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Independence Enterprise

Location

Independence, Oregon, United States of America

Date

Oct 18, 1912

Page

4

L and M Railway Time Card Independence to Dallas

Train schedules show departures from Independence and Monmouth to Dallas with arrivals for Nos 66 64 68 70 and from Dallas to Independence Nos 73 65 69 71, plus connections to Alrile West Salem and other points with multiple daily times and intermediates. Some OCR errors appear in times and place names but the core timetable lists departures and arrivals for each train.

Monmouth Dallas Independence Dadlay Dallan Dally Indepandore Dallian Dally Daling Alrile Monmoutt West Salem Independents Daly

Local Notary and Architect Advertised in Independence

Jd G McIntosh Notary Public Conveyancer Loans and Fire Insurance Enterprise Building Phone 7311 Dean J Purvine Architect Independence Oregon Plans and Estimates Furnished On Short Notice Dwelling Houses a Speciality Bell Phone 2a Funeral Director and Licensed Embalmer Lady assistant Calls attended day or night Will practice in all courts of the State Probate matters and collections given prompt attention Office Cooper Building

Notary Public Enterprise Building Independence Oregon Cooper Bldg

Transportation reforms to cut convict move costs in state

Governor Weat Ir plans to change convict transport to the state penitentiary mirroring patient transport reforms. Savings shown from 22 months data reduce average cost per patient from 64.61 to 36.17 dollars, with potential annual net savings near 6000 dollars. Hood River notes report on visitors to Commercial Club from 46 towns in 17 states and two countries in August.

Salem Weat Juarda Hood River Commercial Club Groton Maas St. Catherine Ontario Mexico City Minneapoke Minn Oregon

Unique plan yields two strawberry crops on Briggs vines

Near Albany farmer M. P. Briggs developed a method to produce two crops of strawberries annually. After a June harvest he burned the vines, new shoots appeared, and now a second crop, two thirds the size of the first, is being gathered. Other growers report similar second crops due to heavy rains, with irrigation plans for next summer.

Albany M. P. Briggs Tallman Santiam Lebanon

Potatoes Reach Foot Lengths in Hood River Valley

J R Steele reports record potato yield from an acre planted last May after alfalfa. Irrigated twice, hills merged into a single row of apuda with many plants producing five gallon can amounts. Acre yielded 700 sacks or 1400 bushels. A cabbage weighed 28 pounds.

Hood River Hood River Valley J. R. Steele

Hood River County Stocking Boosts Trout Population

Hood River valley streams received about 250000 trout planted this summer with another carload distributed last week. Ranchers halted work to haul fish cans to headwaters and two wagons delivered to Lostlake. The state game and fish commission allocated 500 dollars to install a fish ladder at the Devil's Punch Bowl this fall.

Hood River Hood River Valley Lostlake State Game and Fish Commission Devil's Punch Bowl

Coos County Eyes Bonded Road Plan to Oregon Coast

At a county wide gathering of business leaders the option to bond up to 2 million dollars to finance good roads and a concrete highway from the ocean to the Douglas county line was put forward. If approved, Douglas county would parallel the effort creating a hard surfaced route from Coos Bay to Roseburg.

Coos Marshfield Lawa Coos County Ocean Douglas County Coos Bay Roseburg

Mount Angel Gets New Rock Crushing Plant

Marion County court installs a rock crushing plant at Mount Angel operated by a dynamo. Power is secured from Silverton, replacing the steam crusher. The plant costs about $2000 with a nominal $1.50 daily expense and yields about 150 yards of crushing per day, nearly double the steam plant output.

Mount Angel Marion County Silverton

Fine Corn Grown Here Near Portland

Retired farmer John Zoller from the Columbia Slough area presented a 14 foot stalk of corn he says was grown by tenant John Aeby on Zoller's ranch. Planting occurred July 15 after harvesting fodder wheat and vetch. Zoller notes a ripe ear as proof corn can ripen despite damp Oregon weather and plans to donate the stalk to the Chamber of Commerce for exhibition.

Portland John Zoller Columbia Slough John Aeby Oregon Zoller Oregonian Washington Multnomah Chamber of Commerce

Tillamook Dairy Farm Sold With Cattle for 50,000

The Elmore dairy ranch of 198 acres in Tillamook county has been sold from J. H. Hathaway to B Sproat of Washington county for 50,000, including 60 head of Holstein and Jersey cows. The deal was arranged by Paul A. McPherson of Portland. The sale involved an exchange of a 3-acre Eldorado apple orchard at Aloha valued at 20,000, with 30,000 cash difference.

Tillamook Elmore Tillamook County J. H. Hathaway B Sproat Washington County Mr. Hathaway Sproat Aloha Paul A. McPherson Portland

Salem-A temporary restraining order against state railroad commission

Judge Galloway granted a temporary injunction prohibiting enforcement of orders on Sumpter Valley railroad rates and shipments. The commission demurred, arguing the order is already in effect. Pendleton reports release of pheasants to a large east Oregon game reserve with more species planned. Farmers pledge to bar trespassers from the tract. Albany notes inquiry from Panama Canal Zone engineer C. C. Pickel seeking information about Oregon.

Salem State Railroad Commission Sumpter Valley Galloway Pendleton State Game Commission Panama Albany C. C. Pickel Panama Canal Zone Albany Commercial Club

112-Pound Squash on Display in Linn Benton Office

A 112 pound squash displayed in the Linn & Benton Real Estate firm office in Albany. It was grown by Fred Arnold a farmer living southwest of the city in this state.

Albany Linn & Benton Real Estate Company Fred Arnold

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Afrila Joaven Independence Jerven Jd, G. McIntosh Dean J. Purvine Independence, Oregon Chas. D. Smiley Bell Phone W. R. Allin, D. D. S B. F. Swope Homer Lodge Castle Hall Ore M. Moran J. W. Richardson, Jr., K. R Harry Norton Main Street Independence, Ore L. Hawkins Dallas, Oregon WEST Mt. Angel Columbia Slough Farmer Scott China John Deere Kemp & Burpee Manufacturing Company John Docre Winegar & Lorence Monmouth Baldwin Paris College OF Music the Savage Music House N. Liberty Street Salem, Oregon Chas. K. Spaulding
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