South Fork Happenings Involving Local Visits And News
Mrs Wm Fite and sons visited with Mrs D Neal over Sunday. Geo Bryant hauled the last cheese load from Sunrise creamery midweek. Mrs Levi Buich came from Coquille last Saturday to visit relatives. S S Ree traveled to Round Hill farm near Arago earlier this week. Mrs Nelson Smith returned to Coquille Tuesday after days with Mrs Geo Hermann. Two 8th grade examinees in Hermann district passed all but one subject. Mrs Ernest Strong and Mrs Holenbeck of Bandon visited locally. Mrs Frank Strong received a telegram announcing an elderly relative’s death.
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South Fork
Wm. Fite
Little Sons
D. Neal
Geo. Bryant
Sunrise
Levi Buich
Coquille
S. S. Ree
Round Hill
H. A. Todd
Arago
Nelson Smith
Geo. Hermann
Hermann
Miss Robbins
Ernest Strong
Holenbeck
Bandon
Frank Strong
Rexall Hair Tonic Promises Cure For Dandruff Baldness
An advertisement touts Rexall 93? Hair Tonic as the best remedy for dandruff itching and hair loss. It claims to stimulate follicles and improve circulation to nourish roots, promising no charge if not satisfied. Available in Myrtle Point at Perkins Drug Store.
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Jas. F. Ballard
St.Louis
Myrtle Point
Rexall
Perkins Drug Store
Roseburg Myrtle Point Stage Line Ad
J. L. Laird Proprietor lists service between Roseburg and Myrtle Point with contact numbers Home phone 461 and Farmers phone 156.
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Roseburg
Myrtle Point
J. L. Laird
Death in Grants Pass Reflects Paraly sis Cause
A man dies at his Grants Pass home on the 22nd from paralysis after returning from California with his wife who has been ill but improving. Rev. B F Barklow and wife visited neighbors earlier in the week. Brethren services at Roland Prairie schoolhouse drew a good crowd with next service announcement. For sale Poland China hogs offered by L Strong or H W Fisher of Myrtle Point.
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Grants Pass
California
Ed Rider
B. F. Barklow
Coos
Brethers
Roland Prairie School
Poland
L. Strong
H. W. Fisher
Myrtle Point
Local Notes Show Handy Weather and People in Coos Bay Area
A mix of small town happenings includes O C Harry training a ring tail possum and two skunks, E N Harry repairing Coos Bay wagon road, a mail stage breakdown on Brewster grade repaired by Mr Baker, and trips by O C Harry and F A Baker to Coquille to care for a gravely ill patient. Brewster Valley High School nears four months of progress and local bachelors are listed among town notables.
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O.C. Harry
E. N. Harry
Canyon
Coos Bay
U. S. Mail
Brewster
Sitkum
Dora
Rufus Howe
Harley Johnson
Mr. Shambo
Ivan Laird
Willie Crow
Victor Skinhoy
Henry Charlton
Culver Social Roundup I ncludes Visits and Parties
Bancroft items recount a lively Culver home party last Saturday. Herman Carl and family visit Mr. Carl's sister Mrs. Lett while Mrs. Weekly and Mrs. Young spend weekend with their brother C. E. Waterman. A quilt tagging event is planned for Miss Hulda Warner on the 31st. Mr and Mrs C D Price host a dinner celebrating their 39th wedding anniversary. Georgie Jewett loses the end of a finger in a play accident. healing progresses. Eden Valley reports wind damage to Chat Huling’s barn and a broken telephone line with trees toppled.
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Culver
Herman Carl
Mr. Carl
W. A. Lett
Weekly
Mrs. Young
C. E. Waterman
Hulda Warner
C. D. Price
Georgie Jewett
Eden Valley
Deafness cured only by constitutional remedies
An advertisement claims deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tubes and catarrh. It promises one hundred dollars for any deafness case caused by catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, with circulars available and pills for constipation sold by Hall.
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Hall
F.J Cheney, & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Coal Law Needs Amending
From the 32d Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey the article argues the coal land law is defective. It says the 100 acre individual and 640 acre group limits hinder modern mining economics and safety. A leasing or sale law should allow larger units to support open, efficient mines free from railroad and large coal company advantages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Geological Survey
Myrtle Point Post Office Becomes Postal Savings Depository
Postmaster Steward and assistant E. J. Schneider study new rules as Myrtle Point office is designated a Postal Savings Depository effective February 20 1912. The department notice assigns the office to handle savings deposits as part of Uncle Sam’s program.
