Rail firms win approval to build 228 miles Klamath Falls to Keddie link
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized Great Northern and Western Pacific to construct 228 miles of new line between Klamath Falls Oregon and Keddie California linking systems. Total cost estimated at about 14.93 million dollars with 30 miles by Great Northern, 112 miles by Western Pacific, and a 36 mile branch from Lookout to Hambone. The commission said the project would boost competition, car supply, and passenger service, benefiting regional shippers and West Coast commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Mahaffie
Western Pacific
Great Northern
West
Northwest
Klamath Falls
Bieher
Cal
Keddie
Bieber
Lookout
Hambone
Klamath Falla
Westwood
Prizes Awarded Cougar Hunters In Oregon Contest
Bud Kintzley of Fall Creek won 175 dollars and the title champion cougar hunter of Oregon after accounting for 20 cougars in the year ending June 1. Ramsey of Estacada and Erlebach of Tiller tied for second and third with 17 kills each earning 125 and 100 dollars. 341 cougars were killed statewide, surpassing prior records and motivating additional deer protection. Harold Clifford, state game warden, will propose another year long contest.
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Salem
Bud Kintzley
Fall Creek
Lane County
State Game Commission
Oregon
George W. Ramsey
Estacada
Tony Erlebach
Tiller
Game Commission
Charles H. Erwin
Hoaglin
Gard Sawyers
Elkton
William Clark
Oak Ridge
Harry Wright
Glide
Oregon Woods
Harold Clifford
Nine Players Jailed After Odd Poker Game In Chicago
In Jozeph Gorman's room on Maypole avenue Chicago nine men played poker. One had four jacks and an ace another four aces and a jack. The result was chaotic with phrases biffo bingo and socko and all nine players end up in jail. The mystery of five aces and five jacks remains unexplained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jozeph Gorman
Maypole Avenue
Chicago
Campers In Umatilla Forest Must Have Fire Permits
The central office at Pendleton issues fire permits for Umatilla National Forest campers. Permits are valid for 10-day periods and issued by forest service rangers and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Umatilla National Forest
Pendleton
The
Forest Service
Northwest flora in peril says Oregon State botanist
Oregon State College botanist Dr Helen Gilkey warns Northwest native flora is rapidly vanishing due to campers tourists and casual collectors. She cites lost species such as fairy slipper orchid Cascade trilliums and rhododendrons noting that root removal or leaf picking prevents food storage for next year and threatens extinction within years.
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Oregon State College
Helen Gilavy
Oregon
Northwest
Dr. Gilkey
Gilkey
Ostrich Hatch Expected in Walla Walla Valley
The Vigor Bilt Poultry farm in Freixster faces a July hatch date for the valley's first ostrich brood after receiving six eggs from Cawston Ostrich farm. Incubation lasts 42 days and the valley awaits the potential two legged birds with plumes and appetite for old hardware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walla Valley
Walla Walla
Population shifts in three counties from 1920 to 1930
Supervisor McIntyre reports Union county gained 386 people over the decade while Uma tilla and Wallowa counties declined. LaGrande led gains with over a hundred, whereas Uma tilla fell to 24 499 from 25 946 and Wallowa dropped from 9 778 to 7 780.
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Union
McIntyre
LaGrande
Umatilla
Wallowa
Marriage Licenses Issued by County Clerks Friday
County clerks office issued licenses to Thayer Byington 20 of Cayuse and Marian Helm Floate 17 of Pendleton Nykee English 24 of Pendleton and Dorothy Pauline Becker 17 of Pendleton. Fred W. P. Miethe legal of Salt Lake and Beulah Vesta Hittle legal of Freewater.
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County Clerks Office
Thayer Byington
Cayuse
Marian Helm Floate
Pendleton
Nykee English
Dorothy Pauline Becker
Fred W. P. Miethe
Legal
Salt Lake
Beulah Vesta Hittle
Freewater
Fewer Hogs Raised in Local Shipping District
H. J. Stillings, who has handled most community livestock shipments for fifteen years, says there are fewer hogs being raised in the shipping district than at any time during this period.
