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THE BANDON RECORDER
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VOLUME XXXII
BANDON, OREGON. JANUARY 4, 1916
NUMBER 1
BANDON GOES
DRY QUIETLY
Salens Clese at Midnight Dec. 31st
Withort Unusual Demonstration
"I would give my hat,
I would give my shoes
For one more drink
Of Bandon HOOZE."
So blithely hummed a man as he
Htenped along First street Monday
morning and landed like a shot from a
42 centimeter gun against a familiar
door. Hut -the door, instead of opening,
lemnined closed and the man turned
thoughtfully nway.
Promptly at midight the saloons of
Handon closed and although there was
lomo lawt hour celebration, it was by
no means vociferous. No outbreaks oc
curred the police had a quiet time.
Thurc were a few Btreet fights car
l.cr in the evening but on the whole
the passing of the saloon in Handon
was a quiet event. There was not near
fi3 large a crowd of outsiders in town
f.a thero was for the Christmas cele
bration. Not a great deal of liquor was left
on the hands of the saloon keepers
December Ulst, several of the saloons
put up signs advertising two glasses
of beer for a nickel and all did a large
package business. In all directions
mon went carrying jugs and demijohns
niul many a cellar is equipped for n
long scige.
This week the men whom tho people
of the state have put out of bushiest
have been busy readjusting their nf
fairs, cleaning up and making future
pLns. Some will try mining, some will
ct.irt up in the line of soft drinks und
others nre undecided.
In the meantime the citizens of
Handon nre checking up bulancoj to
find something with which to meet thr
occupation tax and the business of the
c ty proceeds as usual.
Rescue of the Enterprise
The gasoline- schooner Enterprise
I uilt on the Coquille in t'.H)3 by John
Miller was oiif of tho sufferers by 'he
scent storm which rapd along tin.
shore of tko Pacific Tho Enterprise
jft Astoria a wssk ago Sunday fot
Will port on Alsea hay with a cargo
of merchandise mid A lr..Pt; if oil ns
a deck load. Arriving at her destina
tion she found tho bai too rough to
cross and put down an anchor to wait
for more quiet seas. The storm in
creased and during tho night the an
chor line parted. Th bolt was sav
ed from going into the breakers by
starting her engines. She wont ewen.
ty miles out to tea ltd let down a drag
anchor. In the nu-antiiiie the bolti
mat insetted her engi.j to the fuill
had ii'rted off .mil pulod loose
Water came hi h- pump filled with
gravel and the Enterprise was soon in
a helpless com'tilci. There weiv
three men in t'te boat, Captain Parker
Engineor M. E. Par:or and Roy Mil
i, or ad they mado what effort they
could to uttntLt tho attention of pas
dug vessels. Kie boats passed bin
none of them answered the signals.
Finally the steam schooner Willa
mette south Pound from Portland
turned to put a lino nhoard tho Enter
prise. This was off Hecata head and
the helpless schooner was towed, to
Arago head where the Adeline Smith
took the line and towed the Enterprise
into Coos Hay.
Tha Enterpi iso fr feet lonug and
I' of about 211 Inns ,ross burden. She
was first owned by R D. I limn and
used out of Rogit river. She U mi v
owned by NeNo.i Ciendness of Astoria
DERRINGER (SETS THE DIAMOND
WIiim the dig Sparkler in lloyle'H llo.
Ida) Annual Context
A. F .Pormiucr was the lucky limit
n Boyle' annual diamond outed.
Ho won tin ui.iud prirt' with Number
70, The second prixe, No. M 1:1 Im
I ot u yet found nil owner Threo iiuin
I em fur earli prize were drawn and,
failing In the llnd droit the dluinond
will go to lint next on the lint. Lit
llu Muigunl Tuttlu did llm druwing.
