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THE BANDON RECORDER
Bandon By-the-Sea has the Prettiest Beach on the Coast
VOLUME XXXI BANDON, OREGON. SEPTEMBER 21 1915 NUMBER 37
FORM ASSOCIATION
FOR GOOD ROADS
Interview With Jonn Dickey Telling of
Proposed Action For Benefit of Highway
At the meeting of the business mens
nssoclation held in Coquille a few
weekB ngo it was voted to name a
committee of the association to meet
with the Coos county Good Koad3 as
uciation and sco what could he done
to improve the roads of the county. A
meeting of the later association was
held at Coqullle last Thursday even
ing and the committee attended as
well as many others interested com
ing even from remote parts of the
county.
Ono great good resulted from the
meeting and that was ufter some
talk it was decided there v.r.s no one
but what was ignorant of the subject
and that all the old plans suggested
were bad. Many had been in favor
of plank roads at first but as they
had time to think it over this idea had
been abandoned and likowiso the
advocates of other forms of roads a
greed to forget their theories and
they decided to blot out what had been
nnd sit down to materialize plans on
which all could unite.
James E. Montgomery of Marsh-
field was elected president of the re
organized association, E. L. Powell,
secy., ailfl II. II. Mast, treasurer
Seven vico presidents were named,
theso to constitute a committee to
formulate road plans to bo presented
ut tho next meeting of the association
to bo held at 10 o'clock, October 7th
at North Bond. This is ono of the
days of tho carnival to bo hold in that
Ijwn, to commcmo:atc the building of
1 10 i)ig.,.J)ridge.
hj flowing telegram was read
nt the meeting:
Portland, Ore., Sept. 15, 1915
Jas. E. Montgomery Marshfield Ore.
I am assured positively by Simon
Benson, chairman Advisory State
Highway Commission that State aid
will bo available for a road to inter
ned tho Pacific Highway when Coos
County has helped herself through
tho bond issue. With .this assurance
wo nhould lose no more time. Please
attend tho Coquille meetings and
pledge our energetic and continuous
mipport for a comprehensive good
roads program for Coos County. Find
wo can secure tho best talent in the
State including Benson and the Gover
nor to assist in n campaign of educa
tion to the business value of roads.
CHARLES HALL
In connection with the above G. T.
Trcadgold states that Gov. Withy
combo told him during .the last
campaign that he would come to the
county and mako somo addresses and
tho above telegram indicates that he
can be relied on to boost for good
roads.
Among tho other things set aside
is tho good roads petition calling for
a special election on tho bond issue
and it is not likely that this petition
will bo presented to tho county court
for action.
Mr. Dickey is not in favor of haste
in tho matter of bring good roads is
suo to a vote. Ho bclir.vcc the
election next fall will be time enough.
Ho would discuss the matter
thoroughly maturo a plan that will
stand tho tc3t of any argument and
then set about its adoption.
Mr. Dickey says ho finds many
people who are opposed to r. bond is-
cue for good roads and it reminds him
of an illustration. Suppose, he says
one has land to clear and a crop to
put in nr.d needs a horso to do the
work. Is it batter to do without un
til the money is earned to buy the
the horse or to borrow tho money,
buy tha horse and with tho proceeds
of its work, pay for tho animal.
When the committee appointed to
formulate toad plans has reported,
the good roads discussion may ho ex
pected to begin n now.
Tho tf le is willing to help in Uit
Mutter of road bulldli'K lut it iintUts
Unit Itn rrsstttiuH) numt iu butowd
only where the people o( u iwtioii
have inlurnsl tnoiigii in llu mat lor
lu do onu woiU (or UuimwIv.
Jurkon( Multiioiimlt,CIt4)i And (w
Un Lulled Id Uli way.
Mr. Cutten Yisits Bandon
W. R Cutten of Coquille was cut-
tin' a few capers on the streets of
Bandon Saturday and Sunday. Mr,
Cutten who admits that he composes
some corking printorial compositions
and gems of the art prcscvativc of
arts for the Coquille Herald when
his artistic spirit movc3 him to work
had recently tumbled oft" the water
wagon and the direction of his tunr
bio was in the direction of Bandon
He was enjoying his visit in our
midst immensely and found things
here very refreshing. Doubtless whon
he gets his tongue untangled and ox
tracts the kinks into which ho worked
it telling the Recorder forco of his
accomplishments he will be able to
spin n few more on the theme of his
adventures in our city.
