Union Pacific pushes rail revival in Oregon campaign
Union Pacific workers in Oregon press a rail revival drive to win back freight and passenger business lost to motor trucks. They cite 4 965 employees, $9 000 000 in wages in 1930, 2 262 homes owned by workers, and 1 361 196 49 in state taxes, as evidence of the railroad’s economic role and need for local support.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Athena
Union Pacific
Oregon
U. P
Dudley Improves After Portland Hospital Surgery
E A Dudley has shown improvement since a surgical operation at a Portland hospital last Thursday. The family hopes he can return to Athena within a month and plans his move from the hospital to Mrs Dudley’s apartments at 699 Johnson Street for recuperation before home.
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E. A. Dudley
Portland
Athena
Dudley
Johnson Street
Wheat Crop Shows Loss in Pendleton County
Wheat harvest reports indicate a loss of at least one million bushels in the new crop compared with county production in 1930. The outlook remains better than expected despite a month of dry weather.
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Pendleton
William Blakeley Pioneer and Indian Fighter Dies at 91
William Blakeley a Pendleton resident and Oregon state figure died at his home after a short illness at 91. He fought at Willow Springs and decorated graves in Pendleton cemetery. Survived by widow a daughter Mrs G M Leser four brothers and two sisters and grandchildren including Mrs Merle Chessman. Funeral held Tuesday with pallbearers and honorary pallbearers listed. Interment in Pendleton mausoleum.
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William Blakeley
Umatilla
Pendleton
Bill” Blakeley
Oregon
Washington
Blakeley
Willow Springs
G. M. Leser
Los Angeles
Merle Chessman
Astorian
Astoria
Bert Haynes
Marle Chessman
J. B. Cooley
Edwin Winter
James Johns, Jr
Tom Lieuallen
J. H. Raley
J. W. Maloney
8. A. Lowell
J. W. Tallman
John Adams
James A. Fee, Sr
Finely Ground Grains Prove Best for Hogs
Oregon Experiment Station findings show grinding oats and barley improves pig feed, with barley benefiting most. Tests on growing pigs and fatteners compared whole, soaked, steam rolled, finely and coarsely ground grains using good barley and oat grades. Steam rolling raised barley value 16.5 percent, but is costly. Steam rolling of oats reduced value.
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Oregon Experiment Station
A. W. Oliver
New Wheat Selling for 25c in Kansas Market
Salina Kansas reports new wheat at 25 cents a bushel marking a drop from cigarette package prices. Kansas winter wheat belt ships from Salina as official forecasts show 200 million bushels produced this year. At 16 bushels per acre the crop would yield about four dollars per acre, though many farms surpassed that figure with higher yields.
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Kansas
Salina
Kas
Department of Agriculture
Prominent Mrs. Rose Linked to Notable Cousins in Photo
Mrs E C Rose of South Third Street owns a photograph featuring her cousin Captain A L Yancy U S Army Bushnell famed as the second Lindbergh. Yancy, in Chicago planning a flight to Alaska, wore three medals including a Wilson presentation and a world rifle champion trophy. Also named is cousin Jean Austin, a noted composer and radio entertainer with many phonograph records.
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Rose
Jean Austin
Indians Celebrate Ancient Love Dance at Cayuse
Umatilla Walla Walla Cayuse Nez Perce and Yakima Indians joined a Cayuse celebration still going strong Tuesday night. The event began July 4 with about 200 participants in an ancient love dance.
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Umatilla
Walla Walla
Cayuse
Nez Perce
Yakima
Wheat Thefts Reported Along State Line
Ranchers in the state line area report widespread wheat thefts from fields since harvest began, with bundles and stacks missing across multiple farms and neighbors noting increased pilferage amidst harvest.
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State Line Section
Hargest
Milton-Freewater Tomato Harvest Under Way
Six carloads of home grown tomatoes left Milton Freewater last week bound for eastern cities and total shipments may reach 150 cars. Growers hope prices hold but aim to cut overhead. This year growers sort at home instead of at the warehouse. Packers and warehouse workers exceed 150, with tomatoes filling in until prune harvest starts in August. June and July prune drops are heavier than usual.
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Milton-Freewater
Woman Kills Rattlesnake on Barrett Pine Creek Road
Mrs Ralph McEwen while driving to the harvest field on Barrett Pine Creek ranch crushed a rattlesnake lying in the road. She stopped but the snake was too wriggly to remove its rattles. Next morning it lay dead and she brought six rattles and a button to town.
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Ralph McEwen
Barrett Pine Creek
Geer Spring
White Russian Wheat Trial Shows Height Advantage at Nyssa Farm
In a trial planting on Neil Dimmick’s farm in Nyssa, White Russian wheat appears more uniform in height and taller on average than Federation. County Agent R G Larson reports the new variety, which was brought from Yakima valley, is said to out yield Federation there.
