Financial writer cites Columbia basin project as ready for employment
Forbes says the $300 million Columbia basin reclamation plan should be prepared in advance for times of unemployment. He urges early start on such productive projects and argues recovery depends on national leadership solving major problems. Spokane backers hail the visit as a step toward national recognition.
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Spokane
Great National
Columbia Basin
United States
B. C. Forbes
Hearst Financial
Forbes
Capitol of Columbia Basin
Roy R. Gill
Mark W. Woodruff
Columbia River
Road Work Starts on Ukiah-Dale Canyon
Contractors prepare equipment for Ukiah-Dale road construction in the county's south part with crews to begin at both canyon ends. Standard road work activities expected to affect traffic and access during the project.
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Ukiah-Dale Road
Prominent Oregon Farmer W W Harrah Dies After Illness
W W Harrah a leading farmer in Umatilla county and a noted Grange leader died Thursday in a Portland hospital after a long illness. Born June 11 1868 in Janesport Missouri he moved to Oregon in 1889 and married Rose Olcott in 1895. Surviving are Forest and Beryl Harrah with two deceased children, a sister Mrs Chaney Brown and a brother James Harrah. He served on a national advisory committee under President Wilson during the food administration act.
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W. W. Harrah
Umatilla County
Oregon Wheat League
Columbia River
Portland
Pendleton
Baptist
Harrah
Janesport
Oregon
Rose Olcott
Willard
Mildred
Forest Harrah
Beryl Harrah
James Harrah
Colorado
Lydia McCoy
City
Chaney Brown
Port Morgan
Wilson
Northwest Air Tour Planes to Visit Pendleton August 2
Pendleton welcomes the Pacific States Northwest Air Tour with flights of latest aircraft arriving about 9 30 a m and staying until 2 30 p m. The aviation committee will manage pilot reception transportation traffic and airport facilities. A small admission will be charged to help cover stop expenses and any surplus funds will support airport development. About 600 is needed to host the visit per secretary George Baer.
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Pendleton
Aviation Committee
Chamber of Commerce
George Baer
Pendleton Round-Up 100th Anniversary Observance Planned
The Pendleton Round-Up will mark the covered wagon centennial during its 21st annual exhibition on August 28 29 and 30. A cavalcade of Indians and prairie schooners will descend the hillside before thousands in the grandstands. Happy Canyon will stage a centenary themed evening show with Indians, white man arrival, frontier village growth, dancing and Old West games.
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Pendleton
Oregon Trail Memorial Association
Oregon City
Happy Canyon
Oregon and regional range outlook dips in July report
July 1 range assessments show a mixed forecast across the Northwest and Mountain states with Oregon ranges dipping from last month and summer rain needed. Stock water shortages loom in several areas while hay cuts run short statewide and conditions vary by region from northeastern Idaho to western Montana.
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Oregon
Federal State Crop Reporting Service
Cascade Mountains
Washington Range
Idaho
Soutl Mere
Boeke River
Cal Ae
Montana
Pendleton Postmaster Weds Aerial Ceremony Over Bay
A California postmistress Miss Nige Halfersey and Pendleton postmaster B. Chap hands were married 600 feet above San Francisco Bay. The ceremony took place in flight with pilot Herac Laughlin and Joe Smith guiding the trip as William Nat Pridey officiated.
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Pendleton
California
Oregon
San Francisco Bay
Nige Halfersey
Thehunee
Los Angeles
B. Chaphands
Man of
Herac Laughlin
Joe Smith
William Nat Priend
Chapman
Traffic officers to enforce highway safety during toes season
Acting on instructions from Italy of State Hoss and at the request of Clare A. Lee state fire marshal, officers of the state traffic department will cooperate with the fire marshal and fire chiefs to enforce the law against throwing lighted cigars cigarettes matches and fire crackers on public highways. The period runs from May 15 to October 1.
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Italy
Hoss
Clare A. Lee
Two Homes and Hall Destroyed by Weekend Fire at Cove
Fire Saturday destroyed two residences and the two story Hall at Cove. Loss estimated around 15000 dollars, with part of the damage covered by insurance. Report indicates the blaze started from a smoker’s carelessness according to witnesses.
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Cove
Apametel
Sheh Otie
Weston Grain Growers to Build New Elevator at Blue Mountain
The Weston Grain Growers Inc. plans a new elevator at Blue Mountain station on the O. W. BR. & N. line. Construction starts this fall and the plant should be ready to receive next season's crop.
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Weston Grain Growers Inc
Blue Mountain Station
Last Man's Club to Be Dissolved in Stillwater
Charles Lockwood of Chamberlain South Dakota will dissolve the Last Man's Club in Stillwater by calling the roll of 34 members of Company B 1st Minnesota. He will toast his departed comrades at Lowell Inn with wine aged to vinegar, then return home to await reunion with those who died at Burg and Bull Run.
