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' , BANDON, OREGON, TUESDAY,' FEBRUARY 24, 1914
OLUME XXX
NUMBER 17
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RECORDER
COQUILLE RIVER
; SURVEY FOR NEW PROJECT
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PROVISION MADE FOR
" TO PACIFIC OCEAN IN ADDITION TO. $
$90,000 APPROPRIATED. t
Message From Congressman Hawley to This Effcct.
Port Commission Now Working On Large . ; :
J Projects for Harbor Improvement.
In the responses received from
Senator Lane and Congressman
Hawley to telegrams sent by the
Port Commission, it is stated that in
addition to the $90,000.00 appropri
ation, for the river, there is a separ
ate provision for the survey for a
new project from Coquille to the
ocean; this is the project the Com
mission is especially boosting in or
der that we may have fourteen feet
of water from Coquille to Parkers
burg and twenty feet from Parkers
burg to the ocean, including twenty
feet on the bar at low tide. Follow
ing is the text of Mr. Hawley's mes
sage: "Am advised that the coming
Rivers and Harbors Bill will provido
for survey of the Coquille river from
Coquille City to Pacific Ocean the
ninety thousand is another item."
This is even better news than the
original report, as it is reasonably
WANTED-A-WIFE
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- THREE ACT CONEUY U1VKN UK
BENEFIT OF BANDON
W. R. C.
A three act comedy at the Grand
under the able 'direction of Roy Thorn
and a competent cast of local tal
ent. This rollicking three-act com
edy will be offered next Friday
night, Feb. 27. Tho entertainment
is presented for tho benefit and as
sistance of tho Woman's Relief
Corps of Bandon. This organization
is worthy of loyal support by all
Bandon people and in attending the
play next Friday evening you will
sco an entertainment that will please
you and you will also bo assured of
tho fact that the money realized will
go to a worthy cause. The players
have been rohearsing faithfully for
the past two months and are sure to
fully meet the approval and expecta
tions of tho public. The cast of
characters is as follows.
Dan Gillispio... Roy Thorn
.Jorkins Jobson Jack Thorn
Deacon Smith C. A. Mead
Louisiana Johnson R. Bowers
Sally Stella Shields
Miss Campson.t Annie Tucker
The Place Gllllspio's Country
House.
Act I Arrival of Deacon Smith.
ActH Brand New Coon in Town
Act III A Terrible Misunder
standing. The clouds clear away
and all ends well.
An excellent program of pictures
will be provided. Admission for ad
ults 35c, children 25c: all scats re
served. Seat sale begins at Boylcs
Jewelry store Wednesday, Feb. 25,
Suggestion From Coquille.
March 13 Is to bo "Salmon Day"
throughout tho Pacific Northwest
We hear of "Apple, Days," "Cherry
Days," "Potato Days," "Peach Days"
and all sorts or days all over the
country and Pprt .Orford gets into
the game with an entirely original
"Agate Day," or at least holds an
agate carnival. Boing an old clam
digger from tho eastern coast, and
still relishing theso bivalves im
mensely, we want to suggest to our
Bandon friends that they beat Till
amook to it, and have a "Clam Day"
some time next summer, with an old
fashioned sea-weed clam bako. It
would take with this chilo and lots of
others like him. Coquille Sontinel.
WILL GET
SURVEY FROM COQUILLE
certain that the now survey will re
suit in a practically permanent ap
propriation to assist the port and
this means thalT the Coquille River
will even more rapidly than at pies
ent forge forward to her true posi
ion of first harbor on the Oregon
coast.
If tho Port Commission proves' as
successful in defending litigation' as
it is in procuring financial results
pending the litigation, it and tho peo
ple of the Valley are to be congrat
ulated. The thrco mill tax, $250,000
bond issue, new survey for n new pro
ject and the consequent larger appro
priations that are bound to come,
coupled with the phenominal growth
of our commerco in the 'past two
years, all in connection with the eco
nomical administration of, the pres
ent Commission, are going to make
a showing hard to beat for some
years to come. t
BOAT
MYRTLE POINT COMPANYS NEW
BOAT SOON TO BE IN
SERVICE.
