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President Vested With
Greater Powers Than
’ Monarchical Sovereigns
Odd Incidents In
American History
?
Like the Fifield the Bear is doom
ed to the boneyard.
Lodge Directory
At last the obnoxloua job of clean
ing up Mexico is about to commence.
BANDON LODGE No. 130
A. F. & A. M.
PICKETT’S CHARGE AT THE BAT
Envy Is almost always at the bot
Stated communication Saturday after
TLE OF GETTYSBURG
tom of the “knocker's rap.” Give up the full moon of each month. Sojourn
knocking and cultivate peace of Master Masons cordially invited.
The Civil War presents no inci mind.
W. A. Le GORE, W. M.
dents which can in any way compare
C. E. BOWMAN, Secretary.
with the famous charge of General j It was a little disagreeable but
L O. O. M
Pickett corps at the battle of Gettys that shower was worth thousands of
burg. It was one of the most dar- [ dollars to the dairymen and stock
By WILLIAM E. BORAH. Senator
Loyal Order of Moose meets
I ing episodes of any war, and stamps raisers.
Photo by American
Every
Thursday Evening in Moose
From Idaho
Pickett as one of the bravest and
Press Association.
i most determined men who ever drew ! What is there In this world which Home. Transient Moose cordially
invited. Something doing every
■vu >**Mb*iM**iMVnM**a I a sword.
■MU
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■MU
will take the place of the comfort
Owned and published by
Thursday.
General
Edward
Pickett
command-
j
FELSHELM & HOWE
HE constitution vests great powers in the presidential office. All I ed a division of the army of Northern ' able feeling that you have given ev
W. A. Le GORE, Dictator.
ery man a square deal?
strong
presidents
and
some
weak
ones
may
make
such
use
of
these
H. E. HORNUNG, Sec'y.
¡Virginia at Gettysburg. The daring j
L. D. Felsheim. Editor.
powers that the powers really will exceed those exercised by any charge was made on the afternoon of j
Four hundred and
thirty-two
Entered as second-class matter at the sovereign on earth.
July 3, 1863. up Cemetery Ridge. By!
pout office at Bandon, Oregon, January
Not only is it true that the president has more power than any sov piercing the Federal center he hoped ’ people at Portland. Oregon, listened
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2d, 1913, under Act of March 3, 1879.
ereign in the world, but I have every reason to believe the American peo to turn (he tide of battle In favor of to a talk on preparedness made at
Seaside Camp No. 212, W. O.
Portland, Maine, by General Wood,
W. Meets first and Third Tuesdays
Subscription Hates: $1.50 per Year ple want him to have this power. I do not recall a single instance in I the Confederate arms.
Friday night. It was by long dist
our
history
when
the
people
did
not
support
the
president,
EVEN
Six Months, 75c; Three Months 40c.
This charge has been the theme of ance telephone. New York, Chicago, in each month at 8 P. M.; Knights of
WHEN It WAS PLAIN THAT USURPATION OF POWER WAS a host of writers, .who deemed it an
Pythias hall. Visitors are assured a
Telephone IMI I
RESORTED TO—USURPATION OR SOMETHING MARVELOUS* honor to have Bhared the fortunes of and other cities "butted in” on the hearty welcome.
conversation preceding the Wood ad
LY AKIN TO IT.
J. N. HO8K1NG, C. <X
the torn and shattered columns of
Secrecy seems to be a great augmentor of power. I do not know of Kray which had attempted and failed dress when mayors and other offi F. H. COLGROVE, Clerk.
cials exchanged greetings.
any other government so secretive with reference to foreign relations.
to accomplish the impossible, or those
PEACE AND WAR.
There may have been a time when secrecy in this regard was essen who stood in the lines of blue by
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
The sleek sen, gorged and sated,
tial. But that time has passed. Today in the United States we ought which that charge was repelled.
basking lies.
