The Recorder's Forum Where our leader may talk on topict nf mutual and general intercut. : : School Board De fends' Official Record EDITOR BANDON RECORDER: In stating these facts wc are not addressing them to Mr. Haberly but to the public, as there may be a few. who nvay bo hoodwinked by his ever ready tongue and ponoil. His fin, point was tin high cost of maintain ing our high school. We do not know upon what ho bases his opinion but in looking over a bock which has just been published by tho state superin tendant of public instruction giving nil data of every, school and high school in the state of Oregon for the year of 101 fi & 101b" wo find that thc Bandon high school is being run more economically tha'i any ofhor high school in the state for its size. And wo will hero give you figures of our high school as compared with North Bend and MnrshuYld. In the following list the first figures re for Marshfield; secord fcr North llend; third for Bandon. SupL ?1!,'J00; $1,000; $1,:150. Principal: $1,320; $1,110; ?U00, Average snlary of high school teachers: $!)U0.; $1)20, $800. Value of Physical geography appa- latus: $12.r)0; ?I7r.; $75 Iliology apparatus: $115; $175; $00 Pyysics apparatus: $1250; $1200,1 "$150. Chemistry: $750.; $800; $150. Standard books in high scht.nl libra ty: $!I50; $000; $250. This does not look ns if the pres ent board has beef extra vngant. Mr. Haberly put great stress on the it'i c -ease of 'tigh school salaries as com pared with when he v.txs on the board. Hero n e tho figures taken from tho clerk's books, schcdul'i when he left: then now $1!150 $1,'150 1)00 1)00 Stipt. ... Principal Eng. & Gormen Eng History. & Utin .. Stcn. Bookkeeping, .... Domestic Science, Librarian 810 720 81 900 720 5 1000 j 075 Total amount $5115 $5155 Wo rained Mr. Quigley $100 per year in order to keep him as ho was offered more than that in another r.chool. And one of the last things Mr. Hnb i , iy wanted to do when ho left tho 1 oard was to raise tho superintend t .it's salary $150 per year but the r'her two members of tho board, one r f which is still surviving, refused to i;0 SO. Mr. Haborly stated that tho school n'oting that lie did not see tho need if a school library ns we wore paying i I I! . I!l 1 I. ' 4Xi lur n plume uinary, n niiii.T oak statement for a man who has orved on tho school board, for he was soon convinced they wore two (lif erent things and tho sUitc requires every standard high school of a four year course to have at least 250 stand ard books in tho library. You will nolo that the records show wo have, just enough to pass with and part of j tho money on our budget at tho last meeting was to pay for some of the books wo woro obliged to buy this yenr in order to meet the state re quirement. He also states that they paid $150 a year as clerk's salary during the :i years Mr. Haberly was oa tho board ! except the last year. They have not paid $150 since tho year 1900. Tho clerk's salary during tho throo years Mr. Ilulierly was on tho board was 175, $200, $250. and the' school has grown much since he was on the board just tkoi shows we have nearly a Wo feel this is a small sabry for hundred more children than Marsh the work that is to bo dono. ' j tlold. And their assessed valuation is In regard to the $11100 in common . $2,S00,O0O. Wo have loss than eno warrants which is now outstanding, and which Mr. Haborly states has O. A. C. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiini PARMI-RS' AND HOMII-MAk'URS' WUUK and RURAL l.ll;l! C0M:l:K UNCUS January ,t to N, 1010 X.yvt liil.if mullnn. I'liuliral llrli lur the Home (lie t'oim. the CoiiiimuiiII)' (.imvmli.mn ( Oirijon (iirlrl lilutilrt (. 'nfcirm ra oil Oleum Ml VlUl I'tiililrma tltCTl KKS I IK MIlNsTK ATK1NH liXllimVlONH UN I KKVAINMHNVti Ti IhiMiMlnl vr..f lldl lril Ul rt It ! Kiral Utr In nyVr IiiiikU Willi lire lllllitria ami fur llliiuKlltavtiiat wniWri ana tfl wwfc. wimiiu .snoitr cotjusn January H l' Pvliruary 4, loin A 1'ia.ll.al Afiltulluial lutilac 111 Nut filiall ! Aliftml lulfli. III A,ual lkl "f llir I'aimaua 1 1 hum (."14 ,iulaiu I' Ml ' IT KAIHIMI I'AKM IKUI'I. a,.i.i. a I, a' Mll(). UAIKt H'tlHK mi l tU KAlHINM tiAHIIIiKIMi. OJUli ini, aiiH in KA. llMiifetfflilt.fi 3 tiftMV tt.im4M; '- WtMaff Twmmt been brought on in the last year and o half by the extravagance of the present board which statement is