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About Semi-weekly Bandon recorder. (Bandon, Or.) 1910-1915 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1914)
T a ... 'Gregok Historical Society :4 V 1 SEMI -WEEKLY AnU PiMtifinnrf Advertisers! BANDON RECO ' VFWIV I 1 III 1H ft A modern cquippad job y department in connection t The Racorder covers the j Bandon field thoroughly 4 1 1 1 1 n "i' f BANDON, OREGON, DECEMBER 31, 1914. NUMBER J3 VOLUME XXX HAS GUARDIAN APPOINTED MRS. LEO J. CAREY APPOINTED GUARDIAN OF THE ESTATE OF HER BROTHER, ARTHUR COACH. According to a report from Co quille Mrs. Leo J, Carey has been ap pointed guardian of the estate of her brother, Arthur Coach, and will at tempt to save the rest of Arthur's share of the Coach estate for him. The actions of Coach in this city sinco his father's death arc familiar to practically every Bandonian and there have been rumors at various times that a guardian would be ap pointed. Coach has spent money lavishly at times, and though he lias been en gaged In various business ventures it appears that he has not prospered in a business way and though he i well educated and an excellent lum bcr scaler he does not appear to uii derstand how to manipulate business deals. He has been working in a ti' camp recently. It is considered that he still ha quite a lnrgc amount of property am can yet bo independent providing th proper care is taken of what ho liar and it is for this reason that tlu guardian has been appointed. The Coach estate at the time of the death of Col. Coach, was estimated at from ono-half to one million dol lars. COURT TO TAKE UP FAMOUS COUNTY JUDGE CASE AGAW Judgo John F. Hall and James Wat son have been notified that the Su preme Court at Salem would take u the case of county judges again nex Monday and would probably haw down their decision on Tuesday. The latter action is being taken a' the instigation of Governor West, wh took exception to tho Supreme Courts recent decision, that all judges hoii over for two more years, and the cas. will bo quite thoroughly gone througi this time, although it is generally bo lieved that the Court will sustain it own former decision and Judge Hal says ho thinks it will bo up to bin to resign or serve two more years. Chinese Printing. As all reasoning is by comparisor with that which wo know, in speak ing of the art of Chinese printing it is natural that we should try to com pare it with our system; when, how ovor, you realize that there are prac tlcally no comparisons in the "com position" it is a difficult task to makt matters clear. We can, however mako comparisons by contrast Wo have twenty-six letters in thr Roman nlphabct and about as man symbols; and, with theBo aro able to express pretty nearly any idea that wc can form. However, wo liavo to do sc by selecting letters that form the word that names our thought, bo it concrete or abstract. Wo must have a name for everything; elso rear range our thoughts to suit words with in our vocabulary. Tho Chinese havo about nine thou sand different characters in daily use and over sovonty thousand known characters (for there are more; no ono 1b ncquaitcd with them all). And yet they havo no alphabet. Theirs is a symbol-writing language, not forjned by sound. Imagine if you can having to remember tho location of nine thousand different charaters in your case, or that ono of tho chases broko and pled all your typo. If it hud any comparison to our system, tho poor compositor would feel that ho hud boon mercifully spared If he died on the spot; so would tho Chinese compositor If ho had to remember them all. l!o doesn't though, A Chliuimuii ran learn tho location of all )iU typo In two month. Even n brief uiuilyil will nhow tllUt till I" Hot US (lll)W-Ult OH It hl'DIIIN, Tho several llioiuunil t'huiudur mo Kroupi'd by (ho gunerul Mwi whluli (hey iuv'iil, ttml llumu urn In luni t-oileMiil liitw K'l' uf fWW J'f t-lllc mruiiliiK. mii'I o oil I" Um fills! slmijv t limi!i Uil W wjliv could wish. Thus do not look for the letter that represents the sound of the spoken language, but tho char acter that oxprosscs the idea even to tho finest point. The Chinese compositor has to walk several miles during the course of a day, while setting type. He can, how ever, immediately place his hand on the required typo even if ho is not acquainted with it; for there is only one place lo look for it and it is there and he docs not have to enquire of some other compositor for tho lo cation of that certain type, though he be a stranger to tho place. So, tak ing it all around, while the