National relief group formed to handle drought aid
President Hoover announces a 10 member national drought relief committee led by Secretary Hyde to coordinate with state and county agencies across over 300 counties. The Red Cross will oversee most individual relief work, with a $5,000,000 disaster relief fund anticipated to be needed as calls for help rise in hard‑hit areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hyde
Hoover
Department of Agriculture
Legge
Federal Farm Board
Bestor
Federal Farm Loan Board
Young
Federal Reserve Board
Payne
American Red Cross
Aishton
American Railway Association
Ogden Mills
Higher Wages Urged To Speed Up Trade
Eldridge R. Johnson of Moorstown New Jersey industrialist told President Hoover that high wages speed up improvement in business. He cited RCA Victor plans to raise staff from 5000 to 17500 by September 15 Campbell Soup anticipated more hires than ever and Pennsylvania Railroad electric locomotive contracts worth millions. He argued high wages restore activity quickly while low wages delay recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Hoover
Eldridge R. Johnson
Moorstown
N. J
Johnson
Victor Company
Rca-Victor Company
Campbell Soup Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Guard Rescues 11-Year-Old Boy From Spokane River
A lifeguard pulled Louis M. Walsh from the Spokane River after he fell from a bridge. The boy lay underwater for five minutes before William Ross brought him to the surface and revived him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis M. Walsh
Spokane
William Ross
Ingram Alexander Dies at Umatilla Mission
Umatilla Indian Ingram Alexander aged resident near the Mission died Monday after a long illness from injuries earlier in an automobile crash. He was a son of August Alexander a well known Indian. Funeral services were held at Tatullla Mission by Rev. J M Cornelison on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingram Alexander
Umatilla
Rankins Brothers Forced Down After Long Air Delay
The Rankins brothers from Portland endured over twenty hours aloft due to inability to contact the refueling aircraft. They launched Wednesday for a second attempt on to Aatialimaeaiey Beene, but were compelled to descend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rankins Brothers
Portland
Norblad Pushes Public Hearings on Oregon Power Deals
Governor Norblad calls for public hearings before water rights on Klamath and North Umpqua are leased to California interests. He cites five Klamath sites costing over 27 million and seven North Umpqua sites over 29 million, urging transparency and public welfare before disposal of valuable natural resources. He asks State Engineer Luper to require hearings on pending applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Associated Press
Norblad
Oregon
California
Luper
Klamath
California- Oregon Power Company
North Umpqua
State of
Road Improvement Bid Sought For John Day Highway
An application to let a five mile stretch of the John Day highway near Camas Creek be let to contractors for grading will be made at the state highway commission meeting on August 28. The project lies between two already improved units built by O D Wolfe and Bowers and Bowers. The work is new construction carried out jointly by the county state and the federal bureau of roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camas Creek
State Highway Commission
I. M. Schannep
East Oregonian
O. D. Wolfe
Bowers & Bowers
State
Federal Bureau of Roads
Prunes Overflow Causes Shipping Delays in Milton and Freewater
Heavy prune receipts over two days forced Milton and Freewater shipping houses to suspend further intake yesterday. Workers labored until midnight Wednesday to clear overflow and set up handling capacity for the fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton
Freewater
Ma Kennedy claims Aimee McPherson broke her nose
In a Los Angeles dispatch Minnie Kennedy, recovering in a sanitarium, says her daughter Aimee Semple McPherson attacked her after a quarrel about remarks concerning Aimee and Mae Waldron. Mrs Kennedy reports a broken nose and says she cannot recall many details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ma” Kennedy
Aimee
Los Angeles
Minnie Kennedy
Aimee Semple McPherson
Truck and trailer tip on Weston mountain road
A truck and trailer loaded with long derrick poles tipped on a curve near the Ralph Tucker place on Weston mountain road. Driver A Hansen of Toucher escaped injury while his son sustained a broken ankle and was taken to College Place sanatorium. Bystanders aided in righting the vehicles and restowing the poles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston Leader
A. Hansen
Toucher
Ralph Tucker Place
Weston Mountain Road
Electric range installation at Richards project noted
A Hotpoint electric range is approved for installation with the project at Richards. Jennings Johnson, a Weston banker, orders a Flame gas job and Jock Calder will oversee the installation at the Sokioeed location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richards
Jennings Johnson
Weston Banker
Calder
Rev H E Dow Dies After Illness in Walla Walla
Reverend Harley E Dow longtime pastor of Athena First Baptist died in a Walla Walla hospital Monday morning at age 43 after kidney and heart ailments and repeated blood transfusions. He was born July 26 1887 in New Brunswick and raised in Maine. Survived by widow Florence Dow son Jack A W Dow brother Roy Dow of Vancouver BC and sisters Ruby Parker of Maine and Maurice H Craig of Woodstock NB. Funeral held at Athena Baptist church Wednesday at two with interment in Walla Walla.
