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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1911
Page
2
Timetables show daily departures from Independence and Monmouth to Dallas Airlie and back. Key trains include No 64 at 6:00 am and No 68 at 10:50 am to Dallas, with evening No 70 at 6:15 pm. Service to Airlie via No 61 at 7:30 am and No 73 at 2:20 pm.
The Independence departs the Independence dock for Salem daily at 8 30 am and returns from Salem dock at 4 pm. Fare is 50 cents each way.
Leaving Independence at 7 30 a m the auto arrives at the McNary crossing in time to catch the east bound train. Evening trip leaves Independence at 3 30 and returns at 4 49 with connections both ways. Fare is 50 cents for each trip.
A Portland resident announces plans to be in Independence every month, outlining recurring visits and expected schedule for local engagements.
Will practice in all courts of the State. Probate matters and collections given prompt attention. Office, Cooper Building, Independence, Oregon.
Senators Lorimer probe cost the nation about 750 dollars per day. Judge Bordwell accuses McNamara lawyers of bypassing rulings. A Swedish count arrives to help his nephew win an American heiress. One hundred two US warships gather for a New York harbor naval review. Pulitzer left 1 million dollars to establish an American journalism school. Chinese edict promises constitution cabinet without nobles and broad amnesty. A California prospector dies after being trapped seven days in a prospect hole. Aviator Fowler crashes into Tucson grandstand. no injuries. WCTU convention in Milwaukee denounces high heels and hobble skirts. Supreme Court signals federal rail control reducing state commissions. Italian soldiers pursue extermination of Arab supporters. civilians shot. Dr Wiley convicts Spokane firm of adulterated vinegar. Nome faces coal famine with price at 40 dollars per ton. California man grows fine wheat in beach sand without irrigation. Soldiers in guard houses will no longer be watched by armed guards. Turks press fighting. Italians seek reinforcements.
A dense list of commodity quotes. Wheat basis figures for Bluestem and red Russian varieties, millstuffa bran and shorts, oats and hay by region, oats prices, vegetables including beans and cabbage, peppers, pumpkins, and tomatoes, fruit boxes with varying prices, poultry and eggs values, pork and veal quotes, hops and wool rates, and cattle hogs and sheep prices across Eastern Oregon and valley markets. Notable entities include Oregon locations, Eastern Oregon, valley, and regional crops.
After a month long strike by Harriman era shop employees on the Pacific Coast line both sides claim strength and plan to persist. Rail officials note continued traffic and open shops in Sacramento Los Angeles Dunsmuir Oakland and San Francisco with near full staffing while strikers report minimal violence and vow peaceful continuation. E L Reguin SF Shop Employes Federation president expresses confidence in victory and readiness for a long fight. Southern Pacific statement downplays impact saying business remains unaffected and no stockades or private guards were needed.
San Jose California. Professor John J Montgomery of Santa Clara college died after a fall from a plane glider in foothills near Evergreen. Eye witnesses say he lost control and fell twenty feet, suffering fatal brain injuries. He was brought to Santa Clara by Dr. J L Beattie.
News from Victoria B C reports a sealing raid by Japanese on Copper Islands. Five boats went ashore as Russian guards arrived firing. one Russian killed and several wounded. Fifteen Japanese captured, taken to Vladivostok, with one Boto Maru crewman possibly to be sentenced to death.
In Husum Washington the Mount Adama slope bears bold figures. The number 167 appears on the southeast slope near Camas Prairie and Glenwood. The painted marks, first seen this fall, mark open ground or rocky areas where melting snow revealed the stamped digits.
Pekin dispatch reported by Sai Dai Yat Po says Lung Yu the dowager empress has fled the capital with the young emperor and that no trace of them remains.
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