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THE BANDON RECORDER
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VOLUME XXXI
BANDON, OREGON. DECEMBER 21, 1915
NUMBER 50
FORT IS READY
TO START WORK
Representatives Return From Portland and
Plan to Start Work January 1st
Col. It. it. Rosa and Secretary J. H.
Jorton of the Bandon Port Commis
.lon returned from their trip to Port
und and an a result of their visit it is
reported that active worK on the clos
ing of the gap in the soutlt jetty will
begin about January ltst. The coni
mir.Kion'jrs conferred with Major Pot
tuithe government engineer at Port
land and secured permission to use
the rock in the quarry and the track
and equipment which has boon in use
during the government work this
ummcr. This privilege it is figured,
wortli from five to oigh., thousand
lollnrs. The port plans to sell .$25,000
hands to carry on the work. Beginning
operations, however, need not .depend
on this. Tho port has some money, e
ough to start and as the first work
will l)o extending tho tramway and
ihis is not expensive, it is figured that
i'ie money from the bond issue will
iio r.'u ly rbout an sooh uh it is need
ed. Iocril river men rely 0:1 this pro
ject to restore the deptli of channel
but think tho improvement will not
bo wholely satisfactory until tho north
jetty is extended. Completing the jol
iy is relied on to throw the channel
moro and away from the. rocks on
the south sido where tho deep channel
has been all summer.
While in Portland tho commission
e ) broached the subject of the oxt?i
i in of tho north jetty hut did not
4 ako formal application. They receiv
c 1 assurances that if Such application
w.is tnado it would bo, defied and they
tLtl notH'are,toritivei'irmsinait rcfulr?
a on the records,
However the engineer promised to
i ive a new survey of tho bar made
i soon as tho weather was favorablo
id at that t mc the extension of the
tty w'll ho tnkcn,up.
Major Potter appeared to bo Bomn
hat sl;eptic:'.l as to tho need of more
ork on the harbor entrance bore.
Ho was told that there Was twenty
lillion feet of logs within tho Coquil-
vnlK-y and that it cost $1.50 a tlious
id to haul them over to the water
lied of tho Coos. As tho market price
f tho finished product was the same
o all this $1.50 would have to come
rut (W the logs. Tho aggregate wta
vast sum and it was worth looking
.il'tcr. The commissioners told him
that the majority of the people, the
bulk of timber and tho greater por
tion of tli assos-Kod valuation of the
.unty ,va.- in the Coquille valley and
' cy I Mked It was entitled to con
sideration. Basket Ball Christmas Night
On C"iiistninn night tho basket ball
team of tho Handon high school will
tngago the team from Hiverton. The,
Liter is a strong organization and
will make the locals go to beat them.
The llandon boys have taken brisk ex
trelse ''aeli afternoon of tho week and
may also rely on familiarity with Hie
tloor to help them in the contest. So
fur Coach (Juigley is very woll sat
isfied with the progress of his hopo
i ills and expects them to rundur a good
(..'count of themselves.
Anawji'lng a mil issued by J. I. Sid-
ell an 1 Mrs. W. K. Cn.fne a number
f philaiithropiu men and women of
l.e city met in the city hall lnit night
i ud ar.auged to reniuuibor tho Itan-
on poor with baakuU of eatable for
I'hristmau.
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SO ij.W VK Al.l.
I have iihsayH thought of
Chriktmaii limo when It Imi come
nnmml hk a good tint a hind
f.iigiving, WmHUbh, pWaMint
lime, I lui only tim 1 kiww of, in
tlu long mtwular uf tho ymr.
Mllfll IIHII HWl WMIIM mw ly
ii.it l umtwiit ti ohi Utii' a)il i-p
It. mi t find) And tlwraAirp.
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..i yulJ ur aWv. i ii ui mf irnHml,
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Passing of a Pioneer Mother
Mrs. Edward Fahy, Sr., one of the
pioneer residents of the Coquille val
ley was laid to her last rest in this
cityjthls forenoon. Funeral services in
her behalf wore held in the Catholic
church at"10:no and the services were
largely attended.
Her death was duo to a cold con
tracted two or three months ago com
plicated with the infirmities of old
age. Hor death occurred last Saturday
night-
Mrv. Fr.hy's maiden name was Sar
ah Sponkiemer und she was horn at
Hess Humbnst, Prussia, April 111,
18H5. She came to America in 1851
and lived for a couple of years in
New York. In 1858 with a party of
friends and relatives she started for
the western land of gold, coming by
way of Panama.
