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VOLUME XXX
BANDON, OREGON, DECEMBER 15, 1914.
NUMBER 98
' i SEMI-
R A MHAM I
NUELD
CLAIMS HOST
Village on the Bay Gets
Peeved When the Bandon
School Roll Is Called.
Marshficld, a Coos Bay town situ
a ted close to the city of North Rend
has slipped one over on s according to
the roport printed in the Friday issue
of the Coos Bny Times.
After splurging at some length ov
er the fact that the total school pop
ulation of Marhfleld, as shown by
the report filed wiah the county cor
last week, is 9G1 or onu more than the
school census of Bandon, the report
goes on to say:
"The fact that Bandon ranks higl
in school attendance, being less than
half tho size of this city, might on
first notice make even Teddy Roose
velt grin, but it must be considered
that the school district of the soutli is
wid in its territory. Its southern
boundary is the Curry county lino, its
western limit the Pacific ocean and
north and east the extension runs far,
Ths it is possible for Bandon to bring
up its school census, get astonishing
sums for the support of its school and
enable it for years to scrape out ahead
of Marshficld in school atendunce."
Speaking of grins, Teddy might be
tempted to twitch his jaws a bit over
the reported increase in Marshficld
during the past two weeks. 'About a
fortnight ago the Times printed the
"complcto school census of Marsh
field," giving the total as 920 or an
increase of about 15 over the number
tit the previous year. Since then they
have aded 41 names to the list and ac
cording to the mathematical calcu
lations of tho writer of Friday's ar
ticle in the Times, 41 and 15 added to
gether still remain 41, the total in
crease for the year.
After pasing out such information,
we could hardly exuect the writer's
knowledge of tho boundary linos of
the Bandon school district to be very
acurate and tho statements have a ten
dency tosugest that something if
slightly wnrped. Between Bandon and
the Curry county line nro three schoo
districts, all of them larger in area
than District 54, in which this city
is located, and this district bears no
more comparison to the state of Ore
gon thnn docs tho Marshficld din
trict. On the west and tho onrlh tin
boundary lines ol the district nro
identicnl with tho boundaries of tht
city and to the south and west they
extend- one-half a mile beyound tin
city limits.
We might suggest in fact, that tho
"large and prosperous (and inflated)
city of Marshficld" has more arer
within tho limits of its school district
than wo have.
JAMES WATSON MAY
YKT HU COUNTY JUDGE
Governor West takes issue with tho
Supremo Court of Oregon regarding
tho office of county judge and does no
believe that tho present judges will
hold over two years longer as is the
opinion of tho court.
It seems that in its decision just
beforo election that the Supreme
Court banked on the original mil
iative and referendum amendment to
tho state constitution which provided
that initiative bills should go into ef
fect mimediately after they were
adopted. Governor West has, how
ever, pointed out what he evidently
thinks was an oversight on the part
of tho Supremo Judges in their de
cision. Mr. West says they evident
ly did not tako into consideration the
article in regard to amendments.
This provides that the legislature
may submit amendments to the con
stitution and after they have been
voted on, tho vote shall bo canvassed
and if the amendments have ereived
u majority vote, it becomes tho duty
of the governor to homo a nroclninn
tion declaring such iinu'iidnnutt to
have been adopted as part of the con
stitution, Tho law making the term nf olllro
of county judge four year wnu pinm
td In 1110 iiihI tho nmi'iidinoiil cnnin
lufer mid Governor Wont wiy that
the uiiieiidmi'iit doe not apply U
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15 UHLUNMHUIUNAL
"Tho Congress of the United States
has no legal right to regulate or at
tempt to regulale tho taking or kill
ing of migratory game birds within
the stale of Oregon," said Judge
Coke of the Circuit Court in a decis
ion rendered in the case of the state
of Oregon vs. Ilillis Short, Friday
morning.
This is tho first time that flic Con
stitutionality of the federal law in re
gard to the regulation of the taking
or killing of migratory game birds
has been questioned and Judge Coke
is the first judge to hold that in this
matter tho State is supreme in its
jurisdiction and that game wardens
under the federal law cannot legal
ly enforce that law.
The trial of Short was in the nature
of a test case, ho being arrested by
State Game Warden Thomas, at the
instigation of Prosecuting Attorney
Liljeqvisl, for killing ducks from a
power boat on Ten Mile Lake. Un
ler the slate law tho killing of ducks
from a yower boat is expressly pro
hibited, but tho attorneys for the de
fense pleaded that the federal game
laws diil not prohibit this mode of
hunting and that the federal law was
upreme. The question of whether
Ten Mile Lake is a public or private
ly owned body of water was brought
.ip.
