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BANDON
VOLUME XXX
BANDON, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY J 2 1914
NUMBER 39
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KAY BROS.
L
It A KG E
COAL
RIVER
ASTORIA WILL. CARRY
FROM THE COQUILLE
TO SAN FRANCISCO
THIS SUMMER.
Kay Brothers' mine at Riverton
has engaged the vessel barge Astoria
to freight lump coal between River
ton and San Francisco during ihr
summer.
The Astorin wna brought around
from Coos Hay Sunday in tow of the
tug Kliliyam and arrived iti Bnndor
at eight o'clock Sunday evening and
wont up to Rivorton on the noon tide
yesterday.
The Astoria was formerly the
crack ocean going tug boat of the Pa
cific coast, being built especially foi
tug service and was equipped witl
700 horse-power engines, which were
installed in the American steam
schooner A. M. Simpson when they
were removed from the Astoria.
The Astoria is 110 feet long, 24
feet beam and 12 feet depth of hold
and will carry about 250 tons of coa
out of the Coqullle. She Is owned bj
the Simpson Lumber Co., of Nortl
Lend.
J. K. Smith of North Bend brough
the vessel around and will hnvo chnrgr
of the coal freighting to San Fran
etaco. Tlio Astoria will be towed be
hind steam schooners going out ol
Bandon.
HARRY NELSON DIED AT
HOME OF PARENTS IJERE
Harry Nolson, a. well. known, Baudot
man, died at the home of his parents
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Nelson, in this citj
yesterday morning.
Tho deceased was born in Port Or
ford April 3, 1877, came to Bandor
in 1881, and has lived hero practical
ly all of his life.
He was married in 1002 to Mis:
Melissa Kennedy, and to tins unior
three children were born.
Mr. Nelson was an honest, indus
trious young man, well liked and hh
untimely demise will be genuinely re
gretted. He hud been in poor healtl
fr a number of years, his sickness fi
imlly culminating in consumption
which was tho immediate cause of hi:
death, Ho had worked in u uumcbi
of capacities around Bandon, and wai
Night Marshal; at one timo, but was
forced to resign becuuso of his health
Ho is survived by a wife ami threi
children, besides his parents and othe
relatives, all of whom will havo tin
sympathy of tho community. Th
funeral is being held this aftcrnooi
from tho Carl Nelson residence.
GRAND JURY
NAY PROBE
RUMORED THAT STEPS MAY 111
TAKEN FOR ALLEGED VIOLA
TION OF CORRUPT PRACTICE
LAW.
It is reported that tho grand jury
may bo asked to, look Into tho mattoi
of a letter which was published in u
Murshllold paper recently attaekinj
W. II. Meredith of Curry county, can
didate for the Democratic noniiim
lion for congressman. The offend
ing letter was written by S. P. Piorcu
SHIP
COA
of ( uny county, who is n candidate
for the nomination for roproM'iitu
tivo. to Fred Hollhttor to North Bend.
Tint letter, which was u particularly
blller arraignment of .Murndilh, J
nliKi'd to liuve been it violation of
I liu corrupt pmclli'it art. Pierre ami
tUii'ditli urn old polUlml muunlo,
ii. v having hi'i'fi opjx)iiuiii (or vi r
) ju immiiiuliimji ul pt whwiimw
.d ilimr OkIiI Hits 'wr im mm Uw
i.iy mid HiU your Uf mr Uiu umuli
f ihii prw.v)i jirtnmry ruin In t
WILL BUILD NEW WHARF
AT PORT ORFORl) SOON.
Tiie public spirited citizens of Port
Orford, at a meeting of their Com
mercial Club last Saturday night,
subscribed $0,000 for the purpose of
building a new wharf to take the
place of tliei old one which was des
troyed by n storm last winter. The
people of Port Orford arc alive and
nwako to their opportunities nnd they
aro to be congratulated on the pro
gress they aro making in all lines.
TOTAL REGISTRATION FOR THE
PRIMARIES IS CONSIDERAB
LY LESS THAN IT WAS EX
PECTED TO BE.
