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VOLUME XXXI
BANDON, OREGON, FEBRUARY 5, 1915
NUMBER 10
PEOPLE TO VOTE ON WATER
EXTENSION AND EIRE ENGINE
Proposition to Establish New
And to Buy a Fire Engine
Electors at Election
Voters of Bandon will have an op
portunity to vote on the proposition
of bonding the city for the purpose of
extending the water system and also
for the purchase of a fire engine for
tiie city at the coming June general
election, acording to resolutions pas
sed by the city council at their regu
lar session Wcdnpsday night.
The proposition to extend or rathci
enlarge the water supply is to gel
hold of F e r r y Creek, some
times known as Little creek, and tc
lease or buy a tract of land along the
creek to protect the water supply it.
the future. It was stated by Elbert
Dyer, former manager of the Ban
don Water Co., that the above men
tioned proposition was the only foas
ible one to be had and that other plac
es that iiad ben talked of were im
practicable. Mr. Dyer stntrd that i
reservoir could bo built out at this
creek that would be at least 200 feet
abovo the city and a pressure of
about 135 pounds could be had on toj
of the hill and about 80 in the down
town section. This would give am
ple pressure for lire protection, and
would furnish supply for city and do
mestic use for a city several timet
the size of Bandon. Mr. Dyer, also
stated that the present water supply
while it was sufficing for llio present
would not be adequate when the city
grew larger as we all expect it to do
The water supply proposition wat
taken up and thoroughly discussed by
the concil when the matter of buying
a fire engine was approached. Coun
cilman Dippel stated that he thought
there should be a larger water supply
before a fire engine was bought, as
with the present supply it would be
imposible to do anything with the en
gine because the pressure was not
sullicieut to hold out when the pump
was put on. Mr. Chatburn seconded
everything that Mr. Dippel said and
aimed mat lie was in lavor ot a tire
engine providing there was sufficient
water supply in case of fire. It was
generally greed that the engine would
lie a good thing for the down town
district at all times as it can be used
to pump water out of the river, even
when thorp is no presure on the water
system It was also pointed out by
Councilman I'ape that if the fire en
gine had been hero at the time of the
big fire in June that the loss would
not have ben one fourth as great as it
was. Mr. I'ape also stated that it
was getting impossible to sell prop
erty in town because people are get
ting afraid of fire and would not in
vest in property as a result.
The fire engine is the same one
that was voted on at the election last
June and will cost the city $9,50(1,
and City Attorney Treadgold said it
would be necessary to vote general
fund wrrants for the engine anil then
pay them out of the general fund
bonds. However in the case of the
water question it would be necessry
to vote special bonds us this had to do
with municipal ownership of public it
tilities, while n lire engine is simply
a proposition for the protection of the
properly interests of the people.
The vote of the council for both
propositions, to submit the question
of bonding the city for the extension
of the wter system and Tor the pur
chase of the lire engine was unani
mous. Of cou rue this does not mean
that either proposition will carry but
it is generally believed that the prop
osition to gel a water aupply will ear
ly by a largo majority ax the exper
ience of the people with the pioannt
Hipply in the pant Im not been very
NiliHfnrlory. The okpeiimico of the
piit few dwya, when tin wnlnr wmk
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Water Supply on Little Creek
to Come Up BeforeCity
to be Held Next June
I JOHN LISK PASSED
AWAY TUESDAY NIGHT
John Lisk, whose serious illness
was announced in Tuesday's Recorder
died at the Emergency hospital
Wednesday morning about 2:00
o'clock. Lisk had been suffering for
Home time with a serious case of can
cer of the stomach, and was brought
to the hospital Monday. Hut it was
loo late then to do anything for him.
Little is known of Lisk here, and
ilthough he was a member in good
standing of an Odd Fellow's lodge in
Spokane and often attended lodge
lere, he could never be induced to
alk or irive any information about
lis relatives or his past life and it is
lot known whether he had any rela
tives or friends at all. About three
vears airo. Lisk took up a homestead
jf 80 cres about three miles south o
Bandon and has been living there
unco.
During his recent illness the local
Odd Fellow's lodge has been looking
jfter him and the funeral was con
ducted at the Bandon undertaking
parlors yesterday under their auspi-
es.
Attempt is being made to find out
if possible whether the dead man has
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anv relatives in any part oi me
contry, but so far nothing has been
earned. The only property he had
left was his homestead and he had
not yet proved up on that, however if
his relatives can be found they would
have the first opportunity to prove up
on it but if not then the land will re
vert back to the government.
PORT COMMISSION MEETING
The Port of Bandon Commission
will hold its regular meeting for Feb
ruary in Coquille, Saturday, Feb. 0th.
