VOUME XXV
NUMBFR 23
BANDON, OREGON, JUNE 17, 1909
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DEDICATION
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NEW SCHOOL HOUSE
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Story of the Old and New Buildings—With Program for Commencement Exercises
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Tomorrow, Friday June 18th will
be a great day in the educational
circles of Bandon, in fact, it will be
the greatest day so far in »11 the his
tory of Bandon schools. It will
be a day of transformation from the
old to the new and a day which
will be remembered when all other
days have sunk into oblivious non-
composmentis.
The reason for all these gieat
The great building with its massive
concrete pillars stands forth in all its
glory of modern architecture add is
certainly an improvement over the
old building now in use which was
constructed in 1894- 95 and which
at that lime was a most creditable
one.
When this old building was erect
ed it was thought that the time
would never comewhen it would not
Col. R IL Rosa, Robt. Walker and
Stian Danielson, the latter two
gentlemen have both passed to their
reward during the present year.
Peter Loggie, now of Coos Bay, was
the contractor.
The dedication
exercises Friday promises to lie in
teresting in the extreme, a number
of prominent men will speak, in
eluding County Supt. W. H.
Bunch, Col. R. H. Rosa, T. B.
Wheeler, M. Breuer, A. Haberly,
Judge Geo. P. Topping and others.
Th? Bandon Concert Band will be
in attendance and will cs_-.at the
school pupils from the old building
to the new. The cxe>ci•>.•.-> will
al 2.oo*p. m. I he speaking w ill
from th - front steps < I the bail::.
if the weather permits, m'-.l 1! not !l
will be in the an lilorium Ma
' . ■ licr has deqjared a hall liolid
for the occasion, ‘thu s giving ,m •
01 ¡unity f or every citiz a 1» ,Hi<-
tiie exercises.
The dedicatory exeu i~< wail • n
Slime the entire ,ift<-l noon ill'l ill 1 i e
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evening the commencement exer Vocal Solo, Angel’s Sert nade,
MRS. L. P. SORENSEN
cises will be held in the auditoriu n. Violin OB,
i’I«)! . E B. KAUSRUD
1 here aie but two members of the
MRS. GERALDINE MORRlS^Piano
graduating class this year. Misses PRESEN! AHN OF DIPLOMAS,
GEO. P. TOPPING,
Dorothy Gibson ami Beulah II esse.
Chairman of School
Following is the pr»gram for the
Board
commencement exercises, to which Vocal Solo (Selected)
the public is very, cordially invited
WINIFRED McNAIR
ami as it is a public function of the
BENEDIC HON
schools, all should make an effort to
be present A charge of ten cents
ItrGII SCHOOL BANQUET
will be made at the door to help de
On
Saturday
last the High School
fray th«1 expenses of the coin
enjoyed one of the most agreeable
mencement exercise-;.
Plana Duet, The Jolly Black niith, Jean Paul functions of the year in the form of
an out door
the
MAUD LOWE AND ORA WATKINS
to the
Vocation,
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REV. GEO. ROA< H Sophomores
Vocal Solo, (Selected)
b reshmen
.‘seniors of the
WINliRt.D McNAtR
school. Ihe
“Al Fresco”
Oiation, Whiliier, the Poet,
was set up
of the lovliesi
BEULAH J. HEESE
¡looks of A
and the
k ocal Duet,,
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Pickles
“Foreign to our constitution.”
Coffee
“What grounds for this?”
Sugar
,‘Ought to be totally dissolved.”
“The middle course is best.”
Strawberries and Cream
“Too sweet to last.”
Cake
“Our cake’s dough on both sides”
Pie
“Its a condition that confronts us,
not a theory.”
TOASTS
Mrs. Ostien, Toast Mistress
Mr. Ostien, “The Ideal Student.”
Blanche Radley, “The Alumna.”
Dorothy Gibson, “Sensations of a
Senior.
