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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1903
Page
8
A jagged excerpt explores self focus versus generosity, noting that a big heart may clash with arrogance. It compares wounds of words to knife wounds, laments aging wisdom as mere paste and scissors, and warns of a girl playing with danger. A summer boarder comments on calves and a governor muses on a misnamed beast.
Reporters note lingering talk of a disastrous financial shakeup affecting Hulme and Hart with potential dissolution, yet no firm evidence this will reach local holdings. Superintendent Button of the Burns Oil Co. visits town as drilling at the well progresses amid water shortages and a bale rock stratum. Cattle and sheep shipments from Port Orford to Arcata continue. Captaineers announce new steamer plans with a 7,000 ton capacity, electric lights, and room for 13 passengers.
The article discusses a dispute over land sale rights where claimants argue liberty to sell land without prior payment, citing a Supreme Court case United States vs Montgomery Budd. It notes the decision aligns with common sense that without a conclusive arrangement for payment, the claimant acts within the law. The piece cites the US Supreme Court Reports volume 144 page 184 and mentions Oregon as a related location.
Local ads list cheap prices on shirts and ovens, and offer services from draying to selling property. Notices mention location claims for placer and quartz, grain seeds, and seeds of all kinds with quantities and cash inquiries at the office.
An old advertisement touts Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for stomach and digestion problems. It claims improved nutrition through better food assimilation and includes a testimonial from a Mr John Castons Motding of Arch Chicago. The note warns against substitutes and offers a free medical adviser with stamps.
Public notice from Myrtle Point Oregon dated June 3 1878 outlines timberland rights under an act extending to all western states. It requires those claiming adverse interests to file within a specified period and lists officials and locations involved in the process. The document references Nevada Washington Oregon and Oregon land claims under the act and mentions deadlines for filing and verification.
Notice records the purchase of land in Oregon near Rasebier with witnesses listed including ALHERT Jt aMi BEI OH F Piegtrop and JT Buttars. It notes dates and locations in a formal filing and mentions the Register.
Notice of intent to purchase timber lands under the June 3 1878 act as extended. Charles Deal of Shiawassee Michigan filed an occupation and land claim No 693 for the east half of section one township zero south range west and will prove the land is valuable for timber and stone before the land office clerk and witnesses at Camas Prairie.
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