Athena elects Taylor over Watts amid water issue turnout
The Athena city election drew the largest municipal vote in years with 150 ballots. Taylor won the water question and the mayoral race with 96 votes to Watts 54, while Hawks edged Foss 80 to 69 for city treasurer. Council races featured Gross Betts LeGrow Jacobs as the top finishers though residency issues may affect eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People of
Athena
Taylor
Watts
Hawks
A. B. McEwen
George Gross
Grose Bag
W. W. Jacobs
Betta
LeGrow
Jacobs
Gross
Betts
Henry Keon
Scattering
G. W. Grose
Oban. Betts
Byron N. Hawke
Austin A. Foss
B. B. Richards
David Taylor
M. L. Watts
Prof Case Re elected Principal of Athens High
Prof Case was re elected principal of Athens High School for another year following a school board meeting on Tuesday evening. His services were sought by other schools, prompting the board to confirm his retention at once as other boards also elect principals this time. Last week Milton board re elected Principal Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Case
Athens High School
Milton
Young
Death of Mrs Fletcher at Weber home
Mrs. Fletcher, aged over 85, died at her daughter Mrs. Weber’s home in town. The obituary notes a long life and suggests she had been in ill health, with details partially stated in the fragmentary notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Fletcher
Grandma Fletcher
Weber
Four Town Baseball League Proposed In Oregon County
Pendleton promoter Clark Nelson travels from Athena to organize a four town amateur league with Weston Athena Pendleton and Pilot Rock. A Sunday meeting will discuss the plan and team formation as Weston and Pilot Rock clubs are already organized with Athena to follow. Athena aims to field a strong team in the empire league as the new city park includes a baseball diamond and track facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athena
Weston
Pendleton
Pilot Rock
Clark Nelson
Enet
Oregonian
Enya
Clarke Nelson
Pilot Rook
Pilot
Athena Fais
Nelson
Aeid
Demonstration Train to Tour Eastern Oregon by O R N Company
The Oregon Railway and Navigation Company plans a large demonstration train tour leaving Portland March 21 for eastern Oregon. The 10 cars and 8 locomotives will showcase exhibits on agriculture horticulture livestock poultry and farming machinery. Lectures by Oregon Agricultural College faculty will accompany the exhibit. The route aims for about 40 stops, extending far east of Baker City into Wallowa county. The stock and poultry cars display college farm stock and a small cost poultry house. The horticultural exhibit features packed fruit and fruit in progress, expected to boost interest in state industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. R. and N. Company
R. B. Miller
Portland Journal
Eastern
Oregon
Oregon Agricultural College
A. A. Morne
Baker City
Wallowa County
College Farm
Polony House
Omar
Tax letter from C P Strain urges full value assessment
A letter to the editor from C P Strain, Umatilla County assessor, argues for full market value assessment and strict adherence to tax laws. He cites oath compliance, state board oversight, and errors in prior valuations, plus a lengthy 1902 to 1909 tax comparison showing rising costs for county, city, and schools. He notes potential consequences for assessors who violate the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boards of Equalizaation
Uob
Umatilla
Assenor'a
Dax-payore
Pioneer Walla Walla settler Bently remembered on tombstone
A fragmentary obituary notes Bently a pioneer of Walla Walla County and former graveyard sexton who erected his tombstone in advance. Born in the United States in 1828, he left a marked memorial in the local cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bently
Mr. Bently
Walla Walla
En Yous
Explosive Placing to Free Flow at Artesian Well
The casing is pulled from an artesian well and a large blast will be set at the 390 foot level where water was found with the aim of increasing flow. The charge will be lowered to the desired location and discharged by an electric current.
Railroad pioneer George W Hunt dies in Portland at 68
George W Hunt a Portland resident and Oregon railroading pioneer died at his home aged 68. He came west in 1850 and built freight lines and railways linking The Dalles to Boise and Corvallis to Newport. His Hunt system opened vast wheat country and his ideas led to the water level Columbia River route later realized by the North Bank road. He held extensive lands in Western Uma tilla county and was rated a millionaire at death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Hunt
Oregon
Portland
Mr. Hopt
Washington
Idaho
Dalles
Ore
Boise
Corvallis and Eastern Railway
Hunt
Wallula
Pendleton
Athena
Walalla
Walla Walla
Dayton
Wallaburg
Northen Pacific
Corvallis
Roan
Willamette Valley
Newport
Yaquina Bay
Mr. Hunt
Columbia River
Cascades
North Bank
Merc Hoyt
Centralis
Grays Harbor
Umatilla
Idaho Towns Buried Under Avalanche Ruin
Maco and Burke Idaho, crushed by a 75 foot deep avalanche from Quater mountain, with 12 dead and four in Burke. Thirty rescued, including women, amid wreckage and communication lines down. Rescue teams labor through night as two Italian laborers feared buried in cave. Missionary society gathering noted in second item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maco
Burke
Idaho
Mace
Quater Mountain
Mase
Cooor d'Alene
John Thompson
Li Ka
Also Mentioned on This Page
Stetson
T. M. Taggart
THE
Tum-A-Lum Lumber CO
A. M. Johnson
K. T. Kidder
McArthur
City Meat Market
J. H. Stone
Prop
Main Street
John Keen
Bradley
Misa Susan Lee
Hardiman
Tennessee
Washington Easterwood
Easterwood
Ahe
Hugh Fletcher
Plains
Waijowa
Fletcher
Dell Brothers
Ccoo
Mar Athena
O. R.&n. Company
Jeme Smith
Efe Phipps
Peadieton
Weeton
Athens
Uma Hilla County
C. P. Strain County Assensor
Pardon Dock Bently
St. Mary's Hospital Walla Walla
Pioneer
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!