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GOOD GYPSUM ROAD
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Successful Experiment* With th* Min
eral Made by Kansas Expert*.
W. 8. Gearhart, state highway en
gineer of Kansas, who recently re
turned from an inspection tour through
the aoutbwestern part of that state,
•ays the county commissioners in that
part of the stale believe in perma
nent roads and permanent bridges.
Mr. Gearhart is well pleased with the
results of the experiment in road build
ing through the sand hills near Garden
City.
"A little more than a year ago,” be
said, “the commercial club and the
county commissioners requested the
office of public roads to send a man
out to investigate possibilities of iiih
proving this road. Mr. Spoon, the saud
clay expert, made them a visit and
found that there were large deposits
of gypsum all along the road. Tests
were made on the gypsum, showing
that it would make a good binder for
the sand. The people decided to con
struct 700 feet of road under the di
rection of Mr. Spoon, and It was so
satisfactory that they have now ■fin
ished six miles of road at a total cost
of $3.500. The 700 feet constructed
first is smoother now than the remain
der because the sand and gypsum were
thoroughly mixed by plowing, disking
and harrowing, The remainder was
constructed by placing six inches of
gypsum on the xand for a width of
twelve feet and then a few Inches of
sand were placed on top of this and
left for the traffic to do the mixing.
“It requires about two years to get a
road in tirxt class condition when con
structed in this manner, but it Is much
cheaper than the other construction.
Hot, dry weather is the worst enemy
of this type of road, but despite the
drought It is now in excellent condi
tion and compares very favorably with
the best macadam roads. The surface
is hard and smooth and shows no signs
of wear.
“The only complaint any one has to
make is that the road is so smooth that
locks must be placed on the wagons so
that they can tie safely taken down the
bills. Some still refuse to get a lock
and in going down drive with one
wheel out In the xand and the other on
the hard road. One year ago the
sand on the road was so bad that peo
ple living ten miles south of Garden
City. Just beyond the hills, hauled their
grain forty miles south to a railroad
station, while at present grain and
produce are being hauled twenty-eight
miles north to Garden City.
“It Is a place to go to be ‘shown’ if
one has any doubt In bis mind about
the possibility of successfully con
structing a sand, gypsum or clay road.”
ROAD REPAIRER ENJOINED.
Physician Who Triad to Improv* High
way Served With Injunction.
Widespread interest has been created
in good roads circles in the case of Dr.
Donald McCaskey of Witmer. Pa., who I
has been restrained from making fur
ther improvements to the Witmer road,
a much traveled thoroughfare of East
Lampeter township.
The physician, after falling to get the
road supervisors of his local township I i
to fix a dangerous and unkept half
mile of yellow clay roadway, in des
peration and at bis own expense be
gan to make repairs to the road him
self. The doctor built King road drags
and hired horses from farmers through
out the community who would rent
them, and. not being able to Induce
anybody to repair the road for him.
the physician drove the team and rode
the drag himself. Occasionally a small
boy was taken along to stand on the
drag for ballast.
After fifteen hours of strenuous la
bor distributed over a period of sts
to eight weeks after each rain the neg
lected byroad was transformed into a
substantial highway. All that was
used was the simple wooden iustrii-
meut termed the split log drag, which
can be made by any farv er cut of a
log or a few boards.
The physician’s efforts vr >r' nl such
a transformation in the mi':.is of the
incredulous inhabitants oi hi: coni-
munity that the road drag met with
popular favor, and the road officials
began to be critically censured for
their alleged indisposition to fulfill the
duties of their official office.
They promptly secured an Injunction
restraining the physician from doing
any more work of the kind, alleging
that he had done this work "to the
Injury of the road at times and to the
Inconvenience of the traveling public.”
The case is still before the courts.
• u< It Mutt Be All Around Merit, No*
trio Halfway Sort.
W. W. Mitchell, one of the men of
means at Cadillac, Mich., has offered a
bonus, said to be ax much as $300. for
each mile of good road constructed in
Wexford county in the next three
years. Presumably one of the princi
pal highways leading into the county
seat will be known as the Mitchell
road. Whether it is or not, the aid
given in the creation of a county sys
tem of Improved highways will cause
Mr. Mitchell to be held in grateful re
membrance by future users of the
roads.
