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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1917
Page
3
The proposal urged by Charles H. Brent calls for abolishing large inheritances to equalize opportunity and reduce national debt. He argues inheritance suppression would expand individual freedom, boost youth development, and shield the country from long term financial burden.
Reports from Salem Lewiston Berkeley and Roseburg detail Governor Withycombe's secretary attending Klamath Falls Independence Day railroad events D C Hirzel fights a nuisance suit over his cider and local water trouble, the Berkeley Federal Land Bank plans a million monthly loan, and Douglas County raises over 14500 for Red Cross with mill opposition and management refusals noted.
The Home Circle urges caution as explosives harm children on Fourth of July. It laments excessive celebrations and profane behavior, urges emphasis on home life, family morals, and respect for women. It stresses kindness, good manners, and community welfare for towns.
Households can sterilize and bottle unsugared fruit juices for jelly making. Juices from strawberries cherries pineapple currants apples crabapples and grapes keep 9 to 18 months and can be combined later with other fruits. Detailed steps include pressing through a flannel bag bottling hot and sealing with paraffin after boiling water bath for 30 minutes.
Instructions from Corvallis Oregon describe packing fresh ripe cherries into jars with a boiling syrup of three quarts sugar to two quarts water, sterilizing for 16 minutes. For salted cherries add one tablespoon salt and one quarter cup vinegar per quart, fill with cold water, seal. Sour cherries omit vinegar.
The Oregon Farmer urges a national Fourth of July program honoring the 60,000 plus Oregon men enrolled for military or home front duties in the world war. It calls for ceremonies recognizing their loyalty, the global call to duty, and dedication to those serving and remaining at home in the cause of human righteousness.
The article notes cherries can be preserved like strawberries and used in many ways beyond sauce. It highlights cherries in salads, suggests combining cherries with apples pineapple and nuts, and mentions stuffing cherries with filbert nuts for salad use.
A recipe fragment describes mixing flour salt sugar baking powder butter egg and milk to make biscuits rolled thin with a length twice the width. Spread cherries within an inch of edge then roll like jelly cake and seal ends to contain fruit.
Place roll on pan side and pour 1% cup sugar 2 cups hot cherry juice and 1 tablespoon butter over it. Bake baste often. Add water as needed and serve with its own sauce. Assistant professor Sarah L. Lewis O A C G.
Los Angeles reports the death of Chaplain Orville N. Nave aged 76 after injuries from a streetcar collision Saturday night. Nave served 23 years in the U S army and was former chaplain in chief of the National Grand Army of the Republic. He retired in 1905 with the rank of major. He leaves a wife and two daughters.
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