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C59 9) it 0 .' Semi-Weekly Bandon Rueuruer, February 13, 191471,, ,. In Bygone Days in Curry. Tlie first newspaper ever publish ed in Curry County was the Port Orford Post, established at Port O. - lord in i88of bv J, H." Upton & Son In i882' the-PosVWy,,puchased by .tlteV Su'tion, 'who moved it lv boat to tiiiensnurg, eniargeu u, changed its name to the Curry Couri ty Post, and continued the publica tion without missing an issue. He nubli'shed the nauer as the Post for a couple of years, then agin .en lar d it and changed its name to the Gold Beach Gazette, although lh.. .Hie ril the town U4S not changed from Ellcnsburg to Cold " B.ich for 'mp time atterwards In 1 1892 hes. ld the Gazette to R. D Hump, arid established the Port O.r foid Tribune, the first issue of the Tr1bune.appe.11 ing on May 10 iSot ' At the 'time' of the removal of ')( Post to1 Ellcnsburg there was no wagon road between Port Orfnrd v and'ciie't'cV .Although the people of Northern Currv had completed a road from Port Orford to the Cook cc-untx hue.' The mails were ea-ried dri horseback', and travelers li.nl their choice of traveling on foot r on horseback, providing thev could gefa'' horse. Although there had been periodical discussions of the riuH nnMiinn almost from the first . settlement of tne county, the firs earnest agitation of the subject w.s in 1 883, and the various conflicting ideas, as to the probable cost and 'the manner of building the road is 'certainly amusing to all the old settlers who' are still living in the couutv. Each one knew about what the road' would cost, the figures varying from about 15000 to $200, 000. Each frfendof the proposition knew Where the road cught to run find each orie could lay out a good practical route on an excellent grade. But each settW was unanimous in his belief that the only practical route was via his1 house. Some of th'e'leading citizen's' were bitterly opposed to the building of any kind of road. The county was too worthless to justify a road; there was no vacant land left that any family would1 live on'l,to Undertake id bliild the road would bankrupt the1 county beiore it Was half finished; evsn if it' could be built without cose to'the county it could not be kept open for two years. As a sample of theenthusiasm of some of the friends of the. proposition we quote ex County Judge Woodruff, who in an article in the Post proposed building the road from Ellensburg to Port Orford by private subscription, and alleged that the cost would not be above $8000. Finally during the 8o's Hon. A, H. Crook was sent to the legislature and obtained an ap propriotion of $14,000 to assist in building the road, to be paid oci to the county when the road was finished.1 Then the county court took a hand and appointed three road commissioner, and surveyor, with orders to kiy out a road on an 18 inch grade from Chetco to Pprt Orford. After many disputes, much wrangling and more or less bitter feeling the survey was accomplished, contracts let, nnd the road was let. and the road was completed in 1890 afa cost of about $50,000 The work was well done, and was a great credit to the people of those days, considering the sparsely settled county, and a 500,000 tax roll. From the date of the completion of the road a marked change for the better began to take place. New people' began to come in, looking for land and building up new homes; old settlers began to think o build ing up new and more substantial and attractive houses in the piace o old log 'cabins and shacks, and more substantial improvements began to appear on the sides. And although the progress has been slow it has been continuous and sure The cayuse as a means of navel has given way to the wagon, carriage and automobile. The telephone I as made social neighbors of the people of all parts of the county, as well as placing-us in close communication with the United States. And it will be but a short time when bur coast will'be iraneversed by trains of a coast railroad. The ranks of the settlers of the old days have been deplorably thinned until thee lutiii a .small minority of the population, yet they aie entitled to the greatefl credit for opening up the counlrv under very advene conditions, anil making i t easy of