Oregon Historic! Society
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VOLUME XXXII
BANDON, OREGON, TULSDAY, JUN 20, 1916
NUMBER 24
BANDOM
RE
PER
SAYS ROGUE RIVER '
CONDITIONS GOOD
Macleay Estate Is Big Factor
a. k .(jrvroN returns from
ORSERVATION TIMI AND SAVS
FISHING AND OTHER LNDUST-
KIMS ARE KLOLIUSIIIM: SAL
MON PACK WELL UP TO MARK
.SOT I.A.ST YEAR AND PRICES
AUK GOOD.
That Rogue rivor in quite a lively
1 1 co right now uim! that Curry coun
ly appears prosperous is the rsport
made by Jack Guyton of Mnrshf iulil
who arrived here last evening f-ftor
it trip in Southern Oregon on nows
.pcr liiiBlnefH. With Roderick Muc
j ,y of Portland Mr. Guyton motored
I iin Eugene into California, across
i niounti.iiiB to Crescent City ami up
l Woililorburn where tho big pr-ipor
. of the Macleay Entato Company is
'T'ic Rogue rivor country is n busy
I ' cc ngl t row. The salmon fiahir.g
i .hi ii on ind tho Macleay company
i tipcrnli'g the big cannery at Wod-
luirn. T!ier? aro about sevonty
i f. lung boats on tho river and of
i cho txly fivo or moro arc finning
4ri' the Macleay company und a few
t tho Seaborg cannery whicli was
I e lly opened. Tho run of fish has
l.en quite i;ood for Juno and so fr.r
rp 1 5 last year which was a r?cord
iar.
"The only troublo ia that there are
icily too many fishermen on tho riv
rr Tina ia agreed by tho fishermen
ti,f mficlvos. If thoro were fover fliii
they -would mako better mouoy, as
t t& prices pr.ld by the Macleay ;om
t ny aro high. Hecently the nu n
.oil for higher wages and they woie
i. icd by Mr. Macleay. When tho
a fii'iii.h their own gear thoy gel
i hi a fih and when tho c.impnnj
, in-. i' gear they aro paid 'C
ts for each fish. Under tho pre
t comlitlo:i of the market for cann
i minimi thero 1h a very narrow mar
i of profit if any, for tho pnc. or,
tho company is paying the pric
ed and the fishermen are milking
i most of tho opportunity. Tho in
i j t ry of th" rivor has not euffoied
i ch no iceount of the loiigshoronion's
de Vh- i it started tho Macleay
c iinpnny .'iilicipatod u possible tie-up
i (1 purchased a sufficiont supply of
ii . and the proline schooners Rusi
' v and Ko: mo- tuko In freight and
t rry out tV canned salmon.
Many imp'ovoment.s have been made
ly Mr. Macleay and many more are
, llcipnted. Much of tho work which
t ciiihikmiv has done will bo of ast
lenofit to tho people in Unit so -foil.
Mr Mail. "y erected a choose fa- jcy
I. n ' : marlot for niilKno the
J nii' -f he neighborhood could on
I oi drying. Lint year this wan
c - i t Iob!'. unt;l t'w ind liy
im uld I blished. Thin year a
lout a tlumj-,nd jwuihIs moro of lilk
i day is being received than Imt . mi
r id a fhi' quality of choose Is hoiog
) hie d. The choose fctory is ul
I . i , fa'ini'in to engage in I'-.irying
t, ,1 i i-o-i their income.
" lai ;e poitlon of the Macleay
property, which eonabt of 17,000 ner-
0 s devoted to ntoc raising, fhr
ittom lands are boinjr put undor eid
t oi io raise fel for the stock,
i' '1 yeurs ni:o Mr. Macloay made
v crime t.s with alfalfa and satisfied
1 i If that it would kiow on Houe
and now has 65 neros of as fine
t filfft as can bo found.
