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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1911
Page
4
The Independence Enterprise lists subscription prices: one year in advance $1.60, six months $0.75, three months $0, with a weekly Friday publication by Henry & Browne. Communications and payments are addressed to the Butter. sample copies available on request.
Governor West urges strong support for a statewide highway system funded by bonding and county unit plans. Oregon Good Roads Association outlines five bills to build miles of roads, create jobs, boost farms and schools, and connect county systems for a state-wide network.
Parker items recount visits and social news. Frederickson and Russell households host guests while Miss Blanche Russell remains ill. Walter Acock visits Parker on business. Dell Grigsby returns from Portland. Gust Frederickson loads hay for shipment. various Petersons and Fredericksons are mentioned with church, farm, and train activity. Several locals travel to Falls City and Independence. Rev H G McCain preaches. weather and snow details noted.
Woodmen of the World lodge set February 10 for a large initiation and banquet to welcome new members. Members race to bring in the most applications before the date with another event eyed around March 30 for more joiners.
Community tidbits from Antioch and Monmouth area recount visits by Albert Welch and family, trades and sales by locals, a newborn on January 22, and a newly formed debating society at the schoolhouse. Notable names include George Boothby, Charley Herron, Tom Marks, Jacob Daab, Ellar Dodson, and Minnie Mack.
North Coast Land O Ltd advertises BC farm lands along Grand Trunk Pacific Railway with $4.00 per acre cash, six year balance. Claims fertile yields of wheat oats potatoes and fruit, rail access to Fort George and 1000 miles navigable water, Vancouver office and pamphlets available. R.C. Rutan signed the notice.
The ad asserts that nine of ten rheumatism cases are muscular from cold damp or chronic rheumatism and need no internal treatment. It recommends applying Chamberlain Liniment for quick relief and notes availability from all good dealers.
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