30 Jul 1914
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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1914
Page
1
A letter from Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Jas. I. Blakeslee to Rep. W. C. Hawley explains that the department paid about 15000 dollars annually for the Roseburg Marshfield and Roseburg Myrtle Point star routes. Officials propose alternatives and note bids due by the 28th.
The Church of the Brethren conducts a week of meetings in Myrtle Point following a well attended state conference at Bandon on the 2nd and 23rd of the month. Delegates from Albany Ashland Weston Mohawk Newberg Portland and Myrtle Point are among those stopping in Myrtle Point.
Elder and Mrs. Van Dyke of Newberg Elder Bonewitz of Weston Elder Isaac Miller of Newberg Elder Carl of Portland and Elder Lininger of Ashland attended a conference. A series of religious services ended in Bandon with the Love Feast and will shift to Myrtle Point for the annual Love Feast Saturday with Elder J G Miller of Ashland preaching.
Portland stockyards announce immediate expansion to add 13 000 sheep pens boosting total sheep capacity to about 35 000. Reports from O W R & N Co officer Farmer Smith praise Oregon wheat and acclimated corn yields. Libby McNeill Libby plans a cannery at The Dalles with free site and large fruit and veg output. Roseburg land office opens 16 sections of former Umpqua forest reserve for homesteading October with Sept 12 entries. Sydney Polk county Krebs Brothers build a modern dairy barn with automation and white-clothed staff. Gresham Fruit Growers ready to erect a cannery with 15000 capital stock, cooperative run. Buyers week in Portland August 10-15 promises busy program.
The Coquille river towns total 1884 in a five town census while Coos Bay towns muster 1687. The river towns outpace the Bay towns in population registered voters and assessed valuation and in school population.
Leroy Casey of Lee, employed by C O King and Son on the Winsor and Falkenstein ranch near Fox Bridge, died by self inflicted pistol shot between eight and nine o clock Friday evening. Despondency over a believed romance prompted the act. Casey left no note. His body was found near the King home and taken to Coquille for an inquest, burial arranged there per his father in Washington. Casey, a strong wrestler from Walla Walla, had lived on the North Fork about two years and once wrestled Lutze of Curry County at Bandon.
Sunday afternoon turnout was small as Norway beat Coquille 9 to 8 in a league game. Pitcher Clinton fanned ten and Taper struck out seven as Coquille and Norway traded blows. Lineups featured Myrtle Point players for Coquille while Norway started Bachus at third and Clinton on the mound.
Miss Gertie Arrington daughter of Mr and Mrs W L Arrington of Coquille and Mr Lawson Leneve son of Mr and Mrs J W Leneve of Coquille were married at noon on Wednesday July 29 at the home of Rev Horsfall in Bandon. The couple and guests traveled by automobile and a wedding dinner followed at the Baxter Hotel in Coquille. They plan a mountain camping trip before settling at home in Coquille.
Norman Young 40 a Southern Pacific conductor from Roseburg Oregon died after a feather tickler was thrust in his face during an Elks reunion party in Denver. A small scratch morphed into blood poisoning before his death last night. Young was a member of the Elks.
A Libby McNich Libby Chicago representative surveys The Dalles district to locate a cannery valued at $75,000.
Umpqua Valley plans a record year with eight car loads of peaches next week and about 40 car loads of apples from early August. Bartlett pears and numerous other fruits will ship by the car and train, with the Dillard district sending tomatoes cantaloupes and watermelons. The Fruit Union aims for at least a hundred carloads this season aided by the Western Oregon Fruit Association.
Agnes Clotilda Kulzer of Valley Washington and Harry M Fensler of Myrtle Point wed in North Bend under Rev Father McDevitt The ceremony was a quiet affair with only Mr and Mrs Charles Fensler and daughter Mannie of Marshfield present The couple planned to marry in June but Fensler illness delayed It was a secret to friends in Myrtle Point where he works as a Hub Clothing Company manager and is active in the Marshfield lodge of Elks The bride is described as charming and the union was a distinct surprise to county relatives and friends.
Chicago opened a divorce-prevention bureau in the municipal court with Judge Torrson in charge. The bureau will offer counseling and frank discussion to help couples avoid divorce by fostering understanding and sober views of the future.
Preparations for the Agate Carnival at Fort Orford are underway on a larger scale than in prior years with a free dinner planned as part of the events on July 6th and 7th.
Senator Chamberlain announced by the Panama Canal Commission that the canal will formally open to commercial traffic on August 15 for vessels drawing less than 30 feet. The notice was conveyed in Washington on July 27.
The article outlines last Lord's Day open air services at Catching Creek with 11 am sermon, noon basket dinner, Sunday school and 2 pm sermon, followed by baptism. Next Lord's Day morning services include Bible school at 10 am and 11 am sermon by D. C. Kellems. evening Endeavors meet. E. E. Coulter, Pastor.
District No 71 on Catching Creek plans a new school building to be 18 by 26 feet with a ten foot ceiling and modern construction. Clerk Mrs. El. Lee has issued a call for bids published in this issue.
A reader recall notes the Enterprise reported a pension request to establish a postoffice in the upper Catching Creek district. No official notice received yet but Port land Journal states a Triangle Coos County post office will be established with Eleanor Lehnherr as postmistress once she qualifies.
Job Angel, who arrived from Portland last week as noted in the Enterprise, walked to Eckley country and returned Sunday then left again for home Monday. He reached the old Avery place before deciding to ride back to town. He calls it a dandy outing and is remembered as an early Coquille Valley pioneer who once owned a valuable ranch on the lower river.
A group of Grand Lodge officers from Oregon visited Myrtle Point Lodges last Saturday. Includes Grand Master Wm. Galloway and Mrs. Galloway, Mrs. Kate Lando, Judge John F. Hall, and others. They spoke on the Oregon Orphan's Home needs and lodge progress, urged funds for a new building, and enjoyed a lengthy social meal afterward.
Joe Smuth the county agriculturalist suggests two affordable fly repellant recipes for dairies. First recipe combines fish oil tar carbolic acid and fish oil with a hand spray pump. Second mixes fish oil kerosene and crude carbolic acid to be applied with a hand pump.
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