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Anniversary Section Three Number. Pages 16-24 Bandon, Coos County, Oregon, December 19, i907. VOLUME XXIV U. S. Life Saving Station for Coquille River Located at Bandon. NUMBER I. is a secondary matter in their con about Tillamook Bay and in a few that the fruit readily sells at $8 to sideration, the saving of life being other places on the Oregon coast, $10 a barrel, some idea of the possi Many times they have risked and last year this market received ble profits of the industry may be from Tiilamook shipments of finer gained. their lives to save oth .r’s property “J. M. Arthur, of Portland, who A power boat is needed On the flavored cranberries than were ever first. river in addition to their already The routine work of the crew is Chas. T. Fieger, Harvey E. Gross, large equipment, and while the ap ods and operations are a never ceas very interesting. Every day has a and Ernest Bruschinski. The very propriations are small for the Life ing source of interest to even the different work laid out for them, and first year an accident happened in Saving Department for equipment oldest residents, Ur say nothing of they know what to expect daily. the surf drill, in which the Captain not positively necessary, such a the many visitors who eagerly watch Monday is spent in overhauling and the first two men mentioned motor boat is seemingly an ap for the various drills which take place the Beach Apparatus. above were drowned. This occurred pliance of the near future. The every day in the week, rain or shine. Tuesday, the most interesting day in April, the same year, and the re present crew of the Life Saving The Coquille River Life Savings of the week for spectators, is spent mainder of the crew were saved in Station are as follows: Station is located at Bandon. The battling the huge waves on the bar, an exhausted condition. The three home of the gallant surf-battlers is Capt, Robert Johnson, in the surf boat. The morning is boys were well known and the acci a high bluff immediately overlooking No. 1 Clarence Boice, thus occupied, and while the waves dent will long be remembered. No. 2 Howard F. Culver, the river bar, giving a magnificent Capt. A. Scott was then appoint are ever a source of interest, the tiny view to sea. A secondary station, No. 3 Harry Walker, boat, resisting the poundings and ed and had charge of the station for the lookout, is located some mile No. 4 Harrison M. Averill, fury of the waves, makes it doubly seven years, when he was succeed and a quarter south on another high No. 5 W. F. Allen, ed by the present captain. Robert interesting. cliff overlooking the broad Pacific No. 6 Cleve Baker, On Wednesday the Elag Drill Johnson, who has efficiently fulfilled for miles each way. A grand view No. 7 Spray Osborn. takes place, consisting of the wig his duties since Nov. 20, 1899. is to see Cape Blanco, forty miles in wagging and signaling with the In As everything else, a body of men the distance, on a clear day. The Bullard*. ternational code. thus maintained by the government lookout station is connected with In work they must Thursday the Beach Apparatus has an object. the main station by telephone, a man One of Bandon’s closest neighbor co-operate with the navy, in both The surf gun being on watch constantly. All ves • Drill takes place. ing towns is Bullards. It lies on the During times of seis that pass within several miles of throws out a shot, attached to which peace and war. the shore are under the surveillance is a line, which falls in the rigging peace only signal information is north side of the river and is three miles from Bandon by water and The Life Saving apparatus, meth And owns a cranberry field near Ilwaco, this was the result merelyof planting Wash , and Atkinson Bros., of Til the bushes and leaving the maturing lamook, are thus far the leading pro brought here from the East. of the crop to Nature, for as yet the ducers in the territory tributary to Oregon growers have hardly made a Portland. A few others are growing the fruit in a small way, but the in start in the cultivation of the crop. “The Oregon cranberry is si ghtly dustry is as yet in its infancy." — smaller than the Eastern product, Telegram. but it is smoother, of better color, and much finer flavor than the im ported article. Its small size proba '------------------- * bly is due to the fact that the fruit has not yet been cultivated. When Oregon men take hold of the indus with care, it will be discovered that OPIES of this issue will be sent to any » • address in this country or be Canada for 10 cents each, C try in a business like way, plant sys tematically, and cultivate the crop there are few crops that can grown with greater profit in the three for 25 cents, postage state, or anywhere else for that mat ter. Fortunes can be made in the or coin. business. Copies sent to prospective “There is always a good market for cranberries, and the Northwest visitors are big boosts for produees but a small fraction