' Tho fact that alfalfa is a rnm
h can bo raised successful and -n
t 1 xv,t scale on certain lands in Car
iy county, and which fact has bsn
c t-bUshed by Mr. Macleay, is of
luo to tho loc.ility, as it has shovii
to tho f.irmers that thoy can produce
tho most valuable feed for their lie
lock.
numlor of familie wanted to
l-.y land from tho Macleay company,
a trct was sot aside and r'urveyed
1 1 sell for small farms. This land is
lr -utod nevenil milon up the river and
I a8 been sold In small tracts and
oito a settlement of homes has grown
n , There are over thirty school
cSddren t the locality so Mr. Macleay
t' td ar aero of bud nnd a $1,500
- .ml house Is jiwt boinj,' finish 'd.
r o rtock men suffered a good
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;high grade oil in this
pppTinu p vp iimnrurp
aruiun mis muium
UKPUKSIJNTATIVE OF 1110 COM"
PANY HKUK GATIIKK1NG DATA
PUOMISKS DKVKLOI'.MKNT
AT AN KAUI.Y DATK 1'IKLD
KXI'KUT COMING.
"I am cor.fident that there is a good
(;rado of parafine oil in this section
of the country and we arc here to find
it," safd Kd. M. Andrews, roprescnt
inp; the Southwestern Oil company,
tin Oklahoma and Kansass concern,
when interviewed at tho Gallicr lintel
today. On this visit he is jcatherinj:
data, supplnieiitary to what he has on
hand, for a teport he has been instruct-
d to make to the company.
Tho Southwestern Oil company is
an operating but not a refining com
pany and is heavily interested in the
-il fields of the Middle West. Th-y
.ire now seoking an entrance into the
Pacific Const field and have already
c'one considerable development worlt
in Humbolt county, Clifornia.
Mr. Andrews has completed "his pre
liminary work hore and leaves Wedne-i-
lay morning. About the first of
.uly he will return bringing with him
die company's fiold expert, the man
vho opened up the Japan oil fields for
the Standard company.
NKAUl.Y A I.I. MACII1NKUV
OFF FIFIKM) IS SAVKD
lloth e.iginos and boilers, nlon.r with
other machinery and fittings, have
i eon salvage! from the wreck of the
-learner Fifiold to date by V. K. Drain
ind Alex McLcod, both of this city.
N'early two months ago the two men
put a donkey engine on the beacn near
the remains of tho wreck and with the
aid of a crew of men, pulled the two
t oilers and one of the engines of the
i..-fated ship out of the surf, where
thoy hail dropped when the vessel
went to pieces. Hefore they could
get hold of the uecond engine how
ever, a fresh tide filled in that part
nf the beach and buried the engine in
.ovoral feet of sand. Giving up all
iiipo of ever getting the second n
gine, Drain and Mcleod loaded their
quipmonl and salvage aboard a Marge
.ml towed it up tho rivor.
About 10 days ago a barge belng
nir to Mr. Drain broke loose from '.tp
moorings nt the Kstnbrook dock and
limited out over the bar, coming in on
the beach on the spot where the Fi
fiold went to pieces. The barge was
but vry little damaged and Mr. Drain
lecided lo bring it acorss tho sand and
launch it in the river. The lonkey en
gine was returned to tho boach and
N-ork of moving the Iwrgo began. It
,vas while doing this that it was notic
ed that tho tide was uncovering the
i gir.e again. During the low tide of
Thursday morning a lino was made
last to the engine and it was worked
.ishore. In all, the value of tho sal
vage will amount to several humlrsd
dollars.
SIXES RIVER HAS APPLIED
FOR NEW POST OFFICE
Thoro is a new stopping place on tho
coast road in Curry county. Somo
enterprising person at tho Sixes rivor
bridge has erected and opened n ro
froshmont place. It is at a convon
aint place on tho rivor bank near ihe
' ridge and those passing i" autoa re
attracted by a sign indicating Unit noft
drinks, tobr.eco and othor articles aro
for sale.
