THE BANDON RECORDER
VOLUME XXXII
BANDON, OREGON, MARCH 21, 1916
NUMBER 12
NEW MILL TO BE
READY IN 30 DAYS
Wailing For Machinery Now
(J. W. Dafoc Mill North of Town Al
moHt Completed.. .To Cut Smith
Itros. Timber.. .Superintendent Ar
rived Sunday.
0. W. Dafoc, of Detroit. Mich, who
I'l building u mll on the old 'Rose"
jilace, cix miles roith of Billiards, un-tr.i-!i'til
to-lay ihbt tin- null would be
in pention witrin thirty day-) if
ceiythlng goes smoothly. Tho plant
is nil ready to ri.'olve t'ic boilers and
ui !, whi-n v ill pi ii-iil.' arm,
it It. i slci.ti" li.iiicuit Thursday.
Had it not heen for a delay in arrang
ing insurance matters, the machinery
would have lieen here by this timo.
Mr. Dafoo came into town this
morning to meet L. 10. Swan, who nr
lived on the Elizabeth from Detroit,
and who is to superintend the mill
operations. Mr. Swan is a lumber,
man of many years experience and
has been in charge of several large
mills in the cast and ' middle west.
Moth men returned to the mill this
afternoon.
"While we will employ only a small
force of men for the present and will
limit our cut to the amout of lumber
that II or 1T men can produce, we
will have sufficient powrr to turn out
15,000 or 50,000 feet of lumber in
stock lengths, per day, should we cure
to," said Mr. Dafoe. He believes in
having plenty of over and has pur
chased two '18" boilers to furnish
(team for a 10" x 21' engine. This
.is done in view of increasing the
cut later on.
The mill is being constructed to-cut
the Umber belonging to Chits.- and
Wm. Smith, consisting of about 2,000
t00 feet of cedar, spruce and fir lo-
t ited on the headwaters of Merchants
( eel;. Most of the cut will be cedar
ml the lumber wilbprobabbly be haul
i .1 to Dullards or Randolph, for ship
iiicnt. Regarding the matter of
hauling, Mr. Dafoe has not decided
defiuately as to where tho lumbei
will be yarded.
When the present supply of timbei
lias been exhausted and 2,000,000 will
i,ol lust a great while, thcru is several
million feet of equally good raw pro
duct within easy working range of the
Smith tract, and while Mr. Dafoe has
entered into no other contracts for
lugs, it is understood that the opera
tion of tho new mill will not be re
stricted to cutting the timber he has
contructcd for.
Mr. Dafoe is prominent in financial
circles in the middle west and is pel
sonal friend of Henry Ford, whom he
has known for years. His home in
Detroit is only a block from the resi
deuce of Mr. Ford. Mr. Dafc came
to this section two years ago repre
senting eastern capitalists who were
inteie tod ia the mining situation
here.
Fire starting i:i . cupboard under
thu chimney Iwiek of tho kitchen stove
resulted in a loan of about $75 to L.
V. liol in-on ai d W. D. iVnrshnll, who
owns the lions in which Mr. Robinson
is living on Oiv:iii Diivo, yesterday
iifternoon. Tho damage to the house
i'i mnJI, u partition Icing burned out,
vith no iiiMiiance. Mr. Robinson lost
about $50 worth of furniture, fully in
Hired. Meilin Parlor, who loft here about
v month ago to assist in the govern
ment survey at Siualaw, returned to
Haudon Friday and is now employed
on the harbor woik.
Tho Perry Veneer plant, which has
been shut down for over a week, will
probably be ready to resume opera
tions tho latter part of thin week. A
new iKifler and smokestack have been
tiiBtiillcd and u now log biAini strung
to take thu place of the Moore mill
Iiooiiih, when' Mr. Perry has kept bin
logH sliuv the mill uliul down. The
find logs for the Mooio mill urn ox
I I'ttiil down from thu I'onlogue rump
..otiicliiiui I bin wmtfc.
I'd a CwitiiiiUntuMur Nut (oh, of
iju lU, ittiHH ww U Iteuimi mt Uiii
i i. Uj ymmtey U Umi la jul
J.- llt ItMt
LOOSES COO SHEEP OUT .OF
A FLOCK OF AHOUT 800
C. C. Anderson, who was in from
his homestead on upper Floras creek
Saturday, states that this has been the
most severe winter that he has ever
experienced in this part of the staU
and that the stock loss in the vicini
ty of his place has been a heavy blow
to the ranchers. James Culver, Mr.
