Industrial Outlook for 1916 in Oregon
Salem reports a shift toward stronger industrial and business conditions in Oregon. Governors tax policy and public utility moves, plus a conservative labor approach, support capital. Central Oregon rail finance tests Portland investors, while the Chamber of Commerce aims to broaden state growth. Lumber remains key. cement plants near readiness. hops and loganberries face trends. war in Europe dims imports. Agricultural youth contests at Dairy Hall conclude Farmers Week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Oregon
Hiter Industrial and Business Condions. Co
Withycombe
Portland
Central Oregon
Strahorn
Chamber of Commerce
Sperans
Goldill
Oswego
California
San Francisco Bay
Puget Sound
Social Features Highlight Farmers Week Activities
Entertainment and educational events accompany the Farmers and Home Makers' Week. Daily convoca tions with music from the School of Music and student readings share time with luncheons banquets and lectures. Wednesday Get-together Night features a combined musical and dramatic program and a regional spokesman contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Music
Waldo Hall
Myrtle Point Local Farmers Union Chooses Officers for 1916
Myrtle Point Local of the Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America installed new officers for the year. A J Radabaugh was named President with R O Green as Secretary Treasurer and Mrs Nellie Ray as County President. W Lee Ray reported on district conventions showing the union advancing in Coos county and Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle ‘Point
Union of America
A. J. Radabaugh
R O. Green
R. O. Green
Cal Ray
G. W. Rouse
Myrtle Point
Nellie Ray
Henniger
J. Finley Schroeder
Jennie Rackleff
W. Ray
Edd Meyers
Doorkeeer
Coos Couny
W. Lee Ray
Corvallis
Oregon
Farmers’Educationa and Co-operative Union of America
Many Are Hunting for Gold in Curry County
Port Orford January 3. A surge of beach miners returns to Curry County echoing the sixties. Ten outfits work along Gold Run mouth near Battle Rock with one group pulling $43 in a day. Anna Tichenor’s riverground recollection ties to the fifties known for high daily yields.
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Port Orford
Rch
Gold Run
Battle Rock
Death of Joe O Laughlin in San Francisco
Joe O Laughlin a longtime Smith Powers employee from Powers Oregon died in a San Francisco hospital after a quick illness. He had come to California to marry and was last based in Coos Bay where he oversaw the Smith Powers warehouse and commissary. He leaves a bride Miss Smith and a sister Mrs Williams. burial plans were not stated.
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Coos Bay
Joe O’laughlin
Powers
Smith-Powers Logging Company
San Francisco
California
A. H. Powers
O’laughlin
O'Laughlin
Smith- Powers, Company
Henryville
Coaledo
Owers
Mr. O'Laughlin
New Haven
Conn
Miss Smith
Cha
Smith-Powers
Camp One
Williams
O’larkin
School houses on National Forest land noted in Washington and Oregon
The article notes that schoolhouses are a historically interesting use of National Forest land with thirteen schools in Washington and Oregon and one in Alaska. Churches on forest land include two in the Tongass Forest Alaska. No charge is made for these uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Forest
Washington
W.hington
Oregon
Tongass Forest
Alaska
Oregon mines show higher 1916 gold copper output
Preliminary figures from the U S Geological Survey indicate Oregon gold and copper output rising in 1916 despite fewer producing mines. Gold yield increases to 1 771 618 dollars. silver and lead decline. Baker county remains top producer with commercial and other deep mines active.
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Washington, D . C
Oregon
United States Geological
Wey
Baker County
Commercial
Cracker ‘Creek
Rnucopia ‘Mining Company
Cornucopia
Ben Harrison
Granite
Grant County
Powder River
Cracker Creek
Osgood
Waldo
Josephine County
Layton
Applegate
Jack-son County
Granta Pass
Myrtle Point Council Moves to Start Sewer System Plans
The Myrtle Point City Council discussed starting preliminary proceedings for a proposed sewer system. They favor winter steps and spring construction, with districting as the installation plan. City Attorney Giles was instructed to prepare resolutions and notices to commence proceedings for the proposed district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Point
Giles
Coquille Valley Covered With Blankets of White
Fresh snowblanket hit Coquille Valley on New Year's Eve and New Year with about three inches remaining through Sunday. Snow was wet and heavy causing branches to break and damage telephone lines across several sections.
