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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1903
Page
3
Local items report S. L. Freezie running a store and various residents traveling or returning. Hattie Townsend arrives from Port Wean, Revie Connett returns from Washington, and J. Ottenheimer notes a wire from the hop ranch near the river LA. Gilmore in San Pedro recovers from wounds and blood poisoning.
The new health regulation mandates reporting every birth and death to the city or county health officer with penalties for noncompliance. Physicians midwives and heads of families must file within specified hours and provide proper death certificates before burial, with duplicates sent to authorities and outlined forms in use. Special notice from State Health Officer Woons Harreifsson instructs duplicate carbon copies and inclusion of typhoid tuberculosis and sycosis cases even if not quarantined.
A fragmentary verse asserts fate as a universal pursuer of mortals, claiming opportunity strikes at every gate whether asleep or feasting. It warns that those who doubt or hesitate face torture, penury, and futile pleas, while the traveler follows the hour of fate and answers none.
A centennial note recalls Fort Dearborn’s formal establishment on the Chicago river by Major Whistler. Conflicting accounts place the Tracy schooner arrival and site selection around 1808, with general accord that work began August 17, 1805, solidifying national authority in the area.
The piece traces Chicago’s growth from Fort Dearborn in 1803 to a booming metropolis. It notes the sequence from fort to village to city and highlights population milestones and historic shifts. It also mentions wealth shifts linked to figures like the Rockefellers and a Denver visit context.
The piece recalls Joseph Ladue, discoverer of the Klondike, born 1854 in New York, who hunted gold from Black Hills to Alaska, founding Dawson City, then died four years after returning to New York. It contrasts Stratton of Cripple Creek, another solitary millionaire, with Ladue’s lack of home and family, questioning whether wealth from gold pays.
Johns D Rockefeller Jr heir to vast wealth traveled from Denver Union depot to Brown Palace Hotel in an ordinary street cab. A street car was not convenient and walking was impractical, costing him 25 cents in cash.
A gate type Ladies Home Journal advertisement costs $6 for a single insertion and Munsey's page ad runs 500. The piece notes a huge print run and reflects on Emerson ideas as F A Douty and Grant Robertson arrive from Portland this morning.
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