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About Semi-weekly Bandon recorder. (Bandon, Or.) 1910-1915 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1914)
oo Oregon Jlfstorical Society City Hall 21 ) SEMI -WEEKLY Advertisers! I Job Printing! A modern equipped job department In connection , - y I Bandon field thoroughly J 1 " BANDON, OREGON, OCTOBER 20, 1914. VOLUME XXX NUMBER 82 5 la State Engineer Issues 175 Water Permits in the Last Quarter. During the quarter ending Sep tember HO, 101-1, State Engineer Jno. II. LcwiH, issued 173 permits "for the appropriation of water. These per mits give the cost of proposed works as approximately $3,000,000 and in volve the construction of 2.10 miles, of canal lines, the development of 30,400 horsepower, and the irriga tion of 13,100 acres of ladn. The issuance of permits by the State Engineer's office may be taken as an index to the general develop ment throughout the State along ir rigation and power lines. The fees collected by this depart ment during the past quarter exceed those collected in the same period last year by 25 per cent and the jnon ey deposited with the State Treasur er during the first llirec quarter of 1014, amounting to ?10,173.00, ex ceeds the appropriation for the ad ministration expenses of the office for" an entire year. The permits issued" in Coos county are as follows: C. H. Fry of Bcavcrton, for muni eioal supply, diverting water from Glenn and Silver Creeks in Sec. 18, T. 21 S. It. 10 W. A. E. Adelsperger of MarshficH, for domestic use, diverting water from Mill Creek in Sec. IS, T. 31 S. R. 11 W. City of Myrtle Toint, form unici pnl supply, diverting water from Mul len springs, located in Sec. 12, T. 29 S. R. 12 W. Ilandon Water Company of Bandon for municipal supply, diverting wa ter from Giger Creo in Sec" !, T. 29 S. R. 14 W. COQUILLE NEWS From the Sentinel: Sheriff W. W. Gage reutrncd Mon day from Salem and Portland on the Geo. W. Elder, but avers that a sea trip is just as uncomfortable ns it over was and that ho will swear off on them for the future. He took Fay R. Smith nnd Jim Ross, who were re cently sentenced to indeterminate per iods in tho penetcntiary,.. to Salem with him. On the farm of Mr. W. M. Weekloy near Myrtle Point, was produced one of the finest fields of corn in the coun ty, is tho opinoin of Robert Dryden who is in charge oif tho work of the Myrtle Point Co-operative Cow Test ing Association. A photograph shows tho corn to be equal to that of an eas tern corn field, not only in height but in production of grain. E. N. Harry, who has tho contract for grading tho road through the can yon cast of Hrewstcr Valley, was hero Tuesday, settling with the County Commissioners for about ton rods of rock work he had completed at a pricert f $125 per rod. From this amount his agreement is to rebate to the county enough to make tho rest net him $5 per day. Mrs. E. E. Johnson was dinner host ess Tuesday evening at her homo on Spurgeon. Hill, to tho J. G. W. Club nnd n few friends. Prett ybnskots of pink roses, dahlias and groans adorn ed the tables and walls of tho living room, and tho dining room was un usually attractive with yellow bios rnm and festooning. The place cards, napkins and favors were all Huggohtivo of Hallowe'en. One of our rttlaens who was up at Myrtle Point las week says tlmt while there he hoard talk of invoking (he recall against District Attorns? I.lljwivist. on aucouiit of his prose (Ulloi's of doctors uml druggist there ( ooh nmnly uo whaa 10.000 worth of imnl CMiilpJMwU, aaye a MtfMlwr of thii romily wmrl. A few year ago 'lie Ud prartiaally nothing of hii ,tw in iU Mm New eke kfte Uiiv .iili nuclu'Cs HimJ thro stMUH lHir. Uu, ( it ri riusUets is mv ing t Nwrwj. " i HsimJum mmJ il Jtrtdfc Thi Jele tm )"- Hwr in (oqulMv Uf Hi Qmgb JU corder Lawrence mercifully suspends tlic collection of 90 per cent of the penalty where it in the first offense. There have been two or three such cases in his court tills week, but the .Sentinel is also disposed to bo easy with such offenders. CHANDLER HAS FINE DEMONSTRATION FARM C. II. Chandler lias rented his dem onstration farm on the county road east of Bandon to