Immediately after arrival of tho early
morning boats from Bandon. The
regular meetings of the Commission
are held on the first Saturday in each
mouth. The meetings in tho odd
numbered months are held in Bandon
in Attoney G. T. Treadgold's office and
the even numbered months they are
held in Coquille, either in the city
hall or the court house.
Since the above was put into type
Port Attorney Treadgold informed the
Recorder that owing to the fact that
E. E. Johnson was away and that J
E. Norton had to be in Bandon any
way that the port meeting would be
held in Bandon tomorrow instead of
Coquille.
COL.
R. 11. ROSA AND
T. P .11 AN LEY RETURN.
Col. R. II. Rosa and T. P. Hanley of
the Port of Bandon who have been at
Portland and Seattle investigating tho
dredge proposition, returned last eve
ning, and will report at the meeting
of the Port Commission to lie held in
Atty. G. T. Treadgold's office tomor
row. In talking to a representative
of tho Recorder today Col. Rosa said
they did not do anything definite but
they had several propositions to sub
mit to the Commissioners tomorrow.
Recorder readers are already famil
iar with the fact that an attempt is
being made to gctthcDrcdgo Portland
and other propositions live been iuves
tigated.
LADIES' GUILD WILL
. HOLD RUMMAGE SALE
Tho Indies' Guild of the Episcopal
church will hold n riiiunnige mile In
Hie vacant loom of the II rut National
linnk building, beginning Thursday,
February I Itli and t-uiillnuliig Friday
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WILL OBSERVE LINCOLN'S
BIRTHDAY, FEBRUARY 12th
Bandon Post, G. A. R. and affiliated
organizations are making prepara
tions to observe Lincoln's birthday
and Union Defender's day, Friday,
February 12th. They will
first visit the high school in the fore
noon and Rev. C. Mayno Knight will
deliver an address to the school on
"Lincoln and his Chracter and
Achievements". There will also be
other short talks and a short pro
gram by the school.
In the afternoon all organizations
will visit the grades and Mayor Top
ping will deliver an address. A num
ber of the old soldiers will also give
short talks.
The mayor of Portland has issued
a proclamation declaring this day as
clean-up day, but many believe that
so sacred a day as this should not be
used in that way, but should be made
a day ot patriotism in which to do
honor to tho great leader.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Presbyterian Church will meet with
Mrs. C. H. Hurley next Wednesday,
February 10th. Visitors are cordial
ly invited.
The plumbing shop of Joe Hattus
was sold on writ of attachment yes-
terdy afternoon, the sale being made
to satisfy claim for back rent remain
ing unpaid.
FIRE FIEND STILL
ON THE RAMPAGE
Two Houses Burned Tuesday
Night. Mr. Beaulieu and
W. Z. Dunmire, Victims
Tuesday night witnessed two mofe
fires in Bandon and vicinity, one be
ing the residence of P. J. Beaulieu,
at the corner of Third Street and Har
lem Ave., and the other the home of a
rancher on China Creek, about three
miles south of the city.
Mr. Beaulieu, who had been down
town all evening, returned homo a-
bout midnight and, lighting a lamp
started to set it on a shelf. There
were papers on the shelf, which pro
truded over tho edge and instead of
getting the lamp on the shelf he set
it on the papers. Falling to the floor
the lamp exploded and Mr. Beaulieu
rushed into the next room for n quilt
with which to smother the flames, but
when he returned the fire was be
yond his control. Instead of turning
in the alarm he busied himself in sav
ing what few things he could.
It was not until tho flames were
shooting out of the roof that the
alarm was turned by the night po
lice, who saw the flames from the bus
ness section. The hose cart was rush
ed to the scene and under the direc
tion of cting Chief Chas. Lorenz the
fire was extinguished before the en-
tiro building was destroyed. Mr. Beau
lieu had $300 on the house and $300
on the contents.
The China Creek house belonged to
W. Z. Dunmire. It was a two story
houso and well built. Mr. Dunmire
who is a bachelor, was in town all
day the day of the fire and there had
been no fire about the premises, con
sequently ho does not know how the
fire originated, but it looks very much
like incendiarism. Mr. Dunmire had
$800.00 insurance on the house and
$100.00 on the contents.
In Tuesday's Recorder we stated
that there had been ten fires in Ban
don since the big fire June 12 and the
Tuesday night fire makes eleven and
the China Creek fire was very close
and might almost be classed as a
town fire.
She Edited the Recorder
The Recorder had the pleasure
yesterday of a call from one of its
former editors, Mrs .Robert Walker.
A number of years ago, Mrs. Walker,
with the assistance of Miss Blanche
Hates, edited and published the lie-
order for one wholo month, Mrs.
