Western world., December 21, 1916, Image 1

WESTERN
WHERE PRODUCTIVE SOIL AND TIDE WATER MEET
VOL. V
BIG QUESTION UP
TO COUNTY COURT
WORLD
LUMBERING, MINING, DAIRYING, STOCK RAISING
BANDON, COOS COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1916
GARDNER SAU Mil.I.
PA I'RON-TEACHI :RS’
Mi l lì XI. IS III I P
BURNED TO GROUND
$100.000 Fire Started From
Bov—No Insurant« Cartied
—Big Blow to Town.
"Ubai Is (lie Duty of a Father'
Brings Forth a Variety of
Opinions.
NO. 5
HUNDRED THOUSAND
CAPITAL PROPOSED
Gardlner, Ore, Dec
19—The
Tlie Bandon Patron-Teachers' As
Gardiner MUI Company's sawmill
sociation held its first meeting ol
here was completely destroyed by
the present school year last Frida)
fire which started about 7:30 last
evening in the High school building
night, presumably from a hot boxing
Tlie president. Mrs. Smith, called
Coquille Sentinel and Marshfield Rev
on one of the shaftings. The loss is
the meeting to order, stating that I orin of Petition for Stock Soliciting
ord Are Op|M>eed to the l*nqM»«i-
Submitted to Portland Men and
estimated at $100,000 and no insur­
unavoidable eontltctions of »lalps with
tion. While Coquille Herald ami
Reply
Expected Daily—Would
ance was carried on It.
oilier public meetings had cause«!
Coos Bay Times Are Paiorable—
Plate Par A id tie of Stock at $l<>
The tug Gleaner which was lying
the postponement of tho meeting un
I »ifferent Views Are Presented.
—IUq»ort« Favorable.
alongside the wharf and the steam­
til the present time, The election
er San Gabriel, which had Just en­
of officers for the present year was
held, tlie following being selected
Unusual interest is manifested tered port, were used tn fighting the
The local committee In charge of
flames,
but
could
accomplish
but
lit
­
President,
Mrs. John Dickey; Vice
throughout the county over the peti-
»oliclting stock for the proposed new
tle.
However,
lumber
on
the
dock
Mrs.
H.
F.
Morrison
President.
tion of the Smith-Powers Company to
Portland-Coquille River boat, that la
Secretary, J O. Erwin
the County Court asking permission and wharves was saved, amounting
toped to be built here in the near
As Dr. Maun was unable to bt
to use a ten-foot strip of the county to about 500.000 feet
Vessel Not Ready to Sail so Captain llulkhead Costa l-ess Than ut First present to give hl« paper, tlie chair­ .'uture. Is now awaiting reply from
O.
R.
Hinsdale,
general
manager
of
road between Coquille and Marsh
Portland before proceeding with their
Miller Says that He Isn't
Estimateti—Other Routine
man suggested the topic "The duty
field, for a distance of nine mile«, tlie mill, said today than here was
work.
Worry Ing.
Business
Transacted.
nothing
definite
to
give
out
just
at
|
of
tlie
fattier";
and
asked
a
nunibei
for the construction of a logging road
At a meeting of the committee tho
to talk
Tlie discussion became an
in order to give the company direct present concerning rebuilding.
alter part of last week preliminary
impromptu
debate,
the
various
speak
“
I
am
a
little
afraid
that
we
will
The eight sailors on the steamci
“Riverside Drive" Is the euphon­
rail connection between Myrtle Point
tapers were drafted and these in the
and tlie Smith mill at Marshfield not rebuild now." he said. "The Acme, which lias boon barbound for ious name proposed for the old Bul­ ers showing a decided difference of orni of proposals were sent to Port-
opinion
The petition is to be heard hv the lumber business has been so uncer­ several dais here. siinultaUMuusiv lards ferry road, the residents of
and for approval of the men who are
The following pleasing music*
Tlie rea­ which haie petitioned the city conn
Court Saturday. December 30th, and tain and unsatisfactory for some time quit tlieir Jobs yesterday
o put up the bulk of the money A
numbers
completed
tlie
program:
judging from preliminary skirmishes that here is little encouragement for son for quitting ha.« not been given 1 oil to have it named and accepted as a
eply is expected at any time
Cornet solo, by Mr Alford
| out, except in a. jovulni wnv that th« .city street. The petition was dlscus-
waged by the pro«« of Coquille and capital to be invested in it.”
