County Schools Discuss Industrial Move and Life Education
County Superintendent F K Welles and Athena Principal Wiley met with the school board and Commercial Association to discuss country life education and the county high school law. Governors and college officials spoke on farm education, garden contests, and upcoming fairs with regional clubs arranging activities across Baker, Dayton, Klamath Falls, Adams, and Portland.
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Board of Trade
West
Kerr
Oregon Agricultural College
Dayton
Commercial Club
Harriet Starr
Klamath Falls
Cohoals
Adams
Arboole
Ihe Baker Commercial Club
Country Life
Sherman County
Merchants of
Moro
Dalles
Portland
Armory
Athena Band Dedicates Concert Shows Notable Improvement
The Athena Band, under Professor Edgar L. Smith, delivered a highly praised performance at the opera house Saturday evening. Vocal solos by Velma Wilkinson and Zelma DePeatt, violin by John Braden, and piano by Belle McIntyre complemented a nearly full house with strong encores.
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Athena
Opera House
Atampa
Edgar L. Smith
Velma Wilkinson
Zelma DePeatt
John Braden
Belle Mclntyre
Wil
County school tax plan ties up lazy holdings
Large county properties escape school tax but under the new law would pay a share via special levy. Figures show 860 dollars would fund the fund and 1400 drawn from the high school. the levy would be 80 cents per 1000 property value. Welles and Wiley discuss the country life education movement, noting its origin in Yamhill county and the success of a special week. Community events include a Commercial Club farm diner with prizes, a silver cup for the top school, and a joint Horticultural meeting at Mosier developing the Country Life plan. Plans in Prairie City aim to engage county schools with city schools in the movement.
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F. K. Welles
Commercial Association
Country Life
Welles
Wiley
Athena
Thea
Yamhill County
Alderman
Marion
Mosier
Echool
Prairie City
The Air Mile and Its Aviation Measure
A Browning's Magazine excerpt explains air miles as a distinct unit from land and sea miles. It notes a nautical mile is not a knot and that air miles vary with wind, allowing an aviator to cover many air miles while hovering over a fixed point on earth.
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America
Browning
Watching Sponges Grow and a Unique Sfax Lab
Outside Sfax harbor Tunisia a clear medal tan sea houses a sponge research lab observing larval sponge development from microscopic stages to mature sponges over five years. The scene includes casual exchanges about work and daily life with quips on busy labor, patience, and manners.
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Sfax
Tunisia
Offenders Caught After Grain Theft Near Grandview
A grain theft case near Grandview station led to the arrest of Ed Jones after officers traced horse tracks to the Jones homestead. Jones admitted borrowing and returning the wagon late Sunday. barley was found buried and he confessed to taking grain from the Grandview warehouse. The episode followed a pursuit via Touchet and Walla Walla counties, ending with his confinement in the county jail.
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Grandview Station
Taylor
Athena
Ford Automotive
Harry Alexander
Jinks Taylor
Geer Springs Hill
Walla Walls Valley
Wesr
Renda
Tonobet
Walla Walla
Touohet
Ed Jones
Touchet
Jones
Jonases
Bia
Josen
Grandview
Helix
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A. M. Johnson
Oregon
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Shetland
Privy Council
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Ireland
Styria
Carinthia
Chambers’ Journal
Ellis
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Congress
William R. Ellis
Ellia
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Pilot Rock
George T. Godian
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N. J. Bincott
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Lawrence Tharp
Arnold Koepke
Henry Keepke
George Lievalien
Lawson Booher
Carl Allison
Edward Montgomery
Bertie McC
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Washington Star
Kansan City
Trace
Ed. Jones
Miss Kearney
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Lodge Hall
Tolstoi
Mina Kearney
United States Department of Agriculture
Umatilla
Regio
Farmers
Secretary ‘of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
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