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' iff - . SEMI -WEEKLY '4 V ' - Job Printing! A modern equipped job . printing department. Advertisers! The Recorder covers the Bandon field thoroughly BANDON RECORDER BANDON, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH, 13 1914 VOLUME XXX NUMBER 22 CITY COUNCIL SAT AS. BOARD OF EQUALIZA .TION'ON SEWER, SYS- i TEMS.V , The City Council mot in special session Wednesday night as a board of equalization on the sewer systems Nos. 1 and 2. There wore several matters brought up for adjustment and some changes to bo made, so af ter a lengthy, discussion which last ed unti! after midnight, adjournment was taken until next Wednesday night. At that time the matters will be brought up again. In the meantime it Is tho intention to get these matters' adjusted so the entire proposition can bo finished up in a short time at the next meeting. H. H. Dufort was granted permis sion to put in a watering trough along his properly in East Bandon. Besides this there waS no business of importance. Registration Slow. According to reports made to Sec retary of State Olcott by the various County Clerks, the total registra tion to date.ls 79,033, which is little more than half what it is estimated it will be. Tho registration prior to the general election in 1912 was al most 160,000, and allowing for the natural increase and tho enfranch isement of women it is believed the figure will almost reach 300,000 this year. '. With only two-fifths of tho women registering and tho natural increase of male voters the registration should, be 270,000. 1 Att&ney-General' Crawford has fold tiiitjhe books'may be -'kept open 'until May Vfor.-reglstration'fof the primary, and from now on it is ex pected that figures in each, county will grow rapidly. , t The total registration for Coos county as filed with tho Secretary ,tho first of tho week was 1,985. Of these 1,042 are Republican, 487 Democrat, 77 Progressive, 63 Prohibition, 161 Socialist, 155 Independent. - Finlnnder Suicides. Johan Korvehala, a Finlandcr who made desperate efforts to hang him self or butt his brains out against tho sides of hjs cell in the Mnrshficld jail a couple of weeks ago, committed suicide ,in the. North Bend city jail last night by hanging himself. Ho was placed in jail about 5 o'clock yes terday afternoon" for intoxication was seen later in the evening and this morning was discovered dead in his cell. Coos Bay Times. Bourne Surprises Chamberlain. Washington, March 12. Senator Chamberlain expressed surprise that Former Senator Bourno had declin ed to become a candidate for the nomination to tho Senato in tho com ing election. Senator Chamberlain .said ho .fully expected Mr. Bourno to bo a candidate, and believed in viow of his wido acquaintance in tho stntc and good record as a Senator, he would bo successful in his effort to obtain tho Republican nomination. .Senator Chamberlain would not ven ture a prediction concerning tho ef fect Mr. Bourne's withdrawal would Tiavo on tho final result of the Sena torial election. Mrl.ain For Committeeman. Hugh McLnln,' who has been think ing for several weeks of !e!ng a randidato for congressman from this district, has given up tho idea and announces ho will file intentions and petitions for election as democratic national committeeman from Oregon. Mr. McLnln hns been identified with the party leaders of tho democratic parly for a number of years and has state. wide udUiilntiu'. Ho is standing well with tho national ud liiluMrutlon and will likely nut-reed in lundliiK (lie rominltleo portion, im tlitte uru few omwnent to t It It date nnd he expert ) N strong In Mult DDHiuli rowdy, MnrllleM Jtwonl. Ubmry HhIwIhIhimihI. IMi f Hit Jlunjoii I'tihllr jrr.r Millionaire on Rockpile. Portland, Ore., March. 