Catching Creek News and Local Happenings
Catching Creek notes visitors Mrs Wood Guy Fish Pete Spamn and Gene Wood from Myrtle Point. Alder Creek School loses two scholars. Mr and Mrs R J West travel to Roseburg for two weeks. Miss Bertha Northrup moves from Myrtle Point to help father and attend school. Mrs Orin Johnson suffers rheumatism. Dell Higgins busy with corn. Oliver Miller buys a new team. Nell Rae Gilfillan visits family in Delanar. Rumors of war Germany Servia in area. Cub the Star Reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
Guy Fish
Pete Spamn
Gene
Alder Creek School
R. J. West
Roseburg
Bertha ‘Northrup
Myrtle Point
Orin Johnson
Dell Higgins
Oliver Miller
Nell Rae Gilfillan
Délanar
Germany
Servia
Catching Creek
Funeral Notices and Local Movements From Myrtle Point
Residents report visitors from Montana and Oregon towns with hopes to relocate. Embroidery Club meets at Mrs. Bright’s. relatives attend Mrs. Rose’s funeral in Myrtle Point. Mrs. I E Rose dies after years of lung trouble. eight children survive. services held at Brethren church with LDS and Brethren pastors officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. E. Rose
Neegles
California
Ursula Ami Weekly
Benton County
Missouri
Oregon
W. E. Weekly
Portland
Douglas County
Eighteen Mile
Roseburg
Innis E. Rose
Brethren Church
A. A. Baker
Latter Day Saints Church
Thos. Barklow
Church of the Brethren
Elgin
No 24
Coquille Valley
Leep and Ross Tie The Knot In Powers Ceremony
Miss Leonora Ross and Harold T. Leep wed Saturday evening in Powers with Elder Thos Barklow officiating. The groom, brother of Mrs. Bennett and son of the late Jim Leep, works as a brakeman on Smith-Powers logging trains. The bride is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Ross. They reside in a new bungalow on Morris Fat near Powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leep-Ross the. Rother
Morris Fat
Powers
Mr. Leep
Smith-Powers
Come to Church Sunday Planned by Ministerial Association
The Ministerial Association has arranged for a Come to Church Sunday on May 9. Watch for the announcement next week. A wood yard ad invites pre-orders for summer and fall wood. A photo feature touts the Steven Rogers ranch as a top bottom-land farm in Coos County with other local farms nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Ministerial Association
Steven Rogers
South Coos River
Coos County
Myrtle Point Wagner Auto Stage Plan Announced
Myrtle Point to Wagner auto stage service promised as roads clear. Manager A R Panter says daily trips will be set to meet demand and schedules will be arranged accordingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Point
Port Commission Orders Coquille River Contour Survey
Port officials have the engineers George Tenney and Harry Butler begin surveying the Coquille River to support a War Department permit for a multi mile improvement. They started data collection and contour mapping this week in the river section near the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Coquille
Port Commission
Geo. Tenney
Harry Butler
Marshfield
I.O.C.F. marks 96th anniversary with travel excursion
An excursion to Bandon last Saturday evening marked the I O C F celebration for the 96th anniversary of the Order's founding with few attendees noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alrose
Bandon
I.O.C.F
Order
Local Notes From Bandon Bridge School Fair Announced
Mrs L W Wimberly and son Floyd left for San Francisco to attend the exposition. Felix M Wolf of Coquille looked after business here and at Powers. Zeno Gatchel of Bandon visited at the Lee home. Bridge School Fair May Day Festival scheduled. Ex Mayor E E Straw Claude Nasourg and friends visited enroute to Powers. Andrew Christensen and family moved upstairs at the Sigloh Greamnery. Central Market advertises fresh meats and cash payments for beef pork veal and hides. Elder and Mrs Thomas Barklow left for Roseburg on a Brethren Church trip, with Hershey Pennsylvania the conference site in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Wimberly
Floyd
San Francisco
Felix M. Wolf
Coquille
Powers
Zeno Gatchel
Banton
M. R. Lee
Evryone
Bridge
Bridge-school
E. E. Straw
Claude Nasourg
Yesterdy
auto +o
Andrew Christensen
Sighloaf Greamnery
Christensen
John A. Robbins
Elder
Thos. Barklow
Roseburg
Marshfield Grand Jury Hears Varied Indictments
The new grand jury met Monday with a panel led by foreman B F Barklow. It considers cases including Walter Morgan’s release after a pocket picking arrest, forgeries by Austrians on Coos Bay, and the murder case of Clarence Russell and his wife. The panel grapples with difficult questions and extended inquiries into each matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Barklow
W. H. Myers
Geo. Ross
Garfield Simpson
C. A. Goodman
F. A. Spencer
Fred Barker
Walter Morgan
Gunder Sevgartson
Camp 5
Grinrod
Tom
Coos Bay
Dan Mandich
E. C. Mather
Sam Leger
H. S. Harris
J. Albbert Matson
John Kronholm
R. A. Copple
Joe Seanich
J. W. Mitchell
A. J. Davis
Joe Davis
Max Matich
Clarence Russell
