Oregon Country in Brief Highlights from the State
Prune picking starts in Marion County in about two weeks. Gold Hill plant operates self-sustaining. Baker and Union counties plan a joint teachers' institute October 11–12. Typhoid in La Grande from well water. Clatsop fair Sept 19–22 in Astoria. Salem to spend about $80 000 on streets by mid next week. New milling plant near Granite ready by November 1. Rogue River salmon season ended and gill netter season below average. Oregon Purebred Livestock meeting in Salem September 27. Island City Cove highway contract set by Union County court. Portland post office August receipts $178 074, up 18.73% from last year. Oregon City voters grant paid fire department. Reunion for descendants of pioneer William Goin at Jefferson Park. Postmasters convention in Portland. Diamond Lake sites laid out by forest service. Oakland wreck damages. Bay Horse mine upgrades. Pendleton area rail and forest service news. Various local hires, deaths, and public notices across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
Union Counties
la Grande
Clatsop County
Astoria
Salem
Labellevue
Granite
Grant County
Rogue River
Gill Netters
Oregon Purebred Livestock Association
Union County
Island City Cove
Portland Post Office
Oregon City
William Goin
Oregon
Jefferson Park
Albany
National League of Postmasters
Portland
Diamond Lake
Fred W. Cleator
The
Forest Service
Southern Pacific
Oakland
Bay Horse
Snake River
Baker County
Rogue River Valley
Umatilla Reservation
Beaver Meadows
North Powder
P'roposala
Burnside Bridge
Ross Island
Hawthorne Avenue
Clara McTaggart
Eugene
National Committee of Censors
New York City
Mary J. Stockwell
Marquam
Florence A. 8. Watson
Sarah L. Wood
Coquille
Anna Guild
Delilah M. Chase
Lisle M. Wagner
Estacads
Martie V. Heller
Glendale
Lydia M. Clay
Medford
J. H. Booth
Douglas County Bank of
Roseburg
Umpqua
Vandyne Creek
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Corvallis
Natron
Southern Pacific Company
William Sproule
State Industrial Accident Commission
Alfred Moullet
H. Oberle
Herbert O. Byrnes
Marion Waddel
Secretary of State
Department of Agriculture
Washington
O. L. McIntyre
Fulton
W. E. Taylor
Boulder
Mont
State Board of Control
Tillinghast
Oregon State School For the Deaf
Bear Valley
Canyon City
Forent Service
Bend
Atmospheria Phenomenon Seen in England Last July
An unusual atmospheric display near sunset showed five bands of light amber pink alternating with pale blue extending skyward for about an hour. Later that evening a violent thunderstorm occurred where the spectacle was seen, consistent with other records linking such displays to storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Invisible air war threats raise alarm in British report
The executive committee of the British parliamentary air committee warns the next war could feature invisible airplanes over cities dropping bombs and disease germs. It cites discoveries claiming invisibility at 20 000 feet and silent motors due to mufflers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Executive Committee
British Parliamentary Air Committee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clancy
Percy L. Crosby
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Marion County
Gold Hill
Henry A. Vaughan
A. L Vaughan
Walterville
Lane County
Houston
Tex
St. Helens
McCormick Lumber Company
Clark R. Jackson
Chehalis
Wash
Linda Bolling Sturgis
Woodrow Wilson
Missouri
George Howard
George R. Sweeney
Yale
Howard
D. C. Ingram
United States Forest Service
Clayton Kirk
Klamath Indians
Justice of the Peace
Snook
Chiloquin
Klamath
Federal Agricultural Department
Carl Epling
Dwight Ferguson
Theodore Dykesta
Northwest
West Coast Lumbermen's Association
Klamath Falls
Merrill
Standard Oil Company
California
Alrready Forschod
Waldo Hill
Eans
Febs
Stout
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