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About Semi-weekly Bandon recorder. (Bandon, Or.) 1910-1915 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1914)
Oregon Historical Society Citv Hall SEMI -WEEKLY 3 f Advertisers! Job Printing! RECORDER X The Recorder covers the $ A modern equipped job morion held thoroughly department in connection t ttt M T VOLUME XXX BANDON, OREGON, OCTOBER 23, 1914. NUMBER 83 BANDON STOCK UW Council Decides That Pres ent Impounding Law is loo Severe. FEE IS REDUCED FROM $3 TO 1.01; COMMITTE REPORTS TIMT CITY IS IN NO WAY RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGE TO IllTK PROPERTY. Consideration of petition' from por tions who have had stock impounded during the past few days to liavo the impounding fees, or a part of them at least, returned lo them and the consideration of applications for building permits which have been re fused by the City Engineer, because they did not conform witli tiie build ing ordinance, took up a large pan of the lime of the Council at theii regular meeting, Wednesday even ing. After hearing the petitions of Mrs. Anna Harrows, Mr. Attcrbury and another party, wiioso animals have been impounded, Jt was decided to remit lo the owners of the animalt. the City's share of the $3.00 im pounding fee, or $1.50, minus the cost of keeping the stock. "We have ordinances mvl ordin ances and the Council continues to have me draw up new ones, but none of them are ridgedly enforced and at every meeting of the Council persons appear before that body, nsfiing for a special permit to do just what the or dinances are supposed to prevent them from doing, thus taking up the time of the Council. If the ordinances arc too severe, let us amund them so that they can be enforced as an ironclad rule," said the City Attorney while the Council was taking time to con sider the petitions. Acting upon the suvcrcstion of the Attorney, the Council voted to amend the stock ordinance, setting tiie im pounding fee at 1,00 plus the cost of keeping the stock. A petition to overthrow the decision of the City Engineer, who refused to give a build ing permit because tiie specifications did not come up to the standards of the ordinance, was killed. In regard to tiie claim of Win Hite against the City, for damages sulfor ed to his property as a result of the closing of the drain carrying the wa ter from what is known as the Hite Pond, the committee appointed to in vestigate the claim reported that the City was in no way responsible, as the pond If r.'hiated in a natural bot tom and has no natural outlet, but reported favorably upon too petition of the properly ownera near the pond to have a drain constructed at their expense. A resolution was passed instructing tho engineer to draw up plans and specifications for a suit able drain. Another petition which received the attention of the council was one which asked that the larger boats lie prevented from using the Munici pal Dock as a mooring place. The Attorney was instructed to draw up an ordinance regulating the uso of tho dock. Kather than have the Flannigun llcnnett Hank, of Marshliold, call up on the private citizens of Hiindon whose note secure a jiark warrant held by the bank, to niaku good for the $1000 face of tho warrant, tho Council appointed a coinmittee to con fer wifli tho First National Hank, who hold warrant which should bo redeemed before I ho I'laiinlgiin-Iioii-ni'lt warrant, and if puseiblu Hi-mnjfv with the Find Nlioiml lo hold tllr warrant for another year, ttuw tn iii bug thi City to rWtM Utu llait i igun llwinwll wnri nl Mitd ret I ui nluelm fpnlH Uioir obligation Tht' i'wrt uf Um llmtr4n uixi MhiIuiI rtmriwlml lb huviMMt t ) ll.i t I (tir Jim iil W tv uf lMtfM VHIV Jlumlftt- Unix" V 4jm4) ilifih School Sludenls R.-sise Money By Popular Subsci'i,. !on. $225 STILL NEEDED TO MAKE $1,000.00 BUILDING WILL HE USED FOR BSKET BALL GAMES AND GENERAL ATHLETICS OF men school Lews than .$2125.00 is now lacking m 11 e subscription list being circu lated by the students of the high .school to make up the $1,000 ncccss jry I efore the money will be turn id o' er to the school board for the construction of a gymnasium on the ;oca! scliool grounds. Wednesday af (ernoun's rounds among the business men by the circulators of the lists irought tho total up from $575.00 to p775.n0, which added to the amount subscribed in the way of materials orings tho sum almost up to the rc liiiro.i point. All the money collected is being turned over to A. G. Thrift, chairman of tho School Hoard, who will act as justo linn until the full $1000 is col lected, when it will be turned over to the Ponrd for use in immediate con struction of n gymnasium. In draw ng up the specifications for