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BANDON RECORDER
VOLUME XXX
BANDON, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 15 1914
NUMBER 40
GUMSHOEWORK
IN POTASH WAR
I ARGE CORPORATION REPORT
ED TO HE IIARRASS1NG HEN
RY E. LEE, WELL KNOWN PRO
MOTER.
Tho San Francisco Bulletin of May
11th contains a lengthy article as to
how tho Foreign Mines Dovelopmcnt
Company of South Africa has been
following and embarrassing Henry
E. Lee. well known in Bnndon, and
who is prominently connected with the
nronosed radroad between Bandon
Port Orford nnd tho Rogue River Val
ley at Grants Pass and Medford.
This largo corporation claims pri
ority rights to some large potash de
posits in San Bernadino county, Car
ifarnia, but according to everything
that is right and just they were in no
wav entitled to them. Mr. Leo had
made proper filings on tho land nnd
hud done his rcirulnr assessment
work, but1 notwithstanding, for five
years the South Africa Co., through
tho Burns detective agency, has been
shadowing hini and oven with armed
forces at times hnvo prevented or at
tempted to prevent him from doing
tho required work, nnd by a number
of trumped-up chnrges have several
times succeeded in having Lee arrest
ed. Each time tho case was either
dismissed or non-Buitcd nnd Lee wns
cxhonoratcd from all charges.
J. H. Somcrs, also well known in
this city, was at the same time do
ing all ho could to make trouble for
Mr. Lee, but ho is now under arrest
on a charge of embezzlement pre
ferred by C. W. Lake and others con
nected with the West Coast Develop
ment Company of Bandon, and is
now under bonds. His preliminary
hearing has been hold nnd tho caso
taken undor advisement. The evi
dence against him is very strong,
A man by the nomo of Boyce, who
had been in tho detective service
ngainst Lee, was discharged because
of a disagreement .over wages, and
afterwards was employed by Leo, and
thus many of tho underhanded plans
of tho Foreign Mines Development
Co. were unearthed.
In Bpeaking of tho case tho Bulle
tin says in part:
"Boyco is a detective, formerly an
investigator for tho W. J. Bums agen
cy. While in its employ lie was de
tailed to shadow Henry E. Lee, one
of the claimants to the potash Irons
ure. Lee's clnims are disputed by the
Foreign Mines Development Company
Limited and two of its subsidarics,
tho American Tronn Company and
tho California Trona Company. Jos.
K. Hutchinson of this city is attorney
for these corporations and Guy Wilk
inson is their local representative.
For five years detectives followed
Lee's every movement. "Shadowing"
was never more strikingly illustrated
than in his caso. Every placo ho went
two or three detectives, frequently
more, hovered in his wake. Only in
rare instances was ho ablo to elude
thnn, even for a fow minutes, and
they always picked up his trail again
quickly. There instructions were, of
ho has since learned, to "harrass him
to death."
When W. A. Mundell resigned as
superintendent of the local Burns
agency and opened an independent de
tective bureau Boyce went to work
for him. After n short time, how
over, theru was a dispute about wages
and other matters which caused Mr.
Alundoll to discharge Boyce.
Boyco immediately tendered his
services to Lee. Upon being engaged
by him ho wns porsuaded to disclose
some of the remarkable experiences
ho hud while on the opposite side of
the "potash war."
The story ho told led to tho nrreut
of Eugene Aureguy, ami oleetridan,
on a charge of wire tapping. Aureguy
who wiih alleged to hnvo been em
ployed by tho Burns jigoney, wiih no
cuHcd of having topped the telephone
tlru li'udlng into U'u'h olllco In tlm
illIU building and connecting it with
uiioIIut win loading Into uu nlileit
111 ndly itlxivi that mvuplt'd by
Tho I ''(, I of Ihu Mill Imllding
IIHIIIUgt'llU'llt )0W U fllllll )('lll'
) nr ItMii la Jwiiuuiy HUM jh urnm?
(iHliv wiu tuntui) by ' N. 0(uilMr,
iikiunt ujwjn,(idtfiii for lw fjuri
agency during Mundell's regime.
