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THE BANDON RECORDER
OLUME XXXII
BANDON, OREGON, FEBRUARY 15, 1916
NUMBER 7
IONOR HEROES
OF THE NATION
eawries of Washwgtea Aid Lincoln Re
called at Meeting in Orpfceum
Tho memories of Washington and
Incoln wcro recalled and their virtu
, extolled nt a mass roosting held in
ie Orphoum last Saturday evening.
large crowd was present filling the
f
nil to scatinir capacity and many
'lood up In the rear. C. H. Zeck pro
filed as chairman. ' t
j After tho invocation ly He v. C.
Joync Knight and the singing of
tmerica by tho audience, led by Mrs.
'.illnrd, A. Habbcrly m."de a ten nil -
...I. I-...,- tl,,.t .....o lunnlv minnt.
h long relative to the ichlvements
,nd .exalted charncter of Washington
(o related incidents of the boyhood
jnd youth of Washington not ov)r
joking his frniltics hut also extolling
.he qualities of mind and tempera-
fiont Hint gave hi in his commanding
ifluencc.
Miss Mildred Ijingley read solee
ons from Washington's Fa,rowell
.ddress and tho Hoy's Octette preiion-
d two songs, the last "Tenting on
ic Old Camp Ground" all of which
ma warmly applauded.
Rev. C. Mnyno Knight delivered r.
rlof orntlon on Abraham Lincoln,
ml Orlan Morgan recited Lincoln's
lettvuburir address. "The Night
Wtor Shiloh" was tho subject of a re
citation very nicely rendered by Miss
:dltli Summer after which Miss Iono
hioinpson entertained the (tuiiicnco
' i ! 1 1, n iinln nn tin) nmn1
rill! i...... wi v.iw f..i.u.
Mayor Topping spoko on the sub-
fict of "Our Nation's Dofondcrs" and
Id u few stories which proved di-
erting to the-audience. One-of thesa
lated to u certain buttle in the
loxlcan war where a bnttcry in Tay-
pr's command ran out of wadding f6r
io cannon. There wore somo bibles
indv and those were in-csicd hi
ll Borvico. When Rrugg saw the
lying loaves in tha wako of tho can
on ball ho cried out "That's right
oys, scatter the scriptures among
ie heathen."
II, O. Nattlctou next appeared in a
'one? of his own composition entitled
1TI10 Soul of Amorlca". The music
run arranged by Prof. Kichards, who
ccompan'ed him. Tho piece made a
it with the audience.
Tho Camp Fire Girls, 18 in mini-
er appeared in a flng drill and also
1 a salute to the flag, tho latter a
nmbination song and tableau, with
rjpticnu in tho rear of the hall, which
Jas vory pretty and was loudly ap
luuded. The audience sang "Coluntfdn the
jSom of tho Ocean" and Mrs. C. F.
&apo rendered "Oh Why Should the
'Spirit of Mortal bo Proud" in her
haractctiatic, pleasing manner. This
yas tho favorite poem of Lincoln and
jWakena interest whorevor repeated.
C. li. Zook gave a finishing touch
p Uio oratory witn a tew iiisserta-
ons on the subject of citizenship
arning tho girls that if they mnrri-
J.l iitimitiimliynil filinns Ml(r wnillil
pso their citizenship and to insist
ijiat hubby be naturalized before the
,vedding took place. Mr.V.eek thought
here would he a large imigration
oth of young nvun and young woman
rom Kuropo when tho war was over
nd warned tho girls to look out or
ho foreign girls would beat them to
ho marriageable citizens.
With tho singing of America the
Aidionco wilt dismissed.
T. S. Rusor. who has lived for somo
iniu on the river opposite Prosper has
o Deluded nrnngemcnts to leave Oro
on and gu to Eureka, Cal. He plans
iroimr overland and is now held up by
me Elk river bridge, just this side of
! fort Orfortl, which was Uidly dnm
,' god by recent high waters.
j Kov. Phillips Deshucr who was to
1'it.xiL- In Itr-inliiii SiiMil.iv ik ii retire-
I onUtive of tho Anti Salo6n I-eaguo
Sua lieeii compelled to change the
lto of hhi appearance. Further no
ouiu'cment may l made next week.
PMlil Uoita rullrilon 41) J NrUmi Hiimli
tu Mrll Lmiwn young IhiiiluiiUiii Mrrr In
r ItrfM nuriirj yrtit(At) a I tlir liouir f
m; hii'U'l rrUlhri In Itnilnn rouiily.
