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Ocegon Historical Koctety City -Hull ' THE BANDON RECORDER Bandon By-the-Sea has the Prettiest Beach on the Coast BANDON, OREGON, MAY 11, 1915 VOLUME XXXI NUMBER 18 CAPTAIN ANDERSON THE SCAPE GOAT U. S. Inspectors Deprive Him of His License After a Severe Examination Into Causes of Randolph Wreck For a while this afternoon the Ho tel Gallier took on the aspect of the court room. Two U. S. inspectors werp hero nnri conducted nn investi gation of the cause pf the wreck of the Randolph in one of the rooms of the hotel. They held star-chamber proceeding and only one witness was allowed at a time in the room with the oflicials. The inspectors had their own steno grapher with them and over fifty pag es of typewritten testimony was tak en from Captain Anderson who was put through n grilling examination. At the conclusion of the examination the captain had his papers revoked, the inspectors considering him guilty of "gross negligence and careless ness" in attempting to run the bar in the manner ho did. Chauneey Carpenter, the one man who escaped from the wreck through the breakers was on hand in his naut ical rig, just as he was on the day of the accident. Possibly hail the in spectors expressed doubts as to his ability to escape in the manner indi cated, by swimming, he was prepared to show them how the feat was ac complished. Henry Colvin, engineer of the Ran dolph is down the coast, beyond Port Orford and consequently the inspect ors wero unable to got his testimony. To morrow the oflicials will investi gate charges at Coquille against Cap tain Lencve of the Charm and on the day following they will go to Marsh field to investigate tho collision Ihb tween the steamer Simpson and the dredge Mitchic. Propounded a Curious Quest ion Neva Hatcher, a married man of Coquille, indicted for a statutory of fence, in connection with the Stilwell afTair, was tried by a jury last Friday. The jury was unable to agree and the case will be tried at a later date. Ono of the features of the Stillwell, Hatcher, Enselo trials of last week was a question propounded by one of tho jurymen to n young girl who was produced on behalf of the defense for tho purpose of rebutting the testimo ny of Paulino Stillwell, and discredit ing her testimony. It appears that after Die trial of Hatcher and failure of tho jury to agree and just before Ensel's trial, ono of the jurymen heard one person say to the young girl: "Your testimo ny will bo tho same today as it was yesterday." and with the permission of tho court ,the juryman was per mitted to propound several questions on this point of the witness who at first denied having received such in structions, and later admitted it. The result of this was to convict En selo and may have a strong bearing on the re-trial of Hatcher. Idist weeK the circuit court .finished ttie trial of all criminal matters that wero before it, and began on civil cas es. Thirteen cases were set for trial before a jury and in addition to those sot was a list of i!l cases which the judgo put down on the "uncertain" list, part or all of which will be ready for trial before the first III are dispos ed of. This is sufiicient to keep the jury busy for nt least two and possi bly throe weeks. E. N. Smith is probably the only cit izen of Ilandon who pays taxes on Ilandon streets. $17 per year is the amount Mr. Smith tins been paying for property located under the pave ment of First street.' This fact was brought out at tho meeting of tho council Wednesday night. This part of the street owned by Mr. Smith is located at the intersection of First St. and Flltuoro avenue and was taken tit the time First street was extended. It wan not puld for at Hie time owing to nn overnight of tin rnininitUw who hud rlwijre of tho matter and wlnvh litis not vt M'")lUd on It. (iim) W Mount who jus mm u J'liitlMinl mi Toll! Iiu itdijra&J in Jfundoii 1 1 univ&i Ssimiii ami TO OBSERVE MEMORIAL DAY Special Services to be Held May 23rd anu on May 2!)th by Veteran- Special Memorial services for the soldier dead of the Republic will be held Sunday, May the 23rd in the Ban don Presbyterian church, with Rev. W S. Smith in charge. The G. A. R. post and the W. R. C. will attend these ser vices in n body. People of all denom inations and beliefs are cordially in vited to join in this commemoration. Docoration day will be observed