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About Western world. (Bandon, Coos County, Or.) 1912-1983 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1915)
A concentrated effort is now being made by the coast counties of Ore gon to secure a year-around highway from the mouth of the Columbia river to the California line. and. at the meeting of the county road supervis ors of the state in Portland, the pro ject Is now being considered and if possible, a solution will be worked A Co-operative I’lan fe fM etoch- (ng of Ifttte «IUI. ffu'rry (Christmas All Ob, (e It not • glorious mi ? Hammer and gimlet and lots of tat he! CDblette and whlrifgfg, whip that tracks 1 Hnd the etot king of little JVelL Oh, dear Santa, tram It well! Give her a dolly that laugh» and ertee. Stanîkm JHurntfure (io K.ÿ. Suiting Sattdon (©rrnon B iggest F amily W ashing Done FREE ■ fc. During the next two weeks we are going to give a Xmas present to the family who has the biggest family washing done by us—we are going to do it ab solutely free. Give a Coupon Book for Xmas i < We have them in amounts, from $1.00 to $10.00. By buying a book worth $5.00 or over you get a 5 percent discount Good for any kind of work done here. We give special attention to family washing, and guar antee satisfactory work. Give us a trial. Bandon Steam Laundry REMEMBER WE ALSO SELL ICE TELEPHONE 1174 « LET THE WAGON CALL. One that will open and For years Coos county has been advocating the construction of this road, but owing to the large cost the plan has not beeu looked upon with approval by the rest of the state, It is estimated that such a road would cost in the neighborhood of $7,000,- <•00. a figure far beyond the means of the counties through which the highway would pass if they alone had to foot the bills. r A reason must be had for soliciting state and 1 gov- ----------- eminent aid and that reason has only recently mado itself visible. The plan as it now stands, Is to construct the road as the Oregon link of a coast defense highway, to follow the shore line of the Pacific ocean from Puget sound to Mexico. To meet the expense, the government should pay 50 per cent of the cost, the states 25 per cent and the counties through which the road is built, 25 per cent. M hat It Means to l's ehut Be epee! To Coos and Curry counties the construction of the Coast Highway means Indefinitely more than a means of defending our 300 miles of coast line from invasion by an enemy; it means a vast Improvement in social and economic life of the rural dis tricts and development of their re sources. Primarily, lumbering la the leading Industry of these two coun ties and will be for years to come, poor holiday fare but as the timber line gradually re delegation of fellow townsmen cedes from the towns and cities that called on Rufus K. Combs of Midway, are now tlie center for tlie extensive Ky„ to congratulate him on th«# receipt logging and milling operations and of a Carnegie medal. As his friends were taking leave Mr. new centers spring Into existence, Combs wished them ail a merry Christ the present towns must look to the land for permanent support. Ban mas. ‘‘Anil I hope." lie ended, "that you'll don, North Bend and Marshfield will have a more bountiful Christmas din always be the shipping centers for tier than fill to the lot of a young this part of the state because of their friend of mine last year. facilities for cheap transportation by "He, pour chap, was stopping at a water, provided they get Into closer cheap New Year boarding bouse, nnd on Christinas day, after be hnd eaten communication with the rural dis u turkey neck, a potato and a splinter tricts and the source of supply of the of sodden mince pie, the landludy said agricultural products which will even to him ns be rose Just as the Weak tually be more valuable than t ho coffee w as brought ou; timber. “‘Oh, don't leave the tnhle, Mr Much Land I'tllized Smith ' Only 24.000 acres of the 360.000 “ T must, madam,’ Raid Smith grim acres available, or one-fifteenth of ly. "It's bard wood, and my teeth are the tillable area of Coos and Curry not what they used to be.’ ” counties, is under cultivation. The reason that so small a portion of this “The Virgin’s Blessing.’’ Every Virgin In Spain Is Illuminated land has been put under the plow is with a taper. In EIJ ii . near Cordova, not a lack of fertility, hut the fact an image or portrait of (be Virgin and that most of it is isolated. A man the Billie newborn hangs In well nigh might as well take his family to a every room in every house. And why? small island In mid-PacIfic as onto Because the benutlful belief Is root«! a large portion of these ranches and In those simple minds that on Christ homesteads. He could hardly be tnas eve, before Hie clock strikes 12, more effectively cut off from his fel the Virgin, bringing blessings in her train, visits every bouse where Hhe low men and markets for his pro can find an image or portrait of her dnee. Not only is this true of the son. And many a girl kneels down in unoccupied land; many are actually rolies of white before her humble por contending with these conditions. trait of the Babe and prays and bears Such life Is a mere existence and Its a rustling in the room nnd thinks, ’’The victims can hope for nothing else un Virgin comes; ahe brings trie my Christ til these isolated districts are con mas eve blessing," and turns, nnd. Io, nected with the shipping points and It Is her mother, nnd the Virgin's markets by roads good roads that blessing Is the mother's kiss! may be traveled the year around. The region of southern t'oos and ■H-H-H-I-!-!-:-!-!-!-!