Oregon Senator McNary Seeks Farm Sentiment With Leaders
Senator McNary plans to invite leaders of farm organizations to Washington within two to three weeks to discuss possible legislation and farm sentiment. He will mobilize support for river improvement funds and road funding for national forests, noting $1,235,000 for federal contracts may be available July first.
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Oregon Journal
Washington
McNary
Willamette River
River and Harbor Board
Committee On Committee
Major Stuart
National Forester
Oregon
Meier
Stuart
Congress
District Rebekah Convention to Convene in Freewater
Delegates from Umatilla county lodges attend the district Rebekah convention in Freewater on Monday October 26. The Freewater hostess lodge Integrity No 175 prepared an elaborate program with Mignonette Lodge of Athena featuring prominently. Mrs Adta Michener Ada Montague duet and Mrs Maude Logsdon outside guard are noted. Ethel Meldrum president of the Rebekah Assembly of Oregon will attend and give the principal address.
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Rebekah
Freewater
Umatilla County
Integrity
Mignonette Lodge of
Athena
Adta Michener
Ada Montague
Maude Logsdon
Ethel Meldrum
Rebekah Assembly of Oregon
Quail Return to Game Farm with 69 Offspring
California Valley quail fled from high water at the Eastern Oregon Game Farm and returned last week with 69 young. Lawrence Demalgalski closed a pen to house the brood, animals remain in exhibition pens and will be liberated after hunting season. Despite spring floods causing damage, the farm reports its most successful year, with over 10 000 game birds released.
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California Valley
Oregon
East Oregonian
Umatilla
Lawrence Demalgalski
Demalgalski
Arrested Brother's Killer Charged in Kentucky
Lloyd Cantrell alias Will Williamson, Bend service station operator, was arrested in Bend on a telegraphic copy of a grand jury indictment for the murder of his brother Caleb in Pike County Kentucky on November 16 1916. Cantrell admits killing his brother but says it was an accident and says he had previously killed a man named Mullins in Pike County and was paroled after five years.
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Caleb
Pike Ty
Kentucky
Lloyd Cantrell
Will Williamson
Bend
Cantrell
Mullins
Pike County
Miss Jones Nye Wins Atwater Kent Radio Final
Miss Jones Nye a 21 year old Whitman Conservatory senior won a state final with a song in Seattle Tuesday night. Home in Hood River she performed Una Voce Poca Fa from the Barber of Seville and earned a trip to California.
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Jones Nye
Whitman Conservatory of Music
California
Atwater-Kent
Seattle
Miss Nye
Hood River
No Profit for the Mills Grinding Grain for China
The Pacific Northwest flour mills will grind a second Chinese government order for 300000 bushels of wheat. E H Leonard of Preston Shaffer Milling says profits won’t cover costs and mills may grind at any Preston Shaffer plant or farm out work, with no firm plan yet.
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Pacific Northwest
E. H. Leonard
Preston-Shaffer Milling Company
Walla Walla
Leonard
Preston-Shaffer Company
Coppock and Ringel Guernseys Win Again at Hermiston Fair
The Coppock and Ringel Guernsey herd won 13 ribbons at the Umatilla Project Fair in Hermiston, including one championship, five firsts and four seconds. Open dairy classes also yielded top prizes for Mr Ringel. Weather and crowds helped the event, with gate receipts over 500 dollars on the last day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guernsey
William Coppock
Louie Ringel
Hermiston
Coppock
Mr. Ringel
Irrigan
Pendleton
Bank official eyes brighter markets after downturn
J Henry Helser of the American National Bank Portland and chairman of the state advisory banking board says the worst is over for the stock market. He warns of possible further December dips but expects a strong upward swing in January and February.
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J. Henry Helser
Securiies
American National Bank
Portland
State Advisory Banking Board
Scout John L. Baxter Ends Life in Camas Prairie Home
Indian War scout and longtime Camas Prairie resident John L. Baxter 72 killed himself Tuesday with a pistol in his bed. Baxter, who lived with brother-in-law Al Hull near Soldier, filed a homestead in 1886 after a career as a scout fighter pioneer merchant and public official.
