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BANDON, OREGON. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1911
VOLUME X\V1I
NUMBER 82
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MAIL TO PORT OR
BIG CATCH OF FISH
Obituary of Judge G. W. Rea
BOATS ARRIVE
Business Man Will Contract The Canneries on River Will Shipping Business at This Items of Interest from Vari­ Totally Destroyed by Fire
To Carry It There in That I Far Exceed Their Regular
Port Still Continues Ex-
ous Parts of This Great
Early Saturday Morning.
Time
Apropos to the article in Friday’s
R ecorder to the effect that the
United States mail inspectors were
urging the changing of the route for
Curry county mail and having it
come through Bandon, a prominent
business man of this city says he
will contract to carry the mail from
Bandon to Port Orford in five hours;
that is, he will leave here with the
mail at I :oo p.m. and guarantee to
have it in Port Orford at 6.00 p.m.
the year round. A proposition of
this kind would certainly be good
for both Bandon and Curry county,
and should be taken up by the busi­
ness men and commercial bodies of
both places.
Now is the time to commence so
as to get quick action, and the post
office inspectors will do all in their
power to help push the business
along.
A Former Bandonian.
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According to the Lebanon Ex­
press, a guardian has been appointed
to take charge of the propertv of
Ray Leonard, the Lebanon woman
who paraded in male attire for al­
most half a century, and who is now
in the asylum for insane at Salem.
Ray Leonard and her companion
located in Bandon, Coos county,
about the year 1888 and started a
shoe shop over the blacksmith shop
which stood in front of the livery
stable where the writer of this article
had a livery business.
At that place they passed as father
and son, and so far as we know there
was never a dcubt expressed in that
place as to the genuineness of their
claim.
We were well acquainted with the
couple, having shoes and harness
mended at their shop on several oc­
casions. They resided in Bandon
about two years as nearly as we re-
. member their stay there. — D. E.
Stitt in Monmouth Herald.
This is an unusually good year
for salmon in the Coquille river, and
both the Coquille River Cooperative
Canning Co. and the Prosper Can­
ning Co. will get their capacity pack.
The former has already packed over
ten thousand cases, while the latter
has packed between seven and eight
thousand cases.
The fishermen along the river are
delighted with the run this season,
as on several occasions they have
hauled in from a thousand to twelve
hundred each in a single day.
While the run has not been quite
so heavy for the past few days, yet
there are more coming in again now
and the prospects are good for a big
run for several days to come yet.
Teachers’and Patrons’ Meet*
ing.
As was announced in Friday’s
R ecorder , the teachers’ and pat­
rons’ meeting will be held in the high
school auditorium, Friday evening,
October 27th, ami the public is cor­
dially invited to attend, while all
teachers and patrons are especially
urged to be present.
The following program will be
rendered:
Octette
Selection—
Instrumental Solo
Marguerite Haberly
Address
Prof. Hopkins
Solo
Miss McNair
Instrumental Solo
C. R. Moore
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Temple of the People.
The decisive majorities given the
initiative, referendum and recall
amendments are an excellent index
to the temper of the people concern­
ing their absolute and unquestionable
right to he masters of their own d-*s
tinies, regardless of the opinions
held by learned gentlemen who would
place a halo of a supernatural char­
acter around the heads of those oc­
cupying the bench by virtue of the
Planning for 1915.
will of the people. These majorities
demonstrate in a most positive man­
San Francisco, Oct. 23, 1911.— ner that bureaucratic methods, in
Now that ground has been broken I any branch of government i" this
lor the Panama-Pacific International I country, will n< t be permitted to
Exposition, and President Tait, who grow ami flourish —San F ancisco
took such a prominent part in the Labor Cl*rion.
ceremonies, has departed for the
southland, the Directors of the Ex
Inspector Here.
position Co. are once more at work
planning for the great World’s Fair
of 1915.
