The Official Newspaper of the City of Bandon
ith the Largest Sworn Circulation in the City,
WESTERN
WORLD
BANDON
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WHERE PRODUCTIVE SOIL AND TIDE WATER MEET
VOL. IV
T es “ lis ™ ieo
BOND ISSI E OF »2.000 ( ABRIES
REMOVAL OF SITE GETS
MAJORITY VOTE.
9
LUMBERING, MINING, DAIRYING, STOCK RAISING
BANDON, COOS COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1916
"E™~. Sailin? Schooner Oakland STEAMER RESCUED SHIPYARD PROSPECT
AT BROOKINGS MILL
OFF CAPE BLANCO LOOKING BRIGHTER
Abandoned at Sea
Both Factions Claim Victory on Re- J. H. Owens, Manager of New Com-
moral Question—Board
pany in Charge, Gives Out News
Holds
Two-thirds Vote Required; Others
of Ke-opening of < ani|i
Bet ween
Claim Only Majority Necessary—
(loo and TOO Men to Be Employ*
Opinion Quoted by Latter.
ed—To Sell Town Lots.
Word was received
here about 'calked, but it is believed that under
noon today that the three-masted the pressure of the high wind and
sailing schooner, Oakland.
which heavy seas she sprung a leak, and the
left this port with a cargo of 12
pumps were unable to keep the water
000 ties at 1 1 o’clock Saturday night! ’•sout of her hold.
had been abandoned at sea by the
Loss Estimated at S.30.000
crew and may be a total loss.
While the value of the boat is not
Seven of Crew- Saved
A Seattle dispatch dated March
22 says: "The Merchant’s Exchange
reports that the steamer Saginaw
which passed in at Cape Flattery
this morning has on board
seven
men of the crew of the schooner Oak
land. abandoned off Tillamook, Ore
gon, in a waterlogged condition.”
Another dispatch from Tillamook
says:
"The Oakland was sighted
drifting abandoned and waterlogged
ten miles west of here today.”
known here Mr. Best estimates that
at the present price of shifts she was
worth »25,000.
Iler cargo is val
ued at $5.000.
li is not known
whether she was insured, but it Is
believed at the local office that Hill*
was.
Bought for Moore Sei v h e
The Oakland was owned by the
Fyfe-Wilson Lumber Co., of San
Francisco.
She was recently pur-
based for tlie purpose of assisting
in carrying the product of the Moore
Lumber company of this city. With
the temporary loss of the Flfield
this second disaster may prove a seri-
o«s blow to the local shipping inter
ests, and It is probable that it may
interfere with the local mill.
That the Brookings camp will be
The Two Mile school controversy
is becoming more complicated than one of the livliest lumber manufac-
ever and it is now believed that a turing points along the coast the
legal fight will be waged which may coming summer is the news brought
from Curry county by Dr. L. P Sor-
go as far as the Supreme Court.
ensen yesterday.
Election Held Monday
To Build Kailroad
A meeting was held at the site
In
an
interview with J. H. Owens,
Monday from 2 to 7 p. m. at which
two elections took place, one to vote manager of the California & Oregon
the
new
corporation
bonds and another to remove the company,
school site to a place on the Town which has taken over the holdings at
ship Line road. The former was for Brookings, he enumerated the vari-
Details Are Lacking
a »2,000 issue, the money to be used ous improvements to bo made at
Details of the Oakland’s disaster
for the purpose of erecting a new- once.
are lacking here, the only informa
Between four and five miles of
building, and it carried by a vote of
tion at hand being received from
railroad is to be constructed from tlie
32 to 13.
press dispatches, which
are very
mill
to
connect
with
the
Grants
Pass
Results in Dispute
brief. Local Manager W. E. Best of
The election to remove the site and Crescent City line, and into the the Estabrook company stated this
Three Times and Out
resulted in a vote of 25 in favor and redwood timber; and a million dol evening that he had
The old saying "three times and
received no
21 against, but the question as to lar dock is to be built. In the town word from the company’s headquar out”, is in truth applicable to the
whether it carried or was defeated is of Brookings 25 residences, two ters at San Francisco.
