WESTERN
WHERE PRODUCTIVE SOIL AND TIDE WATER MEET
VOL. VI.
WORLD
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LUMBERING, MINING, DAIRYING, STOCK RAISING
BANDON, COOS COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1918
NO. 23
SEVERAL LOCAL MEN
TWELVE GRADUATES rFLAG OF HONOR IS ”
IN THE SENIOR CLASS TO BE RAISED HERE
THIRTY LEAVE COUNTY FRIDAY SUPPOSED THAT HE FELL FROM
LOG BUT NO ONE SAW THE
FOR CAMP LEWIS TO FILL
ACCIDENT.
COOS' QUOTA.
CLASS OF 1018 WILL GIVE PLAY TELEGRAM RECEIVED STATING
AT GRAND EVENING OF
HONOR FLAG HAS BEEN
MAY 3RD.
SENT TO RIN DON.
Eight More Will Ix?ave May 1 for Hat and Pike Pole Found Floating
on Water Was First Indication of
California Training Camp— •A tnong
Accident Which Cost Life of Floyd
Them laical Business Man Who
Rundle Monday Afternoon—Fun
Wants to Sell Before Going—New
eral Wednesday.
Law Soon.
"The Fascinating Fanny Brown" Curry County Gets Credit for Tlios*
Will Ap|>eai to a 1-arge Audience
of That County Subscribing Thru
That Night—Cast of Characters
laical Banks—More Subscriptions
—Synopsis of the Play—th* 1918
Mail* During Past Week—May
Graduates.
Formally Raise F lag.
A number of young men of the
Bandon community are included in
the list of 30 that makes up Coos
county's quota of the recent draft
They leave for Camp Lewis tomor
row, April 26. The list is as follows:
Clifford D. Hudson, Coquille; Irvin
Claire Gow, Wacomac, Wash.; Geo.
F. Cox, Parkersburg; Harry H. Hol-
versott, Coquille; Lars T Lindberg,
Marshfield; Chas. A Williams, Port
land; Chas. Mattier, Oakland, Cal.:
Elgis Bargis, Westwood, Cal.; Wm.
T Neil, Bandon; Thos. C. Macy, Ban
don; Orvil A. Knight, Myrtle Point;
Andrew R. Ocheltree, Broadbent; G.
M. Carr, Marshfield; James Roland
Weidner, San Francisco; John N.
Demios, Chehalis, Wash.; Lester O.
Norton. Coquille; James E. Cowan,
Portland: David C. Avery, Marsh-
field; Edward H. Harris, Riverton;
Edward G. Ekblad, Marshfield; Si-
mon Simonsen, Weed. Cal.; ; J. Ross
Thomas, Fossil, Oregon; ’ Thos. H.
Benham. Sumner. Ore.; A. Lanegan,
Marshfield; James A. Davis, Marsh
field; John Harris, Marshfield; Ar
thur F. Coleman, Forest Grove, Ore.;
William Rogers; Asa W. Lewis, Mon
roe. Wash.; Ernest Clifford Loyd.
The eight men who will be sent to
Fort McDowell, Cal., next Wednes
day, May 1, are as follows: Wayne
N. Epperson, Myrtle Point; Allen T
Roberts, North Bend; Edgar P.
Blundell. Bandon; Clarence M. Bill
ings, Myrtle Point; Carl Iver Back.
Marshfield; Robert Sigismondl, Len-
eve; Percy L. Roundtree, Lakeside;
Chas. Glen Colson, Powers.
Edgar P. Blundell is proprietor of
the local candy kitchen and ice cream
parlor.
He is endeavoring to sell
his place.
His wife will probably
go to Roseburg to reside with her
parents during his absence.
New legislation will soon be pas
sed taking all young men who have
reached 21 years of age during the
past year Into the draft and fully 90
per cent of them will be added to
class one.
Ih-vul Turned Over
Tho Giebisch * Joplin Condensed
Milk Co. now has a deed to the site
on which their large condensery is
rapidly being completed. The site
was turned over by the committee
several days ago. after the committee
having put up their personal note to
further secure the notes and other
collateral put up by the individual
subscribers with which top av for the
site. The committee deserves to tie
commended for coming to the a-ssist
ance of the community in this way
and their efforts should be appreciat
ed by tlie individual subscribers to
the extent that the latter will pay
their obligations at once.
