Volume XXV
BANDON, OREGON, THURSDAY,
GOOD PROGRESS ON
BANDON TO BE IN MON DID TIE
Coos County
SCHOOL BUILDING Will Field Enter
Meet if There is
Plant
Installed,
Plastering Nearly Done,
Building Being Finished *
WILL BE AN IMPOSING STRUCTURE
i
The school building begins to
take on the appearance of a finished
structure, although there is a large
amouut of work yet to do, but the
contractors are rushing the work
at a rapid rate and there is every in
dication that the building will be
completed in the near future, al
although it is hardly probable that it
will be finished in time to hold any
school in this year, as the school
year is drawing to a close.
When this structure is completed,
it will be second to none of its kind
in southern Oregon, and will be
adapted to the carrying on of school
according to the most modern
‘methods. There will be play rooms
for the children, recitation rooms,
audatorium, laboratory, and in fact
everything that goes to make uo a
modern school building.
One of the best features of the
building . is the excellent heating
plant, which is all installed and
ready for use,, whenever the build
ing is completed. The rooms will be
ventilated by means of a large fan,
propelled by an engine, and the
sanitary condition of the building
will lie as nearly perfect as it is pos
sible for it to be.
While the building will cost a
little more than the first estimate yet
anyone who will take the trouble to
look over the situation, and see
how perfect everything is, will say
that it is money well spent.
The
school board is to be congratu
lated on their good work in getting
such a building, ..nd much credit is
due the contractors in all depart
ments for their honest work, for an
inspection tour of the work now
completed, will convince anyone
that it is done right and proper.
One pleasant feature about it is,
that there seems to be none
who are dissatisfied, but all with
whom we have talked have ex
pressed themselves as being highly
pleased with the appearance of the
building and that it will stand a t a
monument to the enterprise of Ban
don and this school district.
A good school is as great an asset
as a town or community can have
and when strangers come to this city
and are shown the enterprise along
this line, they will be much more
liable to locate here and help to
push the country forward to the
place it should properly hold.
The Coos Bay Times says: “Prin
cipal Fergussen of the Marshfield
High School is endeavoring to ar
range a track and field meet between
the Coos counfy schools to be
held here about the middle of May.
He hopes to have Myrtle Point, Co
quille, Bandon, North Bend and the
Marshfield high school participate
in the event.
“In case it is impossible to have
other schools join in the field meet,
a dual meet between North Bend
and Marshfield schools will un
doubtedly be arranged. The exact
date cannot be fixed until the other
schools are heard from and it will
also depend somewhat on the
weather.
“The Marshfield boys are already
starting to practice but will not be
able to do much until the grounds
are in better condition.”
In conversation ’with Principal
Ostien, that gentleman informed the
R ecorder that the Bandon boys
were anxious to enter the meet and
that work would be commenced by
the boys just as soon as the field
gets into favorable condition. Ban
don has some good material and will
put up a good showing in the
county field meet.
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WITH NORTH GENO
“Liar” Means Fight, Rules
Georgia Judge
Atlanta, Ga., March 22.—To
call a man a liar in Georgia is a
breach of the peace and means fight,
declares the State Court of Ap
peals in a decision.
Thejlower court, which refused
damages to W. W. Rumsey, who
sued W. A. Bullard for $100, for
having called him a liar, is reversed,
the opinion of Judge Powell con
eluding:
“Being of the manor bwrn, the
judge of this court takes judicial cog
nizance of the fact that in Georgia to
call a man a liar, even without
threatening him with a weapon,
most generally means fight
There
may be exception to this rule, but
they are exotics and find little
nourishment on Ceorgia soil and un
der southern skies,”
A Sad Misfortune
A baby girl was born to Rev.
and Mrs. R. H. Allen Monday
but the little flower faded at once
and the unhappy parents are left
to mourn their great loss They
will have the sympathy of the ntire
community in their great bereave
ment.
Interment took place Tuesday
morning, Rev. Geo H. Roach,
pastor of the Presbyterian church
read the ritual at the grave.
