Circuit of old towns ride from Buena Vista to Monmouth
A reader describes a spring drive south of Monmouth via Buena Vista Airlie and Lewisville. The trip passes hop yards, Willamette River views, and pioneer roads with farms, berry vines, and wildlife. Roadwork around Airlie improves grades and hollows, ending with praise for rural life and an invitation to try the circuit.
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The
Oregonian
Monmouth
Wigrich Company
Willamette
Bey
Bulehia
Suver
Airlie
Shady Lane
Lewis Ville
Elkins
Fred Huber
Fred
Army training transfer rules for Oregon colleges outlined
War Department notes that current army trainees are ineligible for special technical and mechanical training at Oregon Agricultural College and other sites. A telegram from Washington directs local boards in Oregon Washington and Wyoming to call quotas for detachments. volunteers will have five to six days before drafting. Locally inducted enlistments are not provided. Delegates from Polk County Pomona Grange attend the State Grange session in Salem with debates on Non-Partisan League disposition and C S Spence’s re-election.
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Oregon Agricultural College
U.S
Frank H. Shepherd
War Department
Washington, D. C
Oregon
Washington
Wyoming
Cal Boards
War Department Committee On Education
W. J.stockholm
Polk County
Pomona Grange
State Grange
Salem
Stockholm
Spence
World War era satire and war reporting in Monmouth
A compendium of wartime commentary and local notes references Monmouth and Oregon California land grants, prune borers, and measures against wartime shortages. It notes U boats, Kaiser era questions, crop pests, and visits by J L Phillips of Portland.
Notice of final account hearing in Oregon estate
W J Miller executor of Malinda E Tally deceased has filed final recount in Polk County Oregon The court schedules a hearing for objections and settlement on Saturday July 6 1918 at 10 o clock in the forenoon in the county court room Dallas Oregon B F Swope attorney first published June 7 1918
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Malinda E. Tally
State of
Oregon
Polk County
Dallas
B. F. Swope
Notice to Creditors for the Phebe Jane Leonard Estate
The undersigned executor of Phebe Jane Leonard’s estate, appointed by the Polk County Oregon Court, demands all claims be presented with vouchers to the executor at Monmouth residence within six months. Dated May 24 1918. Charles William Leonard, Executor. Swope Swope Attorneys.
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Phebe Jane Leonard
State of
Oregon
Polk County
Monmouth
Harles William Leonard
Phebe
Jane Swope Swope
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Hal Lee Hep Ternbeer dl
Richard H. Swenson
Monmouth, Oregon
Zohe
Thought
Indus
Friends
Aphis
Hindenburg
Russia
Oregon-California
W. J. Stockholm
J. L. Phillips
Portland
Mrs. W. Riddell, Jr
W. J. Miller
Morlan & Son
Amodth
Oregon Fir and Hemlock
Willamette Valley Lumber Co
Frank Seben
Geo. Sullivan
Geo. W. Chesebro
Herald
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