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About Western world. (Bandon, Coos County, Or.) 1912-1983 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1915)
The Official Newspaper of the City of Bandon With ¡he Largest Sworn Circulation in the Citv. WESTERN WHERE PRODUCTIVE SOIL AND TIDE WATER MEET VOL. IV TWENTY MILL TAX LEVY VOTED FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES A 20 mill levy on the assessed valuation of $993,170, providing ap proximately $27,tmo, was voted at the special school meeting Monday evening, for the purpose of conduct ing the local institutions for the en suing year. It took several hours ot debating to bring the meeting to a point of understanding that so large a levy was absolutely necessary, but when the situation was finally made plain there were just enough voters by one to see it through. The budget read by Secretary C. M. Knight was as follows: Teachers' salaries ........... $15,625.00 .... 800.00 Furniture Apparatus, such as maps, chalk, erasers, stoves or curtains 800.00 -150.00 Library books ....... 16.00 Flags Repairs of schoolhouses, out- 1,000.00 buildings or fences 25.00 Playground apparatus Printing ................ .... 100.00 ........ 500.00 Incidentals ... 1,450.00 Janitor .......... . 250.00 Janitor’s supplies ....... 750.00 Fuel Eicrht and nower 400.00 Clerk’s salary and experting 352.50 books and accounts 75.00 Postage and stationery 100.00 Water 3.206.83 I nterest 606.00 Insurance ............. Telegraph and telephone ......... 75.00 35.00 Domestic science Common warrants, outstand- ing ....... 13,141.30 Total ... _.. __........... — $39,457.63 To offset the total of the budget It was explained that there is approxi mately $7,000 due the district from the state and county taxes. Tin amount to be raised in order to put the'district out of debt therefore wa> somewhat over $32,000, which in "eluded annual deficits of a number ol ■ years and uncollected taxes totaling $13,14 1.30. Haberly Turns Critic a A. Haberly. formerly a member of the school bourd, opened the discus sion with a motion for a 15 mill levy. He took up the budget and went af ter It hammer and tongs, criticizing every item from the teachers’ salar les down to the postage. In his opin ion the :Iigb school aih er nthr; tot Ttmch; the school doesn’t any library as long as the city maintains a public library; the school clerk is receiving too much salary; the ex porting of the books cist too much the light and power is toe high; in fact everything whether necessary oi hot was too much from his point of view. . But before Mr. Haberly was through, Mrs. E. R. Kausrud, chair- , man of the board, successfnllly ex plained to him the why and wliere- , fore of each Item in the budget. As to the clerk's salary she called 111 attention to the fact that several years ago while he was a member of the school board, he made the mo tion to increase the salary of that of ficial from $150 to $250 a year. Mr Haberly wanted to know if tint was • a matter of record and he was in formed that It was. Better Judgment Prevails » Having heard the insurgent’s views and in view of the 15 mill motion before the house, the passage of Jiich would have meant financial embarrassment for the district, a number of local business men includ ing T. J. Chatburn. Mayor Topping. •I. I. Sidwell. Dr. Sorensen and Col. Kosa. took up the question in a busi ness' like way. • 'It was- concluded from the start that a 15 mill levy was oct of the • question, and it was proposed to raise it to 18 mills. After figuring the • matter out on paper, it was found that an 18 mill levy would not quite pay the running expenses for the year, therefore would also be insuf ficient. whereupon a 20 mill levy was suggested. After a thorough explan ation It was decided to put the prop osition to a vote, giving the taxpayers present an opportunity to vote for either a 15, 18 or 20 mill levy. The ballpt resulted in 28 votes for th* / 15 mills, 38 votes for the 18 mills, gnd 67 votes for the 20 mills, thus .giving the latter a majority of one - vote. WORLD LUMBERING, MINING, DAIRYING, STOCK RAISING BANDON. COOS COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2. 