M u i iy llnriiung of (lie Kniiilo (Iro
my liu nut Itud ull III miwwiful
i umber IhoukM in hut llu following
IN llltl llt f 111 llM wlllt'H l fill
, iiiudti hnowiii U, Ml, vlrlw ill (Mi
ir, -41. A I' iifiin Dili Mr. VV.
lr i H MfllSri Wu Ml J. 0. Jfiii
i, mil I L nUr
Killed by Dredge Accident
II. C. Geary had his name in the
Coos Hay papers last week because
of an accident to the Dredge Seattle
with which ho was formerly connected
Mr. Geary, who is now employed in
Sidwell's store has a letter from a for-
mcr fellow workman and as the par
ties to the talc formerly resided and
worked here we give an account of
tlte accident. A man named iiill (jus
tafson was killed by tho recoil of a
broken cable hanger with which the
ladder or boom of tho dredge was
held up for repairs. Tho ladder was be
ing repaired and Gustafson and Fred
Hollavcr with tho captain were on it
They wxre putting" on a new ladder
wire and the two men were taking up
tlte slack when the hanger broke drop
ing the ladder in CO feet of water. This
was on Dec. 23. Gustafson was killed
instantly. Holloway had the bones of
a hand and arm broken and his face
badly lacerated. He was taken to the
Providence hospital. A diver was sent
down and the body of Gustfson
promptly recovered. He wns buried on
the 2!Hh. The dredge is working at
scuttle.
Gustafson worked on the H. B
building after work on the dredge was
finished on the Coquille. The letter
was written by Joo Bowers. 'The lad
tier whose weight broke the heavy ca
ble weighs G5 tons.
A Joint Installation
The local Masonic lodge and East
ern Mar cttapter combined for a joint
installation on New Years eve and the
ceremonies were attended by a large
company of members ns well as rela
tives and friends.
Tho Eastern Star chanter led in the
program with Jas. Mast as installing
olllcer und Mrs. Alice Gnllier as mar-
jhal. The following are the oflicers of
tho chapter for the cominir year al
though not all of them were present
to bo installed.
Julia Pane. W. M.: Chas. F. Pane.
W. P.: Lilian Flom. A. M.: Mnrv Gal-
tier, secretary; Elizabeth Helmken,
treasurer; Adelaide Pearson, con.;
lilnnchc Faultls, A. C; Rate Rosa,
dah; Merta Mehl, Ruth; Elizabeth
Mancict, Esther; Jeancttc Pearce,
Martha; Alice Gamer. Electa: Annie
Craine, W.; II. K. Flom. S; Viola Ro-
vi, (J.: hvu haton, M.; Edith II. Gcts-
ondorfer, O.
Handon lodge of A. F. & A. M. next
installed with W. A. LeGore, worship
ful master in tho chair, ho having been
installed at a previous meeting. W. J.
sabin acted as marshal. Followtntr arc
the new officers pf the lodge: W. A. Le
Gore worshipful master; Raymond E.
Watkins, senior warden: Thomas D.
White, junior warden: Edward E.
Oakes, treasurer; Chas. E. Bowman,
secretary; James W. Mast, senior doa
.on,; William H. Pearce, junior dea
con; Henry u. Helmken, senior stew
ard; William E. Cruindr junior stcw
ird; Churles Martin, tyler; Waller J.
Snbin, marshal.
Following tlte ritual work there was
.1 banquet spread by the ladies in the
.lining room of the appartment and
tvhen the good things were disposed
jf there was speaking with Ropresent
itive C. R. Harrows ns orator. The
evening was a very pleasant one and
ill report n good time. It only lacked
i half hour of the new year when the
meeting dispersed.
Celebrate in B. B. Building
Among the achievments overlooked
in last weeks summary of doings in
1915 were the building of the Biggs
lluckinghani building and of the bak
sry building, by Paul Stephen. Those
buildings ate the most notable things
in that line taking place in the county
during tho year and have done much
to inspire confidence in the future of
Handon. The outer covering of the II.
H building has at last been removed
and the structure stands revealed as
a notable piece of architecture. It oc
etipies n commanding position in the
down town region and is easily the
most conspicuous landmark in the city.
A little informal gathering of people
interested or who have worked to
make the building was held in Hip
central rooms hist Thursday evening
Something like twenty were present
and spent the evening in n social game
of cards. Refreshments were brought
in and a number of impromptu talks
were inatle with the building as a cent
ral theme. Among those who respond
ed were II. J, Ostlind the nrrhitert.