The form of the petition suggest­
Tlie
blow
was
a
hard
one
to
Gardi
Song, by tho Chatburn Quartet
boys had "too much money."
Marshfield, they «ill probably have
»ed at the council meeting last night
'd to be used in soliciting stock suh-
ner
and
community,
the
mill
being
Violin
solo,
by
Mrs.
Adams.
According to waterfront report» ■ and will undoubtedly be granted Tlie
a difficult problem to solve.
crlptiona, and submitted to Borl­
the chief source of community in
Cor the first time In many months come. It was burned once before in the Acme has been waiting to sail. I name proposed was the Inspiration
and Interests by tho local committee
t»ut couldn't get out on account of of the various counciltnanic minds.
tlie Marshfield Record and the Co- 1888, being immediately rebuilt.
s as follows:
the rough bar. The tides becoming | spoken almost in unison, when Mayor
qtiille Sentinel are lined up on the
"We tho undersigned, hereby sub-
I S. Cruisers Complete Work nn<l
! larger each day. Capt. Fred Miller 1 Topping said "What shall we call
same side of a public question they
crlbe the sum set opposite our res-
File
Report
st
Roseburg
Office.
i decided he would take on some 20,- lit." And It was even suggested that
are decidedly against the proposition
>ectlve names to the > capital stock of
!
On the other hand the Coos Bay X'eu Schedule as Requested by I’e- 000 more feet of lumber at the the mayor thought thusly also.
i corporation to be organized
i
under
Roseburg. Ore.. Dea 30—-R C
Moore mill while he «"as waiting for
Present at the meeting were May­
Tinies, although not committed edi­
he laws of Oregon, for the purpose
tition Take« Effect Today.
favorable conditions
Four Bailors or Topping. Recorder Mast. Council­ Garvey and N. O. Nickolson, who are 'f building an ocean i going vessel and
torially, appears to be more favorable
1 were ordered on the wharf to help men Stephenson,
Perry,
McNair. connected with the United States Ind for tho purpose of operating such
to the Smith-Powers people through
Government postal officials have
load
and
four
to
remain
on
ship
to
Rasmussen,
Chatburn;
Marshal
Hol­ Ian service, have returned here from easel and for such other purposes a«
its news columns. The Coquille Her responded to the petition forwarded
Brookings, Port Orford. Bandon and
aid comes out squarely in favor of by J. H. McDermld to have better stow the lumber. The sailors refus­ man and Bailiff Morgan. Engineer
other
Coos and Curry county points nay be germane or incident thereto,
ed
to
work
on
the
wharf,
so
long
Sawyer having accepted a position
granting the petition, its ouly reser »ervice established between here and
he capital stock of ^ald corporation
«here
they spent the past few dsys
vation being that the Court decide Coquille, and a new schedule took shoremen were put to work there, with tlie state highway department,
•o be not lees than $100,000 00 the
^and half the sailors were ordered to is no longer drawing a salary from cruising all the lands of those locall par value of shares of such corpora-
the amount of compensaion the com nffect today as follows:
' stow and the other half to scrape the ’he city, but his services have been tire for which petitions of sale have •ion to bo $10 00 each, this subsertp-
pany should give.
Mail leaves Coquille daily for Ban
been approved by the secretary of
The Herald says: "As compensa­ don at 6 30 a. ni.. and daily except 1 vessel's side. This was also refused spoken for should tlie cltywieed them
ion is signed and made on the con-
tlie interior
Data , concerning the
Captain
Miller
then
ordered
all
to
for
short
periods
of
time.
.
In
con
tion for this franchise, the Smith- Sundays at 4:00 p. m.
lltion that tho hull and so much of
cruise
has
tieen
filed
with
the
local
stay on top and stow lumber, where «¡deration of which tlie city will al
Powers Co. offers to deliver gravel
»(her work of building as may here
Arrives at Bandon by 9:30 a. ni.
