Harvest 3 Under Way in Athena Wheat Belt
Harvest operations progress across the Athena wheat belt with peak activity next week. Field yields of 50 to 60 bushels appear in spots while overall average remains strong. Trucks haul bulk grain directly from fields as warehouses prep for storage and prices hold firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athena
H. J.watts
Furly
Watts
Hansell
Wood
Till Beckner
Rogers & Goodman
Grady Herdon
Weston
Glenn Dudley
Alex McIntyre
Waterman Station
Alex
Waterman
Ralph McEwen
Pine Creek
Downing Station
Downing
W. 5. Ferguson
Charles Kirk
Tom Kirk
Dry Creek
Clifford Wood
Charles Kirk Combine Harvester
McArthur Place
Art Jensen
Farmers’ ‘Grain Elevator Company
National Elk leader visits Pendleton lodges
Walter Andrews Grand Exalted Ruler of the BPOE from Atlanta Georgia was entertained by Heppner Walla Walla and Pendleton Elks. He addressed the group outlining his administrative policy for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks
Walter Andrews
Atlanta
Georgia
Pendleton
Elk Lodges
Heppner
Walla Walla
Mr. Andrews
Picnic Lunch Amazes Crowd at Cold Springs Sunday
A brief report notes a sunny Cold Springs Sunday picnic event where attendees enjoyed a meal outdoors. Details are sparse but the scene highlights impressed onlookers and local residents.
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Cold Springs
Ee Aerae
Bean Harvesters Ready to Harvest Athena Weston District
Holt, Harris and International bean harvesters, assembled in Athena and Weston areas, include four Holt 38, one Harris, one International machines. About 12 combines will be needed, operations to begin around August 10 after 10,500 acres of beans cultivated and men released for wheat.
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Holt, Harris and International Combine
Eickhoff Farm Products Company
Athena
Weston Leader
Walla Walla
Huckleberry Crop Report Bodes Poor Harvest
Conflicting mountain reports on huckleberries shift to a near total crop failure according to district forest ranger Albert Baker. A late June freeze devastated the crop, warning Athena residents who planned August pickups. Baker predicts fewer forest fires next year due to scarce berries, contrasting last year’s good yield and high blaze activity.
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Athena
Walla Walla
Albert Baker
Baker
Morning Glory Spraying Yields 99 Percent Control at Prison Plot
Walla Walla report by Extension Chris Lee and County Agent A W Kasten notes morning glory control reaching 99 percent on an alfalfa plot at the penitentiary. Treatments used sodium chlorate sprayed last July or August. Some plots showed regrowth where earlier treated areas.
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Walla Walla
Oo. C. Lee
Washington State College
A. W. Kasten
Oiler Frank Hutchinson Sustains Severe Belt Accident
Frank Hutchinson of the Pendleton Flour Mill was struck by a belt while attempting to place it on a revolving pulley. The impact broke both legs and left him near another machine, but he dragged himself to safety and called for assistance.
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Frank Hutchinson
Pendleton
Hutchinson
Dr Sharp In Hospital In Walla Walla
Veteran Athena physician Dr. 8. F. Sharp has been seriously ill in a Walla Walla hospital this week with gradually failing health and swollen limbs. His daughter Alta received medical treatment at the hospital but has returned home. He is reported to be improving with prospects of returning home.
Timber Blaze Controls After $500000 Forest Fire
A timber fire between Lakeview and Alturas burned over 7000 acres of timber and swept away the mill’s buildings except the main structure. Automobiles and personal property were destroyed as flames raged. The blaze is reported under control.
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Lakeview
Alturas
Perfect Harvest Weather Aids Grain Threshing This Week
Weather conditions are ideal for harvesting with dry straw and good threshing. Cooler nights and days contribute to easier fieldwork and efficient grain gathering this week.
Toll Gate Road Takes Change In Its Route
The Walla Walla Union reports a public hearing on the McDougal Camp Toll Gate section of the Weston Elgin road set for Portland on Aug 14. Dorsey M. Hill says a $60,000 contract for this section may be let Monday after bids were opened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walla
Sunrise at Standard Theatre features O'Brien and Gaynor
George O'Brien and Janet Gaynor star in Sunrise at the Standard Theatre for tomorrow and Sunday. The William Fox production blends pleasing music with the World is Waiting for the Sun song, offering an entertaining program with News Sports and Comedy reels included.
