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VOLUME XXX
BANDON, OREGON, JULY 24, 1914.
NUMBER 57
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RECORDER
ME ABOUT
nail service
CONGRESSMAN II AAV LEY SUB
M ITS CORRESPONDENCE IN
REGARD TO COOS COUNTY
MAIL ROUTES.
The Recorder is in receipt of the
following correspondence from 011
grcssmcn W. C. Hawloy,' regarding
the Coos county mnil service, and it
is publisched so our readers may
known just how the situation now
stands. Petitions arc being circula
ted and freely signed, for the service
to remain as it has been. Following
is, the corcspondoneo between Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General and
Mr. Hawley:
Post Onico Department.
Washington I). ('.
Hon. W. C. Hawley, House of Rcp-
resentatives.
My Dear Mr. Hawley: With refer
ence to your favor of the 11th instant,
relative to star route service between
Itoseburg and Mnrshficld and bctweon
Roseburg and Myrtle Point, Oregon,
in which you urge that the service
on these routes be maintained, I bog
to advise you tlmt the Department
has been paying approximately $15,
000 a year each for those routes. They
are both very dillkult to maintain ser
vice over, .especialyy uring the win
ter months. iTlio Roseburg-Marsh J
field route is particularly hard to tra
vel, for the reason that the road be
tween Sitkum and Kcston is in very
bad condition, and tfuwcouiity.- .auth
orities have failed to keep it in uuit
able repair for the performance of
service. Effective January 1, 1914,
arrangements wrco made for the han
dling of the heavy parcel post mail
for Coos and Curry counties I" steam
er from Poland, which relieves the
contractors on the 'si r ou'.. from
handling that olufr of mi.' ax pt for
the interniadinte fii:3K. "!o -opos-al
was received for either route in
response to tho several advertise
ments for service during the quad
rennial torn! beginning July 1, 1014,
and the representative of tho Depart
ment who visited that locality for the
purposo of procuring bids recom
mended that tho through sorvue on
tho Roseburg-Marshfiold route be
omitted, and a route established from
Roseburg to Reston, and another
from Marshfiold' to Sitkum for the
supply of intermediate offices, the
through mail to be. despatched on
the Myrtle Point route. He was un
able however, to procure a satisfac
tory proposal for the Myrtle Point
routp, the present contractor declin
ing ta submit n bid for loss than $40,
000 a year, which was considered ex
cessive, and more than the Depart
ment would bo warranted in puying.
The old contract was, theroforo, ox
tended for a period of four months,
and now advertisements' have been
issued with a view of providing ser
vice between Roseburg and Marsh
field, as recommended by tho inspec
tor, also with a view to providing
service for the intermediate offices
on tho Roseburg-Myrtlo Point route
by two through routes, in tho ovont
a satisfactory proposal cannot bo so
cured for tho through service be
tween Roseburg and Myrtle Point, it
being the intention, if no satisfactory
bid is received for tho through nor
vico, to dispatch all such mail on the
steamers by way of Portland, unless
urraugements can be made for send
ing such mail by way of Drain,
Seotlsburg and Gardiner, but it
seems doubtful whether that can be
done.
Tho report of the weighine; of the
malls on those route from April 14
to May If), DM I, show that but little
over 1000 pound of mail a day were
handled on uMt'h rut, an4 It is not
apparent why . tn mail foi birth
roiilos niuiwl lit heiuiliMj on il.- Myr
tle Point rouiv fur apfuoi muii
iiU.UW) por annum, at bii iu
Ihu DwjmrtJnl e wiUl) v "
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for i MviveiiiK I'M Ki4r taje jatutlHit
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tho conclusions reached. Sincerely
your, Jas. I. Blakslec, Fourth Assis
tant Postmnster General.
