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About The Bandon recorder. (Bandon, Or.) 1915-19?? | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1915)
Hit MltMH V MAW A Great-Grandson Of Daniel Boone Story of Captain A. D. Boone of Sumner Who Came to Coos County in 1868 Capt. A. I). Boone, of Sumner who passed away at the home of his daugh ter, Mrs. Wm. Kardell, in Marshfield on March 2'J, was one of the best known and most beloved of the early OrcRon pioneers, although for u number of years he bus lived a life of retirement, and outside of his own little community has met few of the younger generation and new comers who make up the greater part of the population of the county today. Al phonso I). Hoone was a great grand son of Daniel Boone. He was born near Jefferson City, Missouri June 18IJ7, and was left motherless in car Iy infancy. His father, Col. Alphon so Boone, kept his large family boys and girls together and in 1810 with a large company of emigrants left Missoury for the distant Oregon territory, coming by ox team. large part of the company, captained by ex (lovernor Boggs, turned toward California, and settled in the Sononi vnlley; Boggs who was a brother in law of Colonel Boone, afterwards set tling on a large Spanish grant in Napa valley. The Donner party, whose tniL'ic experience forms one of the sad chapters of western pioneer his tory, was another division of the ori ginal large company that crossed the plains together Colonel Boone's party after much hardship reached the pre sent site of Corvallis, whore the first winter was passed, and whore his daughter Chloe, opened a school for the settlors children. Later, the father with several of his sons went to Cali fornia on Feather river, the scene of their operations being long known as Booties Bar. While in Cahform young Alphonso visited at the Boggs home in Sonoma county, there becom ing acquainted with the family of General Vallojo, and many others who were identified with the early history of the Golden State amcng other friends he made at the tims being young Lieutenant Hooker known later ns "Fighting Joe" Hooker. Return ing to Oregon he decided on steam boating as a career, and began work as a deck hand on of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co's. boats on the Columbia rising to pilot, and after wards to captain. In the years of bis steamboating on the Columbia Capt Boone became well acquainted with all those sturdy, energetic pioneers who were laboring to bring Oregon to the front. His brother-in-law, Geo. L, Curry was the last territorial govor nor of Oregon and the young steam boat captain, with his clear mind sound judgement, and keen sense of humor in which malice never found jilace, was a welcome addition to any company. In 18(18 Capt. Boone came to Coos Bay and located a homestead a mile from the present village of Sumner but engaged in steamboating on Coos Bay and Coos River for several years being captain to the Satellite and the Messenger. Ho was a boat builder as well, and always retained his love for carpentehr's tools. Capt. Boono was married to Miss Nancy Lethia Barker, March 21, 187!1, soon after settling on his ranch, where he spent the remainder of his life. To this hap py union were born three sons and three daughters all of -whom were with him during his last illness. The funeral was held at Simmer March III), many relatives and friends gathering at the little cemetery to pay the last tribute of respect to one of whom none could have any but kindly remebran ces. i no aii hearers ware young men who from childhood had known and respected the deceased. Rev. A F. Basstord of the Baptist church of Marshfild conducted the services nd the body was laid to rest beside the wife who had preceded him but a month before. To have knowiiAlphouso I). Boono was a privilege; to have sat beside him in front of a cheerful open fire when he was in a reminiscent mood was a pleasure one could not forget; to have had his friendship for many years is one of the big things for which to give thanks. It can be truth fully said of him,"lle was every inch a man" Cnqtiillo Herald. COMMUNICATED The announcement of (lie route to be followed by the Aluahan inilroiid will be uniiouiu'tNl by tint uovnriiiiwinl in n tfliort lime. Tlin uuiMtrurllon will lit Editor Bandon Recorder: In an editorial "Fifteen Years Ago" apear ing in your paper for March JtfMi, at tention ip called to the iWu of Henry Ford and other, wha dti.ing the past fifteen years have successfully manip ulated the business ganit! with consid erable emphasis on the opportunity for others to do likewise. The success of this man was at the expense of the