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VOLUME XXX
BANDON, OREGON, DECEMBER 22, 1914.
NUMBER 100
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PORT
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PERMANENT IPHOMTS
Decision of Court Releases $25,000 For The
Immediate Use of Port Commission.- The
Dredge Oregon Will Be Secured.
Upholding the decision of Judge Coke in the Circuit
Court, the State Supreme Court has declared the Port of
Bandon to be a legally incorporated body with the power
to tax, bond or raise money by any other legal method, to
maintain or improve and to carry on the business of the
Port, according to a telegram received this afternoon by
Attorney G. T. Treadgold, who handled the case for the
Port.
The case just settled by the Supreme Court was a
trial case brought about to establish, without doubt, the
legality of the Port of Bandon, and was based upon tech
nical grounds, mainly in the matter of the posting of no
tices. "This means that $10,000 of last year's taxes and
nbout lSjOOOiihatt'CbnTirijrin-Wiafr will bo put into
circulation it once," said. Mr. Treadgold, in speaking of
the matter. "This money is to be used in dredging the
inner harbor, it being the plan of the Port Commission
. i .. .i.,i. .( on
10 eSiaUHSIl a uupiu Ui A) jwi ul vwilui. i.um ucn
Rockv Point and 16 feet from that point tO Copilille.
.
There is an application filed with the Government li.ngi-
IlUUl S UlllCU J.UI HIU DUl Vltt VJJ. lilt uiv.ugv,
is now stationed at Grays Harbor, and the work here will
commence as soon as the dredge arrives."
Not only does this mean that work will be commenc
ed immediately with the funds that are now available, but
it also means that the Port Commission may now go
ahead and issue bonds and thereby secure sufficient funds
with which lo make permanent and extensive improve
ments on the lower Coquille. river. A bond issue of
$250,000 will mean $500,000 for the improvement of the
harbor, as the Federal government will duplicate any
amount raised by the Port. Half a million dollars will go
far toward putting the Coquille in first class shape, in
fact it is above the estimate of the Government Engineers
for the complctition of the work here.
For years the main obstacle encountered by boats of
heavy draught in entering the Coquille, has been the rock
reef that stretches across tho channel opposite the light
house, and because of the lack of money and the great ex
pense of submarine blasting the reef still remains. Fur
ther than this there has been no money available for
maintainance and during the last two years what per
manent improvements that had been made previously
have become badly shattered.
The river and the surf have cut through the sand bar
back of the north jetty and the water is allowed to wash
through, causing the channel to shift about and fili
enough to become quite shallow in some places. Instead
of extending the north jetty, aw should have been done to
keep the bar free from drifting and, we have had to sit
back and watch that improvement crumble off before the
heavy winter storm, in flntnlcs of 2r and 50 feet at a time.
There is now available for tin improvement of the
Coquille river and lwr 178,000 v iii h KepivMntativp Haw
Icy iuwuiv us will be allotto! Uuriotf tlii Mion of Cum
l-ri'hH, $jJfi,QO0 Una is now freed by th decision of tho Hu-
prone Court ami t'MJM) that wa appropHnltd for th
CoqulllO river in the lutl kuevtian of Confflm
v .., V,n Ko,. f
Cvnnr.Y urhifh
JOHN GOLDEN, MRSH1IKLD
riONEKR, IK FOUND DEAD
The lifebns remains of John Golden
old ne' tier and resilient of this city,
were found yesterday under his bed
in his abode on Second street. He
was lest seen alive, Saturday, and
from all evidence found, it is believ
ed that he perished that night. At
first it was presumed that he had gone
to vis't his sister, Mrs. Kennedy at
Bando.i, or to look after his proper
ty interests at Coquille. Inquiry fail
ed to locate him in these places and
his apartments were broken in to re
zeal the gluustly sight of his remains,
under the bod. It is presumed and the
theory si plausible, that he fell in a
faint, which he had been subject to
and in an effort to reach his bed, roll
ed underneath and there perished.