Stat* Support* Good Road Cau**.
The state of Rhode Island has taken
tn about $43.000 no far this year for
automobile registrations. The money
goes Into the fund for repair and main
tenance of roads.
Good Highway* In Cuba.
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Chullo livor
Co.’« Sckodolo
Great
Combination
Offer
’TT’HE
San
furnish
Germany’s Novel Movement.
Germany has started a unique move
ment for tiie improvement of towus
and small cities by constructing a
number of garden cities, one Berlin
society having acquired a large plot of
land on the uortheru outskirts of the
city for the construction under the
name of Frahau of the first real gar
den city of the capital.
This city will be built in a pictur
esque hilly part of the state forest,
will have its own railway station aDd
will be laid out regardless of cost as
regards external adornment. Judging
from reports from all sections of Ger
many. the idea has taken a firm bold
on the iieople, the feature most insist
ed upon being the abandonment of the
flat bouse and the substitution of the
small bouse and villa on the English
model. In Bavaria, where there is al
ways a shortage of houses, the gov
ernment will transfer for garden pur
poses part of the state forests in the
vicinity of large towns. At Magdeburg
houses with large gardens for single
families will soon be rentable for
about $60 a year Americau money, it
is to be hoped that this country will
soon undertake the same kind of de
velopment.
A Good and Laating Memorial.
ugly, and few
worthy of preaervatton. '
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The following prominent and sue-
cessful Oregon men have been se The BANDON STEAM LAUNDRY
cured to talk during Farmers
If you with a bottle cold—
Week at the Agricultural College:
Call at the Eagle,
L. T. Reynolds, Salem, C. E.
If you love the good, that’» old--
Whisler, Medford; Austin T. Bux
Call at the Eagle.
ton, Forest Grove; H. M. William
Taint no me to »it and blink
son, Portland; Walter M. Pierce,
If you really need a drink.
La. Grande; D. O. Lively, Port
Just make a sign or ring a bell.
land; W. K. Newell, Gaston; A. T.
And you bet they’ll treat you right
Down at the Eagle
Mason, Hood River; A. H. Lea,
Portland, Ferd Groner, Hillsboro.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned Anna May Wilcox by an
order of the county court of Coos
county Oregon, has been appoi t-
ed as administratrix of the estate
cf Henry G. Wilcox, deceased All
persons having claims against such
estate are required to present them
within six months from the date of
this notice, with the proper vouch
ers. to the undersigned at the of
fice of G. T. Treadgold, in Bandon,
Coos county, Oregon.
Dated this 15th day of February
1910.
A nna M ay W ilcox ,
Administratrix.
G. T, Treadgold. Attorney for
Estate.
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the Recorder at a marvelous ton ¡.-. ¡ce
ROOMS and
LODGING
Administrator’s Notice
ail
all the news of Bandon ai d vcinity u.
OREGON
The Oregon Agricultural Col BANDON
l£ge Winter Short Courses which
close this week with the regular
“Farmers Meet” have been the
most successful from every point of
view of any of the college short
course work. The work offered
has been more extensive and more
thorough and the class of students Newly fnrnisbed large light rooms
Telephone
Eleotric Lights
has been more mature, and more
progressive than those that attended Rented by single night, week or
month
in former years.
The R ecoroer $1.50 per year.
them
country in a metropolitan daily ana
Wines, Liquors & Cigars
iliary of the North Side Commercial
association of that place took the
pledge recently to volunteer as car
cleaners. Each of the sixty members
will carry a whisk broom and dust
cloth and before sitting down in the
car will brush the seat with the broom
and clean tiie window with her dust
cloth.
The wife of a prominent tnanufac-
turer leads the tnovement and borrow-
ed a whisk broom and dusting cloth
when going home from a recent meet
ing. She dusted the seat and cleaned
the window, to the amazement of the
spectators and the discomfiture of the
conductor.
Numerous petitions have flooded the
offices of the United railways demand
ing improvements on their lines, but
without avail.
whereby
a gigantic combination cE . 1\
The Opera
Hume estate, has been on the ways
at the Kruse & Banks ship yards
Woman Will Dust St. Louie Street undergoing a thorough overhauling.