Delphi
Lodge No. 84, Knights of
EXTERIOR AND
to do away with all this ominous secrecy.
The cruel creature fawns and
The second day of the great Gettys,
Pythias. . Meets every Monday even
IF WE TRULY BELIEVE IN A DEMOCRACY WE OUGHT TO BE burg fight tiad closed, with neither
INTERIOR
blinks and purrs.
ing at Knights hall. Visiting Knights
And almost we forget wliat
WILLING TO TRU8T THE PEOPLE WITH THE8E VITAL ISSUES- side possessing any great advantage,
invited to attend.
fangs are hers
ISSUES WHICH MAY INVOLVE SACRIFICE OF LIFE AND THE 'excepting that the Federal army was
S. Ralph Dippel. C. C.,
And trust for once ber emersld-
SHEDDING OF BLOOD UPON FIELDS OF BATTLE.
fighting on its own ground and with
B. N. HARRINGTON. K. of It. 8.
golden eyes;
a much superior force in point of
Though haply on tbe morrow
numbers.
she shall rise
any shade or quantity
at the very onset that the affairs in i a totally different nature (from
As the morning of July 3rd dawned
And summon ber infernal min
hand were not to be considered on i those which absorbed the peoples of General Warren, acting for Genera)
isters
WALL TINTS, OILS
DR. R. V. LEEP
any partisan basis. The sole object : an earlier period). The arts of avar Meade, established a cordon of troops
And charge ber everlasting
and VARNISHES
was to be service, and democratic ser ice, in fact, are the only ones that ¡and batteries which drove Johnson
barriers.
Physician and Surgeon
With wild white Angers snatch
vice at that. "I stand,” he said, . are now cultivated."
Office in Ellingson Bldg.
i out of his position on the right. Lee
High Standard Paint Store
ing nt the skies.
speaking before the Elmira chamber
This sounds very like the indict having failed in Ills attack both on
Phone 394.
of cohimerce, "for the people of the ment brought against the people of Meade’s left and right, was in a
BANDON. OREGON
Ho hetwltt peac* and war man'»
state of New York against extortion, the modern world. Perhaps it is a quandary as to whether he would
llfe Is cast.
I against tavorltism, against financial little more amicably phrased than have to give up the fight and retreat
First st., and Elmira ave.
Yet hatb he drenmed of perfect
CHATBURN & GARDNER
1 scandal I and against everything that the twe^teth century censor would or make another and last attempt. As
pence at last,
goes
to
1
corrupt
our
politics
by
Inter-
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
frame it, but it amounts to substan he had been reinforced by Stuart’s
Hhephenllrut all the natlons
ference i with the freedom of our legis- tially the same thing and, like all cavalry, and as a fresh division und >oo
ev'n ns sheep.
We Practice in All Courts.
lature and administration. 1 stand broad generalizations, it can easily er Pickett was available he determin
The IncoMtant. moody ocean
Suite 3, First National Bank Bldg.,
ahnII ns aoon,
for honest government and effective be picked to pieces.
ed to pierce the left center of the Un
Oregon
Bandon,
At the cold dlctates of the blood
regulation by the state of public ser
It is reasonably certain that in ion army. To this end he directed
les« inoon.
vice corporations.'’ And the record
Pliny’s time there were still plenty Longstreet to form a strong column
G. T. TREADGOLD
8wesr an eternlty of baleyon
of the Hughes administration In New-
of tolerably good people in the cir | of attack, to be composed of Pickett's
■leep.
Attorney and Counselor at Law
York is tlie story of the promise thus
cles which we are disposed to regard and Pettigrew's, and two brigades of
—William Watson.
implied absolutely fulfilled.
Notary Public
Pender's
divisions.
Stuart
was
to
at
The political machine which lived as hopelessly corrupt; indeed, he fur-i tack the Union fprees from the rear,
Rentals
Notary
Public
Rooms
1
and
2, First Nat’l Bank Bldg.
nishes, in his own conduct, a dis
and worked by corrupt methods, the
WAR IN NEAR
claimer of the sentiments expressed but his attempt was unsuccessful.
