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About The Bandon recorder. (Bandon, Or.) 1915-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1915)
Seeds! Seeds! All Kinds of Seeds! J. Timothy, Alfalfa, Red Clover, Alsike, - Orchard Grass, White Clover, Red Top, Bermuda Grass, Oats, Barley, Vetch CENTRAL FEED COMPANY i '.4....H.4.--HmH.i1..H.mH,,.4.4.H. H E M "t r i n H 1 11 t-h44 n n i I BANDON TRANSFER CO. I Gatchell Brothers, Props. : J All kinds of heavy and light draying. Phone orders given prompt attention. .Barn corner First & Edi' ; jj son, Fish Property. .Telephone 641. j bllKKIIT'S SAM-; 01' IIKM. VllOl' KUTV. ON FOKHCI.OSUKH. NOTICE IS HKRBHY GIVEN, that by virtue of an execution duly i.isued out of the Circuit Court of tho State of Oregon, for the County of Cooh and to me directed on the 20th day of November, 1915, upon a judp; ment and decree duly rendered, en lured of record and docketed in and by said court on the Ulth day of Septem ber, 1015 in a certain suit then in said v ourt pending, wherein J. II. Gould was plaintilf and V. II. Smith . nil Delia A. Smith, et Sx'., were defendants in favor of plaintiff and against said defendants by which execution I am commanded to sell the property in said execution and here inafter described to pay the sum due t.io plaintiir of Eight hundred and no-100 Dollars with interest thereon at tho rate of 8 per cent per Milium from the Hint day of December 11)10, until paid together with the costs and disbursements of said tuiit taxed at Twenty-nine and 50-100 Dollars and costs and expenses of said execution I will on Friday, the Hist day of December, 1915 at tho hour of 10 o'clock, A. M. of said day at the front door of the County Court House in Coquille, Coos county, Or egon, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash in hand on the day of sale, all, the right, title, interest and estate which said defendants, V. II. r Smith and Delia A. Smith, et al 'and all persons claiming under them I subsequent to the plaintiff's mortgage lion in, of nnd to said real property, jsaid mortgaged premises hereinbefore '. mentioned are described in said exe 'cution as follows, to-wit: Beginning I at n point, three hundred twenty-one ' feet north of the center of Section thirty in township 28, south, Range fourteen, west of the Willamette Mer idian ii Coos county, Oregon, and , front said point, running thence north 'one hundred feet; thence west one hundred fifty feet, thence south one hundred feet; thence east one hundred fifty feet, to place of begin ning, together with the tenements, hcriditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise ap ptirtaining. Said sale being made subject to re demption in the manner provided by law. Dated this 22nd day of November, 1915. ALFRED JOHNSON, JR., " Sheriff of Coos County, Oregon New Stock of Hardware in See our display in ROYAL HOLLAND BLUE GRANITE WARE Acid Proof A general line of SHELF HARDWARE See us before you buy Starr-Mast Hardware Company Phone 371. Bnndon NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION Notice is horcby givon that by order of tho County Court of the State of Oregont in and for the County of Coos niado and entered on the 28th day of October, 1915, Mabel Curtis has boon duly appointed administratrix of the estate of Edward Kilduff, deceased, and that letteis testamentary were is sued to her on tho -1th tlay of Novem ber, 1915, that she is now qualified nnd acting, Therefore all persons having claims against the said ostato are hereby no tified to present the snmo with prop er vouchers to said administratrix at the office of Oco. 1'. Topping, in the City of Handon, Coos County, Oregon( within six (0) months from the 8lh day of December, 1915, the date of the final publication of this notice. MA It EL CURTIS, Administratrix of the Estate of Ed ward Kilduff, deceased. Goo. P. Topping, Attorney for Estate. Earth Slides Upward Not Downward At Panama Canal Manager Norman of the Oregon Power Co . Eugene, reports decided feeling of optimism among merchants and bankers and inquires about power and light from farmers and merchants WHO PAYS The Bandon Recorder and the Daily San Francisco Bulletin One , dQ Year pO.OU Isthmian nature is getting the bulge on the Panama cai.ai. Purists in speech will please obsorvo that tho ex pression is not slang. It is a literal description of the disasters in tho Gailla-d formerly Culebra cut. Men speak of slides, and elides there have bscn and are, and perhaps will be. But these are not the most seri ous of the troubles. It is not that earth nnd rocks from the sides of the cutting slip down into the bed of the canal but that the bed of tho canal itself literally bulges up like a volcanic is land up from the floor of the sea. This extraordinary phenomenon is made possible by the peculiar geolog ical structure of the isthmus. Thcro is a fairly stiff and stable crust. But