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H. J. Stillings
Living Letters Sermon and Birth of a Nation Event
The Church of Christ announces Sunday morning sermon on Living Letters with evening patriotic service featuring The Birth of a Nation theme. Pastor outlines a patriotic program with music and Bible school attendance noted as seven.
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Church OF Christ
Bible School
Penitentiary Holds 45 Liquor Venders
A Salem report from Henry Meyers, superintendent, shows only 47 of 901 prisoners are serving liquor law infractions. The largest jail terms are for larceny 165, burglary 108, assault and robbery with weapon 85, forgery 97. Murder 78 and statutory offenses 84 follow, with 1,000-prisoner target expected before next February.
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Salem
Oregonian
Oregon State Penitentiary
Henry Meyers
State Penitentiary
Oregon Penitentiary
Cornerstone Laid for New Walla Walla Congregational Church
The cornerstone for a new 50000 dollar Congregational church was laid in Walla Walla on Sunday after special services. The stone arrived from England to Portland as ship ballast and served as a footing for Ransom Clark’s gravestone, who was buried in Portland in 1850, laid by the church’s oldest member Miss Anna Iijl.
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Walla Walla
England
Portland
Ransom Clark
Walla Walla Church
Anna Iijl
Southern Pacific Won't Appeal ICC Ruling on Northern California Link
P Will not appeal the Interstate Commerce Commission decision granting Great Northern permission to connect with the Western Pacific in northern California. President Paul Shoup of Southern Pacific announced the rail line will not pursue further action.
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Paul Shoup
Southern Pacific
Interstate Commerce Commission
Great Northern
Western Pacific
California
Two Women Arrested for Passing Bad Checks
Two women were arrested at Pendleton on Saturday charged with passing bad checks. They drove a car with an Idaho license plate and passed a check at the Bruce Ellis service station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton
Idaho
Bruce Ellis
Golf and Drink To Excess Says Doc
Dr William Muhlberg of Cincinnati argues golf harms health when misused and alcohol may have benefits. He says Americans overdo leisure, stressing nerves and blood pressure, while a little alcohol can soothe nerves and improve outlook.
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Spokane
William Muhlberg
Cincinnati
Association of the Insurance Medical Department
Muhlberg
Hunter admits killing brown bear in Umatilla forest attack
Stoney Maes of Smythe Brothers reported to Pendleton that he killed a large brown bear after it destroyed six lambs near Goodman ridge in Umatilla forest. Bear dogs were deployed and one dog was badly chewed in the encounter.
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The
East Oregonian
Stoney Maes
Smythe Brothers
Pendleton
Goodman Ridge
Umatilla
Cherry Harvest Nears End In Milton-Freewater District
The Milton-Freewater district reports a light cherry crop with Bings and Lamberts bringing six to eight cents a pound. Growers note an increase in culls compared with past seasons as harvest winds down.
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Milton-Freewater
Circulator in Limbo Charged Over Initiative Petition
Robert E. Dennis, 31, a petition circulator for the Oregon State Grange, is jailed in Portland on charges of violating state election laws by writing a name other than his own on an initiative petition for the people’s water and power utility district constitutional amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Dennis
Oregon State Grange
People's Water and Power Utility District
Portland
Cook House for Sale by James Duncan in Athe Na
A single family cook house described as a wide truck unit offered for sale by James Duncan of Athe Na. Contact by phone 30F 15 to inquire about property details and pricing.
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Cook
James Duncan
Athena
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Great Northern and Western Pacific
J. E. Gallagher
Thompson
Sorytl Goulder Woafs
A. W. Logsdon
H. A. Frick
Penitentiary
Amick Dcerin
orvester-Thresher
Rogers @ Goodman
Mercantile Trust
Albert Patterson
Amapine
Ore
McCormick-Deering Harvester- Thresher
Lamb
Frick
Rhode Island
Henry Koepke
Mia
Callie Sanders
Foley
Jensens
Blacksmith
Stock Land
L. L. Montague
Arlington
B. B. Richards
W. Boyd Whyte
Stangier Building
Peterson & Lewis
Attorneya At Law
W. H. McKinney
Dr. Sharp's
Weston
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