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About Western world. (Bandon, Coos County, Or.) 1912-1983 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1916)
The Official Newspaper of the City of Bandon With the Largest Sworn Circulation in the City. WESTERN WHERE PRODUCTIVE SOIL AND TIDE WATER MEET vol . IV ✓ WORLD lumbering , mining dairying , stock raising BANDON. COOS COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1916 - BANDON CREAMERY HAS A NEW OWNER PLANT WILL PROBABLY BE MOV. El» TO A BETTER IXM'A- TIOX IX A EEW WEEKS. Pete Byer of Coquille Purchases the Plant—Takes Charge Saturday— Will Install Xew Machinery—In tends to Enter the Local Milk and Butter Trade. A deal was completed Monday whereby Peter Byer, manager for the Co-operative creamery company at Coquille, became the owner of the Bandon Creamery, purchasing the interest of Messrs. Baker & Allen, former owners of the plant. To Enlarge the Plant Mr. Byer contemplates a nuifl- ber of improvements to the plant. It will be thoroughly overhauled and pasteurizing equipment among other things, added. By using this equipment he will raise the product of the plant to a high standard and will no doubt find a ready sale for the output. In addition to making butter, Mr. Byer will enter the local milk trade, it Is believed, and in all probability will secure a new loca tion for the plant on First or Second street for the convenience of his patrons. He takes charge Saturday. April 15th, Is an Experienced Creamer) man Mr. Byer is a native of Denmark, and a graduate of the Agricultural College of Denmark. He was engag ed in the creamery business in his native land some years before com ing to this country. In the United States, he was first employed with Newell Co-operative creamery at Newell, Iowa, which had an output of 3,000 pounds of butter per day. He later came to Portland where he was employed for several years with the Portland Pure Milk and Cream Co. and the Hygenic Farm Creamery. While with the first concern he re ceived 3rd prize at the International stock show and third prize at the Oregon state fair at Salem for butter. While with the latter concern, he was awarded highest score for cleanliness of the plant by the Portland board of health, and also the highest score at the state fair for butter. His ser vices were then secured by the Co operative Creamery Co., of Toledo, Ore., and while with that concern, he was awarded a gold medal at the Lincoln county fair for butter. He also entered a sample at the Iowa state fair and received a gold medal Mr. Byer accepted a position with the Coos county creamery two years ago. and entered both butter and cheese samples at the Myrtle Point fair last year, receiving one gold and two silver medals. He states that he believes in the future of this section of the county, and that if the farmers give him their patronage, he will assure them a square deal and top prices for their produce. The Bandon Creamery has been in i operation here for a number of j j years, and, according to J. C. Baker, one of the form-ar owners, the plant did a gross business some years ago of approximately |<0,000 per year. I TO BUILD THE ADDITION Knights of Pythias laxlge la • Drawing Up Plans. Now One of the first signs of renewed confidence In the ultimate growth of Bandon is seen in the determination of the Knights of Pythias lodge to in crease the size of their building by constructing the 9-foot addition along the east side of the lodge hall on Baltimore avenue. The plans for the addition and remodeling are now being drawn up and construction work will start within a few weeks. It is understood the plan is to re construct the lower floor front of the present portion; build on the ad ditional frontage and extend the win dow space at least part way along the Baltimore avenue side The entrance may be changed to the corner also. The upper floor space will probably be changed, the plan being to enlarge the dining room and lockers. The entire building will be repainted and the interior re-papered. The im provements will approximate 82.000. j Local Man Injured In Auto Accident DEEP SEA FISHING S. G, Whitsett Gets Broken Collar Bone When Bank Gives Away RODERICK MACLEAY \) \S HERE and Car Turns Over. ON WAY TO PLANT AT WEDDERRURN. The first auto accident of the sea son occurred Friday evening be tween Corbin and Gold Beach in Cur ry county and almost resulted fatal ly for S. G. Whitsett, who was at the wheel. He escaped with a broken collar bone and several