access for the who have since arrived, and wlu are now in the large majority. Port Orford Tribune. MADE A SECRET PACT. Yet In 6omo Way the Story Was Pried Loone, and Here It It. Homer Croy, tho humorist, was vis ited the other dnj by Crank Smith, who hnd sold a story to a ningnzlnu nnd wanted souio money rljdit a way. It was n 8,000 word yarn. Croy figured It would bring 2 cents n word, so h loaned .Smith (00 nnd Smith gave Croy the following agreement: "Whereas, Indent, nnd Know nil men hy theso presents: "I, the undersigned, Frnajt L, Smith, being, to the best of ray belief, in my right mind, do hereby bequeath, be ntow and otherwise mnkc n free, grntlrt gift of nny nnd all moneys that may ho paid to me for n story entitled, 'Break ing Up the Hunch.' The factn of the ease being ns follows; Me, I, the party of the first pnrt, hnvlng received writ ton Info, thnt the mug. has decided to fnll for my story, nnd. being broke, I have decided todlscount my claim for fifty ($50) beans, cnah money, to be pnld mo by snld H. Croy. It Is understood that If paid more thnn fifty I am to turn It nil over to Croy without a mur mur, yea. I must never squeal nor ad vertise to tho world thnt Croy has made this soft money. And. likewise, nnd by the same token. If paid less than fifty beans Croy Is to keep his trap closed and make no reference In nny woy. shape, form, manner. Ian gunge (Including the Scandinavian), or dlnlect. to the fact thnt he has mnde nn error in judgment." "Will you be satisfied with $70?" asked Smith some weeks Inter. Croy thought a moment nnd then said, "Yc-o-s." Before a witness the money was pnld over, but Croy still hung about. Final ly he asked: "Would yog mind telling mo what you got for that yarn?" "Sure you are sntlslled?" naked Smith. "Yes," said Croy. "Well, I got S18.ri for It," snld Smith. New York World. Discouragement. Whnt kills meii Is discouragement . It Is sitting down under trouble thnt destroys them; It is standing up nnd mocking trouble thnt enables them to go through it without harm. Too Rich For His Blood. During tho street car stiiko In Bos ton n few yenrs ngo the cars were put In chnrge of conductors who were far "NO MA'AM," HB EkAID WITH A OniN. from exhibiting tho courtesy nnd oblig ing manners of tho regular men. A lady slgnn'led n car in Brookllnc, nnd ns It stopped sho snld to tho con ductor, "Do you stop at tho Do Swell hotel ?" "No, ma'am," snld he, with a grin; "I can't nflord to." And ho gnyly started the enr Bostonwnrd, leaving tho lady ngano with astonishment Youth's Companion. The Adored One. ITo is a confirmed bachelor. In fact, his nttltude towjd women is nlraost thnt of a misogynist Ills particular beto nolro Is a new acquaintance of his sister, Miss Blank. Ho met her In tho street tho other day mid, seeing no wny out of It, stop ped and spoke to her. Sho saw how ho was fidgeting to get nway nnd snld: "Yon seem very preoccupied. Ah, I know! You are thinking of the ono you ndore." "I adore no one," wns his stiff rojolij. der. "You enn't deceive me. I know you nro deeply In love. Besides, your sis ter showed me 11 photo of the object of your dovotlon only last night. It isn't n type I ndmlro. But, there, every ono to his taste. I won't toll nny one. Goodby." And bofore ho could reply she wns gone. When ho reached home he snld to his sister, "Whnt girl's photo did you show Miss Blank Inst night?" "Not nny. The only photo 1 showed her wns ono of yourself." Then It dnwncd upon him what Miss Blank was driving ut London Scraps. COULTER'S QUEER STORY. It Was Thought He Had Discovered Hades, but He Hadn't. At 11 gathering 111 Milwaukee u well known minister was culled on to tell a story, nnd this Is whut ho told: "Did you ever hear of Coulter's hell Of the two men lost by the grout Lewis and Chirk expedition of 1S03 on Its long Journey through the northwest ono wa3 11 man named Coulter, lie was captured by Indiuus, who stripped him and set him to running trm guntlut. "Outrunning their blows, he snatch ed n spear frdm the last Indian, killed lilm with It and run Into the inoun tains naked and wounded, but tit last free nnd armed. Wandering toward tho southeast, he presently found him self in u land where the forces of tin turc appeared to have gone mnd t( sothcr. Klvcrs from which he sough to