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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1916
Page
6
Bits from Arago Argus report busy harvest season with potatoes fruit silos and canning. Local church notes list officers teachers and Sunday School classes while families visitations births and trips are recorded.
The reader notices an advertisement claiming Hall's Catarrh Cure treats catarrh by constitutional means, internal use, and blood purification. It offers a one hundred dollar reward for any case it fails to cure and urges readers to request a list of testimonials from Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio, with druggists carrying the remedy.
Bridge residents attended church Sunday to hear Uncle Tom Barksow preach. Miss Hallie Fish stays with Mrs. Culver aiding schoolwork. George and Erma Rice were ill but recovered to start moving about again. W A Lett butchered this week. Mr and Mrs H Everndeen dined with Mrs. Culver and Boys. Everndeen recent injury improving. Dwight Culver conducted business activities.
Elmer Rowan is pulling and threshing George Crank Jr's beans this week. Nettie Davis and her brother in law Henry Huff and wife returned to Nettie's home Sunday. Mr and Mrs Frank Fish returned home from Marshfield Tuesday after attending the big circus which they described as very nice.
Bald Hill society reports a light mist at Bald Hill and a family trip via Gravel Ford and Norway. Avis Moser of Grants Pass blesses the McNair family with a ten pound baby boy named Robert Wayne. George Mullen sells thirty three Holsteins to C. C. Carter of Roland Prairie. Local residents visit relatives in Powers and at the Bigelow and Widby homes.
Lee Love Lee and Mr and Mrs D W Baker visited Coquille City on Monday. Mrs H H Harmon traveled to North Bend and underwent stomach tumor surgery last Friday and is recovering well. Cleve Summerlin visited Myrtle Point. Lawrence Rackleff of Norway cheese at McCloskey factory while Carl Anderson vacations. William Harmon saw his mother in North Bend. J W Most of Bandon spent Sunday with family. Dan Lewis fills his role this week. local folks discuss California fever with many planning trips soon.
Charles Overton returns from Bandon to spend winter with parents. Mack Gant visits from Fox Bridge. Harold Jensen back to Myrtle Point. DeBoer reports good times at State Fair and Marshfield. Harvey Barklow buys car and plans trip to California. Bennett farm home burns. neighbors save belongings. rebuilding ahead. Brady seeks county road status from post office to his property. Moser Whitehouse finish river work. river ready for winter boat traffic. Hedwig Harnish goes to Philomath College as senior. Lee Weekly buys a gasoline boat and preps for winter. Easton to lecture on Ideals at Fox Bridge and U B Church. collection for Red Cross.
News briefs from Salem Roseburg Warrington and Chicago cover university rules on smoking and a new tobacco policy at the University of Oregon coast to coast notes. Reports include Western Union income for year ending June 30 12 143 878 80 dollars and a Fire Prevention day proclamation by Governor Withycombe. Prune crop estimates in Douglas county foresee over 250 carloads valued near 500000 with local farmers buying autos.
Mrs H D James entertained a group including Mrs Charles Niemeyer of Machias Mrs Flora Currie Mrs John Goden Mrs John Swedberg Mrs Louis Bridges Mrs William Deverell of Everett and Mrs Frank Nickerman Mrs Adolph Watson and Mrs Patrick Whitfield of this city with the guest of honor at a dinner yesterday north of Grace street.
Mrs Alice Bennett and Mr Hiram Morgan wed at the groom's mother's home with Rev A B VanZante officiating. Ed Niemeyer sang To You before the ceremony. The couple receives a gift rolling pin made by the groom's father forty years ago and plans a short trip before settling at Hollywood Farm.
Coquille hosts Oct 2 meeting where Marshfield and Coquille lead county activities. Football matches set for Oct 21 in Marshfield and Nov 11 in Coquille. Basketball schedule spans Jan to Feb with multiple interschool games. Track meet planned for May 21 and debates on Jan 19 with Marshfield North Bend and North Bend Myrtle Point. Declamatory contest to be judged in Coquille in May.
The president signed the widows pension law on September 8. Eligible widows include those who married Civil War soldiers and now remain widows with a $20 monthly pension. Also, widows married before June 27, 1905 and aged 70 or older receive $20 monthly. A third group—widows who remarried after the soldier’s death—gets $200 monthly.
E P Lewis of Marshfield Clyde Gage of Coquille and Mike Summerlin from Baker Creek made regional visits. Clark Fenster traveled to Marshfield and Portland for business. Mrs R H Bryant and children visited Broadbent. Edw Sandeberg the sewer contractor toured Coquille and Marshfield. Mrs A A Leach went to Powers to see her ill daughter in law Holliway. R H Bryant returned from Salem and Willamette Valley. E G Robbins family back from Roseburg. J L Knight saw Portland Derby at State Fair. Coos County horses in national contention. Turntable project in Myrtle Point site for Coos Bay Limited. old turntable burned, need larger table for larger engines as traffic grows.
All outstanding warrants against the general fund of Myrtle Point Oregon will be paid on presentation. Interest will cease on October 3 1916. Dated September 28 1916. J M Arrington, Treasurer.
Special notice to Myrtle Point residents announces exclusive agency for Adler-i-ka a simple bowel cleanser made from hyckthorn bark glycerine and other ingredients touted as the most thorough remedy. The ad claims one spoonful relieves constipation and related stomach issues with instant action and safety. N G W Perkins, druggist, promotes its use for appendicitis and rapid relief.
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