Messrs Payne and Johnson the build
em, Geo. Ijtlrd. Dr. Sorennon mid oth
ors. Photographer L I. Wheeler wan
i tilled in mill took a llaiih light of the
groupi' uh nouvenlr of the event.
A J N FAN, I'OR DIU'KM HE It
AND FOR THE YEA It ltU5
Handon, January '.'ml, linn
Editor Handon Itmonlor The ruin
full fur (hi) month of )n-itiilr w
U.i) ImtIiiw. I)tt jttluy itud rloudy, iri,
t'lagr iluy. I.
Thi riiii)U fur l Iim nurriMMiMllug
tiuwlli ml li If); (who.
0ERD1NG FAMILY
CLEVER PLAYERS
High School Team Beaten by Brothers From
Coquille
The Ocrding family emerged vie
tors in their contest with tho Handon
high school basket ball team nt
Dreamland last Saturday night. The
first half was anybody's game and the
locals held the lead at the calling of
intermission, 12 to 11 but in the last
half the athletic brothers from the
county seat went in to win, which they
did, with a final score of 22 to 15.
It was a practice game for bolli
sides, but principally for tho Oerdings
They had not played together for
many moons, were barely acquainted,
so to speak, to present their own
claims, which left the spectator to
speculate what would be the re
sult had the Coquillers been really
practiced up.
Despito their alleged lack of form
they managed to keep the ball near
their own basket the greater share ol
the time and when ever they passed
the sphere it was to be noticed that
usually there was an Oerdittg at the
other end of the route to connect witlt
it. They were older and heavier and
ovidently more experienced in the
tricks of the game than their Handon
tvnls and several of their baskets
were made on the run in a manner that
vas pretty to behold.
Hut the Handon boys made u game
itruggle in their efforts to combat
the-stronger and heavier players and
mowed marked improvement in their
iiard work as well as in passing the
nail. Harold Johnson's bulk and ac
tivity did much to stem the tide of
jcoring for their opponents and Reed
Gallier's long arms and Pullen's clever
work were much in evidence. Webb
3ne of the team's best players was
half sick with grip and could not
otnc up to his usual form. For the
.ocals Gnllier, Webb and Johnson each
made a basket and Pullen acquired
ine remainder.
For the Oerdings, Georgo an 1
Wnlter did most of the scoring.
Altogether the locals put up a good
.'ontest in tho presence of strong op
tosition and their work speaks well
if performances in the coming league
games.
Melvin Kern of Coquille officiated
is referee and Ray Watkins was the
umpire. The lute up:
Bandon
Oerdings
Valter O
John 0.
George 0.
Harry O.
Charles O.
I'ulleti
Forward
Forward
Center
Guard
Guard
Hndsall
Gallicr
Webb
lohusou
William and Albert, the two other
members of the Ourding family were
I'tefet't to volunteer their "erviies if
;ied. They tue the younger nieni-
oers of the family and are still in
vitici.e ocuert.
Another Pioneer Called
Mrs. Rachel Randloman died at
lie home of her daughter, Mrs. Mu
ora Sner.d on Bepr Creek Friday
notning, Dec. HI. She was the widow
( Henry Randloman who died on the
.an day of tho same month in 1900
wing ulso tlte anniversary their wed-
ling in 1815. Mrs. Randleman wsa born
in Franklin county, Missouri, Sept. 25,
182b making her age SO years, a mo.
and 0 days. They were amoog the ear
ly settlers of the Coquille valloy huv.
ing crossed the pluiim by ox team in
ISM by w.ty of California. They set
tled o i Hear creek in 1872 on tho home
stead win re Evandor Randleman now
lives. Mm Raiidleman wns the moth
er of i-ight children of whom, only 11
nre living- Mrs. Manorn Snead, of
Hear creek, Evtndor Randlomnn pf
Hear t'.eek and Mrs. Iulse Harklow
of Norway. The funeril services were
.oiiilticted from the roglditnro of Mr.
Snetid by Elder A. II. Rio of Handon
on lAn' day, Jan. 2nd and tho re
main wi re laid to teat in the home
i-eimilary mi Honr Creel. atte..i!d by
ti largec ontour of friend und rilu
tivra. Mr. IlivuJhlh huu lftiiui w,iiL .I,, u
MuliiLiikutluii ilurx uuil iluwlliiiu in I...
