L. I. WHEELER,
Our Congressmen Have Failed to Provide
For National Defense
Odd Incidents In
American History
Lodge Directory
FINE PORTRAITS
Amateur Finishing
First st.
East of Hotel Gallier
BANDON LODGE No. 130
A. F. & A. M.
EARLY DAY TRANSPORTATION
IRA C. ZEH
Stated communication Saturday after
Prior to the Revolution, transpor­
the full muon of each month. Sojourn
Contractor and Builder
tation throughout the country was
Master Masons cordially invited.
exclusively by pack horses, but as Estimates Cheerfully Furnish­
W. A. Le GORE. W. M.
ISREGARDING expert advisers on the naval board, our Washing­ the Indian trails were widened and
C. E. BOWMAN, Secretary.
ton man—and by him I mean either Democrat or Republican— modified for the use of wagons it ed.
has built for us an insufficient number of ships, and for these was the slow-moving, cumbersome Bandon,
Oregon
L. O. O. M
ships he has provided an insufficient number of men. Deliberately or four-ox, or four-horse van that took
Church of Brethren
Loyal Order of Moose meets
otherwise, he has made us unfit to cope with an enemy of the first class. the place of the pack horses, in the
Sun-
Services every Sunday at:
Every Thursday Evening in Moose
AM I OVERSTATING THE CASE? ACCORDING TO FRANKLIN D. Eastern or Atlantic coast section of
Home. Transient Moose cordially
ROOSEVELT, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, WE ARE TODAY the country pathways were followed day school at 10 a. tn.; preaching at
m
11
a.
m.;
preaching
at
7:00
p.
invited.
Something doing every
woodlands only by
SHORT SOMETHING LIKE EIGHTEEN THOUSAND MEN FOR THOSE through the
Owned and published by
Everyone cordially Invited.
C. H. Thursday.
notches
cut
in
trees
—
"blazed
path
­
OF OUR SHIPS AVAILABLE IN THE EVENT OF WAR.
FELSHEIM & HOWE
tr
Uarkliw, Pastor.
W. A. Le GORE, Dictator.
At present, according to the commander in chief, we need five thou­ ways," as they were called, in the
C. W. BOWMAN, Sec y.
newly
opened
regions
of
the
near
L. D. Felshelm, Editor.
sand men for the Atlantic fleet alone. Battle cruisers, efficient seagoing i
even a beaten
west
there
was
not
Eotereii as second-class matter at the submarines, armed aeroplanes—we have none! Where are the organized
pathway, and it was necessary to
post office at Bandon, Oregon, January reserves for the navy? Your congressman, my congressman—the man
charged with the responsibility of our government—has failed to pro­ ford all tlie streams.
2d, 1913, under Act of March 3, 1879.
Seaside Camp No.
About 1716 a trade route was open-
vide the organized reserve. Have we an admiralty to direct the fleet in
Let
W. Meets first and Third Tuesdays
Subscription Rates: $1.50 per Year
ed
between
the
Miami
and
the
Wa
­
wartime? No, says Rear Admiral Fiske. Have we a naval policy? Ac­
Six Months, 75c; Three Months -10c.
in each month at 8 P. M.; Knights of
MARK WINDLE
cording to the annual report of the navy department for 1913, there is bash in Ohio, and Virginia opened a
Pythias hall. Visitors are assured a
THE TAILOR
Telyplione IHH
no naval policy except that as outlined by the general board itself in | way for emigration across the Blue
hearty welcome.
Itidge.
A
year
later
Connecticut
1903. This policy, as a policy, has remained a general board policy only,
make that old suit
J. N. HOSKING, C. C
< <>L. ItOHA I OR HENATOR
without adoption by the government or even by the navy department granted a seven-year privilege for
F.
H.
CO
LG
ROVE, Clerk.
wagon
transportation
between
Hart
­
look like new.
Every now and then a new hat is and without being understood by the people or congress.
