WESTERN
WHERE PRODUCTIVE SOIL AND TIDE WATER MEET
WORLD
LUMBERING, MINING, DAIRYING, STOCK RAISING
BANDON, COOS COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1917
Plan to Give Lease
and Repair Shipyard
SECURES INJUNCTION State Rural Credits Condensing Plant
QUESTION ARISES
Law Now in Force
Not
Stock
Scheme
AGAINST MINING CO.
AS TO AUTHORITY
s.
Portland Bout Interests Relieve It
Advisable to Sign Up, Reserv
MINING ALONG SIXES MAY BE
ing One Slip.
STOPPED BY THE ADJAC
ENT RANCHERS.
D. Pulfonl of Myrtle Point, Coos E K. Oakes Say** He Is lh»im Work
Representative, 1« Now Receiv
Gratis and Offers Free Site-
SITI A HON BETWEEN COUNTY
ing Applications for Loan*.
Outside Capital iu V iew.
si RV I VOR AND ROADMAS-
TER EMBARRASSING.
Ithin the next few days a lease
Atty 8. D. Pulford of Myrtle Point
E. E. Oakes states that he is pro
will probably be given by the local
P. Peirce Brings Action Which has been appointed Coos county rep gressing rapidly towards getting
Former Refuses to Accept State En
shipyard owners to Capt. George
Bbls Fair to Become Bitter Legal resentative of the State rural credits things in shape for the launching ot
gineering Survey of Various Bond
Ross, who has been here for the past
Mr. Pulford was In a milk condensing plant in Bandon
Struggle—More Than 8200,000 Al I organization
Issue Projects as Official—If Re
two months in view ot taking over
i
Bandon
this
week,
and
stated
that
and that in spite of the competition
ready Invested There ami Industry
survey Is Necessary» More Expense
the plant. With the exception of a
Is Important to Curry and Bandon. the state would be ready to loan that has sprung up in the county,
and Delay \\ ill Be Caused.
number of minor details agreement
money under the new law within a his prospects are very encouraging
has practically been reached, and as
few days. Anyone desiring to se However, he says he needs the co
soon as the lease Is given the work
The mining industry along Sixes cure a state man should communi operation of everyone interested in » ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
II.1. INTERESTS AND
of putting the yard in repair will be- river, one of the big assets to north cate with him.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC TO
tills community and would especially »
TO SETTLE MATTER
CO-OPERATE ON COAST gin.
ern Curry county and of material
Under the provisions of the act like to see the dairymen along the »
It is reported today that the
The action follows receipt of a let commercial benefit to Bandon. Is en the state of Oregon will loan money lower river give their support to Ban
* County Court expects to over
ter from the Portland Chamber of dangered by an action filed against on farms in amounts of from $200 don in this matter.
♦ ride County Surveyor McCul
ack Arrangement to Assure Con Commerce stating that they believed I the Sixes River Mining Company by to $5000, on good security, but in
Mr. Oakes states that his is not » » loch on the grounds that the law
struction from Bend, Or., to it advisable to give a lease on ths S. P. Peirce, former joint-represen no case can the loan be greater than stock promotion deal, but that out
» provides for either the county
Klamath Falls and then to Eu plant, reserving one slip for the tative and a rancher of that section. $50 per acre. The funds may be side capital would come here and es
» surveyor or the county commis
reka; Also from Eureka North to Portland boat that is to be built, Mr. Peirce, backed by others, has se secured for long terms, and may be tablish the plant. He is getting noth »
sioners to do the surveying.
Marshfield to Complete Coast They felt that they could leave it cured a temporary Injunction to pre paid oft in installments of principal ing out of the work he is doing except
Route Between Portland and San to the local stockholders to see that vent the company from dumping their and Interest.
Improvements of & what share of the benefits to the
Francisco.
satisfactory arrangements could be tailings into the stream, claiming temporary nature will not be consid whole community he might realize
It is apparent that the breach
made for the construction of tlie ves that it is causing the river to chang» ered security for loans, and money should the deal go through. He says
sel. The letter also states that they its course and thereby doing damage loaned must be used in improving ths that in addition to the work of get which has existed for some time be
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦«♦♦♦« ♦ are progressing with the matter oi to adjacent lands. A. H. Thomas, farm. The rate of interest will prob- ting the plant located here he is of tween County Surveyor C. S. McCul
CONSTRUCTION MAN COMING ♦ organizaion, and while it is taking superintendent of the defendant coni- ably vary from year to year, depend- fering a free waterfront site of from loch and the county roadmaster’s of
fice is still giving rise to embarras
A prominent Southern Pacific ♦ more time than was anticipated the . pany, was here this week and engag- ing upon the rate of interest at one to three lots.
sing situations in connection with the
♦
official connected with the con
proposition is working out satisfac- | ed the services of Attorney O. P. which the bonds are sold that furnish
F. E. Conway of Marshfield has.
struction department, while in ♦ torily and they expect to get down Topping to fight their case.
the funds for the loans. The belief since the local proposition became road improvement work that is to bo
done the coming summer.
