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Historical Sotlety Oreiron City HaU THE BANDON RECORDER Bandon By-the-Sea has the Prettiest Beach on the Coast VOLUME XXXI BANDON, OREGON, APRIL 20, 1915 NUMBER 15 AGEANT TO TELL KLAKAHMA'S STORY UIU m&lj UIMVIJ uau iu iviuj intuit. of Allegorical Reproduction to be given m Bandon Next June If plans now maturing do not mis carry an event win uikc pince m . t ...... I ! !rt i T ., t..ti mi Mllil 111 the history oi uoos county anu one l.niiml in r r nffnnfinn rf rrinQirlor. 1. 1.. .!! r IMiiu . k 1 . l..tinn n- , n f(iM tit If fi I H LI 1 1 irUHUIlLULIUII Ul il MUVUIIW tng with the eurly history of Uandon, the idea of which was conceived by Mrs. J. L. Kronenberg. The time for the event has been set for June, the ilace somewhere between Uandon and the ferry and the beneficiary of the presentation will be the public library. Briefly, the theme of the idea is this "Old Mary" a native woman known to all the older settlers of Bandon, was accustomed to keep a diary in a pe culiar way. She had a ball, about the size and shape of a ball of carpet rags, only it was wound of raw hide and sinew. Into the string with which this ball was wound she had fastened at bhort distances apart vari ous mementos for instance, a piece of bark, an arrowhead, a piece of cali co a cartridge shell, a piece of rock with a hole in it, a military button, nn elk's tooth and many other simi lar articles. To Old Mary each of these articles meant something, and the whole comprised a history of her life. The idea of the pageant centers on this ball of Old Mary's. She is to be represented as unraveling it and when alio comes to tho different mementoes each in turn will suggest nn event in tho early history of Bandon, to be presented by characters, properly cos tumed. If plans progress this pageant is to bo made an annual event to be elabo rated and improved with each succeeding year. Mrs. Kronenberg's first idea wus to present the pageant as a feature of the high school com mencement exercises but it did not seem entirely suitable and the idea was abandoned. While at Eugene Mrs. Kroncnberg showed her manus cript to I'rof. Hedding, head of the de partment of dramatic art in the uid- !. i i i:r:...i :.. i. :.. vurmiy uuu iiu wun uiujuuiiuum 111 um approval of the idea. It is ut his sug gestion that the present plan has been originated and is being carried out. Tho story of Old Mary is known to many people in Uandon but there are , numerous others to whom it is new. She made complete confidants of no ' white portion, Mrs. Kronenberg won her confidence more than any other person. She knew her from girlhood j and often had her to her home in Bun don and humored her whims. The old woman's story was learned' by Mrs. Kronenberg a little bit at a time. She was u hundred years old at the timo of her death and her life reached beyond tho timo of the first white vis itor to this coast. She was of the Co iullle tribe and her father wus a chief the original owner of Bandon. Klakahma was their original name for Bandon. Tho story of Bandon and of a scml-niythicu! black shining reck nn the sea shore were things the old wo man would tell about when in com municative mood. Viliu said the rock held her people together, but they were afraid of it and worshipped it as a bad spirit. Klakahma was their name for the black rock also, the rock and its rest ing place being associated with the name. The first men to come into the coun try, said Mary, were Spaniards and thuy landed near the lookout. Thoy bought tho land on which tho rock stood front her father fir $200 in blankets, Then they put gunpowder under the rock uud blew It to piocim ai.d It exulrd no more. Willi f( ills-jiiuaruin-! the tlo that liuld lier jxoptt iIid ('oijuilli' tnuother, mum runt a uiuUf They mutinied and wrm moii 1 1 o ii. IT It JH'Opln. Tl,' liikimy hull iw "limi't" ut l, Mury lulli'd il w ihtrllud by iu tillll Jii4l W. HjlM JtMJit il "KtlM .iji i ni miuld glW us mi' In . ui I utdlf II M Mji of tnt ball was rawhide t-tri,n nnd sinews. Seme of tho si rips i.nd the huir in trim, some had bceit tanned. The different mementos ranged all the way tiom a piece of s!t.ll to a w.npum head. Old Mary never would tell the Indian name of her ball, in fact she could rarely lie induced to speak about it nt all. It was her "book" she said and perhaps this