Homage Paid to Indian War Heroes at Long-Awaited Funeral
An unidentified soldier from General Custer’s era received full US military honors after being found by a road crew. The grave included Custer era relics such as White Bull’s tomahawk, symbolizing reconciliation between Native Americans and whites after the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876.
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Mont
George Armstrong Custer
United States
White Bull
Gall
Custer
The
Little Big Horn
Columbia River Survey Fund Proposed in Deficiency Bill
The deficiency appropriation bill sent to the house by the appropriations committee includes a $25,000 allocation to study the Columbia River’s potential uses and routes.
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Washington, D. C
House
Appropriations Committee
Columbia River
El Paso Chosen for Disabled Veterans Convention 1927
Delegates of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War selected El Paso Texas as the site for their 1927 annual convention. In Washington Congress failed to set a fixed end date for the session. A June 30 adjournment motion by Rep Tilson was defeated 191 to 133, delaying the plan.
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el Paso
Atlanta
Tex
Washington, D. C
House
Tilson
Yellowstone to Draw Record Tourists in 1926
A. B. Smith of Northern Pacific Railway predicts Yellowstone Park attendance will top 170000 this season with more than 2000000 travelers in national parks nationwide. He notes opening day crowds at Gardiner Gateway and praises the park’s grand canyons lakes and wildlife as enduring attractions drawing visitors from far and wide.
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Pacific Northwest
A. B. Smith
Northern Pacific Railway
Yellowstone Park
National Parks
Yellowstone
Grand Canyon
Yellowstone River
Yellowstone Lake
Bank Robbery at Echo Bank Net $1500 With Robber Captured
A lone highwayman robbed Echo Bank at noon Wednesday of about $1500 while assistant cashier Mrs. N. H. McFaul was present. He bound her to the vault door, fled in a Star car, and was later traced when officers questioned a man at a Stanfield garage. Rose, the owner, found a hidden compartment in the visiting car containing the robber's clothes, two guns, goggles, and the stolen currency.
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Echo
N. H. McFaul
Stanfield
Rose
Virgil Zerba Delivers New Crop at Spofford
Walla Walla county wheat harvest is in full swing with more than a dozen crews west and south of Spofford. By next week Prescott area will begin harvest as yields vary from fair to good. Wheat is arriving at Spofford warehouses with Virgil Zerba first to deliver and his grain sold to Peacock Milling in Freewater. Zerba bought nearby wheat land and plans to move this fall.
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Walla Walla County
Prescott
Spofford House
Virgil Zerba
Federation
Peacock Milling Company
Freewater
Zerba
Spofford Station
University Co-ed Confesses Theft Sentenced in Seattle Case
Ethel Dow of the University of Washington admitted stealing nearly $2,000 in goods by using other women's charge accounts. Superior Judge Jones sentenced her to six months to three years in the state penitentiary at Walla Walla. Lorenz Dow, her Tacoma father and former Pierce County prosecuting attorney, pleaded for leniency and wept as the sentence was given.
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Ethel Dow
University of Washington
Ington
Seattle
Jones
Walla Walla
Normal School
Bellingham
Lorenz Dow
Tacoma
Pierce County
Wary Farm Relief Bill Defeated in Senate 45-38
The McNary farm relief bill failed in the Senate by 45 to 38. It would have created machinery to address surplus crops via an equalization fee on basic agricultural commodities, backed by the corn belt committee. Critics warned of constitutional issues, court battles, and political backlash from Hoover and Coolidge.
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Senate
House
Corn Belt Committee
Chamber
Robinson
Arkansas
Reed
Missouri
Hoover
Coolidge
Wheat contracts indicate price trend in Umatilla county
Pendleton buyers report more than 100000 bushels contracted in Umatilla county for July delivery at 1.25 dollars per bushel. The move is seen as a good indication of a trend toward fair prices for this year's crop.
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Umatilla County
Pendleton
Life of Martin V. Campbell Chronicled in Union Obituary
Martin V. Campbell, 93, died late Sunday after a long illness. An invalid for years, he arrived in the northwest in 1856 and lived in Walla Walla since 1863. He worked as a sailor, sawmill worker, mil ler, farmer and miller through a full and varied life.
