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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1922
Page
3
The article notes the Wool Fabrics Store will maintain its traditional policy of valuing goods and avoiding price cuts. It emphasizes steadiness in margins, warns against sacrificing standing built over nearly three centuries, and signals the firm will not lower values despite pressures to cut merchandise prices or reduce stock.
The article extols virgin wool fabrics as a pioneer in Oregon promising pure fleece wool. It contrasts old terms like shoddy with modern usage and emphasizes continuing to handle and recommend virgin wool fabrics.
A garbled notice from Woolen Mills Store headed by P Bishop outlines a policy to stock quality merchandise at the lowest possible prices. The misspelled text hints at a drive to end the year with aggressive pricing and strong emphasis on value.
Tyrus R Briggs selected as agricultural agent for Benton county to replace the injured George W Kable. Briggs previously served as assistant county agent in Umatilla county and as an agent in Idaho. He now works with the federal veterans bureau on commercial interests supervision following a stint as county agent.
Dallas items report clerical changes with Rev. C F Trimble becoming pastor at the Christian church Dallas formerly in Klamath Falls. Two divorces filed in Polk County Circuit Court Mamie Denison v Herbert Denison and Ernest Brank v Etta Brank. Winnie Braden appointed extension specialist exhibit organizer for Washington State College at Pullman. Katherine Van Voorhees resigns as Dallas hospital matron effective April 1 to move to Bay City Michigan. Jail and traffic notes recap J J Herbert fined 40 dollars for scattering dangerous ashes near Ellendale road. Whitney boys chorus forms in Dallas with J C Griffin directing. Mr and Mrs B E Foster back from Casa Grande. P J Walton summoned to Philadelphia by ill mother. Mrs V P Fiske and Mrs T N Woods return from Long Beach. An automobile repossessed from moonshining case sold by sheriff. Henry Voth bid 405 dollars at auction. Hoth wedding anniversary celebrated at Rickreall with J W Peter Independence present. Dr L A Steeves returns to Dallas with bride Martha Richardson after Seaside ceremony. Dr Steeves to build bungalow on Clay street. parents reside in Salem. The Enterprise price remains 1 60 a year.
An appropriations bill for the coming year recommends 34 978 033 dollars to aid agriculture. The measure totals 44 978 093 including current year and budget estimates. It eliminates seed distribution funds and seed loan programs and funds tuberculosis eradication in animals and insect control efforts.
Governors Olcott Hart Stephens and Davis met in Portland to plan a Pacific coast response to narcotics traffic. They urged international agreements and immediate passage of the Jones Miller bill to regulate manufacture and shipping, deport aliens convicted of narcotics offenses, and strengthen Harrison act penalties.
Washington reports January revenue at 131 million, down from 196 million a year earlier. Income and profits taxes fall sharply from 87 million to 44 million, while national prohibition receipts rise to 214 thousand due to higher grape brandy taxes.
In the house of commons a heated committee debate on the Irish bill saw Ulster members walk out. The operative provision giving the Anglo Irish treaty force of law was accepted, and an amendment dissolving the southern parliament was adopted, with elections to be held within four months after passage.
Portland, Oregon announced Saturday that Ben W. Olcott would seek the Republican nomination for Oregon governor at the coming primary, marking his candidacy for the statewide race.
Lady Warrenden wears a prehistoric style dress inspired by Altémira rock art in a London pageant. A Spanish dancing frock dated to around 200,000 B C is displayed with brown tights and plumage trim. The Daily Graphic notes parallels to Queen Boadicea era tunics and Highland colors.
Mrs P Martineau, floriculture expert, returns to England from Athens where she advised the Greek royal family on gardens and tree planting. She notes drought resistant California trees suit Greek soil and describes pepper trees in Athens streets and attempts to clothe hills with the maritime plane and pine to improve scenery and possibly rainfall.
A Wayside Tales line recounts a family dinner moment where a child notes a giraffe’s neck while the parent warns against exaggeration. The scene conveys a playful exchange on storytelling limits and memory.
A county court resolution to create a market road from Dallas to the Wallace bridge faces potential court action after Red Prairie residents oppose the selected western route. The road would run from the George Clanfield place toward near the Ezra Hart place, with two options diverging at the Skersies farm and T. B Brown place. Red Prairie groups argue the Skersies path is shorter and better, threatening unified opposition. William Harcomb surveyed for the highway commission, reportedly finding the Brown place route cheaper, a claim disputed by Red Prairie supporters. The resolution was signed by Judge Robinson and Commissioner Graves, with Commissioner Hart declining to sign.
The C A C Homemakers conference for March 2025 seeks to lessen homemaking burdens for rural and urban families. Experts will address food clothing home equipment adolescent issues income division and other domestic problems. The slogan Better Homes for Oregon guides exhibits demonstrations and lessons. Oregon homewives and others may bring problems to be addressed or placed in a question box for later consideration.
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