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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1912
Page
6
Poem contrasts weathered grave markers with an apple tree bearing blossoms, reading the inscription A Boy of Sixty-one. The second segment discusses democratic responsibility, worker dignity, and class privilege, urging appeals to brotherhood rather than class warfare. Also notices final hearings for the estates of James Burk and Philip Brack in Coos County Oregon with specified dates.
An editorial argues education is not free despite public schools offering opportunity. It notes many parents cannot afford through eighth grade and few finish high school or attend college, calling for equal training for all and citing need to make learning a common possession for all citizens.
A severe Friday night storm in Brewster Valley caused heavy rain and brief flooding. Orvil Knight left Saturday to visit Bridge, with return soon. Mr and Mrs Hailey Laird traveled to Coquille last weekend, returning Sunday afternoon. Mrs E N Harry stayed with daughter F A Baker, while O C Harry and children visited. Clyde Norton of Edenhower Ore visits. Grandma Wade, ill, stays with W M Laird.
Coal sellers Harrison and Rose offer river coal from Gage mines at five dollars per ton. Frank J. Cheney certifies as senior partner of I. J. Cheney & Co. to pay one hundred dollars for any case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notice includes U.S. land entry by Turner B. McDonald in Oregon with witnesses listed for final proof July 12, 1912.
Assessor Thrift began writing the 1912 tax rolls with assistants Belle Thrift and Archie Collier. The project will use ten volumes of 250 pages each and take about two months to complete. About 60,000 town lots and 100,000 lot descriptions will be cataloged, with 804,813 acres taxable in Coos county in 1911 and 12,660 acres added from land patents since then.
The Enterprise prints the 1774 September 7 prayer in Carpenter’s Hall Philadelphia with attendees and a brief Adams account on calendered 12x18 inch paper. Subscribers paying one year in advance receive a free copy. extra copies cost 25 cents each. Limited supply.
Local items list visitors from Bandon and Port Orford, a May 29, 1912 birth, new barber chairs in Hotel Guein building, families moving to Spruce street, and community church services. Also noted are Memorial Day press timing, a Myrtle Point team trip, real estate move, graves decoration trip, a San Francisco arrival, and a suspicious drugstore incident near Catching Creek.
Before a score of veterans and the largest audience this year at Myrtle Point church Rev. A J Irwin delivered a memorial sermon titled The Price of Peace Other churches joined in this union service with Revs Thornton Scofield and Smith on the rostrum for the occasion.
Public foreclosure notice from Coos County Oregon states Sheriff W Gage will auction the property described as timbered lands in the northeast and northwest quarters of section 36 township 29 south range 13 west Willamette Meridian on June 7 1912 at 10:00 AM at the county courthouse Coquille to satisfy a judgment of 606 75 plus costs with eight percent interest to plaintiff L A Roberts administrator.
Notice from the Department of the Interior Roseburg Land Office details lands south of Base Line west of Willamette Meridian surveyed under TP 28 29 30 38 39 and sections listed with dates for filing on Saturday June 22 1912 at 9 AM. Warns lands within National Forest not available to applicants except bona fide prewithdrawal settlers. Benjamin F. Jones Register George W. Riddle Receiver. Notice of Association Meeting for Coos and Curry County Fair Association to elect directors June 1 1912 at Myrtle Club Myrtle Point Oregon.
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