system may not bo so rough and ready as our own, it still has incontestably finer points' than ours, and is Infinite ly more expressive tho general o pinion to the contrary notwithstand ing. It is of course impossiblo to trace the beginning of tho first use of the present characters as it has develop ed and increased by use and needs, many of the characters becoming ob solete while new ones are being de veloped constantly. To get a certain shade of meaning a writor creates a new character, which however, are perfectly intelligible to the reader. Tho question is often asked: Can lie Japanese read Chincso printing? ind vice versa. They can, but do not jnderstand what it is about. Though the characters aro the same, tho lan juagc is not; and they cannot undor itand each other in speaking. Practicnlly all of the type is made m Japan. A little of it has been made in the United States, but it docs not seem to havo been as satisfactory or as cheap to produce as that made by the Chincso. Tho typo used by tho Chinese, both in the United States and in China, is type high and has the nicks on tho side like our type. How ever, unliko our type, which adjusts Itself to tho width of tho letter, the Chincso typo is all square. - Xho.prcss, work is dono on tho mod ern printing press, and America is a large exporter of printing machinery to China and Japan. Through tho courtesy of Mr. Soo Hoo Nam Art, of tho "Chung Sai Yat Po," tho noted Chinese daily at San Francisco, who has assisted in pre senting these facts, we are able to give a brief and interesting history of the Chinese printed language When it first became necessary for men to record their thoughts or oth erwise mako records of events or epochs, they made use of a piece of string in which they tied knots, as records. Tho way iu which the knot was fastened held a meaning; dif ferent fastening of knots for differ ent events. Tho crudity of this meth od soon beenmo apparent, and as man's ideas progressed and advanced, he found it necessary to havo broader means of preserving records. Then elementary symbols on sticks of bam boo were formed. Samples of these and of the strings aro still preserved in tho archives of Pekin. Wo remember that China had, up to that time, professional "remem brancers" who wero men specially trained to remember dates, circum stances and epochs. As in the nat ural courso of events they would die, and take many vuluablo facts with them, other means were sought for tho preservation of theso things. From tho scratched symbols on tho bamboo to the use of colored pig ments as ink, used on tho whito in side of tho bambo, seems to have been tho next step. From this same material tho first paper was made, but must not bo confounded with the Egyptian papyrus, made- from reeds of that name. Which of tho two first mado paper has never been decided, but advocates on both sides ekilm priority. Simple as wero somo of tho first symbols in uso, they aro yet employed, for instance: A Bhort ver tical line represents a man. If a line slightly shorter wero irlong aide then it would bo n man and his ser vant. A character consisting of u equuro with u horizontal lino drawn through it represents u day or "dully" I'lii! development of thU symbol cumo from it circle which represented tho universe. A binull round spot In the venter roprckuiiU'd tho huh, aiwl no tho day. Wlmn it cumo into constant UHtl It WUH IIIUlIu HqUurt) for COUVUII Ihiicm in umi, unit iliu round t'uotor m mm u IIiuj, iiikI Id lm wuim tyuy jUMtv Id IJmm n)i'ii(liuf Him inoun lly mm wlmttwi lit l IJliv tho "Chung Sal Yat Po," (the Chin ese daily newspaper published at ban Francisco) tho largest character, is over tho longest word "Chung", and tho other words seem to bear the same relation in size as the Chinese character over them, down to tho lit tle word "Po" with tho small symbol ovor It that might bo a "P." Singu lar then is the fact that tho reverse order is correct and little "Po is rep resented by a character that looks like the fossil remains of a Pterodacty and which means cithtfr "report" or "paper," as tho case may be. And so on from left to right; the next represents the middlo or center of the universe wo being the central point around whick tho rest of the universe revolves, according to tho Chinese no tion. Tho next aa has already been explained moanp day or daily. Titus wo have the complete name TJentor of tho Universe Daily Report" which will give a slight Idea of how tho Chinese language is formed. They read from tho bottom up and from left to riirht When wo travel along the road or on the