Oakland. In first leaving San Fran-
still a mooted one. Those in favor store buildings, two garages, a pool
Cicso harbor about a month ago she
Caught
in
Htoini
of making the move claim that where room and several other structures
was struck and badly damaged by
The
Oakland,
in
charge
of
Capt.
a site is to be moved which contains are to be put up and on June 1 town
another
vessel.
In the second at
G. C. Dent, arrived off Bandon bar
no school house only a majority iB lots will be placed on sale. No re
tempt to leave, in tow of the Ban
in
tow
of
the
Steamer
Bandon
on
required. Those against the propo strictions will be placed on the real
March 12th.
She loaded with ties don. she rammed the latter causing
sition hold that a two-thirds major estate sold as it is not intended to
at
the
Estabrook
wharf and left again the Bandon considerable damage.
ity is required in the present case, make it a one-man town.
Saturday
night
under
sail for San This is tier third accident and ft may
To Employ lairge Force
therefore claim that the question was
Diego.
The
equinoctial
storm from prove her last.
At the present time 137 men are
defeated. The majority of the board
The Oakland's Log
the
southwest,
which
started
in early
employed, the mill being operated on
favor the latter side.
The Oakland was built in 1902
Sunday morning, is believed to have
rail
ly
to
cut
lumber
for
the
dock,
Clerk Explains Meeting
prevented the boat from making any at San Francisco. Her official num-
Arthur Covell, clerk of the Two road and buildings. ’ By August 1st.
headway in the direction of her des her is 155444. gross tonnage 418
Mile school board, in
furnishing Mr. Owens estimates, between 600
tination; instead she
was
blo%n t«ns,_ net tonnage 383 tons, length
Men
and
700
men
will
be
employed
Western World the results of Mon
northward.
Before
being
loaded
here 148 feet, breadth 3 5.6 feet, depth
with families will be given prefer
day’s meeting, writes:
the boat was carefully gone over and 1 9.5 feet.
Mr.
Gates,
formerly
saw
yer
ence,
"Considerable wordy warfare was
in progress during the meeting, there at the Lyons-Johnson mill at Bandon
being an element introduced with is one of those now employed.
The Brookings mill operates alto-
the express purpose of interfering
It has a ca-
with the legality of our meeting, but get her by electricity.
this was for the time being frustrat pacity of between 500 and 700 thous-
and feet a day. It Is situated in the
ed.
“The people living along the Town heart of a large belt of fir and red Deputy Sheiiff Series Mandamus on
Members of Board Who Will
ship Line road are determined that wood, and is said to be the only port
the school house shall not be placed where a ship can get a full mixed
Appear in Court.
in its present geographical center of cargo of those two kinds of J iiih -
the district, hence, some new devel her.
Deputy Sheriff W. C. Laird was
The new- saw mill that la being
opments are expected as far as craf
in Bandon Tuesday enroute to Two installed by Goo. W. Dafoe, six miles
tiness and a selfish motive can ac
May Build Addition
Mile to serve papers in the manda north of Bullards, near Merchants’
complish anything.
It is reported that the local K niglits mus proceedings on members of the
place, will be ready to begin opera
•’The present school board were of Pythias lodge is considering the school board. The action is tin1 re
tions In about a month, according to
again subjected to a- considerable advisability of putting an addition
sult of a ease filed in Circuit Court Mr. Dafoe, who was in tlie city sev-
amount of abuse, but they are de to their building at First street and by Samuel Wood for the Township
eral days this week. A large part of
termined, in spite of the hampering Baltimore. The addition would cov
Line faction in tlie controversy over the plant has already been built and
obstacles placed in their way to serve er the vacant space between the
the removal of the site and is the the boilers will arrive on the Bandon
the interests of the minority."
present building and the sidewalk outcome of the board’s failure to
this week. Probably not more than
The election board was composed along Baltimore avenue.
It would call a recall election as petitioned.
15 men will lie employed. Two mil
of the following:
Judges—F.
N. add a great deal more floor space
The mandamus, issued by .ludge lion feet of cedar, «prut and fir logs
Perkins, Bert Kay, A. J. Lock wood; to the store room occupied by the Coke, commands the b< ard to call
have been c<ntr:.ted for from Chas
clerk— Samuel Wood.