Anderson's nearest neighbor, lost be
tween COO anil G50 head of sheep out
of his flock of 800. The ranchers are
making the best of their misfortune
however, and all arc In the same mood
as Mr. Culver who remarked, "That
Is si bout the worst currying I ever got"
according to Mr. Anderson.
AMERICAN SURVIVOR TO SPEAK
Deacon Niccdcmus Elias, who es
caped slaughter by the Turks only
after a mad dash for liberty in which
he was scverly wounded, will speak
ut the Presbyterian church, Wednes
day evening, March 22. He will speak
on the slaughter of Christians by the
Turks.
Moss Avcrill, well known through
out Coos und Curry counties, has an
nounced himself as"-"a candidate for
nomination for sheriff of Curry coun
ey on the Democratic ticket,
ly on the Democratic ticket.
Al. J. Marsh, of Elk River, came
up the coast Sunday stopping over
night at I-anglois and coming on in
to Handon yesterday morning. After
attending to business mutters here Mr.
Marsh left for Marshficld this morn
ing. Supt. Raymond E. Raker, of Co
quillc, was in Randou last week on
business pcrtriining to school matters.
Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter
Celebrate Golden Wedding
Another golden wedding was cele
bratcd in Randon last week Wednes
day, the observance being a few dayi
late. The elderly couple observing
the event were Mr. und Mrs. Chauu
:ey Edwards Carpenter, parents ol
I). W. Carpenter of the C. C. Casl
Store. Mr. Carpenter and his bride
who at that time was Frunees A
Handy were married in Richlauu
county, Wisconsin, March 10th, lSCti.
Tht anniversary was remembered onlj
ut n family party at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. D. W. Carpenter with whom
the old jH'oplo have made their home
during the past two years.
Mr. and Mm. C. E. Carpenter aftei
their marriage in Wisconsin moved
down into Illinois in the neighborhood
of Galena where they lived a short tim
moving from there to Kansas in which
state they lived from 1871 to 1888. In
188S they moved to California in San
Luis Obispo county where they raised
beans und potatoes. They have al
ways been farmers and are of the
sturdy stock that make up the back
bone of America. They have made
numerous friends in Randon who wish
them many more anniversaries.
The Epworth League of tho South
Methodist Church gave a social and
business meeting at the homo of Rev.
Aayne Knight, Tuesday night, March
Mth. Those who came were request
ed to bring twenty five pennies with
which they aiil all sorts of fines in
flicted by impromptu policemon. Two
dolktrs and fifty cents was collected
in all which made a worthy increase
in the treasury. The business moot
ing then ensued which was followed
by a variety of pleasing games. A good
lunch was then served and tho party
dispersed.
One of the most entertaining games
of tho evening was an art content
which consisted in piecing together
IKirts of pictures to produce the fun
niest combination. Much artiitic ab
ility was displayed and dilllculty fol
lowed in selecting the moat ludicrous
A good timo was hud by nil und other
nodal a in ph lined in tho roar futuro.
iAMtle.S parks, who has been attend
ing Willamette Univernity niucu hut
September, arrived In lluiulou Satur
day for u ton day vinlt with his pi
mI during the upriiig vtiwttluu ut
tin Univurwty. Whllu Iwru
will lm tin honor KMl t kuvwul af
fair ttlvtMi by hi (rimul
Iteliwt W, W. flans m
tram Oitf maw mi 'mwtoy at
SHIPYARD DEAL IS
ALMOST COMPLETED
Definite Decision Next Week
Chris. Not ley of Portland, Only a
waits Suitable Agreement with
Moore Mill for Lumber. Two Large
Roats to be Ruilt.
A definite decision as to what is to
lie done towards opening the local
shipyards will be reached early next
week, is the announcement made to
day by John Neilson, Randon agent
for Kroncnbcrg and Foard owners of
the plant.
"All arrangements have been com
pleted with Chris. Notley, the Port
land shipbuilder who wishes tc lease
the yards, and the deal now hinges on
the matter of lumber," said Mr. Neil
;oi:. If Mr. Notley is able to come to
nn agreement with tho Mooro mill,
whereby i will be able to secure thr
i i i i i. :
iiimuer no needs at u suiuniiu priv.v,
,the deal will be closed nnd work of
putting the yards in shape will com
mcucc at once. Several local parties
have expressed a willirgncss to help
care for the $500 to $800 expense ne
cessary to put the yards in shape and
provhlcd the full amount cannot be
made up privately, the matter will be
turned over to the Commercial Club.