It is said that an application nas
boon made for a poat odlco at thut
nlaco. This would be a convontence
to tho people in tha,t locality. At pro
sent ihere are a number of mail box
es at tho bridge f r tho farmors who
live up the rivor. A postofllco r;'. the
river will give bottor service and the
row stoppiug place will doubtless bo
visited by many travelers along the
toist road.
,)AND HENE1MT IS GIVEN
HY PORT ORFORI) WOMEN
A SOCUU anil general uiiioiuiihih-uii
was givon Saturday evoning at Port j
Orford by the church ladios for tne,
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l.onufit of tho Port Orfonl bind.'
There was inilte a largo attendance.
Twenty dollars was mado and this will
be added to tho fund which is being
created to buv uniforms for the ttamf.
Thero is now about $135 In tho bind
fund.
(SCHOOL ELECTION
HELD LAST N,GHT
Endicolt and Neilson Chosen
GUV DIPPEL SELECTED TO SUC
CEED C. M. KNIGHT AS CLEUK
IXTEUEST SHOWN NOT UP
TO FORM Kit YEAKS EN I) ICO IT
IS ELECTED HY ACCLAMA
TION, WHILE THREE RUN I 'Oil
OTHER OFFICII
At the anual school election held in
the High School auditorium last ev
ening, Dr. S. C. Endicott was chosen
as tho director to serve three yearn
and John Neilson was elected to fill
tho unexpired term of one year, the
vacancy made by the resignation of
Dr. L .P. Sorensen. Guy Dipped w-s
elected clerk lo succeed C. Mnyne
Knight, who although nominated, ro
fti.sd to allow his name to be consider
ed. The interest, shown in the "lection
last night .vas not up to that of fonn
.1 yars and thero were not ov.'r'.jO
i.cople present. Mrs. E. 15. KausruJ,
..e retiring chairman of tho school
i.oard, presided over the mcjiing,
When nominations were called for the
.'..ector to fill the three year teim,
i he name of Dr. Endicott was tho on
ly one presented and ho was elected
y acclamation. There were throo
loininoos for the othor oflico of direc
or, the race being between John Neil
,on, C. F. Pape and P. C. Stephenson,
i'ho vole wau as follows:
Neilson 7G
Papo a
Stephenson 1 J
Mr. Knight was tho first one to be
omiuated for tho office of clerk, but
io refused to allow his name to be
oted on. G. T. Treadgold then no
minated Roy Corson nnd E. A. Philpott
,iut the name of Win. Mavity before
ihe meeting and the vote was as fol
lows:
Corson 03
Mavity 10
Dippel 08
Speaking of the election This morn
g Mr. Knight said that he thought
people had made the best ehjice
I had for each of the offices, lie
.. '"ally commended tho election of
Mr. Dippel, as ho is familiar with i.ll
i the ... Uiils of the clerk's oflico, hav
hC ieen one of those who recently
milted the accounts of the school di-i-.rict,
running over a period of si
ears. Mr. Knight's final statement
clerk follows:
OLRRK'S ANNUAL REPORT
June 10, lOKi.
Since audit of September 10, 1010.
Warrants Account
.sued to teachers, warrants to the
(.mount of ? 10,02 1.00
NStied to janitors, warrants to the a-
mount of i,:n;;.60
Issued tor fuel, warrants to the i-
mou-ii of 75:".. 10
ionor.il bupplies :! 10
Repairs ' ..!
'upplimentary renilors. J J : t
I'Vrnittire and Kp;mraln .'.4 ' ' i
Insurance SK Oti
Ueetricity
ianitor' supplio H-l.-P
Incidentals If''
Homes! ic science 3U.-I6
Now bnildiajt l.SSLSo
Stroot nnd mw 17S M
I'rofesi !o,inl Bcrvlees 131.80
Teleplf rr urd telegraph 01.00
Clerk's salary 22.0-1
Postage and Printing 26.80
iniorwt 701 20
Total 22,011.27
Thne warrant out Unding. .4,900.00
Common wr.rrnt ouUstandingot this
dote io.-iso..
