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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1911
Page
2
Passenger train schedule lists departures from Independence Monmouth and Dallas and arrivals at Airlie Dallas with numbers 61 64 66 68 69 71 71 and 62 72. Times range from 6:00 am to 9:15 pm with connections at Monmouth for Airlie and a note of a formation at 1:36 pm.
Auto schedule from Independence departs 7 30 a m to reach McNary crossing for eastbound trains. Evening run leaves Independence 3 30 p m. return at 4 49 p m with connections both ways. Fare 50 cents each trip.
Will practice in all courts of the State. Probate matters and collections given prompt attention. Office, Cooper Bldg. Independence, Oregon.
Western Mexico is said to be largely in rebel hands with Mazatlan and Culiacan under siege. Governor Rodolfo of Sinaloa struggles to hold two towns as fighting intensifies across the region. American railroad officials warn families to move to the United States amid rebel threats to attack border towns. Reports also note a Rebel victory over Federals near Ocates and renewed clashes near La Colorada Hermosillo.
Sacramento report notes Chris Evans the train robber receives a gold signet ring and a note from a grateful woman as he exits Folsom prison. The tale recalls Evans aiding a sick woman near Visalia and forcing a cabin caretaker to shelter her, a dangerous night that aided his eventual capture.
Rebels led by Wu Sum push north and east from West River advancing through Sam Shui Wenchow Woochow Chungtok Shui hung Fatshan as Canton troubles widen. Government reportedly holds Canton while refugees flood toward Hongkong amid unrest. Missionaries reportedly unmolested.
Mrs Theodore P Shonts wife of a New York traction magnate travels to Kentucky to meet Colonel Jack Chinn in Paris for a project to educate mountain children at the expense of 500000 toward building a school for poor mountain children in the region
The Dutch Royal Petroleum company with wells worldwide and capital of 500 million dollars plans entry into the U S oil field. After battles with Rockefeller interests in Europe and India, it will open offices in New York and San Francisco to carry the fight home.
New York customs officers private detectives and police are hunting an international gang that stole 500000 dollars of jewelry from Americans in Europe. Scotland Yard reports the pieces are being sold in the United States piecemeal and some suspects may be women.
Oregon State Board of Health distributes posters in national forests warning campers and hikers that polluted streams can spread typhoid fever. Officials urge enforcement of laws and cooperation from visitors to keep streams clean and safe during summer camps at Crater Lake and other areas.
The revised census report reveals notable population gains outside Portland led by Salem now at 14 094 residents from 4 268 in 1900. Many towns show smaller increases or declines such as Butteville dropping from 547 in 1900 to 49, with varied changes across Athena Baker Bay City Dundee and Pendleton among others.
Deputy Game Warden Lewis reports the Lower Klamath Lake reserve will attract more nesting birds this year with millions of geese ducks cranes and pelicans expected. The reserve straddles Oregon California as part of Roosevelt era protections enhancing the county’s bird industry. In Salem attorneys for Lowenberg Going Co press Governor West for a penitentiary labor contract renewal noting a default by the stove foundry and seeking convict releases for road building efforts.
The artesian well for J. H. Hall’s commercial orchards is being drilled around the clock. Depth reached 750 feet with plans to reach 1,000 feet, deeper than any prior Walla Walla valley well. Bedrock reportedly encountered at about 500 feet in the nearby comparison bore.
Freewater potatoes, once $1.75 per sack all winter, have this week risen to $2.76 in the local market. Scarcity noted as demand remains strong and supplies tighten in the vicinity.
A. F. Hitt of the U S Department of Agriculture urges Eastern Oregon farmers to adopt dry farming alfalfa. He notes success in Idaho with 5 to 9 inches of rainfall and argues it can profit in Central Oregon. J. J. Sayer discusses regional resources as Hitt says the method yields hay and restores soil fertility.
Grants Pass reports indicate a coastward race between the Hill system via Bugle Point to Crescent City and the Pacific system from Eureka to Grants Pass. Heavy equipment and mules are arriving at Eureka for Southern Pacific, with Grants Pass yards mapped in Portland and options on Rogue River right of way paid. In Marshfield, the Miocene Oil & Gas company near Bear Creek at Bandon resumes drilling with local capital and leases, aiming to determine a major oil find, while Oregon Agricultural College names FE Seike assistant forester to organize county wardens under a statewide forestry department directing oversight by State Forester Elliott.
The first carload of machinery for Rose Lumber company's new sawmill has arrived and is being rushed to Coburg. The firm holds 60 acres of saw timber near Coburg and plans to manufacture railroad ties and yardstock this summer, with a daily capacity of 30,000.
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