WESTERN
• AM DO*
WHERE PRODUCTIVE SOIL AND TIDE WATER MEET
VOL. V
PROMINENT PIONEER
IS BURIED TUESDAY
ADAM PERSHBAKER OF PROS
PER BUCCI MBS AITI R I
BRIEF ILLNESS.
Came to Count) in IS1I7 and Con
ducted Mercantile liii«ine»s at
Raiidolpl»—Later Founded Prof
iler by Building Mill and Store—
I-caves Estate of Quarter Million.
Adam Pershbaker, one of the old
est and most prominent pioneers of
the C ouille Valley died at the home
WORLD
LUMBERING, MINING, DAIRYING, STOCK RAISING
BANDON, COOS COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1917
Portland Man Here
To Close Up Deal
For Building Boat
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
MEET AT COQUILLE
MAKES A RECORD
New Local Project
Is Reviewed Here
By U. S. Engineer
of his daughter, Mrs. S. W. Fahy, a:
Prosper Saturday evening, at tin
age of 78 years, seven months ana
sixteen days.
Several weeks ago he was take;:
down with lagrippe, which owing to
his advanced years weakened his
heart action and later developed int<-
dropsy. He was confined to his bed
but ten days when the end came.
Many Attend Funeral
The funeral was conducted Tues
day m -rning. Private services were
held at the Fahy home in Prosper a;
which Rev. A. Haberly officiated, aft
er which the body was placed on the
steamer Telegraph and brought to
Bandon. After the private ceremony
the officers of the Masonic lodge took
charge to conduct the burial, a num
her of tlie members going to Pros
per to accompany tire remains here
A long line of autos formed at th*
boat landing on the arrival of the
body, carrying friends and relative
to the K. P. cemetery where inter
men! took place. The pall bearers
were J. A. Morrison. Wm. I.eGor»
H. E. Boak, E. E. Oakes, G. P. Lairo
snd .1. E. Walstrom. At the grave
Masonic burial services were con
ducted by past Worthy Master W
E. t’raine.
The floral offering was large and
beautiful, representing the high es
teem in which the deceased was held
by his many friends.
Many came
from other parts of the county fot
the funeral. Among those from Co
quille were L. H. Hazzard. ,1. W. Len
eve. T. M. Dimmick, A. J. Sherwooa
Mr Collier and James Watson.
Members of local post G. A. R a*
companied the remains to the grave
the deceased being a Civil War veter
an and a member of the Bandon post
Flags throughout the city were halt
mast.
Came to County in ISO 7
Adam Pershbaker was born July
I. 1838, tn St. Charles county. Mis
souri. He served in a Missouri regi
ment for three years during the Wai
of the Rebellion and in 1866 went
to California
After spending a fe>
years in California he came to Coos
county and it was here that he made
his fortune.
Fournier of Prosper
He was founder of the town of
Prosi«r and it was in that part of
the Coquille river valley that he es
tablished himself as one of the fore
most men In the development of the
resource» of this section.
Having
been bequethed by a younger broth
er a small merchandise store, he en
tercd his flrat business venture at
Randolph in 1870
He gave the
business his strict attention and with |
many struggles, brightened with I
brilliant prospects, met with success I
Randolph in those days was a lively
place as it waa the supply point for
practically the entire Coquille valley
For about 23 years Mr. Pershbake»
was engaged In business at tha' '
place and shared in th« benefits from |
the black sand harvests which mad«|
Randolph a noted place throughout 1
the West in those days.
Built l‘ro«{>rr Mill
In 1887 he commenced work on
his sawmill and had it In the frame. |
The following year machinery was in 1
stalled and sawing commenced on
November 18th The mill had a cap- :
iLontlnued on last page)
VOTERS TO DECIDE
ROAD BOND BILL
—
BIG
DELEGATION
FROM BANDON $20.000 RETURNED To IHIIIL
J. II. Krumtn. representative ♦
♦
Major I moo J Frotaoftho U ♦ SENATE AMENDS SIX MILLION
ORGANIZATIONS
ATTEN D
MEN IB PLANT DURING
DOI.I. VIC MEASURE TO AL
of the Portland Chamber of ♦
♦
8
Engineer» in charge of the ♦
YEAR OF ItHO,
IM) T IKE PART.
