Northern crop yields dip. south may outpace last year
The department of agriculture reports the northern principal crops corn wheat oats potatoes and fruits will yield about 5 percent less than 1928 and below the ten year average. Southern crops like cotton tobacco and sweet potatoes are expected to yield more than last year. Favorable weather and the combine boost grain sales while fruit and vegetable supplies thin, keeping prices higher especially for apples. Beef cattle prospects look favorable with similar market movement to last year, dairy remains steady.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
North
Tollgate Road Grading Targeted for November Finish
Albert Baker reports 60 workers will grade the 5.6 mile Tollgate road stretch by week’s end with crews from Medford and Moscow, Idaho tied to a three camp plan to finish from both ends and the middle. The Lookout Mountain road, nine of ten miles built, aims to finish by November 1.
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Rhodes and
Dillion
Medford
McDougal- Tollgate
Albert Baker
Tiertling and Sons
Moscow
Idaho
Oregon
Baker
Lookout Mountain
Walla Walla Union
Lievallen Family Reunion Held at Adams Home
A reunion gathered members of the Lievallen family at the Adams home of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Lievallen. Attendees included Dr. F. A. Liewallen and family of Bend, Ethel Bayne and children of Walla Walla, J. R. Lewis of Walla Walla, Geo Woodward and children of Walla Walla, J. T. Lievallen Jr., Paul Lievallen, Revella Lievallen, Francis Lievallen and family, and L. L. Lievallen and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Lievallen
Adams
Lievallen
F. A. Liewallen
Bend
Ethel Bayne
Walla Walla
J. R. Lewis
Geo, Woodward
J. T. Lievallen
Paul Lievallen
Revella Lievallen
Francis Lievallen
Adama
Grain Standards Study Committee Appointed
A special committee to study suggestions and criticisms of the official grain standards and administration has been appointed by the Bureau of Agricultural Economies. It includes Prof. George R. Hyslop of Oregon Agricultural College and Edward C. Parker in charge of hay standardization. The study will likely take about three months.
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Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
George R. Hyslop
Department of Farm Crops
Oregon Agricultural College
Edward C. Parker
Bureau
Entertained Sisters and Guests Visit Daily Visit
Entertained sisters Mr and Mrs Chase Garfield hosted guests over the weekend including Mrs J H Templeton of Seattle Mrs Lillian Lyne of Los Angeles and Miss Lela Garfield of Wall Walla sisters of je Garfield with Flint sabet Eld took his sisters Grande Sunday visiting friends for the day Mrs ampleton plans to visit Mrs Retta Potts on the route home
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Chase Garfield
J. H. Templeton
Seattle
Lillian Lyne
Los Angeles
Lela Garfield
Wall Walla
Je Garfield
Flintsabet
Grande
Ampleton
Retta Potts
Mrs Stephens Leaves Baptist Church for Pendleton Home
Members of the Baptist church announce Mrs Stephens will move this week to Pendleton to make her home. For years she has been a prominent worker in the church and will be greatly missed by many friends who regret her departure.
Gulls Cleared in Elk Lake Fish Death Probe
Scientists examined gulls and fish at Elk Lake near Bend finding no worms or eggs in five gulls. They suggest humans and other organisms may spread the parasite, while the life cycle remains partly unknown and further study is planned.
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Elk Lake
Bend
State Board of Health
Oregon Lake
William Levin
State Hygienic Laboratory
Frederick D. Stricker
A. L. Worthin
University of Michigan
Michigan
Oregon
Levin
Stricker
Worthin
Miss Margaret Moore Visits Spokane Friends
Miss Margaret Moore of Spokane returned home Monday after a two week visit at the home of Miss Goldie Miller. Friday night Miss Miller entertained in her honor with games and refreshments. Guests included Misses Betty Jane Eager Myrtle Campbell Oral Michener and Ralph and Edwin McEwen.
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Margaret Moore
Spokane
Goldie Miller
Bean Shipments from Athena Station by Ejickhoff Co
The tenth carload of beans was shipped from the Athena cleaning station by Ejickhoff Products company on Wednesday. The shipment was routed over the Northern Pacific to Indianapolis, Indiana. The bean harvest is nearing its close with operations now confined to fields southeast of Athena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athena
Ejickhoff Products Company
Indianpolis
Indiana
Train Jumping Injury Report Near Duncan
Alan Marshal of Mc Cook Nebraska was observed for over a day for strange actions and then jumped from passenger train No 17 near Duncan. He sustained serious neck injuries and was taken to St Anthony's hospital at Pendleton.