J'Ik Hr.Mi'itf m (ulrl Ix-i-Jiuf f ihr
trul drfc of W hu.lr't luixlirf MRr
SOUL OF AMERICA
By Hiram Nettlcton
Wc stand for the land of freedom
for all;
And the rights of their liberty;
Our hearts are full of a fervent
love
For all humanity;
That justice lc crowned, and
good will abound
The whole wide world around;
In a brotherhood that is linked
with God
And true, immortal soul.
Chorus
America, Amcrical
With a soul that is staunch
and true,
No matter what tho world may do
We have faith in you
Our hearts are welded; firm we
stand
In fellowship of man;
We're all of one great brcthcr-hood3
Tho nations of one land.
S
With a purpose true, our nations
unite
In the bonds of nationhood
We'll stand with their might, for
justice and right
May they suffer not defeat;
That truth may prevail thougli
often we fnil
0 The truth "that mfikcs us free,
Its purpose prolong as the
mountains strong,
In victory's triumph save.
&
Soul of America
by Bandon Singer
H. 0. Nettletoi's Latest Cenposiirofl Has
a Patrietic These
There Is all the raco hatred in these
United States that wo can use at pro
sent, without any additional contri
buttons on account of tho European
war'. It is wrong for any American
to hato any other American be that
other American white, black, red or
yellow. It is folly for Anglo-Americans
to hate German-Americans, and
for the descendants of the races
slaughtering each other across the At
lantic to stir up strife here. Teutons
and Slavs, Anglo-Saxons, Celts, Lat
ins and Turk when they become fellow-citizens
they become Americans.
They cannot forget tho blood of their
sires, but thoy must forgot old quar
rels in tho now lnnd. This is the land
whore they must live, where they
must do and where they must die.
This is their land and the land of
their children. This is the land of
promise and it must not be a land of
anger. Let all the blood of this great
war bo shed in other lands, and let not
its madness reach across tho ocean
to mar tho joy and dinuiish the pro
sperity which is free for all who
reach out of cither.
Tho above clipping nuggfosted to
Hiram Nettlcton, of this city tho idea
of an America without part:sau or
prejudice and the idea so filled his
thoughts that when ho slept ho dream
ed of it and awaking put the song in
words. "The Soul of America", it has
a striking title. Says Mr. Nettleton:
"Since I dreamed this song, the
word America seems to linger in my
memory with such sweetness that,
were it possible, I would almost be
lieve it had been sung to mo by an
angel. Its power is in tho people who
shall sing it with uplifted hearts and
souls in goodwill toward all the world
in true American spirit.
S. Hansen, tno shooting gallery man
lim reached the limit of his patience.
In PJ12 he cashed a $25, no fund check
for II. J. Paulsen, then of Handon, and
soon thereafter of somewhere else,
and now of Portland. Hansen thinks
he has waited long enough for his
money, and last Saturday swore out
in the Handon justico court a' "bogus
check" complaint. Warren Laird, who
wan In Handon that day took the war
rat with him, (and will end it on to
Poitland, for nervlre.
Hoy Itoi'lli U authority for the
utaleiiiiMit that we have only eleven
Inchon more of ruin full to mid to
wlut we have luiil to t'ljual what we
dhould have up to next fteptomJwr Ut
mid tlyH uti are inw (even inrlie n
luud t( wliwdule, with two wu moiitlu
shvad ef Uii
PORT OF BANDON
BUYS KLIHYAM
Harber Tug Purchased at Special Meeting
ef Port Last Thursday
The committee from tho port who
were investigating the advisability of
buying tho tug came to a speedy con
clusion. A special meeting of the Port
was called last Thursday and it was
duly voted to buy the Klihyam at the
price of $20,000. in ten year bonds,
payable $2500 a year for nine years
and the balance the tenth year.
The action of the port meets with
general approval in Handon, the opin
ion being freely expressed that the
tug will more than pay for itself and
be safe from future expense for up
keep. Myrtle Pointers
Lose Another
Basket Ball Game Lat Friday Night Was
Close Bat West Ie" Baden
Randor. did not tlnd Myrtle Point
as coft picking as its previous exper
ience with the basket ball team from
the up-rivor town might havo led them
to expect. In tho contest staged nt
Drcanjand List Friday night Myrtle
Point put up a game contc3.. It start
ed tho scoring and although this was
soon equalled and passed by the nim
ble athletes of Quigloy's the game was
cloce from start to finish and at no
Umewda the prospect lacking "that
Myrtle Point would nose itself into
the lead and grasp victory from de
feat. From tho spectator's point of view
the game was highly interesting. It
was cbso and thcro was plcutyof ac
tion and at times there was somo bril
liant playing. Myers did some good
work especially in defense and Arm
strong in his first contest showed up
well.