. upon the men called for their pay and
v Mr Sawyer the privilege of lis­ Indian agent and the Innds will now «Her bo considered practicable shall
anywhere along that line for 50 cents and 9:00 p. m.
he
listed
and
offered
for
sal«
’ng the city engineer's office as tila
nnr puhl« var.l and 1» la «.«>imat»<i
waves Bandon daily at 2 30 p. m | quit.
Under the rules of the government, he built and done at Bandon, Oregon,
When asked what he would do for headquarters while employed on the
that this would make a saving for
Arrives at Coquille at 6:30 p. m
»nd with tho understanding that the
an
Indian wishing to dispose of hit
a crew, Capt. Miller told a represen llandon-Curry division of the Coast
the county of about $45,000 in hard
This schedule is said to be the
amount
heroin subscribed shall not
land must first file a petition with
surfacing the road.
Further, th*- '»est that can be expected at this «ca­ : tatlve of the Worud today that he Highway work
>e called In greater sums than 25
the
secretary
of
th«
Interior.
This
Tlie report of Guy Dippel, employ­
Smith-Powers Co. offered to deliver »on of the year. It is far better than i wasn't ready to sail yet so lie wasn't
>er cent at any one time.”
gravel for any other use of the coun that of the past nionh and will be j worrying about a crew, He empha "d by the city at tile request of Engl petition is given consideration by that
Reports from the Coquille and
official,
and
if
approved
the
cruisers
I sized his attitude in the matter by neer Sawyer to audit ills report on
ty anywhere along the line, at haul­ -lonsldercd generally satisfactory.
Myrtle Point section are very favor
i ’oiling a little story which bail for ’lie water system installations, and In the Federal service are Instruct
age charge one-half that of the
iblc towards the proposition and It Is
j its moral the motto “don't build give lilni an O. K. on samp was read ed to inspect the lands which It la thought the merchants of those
Southern Pacific, no matter what DEBATE DUES SET lt»R
that may be. As the 8. P. charge is
ind accepted
Mr. Dippel found Mr proposed to sell The returns of the ’owns as well as resident* along the
OREGON HIGH SCHOOLS bridges until you get to them.”
cruisers is then filed with the Ind-
now $2 00 per yard, a saving of $1.00
lawyer's report correct.
river will become Interested.
a yard is offered. A rough estimate IIcall It Insurance Law I« This s«.v-
L. I,. Gardner has applied for po­ ian agent having lurisdltlon over the
of the amount required on the im­
sition of city attorney. Ills applica­ lands, and they are later listed and
sou's Ttqiic—Tesiti« to be in
PR USE
Ship Al ill Be Taken to Atlanti»
offered for sale
provement of the road this side of
tion was filed for reference
Action Next Month.
t oa«t — Brought 91BO.IHH).
Tlie
next
sale
to
be
held
under
The East Oregoulan. Pendleton,
the summit Is 40,000 yards so a sav­
Figures turned in by Marshal F.
the Jurisdiction of tlie local Indian lias the following to say regarding
\
llolman
relative
to
the
new
bulk
ing to the county of $40,000 more is
I Diversity of Oregon. Dec 1” In
Another vessel well known on the
offered. This means $85,000 for a i few days debaters from 6 7 Oregon Pacific coast will soon hid goodbye head along Edison avenue, show the agent «ill probably occur early in the t he University of Oregon Glee Club
which will appear under the auspi-
right-of-way for nine miles. In oth high schools will be hard at It. Manv to this port and sail out of the Gold structure coet loss than estimated, year.
■on of the local High school at the
er words. Coos county is offered $85. teams have been working for weeks en Gate for the waters of tlie At running under $ 1 50.
Grand thi-atre In Bandon Friday ev-
000 for something which she has no on this year's subject, which Is:
Atty
Claude
H.
