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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 , , .
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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.
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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
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(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
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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
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FIJtE INSURANCE
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RENTALS
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FARM LANDS
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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
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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
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