Bridge Briefs from Myrtle Point July 17
Summer rain brings hay down as residents note visits from Clarence Davis family and others. Davis plans timber cruising and moving a cabin in Gold Mountain area. Hale Saw Mill seeks engine. school opens. preaching planned. mail route changes. various visits and travel notices appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Davis
Rock Creek
Davis
Gold Mountain
W. AS Letts
Hale
Golda Carey
Elmer Crank
Powers
W. D. Hale
Bridge
Roseburg
Myrtle Creek
Brethers
A. L. Rice
Little Ji
Jim Appleton
Bancroft
Myrtle Point
Walter Billings
Frank Fish
San Francisco
Teacher Wanted by School Board in Myrtle Point
The Board of Directors of School District No 33 will receive applications for a teaching position. Applications should be addressed to Mrs Jessie Huntley Myrtle Point Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Directors of
School District No
Albany Furniture Co to reopen factory in six weeks
Albany Furniture Company plans to reopen its factory in about six weeks, signaling a quick return to production after a temporary closure. The move aims to resume manufacturing and restore local employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany Furniture Co
Toledo Firm Fined One Hundred Dollars in Local Case
A Toledo public record notes a local firm faced a one hundred dollar penalty for an unspecified offense. The filing, dated December, was authenticated by A. W. Gleason, public official.
Summer School Shows Rapid Attendance Increase at University
Effie M. King of Myrtle Point joins other Coos County students Frank Gramis Royal Niles and Ethel Stubblefield of Marshfield Ray mond Baker and C H Howard of Coquille L W Turnbull of Bandon as part of a University of Oregon Summer School cohort. Attendance has risen over 66 percent from last year and more than 100 percent from the year before, with students averaging over 30 years old and many working professionals. The class includes residents from Washington California Idaho Montana Iowa Kentucky Arizona Kansas and New Brunswick plus a distant attendee from Amoy South China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Oregon
Eugene
Effie M. King
Myrtle Point
Coos County
Frank L. Gramis
Royal F. Niles
Ethel L. Stubblefield
Marshfield
Raymond E. Baker
C. H. Howard
Coquille
L. W. Turnbull
Bandon
Oregon
Graduation Address Urges Equal Effort From Class
A practical committeeman delivering diplomas last June told graduates that if daughters rely on mothers to do all housework because they can read Latin, the school failed. He warned against boys going out to be “too nice” and avoid harsh labor, saying the school must not sow the wrong seed.
Mountaineers Seek Purchase of All Black Birch Bark
Southern Appalachians climbers apply to a National Forest to buy every piece of black birch bark in a forest unit. The bark yields sweet birch oil, used as a substitute for wintergreen oil in manufacturing and perfumery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachians
Statewide ballot questions listed for Oregon election
Eight statewide measures named by the attorney general include Rural Credits amendment to bond the state for loans to farm owners. a malt liquor manufacturing and sale provision. a prohibition depth amendment on importation. a tax and debt limit amendment. repeal of the Sunday closing law. full rental value land tax and homemaker loan fund. Pendleton normal school site and state institution ratification. and an anti compulsory vaccination bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Ty A.to-Tra
Oregon
Bard
State Land Board
Pendleton Normal School
Pendleton
Ordinance Providing For Bond Issue Passed In City
The city council passed an ordinance providing for a $15,000 refunding bond issue authorized at the June special election. Attorney Claud H. Giles reported word from Portland that the election was valid. Chas Hall of Cops & Curry Telephone Co addressed the council about rate increases and a toll removal between Myrtle Point and Coquille. The council discussed water supply and an economy plan limiting sprinklers and power washing to conserve reservoir levels. An adjourned meeting followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Themic
Claud H. Giles
Portland
Bond
Chas. Hall
Cops & Curry Telephone. _Co
Public 1 Ser
