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BANDON, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1911
VOLUME XXVil
NUMBER 31
I
MOST LIBERAL
PASSES fllw
Response Better Than Was Bandon High School Team
Anticipated by Pastor of
Wil! Go to Granta Pass
Presbyterian Church
in May
at This
D 'ath C ;n.i* at San Francisco Shipping Business
Both incoming and Outgoing freight
as Result of Stroke of
Port Continues
Paralysis
Brisk
Must he Reported to Government.
The inti i-distriet debate bet-'.een
The work of the Presbyterian
Church is going light along, though ! Giants f’.issand Lebanon last Friday
there has not appeared any tangibh night at Gian’s I’iss, resulted in a
part of it as vet
The project is the
i ictory for Grants Pass ol 3 to 1.
most encouraging that the present
I
This
means that our High School
pastor has ever been connected with,
t
-.mi
will
ilebali- t hauls Pass eilht-i
and by all appearances will be the
best outcome.
The services last on May 1 2th or 19th at Grants Pass
Sunday morning in the old school The question will be the same as
building were very well attended ano that debated by tirants Pass and
every one was very agreeably sur
l.ebanon last Friday
‘’Resolved
prised at the increased attendance in
Conservation
of our
that
National
Sunday school. Even the children
are interested in the proposition and Natural Resources is Preferable to
are anxious for some part in the State Conservation.” The Bandon
same.
I team is Tlios. Laird, Harry Crain
We feel as though it belongs to and Earl Watkins, who will uphold
us to say that we have never seen the affirmative or National side
anything like the liberality of the Grants Pass won with the negative
people of Bandon. It has been our side, which means that our teams
duty four times to raise the money will have to put up a stronger argu
for the building oi a church, but nient than Lebanon could produce
never in our experience has it been last Friday night to defeat them.
such an easy matter to come so near We have great confidence in the
the required sum in so short a time. ability of the team, who has «on the
This, in our mind, is a good recom ! highest honors of the county for the
mendation for the good will of the last two years, and we may rest as­
people ®f Bandon, and on that will sured that the trio selected to repre­
long stand as a monument to then sent the county will put forth the
good will and liberality. The pen' very best effort.
pie have given their premise for one
The coming deflate should be of
of the greatest enterprises that has the greatest interest to the entire
ever > orne into ilandon ami one that ■ county and especially to Bandon and I
will in due time bring the best inter­ vicinity. The team will have done'
est that any principal can pay. The a great deal to attract the attention
welfare of the young people has been of the outside world to Bandon,
looked after, and in every way we whether they win or lose, because,
hope that the moral side of out town as this is a debate for state honors,
will increase in its power and that the whole state is watching for the j
the work and advertising of the city victors and competitors. Let us lend
will continue with more success. our encouragement to the boys.
The citizens will, in the very near
future, look up to the prefect with a
Attorney General Here.
degree of pride from the very fact ,
that they have had a part in it all,
in that they have given of their good
Attorney General Crawford of
for the completion of the same.
Salem has been in Bandon a day or
As the work goes forward you are two and since his arrival negotiations
invited to attend our services and have been under way with the city
not only find out what we are doing council for the city to buy the park
with this work, but learn what kind in West Bandon, of which Mr.
of meetings we are having in the old Crawford is one of the owners, and
school building. The general public convert the same into a city park
is interested
whv not you? We Up to this time however, nothing
have good singing, short sermons, definite has been accomplished, as
and cordial welcome fr >m all who there is considerable difference in the
attend and are in the work with the price.
same at heart. Come and learn that
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these statements are true. Welcome!
Our Great Danger.