was as fit a name as any that could be given it. The old woman had many stories to toll of the early pioneers of Coos County. She said the Coquille river was named by a Catholic priest who was one of the first white men to visit it. These and many other stories Old Mary told and Mrs. Kronenberg treasured them and preserved them. Old Mary lived in a dug out in the vicinity of Whisky run for years be fore she died. When she finaly died it was her wish that no Indian should touch her body. This was in 1911. Mrs. Kronenberg and Miss Mollic Fahy went to the old woman's death bed and arrayed her for burial. They dressed her in white and so she was laid away, tho last of her tribe, who had seen the whites come and cut a way the forests in which her people had been accustomed to hunt and to build frame work residences where the Indian lodges had stood. Commercial Club Considers Frisco Fair Suggestions Made lo Attract Attention to Coos County at (he Panama-Pacific Exposition. The Bandon Commercial Club met in rcguar session nt tho City Hall, last Tuesday night, with all officers and a fairly good attendance present notwithstanding other meetings held on the same evening. Considerable amount of routine bus iness was disposed of, several com mittees reporting along their respec tive lines, which showed work under way, with a prospect of getting re sults. Tho advisability of sending scenic and wtnnramlc views of Bandon Beach and vicinity to the Oregon building ut tho San Francisco fair present including Mr. Pnpe, and Mr. Felsheim offered to contribute pic tures for that purpose, and Mr. Sahro, who has u number of such pictures in was generally discussed, and several stork offered them at cost. - The ioea joomed to meet witji tho general ap proval of the club, as no doubt it will of Bandon citizens generally and should be further promoted. The next regular meeting will be April 27th, the second and fourth Tuesdays begin the regular moating nights. All members are urged to bo prcs sent and visitors are cordially invited to attend. Tho adjourned term of tho Circuit Court convened yesterday with !l t at torneys present, and the readir.g of the docked showed about 125 jury cases for trial before jury in civil mat ters alon.e The equity cases which are in attention to this number will not be taken up until the jury matters are first deposed of. In addition to tho civil cases there are 5 or 8 criminal cases now on tho docket ready for trial and the grand jury id in session grinding away. The Court indicated that the present grand jury would be dismisscM at tho end of this week anil a now one would m selected next Monday morning at the heginiug of the new term. Witnesses called front Uandon before the present grand jury were, II. Gustavsen, who was ordered to bring with him tho affida vit made by .1. W. Coach in tho sale of a saloon,, other witni'snes being Mn I d I'okt, Mrs, Itay Fluuderii, Jou l'hnmn, D. A. l-ong, uud Paulino millwell. Tho Coitrt'H docket allow 'ilt'i riimm mi tho rulundar. Mr. nnd Mm. J. Dunlinlni, formerly of IIuihIdii now ut 1'iulliiinl rutuninl lo lluiuloii 'ilnnluy, In vlkit wild llMr dmwlitiii Mr Tlmmim Hutilmui, IMi muy (rimln , wjUwii! IIhuu. flip lhM,Jh)IJy bwumity llvw) ! ih 'hwiMilm hmm ml, miwd nwJ PmMH 4(1) JJM JUANMfrp iBlflTiHH OREGON SINGERS CAPTURE BANDON Quartette Entertains a Representative Audience and Leaves a Good Impression Unassisted, four male singers, from the University of Oregon held the un divided attention of a largo audience in Dreamland Wednesday evening. Their program consisted of singing und that their efforts awoke respon sive echoes in the crowd was demon strated by the many encores they were asked to make. The original program was extended considerably by this means and most of the typical college ditties were presented in this way. Very few of the old favorites were overlooked on the program and there wore one or two medleys which gath ered up the fragments and serv ed them as a most delightful variety of vocal hash. The singers were all good, Prof. Ralph Lyman, the second tenor, Paul Sprague, first tenor, Albert Gillette, baritone; and II. W. Ileidcnreich, bass each presented solos and in every in stance the crowd demanded more. Team work was the one thing that showed most plainly in the action of the quurk'tte. Not only had they voices of unusual capacity and range