Coquillo School Board Burns Bonds And Local Happenings
The Coquillo school board burned bonds worth 64000 at a recent meeting. Duncan Douglas is reappointed postmaster at Marshfield by President Hoover. The county reduced dog licenses for 1932 to one dollar for males and two dollars for females. Weather experts warn grasshopper plagues may be eased by cold wet May and June. Port Orford Electric extends service into Sixes district. Main Street Florence wood roadway finally removed. it once spanned the full street width. Rancher David McKenna loses three cows in a storm as bluffs give way into the ocean. The Brown Brothers near Langlois feed a panther eight feet long. The Rogue River area reports big game hunts by Art Honaeth and crew, including a bear and a panther over eight feet. Marshfield saw Taecoo Hay Lumber and Moore Lumber resume operations, restoring work for about 660 men. Cona Bay Lumber resumes logging below Powers. Sacrament opening bids for construction of a sea wall and bridges on Russian River will keep crews busy for 400 days. North Hend man Robert Natur estranges himself after a neighbor attack with a hatchet in a tense dispute.
Marshfield residents featured in county notes and state appointments
Delmar Olds of North Fork collected the county bounty and Charles Rider of Bandon earned the name. A K Peck of Marshfield was appointed assistant attorney general of Oregon and to the state industrial commission. Stanahoy, former Portland traveling salesman, returns to Marshfield to make it home. A Sitka Spruce pulp plant dam breached near Empire washing out 20 feet of road to Charleston. R V Dunham, long-time Dunham Stores manager, moves to a Roseburg ranch for health. A body at Coos Head is identified as Albert Risenstein, 82, who died three weeks after a fishing accident on the Coos Bay bar.
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A. K. Peck
Marshfield
Oregon
State Industrial Commission Departimeent
Empire
Charleston
Tarheel
R V Dunham
Dunham Stores
North Bend
Roseburg
Coos Head
Albert Risenstein
Coos Bay
Hotel Operators Meet At Brookings To Boost Summer Tourism
About 40 hotel operators from southwestern and southern Oregon gathered at Chetco Inn Brookings Saturday night to discuss plans to draw more tourist traffic this summer. A separate note covers an accident on the North Bend waterfront where Myrte Johnson 34 of the Coquille area died after a truck rollover following a dance event.
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Southwestern
Oregon
Chetco Inn
Brookings
Myrte Johnson
North Bend
McDonald
Ivestigat
Mias Johnson
Body identified near Coos Head linked to prior boat capsize
The body of Alton Andruss was found on the beach near Coos Head Saturday. He was among the victims of a fake boat capsizing at Coos Harbor entrance about three weeks earlier. Chauncey Carpenter died in Gold Beach after surgery for a ruptured appendix at 36. Chas F Hickok, 66, died at home in North Bend after an illness of about two months. He had moved from Rockford Illinois to Coos County 11 years ago to work for Stout Lumber Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Andruss
Coos Head
Orn Andruss
Coos Harbor
Chauncey Carpenter
Carpenter Bros
Pistol River
Brookings
Gold Beach
Chas. F. Hickok
North Band Wedenday
Andrass
Rockford
Ilinois
Coos County
Stout Lumber Company
Local Business, Mining, and Notable Deaths Across Curry and Douglas Counties
E E Steele and J B Brinkley opened a furniture store in Gold Beach with agency rights for Schrad er Gano funeral directors of Bandon. Blossom Bars Robinson reports $22.50 in ore from Good Tree mining claims on Mule Creek Curry County. West Coast Separator Co of Los Angeles moved a portable mill to Hawkins place on the Hogue River and aims to boost summer output. The body of Buell Magee, one of three men drowned at Vos Harbor, was found on the beach. third body recovered since the wreck. Douglas Fir Logging and Booming Co begins in Marshfield. Incorporation filings in Salem include a general logging firm with Bennett Swanton Sr I A Lilleqvist and Benton Swanton Jr. Don Benton and Fred Sisson form a logging venture. Benton Aman arrested December 18 with illicit liquor charges. sentenced in Portland. Grant’s Pass incident: J O Farmer reports robbery and loss of cash and cigarettes. Wernich robbed room via fire escape. Soldiers’ home at Roseburg seeks 80 buildings on 410 acre tract donated by the city. funding for early facilities may cover only part of plan.
