On the Hill March 6 Weather and Local Notes
Sun shines as snow melts and residents report active week. Lineman Robert Parrish kept busy repairing telephone lines. Forest Grove couple welcomed a baby boy. John Carver and Idaho relatives visited. Geo Cornwall helps with ranch work. Mrs Shaw treats Mrs Geo Mullen’s eyes. Henry Strong’s child has an neck abscess. Murdock the county road master passed through. Verna McNair has a cold but improving. Mrs Widby visits Myrtle Point. Geo Mullen’s trip to Coquille.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Parrish
Wm. Coleman
Forest Grove
John Carver
Idaho
Geo. Cornwall
Geo. Mullen
Myrtle Point
Shaw
Henry Strong
Mr. Murdock
Verna McNair
Widby
Coquille
Public Pools Meetings Guide Gravel Ford Social Stays Noted
Rainy day gatherings of the Public Pools group occurred daily from 9 to 11 A M at the store. W T Brady was named reed foreman for the district. Local social notes include Mr and Mrs Wewell Bunch hosting guests Miss Ina Bunch Clara Moser and Mrs Frank Moser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gravel Ford
W. T. Brady
Reed
Wewell Bunch
Ina Bunch
Clara Moser
Frank Moser
Miya Lois Bennett
Pal Brewer
Myrtle Point
Ed Olsen
Iverson
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted by Cheney Co
A local notice promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. The ad claims a universal cure taken internally and through the blood for catarrh and offers one hundred dollars reward for any failure to cure. It cites testimonials and a telegraphic contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Cheney’ S& Co
Toledo
Ohio
Local notes from Myrtle Point and district updates
Wednesday after two months absence at Myrtle Point a new stove and pump were installed in Gravel Ford Public School. Mr Frank Moser visits home for a week before Marshfield work. Mrs Clayton improves slowly from a severe cold. Hammerloff’s plan a Washington trip. Mereen employed two paperhangers. Boys organize basketball vs Lee. Lee wins 23 to 9. Fred Moser R R Bennett and Walter Bunch visit town dentists.
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Myrtle Point
East Fork Community Notes March Showers and Local Activity
On the East Fork March showers continue as M M Tennison baling hay for river shipment. C F Minard of Coquille visits his mother and relatives while J L Crosby and son Clifford stay on the ranch. Chas E Watson spends days in Coquille. Guy Weekly freights with a gasoline launch for farmers upstream. Pleasant Hill school opens with five pupils under Miss Neta Hayes. Mars Wm Smith aids nurse duties in Brewster as measles affect grandchildren. Tie contractors face slow Elk Creek work.
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East Fork
M. Tennison
F. Minard
Coquille
J. L. Crosby
Clifford
Chas. E. Watson
Guy
V. Gill
Martha
Pleasant Hill School
Neta Hayes
Mars
Wm. Smith
Brewster
Elk Creek
Visitors and new residents mingle in Arago
Mr and Mrs Britton and family visited Myrtle Point over Sunday while Mr and Mrs Beckman and family from Hoquiam arrived to move into the former Corbet Robison home on Broadway. Beckmann will work for J D Carl. Mrs Thomas Hull of Riverton visited Annie DeLong and returned with daughter Edith. A Johnson's mill basketball team was organized last Saturday. A lively musical program followed.
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Arago
Happenings Here There and Everywhere
A Oregon and national dispatch round up reports ordinance questions in Warrenton liquor possession cases. Utah bans cigarettes sales. Oregon potato prize purse planned. Washington wage jumps in spring farm work. Oregon debates capital and labor dispute arbitration. Eagle captured near Corvallis to be released after care. San Francisco arrest for postal fraud healer. Alaska mining deaths reported. DC prohibition vote stance cited by McArthur. Oregon bureau of mines appointment adjusted. Bandon Woolen mill reopening planned with 15 thousand dollar initial order. Arid lands span two fifths of continental US.
