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About The Bandon recorder. (Bandon, Or.) 1915-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1915)
t 1H VMM HJI(Ai, James Pike Of Pikeville By EVERETT P. CLARKE The Pikeville gold fields wcro dlacov crcd and exploited by Jim l'lke, who waa as big u rascal as ever lived. Thuro waa dot an ounce of gold within two miles of the place except what Jim bad put there from somo other mine, but It waa enough when mixed with a certain red ore thero wan on the property hu had staked out to sell to otherH to convince hungry gold hunters that he bad struck It rich. When therefore he gave out that ho had several hundred acres nnd couldn't work more than one acre himself every body clamored to buy a small slice of his surplus. It required a lot of per suading to induce him to sell, nnd every time ho sold a lot he seemed to bo heartbroken. "There goes a for tun'," he would say, "Just because I haven't the funds to get It out o' the ground." Nevertheless Jim was always per suaded, and If the would bo purchaser hadn't the cash to buy' with ho would Just as a favor take anything he could get II o sold one man who was down on his luck a lot fifty feet by fifty for a revolver. This transaction was talk ed about, and any man who had a horso, a watch or an old Addle would go to Jim Pike and buy a bit of ground with It Out none of these Investors got any gold out of their lots. First there was grumbling; then there was cursing, nnd at last there was a putting together of heads, and the opinion was prouuU&U ed that Tike hnd swindled the pur chasers. Those who had bought the best and largest tracts for cash con sulted as to how they could get their money back; those who bad boifght with cats and dogs were not so wrought up, but among the whole there grew up n disposition to prevent Pllco from getting away from the place with the booty. Pike hud n deep Insight Into human nature. It was his opinion that thoso who have been swindled once might be swindled ngnln. Moreover, he believed that It Is easier to swindle a commu nity than an Individual. "That's the plan," be said, "on which promoters work. If Tom Is satisfied that a cer tain scheme Is a good one Dick Is ready to follow Tom, and the two together bring in Harry. Tom, Dick nnd Harry bring in the multitude." So Mr. Pike concluded that, having by one swindle made it nucleus for another, he bethought himself what that other one should be. The object it bis second scheme was not to tako uuy more money out of the citizens of Pikeville, for be had got about all thero was. What he desired was to get a wny wth his plunder. He gave out that In the kindness of Ids heart he had taken many odds nnd i tids for his property for which ho find no use. He had decided to lump liem and rafllo them. He thought there were IVOOO worth of them, but lie would call It $500. Those who hud Invested money In Pikeville lots scorned to Invest In Pike's lottery. Those who had lost nothing of moment, thinking that theso i.elghbors had bought with more val uable articles than himself and that I ho collection would bo n fine thing to linvc, took shares, lu this way 300 shares were sold to the most gullible of the population. Plko not only took the remaining 200 shares himself, but pledged himself If he won to put tlio names of those holding Nlmrcs lu n hat and let n l!ile child, blindfolded, draw a nanio. To tlio pcrsou whose name was drawn he would turn over the ar ticles raffled for. This Bcciuod so fair, so generous, that It caused quite a revulsion lu Pike's favor. Those who had sneered ut him did not do so any more for fear of exciting hostility against them Hclves. Indeed, there were several tights between scoffers and sharehold ers In the lottery. While the shares were being sub scribed for the articles to be rallied were exhibited. In Pike's yard were two horses, both blind, a cow, three dogs and a goat. In his living room were fishing rods, musical Instruments, several articles of furniture, some rugs much worn and small articles of every description down to a Jewsharp. When the collection had been ex hibited long cuough to give every