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gcMl-Weekly Bandon Rtcorito, Febmaiy 24, 1914 SEMI-WEEKLY BANDON RECORDER Published every Tuesday and Friday by the Recorder Publishing Company. Entered ht the Postofflco at BandonOrc, 03 Mail, Matter of the Second Class C. E. KOI'F. A. W. JAUT. Subscription $1.50 per Year in Advance. Advertising rates made known on application. ' THE RECALL FOLLY. Up in Portland a faction is trying to bring about the recall of Mayor Albee, because he has taken steps in pub lic matters that do not coincide with the views of some citizens. The recall is all right if it is used properly, but 'the idea of jumping into the recall business every time the administration steps on the toes of one or two people is the heighth of folly. There probably never was an official who did not make some mistakes, and if the recall can be so often in voked without due cause or consideration there is some thing the matter with the law and should be corrected. Wrongfully used, the recall will defeat the very purposes for which it was put in operation. Let us keep the recall, but use it with common sense. THE CITY ELECTION. ' The city election this year will come in June. It may seem rather early in the day to begin to stir things up, but at the same time we should begin to look around for material for the various offices. We are not suggesting any names' at this time, but will open the columns of The Recorder for any expres sion the public may have. At this spring's election we will eleqt a mayor, three councilmen for a two year term, three councilmen for a one-year term and a city recorder. If you have any sug gestions to make or know of some man particularly fitted for any of these offices or all of them, let 'er come. The only requirement is that communications be signed, which is no hardship, as everybody should be wiling to back their suggestions or candidate with their name. ATTEND THE COMMERCIAL CLUB. The Bandon Commercial Club had another rousing meeting last Friday night and there is every prospect now for a permanent revival of this organization. This can not be accomplished, however, if the members attend a few meetings and then resume the apathetic attitude that has iormerly been displayed. It was decided at the meeting Friday night that there should be some literature secured for advertising pur poses, and to do this it will be necessary to raise some money. It was decided to give a dance some time within the next month for a starter, and the funds so raised will be added to until there is sufficient to get out some good advertising matter. Another thing the people should not overlook, and that is the opportunity afforded now to get into the club. The initiation fee has been put down to a figure, that is easily within the reach of everyone and if you want to help build up the town and community, this is the oppor tunit'y. The Commercial Club needs'you. There will be another meeting next Friday night night and it is up to every public spirited citizen to be there, and if your name is not on the list of members, you should see that it is placed there at once. A good live commercial organization is one of the very best assets a town can have and recognizing this fact every-businessman should be willing to lend a hand. CITY IMPROVEMENT. We all want to have a beautiful city. We want good streets, fine parks, beautiful lawns, and all that but (Jo we always put forth the proner, effort to iret them? In many instances when the subject is brought up, people remonstrate because of the expense. No improvement or any consequence can be made without considerable ex pense, and if we want the improvements and the better conditions that will come with them we must stand the expense. There are ways, however, that the aDoearance of city can be improved without heavv exnense. and ohiof among these is that of keeping yards and alleys clean of rubbish and retuse ot all kinds. If each property owner would iook alter his own property to that extent it would help a great deal. Considerable progress has been made along this line within thepast year, and most of the credit .... . is due the ladies of the city. The Women's Commercial Club and the Pythian Improvement Club have both done excellent work along tins line, and are to be commended for it. Clean-up day last year resulted in crreatlv imnrov- .ing the appearance of our streots and alleys, and another ciean-up day should be arranged for this spring. And now is the time to begin to prepre for such a day. Spring is rapiuiy approaching. SOCIAL JARADISE. Owning a Parterre Box In New York's Opera House. MERE MONEY CANNOT BUY ONE It Take More Than Wealth to Enable n Outsider to Break Into the Fa mous and Ultra Exclusive ."Golden Horseshoe" at the Metropolitan. Anvbody with money enough can be come tho owner of the costliest art treasure in all tho world If It la for ale. Anybody can have the finest yncht or tho biggest Firth aveuue mansion or tho longest string of matched pearls. This means mere money. But the attainment of a box nt tue opera is without Irreverence about ns near achieving the kingdom or heaven on earth as It well can be. Riches alone cannot buy entrance therein. Not one millionaire in a nunarea owns a box at tho opera. Why? Just Jot down these symbols: N (ab)-o . rZ K Hero wo have social Now York's Chlefest problem expressed algebraic ally. "X" to the unknown quantity for which a given value to required. "N" Is tho uncertain quantity which tho mathematicians coll a "variant" and "a." "b" and "c" are the known quantities which can readily be ascer tained by referring to the real estate records on file In New York city. In a word, when the rich man solves It he knows exactly how much a box at the opera casts to own outrightjln fee simple, -be and his heirs and as signs forever, if he has the value of Tho correct answer has only bees reached five times in thirty years! Strangely enough, too, this right result each time to never the same. Bach solution, where "N" has been properly found before tho lucky solver begins on his problem, gives higher figures than the one before. Today the correct answer Is $120,000, tho price for which one of tho coveted boxes was recently sold. The symbol "N" means,- in n word, tho approval of the board of directors of the Metropolitan Opera. If you can possibly get It and hnyo tho $120, 000 .lying ldlq to boot, then you can become tho. proud possessor of a box at the opera tho ono and greatest, de sideratum