Join Golden was one of the well
'mown characters about town. He
jot hi start in the Libby coal mines,
accumulating several thousand dol
lars and coming to town. John used
to nofotiate loans, deal in time checks
and "i.have" notes and won an appela-1
tion of local banker. He mado money the discovery of America, which turn
until the panic came and then was j ed tfie nttention of the persecuting
forced to take timber lands for the
loans he had advanced. At one time
he could not pay his taxes, but there
came a time later when John, as hr
would term it, got "shed" of his bar
ren hills and vacant lots." He left
.in estate consisting of improved city
real estate at Coquille and farm mort
gage;), which his attorney, John V
Hall, and who know his financial
standing better than any other man,
says is worth $20,000.
John Golden died ns he Jived, quiet
ly and alone. He never did or wished
harm to n single individual. Ho was
one of the strongest believers in the
faith of tho Roman Catholic church
that the community afforded. To his
i i , ii i i i
cnurcn, anu oiu peop.es no.ne miner
manafyenientj an(j llis sistor Mrs.
Kennedy, is left the fortune that hu
gathered in 75 years of honest,
ccasoiC8H toil and scrupulous business
transactions. Mnrshfield Sun.
FORMER BANDON BOY
Dl US AT BEI. FOUNTAIN
Clifford nuekinglmm, a former
Ilundon boy, and son of J. R. Jluck
inghnm, died at his home at Bolfoun
tain, Ore, on the morning of Decem
ber 15th, after 10 days illness of ty
phoid fever. The young lad had a
hard attack of diphtheria last spring
and had never fully regained his
health when the attack of typhoid
came and consequently was not in
condition to withstand the attack. He
leaves a father, sister, brother and
many relatives to mourn his loss. In
terment was made in tho Relfoutain
cemetery by tho uido of his mother
and sister, who had preceded him.
Clilford was a groat favorite among
his 3choolmutes and friendf: and u
large number of them were present at
the funeral, six of his school mate,
acting as pall bearers.
Clifford Buckingham was birn in
Bandon March 12, 1900, where tho
family lived until 1904 when the fam
ily moved 'o Belfountam vhen he ro
sided until his death.
Hit, death came as a groat shock
to tho family and frionds, all of
whom regarded Clilford an h promi i
ing youth.
SI'KAK Kit AT Itim.K I.KCfl'lJIt K
HAS INTERESTING SUltJHCT
"The United States in Prophocy"
wns tho subject of the bible lecture at
the Orpheum Sunday night and wns
llafned to by a large audience. The
speaker da id In (writ
"All the important nations of .the
world, from Babylon to tho prosunt
time, ore referred to in propluwy, him)
it i only Httinir that the United Stale
hifh i una of the leading nation j
nf tlu ftorhJ and l to (day uh an .
iiiipoHsnl part In Ut clvaing ttn
1 mmOu hiti, kheukJ slew I nutd
in prophet'
"I ieUsWe tw tmuHrf k JtMNtfrfci
tu view In fei leet lives) piae. Ttie
t'uit4 HMift ewataeWw Uf
vrfnjo at AwMrlsxn fit, Ui t,t4t
umBa!sadur; tn every nation in th
-swift'isl vessels afloat; that has nev
pr llnown defeat and lias boon torribU
form its beginning hitherto; that con.
mnads the attention of tho World win"
shof speaks; whose vast territory i
divvied by thousands of rivera, is the
only tuition boyond Egypt from Pal
eatlnoxthnt can fulfill the prophecy of
fsnjah IS.
"The prophecy of Revelations 12
be.inti3 with the gospel church symbol
izetl by n woman. The man child
torn Was Christ, who was caught up
to flo.d and His throne. The rod
dragon; that attempted to destroy
Christjvhbn a child is a symbol of pa
gan Rdine. The attempt of Herod, a
Roman governor, to destroy Christ by
putting to death all the children of
Bethlel em under two years old, proves
conclusively that Rome is the power
here symbolized This chapter air
givoB tho persecutions of thec hurch
during the 12G0 years known as the
'Dark Ages'. The statement in vorse
16, that the earth helped tho woman
or church, by swallowing up
flood of persecutors, was fulfilled
the
by
armies to discovery and conquest Ir.
the new world.
