SBMi -WEEKLY Job Printing! A mot'cti equipped job printing department. BANDON RECORDER Advertisers! The Recorder covers the Bondon field thoroughly VOLUME XXX BANDON, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1914 NUMBER 11 Wi ASKS LOCI VIEWS Congressman Rcqucut Coos County Homesteaders to Write Him About Law. Washington I. C. Jan. 23. I.dilor of Tin landon Ricorder: In nli r to gel oinplete and recent vidence to shr-w that the culliva- 011 rcquirem ml in the three year old home tend act should Ik? modified, I mm I Jitters from home Headers wlio luvc made entry tin der it. I have introduced a bill which is an arm-nded form o' the hill iutiodticed by Senator llorah, . nd the changi 4 it u proposed to make are as follows : "Provided, Tnat the entryman in lieu of cultivation herein required nniy make imp ovcmcntH upon hi entry by cnMlructing fences or buildings, oyt ashing, clearing or in other ways j rcpariug the land tor ultivalion. tut meadow, fur pasture, or for grazing,! urposes, or by plant nig oi:!iard, it by otherwise making me homester. I tabitablu or capnble uf prod icttmi. or of enabling the entryman uMiVain menus of liveli hood from the lomuitead, haul im jjiovciiu'iitt to aggregate in value an amount eJoh year of not less than 1.50 per ncnt, except that in cases it entries undw euct'on six of the ;nlaigcd.hoiiicHU'ad law the amount ( improvement 1 shall not be less in value than 75 cents per acre, provided, thai the term cultivation .hall be tid'J 10 include also the rowing of gntHctf, or other crops for pasturage purposes or .'or making liay and that the provisions of this fa.'ctiou r l. live to the homestead poriovi shall apt ly to all tinpcrfcctcd entries as well 1 s cilleries hereafter wade upon wltl:h resilience is re iqueritcil." in lieu of iteming that ten acres in' cultivated nl the end of the Mjrond ytar, iii.d twenty acres by the end of the t lird year in a home Mir.id of too acte-S, as required by l lie three year homestead act, the bill I propone n lows the homestead -er to be givn redil for necessary improvement This bill also pro vides thai "cult vat ion" shall include the growli'-. of uttive or lame gums es and hay cioj 1, as well as the growing of cro.is that necessitate the plowing of the soil, and en c ourage stock 1 lising, This Is a pra tical and reasonable aolutioii of tli-! difficulties which tettlcnt are ron 'plaining of in the cultivation rviiiirements ol the I r-M'in aw mid does not mean that the lioiuesteade'N shall not exhibit good faith, K. Mug stock, for an iiiHtani'e. m just is iiselul work as raising 1 irf;e qti mtidus of grain or potatoc on hi mu-tiKids far from lie market, ann moie profitable t r tin Ixuumii lei and therefore inikrs Ins lionu f(.i-' more valuablt' to linn T'K g wing of cultivated crops will iIIiw in doe course of lime, ami there will naturally be v iiiIcii uittiv'iUi n and glowing of Home griu irui. the begiiiniug. The inluruuii ill I delte from the liniuesk'Ader rot ttn thune poinl: Can you etv.11 twenty acres of your land a 1 lit ywirs and luve It ready lor I hi' plow, without lilting extra labor or buying uxponivt) I machinery or oxttriivu, arid if ou I ( iniioi, piii(o why? . If you 1.1 mod pw. or fwmiam, w oihir (iiliiviluil .mh m the lvly I 1 res i "iild you )! Umw? U ym' taiiiuil plciitt ty. "ws , j What kind 0- ivd h thwc U INSTALLATION AND BANQUET Rcbckahs Have Fine Time nt the Installation Excrci ses. Last Tuesday evening the R e hckaha held their semi annual in Mallaliou of officers, and in addition initiated two new members, am wound up with a sumptuous banque gotten up in regulation Rehekah style. There was a large turnout of the members and the evening is re ported as having been one of the most pleasadt in the history of the local order Following are the names ol the new officers installed Mrs. IilTie Maey, P. C.; Mrs. W. I.. Davidson, N. G; Mrs. Alva Miller, V. G; Mrs, E. Lcwin, Sec; A, Knopo, treasurer; Mrs. Alfa Wheeler, chaplain; Mrs Ada Still, warden; Miss Jane Smith, conduct or; Mn. Conrad. I,"G; Win. Lund quint, O. G; Mrs. Dyer and Mrs Costello, S. N. C; Kthelyn Miller mid lll.iuche Radley, S. V. G, The little three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Asa Cornwall, of Prosper fell and broke her arm the other day She was brought to the Handon Hospital where Dr. Huston dressed the wound and the little one is getting along quite nicely now. Has Sufficient Signers to he Good Roads Petition For Entire County. C. IS. Zeck informed a represent ative ol the ItKroil l lilt yesterday that he has secured 417 signatures to the good roads petition or enough for the entire county to ask the county court tocall a special election Out of about 475 