12. Five days pn. the rock pile at hard labor was the sentence given W. C. Bar ker, a millionaire clubman, for speed ing. Expecting to bo let off with a fine, Barker plcndcd guilty to tho chargo of speeding nn automobile fifty miles an hour, and almost be fore he knew what had happened the Municipal Judge had pronounced sentence and he was being led away. President to Eat Salmon. Seattle, WaBh., March 8. The Puget Sound salmon packers, who last year sent a large chinook sal mon to President Wilson for his din ner table on "salmon day," March 13, have tin's year shipped to the White House a case of sockeye sal mon packed last summer. Thirty railroads have agreed to "feature" salmon on their trains on the 13th, and many hotels and clubs will do likowise. Dodging Income Tax. London, March 12. Isaac Selig mann, tho noted New York banker, nnd Frank Bliss, a former Standard Oil magnate, became British subjects in order to avoid payment of the American income tax. Other weal thy Americans have also threatened to renounce their citizenship. A memorial to Secretary Bryan, pro testing the payment of the American tax on incomes produced in England was prepared by Americans here. Too Many Watsons. Tho next few days will likely bring out two candidates for the county clerkship, says the Marshficld Re cord. It is understood that James Watson is to become a candidate for tho county judgeship and many be lieve if James Watson does run it will be, for tho best interests of ev erybody to place a candidate against R. R. Watson. .On the other hand if. James.W,tson-d id not-run but-permitted R. R. Watson to seek the coun ty 'clerkship, it is likely the atmos phere would bo cleared greatly, and it is possible no one, on this side would oppose R. R. Watson as clerk. There is a general expression of opinion it would be wrong to allow any one ' family to control county tax equalization, and thnt would re sult if James Watson and R. R. Wat son both ran for office nnd were elected. There is no objection to cith er one of the Wiitson boys running, but tho taxpayers and voters are in clined to the belief that for both to scok places in tho same line of office work is not dosirable and, in the end may result in both James and R. R. Watson being defeated. Battleship Oregon for Reserve Ship. Washington, March 12. Governor West today applied in person to Sec retary of tho Navy Daniels to have tho battleship Oregon assigned for use to the Oregon naval militia as a training ship after the Oregon leads the procession of battleships through the Panama cannl. The old cruiser Boston now serves as a training ship for Oregon naval militia and the most famous vessel of tho American navy may yet per form long and useful service in this capacity. Governor West, who has been very busy for two days, expects to start homo tonight. He has discussed with many department chiefs matters of largo concern to Oregon. The state hns a number of school indemnity selections before the de partment which havo been hanging fire for a number of years. Tho department is holding them up, to gether with n large number from oth er western states, pending nn exam ination into tho legal rights of states to make selections in lieu of survey ed sections of school lands. Fry-Barrows. Willis J, Fry nnd Miss Korean liar rows were married at Coqulllo Tues day, Justico J, J. .Stanley officiating. The young couple are both well known In Handoii and will, have the congratulations and best wishes of u luru circle f friends. I'lort nre HI ore liohhtd, JIurKlur hriiltti Into IWrey (!nx i-nfei-iiiury ttoe ul Flinenre Hut unlay niKlit Tliey -uri)eH rh t'KMT oul ! u uvuiUy hIui rf and iille l llietp. Jlefvwii 1 60 and llUJ u luhfii but Hie hiiruluis rn'itr. IwM J f$ fiM Jiwl lb$ till t( MOOSE MEET INITIATE FIFTEEN CANDIDATES AND FINISH WITH A BIG BANQUET. The Bandon Lodge L. O. O. M. held a big meeting last night and took in fifteen new members, after which an open meeting was held and an excellent program was rend ered and a banquet was givtn at which the ladies were also present. The program consisted of music by the Mandolin Club, solo by Mrs. La verne Tower, Song by the Webb children, solo by Mrs. Geo. Geisen dorfer, reading by Mrs. D. M. Aver ill, solo by Miss Fox and an address on Moosedom by the organizer, Mr. Baker. The banquet was greatly enjoyed and rounded out a most pleasant and profitable evening. Groom 7 Feet; Bride 4 Feet Tall. Fort Worth, Texas. Tho strang est wedding in Texas took place here when Oscar Krcuse, 7 feet 1 inch tall, married Mrs. Martha Duncan, 4 feet 11 inches tall. The miget bride just reached the giant husband's vest poc ket. It is impossible for the bride to hug her husband around the neck without the aid of a step ladder. Kreuse is 45 years old and his wife is 50. Dance Tomorrow Night. Everybody should remember the dance to be given at the Bank Hall tomorrow night, under the nuspiccs of the Bandon Commercial Club. The music will be fine and everybody who attends is assured of a good time - Feeding Salmon "Fry. Frank