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BANDON, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1913
VOLUME XXIX
NUMBER SO
Philadelphia Won Today’s World Seríes Game.
Lumbering in the Coquille
Valley in the Past and
Present.
Passing along the Coqville River
from Bandon to Myrtle Point, a dis­
tance of 30 milej, one realizes that
operated a mill with a capacity ol
25,000 feet. Thia mill is r.o* owned
By the Prosper Mill Company, in
which company Sudden A Christen­
son, of .San Francisco, have the
controlling interest. Thia mill has
been greatly improved since its own­
er ship by Perskbaker and now h ts a
capacity of 80,000 feet and employs
75 men. E. E. Foss is the mana­
ger. Around this mill has grown
a flourishing little town with a ’good
school and a church and stores.
Twenty years ago Alfred Morras
built a sawmill three miles above
Coqui'le. This was the second mill
on the river that was rmi by water
power. In after years this mill was
bought by the Alfred Johnson Lum­
ber Company, and the power was
changed to steam and increased to
a capacity of 35.000 feet. This mill
burned two years ago and has not
been replaced,
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the preva;,ing induftiy of the valley
is the lumber industry. At every
mile along this stream there are
evidences of work ;n the limber. A
sawmill, a logging camp, a log boom
or raft
He heira the falling of a
giant tree, the rumbling ola logging
tram, the freqnent whistling of the
Carman A Crites, of Aberdeen,
donkey ecgu.es.
He mte.s and
Wash., built the Aberdeen mill at
passes many boats towing large lafts
Randolph ro years ago. Th:s plant
ol logs. He sees on a jo-nule river
was later bought by the Allied John
trip a continuous line of boom logs.
son company. It was destroyed by
The Coquille liver is the main high
fire last June. This was perhaps the
wav for the handling of the immense
busiest mill on lhe river.
Here
amount ol timber cut along its banss
was constructed the first and only
It is wide and well adapted for the
automatic lumber assorter in the
float'ng of logs. The tall beats
district. This is the invention of C.
usually wait until there is sn out­
MtC. Johnson, the superintendent
going tide for towing the logs to the
of the Johnson mills.
in Ils
In 1892 a mill was built at Ban
For 45 years the sound ol falling
don
by the Cody Lumber Company.
trees has been echoeJ through the
This
m'll burned four years ago and
valley, and at this date only Lere
was
replaced
by a larger mill with a
and there have the river LanL.1 been
cleared. The logging camp furthest ca|iacity of 100,000 leet, and is now
from the river :s only eight m’les owned by the George W, Moore
distant, and there is a large amount company. This is the largest mill
of timber to be cut between this on the river and is equipped with
camp and the liver. There are five the most modern machinery. It
logging canips thet operate the year has a nine foot band, a 10-inch
round. Ccalogue's camp, operated edger and a Meishon re-saw. For
by John Conlogue, is tne largest s’x years a mill built by Stewart
ctmp in the dislric'. This camp Lyons and C. McC. Joi nsoa, two
employs 125 mt.i ar.d .arnishes kgs miles above Bandon has been op­
fjr the George W. Mcore mill at erated and is rew owned by the
Bandon. Two camps in the vicinity Allred Johnson compahy. Since
ol Coquille are run by the Aason the burning of the Randolph mill,
brothers. 1 heir timber is owned ( which was across the riv from the
principally by the Menasha Wooden Lyons-Johnson mill, the Lyon -
Ware Company and their 1 >gs go to Johnson has been ru ining day and
the Smith-Powers mi'lat Marshfield, night.
a id the Prosper Mi'l Company at
Prosper. The other
camps are
owned by the
Seeley-Andersen
Company and by W. E. Craine.
The Craine camp is one of the oldest
and best equpped camps in the
d'strict. Both the Craine and lhe
S .-eley-Anderson and one of the
Aason camps have ra:! oads for
transporting logs from u e woods to
the river. The Robert Dollar Com­
pany, of S ih Francisco, has exten­
sive holdings in this valley, their
ljmbcr being manufactured by the
Allred Johnson Lomber Company,
The first sawmill erected on the
Coquille River was built 45 years
ago by the Poole-Rink A Giuby
Company. Its machinery was tun
by w-ter pew», and cut 5000 feet a
day. This mill only operated during
the winter months and lhe logs were
ent in the summer. Ox teams were
u. ed lor hauling the legs to the
null. Only the choice char timber
was used.
