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BANDON. OREGON. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 17. 1913 VOLUME XXIX NUMBER F “The Man With the Smile is the Man Worth While.” THE PORT COMMISSIONERS GET DOWN TO BUSINESS taking the collection of said coni | governor's orfi-e is in position to see * the taxpayers reimbursed Upon icceipt of the letter, <xw- ernor West this morning addressed (tl e following letter to Hon. J. F. i Hall, the county judge ol Coos GOLD MINE ON THE SIXES county, at Coquille: “Your letter of the mil instant The Sixes Mines Company receivod. Your office was asked Preparing for Extensive lor information, not far advice or Operations. instructions We are desirous of obtaining lhe information sought, The Sixes Mining Co., organized from those, who in our opinion, The chair then appointed the fol. were responsible for the troubles under the laws Utah have incorpor We may prove better collection ated for the purj ose of doing ex lowing committees: tensive mining for gold, platinum Em «nee committee, Commission than you imagine.” and other precious metals on the ers lianly, Bediilion anJ Johnson. Sixes river in Curry county. The Married. Committee on Police Regulations; Willi« Tracy White Jr. and Miss company is made up of some of the Commissioners Bediilion, Johnson Susie Effie Neer were married at most prominent and wealthy men of and Norton. Wednesday. Mr. the state of Utah. The secretary- Committee on Dredging nd Port Orford White is well known heie and is a treasurer being president of a Salt Harbor improvements; Commission young man of excellent qualities. Lake bank. ers, Johnson, Norton and Hanly. The company's holdings consist Committee on Harbor Lines, The bride is not so well known in Bandon but is an accomplished of 300 acres of land on the Sixes Public Wharves and Warehouses; young lady and has many friends river, about five miles above the Commissioneis, Norton, Bediilion in her locality. county road, and near the mouth of and Hanley. dry creek. The young couple will he at home An ordinance levying a three mill The company has bought the to their friends at Wedderburn tax for 1913 was introduced and land, the titles have been passed read in full tor the first time, This after November 15. upon and they are now in posses was then laid on the table to be sion of the property. The canal read again and passed at a subse system, aboui four and one-half quent meeting. miles long is being constructed from An emergency ordinance was then Edson creek. This canal has a read, regulating the building and capacity of 3000 miners' inches, 75 constructing of wharves, docks, and cubic feet per second. A steam other structures within the waters shovel for digging ditch has been ot the Port ot Bandon and prescrib • shipped from Portland and the ing tines and punishments for viola Southern Pacific Official May work is now being rushed. The tion of the same. The ordinadee Make Trip Over Coos Bay company will also build a saw mill was then passed to a second and Road—in Portland. with 10,000 feet daily capacity, at tinal reading. An aye and nay vote the bead of the ditch on Edson «as called and all commissioners vote«! aye, Portland, Or. Oct. 15—E. E. creek, which will be utilized for the The commission then adjourned Calvin, vice president of the South purpose of sawing lumber for mines, ern Pacific, in charge of operation, flumes and buildings needed. The has arrived in Portland for a brief lumber is now being hauled from business visit in* the city. He is Port 'Orford, for building the tem accompanied by Mrs. Calvin and porary camp until the saw mill is their daughters. All are staying at completed. The hydraulics will censist of two the Portland Hotel. Mr. Calvin is much interested in lines, one 30 and one 24 inch riveted the progress being made on the steel pipe, guaranteed to stand a pressure of 125 pounds to the square Containing a veiled threat a letter Willamette-Pacific, which the South ern Pacific is building from Eugene inch. has been sent by Governor West to The mining equipment consisting to Coos Bay. If time permits he County judge J. F. Hall. As us of giants, donkey sogines for re will take a trip over the completed ual the letter was first published in portion of the line before returning moving stumps, heavy boulders etc., with the latest gold saving apparatus the newspapers. The Salem Journ to San Francisco. al reproduciog the letter says. He is well pleased also, with the will be installed. Much prospecting has been done The county judge of Coos county development of the Willamette Val on the ground and it is found the instead of furnishing the information ley by the Portland, Eugene & recently asked as to the expense ot Eastern—another Southern Pacific