Randolph Sokalates Wreck Off Bandon Bar Toll Three Dead
The gasoline schooner Randolph sank on the Bandon bar during a low tide crossing. Three drowned and three rescued include captain Charles Anderson engineer Henry Colvin and crewman Chauncey Carpenter. Carpenter, an expert swimmer, fought the breakers and was saved by Life Saver Roseburg after being exhausted.
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Captain Anderson
Engineer Colvin
Chauncey Carpenter
Bandon
Bandon Recorder
Randolph
Bandon Bar
C. E. McConnell
R. E. Knorr
Gold Beach
Milton Cox
Chas. Anderson
Henry Colvin
Coog
Curry Counties
Coquille
Rogue
River
Port Orford
Carpenter
Roseburg
Train Service Expanded to Powers on Smith Powers Line
Supt. W. F. Miller announces the Coos Bay Roseburg and Eastern will extend service to Powers next Sunday with Southern Pacific operating the Smith Powers logging road under a wheelage contract from Myrtle Point to Marshfield. The schedule adds morning and afternoon trains between Marshfield and Powers with Sunday through service. Mail delivery may shift later unless arrival can be moved up by 4 PM.
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Smith-Powers
Powers
Coos Bay
Smith- Powers Company
Myrtle Point
Marshfield
Miller
Excursion to Powers Scheduled for May 2
A Sunday excursion to Powers is announced with two trains from Myrtle Point. First train departs 8:45 a m and returns 10:15 a m. second departs 2:52 p m and returns 4:15 p m. Round trip fare Sunday one and one half, total $1 15. Also the Supreme Court upholds the Port of Bandon organization as legal.
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Powers
Dinnner
Starr
Myrtle Point
Rescue at Sea Delivers Two Survivors from Blown Hull
Upturned boat drifted ashore as lifesavers led by Captain Johnson battled waves to reach the hull. They found two men alive beneath, freed them through a vent hole, and brought them to shore where they received care. The captain had earlier fallen through a trap door, narrowly escaping death.
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Johnson
Life Saving Service
Happenings There Here and Anywhere Portland News Notes
A three month program by the Portland Union Stockyards offers high grade sows to school children in Oregon Washington and Idaho with ten month notes at 66 percent financing. A conference will plan to fill all applications as the campaign could have nationwide impact. The Portland Cement Company at Oswego nears completion with machinery on site. Recent stock sales exceed 300 000 dollars and 50 000 dollars is on deposit, potentially making it the sole cement mill between Bellingham and California. A great livestock show is planned in Union June 2 3 and 4 with strong Grande Ronde Valley representation and a likely record 1915 event. The International Dry Farming Congress meets in Denver September 27 to October 9 with heavy relevance to Oregon semi arid farmers. The Shore Oil Company works on the old Gallier ranch in northern Curry County, showing prospects for a commercial oil flow. Portland will host July visitors from China for a Northwest business survey, reflecting Oregon's growing Oriental trade in grain lumber and manufactured goods.
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Portland Union
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Portland Cement Company
Oswego
Bellingham
California
Union
Grande Ronde Valley
International Dry ‘Y Farming Congress
Denver
Shore—Oil Co
Gallier
Gurry County
Myrtle Point Farmers Union Announces Public Market Day
The Market Day committee of the Myrtle Point Farmers Union met at the Enterprise office and set Wednesday May 26 as Myrtle Point Section first Public Market Day. Machado lots at Third and Spruce streets are secured for the sale and trade event with plans to finalize the program at next Saturday's meeting.
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Myrtle
Point
Farmers’ Union
J Tom Hall Fatally Shot in Marshfield Porch Incident
The Coos Bay Times reports J Tom Hall died at Mercy Hospital from a self inflicted gunshot wound on his West Commercial Street porch. Coroner says no inquest due to lack of evidence and probable accidental shooting.
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Camas Prairie
Tom Hall
Buckingham’s
Coos
Hall
Fred Wilson
Pacific Mail Line Quits San Francisco to Orient Route
Due to a new seaman's act passed by Congress, the Pacific Mail steamship line must cease operations from San Francisco to the Orient, citing the requirement for union crews.
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Congress
Pacific Mail Steamship Line
San Francisco
Orient
Allied Retreat At Dardanelles Amid Global Battles
Telegraph dispatch notes Halil Bey in Berlin receiving word that eight thousand French and British soldiers were driven to sea and twelve thousand captured after a Turkish counterattack at the Dardanelles. It describes the renewed German assault around Ypres, and the cautious, shifting expectations about Dunkirk, Calais, and broader European fronts. Canadians stabilize on the British lines as French and Belgian forces regain canal banks, while Austro-German forces push in the Carpathians near Uz sok Pass, claiming heights and prisoners.
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Halil Bey
Berlin
Constantinople
Dardanelles
Ypres
Plains of
Flanders
England
Europe
Dardanells
English Channel
Dunkirk
Calais
Empire
Boesinghe
Steenstraate
Carpathians
Stry
Uzsok Pass
Austria
Enchanted Wood musical by Myrtle Point eight grades
Drilling and rehearsals are under way for The Enchanted Wood to be presented by the eight lower grades of Myrtle Point schools on Friday evening May 7 at the Unique Theatre. It marks their first public program this season and is expected to be worthwhile.
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Myrtle Point
Sunday School Base Ball League Formed in Three Towns
The Sunday schools of Coquille Myrtle Point and Bridge organize a four team baseball league to hold games on weekdays to avoid Sunday play. Key organizers include Claude Nosler N C Kelley Cecil Carter Rev J Vernon and Prof C A Howard. Start date May 8 at Coquille with scheduled matches and junior teams to follow.
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Coquille
Myrtle Point
Bridge
Claude Nosler
Cecil Carter
J. *. Vernon
N. C. Kelley
C. A. Howard
Uoquille
Bank of Myrtle Point
Christian
M. E
M. FE. South
Begiapms
Canada
Coquille Valley Telephone Seeks Rate Hike in Oregon
Coquille Valley Telephone Company of Myrtle Point filed a petition with the State Railroad Commission to raise rates starting May 1. The company says the increase will improve service and that 1 percent of its patrons consented.
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Sauel, Ore
Coquille Valley Telephone Company
Myrtle Point
State Railroad Commission
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Supt. Miller
Supreme Court
Circuit Court of
Coos County
L. T. Minehart
St. Louis
Moris
Boy Scouts
Portland
China
Northwest
J.T. Hall
Coquille City
Minnesota
NORTH
Ekendorf
N. P. Peterson
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