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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1911
Page
2
Train timetables list departures from Independence Monmouth and Dallas to Airlie with arrivals at Dallas and Airlie. Services include Nos 64 68 70 from Independence to Dallas, Nos 61 73 to Airlie, and return trains Nos 65 69 71 to Independence, plus Airlie to Independence connections, with Monmouth stops noted.
Auto schedule lists departures from Independence at 7:80 a m and 3:30 p m with arrivals at McNary crossing to connect with eastbound trains. Return trips at 4:49 align with trains both directions. Fare for each trip is 50 cents.
International Correspondence School announces H V Reed, ISC representative for Scranton, will be in Independence each month showcasing correspondence courses. Reed’s Portland Oregon address is listed for inquiries and enrollment.
Consolidated digest notes reorganizations by Standard Oil Society plans. Harriman family plans Idaho hunts. Mexican miners at El Oro struck. troops fire. nine dead. Southern Pacific to build Eugene to Coos Bay line. Two boys ride from New York to the Pacific in 60 days. Harlem village marshal kills robber. two flee. German soldiers found on frontier cut telegraph lines. Abilene wind and hail storm kills two, damages town. South Carolina cotton mills shut. 70,000 workers out. Hamilton asylum fire. bravery saves life. American Tobacco Company reorganization planned. All passengers rescued by two Japanese cruisers aboard a ship. 1,720 acres near Roslyn withdrawn from entry. German sugar market rises on draught. Empress of China hits submerged rock near Yokohama. Yellowjackets invade Chicago laundry. dep’t destroys them. San Francisco woman shot and robbed at son’s grave.
Market listing shows prices for Wheat Bluestem 78e and old crop, bran at $24.50 25 per ton, corn whole $33 cracked $34 per ton, oats No 1 white $27, hay timothy $16 17, alfalfa $11, clover $5.50 9, poultry hens 15 15c, springs 19c, ducks 14c, turkeys 20c, eggs 26 27c per dozen. Butter 28c per lb, pork 10% to 14c, veal 12 12.5c, fruits and vegetables with numerous crate and per-pound prices, potatoes 11 12c, onions red 1.75 white 2 per hundred, cattle and hogs listed with ranges, sheep and lamb prices, various grades and weights.
The reported capture of Aux Cayes signals a major blow to the Haitian government and suggests widespread discontent in the south. General Le Conte leads rebel forces from Cape Haytien toward Gonaives and Archachie, narrowing on Port au Prince as Firmin loses ground.
Henry A. Hammond, director and sales agent for Wire & Telephone Co of America, pleads nolo contendere to unlawful restraint of trade and pays a $1000 fine. Judge Archbold imposes $1000 fines on Henry G. Stoddard of Trenton Iron Co, J D Keith of Phoenix Horseshoe Co of Illinois, Samuel H. Roberts and Thomas H. Taylor of American Steel & Wire Co of New Jersey. Court rejects nolo contendere for John W. Kiser of Phoenix Horseshoe Co of Illinois due to absence at sea.
The American Osteopathic Association in Chicago issues a challenge to the AMA the American Institute of Homeopathy and the American Association of Eclectic Medicine. A contest may be staged at Bellevue Hospital in New York or Cook County Hospital with about 800 patients divided among four schools for typhoid or pneumonia cases.
France reorganizes its army and fortifications as a precautionary measure while maintaining a hopeful belief in a peaceful resolution. Cavalry prepared for alert, forts on the eastern frontier provisioned at night, and regiments called to full strength. The Rambouillet cabinet restructuring places General Joffre atop the war staff, replacing Michel who is removed as Commander-in-Chief after clashes over defense strategy.
The 132d Massachusetts Legislature pro rogued after a 207 day session, one day longer than 1889. Labor priorities included duplication of the workingmen's compensation act and passage of a 14 hour bill for women and minors, plus an eight hour bill for public employees.
In Carman New York a seven day fast left Morris Goldberg three, killed by a trolley in front of his home. A mob of about two thousand seized the motorman and conductor, aimed to run them down, before a lone policeman halted the strike. The Goldberg family of nine faced extreme poverty and starvation.
Maderos move thirty rail cars of cattle to the United States as other large Mexican cattle owners follow suit. Railroads report a broad exodus of cattle out of Mexico in anticipation of the October election.
After nearly four months in a deep sleep Hazel Schmidt an 18 year old of Vandalia Illinois awoke for five hours and ate three meals on Sunday. Doctors report the trance broken and expect her to return to normal with no ill effects from the slumber.
A fierce hail storm devastates ninety percent of the crop in a prime Niagara peninsula district between St. Catharines and Winona. Fruit trees lost branches and many farmers fear financial ruin as hundreds of chickens perish.
Salem Oregon attorney W E B Vincent specializes in most legal matters excluding Justice of the Peace work. He offices in the Bush Bank Building and offers general practice services.
Notice reports a sale by the Independence Cannery Company of Independence Oregon by order of the board. Log Nos 56-7 in Block 10 Henry Hills Addition priced to sell including a two year old cannery building 160 by 60 feet 12 feet high with new machinery may be sold separately. Bidder cash sale set for Saturday September 2 1911 at 2 PM at the cannery building in Independence Oregon.
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