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Myrtle Point Enterprise

Location

Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America

Date

Jan 26, 1912

Page

4

Myrtle Point Enterprise Record Details

The Myrtle Point Enterprise has a line about entering a second class matter and a March date, with C Milton Schulz as editor and publisher.

C. Milton Schulz

Oregon Railroad Mileage Expansion Predicted for 1912

The Oregon railroad mileage rose about 500 miles from July 1910 to January 1912. The Enterprise predicts the year 1912 will see more miles built in the state than the previous eighteen months.

Oregon

Myrtle Point County Fair urged to boost children's exhibits

The State Superintendent Alderman leads a statewide campaign to engage all children in farming trades and stock breeding. The State Fair Board will hike prizes for children at Salem next fall with Myrtle Point hosting the first county fair. The Enterprise plans a grand prize for the child under sixteen with the most first prizes in school work, agriculture, livestock, carpentry, sewing, or cooking.

County Fair Association Myrtle Point Alderman State Fair Board Salem Coquille’Valley

Myrtle Club Promotes Local Community Development

The Myrtle Club advances community development as its primary goal. It calls for a conservative local boom to attract investment at home, urging attention from ranchers, workers, merchants, and citizens. It links conservation to broader economic success, applying to all walks of life.

Myrtle Club Coquille River

Myrtle Point Considers Conservation Doctrines For Community Action

The piece advocates applying conservation to improve home life and neighbor cooperation to build a better town. It notes the removal of failures signposts and urges practical steps through a Myrtle Club meeting space. The Myrtle Club has about thirty members with potential to grow to fifty.

Myrtle Point Myrtle Club

Church Services and Sunday School Times Listed

Local notices list several churches with Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. and preaching at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. A J Irwin and Rev F E Scofield are named pastors. The Lat ter Day Saints and M E Church South also schedule services and a prayer meeting, with children’s meeting details and invitations to attend.

Christian Workers A. J. Irwin F. E. Scofield Latter Day Saint3 Religio Literary Society Rider J. D. Stead M. E. Church South

Orchard Planting Guidance for Coos County Growers

Advice from a local horticulturist urges observing wild growth to time orchard planting in Coos County. It recommends delaying dates, ordering nursery stock in fall, and proper root handling while noting climate diversity and the role of local horticultural societies in guiding varieties and site preparation.

Fevei Coos County Coos

Capt H E Wilcox longtime Coos Bay Life Saving keeper dies

Capt H E Wilcox former keeper of the Coos Bay Life Saving Station dies at a North Bend home after months of Brights disease and heart trouble. He won honors for heroic work during the Emily disaster and other wrecks off the coast. He had lived at his McKinley ranch on the Coquille for fifteen years and was widely known in the community.

Wilcox H. E. Wilcox Coos Bay Emily R. J. Coke North Bend McKinley Coquille Coke Brights Capt Coos

Obituary of Capt Wilcox and Arago disaster note

The article honors Capt Wilcox a longtime station keeper who retired fifteen years ago to ranch life and survived the Arago disaster by being away on a visit. He is survived by wife two grown sons Mason and Grant and two daughters Mabel and Margaret. Funeral in Dora at 1 p m tomorrow. Colleagues praise him as heroic faithful and kind. Mention of railway plans for Coos Bay Bridge extension and Smith Powers Co railroad terms.

Arago Coquille Mason Grant Mabel Margaret Dora Tom Coke Wilcox R. J. Coke Coos Bay

Smith Powers seeks Bridge camp rail link to feed Smith mill

The Smith Powers Logging Company plans a new camp near Bridge to tap timber held by C A Smith interests. A railway from Myrtle Point to Bridge must be built to deliver logs to the Smith mill, with negotiations ongoing with Southern Pacific for the line.

Smith-Powers Logging Company Bridge C. A. Smith Corporations Myrtle Point Smith Mill Smith- -Powers Company Southern Pacific

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