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THE COOS BAY WEEKLY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON. OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 1908.
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Manfcfietd Oregon
WASHING-
this nation and although we closo our
eyes that we may suppress the mem
ory of it, it comes before us again
and again and will not let us sleep or
rest. Parents feel secure indeed
when their little ones are in tho
school house. It is a fortress of
safety as well as training and one
expects least of all to have his sor
rows Intensified by the occurrences
there. While we are expecting and
dreaming no tevil, suddenly the tem
ple of our hope Is all ablaze and
there wo behold tho forms we love
most, tho beings whom wo have giv
en our best honors, and sanctified
most to protect and train, the idols
of our love and hope, writhing in the
most fearful agonies this sensitive
and painful old earth knows, burn
ing, burning, burning, while they
scream and struggle, and wo can not
lwlp them. Is It not enough to In
flict tho human race with Insanity to
realize that a little more care, and
STATE AND CITY Oh
TON.
It Is quite tho fashion to name a little less Kreed. would have nre-
vented all this pain and suffering.
It ought to make us remodel our
entire architectural plan of school
construction. Possibly it may bo
fifty years before another such catas-
, tropho occurs. If It must occur even
cities and sometimes states after fa
mous men. The city or state bearing
tho name Is the chief claim of the
man or woman whoso reputation sug
gested It, to fame. The city of Den
ver is a notable example, that city
having been named after General
Denver, whom tho world would not
otherwise remember. But other cities
and states are named for men whose
fame does not increase by the use of
it, and who would bo immortal in tho
recollections of men even If no city
or state bore the honored appellation.
Tho largest city named after a man
in this country is San Francisco. Hut
tho city is scarcely a monument to
that saint and the name of the saint,
and the city rarely if ever thinks of
the saint. Tho next largest city to
bear the name of a man Is Pittsburg,
which was named after the first Wil
liam Pitt, Lord Chatham, and which
helps Amorica to hold that great En
v gllsh statesman in grateful remem
brance. The city of Baltimore was
not named after Cecil Calvert, who
founded it, but after his earldom,
-which gave him tho title of Lord
Baltimore.
Tho great Washington has lent his
namo to states, counties, cities and
streets, everywhere. It is safe to say
that, even if no state, county, city or
street had ever been honored or dis
tinguished by that great; man's sur
name, his famo would have been just
as great. In naming tho city of Wash
ington it was thought to honor him,
and doubtless ho felt that it was truly
a great honor. But he and tho men
behind the guns of tho American rev
olution fought for a greater causo
than thoy know, and without note of
tho city of Washington, tho state of
Washington, tho Innumerable Wash
ington counties and tho myriad of
Washington avenues and streets in
tho great cities, tho glory of tho
father of tho American republic, Is
reflected on state, city, county and
street. So great havo events and an
unsulflsh purposo made tho character
.and llfo of Washington that neither
crown nor tragedy waa necessary to
mako his tho greatest namo in nlno
teon hundred years, and tho greatest
in all tho ages savo one alone.
CONSUMER THIS".
It takes all kinds of peoplo to
mako thl3 old world fit to Hvo In.
It's a good thing if our brains (If wo
havo any) differ as much as our faces
do. If wo thought alike wo should
all want tho same things, and If wo
looked allko wo would not know our
own wlvos, and wo would kill each
other until tho last man was gone
and thoro would h& nobody but
women loft left to perpetuate tho
raco. But wo shall not finish this
train of thought, but shall leavo It
to thoso of our readers who are moro
highly imaginative than wo nro. Wo
started out to say, that tho subscrib
ers to a newspaper ropresont all
kinds and classes of people, with all
kinds of bellofs, from tho extromes of
everything that suit all minds from
tho fool to tho philosopher. Editors
nro usually men of education and
thought, and trained hi tholr pro
fession by long oxporlonco. If wide
awnko, and thoy gonorally are, thoy
coinmont upon Hvo ovonts on tho spur
of tho moment, and ofton find that
tho sourco of tholr information wbb
falso though their comments wero
honest, says tho Port Orford Tribune
You, porhaps would havo commented
differently, nnd porlmps you got
"miffed" at tho editor, without stop
ping to think that you aro different
persons, and don't look allko, and
honco can't think allko. Thoro aro
oftou more than two sides to a quos
"cock suro" of tholr opinions whero
Bcholars halt, and tho fool Is always
tho surest man on all questions. Ask
men to bo honest, but don't ask all
to bolievo as you do.
as frequently as that wo could al
most pray that the whole earth and
all its life could be annihilated. In
this God's world, whero there Is so
much surface on tho round and roll
ing, earth, why should a child over
bo forced to sit on the second flo'or
of a wooden structure, taking its life
in its hands, and being trapped to a
terrlblo death, if fire breaks out?