WILL OCCUPY PRESENT
POSTOFFICE BUILDING
E. E. Reynolds will move his bar
bcr shop into the building now occu
pied by the post office when N. J
Grain opens his drug store in the
rooms now occupied by Mr. Reynolds
and Donney's Colfee House. Mr,
Donahue has not fully decided wheth
ur no will continue Ins rsuiurant bus
incss or not. He has been granted
thep rivilege of putting up a tempor
ary building back of Gross Bros, sa
loon but has not decided to build there
The post offico room will hnve a
partition put 1n and Mr. Reynolds
will use half of it for his barber shop
and sublet the other half to J. T,
Lilliard for his electrical supply bus
iness. E
RICK YARD
PHILLIPS AND MILLER INSTALL
ONE HUNDRED HORSE POWER
BOILER IN DEGESEN YARD.
N EW MAN AG EM ENT.
Phillips and Miller, the contractors,
have taken over the Degcson brick
yard and will operate tho same on a
largo scale. They have just receiv
ed . a new 100-horse-powcr boiler
which they aro installing to ufrnish
th'o p'owcr, and the yard wllfoo eTpiip
ned will all modern conveniences- for
brick making. There are thousands
uid perhaps millions of tons of excel
cnt brick clay on this place and this
will bo an inlustry that will be a
rcat benefit to the city, as it will be
possible to get brick at the very low
iat price, and will furnish "employ
ment for a large number of men.
RAILS NOW LAID TO
" SAN AN TONE CREEK.
The Eugene Register has the fol
.owing railroad news:
That the track of tho Willamette
Pacific railway has been laid to the
jridge across San Antone creek, 43.2
miles from Eugene, that the prelimin
ary work of building tho brfllge across
Coos Bay has begun and that there
are over 1300 men at work along the
iino 13 tho information brought to
Eugene by Thomas Dixon, superin
tendent of construction for MacAr
thur, Perks & Co., contractors.
Mr. Dixon returned two days ago
from at rip over tho line as far as the
rails are laid and says that tho work
is progressing as rapidly as possible.
He says that the trains which are now
making the Fowler farm their stop
ping place will soon bo extended to
Richardson's and that work has start
ed on tho bridge, at tho third cross
ing of the Siusluw river.
"Men are scarce right now and
hard to got," said Superintendent
Dixon. "During this warm weather
it is hard to keep them at work and
many of them aro quitting."
Somo piling lws been driven for the
long bridge across Coos Bay and the
work on the foundation for' the piers
will begin in a short time. The bridge
will consist of a draw span, eleven
ordinary spans and about three
fourths of a mile of trestle work.
The compuny has abandoned tho
idea of putting In a lift at the draw
but will put in a swinging draw In
stottd. The contractors are working
on suvun of tho tunnels between the
Siuetaw and Coos Bay and good head
way Is being made on all of them,
NltW STIUM SHOVEL
I'OU l V Hit RANCH
Ukhuit !)yur Iuih Juat nwlvil u now
kiat abeval and is using thw (imu
i iiMB liU Twumllu runvh. Mr.
)'' wig djg ulwtft ihiuu mllps uf
4toA, umuui l)U Urtwin luiuj itixl
will araia Uu w$Utr fttu 'iVufBll
ws TW miti siaji lk Mw4lw a!
Hm aaa will tmhn tt aiMUt U
TOE
NLARG
G. A. R.
AND PLANSM
W.1R. C. HERE
COQUILLE PATRIOTIC ORDERS
ARE ENTERTAINED BY BAN
DON G. A. It. POST- AND W. K.
C. CORPS WEDNESDAY!
I
Wednesday was Grand Army Day
in' Coos county, and the Coquille G.
A. R. and W. R. C. were entertained
by the Bandon Post and Corps.
Tho G. A. R. members from Co
quille wore: D. P. Strang, H. Has
kins, W. A. Custer, E. W. Ferris, A.
A. Howe, Joe Wultermirc, John Aker,
Jeff Davis, Wm. Hull, John Noel. The
meeting was also favored with the
presence of S. Abbey of Kansas,
who was a member of U. S. Grant's
staff, having enlisted from Illinois
m mo I'ourtn Illinois cavalry. Mr.