drink ran hot water, boiling foiln tains gushed hundreds of feet In the air. volcanoes of black mud vomited ut him, bubbling fountains of snow white mud gushed nround. with others of crimson and blue, and green. A mouu tnln of pure sulphur crystals roso on one hand, and from beside a stream rose another composed of black glass almost as clear us n window pane. "At last, escaping- from tho place, he was found by some trappers, who clothed him And took hltu to St. Louis where they reported hliu as one whose mind had been wrecked by his expert uces. Wherever he told of the fright ful country which he swore he had seen men roared with mirth at the yarn nnd raado him tell and retell It till within n few years It went all over tho west ns nn oxnmplo of the effect of the horrors of being lost on tho hu man mind. It was commonly known as 'the story of Coulter's hell.' nnd tin der thnt nume It frequently nppenred in the eastern pnpers In the early thlr ties nnd forties. Coulter himself final ly died regnrded to the Inst iib n hope less mnnlnc. "And then In 18C.9 some, Montana trappers wandered into the region and came back with the astounding bile that Coulter had told the truth and had never been Insane at nil. The govern ment Immediately rushed soldiers and scientists Into the country, nnd before long It became the Yellowstone Nn tlonul park. And thnt is the story of Coulter's hell." Milwaukee JournnI, NERVE IN BASEBALL Result of a Wild Throw to Third With the Bases Full. Chnrley Dooln, one of the famous catchers of the Nntlonnl league, tells a story to the effect thnt nffer 11 brief trlnl with the St Paul olub In 1880 Charles A. Comlskcy, then Its manager, advised him to return to tho tailoring business nnd stick to it Another yarn concerning Dooln tells how a little Inter' on and when ho was still little more than n youth and weighing in the neighborhood of 115 pounds, he wished himself upon Man agcr McKibben of the St Joseph club. When Dooln reported Mac walked around hi in twice and then announced that he wanted a catcher and not a Jockey. Injuries to regulars, however, gave the boy his chnnce. und ho wns sent in to backstop for "Big Jim" Wlggs. In his first game Dooln wanted to prove that In addition to being a catcher he wns some thrower. When ho heaved to second' the hnsemnn would have needed n ladder to get the ball: to third his pegs were low. nnd his shoots to first nearly took tiie sacker off his feet After his wild throws had filled the bases In ono In ning he threw to third again to catch a runner off tho cushion. Tho ball went so high the left fielder almost got to It on the fly, while "everybody en me home." When the Inning wns over Dooln had four errors charged against him, and he walked to the clubhouse nnd began to pack up his clothes McKibben stopped him. saying his nerve In dar ing to throw to third to catch a man off with tho bases full, caused by his previous bad throws, deserved another chance. Dooln stuck nnd caught al most every gnme that season. Ills next Jump wns to-the Phillies, nnd his reputation was made. fid A, Goewoy In Leslie's. Made Her Moro Nervous. She was rather a nervous old lady and, fearful of being robbed of her purse, kept it In a pocket of her un derskirt Taking u cab. she. ut tho end of the Journey, began searching, as ladles do. for the carefully conceal ed pocket The cabby, mlscoustrulug her movements, looked on grimly. "Well, mem," he broke In. "when you've done n-scratchlng, -me faro's 18 peuee." London Tntlor. Impeachment. In Rnglnnd It was the old practice to Impeach for conduct out of oliloo. Private citizen's could be Impeached. Dr. Sacheverell wus Impeached for preaching an unpopular sermon, the Duke of Richmond for proposing an adjournment of the house of lords nnd Inlgo .Innes for tearing down n church. Hut In America liiipeacliment has been restricted to men In ofllee for conduct In olllce. Argonaut Crazy as a Loon. "Before I sentence the prisoner I should like to osk the attorney wliy he thinks thnt the defendant Is In sane." "Your houor, he admits that he had a perfectly fnlr trial."phll(idelphln Ledger. ' ' ' Holding on Tight. Yon can't nlways tell; UiV young man who holds on to you ns tightly nn a v!e before mnrrlage. girls, may hold on to hi money the samp wny after