Prosont bonded indolitednoi-s 31,700.00
ToUl indobtoilno'' Ott.OSo "
Cah Act mint
Balance on hand at time of audit
270.05
Roc'd from state school fund. .1,702.40
Rec'd from i-.lo.of bonds. . 1-1,370-17
Ree'd o- tuition and laboratory lee
'. r. .00.37
Roc'd from sale of sets 11.00
Roc'd from county treasurer, induc
ing district tux and county
schcxvl furd 17,710.05
Total - ...aitfttU!
Pifd on wvmnU insutd this year
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ENTIRE COUNTY IS
IN GRIP OF'STRIKE
i Provisions Are Running Low
ARRlJ'AL OF PATSY FROM
PORTLAND WITH POTATOES
AND SOME SUGAR, PARTLY RE
LIISVS LOCAL SITUATION
PRICES WILL RISE IF STRIKE
CONTINUES SHIPOWNERS
WILL FIGHT TO END.
For Uie first time in several weeks
Ihere are . plenty of potatoes in the
local markets, but the supply will not
iiold out for more than a week or ten
Jiys.' The Patsy, urriving in yester
day from Portland, brought potatoes
.ind somo sugar and it is hoped that
she will lie aide to make round trips
.ii intervals frequent enough to e3p
local trade supplied. Thero is, how
ler, but very little sugar to bo had
u,.i the merchants are refusing to sell
moiuHhan $1.00 worth to any one cus
tomer. Last week some of the stores
refused to make sales for more than
-r0 cents worth.
Of onions and cabbage there is none
io be had in town and except for the&'e
merchants who aro able to secure snial
lots of oranges and bananas from
Portland, none of the storca havo any
fruit. ,In the past Ilandon has relied
upon San Francisco to supply these
things and now it is impossible tj get
jny freight from that city, as the in
coming boats are coming up empty.
The striking longshoremen have re
fused to load or unload, ai any price,
lumber carrying boats until their de
mands have been granted by 70 per
.cntW the steamship companies. All
of the boats entering here aro of that
class. One local steamship man is
quoted as taying that the companies
will fight to the end and will not givo
an inch to the strikers.
Conditions being as thoy are now,
ihe merchants aie forced to buy from
the Portland houses and take a charge
l getting the goods within three
weeks or a month after they are or
dered. Prices are higher in the Port
land arkets and the prices bore will
ncrea.se to a corresponding degree.
Throughout the county things are
tightc .ing up generally is the opinio,.
of those who have occasion to visit
the different sections frequently.
Some of the mills aro shutting down
lecauso Uiey cannot keep their yards
loar and others because thoy cannot
-et boats at all. The Smith mill, at
Marshfield, is the only mill in the
.ounty whicli Is running full ti'nn.
Jrders aro t,aid to lie plentiful o.it
Jioy arc being turned down bewu'e
.u mills ea r.t.i . :-uij pioi
livery.
Unless somo solution of tho shipping
.iroblem is reached Ilandon nnd the
,rrounding country will bo without
gasoline and other oils. It is esti
iiuited that unless some relief is so
ured, tho gasoline supply will run
out within a week. Nor would we
!iavo tho teams to fall back onto,
.nould the automobiles and noats
!e forced to lay up through lack of
fuel. Horsos and stock will be the
first to fool a famine, for practically
ill of tho hay and grain is imported
ind there is none on hand.
NEW CREW IN CHARGE
AT CAPE RLANCO STATION
The U. S. naval radio station at
Capo IHanco is now in charge of an
entirely new force. The chcif is C.
A. Stumpf who came hore frc.n an
Asiatic station. Ho has four men
nrder him. On account of tho rule
vrhich specifios that men shnll serve
only two years on shore duty all of ihe
men who wore at the station a f .'W
months ago have all been ordered a
way. The last of the old crew is Wilbur
DuIm whoso relief has already arriv
i, and '.ho ex-; ia to Kae ih'- pi'..
for Maro Island
Chief Stumpf and his present crew
will have charge of tho station when it
is moved to Marshfield which it is ex
pected will be this fall. He will have
;hreu additional men.