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Salem
Brown
Warrenton
Salt Lake City
Utah
Bend
North Yakima
Wash
Federal Employment Office
Eugene
Oregon Agricultural College
University of Oregon
Oregon
Corvallis
C. F. Duggar
Duggar
Zoological Department of O. A. C
San Francisco
Arthur Crane
Federal Grand Jury
Crane
Post Office
Juneau
Alaska
J. G. Johnson
Victoria
Seattle
Jerry” Mc‘Graw
Ketchikan
Yakutat
Dodge
Coast Guard
Unalga
Portland
Prohibition
District of Columbia
Ore
Withycombe
Oregon Bureau of Mines and Geology
J. L. Whod
Albany
W. B. Dennis
Carlton
H.W. Lawrie
W. C. Fellows
Sumpter
R. M. Betts
Cornucopia
J. F. Reddy
Grants Pass
W. B. Dennis Carlton
Mr. Wood
Bandon, Or
Bandon
United States
Sunday School Musical Notes At Arago
Rev. Ernest Root played clarinet with Uncle Joe Root on accordion alongside organ and singing. Next Sunday a young Hazel Armstrong will sing with Ruby Meyers at the organ while accordion and cornet also feature. Mr Frank Sinks and family have moved onto the Wilson Ranch.
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Arago
Ernest Root
Joe Root
Hazel Armstrong
Ruby Meyers
Frank Sinks
Wilson Ranch
Norway School Notes PTA Meeting Highlights and Longfellow Evening
The Norway school PTA gathered at the schoolhouse with many attendees. President J H Barklow chaired. Miss Gowgill of the O A C spoke on boys and girls industrial clubs, celebrating Longfellow’s birthday. The new Victrola entertained, Superintendent Baker and Supervisor Golden attended, and refreshments followed the adjournment with a social close.
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Norway
Parent and Teacher Association of the
Norway School
J. H. Barklow
J. F. Schroeder
Longfellow
Baker
Golden
Jwe
Adjoin
Five West Norway Pupils to Enter School Next Monday
Five pupils from West Norway are expected to enter school next Monday in Norway to obtain a longer term of schooling. May Lund and Pupils.
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Ing
Norway
May Lund
Bridge School Notes Highlights From March 6
The Bridge school notes list students earning 100 percent in Arithmetic and Spelling, names several perfect spellers from primary through eighth grade, notes illness absences, praises the spelling contest, and mentions basketball games, class captains, committee work, and eighth grade focus on agriculture with plans to raise flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridge School
Bridge
Tommy Cribbens
Mary Croft
Velma Rockard
Lillian Fredenberg
John Croft
Agnes
Cleo Cribbens
DuFay Montgomery
Dorothy Hooton
Reese
Vera Endicott
Nellie Cribbens
Virgie Houser
Flossie Lett
Daisy Cribbens
Hulda Warner
Edyth Houser
Thomas
Alta Rookard
Croft
Helen Murphy
Taxes due on Oregon and Washington grant lands reach 1.72 million
The total due across 19 counties amounts to 1,716,018.62 for taxes penalties interest and costs on Oregon and California grant lands for 1913 1914 and 1915. Douglas County leads with 342,442.78 and Jackson 263,322.18 while Clarke Washington stands at 1,242.73. Lane has additional small tract arrears not included in initial filing.
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Oregon
Washington
California
Oswald West
Douglas County
Jackson County
Clarke
Mr. West
Benton
Clackamas
Columbia
Hata Bale
Curry
En Pees
Douglas
Jackson
Ee Caeas
Josephine
Klamath
Lincoln
Seeeveees
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Thirty Day Shoe Sale at Myrtle Point Mercantile
A vague ad announces a thirty day sale offering ten percent off cash purchases on a large line of shoes. The dealer promises substantial savings against rising future prices and urges customers to buy now. Myrtle Point Mercantile, Pike Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Point Mer.co
Pike Bidg
Fire scare at Davenport residence on Railroad Avenue
A rubbish pile in the woodshed at the E. E. Davenport house on Railroad Avenue caused an alarm and a fire department run to within a block. The fire was brought under control by A. A. Schriefer and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Davenport
Railroad Avenue
A.A. Schriefer
Community Notes From Marshfield and Nearby Areas
Roy Worley heads to Portland while Harold Adams visits family. A Pie Social and M. E. Choir event are planned at Lundy Hall on March 10 with hopes for good turnout. Local officials and teachers attend meetings as residents discuss a proposed cheese factory and dairy cooperation in Marshfield with the ice and cold storage plant leased for factory use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy T. . Worley
Portland
Harold Adams
Perking
W. H. Hayes
South Fork
Lloyd Rosa
Marshfield
F. E. Allen
Ettie Nussell
Seattle
Washington
Joe Knight
Letta Clinton
Ben Davis
Powers
M. E
Lundy Hall
T. M
Parents and Teacher Association of the
Norway School
Norway
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