Who Shall Build Roads National Highway System Debate
The editorial argues for a federal funded national highway system, contending roads should be built and owned by the people with nationwide access. It notes nearly one hundred road bills in Congress and cites the National Highways Association advocating a fifty thousand mile map as a starting point for a comprehensive national network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Congress
Enterprise
National Highways Association
United States
Civic Clubs Movement Gains Echo in Rural Areas
The push to organize Civic Clubs with schoolhouses as meeting places grows in eastern states. Meetings foster calm discussion of economic and domestic questions and aim to strengthen social ties in rural communities and towns nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleser Fellowship
United States
Continuous Progress in Work Ethic and Self Improvement
The piece laments youth indifference to mastering work, noting many people drift without deep study. It contrasts brief enthusiasm with pottering progress and suggests focused effort could greatly increase value, including language study to become proficient.
Harlan Read: Friends Shape Our Future and Character
The piece argues that a person’s life is profoundly influenced by their friends. It stresses choosing companions with care, noting neighbors and household culture mold morality, speech, and success. Isolation from good company is rare, and deliberate selection of associates is essential.
Time for study beyond office work aids young workers
The passage argues that extra study during early office work is worthwhile even if it does not lead to world changing feats. It emphasizes that progress comes from steady learning rather than dramatic leaps, and that discipline in study forms a solid foundation for a successful career.
Counting on the good amid life’s listed troubles
A reflective note on choosing optimism over dwelling on misfortune. The author urges focusing on blessings, comparing troubles to sunshine that is often overlooked, and warns that fixation magnifies distress while wisdom lies in counting the good.
Things One Has And The Quiet Power Of Joy
A reflective note on blessings and possessions. The author argues that small discomforts can loom large, sometimes darkening a day or a lifetime, while most people still enjoy many joys and blessings on this small sphere.
Best Roads Cheapest Concrete Roads Versus Macadam
A sixteen page bulletin from Oregon State University Eugene reveals a road building discovery. Dean E H McAlister shows volcanic puzzolan earth mixed with Portland cement cuts concrete road costs while boosting durability. Concrete roads in Oregon may cost less than macadam over ten years with maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Engineering
State University At
Eugene
Oregon
Dean E. H. McAlister
University
Remnant Garments of Hope From Childhood Reflections
A reflective meditation on the worn vestiges of dreams and joys carried from childhood. The speaker laments how fate and disappointment fray and strip away these memories, imagining elders revisiting their tattered threads and recalling their former courage.
Notice of Sheriff's Sale in Coos County Oregon 1913
By virtue of an execution issued March 1 1913 in Washington County Oregon Associated Creditors Company recovered $149.87 plus attorney fees and costs against Peoples Store Company Allen Wright and O C Wright. On April 12 1913 at ten in the forenoon at the county courthouse Coquille Oregon the SE of Sec 22 lots 6 7 1 N 11 and 14 Sec 2 NW of SE and NE of SW of Sec 33 W of NW and W of SW of Sec 34 Township 29 S Range 11 W Willamette Meridian Coos County to be sold for cash to satisfy the judgment and costs. Dated March 6 1913. 196 GAGE
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Washington
Oregon
Associated Creditors’ Company
Peoples Store Company
Ports Allen & Wright
Ed. C. Allen
O. C. Wright
Porey
Coquille
Willamette Meridian
Coos County
Ed Allen
Gage
Guerin family letter hints at Alaska boundary survey plans
A Washington letter dated March 18 1913 notes E C Guerin’s hospital recovery from typhoid as he remains in the Coast Survey office. It mentions C V Guerin replacing him on a Boundary Survey party aiming to map north from Mt St Elias to the Nathazhat Range eighty five miles, with A C Hartle and Myrtle Point residents Lester and Cleve Summerlin joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alaska
Boundary Survey
C. V. Guerin
Mt. St
Nathazhat Range
A. C. Hartle
Lester
Cleve Summerlin
Myrtle Paint
M. P
W. C. Guerin
Dissolution of McLean and Plymale Partnership
Notice declares the firm McLean and Plymale dissolved by mutual consent dated March 10 1913 with both F N McLean and D P Plymale not authorized to bind the other under the former firm name or otherwise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLean & Plymale
F. N. McLean
D. P. Plymale
Notice of Timber Land Claim in Oregon
Notice is given that Marion C. Miller of Dora Oregon filed Sworn Statement and Application No 04855 on April 8 1909 to purchase the SEINE E SE of Section 14 Township 28 S Range 11 W Willamette meridian timber thereon under the Timber and Stone Law. Timber estimated 1 080 000 board feet at 50 cents per M land $10. Final proof will be on April 30 1913 before E A Dodge U S Commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
United States Land Office
Roseburg
Oregon
Marion C. Miller
Dora
Willamette Meridian
E. A. Dodge
U.S. Commis
Court summons in Myrtle Point suit over debt and property
In Coos county Oregon Justice Court a law action by E C Roberts against W T Rutherford seeks one hundred twenty three dollars and fifty eight cents plus costs. The case asks for sale of attached personal property including a steel range chairs stools show cases paper rack and kitchen utensils. Publication in Myrtle Point Enterprise six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice’s Court For Justice
Coos County
Oregon
E. C. Roberts
W. T. Rutherford
State of
E. A. Dodge
Myrtle Point
Claud H. Giles
Plaintiff
Personal Guarantee to Skin Sufferers from Local Suppliers
Local merchants promote D D D Prescription for eczema psoriasis rash and tetter with an ironclad maker guarantee. They claim the wash soothes and calms itching instantly and offer a no pay guarantee if it does not work. They state thymos glycerine oil of wintergreen and other ingredients compose the formula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. D. D. Laboratories
Chicago
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Canada
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Okla
W. W. Stratton
Hotel Guerin
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Lee
Bap Corre & More
Portland Seed Company
Portland, Ore
Eckley Guerin Iil
Unique
the Shaughraun
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Marshfield, Ore
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Myrtee ” Point
Sioner
B. F. Jones
N. G. W. Perkins
Myrtle Point Hardware Co
Myrtle Point Hardware Company
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