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About Semi-weekly Bandon recorder. (Bandon, Or.) 1910-1915 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1914)
SEMI-WEEKLY C Advertisers! I Job Printing! jj; A modern equipped job t departmentin connection BAN ORDER X The Recorder covers the t X Bandon field thoroughly VOLUME XXX BANDON, OREGON, AUGUST. 28, 1914. NUMBER 67 CP SHOWN TO VISITORS The Portland delegation of business men reached Bandon on the Charm yesterday noon and stayed over until this morning when they left on the 0:15 boat. At two o'clock yesterday afternoon the entire party wa3 taken around over the city in automobiles nnd shown tho pricipal points of interest, includ ing Bandon's beautiful beach, which nil were agreed in pronouncing the grandest beach on tho Pacific coast, and many of them had seen nil the beaches of note The entire party expressed them selves ns being highly pleased with the city and in fact were surprised to see what a city we really have here. C. C. Chapmnn, secretary of the Portland Commercial Club, is the gen eral spokesman for tho party and is looking after tho interests of the men. While here 'tho members of the par ty, most of whom are representing Home Portland jobbing house, called on the business men handling their linos and thus killed two birds with one stone. The party was composed of the fol lowing: C. C. Colt, C. C. Chapman, John M. Scott, 0. M. Plummer, C. F. Wright, F. S. West, Fred Simington, Phil Metschan, Jr., It. M. Irvine, A. J. Ness, W. H. McVay, J. A. Cook, Ad dison Bennett. Longest Dry Spell. Portland Sixty-two days have e lapsed since this portion of the earth has felt the patter of rain drops. This. breaks by five days the record for drouth in this section, there having been drouths of 57 dnys each in 1883 and 1893. On August .1, 3 1-1000 of an inch of rain fell from the skies, not enough to more than label a trace of rain in tho meteorological survey of the month. Tho last real rain storm was on Juno 2-ltli, when .18 of an inch fell. FORTY-FIVE MILES OF THE WILLAMETTE PACIFIC DONE Eugene Forty-five miles of track 6n tho Willamette Pacific railway have been laid, tho steel crew having reach ed tho fifth crossing on the Siusluw river. Operations will cease for n week or more until the steel bridge as this point is completed and then the rail crew will proceed to the sixth crossing where there will bo another delay. After the sixth bridge is in place there will only be One bridge to finish, that across Lake creek. It is estimated that thcro will be a week's work on each of these three, and after the last one is completed the track will be rushed on to Mapelton, which is at the head of tide on the Siuslaw river. It is probably that some kind of celebration will bo held nt tho be ginning of train service to that town. Trains are now operating ns far as the Richardson pluce, 37 miles west of Eugene. The road is being well patronized, both in freight and pass enger business, even beyond tho ex pectations of tho engineers in chargo of construction, who are operating the road till it is completed and turned over to tho operation department of tho company. Trains hnvo been running to the Richardson place for morct ban n week nnd will bo extended sovoral miles beyond that placo in ubout two weeks after which tho truck will bo well ballasted. Ballasting operations are progressing rapidly. Quantities of gravel arc being hauled from tho pits near Natron, double header trains making two trips each day. The engineers in charge of the work (.till predict that trains will bo op erating into Maplatou by tho Unit of October If tho present favorable wea ther continues until that time, Curd of TliiinkN, Wo di'ulro to expri'HH our tliunka to tho fiend who so kindly assisted u duiliij,' tho Nli-liiiimi mid death of our llttlo daughter. Mr wild All. (1, II, Imuhhwtl Hto (lie t'miwuy tihUVh !vw vwudovllltf timiii, at Jiu Qrihvijn GOODNESS GKACIOUS" WILL SURELY MAKE YOU LAUGH "Goodness Gracious" is the famous three-reel Vitagraph farce-comedy that established the world's record for a continuous run in New York City. At the Vitagraph Theatre it sent 250 capacity audiences into paroxysms of laughter in 250 consecutive perform nnccs. Universally it is acclaimed the breeziest laugh-maker ever pro duced, and its 3,000 feet of film mcr