Linda Kirk Libri

In the 1960s, Tillamook County faced internal conflict as the dairy industry transitioned from small factories to larger ones. Farmers grappled with how to collaborate with distributors while advocating for their businesses without risking market prices. Beale Dixon, head of the County Creamery Association, proposed low-interest loans to supermarkets stocking CCA products, believing it would foster goodwill in a tight market. Conversely, George Milne, a respected farmer and board member of the Tillamook Cheese and Dairy Association, viewed Dixon's plan as fraudulent, arguing it cheated farmers out of rightful earnings. This disagreement escalated into a community-wide conflict, complicated by intricate family and business ties that blurred lines of interest. Dixon's dual role in both organizations led to his dismissal from one but retention in the other. The Cheese War unfolded over nearly a decade, involving board meetings, court cases, and community divisions. Co-op members exchanged recall petitions, and rival factions circulated misleading information. Though largely overlooked outside Tillamook County, the Cheese War left lasting rifts, with some families still affected today. Sisters Marilyn Milne and Linda Kirk, children of the conflict, sought to uncover the true story behind their parents' experiences, drawing from extensive research and interviews with key figures and their families. This narrative highlights the hum

The town of Myrtle Point, incorporated in 1887, was platted in a grove of myrtle trees on a point of land overlooking the South Fork of the Coquille River. Ten years after incorporation, Myrtle Point was a thriving commercial hub of 600 people. It had a riverboat landing, two hotels, and streets lined with churches, businesses, houses, and barns. This book begins in 1893, a landmark year when the telephone and the train both arrived in Myrtle Point. It ends in 1950, a time of prosperity for loggers and farmers in southwestern Oregon and for the enterprises in Myrtle Point that served them. Family photographs, many published here for the first time, reveal glimpses of a world where logging was king; the Coos County Fair was the biggest event of the year; and, early on, farm families traveled by horse team and riverboat to shop in a bustling Myrtle Point.

Richard Cumberland and Natural Law represents the first major biographical sketch of Cumberland to appear in English. A critic and antagonist of Thomas Hobbes, a proto-Utilitarian and a man of the cloth, Richard Cumberland may be England’s least recognised seventeenth century polymath, often overshadowed by the likes of John Bramhall and John Wallis. His magnum opus, De Legibus Naturae (On Natural Laws) stands in quality amongst the greatest works of natural philosophy and ethics of his time period. Here Kirk outlines Cumberland’s significant philosophical contributions as well as situating him in his intellectual and historical context. She describes his life, his work as Bishop of Peterborough, and his pioneering contributions to natural law theory. Kirk also includes a chapter on the various editions of Cumberland’s masterwork and the praise it received from his contemporaries. Richard Cumberland and Natural Law remains the foremost collection of biographical information of Richard Cumberland, as well as offering a comprehensive discussion of his theories.