Bandon recorder., May 19, 1910, Image 4

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this measure. This is piulubly true, way, instead of vternMlly ttring id
but if it is, tlien in face of the a-scr del at lhe measures ol progress as
Published Evtry Thursday by the
lion? tnadc in the letter, we must sai they do come up.
Hecordwr
y.
There is another point on which
they were ignorant of the facts, an«’
we
would like to inform the oppo
MI. KOPi1,
...
Managing Eciitor to prove this we call the attention of
Suliwripiiun, $1 50 p. r Yenric Alvan«1«*. Advetlieiny Rtit«-t> M h «I»*
Mr. Perkins and others who tn.tv nents of lhe port commission, and
Known uu Application. Jo*. l'rii.ting h Sp«*ciafiy
read this article to lhe article on tlu that is, a movement is now on foot
Eli mi »he Brnduu PuetMlic« Sr«*vud (’Inn* >Ihftrr
first page of ths pajar in which we by the advocates oi the port cominis
M.iv 19.
19H» quote direct statements from influen­ sion to send a delegation to the
THURSDAY
tial men and newspapers where otliei count) court to urge that the large
They don’t deny there will be |H»rts have been established under timber tracts of Coos county be
Mr. Perkin* Takes Exception;
_rc.it power to bond and lax us, but this law, to the effect that people cruised, so that these timber holders
Ediior R ecorder : — After a pern nsis it w ill not be done. Oh, no! residing in these poits were nctsorr) shall be compelled to pay their share
pal ol your editorial criticizing th« ve will not hurt von; we know what they had voted this tax upon them­ of the taxes Are the opponents of
circular letter sent out bv the gentle s good for you. Come on, boys, selves, but the sentiment was practi the port doing anything along this
men of Myrtle Point, it is d tficuli come on, we are sincere, we are
cally unanimous in favor of the j>ort lute? We fear they are not, but
to understand how you arrive at th« honest; Oh, yes! just as honest as
rather are sitting back and crying
conclusion that it is a letter of insin­ the politicians of old were who got law. Now these gentlemen brought
i
all
the
plums.
their letter to a climax by assert ng “HIGH TAXES” and yet are
uation and knocking.
Bovs, did any plums fall in your that “It is a well known fact that doing nothing to help themselves.
It is within the power of any man
yards
in the days when we gave our
to prove with his own valuation that
It this one measure is carried
people living within the boundaries
votes
to
the
politicians?
Well,
as
a
the said letter is a thorough expose
of c.ther ports r. centlv created under through, we can have automobile
of the bonding and taxing powers rule, we got just as many in those
the act ol 1909 ami who voted for roads all over Coos county, a Port
the Port law confers on the 5 men lays as we will out of this scheme
Mr. Haberlv, in his last effort, in­ their organization and consequent of Coquille liver, lhe best schools
who make up the commissi« n.
sisted
there was a Port of Columbia. tax upon themselves, now wish they in the state, and a number ot other
Acquaintance on your part with
About 6 yeais ago the legislature had not done so.” For reply to public utilities, and the small ptop- OUÏ
the gentlemen who are responsible
passed
a bill enabling Multnomah.
for the letter would prove Io you
erly holders taxes will be greatly
Columbia
and Clatsop counties to this we simply ask Mr. Perkins and
that they are entirely too sh.ewd and
others to read what is said in the decreased at lhe same time. Will
clean minded to resort to under­ mc< rporate. but they never did for
Mr. Perkins and lhe writers ot that
handed means to defeat this meas­ Clatsop carried if through the courts article on thefitst page, which comes
and the Supreme Court declared it direct from these ports, and was not “Port of Coquille" letter and other
ure.
