VOLUME XXVI.
Death of Mr». Geo. P. La rd
C03S BAY COUNTRY
Southern Pacifc Official» are
Surprised at Our Great
Development
WAV BUILD ROAD VERY SOON
The Southern Pacific officials who
visited Coos Bay last week, left
Sunday morning by way of Drain
1 hey were limited lor time so did
not make a thorough tour of the
county but stayed only one night in
Marshfield.
Among other things, the Coos
Bay Times says ot the visit:
They will go to New York at on< <
and one ot the purp >ses of making
the trip to the Eastern office ol the
company is take up the matter of
the branch to Coos Bay. E E.
Calvin, the vice president and gen
eral in mager of the road, was highly
pleased with the country and w.i
hopeful of the company taking
favorable action on the reports that
will be made regarding the locality.
I11 talking, he was rather guarded
on making any statements as to
when the road wculd be built, but
to C. J. Millis, the local representa
live of the company, expressed him
self as being hopeful that the report
of what was learned here would
meet with favor with the company.
Mr. Calvin, vice president of the
S. I*, said:
“Mr. Mills is our press agent am
he may have something to say
But I can say that I like the country
ver» n»uch
This was my first trip
into this part of the country. I in
tended coming a year ago When
Mr. Grimes ar.d others wrote about
the railroad, Mr. Harriman wrote to
me and asked me to come up here,
but I was taken ill at the time and
could not risk making the trip, and
I have never gotten up here until
now. We started from a point 60
miles from San Francisco and went
through bort Bragg and up through
Eureka. Crescent City and Curry
county to Coos Bay. We were nine
days in the automobile.”
C. J. Millis says that all of the of
ficials were pleased with Coos Bax
and were enthusiastic about the
harbor possibilities.
They met at
the railroad office Satuiday night
with a few business men with a view
of giving the visitors facts concern
ing what is actually produced tn this
locality.
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NUMBER 34
BANDON, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 1. 1910
The many friends of Mrs. Geo. P.
.airil were greatly shocked, when,
on Monday, the news of her death
was spread over town. Al hough
•> he had been quite ill for a few days
she was so much better on Sunday
it was generally thought that the
danger ha i passel, and consequent
ly tiie sudden announcement of her
death came as a doubl-r shcck.
Grace Garfield was born in Marsh
field, Ore.. Feb. 8, 1884, and died
in Bandon, Ore., August 29, 1910,
aged 26 years, 6 months and 21
lays. Deceased lived at Marshfield
until she was nine years of age, when
the family moved to Oak'and. Cal ,
wtiere she was educated, having at
tended high school and also received
a fine musical education. About six
years ago the family moved b ick to
Oregon, locating in Bandon and in
November, ic;o6 Grace was married
to Geo. P. Laird, a prominent citi
zen and business man of Bandon. T<>
tliis union one daughter wis born,
who is now about two years old.
Mrs. Laird leaves, besides her hus-
band nnd little daughter, a mother,
Mrs I. ] Radley, one sister, Mrs
L. P. ’Sorensen, and one brother,
Albert G 11 field, al. of whom have
the sincere sympathy of the entire
community in tin ir great bereave
inent.
The funeral was conducted at the
residence of Dr L. P. Sorensen,
Tuesday at 2:00 p in , being in
charge of Rev A. I l iberi v, and in
terment was made in the Bandon
cemetery. The large c jncourse ol
people who attended the List sad
rites, and the numerous floral con
tributions, which more th tn covered
the casket, showed the high esteem
in which Mrs. Laird was held.
The Knights of Pythias Lodge, of
which Mr. Laird was a member, at-
tended the funeral in a body
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Prof. Kausrud Resigns.
N j PER.dTS
FOB Gdüü hüâ DS
A E allow ; d
Other Development Work in Acting Governor Wires In
Oregon Being Taken Up
structions to Fire War
by Business Men
dens uof the County
No more tires must be start'' ■
30. -Septem
,
ranchers
or others mit l further no-
ber 5th the great Portland Fair and
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lice
and
no
pci mils must be given by
Livestock Ex position will open in
this city, amt continue uniil the tire wardens. Acting Governor Jav
10th, inclusive. An elaborate pro Bowerman sent telegrams to A. If.
gram of races, livestock exhibits Powers and L J. Simpson .sking
music, vaudeville amusements, anil them to notify all the tire wardens
industrial events lias been prepared | tli.it no permits must be given f< A*'
by the management. This will be starting fires until further notice
the greatest lair of its kind vet held Illis is taken as a precautionary
in the citv, -is a large number of measure as ni iny of the .»rest fires
blood 'd animals recently imported, have been started by small fires of
and the best known of the old slock, ranchers who were burning brush
will be found. A great poultry show f lu law provides that no files shall
will be conducted on the grounds. be started for burning brush or fields
Trained anim Is will perform daily without a permit from .1 tire warden,
and the races will bring out some 01 between june 1st and October 1st.