on Saturday May 29th by tho veterans with exexreiscs nt the cemetery. Tho program is not yet complete but Rev, C. Mayno Knight will be the orator of the occasion. School clerk J. W. Mast tells us that there are about seven places on the list of teachers for the coming year that have not yet been filled and among those-hirod there are a number who have not accepted and whose po sitions will lie vacant. Altogether there arc at least a dozen positions yet to bo filled. Council Irons Out Latest Wrinkle Abolishes Premium For Collecting Stray Cattle. Other Municipial Matters A new method of getting rich quick was brought to light at the meeting of the city council Wednesday night. When the family exchequer runs a lit tle low it lias been possible for the thrifty husbandman to go out into the highways and by ways of the city and gather in stray cattle, drive them to the pound, r.nd collect a dollar a piece for them. When fishing fails and the cral) seeks more secluded nooks and tho clam is hard to locate and the berries r.re only a promise, the festive family cow is always to be relied on. Chris Uichcrts wlio addressed the council on the subject was unkiud enough to intimate that sometimes cows,domestic in their habits and nat urally home loving were assisted to become vagrants. He said he had paid a hundred dol lars in fines in tho city, that his ranch is six miles away, that he aims to keep his cows within fences, but that living some distance away tho cows were sometimes out for a day or two before he knew of it. He had hired a boy to watch them when they got out. De spite it all cows would leave good pasture r.nd get within the city limits. The only way he could exxplain it was through the inducement which the dol lar n head created and he thought the council should lepeal this subsidy. The council was inclined to look fa vorably on the request and by resolu tion the city attorney was instructed to draw up an amendment to the city pound ordinance abolishing tho premi um of $1 for the bringing in of the catle and increasing the pound fees from fifty cents to one dollar. Alfred Morras and his cattorpiller tractor came in for some attention from the council. It was suggested that it might he good idea to have the machine to pull a grader over the streets for the purpose of smoothing them although it would hrve to be done by private subscription. The use of the tractor on the paved streets of the city was also considered and tho permision was duly given the understanding being thnt tho engine should bear its responsibility for da mage to itself and in addition should be responsible for damage to tho pav ing beyond that of ordinary wear. Councilman Chatham drew up a re solution to this effect and the same was adopted. Contractor Webb asked for an ex tension of ninety days on the Oregon Ave, paving. The bad roads had de layed the hauling of the lun her r.nd the government survey of tho bulk IukuI hud not yet been filed. Tho ex tension wnn granted, N. J. ('rain asked for porniiiuiioii to nit trtm and hnndi on iOlh I reel in front of H lot ownml by him und ir mtstuH mt duly grnnUl. Tit uw-yvr ml Dim niiuiilim u( llii mmm4J lu iiw iuwJmu; a umuHnk BM mlmtu iU lilv ftjftrifi. 'life mlUw wfM it!1 tutm up m iUt tiamdlslv ruiut CAMP FIRE GIRLS ENTERTAIN ELDERS Part of Entertaining Program Given by Patron-Teachers' Asjociation The Patron-Teachers' association of the Bandon schools held its Inst meeting of the- school year in the high school assembly room last Fri day evening. A feature of the long and excel lent program that had been prepared for tho occasion was tho appearance of the Camp Fire girls, in costume. They appeared in the Indian costumes which are the uniform of the organ ization, and gave a number of songs and dances as well as an exhibition of the method in which the modern girl is wont to lake pleasure in leis ure moments. The appearance of tho girls was proceeded by a paper on the subject by Miss McKay who in guardia'n of the local organization. She went in to details on the subject and her de scription was very interesting She told how the society grew out of the call for an organization that would serve with girls, the purpose for which the Boy Scout idea was given to boys. Work, Help and Love is the motto of the society which, abbreviated and the parts connected makes "Wo-he-lo" the society word and cry. The organization