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The
Walla Walla
Farmers near Athena begin 1926 harvest preparations
Farmers in the Athena area move from harvest to final preparations for the 1926 crop. Ralph McEwen started operations on Wednesday while E. A. Dudley and Otis Lieuallen teams began yesterday. Weather is ideal with sun and sultry skies, cloud threats. Normal yield looks likely as wheat growth remains advanced despite hot winds.
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Athena
Ralph McEwen
E. A. Dudley
Otis Lieuallen
New Oregon Normal School Dedicated at Ashland
Under clear skies and a cool breeze from the Siskiyous the people of Oregon dedicated the new southern Oregon state normal school at Ashland on Saturday marking a relief from a long head wave.
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Siskiyous
People of
Oregon
Southern Oregon State Normal School
Ashland
Local Elder Reported Lost in Horse Heaven Hills
J Sweeney, 80 and nearly blind, wandered in the Horse Heaven hills for three days from Thursday until Sunday. A Kennewick delegation searched through the night and found him at eight in the morning, exhausted and brought to town in serious condition with little hope of recovery.
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J, Sweeney
Horse Heaven Hills
Kennewick
Pendleton Democrat Committee Chooses County Leaders
Guy Johnson of Pendleton named chairman of Umatilla county democratic central committee. Thomas Murphy elected secretary. Will M. Peterson chosen state committeeman. Judge J. W. Maloney named congressional committeeman. Precinct committeemen met to select the slate guiding the campaign.
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Guy Johnson
Pendleton
Umatilla
Thomas Murphy
Will M. Peterson
J. W. Maloney
Chicago Notes Bearish Wheat Outlook Despite Foreign Demand
Chicago reports show foreigners buying limited amounts of cash wheat in the southwest, while domestic yields rise in Kansas and Oklahoma by about five bushels per acre. This creates bearish pressure as large holders liquidate, and analysts expect July government forecasts to lift winter wheat production beyond June estimates. Northwest damage exists, but rains improve other regions and Canadian prospects look positive. Old crop wheat clears Portland markets as shipments continue into the coming month.
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Chicago
Germany
France
Italy
Kansas
Oklahoma
Northwest
Canada
Portland
Standard Pictures Presents Son of His Father at Standard
Tomorrow night the Standard shows Harold Bell Wright's Son of His Father produced by Paramount with Warner Baxter and Beasie Love in lead roles. There is no show at the Standard Sunday night July 4. On Wednesday night July 1 Fox presents Lucky Horseshoe a fine photoplay.
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Standard
Harold Bell Wright
Paramount
Warner Baxter
Beasie Love
The
Fox
Fall Fatal to 16 Year Old in Walla Walla
Marie Gertrude Spencer aged 16 died in a Walla Walla hospital after treatment since June 7 for a broken neck from a fall from a cherry tree. She graduated from Ferndale Oxwegon high school this year. Survived by father Chancey Spencer and brother Herbert.
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Marie Gertrude Spencer
Walla Walla Hospital
Ferndale, Oxwegon
Chancey Spencer
Herbert
Public Service League Delivers Tax Reform Initiative Petitions
The Public Service League filed its completed initiative petitions with Secretary of State Kozer for a state income tax bill with a property tax offset. The petitions total 28,206 certified names, about double the required number to place the measure on the ballot.
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Public Service League
Kozer
Celebration at Bingham Springs Fourth Festival
The Bingham Springs hosts a Fourth of July celebration on the 3rd 4th and 6th with swimming dancing picnicking sports and fishing. The Jolly Joy Makers Orchestra from Athena plays Saturday night July 8 and Fletcher's Orchestra handles the rest of the days. Hotel campers and cabin patrons receive special attention.
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Bingham Springs
Jolly Joy-Makers Orchestra
Athena
Fletcher
Pendleton Wins Blue Mountain Clash 7–3
Pendleton defeated the Bears 7 to 3 in a sluggish Sunday game to keep the Blue Mountain league championship unresolved. Neither side shone, though Pendleton held a slight edge in possession.
