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About Western world. (Bandon, Coos County, Or.) 1912-1983 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1916)
The Official Newspaper of the City of Bandon With the Largest Sworn Circulation in the City WESTERN WORLD WHERE PRODUCTIVE SOIL AND TIDE WATER MEET LUMBERING, MINING, DAIRYING, STOCK RAISING BANDON, COOS COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1916 COQUILLE RIVER IS Bullards Resident GEO. ERDMAN PLANS Has Exciting Time FLOODING VALLEY FINE NEW BUILDING Patron and Teachers Hold Interesting Meet Borrows Eiiougli Money From Hi- Friends to Go Soutli ami (X»l XTRYS1DE COVERED FROM Claim an Estate. HILL TO HILL—GREATEST RISE IX YEARS. Debate on Motion Picture Quest lofi Mas Much Eajoyevl—Storm Lowered Alleluiarne. LUMBER INDUSTRY Joe Perry, a Portuguese who lias Tlie average motion picture show I been residing alone in a little cabin Proprietor of ( it) Meat Market Ex New Inside Rock Jetty WUI Com- and its relation to th«* development I II'ine and Cypress liecouiing Senno liects to Have Pilin'* it» iv on as near Bullards for a number of years, iiM'iice at Breuer Dock and Extend of tlie child came in for discussion and Oregon Fir and RethvcxMl Mu t Stain as Tltoy Can Be I ilitainetl— received word last week that his Towards South Jetty Far Eiiougli in tlie form of a debate at the meet Fill Plat es—Forecasts Big Demand brother had been killed by a train at Cold Storage Plant Wi! !l Be 75vl<l to Control Main Current of River ing of the Patron-T«*achers' associa and Nays Coast Lamber Regions — Latest Equipment. Oakland, and that the deceased had —Bonds Have B«x-n Sold. tion, in the High School auditorium to Experience G«xxl Times. left considerable insurance money. last evening, The question was, "Re- The information also contained a re solved: That the Average Motion Pic- Bandon's business section is to be Following one of the heaviest rain quest for the local man to go to Oak PORT BUYS THE TUG ture Show is Detrimental to the Beet San Francisco. Feb. 7—"Pacific increased by another large new build falls in years, and with the moun land and claim the estate. Tlie Port of Bandon, at s|>ecial Development of the Child, ” witli O. coast timber men occupy what might ing in the near future, according to tains filled with melting snow, the Perry, who since the Lyons-John meeting this aftem«x>n. vot«*d to T. Treadgold and Miss Kate Chatburn be termed a pretty 'soft seat' in the waters of the Coquille river rose the son mill closed down, where he was the plans of George Erdman, propri I hij the tug, Klihyam, for fJfl.OOO, tupporting the affirmative and F. J. lumber world,” d«*clared James D. forepart of the week and filled the employed, has had no income except etor of tlie City Meat Market. Mr. giving $25,000 in t«*n year bonds, 'hathurn and Miss Wilhelmina Lof- l«acey, lumberman and banker of Erdman this week purchased a lot upper valley from side to side. what he made by fishing, was with at par value, O per cent Interest, .us the negative. Good natured per- New York. Chicago and New Orleans, At Coquille it is reported the water out money at the time. He told his on First street, about halfway be redeemable at option of Port at ■onal digs were plentifully inter- at the St. Francis yesterday. "Not rose to the second story floor on the story to a number of men at Prosper, tween Baltimore and Chicago ave- the rat«* of $2500 per year for nine ■voven with the arguments and a withstanding the fact that they have nniicipal dock and that during Mon including C. McC. Johnson, R. W. nues, froni Col. R. H. Rosa and ex- years and $5000 (lie tenth year. inanimous decision was awarded th« to trim their prices pretty low to day night it covered the floor to the Bullard, Vet Shields and others and I pects to have the work of driving Tli«* Port is to take possession of iffirmative by the judges, Mrs. E. compel«« with the southern and east piling commence as soon as he can depth of about one inch. Farmers they made up a purse for him. He tlie tug April I. .ewin, J. Ira Sidwell and Harry N ern producers at the present time, the throughout the valley, anticipating was short $2.00 when the Elizabeth get them on the ground. ■"rain. lumbermen of California. Oregon and The building is to be 30x100 feet high waters, had either moved their left Prosper, but