Industry Moving More Equipment Than Ever Before
American industry is shifting record amounts of giant machinery. Southern Pacific builds 20 extra heavy depressed-center flatcars in Houston Texas to haul 125 ton loads. First eight cars roll off the line to move transformers and oversized plant machinery. This is the largest rail order in U S history. The cars feature low center sections to clear hindrances and enable rail of heavy loads.
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Southern Pacific
Houston
Texas
WG Peoples Southern Paci Je
Presidentiaf System
Pernmat
Association of American Railroads
Bobcats Win Scappoose Poise in Tournament Thriller
Harold Csergei and Roy Mast earn all tournament second team honors as Myrtle Point and Scappoose clash in a hard fought game. Officials Rich and Reucher note long visit by Richard Roush, Army man stationed at Ft Gordon, Georgia, and his wife joining him from Oregon State College.
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Jack
Harold Csergei
Roy Mast
Bobcats
Gore
Fellows M. Point
Harper
Wilson
Dovstern
Csergua
Kalbus
Patrick
Scappo Se
Fg Ft Pf
Kjelland
Pugh
King
McClellan
Shell
Colvin
Meuleveld
Hinkhouse
Huber
Myrtle
Scappoose
Rich and
Reucher
Richard Roush
W A. Roush
Richard
Ft Gordon
Georgia
Portland
Roush
Oregon State College
One Man Show of Ruth J Lennon Pastels at Art Center
Coquille Valley Art Association hosts the first solo exhibit of Ruth J Lennon at the Art Center on Myrtle Point Highway from March through April 12. Open Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays 1 to 4 pm. Lennon's pastels reveal bold contrasts and harmonious shading reflecting a long local life and study with J Pernot Duff and at Oregon State College.
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Coquille Valley Art Association
Ruth J. Lennon
Lennon
Myrtle Point Highway
Ruth Barrows
Bandon Area
J Pernot-Duff
Oregon State College
Corvallis
Wiltshire Sportswear and Knitting Company
California
Bandon Group
Coos Bay
Local Members FFA Chapter Attend State Convention at Bend
Three Myrtle Point FFA members David Koch David Morris and Gary Morris along with Kenneth Crow attended the 30th annual Oregon FFA state convention in Bend in March 1922. They participated in stunt night public speaking parliamentary contests talent show and officer elections. Edward Manary of Sheridan was elected Oregon FFA president David Williams of Powder River Valley was named FFA Star Farmer of Oregon Hemenway of Cottage Grove was FFA dairy farmer of the year Ken Messerle president Marshfield FFA received the state farmer degree based on tests and a dairy herd project.
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Myrtle Punt
FFA
Bend
David Koch
David Morris
Gary Morris
Kenneth Crow
Peterson
Rock Gardens
Edward Manary
Sheridan
Oregon Ffa
David Williams
Peowder River Valley
Baker
Oregon
Fd Hemenway
Coos Co 4 Hers Win In Record Book Contest
Six Coos County 4-H members were named winners in the annual record book contest. Elnora Rigik of Coos Bay Mary Ellen Davenport of Myrtle Point and Mike Dahl of Bandon were seniors class winners and will receive scholarships to 4-H Summer School at Oregon State College June 16 to 22. In the junior division Rodney continues reading.
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Coos Couros
Elnora Rigik
Coos Bay
Mary Ellen Davenport
Myrtle Point
Mike Dahl
Bandon
Oregon State College
Rodney
4-H winners awarded scholarships for Camp Myrtlewood
Albertus, Coquille, Judy Shields, McKinley, and Nancy til Glasgow earned best record books and scholarships to a 4-H Summer camp at Camp Myrtlewood near Bridge from July 22 to 26. A volunteer committee judged entries on accuracy completeness neatness and eligibility.
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Albertus
Coquille
Judy Shields
McKinley
Nancy Til Glasgow
Camp Myrtlewood
Bridge
Sig Anander Announces Oregon Tax Structure Progress
Sig Anander reports continued talks with national leaders in Washington and NC and says the US budget bureau will allocate $375,000 to expedite timber sales in Oregon and Washington. The fund allows the forest service to process 400...
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Oregon
Princeton University
Anander
Sig Anander
Washington
US Budget Bureau
Forest Service
Eichman Pushes Oregon Gambling and Liquor Rules
In Oregon, Eichman advocates expanding gambling days to 100 pm on Sundays. The plan proposes empowering independently owned stores and taverns to sell bottled alcoholic beverages. It also suggests no compulsory food service in liquor taverns and eliminates the requirement for liquor permits.
Albert Eichman Republican Governor Candidate Letter
Albert Eichman, a 47 year old Oregonian and World War II veteran, promotes a homestead tax exemption for seniors over 60, supports the death penalty, and favors lowering the voting age to 18. He writes as a Republican candidate criticizing tax increases on workers and signs LIVF and LET LIVE.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bakers Union
The
Elks Lodge
Portrait Order Arises From Figaro Headline
Wealthy builder commissions a portrait from Paul Harvey after noticing a Figaro headline reading Hard. The artist, savoring a nearly empty bottle, contemplates a fresh order as the moment interrupts his celebration.
Hard Times Come to the Artist as Old Paper Sings
An artist contemplates economizing during hard times as orders vanish for a silk dress and a portrait. He rereads a ten year old newspaper bearing the headline Hard Times Coming, realizing his era repeats the past.
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Figaro
General Eatures Corp
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