who have register. ed there were 417 who signed the petitions, which goes to show that the people here are almost unani mous for the good roads movement. your homestead? How far would you have to haul grain, or other crops, to market them? Will the bill proposed above meet the difficulties you are ex per. -eticlng under the present law? Have you any suggestions lor further ami ndiiicut' Anv additional information will be gladly received. The purpose of this letter is to get . .e views of as many home, stuadcrtf as possible, so that in the p iHnage of 1I1U homestead bill ill proper opportunity and reliel is furnUhed to those win make homos on the public domain, and if you will give 11 hucv in the columns of your vain title paper you will u udur Ilium and the stale ol Oregon an impotlant and valuable m vice and for hlch t exprcM to you my gMleful thanks I fuve diMMMed the bfll wild a numlxT of KeiirtfMuilailvos from public land ebdun, a of whom have anprvl tl, Mini I ilifciV tl tbwn lnm tk tMn hH ippofl it. It) tkil mnami w tWH Uuvu vmy im lTMt IwMk for (1 m. WUU bm wtukat, I tm, irwtt your W. C. JMWLISY. BANDON S GOOD SHOW We present above a cut of our chinist who was to set it up, was late use it for today's paper, but will have it in operation for Friday. With this machine installed The Recorder's equipment is the equal of a -v country newspaper in the state. THREE BOYS DROWNED IN RfVER AT MYRTLE POINT Three boyu were drowned in the Coquille River Sunday while try ing to foicc a small boat from slioie in a swift current. The dead are William Robison, Morgan Shook ind John Brumbaugh. The boys were trying to force the boat from shore by means of a pike pole when Robison slipped and fell overboard. The current was running heavy it the time and the boat floated from the youth, who. struii2lini in the river, screamed lor help. Shook, removing his coat, plunged over board and tried to swim to where Robison was struggling. The lorce of the current drove Robison to ward him and both lads interlocked arms and were going down for the third time when Hraumbaugh, who was on the craft watching, decided to jump in and assist his friends, al though he was not able to swim. Hraumbaugh, thinking he could be of some assistance, plunged over board and endeavored to rescue the two boys who were struggling with ite. I hey reached for his hand md held a death irrio noon each 1 -- Hwiny mil I'lum J'tmli in it lnmlino; comedy ontttlcd MTlii Sgliuiiiari" at tliu Grand Tonijlit. new linotype just installed. The ma in arriving so we were unable to other and the trio went down after a struggle in an effort to swim ashore. With the outgoing tide the waters yielded the bodies of the three youtIislwh(J'biU"h lew hours before" had contemplated an afternoon of enjoyment. The bodies were re covered by Mr. Robison, father of one of the dead boys. The parents of the boys are hys terical and horror stricken as a re sult of the unfortunate accident. Prof. Pittman Will Lecture Tonight. Prof. Pittman of the Oregon State Normal school of Monmouth will lecture at the Commercial Club Hall tonight on subjects pertaining to better schools in Oregon. rroi. rittman comes manly rec- omended as a public speaker and will no doubt have something inter esimg to say. I lie puuiic is very cordially iuvited. D. M. Avcnll is on his castctn buying trip Mr. Averill goes east twi:e a year to personally select his stock. PORT PASSES RESOLUTIONS Commissioners Ask Congress for $250,000 to Duplicate Bond Issue. At a recent meeting of the port commissioners of the port commis sioners of the Port of Handon the following resolutions which are self explanatory were passed: He it resolved by the board of commissioners of the Port of Handon : That whereas the Port of Handon has levied a tax, which is now being collected in the sum of three mills on the dollar, upon the assessed valuation of said port for the year 1913, for the purpose ol improving the harbor and port ol Handon, or lower Coquille River, and Whereas the said port of Handon lias passed the first reading of an ordinance providing for the issuance and sale of bonds in the amount of $250,000.00, for such purpose which said ordinance providing for the issuance and sale of such bonds will be passed and finally adopted on the rcgalar meeting of said board on February 15, 1914, and Whereas an cuqal or equ ivalent sum is required for a new proiebt to extend and repair the jetties, to deepen the water on the bar, re move the shoals and deepen the channel the depth of twenty feet on the bar, and to a distance of six miles up the river, and to deepen the channel from six miles up the river to Coquille to,a mean depth of not less than eight feet, and