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BANDON, OREGON, MARCH 12, 1915
VOLUME XXXI
NUMBER 20
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TOPIC f TALK
Commercial Club At Second
Meeting Advises Burying
the Little Hammer
The Bnndon Commercial Club met
nt the city hull Tuesday night with
all olllccrs and a good attendance
present, us well as some visitors from
different parts of the county. The re
ports of the diiTereent committees
showed that within a week's timu
there was enrolled a membership of
about fifty members with tho com
mltto's work still incomplete. Also
that a considerable amount of corres
pondence hnd been taken care of dur
ing that time, and that ths executive
committee had held several meetings
and taken up mattcr3 looking towards
new business for Bnndon.
The principal feature of the even
ing was the presence of John C. Ken
dall of Marshfield, representing E. II.
Tryon, principal holder of the Dan
don Woolen Mill and he stated that it
was their desire to interest outside
parties in the mill. That most all
woolen mills are running now to their
full capacity, night and day, and that
the manufacture of woolen fabrics
is now especially profitable. That be
fore approaching a prospective pur
cha s e r he was desirous
of knowing in n general way what the
sentiment of the Bandon people if
Two things are desired moral sup
port and finnnciarutipport, particular
ly the former. A prospective buyer
will in all probabili4. look the prop
osition over and tTi3" Blmuon 'people'
not bo aware of his presence in the
city. When talking to strangers
Bandon peoplo should be particularly
careful to conceal a hammer -advised
Mr. Kendall.
It seems to be tho desire of all
members to co-opsrate in this way.
As to tho financial phase, various
plans were discussed and at least one
very feasible plan was argued which
would no doubt bo very favorable to
a prospectiva purchaser. It is the in
tention of tho club and the mill repre
sentatives to confor further and tho
prospects of success in this matter in
tho near future nro stronger than a
probability.
Other minor matters came up at tho
meeting among which was the side
walk to tho beach which hc3 been par
tially destroyed or torn up by the
government preparations-- for jotty
work. A committee was appointed, to
arrange ways anil means for its re
construction. ,l'ho next regular meeting of the
club will bu March 2 Ith. All are urg
ed to bo present whether members or
not.
CASK ARGUED APRIL 12th
Attorney Treadgold for tho Port
Commissioners recieved a telegram
today form tho Supreme Court to tho
eell'ct that the port case will be reop
ened and argued April 12th.
A. M. Kopf of Fnrrar, Iowa, en
route to the fair at San Francisco
dropped off at Bandon to visit with
his brother C. G. Kopf.
THE CHURCH IN THE BALANCES
Discourse on Live Subject to bo Madi
at the Orphoum Theater Next Sun
day Night by Dev. C M. Knight
Is religion a failure? Aro the
churches doing anything for tho bet
terment of mankind or are they bar
nacles on the body of society? Huh
the church drifted away from the
precepts of Its early adherents or has
society progressed too futst for tho
church, leaving It in the reur, a relic
of outlived lucfuliii'dx? In mankind
ripening Into demy t hut the church
no longer bus it Ntrong Inllutmi'e nvur
in action? Tlume nro pertimtiit
iiitktionn and Duty will he IjiIkui up
ami tnuli il fmvij fulrly und ntinn
l in mi udilKwn to Din public of Hun
ilmi ut Hut Oiphniiiu (Intuitu- init
Xiiiiduy I'vunliitf. Nu nin' wlw ulUmU
will full In - miry burnt iwhihIWm
it think umU
Unv mhJ gJJ i' mitliully tuviunj in
WOOLEN
A NEW BLACK SANI) MACHINE
Invented by nephew of Col. Rosa, Will
Bo Tried Out in Curry County
R. I. Long nnd E. E. Epling of
lxirdsburg, Cal., who have been in
Bandon for several days past, left for
the south on the stage Thursday
morning. The former is a nephew
of Col. Rosa. They have a newly de
vised machine which they will try
out on the black sand in the neighbor
hood of Port Orford.
The machine which they will use is
the invention of Mr.Long who built
it with tho aid of his father. One of
the machine is nlready in operation
Lompoc, Cal. and in its eight
hour shift gets an ounce of gold and
an ounce and a half of platinum.