maaa of Jabot ing hu manity, who, as ! have shown in a re cent article in the Western World are practically cut of;' from opportunities to secure even a decent living under our present system of private proper ty in land. You adviso that when you hear a boy or man comploin that he has i o chance, take him by the hand and toll him a few things. Among others that there never was a time in the world's history when there were more, etc. Yet, m-m, women, and boys, not singly, but by the millions, are complaining, nay groaning under their heavy burdens, right out hero on the farms of beautiful America! As well as in manufacturer of thu conn try where seven millions of nitnian beings, mostly heads of families, re ceive an average yearly v.nge of only $ I77.!U. This wage will not feed them, say r.othing nbout clothing, bousing or laying by for sickness and old age. And were it not. for the crime of char ity thin army would perisn, or face an immediate readjustment of our pre.i cut system which now enables a tew who, out of unscrupulous methods or out of sheer luck, become the bene- factoi.i of an unjust social condition. For every milionaire there is as a result a few thousand paupers. This for (lie simple reason that no man can earn a million dollars in a life time at lioner.l labor. And when we view the other side of the question to which you have called our attention the spectacle becomes lamentable, not ap plaudable. It is not what a few may, by sheer luck or unjust means, ac complish that interests the economic student. Justice stops at nothing short of the welfare of the race. M. Editor, there is a certain virtue in opt'mism, but why should wo ignore the indisputable fact that two and two equals four? Or with reference to the terrible human struggle for bread, that four from four leaves nothing. You nay that the young man who will take hold of the farm may make him self independent within ten years. How will the young man without mean get hold ot such a larm I Where will the man "get of!" who straddles a $200 an acre proposition at six or eight per cent interest, who has neither stock nor money or tools? My father bought land in Western Iowa for $0.00 per acre and paid for the land and fence with the first crop The oung man of today would bo obliged to pay upwards of two hund red dollars. If there are such great opportunities to get rich quick on a farm, tell us why 117 per cent of all the farmers of the United States arc renters. There are some things that flesh and blood can not successfully go up against. One is German artillery. Another is a twenty to forty thous- ind dollar mortgage on 100 acres of farm land. Respectfully, SAMUEL WOOD NATIONAL FOREST IN THE EAST t . ... IT . ' , I , , . news nuies ot interest From Neighbor Towns Resume of Happenings That May Inlescst Local Readers. Gossip and Sensation Condensed and Abbreviated- So much has been said and written concerning the National Forests of the West, that few people realize that there are over two million ncres timberland now under federal ad ministration in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and in the Appal achians. In fact so keenly has the need been felt in the East for government aid and protection in the mater of forests that Congres certain timbered areas and protection in the matter of forest that Congress passed the Weeks law whereby the government could ac quire by purchase, certain areas which included important watersheds whose protection would mean much to the communities adjoining them These areas also contained an enor mous quantity of timber, inaccessible and widely scattered, but which would be marketable if the region were properly developed and iuiprovcd.Tlic timber amounts to a little more than a billion board feet, with a value of over $a,00fj,000 on the stump. Under the operation of the Weeks Law, the government is already app lying the principals of scientific forestry to these newly acquired forests. In some places mature trees are removed in order to give young growth a chance. In other localities j the building of roads and trails is the principal work.. These improvements aim at local communication, fire pro tection, and the opening of the wild land for recreation purposes; and also to make the timber more accessible and valuable to the operators. A great deal of the forest land with in the purchased areas was cut over or culled before the government ac quired it. Nearly all of this class of land, however is covered now with young growth and oven the abandoned farm acreage, which forms about two per cent of the whole, is slowly re verting to forest. The mature stand of timber which could be marketed, includes