viment produces 3,000 hearty laughs, It is the standard by which comedies of tho future will bo judged, and ev erywhere the Vitagraph company and its merry comedians havo been com plimented for conceiving an origin ality and daring in comedy creation which far surpasses anything biter to seen. In every sense it is a hil arious masterpiece. Sidney Drew and Clara Kimball Young portray the leading roles, the former assuming a dashing college boy and the latter n love-sick novel (lend. Others in the cast of merry makers are Ned Finley, who portrays a diabolical villian, who, through 3 reels, cavorts merrily about like a crocodile on his honeymoon. Ho is a villian of the most pronounced type and always almost accomplishes tho Impossible. lie would have succeeded had it not been for tho timely arriv- ul of the college chap or the cussed ness of tho camera men, who stop ped turning the crank just before the villian succeeded in his nefarious dc signs. Etienne Girardot plays the "poor o'ld man." He dies early in the act. Judging from tho little we see of him, he should havo died earlier for he is immersed in tho thralls of misery and woe until the villian steals his red-hot stove, then the "poor old man" dies of a chill. Kate Price is a dyspeptic, gastronomically und mentally. With this bevy of im possible characters, portraying im possible parts in impossible situa tions, is it any wonder that the melo drama dcvclopcs into a ludicrous bur lesque? There is little semblance of a story, "Goodness Gracious" was construct ed for laughing purposes only. Ev ery idea in it is burlesqued unmerci fully and played with mock serious ness. One is nt a loss as to how to properly describe the picture. How ever, the concensus' of opinion is that "Goodness Gracious" is funnier than half a dozen ordinary successful theatrical farces. If you enjoy a laugh, if you havo a grouch, if you want to forget your troubles, or if you possess n proverbial "mother-in- iaw," by all means see "Goodness Gracious." It will cure anything from a toothache to appendicitis, and it comes to the Grand theatre, Sun day night, August 30. WHEN CORN FOR SILAGE SHOULD BE HARVESTED Oregon Agricultural College, Cor valis, Ore., Aug. 28. Corn for silage is porferably cut when tho kernels have passed tho milk stage and are glazed and dented, according to the O. A. C. dairy specialists. When corn has reached this stago tho lower leaves are beginning to turn brown. Corn at this stago makes silago that is more nutritious ns well us sweeter and more palatable. Asido from boing moro sour, silago from immuturo corn lacks a great part of the nutrition of tho moro ma ture corn. It was found by tho New York Experiment Station that corn in tho silk stago contained 90 por cent more dry matter than it contain ed in the early tassel stage, 30 per cent more in tho milk than in tho silked stage, and 55 por cent moro in tho glazed stage thnn in tho milk stnge. It is thus seen that silage from corn in tho glazed stago is two and three-fourths times as nutritious us corn In the first tas.seled stage. hen corn Is frosted before it has reached tho proper stago it should be cut and put into the Bilugo at once. If allowed to stand in tho field uftor floating until it dries out, water ahntild ho added to replucet he amount lost by evaporation. Cut corn in the Kilo almuld Aol niolnt to tliu touch vory dry wm nut Into lliu alio with- out wutur being uddud In likely to wold, up flM-fuiitf, l'ultmtw nt Urn UwhJ Kutuniuy, GOOD B A LL GAME IS ASSURRED FOR SUNDAY The ball game at the Bandon base ball park next Satuiday afternoon between tho Bandon Moose and the Riverton team promises to be a good one as both teams are determined to win and are practicing hard for the occasion. In the Bandon lineup will be some of the best players iri tho city, several of whom made good in the fast Coos County league of last summer and others equally fast. The Riverton team has been win ning right along this year and are confident of taking the game next Sunday. Doubted Governor's. Authority. Coos Bay Times: Local sportsmen rather doubted the authority of the Governor to close the hunting season as he did by proclamation last week. A query was addressed to Attorney General Crawford at Salem for cita tion of the authority of law giving such right to the Governor. An an swer was received