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About Western world. (Bandon, Coos County, Or.) 1912-1983 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1915)
The Official Newspaper of the City of Bandon ith the Largest Sworn Circulation in the City WESTERN LUMBERING, MINING, DAIRYING, STOCK RAISING VOL. IV FALLING TREE KILLS LOGGER AT TWOMILE JOli.X BARROUS MEETS IXSTIXILX WHIN Git I S \\ ti llitll E J > BANDON, COOS COUNTY, OREGOI Alleged Swindler Is Held al Frisco Man Who “Handled" < .ms i x.iint v Fu.linee 'lust l ace I'cdcral t iand Jury. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1915 OREGON COAST ÍÍ0A9 01 f LAW POINTS IS TO BE DISCUSSED ARE MADE PLAIN t'Ot X IA t'O'IMISSFlXEI S Ol OBIT.OX TO MEI I vr poltri xm > Druggists Favor An Air Tight Lid NO. 3 BANDON LEADS IN SCHOOL POPULATION May Decide N»»t to tarry I Iqnor < 1 Any Kimi Even for Medicinal Purposes. ' ! v<; i:. Manager Baker of Hie Bandon Creamery company received word from Hie postal inspectors at San Francisco this week that E. F. Zuerti. the commission uierclimit who had fleeced tlie local firm together with several others in Coos county, has been bound over to tlie Federal grand jury. At th? preliminary hearing Zueiti. who is said to be a clever swindler, admitted that ho ow.id these firms various am tints, but stated that he had simply been un- aide to pay them. However liis at- tempt to explain the fact that lie cliatiged Hie name of liis business firm and als.i locations so often is said to have been unsatisfactory, therefore lie has been held. Mr. Baker has been requested by the i>ostal authorities to gather all tlie advertisiug matter anil letters lie had received from Zuern and lie pre pared to go to San Francisco in tlie near future, as lie may lie called up on as a witness when the alleged swindler conies to trial. Walter S. Wells of Hie Orange Xo <'tie Saw Xn ide-it But B ih I. v i State I it iticct's < >t!:cc Suppi it Move "a miai tuie ami Sah- Only of In ITmrmaey and C Y Lowe of tile Ilex Every I arge District in < ' emty Hits Found by Tcvainstei' Short Time to <,Ct < 'o i I ló ri I r in \ -Im ia ti x iranís I orl'iddeii and l imit Is all store, returned Saturday from I in X muller This ' ear. But l.atei — Leaves Wife and l ive I it Seul !l to < imcx nt City—Data on l'ut on Ubai Individual or I amili I Ni rtli Bend where they attended the Brillili ill's Pc, re.ise I invest in I’m- ele t'hildicn Who lieside in Ban- Probat h‘ < i t Is As\o| For by 'lay I’.-ocuic—Local Men l'rc|uir- q irterly meeting of th • Coos County poition—Daily V(leiiilance Name < Ion— I n nera I T< u lay. Citici Engineer. cd for P< ssitilc “Knockout to Law" ITinrmaceutical association. as l.ast X ear. In a short discussion tlie druggists xpresseil Hie opinion Hint they John Barrows, a logger who re Tlie atiiiual meeting i.f members Requirements for purchasing li i should not even take out a federal Bandon again hears the distinction sided with his family in Bandon, of Boards of County C.miaiissioners quor in Oregon after December 31: ! liquor license for next year. Such of having I he largest school pupo la - was accidently killed in the Elw.il of all counties of Ort : n will he heli! It mu t be ordered from some deal ucticn would mean that alcohol could Him of any district in Coos county, pole camp al Two Mile, about 12 at Fortland. December 8, 9 and 10. er outside the state. it must be not be pit fellas. <1 at any drug store i lerk C. M. Knight Ims completed miles south of this city Tuesday aft E. I. Cantine, chief deputy engin laid for when ordered; liquor sent I in tlie county, not for any purpose. the census and i'lipls a total of 865 ernoon. No one saw the accident, eer, has addressed a letter to cadi <’• <•• D. being considered us Bold .Neither could whiskey lie bought for of school age. which Is 95 less than and when the body was discovered a in ‘inlier in Hie c. a.-t range of coun within the slate. If sent by an ex- medicinal purposes. last year Every large district In the dead timber was lying across it. Tit ties asking him to brin : l<> Hie meet pre..