Mrs. Allen bore her grief bravely
and is getting along quite well at
Taxes For Coos County
present.
It is hard to understand why
The taxes of Coos county that
directly interest the people of Ban these little flowers should be brought
into the world and taken away so
don and vicinity are as follows:
soon, but sometime we may under
Total tax to be
collected
$340.768.58 stand.
Valuation in scoool
dist. No. 54,
429,664.00.
Canal Open in 1915, Sure
3 mill tax $1,288.93
Valuation in road
Washington, March 20—>lt de
dist. No. 19
553,061.00, veloped today that during a recent
5 mill tax $2,765.30
conversation between President Taft
Valuation in Bandon 807,835.00, aqfi Chai rman Goethals, of the
5 mill tax $1,539.17
Isthmian Canal Commission, the
State and county
President expressed his desire that
levy
14.099.329.00, the canal be completed by the
15 mill tax $211,489.93
Fourth of July, 1913.
Colonel
Goethals, how» yer, is not at all
FOUND—On plank road, a Re sanguine -of accomplishming any
bekah p in,' owner may have same such result, holding to his hereto
by calling on Mrs. F. S.* Perry fore expressed opinion that January
proving property and paying for I, 1915, will see the canal t>pen io
this notice.
•avigation. * *
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City-by-the-Sea
Not
Only
• Broke Even With North
Bend R it
OFFERED TO
Nun.'UT
HAS BIG MARINE PARTY TIES CUT
One Arranged
Heating
MARCH 25. 1909.
PLAY OFF THE TIE
Five Boats Cross the Bar on
Tuesday, Three Out
and Two In
Tuesday was a big day so far as
boat traffic was concerned at Ban
don when five boats crossed the Co
quille river bar. Three vessels, the
Wilhelmina, Elizabeth and Fifield
went out, while the Advance and
Bandon came in. Each outgoing
boat had a big cargo, and the Ban
don brought a/good cargo of freight
in.
The bar was a little rough, but
there was plenty of water and the
boats crossed over with ease, al
though they rocked constantly in
the swells.
The new tug, Klyhiam is prov
ing to be a great success and can
take the boats out- over most any
kind of a bar. The Coquille river
bar is getting better all the time and
the new survey, and consequent ap
propriation for improvement of the
bar and harbor, including the river
up to Myrtle Point will be of great
benefit to traffic as it increases from
month to month and from year to
year.
With its usual custom of claiming
everything and admitting nothing,
the Coos Bay Harbor persists in its
claim of championship for the
girls’ basket ball team of North
Bend, while the editor, and every
one else concerned knows that» they
have no right whatever to such a
claim, on the other hand Bandon
his a right to claim the champion
ship on the ground that North
Bend refused to playoff the tie be.
tw een the two teams.
The Marshfield and Myrtle Point
games referred to by |he Harbor is
the laughable feature ol the whole
affair.
In short Myrtle Point
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refused to play Bandon, presumably
because they had no chance to
Found Dead
win and the Marshfield game was
not played because North Bend but
John Sullivan, a pioneer resident
ted in and took Marsbfiel i’s
dates in the Coquille valley stating of the Sixes river was for nd dead at
to the teams here that Maish the home of Mr. Hughes last Sat
Mr
field would not come to this valley, urday, by Fred Congdon.
Congdon
went
do
vn
to
feed
the
after the North Bend games had
been arranged with the valley towns, calves, and returning to the barn
Marshfield refused to play on any» called Mr. Sulh'uan, but receiving
other date than the one first no reply went into the barn and
scheduled, and as we could not play found him lying dead.
The only relative, we are inform
both teams the sami week they re
fused to come at all. thus leaving us ed, that Mr. Sullivan has here, is
out of a game because North Bend Mrs. Bert Patterson, a niece. Mrs.
had spoiled the schedule, consequent Patterson went down on Sunday to
ly to North Bend alone lies the attend the funeral.
Mr. Sullivan was about 64 years
cause of no game between Bandon
old,
and was a gen^eman of high
and Marshfield. The statement that
standing
in the community.