New Mineral Prospects
J. R. Smith, the mining prospector
who every once in a while creates a
new sensation in local mining circles.
was In town again this week, bring
ing a number of samples of various
kinds of Ores found south of here
Among them is copper. Some have
been sent to the O. A. C. laboratories
for analysis.
SI2<M» I .Met to Community's Con
tribution—People of District
Are Ixtyal.
The reason why New Lake Is given
a larger individual notice, perhaps,
in the various bits of publicity de
voted to the Armenian & Syrian Re
lief fund, is because its people were
not especially assigned a quota in the
drive and their contribution to the
cause was entirely the result of the
patriotic efforts of Col Blumenrother
and several others in that small hut
hus'ilng section. Th* colonel quiet
ly slipped Into town a few days ago
liunted up Chairman S. C. Endicott
and turned over $12 to him, stating
that the amount was New Lake s I
contribution to the good cause The
amount has been forwarded to
Contributing to the fund
Portland
were Ralph L. Foster. Mrs E. Blu-
menrother. Col. C. F. Blumenrother.
Fid!th M Pomeroy, Chas. F. W Bln-
menrother. Mrs. M . C. Pomeroy. W.
P. Pomeroy, C. F. Guerin. Mathew
Stankavich. Ralph P. Pomeroy. Mrs.
E. Bethel, Sydney N. Croft.
Floyd Rundle, the 16-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. I. V. Rundle who re
side on a homestead south of Ban
don, drowned in the log pond at the
Chas. Richert mill on upper Two
Mile creek Monday afternoon at
about 4:30. The young man had
been employed in putting in logs for
the mill and it is supposed that he
fell from a log. No one saw the ac
cident, nor heard any alarm. His
hat and pike pole were found float
ing in the water and this was the
first indication of the happening.
Drag hooks were immediately em
ployed and the body was found near
where the hat was seen floating.
The body was brought to Bandon
and the funeral was held from the
Ellingson undertaking parlor Wed
nesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, inter
ment at the K. P. cemetery. Rev.
J. S. Van Winkle conducted the ser
vices.
The young man was well developed
physically for his age and was in
fact doing a man's work and earning
good wages.
SOMEONE HAS KICKED?
Col. Disque to Investigate Claim
Wages Are Too High Here.
“The Fascinating Fanny Brown"!
Who is she? Why, she is “heroine''
of that Jolly play which will be given
by the graduating class of the local
high school at th* Grand theatre the
evening of May 3rd.
Story of tli* Play
THE GRIP OF FREEDOM
Uniforms for Local
North Bend Editor
Company Are Here
Discusses Local Man
Company A, Coos Guard, Will Soon “When a Man is Doing Good Work
it is Only Good Business to
Be Out in Complete Soldier
Style—Leggings Late.
Keep Him in Ottico."
During election campaigns the av-
Company A, Coos Guard (Bandon)
!
received its uniforms yesterday, and erage candidate is looking for both
The following is from the offices
now, with the exception of leggings, | the favorable and the unfavorable
of the Spruce Production division of
is equipped to step forth in real comment, in fact the man in public
U. S. Signal Corps: “Portland—Re
soldier style. The leggings were to < I oiiice w ho cannot take honest criti
ports have been made to headquar
have been shipped with tlie uniforms cism and benefit from it should nev
ters of the Spruce Production Divis
and will probably arrive within the er attempt to be re-elected, says the
ion of the Signal Corps that certain next few days.
editor of the North Bend Harbor. He
Port Orford cedar riving operators
Bandon's company
was
the continues:
in the Coos Bay, Coquille and Ban-
first to file its organization papers
But there is a difference between
don districts are offering wages very
with
the
sheriff's
oP.ce,
therefore
ii
criticism
and abuse, or knocking.
much in excess of the schedule pro-
This newspaper lias probably given
first in rank for batallion formation
mulgated by Colonel Disque in Bul-
and will be known as Company A as much of its space to matters of
letin No. 32. This is said to be de
when a batallion is organized. It a public nature as has any paper in
moralizing to the labor market, tak
•Is recognized by Sheriff Gage as the the county, in fact it has been tho
ing away from the mills and logging
first company to have completed ttH aim of the writer to keeep posted on
camps in that district. It is said an
organization and filed its muster roll aiTa.rs concerning the tax payer. At
investigation of the reports will be
More than a dozen new recruits the same time we have kept a care
made by division headquarters, for
are being trained at the Armory and ful watch on county officials, If for
it is the announced policy to require
will be formed into squads and be no other purpose than personal sat
operators to conform to the schedule
attached to the local organization In isfaction.
agreed upon."