the juilding. and in the advertising for jids and the construction work, a Building- 'committed' of the Athletic Association of the high school will ct in conjunction witli the School Hoard. The necessity of a building in which 'ho basket ball team may practice mil play their games this year made Ibis move urgent after the gymnas- um proposition was defeated at the ichool election last week. Had there jecn any available room in which the .games might have been played this year the students would not have nsk h for private aid in building a struc ture that, when finished, will bo for the use of the public. As it is the High School student body is giving ?150 out of their general fund toward the project. CLUB ROOMS FOR ORDER OF MOOSE Hiindon Lodge Is Negotiating For Second Story of the Kadley Huildiug. Han.lon Lodge No. 1)51, L. O. O. M 'S now figuring witli Mrs. L. .1. Kadley for a lease on the second floor of the building occupied by 0. A. Trowbridge to lie used as a lodge and club room, nid if satisfactory arrangements can oc made, will be installed in their new quarters in about thirty days. Somo remodeling of the premises will bo necessary, as the plan of the lodge is to have- a el lib room 20x30 feet in size, across the front of the building, and a lodge chamber, kitch en and lockers in the rear. In the club room will be billiard and pool tables, reading matter and other con veniences for comfortable lounging, for tho luo of the members at all times. The Moose are taking the initiative of the oilier local lodges in tho club room feature, being the first to in troduce this phase of lodgo activity in the city. Election Day Lunclii on niiil Dinner Tim Ijiilloi of tho Prokbyloriun Church will servo luncheon at noon wl ilinnwr ul night at tho Odd Fol low 1111 en ISbellnn Day, Nov, Kid. KlillW IINMIflMHOttt will be IIIMlU feu, Take h kolWwy from tho LiIi'Iumi Mini lieijt Um hullui uf lllll ll 141 all Ito Hertt W IHmUmt Mm, U, at Uw full vt Urtll ml wnetuiHwtf. Oregon Avenue To Be Improved at Last Decision of. Council Causes Much Joy Among Property Owners Along That Thoroughfare. After two years of remonstrance, injunction and suit on the part of the property owners along Oregon Aven ue, formerly Abernathy Street, who opposed the improvement of the street, the Council Wednesday night instructed the City Attorney to draw up an ordinance providing for the opening and improvement of the highway according to the plans and specifications of the engineer. Tiiis move was taken only after the report of the engineer showing Unit tho remonstrance recently filed contained tho names of property own ers owning only 43.2 of the property nlong the street. Protest by two- thirds of tho assessable property is necessary to make a remonstrance effective, but it was the opinion of the Council that unless a majority of the people favored the improvement, the street would not be opened. When tho movement to open Ore gon Avenue was slrated about two LOCAL MAN SUES SHERIFF L. I. Wheeler Takes Action Against ex-Sheriff of Jackson County False Arrest. Lois I. Wheeler, proprietor of the Wheeler Studio and former owner of the launch" Lassie, left Uandon yes terday for Ashland, Ore., whero he will appear in a suit for damages for $10,000 against ex-sheriff Jones, of Jackson county, us tho plaintiff. False arrest on tho charge of murder are the grounds on which Wheeler bases bis suit. Although there was no direct evi dence against him, and the coroner's jury had not yet reported on the man ner in which Natan Rogowny, tho murdered man, was killtd on or about May 20, 1911, Wheeler was arrested in Bandon by a deputy sheriff and taken to Ashland, November 0 of that year, instead of being subpoenaed to appear as a witness before tho jury. Kogoway was said to have been seen last in company with Wheeler and two other men in Wheeler's automobile, which tho latter was then running on a stage route between Ashland and Mcdford, May 20, 1911. The body of the murdered man was found about four months later in a creek bottom, along the road betweo.i the two towns In tho meanwhile Wheeler had sold his machine and with his family mov ed to Bandon, where he bought a gro cery store on Abernathy Street, op posite the school house. His arrest came as a big surprise here. Before the coroner's jury, Wheeler proved that he was not .with Itogo way on the day that ho disappeared and that his auto was in the repair shop on that date. At the inquest it also appeared that the evidence on which Wheeler was arrested was that on the night, or the supposed night of the murder, a road supervisor heard an automobile turn from the main road between Ashland and Mcd ford onto the Kingsbury Springs road, near where tho body was