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Pendleton
Bears
Buckaroos
Swimming Hole Popular in Creek Near City Park
On hot days the miniature swimming hole in the creek above the city park draws crowds, including a local boy named Athena. The feature provides a cooling spot amid the summer heat and urban rush.
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Athena
Governor Pierce Calls for End to Fatal Shootings by Officers
Governor Pierce vows to stop killings of law violators and suspects by arresting officers. He sent a statewide letter urging extreme care with firearms in arrests, calling it a first warning. If killings persist, his office will act to halt the shootings and prosecute unjustified officers.
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Pierce
Six wheel trucks face ban by highway commission
State highway commission foresees a crackdown on six wheel trucks declaring a cap on such vehicles and warns manufacturers and buyers that the 1927 legislature may enact corrective legislation. The move aims to prevent truck owners from arguing ignorance after purchases.
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State Highway Commission
Mike Ryan Dead in Walla Walla Hospital
Michael J. Ryan, 70, longtime Athena district resident, died Monday night in a Walla Walla hospital after a long illness. An Irish native who came to the United States at 19, he lived in the Athens area as a farmer for about 40 years and never married. Survived by a sister Miss Margaret Ryan and a niece Mrs Joe Murphy, both of Pendleton.
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Michael J. Ryan
Athena
Walla Walla Hospital
Ireland
United States
Athens
Margaret Ryan
Pendleton
Joe Murphy
Machine Works Fine In Wheat Field
Emory Staggs started a new International Harvester purchased from Rogers and Goodman of Athera in a Federation wheat field northeast of Weston on Wednesday. Chance Rogers, accompanying the machine, reported it cut a full 16 feet in fine shape. Other machines sold by Rogers and Goodman will soon start work.
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Emory Staggs
International Harvester
Rogers & Goodman
Athera
Weston
Chance Rogers
Ruth Proebster Named Music Supervisor in Prosser Schools
Miss Ruth Proebster has been elected music supervisor of the Prosser Washington high and grade schools at a lucrative salary. She will attend the summer school at Monmouth Normal during vacation and will receive her state diploma.
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Ruth Proebster
Prosser
Washington
Proebster
Monmouth Normal
Weston Lender
Probe of League Fund Under Way
Washington reports a senate slush fund inquiry into the Anti-Saloon League of America a $35 million war chest funded to push prohibition into the constitution The committee asks Wayne B Wheeler for ten years of financial records including contributions payroll and expenditures Reed says the search will cover all primary campaign participants and Illinois spending is also under preliminary scrutiny
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Washington, D. C
Anti-Saloon League of America
Senate
League
Wayne B Wheeler
Reed
Missouri
National Organization
Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Frank L. Smith
State Utilities Commission
William B. McKinley
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Anti- Saloon League
Congress
Amundsen Party Arrives in Senttl Washington
Captain Roald Amundsen and 18 crew members reached Senttl from Nome after crossing from Europe to Alaska. Amundsen declared his work fulfilled and predicted no land along the Norge route, noting about 100000 square miles of icy water seen. Seven Norwegians may launch another Arctic expedition with Lincoln Ellsworth aiding as backer.
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Senttl
Wash
Roald Amundsen
North Pole
Europe
Alaska
Nome
Amundson
Lincoln Ellsworth
Amundsens
Amundsen
Norge
Splenbergen
Senate Passes Veterans Bill and Reinstatement Rules
The Senate sent to conference a veterans rehabilitation bill liberalizing reinstatement of lapsed war risk insurance and extending vocational rehabilitation benefits. Also reported were moves on local crime and state appointments affecting Oregon and Washington interests.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Veterans’ Rehabilitation
Oregon Supreme Court to review deaths in prison break case
The Oregon state supreme court will decide the appeal stemming from the August prison break. Ellsworth Yelley and James Willow were condemned to death after their conviction for related crimes tied to the escape.
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Giayota
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Spofford
Walter 5. Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Leonard H. Kinnard
Dell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania
Associated Companies
Alexander Graham Bell
Memorial Mall
Don Pedro
Brazil
Dell
Philadelphia
Wappy
Mike Ryan
Wilmington
Del
Delaware
National Bureau of Casualty and Insurance
John F. Poe
Thomas Kelly
Boih
Turner
Oregen oGne Nune
Salem
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