Coos county recently, stated to ♦ to final action very soon.
Speaking of the legal action, a Is that the rate will be about 5 pet known, according to the Coquille
There seems to be a question as t<*
an acquaintance that he Intend ♦
Word had also been received froii. prominent local mining man Interest cent.
Sentinel, started the promotion of the authority.
The surveyor contends
ed establishing ills headquarters ♦ Portland people that Capt. Ross’ of ed on Sixes, stated today that If the
The state does not require the bor Butter Cup Dairy Products Co. in
in Bandon in about 7 months. ♦ fer to build the vessel ou a ten per injunction is sustained It will prac rower to purchase stock in an assoctu- view of locating a condensing plant .hat he was elected by the people,
therefore has the final say in the
He did not state his purpose but « cent basis, which he had made t<. tically ruin the mining industry of tion, or guarantee other borrowers’ either at Marshfield, Coquille o»
matter of surveys, while Mr. Mui-
having during the same conver ♦ them, was being very favorably con northern Curry. He declared that. loans; and it is considered by many Myrtle Point and. according to th»
tiock,
the roadmaster, appointed by
sation remarked that the Coos- ♦ sidered. and while they had practi | only muddy water and silt is being that the state law method is superior Sentinel, has secured the co-opern
the County Court and now represent
Bay-Eureka line w-ould be com ♦ cally decided to let the job out on | dumped Into the river. This, he say», to the new National Rural Credits tion of T. P. Hanly of Lampa. Th-
ing the state in whose hands the bond
pleted soon, it was taken for ♦ contract. It is possible that a deal can is easily carried down by the stream plan.
latter Is president of the new con» Issue project lias been placed by tho
granted that construction would ♦ be made on the other plan.
pany, and is reported to have sub- Court, has had charge of all that
Mr. and if deposited on land is a benefit
commence next fall. He also ♦ Ross agrees to pay the compensation rather than a detriment to that land THROUGH PASSENGER SERVICE scribed $5,000 for stock in tlie con- work.
More than $200,000 has already beet,
stated that the line would go ♦ out of the ten per cent.
corn.
The situation is disconcerting t»»
With
♦
south via Bandon.
It is believed that by giving Mr. spent in development work on that Nornut Makes Connections
say the least and may lead to more
Trains—Carries No Mail.
MAYOR TOPPING RETURNS
The Southern Pacific has. ac ♦ Ross a lease on the yard and puttin, river, he declared, and great possi
serious trouble and delay. Certainly
FROM STAN IN ’FRISCO
cording to reliable local source, ♦ it in shape for business he will be in bilities are in view if the investors
It Is not conducive to the best Inter-
Although the new railroad sched
already secured abstracts on a ♦ a better position to go after a con are allowed to continue. The com
ests of the taxpayers.
pany now operating there has been ule, giving through service between To Appoint Attorney and Attend to
150-foot right-of-way between ♦ tract for another boat.
Tlie following from Tuesdays
I
successfully
taking
out
values
for
Portland and Myrtle Point, went int«»
Coos Bay and Bandon.
This ♦
Other City Matters—I ’litter-
Marshfield Record Is pertinent to thia
some time and is a decided asset to effect Sunday, and the gas boat Nor-
would indicate that reservations ♦
went Operation.
question:
Octogenarian Critically 111
Northern Curry, as it employes all ma has been making connections
are being made for a double ♦
”A controversy, the news of which
Theodore Neuhaus, the aged shoe
♦ maker who conducts a shop on Ban local men and buys its provisions lo- morning and evening at Cedar Point
track.
Mayor Geo. P. Topping returned did not get into print, occurred last
for passengers, the mall schedule ha» Friday from a six weeks' stay in San week at tho meeting of the county
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ « don avenue, suffered a stroke of par ! cally.