bad bruises, and is now convalescing at his home in this city. Mr. W’hltsett with Harry Bultman, a traveling salesman of Marshfield, and E. B. Syphers, one of the Curry county commissioners, as passengers, was enroute from Gold Beach to Port Orford in a new Chevrolet. At a point a short distance below Corbin a large boulder had washed up in the center of the road and it was neces sary to turn out In passing. In do ing so the lower bank with a por tion of the road gave way and the car fell against a fence. The fence held it Xcr an instant then it too went down and the car turned completely over. Messrs. Bultman and Syphers received only minor bruises but Mr. Whitsett was caught under the car and badly Jammed. Drs. Mann & Leep were called and they brought the patient home. The car was not damaged except for a broken wind shield. The accident occurred at a place where the grade was very steep and if the car would have turned over a second time it probably would have continued to roll for several hund red feet. EX PH ESS EYERY 24 HOURS Special Agent Here Toil») to Arrange Schedule; Much Express. Express every twenty-four hours, Is the Information brought by A. L. Hammell, route agent for the Wells Fargo & Co., who arrived in Bandon today. The new schedule starts tomorrow morning. Express will leave here at 6 a. m. and will arrive in Port land at 10:15 p. m. The in-coming express leaves Portland at 1:30 a m. and arrives in Bandon at 6:30 p. m. Messenger service will be established on both trains. The local office will continue at C. V Lowe’s drug store. Mr. Hammell states the rapid tran sit express service will mean much to this section. Already plans are under way to ship fruit and vege tables to this section in large quanti ties by express and in turn fresh fish and other sea food will be sent out the same way. BANDON-CURR1 ROAD ONE OE THE LEADERS Census Taken by Roadmaster Shows Preferences for Various Roads in the County. That the Township line road be tween Bandon and the Curry county line is one of the most important in the eyes of the people of Coos coun ty is indicated by the census returns received by Roadmaster Murdock. In answer to 4,000 queries sent out ho received about 1700 answers and In addition about 150 personal letters. The census shows that the roads from Marshfield to Coquille. Coquille to Myrtle Point and Bandon to the Curry county line are of first con sideration. The following are the preferences expressed for county roads, sections receiving less than 20 preferences not being listed: Marshfield to Coquille, 262; Coquille to Myrtle Point, 234; Bandon to Curry county line. 230; Myrtle Point to County line. 200; Bandon to Coquille. 182; Sunset Bay to North Bend. 12«; Lakeside to Coos Bay, 88; Coos Bay Wagon road. 82; Bandon to Marshfield (Seven Devils route) 64; Myrtle Point to Dora. 64. Eastside to Sumner. 38. Norway to McKinley. 3«; Coquille to Fairview, 30; Myrtle Point to Co quille via Fishtrap. 22; Myrtle Point to Powers, 22; total. 1692 First class passenger rates between Portland and Coos Bay via the pas senger boats has been lowered from 810 to 87.50; and the steerage rates to 85 It Is reported passengers on a boat from the north last week were confined to two steerage travelers. Cliarle* Johnson AppoiMed Manage»» Hogei* E ouik I t ) Awarded Omlnct for I- Kt Ing» und Col l ara <N>m- of Plant at i*row|ier—Will Can' mit tee Reaches Decision After a Ling Cod and Other De»«p Sea I'M. Nix Hour Session—Installation to —Believe* a lairge and Lucrative Be Rushed to Completion. Industry Can lie Developed Here. At the udjourned meeting of the The coming of the railroad prob ably' means the development of a City Council Friday evening to hear practically new industry here of un and act upon the report of the com limited proportions, if the plans now mittee relative to the water depart- being considered by Roderick Mae 1 tnent supplies bids, it was voted to ac leav, manager of the Mach ay estate, cept tlie report of the committee, which is as follows: are followed out. -* ' Bandon. Oregon. March 7, 1916 Mr. Macleay was in the city the latter part of the week on his way To the Hon. Mayor and Common to Rogue river to attend the opening Council, of tlie City of Bandon, Ore of the estate's cannery at Wedder- gon. Gentlemen: "We, your committee appointed to burn the 15th of this month, and attend to other business matters investigate and report recommenda The Macleay estate recently purchas tions on bids for materials for the ed