Community pushes Coos and Curry fair stock drive
About twenty five subscribers met at the Myrtle Club rooms. J O Stemmler reported $800 in stock secured on a Bay Side trip, bringing total subscriptions to around $5400. Knight to take list to Bandon, lower river ranchers to place stock. Labor in lieu of cash may be donated. committee empowered to hire a superintendent and begin fair ground grading and fitting. Local boosters support a major county development effort. A Lewiston official advocates bitulithic paving as durable and economical, citing Lewiston and Missoula examples. Coquille Valley Telephone Co and Myrtle Point Mill Co shuffled switchboard locations. Dr. Leep renovates adjacent offices. Manager Jacobson moved the switchboard. outages under 30 minutes.
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Coos
K. A. Leep
McCloskey
Coquille Valley _Telephone Co
Myrtle Point Mill Co
Telephone Central
Dr. Leep
Mill Co
Jacobson
Coos County Awards Brewster Grade and Related Highway Contracts
At a Coos County Commissioners meeting E N Harry won the Brewster grade road contract. He will receive 100 dollars per rod for rock work and 4 dollars per day to supervise, with any remaining fund balance returned after completion. He previously refunded about 1400 dollars on a similar contract. J J Burns won a small contract on the South Coquille, while L D Belieu and Wm Wiggin secured a 700 dollar contract on the highway near Enchant.
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Coos County
E. N. Harry
Brewster
J. J. Burns
South Coquille
L. D. Belieu
Wm. Wiggin
Enchanters
Coos Bay Times
Painless Dentist Dr Gray Serves Myrtle Point Citizens
Dr. Gray, the painless dentist, has treated many of Myrtle Point's leading residents and can provide testimonials from people who have had from one to thirty teeth extracted, all praising his painless work.
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Gray
Myrtle Point
Northwestern Products Exposition to Feature Oregon Exhibit
Oregon will display its products to 150000 to 200000 visitors at the Northwestern Products Exposition in Minneapolis November 12 to 23. The Civic and Commerce Association of Minneapolis will provide free exhibit space for Oregon as part of a statewide coordinated display. Seven states Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Montana Idaho Washington and Oregon will share booths with a state exhibit funded by a $15000 arrangement by Minneapolis and St Paul business interests.
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Oregon
Minneapolis
Governor West
Northwestern Development
Civic and Commerce Association of
League
St. Paul
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
How to Kill Field Mice
Oregon Agricultural College offers methods to control field mice on farms. Trapping is effective with many traps over weeks in small areas. Cultivation reduces shelter and drives mice from fields. Strychnine is the preferred poison with cautious use and protected bait.
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Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallis
Oregon
Dean A. B. Cordley
Fifty Foot Longer Sister Ship For Nann Smith Project
The sister ship under construction at Newport News will be forty feet longer than the Nann Smith with greater beam and electric cranes for loading. It aims for four day round trips between Marshfield’s Smith mill and Bay Point San Francisco, carrying two million feet in eight hours. The 1908 Nann Smith set lumber records at Coos Bay and Bay Point. K H Hansen, Republican candidate for Coos County Assessor, argues for proven tax record. Paid adv.
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Newport News
Smith Mill
Marshfield
Bay Point
San Francisco
Nann Smith
C. A. Smith Lbr. & Mfg. Co
Coos Bay
Seaman
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Lewiston
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Myrtle-Point
F. S. Dow
Ore
Scientific American
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N. P. Peterson
Benson’s Brick Building
Myrtle
Cord
K. H. Hansen
W. E. Pike & Company
Pearce the Harness Man
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