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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1903
Page
2
A broad roundup reports on senate treaty adjournment prospects in a week, Oregon politics, and policing efforts. rail wage talks, canal and Cuban treaty ratifications, and royal anniversaries. bank robbery in Minnesota, fountain project for a George Gould home, and notable deaths and accidents across several states.
Assessors begin work on the first Monday in January with an annual levy by county courts to be made at the September term and other changes are noted.
Oregon notes push for law changes on tax levies and delinquent penalties. Officials report Sheriffs Brown Hemple and Lawdner face smallpox while miners in Eastern Oregon mobilize to referendum the Keddy bill taxing corporate stock.
A New York reader asks about the black cockade worn by her coachman and footman. The London correspondent clarifies that cockades were once restricted to royalty and officials, with various countries adopting color codes. It notes the tradition dates from military uses and that many people unknowingly violate an old rule. Also mentions New York coins: 130 million minted last year, of which a large portion were gold.
Public land filing notices under the Timber Land Act list Abram Robinson of Spokane County Washington and George C Glan Xer of Chicago as filers. Notices detail claims for timber land in Oregon California Nevada Washington Territory with dates and witness lists, inviting adverse claimants to respond by specified deadlines.
Multiple notices under Timber Land Act publish claims by Philip Fourier and John Logan for land in Roseburg Oregon and Myrtle Point with sworn statements and witness lists. Notices state land is valued for timber, offer proof, and deadlines for filing claims before the Roseburg office.
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