American Legion Pool draws crowd at Athena City Park
The Athena Weston American Legion pool opened to strong patronage with gross receipts of 646.30 through Tuesday. About 42 adult season tickets at 5 and 47 child season tickets at 2 boosted revenue while regular rates are 15 cents for children and 25 cents for adults with 10 cents extra for suit rental. Community support funded the project, with a $600 start and about $2,250 expected from subscriptions including many local business names and individuals.
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American Legion
Athena City Park
C. L. McFadden
Athena-Weston American Legion Post
H. A. Barrett
Arnold Wood
Glenn Dudley
George Lieuallen
Henry Koepke
Bern Bannister
Claude Dickenson
Standard Oil Company
Bell & Venable
Jens Jensen
D. C
Mr. McFadden
Stephens
O. Stephens
Tum-a-Lum Lumber Company
M. W. Hatcell
Rogers & Goodman
W. R. Harden
M. L. Watts
Preston Schaffer Milling Company
F. S. LeGrow
F.B. Radtke
Gerald Kilgore
A. W. Douglas
A. H. McIintyre
A. A. McIntyre
J. A. Smith
Bryce Baker
Penn T. Harris
A. M. Johnson
Dean Dudley
W. R. Zerba
Sheldon Taylor
Henry Dell
Henry Koepke,Jr
Zeph Lockwood
Forest Zerba
C. M. Eager
T. L. McBride
Jim Hodgen
H. O. Parker
E. C. Prestleye
Dean Pinkerton
Ralph Singer
I. L. Michener
Lew McNair
Pearl Ramsay
H. H. Hill
R. B. McEwen
R. A. Thompson
H. A. Parrett
C. B. Moore
F. H. Ames
Barney Foster
J. F. Kershaw
Robert Wolf
Glen Wagner
R. A. Duffield
John Walker
J. H. Creswell
Finley Graybear
McFadden
Spokane Air Service Planned Between Spokane Lewiston and Walla Walla
Spokane based Spokane Airways Inc announces daily air service starting August 1 linking Spokane Lewiston and Walla Walla. A Buhl air sedan will depart Spokane at 9 a m with two and a half hour stops for salesmen passengers. Rankin Flying School plans Portland to Walla Walla service to connect with the Spokane route.
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Taplin
Spokane
J. G
Tex) Rankin
Rankin Flying School
Portland
Portland-Walla Walla
Port
San Francisco
Traffic toll in Oregon June deaths and injuries rise
A June report by Thomas A. Raffety shows ten people killed and 419 injured in 2257 Oregon traffic accidents. Speeding caused about 110 incidents and signals violations 218. Failure to yield occurred in 9390 cases and 40 accidents were linked to drunken driving.
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Oregon
Thomas A. Raffety
State Motor Vehicle Department
Athene student Curtis Duffield studies barbering in Portland
Athena high school boy Curtis Duffield spends his summer in Portland attending Mohler Barber School. On returning this fall he will work in his father's shop on Saturdays and is making rapid progress in learning the trade.
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Curtis Duffield
Athena
Portland
Mohler Barber School
Curtis
Chicken thieves nabbed near Sax Station with forty fowl
Two youths from Woodburn were captured near Sax Station Tuesday after Dayton, Washington officers tracked them following a tip. They had forty chickens in their possession.
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Woodburn
Sax Station
Dayton
Wash
Death of Charley Hilyard in Oregon from liver cancer
Charley Hilyard once from Athena and resident of Meacham died Tuesday at Hot Lake Sanitarium from liver cancer. The obituary notes his boyhood in Athena and long residence in Meacham.
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Charles Hilyard
Charley Hilyard
Athena
Meacham
Hot Lake Sanitarium
Plans for City Park pool funding announced
A summary notes surplus funds from the swimming pool may fund park improvements, with future announcements planned. The current shortfall is $1,177 after raising $2,827 less the Legion’s $600.00 share.