street we take the right hand side of tho street. In Eu rope they take tho left side, so we say they travel on tho wrong side al though the left may bet ho right at thatl In the samo way a Chinaman begins readinir his bood or newspaper from tho righthand side, and works to the end where wo begin, so we. say that he reads backward. But certain ly this is i their favor, that being righthandeU, the position for turning tho pages would scorn to bo tho natu ral way. Tho much mooted question of mod ernizing, or Europcaniring as thoy would cxDrcsa it. camo up in conver sation, and Mr. Soo Hoo Nam Art shook his head doubtfully. "I don't think so," he roplled. "If our lan mtnfra wero Dhonetic. as yours, then all but a small part of China would be shut out on account of tho great var iety of dialects and oach province, be sides having a separate dialect, would havo to-dopt the phonetic writing, to suit the pronunciation. Then there would be no means of intercommuni cation. Also other hopoless muddleB would come up. As it is now, while wn cannot understand each other's speaking language, the written lan guage is all alike, and perrectiy intel ligible to all." Tho "Chung Sai Yat Po" has four columns running across tho sheet. It was this paper that first inaugurated tho idea of dividing into columns the reading matter, and thus improving on tho old, cumbersome fashion of reading up and down tho long, full- length of tho pago. This improve ment has now been adopted by all the moro progressive papers In tho Chi nese Republic From tho Pacific Printer. TRY RAISING TOBACCO IN COOS COUNTY. Harry Thomas and two Groek frionds, according to tho Marshficld Record, are going to-try out tho rais Ini of tobacco in Coos county, and the experiment will be made on the Gage ranch near Alleghany. Theso Greeks have had much experience in tobacco raising in their nativo land and after looklnir over tho country carefully and experimenting with the soil, thoy aro convinced that tobacco can be raisod In this county and aro very sanguino as to tho success of the venture. The men have leasod the Gago ranch noarAJleghany for a term of years and havo teams and Iraplemonts for tho successful promotion of tho In dustry Ntr Books. Whv not read sotno of tho now books at tho Library? Tho rent is only ten conts nnd tho money Is used to buy two or thrco of tho now booka as thoy come out each month. The following are somo of tho lat est books on the rent shelf: "Tho Eyes of tho World." "Tho Lights Aro Bright." "Kent Knowles, Qunhung." "Tho Poet." "Tho Right Track." "Tho Crystal Htopper." "Tho Noriorublu IVrclvnl," Tho Mutiny of hu Klilnore." "Tho Forlunuto Youtli," i "Tim Vxttuf Daughter," f "Tim Wlilji," fJ "Our Mh Wr )" Ntincy )m Joyous," f, I'.'TmbWm' , I A I 4 FORM OF GOVERNMENT Tha citv of Medford will vote Jan uary 12th. on tho nronosition of a commission form of government nnd tho proposition is being discussed pro arid con. It seems that the com mission form of government is get ting hold of people every where and that it will bo only a comparatively short'1 timo until it will be lrencrlly adopted by large and small cities. There' also seems to be a tendency to ward the manaeer form of irovern- ment which it is believed will be even bettor than the commission form. LOGGING CAMP MAY START OPERATIONS BEFORE SPRING John Conologue, manager of Con loguo's Camp, has stated that there is nothing definite about when the Conlogue camp will resume oprations but there is a possibility that it will open between now and early spring. There are several million tect ot logs alrcndy cut and ready to put in to the river and these will probably bo gotten out besides a number of million feet more to cut. Forest Notes. Only one modern sawmill is opcr- ated'in the territory of Hawaii. In district 4 of the forest service with1 headquarters at Ogdcn, Utah, lightning caused !3G per cent of this year's fires and campers 27 pel cent. As showing the possibilities for tree growth in regions where irrigation has to bo depended upon it is point ed out that Boise, Idaho, has as many as ?4 different kinds of ornamental and 'shade trees. Tho Laurentido company of Quebec producers of pulp and pulpwood, is re foresting its non-agricultural cut-over hinds. It is also importing rein dcertfrom Newfoundland, to see it the can take the place of dogs -. in winter wood work. , A small railroad operating an oil- burning loebmotive on the Tahoo na tional Forest. California, had a break down during tho past summer and burned wood instead of oil for one day On this day fifteen fires started along the