Bandon recorder., March 19, 1908, Image 7

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GBOSMAN TIMMONS. Pr«ident
R. H. ROSA. Vic* President
A. D. MORSE, Manager
G. T TREAGOLD, Secretary
A. E. HADSALL. Treasurer
Bandon Investment Corporation
Incorporated Way 6, 1907
Real Estate, Townsites, Promotions BANDON
1 McNair, The Hardware Man
•«»oe a Bt At tl Stove,. Ranges and Heater* have in them *o many *xcellencie*
that they are now acknoa l*«lged the greate*t seller* on the <-oaet. and they are grow­
ing in favor every year We have the exclusive agency in Bandon for three hodse-
hold and office neceaaitiee. and price» range exccslingly modest in either care.
Assortment of Hardware. Tinware and Edged Tools is Most Complete
; Coquille Steam Laundry
> ^Invention
FffiST-CUSS LAUNDRY WORK
BOOTS
SHOES
Lewin’s Meat Market
CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR
High Classes of Work Solicited
Oregon
Bandon
AME 1CA IS RICHEST
AM.NG THE NATIONS
M. BREUER’S
TINNING AND PLUMBING A SPECIALTY
Chas. S.
McCulloch
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*>t«J of export« will reach nearly tw<
billions of dollars. The exports for No
vetnbe« were the largest for wny aingl«
’ month en r»e>>rd and reached $204.444,-
NOSl.ER A MORRISON. Prop*.
tM<>, which was nearly «even million» •
day. Dur e:. p .rts to Europe wore *9>,
000,000 more than in 1906, when they
| were larger than for any other year. Out
Of every kind dyne on short notice
export« to North American countries gist
and at rea.* nat>le price*.
The humming bird In Australia, no
William E. Curtis Says Croesus gained $40.000,000. Our --»ports to Sotitl
less
than
fnan,
protects
Its'
habitation
America
gained
$7.0o0.ooi>,
to
Asia
$11#
SATISFACTION IS GUARANTEED
Was Pauper Beside Our
000,000 ami to Porto Rico, the Hawaiiat with a lightning rod. The humming
•a
left on Monday* with our Baade*
L'ncle Sam.
Island* and the Philippines more that bird, before a devastating thunder­ *v. nt. “.Orders
A <1. TU<>WBRIIX;1 will I.■ given *are-
ten million«. °
storm bursts, prudently covers the out­ ful attention and delivered in Bandon at the stere
In 1850 there were only 251.354 depos side of Its little uest with cobweb. Friday evening*.
¡tors in the savings banks of the Unite« Silk Is a non conductor of electricity,
COQUILLE, OREGON.
States ; iu 1870 this number had increaa
FIGURES SHOW BIG G
and
since
cobweb
is
silk
the
hunuulug
ed to 1,630,846. One person in every
thirty of the population was depoaitinf bird's nest is thereby rendered light­
his or her savings where they would draw ning-proof.
In a recent article in the Street Rail
Per Capita Wealth in 1870 Was interest. To-day 8,58.8,811 persona, or al
most exactly 10 per eent of the entlrt way Journal on "Transportation Fa­
$770.83; in 190T It Was
You can’t expect to get 12
population of the country, have account« cilities in South America” it is stated
worth for $1, but you can get
In savings bank*—an average of one ir that transportation Is so difficult over
*1,310.11.
your moneys worth at
every ten men. women and children it
the mountains that the coal Import«*!
th* United States.
internal commerce for the yea i into Bolivia for the railway’s own use
I As a rule, the average newspaper was The greater
than ever before. On th« costs about $30 per ton. At La Pax
Great
Lakes
and on the railroads th« abundant timber grows within fifty
reader doos not like statistics, but her«»
are some figures that every laxly should movement of natural products was beyonf miles from the mountains, but trans­
Dealer in Boots and Shoes
all comparison. There was a gain of It
»♦ad, because they mean so much. They per cent tn the amount of iron ore ship portatlon is so difficult that trolley
opera-
jxik-s
and
lumber
for
building
i measure our greatness as a nation and ped, a gain of 25 per cent in coal and i
Repairing Neatly and Promptly Dane
' our prosperity as a people, and al­ similar gain in corn, wheat, live stock and tions are brought from Oregon, a dis-
at Lowest Living Prices.
though they nre so stupendous that the every other Important article, while tht tance of thousands of miles.
