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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1916
Page
2
Poem expressing longing for new dreams to replace the worn and fading ones. The speaker asks for a vision or voice to bring beauty from distant lands and fulfill the desire for something new before death ends the journey with the old.
The piece argues against idleness in summer shade urging readers to use idle moments for thinking and planning. It compares productive rest to honey bees storing sustenance, urging focus on future busy times and problem solving. A Washington dispatch notes $250,000,000 annual spending by Congress and governments on improvements for five years.
Advice from an old health column promotes early prevention for age fifty and beyond. It touts Scott's Emulsion as a blood nourishing tonic to sustain strength, combat aches, and help ward off illness with no alcohol content.
The speaker argues Federal and State road money should be spent in the Myrtle Point area and urges residents to organize and press for a fair allotment. He compares opportunity to a ten dollar bill for a dollar, urging readers to invest effort in securing benefits, not pork-barrel schemes, and warns against relaxation of vigilance in wartime commerce.
A historical reflection on bicycles, automobiles, and submarines rising from ridicule to utility. It argues human ingenuity remains in its infancy, with future generations likely to surpass today’s advances and reshape global trade and transport.
A writer urges local communities to attract diverse industries to share tax burdens, praising dairies and creameries as models. He cites Ashland Oregon and stresses farmer leadership over merchants or lawyers as directors to drive balanced community wealth and better roads and services.
A Grants Pass reader from Bride Street testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills helped his kidney trouble and kept him in fine shape. The ad notes the price 50 cents and lists FosterMilburn Co. of Buffalo New York as the product maker with the Pills available at local dealers.
A well wisher urges farmers to band together, set up their own canneries and seed programs, and stop waste from fish canneries. He cites fertilizer production, pulp and cedar byproducts, sand blocks, glass, peppermint distillation, and mineral resources as profitable ventures for local employment and reduced costs. A Portland concrete stock yard contract is noted.
Robert Oregon files to prove a homestead entry with original number 06261 for parcel in Section 18 Township 82 Range 10 West Willamette Meridian. Hearing before Edgar S. Commissioner at Stearle Point on September 19. Claimant Orrison Hillis with witnesses Eden Oregon Arthur V. Lewis Samuel W. Holcomb Samuel A. Hall.
Notice invites sealed bids to improve portions of Big Creek and Creek County roads in old Special Host District No. 18 per plans and specs. Bids due before 10 a.m. August 23, 1916, filed with County Clerk. County may reject any bid and award to a non lowest bidder if in county interest. A five percent certified check is required with bid. check forfeited if contract not entered or bond not filed within five days after award. Located Cogpite County. notices reference sections and townships as described.
Proof to establish claim to the land above described before Edgar A. Dodge U S Commissioner at his office in Myrtle Point Oregon on August 21 1916. Claimant names witnesses Henry Ware James A Massey William J Massey Forest G Hermann all of Ne Point Oregon. 376 H Canon Register.
In the Circuit Court of Oregon Coos County equity case Fetter v Clark and Kidder. Mary Alwilda Clark and Claude L Kidder summoned to answer by July 27 1916. case seeks foreclosure of mortgage on Coos Bay area property and related relief with costs. The plaintiff claims $700 plus interest from May 19 1915 at 10 percent plus attorney fees and costs. Proceedings note sale of west half Lot 1 2 3 4 5 6 Block 69 Coquille City under plat on file. proceeds to be applied as in complaint. The order is by Judge John S Coke. First publication July 27 1916.
An advertisement from the Kansas Missouri School of Lip Language touts a method to let deaf people understand conversations and speech at a distance. It claims rapid, cost effective results and offers free particulars without payment.
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