Commission Denies Western Rail Rate Increase Request
The Interstate Commerce Commission rejected a blanket 5 percent freight rate rise for western railroads and denied a 15 percent appeal by Northwestern security holders. It found no overall financial emergency and no basis for a broad farm product rate cut, though noted regional inequalities to be corrected amid improving western conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northwestern
Western Trunk Line
Assassin Slays Canton Publisher Don Mellett
Don R. Mellett 36 publisher of the Canton Daily News was shot to death in Canton Ohio. Five bullets ended his crusade against alleged gamblers as neighbors alerted after the gunfire. Police believe the assassins were hired to silence his anti underworld campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Ohio
Don R. Mellett
Canton Daily News
News
James M. Cox
Mellett
Railroad to Use Radio Across Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul Line
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad plans a short wave radio system to ensure train safety if normal communications fail. The network will span 2200 miles from Chicago to Seattle with air connections and coded transmissions at key stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Seattle
Masters aboard ships cannot perform marriages say officials
Washington reports the general counsel of the Shipping Board instructs masters of government vessels to stop marrying couples at sea. He states that a merchant ship master of the United States has no authority to perform marriage ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huling
Washington
Yessels
The
Shipping Board
United Stated
Grange Quits Movies to Return to Home Town Business
Former football star Red Grange admits he was a flop in films and announces a quick exit. He plans to return to his hometown to resume his leg business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red
Filma
Scllywood
Cal
Ex Honduran President Francisco Bertrand Dies
Former Honduras leader Dr Francis Bertrand died of heart disease at La Cerva in Honduras. He served as president from 1911 to 1919 and was a prominent political figure in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Francisco Bertrand
Honduras
la Cerva
Oregon Land Settlements See Surge in Farm Settlers
During the first six months of the year Oregon welcomed 214 new farming families investing $650,874, with estimates suggesting closer to 1000 actual settlers. The Land Settlement Dept of the Portland Chamber of Commerce notes ongoing nationwide interest and mentions new arrivals from Java and Chile, including a Dutch sugar factory manager relocating with poultry farming aims. The program, two and a half years old, has placed 1800 to 1900 families on farms with capital over $8 million and reports no complaints from settlers about the land listing and appraisal system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Land Settlement Department
Portland Chamber of Commerce
State Chamber
W. G. Ide
Java
India
von Stietz
Holland
German Bannert
Chile
Mr. Bannert
Senator McNary to Visit Portland and Salem This Summer
Charles L. McNary, senior United States senator, will arrive in Portland next Sunday. After a rest in Portland he will proceed to Salem and spend most of the summer on his nearby farm. He will study state conditions needing congressional or departmental attention and chairs the sub committee in charge of the Pacific coast senatorial campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. McNary
United States
Portland
Salem
McNary
Pacific Coast
Echo residents hit by mountain cloudburst near Wallowa Lake
Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Liesegang from Echo faced a sudden storm while hiking from Ice Lake in the mountains above Wallowa Lake last week. A cloudburst sent water mud and rocks down the gulch but a small cabin offered refuge and the cabin was not struck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peters
Liesegang
Echo
Wallowa Lake
Ice Lake
Ox Team Derby Proposed for Old Oregon Trail
Northwest realtors meet in La Grande Oregon July 22 24 to discuss an ox team derby along the Old Oregon Trail from Platte River Nebraska to Seaside Oregon. Delegates will report on communities along the route and promoters expect the event to be held in 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon Trail
Platte River
Nebraska
Seaside
Oregon
Northwest Realtors
la Grande
Umatilla Potatoes Yield Record Set by Roy Sullivan
Roy Sullivan reports one of the season’s highest yields on the Umatilla project. He planted 660 pounds of seed early and produced 117 sacks graded U S No 1 plus some culls, yielding more than twenty times the original seed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Umatilla Project
Roy Sullivan
Fires Devastate 3000 Acres Between Celilo and Piges
Grass and grain fires swept farms between Celilo and Piges Monday causing heavy losses to several wheat growers and to the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company. About 3000 acres burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celilo
Piges
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
Farm group plans continued fight for agricultural aid in Congress
Des Moines Iowa area meeting of the corn belt committee representing leading midwest farm organizations vows to pursue action on farm relief. Members fault pledges by parties, appoint a resolutions committee, and condemn Secretary Jardine over farm bill handling while pledging to challenge MellonLetter policy in Congress.
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Corn Belt Committee
Middle West
Des Moines
William Hirth
Columbia
Missouri
Organized Agriculture
Congress
Mellon
Jardine
United States
Europe
Hirth
Girl Protection Officer Appointed in Walla Walla
Miss Jeanette C. Jackson of Longview Washington is named an honorary protection officer attached to Walla Walla Police. Mayor Ben F Hill announced the appointment citing her strong interest and accomplishments in juvenile protective work. She is daughter of Longview’s police chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanette C. Jackson
Longview
Washington
Walla Walla
Ben F. Hill
Pendleton Woman Attempts Suicide at Restaurant
Mrs Elberta Goodman wife of the Nacht cook at the Quelle Pendleton made her third unsuccessful suicide attempt Friday morning by swallowing carbolic acid after a quarrel with her husband at the restaurant The physician reports she is expected to recover
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elberta Goodman
Pendleton
Hatchery May Move to North Fork Over Mortality Loss
Hot temperatures killed about one million fingerling eastern brook and rainbow trout at Bingham Springs hatchery. State experts work to save fingerlings while considering relocating the hatchery to the North Fork of the Umatilla river. River infection affects larger trout above the hatchery. 350,000 eastern brook trout are kept in a cold spring pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingham Springs
State Game and Fish Commission
Umatilla
Matt Rychman
State Fish Hatcheries
Former Weston Resident Dies in Reedsport Oregon
W A Graham longtime Weston resident died Friday in Reedsport Oregon from heart disease after a yearlong illness. He was 66 and survived by his widow and three sons Neil and Herman of Reedsport and F H of Pendleton. Interment followed Sunday at Scottsburg cemetery with Odd Fellows funeral service.