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A sanitary garbage wagon used It
I human mind almost refuses to compre­ freight charges averaged lower than fot
Berlin, says Popular Mechanics, is com­
hend them, they carry a lesson that ev­ arty previous year.
The increase in exports occurs chiefly pletely covered by a large hood of sheet
ery citizen and every school boy should
in
manufactured articles. The figures ol metal, with a sort of chute or funnel, I
learn. Uncle Sam Is richer than any
agricultural exports remain about th« which elongated upon the roof of the
other nation that exists or ever has same as in 194)6, when they were th«
hood curves downward at the back end,
existed. Croesus, King of Lydia, whose largest on record.
name has been a synonym for wealth
The government treasury was never in where It is open, to receive the refuse.
All Kinds of
for ages_ was a pauper compared to better shape. The report of the United The garbage is placed upon a movable
him.
States treasurer for June 30, 1870. show­ platform under the mouth of the chute
From the reports of the bureau of ed an available cash balance of $150,096,- and raised by chains into the Interior.
statistics, the ceusus bureau, the Treas­ 000 in the treasury at Washington; ths A trap door o|x»ns by the turning of a
ury anti Agricultural Department WII- report for December 14, 1907, shows an lever and the box diverts its contents
, liam E. Curtis, the Washington corre- available cash balance of $259,762,309, Into the body of the wagon, odor and
without counting $246,284,455 deposited
•podent, has compiled a few significant in national banks and subject to the call JI.
figures showing the material develop­ of the department. This makes a total
The British Admiralty has Instruct-
ment of the United Stat«»« within the available balance of $54X1,046,764. •
ed the commanders of all ships of war
Furnished at living prices. A share
last thirty-seven years. He has select­
Secretary Wilson in his recent annual furnished with wireless telegraph ap­
of the public patronage solicited
ed the year 1870 as a basis of compari­ report showed us that the crops of the paratus to telegraph to meteorological
son, because that was the beginning of farmers of the United States for the year stations with which they may be In
a new era In American commerce and 1907 was beyond all comparison and had communication full details concerning
Industry that followed the Civil War. a farm value of $7,412,000,000— an in­ tlie weather at sea. This new branch
of 57 per cent in eight years.
' Although the panic of ’73 arrested the crease
In 1870 the value of the farm animals of the English meteorological sendee
• growth of the country for a time, the in the United States was $1.554,960,149; has already proved valuable, and It Is
present period of development began in 1907 they are worth $4,423,697,853.
believed that its importance will con­
I then.
In 1870 our farmers had 25,484,100 tinually increase. Weather Information
I The population of the country in 1870 neat cattle; in 1907 they have 72,533,996. from the sea Is of special value In the
'was 38,558,371, or 12.74 to the square
In 1870 they had 8,248,800 horses; in British Isles, because the great storms
niile; the population on the 30th of June, 1907 they have 19,746,583.
generally approach across the ocean,
In 1870 the wool clip was 152,000,000
AT
I 1007, according to the estimates of the
and not, as In the eastern half of
was
298,915,130
pounds
;
In
1907
it
census bureau, was 85,593,303, or 28.28
the United States, across a broad con-
pounds.
per square mile.
‘lnent netted with telegraphs.
The
wheat
crop
in
1870
was
235,884,-
| The tangible wealth of the country, the
it
was
735,200,970
"00
bushels
;
in
1907
By crossing and selection, a new va
true valuation of real and personal prop­
riety of cattle, known as the Bordelaise
MRS. SARAH.'COSTELLO
erty, according to the census of 1870, was bushels.
The corn crop in 1870 was 1,004,255,- race, has been developed In Southwest-
$30,068,.518,04)0. while in 1907 it is esti­
mated at more than three times that 000 bushels; in 1907 it was 2,927,416,- ern France, The two parent varieties
Nice clean rooms 25c and 50c a
091 bushels.
amount, or $107,104.211.917.
and
the
Breton
cattle,
night;
$1.25 a week; $5 a month
are
the
Holland
In 1870 the cotton crop was 3,114.952
■ As far back as 1850 the per capita
the one famous for the abundan«?e of
bales;
in
1907
it
was
13,510,982
bales.
wealth of tlie United States was esti­
OREGON
The cotton mills of the United States their milk, the other for their pro- BANDON
mated at $307.69. in 1870 it had more
than doubled and was estimated at consumed 857,000'bale« of cotton in 1870 vision of butter, The Bordelaise race.
whose first herd book appeared in 1889,
$779X3. In 1907 it had almost doubled and 4,627,000 bales in 1907.