today quoting a paragraph of the laws of General Ses sions, Laws, of 1911, Section 7, Chap-' tor 278, which fully covers the point. The local men are satisfied that the Governor was well within Ins rights COOS COUNTY A GREAT COUNTRY FOR POTATOES There is no placo on the globe that can beat Coos county for raising po tatoes, either quantity or quality. It is not a rare incident to sec a potato field in this county yield from 300 to 400 bushels of potatoes to tho acre, and they are of the fin est quality to bo found nnywhorc. Tho greatest trouble with tho po tato business here is that there arc not enough people engaged in it and another trouble is that in the fall of the year the potatoes are all shipped out, so that by spring, before tho. new crop comes on, it is necessary to ship an inferior grade of potatoes back from California to supply the demand. What we need here is more potato growers and a more careful study of the potato market. ROSES GROW PROFUSELY IN GARDENS OF BANDON Portland has its annual Rose Fes tival, Roseburg takes its name from the many beautiful roses that grow in that vicinity, but none of these cities havo anything on Bandon when it comes to raising roses as several of tho beautiful gardens in this city will prove. R. C. McKinnis has as fine a rose arbor as can be found any place. The beautiful roses in the window at the Red Crain Drug Store, grown by Mrs. Crain and Dr. L. P. Sorensen, are as beautiful as can bo found any place. In fact thcro arc dozens of rose gardens in this city that will compare favorably with any of tho celebrated rose sections in Oregon, California, or anywhere else. WILL COMMENCE HOTEL BY SEPTEMBER FIFTEENTH In an interview -with Mr. J. G. Hammel, who is promoting the New Hotel Gallier-, he informs tho Record er that everything was now in sight so far as subscriptions wore concern ed, and that by September '15th, they would probably bo throwing dirt for the new building. Mr. Hnmmel went to North Bend today to look into tho new hotel sit uation over there, and will be back n Bandon in a few days to start op erations hero. AKKANGEM ENTS COMPLETE FOR OPENING SCHOOL. Arrangements are now comnlolo for the opening of nclionl SopUnnbor l-lth. All teat-horn have boon nimilnv. ed and have nccoptud, so there will ho no delayH or linld-upa uL.tho liogln nlng of the nchool yimr. Prof. Ilopklnti In now on a cwniji- j lug trip down tliu coital hut will Im' Ixu'k In a fow duya mid will thnn out-1 line Hit! work fur Ui yr, , I , 'JW will fmmiity I mo ltmwt ed HlLtmlmm Utia wr em UuA fmt' u urn my la m'W mi m tliiw win J new woiu mv MMMiHitUy mn in In. SO. PACIFIC WILL HID John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent for the Southern Pacific R. R., waa among tho delegation of Port land business men who were here yes terday. In conversation with Tho Recorder Mr. Scott said that The Willamette Pacific railroad from Eugene to Coos Bay would bo completed as rapidly as possible regardless of financial conditions, and that it would then no doubt bo built on down tho coast to Eureka. Mr. Scott was very favorably im pressed with conditions here and re marked a number of times nbout our line beach and tho great posibilities of asuinmer resort here, nnd intimated that the Southern Pacific would do its share toward developing the great possibilities. Sign Painter Arrested. Coos Buy Times: J. S. Ward, n sign painter who recently left Marsh field witli his family, going from here to Bandon, was arrested in thnt city about noon today. Suits was brought against Ward in Justice Pcnnock's court this morning by R. A. Copple for the payment of a bill. The Pio neer Hardware Company nnd George Baines were also parties to the suit. A writ of arrest was issued and Ward was arrested by Constable Blackerby. Upon arrest he promised to pay Hie three, bills immediately, totalling abut $24.00. Costs to the amount of $11.20 were also charged to Ward. Hunter Not Guilty. Gold Beach Ed Eggers, who ac cidentally shot and killed J. Bush In NarVpynrCurry county last fall while hunting deer, was acquitted by the grand jury of the charge of man slaughter. Hay In the Middle Ages. Hay seems to have been little known in the middle ages. Stock was win tered mostly on straw and leaves. Tus scr, who wrote In the reign of Queen Elizabeth, gives much advice to the farmer in to