W. Smith, superintendent of tho Coos river hatchery, was in town Saturday. He reports that the 3,000, 000 young chinook salmon which he is at present feeding are getting on splendidly, and in six weeks from now he expects to be feeding at least 4,500,000. The feed consists of sal mon eggs procured from the cold storage plants, which he cooks nnd grinds up, cooked meal, nnd sea fish that aro not saleable, such as skates, ground sharks and dog fish, which are sent to him by ofF shore fishing boats. It is his intention, if permit ted by the Stato Fish Warden, to feed these salmon fry until they are large enough to look out for them selves, in which event many hundreds of thousands of them will undoubt edly safely run the gauntlet of trout shags, fish ducks, etc., and reach salt water, to come back later on when full grown. Coos Bay News. Mail Carriers Leary. Washington, D. C. , Mnrch 12. Tho difficulty which tho Government is having in awarding contracts for carrying tho mails on star routes is due to the failure of the Postoflicc De partment to provide nn cquitablo bas is of compensation which will enable the contractors to handle the mails at something above cost. Tho De ppartment has thus far been unwill ing to award contracts in tho Wes tern states at a figure which will en able contractors to make a profit, and hns steadfastly refused to in crease tho compensation in propor tion to tho increaso in weights of the mails resulting from the parcel post system. Hcncu tho rejection of 75 per cent of nil bids recently receiv ed. Tho establishment of tho par cel post system increasing the weight of fourth class mails from the orig inal four pounds limit to 11 pounds and tho subsequent orders increas ing tho limit to 20 and 50 pounds, respectively, for each package, has so changed the character of tho "star servlco" that contractors, prae tirtilurly on the Western courses, uro In grave dilliculty by reason of the alt normul Imwusu In gross weights of the mulls, lliu extraordinary rout lm. potted upon them by such Increases fn the weight limits, ami the inpo. Mllly of jierforiiiliiK nerWeu im lliu original (U'hiululf. Mailer hwUt (oru (-uirlnij by ix)MiM or ffeJKliI, j now lliiMWii mum Hid rnlrnjirn, limn Kujuirltf in Jimiiy ium addi tional Imh, jiiithm and vt'ujwjui ju t-uv kvfiftp Dm maj) t iwjulmJ Ui I I'utM mjj wUrw! 4)j Ii"iiilw IP iii tmim nMhi am im- BALL . MEETING MEETING WILL BE HELD IN THE -.COMMERCIAL HALL NEXT MONDAY NIGHT. There will lie a base ball meeting at the Commercial Club hall Monday night, March 10th, to arrange for tho baso-ball season. Everybody interested in the Na tional game should be present. Ban don. will have a good fast team this summer if the people will take an in terest. So it is up to you to be there and help push the thing along. Bank Bnadits Make Their Escape Bcllingham, Wash., March 11. The five bandits who held up the Ab botsford branch of the Canadian Roy al Bank yesterday and escaped with $240) in currency and gold, eluded their pursuers under the cover of darkpess last night and arc now thought to be headed north toward the heavy forests. The outlaws were surrounded in a canyon yesterday af ternoon. A pack of bloodhounds was expected from New Westminister but it failed to arrive and an effort was made to enter tho brush where the robbers were hiddon. The pro vincial police, aided by citizens, are scouring tho woods today in the hope of picking up the trail. Tho robbers who arc said to be Italians, are believ ed to bo tho same men who attempt ed to rob tho bank at Agassiz, B. C. about throe weeks ago.. Mass Meeting Tonight. As was announced in Tuesday's Re corder there will bo a mass meeting of citizens at the Commercial Club haJL&night'for the purpc-of jHs, cussing" candidates for city officials before tho June election. Every voter of Bandon whether a member of the Club or not should be there. Glee. Club Coming. Tho Willamette University Glee Club will bo in Bandon .some, time during the first week in April, un der tho auspices of tho Bandon High School. This Glee Club conies high ly recommended and has given con certs in many towns on tho coast. Tho Oregon Journal of Portland says that tho club gave an entertainment before the Portland Commercial Club recently that was highly appreciated. Kill Flies Early. University of Oregon, Eugene, Or., March 12. Now is the time to be gin killing off the earliest spring files each