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Newspaper
Southern Coos County American
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1925
Page
2
Citizens of Myrtle Point Union High School district face a bond election set for the 15th to raise 17000 for completing and equipping domestic science and vocational rooms and finishing the building. Polls open 2 to 7 pm. Voters need residency and property qualifications, with optional stock ownership proof.
Coos county commercial clubs met in the Coquille courthouse to organize a central secretaries group. Ned C Kelly and Earl Murphy were named chairman and secretary treasurer. A 16 page county booklet received a $700 appropriation from the county court for publication. The group will edit the booklet with Mr Kelly and Mr Murphy. The court also granted permission to repair the Cooper bridge on the North Fork road under road overseer supervision.
Mrs Leroy Swan of Dora left the hospital Monday after treatment for eclampsia following childbirth. Mrs Homer Rutledge, operated on July 26 for ruptured appendix, is ready to return home. Mrs Robert Train, operated on July 29, is improving. Harold Simmons of Coquille was operated on August 8 and is doing nicely.
A coroner's jury at North Bend last week held J R Haless, 44, to the grand jury on a charge of shooting and killing George I Holmes during a drinking party. Haless testified he acted in self defense after Holmes threw him to a car. Holmes, married four weeks, had lived in Longview before moving to Cons county. Salem Loganberry crop reached about 2000 tons, bringing $275,608 with pickers earning $160,000.
The Bay district reports big majorities backing a $700,000 bond issue with strong support in Coquille valley and nearby precincts. Areas like Catching Creek Four Mile and Eastside-Coos river bridge areas opposed the measure, while Fourth Mile showed unanimous defiance. Rev Branham to preach at Dora M E Church South next Sunday at 11:00 a.m. All in the vicinity invited.
Jess Fitzhugh aged 26 a Norway resident died in a Marshfield hospital Friday night from injuries received at Powers logging camp the day before. Funeral was held Sunday in Denmark with burial there. He is survived by a wife two children and his parents Mr and Mrs R M Fitzhugh of Harbor Oregon three sisters and four brothers all of Harbor Oregon.
The 18 mile Roosevelt highway gap through Coos and Curry counties was located by the state highway commission. The inside route from Geisel monument to Wedderburn was chosen as superior and cheaper long term, despite a 50 000 higher initial cost. Construction on other unfinished sections of the 146 mile stretch will begin soon.
A humorous tale features a clever widow who teases a sheriff delivering an attachment. He presses court terms while she courts him with wit, insisting on proper procedure and joking about timing and a priest.
The Commercial Investment Trust of New York announces plans to open Portland headquarters to finance manufacturing, distribution, and industries in Oregon. The move signals eastern capital flowing into Pacific Northwest industrial development and positions the trust as a major player in regional growth.
The board includes David May of May Department Stores Morton J May and Edward G Wilmer of Dodge Brothers and other leading financiers. W G Ide, former Land Settlement Department manager and Oregon Chamber of Commerce secretary, is named manager of the new financing company. Arthur Foster, previously assisting in land settlement and Ashland Gateway, will take over the Land Settlement Department at Postland Chamber of Commerce.
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