Bandon,
Oregon
222 First Street
gamblots, ttie corporate ringsters, the
Unless Carranza or President Wil -lemagogues were all fearlessly antag by him. for he Is on record as a lib Thereupon Pickett formed his col
Phone 71
DR. S. C. ENDICOTT
son hacks down, war in Mexico is In onized as tlie duties of the office de eral contributor to the cause of pub umn of attack and pushed forward
towards
the
Union
center
as
soon
as
Bandon, Oregon
evitable. The former's orders to at manded that tlie rights of the people lic education, and his curious com
Dentist
tack all American troops on Mexican as a whole should be protected from pendium of the available informa the Federal batteries had slackened.
Whitelaw Reid, the gifted war cor-
Office 1311 —Pliones— Res. 1131
soil moving In any direction except either one. For theJirst time In the tion of his times seems to have been
Office in Ellingson Bldg.
north, and the ln**r’a orders to hunt history of New York^admlnlstratfons compiled without any hope of reward respondent, described the Pickett
BANDON. OREGON
down bandits regardless of Mexican everyone who had business with the other than that which the satisfac- charge as "the great, desperate and
The Confederates
threats has caused a clash, which cost governor came to see him through tion of doing the work brought him. final struggle.
But Pliny was merely reflecting seem to have gathered up all their
the Ilves of a score or more Ameri the front door. The business of his
GEO. P. TOPPING
can soldiers.
the
pessimism which seems to be In strength and desperation for one
fflce was transacted in the open,
Attorney at Law
Carranza has admitted his author- 'here was no secret or backstairs ap separable from an advancing civili- fierce, convulsive effort that should
HAND-TAILORED
sweep
over
and
wash
out
all
resist
ity for the attack, and about all that proach. because there was no longer '.ation, and he forgot that in Ills vol
Practices in all Courts. Office
is lacking for a declaration of war any need for it. There was nothing uminous writings lie was directing ance, In some places they literally
Over Bank of Bandon.
between the two countries Is for the to hide. There was not only a new (lie a((en(ion of his countrymen to lifted up and pushed back the Union
lines,
but
that
terrible
onslaught
latter to declare his intentions man nt the wheel, but as a matter of utterances of another author who
DR. H. L. HOUSTON
through established diplomatic chan (act a new kind of a man; an execu nearly a thousand years earlier was could not be continued at the fright-
fill
sacrifice
with
which
it
had
to
he
"Distinctively
for
Gentlemen"
Physician and Surgeon
nels. An ultimatum has been sent tive with the Ideal of constantly em expressing his dissatisfaction with
to the southern republic by the Presi phasizing Ills official obligation, of the covetous tendencies of ills con made.'* Pickett was finally forced to
Office over First National Bank:
dent; upon the answer will depend constantly holding up to view the temporaries. In Ills maxims, Theog- retire, after Ills men had flowed over
the first line of the Federal battle
Hours, 9 to 12 a m; 1:30 to 4 p. in.;
.»in
says:
"Now
no
limit
of
wealth
America's immediate action.
SPRIXG ST4 LES AND 8AM
truly democratic purpose of office-—
7 to 8 p. m. Telephone 491.
has been made clear to men. for they front occupying the crest of the hill
I’l.EN NOW ON
Hint of single minded service.
Of the gallant command two-thirds
BANDON, OREGON
It will be also remembered by those who of us now have much substance
DiNPiaY.
had been killed, wounded or captured
drive
after
twice
as
much,"
and
Hes
who familiarized themselves with the
and every brigade commander and ev
C. R. BARROW,
tecord of the Hughes administration iod in his "Works and Days." testi
"We must therefore constantly ein that he sought to and as a matter of fied: "For now in truth is the iron ery field officer, save one, fell.