With the new- order from the Gov-
the fast Northwest stock.
• rnor.- no permits can be given un
At the regular meeting of the
der any circumstances until further
Good Roads Association held here
notice on account of the dryness of
last Tuesday, a number of promin
the country and the danger from
ent speakers urged with all their
fires spreading at this time of the
power adoption of the amendment
year - Coos Bay Times.
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next. November which will permit
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counties to bond themselves for
heavy wagon road construction. Un
The Grange Exhibit.
til such provision is enacted, the
good roads people feel that progress
Editor R ecorder ; Realizing tin
is handicapped, but if such a meas
the fact that the w.-itber has been
ure is enacted by the people, they very beautiful for some time, let t.s
are confident many Oregon counties
hope th it Saturday, Septemlw r 3d
will at once begin heavy’ work.
will be o exception to the rule, but
C. C. Chapin in, promotion m 111- will l>e a nay in which we can all en
ager of the Commercial Club, has joy the first Agricultural l a r in
been touring Western Oregon urg Eandon.
ing the land owners to cut up tlieir
Not only are agriculturists and
tracts into such holdings as wiil pe members of Bandon Cringe N--
mil the man of average means to ic 398, requested to attend, but ail
quire a home when he comes to the
citizens of the community, who an
state. His argument shows that in
interested in building up this section
111 inv regions tracts are* entirely too
are invited to patticip.it>' in making
large now for the humble homeseek
this tile banner dav in al! the bister >•
er to purchase. As the great future
ol the agricultural indusrrv in the
of the fruit business, dairy industry
Coquille valley.
and other agricultural lines is with
All visitors w ho arc* able to con
the small tract on which the owner
tribute
something are earnestly re
does most of his own .vork. Mr.
Chapman voices the general hope of quester! to send the same early in
the s ate that the land will besoseg the morning. as the committee wid
regaXed that every man coming will lie at Concrete II ill at 9:30 a. m. to
have no difficulty in securing such receive exhibits, Also < veryone i
acreage as he can work to advan- invited to bring something Í »r the
basket lunch at 12 o’clock, noon
t atie-
Chicken, biead, cakes, salad, baked
beans, in fact anything that goes to
Miss Sperry in Education?! make' up a p datable dinner.
Tut. C ommittee of B andon
Work.
G range , N o . 398.
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P ortland , Aug
G b iuary.
Beilinda ldw.uds was born
ui Kvn’.ucsy 59 years ago. Altei
growing to womanhood she moved
with her husband to Arkansas .m<i
irom there the family came to Oreg
on about seven years ago.
Mr Oregon Heaviest Loser of
Edward.-, died about three years ago
all Pacific Northwest
Mrs. Edwards was living at John
sou's mill above Coquille at th*
States
time of Iler death, w hich occurred
last Saturday, and interim.nt was
ma te in tlx Bandon cemetery Sun
day.
FIRE SULL RAGING IN NATIONAL FORESTS
She leaves -even children, all o'
whom reside in Coos county,
RREATEST !N HISTORY
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New
York
The foiest tire destruction of 1910
P’.pcr
Angers is the greatest in tie history o! the
northwest, a Hiding to District F01
est Director, C. S. Ci ipman of
Portland, and authentic figiue.-. gath
Chevcnne, Wv<>.. Aug. 27.—A ered would seem t > bear out tin.
-ingle political feature marked Theo statement:
fore K •oscvelt’s vis'd to Chevei.ne
1 line billion feet of lumber will
today erd that on ■ aroused the col bat el v cover the amount destroyed
onel mightilv. The one app. trance in Oregon. Washington, Idaho,
■M politics came when the colonel Montana and California Of the«e
was shown a copy of an editorial m five great forest -t.it **s. Oregon .11 I
the New York Evening Post, which be shown to lx the heavies loser
violently attacked Rnoseve’t for hi- with a total of 1,000,001»,000 fee .