Abbey delivered a very interesting
iddress describing the service on Gen
eral Grant's staff from the time he
took" charge of tho southwestern army
until tho seigo of Vicksburg. Mr.
Abbey stated that he was with Grant
all that time and though there was
liquor in tho camp he never "saw
Grant take a drink. Mr. Abbey told
also of being on a scouting expedi
tion with Kit Carson on .the day be
fore tho battle of Shiloh and that on
their trip they came across a" com
pany of rebels drilling in a field and
Carson although, he had only six men,
boldly rode up to the captain of the
company and told him the company
was surrounded and, unless he sur
rendered immediately he would
have his.jsntjre command fire on them.
The order was complied with, the reb
els delivereh up their 'guns and then
Carson marched out his six men and
marched the entire company into the
Union lines and turned them over as
prisoners. - Carson was killed the
next day by a cannon ball while shak
ing hands with General Grant in the
latter's headquarters. Mr. -Abbey's
address was much appreciated by
those present
In addition to tho visiting mem
bers of the G. A. R. there were about
30 members of the Coquille W. R. C.
and there, were about 40 members of
the Bandon W. R. C. present and 9
members of tho G. A. R.
Tho day was very pleasantly spent
and at tho conclusion the- visitors
wero accompanied to the boat and
started on their way home with tho
following salute: "Coquille Day in
C. and L. with a Great Big Yell."
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INDIAN PANTO.MINE ACT BY THE "BISON TRIO" AT TUB OR
I'll HUM THEATRE SATURDAY & SUNDAY NIGHT
This spectacular American novelty
act juet returned from a successful
lour of AuHtrialiu, will npju'ur ul (he
Orphmiin tlicatro nixt Kutunluy uiul
Kiinduy nights In trick ami tuncy rope
spinning, cowboy and Indluu jtongx
lid wur duiirus, 'J'liu JIImjii Trio Imvo
Ih'vii appearing in nmny wiU'ni
plsturu i'luys undue Did oiuimmunt
at Ihu jiikUH J0 I'hUnu Co., of m
liiliuiuu. 'I1iy pftNHuil llioii' iwvujly
atf w)Lh u wan ujjj yt; tmm ubh in
sjjj Mummtg mi MtiwistiiM.
KuihJ? iiiM Uw 8 Mw
NEW BUGS.
1
ARCHITECT SCHEEL DRAWS
PLANS FOR BUILDINGS TO RE
PLACE THOSE DESTROYED
IN RECENT FIRE.
Architect Scheel, who arrived In
Bandon shortly after th fire, has
drawn up plans for two modern
blocks to be built in the burnt district
and although the plans have not been
officially accepted, it is highly prob
able that they or some similar will be
adopted, and the buildings started in
tho very near future.
Air. bcheels plans, which were on
display at tho Hotel Gallier, are such
that the entire block can be Built or
any portion of it at the lowest cost
for such class of buildings.
Mr. Scheels figured on class A build
ings throughout bat it has not been
fully decided as yet whether this
class will be adopted. One thing is
certain, however, and that is that the
new buildings will be built with a
view to eliminating any danger from
fire in the future.
Mr Scheels left for Marshfleld
Wednesday but will return again in
a few days and it will then be decid
ed whether or not his plans will be
accepted.
Whether these plans are adopted
or not will have little to do with the
time when the building operationa
will commence as other architects are
figuring on plans and seme of tkem
will be adopted soon and the balld
ingastarted.
BANDON DRUG WILL SOON
BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS
The shelvingis now all in fat the
Bandon Drug Company in the build
ing occupied by Sabro Bros. Jewelry
store, and Dr. Houston will have his
stock of goods arranged and will be
open for business in a few days. He
is in correspondence with a number
of men and will have a good register
ed pharmacist here at once to take
charge of tho prescription depart
ment. The stock will be entirely up-to-date,
and in addition to the drug
stock ho will handle a fine line of
stationery, also cut glass, china, etc.
