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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1920
Page
4
Editorial warns that a constitutional proposal to set a four percent loan rate could backfire like a boomerang. It argues market forces and current national rates would strain Oregon's access to funds and could trigger loan calls, isolating the state financially and causing trouble for borrowers and lenders alike.
Oregonian coverage is questioned over Polk county road decisions. The column accuses a Salem line of misstate and claims the Polk county court correctly halted the Pacific highway routing while stressing the Salem Dallas post road differs. It cites Benson and local editors and notes Benson’s Hubbard crash without arrest details.
Oregon Agricultural College extension specialist W. S. Carpenter urges growers to inspect patches now and select hills with many medium sized, disease free tubers. He argues seed selection rivals cultural methods for profitability and notes labor shortages make this focus essential. Experts say doubling yield in a generation is possible with persistent seed quality policy.
Roseburg officials and the Roseburg Park and Fair association agreed to transfer 50 acres two miles east of Roseburg used as county fair grounds to the state as the necessary papers are filed. W. L. Boies of the Oregon grain commission and Professor H. D. Scudder of the Oregon Agricultural College promoted the transfer for state interests.
About $42,000 in bonuses were paid to Bend Mill employees and Scanlon Lumber workers for the first six months of the current year. Bonuses averaged five percent of earnings, with 700 women at Hixson receiving additional pay and $12,000 shared among 800 Brook-Sanlon employees. Letters with each payment cited continued service as the reason for the token bonus.
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