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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1921
Page
7
A noisy Oregon miscellany details labor, irrigation, and infrastructure in Marion Umpqua and surrounding counties. It notes drownings near Enterprise and Umatilla, canal and road projects, farm cooperatives, and tax and wage figures amid a broad snapshot of 1921 activity.
A Scottish inventor develops a device on a board enabling a blind person to follow football plays with help from a friend assisting the line of action and movements.
A young professor and a taller man share a daylight terrace moment as a crowd watches. They discuss a potential evening meeting, with a hint of tension over past revelations and future intentions. The scene blends light romance with social scrutiny and a sense of impending resolution.
The piece notes that most major U S wars began in April, with exceptions such as the War of 1812. It cites Revolutionary War actions on April 19 1775, Mexican War declaration on April 24 1846, Civil War begins April 12 1861, Spanish‑American War declaration April 24 1898, and World War I entry April 6 1917.
Professor Keith calls the skylark of the animal world the crane and notes an extraordinary number of cranes in London. An architect adds astonishment at the sheer size, describing a massive machine with a long reach and great weight, reflecting the craze in the capital.
A Chemical News correspondent details an elaborate tattoo removal process using salve of pure nitric acid and lard, followed by a potash solution, tydnochloric acid, and later sabellic acid with glycerin. A paste is peeled off after eight days, dead skin is removed, and the cycle repeats. a milk tattooing method is noted as simplest.
The crystal tourmaline attracts small paper bits like amber due to an electrostatic charge. Sunlight at low temperature removes the charge, while heating restores it. If initially negative, reheating yields a positive charge. Other stones show similar effects, but tourmaline is noted as the most interesting.
The County Court of Polk County Oregon has appointed J. M. Brinkley administrator of the estate of Henry H. Brinkley deceased. Creditors must present verified claims within six months to the administrator in Portland Oregon or to attorney D. E. Fletcher in Independence Oregon. Dated August 5 1921.
A Los Angeles real estate man reports rats chewed the tops from carnations set on a glass vase fourteen inches high. He questions how rodents reached the stems without moving the vase or a nearby chair, noting roses were carried between desks, adding to the mystery of their method.
A pair of fully developed otters have been found in a Brandywine slough near West Chester Pennsylvania. The two are the only otters reported in Shester for about 40 years and are under careful protection by the property owner where they den in a bank beside the water. They measure about four feet and are highly active. It is believed several young may be born in the den and form a future colony that will attract interest.
At a London Dickens dinner regret was voiced that Dickens dramas are not popular enough. Bransby Williams proposed a theater campaign to revive Victoria era works by staging adaptations of David Copperfield Oliver Twist and Barnaby Rudge written by Dickens fellowship members under his direction at Birkenhead.
Walter Williams sues to foreclose a 1920 tax delinquency certificate on 1916 taxes for Government Lots 4 5 6 7 in Section 6 Township 7S Range 6W Green Polk County Oregon. Plaintiff seeks judgment to foreclose lien, with payments already made for 1917 1918 1919 and interest penalties. Defendants Jane Dee Pierce Smith and W B Pierce are named heirs and heirs of Gustavius Pierce. summons requires appearance within days of first publication. Published weekly in Independence Enterprise for six weeks starting July 22 1921. Attorney L Starr 504 Selling Building Portland Oregon.
The county court of Oregon Polk County has appointed B F Swope as executor of Maggie Wilson’s estate and he has qualified. Creditors must present verified claims with vouchers to the executor at his Independence law offices within six months from the notice first published July 22.
John W. Kays appointed administrator by Polk County Oregon court for the estate of Lillie B. Kays deceased. He has qualified and requests claims and vouchers be presented at his residence near Independence within six months from the notice first published July 22. Attorney B. F. Swope noted.
dersigned administrator of the estate of Margaret E O Kelley deceased has filed his final account in the County Court of Oregon Polk County Monday the 22nd day of Avenue 1921 at 10 o'clock a m in the court room of Dallas Oregon designated as time and place for hearing of objections to the final account and its settlement First published July 22 1921
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