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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1911
Page
4
The Myrtle Point publisher announces a Friday publication date starting May 6 1911. Subscription terms list one year for $1.50 and six months for 75 cents with advertising rates available on request.
If Myrtle Point is to celebrate the Fourth of July it would be none too early to begin discussing the manner and method. The note urges early discussion of celebration methods and planning.
California fruit growers have contracted for the greater portion of the Willamette crop of cherries for the next three years as they seek to uphold the reputation of the state.
Thirteen years ago last Monday Admiral Dewey entered Manila Bay and fired on and destroyed the Spanish fleet with minimal American casualties, setting a lasting naval battle record.
A proposed constitutional amendment would allow the national government to levy an income tax. Five more states are needed to ratify and make the tax legal and effective. Proponents of tariff reduction expect the income tax to offset revenue declines once the measure takes effect.
The senate judiciary committee reported favorably the measure passed by the house to elect senators by the people. A comparison of the Oregon plan and New York plan with the Lorimer incident is noted as important. It is very possible all senators will be elected by direct vote soon.
Railroad interests judge Wolverton ruling on land grant cases say the land is largely rocky barren and not valuable for homesteading. They note ranchers use portions for homes and argue appeals show effort to retain grant control despite poor land value.
Those who recognize protecting the Pacific coast resource urge early warning and careful forest fire prevention. Destruction harms owners, lumbermen, loggers, millmen, railroads, residents, builders, and buyers of forest products. extinguishing a threatening fire makes one a public benefactor.
A reflective column notes how some people hesitate to act even when right while others rush ahead for self gain. It contrasts farmers with fishers, discusses marriage age gaps, and comments on peace through force, vanity, fashion, and exaggeration. An idle line about a big man and a Shetland pony closes the fragment.
An assortment of observations on manners and daily life. It notes kindness to animals yet perceived imposition, a mother citing medicine for children, delays before appointments, nostalgia for old mothering, car records not satisfying craving, late workers seeking early quits, food law and fruit quantities, and stubborn disagreement over spring fashions.
Prof. C. I. Lewis of the Oregon Agricultural College notes the dwarf fruit is still experimental in the state with promising potential. Dwarf pears show early bearing and dense planting, grown on Angers Quince or Portuguese stock then topworked to desired varieties. Dwarf peaches are already bearing heavily, apples tried mainly on Paradise stock. dwarf fruiting could suit home gardens and future commercial trials.
Postmaster A D Border reports Bay and Coos Bay river offices cut off by blocked routes. All mail sent to San Francisco for forwarding. urgent call to Hon Binger Hermann for quick action. Dizziness and digestive issues tied to torpid liver. herbine marketed by N G W Perkins as treatment.
Department of the Interior U S Land Office Roseburg Oregon April 3 1911 Notice is hereby given that Mary C Ward of Myrtle Point Oregon who made Homestead entry 14076 serial No 03987 for SWiSWi Sec 23 SESE Sec 22 and NWiNEi Sec 27 township 13 West Willamette meridian has filed notice of intention to make final five year proof to establish claim to the land above described before Edgar A Dodge United States Commissioner at Myrtle Point Oregon on the 19th day of May 1911 Claimant names as witnesses Isaac M Nichols McGinnis
Benjamin F Jones register notes baby illness remedies. Ad promotes McGee's Baby Elixir as a grand corrective for stomach and bowel disorders in babies. Describes indigestion vomiting and diarrhoea treated by the elixir priced 25 or 50 cents per bottle. Sells through N G W Perkins.
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