Bandon Recorder
Published weekly on Tuesdays
by The Recorder Publishing Co., Inc.
Entered at the Post Office at Ban
Ann. Orpcron. ns mail matter of the
f n '
second class.
RICHARD B. SWENSON, Manager
.'ake all checks payable and addrcs
all communications to the company,
Subscription price, $1.60 per year
advance. NOTHING TO DO
The naner had just been "put to bed
and the editor leaned back in his chair
and stretched. "Nothing to do now
he thought, "until next week." Prct
tv soft! Wonder if the fish are biting
down on Yaller creek?" Ho settled
back, put his feet on his desk and wig
glod down comfortably. This thine;
of beincr nn editor was just nbout
right. All he had to do was to loaf a
round all week poking his nose into
other folks business, then, when the
nublication day came, a couple of
hours at the office did the trick. Fun
ny how hard some fellows had to work
to make a living. Well, it showed
nfter all, that brains counted. The
man with merely muscle to take him
through life had to strain and sweat
and labor for a naltry pittance, but
life was good to the man with brains.
People struggled to help him get n
long. He was recognized ns the mo
tive power of the community. Ho was
respected. People gladly allowed him
to lead in thought, and were willing
to contribute to his support even if he
didn't work for it. For instance there
was the long line of persons waiting
to subscribe, their money in their
hands and nnxiety in their faces for
fear the circulation limit would bo re
ached before their turn came. Then
there wns the information lino. These
men came in every week with all the
news of the community, with names
and dates and initials correct ready
to put right in the paper without edit
ing. That other line over to the left
was waiting to contract for advertis
ing space, while others were pushing
their way to tl.o cashier's window to
pay thoir bills before the discount pe
riod expired. Oh yes, it was pretty
soft for the old man, pretty soft! Then
suddenly, tho editor sat up and rubbed
his eyes. Tho office devil, grinning,
was standing'in tho doorway. "Boss,
there's a man outside says the press
won't run 'till he gits the money for
the last order of white paper. 'Nother
feller says the plate can't git hero this
week, cause there's been a wreck on
the rnilroad. It don't make no difer
enco 'specially, 'cause the pressman
throw a gimmick in the phylux and the
doofiddle's strained so the press can't
run nohow. Circulation man's quit
'cause he says folks ain't readin' news
papers no more, nn' the advertisin'
fell oft this week forty per cent. That
ain't all " Hut tho editor would hear
no more. He fired nn ink bottle nt 1
tho devil and kicked the cat. Ho had
not worked but ten hours that day, so
ho was full of pep. Then ho scratch-'
od his head and wondered how the (
dickens he'd fallen asleep during of-
fico hours. With that he put on tho
bnll and chain for eight hours more
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and then went home and slept the fit
ful sleep of the lazy man. Pretty
soft!
STUNG IN A NEW PLACE
A man and a woman dropped into
a small town and put up at the bust
hotel in town. Next morning they se
cured a rig each, and started over the
country nsking the farmer folks for a
chicken for an orphan's home in St.
Louis. After two days begging they
sold the chickens to a local produce
man for ?30 and left town. Their
loot included several cash donations.
A variation of the scheme is for a
man, wearing some sort of badge, to
call on the farmers under the name of
the Department of Health and demand
to sec Ids poultry. After examination
ho condemns twenty or thirty hens and
tells the farmer they will have to be
killed because they arc diseased. He
very kindly offers to take the chickens
and do the killing himself. If the
tlm farmer consents, the man takes
tho chickens to tho nearest commission
merchant and colls them. The scheme
is 1 v'.i worked all over the country.
If !. r.-. .:i or woman calls on you with
cm., d that looks suspicious, call
up yo - local auinoriiics anu ass uy
what right they are nsking to inspect
your stock or poultry. When you get
the answer, turn them over to the po
ice.
STOCKTON AND SHASTA DIVI
SIONS AND THE SACRAMENTO
SHOPS WIN BANNERS.
The Stockton Division, the Shasta
Division and the Sacramento Shops
are winners of the 115 safety banners
awarded annually by the Southern
'acific Company for the greatest pro
gress shown during the fiscal year in
the furtherance of safety work o nthe
'acific System. Thus, the Stockton
Division wins the honors of the South-
rn District, the Shasta ranks highest
on the Northern, and the Sacramento
Shops top the list in the general shops
ompctition.