Knight For School Clerk
The special school election in the
high school building last Friday night
developed considerable interest and
there was a large turnout considering
the fact that it was a special meeting
Three candidtes were placed in nomi
nation; .John Nielson, E. II. Fish nnd
C. M. Knight. F. .1. Chatburn was
named as clerk of the meeting and
Guy Dipple and D. W. Carpenter ap
pointed tellers. A ballot showed tho
following vote. Nielson 7, Fish 23
and Knight (55 and the last named was
declared duly elected.
Tho fact that active canvass for the
vacant position had beon mnde ex
plained tho interest manifested in tho
election. Tho result is a tribute to
the popularity and appreciation of
Mr. Knight in the community, especi
ally as Mr. Fish, his principal oppon
ent is a strong man, capsule, alert,
and popular. Mr. Nielson did not
mako any effort to carry tho election.
During the meeting M. Breuer rais
ed the objection that tho election no
tice" had -been Wrongly phrased calling
for an election for a term of one year
instead of the unexpired term. This,
he corrected by motion.
Mrs. Eva Z. Crockett finds some lit
tlo notoriety attached to the fact that
wo inadvertanly in a recent issue gave
hor name as Mrs. Griffith instead of
Mrs. Eva Crockett as it is. She says
there is no telling how many hearts
were broken by the wrong announce
ment that she had changed her name
and we take this means of making a
proper correction. Mrs. Crockett a.id
her son David T. Crockett have bought
out tho interest of John T. Tupper in
the rooming houjJCTlfctf tor which they
have been mnnjMugand Mrs. Croc
kett nnd son wQKnri the s.unc in the
future. 1
The con. David, who is related to
the Kentucky pioneer and also to the
fnmily which Jesse James is descend
ed, is recently out from the U. S. cav
alry. He arrived in Bandon a week
ago, leaving the service at Ft. Russell
in Montana. Ho enlisted a year ago
at the age of eighteen but hie mother
decided that she- could not spare him
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tny longer and bought his release
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tho Colorado coal fields strike. He'i
also had a part in the making of some
of the popular movio films in which
U. S. cavalry was used. The boy
hoy tried for a farrier's licenso with
the government and had ho stayed
ono day longer in tho scrvico would
have necurcd the same. Ho also has
a silver medal awarded to tho best
three shots in his regiment. He was
in troupe 8 of the 12th cavalry. He
served In the cavalry 14 months and
is now li).
A Fovcn dollar phonogri ph record
is surely an aristocratic record. Sabro
Bros, have it in their music dept.
and it is notable because tho voices of
a number of stars in tho musical
world are combined to mr.ko it. The
record is tho Sextette from Lucia and
the singors r.ro Caruso, Tclrazzinl,
Amati, Jacoby, Ilada, Journct.
Thoi'o nie a couple of cream ap
urutoin in tho storo of L. W. 'Itobln
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A Voyage on the Coquille River 40 Years Ago
Thos. 11. Mery, editor of the Coos
Bay News, which was then published
at Empire, wrote the following ac
count of his first trip to the Coquille
river, which appeared in the issue of
July 8, 1874.
We left Empire last Wednesday a
bout noon on the Satellite, in company
with some dozen of our fellow citizens
bound for tho blue Coquille. Friend
Wm. Sounders went ashore at North
Bend and borrowed a boat with which
to go down Beaver slough, which boat
we launched at Dr. Henry's and made
sail on her. George Quigley was pilot
and when we got up to Isaacs' landing
we partook of a hearty dinner and
then made the best of our way across
the Isthmus. Arriving at Judge Halls
that gentleman informed us he had
that day sold out his "railroad" to
Messrs, Utter & Fitzhugh for $8,-
000. We got our boat hauled on the
car by a single patient mule, whose
voice was 'echoless and alorie" as he
brayed along the little tramroad
through tho wilderness. Suddenly the
heavy droning buzz of a circular saw
broko upon our ears, and we camo up
on a steam saw mill owned by the Isth
mus Transit Railroad company and
managed by J. F. Dunhnm, formerly
North Bend. Wo found all hands nt
work, as hard as they could drive, not
only getting out timbers for the new
railroad, but actually cutting out an
order for an building in Marshfield.
This is worse than shipping coal to
Newcastle.
Beaver Slough was reached at last,
and I was totally astonished to think
how nil the trade and travel of the Co
quille valley had to pass through this
narrow gutter. There were four of
un in tho skiff. Saunders and Quigley
(who did tho poling for six miles
through that tortuons and narrow pas
sage) Lieo. Jicnnett of Handon and
the writer. The dense brush over
hung'th'e 'channel tho-entif3istance
but at length wo came to the farm of
Y. M. Lowe, and suddenly about an
hour- before sunset, burst upon our ad
miring view "The Bluo Coquille." Yes
after a year of patient waiting it was
before me at last the most beautiful
if not tho grandest river in Oregon.