Wm. W. Latham of Portland, as-
The arrangements for the Ground , sistant inspector for government
breaking Ceremonies, and other works in this section, has been in
functions given in honor of the Pres­ Bandon a few davs in connection
ident were so complete that there with the bulkhead work along the
was not a hitch in the entire pro­ life saving station which is being put
gram. This was due to the splendid in by Contractors Hanrahan, Logan
co-operation of the Committees ap­ & Plymale. The contractors have
pointed by President Chas. C. Moore now commenced on the concrete
and the thoroughness of the arrange­ work and will rush the same to com­
ments tor the great event.
pletion as rapidly as possible, and
when finished it will be one of the
best improvements ever male in
Card of Thanks.
Bandon.
Mr. Latham was a guest of Capt.
I take this method of expressing Johnson of the Life Saving Station
my thanks to the members of the during his stay in Bandon.
Grand Army Post, the Sons of Vet­
erans, the Knights of Pythias, the
Woman’s Relief Corps the Pythian
Sisters, and all the kind neighbors
and friends who so ably and willingly
assisted me in mv recent bereave­
ment.
,E lla M. R ea .
Commonwealth
ceedingly Brisk
Pack
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The best plaster. A piece of flan­
nel dampened with Chamberlain’s
Liniment and bound on over the
affected parts is superior to a plaster
and costs only one tenth as much
For sale by C. Y. Lowe.
The f ¡field sailed Sunday with
450,000 feet of lumber, six tons of
miscellaneous freight, and 24 passen­
gers as follows: Miss Della L. Beers,
Mrs. J. E. Rose, J. F. Hobson, Erie
Berg, John Tucker, Mrs. E. Berg,
Mrs. A. Swanson, G. W. Yore, W.
R. Bradley and wife, Robt. McLean,
John Smith. E. Watson, J. D. Don­
aldson, W. Mast, D. K. Perkins, D.
Smorka, Mrs. Minnie Casey, Mrs.
D. Thompson, Herman Hickam,
Wm. Hickam and wife, Emanuel S.
Clover and M. Maharith.
The Anvil sailed Saturday for
Portland with 80 tons of coal, 5 tons
of miscellaneous freight, 56 bundles
of veneer, and 3 passengers as fol­
lows: JohnCavadas, Wm, Wielgand
and Ennis Loshbaugh.
The Elizabeth arrived in port ear­
ly Monday morning with 150 tons of
freight and 4 passengers as follows:
Mrs. A. M. Wesley, May Wasler,
W. F. Disher and R. H. Rosa.
The Elizabeth will sail tomorrow
at 1 :oo p.m.
The Bandon arrived in port yes-
terday.
Secretary Wilson’s
Advice
on Sugar
Secretary Wilson, of the Depart­
meat of Agricult, said the other day
that it lies within the power of the
American Republic to forever de­
liver itself from high sugar prices.
The procedure is simple. All we
have to do is to raise more beats and
cane and make more sugar.
There is more than a shrewd sus­
picion that Secretary Wilson was
voicing an argument for protectiou
of the beet sugar industry; and in
that the facts of experience refute the
fond hopes of the able and astute
gentleman who is at the head of the
Department of Agriculture.
The country in its entirety has
paid a handsome penny for the en-
couragement of the beet sugar in-
dustry; and the best that the beet
sugar farmer his realized from that
contribution is about $to an acre on
the average. The refiners are the
men who have gathered in the
shekels, and the refiners for the most
part are in the trust.
Just permit the American people
to buy their sugar in the open mark­
et of the world and we will have no
high price problem. There will not
be any scarcity of sugar that anyone
will be able to notice. Relieve the
country of the exorbitant tax that
goes into the coffers of the sugar
trust, and we will need no advice on
how to reduce the price of sugar.
Portland, Or , Oct. 24 (Special)
—A step of permanent constructive
benefit was that taken last Saturday
night at the Portland Commercial
Club, when business men gathered
at a dinner to discuss the benefits of
recent excursions to Klamath Falls,
Central Ore., and Aberdeen, Wash.
The big dining room was filled by
men of affairs and the experiences
given and the policy outlined for
future excursions were of great value.
