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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1917
Page
4
Tacoma and Washington area society items include church music plans and choir changes. Also reports on visits, property moves, a moving picture fundraising drive, a missing dog, a funeral, and business notices including a sash factory relocation and evaporating plant interest.
Reported schedule shows Newport and Dayton games for the team. Mention of Professor Tents and Agent Brown noted amid community attention. Neighbors gather with well wishes while officials withhold details, leaving readers to guess at the meaning behind the commotion.
The text argues the Supreme Court’s decision undermines state sovereignty by allowing interstate liquor commerce to bypass Webb Kenyon restrictions. It reflects on prohibition history, federal versus state power, and the potential return of “dry” states fighting liquor through interstate channels. The piece critiques federal enforcement limits and the broader abolition of saloon culture.
William Hanley portrays constructive railroading as building for the future. He notes railroads employ experts to aid territory growth, citing Oregon corn introduction by O W R & N and a Southern Pacific low lime rock rate to boost agricultural production in the Willamette Valley.
Cloverleaf Dairy informs customers that due to high feed prices the following monthly milk rates apply: one pint daily seven dollars twenty five cents one quart daily two dollars fifty cents two gills daily four dollars fifty cents three gills daily six dollars cream prices unchanged Grant McLaughlin signs the notice.
A notice states the Independence Race Meet Association will meet on the first Monday in February at City Hall in the afternoon to elect the president, secretary, and three directors. Attendance is urged.
A preacher ends a sermon by asking debt payers to rise then calls the rest to stand. One shabby man remains seated, explaining he runs a newspaper and the standing subscribers are his readers. The minister urges prayer.
A nationwide movement grows without politicians backing it. Pacific Gas and Electric Company, serving over half of California counties, leads the push for consumer ownership of utilities. Byllesby & Company also sells stock to thousands of customers, turning them into profit sharers under state law and regulation.
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