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About Western world. (Bandon, Coos County, Or.) 1912-1983 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1916)
THE FORUM TELEPHONE DIRECTORY READY. The new issue of the telephone diretory is being distributed. It contain» many number changes. Please use new directory and de stroy all old directories. If you have not received a new directory, please advise Chief Operator. BltlltGE EXCHANGE DISCONTINUED The Bridge telephone exchange has been discontinued Sub scribers in that territory are now served by the Myrtle Point ex change Former Bridge subscribers will now take same toll rates as Myrtle Point, which means a reduction of ten cents in the toll rate between these subscribers and all other subscribers of this company outside of Myrtle Point. ! COOS & CURRY TELEPHONE CO S. S. ELIZABETH g Eight Day service between Coquille River and 'Frisco SAILS FOR BANDON Large Two Berth Outside State rooms with running water. FIRST CLASS Passenger Fare $10.00 FROM SAN FRANCISCO RESERVATIONS: J. E. Norton,Coquille Perkins', Myrtle Point; Hillyer's Cigar Store, Marshfield; E. B. Thrift, Langlois E; A E. T. KRUSE, owners and manag ers, 24 Calif. St., San Francisco. J. E. WALSTROM AGENT BANDON ^OOQQQQOQQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOc ■■■ Ma h miMaMaiaiB ■ OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS; J. L. K ronenberg . President F. J. F ahy , Cashier T. P. H anly , Vice-President W. J. S weet , Assistant Cashier R. H. R osa C. Y. L owe Bank of Bandon Bandon, Oregon Capital $50,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits $25,000.00 ■ ■ Drafts on the Principal Cities of the ’»»orld. A General Banking Business. Accountsof Individualsand Corporations Solicited. ■ ■■M.iamwiMowH a 00000000<>00000<>00000<X>000000000<- < Central Transfer Co QUICK, RELIABLE SERVICE AUTO TRUCKS 0 <> HEADQI'AHTKKS CENTRAL WAREHOUSE CENTRAL WAREHOUSE phone 142 for the fee of $250 to represent the district. As to what wax the district needs legal services to the extent of thx* sum involved it is hard to say t^The Western World disclaims Surely it cannot proceed from the responsibility for the utterances very ones w he» were at first compelled in this column. It is presented as to employ legal talent in self defense an open forum for discussion of as it were. They were not the ag public questions. The expressions grersora. No' Th? burden of this and views advanced art* those of can be traced to very definite sour tlie contributors; not the expres ces. The most pressing need of the sions and views of Western World. trict new. is protection from a Contributions must be accompan tain detrimental clement. an ied by the name of the writer; must be written on one side of the ment which apparently to still copy paper: and should not con ther advance self-interests, and der tlie guise of working for the tain more than 500 words. interests of the district has now ploitingly entrench'd itself under the synonym- -Board of Directors. School District No 29. ARTHUR COVELL. Since the burning of the school house of District No. 2!» to date there will have been needlessly spent, ap- proximately $455 of the dlstrict’s funds for attorney fees. 1 say need lessly, because from the very first the attempt has been made to over ■rule school law and to hamper th* I rank Cameron Draws I ine of HCrtm for Articles Published Against efforts of the old members of th< Poor Earm Management. School Board who were conscien tiously trying to act for what they believed was right as against the ini Coquille. Sept. 15- in the case of position arising from a few aggres the state against Frank B. Cameron, sive minded individuals actuated by publisher of the Agitator at North the object to serve self-interests. I Bend, which had been on trial for Speaking for the residents who do tour days the jury after five hours' not favor the agitation made in the deliberation brought in a verdict of past towards a removal of the school guilty as charged In the Indictment, site, it is considered that Mr. Lille which was criminal libel. qvlst as prosecuting attorney, has The jury was composed of the fol not acted conscientiously not endeav lowing : E. B. Curtis. North Bend. ored to serve the ends of justice, for ! H G. Kern, North Bend Walter which purpose he was elected to of Norris, Fairview-; E. H. Fish, Ban fice. For reasons best known to him don; W H. Bunch. McKinley. George self, he has expressed opinion in re Witte. North Bend; George Griffin, gard to this controversy without in (¡ravel Ford; Charles E. Langlois. Subscribe for the San Francisco any way being called upon to do so Bandon; W R Beattie, Templeton. by the Chairman or Clerk