a lie. The state laws say It is the duty of the school board to audit the books once each year. This has never been done until this year and in order to do so we were obliged "to have expert accountant go over the last eight year's work, and his work, some of which was published a fc wwceks ago, shows that the school has been, jroing behind for the last seven years to the amount of over $1,000 each year and two years ago it ell befiind $1000 as over that amount of uncollected taxes wub put in a3 asset end has not been collected yet. I think this is the first year the board has taken part in getting out the annual budget and that is why some of the old bord members as well as others were somewhat taken back when the budget was seen. This year we spent several hours going over the accounts and found out what the actual cost of running the school has been and made out our bud get in proportion to the increase of tho school. And to this we must add a little to each item as there is each year a certain amount of taxes that can not be collected. Here is a budget made out three years ago: Teachers, $i:irl.r. Janitor, $1200; Furniture $080; Typewriters, $150; Domestic science$0U!!; Sundry expenses, $1250 and that year the board asked for a 20 mill tax. There seems to be some misunder standing in regard to the one session plan thi'.t has lioen in use in the high school for the past year and a half. Under it the teachers are to put in more time than they were before it wn9 adopted". In the Ilandon high school this year we are requiring the tcneliorj to Do t:i Uto iiuiltltng tit r. iu A. M. They remain until 12:10. They then have an intermission until 2 o' clock for lunch at which time they re turn and remain until ;i::t(). This makes it possible to offer, with the same teaching force, a wider range of subjects. The morning session has the same number of periods tis were taken in both the forenoon and the afternoon under the old system. This means that all tho subjects usually given can be handled in the one ses sion, laboratory work, sewing, pu- blic speaking, teachers training course 7'lund other special classes aie held in thc afternoon, as well as study periods for those behind in their work. Under the old plan, these classes would have to bo given at the same time the other elnssus were being held, thus causing some 6f these to be dropped.. The re sult would be a material restriction in the rangu of work offered, and a nur rowing of tho usefulness of the school. The tenchers hours are longer, but they are willing to put in tlte extra half hour, as the program is arrang ed to bring the heavy classes in tho morning, when thc pupils do hotter work and lighter work in the after noon. This plan enables the brighter pu pils who do not have to come back for extra work, to arrange their classes so that they can secure afternoon work, and thus earn' some money without being compelled to drop out of school. In conclusion wo wish to state that the school books are always open to the public. That the present school board has not this year or last year Sp,,t one cent which wan not nbso- lately necessary for the maintenance of our schools and we will pay no fur ther attention to any argument writ ten or spoken by Mr. Haborly for they are not based on facts. We know Hid public is with us. Tliey have shown it by the luillot. They saw the folly of i 15 mill tax. It would have spelled ruin to the school district. Our groat difficulty lies in our largo number of school children compared to tho small assessment value of our school district. The school I numon. tun don t iiiame tlie school I board for that. The object of the p rose nt school board is to run the school as economically as posuililo; to pay up tho past debts, provide for tho payment of tho school btnds which will soon become due so tho credit- of our schools will be without question, and in this we ask the public to co oparato with im and give us their beat iiipport. THE SCHOOL BOARD ' ntone t'iioricr, better kra-wn ns "Tony", who for onui timo lias boon fitrining t'lfl A. S. Miller pluco cu Ro gue rivnr, w.i In town Monday night reuiiithg from I tendon where he took niifll1 ('liiitHHlun who btul Immii 1 wrrkiair during the vuminor at-the iSaWg emmy. Pm t Of ford Trl I'Ull. 1 tirioiw Jum, la. - Driving five ilmr hiu-ttMl ii nn AU4an mmU tM, M1m U'IU Din 1 