Chickens and Ledger Figures Highlight Spring Farm Sale
The article notes 700 chickens with 500 hatched this spring, and a ledger showing red figures. Mr Hennigan, from a wheat ranch in east Oregon, bought Manning place and hundreds of White Leghorn chickens. He has faced mixed results and plans another season to manage his flock alongside Orpingtons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woutha Venth
Independence
Oregon
Hennigan
Manning Place
Twennigan
Unusual Merchandising Event By Local Firm Ny Cathray
A local firm Ny & Cathray inaugurates an unusual merchandising event with every article in stock reduced 25 percent. No reservations or advance prices, and special offers apply selectively to certain items, a rare full-store readjustment during the peak merchandising season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ny & Cathray
Mtdor
Mia
Mars
Better Book Week Observed At Oregon Normal
Oregon Normal reports observance of Better Book Week from November 16 with nationwide reading campaign. Highlights include a library exhibit, talk by Portland Public Library official, and a plan for a Thanksgiving style program by the Holphinn society. Also noted is Mountain View's new school building dedication set for November 20 and various student activities across campuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Libewry
Portian Minx Alfo TP
Tivattiharge
Norreal
Tucwiay
Twt Ulster
New York City
Ming Bramberg
Ptudents
Fnd
Teuten
Portland
Deamberg
Almeni
Dolne Tnetite
Melytowh
Sehnotte
Reecords
DeVere
Brenton
Rentile
Dallas
Ackarman
Gentle
Ainith
Artuthnot
McMinnville
Surines
Mountain View
Commodiou
Ivine Quaybiers
Purebred Jersey Prices Lead Pacific International Sale
A sale at the Pacific International Livestock exposition showcased purebred Jerseys with notable bids. The top price reached $1650 for a notch bur calf, while overall Jersey stock averaged over 8450 on 92 animals. Washington led in herd prizes as Oregon and California followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pic Siverton
Oregon
Darling Cuthbert Scecund
Pickard Brothers
Marion
Iwendola Raanke
J. P- Larden
Salem
Secon
N. C. Sorensen
Onalaska
Wash
Washington
S Hy Fox Brothers
Wages Cut At Salem Firms Spark Downward Trend
Three Salem employers announce wage reductions. Spaulding Laying plans to cut from 4.60 to 4.24 daily for common labor. Phos intends a near term about ten percent drop. Kay Woolen Mills reduces pay 10 to 18 percent from the start of the month.
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Salem
Spaulding Laying Company
Tuveaday
Phos Company
Frederick Schmidt
Kay Woolen Mills
Thomas B. Kay
Utilities Do Leave Independence for Dallas Transfer
The Independence Auto Utilities company, active since February under A G Berry, will transfer to Dallas December first. Berry plans to move with his family and oversee the county seat operation, consolidating stock cars tracks and accessories to Dallas. He is noted as a respected merchant and businessman in Independence.
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Auto Utilities Company
A. G. Berry
Dallas
Nash and Maxwell Products
Berry
Merchants’ Association
Independence
Red Cross Drive Launch With Cash Prizes
The annual Red Cross membership drive begins in Independence under the Retail Merchants' association. Girls will solicit memberships for prizes of 15, 10, and 5 dollars. entries are open to all with receipts and buttons from Craven & Walker's bookstore. Daily reports go to GC. W. Irvine at the Varmers' State Bank.
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Red Cross
Independence
Retail Merchants’ Association
Craven & Walker's
GC. W. Irvine
Varmers’ State Bank
North Dakotans Trek to Oregon Country
P M Major his wife and niece Miss Gertrude Roney arrive from Hope North Dakota visiting L W Fuller in Parker with five other families in a caravan seeking permanent relocation. Major formerly mayor of Hope and once partnered in a garage business with Mr Tuller. North Dakotans are relocating to Oregon seeking better conditions.
