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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1909
Page
4
Myrtle Point Oregon owners and publishers LC Bargelt and L J Roberts publish a weekly newspaper. Subscriptions run one year for $1.50 six months 76 cents and three months rates available on application for advertising.
Fr B F Tichenor calls for a coastal cleanup to improve Coos Bay waterfront and create a better first impression for visitors. The piece mentions political shifts with Elihu Root’s rise and Tom Platt as New York senator, Roosevelt’s Africa trip, and railbond schemes affecting Harriman interests. It notes Shackleton's polar claims and Oregon airship innovation in Roseburg.
The Oregonian notes Coos county spends 17000 on a mail route between Coos Bay and Roseburg, praising sturdy construction over splintered planks. It reports Congress work on new tariff laws, urging protection for lumber, cotton, corn, and wheat interests and warns against harming any region. It also shares a Minnesota reader’s stump removal method using nitric acid for 4 cents per stump.
The proposed Boise to Coos Bay railroad remains on paper but is touted as a major Northwest development. Proponents cite a potential shortcut from eastern centers and a resource rich region that could become a key rail corridor in the future.
The Portland Journal asserts a Pacific coast route will place Coos Bay as a future terminal. Business leaders consider the Boise basin corridor connected to Coos Bay a practical project likely to become a real railway.
A miscellany of short aphorisms on marriage, work, speech, and social behavior. Includes cautions about laziness and pride, reflections on how men and women relate, and a promotion for Chamberlain's Pain Balm as a remedy for a lame shoulder with a sales line at the end.
Proposals invited by I E Rose city recorder for 22000 five percent waterworks bonds with 30 year maturity optional after 20 years to be paid in gold coin. bids due April 28 at 7 30 p m opened at city hall. bonds dated May 1 1909. coupon bonds 1000 denomination stamped Water Bonds Series B. $500 certified check required. Also notice for public publication for Evalyn Graba final proof on land claim at Roseburg with witnesses.
Foley’s Urino Laxative is offered with a guarantee to cure constipation sick headache stomach trouble or indigestion. If it fails the manufacturers refund your money. For sale by N G W Perkins.
Department of the Interior notices BAVC WEL Willis G. W. Chandler of Myrtle Point Oregon filed intent to make final five year proof on homestead entry number 11475 S R 09887 for lots 2 3 and 4 in section 2 township 31 8 south of the Williamette meridian before Edgar A.
For sale baled hay and oats per price 15 dollars for oats and 12 dollars gross for hay. Hay to Stringtown, telephone 819. Also an ad for cough relief with Foley's Honey and Tar at N. G. W. Perkins' drug store, warning against substitutes.
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