Body found near Cascaile Locks identified as Pete Walters
A body found hanging near Cascaile Locks last week is believed to be Pete Walters. The shoes recovered at the scene were bought from Bond Brothers store and tied to the Ward aid tine.
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Cascaile Locks
Pete Walters
Bond Brothers
Night deer hunt ends with goat tragedy in Oregon
James Cook of Bend and Lew Tillock of Bay View hunted deer at night with a flashlight near Upper Drift Creek Lincoln county. A milk goat tied near camp was accidentally shot. Deputy Wardens arrested Tillock while Cook fled then surrendered. Cook paid 200 fine plus costs. Tillock jailed for nonpayment.
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Oregon State Game Commission
James Cook
Bend
Lew Tillock
Bay View
Price
Tillock
Cook
Coyotes Move North Invasion Sweeps Alaska
A joint survey by the Bureau of Biological Survey and Alaska Game Commission reports a sharp rise in coyote numbers across Alaska from the Porcupine River to Norton Bay. Coyotes prey on fur bearers, caribou, mountain sheep, and migratory waterfowl, with wolves rising too but slower.
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Olympia
Bureau of Biological Survey
Alaska Game Commission
Charles R. Maybury
Department of Fisheries and Game
International Boundary
Alaska
Yukon Territory
Porcupine River
Kennicott
McCarthy
Kenai Peninsula
Kuskokwim
Norton Bay
Tanana
Yukon
Interior heroism citation for Mount Rainier rescue
The department of the interior awarded its first heroism citation to Charles B Browne of Mount Rainier National Park for rescue work and body recovery after a climbers party fell into a crevasse at high altitude in early July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Interior
Charles B. Browne
Mount Rainier National Park
Lindberg Cousin Resident in Umatilla County
The text notes a cousin of Charles Lindberg residing in Umatilla County and mentions a farmer named Carlberg involved in local affairs.
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Lindberg
Charles Lindberg
Umatilla County
Carlberg
Camp Rotary honors four Pendleton Boy Scouts at Court of Honor
Four Pendleton Boy Scouts at Camp Rotary on the Walla Walla River above Milton earned honors at the Court of Honor held there last Sunday. The group includes David Hamley Jerry Erickson James Stangier and Robert Boynton.
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Pendleton
Camp
Rotary
Walla Walla River
Milton
David Hamley
Jerry Erickson
James Stangier
Robert Boynton
East Oregonian
Bear Creek
Rangers
Walla Walla
Blalock
H. J. Kirby
F. D. Hawley
sScouta
Women with the hoe prove adept in potato field
The Leader notes Ruby and Rae Case Charlotte Hess Bessie Hess Elisabeth Avery and Lucille Staggs qualified as women with the hoe for clearing a ten acre potato field of weeds in one and one quarter days. Andy Barnett praises their efficiency and later hired them to pick cherries at Charles Pinkerton's farm.
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Ruby
Rae Case
Charlotte
Bessie Hess
Elisabeth Avery
Lucille Staggs
Andy Barnett
Andy
Charles Pinkerton Place
Rebekahs Elect Officers for Evangeline Lodge Helix
Evangeline Rebekah Lodge in Helix installed new officers for the coming term with district deputy president Mrs. Gammell as Installing officer. Officers include Alma Garrett N G Etta Patta V G Hazel Stanton secretary Dailen Gammell treasurer Agnes Borquist financial secretary Pearle McKee past N G.
County Jail Nears Full as Inmates Rise
The county jail houses 26 inmates now, with capacity for four prisoners, marking the highest count in some time. Officials warn that six more prisoners would fill the jail. No women are confined in Pendleton City Prison. one is at St. Anthony's Hospital.
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Pendleton City
St. Anthony's Hospital
Rise in Athens area truck activity and licensing
The Athena section reports record truck operation with more drivers licenses issued for the season than ever before, according to the B. B. Richards office. The surge reflects heightened activity and licensing throughput compared to previous periods.
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Athena
B. B. Richards
Oregon Legislators Won't Get Pay Increase, Court Rules
Salem Judge McMahan ruled that 1929 Oregon legislators will not receive the $5 daily expense allowance they voted for, overturning the demurrer and allowing the complaint by W. A. Jones to proceed. Defendants have until August 1 to answer. case may go to Supreme Court after a default decree. The Grange had sought injunction against state officials over the pay.
