SEZbÆI- WEEKI .Y
VOLUME XXIX
BANDON, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1913
NUMBER 59
A Port Commission Will Benefit Shipping, ['arming and Lumbering
REFERENDUM
WILLBEHELD
Supreme Court Renders De
cision in favor of
Day Bill.
Rich Find on Umpqua.
Frank Blackerby, until recently
a member of the life saving crew at
the Umqua Life Saving Station, to
day brought to Marshfield from
Gardiner 85 pounds of what he and
others believe to be ambergris This
is said to be worth anywhere from
$500 to $1000 per pound.
He is now endeavoring to estab
lish for certain whether or not it is
ambergris. He sent some to David
Stair Jordon, of California, who
said he thought that it was the real
thing, but that a sample would have
to be sent to France to establish it
for certain. Mr. Blackerby also
sent some to various chemists, but
has not received replies from them
yet.
•
He found the chunk while patrol-
ing the beach, it washing up in the
breakers. F. F. Meyers is also in
terested in the find.
Ambergris, like the attar of roses,
is most rare and valuable for perfume.
It is supposed to originate in the
stomach of the sperm whale and to
be thrown off by that animal when
it reaches cakes weighing fiom 60
200 pounds. It is usually found in
the Indian Ocean.
Mr. Meyers is here with Mr.
Blackerby and they are guarding the
valuable lump very carefully and if
it proves to be the real thing they
will probably get from $50,000 to
$100,000 for it.
Mr. Meyers says that many years
ago some Japanese found a chunk
of it along the Columbia river and
were using it for cooking purposes
and had used up most of it up be
fore a man who recognized it came
along and bought it for a song.—
Coos Bay Times,
$1000 in Prize Money
Coos County District Will Be
Unable to Collect About
$70,000.
The Bandon Carnival Committee
ire busy completing the arrngements
ior the White Cedar Festival. It is
the intention of the committee that
upwards of one thousand dollars
will be awarded m prize money. So
; large a sum will arrouse lively and
Only Three Weeks *0 the keen contests and the competitions
End of the Bi" Piano
pulled off during the White Cedar
' Festival promise to be of a class far
Contest.
supeti >r to anything before witnessed
in Coos county.
Miss Gladys Gallier, No. ?5
1 50,355
1 he street parade and masked
Mi.» S . ie Hill No Dll
1 2 v” 5
,
ball
are being fostered with a care
Mi .«label Post No. 89
113,745
Mi.» Korean Bur
No. s'
.10»,810 and thoroughness which means those
Miss l ave Wolfe No 100
-.92,529 will be something to be long re
Mrs. Rosie Bingaman No. 9s
-_-92,27O membered
Miss Connie Rundle No. 82.
The fraternal orders of the city
Miss Mirtle Wheeler No. 61
_.64,960
ate
taking hold ot the fraternal day
Miss Ruby Tilton No. 77
59,480
Miss Esther Solve, No. S1
-54,720 idea with a vim and there is no
Mrs. Minnie Tenbrook No. 97.
54,710 doubt the live orders will all be rep
Miss Lillian Scott, No. 86.
-.53,120
resented in a creditable manner.
Mrs. Charles Richards No. 1(14.
.43,675
Several organizations have already
Miss Grace Gibson, No. 22.
- -36,255
committees and made
Miss Margaret Gross No. 92.
32,260 appointed
Mrs. A. 1). Perdue, No. 91
___ 39,675 preliminary arrangements lor some
Il is less than tour weeks to close thing novel and striking for the
of p ano voting contest. Contest parade.
ants need every vote than can be
Final arrangements for the base
obtained- Watch next Friday’s ball tournament between the league
R ecor der for the announcetm nt teams of the county are prrctically
of a new and striking feature in con- completed and purses aggregating
nection with this contest.
400 dollars will be put up. “Let
‘er rip.”
Outside Interest in Bandon
District is Becoming
Greater.
Salem, Ore., July 24.—In an
Word aas just been received here
Secretary L. E. Brown of the
opinion written by Justice Burnett,
of a decision of the Oregon Supreme
Bandon Commercial Club is busy
the Supreme Court rendered a de
Court in the case of the Linn &
these days answering between 350
cision in the suit of A. C. Libby
Lane Timber Company (a C. A.
and 400 inquiries from people in all
vs Secretary of State Olcott,
Smith subsidiary) vs. Lane County,
parts of the country, relative to this
brought to restrain the Secretary of
which will knock out the special
section of the country.
