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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1902
Page
4
A spring campaign seeks funds to improve the Ankeny bottom road for year round hauls. Independence has pledged 150 dollars, Marion county promised aid, but 500 dollars more are needed to complete five miles of road work. Citizens urge prompt action to secure trade and regional benefits.
The premium list for the Oregon State Fair offers $10,000 in cash livestock and agricultural product premiums. Farmers and breeders statewide are urged to participate, with free exhibit transport by Southern Pacific Company and free coastal campgrounds for a week. Write the Portland secretary for more information or a premium list.
Special correspondent reports hops in Buena Vista in prime condition with minor lice. Growers are diligently tending yards to stop pest spread. Hops reach thumb size, firm and good. Some contracts already set at 15 cents, suggesting a strong market outlook.
Opinion among hop men favors a rise in prices with many hoping for 30 cents per box this fall while 40 cents is common in good years. The chop finacier expects a share of higher prices and notes hop picking earnings are a winter necessity for numerous families. A Saturday evening band concert drew attendees from Dallas Buena Vista Monmouth and nearby towns.
Most threshers plan to start Monday. Mrs James LeMasters visits from Mr Angel. Pete Ryan rents Tatum property and Mrs Harris rents Campbell property. Ball visits his mother in Monmouth. Miss Mary Ottinger travels to McMinnville on business this week. Several locals at the coast for a week. Rufus Bohannon leaves for Eastern Oregon harvest work. Tele line progress noted as new posts set. Mamie Sebold staying with Mrs Curby at Bellvue. Mrs Royal now in charge of the post office. Mary Newbill went to Wheatland with a cook wagon. Lulu Short and children visit Gopher Valley relatives.
The notice outlines prizes for a Correspondents Contest including third prize two dollars in photos at J. M. McCaleb's and sixth prize a Ladies Home Journal. Also mentions a first prize two dollars in photos at Pickel's.
A fragment notes a contest ending and mentions October 4 with scattered names and terms. The readable text implies a closing moment for a local competition with partial identifiers. Details remain unclear due to OCR gaps.
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