the Coquille River Fishermen's repair and extension of the Water Co-operative cannery at Prosper and System, report as follows "1st: That Cast iron Pipe be In has placed the plant in charge of Charles Johnson, son of George stalled on First Street East from Johnson, manager of their plant at Bandon Ave. to Fillmore Ave. and that the Bid of the United States Cast Wedderburn. It is too early in the season to Iron Pipe and Foundry Co., of Port forecast fishing prospects on the land, Oregon for 10" and 6” pipe at Rogue river or here, according to 887.00 per ton ami for the required Mr Macleay, but he states that pros fittings at 3 1-2 cents per pound, all pects are apparently for a good sea F. O. B. Bandon be accepted. 2nd: That all other than the above son. The price of higher grade sal mon is lower this year than last, be Redwood Pipe, and that the al there being a drop of about 40 cents ternate bid of tlie Pacific Tank and per case. This is owing to the large Pipe Co. of San Francisco. Cal as amount of high grade salmon still on regards pipe only be accepted. "3rd: That the Lump Bld of tho hand; there being about 81,000,000 worth of it held in storage at Astoria Rensselaer Valve Company for all alone. The Macleay people have t-> Hydrants and Valves for 85436.50 date disposed of only a portion of the f. o, b. San Francisco be accepted. 4th: That the bld of the Rodgers past year's output of their plant. The cheaper grades, however, have Foundry at Bandon Oregon of 4 kept up in price as there has boon cents per pound for all fittings and a good demand for the lower grades, collars delivered to the trench be such as Alaska and silversides. This accepted. "(Signed): Geo P Topping, J. S. is because of the war orders. The Sawyer. C. F. Pape, H. C. Dippel. F. salmon sold in Europe has not gone to the armies. Mr. Macleay believes, J. Chatburn." it was voted to accept the bids of but the product has been bought to lake the place of meat in England ■ the various firms mentioned in the and other countries, where the fish report, and for the mayor and city re ing industry has been practically corder to enter into contracts with closed by the war. He states tliat concerns. They were also instructed a large amount of supplies for the to require bonds from the companion local and Rogue river cannery must to Insure completion of the material be obtained and that these, which contracts. At the committee meeting during cannot be purchased locally, will bo the afternoon practically six hours brought from Portland. was consumed in a discussion of the To Develop Deep Sea Fishing possibility of having the pipe made There are unlimited poseibilitiea here; the advisability of Installing in the development of the deep sea 1 cast Iron; steel; fir or redwood pipe. fishing industry of southwestern Relative to tlie bid of Brown A) Gib Oregon, according to Mr. Macleay. son It was found tlie bl<1 was some who states that at both the local and four hundred d< liars higher than the Rogue river canneries he intends to cheapest bld for redwood pipe and make an effort this year to develop it was discu. -ed at length as to the a deep sea fishing industry. The advisability of awarding the contract company owns a cold storage plant to them under the provisions of the at Port Orford and this will be open- I state laws allowing cities and counties ed this year for handling fresh fish. to show preference to home con Mr. Macleay believes that the ling cerns It was found that shipments cod which is plentiful here can be i of redwood from the south would put up similar to the fish flakes of , require certain provisions as to fi the eastern markets They will con- i nances which the council felt It could duct experiments with this variety of I not lawfully meet. The possibility of fish as well as with handling of fresh I making the pipe of fir was then taken fish of all varieties, if the expert-1 Into consideration, but ft was found ments prove the industry profitable ' tho local timber was not of an age here, Bandon will witness the be« ■ suitable for making pipe of a lasting ginning of an Industry that will mean quality and also that the Moore Lum much to this section. ber company from whom the material The coming of the railroad opens would have to be obtained, was not up the markets of the Willamette particular as to whether it should re and upper Rogue river to this section ceive the material order; it being as their logical supply point for fresh stated that the lumber could be as