ward Florida Tlmua-Union, WATCHES THE CLOUDS. One New Yorker's Easy and Wall Paid, but Important, Job. There Is one man In New York who would seem to bold an easy and unique job. From Jan. I to Dec. 31 he puts in his whole time wntcttlug for clouds from the top of one of the tallest sky. scrapers. He does nothing else." Is well' paid If he performs bis duty vigilantly and ImS no one to boss or hustle him nround except the clouds. For tools he works with n telescope, and he enn smoke, rend poetry or do whnt he pleases, provided he keeps his weather eye keenly peeled for the first sign of n storm cloud inveenliiLr down tho Hud son. On that rests his whole Job. for should a thunderstorm catch him nap- ping It would mean a serious strain on the leading electric light nnd power ' company. ; In no other city but New York do , conditions mako for such a cotitliigeu- cy owing to uio eompnci consmienon , of tho huge blocks of downtown sky- j scrupers an enormous amount of elec- trie light is suddenly demanded when ever tho sky becomes darkened. Thou- , sands of bulbs are simultaneously 1 switched on. At nightfall tills need for. light is easily calculated, but no ' certain provision can be mode against I the sudden overshadiiw of a storm ' cloud oilier than by stationing a look- j out man on the top of a skyscraper. Consequently when he sv n cloud j sweeping down tho Hudson or ndvauc- 1 ing from nny other direction It Is his ' business to watch Its approach care- ! fully. I Therein ho must use a bit of Judg- ' racnt If It Is likely to sweep clear of the city he need nut bother about it But should ho reckon it will pass over Manhattan It Is his business to tele- 1 phouo the chief power station a warn- , Ing that a storm cloud Is cpmlng. At once n red light glows In tho engine , room, und the stokers bustle to shovel coal into tho furnaces. Presently tho huge generators revolve at greater j speed to supply the emergency demand for electricity. Thus when the thou sands of lights nro switched on down town few nro likely to rvcm how tho sudden call for light has been met Meanwhile the cloud watcher is in no fear that a mechanical device will deprive him of his Job, tor the weather Instrument that can record ust the di rection a cloud will take in sweeping on toward Manhattan U yet in the dim future of invention. New Vork Trib une. Course of the Panama Canal. There is a somewhat popular delu sion about the Panama canal to wit that the course from Colon, on the Caribbean or Atlantic sido of tho Isth mus, to Panama, on the Pacific side, is from east to west Of courso the At lantic Is at tho cost and tho Puclflc is .at the west but tho isthmus is very crooked and at this point tends from a little south of west to north of east and Colon is actually farther west than. Panama. As a result tho canal runs from north-northwest to south' southeast and on reaching tho Pacific one finds himself farther Cast than ho wns when he left tho Atlantic. Queer, isn't it to co westward by going east ward? But It's u gcogrnphlcnl fact all the same, which few realize until they study the map. New York Tribune. Canine Etiquette. In their relations one with another dogs have it keen senso of etiquette Unless they aro on very intimate terms they take great pains never to brush iigulnst or even touch one another. For ono dog to stop over another Is a dangerous breach of etiquette unless they are special friends. It Is no un common thing for two dogs to belong to the same person and live In the same house and yet never take tho slightest notice of each other. Wo have n spaniel so dlgultled that ho will never permit nnother member of tho dug family to pillow his head upon him. but with the egotism of a truo aristocrat he does not hesitate to make use of the other dogs for that purpose. Henry C. Morwln In Atlantic. No Canee For Actors. There Is one profession that has al ways refrained from currying a walk ing stick. The uctor knows well that on the stage he must walk without ex traneous support, and he knows that tho mere hint of a walking stick lu his hand ns he walks the streets Is a temptation to lean tills way or that Actors, even when out of n Job, never lean on a stick. They know that their balanced walk Is their asset If tho whole of society recurs to walking