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About The Bandon recorder. (Bandon, Or.) 1915-19?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1916)
Bandon Recorder Published weekly on Tuesdays by The Recorder Publishing Co., Inc, Entered at the Post Office at Ban don, Oregon, as mail matter of the second class. RICHARD B. SWENSON, Manager c'ake all checks payable and address all communications to the company. Subscription price, $1.50 per year, in advance. MY 8HIP8. I F all the "hip I have at sea Should coma u-salling- nomo to me. Ah, well, the harbor could not hold Bo many nails as there would be. If all my ships came in irom seal If half my ships came homo from sea And brought their precious freight to m Ah, well, I should have wealth as ereat As any king who sits In state Bo rich the treasures that would be In half my ships now out at sea. If Just one ship I have nt sea Should come n-salllns home to me, All, well, the storm clouds then might frown, For If tho others all went down Bttll rich and proud and Rlad I'd be If that one ship came back to mel If that one ship went down at sea And all the others tamo to me Welshed down with gems and woalth un told, With glory, honor, riches, gold, The poorest soul on earth I'd bo. If that ono ship camo not to mo. Oh, skies, bo calml Oh, winds, blow free Blow all ray ships safo homo to mol Hut If thou nondest somo u-wrnck, To never mora come sailing back. Bend uny, all, that skim the sea, Dut brine my love Bhlp homo to mo. -Ella Wheeler Wilcox. QUALIFICATION OF VOTERS Last general election wo passed an nmcnilmi.nt of our laws relative to qualifications for voting, which np plies particularly to our foreign-born population. Tho result is that many of our friends nnd neighbors, who, though foreign born, have lived in the United States sinco infancy, have been raised in Oregon, and have resided in our county community or even this city, are unablo to vote for the reason that they hnvo nover been naturaliz ed, or their parents have never been, or if tho parent was naturalized it was so many years ago, that all trace of tho evidence, of that fact is lost, Hence somo of those formerly regard ed as citizens, and who have partici ' pated In elections heretofore, and some of whom doubtless unwitting ly voted for this law aro unnblc to vote, together with their American bom wives who by the marriage thereby disenfranchised themselves. The time to become naturalized by the next general election, is some what too soon to afford any relief. Ono of tho most conspicious illustra tions of tho opcrntion of this new law was shown recently when one of the Coos county town3 elected ns ono of tho members of its city council, an American-born womnn who had dis franchised herself by wcddi)g an un naturalized mnn. Sho wns not per mitted to qualify. Appreciation of the ceremony of na turalization, nnd valuation of its ci tizenship is on tho incline. Tho wave of returning prosperity has beon sprending rapidly Westward for many months. Our citizens have been patiently nwultig in anticipation. Its first official announcement will be the long silent but well known and familiar whistle of Moore's Mill which it is stated will bo heard again i if I RECORDER BANDON RECORDER, BANDON, ORE w4 atmnt March 16th. next, and which will call the men to work to set the logs a joggling, and the wheels' a spinning, and the band-saw a sing ing through the mill, and next the coin a-jingling in the various pockets as you walk up and down the street of evenings, where formerly there was heard no jingle save keys, nans or beer checks. Concerning that railroad announce ment and subsequent denial made by Engineer H. P. Hoey we notice that he failed to deny all of his original statement, namely, that the coos Bay-Eureka ljnc is the next construc tion work to be undertaken by tho Southern Pacific and that at no point in the line does the grade exceed six tenths of ono per cent. This state ment was apparently printed by all the newspapers of Oregon and the Northwest generally. It created an imnrossion of no small concern. The Railroad Companies desire to con duct their own business with as little nssistance from the speculative land- Bra! Vig, and price-boosting sharks as possible, and find that the lino ot least rcsiotar.ee lies where all plans can bo