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About Semi-weekly Bandon recorder. (Bandon, Or.) 1910-1915 | View Entire Issue (March 24, 1914)
Oregon Historical Society City Hall X Jh-w 'in ill i I fjmmm iwm 'L tffi -.w rri m.r-fc.,JM ,x IrkK Prinfincr! Advertisers! The Recorder covers tile Bandon field thoroughly A modern equipped job ' printing department. BANDON, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH, 24 1914 VOLUME XXX NUMBER 25 RANDOM RECORDER KRONENBERG IS PRESIDENT Commercial Club Elects Of ficers for the Ensu ing Year. PLAN NEW ADVER TISING CAMPAIGN Extend .Time .of .Reduced Initiation Fee fbr 30 Days. The regular meeting of the Com mercial Club was hold in the club rooms Friday niRnt, anu u(u the meeting was the election of officers, which passed off smoothly and harmoniously. The newly elected officers arc all good live men and the club is assur ed of a prosperous year. The officials elected are: J. L. Krnnonborcr. president: Geo. Goison- dorfer, vico prcsiddnt; H. L. Hop kins, secretary; O. A. Trowbridge, insurer; J. Tf Sullivan, member of executive committee. The four elective officers together with tho fifth member constitutes tho cxccutico committee. Tho matter of publishing a book let for tho advertising of Bandon was brought up and on motion the president appointed a committee of five to arrange the copy, etc., for a suitable booklet and present tho draft to the club for their sanction before it in submitted to the printers for bids. Tho committee .as appointed vis as follows: Dr; L; P, Sorcnsen, Don ald MacKintoshJooiWondling, H. L. IJopkins and L. B, Felsheim. Two new members were taken in a this meeting and on motion it was decided to extend tho time for the now membership campaign, with tho iriiation fee at f 1.00, for laiiother four weeks, or until Friday, April 17. A few communications were read and )ther bus'lricsa of mirior impor tance transacted, after . which the club adjourned to meet next Friday nigty at which time the now officers will have charge,' and every member should bo present and encourage the new officers in taking up their work. SCHOOLMASTERS' CLUB HAS ENJOYABLE OUTING On Saturday last tho members of tHo Schoolmasters Club of Bandon en joyed an excursion to Rivcrton where the day was spent in a manner both pleasurable and profitable. A num ber of teachers from Coquille and oth er achoola on tho river were pres ent also. In1 the forenoon a program was giv en at the Rivcrton school house. Miss Mary D. Ritchie gave a very nbln presentation of O'Sliea's Practical Problems in .Teaching. Mrs. Miller, principal of tho Riverton school, out lined tho work of standardizing the schools as it is being dono in soino of tho more progressive counties. Mh?s Vrcqlandt representing tho state board of health, spoko at some length on sanitary and unsanitary conditions in nnd about school build ings. This was followed by a discus-slon-of tho importance of good schools by Supt. Hopkins of Bandon. After dinner tho teachers were con ducted through tho coal mines of Riv eiton. This was ono of tho most in teresting events of tho day, aixl tho most exciting for some of them. Re turning from tlm mines the crowd again convened at the school build ing to lUton to Supt. linker's talk on Htandardlxatlnn of hcIiooIh in Coos county. Mr. linker is doing a groat work for tho bcIiooIh of thin county in ruining tht'in to a higher standard of f)li'luncy, Hiyit. I Inward of Comilllu dlnriniiMi tiu liironkfultmry of tlm pnwnt uy lull) flf tuKUllon, At tho clrtMi of (III nwlt tlm iHi't'lfng hurriedly adjourn ml fci llmt jwojihi t'lMilil fuli'li (ho boa I All Vidid ho ihty wta um4 Hud hoped llwiv wuuhl iw 0ny nioir' II, COOLEY CASE MAY BE TRIED IN COQUILLE, Word comes from Curry county that tho A. R. Coolcy case may pos sibly come to trial during the April term of court, and it is stated Dis trict Attorney Meredith will ask the court for a change of venue to Coos, miintv. following the irrand iury in vestigation, providing an indictment is returned. This action, it is said, is foreshadowed throuch a general pro-Cooley sentiment in tho lower end of tho county, nnd quite proval ent over the section. Marshfield Re cord. IN BAD SHAPE LIABILITIES MAY EXCEED THE ASSESTS SEVERAL TIMES. Although the settlement of the late F. S. Dow's affairs has not yet reach ed the point where they know exactly the status .of them, it was stated to lay by a man close in touch with thorn that tho liabilities would many times exceed his assets. By some it is estimated that his liabilities will exceed his assets by about $20,000. The Balfour-Gutherio company, the Goldenrod, Milling company,, the Murphy-Dow Building Material company and some others are reported to be among the largest creditors. So far no claims have been for mally filed with Administrator W. P. Murnhy. so tho exact amount of his deficit is not, known. Administrator Murphy has arrang ed to have Expert Wann expert tho books of the Dow companies as soon an Mr. Wann completes his work at which will be within a few days. So far as can bo. ascertained now, the deficit is due to tho fact that Dow had not been doing a profitable business and his overhead expenses had been eating up his own money and tho funds he handled. This do-, jng business at a loss had been going On for a long time, but under tho complicated business he was doing Dow was either unaware of tho ex. tent of it until recently or had been hoping for a growth that would save him. Tho amount of Dow's assets will bo known as soon as I. S. Smitji, A E. Diment nnd W. F. Miller, appoint- ed to appraise his property, get along ' li.. II A, - 1 pruuy wen wiin uie worK. In addition to the loss of his own funds for the companies which he was representing, it is said that Mr, Dow lost $4000 or $5000 which Mrs. Dow received from an estate nnd which was put in to dcvelopo the bus iness. There is also a question as to part of Mr. Dow's insurance. He carried $3000 in tho Woodmen in favor of his wife and this will go to her. Tho thro $5000 was in the Mutual Life of. Now York and ho had just made an plicatiop for the beneficiary of this policy to bo changed from this estate to his wife. This, application for tho chnngo in beneficiary was not for warded to Portland until tho Sunday previous to tho fatal Friday on which Mr, Dow ended his career in tho Bay. In consequence tho formal change had not been made in the home ofi fico of tho company and now some .of tho creditors will endeavor to secure tho $5000 it is said, on tho grounds that it is pnyablo to tho estate. Tho badly involved condition o Mr. Dow'a affairs make it difficult, for thoso trying to straighten them out and It Is greatly regretted by tho many friend of tho family uud es pecially of Mrs. Dow. Tho warehouse IiuhImchb hud been recently unlimited from the othera mid Incorporated km tlm tf out Invent, WttlvlMimu company. 'J'liU included I lie dorkn and wundiowtuit In Mui mIi. Held, Ooiiillle , Bandon and Myilln mint. w. I'. Murphy In rondur! ng tlm IiiihIdi'Hk under IIiIh iih Ji wmk m tdm-Miolder and nllU'ur n( (ho nim, jmny. (Um jliiy Tlw. DOW BUSINESS BE THERE ON FRIDAY NIGHT FIRST MEETING OF COMMER CIAL CLUB WITH NEW OFFICERS. The first meeting of tho Bandon Commercial Club with tho now offi cers. ,at the head will bo held at tho club rooms Friday night, and every member should bo present and help to encourage the now officers. Then, too, there is much important ant, business to come up. The work for the new year will no doubt bo out lined nnd the committee on publish ing a pamphlet and other advertis ing matter will probably report, so that wo can got "busy nt once on the preparation, for a big advertising cam paign which will bring this section of Lhe country to tho front, and give it proper publicity. ASK TO HAVE THE ROAD BOND LIMIT RAISED. Mayor A. T. Morrison, as chairman of the Good Roads Association of the County, is now advocating an initia tive measure to raise the bonding im it fpr road funds from two per cent of tho assessed valuation of the coun ties to five per cent. This measure it is proposed to make statc-widc. Mr. Morrison says that thero aro many people who oppose a $450,000 bond levy for Coos county because it is too small to give us anything but piecep of roads, who would bo glad, fo. yote for a million and have a road from the Bay 'to. the county, line .via. Coqujllo and. Myrtlo Point construc ted, Thero is a good deal, to bo said In favor of that proposition, nnd wo hope Mayor Morrison and other boos ters like him will say it to the people so effectively lis to get the proposal to raise the bond limit on tho ballot in .November. Coquille Sentinel. IDLE ARMY BUYS LAND ' AcJD DEFIES SHERIFF. Sacramento, March 23. Purchas ing an acre of land on tho ranch of Morris Brooke, about four miles north of. tho city, by tho payment of $70 down. ThoyKclley factoin of unem ployed "army" outwitted the Sacra-, niento officers and defied anyono to "remove them from their own prop erty. The situation was discovered by the sheriff when in answer to a riot call from Brooke, ho and his dep uties rushed out to drive the men from tho Brooke ranch. Tho sheriff