There have been several parties fig
uring on the shipyards during the past
three or four months, but most of tht
propositions they had lo offer were
not (agreeable to the owners. At
icast two different shipbuilders want
!d lo buy the machinery and equip
inent for use in yards elsewhere. How-
jver, the owners were enly willing to
dell lo someone who would maintain
the plant hero and Mr. Notlcy's pro'
..usition too build nt least two large
.essols hero secured for him a very
iow rental rate.
Mr. Notley is now in communication
with Geo. W. Moore who is in Toledo,
regarding lumber and expects a do-
linate answer the latter part of the
veek. Should the deal materialize
work on the two largest boats ever
uiiilt on the Coquillc river will liegin
it once. Roth of the vessels will be
ji the steam schooner typa and do-
tinned for the coastwise umber trade.
()ne will have a capacity of 1,200,000
Vet aid tho other 1,000,000 feet. It
.vill take about a year's tims to com
plete Uic two and employment will beb
given to a L.rge force of men.
New Telegraph Wire
Takes Place of Old
"Good night" to the old and well
worn phrase, "We cannot get your
message out. All the wires are down'
Saturday afternoon the first mes
sage from Marshficld to Eugene over
the. new Western Union line along
the right of way of the Willamette
IVU'ifie, went flickering across the
wire and line trouble came to an end.
Immediately after the new connection
was made the old wire to Roseburg,
which has carried thousads of messag-
es during iU 10 years of use, was cut
out.
Rusincss transacted over the old
line was always subject to the word
"!f," for almost every storm put the
line out of commission for a period of
a few hours or days. Running through
thick timber and brush along the
mountain roads, the lino went down
under fallen trees and branches con
tinually. Tho now line follows the
cleared" right of way of tho railroad
for the entire distance.
$25,01111 WORTH OF PORT . .
HON US SOLI) AT PREMIUM
The F. K. Conwuy, Mortgugo com
pany, of Mainhfiuhl, were tho succoim
rul bidder fur the $'ii,0()0 Imiuu of!
ii,.... ii i.... i i. ...i.i.i I
run in illinium iioihih, wmni weiu
Mid ut u inwdlng of the Port f'niii-
mirioi) ut Cuquillu, la at Wwlntwday.
Thu Wd wan juir wHli uerml IntonMt,
uilJi H piwiiliini uf fT fur tile ttxiw
h'I4)i wh faun Mti ih lm uui
Willi kUMMt t ftfc jujr tmi. y
imd ( ik uik immm. nmnnfo
imtjmwi if U imi m its tarn
FIFIELD MOVED
60 FEET ON BEACH
Almost Out Of Water
Work of Repairing Ship to Commence
as M)on as She Lies Above the Tide
Line- Will be Mocked Up and Work
of Cleaning Will Regin'
Work of saving tho steamer Fifield
is progressirg rcpidy nnd it is expect
ed that she will be far c-nough up on
the beach within a few days so that
work of repairing the hull can be com
menced. During tho high tides of
Sunday and Monday nights the don
keys succeeded in pulling her between
50 and GO feet up on the sand f.ud were
it not for the high tides this week,
repair work could be started where
she now lies.
During one of the "big pulls" one
of the lines slipped causing the ship
to swing around until she now lays al
tiiost broadside to the brc.kcrs. Al
so, she is now closer to tho scuth jet
ty than when she went ashore.
J Although many p:rt!cs expressed
doubts as to whether or not the big
boat would answer to the tugging of
the doidw-y engines, Capt. McNaught
ContraoTTr Payne and their men had
no trouble in moving the ship. With
the rising tide the lines were tighten
od and as each breaker swept in the
bdat mavod forward a few inches. As
soon as she is well above thu tide line
she will be blocked up nnd the sand
will be cleaned out of the bold and
engine room.
Wilson Petitions Almost Full
Tho nominating petitions for Wood
row Wilson, which have been in Ran
'doh for the juist two or three weeks,
are now almost filled and within the
next faw days the petitions will be
closed, certified and returned to Port
land, in order that they may bo there
in time to be filed April 1.
While the petitions were not circu
I ted here and bear only tho names of
those who were sufficiently interested
to go out of their way to signify theii
approval of Wilson for re-election, the
number of signers is exceptionally
large.