1915 Oregon Avenue Case Has Hearing In Court Creai Diversity <>f Te-limmi) a- to Locatimi of Olii County Read Aloug t li unii l‘ni|terty. Witnesses in the Catholic church injunction against the city relative to the Oregon avenue improvement, vere examined before Circuit Court lodge John S. Coke. Tuesday. Returning witnesses report there •vas a considerable diversity of testi mony as to the exact location of the old County Road where it paralleled the Catholie church property. Some believed it was never wider than a single wagon track and that it fol lowed closely what is now the pres ent west line of Oregon avenue, oth ers that it was several wagons in width up to the full width of the present street. Owing to the di versity of opinion Judge Coke stated he would give no decision on the question as to whether the city ob tained the street by adverse usage, hut will give a decision on the ques tion as to whether or not the street was dedicated by the plat. The at torney were requested to file writ ten briefs on the matter and a de cision will probably be forthcoming soon. City Attorney G. T. Tread- gold represents the city and Atty. J. I). Goss of Marshfield the Catholic church. Attorney Treadgold stated today that he was confident the in ¡unction would-be dissolved. Witnesses at the hearing were Cor the city, E. II. Kausrud. Engin eer J. 8. Sawyer, Engineer Kern of 'oquille, E. E. Oakes, W. L. David- lon. P. C. Stephenson. Ira Zed, C. E. Bowman and W. H. Webb; for the Church, John Nielson. E. Lewin. Il H. Rosa. H. F. Morrison, Herbert Manciett and J. W. l-’elter. if Bandon and D. W. Charlson, port WATER WORKS AND REFUNDING BONDS TO BE SOLD BY THE CITY To Let Contract On The East Side School Mehl A Boetcher Successful Bidders For Completion of Portion of Secoud Story. Council Votes to Accept Bid of Northwest Mehl & Boetcher of Bandon havt bet n promised the contract by the school board to complete a portion ern Bond & Mortgage Co.—Im of the second story of the East Side school building, they being the low provements to be Made est bidders. The bids were as fol "Move we accept the bid of the Northwestern Bond & Mortgage com pany on the $40.000 refunding bonds at ti per cent interest; and for the $40,000 water bonds at 5 1-2 per cent interest,” said Councilman J. W. Mast, following a lengthy discus sion as to the advisability of selling the water bonds and improving the system, at last night’s council meet ing. “Aye,” voted Councilmen Mast. Chatburn and Pape. “Nay," voted Councilmen Rasmussen. Johnson and Dippel. It was up to Mayor Geo. P. Topping to decide the tie. “Aye,” voted tlie Mayor and the .much dis cussed bonds were sold. Ge< rge l.aird Gives Talk I continually, citing Industrial addi tion where about twenty families are using water from one well. They claimed that temporary repairs as Mr. Laid suggested would only mean the expenditure of the surplus ac cruing in the water funds for con tinuous makeshift repairs; and that a new trunk line to the residence sec tion of the west part of the city, in creasing the pressure. as suggest- ed. without putting in the distribu- lion system new, would break three- quarters of the present pipes. Speaking if the water system. when the matter came up for his de cision Mayor Topping stated that lie realized the need for urgent re pair of the system, that the people had shown by their vote in authoriz ing twice the amount of the bonds to be sold that they wanted the sys tem repaired in first class shape, that be had faith enough in Bandon to vote the tie in favor of the Improve liieffta for he was certain the city would grow. Tlie water system is now earning $700 a month. lows: E. B. Fish .............................. $1584.00 Brown & Gibson .................. 1740.00 Payne. Larson ♦ Joh4nson . 1848.00 Mehl & Boetcher .................. 1527.35 The bids covered the plastering and finishing of one class room, one teacher's room, a cloak room and one hallway, and the plastering but not finishing of the remaining five rooms on the second floor. It Is impossible to award the con tract at this time as all the details connected with the sale of the bonds have not been completed, but it is believed the matter will be cleared up in a short time. Blds for the completion of the en tire secot^l story had previously been received, but amounted to ntore than the money provided for the purpose, therefore were turned down . NO. 2 ANTIQUATED SUNDAY CLOSING LAW IS TO BE VOTED ON SOON Oregon's Sunday closing law. now before the Federal Court on a ques tion of constitutiouulity. Is to bo submitted to the voters of the state