Oregon Shown in Moving Pictures
Oregon resources are featured in motion pictures for Los Angeles schools. The state chamber of commerce supplied reels and photos illustrating timber and other industries to Frank Reiter, head of visual education, who plans classrooms visits to view Oregon products.
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Los Angeles
West
Clatsop County
Klamath
Deschutes
Curry County
Oregon
State Chamber of Ecommerce
Frank Reiter
Visual Education
Harvest Progress in Walla Walla Valley Wheat Fields
Farmers across the Walla Walla valley worked Sunday in harvest using gas tractor drawn combines. The general harvest yields are good but below last year’s record. about two million bushels traded locally, with 500000 held over. Friday and Saturday saw strong market activity, about 150000 bushels traded each day. Portland market quotes set basis at about 1.21 for soft and western white and 1.17 for western red. FOB prices 1.23 and 1.19 respectively.
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Walla Walla Valley
Walla Walla
Union
Portland
Go Ahead Ordered on Owyhee Development Near Ontario
Secretary Wilbur instructed Commissioner Mead to proceed with the Owyhee river irrigation project near Ontario Oregon, after a westward inspection. The plan, funded from the reclamation fund, is deemed economically sound despite high per acre costs to water users. Grows Seed report notes H H Northrup’s 50 acre seed pea field thriving with vines knee high and potential yields of 20 to 40 bushels per acre.
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Washington
Wilbur
Mead
Owyhee River
Ontario
Owyhee
Ise
Weston
H. H. Northrup
Lum Pambrun Place
Reservation Mountain
Northrup
Umatilla Rapids Project Backed By Regional Groups
Directors of the Umatilla Rapids association with the Portland Chamber of Commerce and the Columbia Valley association agreed to leave active promotion to the Rapids group with support from the others. The project aims to develop navigation on the Columbia River and includes a Congress bill introduced last session and a Senate bill drafted by Senator McNary. The McNary plan would allocate 37.5 percent of gross power receipts to nearby states if government operated, with taxes if privately run.
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Portland
Congress
McNary
Senate
Columbia
Umatilla Rapids
Snake River
Oregon
Washington
Stages Oust Electric Trains On Portland Line
The Oregonian reports Southern Pacific cut four Port land McMinnville runs leaving only four trains daily on the Portland to Corvallis electrified corridor. Once 56 daily trips and six coach interurban cars are now reduced to eight cars serving Portland to Corvallis, as autos on paved highways capture passenger demand.
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The
Oregonian
Southern Pacific Company
Portland-McMinnville
McMinnville
Here
Corvallis
Portland Corvallis
Schneider Hears Judge Pronounce Sentence
Walla Walla George Schneider was sentenced to be hanged August 23 for the March 31 murder of his wife Betty in superior court. His attorney announced an appeal will stay the execution. A motion for a new trial was denied after claims a juror went insane and another showed prejudice.
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Walla Walla
George Schneider
Betty
John L. Sharpstein
Schneider
H. B. Noland
Sharpstein
Packer Bert Redding Injured in Cliff Fall Near Walla Walla
Bert Redding, 57, a packer from the Walla Walla river area, is in serious condition at a Walla Walla hospital after his horse fell from a 30 foot cliff. He sustained a broken pelvis and multiple injuries. Boy Scouts from Camp Rotary aided, bandaged him with splints, and carried him four miles on a stretcher to a waiting car, with twenty scouts taking turns.
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Bert Redding
Walla Walla River
Walla Walla
Rotary
Burglary trio given three year terms in Hermiston incident
Arthur Shaefer and Curtis Goodwin of Portland were sentenced to three years each in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to burglary. Judge James Al ger Fee imposed the sentences in circuit court following their arrest in Hermiston earlier this month during an attempted store robbery and escape attempt.
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Arthur Shaefer
Curtis Goodwin
Portland
State
James Alger Fee
Goodwin
Shaefer
Hermiston
Prune Growers Seek Farm Board Aid From Senator McNary
Senator McNary of Oregon, at the request of R H Kipp Portland Chamber of Commerce, asked the federal farm board to act on marketing fresh prunes in the northwest. Telegraphed Washington to address this year and prepare a better plan for next year. P T Wallace fined $100 and costs for speeding in Freewater Justice Howton's court after arrest by state traffic officer Merle Anderson. Proebster district attorney prosecuted.
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Federal Farm Board
Northwest
McNary
Oregon
R. H. Kipp
Agricultural Marketing Department
Portland Chamber of Commerce
Kipp
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Bureau of Economics
Farm Board
P. W. Wallace
Trail Pageant a Success in Eugene Fund Raiser
The Sunset Trail pageant in Eugene last week raised at least $30,000 with strong underwriter support from local business men. Pageant manager Hugh Rosson says recipients will likely owe nothing on pledges as the event concludes.
Reverend Robins Resigns Pendleton Baptist Post
Dr. William H. Robins, pastor of the First Baptist church, resigns after five years in Pendleton. He assumed the pastorate September 1, 1924, and had been in the field longer than any other Baptist minister in Pendleton for years.
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Robins
William H. Robins
First Baptist Church
Pendleton
Peterson Lewis Attorneys at Law Pendleton Oregon
Peterson Lewis Attorneys at Law based in the Stangier Building Pendleton Oregon offer practice in all state and federal courts. The firm lists contact by phone 706 957 J fun and provides legal services across jurisdictions.
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Attorneys At Law
Stangier Building
Pendleton
Oregon
Wheat ranches and 36 acres with home in Athena
Real estate listing notes 36 acres with a well located well improved property and a fine home priced right with liberal terms. Also mentions several good wheat ranches available and is attributed to B. B. Richards in Athena.
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B. B. Richards
Athena
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