pair of which, if left alone, will be responsible for millions of dc cendants before the end of August. It is easier to kill one pair now than to try to trap or poison or "swat" several hundred thousand descen dant pairs during tho summer. "Any community in Oregon may become flyless if it will consistently follow directions," says Dr. Clifton F. Hodge, professor of social biology at tho State University, who stands ready to send instructions to any or ganization that is willing to under take nn anti-lly campaign in any neighborhood. Eugene, Medford, Creswoll, Port land and Pendleton are Oregon cities that havo promised spring lly cam paigns. Astoria, Albany, Salem and several other cities havo campaigns under consideration. That success Ib possible is demonstrated by tho high ly successful campaigns in Cleveland, Worcester, Washington, Baltimore and other big cities in the United States where entire neighborhoods havo been enabled to live tho summer months in peace. Ah winter breaks up, there aro comparatively fow files. Dr. Hodge gives directions for slmjilo traps, which ran bo mndo at home, for the rapture of (huso early pairs. Such traps are halted and one of them will frequently catch all the lllen around a hoiina or burn whw platfwl upon a gutliage pull or In u stable window, lnvallgutrM havu wwtiy oMi en vci l that a lly nMum imvuU fuillier limn 1600 fil .iHcliig iu life Hum. 'Jin mm ti immMt fr u IlinIM m i Ui Ut lw (nun iliiM witm BviphteHiug mm my M1j Im wwums will Jit iud h uflibjlMi uHlh MimUU Its lMlWa toMMu4' P'm'U,. i ' and ulliw Hmum 1 New Accounting System. The road supervisors who were in to make their reports one day last week were given an introduction to the new system of accounting by which it is expected the county's accounts will be accounted for more accountably. None of them seemed to bo charmed with tho new system which will call for more book-keeping on their part. However, some were inclined to be philosophical, saying that office work was just ajs pleasant as bundling a pick and shovel. Coquille Herald. A Law Needed in Oregon. A new libel law has been intro duced in the lower house of tho Mississippi legislature, and one of its provisions is intended to deal with newspapers or correspondents, or others, who publish or send out "stories" that . reflect unfavorably and falsely on any city, town or community. Section 2 of the bill rends as fol lows, and this where there occurs the come-back on the Wesson correspon dent: "That every person who shall publish or cause to be published, any matter that reflects on any city, town or village, or community, or thnt tends to hold it up to ridicule, or that is in any sense defamatory of the' city, town or village, or community or the citizens thereof, shall be deem guilty under this act, and punished ar herein provided." Violations of the provisions of tin act arc made punishable by a finr not Exceeding $250, or iniprisonmen. in the county jail for not more thai one year. Coquille Herald, Obituary. John G. Fish diod in this city Tues day. JUr. Fish was an old resident or uoos county ana was years; j months! and "20"dayS.old at th'e time of, his 'death. Ho.was born in Clack amas county, November 19, 1801, and had resided in Coos county since 1873. He first settled on Myrtle Creek where he lived for about 30 years and then moved to Coquille in 1903, where he was engaged in the box and furniture manufacturing business. He went to Mexico with a party a few years ago but did not remain long because of the unsettled condi tions of affairs down there. Mr. Fish had been in Bandon about a year before ho died, his death be ing the result of quick consump tion. Deceased leaves a widow and six sons. The sons aro Albert S. John C, Frank J., Joseph R., Arthur N., and Donald C. He also bus iuie daughter, Mrs. F. J. Smith. The re mains were taken to Coquille for burial. Tho Fish family will have tho sym pathy of a large circle of friends in their bereavement. Dairymen to Meet Saturday. Marshficld, March 12. Next Sat urday will be a "red letter' day for Coos county dairymen, according to I. L. Smith, agricultural expert, who is arranging for a meeting hero to organize tho owners of cows to im prove their herds nnd output. The meeting is for tho purpose of com pleting tho organization of tho Cow Testing Association. At tho meeting officers will be elected and committees chosen to look after the work and