W. C. Sellmer has moved into the
house formerly occupied by L. J. Itad
loy, on First street.
Small Fire Monday
John 1). Goss was a Randon visitoi
on legal business Saturday.
Assessed For City Taxes
Property Outside of Limits
There is at least one Randonian who
was glad to welcome Assessor T. J.
Thrift, who has been making the
rounds of this part of tho county, dur
ing the past week. J. II. Jones is the
man who smiled when the assessor
suggested thnt the city levy on a piece
of property at tho end of Jackson Ave
on the north sido of Ocean Drive,
would be so much. Furthermore, Mr.
Jones is entitled to that smile for,
although the property in question has
been assessed as city property for
sewral years, it is outcidc the city
limits as the boundaries nre describ
ed in tho voters pamphlet.
While interviewing tax payers in
regard to taxes, Mr. Thrift was also
circulating two petitions for nomina
tion, ono for himself for County As
sessor and ono for John F. Hall, who
is seeking the nomination for Prose
cuting Attorney.
Mrs. Korin Fry, of this city, is tho
victor to date in hor suit uguintt A.
11. Sptirtc and E. N. RInckorhy to
make them rulunquish money belong
ing to hor which was attached to
cover a debt that her husband, W. J.
Fry, hu uontmittiil. Juntiio of Ptmco
J. J. Stanley, of Coqulllu, dwhlod the
miu in fuvor of Mr, fry but wmik,
but tho ruku hou Immu upouM to the
I'ueuit (!urt uhI will mu up during
thu April liiniL
M. M. Yimm, (tttimr jtujufelar !
U IImIm- 114 to Cmm W imk
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COUNTY. TAXPAYERS URGED
TO ORGANIZE FOR PROTEC
Pleas to every commercial body in
the county to aid in organising a tax
payers league are being sent out to
day by the North Bend Chamber of
Commerce. The committee in charge
met last evening and unanimously
voted to call a meeting of all represen
tatives in North Bend on April 19 to
discuss the proposed measure.
The matter was first broached there
two weeks ago and has since met
with considerable favor in several
places.
"The object or purpose of this pro
posed league", runs the letter receiv
ed here, "will be to organize the tax
payers of the county and through this
organization to protect their interest
by investigating all matters pertain
ing to the taxes nnd inequalities of
assessments assisting the assesor and
his deputies and the County Board of
Equalization of arriving at a fair and
equitable adjustment of tax values al
so to look into the expenditure of
moneys raised by taxation in the coun
ty to urge such legislation as will be
beneficial to the interests of the tax
payer and in a general way work to
ward a material reduction of the tax
es in Coos county.
"The present high taxes of the coun
ty indicate the need of early action
for the protection of the taxpayer and
in the organization of a strong, active
successful taxpayers' league seems to
rijst in tho logical and practical solu
tion of the problem." '
The jnatter is to be further taken
up at the next meeting of tho local
Chamber of Commerce. Coos Bay
Times.
Shoot Acid Through Walls '
To Keep Him Awake
Two complaints, each charging men
tal deficiency, have been filed nt the
County Court house from Randon dur
ng the week just passed. The first
complaint was against Mrs. Clara
Kraus and charged her witli being de
mented. The second was against Gust
St ran in, who has been living in the
fishing village across the river.
In the complaint Straum is said to
Lc insane and Sheriff Johnson came
down Saturday to take him to the coun
ly seat for examination. When taken
into custody, Straum stated that fel
low fishermen would not let him sleep
nights and in order to keep him awake
would shoot hydrochloric and othc ac
id through thg walls of his cabin.
ELIZARETH IN SUNOAY
Tho steamer Elizabeth arrived it.
from San Francisco Sunday carrying
freight and the following passengers:
L. A. Irvan, C. E. Rroadbent, A. P,
McClure, Mrs. M. Ashtoii, P. T.
Crawford, A. R. McCartney, W. P.
Crumby, Martin Anderson, C. C. Ralh-
burn, J. R. Stow, A. Olsen nnd F. L.
Tean. The Elizabeth will sail again
Wednesday.
Sam Nass, of Astoria, arrived in
Ramlon Monday mi l will bo hero for
t-o or three week', repairing and gel-
ting the Prosper cannery in shape for
tho coming fishing season. Mr. Na
states that tho outlook for the fishing
season on the Columbia River is bright
with indications of a good run of fish
und prospect of high prices.
