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About Semi-weekly Bandon recorder. (Bandon, Or.) 1910-1915 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 19, 1915)
V .. , .......... .WIl'M,wWM"l tr.fi'"' -- ' IMIt BEMMVEEKLV JUXDOK.. UfcCOftPKR, TUESDAY, JANUARY 10.101S PACK TWO SEMI-WEEKLY Bandon Recorder l'ublishcd every Tuesday and Friday by The Recorder Publishing Co., Inc. Entered a the Post Onlcc at Ban don, Oregon, as mail matter of the second class. C. E. KOPF, Editor and Manager Make all checks puyable and address nil communications to the company Subscription price, $1.50 per year, in advance. FIRE HYDRANTS ARE NEEDED At the fire last Tuesday night, that destroyed the residence of Tlios. Bachelor the fire department could do little but watch the destruction of thepropcrty. First there was no hydrant near enough to serve and second the pros sure in the mains was so low that a nearby hydrant would have been of little use. Bandon should awake to the fact that it pays a heavy interest on the money that it does not spend for fire protection a higher rate than can be secured elsewhere and that the or iginal cost nnd maintenance are lost annually. The interest goes to the insurance companies in the form of premiums. There is a financial loss in every fire. Even if the houses burned are insured the insurance never covers the actual loss. Articles are destroy ed which money could not replace. In the fire last summer which des troyed a large part of Bandon's busi ness district how many merchants re ceived half value for the loss they sustained? For the interruption of their business the insurance compan ies paid nothing. The wholo com munity lost heavily through the city being set back on account of it." Fires often cause loss of life and in juries. Fire protection is the greatest in ducement a city may offer to busi ness and industries seeking a location. It will encourage the building of beautiful and substantial residences. Bandon has the greatest need for hydrants so placed that every part of the city can be efficiently served by the city fire department. In addition there should be an abundant supply of water, under suffi cient pressure at each of these hyd rants, day and night that they may serve their purpose. We fail to realize that Bandon is a city with a city's needs Failure to realize this fact and to act accordingly will cause ever in creasing disaster in the future. We need and should have fire hyd rants and a water supply giving a fire protection pressure. THE PORT AND THE LAW Improvement of the harbor of the Coquillc river is an urgent necessity Needless delay in this matter would simply moan that the Coquille river will stand still or go back while Coos Bay and those other places which are awake and willing to advance their money on improvements will forge ahead. The spirit of the west is enterprise Coos Bay lias only followed in a mi nor scale the initiative and courage of all thegrowing cities of the Pacific const from Seattle to San Diego. Six hundred thousand dollars is a large sum of money for a port like Coon Bay to spend, but that is to their credit and to their future advantage It would be poor policy to change the slate law to make the undertak ing of public improvements more dif ficult. The people of the Port of Bandon have clionun (-omiiilssloiioi's in whom they have confidence. Whenever n plaii of iniprovoniuiit lint lietin drntlyiiiMl by compHtimt civ Klimnis It should ho emtrutiMj. Th foil Uiul tlw U, ft. my wiifiiuwr who in BweUiUn In this work, up !WDW nil idaiiK tv Ut nmnl ajnjjMi lit wvaWui im uf numy. Tm jmtto f Um Utw l imtr mm Mm ti ior VhrMijirrf it U mi mum LEGISLATORS AND THEIR COR RESPONDENCE One frequently hears the criticism of tho- present logislaturo that it started out with a profos.fion of econ omy nnd straightway proceeded to vote each member a stenographer. Wo doubt if this is ajust criticism. Manp of the legislators undoubtedly' while men of ability, nro unnccusUmi eded to handling much correspond ence. Again, the