River treasure and shipwreck tales from the coast
Reports describe a past treasure find when a farmer uncovered a sealed barrel of Spanish doubloons after a horse fell into a well. Other items include the steam schooner Enterprise towed into Coos Bay after a four day gale, a long distance telephone link between Portland and Chicago, fuel shipments to German and Austrian babies, and political chatter on Oregon rail and land grants amid prohibition era rules.
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Augusta Township
Moore
Enterprise
Astoria
Coo Bay
Adeline Smith
Waldport
Alsea Bar
R. C. Parker
M. E. Parker
Roy Milner
Nelson Geldeness
Portland
Chicago
San Francisco
W. C. Barbour
J. H. Barbour
United States Immigration
Citizens’ Committee
Stockholm
Gothenburg
Ralph
Williams
Oregon
National Committee
Peru
Andes
Amazon River
Pacific Ocean
Chamberlain
Departments of the Interior and Justice
Congress
Lebanon
The
Express
Linn County
Secretary of the Interior
Lane
Crater Lake
Qre
Uinier
Wash
Rocky Mountains
Colorado
Multnomah
Imperial
Treasury Department
Coast Guard
Navy
Coos Bay
J.A. Buchanan
Roseburg
Hamilton
Buchanan
Senators Hear Draft on Grazing Homestead Law Access
Representatives Sinnott of Oregon and Chief Forester Graves discuss amendments to the grazing homestead bill. The forestry bureau urges protections for roads and trails to allow stockmen access to national forests for their livestock. Sinnott argues the law will keep public lands open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. J. Sinnott
Oregon
Graves
Forestry Bureau
Sinnott
Coquile Valley Fruit Growers Elect Reassembled Board
The Coquille Valley Fruit Growers Association re-elected its board, with H.B. Steward as President and A. T. Train as Vice-President. Gravenstein apples from the region won a first prize at the Panama-Pacific Exposition, and the group aims to standardize grading for stronger prices as shipments grow via Willamette Pacific, Coos Bay, and Eugene. C. H. Barklow named to handle the 1916 crop. the association emphasizes marketing discipline and unified effort among growers.
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Coquille Valley Fruit Growers Association
H.B. Steward
A. T. Train
G. G. Swan
W. W. Whittington
E. Arneson
San Francisco
W. E. Hartley
Willamette Pacific
Coos Bay
Eugene
Pote Ee Wey
Myrtle Point
Coquille Valley Association
C. H. Barklow
The Dalles Diamond Flour Mills Upgrade Operations
The Dalles Diamond Flour mills announced extensive improvements and now operate night and day to boost production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalles
Diamond
Coos County Voting Precincts and Registrars Named
County Clerk Robert R. Watson lists Coos County voting precincts and their registrars under 1915 law. Precincts include Lakeside to Myrtle Point with registrars such as Oscar Ohman, James T. Marshfield, Neil O. Wapstack, and C. B. Zeek. the Court House hosts Coquille Southeast and Southwest registrations, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert R. Watson
Coos County
Lakeside
Oscar Ohman
Templeton
Slough
Haynea
Slovehy
Allegany
C. Edwards
Kentuck Slough
Ae ‘Sha
Willand Slough
Empire
North Bend West
Shuster
North Bend North
A. E. iShus
Worth ‘Bend Central
ES Euste
North Bend Central
Easahfield South
James
South Brough
James Miekie
Newpo
James Phen
Bunker James T
Neil
Coos ‘River
Moffett
Berne
Wit
T. Moffitt
Caunain
North
Coquille
Egister
Court House
Enchanted
Hill
Roland
Miller
Oregon autos face license tag crackdown in 1916
Oregon moves to enforce new license tags as half of cars are unlicensed. Officials report more than 11,500 new tags issued by the Secretary of State with applications averaging over 500 daily for the last two weeks.
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Oregon
Automobile Department
Secretary of State
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MEL
Curry County
Joe O'Loughlin
Coquille Valley
White
Pricee
N. P. Peterson
Evans
Merrill
Coquile Valley Fruit
Growers Association Elect
COOS
Dodge
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