The
Port
Orford
Tribune
has
the
not
yet been placed on a one-day Francisco. While lie went there court, when County Surveyor C. 8.
alysis about a week ago and is still
plan, there having been no orders re primarily on business which detain McCulloch refused to take the state
The San F'ranclsco Chronicle of in a critical condition. The stroke following regarding tlie case:
It is reported that an injunction ceived at the local postofflce to that ed him about a week, he took occa engineering survey of tho various
ridav, March 9th, has the follow- I partially paralyzed him and rendered
will
be served shortly on the Sixes effect. And, it is said, the change sion to consult a specialist regarding units of the good roads system an
g first page story:
him speechless. He is past 84 years
However, the his physical condition, which hail official and plat Hie roads and ac
Revealing a radical rearrangement of age, and a native of Germany, be , Mining company to prevent them may not be made.
f the railroad map of northern Cali- ing a veteran of the Franco-Prussian from dumping their tailings into the mail Is now arriving on the early been below normal for some time, cept tlie surveys as official.
river. Many believe that the farmers morning boat from Coquille and is and found that immediate treatment
"County Surveyor McCulloch ha*
irnia and Oregon, the Chronicle has war of 1870-71.
along that stream who would stop the distributed about 10 o’clock, while was necessary.
contended that the surveys, In ord*»
eceived information from an appar-
He underwent an operation of the to be official, must be made by the
ntlv reliable source of the plan of was the question which, as long as • company in its work, are, for sever It leaves Bandon at one-thirty
he Hill lines to enter San Francisco it remained unanswered, left the oth al reasons, making a mistake. The o’clock in the afternoon, thus giving nose, in which a growth of consider county surveyor, and rather than a-
time to
answer
correspondence able size was removed. This growth cept them from others. Mr. McCul
y th« way of Eureka. Corrobora- er discoveries in mystery. And the success of the mining enterprise,
had formed at a point where tlie nose loch balked. District Attorney John
ien of this information has been se- information that surveying parties, such as the Sixes comany gives prom on the same day received.
The Norma now leaves here at 3 had been broken at one time and It F. Hall was present at the meetlns
ured, disclosing negotiations for a supposed to be working under Hill ise of being, would not only benefit
o'clock in the morning and In the not only affected his breathing but and upheld most of Mr. McCulloch's
rackage agreement by which Hill orders, had been seen in the Klamath the immediate vicinity in which it is
located but would be a great stimulus evening arrives between 10:30 and also was gradually destroying his claims.
The court agreed that 11
ould assume one-third of the cost river country only added to the niys
to the mining industry all over the 11 o’clock.
hearing, aa well as impairing his ner would be necessary for the county
f tlie Eureka-San Francisco line ol tery.
county, making it much easier to get
vous system and constitution general surveyor to go over all the work be
he Northwestern Pacific.
The solution, which reveals the capital to take hold of legitimate
ly. The operation was a success and fore It could be legally forwarded
The new construction involved tn plan in a much clearer light, cams ! propositions. Then again, this com
although still weak.
Mr. Topping so that official plats which arc re
is comprehensive readjustment In when it was learned yesterday that
pany is said not to be dumping any
Jjf : JL.;
the proposal for a joint use of the rocks into the Sixes, only sand and Several Shipped Out m Samples— feels much Improved and Is gradually quired in th« surveyor’s office might
be legal and according to law.
gaining in flesh and strength.
A Hrtf MW to build south from Eureka-San Francisco line had been
Better Than Anything on the
dirt. During winter freshets this sedi
though agreeing to the necessity
City Matters Hold Attention
»
with the made.
Market Now.
ment will be scattered over the bot
During the past few months the the county surveyor checking
Relieves he can force a track- tom lands further down the river,
City Council has more and more felt surveys, Hie court did not give
Klamath
nd then«#
ent from Eureka south,’- and will undoubtedly prove a benefit
The White Cedar Chest Co., of this
the need of a city attorney, and at a order, but adjourned until tomo».
a few
iver to the coast at
gkplanation which came yes Instead of an injury to the farmer Icily, of which Crain« & Shanks are
recent meeting that body Informally row when it is expected the affair
nib north of Eureka, whe
tn one in close touch with Unless real and serious damage is the founders. Is rapidly getting start
voted that an appointment be made will t>e straightened out.
I n would he made with the presen ‘Rffrrthern Pacific executive office»
being done the farmers, it is to br ed in the manufacture of their good« Mayor Topping baa received the up
"Thorn are many other things con
^ne t > Sausalito.