the cutting mid storing of green branches, which might serve as fodder when pasture failed. He Is par ticular as to the desirability of saving tho beech cuttings for the milk cows, whcreiiH for sheep anything would do. A miserable dependence It would ap pear to us now, but then It seems to have been looked on, If not ns a matter of course, at least ns a thing practiced by the more forehanded and cnpnblo, There must have been Home natural meadows In England even then, but pcrlinps all their produce was saved for the horses of kings. As fur as 1 can recollect, there Is no mention of hay In Shakespeare, if we except Bot tom's remark, "Good buy. sweet liny, hnth no fellow," and even that sug gests Its rarity. By Milton's time, 100 years biter. "The mower whets his scythe" "And the tunned haycock In tho mend" were familiar country ob jects. -From "A Farmer's Notebook." Strnngo Timekeepers. To ascertain tho time nt night tho Apache Indians, employed n gourd on which the stars of the heavens were marked. As the constellation rose In the sky the Indian referred to hl gourd nnd found out the hour. By turning the gourd around he could tell tho order In which the constellutlous might be expected to appear. The hill people of Assam reckon tlmo nnd distance by the number of quid of tietel nuts chewed. It will be remem bered how. according to Washington Irving, the Dutch colonial assembly was Invariably dismissed nt the last puff of the third pipe of tobacco of Governor Wouter Van Twlller. A MoutagiilH Indian of Canada will set up a tall stick In tho snow when traveling ahead of friend who are to follow Ho marks with bin foot tho line of shadow cunt, and by tho change In the angle of tho shadow tho oncom ing parly can tell, on arriving at the Hpol, about how far ahead the louder In, .lohiiiiiiexhurg TIiiich, A LORY MIND. A lofty mind alwnyi lliinki nobly. It wtjily crralri vivid, flnrrlle and natural 'snciei and n'ac-i lliein in llimr lifil light, cJollixi lliwin willi til fii(oji(iiP dormnriiti, ludi- ollitu Uilct ami cliwri away fiom ill own (IiouhIiU all llial it owJM nd iliimir HwMoiKuld. MILLER SAYS ROAD WILL BE COMPLETED NEXT YEAR W. F. Miller, general agent for tho Southern Pacific at Marshfioid, came over yesterday with the Portland boosters and while here stated that the Willamette Pacific railroad would be completed from Eugene to Maple ton this fall and that during the win ter the tunnels and bridges between Coos Bay and Mnplcton will be com pleted and as Che other grading is now practically done, the ballasting and laying of rails will begin early hi the spring so that it can be com pleted during the sumcr. ' Mr. Miller also gave it as his opin ion that as soon as tho road was com pleted to Coos Bay it would be ex tended on down to Bandon from Beav er Slough. There is an easy grade from hero to Beaver Slough and it ic only nbout.,17 miles from Bandon to the railroad at that point. The Wil lamette Pacific will be completed re gardless of the war or financial situ ation, as tho money for that is already provided for, and there are over 2,000 men working on tho line. At present there are 05 men working on the Coos Bay bridge. This bridge will be 1100 feet long and will have cloven spans. The draw will be 150 feet long so that vessels of any size can ensil pass through when the draw is open. S or BRIEF LOCAL ITEMS ' &x C" Sam Johnson has sold his Ford automobile to Mr. Cooper. The Conway Sisters at the Orpheum Saturday and Sunday nights in song and dances "Perils of Paulino" No 5, at the Grand Saturday night. Tho grcnt $25,000 prize story. " G. R.TtfcNnir left tHis'afteniodn for Marshfield and from there will go to Roseburg to attend the Elks conven tion. The official number of the Recorde-. office is 245 First Street West, accord ing to City Engineer Sawyer's map of the city 3,000 feet of film in "Goodnes Gracious," 0,000 laughs in this com edy success. At the Grand theatre Sunday night. Steve and E. M. Gallier arc trans acting business in Coquille today. C. Y. Lowe went to Coquille today as one of tho delegation to tho oadi meeting in that city. Mrs. Geo. M. Lufaw, who was at Emergency hospital a few days for medical treatment, has so far recover ed that she is aide to be out again, a fact her many friends will bo glad to learn. M. J. McKcnna left tho first of the week for Yaquina