"The. symbol in chapter 13 describes
Rome under its papal form, giving
1 the work it would do and the exact
length of time it would continue to
rul,e the world. This was from 538 to
1708, or 12G0 years, the product of 42
Jewish months, one day for a year be
inj the rule in prophecy. At the
close of this period, or in 1708, this
rxi'vor was to rcceis'c a deadly wound
2t.Ko ioto,, captivity, which .was ful
filled in thnt very year At this time
the pronhet saw another power
arising symbolized by a beast coining
up out of the earth, with two horns
like a lamb, which afterwards spake
as a drawn. The only nation in tho
world that was just coming into prom
inence in 1798 and meets the descrip
tion is the United States. Founded on
tho two lamb-like orChristain prin
ciples of civil and religious liberty,
the prophecy indicates that our coun
try will later repudiate these princi
ples and speak as a dragon; that an
image will be made to tho Papacy,
which ws formed by a union of church
and slate and tho enforcement of re
ligion by civil law, prominent among
them being Sunday laws, beginning
with Conslatine's famous edict in 321.
The image is rapidly being formed
and we are following in the path of
Rome. Verses 12 to 17 of this chap
ter are meeting a literal fulfillment in
the present wide spread clamor for
religious legilation, especially Sunday
laws. Although, contrary to tho Con
stitution, almost every state has Sun
day laws on tho statute books, which
will bo enforced when Congress acts,
giving life to the imago, and then, as
Dr. David McAllister, one of tho Pres
idents of the National Reform Asso
ciation, said: 'Those who opposo this
work now will discover, when the re
ligious amendment is mado to the Con
stitution, that if they do not see fit to
fall in with the majority, they must
tW'I bee onsoquar-cos, or seek some
more congenial clime.' The pages of
history testify to the terrible conse
quoncea of tho union of church and
state. It- is during this groat crisis
that Christ returns and the promise
will be fulfilled 'Thy people shall bo
delivered, every one that shall bo
found written in tho book,' and they!
will bo taken to a 'more congeuiul '
elimo
WKEKLY INDUSTRIAL KHVJHW
OF TIIK STATE OF ORJIGON"
Sulom, Ore., Doe. ClMultnoma
county tax levy for 1015 is 8.2 inill j
lues than ror 1DM.
lawyers nro prontntiiig ereetion of
tlieUio oilku of puUlte defender foi
ities and counties.
IVmlli ton Ulluli 'ir improvement
fr DM I Uilel $170,000.
mIii4 hiuI espouses ut depul)
wer4ii loieM $47,mmi or Do
year.
A ItftJtft pear etoin ut My
nuMti speituee ws pfpe4 si Urn
Kwie owmenosltti (WJ
COffllE IB jM,0O0
Congressman Hawley Wires
Amount Will Be Secured for
of fhe Local Waterway.
The following telegram receive!
iaturdny by The Recorder from Con
Tresaman Hawley will be good nows
o our readors. It roads: "Washing
on, 1). C, December 18, 1911 Ban
Ion Recorder, Bandon, Ore., I have
n Rivera and Harbors bill roported to
Jay, seventy-six thousand dollars foi
Coquille water way and a survey of
ivor from Coquille City to entrance.
VV. C. Hawley."
This indicates thnt tho committee
has reported favorably on tho $70,
J00, and that- the bill will probably go
through all right this timo.
At the last session a bill carrying
.?90,000 for. this river passed the
House, but as everybody knows, the
bill was badly cut to pieces in the
senate, and whcii.it flnalijyjQt tbraugl;
loss taxes than in 191 1.
Polk county has agreed to pay one
third of cost of a $225,000 steol bridge
across tho Willamette at Salem.
The Industrial Welfare Commis
sion holds that tho eight hour law
must be enforced over the holiday
shopping season.
Linn county tax levy is reduced '-i
mills from last your.
Jackson county spent this year on
good roads $500,000. Pa'cific highway
cost $325,000.
