Bridge on the Boom headlines Myrtle Point area growth
Notable notes from Myrtle Point and nearby Gravel Ford detail visits and travel from Aug 2. Miss Avas Jenkins leaves Grants Pass after a month with relatives. Local residents attend dinners and rides, with new business activity including a blacksmith shop, a new warehouse, and a bridge project across Rock Creek. Ownership changes noted as C E Houser sells ranch for 9500 dollars to Californians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gravel Ford
Avas Jenkins
Grants Pass
Grandma Sumerlin
Lewellen
Dr. Bennett
Peter Byer
Andrew Christensen
Myrtle Point
Id Olsen
Petticrew
Fred Moser
Chas. Morehouse
J. D. Barklow
Ethel Metzel
Corvallis
Ray Bennett
W. A. Bright
Zeno Bright
Airey
Elsie Tillman
Willamette Val
R. C. Endicott
Hill & Murphy
Brownson Bros
C. E. Houser
California
Culver Bros
Rock Creek
E. E. Weekly
James Rookard
Jim
Claude Nosler
Coquille
Relatives Visit Drawn Out in Quiet Neighborhood
Residents note a calm day as visitors tour the block and greet neighbors. Local routine and familiar streets anchor daily life amid light foot traffic and casual conversations about upcoming events.
Brewster Breezes and Local Visits Highlight Aug. 3
The Dalles guests Mr and Mrs Ol mer Cook visit Brewster relatives. Mr and Mrs Tom Coke and daughter Miss Bessie visited E N Harry's home. A grove gathering honored Mr and Mrs Swanton of Marshfield and Nellie Swanton. Haying peaks as Ivan Laird and Alva Harry shuttle cars between Brewster, Roseburg, and Ququila. Roads in the canyon improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sitkum
Olmer Cook
Dalles
Oregon
Brewster
Tom Coke
Bessie
E. N. Harry’s
Abernethy Mill
Mabel Minard
Lila Smith
Gravel Ford
Ivan Laird
Alva Harry
Roseburg
Cuquille
Lee Pointers Visit and Revival at North Fork Church
August updates note Lee Pointers Lee and family hosted visitors from J. S. Clinton and Fairview. Revivals led by Law and Anderson at North Fork church drew crowds. Elmer King attracted crowds with his jitney and kind remarks about his generosity. Others, including Lyman King and McKinley Morley, are mentioned in local visits and travel notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
J. S. Clinton
Norway
Homer Holverstott
Fairview
Law and
Anderson
North Fork
Elmer King
King
Lyman King
McKinley Morley
Roseburg
Chas. Holverstott
Harmon
Hardy Mast
C. H. Mast
Roy Stout
Zella Sumerlin
E. P. Mast
McKinley
Paramount Feature The Dancing Girl one day only
An August Paramount feature presentation titled The Dancing Girl stars Tess and Florence Reed. A dramatic five-cel film shown once on Thursday August 12 at 401 venue with notes on fashion and social mood reflected in a Fauntleroy era crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount Feature
Acttess
Florence Reed
Paramount In Pictures
Record of 1913 Douglas fir and yellow pine timber cuts
The 1913 cut of Douglas fir exceeded five and a half billion feet, the largest on record for the species. Yellow pine output in 1913 reached nearly 15 billion feet, second only to 1909, and this total covers all species commercially known as yellow pine.
Travel Letter From Iowa on Wet Harvest Scene
Traveling correspondent Thomas Barklow reports from South English Iowa describing prolonged rain and flooded fields hindering harvest in late July 1916. He recalls a severe July 23 lightning storm that destroyed barns killed horses and burned a corn crib while recounting local reactions and a German lightning rod tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Enterprise
Oregon
South English
North English
Thomas Barklow
Good Brood Coop and How It Is Constructed
Oregon Agricultural College shares practical brood coop design for hens and chicks. It details light airy dry construction with rat proofing, separate floor and roof, one inch mesh netting, a wooden pin door, and easy cleaning features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallis
Aeee Lamb
Extension Poultryman
Oregon Ranks Fourth in Lumber Output for 1913
Government figures show Oregon as the fourth largest lumber producer in 1913, rising from twenty third place over the past decade, reflecting a significant climb in the state’s timber industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Money to Loan on Real Estate at 38th
Enterprise office advertises money to loan on good real estate. Inquiries encouraged at the 38th street office for underwriting and terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inqui
Enterprise Office
Water use ban issued for irrigation by city
Notice to water users forbids irrigation with City water until further notice. Recipients are urged to conserve water, avoid leaving faucets open, and repair leaks. By order of Water Committee. 392 J C Brown City Marshal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Brown
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Helpful, Grants Pass Testimony
Myrtle Point readers are urged to act on backache as a kidney warning. A Grants Pass resident, M. Jones of 1045 Conklin Ave., credits Doan's Kidney Pills with relief and regulated kidney action. The advertisement urges obtaining Doan's from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Point
