08 Jul 1915
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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1915
Page
1
The Coos and Curry County Fair Association hosted a weekend of races with a good crowd and several record breaking performances. Reports mention weather as hot and fair, a widened track improving starts and finishes, but note strong officer presence and excitement over the Derby and Friday novelty race.
Race results from a Friday meet include No 1 trotting or pacing over two heats at 2:35 class with purse 100. No 2 running four miles with purse 80 features Palin Miers etc. No 3 trotting or pacing 1 1/2 miles best two of three heats with purse 125. Bonnie June and Bill Murry tie for second in heat one. No 4 novelty race one mile with escalating purses and Veloski wins all with record 1 42 on a half mile track.
Chester Adams wins the 120 yard race with Ray Lee second and Harry Dement third. Adams also takes the title race with Dement second and Lee third. Other events include log rolling won by Windy Wyland, a 10 mile motorcycle race won by Mitchell on an Excelsior, and a wrestling match where Geo Lambert defeats Del King in two falls.
Results of Saturday races show entries in a 1 4 mile trot or pace with purses of 100 dollars. Names include F P Norton Wakhe Larrabee Bill Murry Evland Jim Baldwin Slagle and times 1 14 and 1 20. An afterheat protest over Bonnie June's supposed mark was dismissed after verification.
Saturday results show Chester Adams taking first in swimming contests while Miller led the 100-yard dash. H ne won the quarter-mile for men with R. Spires second. Loren Barklow led the under 14 boys 50-yard dash and Ray topped the under 14 girls. A motorcycle race replaced a canceled entry, won by A Matson over S Mitchell in a four mile event. The program closed with a six round boxing exhibition featuring Fred Sax and Alfred Morgan judged by P L Phelan.
The Powers and Norway baseball teams played a late start Saturday with Norway scoring two in the first and three in the fourth, while Powers scored one in the sixth. Clinton fanned eleven in six innings, and the lineup lists Schroeder Scorby Barklow Carl McDonald McNair Neideigh Oerding Clinton for Norway and Lehmanowski Kay Abbott Miller McDonald McDonald Lewis Dement Langworthy for Powers.
A grand picnic Sunday July 4 1915 was held in the grove at the Seldon Warner dairy ranch on the South Fork of the Coquille four miles above Myrtle Point. About 120 neighbors attended representing the entire South Fork country and Myrtle Point with a bountiful meal prepared by district housewives and daughters renowned for hosting such events.
A Sunday Fourth of July celebration on Carl Kampfer ranch Catching Creek featured recitations patriotic songs reading of the Declaration of Independence and brief addresses by Carl Kampfer and John Flesher. A communal dinner followed with races and contests as families including Felsher Christenson Dye Schriefer Collins Magness Kampfer Fabrey Bartlett and Schulz joined in the civic gathering.
Myrtle Point council discusses proposed street upgrades on Railroad, Spruce, and Maple streets. Protests from property owners block action on two projects. mayor and council split on readings while majority rule and homeowner risks shape decisions.
Oregon residents urged to support their representatives at the Panama Pacific Exposition. The Southern Oregon booth will feature Ashland's mineral spring exhibit costing 175000 and flowing mineral water, designed by Director Frobach and exposition artists to attract visitors and showcase Oregon goods.
The Oregon building draws crowds with Coos Bay deer head displays and a large myrtle wood furniture booth. Jackson county showcases Camp Life on the Rogue River while Hood River’s twelve foot apple panorama and Rogue River fruit win high praise at the Palace of Horticulture.
J. P. Morgan was wounded twice at his Long Island home by a man who claimed to be an instructor from Cornell University. The assailant, Frank Holt, said his aim was to urge Morgan to influence arms export stopping. Holt later killed himself in Mineola jail after the incident.
Washington reports the forest service warned that over half the country fires stem from carelessness or preventable causes as fire season opens. Last year saw losses of 9.5 million dollars and 6 million acres burned across national, state, and private forests with more than 7,000 fires on federal lands and about 10,000 on others.
Fred A. Mehl of Bandon was noted as a business visitor in this area, making a brief stop during his travel. The report highlights his temporary presence and professional purpose.
W. H. Wann from North Bend visited yesterday on business, staying brief and noted for his return trip.
The Department of Labor opens an office in Kansas City to coordinate 25 000 itinerant laborers for the wheat harvest as fields in Texas Oklahoma advance northward. Local items report new mail truck for Banks and Kohlhagen and bids for Powers schoolhouse.
Oregon Agricultural College reports progress in cow testing in Coos Bay with cows yielding 360 to 400 pounds of butter-fat per year. Dairying grows more profitable as quality cream is marketed at Marshfield and nearby, with daily pickups by coastal boats. A picnic at Mr Selander’s farm highlighted the district’s dairy progress.
Governor Withycombe opposes state purchase of lands in the O C suit and proposes classifying lands at value and selling them. Proceeds above 2.60 per acre to go to irrigation highway and school funds with allocations set by legislators. He seeks legislative input and whether a special session is needed.
The Hermann School House hosts a basket social and entertainment on Friday July 9 staged by the parent teacher club to raise funds for a school fence and other improvements. Rev G L Hall of Marshfield performs a Riley evening with songs by pupils patrons and a quartet. Ladies bring lunch baskets and a successful sale is anticipated to fund the fence and improvements.
Big farmers picnic planned at Norway Grove next Saturday July 10 with state organizer Mr Cutting and his wife from Yamhill county visiting the Myrtle Point local and other parts of the county. J D Brown of Arlington state president will address attendees.
A correction notes that last week's item copied from the Marshfield Record misstated the equity case with the First National Bank of Roseburg. The sum involved was $35,000, not $100,000, and the attorneys were L. A. Roberts E. D. Sperry and A. S. Hammond.
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