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Bandon By-the-Sea has the Prettiest Beach on the Coast
VOLUME XXXI BANDON, OREGON, AUGUST 24 1915 NUMBER 33
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BODY OF NEFF
FOUND IN LAKE
Muck Hwled Curry Couny Murderer Found
Te Have Taken His Own life
Searched for far and near through
the woods and wilds of northern Cur
ry county the body of R. B. Ncflf,
murderer of the late Alllo Wittmann
was found floating near the spot
where he had left his boat on the night
of the murder.
Paul Mntheny.mude the discovery
sighting the body from the land.
Close at hand the man's gun was fish
ed up from the water. The spot was
the western shore of Floras lako and
the evidence indicates that after row
ing across the lake, Neff disembark
ed from his boat, divested himself of
hat and coat, waded out into the lake
for a short distance and shot himself
through the heart. The wound that
caused his end appeared upon the body
find his hat and coat were found a
mong the bushes of the bank of the
lake.
Whllo different posses and gangs of
men, under charge of Deputy Sheriff
Gent Russell and Sheriff Bulloy of
Curry county had ranged the woods
cearching for the murderer his body
was reposing in the silent waters of
the lake.. Some of the parties even
ouspectcd that the murderer had
camped near them, and had found his
trail, etc. The truth was that they
tracked ono another, and although
they found many signs, tho one clow,
the man's hat and coat they did not
find,
Tho body was found Monday morn
ing at 10:30 and his burial took place
this afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Den
mark cemetry.
According to the Coos-Curry Root
nun the school troubles originated
tMeugh the facv that Neff was a
k$niiMnan for C. J. Walker, whom he
tried to kill, that a fellow bondsman,
Gao. Coburn, had left the state nnd
NctY feared that Walkers affairs were
not as they 'should be and he should be
called upon to the liability of his bond.
The following is tho text of tho note
Neff left in his house.
To The Public
"Aug. 14, 19151 want W. A. Wood
appointed as administrator of my af
fairs. I have $600 in tho Bank of Ban
don. I want a desant fnueral nnd a
toom stono (like this)
R. B. Neff, Borne 1859, Died 1915, A
Victim of unfortunate circumstances."
The evidence indicated that NefT had
first taken poison then taken tallow
ns an antidote tho tnken to the boat in
un attempt to escape, again lost his
courage r.nd killed himself.
The funeral of Allies Wittmann was
held laRt week Mondr.y nnd was large
ly attended with burial in the Den
mark cemetery. lie was born in
Humbolt county in 1885 and came to
Curry county with his parents in 1895.
Besides her regular load of lumber
tho Elizabeth took out a consignment
of butter of local production, several
tons of wool and a score or more of
bales of moss far Frisco green houses.
The Last Service
The annual conferenc of tho M. K.
church, South meets at Roseburg,
Sept. 9th and tho meeting next Sun
day evening will be the last one in the
conference year.
Sunday school at 10, A. M. Preach
ing at 11 and8 P. M. Epworth League
ut 7, P. M.
Tho men of the church are specially
invited to attend the closing service
next Sunduy evening and ure promis
ed kindly and courteous treatment.
W .11. SMITH, PuBtor
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Plenty of Diversions
Living in the vicinity of the govern
ment quarry is not at all a humdrum
cxistance these days. The rock blasts
occasionally or rather frequently en-
counted material adapted to purposes
of bombardment. When the blasts
come the people living near run out
doors for they say it is easier to dodge
the projectiles in the open than if as
they might do they come through tho
roof of the house. Small stones are
thrown considerable distances and at
times there is much accompanying
gas and smoke. One day last week
W. F. Beck, a government employee
was struck by a rock and injured. He
started to run with the explosion of
the blast but tripped and fell. A reck
weighing four or five hundred pounds
rolled onto him. He was brought to
the Emergency hospital.
Fire Destroys Fox Home
Overturned Lamp Starts Blaze at 3
O'Clock Sunday Morning. Many
Valuable Cukios Lost in Ruins
The residence of J. E. Fox, just off
the south end of Jackson avenue was
burned early Sunday morning. At
the time of the accident the .only oc
cupants of the house were Miss Eliza
beth Fox and Mrs. Robert Fox and
baby. Miss Elizabeth arose at about
three o'clock in the morning nnd light
ing a lamp started for the kitchen of
tho house. On her way she tripped
over a small chair and the lamp fell
and broke. Flames communicated
themselves to the lace curtains in tho
windows nnd to clothes in a nearly
closet. As well ns they could the
women folks gave the alarm but being
so far distant from other houses re
sponse was not immediate.