Professor Golden of the Marshfield
high school offered to bear half the
expenses of the Bandon team, for a
Iles Go. Will Return
game, is manufactured out of whole «
J. T. Mars has received a letter
cloth as no such offer was made
from
the Margaret lies Co., now
Prof. Ostien received a letter from
spending
the winter at their mines
Marshfield, flatly refusing to play,
in the mountains at Rural, Ore.
and that was all there was to it.
The
company will “come cut of the
The fact remains that North Bend
woods
” soon and will open up for a
girls are not the basket ball
week
’
s
stand at the Bandon opera
champions of Coos county and the
Harbor, and everyone else concern house, April 18th. They wilbhave
ed know it, and the fact that they several new people with them and it
had refused to play off the tie is said the company will be strong
would iudicate that they were well er than ever.
Bandon people will be glad of the
aware they could not sustain their
opportunity of seeing this excellent
claim. By concealing the facts they
troup once more.
attempted to bluff their claim to
championship, but the facts as stated
above are well known to ill.
MARINE
arrived
Father of the Sal mon Fish
eries
Astoria, Or., March 24.—Patrick
McGowan, who has just celebrated
the 92d anniversary of his birth,
having been horn on St- Patrick's
day. is well and hearty today, en
joying the distinction of being the
first man to take advantage of the
commercial value of the Columbia
river salmon.
Having been born in Ireland Mc
Gowan came to this country in
1842, and seven years later arrived
in San Francisco with a stock of
clothing, with which he opened a
store later in Portland.
In the
early sixties he began the packing
of salmon, and his sons are now
conducting the business.
When
he opened the first cannery on the
Pacific coast fishermen were paid
10 cents apiece for the same fish
that today is worth $2.50.
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Old papers ^t the R ecorder of
fice fiv£ cents bundle.
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March 19,—Fifield, Jensen, from
S. F,, 75 tons mdse, 15 passengers:
A. F. Estrbrook and wife, L. W
Deyoe and wife, Miss Deyoe, I).
S. Rouse and wife, I. R. Nosier and
wife, C. N. Hill. E. M. Gibler, C.
Westerfield. E. Johnson, C. W.
Burges.
March 23—Advance, Ogidinssen.
from S. F.
March 23—Bandon, Wirschuilet,
from S. F., 47 tons mdse.
SAILED
Each Congressman Workin;
For Interests of His
Constituency
BIG FIGHT NOW SEEMS IMMINEF
Washington,
M u ch 21.—Th. t
there will be a lively contest ov<
the tariff bill is evidenced by th
preparations that are >eing made 1.
the sponsors for the bill and thos
who oppose it.
Chairman Payne, supported bv
his chief lieutenant, Representative
John Dalzell, Pennsylvania, and tl e
other Republican members of the
house ways and means committee,
together with Representative Brous
sard, Lou siana, the newly ap pointed
Democrat, will be resumed with
thousands of documents and com
munications for the defense of th .-
provisi ms of the Payne bill.
The committee's old room i on
the house floor of the capital, and
yesterday “field headquarters” were
established thereby Mr. Payne.
Directly underneath the head«
quarters of the Payne torces are the
headquarters of the enemy, the
democrats. Camp Clark has taken
possession
of John Sharp Wil
liams' old room, and was todav oc
cupied with the preparation of the
report of the minority. The demo
cratic members have held “councils
of waf ’ for the past few d tys in the
Clark headquarters.
They will make 1 strong fight
against every protective duty in the
Payne bill unless it is a revenue
producer.
While the Payne and ’lie Clark
forces will be lined up against each
other'on many questions, there prob
ably will be several duties on which
they will join in lighting other op
position. This is due to the fact
that Mr. Payne is not a high tariff
man.
THE SAINT'S BALL
Fireman Fantastic on Sat
urday Evening Was
Well Attended
l'he St. Patrjck ball given by the
Bandon tire department at Bank
hall Saturday evening was a decided
success in every particular, the
receipts being $124 and there was
fun enough to bear all expenses.