Coquillc Sentinel: Tho total regis
tration for the county is 0,043 which
is fnr loss than was expected when
registration began on January
ThiB total is divided among the var
ious parties as follows: Republicans
!,507 or 58 per cent; Democrats 1,804
jr 27 per cent; Prohibitionists, 213 oi
lot quite 4 per cent; Socialists 510 oi
noarly 8 per cent; Progressives 11'
r a per cent; miscellaneous 4'J oi
per cent. Tho latter classifica
ion includes those registered as in
lopendent. With 030 voters Coquillr
las 333 Rcqublicans. 201 Democrats
13 Prohibitionists, 25 Socialists, 1)
Progressives and 21 miscellaneous
Warshfleld including Eustside hat
1,258 voters, of whom 72(5 aro Eopub-
.icans, 301 Democrats, 35 Prohibition
sts, 48 Socialists, 38 Progressive;
lin'd "30" miscellaneous.' Bandon witl
a total of 941, has 542 Republicans
100 Democrats, 44 Prohibitionists, 7(
Socialists, 4 Progressives and 70 mis
collaneous. Bandon thus has a GC
per cent Republican vote, the part
being proportionately stronger thai:
inywhero else in tho county. North
Bend has 530 votes. Of theso 230 aro
Republicans, 1G2 Democrats, 22 Pro
h'.bitionists, 42 Socialists, 45 Pro
jressives and 23 miscellaneous. This
makes her tho banner Progressive
town of the county, having more of
that party registered than Marsh
lleld nnd Bandon together. Myrtle
Point hns 403 votes. Of these 21!)
ire Republicans, 108 Democrats, 4(j
Prohibitionists, 31 Socialists, 7 Pro
gressives and 52 miscellaneous. Only
one voter in the county registered as
I Populist. The county precinctt
.vith over 100 voters registered aro
is follows: Coos River 141; Bunker
Hill 17G; Riverton 112; Prospor 130;
Two Mile 180; Norway 171; Catch
ing Creek 110; Sugar Loaf 12G; En
chanted 112. A notable fact shown
by the registration figures just given
aut is that tho two Bay towns of
Murshfield and North Bond, includ
ing Bunker Hill precinct, have 18tt
voters registered; whilo tho three
river towns of Bandon, Coquillo and
Myrtle Point havo 2,034; and yet to
road much of the matter written
about Coos county one would be war
ranted in concluding that settlement
and civilization outside the Bay cities
was entirely negligible; and that tho
Coquillo valley was to bo classed
along with South Slough or Kontuck
Inlet.
CURRY COUNTY .MAN
PASSED AWAY SUNDAY
Ueorgo Michael Horner of Curry
County, died at the Emergency Hos
pital In Bandon Sunday. Mr. Hornor
was taken suddenly with ucuto indi
gestion some timu ago whilo in this
city mill was removed to the hospital
where lie was given medical atten
tion, but to no avail.
The desonscd wus born in Omnuiny
In 1X07 inn) caniit tn thin country
vurly In llfii. lie ImhI been u rilsg
tf this surllnn of Oitigiin for h wnn
r f ytmru. A wiia mid mm slill
lion ni Mi u mount III loan.
Mr. Humor m u nimtlWr uf llw
bummt HUi H Hd Hut ftijiMfcJ i. U
'UK Ml III LuMtftal taJir u4i Uw
wiktw f lJjgi mLm-. A maiF at
6.643 VOTERS
REGISTERED
GOOD ROADS
NOT COSTLY
FIGURES SHOW THAT HARD
SURFACE ROADS ARE LESS
EXPENSIVE THAN IS GENER
ALLY THOUGHT.
That asphalt roads aro not as ex
pensive as is generally thought can
be shown by some facts and figures
drawn from the half mile of nsphalt
road south from the Bandon city lim
its at tho end of the plank road on
what was formerly Columbia Aven
ue. Just now when tho road bond
ing question is coming up, a few fig
ures will not come amiss.
Many have estimated the cost of
this stretch of asphalt road at from
$7,000 to $8,000, but the figures giv
en by Road Supervisor A. J. Counts
show that it cost just $4,275, and thero
would not he a harder piece of road
to build in Coos county than this one.