Tho nearest city hydrant was two
blocks away. Nothing could stay the
flames and only a little was saved
from the building. By the applicant
of water from pails the woodshed nnd
chicken house were saved.
At the time of tho fire J. E. Fox,
owner of the building was at Port
Orford with Robert Fox, taking some
pictures and did not return until the
next day. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fox
are from California but have been
staying here from the summer.
A number of valuable articles went
with the building. Among them was
a collection of ivory from Alaska,
gathered by J. E. Fox when in that
country. This consisted of numerous
articles, animals, men by the hundred
varved from walrus tusks. Tho col
lection was valued at $1,000. A huge
painting of Mrs. Fox's mother, vnlu
ed at $300 was also lost. Mr. Fox had
a fine collection of agates lost in the
ruins. The agate, though hard yill
not stand fire and the blackest of them
turns to n white, chalky substance.
Two nnd three weeks ago tho water
at the bar was smooth and tractable
but since that time it has been trying I
to make up for lost time, a cross wind
has created a heavy sea and several
boats have been held up for short in
tervals because of bar conditions. Fri
day the Brooklyn laid outside and the
iuk iiiiij;iiii ni'iii uiu 111 uiu evening
to bring her in. Just ns the tug was j
well outside tho fog which had been .
gathering eume in in earnest closing
tne circle 01 observation to narrow
limits. The fog horn at tho light
house had inopportunely gone wrong
nnd a whistle was brought into piny
as a substitute. Tho tug was still out
side and Guardr.mnn Jameson with a
hand bell on the far end of the south
side jetty to make what noise lie could
to help tho boats outside keep their
bearings. Jns. Walstrom also brought
out a shot gun in the hope that its re
peated dischargo u-mld bo of service.
The shots of the gun served to cull
people from tho city who thought a
wreck must bo tho occasion thereof.
But Uiu fog lift d; coon lecsoniiig the
cnuso of alarm. Both tho Brooklyn
and the tug remained oi the outside
all night and camo in with tho Satur
day morning tide.
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' on u iMNir on bin claim north of
till dily hut Friduy mid pulling th
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AGATE CARNIVAL
ATTRACTS MANY
Bioger Hermann Makes Address. Curry
County Wrestlers Win All Events
Bigger and better than ever is the
verdict to the Port Orford carnival,
held last week Thursday, Friday and
Saturday. The largest attendance of
nny day was Thursday, the first day
when something like two thousand
people visited the Curry County town.
The oration delivered by the Hon.
Binger Hermann was tho central at
traction on that date and many of the
old timers who had known and sup
ported the congressman in the days of
his political ascendency assembled to
hear him and grasp his hand. Mr.
Hermann was the best friend the
coast country of southwestern Oregon
ever had in the national capital and
particularly he always had a friendly
feeling for Port Orford. The senti
ment was reciprocated and party linos
wore lost sight of in tho support of
Hermann.
In the nature of things, Mr. Her
mann's address of Thuisdny was
largely reminiscent, detailing experi
ences when the country was new and
of the incidents of pioneer life.
In the program of sports at the car
nival, wrestling had n prominent part
and Curry county fairly radiated in
the results. On three succeeding days
the champions of that county went up
up against the representatives of the
outside world and on all three occasi
ons the Curry county men triumphed.
Perhaps the best contest of nil from
the viewpoint of the spectator, took
pin co Thursdny between Smiling
Dutch of this city and Geo? Sutton of
Port Orford. The match was even
nnd well contested. Although Sutton
outweighed his opponent, 180 to 140,
his opponent had the advantage of
professional experience, training and
jtvill. The match was a pretty one,
showing the possibilities of physical
development in the defensive and of
fensive but in the end the weight of
Sutton told and he threw his opponent
twice in succession, the first time 42
iiii- utes nnd the second in 18 minutes.