perfected before the public can know of its plans. No nnnourccment is to be expected until the right of way is largely secured, and the con tract let. Engineer Hoey's state ment was not intended as an official announcement, but was so construed by many. A denial was to be expect od. But the denial was only a quali fied one. He did not deny that this work is the next to be undertaken by his company. He did not deny the maximum grade, but denied that the company had any plans looking to ward immediate construction. Of course the word "immediate" is a very indefinite term. May be he docs not regard 90 davs or six months as "im mediate". To some who have lived in this section for 40 years in antici pation of a railroad six years might be comparatively "in the immediate future." At any rate wo liko to feel that that the oriirinal statement ment just what was said, that notwithstanding his denial the substance of the state' ment still stands, and that if con struction is not commenced immedi ntejy, thnt it will not be more remote than 0 months, and that it will be ful ly completed within 24 months. WAR AS A HEALTH BREEDER Tho figures of German losses in the war, which were given to the House ot Commons yesterday, are derived from official German sources. They place the killed st 588,986, tho wounded and missing nt 1,5GG,549 and the prisoners nt 350,153. Is tho population of Germany in creasing at nil while the war rages? In his article on German life insurance ns affected by the war, Mr. Broedor Tho World's correspondent, says on the nuthority of the insurance companies The total mortality during tho first ycr of tho war has exceeded only slightly the mortality in times of penco The explanation is that tho mortality from other causes than war has been remarkably lower. This might seem to mnko it appear that the war is only slightly nffecting population increase. But such of course is not the case. The above statement relates only to life-insurance risks, and life insurance in Germany, on account of tho state industrial pen sion system, is largely restricted to the employing business nnd capitalists classes. Tho casualty figures supposedly cover seventeen months of war. At the peace-rate, Germany's surplus of births over deaths in that time would have been about 1,190,000. Though we HtHH I III CLUBBING COMBINATIONS ji The Recorder and the Evening Telegram both one year, $4.50. The Recorder and the Daily and Sunday Journal one year $6.50. The Recorder and the Daily Journal both one year $5.25. ( The Recorder and the Sundav Journal, both one year for $3.00. The Recorder and the Semi-Weekly Journal, both one year for $2.25. The Recorder and the Weekly Oregonian both one year for $2.50. The Recorder and the Daily San Francisco Bulle tin both one year $3.50. The Recorder and the Tri-Weekly New York World, both one year $2.50. mmww wmm mmwj should assume that the birth-rate has Leen maintained since the war began nearly C00.000 violent deaths from this exceptional cause, let alone mortali ty among the wounded, rnust obvious ly have put the death-rate well above the birth-rate, even on an assumption that the natural death-rate has fallen nearly a half, which would be absurd. The German populaion must there fore be declining. No war has as yet ever converted a yhole nation into a great health resort, and this most deadly of all wars is proving no excep tion for Germany or France or perhaps England. A State Without Consumption Dr. Victor Heiscr, director for the East of the International Health Com mission, is responsible for the state ment that the state of Victoria, Aus tralia, has entirely eliminated con sumption from among its people. His statement in tho Journal of Outdoor Lifo is: "I have recently been advised that the enforcement of these rules in the state of Victoria has resulted in the disappearance of tuberculosis." Dr. Heiscr is no amateur in sanita tion. For ycats he had charge of sa nitation in the Philippines. He is now high in authority in the Intc-national Health Commission. Having heard of the situation in Australia, ho went there representing the commission to get first-hand information. His state merits, therefore, are wort your at tention. What arc tho rules 'to which he nl ludes? Any one reporting n case of tuberculosis is paid $2.50. By this they get