I
Four
years
ford
and
New
Haven,
thrown Into the political ring of Coos
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
later there appears the record t>f an
county and one more is added to tlie
to
Newport,
Delphi
Lodge No. 61, Knights of
"express"
from
Boston
by
the
community
at
once
and
some-
ment
take
over
all
the
water
powers
list of candidates who would serve
Pythias. .Meets every Monday even­
tlie public for tlie coming two years llilng should be done to get early ac­ of western states aud not take over aud tlie following year recorded the
ing at Knights hall. Visiting Knigli's
tlie undeveloped coal fields of the first trip of a team from Connecti­
Gradually the collection lias Increas­ tion.
invited to attend.
east?
Why remove from develop­ cut to Providence, and seven years
ed until at present there are one or
8. Ralph Dippel, C. C..
ment one of the west's greatest in­ before the War of the Revolution a
I’A I RIOTIH.M
more skypieces within the greai
IL
N. HARRINGTON. K. of R. 8.
wagon
express
made
the
trip
from
dustrial
assets,
water
power.
and
for
nearly
every
office
that
ii
T,IH
following
from
the
pen
of
Ly-
circle
to be vn «teil January 1. Still there man Abbott, editor of the Outlook, leave coal free to private develop­ New York to Philadelphia in two
Isn't an abundance of contestants | 'H an Kivance copy of an editorial ment in the east? Theoretical poli­ days and was know’ll as the "flying
either in tlie liepublican or Demo appearing in tiiat publication yester- ticians like to "conserve” other machine.”
* people's resources but they don't try
crutlc r--nks and there seems to bel'^X- March the 8th:
Up to 1800, methods of communi-
DR. R. V. LEEP
always room for one more.
A nation is made great, not by Its it on themselves at home. It would cation had improved but little, The
Physician
and Surgeon
Proceeding on the latter theory, fruitful acres, but by the men who be interesting to know how much same bad roads and difficult rivers,
Office in Ellingson Bldg.
towns,
m l especially In view of the fact cultivate them; not by its great for­ taxes Gifford Plnchot and hla poli­ connecting the same small
Phone 394.
that some of the best timber In the **ts, but by the men who use them; tical friends pay in tlie states of stretched into the same forests, as
county lias so far tieen overlooked, H°t by its railways, but by the men Washington, Oregon and California, when the armies of Braddock and
BANDON. OREGON
Western World, offers what It con w,1° build and run them. America where they are doing their best to tie Amherst pierced tlie western and
Travel along
siders one choice suggestion: Col. It »*• a great land when Columbus dis- up industrial development. Now- is tlie northern wilderness,
CHATBURN & GARDNER
II H< a of Band« n for state senator, covered it; Americans have made of time to turn the spot-light of pub­ the seaboard was slow and irregular.
ATTORNEY’S AT LAW
licity on these theorists and show Between New York and Albany there
In offering Hie name of Mr. Rosa, it a great nation.
Wo
Practice in All Courts.
what
they
are
really
trying
to
do
to
boat,
but
be-
was
no
regular
packet
W> stern World does not speak for It
In 1776 our fathers had a vision
Suite 8, First National Bank Bhlg.,
self alone, but expresses the wishes | of a new Nation "conceived in lib- our resources and how they are driv- tween New York and Boston there
of some of the list ill ng men of tlie erty and dedicated to the proposi­ ing capital away from our borders. was a tolerable road along which
Oregon
Bandon,
community. Having been a resident tion that all men are created equal.” Under Plnchot's policies 5 7 per cent thrice a week light stage coaches
of Coos county for some forty yearH, Without an army they fought tlie of the area of the state of Oregon is passed.
G. T. TREADGOLD
Stand at Central Warehouse
The average speed of the stage
lie Is probably lietter qualified to I greatest of existing world empires untaxed, leaving 43 per cent to pay
Attorney and Counselor at Law
judge the needs of this section of that they might realize this vision. the running expenses of the whole. j coach was four miles per hour, and
Phone
1054
Notary Public
Now
tills
policy
is
to
be
further
ex
­
■ in most sections the mails were car­
tin c list, as well as tlie state at A third of a century later, without
Rooms
1
and
2, First Nat’l Bank Bldg.
in ~-e. than any other person. While a navy they fought the greatest navy tended by the so-called conservation ried on horseback. The stage coach
BANDON OREGON
This does that ran between Charleston and Sa­
i
tiered among our honored pio- in the world that they might win for of their water powers.