found 40. men on a portion of the rapch and about 100 more on their way thcrq, men being stationed along the roads directing, the rccuits how to get there. The land is in the dis trict known as north Sncramcnto, and the residents thero arc aroused. It is believed tho dispersed Kolley "army" that originally mustered 900 men, may gather on tho aero of ground. The arrival from Sacra mento, of a wagon load of provisions indicated that financial backing for tho, army in being secured somewhere The county officials nro in a quandry. A mwlrow "VmMhtr Dm MYRTLE POINT BANK RUMORS STARTLING DEVELOPMENTS IN .i MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY ARE PROMISED. The Coos Bay Times says accord ing lo reports received there, some startling developments may soon be Ijrought to light in the Myrtle Point ban robbery case. District Attorney Liljcqvist said that there was nothing definite to give Hot, but has. intimated that the case would be taken before the next grand jury 'and that indications pointed to somo surprising facts being brought, out. SUBSTANTIAL DECREASE IN NUMBER OF RY. ACCIDENTS Washington, D. C, March 23. A material decrease in tho number of t'rainlnccidcnts and in tho number of persons killed and injured in such nc i'dents was shown by an Interstate (Jjommerce Commission bulletin issu ed for the quarter ending September, 30, 1913. During tho quarter 211 were 'killed and 1011 injured in train accidents, n decrease ns compared with the corresponding quarter of 1912, of 77 killed and 587 injured. An increase of 123 killed nnd of 1904 injured was shown in "other than train accidents," including accidents t'o employees while at work, to pnss (ingcrs getting on or off cars, to tress passers and others, the total being 1890 lolled and 19,753 injured. ; Through industrial accidents not involved in train operation, but oc (iurrnto railway employees, other han "trainmen on railwny premises, i32 people were killed and 32,878 in jured, an increase of 18 killed and 3994 injured. Tho total number of Collisions and derailments on steam railways for the quarter was 3913, of jvhich 173 collisions and 223 derail ments affected passenger trains. The financial damage done amounted to 13,239.159. It was pointed out that 0.3 per cent of tho derailments were aused by Woken rails and 25.1 per cent lo defective equipment. A LOGGING HO AD IS NOT PUBLIC CARRIER, DECISION A logging road is not a public car rier and hence has not the right of eminent domain nor the right to util jzo a public street or highway for fight of way. This was the gist of a decision of the Oregon Supreme Court received today, rovorsing a (lecision of, tho Coos county circuit court in tho case of Anderson, Brun nel and others vs. the Smith-Powers Logging company et al. Tho plain tiffs livo on South Slough and at tacked a franchise given by tho coun ty to tho Smith-Powers company to uso a South Slough road for high way. It is a victory for L. A. Liljc qvist. Incidentally, the Supreme Court held as unconstitutional a law under which tho franchise was grant ed. Tho case was important as ji precedent, but not in this particular instance, ns the logging road was about to bo taken out anyway. Coos Bay Tjmcs. hi Wnllii WnJliii WiifhiiiKHm." This mutmtUw fww k n m ilio Ornml TJ)vir wmwrw night, ! EARTH CRACK SWALLOWS TWO IN PENNSYLVANIA. Pottsvillc , Pa., March 23. Tho earth opened and swallowed two min ors and a work shanty on the moun tain Bide at KehJoy run colliery at. Shenandoah, and although largo forces of men were put to work, both inside the mine nnd on the surface no trace of the men or the buildinr has boon found. They may have dropped n dlstanco of 500 feet and it will require weeks to learn their fate. EOR MURDER JEO. MEYERS TAKEN INTO CUS 'TODY HERE SATURDAY EVENING. Georgo Meyers was arrested here Saturday night and taken to Chotco Sunday to answer for the murder of a young man named Isonhart. The killing occurred some time n February. The two men were neighbors and according to Meyers' tory, went out hunting together, and after hunting for some time they int down on a hill to rest. They then decided to go over to nnothnr ran. yon to see jf they could get a deer They separated here and Meyers claims he went oyejj. to tho canyon and hunted for about three hour? nnd then returned. In the meantime he says he heard a shot, and when he returned he found Iscnhart lying dead about fifty feet from wlinrn hp left him. Moyers then strapped the Dotiy or tho dead man on his pony .iul took him home, instead of leav ing him there for the coroner to in