HlfiHl IM till' Wlfel Hf l)M Mull tthmi
WliMlut lilul tfuiulihdu.1 in lit. .iMitti
uiuimir flie U'jirjraw U u U Ul.W far
MwudMg. 'iWmmifi n fi
ATTORNEYS FEED
AND THEN FROLIC
Banquet
of Bar Association Enlivened
With Jest and Song
The last banquet of the Bar Asso
ciatiou of Coos county under the wet
dispensation in Oregon held nt the
Hotel Gallicr last Wednesday night
measured up fairly well with its op
portunities. Attorney Goss, of Marsh
field, referring to the subject, said
that the next years meeting of the as
sociation at Mnrshlicld would have to
be a pocket flask affair. Hut Wednes
day night the old condition prevailed
and none of the frills were slighted.
There were no excesses but fellowship
and merriment reigned and brilliant
flushes of wit intermingled with story
and fong through three hours of festi
itics. There were something like twenty-
five attorneys and their guests present
when the first course was brought
in but tlte lawyers would not be satis
fied until their hosts, Ed and Steve
Gullicr had been brought in and places
made for them at the board.
Following is the menu of the ban
quet:
Fruit Cocktail
Baked Salmon with Tartare Sauce
Winter Combination Salad
Fried Chicken with Cream Sauce
Cramberry Jelly
Mashed Potatoes
Asparagus Tips
Angel Parfait -find Cake
Mince Pie
Beer Burgundy Cigars
At the conclusion of the eating At
torney C. R. Wade of this city, arose
tntmostcr nnd called on A. J,
Sherwood for some reminiscences, first
explaining how in the days of his
youth Mr. Sherwood had been dedicat
ed to the bar:
Mr. Sherwood responded by reading
what ho purported to bo a report of a
memorial committee appointed to
draw up suitable tribute to the cha
racters of John Hall and Joe Bennett
assuming that those absent gentlemen
had passed on to the abodes of the
blest and which he proceeded
to read. The memorial was long and
couched in nn ironical vein and an ex
ceedingly clever piece of literary com
position. After paying tribute to
their traits of character, all good but
were stated negatively, saying
niong other things that the committee
knew the departed were honest as
they had searched the records and fail
ed to find any instance where they had
been convicted pf embezzlement. Their
talents and thrift were extolled. in the
same manner and then after the at
empt of a detective in an usbestos suit
to follow them to the lower regions
they had been located in a dream and
it . was discovered were thriving in
the nether world between Paradise und
Hades where two other friends O'Brien
and Moloney were running, official
newspapers, one of tho north strip nnd
the other of the south atrip.
I. N. Miller was then called on to
defend himself, n eertninrecord show
ing that n man of tho same surname
had been convicted of murder in East
Oregon and sentenced to the peniten
tiary. Mr. Miller proceeded to give
an alibi to his own satisfaction and
then went on to ruminate on the good
fortune of the man Miller to bo con
victed nnd sentenced In these days of
penitentiary libraries and golf link
rather than in tho olden days. Gloomi
ly he spoke of the ancient crucifixion
of tlte garotte, the sentence to the
arena, and hanging which he said was
the invention of the English who
had a peculiar talent for inflicting the
death penalty. They tore men apart
with horses, rolled them in barrels
studded with spikes, or placed them
undeY dropping water where the con
tinual stream bored through their
ikull. He congratulated thoke pre
sent that if they should be convicted
in the future they would not uffr
uch torment hut would huvti the lib
ntrlo und golf link iufllt'tml on them
4 tit flrat uiHiitioiuxl.