of Kdmi Aii, M iaHiplviiM m u-r vvurU' Imr. ibd it mm.4ti 4mm tut Um wi ISernriter SUtmiua-tinmi When it comes to bar deepening. after the all the man for the job is Jupiter Pluvius. It isn't too early" to begin to think on what you are going to swear off. When it comes to tax paying it is usually the nun who will who can. To reword a wise old saying "To him who hath shall be given exemp tions." It is sad but true that a great many tilings that should be doing are not, and great many things that should not be doing, are. One of these dnys Ilandon is going to lay th tin horn on the top shelf and take victual stock of resources and li abilities, mentally, mornlly and finan cially. It is charged that there is graft be ing developed in the disposal of the big buildings at the San Francisco fair. There is surely' some mistake about this. Who ever heard of graft in connection with the fair name of San Francisco? Elsewhere in this paper are some very interesting extracts from Paris correspondence by Richard Harding Davis. When we send contributions to the homelsss Belgians or relief to thc war cripples, Mr. Davis thinks the same will be forgotten. When we sell them paper shoes Mr. Davis thinks the same will be remembered He thinks the French who have sold us stylish clothing and marvelous thrill for tourists will after the war be our enemies. Nonsense! After the war our wealthy people who are seekers after sensations will spend the money they have made selling paper shoes and bogus cartridges, looking over the ruins and Inittlo fields of Europe. And the friendly French man will show him the sights at so much per hour. g "Stool goes up when President Wil son's message is read" runs a head line in the daily paper. That's the stuff. Let it go up into sky scrupera and hridiros and let some of it l'o down in a railroad between Coos bayJKad Ilandon. The Ford party had scarcely got out if sight of land before the ropresen tntives of warring Europe began to all: of peace. Of course they all talk 1 favorable terms to themselves. Why not? Is it to be supposed that ooimany would publicly talk of any -oncessions or than England would sni'ik of any compromises. That isn't the way the game of diplomacy is played. But let each have it put squarely before it definite proposals that are fair on their face and either will think hard before declining. It is something thnt the warring people are talking of peace in any form. There is an item of revenue for tlte city that has been overlooked. Some thing loss than a million homeless cats are running the streets ef the city and if the surplus could be caught and rendered into commercial proper ty it would possibly be the source of t considerable revenue. The demand for fur is on the increase and the pus- ley cats 01 iiciuion nave lur Unit is .xceedingly well adopted to feminine idornmont. Considerable money might be derived from the sale of fid llo strings and the more tender parts of the moat could bo sold at cut rates to the European army supply dealers. We don't rare to assume any credit for suggesting this and the idea is tendered gratis, for what it is worth. Who might also suggest that a fev lish and famishod cat win bo used as 1 search light, the only dilliculty being that it would bo hard to handle. No mo who has run onto a school of cats in a dark corner and has noticed their baleful green eyes radiating in the darkness will overlook this commer cial possibility of the cat. It thc crusade begin at once. Wo will vol unteer to catch a round half dozen in our own luick yard as a starter. But. to bo serious a moment, tlu Christmas season suggests to us a lo cal possibility that might bo made in to an important iudutry. This the inanufacturo of furniture and small nrtieliw from myrtle and fir. Visitor into tliU Koi'tion will Im morn nuiuor iitiK when the railroad muKtw travel ulur. The vlnltor will wih to carry wiinulhing iiwuy with him Unit l dln tliiMivo nf the wMintry. What tmuhl bo UUtr tliun a wwvoHir minlti nf inyitb', winotbliig (imill ami rlump, blh tr miho iinull ill ltd httt tit Mail)1 b jtti amy in u mjIi mm.t TImmd witi I h iJonwiHl, (m I hi tau Um af tho milry. WIm mwl nf HtU-e totar m. J mmmk mm mm k llmi lifVT liJ J?fJ fcwlj tvrfivJ ot, Killed Big Bear One of the biggest black bears ever killed in this section was Shot recent ly by Henry Johnson on tho