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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1922
Page
2
Citizenship carries duties and privileges the ballot is a key duty. Voters expressing their candidate preferences could improve conditions. apathy is fading as mass interest rises. An old politician urges early voting, though the “vote early and often” idea is softened. voting remains essential today.
The piece notes favorable growing conditions in the Willamette Valley for bumper crops except fruit. It forecasts heavy crops if light rain continues, but warns of volatility in prices tied to weather. It laments the hardship on farmers and hopes producers gain price power with mercy to avoid grief for non-producers.
Several hundred high and grade pupils will attend Independence for the annual field meet. Authorities praise athletics as a wholesome influence in school life and see physical training as essential alongside mental development.
With pleasant memories of a recent Valsetz pilgrimage Independence will extend a warm welcome to the 200 plus visitors coming from the lumber city next Sunday.
A new household exhibits score card for Oregon housewives has been issued to guide entries at local, county, and state fairs. Prepared at the request of county fair secretaries, it covers canned fruit merit with points for appearance, texture, and flavor and extends to cooking sewing and other household arts.
The State Department released Ambassador Child’s Genoa message declining The Hague invitation. It said participation would resemble Genoa with same obstacles if the May 11 Russian memorandum stands. The U.S. offers to join a experts inquiry into Russia’s economic situation and remedies. It remains open to Genoa or later proposals but seeks more definiteness for Hague plan.
Express Messenger H. Stewart repelled eight masked bandits on the Golden State limited near James Arizona. He killed one robber and wounded another, forcing the gang to flee as passengers were unharmed. A dynamite sack was found at the scene and a posse pursued the robbers.
Genoa, once hailed as a path to peace, yields a bleak scene with the Rapallo Easter treaty reviving the old balance of power. Russia remains unrepresented in Hague talks on rehabilitation while Britain and France clash over Russian restoration methods.
The 1921 Washington fruit crop was valued at 43,192,038 with 40,772 carloads produced. State horticulture supervisor C. L. Robinson released the census showing apples accounted for 32,410 carloads worth 39,259,019, about four fifths of the total fruit value.
Washington D C Federal Reserve banks would be empowered to buy and sell farm loan bonds under a bill introduced by Senator Fletcher Democrat Florida. The measure aims to provide long term credits for farmers and would establish a farm credit department in each federal land bank.
Boston Superintendent Parke says terms like Nope and Yep degrade English and should be avoided in schools and at home. He urges Towson students and parents to check language use to maintain dignified speech and prevent slang from clinging into adult life.
Kenneth Hare describes 14th century table manners in a London lecture. Meals began with meat held between two fingers, followed by soup, pike in claret, partridge with saffron and ginger, jam tarts and welly. Each course used a new cloth with perfume, baths resembled tiny pulpits, and herb bouquets freshened the water.
Prof Wil Ham Henry Pickering of Harvard argues from August 1920 to February 1921 telescope photos a crater 37 miles around shows dawn growth of goat fields of foliage that bloom rapidly and vanish within 11 days. He describes frequent blizzards snowstorms and volcanic activity and says life on the moon resembles life on Mars.
The London Answers notes Majestic by White Star Line is described as the largest steamer in the world with a tonnage of 46,000 and a capacity to carry vast numbers of utensils and crew. The article highlights the immense responsibility on the captain as ships grow in size and load.
In a light anecdote from The Leatherneck magazine a French fighter recalls muddling sea phrases. A Blue Devil misinterprets shove-off as a call to action while seeking a lieutenant, who is described as being pushed over.
Workmen uncover a Roman boiling ditching dating to the third or fourth century in Grace Church street London. A wall four and a half feet thick extends eighteen feet downward forming part of an inner chamber with apparent ornamentation. Officials say the walls may belong to the original forum of Roman London.
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