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Minneapolis
Stillwater
Charles Lockwood
Chamberlain
S. D
Lowell Inn
Lockwood
1St
Minnesota Volunteer Infantry
Burg
Bull Run
Mr. Lockwood
Anlar
Gettysburg
Bol Run
Miss Emily Menefee Weds Ralph J. Gibbons in Mobile
Miss Emily Frances Menefee daughter of Mr and Mrs James I Caron of Portland married Ralph J Gibbons lieutenant in the United States Army Air Corps in Mobile Alabama on June 28 The bride has been a Weston High School faculty member for two years and is well known in the community The groom is son of Mr and Mrs R J Gibbons of Walla Walla and formerly attended Whitman College
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Menefee
Weston
Mobile
Alabama
Emily Frances Menefee
James I
Caron
Portland
Ralph J. Gibbons
United States Army Air Corps
Weston High School
Mr. Gibbons
R. J. Gibbons
Walla Walla
Whitman College
Seed Peas Harvest Underway for California Packing
The Weston Leader notes cutting started this week on 200 acres of seed peas grown by Linus Anderson on his foothill ranch for California Packing. Threshing will follow. vines are healthy and promise a good yield though some spots are thin. A company representative recently visited with a camera to photograph the crop.
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Weston Leader
Linus Anderson
California Packing Company
Anderson Ranch
Old Eastern Star Chapter Marks 80th Founding Anniversary
The Jacksonville Adares chapter No. 3 Order of the Eastern Star celebrated its eightieth anniversary on a Wednesday night. Founded in 1880, it is the third oldest in the state and among the oldest in the west, and was the only Oregon chapter south of Salem at its founding.
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Jacksonville
Fisherman Crown Leads to Tragic Missoula Death Discovery
In Missoula Montana painter R D Gentzel was found dead in the Blackfoot River. Authorities theorize he slipped while landing a large trout and drowned. He wore fishing togs at the time.
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R. D. Gentzel
Missoula
Montana
Blackfoot River
Hisody
Graveling Project Opens on Weston Elgin Road in Blue Mountains
The Bureau of Roads began a graveling of about one mile of the Weston Elgin road in the Blue Mountains on Monday. Officials estimate the project will cost in the neighborhood of a unspecified amount as work proceeds toward completion.
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Weston-Elgin
Blue Mountains
Bureau of Roads
Opposition to Rail Merger Reopens Hearing Arguments
The Washington Department of Public Works asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to reopen proceedings on the Northern Pacific and Great Northern merger to hear new arguments. The action signals continued opposition from state authorities to the consolidation plan.
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Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Washington Department of Public Works
Interstate Commerce Commission
Walla Walla Wheat Yields Fall Short of Average in Early Harvest
Wheat yields in the Walla Walla area show a decline from the average with Eureka Flat reported about 15 percent under. Turkey Red tests run to 62 pounds per bushel, Triplet to 61 pounds, white wheat near 69 pounds. Harvest progresses with 10 percent machines active and 45 to 55 percent of combines expected by early next week, main harvest in two weeks.
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Walla Walla
Eureka Flat
Turkey
Man with Windpipe Cut Walks Into Bend Doctor
Johnny Lacora, said to work on fire lines near Bend, arrived at a physician’s office with his windpipe severed above the vocal cords. Initial reports blamed a saw, but officials doubt them as they investigate. The wound is described as a clean cut and Lacora can speak only with his head forward. He was hospitalized in critical condition.
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Bend
Johnny Lacora
Lacora
Wheat contracts in Umatilla county offer better prices
An estimated 250000 bushels of the 1930 wheat crop in Umatilla county were contracted by growers at from 1 to 1.15 dollars per bushel. Those who contracted at those prices are said to be "sitting pretty" compared with current local offers to growers.
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Umatilla County
County Treasurer Betty DeHart Returns From Texas Trip
Mrs. Betty DeHart, county treasurer, has returned from a month in Texas where she recuperated from illness and enjoyed a vacation from official duties.
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Betty DeHart
Texas
Sins to Speak at Morning Service At Church of Christ
Church notices say Mr. Sins will speak at the regular morning service Sunday. An evening union service will be held at the Baptist Church. The Bible school auto contest closed last Sunday with Cadillac leading. Attendance remains good for harvest time and services across the community.
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Church OF Christ
Sins
Baptist Church
Bible School
Cadillac
Milk Cows For Sale In Athena and Duncan listings
Milk cows good fresh for sale by Henry Koepke Athena phone 82F 12 and Cook house for sale by James Duncan Athena phone 30F15 also hourly or daily work sought by experienced woman calling George Corder home next to the Press office
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Henry Koepke
Athena
Cook House
Cook
James Duncan
George Corder
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