The Telegraph, the new passenger
boat of the Myrtle Point '.Transporta
tion Co., was launched Sunday at
Herman Bros, ship yard' near Pros
per. '
The now boat will bo one o tho
finest appointed boats in this sqction
of Oregon. She is eighty-five? feet
lnno- nnil will hnvn 2Rfl hnrsn n'nwnr.
The now boat will carry froiA' 150
to 200 passengers, and will 14 'one
of tho speediest boats' on the Hycr
She will bo furnished with street
car chairs, will have double ckbihs
and all tho equipment of a modern
passenger boat.
The Telegraph will prpbahly be in
operation in about a month, and will
run regularly between' BandoVi and
Myrtle Point. ' '
Myrtle Point Items. ' "j
Elders F. J. Chatbum and 'II. W
Carpenter of Bandon attended' the
semi-annual conference of the S,outh
western Oregon District of the Re
organized Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints, which convened
at this place Feb. 13, 14 and 15.
Born, Sunday, Feb. 15, 191'4, to
Mr. nnd Mrs. Clarence Clinton; of.
Norway, a daughter. "S
Several of Myrtle Point's citizens
went to Prosper on tho .Steamer
Dora Sunday, Feb. 22, to witness
the launching ol tho new Steamer
Telegram. . .
Elder C. E. Crumley,' C. J. Eddy
and Miss Dora Printer loft Friday
morning for Bandon, where they',took
the Steamer Elizabeth for San Fran
cisco Saturday morning. t
W. R. Mavity was here from (Bun-
don several days ago looking hftcr
some of his insurance business.
"The Joining' of the Oceans,"
Tho latest moving picturo of tho
Panama Canal, allowing tho world's
greatest engineering feat in a 'stato
of completion. This is tho finest ser
ies of motion pictures ever taken and
will be of interest jtq'yoimg and old.
Tho great Culebra Cut, tho mighty
locks and all tho important points
from ocean to ocean are clparly
shown in tho pictures. This is tho
real feature don't fail .to sec jit at
the. Grand, Thursday' Feb. .20. 9
LAUNCHED
Patron 'Teacher's.
. Meeting Friday
The Patron-Teachers meeting will
be held at the Hrirh School Friday
everting-Feb.- 2Wh,
An interesting program has bepn
prepared and it is hoped the; patron,
will tUrri out in force.
Following is the prog-rum; . 1
Subi'oct. "The Authority of the Law
Over tho Child." "
Overture, Mrs. GblBUnddrfor1 and
Miss1 Crane; ' ' " .
Paper, "Right Guidance,'" Miss Rod
gers. V ' "
Solo. 'Mh' Howard 'Johnston.
.'Address', Mr. G.'TrTreatigolil,
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Talk, Mr. E. II. Fish.
"The" Attiludo'W 'thfr Vtti
iront
To
wards the School.
Solo, MissChatliurn.
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PORTLAND, PAPER SEES A NEW
S. P. MAINLINE DOWN
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THE COAST.
Prospects of a -now.. Southern Pae
ific main lino betweon, Portland. and
San . Francisco by the coast route,
says tho Portlaritl Jqiirnal) loom up
larger with the actual filing of the
government's suit to dissolvb the
Central Pacific and (he' Southern
Pacific, according- to'riulroad men and
property, owners along the coast
southern Oregon. How this lino
would Be tho. Toxical butcomo of the
severance of the parent Central Pac
ific lines from the Snnthnrn Pncifln
compdriy has' been the basis bf much
recnt discussion.
Tho Southern Pacific is now build
ing- a. line 'westward from Eugene to'
v.uus uuy. i. ma is Known as ino wu
larnetto 'Pacific' "A line, ostensibly
built as a logging road but made up
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of unusually heavy . bridges and
substantial rails now extends south
ward from Marshfield.