Car* Before Riding.
She is now most ready for launching
As a protest against the cobwebbed
good as new.—Harbor.
and dusty conditions on a street car
line in St. Louis, the women’s aux
First class job work a specialty.
Francisco Bulletin
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can give subscribers the i v? >
Rasmussen Bros., Props
FOR A SPOTLESS TOWN
RECORDER managen.an.
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made arrangements vjth
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The El Dorado
I pressibly
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Charle« Neal M Brought
Back
Not long ago we took occasion to re
Leaves
Arri «es
Sheriff W. W. Gage arrived in
mark that taerit waa always reward
B.itiduu
Coquille
ed. A grocer friend Lias takeu issue last evening via Dtain with “Coon !
8:30 a cd
Coqmlle, / 64M) * Qj
with ua—not on bis own account, how
j i .00 p m
skin
Charley
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who
was
recently
re
3;00 p tu
ever, for be has both merit and suc
7.-00 a m
10:00 a ru
cess, but because he has fulled to trace captured at Pocatello, Ida. T dav Di-patch,
the connection between the two. His Sheriff Gage
4 -Off p tn
stopped
over in F hvorite. 1:30 p in
argument consisted of example, and
Leave«
Ai
l ises
he pointed out an Instance which be Marshfield to serve some papers
Coquille
Baridou
believed practically upheld bls conten and ‘ Coonskin Charley” was a
Favorite,
a tu
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tion.
guest at Hotel < ,'arter.
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He knew of a fellow merchant This
11.30
a m
“Coonskin
Charley," w hose Coquille, * 4.00 p tu
man is competent, honest and reliable.
5.30 p tu
name
is
Neal.
will Dispatch, i.OO'p tu
He lias met with hard fortune at sev real
5.00 p tu
eral turns of the road of life, and be I have to
answer an indictment
The Coq utile connects will) the
has been forced into a sad and irre
trievable failure. lie handled goods charging the passing of forged traias at Co xmille for Marsliheld mi »<$
that were good, and he worked hard checks, He may also have to an Myrtle Point.
and with some intelligence, but price swer a charge of
The up river passengers can cou-
flimfla riming
cutters and catalogue houses descend
to
Bandon on the Favorite and hive
Watson with the
ed upon him. and what they left for County Clerk
three
hours here in which to do tiieir
him wasn't sufficient to support him, scalps of varmints killed outside of
rading
and other business.
so be dropped out of the race.
Coos county, but which he swore
The -merchant referred to had merit
as a man no doubt, but be was not n were killed in this county in order
good merchant. After some persistent o secure the larger bounty. —Times.
questioning we learned the secret. He
had some of' the elements, but not
enough of them. He was u good buy
er. but a poor seller, and his place was Hoosier Submits New
Fish
as an employee and not an employer.
He was honest, but he was uot far
Story
sighted, and both are necessary to suc
cess. lie was reliable, but be was not
courageous, and courage must back up
Bloomington, Ind , Feb 9— Dr.
the man who wins in the hard battle
of independent merchandising. He John Haztnan, on an exploring trip
carried good goods, with quality be
hind them, but lie did not advertise in South America for the Carnegie
institute or Pittsburg, has discovered
them.
There it is. He did not possess the the missing link in animal life be-
WINE5, LIQUoR.5 AND
qualities of merit as a merchant or
ween the salamander and the fish
success would have been his reward
He had some, but not all. of the con according to a dispatch received by
CIGARJ
stituents. He knew something, but Dr. Earl Eigeman. head of the In
not enough; he did something, but not
Oregon
all. Merit in a store is no halfway diana university zoological depart Bandon
article. It goes the whole length of ment.
the course.
At the junction of the Rio Negro I
It may seem harab and unfeeling to
assert that he did uot deserve to suc and the Amazon rivers near Manos,
ceed. but we believe that be did not. Brazil, the explorer says he recently
for merit Is always followed by suc found a fish with rudimentary legs.
cess and reward. The trouble with our
HAS A SELECT STOCK OF
critic is that he does uot compreheud
what merit means. Merit in merchan
dising includes ail that good merchan
The well known tow boat, Katy
dising Is.—West Coast Trade.
