Coos County Fair Offers $500 For Boys And Girls Projects
Coquille April 20 Prizes totaling 500 dollars will be offered at the Coos County School Industrial Fair in Myrtle Point next September for boys and girls ages 9 to 18. Winners earn a trip to the State Fair in Salem with all expenses paid, plus scholarships and cash prizes for girls. Contest aims to link rural schools with homes and teach practical skills in farming sewing cooking and crafts under Oregon Agricultural College supervision.
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Salem
Oregon Agricultural College
Baker
Coos and Curry County
Arbor Day Program At Alder Crest School
Arbor Day exercises were held Friday afternoon at Alder Crest School Upper Catching Creek with a decorated room and Miss Nell Rae Gilfillen receiving compliments on school grounds improvements. The program included Victrola songs recitations and dialogues by students such as Harley Higgins May Johnson Merle West Elbert West Daisy Smith Kathleen Marsters and others. Attendees included numerous families and local residents. Lane economy program cuts off two county school supervisors.
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Alder Crest School
Upper Catching Creek
Nell ‘Rae Gilfillen
Harley Higgins
Victrola
May Johnson
Merle West
Daisy Smith
Elbert West
Geet Smith
Everett
Harley Higgins - Reading
Johnaon
Baee Merle West
Johnaon Walte
Everett Higgins
Carmel Marsters
Flossie Knight
Kathleen Marsters
Alice Stanley
T. C. Bestul
R. J. West
Oliver Miller
Orin Johnson
Geo. Banyen
L. B. Brown
Dell Higgins
Wilson
O. “Marsters
Hamilton Bushnell
Milton” Brown
Jack Austin
Herbert Glazier
Noble Stanley
Jack
Oscar
Gene Adams
Carmel
Thelma
Glyde
Lane
Marshfield Again Targeted by Forged Check Gang
A gang of about six Austrians forged Houger and Houser checks to steal around a thousand dollars from Marshfield and North Bend merchants. Four men were captured the same night by Deputy Sheriff W. C. Laird and Sheriff Carter. two leaders escaped. Captured suspects identified as Sam Leger, Joe Davis, Joe Serich, and John Pronach. Two more members were captured later, one at Lakeside and another at Coquille. Authorities believe the group also worked in Chateau, Montana and Boise, Idaho, with Burns Detective Agency tracking leads.
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Marshfield
North Bend
Houger & Houser
W.C. Laird
Marshal Carter
Coquille
Johnson
Sam Leger
Joe Davis
Joe Serich
John Pronach
Sheriff's Office
Chateau
Montana
Boise
Idaho
Burns Detective Agency
Lakeside
Johnson-and-Constable- Brown
Lon Cribbens
Middle Fork
Rock Creek
Bridge
McLaren Describes Rescue Work on Pacific Coast
Rev. W G McLaren chaplain of the Oregon State Penitentiary and head of the Pacific Coast Rescue and Protective Association spoke on Life's Shadows to 60 70 listeners at the M E church. He outlined the association's purpose and recounts of recent coast state progress including aid to women and girls and assistance to men including paroled and discharged prisoners.
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W. G. McLaren
Oregon State, Penitentiary
Salem
Pacific Coast Rescue and Protective Association
M. E
Trusty Harry Kramer Missing From Coquille Jail Yard
Sheriff Alf Johnson reported Harry Kramer, a trusty, disappeared from the Coquille jail yard around noon after leaving Marshfield following a Front street saloon incident on October 23, 1914. He had been sentenced to six months to a year with about four months served and could have earned release earlier for good behavior.
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Alf Johnson
Harry Kramer
Coquille
Kramer
John Doyle
Marshfield
Petit Jurors Named for April Term Sources
Listing of jurors for the April term includes C Weaver Eastsi F Barksow Myrtle Point dairy man C T Robinson Norway farmer Fred Barker Coquille farmer George Ross Marshfield farmer Dave Adams Templeton farmer Fred Selander Sumner farmer Charles E McCurdy Coquille farmer M H Hersey Coquille merchant W H Myers Coquille farmer J H Barton Myrtle Point farmer E L Robbins Bandon blacksmith E A Smith Riverton farmer R C McKinnis Bandon carpenter Lee Barrows Bandon teamster Dave Y Stafford Mashfield candy store Garfield Simpson North Bend lumber inspector E W Bernitt Marshfield raftsman Sant J F Conklin Empire farmer.
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C. Weaver
Eastsi
F. Barksow
Myrtle Point
C. T. Robinson
Norway
Fred Barker
Coquille
George Ross
Marshfield
Dave Adams
Templeton
Fred Selander
Sumner
Charles E. McCurdy
M. H. Hersey
W. H. Myers
J. H. Barton
E. L. Robbins
Bandon
E. A. Smith
Riverton
R. C. McKinnis
Lee Barrows
Dave Y. Stafford
Mashfield
Garfield Simpson
North Bend
E. W. Bernitt
Sant J. F. Conklin
Empire
Notice Before Ordering Your Summer and Fall Wood
Ahead of summer and fall wood orders, E. J. Michael offers special deals for U. City residents. Contact Wood Yard at Phone 416 for details and availability.
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U. City
Local Happenings and Regional Developments Reported
Scientific notes estimate long term sodium removal by erosion and rock volumes. Portland aims to relocate a glove factory. chamber bureau plans surveys for new settlers. Oregon City canal transfers to federal control with locks improvements planned. Multnomah County bonds for road hard-surfacing pass. Columbia Snake River Waterways Convention set for Astoria. Polk County soils suited to prunes with Italian varieties expanding for export markets.