finally found Janies Despite the storm that was raging Washington will have things pretty live stock to the hills, or into the sec A. Dollar, who gave him that amount in size and two-story in height, The Word Irani tlie Portland office oi ibout 100 patrons turned out to en much their own way five or t«*n been determined ond stories of their dairy barns; and Greatly excited over tlie incident, cost has not yet , tlie V. S. government engineers is ex oy the program, Besides the debate years hence. Right now, the cypress tlie furniture, etc., of their homes Perry ran to his cabin, changed cloth as Mr. Erdman has not fully decided pected daily by Engineer Roy Rozell« here were thr«w> musical numtiers, n supplies of the southern coast states He from the lower floors. Many of them es, and then ran all the way to Ban what construction to adopt. to commence tlie work of construct election by the Girls' Glee club, a are dwindling, and the South is us- states lie may first put up a frame went to Coquille, Myrtle Point, 'or to don, arriving just in time to get the, ing a new inside rock jetty in the io daño solo by Mrs. Geo. Geisendorfer ing 60 per cent of the cypress out- the higher lands for temporary resi boat, which was starting for San structure with plastered walls, but cal harbor. The Port Conimissloi hat brought an enchore and a vocal put. so that in that case it will be built dence. but the majority remained at Francisco. lias deposited $4,000 and guarantee« luet by Misses Kate and Belle Chat % Rtxlwxxxl is Substitute a stucco finish can be added later if home, tending to their stock, going the balance of money necessary ant >urn. Following the program a but "The southern demand will in desired. The main feature of the from building to building, or to town as soon as the money reaches a Port st luncheon was served from the do crease to 75 per cent within a year or building will be the cold storage by boat. land bank word should come back to tnestic science room. so, and when there is but a small plant. At the present location Mr. Highest in Seven Years proceed. Mr. ltozelle will have charge The committee in charge of th« quantity of cyprwss available tlie Pa Erdman has a cold storago room First reports from the upper river of tlie work in tlie beginning and evening's events was com posed of cific coast redwood is c«»rtain to take 16x22 feet. In the new building it were confusing, it being stated that may be assisted later by Engineers C. Miss Venus, Mrs. L. W. Turnbull anti Its place. Redwood Is about tlie only will be 75x16, or almost four times the flood was the highest since 1890, timber that can be adapted to the Believe«! to Re Making Purchase for as large. This will be sufficient to it. Wright or J. H. Polhemus. C. H. Dr. 8. (’• Endicott. by some, and that it was not as high Patterson will be foreman on the special usages of cypress, The same the Dollar Company—Also Re accommodate all tlie meats produced as in 1909, by others, Later and job and the majority of the men em conditions govern the eastern pino cently Bought Mill. in tills section and will therefore be more authentic information places ployed on the north jetty project will situation, When the pint* supply It a direct benefit to the entire com the high water mark of this year con- again be engaged. so badly diminished that the price munity. The sales room is to be of James A. Dollar, local representa siderable lower than that of 1909, Th«> new project, maps and specifi starts to soar, the Pacific coast fir and much lower than that of 1890, tive of the Robert Dollar company, the latest improved equipment, in cations for which have b«*en complet will be in demand. I can reasonably for all of the river below Coquille; Saturday sold at public sale the re view of giving Bandon one of the ed, will start at the west end of the predict that in less than ten years Coquille Itiver Cow Testing Associa most up-to-date meat markets la hreuer dock and extend towards the while reports from Myrtle Point seem maining holdings of the company in ths Pacific coast will enjoy a rxrord- tion Hohls Interesting .Session southern Oregon. to agTee the flood established a high the Coquille valley to J. H. Baxter, soutli jetty as far as will be neces breaking lumtier boom." at Riverton. Tlie new location is in the block water mark. The opinion being that of