Plans for Hotel Renovation by Joe Schilling
Joe Schilling has purchased the property and is carrying out plans begun earlier. The third floor will add fifteen rooms, a large grill room replaces the parlor area, the lobby will be enlarged by removing partitions, and the stairway will be reoriented to the lobby center with a plate glass front facing Spruce street. The second floor gains a parlor and the overall work aims to transform the building beyond recognition.
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Joe
Schilling
Edirpenters
Spruce Street
Dietz at Wedderburn recalls Cameron dam battle survivor
Clarence Dietz son of John Dietz timeline links to the Cameron dam case in Wisconsin. He now works at Wedderburn Trading Co. mill and claims extensive battle injuries including a dislocated hip broken arm and splintered breastbone. Dietz, nearly 20 but gray, recounts fights from 1901 to 1910 and aims to stay in Wedderburn through winter with possible return to Wisconsin in spring.
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Dietz
Wedderburn
Clarence Diets
Cameron Dam
Wisconsin
Oregon Agricultural College Guides Apple Drying Methods
The Oregon Agricultural College horticulture division shares guidance on drying apples. Prune dryers are common in Oregon, with some fruit dried in hop kilns. sulphur bleaching is used after peeling and slicing, with safety limits on sulfur exposure. Timing varies from 2 minutes to over an hour, depending on method and equipment.
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Oregon ‘Agriculural ‘College
Corvallis
Ote
Oregon ‘Agricultural College Division
F.C
Oregon
New York State
New York
University of Oregon Correspondence School Courses by Mail
Free courses offered to Oregon citizens by mail with only postage and bulletin costs. Subjects include Botany Debating Economics Education Electricity English History Mathematics Physics Sociology and more. Fall semester opens Sept 17 for in residence programs in engineering journalism law medicine and teaching.
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University Extension Bulletin
College of Engineering
College of Liberal Arts
Myrtle Point News Roundup From Coos Bay Area
A long column reports on Oregon agriculture growth with Pendleton water project funds, Norways defeat of Red Conta five to nine, and talks of changing town names. It notes a new weekly at Halsey published by D F Dean and Marshfield Chamber efforts to improve Coos Bay Wagon Road Brewster Canyon. Drowning of 12 year old Frank Harmon near Coos Inlet is recorded along with local business moves and upcoming Knights of Pythias convention. Halibut fishing rises at Newport as homestead proof rules easing at Rosburg. Devereux to haul rock for paving from county quarry north of Norway using a four yard rock truck. past Myrtle Point player remembered for second base with Coos Bay Construction Co.
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Pilot
Rock
Oregon
Chantte Rock
Union
Halsey
D. F. Dean
The
Coquille Herald
Ake Tracy
Arago
B.L
Pat’ Hess
Devereux
Balidor
Myrtle Point
Drying Apples Tips From Oregon Process and Prices
The piece outlines drying methods for apples noting when fruit is dry enough and how sweating on a clean floor helps even moisture. It mentions packing options in 25 and 50 pound boxes or one pound cartoons, and cites a bushel of green apples yielding 8 to 12 pounds of dried fruit. It lists good drying varieties King Baldwin Northern Spy Duchess of Oldenburg and discusses size and whiteness as grading factors. The article also reports local court news on indictments and sentences and notes ongoing equity cases.
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Oregon
King
Baldwin
Northern Spy
Ben Davis
Duchess of Oldenburg
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington, D.C
City Council Recommends Warrant for Spruce Street Work
The council received Engineer Hall-Lewis’s dirt yardage figures for Spruce Street improvement and ordered a warrant drawn on the general fund for part of the work. A resolution directed notice of payment on Fifth Street between Spruce and Maple. Lewis stressed placing curbs before paving and uniform curb lines amid defects in current curb work. A bundle of old exchanges was offered for 5 cents at the Enterprise office.
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Hall-Lewis
Spruce Street
General Fund
Fifth Street
Spruce
Maple
Engineer Lewis
Land contest hearings held in Coos county cases
Hearing in land contest cases brought by government agents against four homesteaders in Coos county lasted from Tuesday to Friday. Clerk was A M Butler of Portland. Government representation included Leonard Underwood and W T Staley. Names of contestees and their attorneys listed. Transcript sent to Roseburg Land Office for decision.
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United States
E. A. Dodge
Ateadera
Coos County
A. M. Butler
Portland
Dodge
Leonard Underwood
General Land Office
Department of Agriculture
Thomas W. McCloskey
Lilequist and Sherwood
Coquille
Robt
L. Morris—Buchanan and Porter
Roseburg
Peter W. Hayes
Buchanan and Porter
Leonard Hartley
S. D. Pulford
Myron L. Higgins
J. O. Stemmler
Binger Hermann
Election Set After Board Vacancy Dispute at Dixon Grove Site
County Superintendent rules Arthur Brown still a District 41 school board member and R A Annin unqualified to fill the vacancy. A new election is called for Monday September 30 1912 at 1 PM due to Brown's service and the Dixon Grove selection process. Taxpayers urged to attend.
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Dixon Grove
Bunch
Arthur Brown
Our Proposal Print Wedding Invitations and Announcements
The Enterprise office offers printing for engagement announcements and wedding invitations for all sizes. The advert promises to include engagement cards in the proposal and suggests discussing smaller cards later.
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Enterprise Office
Paving Fortschritt: Myrtle Point Begins Street Work
Bay Construction Co. hauled a five ton roller to Myrtle Point last Saturday to roll sub grade for concrete paving on two blocks between Fourth and Sixth. The project, delayed by local opposition, aims to finish the main business district before the rainy season. Once finished the town will have eleven blocks paved.
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Bay Construction. Co
Brough
Coquille
Myrtle Point
Prohibition Proclamation Targets Liquor Shipments
Salem Sept 12 Governor West issues a formal notice to railroads and common carriers warning that shipments of liquor into dry territory must be plainly marked with contents and real consignor and consignee names. He says no fictitious identifiers will be tolerated as part of his clean up campaign.
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Salem
Ore
J. Oswald ‘West
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University of Oregon Correspondence School
Marshfield
Dow
Pharoe
the Harness Man
Ita
Astoria
Frank Harmon
W. S. Harmon
Coos Inlet
Coos Bay
L. W. Traver
Bandon
Mr. Trav
Myrtle
Point
Ekamek
Dick Buell
Geo. Cox
Bert Lindsey
Knights of Pythias Lodges
North Bend
qDalles
Gold Beach
Fuirniture and
A M. Littler
Miss Jennings
Newport
Rosburg
Circuit Court
Leo Huff
W.R. Foote
Chas, Wilcox
Coke
Equity
Enterprise
Commissioner Dodge
Aken
S. C
Coon “Bay Construction Co
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