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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1911
Page
2
Train times for routes between Independence Monmouth Dallas Airlie and back. Multiple daily departures from Independence to Dallas and Airlie with corresponding return trains from Dallas and Airlie, including connections at Monmouth. Minor OCR inconsistencies but core schedules and station pairs are clear.
The Linch Independence sails from the Independence dock for Salem at 8 30 a m daily and returns from Salem dock at 4 p m. The fare is 50 cents each way.
Automobile timetable notes a morning trip at 7 30 to reach the McNary crossing for east bound trains. Evening service leaves Independence at 3 30 with return at 4 49. Fare set at 50 cents per trip.
A monthly visit is planned to Independence with the representative based at 233 Alder Street in Portland Oregon for ongoing outreach and oversight activities.
A note from Independence Oregon indicates a helpful lady assistant is available to take calls at all hours, covering daytime and nighttime periods for residents seeking assistance.
F Will practice in all courts of the State, Probate matters and collections given prompt attention. Office, Coopers Bldg.
Oregon schools adopt a broad course emphasizing health and practical hygiene with physiology lessons, sanitation and supervised play. Separately, articles filed show a Toledo to Dallas railroad plan with $1,000,000 capital and Yaquina river boat lines, linking Portland to Salem and Yaquina via multiple connections.
Growers near Chemawa report an average to fine hop crop with excellent quality. Indian pupils from the Chemawa school pick in several yards including Lewis Savage George Savage McNary Bent Jones and Yerkes. Girls travel by carryall to yards with meals provided and chaperones. boys go in camp under staff supervision.
The state board received applications totaling over $260,000 for school fund loans and must again stop accepting new ones. Loans are up to one third of property value with a $2,500 maximum, and preference is given to $1,000 or less loans to help more applicants. It may be months before new applications are accepted.
The assessor’s office reports a quarter section of fir timber on the north fork of the Yam Hill River in Yamhill County. It contains 94,700,000 feet of saw timber valued at 50 cents per thousand, totaling $51,400.
One hundred million feet of white pine timber in the government reserve at Sumpter valley has been awarded to W. H. Eccles & Company of Ogden Utah. The bid was filed by Mr Eccles in June and he has now received official notice of the award from the Washington department.
The Home Telephone Company faces a rate dispute as a subscriber committee gains permission to inspect the company books. Wallowa and Union county committees will cooperate to review costs and seek a fair rate and possible new cooperative line construction if toward settlement.
Medford will host a district fair October 3 to 7 to launch a pear show aimed at rivaling the Spokane apple show. The state provides 1450, and local businessmen have raised about 3000, with a total goal of 5000. Organizers plan automobile races and aviation exhibitions with Mayor Canon as president, A. K. Ware as secretary, and George Davis as treasurer.
Ontario and Nyssa push ahead with permanent survey of the Shoestring ditch to irrigate about 10 000 acres of orchard land. Engineers depart with camp supplies to lay out lines and secure pumps and electric motors bids, Target fall contracts set. Medford club ships colonist literature to Minneapolis agents to promote September 15 rates with Southern Pacific cooperation.
William H. Egan led prices at 40 dollars a ton for pears destined to a cannery, topping 15 years of sales by 22 dollars and marking no cannery sale above 18 dollars in the prior 16 years. E W Powers shipped a car of loganberries valued above a train load of wheat, though a definite berry price was not stated.
Salem notes the state issues the new Blue Book not previously attempted in Oregon. It contains a comprehensive survey of resources, the constitution, a directory of state officials, and assessed valuations.
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