It is charged by Lee that during
this timo Burns detectives listened
constantly at tho phone above him
and overheard many important busi
ness conversations Avhich enabled them
to frustrate his plans to strengthen
his claims to the potash lands. As a
result of one conversation intercepted
by the eavesdroppers, Lee says that
the Burns people recruited a posse
of gun fighters and sent them in a
mad auto chase after him and his as
sociates into Southern California.
Tho Burns gun men overtook the Iee
party on tho San Bernardino desert
and with drawn weapons forced them
to turn bnck from the potash fields,
preventing Lee from doing important
assessment work ho had planned.
The following statement by Lee
illustrates the experience ho has had
with private detectives and with po
lice court officials during the "potash
war":
"It was n common occurence for
tho Burns men to place themselves
on the automobile used by me and
hang on until forced by supcrioi
strength to get ofl. .Every night be
fore going homo it was necessary for
mo to zig-zag through the streets
with an automobile going at high
ipeod until I lost the motorcyclo and
machines operated by tho Burns men,
who made every effort to keep me in
light. This was to protect my home
nd wife from the nnnoyance of hav-
ng men stationed before and behind
my residence nt night, ns was done
nst year when Mrs. Lee and I resid
ed at the Windemere Apartments, on
Bush street. During that timo the
men were stationed all along the hill
side, in the rear, of tho house; at the
3ide of tho house and in front of the
house. They frequently had their
meals served to them out on the
itreet in plain sight of everyone pass-
ng by. At the Mills building, where
had my. office last year, there were
usually from five to ten Burns men
stationed around the building, all of
the entrances and means of ogress bu
ng closely guarded. On-the night I
made my escape to go to San Bernar-
Jino county in an auto there were
nine men on tho job besides an auto
mobile with three thugs, who wore
instructed to kidnnp me if I made
wy attempt to get away. By act-
ng quickly I eluded them all, but they
cry soon started in pursuit and over
took me near the potash deposits in
San Bernardino county, after n 500
milo chase. At this point I met n
Inrgo armed force in charge of J. K.
Hutchinson, an attorney, nnd was
compelled to turn back. At the time
x warrant was being sought for Jean
Aureguy, nnd after the bond and war
rant clerk had given- Boyco a com
plaint, Mundell was exceedingly ncl
ivo about tho Hall of Justice. When
Snyder, Boyce and I were walking
through the hall Mundell said: 'Now
50 in and get a warrant if you can,'
ind 'why don't you get a warrant?'
Wo ascertained tho whereabouts of
Judge Shortal, who had not attended
ourt for somo days owing to his 11
nes. Learning that lie was out in the
:hildrcn'a play grounds in the park,
wo got- there as soon ns possible by
into and succeeded in getting tho
warrant.
"Judgo Shortall fixed tho bail at
$500 cash or $1000 property bond.
Aureguy was arrested that same eve
ning, but when ho was taken into
tho hall of justice his bail was reduc
ed to $100 cash, and Mundell depos
ited the $100.
'There is a decided contrast be
tween tho course taken in this caso
and that taken by tho court in Oak
land at tho timo of my arorst. The
amount at bnil fixed !iv tho i-nnrl in! '
H , . i vl-t ina,iMnn in Mnnn .... l. '
IIU mob inguiuvu ttua fiuuu l.loil III ,
2000 property bond. It is signif
179
icant that while I was going in the
of an officer from San Francisco to
tho City Hall in Oakland my bail was
doubled and I was obliged to fur
nish a $4000 surety company bond
or ij'juuu in cash. Again whon I
appeared at the police department in
Oakland later with $2000 in gold and
offered that in tho placo of tho surety
ond, I was informed by tho officer
u I'hargo that bail had again been
loubled and that the amount now re
paired was $1000 caHh, Upon In
julry as to whono authority thin In-
cri'UHo wan mailo the clerk Mated
thut It wum Judgo Kmitli'M order.
J. T. rilgllii, Dvnwmh fiiiidldato
for I ho nomination for tmif, wn
am hm Gm Liuy WedMiwiey
whiM too pli on iiolliit-ui
APPORTION
SCHOOL no
BANDON LEADS COUNTY AVITH
MARSHFIELD A CLOSE SE
COND IN APPORTIONMENT.
$52,063.50 IN ALL.
