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
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All
Ob, (e It not • glorious
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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-
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