I lushaby, My I loney,
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(Negio Melody)
HAZEL STEPHENSON AND
NORA GIBSON
»¿.•¿say,
I lietory o( the Bandon Public
School,
DOROTHY GIBSON
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things comes from the fai t that this
is the day set apart for tin dedi.-1
tion of the new $3 >. oog school
building which is just teceiving
the finishing touches of the skill
ful mechanics’ hands. The build
ing is a masterpiece of architectur
and stands as a monument to the
enterprise of the people of this
school district, who are satisfied
wfth nothing short of the best.
City Mass Meeting
be wholly adequate for school pur
pose • in Band n. but the buildei-,
wise men as they were, never
dreamed of the ¡»osslilities of im
provement an advancement of the
community, and the consequence is
we have long ago outgrown the use
fulness of the old building.
As was stated the old building
was constructed in 1894-95. The
members of the school board were
candidates, they are: H. Manciet,
Mr. Windsor. G. Boak, Harry Mor
rison, W. F. Disher, Nels Rasmus
sen, M. Breuer, H. C. Ostien, E.
Lewin, J. W. Mast.
For municipal judge, Geo. P.
Topping was unanimously nomi
nated by acclamation as was also
C. R. Wade for city recorder
Judge Topping then asked for
the sense of the meeting in regard
to celebrating
the Fourth and
everybody was in favor of it. The
meeting then adjourned.
Vl*'•Irtfl’tSj
GEO. P. TOPPING
Chairman of School Board
mbi> s
■ ioicc.it things to eat.
iea ti
t fully decorated with
ll lose
1 lings
th..1 go to
up
,< high scln>i>1 function. 11
I igh School
; a hets ami students were pt esent
n jolly im.od and with well de-
\ -1< >ped appetites, and the feasting
and merrymaking went on from
5:30 until J.S o’clock according to
the following schedule.
“ME-AN-U”
Sandwiches
“It is not altogether meet.”
Salad
“Gentlemen. I think there': s some-
i thing in it.”
Selection “I'll Trovotore” (ist
No Excursion Sunday
time) Verdi.
Patrol of the Guardsmen (ist
Owing to sickness in the family of
time) I.osey
Musicians Hold Up [Bendix] An a member of the Bandon Dramatic
opportunity to hear what each mem Club, the excursion to Riverton
ber in the band can do as a soloist. next Sunday has been postponed
and the play “Above the Cloud--”
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will not be put on.
There were about 125 men present
at the City mass meeting Tuesday
night to nominate candidates for city
officers. The meeting was called to
order by City Recorder C. R.
Wade and Albert Garfield was elect
ed Secretary of the meeting and C.
City Election Notice
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R. Wade, Chairman.
The first thing on the program
City Transfer
was the nomination of candidates
Persuant to order of the City
All kinds of draying and transter
-for mayor. L. J. Radley moved
Council made J une ifth, 1909, no ping
FOR SALE—mill wood
that the number of names that would
tice is hereby given that the regular from Cody’s mill $2.00 per load.
appear on the ticket should be limit
Bi annual election of the City of Coil sold ami delivered at lowest
ed to two for each office except
Program ,of Band Concert Bandon, Oregon, will be held at prices
J. Jenkins, Prop.
councilmen, that should be limited
the City Hgll in Bandon, Oregon
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to twelve. The motion prevailed.
upon Monday June 28, 1909 for the
The names of Steve Galiier, L. J.
Excellent Recital
The following program will be election of one mayor, one muni
Radley, J. C. Shields and J. I given by the Bandon Concert Band cipal judge, one recorder and six
Mars were placed in nomination for Saturday eve: ing June 19th the councilmen, that the polls therefore
The music recital given by the
mayor. Galiier received 87 votes, weather permitting, to citizens of will be opened at 8 o'clock and pupils of Mr.. Geraldine Morris at
Radley 21, Shields 10, Mars 2 and Bandon and vicinity.