very thorough reporting. As coo;' as a cr.so is reported an in vestigator calls. If tho case is one that should bo hospitalized it is put in an institution nt once. If the sick person is in a position to carry out all tho rules fov the protection of the peo ple ho is given the option of remain ing nt homo. The theory of the law is that every case of consumption is to be cared for in n hospital or sani tarium. If the patient desires to re main nt home nnd can convice tho au thorities that h is willing and able to carry out instructions he is allow ed to -cmtiin at homo. Ho is furnished a card on which aro pointed certain very definite rules. Ho must sloop on a porch which has been approved by tho inspectors. He must care for his sputum and use individual cups, knives, spoons, etc. Tho in spectors inspect regularly. If two vi olations of the rules arc proved the pa tient goes to a sanitarium or hospital at once without any formality. Ho is kept there until there is no longer danger that he will infect any one. In order to protect tho people a gainst tuberculosis immigrants are not allowed to go to Victoria until they have been examined and pron ounced free from tuberculosis. In ad dition to the examiners in Australia tho state maintains examiners in Lon do. Tho custom of sleeping out is well nigh universal in Victoria. These nre tho measures which suc ceeded in eliminating tuberculosis from Victoria in a single generation. They nre simple enough, but more im portant thnn the law itself is tho fact that there is obedience. Tho lnw is j the law and nobody is above it. Australia has a low death rate and Victoria is one of the healthiest states in the group. The pcoplo arc of good stock. They are young and strong. They nre found of out-of-door exer I'iso nnd try to keep themselves fit. (The average ago of tho citizen falls in the lfie period where there is not much sickness and the danger of death is not great. The climate is cxcell ant. But no ono of these nor nil of them I i.H.i I I I t r-H combined wholly explain the rare good health which prevails in Australia. In ho other part of tho world are the plans of the state for the conservation of hutruns so well thought out ns in Australia. Nearly was the mythical land of the story Ercwhon, where sickness wns a crime punished by law. J. CAESAR, ROAD BUILDER. V7IinN Caesar took an inntuunl ride And giubbcd the CJuuls of lloma, Wluit wan the llrst ttiliiK he did To make (hem feel nt homo? Did he Increase the people's toad And liberty forbid? No, he dug In mid built good roads That's what old Caesar did. DID Caesar put the Iron heel Upon the focmnn's breast. Or did ho try to make them feet That Human rule was bestT Whit did ho do to make them glndT Ho came their lands nmld, lie built good roads In plnco of bad That's what old Caesar dd. . HE built good roads from hill to hill Good roads from vale, to vato; Ho rnn a good roads movement Till old Koine got all the knlo. Ho told tho folks to buy nt homo, Dulld roads their ruts to rid Until nil roads led up to Home Thai's what old Caesar did. IP any town would make Itself Tho center of tho map, Whcro folks will como nnd settle down And live In plenty's lap: If nny town Its own nboden Of poverty would rid, Let It go out and build good roads Just liko old Caesar did. Exchange. FATHER'S METHOD. rTHEN father talks about tho war ' Ho doesn't put on Jilrs; Ho calls It Llcgo to rlmo with sloge, Tho French he nover spares. Thwo foreign towns don't bother him, Ho needs no clever book To help him out when ho's in doubt, lie says 'em as they look. rnllOUQH some may call Namur k"Nah moor," It's "Nam-er" plain to dnd; Ho doesn't poso n ono who knows Eoch foreign guttural fad. Ho doesn't twist his tonguo about To get 'cm, hrok or crook, Tho way they're sold, but plods ahead An' rends 'oin an thoy look. Exchange. Obituary of Fidelia P. Oilman Mrs. Fidelia P. Oilman (neo Little) was born in Vermont, September 7th 1827 nnd wns, united in marriage to John F. Gilman in 1850. To this union were born four child ren, two sons and two daughters, three of whom proceeded her to tho great beyond. James M. was born in Iiuli ana, Aug. 22, 1852, and died Dec. 23 1853, Flora K. Skelly was born in In diana, April 27, 1856 and died Nov. 13 1805 in San Francisco, Cal. Albert M. A. was born in Siskyou county Cnl. Jan. 4, 1858 and died in Coquillc Oct 11, 1897. Clara J. Miller was born in Siskiyou county Cal. June 2, 1801. They moved from Indinna to Siski you county Cnl. in 185G and resided there until 1871, when they came to Coos county Oregon, whore sho lived until her death, which occurcd Jan. 21 11)10, nt Coquillc Oregon. Her husband, John F. Gilman, was born in Indiana Dec. 21 1828, and died Dec. 13. 