Following is the Coos county school
apportionment:
Dist. Amount
1 Myrtle Bank ? 250.00
2 Hermann 378.00
3
4
6
G
7
8
9
Arago 438.00
La ni pa 475.50
Twin Oaks 352.00
Empire 381.50
Daniel's Creek 2G7.50
Coquille 3773.00
Marshfield G002.50
Cunningham 204.00
10
11
12
Parkersburg 535.50
Catching Inlet . 327.50
North Bend 5218.50
Riverton. 005.50
Big Creek 202.50
Cooston 451.00
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
2G
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
Kentuck Inlet 503.00
FlngsUiff .. 313.00
Fat Elk 300.50
Fishtrap 310.50
Randolph (J05.50
Moon's 170.00
Lee 404.00
Pleasant Point - 240.50
Fairview 38G.00
Haines Slough 287.00
McKinloy 508.00
Gravol Ford 457.50
Two Mile 516.00
Sumner 282.00
Rural 235.00
Dora 200.00
Bald Hill 321.00
Catching Creek:1:'. . 200.00
34
35
36
37
Seaside 210.50
Elk Rock .' 427.50
Sugar Loaf 210.50
Templeton 30G.50
Myrtle Grove 360.50
Libby 737.00
Myrtlo Point 2708.50
33
39
40
41
42
Rock Creek . . 221
13
Norway 435.00
Ky 418.50
44
15
Allegany 282.00
46
Now Lake 339.00
17
Rowland 313.00
Sliiloh 184.50
Eastsido 1007.00
Remote 171.50
Utter 210.50
Myrtle Creek 275.50
North Slough 385.50
Bandon 0119.50
Reaver Slough 145.50
Esterbeck 197.50
South Slough 222.00
Sunnysido 241.50
Hall's Creek 171.50
Prosper 1281.50
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
02
63
64
32G.00
Bear Creek ; 241.50
Johnson's Mill 347.00
Four Mile 248.00
Sitkum 282.00
Lakeside 392.50
Excelsior 223.50
Larson Slough 248.00
Beaver Hill 314.50
65
66
67
68
69
70
Eden Valley 152.00
Uuell 150.50
Coaledo 508.00
Pleasant Valley 417.00
Pleasant Hill 204.00
Locust Grovo 225.50
Glenn Junction 196.00
Bridge 725.00
Dement 170.00
Lattin 345.50
West Norway 353.50
Laurel Lake 235.00
Coos City .113.00
Lakoview 378.00
Sanford's 235.00
Bunker Hill 987.50
Coos River Forks 269.00
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
t 2 2R0.50
Total Apportionment ,...$52,003.50
The amount apportioned for full
tonus of not loss than six months,
and for limtituto attendance is $9,250.
Tim amount dintrihiitcd pro rata is
$13,4111.50. There ,m, (jij7i pU,,H
on tho regUtor, no that the amount
tm in tho final division of tho fund
U fll,f0 par pupil. At tho (Into thut
tho lul whool fund ilUtrlbutoil
llio Imlaiiru loft vr will Im ifwirlb.
UWh iiiuMiik about I wo dollar iwr
JUji) lo w iliMiJhiiM )f)
iwvwowp , imm
INSPECTORS
VISIT BANDON
DEPUTY STATE FOOD AND DAI-
R) COMMISSIONER MAKES A
TOUR OF INSPECTION IN COOS
COUNTY.
A. E, Tully, deputy stato food and
dairy inspector, was in Bandon last
week on a tour of inspection of the
hatcls, restaurants, meat markets,
dairies and slaughter houses. The
scores published herewith, are the
ratings given by Mr. Tully after his
inspection. Tho score card is based
on 100 points for a perfect score, -JO
points of which arc allowed-on per
fect equipment and construction, nnd
30 points are given on perfect meth-
Jos as shown by the cleanliness at
the time of inspection. The greater
number of points nre allowed on tho
methods because more depends on the
methods than on construction or
equipment. This is carried still far
ther in the score card by the fact that
the score for equipment is not for tho
extravagance of costly equipment,
but for tho adequacy of the equip
ment for the needs of the plnnt. The
construction is scored on the adapta
bility for the use for which it is in
tended, with an eye toward cleanli
ness, if any plant is of poor con
struction and the 40 points on con
struction must be cut down to one
half or 20 points, a perfect score of
60 points on cleanliness will give a
total of 80 points, which is consider
ed very good.
Tho following arc the scores of-
Bandon as given by Mr. Tully:
;.- Eating Houses.