Judge k'flilbtiwlit In rtpoiidiiig to
tliu lMt ttf Tho Altitude of Jury und
WiUtoM uwni4 il.u Iwr" (old u tUry
mt Ma miiy mtMiimmm. llu IwiJ
mmimi u mt U g VmUtu Qnmm
km mmJ U&i ma k. Hut us Imv
ttg tim VittuHf Itf MM MMl If
Imhy Wi$u J M ym j ij
posiiur witness nnd who wanted to in
flict personal cMistiscmcnt on the at
torney for what he alleged was stric
tures on his character in tho proceed
ings of the trial. The lawyer sized
up the man and saw that he was anx
ious for a fight Being spnre himself
the lawyer addressed his antagonist
announcing that if all he wanted to
do wns to obtain satifaction by ad
ministering corporal punishment he
cguld consider the same as already ac
complished. Mr. Sehlbrede was wil
ling to consider himself as alrendy
whipped and so the affair ended.
Costs nnd Fees inspired W. U.
Douglass to a few words in defense of
upholding the associations fee sche
dule and a few side shots on his ex
periences in the live stock department
of the Panama exposition.
In introducing the next speaker tho
toasttnastcr said his subject "12 Or..
I7(i-18.'2" would, if looked up, disclose
one of the few instances where the
supreme court of the state had been
known to ihdulge in humor. The case
was an attempt to secure a divorce
where both parties had filed suit
3tarting a controversy Hint had con
tinued in the courts of the state for
years and was yet in litigation. At
torney Barrows was given this sub
ject with tlte idea that it was a good
opic for a poem. A poem in some
form usually appeared at the annual
.lanqtict and Mr. Barrows supplied on
this occasion. Heavy stress was laid
on the riduculous and Mr. Barrowa
production was hailed with delight b
ill. The lawing but unloving couple
belonged to the family of Adams. Mr.
Barrows went, back to the first Adams
and said that since that time the A
lanis had been in hot water.
Speaking of this pconv. Attorney
Goss took occasion later to commend
it and said that Mr. Harrows had been
considerably criticised on account of
his tendency to long winded remarks
ind he recommended that in the future
tho attorney be compelled to submit
his briefs in poetry.
Judge Coke was on the program
with "The Attitude of the Bench To
ward the Bar" but said he thought
ieriotts remarks would be out of place
it this stage of the evening and beg
ged to be excused.
Concluding remarks were mado by
I. T. Goss, G. T. Trcadgold,J. T. Brand
tlie new city attorney of Marshfield,
C. H. Giles, and others. The new as
sociation president, W. C. Chase cull
ing the close to the proceedings.
During the afternoon session held
it the Moose club rooms, three new
members were taken into the associa
tion. They were I. N. Miller of
.Marshfield and Attorneys Chatburn
ittd Gardener of Bandon. ft was de
cided to hold the next meeting at
Marshfield and ofi'iecrs for the ensuing
year were elected as follows: W. C.
Chase president; C. A. Sehlbrede,
vice president; J. J. Stanley, secretary
fi. R. Wade, treasurer; C. II. Giles nnd
I. D. Goss, members executive com-1
mittcc.
The members of the association
who enjoyed the banquet were: J. O.
Stemmler, Claud II. Giles, E. C. Ro
uerts. S. D. Pulford, Myrtle Point W.
0. Chase, J. J. Stuanley, A. J. Sher
wood, Coquille; C. A. Sehlbrede, I. N.
Mitler, C. F. Knight, E. L. Powell, J.
r. Brand, J. M. Mclntuff, C. R. Peck,
John S. Coke, J. D.loss, W. U. Doug
las, Geo. Watkins, Marshfield; C. E.
Mtiybee, North Bend; G. P. Topping,
ti. T. Treadgold, C. R. Wade, F. J.
Chatburn, L. L. Gardener, Handon.