After a short residence in Californ
ia she cume to Oregon, lauding in
Port Orford. She was married in ISliO
and -with her husband settled down on
a homestead a short distance north
east of Dullards on which she spout
the remainder of her days.
She was the mother of nine children
eight of which arc living. Her hus
band died several years ago. Tho eight
surviving children are: Klorinila,
Mary, K. Mrs. A II
Brown, Edward
W Iwidoro P., Silas W., Francis J..
Charles G. Mrs. Capt. Oscar Gruggel
died ahout 1S87.
She has a sister, Aim. Dormer, liv
ing in Sacramento. Another sister
died in San Francisco some ' years (ago,
Injured by Falling Tree
A man named Ci.urlc- Landis wiia.
injured in Anderson's tie camp one I aUl be no other conclusion. He de
day last week. He was hit by a follodj however that tho small atrip of
tree, the blow strikinir his head. Al-1 the foct of the hill at the
though no bones were broken the. man j urth V3t corner of tho church pro
received such injuries as made liimsl party, was on tne ground that it was
delirious and hard for the " attend-1 condemned end ?400 paid, therefore,
ufttSMn tho'teute'rgJncy hospital whewf
ifltrin thoitfitergoncy hosiiFutl wVi5fJt'''15it
ic was pluced, to' handle him. Und-'-rJor which was mr.de permanent a-
s is a recent arrival in these parts, ral,ll Wel'l alul tllu c'lly cs to the re-
coming originally from Michigan.He -i-mg po.tion of the disputed pro
has a family of eleven small children i :ise-.
dependant on him. His condition has j irjve non contested divorce
been bad with small prospect' of, ru- j - were granted, one being from
co very. j -nuion H e others froili up river. The
1 -lilt of-L'llie Prewett for separate
The divorce case of M. V. Smith I 'uitntSanneo against David Prewett
against his wife was prosenlod to the j is timbr way with about thirty wit
court and taken under advisement fori esses presert, relishing rumors, gos
future disposition. Mr. Smith is : ips, a.id aw multieiplieity of suspiei
under bond to appear for trial at thelo..&, a..d ipferencos.
.lanuary session of pointing a gun at
an ollicer. A former suit for divorce) Til 12 PORT .MATTKItS
by Mrs. Smith against her husband j A 8ui( wa8 LroUKht somo lilnu aK0
presented at the September term is . . .. ,
, ... i i i i .i . i against tho Port of lfhndon, by the
A singlo'bi log, , recently passing
through Coquille on the long Smith
Powers lodging train headoiffov Coos
Kay, and all in the clear, was estimat
ed by several bystanilers who saw1" ft
a's being worth $'150. ' ' '
Win. .Mast started to put in more
of tho cluster lights by tho Filing'
son block when the city engineer halt
ed proceedings on the scoru that the
posts were not of the proper specifi
cations. Since those points were of the
typo made in a local foundiy ami wore
first made oll'icial,' Mr. Mast did not
mc. where the objection' lay. This mat
ter will probably bo threshed out with
the ro-;t of tho grist tomorrow
nigh.
(Jet Your Candy Here.
The Domestic Science depr.itmont
of the Ilandun school will give a can
dy aalu in the TimnuiiiB building, for
merly occupFiHl by tho Golden Itule on
Thiiitulay of this week, lusting all '
day. Since no material is supplied by of Mr. Win. Sorensen, from tho Gold
the school district the girls hope forllteach Globe and reprinted in another
a g.MMl iwtronagiA'at this time to help! part of thia paper, is incorrect in one
them in the auppliis for their work.
Ed llowmun of Floras Creek who was!
in town on ' ImsinesK one ily during
Ui oast woek states that fUning- in
Unit territory is gocd. The Ash nro
viehHis so much so that i- imui ha
lo hide behind a trine to bait hf hook.
There will ) a apccial program
..i i In' PreJ.) tirian church it Hun
li y inirui'ig with a p.ngrttm a an-
nnu iced last wrrk in th Ktoiih r.
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It I.. Tracy hu rrinnw l tin Um
fl '.H l'i 1'iiril .lint la in, hi' i
ill of It. Th f k.tmi HMtttj
will I laid oUtV Trawy Utat
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CHURCH WINS ON
OREGON AVENUE
Street Improvement Project, Halted For
Some Time Must he Given Up Says Court
Judge Cok'j called a brief session of
the circuit court Monday io i u down
some decisions, and also to hear some
default divorce cases. The injunction
Suit brought by Alexander Christie,
for tho Catholic Church as plaintiff
against the city of Bandon and W. II.