Bandon, Oregon
at no time lias he been retired their Nation the freedom of the seaH. not tend to bring capital here to de­ vannah appears to have been tlie only-
DR. S. C. ENDICOTT
fr 'in active life. In fact, he is to Half a century later they fought velop cheap power.—Industrial Notes. public conveyance in the three south­
day one of the most active workers through an unparalleled Civil War
ern states.
Dentist
for Coos county and (lie community that they might eHtabliHh for all time
"Of eight rivers between here and
Community progress depends large
loll this continent the Inalienable right ly on the attitude of the people. If I Washington.” wrote Jefferson from
Office 1241 —Phones— Res. 1101
In which he makes Ills home.
During the many years of I i I h resi­ of life, liberty, and the pursuit of they look upon their town as a place Monticello in 1801, "five have neither
Office in Ellingson Rldg.
dence In tlie county, Mr. liosa has I happiness. A third of a century later good enough to he called "home”, bridges nor boats.” From Baltimore
BANDON. OREGON
been closely In touch with politics. {they fought to emancipate an oppres­ they will work tooth and nail towards to Philadelphia, less than one hund­
He at one time served tlie county in sed neighbor, and, victory won, gave making it permanently prosperous. red miles, the fare was $6 and the
GEO. P. TOPPING
Hie lower house of the legislature and back Cuba to the Cubans, sent an On the other hand, if it is looked up­ charges at the inns on the route were
REAL ESTATE
Attorney at Law
lias al all times been an important army of schoolmasters to educate on as a teniiiorary abode, in view of $2.25 a day.
factor In the selection of candidates for liberty the Filipinos, asked no getting all there is out of it and then
Turnpikes had been built or be­
Insurance
Conveyancing
Practices in all Courts. Office
for public office.
war indemnity from their vanquish­ going elsewhere to live in comfort gun in some localities, notably in
Over Bank of Bandon.
Abstracts
Politically Mr. Rosa lias always ed enemy, but paid him liberally for and luxury, the place is doomed.
Pennsylvania, but such innovations
been Identified witli tlie Republican his property. Meanwhile they offer­
progressed slowly. In Rhode Island,
DR. H. L. HOUSTON
and Notary Public
party and has been an ardent worker ed land freely to any farmer who
Rumors of contemplated
exten- for example, the Legislature refused
Physician and Surgeon
for tlie principles of that institution would live upon and cultivate it. alons cannot harm railroads, if those to appropriate money for the com­
ImmlgrantH on rumors are entirely without founda- pletion of a road, the principal ob­
He is a recognized leader in south­ opened to foreign
Opposite Bank of Bandon
Office Over Drug Store. Hours 9 to 12
western Oregon and during all the | equal terms the door of Industrial
tion.
Consequently tlie persistent jection of one member being "that
a. m.; 1:30 to 4 p. m.; 7 to 8 in the
political trials and tribulations of re-1 opportunity, shared with them poli­
Bandon,
evening. Night calls answered from
denial of prospective activity between turnpikes and the establishment of
Oregon
cent years lie lias stood by tlie (1. O | tical equality, provided by universal
office.
Coos Bay and Eureka by Southern religious worship had their origin in
P faithfully and true He appears to I taxation for univerHal education.
BANDON. OREGON
Pacific officials would indicate Hint Great Britain, the government of
bo an ideal man for the place anil if |
Tlie cynic who can see in thia his­ there is considerable credence to the which was a monarchy and the in­
prevailed upon to run, Western World tory only a theme for hla egotistical
habitants slaves; that the people of
DR. L. P. SORENSEN
latest report.
believes he would receive tlie iionilna | satire Is no true American, whatever
Massachusetts and Connecticut were
Dentist
tion and bi< elected by a large ma-1 hla birthplace. He who looks with
I obliged by law to support ministers
The function of the true peace ad­
jorlty.
