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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1903
Page
3
A murky wartime style fragment describes a man who bought chickens for four dollars from a darky and asked for chicken soup. A nurse notes the poultry under a fever patient. Mrs Louis buys more chickens and provides jars of soup while reformers debate. The text shifts to a Timber Land notice about a June 3 1878 act and a land claim hearing in Minnesota.
Fragmentary OCR text references an office setting and a possible deadline or registration action. No clear entities, dates, or actions are readable enough to specify. The record notes a generic administrative context without identifiable people or organizations.
A court filing lists parties claiming adverse interests in a Roseburg area matter before Receiver J. Bridges. Names include A. E. Crouch and Charles Crowes with references to Oregon and William McCron. a period near Saturday 193 is noted amid the chaotic OCR.
Public notice under the Timber Land Act of June 3 1878 announces filings in Roseburg Oregon and Seattle Washington. Claimants include Anest A Babcock William Porter John Lehnherr and others with dates and locations for hearings and land entries in Oregon and California style descriptions.
Public land notice from the United States Land Office in Washington Territory extends to all Public Land States. Wilfred R. Peters of Washington files sworn statement No. 481 for the purchase of section 3%, township 3 south range 9 west. He will prove the land is valuable for timber or stone and not agriculture. Witnesses Henry Boren and William Anderson of Roseburg Oregon. Adverse claimants must file by July 23, 1908. J.T. Bridges, Register.
United States Land Office Roseburg Oregon posts two timber land act notices. Louis G Shuholm of Portland files sworn statement for land in section 4 township south range 12 west, with witnesses E A Welle Camas Valley Oregon A E Peck Portland and M Carvey Portland. May trigger adverse claim deadlines by June 2 1983.
Notice under the timber land act lists Philip Fourier of Chicago and others filing a land patent claim in Oregon. It notes timber value claims and the need to prove land value before the Receiver, with a public deadline and signatures from local officials.
A land claim notice lists Perry County timberland in Oregon with a proof hearing set for a date in 1908. It names witnesses De Bigene Green Joan Murphy and others and warns claimants to file their heirs to the office by a stated deadline.
Timed timber land notice filed by Josep Logsdon of Myrtle Creek Oregon under the Timber Lands Act of June 3 1873 as extended. He seeks purchase of land in township 3 west range 9 west, Will offer proof showing land valuable for timber not agriculture. Public sale before June 3, 10 05 at Roseburg Oregon with witnesses listed.
Public land and timber land notices from U S Land Office Roseburg Oregon December 6 1908 and November 30 1908 announce filings under the June 3 1878 Timber and Desert Land Acts. Names include Kate R Henderson Moscow Idaho John Lehnherr Walter A H Worn Miller Coquille City and others with hearings set in Roseburg and Moscow.
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