The meeting developed into a
symposium on, the attitude of Port­
land business men to outside terri­
tory in the two states and was a sur­
vey of conditions existing from Aber­
deen to Klamath and in Central
Oregon. The result will be a closer
tie between Portland and the outly­
ing country, and this promises to be
of great aid in future development.
Redmond will hold a potato show
on November 2nd. This is the date
the O. W. R. & N. demonstration
train arrives at Redmond and the
two events will undoubtedly bring a
very large number of farmers from
the surrounding country to Red­
mond. At the same time a meeting
0/ dairymen will be held to organize
an association.
The joint line of the Oregon
Trunk and the Deschutes Railroad
will be opened to passenger and
freight traffic to Bend from the Co­
lumbia river on November 1st. The
new lines are now operating to Opal
City.
An apple tree near Albany has
been sold for $600. It is everbear­
ing, maturing fruit at all seasons of
the growing period, with buds, blos­
soms and apples on the tree at the
same time. A nursery company has
bought the tree and will try to es­
tablish a new everbearing variety.
Cause Unknown
W. C. Parker’s shingle mill a few
miles up the river was totally de­
stroyed by fire at an early hour Sat­
urday morning. Mr. Parker had
been up about 1:00 o’clock and at
that time there was no sign of fire,
consequently the origin of the fire is
unknown. The loss was about $4,000
with no insurance. We have not
been informed yet as to whether Mr.
Parker will rebuild the mill, but from
reports received it is hardly probable,
as there is not much money in the
shingle business at present.
A New Life Preserver.
A new life preserver, which has
been successfully tried, may be intro­
duced into the German navy. The
apparatus, which weighs five and a
half pounds, consists of two swim­
ming cushions bound together by
straps. The cushions lie upon the
breast and back. The apparatus is
provided w ith a small lamp fed by a
battery. The lamp can be fastened
around the head with a band worn
on the forehead, so that in an acci­
dent at night the position of the per­
son in the water can be seen at a
considerable distance.
The small
electrical lamp burns three or four
hours, and, with a reflector added,
throws the light several hundred
yards at night. In several recent
tests of life saving at night, the vic­
tims of the supposed shipwreck, by
aid of the lamp, have been easily
discovered. The life preserver can
be buckled around the body in five
seconds. The lamp begins to shine
as soon as the buckle is fastened. In
case of catastrophes to warships the
worth of the life preserver can not
be overestimated, though in case of
war it would not be advisable.
George Whitefield Rea was born
at Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 7, 1839. He
was early thrown upon his own re
sponsibility by his mother’s death
When the civil war broke out Mr.
Rea was desirous of enlisting, but as
he was in the railroad service where
he was nee led in the transportation
of troops and supplies, he was not
permitted to enlist till the year 1864.
He served to the end of the war and
was honorably discharged.
After
the war Judge Rea took up thestudy
of law, and followed that profession
ever since.
He first practiced in
Nebraska, and in 1876 moved to
Oregon, locating in Astoria, where
he formed a partnership with C. W.
Fulton, ex U. S. Senator, under the
firm name of Rea &„Fulton. Later
he removed to Heppner, and some
five years ago came to Coos county.
Mr. Rea served as prosecuting at­
torney, county judge, aud at the
time of his death, was justice of the
peace in the district comprising Ban­
don and vicinity.
In all his dealings with his fellow
men he was just and conscientious,
seeking rather the confidence of his
fellowmen than high position. He
led a very active life and always took
a prominent part in social and polit­
ical affairs.
He was a kind and indulgent hus­
band and father. When his first
wife died leaving him with four chil­
dren, he kept the family together,
educating and caring for them until
they were settled in homes of their
own.
About five years ago Judge Rea
married Mrs. Ella Garrett who was
at one time principal of the Bandon
Public Schools.
