Washington Idaho Seed to Open Athena Plant
Washington Idaho Seed Company plans a pea cleaning and grading plant in the Athena warehouse area beside the Tum A Lum yard and Union Pacific tracks. The facility will heat by steam, employ over forty local women seasonally, and service Athena Palouse Bonners Ferry crops with shipments from nearby fields to be cleaned and sorted.
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Manager Sloan
Washington- Idaho Seed Company
Athena
Hig
Union Pacific
Palouse
Bonners Ferry
Idaho
Sloan
Washington-Idaho Seed Company
Weston
Barney Foster
Rankin Brothers Aim to Break Endurance Flight Record
Portland trio Tex Rankin Dale Rankin and Dick Rankin plan to fly a Stinson monoplane on an endurance mission starting around August 15 to beat the 553 hours 51 minutes record set by the Hunter brothers of Chicago. The flight, to be checked by the National Aeronautics Association, aims for over a month aloft with three pilots to reduce in-flight strain.
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Portland
Rankin Brothers
Tex
Dad
Hunter Brothers
Chicago
Tex Rankin
Pacific Northwest
Stinson
National Aeronautics Association
Russell H. Lawson
Rankin
Maurice L. Smith
Jantzen
Dale Jackson
Forrest O'Brine
St. Louis
Rankins
Fires Burn in Umatilla National Forest Over Weekend
Ranger Albert Baker reported 29 fires started in the north end of the Umatilla National Forest during the weekend. He said none were of major importance and most were brought under control.
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Ing
Umatilla National Forest
Albert Baker
Wheat growers to meet at Pendleton August 9
Oregon State College outlines a public wheat growers meeting at Pendleton on August 9 with sessions on the world wheat outlook and Oregon Washington situations. Speakers include Arthur Hyde and Legge after a morning program chaired by W Kerr with Nils Olsen and G R Hyslop presenting regional analyses.
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Oregon State College
Oregon
Washington
Pendleton
Hyde
Ligee
Farm Board
W. Kerr
Nils Olsen
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington State College
G. R. Hyslop
Farm Crops Department
Legge
W. J. Kerr
State R. Hyslop
Oregon College
Arthur M. Hyde
Dereen Legee
Federal Farm Board
Metachan Pushes Federal Umatilla Power Project
Republican gubernatorial candidate Phil Metachan urges Congress to develop the Umatilla rapids for power and irrigation as a federal project. He proposes a Washington state power division compact, a national delegation for federal funding, and warns state development would triple taxes.
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Portland
Umatilla Rapids
Congress
Oregon
Washington
Phil Metachan
Washington State
Boulder Dam
Colorado River
Columbia River
Tt Long
To Keep Him Out of Mischief in Kelso
Kelso Washington a father who had his son tending a still to keep him out of mischief was questioned this week Martin the father told ange dill there are many things the youth is liable to get mixed up with and he reproved his son for not being on the lookout saying if you had been on the job we could have seen.
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Kelso
Martin
Ange Dill
Hoover Plans To Aid Mid West Drouth Hit Farmers
President Hoover announced government action to relieve drought distress across the grain belt. A detailed agriculture department survey will be reported next Monday after talks with Secretary Hyde. Reports show farmers feeding wheat to hogs and cutting for hay as hay fields burn. corn losses in July reach about 400 million bushels.
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Hoover
Washington
Mississippi
Middle West
Hyde
Department of Agriculture
Chicago
Sol
National Grain Corporation
Montana
Possible Snake River Unit In Columbia Basin Scheme
Congressman John W Summers reports from inspect ion trip with Dr Elwood Mead that a 30 foot dam could be built five miles above the Snake Columbia confluence creating a 90000 acre project. Power would serve Western Walla Walla Hareka Franklin counties and back Paseo area as Summers notes assurances from Mead and Chief Engineer Walter. Summers to rejoin the Federal party at Yakima.
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John W. Summers
Elwood Mead
Reclamation
Walla County
Hareka i ‘Distret
Franklin County
Paseo
Summers
Mead
Walter
Federal Party
Yakima
Holding His Own Billy Pinkerton Faces Water Pump Struggle
Billy Pinkerton of the watery committee battles low reservoir flow hindering one hour of daily irrigation. Officials hope he returns to work soon, likely next week, to boost supply.