next fall under the initiative. Peti tions for the submission of the ques tion of repealing the act are being circulated throughout the state. W. A Le Gore has been securing signa tures locally, and Judging from his success there are not many In favor of the law at present. The petition Is entitled "An Ini tiative Petition to Repeal and Abol ish the Sunday Closing Law" and is initiated by the Independent Retail ers’ association, with head offices at Portland. Law Passed In 1 SKI I The petition reads: "We, the und ersigned legal voters of the Slate of Oregon, respectfully demand that the following proposed law, entitled ’A bill for an act to repeal section 2125 of title xix. of Lord's Oregon Laws as compiled and annotated by William Paine Lord, which prohibits keeping open any st .sorehopvbgkypfwyldu open any store, shop grocery, bowl ing alley, billiard room, etc., for the purpose of labor or traffic, or any place of amusement I except theaters) on the first day of the week (com monly called "Sunday"),' shall be submitted to the legal voters of tlie State of Oregon, for their approval or rejection, at the regular general “lection to be held on the first Tues day after the first Monday in No vember. 1916, or at any special elec tion earlier should such bo held, and ach for himself or herself says: ’I hate personally signed this petition, I am a legal voter of the Stute of Oregon, and my post office address and residence are correctly written after my name." The Sunday closing law In ques tion was passed by the legislature In 1X64 and was never repealed. It was resurrected recently to force the closing of grocery stores. Ar guments in the suit will be heard in the Federal court. Early in the evening Geo. P. Laird, manager of the old Bandon Water company gave a short talk before the council against selling the bonds to improve the distribution system, VOTING PRECINCTS Mr. Laird stated a portion of the AKE TO BE CHANGED pipe was in fairly new condition and that by replacing sections here and County Clerk Asks City Council to there and expending about $10,000 Niibinit Plan for local Precint* or $15,000 temporary repairs could at December Meeting. be made that would do for several years; he feeling that improving the Particulars of Bond Sale County Clerk James Watson has system would not increase the num The Northwestern Bond & Mort written the city Recorder asking him ber of users or the revenue greatly :age company made two bids on the to submit to the city council the In and that the plant would not earn issues: one on a 6 per cent Interest formation that the county court was money enough above expenses to car • basis and the other on a 5 1-2 per to make changes in the voting pre ry the bond issue. cent Wa-.is. On the ti per cent basis cincts at the December term, com Whole System is Now “hay-wire” they offered $4 1,027 and accrued in no ncing next Monday. anil that as Various city officials in discussing be rest for each of the two $40,000 a change was contemplated In Ban NEW REVOLVING CAB1NETN the water system disagreed with Mr. lsMes, and bear all expenses for prin don, increasing the number of pre-« Laird. They say pipes all over the ting bonds and investigation of le cints to five, to submit a plan for the Sidwell Clothing Stole Installing Ad residence sections are being repaired gality, etc. On the 5 1-2 per cent same to the court. The matter was ditional Fixtures. daily with plugs and various make basis they offered par and accrued taken up by the council at tlie meet •I. Ira Sidwell has just received two shifts. That the pressure is unsatis interest, the city to allow $1,000 for ing last evening and it was decided new cabinets which are being instal factory and losing the city*customers I printing bonds, attorneys’ fees. etc. to leave the matter up to Mayor Top led in addition to his already mod ping. , ern fixtures. Both are of the very Tlie present number of precincts latest revolving type, one for hat consist of four, the division lines ind the other for suits. The former ; running along Oregon avenue and has room for tilt» hats and the latter , BANDON IN 1 COMING <111 Ninth street. The fifth precinct will for 200 suits. The new cabinets probably be made by combining por I at lier of Local Government besides being absolutely dust proof Man tions of the Northwest and North are conveniently accessible and offer Makes Nitori Visit