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The
Legion
Medford Looks to Big Legion Convention in August
Medford plans the Tenth Annual Department Legion Convention for August 2 to 4 with a raised budget and broad local support. About 700 Medford Post No. 15 members will staff events as governors state officials and national Legion leaders from several states are expected to attend. W. S. McCracken of the U S Department of Commerce Aeronautical Department will be present along with aviation figures. Governor Patterson and Oregon lawmakers plan to attend the Pacific Coast event.
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Medford
American Legion
Department
Oregon
California
Washington
Idaho
Nevada
The
Legion
Indianapolis
John R. Quinn
Los Angeles
James Crain
Spokane
W. S. McCracken
Aeronautical Department
U. S. Department of Commerce
Patterson
Pacific Coast
Huckleberry Crop Reports Signal Large Season
The Blue Mountain resort crop reports indicate a very large huckleberry yield this summer. Athena residents have already harvested satisfactory quantities, with snow-protected bushes yielding particularly plentiful and sizable berries.
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Blue Mountain
Athena
Charlton Brothers Rail Men On LaGrande Runs
Locomotive engineer Kyle Charlton, long time Athena resident, visited Athena with his brother Starr from LaGrande. Kyle works for Union Pacific out of LaGrande where three Charlton brothers Clyde Kyle and Denver all run locomotives.
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Kyle Charlton
Athena
Starr Charlton
LaGrande
Kyle
Union Pacific
Charlton Brothers
Clyde
Denver
Fruit and Vegetable Crop Shows Rise in Walla Walla District
Wayne Garrett district horticulturist issues annual estimates for apples prunes and onions totaling about 1875 carloads for Walla Walla Columbia Garfield Asotin and Whitman counties. Apples and onions rise slightly while prunes jump about 20 percent with most freight from Walla Walla and Columbia regions.
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Walla Walla
Wayne Garrett
Columbia
Garfield
Asotin
Whitman
Columbia County
Mr. Garrett
Dogs Raid Barrett Ranch. Lamb Missing After Monday Night
H. A. Barrett reports dogs raided his flock of pet lambs on his ranch north of Athena Monday night. One lamb is missing and Barrett says this is not the first raid. He proposes strenuous measures to stop the dog raids.
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H. A. Barrett
Athena
Umatilla River Water Volume Drops Further
Deputy State Watermaster Perry reports Umatilla River flow at 35 second feet and falling at one second foot per day, indicating continued decline in available water.
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Perry
Umatilla River
Oregon Senator Bourne III Recovering at Home
Jonathan Bourne III, 72, former United States senator from Oregon, is reported to be recovering from appendicitis and confined to his Washington D C home for several days.
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Jonathan Bourne Iil
Jonathan Bourne
United States
Oregon
Washington, D. C
Noted Temperature Drop Over Last Few Days
For three days the weather has cooled with temperatures lower than those of the previous week. The shift indicates a significant drop in daily highs and a cooler pattern persisting through the period.
Death of H. K. Charlton Former Athena Resident
H K Charlton former Athena resident and father of Starr Charlton died Thursday in LaGrande suddenly of heart failure after a day of wood gathering. Services were held Sunday at Zimmerman Snodgrass funeral home with Rev Hess. interment in LaGrande Masonic cemetery. Born October 1 1852 in Iowa he crossed the plains in 1866 and lived in Linn county before settling in Athena and later LaGrande. Survived by widow Izora, one brother M Charlton of Salem, five sons Starr Kyle Clyde Otto and nine grandchildren.
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H. K. Charlton
Athena
Starr Charlton
LaGrande
Zimmerman & Snodgrass
Rev. Hess
LaGrande Baptist Church
Henry Keltner Chariton
Iowa
la Grande
Plains
Old Town
Linn County
Old Baptist Church
Providence
Oregon
Izora Starr
Lebanon
Farmington
Washington
M. Charlton
Salem
Starr
Kyle
Denver
Clyde
Otto
Alberta
Canada
Scenic Skyline Road Delights Langdon Lake Motoring Party
Motorists praise the Skyline road from Langdon Lake to the Blue Mountains summit as a scenic trip. A party including Mr and Mrs Glen Dudley and another group led by Mr and Mrs Le Grow plus families enjoyed the drive. When finished the route will trace the Blue Mountains rim to near Dayton Washington with the gap to be closed this season.
