Polk County Tax Apportionment Totals 1.396 Million
Dallas officials report state tax commission apportionment for Polk County totaling 1,396,055.00 with the 1922 tax roll at 12,292,450.00. combined taxes due 13,688,505.00 for 1923 collection. Several telephone and utility firms listed with assessed values included in the apportionment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Fred J. Holman
State Tax Commission
Polk County
Tax Commission
Hanna Telephone Company
Green Telephone Company
Grand Ronde Telephone Co
Five O Telephone Company
Falls City, Dallas
Lewisville Telephone Company
Eola Telephone Company
East Dallas Telephone Co
Durbin & Connoyer
Antioch Telephone Association
Cash a Check for 2007 Turns on Valid Identification
A hatband tale shows a teller demanding proper ID for a cash check. The man offers a license and legal papers, but none match the name on the check. The clerk insists that a proper bar bearing true documents is the only sure identification.
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Joseph Johson
Johan Jones
Old English Hedges Dying as Hedgerows Give Way to Wire
A fragment describes the rapid disappearance of hawthorn hedges in England driven by tractors. Sussex and Hertfordshire see old rooted hedges replaced by wire fences to corral sheep. Farmers claim four 10 acre fields become a single 40 acre unit with one tractor in 10 days, versus extended hedge maintenance.
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Eveland
England
Hertfordshire
Sussex
Golf Club Members Pose as Players
A Detroit Free Press quote panel jokes about golf club members who can’t pick the game well. The remark contrasts supposed skill with a humorously flawed selection of players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jons
Detroit Free Press
Investment drive to fund Oregon development in Portland
The Portland Chamber of Commerce launches a $300000 drive on December 5 calling Portlanders to invest for Oregon's growth. It links city prosperity to state development and urges advertising plus farmer prosperity to attract settlers, better prices, and broader economic benefits across Oregon and the Columbia River basin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Oregon
Columbia River Basin
America
California
Idaho
Utah
Washington
Ita
Orvegonian
Huge Economic Loss by Motor Accidents
Washington reports a 1921 census bulletin showing 10,168 deaths from automobile accidents in 34 states that year. The piece argues the losses are preventable and estimates a staggering economic cost, assuming earnings of 1000 pounds per year and a ten year life expectancy per victim, totaling about 100 million dollars.
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Washington
Census Office
Alletica
Automobile Accidents Seen as Major National Plague
The piece argues earning power is wiped out by auto accidents and campaigns aim to stamp out tuber culonia cancer and other diseases. It notes Washington legislators view reckless driving as a curable canker in the body politic, equating road deaths with public plagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Seciery
Walt
Newspaper Conference at Eugene in March
University of Oregon in Eugene sets dates for the annual Oregon newspaper conference under the journalism school. The event will be held on Thursday Friday and Saturday March 22 28 and continue with additional program details to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene
University of Oregon
Oregon
Oregon School of Journalism At
Conference Dates Set for Oregon Editors on Campus
Lee Drake leads the conference as president with Elbert Bede E. Hoss and Dean Eric W. Allen among organizers. The event will take place in the new journalism building on the varsity campus with a formal dedication during a gathering of state publishers editors and writers. The Associated Press and Newspaper Publishers Center executives attend. The organizers expect the meeting to be the largest in conference history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Drake
Elbert Bede
State Editorial Association
E. Hoss
Eric W. Allen
Old School of Journalism
Oregon
Cente
Also Mentioned on This Page
Polk Utilities
E. Clemens Horst Company
Amity Mutual Telephone Co
American Bottom Telephone Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Sheridan Light & Power Co
Portland Railway Light & Power Company
Mountain States Power Co
Falls City Electric Light & Power Company
Dallas Water Works
Amity Light & Power Co
Oregon & California Railway Company
Willamina & Grand Ronde Railway
Southern Pacific Company
American Railway Express Company
Highland Telephone Co
Kings Valley Mutual Telephone Company
Liberty Mutual Telephone Company
Liberty Telephone Line No
Ee Sea
Luckiamute Independent Mutual Telephone Company
Luckiamute Rural Telephone Company
Motor Line Telephone Co
Northwestern Long Distance Telephone Company
Oakdale Telephone Company
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company
Perrydale Telephone Co
Pioneer Mutual Telephone Company
Polk County Telephone Co
Prather Telephone Line
Rickreall Telephone Co
William Riddell Telephone Company
Rose Hill Telephone Co
Salt Creek & Dallas Mutual Telephone Company
Salt Creek & Mill City Telephone Company
Salt Creek Mutual Telephone Company
Seavey-Bell Hop Company
Sheridan-Willamina Telephone Company
Smithfield & Dallas Telephone Company
Wigan & Company
Willamette Telephone Com
Conkey
Walker
Pacific Coast
Independence National Bank
Independence
Federal Reserve System
Pelo Sekia
Ben Francisco
San Arreles
John M. Scott
Paseng
Agen Portland
Cirewea
Kafoury’s
Afoury Bros.alem
Portland Silk Shop
Alder St
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