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
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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
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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
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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
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