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Bandon Recorder
Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the
Reoorder F’u.iolistiin.g Company
C. E. KOPF
L. J. BUTTERFIELD
Subscription, SI 511 per Year ic Advaoce. Adveitising Rates Mtidw
Known on Application. Job Printing a Specialty
Entered at the Bandon Poatoftice as Second Claaa Matter.
FRIDAY
March 1
1912
Results From Panama
Canal to Astonish
Business W or Id
C’ a
«I
E know that the canal
is going to hit the
Western
By
railroads
pretty hard
Railroad
c. w.
in a way. We will
Official
LUCE,
lose freight. It means that New
■4
*d
York manufacturers will be able
to quote practically New York prices to San Francisco consumers.
Just as soon as the canal is opened the big employers of labor in
the west will be able to solve the labor problem of many years' stand­
ing and by importation of unprejudiced men handle the labor market
in such a way as to clear the whole atmosphere. This is not a fight,
but simply an adjustment, and will be ALONG NATURAL LINES.
Another thing that is not known is that oriental goods will go
DIRECT '1'0 NEW YORK instead of transshipping to rail at San
Francisco and Seattle. This will greatly increase New York’s trade.
The popular idea that the ships will al! go one wav is wrong, They
will GO BACK AGAIN WITH AMERICAN GOODS.
KETS.
YORK
SO
WILL
LINKED
NANT FACTOR IN
FORM
A
CHAIN
TOGETHER
THAT
OF
INTERDEPENDENT
MAR-
A
DOMI-
THEY
WILL
FORM
ace to All on Board.
DEATH LURKS IN THE CARGO
Besides the Constant Danger of the Oil
Herting and Exploding and Instantly
Deatroying the Vessel There Is Also
the Peril of "Fuming.”
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The most dangerous sort of ship
atlont is that particular kind of vessel
known ns tlm oil tank, and there Isn't
u sailormnn who will sign on for a
voyage In one if lie can get a Job on
lion rd any other class of vessel.
The oil tank is a vessel whose cargo I
consists of oil, which Is carried In
great tanks Two dangers are ever
present to all uu board namely, that
tile oil may beat mid explode, which
menus the Instant destruction of the
ship, or Unit it may burst from the
tanks. In which case the stiip Is almost
certain to be destroyed by tire.
There Is also the remote danger of
the oil "fuming'' When the oil
"fumes" the working of the ship be
comes almost linismslble On 11 "film
lug" oil tank no one can remain below
deck for more tlimi ten minutes with
out lievotulng oven ollie by the oil
fume«. wliich are 11 hundred times
more deadly to Immati life Ilian coal
gllH.
The tn ort terrible tragedies of the
ik mil have occurred oil board these
death traps
A few years ago a Russian «11 tank,
the Hmnr. which sailed from llaturn
I hiuik I for Bombay with 4U.<XX> gallons
of oil on honid. was «Ighteil In the I’ll
rltlf by n (lerniHii trump steamer num
e<l the Velter Fend The Omar was
tlying Hlgmil« of diatre«« and when
sighted wna ippnrently completely ills
nliled. for she was milking no head
way.
The sea waa quite calm, anil the enp
taIn of llie Velter Fend approaches!
within hailing distance of the disabled
ship, but no reply eanie from her tn
response to hl« hull.
Then t he captain of the Herman
trump sent a Iront to the «lient ship
When the boat's crew reached lier
decks they saw live men lying on the
fleck, three of whom were dead. The
other two were In n state of collapse,
but alive.
The mate of the German trnmp, who
was In charge of the lioat. at once
guessed that the oil had "fumed" on
boerd the oil tank, proluibly at night,
and that the two men In n state of
eollapse were probably the only sur
vlvors of the disaster, Tlil« »ul»«**-
quently turned out to he the cam*.
Below Ihe decks. wlilcli the crew of
the German tramp |>enetnited with
great difficulty and danger to them
aehe« for the oil wn« still fuming, six
of the oil tank's crew were found
• lead In their hunks, where they had
I h - cii stiff«« ntwl hv tlie fume« In their
sbs'p Thrt«' of the crew had sllcveetl
i«l In re oiling the deck, hut hud died
HUbsei|iiehl ly.
