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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,
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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
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