Welcome! is the unspoken word on
every' tongue
H. C. H artranft , Pastor.
The following letter received by
E. E. Oakes, Commercial Secretary
of the Bandon Commercial Club, is
High School Notes.
a good illustration of the grave fears
of Easterners for our welfare, both
The fine weather is enabling the from human and other pests. \V'<
track boys to get some practise for publish 'lie letter in full and without
the County Field Meet to be held in change as to spelling, punctuati->11
Marshfield on May 12th.
or itrangi-meni:
The Seniors are planning to have
Minneapolis, Minn , pi2 ti.
an unusually interesting program of < liamber (, ommerce, Brandon, Oie
two class plays, which have been
G e NIS: 1 beg to advise that I
written especially for them by Carl own 160 acres of land here, Imt h ive
Moore, just prior to commencement. a large family and my two oldest
Pres. Campbell of the Stale Univer­ ■ mes are nearly of age. Is there any
sity will eleliver the commena-ment free Homestead land in your Vicinity
address.
or fair land that can be bought cheap
The B. H. S. debating team will sty from to to 30 miles from trade
meet Grants Pass on either May 12th centres; arethr-re many natural ene­
or 19th, at Grants Pass. Grants mies of man such as Poisonous
Pass are champions of the Southern make; and the like or wild and dan-
Oregon district of the State League. 1 gerous animals. Have the Japs ot
They won over Lebanon, the cham­ 'Chinese got a strong foot hold yet
pions of Central Oregon district. mcording to your present popula­
Now it i» up to Bandon to try them. tion. Hoping to hear from you at
: vour earliest convenience,
Yours truly.
Mrs. Bert Folsom of Coquille h ¡s
Address G. If. Behrendt,
been visiting her sister Mrs. Ed Gil-
3'x> Jackson St., N. E.
lier and other relatives the past few
Minneapolis, Minn.
days.
A thing ill g has long < ■,« ,
in t ii- ('oqilille R ivi 1
after in every detail
commerce, Imt which should iu-
in o:der that the gov ni'iii 1
thus gir o to I he port
ni I V
1
III
get
lull
m 1
report
if c edit, is t hi- tep* a ting of
all inc- mir.g and mitg.ing I
; c.'evvi
J .» . ipth... th it govs
over the bar
l ae government. 1 making its appropriation. fm
harbor improvement depends la'gely upon the imoimt of commei e
that a port can show, and a pOii mat shows little or no commerce
will also get little or no
1;pit mi ition
flu Coquill -river can
make a fine showing, Imt it is up to the mills, the boats, the local
boat agents and in tact ail th it I. ive anything to do with tin ship­
ping to see to it that evervl! i >g is repotted, file gove.i.ment will
furnish blanks upon which to make reports, and some time ago I .'.
S. Inspector, James E. Kelly of Bandon, sent out blanks to the
various mills, warehouses, etc., in Bandon, and some responded
while others did not.
It is important that everyone report so as to
Here is one form of blank sent out:
be sure to get full credit.
War Department
Engineer Office, U. S. Army.
......................................Oregon
Sir:
r^i..
To enable piop< r reports to be made to congress of the
amount of commerce affected by the improvement of ......................
.................................. by the United States Government, please submit
hereon a list of vessels and give cargo loaded at your wharf during
the month of......................................... 191.....and return this blank
in the accompanying envelope.
Respectfully,
Then follows blank space to fill out.
It might be added here that the managers or others connected
with shipping are laving themselves li ible if they do not report, as
the following ex’trai t tr im a lull passed by < • ingress in iSqt, will
show:
“Be it enact >d by the St nate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congri ss assembled, That cw>
ers, agents, masters and clerks of vessels arriving al or departing
from localities when- works of river and h ubor improvement are
carried on, shall furnish on application of the persons in local
charge of the works, a comprehensive statement of vessels, | as
sengers, freight and tonnage.
Sec. 2. That every person or persons offending against the
provision, of this act shall, for each and every offense, be liable to
a fine of one hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding two
months, to be enforced in any district court in the United States
within whose territorial jm i- d -lion such offense in iv li iv.- been
committed."
W ork 01 t.ti D rfogf O regon
In this connection il would pr ibably b -inter.-sting to kumv-
the conditions under wliicii the dit Ige ( tregnn is to come to the
Coquille river about June 1st.