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Duncan
Alan Marshal
McCook
Nebraska
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Pendleton
Malen Burnett School of Music Opens Registration for 1929 30
Registration day for the eighth season of the Malen Burnett School of Music was held Wednesday with about 75 percent of enrollment scheduled. Teaching began Thursday with classes for children on Thursday Friday and Saturday. Edna Hanna directs the program with branches in Dayton Wattsburg Milton and Athens and instructors Opal McNichols Lois Johnson Thelma McNichola and Jean Bratton. Early registrants gain preferred lesson times.
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Opal McNichols
Lois Johnson
Athena
Edna Hanna
Dayton
Thelma McNichola
Jean Bratton
Wattsburg
Malon Burnett School of Music
Milton
Athens
Hanna
Fishermen Return After Polluted River Run
Fishermen Herbert Parker Fred Radtke and Fred Radtke Jr return from an extended fishing trip after being turned back from Yank River country by forest fires. They shifted to Clear water and then Little Salmon, where they found good luck in the mountains. Billy Pinkerton and F B Boyd came back yesterday from Bend country after several days of fishing with Harry Keller and Charles Taylor of Bend.
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Herbert Parker
Fred Radtke
Fred Radtke, Jr
Yank River
Billy Pinkerton
F. B. Boyd
Bend Country
Harry Keller
Charles Taylor
Bend
Oregon Summer School Grants Degrees to 97
The University of Oregon awarded 21 masters and 76 bachelors as the summer session closed, marking the most successful summer school in 25 years of operation.
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University of Oregon
Charles A Sias Returns After Twenty Six Years Absent
Charles A. Sias, after closing a short pastorate at Myrtle Creek Oregon, is installed as permanent minister in the local Church of Christ. He and Mrs. Sias drove in to the ceremony.
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Charles A. Sias
Myrtle Creek
Oregon
Church of Christ
Sias
Local church welcomes Rev. Sins and Rev. Sias to parsonage
From western Oregon, Rev. Sins returns after twenty six years with rich pastoral and college experience in the Northwest. Rev. Sias, a college man, joins with Mrs. Sins as a trusted team. The congregation agrees to a long tenure and hopes for a fruitful ministry.
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Oregon
Sins
Northwest
Sias
Sheep Industry Sees Promising Outlook For Next Year
The midsummer sheep and wool outlook report from the Bureau of Agricultural Economics suggests a favorable year ahead for sheep due to high rival meat prices and a smaller 1929 lamb crop. Wool demand is expected to stay strong with possible foreign demand gains, though expansion in U S wool production is not encouraged now.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Athena Study Club Sets First Fall Meeting
Mrs. M. I. Miller, president, announces the Athena study club’s first fall meeting for next Friday afternoon September 13. The year’s study will be Travels through England and Wales. Secretary Mrs. R. A. Thompson has received the literature. members are asked to be present at Mrs. E. C. home.
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Athena Study Club
M. I. Miller
England
Wales
R. A. Thompson
Oregon State College Announces Curricula Change for Year
Oregon State College lays out new courses and staff for the year. A new school of health and physical education is led by Dr Clair Langton with Dr D C Reynolds as director. A nonsectarian chair of religion with Dr E Warrington heads religious education offerings. Two-year programs in agriculture and home economics are introduced alongside aeronautics with four-year B S degrees and pre flying courses.
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Oregon State College
Oregon
State College
the College
Clair ¥. Langton
D. C. Reynolds
Edith Sappington
BE. W. Warrington
Engineering and Commerce
Athena High Sees Staff Change As New Year Opens
Harold Frederick resigns from Athena High to pursue a commercial position in Chehalis Washington. The school opens with eighty eight pupils in grades and fifty one in high school. Superintendent H B Coad leads a strong faculty and Pike Miller forecasts a bright football season with twenty two players and seven lettermen.
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Athena Schools
H. B. Coad
Idaho
Harold Frederick
Chehalis
Washington
Athena
Helping Out the Larder Weston Leader Beans Salvaged After Crop Loss
The piece notes a bean crop loss turning into a boon as many people salvage white beans from the ground. Scores collect beans in bags with some as high as 100 pounds, sold at fifteen cents per pound. Housewives praise the beans as the best they have cooked this year.
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Weston
Officials hopeful deer season opens September 15 this year
Officials expect no postponement of the opening of the deer hunting season from September 15, unlike 1928 when Governor Patterson pushed the date back to stem forest fires. Weather conditions are not believed to require such delay and Oregon reports no significant forest fire losses so far this season.