LOW REFERENDUM.
Commerce, arrived in the city ♦
♦ Oregon harbors arrived in Ban- ♦
today to take up final negotia-
tions with the local businesu
men for the building of the pro
posed Portland-Coquille River
steamship.
A meeting of the subscribers
to stock in the undertaking has
been called for 8 o’clock this
evening at the K. P. hall. Mr.
Krumm state» that Portland
has her money ready and he has
authority to close up a deal.
The closing of the deal will
mean the immediate opening of
the local shipyard.
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♦ don today aad thia afternoon ♦
'hicken Supper and Splendid Pro* Parkersburg Clu-ese t'ompaii) Elect*
Directors anil Manager— Busin«*«*
gram I n Enjoyed—1 Ice Chancellor
Increasing Rapidly—H. T. Millet
and ".lack" Clarke Are Present—
I n Manager—Bright
Future
Is
Fine Talks—T hose Attending
Pretlicleil For Industry.
From Bandon.
•
I*r«v.i<ient Hall of <’<«>« < omit y <■«««!
♦
Road» AwMtciatioii Give«
Ixu-id
♦ inn launched through co-oporn ♦
V lew- of Proposed Bonding Project
♦ lien between (lie Government ♦
—Rill Anteudcd to Give too»
♦ and tho Port of Bandon
The ♦
Count) Some of I'aving.
♦ mot with the local people to ex
♦ plain the new project that 1« be
♦
will coat approximately ♦
♦ $i 19,.....
whieii include» tho ♦
On a number of occasion«, in fact ♦ building of a suction dredge ♦
A jolly crowd of local members of
The six million dollar bond fastis
♦ I I'ill for roads In Oregon, was passed
the Pythian Sisters and Knights o' every time the writer has made u ♦ Tlie Port Is to pay one-half
la to !'•" hoi
linoa Ma|oi ♦ by the Senate at Salem Monday, but
Pythiaa lodges wended their way to trip on the local river during the ♦
Coquille Monday night via tho steam past three or four years and observ ♦ Freis «fated that he believes the ♦ not until amended so as to give the
er Telegraph, to take part in th'“ big ed the smiling face of Manager 11. T ♦ present bulkhead line, where ♦ voters a voice at a special referen
celebration staged in that city by th« Miller sb he attended Ills duties about ♦ built, would ho as good as am. O dum election, to be lu-lq probably In
respective Coquille chapters in hon the plant, the impulse to let the pub ♦ but that up towards tho Moore ♦ May or June. Tho bill originated In
♦
or of the 53rd anniversary of the lic In on the story back of that un ♦ mill it could extend somewhat ♦ the House, and was approved there
♦
founding of the Knights of Pythias assuming red and blue fronted cheese ♦ t.irfhei nut into tlie rivet
as amended
The Governor said he
Vsiions lot.ii peak»»a pro ♦ I would sign It.
lodge and the 40th anniversary of the factory at Parkersburg. has been in ♦
♦ sented facts concerning the riv- ♦
institution of the insurance depart mind.
An explanation of the bond issue
”Oh. there’s nothing interestin', ♦ er and bar as observed here nnd ♦ as it wo,ild affect Coos county is giv
ment.
Tho Telegraph steamed from the about a cheese factory." you are say- ♦ much Inter« .-ting Information ♦ en by Chas Hall, president of th»
local docks at about five thirty p Ing. hut that shows how little you ♦ was brought out which lock of ♦ '’oos County Good Roads association.
m., the delegation bubbling ovoi appreciate tho honest toil and effort« ♦ time prohibits publication In ♦ In the following interview
♦
with enthusiasm and anticipation that mum bo made to launch an en 0 this Issue.