This makes tho second banner won
by both the Stockton and Shastn divi
sions and the third by the Sacramento
General shops. In 1013 the Coast Di
vision won the Central District banner
nd the San Joaquin the Southern
District banner. In 1014 the Salt
ake Division won the Northern Dist
rict emblem.
What are described as remarkable
urcs of wounded French soldiers have!
een effected by the new polyvalent
rum, discovery of which was aiinouu-
ed last March. Complete recovery
s announced of men who wore terribly
mutilated and for whom all hope had
been given up.
Drs. La Clainche and Vallee, the dis
coverers of the serum, have been un-
ible up to the present to make more
than 2000 flasks of it daily, most of
which goes where the worst cases are
o bo found. When it can bo made in
ufficient quantities to supply the fir-
ng line, where it could be used presen-
tatively ns anti-tetanus scrum is now
sed, it is believed that thousands of
ives can be saved.
The now serum, which may be
ougniy (lescrihed as a eomlnnation ofjly and
number of serums niramst different1
arities of bactcries, has been put to
practical use only recently.
The city of Coquille is experiencing
tome difficulty in securing the ?."0,000
bond issue recently disposed of to a
Denver firm. Another firm of Denver
brokers, Wright and Co. have attached
the bonds to secure the sum of ?M!11
which they allege is duo them.
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At the Exposition
When you visit the Panama-Pacific
Exposition, look for the Exhibit of
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ers in the Palace of Manufactures.
Let the Demonstrator show you how
efficient a good oil stove really is.
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It has abundant heat always ready
like fjas. It bakes, broils, roasts
and toasts like a regular wood or coal
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dealer.
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ttmts Sooner or later the violent death of
Leo Frank will be forgotten in this
commercial age and then ox-Governor
Slayton of Georgia will have to hunt
up some new qualifications if he holds
the front page in our big newspapers.
The man looking for a simile with
which to compare tho myriads of
stars, the sands of the seaside or the
duration or eicrnuy can una a prj
tair ugure m uio quantity oi micmc-
berries growing on this section of the
Oregon coast.
The foreign situation seems to jump
from one ticklish situation to another
and the moves upon tho diplomatic
checker board arc accompanied by
mental agony and sleepless nights.
Being president these days is not
what it is cracked up to be.
A reader may have filled his brain
with sea stories from his earliest ac
quaintance with Marryat and Cooper
but if he will stand on the far end of
the Bandon south jetty some time
when the breakers are coming in right
he will geta bettor idea in one minute
of the force of the milled waters than
ho could obtain in a whole life time
of reading.
Perhaps the best thing in the come
dy "Its no Laughing Mnttcr" at the
Grand last Thursday night, was th
attempt of his wife and daughter to
make Maclyn Arbuckle, the village
postmaster put on style at dinner
time. lie took to the napkin witli
enthusiasm but did not seem to hnv
the proper knowledge of how to use it
and when his daughter had taken his
spoon from his coffee two times
succession and placed it by his cup he
got the idea that she wanted it her
self and handed it over, picking up
table spoon to use ns a substitute.
Elder W. K. Greek has been delving
into ancient history with instructive
results. Meeting the Recorder re
porter Saturday he said that exactly
12800 years ago in the year 075, B. C
King Rchaboam, son of King Solomnn
set aside the 15th of August for the
worship of the golden calf. Bnndon
said Air. lireok, went Kcliaboam one
betteh this year 1015. It set apart Sun
day and Monday, August 15th and 1C
for tho worship of the Moose.
An absence of two years -jnd a little
better from the green hills that flank
a certain small river in Southeastern
Wisconsin has not lessened our regard
for it nor dimmed itc memory althougl
we have learned to extract consider-
r.ble solace in the versatility of the
west. Therefore when wo received
copy of the Waterford, Wis., Post
marked 'Please X" wo hasten to comp-
like n
'and down the managerial spino at this
recognition that ho is still
remem
bored in tho home country.