Walker linn been a continuous sub-
serlber to the Recorder allien its drat
laauu.
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HAY AMEND
CITY CHARTER
Suggested at Council Meeting.
Protest Dist. No. 6 Sewer
Other City Hall Notes
City Attorney G. T,
the meeting of the
Wednesday evening
Treadgold, at
city council
stated that
among other things that should come
up before the people at the city elec
tion next June was the amendment of
a few sections of the city charter
That tlie council is anxious to do
something to relieve the situation in
the water supply is evident from the
fact that City Engineer J. C. Sawyer
was ordered to make a survey of Lit
tle creek to uscetain tho possibilities
for a water supply and a resolution
was passed designating that the
council would act as a committee of
the wholo to assist in the work.
The condition of the cesspool on the
James Armstrong property on Doug
las ayenue was called to the attention
of the council and the city health of
ficer was ordered to investigate and
order relief necessary.
The water committee was instruct
ed to look into the matter where new
water. mains were needed and it is the
intention to buy about 5,000 feet of
new pipe to be used as needed. It was
reported by the water bailiff, Fred
Lorcntzen that there were about nine
city blocks that were being sup
plied by ?4 inch mains and in some
places these were corroded so that the
water supply was very poor, it was
deciuod by the council that these plac
es should be looked after at once so
that the people could be supplied
with plenty of water. City Recorder
Kausrud reportedthat some people in
West Bandon had not been able to get
any water since last Saturday.
There is a fact that should be un
derstood by water users however, and
that is, the committee is doing aii
in its power to remedy the situation
ut it is impossible to get everything
adjusted in a day or two. It may
take a month or two yet before con
ditions are all relieved but they will
be as rapidly as possible
A remonstrance against construct
ing a sewer in bower Dist. 0 was
read. The remonstrance was signed
by nearly all the property owners in
the district and it was stated by some
f those present that tho sewer would
not serve more than about eleven
families and that the service would
not justify the expense at the present
time. This sewer district covers Ed
ison venue and the streets leading in
to it and is sometimes known as the
Edison Ave. Sewer district.
Plans and specifications for Sower
district No. 4 and No. 7 were submit
ted by tho engineer and accepted by
the council. Sewer District No, 7
comprises Seventh St. West from
the manhole on Franklin avenue,
west to the end of the street, and the
engineer's estimate as to the cost of
constructing the same, was $1,1(! 1.7(5.
Sewer Dist. No. 4, commences at El
mi ra and Eleventh St. and tnkes in
Caroline St., Harlem Ave., the coun
try road and a few other streets in
that section of the city.
Councilman I'ape, chairman of the
special committee to look after tho
washout on Baltimore Ave. reported
that the street should be repaired at
once as there was danger of further
damage and it might cost several
times as much to fix it later on. It
was decided, however, that with prop
er drainage of tlie spring under the
street so as to ctop the slide, the
street would not get any worse and it
could be repaired to better advantage
later on, and possibly at less cost.
The city engineer was authorized to
put in (lie proper drainage,
Tho city engineer was ordered to
have a few lands of dirt dumped ut
the wmt approach of tho bridge on
Fourth atri'ul Wi-at l protect llm
inui'uduiii that wuh put down lual
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She had previously been allowed
$15.00.
The usual number of bills were al
lowed and the council then ndjourned
MRS. C. M. SK EELS DIES
AT JUNCTION CITY, ORE
Word was received here today that
Mrs. C. M. Skcels, mother of Mr?
Chas. Lorenz, of this city, died last
evening at Junction City, Ore., whet-
she had been visiting. Mrs. Skeels
home is at Coquille and she was one
of tlie best known and most highlv
respected citizens of the town. She
was also well known in Bandon and
had many friends here..
Mrs. Henry Lorenz nnd Mrs. Geo
Lorenz came down from Coquille on
the morning boat today and will ac
company Mrs. Chas. Lorenz to Co
quille tomorow where the body will
be brought for burial.
TO RAISE BEAVER
IN COOS COUNTY
State Game Warden Overton Dow-
ell, Jr., has shipped one male nnd two
female beavers to C. A. Lagerstrom
at Marshfield. The three animals are
to be placed on tracts of the C.
Smith Lumber Company's land whicl
has been made a state game rescrva
tion. They were captured on the Siu-
slaw river some miles above Florence
in the State Game Reservation.
