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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1913
Page
9
The state board of tax commissioners announced the division of the state levy among Oregon counties. The apportionment details how the levy is allocated to each county, marking the completion of the public distribution.
The Oregon Agricultural College regents propose a $12,000 appropriation to buy 70 acres near Corvallis for a poultry farm or chickery. They aim to develop superior laying hens and sell birds and eggs at nominal prices to state farmers, noting average Oregon hens lay 50 eggs annually. Some college birds exceed 200.
Unpopular grazing law forbidding cattle horses and hogs from pasture outside fences spurs petitions for legislative relief. E Lacy of Springwater leads circulating petitions to Rep F M Gill. In Cherryville on Mount Hood road farmers seek attorney opinion that law may be ignored but avoid action while pushing repeal or modification.
Postmaster Hammersley of Gold Hill reports a parcel post mishap where a sack from the South contained three quarts of varnish mixed with mail. Affected mail included three one quart containers whose lids left transit, spilling gooey varnish throughout the second class contents.
Vernon A. Forbes Bend-Bend's first Oregon representative will address the irrigation congress in Portland. He will discuss the Columbia Southern irrigation segregation near Laidlaw and, with J. E. Sawhill, urge state financial aid loans to finish the project before the legislature.
Corvallis scholar James Withycombe arrived here from Yale after attending a wool growers meeting and inspected the state farm. He explained the regents plan to use the entire tract for experiments in farming stock raising dairying and related ventures to advance the farm's work.
Governor West considers authorizing a public highway along Oregon coast beaches before the next legislative session. The coast uses vary, with some stretches functioning as public roads while other parts remain blocked.
In Oregon the 27th Legislature opened with both houses quickly organized. Dan J. Malarkey elected Senate president and Clifton N. McArthur named House speaker amid debates on seating contests, with a temporary plan approved and a recess taken as credentials were disputed between Kiddle and Hodgin for joint senator seats.
Florence C. H. Young, forest ranger, announces spring planting of willow cuttings along the ocean beach. He aims to secure about 25 000 cuttings to bury in the sand through March before planting along sand dunes to shield pines from wind and sand.
Klamath Falls merchants via the Chamber of Commerce seek a rate cut from seven dollars to a lower price per ton for hay shipments to San Francisco. Southern Pacific officials did not reject the proposal but asked for more specific information to justify the reduction.
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