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i. Oregon HWW THE BANDON RECORDER Bantlon By-the-Sea has the Prettiest Beach on the Coast VOLUME XXXI BANDON, OREGON, AUGUST 17 1915 NUMBER 32 LAMPORT RANCHER SHOT FROM AMBUSH School Meeting Troubles Result in Death of One Man And Close Call For Another Near Lakeport, that town of rcnl estate boom and wild cat speculation by beautiful Floras lake a tragedy was enacted last Saturday afternoon It. W. Witmann, youthful and stal wart was shot from ambush by an elderly man named Ncf f and the latter after trvknir in vain to add one more to his victims, and commit sui cide, is now a fugitive. Witmann'a ranch was the scone of the murder and the young man had gone for his cows at about four o'clock Saturday afternoon when at a spot a long the way a bullet pierced the mus cles of his right arm. The bullet was fired from a rifle euuinned with a silencer, and Witmann apparently turned to locate the spot from which the attack came. A second bullet entered his onen mouth without touching the teeth nnd splitting on the bones of the upper palate, one sec tion of the missile came out through his skull at the rear of his right temp le and the other back of his left temp le. Hurrying from the scene the mur derer made his way to the place of C. J. Walker and approaching that gent leman exclaimed: "Well, I've settled with Witmann and now I'm going to settlo with you." Ho was as good as his word and a hastily aimed bullet aped toward Walker. It pierced the outer clothing of that gentleman but did not reach to the skin enter ing at the side of his trousers waist Land and making the exit whore the band unites. Walker promptly grnp-. t)led with his adversary and secured the rifle but the murderer freed him self, rushed from the scene nnd escap cd. In tho meantime, Mrs. Chas. Ferrier had heard cries and started her hus band out to ascertain what was the matter. He located the body of Wit maim nnd was soon joined by othors They found tho spot in tho bushes where Neff had laid in ambush. The trampled condition of tho dirt and grass showed he had waited for some timo. An empty shell found near by ohowcd tho weapon with which the deed had been done. It was of large calibre and of the small outlet comprcs sion type, a wicked thing in the hands of any man. A visit to Neff's house found it va cant. On the table was a paper on which was written the man's name, the date of his birth and tho date of the ..shooting gotten up in a sort of obitu ary form. Over by the bed in the room they found whore tho man hud vomited. This with tho note led them to believe that Nell" had attempted sulcidu but had taken too much or too little of the poison. In the houso was found about $119 in money and a bank book showing a credit of $000 in a Haiulon bank. Tho indications plainly showed that Neff had taken weapons consisting of a rifle and shotgun, to his boat, rowed it across tho river and taken to the woods. A posse promptly organized and took to his trail, the scone being in Curry county and the apprehension of tho fugitive in the hands of the ofll- cials of that county. Wui. Sorcnson who n up from uihglois yesterday, described Neff lis u man of about 00, apparently mil.l and affable the lust penon in the wrld whom oi? wou.d suspect of be ing capable of t er!'o-inin,T a desperate died. He h 1 1 lived in the virinty only a short time, living alone on a tiu till ranri lie had been an linestor in I.nkepoit real estate and owned a couple Intri lb mc Vtitmuiri was n aiing "!n in tr.o ik.l'hborlt d of tl.lrl; yearn of age. Ho wan of Imposing phyidqiiu mid iiimli) a notlcablu figure in any crowd Hu feet four In height, nnd straight iin un nnow ho appeared the emlmdy nwnt of physical health. Hi owned u miiiiII nini'li on I'loni In lie whoro lie I Viil nnd ulllmuiili hu hud HvinI In Hut m it ion only n fiw ytwr, wax wotern limn, ruining lo Curry County finni I'lHi'ku, Tim tiituhlu iJml williimlnd In !)) Iimk''I I ukl Uj jjm JiaiJ 11 urttfto Walker and one or two others. The last reports the Recorder has Neff had not been captured. Armed to the teeth he may prove a dangerous man to contend with and then again he may be fdund dead in the woods. Tom Griffith is moving his family from his house on West Ninth street to Hradlcy's Lake where he will opor ntc his saw mill for some time. The mill is made up in part of his own machinery rescued from the rccentfirc and of machinery from a saw mill for merly operated on Klk river. This Is Port Orford's Week All Roads Lead To the Agate Carni val. Political War Horse on the Pro