ouo u sight, though too short to enable any one to Judge of Its worthlcssness. It was announced that the drawing would tuko place thouext evening at 7 o'clock. A little girl six years old was blind folded, a plug lint with 000 names In It 200 being Pike's was placed be fore her, fllio put In her hand and drew out the nnino of James Pike. Mr. Plko stepped forth and said that he had understood there was soma error lu the names In the hat, that they would bo carefully examined and the final drawing would take place at 10 o'clock the next morning, There was cheer at this, ami the geuertnis Mr Plko bowed and smiled nlTnbly, The cUUi'im of Plkevillo arose the next morning much excited, They hnd fed on eicltuiiit'iit for months, nnd I lie fiwut hid now rtvu'lu'd a cllmnx. Alxo there was n sudden full, Tilt article lo be rallied fur "ere u II ut bind, but I lie rnlller Imd iliwrlisl, Tlw slugulsr purl of iliU tr' I Hist, while (hu liareliulier ipltthl hv dm vn ui far llw collvllo of rtl"l I hk I hsd U jHi up. i(4 N IWtfou until ny move to do u, Tim llr Mutk trit til eii!j of fix niid inul ut Ibi cllier fiilfjii ww krvkin H If l vWWi' CHARM OF VENICE. The Whit Swan of Cities' It W Calltd by Longfsllow. Venice Is the mecca of tourists be cause of Its beauty nnd its history. It was the link connecting Rome and Athens. It felt the influence of Ara bia and of Persia. It saved some of the Greek masterpieces from oblivion. Its architecture shows the effect of all the ancient civilizations. Seated on Us 117 Islands, with canals for Btreets, It has been renowned as The pleasant place of all festivity. The revel of tho earth, the maeque of Italy. Longfellow called It the "white swan of cities." and other poets have cele brated Its glories above those of any other city of the world. Its political history is of entrancing Interest it Is , saturated with romantic traditions. The numerous churches, the bridges, the tombs, the palace of the doges, the old library, the campanile and tho , Academy of the Arts are among tho most attractive show places of Europe. ' The masterpieces of those master art ists or the sixteenth century. Titian. Tintoretto, Glorglone. Bellini. Paolo Veronese, Snnsovlno, Palladlo and Da ponte, have given city undying glory. in Venice the renaissance Is seen at Its best and at its worst Realism and Idealism bave vied for mastery. Perhaps In no other city of the world Is thero preserved such a rich collec tion of the styles of painting and archi tecture of the different centuries. St Louis Ulobe-Deinocrat ITGHEN Cupboard SOME DELICIOUS RECIPES. Anchovy Sauce. A QUICK uud easy way of making uncbovy sauce Is to stir two or three siooufuls of prepared es sence of anchovy, which may be bought at the grocer's, into u pint of melted butter. Let the sauce boll nnd liavor with lemon Juice; time, ten minutes to boll; suUlcient, two tenspoonfuls to a pint Maple Custard. Heat five eggs until a siwonful can !u lifted without stringing; add one-half cupful of maple sirup, a saltspoouful of salt; stir well, then add three cupfuls of milk und strain Into a mold or Individual cups; wet tho inside or the cuiw with cold water. Tho hot water in tho pan In which the custards are set to bake should not boll after baking Is begun. Fried Cucumber. Pure und cut Into lengthwise slices more than oue-quarter or an inch thick and lay for half nn hour In Ice water; wipe each plcco dry; sprlnkle,wlth pep per and salt and dredge with Hour; fry to a light brown In good dripping or butter; drain well nnd serve hot Raised Brown Bread. Two cupfuls of commeal, one-quarter yeast cake, two cupfuls of boiling wuter; pour boiling water on cornmcal; when lukewarm ndd dissolved yeast cako aud remaining Ingredients; beat well; let it rlso overnight; beat and pour Into a buttered brown bread tin; bake In a moderate oven from ono to one aud one-half hours. Old Fashioned Batter Pudding. Ono pint of milk, four eggs, whites and yolks beaten separately; two even cupfuls of prepared flour, ono teaspoon ful of salt; beat up the eggs, add the yolks to the milk, salt the Hour and stir In alternately with the whites; beat bard and bake in n buttered