It. was built over a mud-hole whirii
was never passable until about the
first of August. The figures show
that the getting out oind hauling of
the rock and placing in the road cost
$2,275, the grubbing and clearing,
grading and putting in concrete cul
vert cost $1,000 and the asphalt cost
$400. This makes the total, of $1,275
as before stated. The road is as
phalted 10 feet wide and has a rocl
bed of one foot in depth over the en- J
tiro space asphalted, thus giving it
a foundation that will last for years
with heavy trafilc.
From this it will be seen that with
the $440,000 that is being asked for
for would built a largo amount of
hard surface road in this county.
DRYS PLAN A
T
S E V E N HUNDRED SPEAK ERS
AND A MILLION LEAFLETS TO
BE USED IN PACIFIC COAST
PROHIBITION CAMPAIGN.
Portland, Or., May 11. More than
soven hundred Methodist pastors will
be employed by the Temperance So
ciety of tho Methodist Church in tho
wet and dry campaigns of California,
Urcgoii and Washington, accord int
to plans completed and announced.
Tho campaign outlined bv tho
Methodists to aid the prohibition cause
in these states includes tho opening of
an olllco in Portland, the circulation
of some millions of leaflets, a definite
publicity campaign through tho news
papers, and n "Kansas Special" auto
mobile tour for tho closinir sixty
days.
Tho automobile, which is expected
to roach a large part of the territory
of all three states, will ho manned by
well-known ministers and churchmen.
notable inomber of tho sneakinir
for with tho automobile squad wilt
bo E. H. Anderson, associate genoral
agent of the Northwestern Llfo In
surance Comnanv. who will (rn 5i si ti
j representative of prosperous Kansas
business to toll tho people of tho coast
why the business interests of the Kuw
fitato aro solidly behind the dry law.
Representatives of the Methodist
Tomporanco Society aro now on the
coast studying the situation, invostt
gating the effect of tho liquor laws up.
on business, charities, crimo, tuxofl,
nnd otherwise surveying the field.
CHANGE N CO(HILLE
TRANSPORTATION
CO.
A elwiiMt) Ims hum mmlu In tho
iViijullb lUvor TnuMiporUjl.loM flo
wltMiwby OhjiI. Tim. W'Mia nnd
fjrly Jick Imvo tJtii uvr tim
UMimr i.jm,u aiuj will ru it lu
Im dmt twrtlru 1mKwwii HmiuIuii
HARD
FIGH
,.. I'm- O. U,imtm titMtmm tMui. wl W ill
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COW KM
ION AT
PORTLAND EN
MERED1TH OF
DOUSES
CURRY
W. II.
COUNT
Y FOR CON-
GKKSSMAN.
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Portland, Or.. May 11. -The follow
ing candidates for state offices have
beciq nominated by tho Oregon Pro
hibition party:
Foj- United States Sonntor H. S.
Stinoof Mcdford.
For Governor W. S. Uren (indc-
ppi'dftnt) of Oregon City.
I of State Treasurer B. Lee Paget
of Ouk Grove.
FoJ Supreme Court Justices C. J.
Bright of tho Dalles and Judge Wil
IiamRamsey (democrat) of McMinn
villeS For ConiToss. Fi-st. nirr,.t Vt. TI
Morcjftith (democrat) of Curry coun
ty. 1
For Congress , Second District
George L. Cleaver of Union County.
For Congress, Third District Ar
thur I. Moullon (progressive) of Port
land For Labor Commissioner Mrs.' Lu
cia Faxon-Additon of Portland.
For Railroad Commissioner F. J.
Miller (republican) of Linn county.
I-or. Attorney General William II.
Trindle of Salem.
Fot State Superintendent of Pub-
lie instruction Curtis P. Coo of Mc-
Miuijyillc.
For Slato Engineer John II. Lew
is (republican) of Salem.
For; Circuit Judge, Department No.
fi, Multnomah county .John Vau
gnnt.o (democrat) of Portland.
4u. !
OREGON CONGRESSMAN PRE
SENTS BILL TO PENSION SUR
VIVORS OF EARLY INDIAN
WARS.
