Military Camp Dates Fixed for Vancouver Bar Racks
Preparations are under way for a two month military and citizenship training camp at Vancouver Bar racks from June 17 to July 16. The program serves 375 young recruits ages 17 to 24 with government funded tents showers kitchens and mess halls. Brigadier General Leitch explains the camp aims to train youth for emergencies and civic duties without obligating future service. County Agent Holt delivered poison grain for squirrel eradication to Rogers Goodman store after earlier shipments to farmers. Western barley shipments to eastern points indicate rising demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver Barracks
Umatilla
Leitch
Holt
Athena
Rogers & Goodman
Information Booklet Mailed Gratuitously by General Motors
The Athena Press runs General Motors advertisements offering a free booklet on the company test grounds. Readers with cars from Chevrolet to Cadillac can clip a coupon in the ads to obtain the informational booklet at no charge. The booklet covers general data about the proving ground and the car makers products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Motors
Athena Press
Proving Ground
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Oldsmobile
Oakland
Buick
LaSalle
Cadillac
Classified for Sale Items Including Livestock and Piano
Multiple short ads list a milch cow for sale by H M Saulsberry with phone 25F21 a bundle of wheat hay by George B Woodward with phone 24F5 a Bridge Beach cookstove range for sale at a reasonable price inquire at this office a high grade piano near Athena with small monthly payments Pendleton Music House Pendleton Oregon pasture offered by Dave Stone for a limited number of horses and mules with phone 24F15 Athena
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Woodward
Bridge Beach
Athena
Pendleton Music House
Pendleton
Oregon
Dave Stone
Railroad Builder Honored in Easter Bell Memorial
In Boise Union Pacific Station four Harriman Bells rang at ten o clock for Easter. The bronze tablet unveiled honors Edward Henry Harriman, famed railroad builder, donated by a lifelong friend. H. V. Platt, representing Union Pacific President Carl R. Gray, unveiled the memorial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Boise
K E. H. Harriman
Boise Station
Harriman
E. H. Harriman
Meenery Bells Company of
New York
Edward Henry Harriman
H. V. Platt
Oregon Short Line
Union Pacific System
Carl R. Gray
Prospector Bill Hendrickson Plans Hill Tour Near Whitney
Athena painter Bill Hendrickson will leave soon on his annual prospecting tour in the hills around Whitney in Baker county. He describes his usual journey, returning sunburned, and hopes someday to bring back a sack of nuggets to fund his meals of mushrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Hendrickson
Athena Painter
Whitney
Baker County
Residents bid farewell as Sharp family leaves Athena
C C Sharp and family plan to move to Pendleton, friends host farewell gathering, Mrs Lake France honors Mrs Sharp, Gen Weaver speaks in Milton, W H Scott visits from Helix, Sawmill launches at Meacham, new culvert installed in Athena, Woodmen Circle chapter organized with seventeen members. News covers local labor, business, births, deaths, and social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cc. C. Sharp
Pendleton
Athena
Lake France
Sharp
Milton
Gen. Weaver
W. H. Scott
Helix Farm
FE. J. Wilbur & Sons
Meacham
Marshall Gillie
Mair
Fourth Streets
Fourth Street
Main
Athena Grove
Woodmen Circle
Grace I. A. Bradley
Alma A. Wilkinson
Pearl C. Hawks
Etta V. Beale
Ida L. Gillis
Nora W. Barnett
Inside Sentinel
Mary E. Sharp
Outside Sentinel
Ida A. Carden
Jennie E. Barrett
Lilly Waterman
Mary E. Booker
Garfield
Rural mail service south of Athena denied
Residents living south of Athena seeking rural mail service from the Athena post office have been turned down by the department in Washington. Postmaster Barrett spent significant time mapping and gathering information from patrons on the proposed route. The southern route was rejected because part of it ran parallel to an existing route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athena
Washington
Barrett
Also Mentioned on This Page
McCormick - Deering
Wilson
Farmers Grain Elevator Company
H. M. Saulsberry
Henry Koepke, Jr
Bou
Wrall Deat
Whitehead
Ore
Hose Co
Copyoc Icts
W. R. Taylor
Jacob Bloch
Charles Stansell
Nate Pinkerton
Sam
Pendleton Levee
Fred J. Lafava
Gen Booth
Effie Frazier
Robert Davis
G. C. Osburn
Portland
C. T. Millikin
Farm Record
Master Moscow
Mable Froom
J. L. Harman
Main Street
Steve’s Grocery
Kalsemining
E. A. Bennett
B.B Richards
Blaesing
Granite Company
H. J. Blaesing
S. F. Bowman
Odd Fellows Bld
Bell & Dickenson
Drs. A. D
R. A. French
Optometrists
Walla Walla, Wash
Continental Oil Company
Bryce Baker
Kilgore Cafe
Gerald Kilgore
A. W. Logsdon
the Lumber
Turn-A-Lum Lumber Co
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