uutarlcal Society 0egon Iilstonc , City HW . THE BANDON RECORDER VOLUME XXXII BANDON, OREGON, JANUARY 25, 1916 NUMBER 4 TIGERS WIN IN FIRST HOME GAME North Bend Quintette Falls Victim to Local Basket Ball Team Bandon won its first pjame In the county league scries at basket ball lint Saturday night in Drcaiilsnd to the tunu of 22 to 12 in a game, the ino3t prominent feature of which as iho numerous fouls called by referee ami umpire. When they were given f n opportunity to play the locr.ls dist inguished themselves by their nggres ivc work. Jn the last half ol even Iho referee could stop them. Thoy passed the ball at will and kept it con i tantly in their end of the field. They Increased their score in the half from ux to twenty two and twice made lublo baskets on successive tosses of llto ball. Hut the work of the referee wiw the f aturc of the cairn. He cr.llcd fouh on the slightest p'ictcxt and while he probably tried to Impose the ponnltj impartially he kepi the game slowed down In tho first hnlf so that not i i ingle basket was made o i cither side The score six to four for Bandon al tho end cf tho first half was acquired from the foul line, I'ullen showing himself n little more adept in that art than his North Bond competi'.or. Hut nothing could keep tho local: back long. At tho beginning of tin econd half they started iu to rusl things and soon had tho score keepo. lusy cutting knotches to their credit The boys had already begun to score when Coach Qulckley thought the t mo opportune to send in a couple of f esh men and Gallier and Armstrong U'plnccd Ivan Pullcn and 'Myers. From I'icn on tho scoring was constant des pi to tho occasional halts to toss oil fouls. An novation of this referee also wis his high tosses. Tho local boyc ure handicapped at first by this ner i il attack of tho whistle blower and ere unable to get tho ball on .any j imps during tho first half. North Hend gained quite nn ailvan lago through these tactics and made IVindon play entirely on the defense In the second half, however, tho high ichool players again earned their right to the title of "Tigers-" by their trong attack and hard fighting pow i rs which sunt over three field baskets iu the opening minutes of play there I y clinching the game. Tho boys from tho Hay were inclined to rough mat ters n little nnd spoiled the team work for Handon. The second half, from tho spectators point of view, was mon 1 ke a real basket ball game. Tlu filial score was 22 to lit. Handon's scoring was done by Wolib Gallier, nnd tho I'ullen Hros. Hollies for North Hend, with the assist ance of unusually high throws by the referee, slipped the ball into the hoop over Gallier twice from a hold-ball position. Hyer tossed eight foul tries for his tciiuuuntcs. The line up. Handon I Pullon I. I'ullen Li. Armstrong Myers Gallier Johnson Webb North Hend Forward Forward Forward Center Center Guard Guard Russel Hayes Ilolmos .Me n tin Hyler After the game, a banquet was givon lor tho visiting team at tho K. 1'. Hall i ho room was tastefully decorated iu tho high school colors. Tho tables vere trimmed in black and gold On tho walls, bung basketballs hearing I he mime ufeacli team. Tho girls of he school furnished dainty refresh ments, after which Kay Webb, presi dent of the .Student llody for toasts fiom the following Supts: Tiirnbull lid Coo, Referee McKay, Harold 'Julgley, Messrs Mcndo nnd Itiiimul f North Bund, and Io)io I'ullen and in Armstrong for tho loan I loom, 'the remainder of tho evening was pent In gininw uml KOHg. Tlin next ifuiiut will be hold ftitur 'i y cvi'inii, Jan. Will ut DmtiiilniaJ. I I will Im the fim In llw wHm U , . i.U Ibu eity imniAimUlp, Tint : a Hi m ukiitutl with mull i4avmn a inn" Wiwlar, IJwrjy M'tfair, Ttm i.uiiurM, ( 'Mm Simmis, Ojm. m i tui Jhu-tny, ami ftmvmn Ut k tiMuy lUui Urn lHfi mW wrt STANDING OF THE TRAMS Won Lost Handon 2 0 Marshfield, 2 0 Coquille 2 1 Myrtle Point, 1 2 North Hend 0 4 0 0 J3 fe In the county high school basket ball league, Handon is tied with Mar shficld for the lead. Hoth teams have won two and lost no games, Myrtle Point won its first game from North Rend Friday night 27 to 11. North Hend is tho goat thus fur and has lost to every team in the league. Marshfield gave Coquille its first dc feat Friday night store 29 to 19. will not have much of a show. They have been practising hard and expect to take the first game. The next