Webb, as dofondants wna one of the
cases decided. The court said in sub
stance, that upon the examination of
the plat which he had examined that
in his pinion the evidence showed
First: That there was no showing
as contDnded by the city sufficient to
make the land in question a public
road or right of way by prescription,
or usage.
Second: That after a further ex
amination of the plat in his opinion it
was not tho intention of the church to
dedicate tho strip of laud lying o.. the
West sido of its property, &nd that the
!':ltcrP:,Gttion of ovor' Ii,le" nlark
uescripi.icn and data on sr.nl plat
clearly to the court's mind indicated
tiuit the dedication of the land in
question by the church was not so in
iui dud; and stated that tho evidence
wa so strong as to satisfy him entire
y u: J leave no doubts in his mind of
L.ie i tlrectness of his decision.' He
.-.aid i.iit l:u hud gone ino the ques
tion thoiougbly, and was entirely sa-
from tt.o evidoi.ee that there
Southern Oregon Comp.;ny, the Mer
chant I.nnd Company, Dennis McCar
thy ud others, on the ground that
plaintiff owned land embraced with
in the bounds of said port, and which
was not within the Coquille river wat-fin
rshed, and they sought to enjoin the
olloctiiii of taxes from their land.
The po-t filed an objection to the suf
ficiency of their complain', on the
ground tt at they had not stated a
-auso of suit, and the mutter having
iieen hevooforo presented to the court
A'as passed upen yesterday, by the
.ourt overruling tho damurrer. The
aw point" having thus bejn settled
oy tho court, it appet'-s that the ro
nmining ipiestion to be determined
s largely one of fact, as to whothor
the said land really lies in this or the
Coos Hay watershed.
Bill Was Not There
The item coiicorniriir the sliootinir
important jmrticular. Win. Soreiuun
was not prenonl at the shooting. Mm.
SoioatH is paddling her own canoe
and luta boon 'for somo two years or
mora.
Tile report is hro that Mrs. Sor
mmn wns wnitiiig In a rostuuriint In
Kurakn.-4iiHl wnthot hy nn lulnilrur
whim ah ntumM'j Iwvn the plupa.
l ! il 7) in i.l ,y I., ,i if i (,) l?) ,,)()
"Hy the upWmW of Ms HiwaMM
And Itif hund ujmm Uta saa
And lb. niuji'kly n ailMM
Kiiriatf avar Oalila
f fatl kf Kinirly iHtniN
Aim! r MumiM laiw th kwa
Ami llfl Hti Itt'iul . ud vuiio
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REPRESENTATIVE
SCHOOL ORATORS
Candidates Named to Meet Debaters From
Coos Co. Schools in Preliminaries
tesUuits are Harold Johnson, Helen
Thornton, Hello Chatburn, Mildred
Langlcy, and Dick Crain. I -
Four is the usual number allowed
hut the two last named of the success
ful contestants were tied for honors,
in the opinion of the judges. It was
therefore decided to let the five stand
and either Miss Langlcy or Mr. Crain
will serve as an alternate.
Tho list of those who tried for the
honors wr.s the same as that announc
ed last week with the addition of Eu
gene Scolield and Dick Crain. They
were to represents the juniors. All
the other classes had representation
and'of course the juniors would not al
low themselves to be outuhone j
The judges were Messrs C. Mayne
Knight and Harold Quigloy and Miss
Erma Craine. The contests will be
hold some time in January. Each high
school in the county will have a con
test on the date set. Each school will
havu a .negative and an nflirmitive
team. The negative will talk away
from home. The students will be
taught to defend both the affirmative
and the negative sides and locally
they will not know which side they
have to defend until the time of trial.
Tho tryout of Friday developed the
largest number of aspirants vho have
ever tried for place on the local do-
lwting teams.
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entertaining features of
k of high school was a
spelling contest; the boys pitted
against the girls. Tho girls won with
a percentage of 78j and the boys
contented themselves with 72
Good Opportunity For M. D.
There i" a chance for a doctor to
secure a good practice by taking the
field recently made vacant by tho
moving of Dr. Pemberton from Lang
lois to Myrtle Point and Dr. Kobbins
from Port Orford to Gold Iloach and
which leaves no doctor at either of
those towns. The medical schools of
Portland have been questioned and it
is likely that a doctor will bo forth
coming in tho early spring. Hut in the
mean time, the field is open,
o
Five Handon attorneys all there are
town journeyed to Coquille yeer-
day on the early boat but the Judge
did not arrive until the 11:52 train,
and tho short time remaining in which
to transact business before tho last
boat left at .'1 o'clock was all too short,
with the result that F. J. Chaburn re
turned and the others were compelled
to remain over night returning home
today.
