VOUME XXV
NUMBER 39
BANDON, OREGON, OCTOBER 7, 1909
GRANGE LODGE
NEW EMPIRE
ENTHUSIASM AT
Bill
M
EE1
ING
OF
FAST WORK ON
GOES
PEARY
AND
ORGANIZED HERE
PRESENTED PUBLIC
ROADS MEETING
FAT ELK DRAINAGE Exposition at Seattle Places
COOK ONE BETTER Representatives From All IK. 0. III. LAST NIGHT Big List of Charter Members
Large Ditch Will be Com
pleted by Middle of
Month
RECLJUMIMGE SECTIOM OF COUNI BI
Report comes from the Fat Elk
Drainage District that work on the
big ditch is progressing very rapid
ly and will probably be finished bv
about the middle of the month after
which work will begin at once on
the smaller ditches leading into this
one and draining the land from
various points.
By this drainage system about 2,
500 acres of land, which has here-
to-fore been a swamp will be re
claimed and put under cultivation,
and it is some of the richest land in
this section of Oregon, it will be a
big accession to the productive soil
of the valley. This district lies along
the Coquille river, near Coquille
City, and while it is directly in the
territory of the county seat, it will
be of great benefit to the whole
valley because of the extra product
iveness of the soil.
The first estimate of the amount
of dirt to be removed was 186,000
yards, to cover the entire system.
Over 50,000 yards of this has al
ready been removed and the big
machine which was constructed in
the shipyards at this place is re
moving dirt at the late of two yards
a minute, which means about 1200
yards a day of ten hours.
The dredging company is sup
posed to have the work completed
by January 1st, but owing to a num
ber of difficulties to be surmounted
they may not finish quite so soon,
but it will all be completed before
spring, unless something unforeseen
happens.
This is one of the biggest projects
that has yet been undertaken in the
valley and will be of inestimable
value. The promoters should re
ceive every encouragemenent from
the general public.
About the Game Law
Alaska in New Light Be
fore the World
Seattle, Oct. 5—The introduction
of Alaska, at the Alaska-Yukon
Pacific Exposition, shorn of its per
petual snow and glacial ice, presents
a new empire to the commercid
world, and one whose strength and
richness is already being felt.
The exposition will long be re
membered for its beauties ot arch
itecture. its magnificent floral fea
tures and its hund eds of other
pleasing and educational features
but the benefit to the great dis
trict of Alaska from the holding of
the 1909 fair will be lasting
Thousands of visitors came to the
Exposition believing that Alaska
was nothing more than a barren
waste with a few gold and copper
mines scattered here and there.
In the Alaska building they found
the exhibits of the mineral wealth
of the district, the fisheries, the for
ests and the agriculture products
It is this same exhibit that Presi
dent Taft inspected and pronounced
a most comprehensive display from
the North. Each year Ala ka opens
to the farmer larger fields of grain
and the opportunities for the future
for everyone are greater right now
in Alaska than anywhere else in the
world.
Divine Healer King Schlatter
Dealers He Found
Both Poles
I MIES STATEMENT OF DISCOVERT
Hazing in Coquille
The Coquille Sentinel says:
“Roy Watson, son of Charles Wat
son charged with fighting on th«
street ..as up before the Juvenile
Court. The case is the outcome of
what may be called hazing on the
part ot the school boys and the vic
tim in this case was Jimmie, the lit
tle son of Prof. Anderson of the Bus
iness College The boy was severe
ly reprimanded by the judge and
allowed to go on l:is promise of good
behaviour in the future. There
have been several complaints of a
like nature from newcomers and the
patrons of the school are becoming
rather indignant. Therefore a cru
sade against this sort of conduct on
the part of the younger generation
wi'l be begun and it is to be hoped
that it will result in the suppression
of hazing in our public schools.”
Ladies Attention
Cal Wright, deputy game warden
for Qoos co nty in reply to a com
Mrs. Tipton will be at Trow
munication in the Times has the
bridge
’s store with a line of ladies
following reply which will be of in
coats
and
suits, Saturday October
terest to the hunters of Ban Ion
9th
and
Monday
October nth. This
Editor Times: — In regard to a
communication which F. W. Reeder will be your opportunity to get the
had in the Times yesterday relative latest fashions at a minimum cost.