It is odd that a man like Joaquin
Miller should have been so fond of tho
poses of his life that he thought the
people who read his works would not
bo interested in his common, every
day existance. His autobiography as
he gives it in his published works is a
series of flash lights on certain spots
in his career which he considers in
harmony with tho peculiar poses
which he maintained in later years,
How many people know that tho nu-
thor of "Walker in Nicnragua" was
once n resident of Bandon in the days
before he knew fame nnd was seeking
in vain for a publisher for his works
He married his wife here, a sister of
tho lato Judge Dyer, and Mrs. Dyer in
this city cherishes as a memento of the
(laughter of the poet, several paintings
from her hand.
Sometimes in fiction the author re
sorts to the expedient of saving the
hero who has been mourned ns dead by
substituting a brother whoso slaugh
ter has been duly mistaken fcr that of
tho hero. This is always classeil as a
rather questionable expedient nnd
something thnt would not ever occur
in real life. But here Is nu instance.
A few weeks ago a stalwart resident
of Curry county nnswering to tho
nnmo of Wittmann wns n caller nt tho
Itecordor olllco and finding n respon
Hive ear fat down to spin n few yarns
f Ijilcoport, ItK hlntory and attrac
tions, ftit romantic rUo mid fall nnd
inidry hIiIo tiliiitM on other topic.
Itirli wh hi pownimllty that ho luft (i
vivid impiowloii In tho Itcronlur olllro
'n wlu'ii (ho nt'w cuiiitt Ihrt a young
imii' of Hut mimic muiui Imd Iwun kind,
fM'll UllllHJiill Mt Ijlkl'pOlL lliu vHflini
HMimtUy luviwlml Mill) Dim ir.
"xtltiy at mr Uli vmllur, Nnw It
Mil (Jig tit? tlti) iiwo wu u
tall friend back to life again. While
we regret very much that any Witt
mann had to bo killed still wa arc glad
tiiat if fucU had to be in the program
of tho Groat Architect of human dest
iny that the victim was not our friend
of pleasant memory. And across the
chasm of fraUrnal grief we extend
the right hand of congratulations.
Coquille Clippings
From tho Coquille Sentinel.
When Cocs Bay residents get away
from tho sea breezes at the bay they
appear to suffer greatly from the heat
On Sunday, a portly gentleman, drip
ping with perspiration stepped into
J John . here anJ ordcml a ccol.
nj, drmk Mr Lenevc remarked that
tho weather was a ,ittle rarm-. Warm
h ," was the retort, "It's hot." And
when he arose the chair looked as if
some one had taken a bath in it.
Much to the regret of County Agri-
culturist Smith and the farmers who
were on hand the representatives of
the U. S. Department of Agriculture,
who wore to demontrate the clearing
of logged-off lands, faild to show up
at the meetings that were arranged
cd for them, nor was any word re
ceived as to the reason for their non
appearance. Besides ruining Coquille's beautiful
setting, when the fir timber was cut
on the hill cast of town, it has had a
great detrimental effect on the city
water supply. Heretofore the water
has been cold, even during July and
August, but with the shade removed
from the reservoir a difference of
G2vcral degrees in tho temperature of
the water is ncticcablc.
John B. Fox was born in tho state
of New York in 1823. While still
boy he moved with his parents to 111
inois. At the age of 10 he went to
Missouri and was thero married to
Margaret Smith who died five years
later leaving two girls who are still
living Mrs. Sadie Whipple of Port
land, and Mrs. Lizzie Lathi op, of Wal
Iowa valley Wash.
He crossed the plains from Missouri
to Oregon in 1S53 and was six months
crossing with nn ox team. He landed
at Ranior Ore., where his brother.
Chas., was living. He and his brother
bought a pilo driver and went to driv
ing piles for tho Government which ho
followed for five years. He drove the
first piling that was driven at Port
land and also at Vancouver, Wash.
Ho went from Portland to Frisco
and took the steamer Golden Gate for
New York, taking three months to
mnkc tho trip. From New York he
he went to Nobraska City, where ho
started an auction and commission
house which ho ran for seven years
He auctioned off the lots in Lincoln,
Nebraska, before thero was a building
on the town site. From Nebraska
City he went to Cedar County, Missou-
ry nnd bought a farm nnd was thero
married to Mary Ann Oddy. To them
was born one boy John Fox Jr. of Co
quille. While living in Missouri his
second wife died. A year and a half
later he was married to Violet Meeker
March 5, I860 and one week later they
started for California where he bought
team and started overland for Ore
gon. lie camo to coos County over
the old trail to Marshfield and landed
there July 3, 1800. He lived in
Mnrshfield n year and then traded a
pistol and $2.50 in money for n ranch
n the north fork of the Coquille river.