A coast representative of Libby,
McNiel & Libby has been In confer
ence with business men at The Dalles
to establish a cannery thoro.
A plant to manufacture veterinary
remcdios is to be established in Port
land The Commonwealth Conference at
Eugene last week endorsed consolida
tion of all state boads and commis
sions under a fow hcajls.
Astoria's now buildings this sea
son total $125,000.
The McArthur-Porks Co. has 800
men working on the Willamette Pa
cific. Out of 90 members of the legisla
ture, '38 are lawyers.
Nogoliatings are pending between
the Baker Commercial Club and the
Union Pacific Railway to establish in
Baker two factories, one a wool
orouring plant and tho other a furni
ture actory.
Five-cents-for-a-square-meal res
taurants are being established in
Portland.
The Columhia highway from As
toria to Pendleton is to be completed
by July 1, 1015, sayn Major llowlby.
Salem has nn ofTer of a boet suer
industry upon supplying as uificient
acreage of beets and raising a sub
sidy of $260,000.
The Sound Constriction Co. of Be
little was the succesuful bidder on
the Medford federal building.
The ISIIiott Contracting Co. of Port
lend will build the Vancouver munic
ipal jetty.
I.. Dysingoi. Jloburg. expt." t- to
kIiow a set of furniture nutdu of dttmt
antlers worth ffiOO at the Psnanwi
Exposition.
L. J. fliron is planning to open e
utoi.u quarry four miles outh of
BruwnvilW.,
The Bmpire Mfg. Co., Npol e e i
Pendleton livn Works, bn'- hh J
Jetwtil4ttl Usen t ul tut
4ft( of t eeneollde'Nl nnuimuif
formmt (a meiilftre tte iM
iMtle reriyeof pht w 0k
COURT
That Above
Improvement
I hero was only $20,000 for this riv
"r. The bill this lime is much more
'iable to pass both Houses as a more
thorough btudy of the situation has
been made and the members of Con
gress will bo more iiablo lo get to
gether. If the bill should pass as roporlod
it will make in nil $108,000 fon this
river, as the $20,000 passed at the
last session will still hold good be
sides $0 000 that has already boon ap
propriated at this session. 'Fhis with
.i few thousand dollars of Port Com
mission money that is now at Co
quille;, will make onough for n fair
iy good project lo bo commenced in th
ipring. In addition to this tho pro.
ject fo ra new survey of the river
will mean much development and ap
propriation in the futuro
ANDON VISITED BY
REAL COLD SNAP
Today appears to bo the closing day
of the longest seige of cold weather
that Bandon has experienced for sov
orul years; 11 days with the temper
ature never registering above 50 and
at times goin below !!0 above zero.
Not only has it been cold, but there
hns also been practically no rain for
three weeks, an exceptionally long
period of dry weather for this time
af tho year
While people in other parts of the
country may laugh at our "cold
weather" we also have a grin coming
and need not fear that any of our fa
cial expressions will freeze and bo
come a permanent part of our features
It was the exception fro mour aver
age temperature of from GO to 70 de
frees, that caused Bandonians to don
overcoats, etc., during the past two
weeks, not the fact that the thermom
eter registered zero nnd below as it
ias in other parts of the country.
No deaths have been reported from
exposure and no serious accidents
caused by slippery walks and pave
ment, although several parties found
modes of descending Edison Avenue
hill that were far faster than walk
ng. There have been no reports of
krf-nl cilizei.s cuting thoir meals off
from the kitchen "stove and no water
pipes rulfered any great nmount of
damage
Although the temoornturo record of
the Life Saving Station shows that
the mercury reached its lowest love'
early Sunday morning, 28 degree:'
above ssero, tho water which froze In
the streets has not since thawed out,
theiv aia roson In bloom in many
Handon gardens today.
Kl. John's Iv'plHcopul Church
The Sunday School celebration und
1'hriatman tree will bo In the church
Thui day afternoon ut 2i!)0 o'clock.
The i vice ('liristinim day will bo ut
JJ i-.'o4 in the forenoon, W.M.
Holt ;ru.L Vicar.
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