NUMBER <7
VOLUME XXIX
Vote for the Port!
Remember the Port Election August 27th.
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and individuals who had purchased
Urge tracts of timlicred lands from
the Oregon anti California railroad
company ol the government grant
Hearing in this case was held in
, May. Like all the other innocent
I purchaser cases that have been set
tled, the defendent timber company
I had purchased the land in one large
Thirty Cents on One Hun
block from the railroad company
dred Dollars of Property
and more wasp .id for it than $2 50
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an acre. Under the terms ol the
land grant, the Oregon and Cali
A three mill tax—30 cen's on fornia railway was author zed to sell
pioperty assessed at $¡00 will pay these lands to actual settlers only in
interest on a bond issue of $250,000 blocks of 160 acres at $2.50.
The innocent purchaser's statute,
and at the same time create a sink
ing fund which will liquidate the passed just a year ago this month,
b nds. This $250,000 is practi illy authorised those who purchased ol
a gift because you will never pay a thousand acres or more from the
more than the interest as above railroad company to forfeit them to
sta ed. Incoming settlers and grow the government and in six months,
ing assessment values on new lands time or less, to buy the land back
and new enterprises of all Rinds will at the regular price of $2.50 an
steadily swell the total received by acre. It is one of the provisions of
the 3 mill tax until not only the in the statute that the lands have to
terest is paid but the principal w;ll be bought back by the original
disappear. Therefore the amount put chaser from the railroad com
of the bonds. $250,000, is practical pany. Otherwise the government
ly a donation to those who reside will institute a suit asking for abso
here now from those who will come lute forfeiture oi the property with
hereafter. Again: This same litt'e out any compensation to the party
tax of 30 cents on the hundred dol losing it.
The C. A. Smith company will
lars of your assessment will bring
another gift outright without even have to pay $50,000 to regain this
the payment of interest. This ad- acre ge. The complaint was di
d'tional gift will be from the gov reeled aga nst the Oregon and Cal
ernment. This s ond donation will ifornia railroad, Charles A. Smith
amount to at least $250,000 more and the C. A. Smith Lumber Co.—
and we have good reason to believe Coquille Herald.
THREE MILLS
SUITICIENT
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that it will be duplicated over and
over again. One good reason is
that this is the history of govern
ment improvements in ail 'he or-
g.mized parties.
All this money will |>our into our
port and go out into circulation di.
rev-fly through the hands of workers
on this river. And further still: The
a ided lite and vigor given by the
mtlux of this volumn of the circulat
ing medium of exchange will induce
thousands to come during the course
of a few years and these people will
bring their private means with which
to purchase homes and food and
clothing and everything which mon
ey buys. All this increased life a I
business activity on the ranch a
in the towns; the increased demand
for land and for the produce of land
as well as fur city property and lor
labor ol every kind and character
will be started aad brought about
almost wholly by a three mill tax.
But we can do nothing without the
incorporated port to levy the tax
aud sell the bonds and get the gov
ernment aid and start things doin ;
to biing in the people with thetr
energy and their means. Get out
and vote. This is your oppoitunity.
Oregon Through Canal.
Washington, Aug. 21 —Secretary
of the Navy Daniels favers having
the battleship Oregon lead tl e war-
ships through the Panama Canal
in December. The Oregon he be,
lieves, could be ofhc red, manned,
and placed in commission in a few
weeks, and passed through the can-
al from the Pacific to the Atlantic to
join the Atlantic tieet for the formal
procession through the canal in
January next. It is expected that
the Oregon will be placed under
command of Rear-Admiral Charles
F. Clark, retired, for that occasion.
Smith Must Pay for Land.
Twenty thousand acres of land in
Coos county has been ordered for-
leited to the United States from the
C. A. Smith company in a degree
signed by Fede il Judge Robert S.
Bean. The forfeiture w « made as
a settlement under the “innocent
purchaser" statute, passed by con
gress to protect the corporations
Governor
Suizer
Standing.
TO WORK
Will Investigate Deportation of Dr. B.
K. Leach and Report Findings
to Governor West
Myrtle Point hems.
