three mines
will for the present be worked for
Prize Contest.
the company.
Surveyors are now nt work in the
To encourage visitor*to include
vicinity
"f (tie Henryville mines run
Portland and Oregon in their itin
erary and become better advised,and ning lines and getting estimates
also to be able to tell other-", ti e This mine will be improved and re
Portland Commercial ('Inb offers built to provide for a capacity of
$5000.00 in prizes for articles on
1‘ortlanil, Oregon an I tliis s.n-t u f l.tHMI tons a day. and the Beaver Hill
and Southport mines will be brought
the I nited States as follows:
First pn w...
$1.000.0 > up to a capacity of 500 tons a day.
Second “ ............
500.00 the three mines will have a total
Third
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2T. ) ' <0
daily output of 1.500 tons. To handle
Fourth “ ...........
20 ).00
Fifth
............
1 75 0t> Ibis vast amount three coal carrying
150.1 XI vessels, with h capacity of 3.000 tons
Sixth “ .............
Seventh
125.1» each, will be put hi service to Coos
Eighth “
....
¡10.no Bay by the Southern Pacific Railroad
100.(10
Ninth " ....
I Company, and they will carry tbe
00.00
Tenth “ ....
750.00 I product of tbe mines exclusively.
Ten
prizes of f 75.00 each ...
tiO.tM “ ....
500.00
Ten
“
**
z\ conservative estimate of tbe
250.00 amount of money expended in get
Ten
•*
25 01) •* ....
Twenty "
: loo.oo
15.00 ••
ting the three mines to running ca
•JOO.OO
Twenty ‘ ‘
“
10.C) •• ....
pacity is given by W . S Chandler as
Tbrt'e judge# to re named bv
follows: Henryville, between $9,000
Hon. (reo. E. Chandierlain,
: n.m and $10,000. Beaver Hill, between
Governor of Oregon...............
$10,000 and S15.U3O, and Southport,
$'>,(M 0.() )
Grand Total
about 'I. i MMI a month, making a total
In order to be eligible for com poti | of alwnt $‘25.000 per month during
lion, these articles must appear lo a
regular edition of some newspaper or the period of getting the mines ready
other publication dated on or before Iodo bnainess on a large scale. When
December 31st. 1907, printed outside under operation ami delivering 1.500
the State« of Oregon and Washing | ions of coal per day the three mines
ton, said publication (complete) to
be in the hands of the judges not will represent a payroll of about
later than February 1st. 1908. These $70.000 per month and will employ
‘ artielee must lie sealed and addressed «lose to fiOOmen. The payroll is tbe
to Prize Coutoet, Care Portland largest expended by one company on
Cumunt' ml Club, Portland. Oregon.
‘ Cooe Bay.
Big Excursion Sun- ELECTRIC
lights i or
BANDON.
day.
C. E. Hollopeter ready to be
FROM COOS BAY TO
gin work.
Ou tbe 15 mat., C. E. Hollopeter
tbe grantee of tbe electric light
franchise for Bandon arrived in this
city accompanied by Mrs. Hollopeter
Open Air Concert.
and V. R. Dwiggins, a brother in
law who is also associated with him
in the same business
A most elaborate Gala Day, and i W e are informed that the machin
monster excursion is planned from ery is already on the wav from
Coos Bay to Bandon-on the beach for Chicago, which includes an ltX) horse
Sunday tbe 23rd inst.
! power engine, a generator and an
One of t Lie remarkable details ad . (engine.
~---- The power bouse will be
vertised by those in charge u
.1.... located on tbe okl W oolen Mill prop-
is that
tbe tickets will be limited to 500. who I ertyi uear (o the present Sbingle Miil.
are fortunate enough to be first with fhe work of eontruction will begiu as
the money. I be ( . B. R. A E. line i soon as lumber can be obtained, and
will fit up and run special observation hh soon as the services of a piledriver
cars, and tbe entire passenger system can be obtained. Poles will be hauled
of the Coquille river will be pressed at1(] strung along tbe streets at once
into service for the round trip, and —
aui] 1 some of them may be np next
will include tbe Dispatch, Liberty week.
and Favorite. Numerous cash prize*
Tbe machinery which is of tbe
have been offered for tbe beat kodak latest pattern and eqmpmeut will tie
pictures taken of the various boats, installed as soon as it readies Ban
tue river, the beach and other objects don, and a few lights will be fur
The Bandon band has been en nished at the earliest possible date.
gaged to give two open air concerts
The town by ordinance has con
upon tbe beach, bon fires will be tracted with tbe new company for 1‘2
built, and various other schemes are arc lights and these, we are informed
planned to furnish recreation and will be installed and in working order
diversion for tbe multitude sure to by September 1st at tbe farthest date.
take advantage of such a rare op Mr. Hollopeter expects to remain here
portnnity. Such an excursion will permanently.
furnish a day of recreation which
many would otherwise be unable to
Bessie K. Sighted
enjoy, brings many people to Bandon
who otherwise would never see tbe
The derelict gasoline schoouer
place, gives Coos county people a
Bessie K. which has been drifting up
chance to become familiar with tbe
and down tbe coaBt fur many months,
different parts of tbe county, and to
is still adrift, and was sighted about
become acquainted with one another
ten days ago off tbe California coast
It will be an uuusual occasion. Help
in the regular line from tbe Bay City
it along. You will bear tbe first boat
to Honolulu, by tbe steamer Sierra
whistle about 11 o’clock, a. m
The word “Bessie” could be in
Following is the program to be distiotly seen on tbe stern of tbe ves
rendered by tbe band upoD tbe beach. sel which lies bottom up.
next Sunday at 2 P. M .
Tbe Bessie K., it will be remem
March, "Montezoin»’’.... W P Chambers bared sailed from Bandon during one
Sacred Fantania Joy to
of tbe squalls in March, and was seen
the World....
..........
a few days later upside down and
Maroll. Imperial Bn«........
Pearson
adrift, off Cape Blanco, and the wreck
Waltzes, Wedding of the
W iuds.......... .....................
Hall
drifted up and down the Coos county
Manana Chilian Dance . .. .Miasud
coast for many weeks, once reported
Selection. Buperba............
Dalbey
within a short distance of the mouth
Intermezzo, (¿olden Kod.
Mabel McKinly
of tbe Columbia. She has been picked
March. Columbia Yacht
Clnb......................................
Vandercook
up and towed up and down tbe coast
Selection Southern Breezes
by several vessels, the schooner
Tone I’lCture
of tbe
Aurelia having had a line on her for
Sontb............. ................
Dalbey
two days, but all have been compelled
March. New Century.........
Miller
to abandon the attempt
I’rof. E B. KAUSKI’D, Director.
BANDON
'RESOLVE D/
THAT TTMEIFLIESAND
=>TMi FIRST, THlNG.'feU KNOW
ALL,THE CHOICE'THINGS
WILL* 6E(G0NE-THEY ARE'ALL
CHOICEST OUR STORE - BUT
SOME ARE PRETTIER.
’BUSTER.
FUElf
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AND5OON-. YOU WI5H THE FIR5T CHOICE Do
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TENTION
CLOTHING, DRE55 GOOD5, ETC.
RESPECTFULLY,
O. A. Trowbridge