Russell
Clean Up and Paint Up in Oregon and Portland
Governor Withycombe urges May 4 to 11 for statewide cleaning and painting of yards and buildings. Mayor Albee designates same dates for Portland with Chamber of Commerce oversight to organize sections and supervise work. Oregon aims to boost tourism alongside California and Washington as the Northwest cleans up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Withycombe
Albee
Portland Chamber of Commerce
Oregon
Northwest
California
Washington
Washington News Roundup on Huerta and Prohibition Debates
Washington dispatch from April 22 1915 reports Huerta may seek a White House audience while officials deny advance plans. It covers the Pan American financial conference and the Riggs Bank case. talks of an On to Washington mobilization for liquor control, Wilsons stance on local option, and Bryan’s political prospects. President Wilson to review the Atlantic fleet in New York May 17 with 70 vessels in preparation for Panama and San Francisco deployments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Victoriano Huerta
Washngton
Huerta
White House
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
North
South America
Riggs National Bank
Treasury
Williams
Washington
E. G C. Dinwiddie
Anti- Saloon League of America
Dinwiddie
Wilson
Bryan
Baltimore
Atlantic
New York
Daniels
Panama
San Francisco
Occupation Resources Boost German War Effort
The article argues that Germany’s occupation of enemy territory supplies vast resources while denying them to opponents. Belgium yields food, coal, iron, and munitions, including the Liege Cockerill works, and France’s occupied “banner departments” hold mines, factories, dairies, and farms, strengthening Germany as it blockades Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Belgium
Liege
France
Bulletin
National Geographic Society
Germany benefits from occupied French and Polish resources
The article notes that in occupied France 70 percent of coal and 90 percent of native iron come from the occupied zone, with Pas de Calais and Meurthe et Moselle as major metal centers. It argues capturing these districts could offset Allied shortages, while Poland’s mines and textile centers also lie under German control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Republi
Pas de
Calais
Meurthe-et-Moselle
Germany
United States
Britain
Belgium
Department of
Nord
Pas Ed Calais
Meuse
Poland
Silesia
Lodz
Westphalia
The
Oregonian
Auction Notice for Dairy Herd and Farm Stock at Bridge Oregon
A public auction is set for Monday May 10 1915 at Hatcher's Store Bridge Oregon starting 1 pm. The sale includes 10 high grade Jersey cows all milking 5 freshening soon 1 three year old Jersey bull from a high producing dam 1 mare with colt by Warrior Gordon 1 two year old colt 1 yearling colt and 1 pure bred Poland China boar. Nick Johnson auctioneer for Brownson Bros Bridge Oregon. Also Christian Church services listed T J Cannon pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrior Gordon
Poland
Hatcher's
Bridge, Ore
Nick Johnson
Brownson Bros
Bridge, Oregon
Early Days in the Myrtle Point Section
Items from Vol 2 No 25 May 1 1897 note residence fences by L A Roberts mining work by Thus Green in Sixes river a homecoming for Chas Roberts in Arago W R Mavity injured slipping on adz crutch use healing cattle market activity cool April weather 85 degrees stage schedule shifts from evening to morning to Roseburg
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conner
L. A. Roberts
Green
Sixes
Chas. Roberts
W. R. Mavity
Arago
Burtenshaw
Wm. Page
Easter
Cool County
Coos Bay
Roseburg
Church service schedule for Sunday at local Brethren church
The Church of the Brethren invites all to Sunday school at 10:00 a m. preaching at 11:00 a m. and 7:30 p m. Everyone is welcome to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Church
A. mi
Christian Endeavor
Church of the Brethren
Plent of Them in Myrtle Point and Good Reason for It
Mrs W A Trefren of Grants Pass Oregon testifies after three years of swelling backache and urinary trouble that Doan's Kidney Pills reduced swelling and restored kidney function. She keeps them on hand and uses them for any kidney complaint. 50c at all dealers. FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY
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Myrtle Point
W. A. Trefren
Highland Ave
Grants Pass
Ore
Dean
Doan
Treffen
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
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the Star Reporter
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Hammerlof
Montana
Colvin
Prof
Emmerso
Qualls
Brewster Valley
Emmerson
Robi. Clinton
Detwiler
I. E., Rose
Madame du Four
Department D
du Four Co
Wash., D.C
C. R. Bennett
McClosky
Bidgyrtle Point
O. K
Lombard-Bombina ~Co
Dora T. W. Panter
E. J. Michael
U. City
F. L. Miller
W. S. Guerin
Langlais
E. E. Oakes
Mat
Enterprise
Bbc
T. J. Cannon
D. Swift
Seventh St
W. C. Stevens
Pearce
Aguinaldo
H. Croy
Camas Valley, Oregon
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