pud ding dish forty-five minutes; eat with sweet sauce at once, as it soon fulls. Sweet Sauce. To ono pint of boiling water add a heaping teacupful of sugar, onu table spoonful of butter, a pinch of salt aud one tablespoonful of cornstarch dis solved iu cold water; senson with nut meg or vanilla; boll half au hour. If good and well cooked It will be very clear. Fried Bananas, Chafing Dish. Cut four bananas In halves length wise; melt one tablespoonrul or butter In blazer or chafing dish without using the hot water pan; brown the bananas on both Bides nnd serve with nut cur rant Jelly sauce made as rollowH; Moil three-quarters of a cupful of sugar and oue-quarter cupful of water together rour minutes; then pour on to one third cupful of currant Jelly which has been beaten until soft with n silver fork; then add one-third cupful of nut meats blanched and broken In small pieces. Then it is ready to serve. WORTH WHILE. IT Is easy cnouKh to be pleasant When If fo Hows by llko a song, (lut tho man worth whllo Is one who will smllo When ovcrythltiB bocs denil wrontr. For tho test of the heart Is trouble. And It always comes with tho years, Anl the Minllo thut I worth the pralsut of earth Is the smllo that shines tlirouuli tears. It Is easy lo b prinlent When lioihllltr tempts you tu stray, When without or within no voice of sin Is lurlnu tir soul awuy, Milt It's only u nccullvs virtu I'ntll It U tried by lire, Ami ill llf Hut l wurlli lh honor tif tar Hi I III os llisl leslsl iteslrn. I III tM, Hi m, lh Mini, Wim had i simmlli fur Hi (rlf, Th world's blVty Is utirl Iflur, Th sMkf up lb mm of !l llul Ik fUUi liMj sMtWrt' M"M An4 1W MHO hl )) r i Umt uVl r wskfib IU Itsiiiiin mi A Trap and a Confession By EUNICE BLAKE "I understand, Hilly, that your en gagement with Ida Trask Is broken?" "It Is." Thero was a brier sllenco between tho two men, when Billy Staples said: "Ida sent me off." This was all the information any one ever got out of Mr. Staples. There is u story ronnccted with his diamissul that puts the mntter In a different light. Miss Trask was one of a house party given In the autumn, and of course Billy was iuvited too. Kdlth Storms, one of the girls of the party, was sit ting on the porch with Billy and said to him: "I'm tired of riding, and I wish we did more walking. Nothing delights me so much as to start out ou a brisk walk In cool autumn weather, when the leaves are turning. 1 love to kick up the leaves drying on the ground." "I will be most happy to be your companion for a walk." said Billy gal lantly. "Ida might not like It" "I see no reason why sho should ob ject." "Nevertheless It would bo Just ns well If she did not see us go away to gether. She's In tho library playing cards." "I'm perfectly willing' she should see us." They started off nnd were soon lu the woods, kicking up tho rnllen leaves. Miss Storms coming to n secluded spot did not seem ns desirous or walking ns she had claimed. A branch of a tree growing very near the ground nnd parallel to It formed n convenient seat Miss Storms snt down, leaving room for her companion to sit beside her. He did so, nnd the two chatted for awhile on the scenic beauty of the spot and the stillness, the lady remarking that It was Just the place for a proposal, whereupon the gentleman said that he would be hnppy to accommodate her If he were not already engaged. Miss Storms leaned forward, expos ing ii shapely waist. Billy resisted a temptation to drop an arm upon It, but i when she turned her face toward him with her lips very near his he gave It up. lie kissed her. The temptress rose nnd walked ; iiwiiy. Billy following Iter. Ue couldn't tell whether she was offended or hurt 1 or conscience stricken. Their walk , buck to the house was In silence, and I when thoy reached It the girl went Immediately to her room. I That evening Miss Trask intimated I that she would like a prlvfite conversn I tlon with her fiance. They went Into , one of the little parlors on the main I lloor. nnd when seated the lady said: I "I saw you go to walk this afternoon , with Kdlth Storms. Do you think It 1 Just the thing to tnke walks in tho woods with one girl when you