-, company, it may be delivered, In short talks several of tlie drug county shown a decrease, hut that of heavy wind had caused the dead tim ing data as regards number of miles bui only to purchaser in person. The gists stated that they do not wisli Bandon is proportionately less than her. which had been leaning against of road now open and which might deliveryman mast present an affi (lie odium Hint would attach to them any of the others. Marshfield last another tree, to fall. Mr. Barrows be used in a coast iiroject. Also the davit blank, to which the consignee if during dry times, they sold alcohol year had 984, but this year it has was working directly under the snag number of miles nett' ary to build must sign and swear. He must swear in utly form. The opinion was ex 823; North Berni had 839 in 1914 and it is believed that lie had no to make connections, and probable that h ■ is the ¡>erson to whom the in-eased Hint in the Itasi drug stores mid now Ims but t>53; Myrtle Point chauce whatever to get out of the cost of same. liquor is consigned and that he lias have lleOII sex erely criticized and ,.is ii ilm cd Horn 4oo to 355 and Co way. The tree apparently struck Judge Watson, according to the not r ei\ d more liquor than the some, too have sold liquor oil the qullle is considerably less, although him across the back of the neck and North Bend Harbor, has stated that quantity allowed him by law. The side; and in I 91 •> the criticisms the exact figures seem to be in doubt. shoulders as he was severely bruised lie was going to the meeting loaded expri s. . i.m may charge 5 cents for would he increased leu fold, There It was stated nt the recent school there. He also had several bruises to the guards with all tlie necessary the affidavit. The purchaser then fore steps should lie taken to clear meeting that Bandon has a higher across the chest and face, which in information and was quite enthusias may do anything lie likes with the their skirls by refusing to take out lax for si hool purposes than any oth dicated that his body had been wedg tic about tlie ¡dan and tlie interest liquor except sell it. No person ot Federal liquor licenses. er district in Hie county, and that ed between Hie falling log and the Hie higher it|is are taking in a scheme no family may receive more than Two Mile Resident Dies It Is por.sililo Hint a special meet none i 1 Hie other districts had voted one on which lie had been working John F. Scott, 7 4 years old, who Unit lias long been met with favor in two quarti <>f spirituous or vinom ing of tlie ussociatlon will lie called mote than 9 mills. Thia is found to Death was probably instantaneous. I llqui r. i vi Iti ■) < y . brandy , wine, rum ) later to discus-, tlie proliildtion ques with iiis family had been re idiug Coos county. be untrue, for Myrtle I’olut has lev A teamster working at Hie camp, on tlie Tennyson place at Two Mile Coos county has a c a t road be- nor more than I quails of mall li th n, there being too short a time at ied 2i> mills (same as Bandon) ami was the last man to see Mr. Barrow • died Tuesday, after a protracted ill t etn Cots Bay and B.indoi which quor:'. ilo'. '', ale. porter, etc ), witli the meeting for a thorough coiih UI- North Betid has levied 16 mills. alive, and later was tlie first to find ness. The funeral was conducted is open to Hattie during tlie summer in a peri d cf f nr weeks. ciatlcti of the problem. ITiatiimous- Supei inti ndi nl L. W. Turnbull of him dead. lie had talked to him from the local undertaking parlors tn iiiths. The grade is un easy one ly tlie members voted in favor ill lie local s< bools stated today that about 15 minutes before, both having this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial and can lie made a good road at a "It s very simple," said Prosecut writing tlie Oregon senators and rep Hie daily attendance at Illis time Is remarked about tlie daiigerons look took place at tlie K. of I', cemeter; comparatively small c< North of ing Attorney Evans of Multnomah re.'ientatives In Congress to vote in i|ipt.ixiu lately the same as a yeai Cm s Bay a well graded road leads ing snag overhead, but both c< tisiii Deceased came here 8 or 9 years ' county a few days ago as he procedi iover <1 tlie Stevens bill which stand a-,a in spile of Hie fact that the popu- front tlie Haym s Inlet h. at landing ering it safe. ago from Hornbrook, Cal. He is ' ed to explain tlie law ti) an Oregon for standard prices, and which is be lull n of school age lias been reduc The coroner was immediately no survived by a widow and a number of to Templeton, and fiom there to i Inn r< presentative. "In the first iic: f' ui'.lil l.y tie' big businesses that ed so materially. This would Indi- Lakeside a distance of . bout etglit tified. He deputized S. <'. John-on grown children. place, said Mr. Evans, “It isn't a |iro- have tori in various cities and cut ate that local citizens generally are miles, a new road would liuve to Im to conduct the inquest :ind brin ; the lii.t iti n law. It Isn't a dry law nt pri< < Prices of drug, liuve fluctu akin; m re interest in Hie schoola <• tert plan built to carry out tlie body to Band n. Tlie ftmeral - ail. T! i • v> la-.v merely i rnliBdt- ated up and down on account of the inti Hint more parents are sending Almost Hit by 'ITee i'r m Lakeside iiuftli to the county conducted by Rev. W. S. Smith at The heavy tain of yesterday after tlie iiii'nufietiirc and sal.