of the old David W. Holden. Empire. John school board; which opinion has been llickam, Coquille. Tiros. B. Lane. Co and is contrary to recent decisions of quille. There were 23 witnesses for the Attorney General. the prosecution and 13 for the de $1.50 PER YEAR He has undoubtedly Eixen much fense. encouragement to those who agitar Allan McLeod, superintendent of NO FARMER ed strongly in tavor of removal. In the county Infirmary, against whom NO MINER citing them to put forth all the more the libelous articles in question had NO MERCHANT hitter effort, with this result—the been directed, was vindicated in the Can do without it. District 1 b $455 poorer than before eyes of the law. the defense failing the fire, we are about to have school to prove, as It attempted to do. that COMPLETE NEWS OF THE WEEK. service discontinued and In general the charges were true. a more or less complete state of dis Special Agricultural and Mining Articles. case that the It developed in the < organization will ensue until the af original of the article published in k, fairs of this district are given the the Agitator had been written by thorough investigation which its Harry Clouser, and Mr McLeod tes needs demand. titled that Clouser was > himself try r>u OREGON HIGH St Hntll.S for a I'niverslty of Oregon cup, From a copy of the Oregon School Ing to get the position of superin \\ II.I. DEBATE EOK I . O. ( I I which is awarded to the winner in Law, 1915 edition, page 54, wc tendent in McLeod's place the finals that are held at the I ni- In commenting on the case the Co versity's expense In Eugene each quote the following: "It shall re year during May. The 66 high quire a two-thirds majority vote of quille Sentinel said: Attorney Hoy schools enrolled include the follow two-third* of the voters present and criticised the management of the voting at a legally called meeting county Infirmary and county business ing from Coos count) Myrtle Point, to vote on the question of a remov by the county court with the utmost North Rend, Coquille. Band in and al.” Also on page 55, the decision vehemence and denounced the rot Marshfield. I'niverslty of Oregon. Eugene, Ore., of the Attorney General rendered in tenness that exists in thia county Ir And when hr Sept. 20 The high schools of Ore 1913 is: The legal voters of a school the county court.” Dancing Being Reformed district at a meeting regularly call* 1 went on to give reasons for makinr gon are drifting back to the stirring Advance information as to style of for the purpose, may select a school so sweeping a statement all he coulc old debating days of two generatton- dances for the coming winter Indi >ite by a majority vote If the district say was that none of the court could ago, if the enrollment tn the Oregon cates that the freak steps, twists and has no site prior to such vote, but tell how many acres there were In high school dehating league for the gild's have passed the zenith of their after a site has once been selected the farm or within a hundred of how season of 1116-17 Is evidence. popularity and in their stead will It can only be changed, or a new many chickens there were there So So far 56 high schools have enter coma dances of a more decorus and site selected by a two-thirds major tremendous an indictment with so ut ed, and a number of registrations has modest nature. Prol ably they will ity.” A later deciBion by the Attor terly insignificant a bill of partlcu not yet come. The entire reglstra bo just as healthful and elicit just ney General during 1915 says: “A lars we had never heard anywhere tlon last year was 51, for the year as much enthutlasm a.c a few of tbe school district desiring to to change And the whole case was just that preceding 41, and for the year be extreme movements whkh are pa an existing school house site, would way. It was based almost entirely fore that 33. Ing. like other society fads, Int > '1 require a two-thirds vote of the leg on magnified trifles where It was noi Ashland Tiding. R. L. Kirk, superintendent of sirable oblivion al voters to select it.” downright falsehood The attempt t< schools of Springfield, Or., is presl The above decisions, supposed t< make people who knew the McLeods dent of the league, and Earl Kilpat V R. Wilson. Optometrist, de come from the highest legal repr» believe they had turned a hose on n rick, assistant dean of the University fects of vision scientifically corn > sentative of the State, would appeal helidess old woman to keep her from of Oregon extension division, Is sec ed. optical repairs, broken lenses du to the layman mind as simple of in running away, or tha' they were in retary-treasurer The schools compete plicated. Coquille, Ore. A10 to.