State from calling a special referen
road taxes in several Coos County
Tliere are some who are not post
dum election this Fall under the
districts. In all. it is estimated, it
ed or the great work that the Com
Day bill. The court holds the
will mean that about $70,000 of the
mercial club is doing for Bandon,
measure to be constitutional, and it
special road tax levies cannot be
and some of these, even go so far as
will now devolve on the Secretary
collected.
to say that the club is not doing
of State to call the election to be
In the Linn county case, the Ore
anything but the fact remains that
held on the day provided for in the
gon Supreme court reversed Judge
the club is doing a great work and
act the first Tuesday after the first
Galloway and held the 1909 special
the answering of these inquiries is
Monday in November.
road tax unconstitutional.
often the means of bringing many
Attorneys for Libby instituted
In some of the Coos county dis
people into this country to settle.
the suit to have the bill declared un
tricts, where contests have been
1'his is one of the great works of
constitutional in the first instance in
made the special levies were made
the Commercial club and one that
the Circuit Court of this county,
according to the 1913 road law and
is being successfully and capably
and the decision today is a reversal
these will not be affected. The Ten
handled by Mr. Brown.
of Judge Galloway. Ten or 12
Mile tract, the Bandon-Curry county
reasons were advanced by them in
road and three or four other dis
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Mrs. Goodman who has been on
attacking the validity of the measure,
tricts, will be knocked out of the
Young Men Entertain.
special taxes by it, according to re the sick list lor a couple of weeks is Coos County Children to
but in the presentation of the case
1 larry ("lain and Karl Averill en
ports.—Coos Bay Times,
now convalescing.
they were reduced to two general
tertained a number of their young
Exhibit at Fair.
propositions:
Myrtle Point, Dr., July 21.— L. friends at the Wigwam Wednesday
First—That the act was unconsti
I I’, liarrington, state industrial field night, cards and dancing occupied
tutional in that it ordered a special
worker, who spent the past week in tile evening, and those present pr >-
election without stating what mea
Coos county in the interest of the nounced the evening a decided
sures were to be voted upon, and
■
children's fair, states that at the success.
that it conflicted with article 1, sec
Those invited were: Mesdames I).
county fair, to be held lieie Sep
tion 21 oj the state constitution, in
tember 1 2, many of the boys and M Averill, N. J. Cram, Ralph
that the holding of a special election
girls will have exhibits of their own Elliot, Alma Jackson, Caldwell and
was made to depend upon the con
products, for which business men all Geo. Laffaw. Misses Sophia Hen
tingency that referendum petitions Teachers Receive Certificates
People in the Willamette Valley
Stretching behind us are hundreds over the county have offered prizes, derson, Lena Langlois, Amy Wind
would be filed.
are
already
showing
interest
in
the
of square miles of fertile country. and the department pro nises to be sor, Dorothy Gibson, Zettie Gibson,
The following teachers of Coos
Second—That tne act was incom county received certificates at the “White Cedar Festival,” Several Country which for the most part in one of the most attractive and in Rittie McNair. Louise Clausson,
plete and ineffective in that it did June examination.
communications have been received | August becomes uncomfortable hot. teresting at th< tail. I’he best of Blanche Radley, list her Solve,
not provide ways and means for the
from people saying they intend Bandon offers to these people beauti exhibits will later be sent to the Gladys Strader, Erma Craine, Pearl
One year certificates:
payment of the election expenses of
coming to Bandon during the car ful scenery, magnificent beach, and Salem State Fan to be entered 111 Craine, Velma Buckingham, Jose
Lilia Irvin, Dora.
the special election, and that the
the industrial contest there, provi- phine Stoltz, Eilna Gallier, L.
cool invigorating sea breezes.
Florence M. Goodman, Prosper. nival week.
county courts were not authorized
In
the
old
world
it
is
the
custom
dec’ satisfactory arrangements can Wheeler, Ottilie Lewin. Helen Ste
I
he
w
riter
has
visited
many
of
Emily Fiances Music, Bridge.
to furnish supplies for the election
where any place, particularly a sea the famous holiday resorts in Europe be made for transportation of ex phenson, Elsie Wolfe, Amelia
Elmer M. Roberts, Bullards.
in the event that it should be held.
side town has possibilities as a pleas but none of them possess the beauty liibits.