fish; while hy the use of cold storage readily sold In the south and without fresh fish can be shipped readily to the extra expense of grading. any section of the United States in Tlie motion for the adoption of the competition with the Alaskan fish supply committee's re|>ort was made cries The market Is one that can by Councilman J W. Mast and so be Increased immensely In ths yearn ended by Councilman Nels Rasmus to come and from the very nature of sen Mr Mast gave a considerable the supply will remain more steady talk on the various phases of the re and offer greater profits than that of port, stating that the reason red any other meat industry. wood and not fir pipe was recom By using a cold storage plant to mended was because the wood would hold the fish until they can be manu outlast the bands In redwood pipe. factured It will be possible to keep the » bile in fir pipe the wood would not canneries in operation practically last as long as the bands, and that the year ’round, by working on deep tlie committee were firm In the be sea fish during the periods the sal lief that the redwood would be ser mon fishing is nil viceable under local conditions at Mr. Macleay will remain at Wed leaat ten years longer than fir pipe derbtirn about two weeks, returning Councilman ('hatburn also gave a then to Portland to conduct his cam short talk relative to the report of the paign as candidate for the legislature committee and bls position on the from Multnomah question of making the pipe at home To I *e Griwlrr on Street» Let THIS paper be YOUR |«|>er The matter of using the caterpillar Coos County Will Develop Rapidly NO 21 MAIL NOW ROUTED VIA THE RAILROAD Southern Pacific Representative Here for Short Stay—New Advertis ing Booklet Out. W. H Jenkins, traveling pagaen ger agent for the Southern Pacific railroad company was tn the rtt.v a few days ago investigating this sec tion with a view to luvssenger traffic«, tourist attraction«, and conducting oilier business for the company. Tills was his first visit to Bandon In a number of years, he having made a trip here about twelve years ago. ’Tandon shows a wonderful growth." said Mr. Jenkins, "and with the railroad lint« to Coos Bay now open, you may expect rapid develop ment here. The eyes of the outside are turned this way and you would be surprised at the amount of inter est that is now being taken in your section. The Southern Pacific com pany intends to advertise this sec tion throughout the United Staton." The Southern Pacific has lust Is sued a new- Coos Bav booklet, now be Ing distributed. In which the whole county is extolled The booklets are well illustrated and tho chief in dustrles of the county are given much space in the booklet. Mr. Jenkins visited the various towns of the county, returning to Portland this week. EXCHANGE OF I,ETTERS nilil I S INTERESTING laical Seventh Graders Write to Pu pils in AiiMtialia unii Gel Re plies—a New Feature«. An exchange« of letters between three Seventh B pupils of the local Central school building and an equal number of pupils of tho same grade in schools of Australia has proven very interesting. Tho Idea was conceived by Miss Kato Chatburn, seventh grade teach er. shortly before Christmas, when her clasn was given a letter writing test. Each of the pupils, unassisted, wrote a letter, and some were so ex ceptionally good that Supt Turnbull was naked to select the best two. lie selected three, as the honors for sec ond place were so close that he was unable to decide. The authors <’t the three were Elva Webb, HJordis Leo and Wilbur Jergersen. These letters wero sent to the superintend ent of schools at Kidney, Australia, with a request that they be present ed to three pupils of equal grade for answers. During the past few da) tho answers were received. They were addresaed from Wollongong and Coff's Harbor, two cities on the c'ast south of Sydney. Miss Chai burn states that the letters, which also contain photographs, are very interesting and compare favorable with those of the local pupils. A great deal of human interest h gleaned from them which is lacklnr in text books and the pupils are now eager to learn more about Australia. They were recently given a treat In the way of a lecture on that country by A. <’. Barmore, who had traveled there quite extensively. engine and grader on the streets for a few days was brought up by Mayor Topping, and on motion of Council man II. C Dippel It was voted to us«’ the machine five day under the sup ervialon of Chief of