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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1911
Page
4
The writer notes a world growing better with Beulah Binford as a benchmark and contrasts football practice with baseball’s lingering focus. He critiques editorials that claim mastery of financial trends and mocks the pretension of soul mates and the pursuit of the ideal as neglecting wholesome decencies.
The piece notes the population center may move to an Indiana furniture factory, while predicting many will settle in Oregon in coming years. An Enterprise man suggests the center may have to “take up its bed and walk” after the 1920 census.
State Forester Welty reports land cleared this year in Western Washington doubles past records and permits for burning slashings up two hundred percent. Increased landholds for agriculture, better cooperation with officials cut fires, while idle lots face higher taxes in Point Grey Canada. The speaker calls for fewer speculators and more productive labor to achieve broad equity.
Local notes describe a steady influx of settlers to Oregon as prospectors, railroad men, and home seekers anticipate a booming colonial season. News on residents, medical, business, and real estate ventures fill the columns alongside a half price Oregonian offer and travel updates.
The telegram praises Oregon as a land of promise welcoming invading colonists. It notes residents in the state practice open hospitality to new arrivals, aiding commonwealth prosperity and reducing sectional jealousies. Publicity and proper welcome are urged as colonists become walking or writing advertisements for Oregon.
A collage of church schedules from various denominations with services listed including Sunday school at 10 a m and preaching times, plus an official land notice from the U S Land Office at Roseburg regarding William W Weekly timber and land purchase application and an ad for McGee's Baby Elixir sold by N G Perkins.
Department of the Interior notices by Lindh and Myers about homestead entries and final five year proofs in Oregon with witnesses listed. Also a testimonial for Foley Kidney Pills and a printer payment query.
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