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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1911
Page
2
Daily train departures and arrivals for Independence Monmouth and Dallas including connections to Airlie. Services cover morning and evening runs with times for trains 74 68 76 61 73 63 69 71 and return trips to Airlie and Independence.
The schedule shows departures from Independence at 7 30 a m and 2 30 p m with arrivals at McNary crossing to connect with east bound and two way trains. Return trips at 4 49. Fare is 50 cents per trip.
H V Reed, representative based at 233 Alder Street Portland Oregon, will be in Independence each month to meet constituents and discuss local concerns.
Will practice in all courts of the State. Probate matters and collections given prompt attention. Office, Cooper Bldg. Independence, Oregon.
A condensed weekly digest notes events from Omaha to Oregon including Indigenous labor use in Nebraska, a Coburg fishing incident, and General Wood’s post abandonment plan. It cites Grand Junction flood losses, Chicago society scrutiny, Mildred Holland’s New York sentence, Alaska miner’s Derby visit, Lorimer political defense, Taft’s greeting to King George, Colville baseball for church funds, Wheeling robbery, the Maine wreck mystery, and John Day Valley wool shipment reaching one million pounds.
Markets report prices for wheat and millstuffs, oats, hay, fruits, vegetables, poultry, eggs, butter, cheese, pork, veal, hops, wool, and livestock in Oregon and nearby areas. Includes figures for cattle, hogs, sheep, and various crops with unit prices and ranges.
Detectives arranged a staged meeting with Mrs MecManteal to influence her stance as the McNamara trial nears. Attorneys pressed her to testify against the brothers while police warned of potential perjury and consequences for resisting.
Lincoln Beachey piloted a biplane circling Niagara Falls, dipping beneath the upper bridge and gliding the gorge toward the whirlpool. He crossed toward the Canadian side, making a dramatic landing claimed as the first birdsman crossing the border between the United States and Canada.
Witnesses estimate about 150000 people watched as the acrobat fell from roughly 2100 feet, swept southwest on a second circle, lowered his planes over the cataract, and skimmed wash from a power tunnel outlet above a 169 foot high passage near a 140 foot wide site.
In Chico California Helen Rumbel age 1% years is found dead at home near Gridley after alleged neglect. Step mother Emma Rumbel and deyr brother Arthur Lewis are held by a coroner's jury to answer murder charges and were moved to Oroville jail for safety. An inquest reveals the child bore extensive bruises and a blackened face from choking.
In Lansing Michigan red pepper was thrown and a shotgun displayed in a riot between Mayflower Congregational Church members and Latter Day Saints followers. The two groups fought over an old church sold to the other congregation with conflict escalating when the property remained in place.
Derby Connecticut resident Thomas Moulcahy, whose name appears on a memorial at Roe & monument, left for the Klondike years ago. He learned of his own death after departure, a monument was erected in a local cemetery, and he returned home six weeks ago visiting the memorial several times since.
A heavy rain hail and thunder storm swept Washington causing the Senate to adjourn. President Taft weathered the storm in an open Chevy Chase unit as a Soldiers Home building was destroyed and shade trees were knocked down by high winds.
Governor supports proposals to improve Portland to Salem routes and link Willamette Valley. East and west river corridors compete, aiming for faster commerce and broader access to markets. Prune and apple crops show gains from improved highways, while rainfall and late frosts shape fruit outlook across New York, Michigan, Virginia, and Shenandoah Valley regions.
After a long dry spell farmers welcome widespread rainfall in Oregon and Washington. About half an inch fell in twelve hours, bringing total to 35.55 inches since September 1 and 8.22 inches above normal. Showers to continue in eastern state areas and over Willamette Valley. Lincoln County Washington expects a 15,000,000 bushel crop from the showers.
The Oregon Association for Highway Improvement seeks cooperation with all state organizations for a unified good roads program. Directors met to align with the Oregon Development League and the Oregon State Grange. A campaign for more funds will start once the league acts. Grange legislative committee members Spence Shaw and Mason pledged support to President Pratt.
C. Gorst operates an hourly round trip between Jacksonville and Medford gaining popular favor. He plans adding another car and considers a freight truck to compete with Rogue River Valley railway.
Marshfield reports the Southern Oregon Co. annual meeting at Empire where officers and directors were elected. It is confirmed that most company stock has transferred to Menasha Woodenware Co. of Menasha Wisconsin. Elected officers include Pitaldent R Simiih, vice president Herben Armstrong, secretary C G Hethent, assistant secretary Frank H Damon.
La Grande completes Sixth street paving and advances Main avenue work with Washington avenue grading. Salem eyes East State hard surface pavement to enable boulevard link between penitentiary and asylum. Medford reports 270000 square yards of hard surface paving planned for year, following 106000 last year. Grants Pass and Corvallis pursue street paving while Baker boosts activity. Grants Pass lines up North Sixth and B streets paving with Warren Construction at 2.10 per square yard.
A quirky scene unfolds as a delivery man and a companion share bread and cake during a morning meeting. The pair are later found enjoying baked goods in a local bakery, with the items praised as wholesome and appetizing.
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