It must be airparent to any man ot unconstitutional. This is the last hatched up in the mmd of the writer opponents of lhe port assist in this
sense that to bond and tax to th« exaggerated statement of Mr. Hab- of this article, and all will agree that movement? Or will they still sit
full extent that the law provides erly’s to correct. Now we will drop “those responsible for the letter’’ back ind cry HIGH TAXES. In
would not be dishonest, but might the above gentlem «11 for good and
were either trying to deceive or heaven’s name let us DO SOME­
show a lack of judgment, and this is all.
THING for ourselves, and it the
We will agree with I he Editor were ignorant of the facts,
the thing wc do not propose to tak<
In regard to what the politicians present laws are not to our liking,
any chances on, especially in a cas« that good roads are of vast impor­
I
tance.
even
greater
to
the
great
oi Oregon did 25 years ago, we then let us suggest something that
where so little is needed, such
than
any
improvement
of
majority
power is too exces-ive to be safely
have nothing to sav: we wee r.ot will be fair and etjuifable The sue
this river other than which the gov­
conferred on the average man.
here at that time and any way the cessful ball player knows he cannot
When one examines the govern ernment will make, but cannot agree
proposition has no bearing on this win a ball game by keeping the
ment records he becomes cognizant with the Editor that it is not done
other side from scoring unless his
ouïs
of certain conditions which they lak< legitimately, for this $170,000 is ap­ subject.
portioned
by
law
among
the
different
own
team
scores,
neither
can
you
The
people
of
the
Coquille
valley
into consideration when contemplai
road districts, and the County Court
ing improvement of this river
who are trying to create a Port com­ have a progressive community by
can
not use this money in any other
These gentlemen were governed
mission are not politicians, but good, sitting brek and opposing every
wav than the law designates.
by these same conditions when con
This $170,000 s but a drop in the honest, enterprising men, who want movement for advancement just be-
sidering the possibilities of improv
bucket when we take into consider­ to take advantage of every oppor­ ctuse it does not exactly suit our
ing the river, and the friends of this
ation that there is 590 miles to tunity to better their conditions and taste. WE MUST DO SOME­
Port movement must admit that i
s| lead it over less than $300 per make this locality more prosperous, THING FOR OURSELVES.
being governed by the facts recorded
mile. The experience gained in try
makes one a knocker, then dr eu ;i
and they see in this port c nnmissi« n
mg to make a permanent road bed
n ers are knockers for h«vit.g pu
Senatorial Leadership.
south of Bandon i- such that it fully lhe greatest opportunity th it h s
them <>n record
bears out the go.ernment's estimates ever come to them or is lia’de to
The powers ■ onh-ried on the com I hat it will < iot from $5,<>«><> to $8,000
Speculating upon ll.e question
come it any future time.
mission to the Port law aie .ertami
per mile to make a permanent road
who
will succeed S>-ni or Aldrich, in
One thing Mr. Perkins or no other
mire sonab'e if
t;»k «• i«it « » -•« •!»*• i< I bed.
man attempts to reiute is the f ict Senatorial leadership, a Southern
eration th«; fact that lltev arc not re
Not withMart ling Judu’e Coke s es
quired to give bonds.
u nite of $1,000 per mile, it will not 1 hit where people have the best exchange expresses the opinion th it
What w«mld the people of ( regon
make a perm mi nt road, lor the life f.icililies for transporting their prod no successor to the Rhode Island
have «lone in the case of the defutv :
of a plank road will not exceed 7 nets to market they art most pros statesman wi’l be found. Two re -
Title Guarantee and Trit t Co. •>
tears where tlieie is much heavy I erous. This is an irrefutable fact, s >ns are advance I, one of them be­
Pori lami if Stale Treasurer St •«•!■
traffic; it might do for an automobile so they must be silent there.
ing that there s “no one in the Sen
had not been r« qtlired to give bonds: road if that is chat judge Coke is
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A-« t<> the $ 17'i,i o > spent lor road ate of Mr. Aldnch’s compelling,
When this institution went brok< look mg for.
CTHEIWPROVED
.
