Rush for Rich Grant Lands Near Dallas Stimulates Squatters
Polk county residents rush to timber lands near Dallas posting notices to claim prior right to purchase under the government grant to Southern Pacific. Locators travel by hack, carriage, or on foot to establish cabins and stakes as U.S. attorney general reviews the Oregon grant.
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Polk County
Southern Pacific
Dallas
United States Attorney-General
Oregon
Dade
Pioneer Drug Store
Athena City adopts amended liquor licensing ordinance
Ordinance No. 113 amends Ordinance No. 104 on licenses to sell spirituous malt and vinous liquors. It allows a $600 total or $400 cash plus a $200 promissory note due in six months for a one year license, with note nullified if six months pass with notice to discontinue. Provisions cover bond, reporting, and revocation for violations, plus rules for licenses issued for quantities under one gallon.
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City of
Athena
Athena Do
City of Athena
Common Council
Athens
Hame
Second Annual Convention of Greon Christian Missionary Association
The Greon Christian Missionary Association holds its second annual district convention at the Church of Christ in Athena, with delegates arriving from Oregon counties. The program spans Tuesday to Thursday with services, sermons, and discussions led by prominent church figures, inviting all locals to attend. Also notes eight districts applying for final eighth grade exam questions, with about 150 pupils expected to take the county exams next Thursday and Friday. Walla Walla plans a July 14 celebration and monster demonstration follow-up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greon Christian Missionary Association
Church of Christ
Seasion
Oregon
Athena
Fossa
W. & Haven
J. W. Jenkins
Hood River
God
Victor W. Dorris
Pendleton
Uoryoun
the Dalles
Mra. J
Kees
L. M. Hornaday
Moro
Northonat
M. &. Whitman
Thurday
George Simona
Helix
O. M. Hogue
Offtesra
Plana
Shaffer
Central Christian Choroh
Walla Walla
Ewen Aistricts
Anya
Farmers Organize Local Union Meeting at Stamper School
N McCaw, state organizer for the Nations Farmers Educational and Co operative Union of America, organized a local union at Stamper school house north of Athena Friday night with 10 members. He plans more unions at shipping points across Oregon and Washington to protect farmers from speculative practices and promote education, justice, equity, and cooperative commerce.
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N. McCaw
Nations Farmers’ Educational Land Co-operative Union of America
Stamper School House
Athena
Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative Union of America
Board of Trade
Cotton
Sheepmen Protest New Oregon Dip Law Fight
Lone county farmers clash over a state stock law requiring annual dipping of sheep and payment for an inspector. Officials arrived in Eugene to assess grounds and found strong local hostility. The law targets eastern Oregon owners. western flocks may be exempt if healthy, though diseased herds must be dipped.
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Lone County
Bome
Ehorgan
J. Obrintio
Jocal
Christie
W. Hi. Lytle
WW. McClure
N. Hutchineou
Bureau of Animal Industry
Chaintie
Eastern Oregon
Western Oregon
Lane County
Oregon
di Mosse, Lytle
Hutchinson and McClure
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Manasse
Griffon
Southern Pacific Holdings
T. M. Taggart & CO
T. M. Taggart & Company
South Side
Main Street
Harrows
A. Barrett &Co
Dell Brothers
Oulcon
Oregon Christian Missionary Association
National Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative Union of America
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