Miss Florence Barklow of Myrtle
Point came down Tuesday evening
for a few days visit in Bandon. .
change of program. A special bill of
pictures bus been booked, consisting
of u three-reel feature and a comedy
lllm each night. "Tho Secret Mar
rlugM," a Warner ftaturt In three
putts will bo shown Saturday. "Trap
pi'd In tho Castle of Mystery" an.
oilier entertaining utvi mystifying
lline jiurt jVauIra will be vflr4 Wun
tiny nlKlit- Ml Hufinoid, the U
t'lilfd pbiiiUt from Imn "web, Cel.,
vtlll jnuylilu ulUhl wuvM (
iloos MMih jililil. A'!lleii 4ult
'Bh sliNtJiwi jOu, Two Am, 7 4
OCEAN REBEKAII LODGE
INSTALLS NEW OFFICERS
Ocean Rebcknh Lodge of Bandon
installed their new officers Tuesday
night as follows: Mrs. Elva Miller,
Noble Grand; Mrs. Joscphlno Cole,
Vice Grand; Mrs. Minerva Lowin,
Secretary; A. Knopp, treasurer; Mrs.
Borace, Chaplin; Mrs. M. Wilson,
Warden; Mrs. A. Wilson, Conductor;
Mrs. Ada Still and Mrs. Hutchison,
supporters to Noble Grand; Miss Jane
Smith and Mrs. Conrad, supporters
to vice grand; Mrs. Effle Macy, in
side guard; Wm. Lundquist, outside
guard.
The Rebekahs are doing some good
work at present and the membership
is increasing very rapidly. There
will be fourteen candidates to initiate
at tho next regular meeting.
Emma Simmons of Coquille was a
Bandon visitor Wednesday and Thur-
day.
NEW PROJECT
FOR RIVER
MONEY FROM GOVERNMENT
FOR RIVER AND HARBOR IM
PROVEMENTS WILL SOON
AVAILABLE
BE
J. E. Norton, of the firm of Nos
ier A Norton of Coquille, was in this
city yesterday calling on his custom-
era. Mr. Morton is secretary oi ine
Port of Bandon and in conversation
with a representative of The Recor
der, Mr. Norton stated that' the port
commissioners wero making prepar
ations for a strong campaign of
work on the bar and in the harbor
within a short time. Tho J90.000 ap
propriation by congress will be avail
able soon and it is altogether prob
able that the appropriation will be
raised to $250,000. In addition to
this, a bill has gone through con
gress for a survey for n new pro
ject in the river betwoen Coquille
and this city, with the view of deep
ening the channel all the way up.
This is in addition to the regular ap
propriation, as the most of that will
be used for work on tho bar and jetty
work, also for blasting out some
more rock in the channel just inside
the bar. With the formation of the
port commission and the work they
will do together with the added pres
tige and extra appropriations from
congress, tho Coquille river bar and
harbor will be improved until it will
be one of tho -very best harbors on the
Pacific coast.
NATURALIST SAYS FLIES
WILL SWORM NEXT WEEK
University of Oregon, Eugene.
On or about August 2, a week from
next Monday, tho swallows will leave
Oregon. Then look oiut for flies.
This la the prediction of J)r. C. F.
Hodge, the naturalist at the Univer
sity of Oregon, who has spent more
than a year in the state studying bio
logical conditions and their effect up
on living conditions in Oregon.
Dr. Hodge's students are this week
conducting a fly census or survey of
the city of Eugene which is tho only
place in the state in which an anti-
fly sanitation campaign has been con
ducted for more than ono year. In
this, the second summer of Dr.