Capt. J. Parker built the next
saw mill and about it grew up the
tiwn of Parkrtstevtg, a few miles
above Eandon. The original P.-k-
er mill Burned .’our yerrs alter its
cocm ruction aid was ebailt with a
capacity of 30,coo ’cr‘. The Parker
mill was the first steam mi l to be
bu it in this corHryr J. L. Kroo-
t.ibc.g began work in this mil 24
year» ago. He was advarced to
tL.’ po 'non ol foreman and within a
Lw years was supe-intendt.rt
He
became mtere-ted In buying timber
w.th some ol the hrge t T.b* co .li­
panies particularly the Doe c >in-
p. ly.
About 20 ye; ts ago at Prosper,
Adam Petshbaker established and
Theie is only one idle mill on the
rive •. This was built two years ago
by the Goquille Lumber company,
year the company went bankrupt.
Tne average daily capacity of the
Coquille River distr'et sawmills is
325,000 feet. The major portion
oi the lumber sawed comes from fir
logs. The amount of capital invest­
ed in mills is $300,000.
The lumber is marketed Tn San
Francisco and Portland. It is esti-
mated that ioo,oco,ooo feet will be
shipped this fiscal year. The figures
for t9i2 gave 63,000,000, but since
I912 two large steamers, the Speed-
well and the Grace Dollar, have
been added to the run. There are
now six steamers and nine sail ves-
seis, that carry the lumber product
over the Coquille River bar.—Port­
land Journal.
Gets Heavy Fine.
According to the report that h;-s
reached Port Orford, Chas. Smith,
Score: 6 to 5
University Club Banquet.
The Bindon University Club held
their fourth annual banquet and ball
j at the Wigwam last night and all
present report one of the jolliest
times of their lives.
The Universiiy Club is limited to
men with degrees from some ac-
. credited college or university, conse­ You Can Now Tell Where
quently the membership roster is
You Live and Name
necessarily small, however there are
of Your Street.
enough to make a congenial bunch.
The ladies, wives and sweethearts,
of the members were of course in­
The new street signs in Bandon
vited
to
the
banquet
and
Misses
are
now tip and if you have never
The waters of the Atlantic and
‘ These, prospective immigrants
Pacific oceans met today in the are the farmers, the very class we Ritchie, Rodgers and Belat, teachers known the name of your street in
Panama canal when the Gatabou most need, for we have plenty ol in the high school and 1 olders of the past it is very easy to find it out
dam was blown up, which was the city people. They are not particu­ degrees were honorary guests at last now, just consult tjje sign board,
and it will tell you all about it.
last obstruction in the great canal lar where they land—San Diego, nights festivities.
The
Wigwam
was
beautifully
The street signswill prove a bene­
which is destined to revolutionize Los Angeles, San Francisco, Port­
decorated
for
the
occasion
in
red
fit
in
more ways than one. It will
the commerce of the world. This land or Seattle -anywhere the steam­
and
black,
the
colors
of
the
club,
now
be
possible to direct strangers
advice was communicated to the er stops suits them. They have
R ecorder by special long distance heard so much of the Pacific Coast and beautiful Oregon greenery was to places where they desire to go
and in fact make the new diversion
telephone service with Coos Bay, that they wish to come here, and also everywhere in evidence.
The
tables
were
as
elaborate
and
will be exceedingly convenient. The
which place received the word by they consider one part of the coast
beautiful
as
any
ever
-set
in
Bandon
city
council is to be congratulated
wire immediately after the big dam as good as another. At least three
for any occasion, and Mr. Lewin on their enterprise in having the
was blown up.
different transportation companies
family certainly did themselves signs placed.
and
The big explosion was at 2:00 p are now engaged in selling the in­
proud
in serving one of the finest
m. eastern time which is 11:00 a. m, stallment tickets and there are
menus ever set before a B in don Randles vs. Dufort Case to
Pacific time.
thousands of Europeans making the
company.
Be Appealed.
weekly payments. These tickets
The
banquet
was
at
7:00
p.
m.