“And the Southern Pacific and Santa hoped that this company will not I" on a commercial scale One of their
plications of Attorneys I. N. Miller. nected with th« procedure in the good
B Southern Pacific to build the Fe are quite willing to listen to such
|
chests,
a
model
of
splendid
workman
interfered with.
1, L. Gardiner, and roads work which Mr McCulloch
oast connection from Trinidad to proposals. The construction in the
ship, is on display in the window of C. R. Wade and of one of the thr«« claiuiH is being done contrary to law.
the
appointment
Marshfield, bridging the gap in the Eel river canyon of the Eureka line
I the Bandon Furniture Co., and a
to the position will doubtless be lie says the right of-way should not
COKE PREPARING LEASE
proposed coast route to Portland and kcost an Immense amount of money.
number of them having the past week
made. Another matter is that of tho bo purchased by the county court
doing away with the high grade haui If Hill wants to assume one-third of
been shipped out as samples. They two ordinances which were disi’ussed until the proper viewers have re
over the Siskiyous on the Shasta this cost there will be little objec Woolen Mill IToject Awaits Court’s are made of highly polished whit«
In a recent issue of this paper
I- ported on th« lands to be scqutrea
Action—Money Ready.
route.
cedar and finished with beautiful
tlon, for it is recognized that the de
Mr. M»-
Slid their tal'to estimated
appear
the
general
seutiment
favor
' cedar burl of a dark brown color
C—-Construction of the detour and velopment of the north coast conn
The lease on the Bandon Woolen The quality of the wood obtained lite age limit ordinance, but there ts Ctllloch said that instead of pill,
tunnel to avoid the present grade try would come much more rapidly
Mills will be signed up by Judge J. here Is far better than any of that much opposition to the other on tlie suing this scheme, the court has been
over the Willits hill, thus opening in this way.”
S.
Coke in a few days, according to used in chests now on the market. it point that It la too «weeping In scope, buying right-of-way without proceed-
the entire coast line as a low-grade
It is pointed out that the North
W.
J. Sweet, receiver for the com is said to hold Its scent for more than and that ft covers a field where law Ing lawfully.
and
route between San Francisco
western Pacific’s new construction
"County Judge James Watson, who
pany.
who took the matter up with >0 years. The local chests are a enforcement ran best be served by
Portland.
between Willits and Eureka is all
leaving the matter In county and went to Portland after Attending ths
the
Court
this
week.
The
leas«
ha-»
better product all around than any
Secret Trip Afford« Clew
with heavy rails and steel bridges
Eugene meeting, telephoned In last,
state domain.
It was a secret trip made by Louis suitable for heavy traffic that the already been drawn but necessitated i on the market and can be sold to
ntght and asked that the county sur
several
minor
changes
which
will,
Hill personally to Eureka two months only improvement of this line nec
compete with the rest in price.
Walter Sabin came down from his veyor shall not go ahead with hl*
“go that gave the clew which result essary to make it practicable for however, not alter the plans. It will
ranch at Bridge today for a visit with survey of the roada until Judge Wat-
be
made
to
read
for
one
year
after
ed in the discovery of these radical handling through freight between
.friends »nd relatives and to attend to son’s return which is expected to
the sale In connection with the satis CHAUTAUQUA HERE THE
plans.
Portland and San Francisco is the
MIDDLE OF JULY business matters. Mr. Sabin Is jus» night.
faction
of
mortgage,
which
will
prac
Hill went to Eureka, stayed at the elimination of the grade over the
"If the county surveyor Is author
recovering from a severe attack of
tically mean at least a year and a
home of a personal friend and left Willits hill.
Surveyors have been
Ureal Committee Receive« Communi lagrlppe.
ized to reaurvey the highways the
half
Between
six
and
»even
thou»
without being recognized. The infor- working at this point recently.
contracts cannot be let for over a
cation from Eliiaon-Whlte Peo
and dollars has been raised by local
matlon which comes to the Chronicle
To Cwt Out Heavy Hall
month from tomorrow and perhaps
ple Giving Information.