gram. Many Wrestlers to Appear This week belongs to Port Orford nnd tho oldest town in this section of Oregon will hold its annur.l Agate Carnival. The program is to last three days beginning with a reproduction of the Battle of Rattle Rock on the evening of Wednesday. Bingcr Hermann of Roseburg, the most famous politician this section ever produced has been invited to de liver an address. Hermann has been busy of late years writing a history of Oregon and has all but retired from public affairs. If he consents to ap pear this may be the last chance the public will have to hear this grand old political wheel horse. Hermann's 20 years of survicc in the national con gross have earned for him the res pect of every citizen of the state. The program includes a number of wrestling attractions. Smiling Dutcl will wrestle with George Sutton Thursday. M. G. Lutscy will wrestle Eddie O'Connoll of Portland Fridaj nnd Chns. Rentrop will wrestle witl M. G. Lutsey Saturday. A full-progrom,ach day. There wil bo a cafeteria on the grounds and lot' of room for those who wish to camj out. Free Masons, Greet State Officer Randon Lodge No. 130, A. F. & A M. entertained Grand Master Franl J. Miller, of the Grand Lodge at .' special session Inst Saturday night Mr. Miller, whose home is at Albany Oregon, is a member of the state pub lie service commission and had bcci holding court for that committee it Coquille the latter part of last weel considering problems in conucctio with the telephone service on the rive. Grand Master Miller delivered a lonj: address to the lodge on the duties am. opportunities of Free Masonry and re lated a number of reminiscences Among the later he told of visitiiif Randon thirty years ago on which oc casion it took him a full day to trave from Marshfield to Randon. He went by boat to Coaledo, from there by cai to Beaver Slough, from there by row boat to tho Coquilcl and where thoj hailed one of the stenmers that sorve the purposes of transportation ii those days. At the conclusion of tho Grand Mast er's address Lars C. J. Pctterson was. given the fellowcraft degree aftci which an elaborate banquet was serv ed to the home and visiting Masons. A largo delegation of Masons was present at tho meeting from Golden Gate lodge of Langlois, and others wore hero from Coquille and other places. ' Return From Long Trip Mr. and Mrs. Harry Morrison who returned from their Nevada trip yes terday report a splendid time. They spent several days at San Francisco and two weeks at Winiiomucca, Neva da where Mr. Morrison's mother lives. They also visited at Paradise, Nevada a mining town that has seen some rather inagnificont days and where they made the acquaintance of the succulent sage hen and renewed their nciuaiiitancu with Mr, Morrison's brother who Is a physician there. Am ong tho wights they saw imroutu watt Mt. uiNHon, the volcano; Donner Lnko, I'tf nt liar canyon, Mt Mnmta, and ninny oilier. Tho ilnt nconory tlmy wiu wu in thu vicinity of Cnuurtnit City, (Jul (iml Hut woriti mailt but wwii Itmoihorg and Myitln Point. )wiiw of MhIhIiwdoiI mv IiiwIimk II lo io lawn tiiwi dny mi tlto Iwil of mar uid Killing fmm nil tJUt Um H J'. Simm&yr a lite Omi mi. Part 0& Ii Iwimt lot Ujs mv BANDON ENTERTAINS COOS COUNTY MOOSE Program of Monday Draws Out Large Crowd And Entertains All For two days during the past week Randon was the play ground for the Moose of Coose county and the white trousers with red belts and white hats with red bands were to be seen in all the public places of the city. Visiting Moose came from Marshfield & North Rend and many other visitors from the surrounding towns of the neigh borhood mingled with thorn eager to join in the merrymaking and curious to see this comparitivly recently dis covered animal in the fraternal world disport itself. The steamers Coquille and Tele graph name down the river witli loads of visitors Sunday morning nnd with them came the Marshfield band. With the band leading and followed by the ranks of fraternal men in their white and red outing uniforms they marched up First street and paused in front of the Gallier to play a couple of tunes the band in an inner circle nnd the white clad Moose making an outer circle and making a pretty sight. Recause of the death and funer al of Edwt.nl KildufT who was a mem ber of the order, the band was dismis sed early in the dny and the program of sports was declared on". Rut a ball gr.me was played in the afternoon at the park, a dance was held in Dreamlr.nd in the evening with supper in the Odd Fellow's hall at which a fiine time is reported. Some horse