The case tried on Tuesday last
Portland, Oct. 9.—‘‘Tickets are appear to be most popular in north­
now being sold on the installment ern Italy and Austria and are in de­ and 9:30 the dancing began, the before Justice '.Vade, T. F. Hagger­
plan to people who intend coming mand among the farmers. When music being furnished by Kausrud’s ty and G. f. Treadgold appeared
to the Pacific Coast when the canal the ships come through the canal orchestra. One or two funny stunts for the plaintiff and G. P. Topping
is built,” says John F. Logan, who there will be a vast flood of immigra­ were also pulled off during the even­ and F. J. Feeney for the defendaat.
The case was veiy complicated
returned recently from Europe. tion this way. The people of ing to add merriment to the occa­
sion.
and
conflicted evidence was given
“Heretofore most olour immigrants Europe know that they can get to
The
entire
roster
of
members
from
necessitating
some fine legal dis­
have been single people, but in Few York easily, but they want
the
lime
the
club
was
organized
fol
­
tinctions.
It
is stated that Justice
Europe entire families are coming. elbow room and this they can find
lows. Some have of course moved Wade found it difficult to arri/e at
They ’ are paying a few marks a on the Pacific Coast.”
away,
but new ones are coming in a conclusion. At the close of the
week on their steamship tickets and
Mr. Logan left Portland four
occasionally
so that lhe club is trial he announced his intention of
the transportation companies are al. month , ago tor a tour of Ireland and
gradually
increasing
in membership. reserving
judgement
until
he
lowing them interest on their pay­
after visiting the place of his ances­
thoroughly
reviewed
the
evidence
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CI.UB ROSTER.
ments. In this manner it is possible
C. R. Wade, A. B . ‘03, Whitman.
and considered the legal authorities
tors
he
went to Scotland, England
for families to gradually have their
C. E. Kopf, Ph. B , ’01, Katies City offered by the litigants. The case
tickets paid lor in a couple of years, and then crossed to the continent, Un:ver«:ty.
was finally decided in favor of the
Switzerland,
whereas paying a lump sum would visiting Germany,
H. C. Ostier, A. B., L. L. B., ’95,
defendant, but the decision will be
Nebraska. (Absent)
be out of the question with them.
France and Italy.
appealed from and the case taken
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F. J. Feeney, L. L. B., Wisconsin.
L. P. Sorenson, 1). I)., ’07, N. P. D. C, to the circuit court.
Last Obstruction in Panama Canal is
Taken Away When Gamboa
Dam is Destroyed.
VOTE HERE
ELECTION
Prohibition Question to be County Court Obliged to
Submitted at Coming
Turn Down Petition For
Election Nov. 4.
Special Election.
Coquille, Or., Oct.
8.—The
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Coos County Court ordered a wet
and dry election to be held in Ban­
don November 4, the same day as
, the state election. Bandon is the
, only precinct that will vote on pro­
hibition that day.
The court also instructed Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney Liljeqvist to
( draw a new form of petitions for a
,
special
bonding election to be cir­
,
culated
in the place of th* one that
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had to be rejected. He will figure
< out the amount from the . ssesment.
The first petitions are said to have
been invalid because the signers
failed to write out their postoffice
addresses after their names
Oh You Bunny!
You ought to see Runny ard
proprietor of the Antler Hotel at Flora Finch, that tall, skinny Vita-
Harbor, has just received one ol the graph girl io a picture entitled
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heaviest sentences ever meted oat ‘ When the Press Speaks.” Its
under the game laws in Curry coun­ sure some comedy film, full ol droll
ty. Smith was arrested a few d-»ys situations and laugh
provoking
ago by Deputy Game Warden E. J scenes.
Baker; was tried before Justice G.
G. M. Ande-son (Bror.co Bi'ly)
M. Benham, and convicted of killing appears in another ol bis famous
two spotted lawns.
He was sen­ western dramas that gets over with
tenced to a fine ol $100 and cost; a big panch.
his gun was confiscated and will be
The American Pathe Con pany
t
>ld
at
auction,
and
his
hunting
presents
a society drama that is
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I cenre was revoked. It is said that absorbing in theme and beautiful in
an eleven year old witness was setting and photography.
This is an exaeprionally good bill
threatened with his life if he testified
and will meet with your fullest ap­
to the facts he knew.—Port Orford proval.
Grand tonight, Friday,
Oct. 1. Steam heat, always cozy.
Tribune
It is reported from Coquille that
the county court has turned down
the petition of the Coos County
Good Roads Association tor a speci
al election in November to pass on
the proposition of bonding the
county for $450,000 for building
roads.
