Athena Press Publishes Local Rates And Oregon News
Athena OregonJanuary 13 1928 readers see subscription prices and a string of rural news notes. The column covers school costs in Umatilla County comparing districts Helix high costs and local politics plus commentary on immigration farm labor and transport debates. It also notes Lexington aircraft carrier and Rankin Flying School enrollment and odd local curiosities including corn yields near Dayton and winter antics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Costaf
Umatilla
Athena
Helix
Ada Blackjack Heroine of Wrangel Island Expedition
An Eskimo woman Ada Blackjack of Nome endured two years on Wrangel Island with a doomed expedition sent by Stefansson to claim the Arctic site for Britain. After the 1922 rescue voyage failed due to ice, Harold Noice of Scotland led a relief effort and found the camp at Rodgers Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arctic
Ada Blackjack
Nome
Alaska
Wrangel Island
St Louis Post-Dispatch
Rodgers Harbor
Siberia
Arctic Ocean
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Artic Islands
Ada
Kodiak
Blackjack
Musher
Bennett
Alan Crawford
Lorne BE. Knight
McMinnville, Or
Frederick W. Maurer
New Philadelphia
Ohio
Milton Galle
New Fraunfels
Tex
Stefansson
Wiles
Harold Noice
Donaldson
Crawford
Ada Blackjack's Island Diary of Survival and Loss
Ada Blackjack greets rescue party member Noice on an Arctic island where eight months earlier Crawford Maurer and Galle vanished to Siberia and perished. Knight lies dead in a deer skin bag as Ada notes dwindling rations and nurses him amid a stark, isolated vigil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Blackjack
Crawford
Maurer
Galle
Noice
Siberia
Ada
Knight
Notice to Creditors Estate of Martha J Shick
In Umatilla County Oregon the executor Arthur E Shick appointed for Martha J Shick deceased invites all claimants to present their claims within six months of first publication in Athena Oregon. Claims must be verified as required by law. Watts Prestlige attorneys for estate Athena Oregon. January 15 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Oregon
Umatilla
Martha J. Shick
Athena
Watts & Prestleye
Arthur E. Shick
Watts & Prestlge Attorneys
Bank official sworn in Oregon notarized 1928 statement
State of Oregon Umatilla County says I F S LeGrow cashier declares the above statement true. Subscribed and sworn before B B Richards notary on January 10 1928. F S Legrow cashier Gucech Aseeck M L Watts attest. Notary commission expires March 11 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Oregon
Umatilla
I. F. S. LeGrow
B. B. Richards
Notary Public Commission
Legrow
Gucech Aseeck
M. L. Watts
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The
Athena Press
F. B. Boyd
Senate Commerce Committee
Jones
Washington State
Shipping Board
Coolidge
Mexico
Irene Covtle
Chicago
Uncle Sam
Lexington
Rankin
Portland
Orowon
Grandstand
Dayton
Cal
Havana
Oregon Journal
W. Boyd Whyte Chiropractor
Stangler Building
Pendleton
J. L. Geyer
F. Sharp
Watts & Prestbve Attorney-At-Law
Main Street
Fred H. Brown
Jeweler
Behnke-Walker Business College
Rogers
Goodman
Duffield
Athena, Ore
W. G. Cowan
Reserve District No
First National Bank
United States
Federal Reserve Bank
Nationa
U. S
Total
Aeste Een
Xe Co
Ames
Milton Bakery
H. W. Kreiger
Twin City Sanitary Cleaners
F. E. Smith
Milton Freewater
Penn Harris Barber Shop
Herb Parker and I
Troy Laundry
First National Bank OF Athena
National Surety Company of America
Preston-Shaffer Milling Co
Northwest
Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers
Waitsburg, Wash
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