play also took place around the platform at First nnd Oregon avenue, earlier in the evening. On Monday the program began ear ly and continued until well after mid night. With the coming of the boats from ap tho river at about 11 o'clock a pro ossion was formed headed by the Co ,uile band. L. A. Langley, in high boots and on i fine mount, was marshall r.:id follow ig him came the various officers with their striking nnd showy robes. These .ere followed by n double file of men f the order in white and red hauling i wagon by means of a long rope. In iie wagon wns a number of children under a banner inscribed to tho effect mat as long as Dad was a Moose thoro was no cause to worry. During the afternoon a ball game v:ib played at the park and a program of sports pulled off on First street 'own town. On a platform, erected on the intersection of First nnd Oregon ivemie some wrestling took placo that soemed to enthuse tho crowd as much as anything 'that occurred dur ing the day. Champion Jim Wilson had promised ?100 to any poison in the crowd who would stand against him for twenty minutes, nnd Smiling Dutch, taking wad from his pocket proceeded to peel off a generous section of it and waved it in the face of the throng. "Who wants some re.".dy money" he diouted and kept repeating it. When his oice grew weary with repetitions of tho refrain Schmidt Hansen took up the call with tho niegr.phone Hint all might be told. No ono thirstinir for that particular hundred, Jim Mar tin, the wrestling bootblack took up the work. It was just some easy prac tice for tho champion and amid tho exclamations of tho onlookers at his marvelous physical development, Wil ton moved from ono pose to another nnd managing to exhibit about all the kinds of holds threw his man in elev en minutes. Smiling Dutch then offer ed himself for tho sacrifico and kept the crowd constantly good humored for Dutch is getting to be a popular man In Randon. When at Inst he had taken his fall Joe Dash a ranch hiind, turayed In a bathing suit stopped upon tho platform and uniiounced that ho would not bo wit lulled with tiny thing khort of that hundred. The inon ty wil not placed Immediately into hi luindn. Flint, Nome pliotogruplm hml lo Im tiiktm Willi Wllnon nnd Dutch in vnilmii cluiwjc nmm. Thin ovhi , Jhh wo uponnimndultfd. I In up miMAly thought ut flrt Unit 11 wu u UjHg iihiIkIi iio m ultoMl lo un m lie Itmh u (w Jumbiug ture of surprise nnd then it began to lu:;i na purplo as Bomo of lac decora tions used on Elk day decoir.tlng. Ro fore ho knew it the rancher wns on his back 28 seconds the official time had it, and Joe stepped down from the Jpjayprm, soberer in more ways than one. Lutsey and Ajax had been scheduled for a little try out but for lack of con dition the match was not held. t ... 'While not nearly as elaborate as the decorated windows gotten up for tlio Elk's day festivities practically all of the Randon merchants decorated for the Moose festivities cf the past week and there was a groat call for crepe paper of red and white that be ing the official combination of colors. There were many nice window jdec oralions. Vaile Garten did a flourish ing business supplying moose on com binations of red and white and thay were artistic and readily d'eposed of. It Was A Merrie Old Game Relating How the Coos Mooses and The Randon Banshees Exchanged Courtesies on the Sunkist Diamond .'Somewhere in this old reliable fami ly weekly we must find room to tell the tale of how the Coos Mooses and the Randon Banshees clashed in ye ball park by ye bull pines by ye sea side to the chastened discomfiture of the latter Monday afternoon. A pastoral comedy it was, set in sik spasms. Ye Rill Hull, a somewhat punky pitcher at first essayed to stop ye cer vine mammals, otherwise, ye Coos Mooses and his efforts were faintly re mindful of what happened when a bow legged man tried to stop a pig from gaining a gateway. Rills support was odorous. When ye athletes behind hirl got near enough to opportunity to shTfko "hands they were'soized sever ally with buck fever, stage fright and other forms of dementia. They hand led ye ball as though it were red hot and throw bases in a manner that was painfully remindful of yc blind man throwing tin biscuits at a tortoise shell cat on ye picket fence at four o'clock in ye morning just before ye first faint streuks of dawn. Thereupon uprose ye young blonde and bonny Carl Rowman, he of the winsomo smile. In a dreamy manner he spat upon ye ball and so mcsmcr ized it that when ye Coos Mooses hit it they fairly knocked ye cover off of it. One