Its fume had not belied it for I be
hold it winding through densely wood-
d mountain gorges, alternating with
' road, grassy prairies where the up
..urling smoke told that some front
iersman had found a home. Compar
ed with it, the Willamette is a slough
and tho Sacramento but a muddy ditch
We stopped for supper at tho house of
Yolvcrton Lowe, who is profanely cal
led "Pate," and nfter a hearty supper
lit cigars for a row 'of fifteen miles
down the river.
The scenery and the pleasure of that
beautiful night will never fade from
my memory. The sun was just set
ting as Saunders and Qugley gavo
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uj- un im-ii uaiH mm wuiiut oui into
the clear, pellucid currentAll above
us was a glow of beauty, the sky be-
tint fltltlinrl in m lttnrwl lilnvi nf .ii-imnnx
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the boughs of some tall fir tree,
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above us, as Counselor Bennett gave
us one of his inimitable anecdotes with
a fluvor that Sir Jonah Barrington
could not have surpassed. From timo
to time I took my pull at tho "white
ash breeze" ns wo shot around the
bends and dnrted by picturesque cot
tages. Holy twilight then stole down
upon us in her modest gown of ashen
gray, nnd we were singing cheerfully
as long streaming files of wild fowls
shot through the dusky air above us.
Tho robin had chanted his vespers
and flown to the side of his tender
mate, while the sentry-like heron
hoarbely croaked from tho limb of
some decayed tree that moss-clad,
towered above us like somo bearded
Druid of old. Then down stole tho
darkness, and tho stnrs commenced to
wink nbove the tall pines that were be
ginning to mirror their tapering spires
in the dark bosom of the stream.
Silently sploshed tho oars ns we jtas
nod by the snaggy mouth of Iown
nlough, and then we were out in good
witttr nguln. Song ufter song woke
.jh nolftudu nt the fort-nt u wo glided
jnwlftly along; but noon we encounter-
w un ndvurnu tide. Af(r two bourn
; f fct",'f,t Utf " wn rrtl In ull
of limu'i. Prom
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JliMt of ijjvtr tji Quwi) ut Ulii
careered through a veil of opal clouds.
It was just midnight whei. we reach
ed Randolph and woke up that most
hospital of frontier morchants, Ad
am Pershbaker. Instantly he and
his industrious lieutenant, R. II. Rosa
were out in that peculiar costume in
which the Mnrquis of Waterford and
his henchmen used to ride steeplechas
es. In a few minutes they had us com
fortably stowed away on downy beds,
slumbering in that peace which ever
rewards innocence nnd virtue. In the
morning we pulled down toward the
mouth of the river. Here we came
upon the wreck of the steamer Com
modore, wrecked here in 1870 and
since dismantled of her machinery.
Most of her engines are now in Pan
tcrs mill nt Coquille City. This craft
was built at Benicin, Cai., in 18G3, and
sent down to Maztln, where she made
no money and finally came back to San
Francisco, only to lay her tired bones
on the sands of Oregon. Just half a
mile below we came to Bandon fer
ry. Hero we strolled about the beach
and finally found a bed of wild straw
berries on the side hill. Ascending a
cliff near by we got a good view of the
dangerous bar at the mouth bf the
river, and saw the great scalions play
ing on the rocks over which the break
ers boomed with endless roar. After
a visit with Mr. Bennett at Bandon
Beach, we were hauled back to the fer
ry in farm wagon drawn by mules
and driven by G. A. Bennett. It was
afternoon when we reached the ferry
and there was a pleasant breeze blow
ing. So after pulling up the bay past
Hamblock's we made sail on our craft
and fairly flew up the beautiful river,
arriving at Pershbakers in about an
hour.
i tie salmon iisneries of this river
are destined to become a great source
of wealth to Coos county, at no distant
rtnv. Wa tinva vifiitari nil tlia nririninal
fisheries. on fthe- Columbia river, - and
have seen none of them more eligibly
located for theUaking and curing of
salmon than the lower end of the Co
quille. The principal difficulty has
heretofore been the want of means of
shipment, but since Capt. Rackliffe
has been running his little steam
schooner Cordelia, the people have be
gun to wake up a little. We saw her
lying at anchor just below Pohl &
Grube's mill, loaded with cedar lumber
for San Francisco. She would have
gone to sea several days ago but the
serious illness of one of Capt. Rack
lilT's family. In addition to her, a
steam scow called the Twin Sisters
comes in here occsionally und takes off
about 80000 feet of lumber at n load.