TIur is only the beginning of the
case which will bo carried to the
Stale Supreme Court and probably to
the United States Supreme Court.
GERMANY NOT SO BAD
OFF AS REPORTED
Otto Grokc of this city has receiv
ed interesting letters from his broth
ers in Germany, says the North Bend
Harbor.' One is 24 years of age and
the other 40 and both arc trained as
soldiers but the men of their age have
not yet been called into service. The
younger brother writes that ho is an
xious to be at the front, lie is em
ployed in a big machine shop and says
that forces are working day and
night making locomotives to be used
by the Germans in Beigium. He
writes that Ucrmany docs not want
iny more volunteers now una that
tho losses have been othing like what
the allies tried to make out. The
writer says the general belief is that
Russia will soon be overcome anil tliat
Germany will then turn her atten
tion toward England. He nays that
f nil men fom 17 to 00 yean; of age
weio called out Germany ami Austria
could nut seventeen million soldier
in the field. Mr. Oroko also received
a litter from his older brother who
stales that in Germany it is believed
Hint England is trying to get the
Un'tod Stales involved in tho war
trouble.
LONGSHOREMEN LOSE THEIR
COATS IN SINKING SCOW
A number fo longshoremen lost
their coast when a scow on fhe North
Bend waterfront sung Wednesday
morning, says the North Bend Harbor.
The steamer Speedwell was being
loaded with tics and there were two
cows along side of the boat. One
scow which was between the vessel
ird another scow, gave way under
tlu weight and sank in the water. All
of the ties excepting about thirty
were recovered but most of the men
who were at work hod taken off their
coals and left them on tho scow and
when it went down the garments were
nrried down the bay. It is supposed
the scow must have sprung aleak and
wdh tho weight of thet ios aboard,
and being wedged in between the ves
sel and the other scow it sank.
BOY CAUGHT IN THE
ACT OF SHOP
LIFTING
A young boy about 12 years of age
was caught in the act or lining ins
mckets Saturday morning with toys
the l'eoplts o-iu-liic store by the
manager, Mr. 11. A. Murphy, shortly
after the arrival of Mr. and Mrs.
Suntn Clans. Mr. Murphy was in
tending to hand the boy over to the
police but after exacting a number
of promises from him never to do go
again lie was released, but if this
happens again, Mr. Murphy says he
will not be so lenient, so boys who
have such ideas in their head had
beter be careful.
MILLER WANTS NHW TltlAL
J HANK ROBBERY CASK
Grove II. Millnr. now serving a tm-
tonco in the t alo pmiiluiitliiry at Sa
lem for tliu .Myrtle Point tank ruJi
ln'iy which nivurrtMl hImiiiI h your nro.
i nukiHtf rr h now mm uirwiifji hi
HorwvM. but HUrlei AUmhwv I Mir
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Judge Coke Held That Evidence Was Insufficient to War
rant Conviction. Witnesses' Reverse Their
Testimony in Some Instances.
Judge Coke, of tho Circuit Court,
yesterday dismissed the cases of the
City of Bandon against J. W. Coach
and John Ilerron without even allow
ing them to go to the jury, on tho
giounds of insufficient evidence',
Both Coach nud Herron were found
guilty of applying minor girls with
liquor by Recorder Kausrud, of the
local municipal court, but appealed
their cases.
"Although I am convinced that
both of these men arc guilty, there
has not been sufficient evidence pro
duced by the prosecution to warrant
their being held," said the Judge in
upholding tho motion of Attorney
Feeney, of tho defense, for non-suit.
The testimony of all of tho witnesses
was practically the same in both of
the cases and although several said
that they had seen Coach with the
two Simpson girls drinking something
they would not swear that it was li
quor. Kd Bisk, called to the stand by
tho prosecution, stated that he had
seen Coach and the -girls sitting at a
a tabic upon which were beer botlos
and glasses containing liquid and that
he saw them drink.
"Would you swear that thoy were
drinking liquor," asked Feeney
when Bisk gave this testimony.
"No, it looked like it but I did not
taste it, so I could not swear that it
was bcorv"was the answer.
"It might have been white Kock?"
shot back tho attorney.
"Yes it might have been," admitted
Bisk.