J. Hazelton, who recently arrived in this section. The farm consists of 17 acres, part of which is cloaraUand under cultiva tion and a considerable portion of the remainder is partly cleared. Mr. Hazelton took possession on October 15th, and will become one of Coos county's staunch citizens. Ho will conduct the place Us a fruit and vegetable farm and will be able to supply tho people of Bandon with fresh fruit and vegetables in season. Mr. Chandler has 35 different var ieties of fruit and vegetables ofi this farm and they arc all doing nicely and ho also has a fine garden and orchurd under cultivatio non tho Mrs. Ledgerwood place south of town. He ways if anybody thinks that Coos county soil is not productive, he would like to have them visit either one of these farms and he will con- vinco them that we can grow the finest of everything fight hero. Mr. Chandler receives $100 a year for his 17 acre ranch, which is about $5.00 an acre, and Mr. Hazlcton will make good money on this place next year. He is well pleased with the outlook in this section. "Waterfront" Measure is Dangerous One Portland, Ore,. With the absolute certainty that the "Water Front" Constitutional Amendment number 328 and .its companion liill number 330 on tho ballot, proposed for adop tion at tho next election, will deprive the state of authority to sell any tide lands or nny submerged lands on the navigable streams and bays of Oregon tho State is confronted With tho prospect thai all industrial develop ment requiring aceso to the water will speedily come to an end. This is the opinion of practically every at torney who lias made a coref lucxam ination of tho proposed amendment and bill. Well known lawyers in this and other cities in the slate have point ed out that tho proposed amendment contains a provision that tide lands may be leased by the State only as sites on which to build docks. This means that the State Land Board will not be pormited to grant any permit to dike or reclaim over-flow lands or tide lands, jr any right to utilize tido lands for booming pur poses, fishery purposes or as sites for industries or for any other industrial development purposes. In an address recently delvireed in Portland by ex-Senator F. W. Mulkey' who with C, S, Jackson of tho Jour nal proposed tho amendment and the bill, Mr. Mulkey used this expression: "Unsold tide lands and foreshoro of navigablo streams will remain the proporty of tho Stato. Thoy will bo analogous to timber lands in the Na tional Forest Rosorvos. They will be a heritage for futuro generations." Those who have made aa study of the amondmcnt and tho bill give Mr. Mulkey credit, since ho is one of tho authors of the measure, with know ing what thoy mean nnd when he! says that tho unsold tide lands nnd I foroshore can only be leased for dock purposes, it becomes clear that the vast logging interests, fishing in torosts and other Industries that ro qulro acess to tho walor in their op erations are to ho practically put out of the game so far as future develop ment Is coneernod if (hose measures become laws. Another serious objection to both of these measures, which Is urged by a moot many people of nil suc tions of the slnUt, Is the furl that t ! 4-hoil fund wlileh new derives eon HlaVrsbU revenue fom the Mils of tide lands end tho foresworn uf net lifsil w !(' uf the state will he uV puve4 f 4 try large eura uf iiumiv; llini la tuit badly tmtAuA fur tin HtHtWMUSO f Ilia ItfMf MbMl T um ttt Or- iwt M Uum ut UrHU feint it Un4m rioHvr tn4iu4f I Sit iKtiiltiilJ This installment will be shown at the Grand Theater next Thursday Evening, Oct. 22. The first release of the great Uni versal "Troy O' Hearts" serial is in threo reels. The first reel of this in stallment is taken up by the prolog ue, which gives the motive for all the subsequent exciting, heartrending and romantic incidents. Seneca Trine, middle-aged and powerful in the financial world, had married a girl much younger than himself. This girl was forced into tho marriage through circumstances rather than through love she felt toward Trine. In fact she had loved another, Well ington Law. At the opening of tho prologue we find Trinc's wife