sad and solemn inning Cnrl lasted and then ho faded away like yc lessening exhalation of yo sweetlj fragrant (lower and ye Harry Pierce stopped upon ye scene. Pierce proved possessed of a proper portion of pungent pep. He unwound his south arm with the gleeful aban don of ye man unwruping ye Christ mas present from home. And at ye sight thereof, ye melancholy settled in thick folds on ye Coos Mooses as ye fog envelopes ye cranberry swamp. Whereas before they had hit and run as ye boy kills snakes m the salub rious springtime now they aped the briar rose and tho orchid that died with the summer's woe. Too late ye Randon Ranshecs be gan to score Ye crowd had begun to thin, ye band of melodious musicians had departed, ye wrestling match and ye races called and yo Lcfnw who called ye balls ami strikes and outs nnd ins called also ye game at an end. This at the conclusion of ye screeching sixth, the tune being 1G to C in fav or of yc Coos Mooses. This is the way they lined up at the beginning of the game: Randon: C. Willard, C; Rill Hull, p; II. Horning, 2 b; II. Pierce, a !; Watson r f ; C. Rowman c f j A Gibson t hi Marshdeld-Nnrth Rend: F. Smith II b; Thomas p; Murray ; KlBsam I b; Snow - b; C. Iingwortliy h h; Gut tings v fj M. Iingworthy r fj Kna muioioii c f. Mr. and Mm, Ralph Cliiinteniiuii of Bridge, Oregon, havo been in town a few diiy, vUiting Mm. C)iriKtitnvuu' mother and ulAur, MInn Union (!, Ab bott who leave on thU week' KIIkm. belli for thu Mouth. The Abbott will vUlt tho oxpokillon nnd limn go to Muntn IImiImiw, Cul. wIiuii MJm Ah boll will uiiuiul I Ilk uuniiul miIhxjI till yur. KunU llurimm HurudJ lmi If llm udy imi Mmliaiu iMfcil mi - imi mml lu itw wmi. am4 . 1i. Odd Fellows Entertain Grand Officers Grand Master John Hall of Marsh field and Chief Patriarch Robert An drows visited at the meeting of tho Randon Odd Fellows encampment Inst Saturday evening. The fraternity had planned a set program with a banquet as the climax but this was nil dropped when the death of Edward KildufT ba came known. However a few turned out to meet the grand officers and a profitable evening was spent. Wilson Bests Ajax In a Fast Contest the Young Wonder Proves Too Much For the Champ! on .Second Contest Has Same End Pinioned upsidedowu in tho arms of his muscular adversary and with his head used as the business part of a pile driver, tho championship honors of Tony Ajax passed away from him into the possession of Jim Wilson Saturday night. The match held in the rooms of the Randon Athletic Clul wns fast and exceedingly well contest ed. The fatefull fall which brought the championship career of Ajax to an end came with the second fall. In the first the athletes worked through sixtyfive minutes of stren uous effort before the wiry Lnvonian uucceeded in getting Wilson's should ers on the matt. The second bout went sixteen minutes when Wilson sue ceeded in getting a body hold on the champion and pounded his head a- gainst the matt much as a man would use a stick to pound sand into a rate hole. 'When, finally his shoulders had been forced to the floor, Ajax laid on the floor, unable to move. M. G. Lutsey Strang upon tho plat form and witli Smiling Dutch carried the wrestler to the drcsing room. Dr. Leep hurried to the room. For a time the wrestler cased himself on tho seal with his elbows on his knees and his chin in his hands, while an effort was made to work the crowd back and lot in a little air. Ajax rolled over on the floor and writhed with pain. It wns evident that ho could not go on a gain and he saw it himself and the an nouncement of Wilson, winner, whf made from the platform. Smiling Dutch, alias Hunkcdory Hans, the Genial German, made the announcement, it had been a proud night for him. The contest had fairly bristled witli quality. Another cham pion sat by tho matt side to challenge the winner. The smile that Dutch wore was expressive, indeed. Ajax in the time he was before the Itandon public proved his mettle. His exhibition Saturday night was a sup urb spectacle of bodily agility and mus cular strength. Timo after time he escaped from perilous situations witli dexterous ease. With his head and arms confined lie seemed to be able to swing his body up over his antagonist with the muscles of his neck and chest He was quick as a cat and slippery as an eel and determination fairly shown from his nnthropoidal chin. With his partially bald head, his stoop when in action and his aggressive mug he re sembled Fitzsimmons. Rut Wilson's backers never faltered in their confidence in him. With his superb physique he was a figure