Attorney General A. M. Craw
ford and wife arrived in Bandon last
n ght and Mr. Crawford is today,
searching about to see what he can
find out about the deportation of
Dr. Leach- When interviewed by
a representative of the R ecorder
this morning, Mr. Crawford stated
that he was aeked by Governor
West, to come to Coos county and
investigate the deportation of Dr.
Leach and the 1. W. W. agitators
and report his findings to the gov
ernor.
Mr. Crawford was also asked if
he had anything to give out at this
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time, and he replied that he had not,
in fact he said people were not in
clined to talk a great deal about the
subject.
Mr. Crawford is accompauied by
his wife and they will spend a couple
of _weeks in this section, and Mr.
Crawford will combine his business
duties with a little pleasure, spend
ing part of the time on an outing.
Mr. Crawford formerly lived in
Coos county and is well acquainted
with many of the older residents and
his friends here are giving him a
cord>al greeting.
He also owns
considerable property here.
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GOOD ROADS
MEETING HERE
Mrs. Mary Hollafield is Vic- Good Representation Present
tim of Accident Near
From Various Towns
Losing
Sheep Ranch.
in County.
Albany, Aug. 19,—A termination
of the gubernatorial confusion is ex-
pected shortly. The state legisla
ture it is believed will recognize
Lieut. Gov. Glynn.
The canal
Ixiard is likewise looked to, to do
the same. Pa m. >t ol salaries of
all tho.->e who then remain loyal to
Gove' -tor Sulzer will be discon
tinued ami s ate officers will by this
method ol piocedr e get in line.
Tae postoffice will, perhaps, be in
duced to deliver official mail to Ac.
ing Governor Glynn.
Governor Su'zer insists he has
not forfeited his powers but is not
acting on anv important matter. He
has refused to indicate whether he
will notice the action of the attorney
general in recognizing Lieut. Gov.
Glynn.
Piano Contest
So many vo.es were turned in for
the piano voting contest that the
manager has not up to the time of
goin«j to press comp'eted the count.
A detailed report will be made in
next Tuesday’s Recorder.
ing a vote on the chairman’s rufing
During the meeting l.tljeqvisi |
suggested that another meeting be
held at Coquille to definitely de-|
termine the form the j»roposed bond I
issue will take. It is probable such
a meeting will be held in a week or
ten days.
The 2 per cent will raise about Branch Road Projected From
$450,000 This money judiciously
Beaver Hill to Bandon to
spent would be of enormous benefit
Tap Rich Field».
to the county.
Mrs. Mary Hollafield,
grand-
mother of Mrs. S. C. Endcott of
this city, was instantly killed in an
automobile wreck near Sheep Ranch
on the Myrtle Point-Roseburg stage
road
Tuesday afternoon.
Her
daughter Mrs. Walter Kent, an
aunt of Mrs. Endicott was badly in
ju^ed having both aims broken.
Mr. Kent who was driving the car
a nil the Kent children escaped with
little or no injuries other than a bad
shaking up.
Mrs. Hollafield and the Kent
family were on their way to Bandon
to visit the Dr. Endicott family who
went to Myrtle Point Tuesday even
ing in their car with the intention o*
meeting their relatives and piloting
them on to Bandon.
The body of Mrs. Hollafield was
taken back to Roseburg and shipped
from there to Oakland. The Dr.
Endicott family a'so went to Oak
land to be in attendance at the
funeral. We have not been able to
learn at this time how Mrs. Kent is
getting along, but it is said that she
was in a very precarious condition.
Library Receiving.
The wreck, as we are informed
Th«* Bandon Public Library is re was caused by the car gelling away
ceiving iis afternoon at the library from Mr. Kent while coming down
building on Atwater street. Re the steep grade east of the stage
freshments will be served, and each station known as Sheep Ranch.
visitor is asked to bring a book, When Mr. Kent felt the car getting
however this is not obligatory. The; aSvay from him he undertook to run
reception lasts from 3:00 until io:oo-the car into the bank, but it was
p. m.
evidently going faster
than he
thought and the result was that it
The teachers’ institute at North turned turtle pinning Mrs. Holla
Bend is starting out with a good field under the car. Then another
effect, and the teachers who have report has it that the front wheels
been seen say they are obtaining of the car were stuck in the sand
some excellent work. One line in while the rear wheels were on hard
particular, that of the kindergarten ground and when Mr. K nt turned
work, conducted by Miss Shearer, on the power, the car skidded and
an imported instructress, is said to turned over. The exact report may
be the best method the teachers not be known until Dr. Endicott
hive seen. Mr. Gentle spoke yes and family return.