county game will bo held in Coquille, Friday, February 4111, when Handon and Coquille meet in their annual clash. Owing to the largo demand for a chance to sec this game, an excursion will leave Friday afternoon. All tho good rooters arc beginning to talk About the trip and it looks as if a large sized crowd will nail up the river. Umpire Hoak improved witli his oyo sight before the game got very old demonstrated that he could sec a foul 'is quick as anyone. Big Dredge Breaks Loose The dredge Seattle on which tho man Gustnfson was killed about Christmas time, in Pugct sound was in another accident January 19th. In period of strong winds nnd a high 4idos,Qiielpf,.tho.pontoons.,of,tho dredge broke loose nnd crashed into the piling foundation of a house built over the water along the Seattle water front Describing the accident the Seattle Daily Times says: "Tha pontoon banged .gainst tht itilts supporting tho house owned by Cm. Rnmsdcll whick has stood for three years. At tho second crash tho house dropped into the water and tho furni ture and everything else in it, includ ing a new boat partially built, which was on tho platform, was shuttered In to kindling. "The dredgo nlso broke loose and drifted toward the railroad piers but was picked up by tugs before it liail done any damage. Ramiulcll's lost was about $1,000. The housa con tained all he possessed and there wns no insurance." Steamer Coquille Sold To Portland People Shaver Transportation Company to Boat on Willammctte River Use Last week the sale was completed of tho steamer Coquille to Portland people. As soon ns the wcither is fa vorable so tho boat can be takm ov er tho bar and up the Pacific to her destination, tho now owners, the Shav. or Transportation company will take possession nnd will uso the boat on a run on th WillameJto river. Tho now owners of tho Coquille aro a large concern arid have a dozen or more boats in commisaion. The Myrtle Point Transportation company will put o.ie of their other baits, either the Dora or the Norma on tho Coquillo to Han don i u 1 1 tc take tho pi; ce of the steam er juttt sr.ld. The stoamer Coquille was built in 1D0S for tho Coquillo Hiver Transport ation Co. It was built to be the fast Ok boat on tho river but did not meet exxcUitiniui and a short time after wnnl undvr the direction of Hark Dun Imm wu rebuilt, fitted with a now and powerful engine nnd tin uper deck. Thtw uliti provod tophoavy and In any. llilng like a wind swayed n that poplt wi ufntiil to ride mi Imr. Klm( ww (twin mhihwIiiIihJ to Imr pnwiwt i mu. Tm liitln u4M Mount nmUv fmm umI ah itru twod mgiat, mm wvmtM mwith fur jmr pwi at iBwing. If Imm Hif to llmdrnm Atttlif THE TROUBLES OF AN OLD STREET Oregon Aveime Has to Fight to Exist After fifty Years of Travel The Oiegon avenue matter was threshed and winnowed and gone over with a fine tooth comb at tho meeting f tlto city council last Wed nesday night and as its disposal of the subject tho council instructed the city attorney to make the appeal to the supreme court in a final attempt to straighten the jurisdiction of tho 30 ft. strip in which the city is in contro versy with the catholic church. A strong effort was mado to so cure a compromise on the subject and the city engineer is engaged this week in drawing up a survey and esti mates of the cost of turning tho im- provemert from tho old county road when it will be up to the people di rectly interested to decido whether thoy will ncccpt tho new plan or cling to the old. After all it is tho people on the ave nue who r.rc tho court of last resort if the case goes to a final decision by the supreme court tho people on the utrcct must still pass on the court decision. They will have two alter natives. If tho court favors the city the improvement will go in as origi nally scheduled; if the court .ulcs for the church the people on the street will proceed to condemn the disputed strip and assess the costs as improve merit along the street. Or if a com promise the property owners of the street have it in their power to accept and charge the terminal. But in the last case it must be a unanimous affair The first two courses will proceed automatically. Many people of tho city think the best course to proceed would be to im prove the old county road where it leaves first street in a straight line as nearly as possible to whore it would intersect with Oregon avenue but their interest is