A Splendid Overall
Steel’s bondsmen hid to put up th«
dominant
force
”
;
amt
the
01
her
that
improvement
in
this
county,
we
just remen.her, we get no voice in
laige am mnt of school money Siee’ the tax pait of tin’s scheme, for the never intimated that sueltan amount the leadership exemplified by the
for every use.
Cut generous*
bail deposited in this bank.
law delegates this power to the 5 would build good ro«ds throughout Senator him Rh ><le Island is be­
ly full. Two
What g«>od would it hive «lone nlen who make up this commission
i|.e county in a single year, but th it coming 111 p »pt’lar. It is indicative
hip pocket*.
the people of Oregon to have pu
F red N. P erkins
Felled seam*.
it
might
be
used
in
building
a
feu
of
a
cer.a'n
sort
of
intellectual
slavery
Steele and Ross in the pen anti lost
Continuous
mil -s of permanent roads each year, aga nst which lhe Senate is begin­
their school money?
fly*
ta Wr al a Men.
COPPER
If there has been an attempt al
A Reply to Mr. Perkins. and in time we wou'd have a reason ning to rebel and w'll not tolerate
MURPHY,
GHANI ICO.
any time to mislead the people, ii
Manufacturer*
ably good road system throughout any longer.
SMtraam
Catfaaa
has l«een b" the friends of this move
On this same page we publish an the county; perhaps not al! paved
It is further set out in the course I
ment for there has bebn steady c >111-
plaint against the raising of an array article from Mr. Fred N. Perkins, in with asphalt, but such as could be of the same commentary that there
reasonable ease are at least twenty senators whose and donrnanl." Special interests Will they be “trusted" “busted’’
of facts tending to show that this iin which he takes exceptions to our traveled with
proveinent can not be carried on so 1 reply ot last week to the Port of Co­ throughout the year. Mr. Perkins votes Mr. Aldrich could determine have been in the habit of looking “controlled" or “owned by the peo­
cheaply as its friends would have us quille letter, sent out from Myrtle lakes exception to our use of the on almost any question that came carefully a'ter the election of Senators
ple”? The stand pat Republicans
think. « The executive committee of Point. However, his argument is phrase “legitimately spent” as re­ up. Whether or not this is an ac
and
the
result
has
been
a
certain
say, “Let them alone. Asa large
the Port club has made an attempt
not conclusive, a fact which we be­ lating to the use of the road money. curate statement of the direct voting unity of purpose along the lines scale of production in manufacturing
to show it can be done, and f >r all
lieve we can show.
We did not mean to state that the power within the control of Senator which Mr. Aldrich moves for the ad is most economical, organization is
time, for the sum of $162,840,
It. the first place, however, we monev had been juggled with, and Aldrich is not so clear from anything vantage of those with whom he is I ound to come about."
Either this committee is ignorant
of the conditions the government is want to say that we have nothing perhaps the word “judicious” would that appears in the record of Sena allied; whom in fact he serves and
Democrats declare, “Destroy the
governed by in this matter, or they but the friendliest feeling for Mr. have conveyed our idea more fully torial proceedings, but it is a correct
has served for a number of years, if truste They are raising the price
intended to bamboozle the people, Perkins, and any statements we than the word “legitimate” although statement as to a condition that pre
not
during his entire public steward of commodities and are getting rich
for a channel with 8 feet of water at
make in this article will be in the the latter word, taken in its broader vails, a condition which conscientious ship.
unjustly by robbing the people.”
low tide can not be made ami main
Americanism
knows
ought
not
to
|
Progressive Republicans say, “Let
spirit
of
friendliness,
for
we
feel
that
sense
is
perfectly
applicable,
as
it
tained for any considerable length of
In this solicitude of the special­
the
government p iss laws so as to
prevail.
time, between Coquille and Myrtle men of reasonable minds can hon­ covers the entire situation.