In 1870 we exported 958,558,523 Is said to combine the excellences of
again, and has reached the sum of $1,-
BANDON TRANSFER’CO.
,310.11 per capita, which proves that we pounds of cotton; in 1907 we exported Its two progenitors. Its most charac­
C. H. PATTERSON & SONi
are the richest people that ever existed. 4,518,217,220 pounds.
teristic external mark Is the black-and-
The production of gold in 1870 was white tiger pattern covering the body.
Dray and General Deliver*
In other words, if the real and personal
property belonging to the inhabitant* of $36,000.000; in 1907 it was $96,000,000. In the pure breed the head Is entirely >7 Meets all boat*. All order* handled with care
In 1870 the production of silver was
the United States could be equally dis­
black. The name comes from the city BANDON
OREGON
tributed among them, each man, woman $16,334,000; in 1907 it was $37,4142,900.
In 1870 we produced 220,951,290 tons of Bordeaux, the metropolis of the re«
and child living on the 30th of June last
of coal: in 1907 we produced 5,312,745,- <jion where the new race Is bred.
would have been entitled to $1.310.11.
In 1870 the deposits in national banks 312 tons.
It Is a matter of common observatfov
In 1870 we produced 1.655,179 tons of that grass does not grow so well close
for the whole United States amounted to
J $542,261,"63, while on the 30th of Sep­ pig iron; in 1907 we produced 25,307,191 to trees as In the open. The same Is
tons.
tember last they were $1,322.8.80,141.
BANDON, OREGON
i I In 1870 the deposits in savings banks
In 1870 our furnaces had an output of true of grains. Experiments in Eng­
land
and
in
this
country
have
shown
J were $549,874,358, while on the 30th of only 68,750 tons of steel ; in 11)07 the out­
that the deleterious effects of the near
put was 20,023,947 tons.
* September, 1907, they were $3,090,078,-
In 1870 we operated 52.922 miles of neighborhood of grass and trees are
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Taking the two together and including railroad ; in 1907 we hnd 222,635 miles in mutual. The trees suffer as well as
' Is just in receipt of a new and fresh stock of
all the banks—national, State, private operation, and carried 815,774,118 pas­ the grass and grain. This is especially
sengers
and
216.656,795,696
tons
of
savings—the deposits have increased
true of fruit trees. The cause Is as­ Drugs and Chemicals, Patent and Pro­
◄ and
eightfold during the last thirty-seven freight. The statistics for freight and cribed to the excretion by the trees, prietary Preparations, Toilet Articles,
years—from $1,092,135,921 in 1870 to passenger traffic do not go back of 1890, on the one hand, of substances poison­ Druggists Sundries, Perfumes, Brushes
when the railroads of the country carried
Sponges, Soap, Nutsand Candies, Cigars
$8,028,288,886 In 1907.
to the grans, and by the grass, on Tobaccos
ana Cigarettes, Paints, Oils,
The bank clearings for the entire coun- 52O.439.OS2 passengers and "9,192,985,- ous
the other hand, of substances poison- Glass and Painters’ Supplies.
‘try are not given for 1870. The earliest 125 tons of freight.
The average freight rate per mile in ous to the trees. It thus appears that
4 available figures are for 1890, when the
4 total for the United States was $58,845,- 1890 was 93 cents and in 1907 it was 77 the failure of grass to grow well near
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< .279,505, which has increased to $157,- cents per ton.
trees should not be ascribed to too
4 • 749,328,913 for the last fiscal year.
There were 684.704 tons of shipping on much shade, nor to the exhaustion by
A. B. SABIN
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The national hank circulation in 1S70 the greflt lakes in 1870, which has in- the tree roots of the food supply need«
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Manufacturer of and Dealer in
4 was «$288.1148.081, while on Dec. 14 last creased to 2,439,741 tons in 1907. The
4 it was $67,5,231.305.
amount of freight passing through the ed by the grass. .
All Kind. h of Snddlery
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In 1870 we had only $25,000,000 silver Sault St*. Marie canal in 1870 was 690,-
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A Mumbling Block.
