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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1921
Page
4
The Independence Enterprise is published every Friday by Z Z C Kimball. The note mentions a $150 figure in an apparent transaction or payment context. No additional names or dates are provided.
A Washington national headquarters under Col Arthur Woods coordinates the relief drive. Governors and mayors are urged to join a unified community project with a central labor clearing house. The plan envisions nationwide road work and expanded public and private employment to ease joblessness.
The Polk County Observer alleges the Independence Enterprise opposes the exposition by direct taxation. The Enterprise contends the tax plan would not be sanctioned outside Portland and that the fair may need funding from other sources.
The Polk county court calls a November 8 special election to decide funding for road construction. All road-improvement funds are spent, so a levy in next year’s budget is proposed to avoid bonded debt. The county has kept a cash-only policy, with no bonded indebtedness, and requests for cash exceed loan demands under the state aid program for ex service men. Taft’s appointment as chief justice is noted as fitting and highly qualified.
Census figures from 1920 show 99 562 children aged 7 to 13 in Oregon with 94 312 or 94.7 percent attending school. Attendance rose from 90.3 percent in 1910. Urban areas report 96.1 percent attendance for 7 to 13 year olds versus 93.7 percent in rural districts. Urban includes towns and cities with 2 500+ residents.
The readable lines show a crude complaint about authority and a statement supporting illegal home brews. Specific people or places are not identifiable, making firm factual detailing impossible from the fragment.
Dr. Butcher of Buena Vista buys a Ford sedan and Lehman & Sons acquire a Fordson tractor from Stewart Motors. Numerous local residents travel to Portland, attend events, and report frosts, fruit prices, and farm business. A Portland fireman dies in a crash observed by J. G. McIntosh and Mrs. Alpha Bascue reports a stolen bathing suit incident.
Revival services will commence October 9 and continue as long as God leads in the building over the creamery. Doc Kelley, a cregeantalian boy from Italy, is saved and now preaching the tract All are welcome. The full gospel of Jesus Christ and divine healing are emphasized.
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