\Ve pride ourselves in possessing
'a short time. Several more new onej
Tlie above is apparently the first
will be on hand Friday night to be the ability of discernment and having
time since war began that it has been
i gin. They will be placed in charge two ears and two eyes and see and
found that the laboring man is re
|of a drill sergeant and speeded up to hear twice as much as we speak. This
ceiving too much for his labor—
Join the new squads one stop ahead may seent frivolous but the express
forming the opinion from reports of
In the meantime the main body of ion leads to the point we are trying
wages ranging from $5 to $40 per
the company is drilling with regular- to make.
day in the shipyards, steel mills and
A Capable Man N oh Serving
,ity and good attendance Tuesdays
munition plants of the East.
V.'e want to state right here that
'and
Fridays.
The
compulsory
drill
If the government wants rived
Ils on Tuesday evening; that on Fid Geo. J. Armstrong, County Commis
spruce and cedar and is willing to
| day is optional, but nearly ali the sioner. is without doubt the bent
pay $130 per thousand feet to get
qualified road builder in Coos coun
i men attend
it right away, there should be no
ty and that I h why we urge that he
kick against the man who goes out
bo retained. He is seeking the Re
MID
into the woods and by the sweat of i
publican nomination, which if given
his brow puts the timber in shape
Ixx-al Mill Man Gives
Towards him means re-election. Mr Arm-
for tho riving mills, receiving $4. 5,
Urong has given all the best years
Uniform F und of Organization.
or $6 per day for his labor. At $130
of his life to public work and has
Geo.
W.
Moore
of
the
Moore
Mill
little
per thousand
he receives
4 Lumber Co. yesterday tendered for the past 8 years served Coos
enough for his proportion of the I his check to Captain W 8. Wells of county well and faithfully. In addi
work at that rate of pay. His is no Company A, Coos Guard, for $200. tion to this he served 8 years as
common labor job but one that re
which amount is to be used to cover Commissioner In California. We
quires some skill. If labor is drain payment on the additional uniforms hear much about high costs of sal
ed fr >in other lines of endeavor, then purchased over and above the sixty ary, which seems to the man who
send soldiers from the camps to take bought by the county. This amount knows the value of good service the
their places. If cedar and spruce are together with other funds on hand most ridiculous objection that can
worth $130 per thousand feet to the will take care of the $19.00 payment possibly be raised
The County
government if obtained right away, on the extra uniforms. In addition Court of Coos county works for less
then get it right away; and good to this amount however, each man is than the ' going wage" yet handle the
wages will do it. It is fair that putting up a deposit of $5.50 for the affairs of a corporation worth over
labor thould receive Its proper share additional cost, each outfit costing a million dollars. There are many
of the bonus. Employers tn the ced approximately $2 4 50 laid down here. men right in North Bend, who are
ar camps who have recognized this The donation from Mr. Moore Is scarcely out of their 'teens who earn
fact are to be commended, and it is greatly appreciated by the men
a salary that exceeds the salary paid
hoped that they will be permitted to
the County Commissioners
pay their employes what is consider
This one fact remains, the most
Prize Cows Change Hands
ed under the circumstances, just com
H F Van Leuven, the Rear creek ever paid for salaries during any on*
pensation.
dairyman, has disposed of the re month is far too little and were we
mainder of his herd of registered to say. the salary would be three
BETTER
LOADING
FACILITIES I Jersey» to Henry Hesse of Two Mile times the amount of the maximum
' Each of the cow» in the herd has paid
Railroad Making Improvements f<»r -taken blue ribbon at the Coos and
But to eet hack to efficiency Mr
Shipping via Cedar Point.
