Dunne Halts State Road Program Over Tax Measures
John B. Yeon of the Oregon Good Roads Association reports that the $3 and $5 highway measures will not appear on the November ballot due to lack of signatures. If Dunne’s license cut passes and the gas tax rises, the highway fund faces a net loss near 2 million dollars, forcing a halt in next year’s road program except for maintenance and debt payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Yeon
Oregon Good Roads Association
Oregon
Salem
Joe Dunne
Portland
Highway Department
Dunne
Highway Commission
Insurance and Bonus Reopened for World War Veterans
World War veterans may again apply for government life insurance and adjusted compensation or bonus restricted to those who did not act when previously open. The Johnson bill extends eligibility and a new law lengthens the bonus application period from January 1, 1928 to January 2, 1930. About half a million of the four million eligible have not yet applied per Red Cross bulletin. Caseys Win Again appears as the KC championship baseball team of the Walla Walla valley defeats Pomeroy 3 to 2 with five Casey hits.
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Red Cross
Caseys
K. C
Walla Walla Valley
Pomeroy
Local notes from Weston Athena era July 1906
A roundup of short items from Athena and Weston includes visits by O R & N officials, harvest plans, bridge contracts, a mountain lumber trade, and a harvest outlook. Notables such as J C Stamper and Rev Ellis are mentioned alongside farm equipment updates and weather impacts.
Open season on bandits as Yakima area cases mount
Yakima Washington police declare an open season on automobile bandits after a hold up spree tied to three men suspected of earlier eastern Washington and Montana robberies. Eldridge Bordwell and William Collins confessed to three hold ups in the Yakima valley. Belle McCumber was released after denying involvement. J W Simpson of Seattle and Mr and Mrs W G Davis of Cashmere were tied up and robbed on Blewett pass, their car taken and their bindings left behind.
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Yakima
Eldridge Bordwell
William Collins
Sunnyside
Yakima Valley
Belle McCumber
J. W. Simpson
Seattle
Blewett Pass
Simpson
Davis
Five Men Held Up By City Bandit Trio On Walla Walla Street
Five men were robbed by a trio in a touring car on Walla Walla streets early Sunday. Victims W A Hockatt and Harold Green from Wyoming lost $40 while another man’s $25 was overlooked. A second incident on Pine street highway yielded $4 and $2 from Hans Sunde and William Snyder. J E Sweigel was picked up on Fourth avenue but found no cash. Police say the method and polish suggest city crime experience.
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Walla Walla
W. A. Hockatt
Harold Green
Wyoming
Spokane
Alder Street
Hans Sunde
William Snyder
Pine Street
Sunde
Snyder
German Ace Limit: Aces Share One Seater Early War
The piece notes that early World War I German air forces operated with scarce planes and even top ace Manfred von Richthofen shared a single seater with a fellow pilot. After two-seaters, Richthofen reluctantly used a Fokker, but shared the craft, fearing damage by the other pilot. He later became sole owner of the next single seater issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron Manfred von Hichthofen
Floyd Gibbons
Liberty
von Richthofen
Fokker
Richthofer
Lach
Richthofen
Cable Construction Describe Western Union Atlantic Cable
The Western Union explains an Atlantic cable uses a central copper wire for current, surrounded by flexible copper tapes to bridge breaks, then permalloy tape for speed. It is enclosed in gutta percha, wrapped in jute, eight steel armor wires, and an outer tarred hemp sheath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robert Burns
City
Fred Lieuallen
Helix
Ed. Koontz
Ely & Scott’s
H. B. Nelson
Fred Gerberding
Weston
Athena
T. J. Price
J. C. Stamper
Gholson
Jay McElroy
Cambridge
Idaho
Thomas Narkaus
Bessie Johnson
Weston Mountain
Dick McLean
Fay LeGrow
Thos. G. Hailey
M. L. Watts
Buffalo Pitts Company
John Bannister
Mr. Bannister
Joe Scott
Mission Station
Scott
Eberhart & Co
Wild Horse Creek
Pendleton
Rev. Ellis
Dalles
Blue Mountain
W. H. Fletcher
Tunialum
A. Maloney
James
John Walter
Daniel Best
Bingham Springs
Austin Foss
Green Sword
Chas. Brotherton
Gilbert Hunt Co
Washington
Herb Parker and I
Troy Laundry
Twin City Sanitary Cleaners
Deacon
GAR Bandits
City Bandit Trio
Walla Walla Street
Workingmen’s Clothing
Steve’s Grocery
W. G. Cowan
W. Boyd Whyte
Stangier Building
Attorneys-At-Law
Main Street
DNTP
The
Athena Hotel
Laura Froome
F. Sharp
J. L. Geyer
Post Building
Perry Hall
Bell & Venable
Conoco Gasoline
Bryce Baker
the Kilgore Cafe
Gerald Kilgore
A. W. Logsdon
Main
the Lumber
Turn-A-Lum Lumber Co
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