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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1930
Page
4
Mark Twain on home safety contrasts with a warning about domestic slips and falls and the need for careful living at home and in garages. The note ends with a report that Oregons automobile registrations in the first four months starting July 1 surpassed the entire 1927 year, highlighting rapid growth in vehicle use.
Six Coos county teachers will serve as delegates to the Portland session of the Oregon State Teachers Association. Names include Leland P Linn Myrtle Point W E Thompson Coquille Miss Mary Mattley Marshfield Miss Virna Hermann Broadbent Miss Elizabeth Jones Riverton and Miss Ida Gamble North Bend.
The Oregon Extension Service biennial report shows dairy outpacing many sectors to rank third in total farm income, behind cereal production and livestock. Increases are most rapid in the irrigated Eastern Oregon districts, with dairy expanding in former livestock areas and coastal regions.
A young inmate at Oregon's state penitentiary told a mock prison court that he would not leave. He cited regular meals sleep hours work and some earnings as better than what he could manage outside. He said he would just worry his mother if released.
Oregon forest officials warn that excessive Christmas tree cutting and unemployment are depleting fir stands in Oregon and Washington. Cronmiller notes Los Angeles markets face a tree surplus, with eight carloads from one Washington town and similar shipments from other towns. Foresters urge limiting cuts to fulfill standing orders while preventing waste.
Guardians of Roland Shull and Garland Shull seek private cash sale of major estate lands in sections 21 32 33 township 29 south range 12 west Willamette Meridian Oregon. Property includes Lot 8 Section 32 Lot 3 Section 33 and parts of Section 21. Sale offers to under signed Wallace Blement Myrtle Point Oregon. Also executor notice for EE Weekly estate and land claim by William Martin Axe Dora Oregon with final three year proof set for January 1 1931 before U S commissioner Myrtle Point Oregon witnesses named.
Department of the Interior announces Albert David Hanshaw of Remote Oregon filed intent to make final three year proof on lands described as NYNEX and SWANEM Section 11 Township 29S Range 16 Willamette Meridian. Hearing before Commissioner Edger A Dodge in Myrtle Creek Oregon on December 29. Names Clarence Dix Lester Jesset Sullivan Delbert Eben all of Remote Oregon accompany the notice.
Notice seeks all sons holding warrants of District No 77 Bees Oregon to present headlick at Myrtle Point on or before December 27 1930 as all interest will cease on that date Dated at Bridge Oregon this 10th day of December 1960 O Hooton District Clerk
Bridge Creek Eagle Bay News notes a growing Bridge Church Auxiliary with social events, Sunday School attendance steady, and plans canceled for a Christmas program due to whooping cough. Members host birthday dinners, attend junior play The Nut Farm, and prepare a candy sale to fund travel for a Myrtle Man president to a Portland meeting. Funeral attendance for Mrs Laura Nelson cited. Christmas carol program attended by local families.
Mr and Mrs W G Austin and Clarence Petersen of Healdsburg, Calif., visit Mrs J W Summerlin’s family. Webb Mast improves after serious hand infection from a scratch at Mast hospital. Irma Sumerlin and Jack Rohrer of Marshfield spend Sunday with Grandma Harmon. Grandma Clinton ill with facial cancer. Jewel Combs at Mast hospital Myrtle Point with heart trouble. Mrs A F Whillson recovering from senior operations in Marshfield hospital. Mr Dick Summerlin remains in Myrtle Point with in law Mrs Lawrences Rackleff as friends fear her return home. Lees dies club to meet with Mrs Nora Jews on Thursday December 18.
The record notes 12 automobile train crashes in October with three serious injuries and one death in Oregon. It also cites national motor vehicle taxes totaling 929,479,997 dollars for 1920 and an estimated motor vehicle accident cost roughly equal to that amount.
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