Local Athena Press highlights and regional economic notes
The Athena Press reports on silver market shifts after Britain suspended the gold standard and notes reduced silver buying power for China. Oregon Extension cites hog price trends, fall pig projections, and European production. The issue also covers Walla Walla budget items, a lynching escape, book donations, seed harvests in Klamath, a Portland aviator death, British Columbia mill shifts, and Jimmy Walker winning a shipboard pool.
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England
Pacific
China
Oregon State College Agricultural Extension Service
Europe
Death of General Jim Hugh Hume and Spectator decline
The Portland Spectator founder and editor General Jim Hugh Hume has died. His loss threatens the paper as a stylist and satirist who shaped its voice. A separate item notes a $200,000 damages suit against Amice Semple McPherson's new husband. George Bernard Shaw is said to earn $1 per word, a value the paper notes as excessive by 99 percent.
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Portland
Swan Island
Hugh Hume
The
Portland Spectator
Hume
Spectator
Amice Semple McPherson
George Bernard Shaw
Oregon State Dominates Willamette 76 to 0 in Cager Clash
The Beavers deliver a record breaking win against Willamette University with a 76 to 0 score. Oregon State advances as their offense crushes the opponent in a decisive matchup.
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Oregon State
Willamette University
Manchuria Crisis: Japs and Chinese Face Off Across Borders
Reading from a chaotic front, fighters on opposite sides exchange fire and tensions rise as Manchuria becomes a battleground. International actors watch closely while civilians fear disruption and escalation on the ground.
Enterprise School District Faces Financial Crisis
The Enterprise school district faces a growing deficit as annual income falls short of budgets and tax levies. A severe remedy is proposed including eliminating the high school or simplifying it to a three year program with no more than three teachers. Other county districts may follow to cut expenses and streamline operations.
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Enterprise Record Chieftain
Wallowa
Enterprise
Pioneering Fairbanks-Morse Pumping Work Returns to Athena
A. Daly of Fairbanks-Morse is in Athena this week to install a new pumping system delayed by shipping. News notes include weddings, births, property trades, rental changes, and a town council curfew enforcement. The Athena community also greets visitors from Walla Walla and Pendleton and mourns the loss of Rev. S. L. Burrill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Daly
Fairbanks- Morse Company
John Bell
Walla Walla Fair
Tom Piper
Sand Hollow
Meldrum
Pendleton
Dolly Piper
Fred Morrison
Pendleton Fair
A. L. Swaggart
Kemp
Weston Bank
Joseph Forrest
Thorn Hollow
Athena
Lowell Rogers
Adams
Gertie Booker
J. W. Wright
Joseph A. Baddley
Lizzie Watts
Beck
Lizzie Jones
Timothy
Pacific
Alaska
G. C. Osburn
Eugene
Edna Taylor
S. L. Burrill
North Yakima
R. E. Stewart
Costly Advertising Lesson From Pearline Decline
The Lewis River News recounts how Pyle's Pearline thrived after heavy advertising in 1904, with $500 000 spent. After the owners died and new managers cut ads, sales faded, and eight years later the firm sold for $12 000. The article argues sustained advertising drives business, not mere production.
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Lewis River
Woodland
Pyle
Good Will and
Neighbor
High School Orchestra to Debut in Walla Walla
Local readers hear of a coming high school orchestra featuring German artist names and strings including violins guitars and mandolins. The note mentions a birth and death in San Francisco and lists several residents and visitors from Walla Walla and nearby.
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Lee Hiteman
San Francisco
Hugh Lieuallen
Clarence Brotherton
Clyde Brotherton
Floyd Pinkerton
Glenn Dudley
Belle McIntyre
Jessica McEwen
Chas. Norris
Walla Walla Fair
Harry Alexander
Editorial Me and President Hoover Conference on Lumber Prices
A. M. Johnson reports a planned editorial conference next week to discuss boosting lumber sales amid low prices. The piece mixes light anecdotes about home insulation, heating coal, and kitchen upgrades to urge readers to act before winter.
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Hoover
A. M. Johnson
Notice to Creditors in Potter Estate in Oregon
In the County Court of Oregon Umatilla County the estate of Charles H. Potter deceased appoints Ellen F. Potter administratrix. Creditors must present claims to Ellen F. Potter or Watts Prest nres in Athena Oregon within six months from first publication. Claims must be verified as required by law dated September 4 1931.
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State of
Oregon
Umatilla
Charles H. Potter
Athena
Regon
Watts & Prestleye
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Athena Press
F. B. Boyd
Walla Walla County
Detroit
Jawn D's
Klamath County
C. A. Henderson
British Columbia
Jimmy Walker
Atlantic
Bremen
Generalla Jimmy
Davy Jones’ Lqcker
Norway
Manchuria
M. L. Watts
David Ferris
W. A. Rulison
Kansas
Rulison
Seattle Fair
B. B. Richards
General Insurance
Lewis River News
Bruno Weber
Jens Jensen
Schneller's
East Main
Walla Walla
Family Services
MR. McIntyre
Ben Bateman
North Athena
W. Boyd Whyte Chiropractor
Stangier Building
W. H. McKinney
Sharp
Weston
Dale Rothwell
Woolworth’s
Peterson & Lewis
Inland Empire Bank
Watts & Prestlge
Attorneys-At-Law
Main Street
Foley
Athena Hotel
Mrs
Laura Froome
Pendleton, Oregon
Bell @ Gray
Tum-A-Lum Lumber CO
Red
S'all
Beauty
Penn Harris
Prop
Stock Land
L. L. Montague
Arlington
First National Bank
Gallaher
H. C. Arkell
J. E. Gallaher
Kilgore’s Cafe
Continental Oil Company
Germ
Bryce Baker
Grian
Sperry
Lee Wilson, M
Twin-City
T. E. Smith
Freewater
Preston-Shaffer Milling CO
Electrical Department
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