Oregon Highway Works Progress In Wet Conditions
The wettest season in years slows grading in the canyon beyond Camas Valley. The entire grade is expected to finish next spring before winter, improving traffic. The U S highway is to be paved along its length under the state highway commission, drawing Oregon travelers toward Coos Bay and a shorter ocean route from Portland to Seaside.
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Camas Valley
Oregon
Og Arpead
Coos
Bay Country
Ocean
Portland
Seaside
West Coast Migration Boosts Local Settlement Effort
Evidence points to a growing movement of families leaving the deep west and midland areas coastward seeking opportunity. Secretary A C Chase of the Commercial club reports correspondence with interested settlers, including a Kansas man now in Lost Angeles and others from Wallalla county. Blake rents a local property and plans berry cultivation as land transfers rise in Myrtle Point.
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West
Mid
A. C.chase
Kansas
Jhas
Lost Angeles
Feniles
Chase
Wallalla County
Blake
al Miller Place
Myrtle Point
Coos County
Myrtle Point considers waterworks measure and funding
City council discusses waterworks options with a proposed ordinance to call a special election. An engineer reports insufficient fall for a pipeline, while alternatives include a chlorine plant and a cement reservoir. Officials weigh two propositions and consider bids up to 25 000 dollars plus a 35 000 existing debt. Relatives of Mrs Zumwalt express thanks to neighbors after her death.
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Schroeder
Giles
Myrtle Point
North Fork
Frank Zumwalt
Berry Club Idea Aims to Involve Children in Profitable Planting
The Myrtle Point idea proposes berry clubs to train children in farming for profit. Banks and local businessmen could help youths buy plants posts and wire and start cultivation on vacant lots or home plots for fruit for the cannery. Small starts with growth shown by success might expand as patches prove capable. The plan seeks to convert dumps into productive, aesthetically pleasing lots and provide spring summer work for youths.
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Myrtle Point
Clu
Dairymen Receive 1 50 Per Hundred Advance Checks
Advance checks of 1.50 dollars per hundred on September milk were delivered to local dairymen by the Oregon Dairymen's Co-Operative league this week. The dairy business may finish the year promptly as the local factory has orders to ship cheese through mid December.
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Oregon Dairymen’s Co-Operative League
Oregon highways show marked improvement in past few years
Roseburg leaders cite an article in the Roseburg News Review noting rapid highway progress across Oregon. State Engineer McLeod, visiting Roseburg, says miles surfaced from the Columbia to the California line will double this summer and a full rainy season use is soon possible.
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Binger Hermann
Roseburg
Oregon
McLeod
Pacific ‘Highway
Thie
Bighaway
Columbia
California
Eugene
Portland
Ashland
Dairymen Push Factory Overhauls and Cleanliness Drive
The Dairymen's league is overhauling and sanitizing plants in the region. Norway plant expected to run more efficiently. Myrtle Point shop to be painted white and workers to wear white. Visitors will be invited to inspect processes and sanitation.
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Dairymen’s League
Norway
Myrtle Point
League
Will Form Locals Dairymen's League Organizing Meeting
Local organizations of Dairymen's Cooperative League members are to be formed in Coos and Curry counties. A meeting is set for January 29 at 9 30 A M in Woodmen hall Myrtle Point with district agent N A Loucks and Organization Manager M S Shrock to explain benefits and elect local officers.
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Jack Jenkins
N. A. Loucks
Oregon Dairymen’s Co-Operative League
Lee Dairymen
Lee
Dairymen’s League
N. A. Joucks
Coquille
Oregon
W. C. Cutler
Myrtle Point
Oregon Dairymen’s Cooperative League
Coos
Curry Counties
Woodmen Hall
M. S. Shrock
Kerosene Lamp Hint from Old Guide
Quick home tip notes that placing a small piece of camphor in a kerosene lamp will help it burn brighter. The guidance is brief and informal, reflecting a period home remedy.
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State Highway Commission
Howe
Ors Matha
Buckingham
Middle ‘ Fork
Knights of Pythias
Cc. O. Jennings
Mr. Cates
Vivian Anderson
O. H. Clarke
K. of P. Quartet
H. A. Schroeder
Helen. Billings
R. C. Bowers
M. E. Church
C. O. Jennings
Guy Bunn
Grants Pass
Berry Club
Agens
Winet
Loe
Thomas
Loucks
Simpson
Baxter
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