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Neil Dimmick
Nyssa
R. G. Larson
Malheur County
Yakima Valley
International Society of Christian Endeavor Near San Francisco
Reno condemned as a blot on civilization and resolutions urging U S disarmament leadership surfaced at the society’s golden jubilee convention in San Francisco. The meeting focused on world peace and stronger international cooperation.
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Reno
United States
Nevada
San Francisco
International Society of Christian Endeavor
William A. Tyler Found Dead in Drift Boat
The body of William A. Tyler, president of Tyler, Davidson & Co., investment bankers of Portland, was found in a drifting rowboat on the Tualatin River Monday night. A bullet through the heart and an automatic pistol were discovered in the boat.
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William A. Tyler
Tyler, Davidson & Co
Bankers of
Portland
Tualatin River
Camp Rotary Hosts Full Camp for Boy Scouts in Walla Walla
The Walla Walla Union reports Camp Rotary on the Walla Walla River filled to capacity for the second camp period with 72 boys enrolled. Staff from the first session return, and efforts highlight a improved nature trail supervised by Prof. J Brode and a growing camp museum focusing on animals and insects.
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Walla Walla Union
Rotary
Boy Scouts of the
Blue Mountain Council
Robert Hayes
Scout
J. Brode
Pendleton
New Blackberry Found by Marion County Inspector
Marion county treasurer D. G. Drager discovers a wholly new blackberry variety on timberland edge near Salem. County fruit inspector Van Trump declares it the finest under cultivation if it proves hardy, noting it grew from a single seedling into a 50 foot row before discovery.
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van Trump
Marion County
D. G. Drager
Drager
Salem
Detroit Citizens Protest Foreign Labor On North Santiam Highway
A Detroit delegation led by J. F. Bewley filed a protest with Marion county court opposing foreign workers on the North Santiam highway project. The road, funded equally by federal and county governments, is under a government contract proceeding in the mountains.
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Detroit
North Santiam
J. F. Bewley
Marion County
Pendleton Council Approves Radical Cut in Levee Funding
The Pendleton city council, by resolution, endorses a radical cut in river levee improvement expenditures. A bond issue is reduced to 15000 dollars from an initial 90000 dollars, and a public vote will determine the final financing.
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Pendleton
Umatilla
Chest payments lag local subscribers to community chest
Local subscribers fall short of funds by 385.51, delaying monthly disbursements to organizations affiliated with the Walla Walla Community Chest. Secretary Mrs. Mamie Bennett notes the shortfall and urges prompt payments.
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Walla Walla
Mamie Bennett
Machines Click ing Away on the New Wheat Crop
Farmers in Athens report ideal harvest weather with combines at work and a strong 1931 harvest season in progress. Arnold Wood delivered the first new crop wheat to the Farmers Grain Elevator, while Walla Walla valley samples show mixed grades and some smut in No 38 and No 4 tests.
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Athena
Arnold Wood
Farmers Grain Elevator Company
Ferguson
Preston- Shaffer Mill
M. L. Watts
Wood & Hansell
Read & Barrett
Bruce Crawford
Hen Koepke
Amiel Schubert
John Wer
Glenn Dudley
Charles Betts
J. N. Scott
Carl
George Sheard
H. S. Watts
James Bell
Walla Walla Valley
Portland
Spofford
Eureka
Prescott
Eureka Red
London
Western Red
Grain Growers Surplus for Last Year
Directors of North Pacific Grain Growers Inc vote to allow locals a one fourth cent per bushel operating expense on Wheat through Farmers National. Funds to develop storage and handling facilities, plus a loan rate cut from 6 to 5 percent. Profits for surplus and dividends totaled 117 500 dollars, about 43 1 3 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
North Pacific Grain Growers, Inc
Farmers’ National Corporation
A. C. Adams
Northwestern
North Pacific
National
Adams
Golden Wedding of Mr and Mrs Ben Osborn
Mr and Mrs Ben Osborn celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in Milton after more than 50 years of marriage. They wed in Walla Walla on July 10, 1881 and began life on a Milton-area ranch. Surviving daughters Carrie M Dorothy of Walla Walla and C D Putman of La Grande accompanied them.
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Ben Osborn
Milton
Osborn
Walla Walla
Carrie M. Dorothy
C. D. Putman
la Grande
Water Carnival Draws Athena Swimmers at Freewater
Athena participants attend the water carnival at Freewater natatorium last Sunday. The program featured swimming and diving events with Pendleton swimmers winning the relay and the 80 yard free style swim.
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Athena
Freewater Natatorium
Pendleton
Rain Delays Harvest Across Walla Walla Valley
A light shower in the Wal la Walla valley Monday morning halted harvest operations until mid afternoon. Between Rosalia and Dayton a heavier rainfall was reported.
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Walla Walla Valley
Rosalia
Dayton
Court House Painted Pendleton Work Completed This Week
The county court house at Pendleton was repainted this week by Lee McAtee and crew. The project, carried out under local supervision, concluded with a fresh exterior finish and restored appearance.
