Robbers Blast Gardiner Mill Safe For Big Loot
Gardiner Oregon Aug 31 safe blowers robbed the Gardiner Mill Company late Sunday night securing about 2000 dollars in cash and 600 to 1000 dollars in jewelry. Three men believed experts used nitro glycerine left behind tools from the mill shop. One guard stood watch as Mrs Andrews aboard the Juno eyed a bandit. Sheriff Quine and Gage alerted. no definitive clue.
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Coos Bay
O. B. Hinsdale
Gardiner Mill Company
Myrtle Point
Gardiner
Quine
Roseburg
Gage
Coos County
Marshfield
North Inlet
Coos County Elks Visit Roseburg Lodge
Coos County Elks lodge members visited Roseburg with delegations from Marshfield North Bend Bandon and Coquille passing through last Friday and Saturday. A ball game Sunday saw the Coos County Elk team lose 11 to 1. Myrtle Point delegation included Chat Hughes Dr L G Johnson Harry Fenster Dr Harry Hermann J O Stemmiller J E Schilling J L Knight and Roy Roger reported to the Enterprise.
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Elks Lodge
Coos County
Roseburg
Marshfield
North Send
Bandon
Coquille
Adze
Elk
Myrtle Poin
Chat Hulng
L. G. Johnson
Harry Fenster
Harry Hermann
J. O. Stemmiler
J. E. Schilling
J. L. Knight
Roy Roger
Late War Developments Across Fronts Stir World Attention
Reports from Europe describe Allied efforts to hold the Upper Oise near Paris as German assaults push forward. Russia concedes losses on the frontier while Galicia is invaded and Lemburg may be evacuated. news mentions Turkey potentially entering the war and Japan reinforcing near Tsing Tau raising neutrality concerns.
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Europe
France
Upper
Oise
Paris
Russia
Galicia
Lemburg
Bordeaux
London
Turkey
St. Petersburg
Greece
Far East
Japan
Lungkow
Tsing Tau
China
PIANO VOICE Prof C A Davidson At Myrtle Point
Seven new pupils have applied for lessons with Prof. C A Davidson for the coming year. Other Myrtle Point teachers do not give public recitals, depriving the public of judging their work. Invitees are urged to investigate and enroll by October 1.
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Myrtle Point
Orvil Dodge Pioneer of Myrtle Point Dies at 75
Orvil Ovando Dodge, longtime Myrtle Point resident, died August 30 1914 at his daughter Mrs Carter's home in Myrtle Point after a year of illness. Born January 5 1839 in Gerard PA he lived across Ohio Illinois Indiana California and Oregon. A veteran of the First Oregon Cavalry he later ran a drug store and a general store, edited the West Oregonian at Myrtle Point, served as United States Court Commissioner and Receiver of Public Moneys, and helped found the Salmon Mountain Coarse Gold Mining Company. He left a large family including children Lydia Jane Hawley Dora Willard Edgar Willard Alta Carter Daisy Deyoe and Norman Ovando plus 27 grandchildren.
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Orvil Dodge
Myrtle Point
C. C Carter
South Fourth Street
Riverside
California
Orvil Ovando Dodge
Norman
Deborah Dodge
Gerard
Crawford County
Pennsylvania
Loraine County
Ohio
Orvil
David Dodge
Montaway Township
Portage County
William Press
Kirtland
Point Peter
New York State
Samuel Kent
Chatauqua County
Williams County
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Sycamore
de Callo County
Ilinois
Alice Walrod
Plains
Mr. Dodge
Sacramento River
Alice
Lydia Jane
Illinois
L. H. Hawley
Benton County
Oregon
Norman Ovanda
Jackson County
Lourisa A. Schroeder
Coos County
Empire City
West Oregonian
Coquille City
United States
General Land Office
Washington, D. C
Salmon Mountain
Salmon Mountain Coarse Gold Mining Company
Dodge
Rivers and Harbors Congress
Pioneers’ Society of
Cops & Curry Counties
Pioneer Editor Orvil Dodge Funeral in Myrtle Point
Funeral services for Orvil Dodge were held at the M E church at 2:00 PM, led by Rev E Sutton Mace. Remains laid to rest in Myrtle Point cemetery. GAR members attended in a body with six pallbearers, honoring a leading pioneer of Southwestern Oregon.
Card of Thanks for Orvil Dodge
We desire to thank the folks who so kindly lent assistance during the illness of our father and brother the late Orvil Dodge. Mr and Mrs C. C. Carter. E A Dodge. A M Dodge.
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Orvil Dodge
C. C. Carter
E A Dodge
A M Dodge
Boy Has Broken Ankle At South Fork Plowing Site
James Lewis, a teen laborer for Smith Powers on the South Fork, fell from a trestle and broke both bones above the ankle last Friday. His father, also a company worker, defends safety efforts and says if blame is due it rests with him, not the firm.
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James Lewis
Smith- Powers Corps
South Fork
Lewis
Powers
Eel Remnants Linger in Coquille Waters and Local Tale
In Coquille area old eel fisheries fade yet occasional eels appear in schools. Little Blanche Felsher landed a two foot eel near town last Thursday. Ontario Commercial Club conducted a two day junket to nearby towns to advertise the Malheur county fair.
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Coquille
Othe
Blanche Felsher
Joe Knowles
Ontario, Ore
Malheur County
Teachers Institute Closes After County Convention
The teachers institute ended last Friday with teachers, professors, and school board members returning home. State Superintendent J A Churchill spoke Thursday on The Safeguard of American Liberty. Friday’s Convention Day drew delegates from remote parts of the county to discuss school taxes, holidays observance, and contracting teachers for short terms.
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J. A. Churchill
Monument with Unusual Epitaph Erected by Medford Executor
F W Wait of Medford arrived to raise granite monuments from a Jackson County quarry. One stone bears a long epitaph praising “an independent good looking old bachelor” who chose single life over marriage. The inscription includes depictions of a Jordan River scene with three old maids and references to William Hartley the eccentric bachelor who died recently, with J R Benson acting as executor.
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F. W Wait
Medford
Jackson County
Jordan
J R Benson
Death of Newt Bigelow in California Accident
Newton E. Bigelow died on August 15 1914 near his home two miles from Madero California. He was accidentally killed when a derrick toppled while he helped a neighbor stack lumber and was trapped beneath the lumber. He lived about an hour after the accident. He leaves a wife and baby boy at Madero a father two sisters and two brothers in Coos county and a brother in Northern California. Born January 1 1881 near Atwater Merced County California he confessed his Savior August 4 1911 and married Grace Ferruson June 5 1912. He was loved and honored by all who knew him.
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Newt. Bigelow
Madero
California
Wenton E. Bigelow
Myrtle Point
Coos County
Californa
Newton Ezza Bigelow
E. J
Emma Bigelow
Atwater
Merced County
Grace Ferruson
Marshal Brown Returns from California Visit
Marshal Brown came back Sunday after a visit in California. He traveled to the west coast for personal reasons and arrived home Sunday afternoon.
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Marshal Brown
California
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Hinsdale
ELKS
the Enterprise the News
Spencer & Shelley
Prof
C. A. Davidson
Cool County
First
Oregon Cavalry
Snake River Country
Fort Dallas
Teachers’ Institute
N. P. Peterson Farmers Phone
Ore
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