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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1922
Page
2
Oregon Pulp and Paper of Salem starts third unit, boosting total investment to about 2 million dollars. The new unit will enable large scale production of sulphite bond and glassine papers, with 50 percent of daily output in bond and colored varieties.
Threshers on W. W. Meeker’s Monmouth area farm report strong returns for fall sown grain. Twenty six acres of wheat yielded 40 bushels per acre totaling 1040 bushels, ten acres of oats at 40 bushels per acre, plus 26 acres of oats and vetch producing 14000 pounds of vetch seed at four cents per pound and 354 bushels of oats and vetch. The 155 acre farm includes eight within Monmouth city limits and features a five acre walnut orchard plus an additional acre.
In the family orchard, Mr. Meeker’s view of cooperative marketing is lukewarm. He notes that in 1920 his prunes earned 46 cents a bushel while drying cost 43 cents, leaving only 3 cents per bushel for growing and picking. The Monmouth Herald reports his modest return from prune production.
The article discusses reasons seed wheat treatment may fail against smut and stresses selecting smut resistant varieties. It urges poultry producers to cull poor layers, use trap nests or adopt culling as most profitable, and notes an extension bulletin by H. E. Cosby. It also mentions a Malheur County farmer shifting to a three year rotation and trials with winter wheat hybrid 128 and soybeans.
Paul V. Maris, director of the agricultural college extension service, warns Oregon cooperatives face heavy losses if external pressures and internal dissension worsen. He cites California success and notes Oregon associations for marketing wheat, fruit and other products. He cites a failing Dairymen's league and urges immediate action by Granges, farmers' unions, and farm bureaus to address funding, organization, and governance to avoid disaster.
A brief editorial asserts that associations can demonstrate cooperation is viable in this generation. It argues for practical steps and mutual efforts among groups to advance common goals and reduce conflict.
The article notes Arsène de Berend, cited via Le Progrès Montréal, arguing against adding milk to coffee, tea, or spirits. It claims his 18260 work warned that cream caused most medical derangements and pneumonia, with estimates of up to 10 percent of people harmed by such mixtures.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports 46 new buffalo calves on three of four preserves under its program. At the national bison range in Montana the herd totals 417 with 28 calves this spring. Wind Cave South Dakota has 15 calves and Niobrara Nebraska has 3 calves, with protection efforts continuing at Sullys Hill North Dakota.
A powder horn map, engraved in 1730, may reveal sites of Cherokee towns in western North Carolina. The horn belonged to Hugh Kirk of Ireland and later James Grant, a British soldier near Charlestown, Port Loudon, and Fort Prince George. It features the royal arms and shows the ancient town of Aucassee and other neighboring towns.
The article notes that until 1772 no European scientist denied perpetual motion, but Isaac Newton and De La Hire showed its impossibility. By 1775 the Paris Academy of Sciences announced perpetual motion as impossible, ending Support for ongoing experiments.
Mme Ivan Boni kovsky devises a method of multiple scenery using two painted scenes on one canvas. Colored lights on the drop-scene reveal different views enabling a landscape or interior with the same stage setting. The concept could appeal to producers for its elegance and economy.
The report notes a telegraphic coverage plan for Indo-China with a complete ratio system and high powered equipment. It mentions receivers and financial reports from the day, referencing the RBordeins station in a distant locale.
A terse proverb-like item contrasts fates of the virtuous and the wicked, suggesting a harsher outcome for wrongdoing. It presents a cynical view of life and justice without specific events, names, places, or dates.
A historical exchange recalls a formal proposal and its polite但 affectionate response. The Colonel smiles at a rejected offer while the Madam recalls the moment with a poised fondness, capturing a subtle nuance of courtship in their dialogue.
A fragmented reminiscence depicts a father and mother discussing wisdom, work, and family roles. It touches on intimate scenes at a boarding house, mentioning two children and the living likenesses of their parents, with a surreal, poetically muddled tone.
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