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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1912
Page
3
Store announces a big stock clearance with reduced prices on all items. Customer notice urges hurry to take advantage of the limited inventory and once in a lifetime sale.
Hood River growers plan major storage growth to handle an expected crop exceeding one million boxes. The Growers' union and merchants aim to vastly increase capacity from 40 000 boxes, with April stockholders meeting guiding coordinated action. Agricultural College offers free bacteria cultures to Oregon farmers to inoculate soil for legumes, with guidelines on timing crop choice and lime needs.
Westbound trains bring homeseekers to Hood River with about ten families choosing the valley as their future home. Most have prior plans and relatives already securing sites. a Missouri family with ten children arrives to help with strawberry fields as newcomers head directly to chosen rural communities.
John McNeill of Southern Oregon filed on an acre near Medford in the Roseburg land office. If McNeill resides on the land for 14 months he may buy it from the government for $2.50, or wait five years to obtain a government patent without payment.
Hood River and Mosier districts expect higher strawberry production this year with the C W R N company arranging special service to Eastern markets. In 1910 Hood River shipped 62 carloads. this year early estimates project about 100 carloads to North Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin and as far as Chicago.
Fish and Game commission tightens Oregon City river net area shifting the deadline 1000 feet toward the C W R N dock to a West side pier. The May 1 effective date aligns with the Willamette River commercial fishing closure expiration. In Imbler the Grande Ronde valley fruit crop is forecast at 1000 carloads including pears and peaches.
Farmers along the river road northwest of Eugene have offered to deed six extra feet of land to the county to widen the road to 66 feet so a 40 foot strip can be turned over to the Portland and Eugene Electric company. A franchise hearing for the railway is set to come before the court soon.
Leeper of Albany presented the pelts at the county clerk's office and collected the state bounty. He trapped the animals in the Upper South Santiam river region.
Samuel Hill, pioneer in the good roads movement, declares at Westminster Church that better roads, telephones, schools, rural delivery and markets are essential to return and retain people on farms. He notes 1870 to 1900 saw farming decline by half, linking this to high living costs and global economic needs.
Assessor Strain of Umatilla faced astonishment from the auditing department in Secretary Olcott's office over three days of 16 cent meals and 50 cent lodging charged to a state account. He attended a state assessors meeting and reported no carfare, with meals at 15 cents each and lodging at 50 cents nightly totaling 2.85, a record for expense claims.
Re turns from the Grande Ronde apples shipped to Germany show an average of 1.82 a box. A remittance accompanied the report praising the apples as well conditioned and noting the gratis box sent to Emperor William was well received. The valley expects to market most of its crop in Germany this year.
Oregon Agricultural College in Corvallis starts a poultry demonstration car tour on April 6. The car will travel over Southern Pacific lines in Oregon, making about 45 stops from Ashland onward with half day rests at most venues and longer stays at larger centers.
The cold weather last week caused minimal damage to fruit buds. Pear buds were slightly blackened on the outside but the heart remained unharmed.
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