F. E. Leefe, Junior I ngineer of Marshlieid, Imt who has
charge ol the work al Coo • I '■ a. a- d 011 f h < '••quill’-11 - , 1 < • iv • •.I
a letter from Major Mor v, .1 lolloivs:
“Referring to the mail 1 "i the piopo-ed died • ’• ' of 1 . Co
|mi< 1st with the Dredge Oregon
quille river, to comniem e
11 v aryaag'-.m nts li.ive Ix-en made
please inform me if tin
•< ■- <•
with the property o-.em'i
1 iln- vicinity of th»- proposed cuts l< r
foe '»I cost to the gov»- nniein of the
the disposal on
their I e
dredged inaieii.il
It will
n cuts perfected before th • 1
•
have not already o’:;,
ground required, you had !
the Coquille til it the dr I
work is completed, iinhss t.r
■ssary lo ha'.'- all tinse arrange-
f
• n leaves ( nos B lv, and if you
p< rmission forali the dumping
form the prop- r a .: i- ities at
n -t bi- taken lln-re until the Coos
■ •.t to 11 • all th-- in i i-> > iry ground
is first obtained.''
•- ¿E E. Johnson, olj lb John- mJLtimber I ■>. is working very
successfully on this phase oi th' proposition and re|x»rts that there
is no doubt that the ncci
..i) bulk head will b< put in, Inn it is
desired that everyone mu-r ■ d une to the support of the pt >po
sition that the project may b , >~ured, tor unless we get the dr -dge
in June there is no possibility of its coming liefore Jan.
1913, which
is quit»? a ways off.
,-*^The proposed work of th- government is to removejalxxit
150,000 yards of dirt as folio* ■■
The new project of the c 'vernm-nt includes the r-inoval o'
(Continued on page y;
Col. Win. l'oach die I last Eriday
in S m Fr.me sco
Cok Condì w.is
■ w 1 known ni B.indon, is he spent
l i largo porti-m of bis time bere. he.
j mg thè ow'm r <»i ile- big traci of
il alili r Ilow In. •■•|.; -, .1 d Ir, t he < re ».
• W Al ic Lomb i C ».
Coi. ('oidi woald in veì teli mudi
i of hi*, .mio Ilio i i,dry bu he was
boi il in thè \\
I mlia I in. I ; m.l
was abolii 7 t v vai s old al the time
, ,)f llis deatll. He was a m n of much
wealth, and besides bis b'g tiact of
; Iimbei .it fia iqia creek, he uu lied
i tun n-r on th
I 'mpipl 1 some in
Louisiana and had a large amount of
I mining stock.
He was a most liberal man and
! was always ready to use his means
to hel|t where help was needed.
Col. Coach came to this section ot
the country about nine or ten years
ago and has spent a great deal of his
time here since
Death came as the result of a
stroke of paralysis trout which he
suffered for about .1 week, and never
fully regained consciousness.
Tile remains were ta en to (hand
1 Rapids, Mich., for inteiment as that
was his former home and he had
superintended business with that city
as his headquarters for many years
before coming west.
Col. Coach will be greatly missed
by his Bandon friends as he was
always genial an 1 pleasant and wil­
ling to do anything for a friend.
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High School Court Proceed-
.
tngs.
l’In- El za'ieih ariivi d in pori yes
terday inorning wiih tS6 tons of
freight and ihefollowi ig pus, ingers:
Mri. Ih E. Wliil-, Mo. Jacltio.i,
Misi
Jack
san, Mo. A. H-lder, Sam I larp-r, M. F. Ed­
dy, I. S. I ni.Tjon
J. F. Clapp, F.
sk
Mad-
d.Kik. C. I‘. i’i-iry, vi. E. Bayi: -, Au uiliu !.
Flit-Euz io. tii .vili ,<il t moirow
at |o:oo a III.
1' e I- ni 1.1 ii i e.'■ l
.
iiioi nin g
witli a largo c irg > ot ir -ig il • util tile
I' 'lioa i.ig p isi ugel a;
Mia. Danelwn. Min D ine! lai,
J.
aliali, Ja.i, Orr, F.. Sala, J. Klein, B
I*.
Mar-*
A.
Drn-
nigi >it, j. J.tl.if on I. .Sitili., II. R •-■ !<■ tienigli, I .
