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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1915
Page
6
An advertising notice claims fair treatment for all customers. It promotes equitable service as a key reason to shop.
Spence r and Shelley report on Myrtle Point visits and local health notes. Brights and Halis cutting wood and filling silos while M C Miller welcomes an 11 pound girl. Mrs Mullen served as doctor. families plan moves and trips. PTA elects officers Roselle president Weekly vice president and outlines a program for October 15 with health, tardiness, and school-supply discussions.
Bridge, Oct. 5. Last Sunday services drew good attendance and interest. Miss Weekly and Miss Jennings upgraded their rooms with cloth curtains for the lower windows. Students built a large book case for the school library under the principal's supervision as manual training. Mr. Claud Nosler and his son Clyde contributed.
Thousands of Civil War veterans gather in Washington to mark the 50th anniversary of the Union Army’s historic march. President Wilson welcomes the Vets as Sherman’s funeral column and Grant Johnson parade past the Capitol. Arlington honors the F-4 submarine crew with full military funeral. The vice president plans a winter stay at the New Willard. Wilson plans a side trip to buy golf balls.
The Good Roads meeting in Myrtle Point drew a slim crowd as Chas Hall and H M Fensler led discussion on road bonding. North Bend business leaders earlier rejected bonds, while speakers Burrell and Cantine were planned to address county residents in nearby towns including Myrtle Point.
Coos Bay reports the steamship Breakwater will be retired after inspections flagged $50,000 repairs. Built in 1880 in Pennsylvania, she served Atlantic fruit trade before Pacific moves and last sailed Coos Bay to Portland seasonally. Indefinite retirement follows after cargo move to San Francisco.
The President crossed Pennsylvania Avenue at 15th Street as a streetcar stopped. The conductor rang two bells to start, the President heard them and stepped across safely.
A public forum condemns ministers who seek to sway church members to vote for specific candidates. It compares such acts to political coercion, calls for laws banning preaching politics in pulpits, and warns against mixing church authority with state duties. It asserts voters must retain citizenship and liberty.
Industrial review from Salem notes campaign for wagon road from Eugene to the coast, and tax cuts sought. Factories expand or relocate from Albany to Hood River and Creswell. new spray and arsenate ventures planned. Apple market improves with short crop. Hillsboro tax relief and school funding changes considered. Roseburg aims at big mill site. Portland state tax cuts discussed. hop crop valued at about two million dollars. Road and railroad projects advance. unions scrutinize taxes. several cities report new plants and buildings amid a general tax reduction push.
Myrtle Point section reports on residents Rose and Hermann, legal attendance at circuit court, and a recovering pneumonia case. It notes J J Endicott family moving to town for blacksmith work, mine development optimism, new breakwater contract, and local cheese factory activity. Also mentions mint farming plans and a new Eugene Florence line opening.
R. R. Daniels argues that modern food prep lessens chewing, harming teeth and digestion. He notes ancient grains and meat required mastication, keeping teeth strong and digestion healthy, while modern mills and stoves reduce chewing and raise dental visits. Mastication helps digestion by breaking food and stimulating saliva and other digestive fluids.
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