Logans yield strongly despite dry season
Warehouse receipts show Logan berries produced excellent yields this season. Carl Aspinwall of Gervais harvested 42.7 tons from eight acres, a 5.33 ton per acre yield. L. W. Martin of Gervais averaged 4.7 tons per acre from 9.5 acres. In Salem district growers sent berries to the Oregon Growers Cooperative with nearly four tons per acre, including E. Dougherty J. A. McClain and W. J. Nevens. Over 100 acres marketed through the association averaged 6723 pounds per acre or more than three and a third tons per acre.
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Logan
Carl Aspinwall
Gervais
L. W. Martin
Salem
Oregon Growers’ Cooperative Association
E. Dougherty
J. A. McClain
W. J. Nevens
Association
College Bred Swine Wins Grand Championship in California
Berkshire sow bred and raised at the C. A. E experiment station won the grand championship in California. Judges called this animal one of the best in the country and a western champion. Five progeny, three sons and two daughters, appear in the OA C exhibit at the Oregon State fair. Duroc Jerseys and Poland Chinas also entered by the college.
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California
C. A
Notice of School Election to Increase Tax Levy
Legal voters in Polk County School District No 29 will vote October 18 1921 at 7 30 PM in the Public School Building on raising 1922 taxes by more than six percent over the prior year. Reasons include higher teachers salaries bonds interest and maintenance repairs. Attest District Clerk C G Irvine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
State of
C. G. Irvine
Oregon
Original estimate and accounting sheet district budget 1921 22
I C G Irvine district clerk certifies the original expenditure estimate for School District No 29 for 1921 22. The document lists estimated expenditures for three preceding fiscal years and six months of the current year with details on unit costs for services materials and supplies and ensures these figures are compiled from official records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Irvine
Polk County Oregon School Meeting to Vote on New Tax
Notice of a district school meeting at the Public School Building on October 18 1921 at 7 30 pm to discuss the budget and vote on levying a special tax. The budget totals estimated expenditures 21 000 with receipts from county and state funds and a proposed tax. Attest C G Irvine.
Proving It Bravery Test Ends With Real Courage
Jack defies ghosts in a midnight woods dare but flees when masked figures loom. Peter reveals the prank and nurses’ steady courage shifts Jack from boastful bravado to value of unseen acts of bravery.
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Jack
Peter Bunka
Meter
Peter
Ike
Ife
Pete
Gardner Plea for Parole Amid Prison Escape Tale
A letter from outlaw Roy Gardner requesting parole is published with his dramatic escape from McNeil Island on September 6. He describes dodging guards in a rifle volley, hiding near the fence, and living rough at Fox Island before reaching a friend's home. He pledges to reform if paroled, addressed to President Harding.
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Roy Gardner
Outlaw
Audient Letty
Austin
George L. North
Grelslant
San Franciaco Fullatin
Gardner
McNeil's Island
Ths
San Francisco
Fox Island
Harding
Federal Officers Probe Ku Klux Klan Activity
Washington reports thousands of federal agents and local police are investigating the Ku Klux Klan to decide if the government should stamp out the group. Attorney General Daugherty says nearly every branch is under surveillance and all Klan moves are being examined. DOJ agents sort data while state and local authorities are urged to cooperate with federal prosecutors. Postmaster General Hays orders post office inspectors to probe possible mail misuse.
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Washington
Ku Klur Klan
Daugherty
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Hays
Post Office
Farm loans soon ready for grain buyers under new credit plan
Washington officials announce War Finance Corp advances of 25,000,000 for agricultural use to grain buyers who are members of the Equity Co operative Exchange operating in Minnesota and the Dakotas. The agreement provides 15,000 credit for use on the wheat crop with warehoused receipts securing the loans.
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Washington
DC. C
War Finance Corporation
Mrs Southard on Trial for Murder in Twin Falls
Mrs Southard faces murder charges in Twin Falls Idaho after bodies of four husbands and a brother-in-law are linked to her. Prosecutor Frank L Stephan says she collected $9500 in life insurance on three of the men, all named as beneficiaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Falls
Idiho
Polvon Guid
Lyda Meyer Southard
Edward Pp. Meyer
Bouthard
Frank L. Stephan
Twin Falls County
Assassination Attempt Fails on Pollah President in City Hall Square
President Joseph Pilmud aki of Pollah narrowly escaped death when three shots were fired as he entered an automobile in City Hall Square on his way to a theater after a banquet in his honor. He survived the attack with unspecified injuries.
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Lemberg
Joseph Pilmudaki
Pollah Republic
Assassina
Olympia to Bring Unknown Soldier Home for Armistice Day
The cruiser Olympia under Capt. H. L. Wyman will sail from Newport Rhode Island on October 3 to retrieve the unknown soldier’s body for burial at Arlington on Armistice Day.
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Washington
Olympia
H. L. Wyman
Will Sal
Newport
R. L
Arlington
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Logans
D. E. Fletcher
Board of
Julia A. Robinson
McClure
Aystionie
Mra. Southard
H Bender
Independence National Independence
F. N. Wood
Seth
Calbreath
Jones
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