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West Coast Separator Co
Los Angeles
Cedar
Curry County
Ths
Ophir
Hawkins Place
Hogue River
Buell Magee
Vos Harbor
Myrtle Point Presbyterian Church Seeks Worshipers and Highlights Sermon
The Myrtle Point Presbyterian Church invites the community to worship with them as the lay preacher commends steadfast faith. Sunday services include Bible school at 10, junior church and adult worship at 11, with a 11 20 sermon and evening program at 7 30 The Christian Endeavor meets at 6 30.
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Weowill
Joshua Fais
Myrtle Point
Witheld
Christian Endevor
Coos County sportsmen seek broad game law changes
The Coos County Game Protective Association and Tease Walton League members approved a list of measures for the State Game Commission. Proposals include expanding Bandon Hatchery, establishing a cutthroat log-taking station, clearing Ten Mile Creek entrance, maintaining a 30-fish bag limit, and legalizing open deer season west of the Cascades from August 16 to October 1. Other items call for limiting striped bass, protecting waterways, permitting house cats control, and keeping year-round game wardens in Coos County.
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Coos County
Ten Mile Lake
State Game Commission
Brushes Creek
Curry County
Rock Creek
Coquille River
Big Creek
Cons
Bandon
Stat Game Commission
Oregon
Clackamas
Arago Beats Riverton in Thrilling Local Basket Game
Arago Bulldogs defeated Riverton 22 to 17 before a large gym crowd. Currie and Milani led Arago with fast team play and several sensational baskets, while Riverton struggled to stop the Bulldog offense despite late game effort.
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Arago News
Sary
Mrb. Mix
Joe Milan
Ernie
Henry Collier
Lttle
Donner
Frank Sinko
John Dornath Jr
Clifford
Coquille
John Dornath
Halls Creek
Jeasie Robison
Sile
Laura Mulan
John Cornath
Louise
Irene
Houston
Robison
Ashland Normal School
Brumfield
Coos River
Fred Brunell
Lawrence Burns
Riverton
Arago
Currie
Bulldogs
Aingo
Town
Arago Basketeera
Milani
Ouls
Barklow
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Coquillo
Duncan Douglas
Hoover
Postmas County
Monaco
Port Orford Electric Co
Ita
Sixes
Apl
Florence
David McKenato
Carr County
Brown Brothers
Langlois
Art Honaeth
Gray
Rogue River Bridge
Taecoo Hay
Moore Lumber
Oat Bawden
Cona Bay
Powers
Sacrament
Sean
Hogland
Overdale
Robert Natur
North Hend
Nation
Nation Ewing
Delmar Olds
North Forks
Pelta
Charles Rider
Hob. Stanahoy
Portland
Hayes
Madden
Menare Carson
Williama
Handon
H. A. Reynolds
Ore
Weiners and
Bologna
Sauer Kraut
Meat Company
Ben Howe
Wm. G. Gurney & Son - Tailors - Hatters
E. E. Steele
Bridge
J B. Brinkley
Schracder & Gano
Robinson
Good Tree
Mule Creek
Salem
Bennett Swanton
A Lilleqvist
Benton Swanton
General Logging
Thomas Sell
Fred Sisson
Bendon Aman
Sell
McNeil
Sissy
Federal Road
Fort Lewis
Grants Pass
J O Farmer
Bidge
R. A Wernich
Mr Farmer
Wernich
Fmst
Presbyterian Church
Ostrader
Akthwich
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Ket
Onale
HIE
Uni No 3
Methodist Church
E G Ranton
Floyd Summers
Clarke
Unt
Fomler
Graham Fleer
Campbells
Vic
Nebergalls
Rhe
PUREX
Geed Cowinggins
Zeb
Fordson
Vulcan Tractor
L. H. Pearce
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