♦
♦
stock
subscription
in
a
company
t
•
E that he went to Eureka by the
Ever since the through rail line
longer, although they could be ad
WORLD
HONOR
ROLL
operate the plant and as soon as ths
«
•'lamath river road and trails.
was opened to Eureka it has be«n
Chas. F. Pape as one of the sign
vertised and In readiness when the
the stockholders
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
♦
«
lease
is
procured
*'
"
1 »usual as such a trip may appear understood that the plan of South-
ere for Chautauqua in Bandon this
official survey Is completed. Mr Mc
for
a
meeting
and
organize
During the past few weeks we have Culloch sat<t the county survey wool*
f"r the head of a great transcontin ern Pacific was eventually to com will bold
year, has received a lengthy com
ental railroad system, friends of Hili plete the lino along the coast north business.
munication from the Ellison-White been sending subscription statements take probably one month and would
Promptness with | necessitate the addition of one crew
**y that It is not unusual for him to and thus cut out the heavy haul over
Chautauqua System, to the effect and reminders.
R. Pomeroy Break« I-eg
which many of our friends are re in the surveyor’s forces to hurry It
niake such personal reconnaissances the Siskiyous on the Shasta route
the
organization
will
appear
in
Ban
R. Pomeroy, who has charge of th»
of new territory.
Furthermore, It That this will be done in connection
don the week of July 14, 15, 16, 17, plying, and little personal notes li> to completion in a short time ”
many instances have gone a long way
has been learned that in the preced- with the Hill Joint trackage agree undertaking parlor here for Edwin IB, 19
towards making the publishers feel
lnA fall he had gone over the Eastern ment is the information that come» Ellingson, last night tell and broke
The
letter
stales
that
the
company
hit right leg just above the ankle
To Search Bandon Boat
that their efforts have been appre
Oreglin section of the proposed new from Southern Pacific sources.
It
D. Wheeler, reported to be a
He Is 76 years of age and the injury Is prepared to offer some exceptional ciated.
K.
construction incognito, and accom is not expected that the laying of Is considered quite serious and will attractions this year. Among these
8. Internal revenue officer, arrived
past
IT.
Payments
were
made
Hie
rails on these new lines will beglh
panied only by a chauffeur.
probably render him practically help are: Lo Zito's Royal Venetian Band,
I here yesterday from Portland, and
in connection with these disclos- while the present war price of steel less for some time. The accident Military Girls Orchestra. Filliton week by:
today proceeded to Coquille, » here It
E
D
Webb,
Bandon.
rps the recent meeting of Hill and continues, but the evidence is con occurred at the cottage on Second Concert Tarty, The Wassers Co.. Lyr
Is understood hs will join Sheriff W.
la-lla Wheeler. Prencott, Wash.
■’'raliorn at Del Monte gains signifi- vincing that the big lines have come
ic
Male
Quartet«.
Swiss
Alpine
Y<»d
street where Mr. Pomeroy lives alone
W. Gage and B. F. Miller, another
H.
Cary,
Hansville,
Wash.
W
ranr« Strahorn has secured rights to an understanding over the long He was walking from the woodshed lent, Senator James K Vardaman, Dr.
Internal
revenue officer. In some li
Banks,
Bandon.
H J
E |WRy hetween Bend and Klamath standing problem of readjustment of into the house when his heel hit the G. Whitfield Ray. Ixrrenze W. Wilson.
quor raids, saya last night's Coos Bay
Dawes.
Bandon
Oils
the
San
Francisco-Portland
lines
and
Wm.
A.
Boone,
Wood
Briggs,
Francis
a*l’ After the Del Monte meeting
door sill and caused him to fall He
Times. The suspicion 1» that some ot
C F. Waterman, Bandon.
'll gave an interview in which he that everything is being put in readi crawled on hts hands and knees to Hendry, Dr. Andrew Johnson, W. L.
| the vessel* plying Into Bandon wlH
J C. Porter, Bandon.
^presented himself as "friendly” to ness to rush the actual work after the trout door and called to nei -h- Mellinger, and Mary Adel Hays. The
be searched. However, noth’ r ot-
Martin Randleman. Lampa.
the end of the war, when the enor bors for assistance. The leg has been Mawson Antartic Expedition Her! tre
’n* Strahorn project.
flcial could hr le-rned <•'
Walter
Rabin.
Brtd«e,
Orc.
fi'it how «as Hill to get south to mous earnings of the railroads In the
snd motion pictures> will al j b<
put in a cast and the old gentle"
(and
base i
8.
D
Osb«rpe,
Hauti
u.
last
two
years
will
be
another
Incen
',’n F rancisco after coming down the
*
is
reeling
easily-
„
a
-
Klamath rher to the Coast? This tive (or development.
n Francisco Chronicle
Says Marshfield-Eu
reka Gap Planned