Banquet Honors Benson High School Teams at Opera House
A large crowd attended a Saturday banquet at the Benson Opera House honoring the basketball and debating teams. Students served tables, decorations featured school colors, and a program followed with toasts, songs, and a drill by sixteen 16 year old girls from Coos County.
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Achor
Benson Opera House
Oregon
Superintendent Park
Chatburn
Harrison
Annin
Miller
G. W. Taylor
F.J. Chatburn
J. S. Whitaker
L. A. R . Robert
Aussicker
Claud L. Giles
Otto Schneider
Nellie Barton
Paul Breuer
Coos County
Butcher Is Fined For Impure Meat Sale In Marshfield
George W. King once of Myrtle Point now operating a Marshfield meat market was found guilty of selling impure meat by a Marshfield jury. He was fined $60 with the city to pay costs except jury costs. His appeal to the circuit court is planned. The trial drew a large crowd and lasted late. A reward offer of $1000 for proof of diseased meat was invoked. the complainant may seek to collect.
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George W. King
Myrtle Point
Marshfield
King
Haggard
Oil prospects brighten at Miocene Oil Bear Creek well
The Miocene Oil and Gas Co. reports small oil shows at Bear Creek and the well drilled to about 1200 feet is in oil sand and rock. Promoters grow more confident as excitement rises in the oil region and indications suggest a paying strike may be near.
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Miocene Oil and Gas Co
Bear Creek
Bandon
Park Engages Myrtle Point School Staff for Next Year
At the last school board meeting Superintendent A T Park was reelected for the coming year and Claude G Giles was engaged as high school principal. Other hires include Miss McCracken, Miss Robbins, Mrs Whitaker, Mrs Short and Miss Neer with uncertain needs for an eighth grade teacher. Giles will keep his legal practice until summer. Miss Aussiker retires for health reasons. The district may extend the term to nine months to complete work.
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A. T.park
Claude G. Giles
Miss McCracken
Robbins
Whitaker
Short
Miss Neer
Giles
Myrtle Point
Park
Aussiker
Hazel Dollar Arrives as Largest Ship to Enter Coos Bay
The Hazel Dollar, the largest vessel ever to reach Coos Bay, arrived Sunday to load about 4 000 000 feet of lumber at the Smith mill for China. Half will be loaded here before heading to Puget Sound to complete the cargo, with a crew of forty Chinese sailors and a 1 000 ton coal bunkers for fuel. The ship, 89 feet longer than the Nana Smith, drew about 15 feet with ballast and required ten days of loading aided by forty longshoremen. Captain Olean of the Nana Smith piloted it into the bay.
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Coos Bay
Smith Mill
China
Puget Sound
Nana Smith
Olean
Nann Smith
Smith On
Tkie
Hazel Dollar class vessel calls at Coos Bay for lumber exports
A Hazel Dollar class ship will visit Coos Bay about monthly in the future to load lumber for foreign ports. The recurring calls are expected to draw public attention to Coos Bay as an emerging important port.
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Tthe Bay
Coos Bay
March Weather Forecast and Crop Outlook
The weather man forecasts March conditions with snow on Sugarloaf and sleet in the valley. The forecast notes little damage expected, some fruit buds may suffer, but no total crop failures anticipated. Overall crops should fare better than last year despite this cold spell.
Child Injured by Logging Train Near Cunningham Creek
A child of R H Armstrong at Ansen Bros logging camp was run down on Cunningham creek last week. The infant lay on tracks as the train rounded a curve. The brakeman signalled the engineer to stop but the signal was missed. The child was pushed to the track center to avoid being killed as a car passed over, leaving severe lacerations to the arms and shoulder.
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R. H. Armstrong
Ansen Bros
Cunningham Creek
May Have Day Power Plan From Coquille Electrician
Frank Morse of Coquille is seeking to recruit power users to adopt electricity for power. If turnout meets a threshold he will operate day and night, offering cheap steady heat with reduced problems tied to gas and steam engines, benefiting small power requirements.
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Frank Morse
Coquille Electrician
State Forester to Enforce New Forest Fire Law
The state will restrict fires as part of a new forestry law to be distributed as pamphlets. A closed season from June to October bans outdoor fires except under strict regulations with penalties. Citizens are urged to burn before the season, aid fire protection, and request copies by writing F. A. Elliott, State Forester, Capitol Building, Salem.
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F. A. Elliott
State Forester
Capitol Building
Salem
Married at Fishtrap Unites Andrew Patrick and Mary Cornwell
Mr Andrew Patrick and Miss Mary E Cornwell were married at the bride’s parents home in upper Fishtrap on Thursday April 6 at 11 am. Rev Thos Barklow of Myrtle Point performed the ceremony in front of relatives and friends. The couple will reside at Riverton.
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Fishtrap
Andrew Patrick
Mary E. Cornwell
Mrs. Cornwell
Upper Fishtrap
Thos. Barklow
Myrtle Point
Patrick
Rivertan
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Myrtle Point High School
Ausaicker
Ginghams
Nwt
Benson’s
LE Point
H.pearode the Harness Man
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