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VOLUME XXVI.
BANDON, OREGON, APRIL
FACTS
THE PAST WEEK
ABOUT
MUCH LIVE
Executive Club Give Figures
Relative to Taxation Un
Many Boats Arrive and De
Will Submit Water
der the Commission
part all Carrying Large
tion to Voters at
Cargoes
THE NEWPORT IS AGAIN ON THE RUN
The past week has been a busy
one in the shipping industry. Besiiles
the steam sell .Kiners that have be»-n
coming and going, a number of sii -
tng vessels have also been making
the trip.
The Fitield sailed Sunday morning
with 300,000 feet of lumber, 174
pieces of piling, -J iki . ooo shingles
and the following passengers: S L
Oliver, FC Billups, F A Bites, Miss
Bates, Raymond Bates, Chat les F.
Hurst ami wife, R B Hunnicutt, I B
Miller ami wife and Mrs C E Van
Master.
The Elizabeth arrived in from San
Francisco, Monday, with 109 tons oi
freight ami 16 passengers, as fol
lows: C E Klepler, wife and child. B
H Klepfet, Miss B Kli-pfer, Mrs A
J Hartman. I. R Boontin and wife.
Miss H Moore, C I ( reen, Mrs I
Langlois, Ray Langlois G XV Berry.
XV E Lewellen, G Bak, Ast Car
[Minter and 11 J Peterson. Tne Eliz
a be th sailed gain last night but w«
did not get her cargo in time for this
issue, but she had about a dozen
passengers, besides a full cargo o’
lumber ind miscell neons freight.
Die Newport also arrived Mondav
and sailed Tuesday with abcut 2oo
tons of coal and some miscellaneous
freight fur Portland. She wis minus
her cabin for forty passengers, win.-1
was reported some time ago.
The shipping bu->iiiess for Bandon
and the Coquille river looks more
promising for this summer thin 11
has for a number of years; in fact
there are prospects of this being th«
biggest season in th • history oi this
harbor.
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First National Doing Business
The new First National Bank oi
Bandon opened for business Wed
nesday morning, April ‘doth, but the
inside finishing is not all done as
yet. The bank has ni»x’ern fixtures
in every respect, and w hen all is in
place, it will present a very neat ap
pearance. The bank opened up
with a good day’s business and
Ca'hier Roberts says he is very
much encouraged with the outlook.
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Grange Corner.
The Grange meeting, Saturday,
May 7th, will discuss the subject ol
Taxation. Prominent speakers will
take part Watch for further an
nouno meat
Open mt eting from
2 to 3 p m,
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. Bates Family Depart
F. A. Bates, son Ravuioml, and
»laughter Margaret, left on the Fi-
field for San Diego, where they go
in the hopes that the climate may
benefit Rat nt.mil’s health The best
wishes of their many Bandon friends
will go with them. The Bates family
have been residents of Bandon for
al><nit two years, A r Bates having
owned an»l operate»! the Bandon
Steam Laundry, an I is known as an
uptight business man. -Mrs. Bates
went to Hastings, Nebra-k 1, .»bout a
month or six weeks .ago, where she
is caring for her invalid father a d
mother, and will join the rest of the
family later.
WILL INVESTIGATE
PORTLAND RECEIVES
PORT COMMISSION
(he following is part of an article
soon to be published by the Execu
tive Club cf the Port of Coquille to
be distributed among the taxpayers
within the district-
“Some of the leading citizens with
in the territory of the proposed Port
c.f Coquille River met some time ago
and perfected a preliminary organi-
ziton for the purp »se cf encouraging
and advancing the work necessary
for its permanent establishment, and
to that.end it is here propos d to set
out some of the advantages w’hich
the taxpayers within the limits of the
Port District will derive therefrom,
and also to refute some of the claims
in relation thereto which have been
made by Mr. Fred N. Perkins oi
B union, and others who are oppo ed
to the enterprise.
NUMBER 15
21, 1910
STOCK
OIL PROSPECTS
Miocene Oil and Gas Com«
New
party to Drill Well on
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Petition Being Circulated to
Bear Creek.
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Present to Proper Author-
Increase
Union Stock Ya
Reported
Consta.,I
Election
OTHER
BUSINESS OF
ities for Change.
IMPORTANCE
Portland, April 16, 1910.—Live
.st. ck receipts at this market for th»
week rttding today- have been t‘22-
cattle, h. cake'. 2065 hogs and 3285
sheep.
