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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1917
Page
4
J Clark hosted Monday gatherings and guests visited from Portland and Dallas area. Local notices include trades, home moves, civic league meetings, library fundraiser, and classifieds for groceries and services at Calbreath Jones and Moore Walker.
Mrs Smith and Mrs George Wells leave for East. Miss Ruby Elkins of Dallas visits sister Mrs Bevens. Bert Stonehocker from Lewisville visits sister Mrs Elkins. Ed Harmon family and Hewitt family recall Sunday visit at Mrs Loula Harmon. Mrs George McLaughlin leaves for Port land Seaside for two weeks. mother ill. Mrs Porter moves into Henry Seiten house. Tyler and Simon visit Salem by boat to see relatives. Cryderman sells black team. takes load to Albany in Anderson car. W D Brundridge and Earnest Brundridge move north of Salem. Dewey Hill dwellers relocate in same area. F L Chown and son Earnest attend Rebekah lodge in Independence with Chown party. praise decorations and turnout. Tan of Parker visits Jessia Tan’s home. Snyder of Marion county visits relatives and handles business.
Kenneth Williams visits Laird Linderman in Corvallis and Miss Helen Conn calls on friends in Monmouth. Bouregard Tartar spends a few days in town as another brief social note.
Days with his brother Professor Tar ter of O A C K U French drove to Independence Friday. Mise Crump enjoys a visit with her brother from Eugene. Davis and Weber operating a tle camp near here have nearly completed their flume and plan to begin fluming their tes to the railroad soon. Co V Johnson and John Wienert attended a road meeting in Dallas last Wednesday night. J J Ulrich drove to Dallas Wednesday to attend the road meeting. Mrs J F Wienert has been ill the past few days. R C Wieecup and wife, living on part of the McKenna ranch, left Saturday with Mr Wieecup's sister for Kansas City Missouri to make their home.
Mail carrier Eraser could not reach patrons for ten days due to river crossing issues and went to Wheatland for a workaround. Mrs. O G Savage of Salem visited Eola, fruit bloom forecasts push back about fifteen days from last year, a baby party celebrated Iretha Maxine Ferguson’s fifth birthday with guests including Margarite Farmer and Minerva Devils. Tom Fennell and I L Patterson were noted visitors, and Mr. Holman repairs on two rental houses progress with one finished and tenants moved in.
Mrs. Jacobson of Talbot visited with her daughter Argil Stanton who sang for the Literary society. Argil studies music at the Sisters School and her performance was a real treat. Deputy Assessor For visited Bola on Tuesday noting several dogs but no hogs or pigs.
A historical speech laments U.S. policy shifts before World War I. It argues Congress favored immigration limits, sea shipping monopolies, railway funding, and minimum hour laws while neglecting maritime, labor, and production needs to compete with Europe. The tone is critical of wartime policy.
Local ad from J. H. Johnson announces high cash prices for paper rage iron rubber and various metals plus old socks and burlap. Bring junk to the Western Junk Shop on C Street between 1st and 3rd for cash. Hank Beth Fr oges
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