but tho blending of tones in their trio and quartette showed that infinite and constant practice without which there can be no exhibition of perfection. A difllcult number was tho "Laugh ing Song" requiring trained nerves to counterfeit this peculiar form of mirth and do it naturally, but the quartette did it exceedingly well. In fact they were a cheerful und accomodating lot giving in fair measure all that the audience uslccd for. The quartette when departing from Bandon left behind an impression that will insure for them a hearty welcome should they chose to come again. The Oregon Quartette were royally entertained during their stay in Uan don, tho program being arranged under the energetic- supervision of Prof. Quigley who does not do things by halves. Wednesday morning thoy appcurcd in a brief program before tho high school students and in the evening they were given a timo at tho club house, known us the "Sea Gulls" down near the lookout. Hero they t i i .. . i i; i ii. .... nun aupper uuu u ciiunce 10 least ineir eyes on the glories of tho Bandon beach at sunset. Thursday forenoon they were given an auto ride through Uandon and environs and at noon were given a lunch on the grill room of tho Gallicr by local Oregon University men. During their stay in Uandon tho Quurtetto wero house guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Kronenberg. Tho Senior class of the High School pulled off tho customary stunt for seniors this being an excursion and class picnic to Bradley's lake Thurs day. To avoid the facetious little at tentions which underclassmen have been known to play their elders at such times the seniors made a secret of their destination and tho details only came out luter. All the attorneys of Bandon made a pilgrimago to Coquille yesterday to attend the adjourned term of the Cir cuit Court. This week will be preli minary to the opening of the regular term next Monday, and many notions, demurers and minor matters will bo disposed of. Also tho Grand Jury, has reconvened and is grinding away making business and trouble for the Court next week. The new jury will be present next Monday ready for tho long tediouH duties awaiting them. Prosecuting uttomey I A. LiljeqviHt bus forwurded a number of suhpoenaeit to Uandon to herald into thu presence of tho grand jury a number of llundon'ii citizen-. Among thu 1'unen from Iliuidon will be II, Aiuli'iiiii und T. II. Howard both bound ovir front I hit Im-ul jtmllcu tinirt. A on lliu UunMyu ui a hurry u !! JViduy iiIkIiI Mini mil mlh WUiiw Jj w liiu iiuL VJujJ Jit tiki wily ii&i mi ibs mi jiJM mil m ma M if SPEAKER TELLS OF RESCUE WORK W. C. McLaren Presents Telling Illustrated With Pictures Facts Rev. W. G. McLaren, chaplain of tho penitentiary at Salem and super intendant of the Pacific Coast Rescue and Protective association gave a lec ture at tho M. E. church, South, last Tuesday night. The lecture was ac companied by pictures illustrating re form work among tho prisoners and the caring for delinquent girls. This society cared for 125 girls the past year, tried 7G white slavers and se cured 2G convictions. Four girls were taken care of from Bandon Inst year "lie states and about as many from Co quille and' Marshfield. Tho lecturer endeavored to give popular instruc tion as to the prevention of disease and tiie measures necessary to restrict the plagues. This work of education and protection is one that society is just realizing the value of. Tho soci ety in .addition to looking after un fortunate girls, also provides help for men; to paroled and discharged pris oners and provides homes for desti tute babies. CORALLED A COMEDY Committee Hard at Work on a Project To Restore Beach Walk. Clear tho track for the dramatic entertainment which is to be given by Bnndon thespians under the auspices of the commercial club for tho pur pose o? raising funds with which to replncoHhe beach sidewalk. Tlibyure at it. JjThc wheels of production are beginiwi to turn. Tho subject mntter a farce-comedy of nction and ginger has been selected and the following arc hammering their typewriters in the labor of supplying tho characters with their lines: Justice C. R. Wade, Mrs. J. P. Byrne, Miss Dorothy Gib son and Mr. Wolverton. A. I). Mills is going about with u contemplative and preoccupied smile upon his coun tenance, suggestive of u man with ser ious thoughts on