the mother of twin girls, unhappy i; thoughts which still haunt her of her old sweetheart, L i v. L tw, on the other hand, is married to a cool, cal culating woman and is the fathcr-of a boy. In the course of time Trino bagins to suspect the affection that his wife still feels for Law, and with a bitter heart, he undertakes a scheme to ruin his wife's sweetheart. At a ball ono evening he secures definite proof of his wife's attitude toward him and Ins determination to ruin Law crystallizes into definite action. A month later his plans of revenge against the man whom lie believes lias robbed him of hid wife's love are carried to completion; Law is ruined. Desperate and desiring fresh aiv, Law drives into tho country in his au tomobile. As fate would have it, he accidentally runs down Trine; dis covering tho identity of tho wounded man he flees. Trine recovers, but is left a paralytic for life. It is follow ing this that-Trine plans lo kill Law and he writes him to this effect. I.av is already broken down, mentally and physically, and when he begins to find here and there n troy of hearts card he takes tho euiicst way out by killing himself, aftar sonding hit boy to Europe. At tho opening of the play proper, Law, Jr., is a prospoious young bus iness man in Loudon. Trino, still in America, has not forgotten his plan of revenge; lie awaits the time when Law, Jr., is the happiest to strike him down. Rose, ono of .tho twin daughters, ho sends to Europo for the purposo of meeting and securing Law's love. Roso, however, is un aware of her father's intentions; she lias high ideals and a tender heart, while her sister, Judith, is hard anil NORTH BEN DNEWS From the Harbor: Tho body of tho sailor of tho En core crew who committed suicide by jumping overboard rocontly was found floating In tho bay by Nils AdsniKon. wlio fswls to tho ehaiinol lights. Tlio body wus turnod over to tho coraiwr nnd will ho buried In Mnrshfit'hl, as Uio msn lits no rela tives hero. Hy wss Norweirutn.' An extensive improvement has been sterted at Hitore Acres, the summer home of Muyor I.. J. Hlmpwtn, on (tie ween sou 111 of ('...- Buy , (jintmi lur J. (i limn lefl (!( iirfny wild t iv w uf nu ii lu turt (lie i I xtn uf M UlUV Hllillllll 4) II. !'lllll,v fill' U MUillde wrimeaJeHr The luMMUn will U MUaHO fmH 111 U Tw WIINKjiliy fA eili i wiidei tli ill lumii ei4 tftv whule will twi.iuu Midi ih nielli revengeful, tho prototype of her fa ther. Law meets Roso at a watering place and it is a case of love at first right with both. It is at this point that Rose Receives the first strange letter from,. her father, hinting at her love and assuring her that she will never marrjfc Law that he will die before that. : Law, for the firftt time, finds a trey of hearts and, acquainted witij the fdud, suspects its meaning. Rose, fearful for Law's life, departs, tell ing her sweetheart that she will send him a rose a token of love if she ever needs him. Through his agents Trino is in formed of the complete affair. complete Throifgh him a rose is sent from Amcrjra to Law; ho hopes to gel Law into America where ho can bet ter kill him. Law receives tho rose and jenves London, intending to go by wny of Canada to his swecthqnrt. Informed of this, Trine sends his daughter, Judith, into Canada to meet Law and bring him hack, dead or alive. Once in Canada Judith surrounds herself with bribed half breeds and prepares to carry out her father's wishot;. She follows Law into the mountains and captures him. Law believes he stands before Rose, but is informed othrewise; ho is loft to die, tied hand and foot, in a forest fire. Law manages to break His bonds and escapes to tho river hank. Far out in the stream ho observes Judith deposing, with her gu'de, in a ca noe. Ho shoots and Kills the guide. Judith in the boat without an oar, floats toward tho rapids and wicked falls below. Law, seeing her danger, rushes to an overhanging bank and leaning far down and in a spectacu lar manner, drags the girl out of the onmshing canoe. What with his wounds, law is ex hausted after this. Judith help." him GEORGE LAHK1N to a clearing in the woods, and holds his head vhi!c he falls into a deep