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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1911
Page
2
Train times listed for Independence Monmouth and Dallas connections including departures at 6:00 6:15 10:50 11:05 6:15 pm from Independence and Monmouth, plus daytime Airlie links and return trips to Independence with arrivals in Dallas Airlie and Monmouth connections noted for each leg.
The Independence departs from Independence dock for Salem at 8 30 a.m. daily and leaves Salem dock at 4 p.m. The fare is 50 cents each way.
Timed local transit note: morning departure 7 30 a m from Independence reaches McNary crossing for east bound trains. Evening return 3 30 p m to connect with both directions trains, final return 4 49. Fare 50 cents each trip.
Scranton based representative H V Reed will hold monthly visits in Independence, with his Portland Oregon address at 233 Alder Street listed for contact. Community members are advised to note dates as monthly appearances occur.
The notice advertises a legal practice in Independence Oregon by Beth at the Cooper Building. It states services include probate matters and collections with prompt attention and practice in all state courts. Office location is the Cooper Building, Independence Oregon, with day or night calls available.
Large sunny rooms en suite or single with electric lights and bath. European Plan located at 248 N Commercial St Salem Ore. Public notice-style room rental available for residents and visitors seeking comfortable lodging in the city.
A wide survey of happenings reports 850 cholera deaths in Turkey over two days and a $750000 Nelson British Columbia smelting plant burned by arson. Women will help welcome Taft in Olympia. Alaska naturalists tout cod tongues fried like oysters. More small stockholders in big firms. Thirteen new Pacific steamers. three from Washington and Oregon. Alberta premier Sifton backs reciprocity. his brother opposes. Six miners die at Butte shaft cage failure. Mexico’s Reyes is robbed and stoned amid crowd. Mrs J Austin loses and recovers a Willamette Ring. Pacific coast steamer crews oppose towing large log rafts. Madero regularly nominated for Mexico president. Mt Adams glacier slips 50 feet. General Grant praises soldier sobriety. Sifton in Lethbridge says reciprocity helps both nations.
Portland markets list wide price ranges for wheat, corn, oats, barley, hay, poultry, butter, eggs, pork, veal, fruits, vegetables, potatoes, hops, wool, cattle, hogs, and sheep. Notable figures include Bluestem at 79c, red Russian 77c, many grain ton prices, No. 1 timothy at 15–16, Oregon creamery butter at 3l, candled eggs 26c, cattle and hog price bands, and assorted fruit crate and box prices.
Norton Kansas aviator J F Frisbie, performing after jeers from a crowd, fell 126 feet when his aircraft tipped during a turn. The engine crushed his left side and chest. he died an hour later. Frisbie had earlier survived a 40 foot drop with minor injuries during exhibitions at Elmwood park.
Five masked gunmen halted California express No 15 on a Gibson siding near Ashland Oregon waiting for the Shasta Limited. They blew safes in the express car and escaped with loot after looting the strong box. A brakeman saw the robbers flee in a car toward Dunsmuir. No injuries reported.
An old Cleveland tale shows young John D Rockefeller using cunning to win a hickory-nut fight by reconnoitering and seizing ammunition from Cleveland High school rivals. The Prospect school side, led by Mark Hanna, William McKinley, Thomas A. Edison, and Calvin Brice, rallied to their future fame.
San Francisco reports the new employers liability law took effect September 1. It abolishes the fellow servant and contributory negligence defenses and holds employers liable for injuries to employees regardless of worker fault or agency fault.
Washington reports Torreon as the last Mexican area with unsatisfactory conditions amid anti foreign sentiment. Advices say Chinese massacre is linked to the revolution and local agitators remain hostile. Authorities foresee government action to quell upheavals elsewhere in the republic.
Sacramento reports the Pacific Electric Railway company of Los Angeles filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. The capital is $100,000,000 and a filing fee exceeding $16,000 was paid. The system will include eight electric railways radiating from Los Angeles.
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