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Fsalem
L. H. McMahan
Marion County
Hal E. Hoss
Thomas B. Kay
W. A. Jones
Marion County Grange
Judge McMahan
Custer E. Ross
Jones
Hoss and Kay
Supreme Court
Grange
Wheat Sharp Rise on Monday Crop Reports
Wheat jumped eight cents amid Monday crop reports with prices up as much as $1.50 a bushel from Saturday. Spring wheat conditions worsened with Canadian yields forecast at 219 million bushels half of last year. Corn oats and rye followed wheat higher as regional crop reports indicated backward growth in Illinois Indiana Missouri and Kansas.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Kansas
Vodka Smuggling Emerges As Prohibition Worry
Federal authorities report vodka smuggling from Syria adding to prohibition concerns. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Heiman obtained a judge’s order to send Len Rowe and John Satterwhite to Portland on smuggling charges after about 100 cases of liquor were seized in the arrest here last week.
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Seattle
Scotland
Germany
Canada
Siria
United States
Jeffery Heiman
Jeremiah Neterer
Len Rowe
John Satterwhite
Portland
Heiman
Rone
Satterwhite
Mrs Read Returns Home After Car Crash
Mrs Read at home in Walla Walla recovering from serious injuries suffered when her car left the highway near Blue Mountain station a couple of weeks ago. Mr and Mrs Read now have a new Ford sedan replacing the wrecked vehicle.
Pendleton HostsLouisianans Tour Wheat Fields
Louisianans entertained by the Commercial Association in Pendleton Friday. Visitors arrived by special train from the east and spent the day visiting a garden breakfast before a tour of Umatilla County wheat fields to see combines at work.
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Commercial Association
Pendleton
Umatilla County
Grass Fire Vigilance Advised in Dry Season
Local note warns that Athena has no grass fires yet this season while other towns report light fires. It urges residents to exercise care and precaution outdoors to prevent ignition due to dry grass and high fire risk.
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Athena
Setti
Paint Aims at Masonic Hall Front Enhancement
The new front of Masonic Hall is being painted as workers added a fresh coat to improve its appearance.
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Masonic Hall
Farmers urged to organize under cooperative marketing
Washington. The federal farm board urged American agriculture to organize into cooperative marketing associations under the Capper-Volstead act. Chairman Legge and Vice-chairman Stone said the board will focus on organized farmers, not individual appeals, hoping to mobilize about one third of the nation’s six million farmers.
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Washington
Federal Farm Board
American Agriculture
Legre
Stone
Charles L. Christensen
Legge
Christensen
Farm Board
Two Groups To Sponsor This Year's Potato Show
The Umatilla County Potato show in Weston will be sponsored by the Weston Commercial Association and the Weston Grange for the eighth year. A joint meeting decided the previous committee would resign and that the two groups would directly back the event. $280 is available for this year with plans to add cash prizes and local business gift premiums to boost farm product displays, with a possible district fair tied to the show.
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Umatilla County
Weston
Weston Commercial Association
Weston Grange
Weston Leader
Grange
Alberta Wheat Outlook Sees Subnormal Crop
W P Rigby a former Athena farmer says Alberta wheat crop will be well below normal this year though parts are in good condition. He estimates overall crop about 46 percent of normal, with possible recovery if favorable weather continues to harvest.
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Rigby
W. P. Rigby
Athena
Alberta
Canada
Hermiston Hay Harvest Likely Good Second Crop
The Hermiston alfalfa harvest for the second crop began Monday across much of the project. Growth has been rapid since the first cut and reporters expect a strong yield. No price increase is expected compared with the first cutting.
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Hermiston
Poison Alleged in Death of Mrs. Mulligan at 21
Mrs. J. T. Mulligan died at a Walla Walla hospital from poison taken while despondent over family troubles. Her husband, living in Yakima, was summoned. Married 2½ years, she previously resided in Freewater and Walla Walla and leaves a husband, her mother, a brother and a sister.
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J. T. Mulligan
Walla Walla Hospital
Yakima
Freewater
Walla Walla
Condition Improves For Leovilla Gray After Accident
Leovilla Gray of Gibbon shows improvement after a serious out of mobile crash near Pilot Rock. She is recovering at St. Anthony’s hospital, with doctors reporting progress and continued care at the facility.
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Leovilla Gray
Gibbon
Pilot Rock
St. Anthony's
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