sticks the actors will refrain. London Chronicle. Not Even Bent. rJttlo Erie had dropped a basket containing some, eggs on his way homo fioin tho grocery How many did you break?" uskea his mother. I didn't break any." replied Eric, "but the hulls came off two or threw." Chicago News. Tomato Seed Oil. An excellent burning oil hns been ex tracted from tomato seeds. These, with the skins, are thoroughly dried In tho sun. The seeds are then crushed In a' hydraulic press and .yield n thin yel low oil. This when turned in a lamp gives a bright odorless iight London MnlL Made Him Too Good. "Ro Bho married him to reform him. Arid what is tho result?!' "lie's so good now thnt lie's shocked by the gowns sho wears." Boston Transcript o It to the surmounting of difllcultiM that makes hero. Louis Kossuth. , M ! II 1 1 1 H 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 r THE POLIGE Of San Francisco ARE BEING FURNISHED WITH SMALL AUTO OBILES WHICH ARE EQUIPPED WITH "WIRELESS" IF THE CITIES CONSIDER "WIRELESS" A VALUABLE ASSISTANCE IN PROTECTING PROPERTY WHAT THEN, MUST BE THE VALUE OF "WIRELESS" AT SEA AS A PRO TECTION TO LIFE ! ! '! "TWIN SCREW" "WIRELESS" S. S. FIFIELD SAILS FROM BANDON TO SAN FRANCISCO Tuesday, Feb. 17, 5 a. m. S. S. SPEEDWELL SAILS FROM BANDON TO SAN FRANCISCO SAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES, LONG BEACH, REDONDO, SAN DIEGO WEDNESDAY, Feb. 18, 5:30 a; m. FOR SPEED SAFETY COMFORT "THE ONLY WAY" 'X 'J t 'T 1 J A. ,T 5! The Estabi ook Line GEO. T. MOULTON . J. E. SCHILLING Coquille Agent. Myrtle Point Agent HENRY SENGSTACKEN Marshfield Agent. Talk About Solid Comfort! You just want to get one of our DICTATOR cigars between your teeth and light it. There may be other ci gaJs as good as the DICTA TOR but they will cost you more money than you may care to pay. The price of the DICTATOR is only 10c and when you have smoked one you'll wonder how it can be so little. Bowman Cigar Co. He-Advertisement for Bids for tin City Ollicinl Printing. Notice is hereby given that sealed bids wlil be received until half, past sovon o'clock P. M. the 18th dny of February, 1914, for the City official printing of the City of Bnndon, Ore jjon, in accordance with requirements specifications nnd conditions on file in the office of the City Recorder, each bid must be nccompanied with nn affidavit of the entiro bonafide cir culntion of said newspaper, bids must bo made out on blanks for that purpose ami will be furnished upon request nt the office of the City Re corder. Council reserves , the right to re ject any nnd all bids.. By order of the Common Council. E. B. KAUSRUD, City Recorder, Hoys' ami Girls' Clubs. Oregon Agriculture Colleffc, Cor-5 vallis, Ore., Feb. The wor"ko Organ izing boys and girls' clubs in every school district of Oregon has already been begun. Polk county schools, which were pretty thoroughly organi zed through tho dairy record keep ing nnsocintion, were first in the line in the now movement. liven before tho club bulletins and oiostitutions wore ready for geeral circulation, County School Superintendent bey mour hnd organized the workers' clubs in fifty of the school districts. Tho work is also wtell under way in some counties, .superintendent. Cannon assisted by Mr. Cross, a gra duate student of the Agricultural Col- lego who is doing research work in r. rnl school organizations, has begun tho work of organizing clubs in lien- ton county. Progress is reported from other pnrts qt the state, and there is every reason to bolieve that tho entirostate will be orgnaianized bp the close fo the spring terms. 1 1 1 1 1 1 H M 1 1 Ml I 1 1 1 U t 5: e 'i Brown & Gibson The. Leading Contractors and Builders We furnish plans. and. speci fications and it you are - go ing to build anything, no matter how large, ort how small, wc can save you money. Let us figure on your building. Mrs. Guy Dipple Spirclla's Corscteire PIIONli 7U MRS. W. W. WOLFE INSTRUCTOR OF PIANO Miss Simpson GRADUATE NURSE Phone 934 PURE DRUGS Do you want pure drugs and drug sundries, fine perfume, hair brushes and toilet arti cles? If so, call on C. Y. LOWE Bandon, Oregon Mill Wood 2.25 per load delivered on the hill. S2.50 on Ocean Drive. Jackson avenue and outside the city limits. Geo. B. Morgan, Phone 1 1 7 J i1 'i t. O O 00 o o o