Why should not tha school rooms all
bo built on tho ground and the doors
around the sides of tho building be so
arranged that each entire room can
be emptied in a second? Itjs point
ed out that our schools can be emp
tied In a fire drill, when there Is no
fii'o and no panic, in a minute and a
half. But in most cases when thero
is a flro thero is a panic and neither
panic nor lire has beeii anticipated.
A minuto and a half is a long time.
Tlw fire is quick and that space of
time is sufficient to destroy many lit
tle lives or to cut off many avenues
of escape. We can not take chances
and risk even most remotely, those
largo' Innocent, soulful eyes, which
look into our hearts for lovo and pro
tection, thoso pretty little faces which
aiw turned to us with confidence and
expectation, those picturesque littlo
forms which wo havo adorned with
parental prldo according to our artis
tic ideals, those budding minds
which have pleased us by their
bright, innocent thoughts, and those
hearts which havo been all the world
to us. In Cleveland the despair of
death has entered many a forlorn
heart and broken It irreparably.
While wo must let the dead past bury
tho dead, let us build our schools
and koep them In such a stylo and
way that never again will inno
cents be made to suffer as wero those
of Cleveland.
RECOMMENDS WHIPPING IX
SCHOOLS.
Tim cli:vi:l.nd horror.
Inexpressibly horriblo Is tho por
ulstontly recurring plcturo of that
lieadful holocaust of littlo innocents
which Clovoland saw tho other day.
God grant that wo mortals, who aro
encompassed by torrors of ovory sort
In this dark world of mystorios may
bo' spared tho rbpotltlon of anything
A special commltteo of tho New
York board of education recommends
tho revival of corporal punishment
In tho schools of that city. Tho sug
gestion Is in harmony with tho views
of many educators and with tho be
lief of others who havo observed tho
unruly spirit often prevailing among
.MpHs when they know tho law pro
tects thorn from whipping.
Sentiment against corporal punish
ment grow out of tho extremes to
which It was frequontly carried by
qulck-tompored and irrational teach
ors who applied tho rod In anger,
sometimes with cruel physical effect,
and generally leaving on the mind of
tho child an impression that it was
an exhibition of bruto powor con
ferred by law, rather than proper
punishment for an offonso.
Many persons bolievo that thero
aro occasions in tho schools when tho
only offectlvo way to deal with an un
ruly pupil Is to whip him. Thoy
would have tho punlshmont applied,
howovor, without passion and In such
a way that tho offender would realize
exactly whnt it meant. Thero aro
teachors to whom It would bo ox
tremely unwlso to grant nuthorlty to
whip, and such authority can safoly
bo given only to ono to whom no per
sonal motlvu would bo applied.
Items from vnrlous parts of tho
country Indlcato that thero Is a trond
toward restoration of corporal pun
ishment, If it can bo sufficiently
guarded.
been considered. We are Indebted to
financial interests in New York City
which aro Jubilant and confident over
tho splendid suggestion that Instead of
putting such sentimental nonenltles
as Washington, Jefferson, Jackson,
Lincoln and Roosevelt in the White
House, great and successful busi
nes men, like Mr. Morgan, 'be put at
the nation's head. Now that the sug
gestion has been made it occurs to
us that all tho monled interests in
America, not to say tho Rothschild
family of Europe, would approve It,
and any views to tho contrary are
rank populism and anarchy. What
a splendid ticket it would be, Mor
gan of Ndw York for president and
Rockefeller of Ohio for vice presi
dent. The advantages which would ac
crue to our government with Mr.
Morgan at its head should be patent
If not patented. Electing him could
not fail to inspire confidence in Euro
pean financial circles so that our
securities would sell at a premium,
and the commissions which the pres
ident's partners could collect would
increase the splendid fortune which ho
now possesses. It would cause trust
stocks to boom, and water, which has
thus far been a drug on the market,
so to speak, would be more complete
ly commercialized and offered to tho
public at bed rock prices. With Mr.