slcop; and to Judith, tho wicked, comes the first awakening of love. For the man who has risked his life to save hers after oho .ia:i sought his, she experiences n tenderness foreign to- anything she had known before. But she 1 neves tho man sleeping; and the n, when awakes, finds on his in east a roso wham lie expected to find a trey of hearts. (Continued next Tuesday.) part of tho house. Capt. Peter Olson of the gasolino schooner Rustler, unci who owns the schooner Roamor, takes considerable pride in tho fact that when ho recent ly took tho wool clip from Curry county to San Francisco, his patrons wore nblo to securo a very low rate of liiBimince. This was because Capt. Olson has novor cnuncd with his boats ny loss to tho liiHiiruncu rnmpuulue. idling $f00 worth of culory from a half aero of Coos liny ground sounds nreUy big, hut Hist is Just wlwt luis been Jqni) this yeor hy J. IS. Wt Krlil mi his place Hi Ftfli t. iioar MareMeliJ. lis i wised his jibints in t-uM f rente end set litem (Hit. Tho 'tilery has been of fin ijuelily aieJ MM IN IHMM JwMMhW ITUIM mi' U 4 Htiii JImmI imrUuU aaa U of Mite Auer iimMv Own VX ) I wMlrli is afeipawd Ut TUi wptiw wite huvv Uum (4mmK tho. city this week are the real thing, j tliey are part ot a band which are camping on the old Reynolds mill properly near town. It is the largest hand of gypsies that has been in this: locality for a long time. There nro a score or more at the camp and so many children of various ages run ning around they are as hard to count as a flock of chickens. DR. SORENSEN TENDERS RESIGNATION TO COUNCIL Dr. L. P. Sorenson has tendered his resignation as a member of the city council and the same will prob ably be considered at the regular meeting Wednesday night. Dr. Sorenson staled that he could not give tho time to the work- with out neglecting his privato business, ns he is also a member of hie school board, and the two offices lake con siderable more time than ho can af ford. It is hoped, however, that the Doctor will reconsider his resigna tion and remain on the Council, as he has made a good record and has the confidence of the people. MYRTLE POINT NEWS From the Enterprise: An offer of bushes from the mag nificent Fran Karl Druschki lose hedge at tho University of Oregon for tho high school grounds of Myr tle Point, has just been received by Principal Wimbcrly. Mr. Moher, the bridge superintend ent on the Smith-Powers ra'lroad construction, spent a day in tovn the forepart of the week. Ho h.'d just been at Marshfield with a crew of mon lo get the material for the large bridge over the South Fork just this side of tho Wagnor ranch. This is the lst bridge to be built o ntho sec tion of logging road now under con struction, us well as the largest, be ing of two 150 foot spans. It is ex pected that this bridge will be com pleted to bear traffic by the first of the year. On Saturday morning, October 10. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. De ment, their daughter, Miss Nellie E., was united in marriage to Mr. Wm. H. Fearnlcy. Geo. Bryant and family left on Monday morning's stage for Ontario, California, where Messrs. Bryant and Wickham will engage in the auto liv ery business. They shipped their cars via nteamcr last Saturday. The Myr tle Point-Coquillo stage line thoy have turned over to Fred Slagle who will continuo this business for them. Georgo says thoy - will probable bo back here next March or April. County Judgo Hall, Roadmaster Hall-Lewis and Commissioner Arm strong were hero the forepart of tho week and togethor witli Commissioner Dement looked after some road mat ters in the Myrtle Point section. LANGLIOS NEWS From tho Leader: Born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Tan ner, a ten-pond hoy, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 101-1. Miss Frances Hofsoss, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ilofsess, who has been attending school at Huinos, Mo., tho last few yoars, arrived home Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Mtaheny nnd children dopartod Monday for Myr tle Point to visit Ihcir brother and sister. J. M. Cowdroy and family of Indo pondanco, Oregon, after pending