determine tho scope of tho organization in ad dition to tho cow testing program. Mr. Smith hopes to havo nearly ev ery tlairy man in this section pres ent at the gathering. Mr. Smith was much surprised to day to sco the following dispatch from Coquillo in n Portland pap"er. "Dissatisfaction is reported among the farmers and agriculturalists of the Coquille valley about thu way in which thu scientific farming educa tional campaign is being handled in Coos county, particularly In the es tablishment of permanent hendquur turs for tho newly appointed county agriculturist, J. I,. Hiullli, at Marsh, flwld, and a ohungo may ho advocat ed." Mr. Niulth uys (hut ho lius niu tie orraiiKiniients to hivu Ju uJ limrtui in doijullln an noon a thu (WuMHiMvUI Mub Umrw ran u)iiy a lufttUtfM, e ilww wit sj'tUid muv)l Um NMMton tmtiiy mutry tly umj ug mtm lm mtfMM m urwl&" twi Wit H(i4, U vHU y lm rtfl- (ylll l Mttlvl Um WgillAMtlH TO CLEAN OP CAMPAIGN STARTED TO MAKE BANDON A CLEANER TOWN. A "clean-up" campaign in Ban don is being started and a number of the lending citizens, especially the ladies, are greatly interested, and a meeting will bo called in the near future at which time the campaign plans will be perfected. This is a subject that everybody is interested in nnd will receive the hearty support of every citizen who is interested in seeing a cleaner and more beautiful Bandon. Shingle Strikers Lose. Raymond, Wash., March 12. The strike of the shingle mill employes on Willapa Harbor, which has been on since February 18, was suddenly terminated last night nt a confer ence between tho employers nnd tho strikers. The striking shingle weav ers agreed to return to work on the conditions laid down in the edict is med by the mill operators immed atnly following the strike. The mills will be started at once and under the new arrangement the strikers will only be taken back as there are places for them. Alaska It.iilroad Bill Through. Washington, March 12. The pen with which Speaker Clark signed the Alaska railroad bill today was made from Alaskan gold hold in an ivory susk of an Alaskan mastodon that, roamed 'the wilds in Alaska more than 50,000 years ago. Vice" President Marshall will use tho samjj pen. -Tbtt, . 'pe'iino'lder-ls- -eiirvl-lirthe Tform-ofT ' an Alaska totem pole by an Alaskan Indian living at. Skagway and is pro nounced by those familiar with to 'tems to bo a perfect reproduction of the' totem polo of a chieftain. Tho ivory tusk from which tho holder wns carved was found with the skel eton of a mammoth. The ivory pen holder and gold pen were supplied by John E. Ballainc of Seattle and Alaska. Ballaino will present the pen and holder to the territory' of Alaska. Senator Chamberlain, who . is tho author of the mcjtiure, is or ganizing a party to sec President Wil son sign the bill. Governor Has Had Enough Washington, D. C, March 12. Governor West has just been offered" an important federal position in Washington and has declined it. "I have seen a little of official life since coming to Washington," said the gov ernor, "and I may say that it docs na;t nppcal to me. If I thought I could do good in any office I should be glad to take the office with-, out salary." (The bystandors smil ed.) No sir! No public office, cither by appointment or election has at traction for West, who will retire from the gubernatorial chair next year. He is not a candidate for re nomination and does not seek nny of fice, he said. Marshficld Officials Cited. Marshficld, March 12. Mayor F. E. Allen, City Attorney John D. Goss Constable W. B. Cox and V. C. Gorst through an order issued by Judge John S. Coke in tho circuit court, havo been cited to nppcar April 20, and show cause why they should not bo fined and punished for contempt of court in disregarding an injunc tion from tho circuit court. Cox it iy alleged at a constable sale, sold to Gorst, an automobile man, a mach ine which had been seized for debt due tho mayor, Goss acting as at torney. It was claimed that tho auto was not owned by thu debtor ami an injunction restraining tho sulo was issued, Notification wus given of the Injunction and it is held that the wtlo proceeded ill disregard of Tho III Junction, ( I) o I) it o II II o o o (j 0 JIWJJIJJS WINHi u it A sjMiDltt) wlnilafts wan fu U ii mimi luti nlghl flulJiiH Oii'i I' u WIIHm JiijnJjly win) Ijio lUjfll- H llM UW All, WuluUfcl ill liililf 0 u miii Iwi in Hm Vn' u .(. t Vr