Northward . along tho coast from
San Francisco a line of rail road hds
been built under the joint ownership
ol the Southern Pacific and tho San
ta Fe. This will reflch Eureka, Cal.
this- summer. Another line, known
ilso as the Willamette. Pacific, is to
uo uuuc nonnwartl to Trmnini
Cal. 1' rom . Trinidad to the south
ern, .terminus of. the so-called "log
ging road" is an interval of a little
more than 200 miles. Thus fihf)
mi'C;S,of the. 700 miles is cared ,for
blirVdying parties have been work.
ing along this interval all winter;
say rc'sidchts of . the tidovwitor towns
in that. So&ion. ;.Many . projects 'for
crossing the CqquJIlo and Rogue riv
ers.Jiave.bocn tried at various point,
and the "whole country has been an-
annlyzud 'topographically, crqija sec-
uuuiHi ana -lounu to attord ' a Tcasu.
bio railroad route. Maximum grad
es of .7 per cent are said to prevail,
with' only flnq .section11 where Especially
heavy work would bo tcquired.
..-Local bfficiaJs of the Southern Pa
cihe profess ignorance of the inten
tions (f the. .company to .undprtake
any new construction, but the an
uuuiituu ruojKJning,- oi. lite worK . on
tho Willamette Pacific next month
.with- 3000'. men. Ujut tie.qo.os Bay
line mny -be finished this summer is
taken to bo -significant.
It is pointed out that tho territory
along this .coast route is, almost en
tirely undeveloped, though it has bil
lions of, feet of standing timber .and
other resources that would afford
plenty of tradky Few. towns are to
bo found in tliis'distrlct, because now
thcro are -no railroads there at all,,
especially in Curry county. '
The recent application of the Sou
thern Pacific1 company for permission
to float an enormous bond issue, part
of the-proceeds. to'h'o Uscd in fortify
ing existing lines and in extensions.
is itnother strorHpihdication that the
company is planning to maintain its
position even though tho Central Pa
cific is taken from it.-
If the Central Pacific lines we're
taken from the Southern, leaving-tho
present Oregon California section
ending at the California line, it has
been -pAlntcd oVt 'thafthe govern-
Inc'njt, in' the dissolution, could assign
the enfclr? line, from Ashland to Eu
gene, to tlv? Central and one of tho
Southorn Pacific's Portland! Euirenfi
lines to thqSouthorn, and the other
to tho Central.". 'V
RAILROAD NEW
MASS MEETING
LAST NIGHT
CITIZENS DISCUSS PROPOSITION
OF BUYING FIRE
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ENGINE.
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Hotter Fire 'Protection Keynote of the
Meeting. Various (Plans
DiKcussc'd.
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A masssmecting of citizens waj call
cd at -the. Commercial Club hall last
night fqr the purpose of discussing tho
proposition .of , better fire, protection
for this city. The meeting wns call
cd-at tho instigation of a Mr. Savage,
who was here representing the Amer
ican-La' France company, manufae
turers of fircfighting apparatus, and
who desired to sell tho city an auto
mobile fire engine which he claimed
would travel over most any kind of
roads, and had a speed of sixty miles
an hour on level streets, with 18
miles an hour on a 20 per cent grade,
The proposition was discussed pro
and con by the citizens present, but
nothing definite was done, as there
were many different ideas as to what
kind of fire protection should be had
although it was the unanimus opin
ion that something should be done.
Tho idea of a salt water main and
electric pump for the down town dis
trict seemed to meet with the great
est approval, and it was decided to
Avrite to the Insurance Underwriters
Commission to find out which system
would reduce the insurance premiums
to tho greatest extent. Beyond this
there was nothing1 definite done. .
The meeting had the effect, how
ever, of setting people .to thinking
and today there is considerable talk
on tho streets, wheh if put into action
may result in something being done
to better the fire protection, a great.
ly needed asset.
I; LOSE I
FIRST II. S. TEAM .LOSES .TO.