of those who would havo Impeccablo social prestige In Now York, which means ' everywhere. It .'also means that boxes In the "golden horseshoe." arc the costliest, of any opera house In the world. The right to have your six places at every perform ance of the opera to a mere adjunct to the ownership. It to the fact1 that you, personally, own tho box which la the acme of tho whole transaction. It means that your social standing to Al. flawless, unimpeachable, unassailable, wholly perfect! Now let us get right down to figures and solve our problem of the opera box. Wo must assume,, of course, that wo have "N" figured down to a nicety that Is, wo have tho unqualified ap proval of the directors of tho opera, the hardest quantity of all to obtain. Our known quantities are a matter of record and easy to obtain to the last penny. We nd. then, ns follows: Onr "a" to the value, of the building; our "b" to the value of tho land: our "c" to the mortgage upon the property as a whole. And the divisor, 35, Is the number ot boxes In the parterre at the opera, of which there can he Just thirty-five, no mora and no less. So. we can now substitute figures for our algebraic symbols jar letters and work out tho problem by simple arithmetic. The building is figured at $1,000,000 and tho land at SS.GOO.OOO. Besides this, tfaero Is an equity In a loft building where scenery Is stored, which is figured at $100,000. You, have Just as much a share In tho dingy loft as you have in your brilliant red and gold box at the Metropolitan Opera Rouse. So tho total real cstnto value Is $4,000,000. Prom this you must sub tract tho mortgage, which to $1,000,000. Our result, then, to $3,000,000. Now, divide this by 35. Wo get $102,857. That to the cost prlco-of a box at the open. The balance to tho seller's profit Look to this fact the remaining or iginal box holders of thirty years ago have quadrupled 'their money. They chipped in $30,000 apiece then, and now their individual holdings are $120, 000 each and growing every season. Death alono ever ports an owner from his box, and then It stays In tho fam ily nine times out of ten. Why? Simplest thing In the world becauso the box to sure of a handsomo' income every year. A man could livo In stylo from what hto box at the opera Would bring him if be had to. Moaday to the gala night of Jb week at the opera. A choice box and they are all' choice except that some are choicer than the rest for ocular or auditory purpose can bo rented out at a moment's notice for $3,000 for Just the twenty-four Mouday night perform ance. There are 130 nights and mat inees of opera five performance a week for twenty-three regular weeks and an extra week. So ninety-six per formances are still left after you have taken la your $3,000. Sell your tickets dirt cheap for these, say $100 for the atx eatings, and you have $0,000 more, or $12,600 Income In all. Throw off the $400 for commissions and you have a met lacoBse of $12,000 from your tick eta, or $1,098 a month. New York WM. She Investigated. What Elsie's Rlster wanted to knew was where Elsie got that beautiful sil ver mounted walking stick. But Kioto didn't wont Elsie's sister to know, so Elsie's sister got Elsie's father to ask Elsie. "I found it" Elsie poutingly inform ed her father, "floating like a schooner on the waves one day when I was bathing." But two dnys Inter Elsie's sister said to Elsie: if "Come tell me! What to his nameV" "Nniue!" repeated Elsie blankly. "Whnt do you mean?" "I mean, dear," sold Elsie's sister, "that last nlqlit 1 tried to make that stick of yours float In tho bath, nod well, darling. It sank!" Pearson's Weekly. Playing Both Ends. "I shall havo a farowell series la America," explained tho prominent ac- tress. "And then you will retire from the stage forever, oh?" "Not at all. My manager to even now arranging for a welcome homo series on the other side." Washington Herald. To Save Life First and property afterwards is the fireman's duty. Your duty is to see that in case of fire your loved ones are not made homeless and pennile&s. Order a fire insurance policy from us today. Every day's delay means the risk of see ing your family without a home or the means of getting one. Donald Mac Kin tosh ABSTRACTS Bandon Branch Office of Title Guarantee and Abstract Co. (Henry SeagiUcken, Mgr.) McNair Hardware Buildirtf In charge P. H. Poole. Economy Promptness ReKabtMtv THE CHILD with correctly fitting eye glasses is most likely to be THE ADULT without such. Optical Parlors at Sabro Bros. Jewel' ry Store. POHL, O. D. FRED L. LEEPER Contractor and Builder If you are aiming to build let me figure with vou. Plans n " and e s t i mates furnished P. O. BOX 803. BANPpN 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-ga-is 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. PURE DRUGS Do you want pure drugs and drug sundries, fine perfumes, hair brushes and toilet arti cles? If so, call on C. Y. LOWE Bandon, Oregon. WOOD FOR SALE Good body fir wood. $1.75 per tier delivered, wood cut to order. A. G. Perdue Pbonc B81 BILLS WONT BOTHER YOU If you have the saving habit You'll not have to worry and fret about how you are going to meet them Even if you have no bills to pay, the feeling' of independence that money in tho bank will give you is worth the Utile self denials that will en able you tl put it there. Start the account today. Putting off till to morrow means a day's Interest lost. THE BANK OF BANDON We want you For our customer not just today, but tomor row and for all time to come, if Right Goods Right Prices Courteous Treatment and prompt delivery is what you want WE HAVE YOU SPARKS GROCERY Successor to A. E. White "PENSULAR" Stands for Reliability. When you buy any of the , Pensular Remedies you are sure of getting the best If You Have a Cold Use Pensular Childrens Cough Syrup Pensular Cherry Cough Syrup Pensular White Pine & Spruce, Balsam Pensular Laxative Cold Breaker To Remove Tan and keep the skin smooth there is nothing like Pen sular Cucumber and Almond Cream and Pensular Buttermilk Cerate. Can Be Bought At The Bandon Drug Company "The Pensular Store" Only 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 or how small, we can save you money. . Let us figure on your building. FRANK GREGORY Mechanical Engineer Contractor 'and Builder Bandon - Oregon Miss Simpson GRADUATE NURSE Phone 934 Mrs. Guy Dipple Spirella's Corseteire PMONB 714 MRS. W. W. WOLFE INSTRUCTOR OF PIANO PHILLIPS ft MILLER Building . Construction , Office iniaiBuMiat-