Mr. Rea was a charter member
and afterwards trustee of the First
Baptist church of Astoria, and at
the time of his death he was a mem­
ber of G. A. R Post of Bandon and
of the K. of P. lodge. Both these
orders attended the remains to the
grave in a body. A short and ap­
propriate address was given at the
grave by Rev. Adolph Haberly, af­
ter which the Grand Ai my ritual ser­
vice was held by the local Post.
Judge Rea died rather suddenly
on Oct, 18, 1911, although he had
been ailing for several months. He
leaves to mourn his loss, a widow.
Ella M. Rea of Bandon, one son,
Albert Rea of Heppner, and three
daughters, Mrs. Lillie E. Cohn of
Heppner, Mrs. J. W. Morrow of
Portland, and Mrs. Mark P. John of
Lowell Arizona. He leaves three
sisters in the East.
Dairymen and butter and chtese
makers will gather in Portland De
Life’s Burdens.
cember 6th, 7th and 8th for the an
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nual convention, and special plans
are under wav to make this year s
The scrap for existence is much
gathering the largest and most in­ like a fray that leaves its deep scars
teresting ever held. Experts from on the body and mind; but when I
the East will be in attendance to go home at the close of the day I
judge the different exhibits, of which leave all my workaday worries be­
there will be many, and well known hind. My home is my refuge from
For Sale Cheap.
authorities on various topics of in­ trouble and care, and nothing but
Large hall fire proof safe. Terms
terest will deliver addresses. There peace shall go in at the door; I won’t
if
you
desire. Call and see it at A.
will be more and better prizes offered bring distress to the loving ones
than ever before.
there by telling my worries and McNair’s hardware store and ask him
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The pregram has just been made thrashing them o’er. The day, with for particulars.
up for the first annual convention of its struggle and profit and pelf, shall
White Wayandottes. A few choice
the Oregon State Hotel Men’s Asso­ have all the effort that I can bestow;
ciation, which will be held in the the evening belongs to my wile and young roosters for sale. Fred Ma­
son, opposite Geo. W. Moore saw
convention hall of the Portland Com­ myself, and naught that is sordid or
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mercial Club on December 5th and mean shall it know. Some day I mill
6th. The hotel men will discuss may meet in my pathway a grief too
matters of mutual interest and seek big and t<x> husky to tackle alone,
ways to increrse tourist travel to this ■ and then I will go to my wife for re­
lief. and we shall o'ercome it, I’ll bet
state from California and the East.
Eugene will hold its biggest apple my last bone. But all the small
Resolutions of Condolence
show on November 3rd and 4th, the worries that make a man gray, when
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coming exhibit throwing all previous blows the night whistle are laid on
the shelf; such troubles belong to
W hereas , The All-wise Creator shows far in the shade. The annual
the strenuous day the evening be­ All business passing through
in His Infinite wisdom has called fruit exhibition is growing all the
longs to my wife and myself.—W alt
from labor to reward, dur beloved time in importance because of in­
our hands receives our per-
creasing orchard acreage around M ason .
brother, A. D. Morse,
Resolved—that Bandon Nest, No. Eugene, and this year the festival
sonai attention and is held
1091, Order of Owls, deplore the will take on more than local interest.
Neuralgia of the face, shoulder,
loss of a faithful member, and that Prizes have been offered that make band.-», or feet requires a powerful
our charter be draped in mourning it an object for fruit growers to com­ remedy that will penetrate the flesh. I in the strictest confidence.
pete.
Ballard’s Snow Liniment possesses
for a period of thirty days.
Be it further resolved that we ex­
I.akeview will add agriculture to that power. Rubbed in where the'
tend to the bereaved family our its high school course as soon as its pain is felt is all that is necssary to
heartfelt sympathy, that a copy of new building is finished. This is a relieve suffering and restore normal First National Bank
these resolutions be spread on the new and important feature of the conditions. Price 25c. 50c and 1
State Depositary
minutes of the lodge« and a copy course of study and one that pro­ $1.00 per bottle. Sold by C. Y.
published in the Bandon R eoobver gressive communities are adopting. Lowe.
Remember