-..'Sc terpretation, but Mr. Llljeqvlat hear habit of cursing and swearing at th- ing only the apologetic version of a Inmates, discredited only the ones certain winged Pegasus has only a*l<! who made such charges for those ed a link In the chain of disruptiv* people have not lived nine years in events affecting the peace and qule thia community without plenty o! of the district by the Introduction < t our citizens knowing that they tn a technical point, namely: that th< dulge in no such practices.” Judge Skipworth Monday mornln District has no school house, an l -ontenced Frank Cameron to pay a hence no legal school site. Eureka’ How simple All difficu! One of $.’>00 and costa, amounting to This la the maximum s (?) were apparently solved about $200. fine under the statute, the alternate Through the skill of Mr. Llljeqvlat being three months to one year in the main issue has been evaded and jail. Cameron was allowed thirty we now have the phenomenon of a lays In which to pay the fine and hl Ilstrict organized some twenty od-’ xttorn< y filed notice of appeal. years ago as being without a shoe1 site, the same being primarily cause-' Last Sunday six cars full of people, by the act of fire The fact that th* district holds a recorded deed to th the writer among them, went to Ban- old site in question, that there ar' Ion Beach where they walked and waded, looked for agates and ate the two acres cleared, rolled, drainer best dinner "ever” which they took Our stock has the best high power rifles made, tiled and well fenced; that the labor with them, roasting < ars and venison and outbuilding thereon i represent bought especially for deer hunting, and guaran for instance. The first car warned the an expenditure of over $600, and th.i 'ars they met of the number of cars teed to bring them down. Remember duck sea •his site Is approximately within th' -eliind in the crooked road and the son will soon be along; be prepared with a good geographical center of the district are you th» last car was aaked 'heao fact« Mr. Llljeqvist either ov shot gun and shells. ;ast?” There were Paige, Buick. »rlooked or thought them too trivia' '»edge, Chevrolet, Maxwell and Ford to need consideration ar* in the party. Had a good time The conclusion Is obxleus that had nd got home about 6 40 p. m — Mr Llljeqvlat withheld hi« opinion Myrtle Point New* in Sentinel or interpreted the same in harmon- with the above sections of school law Expert watch repairing. Let u* ex- quoted, thoae blatant opponents wh' lmine your watch and give an eatl- now knowing neither right or wronr nate on coat of repairing - Sabro would not have been led to avch ex <r>.s . Bandon, Ore. It treme lengths nor to act ao zealous!' In ignoring the school law wherelt »1 It JIT.MA <>H Ell—This and .V it plainly saya a two-thirda majorit? DON’T MISS THIS Cut out thin Is required before the act of remov »lip. enclose with five cents to Foley I Co., Chlcsgo, III . writing your al becomes legally ratified name and address clearly You will Aa matter* no* stand, th« re io receive in return a trial package con l'jflcn ha» been panad at a recent talning Foley s Honey and Tsr com meeting of the board that Attorney pound for cough*, cold* and croup. «Tn|»v Kidney Pill* and Foley Cathar Gardner and Sherwood be employed tic Tableta.—Orange Pharmacy. NOTHING TOO LARCE < NOTHING TOO SMALL £ >000000000000<>000000<XX>000<>00000000< Editor of Agitator Guilty of Libel r GREATEST OF ALL Weekly Chronicle GOING HUNTING? We have just received a full line of AMMUNITION for all kinds and calibres of rifles, including 25-35 and 25-20 which have been scarce in the county. Smooths Out the Wrinkles Worry cause* more wrin- k les on young ____ „___________ faces than is traced thereon by the fin gers of Old Father Time. And all household duties are «ources of wornment, either in the doing or in having them done. The old rhyme “man works from sun to woman's work is never done,” always will be hus until women decide to banish wornment by taking advantage of the mar>v truly labor saving and trouble abolishing household devices, which they can now obtain and use at trifling cost. The G-E Electric Flatiron is one ef these. It does a week's iroring at a cost of «bout fifteen cents »nr eier*?. -;ry It SC. ths out a.I ie mg day troubles, also, the cr* w s feet and wrinkles, which “worry" paints on faces young and air. Come in and try one. We handle all the latest types and sizes of G E Irons. Electric Supply Station J. T. LILLARD. Prognttar LET US SHOW YOU A GUN. HOUSEWIVES LISTEN! The canning season is here, get your jars, lids and rubbers now. We have a big stock of Mason’s Jars, including the new styles, Economy, Etc. Bandon Hardware Co. o."«»"