Giles
was
present
lantlc, says a San Francisco dispatch
snlng, December 29th:
ind took up with tlie council a di«
use for and which she can dispose of
“Resolved that Oregon should ad of Monday morning's issue
"Two hours of song wore enjoyed
■■iission
of
the
«as«
of
(¡lies
vs.
tlie
without even inconvenience to her­ opt a health insurance law einbodv-
The sale of the steamer Speedwell
last evening by two hundred people
self.” It add further:
“Whether ng the essential feature« of the formerly of San Francisco-Bandon <"ity of Bandon, relative to street im­
Thirty Caws Urenti.« on tlie Docket
who gathered at the Oregon theatre
$g.',,ooo is adequate compensation t< Standard Rill of the American Aeso- Coos Bay. Oregon, run. to tbe Freid provement assessments The council
«riti Five Xe« Ones Are Filed
(or the annual concert of the Univer-
Giles
discussed
the
matter
witli
Mr
the county for what is asked is a •iation for l abor Legislation."
berg Lumber company was announc
—Other Cuses I litui
■dty of Oregon Glee Club. From the
question for the county court to de
The league officers intend that the ed by the Parr-Mct'orniack Steam in executive session.
curtain raiser “Oh. Oregon,” to the
cide. We will not argue that, for noi debates within the districts -hall be ship company. Tlie new owners art
Coquille, Dec 15
Although t here final number, "As I Sit and Dream
A super-warm comfortable room,
against
Supposing that the Smith
•nded in time to permit final dual de said to have paid $150,000 for th»
chairs, plenty of light and all kinds are thirty divorce cases on the dock it Evening'' both classics of the in
Powers people are willing to pay the bate among winners on February 2 Speedwell,
Parr-MCormack recent of air, hot and otherwise, to con et to be tried at tills tertn of court
»titutlqn that Inspired them, the pro­
value of what they ask Tor, It strikes Elimination of schools is vpry rapid
ly bought the vessel from the A. F. •rihute to tho comfort of tlie physl- there are still more divorce suits
gram was a meritorious one, ranging
us that the money, whatever the under the district plan of organiza­ Estabrook company.
Five new cases have is s It did front
Tobacco smoko, argu bring started
Ail being
from ragtime “rah rah "
amount, would be a pick-up which tion.
The Friedberg Lumber company inent, excitement, comedy, tragedy, been filed during the past week, They
tuff to ambitious i lasHical selections,
would go a long way toward build
The top two teams will debate for also recently purchased the Willapa
pathos, bathos, oratory and soothing are
“The club this year (written De-
iug some more good road« "
’he University of Oregon cup. which from Sudden k Christensen, owner
syrup
to provide nourishment for tho
Emily Wells vs. Clem B. Wells
cember 29, 1915) number some un­
“While this carries the league championship, at
The Sentinel says:
of the Prosper mill This ship found
What more could any one
Frances E Jackson vs. Alan G usually good talent and In another
saving would amount to a good deal Villard hall next May Crook county- ered In the Gulf of Mexico i recently brain,
want ?
Yet th« city council which Jackson
voar should have one of the best
In the road building program in high school, of Prineville, hold« the and the Speedwell was doubtless
i
meets twice a month and sometimes
clubs of Its history If sny criticism
Violet Mecum vs Albert Mecum.
which the county court is engaged. cup at present. The schedule in the purchased to take its place
'ftener last evening had an audience
<-an bo made of the program of last
what docs it mean to the Smith f'oos Bay District, F A. Tiedgen.
Win. Helm vs. Susan Helm
8. 8. Speedwell was built at North of but three
Still everybody wond
•«vening It arises from the shortage
Edgar
Powers 1-ogging Co. to acquire right Marshleld. director, is as follows:
T
('offrit
vs.
Anna
II,
Cof
Bend, Oregon, by Kruse A-
Ranks
«rs why nobody wants to serve on felt
of Dumber* full of the pep and gln-
of way on an almost perfect grade?
January 26—Triangular arrange- shipyard, in 1912
She has a regís
It means a good many times the few nent «negative travels»
Other new suit« started are as fol- ger” which somehow or other the
Coquille ter of loon tons and is 192 feet in •he city board'
averago public expects from a bunch
lows
thousand dollars they ar« offering vs. Bandon; Marshfield vs. Coquille length
rot RT Allows PF. nsioxh
to save the county and the least they Myrtle Point vs North Rend North
E. D (■»perry ve. 8 JavltA. trans­ of collegians The glee men last ev­
crlpt on appeal from Justice Court ening had several opportunities to
should have offered was to furnish Bend vs. Marshfield,
Bandon vs ERXEST U ITKIX'S IS I'. (IF
h,
Three
llandon
People
Benefitted
all the necessary gravel absolutely Myrtle Point.