Attorney
and Counselor
The charge was over. It was the
phaaiz* official obligation and ever fac,li(1 bn"art some" concept'of this race; neither will they ever cease by
at
Law
hold up to
lo view the true democratic ,plrlt of 8prv|pe t0 the legislature It lay, nor at all by night from toil greatest charge in any battle of mod-|
ern
times,
and
It
had
failed
It
ideal of office."
Notary
Public
was his plea that th* legislative halls ind wretchedness, corrupt as they
would be impossible to surpass the
The fofegoing was the keynote should be tilled with men of strength are."
Farmers’ Phone: Office No. 481
gallantry of those who made it or
sentiment of an address delivered by and Independence, and it was his
Residence No. 143
Pliny tells us that Hesiod wrote of those who withstood it.
PRESSI
N(f
Governor Hughes before the Civic Tight to keep the legislatures co-ordi 'at the very dawn, so to say. of liter
Office over Skeel’sStore,
All that long sultry July morning
Forum in Carnegie hall during the nated with him free from th* influ ature." and that he already then
Coquille, Oregon
the
big guns had kept up a steady
first year of hla stewardship as chief ence of special Interests that sought nourned the passage of the golden
JOHN NIELSON
executive of the Empire state. Every through that body to balk the efforts ige when "men were free from ills cannonading which as mid-day ap
person at all familiar with the his of honest and beneficial government. ind without harsh labor and painful proached died away and a hush fell
Notary Public, Insurance, Real
tory of the Hughes administration in ; It was by his Influence that the so- liseases." One of these days we over the vast battle field as
Estate and Book-keeping
which
precedes
a
coming
storm,
New York, says the Portland Tele j clal conscience of the people as It iliall undoubtedly find inscribed on
a
breath
of
wind
was
stirring
and
gram, an Independent paper, will con found expression in the legislature th* clay tablets of Babylon, now be
Bandon, Oregon
cede that th* principle embodied in aucceaafully opposed and abolished ing unearthed by the archeologists, under the hot, sultry summer sun. ev- j
en the cries of the wounded appeared
this keynote utterance was exempli notorious abuses In the state, and yet 'omplafnts of like character
SMITH J. MANN
Th*
to die away.
fied in gubernatorial act.
in these as In all matters Governor Itible Is full of testimony that yester-
Physician and Surgeon
Suddenly a gray wave seemed to
When Hughea assumed the duties Hughes Insisted that there should be iay was better than the day after,
Office in Ellingson Bldg.
rise
frotn
th®
Confederate
breast-
I
REAL
ESTATE
of the gubernatorial office it will be no action without full knowledge of ind there is plenty of evidence forth-
remembered that this country was tn facts and conditions Where there toming from Egypt that man was works and as ripple after ripple pour- <
Office
Hours 9 to 12—1 to 5
Insurance
Conveyancing
th* first stages of the most remark was reform It was not to be counter trowing worse four or five thousand ed across into "no man's land" and
Phones: Office 892: res. 214.
BANDON. OREGON
able political and social awakenings feit Where there waa abuse alleged »•ears ago in that country, so much advanced towards the crest of Ceme- I
Abstracts
It has ever experienced. As a mat It must first be established that abuse >f it. Indeed, that It is not at all sur tery ridge, the Union defenders paus
DR. ARTHUR GALE
ter of fact at that time a new political existed. Reason, sound purpose and prising that the idea of total deprav ed In admiration of the courage dis
and Notary Public
and social conscience was being born honesty were th* fundamentals on ity should have shaped itself in th* played.
Physician and Surgeon
Nearer and nearer drew the on
to the nation, and with the very ori which the entire Hughes admlnlstra nlnda of men.
1*110008: Office 331; res. 852.
coming ranks, their bayonets flash
gin of It Mr Hughea had been ac tion rested.
Opposite Bank of Bandon
Office in Ellingson Bldg.