A divorce was granted by tho Cir
cuit Court yesterday to Dorothy Lang
lois in the suit brought by her ngainst
Kay Langlois.
It has become quite apparent that
there will bo three aspirants for the
Republican nomination for county
prosecuting attorney at the coming
prima -y nominating election namely
I A. Liljeqvist, prose U incumbent nd i
I. M. Miller, both of Mnrshfield, and
n . .. '
Coos court)' representative C. R. Bar- j
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nw ... v wwnii'i.uij lilt; tun, .lull iiiv
few appear so far to have no aspira
tions along that line.
The proudest person in llandon to
tkty is Miiuton Treadgohl. A line bnliy
daughter arrived at Ills home at U:15
yosteiday. Tho young ludy tiw the
scale at 7V lbs und mother ami child
are iluing nlvuly.
alarahiWd rumor atiys Unit mayor,
nnnracmilntniiiB f 1 I . . 1 1. I
, T- . , V 4. "a,,uun U,K" law received a suggestion that he go
h "h I M mB C0',tCSt .f the!nl"?- "Ut tlier said "No, S Bv
in the try out at Hie high school last ycn aml , nm , ,
I'riday forenoon. The successful .con- ,. i,orn.. .. xL J. .1
talarl II. A. Cuiplti will appoint J, T.
t UVaiul m Uy MuiHvy, mal lint 'lima
y Mr, (VippU will hMm airinn r '
4.iy th ixpurt. Sir. UnwtJ la n mm
ttaralivrly iwt um.ii At MfiMAU.
aiid ln'. tttmiina iHuy tritmdt
iiu jIimhh. hituMif Ui r a lm4 wurfaflr
Transplanting Old Timber
Dr. Pemberton, formerly of Lang
lois is moving this week with his fam
ily to Myrtle Point, where he will take
over the practice of Dr. Leslie G
Johnson cf that place. Dr. Pembertoi
and family passed through Handon
.Monday and were accocmpanied bv
Mrs. Pomberton's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Iinglois. Doc said when
he first decided to move his father-in
an only child and then there was :
grandson . Daughter and mother be
gan to consider and plan and weep
the second morning, Father Frank
said "Well, I'm decided to go. I'm 50-
ing up town to sell out"
He went to Ed Thrift and said "I
am going to sell" and named his price
:?,000, at 520 a month, until paid,
and you have just 20 minutes in which
to say yea." Hy noon ho had cleaned up
and wanted to go right then without
further delay. It is repored that father
and mother in law packed ell tho hint
night in their old home and after sel
ling out all their old belongings slick
and clean and giving nway what they
could not sell, packed come forty or
fifty boxes; tho first time in their
wedded life tl.ey had ever moved their
place of residence.
Doc told one on himself. Ho had a
small supply of drugs tho-e for his
own use which he determined to dis
pose of as unnecessary ii) his new lo
cation. Ho said to a Bandon druggist:
"I'll give certain cirugsUo you for 15c
a pound." He was offered 10c Doc took
it unaware that war conditions had
sent the price up to about $4.00.
Mr. and Mrs. Langlois have many
relatives and a multitude of friends
in Bandon and are well and favorably
known all over Coos and Curry coun
ties.
Find Gold Nugget
The biggest nugget of which there
is any record of having been found in
this section of the state was picked
up recently by Chns. Curl and Clint
Ainsworth on their mining claims on
Houlder creek. These gentlemen arc
located on tho creek about a mile and
a half below whore the Port Orford-Il-laho
trail crosses it. They have been
working for several months opening
up their claims, and it will probably
be well along in the spring before they
are ready to do any actual mining. In
putting in a tail race they changed
the channel of the creek slightly and
when returning to their work in tlio
morning a few square feet of lied
rock had been uncovered and the big
nugget was lying in plain view. It
weighed a little over 12 ounces and as
the gold found in that sectio runs
from $10 to $20 an ounce, it is safe to
say that this nugget will bring $200.
It was sent to the mint, bu as yet re
turns have not been received.
