Peaseed Growers Weigh Austrian Winter Seed Futures
Oregon State College reports Austrian Winter field peas face uncertain demand as seed buyers reduce orders amid low cotton prices. Experts expect strong markets only if Oregon producers deliver high quality seed to southeastern states, with fodder uses and quick fumigation against pea weevil advised.
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Oregon State College
Oregon
H. A. Schoth
A. 0. Larson
G. R. Hyslop
Hyslop
Oregon State College Extends Radio Series on Textiles
The Oregon State College Extension service offers a new radio series for homemakers titled Your Money's Worth in Household Textiles. Broadcast Thursdays 3 to 3:30 PM on KOAC, it gives tips on buying towels sheets blankets curtains and more to maximize value. Readied mimeographed circulars will be mailed to participants.
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Oregon Homemakers
Oregon State College Extension Service
KOAC
Gladys Goode
Radio Division
Margaret Brew
Weston School District Must Pay Teacher Under Mandamus
Circuit court issues writ directing directors of school district No. 49 on Weston mountain to levy within 10 days enough to pay teacher Jack Stuber or show cause why not. Stuber's contract calls for $150 monthly and current levy covers only $100.
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Weston Leader
Circuit Court
Weston Mountain
Jack Stuber
Stuber
Indian rights case echoes at Celilo Falls as trial verdict arrives
The case centers on whether Indians can fish on the disputed Walt er T Downes property at Celilo Falls The Dalles where Harry Issel a Downes guard was found guilty of assault with a dangerous weapon Levi Vanpelt a 19 year old Indian was shot last month while fishing on the fenced property
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Walter T. Downes
Celilo Falls
Dalles
Harry Issel
Downes
Issel
Levi Vanpelt
Canadians Form Ag Corporation For Wheat Trading
A Washington dispatch reports Canadians create a huge inter provincial trading corporation to guide Canada’s 1931 wheat crop to market led by John S. McFarland. The plan coordinates Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta pools while Prime Minister Bennett promises Dominion support.
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Washington Associated Press
Canada
John S. McFarland
Canadian Wheat Pool
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Bennett
Dominion
Eye Doctor Dr Clarke to Visit Athena in October
Dr Clarke of Clarke Optical Portland will be in Athena all day and evening on his regular monthly trip Saturday October 17 at the Athena Hotel. See him about your eyes.
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Clarke
Clarke Optical ‘Co
Portland
Oregon
Athena
Athena Hotel
Pen Dleton Visit By Montague and Wilson
Marjorie Montague and Bernice Wilson spent Friday and Saturday visiting friends and relatives in Pen dleton.
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Marjorie Montague
Bernice Wilson
Pendleton
Grape Juice Firm Faces Federal Trial in California
Eight executives of California Vineyards appear in federal court on charges of conspiring to violate the Volstead act. Prosecutors say unfermented grape juice can transform into wine above original temperatures, with about 12 percent alcohol by volume. A. G. Fredericks says agents sought methods to extract such information from sales staff. The defendants claim no such information is provided to buyers with company consent.
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California
California Vineyards Company
A. G. Fredericks
Death by own action echoes note of failed West Mason
A Portland lodger named E. L. Merrill killed himself by turning on gas Sunday afternoon in a rooming house. He left two notes to police claiming unemployment and hunger drove him to suicide. He said he once was a “big shot in the Middle West” and cited a Mason lodge whose name police could not read. He blamed prohibition and misfortune for his ruin and cited the wrongs of the world.
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United States
E. L. Merrill
Portland
Middle West
Oregon
Corvallis Tree Nursery Stocks Trees for Oregon Farmers
The Corvallis forest nursery offers eleven tree species for immediate distribution to Oregon farmers to establish shelter belts wind breaks and woodlots. Fall planting is advised west of the Cascades for better root establishment, while spring planting suits eastern Oregon. Available species include black locust green ash box elder Russian olive western yellow pine Scotch pine Russian mulberry western red cedar Douglas fir Port Orford cedar European larch and Norway spruce.
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Corvallis
Oregon
Cascade Mountains
Second Flour Shipment Ordered for Flood Relief
The Grain Stabilization Corporation placed a second order for flour in Portland with about 40 Pacific Northwest millers. The 200000 barrel order followed the initial 100000 barrels and supports the 300000 barrel convoy for flood relief in China. Authority came from the Farmers National Grain Corporation.