his mind and just one minute please we'll pull the throttlo in our next. SEES FEW ENCOURAGING SIGNS Michigan man fails to Find Anything To Enthuse Over in Business Hopes Walter II. Witt, a business man of Detroit, Mich., is one of the recent ar rivals in Bandon. Mr. Witt has long een a business associate of Geo. Dafoe who lias been engaged during the winter in tho vicinity of this city. Speaking of his observations in the east and during his trip Mr. Witt said that if there was any evidence of a re turn of prosperity in the sections lie was familiar with, it was not vis ible to the maked eye. At the best, ho thinks it is 'a case of 50-50, and what little business activity there is he thinks is duo to the European war. The automobile men have war contracts and the arms and nmunition men are very activo but aside from this, stagnation grips tho country. He spoke of one packing liouso in Chica go which shut down for the first time in twenty years. Detroit said, Mr. Witt because of its automobile industries is fairly well off, but Chicago is bud, Omalia is worse and Denver is worst of nil ns far as industrial conditions were con cerned. Mr. Witt was willing to con cede that tho war might have affected tho coastn, east uud west, und also the south, but as fur as the central and plain states were concerned he did not sou how it could affect business condi tions there. And them times uro uiirely dull. . Hurohl Johnnon, xon of Cupt. Itobort JiiIiiuoii huii been confined to bin bod for Mtvurul ilnyn, with mi Inflation or poUoiiIng on liin fiifu und itbiHit III tthlii. wliinh i'uuhiiI it)imlilyiiWi awtri- MlilKi "1I fruriou puln. 1J'Jt MimUan in.... i . .i. .i. i .... i i. . i ami IWUIIIIIK l 1IIIIKI UMU no II IH iliUiUy tar titf mmitr atwtar im lwi Jgi m liif tjiy M 'H 0 0jS PORT WINS IN HIGH COURT Probably the best news Bnndon has heard in many a day was contained in n telegram to Attor ney G. T. Treadgold nnd received by him this afternoon announc ing the winning of the port case. Tho body of the telegram was as follows: "Former opinion of tho Court is adhered to and decision is af firmed in State vs Port of Uandon and others. J. C. MORELAND, Clerk of Supreme Court Judge Coke returned from Gold Beach last week where he held the regular April term of Coourt, He stated that the business of the term took only one half day, that is from nine o'clock until noon, after which time he was making preparation for his homeward journey. lie says the roads are still in bad condition, part icularly on the North end where there has been a great deal of the hauling. Treasure Seekers Sent To Jail Crew, of Good Ship Barnacle Suspected of Counterfeiting The crew of tho good ship Barnacle which sailed anon from the bay yclept Coos, is reported in trouble in Frisco. When the fair craft left its haven on the waterfront of our neighbor town the air was permeated with the ru mors that treasure trove was its mis sion and Mexico, Soutli America or even far Cathay was its destiny. Sub stantial evidence of theii inter lions was derived from the fact that sundry potato bins nnd chicken roosts, on the morning after as well as a missing r.nchor and coil of rope suggested that thoy had begun the treasure hunt at hou'e, tit's boinr Mie fir-.t chapter of a toiuuncc to bo contii'in.'-t later on. Tth arrival of the Barnacle aroused some interest in the California met ropolis when she nrrived at that point, she was allowed somo free nowspnper advertising, and the fact that the boat with its thirty feet of length, its crew and its nanio, appealed to the reporter's imagination is respon sible for some notoriety that must have been very pleasant for all con cerned Behold the sequel: The crew of the Barnacle, Syd Wilson, owner, David Post and Frank Harris were arrested in San Francisco last Thursday, charged with counterfeiting. They were caught with the goods it is said and confessed. Wilson is a former bartender of tho Chandler bar. Poste claims to bo a newspaper man and has engaged in mining.. He mado a proposal to the Marshfield chamber of commerce to advertise Coos county on the alleged trip for gold, at $75 per month but the olfer was refused. Now it is suspicionod tho Barnacle crow had business relations with Z. G. Harshnian, recently arrested and con victed of counterfeitting. Government Engineer C. R.. Wright states that the local preparations