Among tho other witnesses called ;
all of them by the prosecution, were
THE BANDON STEAM
LAUNDRY STARTED UP
The Bandon Steam Laundry, which
has been out of operation since the fire
Inst winter that destroyed their plant
on Second stret, resumed business this
morning in their new plant on Fourth
Street East.
Although no radical change hns
been made in the equipment of tho
laundry in the way of new machinery
there are several improvements in the
matter of arrangement and conven
ience and every posiblc precaution
has been taken to prevent a repetition
of a oonflngation such ns destrowed
the former plant. Especially in tho
boiler and engine romo, where the
walls are lined with sheet iron, is the
anti fire feature of tho construction
carried out. On tho blulT abovo the
building a resorvo tank or cistrcn hn
been dug and from which water for
washing will be drawn. In the case
of fire the water for tho sprinkling
ayntem will also bo drawn from this
tank.
For the present tho laundry will
employ 10 pcoplo nnd this force will
bo aded to or cut down as business
warrants, said Manager Derringor
today. Laundry collected by tho
driver on Monday mornings will bo
returned Wednesday, giving the pa
trons much bettor service than thoy
havo enjoyed during the period in
which they havo hail to send all of the
laundry to Coquille, tow hich placo it
was taken on Monday and not return
ed until Saturday or perhaps the fol
lowing Monday.
HltETHKKN CHURCH CAN USE
YOUR DISCARDED CLOTHES
'Tho poor yo have
with you al-
way."
Anyone liavinir divcardod clnthinor.
now or old, will do a favor to donala
thtmi to the Udlim Aid of thti Church
of Die lrllinrii to ho givuu to the
jHMi' of Itmidon. Bring t lien) to tin
cliurt'li ii t id ilnpiMjIt Ihiun In I ho A"l
box. or tu Hid rimulmi1 uf tin pntor,
Avmj uiit) lllh glttwl. or uulitv
Mm. I.. R. OvttriMitatt' by imti miuI
MJIIMNHII Hill miW IIWl MM llll'lll
iu mm tm ym li.r
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Ruby Nosier, nee Simpson, and her
sister Iolitn, Mrs Mary Fortner,
"Red" Denser and Art Gilbert. In hei
testimony on the stand yesterday
Mrs. Fortner, formerly Mary Do
Costn, asset ted that tho evidence she
gave at the time of the first trial last
June was false; that in the firtt case
she swore that slc had seen the Simp
son girls drink "whiskey with beer
chaser" in company with Coach and
Herron, because Lolitn Simpson told,
her that unless she testified to that
efl'cct charge:! would be made -against
her for conducting a house of ill fame.
Gilbert testified that he had seen
them drinking and supposed that they
were drinking liquor.
As it has been supposed for some
time, the testimony of the Simpson
girls ws just tho reverse of that
which they gave nt the time of the
hearing before Recorder Kausrud.
One of them was asked why they
swore mat coach and ilerron gave
them "booze" at the time of tho first
hearing and she answered:
"I was threatened."
"Who made the threats which vou
tefer to?" asked Attorney Feeney.
"lie did," came tho answer as the
girl pointed at Trcadgold.
Whattho threat was and when it
was ma63 she would not divulge.
In djultssingJUic case against Iter
roll which pieccded tho Uoach case,
Judge Coke stated that he was of the
opinion that some of the witnesses
had not told the whole truth and he
is sory that ho could not submit
the case to the jury.
No appeal will be taken by the city
BASKET BALL SEASON
OPEN NEXT THURSDAY
Thursday evening, December 17,
the basket ball season of tho Bando'i
High School will open with a game
between the school and the All-Stai
team, composed of former high schoo
players of whom there are several in
the city at the present time.
Not only will this be tho first game
of the season, but it will also bo the
first game to bo played at the Dream,
hind pavillion, which the school has
secured for its basket ball hall.
Coach Quiglcy pomises that it i
going to bo some game and ho ex
pects tho high school boys to show up
in fine form, nlthough tho All-Stars
will havo tho advantage of consider
able weight and will bo tho pick of
the former stars of tho school.
Among those who will oppose the
school team are Tom Laird, Carl Bow
man, Victor Brouor, Ernest Wutkins.
Leslie Spurks'red Harvey, George
Mollen, Buchie Mast and Ralph Dip '
pel, giving the All-Stars an opportun
ity to make repented shifts in theii
line-up.
FOREST NOTES
Tho timber industry roproeonts 37
per cent of the annual production of
wealth in British Columbia.
lloxiuakcrs in the United Statos
use more thnn four and a half billion
board feet of lumber each year or
more than one-tenth of the entire lum
ber cut in tho country.