are en i gaged to another?" I "I see no harm In It" "There is no hnrm provided nothing occurs that Is harmful." Billy made no reply to this. "If you assure me that nothing harm ful occurred 1 have nothing further to say." Billy pondered ns to his nnswer, then said. "Ask Kdlth." Then, rising, he left the room. Shu met her Uancc In the hall the next morning, nnd handing him a note she passed on. The note wns simply a bieaking of their engagement. Kdlth Storms, on seeing Billy shortly after his dismissal, Indicated that she would like to speuk to him alone. Bil ly gave her an opportunity, but main tained a reserve. "Why did you send Idu to me about what happened yesterday?" she nsked. "Because It is the woman's privilege lo answer all such questions." "Could you not have saved your self by" "A lie? No." "You compelled mo to accuse you of taking a kiss without my consent" "1 don't see how you could have oth erwise defended yourself." "But tills reflected on you." "1 shall have to bear the Imputa tion." "Has Ida broken with you?" "Yes." Miss Storms did not seem quite sat isfied and showed her dissatisfaction. She toyed with a bangle on her arm. then with n string of beads around her neck. "What makes me feel unplensnnt." she said presently. "U that I don't wish you to think that I wish to take you away from Ida. Indeed. I am pre occupied In that" "Don't give yourself any concern that I should think you arc lu love with me." There was something culling in this that called a slight Hush to her cheek. "All the blame of this affair." she said, "fulls on mo. I'm not going to hear It I'll tell you the whole stor If you will nureo (o drop the intillcr' "Tell It. I liinii no reiiMJu to follow It up." "It Nccin very wrong of me. bin I hull feel belter nriur liming uiinlc un eiUnutliiii Idu hn rennlly inef n inn II with whom klm hu fallen deeper iilel)' In itttii Kin- wiiniml u r uiiu in lunuU Willi yu Mini"- wKiw mliiil iv r-. wum yuu (MOP luid (He wilj UMler i my ji," "YtiU fwljJt w iiimI 14 L'i mm tumuw (ii .isj why M UrtikvH with jjMj, t NATURE AND THE MICROBE. How the Nose and th Stomach Fight ! Disease Germ. ' The thoughtful reader will say, "Surely. In the battle of man against microbe thero must be some natural means of defense by which men have conquered in the past long before the microscope was Invented." He Is right, and science Is never better employed I than In studying these nntural de . fenses. For example, wo find no ml I crobes at all In air Just after It passes i through the healthy nose. The nose . Is the original "domestic filter" for all I microbes In dust in the nlr. Its se cretions are antiseptic also, and man has no more valuable outwork or do reuse than a normal nose. A choked nose, through which a person cannot breathe, means thut microbes enter the ( lungs freely by way or the fllterlcss mouth. 1 In the stomach we And free hydro . chloric acid, produced some half hour . or less after a meal. Its production I from the common salt or sodium chlo . ride, or the blood by the living cells that . Hue the stomach Is one or the wholly I Inimitable feats of the body. Until re ; cently most of us thought that tho by i drochlorlc acid was formed in the stom , ach solely In order to digest food, but I now we have evidence to show that j tills hydrochloric acid is also u valuable j antiseptic, working, for once, luslde f the body without hurting It uud prob- ably orten saving us rrom the microbes 1 or consumption uud typhoid revcr. I Thus the two great avenues of entry to the body ure lu n large degree guard ied. It may be udded that no known I microbe can. unaided, penetrate the surface of the unbroken und healthy klu. Dr. C. W. Saleeby In Youth's I Companion. . Be brief, for It Is with words ns with sunbeams the more they are condensed the deeper they hum. Holmes. Gems In Verse OLD FAVORITES. SONG OF THE CAMP. G IVB us a song!" the soldiers cried, Tho outer trenches guarding, Whllo tho heated guns of the camps allied Grow weary of bombarding. "Olvo us a BonKl" the guardsmen say. "Wo storm tho forts tomorrow; SIiik whllo we may; another day Will brlns enough of sorrow." They lay along tho