for a sculptor and he moved witli the grace and air of absolute confidence. Ho re tained his temper better than Ajax and was cooler in the pinches. Tho latter forced the work from tho first. He seemed to have muscles of spring steel and sprang from ono hold to an other with extraordinary skill and per sistence. A dozen times he had Wil son close to a fall but youth and strength told in the emergency. The first fall required sixty six min utes in Its accomplishment but tho second camo In something like twenty minutes, Ajax' gamonesH made him many friends but it was apparent to all t hut Wilson was tho bettor man, This was demonstrated again when on Monday night tho two engaged In another match In tho auditorium of tho Athletic club. Ajax put up a gunm content Iml wim unable to cope Nile cowfully with WlUon who won two frIU In iicrt)ion llm lint in flfty llirmi nilnultw nnd llm nocond In oy ntmiii inlnulM. in tho inhibition of Uaiunhy tvu injf. Jim MhiUh Kit wiimUIuh IhoI wilh I'my at hiyiilv jyi umi ilw wl(h ifttloiuK 00) tMJyoMtftltf Jjjfi PROSPER MILL HAND KILLED Edward KildufT Caught in Huge Belt, Dies in Local Hospital Saturday, A. M. Edward Kilduff, an employ oT the Prosper mill, suffered death ns the re sult of an accident last week. Kilduff and a fellow employee, Win. Sasson were engaged in putting on a bolt at the plant early Friday morning when the nccident happened. The heavy ten inch belt was one used to operate the cut off saws, known as the slashers Tho thing happened so quickly that no ono seems to know the exact particu lars but Kilduff must have been seized and thrown around the lower pulley and hurled under the upper or power transmitting pulley. The belt broke wound ubout the upper pulley leav ing an end which with each revolution boat the body of tho helpless man be low. When the machinery had been stop ped it was found that Kilduff still liv ed and later regained conciousness. He was hurried to the Emergency hos pital in Randon where his injuries were examined. He was found to have sustained n broken leg and sevr al ribs were broken. All that it was possible to do for him was' done but ho had been injured internally his luiigs were affected nnd ho died Saturday morning. Tho funeral occurred Sunday with services at 11:30 in the Odd Follows hull with Randon Lodge, No. 13a in charge. L. L. Wheeler picsided as noble grand and 1. L. Scofield ns chap lain while A. J. Hartmnn acted as mar shall. There was a large attendmco of lodge men, Rcbokahs and friends of the dead man, including a large re presentation of Bonaon Lodge .N.o. .051, Loyal Order of Moose, of winch socie ty also, the dead man was a member. The Odd Fellows and Moosa formed a procession leading to tho K.P.ecmet:! ry where the Moose performed their unique burial service. Edward Kilduff was born at Port land, Pcnn. August 21st 1871 He came to Oregon about 10 years ago and has lived at Prosper and been un employ ee of the Prosper mill for several years past. He was companionable end genial and was well liked by his as sociates by whom he will be greatly missed. He wns installed right sup porter of tho roblo grand in the Odd Vllow's lodge last month. He was unmarried. His death occurred at 4:27 M. Saturday, August Mth. Another Pioneer Gone John R. Fox one of tho pioneer set tlers of Coon county died at his home n this city, last Friday night. He was 2 years of age and his death was due o the mummies oi ins advanced , years. Mr. Fox came to this county in the Fall of 1809 from Missouri and ho has occupied a prominent place in the flairs of the county since that time. Ho was for years a contractor in tho county, building ronds and constructi ng bridges, lie built the railroad from Coos Ray to Myrtle Point nnd got in-. to financial difficulties as a result of his enterprise and lost a large ranch which ho owned at that time, up the Ivor. He lived part of the time on this ranch and in Coquille and Marshfield coming to Randon two yoars ago. He was also an early day auctioneer. Mis onalh nvuiTod I eitlny night nd funeral services wore held Sun day morning from the chapel of El lington's undertaking ostnhliihmuiit. Rev. W. R. Smith of tho M. E. church South, officiated. Burial was In thu K. P. cometory. ri r (.) j) ft ft) 0 (i) 0 STANDING OF THE TESTA NTS CON- '5 ftl 0 (v (t) (0 lllnncliu Cutlibcit Dllll Mm. F. II. 1'iubonder . H'AHtf lonu I'ulluiton IflllHIii " Dorothy bmglol 1080 ') (Jltilio l-uwln lOQfi Alim Mini, I If U IT MIiiijIh MiQunly Iflfl i) Vlu.; Mooju ,, m VU hlmt MP Atoff YfUuim .......... i jtfia Wdh, i Md Wdl i - wMlv Ihulv WtllOJ