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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1917
Page
3
Lawmakers report total appropriations nearing two million as they pass bills funding departments and institutions for two years. The House and Senate push consolidation efforts, address road and insurance measures, and consider amendments to the state constitution while keeping pace with a busy agenda.
Legislative notes report the senate has passed 81 measures this session with only 17 killed by indefinite postponement. Bills include Sheldon’s search and seizure proposal for autos crossing from California, a jitney regulation bill, and salary cuts for the state fair board secretary. Oregon considers foreign land ownership and school voting reforms, plus rural credits bills from Shanks and Barret.
Thomas D. J., son of Representative Schill of Minneapolis, aged under six, cannot read or write but knows letters and reads figures. He guided his blind father from Washington to Minneapolis and back for the holidays without a mishap. In restaurants he reads prices aloud and even spots change, earning no fare and helping his father save money.
A dealer touts a carrot as the "best talker" for sale saying it kept company with a Boston lady for three years. The customer doubts its suitability and jokes about needing a dictionary each time it spoke.
An irate patron complains about slow change after purchasing a ticket at a theater box office. The ticket seller urges patience as a ten minute wait becomes a point of contention.
A collage of brief humorous exchanges and vignettes features lines about a reforming wife, love at first sight, sarcastic parental remarks, a naturalist joke, life insurance quips, a boy asking for fly paper to make a kite, and social light remarks. Named figures include Mrs Jimjones and others in punchy one liners.
An examination of avian flight notes the remarkable mechanisms of bird wings and the speeds claimed for swallows and swifts. The article cites observers and experts noting speeds from 100 to 150 miles per hour in some birds while stressing swallows’ tendency to stay near land and avoid fatigue even in migration.
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