farm ho is renting at I-anin.n Mr. Johnson's! dogs cornered some animal in a hollow tree within 75 feet of nn old barn on the premises. Mr. Johnson thought the quarry was a coon and stuck hisj hand into the tree to make a close ex amination. A growl caused him to withdraw the hand in a hurry and a large black bear stuck its' head from the opening. There was considerable of a stir in j that neighborhood for some time and neighbors came to join in the sport.! The beu- was finally dispatched and i in the labor of skinning bruin the milk ing of tho cows was neglected. Al- j though the cows kept their milk the , bear lost his hide and the trophy was j hanging on the fence in the morning, WORMWOOD By Mary Corelli Direction Marshall Farnum A cast of renowed players headed by John Sainpolis, Ethel Kauffman) and Charles Arthur. Splendid settings and scenery. In the picturization as ' made for. William Fox, Wormwood is fully equal to the high standard set in the ' productions of the Fox Film Corpora tion. Boauvais the unhappy Absintheur, who as he says, "Sulks through the Streets of Paris, Whining for a sou" is seen in the first part of the photo - drama tis u happy lover, the accept-1 ed suitor of the beautiful Pauline. Like a thunderbolt from a clear sky ho, liviiMia nil flu. tv.t f ttin ii'iwlifmiv (lull " "- Pauline bus given her love to Sylvion. Heauvais' dearest friend. In an un happy moment for himself and those with whose lives he comes in contact, he is persuaded to take a, drinkof ab sinthe. From that moment bis soul shrivels within him. Ho becomes little better than a brute when the wormwood-distilled stuff is creating a delirium with in his brain. He denounces Pauline before the sacred altar of the cathe dral on his wedding morn. The un happy girl floes from her home and becomes an outcast of Paris. Boau vais, in an absinthe induced frenzy takes Sylvions life. Pauline learns of this when she encounters Heauvais on the u"t Neuf and a scene that for bet she s and heartrending pity hasiiit, eon equalled ensues. From this pofntithtlraina rushes to u caty clysmic climax of fairly owerwholm ing power. See this picture at the Grand The ntre, Friday, December 17th. Scene Fox Feature Play at tho Grand,' next Friday, December 17th. I lBk '0aaatfafll from "Wormwood" 1 ; " ; , , At two weeks old, it measured 12 inch- Geo. Stafford Jr. quietly de,Kirtedos jn A onnnry l)iUU, rnR since our last isuiu on the Agnoss mail boat enrouto for the rail road. Some of his friends say that he is go ing to Portland to take a, business course, but Dame Rumor says he will not go as far as Portland and will not return also either. Port Orford Tri-jMr. bune. HELD TO GRAND JURY Win. Ferguosen of Wedderburn was brought before Justice of the Pence Geo. B. Stafford yesterday morning charged with the crime of burgalry. Die defendant waived examination and was given n reasonable timo by tho court to furnish bail in the sum of $200.00 to appear bofore the Grand Jury. The prosecuting wltniwss wim Hugh Duvulyu who nllodgitM l-'orgimon broke into hi cabin and ntnlo a quan tity of bedding.--Gold llotioh (Hobo. KI.OI'IJMKNT An I'lnpmiHMit nf u young couple 111-- euriod lioio Sunday Hflniiinoii that i wo gu tluit wu)i loping h)fiiit tlii Wtftit Mr. H Ua' iiUHuwl the (Hub itilUw it , faat UflL ImhuImI for ImUii lihw. im. '11m luimmU wm mr pM UmkaMitai I 'rati llal gmitnt mil ummmd iim lumr wn ul Mia Ihtkk ilya. HtdwHkttUmlfif . Uita lism mi mltm iim H) lawM Hue kultmm maim ilw immilw I'. 1J fitkmm, in ukU a Ummp lMr rVg tatlttto mi mm muJ tdimmmk mpmmi Urn frtvKMiji m mm immy mM 90 mrm mm 91 eo mi my m c LM The Bandon Recorder and Daily San Bulletin One Year journey. Their many friends in this community are busy gathering up tin cans and cowbells to give them, on tln.ir rnfilni flu. mletnnmrv rm.tit iimi 1 of newly weds. Gold Beach Globe. CASESDISPOSED OF IN COURT iu.,Lr., Coko ;., Cm-nit enmt bore ' . ... . . . .Moniliiv roilueed tlli sue ol t he itoi-kpl collsil,,r,ilv bv i.asaino- on the follow- considerably by passing on the follow ing cases: McPherson-Ginser vs. Robert Pet- , ers, dismissed. Frank H. Shores vs. Benjamin Get ter and Mary Cotter, dismissed. A. Z. Downs vs C. A. Smith Lumber & Mfg. Co. Ordered amended. A. J. Hartnuin et al vs C. Y. Lowe et al, dismissed. Archie II. Hosa et al vs City of Bandon, settled and dismissed. Lynn