recent anti-coipor.it ion spot dies
These figures are only partial, v
The colonel swung his list, scowled c< niprehended when it is known that
and said:
the burned timber would inn: fur
‘■I hive nothing t » say. This is nished homes for a city ot 1.000,60 »
the kind of attack that I expected people, 1 his is estnn iting an aver
the Evening Post would make list age of 15,000 feet of lumber to ea a
as soon as another genuine piactie.il house an<l using the usu 1 count th .t
movement ‘or clear, decent politics an average ot live persons reside tn
was :n de in New York.”
each home
The editorial has in ide Roosevelt
Counted at a stumpage value of
furious and it is believed here th.4 $2 a thousand reet, the money loss
he wi'l attempt some sort of a legal direct would be .< ,000,000 but lor
reprisal. Roosevelt is not aroused the fact that in all probability a third
by the attack as a political proposi I of the scorched timbei may lie saved
ti ui lmt In* is furious at certain | if logged within the next four or
charges in the editorial which he , five years. The average selling price
asserts are false. He looks on the of manufactured lumber is about $lt
attack a another angle of the big per thousand feet, making the total
fight he lias on his hands in New of loss from destroyed timber $33,
York
000,000. pre vidmg n me of th s
Roosevelt holds that the Post is a burned timber is saved.
reactionary organ, pointing out that
Hie Oregon and Washington loss
it supported Par er against him in in 1900 was 38,576,00 > feet, worth
the 1904 campaign.
a toial of £174,409, while the loss in
Onthern Oregon alone is now 8 io, ■
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! 00 >,000 feet or more,
Five-Caught at Coquille
¡strict Forester Chapman also
stated that the report that the fire
The Coos Bax Times of Tuesday situation had been materially relieved
was incorrect. ‘ The ciaiditiou is
says:
about
the same,” he said “Th it
Walter Sinclair, Joe B!’» ’SIH‘
means
that nncontiolled fires aie
Frank Denison, Albert Fish and
Henry Johnson were haided before lading in Crater natibn il forest, in
the City Recorder at Coquille, and the Wallowa reserve, in eastern Orc
lined £25 apiece for gambling. All gon and Washington and in the
p lid and the “little g.utie" w ill prob Columbia forest resetve at the head
ably be remembered by II vf them of Lewis river, north of White Sal-
mon in Washington, l’he losses .ire
longer th in the usual one.
tremendous.”
For some time there have h( cn
rumors afloat at Coquille of gatnbl'ng
and the officers have been i>n ih<
Presbyterian Church
alert. Las. Saturday night, Shvrifl
Gag<‘’got the tip that “there a-
Next Sunday, Sept. 4th, there
something doing” in Walter Sinclair's
law office. So with Marshal I lick a in will be the usual services. Sunday
and the nightwatch, he proceeded to school for Bible study and praise at
the place and on walking in found .1 to a.in. Poaching at 11 and X
good game in progress. The chips o'clock and young people’s meeting
were there ami no one could deny at 7 o’clock. Strangers and resi
their guilt.
dents ha. mg no other church home,
Rev.
It is likely that the- “quii ’ games” conic and worship with us.
Geo
W.
Taylor,
past»
r
of
the
Pres
will be much quieter in Coquille
byterian church at Myrtle Point wid
from now on.
preach.
Roosevelt
To Geo. E. Topping and Members
of the Bandon Concert Band
It has now been nearly four years
since I commenced mv duties as Mu
sic.d Director of the Bandon Concert
Band. During this time I Irate had
the pleasure and satisfaction of di
recting one of the best bands in this
locality. The Band at times had a
large membership and has been re
duced to small numbers, but have
always maintained a good band, due
to the efforts and interest shown bv
the members; and the relations be
tween the director and band have al
ways been of a pleasant character.
The Coos B iy Times of last
For these and other reasons I have
Along the Wharf
XVednesday
says:
Miss Luci.<
from time to time hesi ate I in tend
ering my resignation. During the Sperrv of Coquille, daughter of
The Fitield arrived in port Friday
four years we have met twice a week Judge and Mrs. l£. D. Sperrv, has
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with
good list 01
<>f pas
passengers and a
|
wiiu
a goixi
recently
received
an
appointmi
nt
to
for rehearscls, with the exception
New Schooner Brought down possibly of a month or two, and a prominent position in St. Mary's j big cargo of freight. . She sailed
wanting to be relieved at the [»res College in Knoxville. III. She i- again Saturday with 407.000 feet of
River
ent time. I hereby tender my resig now on a trip to Alaska with the lumber, 300 piling uid the following
nation, to take effect August 31st, principal of the college. Miss E. P. passengers:
Lloyd Spire* and wile, Mi.-» Hallie Davit,
Howard, who is het aunt.
