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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1915
Page
4
A seedrnd class matter was entered at the Myrtle Point post office under the act of March 3 1879. The notice records official action and cites the governing act governing such filings.
Subscription terms list prices for one year, six months and three months with postage to Canada and foreign countries. The page promotes Louis, The Red Cross Drug Store, Marshfield Celebration Committee and local businesses including Huling Lundy & Sons, Bank of Myrtle Point, L Strong Scott & Bowne, Myrtle Point Hardware, N G W Perkins, and urges readers to look them up.
Insurance Commission report details Coos County finances for the year ending December 31, 1414. Key receipts include Taxes and Penalties 624,152.42, School Funds 17,387.15, Fees and Miscellaneous items, and Interest 196.33. Total disbursements reached 715,504.24 with roads and highways as the largest use at 220,205. The text lists numerous revenue sources and expenses in a granular county accounting summary.
The text lists county payments for schools 181,410 elections 8,116 relief 12,583 and widows pensions 9,482. Total state tax 30,089. Treasurer disbursements include 7,679 for cities and towns. Year end fund balance 197,080 with deficits totaling 99,195 after liabilities.
Indefinite leave of absence granted to five research assistants and four research fellows of the Oregon Experiment Station by the Board of Regents. July 1 sees A F Vass F R Brown LeRoy Child G F Moznette R F Beard and two graduates sever connections. Loss of funds hinders response to urgent calls for help in grasshopper control and horticultural by products.
William Cross, 38, longtime McDonald & Vaughn employee and Spanish American War veteran, died instantly Friday when a log on a logging train crushed him between cars. Survived by wife and two children, he was a respected member of the Blue Ridge Tigers camp. Funeral services Sunday were conducted by Masons of Composite Lodge No. 168 in La Grange Maine.
The piece argues that by economizing wood use the per capita figure could fall from 260 to 150 or even 100 cubic feet without hardship. It notes that currently only half of a tree's volume is utilized, with the rest wasted and urges support for Enterprise Advertisers.
A 1914 U S Geological Survey summary highlights rising asbestos production in the United States with notable Arizona finds near the Grand Canyon. Production reached about 1 247 short tons valued at 18 965 dollars, up 13 percent in quantity and 72 percent in value from 1918, with Georgia and Arizona as key sources and Canada gradually supplemented.
A predicted record corn yield in the Northwest for 1915 hinges on favorable weather. The First National Corn Show at St Paul invites entrants from Minnesota, the Dakotas, Montana, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho with no entry fee. Contestants must plant at least one acre and may win cups, with a Boys Corn Raising Competition also featured.
Good news travels fast as back sufferers find relief with Doan's Kidney Pills. Testimonial from Fars E. D. Neely of Hoseburg Oregon praises the remedy for back and kidney troubles. Price 50c at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
Professor C H Eckles of the University of Missouri told Oregon dairymen during Farmers' Week at Oregon Agricultural College that the surest path to a stronger herd is raising calves. He warned against relying on purchased stock and stressed careful selection and nurturing of heifer calves to boost long term production.
A humorous look at the publishing trade notes how advertisers readers pastors and critics judge every move. Editors face crowding opinions about ads length church attendance street presence and coverage while claiming running a paper is a snap.
A young man leaves his home for a city with a university to gain knowledge and worldly skills. He masters languages and math but forgets farming, then fails to sell his services to business men who need practical goods, returning home. The moral warns that education may not guarantee recovery from certain aims.
R L Weekly Contractor completed grading on Cooper Bridge Gravel Ford Dora county Road in Road District 17. County Road Master filed certificate of completion. Objections may be filed within two weeks from first publication dated June 24 1915. County Clerk Robert Watson Coquille Coos County Oregon dated June 21 1915.
Notice proclaims E N Harry contractor completed improvement on Coos Bay Wagon Road in Road District 12 with county approval. Objections must be filed within two weeks from first publication with county clerk. Dated June 11 1915 Coos County Oregon.
The order dated June 9 with first publication June 17 and last publication July 15 names I. E. Rose as Administrator of the estate.
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