Elite Restaurant - 80.1
The Louvre 74.1
Gnllier Hotel 66.4
Donneys Coffeo House 63.2
Hotel Bandon 63.0
The L. N. E. Restaurant 01.9
Unique Restaurant . 48.5
O
K. Chop House 46.2
Dairy Scores:
Cedar Hill Dairy 63.4
Hanley Dairy 62.1
Meat Markets and Slangier Houses
Bandon Market, J. E. Ford 63.4
City Meat Mkt., Geo. Erdnian. .62.4
Ford Slaughter House 4G.4
Bakery Score.
Seaside Bakery 67.2
The report goes on to stato:
'About one-half of the milk supply
of the city comes in by boat in tin
cans. Upon investigation vc find
somo of these cans being returned
to tho dairyman without having first
been perfectly washed and wish to
call tho attention of tho parties rc-
ponsible for this condition to the
following ruling by the Dairy and
''ood Commission: 'All cans used f,or
shipping or conveying to consumers
or dealers or other persons any milk,
ream, ice cream or other milk food
product shall bo thoroughly washed
is soon as emptied. All cans used
for such purpose and found to bo in
an unsanitary condition or emitting
bad odors, will be declared unfit for
further uso and will be condemned.
Any person roturning any unwashed
can to nny manufacturer, dealer or
producer will be held responsible for
any unsanitary condition causeu
thereby and will bo prosecuted under
section 4890 of Lord's Oregon Laws.
L. B. ZIEAIER,
A. E. TULLY."
IRON AND STEEL AT
THE GRAND THEATRE
A thrilling story of a German gun
manufacturer and a young American
who is in lovo with tho German's
lenutiful duughter and whose love is
returned, while the father docs his
est to break them up, will bo shown
at tho Grand Sunday night- Father
owover, is eventually outwitted, his
releutloBii tyranny In vanquished und
iiiiiirfeloly huinlliutod, ho KUbmltH lo
tho Inevitable. Tho picluru Ik one of
the hevt over tdtown h"'lo, ticu It ut
thu Grand Kunduy uluht.
unwind in ihu mmy &m mmm
iiim liuiliJKM uM fcHJ iijsiisld imp
MJ m ik ! ftai mm
COURTRIGliT AND GRIFFITH
BOUGHT GEO. COX AM LI
T. C. Griffith and W. R: Court
wright have bought the Geo. Cox
aw mill, located about two miles east
of Bandon on the Bear Creek rond
and will operate there for a fw
months and will then movo the mill
up near Alyrtle Point.
Tho mill has a capacity of from
15,000 to 2Q.000 feet a day and ns both
Griffith and Couitwright arc exper
ienccd saw mill men they will bo able
to do good work and keep the plan
grinding away at capacity. Both
the young men nro well known around
Bandon where they have transacted
a largo amount of business in the past
and they have the confidence of the
people. Air. Griffith is also a printer
and has been connected with tho Re
colder for several months and has
proven himself a first class workman
in this line also.
Wo bespeak for the new firm of
Couitwright & Griffith a largo de
gree of success.
ROSEBURG IS IN EARNEST CON
CERNING PROPOSED RAIL
ROAD TO CONNECT THAT CITY
WITH THE COAST.
Alyrtle Point, AIny 14. (Special to
the Bandon Recorder.) J. W. Per
sins, a wealthy property owner of
Roseburg, and E. AI. Andrews, who
has largo holdings in Aledford, ad
dressed n meetinir of. citizens in Co
quille at tho city hair this afternoon;
Air. Perkins staled that Roseburg
would bond themselves for $300,000
for a railroad to Coos county and that
private parties had indicated their
willingness to give generous financial
support. Tho question had been
thoroughly threshed out, Air. Perkins
explained. Bond buying firms had
been consulted in New York, and rep
utable firms had offered lo finance a
road and put it through if 20 per cent
of the estimated cost was raised lo
cally. The Roseburg plan is similar
to that on foot at Aledford, namely
to raise tho money by a municipal
bond issue as far as the town sub
scription is concerned, instead of de
pending upon local business men to
offer subscriptions. E. AI. AndrowF
said that Air. Hursch, principal of
tho firm of Hursch & Co., largo buy
ers of bonds, had stated that the
completion of the Panama canal
would mako bonds for building short
lines through the timber to tide wntci
acceptable to tho Eastern market
As tho freight rate of $9.00 a thou
sand to eastern points as against $2f
prevailing today, would mako it pos
sible to operate short independent
lines profitably. Whereas during anj
time in the last five years such a line
would have gone bankrupt.