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Athena
Langdon Lake
Blue Mountains
Glen Dudley
LeGrow
B. B. Richards
Roland
EB. C. Rogers
Dayton
Washington
Painter J P McCarroll Secures Preston Schaffer Mill Job
J P McCarroll of Walla Walla has the painting contract for the Preston Schaffer mill, following a fresh spray coat. He previously painted the Watts ranch barn north of Athena and gave two coats to the Littlejohn residence at Fifth and Jefferson streets.
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Preston-Schaffer
J. P. McCarroll
Walla Walla
McCarroll
M. L. Watts
Athena
W. P. Littlejohn
Fifth and
Jefferson Streets
Standard Theatre Picture Program Highlights
The Standard Theatre tonight shows Conrad Nagel and Myrna Loy in Warner Bros The Girl From Chicago a tense melodrama with romance and danger. Sunday night Sydney Chaplin stars in Metro-Goldwyn comedy Skirts. Chaplin last appeared at the venue in Charley's Aunt. Special bookings include The Cossacks with John Gilbert on Saturday July 28 and Harold Lloyd in Speedy on Saturday August 11.
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Standard Theatre
Conrad Nagel
Myrna Loy
Chicago
Sydney Chaplin
Metro-Goldwyn
Chaplin
the Standard
John Gilbert
Harold Lloyd
Foreman Injured Grinding Pipe at Watts Ranch Water Project
Foreman Harve Roseberry of the M. L. Watts wheat ranch north of Athena badly mashed his right foot when a heavy iron pipe was placed on it during the installation of a new water system on the Watts property. He was laying the pipe when the accident occurred.
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Harve Roseberry
M. L. Watts Wheat Ranch
Athena
Mr. Roseberry
Watts Ranch
Oregon's First State Forest Transfer Planned
Oregon will receive 70 000 acres in western Douglas and northern Coos counties as the federal government transfers the first state forest. In exchange the state gives equal acreage of school lands located across Oregon to complete the transaction by January 1.
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Oregon State Forest
Oregon
Douglas
Coos
Warren to Coach Astoria High Team Next Year
John Warren of Pendleton graduates from the University of Oregon this year and has served three years as a varsity football guard. He will coach Astoria high school athletes for the upcoming year.
Pendleton Couple United in Ceremony Saturday
Pendleton engagement and wedding announcement notes that Dee Hatton and Miss Maybelle Strickler, a prominent local couple, were married in Pendleton on Saturday.
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Pendleton
Dee Hatton
Maybelle Strickler
Electric Storms Sparked Two Fires in Umatilla National Forest
Electric storms caused two forest fires in the Umatilla National Forest, quickly controlled by firefighting crews with no reported injuries. The fires were contained within hours as weather and terrain allowed rapid response.
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Blue Mountain
Umatilla National Forest
Oregon Student George Belknap Named Sage Fellow
George Belknap of Moro, a University of Oregon philosophy graduate student, is named Sage fellow in philosophy at Cornell for next year. Dr. George Rebec of Oregon announces the honor, one of philosophy’s highest distinctions. Belknap is Phi Eta Kappa and Sigma Delta Chi member and was a journalism major earlier in his career.
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University of Oregon
Eugene George Belknsp
Moro
Cornell University
George Rebec
Cornell
Belknap
Phi Eta Kappa
Scholastic Society
Sigma Delta Chi
National Journalism Fraternity
Oregon State Farm Market Review on Wheat and Barley Outlook
The official US wheat crop is forecast 70 million bushels below last year with hard red winter crop large and marketing active. Rye weak, old crop feed grains firm, barley acreage up 20.6 percent and US barley production up 9 percent. Oregon wheat area up about 30 percent. California crop up 9 percent. foreign barley markets easing.
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United States
Canada
Europe
North Central States
California
Oregon
Washington
Old Timer Fred Fisher Visits Athens on Summer Route
Fred Fisher and wife from Stockton California spent a few hours in Athens last Saturday en route to Cour d'Alene for a summer outing. Fisher earlier ran a harness business in Athens and was in partnership with his brother in law W C Miller.