San Francisco, the only bidder, for sary to control the main current in Imcey is pr«*sident of the lumber the dredging the river, building lateral approximately $10,000. Mr. Baxter wjtli the Postoffice building, the river. The new jetty will al firm of J. D. Lacey & Co., tlie South canals and cutting the willows, gave is a prominent tie and pole dealer, Seaside Bakery building, the Ban most parallel the old pile Jetty, ii tit Seventy-flvo farmers of the Co ern Cypress Co., and Vice president important the water in the central iiortion of and it is said he is closely associated don Garage and other The quille valley gathered Thursday at of tlie Gardner & Lacey Lumber com about 14 feet farther south, be a direct the valley a chance to move toward with the Dollar interests. It is gen business houses. It will the farmer's frolic given LJ» Goo. pany. lie is also an officer and direc old one will then be removed. town from the sta more rapidly, thus holding erally believed that he bid in the benefit to that section of P. Laird on his ranch near Riverton, tor in a number of Louisiana and Port Has M«*eting holdings for the latter concern. About a commercial standpoint. It to a lower level. At the meeting of the Port of Ban- as the formal opening of Ills big dairy Michigan banking institutions. For four monts ago he also purchased the 12 Miles of Railroad Submerged don commission! lield at Coquille, barn, one of tlie most modern equip tlie paHt ten days lie has been inspect I Tlie railroad track from Myrtle local Lyons-Johnson mill, which was Saturday, series A bond Issue for ped structure« of its kind in south ing timber properties in Northern <ll I also sold byr the Dollar interests. Point to Beaver Hill junction, with $25,000 was sold to Spetzer. Rorick western Oregon, The Coquille rivet California and southern Oregon. The property sold Saturday con tlie exception of a few hundred yards G. O. P. Administration Wanted <•* Co. of TolMo, Ohio. They mad«* was so high that most of the guesti lavai Mau Much Inconv« uh-nced bt in tlie city limits of Coquille, was sists of the site of the Randolph mill. the river boats ti were taken from 6 per cent interest Switching to politics, Lacy declat • two offers, one at Washout Closing Traffic submerged the entire distance, the comprising 12 acres, and the tide anil a premium of $ 1475, and anottier the scene of ihe frolic in row boats ed that in his travels about the coun t<> Port Orford. Reorganization was made of th« try, he had found a constantly-grow depth of tlie water in several places lands in front, all machinery anti at 5 per cent and $275 premium. Bandon & Lower Coquille Valley ing demand fora Republican admin being about 6 or 7 feet. All com wreckage of the Randolph mill and The latter was accepted. Tlie new steel bridge at Sixee river munication between Marshfield and tenent and other buildings adjacent, Tlie question of purchasing the Cow Testing astwx'iation. Many new istration. “The business men of tlie was moved from its foundation by manufactured lumber, a quantity of tlie valley towns was cut off until tug. Klihyam, was considered and a herds were signed up for tlie new. United States want tlie protection of the high waters early Sunday morn a launch line was established be logs, real estate, logging railroad committee of R. II. Rosa, E. E. John year, according to those in attend the Republican i»arty.” Lacey said. ing and traffic between Bandon and right-of-way on Bear creek, logging A long table extended down "They want an administration that tween Beaver Hill and Coquille, via son and J. E. Norton, appointed to ance the Curry county towns has been at the famous Beaver slough route of equipment and all of the property of investigate the proposition. They one side of th«* barn and here al will cater to the whole people. In a standstill. The mail is still car tlie early days. The mail has been the Alfred Johnson company which were instructed to also look into the noon, after all sorts of athletic sports stead of the Democratic policy of ried regularly, but it must lie trans had not previously been disposed of delayed considerably and It is re possibility of getting another tug for was served a bounteous old faith pleasing the masnen at tlie expense of ferred at tlie bridge. It appears from ported that only a few letters and by sale. tlie local