Claims Rise Sharply as World War I Disability Debts Grow
A government report shows disability and death compensation claims and awards climb significantly from May 1919 to June 1921. The number of filed claims jumps from 209,700 to 631,980, while death and disability awards rise from 41,074 to 29,415 in the second period, with pending-to-file ratios improving from one in two to one in eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CR Forbes
Burisk Insurance
Bureau
Ty Toreau
Marshfield firms move into new quarters and reopenings noted
Marshfield Telephone shifts to new quarters as local dock work nears completion at Marshfield Port. Prairie City box factory secures a contract from Southern Idaho for over a million and a half boxes. Gold Hill lime plant to reopen locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie City
Southern
Idaho
Million Pounds of Butter Produced Here Annually
A detailed look at Independence creamery shows it produces about one million pounds of butter yearly with a 10 worker payroll of 1200 to 1500 dollars monthly. The Seattle parent company markets Gold Medal butter with no artificial coloring and ships 30 thousand pounds in 400 cubes per refrigerator. Thomas F. Clifford presides over butter making with 19 years’ experience while Oscar Anderson runs Yum Yum ice cream.
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Independence Creamery
K. C. Eldridge
Bradner Company
Seattle
Washington
FE. C. Bradner
la Grande
Oregon
Ellensburg
Sunnyside
North Yakima
Issaquah
Northwest
Alaska
Bradner
Thomas F. Clifford
Oscar Anderson
Mr. Anderson
Recreation over labor urged by Oregon speaker at campus
Dr. Plemry S. Curtis, a well known orator and playground supervisor, urged more recreation and less work for children during a visit to Oregon Agricultural College. He argued rural districts should enforce play ground laws, promote athletics in country schools, and provide sand piles for young children as the city child is seen as an expense until 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plemry S. Curtis
Oregon Agricultural College
Oregon
Pie Tenge
Curtis
Doctor Curtis
Oregon Jerseys Earn Major Honors in 1920 Butterfat Awards
A 1920 American Jersey Cattle Club report lists 71 cows with over 700 pounds butterfat, led by Oregon with five of ten top records at 896.38 pounds. J. M. Dickson & Son of Shedd top breeders with seven medals, and Dickson sires lead in producing daughters. Oregon ranks first among states with 18 gold, 3 silver, and 1 bronze medals, followed by Ohio, Maine, Massachusetts, and Washington. The data emphasize Oregon’s prominence in Jersey cattle excellence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Jersey Cattle Club
Jersey
Oregon
J. M. Dickson
Carlton
O. Pickard
E. J. Farnham
Marion
Valentine’s Ashburn Baronet
Dickson Herd
Rinda Lad
Hewitt Bull
Poppy St. Mawes
St. Mawes
Ashburn
Dickson
Golden Glow
Ohio
Maine
Massachusetts
Washington
Free T B Clinics Held Across Oregon Statewide
Free chest examination clinics operated by the Oregon Tuberculosis association have scanned residents in three counties since last March. The June Corvallis clinic, led by Dr. G C Bellinger, found tuberculosis in 16 of 29 examined. nine needed hospital care and three were admitted.
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Oregon
Oregon Tuberculosis Association
Corvallis
G. C. Bellinger
Salem
Astoria
St. Helens
Ralph Mateon
E. A. Pierce
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pampl
Farmers State Bank
Famers State Bank
Independence
Marshfield — Telephone Company
Gold Hill—State
Columbia River Highway
Gloesbia
Fpati
Dalles
Anna
Union Pacific
Great Pacific Northwest
Salt Lake City
Denver
Omaha
Kansas
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Chicago
Oregon-Washington Limited
Continental Limited
Memphis
Pueblo
Kansas City
St. Louis
Yellowstone, Zion
Rocky Mountain National Parks
J. H. O'Neil
Wm. McMurray
Portland, Oregon
Dobbin
J. A. Enoch
Wood & Cozine Machine Shop
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