Rural Remarks from Myrtle Point Oct 23
Rail progress on the Morris place. R I Helm of Agness toured the area. Leonard Hartley moved his family for winter. T D Land heads to North Carolina for the season. Chas Price of Bancroft visited the Hayes family. Ben and Mrs Gant visited relatives. Tom Hayey hauled Baker Creek lumber for repairs. School ground work nears completion. wood shed lumber on site. Rural school set to appear attractive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Place
R. I. Helm
Agness
Leonard Hartley
T D. Land
North Carolina
Chas Price
Bancroft
Tom Hayes
Ben Gant
Tom Hayey
Baker Creek
Local Notes From Coos County and Nearby Areas
Joe Laird of Myrtle Point traveled through East Fork en route to Brewster Valley this week. Mrs J L Crosby and her two children Zelma and Maststifford visit relatives in Coquille. Miss Clara Helferwits attends school at the Guavel Ford Academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Fork
Joe Laird
Myrtle Point
Brewster Valley
J. L. Crosby
Zelma and
Maststifford
Coquille
Clara Helferwits
Sef Guavel Ford
Local Notables and Community Movements Highlight Week
Sunday visits with parents at Mc Kinley frame a week of community activity. Lawyer Sherwood and Prosecuting Attorney Lilliqvist conducted a business visit nearby. Hunting trips continue as several boys wrap up the season. The party includes Pinkston Laird Robert Sturdivant Claud Krantz Andrew Cotton Reuben Cotton Arthur Crosby M M Minard and Edward Abernathy. Matty Weekly visited sister Mrs J L Crosby last Friday. M J Krantz hauls corn bought from Mr Jefferies. Geo Mathews leases the old Minard farm from Mrs R M Minard. Tommy Weekly hauls lumber for a new home across from the James Cotton place. Walter Bunch visits his parents while at the Academy. Lloyd Leathermann plans two years of wood for J L Crosby the end of the week. Walter and Chester Krantz from Arago visit Douglas county relatives. Harvey Barklow family moves to Ed Carter place for winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Sherwood
Lilliqvist
Pinkston Laird
Robert Sturdivant
Claud Krantz Andrew
Reuben Cotton
Arthur Crosby
M. M. Minard
Edward Abernathy
Matty
J. L. Crosby
M. J. Krantz
Gravel Ford Gems and Community Updates
October 23 school meet held. tax for a footbridge over East Fork voted down. C. E. social planned for October 31 with free admission and 10 cents for supper. Ed Olson delivered produce to Myrtle Point last week. George Clinton visited Myrtle Point and stayed with brother Dewitt on Weekly Creek. William Weekly completed silo filling. Claud Mullen repaired his boat and made the first Gravel Ford store trip of the season. Ray Bennett continues regular trips to Arago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gravel Ford
East Fork
C. E
Ed Olson
Myrtle Point
George Clinton
Dewitt
Claud Mullen
Ray Bennett
Arago
Evernden Couple Welcome 10-Pound Girl in Bancroft
Bancroft news notes the press for time as Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Evernden welcome a 10-pound daughter born October 20. A. L. Rice finishes a silo and plans to fill it this week. William Anderson widens a trail to haul in winter supplies. F. J. Fish returns from the hills seeking provisions for camping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bancroft
E. E. Evernden
A. L. Rice
Wm. Anderson
F. J. Fish
Hills
Family party plans near Yellow Creek head
A local party comprised of a man and his brother’s family expects to return soon. James Anderson, resident near the head of Yellow Creek, has bought a start of spineless cactus to test its viability in the climate. A Red Pencil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Anderson
Yellow Crek
Bridge Briefs from Oct 26 Include Local Visits and Events
Uncle Tommy Barklow preached at the Christian church. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Roselle hosted friends. Alex Snider and crew finished road rocking a section Friday. Hartley starts rocking Big Creek road today. A party at Mrs. Wadman’s Saturday night enjoyed by all. Jones visited Myrtle Point. Brode and Montgomery visited Fraedrick home Sunday. Bridge school to host a Halloween play party with doughnuts and cider. Lyle Nosler visited Evernden’s Saturday. Davis of Myrtle Point toured the Big Creek ranch Sunday.