all the eastern hardwoods together' with spruce, a good deal of hemlock, and some pine. The land, including the timber, has been bought at an average price of a little more than $5. per acre. If the recommendations of the National Forest Reservation Com mission are carried out, more than 5,000,000 acres of this land wil even tually be acquired for National Fo rests in the East. 00 ' ' GOLD BEACH GOSSIP Seidell For Evidence of Arson Acting on information carried in a letter of a few days ago from E. R. Thompson of the Sun Insurance Co., saying that the board of underwriters ire investigating the Bunker Hill fire posters have been placarded nbout the city offering a $250 reward for the arrest and conviction, within six month'! of the party or parties guilty ol arson. Coos Bay Times. France at the Fair To show her friendship to the Un itc-il States France will send n delega tion of leading statesmen to the San rancisco fair. A special album of 00 original drawings is being fashion ed by French artists for formal pres entation to America through United States Ambassador William G. Sharp. I he presentation will be made by resident Raymond Poincare and the ceremony will take place some time in May. I he Republicans elected William Hale Thompson mayor of Chicago hut Tuenday with the largest majority ever given in the history of t'" ety, The Iti'lurn of Hyde Frederick A. Hyde, fnnnor laud ami timber magnate bun roiiirmtd to Hun FimiicImo f nun Atlanta, Oh., where lie Mi'VMl II till III III (111) M)'IH (Kill lurried mi by lln AIiuKhh mghmring ' "Uiy tav IhihI fmmU in Oron hh.1 t j)miiiiniii Mllmr iIkih mulct' lhn . (IHiei llhK .ul ill III!' 4'IH) ('Hlffornta. 1 1) tin whu nniU)wl lit llw IM-Imhi IfbfHiy willt h ,MiHithi bmttwi mmj) m Mw Vwi ilrauMlfv critic. It lhi liftMi I'mwU J. Horn, tu i Hum (From Gobi Beach Globe) The possibilities of a champion wrestler arrived at the home of Fred Sorber, of our city, yesterday morning The boy is bouncer anil Fred says ho puts in most of his time struggling to get off of the mat. We congratu late Mr. and Mrs. Sorber on their first son. Mrs. Geo. W. Smith who some time ago iceived a broken leg in the skat ing rink has recently dispensed witli her crutches and asumed her usual position in rout of the wash tub on Monday mornings. J. R. Stannard and Mat Coy wrest led to a draw in the clubroom Satur day evening. Coy got the first fall on a cross bar too hold and Stannard got the second on a two point fall Both men were pretty well fagged at this stage and they. called it a draw. A deed reciting one dollar valuation with War stamps on to the amount of $M5.r0 was Tiled in the clerk's of fice on yesterday. The deed is the C. A. Smith Lumber Company and others to the Coos Bay Lumber Co. ot. al. for land located in Oregon and California. There was also filed at the same time and place a mortgage from the Coos Bay Lumber Co., C. A. Smith Timber Co., C. A. Smith Lumber & Manufacturing Co., and Smith Bowers Logging Co. to the Continental Com mercial Trust Company and John K. Lyon Trustees, the same property described in the deed for three million dollars. Wagers on IVari They are betting on the duration of the war in London. Here are some of the oiIiIm posted: That the war will end before Sept. I tlinm to one against. That the war will end before .lun-i 12 to 1 agiilimt. Tlwt (he war w end before Sepl. l-tvtn ii)iHy, Tlwt the war will eml boforit )w. I -I" la I oh. 'nt tin. wsr will ttiul htjfotw MhiIi. IKltf- lift U I m 'lUt OwMMr will toko Vuiim-- Ut 1 aiwiiMtt, Wui liTfw r mm UrJ Wiiwv w mi ao) Ktaaax in Assessor T. J. Thrift says he i not responsible for the higli taxes. C. E. Schrocder of Arago was Bandon on business last week. Myrtle Point plans to have a two days race meeting the week of Julv 4. Marshfield is to have a new bank to le called the Scandinavian-American. C. S. Patten, painter and decorator of San Francisco has located in Gold Beach. The Oregon Monument Compnny plans to establish a wholesale and re tail monument works at Coquille. . Rev. C. H. Bryan will deliver the baccalaurcat sermon to the graduat ing class of the Coquille high school M. B. Smith of Gold Beach was operated on for a serious case of in testinal obstruction, last week. The cheese factory at Wedderburn is now doing business, operted by James West of Portland. Fruit Inspector .Tohnson has con demned a quantity of dried fruit in Marshfield. It had been dried with worms in it. County Superintendent of Schools Baker will recommend a $15,000 bond issue for a now school house at Wag ner. Al Powers has already donated a site. A large water spout sucked in at the mouth of Port Orford harbor re