battorlcs' side. Below tho slumbering cannon. Bravo hearts from Severn and from Clyde And from the banks of Shannon. They sang of lovo and not of fame; Forgot was Britain's glory; Each heart recalled a different name. But all sang "Annlo Laurie." Volco after voice caught up the song Until its tender passion Swelled llko an anthem rich and strong Their battle cvo's confession. Dear girl I Her namo ho dared not speak, But us tho song grow louder Something on tho soldier's chock Washed off the stain ot powder. And once again a fire ot hell Italiicd on tho Ilusslau quarters, Midst scream of shot and burst of shell And bellowing of tho mortars. And Irish Nora's nycs nro dim For ii. singer dumb and gory, And English Mary moums for him Who sang of "Annlo Laurie." Beyond tho dark'nlng ocean burned The bloody sunset's embers, Whllo the Crimean valleys teamed How English lovo remembers. Ah, soldiers, to your honored rest. Your truth nnd valor bearing. Tho bravest are tho tenderest; Tho loving are tho darlngl Bayard Taylor 1S68. FORTUNA. mil 13 wind blows east, the wind blows west, And the frost falls and the rain; And weary hoart went thankful to rest And must rlso to toll again, 'gain. And must rise to toll again. rPIIE wind blows east, tho wind blown west, And there comes good luck and bad; The thriftiest man Is tho cheerful est; 'TIh a thriftless thing to be sad, sad, 'TU a thriftless thing to bo sad. mUE wind does blow as It list al way; Canst thou change this world to thy mind? The world will wander Its own wlso way; I ulso will wander mine, mine, I also will wander mine. Thomas Carlyle. SOLITUDE. TIIEIIE Is a pleasure In the pathless woods, There Is a rapturo on tho lonely uhoro, There Is society where none in trudes, By the deep sea und inuulo In Its roar, I lovo not inun the less, but nuturu more; From these our Interviews, In which I steal From all 1 may bu or huvo been before To mingle with thu universe und feel Whut I can nu'er eiprew, yt cannot ll conceal Hull on, thou deep and dsrb blu ocbuii rolll Tui thousand Ileal wti over Hit In Vlilll, Man mik ilia mill with ruln-lil cure 1 1 ol Mtfp vllh ih liori upon lh iy plain Th iek mi all lliy iltwl, nw dulh r insin A tiaW ut mvjf I mvu hf PHj Rf'Mi. fur a umami, ilk? m i!ip 7 fto if W We lliy tH'!N Mil VulWhii WSM$ ! PORT OKFORD REPORTS i) , DrtWrtf51(, I I (From Port Oriord Uteibune.) Mail Contractor T. B. Davidson broke a front axel to his Studebaker car one day last week by runninp into a chuck hole. He has now placed nn order with M. D .Sherrard for a tftick ( which he believes will give better s-er-. vice on the mail route than an automo bile. While Mr. Davidson's car has been oft" the road, Herbert Unican has been carrying the mail with n team and riff. W. 11. Coy killed n large panther near Corbin last Thursday. Tho ani mal had killed a sheep on the Cole- j brook range the night before which was discovered the following morning and Coy and his dogs sent for witl' the result that the big cat was soon up-a-tree. Mr. Coy has a valuable pack of dogs and it is a lucky varmit that Kls away from them when once the dogs strikes its trail. The Agate carnival will be kept ov er until 101G. The floor will be taken up und stored and the sides and foun dations will be left standing. It had been tho custom heretofore to tear the building down and sell the lumber ut n sacrifice to pay outstanding debts but to save the building, this year a stock company has been formed at $10 per share and the amount necessary was quickly raised. Geo. Colebrook and Miss Esther Bachman were united iu marriage by County Judge W. A. Wood at Gold Beach, Tuesday, August 21th, 1915. The groom is a Curry county boy having, been raised on the old home place near Corbin where the happy young people will reside. Tho bride who mot her husband when he spent last winter in Los Angeles, comes from Pasadena, Cnl. where her fathoi is a contractor and builder. N. C. Divelbiss contemplates tnkinn his family and starting for California shortly in his Buick to spend the winter in that sunny clime. Cnllen Ellis from Norway has beer in this section recently and purchased a small saw mill outfit from