has a regular course of promotion in following the training which the rules prescribe. The girls must make their own cos tumes and earn money to pay for their camp fire expenses. Prof. J. O. Ervin detailed some facts relative to manual training as it is pro posed to establish it in the Bandon schools next year. As proposed tho manual work is to be taught only to the pupils of the sixth, seventh and eighth grades. As proposed the plan proposes an individual work bench for each of twenty pupils. Each bench is to be supplied with real tools, not the toy kind, but tools of good quality and regulation size. In teaching manual training ex plained Mr. Ervin, it is difficult to teach individual trades, especially in the smaller communities. There is on ly n limited demand for blacksmiths, or shoemakers or bookbinders and it is not thought wise, to specialize in any trade. Many people thought that because the boys wero taught to handle tools they must be destined for carpenters and some feared that the supply in this particular trade would be demor alized because of the large number of artisans. Hut Mr. Ervin explained that the students were not taught car penter work, only since carpenter's tools were adapted to teaching a boy the rudiments of mechanical educa tion, they wero made use of. As contemplated the manual train ing was to teach boys certain element al forms of cabinet work. They were to be allowed to make small articles to take them home with them nnd the training was to be incidental to this work. Mr. Ervin's talk apparently touched a chord of interest to the school pa trons and he was listened to closely. Miss Abbott gave a talk on tho drawbacks and shortcomings of the teaching profession which she found exceedingly plentiful. She stated that the averago wage of a teacher was a dollar a day and that a good teacher was expected to bo an expert inathenictician, an elocutionist, a pen man, a physician, be a champion spel ler, a mind reader, an executive, a judge, a financier nnd do n few side stunts in necromancy and lion taming. Musical numbers were presented by .Miss ElizaU'tii Fox, I'linna Schumate, Prof. Qulgley, and Mrs. Ilamckman all good and each of which wus en cored; and last but not IciihI wus a song by the Chntbiirn quartette, Kate, llelle, (ieorge and Thomas Chntbiirn: Their iippeiiriinre ulso, wus enroled. ai no cioMt or iiiu program, Minn' liougum pru-uiti'd a resolution of thanks to Mm. ("win und the govern Ing olliciirx of the koelet)' for llielr fulllifuliuMM, I'llltdfiiey und i)Uirpj1ft, whh nmiUnUm ut unuHlmounly JfljilinJ. In biiaf nj'ijuiJj Mn. (mw- Eatables were then brought to the attention of the crowd and in sec tions all who stayed were served nnd a good tfme enjoyed thnt lasted until flrr midnight. The shriek of a locomotive may shortly be heard in Bandon. Two small locomotives arrived on the Till lar'nook from Portlnnd today and were unloaded on the Breuer dock. They will be used in the transporta tion of rock from the quarry to the river. A boiler for running the drills in the quarry was also received. Yesterday was a busy day for the city recorder, being one of the busiest Mr, Kausrud has experienced since tak'ng up duty for the city. $200 was the sum total of the colections and the crowd in front of his desk, waiting a turn to bo served was never less than four nnd sometimes as many as nine. It being the tenth of the month it was tho last day ofthe water Collections and the Oregon av enue assessments and payments on the forty thousand dollar bonding proposition adopted a short time ago all helped to swell tho total. Facetious people are now getting what satisfaction they can out of the assertion that the city is supplying meat and drink to its patrons. This from the fact that a small fish recent ly made its appearance with the water with which the street cleaning depart ment was giving First street its oc casional bath. Penitentiary Sentences For Female Perjurers Punishment. However Made Conditional OB Behavior Ruby Simpson-Nosier was tried in the circuit court last Thursday on nn indictment charging her with perjury and was convicted. Immediately thereafter Mary Do Costa-Pfortner changed her plea to guilty, and both waiving' time, were immediately sen tenced by the court. The statutes in such cases made and provided, de clare that any one so convicted shall be imprisoned in the state penitentia