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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1911
Page
2
Rail schedule details for Independence Monmouth to Dallas and Airlie with multiple trains daily. Times include departures from Independence Monmouth Dallas Airlie and connections at Monmouth for Airlie, with arrivals and service windows across morning and evening runs.
Leaving Independence at 7 30 a m the traveler reaches McNary crossing to catch the east bound train. Return from Independence at 3 30 p m to connect with trains both directions arriving at 4 49. Fare is 50 cents for each trip.
International Correspondence School representative H. W. Reed will travel from Scranton to Independence each month to meet local students and coordinate ISC activities. Reed plans to set up sessions at the Oregon Portland office and address inquiries at 233 Alder Street in Scranton.
Funeral director and licensed embalmer based in Independence Oregon offers services with a lady assistant if desired. Attends calls day or night serving the local area.
Office in Cooper Building rooms 2 and 3 offers hours 9 to 12 and 2 to 6. Calls answered night and day for emergencies and consultations.
Will practice in all courts of the State. Probate matters and collections given prompt attention. Office, Cooper Bldg.
Detective Walter Drewes and A G Badech of New York were jailed briefly after delays in securing bonds for the National Erectors' Association official. W Joseph Ford and Burns were bound over to the grand jury after waiving exam. Fox freed on 5000 bond pending grand jury appearance. Constables search Burns aides with John Doe warrants.
Pirates seized the steamer Asia near Shanghai abandoning passengers and crew to Chinese pirates aboard a Chinese steamer Shonking. Cargo, chiefly silk, valued at 500000, was looted. total loss of ship and cargo about 1500000. Some crew were captured or escaped, with officers firing to protect passengers.
Mrs Walter Keating wife of a nitrate king heir dropped a 20 gem diamond brooch while driving in Ocean Park California. It lodged in a car tire and rode about 1000 miles without injury. The jewel later emerged intact after two weeks, found by the garage.
A skull fragment found by a ditch tender eight miles south of St. John confirms the murdered man near Chico last Wednesday is G. W. Baker formerly of Redding. Marion Baker identified the bone as his brother. The skull piece suggests the head was axed and the torso may be in the central irrigation ditch which will be drained.
Washington Bank reports show enormous cash holdings with reserve and central reserve cities noting large sums. Treasury officials draw two conclusions: slackening business driving money into banks, and banks preparing early for late summer and autumn interior demands.
A canvass of 96 university women conducted by Miss Marion Talbot shows two percent or less intend to marry. Fifteen refused to disclose plans. More than half say they will become teachers after graduation, according to the annual report of President Harry P. Judson.
Broadway Park Place company files plans to build the world’s tallest structure at Broadway and Park Place. The main building tops 30 stories with an additional 25 story tower, totaling 55 stories and 750 feet from curb to apex.
Albany lawmakers approved Senator Roosevelt's resolution for direct senatorial elections by a 107 to 80 vote. Twenty Republicans joined Democrats in support of the measure.
Governor Weat urged a quarantine of cattle in Klamath and Lake counties over scab fears. Dr Pinkerton’s team found 19,920 cattle diseased in Lake county, with exposure across open ranges. Sheep Inspector Lytle warned that long-range conditions and weak cattle hinder dipping, while a statewide quarantine could be less harmful than federal action.
O W R N Co awards contracts to Moore Bros of Portland for five Deschutes line stations. Hunts Ferry Gateway and Madras will be two story 24 by 80 foot buildings at about 4500 dollars each, with freight and passenger facilities and offices. Paxton and F will be 24 by 70 foot one story structures at about 2000 dollars each.
Pendleton area farmers set to own a fourth storage warehouse in Umatilla county after Farmers Union members in Pilot Rock secured an option on Interior Warehouse Company property. A stock company will run the venture, serving all grain growers tributary to the town with uniform charges. The facility holds 80,000 sacks and is two years old, joining existing farms at Adams Helix and Echo that save growers money. Monmouth normal school attendance is expected to be large when it opens September 18 with 16 faculty members. President Ackerman travels east to recruit staff and assess conditions.
In Coos Bay area the Beaver Slough and Fat Elk drainage districts convert 6,000 acres from swamp to fertile fields. Drainage costs run 8.50 to 13.40 per acre, with land now worth about 100 per acre. Finished land promises crops of grass, hay, oats, potatoes, and cabbage as water is removed and brush cleared. Settlement is expected as the land becomes tilled and productive.
Madras Work begins on a new wool warehouse in the Oregon Trunk yards by Kerrick Construction, slated for completion by May 1. Bentley Construction of Portland is also advancing work on a brick hotel, with excavation finished and brick, sand, and cement now being laid, aiming for completion by August.
Redmond reports no injuries to fruit from recent cold nights. A snow storm on April 10 lasting about half an hour caused no ill effects in the orchards. A large acreage of fruits has been set out this year and market gardeners have flowers blooming as garden truck hits the market for two weeks.
Helix Helix and Holdman locals of the Farmers Educational and Co operative union of America will hold a joint meeting here May 6. The affair will last the greater part of the day and one of the features will be a noon time feast. Prominent members of the union from all parts of the county are expected.
Springfield's George B. Dorris asparagus farm announces its produce is now on the market. Cold weather delays moved the harvest 15 days later than last year, but shipments reach all parts of the country and support Lane county industry.
Weston farmers report fall wheat at eight inches or taller and growing well. Fields this season show unusually few weeds and robust growth.
Milton reports a promising fruit harvest with peaches cherries pears and apples. Few orchards suffered damage beyond initial fears as cold weather of last week passed.
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