A New Year Party
A group of the college folks nnd a
fow of the high school students sued
out the old and welcomed in the New
Year with an impromptu watcli party,
Friday evening. The nffair was ar
ranged at the eleventh hour und wits
in u way n progressive dance. The
early part of the evening was given
over to dancing ut tlte homo of Rayner
Geisendorfer, while refreshments
were served by MIhsom Peail und Erma
("ruine, at their home. A feuturu of
tho evening were typo slug Iwuring
the niiiiiu of each ono prumtnt with
which they tainx'd their nanum on
the program cards of the other. Yell
fort ho college riipruMiitted by tho
different guoU prtwont wero glvon
ut the troU of iiildnlrhU
Tliwe irMMinl Hvrui
lwl CtuuMut, J'wtrl Crulnu, ISnnu
I win. Amy WhWir, ltt)i Jlwrrw,
U, It, iimmArt, IJjuwkJ Julm-oa,
OLD YEAR ENDS
WITH SNOW STORM
A Cloak of the Beautiful to Cover Old
Departing Nineteen Fifteen
The year nineteen fifteen not only
went out wet but it went out cold. It
nlso went out in a snow storm. As
though sloughing something out of her
system that needed disposal of, nature
responded with an inch of the beauti
ful. It made the traveling sloppy but
furnished fun for the children who
took advantage of the unusual oppor
tunity to snowball pedestrians- and
make diminutive snow men. The snow
lasted only a short time. It i.rd bean
proceeded by n cold spell with lower
temperature that this section has ex
perienced in many years.
Thursday morning the thermometer
in the government coast guard station
registered 2(5 nbove and Captain John
son says that in his seventeen years in
Hadon this is tlte coldest he has known
Not n fow calla lily beds that hereto
fore had given signs of promise, wete
flattened out in this freeze. The
water pipes of the city lie close to tho
surface and plumbing in the averago
housiTMs unprotected. Yet so brief
wns the interval of the severest cold
that little damage is reported.
Although, locally there was little
wind in tho interval, there must have
wens storms at sea for a fow days the
oar was very rough. Mariners icport
the winds at sea us varying, swilchinir
3iiddenly from scutltwst to north
west nnd raising a cea that nirdc even
the largest boats tip and roll.
Cold weather and snow wns report
ed all along the west coast At Baker
in East Oregon the thermometer went
to 39 below. Spokane nlso reports
ero temperature tor eastern Wash
ington, Idaho and Montana.
Snow fell in the suburbs of Los
Angeles. Tho dry valleys to tho east
of the mountains ns well ns the orange
districts of Riverside and San Bernar
dino were alike treated to a mantle of
snow. There was no frost with it
however and no damage resulted to
the citrus fruits.
The cold spell soon passed over.
Here in Bnndon the snow did not last
much longer than twenty four hours
ind by Sunday, tho rainmaker was a
gain on the job.
Many New Boats
Not for n dozen years has there ! cen
such activity n tlie ship building line
on this coast ns it in evidence at nre
sent. In a few davs i'io keel of a120
foot boat will bo hud at North Band.
Four auxilliary schooners with Diesel
engines are under contract on the
coast. for the lumber trade. Two are
being built at St. Helena for tho Mc
Cormicks; ono at Gray'j Haibor for
the E. K. Wood Lumber Co. nnd a
fourth at Seattle for the A. V. Thunu
Co., says the Coos Hay Times.
There are a number of other ocean
going carriers building on Ute Coast,
J II to be linished during U'ltJ, and pro
bably the busiest plant is that of tho
Union lion Works, whero tho La Brae,
a new tinker for the Union Oil Co.
was lauched December . 18, and the
same firm hns the tanker Los Angeles
being rapidly constructed there. Hind
Rolph & Co. has ordered the Annette
Rolph which is a duplicate of the Pa
cific, an 8500 ton currier completed
there recently and loaded last week
on Paget Sound with flour for Europe
besides u second steamer of the same
type has bejjp rodered by them but not
named, with a third of the kind con
tracted for that is to be tho proporty
of he Starchan interests, of Georgi i,
who purchased tho Urana, u clhtur
ship of the Pacific fleet which is re
ceiving finishing touches there, mid
soon loads flour on Puget Soud,
The Unon Iron Works is ulso turn
ing out the Mnkiki for tho MtiUoii
Nuvigution Company, she being n
lister ubip of the Mutsouiu now In
service between Sun l-Vunclsco and t)te
Hawaiian IvIundH. Then' urn eight
other oulered, nil oil tanker, two for
the Mluuduid Oil I'ompuny of Cullfoi
nlu, two for lh Htundurd Oil Comju
tiy of Now York, two for Km Htundanl
ull Coiupuny of Diduwure und two (or
Ihu NUiuluril Oil L'oinpuny of J'hhV
dwlphiu.
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