- of Ititoxl war The member.. • ( a standard their children to scliuol Ilian ever be line i I than f hit mill .. Hie undertaking parloi. this fore noon caused a small landslide alone catuig liquor. It doesn't prohibit price for sit.li iittlel. to: glycerine, fore. Engineer t’anllne I. :i;.' iti', each noon and burial wa- made in tlie the Kerry read near the power plant tlie I' ■ <f it. It wipes ent the sa quinine and latbollc add. nil el commi..: iotter who attends Hie eon Bandon cemetery. and almost resulted : eriously to Win Io., i, il, I rewi ry and Hie distillery." which have gone up several Him . ov John Barrows was about 4 '■ years Netlierly, a wood hauler for W. L J volition to make such suggestions n I-Trst, explained Mr. Evans, we er their former pricei. of age. lie came to Coon courtly front Christie. Netherly liad just passed lie may deem necessary to expedite The action of the druggists was mist know vvliat tills article is which Tlie State Engineer real Astoria, Oregon, some thirty years the spot with his team wlmn a large tlie ¡ Ian tiiosliong Investi rather to lower prie s than to ad- . oiiuoir i .tier we ate prohibiting tlie .sale and man i cs tli' importance <f c o 4 met in- ago and for many years resided will: gates Hear < reek Conditions — tree fell acri ss the road. Sand to Myrtle Point was se ufactnre of. Tlie law defines: In vance theni. :> rend along the coast, wliich is tlie Several Ilia parents at Coquille, Says Ith airy I lie t n UM'. a dei,I It of four feet was washed in spirituous lecled for the next meeting of the uly o'aHable route for lmth winter toxicating liquor All years ago he came to Bandon when to the read. association In February, The mem malt, vinous or fermented liquors, and s'linmer traffic. The Paclfli he had since acquired a cozy homo County i oiiimi loner G. .1 Arm- and all mixtures ot preparations like berg present were: William II Furti on Filmore avenue. He is survived 1)11111 »MMI XI l lox < t)XTI i i Highw ay, r'iniiii': through the in'er itrenc made n trip to the upper Bear ley, Myrtle Point. R. S. Knowlton ly to be used as a beverage, wliich ¡or, is pa aldo only part of the year, by a widow and five small children, i re, country ihe first of the <vecl: contain more than one half of onw and C. O. Fuhrmun, Coquille; W. four gil ls ami one boy. Tlie old. st Eastern <’e.ncern Would Have ilati- i lie li iv x now - ami sleet putting tin S. Wells and C. Y. V. Lowe. Bandon. to view ome planking done there per cent of alcohol l.y volume, and re;'.'! in an 1,,<| a - '-able condition under ............ . of District is 15 years and tile yuuu • st fi>. <)<>■ Man I til < • struct ter lie a. M. L. EveiHt, L. <■. I'luH and l-'nlou. much of tlie time during th winter all other mixtures which are intend months. He also leave his mother. Supetvl or Daniels A resident of North Bend. Frank l> Cohan. J. Lee A letter receivi I (Ins week ft m , hi v. Id lie < ntin ly < I iate I <>i ed to prodine intoxicating liquor. Mrs Julia Barrows and a sister. .,lr- Brown, Harry Winkler, Frank Birch that district had complained to the an i.i tern ammunition factory by .'. Blind I'igs Not Imoi-ed (lie c last rsiad. , lletiry Johnson, who r< sides near county court that the work was not and Frank Parsons of Marslitield. Garfield, local Studebaker agent, is "Blind pigs" after January I, are Riverton and a brother, Kiel.aid Bar iti «factory, giving that body to ttnd- indicative of the great demand f< i not likely by the very nature of the Mt < Il SNOW IX Mill X I 11X8 rows of Santa Rosa. California. ■i land that things were in a deplor shells that is now taxing the capacity lav. In tlie first place u way Is pro Tlie deceased was a quiet inms-:im- able condition. <>n Ills return Mr. f ev'-ry available plant. Tlie < >n Six initie Re;:< Heil at Powers the vided for procuring liquor legitimate ing man who never hud milch to I anillilale for I’roset ul Ing Attorney Armstrong stated that lie hud found pany apparently was under tlie Im Past Week—tin t'utiy Hills. i ly. To get it Illegitimately would no cause for such complaint and that say but always attended strictly tn Also all Entertainer. pre.