Bandon Furniture company and on an election or appear at the Court
and Wm. Suit ’i, u"d rfter this Is
Wood Quotes Authority
the second floor would afford one house tn Coquille Monday, April 3rd.
cut several more mi.!1 • u; of feet are
Samuel Wood, one of the leaders of the largest halls in this section of an<l show- cause why such election
available in another nearby tract.
for the Township Line side, went to the state. If tlie addition is made, should not be called. Papers in tlie
The finished product will be haul-
Marshfield Tuesday and interviewed many improvements will also be
case were served on Chairman W. < d to Bullards or Randolph and ship
District Attorney L. A. Liljeqvlst as made in the lodge rooms.
Z. Dunmire, Clerk Arthur Covell. ped out over the local bar.
to the site election.
He returned
Geo. Ileuther and Geo. Cox, the lat
L. E. Swan of Detroit, Mich , who
yesterday with
the statement that
Building New River Bout
ter tv(o members of the board. How is to be superintendent of the plant,
Mr. Lilje.iVist had affirmed his I Lil-
Ed. Ellingson at Coquille is build ever, Mr. Wood explains that Mr. arrived on the Elizabeth and witli
jeqvist’s) previous written opinion ing a new river boat for I). I.. Per Cox is not named in the case, as he
Mr. Dafoe Is at present at tlie plant.
that to move a school site which con kins and Roy Fox, which is to be is willing to call such an election.
Mr. Dafoe is a prominent business
tains no school house only a ma used for freighting service between
Chairman Dunmire, who was In man of Detroit,
lie was formerly
jority Is required. Mr. Wood gateti Coquille and Myrtle Point. The boil the city today, stated to a Western interested in mining operations in
further that those in favor of re er from the Favorite is being used World representative that the board
this section.
moving the site would hold to the and new engines are being secured would not cull such an election, but
if
necessary
attorney’s opinion and
from Coos Bay. She will be 65 feet that the member« would appear at
Commercial Club to Meet
go into court on the question.
long and have a stern w heel.
Coquille on the 3rd. He claims that
The Bandon Commercial Club in
Inters Are Disqualified
it is not within their jurisdiction to
to hold a meeting for the election
It is reported that a number of
Prominent Speaker Coming
call such an election; that there are
of officers and the consideration of
votes were challenged by the judges
Mrs.
Blanche Faulds received no grounds for a recall and they
tax questions at the city hall Mon-
and that sveeral voters were dis word today that Miss Mary E. Brown would fight the matter to a finish
day evening, March 27th
qualified.
Among the latter were national superintendent of the moral
those who intended to vote on the education and race betterment de-
new dentist « timing here
t IKK < XI •>ES l> 4M t<»E
grounds of owning stock
in
the partmejix of the W. C. T IL, will be
Farmers’ Manufacturing & Supply in Bandon and deliver an illustrated
of
company, which concern operates a stereoptfcon lecture the latter part Dr. F. A. Voge of Portland Will Take Home of l„ W. Robinson Scene
Small Blaze Monday.
Sorensen
’
s
Practice.
Dr.
cheese factory.
The township line of nex* week. The date and place
A tire occurred at tlie L. W. Rob
Dr. L. P. Sorensen, who returned
people accuse the judges of being un will be announced later Mrs. Faulds
fair. and say that if all the legal will go to Marshfield to meet Miss this week from a trip to Curry county inson home on Ocean Drive Monday
voters would have been allowed to Brown and there arrange a schedule states that Dr. F. . A. Voge of Port- afternoon, which caused slight dam
A
land, a former schoolmate, would age before being extinguished.
exercise their franchise the removal for the county.
arrive with his wife in Bandon Sat- > wooden wall caught fire from a
question would have been carried by
urday to take over Mr. Sorensen's j chimney, ruining the partition to
a two-thirds majority.