a week in .Langlois departed for Lake port whoro thoy will spend tho win tor. Mrs. Frank Kenwocthy who spent several months visiting with her par ents in tho East, returned to her home near Iinglois last week. Clydo Inman of Upper 'Sixes, who cut his foot while using an adx, is improving rapidly. Mrs. A. II. Munwnrinjr of this place departed Tuesday for MarshfleUI whore she will meet her husband who has boon In tho hospital at San Fran cisco tho laat three months. Who Von AIMlif T7 There are said to be towns in Coos fount' in which the police olfleers have such defective eyesight lliat they are nevui ehl" lo uny in4i- .teieoik it es'iiiibui bewii) houses, uu ecy niiM'iv frt" oiioir taoton. TM uat y "f I'M'" ' f a f that one of eur aeujity fUtmU WMM ue t MUmj that thr have m tin a fctfi.i of MtUa iMmr M be (uutd in ie stale wmHU fcW County Agriculturalist Will Assist Farmers in Seed . Selection. A free selling service for seed po tatoes nnd seed corn is being organ ized for Coos cojmty farmers by J. L. Smith, County Agriculturalist. The aim is to raise the standard of those crops in the county by encouraging more careful grading of th csecd and by bringing together farmers who have reputable seed to sell and those who wish to buy. If farmers who have seed to sell will send in to Mr. Smith, at Coquillc. the number of bushels for sale, name of variety, stating whether early or late, grown on. up-lnnd or bottom land, wlieli plantde and when .harvested, this in formation will bo placed in suitable form for send'ng to prospective buy ers of seed. Likewise, farmers de siring to buy seed should send in their names, specifying the amount and kind of seed needed. This infor ma'tion will be furnished to buyers and sellers without charge. Mr. Smith believes it woudl bo to tho advantage of sellers to send in n guaranteed sample of three or for potatoes or earn of corn with their information. These samples will be placed on exhibition in tho officoof the agriculturalist in order that prospective buyers, visiting the of fice, may get an idea of the quality of the seed each man has for sale. Mr. Smith will not handle money or make agreements for contracting parties; ho will simple act as a go between in bringing buyers and sell ers together, thereby aiding in the distribution of good seed throughout the county. Farmers are urged to send in the information requested as soon ns pos sible so that' their names may ap pear on the lists to be issued. Grow ers desiring information tho selec tion of seed potatoes and seed corn and a knowledge of the most desir able types may obtain this informa tion of Mr. Smith. Second Homestead Entries. An Act of Congress, approved on September 5, 1014, makes an impor tant change in the law governing se cond homestead nnd desert land en tries. Formerly only those whoso origin al entry was made prior lo February 3, 1911, could make a second entry and even these were denied tho pri vilege if any consideration in excoas of the filing fee was received for re linquishment or abandonment. Under the now law any person who has heretofore made or may herc aftor make entry under so id laws, and who through no fault of his own may have lost, forfeited or abandoned the same ,or Jwhajimay hereafter lose, forfeit or nbnndon same, sliall be en titled to the bencfiti of tli ehomestead or desert-hind laws as though such former entry or entries had never been made. Provided, that such applicant shall show to tho satisfaction of tho Secretary of tho Interior Hint the prior entry or entries were made in good faith, were lost, forfeited, or abandoned because of matters be yond his control, and that he has not spoculated in ids right nor commit ted a fraud or attompted fraud in con nection with such prior enrty or en trios. Blaiil; applications will be supplied by Uiis oflico. J. M. UJTON, Register, R. It. TURNER, lloroivor, Rosuburgi Oregon. MtM l,a w Hulls Sliirlid. The following lire (lie only mm AM in tite Iretiil Com I horn during the jwil wufk: OH lo ;". W. Mueti) l4imbi-r tu, w JuM-pli VV ('mU. ( lo I mm. i awl MfnliuiiU W vs. , D, mm, W li N too, H T. MewtiMj, !'! lieib.i.i, J' : !. site imi (' 11 tM uidy o V,wl)i