-i n that Mr. Garfield condticied )>c uii expensive and dangerous pro liis own business. He was a hard in liis opinion conditions were gross Atty. I N. Miller of Marshfield a machine shop here, and offend him A'i itors at Powers Hie past v . ok cess. The bootlegger will have n ly misrepresented to the court, lie working man. having spent all Ids a contract for turning out 100.000 report a snow fall of ah‘ nt six Indies haul time getting tile liquor to sell candidate for Republican nomination life in tlie woods. Aside from his believes that rivalry existing between L r district attorney of Coos county, 2-imli shells. 'I lie letter contained at and near that pla'-e, which seem and an even harder time getting any- work, home life took up all his time spent several days in Bumion tin the upper and lower Bear creek sec complete specifications as to tlie ma ed quite a novelty to tli tj . >ody to liny. Drug stores may not for he was a great home lover and ist w<s k meeting old friends nnd tions is the cause of all the conten- chincry required, tlie price to ht Other from down the const s.i. carry liquor that is, regular lionest- thought Hie world of his wife and uaking new acquaintances. Friday Hott. I ii his opinion much better re paid, etc. that considi cable snow lias fallen in to-goodtie .. "booze”. But they muy His sudden five little children, < nln ; he was guest of honor Ht an 'Hilts am! all faction could be ob the mountain« and that g.ime is seel. have ethyl alcohol, wiilcli some drug death has prostrated the widow: It SAX J RAX<TS<<I LOOKS .funial lag party lit the studio of lalmd in that district If all factions Ing the lower levels. The snow can i l -ts say Is a rather Inclusive term is one of the saddest local tragedies 'r f. A. Richards. A splendid pro would get together and work har I oil SLIHG'I DEPRESSION be seen from Bandon on the hills to For tlie purpose of law enforce year. of the ■ram furnished the entertainment, moniously. the south. niciit, Evans asked a well-known Jr. Miller inking a prominent pari as Effect of Expo-ith.n Already Notice At this |dai e, though, : now is a lirni i I pharmacists for an accurate .a el, cutlonist ami inoiiologlst, at xo <;< h i itxMi:x i i i xdn able und Outsid • Points verttab! ■ curiosity. In fact it Im -I. finitivii of ethyl alcohol. It is. I Oli II II.IIOll XEX I X I tit a l,ieh lie proved him: 4f to be extra I..id.ing I p. 1 been many years since t tore that itareh converted into ul< ohol through ordinarily pr> Relent, Atty. Miller Disposition of 96,000 acres of tim San Francisco tool s for some few flakeu have Callen during an en fermentation. But apples, <• on. po- hus b.'en a resident of i ' ooh < it nt y tp| r.q i iati h Budget Will < uni Put ber land, largely in Coos county, was what of a depression, in the commer tire winter ; nd with the exception of .' < . and numerous ollu i uch '‘>11 for the past five yeara. lie has been ¡•'J.ltoo for Imeni I’ot t —Col [daced in the hands «4 c. ngre ■ in cial line after the holidays accord i few frosts, the only greut differ- : I les contain great quantities of n close touch with all public mat luiublii III <■( l li Al». a decree filed Tuesday In the fed ing t i Dr. H. I,. Houston, who. ac : once between winter and summer is larch and "a pie Jack" nnd corn < is in tin <• only, especially at the the heavy rains and att< ndunt wind eral court in the g.jv: rn icnt's case companied whiskey might roughly be defined •ouuty seat, ami lias a host <>l friend:, Estl- Wa hliigli.n, I*. <’., Lee. 8 by Mrs. Houston against the Southern Oregon com and their duaghter, arrived on tin during the winter months. Flowers as ctliyl alcohol. The law, though, x ho are already pulling forth consld oates for Or< gon rivers and liarleir.i pany. It amounts to f >rfelture < f all Brooklyn from a month’s stay In and bloom th< yiar ’round. And mativ puts other obstacles in Hie way of ■rabbi effort In his behalf lie lor is provided In Hie estimates of the of Hie: ". such as calla Itlli ' and ol’i H ii , would-be law violator, even the company's ilnim except $2 '■ per about the t'alifornia metropolis. made litany friends during lili, sh irt army and navy engineers to he acl 1 < t less hardy plants r> " Bring roti- acre. The decree billows th - su iiould it be stretched so Hint a drug slay in Bandon ed < n by t'ongresH tills session, are The stimulating effect of the Ex preme court's decision against the position during the year has built s'derah.e skill t ! rttislii? to rtaki i hit could carry corn whiskey mid as follows: Southern Pacific in Oreg, n and Cali up and expanded many linos of busi bloom in other clime-', ■;<■< iu l<> pre apple iack on his shelves. Affidavits taken by common car t'olunibflla river, north Jetty. 