Court Ruling Blocks Union Pacific Cross State Rail Line
The federal appeals court en banc blocks the Union Pacific from building a Crane Oregon to Crescent Lake Oregon 185 mile railroad extension at 16 million dollars. The court says Interstate Commerce Commission lacks authority to order such extensions and that testimony does not justify the order. Intervenors include Oregon and Idaho public utilities commissions and the O W R N company represents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Union Pacific
Crane
Harney County
Crescent Lake
Cascades
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Rudkin
Interstate Commerce Commission
U. P
Wilbur
Court of Appeals
McNary
District Court
Transportation Act
Congress
Oregon Public Service Commission
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Southern Pacific Company
O.W. R. & N. Company
Oregon Senate OKs power measure in 28 to 1 vote
The Oregon Senate passed Senator W. E. Burke's administration bill to repeal the certificate of public convenience and necessity requirement for public utilities. The measure cleared 28 to 1 with one absent as Burke cites monopolies and high rates. Governor Meier praised repeal to spur utility development and attract outside capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Oregon
W. E. Burke
Burke
Telephone Corporation
Julius L. Meier
Ruth Garrison to Seek Release After 11 Years in Insane Ward
Ruth Garrison, confined since 1910 in the Washington state penitentiary at Walla Walla, will be allowed to travel to Seattle to pursue another bid for freedom. She poisoned Mrs. Douglas Storrs in 1920 out of jealousy for her husband and was acquitted by reason of insanity. Her attorneys argue her mental state has changed and she should be released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Garrison
Washington State Penitentiary
Walla Walla
Seattle
Miss Garrison
Douglas Storrs
Ten Thousand Dollars Could Keep Stubblefield Home Open
W G MacLaren of the Pacific Protective Society urged local support to keep the Stubblefield home for children open. He said ten thousand dollars would suffice to maintain operations and appealed to Walla Walla citizens and business leaders to back the financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stubblefield
W. G. MacLaren
The
Pacific Protective Society
Stubblefield Home
Walla Walla
Supreme Court denies rehear of intangibles tax case
Salem: The state supreme court in an opinion by Justice Rossman denied a rehearing of the intangibles tax case. The court previously held the 1929 act unconstitutional for discrimination between individuals and corporations, and said the tax operates on tangible property like bond interest. Justice Kelly and Campbell did not participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
van Winkle
Supreme Court
Justice Rossman
Rossman
Standard Lumber Company
Pierce
Kelly
Campbell
Gasoline Cowboy Law Amendment Introduced in House
A bill from the committee on livestock and agriculture clarifies the Gasoline Cowboy law. Excludes fish wagon peddlers. Producers must hold meat or poultry in possession 30 days before slaughter or obtain a producer sale tag. A ped form tinsee is needed to peddle own meat. Poultry tags required if more than ten birds sold at once. Unstamped carcasses or dressed poultry cannot be transported by non producers without a certificate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Livestock and Agriculture
Tax Return Help Set At Pendleton Federal Building
Clyde G. Huntley collector of internal revenue arranges deputy collectors at the federal building Pendleton from February 1 to 16 and February 26 to March 16 inclusive to assist taxpayers in making out returns and provide related information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde G. Huntley
Internal Revenue
Federal Building
Pendleton
Milton Pioneer Found After Fall Near Power Plant Flume
James R. Huffman an elderly Milton pioneer wandered from his son's home and was found unconscious beside the power plant flume south of Milton. He had fallen while trying to cross the flume and was taken to a hospital in Walla Walla for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton
James R. Huffman
Walla Walla
Woodman of the World to Hold Convention in Portland
The Head Camp protest committee schedules a convention in Portland Oregon at city hall February 9 at 9 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodman of the World
Portland
Oregon
Council Chamber
High School Notes And Sports Update
High school notes cover biology class activity and records posted for competition. A Friday student body meeting included a financial report and Vaudeville plans. Glee Club and band performances at the high school auditorium followed by a Girls League piano solos. Mac Hi defeated Athena 85 to 24 on Athena floor with Crowley top scorer and a close, clean contest.