After the first Handon led nil
through tho game although the score
was close. The final figures were 211 to
21 in favor of Handon.
Marshficld still leads the league,
having lost no games. She defeated
Coquille in . rough contest last week
in which one of the Ocrdings was dis
abled while playing, sustaining a
fractured collar bone.
Next to Marshficld is Handon with
a record of only one game lost and
Handon must still play one gnmo with
Coimillo and two with Marshfield, by
no means an encouraging prospect.
He Couldn't Find Olsen
A Todd, tailor of Marshfield was a
visitor in Handon last week and was in
an angry frame of mind. Ho has been
accustomed to visit different logging
camps and solicit orders for clothes,
and last week received n latter ask
ing him to convo to Rocky Point at
accrttiin time, saying that the writer
was working for n well known con
tractor here, giving his name, and that
the writer was too busy to go to
Marshfield, and was signed Wm.
Olsen. Mr. Todd rttn't find such a
man in tho vicinity, and the contrac
tor motioned in the letter said that
he had never had such a man work for'
him. The letter which was apparent
ly either u practical joke, or a jicrni
cioudy mischievous one. Mr. Todd
who had "hiked' several miles inland
from tho river looking at tho several
camps from Wm. Olsen did not appre
ciate the joke, and is "hitting up'
tho sheriff and prosecuting attorney
for vengence. The letter wus to a
reasonable degree identified as con
taining tho hand writing of a compe
titor in Mr. Todds business and who
lives in tho Coimillo valley.
C. II. Huffington of Gold llouch h1
in attendance it circuit court thin
week upending Friday night In Hun
do, yiroute. p one of tho new
li-Khl urrivuU in Gold Reach und U n
fuixli'ikt) on the Republican tlrkit
for proMHtuiliitr uttvr.-y for Ctrry
rpuniy, H'uft ()' iivviA jngumJxmi
Mown.
SCHOOL PATRONS
DEBATE MOVIES
Discuss the Lore of the Picture Drama
as Applied to Children
The moving picture- problem was
threshed out in debate at the parenU
teachers' association meeting in the
high school building last Wednesday
evening. The question bore upon the
alleged ill effect of tho average mo
tion picture, on the growing child and
the nfdrmat'lve was defended by G. T.
Trcadgold and Miss Kate Chatburnj
while the hegative was upheld by F.
J. Chatlmdn and Miss Loftus.
Mr. Trcftdgold championed the need
of sleep and rest at night for children
and quoted an article from the Re
corder to Hie effect that exhaustion
was a poison that tended to retard
the growth and development of the
child. I To objected to the stimulation
of the exciting picture plot that work
ed up tho 'yom'K norvc3 and caused
children to be wakeful and lose the
necessary health giving sleep. He
regarded the excitement as stimulat
ing and vhich would b? all right for
the elders but would work injury to
the younc.
F. J. Chatburn, who followed, did
not take a great deal of stock in the
stimulating and sleep robbing theory.
If it wcro true ho though children
should bo urged to attend the picture
shows more generally. Its influence
would be salutary, ho declared, as he
had noticed at Lis housct hero was a
tendency to oversleep, especially in
the morning. It was hard to get the
children out of bed. And ho though a
little stimulation that would tci.d to
remedy the sleepy habit would bo n
move (ntho rUtht direction.
As for sUmu'htlTng IhoMnuitrulition,
he though that was n good thing, too.
Fairy stories wero not all moral but
it was recognized thnt thoy ctimulatsd
and djvdoped the imagination and
it wns imagination that made men
inventors and distinguished along ma
ny lines. He said the moving picturo
wns a great discovery, reeogzod as
next to the printing press and he did
not bslicvo i:i depriving child.-cn of its
educating influence
Miss Kate Chatburn, who followed,
for the affirmative said she thought It
wns due to her to let ti.e audience into
a family secret. The speaker, who pro
ceeded her, she explained, whilo he
had many amiable qualities, was a
dictcd to tho moving picture habit. Al
most any night i" tho week except
those occasional intervals who-i there
was a el'anco to defend tho practice
in debate befcio tho patron-tcncliors'
association, if the casual observer
would drcp in at the Grand .ho would
see, always in the same p'.acc about
three rows from tho front, rcxt to
the aisle, along with the other child
ren, this m..!s wrapped in the unfold
ing of the plot of the Hazards of Hel
en or tho Adventures of Charlie Chap
lin. Therefore tho audience and the
worthy judges should Jnot pay too
much attj.it'on to his ideas on the
matter.