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John L. Baxter
Camas Prairie
Baxter
al Hull
Soldier
Hunters Return From John Day Hunting Grounds
A party including Leonard Geissel Norman McIntyre Dale Stephens Bryce Baker and Wilford Miller returned from the John Day hunting grounds with a grand camping trip and two buck deer.
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Leonard Geissel
Norman McIntyre
Dale Stephens
Bryce Baker
Wilford Miller
John Day
County Accepts Corn and Hay for Road Taxes in Georgia
Citizens of Candler County Georgia may pay road taxes with corn or hay under new rule. Commissioners set corn at 75 cents per bushel and hay at 1 cent per pound for cashless payments.
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Candler County
Georgia
Machine Shop Moves to Farm North of Town
Virgil Zerba plans to move the building east of the Athena Garage to his farm north of town. He will make alterations to convert the structure into a machine shop.
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Virgil Zerba
Athena Garage
Football Race Narrows Down to Four Schools
The eastern Oregon high school football race narrows to four teams after Baker beats Pendleton 8 to 0 and La Grande defeats McLoughlin 36 to 6. This weekend La Grande travels to Enterprise while Ontario, La Grande, Enterprise and Baker remain undefeated in the region.
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Oregon
Baker
Pendleton
Buckaroo
la Grande
McLoughlin High
Milton-Freewater
Enterprise
Ontario
Nomination as Judge Sought for Oregon Supreme Court
Loyal Graham of Forest Grove files with the secretary of state a preliminary petition for nonpartisan nomination to the Oregon Supreme Court at next year’s primary. He opposes incumbent George M. Brown in department No. 3, first filing under the 1931 act creating a nonpartisan judiciary.
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Loyal Graham
Forest Grove
Secretary of State
Office of Justice of
State Supreme Court
George M. Brown
Graham
Oregon
Bend Mill to Close at Shevlin-Hixon Lumber Yard
The Shevlin-Hixon Lumber mill in Bend will close starting yesterday. About 1400 employees will lose work and the payroll is roughly 1.6 million dollars. Only the shipping department stays open. the plant operated about 22 percent over the past year and is expected to reopen mid March.
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Bend
Shevlin-Hixon
Idaho to Exhibit Stock at Portland Exposition
The University of Idaho college of agriculture will show a carload each of sheep fat steers and hogs at the Pacific International Live stock exposition in Portland. The consignment is described as outclassing the university's entries at past Portland shows.
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Idaho
University of Idaho College of Agriculture
Portland
University
Armstrong Woman's Death Noted in Northwest Transport
Summons indicate Mrs. Hannah Armstrong lived 60 of 62 years in the northwest. She died at Wallawa Walla on a Tuesday following travel by train boat and wagon with the 92 Train.
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Hannah Armstrong
Northwest
Whole Wheat Becomes Regular Diet For Many Farmers
Local residents praise cooked whole wheat as a cheap nutritious cereal. Miss Margaret Osborn of the Nebraska college of agriculture outlines 20 cooking methods from cracked grain to muffins patties and meat loaf base. Wheat sells for 31 cents a bushel in drought zones and mills may crack or barter grain for service.
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Middle West
Margaret Osborn
Nebraska College of Agriculture
Miss Osborn
Engineer Andrew J. Wiley Buried in Idaho Valley Dams
Andrew J. Wiley 72, famed for assisting in building numerous western dams, was buried Wednesday on a bench overlooking an Idaho valley enriched by one of his projects. He died last Thursday in Monrovia California while inspecting a potential water storage site.
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Andrew J. Wiley
West
Idaho
Monrovia
Cal
Oregon counties urged to budget for care of the insane
Attorney General Van Winkle handed down an informal opinion directing county officials to include items in their 1932 budgets for the care of the insane in state institutions as required by the 1931 law. He said no formal formula would be issued by his office.
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Oregon
Vanwinkle
Ofce
Hitch Hiker Dies After Hermiston Car Crash
A hitch hiker, identity unknown, died Tuesday morning from injuries after a car driven by a motorist who befriended him left the road and overturned near Hermiston Monday night, per a county sheriff report.
