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BANDON, QREGON, OCTOBER 6, 1914.
VOLUME XXX
NUMBER 78
PILE DRIVER
1$ AT WOI
ERICKSON AND WALKER START
DRIVING PILES FOK THE
FOUNDATION OF NEW JOHN
SON BUILDING.
A. G. Erickson and Harry Walker
began work yesterday morning on
their contract to drive the piling for
Captain Johnson's building on First
Street.
The bidding is to bo -15x00 and will
bo reinforced concrete. As noon as the
piling is driven work will be begun on
the superstructure which will be built
by days work, and wheh will be un
der the supervision of Ira Zeh.
Erickson and Walker will also drive
tho piling for the Biggs-Buckinghnm
and the Laird-Lowe buildings as soon
us they finish with the Johnson build
ing. These buildings will bo built by
contract and bids arc now being called
for. October lfilh is the tinio set for
all bids to be in and by that time the
piling will bo drven anrt the -work of
building can be commenced at once.
It Is the hope of tho proprietors to
have the buildings ready for occu
pancy by January or February.
New Homestead Ruling.
Ofllcinls of the United States land of
fices have recently been notified by
tho Commissioner of tho General
Land. Offica.as.l'p.llows.; . . .
1. Your attention is directed to
tho net of Congress approved August
22, 1914 (Public, No. 183), which pro
vides: That tho entryman mentioned in
section 2291, Revised Statutes of the
United States, as amended by theact
of Juno 0, 1912 (37 Sa., 121!), upon
filing in the local land office, notice
of tho beginning of such absence at
his option shall bo entitled to a leave
of absence in one or two continuous
periods not exceeding in tho aggro
gato five months in each year aftor
establishing rcsidonco; and upon the
termination of such absenccuin each
period, tho entryman. shall file notice
of such termination in the local land
olTleo; but in case of commutation the
11 months' actual residence, as now
required by law, must bo shown and
tiie person commuting bo nt tho time
n citizen of tho United States.
?. Under this net tho five months'
nbson o in oach residence year allowed
by the first proviso to section 2291
may, at the option of the homesteader,
bo divided into two poriods, but no
more. The homesteader must at tho
beginning of each absence, file a no
tico thereof at tho local land office.
but ho need not specify tho portion
of tho fivo months' privilege of which
he intends to avail himself. A notice
of his return to the land must bo
promptly filed at tho tormlnation of
oach absence.
i. If u homestendor has returned
to the laud after an nhioiico of loss
than five mouths and filed notice of
his return, ho may, without any in-Un-voning
rcsidonco, again iibiout him
self pursuant to now notico -for the
remaining period within tho rosldsnco
year Two ulwonros In dinoiont ronl
dciui' raiH, however reeknnod from
tho dale when rldneo wiu oatnh-lUlu-d
must bo sopiirfllml by n Mil
ktiinlml poriiNl if ihoy tojfolkor tmiko
tip more Hum five luaitlb.
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CITYBONDS
AN ELECTION WILL PROBABLY
BE CALLED TO VOTE ON THE
WATER SYSTEM IMPROVE
MENT UONOS SOON.
There has been considerable com
ment of late on tho bonding picpos
itiou and a great" .many havo asked
why tho city docs not p;et to work
and improve the water system.
Tho fact is thnt tho city has nol
yet taken over the water system, as
the bonding company has not come
through with tho money and until
such time ns tho money is nvnilablc
the .system cannot bo taken over.
It is tho intention of tho city coun
cil as soon as tho water 'bonds are
disposed of, to hold another election
to vote improvement bonds fr the wa
ter system and to take up the city in
debtedness. This will give the banks
a chance to handle tho city paper
more satisfactorily, and at the samo
time the expense to the city will be
loss as nil these outstanding war
rants arc bearing G per cent interest
and the bonds -enn probably bo sold
for 5 per cent.
The proposition was voted upon
once before but it was voted down,
many thinking that it was only a
proposition to incur more indebted
ness when in reality it would havo
been a -saving to the city. Howovor,
tho. proposition is now better under
stood by tho people and at another
election it will undoubtedly carry. As
to tho water improvement bonds,
these will nlso carry by a big major
ity as it is generally understood that
a now source of supply is needed as
well as to improve and onlnrge the
system in tho city.