be neath it is a stratum of unstable ma terial almost in a state of flux. The great cutting of the canal at Culebra severed the surface crust and left the under stratum free to ooze up under the pressure of the neighboring hills. Consequently the floor of the canal bulges up and the sides bulge in, and the course through tho channel is blocked now perhaps for some months A homely illustration may be made with a pie. with an upper crust near the side of tho cutting. The ininca will instantly bulge or flow forward and fill up the little trench. This, on a gi ant scalo is what is happening at Cu lebra. In a measure, this was unexpected. When our engineers first took hold of the canal, eleven years ago, thsy were troubled with some actual slides; masses of earth and rock from high up on the banks became detacl'ed and slipping down into the cut. Tliat was because the French had made the sides of the cut too steep, and thus would give the soil coherence and strength in tho rock and aoil formation. The cure fur it, aa was confidently expect od was partly in making much flutter slopes and partly in covering the sides with vegetation, the denso root masses of which would form a strong sod and thus would give the soil coherence This theory was correct as far as it went. Mere sloughing off of eafth and rocks from tho upper parts of the banks would never have been formid able, and could have been overcome in the way suggested. An entiroly different problem was recognized,, however, when the bulg- ing processes began In tho very hot torn of the cut and at tho base instead of the rest of tho side. Then it was fondly imagined hat this was' made possible by the fact that tho cutting was empty and hero was nothing but atmospheric pressure to hold the soil in place. When wntcr was let in its weight would bo almost as great, depth for depth, as the earth which had been removed, and its pressure would, it was hoped, assure stability to the floor and sides. But this Impe lias not been fulfilled. The .bulging continues in spite of tho water. In deed, it is believed that the budging is worse with tho canal filled than it would be if tljo'cut were empty and dry. And the bulging becomes more and more extensive. Months' ago there were blockades which could be dredged away in a few days. Now there is talk of weeks and of months of complete suspension of traffic, with Jiot the slightest assurance that within 21 hours after the reopening uf the canal another and still worse ''slide" will not occur. The problem in really one of tho most Piiihrassing that the engineers ii:ive had to doal with in the wlml course it the ei terpritie It is Ihe only on' in whic'i they h"ve been con fronted with an .ntirely u-ikown and prait'cally unknowable factor. For while tiio genera: piiueiplo of the tiuiea is Known, as we l e ev- plaiiuvl i!. the ex .nt to w'm.lj the pro cess "'iiv continue is ;it known and can -a l.e nscor'.Vi si. Ncbody 1 1 i calculate ! -w many nullum wic hiiK t f soft h : it-rial t'-e '. is hem-atii tn' sit i face crust, i.or hrv iiiuc. of t v id yet bo farced out by tli- nviMie I the adjacent I i Is. It would be b com aging to think that we shou:i bau- to Keep t I'ging out the level of I in. canal: for, Ktuig that line of H.e h'.ii- lnch nil- retr ciio.i -li m evil proline iinpon tho walb unc flour f iff in at ii-ifon arts tvt. . or fine hundred feet lir tha. ,i-ti:h. turn, the drudging out of as mum material a. buy ulmndy lu-n taken out ill lim h t enleiprwo. When r viuM ,ohibh tu p. ividii tin tuwil will. nii mtifiml lining which uM kfniin tho bulging in highh problem- Mtu A eonipluUf tube uun be tl.U I mod without dilluully, Uwiuku'llu'ru t pienumi mi ull nidus uf . Hut tUu iu liiiu Ihu iwltiHii iiiul uv klij uf u iliUh wlikli ut lim U U iiptm mmmM i vary ritlfUiull utnl jifUiy to recall the old "Battle of the Levels" and to dbcern -in themargument3 in- favor of both sides. Tho advocates of the present .high level and lock Byslem may point out that had "the cut been earned .down a hundred feet deeper, the bulging process would have been far more extensive and troublesome; which is probably true. On the other hand, advocates of sea- level may ask what assurance there is of the permanent stability of he great dams and locks, if the deep subsoil is of so unstable a character, in which question there is a suggestion more ominous than agreeable. However, it is cheerful to reflect that the exca vations which were made for the foundations of those structures have been filled not with unstable water but with solid masonry, far more stable and even more heavy than the soil which was removed, and that its pressure upon the .substrata is there fore likely to prevent any disturbanc- es.. What is certain is that the problem must in some way be solved. After having constructed tho canal, and having opened it to pommprpo, we can not permit even ntituro itself in