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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1911
Page
4
A 1911 newspaper item discusses subscription terms for one year and three months with postage details to Canada and foreign countries. It includes an advertising parable about sowing seed that yields fruit only in legitimate newspapers and ends with a quip about leadership and followers of women.
An appeal urges readers to pay subscriptions or settle past debts, emphasizing collective burden and urging delivery of money to the office by any safe means. The note mocks reliance on others and warns against negligence in payment.
Community notes for general interest must be sent with name and address and kept under 800 words. The editor may reject material considered libelous or unfit for print. Advertising content will be billed at standard rates.
Oregon coal output fell 27.54 percent from 1909 to 1910 totaling 63 241 short tons valued at 224 119 while Newport and Beaver Hill mines ship mostly by sea to San Francisco. City council adopted street profiles and pushed Maple street curb and north sidewalk work. Verne Lundy to return from Kansas with Mrs Lundy. partnership dissolved in Myrtle Point jewelry firm Schroeder and Black with Gustave Schroeder assuming liabilities.
Brethren Sunday school at 10:00 with preaching at 11:00 and a workers meeting at 7:15 p m. Preaching at 8:00 p m all warmly invited. Presbyterian holds Sabbath services 11:00 a m and 8:00 p m with 10:00 a m Sabbath school and Wednesday prayer at 8:00 p m. A J Irwin pastor. Latter Day Saints hold Sunday school 10:00 a m preaching 11:00 a m and 8:00 p m Elder F J Chatburn of Bandon presiding religious meeting 7:00 p m. All invited.
A series of short items covers births, marriages, visits, and relocations. J P Murie welcomed a daughter born October 5 1911 to Mr and Mrs J P Murie. Attorney J O Stemmler appeared in probate court. Residents travel to Roseburg for the district fair. Sylvia Rackleft starts term of school in South Coos river. E Osborn arrives from Roseburg to scout Coquille valley. Local families relocate into new homes on Maple street and Willow Street. Firemen’s ball at Benson’s opera house raised about $20. Property sales include several lots in Myrtle Point with bids from Ben Gant A J Thrift Henry Jong and Matt Nystrom. bids awaiting court confirmation in December.
Notice records a stockholder meeting at Myrtle Point Oregon on September 21 1911 approving a rate increase to 1.00 per month for stockholders and 1.00 to 1.50 for non stockholders on party lines or single lines with payments in advance. Also a land patent notice from Roseburg Oregon listing applicants and witnesses for final proof in 1911.
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