purely that of mui cip.il interest. The people on the avenue are tho final authority. They are paying for the project and its course will be as they decide. The history of Oregon avenue or Abernathy street, as it was original ly called might be said to be the his tory of tho city. It has been a county road sinco white men have lived in the west end of the valley of the Co quillo and it is quite likely that the first whites borrowed the trail from the Indians. Perhaps the communica tions between the Port Orford Indi ana a.id those of the Coquille were conducted over this trail. It lias been a thoroughfare of travel for over half .1 century. It has been curveyed as a county road but it was so long ago that the records havo disappeared and aro not to bo found at the county seat. Un- fenccd, tho trnvel followed certain beaten tracks but this varied from time to time where the settlers turned out from a mud holo in one track to make a new track which they kept un til another nmd holo changed live couisc of the road again. Ruts from wagon wheels of passing wagons are to be found well within the grounds of tho Catholic church property nnd also on both oides of the present thoroughfare. Hut despite its ago tha road has to fight for existanco Although the thoroughfare bore the name of Abernathy street it is only of comparitivcly recent years tliat the section through which it pissed be came built up and Its residents began to call fcr improvements Tiu pros pect of opening up for travel of the new township line road added an im petus to tha niovumont nnd the people of the street began to dream of a fu ture. Aiioiit the year 1910 tho discus sion beciiino stronger and a request was mad? to the council for tho Im provement. The council appointed K. li. Oakon to interview the property ownum and incur quit cliiini deed by way of iloilioudon of tho buh for iniinli'ipu! um, Thii wu thought rieu uMury iu from fourth tict i,outli the Mrmit liml ben n iniitttrlully lmnirtH. It wua prwpiw.nl ut llrt Ih follow tho innt of I hu uhl iKiUHty nmd hut it wu winding wttd iirooM uiu uur Wm UiUn ut lliu igjifMflfctii at tint mrWy Uwl tluy wwUl mi JIn o (ifeMJiwvJ wii Vatjv ft) A FEW HINTS FOR THE GOLD SEEKERS M. Pehl Writes of Gold Strikes And I Pay Dirt Possibilities 3) J San Diego, Cat., Jan. 13. EditorBandon Recorder: In my opin ion there be be great many persons during, the coming summer who will go ouf to prospect. Some may go to have a good time, sticking a shovel here and theic into the soil, making a hole a, foot or two deep( and if they find not a lump of gold, hunt some other'place where to look for more of a nothing, then report n total failure and say that all the gold is minod out. ; I know such men personally. To such, I would say: "Have a good time but deg.'t try to be experts. But sUiy at honj and do something in the way of canning an honest living and save the money necessary to grub stake them 111 the mountains. In this letter I will not go into ge ology but will relate some experiences which-, may hold some value to the prospector. In the first place let me name, a fc wlocalitics where you may depend qn it that gold may bo found in paying quantities. Let me say a few words of Mount Butler on tho South Sixos.fThis is the mischief maker. A huudr-d years ago, perhaps thousands Butler, was an active volcano. By its eruptions it turned the whole country up-side-down at different times and nearly, .broke up all formations, veins of metal, changed the flow of water in streams and created pockets. Many of these pockets were found amhyo;ked out; somo were very rich. OtUer pockets "ai-O' lot "loUftidV" That they are in cxistancc there can be no question. One of theso places is on the cast side of Butler Creek, up the mountain southward. To prove this, all you have to do is to see this locality of the South Sixes. It has been worked to the bed rock many times. In six or eight years after there is sufficient gold there again to work it and make n stake. There is a feeder and a rich one in the locality r.bove mentioned The west side of Mt, Butler toward lilk river has been but very little pros pected. When found there the gold has the shape of wheat grains. It is ather difficult to value them. Only men with luck bone and ener gy should go there. Following the South Sixes upward, we find tlilTcrcnt places where in for mer years mining was successfully carried