The match on Friday, the second
day between M. G. Lutsey the Lang
lois butter maker and rancher and
Eddie O'Connell of Portland had at
tracted considerable advance atten
tion. Tho two had had n match at
Port Orford on the Fourth in which
O'Connell won nnd now Lutsey was
was making nn attempt to redeem his
laurels. Much interest was manifest
ed in the outcome of the event but the
fact that Lutsey was suffering with a
game knee served to deter his support
ers from backing him as they would
otherwise hnve done.
Lut soy's knee was his undoing in
the firr.t fall and the fall went toO'
Connell. The second fall went to
Lutsey in short order. He secured a
half body scissors and head chancery
on his opponent and forced his should
ers on tho mat. On tho third nnd crit
ical bout, bcth men were careful and
tried for the defensive. O'Connell
however did most of the work but
Lutsey was too strong for him and se
cured tho fall in 15 minutes.
With the record of Friday and in
the belief that he had come back Cur
ry county rallied enthusiastically to
the support of Lutsey on Saturday. In
his match with Rentrop he 'had plen
ty of backers and money moved in nil
directions. Rentrop "The middle
weight champion of Europe" in his:
short stay in this country has develop
ed quite a following and there was no
lack of backing in his behalf.
When tho match opened it was evi
dent that each man had determined to
win. They roughed it nnd the contest
was more like a slugging than a
wrestling match. In their vurious
tumbles they found tho eutiro hall was
none too big, The end came npeed!ly.
Hontiop got u body hold on Lutmy
and tried to throw him over his head
But l.utuey bout him too It, strulght
md up uml limteud of allowing him-
ni'lf In bi IoiwimI, threw Itentrop overi
HI litnildnr uml the two landing valid'
ly 1111 til limul ut thu Kuioja'aii ilium
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cap. with Lutsey. Dutch, and O'Con
nell and to throw the throe in an hour,
but I.utsey'8 game knee served to pre
vent acceptance to this challenge.
Wilson won in the running race be
tween the profcsional wrestlers and
also in n . race, in which the athletes
ran upon their, hands.
A tug of wai was proposed between
the wrestlers nnd any opposition but
no one would jf enter the opposition
lists. A scow was presented for water
sports but as it was not padded no
candidates could be secured for the
inevitable ducking".
Tent City By Sea Side
Adventists In Annual Gathering. El
ders From' Walla Walla, Are Here
Something like twenty tents are
pitched on the hill alongside Ocean
drive with the big tent as the center
of attraction. These are peopled with
Seventh Day Adventists from all sec
tions of Coos county come to attend
the annual camp meeting.
The daily sessions with n program
as announced below began Monday
morning. Elders C. W. Flaiz and A.
A. Burman of Walla Walla, Wash, ar
rived in time to take part in yester-
days session.
The two weeks special meetings ns
held by Messrs Bunch and Lingenfel
der closed Sunday evening with a
strong address by Mr. Bunch. The ses
sions arc well attended and those in
charge express satisfaction with the
success of the meetings as so far held.
' Wednesday night the topic is
"The plan of Salvation as Presented
in the Earthly Sanctunry and its Ser
vices" by Elder F. S. Bunch, Bible In
structor of Walla Walla College.
Thursday: "The Christian Sab
it bath".
Friday: "The United States as
-porotold in Prophecy".
'following is the order of the daily
program.
Morning . ..
Devotional Service v 6:00
Children's Meeting 8:00
Bible Study 9:00
Preaching 10:30
Afternoon
Preaching 2:30
Young People's Meeting 5:00
Song Service 7:40
Preaching , 8:00
Special attention is given to the
musical part of the program. Ar
rangements for the meeting were
made by the local pastor, C. L. Ling
onfelter nnd T. G. Bunch of Roseburg,
president of the Southern Oregon con
ference who will have charge of the
meeting.
The meaning of the present war, the
Eastern Question, "the United States
in Prophecy, tho Signs of Christ's
soon coming and many other import
ant subjects will be discussed from
the word of God.
A cordial invitation to tho people of
Bandon to attend any or all of these
services is extended.
Stones Fly At Quarry
A blast at the quarry last Saturday
afternoon raised a 500 pound stono
which in its fall camo through the roof
that covers the hoisting engine to
the south of the cut. The stone hit
the boiler of the engine and made a
huge dent in it which indicates the
force of the moving stone, since the
boiler is not, made of tin. However
an accident of this kind does not dis
turb the political economy of the work
nt tho quarry which went forward
as usual. On a recent occasion n
large stone was sent down in the re
gion of the Queen Ann cottago.