Pri.es on g«xxt cattle have been
steady. The i»og market has easeii
off somewhat and sheep have not
looked attractive to buyers. Tie
sheep market has been some* ha
«h moralized, and buyers state that
the demand f< r mutton by consumers
has not been consistent.
The hog market has easeii off in
sympathy w.th much lower prices at
Eastern centers. However, a high
plane of prices obtained w ith tops ar
11.20. There has been a scarcity of
go,»») cattle on the market, but with
the arrival of a train of Mont mas
today, the receipts show up to th •
average.
At I lie.regular meeting of the City
Council, last Friday night, it was
decided to hav-e an ordinance drawn,
subm tting the proposition at the
coming June election o f bending the
city for $6<»,ooo to put in a city
water system The council feels that
it is now time to decide w hether or
not the city shall own its water sys
tem, or depend on private ownership
cl this public utility, and the people
will hive in opportunity to vote on
this at the June election.
The matter of stiaightening First
For the purpose of the better un
street
at th- pier was again brought
derstanding oi the situation the fol-
up and was adjusted satisfactorily,
Club Notes.
lowing statement is in ide:
and
i'
was
ordered
to
advertise
again
There is an unex|>eiided
Mrs Henrv Dibblee will < ntertain
for bids to complete the work.
balance of an appropriation
the ladies belonging to the Thimble
A
few
bills
were
allowed
and
other
heretofore made by Con
matters of minor ini| ortance were Club at her home, on Fourth street
gress for the improvement
this afternoon.
taken u : j .
of the month of Coquille
The Ladies Art Chib met til'-
Lt the absence of Mayor Gallier,
$22.01 O
River to the amount of
afternoon at the home of Mrs P C
who has been laid tip with rheuma Ste -leiison on the cotintv road
There is a recent aporopria-
tism for the past three weeks, Coun
non made l>y Congress for
The Seaside Club will be enter
cilm in G. Boak has presided over t.lined tomorrow, Friel y, afternoon
the purpose of aiding in
the meetings.
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Mm T. ■ Heaton, in the Hart
making and maintaining an
nan
building.
8 io >t channel (tom Bandon
to Myrtle Point in tiie
be of great value to every taxpayc
“This law gives greater powers of
amount of
$50.000 therein, not only as a means o
bonding
and t »x levying to five mi n
The present issessed value
transportation, f»ut also .is a sure
of the real and personal •
means of largely tn Teasing the v 1 tie than are passed fpossessed) by anv
body <•( men in the State, except
propertv within the pro
of ill real estate so taxed.
posed Port District is
$7
Take two 160 .»ere tracts «>i laid' when they are trying this scheme
under this same law for the Portland
A bond issue on this .'iss^ss
each equal to-h? other in produ
ed va it iti< n >f one per
tivenes- improve 11 nt. an 1 ill other Commissioners cannot lev»-over one-
cent would amount to
75 700 particulars, except that one of th -tn fortieth of a ten mill tax. ’
I lie statements contain-d in the
A 2 mill general tax on the
i» situ ite ten miles »1 st mt fr >111 \| . r
said assessed valuation of
tie Point and from n ivig 1 >!<• . i -r, ibove quotation are based either
7,570 0» would- amount to 1 s. 4 Ì <» and the other is situate eu iniie-. upon ignorance or willful misrepre
dis'ant front the eityof Porll md a id sentation.
Told
$162 s 1°
The common council of anv incor-
from 11 iviga tie w iter; which is the
Independent of the Gov
tnc re valuable? That near Portlan I porateil citv or town in this State
ernment appropriation the
of course What makes it s >? The can issue bonds for the improvement
amount to be raised by
fact that one is near a large city of its streets or for building sewets.
bind issue and general
•yhile the other is not What ha- in an amount limited only by the
90,840 made Portland a large citv? The cost of the improvement or the
tax would be
Of this amount the bon i
fact that it is located or. a river thaï sewer, or loth: anil the extent and
issue would be
75.700 could be and was, by improvement, cost of the improvement or sewer is
General tax
»5. «40 made navigable for ocean going limited only by the good judgment
$90,840 craft, which fact alone gave to it of the common council as to the ex
Total
Fhe bond issue of $75,700
such large growth th.it it soon tent and cost of improvement . nd
would require bonds < n each
became a large-railroad center and a sewage.
ft.ooo of assessed valuation
Laws of 19'5, J» 87. B. ¿k C.
large city mither of which conditions
equivalent to $10.
would ever have existed but for the sec 2730.
