03 Apr 1903
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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1903
Page
1
Corbett a prominent Oregon public figure and Portland businessman died Tuesday morning from heart failure. He served from 1867 and backed major state ventures including the Lewis and Clark fair and early settlement efforts.
Crowds gathered at the US land office in Oregon as filings opened for townships 81 ranges 6 and 10. By morning, 30 to 40 people lined the sidewalk awaiting entry, with police appointed to manage the long queue and maintain order. Local reports describe a tense scene around the auctioning and sale of timber lands amid evolving policies and prices.
The message notes Oregon has 670 people per physician and 2377 per dentist, while California has 392 people per physician and 1567 per dentist. It also reports Senator Fulton’s plans to return to Oregon, Senator Mitchell’s Washington stay, and Prof Armstrong’s large pheasantry near Medford.
Auction note outlines first class apple trees and marketVacation at 50 per thousand with second grade stock at 40 per thousand. Five hundred trees offered by Joshin F Noyes Myrtle Point Orrin.
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