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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1922
Page
2
Polk County Board of Equalization will meet at the Dallas courthouse on September 11 to review rolls as compiled by the county assessor. Protest deadlines extend 15 days after that date. Judge B. F. Swope will leave Independence, a notable loss to the community.
Mail order sales rise in farming areas worries small towns. Merchants must openly promote in-store variety and price to compete with mail order catalogs. They should inform customers they can see items before paying and receive quicker delivery, or risk outsider competition and bankruptcy. Silverton Appeal
Farm conditions hamper Wasco county peach marketing. Deer hunting success in Southern Oregon. Mrs. W. A. Flower burned to death making soap on her husband’s ranch near Halfway. SP plans 80-pound rails Whiteson to Willamina. Union county reopens county fair at Elgin. Progressives meet in Portland September 5. Northwest day and grain show planned at Pendleton September 18. H. L. Walther of Medford named to state fair board. Marion county grain below normal. Over 20 miles of paved highways built in Marion County. Cascade forest fires minimal while Coos County grain crop short. Hay harvest due to dry season. Hop picker scarcity delays Grants Pass schools. Deschutes County pine beetle survey to start. Sheridan valley outlook strong. prune crop promising. Chemawa dormitory project near Salem. $50,000, 100+ students. Eastern Oregon harvest labor shortages. Salem labor council opposes Omaha strike resolution. Beatrice Townsend and L. L. Smith killed in Portland car crash near Eugene. Jordan injured. Shew Will road construction under Linn County United States forest service jointly. New highway section eases worst Linn County road. Western states conference to discuss motor traffic regulation in Portland.
Polk County Sheriff John W. Orr exchanged his 162 acre West Side Pacific highway farm east of Dallas for the Elbridge apartments at 21st and Overton in Portland. The farm, in the Orr family since 1874, includes 80 acres from the Kina donation land claim and newer purchases totaling about 21 1/2 and 60 acres. The Elbridge building is brick, fully modern with conveniences, and Orr continues to own substantial timber and other realty in the county.
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