cently, floating in a whirling column over the town and making a novel and beautiful sight. Assistant Supt of Public Instruct ion, Frank K. Wells has been visiting schools in Coos county, lie is stand ardizing school work, especially that of high schools. Myrtle Cunningham and Morton Tyrrell were selected to represent the Coquille high school at the Coos Co. oratorical contest to be held in North Bend, April 10th. The C. A. Smith company recently filed at Roseburg the lagest mortgage ever filed in Douglas county. It covers land in Coos, Douglas, Curry and Lane counties and the filing.feos were $125. An 8-100 lb buoy that washed from its mooring near Crescent City was picked up on the coast about a half mile below Port Orford. Lavin Forty who first found the buoy was reward ed with $50. W. II. Merridith lias resigned as district attorneyof Curry county. He is going to move to Missouri in May. The governor will appoint bis succes sor. J. C. Johnson, Jerry Huntly and C. II. Buflingtoii are possible candi dates. The salary of the office is $000 per year. It will soon be possible to take pas- sago from San Francisco to New York by boat. The Kroonland and the Fin land, passenger boats of twenty two thousand tons burden will soon be placed on this service. Passengers from all the North Pacific coast ports will be able to make connectiqns by way of local steamships. The entire tax levy for Coos county this year is $7-ll!1.02. Many people this year are content to pay only half of their taxes at this time though the treasurers office was crowded April 1st by those wishing to pay their taxes and thus avoid penalty. The C. A Smith company paid $20,000, half their taxes, the last day. Kendall Bros, of Pittsburg have submitted a proposition to the people of Roschurg agreeing to construct a standard gauge railroad from the city to their holdings on the North Ump- qua, and to erect a modern sawmill in Roseburg and make other substan tial improvements in exchange for a mill site, right of way and municipal bonds in the sum of $1100,000 j UNIVERSAL TELEPHONE SERVICE P)n(a)M-(a)4B(ao)aH(aDO)-(a)H(a)4H(a hi a a a I a W 0 II I a o a I a w W v I The LONG DISTANCE LINES of this company have been CON NECTED with the exchanges of the Coquille Valley Telephone Co. (FARMER LINES) at MYRTLE POINT and COQUILLE. Our patrons will find it very convenient to have use of direct telephone com munication to subscribers of the Coquille Valley Company. a H9i aa)-mmmtaaa)-mmmtau II m a a a SIS II m a a a a W w I 8 I J COOS AND CURRY TELEPHONE COMPANY x j a-mmwiai-mmmia-mmmyiaammm-iaaa-mmm-ia)'mMm-ia)-mmm-ia E. T. WOLVERTON II. C. DIPPEL Coos County Meam? Opportunity Sec Bandon First I CHOICE FARM LANDS AND CITY PROPERTY FIJtE INSURANCE NOTARY PUBLIC RENTALS BOOK-KEflPING GUY DIPPEL AUDITING ACCOUNTING CONVEYANCES REAL ESTATE FARM LANDS INSTRUMENTS BANDON :: :: :: :: OREGON i f Order Your Freight Sent by the Old Reliable I S. S. ELIZABETH Large Two-Berth Outside State Rooms With Run ning Water. Eight Day Service Between the Coquille River and ban J rancisco. FIRST CLASS PASSENGER FARE, $7.50 X FREIGHT RATES, $3 ON UP FREIGHT J Reservations: J. E. Norton, Coquille; Perkins', I Myrtle Point; E. B. Thrift, Langlois. i 3. E. WALSTROM, Agent, Bandon J KQUII'I'KI) WITH WIUKI.I-SS. f SipBreakwater I ALWAYS ON TIME Sails from Marshfield every Monday during April on (he following days: April 5 at 12:30 p. m.; April 12, at 9 a. m.; April 19, at 12:30 p. m.; April 26, at 8 a. m. and from Portland every Friday at 8 a. in. TICKETS ON SALE AT I'OKTI.ANI) CITY TICKET OITTCE, f.TII AND OAK SrUEEIS. I'OKll.ANI). I'lione 35-J. C. It l.anilcrs. Aim-iiI T PurrliUhcrx Gi'l More Time Forty days has been added to the time in which innocent purchasers of Ilyde-BciiKon lands nmy make proof in orderin order to take advantuK" the oiler to settle at $2.50 per acre The period would have expired Ajuil 9th, It was represented that 1H) du,vj was too short a time to net all the proofs in, Thu time of Frederic A. Krilm and C. A. .Smith in which to pay lU'.nmi mi ('(titlllmtiH wim extended to Any imt Ut. A claim for tWfiMAi will he llllllle MtfullMt (lillllllliy Ml H ItMMlll of the aiiikiiiK uf Uw AiHurUwit vmI, till) WMiktlH I', IV', It Imm lmH n mwmti, BANDON TRANSFER CO. Gatchell Brothers. Prons. 4 All kinds nf llOIIVV Mllfl lio-li rli-ivimr llinwi given prompt attention. .Barn corner First & Edi- son, Dish Property. .Telephone 641. i Is Tfbur Oftice Warm Ettcmgk . i Jar Tv wits You can work in comfort by using a PERFtkriON oilheater 'Jl( f0tlrrilHMlii i Ut MBit Ui It burns all clay ifl'.ri i f rf'-nilitrr nn a gallon of oil. 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