Washington. D, C, May 11. The
old Indian fighter, who has been so
greatly praised for heroic deeds and
so greatly overlooked in the distribu
tion of material rewards, will at last
come into his own if a bill passes that
has been introduced by Representa
tive Hawley of Oregon, entitled "a bill
to provide pensions for the officers
and soldiers, of the Indian wars of the
United States whicli occurred prior
to January 1, 1892." To every Indian
fighter who sorved 30 days or longer
in any of those Indian campaigns the
Hawley bill would pay a pension of
$20 a month.
Mr. Hawley npponrod before the
committo on pensions and spoke in
support of his bill. Ho said that
about 1000 old Indinn fighters all told
would recoivo its benefits. He enter
tained tho committo with an insight
into Indian fighting of tho former
days'; ilio perils of the travel in the
far west anil how, when tho wagon
trains were attacked the Indinn
fightors would rally bravely to the
rescue.
CIVIL WAR VETERAN
PASSED A WAY SUNDAY.
AI. Iiowan, n veteran of the Civil
war, ped sway in this city Sunday.
Mr. It'. wan Iwd ban suffering for
some tun with BrighU disease ami
t ! il was not untfn.'t4'd. He wum '
an huniii-Nlilt uiul upright iluii and,
lligfily cpirtd by all who kiw him '
TJia funeral wtm hoU ylr4f (- i
urmwi nd IniarmMit mm to tlw .
0 A. It rwwvtery. j
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I' It t'xul im W.i uppniiiliM m
tn fiMixli'i. 'in l. thvti'th
BUSINESS M EN DISCUSS
THU APPROACHINGELECTION
About fifty business men and citi
.ens gathered at tlio Oommorcial
Cilnli roVims last Friday evening and
discussed civic affairs and men and
measures for the spring election
Amonjr tho spoolers ' wore Goo. 1
Topping, John Niolson, Geo. Laird, O
A. Trowbridge and M. Bruor. A mass
meeting will be held in the near fn
ture for tlio purpose of nominating
candidates for tho city election.
ABOUT 32,000 ACRES IN SOUTH
1!RN COOS AND NORTHERN
CURRY EXCLUDED FROM U. S
TIMEBER RESERVE.
Coos Bay Timos: It is prosumoi'
that tho coal area south of Myrllr
Point, which 1ms been (ho bono ol
contention for several years, is om
braced in tlio tract of 32,000 acroi
in southern Coos and northern Cur
ry which has been ordered oxeludet
from the government timber reservi
and will be opon to entry after June
27. Most of the "coal area has boei
entered by Grants Pass men. Con
cerning it u Portland paper says: "
tract of approximately 32,000 acre
of land in southern Coos and northen
Curry counties has boon excludet
from the Siskiyou National Forest
according to an executive order fron
President Wilson, telegraphic notici
of which was received at the Port
land offices of the Forestry Depart
keeping with Tlio policy of the proscn
adnunist ration in withdrawing fror
forest reserves alj lands Hint aro suit
able for farms and what may he util
ized for agricultural purposes. Chic
Forostor Graves personally inspectoi
the Oregon reserves recently in o'rdo
to determino how that policy migh
be furthered in tins territory. Of tin
urea eliminated about 15,000 acre
are vacant public lands, segregate
into units of from 40 acres up. Th.
balance of tlio laud has already beei
onlered Uiider the general public lam
laws or the forest homestead law am
the occupant of claims thus establish
oil will not he disturbed. It is undor
stood that tho public lands involve!
will all be subject to settlement undo
tho homestead law ori and after Junr
21), but onirics at the local land ofllc
will not bo permitted until July 27
No information has yet boon receive
however, as to whether any of tin
public land lias been specially with
drawn or classified so as to proven
or restrict tho right of settlement am
entry. Tho lands were eliminate
from the National Foi-ont on the rc
commendation of the supervisor, N
I' . AlacDufT of Grants Pass, Or. It
under that a largo portion of tile hint
ib xiiueti uy ciimuie, topography ant
soil to thu form of agricultural u.s
common to. the coast country, but th
principal reason for the eliminntio
is the fact that only a very small pe
centago of the urea is permanently
suitwl to the establishment and main
tenance of a foroat, and the cost of ail
ministration, protection and man
agement of this small percentage oi
the land is too great to warrant tin
retention of the land under tho with
dra wal. The'lunds in nuestion are nil
situated in the Roseburg Land Dis
trict. The Roseburg office wil
doubtless soon be informed of tin
manner in which the settlement ant
entry may be made mid the restric
tions upon thu right or settlement am
entry."