with Sou. east precincts, as these two precincts good display of the goods. Mr. Sid meeting of the business At Zeno Gatchell and Riley David show a number of voters above the well has such a large stock of g -od« lien L. C. Wright of /'lint, Michigan, city Wednesday after son, local draymen appeared before 300 average allowed to each pre father of Government Engineer that he is being pressed for room ooon occupation tax question the city council last evening and cinct. and is successfully solving the prob 'onsiderable more was accomplished It. Wright, arrived in the city Ilin asked that a city license be placed This change will affect only coun past week on the Speedwell from lem by the use of cabinets. Ilian at the meeting the previous on draymen and expressmen. They night. Tlie question was diMcussed stated the income of the seven men ty and state election voting. The San Francisco and spent a few days Mr. Mayor F. E. Allen of Marshfield >ro and con and a committee con- engaged in the draying business lo- city vote« by wards and does not pay here as the guest of Ills son. .vas in the city yesterday calling on listing of John Nielson. F. S. Perry, cully was Impaired by others who any attention to the precincts es Wright left Flint some months a^>.. ■ustomers for the Blake McFall com .’. C. Carpenter. J. E. Walstrom and would come in from tlie outside, per tablished by the county, when hold visiting Texas. New Mexico, Arizona and Southern California, where ho pany of Portland. lie. took in the I. Iia Sidwell appointed to confer haps bringing their horse«’ feed with ing its elections. spent some time at the San Diego business men’s meeting in the after with the city council committee as them, who would work a few days He then went to San Fran noon and was called on for a few representatives of the business men at odd jobs of hauling and then leave Later it was constructed by him. The fair. matter was referred to a committee cisco to take In the Exposition. Then remarks, lie stated that city expen.; >f tlie city. Mr. Nielson ns chair- These men usually haul goods for >s at the Bay city are gradually in nan of th"* committee appeared at less than the men who make the consisting of Councilmt-n Chatburn, to top the Journey off with a real mean voyage, he decided to take th* creasing, although every off ,rt is bo ho council meeting last evening and dray business their qccupatlon, can Pape and Dippel for investigation. Speedwell for Bandon instead of With regard to the latter claim, ing made to hold them down. tetri! an spol:"iman for tlie cltl- afford to. They said the drnymen Mr. Wright got ■ens. He outlined the results of all favored the license plan, and Mayor Topping stated it wax evident coming overland. May Ship Their Car ho meeting and the plans of the suggested $30 a year for the first many citizens had the impression that lotne real experience with Neptune Mr. and Mrs. E. C Way and '•ommlttee. The council decided to team and $10 for each additional the 5 per cent engineering charge for the Speedwell on that trip was daughter and J. W. Magness, all of | wait until the next regular meeting team, the licence to be paid 6 months was pocket money for the engineer. buffeted considerably by the heavy In fact he contemplated a While the truth of the matter Is that storm. Klamath Fails. Ore., who came here before discussing the occupation tax. in advance. the fund is assessed for the purpose journey to Portland by ocean before six weeks ago enroute to California In the meantime tlie committee from The matter is to be taken up by via the coast route are still in this the council, consisting of Councilman the Business Men and the City of covering the minor expenses of the coming to Bandon, but changed his vicinity. They were caught in the lohnson. l’ape and Mast, and the Council occupation tax committee, city In making the Improvement; that mind and went by way of Roseburg. heavy rain here and have since been Business Men’s committee will get and a separate ordinance will be it Is handled by the city recorder, Friday. Mr. Wright was captivated by the waiting for the roads to dry up suf together, obtain a copy of the fot drafted covering the drayage ques all expenses charged to It approved by the city council and the balance icenlc beauty of Bandon’s beach and ficiently to continue on their jour mer occupation tax ordinance, con tion remaining, if