——Ofto----
to the game laws, I want to say that
Start Saw Mill
he is clearly mistaken in their inter
pretation and 1 wish to warn sports
inen not to be letl astray by them
The new game law is very explicit Rockwell Bros, and W. H. Dopp
on the point he discusses anil 1 will have erected a portable mill on S.
merely have to quote a couple of ( S Little’s ranch southeast of town
sections for the benefit of those who 1 and have begun the manufacture of!
may not have ready access to the lumber they pay Mr. Little so much
a thousand for his stumpage
laws They are as follows
“Section 18’ Sinkbox, Sinkboat, I
Sneakboat, Skiff, Steam or Gasoline State of Oregon for the purpose of
launch or Other Boat. —It shall be shooting wild ducks, geese, swan
unlawful at any time t » use any or other water fowls therefrom ”
“Section 21.—Blinds — It shall be
sinkboat, sneakboat, skiff, steam or
gasoline launch or other boat on the unlawful for any person to build or
Yaquina Bay below Mill Foui use any blind, or any other structure
Slough, or Coos Bay or its tribu in any public lake or river in the
Uries, or on the Columbia River 01 State of Oregon, or in the Columbia
any of its tributaries (except the River, or in any lake in the state of
Willamette and its tributaries above Oregon which is not wholly owned
Oregon City), in the state of Ore by himself, his lessor or licensor,
gon, for the purpose of shooting which stands more than the one
wild ducks, geese, swan, or other hundred (loo) feet out from the
water fowl therefrom.
It shall be shore or margin of such lake or
unlawful at any time to use any river for the purpose of shooting
sinkbox, sinkboat, sneakboat or wild ducks, geese, swan or other
powerboat on any waters of the waterfowl therefrom at any time.”
From Francis Schlatter, divine
healer, who arrived in San Fran
cisco recently, there comes aC.Q.
D. message for Dr. Cook and
Commander Peary, who are now
quarreling over the discovery of the
North Pole.
“I have discovered both the North
pole and the South Pole,” announces
the latter (modestly.
“I found the
North Pole in 1877 and the South
Pole in 1892.” Schlatter's modesty
is also typified in his strange signa
ture on the register of the Planters’
Hotel at 298 Second street.
He
signs himself simply as King Francis
Schlatter and with him is registered
Prince August. Prince August of
ficiates as affiidavit man.
“We did not give our story to
the world before declares” the King
“because we did not think anyone
would believe it.” The King is
evidently imbued with the idea tha t
that the world is becoming credulous.
He believes that the “I’m from
Missouri’’ spirit is rapidly dyin<«out.
“Now that Cook and Peary have
reached the Pole and described con
ditions that do not and could not
exist there, we do not intend to let
the American public be imposed
upon when we know from actual ex
perience that neither man's story
could be true.”
“It took us until April 7, 1877, to
reach the North Pole,” said Schlat
ter.
We went to Upernavick,
Greenland, where we got sixty dogs
and some provisions and a couple ot
Esquitneaux. After terrible hard
ships we reached civilization again in
1900' ’ ’
Here is the wonderful part. TTe
King tells just how it feels to stand
on the pole in these words:
“Within twenty miles of the Pole
the air becomes very rare; so r ire
is it that at first it causes the b ond
to come to your f ee and makes
your ears bleed. The conditions
are so strange that it s Minds like
fiction to one who has never been
there. So strong is the wind that
it is a case of almost creeping to get
to the Pole. It took us seven days
to reach the Pole itself and three
days to come back,
“The Pole itself is a small area
around which the wind circles and
within which there is no mind at
all. We deposited a small Amer
ican flag within the circle and
photographs of ourselves.
Presbyterian Church
Sunday October 10th
10 a. m. Bible Study in the
School; it a. m , preaching, subject,
“The Vision in the Castle of
Antonia." 6:30 Christian Endeavor;
7:30 preaching,
subject: “The
Second Son ’’
It is very gratifying to see the in
creased attendance at the Services
of the church. Still there is room.