With his wife and ono baby he moved
on the place nnd began to clear a home
riiey camped under a log for three
weeks until he got a house built. He
lived on this place 18 years. While
living there nino children were born
nil of whom aro still living, as follows:
Mrs. Maggie Wilson, of Prosper,
Ore., Mrs. Ida Davis of Puyallup,
Wash., Mrs. Myrtle Jenkins, of Park-
ersburg, Chas. Fox of Bandon, Claud
C. Fox of Hoaquim, Wash.; Mrs. Dell
Schuyler, of Portland; Roy E. Fox, of
Bandon; Mrs. I.aura Myers of Bridge
and David M. Fox, of Bandon.
According to officials of the North
ern racific nnd lircat iNortucrn rail
roads, very little, if any, wheat from
tho Pacific Northwest wil go to Eu-
opo this year over tho big trans
continental railroads. The reason for
this is said to bo the cost of reloading
on the Atlantic Keauorii and mo inci
that trans Atlantic freight rates nre
excessive. They nre so high these of.
ficials say, that to try shipping via
tho railroads would make tho price lit
tle fdiort of exorbitant. It is pointed I
nut thnt liv boat from Portland. Puifol , T
Sound or San Francisco, through tho
'ana m n canal, tho ratcH aro lower,
lilch makcn thin (ho only fcaiiible
onto nnd the ono whlrh will ho imd
'xh'iudvtiy.
Up lo Urn pnwitnt tlmn 4fi gniln cr
rlxm, it llllli' nvnr onMliIni nf tho
Jiuinluir iwwtftMiry, liuvi Ixw ' uiod
lo tftkti wluwl out nt Voitlf ' ' VH
limit wBihi imliite. Thin u
00jluv m t1U is Miami Im mBlml
as with others. With a strong de
mand charter rates wil be high on all
available bottoms. It is pointed out
by some that no trouble will be exper
ienced in securing the balance of the
ships needed both steamers and wind
jammers, white others are saying
nothing but smile broadly, when the
subject is broached. Last season
116 vessels of all kinds were required
to move the Northwest grain crops.
A reception and farewell party was
tendered Comrade A. B. Tyler and
wife by the members of Bandon G. A
R. and W. R. C. at their hall on Edi
son Ave. Friday The social features of
the occasion included a bountiful
spread which wns served by the W. R.
C. Mr. and Mrs. Tyler, who have liv
ed in Bandon for two years are now
returning to their former home in Io
wa. During their residence here they
have made many warm friends, cspe
cially among Grand Army :.nd Women
Relief Corps people.. Their daughter
Mrs. H. G. Ramsay, has been spend
ing tho summer with them and ac
companied them on their trip hack to
Iowa. They left Saturday by auto to
Roseburg from whence they go to
Portland. Seattle and east by the Can
adian Pacific. They will make their
homo at Mr.rble Rock, Iowa, from
which town Mrs. Ramsay came.
News of Earlier Days
Interesting Items From Recorder Files
Ten and Twenty Years Ago
of
I- rom the Recorder August 24th, 1905
Isaac Storm and Miss ' Nancy E.
Harvey were married August 17th by
Rev. Adolph Haberly.
Rev. Geo. A. Roach, new Presbyter
ian minister, arrived during the week.
Dr. Jas. Withycombe, then with the
Oregon Agricultural College at Cor
vallis was scheduled to hold three
meetings in the county. He was ac
companied by three others from tho
agricultural college.
Dr. S. L. Perkins who had been ab
sent for seven weeks visiting his par
ents in North Carolina, returned to
Bandon and resumed his practice
J. W. Felter and W. II. Logan tried
thoir hands as caulkers during the
week finishing up the scows for the
government.
Gallier Bros, were making consider
able improvements on the TuDoer
house.
That trouble among the fishermen
of Rogue river is no new thing is evi
denced from an item in this weeks Re
corder. Robert Burns had sued R. B
Hu me for $110,000 alleging persecu
tion in various ways, tho incidents be
ing staged at Gold Beach.
