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Published Every Thursday Evening by the
Recorder F’u.tatisliin.g Company.
O. K. KOPF,
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Managing Editor
toitewcription, fl 50 per Year in Advance. Advertising Rates Made
Known on Application. Job Printing a Specialty
Entered nt the Bandon PoototHce as Bevond-Clatis Matter.
May 31. 1909
THURSDAY
Should Extend City Limits and imprisonment for 18 montns in
Ninetcettfh Ccrttury Club. Yit. u
the good «Omen of this club would
only stop to think of the mischi v .»us _
boys whom they knew in their
frocks and pinafore days; and of
the preceding generations of equally
assertive,
fun-making anil fun
loving boyhood that evidently be
gan before we heard anything of
the fratricidal difficulty between
Cain and Abel,—if as we siy, there |
should be something of retrospec-
tion, there would follow' more mis- |
givings as to whether the burden of j
censure against the comic paper is
not heavier than deserved.— lei
egram.
usual wavs-and- • means committee
route; with the business interests of
the country slackened, it not suf
fering from the uncertainly of tlw
situation; with the possible prospect
of
creating tariff-tinkering ma
chinery that will do the right sort of
a job when once put to work; with
the possible conviction that the
people of the country will elect a
Congress committed to real tariff
reform—the consumer's type; with
a'l the^e matters which have a bear
ing on the pre-ent tariff, the bill
may pass President Taff, though it
be far from satisfactory, If such
shall prove to be the case, the
country will not be at all I disjrosed
to doubt the sincerity of Mr. Paft,
or to question that he will labor
with final success to get a tanti ar
rangement which will bring sufficient
revenue, weaken trust control of
industry, anti relieve the consumer
of the burden of high prices, under
which he now staggers .-Telegram
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TOO MUCH EMPHASIS
Cannot be laid upon the importance of
THE PRESENT SCALE OF LUMBER
P rices . • fijght here and now is oppor
tunity for the shrewd, far-seeing owner
of unimproved real estate, for the con
tractor, for the home-builder for aiding
the growth of our city. OPPORTUNITY
comes very infrequently and LËÀ57ËS
NO 0 \LLING CARD; so the sleepy
individual who insists on not being
“At Home' when opportunity
_ _
_ calls,
___ f
cant object if he finds his circle of
friends dwindling down to the I-Told-
"You-So family and its relations. The
man
who
needs lumber
CAN’T
AFFORD to hibernate at present be
cause he is losing money every day
he waits.
BUY NOW
BUILD NOW
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the state’penitentiary.
This fall of
Tuesday, June 1st is the day set men prominent in social, business
apart for the purpose of voting on and political circles, a fall in which
whether or not the outlying platted the descent is from silk hat and
districts will be annexed to the city immalculate shirt front to prison
of Bandon, and it is urgent that stri|>es, is another concrete evi
everyone interested get in and work. dence of the constant conflict be
T he Boston Herald of April 19th
That the city will vote them in tween right and wrong that is going
announcement of al
contains the
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goes without saying, but it remains on in American municipal life. It is
movement for a Tercentennial Ex-
with the voters of the proposed a conflict as old as the world and as
position in 1 that city in 1920. The
district to say whether or not they fierce as the storm. Great centers
event is to 1 be in commemoration o;
will come in.
From what we can of population make great opportunity
the three hundreth anniversary of
learn, the majority of them are in for men to profit out of public con
the landing of the Pilgrim Fat lx i s.
favor of coining in and the prob cessions. In Pittsburg in this in
~inr irnn 11 ■Munii anni—
Eh re certainly could be no more
abilities are that the proposition will stance it happened to be the use ot
logical reason for bolding a world's
He paid
carry, however, there should be city funds by a banker.
T he Oregon Jourml in a recent fair than the one mentioned. Per
every effort possible put ,orth to in councilmen a handsome price for editorial extols the greatness of Sen haps to the Pilgrim Fathers, more
duce as many as possible to vote the privilege. In San Francisco it ator Borah, placing him almost at <han any other sect or colony ever
was the franchise for a sreet rail
favorably.
the head of the Senate, and giving established does the United States
way,
the franchise for a telephone
We understand that there are
him really more praise than he is owe a debt of gratitude f«rr the suc
Twin Screw, New and Fast
some who do not want to come in corporation and franchises and con
entitled to. The Journal says Mr. cessful settling and consequent ad
In
because they do not like the pteseut cessions for other purposes.
$7.50
Borah is a non-partis<n, which is vancement of this great nation. 1'he
city chai ter, and some of them have Philadelphia and New York it was
true to a certain ex'tent, and we whole country' will surely take a
3.00
even gone so far as to state their gas franchises, in the state of Penn
wish all Senators were non partisan, hand and help to make such an ex
Oar interests are your interests. Fair rates and
objections. The theory of some is sylvania the contracts for building
in so far that they will follow the position one of the greatest ever
and
furnishing
a
state
house,
good service our motto
that the council has too much
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right path, no matter what party held in this or any other country.
authority in the matter of street im other hundreds of cities, , exposed
may be the originator of the idea.
provement, changing of grades etc., and unexposed, it has been un
A. F. Estabrook Co., 245 Cal. St., San Francisco
We have no objection to that part
City Transfer
C. M. SPENCER, Agent, Bandon, Oregon
and yet all must admit that unless counted grafts of every character,
of the Journal’s editorial, but when
All
kinds
of
draying
and
transfer
there is some centralized head for Everywhere men get into office and
that paper says Mr. Borah is the ring
FOR SALE—mill Wood
I buzz in
this purpose, there will never be immediately there begins to
superi >r of LaFollette or Cummins, rom Cody’s mill $2.00 per load,
any street improvement or any other their ears the siren voice of the
then we say the Journal is wrong. Co >1 sold and delivered at lowes
prices
J. Jenkins, Prop.
advancement.