Whereas the port of' Handon is duly incorporated as a port, under ind in accordance with the laws of the State of Oregon, and seeks to co-operate with the United States Government in improving the con ditions of commerce ahd navigation on me (-oqume iiver, ana tne people of said port look to and ex .1 - Ml f . . pect the United States Government to duplicate the amount raised, and about to be raised by said port of such purpose, and Whereas the commerce of the river and trade of the said port and region are of sufficient importance to justify such outlay and expendi ture, and arc constantly and rapidly increasing in value, and Whereas the president of the said Hoard of Commissioners has caused to be compiled actual figures, show ing the commerce and travel cross ing the bar of the Coquille River, it is hereby represented 1h.1t the fol lowing is a correct schedule of the tonnage and passengers crossing over said bar for the years desig nated: TONS II, 266 M7,(M2 172,02V 217,616 I'AKSI'.NOISKS mmmm ,m J, (Ml) 1,112 1,621 1 wo IWS IVIII I VI I IVI2 IVJJ And wliurca llie trade, coiiiiuuico mid navigation of nald port and I1.11- lior I coiiHiinitly ami rapidly In creasing not only In rapidly grow ing llmbiir, liimhdilng, l.iriiiing, dairying, utock. raising mid maim fiLlurlng liiilmdrjvN, but llkewinc Including iiiqioilaiil and rapidly liLieanlrig coal milling iii'liiclrfun, embracing among tin inont vhIiimMu hihI cxIiiiiHl'vii c0.1l doioidliMVullablu and actVoslb'le to uliwmor;. on iliu I'urific CtMkl, making the Coquillo River, Mini Ihc it ol Handon a vay dotlrabli? Inline oimIIuu kifltion (or government vumcI, and Tim KH ol Uaildofl, bclni; tile SCHOOLS ILL NOT CLOSE Dr. Mann, City Health Offic ers Think it is Not Neccessary The Handon School board held a meeting yesteiday morning at which Dr. Smith J. Mann, the City health officer was present. The main sub ject for discussion was whether or not the Handon schools should close on account ol the diptheria which is now on, but as there are only two families in Hnndon who have the dishase, Dr. Mann thought it not neccessary to close at this time Dr, Cblin, county health officer was down from Coquille yesterday to look into the situation, having heard that there were about 70 cases ol diptheria here, but when lie heard the true condition he said there was no cause lor alarm and no reason to close the schools, hence the school board left in the hands of the City Health officer to close the schools at any time if he sbould see fit, and in conversation with Dr. Mann he in foamed a representative of the Rite order that under the present con ditions he did not think it wise to close the schools, but if the disease showed a tendency to spread, he might do so in the future. lower Ccjiiillc river can be develop ed into a first class harbor with less expenditure than is required by any other harbor on the Pacific Coast, and Whereas the appropriations in recent years have been insufficient to keep pace with the growing needs nnd development of the said harbor, and whereas the citizens business men and manufactureis -of said port have contributed liberally by 5rivale subscription to the dredging o- the river and the repairing of the jetties, thus demonstrating their own faith in the great merit of the project, and Whereas said port and harbor has been developed from one of practically no consequence to a harbor that now has six modern oil burning steamers, plying regularly between Haudon and California port, besides numerous sailing vessels, and one gas steamer, running regu larly to Portland, besides numerous smaller craft, which improvumunl has occn done in the last ihirty.fi vc years, largely through government aid, which government aid luui shown greater return proportionate ly than has been re.tluud upon nny other harbor impiovuiiiuuui nrnde on the Pacific Caul Thureloru thin (evolution will bu spread upon tin iiiinnieit ol the port and a copy thereof nuiii i i cioll of iht'Stnmtoru from Oiegon. Hon. Harry ljm, rfiid Hon .. Cliambuiluin, and like ciipK- i mair of lliu nieinlH-i-. of Gnr-. Jrcnii Oregon, viz. CmigietniiMn Hiitviy, SMtt and I'sdjffty, with nqueM 1 , nei InMniiM tluit tht iiutli-i ' uunlml Utlurw ibe propter hmuhi t in tin Krnwtn mid Houw ol Kpi MMitftiivi:. and thitl thirv hui k.--nr Mtmiakivtrt attd mwuH d tliirli utmost trifort i pnxm. .m appinpliftUail in th prmriii ion f'U-WI tiUplUMliOtf UMf JMKMIrt f -! it tbi mrt ol AumIo lor . piuwrf nlofltt Utc tin MjKi('"i"i ami th.il 4 lh ropyd Mid 1. ."i,, tWH b MTIK tO MM! ol UM MUiUu MkJiw ) ). Mirro, Curp ol I'.n iinvin. PrUMNi, Orgon, ..i Mpi. ItolHMt DtMm, Aim Krnc o OihforiliM T. P. I! AI.M. Actm iNrcfeUry Approvod: lt 11. Hoa, I'fawdwit.