DR. 11. E. HERMAN WILL
LOCATE AT THIS PLACE
Dr. Hnrry E. Hermann is in the
city and will locate here permanently
Dr. Hermann is an eyesight special
ist and is well known in Baudon as he
has been coming hero for several
years, staying fqr a few days, prac
ticing his profession. He was form
erly located at Roscburg, but has been
making Myrtle Point his headquarters
for the past couplo of years. Ho in
now so thoroughly taken up with
Baudon that he will make this city
his headquarters from this time on.
Dr. Hermann's family is now out in
tho Willamette Valley but they will
be hero in about a month.
COL. AND MRS ROSA
RETURN FROM CANADA
Col. and Mrs. Rosa returned yes-
! terday from thier trip to Manitoba,
tCanadn, and other points and report
n vory plonsant trip. Tlioy visited
the Calgary country and wont down
to Minneapolis, Minn., where they at
tended tho Minnesota State Fair,
thoro being 81,000 people on tho
grounds the day limy were thoro.
From MinnoapollH thoy wont to Grand
Rapldi and from thoro visited ii mini
bor of oilier points before returning
homo.
Col. Hum report IiuiIiumm comli
Uawt qui! In the unit mill uy tfcoy
uro irwtlilly ilwul In Cnmnlu
W'rlfk J. Wife of MumliMd
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Haberly Discusses Measures
(Continuation of discussion of the
measures and amendments to bo vot
ed on, Nov. .1, by A. Haberly.)
Non.Partizan Judiciary Nominations.
Answer Yes.
There is no reason why a judge
should bo elected as a partizan unless
it be that ho may decide cases, when
elected, with a bias in favor of his
own partizans. This is just what wo
should not have. A judge should be
absolutely unbiased so far as human
nature will permit this. But with our
present system our judges do some
times show their partizanship in their
decisions. The bill as drawn is not
perfect, but is a stop in the right di
rection. $1500 Tax Exemptions on Improve
ments. Answer 320 Yes.
This is another bill that is improp
erly gotten up, and the amount is too
great. $1,000 exemption on dwell
ing and furniture and farm improve
ments would havo boon better. But
the bill is a stop in 'tho right direc
tion in that it cases the burden of
the poor man who is trying to secure
a modest homo. Wo need to encour
age home building and homo owning.
But now the progressive man is fined
for making improvements. A widow
at Prosper paid $19.00 taxes on a
small cottage and a few acres of
stumps this year twice the taxes
paid in tho east on a well improved
farm of CO acres. Cut out every
source of taxes that can possibly be
done. Then cut out tax eating com
missions and useless olllccrs. We
should only tax franchises and public
utilities.
Public Docks and Water Frontage
Amendment.
Answer Yes.
This bill, ns the next, is very im
portant to tho people of Baudon. Tho
state owns tho beds of navigable wa
ters, and should not noil them but
should lease them. In Bandon wo pay
dockage to got goods over our own
"property, because private owners have
been permitted to build wharves up
on this public property and now they
derivo the benefit while the public
the rightful owners pay wharfage
pr dockage. Portland paid a million
Vlollnrs to buy back property which
was hers by right, so that she might
build public docks and wharves. Those
who have invested mi.iey in wharves
or docks on tho propc ty involved are
fully protected or compensated by
these two bills. Thor r? there is no
injustice done them. Lot the public
keep whnt belongs to it for tho public
benefit.
Prohibition Amendment
Answer Yes.
Salem Tho 1m Grande $80,000
Elk's lodgo will bo erected by tho
Palmer-Ellison Co. of Portland. It
will havo Otis elevators and finished
in Seattle terra cotta.
Tho now Pondloton hotel costing
$1.10,000 Iiiih boon opened to tho pub
lic. Tho $76,000 rock urushor of tho Can
wide Construction Co, nt Marlon Iiiih
begun operation witli n payroll of
100 moil ut HH.OOO pur month. It In
OKptwlwl to ilUlrllmlo 000,000 yuriU
nl muhIimI I'Mik nil llm H. I', Bo,'
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Oywrfjlsi Jmiij'liiK (mm JP to W
ifiiU )iyuu) on unbuilt of lliv wur
Industrial News of Oregon
The saloon has no right to exist.
