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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1910
Page
4
Advertisement text from the Myrtle Point paper lists subscription prices and advertising rates. Subscription for one year costs 1.50 dollars, six months are 0.75 dollars, and three months cost 0.50 dollars. Advertising rates are available on application.
A fragment notes hogs now fetch higher value than some people perceived and comments on animal worth in economic terms. The passage contrasts animal price with human views and suggests shifting market dynamics.
The fragment suggests Halley’s will is anticipated within a few months. No additional context or entities beyond the name Halley appear readable.
Officials warn the county will face water shortages unless rainfall improves. Forecasters predict limited rain over the next month or two, prompting calls for conservation and emergency measures to protect supplies.
Portland has begun efforts to prohibit prize fight and slugging contests in the future. This move may alert eastern cities that coast towns are not as bad as sometimes portrayed.
The section notes frequent favorable talk of bonding the county to build permanent highways but cites a constitutional provision as a barrier. An amendment allowing bonding could enable Dod County to soon have permanently built highways.
The Myrtle Point area faces a promising season with $22,000 waterworks bonds sold and street improvements likely this spring. Private ventures will begin, several fine residences are planned, business districts will improve, road work expands, and farmers expect another profitable year.
The Myrtle Point liquor situation shows fewer sales but persistent blind piggers profiting. A license system enforcement could curb the traffic. residents demand the majority will be respected and urge city council to pass an ordinance under local option law for police and sheriff jurisdiction.
Promoters advertise Pacific City layouts in Curry county as crowds from eastern Washington and Oregon consider investments. Agents push California and other distant properties with prospects of hundreds of buyers next summer. Some ventures profit while many fail, and cautious investors are urged to avoid unverified schemes.
It is believed that there is no better place for investment than in Coos and Curry counties. Profitable investments are not for boosters who rely on deceitful advertising. The careful investor will come in and carefully survey the country before buying, and the chances are better than good that he will make a handsome profit.
A collection of humorous quips and social observations from the Globe. Topics include rheumatism cures, women’s conversation, reporters on duty, kitchen as prison, and a brakeman praising Governor Stubbs. An Atchison tale contrasts a mouse trap with family talk and life insurance schemes.
A card from the American Type Founders company of Portland exhorts readers to speak happiness not woe in this Oregon land. It praises the state’s bounty and urges cheerful, agreeable talk while avoiding harsh words.
A card expresses deep gratitude to friends from Bridge and Myrtle Point for support during a long illness in the family and for the death and burial of a husband and son. The writer thanks God for aid and asks friends to remember them in prayers.
Sheriff Gage arrived in Marshfield with Coon Skin Charlie Neil in custody awaiting court on forged checks tied to Myrtle Point banks. Neil, captured in Pocatel lo Idaho, faces Curry county charges, previously escaped custody, and may plead now or wait to the April term in county jail. Sheriff notes harsh Idaho weather and livestock losses.
The city marshal tightened control at the opera house to curb paper wads peanuts and candy to threaten expulsion and promote order. The Coos Bay life saving crew surveyed the Czarina wreck finding no missing package and noted frayed tackle likely fueled the rumor. A Hermann hall basketball opener features local high school versus Bandon with 25 cent admission. Antone Jacobson with Chief Engineer Clark advances Myrtle Point subway tunnels and capital is reportedly available. Springlike days preceded and followed by rain showers raise hopes for farmers early work and grass growth.
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