I he two survivors were the only two
mi derk «hen the fume« burst from
Ihe tanks and lit their efforts to save
the others bad very uegrly perished
i
tbepiaelvea.
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We furnish plans and speci­
expected to give a courteous reply. I
fications and it you are go­
make It a rule when a passenger takes
Typewriters
Given
Away.
ing to build anything, no
me to task for something that occurs
in the line of my duty not to stop for
matter how large or how
The Emerson Typewriter Co. of i
a talk, but to push on to another part
small.
we can save you
of the train. In this way I avoid an Woodstock, III., have recen.ly given
unpleasant discussion, probably hav­ away over 400 of the highest giade,
money, Let us figure on
ing to listen to a catalogue of the rail wholly visible Emerson Typewriters
veur building.
road management’s sins ngaiust th •
made in the world. They have g me
public aud being tortured into break
into every state and territory in the
ing the rules by using severe words.
The most disagreeable duty of a con United Stales. There may be some
ductor is putting persons off the train in your town. They are g ving them
who either cannot or will not pay their away everywhere to men, women,
We are Agents for the
fare. We must be careful to keep with
in the law. and we can’t always be bov> and girls, ovt r 18 year« of age,
certain about it. The company don’t on surprisn.gly liberal conditions.
wish to be sued for damage« in such
If you could make any use of a
cases, and where they are It prefer« $100.00 ii pewriter. providing it <:id
that the law be on ttieir side.
not cost you even < ne cen>. then in
I was going through my train one
.1
letter or on a postal card addre.se.‘
day when a seedy looking man handed
me a ticket on another road I re­ to Frank 1. Wilder, President.
fused to take it. of course. Whereupon Woodstock, 111., simply say, "Mail
he said that It had been sold to him me all your F ee Offers,” and by
for a ticket on my road and 1 bad got
to take It. 1 insisted that if be didn't return mail x ou will receive their
pay his fare I would put him off. Free Offers, the names of over 400
whereupon he paid to a station called who have recently recti ed type-
If you are contemplating
Arlington, saying that was all 1 would
get for the whole distance. I replied writers bee. and you will hainon
buying a Piano, give us
that he could ride to Arlington, and if what easy conditions you can gel
he didn't pay further he would be put < ne ot their typewrileis, free, riglu
off at Harkerville two miles beyond
a call. It costs you noth
awav.
Arlington.
The man was evidently playing some I
ing to examine them.
I he Emerson Typewriter is <>neol
game. I disliked interfering with him the highest grade, wholly visible
for fear he was ititetidiug to get put
off that he might serve some purpose typewriters made in the world. Many
by doing so. The fellow looked too who have used the "Emerson” and
respectable for his clothes. However, other makes pronounce the "Etner
the rules were imperative, and, when
lie refused to pay at Arlington I de­ son” superior to any $100.00 type­
termined to put him off at Harker writer on the market. It is a wholly
vllle. When the train stopped 1 put visible machine has every new, up-
my arms under his und liftlug him
to-date feature, looks like other high
out of his seat hustled him to the
I
got
him
through.
grade
$100.001ypew riters, though it
door of the car.
hut wheu I endeavored to dislodge him sells regularly for less and on terms
from the platform he put up an ef
fectlve resistance. Getting bls grip of $1.00 down and 10 cents a day
on the guard rail, he hung on till a until paid for. The "I'.merson” has
crowd, attracted by the noise, collect I everv new improvement, universal
eil. and my man. though struggling,
keyboard, back spacer, tabulator, I I
found breath to curse»the railroad. Its
management and all its employees. Iwo-cclot ribbon, everything ihe
Finally 1 pushed him off and signaled best; is the ideal machine for begin­
the engineer to pull ahead. 1 left the ners as well as for ihe most experl
man shaking bis fist at me and vow­
ing vengeance Looking back from a typists and stenographers; just the
distance, I saw him haranguing those typewriter for the smallest or largest
Wagons of all kinds made to order.
who had witnessed Ills ejectment.
office.
All kinds of Blacksmith Work, both
The matter troubled me. I expected
If you could possibly make am heavy anil light, will receive prompt
that he hud some right to ride that I
knew not of—that he would sue the use of a high grade typewriter, even
company and I would be discharged though it didn’t cost you me cent o! attention. Horse Shoeing a specialty
Shop on Columbia Avenue
for not having passed him. Ordin­
arily, this would not have troubled money, then be sure, on a postal
tne. but In tills case the man. though card or in a letter addressed to
shabbily dressed, did not look like a ‘•Frank L. Wilder. President, Wood
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tramp or a man accustomed to force
stock, III.,’’ say "Mail me your Free
himself as a deadhead.
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There had been an attempt to wreck Offers.”
R. H. RICE, Prop.
one of the trains on the road which
had nearly succeeded. The train re­
All kinds of light and heavy drav-
ferred to carried u large sum of money
ing. Also sells and delivers mill
for an express company, and It was
Physician and Surgeon
supposei! that it was to rob this car
wood,coal,etc Office at Schumate’s
that the attempt had been made. Office Rasmussen Bldg
Phone 72 Store. Phone orders promptly at­
Running a local train myself. I did not
tended.
Bandon, Oregon
take much Interest in the matter, for
my train was not liable to be wrecked
for purposes of robbery.
One morning I was told that the
gang who had attempted to wreck
the train had been tracked by detec­
tives employed by the compnny. and
an arrest hud been made. But where
Fourth and Spruce Sts.
they had bean captured I did not hear
1 was Just starting out on my daily
trip nnd hnd no time to indulge m.v
curiosity by making Inquiries about
tlie matter.
When 1 reached Arlington 1 was
handed a telegram from tlie sui>erln-
tendent to stop my train Just across a
bridge about a mile before 1 reached
Harkerville and take on a party that
Phone 722
would be waiting there for me. 1 made
the stop as ordered and found several
plain clothes police officers, armed
with rilles ns well as revolvers, guard
lug a number of handcuffed prisoners.
The officers put their captives aboard
GATCHELL BROS., Prop».
the train, aud after starttug 1 'went
All
kinds
of
heavy
and light draying.
Phone orders given
into the car where they were to collect
their fares. One of the officers, clap
prompt attention. Barn Cor. First & Spruce St.. Fish Property
ping a hand on my shoulder, said:
I’HONK 041
"See here, conductor, ii few weeks
ago you j>ut me off this trnin for not
paying my fare. 1 was obliged to sub­
mit. but now I propose to carry this
whole gang through without tickets or
money. We're quite prepared for any-
thing that may hapiieu."
loaf in toil'll for the money.
The man spoke bnnterlngly. 1 looked
at hl« face and It seemed familiar
Big in quality as well as quan­
Then It dawned il|HHi me that he was
tity
too.
We couldn't use bet­
the seedy passenger with whom 1 hud
ter flour if we charged twice as
bad the scuttle
"Don't you remember me?" be asked,
much for our bread.
We buy
smiling.
anil use the very best now.
"I think I do "
Try a loaf and see how every­
"You should You helped me get In
with these gentlemen with bracelet*
body will go into it. A body
ou their wrists They are the men
would think it was cake to
who tried to wreck tlie express some
hear the youngsters begging
time ago. They were tracked to Har
kervllle. and the company sent me
for another slice.
there to gain their confidence. 1 saw
no tietier way for an Introduction than
to get put off the train I stayed awhile
In Harkerville. cursing yon and the
road, until one of the«e men was em
boldvned to propose to me another at­
tempt nl wrecking
lie hail hnd a pass In tits pocket nt
the time I put him off and had an­
other now tor hlm.se:t aud party. But
1 didn't ask to nee It.
Easy Terms
BANDON DRUG CO
each <»f her «oldlvrs In (he
three little bau« of rkeimul
of drlml vegetable«.
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H4G
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Lodges are requested to notify this office
on election of officers and on change of
meeting night. Cards under this head
are 75c per inch per inoulh.
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Prices $250 and up
The crew of n Norwegian oil tank
named the Hellos tunl a terrible expe­
rience n few years ago In mld-Atlan-
tlc. During 11 heavy gale, in which
the Hellos suffered very rough han
riling In the mountainous seas, her oil
tanks, containing (MI.tKMi gallons of
crude oil. burst and Unwed Into the
bunkers, threatening to penetrate in a
few minutes into the fireroom.
Tile crew Hung themselves at the
immps like madmen. The oil soon be­ I
gan to fume, nnd 110 mail could keep I
nt 1 he pit nips for more than a few
minutes without becoming overpower­
ed The enptnln of the Hellos order­
ed »11 the crew on deck, and four in
their turn went below every live min-
utes to work nt the pumps.
Tile tight they made for their Ilves
was one of the most desperate that
has ever been waged on the ocean,
Idrectly the tank laid burst the tire-
men had been ordered out of the tlre-
110 time to quench
room,
tlii'iueii would cer-
the Hr
suffocated by the
tnlnly
tiad they remained
t limes
below
I'or
the officers and
worked like de
crew
making the most
molts
desperate efforts to keep the oil from
rraclilug (lie lire rooaii By the end of
that time eight of tlie crew lay uucoti-
s, ions oil ihe deck, overcome partly by
exhaustion nnd partly by the fumes.
It wiis now only posable to work two
at 1 lie pumps, und It tas'iime certain
Unit, unless help nrrfved in another
hour, the ship, with every living soul
on board, would |K»rfc«ti It should be
nieiitloned IImt evx-1 y lifeboat ou the
Hellos had Peen damaged during the
storm
Half 1111 hour passed, mid by then
only the captain and the mnte were
working nt ihe pumps The destruc­
tion of the reset was now only a mat
ter of inlnnies |i was nt tins critical
Juncture that the oil tank was sighted
by the Majestic oi the Wlilte Star line, I
sial twenty mlmnes Inter the crew of
the doomtsl ship were snft'ly on board
the liner
As the Inst man scrambled ou board
the Majestic from the boat which had
been sent to the help of the Hellos a
iiiiniiitnlii of Hume «prang from the
dis k« Ilf the oil tank, and n few iniu-
nles later the lilaxlng vessel sank lie-
low tlie water
A Itussian oil lank nsmed the Vlndl
mlr some years ago exploded In mid­
is can. when everv one of her crew
perished i hl« disaster took place In
the soul hern I’neific. Loudon .Xjiswers
Hot Wind» of Egypt.
"Ktinni«ln" Is Ihe hot wind from the
desert which blows out of the Saluira
upon Egypt. The word means fifty,
from the idea that It lasts for fifty
days The khamsin is terribly hot and
dry and sometimes brings pestitene»
with It.
Dietary Fads.
The late Samuel Wilk«. Queen'Vic­
toria'.« physician, was opposisi to diet­
ary fails lie once said. "If a fi«l«ll«t
tells you to take an ounce of albinnen.
an ounce of starch and *0 much water,
and all that sort of thing, Just youuto
aud get a nice chop.*'
and Builders
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Lodge and Professional j.
= Directory
.
WILSON & WALRATH
Blacksmiths and
Wagonmakers
TRANSFER LINE
DR. R. V. IJ2EP
Home Hand Laundry
Family Washing a Specialty. Make a
Specialty of Rough Dry.
EARL SCHOONOVER
Gatchell Bros.’ Transfer Line
Our Bread is the Largest
£ F
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Lewah Tribe No. 48, Imp. O. R. M.
I
fVFEE TS First and Third Tuesdays of each
month at 8th run at the Bandon Wig­
wam. Sojourning Chiefs in good standing are
cordially invited to attend.
A. J. Ft art man,
J. C. Sheilds,
C. of R.
Sachem.
w. o. w.
Keep the logs rolling boys I
SEASIDE CAMP NO. 212,
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD.
Meets First and Third Thursdays.
Neighbors welcomed.
V isiting
C. M. Gage, C. C.
H. E. Boak, Secretary
Masonic.
g ANDON LODGE, No, 130 A. F. A A
M, Stated communications first Saturday
alter the full moon of each month.
