Bandon Area Rail Line Plans Gain Support and Talks
Promoters announce incorporation of the Bandon and Oregon Eastern with a $100,000 capital, seeking to build a Port Orford to Grants Pass railway, securing right of way and surveying progress. New York finance eyes the project, with Chicago and Portland reports noting advances and potential millions in goods moved to the sea.
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Bandon
Coos County
Southern Pacific
Cooz
Curry
Grants Pass
Bandon Recorder
Galice
New York
Lee
Salem
Bandon and
Oregon Eastern Company
Coos County Good Roads Association Forms and Plans
The Coos County Good Roads Association held sessions in Coquille and Marshfield to organize a permanent road program. Members discussed the Colvig bill 860, adopted by local business groups, set initial dues at 1 dollar, and outlined meetings in Myrtle Point Bandon North Bend and Coquille Marshfield. The group urged passage of County Home Rule Constitutional Amendment 960 and 361 to fund trunk and lateral roads with county discretion on bonds.
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Coos County
Good
Colvig
Aseocia
Cata
Ihe
R. H. Mast
Myrtle Point
Bandon
North Bend
Coquille
Marshfield
Sweiys
Fittéen
Troen
Gos
P. Topping
Betdon
John S. Coke
Hugh * McLain
A. T. Morrison
Association
Stanley
Topping
Coke and Mclain
Mesars
Hermann Huling
Pulford
J. .N. Gearhart
Dora
Oregon
Coos
Platform statements and millage dispute from J O Stemmler
The document outlines J O Stemmler’s platform for the State Senate including direct presidential primaries direct US Senate election by direct vote and support for the Oregon System. It calls for road funding county roads fishing access near Rogue River a regional experiment station and a separate prosecuting attorney district for Coos and Curry counties. It also supports industrial compensation Blue Sky Law uniform tax collection exemptions and abolition of the County School Supervisor role. A public rebuttal by W K Newell discusses the Millage Bill and university appropriations noting the bill repeals 603 000 in university funding and would save taxes over the last decade while requiring initiative approval.
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United States
Oregon
Rogue ‘River
Curry County
Aera
Coos
Ereen An ‘Ik
Curry
Sheriff's Office
H. J. Parkinson
Agricultural College
University of Oregon
W. K. Newell
Coos County Road Measure Urges Vote Yes for Local Bondless Roads
The Coos County Good Roads Association urges individual voters to support a measure that would allow Coos County to build permanent roads without bonds. A. T. Morrison, President, and J. E. Norton, Secretary, sign the appeal. Obituary notes Daniel Ransom Arnold, youngest of ten, died after a two week illness.
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Coos County
Good Roads ‘Association
Othe Coos County Goon Reaps Association
A. T. Morrison
J. E. Norton
Daniel Ransom Arnold
Mack Arnold
Rural
South Fork
Reuben Hartley
Washington
Willam
Lizzie
California
Brethren Church
Thos. Barklow
Norway Cemetery
Independent Candidate Stemmler Favored By Coos County Fans
The Coos Herald endorses J. O. Stemmler as a candidate for state senator from Coos and Curry counties. Voters are urged to back a middle ground independent who pledges no political strings, claims honesty, and supports broad welfare for all residents. The piece also notes opposition to woman suffrage by a state association headed by Mrs. F J Bailey.
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J.O
Stemmler
Coos
Curry Counties
Jake
Coos County
Oregon
Stemmiler
Coquille Herald
Tarbell on Suffrage and Civic Duty in Politics
Ida Tarbell argues women should focus on specific civic work rather than the political game. She contrasts suffragists who see the ballot as a fix for all ills with anti-suffragists who value ongoing influence through informed advocacy by capable women.
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Cevic
Ida M
Tarbell
Jacobet
Jill
Farmer Peter Axe grows big yields on three acres near Bridge
Coos Bay Times reports Peter Axe at a ranch five miles from Bridge cultivates about three acres to supply Marshfield and Myrtle Point markets. He runs a cannery packing 6000 to 7000 cans this year including 700 peaches while also yielding about ten tons of tomatoes from half an acre annually.
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Marshfield
Axe
Coos
Bay Times
Osteopathy Physician Promotes Treatment in Roseburg
A practitioner lists a three year record in Roseburg and offers free consultation. He claims to treat obstinate diseases successfully and promises no misrepresentation. Graduate of the American School of Osteopathy Kirksville under Dr A T Still. Office arrangements noted with temporary location at M E Church South Parsonage and permanent Benson Block after November 1 1912.
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Roseburg
American School of ‘Osteopathy
Kirksville
Scenice
A. T. Still
M. E. Church
Benson Block
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Rosporate
Aviation
Silas Christofferson
Christoffered
Portland
Multnomah
Porland
Christofferson
Coquille Valley
Cooley & Farleigh, Props
Sucessors To
L. W. Walls & Son
E. P. Adams
Telephone Farmers
J.L. Knight
F. S. Dow
Marshfie
Pharoes the Harness Man
Harn
Lecrease
Eel Coos County
Good ° Roads Association
J. O. Stemmler
State Senate
Fearne
Oregon State Association
F. J. Bailey
Myrtie Point, Ees Om
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