Myrtle Point Wins C E S Loving Cup at Natal Day Meet
About two hundred Eastern Star delegates gathered in Bandon for the sixteenth Natal Day Association convention. Myrtle Point Elgin Chapter led the field with a 31 percent score, while Beulah Coquille posted 21 percent and Coos North Bend 20 percent. Occidental Bandon did not compete. Marshfield hosts next year as Myrtle Point accepts the cup.
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Order of the Eastern Star
Bandon
Natal Day Association
K. of P. Hall
Association
Myrtle Point
Elgin
North Bend
Beulah
Coquille
Coos
Doric
Marshfield
Occidental
Atl
Leeta Clinton
Anna Guerin
Mabel Dement
Eugenia P. Dement
Katherine Stemmler
Nellie Milburn
Flora M. Laird
Bertha Plaeger
Olive Shull
Lora L. Harrington
Mary O. Henderson
Grace B. Giles
Ivy M. Pemberton
Lois P. Giles
Metta C. Hansen
C.e.maybee
Grand Lodge
Lectures of interest to dairymen planned
Salem Oregon September 3 A lecture on War Rations for Dairy Cows will accompany the State Fair dairy show. It will feature charts exhibits and demonstrations on increasing and conserving dairy products with educational exhibits on food value and costs compared with common foods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
A. H. Lea
State Fair Board
E. B. Fitts
Myrtle Point Poet Plea for Walk to the Cemetery
A Myrtle Point locality calls again for sidewalk repair to the cemetery approach. Residents from outside town repaired brush and boards in summer effort but the walk remains in poor condition. The piece urges residents to act now before rains, noting small lumber would finish the job.
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Myrtle Point
Chloe Buel
Russel
Handerson
Grace
Mary Train
Sam Dietz
Mr. Dietz
County Fair Bull Show Boasts Breed Pride in Coos
County Agent J L Smith urges dairymen to enter bulls Sept 12 to 15 at Milford Point Fair. He notes many Coos County bulls are well bred with production records, but judging focuses on type not records, and urges entrants to submit pedigrees for display to prove true value beyond looks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Smith
Coos County
The
Fair Association
Victor Stevens Visits Friends in Powers and Marshfield
Victor Stevens of Powers was visiting friends here and at Marshfield during the early part of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Stevens
Powers
Marshfield
Oregon Wheat Should Be Ground in Oregon
Oregon dairymen urge home milling to supply bran for dairy feed and keep flour for military use. State leaders including W J Kerr and Ava B Milam sign a resolution pressing the national food administration to mill Oregon wheat locally to prevent dairy herd losses and protect the dairy industry.
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Corvallis
Ore
Oregon
State Food Committee
National Food Administration Department
W. J. Kerr
Oregon Agriculture College
Towels and Sacks Sent to Soldiers by Local W C T U
The W C T U groups collect tea towels and dish cloths from flour and sugar sacks to be sent to soldiers in training camps. Volunteers cut, hem, and package the towels for camp use. donations of sacks can be left with union members or at the Bank of Myrtle Point for hemming assistance.
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Uinion
Wi C. T. U
Bank of Myrtle Point
Union
Coos County Patriotic League Forms in Coquille
The Coos County Patriotic Service League held its initial meeting in Coquille. L. A. Liljeqvist was elected county chairman. District temporary chairmen include Marshfield Tom B. James North Bend C A Smith Empire C G Hocket Coquille James Watson Myrtle Point Geo A Tenney Bandon R Rosa Powers E J Loney Lakeside John St Denis Bridge E Weekly Riverton Geo Laird.
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Coquille
Ore
Coos County
United States
Reunion closes for Southwestern Oregon L D S
The annual reunion of the Latter Day Saints in Southwestern Oregon closed last Sunday evening. Elder M. H. Cook who was elected President of the district accompanied Elder Rush ton to Portland before part of the week. Elder Rudolph Etzenhauser will preach at the local church next Sunday both morning and evening.
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Oregon
M. H. Cook
Rushton
Portland
Rudolph Etzenhauser
Save on Sugar: Food Administration asks Americans to conserve
Washington reports the food administration urges reduced sugar use to avert shortages in allied countries due to ship shortages delaying Cuban and Hawaiian crops. The conservation aims to eliminate waste and use sugar carefully to help meet allies' needs, with the world supply near last year’s level and U.S. consumption up in early year.
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Washington
Food Administration
Europe
Administration
America
Custer to Wed Florence Bride in Secret College Romance
Irving Dallas Custer a Eugene YMCA official will marry Miss Ruth Knowles in Florence Oregon next Wednesday. The couple met at Albany College and plan to live at 1492 Thirteenth Avenue East Eugene. Custer is the son of Mr and Mrs William A Custer of Coquille.
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Florence
Eugene Register
Enterprise
Custer
Albany College
Riveting Wheat Talk From Great Northern Leader
L W Hill president of the Great Northern Railway at the Davenport Hotel urged farmers to receive 3 to 3.50 per bushel for wheat to avoid waste and rising consumer bacon prices. He spoke with W P Kenney and others about boosting wheat production and market prices.
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G. N. Railway
L.W. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Davenport Hotel
W. P. Kenney
The
Great Northern
Frank T. McCullough
Spokane
M. J. Costello
Seattle
Charles S. Albert
T. S. Lané
L. M. Davenport
Mr. Hill
Mr.Hill
Spokane-Spokesman Review
Card of Thanks for Mrs Sanna Hayes
The children of the late Mrs Sanna Hayes express gratitude to friends for assistance during her illness and especially thank the men who provided cars to transport them from Myrtle's Point to Norway cemetery.
Oregon Delegate Reports Peace Council Position
Allen Eaton of Lane County, Oregon, says delegates to the People's Council for Democracy and Peace left for their states. He notes the council formed a permanent organization and the executive committee met secretly amid Illinois governor’s crackdown. Resolutions approved the President’s reply to the Pope and urged allied nations to mirror war attitudes.
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Allen Eaton
Lane ‘County
Oregon
People’s Council
Chicago
People’s Council For Democracy and Peace
Illinois
Germany
City council votes curb work on Fourth Street and road improvement
City council met Tuesday evening due to a holiday and approved curbing on the west side of Fourth Street between Spruce and Maple. The measure follows heavy paving deterioration and allocates funding from county and railroad contributions with Dean & Brown contract bonds approved for related improvements.
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Fourth Street
Timae
First
Maple Street
S. P
Binger Hermann
Myrtle Point Commercial Club
Mrs A T Train Opens Refreshment Stand at Fair
Mrs A T Train will operate her usual refreshment stand at the Fair grounds during the 1917 Fair offering the standard assortment of good things to eat.
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A.T. Train
Oregon Schools to Require Practical Farming Work
Salem Sept 3 Oregon high schools must require six months of practical farming and industrial work under federal Smith Hughes act rules. The state will receive 15000 dollars in annual appropriations shared as 5000 for agricultural courses 5000 for industrial courses and 5000 for teacher training. The plan calls for year round teaching staff and local subscriptions if needed.
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Salem
Ore
Federal Vocational Board
Oregon
Churchill
Oregon Agricultural College
Withy‘combe
We Ayer
Edward
Stack
Mesacerea
C. H.castner
Idaho
Illinois
C. L. McNary
Congress
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C. E. S. Loving Cup
Bandon-by-the-Sea
Eastern Star
G. W. Leslie
Grandy Building
Uniique Theatre
Patriotic League
Hoover
Peace Council
Birch
Marshfield, Obe
N. P. Peterson
Bank of Myrtle
Point Building
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