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J. W. Brewer
Portland
Sin Multnomat County
The
Columbia and Snake River Waterways Association
Astoria
Polk County
France
Germany
Fire destroys homestead on Catching Creek
Last Saturday afternoon the residence of Mr and Mrs Allison Roberts on their Catching Creek homestead burned after sparks from a brush heap set the fire. Firefighters arrived too late to save the building but most household goods were saved.
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Allison Roberts
Upper Catching Creek
Roberts
Anona Harrison and Archie Taylor Wed in Myrtle Point
Miss Anona Harrison married Archie B. Taylor last Saturday afternoon at the M E Parsonage Coquile Rev C H Bryan officiated with Miss Dora Harrison as bridesmaid and Grade Sumerlin as best man. The couple will reside on Fourth Street in the Dodge residence after a visit to the groom's father L W Taylor in North Bend. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs L Harrison of Myrtle Point and the groom has lived in Myrtle Point for four years.
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Atlar
L. W. Taylor
North Bend
Fourth Street
Dodge
Mr.Taylor
Myrtle Point
Water System Installed by HDDLE Fork Farmers
Four Midle Fork ranchmen have joined to build a community water system in Myrtle Point near the Coquille River. The plant draws from a spring on razarloaf mountain and serves household use and stock, covering about a mile of pipe and costing around 800 dollars. Beneficiaries include Guerin Brous, T. M. Stover, Frazer Hoffman, and E. M. Hoffman with plans for a concrete reservoir and top-tier pressure improvements.
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Pacific Coast
Razarloaf Mountain
Guerin Brous
T. M. Stover
Frazer Hoffman
E. M. Hoffman
Logging town renamed Powers in honor of A H Powers
The logging town on the South Fork twenty five miles south of this place will be officially known as Powers replacing Wag ner. The change honors A H Powers and avoids name confusion with another Oregon town. Official plat filed at Coquille on Friday. Lots priced 360 to 800 dollars. Daily passenger train service planned with an anticipated first run Sunday May 2. Train No 1 to Powers daily via Marshfield return around noon No 2 to Mile Point as current schedule specifies.
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South Fork
Wagner
Powers
A. H. Powers
Jagger
Oregon
Coquille
Oregon State Railroad Commission
Marshfield
Myrtle Point
Constable Arrests Harry Brewster in Marshfield Assault
Last Friday night at Marshfield Severtson was slugged and robbed by a trio of attackers. He was thrown into Coos Bay and clung to a piling for hours. Brewster is accused of striking him, with another assailant hitting him in the mouth. About $90 was said to be lost. Brewster was detained by Timekeeper Zimmerman and later arrested by Constable Brown, then taken to Coquille by Sheriff Johnson.
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Marshfield
Severson
Coos Bay
Severtson
Harry Brewster
Hhe
Brewster
Zimmerman
Camp 6
South Fork
Brown
Johnson
Coquille
Friends of the Forest booklet sent to Oregon schools
Oregon school authorities join the State Board of Forestry and Oregon Forest Fire iation to distribute over seventy thousand copies of The Friends of the Forest written by E. T. Allen. The story follows a boy and a squirrel as heroes and teaches fire dangers, tree preservation, and forest resources before the 1916 danger season starts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends of the Forest
Portland
Ore
Oregon
State Board of Forestry
Oregon Forest Fire
the Friends of the Forest
E. T. Allen
Roseburg Set to Vote June 9 on 300000 Railroad Project
Roseburg residents vote June 9 on a 300000 dollar bond issue to fund a railroad link to the Cascade forest reserve. Ballot details and project scope awaiting precinct results.
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Roseburg
Bohdt
Cascade
Forest’ Reserve
Bridge district school fair and May Day festival slated
The Bridge district plans a two day event on April 30 and May 1 with the first Coos county fair including exhibits in school work, fine arts, farm products, sewing and crafts. The program features contests, readings, songs, a May Queen crowning, races, a Maypole dance, wrestling, and a baseball game, led by Principal B R Jones and Miss Florence Jennings. Myrtle Point-Wagner Auto Stage Co. announces future service once roads allow.
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Bridge District
B. R. Jones
Florence Jennings
Coos County
Mr. Smith
RB. E. Baker
Nancy Lee
European War Zone Sees Limited Action Across Fronts
Front reporting little overall change with artillery duels replacing heavy hand to hand fighting. In Vosges fighting persists on German soil as French claims of gains clash with German denial while Hill 60 near Zillebeke is reported captured by Britain.
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Iseld
Meuseland
Lorraine
Vosges
War Office
London
Hill 60
Zillebeke
Belgium
Petrograd
Carpathian
Austria
Venice
Rome
Dardanelles
Black Sea
England
Kiel
North Bend and Coquille win trophies in contests
Miss Hazel Neal and Chester Adams led local entrants in the county declamatory and oratorical contest. North Bend’s Anna Truman won first in declamation with Neal of Myrtle Point and Mary McDonald of Bandon tying for second. In oratorio, Morton Tyrrell of Coquille took first with Ledwig Stone of Marshfield second.
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Hazel Neal
Chester Adams
North Bend
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Rshfield
McLaren
E. W. Simmons
Chehalis
Wash
J. C. Brown
Bridge School
Minnesota
Ekendorf
Eee
N. P
Peterson
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