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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1916
Page
2
The item records a class matter entry at the Myris Point post office under a March 3 1879 act. Editor and owner Milton Schulz is noted, with a Thursday March 1916 date reference.
An editorial contrasts global war with a call to civic duty urging clean streets, stronger public schools, and better rural roads. It presses men to support sanitation, education funding, and road improvements, linking civic virtue to national progress and safer communities.
A Portland weekly asks What is the Matter with Oregon and answers Tshing noting California and other western states prosper from irrigation. It questions why Oregon lacks successful private irrigation and why laws deter investment. It urges private capital to aid development rather than be taxed or restricted.
Editorial paragraph favors phased hard surfacing starting in the business district and spreading outward. It argues against rapid, blanket upgrades and urges permanent streets laid with careful, steady expansion to cover the city.
Fragment mentions funding or cost units and a proposal to build a 40 mile north south route through Lane County. Details are incomplete and names or dates are missing. The item appears to be a transportation project note from a local newspaper.
A collage of humorous says and social musings on optimism, preparedness, war, and town life. It contrasts cheerful aphorisms with cautions about delinquents, car culture, and moral character, ending with a quip about stamps and greenbacks.
The Bank of Powers in Powers Oregon files a 1916 report listing resources including loans and discounts 1487 bonds and warrants and cash on hand totaling 31 829 95 dollars. Liabilities show capital stock 10000 00 surplus 1000 00 undivided profits 255 72 and deposits totaling 4679 06 with a cashiers sworn statement by E J Loney on March 23 1916 notarized by G A Brown.
Local readers report relief from back and kidney discomfort using Dean’s Kidney Pills. Mrs. E. D. Neely of Roseburg endorses the remedy for backache and general fatigue, noting family relief as well. Price 50 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
Official notice from Coos County Oregon that KE C Roberts is appointed administrator of John Hayes deceased. Creditors must present verified claims with vouchers to the administrator at Myrtle Point within six months from March 30, 1916.
Notice announces payment of General Fund warrants up to No 428 on presentation and halts interest after April 6 1916. It also records a land entry and final five year proof filing by Claud H Nosler of Bridge Oregon with witnesses and required county officials.
Walter Endicott as executor files final account with Coos County Oregon Clerk. Hearing set May 1, 1916 at the Court House in Coos County before Judge James Watson to hear objections and settle the account.
Sealed bids for furnishing river lumber 3 by 12 by 18 feet or multiples of 6 feet total 14600 feet B M must specify grades. Delivery to the river bank foot of Maple Street Myrtle Point Oregon by May 15 1916. Include 10 percent certified check to Port of Coquille River. Bids opened April 18 1916 at 7 30 p m. J N Gearhart 222 Secretary Port of Coquile River.
Public sale of real property in Coos County Oregon follows a circuit court judgment against Ida May Poland and Foster J Poland. Alfred Johnson sheriff lists $501.08 plus costs and 10 percent interest to be paid. property includes SE of SW and SW of SE in Section 2 and NW of Section 11 in township and range near Willamette Meridian. Sale at Coquille County Court House on April 8 1916 at 10:00 AM with right of redemption.
Publication announces a mortgage foreclosure sale in Coos County Oregon by sheriff Ifred Johnson Jr on March 31 1916 at 10 a m at the front door of the County Courthouse Myrtle Point Lot 6 Block 8 Border and Bender Addition. Buyers pay cash for the property to satisfy a debt of 1134 plus interest and costs with redemption rights as provided by law.
Department of Interior Roseburg Oregon announces William A Roselle of Ridge Oregon intends to prove up final five year proof to establish a claim on lands described as NE part of SW, SE of NW, and N of NW in section 22 township 20 south under Willamette Meridian before Edgar A Dodge U S Land Office Roseburg Oregon on a date not fully legible in the notice.
A bold classified-style pitch touts lip reading to deaf individuals, claiming nationwide uniqueness and instant results. It urges readers to request free information from the School of Lip Language in Kansas City Missouri without sending money.
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