-! northern Curry counties presents a fair example of what the farmers and CHRISTMAS. dairymen must face, even where they are situated along the roads leading ■By JOHN GREENLEAF WHIT to Bandon, from whence they must TIER. ship their produce to the market cen 8ound over all water«, reach out ters. Nine months in the year the from all land« roads are passable only to teams The choru« of voice«, the damp hauling light loads and tlie haul of ing of hands; Sing hymn* that were aung by the atara of the morn, Fing aong* of the angel« whan J««u« waa born! Wi’h glad jubilation« Bring hope to the nation«! Th« dark night i« ending and dawn haa begun; Rias, hope of the age«, arise like tha tun, All «peech flow to mutic, all heart« beat na one! Sing the bridal of nation«, with choral« of love, Sing out the war vulture and ■ing in the dove, Till the heart« of tha people keep time in accord And the voice of the world ie the voice of the Lord! Cla«p hand« of the nation« In strong gratiiletion«; The dark night ■■ ending ■ nd dawn ha« begun; Rite, hope of the age«, ari«e lika tha tun, All «peach flow to muaio, ■ II heart« beat at one! Blow, bugle« of battle, ths marchee of peace; East, west, north and aouth, let th* long quarrel coate. Smg of glory to God and of good will to man! Hark, joining in choruo, fit heaven« band o’er ua! The dark night ia ending and dawn hat begun; Rite, hop* of the agee, ar,a« like the aun. All epeech flow to muoie, all hoarta boat to one! Let THIS paper be YOI’R paper. from 16 to 20 miles consumes an en tire day. Five dollars is the average cost of transporting each ton of freight to Bandon, making the freight rate to San Francisco and Portluud $8.00 and $8.50 respectively. Com petition with the more favorably lo cated sections Is impossible ttndsr these circumstances. With a hard surfaced road along this route it is estimated that auto trucks would cut the hauling cost to about one-tenth the present figure. An Example of Isolation How absolutely some of the people in the more remote districts are cut off from the rest of the world. Is hard to realize, Some of the families re siding back in the hills are of uec >s- sity almost self supporting. Flour, salt and other foodstuffs and cloth Ing which they cannot raise or make. must be transported for miles ever narrow trails on pack animals. Child ren must be educated at home and many families are beyond reach of medical aid In times of sickness. A trip to towu Is a Journey aud Ita hardships are only braved when ab- Bolutely necessary. A convincing in- stance of the isolatien of some of these families is the case of a boy 18 years old and his sister, aged 20, who were horn and raised on a home stead several miles from the coast. In 1812 they saw their first auto mobile while on a visit to Fort Or ford and during the summer Just past they saw an electric light and at tended a moving picture show for the first time In their Ilves, al Ban don, Neither have ever Keen a rail road train or a Htreet car. Not All Are lx<>lat«*«l It must not be Inferred from thia exception that all the farm and dairy land In the two counties is at the mercy of such conditions, for thous ands of acres of occupied nnd un occupied fertile land lies in the num erous valleys and on the bench slopes of Coos and Curry counties, as fav orably located as any in the state. Within the next few years, how ever. these lands will all bo put und- er cultivation and further expansion must depend on making remote dis- tricts easily accessible by mer ns of good roads, The Const Highway will bo tlie main artery, from which branch roads can lie easily built to tap the rich Inland sections. Such a road would not only develop the agricultural resources, but also the great amounts of valuable timber and tlie rich deposits of gold iron ore and coal of the Inland country. Tlia tie and matchwood timber alone In the inaccessible parts of tlie country Is wortli millions of dollars. Scenery Is Beautiful Aside from the economic value of a coast road to the counties of Ore- on the Pacific, of gon bordering which t'oos and Curry are representa tive and Hie military value, there In lie scenic wortli of tlie proposed high way. Oregon is reputed to have the moat beautiful beaches In tlie world and a climate which makes tills coast ideally suited to summer resorts, yet It is safe to sav that fewer people visit our beaches than those of any other sea coast state In the country. This is duo to the lack of suitable transportation facilities, especially at this time when so large a portion of the pleasure seekers are devoting their vacations to motor tripe. <»nly at three or four points is Oregon coast accessible to the motorist from the Inland section of the state and to open to vacationists and tourists the paradise of our beaches, would Justify the expenditure of the sum necessary to construct the Coast Highway. ONCE NOTED LANDSCAPE GARDNEK OIEH AT LAMPA Joseph Bassette, Who Planted the V. N. Hniltli Must Stand Trial for Pointing Gun at Officer Black- Ground« of l*el Monte Hotel In erby—Out on Ball. Cal,, PaescK Away. Joseph Rasaette, aged 68 year«, died Tuesday, December 14, at hU home on the llanly ranch at Lampa, from the effects of cancer of the HtO- mach. He had been living on the Haniy place with Ills wife and non for several years, Mrs. Rassette be- ing a sister to Mr. Haniy. Deceased was a native of Canada hut came to this country many years ago. Ha Is survived by one son and three daughters, All of the latter are married and reside In Canada, The funeral was held today from the Bl llngson undertaking parlors under the auspices of the Catholic ch ii rch of which the deceased wan a faithful mem her. Joseph Rassetto, in the early days, was one of the leading landscape gardeners of California, It was he who laid out the grounds around the famous Hotel Del Monte, anrl aorne of the beautiful places in Mill v«l- Icy and Synta Cruz. Coquille, Ore , Dec. 11 The grand Jury returned an indictment against V. N Smith of Bandon charging him with pointing a gun at an officer. It Is alleged Constable Blackerby went to Hmlth's house to take his children on an order of the county court do daring that the children wore do- pendent and that they be looked aft- er, and that when the officer arriv ed Smith pointed a gun al at him. Smith now has a divorce suit pending In court. He was arrested and later released on $500 ball. It |s stated the "gun showing" was several month ago at the time Mrs. Smith was suing for a divorce and she had been awarded temporary Mr. charge of the children. hut Smith resisted releasing them, At- torneys ('hatburn A Gardner ■rs rep- resenting Smith and it was through the efforts of the former he was re- leased <>n hall. Hee pane five and read what la the Boyle offered you "In the Ellingson bulld- In«," « T
