VOLUME XXIX
BANDON, OREGON FRIDAY, MARCH 21. 1913
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Want to Get Federal Jobs.
An article in the Portland Journal
fiom Marshfield says:
The C. A. Smith Lumber &
Manufacturing Company has receiv
ed an order for Port Orford white
cedar to be used in the construction
of the yacht which Sir Thomas Lip
ton will build in the hopes of win
ning the America cup.
The while cedar cf this locality,
which is found in no other part of
world excepting Coos and Curry
counties, has become quite famous
in marine construction.
The yacht for the British sports
man is to be built regardless of ex
pense so the cedar lumber is to be
furnished from this city is in compe
tition with the whole world.
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An interesting evening is in store
for those who attend the entertain-
•ment to be given by the Bandon
schools, Friday March 28, in the
Orpheum theatre. The program
will be provided by youngsters from
the primary grades to the High
School. Proceeds will be used for
school improvements. Admission,
children 25c, adults 35c,
I
Port Commission
Work Commenced
Senator Lane of Oregon has just
| given out a list of some of the ap
plicants for federal appointments in
Oregon. In the list are a number
of Coos county men, the majority of
them being applications for post
masterships. Among them are the
foliowing:
Bandon—Chas. F. Lorenze.
Coquille—W. C. Cleghorn and J.
W. Leneve.
Marshfield—F. A. Golden.
At la st nigh’t meeting of the Ban | endorse the action of the city council
For United States maishal—Hugh don Commercial club Mr. Poole in ordering that at the special elec
McLain of Marshfield.
made a report regarding the gener tion to be held soon the measure of
whether or not the town shall make
For collector of customs at Em
al feeling in Myrtle Point with re
a levy of one mill to support a pub-
pire—James T. Hall of Marshfield
gard to annexing Bandon and Co
! lie library shall be voted upon.
and H. W. Dunham of Coquille.
quille into the Port of the Coquille
The question was brought up of
For Roseburg land office—reg River. Mr. Poole apepared be
ister, J. L Brail, of Canyonville; fore the Port Commission at Myrtle the library board excluding certain
receiver, R. R. Turner of Grants Point. The Commission seemed books from the public library a
I member of the board present stated
Pass.
to be of the opinion that as the
For collector of customs at Ya- lower river would contr ol the ma that rule of the library was that all
j books before placed in circulation
quina—George Blanchard.
jor portion of the votes, the money I
must be passed on by the library
The Roseburg Review says : raised from the port would be spent
board. That a book found in the
“The choice appears to lie between on the lower river and the upper I
library by the chairman of the board
Postal Inspector S. H. Morse, who river neglected, Mr. Poole stated
I evidently placed directly on the
wants to quit the road service; H. to the commission that as the ad
shelves by the donator was refered
C. Darby, the well known druggisf; vantage Bandon possessed over
to the members of the board and
Rev. K. M. Mears, now a non Coos Bay was in the Coquille
was considered unsuitable and there
resident of this city, but a staunch River and that the development of
fore withdrawn from circulation the
partisan, and I. F. Reizenstein.”— the river was vital to Bandon if the
title of the book is ‘Prison Memoirs
town is to become a great seaport.
Goos Bay 'Times.
of an Anarchist. ’
It followed that the voters in Ban
A vote was proposed seconded
don would always be active in any
and unanimously carried censuring
measure for the improvement of the
the party or parties issuing a cir
river, the higher up the river is im
cular styled '‘Justice” attacking
proved the better for Bandon.
those movements constructive and
The secretary talked with a large
beneficial which the more intelligent
number of men in Myrtle Point and
element of the citizens of Bandon
making these collections.
found with only one exception that
are
supporting and developing to a
An additional sum will be needed the men who shaped public opinion
successful issue.
for monthly maintenance, and those in that district did not think a union
The port commission committee
who have not been seen will be re in one port desirable or practical.
met at the Com ncrcial Hall and
quested to assist in meeting these
It was moved and carried that the checked
,
up the boundaries of the
incidental expenses
Bandon Commercial club heartily proposed port of the lower river.
If the one mill tax for the library
carries, when the money accruing
from this tax is available, it will no
longer be necessary for the public
to be approached for individual con
tributions,
Commercial Club Working in Harmony
With Committee Arranging
Boundaries.
$531.00 Has Been Sub
scribed For Library Fund
The conditions having been met
upon which the subscriptions for the
$500 were made, lhe subscriptions
are now due.
11 rtib be a great convenience to
tb.e Library Board if each subscriber
will send his check to N. J. Crain,
treasurer of the Bandon
brary
The librarian, S, R. Steele will
also engage much of his time in
Along The Water Front
The Elizabeth arrived last night
Pacific
; Northwest Land Products Show will with 170 tons of freight and the
j hold a second and larger exposition following passengers; R. IL Rosa,
: of soil wealth next Fall, An or W. W. Deyoe, Mrs. S. M. Nosier,
Portland, Or., Mar. 18 (Special) ganization for the coming show has D. L. Robinson and wife, J. M.
—The work of educating Eastern been formed and officers elected. Weber, C. M. Thomas. Jordon Wi-
people as to lhe opportunities Ore . The dates are November 1-8. Ex-! dosker, Fred Chapman, A. H.
gon offers for the settler is not only hibits of all soil products, both fruits I I Chapman, E. D. Myers, P. Didero,
being carried on from the various and vegetables, are wanted and ! 1 Geo. Venkie, A. Bruno, F. J. Par-
commercial clubs of the state, but farmers throughout the Northwest I Fer and wife, J. A. Kelley, Tom
very effective missionary work is states are urged to plant their crops Gassone, F. H. Coyle, John Howie,
being done by the Great Northern this year with the idea in mind of F. C. Tremgare, John Wyman.
exhibit car now touring the Middle placing their best samples on dis- The Elizabeth will sail tomorrow
West. This car is really a com 1 play in Portland and competing for morning at 11 ¡30 o’clock.
plete land show on wheels, con 1 the many prizes to be offered.
taining samples of products grown
Farmers near St. Paul, Ore., heve
in the state and is accompanied by I formed a co-operative creamery Forest Fire Law Misrepre
well informed men who explain the association, following the plan of sented by Timber Brokers.
display and answer questions. I the Tillamook dairy farmers which
Fully 120,000 people of the Middle ; has been found so successful Mount I
West will have veiwed the car Angel has such an establishment 1 Salem, Oregon, March 2t. It
during its tour, which ends at Peoria, already. There is a broad field for has been brought to the attention
! farmers and horticulturists in this of the State Forester that some tin
III., April 4,
Railroad men, in keeping tab on ■ state to make common cause with scrupulous timber brokers are mis
wotk done by the car, find interest their neighbors in marketing their representing the provisions of the
in Oregon homesteads is high products and the results are bound compulsory patrol law which was
throughout the territory covered. to be mutually profitable.
enacted by the recent Legislative
Few visiting the exhibit have used
Assembly and becomes effective
tjieir homestead rights and many
The first meeting of the Local June 2, Owners of timber claims
announce their intention of coming Council of the Boy Scouts of Ban have been told that under this law it
west and filing on Government land don is called for the night of April will be necessary for them to keep a
remaining unclaimed in this state. 4. This meeting will be in the nature
patrolman on their claims all summer
The car carries a large amount of of a banquet to be held at the Wig at their own expense, and this has
literature descriptive ol Oregon and wam. Invitations will be sent to been urged as a reason for sacrifice
this is distributed to inquirers.
each of the fifty men who compose sales. Statements of this kind are
The fourth annual convention of the council and to each wife whose made purely for the purpoae of
the Columbia & Snake Rivers Wa husband is a couucilman. In ad stimulating the sale of timberlands
terways Association will be held in dition to,l he invitation to the councils thus increasing the business and in
Pendleton April 14 15. Commer each father and mother of a Boy cidentally the commissions of timber
cial organizations of Oregon, Wash Scout will be expected as guests. brokers.
An elaborate program is being
ington and Idaho will paiticipate.
The law provides that every tim
planed
in order that all who attend berland owner in the states, not
Roseburg is already preparing
for its annual strawberry carnival this banquet may be thoroughly in residing within one and one-hall
and officers have just been elected. formed as to the work of the scouts. miles of his property, shall furnish
It is expected to make this year s
a sufficient patrol therefor during
celebration the greatest ever held.
There will be special music at the dry season, and that in case he
The ca’nival will be under the I both morning and evening service fails to do so the State Forester
auspices cf the Roseburg Commer
cial Club although the citizens at the Methodist Episcopal church shall provide the same at a cost not
| Easter Sunday.
Everyone wel- , to exceed 5 cents per annum. Any
generally will conduct it.
Encouraged by the success ofjts1 come to these services.
1 amount so paid by the State shall be
Developement
New s
Oregon.
of : initial performance, the
NUMBER 23
The Fifield arrived last night
with 120 tons of freight and the
following passenge.s; Mrs. A. Smith
A. G. Meyers, C. W. Montgomery,
I). G. Hillman, J. Ellison, Mrs. J.
D. Culbertson, W. A, Culbertson,
Mrs. F. H. Shaw, M. L. Munson,
B. L, Hacket, G. A. Mahle, Tom
Lander, Walter Basetes. Laweneve,
A. McLay.
The Fifield will sail at 9:00 o’clock
tomorrow night.
The Grace Dollar arrived in port
last night and the Bandon arriced
today.
a lien upon the land and shall be
collected with the next taxes.
It is obvious that the maximum
expense to the owner of a quarter
section of timberland can not ex
ceed $8.00 per year, an amount that
should scare no owner into disposing
of his timber claim at a sacrifice.
One of the best ways for timber
land owners to comply with the law
is to join County Fire Patrol As
sociations that have been organizd
in most of the timbered counties of
the state. It is expected that every
limbered county will have such an
organization before the fire season
arrives. The experience of these
Associations, some of which have
been in existence for four years,
proves that adequate patrol can be
secured at a cost of from ir-2 to 31-2
cents an acre, and if all of the tim
berland owners join, the acreage
will be materially decreased. Pro
tection from fire at a cost ol $3 or
$4 per quarter-section should be
welcomed by all timerland owners,
and it is hoped that no one will be
induced to sell their holdings
through misrepresentations made by
unreliable timber brokers for the
selfish purpose of increasing com
missions.
Imports
of Cattle Exceed
Our Exports.
It will be a surprise to many to
kno.vthat we import more cattle than
exports. In 1904 was imported but
Rev. S- R. Steeie received Thurs
16,000 cattle, valued at $810,000, day his commission as Sc >ut Com
In 1912 imports had grown to over missioner for the city of Bandon.
$300,000 cattle, with a value of over
The Commission reads thus No,
$5,000,000. Exports of meat, par C. 503. Boy Scouts 01 America.
ticularly of fresh beef, have fallen of! ! This certifies that Seth Ratcliffe
even more than exports of cattle, I Steele has received the approval of
Last year there were sent out of the j the National Coime 1 of the Boy
country only 9,000,000 pounds ot 1 Scouts of America and is hereby
fresh beef, as against 354,000,000 I duly appointed Scout Comm ssion-r
pounds in 1901. The total value of I of the City of Bandon St.,te of Ore
meat and dairy products exported gon U. S. A. during tin pleasure
last year approximated $145,000 000 j of the National Counc l.
as against $209,000,000 in 1896
1 In witness thereot tii. s al of the
Once boasting that we might al Boy Scouts of America i herewith
most feed the world, these fignres attached this twelfth day of March
show that we are barely able to feed >9>3-
William H. Taft, Honorary Pre«
ourselves. Unless production is in
dent;
Theodore Roosevelt, Honor
creased we shall soon be calling on
ary
Vice-President,
Ernest Thomp
the rest of the world for more food
son
Seton,
Chief
Scout,
James E.
stuffs than we can give in return.
West
Chief
Scout
Executive.
It it not surprising under these con
The work of a Scout Commission
ditions that meat is higher than it
used to be and that the cost of living er consists in organizing Boy Scout
troops and in giving general super
has advanced.
vision to the work of the Scouts.
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W. W. Deyoe arrived on the
Don’t forget the school enter-
tainment, March 28th at the Or Elizabeth from California to look
after business affairs in Bandon.
pheum .
Important Business Changes
in Bandon the Past Week
J. C. Shields, J. II. Shields and
D. H. Jackson have bought the
Catterlin and LeGore store and will
take possession of the same soon,
operating under the firm name of
Sh’elds, Jackson
Shields.
J. H. Shields has sold his inter
est in the blacksmith shop to his
partner Alex Kennedy who will
conduct the business at the same
stand.
These people are all well known
in Bandon and need no word of in
troduction from us any more than
to recommend them to the public as
business men of upright character,
and ail who de if widl diem win lie
assured of courteous treatment.
Mr. C ilterlin expects to devote
his entire time to the automobile
business, while Messrs Shields and
Mr. Jackson will all be connected
with the grocery store and Mr.
Kennedy will operate the blacksmith
shop.
Orpheum.
Meade Recovering.
Commencing Friday, March 21st.
The Big Four Comedy Co. will
open a 5 day’s engagement at the
Orpheum theatre. The company is
composed of four people, but they
are all artists in their line.
Don’t forget the opening date
(to-night) and don’t miss seeing
this excellent company’s opening
bill, * Little Miss Portland.’’
Pushing Railroad Work.
The friends made by E H.
Meade in Coos county will be in
terested in the following, appearing
in a Marshfield paper. E. II. Meade
formerly with the Margaret Iles
troupe, writes friends here that he
has partly recovered from the stroke
of paralysis, which he .uIo red at
San Francisco several months ago
He has not fully regained bis speech
or the use of his right side, but is
well enough so he plans to return to
Coos Bay and travel through this
section.
The Del Norte Argus of the 13th
says: “The Pacific-Interior survey
Don’t forget the school enter
ing crew, which has been engaged tainment, March 28th at the < )r-
the past four months surveying the pheum.
route for the proposed railroad that ■■■■■- 1 ■< R
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is to connect Crescent City and
Medford, finished work at Camp 6
last Saturday and departed for Med
ford the following day. For the
past week the crew has
been
quartered at the Catching place,
eight miles east ol Crescent Citv.
depends largely on c
Since the 11 th of last November the
encouragement
ultu >
surveyors have been pnshing their
the
people
give
it s
way steadily ahead with the end ot
banking
institution
the Hobbs, Wall
Co. railroad as
and, in turn, on th
their destination. A part of the
support which it
time the fairest weather has pre
banks
give to the b i
vailed, but much of the time the
mess
enterprise'-
<>t th-
work had to be done while it rained
city.
Ibis
bank
en
or snowed, According to the words
deavors
conscient
it-It
of the head survevor, so we are in-
to assist in the lot \i ard
formed, the surveying of the route
movement of it s ch
h is cost $10,000.'
Bandon’s
Development
J. L. Thornjison a well known
citizen of Coquille, and who at one
lime lived at Bandon, died Thursday
March 13th from hemorrhage and
pressure of the brain. Mr. Thomp
son was a well known tonsonal
artist and one of the leading citizens
ot Coquille.
j
cuts’ affairs. Accounts
ot conservative busi
nessmen are alwavs
welcome.
FIRST NAT L BANK
Open dunng Noon Hour and Satur
day Evenings.