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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1927
Page
2
Oregon Faces Budget Crunch If Automobile License Fees Drop
Oregon officials warn a $3 license fee would erase highway revenue after gas tax income and federal matching funds. Maintenance, debt service, and administration costs total about $5.2 million yearly, far exceeding the proposed revenue and risking halted road work and higher general taxes to cover bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Tortland Journal
Patterson
State Commission
The
Highway Commission
New Frontiers for Pioneers in a Modern World
The San Francisco Chronicle argues that while big business expands and frontiers shrink, opportunity remains abundant for those who meet evolving needs. It asserts that each era creates new chances, with future fortunes driven by genius and industry, as Alberta reports the largest buffalo herd and the final shipment of 218 buffalo from Wainwright Park leaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
San Francisco Chronicle
Alberta
Wainwright Park
Buffalo shipments shift to northern home this season
Owing to a rapid buffalo population rise at Wainwright, 5585 head have been shipped north over three years. Only six animals failed the rail and water trip. The Leviathan carried 1750 American tourists home last Thursday with 1200 more booked at Southampton. France hosts 30,000 Legionaires for a few weeks, keeping cafe owners busy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wainwright
Southampton
France
Legionaires
Western metals production rises with new revival seen
A statistician reports Leadville Colorado led metal output from 1859 to 1926 with 435 248 814 dollars in value and a revival may match or exceed these figures Butte Montana has produced even more while other western states add proportionate mineral wealth to the nation’s resources
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leadville
Colorado
Butte
Montana
First Canadian Horses Carried by Russian Train from Calgary
Twenty six cars carried the first shipment of four thousand Canadian horses bought by Russia from Alberta. The livestock train left Calgary as Bolshevik leaders weigh safety over fuel, favoring fodder for travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Alberta
Calgary
Famous Orphan Brigade of the Confederate Army
The Orphan brigade, formed from Kentucky units and camp Koone near Clarksville Tennessee, earned its nickname from many commanders being lost and Ky leaders being away. The state tried neutrality at the war’s start, many Kentuckians later served the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Camp Koone
Kentucky Ne
Clarksville
Tenn
Orphan Brigade
Pathfinder Magazine
Motorist Cars Carry Insects Across Quarantined Areas
Federal scientists warn that automobiles can transport pests such as European corn borers from quarantined zones. The risk includes other insects hitching rides in passing cars to new areas, spreading infestations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D
Canada
Homemade Candy Recipes Highlight Vintage Kitchen Tricks
A vintage column lists candy making methods and ingredients including molasses candy, maple sugar candy, chocolate caramels, and peanut nougat. Instructions cover heating, beating, cooling, and forming into shapes, with tips on texture tests and flavor additions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squires
Bible School Growth Observed at Local Church
The church invites attendance at 10 a.m. for Bible School as enrollment surpassed 100 two years ago and is expected to rise again this year. Subject of Sunday morning service is Victory Through Prayer led by Pastor Dwight L. Hackett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible School
Dwight L. Hackett
Sunday schedule and Labor Day discourse at church
The article lists Sunday school at 9:45 A M and morning worship at 11:00 A M plus a Labor Day Discourse and a 6:30 P M Young Peoples Service with a 7:30 P M Song and Praise service. Evening topic Logos the Word and weekly prayer and mid week services are shown. With September 1 the winter schedule moves all evening services one half hour earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Peoples
Umatilla County to Redeem Bonds From 1915 Issue
School District No 29 Umatilla county Oregon will redeem bonds numbered 1 through 5 of 500 each issued October 1 1915 due October 1 1985 with 6 percent interest. Payment available at County Treasurer office Pendleton on or after October 1 1927 interest ceases October 1 1927. September 1 1927. Bettye F DeHart Treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Umatilla County
Oregon
Final Hearing Set in Estate of James Potts
In the County Court of Oregon for Umatilla County the administratrix M Potts filed a final report in the estate of James Potts deceased. A hearing is scheduled for Saturday October 1 1927 at 10 am in the county court room Pendleton to show cause why the report should not be approved and the executrix discharged. Dated September 1 1927 at Athena Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Oregon
Umatilla
James Potts
Pendleton
Umatilla County
Athena
M. Potts
All Candidates Must Be Dry
The National Women's Christian Temperance Union pledges support only for candidates who are the undoubted friends of prohibition in its platform adopted at the annual convention in Minneapolis Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Friends of Prohibition
National Women's Christian Temperance Union
Horses for sale in Barrett pasture near Athena Oregon
Classified ad offers George Shevar horses for sale in the Barrett pasture a mile north of Athena. Contact George Shevar Union Oregon by phone 65 Union Oregon to buy the stock cheaply to clean up the bunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Shevar
Barrett
Athena
Union
Oregon
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