Of two million sheep anuaily graz
ed in the state of Utah, more than a
million are on the national forests,
or, including lambs which are fatten
ing for market on the forogl nmgos,
over a milion and three quartern.
In addition to hit own fire detec
tion ygtfliii, the supervisor of the
Paliwido national forest, Idaho, wa
notified of oarh fire by from fivo to
(tin diirnnmt local nttlorii, who thui
KlinwtMl their co-flpuralion in working
for file upprtiMiiiii
Tho (Until inounLMlna of Utah. In-
i luilwd within Uu WsNMtrh, UiittM ftiul
AliMy tMtHWMl fwiwaUi, mjmim u
iwnd a fMvorit riM-rtnition ruffian, Imi
.mu of I h mjHiy unull lnk with
in ttMiuiiij m-uuimmJ owl by irlftW I
ilrifu. XvMy iuh Ul- i -in lm
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FORMER PROSPER MAN
FACES SERIOUS CHARGE
Orlander Smith, for many years a
resident of Prosper and who was em
oloyed by the Prosper Mill Company
.ip until about seven or eight month
go, was arrested in Grants Pass
Uturday on the strength of an in
l;stmcnt by tho Grand Jury for hav
ing assaulted small girls at Prosper
i-.d is being held ponding the arrival
of officers to return him to Coos coun
y-
Smith's assault on tho three little
.rirls of the river townu, all of them
ii uler M years of age, was brought
o light by his own confession, made
eforc a small congregation at a re
':val meeting where lie was converted
i nd taken into the church. However
he only confessed to his own wrong
ioings at that time, but the evidence
furnished by tho girls in their testi
inony before the grand Jury may make
um a defendnnt in another serious
charge, that of white slavery, as he is
iccused of having brought other men
o the little girls.
No chargo has been' made out
.igainst Smith because of the fact that
the physician who examined the girls
was not in Coquille when tho indict
ment was returned. Tho citizens of
Prosper are much excited over the
affair.
Smith is a married man and hat
icvoral 'grown children and manj
relatives around Prosper.
iIOVERNMENT TO WAGE WAR
ON PREDATORY ANIMALS
According to the announcement ol
tho district forester at Portland, the
recently passed agricultural apropri
.itoiu bill contained a provision bj
which $100,000 is to bo set aside to
ward tho destruction of predatory ani
mals. I.t-is, estimated that over $15,000,
000 worth of stock Is destroyed annu
ally in the United States through the
depredations of such animals a:
wolves, coyotes, wildcats, cougars and
bears.
While the Biological Survey will
have charge of the work, tho Forest
Service will co-operato with them in
tho regions of tho west wheo there
are national forests. The service hut
already had some experience in hunt
ing wild animals. The invasion of the
National Forest Range in years pas
by wolves, coyotes and cougars ha.1
Ijocn marked, and it has at times beet
found necessary to employ trained
hunters to trap and kill those invad
ers. The rangers, too, have done ex
ellcnt work in trapping and poison
'ng these preying animals. But th
service has been handicapped for lacl
if funds to spend in hiring men foi
Ms purpose and furnishing them witl
the necesary arms and ammunition
Hence, the work done has been but
ii temporary relief.
Mow, however, that an appopria
tion has been made, tho work can Ik
cairied on with some hopo of success
mid stock owners, both inside am
outside of the National Forests, maj
look forward to the time when thcii
sheep and cattle will be free from th
attacks of these rapacious marauder-
As a result of this activity on the
part of the federal government, the
stock owners themselves have awak
ened to the needs of the situation. At
d recent meeting of the Oregon Woo!
Growers' Association, a resolution
van passed and a petition mailed to
Washington, rging Congress to make
f.n appropriation of u$.'i00,000 for the
p. termination of predatory animnh
the United States. While it is felt
that the present appropriation of
tiOO.000 will do men good in reduc
ing the menace, it is not sufficient to
bring about a permanent relief
Thotofore, Congress is urged to in
crease the appropriation with a view
o the complete extermination of all
predatory animals in every part of
the United States where thoy have
done damage to stock.
SPECIAL MUSIC AT THE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Tho regular Christinas services will
he hHd at tho Presbyterian church
next Sunday morning, December zi).
In the evening a special program of
music has been ararnged as follows:
Processional.
Invocation.
Glorin.
Hymn No. 71
Prayer.
