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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1922
Page
3
Santa Rosa notes on Luther Burbank's seventy third birthday show him urging parents to raise children in country or small towns near nature. He compares plant care to human development and stresses a child absorbs environment. He urges sunshine, open air, clean food, and free nature contact to foster honesty, fairness, purity, and thrift.
A humorous note recounts a marriage proposal sent by mail that turns comically sour when the intended answer is a nose. The item closes with a reminder that the Enterprise subscription remains priced at $1.50 per year.
The article quotes A G Lunn noting hens producing 140 to 150 eggs yearly earn interest on investment but no profit for labor. With well bred flocks producing 180 to 200 eggs, a profit of 90 cents per bird is possible, while above average producers gain extra premiums from higher fall egg prices.
The Federal Reserve Board reports a broad upturn in basic industries including steel, rail equipment, copper, and metals. Auto production rose, construction building permits rose 40 percent year over year, while labor disputes and cost uncertainties weighed on textiles. Unemployment edged down slowly. retail and wholesale trade stayed weak. freight car traffic rose. wholesale price index rose to 142. Foreign trade declined slightly with exchange stability improving except for marks.
A compact winter verse asks for divine protection as an autoist risks a tire failure in the cold and hopes a spare is ready on the rack. The lines convey practical worry about roadside luck and preparedness.
Edison states he will continue his labor until age ninety. He remains a prominent light worker shaping industry and innovation.
A Dallas Ku Klux Klan branch may be formed in Polk County. Ben Pollan bought a 50 acre tract north of Monmouth at 50 dollars per acre, jointly owned by the John Moran estate and Senator L Patterson. H C Ostein and brother L A Ostein visit from Virginia. they traveled via Mexico. Pauline Aulen of Dallas seeks U S citizenship with court examination in October. The body of 18 year old Charles P Hartreds from Polk County near Grand Ronde, Idaho, found killed near Fort Lapwai. funeral held at Grand Ronde Catholic church. survivors include Benedice Hortress and Henry Petite. another Hortress brother Martin died in Argonne 1918. W H Stonehocker of Pedee area arrested for keeping his 14 year old daughter Pearl from school. trial set for April 8.
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