War-Maimed Men Defy Federal Authority in Oregon
Elwood Best and Emory Davis, two mountaineers from Umpqua National Forest, were brought to Portland by a deputy U S marshal to face contempt charges for defying a court order. Best, a World War I veteran, and Davis have lived on land claimed as theirs, arguing the forest manual supports their right to dwell there. The men, who say they fear for their cabins if forced off, deny gun violence and await a hearing with American Legion backing me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon Journal
United States Army
Portland
Umpqua National Forest
United States
Elwood
H. Best
Emory Davis
Best
Belleau Wood
Cascade Mountains
Porto Rico
Fish Creek Desert
Diamond Lake
Forest Service
Cochran
Davis
American Legion
Joseph Carson
Pendleton Round Up Halts Pictures At Standard All Week
No Standard Pictures During RoundUp Week at the Standard. On September 21 Douglas Fairbanks appears in The Three Musketeers with Harold Lloyd and Bebe Daniels in a two reel comedy. Milton Sills stars in The Sea Tiger with Mary Astor on the following Saturday. Sunday shows feature Somewhere in Sonora with Ken Maynard.
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Pendleton
Douglas Fairbanks
Three Musketeers
Harold Lloyd
Bebe Daniels
Milton Sills
First National
Silla
Mary Astor
Oregon Predatory Animal Kill Report For August
Federal hunters in Oregon killed fourteen stock killing bears along with 42 bobcats 388 coyotes 205 badgers 208 porcupines and 17 skunks in August per Stanley G Jewett head of predatory animal control for the U S biological survey. Harlan Gubser in Klamath county led with 50 coyotes and one bobcat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Stanley G. Jewett
United States Biological Survey
Harlan Gubser
Klamath County
Eugene Folk Enjoy Jaunt to Islands
A party from Oregon led by Dr. John J. Landsbury of the University of Oregon's music school vacationed in Samoa Fiji and Apia from June 29 to August 20. The group included Mrs. Landsbury Beck Miss Ana Eldridge and other Oregon and California travelers. They were welcomed by Chief Ratu Pope at Bau and toured historic sites before returning to Vancouver, B C with a brief stop in Honolulu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Seas
Oregon
John J. Landsbury
School of Music
University of Oregon
Vancouver
Anna Landsbury Beck
Landsbury
Ana Eldridge
F. M. Day
Grace Turned
Eugene
Edward L. Barrett
Annie Hunt
Anna K. Barrett
Orpha Schmitt
Albany
Linnie Belshe
California
Rev
H. P. Ide
A. Fields
Redlands
N. Nichols
John Nulul
Oakland
J. L. Wheeler
San Francisco
Suva
Fiji
Bau
Dean Landsbury
Ratu Pope
Thakembau
Hapaai
Niefu
Apia
Siako Toomalubund
Indians Arm When Ponies Are Seized
A Bannock and Shoshone stand off occurred near the Fort Hall reservation as armed tribal members demanded release of Jim Baker after a round up of ponies. Deputies and Pocatello officers dispersed the crowd. a federal agent was en route amid tensions over government removal of wild horses destined for slaughter in Portland and elsewhere.
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Pocatello
Fort Hall
Here
Jim Baker
Baker
Portland
Disease kills thousands of wild ducks across Oregon and Utah
The avian disease believed to originate from alkali waters has killed thousands of ducks and shore birds in Central and Southern Oregon and spread to Utah lakes and ponds. Utah’s game commissioner joins western state officials in requesting federal aid to combat the outbreak.
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Oregon
Utah
Notable Visitors and Local Happenings In Athena
J M Morris visits from Rossland B C while Professor Van Winkle tours the area. The Athena Flouring Mill hustles a China order to load next Monday. Frost hits pumpkins and tomatoes as Miss Eva Walter and Lee Mitchell recover from illness. Noah Remelard returns home. John Medlock enters county hospital.
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J. M. Morris
Rossland
B. C
F. J. van Winkle
Eastern
Oregon State Normal School
Athena
Pacific
China
Japan
Charles Norris
Heppner
Eva Walter
Clark Walter
Lee Mitchell
Walla Walla
Lee
J. W. Smith
Fifth Street
John Medlock
Martin
Medlock
Arkansas
Walla Walla River
Tivis H. McBroom
Mountain Valley
Press
McBroom
Odd Fellows
Tacoma
Centralia
Edmonds
Woodman Circle
Woodman
Adams Weston
Pendleton
Dunn
City
Irving McQuary
Adams Bryan Club
C. W. Gates
C. C. Carr
Ben. J. Marquis
T. J. Lieuallen
Charles Bowling
L. E. Carr
E. P. Cooper
Donald McKay
Wallowa
Major Harper
McKay
John McBean
R. Burns
Inland Empire Weather Records for September 1803
District meteorology reports show record rainfall of 2.60 inches for September. Data indicate the Inland Empire reached its all time wet month record with this measurement, reflecting unusually high precipitation across districts.
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Buddy
Adair’s
Islands
University
Jone Musa Kanetavu
Honolulu
Steve
Blazers
Steve’s Grocery
The
Athena Hotel
Laura Froome
B. B Richards
J. L. Harman
Pendleton Machine Works
Main
Bell & Venable
Foley
Continental Oil Company
Bryce Baker
Kilgore Cafe
Gerald Kilgore
Frigidaire
A. W. Logsdon
the Lumber
Turn-A-Lum Lumber Co
Main Street
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