The latter is tho more -valuable being
worth about $54 an ounce. Agitators
stirs tho saral and the water comes
up from the bottom and into an 8 ft.
luice.. No plans have ben made yet
for putting the new machine on the
market.
SURPRISE ON GRANDMA
About twenty 'ladies of the Presby
terian church Ladies' Aid met at the
L. C. Gibson home and gave Grandma
Barrows a surprise. She received sev
eral nice gifts besides a shower of
cooked things. The afternoon was
spent with needle work and towards
the close, delicious refreshments we're
served. Those present declared they
iiad enjoyed a pleasant afternoon.
The Ladies' Aid will meet next
week with Mrs. Geo. P. Topping.
All members are requested to be pres
ent. BANDON WILL (JET HARBOR
IMPROVEMENTS
The Times extends congratulations
to Bandon that it is to get its gov
ernment appropriation for harbor im
provements this year. Tho people of
Bandon, like the peoplo of Cons Bay
trtxsd-themselves libc'rutty-niid l.cu-.-ily
through their port commission for
special improvements nnd richly de
serve the government assistance
which the United States engineers
assure the Times they will receivo
so that the work may be done tho
present season.
Good for Bandon. Coos Dny Times
WHAT CONGRESS
ACCOMPLISHED
Some of the Important Meas
ures Made Law of Land
The congress just closed, accom
plished: A tariff law revising downward
practically all schedules, affecting ar
ticles of clothing, food and shelter,
and revising upward most schedules
affecting luxuries.
An income tax. law.
A war tax law.
A new banking law.
A luw creating a federal trade com
mission. A law revising the nnti trust stat
utes; exempting labor and farmers
organizations from the provisions of
that statute and abolishing inter
locking directorates in big business.
The enactment of an agricultural
extension act, which is intended to
carry tho results of the department
of agriculture's research work direct
ly to the men and women on the
(at 1118,
The enactment of a law which af
fords tho government better facilities
for settling railroad and industrial
disputes.
The enactment of a law providing
for a railroad into Alaska, intended
to open up that territory to civiliza
tion and development.
Tho enactment of an anti-narcotic
law intended to break up tho trafllc
in habit forming drugs.
The enactment of a law reforming
the coiiKiilur service.
The enact muiit of a law combining
tlu revenue fuller uml lighthouse
muvleiw Into the fount guard, which
ill Hiikw of will' will he lined III count
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biwik up MHinWIllg In illm,
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HER EIGHTEENTH BIRTHDAY
Miss Hattie Boak Entertains Her
Girl Friends at a Social Party
On Monday afternoon the Boak
residence was the scene of a very en
joyable birthday party given to com
memorate the eighteenth anniversa
ry of Miss Hattie Boak. Tatting and
music were the two main features
of tho nfternoon's entertainment
Miss Ruth Berkhart icndeied n
number of musical selections which
were enjoyed greatly.
Light refreshments were served.
Those present were: tho Misses
Gladys, Edna and Alice Gallier, Helen
Stoltz, Amy Windsor, Grace Gibson,
Ruth Barrows, Alta Hanson, Ruth
Berkhart, Ruby Berkhart, Ruby Til
ton, Mary Donaldson, Fern DeLong
and Helen Fish.
LANGLOIS COWS
TO BE TESTED
Assocation Formed in Curry
County Town to Fnrther
Their Dairy Interests
A cow testing association was re
cently formed at Langlois by Prof.
W. A. Barr of the Oregon Agricultur
al dairy extension work. 75G cows
contribute to the association and
more could have been had had it been
considered wise to take them in.
Three ranchers were refused admis
sion into the association because of
lack of accomodations and it is not
unlikely that a second association will
be formed with a part of those now
included in the groupe nnd those still
unacenmodated..
JTbt ojarwiizatloju comprises .ranch
es in tho neighborhood of Langlois
down to a point about five miles from
Port Orford. The Hughes Bros, are
the only prominent dairymen who aro
not members of the association.
Neither aro the cows from the Thrift
homestead included in the association
It is expected that the Thrift place
will bo sold. This place with stock
is held at $80,000.
