First annual fair opens with large displays and strong crowds
The event drew about 2000 visitors Thursday, 3000 Friday, and over 1000 Saturday, with stock, poultry, and produce entries surpassing expectations. Judges from Corvallis praised exhibits. premiums will be published soon. Local sports and novelty acts entertained crowds as Marshfield’s ball team played at the park.
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Cops
Curry Counties
Marshfield
Ball Park
Thelma Knight
Measra J. A. Parman
R. S. Hall
Parman
Tom Hall
North Fork
Gormand-Ford
Fair Ground
Horse Racing Card Race No 1 2:36 class and others
Race details list multiple events with purses from 75 to 100 dollars. Entries include Walter Gordon Hatcher Hazel McMullen Billie Murray Norton and others with times around 1:15 to 1:20 for various heats. Additional races cover six furlongs and four furlongs with patrons and riders named including Miss Eunice Kennicut Hedwig Harnish and Mrs Burl Hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter
Gordon
Hatcher
Hazel
McMullen
Billie Murray
Norton
Charlie Foster
Jack
Barker
Techlonarasp
Ecea
Teddy
Allen
Venora
Knight
Velma
Rhe Bees
Wahke
Ward
Sir Ashton Barker
Harry N
Shamrock
Abella
Allens
Ccc
Ees
Eee
Ry Wile
Parse
Billie Gordon
Kinnicut
Burl Hunt
Sir Ashton
Nay
al P
Condron
Lady Bug
Machado
Hazel, McMullen
Wahke, Ward
Velma Z
Rives
Harry N, Norton
Coos
Carry
Kinnicatt
Hunt
Evene
University of Oregon Correspondence School Offers Free Courses
The University of Oregon Correspondence School offers forty university courses by mail free to Oregon citizens, except postage and the extension bulletin. Courses span Botany to Surveying with enrollment based on the ability to profit from the course. information and catalog via the Secretary, Eugene. In residence programs prepare for engineering, journalism, law, medicine, and teaching with a fall term opening September 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Extension Bulletin
Oregon
University of Oregon
Eugene
Eniskoets
College of Liberal Arts
Farmers to receive phone service under Marshfield plan
Comom Bay Home Telephone Co plans to serve farmers for $1.00 monthly including phones with option to sell or lease. Farmers building their own lines can get 25 cent per month switching. Also notes governor may pardon Foote after his manslaughter case. Oregon scientists praise Crater Lake as a major natural wonder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drews
Comom Bay
Home Telephone Co
Wiz Foote
Chas. Wilcox
Wala
A. Any
West Hin
Foote
Salem
Recorder
Bandon Commercial i Club
Orexon
Crater Lake
Klamath’ County
Seenie
Oregon
Middle Fork
J. P. Gladding
Special Notice on Engaging Readers for Repeated Appeals
A local notice urges those with special interest to respond to a matter repeatedly brought to attention. The text asks for ideas to make the issue memorable and effective, inviting readers to participate and provide suggestions within one week.
Mail Schedule Changes Between Myrtle Point and Roseburg
Myrtle Point Roseburg mail on winter schedule from last Monday will depart Myrtle Point at eight p m and reach Roseburg after twenty six hours until May 1 next year. Roseburg mail leaves six a m and arrives here eight next morning weather permitting. otherwise arrives six to eight in the evening. Joe Laird says auto service will run with roads decent and the Myrtle Point departure will shift to six a m, one hour earlier than before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Point
Roseburg
Joe Laird
The
Enterprise
County Fair Notes Highlight Pumpkin Weighs 88 Pounds
The County Fair featured Geo. W. Starr’s Bridge section pumpkin at 88 pounds. KE H Neer entered seven poultry specimens winning five premiums and two seconds. George Starr submitted multiple entries in vegetables earning six ribbons and two reds. A playground for children was proposed on grounds to entertain youngsters while adults view displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. W. Starr
KE. H. Neer
Bald Hill
Bouktey
Geo. Ow. Starr
Bridge
George Shelley
Smith Timber Co awards logging road contract
Smith Timber Co selects Mesers Willet Burr of San Francisco for the Smith Powers logging road project. J T Ross of the contractor arrives to coordinate warehouses stations and subcontracts as work begins on the first fourteen miles of the extension. Steel and rails to be transported to Coos Bay by the company boat, sister to the Nan Smith, arriving early January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Willet & Burr
San Francisco
Gus. Adelsperger
Smith Timber Co
Smith- Powers
Smith Company
Mesers Willet & Burr
J. T. Ross
Enterprise
Ross
Fal Haines
Aidin
Atlantic
Jasiuary
MacArthur Backing Railroads Questioned by Local Figures
Residents recall meetings where H E Lee claimed to represent MacArthur Bros. seeking a Grants Pass to Port Orford line with a depot near town. Doubts rose as Lee failed to prove claims and accusations of buncoing farmers surfaced. LF Hitchcock denies any Oregon projects or ties to the Coquille article, urging caution. Prospectors and miners are advised to obtain location notices at the Enterprise office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Lee
Grants Pass
Port Orford
Bandon
Lee
MacArthur Bros
Grants, Pras
Port
Orford
C.A. Smith Timber Company
Smith
Medford
C Hitchcock
Oregon
Coquille
Enterprise
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Anseh
Eet Erro Seteat
Eas
Teeeesesner
Sapbeeoes
University of Oregon Correspondence School
Dow
Heh
Pharoezh
the Harness Man
Marshfield Times
Asid
Unique Theatre
Hummel & Dense
America
Hummel
Hermann Wallace
H.E. Quilhog
Mule Creek
Rouge
Quilhog
Sam
Mr. Quilhog
L. H.pearce
Poland
H.W. Fisher
South Fork
C. A. Smith CO
MacArthurs
N. P. Peterson
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