Chaney. Messrs D M, Averill, N.
Rishia McDonald, Lakeside.
The Day bill provides for a spe
ure resort to exploit these possibili nor the remarkable interest of
J. Cram, A D. Mills, Carl Bowman,
J. R. Bunch, Gravel Ford.
cial election to be held on the fit st
ties by means of festivals. A festival Bandon's magnificent beach. Nature
Ralph Weddle, Thos. Laird, Ernest
Annie Wickman, Marrhfield.
Tuesday after the first Monday in
or
cat
nival,
it
is
found
draws
the
Sidwell,
Ernest Watkins, Earl Wat
has given us more interesting and
Blanche Landrith, Marshfield.
November, 1913, tor the sole pur
army
of
pleasures
seekers
who
turn
kins,
Ray
Watkins, Archie Rosa,
striking beauty than millions of
Mrs. Selma Thomas, Marshfield,
pose of voting on all measures pass
ing
their
attention
this
way
and
that
Lentner
Gallier,
Edmund Gallier,
dollars has been able to create in
Joan Mary Fitzgerald, Marshfield.
ed by the Legislature at its last
decide
in
favor
ol
a
particular
place
Jack
Kronenberg,
F.verard Boyle,
these old world resorts
John D. Finel, Arago,
session on which the referendum has
Ranson
Rackleff,
Geo.
Laffaw, Sid
because
some
special
event
is
ad
Catherine Willoughby. Bandon.
The White Cedar Festival will be
been invoked.
vertised
as
taking
place
there.
ncy
Williams,
Victor
Breuer,
Geo.
Ora A. Deyoe, Bandon.
a very material factor in exploiting
Bandon
is
the
only
seaside
pleas
Laird,
Ralph
Elliot,
Harry
Pierce,
Ebba C. Wyren, Bandon.
Starke, Fla., July 23.—Hanged Ralph Dippie and John Windsor.
ure resort from Newport to San our great possibilities. "Let ‘er
Elizabeth Child, Coquille.
W. P. to Build North.
F rancisco.
! for 38 minutes and at the end of
A. I). Mills won first prize for
May Bertha Lund, Coquille.
San Froncisco, July 21.—Accord
that time pronounced legally «lead gentlemen and Pearl Craine cap
Lena Belloni, Coquille.
ing to tentative plans announced
Along the Water Front
Returns From Long Trip. I by the physicians, Henry Mitchell a tured first prize for ladies. Harry
Wm. M. Coleman, Myrtle Point.
here today by Traffic Manager C.
i negro murderer caused wild excite- Pierce and Alma Jackson pulled
Pat Hanrahan has returned from
S. S. Darnell, MyrtleJ’oint.
The Elizabeth sailed Wednesday
L. Stone, the Western Pacific
' ment in jail here when he revived, down the boobies.
Alma G. Kolstead, Marshfield.
evening with 167,000 feet of lumber his trip to Toronto, Canada, where sat up in his coffin and gazed about.
railroad within six months will have
At midnight an < xcellent luncheon
he went to be at the bedside of his
Five year state Certificates:
branch lines in Idaho and California
45 tons of miscellaneous, 1600
I The condemned man’s neck was was served.
mother, but unfortunately he was
Jennie B. Hickey, North Bend.
connecting with the main line. Just
bundles of veneer slices and the too late as his mother was dead and not broken and it took three hours
— —TOM——
Primary
certificates:
♦ hat points the new branches will
1 ttefore life fled.
following passengers: O. A. Page, buried before he arrived.
Hazel
Irene
Matthews,
Arago,
touch is not known vet, but it is be
New Picture Screen at the
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Mr. Hanrahan says he was in
Mrs. Belle Whitaker, Myrtle Point Tnos Haggerty, W. T. Steele,
lieved a Boise-Winnemucca line is
Grand.
Blanche Radley, Mrs. Milligan, Mrs. some scorching hot climate, and also
Bessie G. Immel, North Bend.
“
Shylock
”
at
the
Grand.
included in the plan.
Wright, Miss Beyerle, Ceno M. says that financial condition-, in the
The latest satin finished picture
Mrs Matilda K. Sleep, North Bend
This a laption from “ I’lie Mer
“The Western Pacific has suc
Bell,
Miss
Bell,
Mrs.