legislators are sent to Salem to solve problems of large affairs and they should be kept ns free as possible from potty details and clerical work. With each one provided with n per sonal stenographer this can bo much better accomplished thnn if they only had tho sorvico of a stcnographical office. Then, loo, much of the correspond ence of a legislator is necessarily of a private nature partly and partly of a public nature. A legislttor's corres pondence should not bo tho common property of a state office or steno graphic force. Failure to provide each legislator with a private stenographer would doubtless prove a penny wise and pound foolish economy. SOCIAL LIFE IN THE CHURCHES One often hears the criticism of tl e church that it no longer has the influ ence that it once had, that it is in a state of decline or duecay. Various reasons have been assigned for this alleged state of affairs. One claims that the teaching of science has weaned the people away from the church by destroying their faith in re vealed religion or its dogmas. Still many of the churches have re vised and brought up to date their respective creeds nutil the difference between the various churches is van ishing and the variance with science is ever lessening. Another asserts that the churches stand for conservatism in political and it is a dead weight to be removed That is a dead weight to be removed from the path of progress by those striving for greater social justice. Yet one cannot help but be impres sed by the sympathetic understanding and concern for the up-to-date thought and action looking towards greater economic freedom and justice of many of its ministers. Others claim the churches decline is through spiritual decay. If the church has declined the cause will probably be found in other than those reasons usually assigned. Has not the church failed most ser iously in its social duty? The time was when the church was tho social center of the community life. The courting was done under its chaperonage and encouragement. It was the friend and counselor of the young and old. It proved its right to exist by the necessary service it rendered the public. There all met on a plane of equality and fraternity. Lately it has, in a measure, failed in this duty. There ure city churches which have a lnrge membership but where there is as little social life or common sympathy to be found as in a counting house. It seems more like attending ntheater than a house of worship. The richer members scorn social as sociation with most of the members and lives their social lives apart from the church. These churches give some social functions but it is s near to accepting social charity that only a few attend and they arc of poorest financial nnd social resources. The minister seta himself up as an auto crat and is so accepted by the mem bers who try to follow his example, each one to his less fortunate broth er. So other ugencien that better serve the social instinct of mankind have taken up the work hucIi churches fail ed to do Hut have thotie new agencies serv mI ns well us the old time uluireli? It is fmimi thuy liuvu not. If the church won Id thrive nnd fulfill lu mission it mujsI rvMiinu IU 0lul fUMsliull. The rlwmli In bo jromv" initsi ilftW NMtal uWHkliMiNtf. II U H Ug mJ gktrUm tluul' Ut mumitt HmU 11 will justify its oxidant Mid , X & 3 prosper by ndministaring to Human needs social as well as spiritual. GOOD ROADS. I suggest that the ofllctt of state engineer and stato highway engineer be combined under tho state engineer who shall have an unsalaried advisory board of three members, especially qualified in road matter, to cooperate with him in all that concerns state highways. Wise roadbuilding is probably the best inbestment tho state can under take, and for its encouragement I rec ommend consideration of some plan for the establishment and use of a larger stato road fund.' I suggest n lA mill .slate tux, the combined revenue of it and the existing (or improved) graduated motor vehicle tax to bo ex pended