values run high in platinum and c nducting the grand jury investi subsidiary. He saw part ol the others of the precious metals besides Many Matters of Importance Are Tak en up at Meeting Wednesday. Was Lively Session. The port commissioners Port of Bandon met in of the the Bandon Commercial club hall at 10:3 > a. m Wednesday < >ctobcrl.5th • All com missioners were present. E. E. Johnson who had been elect ed president at a former meeting, tendered his resigniti >n, asking that Col. R. il. Rosa, the senior member of the commission be given the honor. Mr. Johnson’s resigna tion was accepter] ami Col. Rosa was duly elected president after having resigned as vice president. Mr. Johnson was then elected vice president, J. E Norton was elected secretary ami T- I’. I lanly was chosen treasurer. The other member of the commission is R. E L. Bediilion ol this city. After election of officers the presi- dent called for the reading of minutes of previous sessions. The minutes were approved as read. A draft ol laws was then sub nit- ted, by the port attorney, G T. Treadgold. for the consideration ol the board. The draft as rendered was examined and minor changes »ere suggested alter which the by- laws were adopted. CALVINWANTS T08EEUNE WEST Af TER JUDGE HAEL There is a big salmon run in the Coquille river this year. We«lnes- day A. J. Barre pulled in 14.27 fish, and on a former day caught over looo. The haul Wednesday was the biggest Mr. Barre has made lor five years. Frank Holman has also been making some big catches this year, having hauled in over 1300 one day, and others are doing well too. The only draw back on the fishing busi ness this year is the low price of fish but with the big run the fishermen will make a good season ot it and the csnneries will undoubtedly get a gallon in the deportation cases, ad vises that he does not think the and for the purposes indicated. “No one who took part in, or sympathized with mob violence, is it position to criticize this offi< e capacity pack should it attempt, and in what rnav to thi-m seem a peculiar manner, to The Art Club met yesterday at have the taxpayers ot your countv ternoon with Mrs. C, Timmons. reimbursed for the expense incurred A delightful afternoon was spent on account of the recent deportation anti Mis. I immons served elegant investigations. “We can see no crime in under refreshments. line gold. It is estimated there are 14 As to 15 million cubic yards of this soon as this road is finished and high grade material. The latest electric amalgamator electrified, it will pass out of the hands of the Southern Pacific, so far ol the James type will be put in use for the purpose ot separating. as its operating is concerned. The camp is to be modem in Neither Mr. Calvin nor anv of every way, buildings to be provided the Southern Pacific officials hold out any immediate hope for resump with hot and cold water and a tion of construction activity on the special effort will be made to pro Natron-klamath line, although vide for the comfort of miners. A petition will be sent to Wash several new surveys of that road have been ordered. An effort is ington at once for a post office work while being done on this traveling to Portland. being made to secure a way over When our press agent saw Mr. the Siskiyous at a lower elevation Inman, who by the way is one of than originally established. the company and acting superin tendent, he said: “Yes we have bought the Sixes mines from the Spruce Valley Item». Divelbiss' and expect to equip them Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hattfield with the most modern machinery spent Satu day visiting at Henry which an be bought. We propose Neals. to hire all our help as far as possible A birthday surprise was given among local people and also will Saturday evening to Mrs. Stella buy all supplies trom local merchants James and Miss Florence E. Reese that we possibly can, thus giving'the by a number of friends They re local people the benefit of every ceived many rememberances. dollar possible.” B. F. Shields has not been able These mine* on the Sixes have to work for a week on account of a been passed upon by four of the best carbuncle. —Chicken, engineers in the mining business: W A. Page ot Salt Lake City; F. Ray Martin left 00 the Brooklyn R. Kelsey of San Francisco; U. P, % California where he will look up Kaier and C. Septon, and in the the possibilities ot a cross country words of Mr. Page “It is a bonanza.” ‘Naydene and Ethel”, clever sister team at the Grand. He Makes People Happy. in the cmintiv Mr Inman stated further “It has taken me five year« Ito convi ce outside mining men that Curry Countv, Oregon, h <» mines ot merit and now that we have bought the mines and decided to go ahead we believe we are en- t iled