If one—twentieth of these
Columbia River and its improvement
This is but one instance showing
bonds is paid at the end oi
by taxation .
that the Port law does not give
each year for twenty years,
It is not here contended that Myr “greater power of bonding to five
the annual tax on each
tle Point, Coquille or Bandon will men than is possess» d by any I mk L
$1,000 of assessed v.ilua
ever become a Portland because of of men in th«’ State ”
tion, to pay the principal
the establishment of the proposed
•‘For the purpose of raising reve
and interest would be as
Port; but it is contended that its nues lor county purposes tiie coitntv
follows:
establishment and the consequent court or board of count»-commis
Principal »4 $10 of bonds
>5° improvement of the river will, to a sioners for each county m the Stat«
Interest 6 per cent for first
large extent, increase the population shall, at its January term in each
year
.60 of these townsand the manufactur year, levy a tax upon all taxable
Two mill tax on $(,000
$2.00 ing industries within its limits, and property in its county, which, tax
Total annual tax on $1,000
as a natural consequence increase shall be sufficient in amount todefray
of assessed valuation
3 to the demand lor and price of all arm the expenses cf the county.’’
The amount of interest would ol products as well as increase the value
B. & C- Comp. sec. 3,18 5.
course lx* decreased each year.
of all real estate in the port district
This is an instance showing wher«'
It is estimated by th ase who are to an extent that would make an a "body of three men have greater
competent to judge, that this fund annual tax of $3 10 on every $t,ooo power of “tax k vying" th n. is given
of $162,840 will be ample to place of assessed value a good investment, to I’» rt Commissioners, for.the latter
anti maintain the river in condition in addition to the personal advantage are limited as to amount, while the
so that any vessel that can cross the to the taxpayer on account < f the 1 former are not,— except that th»’ tax
bar at its mouth can ascend the increased and cheaper facilities for shall not exceed an amount necessary
river as-far as Coquille, and to make transportation.
j “to defray the expenses of the conn
and maintain an eight foot channel
Mr. Fred N Aerkins, through the ty.” But the power of the county
from Coquille to .Myrtle Point.
press and his street talk has had court goes much »k-ept-r than this in
We thus find that an annual tax much to say about what he claims is • “tax k wing,’’—for it has, to a very
of three dollir.s and ten cents on an endue power vested in the Port large extent, the |K»wer to co ttrol
each one thousand d »liars of assessed Commissioners, and the probability the extent ol the expenses of the
county lot the payment of which it
valuation of property within the that they will abuse that power. In must levy the tax. And in this con
projxwtxl port district will pay for an his article published in the Coquille nection it is well to stat*», that tn
improvement th it all must see «ill Valley Sentinel of April 1st, he says :
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A petition is being circulated and
everybody is si... ting it to ita. lights
placet I on the jetty md to move tilt
lighthouse to the bluff on the south
side of the river. It is state«! bv
marine men that the lighthouse is
really a detriment where it now is
as it throws a gi.iiing light directlv
into their eyes as they attempt to
cross in over the bar at night, anil
thus blinds them so they cannot see
the channel, and then the light,
where it now is i-.iynot be seen from
the si a until vesse.s get directly in
range with it, but if it were up where
I he kxikout now is it would be dit
ferent. as then the light could be
seen far at sea, and be of some use
to mariners, ’¡ lie petition also asks
that not less than ten light of 60
camlie power or more, be placed
aloi g the south jetty so as to light
the channel, thus enabling vessels to
come in at right. If tlies • improve
m -r.ts ..re ma it is consider» »1 that
it will greatly facilitate shipping pos
sibil iea.iii this harbor.
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An < il well so near to Bandon, or
in tact anywhere in the Coquille
valley, will mean thousands.md even
millions to inhabitants of this valley,
and will mean a gr wth in population
and industry that cmnot now be
estimated.
As has been said. oil experts are
very pronounced tn their utterances
as to the excellent prospects for oil,
ic.d taking all things into considera
ion, there is every reason to believe
that within a comparatively short
time thete will be oil in abundance
in this locality.
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To Dedicate New Hall.