Captain Wiren of the Bandon light
house was tho purchaser this week of
Hip hriUMA nu-niil v VMir Anilitflrm
on Elmira St. The hame consists of a ;
house and two lots and the considera
tion is not made known. It is re
ported that Mr. Anderson will go to
prospect conniliniiR 011 too niimmw. j
Mln Kllzfiht'tli Hodgi'm Munied
with the but Kllxuhetli from Iht kiiiii- ,
mr In lleikulity wlur ln vUltfd lln
fulr und utttmdi'il NUiimu'r tudiool. On
Iht I ilp up lui wuH ii(tiii)iiiianli( by
two fritniiU, MIm MurKnrt'1 M(!uuk
land und Mlw lillu lluriiliiiin, Imlli tit
WulJu Wullu, W'ualjIuKlflil, JI flr,
vmk's jtuiijji on Hip bluff by Llu tmn
lk'' ikjMiJ lor Jlitilr a-MjjMB Mm
Back From the Fair
Captain Robert Johnson and family
party returned from their trip to San
Francisco Saturday afternoon having
been gone just thirtyone days. They
were n little over five days each way
on the trip up and down to the bnyl
city and everything went smoothly
enroute. Tha Dodge auto gave a good
account of itself on the whole distance
taking the bumps and jars and
grades without puncture or injury of
any kind, except for n capcover to the
hub of one wheel which came loose
and dropped off on the way home.
The Johnsons rented apartments
near tho fair ground and saw the
sights thoroughly. The trouble the
captain experienced in seeing the fair
was to keep his judgement revised
nnd up to the minute and to accumu
late a stock of superlatives with which
to describe the sights. The Swedish
cutlery exhibir struck him ns the fin
est thing he over saw until he saw the
Manchester cutlery exhibit, and with
the Canadian exhibit, tho French ex
hibit, the California exhibit and the
Oregon exhibit and the rest of them it
was merely a case of forgetting in the
last seen that there had been anything
else to compare with it on display. On
the way up the party stopped to see
the agate carnival at Port Orford.
They had a very enjoyable trip.
Good Ship Sir Francis Here
Hold Navigator in 31 foot Boat at the
Beginning of A Long Voyage
Captain Thomas Drake of the good
ship Sir Francis, 34 feet long, with a
10 foot beam, drawing 3 feet of
water and 5 tons burden sailed into
Bandon harbor Tuesday morning nnd
tied up at the dock east of the Bandon
creamery.
When seen by a Recorder represen
tative this afternoon Captain Drake
announced his destination as Nova
Scotia. He was born in England and
reared a sailor from boyhood. Now
having 'obtained a co'mpctcuco he- is
spending his leisure on a pleasure
voyage. He had never lived in Nova
Scotia, but that provinco makes a han
dy destination.
He will go by way of tho Panama
canal, the Gulf of Mexico, the Missis
sippi and Illinois rivers, the Drainage
canal and the Great Lakes to his desti
nation and expects to complete the
journey iir-two years.
Mindful of the great mariner whose
name is combined in that of his own
nnd that of his boat Captain Drake
will stop at Drake's bay north of San
Francisco where the explorer is said
to hnve wintered when he circumnavi
gated the globe with the Golden Hind.
When asked how his boat got its
name Captain Drake said it was
christened by some sentimental
stranger who finding that the owner's
name was Drake thought it appropri
ate that the boat should be Sir Fran
cis. Captain Drake took a picnic party
out for a sail from Marshfield Sunday
and expects to make a little money in
a similar way at other points along
the route. The captain built his own
boat which carried two masts and 1100
fe.et of sail. He expects to sail most
of the way but is equipped with a gas
oline engine for use should occasion
demand.
Saturday of this week the Recorders
Free Trip contest draws to a close nnd
the name of tho winner who is to hnve
the $50 for a vr.cation trip will bo an
nounced next week.
A little analysis cf the figures of
the combined vote will be of intoresat
The prospect is that the combined a
mount of money represented in the
contest is over $35,000 nnd when it is
considered that this sum is only a por
tion of the business by the firms inter
ested it will be seen that there is still
some money In Bandon.
