County Valuations and Taxes Ledger Details by Thrift
The county assessor T J Thrift releases a detailed tax roll showing state and local levies. It lists city millages for Bandon Coquille Eastside Marshfield Myrtle Point North Bend and totals for port and road taxes across districts with per district valuations and special tax amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bandon
Coquille
Eastside
Marshfield
Myrtle Point
North Bend
Empire
Levy
Coos Bay
Coquilles River
Port of Bandon
Port of Coos Bay
Coquille River
Coos County Timber Patrol Reports Strong Fire Protection
The fourth annual report shows 809 members, up from 1912, due to a new fire law. Timber owners pay 6 cents per acre or $8 per quarter section for protection, cheaper than individual patrols. Wardens numbered 21 plus state and federal aid. six fires occurred in 1913 near camps, no damage to standing timber. The association notes 90 miles of telephone lines and calls for more lines and improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coos County
W. J. Conrad
Jes A. E. Crouch
State Board of Forestry
United States Government
Crouch
Timber Association Plans Trails and Lookout Stations
The Coos County timber association outlines a 100 mile trail network with 50 more miles planned, to give access to all timber areas. Lookout stations will be placed on high points in 1914, cabins will house wardens during work, and several large timber firms are listed as major owners. Officers are A L Adelsperger president, Herbert Armstrong vice president, W s Conrad secretary. 1913 expenses total 6198.32 with 1169.53 on hand for 1914 trail work and extended telephone lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tese
Coos County
C. A. Smith Timber Company
Southern Oregon Company
Menasha Woodenware Company
Weyerhaeiser Land Company
Pillsbury Lumber Company
George F. Sanborn
Puzzle Reveals Vanishing Figure After Cipher Test
A narrator recounts a man who visits often and stays late. At eleven o clock a woman asks him to transform eleven ciphers into twenty three by arranging them in a line and drawing short perpendicular marks at specific positions. He cannot, the marks yield a clue, and he vanishes.
Visiting Cards and Society Stationery at Prompt Particular Printshop
A fragment notes Myrtle Point printing house offerings for visiting cards and society stationery. The text mentions printing department services and the shop’s focus on custom engraved or printed items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Point
Baternity
Clubs for Every Oregon School District Industrial
Oregon education leaders plan a statewide juvenile club system in every district. Ten project areas include corn growing cooking poultry keeping dairy work and sewing with contests and prizes emphasizing educational growth and practical agriculture under local district and county supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon,Agriculture College
Corvallis
Oré
Acho
Oregon
State Department of Education
Oregon Agricultural College
Polic
J. A
Churchill
Re de Hetzel
Rplan
Griffin
Agricultural College
Coos County Water Permits and Notable Holders in 1913 1918
State engineer data show 466 permits in 1913 for water appropriation totaling 442 181 acres irrigated 39225 horsepower developed and 41 reservoirs built at about 7 million dollars. In the quarter to December 31 1918 88 permits were issued for 6933 acres of irrigation and 1958 horsepower. Notable issuances include F D Small Tillamook and D C Urie Camas Washington for 1208 horsepower on the Trask river Tillamook county and several Coos Curry region permits for domestic supply manufacturing mining and extensive creek diversions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. D. Small
Tillamook
Margeline B. Uaft
Langlois
Chas. E. Nicholson
Marshfield
Daniels‘Creek
Platinum, Iridium & Gold Co
Bandon
Crystal Creek
Township
Also Mentioned on This Page
T. J. Thrift
Food For
Success Store
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Dolar
Perkins’ Drug Store
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