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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1921
Page
8
Notice to hop pickers to register for picking or day work at Wigan Richardson and Co. tents provided. Include party size, preference for families. Price 50 cents per box and day work prevailing rate. Pickers must harvest hops cleanly. adhere to rule. Registration and picking date details to follow.
The Stunt contest for the Oregon Normal school awarded first prize to group three from Polk Marion Yamhill Benton and Lincoln counties for The Spirit of the Hops featuring a hop field scene. Group four Multnomah won second and eastern Oregon counties claimed third. Judges were Mrs. George Conkey Dr H Charles Dunsmore and Prof Hoppes. Large crowd attended with full chapel seating.
The first division ends Friday August 5 with a brief exercise to honor graduates. Superintendent Churchill will speak and present diplomas at the chapel ceremony open to townspeople. Miss Marie Schuette departs for Green Bay Wisconsin after three years heading Oregon Normal music department. Second division opens Monday August 8 for elementary teachers training course. Norm bills for 1921 Norm are paid. a small balance remains. Mr. and Mrs. L P Gilmore leave Normal and Monmouth after eight years. Miles Landon to teach at Salem next year. Miss Zella Landon of Portland, a June graduate, visited the Normal this week.
A total of 45 carloads of Mistland cherries were shipped in fresh state by the Oregon Growers' Cooperative during the just-ended season. About 87 solid cars went to eastern markets like New York, Boston, Chicago, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Minneapolis, and Cleveland, with widespread distribution along the east and west coasts. Favorable weather reduced brown rot, enabling long-distance shipping. careful sorting and packing aided early market arrival and strong demand, as shipments also reached Seattle, Spokane, San Francisco, Sacramento, Portland, Bend, and Marshfield. Washington state cities such as Bellingham, Aberdeen, Hoquiam also drew cherries.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger argues laziness causes most failures by making men late and careless with time. It cites procrastination and shirking responsibility as core roots, noting that idle people waste others' time and avoid polite, respectful conduct.
A newlywed couple visits Honey's parents in a small town. During Sunday church collection Honey, trying to appear generous, drops a bright penny into the basket. Dear notices and the parson states the total collection was 4.47, foreshadowing a rough start to married life.
Farmers engage in threshing as harvest proceeds with modest overall yields and occasional bumper crops. Cooperative outfits are operating or preparing to start, including Parker Cooperative, Pesree Alexander Hanna, Moore Wells, Bush Campbell, and Mc Elmurry Ruliffson.
The United States controls nearly half of all motion picture theaters worldwide. Strong theater presence underscores US dominance in global cinema.
Theodore Graham of Monmouth paid a ten dollar fine taxed by Justice Baker on July 24 for speeding his car. Deputy Sheriff Hooker was the complainant. Graham attempted a speed contest with the officer between Monmouth and Dallas.
Proposed by the board of aldermen the measure would prohibit pedestrians from crossing streets except at crosswalks. Violators face a 26 dollar fine or 26 days in city jail or both.
Princess Mafalda, 18, daughter of the King of Italy, is noted as one of the rare European royal women who drives her own car. The feature highlights her independence while performing royal duties.
A garbled late 19th century fragment lists trade goods like iron and sugar and includes scattered phrases about rents, improvised labor, and a former president taking a ride on a trolley car, suggesting a grim, unfinished vignette of poverty and work.
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