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Fred Fisher
Athena
Stockton
California
Cour d'Alene
Fisher
Athens
W. C. Miller
McPhersons Return From Two Week Vacation Trip
Mr and Mrs W W McPherson arrived home Saturday from a two week vacation by automobile visiting Seattle Portland and the coast They spent time at Long Beach Wash where Mr McPherson was successful at sea fishing catching numbers of sea bass
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W. W. McPherson
Seattle
Portland
Long Beach
Wash
Farmer reports wheat yield above forty-eight bushels per acre
Marion Han sell notes his wheat crop averages a little over 48 bushels per acre. He expects to finish threshing on Monday and then move his machine to the A. L. Swaggart place to thresh the crop there.
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Marion Hansell
A. L. Swaggart
Family of Rev Dow to Join First Baptist Athena
The new pastor Rev Dow and his family will arrive at the First Baptist Church of Athena after a period of visiting in Halsey. The move marks his assignment to lead the Athena congregation and begin duties soon.
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Dow
First Baptist Church of
Athena
Halsey
Huckleberry Party Heads Into Mountains in Quest
A group led by Mrs. Fred Kershaw and including Mrs. Barbara Willaby Mrs. R. A. Thompson and Mrs. H. H. Hill motored into the mountains yesterday to hunt huckleberries.
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Fred Kershaw
Barbara Willaby
R. A. Thompson
H. H. Hill
Harvesting grain under way in Athena district
Harvesting the 1928 wheat crop is nearly in full swing in the Athena farming district. Machines are increasingly used, bulking grain direct from the field to elevators, with motor trucks easing handling. Storage capacity expanded and equipment updated as yields vary from 36 to 60 bushels per acre, with reseeding affecting ripening.
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Athena
Athena Farmers
Farmers Grain Elevator Company
Preston- Schaffer Milling Company
Thompson Garage Clean-Up Sale Proceeds Well
The clean-up sale at the R. A. Thompson Garage, begun last Saturday, has met Mr. Thompson’s expectations and will run through August 1. Buyers can still obtain worthwhile bargains during the remaining days.
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R. A. Thompson
Thompson
Wheat yields on Read farm near Athena exceed fifty bushels
A field on the W. C. Read farm south of Athena averaged just over 51 bushels per acre. The grain was weighed at Fansers Grain Elevator. HH A Barrett’s combine pulled by a Read caterpillar cut and threshed the crop after bulk handling.
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W. C. Read
Athena
Indian HitandRun Victim Dick Culpus Dies in Pendleton
Dick Culpus an Indian died at St Anthony s hospital Pendleton from injuries suffered Sunday night on the Oregon Trail highway east of Pendleton He was struck by a hitandrun driver and was found unconscious by the roadside and brought to Pendleton by passing motorists
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Dick Culpus
St. Anthony's Hospital
Pendleton
Oregon Trail
Welch Sella Cottage Sold to Mrs Theresa Berlin
Dad Welch sold the Adama Street cottage he bought from Mrs Dickson to Mrs Theresa Berlin who traveled from Walla Walla to live in Athena. Berlin and her three daughters occupy the cottage, and Louis Berlin will farm his mother’s land northwest of Athena.
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Welch
Dad” Welch
Adama Street
Dickson
Theresa Berlin
Walla Walla
Athena
Painting School House Sparks District Outrage
Justin Harwood has enraged residents this week by painting the Sheldon Taylor district school house west of Athena. The incident drew attention from local officials and neighbors concerned with property upkeep and community standards.
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Justin Harwood
Sheldon Taylor District
Athena
Harvest Journey for Pike Miller to Endicott Washington
Pike Miller left the fore part of the week for the harvest fields of Endicott Washington where he will remain during the harvest season.
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Pike Miller
Endicott
Wash
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U. of O
Eugene
Ronald Robnett
Albany
Spokane Air Service
Airport Association
Oregon State College Farm Market Review
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