1880. Her father, James Little, fought in the Revolutionary war and wns twen ty seven years older than his wife, Her parents ench died in their 87th year. There wore eleven grandchildren six of whom, uro living: Florence E. Gil mnn, of San Diego, Cal; Geo. Gilman, Lelia G. Miller, Willir.m A. Skelly of Coquillc, Mrs. George K. Hobison of Bnndon, nnd Mrs. Mary Hcmscy of San Diego, Cal. There are seven great j grandchildren: Byron and Knthleen Robison, of Bnndon, Howard I . Hems Joy of San Diego, Lowell and Linwood Skelly nnd Eldon nr.d Elda Gilman, of Coquillc. Grandma Gilman, ns she was gen craily known, was well liked by every one who knew her. She was a school (teacher in her younger days. She jwas an excellent hand in caring for (tho sick and went ns long ns her eye sight permitted. She adopted r baby, Mrs. Laura E. Sheshire, who now resides nt Salem. Mrs. Gilman always lived with her daughter. Mrs. Clara Miller, sinco the death of her husband, whcro she was well cared for by loving hands. She was 88 years, 4 months and 14 days old. Coquillc Sentinel. THEY A HE ALASKA THUUSHES Every day someone can bo seen pointing out a certain kind of a bird that appears on the street and asking what kind of a bird it is. Tho bird in question is nbout the size of our ro bin red breast although of a different color, with striped wings and a black ring around its throat. This bird 1h nn Alaskan thrush. In tho summer thousands of theso birds can Im seen In Alutika but with tho coming of win ter they migrate south. Tho old set tlers hero can remember when thuro wuru iiono of thoso birds hero. Klnro thoy started coining to thin plum tlmy huvtt k'cii nilliil myrtlo robins mi wo count of thwlr swilling prafWittu to myrtle Ircf to roost jn and stay u lourid, In ll'HJiimipr ihuy ul) inltf iwtv noftli ujruln, Tlmt uru iiwhmU n HiV'Oi hvfv (Ids ywr,JUTul4 Commission Exempts February Payments The state industrial accident com mission today declared an exemption of payments for Uie months of Feb ruary of all employers nnd the work men of these employers who have paid their contributions for the past six successive months. This nction was taken in accordance with section 19 of the Amended Law tho commission having found that the fund amounts to a sum suflkient to meet all payments nnd liabilities ac crued, together with a surplus of 30 per cent thereon, The commission has set aside as n segregated fund the sum of $277, 859.3(3 in the hands of the state trea surer, who has invested same in Ore gon School nnd Municipal Bonds drnwing five nnd six percent interest and tho above fund, and interest to accruo thereon, is an irrevocable fund which will be used exclusively to pay j pensions already awarded on settled claims in fatal cases nnd for perma nent disability. It hns also invested $73,509.73 of the general funds in School Bonds drawing interest, which will acme to the credit of thegcnernl faml. In addition to the above, the com mission hnd on hand January 31st, 1910 $209,017.93, nnd due from the state for the seven months proceeding $42,G29.3(, nnd due the commission on January payrolls and accounts re eeivalde an amount estimated nt more than $50,000.00 making total assets $302,4 17.29. The liability o fthc com misson consists entirely of unsettled claims, workmen who nre still disabl ed and drawing pay for time loss, and fatal cases in process of adjustment in nn amount totaling $159,077.20; the commission thus hns net resources over nil liabilities amounting to $143, 370.09. Tho percentage of cost of admin istering the fund to date since begin ning business July 1st 1914, is 8.25 per cent. This means tho entire expense charged against the fund, including ofllce expense, field work, investiga tions nuditing of payrolls, and tho ex pense connected with the adjudicat ing nnd settling of claims; it also means thnt of all money received by the commission paid by employers nnd workmen,, and provided by the state 91.72 per cent has cither been award er first injured workmen or is in tho surplus fund to pny workmen for in juries received, and that more than tho entiro amount paid by the employ ers and workmen into the State Fund has been available for payments of losses to claims. The exemption declnred by the com mission means that tho state will car ry tho insurance risks of nil opera tions in the state which are working under the net, nnd havo qualified for the exemption, without cost to either cmployors or workmen, for the entiro month, will pay all bills for care nnd timo loss of injured workmen. Fit ly 85 per cent of nil the hazardous oc cupations in tho state aro now pro tected by tho ret. In addition, n large number of non-hazardous occupations including several hundred farmers, aro. by application, enjoying tho pro tection nnd benefit of the act, nnd will participate in this exemption. It is, in effect, n dividend paid by tho commission, ns nn insurance com pany back to employers and their workmen, of .approximately $50,000. 00, and is Uie second dividend of kind declnred by the commission urdcr tho amended law sinco the beginning of tho present fiscal year July 1st, 1915. The two exemptions for the fiscal year, already granted, mean n reduc tion in tho yearly rate of 1-0, or 10- 2-3 per cent. This r-ductiou, taken with the fact tliat a great many firms were awarded a reduction in their rate of 10 per cent nt the beginning of tho second year of business, July 1, 1915, nn account of a good uccidsnt experience, and the ability of secur ing an additional reduction of 10 per cent on July 1, 1910, for n similar good accident experience lids year, means n total possible reduction to date of 30 2 3 par cent in the employ nrs rate, a similar reduction in tho state allow.i"co :ii.d a remarkably low rate for industrial insurance, with ab solute protection offered by the staje. The commission is conducting a campaign of accident prevention, which, if given the cn-opcration of employe! b nnd workmen, will further reduce uccidents and make further re ductions and exemptions possible. A complete statement of the trans actions of the rominJsglcn covering tho until j period of Its business acti vity nnd th preliminary orgunlza- t ion, fiom Novombr Gib 1913, to Ju ly 1st, 1911, which warranted tho roinmissiuii In dwrliiri ig (his oxump. tlon, I'rom Munhfiulil It I riiU Unit Oortfu A. MbOuIMi In going to nuko k try far Us fDjjJW!nuii noinJmtlon e PROFESSIONAL CARDS S C. R. WADE Lawyer BANDON, ORE( DR. H. L. HOUSTON Physician & Surgeon Office n First Nntionnl Bank b Ing. Hours, 0 to 12 a. m; 1:30 to n; 7 to 8 in the evening. BANDON. OltEC DR, SMITH J. MANN Physician & Surgeon rGVo in Elllngson Building. He o 12 a. in; 1 to 5 p. m. BANDON. OUE( DR. L. P. SORENSEN Dentist Ofllce in First National Bank Buil Telopho e r.t house and ofllce BANDON. OKEC DR. R. V. LEEP Physician & Surgeon Ofiieo in Ellingson building, Phon BANDON. OUEC DR. ARTHUR GALE Physician & Surgeon Office in ENingson building. 0 oliono, 352. Residence phone, 3' BANDON. OREC DR. S. C. ENDICOTT Dentist Otiice in Ellingsnn building. O lihonn 1241. Residence phone, BANDON. OREC JK. 1. L. SCOFIELD Dentist Olllce in Ellingson Building in ro .ntely occupied by- Attorney Foi Phone 1141 BANDON, OREC CHATBURN & GARDN Attorneys at Law Juit No 3 ftrst Nut Bunk Bldg., BANL LODGE DIRECTORY 'i) Mnsanlc Bandon Lodge, No. 130, A. F A. M. Stated communications i Friday nftcr the full moon each month. Special communicut Master Masons cordially invited. W. A. LeGORE, W C. E. BOWMAN, Sec. Eastern Star. Occidental Chapter, No. 45, O. S. meets Friday evenings bel and after stated communications Masonic lodge. Visiting mem! cordially invited to attend. JULIA I'AI'E, W. MARY GALLIER, Secretnry I .0. O. F. Bandon Lodge, No. 133, i. O. F., meets every Wednesday even Visiting brothers in good stunc cordially invited. GEO. H. SMITH, Secretary. L. I. WHEELER, ' Ittfbekan leean Rebekah Lodge, No. 126 O. O. F., meets socond and Tuednys at I. O. O. F. hall. T clout members cordially Invited MARY C. BARROWS, Secretur MARIAM WILSON, N llicyfic Repair Saw Filing anil Repairing A Specialty f'lmne 471 l. O. Box 174 S. D. Barrows BANDON, ORI'i.ON WltlkuilKI (uf lr(ir ul ll tlsJi t4 fitw 14w ( (iln tltu Hit The fanim lUarrf