to. and expect the coopera - tion and assistance ot everyone in this district and we ask only that we be treated as well as we treat o.hers.” The gold is of the nugget type and very easily saved by the com mon Hungarian ritfl The electric power plant will be installed on the ground, 5000 candle power capacity. This is for the purpose of lighting buildings as well as lhe mine which will be operated day and night. A deal for constructing a telephone system is now being negotiated, said line to be a cooperative line between miners and tai iners and to connect with the main line at Langlois. Mr. C. C. Inman who has charge at the Sixes Mines belongs to San Francisco. He is a miuing man of life long experience and is one of the best known mining men in the west. Mr. Inman built the first house at Goldfield and was on the first school board of that place, and was active in causing the first school house to be erected there. He was first chief of the hre department ar.d was chief of police acting in that capacity during the big strike at Goldfield. It was C. C. Inman who first dis covered the Gold Crater which proved one of the richest strikes ever made in the Goldfield country. BLUESKYLAW TO BEFOUGHT CASES ARE SET FORMING Judge Coke Opens Equity Term of Court, Som? to Be Heard in Marshfield. Coquille, Ore., Oct. 15 — The c.re of ih<* First National Bank of i .11- don vs. Manassa is on trial at the equity session of theSeptem »er term o‘circuit court today. Thec.'»n- dar was called yesterday ar.d the cases set for trill. The cases ; e set for trial tn the fo’.l wing order: Arthur McKeown vs. Wa'ur Condron. Hite vs. McCloskey. Walker vs. City of Bandon. Youam vs. Sc r t. Hempie vs. Hempie. Endicott vs. Dekeater. North Beni Hardware Co vs. Mrs. Henry Holm. Perkins vs. Pei kins, d:\orce case from Bandon. Holland vs. Holland Nelson vs. NcNeil. Barnes vs. M ist. Yesterday the Siestreeni divorce case from Ten Mile was ended, Mrs. S esfeem being given a divorce without opp sition. The injunction case of the South ern Pacific VS. lhe Citv of Maishfiel involving the extension of Fourth street through the race track, will be heard by Judge Coke in the Chan beis it Marshfield. Other cases to be heard by him in chambers at Marshfield aie: Wall vs. Gonboy. Wasson vs. Smith. Olson vs. Wilcox. Plan Also Broached to Re Maydene and Ethel Please peal Act by Use of Ini Large Audience. tiative. This clever sister team now ap Salem, Or., Oct. t6. —Accord pearing at lhe Grand certainly made ing to advices received by Corpor good in their soegs and dances l he ation Commissioner Watson, a girls are equipped with a large Ward movement has already been launched robe of dainty dresses enabling them to test the constitutionality of the to appear in new costumes every blue sky law in the courts, and also night; their repertoire consists of to initiate a law for its repeal, and eight different acts, an entire change he stated today that he welcomed each night. Tonight they appt ir both. “If the law is unconstitutional, the sooner I find it out lhe better, and if the people do not want it then the sooner I find that out the btt- ter,” stated Corporation Commis sioner Watson in discussing the movement. “My understanding is that about $2000 has been raised to canvass the state and create senti ment against the law. Luther E. Mahone has been selected for this task, and I am glad of his selection. So far I have not had a single com plaint against the law from solvent corporations, and the only objection I have had are from certain brokers in Portland who handle ail kinds of stock save standard securities.'' in new dances and songs featuring a novelty stum, Manager Sellmer's New Ushers. Saturday night th»; girls feature their own original * Orphan Act" with specie! dectrkal effects, and addilio ill feature by Ethel presenting a symbolic dance, “The Burning ol Rome." Sunday night new songs and dances pre senting New York’s latest craze, The Society Tango Dance. A select bill of pictures every night Admission 15c and roc. Coming To your citv for a brief engage ment only, the oriental wonder Ali Zada in a marvelous, meritorious exhibition of Hindoo mysteries, also the original Punch and Judy shew, something never seen in Bandon be fore. The above act will open at the Orpheum Thursd »y Oct 23rd A treat for young and old. Real estate dealers in Bandon re port that there is a g«x>d outlook for the moving of property in Bandon this winter and in the early spring run for his automobile for the winter. The operation of these mines as they are getting many inquiries He was accompanied by Mrs. means the opening ot a new gold from interested parties on the out Martin. district which bids fair to rival any side. Ali Zada, Hindu perform':, at the Orpheum Oct. z.^rd.