Disruption of Blue Mountain baseball league rocks towns
The Blue Mountain league collapses as Walla Walla and Pendleton withdraw after adopting class D terms. Athene Weston Milton Freewater and others face disarray with teams set to disband or seek charity games. Towns from Boise to Ontario brace for altered schedules and finances.
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Walla Walla
Pendleton
Athena
Milton
Boise
Tolaho
Claes “D
Sult
North Yakima
Notheg
LaGrande
Baker
Ontario
Tesma
Athena Sang
Athena-Weaton
Milton-Freswater
Cube
Athena Base Ball Association
Milton-Freewater
Garden City Spartsmen
Jim Neal
Ike
Athena Fane
Bino Mountain League
Poodleton
Bole
la Grande
Freewater
Weaton
Booner
Badge
Button
Unctions
Walla Walle
Wood Voices Sentiment Here on Regional Baseball
Clark Wood, president of the Blue Mountain Base Ball League, comments in the Weston Leader that Walla Walla and Pendleton back a tri state league while promoting subscriptions. He notes a large territory between the cities and questions promoter plans amid a whirlwind campaign.
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Clark Wood
Blue Mountain
Weston Leader
Local Institute at Echo Sets Schedule for April 6
A local Teachers Institute will be held at Babo tomorrow. The program opens at 10 a.m. with singing and sessions on course of study use, writing, arithmetic, civil government and Indian club swinging. State Superintendent L R Alderman will speak both morning and evening. All district teachers are urged to attend and a dinner will be served. Mim Acton Raley of Pendleton, daughter of Mr and Mrs J H Raley, married A A Harlow of Wood Wednesday.
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Teachera
Babo
Addrew
Landers
State
L. H. Alderman
Gladys Scrogge
Ottimer A. Cannon
Mim Acton Raley
Pendleton
J. H. Raley
A. A. Harlow
Wood
Sells Oil Land Loses Fortune In Texas Field Tale
Local notes tell of S L Spencer who owned eighty acres in Texas near an oil field. A buyer offered to pay one thousand for the land on terms but a later development of a nearby well altered fortunes. Spencer received a partial payment but the deed was staged before news of a cheap sale nearby reached him.
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S. L. Spencer
Belog
Texas
Spencer
Spencer Place
Mr. Spencer
Olney
Boencer
Texas Oil
Mayor Koontz Proclaims Athena Cleanup Day
Mayor Koontz designates Friday April 12 as Athena cleanup day requiring residents and property owners to clear debris. Trash will be collected or burned as committees oversee neighborhood operations and citywide cleanliness efforts.
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Koontz
Athena
Athecan
The Single File Practice And Chatterer Aids To Domestic Life
A Harper’s Weekly excerpt argues Indian single file travel stems from caste rather than terrain and notes Asiatic social patterns. It contrasts chatterers’ social cost, citing Pearson’s Weekly on curbing idle talk and efficient communication. A New York Sun piece hails the virtue of a single rose over costly bouquets for home beauty.
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Indiana
Harper's Weekly
Brenter
Jones
Chatterer
Pearson's Weekly
Lucinda
Adolphus
Luella
Adolpheus
Claude
New York Sun
The Everglades: A Vast Impenetrable Wetland
The Everglades of Florida stretch about sixty miles by fifty five, a single swamp with islands ranging from a quarter to hundreds of acres. Water runs one to six feet deep, with thick vegetation and dense impenetrability during July to October. Proper drainage could make the region among the earths most fertile for banana and other fruits.
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The
Everglades
Biorida
Evergiades
New York American
Struggle of the Rivers in Historic Physiography
A modern physiography insight reveals a river struggle as rivers compete for existence. England's Thames and Severn illustrate this contest as the Severn erodes back through soft strata near the Cotswold hills, diverting bends that once fed the Thames.
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England
Thames
Severn
Cotswold
Two girls in New York fashion restaurant tale
A fragmentary item recounts two girls tea drinking and scones at a stylish New York restaurant. Maud apologizes as Reggie’s ring is returned to Dymon for valuation after a promised settlement, while others comment on the plot and tone of a novel inked in the tale.
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New York
Maud
Reggie
Dymon's
Dymon
Waghine After Cam Peterson in Oregon Race
Milton attorney Peterson, a candidate for nomination and reelection, accuses county Republican leaders of waging war against him for not following their instructions. He cites backing for Thompson and Mayo Hinkle, his fights on Senate Bill 75 and Rogds River Finb Bill, and vows to press for renomination despite organ ization leaders seeking his defeat.
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Milton
Inez
Teraon Fa
Pendleton Ae
Mayo
Hinkle
W. Lair Thompson
Gesnius Machine
Thompson
Senate
Oregon
Potoraon
Meneley Concert Tonight at Athena Club Lyceum
The Meneley Concert Company will perform at the Christian church tomorrow evening April 6 as part of the Athena Club Lyceum course. The Meneley Quartette and Ray mond McCord impersonator lead a program praised for marimbas organ chimes and vocal works by Miss Cora Ricketts. Deputy assessors list county property measurers for Umatilla with officials named across towns. Fresh deer tracks found on a new concrete approach to the post office doorway explained by Worthington amid lighthearted reminiscences.
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Christian Church
Lyceum
Athena Commar Club
Meneley Quartette
Raymond McCord
Ra Ot
Quartette
Perhepa
Countey
Cora Rigketts
Friends of the Baptist Church
Postmanter Worthington
Bimeelfn Mighty Hanter
Band Bonds
Jim
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