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Harley E. Dow
First Baptist Church of
Athena
Walla Walla
Mr. Dow
Province of
New Brunswick
Canada
Maine
Florence Dow
Jack A. W. Dow
Roy Dow
Vancouver
B. C
Ruby Parker
Maurice H. Craig
Woodstock
The
Baptist Church
Rev. Green
Milton Baptist Church
C. A. Sias
Athena Christian Church
Louis Stewart
Kohler Betts
B. 0. Lee
Ross Payne
H. A. Barrett
E. 0. Lee
Cass Cannon
Jesse Gordon
Louis Dowd
George Gerking
Heavy Downpour Breaks Over Athena Area
A fast moving electrical storm swept Athena and nearby areas Friday afternoon with strong winds and heavy rain. The downpour drenched lawns for about an hour and caused street flooding from insufficient Main Street curbs near Third Street, leaving mud and silt on the pavement and damaged shade trees. West of Athena rainfall was light and Otho Reeder’s farm saw only a sprinkle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athena
Otho Reeder
Elevator site eyed at Preston-Shaffer Milling plant
Haighwell drillers of Milton finish a well for M. L. Watts and move the big drill to the Preston-Shaffer Milling plant to drill test holes for a proposed 200000 bushel elevator. A well will also be drilled at the mill to supply water for wheat scouring. No start date set yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haighwell Drillers
Milton
M. L. Watts
Preston-Shaffer Milling Company
Oregon ranges hit by warmth and drought
Oregon ranges suffer damage from warm weather and drought. Livestock water is scarce and hay supplies are severely short in central and southeastern Oregon, with below normal stocks statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Illinois Democrats condemn dry law at state convention
Illinois Democrats adopted a platform calling for repeal of the Volstead Act and legalization of light wines and beer. Anton J. Cermak and the Cook county group backed the wet plank amid strong attacks on Prohibition and a denunciation of Ruth Hanna McCormick’s campaign spending. Sarah Bond Hanley named permanent chairwoman to lead platform drafting for Lewia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Cook County
Anton J. Cermak
James Hamilton Lewis
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Lewis
United States Senate
Ware
Smith
Newberry
Illinois
Sarah Bond Hanley
Monmouth
Lewla
Portland Food Prices Fall in 1930 Update
Food prices in Portland dropped about 4 percent from June 15 to July 15, 1930, and 11 percent from July 15, 1929, to July 15, 1930, per the U S Bureau of Labor Statistics. Despite the decline, Portland residents paid 31 percent more for food on July 15 than in 1913, but Portland’s levels were lower than most of 60 major cities surveyed, with a larger decrease than many peers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States Department of Labor
United States
Prohibition Agents Nab Four In La Grande Beer Plot
Federal and state agents halted a plan to import beer and whisky into Pendleton for the Round-Up after arresting four men and seizing beer, whisky still, and mash in hills near La Grande. Authorities found 30 gallons of beer mash and 80 bottles of beer while tracing a La Grande beer supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Grande
Pendleton
A. G. Means
Prohibition
Means
Horse Fell On Him Injures Fay LeGrow At Round-Up Grounds
Fay LeGrow, longtime Round-Up arena helper at the Western show, was injured Wednesday afternoon when a horse he planned to mount reared and fell on him at the Round-Up grounds. His left knee was badly sprained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay LeGrow
Mr. LeGrow
Henry and York Dell Return from Bonners Ferry Idaho
Henry and York Dell returned from Bonners Ferry Idaho on Monday evening, latest notes show. The trip’s purpose and destination details remain limited in available text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry and
York Dell
Bonners Ferry
Idaho
Wandering Woman Found After Weekend Search Near Lewis Peak
Mrs. Anna D. De Vries, wife of Harry DeVries of Pasco, was located about 7 p.m. Sunday after a large search party looked for her since Saturday near Lewis Peak four to five miles from her cabin. She said she was mistreated and bound, and fled Saturday night. Officers noted her husband and father cited spells of nervousness and use of flour sacks to hobble her for safety. DeVries had been discharged from Medical Lake sanitarium in 1929 and agreed to return to Pasco with an attendant if allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeVries
Medical Lake
Pasco
Fall Beauty Trends See Nails and eye shadows Rise
Black or green fingernails and rose eye shadows head into stores this fall for beauty seekers. Manicure trends to match costumes are named by H. L. Franklin, managing director of the organized beauticians of the country, as a new wrinkle in the beauty game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Franklin
Beauticians
Rancher Brown Offers Deed to Disputed Springs
Eastern Oregon sheep rancher W. W. Brown proposes to deed Wayontire mountain spring and surrounding land to the Oregon Humane Society or the state of Oregon. The Humane Society welcomes title to the spring and water hole. Other eastern Oregon waterholes may follow as owners seek to donate land and watering places to the society or state. The move comes amid long running waterhole disputes in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
W. W
Bill) Brown
Oregon
Oregon Humane Society
State of Oregon
Humane Society
State of
H. V. Schmalz
Burns
Brown
Oregonian
Helen O’brien
Cloudburst Damages Wenatchee Entiat Flume
A cloudburst damaged a concrete irrigation flume near Entiat Tuesday night. Boulders and debris washed onto the Wenatchee Chelan highway while repair crews worked. Apple crops suffered only slight damage in the vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenatchee
Entiat
Chelan
Hall
Nicely Pierce Vernon Nicely and Miss Nellie Pierce Married
Vernon Nicely and Nellie Pierce wed on Thursday in Reed and Hawley Mountain area. Nicely works in hunting and trapping for government agencies on Adama Laa. The couple received congratulations and well wishes from friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicely-Pierce
Vernon Nicely
Nellie Pierce
Weston Leader
D. K. Nicely
Reed and
Hawley Mountain
Mead Plans Pumping Based Columbia Basin Power Program
Elwood Mead, reclamation commissioner, returns with a revised plan for the Columbia basin in Washington. He rejects gravity irrigation and favors pumping to bring lands into cultivation, proposing hydro electric development to power pumping and potential surplus sale. Areas along Spokane River and near Grand Coulee and Priest Rapids are seen as promising, with pumping near Priest Rapids supplying irrigation. Mead orders Bashore to Spokane to review prior reports and conduct independent study, while Army Corps survey on the river will continue separately. No immediate funds are anticipated for basin construction. Umatilla rapids is not included in his plan but could be coordinated later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregonian News Bureau
Washington
Elwood Mead
Pacific Northwest
Columbia Basin
Columbia River
Reclamation Bureau
Dr. Mead
Spokane River
Grand Coulee
Priest Rapids
Columbia
H. W. Bashore
Spokane
Reclamation Service
Army Engineers
Congress
Umatilla Rapids
Oregon
Mead
Barley Yield Reported At 84 Bushels Per Acre
The Weston Leader notes a Weston mountain tract of barley grown by W. A. Eves yielded 84 bushels per acre, marking an unusually high harvest for the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston Leader
W. A. Eves
Weston Mountain
Waters Garden Walks Fifty Miles To Do It
Mrs Earl McVickers wife of Mount Hood forest lookout walked fifty miles to water her garden from the summit home. She descends seven miles to reach a loop highway then travels the total distance to her garden waters it biweekly and returns next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy
Earl McVickers
Mount Hood Forest Lookout
Mount Hood Summit
School Opens September 8 With New County Superintendents
Athena schools will open Monday September 8. Repairs to the indoor building are underway this week by Henry Schroeder and Jack Calder. Four county communities will have new school superintendents this year: William Broom at Umatilla, Frank W Zimmerdahle at Adams, Edward Bloom moving from Adams to Athena, and Berkeley Johnson at Weaton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athena
Henry Schroeder
Jack Calder
William Broom
Umatilla
Frank W. Zimmerdahle
Adams