Tin small schooner “Randolph’ ¡910.
j Mo M. J. Ha. ley, R. G. ArrnMea?, J. L.
built bv Henn m Bros ot Ran I »Iph
Judge
and
Mrs.
E.
D.
Sperrv
are
In conclusion I wish to heartily
Kror.-nLerg, H. Van OiJeu, P. Hat.ley, Roll
for John Anderson, was brought think the music lovers and public in M irslifield accompanying M s Gam«/, Mr«. S. L. L'oly, Mi*» N. J uoi’ n
down the river the latter pirt of last of the citv of Bandon and vicinity S ierry's mother, Mrs. I-.. IL 1 Iow- George Cox, J. Wilwn, (ieo. Trace and wi.e,
week. She is a very tine little vessel for their loyal support and en-Jard of I liree Rivers, Mich., who i Mr«. G. F. Gimi--, A. N. CunninJ.an. A. :
and will lx* used for hauling Ireight couragement.
on her way home after an extended ■ Jone« and G. Fallehey.
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The Elizabeth arrived Monday To the Merchant» of Bandon
to Rogue river, Port Orford and
She siiled
I wish to thank every member of visit with her daughter
other places along the coast, and the band for the good will and in today tor Portland, from where si. with eight piss tiger- and i<;r tons
may lx? put into service .wa fish b ».it terest shown me, and especially Mr. goes to Seattle, where she will be i of freight. She sailed again Wed
and to get sea lions, etc.
As a member of the committee for
Topping who has helped me in a joined by her daughter, Mis-. E P nesday with 54 tons of freight, 207,-
great many undertakings and to Howard, .and her grand daughter, 000 feet of lumber, and the follow the Grange Fair, I was selected to
call upon them rchants to rolicit do
w horn I am indebted for many fa- Miss Lucia Sperry, on their return ing passengers:
Card of Thanks
C.
E.
Leri
.
P.
S.
Milchell.
H.
F.
Wfi
hl.
from
m
/XI.
isk.au
trip,
From
there
nations to be given as prizes for the
vors.
To my successor I would say they will proceed to their Eastern E. W. Sullivan J. me-. V. Roth. Mr. and Msa best exhibit, of each kind. I shal
F. G. Roca. Mr». H. Ccchran, L B. I loll, a-
XV • desire to express our heartfelt come. A welcome h mil is exten I- home. Judge and Mrs. Sperrv re brek, E. J. Lamb, wife and twe children, J. therefore visit you and consider
turned this afternoon to their lioim M' ler, I . Ihilow, E. Bak, wife, two children, my doing so, solely as my duty,
E. B. K avsritd .
thanks to dl the Fiends and migli I ed to you.
in Coquille.
Mr*. M. Huber, A. Evani, Fr I Truffa, Min which
I willingly accept for the
lairs who so kindly assisted ns in on
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Kate Wickham, and N. Omtnan !«on and w 'e. good and welfare of the community
recent Ix-reavement, caused by the
St.
Mary's
College,
ol
which
Miss
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Felter, of Colorado
The Elizabeth will probably arrive and tor your success.
death of Mis. Laird.
Springs, is here for a few weeks Sperry has been principal fo» many
next
Monday, and -ail again the fol
G eo P. L aird ,
I with his brothers, J. W. and XV. XV. years, is one of the leading .and suc
Respectfully,
1<»wing
Wednesday.
M r . and M rs . L. J R adi ey
cessful
colleges
of
the
Middle
West.
Felter.
He has l»een under tin-
M. G. P ohl .
D r . and M rs . I. P. S orensen . weather for some lime and cam*-
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The Bandon sailed Monday via
M r and M rs . A lbert G arfield with the hope that the climate here
Mrs. Clint Malehorn drove up Coos Bay for San Pedro with 430,- W anted Competent girl for house-
and other relatives
1000 feet of lumber.
might benefit his health.
from Langlois Wedr.esday.
I work.
Mr» L. P. Sorensen,
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Hear Van.
Steamer Coquille leaves B andon
Saturday evening at 5:45 p. in.,
reaching Cixpiille in time for s*r-
vices' and returns to Bandon after
services, This will give .ill a chance
to hear Van once more. Round
trip only 50c.
F or S ai . e Sorrel horse, weight
about 1,300 lbs, nine years old, and
perfectly sound
Will take £90.
Can Ise driven single or double
G eorgi C ondie ,
33-4tx
Walstroin’s Landing.
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