Rug making from old rags and public arson concerns
In Gresham a home economics club has made nine hooked rugs from old rags, saving about $101. The piece also notes timber arson as a major crime, with states considering stricter laws. An article compares England’s and the U S approach to unemployment and urges spending to revive earning. New chlorine foot baths appear in Nehulum grade school’s natatorium with no restrictions on use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gresham
Russelville Grange
Doles
England
Nehulum
Chipmunk offering steals spotlight from bacon and walnuts
A humorous column notes a hunter bringing a quirky bundle of chipmunks, critiques farm board rhetoric on surpluses, and touches on electricity growth, railroad finance, Oregon walnuts branding, Wallowa shrimp plans, Malheur Telephone’s new office, and a Tillamook beauty parlor run by Miss Pearl Glad, all framed in a light editorial voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athena
Farm Board
Miss Pearl Glad
Rosebud
Tillamook
Crime and Lawmakers Blame Each Other for Rising Crime
A public official laments that the nation is increasingly lawless due to lax liberties and weak enforcement. The speaker argues fewer laws and swifter punishments would curb crime and target the organized underworld, warning that anti-revolver laws have backfired and justice is hamstrung by litigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Wilson Libel Attack Sparks War of Words
The Oregon Journal reports Clarence True Wilson calling Legionnaires “staggering drunks” at Detroit’s late convention. Critics say the remark vilifies veterans and harms the dry cause, while supporters argue many delegates drank but most were not drunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence True Wilson
Detroit
Wilson
Bishop Cannons
Portland
France
Flanders
America
Wallula saloon count noted as Prescott dries up
Historical item reports the 22 years ago scene in Walla Walla County with only Walluls saloon outside Walla Walla, while Walla Walla city boasted 38 saloons. It also mentions local moves, arrivals, sales, crops, and social visits amid a busy frontier town snapshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prescott
Walla Walla County
Walla Walla
Walluls
Columbia River
Stanfield
Town
Jarman
4Th Street
Building material prices fall to new low for fall season
A weathered, fragmented city page sketches lighthearted exchanges about building supplies and prices. The lighthearted banter touches on a tourist driver’s wife, a dentist narrator, and a lawyer’s joke about love letters and debt, framed by nautical distress signals.
Notice to Creditors in Potter Estate Oregon
In the County Court of Oregon Umatilla County the estate of Charles H. Potter deceased is administered by an administratrix appointed by court. Creditors must present their claims to the administratrix or to the attorneys at their Athena office by a stated deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Oregon
Umatilla
Charles H. Potter
Oo & Presidye
Athena
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Yale
China
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Madras
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Mr. Stone
John Weidert
Athens
Walla Walla Fair
St. Nichols
James Nelson
Alberta
Wm. Pinkerton
Jerry Stone
Ely Place
John Bell
Hammond
McKenzie
Adamme
Nik Taitenger
Mass
Jeannette Manasse
Napa
Cal
Henry Schmitt
Debm Backonen
Estes Place
Mar Town
Sharp
Mulkey
Edith
Blanch Orswell
Velma Wilkenson
Nettie Beverly
Wall
Jack Harrison
Milton
Danner
Bert Danner
Ben Swaggart
Morrow County
B. B. Richards
General Insurance
Schneller’s
East Main
Dr. Curry
Seattle
Ben Bateman
North Athena
Chiroprac Stangier Building
Pendleton, Oregon
W. H. McKinney
Weston
Dale Rothwell
Woolworth’s
Pendleton
Peterson & Lewis
Inland Empire Bank
Watts & Prestlge Attorneys-At-Law
Main Street
Federal
Athena Hotel
Laura Froome
Foley
Bruno Weber
Jens Jensen
Family Services
MR. McIntyre
Gray
Tum-A-Lum Lumber CO
A. M. Johnson
S'all
Beauty
Penn Harris
Prop
Stock Land
L. L. Montague
Arlington
First National Bank
A. W. Logsdon
Main
Continental Oil Company
Germ
Bryce Baker
Aia Sd
Twin City
T. E. Smith
Freewater
Serj
Vultor
Preston-Shaffer Milling CO
Electrical Department
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