Oil Found Near Surface In Polk County Well
Cephes Meteor fae to Abandon 1 fout Weil of Water, M., Cephas Nelson, reports reaching 3 wiles south of tows. A well bored to four feet yielded water but was contaminated with oil, leading to abandonment. Oil and gas were abundant at that shallow depth, described as a record for the area. The Polk County Itemseer notes the unlikely, near surface oil occurrence.
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Cephas Nelson
Henry Campbell
Polk County Itemseer
Two Sides To The Question On Industrial Accident Act
In Dallas Oregon on February 10 Henry B Browne and Willamette Valley Lumber Co argue for applying the State Industrial Accident Act to all labor classes. They contend court savings offset added costs and stress the measure benefits workers and the public.
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Dallas
Oregon
Henry B. Browne
Siri
Willamette Valley Lumber Co
New Books Arrive at Independence Free Library
A list of newly received titles includes Uncle James Sailors The Forest Runners Pictures that Every Child should Know Handbook of Birds of G Farragut Drake and his Yeomans From Gretna Green to Land s End By filet of Purchase Houretide Manvel Dearly Bought Stories of England Old Chester Tales Making of Christopher Fertingham Chemistry of Commerce The Wreck of the Bad Bird Arkanaan Cousins The Wide Awake Girls Authors and Friends England Wonder Book of Volcanoes and Earthquakes Williams of West Point Fairy Tales Beat Short Poems of the Nineteenth Century Margiris of Leslie How to Dress a Doll The Long Road Tommy Tot s Visit to Santa Claus LaSalle and the Discovery of the Great West Tales of Tom Kitten Chicken Little The Red Feathers Our Little Australian Cousin Una and the Red Cross Knight With Edged Tools Tvanhee The Kinaman Fighting the Turks In the Balkans Tom Greecan Jolly Good Time Today American Hero Stories In the Days of Queen Elizabeth Household Management Vanity Fair First Christmas Tree The Whispering Man Woodworking for Beginners In Our Town Tales of Laughter The Seven Ages of Washington and Swiss Family Robinson.
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Independence Free Library
Uncle James Sailors
G. Farragut
Drake
Gretna Green
Land's End
Filet
England
Christopher Fertingham
Chemistry of Commerce
Authors and
Tvanhee
Balkans
Tom Greecan
Queen Elisabeth
Vanity Fair
Our Town
Washington
Salem man died by own action after illness
Clyde B. Ashby of Salem died last week Thursday from drinking carbolic acid after a day at work and returning home ill. Despondency from extended illness was given as the cause. He was known in Polk county for work with the Bell Telephone Co. at the time of his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde B. Ashby
Salem
Polk County
Bell Telephone Co
Polk's Oregon and Washington Gazetteer overview
Polk and Co Seattle advertise a comprehensive directory of Oregon and Washington places with town sketches, officials, post offices, hotels, newspapers, and a classified business directory. It promises detailed locality data, shipping points, banks, and services for merchants, with price listed.
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Viaded
Oresou
Washington
Wwcation
R. L. Polk & CO
Seattle
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Cephes Meteor Fae
Fout Weil
the New Books
Salem Boy
Clyde Ashby
Polk
Oregon and
Wash
Ington Gazatteer
PouLtrry Park
C. W. Leghorns
Banford Snyder
Hot Lake Sanatorium
the House of Efficiency
Hot Lake
Oregon- Washington
Rairoad & Navigation Co
Portland
W. T- Phy
Wm. McMurray
Bishop
Salem Woolen Mills
Eric
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Chal.e. Spaulding Logging CO
Cor, Second and
Monmouth Streets
Butler Produce CO
Titamale
William’s Drug Co
Cottage Hotel
Charles Savage
Lessee
Court Street
W. T. Ball
Conne
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