Notable happenings in Myrtle Point and South Fork area
Readable items recount Independence Day celebrations and local visits. Zack Grant plans an extended Yakima country trip. Rev G L Hall attended Baptist Conference. Broadbent hosts Children’s Day. store building at Myrtle Point expands public spaces. Local families travel, attend services, and report weather and farming notes.
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South Fork
Zack Grant
Minneapolis
W. W. Whittington
Eugene
John Offield
Coquille
S. S. ‘Reed
John Luttrell
Powers
Tommy Barksow
Broadbent
Lizzie
Wilber Barklow
Joe
Lettarid
Aragon
Myrtle Point
Lumber Yard At Broadbent To Serve Neighborhood
A lumber yard at Broadbent will provide great neighborhood convenience with Mr Roselle in charge.
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Broadbent
Roselle
Town principles urge unity for growth and shared prosperity
Residents of the town urge partnership over rivalry in business and community life. A Garden Home-Hunt Club reconstruction is set at a cost of $5,000, with emphasis on fair treatment of customers and unified effort to prevent ruin.
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Hunt
Happenings There Here and There In Oregon News Briefs
Reports from Port Orford note Fyfe company offers daily pay to injured wharf workers including Forty Hill Sut ton and that doctor bills were covered. Oregon autos reach 728000 with Linn county houses 925, a statewide rise. A Salem suit questions four or six year terms for a justice of the peace, while Logan berries are processed into juice at Albany plant in a detailed factory sequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Fyfe
W. E. Beat
Port Orford
Best
Fyfe Company
Geo
J. G. “Hill
Jesse Sutton
Oregon Workmen’s Compensation Act
Oregon
Linn County
Lake
Multnomah
Marion
Jackson
Lane
Clackamas
Linn
Salem
Boyer
R. C. Wygant
Justice of the Peace
Wygant
Justice Webster
Oregon National Guard
Logan
Albany
Coos County Dairymen Invest in Eight Pure Bred Bulls
The Coos county cooperative breeders association buys eight pure bred bulls for member use. Bulls will rotate among eight farms for two years then rotate across farms for 16 years to provide benefits at the cost of one. The group aims to improve herds, promote education, fight cattle disease, and promote community stock. Extension Service aids in organizing breeder associations.
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Coos County
State College
Council Overturns Mayor Veto On Maple Street Improvement
City Council, chaired by Whitaker, reconsidered and passed the ordinance renewing the Maple Street improvement contract from Railroad Avenue East without a dissenting vote. The state guaranteed irrigation bond plan was abandoned.
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Dement
Whitaker
Maple Street
Railroad Avenue
Children’s Day Program at the Herman School
A large Broadbent schoolyard crowd near 300 attended the Hermann School Children’s Day program on Sunday June 25. The program featured readings songs and solos from Mrs Reed Naomi Hermann Keneth Wade Zaida Mast Oswell Hartley and other pupils followed by a congregation offering of 6.00 for missionary work and a communal picnic.
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Hosana
Roderick Hermann
Jessie Reed
Truman Robbins
Ella Reed
Irma Wagner
Jennie Luttrell
Mildred Nelson
Leland Wagner
Mia Wagner
Miss Hermann
Truman Wagner
Broadbent
Insurance plan to cover school playground injuries
North Yakima Washington July 1 plans to insure the school district against damages for injuries in or near schools. Annual premium in the range of 1200 to 1500 will restore playground apparatus and allow continued athletics. The move follows a Tacoma pupil damages case and a $5000 verdict against the North Yakima district raising fears of losing playground equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima
Wash
Supreme ‘Court
Tacoma
North Yakima
Marriage Ceremony at Myrtle Point for Gracye Violet Roger
At 2 30 Sunday afternoon July 2 Mrs Daniel Miller in West Myrtle Point attended the wedding of Gracye Violet Roger to Jessie Strang also known as Jess Hatcher. Elder Thomas Barklow officiated. Lizzie Royer was bridesmaid and Julius Kappel best man. A goodly number of invited guests witnessed the ceremony.
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Harry Mullen
Marshfield
Coquille
Sylvester
Bright
Ray Bennett
Alvan Jackson
Grandpa Ingram
Alvan
Lois Bennett
James Bright
Little Mary
Rosalie
Buealah Olsen
Dorothy Bright
Burl
Erma Emmerson
Dimpel Brady
Myrtle Point
Thomas Barklow
Fox Bridge
Hattie Carter
Edwin
Bessie Mullen
Millie ‘Bright
Tom Hall
Jim Button
Powers
Daniel Miller
West
Gracye Violet’“Roger
Jessie
Strang
Jess Hatcher
Lizzie Royer
Julius Kappel
Albany Discovery Announced by Black Eagle Mining Group
A discovery in the Black Eagle mining group is announced near Albany. The find involves the Albany region and highlights potential ore exposure for the mine owners.
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Albany
Black Eagle Group of Mines
Adjutant General Explains National Defense Act Enlistment
The Adjutant General's office issues a June 23 order to General Recruiting Service officers clarifying that the National Defense Act of June 4, 1916, removes the need for parental consent for enlistment of 18 to 21 year olds and authorizes enlistment of under 18 with parental or guardian consent if requirements are met.
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Adutant’ General's’ Office
General Recruiting Service
Congress
National Defense Act
Myrtle Point Chautauqua Boost Rally Promotes Events
A daffy verse edition invites crowds to boost Myrtle Point Chautauqua with better streets lights beds and lawns. It promises concerts lectures and entertainments during a July week from the 13th to 18th with season tickets at the gate.
Big Farmers Gathering Here Tuesday July 11
Two Oregon Agricultural College Extension Service men will address Myrtle Point area farmers on July 11 at Dixon's Grove. Prof Powers will discuss Graining lowlands and Prof Graves will cover dairy topics, followed by stock judging contests at Cutler's Dairy and a noon basket dinner.
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Oregon Agricultural College
Myrtle Point
Dixon’s Grove
W. L.,powers
Department of Farm Drainage
R. R. Graves
Cutler
Myrtle Point Drugstore Promotes Adler-i-ka Remedy
Special notice to Myrtle Point residents announces exclusive agency for Adler-i-ka, a cleansing remedy made from buckthorn bark and glycerine. Advertises its antacid and laxative claims, stating a single spoonful relieves many digestive complaints and that the product works quickly. National Druggist N. G. Perkins signs as local pharmacist.
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Adlerka
N. GW. Perkins
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A. A. Baker
J. H. McCauley
Deering Tedders
John Deere
Rakes
John Deere Tedders
Ohio Ensilage Cutters
Myrtle Point Hardware Co
THE
Hermann
Strang-Royer
Victor Murdock
Chautauqua
Kansas
Chautauquas
Harris & Ewing
Ictor Murdock
Joe Cannon
Murdock
Washington
Collier's Weekly
Adjutant General
Myrtle ‘Point Chautauqua
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