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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1921
Page
4
Independence Enterprise issued as a weekly paper published every Friday under editor Z C Kimball. Subscription rates listed include one year and six month terms with prices shown in the notice.
Mr and Mrs Virgil De Coster and Mrs C H Percival with two sisters of Mr De Coster took a weekend trip to Portland then rode the Columbia Highway to Hood River returning along the north bank. They praised the scenic route as their first experience on this drive. A census by T L Hartman near Independence lists 60 members in his extended family including grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Independent reader R. W. Baker questions the proposed $70 000 road fund election in Polk County asking for plain reasons. He argues taxes are already high and urges simpler explanations before residents vote. He suggests a reduction may be wiser than new levies and calls for plain speech.
Polk County shows general fund expenditures and road fund activity with receipts from taxes and interest. Entries list numerous road and station projects including Oakdale road and Dallas road segments, with transfers to the general fund and payments for bridge and ferries maintenance. Estimated year end running expenses total 100,000 plus, with prior year balances and transfers noted.
Airlie items report W. He Carney in Corvallis on business and F L Tubandt and son Frank returning from South Dakota. A pie social at the schoolhouse is set for next Saturday at 7 pm with all welcome. Willams and Clifford Catkina went to the football game in Corvallis. A new typewriter and school improvements are mentioned, along with a new flagpole for Airlie school.
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