The members and the number of
cows they entered in tho association
are : Dr. J. R. Weatherbee of the Star
ranch, 125 cows; Pomeroy and Guerin
70; Louis Knapp, 40; A. J. Marsh of
Elk river, GO; James Hughes.south
side of the Sixes, 25, Lex Cope, Lang
lois, liti, Robert McKcnzie of the Six
es, 51; Thomas Clark, 20; E. T. Mc
Mullen of Denmark, 45; Mrs. Bethel,
45; R. L. Wagner, 20; Judge Cox,
Langlois, 20; C. A. Woodruf, Lang
lois, 20; R. W. Bonn, 20; M. G. Lutze,
25; R. Capps, Denmark, 25; R. Wal
lace, 20; J. J. Krutzer, 20; H. A.
Farrier, 18; I. Cox, 8; C. E. Spang
ler, 12; F. Brown 10; Ralph Cope, 20;
Mr. Barrett, 10.
T. J. Thrift, county assessor is
with us this week feeling of the com
mdrcial pulse of Bandonians and in
quiring solicitously whether we have
prospered or not since his last visit
in our midst.
It takes about ten days to assess
Bandon and .more if the weather is
unfavorable. In the business part of
the city where the victims are easily
located the officer can assess from
ninety to a hundred in a day.
The Brooklyn and tho Elizabeth
put to sea with the Thursday morning
tide.
SPECIAL SERVICES
Elder A. C. Bnrmore Will Speak at
Saints' Church on Filmore St. on
The Following Special Topics
Thursday, March 11th, nt 7:30 p. m.
"Tho Apostasy from Primitive Christ
ianity." Friday, March 12th, 7:110 p. m.
"Tho Rentoratlon of tho Gospel."
Kultirduy, March tilth, 7:110 p, in,
"The Convention of tho Jews to
I'lirlnt uml (heir Ituntorutlou to Pules
tine." Hiwday, Murdi lllh, II, u, in.
"J n Hid Koul tilfvp In the Hruvu?"
7i0, p, in. "The Mi'lulic linage nf
DhiiImI, 3mJ CliuptiT."
On Mimduy, Muroli IGlli M im,
n. win lJii eyeful l "WJiltlj liny
Simhi i Imjji uf IIuj fiubbuljjl4'
All wetem
NEW WATER RATES
HIT METER USERS
Practically no Changes in
Charges for Home Use.
Sprinkling Rules Made
There will be no question in the fu
ture us to the water rates, when they
are due and another matters connected
with the water department nnd City
Recorder Kausrud will have the power
to tell you what is what and where
und why when you go to his with your
troubles. Along with the Mayor and
tho City Attorney, the Water Com
mittee has framed up a schedule of
rates that will be incorporated into the
new ordinance, governing the water
department of the city.
Since the first of the year the water
rates have been the same as they
were under the rating given the Ban
don Water Company by the State
Railroad Commission, but investiga
tion lias shown that in some cases
these rates are not just nnd in other
they are not sufficient to meet the
cost of supplying tho service. Prin
cipal among the faults in the old ra
ting that have been discovered is the
fact that the meter rates were too
low to net the city a reasonable pro
fit when the cost of the meters and
their repair was figured. Under the
new rate those who are on meters will
pay 40 cents per 100 cubic feet for
the first 500 feet, 30 cents per 100
feet for all between 300 and 1500 feet,
15 cents per 100 feet for nil between
1500 and 3000 feet, 3000 to 4800 feet
at 42 cents per foot, between 4800 and
24,800 feet at the rate of 9 cents per
foot and bctwoen 24,800 and 04,800
felt at 5 cents per cubic foot. This
is practically tho only change in the
rating that will make any great u
mount of difference in the charges of
the water department.
The only way in which the home is
effected by the new rating is in the
matter in water used for sprinkling
lawns and washing windows, porches
and sidewnlks. Hero the rate will be
in proportion to the size of the ground
und the average change will be $1.00
per month, with the restriction that
the water be used for these purposes
only between the hours of 3:00 and
8:00 a. m. and 5:00 and 9:00 p. m.
Water is not to used for sprinkling
streets except by the city.
A strict code of rules is outlined for
for the water users and the penalty
for violations will be n fine of not
less than $5:00 nor more than $100.