harbor should the Klihyam | ioned farm dinner, profuse with the classes." reports coming to Bandon, tliat one papers are being brought through the be sold to an outside party, if the chicken and all its trimmings « nd of tlie structure lias fallen about In the afternoon Hie windows wort* canyons above Myrtle Point, from committee reports favorably on the eight feet and swung considerably whence the mail is now being brought purchase a special meeting will be darkened and W. E Meyer, govern down stream. The mail is taken to ment cow tester expert, and Prof. to Bandon by boat. the bridge, unloaded, packed across held before the 15th, by which time Powers Is Safe the tug company's offer must be ac Barr of the O. A C.. gave a slide lec on tlie backa of tlie mailmen, and re ture on cow t«*stlng and later showe«! A report from Powers is to the ef loaded onto »axons on the oilier cepted or rejected. the methods of stock judging Ac District Attorney iHxisn-s He is Not fect the water lias risen 36 feet above Myrtle Point anti Bandon are to side. iiording to Prof. Barr the Laird barn tlie normal summer level, but as the play their second game of the sea STAKTS NEW STOKE Able to Get Court to Straighten Fred Jamieson, driver for Gatchell ianks second in the state for modern town is situat«*d about 60 feet above son hero tomorrw night, tlie first Out Tax Delinquents. Brothers, left Bandon Saturday with .laities Root anti H. Gustafson En- equipment. the river bed there is but little dang game between th«' teams having re a four horst* team with a load of District Attorney L. A. Liljoqvist, ter Second Hand Business. er from the flood. A late report is sulted In a victry for the black and supplies for the Bennet store at Port who la trying to collect delinquent to tlie effect several slides and wash gold. While the locals are looking Orford, He made the trip across the taxes for the county, according to James Root and H. Gustafson have outs are reported along the Smith- for a close score, they are enfident bridge safely l and delivered his sup store In the Old Two laical Men Among Those Itelcas- the Marshfield Record, presented n ojiened up a new Powers logging railroad, but that it that they will win. pliek, but on returning found the motion Saturday for a decree again .t Laundry building and will conduct is believed repairs will be made with ed by Judge Coke. Last Friday's game at Coquille was bridge washed I out. He Immediately n large number of property holders, in a few day». The water there has the first stumbling block Quigley's telephoned his t employer the partlcu- a new and second hand business. Mr. Root will be manager of the fallen about ten feet. men have met this season, Coquille lars and the added information it Judge Coke granted a number of among them John K. Kollock ami High Water on Coos River winning 25 to 20. Tlie game was one would lie impossible to secure rations store, Mr. Gustafson devoting hl« paroles from the county jail Satur Frank B. Waite, who owns property The high waters on Coos river are of the closest and beet ever seen in of hay for tlie animals, as tite supply time to his new »oft drink establish day. V. N Smith, the Bandon man. in the original Kinney pints, but Mr. Root was formerly with and Archie Madden of Beaver HID. Judge Coke said he was not qualified reported to have done greater dam the county, but thv home tefun's in northern Curry county was being ment age than along the Coquille. The familiarity with the floor threw vic used by the people . in wintering Coat» At McAdams an<l has had con who had each served 30 days, were to pass on the question and so Mr. river 1» shallow and filled with many tory their way. At the end of the their live stock, lie also stated the siderable experience in the second released, while the McGinty brothers, I.lljeqvlst obtained no action on tlie sharp curves. The water» rose to a ; first half the score stood 11 to 10 grain ration was limited and that he hand bu»in«*»s. They have purchas Pat and John, were ordered released motion. The taxes are for 19O6-’O7- great depth and spread across the against Bandon, but early in tlie sec would have to cut it to one-half Mr. ed a considerable line of goods and in five days, which would round out '08, and amount to several thous farm land«. The dam at the C. A ond period Coquille ran up a lead that Gatchell