Then Miss Chatburn rolkd up her
sleeves, metaphorically spe.ikg and
sailed into tho question on her own
account.
She said it wns recognized by teach
ers that tl.o children who wie ndict
cd to tho moving picture habit could be
easily detected from tho others by
their listhss'sccs on tho day following
tho night out. It was difficult tj en
gage their : ttcrtion and got their
minds on their work us they c.iittant
ly held mo L-.l comniunio i with the
spectacular worthies who had inter
ested them with their attention the
night before. It also increased their
tendencies to mischief as thoy wero
constantly getting suggestions from
the slap-stick comedies. Miss Chat
burn's address was perhaps tho best of
tho evening and was delivered forci
bly and effectively.
Miss Loftus who was second for
tho negative spoke of the many edu
cational films and tho benefit their ed
ucntlonul effect hag for the inquiring
mind of the student.
Minrn Chutburn und Trmidgold
mudu the coneliiding argument find
ing it diflli'ult lo rnnduiifcM nil the idutu
(hut purged within them to the three
MinutM I'uch ullowi'd for th rnlwlll.
Mr. TnwtdkuM took u hut H kl Bp'
Mmuj ulh'U'4 puitlflllty for
JtfliM, liv rmwM Ui 14 tlwt,
man of his ago should attend for pur
poses of rest or education. Stimula
tion of his lagging mental energies
was what ho sought and found and
this was all right but scarcely tho
thing for growing children.
Mr. Chatburn was equally jovial in
his repartee and was preparing to tell
a good story op Trcadgold when the
inexorable hand of the chairman tap
pod tho Announcement that his time
was up.
Tho Chatburn sisters sang a duet
and Mrs. Goiscndorfcr rendered two
piano solos, all of which wero loudly
applauded ard then the judges, con
sisting of Mrs. E. Lewin, J. Iut Sid
well tnd Harry Crain gave a unani
mous declaim for the negative.
An excellently rendered song by
tho high ccl.col girls' chorus served as
an introduction to the program. Miss
Rodgers, secretary, lead the minutes
of the proceeding meeting and Mrs.
W. S. Smith acted as chairman of the
meeting.
The next meeting will be ht Id the
latter part of March r.t which time a
program will be presented prepared
by tho followii g committee; Miss
Honry, Miss Hunt'nglon, and J. Ira
Sidwell.
Waters of River
Are Subsiding
Coquille Returning to Her Banks and Log
ging to be Resumed
The high waters of tho Coquille
river arc fast receding nnd are now
within the banks. The valley looks
badly bedraggled willi mud i.nd silt,
drift and logs nnd in places n consid-
ciiablo deposit of mud had been loft.
George Lairdjuula bit of sjashingonl
the flat qpposito Kivcrton, and tho
most of the brush seems to hnvc been
swept out clean with here and there
roots and a few stumps appearing in
tho shining mud, and bottom land. Tho
Wagon road 1s again practically all
'jl.'ovo tho water once moro and cover
al men aic working near Rivcrton, re
pairing washouts, and removing drifts
and logs. The lower end of the
Craino lagging road which approach
ed the river on 'a low trcssel work
was caught by wator, dyft and float
ing wreckage from above and taken
out. The greater portion of it was
saved however, and is now being re
placed by a gang of men actively at
work. The Lnmpn logging road is
again on dry land, nppnuring some
what twisted nnd misshapen near the
river's edge,
Great flocks of sea gulls, sure baro
meters of. the weather appear by hun
dreds on the river as far inland as
Rivcrton, which is unusual, hut they
are generally flying high und headed
toward the sea, which is considered a
good omen for fair weather.
Tho shore line on the north side of
the Coquille river opposite Handon and
near the light house is straightening
out, into the best condition it has been
for several years. The sand spit
which appeared in one place, and the
lagoon which appeared in another
have both almost entirely disappear
ed, lo.iving a generally uniform shore
line which is. fust conforming to the
new inland jetty constructed by the
government last summer. Tho jotty
soon to bo constructed on the south
side of the river will confine the chan
nel at the river's mouth into a straight
and swift stream that will prevent
shoaling.
