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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1931
Page
3
Over one hundred dollars was raised in North Bend to help cover costs of a sea search for aviators missing after their plane went down offshore. The report covers local fund efforts and related coastal news.
The Del Norte county fair is planned for Crescent City from August 21 to 28 with acting manager Wm Wall away on vacation. A court suit seeks 786.26 from Southern Paoi over a 1920 log shipment. Obituaries note Mrs. Mary Cowan’s death in Aniela. Fire threats near North road: five departments and Marshfield saved a viaduct and a service station. 40 acres burned. Coos county farmer picnic scheduled next Sunday in Marne grove with C. C. Hale and Sen. Frederick Steiner among speakers. Library notice proclaims all books back in free until a set date. Oregon Coast Highway improvements funds being raised south of Crescent City. Susie White of Port Orford seeks funds in Coos County towns. Myrtle Creek editor Chas W Rice reports activity on Coos Bay with ships, trucks, mills. Fire marshal Walsh asks state forester Cronemiller to close 400,000 acres in Coos county to prevent timber waste. Eden Ridge and Tioga districts to close. other areas considered for closure amid peak fire danger.
The incident details a girl badly burned while a man, D. M. Moore, rushed to save her by tearing burning clothes from her body. The report also cites the 1989 Coos county murder trial of Rewett Greene, criticized for third degree methods leading to a confession, and a later retrial resulting in life imprisonment.
Myrtle Point club outlines plans for next month with decorative displays by Mrs. Estelle Chase and Mrs. Eva Breuer. Pioneers to contribute antiques for exhibit. May meeting to elect officers and review the year. Membership urged to reach 100. fee set at one dollar and a quarter including state club paper.
A medical journal cautions that the health craze, vitamins and caloric rules overwhelm busy mothers. It likens overemphasis to Frankenstein, calls for common sense, and urges balance over extreme dieting and constant warnings. The piece criticizes excessive health cranks and stresses essential basics.
The twelfth annual Oregon Christian Endeavor summer conference will be held in Turner from August 24 to 30. Registration is 2.00 advance or 2.50 at grounds, room and board 9.00 for six days. Dr Paul C. Brown leads bonfire sessions, with a faculty including Walter L. Myers, Ross Guiley, James Aikin Smith, and others from Eugene Portland Corvallis and La Grande. An Missionary Festival Friday features returned missionaries from Oregon C E Union.
Mr and Mrs A B Gant and daughter Eula Mae visit relatives in Idaho. A Portland family member returns home after a five week stay. The Leedbaseball nine beat Fairviews nine 16 to 8 at Latter Place. Mrs Elisa Clinton Noel and cousins visit Schroeder and Heis. Elvis Bennett family returns after months away amid family accusations.
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Slashing 200 acres can be farmed with 15 acres already under cultivation. The fair house has five rooms and spring water with both hot and cold. Water is on year round. A 70 foot long shed and two 50 foot sheds are on the property plus a beating shed and two shearing runs powered by a gasoline engine. Outbuildings exist and a 4 foot pen partitioned area. Place worth $30 an acre.
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