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Court House
Pendleton
Lee McAtee
County Cuts Voter Precincts from 65 to 39 in Umatilla
County court estimates saving 2000 dollars per election after consolidating 25 precincts. I M Schannep and officials redraw boundaries merging Athena precincts 18 19 20 and Weston, with many other consolidations in Fruitvale Ferndale Sunnyside Freewater Church of God Milton Helix Ukiah Alb e a Nolin Echo Pilot Rock Pendleton. 126 fewer election board workers and lower rent fuel and labor costs expected.
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Umatilla County
I. M. Schannep
Athena
Weston
Fruitvale
Ferndale
Sunnyside
Freewater
Church of God
Milton
Adams
Helix
Ukiah
Albea
Nolin
Echo
Pilot Rock
Pendleton
Range Condition Grows Serious Across Western States
July 1 report from the Division of Crop and Livestock Estimates notes western ranges vary from poor to good as rains improved some areas. Drought persisted into mid June but general rains lifted feed in western northern and northeastern districts. Central regions still need moisture while severe drought affects eastern Montana western North Dakota and stock movements increase.
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Oregon
Western States
California
Utah
Idaho
Nevada
Washington
Montana
South Dakota
Wyoming
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Nebraska
North Dakota
Thieves Hit Local Highway Garage and Helix Pool Hall
Thieves entered the state highway garage at Main and Second streets stealing gasoline and tools. Deputies pursue the case as Sunday night a Helix pool hall was robbed of $30 cash, punchboard items, cigarettes and goods totaling about $150. The loot included shotguns rifles watches cameras and knives.
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Highway
State Highway
Main
Second Streets
Sheriff's Office
Helix
Tax Relief Committee Formed In Statewide Panel
Governor Meier names a 21 member permanent tax conservation committee with three from each county and nine from Multnomah county. An early next week meeting will set the program outlined by the executive committee led by Leslie Scott of Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Multnomah County
Meier
Salem
Leslie Scott
Portland
Tag Chickens for Sale Under New Gasoline Cowboy Act
The state legislature enacted a gasoline cowboy act with a sales tag clause to curb chicken theft. Poultry growers transporting ten or more fowls must obtain sales tags from the sheriff and display them on vehicles or crates during transit.
McPherins Travelled to Yakima Sunday
Mr and Mrs O H McPherin motored to Yakima Sunday for a short visit and returned the same day.
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O. H. McPherin
Yakima Sundsy
Nelly 3 Chosen as Game Head in Oregon Appointment
Portland's H L Kelly a renowned wildlife figure becomes state game supervisor for Oregon as the game commission plans to shift enforcement to the state police. Governor Meier approves. Charles H. McClees remains acting until Kelly arrives. Kelly’s career spans fish hatcheries, international wildlife work, and prior Oregon master warden service.
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Portland
H. L. Kelly
Oregon
Fish and Game Commission of
Hawaii
Oregon State Game Commission
The
Game Commission
Kelly
State Game Commission
Meier
Charles H. McClees
Game Department
Mr. Kelly
Oregon City
Clackamas
Federal Civil Service
Iowa
Montana
Washington
Baker Lake
Mount Baker
Rogue River
Athena Golf Club Meeting Sets Monday Evening
The Athena Golf Club will meet at B B Richards office Monday evening to organize the club for the upcoming year. Season members may vote on officers, and a local tournament proposal will be discussed with classification by playing ability.
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B. B. Richards
Athena Golf Club
Brown Leghorne Hen Cackles Over Three Perfect Eggs
A Brown Leghorne hen at the W. J. Crabill chicken park cackled over three eggs that supplied the Crabill home. The hen’s eggs are described as perfectly formed with three yolks, and the bird resembles other Brown Leghorne hens in appearance.
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W. J. Crabill
Crabill
Trusty Watt Captured After Escape From Penitentiary Farm
Escaped trusty Frank Watt was captured near Jefferson and returned to the penitentiary farm. Watt, sent up from Umatilla county, reportedly stole an automobile from a Salem garage and was seen driving south. He wrecked the car near Jefferson and sustained facial cuts.
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Trusty
Frank Watt
Jefferson
Watt
Umatilla County
Salem
Registrations Rise as 1300 More Cars Enter June Traffic
Traffic statistics from the A A A show registrations in June gained 1300 more cars from outside states than the same period last year. Over half of the increase originated in California.
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A.A.A
California
Walla Walla Street Repaving Underway After Flood
Repaving the flood damaged streets in Walla Walla is in progress. Crews plan a three quarter inch non skid asphalt surface to top the new pavement.
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Walla Walla
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Prince L. Campbell
University of Oregon
Campbell
A. Phimister Proctor
Memorial Court
Murray Warner
George Spitz
New York University
Madison Square Garden
New York
Boy Scouts
Walla Walla River
Nelly
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