Weekend Visitors and Travel in Rural Oregon Area
Community members visited relatives across towns in Oregon over the weekend. Families from Coquille Cottage Grove and Ashland planned Easter gatherings with W L Bell and Linn households, while Gene Parsons faced surgery in San Francisco after hospital treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Bell
Gene Parsons
Portland
Parsons
Veterans Hospital
San Francisco
Lettermans Hospital
State Ag Dept Tests Fuel Meters in Coos Curry Areas
The State Agriculture Department operates a large meter test truck at Coos Bay and a smaller unit near Brookings through April 13. J E Kitchen, Salem weights and measures inspector Leo Weber oversee tests on wholesale delivery meters for fuel oil and gasoline. Delivery trucks are summoned for testing in coastal districts.
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State Ag. Dept
Coos and
Curry
State Department of Agrculture
Coos
Associated Oil
Coos Bay
J E Kitchen
Salem
Leo Weber
Hillsboro
Brookings
State weights and measures monitor fuel meters in Oregon
ACOOS BAY report notes most fuel metering equipment statewide is in good shape though some meters worn and overcharging occurs, affecting sellers and buyers. Special trucks test meters year round. Edward Rust of Coos Bay leads the district effort to ensure fair transactions without disrupting service in Coos and Curry counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coos
Curry
Kitchen
Florence
Edward Rust
Coos Bay
Department
Foods and Dairies and Weights and Measures
Funeral services for Mrs Cora May Smeader
Funeral services for 80 year old Mrs Cora May Smeader were held at 2 p m Tuesday at Schroeder s Chapel Myrtle Point with Rev Edward McClurg officiating Burial followed in Norway Cemetery She died Saturday morning at Mast Hospital in Myrtle Point where she had been treated
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora May Smeader
Schroeder
Resident of Myrtle Point Dies at 68
A woman born July 24 1875 in Kosciusko County Indiana who resided in Myrtle Point since 1943 after leaving Empire died after four days of illness. Survived by two daughters Mrs Palmer Endicott Empire and Mrs Harry Porter Myrtle Point twelve grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Kosciusko County
Ind
Myrtle Point
Empire
Palmer Endicott
Harry Porter
Interior Withdraws Rogue Lands For Recreation Use
The Department of Interior announces withdrawal of 7,871 acres in the Siskiyou National Forest along the Rogue River for recreational use. Virgil T Heath of the Bureau of Land Management Oregon notes an August 5, 1955 filing by the Secretary of Agriculture to withdraw these lands, temporarily barring prospecting and mining claims with a 30 day public comment period. The lands lie in a strip about half a mile wide on each side.
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Siskiyou National Forest
Rogue River
Virgil T Heath
Bureau of Land Management For
Oregon
Secretary of Agriculture
Portland
Department of the Interior
Heath
Withdrawal proposed for Rogue River public lands in Oregon
A 40 mile river stretch from White Neck Camp to eight miles west of Agnes is proposed for withdrawal to protect recreational and scenic values for public use. Existing rights will be honored, with many lands in 1926 1928 power site reservations. Detailed descriptions will appear in the Federal Register and be posted in the Portldland Oregon Land Office and Coos Bay Medford offices.
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Rogue
Whiteneck
Whisky Creek
Agnes
Federal Register
Porthind
Oregon
Coos Bay
Medford
Siskiyou National Forest
Grants Pass
Oregon Forest Ribbon Across Nation Proposed 15 Mile Wide
A proposal envisions a 15 mile wide commercial forest belt stretching from Astoria Oregon to New York City forming a national green ribbon. The plan highlights vast forest resources and aims to connect coastal Oregon with the eastern United States through sustained wood production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Portland
Astoria
Ore
New York City
Commercial Forest
Oregon Forest Facts Highlight State's Timber Pride
The booklet Oregon Forest Facts promotes Oregon as a timber powerhouse with 26 million acres of forest. It notes 90 000 direct jobs and $375 million payroll, plus three million tourists drawn by forestry. Oregon leads in Tree Farm ownership with 3 434 027 acres and reports strong deer hunting yields at 112 486 deer in a season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Foresters P
Oregon Forest Facts
American Forest Products Industries
Oregon Forest Industries
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Cere
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Humbles Cister
Don Ross and Sons
Sonoma Calif
Barney Bell
Casey Bell
Bridge
W. L. Bell
Bandon
George Linn
C W Linn
Mr Linn
Margaret
Ashland
Ohio
King
Gene Parson
Ww. L. Bell
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Coquile
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Dean Epperson
Famors
Cottage Grove
Ras Epperson
Elton Schroeder
June
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Sale
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Hormel
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America
Heinz Ketchup
Arizona
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Raforgise
Carlotta Hew
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Chatham
Bel-air
Syireye
Department of Interior
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Investors Mutual
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Presdeddt
Eugene Ore
R. D. Coe
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