Coos County News Highlights Local Civic and Obituary Notes
The Coos County Chamber seeks to join Marshfield Elks caravan routes to Seattle in July. Obituaries include G A R veteran Charles A. Rodgers buried with military honors in Bandon and Octavious Wronschall honored in Salem. Coquille Valley Cow Test ing Association elected Alton Kay president and W E Croas VP with local officers listed. The Juvenile Grange plans a wild flower show May 2 with prizes for bouquets. Lions Club forms in Marshfield with leaders from Chicago present. Coquille Band places fifth at state contest. Portland rumor links Bert Haney to U S Senate race. Coquille B P W club eyes state convention. Eden Ridge logging eyed for June. Golden Gate bridge piers tests resume. Rogue River bridge work advances with forms and piling. Reedsport mayor resigns May 4. treasurer resigns April 30. Roy Cairns becomes postmaster. Douglas County Dairy Herd Association organized with 14 dairymen. testing planned for milk and butterfat. J W Porter hired as tester. 12 more herds hoped. Petitions push for minimum 60 cents hourly wage on Drain Reedsport work.
Coos County News Briefs from North Bend and Surrounding Areas
The 1931 Coos County Auto Show in North Bend drew about 1600 attendees over the weekend. Empire’s new post office opened in the Empire Department store with R. E. Mason as postmaster. Claude Walker, charged with obtaining money under false pretenses, was bound over to the grand jury. linked to Nouglaun and Coos counties and previously paroled from prison for alleged involvement in the Leneve post office robbery. The Langlois barn burned with the Langlois High School saved after a strenuous effort. Community chairmen for the Coquille County Oregon State Club were named, with representatives from Bandon, Myrtle Point, North Bend, and Coquille. The Coquille American Legion voted to sponsor a baseball team for the national tournament. A portable saw mill, first in the region, started operation in Langlois with a 48 inch top saw and 40 inch bottom saw, plus a three head block carriage and complete unit saw mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanette Polk
Coquille High School
T May Qwen
Empire
R. E. Mason
Claude Walker
Justice Bolt
Marshfield
Nouglan
Coos
State Penitentiary
Leneve
Langlois
Oregon Oddities from Floods and Odd Events
Oregon news briefs report a flood toppled a cabin in Troutdale and sent Joe Konesky’s house down a slope, a car skidded on wood near Mission Bottom, milk creek bridge washed away, a Portland egg contained a second shell, state officials received 16 from an unpaid license, youths’ corduroys spread a rash, a funeral procession halted by floods, and a Dalles sheriff advised a locked-out resident to kick in a door amid rain and threats of wife beating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troutdale
Joe Konesky
Joe
House
Mission Bottom
Herber. Jones
Molalla
George Anderson
Milk Creek
Portland
Floyd Morris
Salem
Sheridan
Dalles
Sexton
Belshaw Family Weekend Visit Noted In Myrtle Point
Mr and Mrs Charlie Belshaw and daughters Alice and Mary Anna of Myrtle Point spent the weekend with the Fish and Sargent families on Rock Creek. Mrs Peterson is improving after a fall. Elmer Crank overhauled his car. AL Rice family visited Ray Banning in Roacburg. Will Fish and Arve Sargent traveled to Medford on business. Harold Kincaid and Iona Albert visited Myrtle Point relatives. Jamie Everdeen was a Myrtle Point business visitor Saturday.
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Charlie Belshaw
Alice
Mary Anna
Myrtle Point
Fish and Sargent
Rock Creek
I. Peterson
Elmer
Crank
Bangness
Coquille
AL. Rice
Ray Banning
Roacburg
Will
Arve Sargent
AL. Sargent
Medford
Harold Kincad
Iona Albert
Donald
Wall Fish
Jami!e Everdeen
Dr Mellenthin Practice Offers Special Treatments
Dr Mellenthin, a regular graduate in medicine and surgery licensed in Oregon, lists diverse medical successes including stomach, liver, and nerve diseases and promises free consultation on his trip. Married women must be accompanied by husbands. The address is West Third Street, Los Angeles, California.