Robert McKenzie of Sea View which he has moved to Arago where he will saw for the local market Several wrestling matches were pul led off at Gold Beach last week during Circuit Court. Tuesday evening Mat Coy and Percy Zumwalt met in an in teresting match, in which Coy won the first fall in 10 minutes, Zumwalt tak ing the second fall in 4 minutes on n hammerlock that strained Coy's shoulder so that he could nob came back for the deciding fall, so he for feited the match. Jim Wilson and Clarence Wright gave u 10 minuto ex hibition that pleased the audience. Tho following night Wilson wrestled a hnndicap against Coy, Wright Sut ton and Zumwalt, and defeated them in 4, 12V6, 9 and 20 minutes respec tively. While the four local boys are good husky fellows, tho match showed how helpless an amateur is in the hand of a professional, Wilson handling' them at will, several times picking one up by the foot and swinging him around until he was so dizzy that lie could scarcely stand. Tho matches were good natured, and tho skill dis played mudo them popular with those who attended. j Kitchen Economy With wood or coal waste heat. Too much or too little for best cooking. In hot weather too much heat coming out into the room. With a good oil-stovc no waste heat or fuel. One htirner or four low flame or hitjli a slow fire or a hot one. All the convenience of gas for every home, all the year round, New Perfection Oil Cook-Stove For tl$l Htmlli Ut, $,! OH Jlrllrr rooking, lliinr i)juliil.r Ut juil llir ijrjrrr iirrij n at lujlll fur liliJif fur i.aliv hi, ,uli.r ilun iilil illlj Ik (iW A Mad imuIi slid rr dvinuilfli iraiiuii, ilflC JilpWIIIU'l, 8TANPAKP OILCOMrAHY F. C. Hawkins made a night drive to Bandon in his Studebaker car last Friday, meeting Harry Huntley nnd Mrs. S. P. Pcirce and driving them to Gold Beach the same night to attend the funeral of their mother. The body of Mrs. Huntley was taken down by auto truck tho same night. M. D. Sherrard came down from Bandon the Inter part of last week and delivered a Dodge automobile to John Fromm Jr. of Brush creek, nnd since that time the latter gentleman has been spending much of his time on th road familiarizing himself with the difference between a Dodge and n team of horses. Lnst Saturday while the two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I). K. Lewis of the North Fork war romp ing near where some slnsh'.nu was be ing burned, she came too near the flame and her dress caught fire. The little girl was badly burned nbout the lower limbs and hips. She is doing .is well as could be expected at this time Myrtle Point Enterprise. ''ME TIIRlCK-A-WHKlv KD1T10V F THE NEW YORK WOUIJ' 1 rc'ically a Daily at the Price ol n Weekly. .No other Newspaper it, the world gives so much at so low a priic. Thr vear 1914 witnessed he out )rcak of tho Titanic European war vhiih makes all other wars look sma''-. You live in momentous timos md you should not miss any of the cemenduous events that nro occur--tng. No other newspaper will keep you so well informed ns the Tnrko a Wcek edition of tho New York World Moreover, a year's suDscriptlon to it will take you far into our next prenidential campaign and wil give to western readers tlio castorn situation It contains a vast amount of rending natter at a very cheap price. The Thrice-aWcek World's reguh.r subscription price is only ?1.(!0 per e:ir, nnd this pays for ICG papers. olTer this uncqunlcd newsptipc and the SEMI-WEEKLY BANDON 'ECORDER together for ono yem for only $1.90. The regular subscri tion price to tho two papers is S2.W M O N E Y 1 MONEY! Tho mint makes it and under the terms of theCONTINENTAL MORT GAGE COMPANY you can secure it at 6 percent for any legal purpose on approved real estate.' Terms easy, tell us your want3 and we will co-oporaU vith you. PETTY AND COMPANY i!3 Dcnhnm Bldg., Denver, Coin. L. I. WHEELER, WHEELER STUDIO Fine Portraits Amnteur Finishing Fits! St. East of Hotel Gnllier PURE DRUGS Do you want pure drug and drug sundries, fine perfumes, hair brushes, and toilet articles? If so call on C. Y. LOWE, Bandon Gas Sto-vt Ctnvtnltnct with Ktroitnt 4 i Irwn kmlnil. A6 yOL' ytxnt in iui)iiMlurff,