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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1912
Page
4
The piece discusses the upcoming Fifty-first Oregon State Fair at Salem from Sept 2 to 9 1912 and critiques wage demands and debt habits. It urges fiscal caution, warns against scam investments, and advocates establishing an agricultural experiment station with county fair offices, proposing site use and annual farm visits.
The piece denounces reliance on others to think for us and criticizes fashion, editors, and social norms as middlemen. It argues that custom and style enslave workers, raise anxiety, and extend the ten hour day, urging independent thought to avoid mental and physical burdens.
Frank J Cheney sworn as senior partner of F J Cheney & Co declares the firm will pay $100 for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Testimonial driven promotion states the remedy is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Sold by all druggists with claimed testimonials. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A witty tale recounts T. R. arriving in heaven and asking for high choir ambitions. Saint Peter grants a million singers in multiple sections but notes no bass, prompting T. R. to claim he will sing bass. Independent.
Mr and Mrs K H Hansen and Mr and Mrs F A Eddy report the State Grange annual meeting in Roseburg with about 100 delegates from 27 counties. Governor West spoke along with candidates Lane and Selling. Initiative measures Grange Good Roads Bill and Harmony Good Roads Bill failed to gain support. C E Spence of Carus re elected Master Albany named next year meeting place.
Readers submitting items to the Enterprise must keep content under 300 words and include name and address. The editor may reject libelous or unfit material. Advertising content will be charged at regular rates and marked adv.
May 30 schedule notes parade from Benson's Hall to the cemetery for veteran decorations. Blue and Gray veterans urged to attend. Flowers to Benson's Hall by 9 am. Memorial services for May 26 at Presbyterian Church with Col Jewell Post No 58 members marching to the church.
Memorial Day activities begin at 9 30 a m at Benson's hall with a procession to the cemetery to honor veterans. At 2 00 p m a program features music, recitation, declamation, songs, readings, a Lincoln tribute, and an address by Rev A A Baker before the audience decorates the river for the unknown sailor. flowers welcomed via Mrs Bertha Prey Garrett of the W R C.
A May 17 dispatch from Washington reports the General Land Office approved a survey for about 60 to 70 settlers in Coos county between Myrtle Point and Bridge. The survey directs filing plats with the Roseburg office and affects land filing procedures.
Notices announce the final accounts in the estates of Tilhe Greené Tillie Greene and Darius Gant with hearings set for July 1 1912 before Judge J F Hall at the Coos County Court House Oregon. Additional entries cover land surveys south of Base Line west of Willamette Meridian with plots filed June 22 1912 and a Coos Curry County Fair Association meeting for directors.
F A Haines and crew survey near town while deliveries reach every part of the city. Mrs G W Shelley visits from North Bend. Jack Abbott plans a new home on Harris Street. W R Haines of Marshfield visits town. Cement walk work begins at Masonic Hall on Maple Street. Bessie Viachado starts as stenographer with J O Stemmler. Miss Regals praised after Unique performance. engagement ends tonight. Postmaster H B Steward installs flagpole at the post office. Mrs Jennie Machado dies near Prosper. burial in Ban Don Catholic cemetery. Myrtle Point Red Coats benefit show at the Unique Theatre next Tuesday with two reels, local music and basket social. For a short time: two lots and a six-room house in East town, $850, inquire at this office.
Manager Schhroeder of the local team announces an exhibition game Sunday afternoon between Bandon and the Red Coats at the town venue. Watch for bills and schedule details as released by the Enterprise.
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