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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1921
Page
7
News item reports transportation rate hikes by Southern Company affecting cross continental routes from June to October. Details mention new establishment rates for all points and a one third fare round trip feature, with prior announcements referenced.
Oregon notes detail multiple local projects and incidents. Plans include a new Albany public school building, a $100000 church in Corvallis, and road paving near The Dalles. Other items cover coyote culling, county road work, railroad expansion, wool pools, housing shortages, and a tuberculin clinic.
A 20 man crew digs the new commerce building at Oregon Agricultural College Corvallis for completion in 10 days before construction. The U shaped four story brick structure will be 128 by 67 feet with wings 28 feet wide housing offices for Kerr and Jensen and later Beaver Barometer and Oregon Countryman on the first and basement floors. The project anticipates January 1 readiness and reflects growing commerce enrollment of 824 students this year.
The Willamette Valley is poised to become a center for broccoli production with about 200 acres to be planted in Polk and Marion counties within shipping reach of Salem. Independence growers may add 60 acres and Dallas-area farmers are expected to ship from that city.
The Oregon Growers Cooperative Association offers to pack prunes at cost for nonmembers to aid the Near East Relief fund. Members may have deductions from grade sheets for donations. Donated prunes or funds will be telegraphed to China for immediate use to reach starving victims.
For sale eight or ten young Jersey cows and one team of work horses weighing 1550 to 1600 pounds. Horses may be sold singly. Includes a 14 inch P. and O. surrey plow, used little. Listings by Davidson & Hedges, 25-2f.
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