MARRIED
A quiet but pleasant wedding cere
mony was celebrated at tho homo of
Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Teaney in this city
Thursday, March 11th by which Miss
Estclla O. Teaney, daughter of the
host and Harry P. Johnson were made
man and wife. Only members of the
family were present.
Rev. W. B. Smith of the Bandon
Presbyterian church, performed the
ceremony.
GREAT PICTURES ILLUfcTRVl'
ING A GREAT UFE STORY
John Barloycorn held tho stago as
tho attraction nt the Grand Tuesday
night, being the regular Paramount
offering for that night; Tho pic
tures were greeted by a packed house
and received mnny expressions of ap
preciation. Scenes were presented
from a dramatization of Jack Lon
don's powerful temperance story and
took tho hero through a career in
botli the seamy and genteel sides of
society. They showed him when as a
boy he got drunk on beer ho carried
to his father plowing in tho field and
later when he embarkeu in business
for himself us an oyster pirute witli
tho fleet on Sun Frunclsco buy. It
showed his struggles to get an edu
cation, his love experiences, his fin
al triumph as a literary man uml till
through the record of IiIh life story
he nibbed elbows with John Hurley
com. He never liked tho company of that
i gentleman but found It haul to pint
company with lilni. I he pluy wild u
tory mokt I'llYdlvely und pointed u
moral In u munnor lliut could mil be
loitfi'!
liui am lmntori'i'l Ull B WlllailJ
Will JUhJJ
FIRE THREATENS BROOKLYN
Steamer Catches Fire While Lying at
Prosper But Escapes Damage
Tho Brooklyn had a narrow escape
from fire Tuesday morning nt Pros
per. Some painting hnd been done on
the interior of the boat and a drier
hnd been used which caught fire from
a carelessly thrown match. Instant
ly the woodwork was on fire nnd for n
lime threatened not only the Brook
lyn but the Elizabeth which was
moored alongside. One sailor, think
ing it was time to move, made a bun
dle of his rubber boots and personal
belongings and prepared to fly.
Cooler heads, however, prevailed.
Prompt measures were taken and the
fire was speedily put out.
ALL STAR TEAM
AT BASKET BALL
Speculation as to Best Play
ers of the County. Other
Items of School Sports
Dasketball season is at an end so
far as Dundon is concerned, for alt
though the outcome of the game be
tween North Dend and Marshfield and
the decision on the contested game be
tween Bandon and Myrtle Point may
tie Marshfield, Coquille and Bandon
for the championship it Is not prob
able that the tie will be decided this
year. Tho season is late and it would
seem more advisable to devote the
remainder of the year to track and
baseball.
For the first time in mnny years
there has been a close race on the pen
nnnt and the quality of ball put up by
the different teams has been excep
tionally good, which in a large part
lias been due' to tfid'fact that eillcient
coaches have been in charge. So
good in fact has the playing been this
year that it is almost impossible to
pick an all-star aggregation from
among the many teams. Especially
is this true in picking forwards, there
being at least four men in the county
whoso basket ball shooting has been
brilliant at times but there is some
thing more than brilliant spasmodic
flashes of class needed to make an all
star player,
In the center position Dowen of
North Dend is head and shoulders in
the lead. It is around this man that
tho tail enders in the lenguo built
their hopes und without him their
whitewashing would huvo been com
plete. Outside of his floor work, hia
ability to convert fouls, makes him
one of the most valuable men in the
county.
Norton of Coquille is tho forwnrd
who has a position cinched and the
choice of his partner lies between
Seaman of Marshfield and Icslie
Pullcn of Bnndon, with the advantage
slightly in favor of the Coos Bay boy
as his playing lias been most consist
ent during the entire season.
Guards are less difficult to pick and
to Chatburn, of Bandon and Chapman
of Marshfield, are duo tho honors. In
the defensive positions theso two men
have been without rivals and although
they have always been pitted against
the best forwards of the opposing
teams, have had comparitively few
baskets slipped over on them.
Only because he is lacking in weight
is Webb, the local boy, named as util
ity man. No man in the league lias
shown more speed and better judge
ment, while his dribbling and basket
shooting have been the causo of much
comment. He is an all around man
and can fill any hole left vacant in the
lineup.
