Two-Way Gubernatorial Debate Prompts Independent Bid
Article discusses Senator Charles Hall filing to run for governor on an independent ticket and Walter M. Pierce endorsing a compulsory school bill. Oregon election law questions and political realignments suggest a three way race with Hall drawing both parties’ support via patriotic societies, Olcott backing the party machine, and Pierce as a middle path attracting rural Republicans.
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Charles Hall
Walter M. Pierce
Hall
Oregon
Associated Patriotic Societies
Olcott
State Machine
Pierce
Brumfield A Throwback Ends In Death By Own Hand
The article reports that Dr. Brumfield hanged himself in a state penitentiary death cell using strips of a sheet. He was condemned for the murder of Dennis Russell in Roseburg on January 13, 1921, and sentenced to hang on July 13.
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Brumfield
State Penitentiary
Dennis Russell
Roseburg
Russell
Stocktaking refutes charge of widespread lawlessness in Polk county
Independence residents dismiss reports of rampant crime amid a calmer season. Observations cite no public gambling and moonshine control, with few drunken incidents during hop season. At E Clemens Horst company ranch up to 1100 workers present. managers credit improved conditions and vigilant peace officers for a safer district.
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Independence
Salem Statesman
Portland
Polk County
Polk
E. Clemens Horst Company
Hops Yield Box to Hill at Sloper Ranch
Nine boxes of hops were gathered from nine hills on the Sloper Bros ranch south of town. From a 24 acre field the harvest totaled 4800 boxes. At 12 pounds per box, the crop equals about 2150 pounds per acre. The Sloper ranch reports an exceptionally good season, one of the district’s best. Picking has run for two weeks and should finish in a week to ten days.
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Sloper Bros
Sloper Ranch
Happenings in the Elkins Country
Local notes from Elkins County record visits and moves. W Price motored to Eugene to fetch two Shorthorn cows while Frank Loughary and son plan a Corvallis move for high school. Family visits include Hewitt Richardson and Harman households with others in Dallas, Winlock, Foster, and Airlie areas.
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W. Price
Eugene
Frank Collins
Dallas
Joe Tetherow
W. H. Harman
Mr. Harmen
G. G. Hewitt
Eliza Richardson
Winlock
Wash
Carl
Corvallis
Frank Loughary
Frank Jr
Grace Holcomb
Harry Blodgett
Blodgett
Archie Tetherow
Airlie Country
Frank McEldowney
Ruth
Mildred Tetherow
Foster
Turned Around or Converted Sermon Promised at Churches Baptist
Despite the heat the Churches Baptist Church reports strong Bible school attendance at 10 a.m. Rev Proppe will preach at 11 and again at 8 p.m. Special music by the mate quartet precedes the sermon. The Young Peoples Society meets at 7 p.m. All are invited.
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Bible School
Proppe
Young Peoples’ Society
Mate
Gloom Chaser Quips on Dining Habits and Doctor Visit
A brief dialogue shows a patient following a recommended doctor after a precursor warning. The doctor demands advance payment. The Gloom Chaser adds a wry line about manners not affecting appetite.
New Books at Independence Library
The Polk County Library lent a list of general use titles to Independence Library. Included are non fiction works by Allen, Benton, Bok, Clemens, Dahlquist, De Schelking, Eckles, Emery, Evans, Fisher, Frost, Furlong, George, Henderson, Hodges, Lindsay, Maeterlinck, Nitobe, Whitlock, and a fiction title Abdullah.
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Polk County
Independence Library
Allen—Civics and Health
Benton
Bok
Edward Bok
Clemens
Dahlquist & Faulk
de Schelking
Eckles
Emery
Evans
Fisher
Frost
Boston
Furlong
Buck George
Columbia Henderson
Hodges
Lindsay
Arctic
Aurora Maeterlinck
Wisdom
Nitobe
Whitlock
Abdullah
Barbec and Thrums Bartley A Woman Bennett Mr Prohack Day
A partial list of book titles and authors spans children's books and classic works. The compilation includes Doyle’s hound of the Baskervilles and The duchess of Siona among many others, with varied subjects from adventures to domestic tales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbec
Thrums Bartley
Bennett
Mr. Prohack
the Rider of the King
Boy Doyle—The
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Independence Enterprise
C. Kimball
Cid Ld
Elkins Country
J. D. Hibbs & CO
Fao
Goodwin
the Duchess of
Siona
Gregory
Six Feet Four
Hough
Hutchinson—The
Happy Warrior
Ingraham—The
Prince of the
House of
David Klein
Music
Lewis—Innocents
Lincoln—Galusha the Magnificent Maniates
Ammarilly
Love Marshall—The
Voice of
the Pack
Martin
Martha
Parrish
Wilderness
Fryer
Felicia Gould
Felicia
Gould
Gould—Feliela
Knipe
Denewood
Langford
Pic
Lansing
Rhymea
Stories Lippman
Little—Camp
Jolly Lynde
Donovan Dance
Pollock
Northern Diamonds
Smith
Arming
Sprange
Stevens
Pewee Clinton
Plebe Stout
Terhune
Bruce Tolman
Jim Spurling
Millman Tomlinson
Rifleman
Tomlinson
Continental
Wickes
Act Winlow
Oregon-Washington
Joint Stock Land Bank OF
Ore
GON
the Farmers State Bank
Independence, Oregon
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