The following is the piiKsenger list
of tho Elizubeth which left the Bandon
harbor last Saturday night: Minn II.
0. Abbott, Mik. J. II. Abbott, Mr. mid
Mm. H. T. Wolvertoii, Minx Kiiruli
Wolvcrtnii, llmiry Kolvln, (Srovur Unw
orn, Mm. M- () HuwkiiiH, Mm. A.
Hiibeily, Mm. I.. M MeAIIUtr, Mn
(iriiro Hull, Mm I'mil H. Coku, Mm.
iu Kulon und I'lilld, A. Hkhihi, Vlr
llimi.ir, Karl VVIIU, W. II. Umm, I
W. Utlnr, , J, wkIi. J- l' MumiJit.
, i, C. OuUid 15. I'. WWW,
A CHATAUQUA
FOR NEXT SUMMER
Representive Of Big Event Seeks To
Interest Prospective Patrons InJIhis City
The long cherished project of a
Chntauqua for Bandon has been reviv
ed and this week, agents of n widely
known institution are seeking to inter
est people of tho city in this project.
Miss Janet Young of the 1913 class
of the University of Oregon is in the
city as a representative of this under
taking. The aim is to get this insti
tution started in three different cities
of Coos county and Miss Marjory
Cowan also of the same class of the
university is seeking to interest the
public spirited people of Marshfield.
The other city in which they aim to
have the Chntauqua placed is' Myrtle
Point or Coquillo.
In order to make tho Chntauqua a
success it is necessary to have thirty
public spirited citizens of the city
gunrantee the sale of 500 full course
tickets at $2.50 for the course. In her
quest in Bandon Miss Young has so
far met with fair success anil it ap
pears quite likely that the Chntnuqui
will be held next year.
Tho coming of the Chntauqua is one
of the things made possible by tho
coining of the railroad to this section
r.s it would not be practicable to get
the entertainers in and out of the dis
trict ns it is at present. Ellison and
White are the promoters with offico.i
in Portland and Boise, Idaho. They
are the largest operators in this line
in the west and cover the five states
of Oregon.Wnshington, California,
Idaho and Montana.
They work in towns of 1,000 and
over including such towns as Fresno,
Seattle, Spokane and others.
Their course lasts a week nnd the
topics are divided in three classes;
Entertainments, Lectures and Musical
Programs, during tJ.? past.yeuivtlicy
had such attractions as Dr. Ilillis of
Brooklyn, Col. Bain of Kentucky, Nel
son Darling, Lumberman of Oklahoma
J. P. MacCorry, Mrs. A. C. Zchner the
Swjss Alpine Yodlers, the Schumann
Quintette, the Gulotta Trio, Saxon
Singers, Ciricillo Band nnd others.
During the week of tho Chntauqua
the program includes features, morn
ings afternoons and evenings, end
Bandon would make an especially
good place for such a gathering as the
custom in many places is for psople
to come and camp and enjoy nn outing
while attending the lectures. Tho se
curing of the Chntauqua will indicate
the dawning of a new day for Bandon
when its attractions as a seaside re
sort come to be recognized.
Fog Horn Is Fixed
.Musical Instrutm-nl at- Light House
Once More Ready for Duty
The familiar boom of the fog horn
is heard once more at tho light house
and the machinery which operated
the' noise maker is once more in work
ing order. There are two engines for
this work und inopportunely both gave
out at the same time. Last Friday
evening, confronted with ono of the
densest fogs that ever visited this
coast the small government engine
was run to the seaward end of the
track, filled with fuel ami its whistle
used ns a substitute for the fog horn.
The engines which operate the horn
are two in number and uso kerosene
for power without tho use of torch or
electric spark. Once heated they
work automatically and are the only
engines of the kind in this vicinity.
Their cylinder heads became corroded
with the gusscH of combustion and had
to bo re-bored hut they are now ro
paiied and in working order again,
When the light house is moved to
thin side of the river in the house tho
plmiH for which ure now being
drawn, all the equipment will Im
mnv. Hut tho mumbling kihII
nf the building will bo left ntuiidliitf,
Thu irovorniimiitwlll llltuly mlvarUna
tlin ilwulllni? lined In wiiwimitlon wMi
(Iih llylil liouoti for wile Id Uiu IOW04I
Mildur.
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