I Curry fair, on various occasions, and Armstrong is particularly qualified to
- at present time one of them holds the carry on the work he has before
He is a good bridge builder,
It looks like business down at Ce- prize record. Mr Hesse feels that him
dar Point now. says the Coquille Val he ha» been exceptionally fortunate knows values and knows detail. Road
ley Sentinel. The 3 P is spending In being able to add these upl^ndld building is his special qualification
and down Bandon way all are solid
a bunch of money there to make it a cove to hl» own herd.
for him because he has worked out
transfer station for down river
HIHTEP.H AND KNIGHTS MEET
the problems faring that community
points The big high wharf there Is
About seventy members of th« and has not only given the people
being cut down eight or ten feet and
Knights of good roads, but has done so with th»
a long spur from the east has just Pythian Slater» and
been built to run on the dock at Its Pythias lodge» and friends met at the material at hand and at moderate
new level. This will greatly facili lodge hall at 6 30 last evening where cost
Mr. Armstrong rid»» a horse dur
tate the transfer of the lumber which a splendid banquet was served The
comes up from the Bandon mills on occasion vu arranged In honor of ing the rainy season and drives a
In
barges to go out by rail. Of course, Past Chr.ncellcr Grant Whitman, Ford when the roads permit.
when the days get longer the down and proved one of the biggest events , this manner he keeps in personal
river boats will probably arrange tn K P circles which has been held touch with all road foremen in hts
their schedules for a transfer of mail this year Mr Whitman gave a splen district and gets result».
Ho is not inclined to make raah
and par-engers at the Point, too, but did talk, which was much enjoyed
we can't see very much danger of a I Several local members also gave proml»*#, but when once mad* they
are rut violated. Mr Armstrong 1»
rival town springing up there.
short talk«.
-
Percival and Billy are wooing
Dorothy Dudley and Florence Howe.
To make Dorothy jealous, Billy
writes love letters to a pretended
“Fanny Brown." Dorothy accepts
Billy, but discovers his plot, and
plans to punish him.
When her
brother Henry arrives unexpectedly
she dresses him as a girl, aud intro
duces him as “Fanny Brown.” Billy
and Percival are worried. A nervous
guest. Mrs. Moffet, thinks Henry is
a traveling hypnotist who has an
noyed her.
Billy and Audrey dis
cover who Henry is and tie him up,
insisting that he is a hypnotist After
a funny scene of a dog fight under
pretended hypnotic Influences Henry
is released, and the girls forgive their
lovers.
The cast of characters:
Percival Gale, proprietor of Idle-
wild
................... John Donaldson
Billy Pearson, only man at the
hotel
............ .. Edward Fish
Henry
Dudley,
college Soph
omore
Arnold Haberly
Mrs. Caldwell
Gall Boak
Dorothy Dudley
Gladys Gallior
Florence Howe
Goldie Hut'ford
Mrs. Moffett
Jessie Bell
Martha ..
...
Irene Breuer
Tlie Graduating Class
Tlie twelve members of the gradu
ating class of Bandon High school
are: Arnold Haberly. John Donald
son, Fidward Fish, and the Missee
Gail Boak. Gladys Galller, Goldie
Hufford. Jessie Bell, Irene Breuer,
Margaret Dlvelbl*», Luella Wooden.
Rosella Wooden
and Alon Lucile
Thompson.
MW
BUM k
4XHNTÌ
XHMOIH
Bandon received a telegram of
congratulation from the Executive
Board of the 12th Liberty Loan Dis
trict, San Francisco, Tuesday, on the
fact that this place has made Its
quota and will receive an honor flag-
It said:
“Liberty Loan Committee—Hearty
congratulations on magnificent work
in winning honor flag. May you be
equally successful in doubling your
quota which entitles you to a blue
honor star. Flag goes forward by
mall today. Letter follows."
There is some talk of preparing a
formal flag raising when the honor
flag is received, but as yet nothing
has been done in that direction.
Curry Gets Credit
A large share, if not all of the
Curry county subscriptions made
thru local banks and reported in tlie
local sales last week, will be credited
to Curry county. While nothing was
said at the time the subscriptions
were made, many of the Curry sub
scribers later informed the local
bankB that they wished to have
credit given to their county. This is
being done, as it Is desirous on the
part of the local committee to give
the credit wherever it belongs.