Bay whia he will look after business afTuirs and from there will go to Duluth, Minn., to join Mrs. McKenna who is vTsiting hor mother in that city. Fred L. Leeper arrived Wednesday night from San Diego, Calif., where he had been spending the summer handling a novelty lino. He expects to remain here n few days visiting old friends and will then go on to Portland on business, after which he will return to California. According to parties from Coquille Countv Surveyor A. N. Gould, who wns defeated for renominatlon on the Renublican ticket by Mr. McCullough , of Bandon, is goin to run as an inde pendent Progressive candidate nt the November election. Mr. Kern of Co- quille is nn independent candidate ul- so. Dangcaufc. "1 um thinking of louring In South Africa next xeaxou." remnilfed the en median "Talie my advice and don't." replied Hie 7llulii "An olrlrli egg weighs from two o Ihri'ti pound "-London Tlt-llll Pat Mllllmialrik. I, billion lii UitiiI IIiIImIii Ik h mil lion or ihiiiioiv immm!M I'rww und Uj imimI Hmti bjllluu I a iJiuuawmi miIJIIuim. IMUW - liOnll'll MIollA. RILEY COOLLY !S RELEASED Word has i r i 'ved from Gold Beach to the ctrcct Hint Riley Cooley the man who has been held charged with the murder of Thomas Van Pelt, was released by the grand jury, there not being sufficient evidence to hold him for trial. His bondsmen who had signed up for a sum of $50,000 wore also released. Tho report- states that neither Stephen Doyle, tho detective, nor the Spokane bunker, who were supposed to be tho chief witnesses for tho state, appeared at the grand jury hearing, and consequently tho case had to be dismissed for want of evidence. The two men hold for manslaughter were also dismissed. They were Geo. Mayer who shot Willard Isenhnrt last spring mistaking him for a wild cat and Edward Eggers who shot Jay Bush mistaking him for a doer. DEDICATE G. A. R. MONU MENT NEXT SUNDAY. Bandon Post G. A. R. will dedicate their new G. A. R. monument next Sunday, August 30th. The G. A. R. nnd Sons of Veterans will assemble in front of McNair's Hardware store at 2 o'clock and the W. R. C. wiir assomblo at the M. E. church att he same hour, after which all will march to the cemetery where tho ceremonies will be held. The public is cordially invited to at tend these oxercises. By order of J. W. Felter, Post Commander. Attest: C. B. Zcek, Adjutant. SAN FRANCISO FIRM OF ARCHI TECTS OPEN OFFICES HERE Mr. Karl II. Scheel, of the firm of Ellison, Stanbery & Scheel of San Francisco, lias opened an office in Ban don and will remain here in chargo of the samo Mr. Scheel has been in charge of tho company's office in Marshfield, but turned that over to Mr. Ellison, when it was decided to open a Bandon office. Mr. Scheel sees great things in store for Bandon, and Coos County generally. Forger Escapes in Curry. Ira Sullivan, a convicted forger, who was sentenced this week by Judge Coke to serve from two to 20 years in tho state penitentiary, escaped from the Curry county jail at Gold Beach Wednesday night and .has not been apprehended. To make his es cape tho prisoner sawed four bars from the window of his cell. Where ho secured tho saw is as much of a mystery as his present whereabouts. Infant Daughter Dead. The three months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Loughecd died at the Bandon hospital nt 5 o'clock yes terday morning of pneumonia. The little one had been sick only since Sunday, but grew rapidly worse un til the end came. The funeral was held this after noon from the Ellingson undertaking parlors, being conducted by Rev. C. Mayne Knight of the M. E. Church. Mr. Lougliheed is employed at the Seeloy & Anderson camp. THE CONWAY SISTERS AT THE ORPHEUM This charming sister team will ap pear Saturday und Sunday night in songs and dances. The The Conwuy sisters havo played Marshfield for u week to packed houses. Their act is clean and refined and entertaining; u spociul program of Universal pictures will be shown each night. Admission 10c und 20c. MIM.INKItY OPENING. You a roc ordlally Invlttul to attend the Full M llllnary Opening Septem ber i. ut (ho Mott Mllllnary I'm lorn. A number of Bandon und Murah field lilk will ffo in lUmlwa lonutt raw wharat hoy will allml Ilia bU; Iflbf wiHMlim lo litf liuld In (liul dif, 'Jlioy will ovur In tuira und mml Ut Imvu u kwhiIiiu i'.lh Uim wliilu uwwy.