fiom the stato treasury in co operation with tho vnrious counties for trunk roads within their boundar ies, their construction to bo under state supervision. It is generally conceded that agri culture is our basic industry, and if we are to realize a truly Greater Ore gon, we must lay the foiindntion by means of constructive legislation for agricultural development. Among the most vital problems of this industry are better roads. From Gov. Withycombe's Message. In last Thursday's Recorder the statement was made that P. J. Ras sctte and wife of Lampe were in the city, but since that time wo have learned that tho Mrs. Rassette was P. J's. mother. We nro sorry tho mis take occured, but it is one of those that will creep into a newspaper oc casionally, no matter how careful the editor may bo. Public Stenographer. Arthur G. Cronlnger, 120 W est 13th Street, Phone 104 Rural. It3x. LODGE DIRECTORY , Masonic. Bandon Lodge, No. 130, A. F. & A. M. Stated communications first Friday tiftcr tho full moon of each month. Special communications Master Masons cordially invited. WALTER SABJN, W. M C. E. BOWMAN, Sec. Eastern Star. Occidental Chapter, No. 15, 0. 12. S., meets Saturday evenings bofore and after stated communications of Masonic lodge. Visiting mouthers cordially invited to attend. L. KATE ROSA, W. M. ROSA BINGAMAN, Secretary. Rehekah Ocean Rebekah Lodge, No. 120, I. 0. 0. F., meets second and fourth Tuesdays at I. 0. O. F. hall. Tran cient members cordially invited. ELVA MILLER, N. G. MINERVA LEW1N, Secretary. I .0. O. F. Bandon Lodge, No. 1311, I. O. 0. F., meets every Wednesday evening. Visiting brothers in good standing cordially invited. D. C. KAY, N. G. L. I. WHEELER. Secretary. Knights oT P)(hias. Delphi Lodge, No. 01, Kniplits of Pythias. Meets every Monday ov cning at Knights hall. Visiting knights invited to attend. ERNEST SI DWELL, C. C. B. N. HARRINGTON, K. of R. S. PMiFtiKSlON-AL CARDS $$j?. a ' c?i C. R. WADS Lnwyer BANDON, OREGON !a8b inr hHri a tt Mint n i he ULU Alit ILLS YUU n U MV DR. II. L. HOUSTON Physician & Surgeon Ofilce in First Nationul Bank build ing. Hours, 0 to 12 ft. in; 1:30 to I p. m; 7 io S in tiie evening. BANDON, OREGON DR. SMITH J. MANN Physician & J5urgeon Ofilce in ElliiiEsoityitfiitrfne;. Hours, 0 to 12 n. mjiUUiJi m. lLNnO&, OREGON DR?L. P. SORENSEN Dentist Office in First National Bank build ing. Telephone at house and office. BANDON, OREGON G. T. TREADGOLD Attorney and Counselor at Law Ofilce ill New R-tfhk Building Notary Public BANDON. OREGON DR. R. V. LEEP Physician & Surgeon Office in Ellingson building, Phone 72 BANDON, OREGON DR. ARTHUR GALE Physician & Surgeon Office in EShiirson building. Office phone, 852. Residence phone, 353. BANDON. OREGON DR. S. C. ENDICOTT Dentist Office in Ellingson building. Office phone 1211. Residence phono, 1101 BANDON. OREGON DR. I. L. SCOFIELD Dentist Office in Fahy and Morrison Build ng next to Emergency Hospital. Phono 1141 BANDON, OREGON DR. H. M. SHAW Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist Ofilce Phone 330-J Res Phone 10,--.l Rooms 200-1 Irving Block MARSHF1ELD, OREGON BENJAMIN OSTLIND Consulting Engineer and Architect MARSHFIELD. OREGON AGENTS w. o. w. "With Charity Towards All" ' Seaside Camp, No. 212, W. 0 W. meets Tuesdays, K. of P. hall, 8 p. m. Visitors are assured a hot wel come. By order of W. A. KELLER, C. C. C. M. GAGE, Clerk. Loyal Order of Mouse. Meets Thursday evenings in I. O. O. F. hall. Trmi.Miciit , i. ... .. ially invited. Something doing iv cry Thursday. 1 ICity Transfer f S. I). Kollv. Prom-iotnr f Mtfht and Heavy ha-il- i IWIm IUIIw UurLr f nir iii'intiii if iiii , ,w"r . Conlracllng fuul grad- f fi .V'T'.T.. , i n if. I ritiiMt'lHil tnuj wjllfltwl. II u r h huMI'dnl, J'liwfic ! Brown & Gibson t I The Lending Coiilraclors ? nnd Builders t We furnish plans and spt i i ficjiions and if t ing to build anything, no $ mailer how larc or liou small, we can save v' mmwir. Let llh t'u'UK' 'h S your building If! 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