Congressman Hermann returned du
ring the week from the Hnrrimnn ban
quet at Portland and stated thnt he
had been assured the railroad from
Drain would be built ns soon ns the
permanent survey was made.
From the Recorder. Auirust 23. 1005
The Bandorille took out 00 heads of
hogs, and n lot of broomhnndles on its
trip down to San Francisco this week.
Bandon Lodge A. F. & A. M. was in
stituted this week. The following of
ficers were installed R. H. Rosa, W. M.
Robert Walker, S. W. G. Boak, J. W.
T. J. Thrift, S. D. W. W. Hammerberg
J. D.; F. E. Palmer, tres.; J. A. Laug-
head, secy.; Win. Bingnman, tyler; A.
I). Walcott and D. K. Perkins, stew
ards.
Try the C. C. Cash Store
for Groceries
New, clean stock, good goods at
bedrock prices. Also full line of
Notions Glassware, Silverware, Enam
elware, Toys, Hosiery, Underwear, Embroid
ery Cotton and many other things.
Honorable dealing and courteous
treatment guaranteed at Carpen
ter's old stand on Second street,
a half block south of Post Ollice.
Open every day and evening except Sunday
V respectfully solicit your business,
D. W. CARPENTER, General Manager
Joseph E. Johnston, a cr.mpcr from
Kitchen creek was drowned among the
rocks south of town during the week.
He had gone with a companion to tho
ocean side of one of the rocks gather
ing muscles when an unusually largo
wave overwhelmed them and killed
Johnson by dashing him among tho
rocks. His body was recovered 3G
hours later.
Investigates Mysteries
M. G. PoU Takes a Stroll a the Dark at
San Diego aid Sees Straage Sights
San Diego, August 15th, 1915
Editor Recorder: With thisletter I
will keep my promise to tell you of
my visit to the Temple of Mysteries.
After paying 10 cts, I was shown a
door to open, which I did. After I had
made a step or two forward the door
closed and could not be opened front
the inside. Arcund me was darkness
ns black as could be. I felt sorry that
1 had not brought a flash light. But it
was too late now and nothing was left
for me to do but to forge onward. A
step. Clap: there wers traps similar
flashed up before me. I wondered if
this wns the Star of Hopes. Another
step forward and and the star had dis
appeared. There was no help for me
but to advance. The passage turned
sharply to the right nnd then to tho
left a way to pass them. I examined
way and for a change the floor began
to roll first one way and then the oth
er way.
I had my cane with me and care
fully sounded before I made the next
step Clap: There were claps, similar
to mouse traps: then the floor would
fly up, hollowing in the middle and
down it went on the other side, not a
ray of light, but I wanted to see tho
mysteries and so I moved on. Right in
front of me appeared daylight. Thero
were three iron machines in full oper
ation and neither to the right or tho
left a way to pass them. I examined
the things closely and found, some
what hidden on the right side, nn iron
fence.
The machines, I could not stop, over
the fence I want. The first step, a stiff
incline began to move and down I
wont. It seemed to speed me in dif
ferent directions. I looked for somo
mysterious sight but it dumped mo to
the outer world in good shape.
The joke was too good. Should you
visit tho exposition, dont forget to
call there but bring a flash light along
mid perhaps you will find something
more than I did.
When on my feet again 1 told tho
nice young lady in attendance that
she owed mo a dollar and she seemed
to find something funny in the asser
tion Today I visited the oldest Catholic
mission in this section, the "Romano"
It wns erected in 17G8. Many old piec
es of workmanship and paintings were
there ns well as tho old chapel with
its seats and chair of confession. I
wondered how many poor sinners havo
confessed their cvildoings, paid their
pennies nnd had their sins forgiven. '
Happy is the person who believes.
Not far from this is a large palm
which is said to be the first palm treo
planted in California. Next to it, a
little elevated, is a tall cross; beforo
it tho grave of an old padre. An old
lady told me whoever prayed before
it and believes will be cured of cer
tain diseases. Unfortunately I did not
have those diseases so I went on.
The great olive cannery was closed
and I could not go in. Next week moro.
M. G. POIIL
arJ m w miimtxl will