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Patterson
Oregon
Car Misses the Wallowa Bridge Fatal Walla Walla Trip
William C Bryant of Clinton Court Walla Walla died instantly when a car driven by Ward Gardner failed to negotiate a sharp turn near a bridge over the Wallowa river One mile east of Wallowa Oregon at 2 o clock Sunday morning Clifford Douglass of 525 East Sumach Street and Bryant’s companion were thrown from the car and to the riverbank Gardner was injured but survived The coroner ruled the crash unavoidable and no blame assigned Two motorists rendered aid and Bryant died at the scene or shortly after reaching a hospital
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Walla Walla
William C. Bryant
Clinton
Wallowa River
Mr. Douglass
Mr. Bryant
Mr. Gardner
Gardner
Wallowa
Douglass
Wallowa County
Old Opera House in Athena to be Razed for Camp Expansion
Owner C T Booth has acquired the old opera house known as the barn opera house and will wreck the building to move lumber to his auto camp on South Third Street. The site has hosted theater, dances, and Legion activities for decades, sparking talk of a new community hall.
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Athena
C. T. Booth
South Third Street
A. D. Pinkerton
Sam Spencer
Barn Opera House
The
American Legion
Big Price for Prunes in Roseburg Area
The Douglas county prune pool received offers from Rosenberg Brothers for new prunes in the past week. Italians quoted 10% cents for 30 36s down to 8 cents for 70 70s. Petites 11% cents for 30 35s down to 5 cents for 100 120s. These are the highest prices in years and hoped for Oregon crop savings could greatly encourage growers.
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Douglas County
Rosenberg Brothers
Roseburg
Oregon
Western states back uniform 15 duck bag limit
Harold Clifford, state game warden, says eleven western states agree on a uniform 15 duck bag limit after a San Francisco convention. The last legislature limited kills to 15 per day or 20 per week, and officials urge uniform protections west of the mountains.
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Harold Clifford
San Francisco
Northwest Fires Driven by Storm Shake Forests
Forest officials described the northwest fire season as the worst since 1910 with a late season storm igniting new blazes across Idaho Montana and Washington. Major fires roared through Selway Pend Oreille Nez Perce Clearwater Kooskia Blackfoot Missoula and Butte forests as estimates of timber loss climbed into millions. In central Idaho Bald Mountain and Old Man Creek fires neared 50000 acres as crews fought with limited supply lines and wildlife fled or perished in the flames.
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Spokane
Northwest
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Selway
Pend O’reille
Nez Perce
Clearwater
Kooskia
Blackfoot
Missoula
Butte
Colville
Kaniksu Forest
Bald Mountain
Old Man Creek
Judges Chosen for Pendleton Round-Up 1929
Three former stars of the track and arena were named as judges for the Pendleton Round-Up to be held September 18 to 21 1929. Allen Drumheller of Walla Walla Tony Vey of Pendleton and Walter Seale of Condon will judge events. Drumheller has long served as a show judge while Vey and Seale bring rodeo and horseman credentials from Umatilla and Gilliam counties. The Round-Up also announced Queen Kathleen McClintock and three princesses Dena Lieuallen Adely McIntyre Aller McCormmach and Kathryn Furnish will participate as horsemanship leaders.
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Pendleton
Allen Drumheller
Walla Walle
Tony Vey
Walte Seale
Condon
Drumhelle
Joh Drumheller
Washington
Seale
Gilliam County
Vey
Umatill
Drumheller
Kathleen McClinock
Dena Lieuallen
Lieuallen
Adams
Adely McIntyre
A. C. McIntyre
Aller McCormmach
Elmer McCormmach
Kathryn Furnish
New Minister Arrives at Christian Church Parsonage
Mr and Mrs C A Sins arrived Thursday from Myrtle Creek driving to the parsonage of the Christian church. They will be welcomed at a community dinner this Sunday in the church dining room. Their daughter Miss Glee Sian accompanied them as far as Hermiste where she had a position in the schools.
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C. A. Sins
Myrtle Creek
Christian Chu
Chur
M Sins
Glee Sian
Hermiste
Tachoola
Visitors accompany Lortons at Koepke ranch reunion
Guests at Henry Koepke ranch south of Arena include Mr and Mrs Eugene Lorton and son Robert on a weeklong visit. They travel on to Tulsa after an extended European trip. Also staying are Mrs R Walker of Tulsa and the Glofke and Voler families with their relatives.
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Koepke
Eugene Lorton
Robert
Henry Koepke
Arena
Lorto
Tuls Oklahoma
R. Walker
Tulsa
Oklahoma
An Mra
Ralph Glofke
Virgil Voler
Koapke
Proctor to Attend Pendleton Round-Up Unveiling
Proctor the sculptor behind the Til Taylor statue travels to Pendleton for the Round-Up opening on September 18 to attend the unveiling ceremony. He arrives after a summer stay in Fort.
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Tollgate Road
Gen. Almazan
Gen
Moseley
J. Andreau Almazan
George van Horne Moseley
First Cavalry Division
United States Army
Kay Harrizon
Malen Burnett
Charles A. Silas
Athena High
Wallowa Bridge
William Bryant
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