* terday o 1 rural schools and their
progress, and last
evening the
teachers were entertained with a
Conference Next Week.
l'cture on teaching in the Philip
The Columbia Annual Conference
pines. There are nearly a hundred of the M. E. Church South, will
teachers attending and the institute meet at Coquiile next Wednesday,
promises to be a very valuable one. August »7th. Bishop R. G. Water
—Marshfield Record.
bouse of Los Angeles will preside.
It was proposed, seconded and
carried, at the meeting of the Coos
County Good Roads Association
held in Bandon in the Commercial
Club Hall on Friday, August 15th.
That the electoiate of Coos County
be asked to vole on a bond issue for
the maximum that 2 per cent will
raise. The money so raised to be
divided pro rata per mile on the
road from Myrtle Point to Douglas
county line, from Marshfield to Co
quille and from the Curry county
line to Coquille via Bandon.
The original plan of the committee
of the Good Roads Association w?s
to build from Curry county line to
Bandon, from Marshfield to Coqu'lle
and from Myr<le Point to Doug'as
county line. Mr Star of Bridge
made a proposal which asked for
two thirds of the money to be raised
by the proposed bond issue to be
spent on the road from Myrtle Point
to Douglas county line. D . Bar/
let t of Noith Bend pointed out that
such a proposition would not have
sufficient support from the voters to
carry.
The discussion reso’ved
itself largely into a debate between
D’’. B.<rtlett and Mr. Star. Final!}
Mr. Star compromised by agreeing
to support a motion for a pro rata
per mile division. It was then pro
poser! and seconded that the money
be spent pro rata per mile on the
road from Myrtle Point to Douglas
county line from Marshfield to Co
quiile and from the Currv county
line to Bandon.
J. W. Mast proposed an amend
ment that the Curry county road be
from Curry county to Coquille via
Bandon.
The chairman. Mr. Morrison of
Coquille, called for a vote. The
nos appeared louder than the ayes
and he declared the motion lost. G.
T. Treadgold then demanded a
standing vote .There was some
little confusion as to whether the
meeting was voting on the amend
ment, the original motion or Mr.
Treadgold's request that a standing
vote be taken.
Miss Zella Johnson returned on
Tuesday’s auto stage from a two
weeks visit wito friends at Brewster
Valley and Roseburg.
Floyd O. Reed left Monday trth
for a months visit with his brother
Wm. Reed at Portland.
Two fine new bungalows, one
belonging to W. S. Cooley, and
the other to Harry Guerin, are well
under way.
The regular annual reunion of the
Reorganized Chute of Jesus Christ
of Latter Dav Saints will be held
in Myrte Point again this year be-1
ginning August 29th and conlinu
ing ten days.
William Mavitv of Bandon was
in Myrtle Point last Tuesday.
Born—August 6th, to Mr. and
Mrs. John Strong, a son.
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Nystrom re
turned Saturday 9th from a visit of
several weeks at San Francisco.
Miss Nellie Barton returned Satur
day glh from her visit of several
weeks at her home at Othelo, Wash
ington.
Prof. A. T. Park, wile and son
have returned from Eugene, where
Mr and Mrs. Park attended the
summer school at the University.
Born August nth to Mr. and
Mrs. Matt Nichols ol Catching
Creek, a daughter.
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Iron Jawed Wonder.
New features are still being add
ed to the White Cedar Festival. The
latest is the engagement of the Iron
Jawed Wooder who performs a slide
for life in mid air.
The fit st appearance 'n America
of this most sensational outdoor at.
tractions. Direct from Australia.
Along the Water Front
The Elizabeth sailed Wednesday
Wednesday with 215,000 feet of
lumber, 35 tons of freight and the
following passengers: John Alien,
wife and two children, A. H. Ha-
zard, Keith Leslie, Mis. W. E.
Blake, Mrs L. T. Johnson, Miss L.