Mrm. J. S. Capps, of Denmark, was
mojig those from down tho coast who
otopped at the Gallier Monday. She
spent the day visiting with friends.
TWO NARROWLY ESCAPE
WHEN DWELLING BURNS
MI 5. REIT A MIDDLETON HADLV
LIMINE!) GETTING DAUGHTER
OUT OF HLAZING HOME, SI N
DAY NIGHT HOUSE AND CON
TENTS TOTAL LOSS CAUSI
UNKNOWN.
In nssisting her daughter to escape
from their burning home, about mid
night, Sunday, Mrs. Retta Middlcton
was painfully, but it is thought not
seriously, burned about the head nnd
shoulders.
The cause of tho fire which destroy
ed tho house, on Fourteentfi street
just west of Franklin avenue, ia un
known. Mrs. Middlton says that her
laughter had boen reading during the
evening, but put out. the light and rc-
tird at about ton thirty. Two hours
tor Mrs. Middleton awoke to find
the room filled with smoke nnd flam
es. Her daughter became confused
and in helping her to escape through
i window, Mrs. Middleton received
!.hc burns. Mrs. Middlcton spread
the alarm and neighbors rushed t i'ie
sreno but word unable to save a iy-
Hng, as the entire building was then
!n flames.
Mr. Middleton is now in Arkansas,
where ho went recently for his
health. Both the house nnd contents
vero a total loss, but most of it is
jovcred by insurance carried'with Oip
t)cl and Wolverton, for 51300, of whisn
1000 is on the house.
MIOMINENT YOUNG COUPLE
ARE MARRIED WEDNESDAY
Lloyd L. Rosa and Miss Nora Solve
oth prominent young people of thin
ity, wero married at tho homo of Mr,
ind Mrs. C. Y. Lowe, Wednesday noon-
I'ev. Wm. Horsfall performed tho
it'omony, which was witnessed by on-
y the relatives and a few intimate
riends of tho bride and groom. Air.
nd Mrs. Rosa left for Myrtle Point
.vhero they will make their homo, im
nodiately after the wedding breakfast
The gtoom, who was born and r.iis
h in Handon, is the son of Col. and
. . . 15. II. Kosa. Ho graduated from
I' !o. 1 sc''oo1e and later attended tho
! ! llishop Scott Academy, in Por'
!:.d. At tho present time he is the
.Myrtle Point representative of tin
"yfe-Wilson company, prior to which
,io was employed in the Prosper mill
mil tho Sturtevant & Craine logging
ump. Tho bride was ono of tho po
; jlar young ladiea of the city. She
a me to Ha'idon about eight years ago
from Rice I.kc, Wis., and is tho sistoi
)f Mrs. E. R. Kausrud and Mrs. Archie
Kosa.
LOCAL MEN HAVE A
DELIGHTFUL OUTIMG
Geo. Laffaw and W. S. Wells com
pleted what they say is the finest auU.
lip that can be taken in this part of
the county, when they rolled into flan
Jon in tlio former's Huick, Sunday
evening. They had made the round
trip to Crescent City, Cal., where Mr.
Uiffaw went to deliver a consignment
of tires, in less than five days. Thoy
report the roads in splendid condi
tion and that the scenery is the most
beautiful that they have seen. Except
for tho fact that .Mr. Wells did not
get a chance to fish along tho road,
tha trip was very satisfactory.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Laird and a party
of friends motored to Johnson's bench
Sunday and spent the dny picnicing
i) CITY ELECTION TOMORROW
7)
S Interest in the city election
'i tomorrow is gaining in
strength as the day approach
es and the results promise to
be close and interesting. Tho
race for mayor is probably at
tracting moro attention than
any other issue, except perhaps
tho 15 mill tax limit amend
ment, because of the fact that
tho policies of tho two candi
dates are well defined. Tho
candidates are Geo. P. Top
ping present incumbent, Hnd
and H. F. Morrison, whoso po
licy Is one of retrenchment
and strictest economy in the
conejuct of the affairs - of the
city
9 oli"
BULLET WOUND IS
FATAL TO CONDAS
J. M. Young Admits Shooting
FINDING YOUNG MAN IN
DAUGHTER'S ROOM AT EAR
LY .MORNING HOUR, YOUNG
SHOOTS POINT-RLANK AND.