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Hermiston
Barber Near Death After Mountain Home Wreck
Tom Matthews a former barber of Walla Walla is in a Boise Idaho hospital near death from an automobile accident near Mountain Home Idaho. Matthews left three weeks ago after buying a shop at Mountain Home.
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Tom Matthews
Walla Walla
Boise, Idaho
Mountain Home Idaho
Matthews
Mountain Home
W C T U County Convention in Athena Yesterday
The state Women’s Christian Temperance Union held its county convention in Athena with delegates from nearby towns. The program listed executive meetings, devotions, reports from officers and unions, memorial services, and a 4:00 pm session to elect officers and delegates to the state convention in Albany.
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Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Athena
C. H. Northrup
Baptist Church
C. H. Gemmell
Helix
W. H. Albee
Esther May
Chas. Betts
W. R. Wyrick
Clementine Ingram
Hermiston
Pendleton
Milton
Freewater
A. V. Constant
Rieth
Roy Penland
Higgenbottom
D. E. Nourse
Oregon
Florance Berkeley
R. B. McEwen
Helix Light Line Union
F. O. Swanson
C. A. Patton
Walter Jones
Loyal Temperance Legion
John Gallogly
Hermiston Union
Albany
Fall Wheat Seeding Slow in Umatilla County
Walter Holt county agent says autumn wheat planting is light in Umatilla County as farmers await rain before sowing.
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Umatilla County
Walter Holt
Sullivan seeks alibi in Homer Bidwell case
Willard Sullivan's defense plans an Idaho alibi to prove he was not at the Union ranch when Homer Bidwell, a prominent Union rancher, was shot dead on his farm. Sullivan faces murder charges as Mrs. Bidwell testifies about a year earlier arson attempt on the Bidwell home.
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Willard Sullivan
Idaho
Homer Bidwell
Union
la Grande
Bidwell
Sullivan
Prestbyes Visit Whitefish Family From Glacier Park
Captain and Mrs. Prestbye of Whitefish Montana visit their son E C Prestbye at his home. Captain Prestbye operates a pleasure boat on a Glacier National Park lake in summer. He plans to travel to Portland for an eye cataract operation after several days’ visit.
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Montana
Mrs Hattie Tucker Dies At 41 In Weston
Mrs Hattie Anne Tucker wife of Sidney Tucker of Weston died at her parents home Mr and Mrs W H Gould in Weston Monday morning aged 41 years 11 months and 11 days Funeral services were held at the Church of the Brethren in Weston Tuesday afternoon.
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Hattie Anne Tucker
Sidney Tucker
Weston
W. H. Gould
Church of the Brethren
Trout fingerling plantings reported in October bulletin
The fish and game commission bulletin dated October 5 notes fingerling trout releases: Rainbow in Camas Creek 6000, Meacham Creek 20000, South Fork Walla Walla River 40000, Uma Till a River 216800.
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Bingham Springs
Fish and Game Commission
Camas Creek
Meacham Creek
South Fork Walla Walla River
Umatilla River
Harvested Potato Crop On Marion Hansell Ranch
Nineteen harvesters gathered from a foothill ranch to harvest about a thousand sacks of potatoes. The work took two days and included placing tubers in pits for storage.
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Marion Hansell
Violin Once Belonged By Swaggart Could Be Stradivarius
The La Mar gulch resident J. M. Swaggart owns an old violin that musicians deem a genuine Stradivarius. Brought to Athena 48 years ago by a traveling orchestra leader, it was pawned for 7.50 and later passed to Nelson Swaggart, then his son J. M. Swaggart. Inside reads Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis Faciebat anno 1788.
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J. M. Swaggart
la Mar Gulch
Weston
Swaggart
Athena
Centerville
Dick Donica
Donica
Nelson Swagfart
Antonius
Cattle and Sheep in Fair to Good Condition in West
Oregon report notes cattle in fair to good shape with thin animals in dry areas. Western states show general fair to good condition though drought areas exist. Heavy shipments from dry regions, with some holding of stock. Oregon sheep below average, fall feed poor to fair, feeder lambs rising in the north, and widespread poor winter ranges across multiple states amid tight feed and finances.