Then, too the tempter. This tempter is the in
Family Washing a Specialty.
Mr. Borah has not proved himself
charter provides for the power of dividual or corporation that wants
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as such in a single Instance. The
First Class Laundry Work Guaranteed.
Special
remonstrance in the matter of stre» t a concession out ot which to profit.
recent speech of Mr. Cummins in —WANTED—$500 on good see
attention
given
to
fine
woolen
goods.
curity. Call at this office for par
improvements, which make it im Some men seek office in order to be
the senate, when he warned that
Cleaning atri pressing Mens’ Suits and Ladies’ fine skirls given
ticulars.
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reached
by
this
tempter.
Others
possible for the council to do any
body that the people would demand
prompt attention
thing in the way of street improve who entared public place with best
Fine job work a specialty at the
of them a consistent tariff bill, and
R ecorder office. "Work done
ment if a majority of the property purposes fall when the siren begins
F. A. BATES, Proprietor
of the kind they had asked for, was while you wait."
rjwa
owners along such street are op to sing. In most cities the boss
far superior to anything Borah has
posed to it. But if the city charter rule system multiplies the oppor
yet done, and Mr. Cnmrrins shows
is not satisfactory to these people, (unities and makes pilfering of the
a greater knowledge of the law in
then they should vote themselves in public comparatively easy. Politi
the case than Mr. Borah displayed
and proceed systematically to make cians and greedy interests, as was
in any of his speeches or acts. As
suggestions whf rein the charter notably the case in San Francisco
to I.a Follette there is nothing that
might be improved and the matter enter into unholy alliances to hold
need be said for his career has been
of improving it would be compara up and loot cities and peoples. In
before the public long enough, that
tively easy. Everyone is desirous these days of bribery and boodle it
everyone is familiar with it. But
of having a city charter that will be is a wise city that gets its municipal I
another man not mentioned in the
fair to all the people and the best government into the hands of peo-
Journal’s editorial is Johnathan P.
way to bring about such charter is pie and keeps it there.—Journal.
Dolliver who is as fearless as any of
for those who have suggestions to
them in the fray and will probably
make for the bettering of the same
I t has been given out as a matter have more influence, from the fact
to proceed in a systematic manner.
that he is probably moie evenly
Another advantage that will come of special political information from
balanced, and has greater ability,
to the people of the proposed dis Washington that in the event the
such as will be recognized by his
trict is that on the fourth Monday tariff bill passes in its present form,
colleagues. In fact we have a num
in June which will be the 28th day 01 approximately so, it will be
her of good men in the senate who
thereof, they wili have an opportunity vetoed by' the President himself.
will
stand for the right and all of
with the rest of us to vote on city Had it been last year, or the year
them are working for a common
officers, and the opportunity will be aefore that, or any of the past seven
end. The days of Boss Aldrich and
afforded to elect such officeis as years, we might have expected
such announcement.
But Mr. Taft his gang are about numbered, and
will be agreeable to all.,
the sooner they are, the better it
There are some who will want to las a different way —just how dif
will be for the country.
remain cutside on account of the ferent remains to be seen. From
increased taxation, but this will be a views expressed freely and frequent-
T hey have what is called a Nine
small item, and will be nothing wh <t- y by Mr. Taft before he became
ever in comparison with the advan President, the country is made teenth Century Club back in Chi
It is a woman's affair or
tages that will come to them as a re aware of the sort of t evision which cago.
Mr.
Taft
desires
—
a
revision
down
ganized when the term •‘Nine
sult of being inside the city limits.
ward
rather
than
upward.
It
is
teenth Century" was in the present
Taken all in all, the advantage of
clear
that
downward
revision
is
not
tense;
organized evidently for the
the proposition, if carried will be
exceedingly great, and it behooves considered seriously' by those who good of all humanily. At any rate
all interested therein to work for its are running tariff matters in the. it engages in reform, and its late,
House and Si-nate. That "reason movement is against the comic sup-
successful culmination.
able profit” clause in the platform plement with which we are familiar
has grown big since convention in Sunday and other weekly editions
T hree and a half years in the time, and the Congressional dis of the press. These women have
penitentiary and a fine af f 1000 is the position is
not toward revision that no specially malignamt charge to
lot of J. F. Klein, a member of the the people
want. So palpable is lay at the door of the funny sheet,
city council of Pittsburg.
Two
is this that no one takes the trouble on (he contrary they do not go any
years in the penitentiary and $500 to deny’ it. How will it affect Mr. further than to say that it is mildly-
fine was the sentence of William Taft when the bill is finally in his demoralizing to the boys of the
Brand, another Pittsburg council hands? Expediency cuts some figure
time
Bnt the demoralization,
man. Sentenced with the two were in the present adjustment of the such as it is, they insist npon. The
tour others, one of whom was a tariff That is to say, with a clear tricks and pranks of these fancifully
tuMker who bribed the councilmen manifestation that Congress is not colorad creations of the artist's
to deposit city funds in his hank at in temper for the sort of revision the mind teach the real boy to be
• to* rateoi interest, The sentence people want, and such revision not develish such at least, is the theory
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th« banker was a fine of ftopo being likely to come about by the'* and the actual
complaint'oí the
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