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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1908
Page
4
The notice outlines subscription terms for one year or six months and advertising rates to be provided on application. It mentions a price like 50 for six months and a period of six months, with rates to be made known upon request.
A city council report notes thirteen arrests in June for Coquille with Myrtle Point showing one in July. Year to date Myrtle Point records twelve arrests, with booze rarely involved. A new O R N map suggests a Drain to Myrtle Point rail link, but road conditions and misrepresentation spark calls to resume real construction.
The Willamette Valley prune association will ship 200000 pounds of Italian prunes to London in October and November at 3 cents a pound. This follows an experimental shipment to Britain years ago and signals Oregon fruit could meet top global demand.
The post office department bans mail delivery on poorly maintained rural routes, a ruling seen as bolstering the good roads movement. Farmers on affected routes may be spurred to fund road repairs, while some residents oppose lax highway standards.
Enterprise letters condemn the Coquille Sentinel for stoking bad feeling between Coquille and Myrtle Point, accusing the paper of slurs and lies to discredit the dry Myrtle Point precinct versus Coquille's wet stance. Readers urge better leadership and a shift away from biased reporting.
The piece notes William Jennings Bryan’s third presidential bid with Taft and Roosevelt as competing forces, predicting a lively campaign, especially in the west where Bryan appeals to Roosevelt’s wing. It also mentions a public health notice touting Foley's Honey and Tar as a safe cough remedy sold by N. W. Perkins and a local police court record.
Norway creamery produced more than 82 000 pounds of butter in June. Mrs S J McCloskey visits daughter Mrs Wm Smith East Fork. J L Randleman ill for a month but improving. Finley Schroeder recovering after butter box accident. Mrs Albert Schroeder and daughters visit. Mrs Capt Ellingson returns from Tampa and Talent trip. Ira Clinton returns from southern California trip with family. others waited for road improvements near Roseburg. PETE.
R N Farrar of Cat Island La recalls severe diarrheal attacks in 1902 and 1907. He credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with prompt relief in 1907 and says it would have saved a doctor’s bill in 1902. Sold by N G W Perkins.
Notice from the United States Land Office Roseburg Oregon dated April 26 1908 states Solomon Crawford Endicott of Myrtle Point Coos County Oregon has filed sworn statement No 9728 for the purchase of lots 1 and 2 and swits in section 4 township 30 S range 11 W Will offer proof to show land is valuable for timber and to establish claim before F A Dodge U S Commissioner Myrtle Point Oregon on September 1908 Witnesses include James V Loep and Frank
For sale fifteen head of pigs in a list from Frank Harnish Gravel Ford. A stray sheep with ear marks noted by Chris Moeller. A 32 caliber automatic Winchester rifle priced at 16 dollars from Homer Leep. A fifty pound pinto mare weight 950 pounds listed by F W Estberg. A two-seated hack offered by E J Michael. Milking cows wanted to buy from H L Carl Norway. One span of work horses listed by S R Oshbaugh Bridge. A bay horse weighing 1400 pounds for sale or trade by W Es Pike with driving saddle options.
Advertisement notes Foley Orino Laxative as a new stimulant laxative that does not irritate and guarantees money back. Sold by N. W. Perkins.
United States Land Office observes filing by James Elmer Creech for section 12, township 15 south range 11 west. He will prove land value for timber not agriculture before U S Commissioner E A Dodge at Myrtle Point on August 26, 1908. Witnesses named are Huling Warner De Frey Edwin Roberts. Adverse claims must file by August 20, 1908. Also an advertise for Dr King’s New Life Pills.
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