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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1912
Page
4
Myrtle Point Enterprise lists subscription terms for one year in advance eight months thirteen forty? four? The notice includes rates for three months seven fifty and indicates postage surcharges for Canada and foreign destinations. Advertising rates are available on application.
The article argues opportunities in the Coquille Valley rival the body’s many so called eye diseases and urges voters to seize prompts in the presidential primary. It notes Taft Harmon LaFollette Wilson and Roosevelt as figures in the political debate and references Taft’s Cincinnati sale and Roosevelt’s allegedly contested candidacy.
The saying advises avoiding extremes in outlook. It suggests aiming for moderate hope and effort to navigate life with steady purpose and resilience.
Mr Taft says society moves too quickly and notes he leads the procession, implying the pace is tied to his public role and influence.
A. M. Finch recently arrived from California has bought a ranch on the Sixes River above Langlois and travels through Coos and Curry counties soliciting orders for the Oregon Nursery Company of Qorenco. He promotes walnut growing as profitable ahead of railroads, noting abundant demand for walnuts imported from abroad and citing two year old trees on hisSixes River property yielding a bushel per tree last season.
At the Brethren church Sunday school starts 10:00 with preaching at 11:00 and Christian Workers meeting at 7:30. Presbyterian services include Sabbath 11:00 morning and 7:30 evening with 10:00 Sabbath school and Wednesday prayer at 8. M E Church notices list pastors A J Irwin F E Scoffield and W B Smith with 10:00 Sunday school and 11:00 and 7:30 preaching.
An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a cure for la grippe and pneumonia risk. It cites R. E. Fisher of Washington Kansas claiming relief after starting the product, with a three bottle course said to cure the illness.
The Commissioners Court appointed road district supervisors for 1912 listing F. P. Norton Marshfield J. W. Grout North Bend C. E. Hanson North Inlet W. F. Bowron Ten Mile A. F. Johnson Lakeside John H. Olson Kentuck A. F. Crocker Willand H. Stull Coos River Jas. Stock Sumner Geo Benham Fairview Sam Stont McKinley E. N. Harry Brewster Geo. Miller Gravel Ford H. Hervey Lee R. L. Weekly Myrtle Point Oliver Neil South Coquille E EB Weekly Bridge John Fabrey Gatching Creek J. D. Clinton Norway Marion Clinton Arago Geo. Stewart Rivertiou John Yoakam Coaledo Z. T. Siglin Isthmus A 3 Counts Bandon Tom Devereux Bear Creek R. P. Hunt Four Mile E. W. Fahy Bullards S B Cutlip Daniels Creek.
In cooperation with the Chambers of Commerce of Los Angeles and San Diego, the Panama-California Exposition will equip a ship for an excursion to Panama and back in late January 1912. Firms sign exhibit space and passengers book passage as the ship calls at sixteen west coast ports between San Diego and Panama, with a possible extension to Valparaiso Chile.
The editor invites readers to share the ENTERPRISE with eastern friends. A sample copy is offered free on request. Subscribers paying 1.50 in advance may send to a friend outside Oregon for 1.00 per year. The paper promotes Myrtle Point and regional growth.
Community notices urging brief submissions to The Enterprise bound by 300 word limit with sender name and address required. Editor reserves right to reject libelous or unfit content and charge advertising rates for any advertorial material marked adv.
The writer argues editors endure harsh, nerve destroying pressures while printers and outdoor workers face harsher realities. He urges readers to support subscriptions and advertising, praising outdoor work and urging pride in printed stationery and farm home status. L. C. Bargelt.
Sheriff Gage arrived with M. L. Sill who was arrested in Portland for a statutory offense involving a Curry county girl. Sill had previously worked in Grants Pass and spent part of the summer in Curry county. he was brought as a courtesy to Curry county officers.
The steamer Nana Smith carried lumber from Marshfield to Bay Point in San Francisco Bay during the year ending December 31 1911 totaling 79 114 209 feet. She made 51 round trips and covered about 49000 miles with average cargoes of 1 551 259 feet per trip. Coos Bay News.
Publication summons for A H Albrecht vs Grace A Albrecht in Oregon Dougs County. Court order requires Grace to answer within six weeks from December 1911 publication, or judgment by default. Myrtle Point Enterprise to publish weekly for six weeks. attorney J C Stemmler represents plaintiff.
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