The money left after the preliminary
expense is paid will go toward buy
ing necessary equipment for the de
partment.
The fire boys know just how to
entertain ami the dance Saturday
night was one of the best ever given
in the city.
There is much interest mani
fested among our citizens in the tire
department, as better fire protection
means dollars to the property own
ers of the city.
The boys can
have most anything they want so
far as money and good will are con
cerneil.
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Riverton Locals
Joseph Sell will make his resi
dence in Riverton fora while.
Mrs. Nealia Kelly was a visitor at
the Clausen residence last week.
Mr.
Peterson has been im
proving First Street by adding new
fences.
The Riverton Coal Company will
resume operations in their mine next
Monday.
Our school* opened last Monday
with a gentleman from Washington
as teacher.
v .
Clifford Martin, late of North
Bend has moved into the T. P.
Hanly house.
D. S. Rouse and. wile returned
from San Francisco on the last trip
o the Fifield. He reports the roads
down there as very dusty.
The sore throat is quite an epi
demic here now.
The Wilson
family, C. C. Price's family, Mrs.
McCormac’s son and Mrs. /. P.
Clausen have all been suffering from
it.
V eritas .
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Says Taft Will Reign
Chicago, March 20 Miss Nina
Pattee, a school teacher 30 years
old, is under arrest by the Federal
authorities, charged with sending
objectionable letters through the
mails. She was sent to the deten
tion hospital tonight for examina
tion
It is charged that she wrote to
the Governor of each state saying
that President Taft was going to
reign and that he. with ex-President
Roosevelt, was coming to Chicago.
In letters addressed to prominent
clergymen she wrote:
Pontius Pilate became Theodore
Roosevelt
“Abel was Ethan Allen, and is
now George Cortelyou.
“David lived
14,009 times.
David is now John D. Rockefeller.
“William J. Bryan once was
Ezra and later became Andrew
Jackson.
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March 23,—Wilhelmina, Chris
tensen, Coos Bay, 40 tons mdse.
March[23—Elizabeth, Olsen, for
S. F., 15 tons mdse, 280 m lumber,
8 passengers:
Geo. P. Topping,
J. E. Walstrom, W. F. tones, K.
Lawrence, G. P. Mayer, Mrs. May
er, W. C. Parker, Iva Merril.
March 25-Fifield, Jensen, for S.
F. , 448 m
lumber, 4 tons
mdse, 2 passengers: C Wester
field, A. L. Dillable.
SIDEWALKINC-CODY
BER CO.
IN TARIFF FIGHT
li.
Marconi Total Wreck
Four Mile Notes
Dr. Pe.kuu naff a professional
call in this vicinity las.
n y.
1 fairymen are all busy t reparipg
for a great butter buf mess inis sum
mer.
Miss aggie Lamont has charge
of the cook house at the Geo. Cox
saw mill.
Mrs. E. M. Clayton who has
been sick the past few weeks is able
to be around again.
Steve Gardner and wife left for
Klamath county Sunday. They
went by way of Crescent City.
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs.
II. P. Clausin died March 21, aged
15 days. Interment took place at
the Denmark cemetery, Mr. Rack-
leff preaching the funeral sermon.
We had a very cold storm the
latter part of last week. The moun
tains were all white with snow, but
now it is clear again anil we have
promise of fair weather
P ete .
Simpson Lumber Co. and was built
t The schooner Marconi* was driven at North Bend in 1901 and 1902.
on the South Spit of ('00s Bay | She was a four master and had a
Tuesday evening bv the breaking < • carrying capacity of from 900,1x10
her hawser ami is now a total wreck. to 1,000,000 feet ot lumber.
The bar seemed smooth before start
The Marconi was in command of
ing out but roughened almost instant Captain Wilson and she was en
ly, a tremendous wave striking the route for Valparaiso, Chili. The
boat, the great strain occasioning loss to the company will be in the
the parting of the line. Additional neighborhood of $70,000 as there
detajls show that the accident was was no insurance.
LUM entirely unavoidable.
The Marconi was owned by the
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