Bccauo it deprives women and child
ren of the father's wages; dodges its
own taxes and forces them on to those
who derive no benefit from tho saloon;
decrenses tho value of property; intro
duces disorder, crime and lechery in
tho family; ensnares our sons; dc
bauches our daughters; decreases and
stagnates legitimate business; creates
financial panics; reduces bank depos
its; prevents drinkers from owning
homes of their own; decreases the
number of wage-earners; also do
creases their earnings; creates cheap
labor; causes many to lose their jobs
("the last man hired, tho first man
fired the man who drinks"); hinders
and closes factories; drives capital
away; destroys efficiency of workmen;
multiplies accidents; injures tho in
tellect; burdens the incapable; causes
poverty; adds to our juvenile delin
quents; doubles taxes; causes insan
ity; fills jails and penitentiaries; bru
talizes jman; transforms its votaries
into hypocrites; is tho clearing house
for dive-keepers; inflames the baser
passions; is the tap root of tho so
cial evil; shortens life; promotes dis
ease; menaces the church and takes
children out of school. If thoro be
anything base or degrading, low and
disgusting, the saloon and the drink
evil are at tho bottom of it, and ns
prohibition stands for the reverse, for
everything thnt is good and pure and
generous and just and clean and
right, Tarn in favor of this amend
ment. Let me close this installment
with a few brief quotations of well
known men: "Tho liquor traffic is tho
most degrading and ruinous of nil
human pursuits." William McKinloy.
"It produces criminality in the popu
lation nt large, and laV breaking
among the saloon keepers themselves"
Roosevelt. "It is a cancer in so
ciety, eating out tho vitals and threat
ening destruction; it must be destroy
ed" Lincoln. "Tho saloon is tho
first place tho policeman looks for
crime nnd tho last place ho looks for
virtue." W. J. Bryan. "There is
enough barley destroyed by tho .brew
ers in Germany to feed nil Europe. I
pray God that ho may destroy tho
whole beer brewing business." Mar
tin Luther. "It has brought more
desolntion to tho wage-earner than
strike, or war or sickness or death; it
lias broken up more homos and wreck
ed moro lives than any other cause
on the face of earth." Cardinal Gib
bons. "It is bad for the homo, for
humanity, for the church, for the
country." Arch Bishop Keene. Let
us beat this cursed business "to a
frazzle" on Nov. 3 by voting 332 yes.
is hampering tho mining industry in
Bnkcr county.
Tho now Portland post ofilco will
havo two floors devoted to mail work
and seven doors of offices for tho army
of federal officers and commissioner
ut Portland.
Proposed plaiiH for tho Improvement
of the old St. Johns road out of Port
land culls for un uxpondltiire of $I70
000.
s Albany Is rulllng for libli for nnm
$60,000 high ni'linol,
I'oiIImihJ huiilit'iM rwuiilly inturtotJ
ham lliu Imiil.nr'ii mifmum t
W'MlilJiglyu, I). Oh 1L mUm
(oilni uin running n!kM "d
fill orders brought about by" tho Eu
ropean war.
The Iloppncr Milling Co. distributes
annually $10,000 in mages.
Pilot Rock has groat need for more
dwellings.
Gresham will soon havo a now can
nery. Bids avc being received for tho re
construction of tho hoadworks at the
intake on tho East Fork of Hood Riv
er and construction of main canal for
an approximate distance of six miles.
Work on tho Suthorlin, Coos Bay
nnd Eastern Railroad is being rushed
rapidly. v
Prinevillo needs more modern
houses.
Tho Willamette Pacific expects to
have rails to tidewater before the
rainy season sets in.
Tho Suthcrlin railroad has been
granted a franchise on Suthorlin
streets.
Tho Pacific Coast Condensed Milk
Co. will immediately proceed to en
large its Hillsboro plant to meet the
demands of the constantly increasing
offerings of milk. The now building
will be of concrete 140x140, and when
completed will give the local plant a
capacity of 200,000 pounds a day.
The Standard Oil Co. is preparing
to erect supply tnnks at Lebanon,
making that point the distributing
point for this part of the county.
Tho Lebanon Lumber Co. will soon
begin to ship logs to their mill at that
town ntid tho mill will bo run to cap
acity. Wm. Kyle & Sons Co., salmon can
nery at Florence has started opera
tions and will distribute $20,000 to
the workers during tho season.