pride upon thia history which hla
Office in First National Bank Bldg,
and pay tlie fares of turnpikes and
vocate is not to deplore war but to
hones: Office 1222; res. 152
fathers have written by their heroic
I were, therefore, slaves too; that If
help make peace interesting; to cre­
deeds, who accepts with gratitude the
they
chose
to
be
slaves
they
undoubt
­
BANDON, OREGON
Il 1MHA HHOl 1.1» PREPARE
ate a peace that shall meet war on
Inheritance which they
have be-
edly had a right to their choice, but
Apparently llandonlans are not
its own terms and outbid it; a peace
liieathed to him, and who highly
C. R. BARROW,
free-born Rhode Islanders ought nev
conscious of the fact that many out
that shall answer the normal and
•resolves to preserve thia Inheritance
■ er to submit to be priest-ridden, nor
side people will visit this city during
Attorney
and Counselor
proper demands of the human spirit
unimpaired and to pass It on to his
I to pay for the privilege to travel on
the coming summer.
The comple­
at least as well as war now answers
at
Law
| the highway.”
tion of tlie railroad to Coos Bay; tlie descendants enlarged and enriched, them
Albert J. N ock.
Notary
Public
is a true American, lie hla birthplace
in 1800 there were twenty thous-
wide advertising resulting therefrom,
>r hla parentage what It may
Farmers’ Phone: Office No. 481
' and miles of so-called post roads
t tether with the effect of the fifty
With good highways and a railroad
Residence No. 143
and nine hundred postoffices, but it
thousand colored bookletH that lire
the development of Coos anil Curry
AN ECONOMIC M ISTE
Office
over Skeel’s Store,
a
leí
­
required
twenty
days
to
carry
to be nent east by the Southern Pa
Is it not lietter to buy
countlee would eclipse anything yet
(Jifford Plnchot and other poltti-
Coquille, Oregon
ter
from
Maine
to
Georgia
and
the
ctflc describing this section, I h bound
bread
of
a
bakery
which
experienced. The railroad is sure to
clans are now bending every effort
to cun so a great Influx of visitors
know is fitted with modern
come before many more years; it's gross receipts of the postal depart­
JOHN NIELSON
to force legislation through the V.
They will not stop at Coos Bay or
chinery and lias all sanitary
up to tlie people here to lay tlie plans ment for the first fiscal year of tlie
U. Senate forever tying up tlie wat­
past
century
were
only
$320,000.
The
Notary Public, Insurance, Real
at any one place In C oon county, but,
dilioiis of the best?
for a permanent system of roads. The
er powers of western states. There is
average adult mailed only shout one
being out to look over the country
I util further notice we
time to begin is now.
Estate and Book-keeping
no ground for their argument that
letter a year.
are bound to come to Bandon before
give 3 regular 5c loaves of our
it is necessary to do tills to prevent
The first important advancement
Bandon, Oregon
returning home.
high-grade bread for lOc.
Domestic finance:
A Pennsyl-
the people being robbed by power
In
the
United
States
in
transportation
With the finest bearli on the I’a
vania Judge has ruled tliat if you
companies, for the simple reason that
SMITH J. MANN
clflc Coast this city Hhould awaken
lend your wife money it is hers, and was tlie building of the national pike,
the power companies no longer have
or
Cumberland
road,
which
ran
from
to the opportunity that now presents
a New Jersey court has decreed that
Physician and Surgeon
the rate solely in their hands alone,
it .: If
Among the first steps Hhould
if you give your wife money it Is Washington, by way of Wheeling.
(»fflee In Ellingson Bldg.
be a general
clean-up campaign their rail's are under the Jurisdic­ half hers and half yours,
Evldent- Columbus and Vandalia, to the Miss­
tion
of
state
and
Interstate
commerce
Office
Hours 9 to 12—1 to 5
Nothing is more discouraging to a
"Tlie Peoples' Bake Shop."
ly, it is more blessed to give than to issippi river, which was built in sec­
Phones:
Office
392; res. 214.
commissions
Why have the govern
great
The
tions from 1808 to 1837.
newcomer Ilian to Hee a town full of
lend.
