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Town Saved From Midnight Blaze As Dancer Helps
Echo Oregon reports a near disaster when a fire in an old Koontz barn on Main Street threatened to engulf Echo. A passerby leaving a dance alerted responders, preventing major damage. Local resident Beulah Barker departs for a summer normal in Salem. Echo defeats Nolin in a baseball game, while residents and visitors, including Dr. Stapish and families from Newberg and Anderson, are noted in this slice of town life with scores, travel, and social tidbits.
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Blaze
Fire Rage
Miss Barker
Echo
Nolin
Ore
Koontz
Main Street
Ed Hammer
Tone
Mixa Beulah Barker
Salem
James Kile
C. J. Guiliford
Pendleton
Lavele
Weston
Louis Hoskins
Newberg
J. T. Hoskins
Hoskins
Colwell
Idaho
W. J. Stopish
Anderson
Ind
Portland
Stapish
Western Land and Irrigation Company
Claud Medley