Athena Oregon weighs grain and elevator plans
In Athena a proposed $25,000 farmerrun grain elevator gains momentum as 21 cent grain prices and a wartime clause shape demand. W W Harra notes farmerowned elevators yield about ten percent profit after expenses plus a sinking fund, with co operative models cited from Hood River to Walla Walla. Government rail controls shrink Portland Seattle passenger service, while freight rights may push boxcar usage. broader wartime logistics loom with allied cannon and tonnage terms.
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Athena
Oregon
W. W. Harra
Hood River
Wannatchee
Walla Wal
Athena Public School Red Cross Benefit Series Planned
Athena Public School to promote four community entertainments with proceeds to the local Red Cross auxiliary. Connie Baker elected to the high school financial committee joining President Henry Koepke and others. Season tickets priced 1.76 for first five rows, 1.80 for the remainder. sales monitored by a big clock dial. Committee canvassing both Athena and nearby areas to secure patrons. Proceeds aid Red Cross wartime efforts.
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Athena Public School
Red Crozn
Connie Baker
Henry Koepke
Francis Wil Jara
Red Gram
Canvans Athen
Th Red Cross
Sonepat
H. J. Watts
Alta Michner
LeGrow
A. A. Fons
Marion Hansell
Mithe
Red Cross
Stanfield vows to campaign personally for Senate nomination
R N Stanfield announces he will run for the Republican U S Senate nomination with no party machinery. He plans a vigorous self run visiting communities statewide using press and personal invites, and will publish a public platform mid month. He aims to secure the nomination within three months.
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R. N. Stanfield
United States
Willwamite Valley
Portland
Ajancarg Od
Corvallin
Irwin G Brooks Dead Funeral in Portland
Athena and surrounding area mourn the death of Irwin G Brooks at Fort Sam Houston Texas where he served in the aviation corps. Pneumonia ended a illness that followed measles as the camp faced an epidemic. Brooks worked at the First National Bank in Athena and was active in athletics and Masonic circles. Born in Silverton Oregon 25 years ago he was the son of Dr F M Brooks of Portland. Funeral planned for Portland.
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Athena
Irwin G. Brooks
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Aviation Corps
Federal Army
Menales
Mick
Brooks
Bie
First National Bank
Athletic Sperts
Dolph Lodge
Thin City
Stevenson
Montana
Camp Lewis
Aviation Division
Houston
Irwin Gordon Brooks
Silverton
Oregon
F. M. Brooks
Portland
Fragmentary sighting in New York street tale
A holidaying Pat observes the Mare of Arann outside a shop in New York. An unreadable sign appears to imply a twist of fate or command, hinting at a chance encounter and a curious, wordy exchange that ends abruptly amid garbled phrases.
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Pat
New York
Arann
Islands Off Cape Horn Shelter Giant Rat Colony
A remote group of about 1,000 square miles off Cape Horn hosts a vast rat population. The area, once a whaling center, now reveals a unique ecological problem as millions of rats thrive in peat, grass tussocks, and frozen flesh in a harsh climate. Exchange. The tale contrasts this setting with a New York court scene where a man jokes about a mice problem in a house before a magistrate.
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Cape Horn
Rate
South Georgia
Atlantic
New York
Tractor with legs and wheels described in Popular Mechanics
A six foot wide legged tractor design with four limb legs and knee joints is driven by a gasoline motor and can straddle rows without touching stalks. The article notes leg movement by alternating longer steps on one side and transferring knee caps to reverse direction. In a separate human interest vignette a mother explains war news to a four year old who asks where the Germans are observing soldiers near the city.
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Cornfields
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Iittte Ind
Marton
Initianapolis
Sunday Morning Sermon Sets Theme for 1918 49 at Milton
In Christian Church Milton the annual sermon will review the past year and outline plans for 1918 49. The service features the dedication of the new Christian church and a chorus performance. All members and worshippers invited to attend and participate. D Errett minister. The Baptist Church reports revival momentum with meetings planned daily and topics from January 6 through Sunday the 18th. Church members urged to attend and support the revival efforts. D E Baker pastor. Notices include debt settlement for 1917 and final accounts in the County Court for Loomis, Oregon, with executor Mary Brache Baddeley listed.
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Christian Church
Bible School
New Christian ‘Church
Milton
D. Errett
the Baptist Church
Annes
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