LIGHT HOUSE MAY
BE MOVED TO TOWN
Letter to the Recorder From
Congressman Hawley In
dicates This Change
Rumors that have been going the
rounds to the effect that the Bandor
lighthouse would be moved over tc
this side of the river, would seem tc
have confirmation in the following
leter received by the Recorder yester
day from Congressman W. C. Haw
ly. The letter which is self ex-plan-atory
follows:
Washington, D. C, Jan. 28, 1916
The Bandon Recorder,
Bandon, Oregon:
My Dear Sirs:
1 take pleasure in advising you
that late yesterday afternoon the
House of Representatives passed c
bill for the improvement of the light
house service in which I had an item
of $6,000 for "improvement of aids
to navigation at or near the entrance
to Coquille river, Oregon."
With best wishes, I am
Truly Yours,
W. C. HAWLEY
BASKETBALL SATURDAY.
BANDON, MARSHFIELD
Bandon's fast aggregation of High
School basketball players will lock
horns with the team from the Marsh
field High School at Dreamland Pavil
lion in this city Saturday evening.
and the outcome is being wtched with
eagerness by local basketball fans for
if the locals lose this contest it will
take all championship chances frorr
their grasp, but if they win they will
still be in the running with good pros
pects of carrying off "tho rag"
Those who go to the game will get
to see a double header as the Bandon
Has Beens will try to take the Second
team from the high school to a trim
ming. Unless the local boys show more
class than they have been in practice
during the last few days, they are
more than apt to get the short end of
the score. Marshflold, under the
coaching of Roy Niles the Whitman
College star, has developed a big
burst of speed since the first game
they pluyed this season and are now
tied witli Bandon in the pecentage
column of the league. Each team haa
a percentage of f00, The gamo tomor
row evening will put one of tho twu
In the league eel hi r.
It la probable that ('oiii'li Quiglo)'
will pluy the following line-up: Wind
aort ntiiturj L I'ulleii mid UUAlr.,
forwunla; Wnbb mid f'liatbuni,
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RIVER BOATMEN
GET VACATIONS
Federal Inspectors, After two
Days Consideration, Sus
pend Licenses 20 Months
As result of the investigation of
tlie recent troubles between captains
and engineers of the Coquille river
Transportation Co. and the Myrtle
Point Transportation Co., by inspect
ors Edwards and Fuller of Portland,
the local inspectors for tlie U. S.
government, the papers of Captains
Walter and Allen Pantcr and Engin
eer Win, Pantcr of the .Myrtle Point
Transportation Co., and Captain O.
R. Willard and Engineer Elmer Wil-
lard of the Coquille River Transpor
tation Co. were tak6n away from
them for a period of 120 months dur
ing which time all of tiie above
named parties are forbidden from
navigating boats on the Coquile river
or elsewhere. The decision of the
inspectors was handed down Wednes
day after a trial which lasted two
days.
Recorder readers are familiar
with the causes that lead up to the
nvestigation. There has been bad
jlood between tho boat men for some
time and a collision of the Dora and
Charm about two weeks ago was fol
lowed by results that brought the
matter to a focus and the investiga
tion followed. Both parties claimed
that the other was to blame and the
consequence is that the same penalty
was meted out to both parties.
The fact that these men will be off
their boats for so long a time is a
matter of regret to the people of this
vicinity as they were all held in high
esteem. It is regretted that they let
their tempers get away with them at
nopportune times. Now they will
have to hire men to take their places
during the twenty months when they
in not navigate their boats for
themselves.
The Telegraph, which was in
charge of Captain Walter Pantcr is
till on tho run with Harvey Dunham
as captain but the Charm has boon
Inid up since Tuesday waiting the ar-
ival of an engineer from tlie North,
when she will be on- tlie run regularly
gam.
AMES WATSON IS
COOS COUNTY JUDGE
Judge John F. Hall has resigned
nd Governor Withycomb has appoin
ted James Watson, county judge of
Coos Countyis tlie report receiv
from Salem yesterday. This will
now put an end to the delay of the
work oftho county court which has
been held up because it was not
known who was judge. Nobody will
more pleased that the matter is
now settled than will the court it
self.. As they have been held up
for so long a time. Tho proposition of
the county judge election lias been
iscussed so much in the papers that
everybody is familiar with it.
ANTAGES VAUDEVILLE ACT
,T THE GRAND THEATER
When a vaudeville team can com
mand a salary of $100 per week they
must be able to deliver the goods. In
securing Dale and Long Manager
Scllmer can positively state that tills
act is the best that has appeared in
Bandon for a long time and is sure to
win favor with any audience.
Dale and Long will appear in songs
and dances and comic monologues
that will create spontaneous applause
from the audience, Theao onturtain
era are in a eluaa that xeldom viait
this section of Oregon and although
tlie salary paid thuin, $100 per wuuk
la rather high, we foul iiaaiired that
liberal patronage will warrant our
going to llm oxponao of imirim
thoau piioplo who uro Mini U) pluaio.
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