on. These locations arc worked and on the Hear Pen fiat there is a probability. The high fiats prove that the river lias been blocked, perhaps more than once by slides and the or iginal river has moved perhaps 20 ft. by such slide nnd no doubt contains some good ground yet. Next you come to Rusty Gulch. A few high bars have paid good. There is only one place which should pay good but it is difficult to handle. This is tho deep hole at the foot of Rusty Mt. This is filled with logs and slides from the mountains. Tho poor miner will hardly dare to attack such ex cept he has will power enough to ov ercome the difficulty. Going further east from Rusty wo rune into the middle fork of tho Ris es some gold and weak prospects of mercury have been found in the rocks there. The results on Rusty I havo report ed years ago. I would not bo in favor of prospecting there. Hut you know there is more gold there ys'. than was found by the H-rrison boys. I should know as I havo seen it mynclf. Old Harmon panned out of or,. pan over $10 in gold and I, myself, panned 12c out of the tailings of this same pan. Gold here Is dilfaro'it than iu any of the neighbori'.ocdu. It vu itains more nllvor uml ir of lo.-s valiio; f'om $12 to $11 par ounce. Wherever found hero thl gold linn hotf'i illwwlvitd iu imtgimidii uml will miwer to tiiu mug mitlc K)lt.' of the mirth. It In younger Mid npMwrwl feflur Mt. Ruity hiMHinu I mid. I'rtMuMHK Hi inklilUi fork un mm ut Im lh KalmtMi inwtitotM, nmjUj- lltijH t UtfUMMt at 4amr b gM Utttw imm mkmi ikm- MUMmm itt iJiiMti sir UiM fi' 'Jit Mtlww HWHlUUt Vtm it IbllfH. IjHMIMWM found, tell us that tho quartz vein is four feet thick. The walls of this vein nre porphory west, the foot wall slate shale. The erruptions of Butler have caus ed the fall of this formerly very steer mountain, thereby breaking ofT this vein and washing gold down in the Salion gulch and down in the Co quillo river. In a southerly direction is Johnson creek. I need not say anything about it because many men have made good there. Inhabitants of Coos county know it. One thing of the Coarse Gold patch on Salmon mountain. will say that all those tunnels gener ally mnde under the direction of ex ports, aro located too high up. The vein is below the brake and filled up by the slide. Only hydraulic work, by washing the whole slide away will locato the vein and rich returns await the com pany which will go to work with an understanding of the origin of this neighborhood. This vein is tho mother lode and nch finds to the south are only a nart of it. Miners who savy will know how to prospect springs, creeks and gulches They will begin at the lower omfs of such and when a color is found, move higher up nnd so on until they reach the plain where no more colors arc found and then begin to work by mak ing cuts to the bed rock as found there nnd work upwards. Even the smallest signs of qunrtz may be only a fissure I'ollow it up, it may be n fizzle but keep on and it will bring you to suc cess. Yours Trulv. j M. G. POIII. Went 300 Miles TshIV avel 75 Mr. And Mrs. Keithley Return From Mining Quest in Josephine County Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Keithley arrived touay irom inoir mining experience in Josephine county. Because of an excess of snow in tiint section the min ing venture had to be given over for a while. Mr. Keithley was assisting a partner who has a claim on Picket creek near Merlin. They were using water that was conveyed seven miles through ditches and including a half mile of flume. At the hend of the ditcli the snow was five feet deep and the course was obstructed by logs nnd branches broken with tho weight of the storm so it would take a lot of work to get the water to running a gain when the snow leaves. The elevation at this point is not so very high and snow there is unusu al at this time of the year where ordi narily the work of mining men can be carried out throughout the winter without trouble. The two men had got a lot of material in shape to clean up but had not time to get a start when the snow came. Keithley work ed from the latter part of November to the first of February, six weeks. Under the prospects he determined to lay oir for the season and return to Bandon. The return was an adventure. Go ing out over the Rosehurg-Myrtle Point route was bad and by reports it was thought impracticable to return that way. So the Keithley's return