D. Blake, Otto Water, W. L.
Houston, John Meyer, W. C. Hill,
C. E. Broadbent, Chis Walker, S.
Murphy and wife, Clifford Murphy,
Mrs. R. H. Allen, Hebert Lukins,
Stewart Norton, J. N. Durfer, John
Thorhaven C. J. Daniels, J. E.
Seinl.’ns. C. F. Cochran, Hen /
Hyrk s. Dan McCary.
The FifieH arrived Wednesday
night with 80 tons of freight and the
following passengers: Mrs. A. W.
Guerin, H. D. Maynard, Geo. W.
Moore, F. J. Treymayne, R. F.
Farrell, Miss L. Durham, John
Holz, J. P. Bieste, F. Stehr, W. G.
Lamar, wife and two children, C.
E, Grant, J F. Edir, C. Grant and
wife, W. B. O’Brien, ft. Brown, A
E. Jones,.
The Fifield will sail tommorrow
afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Sweet Pea Day.
The Women's Commercial Club
have decided to hold Sweet Pea
Day, Wednesday August 27th, at
the Public Library. Suitable prizes
will be awarded for the best displays
They will also give prizes for the
best display by boys under 14 and
girls under 14 years of age.
The Sweet Pea Day promises to
Mr. Treadgold when interviewed be one of the most interesting lea-
stated that he was merely request-1 tures of the carnival.
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The following dispatch from
Marshfield appealed in Monday’s
Oregonian.
Announcement is made here that
the Southern Pacific Railroad Com
pany is arr anging to develop the
Coos County coal fields as one of
the principal traffic makers ol its
Coos Bay and Eugene line now
being completed. It is announced
that the company will put in large
bunkers at the principal cities arid
towns in Oregon to be supplied
from Coos Bay.
Coal for Eugene, Salem, Rose
burg, Medford and other Oregon
towns is supplied bv the Washing
ton, Wyoming and Utah mines mil
coal retails at from $to to $14 a ton,
owing to the long rail haul
The
Coos Bay coal can be delivered there
with a haul of a few hundred miles
and can be sold at a big profit for
considerably less than $¡0 a ton.
The Southern Pacific owns the
Beaver Hill mine, the biggest pro
ducer in the Coos Bay coal field,
and is now sinking a new shaft there.
The company has been end« wr
ing also to contract for the output
of the Smith Po.vers and other
mines here for a period of five ycun».
The Smith-Powers mine was re
cently opened and is on Isthmus
Inlet, a navigable arm ol Coos Bay,
and can load direct into vessels or
on cars. It is equipped with electri
cal machinery, lor mining and hand
ling the output, and is said to be
equipped to supply coal cheaply.
It is owned by C. A. Smith and A.
H. Powers, two of the principal
owners oi the C. A. Smith Lumber
Company.
I at Hennessey, for years mana
ger of the Libby mine, near here
owned by Senator Perkins, of Cali
fornia, is in charge of the new; mine.
The Southern Pacific also is ar
ranging to build a brauch lin^ from
Beaver Hiil down the Coqu'le to
Bandon, which will tap several coal
mines neat Riverton.
New Coast Line.
Messrs. Drew and Gee, manager
and lineman respectively of the Bell
Telephone Company at Marshfield,
made a trip to Kooue River last
week looking over the telephone
line with a view to putting it in good
condition- Mr. Drew stated that
the company was ^cing to put it in
first clast shape, an«l that the larger
number of the poles from Bandon
to Gold beach would be replaced
with new ones and that a heavier
wire would be stretched instead oi
the old one. The work will be
commenced within the next few
weeks and will be completed as soon
as ¡rossible.—Port Orford Tribune.
Anvil in Trouble.
A Portland pa|>er says: "A peti
tion to intervene was filed in the
Federal Court by the Vulcan Iron
Works in the libel suit of the Union
Oil Company against the schooner
Anvil. The oil company furnished
the vessel with fuel oil at Astoria
on a number ol occasions, for which
it claims it was not paid, and an
action to recover $1255.17 was ac
cordingly started. Now the iron
works ask« to become one of the
Elaintiffs. so it can collect some bills
ir repair work that was done.”
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