Covered Wagon Centenary Marked by Hoover Proclamation
President Hoover issue a proclamation calling on the nation to observe April 10 to December 29 as the covered wagon centennial commemorating the 1830 Oregon trail departure from St Louis and Ezra Meeker birth and the Oregon Trail Memorial Association efforts.
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Washington
Hoover
St. Louis
Jiegon
United States
Congress
White House
Oregon Trail
Oregon
Pacific States
Ezra Meeker
Oregon Trail Memorial Association
Export Wheat Demand Is Reported Slightly Better
Liquidation in the Chicago wheat pit dragged prices lower across the country. Export millers say the price drop hasn’t materially helped the situation. Demand from Atlantic and Gulf ports remains nominal while United Kingdom and Oriental trade are constrained by currency conditions.
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Portland
Chicago
United Kingdom
Atlantic
Gulf
China
Death of Walter R Key in Umapine
Walter R Key son of Mr and Mrs Samuel Key died February 18 in Umapine from pneumonia after influenza at age 27 years 7 months 23 days. Funeral services were held Thursday at the Christian church in Milton and he was buried in Weston s Odd Fellows cemetery.
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Walter Key
Weston Leader
Walter R. Key
Samuel Key
Umapine
Christian Church
Milton
Odd Fellows
Weston
Steamer Benson Strands at Peacock Spit After Grounding
Admiral Benson with no crew aboard listed as grounded on Peacock Spit. Captain Charles Graham abandoned ship Sunday, taking gear to the coast guard station, and headed to Astoria and Portland to report to Federal steamboat inspectors. Salvage crews remained on site with cargo unloading planned if weather permits.
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Fort Canby
Admiral Benson
Peacock Spit
Charles Graham
Coast Guard
Graham
Astoria
Portland
Edwins Improves in San Francisco Hospital
Mrs. Gertrude Edwins, cancer patient at St Marys hospital, enters second week of treatment. Doctors say she rested well after a difficult night and shows general improvement attributed to blood transfusion and supportive therapy rather than the Coffey Humber glandular extract.
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St. Mary's Hospital
San Francisco
Gertrude Edwins
Wenatchee
Wash
Walter B. Coffey
John D. Humber
Edwina
Coffey
Deep Well Supplies Milton Nursery Water Test
Freewater Times reports a Milton Nursery deep well producing 850 gallons per minute. The well, 2000 feet four inches deep, taps 140 acres now with potential for 600 acres, rising water to within 80 feet of the surface at 64 degrees. D rilling by A A Durand. Sam A Miller of Milton Nursery cites water as essential to continuing the nursery.
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Freewater Times
Milton Nursery
the Times
A. A. Durand
Walla Wal
Classified Hatching Eggs and Incubators in Milton Oregon
Advertises hatching eggs from Johan sen Rhode Island Reds non-setting strain priced 1 to 10 dollars per 16 eggs. Incubators 5 to 10 dollars per 100. Cockerels 3 to 5 dollars each. Milton Oregon area. New price list.
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Johansen
Rhode Island
Cockerls
Oeaia
Milton
Oregon
New Pr
Legion Declares No Endorsement in Primary Race
American Legion officials in Portland announce no political endorsements for the coming primary while noting members may back candidates individually. The department stresses the Legion stands apart from partisan contests and no candidate is backed by the organization. Portland hosts 26 000 World War veterans and supporters if the national convention returns to Oregon in 1931.
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Portland
American Legion
Department
Sidney S. George
Carl R. Moser
Legion
Salem
Multnomah County
Oregon Department
The
Cherry crop outlook in Walla Walla valleybalanced by frost
Orchard news reports a promising cherry crop despite a recent freezing spell. Apples pears and prunes are in good condition with pruning underway and spraying to begin as buds swell. In Pendleton a Baptist church meeting announced Rev. William Fairweather of Portland as candidate for pastor, following Rev. Robbins resignation.
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Walla Walla
Baptist Church
William Fairweather
Portland
Pendleton Baptist Church
William Robbins
Bequest to Whitman College from Julia A. Moore
Julia A. Moore of Walla Walla leaves Whitman College a 3000 gift and a 6000 fund for needy and crippled children to be hospitalized. The will places the total estate at 88000 dollars.
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Whitman
Whitman College
Julia A. Moore
Walla Walla
Oldest Shade Trees Cut Down in Weston Yard
In Weston, the Powers family yard removed the town's oldest shade trees, silver poplars planted about seventy years ago, converting them into heavy, hard firewood.
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Weston
William M. Powers
Community Thanks for Support During Illness and Loss
We extend our gratitude to friends and neighbors who generously assisted us during our beloved mother’s illness and death.
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Herbert Hoover
West
United States of America
Cornell’s
L. A. Cornell
Athena
W. Logsdon
Main
Goodyear
Valvoline
North Side
Main Street
Benson
Mrs. Edwins
Sam A. Miller
Milton Nursery Company
R. E. Dowd
Pendleton Pastor
Elks’ Minstrels
Pendleton Lodge
Rivoli Theatre
Pendleton
Oliver
Rogers @ Goodman
Mercantile Trust
Elmer Booher
Harvey Booher
Jacob Booher
W. H. McKinney
Sharp
F. Sharp
DR. Blatchford
Post Building
Peterson & Lewis
Attorneys At Law
Stangier Building
Attorneys-At-Law
Foley
Vitnhen Tcidneva
Hiadder
W. Boyd Whyte
Stangler Building
Jensens
Blacksmith
Main St
Serjil Butts
First National Bank OF
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