Morgan as president, watered stock
would become substantial. And by
electing him the nation would ren
der it unnecessary for the president!
of tho United States to go to Wall
street for the purpose of consulting
him on bond issues. It is recalled
that Mr. Cleveland and several other
presidents have mado frequent pil
grimages to Mr. Morgan's Wall street
shrine when the nation was In straits.
More than this. When the country
was in distress, who but Mr. Morgan
relieved it? Did ho not recently
work day and night to restore confi
dence which some of his Wall street
friends had lost? Did he not present
a splendid spectacle struggling to
prevent the withdrawal of funds
from tho banks and protecting thoso
banks by taking their funds from
tho back door and returning them to
the bank vaults through tho front
door?
Moreover, while the talkers have
been talking finance, has not Mr.
Morgan been giving the country ob
ject lessons. Labor, half starved and
poorly clad, feels an object lesson
and realizes that better results and
moro food and clothing would come
to them if Mr. Morgan were made
president. Tho widows and orphans
know that If Mr. Morgan wore presi
dent they would not the disturbed
In the enjoyment of their mite. The
business men understand that Mr.
Morgan'3 financial policy would not
be uncertain, as Is that of tho poli
ticians. On tho contrary, thoy could
positively depend on It, that they
could retire from business in a short
time, and Mr. Morgan would manage
It for them without any salary and
simply depending on tho chance of
absorbing tho profits. Yes! Yes!
Let J. P. Morgaiv bo president, and
drop Taft and Bryan and Teddy.
Wouldn't it bo fine? Tho people
would vote for him in droves, no
doubt.
This, or sanction, by legislative en
actment, the obliteration of her mu
nicipal status, and make her domin
ion statewide, with a franchise that
shall count us all citizens of Portland
unaccountable to other authority of
any kind.
WHAT YOU WILL VOTE OX
THE POLLS IX JUNE
AT
THE PORTLAND POLICY.
J. PIEHPONT MORGAN FOR PRKS-
ID EXT.
Is it not romarkablo that tho
American peoplo havo so utterly fail
ed horetoforo in a clear perception
of their opportunities nnd an under
standing of their best Interests as
not to recognlzo that J. Plerpont
Morgan Is and long has boon tho most
logical, capable nnd brilliant candi
date for tho high offlco of Prosldont
of "these Uultod States? Yot all tho
bright years of tho past havo swopt
by and not until this year of Grace
1908 havo the pocullar qualifications
llko that again. Tho nlcturo bus
burned into ovory parental hoart ofof that very famous and able man
From tho signs most conspicuous
in tho press of Portland, and out of
It thoro would seem to be a conspir
acy afoot to center tho political in
terests of Oregon at the metropolis
along with other state-wide concerns.
This may bo all right, and it may
not; and tho peoplo aro beginning to
weary of tho one-town domination
that loaves no choice to tho outsider
In the commercial and Industrial af
fairs; and now to havo tho political
dictum taken over there, may prove
too much for tho patienco that has
been stretched to breaking.
Tho Portland sentiment seems to
bo verging on tho Wilcoxlan doctrine
of "Portland against tho state," a
slogan that makes tho metropolis
hateful abroad In Oregon; but, since
sho has practically half tho popula
tion of tho stato, it is pertinent and
logical. Just how tho absorption is
going to bo taken In tho outlying dis
tricts lomnins to bo seen; and thero
U a chance for somo pretty hot con
tests nt tho polls and in tho legisla
ture, and in which tho Multnomah-
ifins may find barriers worth their
notice
nnt does Portland want, any
way? Must tho balando of this stato re
nounce its claims to choice and freo
expression In all things political,
simply to satisfy tho lust for control
and prestigo that Is warping tho
common senso and decent Judgment
of tho metropolis? sagoly romarks
tho Astorlan. Wo had best como to
an understanding at onco on this
scoro nnd iletormlno Just how much
of Oregon lies beyond tho doors of
Multnomah, so far as constitutional
liberty and action aro concerned. It
is timo tho peoplo wono awakening
to tho ambition of our ono great city
nnd curbing Its Insensate craving for
all power in tho commonwealth com
mercial, political and industrial.