Police F. A Holman, he to be the Judge as to which streets should be worked upon County CommlMdon Geo. J. Arm strong. It was stated, believes that most of the streets could be placed In fair shape In five days, but that It would required at least ten days for a thorough Job. The machinery is furnished by the county free of charge to the city, but the labor cost will average 820 per day. A. H. Hparks appeared before the council relative to the establishment of a third rating In the Occupation Tax ordinance for grocery stores do ing less than 11000 business per month. The matter was placed In the hand» of th« city attorney and city recorder. Councilman Rasmussen »iatcsl he lied been asked to bring before the council the question of having th« jit ney cars establish their stands on the side streets The matter was dis cussed but no action taken. Postmaster Sweet States Parcels Post is to Arrive Every Day—Cur ry County Mail a Day Earlier Also — I sm - m I People Welcome New Ar rangement With Enthusiasm. Just four days ago today Postmast er W. J. Sweet received notification that the mail was hereafter to be routed via the new railroad and Eu gene. He immediately announced the proper changes In the schedule neces sitated by the new order and Bandon people with a more or less audible sigh of relief have Bellied down to the Joy of getting their outside mall in a reasonable period of time, and their parcels post every day. Under tho new arrangement all mail coming from points beyond Coos county arrive In Bandon at 7:30 p. m. aud will bo distributed Iho same evening. The out going mall leaves Bandon at 5:45 a m; and it la an nounced all mall to catch the out going Heivice must be mailed before 8:30 the evening before. This Is necessitated so as to allow (line for distribution to the various sack in which it 1s taken from the local of fice. The mail both coming and go ing Is carried on the river boat. Charm, which meets the train at Ced ar Point a Hliort distance below Co quille. All county mall which does not catch the regular through service is handled under the old service time, arriving here at 11 o'clock a. m., and leaving at 1 p. m. Thus let ters or papers for up rtver cities or Coos Bay may be mailed h ( the Ban don office at 12:30 and be delivered ths same day. Immediate Distribution Mr. S'veet states the plan Is to immcdlstely classify all mall arriving here; sorting It for distribution over the various routes and distributing It to the various locked boxes. This will permit patrons having boxes to secure their mall within a short time after the arrival of the evening boat. The Curry county mall arrives In Bandon nt the same time as local mail Tlie mall from thl« point for that section, together with that sent from the local office to patrons living between tills city and Langlois goes out on the 7 a in. stage Thus It will arrive tn Port Orford about the middle of the day. It ant Outer lloor Kept Open Although the lateness of the ar rival mid the length of time required for cancellation nnd distribution pre cludes opening the general delivery windows at night, they will he opened early In tlie morning, thus allowing general delivery patrons to get th' lr mail early the next day. A number of patrons, however, feel that If pos- slble the outer or vestibule door should not be locked at nine o’clock as has been the custom, but that It should remain open a sufficient length of time to allow persons go ing to the picture shows to obtain their mall before returning home. Mr. Sweet states this matter U de termined under tho government’s lense on the post office building, but that it may possibly be arranged with A G Thrift, owner of the building, whereby the outer office may be kept open until a later hour Assistant Chief Clerk Graves of Portland arrived In Coos County the first of the week and has made ar rangements for a mall clerk over th« railroad from Powera to the Ray. Ho slated the regulations from Wa il lusion provided for the mall clerk only six days of the week, but that ha believed this would be changed hy next Sunday. If not the mall will be went through from Eugene In closed packages C. A Davis of Two Mlle lias bls big steam shovel at work on the Chris. Richerts flare digging ditches for the piirisise of draining all the bottom lands Drain tile will be put In io make the work |x«rmanent Petltlona are now befog circulated to call a special election, .May 19th (primary election day) for the pur- puee of voting on the bond Issue for good roads.