"The passage of the six million dol
Major Freis nnd Junior En ♦ lar state bond Issue for highways by
of the “good things to come.' terprise which in a few years can ♦
change
a
country
from
wilderness
♦ gfneer J. II Polhemus meet ♦ jthe Senato marks the first big con
Numerous decks of cards were pro
duced, and the trip tip the river held and stern necessity, Into a land of ♦ with the Port Commission this • structive step In building good roads
♦ |'n Oreg«in
It Is a start which will
somewhat the aspect of an evening rich and prosperous dairies, fine ♦ evening
at Five Hundred. Auction Bridge or homes and happy and contented ooooooooooooooo« result in putting Oregon on a par
Knowledge, Ixtyalty anil Action the just plain old Pedro.
people. And that is just what the
• with California and Washington in
Three Requisite« He Declared—
Arriving at the county seat city Parkersburg. Dew Valley and Bandon
highway development This bond Is
—Urge* I se of School Houses as shortly after eight, the Bandonlans Beach cheese and butter plants, (to
me provides for hard surface roads
Social t 'enters to Safeguard Mor repaired to the I. O. O. F. hall where gethcr with a few private institu
In the note thickly populated Bec-
als of Boys and Girls.
the meeting was assembled, and en tions), ate doing for the vast and
I ttons of the state, and In so doing,
joyed a remarkably excellent chick Just-developing section of Coos conn
'lie Legislator» hai made It possible
Yes, with
en dinner.
W. C. Chase on behalf ty tributary to Bandon
for such outlying «llstrlcts as our own
Under the topic “Good Citizenship”
of Lycurgus lodge of Coquille then pardonable irony it may be said
to get tlm benefit of Uie st»t« and
the lit. Rev. Bishop Sumner of the
took the chair, and the following “Romance and interest are lacking*' I1HNTY ASSESSOR .1. P. BEIERS Federal funds which srn to be ap
Episcopal Diocese of Oregon deliver
For to many the example of a littl«
program was rendered
plied to post snd forest rosds. The
Gil i s INI OBM ITION PI It-
ed a splendid lecture to a large audi
Instrumental duet—Mrs. M. O band of dairymen casting their tor
Federal apportionment with the
TAINING
TO
OFFICE.
ence at the Grand theatre Tuesd«.-
tunes into Lite maws of commerce as
funds which the state must match
evening. Bishop Sunnier came here Hawkins and Miss Genevieve Chase. evidence of their faith In dairyin'
Address of welcome—W. C. Chase
with the government will sff-ird
under the auspices of St. John's
Vocal solo—Rev. F. 8. Shimian and In Parkeishurg as a dairy cel: \ nmnsmm 1 Valuation of Coquille Wat nearly four million «lidlars for this
Guild. He was introduced with ap
Response from Hector lodge (Myr ter, contains naught of rontano
ershed Exceeds That of <’««•« Bn, work during tho next five years.
propriate remarks by Supt. L. W.
Mof to many tomauco is a thing ot
tle Point) —E. C. Roberts.
by 'lore Than Two Million Dollar- Without, tlie six mlll!<>n dollar bond
Turnbull of the Bandon schools.
Response from Posedion lodge (ot blood and thunder, of musty books
— Valuation« la-«« in All Towns issue, this Fedora) and state money
The three chief requisites to good
and days of yore. To such tho efforts,
Except Noltli Bend—Other Fact« would no doubt be absorbed In tho
citldenship, according to the speaker, North Bend) — Edgar McDaniels.
trials and visions ot today are pro
(ot
Response
from
Myrtle
lodge
I mor« settled portions of th« »late,
are knowledge, loyalty and action
sale In the extreme. The world I-
Marshfield)—Tom T. Bennet.
and outside aid of any consequence
Know ledge must Include a gener il
commercialized, they cry, and bru
'
to Coos county would bn remote
Vocal
solo
—
-Leta
Mast.