Grants Pass
M. Jones
Conklin Ave
Ore
Doaki
Dean
Mr. Jones
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Myrtle Point notices and local updates mix road work and events
A Myrtle Point. Ore roundup reports road construction progress near the Middle Fork and a new crushing plant setup. Local residents attend hunts shop and social items as Raymond Fisher and Hazel Wade marry at Coquille. Rev Gordon lectures on Western Spirit poetry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Point
Minnie Noble
Clar
Portland
J. M. Arrington
Harry Luttrell
Mendocino County
Raymond Fisher
H. W. Fisher
Hazel Wade
Arthur Wade
Coquille
Jim Hobson
Jasper Yoakum
Marshfield
Jim
I. R
G. N. Bower
Perkins
Coquille Valley Telephone Co
Coquille City
Lower River District
H. A. Tucker
L. B. Sellers
Train
Bandon Beach
Middle Fork
J.D. Clinton
Norway
Henry” G. Ploeger
Roseburg
William Steward Gordon
M. E
Gordon
Bandon
Astoria
Gorden
Pacific Drug Store
Reason and mortality in a 1915 Clackamas discourse
In Clackamas Oregon on July 30 1915 a speaker argues the temple of reason governs humans over animals and contemplates evolution morality and reincarnation. He questions human perfection and the danger of passions and stresses ethical marriage guided by love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clackamas
Oregon
Garden of Eden
Earth
Early Myrtle Point News Highlights From 1897
In Myrtle Point Oregon, residents greet old friends and attend to business as Coos County receives 4186 dollars from the irreducible school fund. Local repairs include a North Fork bridge and river improvements urged to extend river commerce and dike work. Families travel to Bandon Roseburg and Marshfield while petitions seek federal aid for river navigation and regional growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C. Genner
M. R. Lee
Bandon
Coos County
North Fork
H.B. Steward
Schroeder
S. S. Endicott
Bertha
J. H. Roberts
Monony
Tiny
Jollie Chaney and Son
Portland
Myrtle Point
Dairyville
T. R. Sheridan
Roseburg
John Sheridan
Our City
Coos Bay
Marshfield
Coquille Valley
Christian Church Sunday Schedule with Pastor
Regular services listed include Sunday school at 10 a.m. preaching at 11 a.m. and evening worship at 8 p.m. Christian Endeavor meets at 7:30 p.m. Pastor T. J. Cannon leads the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor
T. J. Cannon
Church of the Brethren Sunday Services
Sunday schedule lists Sunday school at 10:00 a m. preaching at 11:00 a m. and 7:30 p m. Everyone invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Brethren
Notice to creditors of Arthur Fisher in Myrtle Point
This notice asks all creditors of the late Arthur Fisher to send statements of accounts to Henry W. Fisher in Myrtle Point Oregon and states he will arrange payment as soon as possible Pro 402. The rest of the text contains unrelated philosophical musings by Mrs. Viola Burr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Fisher
Myrtle Point
Ore
Henry W. Fisher
Viola Burr
Notice for publication Timber land purchase Oregon 1916
Ernest D. Park of Portland Oregon filed Sworn Statement and Application No 09810 on October 24 1914 to purchase the SW i of Section 36 Township 30 S Range 10 W Willamette Meridian timber and land valued at 500 for timber about 40000 board feet at 50 cents and 80 for land final proof set for October 11 1915 before the Roseburg Oregon Register and Receiver Protest or contest allowed before patent issues by filing corroborated affidavit J M Upton Register
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
U. 8
Roseburg
Oregon
Ernest D. Park
Portland
Willamette Meridian
United States Land Office
J. M. Upton
Register
Summons in Circuit Court Oregon Coos County
The plaintiff Howard Imhoff sues Pearl Imhoff in Coos County Oregon Court. Pearl Imhoff must answer within six weeks of first publication or face a decree dissolving the marriage contract. The notice runs in the Enterprise for six weeks starting July 15, 1916, per Judge John S. Coke. Attorney A E Warren represents the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Oregon
County of
Coos
Howard Imhoff
Pearl Imhoff
John S. Coke
Final Account Hearing in Coos County Oregon Estate
Rhoda Page Administratrix of the William Page estate files the final account with Coos County Clerk. Hearing of objections and settlement is set for August 9 1915 at the Coos County Courthouse by Judge James Watson. First publication July 8 1915. last publication August 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhoda Page
William Page
Coos County
Oregon
Cooa County
James Watson
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Aoe Wielamettents
Illamette
Hirsch-Weis Manufacturing Company
Willamette Tent & Awning Co
Henry G. Ploeger
Myrtle Point Laundry
M. H. Rease
Ash Street
Dray Line
G. Wilburger
LSO
C. R. Bennety
McClosky
OQ. K
Lombard-Bombina Co
Produce
Louis Starr
Ley
Lee Pointers
Lord Fauntleroy
Johnnie
Pere Be E Travelogues
Europe
Siletz Valley
Yaquina
Siletz Bays
Waldport
Lincoln County
Siletz
J. B. Ziegler
Efe
Myrtle- Point Section
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