Edward Bloom
Berkeley Johnson
Weaton
Hermiston Golfer Carl McNaught Wins Visiting Player Prize
Hermiston golfer Carl McNaught won the Visiting Player prize at Pendleton Country Club Sunday. Athena participants included E. C. Prestleye Penn Harris Glenn Dudley Dr Blatchford Justin Harwood Dean Pinkerton Bryce Baker John Pinkerton and Gordon Watkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermiston
Carl McNaught
Pendleton
Athena
E. C. Prestleye
Penn Harris
Glenn Dudley
Dr. Blatchford
Justin Harwood
Dean Pinkerton
Bryce Baker
John Pinkerton
Gordon Watkins
Heating Plant Work Undergoes Alterations at Bank
Workmen have been making alterations in the steam heating plant that serves the National Bank per in rary room and the local exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee the
National Bank
Hoover favors returning public land powers to states
Spokane reports a visiting bloc led by Rudolph Kuchler Perry Jenkins and I H Nash says President Hoover supports devolving public domain control to states while noting differing regional concerns. They expect moves to reduce centralization and ease surface rights disputes between miners and federal forestry officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Hoover
Montana
Rudolph Kuchler
Arizona State Taxpayers’ Association
Perry Jenkins
Wyoming State Senate
I. H. Nash
Idaho
Coeur d’Alenes
Washington
Mr. Kuchler
North
Jenkins
Commission
Ukiah Pioneer Mrs Hale Dies After Stroke in Pendleton
Ukiah district pioneer Mrs C Hale died Monday in Pendleton from a paralytic stroke. Besides her husband she is survived by one son Sherman Hale of Inh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ukiah
Oregon weekend tragedy claims nine lives
A severe late weekend in Oregon left nine people dead and many more injured. Hospitals reported numerous critical cases and a long list of lesser injuries while responders treated victims at the scene and nearby facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Chicago Babies Switched To Their Own Parents
The Bamberger-Watkins babies in Chicago were swapped again after birth at Englewood hospital. Mr and Mrs Charles Bamberger, who had earlier resisted exchanges, took the infant boy to the Watkins home to complete the swap with attorney and the city health commissioner witnessing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bamberger-Watkins
Englewood Hospital
Charles Bamberger
William Watkins
Bamberger
Joseph Powers
Arnold Kegel
Union Oil transfers local agents to Athena and Hermiston plants
Clifford Wood has been moved from Pendleton to Athena as local agent replacing W A Ball who becomes manager at the Hermiston plant. Mr and Mrs Wood reside at Lila Kirk cottage on South Third street. Ball has served as Athena agent since the Union distributing plant was installed locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Wood
Union Oil Company
Pendleton
Athena
W. A. Ball
Mrs. Wood
Lila Kirk
South Third Street
Mr. Ball
Union Distributing
Hermiston
Pumping Plant Installed At Watts Well For Irrigation
Drillers struck a sufficient quantity of water at 70 feet in the M. L. Watts well for irrigation. A Myers electrically driven deep well pumping plant has been installed with casing driven down. Mr. Watts bought the Myers unit through Rogers & Goodman, local dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Watts
Watts
Myers
Rogers & Goodman
Pete Sheridan Dies Noted Butter Creek Rancher In Oregon County
Pete Sheridan a prominent Butter Creek district rancher died Sunday in a Portland hospital after a long heart illness. Funeral services were held at Echo on Wednesday. He is survived by one daughter a brother and one sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Sheridan
Butter Creek
Portland
Echo
Slater
Fires Start After Electric Storm Over Umatilla Forest
A line of fires sparked by an afternoon electric storm in the Umatilla National Forest burned three locations Monday. Ringers reported embers igniting brush as crews responded to the blazes and began containment efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Umatilla National Forest
Ringers
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M.C. Fleming
West
H. E. Dow
Walla Walla Hospital
Waters Garden
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