Coos County Good Roads Report on Bond Expenditures
A committee report on Coos County Good Roads Association examines bond fund use supervised by the State Highway Department. It details district allocations, project scopes from Coquille to Marshfield, Bandon and Myrtle Point, and cost estimates including about six percent for engineering and inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coos County
State Highway Commission
Coog County
State Highway Department
Goo County
Consille
Marshfield Road
Bandon-Curry County
Coquille
Myrtle Point
Coquille-Bandon Road
Glasgow
Haynes Slough
North Slough
Coquillemarshfield
Marshfield
Gedar. Point
E. G. Berham
Davis
Slough
Perham
Pexham
Cedar Point
Bandon-Curryounty
Rairoad
Bandon
Parkersburg
Lakeside
Coal Bank
Haynes and Larson’s
Martin Schmidt
Norway
Schidt
Theo Clinton
Clinton
Rural health notes and road planning concerns discuss diet rules
The document cites dietary guidance on digestion fresh air vegetables and meats and links health issues to overfeeding poor dental health and high acid. It then outlines road management concerns noting friction between the County Road Master and County Surveyor offices and urging authority for road planning and permanence of funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beteen
County Survey
Beautify Our Town Garden Campaign Boost for Summer
A call to residents to improve town beauty through cleanliness and planting flowers along streets yards and vacant lots. Emphasizes mosquito control by removing rubbish and cans and encourages planting in front yards and back gardens with fruit trees and nut trees as a long term goal.
Industrial Review Highlights Oregon Growth Projects
The issue catalogs numerous 1916 era developments across Oregon including Bend's $80,000 Butterin project, a $60,000 Portland paint warehouse, and $150,000 state building contracts. It notes anti-picketing laws, hospital and bakery upgrades, cheese factories, lime rock shipments, electric trains, cannery plans, and port expansions. It also covers jitney fare disputes, railroad labor topics, and proposed road, harbor, and school improvements plus a $3,000,000 grain docks bond in Portland and a $12,000 theatre for Tillamook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bend
Gold Hill
Sams Valley
Oswego Cement
Portland
Swift Livestock Co
Lebanon
Hood River
Oregon - Washington Telephone Company
Corvallis
Marshfield
Kruse & Banks
Gladstone
Silverton-Cheese Factory
Salem-Associated Oil Co
Union Pacific Railroad
Eugene Creamery
Springfield
S. P. Co
Brookings
Linnton
Pacific Coast
Eugene Tannery
Cottage Grove Cannery
Morrow County
Oregon City Woolen Mills
Pacific Coast Defense League
Congress
Coquille—Reynolds Mill
Great Britain
Coog Bay
S. P. Tr
Roseburg
Donald
Baker—Stoddard Lumber Co
Canyon City
Sumpter Valley
Dalles
Wittenberg-King Co
Gerva
Cannery
West Linn
Coquille
Molalla
Ohio
Lakeview
Lawson
Crane
Lane County
Tillamook
Potato eel worm pest threatens Coos County crops
County Agent reports a heavy infestation of the potato eel worm Heterodera radicicola in a northern district. Oregon Agricultural College entomologist A L Lovell urges destruction of infected seed potatoes and warns quarantine may be considered. area farmers urged to cooperate in prevention and future surveys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Profesor
A. L. Lovell
Professor Lovett
McKay
Department of
Plant Pathology
Colorado
Portland
No prejudice toward neat appearance, warns on model husbands
A columnist cautions readers that while they despise scruffy looks, a girl seeking a model husband should be discerning. The piece suggests asking a mother to recognize a suitable suitor, implying reliance on mothers’ judgment.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Good Roads
Coos
Good Roads Association
Charles Hall
ALT Pougeams
Dr. R. R. Daniels
Hose
A. H. Powers
Co. R. Peck H. G. Kernchas
ST. Dennis
Elbert Dyer
Claud H. Giles
Lharlogker
Industrial Review
J. L. Smith
A. J. Lovett
Oregon Agricultural College
California
Shasta
Eugene
San Francisco
California Express
Mt. Shasta
Shasta Springs
John M. Scott
Southern Pacific Lines
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