Response, by Quartette.
Hymn No. 70
f'crlpturc Reading.
ChrutmiiH Pralnu, Choir.
Dual, MUs Bonk nnd .Mr, MoAlllu-
tr.
"I Bring Yn Good TMIiun" ouiir-
UlU.
Hymn No. 77.
felwiion from lln Hur.
HoUi, Mrs. IJujiWm.
Th mr iUll hm4'i Mali- Qunr-
Mil,
'Imhpmm Oiu HUirry bitr (Jiwr
fKBy
T. T Allen, Highly Respected
Citizen, Answers Last
Roll Call
Theophilus T. Allen, an Oregon
pioneer and highly respected citizen
passed away at his home in this city
about one o'clock this morning.
Mr. Allen was born in LaSallc,
Illinois, February 7, 1S11, and ied at
'iandou, Oregon, December M, 1914,
being 73 years, 10 months and 8 days
old at the time of his death.
In early life Mr. Allen moved from
Illinois to Iowa and later to Colora
do. Ho was married at Iowa City,
iowii, to Miss Louise Rouyar, in 1871,
Hid they went immcdately to Color
ido where toy lived until 1886 whoa
-hey came to Curry county, Oregon,
ind setlcd on a farm on the Sixes riv
r. About M years ago the Allen
'amily moved to Bandon where they
lave since resided.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen have three chil
Iren: Harry Allen, Mrs. W. L. Dav.
dson and William Allen, all of whom
eside in this city nnd were hero to
omfort their mother in her great bc-
eavoment.
Although Mr. Allen had been afilict
d for about three years, and was
forced to undergo an operation last
April in which one of his legs was am
putated, he had been considerably bet
ter for tho last few months and only
yesterday morning when he arose ho
seemed to bo in his usual health, but
shortly afterwards he went- out into
tho back yard and Inter came in tell
ing Mrs Allen that he was in great
pain. A physician was called at
onco and it was found that Mr. Allen
had a hemorrhage, having burst a
bloodvessel and from that time on lie
'row worse until tho end came.
Mr. Allen was a veteran of the
Civil War, having enlisted in Company
E, Third Colorado volunteers and
served about a year at the end of tho
war. He was a member and Post
Commander of Bandon Post, G. A. R.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
afternoon at 2:00 at tho Latter Day
Saints church, and will be in charge
of Elder F. J. Chatburn. Interment
will be in the G. A. R. cemetery, and
he local Grand Army Po3t will havo
jliarge, and will attend in a body.
Mr. Allen was one of the most bigh
respected citizens of Bandon and
the many friends of the family will
xtend sincere sympathy in their time
of bereavement.
SALE OF SEELEY & ANDER
SON 1.0(5 CAMP POSTPONED
The sale of tho Seeley-Anderson
vogging Company's property which
was to have been held at Coquille at
he Court House last Friday, wos post-
loned upon tho request of the Robert
Dollar interests until the coming Fri-
lay. Tho Dollar interests statod
hrouirh their attornoys that they
were unprepared to bid last week.
Bidding at the sale will proimbiy
it i .1 n..li.. .........
io common lo llie wouar i,iiimmny
md J. E. Wheeler, owner of the Port-
nnd Telegram, who holds a lirst
mortgage for $;!0,000 against the
olant. tho heavy indebtedness ol the
property making it almost impossi-
lo for an outsider to mu. ine woi-
iar people hold four mortgage
igainst tho property which aggre
gate the sum of $127,000, bringing
the total debt up to $157,000. The last
inventory shown the plant to bo val
ued between $iiO,000 and $70,000 or
less than half of the mortgaged in
debtedness. M. (J
POHL IS OLDEST OPTI
CIAN IN UNITED STATES
In tho last issue of "Optometry"
a journal dovoU'd Ut oculists, ontlc
iaiiH, etc., published at Kansas City,
Mo,, appears tho picture of our wull
know tonwiiHiiian, Mr. M. (5. Poll!,
Aecompnnying tho photograph Is
nhorl writo-up of Mr. I'hol ami among
otlmr thing tho inteintlng fact in
glvn that hu U tho oliluut wptlclun
in tho United MUtoi, Ho will bo 80
yr old ""ft yiMtr nnd plum lo i'Ioho
IiU uiOiiitl jii'Mi tH'41 Ml llwt Hum.
In Uw Mtriy liny In the Mertwwt
Mr. i'M w plujuNM-, tmpmUr nnd
ltMtiN niriur.
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