its most prcverse and unfriendly mood, to close it again. General Goethals has already done a work there whicj entitles him to worldwide recognition, which he has received, and to lasting fame, of which he is assured. It may be, however, tliat his most arduous labor is yet to be performed. In And Out of Coos Co. C. I. Starr who roturncd from his Portland trip a tdiort time ago says that the getting m or out by the ov'- erlan route ut this t'meof ho year is quite an adventure. He went out over the Ho3cburg route leaving Myrtle Point at nine in tho forenoon and ar riving at Roseburg at mid night. The beginning and end of this jour"cy are t-.ot bad, being made by tuito but the central part of tho journey ever the mountains is a ride to be remembered. Traveling through tho mountains is by wagon -and is n constant jolt like riding over, a succesion. of stones and bouldci-s. A lady who was accompanied by a dog and a cat and who was up all of tho previous night nursing the cat and an elderly male grouch sup plied the henvy part of the entertain ment onroute, while a couple of drum mers supplied the comedy. Coming back on"the limited train to Mapleton with stops at every cross roads gives ono a. chanco to see all the scenery. Tho remainder of the trip includes it river journoy by boat a stay over night in a hotel, tho cros sing of two rivors, tho Siuslaw and the Umpqua, three crooks, Ton Milo, Two Mile and Two Milo,, and a beach jour ney, tho terrors or pleasures of which depend upon the weather prevalont at the time. Tho Umpquais crossed by ;i boat which on the further side is (iblc to get close to the bank and load passengers by means of a gang plunk. On the south side the water is too fihallow to permit the boat to ap proach the shore. So the passengers arc unloaded into a skiff n:'.d thus transferred to the shore. A part of tho distance the trip is made by auto over a road where the wheels run 'on paralel planks, ne row of planks on each side. On wet places boards aro scattered underneath and the planks uailed to them. Crossing the creeko the front of the auto is run onto the back end of a wagon and chained tight to keep the machinery from 'getting wet. The trip over tin creeks is niado witli the front wheels of the auto on tho wagon and tho rear .wheels on tho ground. Cros sing tho crocks it is dangerous to Ktop. Quo. auto lost .its power in the crossing of Ten Milo creek. As soon as it stopped the machine began to sink nnd before they could make ar rangements to rescue the car only the smallest lip of it wrts above water. Some change has been made recent ly in the Abstract Companies at Co quille. J. A. Barton is now associat ed with A. S. Hammond in the Title & Trust Co. and is reported to have- pur chased an interest therein. M. O. Hawkins of Coquilo hlis taken a posi tion with tho Title Guarantee nnd Trust Co. taking the position made va cant by Mr. Barton. Mr. Hawkins says that the abstract business gene rally corresponds with and is regulat ed by the real estate business has been light for some time, that in the last 'J or li weeks here-is very noticable in crease in business, principally along the lipc of timber lands. 8 BANDON GARAGE C(fc For Your Automobile Troubles .. Largest Line of Tires and Acessories in the City Expert Machinist at your Service FOSTER & HENRY, Props. Telephone 51, SecondjSt. and Chicago Ave. Don t Give Yourselt Cause To Regret It 1 mm If usiqr Efrr because you reg'ecred placing your valuables in a safety de posit vault. Many have re reted their tardiness inactino; fires and burglars have cost them dear. Anything valu able is wortli taking care of. Our vaults are fire and burglar proof. We invite your inspection. THE BANK OF BAND ON SPARK'S GOOD GROCERIES AT REASONABLE PRICES. PROMPT DELIVERY & COURTEOUS TREATMENT PHONE 291 ft'l'l HI H f Order Your Freight Sent by the Old Reliable S. S. ELIZABETH f I Large Two-Berth Outside State Rooms With Run ning Water. Eight Day Service Between the Coquille River and ban Francisco. FIRST CLASS PASSENGER FARE, $7.50 FREIGHT RATES, $3 ON UP FREIGHT X Reservations: J. E. Norton, Coquille: Perkins'! Myrtle Point; E. B. Thrift, Langlois. J. E. WALSTROM, Agent, Bandon Italtiuiorc, Mil. Stephen Hrown wan t urtlieJ to a huHpital hero fur an operation on bin eye, which had been pierced by a piece of wtixil. A power ful uiagnut wiu plaa d rlou to the Ihu nje, the currjjil tiuned on mid tiie Uul llvr tKJiiit out. It wti oiui'jilx- tuunlti of un liwh think uud throe iumtHr uf un iob Iuhi. rilltlll-l'HKW mid tlft KluiiiuUi FWL (Hill run u wlmyf. Movement on In Soio to improve' streetH. ' Talbot, "on the Ofejion Electric has dedicated new Hchnol house. The ministers of the Cliristiun nnd Kpiscoiiul Churches tn Kue;eno aru us- ine; newspaper rdvurtiplnK to ill tljelr puwH and have hud overflow crowds us a roaulu AGENTS WANTED! 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