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Bloom
Glee Club
Woodland
America
Mac-Hi
Athena
Jenkins
Pioneers
Athena Boys
Crowley
Huffman
Rogers
Hansell
L. Jenkins
McCullough
Weber
Moore
Grade 7 8 basketball teams defeat Adams on road
The seventh and eighth grade boys and girls basketball teams traveled to Adams Thursday and won both games. Enes Richards was in Walla Walla Sund Fred and Walter Singer drove to Echo Sunday. Wayne Banister and Solista Pickett visited Pendleton Sunday. Marjorie Montague and Bernice Wilson went to Pendleton Sunday. Leland Jenkins visited Helix Sunday. Vineta Weaver shopped in Pendleton Saturday.
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Sth
New
Netherlands
Adams
Ene Richards
Walla Wal Sund
Fred
Walter Singer
Echo
Wayne Banister
Pendleton
Solista Pickett
Marjorie Montague
Bernice Wilson
Leland Jenkins
Helix
Vineta Weaver
Trans Atlantic Mail to Be Carried by Plane Not Zeppelins
Postmaster General Brown states trans oceanic air mail will use planes instead of dirigibles. He contrasts the Mc Nary Parker bill for Zeppelin operators with a planned plane route to Portugal via Bermuda and the Azores. Brown argues dirigibles lack speed manageability and schedule reliability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Brown
McNary-Parker
Portugal
Bermuda
Azores
Dirigibles
Deer Attacked and Killed by Fallen Tree in Oregon Woods
Kenneth Blevans found a buck with one antler tangled in branches of a fallen tree east of Joseph. He released the animal and attempted revival, but it died. Snow suggested the buck had fought another male before becoming trapped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph
Kenneth Blevans
Blevans
Stanfield Senator McNary Urges Aid for Irrigation Project
A bill proposes rehabilitation of the Stanfield Irrigation Project. It would appropriate 100000 from the reclamation fund and authorize the secretary of the interior to purchase the canal system place the irrigation system in good operating condition and loan Stanfield Irrigation district funds to liquidate its indebtedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanfield
McNary
Reclamation Fund
Secretary of the Interior
Stanfield Irrigation District
Mrs Margaret Richardson Gallagher Named Connecticut Junior College Librarian
Mrs Margaret Richardson Gallagher, formerly cataloger and supervisor of books for Umatilla County Library Pendleton from 1917 to 1918, is appointed to the librarianship of the Junior College of Connecticut. Announcement by E Everett Cortright, president of the college states the new post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Richardson Gallagher
Umatilla
Pendleton
Junior College of
Connecticut
E. Everett Cortright
Northwest Wheat Burdensome Surplus Warned by Milner
George S. Milner president of the grain stabilization corporation says Northwest wheat faces a burdensome surplus. He and C. E. Huff of Farmers National Grain met Portland representatives to discuss outlets. Milner notes eastern freight raises prices and Pacific markets pay less than production costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
George S. Milner
Grain Stabilization Corporation
Milner
C. E. Huff
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Portland
Rockies
Pacific
Convicts Captured After Jail Break Near Jefferson
Convicts Lee Duncan and Dan Flynn who escaped Oregon penitentiary were found hiding in a schoolhouse basement at Jefferson. The janitor detected tobacco odor and alerted the town marshal. They were located under a woodpile and returned to the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Duncan
Dan Flynn
Oregon Penitentiary
Jefferson
Butler bill extends time for Columbia Arlington bridge
The Butler bill to extend the time for beginning construction of the proposed bridge across the Columbia at Arlington passed the house and was sent to the senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Columbia
Arlington
House
Senate
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Jens Jensen
B. B. Richards
Orthogon
Dale Rothwell
Woolworths
Athena Beauty Shop
Sadie Pambrun
Kilgore’s Cafe
Intangibles
Cornelia Tomes
Mrs. Bloom
Miss Tomes
Hawthorne School
Girls League
Esther Berlin
IHC
Rogers @ Goodman
Mercantile Trust
Northwest
Oregonian
Mohair Institute
A. ©. Gage
Ore
Angora Journal
Chicago
Elbert Hubbard
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