(Justice
Coquille,
Feb
20
County
Assessor
understanding of local conditions, in
tai competition makes us slaves! J P. Beyers has Just compiled a tabls
Provide« for Coos
eluding social, civic and government Temple No. 35).
The bill provide» for the classi
Response from Delphi Lodge to! Of course, to these foresight and of the assessed valuations of the <!'f
al matters, as well as a comprehen
visions blossoming Into the concrete ferent districts ot Coos county. It 1» fication of the
Roseburg Myrtle
sion of the state and Federal laws Bandon)—J. W. Mast.
are sordid, uninteresting clay.
Address
—
AV.
J.
H.
Clarke
of
Ivan
of interest now as the annual ta» Point roa«l ns a post road and the
under which our government is ad
Happily for the progress of the paying period is on again. Compar Coos Bay Eugene road ns n forest,
hoe lodge (Portland).
ministered.
world, however, there are man, Ing the statement with the one of n rond
An amendment was mad* In
Address
—
Grand
Vice-Chancellor
Loyalty includes that which we
dreamers ot visions and workers of year ago, it 1« found that tho total the bill at tho suggestion of thn Coos
owe ourselvee and that which we owe Leslie Crouch of Portland.
Vocal solo—Miss Mabel Bay, ot romanci mill to be found. For if valuation of the county has dropped county people, which will make It
our city, county, state and nation. It
the eartli contained none of such from $2 1,1 09,670 to $19,781,677 posslt'ln for us to partlclpnte in tho
Coquille
high school.
means the willingness to make per
what a dreary, unprogressive thing This loss of $1,346,993 ill assessed hard aurfnee Improvements
It pro
A
reading
was
to
have
been
given
sonal sacrifices for public good; the
hv Mrs. Julia F. Pape of Itgndon. life would be.
values is due to dropping from th» vides that n portion of a post road of
willingness to run for office, accept
Yes, it may be said, not as some tax rolls the lands of the O. and C twenty miles or more be aelect«‘d by
hut owing to sickness of Mr. Pape
responsibilities at the hands < f the
thing of which to be ashamed, but a.« grant.
she was unable to attend.
a county. If the same han been graded
At
people and see that public affairs
the instance of Mr. Chase tlie local something of which to be proud, that
There are some changes In the to and made ready for hard surface,
are honestly administered.
(lie men who gathered at Parker«
an«l removed from the poet road
Action means active participation delegation was commissioned to ex burg a few years ago and started the tai valuations of the property of th«
provisions The fluids from the six
press to Mr. and Mrs. Pape the re
cities
and
districts
of
the
county
alao
in public affairs, from the lowest
Ball rolling for the establishment ot
Marshfield Is a considerable loser, million dollar bond Issue will be
department of municipal affairs to grets of all that the latter could not the Parkersburg Cheese Co., were
be present.
dropping from 92.930,139 to $2.674, avnllablo for hard surfacing this
the highest of the nation; the exer
dreamers and men of visions. They 6.39; a loss of $245,500, or almost a portion of road
Under this amend-
The
theme
of
Vice
Chancellor
cise of the voting franchise given to
saw tlie noed of such an enterprise,
ment it Is poaslble for Coos county
every American citizen; and a readi Crouch’s address was the broad field they saw the benefits that would ac quarter of a million.
of fraternity. He is a forceful ora
At the samo time North Bend has io withdraw that portion of the Coos
ness to act in defense of nation and
tor and held his audience's undivld'*d crue to their community and to their Increased her valuation» from $1. Bay nnd Myrtle Point road which will
honor.
Individual fortunes- and It may be
be plac««l on permanent line nnd
These are but glimpses of the re attention. To have heard him was said that in all they saw most clear 237,997 to $1,242,988. This Is s
grailed by our own bond issue and ob
a
treat
and
an
education.
gain
of
only
$4,991,
but
It
brings
marks made by this intellectual
In his response to the address of iy- They built their plant on the south her properly list up to nearly half tain funds from the state for hard
speaker, who. within the short period
surface.
of an hour, spoke volumes of logic welcome in behalf of the local Pyth side of the Coquille river, a few rods as much as Marshfield.