P. I men - i and wh ••, I . 1 iulbert, I*.. W. lui
net, J. G. Brown, Mis; E. Quarter, W. Lincott
and W. V. John .on.
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Another Fire in Bandon.
Eire broke out in the Disher resi­
dence, which was occupied by Mi­
ami Mrs 1.. J. Butterfield, about
3:30 o’clock this afternoon, and no
fire protection, the wind blowing a
gale, there was the same result, the
house was entirely consumed, and
nothing could be done But stand and
watch it burn. The contents of the
house were all saved. filer ■ is no
way of knowing how tin- li e started.
Ii was iu.si o,sc.o<.. -u i»v 1.11 euce
Stitt and wife, ..ho saw the flames
coming from under the h »use at the
back porch, and it is are mm - ' that
sparks from a flue sucked a.id the
porch in the wind i tusing the 1» iz.e.
Mis, Butterfield was lei pm - on
the cot and was art used by Mrs.
Stitt, and the alarm was immediately
turned in and as a result of the rapid
work of friends everything was saved
........ the house except the range and
a lew things upstairs.
As a result of the fire, the Rli-
i ' o RPEK is a day late this time, ow­
ing to the fact that our force was
considerably mixed up in the affair,
Mr. Butterfield being the office fore­
man.
I he I fay of Reckoning, or. Court
Day in the High School. By I’. (.'.
’ 1 2.
Although the sun shone brightly
on the outside world and all of na­
ture seemed to say, “Cheer up’’ the
study room and hall ways were un­
usually quiet on this particular morn
wanderers from forth r trodding
ing.
that “Primrose path to tile everlast­
The students stood as usuil in
groups, but those spasms of in try ing bonfire."
Then that terrible moment was
laughter and cheerful conversation
reached
when the Judge puckered
w -re not in evidence l i e members
her
brow
in thought and curled the
of the faculty stole about on tip toe.
end
of
a
disobedient st, ay lock
and more than once the hem of a
around
her
forefinger. The clerk
kill i i a kercluel, much the worse
waited
with
pen poised while the
for wear, prevented the already
prosecuting attorney calmly stroked
oven l< an door from re. -iving’ an
impiomptu bath. Often the strained that pi ejection when- wins’, el s might
s.lem c was broken by a gr.an from sometime be?
I.ike i tliim leibolt out of a dear
s »me inno. eut l-reshmm who wa -
I- \ came 1’1 ■ j 1 I ;e’s d"<; s on and
thinking oi the dire punishment soul-
pell a- w I . over
»f l.i i cl i . nat< mu ,1 iindi i go : >e ill ■
fore that awiill day w.i ■ ended. Sc
mot ..nd Si.p-fomo'e i a-,: rv. n-v
'ill look', toward, the members of
in whose
themselves
hands the late of
<•
«J.
.ealed The
or a ioved cl r sin
>
<•
: I and un-
Junior > la-.s alone
noved, tor none
We st.il 1 ou‘ in <• Iron» the <
Z< 1 ■ 1 111 1 k. 1 i-' u ! •411 ! fi the
Ixxlv would I fiat
*ay. i he higher we g<> tin­
•gri tvous offence.
more we are I ooa Led up to, ■< <•
The day woi • -lowly on and three
I he in in who atta ins Silt < i ss
Slowly the
o'clock came at last
mu-t take hlIt - i oiislv, <
me.utters of that awful court arose
look to in ■ own interims and <
const i v < In:, strength, wealdi
from their seat , and relu cd to tin
and ability. Many people are
court room.
depositing then money with *
*
1 I k - ii tin- trial;
this bank, paying by < In-. ., *
How dignified did the Judge pr< -
♦
and hirthei ing tie ir ow n i
*
side, her sweet voice first sounding I
terests, thereby raising flu r «
marks high aixrvc zero on the *
like inusK to the defendant and I
gage of lite
thunder to the prosecution and then
vice versa. How the attorney for
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
the prosecution di'I plead that such
Stale Depositary
|»en dty Ire impose I as would pievent
these poor, innocent, unsuspecting
Zero
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