Horses At Fair Grounds Draw Race Fans This Weekend
Horses in training at the fair grounds stables include thoroughbreds and standardbreds led by Wahke Bill Murray Jim Baldwin Bonnie June and Harry N. Runners include Gift Veloski Greenlaw Charlie Foster and Abella. Friday and Saturday feature side contests such as log rolling tug of war greased pig tule races swimming and foot races along with a wrestling match Delxing versus George Lambert and boxing match Sherry versus DeKay.
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Cops & ‘Curry
Bar Aeabola
Anni
Wahke
Bill Murray
Jim Baldwin
Bonnie June
Harry N
Gift
Veloski
Greenlaw
Charlie Foster
Abella
Sming
Oregon
del Xing
Ashington
Idaho
George Lambert
Powers
Jack Sherry
Coos County
Jim DeKay
Oklahoma
Second Trial Delivers Guilty Verdict in Hatcher Case
About ten to twelve men from Myrtle Point attended a special venue in Coquille for Neva Hatcher's second trial on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The jury found Hatcher guilty and she faces a state prison term of three to twenty years.
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Myrtle Point
Coquille
Neva Hatcher
Hatchern
Testimony in Sanford Pike Case Taken at Marshfield
W E Pike and others from here testified in Marshfield before the Court Reporter A B Loud as part of the Sanford Pike case. Sperry of Coquille represents Mr Pike who belongs to the Myrtle Point Mercantile Co.
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Marshfield
W. E. Pike
A.B. Loud
E Sperry
Coquille
Pike
Myrtle Point Mercantile Co
Legal Notice on Suit for Recovery of Funds in Roseburg
A court action seeks $16,826.24 from Roseburg with AC Sanford named as a trustee. The case concerns a trust fund of about $100,000, handled by Mr. Pike for the Kinnicutt heirs. A decision is expected at the September term of the circuit court.
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Roseburg
AC Sanford
Eldim
Pike
Kinnicutt
Myrtle Point Proclaims July 2–3 as City Holidays
Myrtle Point Oregon Mayor William Taylor Dement proclaims Friday and Saturday July 2 and 3 1915 as legal holidays within the city limits to celebrate Independence Day. He urges local businesses to cooperate and observe the holiday with patriotic activities and healthful pastimes.
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United States of America
William of Taylor
Myrtle Point
Coos County
Oregon
Myrtle + Point
William
State Organizer to Address Local Farmers Union Meeting
The Regular monthly meeting of the Local Farmers Union for July will be held Saturday morning July 3 1915. Members may attend the afternoon races. Frank Barklow returns from the Willamette Valley and will be accompanied. Mr Cutting the state organizer will address the Local Union.
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Farmers’ Union
Frank Barklow
Willamette Valley
Mr. Cutting
Farmers' Union Picnic Set for Saturday July 10
The Coos County Farmers Union picnic will be held Saturday July 10 at Norway Grove three miles north of the city. A full all day program includes recitations, addresses by J D Brown and Frank Burkholder, songs, solos, quartets, and a dinner. Members urged to attend with friends and local Granges invited. The event titled The Farmer Feeds the World aims to be the largest farmers gathering in Coos County history.
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Coos County
Norway Grove
Aid “Cooperative Union ‘of
Coog County
J. D. Brown
Arlington
Farmers’ Union
Oregon
Frank Burkholder
Coquille
Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative Union’ of America
Myrtle Point Defeats Bridge In Weekend Baseball Clash
Auto loads carried Myrtle Point fans to Bridge last Sunday where the pick-up nine beat Bridge on the diamond. About a hundred witnesses saw Myrtle Point prevail as lineups featured H Houser Roselle Yoakum Daniels Evernden Billings Whobrey Weekly and W Billings for Bridge and Fuzzy Rose Spires Schneider Prey Arnold Mast Sturdivant Dement for Myrtle Point.
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Myrtle Point
Bridge
Salettis
H. Houser
L. Roselle
R. Yoakum
Daniels
Joe Evernden
Josh Billings
W. Whobrey
S. Weekly
W. Billings
Fuzzy” Rose
Fred Spires
Toe” Schneider
Dutch” Prey
John Arnold
Squee” Mast
Harold Adams
Penny Sturdivant
Fat Dement
Biggest Fourth of July Celebration Planned at Marshfield
The Coos Bay Fourth of July committee reports Marshfield will host the largest crowds of the year for the 1915 celebration. A near $2,000 fund supports a packed program from July 3 to July 5 including races, parades, band concerts, water sports, a civic parade, Americanization Day, and logging shows.
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Coos Bay
Chamber of Commerce
Marshfield
Bay
Coos County
Pine
Charleston
Sunset Bays
Orpheum Theatre
Calkoots
Prosperity Boosts Southern Pacific Dining Car Activity
The Southern Pacific dining car department operates at peak load amid heavy exposition travel. More conductors and stronger commissary crews are hired as the system showcases Western produce to travelers. The carrier emphasizes local commissary purchases and promotes regional foods like Imperial Valley figs, cantaloupes, and melons on trains.
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Southern Pacific
United States
Allan Pollok
Alor
Imperal
New Orleans
Houston
San Antonio
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Oakland
Forland
Seattle
Prosperity Report From Western and Southern Regions
The official reports that traffic and business have recently improved across the west and south. Officials say daily communications show growing activity and a swift rise in prosperity as more people travel and commerce resumes.
Second Farmers Exchange Sales Day Draws Clear Interest
The second monthly Farmers Exchange Sales Day drew notable interest as farmers sold small items and horses on the ground. Auctioneer G. W. Rouse donated his services for the event and urged the venture’s lasting value for rural communities, with a future sale date set for the next Wednesday in July.
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Farmers’ Exchange
G. W. Rouse
Rouse
Farmers
Oregon Congressmen to Investigate Land Case
Oregon's congressional delegation along with the Portland Chamber of Commerce will hold conferences to determine the standing of settlers in counties affected by the Oregon California land grant dispute. They plan summer and fall action to gather data and present it to Congress within the six month window after the Supreme Court decision.
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Portland
Ore
United States Supreme Court
Oregon
California
Congress
Supreme Court
European towns all have markets in common
Dr. Hector Macpherson of Oregon Agricultural College argues European towns universally maintain public markets connecting growers with city shoppers. He notes America’s rapid urban growth hinders such markets, yet benefits include stable farmer reputations and fresher, cheaper goods for consumers, with trial public markets spreading amid higher living costs.
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Oregon Agricultural College
Corvaltie
Hector Macpherson
The
Deas
America
Baltimore
Boston
New Orleans
Fandger Ck
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Farmers’ ‘Union
Norway
White House
Buster Brown
Spencer & Shelley
Chamber ‘of Commerce
Central Avenue
Broadway and
Anderson
Bargell
N. P. Peterson
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