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Mellenthin
Oregon
Radio Stations Lose Money Despite High Power Push
Federal Radio Commission data show ten of 26 stations applying for 60 000 watt power posts post average profits of 29000 annually, while ten others incur 54000 losses. Average 6000 watt station cost 189000. 70 percent of programs are sustaining. Advertising yields 310 per hour at night and half that by day, monthly ad income 21600 with payroll 12500 for talent and 6400 for other staff. Service area about 36 miles, with 88 miles reasonable. Transmitter cost for 500 000 watt estimated at 250000, but 26 stations ready to bear it.
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Salem
Qre
United States
State House
Federal Radio Commission
Laughing Health Advice from Oregon Board of Health
Salem April 14 The Oregon board of health weighs in on laughter saying a hearty laugh is good for mind body and soul when in right time and place The report humorously contrasts loud posed laughs with the beneficial belly laugh and cites Frank Crane on sunburned smiles and sunlit joy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem, Obe
Oregon Board of Health
Frank Crane
Farmers urged to treat gardens as cash crops in Salem
U S Department of Agriculture officials urge farmers to view vegetable gardening as a profitable, serious business venture rather than a hobby. They say garden work can be more productive than spare time chores and should be prioritized in farm management. The note appears in The Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Ore
U .S Department of Agriculture
Legislature repeals mill market road tax in Oregon
Salem Oregon April 14 United Press reports the repeal of the one mill market road tax will shift about 1.26 million dollars in highway funds to take over market roads while maintaining them. the plan aims to expand the state secondary highway system and involve county courts and city authorities in routing changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F Rowe
United Press
Salem
Obe
Joe Devers
Devers Sai
Highway Commission
Oper*ore
Dev
One College Grad Among 954 In Oregon Prison
Oregon state prison houses one college graduate among 954 inmates according to Willamette University sociology student Dorothy Bossard. The survey shows seven prisoners actually attended college and one attended normal school though 25 claimed higher learning. The graduate earned a bachelor in literary science and art. Old Herald paper for sale at the office, six rolls for a quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Ore
Oregon State Prison
Dorothy Bossard
Willamette University
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Bandon
Roseburg
G. AR
American Legion
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Octavious
Parkernburg
Wild Towers
Frank Johnson
Florence
Lions Club
P Manton
Chicago
Lions International
Lions Clubs
Marshfield High School
State College At
Corvallis
Bert Haney
Frederick Steiner
Th. Coquille Business and Professional Women's Club
Coquille Organization
Ovs Bay Lumber Company
Eden Ridge
Oregon Coast Highway
Golden Gate
San Francisco
Robert McCann
New Coast Highway
Wedderbrun
Timbels
City Recorder
Douglas County
Riddle
Myrtle Creek
Rogue River
Alton H Grimes
Coquilles
Veterans’ Hospital
R. Buck
Reedsport
Foster
Roy Cairns
J C Leedy
C. E. Marks
J. W ‘Orter
Minnesota
Reedaport
Meier
North Bend
George Mans
Norway
JL. Foater
Langloia
Saturda
Langlois Union Hig
Coca County
Oregon State Club
EH Grider
Jena Swenth
D Gertrude Sick
Edna Robinson
Madelyn Larson
Cho Landin
Marchfield
Coquille American Legion
Bancroft News
DR. Mellenthin
Chandler Hotel
West Third Street
Los Angeles
Califorgia
Jordan
Palestine
Yarmuk
National Radio Commission
Herald
Federal
OKEH
Uncle Sam
Orz
Yesteryear
Willie
United States Department of Agriculture
W C Davis
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Aprilth
H S Cuming
The
Public Health Service
Herald Office
Heralds Office
W. A. Wellman
Frank Davis
Mgr
Swit & Company
Swift & Company
Ile
Swift
Brookfield
New Business
R. H. Ballard
Southern California
Edison Company
Lieve
Mr. Ballard
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