The tendency to Indulge in pessim ing in the sun. and the cadence of
lively and eminently Identified We
Another great New Yorker one* ism would be disheartening if man their tread the only sound.
BANDON, OREGON
Bandon,
Oregon
As
have but to recall the days of the in
said. "Public office is a public trust."
surance investigation to again get in To that utterance Charles Evans kind really believed that things were they neared the Union breastworks
is bad as th* gloomy insist they are. the air was pierced by the famous
I. L SCOFIELD
to mental perspective the far reach
Hughes has given new and more deft lust now there is some reason for be "rebel yell", and the pace quickened
ing consequences of the Hughes la
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Dentist
nite significance. Through his agency
hors in that Investigation As a re a* much as through that cf any llv lieving the world has taken a step into a run—the battle was on.
Office hrs. : 9 a. in. to 4 p. in.;
backward, but It is not Impossible
In the opinion of many historians
■ultant from that chapter In the po
Phone: re*. 442, office 541.
Ing man this later and more Intimate hat th* awful conflict now being
Rooms 9-10 Ellingson building
it has been considered that Pickett's
lltlcal and corporate history of New
appreciation of th* truth Involved has waged may serve as a lesson for all
18 yrs. Experience, all work guar
charge was an act of foolhardiness
York, President Roosevelt successful
become widespread and recognized in
anteed.
ly urged upon th* country th« many a mor* practical sense. He has mad* time to come by Implanting in the to attempt to take Cemetery Ridge.
Bandon,
Oregon
human breast a desire for something Put b* as it may, the charge of Pick
rrfi.rms that revolutionized public'
Profesional
It In his own language "th* lesson of >etter than primeval man was able to
ett and hts men can go down in his
Ilf* In a very essential sen»*; and
today In business and politics." Hr ievise We have been going on, for
Teacher of Piano
tory in the same class with the noble
every san* and rational principle of
DR. FRED COVELL
has given emphasis as the lesson ’housands of years in th* same old
that reform waa embodied In Mr
six Hundrd at Balaklava. Immortal-
which above all every public official way. but the day may come when
CHIROPRACTOR
lied by the great poet. Tennyson.
Hughe*' administration of New York
should have learned
the lesson of uen will appreciate the fact that the
Blate's affair*. By his labor, his char
For th* English in that famous
Office Hours: 9 to 12 n m ; 2 to
nwesulf of reel *trln* 1« more ltk*l* charge bowed no greater bravery
• ’*r and bls admlnUtratl»* «a». fidelity."
5 p m.
la
the
Hughe«
Ideal
In
public
Ruch
io
hying happiness than the surrend than those
I harlea Evans Hughe* is really en
se brave Americans who
Office In New Bakery Building
•r to vice. At any rat*, there la more marched
titled to the honor of having blazed office.
hed up Ceni
Cemetery Ridge; or who
Committing of Solos
Bandon,
Oregon.
probability of our finding the golden lined the breastworks at the top. tn
th* way by which the old order wnj
a Specialty
ige In the future than in the history that second day's conflict on the field
THE PESSIMISM OF MAN
banished and the new order ushered |
Teacher of All Grades
The Santto Grocery make* a
In
In th* first century of our era a >f th* past.— San Francisco Chron at Gettysburg.
Studio Over
and
fruits of all kind*. You can al
lc!e.
Stepping Into office, charged with I moralising pagan remarked "New
<1. A. Bryne's Store
ways feel assured that you can get
th* duty of administering the affair*I manners and usage*. no doubt, have
Victor talking machines are the
anything on the market in that line,
of th* greatest «tat* In th* American now come into vogue, and th* minds
Every success In life comes from heat on the market, sold by Sa bro ■
OREGON ó
IANDON
specialty
of handling fresh vegetables
Vltiuu, Governor Hu|he* announced ut mon ar* occupied with subject* ot'sympathy and co-operation and love. Broe. on easy terms If so deaired. It
as they handle a large stock.
It
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