One ground for refusing to act
was that the petition was not filed
until after the Court was in session,
but the principle reason was that
the assessed valuation of the county,
since the County Board of Equaliza­
tion reduced the assessments, will
not permit a $450,000 bond issue
under the two per cent statutory re­
strictions. It will be a month or so
before the assessor figures up the
changes.
Geo. P. Topping, I..' I.. B., Cumberland
C. R. Moore, A. B., '07, Michigan.
C. E. KoHepeter, L. L. B., '01 Tenn.
(Absent)
T. B. Wnee'er, I.. I.. B., ‘76, Mo.
(Absent)
P. L. Houston. M, D. Oregon
H. M. B;own, D. D. S., '04, C. P. S.
R. E. L. Hol.-, M. D., '08, Oregon.
(Absent)
N. J. Crain, Ph. G., Mass. Col. of Ph.
G. T. Treadgold, L. L. B., ‘06, Oregon
S. J. Mann, M. D., Willamette Univer­
sity, ‘07.
Arthur Gale, M. D., U. of Oregon, '10
R. V. Leep, M. D., U. of Oregon, ’ll
W. S. Wells, B. S., O. A. C., '03
S. C. Endicott, D. D.S., N. P. D.C., '05
T. F Haggerty, I.. L. B., U.of N. Y., '09
H. L. Hopkins, A. B., A. M., Univer­
sity of Oregon, '96.
L. P. Nichols, A, B., University of
Southern Calif., '13
Tribune is Mstaken.
The Port Orford Tribune says:
“The school boards at Bandon and
Coqulle have been having all kinds
of trouble aniv.ig themselves for the
past several weeks. At Bandon the
clerk res'gned, saying that life was
too short to be'spent in wrangiing,
and the board has been accused by
one of the local papers of gross mis­
management. At Coquille the di­
rectors are engaged in a long and
bitter newspaper controversy over
the selection of a building site.”
The Tribune is mistaken.
The
Philadelphia Won Today.
clerk
of
the
Bandon
school
board
Philadelphia won today’s world’s
series game by the very close score has not resigned neither is he con­
sidering such a course, but says
of 6 to 5.
The batteries were Bender and everything is lovely so far as the
Shang for Philadelphia and Emery school and school board are con­
and McLain for New York. Phila­ cerned. We have a good corps of
teachers and the school is pro­
delphia made nine hits and no errors. gressing nicely.
New York eight hits and two errors. ! The Tribune got its wires crossed
a little. It was the clerk of the Co­
quille school lioard that did all the
J. Howard Johnston will leave on resigning and talking.
the Fifield for San Francisco on I
business for the S. and W. Grocery I
E. W, Wright ol Portland ar­
Co. for which he is Coos county rived here yesterday on ousiness.
agent. He will also wait over and He reports that business conditions
^all over the country are improving.
attend the Portola festival.
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Foster-Elliot Co.
The Foster-Elliot Company, now
playing a five nights engagement at
the Orpheum Theatre, was seen
last night in “The Missourians,”
their second offering. The play was
just as pleasing, tho in a different
way as “College Chums,” their first
nights offering. Both plavs were
witnessed by highly appreciative
audience and were deserving ol all
the applause they received.
The Foster-Elliot Company is the
best stock organization that has visit­
ed Bandon in a long time, and is
surely a treat for lhe theatre going
public here.
Tonight this excellent company
will be seen in “Moths,” a dramali-
zation ol the book of that name by
Ouida. “Moths” is a society drama
with an intensely interesting story.
The scenes are laid in Russia. In
this play the ladies of the company
will have an opportunity to wear
beautiful gowns.
Saturday night the company will
present the roaring farce comedy,
“Brown's in Town.” The least that
can be said for this play is that it is
one big huge from start to finish If
one likes good comedy and lots of
it, don’t fail to see “Brown’s in
Town.”
Sunday afternoon at 2:00 p. m,
there will be a matinee, “Rip Van
Winkle' is the bill chosen for the
matinee. The story of “Rip’'is too
well known to need anything said
of it. It is a play that pleases the
childreu especially, and one that
never fails to find a place in the
hearts of the grown ups
Sunday night the company will
present their feature play, “Thelma”
a dramatization of Marie Corelli’s
book by that name. There are few
who are not familiar with the fasci­
nating story of Thelma. The Fos­
ter-Elliot company carry special
scenery for the production and the ’
play has all the promise of being •
their banner bill.