We wish to rema in open till 1 p. m , and from the home of Mrs. Albert Garfield
A. Me Nair 1. Mars had previous call attention to the fact that the* 2 p. m. till 6 p. m., that the «•ke last Friday evening was a pleasing
ly withdrawn his name or he would program Saturday evening will be tion board appointed for this ek c- success.
l’he beautiful home was
no doubt have received more votes, all new new numbers and are sure tc tion. and for the ensuing year are nicely decorated for the occasion ami
and Me Nair was not .1 candidat< please.
Judges M. Breuer, A. D. Morsc the program was well rendered.
therefore his vote was purely com
March
selected
and A. J. Hartman, Clerks E. B. The attendance was as large as the
plimentary.
‘Overture light Cavalry (ist Henry and George Manciet.
spacious house could well atom
For coun.ilmen
there wn< time) Suppe .
Dated at Bandon, Oregon, June • Mate and the auditors w< re ex
many names ulaced in nomination
“<>!<! Kentucky Home” Varia 171b 1909.
ceedingly delighted with the per
but they aln*>sf as rapidly d< Jimd. tion- for baritone, < amt, «1 trinet
C. R. W aoe ,
formate e, wjiic'u* tiot, only included
leaving only* aL*»uC Un or elevili «nd tn»n4>one (ist time) Dalby
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Recorder.
the
«4 XI rs. Murns but they
Beulah Hesse ‘An Adamless Eden.”
Jes ie Wood, “The Classmates of
my dreams.”
Erma Craitte, “The Old Guard.”
Guy Fredricks, “The Girl I Left
Behind Me.”
1 lie whole affair was splendidly
carried out and was for the entire
high school a most happy closing
social event for an enthusiastic, har
monious and pros -rous year’s work.
EIGHTH GRADE
PAk.V
The eighth grade of the Bandon
public school gave a party Satur-
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Oct. 15, 1881 coming on the steam
er Arcada and settled at Coquille,
lie went to California in 1891 and
came back to Coos county in 1895.
His wife’s maiden name was Rosina
Hocheder, born in Zell, Zillerthal,
Tyrol Austria in 1858.
Six chil-
dren were born to them, William,
the oldest, was born in Salt Lake
City in 1881 and died when yet
young; Sophia now Mrs. Simpson;
Alias, Flora, Otto and Rosina, the
latter of whom died about three
years ago in San Francisco.
Mr. Walser served two wars as a
soldier in the Austrian army; one
in 1859 against Italy and France,
and again in 1866 against the Ital
ians. He came to America in 1870.
He was an energetic citizen and was
universally esteemed. He was a
strong, healthy man up to about two
years ago when he began to fail and
has gone down very rapidly since,
laistfall he went to California in
Death of Joseph Walser
hopes that the change might benefit
'Jus health, but it proved of no avail.
Joseph Walser, one of the pioneers The remains were brought up on
of <‘oos county died at the hospital the Ftfield and after a short funeral
in San Francisco Sunday June 13, service at the home will be interred
10 9 b' ing 73 \< at , 6 months pnd irt the Bandon cemetery,
16 days. Mr. Walser was born in
Zirl Tyrol, Austiia, Nov". 27 1X35.
He arrived in Coos couny, Oregon,
1- your sulftcription paid?
were ably’ assisted by Prof. E. B.
Kausrud on the violin and Mr.
Chas. Kaiser with his baritone.
I he pupils of Mrs. Morris show
the very best of training in their
work, which speaks volumes for the
skill of the teacher. i he program
as remit red was as follows: piano
duet, Maud Lowe and Edna Gal-
lier; vocal solo, Mis; Mary Marsh;
piano solo, Clinton Conger; vocal
solo, Mrs. Lester Sorensen; piano
solo, Miss Maud Low’e; vocal solo,
.VI rs. Albert Garfield; violin solo,
Pl of. Kausrud: vocal solo, Dr. L.
P. Sorensen; sextette, Mesdames
Garfield. Sorensen and Radley,
Misses Marsh Lowe and Radley;
ba: ¡tone solo, Mr. Chas. Kaiser;
voc.d solo, Mrs. Sorensen, violin
obligato Mr.
Kausrud; piano
duct Maud Lowe ami Ora Watkins.