Uimbeth vs E. V. Morrow, two cases, dismissed. W. O. Cooper vs O. W. Morris, dis missed. Chas. H. Myers vs U-turn M. Myers Judgment by default in divorce case. John C. Kendrdl vs F. L. Greenough Judgment by default. Baxter Kobinson vs Thoinns Ander son, dismissed. Margaret E. Moody vs J. H. Moody. Judgment for divorce bo default. Fannie Wnsson vs J. E. Wasson. Judgment for divorce by default. The Standard Distilling Co. vs E. A. Beckett dismissed. Monriettu Kedfield vs Harvey Red field. Divorce case, 'dismissed. Anson E. Sinister vs May L. Sinister Divorce case dismissed. A. E. Baker vs T. W. McCloskey, dismissed. NEW CASES IN CIRCUIT COURT Dec.:! J,ohn C. Kendall vs Goo. W. Moore Lumber Co. Dec. :i Home Mortgage Co. vs An drew H. Olson and Annie H. Olson. Suit to foreclose mortgage. Dee. 1 Coos Hay Times vs County Court of Coos County. Suit for addi tional compensation for publishing tax list. Dec. 5 J. A. Barnes vs. Winnifred HiM-nes. Suit for divorce. Dec. tl E. J. Michal vs I. A. Otis, Charley Knight, Joseph Williams and Flora Williams. j Dec. 8 Millio M. Endicott vs Ang (L'n Endicott. Suit for divorce. Clinton, Mo. Dclmar Gentry mid wife have the smallest kiby over bom 111 Missouri. At birth it weighed 10 ounces, and was placed in n quart cup. will slip over the hand of the baby and up to its shoulder, thriving. It is healthy and AN ENJOYABLE PARTY progressive party was given progressive party was given to !llu Alrs. h, j. lwy, who will j leave shoitly for Powers, last Satur- Iday evening. Tho crowd gathered 'with Rev. ai.d Mrs. W. H. Myers at : the por'rago, and when they all col ' 1 vied thay sallied forth to the home of Mr. and Mr. I). Quolleu. At this place appeared F. B. Tichenor and J. II. Zumwt.lt in costume as two Dutch men, uud who from that time 011 were the life of the occasion. Tho nxt place vuitod was the homo of Mr. and Mm. Win- (SIIIMh. wli-tra lud nnd siuxlwlclioii ware nerved. A and Mm. H. W. Domi while II. T piuinul Inn t at thin place niimed mucli fun, Hut ptiio going to 1'. II. Tit'henor 1 mil Mm. A. H. Johiiaton rur iIh off H9itd Ihmioi'o, 'Ilia Mill awl lii)t Ituine Vlitnl wu UmI f Mr, hihI Mm. N II. bimon, wlivli MMif atttl ipinwi Mlllltxl HWIiy it mn Haul mr iHlowlii. i!nk4 the Francisco $3.50 by Mr. and Mrs. Loney in their five year's re.-idence at Port Orford, and joy health and prosperity in their new home. In responding, Mr. Lo r.ey stated that ho regretted to sever the associations tha he has formed here, but he felt that business called him elsewhere, however, he said, that ,1... ... ....1 I... ....II 1 " i"! iuwhs wuiv .-uuiiui:(vu ii i" aod in the near fi future, as he beliov- ed they would be, and Powers boenme a suburb of Port Orford, as had just been suggested byMr. Tichenor, that he would bo one of us anyway. Mrs. Loney expressed her regrets at leav ing Port Orford to go to a strange place whore new friends would have to bo made to take tho place of the old. Port Orford Tribune. Christmas Is Coming! SANTA CLAUS SAYS "I've tried the windy places that make the folks believe They're nil there is in Bandon, Without them none can live. But they are gone with nil their cant, And still one place remains To bu yyour toys nnd notions, in sun shine ns in rains, They make no fuss nor fenthers and don't fly very hiKh, But there my goods you'll always lind And they're never very high. The old reliable Racket store, My depot of sup plies, And that is but n gentle hint To all the good nnd wise, To buy your Christmas fixings. Your mince meat nnd your dolls, A roaster for your tur key, your toys and rubber bnlls, Of this my faithful servant, Who's always on the job. With .prices .right .nnd cheerful face, Hut patient yet ns Job. ..Your Patronage Solicited, SntiHfac tion guaranteed. C. C. Cash Store I). W. CARPENTER, Mgr. An Optimist A man who owns a Fith Brand Reflex Slicker $3.00 when Old Prob says rain. Wattrptvof. absolutely fYotactor Hat, 75 canU Satisfaction Guatantctl 'Sf'S Sa-nd (or ratatoK aflAaat A. J. TOWER CO. . llOSTON 'aSJbuiv Iboclr Kr.nr S.m l ilmi; ami KquimiK A Specially Plume VI I' O H.ik I'M S. D. Barrows HANDON, OKKtJON Mill lair (Ji Iui lH-(lrt l ill limit and l'ui Mirful ( ll' (Itu ('.ulna Hum ImI4 Mulllll I'UJtlC DKUCS Do yon want puro ilrug nnd dniK Hiiii(l)ii,s( linn prrumuM, Imlr hniHluiH, nnd lollot nnkkn't If hu cull un . V. I0WIS, MiiMion