Hodges work, Eugene has been so
nearly flyless that tho city health of
ficer felt able to state that there was
scarcely breeding stock loft to sup
ply Eugene with flys next year. This
Dr. Hodge bolluves is too strong u
statement. He says the preventive
work has been good enough to have
cnslderable effect with the help of
the swallows, which are tho busiest
fly catchesr, but that by August 2
there has got to bo a nioro thorough
cleaning up or old tlmu fly conditions
will be repeated,
Nineteen other cities sturtad null
Ay work this year but nono of (hem
lis i spprosclitd surcess so clomly us
Eugeiia, Ur- Jlilge helluvutf, bow
Mtr, (but (lie ujuiutlonul wo; It butt
hmi suldfit to 'unilslj v good buujs
ur lUVt;try WJniluuilun iwl
yr.
HIGH
OfflCAL
VISITS LODGE
GRAND MASTER GALLOWAY
AND PRESIDENT MRS. LANDO
OF REBEKAHS MAKE VISIT TO
LOCAL LODGES.
Bandon Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
were favored with a visit from Grand
Master Wm. Galloway of Salem, of
the Grand Lodgeo f Oregon, and Mrs.
Kate Lando of Marshfleld, president
of tho Oregon Rebckah Assembly.
Mrs. Galloway, who is a member of
tho board of trustees of the Oregon
Odd Fellows Orphan Home at Port
land, accompanied her husband.
A special open meeting of Odd Fel
lows and Rebekahs was held at tho
Odd Fellows hall last night and tho
Grand Officers made somo excellent
addresses. Mrs. Lando, gave an in
teresting address on tho progress and
development of the Rebekah lodges
in Oregon, pointing out some of tho
good work they ure doing doing, and
giving considerable of the history of
the order.
Mrs. Galloway gave an excellent
address on the work of the Orphnns
home, showing how well the children
were cared for in the Home and the
excellent opportunities for education.
There have been ns high as 30 chil
dren in tho homo at ono time, and at
present there are 17 little folks, who
are being cared for by the home.
Grand Master Galloway delivered
a strong address, starting in-by tell
ing of pioneer days when ho crossed
the plains with his parents in 1852,
and followed, the development of the
state up to thep resent time. He al
so spoke of the great resources of this
section and told of the rapid work on
the Willamette Pacific railroad be
tween Eugene and oos.Bay, and pre
dicted that within the next two year
there would be trains running down
the coast from Portland to San
Francisco, and that this would be tho
main line between the two cities.
Mr. Galloway dewelt extensively on
the excellentw ork of the Odd Fellows
lodge, tracing its history from tho
beginning at Seven Stars Inn, Balti
more, with five members, down to tho
present with over two. million mem
bers in tho United States.
After these addresses were finished
an excellent program was carried out
by the local lodge. Miss Fox sang
solo with Mrs. Geo. Geisendorfer
as accompanist. Mrs. Boruee favor
ed the audience with a reading. Af
ter the program a sumptuous ban
quet was served there being over 100
present to partako of tho bounties.
Tho meeting then adjourned and it
was considered one of the most pleas
ant nnd profitable evenings the local
lodges have ever enjoyed.
ORANGE PHARMACY WILL
MOVE SATURDAY NIGHT
Tho corner room of tho now Elling-
son building , which is to be occupied
by tho Orange Phnrmacy, is now
completed nnd Mr. Wells is cleaning
it up und moving part of his stock.
He will complete his moving Satur
day night and on Monday morning
will be open for business at tho new
stand.
CURRY COUNTY JUDGE
WINS AT RECALL ELECTION
Tho special recall election in Cur
ry County, Saturday resulted in un
overwhelming victory for County
Judge W. A. Wood, whom an en-
deuvorwus made to recall from his
office.
Judge Wood received 012 votes und
George Fitzhugh. runcher on the
Sixes River who opposed Wood, re
ceived only 245,
'J'liu curiKiulgii wus a vory bitter
und County Clerk Ktunwood ure said
(o Imvu led tliu fight on Judge Wood,
There is now talk of running County
Commissioner Chuiiowjtli us un In
dupt'nlunt t'undlduUi for Joint , ray
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