W. G. Raker, a Roseburg jeweler,
luis written to A. R. Reese of this ci
ty, inquiring into conditions here. Mr.
Raker states that he is looking for a
location and sees a big opportunity in
the coast country. Ho will probable
come to Randon in the near future to
look over the situation.
Geo. Locke returned to Randon fiom
Toledo, Thursday to rusume his du
ties us foreman of tho Moore mill, the
poKilioti ho held bore before thu mill
HopihI. Since leaving hero Mr. Icku
hu been in clmrgu of tho Toledo mill
nnd he rport thnt thu h.ttor plant
will continue It opurution for hodio
tiuiu.
Mr. win) Mr. I'rwnk W. iUriH
laginluml ul Um Oftllitir frum Murh
fWil, UuUmluy. Thvy rtuiwliil uvur
Bumluy, Mr- OUHin vWlig witli
aU trimlt wMt Mr. CUuiil uumh
ml la imdum mum tm Uu tliw
ili llmnTmir
COMMERCIAL CLUB
TO HOLD ELECTION
Meeting Called For Monday
Sugggestion That City's Share of
Road Tax Re Used on Township
Line Road to Come'Up.. .Other Im
portant Business.
The question of what is to be dono
with tho road tax money thnt reverts
back to the city each year, is to bo ono
of the important matters to r.rrisc at
the special meeting of the Commercial
Club called for Monday evening March
27, in the City Hall.
Under the present law er.ch city is
a road district in itself and 70 per cent
of the tax money derived from the
road tax in thnt district goes back to
the city. The question has nrrisen as
to what can xs done with this money,
some claiming that it can be expended
for tho improvement of city streets,
while others claim it canv.ot be so used
So far there has been no legal decision
on the point, but the Coos County
Court takes the stand and announces
tlu.t none of the money will lu spent
within the city limits. In Marshficld
the problem has been the cause of
what amounts to almost a factional
war and there is a rumor, tbut the
people there arc just about ready to
take the matter into court.
Bundon's 70 per cent of tho tax
money amounts to about $1000 and in
order to get some notion, it has been
suggested that this money be spent
on the Township Line road. The
County Court lias decided that no
matter what legal questions may come
up, if the taxpayers are favorable to
having the monoy spent on tho road,
it will be "used' llicrc. A committee
will probably l appointed by tho
Commercral Club to canvass publc
opinion on the matter and a mnuu
meeting may bo called later to discu s
and vote unofficially on the propor
tion. Officers for the coining year are tl
so to be elected at the meeting Mon
day night and tho question of pay
inent of the Club's share of the bill for
tho moving pictures thnt wore taken
throughout the county last summer,
will be taken up. It wus agreed that
tlvo pictures wore to bo paid for by the
Elks Lodge end the Commercial bodies
of the county.
A company of ladies members of the
Presbyterfan Ladies Aid, dropped in
on Mrs. R. B. Swenson last Thursday
evening, giving her a surprise by way
of a farewell to Randon. A feature
of tho evening was the presentation
of tin address book to the hostess in
which each of the guests, blindfolded
drew a pig and signed the page witli
iiiame and address. The efforts of
the blindfolded artists to produce a
proper pig created much merriment.
The hostess wvs presented with a fine
pair of pillow cases. Tho visitors had
brought along refreshments tho serv
ing of which bi-ougt a very pleasant
livening to a close. With an invitation
to all to visit the editorial homo at
Monmouth the visitors departed.
Those present were tho Mcsdamcs
Fasbendcr, G. Book, Moore, S. C.
Johnson, Rohinsori, Fisher, Perry
Tucker, Jones, G. R. McNair, A. Har
rows and Garoutte.
TILLAMOOK ON COOS. RAY RUN
In response to the demand of Coos
Ray merchants for bettor freight sor
vico between that port nnd Portland,
the gasoline schooner Tillamook, for
merly on the Randon-Portland run,
has Ik'oii placed In the service and
will maintain n seven day schodulo
hereafter letween tho Ray eltioti and
tho north. As the Tillamook hat n
capacity of 300 tons it is expect oil
that alio will handle enough freight
to nJiitvo thu pnweut cmignntion
Petitions uddrutou'ri to Gov. Jaine
IS. FurgiiKoiL of Texan, and Making fr
thu (mrdon of Chun, (linn, KmwiI m l
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