It was, high noon, overcst nnd sultry
on Friday when Saunders and myself
bid adieu to the hospitable mansion of
Mr. Pershbaker. We were bound for
tho celebration at Coquille City and
carried our patriotism in a jug. Of
what befel us, more anon Coos Bay
News.
At the unearthly hour of two last
Friday morning M. Ocon was waken
ed from a sound sleep by the cry of
a man in distress. Investigating he
found a man had fallen into the slip
just back of his shop and wns cling
ing to the piles and calling for assist
ance. Ocon summoned Night Officer
Cessna who got a boat and rescued
the man. Tho later, recently from Ar
izonu and a stranger had wandered
round into unfamiliar paths and fallen
in the water. He was taken into the
all-night restaurant and dried out.
The owners of gasoline bor ts on the
Coos river hnve been fined by U. S.
inspectors $5350 becauce of laxness
in obeying the government regula
tions. Eight months ngo tho samo
Inspector McGrath assessed these
men $4500 and most of tha fines were
rebated on promise to do better in tho
future.
Sinco tho disaster to tho Eastland
tho inspectors have beon cautioned to
ho stricter in the performance of
their duties and thoy may be expect
rd to make theso fines stick. The
only Coquillo rivsr boat criticised wns
tho Myrtle which was found without
n fog horn ami with other tfhortages.
Noticing tfmt there wits nothing at
tho fair by wiy of exhibit to (how
thiil there wuv nuch u pluce un ilundon
fi. V. rujw Iiuk went to Mr. Wurd ut
I he KXponlilon (hro ut lh viuw of
(hw Hy takun with (lie rvvmVIng cum
tvp Mini limy will ti July plucud wlivi?
thvy fill U hwi,
Jack Hickeys Hunger Strike
Having tried about every thing else
as a means of discouraging Jack
Hickey's partiality for municipal
lodging and Officer Holman has been
trying a bread and water diet upon
him for the past week. Emulating
the London suffragettes Hickcy has
gone on a hunger strike. He seems to
lack consistency in this and as yet
thsre has been o situation . rise com
polling tho officer to feed his prisoner
by force. Jack protests that he does
not want the bag of sandwiches
brought to him but the other day
when tho marshall blow into a bag
to make it appear like a full one Jack
quickly discovered tho cheat nnd do
maided n bag that weighed more.
Bakery Building Well Built
Now that the pebble dash is being
applied to the bakery building it is
evident that it is going to be a fine
appearing building.
A central figure of this building
will be the oven, preparations for in
stalling which are now in progress.
Underneath is a cluster of twentyfive
piles. On these rest 12x10 girders all
running in one direction. On these are
4x4s runninir with 12 in. centers
across. On top of this are 3x12 plankH
i uiiiiuiK me opposite way ana on mo
plank is inch thickness of asbestos.
On this a fut thickness of concrete
will be placed to serve as a foundation
for the oven of glazed and enameled
white brick. Including tho firo brick
and glazed brick the oven will weigh
over 70 tons. The oven will bo the
famous Peterson patent and will cost
$2,200 and when complete will bo the
finest oven in Southern Oregon.
The floor in the bake shop will be
of concrete with a concrete wainscot-
ting four feet high. The remainder of
the building will be plastered nnd the
outside is stucco over metal lath. The
bake shop is 20x50 ft. and'has a ceil
ing 14 feet high. It has a Mozzinin
floor in the back.
On the First street side are two
store rooms, the one to the east to
he used as a bake shop nnd is 20x25 ft
in dimensions and the other to be
rented is 20x20 ft in dimension. Both
rooms have modern store fronts.
On the north side of tho building
nre two 10x50 ft. court porches, one
for each floor. There nre nine rooms
up-stnirs, not including bath and toi
let. Three of those nre reserved for
dwelling purposes by Mr. Stephen nnd
tn remainuer will ue rented, rooms
have large windows of plate glass
1x0 ft and the rooms will be modern
in every respect.
The roof is built of flexible felt and
roof composition saturated nnd cov
ored with Trinidad asphalt. The pro
cess of laying this roof wr.s in four
separate plies.
Mr. Stephen has spared no money
to make the building the best possible
of the kind and Johnson, Payne nnd
Larson working in conjunction with
Architect KnrI Scheel are doing a job
that is a credit to tho craft.
Tho design of tho building is of
simple lines yet it is a structure that
would attract attention anywhere nnd
will be a notable addition to the bus
iness structures of Bandon.