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W. A. Graham
Weston
Athena
Reedsport
Oregon
Mr. Graham
F. B. Boyd
Neil
Herman Graham
F. H. Graham
S’endleton
Scottsburg
Odd Fellows
Resolutions Urge Oregon Trail Scenic Conservation
Pendleton Commercial Association managers mail resolutions to the Oregon State Highway Commission urging steps to preserve the timbered landscapes along the Old Oregon Trail. They warn that without action the highway corridor will be logged leaving stubs of pines for tourists. The group pledges aid to purchase timber lands along the trail if feasible.
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Pendleton Commercial Association
Oregon State Highway Commission
Oregon Trail
Jury Unable to Agree in Liquor Case
A Malheur county resident was arrested near McDermott Oregon for prohibition violations. In a sparse community the veniremen were exhausted leaving one juror to hear evidence alone. The lone juror returned a verdict sealed with the note there is the verdict juror unable to agree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malheur County
McDermott
Oregon
Threats Target Canton Daily News Publisher Don R Mellett
Five bullets ended the life of Don R Mellett publisher of the Canton Daily News due to his actions against alleged gamblers. Police reported threats and violence linked to organized gambling disputes.
Combine Burns Near Pendleton Wrecks Wheat Field
A combine burned Saturday on the Lawrence Hagen place eight miles north of Pendleton. Fire destroyed about a half acre of wheat in the field.
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Lawrence Hagen Place
Pendleton
Patterson and Pierce discuss Oregon campaign in executive offices
Salem report notes Senator Ike Patterson and Governor Walter Pierce in the governor's chair at a morning session. Patterson predicted his own victory and Pierce said he would win easily. They also touched on crop conditions before Patterson left for Polk county farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Oregonian
Ike Patterson
Oregon
Walter M. Pierce
Patterson
Polk County
Ike
Walter
George A. White
Pierce
Mr. Patterson
Wheat yields and harvest receipts reported on Eureka flat
Wheat runs about 25 bushels per acre on Eureka flat according to Herman Lind of Walla Walla. Similar reports from others note emut in red wheat but say most grain is good quality. Some growers finished harvesting and have already received checks as the movement remains steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka Flat
Herman Lind
Walla Walla
Pendleton Delegation to Attend Kiwanis Luncheon in The Dalles
A Pendleton delegation will likely attend a Kiwanis luncheon in The Dalles on July 29 where C. L. Starr of the Oregon Normal School board will discuss the need for an eastern Oregon normal school. The proposal faces a statewide vote this fall.
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Pendleton
Kiwanis
Dalles
C. L. Starr
Board of
Regents
Oregon Normal School
Oregon
Ezra Meeker Again Trails Oregon Trail for Memorial Fund
Ezra Meeker aged 6? crossed plains in 1852 and left New York July 15 to retrace the Oregon Trail in a motor camping outfit. He plans to sell memorial half dollars for 1 each to raise funds. he is president of the Oregon Trail Memorial association.
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Ezra Meeker
Plains
New York City
Oregon Trail
Meeker
Oregon Trail Memorial Association
Northwest woods swept by flames across fire season
Lightning sparked forest fires stretch from western Washington to British Columbia while northeastern Washington Idaho and Montana see stationary danger. In Stevens and Pend Oreille counties seventy four fires threaten to merge into a giant blaze. Colville forest region remains critical with 600 firefighters battling eleven large blazes and smaller fires. Oregon reports Lakeview as the most serious with three large fires covering about one thousand acres.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Oregon
British Columbia
Idaho
Montana
Northwest
Stevens
Pend Oreille
Colville National Forest
United States Forest Service
Colville
Lakeview
Briand Ministry Defeated Again in French Chamber
Paris reports Premier Briand's tenth government resigned after a 288 to 240 defeat on the full power financial bill. Edouard Herriot accepted the task of forming a new ministry, which includes 11 radicals and radical-socialists. The cabinet's wife is noted to be extremely short, as policy leans on the socialist program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Briand
Chamber of Deputies
Cailloux
Edouard Herriot
Herriot
Chautemps
Hesse
Daladier
Quevillé
Bonnet
Miliaud
Jaoier
Dumesnil
Bazile
Lambert
Ths
Senate
Chamber
Storms kill nine in East and New England deaths rise
Deadly Sunday storms from Ohio to Maine leave nine killed and $250000 in property damage. Four more die in New England from lightning. others drowned or struck by falling trees. A canoe party from Sandy Hook still missing.
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New York
N. Y
Ohio
Maine
Hove
Sandy Hook
N. J
New England
Marie Ange Dubois
Adama
Mags
Alan
Alfred
Leo McCaughey
Hampton Beach
N. H
Edward L. Snow
Hermon
Red Meloh
Salisbury
Mise
Naval Arsenal
Lake Denmark
New Hampshire
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OX Team Derby
North Fork
Herbert Hoover
Spademan
Secretary of Commerce
Philadelphia
Mayor Kendrick
Philadelphia General Hospital
Liguor
Ohio, Daily News
Patterson and
Pierce Pierce
and Patterson
Pend Oreille Counties
East
Clark
Butte
Mont
W. A. Clark
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