12,- fornia land grant case. The com ness, which will-necessarily have to fer the winter to the summer '-i-mi Coos Bay. 87tt,000; Tilla There are stringent provisions mt< and |>rv.seriptloris mid afflila pany's attorneys are preparing an ap retract again when the outside money tor their growing period. iik.ooii (TntaKaalne ."ain ’t olitnining liquor through the vita in drugstores are to be kept on m ">li Fay, peal to the .supreme court. It i- stops pouring in. There will be a Each one must bo numbered. liver, $3,ono. I'oqullb' rivar, 85,<)Oi); , prescription of an irresponsible phy- file. B tit tssot I A1ÌON TO understood the appeal will contend general reaction from the boom, and He limy f ive a pr< scriptlol, At any time they must I ■ acecs-ilde Y. I'lina. $3,000. I.ower Columbia, 'll I I IX BANDOX dcian. the general rule that ' innocent pttr- the t-iminrrtlal Institutions will bt. it<i. tipper < olumbla to the only for ethyl nlcohol, for Ihe drug to any court or any officer of tli- chawers should be protected,** should the first to -suffer The county clerk must pre Snake river, I28.0OO; Hnake river. '1st well , e .thing else And. even law The wholcsal ( > his < iiuuly's la-gal Ligiil.s Will I ia urvs the affidavits and prescription« 125,mm apply. Willamette nnd Yamhill ers generally did i not have a very «ith * prescription. the purchaaet t tiilz.a* Herr on Decemli r for two years. rivers, »47. )00. Tlie above shows the course is due : wear to an affidavit before must good year, which of i Twenty-Seventh. Violation* of the law for first of Hint ixactieally all government funds druggist, stating the purpose for AVm. Mast is busy this week in- to the depression along the entire If fense. Is p< utilized by a fine of not npp-oprlated for rivers and harbors The legal lights of C »os county, which the alcole I is to be used stalling a cast-iron lamp post ill coast. There are many idle men in tic.n ethyl alcohol Is prescrih ‘.mie than »500, or itiiinisolimi nt In works in On- mn this year will go to front of the new bakery building the city at this time, ami before the belter known a» the < "os County Bai ■ .!ie county Jail not more than six the Columbia river mid tributaries. i n First street east. The post is winter is over the charity workers association, will hold a social an.l ed, it must be furnished from the For lite secoiid vlolatJot, The $7o.ooo contemplated for <'oos it. supply of the patient or phy- months. one of the designs mamiiactured by will probably have plenty to do. In business meeting in Bandon. Wi.dnew- -i- fine may not In- less than $100 Bay Is for maintenance of the liar an. It cannot be sold. Ethyl sic day, December 27. This was decided the smaller places, the doctor states, the local foundry. It is pleasing in at a meeting In Coqiliilc. Monday, alcohol may he : sold by druggists to n r tu.ire than $500. ami imprison dredge Michie. The $5,000 for the apjiearance and will add to the b»au- conditions are better all around. There is a general feeling among when Attorneys Topping. Trcn-le id 'ndivid'.mls or families in no larger rneiit lliuai not Im less than 30 days local river Is tor maiut-nunce. ty of the street in that ■ 'ctlon wholesalers that conditions in the and Wade prevailed upon the organi amounts than two quarts in font ni r more thau one year. For a third Paul Stephan is heating up Ilin « sections tributary to San Francisco zation to accept Bandon's hospitality weeks. It can bo furnished only for i.th nse, two years in the county « bakenven In his new bakery building punisb- ill is the penalty, and the medicinal, pharma'eutlcal. tnechanl The program has not yet been ar are getting lietter and that soon all ♦ ♦ All the material for this week. TAKE THE CARDS TH AT ♦ the lumber sections will have revived ranged, but it will occupy both after cal and scientific purposes. If medi - nt may not be suspended by any ♦ finishing the structure !s not yet at < yurt. cai. the prescription of a physician evening to normal. noon and < ARE DEALT YOV AND ♦ •' i von see." said District Attor- hand but as soon as It comes the muai lie filed with the affidavit. For .Mr. Houston spent considerable ♦ ♦ PLAY THE GAME te Evans, "it Isn't a complicated building will be rushed to comple "ther purposes the affidavit must Anderson of Coquille wax Snuda lime at the hospitals in the city, tak ♦ ♦ tion immediately. law after all." state the exact intent. a Baudot! visitor today. « ing up special surgical work. ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ À