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Newspaper

Independence Enterprise

Location

Independence, Oregon, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1920

Page

7

Executor Appointed in Oregon Probate Proceeding

Guy G Hewitt has been appointed executor of the estate of Laurenum Harman deceased by the Polk County Oregon court. Creditors must file claims within six months with the executor at the Hayter law office in Dallas Dallas County. This notice was first published in December.

Guy G. Hewitt Ion Harman State of Oregon Polk County Cnld Aaid Oncar Hayter Hinaty Dallan Bank Dallas Aaid County Red Fliret Guy G Hewitt Larulenrmum Hayter

Shareholders Meeting Set for Independence Nation Bank

The stockholders of the Independence Nation Bank will hold an annual meeting on Tuesday in January at 10 a.m. at the bank. The agenda includes election of the board of directors and any other business brought before the meeting. December 1.

Tok Atockhealler Ndence Nation Tank

Stockholders Meeting Notice for Farmers' State Bank

The Farmers State Bank of Inde x announces its annual stockholders meeting in Independence. The gathering runs between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Thursday January 1 to elect a board of directors for the ensuing year and to conduct other proper business.

Farmers’ State Bank of Index Independence

December 5 Customs and Saint Nicholas Traditions

London Daily Chronicle outlines December 5 child customs, stockings and gifts, tracing Saint Nicholas through England Germany and Holland. It notes modest rewards for good children and fear for naught, with Father Christmas inquiries guiding present-giving in homes.

Konia Dee Ren Jolewd Tik Wits Port Wan St. Nicholis Kanth Choos Hoya Irs Malig Sweeta Hope Hite Tove England Ferry Moll Santa Chau Nicholas Riley Bireh Prine Roybery Tun Raved St. Nicholas Episcopal Howe Rendant Angele Catholic Germany Nicholas Santa Claus Father Christina London Daily Chronicle

Christmas party plan with Santa Claus sleigh table decor

A detailed guide for a Christmas party setup featuring Santa Claus in a brown cloak and scarlet hood, a wheelbarrow sleigh with presents, reindeer with bells, and festive centerpieces. The guide includes creating a Cinderella themed table, moss coach centerpiece, holly garlands, and kid gifts like a slipper candy and a fairy doll.

Santa Claus Santi Claus Tony Bey Exeh

Suggested Frugal Gift Idea Sparks Christmas Debate

A dialogue imagines economizing for Christmas with a plan to reuse the same modest gifts for relatives as for the narrator's parents. The exchange weighs practicality against tradition as they seek affordable options.

Tit for Tat The Poet and The Musician Exchange Lines

A brief exchange shows a poet requesting to read a new Christmas poem and a musician promising to perform a new Christmas cantata in return. The dialogue suggests a playful creative moment between two artists with shared holiday themes.

Higher Idea in Chivalry in Mary Fisher Torrance Essay

The piece argues chivalry as a male duty to perform unloved chores for his wife, contrasting idealized aristocratic displays with domestic life in Harlem and Greenbiely village studios. It condemns male avoidance of chores, urging men to share daily tasks to ease a wife’s burden and uphold civilization.

Harlem Greenbiely Village Mary Fisher Torrance Hitmarket Roota Fawkes Chivatry la Ines

Water buffaloes study signals changing China at Canton college

A Christian Science Monitor essay notes Chinese students at Canton Christian College are studying water buffaloes for future rural progress. The piece highlights a shift in attitudes toward labor and technology with buffaloes as a case study, describing the animal as gentle yet central to farming in southern China.

China Canton Christian College Io Asia Christian Science Monitor

Gas From Straw At Arlington Experiment Station

Gas produced by destructive distillation of straw at the Arlington experimental form of the United States Department of Actionsure is tested as motor fuel and cooking source. A fifty pound batch yields about 200 cubic feet of gas, with efforts under way to liquefy or condense it for practical use. Several valuable by products are obtained during manufacture.

United States Department of Acionsure Arlington Journal of Tadhisteiat and Engineering Chemistry Burwth of Chemistry Neden Po Parana

Doctors for Bees in Manitoba Improve Honey Yields

Bee experts in Manitoba Canada report that disease control will boost honey production this year. The province aims to flood the world's pancakes with honey as large apiaries reduce bee illnesses, with hive yields rising from about 65 pounds to higher levels.

Manitoba Canada Tarst Brooklyn Eagle

Accidents Rise in Late Working Hours Say Berlin Doctor

Dr. B. Guth of Berlin analyzes statistics in the Zentralblatt fuer Gewerbehygeiene and finds accidents more frequent and more serious in the last working hours. He argues that both workers and employers have an interest in reducing total working time.

B. Guth Berlin Zentralblatt Fuer

Red blossoms fuel Christmas floristry demand traditions

The city florist braces for a busy Christmas as 20 000 gift boxes ofChristie flowers are prepared for delivery on Christmas morning. Prices range from 10 to 50 dollars with mixed boxes featuring roses carnations greens and immortalities. European imports of red immortelles dominate holiday decor while American production remains limited by climate.

Ward Christiana Moring New York Ned America Texas

Trees and Fires Warning on Christmas Trees

The Kansas City Journal warns that Christmas trees pose repeated fire hazards due to inflammable ornaments and candlelit decorations. It urges stronger external regulations and urges households to keep a garden hose ready or refrain from using a tree if unable to extinguish a blaze.

The Kansas City Journal

Mistletoe Customs Keep Old Superstitions Alive

Widespread lingering belief surrounds mistletoe as a charm. In homes, a hanging bough grants the lads a chance to salute ladies and wish a happy new year while presenting a berry for luck. Others test fate by burning leaves and berries to cast lots.

Oles

Unsatisfactory Plan Causes Family Crying on Christmas

A dialogue shows a family choosing to give only what they need, prompting Johnny to sob that the idea is rotten after his father’s punishment. The scene captures holiday tension and hurt feelings in the home.

Johnny Iad Guy Rurrotten

Music boosts morale at Barrett dam project

At the $1 million Barrett dam site near Ban Due ro Cal, hydraulic engineer WH N Savage notes a successful worker morale program. A recreation hall with piano, phonograph, steel guitar and other instruments was built for laborers, aiming to reduce turnover among Mexican origin workers who comprise about 75 percent of the crew.

Ban Duero Cal WH. N. Savage Savage Enston Cable Mr. Sivage Tim Floding

Pretty Addition To Room Hints At Humidifying Water Bulbs And Vine

The article suggests placing green Wandering Jew vines in bowls of water near radiators to counteract dryness and brighten dark corners. It notes the plant’s rapid spreading, low sun needs, and decorative yet humidifying value, recommending odorless water bulbs for added function.

Seateiing Pellitor Jew Uiil

Vessel for Submarine Research by M Laubeuf Inventor

A Paris dispatch to the London Express outlines a new submarine designed for ocean research by M. Laubeuf. The 62 foot long craft, 7 ft 6 in in diameter, displaces 50 tons and reaches 330 feet depth with six knot surface speed and nearly five knots submerged. It features Nautilus style portholes and can locate wrecks, collect specimens, sound, study currents, or sponge fish. Construction cost rose from 38000 to 120000 dollars since 1907 plans.

Academy of Science M. Laubeuf Paris London Express Jules Verne

Mrs Cashtalks and the Venice Gondolas

A Houston Post item describes Mrs Cashtalks priding herself on a prosperous household. She informs the gardener that her husband Mr Cashtalks is in Italy and has bought gondolas for a lake in Venice arriving soon. She asks for food and a nest for the presumed boats.

Cashtalks Houston Post

Poles Thank United States Groups for Relief Aid

Polish newspapers in the United States publish a resolution from the Polish diet thanking seven American organizations for relief work. The list includes the American Red Cross, American Relief Administration, YWCA, YMCA, Fond for European Children, American Commission for Fighting Typhoid, and the Joint Distribution Committee.

America United States American Red Cross American Relief Administration Young Women's Christian Association Young Men's Christian Association Fond For European Children American Commission For Fighting

Aunt Nellie Chides Ruth Over Slide Comment

Aunt Nellie and her beau take Ruth to the park and endure the slide of life as the child watches. As Ruth listens to a facetious remark about sliding next she earnestly tells her aunt she cannot because she is too wide.

Nellie Ruth Ruthie

County library project favored by county court

Miss Cornelia Marvin state librarian met with the county court and library boards Tuesday to discuss a county library. The court approved the move and recommended a 2600 appropriation be added to the county budget to be voted on in December. If approved a county library board will be appointed. Attending were Mrs. Gilbert P. MacGregor R. Van Oredale Walter Muir H Hirsch bere Mrs. Ecker Mrs. Caltbreath Ackerman P O Powell Tra Powell and Rev Fred Cooley. Oscar Hayter spoke briefly.

Cornelia Marvin Miss Marvin Gilbert P. MacGregor R. van Oredale Walter Muir H. Hirschbere Ecker Caltbreath Independence Ackerman Normal School P.O. Powell Tra Powell Monmouth Fred Cooley Perrydale Oscar Hayter Tallas

Industrial activities and developments across Oregon and coast

Milton sells $200000 bonds for union high school. Gaston residents subscribe stock for a cheese factory. Tillamook to spend $10000 to secure settlers on logged lands and offers free lumber with lot purchases. Albany college pitches three buildings costing $350000. Oregon Electric upgrades at Talbot station. Portland Meier & Frank to build new department store. Klamath Falls-Oregon-California project upheld. nationwide program to boost salmon consumption. Iron ore found south of Powers in Coos county. Coquille to erect $6000 pavilion for 1921 corn show. Jacksonville begins Sams valley oil drilling. Astoria 1920 building total about $500000. Salem grange opposes higher state and county salaries.

Milton Union High School Gaston Tillamook Tillamook Lumber Mill Albany College Talbot Station Oregon Electric Portland Meier & Frank Klamath Falls Oregon Powers Coos County Coquille Jacksonville Sams Valley Astoria Salem Grange

Lambs Use Shelter at Union Branch Station Study

About 60 percent of lambs fed at the Union Branch experiment station stayed in the shed in the morning, 35 percent at noon and 20 percent in the evening on pleasant days, with nearly all using it during storms. The shed is simple and inexpensive yet offers strong wind protection. The bulletin Fattening Lambs explains feeding methods and shelter results. copies are free.

Union Branch

Successive Bearing in Orchards Demonstrated by Trials

The report notes that although yellow Newtons and Spitzers bear in alternate years, proper fertilization, tillage, irrigation, and pruning produced three consecutive crops in former A. C. cooperative trials. Continued favorable care could place these varieties in the annual bearing class, say college horticulturists.

A. C College Horticulturists

Pine Beetle Control Costs Highlight Timber Value

The article notes treating bark beetles is costly and often not justified unless timber saved warrants the expense. It mentions burning inner bark to kill larvae of the western pine beetle and references an Oregon Agricultural College bulletin titled The Western Pine Bark Beetle for control details.

Oregon

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