Truck and baseball aro next on the
program in the way of interscholus
tic athletics und Bnndon bids well to
make a good showing, If not better
than in the basket ball season just
closed. The material as it stands in
dicates a strong track team witli an
abundance nf sprinters und weight
men. Two or three huvo expresKseii
their Intention Ut enter the dlstanco
ovunts, leuvlng tho jump uml other
fluid uvt'iit III doubt.
Nothing definite oun Im mild about
bam bull us tills Is tho Hint yi-ar that
the iwtioiiul punllino hits iti)twr. lu
lu I hi' ualngoiy of Did lii(fh niihool
utlilnUf miumlit In Ihw tuounty. H
fur. wiilv MnnhilM, fiunduj) wit'l ttt"
TO SOUR-DOUGH
AND NUGGETS
J. R. Smith in Bandon on
his Way to Lobster Creek
and Placer Diggings
J. R. Smith, the man whose recent
find of gold in Lobster creek, as de
tailed first in the columns of the Re
corder, hns achieved more publicity
than any recent event in Oregon, was
in our midst yesterday and today on
his way from civilization back to
the land of gold and sourdough. Mr.
Smith is accompanied by his son who
is his companion nnd partner in his
mining ventures. They have recently
been to San Francisco and are now
headed towards their famous claim on
Lobster creek.
When interviewed by a Recorder
representative and shown a somewhat
scoffing article in a recent issue of
the Gold Beach Globe which intimated
among other things that tho gold, ho,
Smith had exhibited as a Lobster
creek find was identical with gold he
had exhibited in Montana many years
ago, he took the assertion with good
natured tolerance but did not hesitate
to brand the assertion witli that short,
and ugly word, sometimes avoided in
refined society
By way of offering ocular proof to
his assertions Smith took from his
pocket something less than a pound of
rough marbles which he stated was
the concentrated accumulation of gold
dust. Mr. Smith asserts that old min
ors have heretofore passed over the
real lead which lis discovered. Ho
further averred .hJi-u cbort time
ho will develop the country into n real
gold miningsection where claims will
lie one against the other.
Mr. Smith claims the real valuable
character of the Lobster creek coun
try has been retarded fr.om develop
ment by carpet miners who go no fur
ther than to place pspers to hold a
title to their claim, but who in real
work, know nothing of the game.
He claims that lie has interested
wealth and expert gold mining men in
his project by his visit to San Fran
cisco. Ho will now open up his valu
able holdings on a large scale.
As evidence that he has found gold
mining profitable Mr. Smith stnted
that lie has never done nnything else
to make a living and owes no one. and
has property in his own right.
He believes the country to the south
of the Coquille will shortly become
of national importance as a producer
of gold He tolls interesting stories
of the hardships and allurements of
tho quest after the yellow metal, not
the least of which is the weeks of
sour-dough bread and deer meat and
the arduous work of constructing hun
dreds of feet of split cedar flume
boxes.
Taking up the assertion that he had
really found the gold in Curry Coun
ty and that ho had secured it on the
beach instead of in Lobster creek, ho
stated that the gold came from a
location so close to lobster creek that
its location could not be otherwise de
scribed. He said that from the South
inlet on the beach he had shipped
three tons of sand to San Francisco
on the Nairn Smith which yielded
from forty cents to a dollar fifty-five
per ton in gold beside other valuable
metals.
Since the story of Mr. Smith's find
ing was first told on the pages of the
Recorder, January 25th, the jness of
Western Oregon has devoted consider
able space to tho subject and it bus
been published in the Bulletin, the of
ficial organ of the Portland Chamber
of Commerce.
Hurl Wutklns, son of Mr. und Mrs.
Wntkins of this citv. who is taking
! II1UIDU 111 I'lllll 111(11 Ml bltu ,i..r.
Pacific Duntul College, In Portland
is uinoiig thoHo who were succoHhfui
In punning the examination for junior
pliuriimrUtH' pa pern liufore tho State
Hoard of Exuiiilmtr liut month, Mr.
WutkliiN Is it graduate nf (lie (lundoii
lllub Huliool uml wull known ulong
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