Mute Bouds Hold Past Week
Additional bond sales made at lo
cal banks the past week total $3,350.
The new subscribers are:
Bandon H. W. Foster, Coos &
Curry Telephone Co.. H. A. De Long.
J. T. James, F. C. Reimann, F. A.
Holman, Janice H. Hill, Harold A.
McCue, Leslie M. Kraenlck, Alfred
Jutstrom, Maud McAdams, J. C.
Page, Ena McKenzie, Mrs. A. J.
Macey. H. E. Boak. M. O'Con. E. O.
Clinton, Janies C. McAdams, Geo. W.
Moore, C. C. Inman.
Bullards— Henry Koos, Mrs. Jane
A. Hatnblock
Prosper—Wm. Hanson.
Parkersburg —F. E. Drane.
Lamp»—Ruby L. Goodnight.
Sixes -Anna Hughe»
Considerable Talk Regs riling Propos
ed Building nt Marshfield.
According to sentiment expressed
In various quarters in this end of the
county It is altogether possible that
there will ba determined opposition
to the Marshfield armory proposition
before such a building Is erected at
any expense to the county. It will
be remembered that the state Rgls
lature passed a bill appropriating
$2<i.ooo state money for an armory
at Marshfield providing Cooa count)
would appropriate an equal amount
and Marshfield would furnish the
-it«-
At that time th* Coast Artll
lery company was organized at
Marshfield. It is now tn th* service,
while nearly every town In the coun
ty has a Home Guard company. It
is argued that $20,000 alone would
build an armory in each town, suffi
cient for all the needs from a prac
tical standpoint.
Mill Makes Improvements
The Moore Mill 4 Lumber Co. 1»
completing a new addition to their
office quarters which will give th*
office force more elbow room
Th*
new- room has an abundance of light
and will be conveniently arranged
and equipped Captain Well», In siz
ing it up. Informed Mr Moor* that It
will make a fin* guard house The
company has also completed th* ex
tension of Its dock on the west front
which gives considerable additional
»pace for «torlng lumber
Every
available bit of room on the mill
dock 1» in use
giving his entire time to the con
ducting th» business of Coos county,
and Is we believe doing fully as well
as anyone who has held the office
sad better than anyone thus far pro
posed to tske his place
Th* matter of choosing a man to
take rare of County business should
t>e given careful attention and the
best man elected Th* future of any
man ran best be judged by hla past
and In this Mr Armstrong has noth
ing to be ashamed of and much to be
commended for.
The Hsrbor urges lta many
friends whom »* would in no wise
mislead, to not only vote for Mr
Arm-trong for County Commissioner
but to ask their frlands to do so, and
to back him up In the good work he
fa doing for the county.
Liberty la>an Huliecritier»
Til* names of two st least, were
overlooked In giving credit for sub
scriptions to third liberty loan They
are Fay Wilson, son of Mr. and
Mrs G. E. Wilson, and Oceanview
Rebekah Lodge No. 126. Any others
who subscribed for bonds, but whoso
names failed to appear, should make
It known to the bank at which the
subscription was made.
Moore G*4a Another Barge
Geo. W. Moore was over at the Bay
a few days ago where he arranged
with Kruse 4 Banks for another
barge which will be used in hauling
lumber from the plant In this city
to Cellar Point. The Moore Mill A
Lumber company are confining their
shipments by rail mainly to airplane
timbers, shipping commercial grades
by boat to San Francisco. The car
shortage has made uncertain In some
localities, rail shipments, but Coos
county shipments move with fslr reg
ularity.
Prominent Church Man Here
Archdeacon H. D. Chambers of the
Episcopal church, of Portland, has
been In Bandon the past few days as
a guest of Dean Wm. Horsfall. He
came to meet Rev W. E Cooper of
San F rancisco, who is due to arrive
on the Elizabeth today, »nd who will
be placed In charge of the Coos Ray
and Bandon mleeiona. taking over the
duties of Mr. Horsfall, who is retir
ing Rev Couper will probably make
his residence at Coquille
Belgian Relief Sends Thanks
The local chapter of the Belgian
Relief received a letter from head
quarters of the organization in New
York City, stating that the Bandon
shipment had arrived on March >5th.
and thanking local people for their
generosity In coming to the aid if
the Belgians
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