The special consideration which
Bandon
drop»
from
$852,275
ti
ian
Sisters
and
Knights,
J.
W.
Mast
on the great social problems of the
down stream from the old Parkers
was given certain counties In tho
$81.3,893,
a
low
of
$8,382
did
full
justice
to
the
duty
Imposed
day. Much ot his address was de
burg mill site, which institution, by
Coquille drops from $611,371 to state which ha«l bonded is justified
voted to the child and the school. upon him. Mr. Mast Is no amateur the way. in Its prime played an im
because th«.sc counties have bond«<1
$61
0,257, a loss of $ 4.1 1 4.
in
the
realm
of
oratory.
He
is
a
He spoke in favor of making the
portant chapter in the history of the
themselves to build state trunk roads
Myrtle
Point
goes
down
from
student
and
philosopher.
To
him
school the social center of the com
Ixiwer River and Its peoples
They
and which were not of primary local
munity, relating the progress made Pericles, Lysander, Socrates. Plato, equipped the substantial building $380,930 to $366.736, a loss of $14, value to the counties. In Coo» coun
194.
Caesar,
Cicero,
or
any
of
the
other
in that departure in Chicago and
with the best of cheese and butter
When it comes to the valuations of ty we bonded ourselves to connect up
other eastern cities; he favored clean, notables of Ancient Greece or Roman making machinery; built a wharf on
the Ports of the county we find that our towns and make a local system
He
well-chaperoned dancWs in connec glory are as familiar friends
the water front and arranged for
of roads primarily and the«»» roads
tion with the social center work in has the tricks, gestures, expression« easy and least expensive methods of Coo» Bay watershed has furnished are not recognized an primary state
$8,620,94
4
of
assess««!
value,
while
of
oratory
ever
at
command,
and
order to take the place of the public
transporting the milk from the dairy
highways.
dances, which he branded as amon« needless to say is able to hold his farms to the factory. H T Mlller, ; the Coquille watershed baa $10,803,-
"Coos and Curry counties are in
110, or almost a million more than
the greatest demoralizing agents t" audience.
an expert cheese man, was secured I half tho entire valuation of the coun the position of outlying districts,
young girls.
The Randonians arrived home at as manager of the concern, and the
which compared with the state as s.
A strong plea was made in favor about I o’clock In the morning, tired, directors turned the plant over to ty. The difference in favor of th«
whole, are not necessary to Its pri
of medical inspection before mar sleepy, but happy In the light of hav him w-ith the instruction “go to it. Valley is $2.082,165
mary development which naturally
Of the $692,108 taxes levied in
riago licenses are issued, and th» ing enjoyed a most agreeable and and make good.”
connect» up larger centers. However
this county and which are now due
speaker flayed the Oregon legisla worth while evening
As to whether Manager Miller ha« an«l payable, $205,030 or somewhat we should take the liberal position
ture for attempting to repeal such
The insurance department of the "made good'* is a matter that can
that the Improvcanent of the roads
less than one-third 1» for school pur
a law at present in force in this state, Knights of Pythias lodge ranks with
in the more populous districts of the
easily
tie
surmised
from
the
show
poses; $158.101, or a little less that«
because It means a loss of a few dol the leading insurance organization»
from a quarter, 1» for road», bridges and state will be of Indirect benefit to
lars in fees to Portland in favor of of the country. Its assets are $8,- Ing the plant has made, or
conversation with patrons of the ferries. $58.552. or about ons dolllat us and will place ua In line for the
Vancouver, He pointed out how In 679,041, with $96.398.817
of in plant.
next Improvements which are to b»
In $12. Is for stat» purposes, prac
consistent to pass a sterilization act surance in force, and 71,682 mem
As to the showing made, only the tically $100,000, or one seventh ot made
to take care of the present unfortu bers
An Idea of Its size may be past year'» record (an increaalng re-
Autos r»y Moat
the whole, is exclusively for city pur
nates and at the same time attempt judged from the fact that it paid out
The Increase In the automobile
be poses, and that $58.192. or another
Iteration
of
years
before)
need
to repeal a law which aims to preven an average of $3.08 every minute
During 191«. Hl,IM ¡dollar In $12. 1» for Port purposes • llcmw ■« will take care of these bonds
such unfortunates from being born during 191«, or a total of 31.826.- considered
In both principal and Interest, with
pounds
of
cheese
were made and
In the future.