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China
Portland
Pacific Northwest
Grain Stabilization Corporation
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Prepare for Winter Rush at State Penitentiary
Deputy Warden Gene Halley predicts the winter rush season will start soon as 870 prisoners are now housed and courts reopen after the holidays. He expects the total to exceed 900 inmates.
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State Penitentiary
Gene Halley
Ohio State Develops Vest Pocket Diet Cracker
A vest pocket size cracker claimed to supply staple elements of the human diet was developed at Ohio State University by Miss Lacaughn Dennison of Wellsburg West Virginia a co ed.
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Ohio State University
Publisher's Statement for Athena Press 1931
Public owner F B Boyd of Athena Oregon signs the October 1 1931 statement of ownership for the Athena Press weekly. No bondholders or mortgagees listed. Commissioners note Eeeee 1931 with B B Richards commission expiring March 6 1933.
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Congress
Athena Press
Athena
Oregon
F. B. Boyd
B. B. Richards
Clark couple defies hard times in 65 year marriage
Mr and Mrs Russell Clark of Chicago plan their 65th wedding anniversary next Thursday. They recalled marrying after the Civil War and marching along the Santa Fe trail to McPherson Kansas where they faced a dirt dwelling and prairie hardships.
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Russell Clark
Chicago
Clark
McPherson
Kans
Kansas
The Dalles Approves 600000 Bridge Bond Vote
The city of The Dalles approved a $600 000 bond issue in a special election Tuesday by a vote of 1282 to 414. The bridge will span the Columbia River linking the Lotus Pass highway with the The Dalles California highway and work is expected to start within weeks.
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Dalles
High School Notes Lets Keep the Study Hall Clean
A student editorial urges keeping the study hall tidy. It highlights trash, scattered magazines, and clutter on desks and floors as hindrances to study and urges everyone to return magazines to racks and maintain order.
Girls' Federation Plans March Conference at Wa-Hi
Mary Jane Tompkins Helen Barrett and Miss Cameron Plang are invited as organizers for a Wa-Hi Girls' Federation conference scheduled in March.
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Tompkins
Mary Jane Miller
Helen Barrett
Miss Cameron
Plang
Girls’ Federation of
Wa-Hi
Student Body Elects New Yell Leader After Resignation
A Wednesday meeting discussed business matters and resignation of yell leader Buddy Weber. Maxine Moore was elected to the post while flowers were sent to absent student Aaron Douglas with a broken leg. A brief assembly followed with patriotic songs and remarks by Mr. Bloom. Columbus Day program featured talks on Columbus by Lawrence, Alkire, and Hansell. Doris Jenkins read a Columbus poem and the group sang The Star Spangled Banner.
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Marjorie Douglas
Buddy Weber
Yell
Maxine Moore
Aaron Douglas
Bloom
Columbus Assembly
Columbus
Francis Lawrence
Helen Alkire
Billy Hansell
Doris Jenkins
Athena Girls Attend Conference at Mac Hi October 10
Eight Athena girls attended the Girls League conference at Mac Hi on Saturday October 10. The day featured registration, assembly, sectional meetings, and musical numbers led by Mrs. E T Allen and Mrs. Robert Osgood. Delegates from Athena included Goldie Miller Betty Eager Marjorie Douglas Mildred Hansell and Mary.
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Athena
Athena Girls
Mac Hi
E. T. Allen
Ohio
Retha McCabe
Juanita Hendericks
Willa Nourse
Martha Murray
Dorothy Harstad
Robert Osgood
Marie Clark
Elsie Kepler
Baker
Prescott
Dayton
Dixie
Weston
la Grande
Enterprise
Pendleton
Wallowa
Wa-Hi
Macelli
Goldie Miller
Betty Eager
Marjorie Douglas
Mildred Hansell
Mary
Athena Students Return After Vacation and Pendleton Institute
Athena high school students enjoyed a vacation last Thursday and Friday while teachers attended a teachers institute at Pendleton. Aaron Douglas, injured in the Pendleton game, returned to school on crutches and hopes to be walking unaided in about two weeks.
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Athena High School
Teachers Institute
Pendleton
Aaron Douglas
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