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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1920)
?,nftf YKAlVv f: NE RATES to ADVANCED -atb'ofTo cents to .... uc ni' ..a iND I.Nturor. vr. Q M CENTS TO MOST lnc Telephone Co., and Monmouth . i - iM,Tcane in rates Public Service tomromw". p.ndcmc.a.c monthly rental r . .. l,u ln.n ad- till continue (f except'1" i to 50 cent of the two-puny i .j or. cents. .nrnouth, the buslnew phone u 25 cents nnd rcl- at the trnme role of the 10 party ,h i haunted 75 rent. .7 Hli. rint Lit an iwrcuse ,th on rural linen. . made in t-xtenhi'.n phone Imknemlcnce and Monmouth. , Wnt toll rate between In- r Monmouth " . nn a three mmuie . mien.tlve. The com. i likewise permitted to limit service between Indepen ,nd Monmouth to three mln. i a charge f 1 tents or Jtional three minutes or ; thereof. tan and o!! monthly rate a ire given: INDEPENDENCE limited i!uhin" Service New 01I Ruto Rate .:Ry line $3,50 $3.00 ,r.y line 3.00 2.50 !-y sub. line. . . . 3.00 n with lie! I ... .!') 1.26 h without U-ll. .76 1.00 ,4 tell only .. 1.16 .25 Suited Residence Service hrty line $2.00 $2.50 jirty line 1.76 2.00 ply line 1.50 1.50 arty lirje (s,) . . 1.75 1.50 an with hell . . . .05 1.25 without hell . .50 1.00 ill bell only . . . .15 .25 MONMOUTH limited Hunine-H Service ;arty line $2.i ;ty line -rtj line (nub.) . .on with bell . h without bell 'iOll bell onlv . i.lii .90 .75 15 $2.50 2.00 1.00 .25 tinted Kt'M(le:u-i Service fatjf line ?;.00 2.00 party line 1.75 1.75 psrty TTre 1.50 1.50 "rty sub. lino 1 75 1.00 with bc!N . . .05 1.25 on without be! 1 . .50 100 bell only ... .15 .25 fcsk feet add 25 cintn per to above rales. Rural Service ' line switch. Per subscriber $ .50 charge ier 37 3.00 mameta wall ' .25 .25 mission in its statement :" part: rat exchanges are main ' Independence and Mon 'Hon, by which business Nence natnms ml frmr c serve,!. TV two towns ''"at two miles apart and are 'Mi by a paved street and i ' of service is now and nl. ""a been free. Owinrr in th fl"y f the two towns and the l? interests existing Mp !' ,basi8 homes -a re built and Jent ade, there is an es. W reason for continuing went arrangement T?nTi Wn,1Kht enuitablv bnvn h J es wre it not for the fact ??wth has a matrneto bv9 F Wem. ipenflpnce the modern HflWnvnr. In ;P,r;ve"t the nbuo of the fa. n the two townB con. , u,u e reasonably re. nominal charpre, C X"0R'1 su,h frce , J1 "a reasonable. and Jompany "wna, man Jte8 the 8yRtei at F' and pn ' Ui 1 OIK fMW. .u,velty 01 M one group, and Dalian and FalU City the other group. It appears that there had been during; the year pat poor telephone nervlce, part of which may be at trlbuWd to the irregular practice of aubacritera calling by name Inatead of by number, and partly due to the obtolete iwitchboard that has re. cently been dlKplaced by a new nwltcbboard, which had 'been In op. oration lcia than 30 dayi when thin bearing waa held. Still another contributing factor to the poor aer. vice wai the lack of clone rupervin. Ion of the peraonnel of the switch, board. Some complaint of uimatlsifuctory wry Ice on the farmer lines were expressed but there will always be more or leu diaaatlMfaction an long an thero ia n divlaion of reftjMina- bllity, I e: the farmers maintain, ing the liiiea ouUiiiu of the primary rate urea and the company inside wo nuuu-r now well one aw-lion may be kept if another section jfets out of order impairment of aervice Ih the natural renult. , The commission finds thnt the Indcpcndcnao Telephone company in a corporation, organized and ex. iHliptc under the Juwh of Oregon, and m public utility an defined in Chapter 279 of the General Laws of Oregon for 1911, owninjr, operating and coiitrollinj? exchunjcca in I tide pendence and Monmouth, in the county of 1'olk, atato of Oregon. That the authorized capital of the applicant i $20,000 of which $1,700 la outstanding, bonds out- Ktanding to the uiniount of $'J,850 bearintr intcrcht at the rale of tsix per cent per annum, and a note for l.irinir intereKt nt the r;it I of nix per cent. The utility upon complaint of the aubacriber i required to facilities n will permit of fixing the respotiHibility for impaired nor. vice, krep a record thereof and re port ibv renult in writing t the compluiriTit. 1 That in the nbaence of a fully fujljf iel commercial trepresenlativo etatiotied at either of these ex. change', audi complaint as may arife in connection with the opera, tion of a utility of thin character, tihould be promptly transmitted to the manager's office at Dallas. That the atHtements of revenues nnd expenses for the calendar year 1919 tiubmitted in evidence reveal nn .actual deficit in meeting current expenses yithout regard to return on investment; that there has been n considerable increase in wages for both operators and linemen, and an Increase in cost of mater ials; that the utility cannot proper, ly maintain iU system and render ndeiiunte service to its patrons if its receipts are insufficient to meet operating costs, Including the pre. vailing pcale of wages; that a pub lic utility cannot obtain money to make extension to its plant and afford additional service if its credit is impaired by lack of rev. enuo, For the purpose of brevity and to be definite and certain Indepen. deuce and Monmouth will be called group 1 nnd Dallas nnd Falls City group 2. Hotweon stations in group l,nnd group 2 a rate of ten cc.