of the Bandon-by-the-Sea. The berries that are consumed here every principal occupation of the residents year. The East ships a good many is dairying, and the community is carloads here annually, and when it only two by the wagon road. well known for its fine products in is known that cranberries are among this line. Some of the largest the heaviest of fruit producers and dairy ranches in Coos - County are tributary to Bullards. The Post Office and principal Fred H. Van Norden store are run by R. W. Bullards who also has a large ranch. A small saw mill gets all local orders at that place, and ships a little every year. Watchmaker, Ö Manufacturing This is the oldest saw mill in Coos Jeweler County, the first timber to be run through the saws over sixteen years ago. The mill Messrs E. is owned by Bullards is about sixteen years old. It is an enterprising community, has This in turn hauls out considered, but in times of war, a good school and offers good op change off with the duty of watch heavier lines, and finally the breeches coast guard is established and the portunity for the desirable rancher. man, making this tedious task as buoy. An appliance is rigged up war department signal service is nominal as possible. for the top of the ship, making the used. Such a body tend to lessen The station boys of a vessel. Many vessels have been signaled drill very realistic. from the lookout in their various The restoration of drowned per different methods. The International sons is practiced on Friday, and past code, wigwagging and lights are experience has taught that it is a the number of marine catastrophies, and save many Hand Engraver W. and C. G. Fahy. T of this watchman. and A nice line of Jewelry, Clocks and Watches always on hand. Work done as reasonable as any place in the city of Bandon. STORE WITH THE BANDON DRUG CO. Oregon Cranberries. inexperienced boat “Not many greater opportunities men who venture too far for safety. for the making of money in a large A watch is maintained at the Look way and easily are afforded anywhere among the most prominent signals. drill well worth the time. Their out Station for any occurrences, and in the country than on the lowlands The Life Saving Crew are under knowledge of the proper treatment all of the crew remain close at hand of the Oregon and Washington a Captain, and consist of seven surf to administer at a critical time has to be ready on an instant’s notice. coasts, where, at slight expense and men. The captain is also empowered saved the life of many a drowning In the History of the Coquille with little effort, cranberries can be as Inspector of Customs. The person. River this crew have done a great grown to perfection,” said one of the duties of such a body are varied, Saturday is spent overhauling ap deal of good. At different times leading Front-street commission but could all be summed up under He con paratus and cleaning up. Every they have picked up expensive merchants of Portland. one head, “To render assistance ®f thing is made shipshape and is as rafts of logs which otherwise would tinued: any kind in case of any emergency.” neat and tidy as the most particular have passed out over the bar. Num “This is but one of the neglected, This means that their duties are by person’s home. bers of vessels have been assisted or largely neglected, opportunities no means confined to the ocean The first crew was stationed in out of difficulties at the mouth of that are o|>en to Oregonians, but the alone. River work and even assis Bandon in March, 1892. The mem the River, and but for limited space, possibilities of the industry are big tance at fires or any occurrence that we could cite instances where total almost beyond calculat;on. Cran would require assistance from cool bers were Capt. Edward N. Nelson, wrecks have time after time been berries can be successfully grown men under a man of good under Wm. H. Green, James F. Sumner, standing in all emergencies. Fred A. Mehl, Myron H. Wickham, averted. Life-Saving Boat House, Bandon. The saving of property only in the limited areas in the United States, whereas the demand Conservative Yet Progressive N BANK OF BAN CAPITAL, $25,000. A General Business Banking for the fruit is co-extensive with the country and steadily growing. That DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS in itself is a most important fact, but a matter of still greater interest is the fact that nowhere else in the J. L. (Cronenberg, President.. J. Denholm, Vice-President. United States can as fine berries be F. J. Fahy, Cashier Frank Flam, Director T. B. Hanley, Director. produced as on the North Pacific Coast. OUR CORRESPONDENTS. “The fact that Oregon can pro duce the finest cranberries known to the trade of the country, is probably due to climate and soil conditions on the coast. There is no question that this is possible, for it has already been done. A few enterprising men have planted the fruit in a small wa y New York St Louis Chicago Portland San Francisco Coquille « n