Fifieid Work Progressing
and practice. The latter has the extent of about »25 and Injuring
office
The work of pulling the Fifieid
Trains will be running over the onto the beach, so that it can be re not decided what he will do the com- I furniture to the amount of »45. The
Willamette Pacific by the first of paired. has been progressing satis ing summer but is making pre),«ra furniture was covered by insurance
the month.
factorily the past week. The first tions to leave next fall for Chicago but tlie house, which is owned by
J. B Marshall * Bon. is not insured.
♦ • « pull was made Monday and with to take up a post-graduate, course In
♦ « ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
In response to the alarm the Central
dentistry.
♦ each high tide she has been brought
♦
Transfer’s auto truck took the chemi
Dr.
Voge
was
in
Bandon
and
ex
out
farther,
until
at
present
she
has
«
MAN IS DV8T
♦
cal cart out and volunteers pulled
♦ been moved about 80 feet. It is amined the field two weeks ago. He
Durr SETTLES
♦
the hose cart to the scene.
The
Is
an
experienced
practitioner
and
♦ thought that 60 or 70 feet more will
ARE YOU A MAN?
«
during the past year has been taking work of the volunteers waved the
0
♦
building and contents.
special work at Portland.
« 0 0| work may be commenced.
Dafoe Mill To Run
Two Milers Will
In About a Month
Fight the Recall
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NO. 18
»
nil: (,. < LINDA! ER MISI S DI i Iv
LOAD INII IS DlSklil.ED IX
GALE MI DM SliM
Vietine Sudili Enroute to Coos Bay
Takes Distressed tessei In Tow
for San Francisco llarlmr—Natine
of Trouble Not Known But Sup|x>s-
ed to Have Been Engine Trouble.
I •
I'OSSIBH.I IA III GETTING
I I M-
Bl- R IT UH II. MILL U il l.
DEI IDE QI ESTItlN.
Negotiate ns With Portland Man Pro
gressing Satisfactorily Kats .lolm
Melson—lawal Manager I’ierce of
Moore Company Believes Term»
May Be Reached—to Know Soon.
Marshfield, March 22- -With her
deck load gone and ill trouble with
| her engines, wallowing helpless in
n heavy swell, the steam schooner
G. C. Lindauer of San Francisco, was
1 picked up about 4 o'clock this morn
ing off Gape Blanco by the Adeline
I Smith.
('apt. It. W. Olsen si lit a
j wireless message to the C. A. Smith
company of this city, saying that lie
j had headed back to San Francisco.
About six o’clock the steamer Yel
lowstone, bound for Coos Bay. passed
the two boats. Captain Carlson on
his arrival here today, stated that the
Lindauer seemed to be riding well
and was not water logged. He said
that last night was a severe one. The
southwest wind was not heavy, but
there was a terrific swell that tossed
the vessels about considerably. The
bar was lumpy and he had to wait
more than an hour and a half out
side before coming in about noon.
The G. C. Lindauer is known at
Marshfield having been in port about
two years ago. She is of 453 gross
tons, 158 feet in length,
has a
breadth of 36 feet and carried u crew
of 19 men. She was built in 1901
at Aberdeen and Is owned in San
Francisco.
it was stated that tlie
vessel is named for the owner.
That the opening of the local
shipyard depends almost entirely on
the possibility of making satisfactory
arrangements with the Moore mill
to obtain the necessary lumber at
proper figures is the statement made
by John Nielson
yesterday.
Mr.
Nielson is negotiating between Chris
Nobley of Fortland, who wants to
construct two large lumber carrier«,
and Kronenberg & Foa|rd of San
Francisco, owners of the plant.
Mr Nielson received further com
munication from the Portland man
Tuesday and apparently all prelim
inaries in the deal appear satisfac
tory.
The matter of securing the
sliip lumber from the local
mill,
which Is to open Monday, April 3rd.
la still
uncertain,
although
Mr.
Pierce, local representative of tho
mill interests, has informed
Mr.
Nielson that he was satisfied pro
per arrangements could be made,
as Mr. Moore is equally Interested
with the balance of the local people
in seeing the shipyard again in ope
ration.
It is understood that Mr. Kronen
berg Is enroute to Bandon on tin*
: Speedwell, and Mr Moore is also ex
pected down from Toledo In a short
time.