Not less than 18 measures will bo
considered under tho Initiative and
referendum by tho voters at the polls
inr June, in addition to their task of
electing officials, says the Portland
Telegram. Four laws enacted by
the last legislature will bo subjected-
to the referendum. Eight amend
ments to tho Constitution will bo
considered, one of which was submit
ted; by the legislature, and seven by
petition. Six bills proposed by ini
tiative petitions will complete tho
list of questions to bo decided by tho
voters in June.
Two of these bills are for the reg
ulation of salmon fishing on the Col
umbia river, and are In conflict. One
provides that thero shall bo no fish
ing; with wheels on tho Columbia riv
er abovo the mouth of the Sandy rlv
ei. The other permits such fishing,
but provides for a closed season, pro
hibits salmon fishing on Sunday and
restricts the gills netters in the size
of their nets
Ono of the important of the
measures is the bill to extend tho
powers of tho Port of Portland and
Improve the Columbia river, the bar,
the pilot service and the tug service.
The bills passed by the legislature on
which the referendum has been in
voked are:
To inQreas the annual approprla
'ion tor tho State University to $125,
000. To require the railroads to issue
passes to all state, district and coun
ty officials.
To appropriate ?100,000 for Nat
ional Guard armories.
To give sheriffs exclusive control
of county prisoners.
Amendments to tho Constitution
for which petitions have been filed
or aro to bo circulated are:
To Increase the number of judges
of the Supremo Court from three to
five (by the legislature.)
To give political parties proportion
ate representation in the legislature.
To provide for the recall of public
afficlals and for the election of their
successors.
To take from tho District Attorney
tho power of indictment and vest it
exclusively In grand juries.
To exempt certain property from
taxation.
To prevent tho legislature from
amending or repeating Initiated laws
(by tho state grange.)
To give each city or town the sole
right to regulate Its business houses,
theaters, and tho like, on Sunday.
To extend suffrage to women.
Petitions for tho following bills
havo been filed or are being circulat
ed:
Tho corrupt practice act, limiting
the amount of money candidates may
expend for campaign expenses. (By
U'Ren.)
For division of Wasco county and
the creation of another county, with
Hood River as tho county seat-(By
tho peoplo of Wasco County.)
Prohibiting the fishing for salmon
and sturgeon in the Columbia river
above tho Saudy (By tho Astoria fish
ermen.) Restricting tho amount of fishing
gear on tho Lower Columbia and
providing a weekly and annual clos
ed season. (By the fishermen of tho
Upper Columbia.)
Enlarging tho powers of tho Port
of Portland In tho interest of better
navigation on tho Lower Willamette
and Columbia rivers. (By tho people
of Multnomah county.)
Tattle of tli&'Town
Little grains of fact sifted from
tho chaff of gossip living up
nad down tfio town.
POINTER FOR BANDON
Horo's a pointer for R. E. L. Be
dillion, tho rustling manager of the
woolen mills in Bandon: Statistics
show that a large trado in blankets
and rugs is opening up In China
which Is constantly increasing, and
should servo as an outlet for Ameri-can-mado
goods. Tho class of blank
ets which nro most popular through
out Shantung, and north China gen
erally, is a light weight cotton blank
et which Is being Imported iprln
cipally from Japan. Shanghai Is tho
largest market for cotton blankets,
whero 275, 705 pieces wero Import
ed In 190C. Newchaug followed with
240,219, whllo Shantung province
(through tho ports of Tslngtau and
Chofoo), consumed 128, S99. Tho
blanket trado of China is valued at
1,192,213 haiwwan taels, In which
tho United States has practically no
share, and this notwithstanding tho
fact that much of tho wool and cot
ton with which these good3 aro man
ufactured originates In tho United
States.
Somo Coos Bay girls soora to flut
ter around scared to death for fear
they aro not going to get a chance
to marry somo son-of-a-gun who Ion a tract of timber this side of Pros-
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tuuiua i nuiyori mem mcjr aw. tper. is. is. oakes went over this!
(From Monday's Daily.)
On Sick List. Mrs. E. W. Kam
merer and son, William Belton, are
both reported sick at their home.
Horn Another of those welcome
little leap year girls arrived Saturday
March 7, at tho homo of Noel Pomln
ville, at Flagstaff.
Bridge Wliist. Mrs. Will Mer
chant entertained at bridge whist on
Tuesday last, the day before Lent.