Commsgion Oni
Hall
The
Myrtle Point
Coquille
Malley
Telephone. Co
Mazamas Plan Outing On National Forest
Portland reports the Mazamas will again spend their 1916 outing in the Cascade National Forest near Three Sisters. They will enter west of Mackenzie Bridge via Mackenzie Highway, visit Foley Hot Springs Belknap Springs and the Fish Hatchery, camp on the west base of Middle Sister, and explore North Middle and South Sisters, Broken Top, Bachelor Butte, and Husbands and Wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
National Forest
Three Sisters
Cascade National Forest
Oregon
Mackenzie Bridge
Eugene
Mackinzie River
Divide
Sisters
Foley Hot Springs
Belknap
Mackindie
Lost Creek
Middle Sister
Middle
South Sisters
Broken Top
Bachelor Butte
Husband and Wife
Grand Master Visits Myrtle Point Lodge 150
Westfield of the I O O F will visit Myrtle Point Lodge No 150 in open lodge on August 17 1916 at a special meeting. The Odd Fellows invite Sisters of Oddfellowship to attend as the meeting welcomes Rebeccas and Brothers. Officers installed at the July 12 meeting included Arrington Noble Grand Wells Vice Grand Spires Secretary Roberts Treasurer Carter and Pierce Inside Guardian Dodge Chaplain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westfield
Myrtle Point
Odd Fellows
Sisters of Oddfellowship
Rebeccas
C. F
Myrtle Point Lodge, No. 150
W. M. ‘Arrington
Noble Grand
Wells
E. Bigelow
Lloyd Spires
E. C. Roberts
C.c.carter
L. H. Pierce
Guardian
E. A. Dodge
Card of Thanks for Florence E. Dye Funeral Support
To all the friends whose sympathy and services were so kindly tendered in our time of bereavement the death of our daughter and sister Florence E. Dye we desire to extend our sincere thanks also to the Church of the Brethren for the use of their church house for the funeral services. J. B. Dye Mr and Mrs Harry Gray
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence E. Dye
Church of the Brethers
J. B. Dye
Harry Gray
None Provided
The text urges commitment and effort over drifting with life, advocating steering against the current to reach true treasure. It contrasts easy drifting with purposeful rowing toward goals and a concrete journey ahead.
June Records Show Top Butterfat Yields From Oregon Cows
The June 1916 reports list cows in Gravel Ford Testing, Bandon and Lower Coquille, and Myrtle Point associations producing over 50 pounds of butterfat in 30 days. Notable figures include Alva Summerlin’s cow with 64.9 pounds in Gravel Ford and Tom Deveraux’s cows achieving high 60s and mid 50s across several tests. Official testers Winsor & Falkenstien and L. Moore oversee measurements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gravel
Ford Testing Association
Bandon and
Lower
Co‘quille
A. P. Sweet
Jersey
E.F. Topping
Tom Deveraux
Aes
J. F.vanleuvan
J. F. “VanLeuvan
D. Jarman
Jersey Oon
Fred O’ Rourke
Cross Pea
I. Nordstrom
Cross
Sercey
Voces
Nbel
Bandon
Coquille
Myrtle Point Testing Association
Coquille Valley Testing Association
Schroeder Bros
Geo. Hermann Jersey
Weease
Geo. Robison
Aeece
Eestor
Theo. Clinton
Theo Clinton
Theo
Clinton
Mike Wieland
Cerese
Jersey Rt
Erenne
Martin Schmidt
Durham
Martin
Schmidt
Holstein
Man Schmidt
K. Nelson
Coquille Valley
Coquille Testing Association
Detlefsen
Newton
Eb Rigstee
G. Guther
Cross & Toninni
C. A. Schroeder
Holstein AA
Herbert A. Balin
Coos Bay
Archie Philip
Mae
W. Blackmore
J.C. ‘McCulloch
J.C. McCulldch
Nels’ Monson
Frank Rogers
Holstein - H
G. Staddon
McCulloch
C. P. Coleman
Jer. & Sur
Jer
J. C. McCulloch
Slingsby
Davenport
Lundy
V. Lundy
Bartlett
Aryshire
Geo. Hermann
C. H. Butler
Weees
Butler
CG. H
Rufus’ King
W. C. Cutler
W. C.'Cutler
Hermann
Bo Oe
Steve’ Reed
Steve Reed
Cee
Eeee
Joe. Mast
Ae Se
Eas
Myrtle Point
Myrtle Point Druggist Pleases Customers
A garbled note reports a Myrtle Point druggist pleasing customers with a simple buckthorn remedy. The fragment hints at a quick effect and a surprised reaction from patrons, but lacks clear names, dates, or verifiable events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W.perking
Sini
Also Mentioned on This Page
Unidgue Photoplay Theatre
Lilly and the Rose
Keystone
Chas
House Peters
Fred Mace
Chester Conklin
A. A. Baker and
J. H. McCauley
Proprietors
Aes Ee Jres
Mazamas
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