Cook belonging to the R. D.
In 1880 a man who had watched
with great interest the development of
Cornell university, at Ithaca, N. Y..
intimated bls desire to present to it
some memorial to express his love and
interest for the institution. He had
not great wealth, through which oth
ers had been enabled to present fine
buildings, but he appreciated the beau
ty and value of trees, and so he con
ceived the idea of planting East ave
nue with elms. Long yeurs ago the
donor passed away, but his beautiful
avenue remains as a living witness to
his generosity, and nt either end may
be seen a »tone bearing the inscription:
“Ostranjer Elms. 1880.” In no better
way cau man erect for himself an un
dying monument to his public spirited
ness and In no other way may he leave
behind a more graceful or fitting
tribute to his love of nature. Not
only may man leave bls own monu
ment behind, but loving bands could
plant a' fitting memorial to many of
our best and moot public spirited cit
izens
To the writer all of our atone
monuments and statues are moit inex
Good Roads as Memorials.
General Carlo* Garcia-Velez. minister
from Cuba to the United State*, says
that Culm has 1.3(X) mile» of the most
excellent macadam roada constructed
of crushed coral.
MERIT WILL Wil TRAM.
J. H. JOHNSTON, Agent, Bendon, Oregon
Home Bakery
1st Class,Bread,Cakes, Piesand Pastry f
Of all Kinds. You can get my goods at
Rosa Co.’s store, at J. M. Baker’s store and
at Cornforth’s restaurant. Satisfaction guar
anteed. A trial will convince you
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CHAS. HI&RZIG, PR
Clarence Y. Lcrwe
FStmr. Willxelr^:?
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O regon
Druggist and .Apothecary
V*
bandon
Is ;ast in receipt of a new stock of
Drugs and Chemicals, PatoL. and
Proprietary Preparation«. Toilet
tides. Drngg t Sundries. Perfutue^
Brusbes, Sponges. Soap, Nit's and
Candies, Cigars, Tobaccos acd Cig
arettes, Paints, Oils, Glass and
Painter's Supplies.
If your Piano it worth
anything it is worth
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N. WAGNER, Comaiabchr.fa,.
Coos Bay anti ¿¿niton twice a w u-
Conneeting *vith Steam Ship Alliance at
information of
r>hti< I
J. E. WALSTROxM, Agent. L,...
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STATIONERY AND E
Toys, Notions, Dishes, LauLj’ u. J J-re.is Fu. .0.1-
ings, Men's Shirts acd Overalls
AT THE
Expert Tuning
Any other kind will ruin it
Administrator’s Notice
AU my work guaranteed
Drop a postal card and 1*11 call
Notice ts hereby given thi»t fhe
undersigned A. J. Counts, bv an
order of the County Court of Coos
Bandon. Oregon
county, Oregon, has been apjrointed
as Administrator of the estate of
Linnie P. Counts, deceased.
All SOOTS . AND - SHOES
persons having claims against such
You can’t expert to get $2 worth
estate are required to present them
for $1. but you can get your
within “
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six “ ------
months
from
the
money's worth at
date of this notice, ’ with the
proper vouchers, to the under-
signed at the office of G. I*. Tread-
Dealer la Beets aad Shoes.
gold, tn Bandon, Coos county, Ore
gon.
Dated this 15th day of February R epairing neatly and promp
tly done at lowest liv
1910.
A. C ounts .
ing prices
Administrator.
G. T. T readgold , Attorney for
Advertise in the R ecorder a ud
6-5L
Estate.
you will get results.
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E. B. Kausrud
M.
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SHIELDS eV KENNE t
BLACKMH1TH8 AND
Wagon* of All Kindi Made to Order
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wag ox’n t Âi-’.r.N
Horseshoeing a Specialty
Job Work »«ended to promptly and all work guarante<d to give latidaction.
reasonable. Shop on Atwater Street, Bandon, Oregon.
f theimproved
BREUER’S
OVERALLS
Price*
A Splendid Overall
for every use.
Cut generous
ly full. Two
hip pockets.
Felled seams.
Continuous
fly.
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