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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1920
Page
3
A dairy field specialist from the U S A C is mentioned as judging dairy cattle at fairs in several states including Utah Massachusetts and Connecticut. He is reported to be abroad at Vancouver and two foreign districts.
A brief note states that in Victoria British Columbia a man from Oregon faces work constraints making acceptance of more than one or two options impossible.
Official report by E B Fitts for O A C shows butterfat content among tested cows ranging from 3.8 to 6.3 percent in July. The high figure comes from Pennie the grade jersey owned by L A McCormack of Tillamook who broke the association record for high production the prior month. Pennie ranks second for July with 105% pounds of fat while her herd mate Pal leads with 107.12 pounds.
Portland hosts a large poultry dinner to debut dried buttermilk feed from Olympic Cereal mill. Redmond Juniper Manus forms in Central Oregon for juniper wood processing. Goodrich Rubber plans two story warehouse in Portland for tire distribution. Albany reports world champion Jersey cow Jean Mari gold with record butterfat. Portland launches five new drydock pon toons with rapid lift capacity. Sunflower silage trials thrive in Lincoln and Linn counties. Phonograph industry grows with Stradivara acquiring Pacific Phonograph plant. Oregon exhibits include first state goods show in Marshfield and diverse conifer forest finds in Eugene. Wheat exports from Portland reach 1.26 million bushels. Oregon lumber expansion eyed near Glendale. Portland debuts new alloy wheel Disc and Salem plots sulphite mill site. West Salem builds largest prune dryer. Portland reports fiscal year export total at 42.9 million dollars.
Aaron S. Watkins, prohibition candidate for president, will make sky flights to carry on his dry fight. The first flight travels from German town to Ashtabula, both in Ohio, with only a pilot aboard in a privately owned plane. An extended campaign tour is planned.
Portland firms seek to raise capital as The King’s Products plans to take over The Dalles branch (1914) and Salem (1917). Manufacturing firms grew 14 percent in five years per census. Road Builder’s Equipment boosts capital to 50 000 and builds a Kenton warehouse. Columbia River salmon pack reaches 600000 cases.
Dairymen may mail butter samples to W. D. Chappell at O. A. C. Corvallis for educational scoring. Next scoring samples must arrive at the college by September 15.
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