Moonshine and crime spark Polk County clash with Salem press
The Salem Statesman accuses Independence of open vice and bootlegging with raids thwarted by insiders. Polk County officials deny wide scale gambling and moonshine, led by Sheriff Orr’s relentless crackdown. The Enterprise notes shifting Polk sentiment as local papers split on coverage and unity.
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The
Statesman
Independence
Salem
R. M. Walker
Bohannon
Skinner and Craven
C. W. Irvine
the Statesman
Hendricks
Buck
Moffit
Polk County
Marion
John W. Orr
Polk
Shine
Change farming system to control wheat bunt
Wheat bunt can be controlled or eradicated by planting resistant varieties and changing farming practices, with Oregon officials predicting rapid progress. Seed treatment methods using blue stone lime or formaldehyde are recommended, while eliminating diseased seed and debris reduces losses.
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Oregon
Horace Woolman
Office of Cereal Investigations
United States Department of Agriculture
Oregon Country in Brief Form
The Bandon baseball team won the Coos county league title. Milton A. Miller of Portland withdraws as Democratic candidate for state treasurer. The Tiamock county court sold $71,400 in road bonds at a premium of $4,476.78. Oregon Cooperative Growers campaign yields 2008 contracts and 1,200,000 bushels. Portland port August exports $2,042,752 vs $5,749,448 last year. Bend First Baptist funds a new $20,000 building. Salem prune harvest may lack pickers. Miss Jeanette Sykes, 12, of Salem, climbs Mount Rainier as the youngest summit climber. Nearly 60 Mexican longhorns bound for Pendleton roundup on Umatilla meadows. Salem building activity up over August 1921 by more than 50 percent. Warrenton residents to vote on city manager plan. Oregon apple crop expected to be the heaviest in years per RE Dean. Fifty men to work in Thief Valley to study feasibility.
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First Baptist Church of
Bend
Salem
Jeanette Sykes
Mount Rainier
Texas
Pendleton
Umatilla County
Warrenton
Connectimanic
Oregon
RE. D. Dean
Oregon Growers’ Co-operative Association
Thief Valley
Union County
Farm pointers that point to pantry depredations
Depredations in the pantry are described as stoppable by pouring two tablespoonfuls of carbon bisulphide into the ant colony entrance with earth packed over the site. The gas is heavier than air and flammable, so avoid smoking near the area.
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Phillip Warren
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Zz. C. Kimball
Salem Statesman
Dallas
J. A. Linville
Prohibition
Mayor Baker
Portland
Multnomah County
Enterprise
Polk County Observer
Observer
Conkey & Walker
Thiel Valley
Clatsop
Crown Willamette Paper Company
Wallowa
Columbia River
State Highway Department
Hood River Forest
Mount Hood Loop
Umpana Valley
Senate
Washington, D. C
Neuner
Roseburg
Portland Railway, Light & Power Company
Oregon Public Service Commission
Clatsop Plaing
State Real Estate Department
Oregon Country
Bandon
Coos County
Milton A. Miller
Tiamock
Oregon Cooperative Growers
Independence National Bank
Federal Reserve
L. Peek
Agricultural College
E. L. Route 3
Sterlingworth
Hart Shaffner
Marx
Hardeman
Stetson
MaHory
Salem Woolen Mills
N. Comm
C. P. Bishop, Prop
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