Prizes were won by Mrs. C. M. Byler
of North Bend and Mrs. William Tur
pen of Marshfield.
Needle Workers Meet. Tho mem
bers of tho A. N. U. club wero enter
tained on Thursday by Miss Susie
Eickworth. Delicious refreshments
were served. A pleasant afternoon
was enjoyed by all who attended.
II. Y. P. U. Entertained. The B.
Y. P. U. wero pleasantly entertained
Friday evening by Miss Marie Gulov
sen, at her home in South Marsh
field. A good time was enjoyed by
all those participating. Refreshments
were served at a late hour.
Progress Club Concert. Tho Prog
ress club Is making arrangements for
a concert to be held soon after Eas
ter. The proceeds will be devoted
to tho library fund. "The Messiah,"
Handel's oratorio, will bo given un
der the direction of E. A. Todd.
See Dig Trees. A. II. Powers of
the bay and A. E. Gagnon, of Minne
apolis, Minn., wero in the city last
Friday. Mr. Gagnon is foreman of
C. A. Smith's mill in Minneapolis,
and came out here to help install the
machinery in tho Coos Bay mill. He
spent tho day in tho woods, and was
surprised at tho largeness of the
tree sin this section. Coquille Sen
tinel. The First Rat Onco moro woman
has demonstrated her leadership in
human affairs and shattered a time
worn tradition that women are fraid
of mice and rats. Tho first rat of
fered to Marshal Carter for redemp
tion under tho new provision of the
city council camie from a little girl,
Miss Thelma Payne, who delivered
his ratshlp to the marshal and col
lected her 5 cents this morning.
Tenth Wedding Anniversary
Thursday evening Mr. and Mrs. P.
A. Sandberg celebrated the tenth an
niversary of their wedded life with a
most enjoyable little social affair. It
was an informal event, only a few in
timate friends being present, but this
only added Jo the spirit of the occa
sion and taken in conjunction with
the genuine and hearty hospitality
of the host and hostess made it mem
orable. The Swedish custom of hos
pitable greeting with abundance to
eat and drink, together with Swedish
dishes and methods of serving proved
intenesting to tho American guests
unfamiliar With these picturesque
and facinating old country customes.
At the conclusion of this introduc
tory luncheon, a delightful full
course dinner was served, and a most
enjoyable evening followed. Tho
wishes that Mr. nnd Mrs. Sandberg
might live to celebrate their dia
mond wedding came direct from the
hearts of everyone who was present
to participate In their tin wedding.
Those present were: Dr. Georgo E.
DIx, Dr. E. E. Straw, J. M. Upton, A.
G. Goss, Wm. Ford, J. A. Matson.
(F'oa Tuesday Dai'y.)
Gh-l Baby. Born, to Mrs. Frank
Arnet, North Bend, Monday, March
9, a baby girl.
Moved to Coquille Guy Lahey and
family, of Marshfield, havo moved to
this city and will make it their fu
ture homo. Sentinel.
County Fawn Allen McLeod took
charge of the county farm the first of
March for the ensuing year. Charles
Fox, the retiring superintendent, ex
pects to leavo for California in a few
weeks. Coquille Sentinel.
Bandon vs. North Rend. Tho lo
cal high school Is planning to go to
North Bend on tho 13 th to play bas
ket ball with tho highs of that town.
Later tho North Bend highs will come
here. Bandon Recorder.
Logging Camp Closes. The Smith-
Powers camps north of town closed
down Saturday for about six weeks,
owing to tho condition of the road
bed of their logging road, which has
been getting soft and slipping out.
Coqulllo Sentinel.
Store Alterations. Peter Clausen
Is making somo Improvements and
alterations ln'his shoo store. Tho re
pairing department has been enclosed
in tho rear part of tho store with a
glass partition, thus giving moro light
to tho entire store. This Is a rlear
case of putting tho cobbler in a glass
cage. '
Contest Case. T. B. Wheeler left
for Marshfield to attend to the hear
ing before n referee at that place in
mo case oi wuiiam Howell vs. T. B.
Wheeler, Involving stumpage rights
morning to servo as a witness In tho
case. Bandon Recorder.