George E. Baxter one cf three
brothers formerly in tho saloon busi
ness in Coquille nnd for whom the
Baxter hotel was named shot himself
fatally in Ma'shficld last Sunday
morning, lie first burned nil his let
ters nnd every paper in the room
that belonged to him, locked the door
of the room and shot himself with a
25.3r) rifl0( tho buet tnk c(rect on
his temple nnd from tho forco of
which the top of his head was blown
ofT. Despondency and continued brood
ing over a csparation from his wife
which occurred about five years ngo
is said to hnvo been tho impelling
causes to tho deed.
When asked what ho thought was
(he liest feature of the exposition C.
P. Papa suid he thought tho Sperry
flour exhibit was tho best thing on
tho grounds. They have a small forty
burrell in mill In operation and show
the whole process of (lour milking
from a to t. Thorn rlo (hey have (he
rooks of iliffdrunt nutlonulllles, Ger
man, Pencil, Jew, Turk, Jiip., (!.
iJUpluying (he method of (heir nu
tlonul rookery.
nillgiul return (mm all iw iouw
lie ut Houlli Guru! I'm fixijiU (hut
ENJOIN WORK
ON OREGON AVE.
Archbishop Takes Legal Steps to Prevent
City Making Cut Through Property
The threatened stay in the proceed
ings of paving Oregon avenue mater
ialized yesterday morning when a
temporary injunction was served on
the city recorder restraining the city
from going forward with this im
provement through the property in
dispute with tho Catholic church. The
injunction was obtained through tho
circuit court sitting at Coquillo nnd
was asked for in the nnmo of Arch
bishop Christy of the Catholic church.
The city will have ten days in which
to prepare an answer to the injunc
tion and to show reason why the samo
should not be made permanent. The
injunction rests on the claim of the
church that it still owns the land
through which the street funs whore
it is to mako its decent to tlfolgrndo of
the streets of tho lower town.
Tho injuncion nlfects only that part
of tho work that deals with the prop
erty which the church claims to own.
Tho rosfobf the work is proceeding as
usual but tho injunction will delay '
the sluicing of the hill nnd tho filling
in of tide flats below which it was pro
posed to fill witli the material taken
from the hill.
At tho meeting of the city council
last Wednesday evening tho petition
of property owners for the improve
ment was taken up nnd tho city fath
ers formally voted to take up tho
work, tho street to bo macadamized
or balastcd as the interested property
owners may decide. On this score a
citizen of the city rises to suggest
that tho Oregon avenue paving bo
turned down this 'street as' a'ino"ahs
of doing away with tho dispute with
the church. This could be done, us
ing the street as it is now r.nd the
grade would be considerably less than
the new grade would be.
Costello Is Defeated
Contrary to the expectations of
many Wilson triumphed over Costel
lo, the Belgian Tiger in tho match bo
fore the Bandon Athletic club last
Saturday night. And it wns an easy
victory or rather ono quickly decided.
Two straight falls went to Wilson
tho first in 24 minutes on a head scis
sors and the second in 17 minutes
with nn arm scissors. Costello forced
Wilson for tho first fall but was com
pelled to yield to Wilson's activity.
Many of tho fans wanted Costello to
win on his weight and were inclined
to believe that he laid down but he
himself admits that he met a man
who was bettor than he was and whom
he was not active enouirh to handle.
Costello will leave with the next
boat for Frisco and it is barely pos
sible that tho incoming boat will car
ry Chris Thcopolis to wrestle with
Wilson. Thcopolis is n good man und
will come if he can spare the timo from
his theatrical engagements. He ap
pears regularly on the stcco ns a
strong man. Thcopolis downed "Ajax
on two separate occasions. Once two
falls in 10 minutes nnd again two falls
in nine minutes.
Chester Hoskins actd as referee.
last Saturday night and as a prelim
inary Dutch nnd Murtin entertained
the crowd for half nn hour.
Smili ig Dutch was at North Bend
today to try and arrange a wrestling
match for tho bridgo carnival.
Senator Harry Lane and party of.
Portland slipped quietly into town last
Saturday night, arriving at about sev
en o'clock und stopping at tho Gul
lier ovor night, wore off for the
Rogue river country in tho morning.
They made their ontranco nnd exit
so qulttly thut none of tho local pn.
itnns knew of tho visit until it was a
thing of tho past. With tho party
wero the senator, Mrs, lam, Mlno
Harriet luw, Marjory Initio und Ixnili
Hnell.
A part of the oniiimi'iitiilloii of the
li. fi. building will bo (wo plutw I;!
(lie PluiiiM ilmlgiiml fur (hum wt lui
li ut Ibu building, oM ii tint rllthl
uud Die other on tit loft lil i (h.
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