found. Mr. Wheeler was discharged by tho jury, but from tho nervous effects of the affair, was forced to spend sev eral days in a hospital. Sperry & Hammond and 0. J. Lnw- ler will bo Wheeler's attorneys in tho suit. -1 ORDINANCES SHOULD HE ENFORCED OR REPEALED City Attorney (J. T. Tivudgold miulo a good point at tint city ioiiii ill meeting WodnoKduy right when ho Uitiul tliut lint oiiliimtui) now on Hit) I took khoulil ho enforced or timmdwl Ui mi nktotif where tlny run be iW4i) uf iikd lu the wily. II if imHww Ui Imvm oniiimwm UmU m inHng MMMtenil vloimmJ aid wW Uv ivfuhwl. years ago, those opposing the propos ition secured an injunction prohibit ing the City from collecting the as scssmcnts, or from selling any prop erty for unpaid assessments on the street. Going to trial in tho Circuit, Court the matter was decided in fa vor of the City, but the case was ap pealed to the Supreme Court, who neither upheld or reversed the de cision of the lower court. Recorder Kausrud states that it is not im probable that the City will have to faco another injunction before tho work is commenced. Bids on the construction work will be called for by tho Recoredr in about 30 days and the specifications will be for a 00 foot roadway, with a maca damized crown, extending from Wall Street at a point back of tho Ga routtc stable, due south over the bluff and along the present grade of Oregon Avenue on the hill. MISTAKES MADE IN COOS BALLOTS Errors in Printing Will Necessitate Making New Set of Ballots For This County. Several mistakes have been dis covered in tho ballot for Coos County. In the place indicated to vote for the congressman from the first district there is an error. The names of sev enteen counties should be given. Only sixteen counties are mentioned, Clat sop being omitted. This of course would make the ballot defective. There are two other mistakes. In giving the date of the election the name of the month November is spelled wrong. Through a typograpical error it is spelled "Novomrer." In the county candidates there is also a mistake. Charles II. Lash is the socialist candidate for coroner. On the ballot the name Lash is spell ed "Lax." W. J. Rust, who discovered the mistakes on a sample ballot, report ed the matter to Judge John F. Hall, who notified the county clerk. It will be necessary of course to have new ballots printed. There was also an error made in the arrangement of the names of the rupreme judges. A press telegram from Salem says: Discovering that he had erred in his certification to the arrangement of the names of the candidates for the Supreme Court on the ballot, Secretary of State Olcott today wir ed to all the county clerks in the fctate, advising them of it, and in structing them as to tho correct ar rangement. Tho names had been arranged in groups when they should have been Arranged alphabetically and the er ror was discovered by Circuit Judge Willinm Galloway when inspecting the ballot for this county. Coos Bay Harbor. W. C. T. U. Discuss Measures. Tho ladies of tho Bandon W. C. T. U. met Tuesday afternoon in the Presbyterian church for the purpose of discussing the various measures and amendments to bo voted on Nov. 3rd. Tho members took up a number of the measures at this meeting and debated them from all angles. An other meeting will be held at. the Methodist church next Tuesday af ternoon when other of the proposed laws will he taken up, By the time lci:tlon day rolls around the ludies aIII liuvo taken up the entire list of inciuurim and will thus he in u po sition lo know which mwt to vole for tial whliih to rujei'l. "GluiuumLoj' ju fpgr Hi l 0u (Jrumi nvt Huiiduy, OcloUr ?0. PAPE AND MEM. NAMED Take Places of Dr. L. P. Sorcnscn and Carl Moore. B6TH GENTLEMEN HAVE ACCEPTED COUNCIL AND MAYOR EXPRESS REGRET AV TIIE RESIGNA TION OF DR. SORENSEN FROM BOARD. C. F. Papo and Fred Mehl will rep resent the West and East wards res pectively on the City Council in the future, or rather, until tho unexpir ed terms of Dr. L. P. Sorcnsen and C, it. Aloore, whom they succeed, ex pire. Such was the decision of the City Council at their meeting Wed nesday night. Mehl is tho second man chosen to succeed Mr. Moore, whose resignation was accepted at the last regular meeting, J .Ira Sid- well having refused to accept the of fice when it was tendered him. In acting upon the resignation of Dr. Sorenseu Wednesday evening nil of the councilmcn expressed their re gret that the doctor should feel oblig ed to resign, but voted to accept the resignation because of tho doctor's plea that the duties of tho position did not allow him to properly attend to his business, his homo and his work as a member of tho school board. 