BANDON.
OREGON
advantage
of
such
a
road
was
early-
dirty, III kept streets, alleys and • «♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦«♦♦♦• • «
work
the
realized.
and
from
this
on
yards
Next la a good auto road to • Merchants Should Read This ♦
Hog cholera lias been discovered at
DR. ARTHUR GALE
the beach. Thia matter han been dla- >
Ranchers was spread out in every direction and OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-«
At a recent convention i»f ♦ Eastport in this county.
Physician and Surgeon
cu- ml many times but it Is still iin- > tlie American Ad club. Herman ♦ should take early precaution as the before the middle of the last century
Phones: Office 851; res. SAIL
P ■-•ide to get down to the leach with > Rosenfleld. advertising manager ♦ dreaded disease spreads rapidiv and the facilities for "getting about" were
Office in Ellingson Bl<lg.
a car
What a treat It would be for > of Sears. Roebuck A Co . said « once established spells disaster to as good In this country, considering ■
the circumstances, as in any other I
a n< wcomer to take a spin of a few •
BANDON. OREGON
"Ws have a bureau whose ♦ the entire industry.
$
country of the globe.
miles up and down the beach near the • duty It Is to read each week the ♦
<
water’s edge It would be one of the • country newspapers from all ov­ ♦
I
Standardizing Coos and Curry
I. L SCOFIELD
Professional
Coos county farmers have borrow­
m >1 Interesting points In their lives
er the country. There Is not a ♦ dairy products is another step to­
Dentist
Teacher of Piano
r.nd they would tell about It after • paper of any consequence In our « wards placing local industry on a ed $166.174 from the state school
4
Office hr».: 9 a. ni. to 4 p. tn.;
fund on mortgages.
returning to their homes The pres-
<
trade territory that our bureau ♦ permanent, effective basis
Phone: res. 442. office All.
etit road to the hill near tlie Queen I
does not get This bureau looks ♦
Rooms 9-10 Ellingson building
The first hour ot the morning is
Anno cottage is a good one. but It
IB yrs. Ex|>erience, all work guar­
The Bandon man who said that the rudder of the day
over these papers and when we «
Henry Ward
anteed.
:.li mid be widened at several places
find a town where the merch- « water was only fit for navigation is Beecher.
Bandon,
Gregos
to avoid danger of collisions, and
ants are not advertising In the « probably now trying to get accus­
fr tn the hill a way should be built to
Commltting of Stilus
paper, we Immediately « tomed to its other uses
local
Cut This Out—It 1« Worth Money
Our regular services are as fol­
reach the beach
It la believed that
s Specialty
flood that territory with our <
DON'T MISS THIS Cut out this
lows:
Public worship each Sunday
fundH and labor would be volunteer- I
slip, enclose with five cents to Foley
The Mush recently
Teacher of All Grades
captured
literature. It always brings re- ♦
at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.; Sunday
*
Co.,
Chicago,
III.,
writing
your
ed to do the work; all it requires |a
Russia
is not a breakfast food.
suits far In excess of the same ♦
name and address clearly
You will
school at 10 o'clock; Epworth league
someone or some organisation to I
though It was once a Turkish
effort put forth in territory
receive In return a trial package con
at 7 p. m.; prayer services at private
take charge.
taining Foley's Honey and Tar com
where the local merchants use ♦ light.
homes on Wednesday evenings, a cor­
There are at III other matters of Im-
pound
for
coughs,
cold*
and
croup
their local pat'sr "
n ynbon
OREGON
Foley Kidney Pills and V oley Cathar­
dial invitation le extended to all.—
I .et THIS paper be YOl’R paper tic Tablets
• ♦ • ♦ ♦
Orange Pharmacy.
Rev. C. Mayne Knight, Pastor.
BASOOS
By C. S. THOMPSON, American Defense Society
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The Western World
Professional Cards
R. DAVIDSON
General Transferring
Light and Heavy
Draying
Wolverton
Three 5c Loaves
Seaside Bakery
•
Prof. A.
$ RICHARDS
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