An unusual amount of interest is
displayed in the pendinx deal by
WIIAT HI RAI. CREDITS
I
WOlLIt MEAN TO COOS rusidents of this section, it being
gonernlly conceded that the opening
of the plant would lie a big factor In
Arthur Peck, Candidate for Repre
bringing greater prosperity than <-ver
sentative Explains New Measure
to the lower Coquille river tlie com
Which lie Favors.
ing summer.
Arthur K. Peck of Marshfield In
this Issue of Western World nnnounc
es his Candidacy for representative in
the legislature. He was in Bandon
today getting acquainted with some
ot the voters and in an interview
stated that of all the measures ei<
penned by the various political ar
pirants lie endorses only the rural
credits measure which he explains In
part as follows:
“Although tho rural credit Idea Is
comparatively new, it has been en
acted into a law and proven iiiccess-
ful In several states
By such a
measure tlie state will be authorized
to bond for 2 per cent of tho assess
ed valuation, bonds to bear 4 per
cent interest, money thus derived to
I » loaned to the farmers at 5 per
< -nt for five to twenty-five years
f>r the exclusive purpose of agricol
( iral development, the system to lie
self sustaining on the margin be
tween interest paid on bonds and re
ceived from loans.
"To get down to cases what would
this proposition mean to Coos conn
ty?
First, It would mean
about
$4o**,oon oo to be loaned out in Coos
county to several hundred farmers,
for tho exclusive purpose < f tnrm
development.
This will mean the
lapid agricultural development of
Coos county which we all
want.
Farmers needing funds for develop
ment, homesteaders who have title to
their claims, and farm seekers from
other parts of the country will all
be in line to use rural credits for the
development of dairy
land,
fruit
land, cranberry and loganberry cul
ture, etc. Second, while this meas
ure is for the immediate rural bene
fit yet It will help us all, tor the
»400,000.00 loaned out will be most
ly spent with tlie Coos county mer
chants in tlie first instance. It will
also make farm prosperity which will
contribute materially toward town
prosperity. Tlie increased develop
ment will also Increase our assess
ment roll and help to bear the pres
ent onerous burden of taxation.
“We want our agricultural lands
developed, but under the present
banking and credit system there Is
no long time, low interest credit
available to the farmer. And until
we get such credit for the farmer
we cannot expect our agricultural
lands to be developed very much."
Manciet Bros, this week moved I >
their new stand in the Buckinghn >i-
Biggs block and are busy getting
things in shape. Only a porlli n < f
their new fixtures arrived on the
last Elizabeth, but tlie balance I,-. ex
peeled < n the next boat. Their new
equipment is all of the highest qual
ity, adding greatly to tho attructlve-
ness of tlielr place.
The Elizabeth arrived Sunday from
San Francisco with tlie following pa
sengers:
L. A. Irvan, (’. E. Broad
bent, A. I’ McClure, Mrs M Ashton,
P. T Crawford. A It. McCartney, W.
P. Crumby, Martin Anderson, C <’
Rathburn, J. It Stow, A Olsen and
F. L. Dean
A pair of Fords arrived on the boat
from Coquille Saturday In charge of
Local Agent Al Garfield
One w-is
for Garoutte Bros., and tho other
for W. L. Davidson
Mr Garfield
states that since driving one of tho
little cars from Marshfield to C -
quille through flercs roads lie ha i
more respect for the Peace King’s
product than ever
L. H. Murphy arrived
Haturd ly
from Ills home at Three Forks, M< lit ,
to join his wife here for a visit with
the latter’« parents, Mr. and Mrs II.
C. Dippel, and other relatives
Mr
Murphy arrived several days previ
ous. Mr Murphy Is In the im-rcan
tile business being connected with tlie
Golden Rule corporation, which con
<ern owns a chain of stores In Mon
tana and other sections of the we t
He visited here three years ago and
-ays that considerable change has
taken place in Bandon since then.
The Port of Bandon commissioner.i
met at Atty. G. T Treadgold’s office
Saturday, attending to the usual
routine business. They also author
ized more money to be deposited with
the IL S government engineering of
fice at Portland to pay current ex
panse« of the local work now ill
progress.
All were present but A.
McNair, who was unable to attend
on account of sickness, and E. E.
Johnson of Coquille who is In San
Francisco on businea«.
A number of Two Milers were in
the city today.