right of way. During tho preced ing year, only one fire occurred near the railroad and it was not thought that the engine was responsible for that one. WASHINGTON NEWS LETTER. Washington, D. C, Dec. 31 The reports of the murderous attack by Mexican officers on a prominent Amer ican woman, Mrs. Robort OUtngcr, the wife of the traffic manager of the Ag uila Oil Cimpany, has caused Presi dent Wilson to give emphatic orders to John R. Silliman, his personal rep resentative in Mexico, to demand from Provisional President Citierrcz a full and immediate investigation of tho affair. A note of inquiry has been address ed to tho State Dcparmcnt by the British government in regard to the action of Col. Goethals as to the con duct of cortain British colliers in the uso of wireless telegraph apparatus in tho waters of the Panama Canal Zone. Tho communication implied that the British ship captains were harshly treated. Senator Vardaman has carried the raco question into tho senate by pro posing amenments to tho Federal Con stitution, repealing tho fifteentch amendment and modifying the four teenth. Tho Senotar also introduced a bill for "Jim Crow" cars in the District of Columbia. Tho patronage question in the Sen ate is becoming moro nnd more acute dally. Friends of tho administration although desirous of supporting tho President in all things, have not been able to bring themselves to tho point of overruling the wishes of sen ators when they state that appoint ments aro personally objectionable to them and havo boon inuilo ovor their protests. What tho decision in tho Interstate Commerce Commission grunting the ruilroadH five per cent inenviso on freight rules might bo mild to Indicutu or promlHo for tho futuro is, In tho opinion of Daiilel Wlllurd, pnwWwil of tho ilultlmoru nnd Ohio Itiillrwd Company, ovon moro vuluuhl Uuiii wliut It MBtuully givu In tlm wy f njreuo In mim. Mr. WMUrii te gjurf tlM lm mmakim Urn tUmtlf W LMtfKMilitf at Urn Mwto f M ' WILL' VOTE ON COMMISSION more importance than the increase ac tually authorized. MIDDLE WEST SHIVERS UNDER COLD SNAP While people of Coos county are smiling over tho beautiful weather that is so characteristic of this coun try, the people of the East nnd MM dle West havo been shivering under an extreme cold snap which was quite general, especially over the Missis sippi Valley. Among tho coldest places reported were: Charles City, Iowa, 24 belov zoro; LaCrosso, Wis., 24 below; Pe oria, Illinois, 18 below; Davenport and DesMonics, Iowa. 14 bolow; De vils Lake, N. D., 18 below; St Paul, 22 below; Green Bay, Wis., 18 below. National Defense. "The United Suites by the Monroe doctrine has said to the world, 'You must not colonize in South Amorica rich, fertile South America. Wo do 'lot intend to colonize there cmvselve; hut you shall not colonize there eitlio.. You shall not be allowed to overflow America with colonies recruited from your teeming population." Do yoj believe that we can maintain any sue'' doctrine unless wo aro prepared t fight for it? Then again, we havo lool: d square in the eve 9f tho most mi' itiry nation which Asia has eve knowu and we havo said, 'We wi! have none of you within our bordor; Do you suppose a proud people lik tho Japanese will continue to listc with cqanimity to a doctrine like tha. unless behind that doctrine lies : force which can put it into effect'. Pcrhnp3 men may say that tho Mon roe Doctrine and the Asiustic cxclti sion doctrine are prompted by nation al selfishness. So be it. I concur ii both doctrines. I am ready to battle for them and I am ready to pay the bill for enforcing them. Possiby tlu world may think that this country is a dog in tho manger'lrTita" attitude' to" ward South America and Mexico. Ai all events let us not bo toothless dog. in tho manger, who bark noisily, but when it comes to biting are fount, wanting." Extract from Address ir Congress by Representative Gardiner While wo are not one of tho jingoes still we believe that Representative Gardner lias sounded a wiso noto of warning. Wo should not enter into an campaign of nggrcssion and shoulo always give our councils nnd example for peace whenever that is a course possible with the retention of our soli respect and honor. It is often said that it takes two to mako a fight. That is true, but it only takes ono to administer a whip ping if the other will not fight back. In the present sUite of civilation no nation is safe unless prepared to de fend itself. For that matter any in dividual who will not fight back U always imposed upon. Tho U. S should be fully prepared to enforci