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Oregon
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Southwest
Texas
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
Nevada
Idaho
Montana
South Dakota
Colorado
Wyoming
Federal Farm Board Extends Oregon Loans Totals
The board reports loans totaling 523 245 dollars in Oregon under the agricultural marketing act up to September 9 with 326 000 10 advanced and 20 219 repaid. Grain fruit wool poultry and dairy groups have aided via industry associations.
Pinkerton to Build Gold Fish Pond at Golf Course
Laurence Pinkerton plans a large pond on his golf course to house 150 gold fish breeders to be sourced from F Hampton’s ponds near Genesee Idaho. Pond lilies and aquatic plants will beautify the seasonal feature.
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Laurence Pinkerton
F. Hampton
Genessee
Idaho
Mexico imposes horse protection in bullfight arenas
A new regulation requires padding for horses used in Mexican bullfights to guard against goring. The horses, blindfolded, rely on the picador and pads for defense, marking a shift in arena safety practices.
farmer Dalberth Taylor receives cattle accreditation
Dalberth Taylor is awarded a certificate from the United States Department of Agriculture proving his herd of Jersey cattle is accredited and free of tuberculosis. The certification allows intrastate shipment without nine tuberculin tests.
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Dalberth Taylor
Jersey
United States Department of Agriculture
Intangibles tax 1929 ruled void in Oregon case
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Oregon’s challenge to the 1929 intangibles tax act. The Oregon Supreme Court had ruled the act unconstitutional, invalidating the tax and requiring refunds of about 894000 dollars collected from individuals. The Oregon Tax Commission plans prompt reimbursement.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Oregon Tax Commissioners
Oregon Supreme Court
Supreme Court
State Tax Commission
Circuit Court of Oregon
Marion County
Redfield & Wood
Marion County Circuit
Salem
United Supreme Court
Oregon
Game Commission Adopts Yearly Budget for Next Year
The state game commission on Tuesday approved a $395 000 budget based on about $390 000 expected revenue. After allocating $127 000 to the state police fund for law enforcement, funds were distributed to stream and survey $6 000 hatcheries $140 000 engineering $1 400 educational and publicity $10 000 game farms $45 000 office administration $16 000 miscellaneous $16 750 Mia Denny $600 game supervisor $5 200 bounties and rewards $6 750 and commissioners' expense $3 500 river patrol $5 000. Receipts for the year ending October 1 were $383 010, requiring a $17 000 borrowing from October receipts and leaving total year expenses at $400 910. The commission began the year with a $34 000 deficit, which was covered by October 1930 receipts. This year starts with a deficit of unknown amount.
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State Game Commission
Mia
Denny
Whitman and Athena Alumni Clash On Local Gridiron
Whitman Sigma Chi and Athena high school alumni battle on the local field in a colossal football contest this Thursday afternoon. Athena lineup includes Eldon Myrick Lee Foster Ralph McEwen Edwin McEwen Arthur Crowley Walt Huffman Wil ford Miller Orel Michener Jack Moore Wayne Pinkerton Bryce Baker Stafford Hansell Cecil Pambrun George Pambrun. Referee Wilbur Harden and head linesman Lisle Gray oversee the game.
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Whitman Sigma Chi
Athena High School
Athena
Eldon Myrick
Lee Foster
Ralph
Edwin McEwen
Arthur Crowley
Walt Huffman
Wilford Miller
Orel Michener
Jack Moore
Wayne Pinkerton
Bryce Baker
Stafford Hansell
Cecil Pambrun
George Pambrun
Wilbur Harden
Lisle Gray
Unusual Farm Operations Noted Near Athena
On his mail route north of Athena J. E. Jones observed Frank Sanders feeding his fall wheat crop. Later he visited the mountain farming district east of Athena and saw Grady Herndon's threshing outfit harvesting grain with parts of the field appearing a trifle green.
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J. E. Jones
Athena
Frank Sanders
Jones
Grady Herndon
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Game Farm
China
Coppock and
Ringel Guernseys
California Sun
Barbara Marquis
Beverly Hills
Calif
Dunaarquis
Kaye Don
Lake Garda
Aly
Don
Mate Tr Don
W.C.T.U
Tucker
Old Stradivarius
Intangibles Tax
Game Commission
Whitman
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