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Postal Savings Depository
Steward
Myrtle Point
Two Egg Day Report From Estacada Hen
A Buff Orpington owned by Paul Fraizer laid two eggs in one day. The note calls it a remarkable poultry feat and hints at a method to induce hens to lay two eggs daily, suggesting wide public interest in the potential profit.
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Estacada
Paul Fraizer
Stockholders Meeting Of Coquille Valley Telephone Co
The annual stockholders meeting for the Coquille Valley Telephone Co in Coquille Oregon is set for Monday February 5 1912. Officers will be elected for the coming year and other business will be transacted. Frank E Willard secretary.
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Coquille Valley Telephone Company
Coquille
Oregon
Frank E. Willard
Notice of timber land entry by Augustus E Adlesperger
Department of the Interior Roseburg Oregon notices Augustus E Adlesperger of Marshfield Oregon filed April 28 1911 Sworn Statement and Application No 07165 to purchase W1/2 SW1 Section 4 Township 30 S Range 10 W Willamette Meridian timber and land appraised at 250 for timber 840000 board feet at 25 cents per M and 40 for the land final proof to be made March 29 1912 before United States Commissioner A K Peek at Marshfield Oregon protest or contest before patent issues by corroborated affidavit. Benjamin F Jones Register
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Department of the Interior
U.S. Land
Roseburg
Oregon
Augustus E. Adlesperger
Marshfield
West Willamette
A. K. Peek
United States
Benjamin F. JonEs
Gant Seeks Purchase of Coal Land in Oregon
Henry W. Gant of Rural Cool County Oregon filed coal declaratory statement No 07024 on March 4 1911 for SE and NW of SE Section 28 township 32 S range 11 W Willamette Meridian and now seeks to purchase under 2548 to 2352 OS Revised Statutes. Objecting affidavits due by February 15 1912 to the Roseburg Land Office Myrtle Point Enterprise publication.
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Roseburg
Oregon
Henry W. Gant
Cool
State of
South
West Willamette Meridian
Myrtle Point
Benjamin F. Jones
Register
Order to Show Cause in Greene Minors Guardianship Case
In Coos County Oregon the County Court at Coquille heard the guardian H G Volkmar seek license to sell undivided one sixth of Myrtle Point Lots Five and Six Black Six. Hearing set for February 19 1912 at 10 oclock AM. all next of kin and interested persons must appear to show cause. Publication required for three weeks in Myrtle Point Enterprise. James Watson County Clerk.
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Coos County
State of
Oregon
Fatate
J. N. Sumerlin
J. O. Stemmler
Myrtle Point
M. P. Sumerlin
Cleveland Sumerlin
Coquille
John F. Hall
James Watson
W. W. Gage
Forest Barton Greene
Lola Greene
Elva Lucille Greene
Wilhelmina Marie Greene
Raleigh Darrell Greene
Ervin Harold Greene
Florense Edris Greene
H. G. Volkmar
Wilhelmina Maria Greene
Florence Edris Greene
Court House
Coos
James Monroe Volkmar
Wm. F. Volkman
Albert L. Volkmar
T. J. Greene
E. C. Greene
Elmer Greene
Frank Greene
Estella Steward
Mary E-Peck
Alma Johnson
Addie M. Cole
State of Oregon
County of
Ss. I. James Watson
Forst Barton Greene
Raleigh Darrel Greene
Ervin
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the .Vicinage
Rock Creek
Oseburg
Camas Valley
Myrtle Point Livery and Feed Stable
Brewster Valley Breezes
Bancroft
Cardus
Wood Yard
Joseph Hay
L. A. Roberts
Myrtie
E. A. Dodge
G. B. Harrison
Arava
L. E. Rose
J. O.stemmler
SAET
Spires’ Pharmacy
Rosxsora
George W. Bryant
The
Myrtle Point Transfer Company
Beaver Hill Coal
W. T. Ramsey
Price
Walter Endicott
Dora T. W. Panter
Hotel Guerin
GEO. H. Guerin & Son
Geed
Breuer’s Shoe
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