Portland will soon erect another 24
classroom school at a cost of $100,000
Tho Marin county court house is to
havo a new heating plant installed by
T. M. Burr of Salem
PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTES
Three now pupils enrolled in the
High School Monday, bringing the
total number enrolled to one hundorcd
and ten. Last year tho total enroll
ment was an oven hundrcn for tho en
tire year.
The one scsiou plnn is working sat
isfactorily for both students nnd
teachers. Tho spirit of genuine hard
vork seems to reign, nnd there nre
healthy symptoms of tho old fash
ioned ambition to "got an education."
Tho Pitman system of shorthand
hns been introduced, replacing the
Spcncorian of last year and the year
before.
The crowded conditions of tho first
mil second grades will bo relieved by
the hnlf day plan; that is, one-half
the number of pupils in those grades
will attend school in the forenoon
and the other half in tho afternoon.
Modern equipment is to be install
od on tho playgrounds as soon as pos
sible. Playground supervision will bo
in tho hands of the touchers who have
had some special training in thnt
work.
A number of pupils horo won blue
and rod ribbons on tlio Industrial ox
hibit at tho county fair at Myrtlo
3'oint, but tho namos, so far havo not
boon obtainable. Wo hopo to publish
a complolo Hit soon.
PROSPER SCHOOL OPHNUD
NEW VISA It YI4STKRDAV
Tho Proapvr Hlm jiwmmI yoator
ilny tar tho 1CM-U Mltoal ymr with
110 pupils MiralUd.
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HOTEL CO.
INCORPORATED
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
FOR NEW HOTEL FILED WITH
SECRETARY OF STATE THIS
WEEK.
Articles of incorporation of the
Gallior Hotel Co. were filed with the
Secretary of State on October 1st.
Tho capital stock is $100,000 with
par value of shares at $100 each.
About one-half of tho capital stock
is already subscribed. This of course
includes tho sito and tho present Ho
tel Gallier, nil of winch goes into tho
now company. A notico to stock
holders will be sent out in a few days
calling a mooting at which time offi
cers and directors will be elected and
the organization perfected.
Tho first installment of the sub
scription money will then bo called
for and tiie contract for the new
building let.
LYONS JOHNSON1 MILL
CLOSED DOWN SATURDAY
Tho Lyons-Johnson mill closed
down Snturdny temporarily, but will
resume operations again as soon as
the lumber market takes a little bet
tor turn.
Capt. Robert Dollar, trustee for the
company, says tho price of lumber
cannot remain where it is very lorigr
as there are bumper crops all over
tho United States and there is bound
to be a gcnernl increase in business
over the country and in that, case
there will surely be a vigorous mar
ket for lumber.
HALF DAY SYSTEM
IN PRIMARY DEPARTMENT
The Bandon School Board, at a
meeting hold yesterday afternoon de
cided upon a half day system for tho
pupils in tho primary grades. That
is, part of tho pupils will come in the
forenoon and part in the afternoon.
This was mndo necessary owing to
tho crowded condition of the rooms,
as it was thought better to do this
than to hire another teacher at pres
ent. At any rate there is only ono
available room in tho schools and this
is tho teachers rest room, nnd upon in
spection it was found that at present
tho room was not in a sanitary con
dition for holding school, until some
shanges were made in the ventilation
which would cost considerable and the
hiring of another teacher would mean
and added expense of $05.00 a month
whoreas the present primary teach
ers will do tho extra work for a con
siderable less sum, and taking every
thing into consideration tho board de
cided that it would bo best to try tho
half day plan during tho first semes
tor at least.
SELLECK-IIOFER DEBATE
WAS WELL ATTENDED.
Tho "wot and dry" debate at tho
Orphoiim Friday night between Col.
E. Hofor of Sulern nnd Rov. W. H.
.Solliick of Portland was well attended
and the debute was very Instructivu
from b'Ah sides of tho question,
Col. Hofor supported tho wots and
llv. Kolhtfk tho dry. Kadi debstor
imIsnvonmI to nIiow Hint from mm eco-
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jwitii Ills aids wut Hidit uimI llm mull.
mm m lui to Judy" for tliiiiiMvu
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