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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1922
Page
2
Local business owners protest a sharp rise in business property valuations, nearly tripling taxes for some. The county assessor raises valuations on merchandise stocks last spring, while tax rates stay similar to last year, prompting calls for notice of assessments and possible equalization at the upcoming board meeting.
The Oregon Hotelmen's Association seeks to replace the public service commission with a governor appointment and restore pre March 1 1921 telephone rates via state initiative next November. Critics warn appointed bodies may lag behind elections and support recall as a safeguard for better public service.
Across cities readers and unions protested common phrases used by writers and speakers. Navy officers denounced spend money like a drunken sailor phrasing in New York. Hatmakers and taxicab drivers groups protested as much as a hatter and a former member of the James gang phrases in Philadelphia and Chicago.
Scarabs, sacred beetles in Egyptian art, gems, and mummies, symbolized creation and creative power. Their circular form and golden wing cases resembled the sun god, leading to religious associations while they served as seals and amulets. Ancient pent entries often bore kings' names and hieroglyphic symbols.
The article notes milk provides calcium the main mineral for bones and teeth. It estimates body minerals including four pounds of skeleton calcium, three ounces sodium, two ounces magnesium, about two and a half ounces potassium, and phosphorus distributed mainly in bones and brain. It also states the body is three fifths water and one fifth carbon.
In 1887 Keokuk led Sauk and Fox chiefs to Washington and Boston. The group was welcomed by city officials at Faneuil Hall and the governor at the statehouse. War dances on the Common entertained spectators before a Tremont Theatre Edwin Forrest performance. a war whoop startled mothers and children during a dramatic pause.
Elephants show high intelligence both in the wild and captivity. Males tolerate humans at close range, leading hunters to think they are nearly blind up close. Females, especially with young, become curious and investigate with trunk raised and ears back, a dramatic warning display.
The Railway Age reports steady rise in freight carloads since early 1922 with four week totals at 2,956,766 versus 2,812,697 a year earlier. Increases span grain merchandise coal live stock and miscellaneous while coke and forest products decline. Experts cite tax changes and potential coal demand but view gains as a broader business upturn.
Poultrymen face lower than usual hatchery success as eggs fail to hatch at expected rates this spring. Experts attribute the drop to cold variable weather, with fertility poorer in second hatches than the first. O. A. reports from the Experiment Station.
An agricultural note from the experiment station advises early plowing of clover sod to decay organic matter and create a mellow seed bed. Deep plowing turns crowns under, shallow plowing yields poor results. thin tillage improves potato crops while killing alfalfa is a concern.
The new spray calendar for Oregon has been published in leading agricultural papers and is available free from the Oregon Experiment Station. It covers crops and minor orchard pests controllable by spraying and is ready for distribution.
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