Harness and Saddles Repaired
anil gold coin. To-day we have $1,233,- 826 tons ; in 1907 the total was 41.098,-
"Since coming to America,” said the BANDON
"O5,S4>9, of which $756,665,869 is gold 324 tons.
OREGCN
In 1870 we had 28,492 postoffices in young Englishman in his most tran»-
and the remainder silver.
The interest-bearing debt of the United the country; in 194K) we had 76,688. Since ' Atlantic accent, "I have purposely tak­
States has been reduced from $2,046.155,- that time, by the introduction of rural I en to pronouncing one word wrong. I
722, or $60.46 per capita of population, free delivery, the number has been reduc­ don't say ’Grieg’ any more. I say
in 1870 to $869,603.010, or $10.26 per ed to 62.659.
‘Greg.’ Before making the change I
capita, in 1907.
The annual interest
There is no better thermometer of com­
charges on the public debt have been re- mercial and industrial activity than the, said to several persons I happened to
duc««d from $118,784.960, or $3 per cap­ Postoffice Department, for people do not I be talking with, T say, do you know
ita of population, to $21,628.914, or 25 writ* letters when they have no busines« 'Grieg?’ and always they answered: No,
cents per capita of population.
to write about. ’ The 'receipt« of the de- they dlil not know Greek, and for good­
Notwithstanding the reductions in war partment in 1870 for . postage stamps ness sake don't ask if they know Latin
taxes since 1870, the ordinary revenues amounted to $19,722.222 ; in 1907 they because they've forgotten all of that
RASMUSSEN BROS., Props
of the government have increased from had increased to $167,932.783.
! they ever did know. They thought,
$ .95.1159,834 in that year to $'*>3,140,434
In 1880 there were 4,829 money order you see. that I was asking if they
in 1907, and the ordinary expenditures office« in the United States. In 1907 knew Greek. So finally I took to say­
have increased ftotn $164,421,507 to there were 37,500. In 1880 7.240,537
$554.422.589. This does not include the domestic money orders were issued; in ing Greg, which is enough to make the
receipts or expenses of the postal service, 190" the number was 62,069,783. Those |n>or old Norwegian shout out a cor-
which is almost self-sustaining.
Last issued in 1.880 represented a value of rectlon from his gravé, but it pre«
year the receipts from postage were $1,83,- $100,352,818; those issued in 1907 repre­ •ents further misunderstanding.”
5.85,005 and the expenses $191,214,387. sented a value of $479,650,342.
A Hni<lhca<le<l lleply.
In 1870 we produced no tin plate at
leaving a deficit of $7,629,387 to be paid
A naval offleef, very well and favor­
out of the treasury.
all. That item did not appear in the
The total revenues of the government statistics until 1890, when a total of 2.- ably known In London, has for some
in 1907 were $.8441,725,339 and the total 236,743 pounds is reported. In 190" «'« unknown reason been advanced In his
expenses $819,8441,150.
produced 1,105,440,000 pounds.
profession very slowly, tliough be has I
The increase in the pension roll has
In 1870 we had a copper output of 12,- grown gray In {he service and Indeed Bandon
Oregon
been enormous. The total in 1870 was 6410 tons; in 1907 it reached 402,637 tons lamentably bald, Recently one of his
$28.310.202. and in 1907 it is $139,309,-
There were 9,157,6441 telegrams sent in
514. The cost of the army In 1870 was 1870, and In 190" there were 941,1187,146 juniors was bold enough to question
him as to bls remarkable absence of
$57,568,675, and in 1907 $122,576.465. seat.
The cost of tlie navy during the same pe-
In 1870 th* pay roll of teachers in pub­ hair.
r i'll has increased from $21,780.230 to lic schools was $37,832,566. The pay roll
"How comes It that you are bo very’
$97,128,469.
in 11X17 wa* $177,562,981.
bald?”
The imports of merchandise in 1870
The average daily attendance In the
The officer replied promptly and with
Has a Select Stock of
anvuntod to $435,958.408, and our ex­ public schools of the United States in much vindictiveness:
ports were $392.771,768 that year, while 1874) was 4.077,34"; the average daily
"You. man, yon would be bald, I
in 1907 the imports were $1.434,421.425 attendance in 11X15, which is the latest
and the exports $1,880,851.078. In 1870 i ear for which we have statistic«, was think. If you had had men stepping
over your head for years In the way I
the exports i>er capita of |>opulntion ware 11,481,531.
