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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1917
Page
4
Local notes report improved facilities, a sugar beet factory push, and public meetings. Mentions include carbragator work, Grace Jones job changes, a pending stock deal, a road movement in Dallas, and a church notice. Milk ads and local business promotions appear amid social gatherings and family mentions.
A roundup of local notices includes a pain accident update, job changes, upcoming county and state conventions, a Baptist Sunday School banquet, obituaries, and oncoming sales and millinery displays. Mrs. Ann Hall of Woodburn died March 8. Ming Grace Jones to clerk at Harliott-O'Brien starting April 1. Modern Woodmen convention set for April 4. local residents attending events in Salem, Falls City, and Portland.
A rural Polk County roundup records local moves including the Wells family returning to Rickreall and new relocations across the river. Buena Vista basketball boys claim a Polk County title with a two to one edge over Monmouth. Community visitors, sick lists, church events, and obituaries weave through this week’s notes.
Oak Gas visitors Mr and Mrs G A Conn were in Airlie Tuesday. Jap Bagley returned from an extended visit. T T Parker was a Portland passenger Tuesday. Delviar Hadgepath of Was tina Oregon visits her mother Mrs W D Rose. Jimmie Dunn from Kings Valley avoided a serious accident on the road to town with only a shaking. Mrs Fishback and daughter from Carlton visited Mrs C E Dodeon. A French received a car of feed. Monmouth high school boys defeated the local team 28 to 21 in basketball Saturday.
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