Air. Perkins and Afr. Andrews made
a very favorable impression. The
feeling of the meeting seemed to bt
that the gentlomcn from tho Willam
ette valley had something more thar
talk behind them.
Judge Perry proposed, that a mass
meeting of tho river towns bo held at
Coquille on Saturday. The sugges
tion was adopted and Alayor Alorri
sii called a meeting for Saturday,
Alay Ulth, at Coquille city hall.
Air. Perkins and Air. Andrews will
speak at Alarshfield Friday evening.
J. E. Ford, of the Coos County Aleat
Company and proprietor of the Ban
don Aleat Alarket, has been over from
Alarshfield for a day or two looking
after IhikIiicsh alfulrs ut this cm
o i) a o n a o n n n
PHINTHR WANTED,
Tim Ilnfonlur hug u position
opmi for it Kt'od all. around
pilntitr. Hiollmr iuWllmm
kmnvlHK of an Ul jiiiluUtr wllJ
jAij' (t fwvor by yiliut ilioiu
at our umnJ.
RAILROAD TALK
MATERIALIZING
CITY ELECTION
APPROACHING
VARIOUS CANDIDATES ARE BE
ING SUGGESTED TO FILL THE
CITY OFFICES AT ELECTION
NEXT AIONTII.
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Alayor.
Geo. P. Topping.
C. R. Aloore.
John Nielson.
Councilnien, East Precinct.
J. L. Kronenborg.
F. J. Chntburn.
Geo. J. Armstrong.
J. H. Gould.
Couiiciliiicn, West Precinct.
O. A. Trowbridge.
C. R. Wade.
F. S. Perry.
R. C. AIcKinnis.
City Recorder.
E. B. Kausrud.
After looking over tho field thor-
nighly, and getting the opinion of
nunibpr of the leading business
Tien of Bandon, The Recorder pre
icnts the abovo names to tho voters
.'or their consideration as candidates
or the various city offices to bo filled
his spring. Wo believe a selection
'rom this lict will givo the city a good
:ct of olhcials. They are all renro.
entative men, and have much at
itako in tho city, and would, -ware..
:onfident, work for the best interests
)f the entire city at all times.
A number of meetinirs have been
leld for the purpose of considerimr
.andidntes but as yet nothing dof-
mto nas been accomplished and it is
ime that wo wore really gettinc down
o "brass tacks," and nccomnlishimr
something.
Tho abovo names arc our suirires-
ions nnd we invito tho neonle of Him.
Ion generally to make suirircstions
f candidates through tho columns of
ho Recorder. If you have a fuvor-
te candidate, don't bo afraid to men-
lon his name. Tho Recorder is anx-
ous to sec good officers in chnrgu of
lie city's affairs, and to this end asks
he assistance of everyone interested
n the welfare of our city.
WILL PAVE
FIRST STREET
At n meeting of the property own-
rs nlong First street last night it
.vns decided to pave that street from
ho west lino of Bruer's property on
tho pier to the east line of Bandon av
enue. The kind of pavement de
cided upon was concrete. The base
is to be six Inches of concrete with a
three fourths inch wearing surface,
lid the price will not be more than
$1.50 per square yard, as a "straw"
id from tho Bandon Construction Co.
for that amount was tendered at the
meeting last night. The proposition
will now bo put up for final bids and
it is believed that a lower bid than
this will bo put in.
Tho meeting was held Wednesday
night and the proposition discussed at
length, hut no decision was reached,
and uu adjournment was taken until
last night and after a lengthy discus
sion tho decision was made, Tlio
final vote being ununimnuH on tho
pavement and tho kind. Tim propo.
cltlon of the width of the sidewalks
was also dlscuwiod, but this was not
finally nettled,
Ah to sowor, wator inalnn, do-
it ft wuh rontddnri'd that tliU propyl!,
oitlon wan up to tlm council and thl
work will lio flom bufnnt Out ynvo
iiuiiit U put In,
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MMtad trill) llio Hky d I'm it iumf
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