Katie Weberskirck vs E. G. Per- inject thia punch in the program and
(l. HONOR STI DI XT
their failure to respond when further
Recent Action.
free of cost Even at that they would
ham. action at law.
Decision on points. If tie resulta,
Ernest Watkins may well be
be out practically nothing for a It will be settled by debates later
I. M Weekly, et al. VS. C E Wat- encores were demanded wan a dis­
tinct disappointment to many.”
At the aes'ton of the. County ter», action at lt»t,
proud of his ability, for It is noted
franchise worth untold thousands.
between schools tied
The Baker [>em,OQrat asys
Snap­
that the Bandon rran Is one of the Court last week an allowance of $6
From many points of view the
Flrat National Bank of Coquille
proposal of the Smith-Power« Log •hourand dollars to construct snd 12 honor students of this year a a month »1« made to O. Smith of vs Kruse Shingle Co. action at law py song« full of harmony, haunting
college melodies that carried on*
Bandon
The widow's pension to to recover money on note.
gine company to buy an interest In which will cost probably three times the University of Oregon
the improved highway the county ’hat amount by the time it la hard
The Eugene Register says
There Mrs. Blns H Huntley of Power« was
Coquille Land Co. vs. Lena Bray­ back In fond fancy to “those dsys of
has been constructing between Coal surfaced, and to alienate forever are 12 honor students and two others transferred to Matt L Clark, as the ton and Albert Brayton, suit in yore." soloists with real voices and
stunt» worthy of a place In regular
edo and Marshfield appears to us to 'rom one-third to one-half the line who wtll try for honor« In their court thought he would expend It equity
Union Oil Co. of California vs Jas vaudeville made up so excellent pro
be so objectionable a.« to be unworthy which has been built at such vast ex- commerce theses the second seme* «ieely for her. An allowance of $10
of con«lderation
No matter how >ense .and at the same time to ruin ’er
Eight of the students are wo­ a month was mad* to Mrs E Thlel- Isom Clinton, suit to recover money gram that was presented by the Ore
Coos County Business Men's asso­ gon Olea club to a large audience
Mr. Watkins man of Bsndon for the support of
large the indueemen’3 offered the for all time to come the scenic at­ men and six are men
No feature could be
herself and family. Mrs Lura Bark­ ciation vs. F. J Van Leuven, action last night
want majored in English literature
county »-annot afford to entertain it tractions of the highway.
picked out and labeled ' beet'* for
’o protest as earnestly as possible
doll was allowed 115 a month for at law to recover money.
for a moment
The
Moose Lodge Formed
self and family, her husband being
If it were a case of permission be- ygainat the project”
Coos County Business Men's asso- they were all uniformly good
A Mon«« inde« w|th 75 member* •Irk snd unable to work
The Record, as usual, see« behind
elation vs. D D. Campbell, action to club singing was full of melody and
lne asked to build a logging road
harmony The soloists sang with *x-
On Saturday, December 30. the recover money
alene the line of the most obscure 'he petition an attempt on the part was Instituted Sunday afternoon at
and least travelled highway In the f the County Court to slip somethin« Powers, the new logging center of Court expects to let a contract for a
Recent marriage licenses Issued by preeelon and finish and had really
good voices
Tho quartet work was
The membership Is pile bridge at Hoffman slough, above the county clerk are
conn’v we should think it very poor >ver. or do something or other that Coos county.
Frederick Finch and
Florence blending of four excellent voice« in
pol’ry to consent. But when the pro­ ’nt quite right, because the Court made up of business men. store clerks Myrtle Point, and another contract
perfect harmony while the »kite were
The lodge Is the for the opening of the Bandon-Curry Linn, both of Bandon
position Is to secure a len«e of a por­ ailed for a hearing before Archie and logging men
tion of highway that has already Philip, the new commissioner, took first secret order to be established county line road for a seven-mils
Lester C. Green and Imro L Ly- exceptionally laugh provoking and
at Powers.
stretch.
cost th« county more than a hundred oath of office.
on«1, both of Myrtle Point.
original.
Eight Sailors on Str
Riverside Drive May
Acme Jumped Jobs
Be Name for Street