RIVERTON; SECOND TEAM
IS WINNER.
Thn 'tlnnflnn Hinli SpVinnl linnlfnf
ball .team went to Riverton Friday
evening, where .they lost tho, game
with the Riverton High JSchoql team,
tho scpro being 13 to 30
The Bandon boys give poor lights
the blame for their poor showing,
claiming they could hardly sed the
baskets.
The second tenm from Bandon far
ed better aiid won from Riverton's
second team.
Curry Ollicial Seriously. 111.
County Treasurer Frank Caughcll
was taken suddenly and Seriously ill
last Thursday morning with what
proved to bo appendicitis in its "most
violent form. Dr. Dunjap was call
ed- and stayed at ,hls icdside almost
continually until Sunday morning
when the disease. commenced to yield
to the treatment. So serious was tho
case that preparations wero mado
Sunduy inorning for nn operation as
last resort, but by the timo tho room
was prepared for the operation, a
decided change for the better came,
nd tho operation was not performed.
As soon as ho recovers, from this at
tack Frank will undergo, an opera
tion. Goid Beach ..Globe!
Lost, Strayed or Stolen.
Grave fears aro ontertained hero'
that one Mosa A'verill has either
been lost, strayed away or stolon.-
The prevailing opinion here is that
ho has been stdlen, as a report from,
Bandon says he was last' seen on
Joard a ship ' (probably a , lime-
uicer.") The report dd riot ,sa
whether any of tho fairer sex wero
connected with . his disappearance
or not, Gold Beach Globe-
Herbert Lockhart of Marshfield
was in Bandon on business Saturday.
WIN
The Port Case v
Up Today
Attorney G. T. Treadgold went to
Coquille this morning to try the case
of the Stato of Oregon vs. Port of
Bandon, which .was brought up to
test the legality of the Port, and if
the Port wins in the Circuit Court
which It no doubt will, the caso will
probably then be taken to the Su
preme Court where it will be finally
settled. In tho meantime the Port
Commissioners are going ahead -with
their work and will levy a tax, issue
bonds, etc., so that the Work of im
proving the river and harbor can go
ahead at once, as soon as tho Su
premc Court hands down its decision,
and providing; of course, the decis
ion is favorable to tho Port.
SHOW PRODUCE
STATEWIDE EXHIBIT WILL BE
MAINTAINED AT ASH
LAND IN 1915.
Portland, Ore., Feb. 24'. At
the
great development convention
held
in Eugene Feb. 19, it was tho unani
mous opinion of the delegates that
thero would bo a statewide exhibit of
Oregon pruducts maintained at Ash
land during 1915. A meeting to dis
cuss nnd definitely detormino the
cost and other details of such an ex.
hibit will be held at tho Portland
Commercial Club rooms on Thursday,
March 12. All of tho members of
the last legislature who can mako it
convenient to be in Portland on that
date are urged to bo present.. Also
state officials. Representatives from
all the commercial clubs will bo wel
come nnd all tho' communities repre
sented at Eugene last week will name
special delegates.
Of course, under the law, no mem
bor of the legislature can give a
definite pledge as to an appropria
tion to be made in the Suture, hut ar
a citizen, ho can give his opinion as
to 'the common sense of such an ex
hibit as will bo under discussion. Ten
thousand dollars will construct the
building, pay for gathering the "pro
ducts and for every other character
of work up to Jan. 1, 1915, when the
legislature will meet. Twenty-five
thousand dollars will pay for tho on
tirc year's work. The Portland ses
sion will welcome suggestions pro
and con.
Land owners occupying approxi
mately forty square miles of bottom
and prairie land between Corvallis
and Monroe, have begun tho form
ation of the first drainage district
under stato law in the Willamette
Valley. It is believed that a success
ful demonstration of the good re
sults of drainago will cause the
movement td spread until it takes in
fully one-fifth of tho total arable
Jand in (he valley, or nearly one mil
ion acres, and that tho entire cost
of tho work can be paid for in three
years from increased farm products..