vestigate, and there is whero he thinks he made a mistake, Meyers tells a good straight stry and it would seem from the circum stances that ho would have no reason for killing Iscnhart, but tho case will be investigated. Meyers tells a good straight story family is still living on it, while he was granted a leave of absence for fivo months and says ho'was going to Work for a short time. OLD OPPONENTS FACE EACH OTHER AGAIN THIS YEAR 7j. T. Siglin, says tho Marshfield Sun, lias his hat in the ring and will run on the Democratic ticket for sher iff, should ho land the nomination. There is no question but that he will have W. W. Gage, present incum bent for his opponent in tho nice. It will not be a meeting of strange faces in a contest for office but will present a political anomaly, verify ing the oft used expression, "politics makes strange bed-follows." Some years ago Taylor was dispossessed of the sheriff's office by Gage, run ning on the Populist ticket with n one term platform, when the Pops made a clean sweep of Coos county offices. Siglin, the steadfast guard of the democrats, and- Gago, the Pop-Democrat, now face the barrier and both nstrido of tho Democratic mule. But the successful candidate doesn't card what he's riding on so long as ho gets there. MAN ARRESTED is WARMING UP Many Candidates for- City Officials Are Being Suggested. V MEETING HELD LAST SUNDAY. Committee is Appointed to Confer With Citizens' Committee. As the time for tho city mass meet ng and election draws nearer there coins to bo more interest' aroused n the campaign for city officers. Last Sunday afternoon a meeting f temperance peoplo was held at-the M. E. Church and tho proposition was 'rought up and discussed' at some sngth, but nothing definite was dono xcept the appointing of a commit eo to confer with the citizens' com nittce already appointed on tho pro tosition of getting suitable men for he various offices. , - The committee appointed was W. 1. Smith, E. A. Philpott, Mrs. E.-Dy-r and Doc Sparks. A McNair who s a member of the citizens' commit ec was present at tho meeting nnd liscusscd tho question at some length In regard to city officials so many me been, suggested for tho various ifliccs that it would bo impossible to nention them all. But among those nost prominently mentioned forvmay r aro: J, L. Kronenbcrg, J. W. Iast, C. R. Wade, John Nielson, II. 2. Dipple, Dr, L. P. Sorcnsen, ;Geo. ?. Topping, D. M. Avcrill and oth ?rs. For tho office of City Recorder .here seems to bo' general satisfac ,ion with tho work of E. B. Kaus ud, and he will in aU probability bo sleeted again with little or no oppos ;tion. As to Councilmcn, thero is so much .imber, or at least there have been so many suggested that wo certainly night to get a council that would do '.hings about right. !, Among those wb have heard mcn tioned for tho eastward, aro J. Ll. 'vronenberg, F. J. Chatburn, J. II... lould, J. Ira SIdwell,' Herbert Brown,-' R. W. Windsor, E. B. Fish, Dr."S. J. Mann, W. C. Scllmcr, Fred Mehl, and ithers whoso names Wf.do not now recall. - f For tho west ward tho nnmes of Dr. L. P. Sorcnsen, Dr. S. C. Endicott, I. T. Sulliavn, F. S. Perry, ,R. C. Mc-' Kinnis, F E. Oakes, C. R. Wado. 'b. . Trowbridge; C.-E. Bowman, C. E. tvlepfe'r, E. H. Fish, and others have been suggested. .It would seem that but'of all this bunch of men, -nearly nil - of whom would ho good men for tho positions that a mayor and six councilman ;ould bo selected that would bo a ;rcdit to any city, nnd ; accomplish some good work during tho next two years. WHISKEY POURED INTO THE SEWER AT ALBANY Albany, Ore.,. March 23. Eight! .hundred nnd forty , two pints of whis key was confiscated hero by orders of tho circuit court yesterday under u prosecution alleging tho liquor had been shipped , into dry . territory und not properly labeled. Sheriff Hod in ind Chief of Polico Austin poured tho contents of tho bottles into the sower. Last night 40 pints were tak sn from a dray which was onrofito to a local drug xtoro and that liquor was also emptied into tho sewers. FUATIMtES RESTORED TO FACE MAPM DESOLATE IN 8A.MWILL Itf.lllmori.. Mnrcli '23. WIth'li now iioko. iiiado from ono of Ids rllm. ( rapped to his face, which wan de nuded of feature In a wiwinlll iiit. limit tin eo yearn ago,, mm Aiitn, u young CiiiiiMllfJii. In roroviitfmr from u ndiuul'.uhlo opuiutlon at u IiohjiI lal hwrii. It was I ho moid Impor tant or u urjttn ot xiitii grim which huvu I'lvmi IiIh now Him urn! now u now tw tnvuwl with idtfi) luliin f i nni hi fnndieud, Tlm In id mwi a. l tymUurwl u ucf'i jy lM"vr CAMPAIGN