ry for an indeterminate period of from 3 to 10 years. Such sentence was pronounced by the court and then! continuing, the court said thaj. he be 'licvod that the defendants had com mitted perjury, but not the particular perjury for which they weru convicted That they had doubtless fallen into improper nfld bad company and that their lives would bo ruined if not al ready done unless they mended their ways. But they were still yourif and might outlive the errors committed. The court was sorry that others responsi ble for the crime committed by the girls, if any there were, were not also before the court for punishment. Thereupon the sentence of imprison ment was suspended duiing gojd be havior. The defendants aro lequired to lemnin in Coos county and report their whereabouts and doings to the court during the first five days of each month. The significance of this verdict is an enigma. The young Indies were in dicted for testifying in the Bandon municipal court, a court of competent jurisdiction wherein they had previ ously sworn to tell the truth, tho na ture and substance of which tejlimo-l ny was that they were with Coadi and Herron and had visited tho Louvre restaurant in Bandon, that intoxicat ing liquors were ordered nnd drank by them. Now tho verdict of the circuit court trial jury is that when the la dies testified in the Bandon podrc court to having received and drank such liquor that they testified falsely and is equivilent to saying thitt the young Indies did not ie;elve nor drink such liquor, llenin the court's remarks when prnuouiwini: sentence, thut ho bolived they had tuft. lied truthfully before the llundon city rourt und did drink such liquor but hud puijuivd thi'iiiMilvin ul olbw (turns und plum, This uni.pliH ull iulm unmiiwted with tin puttlMi lur flfulr mm fwniliiittd by II mml jury unit will datti) Ji aliuliujj jdjus. m 1J)J im UMim Urn am vutui CITY TO HAVE . CLEAN-UP DAY Thimble Club Leads in Crusade For a Spring Municipal Cleaning Although in many sections the an nual spring clean-up wns carried on last week, by proclamation of the may or, elsewhere in this paper, Bandon will observe the season on Thursday and Friday of this week. Members of the Thimble Club, a lo cal organization of women folk, are be hind this effort for a refurbished Bnn don. The club has appointed a com mittee to direct affairs, the personal of which is the Mesdamcs E. Lewin, Her bert Brown H. C. Dipple and F. E. Fasbender. By authority of the council Mayor Topping has designated Thursday and Friday as clean-up days and the city will provide teams to carry away and dump the rubbish to be collected on the streets nnd private property. It is to the interest of every citizen of Bandon to unite for a cleaned up city. Citizens should lay aside ordina ry duties at least for a portion of the time and see that the places where rub bish accumulates nrc examined and put in order once more. It is well to have the appearance of things in mind. There is nothing at tractive in heaps of tin cans or ash piles or the accumulation of rubbish, incidental to housekeeping or conduct ing of business. But it is also well to lay stress on the sanitary side of the crusade. Just remember that it is possible for a fly to have progeny in vast num bers in the course of a season and it is easier to kill them before they are hatched than to undertake the task, one at a time later in the season. De cayed matter in which flies breed should be properly looked after. The committee from the Thimble club have some excellent advice to of fer on the subject which may be found elsewhere in this paper. A Honeymoon Trip Tho register of the Baxter hoUl in Coquille shows that W. J. Forbrache and wife wero registo-ed there May 5th. Later in the day we saw "Bill" and a young lady whom wo used to know as Miss Jane Smith. Well to makj sure, wo went up t-j the county clerk's c1lce nnd examined the mar riage record and sure enough, they were married on May 5th, by Justice J. J. Stanley of Coquille. And, by the wny, nn examination of the marriage record showed that E. M. Blackcrby had madu an affidavit to enable Eugene A. Kelly and Helen Stcphenoon to procure u license for marriage, although the record did not disclose whether or not the event had taken place. And we found that Raymond B. Lowe of Bandon and Flossie Nelson were maried ontlie 5th, and that a couple from Myrtle