284. The organization Is under th« sold. The gross income from this Ito he »pent, for the Improvement ot out an increase of the present on«v
direct control of the Supreme lodge amount was $22,182 76; and tb* I the Coquille waterway and Coos Bay quarter mill levy on all taxable
A new item In the present sun« property for highway»
To Coquille March 2n<1
ot the order and open to all Knights net income, or money returned to
The annual basket ball excursion in good standing.
The bond issue In th» »tat» 1»
the patrons of the factory waa $19,- 1 mary la the .9 mill levy for high
school purposes, which raises $11.072 compsrabl* to the Coo» county bond
to Coquille will be held one week
The Bandon delegation was com 359.76. Thia makes an average of
from Friday, on March 2nd. Tha posed of the following Pythian Bis .38 80 cents per pound for butterfat | and Is paid entirely by those district» Issue last year, and Coo» county In re
Dispatch has been chartered for th* ters and Knights Mrs E I>ewfn, Quite a showing isn't It for a eon that have on high school, for the tti lation to it may be compared with the
occasion and a large bunch of root Mrs. C. Rasmussen. Mrs J. II Jon«* cern of its kind started in virgin, I Bion of their pupils 1n the district* mor« remote section» of our own
ers from the High school and city Mrs Tucker, Mrs S C Johnson. An- undeveloped territory only five years ¡that have high schools
county which will not have road»
The special city taxes are about built to them by our bon<1 Issue, but
will go to the county seat to witness nle Barrows, Mrs. Walter Panter, ago!
the big game
Miss Kate Rosa. Mis» Breuer, Mrs
Parkersburg Cheese Co. held Its 110,000 less than last year. Marsh which will be taken car» of with
The boat will leave Bandon at I Jam«*« T Jenkins of Parkersburg, annual stockholders meeting last field lays about $13.000 lees than county funds ns the result of It.
I last year, Bandon about $4.000 mor*,
Multnomah county has 31 per
p m , March 2nd
Mrs. Neal McGtlvery of Parkersburg Thursday. (February 15th), with the
Messrs
E B. Fish. G. R. McNair, majority of stockholders present to and th* rest of the cities practically <ent of the assecsed valuation of the
«tale, and will have nona of the bond
The arrivals were
Phoenix. Fri Ernest Sidwell. Victor Breuer, Wal take part in the discuaeions, sample the same as last year
issue expended within Its boundaries
day; Brooklyn. Saturday; Bandon. ter Panter. J. II Jonee. James T the excellent lunch of cheese, crack
Sunday. Elizabeth. Monday: Patsy, 'Jenkins. Neal McGilvery. Roy B. Cor- ers and coffee prepared by Manager
O, O. Boyd of Dubuque. Iowa, la but very naturally will inslat on a
AVednesday.
Sailing
Brooklyn. ¡son. Cleve McAllister. F- E Drane, Miller, and last but not least. to vote visiting at the R C. McKInnl» home c insidcrable portion of th» money
Elizabeth, Phoenix, Bandon, all en (L. B Lowe. J. W. Mast, Jas. H 3a«n Clinton, Thon Devereaux and I here. His parents are planning on being spent in th» territory which In
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Howe, John Langlois.
coming her« later.
Wednesday.
SPLENDID LECTURE
BY BISHOP SUMNER
ADAM PERSHBAKER
NO. 14
TAX FIGURES THAT
ARE INTERESTING