Elgin Chapter Hosts 15th Annual O E S Session at Myrtle Point
The Elgin Chapter No. 24 hosted the 15th Annual session of the Natal Day Association of the Oregon O E S. August 31 1916 gathering in Myrtle Point. Guests included Worthy Grand Matron Dora B Schilke and other grand officers from Portland Coquille North Bend Marshfield and Eugene. The day featured a banquet hall reception a program of officer presentations and a loving cup contest won by Beulah No. 6 Bulah Chapter. The event closed with Auld Lang Syne and the next meeting planned for Bandon by the Sea with Accidental No. 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Giles
Elgin
Francis Frause
Doric
Marshfield
Hermann Hall
Daisy B. Short
Coos County
Robert Morris
Coquille
Dora B. Schilke
W. G. Matron
Oregon
C. Mendenshall
Maztron
C. A. Howard
A. G. Patton
Nellie McKinley
Mabel Settlemier
Alberta McMurphey
A. G. Conductress
Laura Byler
Martha
Viola” Collier
Bulah
Coos
North Bend
Francis Franse
Dioric
Myrtle Point
Will Mast
Claud H. Giles
Kate Rosa
Ira Sidwell
Alice Gallier
Beulah No
Laura Ella Worley
Ada
Leta Pratt
Leta Mast
Flentge Perkins
D. B. Schilke
Bandon By the Sea
Sells Floto Circus and Wild West Coming to Marshfield
Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill Wild West Champion Shows will exhibit in Marshfield on September 25 with Frank Gotch and Jess Willard appearing. Willard rides as a cowboy and fights in an exhibition. Gotch offers a world conqueror display and a $1000 challenge for five minutes. Two shows at 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM feature animal acts, acrobats, and clowns with a free street procession at 10:30 AM to start the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sells-Floto - “Circus
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bill Wild West Cowboys
Jack Johnson
Frank Moran
Madison Square Garden
Frank Gotch
Rosa Rosaland
Imgra Zora
Jupiter
Elsie Ryan
Farmers as Nation's Hope and Kindred Improvement Motto
A statement extols farming as a dignified profession and asserts the farmer's primacy over the farm. It urges smarter farming, improved farms and homes, and champions boys and girls as the most valuable crop, to kindle reader ambition for better agriculture.
Fifth Annual Fair Showcase Attracts Crowd And Races
The Fifth annual Coos & Curry County Fair opens with fine weather and strong exhibits. School displays expand the gallery for industrial contest work while farm and garden products draw special praise. Afternoon races feature close heats with winners including Jean N Norton and John S O’Leary in trot and pace events, plus standout times in running heats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coos & Curry County
Jean N
Norton
Nellie Mack
Wright
McAdrain
Kemp
John S
O'Leary
Johnnie Green
Nelson
Maude McAttie
Chiquito
Staats
Una
Charley Foster
Tyler
Maxwell, McNames
Rogue River
Wilson
Greenlaw
Knight
Sterlin, McNames
Veloski, Hatcher
Abella, Mitchell
Open Air Concert Awakens City Park Crowd
Rain cleared and sun shone as residents strolled and inhaled fresh air. The Miyrtle Point Booster Band played at the City Park pavilion, drawing a small audience and evoking fairy tale imagery of Snow White as the music lifted spirits and encouraged community life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miyrtle Point Booster
Snow Witchen
Baker County Prosecutor Sues Oregon Over Forest Fund
District Attorney Godwin of Baker county sues Secretary of State Olcott and State Treasurer Kay in Salem claiming a state forest funds distribution law conflicts with federal law. He seeks $15,531.93 allegedly misdistributed and asks for an injunction against 1916 distributions. The suit hinges on 25 percent of forest reserve revenues allocated for schools and roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Olcott
Godwin
Baker County
Kay
Obituary of Jerry Huntley from Myrtle Point Oregon
Jerry Huntley born August 3 1883 in Gold Beach Curry County Oregon died September 2 1916 at his father’s home near Myrtle Point Oregon aged thirty three years one month He moved to the Myrtle Point area in 1893 and remained married to Biner S Gilbert on October 23 1904 They had five children Roy Verna Lester Berlyna four boys and one girl Vernon died in infancy He leaves wife a father mother three brothers Alva Volney and Edd four sisters Laura I Carter Nettie Lennie and Sarah Huntley and many relatives Funeral services were held at the Brethren church in Myrtle Point on September 3 at 2 00 PM conducted by Elder Thomas Barklow Interment was at Myrtle Point cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Huntley
Gold Beach
Curry County
Oregon
Wm. Huntley
Myrtle Point
Biner S. Gilbert
Roy
Verna
Lester
Berlyna
Vernon
Brethren Church
Thomas Barklow
Steward Secures Oregon Nurseries Agency for Coos and Cary
H. B. Steward announces to the Enter prise that he has secured the agency for the Oregon Nurseries of Orenco Oregon for the Coos and Cary county territory and will devote most of his time to canvassing these counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Steward
Oregon
Orenco
Coos
Cary County
Electric bungalow and county progress notes
Reports from Oregon include R E Fewell building a chimneyless eight room electric bungalow with radiators and a furnace, electric kitchen range, and planned milking machine. Lane county plans a courthouse addition funded by O C grant land taxes. taxes due total 237192.48.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Fewell
Hood River Gas & Electric Company
Eugene, Or
Lane County Court House
O. & C. Grant
Stooms
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Natal Day Association
Sells-Floto
Coos and Curry County
City of
W. T. Dement
Baker
State OF
Coos Bay
Capital Journal
Salem, Or
Spencer
Agen
Bright
Baker Democrat
Bandon, Or
R. A. Elliott
State Highway Department
Bandon
Eastern Oregon Light & Power Company
Rogue River Public Service
Florence, Or
Andrew Jackson
Lottie Sherman
Tra Harrington
Marshfield, Or
Hugh Coke
Judge Coke
Tom Coke
Mendocino County
Cal
Portland
Multomah
Robert Krims
Northwest
R.R. Thompson
San Francisco
Eastern Millionaires
S. F. Wilson
Leone Cass Baer
Earth
Leene
Salem Journal
Green
Roseburg
Chicago
New York
Drager Fruit Company
Express
Benford
S. D
Russia
Puget Sound
Salem Statesman
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