Point had been stung by the same bee. And, Lord preserve u, when we got on the "Telegraph" homewaid bound, we found it had become a veritable honeymoon excursion boat, for Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Forbrache, Mr. and Mrs. 1. B. Lowe and the nowly weds from Myrtle Point were all aboard, each trying to look innocent and each eying the other couple suspiciously. Mr. and Mrs. Fcrbracho slipped away without informing evan family or relatives of their plans. Smith Seeks His Children One of tiie many numerous fami lies of Smiths, other designations un known, made application to a local magistrate for relief. He had gone to work last Friday morning, und re turned at night to find thut his wife hud left him. In so doing she hud taken his household belongings und two children und moved to town, nnd fitted up apartments, und when lo cated by her other hulf, she denied him entrance. Tho pollen woro up. peuled to to ronsurvu tho public pt-ucti after which the deserted hushund tip piled for M'llnf to the court, AvrK u writ uf jupluvJIn to iuUh Ihv good und u pwmplory onlur for thu ute dy vt I lie dlilliJu'ii. mwllvUifm l$M IMw mr mil Qr tm4 w to ttesilM Jit wiuk. J ' A Proclamation Civic pride, punctuated by practical energy, brings actual results and is commendable in all well regulated, civilized com munities. It has been well said thnt "cleanliness is next to God liness"; nnd, like Christianity, is within the reach of all, including the most humble. Civic cleanli ness should be indulged in and enjoyed by ull. Whereas, the governor of tho state of Oregon has proclaimed a Clean-Up Week throughout the the state, and Whereas, the Common Council of the City of Bandon has auth orized the mayor to set upart a time for such purpose and make provisions therefor, and Whereas, this season of qie year is the most suitable for the purpose, THEREFORE, I, Geo. B. Top ping, Mayor of the City of Bnn don, hereby proclaim and set apart Thursday and Fridiiy, the 13th and 14th days of May, 1915, as Clean-Up days for the City of Bandon. Teams will be furnish ed on these days by the City for the purpose of hauling away rubbish and refuse matter which can not be burned on the premis es. The Ladies' Thimble Club has volunteered to take charge of all arrangements, and all citizens are urged to comply with tho rules of this excellent cocicty. All requests for instruction nnd information should be directed to Mrs. E. Lewin, Mrs. Herbert Brown, Mrs. F. II. Fassbender, and Mrs. II. C. Dippel, who com pose the committee in charge. GEO. P. TOPPING, Mayor of the City of Bandon Southwester Opens Channel to Ocean Deposits of Sand Mt Away Under fluence of Wind and Tide In- The change of the wind to the south east lias been a welcome change to the boatmen. Under its influence tho sand ut the harbor entrance has been steadily moving seaward until now tho channel is becoming freed from ob struction. A Tho last boat to go out was tho Elizabeth, Sunday night und at that time the shallowest sounding wrt'i 1UV& feet. Under the influence of the winds tho channel hns been steadily clearing itself out since that time. Tho influence of the northwest wind which prevailed for some time previ ously was to re! a id toe incoming tide nnd fill up the channel. The tides at such time are below the reckoning but with a southwest wind they exceed the figures usually given. Consequently with a south west wind, wind nnd tide wprk together to clear out the chan nel. The effect of wind and tide on tho channel is one thnt engineers aro con stantly studying and they have made some remarkable discoveries in tho way of making nature work for the benefit of commerce. Through the construction of wind breaks and jet ties it is possible to dnect the water currents to do imirensolv im.ioi taut work. This has been well illustrated at Coos 'bay where boats formerly havo been known to wait four nnd five weeks ut a time. There a stretch of two miles has been n!loud to (ill In with sand und the water bus been di rected into u channel thnt is pructiail ly self sustaining. The rock under tho hnrbor entrunrn presents u barrier to tho deepening of tho llundon channel until it Is reinov ed by blunting. When (his is donu und tho jetties nro properly irpulrnd the rurronls of the rlvur will soon Ml u diaper chunnel, Mi. Mud Aim wmium timi,mnl u MnldJiJ Tuiyiiluy nfuimi lfl 0 CLEAN U P D A Y S