$9.77, and. notwithstanding the enormous
The total expenditures for public have.”—Ixtntlon Ihmch.
increase in population, the per capita in school« in the United State« in 1870 waa
The Church Fair.
19o" was $21.66.
$83,396,666; the total for 1905 was $291,- “None but the brave deserve the fair."
The foreign commerce of the United
Aye! None but the brave a fair would
State* for the calendar year of 190" has 610,660.
The increase in wages per capita in
dare;
l>een larger than In any previous year in
COURTEOUS TREATMENT
the history of the country, both in im­ the United States since 1870 has been For when the “fair” Indies begin their
I ports and exports, and our trade with •l>out 32 per «’ent; the increase during
advances
every grand division of the world is In ex­ ♦fie last fifteen year« ba« be«n 24 per Sure, every man present has got to
cels of any pgevious year. Th* imports cent.
take chances.
The Increase in the cost of food sin<W
«luring th* *l*v*n months ending Nov. 3*
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Tlie
Catholic Standard and Times.
eweded $ 1 JJ30.0O<1,000, « h ie tlie exports 1870 ha* been about 22 per cent. The
were worth $1,716,000,000. If the in­ increaM- In the cost of food during th«
It is better to work than I» be
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crease has continued during December th» )«at fifteen year« La* been 14 per ceuu
Baadon
Oregon
worked.
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Meats & Provisions
E.
SHIELDS & KENNEDY
Blacksmiths and Wagon Makers
Wagons of All Kinds Made to Order
HorweHhoeing a Specialty
J«b Work attended to promptly and all work guaranteed to give »atiM fact ion. Prices reas­
onable. Shop on Atwater Street, Bandon, Oregon.
Proprietor
LEWIN,
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Furnished Rooms
THE PACIFIC
Bank of Bandon
BANDON, OREGON
Capital, $25,C0J
BOARD OF DIRECTORS: J. L. Kronenberg, President; «1. Denholm, Vice President
F. J. Fahy. Cashier; Frank Flam. T. P. Hanley
A general banking business transacted and customers given every accommodation con­
sistent with safe and conservative banking.
CORRESPONDENTS: The American National Bank, of San Francisco, Cal.; Merch­
ants National Bank Portland, Oregon; The Chase National Bank, of New York.
Bank is open from 9 a. m. to 12 m.. and 1 p. m. to 3 p. m.
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Th« New, Elegantly Fitted and Speedy Steamer
ELIZABETH
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CAPT. J. OLSEN. Master
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Clarence Y. Lowe
Druggist and Apothecary
Thin steamer is new, is strongly built and fitted with the latest improvements and will
»ive a regular s day service, for passengers and freight. between the Coquille river, Oregon.
and San Francisco. E. T. KRUSE, managing agent, 23 Market St., San Francisco.
J. t. WALSTROM, Agent, Bandon, Oregon.
California and Oregon Coast Steamship Co.
Steamer Alliance
Now plying between Portland and Coos Bay only
WEEKLY TRIPS
GEO. D. GRAY & CO., Gen. Agents
L. W. SHAW, Agent
421 Market Street, San Francisco
Marshfield. Phone 441
The Eldorado
Port Orford and Red Cedar Shingles
For Sale at the Shingle Mill
All orders filled, promptly. Office in mill, We
pay highest price for red cedar logs and bolts
YOUNG &
Wines, Liquors & Cigars
W. IN. WRIGHT
Successor to HOOVER & MONDAY
BAINDOIN AAEAT MARKET
Dealer in All Kinds of
Fresh anil Salt Meats, Vegetables, Lard, Etc.
Farm
Produce
Bought
find
.«told
Having purchased this old and well «*stablish«si business, and moved the same to the
Marshall building, ev-t »ide Main »trvvt. we solicit a continuance of past generous patronage
giiBranteemg honest g.s.K fair price* and courteous treatment t<. all.
VARNEY & TUTTLE
A hdl H r * of Confectionery, Fruit, Cigar», Tobacco,
Soft Prink*, Etc.
Nev* Stand in Connection
Neat to Vienna Cafe
BANDON
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The OPERA
Wines, Liquors & Cigars
Steam Bear on Draught
GROSS BROS
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