will soon be ready for active jetty work, but that tho work may be delayed somewhat watting for tho completion of the two government scows now l...;.... I. ..ill ..I t..rl liiitit rr lliiu vwirt. '. Ifl'lll; num. lib in .... ...... The contract provides Unit they boi completed in 80 days, the expiration or . . . . i which time will be about tne miilillo of June, thought tho woik might be completed sooner, lie states that this work will practically finish ull of Tuppor rock and there will bo noiiiing luft of it. The Kliwtboth which uriivod from Han Fnuiclwii Monday morning ihuiIh nit niroit iu got IihiiIuiI mid out the niylit following. Hw got Imr loud nil rigid Uit fall to (1ml lb" lido In un hwwiiiimImUiik numl Tint IWtJftNiJ Jmrwl w day ui imma Cm mm tim Httmlk. ii4M U4tfi Hui4n 11 f im COQUILLE AND NORTH BEND Capture. Honors in Elocutionary Contests at North Bend Friday Evening. Local Contestants on Mentioned Lists Uandon's representatives in the elocutionary contest at North Bend lost out last Friday night,, the honor of first orator for boys went to Co quille and the North Bend contestant was awarded first honors for girls by the judges. Of Bandon's represent atives, Geo. Chatburn won the third place for boys and Mnry Donaldson was given second honor for girls. In extenuation it may be said that Chat burn's piece was by far the most dif ficult piece essayed by the boys and he suffered in comparison with other ' contestants, who having simpler piec es found it easier to present he same. The judges were Miss Silverman of Mnrshfield, Miss Newell of Coquille, Miss Wimberly of Myrtle Point, Principal Grubbe of North Bend, and Miss Rodgers of Uandon. All were teachers in the various contest ing schools. It may seem curious that teacher were allowed as judges in a competition where their own pupils were entered but the plan of judging was allowed to judge only represen tatives of other schools and were not asked to sit in judgement on their own scholars. The Bandon contestants put up a good efTort in the contest and made a line and creditable showing. Morton Tyrrell won first honors for Coquille in the oratorical contest and Miss Anna Truman of North Bend won tho declamatory honors. These contests are now in their second year ami Coquille has won the oratorical. honors both years. According to tho ruling a third consecutive win will .jive them possession of the trophy, a hlver cup. In the declamatory honors Marshfield has won the cup once und now North Uend wins it for the first time. A CONVIVIAL ARISTOCRAT Talented Foreign Visitor Strong on Goodfellowship. One of the interested visitors to Uandon during tho past week was Ba ron Verrach von Waldberg, who to tell his own story is the son of an Ottoman Turkish lady and a Silesian nobleman, who was a matriculate of Bonn and an attache of the diplomatic service of Germany, and is visiting this country on a tour of investigation in tho character of a traveler und magazine writer. When seen by a representative of the Recorder tho Baron was suffering slightly from too much entertainment. His feet tracked with somo difficulty and he felt disposed to sing, lie apologized for what ho admitted was it weakness but said that, when he had hail time to sleep and get rested uj ho would produce an acrostic on the representative's name in fivo minutes time. Rhymed? Most as suredly, lie also promised to pro duce for inspection some of his magazine writings. The baron's mission to this country Is gathering material for a book ho will publish and for which ho expects a large sale in European countries at tho close of tho war from people who wish to make this country their homo and leant conditions here. Some of the people whom he met in this city wore not favorably impron kciI with tho Baron's pretensions. Thoy suggest that "Seeing America through tho Bottom of u Schooner" would be an appropriate title for his forthcnni' ing work and it is reported that bo fore tho llitroii left town ho sacrificed homo of It t h poreouul uppurul to realize it little ready ouhIi. Mi. I'mnk llltk of I'lonijt ak wo u visitor in IIuimIuii I'Hdwy. 81o report U ruil butwii Umidon iiml Uwt iwliil to I hIkhjI m IwiI u Uwy wMihJ iuMjhJtf bo. Il l In Uii lluJ'w. (Jwfe Hint tho mint t r iM ! bcMW UWl. Oil jtil. ftmlml md wiling wtUl liw MNui MHItMMW UU lim ItttfUflP ut m ytom 'jit imnnuiiun mniU m usmm