Captain Robert Jones wab one of
tho passengers on tho "Lizzy", com
ing up tc tuke tho steamer Coquille
to Portland. A recent feat of Cap
tain Jonoa was to take the Golden
Gate from Portland to San Francisco
Captain Jones is an old resident of
this section and was brought up at
Coquille and Myrtle Point. Ho ac
quired hi first hoatinu experience
on the Coquille and on Coos Hay. He
has pretty well overcome tho tenden
cy to lamenuKH which ho had in the
early dayn, In hi wirly experience
!.. .tti.jl I li.i.-jl tii ll nun illu ILU
Notiiatit that he tdiould havuli river,
captain' lleoiiao, hut he not only got
the lltn4i but wtit out on the ocean
Hhd madt goixj there.
im Lt)uuUft injrihj Uililitf In lt(f mr
VENEER PLANT
STARTS TODAY
Perry Plt Starts Pealkg Spruce Legs
For Berry Box Seasea
The Perry vencer plant started to
vork this morning with fi men getting
things ready to turn spruce logs Into
berry nnd fruit baskets. Tho force
will ba increased by the first of next
week but Mr. Perry docs not set any
plans for running the plant to full ca
pacity for some time to come. Tho de
mand for baskets in tho north is brisk
but tho shipping facilities mako it
hard to make deliveries on time and
with certainty. G
Another Pioneer Called
With the death of Mrs. Sarah E.
Swift which occurred nt her home on
Filmore street Friday there passed a
way another of the old settlers of
Handon. Possibly not a half dozen
people now living in this section, pro
ceeded her to this section.
Mrs. Swift was the wife of Madison
Irving Swift who died 12 years ago
and who wus one of the first chinglc
makers in Handon. Mr. nnd Mrs.
Swift emigrated hero twentyfivc yonrs
ngo from or.o of the Interior valleys
of Oregon tj which they had roent
ly come from Iowa. After thoy had
crossed the cotist rr.ngo and had reach
ed tho vicinity of MyrtJcPoint thoy
linked to consider whotho'rtcy..jirou!d
go to C003 Hay or continue niong tho
Coquille.
S. 1). llarrowo was one of a party
headed for Roseburg who enmpod
near them and fad vised, them to come
to Bandon. Mr. Swift, panted to
mako shingles from spruce "and was"
told there was plenty of pmca-in tha;
vicinity of that. city.
Ho rigged up a machine by which
tho shingles wore si i cod with a knifo
from tho bolt which had been pre
viously steamed in hot wator. Thcro
are some roofs in the city on which
the product of his machine r.ro still
to be seen. His shingle mill, the first
in Handon was locr.tod across tho
street from -the undertaking plirlors
Mr. Swift was nn old soldier and
his wife a member of tho Women's
Relief Corps which has charge of her
funeral. Funeral services in her be
half wero held in the Ellingson under
taking est(i.bli8hmont Monday, Feb. 14
at 2:30, p. m. Hurial was in Handon
cemetery.
Mra. Swift was seventy five years
of age. She was bom in Missouri,
September 20th, 1841 and moved to
Iowa where she wui married
She is survived by five children,
three sons and two daughters. Ono
daughter Mrs. Clara Province, died
at Mitchell, Oregon, three years ago.
The children living arc: Mrs. Mattie
Rasmussen of this city; Chns. Swift
and Ward Swift of Dayville, Oregon,
Justin I). Swift of Klamath Falls and
Mrs. Lottie Kccler of Oakland, Cul.
Mrs. Swift's death was due to para
lysis, complicated with hoart trouble.
In the final attack she was in a state
of comma for three days.
Circuit court wus called hi Judge
Coke yesterday at Coquille to dispose
of .several minor matters coming up.
An equity case of Trcadgold against
Hanc, Burgess and others was ready
for trial. Mr. Hurgess, of San Fran
t'isco was present nt the trial, Frank
Fnhy of Handon was a witness in the
case. Two default divorce cases wero
called and tried by the judge, one be
ing tho Crowley case from this end
of tho county, in which case n docreu
wus granted. Topping, Trcadgold and
Wiade wero in attendance from Han
don and several from Marshfield. In
all about a dozen attorneys present.
Tliis was ono of thes porndlc, inter
mittent one day session which dualg
natc tho close of itich term, Judgu
Coke will leave for Houuhurg In u
few duys to hold court there, nnd cir
cuit rourt mattem ho re will then be
over until Judgu Hamilton urrivcu for
tho April term.
It In rufuiiUA that Luptuin John
ou liun hought the corner lot on )''rt
Mfut und Ihindon uvpiiuu (ioi the
llromm for u contddi'rutloii of IgJOp,
Till in one of hu U oU In tha ally,
'i'hs 0j'L 6yj h wiu huiy ui) ill
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