You will find the sermons profitable
for doctrine and practice. Meet
with us.
M E. C oen , minister.
— FOR RENT—Stock and dairy
ranch. Apply to this office. 37tf.
Parts of County at Co
quille Last Week
Head Consul 1. I. Boak of
Denver Delivered the
A number of Bandon citizens
went up to Coquille last Thursday
Address
afternoon to attend the good roads
meeting held in that city Thursday
evening.
The representatives from this city
state that there was much enthusiasm VERY GREAT ENTHUSIASM PREVAILED
at the meeting and that the con
census of opinion was in favor of
making rapid strides toward the
Foi the first time in die history of
construction of permanent g rod Coos county the National officet of
highways throughout the county.
. a fraternal organization is now in
Representatives were present from the county.
This distinguished
North Bend, Marshfield. Bandon gentlemen is Head Consul I. I.
and Myrtle Point. A. H. Hammond Boak of Denver, head officer of the
was elected tenqiorary Chairman i Woodmen ot the World, one of the
and Geo. Moulton temporary Sec i largest insurance orders in thi
retary.
The question of county | United States. At a public meet
roads was immediately taken under ing in K. of P. hall last night
discussion, and especially the build I Mr. Boak addressed a large audience
ing of the road from Coos county to j on fraternity and his remarks were
Roseburg by way of Coquille and I greatly a|»plaude<l by those present,
Myrtle Point.
This route seemed Mr. Boak is a forceful speaker
to meet the universal approval of ahd can hold his audience with
those present, and although it was easi. F. B. Tichenor, of Portland
conceded that other highways should general organizer for the W. O. W.
be and would be built, this road was was also present and delivered an
the most necessary and should be ' an address after which a banquet
built first. It was decided that, as 1 was served by the local lodge.
it was impossible under the law to
It had been intended to initiate a
bond the county for the necessary j large class of candidates last night,
funds to build the road, the most I but this had to be abandoned ow
feasible plan would be to tax the ing to the fact that the degree staff
residents, with their consent, on from Portland could not be ¡»resent
each side of the right of way, anil however, there will be a big initia
thus - Quire the funds.
tion later as about 35 candidates
Road building and road material ' have already been secured and the
was thoroughly discussed. Crush campaign is going right on under
ed rock appears to be the best ma 1 the direction of Mr. Smith, district
terial for permanent road work, and | organizer. There was also a pro
as there is plenty of the ¡»roper kind gram carried out last night by local
of rock along the proposed route, talent.
there will be no scarcity of material.
Such a road it was estimated, would
cost $5,000 per mile.
Closing the Rogue to Fishing
A permanent organization was ef
fected to be called the Coos County
Good roads Association.
A. H.
An order has been made by the
Hammond was elected permanent county judge of Curry sanctioning
chairman, Geo. Moulton permanent the sale by the widow of the late R
secretary and A. J. Sherwood, D. Hume of the salmon cannery
treasurer.
This organization will ¡riant at the mouth of the Bogue
work at all times for better roads in and the business will probably pass
Coos county and for a good wagon to other hands.
road to connect with the railroad
For thirty years or more the
at Roseburg.
Hume interests have held an absolute
Committees from the various monoply of fishing at the mouth of
towns were appointed to look after the Rogue, through ownership of
the interests of better roads in their twelve miles o’ land on either side,
immediate community. The com and for a distance of miles on either
mitee from Bandon is composed of side along the ocean.
From this
R. M. Piessey, C. R. Wade and monoply a large fortune was created,
G. T. Treadgold.
spent mostly in California, where
the late “lord of the Rogue' resided .
The Rogue fs more important to
Foot Ball in High School
the 50,000 or more people along ii
and in its tributary valleys as an
angling stream than as 1 commercial
The 3andon high school has or
fishing ¡»roposition for the benefit
gamzed a foot ball te<m with every
of a monoply. Hundreds of tourist -
indication that it will be a winner,
from all ¡»arts of the country come
ar.d with the introduction of foot ball
annually to fish for its trout and
into the atheletics of the high school,
this influx of money spen ing
there comes a demand for more en
pleasure seekers, increasing in
thusiasm on the part of the people
volume each year, means a greater
No team no matter how good it may
revenue to southern < fregon than
be, can win without the support of
the salmon. The angling is a source
the people it represents.