is sending hay down by the are planning to add to their stock 30 days’ confinement for them and dollars. District Attorney Lljc- Smith company reservoir in the their opponents were unable to over stage to the bridge, and unless re as rapidly as tlie business demands. John McGinty asked the Court if he qvlst was asked why he did not get hill» back of Eastside broke, and the come before the final whistle blew. pairs are starte«) immediately by tile might leave the state under the pa the matter before some of the judges mill may be short of fresh water next In the preliminary gam«* Riverton de county in replacing the bridge, so TMGKMII GOES TO KEMf’l E role, and was lnform«*d he could. Be who come here to take Judge Coke'< side« these matters, a divorce was place occasionally, anti replied tliat feated the Bandon All-Stars 30 to that traffic can be resumed, Ito fears summer as a re»»(lt. t ourte« it Hogs Were Floating About obtained by Mrs Lucia Stratton he wm unable to get Judge Harris 24 The excursion which left here Much Drift Wood the horses will suffer greatly from in Three Feet of Mater from Wm. Stratton Mrs. Stratton is to pa»« on the matter and Judge Skip The Coquille was filled with float at 4 o'clock, was a big success fi- short rations. the daughter of Judge E. D Sperry. worth, who han been here »everal ing saw logs and drift wood, and it nancially and otherwise, About 125 time«, always left before he could get A family of fourteen porkers was is reported many of the farmers have rooters left the boat at Coquille. Clarence Gatchell and mother, the matter l>efore him. Mr. Lilje- been busy "herding" in a supply of Mrs. Gatchell. left Monday for Eu rescued from a watery grave Monday The Seaside Bakery has a fine new qvist said thia morning that unless to Gus Rettky Marri«*«l in Oakland gene. where they will reside for some night. They belonged stove wood and fence posts in boat». sign, placed at the corner of the new Monday morning, while the tide was Ruby Edith Pcrshbaker was mar time and where Mr. Gatchell will lie I of the Bandon Market and were il ar building so that It Is visible on both he seen some way of obtaining the ebbing rapidly, the river along the ried at Oakland, Cal., Wednesday, employed as street car motorman. bored at the slaughter bouse at Par First street and Chicago avenue. county's rights in this matter, he will local water front was a raging mill- February 2, to Andrew Robertson They have relative« at Eugene, and kersburg About seven o'clock Mon The sign was made by L W. Robin request Governor James Wlthycombe to »end a Judge here especially to race, pouring an un-endlng stream Muir Miss Pershtiaker was formerly sickness in the family was the rea day evening Mr. Resky chartered the son and is of novel design, the let of logs and de4*ri» out over the bar. one of the popular young ladies of son for the move Mr. and Mrs Zeno steamer Telegraph and with a crew tering consisting of hand made let take care of the affair. Close observation »bowed that the thia section, having resided at Pros Gatchell have moved from their for of men saeceeded in getting the ters mounted on s black back ground. Wm Mast has sold his hardwar* When the rescuers ar water in the center of the stream »as per. Her father conducted a store at mer home on Franklin avenue to the pigs loaded Dr. L. P Sorenaen was calle«! home stock to the Bandon and McNair Randolph and later built the Pros Gatchell home on Edison avenue, rived the animals were floating apparently much higher than on eith- stores and intends to confine his from a business trip to Curry county per mill. The family moved to Cali north, where they will reside until around in about three feet of water. tbe swiftness of the er side, owing to last week on account of tlie illness • bnslnnas exclusively to electrical fornia for the mother's health, but Mrs. Gatchell and son return to Ban It being that high In the slaughter current. of lila wife. j goods. the latter died about two years ago don from the valley town house. (Continued on last p»(e) r Twelve Miles of Railroad I nder Wat er anti All Traffic Held Vp—Far mers Move HouseJiolil Goods to S«*con«l Stories of Houses—Local Damage Reported. A San Francisco Man Buys Dollar Holdings Big Gathering at New Laird Barr Myrtle Point to Play Bandon Friday Night May Request the Governor to Assist 1 I