Local Notes From South Fork Region
On the South Fork Mrs. Robert Wagner visited relatives. Mrs. Ed Rider has been ill. Mrs. S S Reed visited her ill mother Mrs E E McCracken near Myrtle Point. Little Clinard, son of Mr and Mrs Joe Mast, is sick with pneumonia but slowly recovering. J C Whittington went to Bandon to spend a few days with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Fork
Robert Wagner
Ed. Rider
S. S. Reed
E. E. McCracken
Myrtle Point
Little Clinard
Joe Mast
J. C. Whittington
Bandon
Bridge News Roundup of Local Visits and Appled Movements
Andrew Welch delivered apples to town. The Kimes and Von Peget families from Coquille traveled on business and visited the Roselle home. Mrs. A O Hooton visited Coquille to see her parents the Hills. County school superintendent Mr. Baker is visiting the Bridge area. Rainbow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Welch
Kimes
von Peget
Coquille
W. A. Roselle
A. O. Hooton
Hill
Baker
Rainbow
Mrs Mollie Barklow Visits Cousin in Stringtown
Oct 29 Stringtown report notes Mollie Barklow visiting cousin Mrs Welthin Royer. Allen returned to Clackamas county last Saturday. E J Michael dined with Manley Barklow after apple picking. Royer family now has a Farmers phone. Iva Adams Lizzie Barklow visited Alice Ansen last week. Dan Willie Axe visited Grandma Miller this week. Dannie Root went to Arago earlier to fetch winter apples. Strawberry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stringtown
Mollie Barklow
Welthin Royer
Allen
Clackamas County
E. J. Michael
Manley Barklow
Roy Royer
Iva Adams
Lizzie Barklow
Alice Ansen
Dan
Willie Axe
High School Implements Bank for Commercial Classes
The superintendent Wimberly establishes a fine High School Bank for use in commercial classes. Rose bushes ordered for the grammar school arrived, and pupils and teachers plan to plant them as an improvement for beauty. The High School Student Body met and approved measures to acquire new reference books from the state library and to expand manual training under Mr Walker, with a room prepared downstairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Hayes
Audrey Bryant
Grace Krantz
Av+istamt
Oh Pere Eee
Wimberly
State Library
Walker
Colgrove
Myrtle Point Drugstore Promotes Adler-i-ka
Special notice from N. G W. Perkins announcing exclusive Myrtle Point agency for Adler-i-ka a bowel cleanser made from buckthorn bark and glycerine. The ad claims it treats appendicitis and relieves most constipation with one spoonful and asserts it is safe and effective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Point
Adlerka
N. G W. Perkins
Myrtle Point High School Pupils Plan Activities and Senior Program
Readable text outlines classroom projects in Miss Gamble and other rooms. It notes sewing, school garden work, new pupils, arts and industrial crafts, a male quartet led by Prof. Wimberly, and a senior program set for October 30. Includes a teacher’s note on education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wimberly
Myrtle Point High School
Governors of Day States Testify Prohibition’s Good Results
A compiled advocacy piece features governors from North Carolina Oklahoma Mississippi North Dakota and Maine praising state wide Prohibition from June 1914 with claims of economic growth reduced crime and higher moral standards. It cites Supreme Court language denying inherent liquor sale rights and ends with a call to vote yes on Prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Locke Craig
Oklahoma
Oregon
Mississippi
Earl Brewer
North Dakota
L. B. Hanna
Maine
Prohibition
Kansas
United States Supreme Court
Presbyterian Church Tempers Lincoln Lee Observance Lincoln-Lee Program
The Sunday school led by R. A. Annin will observe the Lincoln-Lee Sunday school temperance program on November 1 at 10 a.m. Morning worship follows at 11 with the sermon The God-Claimed Life. Evening service at 7:30 p.m. features The Inclusive Principle of the Disciple. Christian Endeavor meets at 6:30 each Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln-Lee
R. A. Annin
Land Contest Hearing in Government Case
The United States Government as contestant and Robert L. Morris as contestee faced a land contest hearing before U. S. Commissioner E. A. Dodge. Government representation came from H. E. Laughlin of the General Land Office and W. T. Staley of the Solicitor’s Office in Portland. Morris’s counsel were A. Shaw of Portland and L. A. and E. Roberts of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Government
Robert L. Morris
United
E. A. Dodge
H. E. Laughlin
General Land Office
W. T. Staley
Department of Agriculture
Portland
Mr. Morris
A. ©. Shaw
L. A
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Watson
J. Seeley
Coos Bay
W. E. Craine
Mensha Woodenware Co
Paul Innick
North Bend Mill Co
A. B. Collier
W.C. Hawley
Congress
Hawley
Republican Congressional Committee
W. T. Culver
Farmers’ Union
B. Bartlett
J. F. Schroeder
Sec -Treas
Lantoslanteefecte
A. S. Lowman
Chiropractor
Ida Brown
Saad
Bancroft Billetts
South Fork Sayings
Stringtown Starles
Bohs
Professor Wimberly
Pete
Bark
Barkie
Freghies
Nola DE Armond Elva Green
J. F. Vernon
E. E. Coulter
Thomas Barklow
E. Sutton
Presbyterian Church
Dora T. W. Panter
J. O. Stemmler
Tiber
O. K
Teephone
H. M. Shaw
Irving Elk
Marshfield
Roseburg
J. L. Laird
Peras
U.S
Laird’s Livery Karn
C. R. Bennett
Farmers
W. T. Ramsey
Price
Benjamin Ostlind
Ore
Perlberg
A.‘H. Bender’s
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