-is for tho first three minutes and five cents for each additional three minutes will be charged. Each farmer line shall be treated as a unit in tho matter of collection of accounts for exchange service nnd shall be responsible for delin quents. All accounts shall be due and payable in equal semi-nnnuul installment on or before January 15th and July 16th of each year To facilitate the collection of ac. .niinfa from members of the sev eral farmer lines it is recommended that each line appoint a secretary or treasurer or other officer whose duty will bo to make collections and account for same; further that each line discontinue service to any one of its members on its own line for nonpayment of account. That in connection with the free interchange of service betwacn In. dependence and Monmouth ex changes tho utility shall be permit ted, if it o desires, to limit each conversation to a three minute p iod without charge, with a charge of ten cents for each addit ma three minutes or fraction thereof beyond such initial period. July 31t heingTnTSatunlay of this month, the W. R. & w.11 h a Bocial, afternoon. A 1,1 NATIONAL GUARD BOYS BACK FROM CAMP LEWIS Expressing themnclvM . had a pleasant and profitable time, JC company's representation at Camp Lewia returned Tuesday evening, af ter an absence of 15 days. Owing io a pressure of private affairs neith er Capt. $tidd nor Lieutenant Mix was able to attend the big gathering of military men. Those attending from here were: Ernest L. Chown, Grover Harris. Raymond Smith, E. T. Stewart, Cyrus I'ervlne, Robert Bal lard, Arthur Ward and Ira Compton. From Monmouth, E. C. Cole, John D. II inkle and Herbert B. Powell. Arthur Ward easily carried off the honors in marksmanship in the com pany and secured fourth rank in the battalion. I'urt at 200 and the bal- unce at 300 yards, he scored 81 shots out of 100 and made another record of 45 out of a possible 50. Ward is only a voung lad and seems destined to become a real crack shot He has bandied a gun almost since he was an infant. lie is employed in the Farmers' State Bank. The boys report that the only mar. ring event of the encampment w.u the rifle explosion which resulted in the death of three Oregon guardsmen and injuries to four oihers. Investi gation showed that the accident was due to the prcnttture explosion of th0 shell. gon. Be ia an old acquaintance ox "Jiggs" Williams, who hails from the land of the big -wheat fields and the Non-Partisan Leasrue. CONGRESSMAN IIAWLEY , VISITS INDEPENDENCE Congressman W. C. Hawley was in Independence Tuesday and Wednes day visiting with old friends and gave on interesting address at the Normal School Wednesday evening. Congressman Hawley is finding his political path literally strewn with rosee. He was given a renominrtion by the republicans without apposi tion and there was no candidate on the democratic ticket. Ilia district is designated as the first and is com posed of Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Curry.DouglasJack son, Josephne, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Polk, Tljllamook, Washing ton and Yamhill counties. Parker NORTH DAKOTAN OPENS STORK AT BUENA VISTA Henrv Turnbull of Hone. North Dakota, has opened a store at Buena Vista and it is expected that he will be appointed postmaster of the thriving little community. He has eased the Odd Fellows buildine and will carry a general line of mer chandise, llis brother. A turnbun. is inerested with bim and the firm name will be A. v H. Turnbull, the sume as it is Iinck in the Dakota town, but the brother will not take part in the business for the present at least. Mr. Turnbull has a wfe and four grown children and they will join him a little later. When fading health made it necessary for Mr. Turnbull to leave his business near ly four years ago he secured a berth as chief cook on the motor schooner, Laurel Whalen, which work he fol lowed successfully until a short time ago. In this manner he visited many of the principal ports of the world. Ho has tuny regained nis health and is ready for business life once more. Desiring a pleasanter climate than Duliotn naturally he came to Ore- The S. P. construction train is spreading gravel just south of the station. . The binders are beginning to Bing around this neighborhood and sever al fields of grain have already been cut and shocked. G. A. Dickinson and family were in I Albany the last of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Zielesch drove to Portland las,t Friday. John Lacey has purchased the white fir timber along the river banks of Ernest Zielesch and is cut ing same in preparation for floating it this winter to the Salem paper mills. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Horton drove to Portland Friday, Mr. Horton re tui'!rfg on Mondiy, Lester Kline and Elmer Chapin had the fortune or misfortune to find a bee tree the other day. The tree and honey were all right but when the inhabitants "kicked" on being disturbed there was something do ing. Lester was a good runner, but one arm hung behind a little and as a result it is now sibout double size. Elmer started in the wrong direction and poked his face into a bunch, as a result he is looking with one eye. John Lacey is incapacitated just now wi,th'a large carbuncle on his arm. Paul Jones of Hoskins, stopped in Independence a few hours last Saturday while enroute to Portland. He had his right foot quite badly I jammed by a log and was on his j way to a. hospital to have an X-ray taken of it. Riddle Goat in the Limelight i iv itW 1 " i i Hrr7izi3f J Buena Vista 4 hrlnmnir PolV i were sold at auction. The price re An Angora rroat. is hungin I somewhat lesS . ji w)9 Ceiveu 1UI tin-DC "" ' " . hut still sufficient to return a hand- Willinm Riddle & Sons of e fit For more than 25 years William Riddle has been breeding registered Angoras and is demonstrating that it is a highly successful undertaking. His- sons are associated with him pnd the list of prizes and other dis tinctive awards is a long one. For real quality in Angoras Polk county has any other county in the United States skinned to a frazzle in the opinion of men competent to judge. iinnta rpreive onlv a Small oart of f newspapers ot vnc -v. . , n tnou: ... , R r. niaaios auenuuii, . iie 10 country, thus sh7 " "1 ntv. extensive brw,dor of ,mebred Cots- icity to Monmo-un . to wold and !,!. ,v hwp nnd onerates county into the nm-us:"... - - !h. shinned to Texas about a month ago and at the Coat Raisers snow at San Aneelo was auctioned Z $1750. the., highest pne ever ".fvin.nhotograph was , . TpYfH Tt. is the prize poat 0, who is located in ?n Texas, raisin, goats and delving L oil The cut was furnished by a or?r. , nnl,Vs the service StrJ of n-sparers of the io thou, ami -....i, nub- iuiih.v, , p iir pnnnty. expensive ui-;i ,u,. .,.. v-vvu .u Monmouth and PoHc coun v. , .m . nnM.ntov Three other goats w i f&m of .m , ,jf jcent proportions. Rev. Henry T. Atkinson of the University Park Methodist Episcopal church of Portland, who waa recent ly taken ill at his home, 677 Vander bilt Afreet, ha been forbidden by the family physician, Dr. Frank M. Brooks, to preach or hold any . ser vice. A vacation has been granted to him. Rev. Atkinson was in charge of the church here at one time and was universally liked. The people here are sorry ,to hear of his illness and hope he soon will be in his nor mal health again. Nellie Christensn returned home with her sister, Mrs. Lonan Wiltz, to spend the summer at the Tilla mook beaches. George Grounds, who has been on an extended trip .to Washingon, D. C, and other eastern cities and Can ada, arrived at the home of his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Grounds, on Tuesday. Mr. Ground's home is in Modesto, Cal., and he was a dele gate from the Elks' lodge of that city to the national convention of Elks in Chicago recently. He reports a very pleasant and profitable trip. During his absence his wife and daughter have been visiting here. Cleve Prather is the- first farmer in this district to put wheat in the shock and G. E. Harmon the first to plow, the latter using a Fordson tractor. Clifford and Alma Wells and Mrs. George Grounds were in Salem Fri day evening to hear the Capitol City band and see the electrical fountain display. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Prather of Corvallis were here last week visit ing relatives. They were accompa nied home by Raymond McClain for an over Sunday visit. Word from Alfred Loy, who is in an officers' training camp at San Dieeo. Cal.. is to the effect that the heat is almost unbearable and that he will be glad to get back to Ore gon. . Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Harmon and daughter, Miss Blanche, were in Sa lem Friday. W. D.- Nicholl, who recently sold his farm here, was in Yamhill, his former home, looking at farm land. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Prather of Portland were calling upon relatives here Friday on their way from Cor vallis enroute home. They took their son Bobbie with them for an extend ed visit. Mrs. Lena Gabrial and three chil dren of Carlton returned to their home after a week's visit with the Christenson family. Gale Prather, who is with the American forces in Germany, re membered a number of his relatives and friends here with T beautiful Rhine stones. These are being made up into rings and brooches and have as rich an appearance as a diamond. Mrs. J. R. Loy, Clarence Gilbert Leslie Loy and Miss Alma Wells were, in Salem Tuesday. Roy and Frank Bugbee of Port land, nephews of Mrs. Doc Black, were here over Sunday, making the trip on the little red cars. The frame work of the J. A. Rey nolds farm house is completed and readv for the plasterers. This house will be a modern one and ready for occupancy in a few weeks. Mr and Mrs. Bert Snyder and fam ily moved to Salem last week, where they have employment. J. R. Loy, wife and family Sun- daved at the G. A. Wells home. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Reynolds and family attended the chflutauqua at Albany on Sunday. They heard Rev Billy Sunday and are much enthus ed over his talk. Mr, and Mrs. Roy Elkin and fam ily are visiting Mrs. Elkin's broth ers at the Perry and Marvin Wells' homes and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Harmon, Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Anderson and Blanch Harmon motored to Eugene Sunday, where the former took the stage for Belknap Springs for medical treat ment. . Nelson Anderson and wife, Mrs.E. J. Anderson left Thursday morning for Belknap Springs, where the lat ter will remain for several weeks, hoping to get relief from inflamma tory rheumatism. Shehas been a great sufferer from it for the past morth. Mabel and Howard . Murphey are slowly improving from a week's illness. MORE M0NEYF0R HOPPICKERS SEVENTY CENTS WILL BE RUL ING PRICE IN THIS DISTRICT THIS SEASON Hop pickers vill get more money this year than ever before in the his tory of the industry in the Willamette valley. Seventy cents per box will be the prevailing price in the Inde pendence district, with every indi cation pointing toward big heavy hops. This is 10 cents more than was paid last year and 20 cents above the ruling price of two years ago. An' experienced picker will make a "killing" while the novices will need adding machines to total their tickets for the season's work. Present indications are that there will be plenty of pickers. From Portland and other nearby places they will come by the hundreds. For years many of the same people have been coming, availing them selves of this chance for an outing and change from their regular voca tions and at the same time finding it highly profitable. Ample provis ion is made by the growers for the accommodation of the pickers and other helpers, furnishing' fuel, tents and other things necessary to make the annual outing one of pleasure as well as profit. Hundreds of hop workers have al ready been registered and the pre vailing opinion is that there will be no shortage in the labor market when the big event opens the first week in September. Many local people, " especially women, - avail themselves of this opportunity to gamer the shekels and hop' time be comes quite the rage. The hop growers are anxious to get their pickers registered at as early a date as possible in order to have everything working -smoothly for the opening of the annual fete. Many hop growers are confront ed with an extraordinary condition. They contracted for the sale of their hops around 20 cents for a per iod of years, and pre now meeting with such an increase in costs that some of them are wondering which side of the ledger is going to show the balance. Wire, twinei posts, burlap and everything else necessary for producing .hops continue to ' in crease in cost. Some with better contracts are more fortunate but they are finding that the percentage of velvet is get ting smaller right along. Hop grow ers were temporarily electrified last winter by dollar hops, but to most of them it was just a rainbow. A few transactions are reported to have been made at the time for spot delivery, but during the past few weeks there has been no bidding for hops and the price has continued to sag until it would be hard to tell what would be the ruling price at the present time, or when the now crop is ready for delivery. The grower, with a contract which assures a reasonable profit, may not make as much money as the one who has not sold his crop, but he is probably sleeping better these time?. MEAT FIRM PLACES BEEF STOCK WITH FARMERS In their quest of . desirable beef cattle for their market, Miller & Smith picked up 31 head of exceptionally good Herefords and Shorthorns over in the Sweethome country. Beliw:.rg that laying u foundation for the fu ture is one of the essentials in a sue. cessful meat business, they readily sacrificed their own immediate inter ests by disposing of the pick of the flock to farmers in the Buena Vista district at practically what the cattle had cos;t them. Their purpose is to get the farm ers in this locality ' to raise better beef cattle. And when this becomes the vogue it will be found that there is not room for the "scrub" stock. The body of R. T Deering, the young O. A. C. student , who was drowned at the E. Clements Horst ranch on Thursday of last week, was shipped to Portland for final disposition. The young man's mother died when be was a young ster and he had made his home with ' an uncle - and aunt in Portland. His J father lives in Salem. " f lr.:y B,,0U1i be a toll be. Texas with the prize aid Independence welcome,' gram will be rendered.
