Grain Corporation to Continue Work Through Wheat Campaign
President C E Huff of the Farmers National Grain Corporation asserts the firm will press on despite opposition to the agricultural marketing act. The $20 million organization plans to handle 250 million bushels of 1930 wheat and expand branch agencies nationwide while profits reach six figures in four months.
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Chicago
C. E. Huff
Farmers’ National Grain Corporation
Huff
Farm Board
United States
National Grain Corporation
Pepare
Alexander Legge
Federal Farm Board
Minneapolis Grain Exchange
Minneapolis
Legge
Canning Firm Eyes Seed Pea Production in Weston
A representative of California Packing Company, Mr Delwich, visited Weston to advance seed pea operations. The firm has contracted mountain farmers for 200 acres and plans expansion next year if tests succeed. Influenced by F C Sloan of Washington Idaho Seed Company, with local contracts held by Linus Anderson W P Cable Harry Beathe James Smock and Ross King.
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California Packing Company
Delwich
Weston
F. OC. Sloan
Washington- Idaho Seed Company
Linus Anderson
W. P. Cable
Harry Beathe
James Smock
Ross King
Oregon Experiment Station Tests New Crops for Local Suitability
D D Hill, acting chief in farm crops at Oregon State College, says many advertised crops have been tested at Corvallis and other stations. Lepsedega, Kudzu, Sudan grass, and soybeans show mixed Oregon viability. Johnson grass needs warmer conditions. Farmers should compare crop needs with local conditions and check station trials before planting.
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Oregon State College
Oregon Experiment Station
Corvallis
D. D.hill
Oregon
Japan
Hill
Washington Warehouse Conditions Holds Up Loan
Ehrhardt of the federal Intermediate Credit Bank told North Pacific Grain Growers Inc. that northwest warehouses are in crude condition, delaying grower advances. He cited loose supervision and inadequate state inspections, noting the bank must send inspectors to assess financial integrity and management before lending under the agricultural marketing act.
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Spokane
E. M. Ehrhardt
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of
North Pacific Grain Growers Inc
Northwest
Washington State Supreme Court
Sammons
Ehrhardt
Highway widening under way between Weston and Milton
Workers widen the Oregon and Washington highway between Weston and Milton this week. Crews operate about three miles south of Milton as part of the project.
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Oregon and Washington
Weston
Milton
Insurance Plus promotes liability and property damage coverage
The advertisement urges motor vehicle owners to obtain Public Liability and Property Damage insurance with low cost and high value. It warns against ambulance chasers and damage suits, claiming liability and life insurance protect fortunes and families, offered by Insurance Plus and B. B. Richards.
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B. B.richards
Varney Air Lines Announces Portland Salt Lake City Route
Louis H Mueller of Varney Air Lines unveils a May 15 start for a Portland Salt Lake City passenger service via Pasco and Boise. Two daily round trips with 6:15 and 6:20 a.m. departures from Portland and 9:30 a.m. returns from Salt Lake City, total travel time about eight hours. Passengers can connect from Puget Sound eastbound with coastwise flights at Seattle or Tacoma. The route includes Boeing ships and a Boeing System San Francisco Chicago leg, with pilots drawn from air mail service and a route following a Department of Commerce airway. Scenic highlights include the Columbia River Gorge Mount Hood and the Blue Mountains.
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Louis H Mueller
Varney Air Lines
Varney Mail
Portland
Salt Lake City
Pasco
Boise
Salt Lake
Puget Sound
Seattle
Tacoma
Northwest
San Francisco
Department of Commerce
Columbia River Gorge
Mount Hood
Mount Adams
Blue Mountains
Oregon
Idaho
Great Salt Lake
Oregon Trail
Territory
Bees Formed a Part of Varney Air Mail Record
Al Davis Varney Air Lines pilot carried 10 boxes of bees en route from Alabama to Puyallup Washington in a record air mail load. The bees moved in three inch square boxes two and a half inches deep. The flight from Salt Lake carried 919 pounds with stops at Boise Pasco and final drop near Tacoma and Seattle totaling 770 pounds to Portland.
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Portland
al Davis
Varney Air Lines
Columbia Gorge
Alabama
Puyallup
Wash
Davis
Salt Lake
Boise
Pasco
Tacoma
Seattle
Fee Rules Stockholders Doubly Liable In Suit
Judge James Alger Fee of Umatilla county rules stockholders of the First Bank of Pilot Rock are liable under the double liability principle. The bank organized before the double liability amendment but increased capital after it. Eight other insolvent banks in liquidation are affected. an appeal to the state supreme court is expected.
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Salem
James Alger Fee
Umatilla County
First Bank of
Pilot Rock
Schramm
State Supreme Court
Ground Work Underway for Beans on 10000 Acres
Ground work for beans on 10000 acres leased for planting is nearly complete with Eickhoff Food preparing to plant. Seed from Michigan is en route and planting will start about May 10 on foot hill land. Farmers report worm damage to wheat in Juniper area and nearby fields north of Weston, hoping warmer weather will reduce the threat.
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Eickhoff Food Corporation
Michigan
Weston
Echo Merchant Dies After Illness in Portland
F. T. George longtime Echo merchant died at the Portland Sanitorium after a short illness. Death was caused by heart disease.
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F. T. George
Echo
Portland
Californian Ends Life by Car Exhaust Near Walla Walla
H C Abel 45, recent California arrival, killed himself in his car with exhaust gas on a side road after three days in the area. Coroner W G Coleman says Abel stayed inside the vehicle most of the time and left no note. His driver’s license bore the California issue and only 40 cents was found on him.
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California
Abel
Bumper Cherry Crop Prospects Dim in Washington Districts
Winter kill reports reduce expectations for a bumper cherry yield in the Walla Walla and Kennewick districts. Harold Mewhinney, district horticultural inspector, cites advancing evidence of damage and fading prospects for a strong harvest.
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Walla Walla
Kennewick
Harold Mewhinney
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Canning Concern
First National Bank OF
Athena
Richfield Gasoline
Cornell
Washington Warehouse Conditions
W. H. McKinney
Sharp
Stock Land
L. L. Montague
Arlington
Varney Lines
Boeing
Salt Lake- Portland
Varney
Air Mail
Echo Merchant
International Harvester
Rogers @ Goodman
Mercantile Trust
Attorneys-At-Law
Main Street
Peterson & Lewis
Attorneys At Law Stangier Building
Pendleton, Oregon
W. Boyd Whyte
Stangier Building
Pendleton
DR. Blatchford
Dentist Post Building
Athens, Oregon
Jensens
Blacksmith
Athena, Orzegén
Sergl
Union Pacific
Union-Pacific Stages
C. L. McFadden
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