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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1929
Page
6
A vivid musical revue titled Facts and Fancies of 1929 tops the Chautauqua program described as clean wholesome entertainment. Jay Tobias leads a skilled company with witty humor and musical versatility in a show praised for its modern music, dance, and high appeal amid applause.
Bad weather and high water kept anglers home but improved conditions drew many to buy licenses. Warden Harold Clifford expects licenses sold to match or exceed last year as Rainbow Trout eggs from Diamond Lake and fishing at Lake Ela open lure crowds. Deschutes River attracts hundreds from Portland and beyond with good catches of rainbow and Eastern Brook trout.
In Bridge Oregon on June 4 a weekly family returns from Marshtie to Midde. Local residents include Van Alstein, Myrtle Point visitors Orrin Lett, Vernon Fullerton of Powers, and H F E Thomas. The Myrtle Creek road bridge project progresses as the old span is torn out and a new bridge is built, aiding a mail carrier's route. Whipping cream tips and a Los Angeles trip rounded out community notes.
The Land Settlement Department lists prospective settlers from California Vermont Vermont to North Dakota. Applicants include Oscar Rouse seeking 10 acres near Grants Pass for poultry and dairy. Emery V Babbitt eyeing 8–120 acres for general farming. Joe Irvin aiming for truck and general farming. C W Trosper wants 80 acres for stock, dairying, hogs. Floyd Meyrue seeks about 100 acres for dairying and pasture. others from Kansas Nebraska and South Dakota planning visits or relocations to Willamette and Rogue River valleys.
The Deschutes and McKenzie rivers draw avid anglers as state stocking and favorable conditions boost trout fishing. Snowmelt cools Sal mon and Sandy rivers, while Portland anglers report success at Roslyn on Portland Electric Power Company land near Bull Run. The Oregon Game Department notes $4850 paid in bounties for 197 cougar killed since January, with a six month contest beginning to crown the state champion cougar hunter and $500 in cash prizes plus standard $25 bounties.
The text notes a united service at the Presbyterian church in Wisner with a morning service and a children's sermon by the pastor. There will be no separate preaching at the Presbyterian church. Midweek prayer and Bible study occurs Wednesday at 7:30 PM with choir practice after. Bring your Bible and attend.
Regular services include Bible school at 10 and preaching and communion at 11. Wednesday evening prayer at 7 30 and Christion Endeavor at 6 45. A union Sunday evening service at the Christian church invites the public with Rev Omer L Ito delivering the message and Jacob B Moomaw Jr providing special music.
A June 1 1920 letter from Marshfield Chamber of Commerce president J W Hildenbrand states that after a meeting with Marshfield and Cass County Grange representatives any ill feeling is removed. The letter apologizes for misunderstandings about Marshfield’s attitude toward the Grange and pledges harmony and support to host the State Grange convention in Coos County.
Speech lauds County unity and the effort to unite the Coos County and Chamber of Commerce for a future Orange and Grange Convention in the city. Presenter thanks A. Peck and invites greetings to the group while invoking the song Blessed Be the Tie That Binds.
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