with might her rights. The history of the world teaches that a large and efficient navy it more necessary to national pre-eminence than is an army. Greece pro vented her conquest by Persia through tho naval victory at Salamis, Phono cia roso to power and established Car tlige through naval supremacy. Rome finally won the mastery ovei Carthago in their life and death strug gle by naval victories. Portugal and Spain rose successively to power and colonial expansion as they secured command of the seas. England as sumed her present position of dicta tor to tho world after the defeat of tho Spanish arantada. The only natioi. that has been ablo to offor any ot fectuul challenge to England's world wide supremucy was Holland during their period of naval expansion Franco like Spain lost to England ir tlioir contost for mastery through fail u ro to win on tho su. Germany U ut a groat disadvantage in the pres ent struggle on account of smaller na val forcoa. It not only Is tho clour forceful les ion of history that tho U. S. In or der to follow tho path te lMultrthip among tho iwtioua must Hm to uwlis putod naval sujiro)imy. Hut it l oMiislly riser that unless w do w lo- vlts and will sulfs hunuiiaUou sad dUfMibttian by Out jwllwi that do., Jt-pli Vurs, am atom. V. aW u! IK Huufu ItMalutr Cwmttlt, ennui rtuu ftvut TtWo Um UMtr pert ul i Ul week Slid u villng imb hi many (ntad In JiuwJufc. PROSPECTORS AT FOOT OF THE BLUFF NEAR QUEEN ANNE COTTAGE RUN ON TO -RICH PLATINUM DEPOSITS. ' What is said by some of the old time miners to" bo the best strike, in the way of n black sand propotHon, that hns been made in this' part of tho county for some yesrs- ii" that made by 15. D. Trumball and Mf: as sociates recently on the bach"Utlt south of town. " m The find was the result 'of prosper ing at the foot of the bluff bdtwecn what is known as the Queen' Anno cot tage and the Life Saving Lookout Station and is especially rich. In plat inum, assaying about a,g$B,U to the shovelful of that substsanee. " Five shovolfulls of the sand gave up .five grains of platinum and th percent age of gold ran about the e&tne a it does in the average black ssztd j de posits. ',1 T . Following' the refttirn of the assey- or, Trumbull and his partners have been busy placing equipment with which to work the prospect and havo completed a cradle and sluice box. How tho dirt Is going to wauh . and whether or not it will pay remains to be seen. New Years. It is a fine and useful human trait that rcgnrdloss of the 'vicissitudes of our fortunes during the preoedlrg yoar wo can on New Year Day tal.e hold on Hfo again with all the -cour ageous liopo and high endeavor of Again wo seo frtvneaven the lights of London. Tho decrepit old year like a sacri fice laid on error's altar t-tkes UJ.to itsolf our sins and indolence. Relieved of all our cnuumberirg luggage we ontor'into our herita; o of young dimpled and joyous life. Not. at fairy rainbow ends but in cacli day's task well done we are sure to cum our just recompense.' Not in the mistic halta of airy ca i- tlcs of legendary Spanish lands but in the work house of common earnes.t daily tasks will we fabricate A de served yoar of happiness and proper ty. MILL MEN STRIKE WHEN A WAGE CUT IS THREATENED Fifcctn met., the entire working crow of tho shinglo mill which was re cently taken over by the Johnson timbor interests from Archil'.Kru le and which was formerly knogflps tlie KruRo Shinglo Mill, went onffTstri1 e Monday morning and all walked out, following a threatened cut in wag :s by the now mamgemont. Sawyers in tho mill have boon gc -ting 1G cents per thousand for s 11 they cut and the rest of tho men ha' u been paid in proportion and as th -i is about the standard scale of wug .; for this kind of work the men r -fused to oven consider a cut Ku ;reat difficulty was experienced iu :uttling the affair and the roer r. -turned to work on the same da: -ter a confcionce with C. McC. . h; -son, manager of the mill, at the iu of wages which has been In.fot i m the past. Tho rhaeks amund the old i to-l house hav lici-n torn down and h v repairs mad- to the old buiidim , im proving .som.'wl' t the appear!, o f that edific- him! .i-teeniitg the detail r if fire in tii.it n -hborhood. Thi ulditions wore lunii shortly before I e completion f tin Hiyh School bui 1 ing in W)D, and t r Iftn4d oj y I tempo ary n . , -wim t; UOR Cor 11 -' overflow of pupil.., .ut ln.v bo; V owed tu r tiwul itMil I in' boil I laagiuouk ii- a in, mmi If II I i , i t tiUiil y H n i f Hi 'oh, ' lU ,tu.. 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