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I’lii- <hi«i Fellows »>f Bandon are
making preparations to observe the
otst anniversary of the founding of
li.iLerly Replies to Perkins. the Order, by dedicating their mag
nificent new hall, Tuescia-., April
b> the matter of the I’ott Coinmi- 26th. I be town will belong to the
sion I would rep'v to Mr. Perkins' "Three Linkers" on that day. In
last week's at title briefly as follows: vitations have-been sent to the oth« 1
if neighbor Perkir.s will read I st lodg»s of the county, and then- will
v ek's pagers lie w.'l find that the nrobabl»- be a big attendance »if vis
.»ppi opt tai »on ior th»’ Siuslaw of over .ting btolhets Circumstances ¡icr-
three hundred ihotc-anJ dollars bv niilting. there will lie a parade lead
the t - S, gov i nineul is contingent l»v the Bandon Concert Baud, and
ipou ill«’ Pot t <1 Siudavv spending addresses by prom nmt 0<ld b'tl'ow.s
over two hundre»! thousand »lohats w .il be given at the Gra« d Theatre
on the project. Of Cott sc the gov in the afternoon, to which the gen
ernment will be expected to do nr le eral public is invited. In the even-
Ian 1. As for tiie P >11 of Columbia ng the ceremony of tile dedicatio.il
not existing.
For Bio. Perkins of the hall I > the uses of O«kl Fel
ben» tit, I w ill state it consists of lowship will lake ¡.’lace, .-¡iter which
Clat >p. Washington anil Multnomah a sumptuous banquet will be serveil.
I i he evening exercises will be open
counties.
If the other so called “facts’ ■ to Odd Fellows and their la«lie~, and
which Mr. Perkins alleges arc base I R< ix kalis.
upon the same kind of fiction, his
• log c’’ 's mon imaginary than that
Goes to Settle Estate.
which he accuse- his progres-tve
opponents ol using.
It has been rumored about town
But .. hv prolong this discussion?
The R ecorder has repeatedly and that C. Evan Lucas, of the real estate
ably presented the advant t’ge.s and firm of Lucas & Hopson, was going
the equitable distribution of the cost away,,iml that the firm would lie
of the Port. an»l the general fairness discontinued; but Mr. Lucas s,«vs
to all c<»ncer:ted, while it has refuted the rumor is with» ut foundation,
any argument that has been pre 'and theii t 1 m w ill remain here indefi
nitely Mr. Lucas will depart slmrtly
sented against said Port.
Th«’ cost is not commun urate with for London. Canada, to settle hi if-
the benefit, and the people at large [ fairs in an estate there, left bv one
are beginn tig to realize tiiat »e must ' of iiis relatives. The estate has b cn
do something to improve our water, under discus'ion f«»r eight years nd
way before the great railroads get now satisfactory arrangements 1. ve
in here anil oppo.-e our project so as! L»e -n made for its settlement. As
to be in a p isition to control our scon as these affairs can be arranged
freight rates to their ow n advantage he will return to Bandoil and be
In fact, it is the large corporations ready for business again. The firm
that are fighting the Port of Coos of Lucas & Ho|»son have ju-t pur
Bav, today, more than any- one else. | chase«! the Davidson tract and will
I think it will be tl e same with the improve it along imxlern lines. They
Coquille proposition. 1 thank you will do the entire gia.img oi the
for the use of your space, and ap >1 streets, put in cement sidewalks,
ogize lor using so much of it, and | curbing and street planking. Mr.
assure you I shall not again reply to Lucas has done this in other locali
ties, and a more tmxlern and beauti
anv imaginary facts-.
ful city has resulted. Th - D »vidson
A H arerly .
pjrqierty is up near the n w school
house, and is a beautiful tract.
Miss Emma Solve returned to San
Francisco, Wednesday, having taken
Miss Myrtle Att-il arrived n Bi i-
passage on the Elizabeth. She came don last evening having U< « h I .« n
a feu week a ago to visit her sisters, m-«i Gold Beach for the pa-t
Mr*. Kausrud and Miss Nora Solve. months.
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The Miocene Oil and Gas Co.,
which is made up exclusively of ] eo-
ple of Bandon and vicinity, is pre
paring to »hili for oil on Bear creek
during the coining summer.
The company is now selling sto k
and it is going very rapidly. Oil
experts say that there are the fun-t
ol prospects for oil in many parts of
Coos county, in-1 that the place
whete this company has decided
upon for its well is parti tilarly pimn-
ising
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