Bandon Woolen Mill*
The Bandon Woolen Mills was in
corporated in May, 1904, and the
officers of the company are: Elbert
Dyer, President, W. D. Marshall,
Vice-President, Geo. P. Topping,
Secretary, and C. Y. Lowe, Treas
urer. E. Dyer, W. D. Marshall. R.
H. Rosa, A. McNair, and R. E. L.
Bedillion are the present directors of
the company, and R. E. L. Bedillion
is the general manager. This plant
is a fine addition to our many indus
tries, and is owned entirely by the
business men of the little city-by-the-
sea. Too much credit cannot be
given those who promoted the plant.
velopment in other lines. During
the present year the school authori
ties have been kept busy providing
additional school room for the rap
idly increasing attendance. Already
two extra teachers have been added
since the schools ojrened in Septem-
t>er, and the indications are that one
or two more will be needed before
the close of the school term. In ad
dition to the main building three
outside rooms have l»een fitted up to
accommodate the increased attend
ance. More school room is needed
and steps are being taken to pros ide
it in the near future. /X fine site,
well located for the purpose, Ins
been purchased, and in the near
future a commodious twelve or four
teen room building will Ire erected
thereon, giving the school the be--t
of housing ami equipment.
authorities to assure to all who make
their home here the best of school
privileges. This spirit maintained
will insure for Bandon better schools
from year to year.
The school officers for the district
are Gurley Boak, Geo. P. Topping
and Charles Kime. Clerk, Mrs.
Laura Logan.
Miss Bertha Wilkins, First Grade.
Miss Minnie Yeo, Second Grade.
Miss Effie Collier. Third Grade.
Miss Clara Davies, Fourth Grade.
Mrs. Myrtle Myers, Fifth Grade.
Miss Margaret Murphy, Sixth
Grade.
Miss Carrie Rodine, Seventh and
Eighth Grades.
Mrs. H. G. Ostien, High School
Assistant.
H. G. Ostien, Principal of High
School, and Superintendent.
A. McNAIR
The Hardware Man
Hardware of All Kinds.
Tin Shop in Connection
Sporting Goods, Agricultural Imple
ments, Plumbing, Stoves
and Ranges.
Paints, Oils and Varnishes
Bandon, Oregon.
and who also helped very much tn
the construction of the same. This
plant is not only one of Bandon’s
leading industries at the present
time, hut is also operated success
fully, and is the means of distributing
about two thousand dollars monthly
in the different families about town.
The plant employs many young
women who would be unable to get
work in other industries. This plant
has been in operation about two
years, and is making an excellent
grade of goods, which is all shipped
to Eastern markets, thereby bring
ing to Bandon about seven thousand
dollars per month. This plant is
not confined to one class of goods,
but in addition to manufacturing all
kinds of flannels and carriage lin
ings, they have a complete plant for
the making of all kinds of Gent’s
clothing and the finest of cassimeres.
The mill has a beautiful location,
fronting on the Coquille River, with
a large wharf in front, where deep
water vessels can
land
and
discharge cargoes; by being so lo
cated, this company is saver! the
charges of wharfage and drayage on
goods going to or from the plant.
The Bandon Woolen Mi'ls is no
longer of an experimental nature,
but the success of same is now an
assured fact.
The school enrollment numbered
over three hundred the first month
of the year, and new pupils are en
tering nearly every day.
Nine
months’ school will be maintained
the present year. The eight years
of woMc as provided by the state
course of study is carried on, and
the full four years’ of high school
work is offered in the high school.
The school board, teachers, and
patrons are all working together with
a new and increased interest this year
to build up a school that will l>e first-
class in every particular, and second
to none. Monthly Teachers’ and
Patrons' meetings are being held,
where topics of general school inter
est are discussed. These meetings
will bring all school interests in
closer touch, and will greatly increase
the efficiency of the schools. The
finances of the district are in good
condition, and the funds ample to
meet the cost of an efficient school;
and it is the purpose of the school
Strawberries in Coos.
Can you imagine a berry that would
not go to the bottom of an ordinary
teacup, but remains suspended
against the sides? Coos Bay has
produced such a berry.
Fourteen berries to a heaping
quart box is what is shown in
that measurement.
A cxse of 24 boxes runn ing from
14 to 18 berries in the box, when
you come to the wholesale depart
ment.
A single vine with 160 matured
and maturing berries were seen and
the count taken by the writer, after
many berries had already been
gathered from it, ami this was of
the ordinary run of the patch selected
at random.
As for profit:
take your pencil
and figure it out —160 berries the
way they run, counting 20 berries to
the quart, should make at least two
gallons of fruit;
at 50 cents a
gallon that vine is worth a dollar for
a season
But cutting it down a
few, call it worth but 25 cents;
in
the patch shown of al»out a quarter
acre, were 1000 plants, meaning at
a very low estimate that it would
produce in money $250 a year.
Can any crop or any country beat
that?
Bandon Woolen Mills.
The Speedy Passenger Steamship Elizabeth,
New and Modernly Fitted,
CAPT. J. OLSON, Master.
Carries Freight and Passengers Be
tween Coquille River Points and San
Francisco. Special Accommodation
for Passengers. Built Especially for
Coquille River Traffic.
J. E. WALSTROM,
Bandon Public Schools
Central Warehouse, Agent, Bandon.
The growth of the public.schools
is keeping pace with the rapid de-
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E. T. KRUSE,
Managing Agent, San Franciaco.