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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1915
Page
4
A lyrical lament on the old year’s losses and the new year’s promises. The speaker laments gifts stolen by time, mourns a lost love, and looks forward to renewal as drums beat and bells ring in a waxen winter scene, dreaming of travel to distant lands.
Oregon shows 1915 outputs with wheat oats barley corn potatoes apples pears hay and canned fruit totals plus 62 000 tourists. The piece argues removing ship restrictions to revive American shipping as the sole viable path for the United States.
The Coos County Bar Association held its annual banquet in Bandon with attendees from Myrtle Point including C. H. Giles J. Q. Stemmler E. C. Roberts S. D. Pulford. The draft program listed reminiscences Oregon Constitution topics law cases and jurist attitudes before the event concluded with a toast by Wade as toastmaster.
A call to restore American merchant marine strength argues that protectionist rules cripple shipowners. The author emphasizes patriotism and enterprise, championing free global competition over local remedies and urging decisive freedom for the fleet.
Protesters in London vocally oppose beer ban steps, viewing beer as essential to life. The public display reflects a common labor mood, likening temperance to German example and highlighting broad labor discontent.
San Francisco leads U S cities in suicide numbers indicating climate alone does not determine happiness or well being.
A fragment notes that many newspapers view Henry Ford as doing as he pleases with his own funds, implying public judgment of his financial independence and actions.
One G B Shaw suggests every country appoint a minister of peace who should be shot if war occurs. The quip raises a counter question about resignation before such an act.
A speaker claims a woman will apply greater effort to confirm her worst fears than to pursue any other task. The remark frames fear as a powerful motivator affecting behavior and attention.
A witty motto proposes pursuing the Nobel Peace Prize by sending a ship to deliver a message or claim. The remark underscores ambition and maritime reach as a metaphor for pursuing recognition.
Salem reports soon to start a new road along the Uma tilla river from Pendleton to Pilot Rock Junction at a cost of 20000 dollars. Also notes rail and utility project spending in Oregon and a push for 10 hour workdays for railroad workers amid broader prosperity forecasts.
Pleasant Evening Reveries and The New Year segment urge readers to live in the present, seize Today, and face the future with courage. It blends moral guidance with poems and notices including land filings and probate actions. The period voice anchors tales of keeping faith, making daily effort, and enduring life’s cadence.
Myrtle Point residents praise Doan's Kidney Pills with strong testimonials from Mrs. C. E. Roach of Ashland. The notice records Harry M. Dunkin of Bridge filing for final three year proof on a land claim in Willamette Meridian before Edgar Rodge in Myrtle Point, Oregon, on January 14, 1916.
Oregon faces a projected annual loss of 500000 in federal revenues due to prohibition. Legislative battles continue in Congress over the Ferris Water-Power Bill as officials warn the nation’s assets dwindle. Almon Ford of Bridge, Oregon, seeks final five year proof for homestead entry 05060 before February 15, 1916 at Myrtle Point. witnesses named.
Notice of annual meeting of the Coquille Valley Fruit Growers Association to be held January 15 1916 at 1 30 p m at Myrtle Point City Hall Oregon for electing a new Board of Directors and other business. Members urged to attend. H B Steward President G G Swan Secretary. 82
In the Circuit Court of Oregon Coos County the assignment of August H. Bender to creditors shows final report and account by Assignee filed. Hearing set January 8 1916 at 10 AM in Coquille to show cause why report should be accepted and discharge granted. John A. Pressier Assignee and J O Stemmler Attorney Myrtle Point Oregon.
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