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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1911
Page
2
A playful scene unfolds on delivery morning as Mr Bread and Miss Chocolate Cake are discovered together in Mrs Good Liver's cakery larder. The narrative presents a wholesome, appetizing baked study.
Rail schedule shows multiple daily connections between Independence Monmouth Airlie and Dallas with trains 8 70 65 69 71 and 1 7 62 72. Timings include departures from Independence at 6:40 pm 10:50 pm 6:15 pm and 7:00 am and arrivals at Dallas Airlie and Monmouth with several connecting services.
A time card notes departures from Independence at 7:50 a m to reach the McNary crossing for an east bound train, and return trips at 3:30 p m and 4:49 p m with connections both ways. Fare is 50 cents per trip.
Large sunny rooms en suite or single. Electric lights, bath and piano. European Plan. 248 N. Commercial St., Salem, Ore.
The week covers price cuts by the Steel trust, a French liner with yellow fever cases, Diaz transferring gold to New York, a Portland woman facing duties on inherited diamonds, and U Wireless Co officers found guilty of mail fraud. It notes a dangerous Indianapolis auto meet, a San Francisco fire with deaths, and the U S Supreme Court dissolving the Standard Oil trust. Also reported are ship signals from a fogbound reef, Chicago heat, Portugal frontier rail action, the Wyoming battleship launch, and price quotes across wheat, barley, hay, fruit, vegetables, poultry, eggs, butter, pork, veal, hops, wool, cattle, hogs, sheep.
Motor speedway, Ind shows deadly start with one death and multiple injuries in the opening 600 mile race. Kay Hart wins in a Marmon after a dramatic crash on the back stretch fatally injuring technician P. Dickson and badly injuring Careyver or others. Harroun close behind for second as spectators cheer on during the chaotic event.
Spokane May 31 A fast Columbian train on the Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound railroad derailed at Malden near Ralston injuring at least one passenger. Seven coaches left the rails. engineer and fireman were killed. The engine smoker and day coach were demolished in a curve before a cut.
In a New York Federal court decision, Judge Hand criticizes American jurisprudence for ignoring technical science. He contrasts it with Germany where technical judges decide chemisty related issues, urging reform of provincial legal habits of mind.
In Monongahela Charles Gibson, 27, lies dying after being shot by a pipe ramrod from an old smoothbore cannon during the Memorial Day sunrise salute. Earl Marshall, 16, loses a thumb. Arthur Wilson, 19, suffers burns and an ear injury. Charles Steele, 18, and Joseph Marshall suffer severe burns.
Fury over a Spanish parliament bill on dividing the Canary archipelago triggers a mob in Las Palmas that seizes streets and assaults government buildings. Troops intervene to restore order, but public excitement continues.
William Morris Hughes, premier of the Commonwealth, writes in the Sydney Telegraph that Australia will refuse to admit Japanese immigrants except at the award's point, even if it means separation from Britain.
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