It is stated that tho lands to be
drained are now producing crops
averaging $15 to ?50 per acre, and
this production is expected to bo in
creased from 100 to 300 per ccpt.
B. Gratch, the agent of a largo
.colony of Russians who desire to
settle on Oregon lands, was in Port
land a few days ago. He states
that these Russians havo been in this
country from eight to ton years,
nd that they want a tract of not
less than 10,000 acres of grain land.
They aro said to havo plenty of
money to put into a good proposi
tion whore thqy can build up a com
munity of their own. The colonv
consists of about '200 families' ut
the present time, but their agent
states that within a short timo tho
numtor will bo increased to 2,000
ur 3,000, and thnt each family will
WILL BUILD
Bids will bo let within tho next
day or two by J. L. Kronenberg and
Chris RaBmussen fpr a dock 100x380
feet, beginning at tho corner of Chi
cago avenue and extending to deep
ater in tho Coquillo river. This
ENTHUSIASM
AT MEETING
INITIATION FEE REDUCED
$1.00 FOR THE NEXT
4
THIRTY DAYS.
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Plans Commenced for Getting Out Lit
erature Advertising the Ad
vanlages'of Bandon.
A very enthusiastic meeting of
the Bandon Commercial Club was
held last Friday evening, thero be
ing about forty present.
The report of tho committee on
tho rovjsion of rules and initiation
fee was received, and in substance
wns that the initiation fco be reduc
ed to $1.00 and that the byrlaws bo
changed so as to issue a member one
fifth of one share of stock instead of
a full share, and that all members
havo tho same voting power. This
met with some opposition, and fi
nally Elbert Dyor moved that tho
rules be suspended for thirty days
and that new members be given a
full share of stock, during that per
iod upon the payment of $1.00, and
that at tho end of tho thirty days
the fee bo placed back to tho pres
ent amount of $5.00. This motion
was carried unanimously and an ac
tive campaign will be mado for now
mombers during tho period. Four
new members were taken in last Fri
day night.
Tho subject of securing literature
for advertising purposes was brought
up, and as the funds are a little' low
it was decided to give .a dancts.'so'me- '
time within the next month for tho
purpose of raising, funds and a com
mittee composed of W. C. Sell mo r,
T. .M Nielson nnd Donald MacKin
tosh, was appointed with full power
to act.
Tho Woolen Mill subject was not
brought up as R. E. L. Bedillion
was not present, and consequently it
was impossible to got any definite
information.
The timo for election of officers
wns set for Friday evening, March
20th, after tho campaign for new
members closes, so that all may
havo an opportunity to express their
choice for officers.
Several' communications wero read
and considerable business of minor
importance was transacted.
The Club will hold another meeting
Friday night and everybody inter
ested is earnestly urged to bo pres
ent, as thero will be a number of im
portant items to come before tho
session.
Hunt-Coolidge.
Mr. Charles Hunt and Miss Ida
Coolidge wero married Sunday even
ing at tho homo of tho groom's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hunt, Rov.
Jackson of Myrtle Point officiating.
The bride is an accomplished young
lady and has many friends here. Tho
groom is an industrious young man
and has been in tho employ of the life
saving service at Empire, but has
been transferred to Tillamook, for
which place tho happy couple will
leave on the next Breakwater. They
take with them tho best wishes and
congratulations of a large circle of
friends.
acquire about 100 acres of land.
According to tho annual report
of tho Rogue River Fruit & Pro
duce Association, which ships
about one third of the total output
of tho valley, 35!) carloads of fruit
were shipped during 1913, 153 cars
of pears, 205 cars of apples and ono
car of peaches. Prices for tho crop
were exceptionally good.
A NEW DOCK
in Bandon, and will be a valuable ad
dition to tho city's wharfage. This
property is right next to tho city
property, and this would bo a good
opportunity for tho city to get busy
and build a dock at flie same time,
will greatly increase the dock room