privilege class concerning the per­ curb and regulate the trusts.” Soci­
Point, with $162 840
No one will deny the intellectual
estly differ on a subject and yet be
Now we are going to ask these
sonnel of the Senate, or rather in the alists say. “Let the people own the
For 25 years Oregon had a band : friends, and this we feel is the status jieople who are opposed to the port quality of Senator Aldrich; but to
of politicians with its henchmen in of affairs between Mr. Perkins and commission under the present law, say that it surpasses that of any result of it, iies much Of the success trusts or the trusts will own the peo*
in Leadership to which Mr. Aldrich pie.”
every precinct, who acted as if they
the editor of this paper. This fact, why they do not suggest a law that other Senator in grasp and treatment
What are you— a trust “truster”
were the only ones with enough
has attained. If that sort of leader­
“
buster,"
“controller” or “owner"?
of
public
questions
is
quite
anolhei
however,
ill
not
cause
us
to
relent
would
be
better,
if
they
have
any
political sagacity to run things, they
ship is becoming unpopular we are
were sincere, they were honest. Oh in any way from our former position, ideas as to such a law, and if they matter. There is a certain class of to accept it as a good sign. It is
yes! from the view point of men who and we therefore reiterate our former •an convince the people who want a ability that becomes great because ol
Notice to Contractors.
not that th; Senate does not possess
got all the plums.
Not
’cc 1« hereby oven that the Common
position with greater emphasis than (xirt commission that it is better for lack of conscience ; because it dares
men of as great ability, but a greater Counci* will receive Bids upon Tustday, the
There is a class of people who
lawt week. We do this in the light the Coquille valley, then we are things that more conscientious ability
number of able men who desire to 31 st day of May, 1910, tor «he oomlruclion of
seem to be possessed with the idea
willing to take it up and put it would not dare.
of
the
fact
that
we
have
learned
larts
that they are the only ones with
serve the people as their interests cet .n concrete work, basement, foundation,
gradi-g etc. on the Breuer buikling and lot on
Irefore
the
people
for
a
vote
at
the
Pal|>able
though
unfortunate
is
the
since
our
last
article
wes
written
that
enough business ability to know
demand.—Portland Telegram.
Main Street according to the tpet ifrat.ons there­
what is g«x.d for the community in we did not know at that time. Mr next general election as a special fact that the otherwise splendid qual
for, made and on file with the Ci.y Recorder.
general. It consists of a band simi Perk'ns - rates that if we were ac­ measure for the “Port of Coquille ifications for public service possessed
Conpie« of the specifications should be at­
«
tache! to lhe bid, or
rcorporated therein, and
lar 10 the old politicians, with a fol quainted with the gentlemen respon
Which
Shall
It
Be?
River” or to bring it up at the next by Senator Aldrich are supplemented
the ame filed not later than 6:30 p. m. said day,
Liwing that are lucky to have enough
sible for the letter we would be con­ legislature to be passed upon with oy this disregard of what the public
with the recorder.
to g« t a seal at the 25 cent table,
Wh.it are we going to do with the Councd reserves the ri hi to leject any or all
has a right to demand of him; and
the
«ame
end
in
view,
but
let
us
get
vince!
that
they
are
entirely
to«
while the silk stockings who want
blds.
this thing ar* enjoying their 50 cent shretd and clean minded to resort busy and take advantage of an op­ behind that fact is another which has trusts? This is the burning question
CttUlrduxLae /maid
Wun uou
to
kave a. niccXfcl
Sc acte. ivc
-dfiwcl XÆ l c|
SirwciniiS
feds a\e sueh ^d'leams"' that
you\ dieam ean fe only a pleasant
one when you sleep upon them. a
\oom adorned with one oft ou\ feds
will look like dreamland.
let us
kelp you make youï home pïetty. you
ean cn^oy ouï feds feth niyht and
day.
y
hufij
Woodruff & Turner
The House Furnishers
oNPJiP-greil
OVERALLS
C. R WADE
to any underhanded rntans to defeat portunity to help ourselvts in some I helped to make him “compelling before the American people today. 19.
meal.
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City Racorder.
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