Local Camas Remote Grading Contract Progressing Nicely
A Camas resident reports the grading project between Camas and Remote is progressing well. Expected completion and ready for gravel or macadam by early September, barring delays. The improved road will replace the worst section between here and Roseburg and facilitate connections to the Pacific highway or Roseburg railroad. If needed, surfacing can continue through rain, keeping the road open all winter.
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Camas
Here
Roseburg
Pacific Highway
Old-Timers Yard Game and Potato Field Pranks
The piece recalls a rural past with Skighy Stearns Fat Ad Mercer and Porge in a kids rule game. They argue over sides and maps before a match starts. Ad Mercer shadows the field, watching players cross a potato patch and corn, turning a simple activity into local lore.
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Skighy Stearns
Fat
Skinny
Porge
Ad Mercer
Fellas
Mercer
Population of Coos County Grows to 22 257 in Census
The 1920 census lists Coos County population at 22 257, up 4 298 since 1910 or 23.9 percent. Observers expect continued growth with highways improving access and residential appeal, noting no population loss in the decade and ongoing development prospects. Previous counts: 1890 8 874, 1900 10 824, 1910 17 959.
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Coos
Dairymen League Advances Plan for Milk Payments
W C Cutler, director of the Oregon Dairymen Cooperative League, returned from a Portland meeting where directors discussed a test four times monthly payments to creameries and cheese factors. The six plus milk testing system aims to balance Holstein and Jersey interests.
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Oregon
Dairgners Co.operative League
Portland
League
Coos
Curry
Jersey
Cutler
the League
Oregon Forest Wealth and Future Prospects in 1918
A conservative estimate places Oregon’s standing timber at 450 billion board feet worth 500 million dollars on the stump. Harvested lumber could reach ten billion dollars, supporting major state taxes and the largest payroll in the economy. Proper protection and fire prevention could sustain twice this value annually, enabling roads and tourism to prosper while Woodsmen, mills, and related industries drive long term prosperity for Oregon and neighboring regions.
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Oregon
Benham and Laird Wed at Sitkum Home Ceremony
Julius Benham and Mildred Laird were married by Elder Thomas Barklow on Sunday August 1 at noon in a quiet home ceremony. The couple will reside in Sitkum in the Brewster valley with many friends who wish them happiness.
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Julius Benham
Mildred Laird
Thomas Barklow
Sitkum
Brewster Valley
Thought Miner Buried Alive and Wreck Report Near Powers
Excitement in Powers area as Mose Endicott was feared buried after a tunnel cave-in on Salmon mountain. Walter Endicott and relatives went to the scene. Endicott later found safe at a neighbor’s. A separate train wreck damaged a Robbins farm trestle near Myrtle Point, delaying the morning and Marshfield trains. Public health talks on prenatal care and child feeding are set for August 9 at the Presbyterian church.
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Mose Endicott
Salmon Mountain
Powers
Walter
Mose
Smith ‘Powers
Robbins Farm
Myrtle Point
Marshfield
Presbyterian Church
Marriage Licenses July 17 to July 28 Across Counties
The record lists marriage licenses issued in July for multiple couples from Marshfield Lakeside Coquille North Bend and Bandon. Couples include L N Raymond and Esther Wisti. Jose Ybara and Juana Morales. Merritt Brewer and Janet Harner. Glenn E Shanton and Mabel Richards. F C Albers and Melvenia Adams. C J Coombs and Emily Gibbs. Amos Smith and Irene Trumbull. Harry W Hersh and Agnes Beck. Jay E Johnson and Agnes E Johnson.
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L. N. Raymond
Marshfield
Esther Wisti
Lakeside
Jose Ybara
Juana Morales
Justice Toelink
Curry County
Merritt+Brewer
Coquille
Janet Harner
A. B. Barry
Glenn E Shanton
North Bend
Mabel E. ‘Richards
Judge Wade
Court House
F. C. Albers
Melvenia Adams
Bandon
Methodist Parsonage
C. J. Coombs
Emily E. Gibbs
Amos Smith
Irene Trumbull
Harry W. Hersh
Agnes Beck
Jay E. Johnson
Eugene
Agnes E. Johnson
Miss Belle Chatburn Advances for West Coast Chautauqua
Chautauqua company reports Miss Belle Chatburn has accepted a position as advance representative. She was sent to Centralia Washington to sign up a chautauqua there next year and quickly secured another large Washington city. She is now in Wyoming with the company. The same circuit visited Bandon this summer and will return next season.
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F. J. Chatburn
Belle Chatburn
Bandon
Aden Wom
Young man linked to scattered bad checks across towns
Bank of Myrtle Point received checks ranging from fifty to sixty dollars with no funds. Officials tracked the issuer to Marshfield then Salem as he disappeared after buying a ticket. Baxter hotel in Coquille cashed one before departure. Investigators expect his capture and a penitentiary case if found.
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Marshfield
Salem
Sherif
Gage
at-Salem
Felow
Baxter
Coquille
Link
Captain Guerin Ends Military Survey Duty Ahead of Discharge
Captain W. C. Guerin, assistant deputy engineer of the South Eastern Department, has completed a 7 000 square mile survey around Savannah Charleston Pensacola and Mobile and a 155 square mile Camp Benning study. He expects discharge in about a month and plans to pursue business afterward. Mrs. Guerin and son Roy accompany him as he travels from Washington to the Western Department. He notes witnessing significant maneuvers at Camp Benning and Camp Benning’s training facilities observed by superiors and cadets.
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W. C. Guerin
South Eastern Department
Charleston
South Carolina
San Francisco
Western Department
Savanah, Ga
S. C
Pensacola
Fla
Mobile
Ala
Camp Benning
Columbus
West Point
Guerin
Quip on Rainy States Sparks Nebraska Oregon Exchange
A Sentinel correspondent recalls a Nebraska visit where a member of the Sentinel force retorts to Oregon’s rain joke. The remark counters the claim of Oregon’s constant downpour with a boast about wetter Nebraska experiences.
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Sentinel
Nebraska
Oregon
Coquille Sentinel
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Tiev & Fetters
Elar Gss
Dairymen's League
Beers
W. C. Cutler
Forest Facts For
Benham-Laird
Ates Name
Mr. Endicott
Wm. Burnett
Mr. Taylor
Ry Price Iyne
A. L. Buell
R. L. Weekly
Mr. Weekly
Chautauqua Company
Jerry
Lesa Paper
Sapst
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