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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1917
Page
3
In a drenched city scene a stranger explains a deception used to avoid a fare as a woman debates paying and walking home. He reveals he has his number and offers to escort, while she prefers walking and maintains independence. The exchange hints at complex motives and attraction on a stormy night.
Frederica Whitney hurries over preparations for guests, anxious about timing as her husband teases about minute details. She schemes to secure Hermione Woodruff and Roddy Aldrich, while Hermione’s future, and Rodney’s bachelor stance, loom over the dinner plan. The chapter ends with a cliffhanger as the visitor schedule nears.
The Portland Chamber of Commerce urges the state to reject closed shop demands in steel shipbuilding. It argues open shop fairness, warns against labor coercion, and emphasizes Oregon’s need for a permanent, state‑driven ship industry benefiting farmers, manufacturers, and workers alike.
President W. B. Barratt of the Oregon Wool-growers Association predicts a 1917 wool clip price around 40 cents per pound, indicating market optimism for producers. He outlines factors affecting fleece value and regional supply dynamics.
The January Industrial Review notes Astoria harbor as a potential naval base site, Carver RR bonds of 350000 for Highland Gardiner extension, Port of Umpqua jetty work underway, LaGrande post office receipts rise, Beaver Creek may gain a Willamette Valley cheese factory, and Oregon legislators urged to curb new laws affecting business. Also mentions Pavement on Sixth Street Corvallis, Bates and Son buying Evening News in Roseburg, Woolen mill expansions, S Pacific double-track plans, possible oil drilling in 5000 acres Flourney Valley, Port Orford harbor study by engineers, and calls for fewer boards and better roads.
Oregon reports detail railroad mileage and civil works advancing state infrastructure. Projects include SS P Co completing Coos Bay line 118.3 miles, C W R and N finishing Eastern Oregon site to Crane 127 miles, Cal and Ore RR 18 miles in operation, Grants Pass to Crescent City line proposed, and Portland and Oregon City 15 miles in use, with Valley and Siletz 13 miles finished. Also notes McKinzie pass road potential federal aid and various site improvements such as Roseburg hatchery upgrades and Ling River bridge completed.
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