Mazook Comes Back. Mazook An
derson will return to Marshfield Mon
day to resume his former position
with Robert Marsden there. Mazook
has been holding down a Bhift as mix
ologist at tho Hermitage saloon at
Bandon tho past month, and has
mado many friends who will regret
his departure. Bandon Recorder.
Deep Snow on Summit. John Lon
ovo and son Lanson started Sunday
for Portland via tho Coos Bay wagon
road. They went to Roseburg on
horseback, and word received from
them states that tho snow was deep
on tho summit and was drifted until
tho road was almost Impassable.
They expected to reach Roseburg
Tuesday. Sentinel.
Assessor nt Work. Assessor T. J.
Thrift and his deputies started out
Monday to take tho assessments for
1908. Mr. Thrift and J. S. Lawrenco
went to tho bay and tho former will
assess tho towns and tho latter tho
country around tho bay. G. A. Han
sen will do the North Fork and other
tributaries, and M. J. Hartson will
assess along tho river between hero
and Bandon.
Compliments Thurston. On arriv
ing home in Marshfiold last Saturday
Rev. Thurston, who has been holding
special meetings In this city, found
Mrs. Thurston and tho children so
sick that he could not return on Mon
day as Intended to continue tho meet
ings. In view of tho Interest awak
ened by the meetings It is earnestly
hoped that ho may bo able to return
soon to continuo tho work that was
so splendidly begun. Coqulllo Sen
tinel. Good Roads. G. G. Swan, of
travel Ford, mado the Sentinel a
pleasant call while in the county seat
Tuesday. Mr. Swan informed us that
the peoplo of his neighborhood aro in
favor of good substantial roads, and
think tho money well spent if tho
county commissioners will insist on
substantial roads, and in his opinion
from observation tho best plank
roads are mado by laying tho plank
on the ground, without stringers, and
driving them down with a heavy
maul. Sentinel.
Myrtle Point Visitor. Mrs. W. R.
F. Browne and two children came up
from Marshfield Thursday for a visit
with her cousin, Mrs. L. J. Roberts.
She returns to her homo today, being
accompanied by Mrs. S. Stewart, who
has been the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Roberts, during the winter. Mrs.
Stewart will make a short visit at
Marshfield and will return to her
home at Peterboro, Canada, about
tho first of April. Enterprise.
Coquille Telephone Franchise.
The franchise of Beloato for a tele
phono line, which was filed at tho
February meeting and laid on tho
table until tho March meeting, was
taken up and on motion was laid on
tho tablo until the April meeting. In
all probability the franchise will not
bo granted, as it is considered by
many of our people a scheme by
which tho person asking for it seeks
to sell it in tho future to tho highest
bidder, as he asks two years in which
to build the line. Coquille Sentinel.
Fun for Hoys hut Hard on Rats.
Marshfield has placed a prlco on tho
head of his ratshlp, tho city council
having agreed at its last meeting to
offer a bounty of five cents on each
rat filled. San Francisco and Port
land have declared war against the
rodents In tho Interest of tho public
health, and Coos Bay, being the next
port in importance, has decided to
follow suit. Tho small boys with
steel traps and active terriers should
have a mint of fun making somo
spending money. Myrtle Point En
terprise. County Lecturo Course. Superin
tendent W. H. Bunch was in Myrtle
Point Tuesday. Mr. Bunch Is endea
voring to arrange for a lecture course
for the five towns of tho county that
will consist of at least three lectures,
and ho states that he has been suc
cessful as far as he has canvassed
the situation. It Is desired that one
of the lecturers shall visit this section
tho latter part of this month, another
In May and another during the ses
sion of tho county teachers' institute
which will be held hero during the
summer. Good speakers, one of
whom may bo Congressman Hawley,
aro expected. Enterprise.
New County Road. E. O. Carter.
who has been taking subscriptions to
pay tho expense of opening tho new
North Fork road to the Cooper
bridge, reports a fine degree of suc
cess. Tho amount of $5GS has been
raised by subscription from private
parties, $186 of the amount having
been subscribed by the people of Myr
tlo Point. The county court has
agreed to give dollar for dollar for
tho work, so that a fund of $1,135
will be available for the work. This,
It is believed, will be amply sufficient
for opening the road and grading it,
giving the farmers and others a com
paratively level roadway from tho
North Fork into town. It Is expected
that work will begin on the road as
soon aB the weather will permit.
MyrtU Point Enterprise.
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