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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1969
Page
2
The Myrtle Point Herald lists Ralph Day Smirley Franc Janice Wilsom as staff or contributors in a Thursday edition. The Myrtle Podit Herald is published weekly in Myrtle Point Oregon 97458.
An editorial in the Washington-Exclusive parodies classic nursery rhymes to illustrate modern problems. Humpty Dumpty seeks foreign aid for a repair. Tom Piper runs from riot. Jack Horner gets Headstart lessons. Cock Robin is freed by the Supreme Court. the Shoe family seeks Aid to Dependent Children.
Oregon’s climate drives its economy from timber to agriculture and recreation. Coastal shifts stay mild year round while Cascades and high western regions receive heavy moisture, fueling dairy fruit crops and truck farming in Willamette Valley. Tourism thrives on mild summers and heavy winters for sports and scenery.
A retrospective column recalls 1896 to 1944 events. Bertha Hermann improves after illness. travelers Wise and Murray report winter work at a South Fork camp. 1900 visits by MecMair family. 1944 moves and gatherings noted including hunting success on Eden Ridge.
On July 19, Joe Knox spoke during a rare town visit from Salmon Mountain gold diggings. He recalls arriving in 1986 and chasing gold fever for forty years of claims work across five Southwestern Oregon counties. Now 87, he remains eager and widely known, often getting rides along the highway with his small dog.
The article profiles Joe Knox a veteran prospector who has spent decades mining in Oregon. He recalls carrying mule loads into his seventies and living close to nature on Salmon Mountain, Sixes, Carberry Creek, and Powers area. He shares gold fever and stories of dog Magey Midnight, reading habit, and WWII service in France.
Weyerhaeuser will open its Millicoma and Kinemath tree farms in western Oregon to deer hunts starting October 4. Millicoma, covering 210000 acres near North Bend, will be open 6 a.m. October 4 to 6 p.m. October 6 and each weekend thereafter during the deer season. Elk hunting runs November 14 to November 23 with campsites available. Roosevelt elk permit hunts on November 29 and another date will see the tree farm open for permit holders at 6 a.m.
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