ed to Bandon by way of Eugene and the coast auto route. The trip took a nutter of three days. Between Eugene and Cushman, tho present end of the route they encountered a wash out which required a relay of trains im! the passengers had to walk from one to the other across thirty or forty rods of mud and slush. The further end of the route was traversed in a box cur but this is uckncwhdgcd to be in improvement over the Roseburg Myrtlu Point xtage, so (hero was no grumbling. The runt of thu routo hax Until frequently locrihed. Tho dU- tunit) from Murlin to Handon is om thuu loviuityflvo inJIim. To pun bu twnon thu two point tlmy hud to truv- 1 oiiilliliig like tin no hiJiiilriHl mill il un oxhiihii iu uutiiigur tutu (or tit twit uf fifty dellwri, with iihwU mmJ MwUh fur tilt u tutim, Tl jnmwImmw at Uw CumJj kits m mh tmtan Jmlm Umttai CttHte k 1 mat ami tim mH ) at mam) I gamji STUDENTS DEBATE FRIDAY EVENING North Bend High School to Meet Locals on Preparedness Theme The joint high school debating sea son is with us again and the student orators are traveling tho course that leads to county championships and then to district triumphs and state honors for those who norsist and havo the wherewithal! with which to meet tho traveling expenses. North Bend, the school which the locals found such easy mcr.t last year- is again scheduled for n trip to Ban- Ion and the locals are steamiiiir un ami preparing a reception cnuallv as warm as that given last year. Tho topic to be discussed and the participants in the contest at homo and abroad are given iu the school notes below. One difference in tho debatim? rules this year is that two unanimous de cisions do not count for more than two plain majority decisions nnd tied winners must play talk off tho tie. SCHOOL NOTES Tlje big basket ball game with North Bend last Friday was a "brac er" nnd Handon high school, having tasted blood, is ready for moro. All Interest is now centered on thp approaching contest in debate. The question is: "Resolved: that the United btates blioulil Adopt tho Essential l-oatures of the Swiss System of Mil- tary Tnuniiitr and Service." Tim nf- firmativc will bo upheld by Harold Johnson and Dick Crain while Helen Thornton and Belle Chatbum will Eenk. onj the ricsntiiie. Ar.tryukfnr.nj place as best individual debater will bo hold in the high school auditorium on Wednesday at eleven. Tho winner of tins contest will be civen tho honor of having his name engraved on the cup, a permanent possession hero. Our affirmative team will meet the North Bend Debaters next Friday ev ening at thi high school while the negative will contend with Marshfield debaters at Marshfield. The Schoolmasters' Club met last Saturday at the home of Miss Moore on Chicago Ave. An interesting pro gram was carried out, thu principal address being gjvon by Supt. Coo of North Bend. Mr. Coo's subject was tlio six and six plan. Mr. Tuiiibull gavo a vivid account of hi3 trip to Mcdford and of tho state Association held there during the hol idays. Miss Rickey's paper on the imtional Educntioi.nl Association held in Oak land, last summer was as charming as Charles Lamb's "Dissertation on Roast Pig" M iss Loftus gr.ve a very concise plan for the presentation of the first esson in verli complements. Miss Maslerhn's eoIo, "Come Inio the Cm den, Maud" was greatly en joyed as was also tho song by tho teachirs' quartette, Miss Moore, Miss Lhatliurn, Miss Venus, and Miss Bak er. Refreshments were served cafeter ia etylo. A banquet was tendered tho North Bend b.-ckct ball k'inn by the associat ed students of Bardon high after thu jrntne Saturday evening. End of School Senu-hter Examinations, marking the end of the first semester's work, nro lioipt held in tho high school and uppr grades this week. The new B0in3t'r logins Monday, .January ill. Buyf-i. ng pupils will not bo enrolled liter than the xecoiid Monday of thu m iiU'Htcr. All pupils nre to report in thair old rooms Monday morning to rocoivs tlmir curds. They will thun, If pit), iifiti'd, go to their touchtir, and iouiv liiti of tho hooki which thoy will nu-1 I'uiiuiU having pupili to onU'f llOOl Ut tllU tllllll llll) MMlUOltild JM't to purchuiu boi,k U,t) H, puU 'wvu hi'oti uimIkiiiwJ to u gnidu. HiMMfifll umiiHua urn ualuu UW tlti wmk la thy M, It, iImjjL fcn. (at ymurn Jtaagh tritf at 1UI ft'lU mi Uf aa f!jrtJi .u , u, w-wuac ami amaai im Mil Mt am i twiknm tnnil mi