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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.