Adventists Take Over Walla Walla Hospital
The Seventh-day Adventists assumed possession and operation of the Walla Walla Valley General hospital after a foreclosure sale. The sale price covered costs at 2400 dollars, with the State Finance Company of Spokane handling the transaction. The Walla Walla sanitarium will operate 10 more days awaiting court confirmation, then staff will transfer to the hospital. After the sanitarium closes, the facility becomes a girls dormitory for Walla Walla College.
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Walla Walla
Walla Walla Valley General Hospital
Seventh-day Adventists
State Finance Company of
Spokane
John F. Watson
Walla Walla Sanitarium
General Hospital
Superior Court
Spokane Eastern Trust Company
State Finance Company
Battle Creek Midh
Earth
Walla Walla Valley
College Place
Owners of Rogue River land file trespass navi gability suit
Wealthy California riverfront landowners sue to decide if Rogue River is navigable and thus open to trespass by miners and anglers. The case, led by Anglo & London Paris National Bank of San Francisco for trustees including Frank G. Noyes and Robert Fleishhacker, seeks to stop mining in the bed during low water. A temporary restraining order bars miners from ongoing work.
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Medford
California
Rogue River
Gold Bay Dam
Anglo & London
Paris National Bank of San Francisco
Frank G. Noyes
Robert Fleishhacker
D. G. Volkman
Alfred B. Swinerton
Fred Burnhem
H. D. Norton
Wheat King 6 Fighting Slump
Texas farmer Hickman Price mobilizes a 300 man harvest team to reap a 500000 bushel wheat crop on 23000 acres. He plans low cost operations using repossessed machines, fuel at 14 cent gas, 18 cent oil, and bought trucks to hit a 40000 bushels per day pace over two weeks with full support facilities.
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Texas
Hickman Price
Price
Panhandle
Buses Evade Gas Tax Under Oregon Gas Supply
Charles R. Maybury, director of Washington state licenses, said freight and passenger buses with 100 gallon tanks evaded the 5 cent gas tax by fueling in Oregon where tax is 4 cents and violated a state law prohibiting cars entering Washington with more than 20 gallons.
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Charles R. Maybury
Washington
Dayton Plan revival eyed as wheat prices fall in Dayton WA
In Dayton Washington supporters push renewed effort for the Dayton plan to curb wheat surpluses. The plan would voluntary withdraw 25 percent of grain to be fed to stock or destroyed, with contracts among farmers to follow. Support also grows for Dr John W Summers proposal to grind surplus grain into flour and sell on long term credit to China.
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Dayton
Wash
Washington
Federal Farm Board
F. J. Wilmer
North Pacific Grain Grower's Co-Operative
J. J. Edwards
Edwards
John W. Summers
Congress
Fourth
Summers
China
Baby Left Outside Dance in Dalles Causes City Aid
A baby was found abandoned after a street dance in Dalles Oregon. Police discovered a child wrapped in a blanket under an oak tree behind the bandstand. Later an agitated mother with a baby buggy arrived and claimed the child.
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Dalles
Oregon
Oregon Starts Federal Highway Survey On Roads
Oregon will be among the first states to complete a detailed federal survey of its highway system. The survey tabulates present and prospective needs for surfacing widening removal of danger spots and elimination of grade crossings under cooperative arrangements between Oregon and the bureau of public roads.
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Oregon
Bureau of Public Roads
Weston Elgin road project discussed by officials
Weston hosts state highway officials and Elgin representatives to review the Weston Elgin highway. Commissioner Lynch urged progress in a talk with C. W. Avery of Weston, secretary of the Blue Mountain Highway association.
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Weston-Elgin
Elgin
State Highway Department
Weston
Lynch
C. W. Avery
Blue Mountain Highway Association
Extra Agent Here T V Megg Holds Union Pacific Post
Extra operator and agent T V Megg fills in at the Athe na station during Agent Eager's vacation. Mr and Mrs Eager are at Seaside with their two daughters Betty and Virginia. First certified wheat samples from Portland via Walla Walla tested light and dusty with smut, dealers say, not representative of valley crop.
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T. V. Megg
Union Pacific
Athena
Agent Eager
Mrs. Eager
Seaside
Betty
Virginia
Walla Walla
Portland
Pendleton Postman Clarence Roach Keeps Long Service
Clarence Roach, a Pendleton mail carrier, has long served Uncle Sam, starting his job a quarter century ago. He walks nine to fourteen miles daily and remains in perfect health as the oldest employee in terms of service.
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Clarence Roach
Pendleton
Uncle Sam
Mr. Roach
Apple Crop Seems Bright Despite Fewer Bushels
The Yakima valley survey shows a solid crop though not as bumper as last year. Early yields are encouraging with strong quality and overall satisfaction among growers.
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Yakima Valley
Wheat Fire Sweeps Barnet Marquardt Shriever Plots Near Lexington
Approximately 10,000 bushels of wheat burned Friday at the Barnet, Marquardt and Shriever plots near Lexington. A combine owned by Charles Marquardt also burned in the event.
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Morrow
Barnet
Marquardt
Shriever
Lexington
Charles Marquardt
W C T U Helix Holds Annual Park Picnic
The W C T U of Helix held its annual park picnic with members from nearby towns in attendance.
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Helix
Union
Cool Harvest Weather Spurs Rising Harvest Machinery
Cool weather greeted harvesters as a number of machines began operation on Monday and Tuesday. Farmers reported steady progress and favorable conditions for field work.
Lakes Going Dry Prompt Widespread Fish Replanting
Prolonged dry years in the Klamath region have drained lakes springs and reservoirs used for irrigation and stock. Millions of trout bass crappies and bluegills are being moved from Hyatt reservoir and other waters to Klamath Lake and adjacent lakes. As nearby reservoirs dry up anglers expect further transfers over 30 miles to reach suitable waters.
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Klamath
Hyatt
Jackson County
Lake County
Alturas
Modoc County
Planning Big Parade at Oregon State Legion Meet
The American Legion annual state convention at Corvallis on August 6 7 and 8 prompts plans for what may be the biggest parade in Oregon outside the Portland Rose Festival. Huckleberries ripen in the mountains with three gallons picked by W H Gould at Camp McDougal.
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Oregon
Portland
The
American Legion
Corvallis
Weston
W. H. Gould
Camp McDougal
Tollgate
Mrs Sanders Shows Improvement After Operation
The condition of Mrs Frank Sanders who was operated on at a Walla Walla hospital last week continues to improve. She will be removed to her home north of Athena shortly as reports indicate.
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Frank Sanders
Walla Walla Hospital
Guard Discharged After Lesbian Rendezvous Scandal
Nine trusties at the state prison farm annex were found meeting women friends at a rendezvous near the annex on Sunday afternoons. They are returned to the main institution, privileges revoked, and discharged as guards.
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State Prison Farm Annex
Farm Annex
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Rice
Sanitarium Board
Wheat King
Sir Isaac Newton
Indianapolis
Altoona
Conoco
Conoco Travel Bureau
Denver
Colombo
Bryce Baker
ROGERS @ GOODMAN
Mercantile Trust
Oregons
Baker
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