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Billy Pinkerton
Tower Glazing Rebuild At Tegel Mountain Site
New glass enclosure atop Tegel Mountain tower undergoes reconstruction to restore lookout access. Work advances after design revisions and safety checks, aiming to reopen the summit vantage point for visitors and researchers.
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Tegel
Grain Prices Soar Amid Drouth and Rust Reports
Wheat and corn rallied as drought in corn fields and rust in Canadian wheat lands sparked a surge in Chicago grain pits. Wheat rose 5 and 6 cents with September at 96 to 96 cents and May at 1.10 dollars, while corn jumped about 6 to 7 cents with nearby at 1.01 dollars. The weekly crop report confirmed the market’s doom-and-gloom narrative.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Co operative Buying Setup Claimed Complete in Pacific Northwest
North Pacific Grain Growers Inc reports its buying network across Washington Oregon and parts of Idaho and Montana is fully established with 60 000 to 100 000 bushels of wheat purchased daily. General manager A F Kelly expects at least 100 000 bushels a day and estimates the Inland Empire wheat crop at about 30 000 000 bushels as most local cooperatives actively buy despite some criticism of the farm boards acreage reduction campaign.
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Spokane
North Pacific Grain Growers, Inc
Pacific Northwest
Iter
Federal Farm Board Organization
A. F. Kelly
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Inland Empire
Farm Board
Murder Charge in LaGrande Man’s Wife Death Case
George McGlennen of LaGrande faces a murder charge in Baker for the death of his wife Hazel McGlennen after a Friday shooting at a Baker rooming house. Wounded Harold Gilkison is reported improving. McGlennen to be moved from hospital to county jail within days.
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George McGlennen
LaGrande
Baker
Hazel McGlennen
Harold Gilkison
McGlennen
Mc‘Glennen
Pendleton Round Up drives high room demand in Pendleton
The Pendleton Round Up attracts many visitors this year and the local accommodation bureau led by Wilson McNary calls Pendleton residents to list available rooms to help house guests.
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Pendleton
Wilson McNary
Bailey 19 Against Water Grabbing in Oregon Labor Talk
Senator Bailey the Democratic governor candidate urged withdrawing all Oregon waters from private exploitation and creating a commission to survey power options. He favored federal development of the Columbia and municipal ownership of light and power plants, backing an income tax and changes to the public service commission. He pledged to shift state revenues away from homes and farms.
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Eugene
Oregon
Organized Labor
Bailey
Columbia
Umatilla Rapids
Public Service Commission
Electrical Disturbance Devastates Camas Prairie Wheat Fields
A Blue Mountains storm hitting Grangeville Idaho caused hurricane like winds and hail up to walnuts. It destroyed 90 to 100 percent of winter wheat in a 60 square mile area and burned three fields with losses estimated over a quarter million dollars.
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Blue Mountains
Athena
Grangeville
Idaho
Walla Walla
Camas Prairie
Political battle looms in Illinois Senate race
August will begin a fierce campaign between Ruth Hanna McCormick and James Hamilton Lewis for a United States Senate seat. The drive starts at Illinois state party conventions in Springfield with Democrats on August 20 and Republicans on August 28.
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Mlinois
Ruth Hanna McCormick
James Hamilton Lewis
United States Senate
Springfield
Portland Man Drowned While Crossing Crooked River Rapids
The body of Joseph Wicks, supervisor of Safeway Stores in Portland, was recovered from a deep hole in the Crooked River Gorge one mile above the Cove Street plant. He drowned Saturday while attempting to ride a log over the Shut In rapids.
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Portland
Joseph ©. Wicks
Safeway
Crooked River
Cove Se
Harvest near end of a near perfect wheat season
Harvest in the Athena district nears completion as ideal weather ends with most crews finished and only a few machines active. The Farmers Elevator handled the largest volume of wheat since operation began, with 40 000 bushels sold last week at 70 to 75 cents and the company buying 16 000 bushels at 75 cents. The J N Scott crew set records for one day deliveries, moving 173 460 pounds or 2891 bushels, and Sheldon Taylor field yielded 62 bushels per acre. Wheat shipments run about ten car loads daily as harvest winds down with 289 truckloads of bulk grain received Tuesday.