'It is with regret, gentlemen of the Council, that I put this motion to ac cept the resignation of Dr. Sorcnsen before you, for during the short time that he has been a member of this body he has proven himself very cap able and an efficient and concicntious worker for the City of Bandon," said the Mayor as he laid the matter be fore the Council for their vote. Mr. Papo took the oath of office and was seated at the long table Wed nesday evening. At the next meet ing Mr. Mehl will bo installed. NEW GALLIER WILL ORGANIZE Meeting of Stockholders Called For November 2nd To Complete The Plans. A meeting of tho stockholders of the new Hotel Gallier has been called for November 2nd, when the plans for the organization of the company will be completed. The articles of incorporation have been filed and all the stock that is re quired at present has been subscribed, so that all that is necessary now is to complete the organization and collect in the first installment of the subscribtions. The work can then go ahead. The architect's plans aro all prepared and are satisfactory to the committee, and it is now nssured that the hotel will soon be under way of construction. NEWEST AUTO IS SENSATION Dealers Fall Over Each Other To Get Agency For the New Dodge Auto. Tho newest sensntion in automo- hilo circles is tho now Dodge car hlch will bo out for 1915 use. Tho first shipment will be made in about 0 ilayH. The most Hensatlonnf fact limit this machine Is that automobile uguntH everywhere uro applying for o agency and ui to Octomir ifcl Ihum bud been 10,201 applications 'or ugeiK'loi! lit Ihu Ufilt4'J Hlum. 'hut number of uguimhw will pretty (hoiou trlil v rover (lit) lountry, mid uutfht u k(v vvvryMy h oj'jorluii' MAYOR VETOS LICENSE BILL Second Veto Since the Pres ent City Charter Was Adopted. COUNCIL FAILS TO CARRY MEASURE MAYOR THINKS ORDINANCE LI CENSING BARTENDERS IS TOO SEVERE AND UN- WARRANTED. For the second time since the adop .ion of tho present city charter th . Mayor has used the veto power of his jffico to defeat an ordinance passed y the Council. The ordinance pre oared by the City Attorney and ud jpted by the Council at the previous egulnr meeting, requiring all cm- iloyces in saloons to be licensed by he Council, was returned to the Council bearing the veto of 'Mayor ropping Wednesday evening, and up n reconsideration did not receive tha lecessary two thirds vote to carry t over tho veto. Although recognizing the good in- ;ention of the City Attorney and the Council in wishing to facilitate tho eculation of tho linor business, the Mayor held that tho ordinance was ,oo general and severe on those Arhom it would affect. He took the itand that it put the City in the po rtion of running tho other man's justness, and would force the own- jrs of tho saloons to tako out two li- :enses if they intonded to tend bar for themselves, tho regular saloon 11- :ense and tho bartender's license. The main objections of tho Mayor, lowever. were that the ordinance re quired saloon employees to get a no icense every time they changed places of business, and that the qual- fications for the granting of licensei .vas unduly severe. That it is the business of the City Council to supervise the liquor bus iness in the city and that the pres ent ordinance nlaccs the blame for violations of the liquor laws entiro ,v uiion tiie owner of tho saloon, cy an though he bo unaware of the vio lation, was the sum and substance of the speech made by the Cily Attor ney in defense of the Ordinance. Ho stated that the provision of the ordi nance requiring all employees to jet new license every time they changed place of employment was put in to protect the saloon keeper and intro duce an element of permanency in to the liquor business. U. S. TO BE SANTA CLAUS TO EUROPE Bandon Banks Will Receive Contri butions for the Poor Chil dren of Europe. The children of America are to play Santa Claus with tho poor children of Eurone whose lathers are in the wir or havo been killed in battle. Bv rv child in Bandon is given the op- ortunity to contribute something to make a little more happy the hard nd sad time that the children acrosi tho water will be having on tho day that is usually so full of happiness. Many cities are making their plans contribute to this worthy cause, tho nrosident of tho United State's has expressed himself as delighted with the Idea, and each of our nanus ore in Bandon Iiuh consented to re ceive funds from the children. Tell your children about it and encourage them to make their contributions. It this kind of thing that combate u war spirit. K, J. 1niey, Urn Port Orford batk. ur, l In thu city today. Uu is Mum lug liiinui from MumlifleM where he uutfonipiviU'iJ Mm. Jomy on her mf lo Ihu euf, whtiru kbu gov lo Villi Jivr I'urwfiU)