Last spring J. R. Smith caused con
siderable excitement by coming out
gf tile mountains from Rock creek,
about three miles from where Curl
and Ainsworth are located on Houlder
creek, with a nugget that brought $90
and considerable smaller gold. While
the Smith property however, has been
worked more or less since that time,
so far as can be- learned, it has not
yielded according to exceptntious. The
publicity given the Smith strike caus
ed many prospectors to flock to that
section during the summer, and u
nugget valued at $03 was picked up
on Houlder creek, but which various
parties made wages mining along
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these'two strenniH, which head close
together, yet the location of tho
mother lode that supplies these big
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nuggets remains a mystery. '
Mvsers. Curl and Ainsworth are
opening up about 10 acres of virgin
ground that lies in u comparatively
level basin along the Htreum, Nuggets
have been found above und below them
but the groiimU thoy are developing
had not been worked been nun of the
huge iiiiwnint of "dead" work necos
miry to put it in nhiipn to inliiii, 'i'ho
"Of' i"KKt Uiy fwuml had u snmll
f quuru stlffkliig" Ut II, und Ihuy
l.wvrl u IinIkh further up lh
tt tim aume jwinuiuim. uim no
iuw uifti limy uwy ijuyti ihuiui mu
mum t aupply.
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MARKET SHOWS
STEADY GAINS
Lumber Situation Grows Steadily More En
couraging And Mills Plan to Begin Work
It is stated on what appears to be
good authority and from different
sources, that the present price of fir
lumber is $13.50 at San Francisco,
which price is considerably iibove
those p-evailing during the past two
or thras years of opci.ttion here.
The prospects for the early oper
ation of the local mills seem encour
aging. John Yoakum, receiver for the
Cody Lumber Co., who is in charge of
its affairs and has the custody of the
logs cut by that company on the Coach
tract, has received a bid for the logs
pursuant to his advertisement, calling
for bids. Before the court would miiko
an order directing the receiver to ac
cept the bid, he required that A. J.
Sherwood and clients opposing the
receivership, should first express
themselves ns satisfied with the con
ditions of the proposed sale and with
the amount of the bid, which for some
reason they declined to do, but in
stead asked the court for 15 days ex
tension of time in which to re-ndver-tise
in tho hope that they would re
ceive higher and better bids, which ap
plication was granted by the court.
Receiver John Yoakum must there
fore delay for that time any action
in the way of closing up the deal.-
The matter of the local mills start
ing seems to bo rather a question of
getting logs, but loggers and mill men
scorn to be busily engaged in confer
ences these days and Bandon may be
justified in looking for operations.
about 'as soon as the formalities of
court and other necessary delays can
be disposed of.
Eternal City Was Fine
There was a large and representa
tive audience ut the presentation of
'The Eternal City" at the Grand last
Thursday night and exprcsionc of ap
preciation were pretty general. The
pictures were a treat such as the mov
ie public is occasionally regaled with.
It takes an unusually good attraction
o receive special attention and de
serve the label of superlative in these
lays of excellent pictures but the "E-
tornnl City" easily demoastrated its
class. Its pictures were magnificent.
At tunes, watching tho development
of the story was like sitting in a re
volving art gallery where classic mas
terpieces followed one another in a
bewildering succession.
The scenes of Rome, the exterior
and interior of the Coliseum, tho Vat-
can gardens, St Peters and the Cas
tle of St Angelos, were especially
fine as were alos a number of scenes
of interesting spots in London.
pleasant feature of tho evening's
program was the playing of Hugh
Davenport, pianist. If tho Ecenes were
classic his playing was of tho came
ariety, displaying sympathy und up-
nppreciation. His selection of the
rigrh accompanmient for the picture
was exceptionally good.
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BE A GOOD FELLOW 0
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Baskets eontui ling eats for 0
s Christmas dinner aie to be pre- 0
'0 par"! i-ml se.i. into mary homes. 5'
Your donation of soine.i:ing for
the baskots or a I ttl i cash, will
0 bo iiseiT to tho bnbt, putaiblo ud- 3
(,) vantage. 0
C:iali for this worthy enter- $
" prino muy be left with O. A.
Trowbridge, Gold i Rule, Jno, 0
Dickey or J. Iru Sldwell. 0
' DuniitliitiN of fiMMl muy be taken d
" to the Odd I'ellova' hull hotwcuii S
2 und fi oVIuak, Tiiuimliiy uftur. 0
noon :nl from 0 to 'i I'rhlay.
If Vim kniiM d any family
'u who, yuu feel, would npprnlatu
" m buskat, or uny I mlly diwrv 0
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