Wm.
Thomp
curtain
just installed at the Grand
east
and
in
Canada
are
more
strin
Bertha F. Wilkins, Bandon.
chant of Venice,” Shakespeare’s
ceed in obtaining a large sum of
son,
Mrs.
M.
M.
Bell,
P.
Thompson
shows
the
pictures up beautifully.
gent
than
here,
lie
is
glad
to
get
A number other teachers wrote
famous play, will be exhibited at
money,” said Stone today. “This
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Nelson,
Mrs.
Chas.
1
Al!
glare
and
haze is eliminated,
back
to
Coos
county
and
declares
it
the Gradd Sunday night July 27th
money will be spent immediately in for exemptions, and most of them Farny, Mrs. Loving A. Hildahl, H.
I flicker is entirely absent and the
is the best place on earth.
»
succeeded
in
obtaining
good
grades.
| in two reefs.
branch roads connecting witlr the
Goggins, J. B. Silva, M. Long, Mr.
picture looms up clear and distinct
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This is a true feature film mag*
main line, which runs from Salt Several teachers who made passing Mills, Chas. Farny, John B. Lili, C.
bringing out the true tones of all
grades
in
all
the
subjects
taken
re
Lake to San Francisco. There has
Metzner, A. McClelland, E. L.
New Telephone Directory niliciently produced, (fiber films colors in the film, it is soft and plea
will be shown, a pleasing program.
been a need for branch lines in quested that their certificates be Peterson, Geo. Hilvin, F. McPher
sing to the eye and postively does
Patrons of the telephone company
No advance 10-5C.
Idaho and California for years. issued at a later date.—Raymond E. son. The Elizabeth will probably
away with eye strain. This latest
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Now that we have the money, the Baker, County School Superinten sail from San Francisco tomorrow 1 in Bandon will be glad to learn that
invention certainly shows the picture
tendent.
we ate to have a new Bandon direct-
road building will be pushed as
evening.
Monday, July 28, M G. Pohl beautiful.
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ory. The same is being printed in Ioptometerist, will lie in Myrtle Point
fast as possible.
The Bandon arrived Wednesday
The Giand Theatre is now equip
Art Gilbert, Fred Fieger and
this office and will Ire reidy for dis. | attending the directors meeting of ped with the (test and latest appar.i-
Smith went out in the woods on with a cargo of gasoline and hay.
tribution the first of next week The the Coarse Gold Salmon Mountain I tus lor projecting motion pictures
Mrs. S. J. McCloskey of Norway, Crooked Creek about four miles She sails this afternoon.
The Fifield will probably arrive new book «ill have all the telephone ! Mine, of which he is a stockholder. that money can buy and we are
Mrs. Smith of Gravelford, Mrs southeast of town Wednesday mor
from
San Francisco tomorrow.
numbers on the local switchboard up August the 1st and 2nd he will be satisfied that our patronr fully ap
Binger Laird and children of Brews ning <nd succeeded in bagging a
preciate our efforts in keeping our
ter Valley and Mrs. Hailey Laird good sized black bear. The bear
The Bandon arrived Wednesday to date. It might be added here | in Langlois.
entertainments
up to the highest
of Gravelford were down the first of showed fight and put three or four afternoon with a cargo of gasoline that the R ecorder office i< es
I
possible
notch.
dogs
pretty
badly
on
the
bum
be
the week visiting Mrs. Lucinda Mor
J. C. Slagle, proprietor of the
which put joy in the hearts of all pecially well equipped for all kinds
In the near future we will have
gan and enjoying Bandon weather fore Gilbert succeeded in placing automobilists as the supply was just of neat book work as we have a large Bandon ice plant is kept busy these
a
good
lead
ball
in
the
bear
with
¡another
big surprise in store for our
They reported that the lowest tem
about exhausted and it ' began to assortment of th«' most modern fa. es warm days in supplying the demand
perature of the up river for the last such telling effect as to put Bruin look as though the autos would be in type and understand how to use ; for ice to cool the Bandonians off. I patrons, just watch our future an
out ol business lor all time.
week or two was about 90.
tied up for a while.
I His plant is running day and night. nouncements in this paper.
it
Festival Will Draw
Many To Bandon