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Athena
Farmers Grain Elevator Company
J. N. Scott
Henry Koepke
Scott
Koepke
Scott Machine
Sheldon Taylor
Flint Johns
Tueada Ve Zeph
Silverton Juniors Clinch Oregon State Baseball Title
Silverton American Legion junior baseball team defeated Edwards Furniture of Portland 7 to 1 to win the Oregon state championship in a 10 inning thriller. Orville Schwab struck out 11 in six hits allowed as Silverton rallied with six runs in the tenth. Roy Keene announced Silverton will advance to regional finals at Baker, Oregon, August 14 to 16.
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Athena
American Legion
Tuesday Silverton
Oregon
Edwards Furniture
Portland
Orville Schwab
Edwards
Schwab
Win Demorest
Demorest
Silverton
Bill Courtney
Dick Lassell
Welkin
Marion County
Harry Williams
Pacific Coast Baseball League
Harry
Roy
Keene
American Legion Baseball
Northwest
Baker, Or
Bilverton
Pine Logs Transported to Milton Box Factory Line
Logs from the Gibbon district, cut from last growth yellow pine, are passing through Athena daily and consigned to the Milton box factory. Some logs are felled on steep mountain slopes along the Umatilla river and hauled to Gibbon station by auto trucks.
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Athena
Union Pacific
Milton Box
Gibbon
Umatilla
Gibbon Station
Goats Flee Fire Threat in Washington Mountains
More than 100 wild goats have been driven from the bluffs of the Cho Pak a mountains in Washington by nearby forest fires. The herd is protected as officials coordinate relief and safety measures.
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Chopaka Mountains
Washington
New Wheat Rate Affects Athena
The Interstate Commerce Commission cuts Athens to Seattle grain rate from 20.5 to 19.5 cents per hundred pounds and from 18.5 to 17.5 cents to Portland. The reform, effective October 1, applies to wheat rye barley oats and flour with free transit processing twice. Farm groups argue Canadian rates remain lower and urge voluntary export-rate parity.
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Portland
Interstate Commerce Commission
Arthur M. Geary
Farm Bureaus
Granges
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Eastern Oregon Wheat League
Athena
Seattle
Commission
Canadian Pacific Railway
Two hangings scheduled at Walla Walla this month
Two executions are planned at the Walla Walla penitentiary. A week from today Robert Lee Wilkins faces execution for the murder of Attorney John W. Brooks in Walla Walla, and on August 29 Arthur Schaeffer a Shelton logger will die for murder.
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Walla Walla Penitentiary
Robert Lee Wilkins
Atttorney
John W. Brooks
Walla Walla
Arthur Schaeffer
Shelton Logger
Three Ex-Convicts Suspected in Bogus Money Visit
Pendleton merchants report several fake $10 bills passed after a Tuesday visit by three men described as ex-convicts. One is noted as an expert penman. the trio, said to be traveling in the River country, is described as heavily armed.
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Pendleton
U S Claims Boys and Girls Over Century Mark
New York reports centenarian figures in politics and labor as Zara Agha notes age myths. John R. Voorhis, 101, leads the New York City Board of Elections and Tammany Hall with steady vigor. Mother Jones, famed labor organizer, also celebrated as a century-old celebrity.
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New York
Zara Agha
United States
John R. Voorhis
New York City
Board of Elections
Tammany Hall
Voorhis
John Voorhis
Mr. Voorhis
Mother Jones
Dollar Corn Rebounds on Chicago Board of Trade
Corn prices jumped to new seasonal highs as public buying flooded the pit, lifting September to 101 1 2 cents and May to 1.02 1 2 dollars. Government and private reports indicated heavy damage to the new crop, fueling the surge.
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Chicago Board of Trade
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Renee Grayce Nelson
University of Oregon
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Silverton Legion
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