LATER TURNS HIMSELF () Ell
TO OFFICERS.
9 r.
It is reported tonight that )
j the grand jury, recalled to in- 0
vestigate the shooting of Jim
-?) Condas, returned a verdict 5
& of manslaughter against J. "9
M. Young. -)
O m r.) i) () (.) i
Jim Condas, a Greek, dijd Thursd: y
night and J. M. Young is being he !
for investigation by tho grand jury . 1
the charge of having committed U s
;rime, as the result of a shooting r. '
fair in the Young home, on west Fou '
Icenth street, about -1:00 o'clac ,
Thursday morning.
Young admits shooting Condas ni I
told his story before Justice C. I'.
Wade, Thursday afternoon. Condi ;
mil Young's daughter, Maud, h.' I
teen keeping company for about foi
nonths, despite the fact that Youi '
nail told tho girl ho did not want h"
i. go with Condas. Wednesday ov
ning the girl and her brother ai J
Condas went to a party. They io
n-r.cd to tho Young homo about nr.;
i-'clock and tho brot
louse, but Condas and tho girl rem:' r.
!i? at tho gate, talking.
In a statement mado for DIs1.' 'j.
Utorney Liljenvist, the girl says tha.
vhen they wero standing nt tho gai
he told Condas that would be their
i' st meeting, as her parents had for
bidden her seeing him, and she begged
dm to go in the houso with her. A
.out four o'clock in th morning Mi.
mil Mrs. Young nnd the girl's hroth
r got up to go to tho boach and
'ouifd tho front door unlocked. As it
vas still quite dark, Mrs. Young went
o her daughter's mom for a lamp
nd found the door locked. Tho girl
ipened the door, handed the lamp out
mil in answer to her mothers query
. to why the front door was unlocli
d, said that she must hnve forgotten
o fasten it when she came in. A few
noments later Mrs. Young had ocea
lion to go to the girl's room and again
found the door locked.
s the girl was not in the habit of
keeping the door to her room locked,
Young became suspicious and arming
Yuusolf with a 32-calibre Ivor Johnson
evoiver, went to t:ie room nnu ue
Handed admission. The girl let him
n but Condas was nowhere in sight .
Young started to search the room and,
mlling luck the curtain whicli screon
'i' a wardrobo in the corner o li.o
oom, discovered Condas. Young
d with tlic inuzzel ef the gun almost
igainst Condas' stomach and the bul
let went entirely through him ami
.tuck out in the skin on his back,
'ondas was in his underclothes uhen
.hot.
Thinking that ho had killed Condas,
Young went out into the kitchen.
Upon returning to tho bedroom a fo
moments later he found Condas mov
ing around on tho floor. Apparenll
suffring great pain the wounded
man begged Young not to kill Inn
but to let him go. Putting on'ali of hi '
clothes except his socks, Condns lef
'ho houso and cLiggored .-. block wA
half down tho street, wlioro ha r.t'
ir.d was later found by John Frits
ho notified the police. When tl .
cfflcers reached the scene Condap sail
that Young had shot him but would
make no further statement. Dr. II.
L. Houston wns called nnd Condu ;
was taken to the liandon Hospital.
After eating breakfast Young caini
down town and gave himself up to the
officers, but ho was allowed his free
dom until Sheriff Johnson arrived
from Coqquillo. Attornoy F J. CI at-
I urn appeared for Young, who wuivad
preliminary hearing and was bound
over to appear before the grand jury
liiider $800 bonds, whicli fto secured
within a few moments.
Coiolas was on tho operating table
for four hours Thursday and he died
oarly that evening. A brother living -
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