PROMINENT COKVALLIK ROAD
, MAN IK -IN BANDON TODAY
G"idon V. KktdUm, of Corvalli
t,u "d man or Uit- Oregon Aginul
tWW. m iu Uw ty m but
to U"g's, wtar twwtfng
M is out ti fUmoH wltn Cun
(iv fttead Vactrr Hall tswlt liwkin
uior llir Itati Citioi, iuil f.r whirl
u 'iiiiliui'l u Ui Iw Ift in u ft w dt
Mi Muil".. I. utiD ut liu hui.I wit
,.h!4uiv joi-l
t P.S1LD
COUNTY CONVENTION OF K. 1.
AND PYTHIAN SISTER LODGES
HELD IN THIS QITY LAST SAT
URDAY. The annual Coos county conven
tion of tho Knights of Pythias and
Pythian Sisters lodges was held in
this city Saturday afternoon ami ev
ening, and both woro successes in ov
ery particular. "
Largo delegations were present
from Coquillo arid Myrtle Point and
quitu a good many from Coos Bay.
The Knights convention was held in
the K. of P. hall in the afternoon nnd
tho annual lodge business for the
county transacted.
At 0 o'clock in tho evening a ban
quet was served at tho Wigwam, at
which about 150 Knights and their'
ladies were present. A number of
excellont nddrossos woro made in-
dialing ono on Pythlanism by Grand
Chancollor Frank. S. Grant of Port
land. Judge Cake of Portland, a past
Grand Chancellor, also delivered a fine
address. Mrs. L. A. Roberts of Mv-
tlo Point, Grand Senior of the Py
thian Sisters of Oregon, also addross-
(1 the banqueters.
Tom Richardson, the Oregon boos
ter, who was scheduled to address the
oinmerciai Club on that evening,
nslead made a short but interesting
talk before the gathering.
In tho evening tho degree team of
Delphi Lodge of Bandon conforrod
tho third rank v" two candidates.,
and received many coiitrratulation.i
from tho visiting brothers for tho way
Jl.oy handled the york. . ' .
i no Pythian Sisters convention iri
the afternoon was held in tho I. O.
O. F. hail and many visitors from tho
other lodges in the county wore pres
ent. The niectimr was nroHideil
y Roberta Hoover, Deputy Grand
Chief, and' Grand Chief Mabel A.
Roberts of Myrtlo -Point wan also
present.
After the meeting ail visitors.. were
treated to ice cream ami cake by the
Bandon lodge and at (1:00 the Py
thian Sisters joined with tho Knights
n the big banquot at the Wigwam.
Iho evening session of the Pythian
ijisters was held in tho Odd Fellows
hall also, and it was a most interest-
ng part of the days program.
I ho next annunl convention of the
orders will he 'hold in Coquillo next
Alay.
A. Haberly wrltos from Salisbury.
.Mo., that ho is enjoying his vacation
really. Ho says tho middle west
ooks prosperous, mid that the out-
ook for an abundant croii there this
year is particularly bright because
tho abundant rains thoy are hav-
ng.
HOTEL MAN FROM ALBANY VIS
ITS BANDON WITH A VIEW TO
ERECTING LARGE MODERN'
HOTEL HERE
M. D. Hummel of Albany was i i
the city several days this week an. I
ast looking ovr tho situation wit
In- viw of putting up a large holt
f mi im than 100 room, ami th.
I.uililiag to b of concrete or bru-.
tod nearly flre-piW mh it r.ni i...
'iiatlf Mr. Ilan)ind wm well pin,
4 wUk ttm outlook and mm id hv won I
nsiv gn ai'thltuiM in ih ity In u f.
days Ui Uaik t'Vfi ih titwatiun, uii..
hlfb ho inul Im Ut mjI'Ihh
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litfittiiii.
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