Butter Quality and Plant Mergers Highlight Northwest News
An Oregon dairy contest chief urges better butter and explains pasteurization and acidity testing. Also reported are the merger of Logan Berry plant groups into the Pheasant Northwest Products Company and large fruit juice business expansion with a $1,000,000 authorized capital and $9,006,400 total assets, plus a large seven year security issue by GE Miller & Company.
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V. D. Chappell
Oreereurmerioy
Chappell
Phox Company
Salem
Pheasant Fruit Juice Company
GE. Miller & Company
Northwestern
Hay
Priee Company
Tithe & Trust Co
Portland
United States Mortgage & Trust Company
New York
Northwest
Sior
STOP POTATO WART DISEASE OR LOSE MILLIONS ANNUALLY
A USDA warning outlines potato wart disease a new threat to the American industry valued at nearly half a billion dollars yearly. It describes symptoms from whitish warts to black decay and urges prompt reporting, caution in seed use, and strict prevention methods to curb spread.
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United States
Europe
United States Department of Agriculture
Organizing Meeting for Ex-Service Men Forming In City
A temporary meeting was planned to form a new organization uniting ex-service men of army and navy from across the country and overseas. The second county post aims to become the largest in the county with a meeting set for August 26 at the opera house, with a state representative expected and regional attendance hoped. Members listed include Le Williams Monmouth LH and others, plus Sgt Hastings arriving from France staying with relatives in Portland.
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Purof
United States
Secon
Inf
le Williams
Monmouth
Henkle
Fred Scholl
Rush A
D. Lehman C
Boon Jim Garber
Dean Garard
Elmer Addison Vee
Weser
A. L. Kullander
Miller JH. Laugharry
RM. Walker
C. Smith
F. G. Hewitt
New Highway Boss Named to Lead Federal Roads
Thomas H. MacDonald newly named Director of Public Roads and Rural Engineering will manage a $175,000,000 federal highways fund. The Iowa State College alum and former head of the Iowa Highway Commission takes the national post to oversee nationwide road projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SDT
Thomas H. MacDonald
Iowa State College
Iowa Highway Commission
Grow Hops Says Col Hofer
Salem editor urges Pacific coast hop growers to improve quality for export as nearly the entire crop goes abroad. With hops at about 50 cents per pound and rising, superior 350000 bale output could bring $35 million to Oregon and the coast, while past prohibitions and missteps hurt the industry.
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Salem, Or
Germany
South America
Oregon
Pacific Coast
Bucolic Buena Vista Briefs Show Church, Fire, Travel
Community notes from Buena Vista include Sunday services at the Metho dist church and a 10 a m Sunday School. Mrs. Reynolds returns from Newport. Frank Fisher family leaves for Portland. A spark from G A Wells fire outfit ignites straw stack threatening a 400 sack wheat pile. fire contained near the slough. Elsie Shrunk visits Portland. Prather family travels to Cascadia for Asthena relief. Art Black expected home soon after navy service. Berry picking boosts the area. M E Aid cords wood. watermelon treats at a profitable gathering. Local visits and outings surround real estate deals, bakery upgrades, and football at Sheridan.
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W. S. Reynolds
Newport
Frank Fisher
Atha
Portland
G. A. Wells
Wells
Elsie Shrunk
Iowa
M. N. Prather
Mable
Clare Prather
Cascadia
Asthena
Art Black
Art
Navy
Frederic
M. E. Aid
R. E. Prather
J. A. Reynolds
Salem
Burns
Dallas
Prohibition Debate Targets Hop Yard Backing
The Rev Clarence True Wilson urges a collection for a displaced hop yard worker amid warnings of revolutionary change if national prohibition is forced. A Pacific coast hop industry revival is proposed with spoofed “John Barleycorn Money” notes to expose tainted funds. Colonel E Hofer comments.
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Clarence True Wilson
Samuel Gompers
Pacific Coast
E. Hofer
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LOGAN
Sergeant Hastings
France
Hedges
Moray
Republic
Hiram Johnson
California
William
McAdoo
Col. Hofer
Buena Vista News
Independence Bakery
Medaga Firearms
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