City Council Meets on Street Improvements and Sewer Plan
The city council held a meeting to review street improvement projects with several blocks described for widening and paving. Remonstrances cited by property owners affected two thirds frontage, threatening defeat, but reconsideration suggests some signatories may withdraw opposition. A sewer system permit has been sent, and a special meeting is set for April 24 to consider related ordinances.
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Dodge
Spruce
Rillvoal Avenue
Hermann ‘Avenue
Fifth
Maple Stree
Railrod
Herman Avenue
Railroad Avenue
Spruce Street
Maryland Avenue
Sixth Street
Maple Street
Chat Uling
Counci
Benney
Anttorney Gibson
State Board of ‘Health
Railroad Service Update And Timetable Details
The report notes the start of a revised railroad service with changes to routes and schedules. It mentions connections through Eugene and Myrtle Point, with No 14 and No 15 trains, and through service between Power and Marshfield. It records the transfer of a regional mail route to the Roseburg stage and identifies passenger versus freight allocations on trains Nos 1 2 3 4.
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Marititia
Enterprise
Eugene
Portland
Myrtle Point
Coos Curry
Roseburg
Baines
Agera
Powere
Marshfield
Boys and Men Corn Growing Contests Announced
County Agriculturist Smith announces a boys corn growing contest to run with the men’s contest. Boys must send name and address to Coquille to receive rules, prizes, and literature. Myrtle Point section urged to prepare planting plans and obtain flowering tips from Smith.
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County Agriculturist
Smith
Coquille
Roe
Myrtle Point
Mr. Smith
Voter Registration Totals by Party in Salem State April
Figures show registered voters in the state as of April 4 with totals for Republicans 39 622 Democrats 39 622 Prohibitionists 780 Socialists 2751 Progressives 697 and miscellaneous 4590. Registration closes April 19.
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Salem
Voter editorials weigh tax tolls on farmers in Oregon
EDITOR OREGON argues against heavy taxes and state levies on farm produce. The piece contrasts old fashioned Willamette valley pioneers with progressive farmers and Portland conservatives, urging a balanced program that funds rural development without overburdening taxpayers.
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C. C. Chapman
A. C
Willamette
Portland
Extension work highlights in Oregon and education efforts
Miss Ava B Milam spoke on domestic science and education at Albany public schools April 4 7. Miss Helen Cowgill led March O A C Extension activities traveling 800 miles by train and 550 by car while addressing 4488 people at 66 meetings. Oregon leaders promote club movements in Lake County April 6. A presentation on Oregon Experiment Station by Dean Cordley occurred in Berlin Linn County April 7. Landscape gardening topics were discussed in Brush College Marion County and Salem high school teacher institute. Rose mildew control methods using lime sulfur were outlined by H P Ress and sulfur dusting advised. A firefields cooker demonstration by Miss Turley occurred at Harrisburg March 22 with home economics efficiency tips.
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Ava B. Milam
Albany Public Chools
Deva
Qretet
Manteep County
Helen Owgill
O. H. Byland
Lebanon
C. J. McIntosh
U.A. C. Press Bulletin
Oregon
Linn
Brush College
Marion County
A. L. Peck
Salem
H. P.ress
Turley
Harrisburg
Rural credits and farm loan talk cited in Baker paper
The article discusses a proposed rural credits plan with loans backed by a bond fund and a 2 percent rate, citing the State Land Board as evidence of market viability. It notes Baker county farmers adopting modern methods amid high land prices and new machinery, and reports a Friday raid on Chris Grohs’s North Bend parlor with liquor valued around 1500 dollars, Grohs jailed then released on bond.