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Gertrude Roney
Hope
North Dakota
L. W. Fuller
Parker
Oregon
Major
Tuller
North
Isaac Chapman Weds Ruth Wilson in Dallas
Tanat Chapman and Miss Ruth Wilson were married in Dallas last Saturday and will live in Independence. The groom is J. B. Chapman’s son, new to the area from Oklahoma, while the bride is George Wilson’s daughter, longtime Independence resident. The couple receives strong good wishes from friends.
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Isaac Chapman
Ruth Wilson
Dallas
Tanat Chapman
Independence
J. B. Chapman
South Seventh Street
Oklahoma
George Wilson
Elimination of Middle Man Plan of Farmers
Kansas City Missouri delegates from twenty eight states gather for the National Farmers Union convention. The body directs a cooperative farm annually and represents more than eight thousand farmers.
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Kansas City
Promrasa Ff
National Farhees Union
All Sorts of Jobs Held by Girls of University
University of Oregon details show 775 women enrolled with over 200 taking commercial posts in summer. Activities range from theatre work in Portland to farm management and cannery labor, plus forestry, dairy lunch, tinting, teaching, labs, journalism, telegraph and office clerical roles. office and clerical jobs are most common.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Oregon
Heilig Theatre
Portland
Forestry Service
Meier & Frank
Miss Nettie Muller Wed to Helmer Olson in Salem
Miss Nettie Muller daughter of Mr and Mrs J F Miler of Independence married Helmer Olson Suver rancher in Salem on Monday. The newlyweds plan a Portland honeymoon and will reside near Suver where a home was prepared. The bride recently resigned as a local post office clerk to prepare for marriage.
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Nettie Miller
J. F. Miler
Independence
Salem
New Laundry Adds Modern Shirt Line Equipment
Independence laundry expands with steam heated and compressed air operated shirt line outfit including a band machine yoke machine and two cuff presses. Owner H E Dunkel funds progress and leads staff on Portland visit to learn from larger establishments ending with a Multnomah Hotel banquet.
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Independence Laundry
H. E. Dunkel
Portland
Multnomah Hotel
Dunkel
Wooley
Campbell
Nesbeth
Hougham Dunkel
Polk County Buys Large Road Tractor For Highway Work
A new large Caterpillar road tractor with 65 horsepower was purchased by Polk County to aid road making. The machine, shown on Main Street for a daytime demonstration, can pivot sharply and will supplement privately owned tractors previously used for quarrying and heavy tasks. County plans call for substantial winter and spring road work with this equipment.
Governor Olcott Declares Thanksgiving a State Holiday
Governor Ben W. Olcott issues a Thanksgiving proclamation for November 25, 1920 in Oregon. He cites the Mayflower voyage 300 years past, praises liberty and religious freedom, and urges statewide observance in churches and homes with prayer and gratitude.
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United States
Ben W. Olcott
Oregon
American
States of America
America
State of
Salem
Methodists Send Record Missionary Totals Abroad
The Methodist Episcopal church reports 275 new missionaries left the United States in the fiscal year ending November 1, 1920. The prior high was 1917 with 96 recruits. This year 80 went to South America, 69 to China, 50 to India and Burma, 30 to Malaysia, six to Mexico, five to Japan, two to Korea, and two to Europe, excluding relief workers in war zones.
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New York
Methodist Episcopal Church
United States
Board of Foreign Missions
The
Methodists
South America
China
India
Burma
Malaysia
Mexico
Japan
Korea
Europe
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Polk County
Oregon Normal
Big Pythian
Albany
Supreme Officers
Independence Pythians
Ladww
Sealk Wheaton
Minneapolis
Willamette Valley
Rathbone
Indepenedone
Salum
Corvallis
Scio
Pythians
Mhe
Hurd
West
W. H. Nation
Nation
Coocht
Eix Clever Girls
Ceora Lanham
Stants
Homeland
Oregon Country
Nettie Muller
Helmer Olson
County
Olcott
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