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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1921
Page
3
Salem rancher John Kayser pled guilty to bootlegging and was fined 500 by County Judge Bushey. The case notes illness of the defendant’s wife and marks the judge’s first recent liquor case without a jail sentence.
The piece argues railroads defined U S development from 1832 through the completion of the transcontinental line in 1869 and beyond. It claims the Union Pacific link united Atlantic and Pacific sides, calling railways a national destiny and a transformative force beyond mere business.
A bulletin from the Washington headquarters of the National Geographic Society notes Greek forces moving toward Asia Minor to contest territories under the Sevres treaty. The report recalls ancient Troy and the wanderings of Aeneas as modern digs reveal cities stacked upon earlier ruins along the Scamander river.
An 1878 accident at Johns Hopkins reportedly led to saccharin’s discovery. A professor tasting bread found sweetness from his own work, tracing the sweetness to a benzol derivative. By 1884 he opened an experimental saccharin factory in New York.
Three year old Paul Everitt Collins of Denver posed at the central police station and had his fingerprints taken for Bertillon records after his adoptive parents, Mr. and Mrs. P E B Collins, requested the safety措施. The records will be filed at the county recorders office to safeguard him against abduction.
Officials from the Bureau of Biological Survey expect a rise in elk numbers in the Yellowstone and Jackson Hole herds. Favorable feed growth from last winter's rains has left the elk in excellent condition, with a normal death rate anticipated rather than the high mortality of 1919-20 due to forage shortages.
Brown University record notes Charles FE Hughes as the fourth Brown graduate to serve as United States secretary of state. He follows Brown men William L. Marcy Richard Olney and John Hay as predecessors in the role.
Buena Vista William Moe reshingles the Peterson farmhouse while grain harvest nears. Neighbors Prather Ennera Wells Moore Nelson Anderson add silos and plan Jerseys. Wells and Stewart drive to Portland for weekend with relatives as Leland Prather heads to timber camps. Several families travel to Salem Jefferson and Falia City for events. A dog fennel poisoning affects Mrs. Simmons’s eyes and Miss Etta Wells undergoes adenoids and tonsils removal. The Luckinmute river hosts a picnic with swimming and plans for a summer resort.
Monmouth residents Bosby Coffin Clark Evans and others visited and traveled between Monmouth, Salem, Oregon City and McMinnville last week. Families guest at Hamar farm, Verbal reports on Willamette Sanitarium patient Minnie Coby improving. An ad offers five dollars for foot care relief from Comfort Foot Powder Co.
Harold Bowman visits his sister Mrs Roy Pitzer on Monday. W H Harman and daughter Nadine visit Lee Williams in Airlie on Sunday. Fern Wells of Salem visits Mr and Mrs A Z Tedrow over Sunday. Pauline Blodgett operated on for throat trouble at Calais hospital and is recovering. Roy Pitzer attends show in Salem Sunday evening. Roy Miller and the Nelson boys buy Ford cars. Archie Tetherow improving after illness. Johnnie Williams hosts Portland friends on Luckiamute banks. G G Hewitt of Greenwood visits on Monday. Ruth and Mildred Tetherow visit Sterling Crook Sunday. E A Tedrow and Mrs A Z Tedrow visit Dallas Saturday. G B Jones and wife with two sons attend Mt Pisgah Farmers Union weinie roast in Dallas. A E Tetherow and wife visit Salem Tuesday. Picnic on Luckiamute ford draws many, including Greenwood and Airlie families.
The English market has ordered its 30th car of the Mistland fruit with shipments in the last two months totaling nine cars. Six cars were sent in June, indicating prunes appear on English tables in both summer and winter as they take over a month to reach consumers across the Atlantic.
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