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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1911
Page
8
Local notes cite visitors to Independence including Mr Clapp and Miss Ina Fishback with relatives in Carlton and Monmouth. A football game highlights Seeley Newton runs and a high school victory é to 3. A Willamette varsity game looms as Willamette second team visits. Excerpt extols mild Pacific coast climate and ideal living in Independence.
Percival and wife visited Albany from Saturday to Monday. D. H. Haley and family from Independence visited Frank Turner’s home Saturday night and Sunday. M. Dyer of Salem traveled through Sunday toward the Alsea country. Geo. Wilson of Independence sawed wood for neighbors this week. Mrs. Jennie Woolf and babe stayed with Mrs. Kate Cooper in town. Milton MacGoway moved into a new home. Our school will present a short program on Friday, November 3. all parents and friends are urged to attend.
Independence High School football improved after a loss to Salon High, edging Silverton 6 to 4 in a tight game. Cooley produced Silverton’s only score with a 82 yard placement kick, while Independence answered late with two drives nearly reaching the end zone, and Williams connected on a perfect pass before the final whistle.
We extend heartfelt thanks to friends who tendered their services during our recent bereavement. May Heaven bless them all. Lovingly, the children and grandchildren of Rev. Alva Byers.
James C. Dahiman known as Cowboy and mayor of Omaha lists a long civic career including sheriff of Dawes County Chadron mayor and Omaha mayor terms. He endorses Foley Kidney Pills in a letter to Foley & Co. Chicago and signs as Dahiman. Sold by Williams Drug Co.
85 acre hop farm with 25 acres in hop balance in high cultivation located one mile south of Independence on the main street. Includes 2 sets of implements, disc harrows plows spraying machine wagon hop press 200 hop sacks 50 hop hoops and other goods. Priced at 225 dollars per acre. Terma Clyde H Hily Independence Oregon.
A California visitor extols Independence Oregon after a week in the city. He praises the Willamette Valley setting and views, notes high land prices with a joking remark about doubling them, and reflects on long summer days in northern climes.
Dallas Lumber and Logging Company of Dallas Oregon advertises direct mill to consumer pricing for lumber and mill work with mail and phone options for a sales visit. The notice emphasizes furnishing materials directly from the mill.
To all whom it may concern you are notified that by virtue of Ordinances No 148 and 14 of the City of Independence Oregon the city authorities proceed with required actions under the cited ordinances.
This notice states that all property owners must apply to the City Recorder for a permit before making sewer connections. Work must be supervised by the Sewer Inspector, and bypassing the permit leads to fine or imprisonment in the city jail per City Recorder's Court, by order of City Council, B. F. Swope.
Readable items include a 16 inch walking plow cream separator elder mill corn planter two cultivators and assorted furniture from the estate. sale offers diverse farming equipment and household furnishings suitable for rural buyers.
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