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Arthur S Whose
Ben Bond
Zale
Weetesrine
State Land ‘Board
Baker
Baker Democrat
Chris Gfohs
North Bend
Grohs
Shoes Bay
Gold
Beach
Coke
Davis
Coalede
Marshfield-Coquille
Coquille
Porter & Connely
Part-ia
Anderson, Hlockere. & Co
Was
Perham
Marshfield
Europe
Pacific Northwest
State of
Oregon
H. M. Parks
Oregon Bureau of Mines and Geology
Corvallis Commercial Club
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Jack Cline
Rande
Nickel Mountain
Riddle
Pennsylvania
National Good Roads Photograph Contest Offers 2600 Prize Pool
Washington announces a nationwide Good Roads photographic contest with 2600 in prizes. Judges include Theodore Roosevelt Ida Tarbell and Mark Sullivan. Entries open to all eight months with final closing on November 7.
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Washington
Highway Association
Here
Theodore Roosevelt
Ida Tarbell
Mark Sullivan
Congress
National Highways Association
Pangina
Coleman du Pont
National Councillors
Charles Henry Davis
National
Hghways Association
du ‘Pont-Davis
National Highways
Washington, D. C
General du Pont
Sam
Hig
United States
Hadt Roads
Railway wage dispute cites four year rise and ICC grants
A four year period shows wage increases for railroad trainmen and a current demand for an additional 100 million dollars. The Interstate Commerce Commission awarded increases totaling 35 million dollars in 1915, shaping ongoing negotiations and financial impact.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Rural Free Delivery Route May Be Established for South Fork
Petitioners seek a rural mail route to serve seven dairymen and orchardists along the South Fork of the Coquille River from Myrtle Point to the county bridge near M Hermann. Post Office officials say the route could operate six days a week once enough signatures are gathered.
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Val
Coguille
Faimilion
Middle Fork
Route Thru
Industrial activity and rail plans dominate Oregon towns
April reports from Newberg Roseburg Pendleton and nearby towns show railroad projects bonds and mill expansions. New depots planned at Marshfield and North Bend. Prineville votes 100000 for rail link. Bandon to host sawmill. Lassen shipments rise as firms order salmon cases.
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Cooa County
Nana Smith
Pendleton
Oregon
Prineville
Oregon Trank
Redmond
Bandon
G. W. Dafoe
Detroit
Mich
France
Italy
Pacific
Myrtle
Creekman
Halsey
Lebanon
Marshfield
North Bend
S. P. Co
Roseburg
Jitneys
Mblypedrom Baker
Haines
Anid North
Corvallis
Merit System Aims to Parole Convicts for Work
Salem Oregon state board of control endorses a merit system allowing convicts to work in flax fields and on the prison farm without guards after next Monday, with parole at minimum sentence end if they succeed. Governor Withycombe describes cost savings and prisoner aid, while protests ask for Columbia Highway celebration funds.
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Salem
State Board of. Control Esterday
Hycombe
Fla
Pa ‘Board
Minto
Frank_Davey
Hale
Olcott
Portland
Rezard
Columbia Highway
G A R and W R C Offer Patriotism Essays Prizes
Comrades W A King and A M Koe visited Myrtle Point School to announce three prizes for patriotic pupil essays. First prize is 3.00, second 2.00, third 1.00. Winning essays will be published in the Myrtle Point Enterprise.
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A. R
W. A. King
A. M. Koe
Myrtle Point
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Northwest Lumber Trade Boosts Regional Prosperity
Mention of improved lumber business aiding all trades in the northwest. J G Vogel of Pittsburg to build a large summer resort on Sand Island in the Columbia River between Portland and Vancouver. Bandon Moore mill resumes with eighty men. S P Co to electrify from here to Corvallis. First Willamette Pacific train from Eugene to Goose Bay greeted with enthusiasm amid prior low spirits.
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Northwest
J. G. Vogel
Pittsburg
Sand Island
Columbia River
Portland
Vancouver
Bandon
Moore Mill
Independence
S.P._ Co
Corvallis
Willamette Pacific
Eugene
Goon Bay
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O. A. C. Press Bulletin
Atee
Industrial Review
Aapril
Newberg
Wokive
Loganberry Uice
Bany
Eagle Val
Buttet A.d
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