And this
of recreation and pleasure to the
is especially so in the case of this
residents.
team because it is new and inexper
Were the commercial fishers to
ienced.
confine themselves to salmon, there
For the past week the team has
would be little complaint, but since
l>een practicing faithfully, and before
the erection of a cold storage plant
many days are past the Bandon
a few years ago at Weddeibtirn,
High School will have a team that
the fisherman are exterminating
will make someone sit up and take
rainbow trout, erroneously classified
notice. There will probably be some
under Oregon laws at the dictation
of the fastest games of the season
of salmon fishers as steelhead sal-
played here as the team will, of
i mon. These rainbows or steelheads
course, play better on its home field.
I are of little value for canning, hence
The team will play games with every
high school in the county that is are refrigerated and shipped to east
represented by a team. If you want ern markets.
Legislature after legislature has
to see Bandon win attend the games
refused
to listen to the voice of the
and “Root”
! people of southern < Jregon, to re
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The R ecorder one year for $1.50 form the situation and save the tiout
and Much Enthusiasm
Among Ranks
Bandon Grange, the most westerly
in the United States, was organized
last Saturday by State Deputy Cyrus
H. Walker, with 40charter members.
There are now five granges in
Coos county; the four lately organ-
zed by the above deputy, and the
one at Myrtle Point organized sev
eral years since. Coos county is
now entitled to two sets of delegates
to the St.de Grange which meets at
Oregon Oily the second Tuesday ot
next May.
The following are the officers of
Bandon Grange:
Master, Frank
F. Eddy: Overseer, J. r\ Cope;
Lecturer, M. G Pohl* Stewart
Emma 1. Hite; Assistant Stewart,
Ella Young; Chaplain F M Sander-
lin; Treasurer, R. M
Pressey;
Secretary, D. H. Jackson; Gate
Keeper, J. R. Burnett: Ceres,
Fannie Eddy
Pomona, Pauline
Hunt; Flora Della Cope; Lady As
sistant Steward, Polly C. Randle
man,
Coos county will certainly le
heat d from as never before in grange
circles, and Bandon will be fam« d
all over the I . S. Deputy Walker
eturns to Albany, i inn county,
1 this week, well sati tied with his
work and gladly willing to help
boost our county.
We are glad to announce at this
time, that beginning with our next
issue we will begin the publication
of a ( range Corner, which will be in
charge of F. F Eddy, Master of
the newly organized Grange and he
will have something of interest to
say each week.
Dissolution
of Partnership
We the undersigned doing bus
iness under the firm name of Young
N Parker at Parkersburg, < >r. have
this «lay dissolved partnership by
mutual consent All accounts due
or against said firm to be settled
with W. C. Parker.
S'gned:
I. E. Young, W. C. Parker. 39 5t
City Transfer
All kinds of draying ami transier-
ing
FOR SALE—mill wo<»d
rom Cody’s mill $2.00 per load.
Coal sold and delivered at lowest
¡»rices.
J. Jenkins, Prop.
by permitting a short season and the
llume interests still enjoy the long
est open season of any fishers in
the northwest. Hence an initiative
petition will be submitted to the
people of Oregon at the next gen
eral election to close the Rogue to
commercial fishing entirely, and
restore natural conditions, making
the Rogue the greatest fly fishing
stream in the world
There need be no conscientious
scruples about putting the Hume
fishing monoply out of business.
Ten times, yes twenty times, the
cost of the improvements have
been realized as profits by the Hume
monoply, which has never shown
any scruples in its dealing with the
public, paying its halfbreed fisher
men about a quarter of the wages
paid on the Columbia.
If the rapidly diminishing supply
of trout in the Rogue is to be saved
from total extermination, com
mercial fishing, the ■ use of seines,
gillnets, traps and other devices for
the destruction of the finny tribe
must cease, and it will cease if the
voice of the people of southern Ore
gon is heeded.—Medford Tribune.