Specif
communications second
Saturday
thereafter.
All Master Masons cordially invited.
W. E. Crame, W. M
Phil Pearson, Secretary
Pianos
Under an apparently quiet surface this gigantic movement has
made such headway that when its actual operation sets in motion the
J:USIXESS WORLD WILL BE ASTONISHED.
Ships That Are a Constant Men­
The Leading Contractors
Baldwin
WORLD TRADE.
DEADLY OIL TßRkk
>444 44 «44 Mil
4
Brown & (iibson
Famous
30 VAST IS THE TRADE MOVEMENT ALREADY STARTED NOW
IN THE SHAPE OF TANGIBLE NEGOTIATIONS.
NEGOTIATIONS, SUCH AS MANU-
FACTURERS’ AGENCIES, THAT HONGKONG. SAN FRANCISCO AND
NEW
R. G. Collins, iNsstmaster. Barn­
egat, N. )., was troubled W ith a
seveie a grippe cough. H"i? .«ays:
•'I would be completely exhausted
alter
each fit of violent coughing. I
By BISSELL T RAND
bought a bottle of Foley’s Honey
Copyrtght by American Pre.» Ano-
and Tar Compound und before I
clatlon, 1911.
had taken it all the coughing spells
We railroad conductors have to stand had entirelv ceased. It can't be
a great deal of abuse, to which we un­ beat.” Sold by Bandon Drug C<<i
A CONDUCTOR’S
STORY
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Eastern Star
O ccidental
chapter ,
N o .
45, o.
E. S., meets Saturday evening before and
alter slated communication of Masonic Lodge
Visiting members cordially invited to attend.
Louise M. Boyle, W. M
Merta Mehl, Secretary.
1. O. <>. F
TJ ANDON LODGE, No. 133, 1. O. O. F.
meets every Wednesday evening. Visiting
brothers in good standing cordially invited.
Wm. Lundquist, N. G.
S. A. McAllister, Secretary.
KuightA of Pythias
T) elphi
lodge .
N o . m , Knights of
Pythia». Meets every Monday evening
at Knights hall. Visiting knights invited to
attend.
C. R. Moore, C. C.
B. N. Harrington K. of R. S.
Saturdays at Hotel Gallier
M. G. POHL, Optometerist
Well Recommended by
Patrons
C. R. WADE
, Attorney a.t Law
Agent Pacific
Surety
of Bandon Bldg.
Office Bank
Company.
Phone 102, Bandon, Oregan
DR SMITH J. LM JVM INT
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
OFFICE IN PANTER BUILDING
Office Hours 9 to 12—1 to 5
-
BANDON,
.
OREGON
Dr. EL IL. Houston
PHYSICIAN & SUHGHuN
Offioe over Drug Store.
Hours, H tu l i
a.m. 1:30 to 4. p.iu. ; 7 to 8 in the evening.
Night ealla anawered from office.
BANDON.
OH F4.ON
Dr lu. 3=». Sorensen
DENTIST
Office Over Vienne Cafe
Telephone at Office and Home.
BANDON
G.
OREGON
T.
TKKADUOLU
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELt «
AT - LAW,
NOTARY PUBLIC
Bandon,
Oregon
Office With Bandon Investment Co
Dr. H. 3b£. Brown.
Resident Dentist.
Office in Panter Building
Office Hours:
Phone,
9 to 12 M„ I to 5 P. M.
BANDON. OREGON
>
C. K. BARROW
Attorney and Connselor-at-Law
COQUILLE.
-
ORE
Office over Skeel,' Store
Office Phone. M»in 335;
rewdence. Main 346
CLARK & WRIGHT
Lawyers
Washington, D. O.
Public Land Matters. Final Proof. Dea­
eri Lands, Contesta and Mining
Cases, Script
Associate Work for Attorney,
PURE DRUGS
Do you want pure drugs and
drug sundries, fine perfumes,
hair brushes and toilet arti-
elei? If so, call on
C. Y. LOWE,
Bindon, Orejón.