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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1914
Page
6
The document explains that actual residence on the homestead is required to obtain title and that being elected to office or brief absences due to duties do not excuse residence unless winters are severe or conditions prevent land work. It also notes that improvements without residence do not meet the law and discusses conflicts with prior settlement claims and marriage effects on entry validity.
Under DE MINIMIS NGN CURET LEX the ownership of less than one acre in excess of 160 acres is not a disqualification for homestead entry. Sorli v Berg (40 L. D. 259) overruled. When land is subject to appropriation by a disqualified party and the only objection is an informal application form or fee tendering, the applicant is entitled to a reasonable opportunity to proceed.
The text outlines procedures for amending applications or paying fees in cash or money orders. It explains patent issuance for remaining portions after non-contiguity due to good cause, especially timber entries not requiring cultivation. It also details the five month annual leave allowed since 1913 with conditions of sustained residence and three year continuity, permitting brief temporary absences for good reasons.
Bible school at 10 a.m., morning sermon at 11 a.m. on Two Masters. Junior at 3 p.m. Endeavor at 6:30 p.m. Evening sermon at 7:30 on Pentecost and What Happened. Last Sunday saw six additions and eight baptisms. Total conversions reach 33 since September 1. Pastor Ellsworth E. Coulter invites help.
G. B. Harrison bought the interest of his partner A. R. Panter in their pool and billiard parlor business located in the Hermann brick building on First street. Panter plans to become master of a Myrtle Point Transportation Co. boat, and Harrison says the business will move March 1 to the Machado building on Spruce street.
The Bandon city council appropriates 50 dollars per month for five months to aid the public library. The action commits municipal funds to sustain library services.
The Myrtle Point Enterprise offers a $15 prize pool for Coos County students who form the most words from the 21 letters in Myrtle Point Enterprise. Top prize is $5, then $2.50, $1.50, and six $1 prizes. Entries must be subscribers in good standing, with limits per family. Contest runs to March 28, 1914. results published April 2, prize checks April 4.
Coos real estate transfers listed from the Office of the Title Guarantee & Abstract Co in Marshfield and Coquille include numerous W D deeds. Transfers cover parcels in Marshfield Bandon Coos Bay Myrtle Point North Bend and Coquille among others with buyers including Marshfield Investment Co Lizzie Bentz A Kelley and Fannie Albrecht. February 14 1914 is noted with multiple lot acre and section descriptions and chain of title details in 30 S 12 W and adjacent townships.
A ledger of February 16 1914 deeds and transfers in Coquille and surrounding towns. Mary A Miller and spouse to Herbert Standish convey 3 acres in section 17 township 29 S R 12 W. Zeek Pershbaker to C B Zeek select lots and mine land in townships 28 and 27 S. Oscar Wickham to City of Coquille right of way through section 36. Hall-Lewis to Caroline Myers 1.5 acres. Emma N Jones Estate to S J Mann lots in South Bandon. Eastside Land Co to Effie May McGriff lots in Eastside. Hoffman to Bessie Beardsley lots in Boise addition Marsh. Hill to O L Clark two lots. Helen Doble Nasburg to H L Clark three feet of a lot. East Marshfield Land Co to Mattie Shaw lots in East Marshfield. Belmont Gooden to Frieda Holm multiple lots. Marshfield Realty & Trading Co to Dorsey Kreitzer lots 1 to …
L. C. Smith & Bros. Typewriter Co offers rebuilt and lightly used machines at 35 to 65 dollars, with easy payment and no interest. Each unit carries a one year price guarantee and potential liberal allowance toward a new 1913 model. Portland Oregon address listed.
A slate of land transfers, wills, and probate actions across Marshfield, Bandon, North Bend, Lakeside, and West Bandon. Included are deeds involving L. J. Simpson, Edith Judd, Bennett Trust Co, and the Estate of Merrill W. Shoemaker, plus parcels in Marshfield’s Belt Line area and West Bandon subdivisions.
Grove Karl Gilbert of the United States Geological Survey presents a speculative discussion in Part C of Professional Paper 85 on gravity anomalies and their interpretation by isostatic adjustment, crust heterogeneity, and compensation depths. He notes inner earth is a dense, rigid region with a very hot nucleus and extreme mean temperature implied by low mean density.
Government estimates place the milena cow population on United States farms at 20,737,000, reflecting a substantial livestock count across the nation.
The Southern Pacific switches from lift to swing drawbridge for Coos Bay after approval of swing span plans by the War Department. Major Morrow informs the Port of Coos Bay Association that construction may begin soon, citing the Willamette Pacific Railroad Company permit dated January 6, 1913 and two-openings swing span.
Frank Burkholder of Coquille visited Myrtle Point Local No. 67 Farmers Union last Saturday for the community gathering.
The article presents a medical view by Dr. R. R. Daniels on health as the body’s default, self regulating state. It explains digestion as fuel production, skin and nerves governing temperature, and the immune system fighting germs. it warns that overindulgence and lack of air or exercise cause disease and that removing obstructions lets the body heal itself.
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