any, turned Into the spent every available moment of his ney. but have about given it up and suit the various business houses and Duffort Presents Claims He stated regular city funds, the engineer hav time here Inspecting It. may ship the car on a boat to San frame a schedule of rates. Councilman F. J. Chatburn stated ing nothing to do with It. that is was the most beautiful of Francisco. They have spent some Tax In I .egal. Nays Attorney he had been requested by H. H. Du- any of the beaches he saw during his time visiting mining property in the At the request of Councilman J. fort to present two claims against trip and firmly believes it will make vicinity of Powers W. Mast, City Attorney G. T. Tread- the city alleged by the latter to be due this city known throughout the west gold gave an oral opinion as to the him for street Improvement work ; as one of the great summer resorts. legality of an occupational tax. and asked that the same be noted as He said Bandon looked as prosper "The Supreme court of the state presented ous as any of the cities visited, and lias decided on thv ecc ¡pation tax Mr. Dufort states he had been that the resources of this section ap question In several instances,” h* forced to put in a drainage system Grass Now Growing on Range and pear great. Conditions latok Brighter. stated, citing a case that of Atty. along his property on Fllmore ave Mr. Wright Is a farmer, having a Conferring With Government Engi Abraham vs. the City of Roseburg, nue, amounting to $107 costs, which modern ranch near Flint. On his neers Regarding Improvement*. in which the court decided Mr. Abra he fe.it the city should pay. The oth That conditions for the stockmen return trip he goes to Victoria. B <’. ham must pay the occupation tax er was for $54 on the engineering, in the hills south and east of Ban and will travel through Canada as Secretary J. E. Norton of the Port asseesed against him by that city, fund of that street Improvement, he don are quite favorable at this time, far east as Winnipeg. Manitoba of Bandon and D. W. Chaison, port "The question of legality depends evidently feeling that the city should and that they look for a moderate The Ruby came over the bar yes engineer, axe now in Portland confer on whether the city charters give not tax engineering costs of 5 per ■ winter for cattle on the range, la the ring with the government engineers the councils the power to levy such cent on street Improvements It was information brought here by M W. terday and 1s loading at the Prosper in regard to the proposed work that a tax and as to whether or not le- staled that at the time the street , Treadgold. an extensive stock raiser mill. She now has auxiliary gas en is to be started in the local harbor gaily constructed ordinances are pas- Improvement was made considerable I of Upper Four Mile country, who gines and will be on the run between There is apparentiy an idea trouble was experienced from drifting, was In the city on business yestei here and San Francisco. in the immediate future. They ex sed. pect to receive a definite answer as In the minds of some that an occupa sand along the street which filled up day. He stated that the few warm It ib<- old drain boxes an« rendered days of the past week lias already ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ to the use of the remaining $30.0uo tion tax is a voluntary matter, If one is passed every per them useless, so the council decided had a wonderful effect on the grass, from the project now being coruplet is not !♦ ♦ must not to Include tin- same in the plans which la growing rapidly Stock at ♦ ed. and will also get reiWmmenda son coming under its scope PAY AS YOU GO AND ♦ for the Improvement. Mr Dufort de iIm present time. In Ills vicinity at YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO ♦ tions as to the kind of improvements pay the tax or suffer a fine." sired to build this gutter along his hast, is In an average shape and It GO BACK AND PAY. ♦ are considered best to keep the cur ♦ Atty. I N Miller of Marshfield ia property, but alleges he was refused Is believed will make the wl nter rent In the channel near the mouth permission by Engineer Sandberg I without much loss in the city today. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ OCCUPATION TAX TO DRAYMEN WANT TO PAY CITY LICENSES Port Committee Now at Portland Stockmen Look For Mild Winter : !♦