Editorial Calls for Keeping Columbia Slough Open
The Portland Telegram editorial argues against damming Columbia Slough, urging expansion of Portland harbor. It claims slough enhances deep water access for a larger port with wharves warehouses and rail lines and warns private interests must yield to public needs. The piece anticipates a future port referendum and stresses navigable waters are federal domain.
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Portland Telegram
Peninsula
Portland
Columbia Slough
Columbia
Pla
War Department
Bureau of Engineers
United States
Department
Two Close Semi Pro Baseball Games Open Second Half
Suda Sutherland blanked Foundation 3–0 allowing one hit as Columbia-Willamette Shipbuilders opened the second half at St. Johns Park on June 16. In the nightcap Herman Pillette of Standifer Clarkson beat Wayne Barham 2–0 in a 13 strikeout duel, with five hits allowed and two doubles off Barham. Garrity drove in the first run with a double, later scoring on Marshall’s two bagger as Standifer Clarkson pulled ahead by the seventh.
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Columbia-Willamette Shipbuilders
St. Johns Park
Suda
Foundation
Cornfoot
Grant Smith
Rube" Evans
Sutherland
Salt Lake Bee
Buckaroos
Pillette
Barham
Garrity
Standifer-Clarkson
Marshall
Blanchard
Primeley
Coleman
Watertown Thrift Stamp Sale Boom Sparks Miss Brown Kiss Promotion
The sale of Thrift stamps in Watertown New York rose sharply after Miss Gladys Brown announced she would give kisses to each purchaser of a dollar's worth or more. Traveling in an auto she visits main streets, stops at corners, and hands out rewards. Several bought the $5 War stamps and claimed her kiss surpassed the one on the $1 Thrift stamp variety.
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Watertown
N. Y
Gladys Brown
Miss Brown
Take a Kodak with you Cur rin Says So
A playful promotion urges readers to carry a Kodak camera as advised by Cur rin, emphasizing the value of photography on the go. The item hints at a lighthearted marketing note or column encouraging everyday picture taking and brand familiarity.
Cleanliness and Piety Prompt a Close Race for First Honor
The piece argues cleanliness and piety are closely related, noting a clean person leaves a good impression and a tidy home signals virtue. It urges regular cleaning and painting, warns dirt and shiftlessness, and cites hot water and elbow grease as enough. It cautions against expensive cleaners as wasteful and echoes a verse about cleanliness preceding goodness.
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Holland
Milk prices and delivery costs contrast then and now
The Portland Daily News notes milk price structure shows producer receives 60 cents per quart delivered to Portland, while doorstep delivery costs 14 cents more. Cream prices rise from 60 cents to 1.50 per pound butterfat for consumers. A dozen years ago a quart cost five cents in stores, now service adds nearly eight cents. producers gain roughly double, distributors far more, likely due to gasoline and labor costs. Also, Mrs. S. C. Norton arrives in St John from Texas with a cotton bale sample, linking Texas to local civic life. Pay your subscription.
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Portland
Portland Daily News
S. C. Norton
St. John
Texas
Lone Star
St. Johns
St Johns Chautauqua Promises Expanded Week of Arts and Talks
The St Johns Chautauqua lineup grows to 73 participants with Old Soldier Fiddlers directed by Col John A Patee opening the week. Fenwick Newell leads music, one act plays, Zedeler Symphonic Quintet performs, and Thavia’s Exposition Band features San Francisco Exposition performers. Lectures by Gorst, Wyott, Fox, Byrne, Bushnell, and Wirt accompany Mother Goose festival and Hawaiian lecture with visuals.
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St. Johns
John A. Patee
Fenwick Newell
Newell
Zedeler Symphonic Quintet
United States
Thavia
Columbia Phonograph Co
Royal Hawiian Quintet
Mildred Leo Clemens
Mark Twain
Hawaiian Islands
Kileau
Charles Crawford Gorst
Roland W.yott
Dayton
Ohio
Fox
Pasadena
James A. Byrne
Oneida
C. J. Bushnell
United States Publicity Bureau
Lincoln L. Wirt
Burov
Wirt
Fire destroys Rice Kinder Lumber plant in Lents
Incendiary fire wiped out the Rice Kinder Lumber Company plant at 100th Street and Foster Road in Lents last Monday night at about 6 30. Loss estimated between 60000 and 70000 with 15000 insurance. Within an hour the main sawmill plant planing mill and dry kiln were ruins. Rice and Kinder long associated with St Johns Lumber Co. friends express sympathy. Currin Says 80.
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Rice- Kinder Lumber Company
100Th Street
Foster Road
Lents
Kinder
St. Johns
Oregon Thrift Campaign Urges School Children Aid
The Patriotic Conservation League announces a statewide thrift drive starting June 28 to collect waste materials from homes and communities. Children and residents will ship copper wire brass lead and more to Portland for payment in War Savings Stamps, funding Oregon soldiers and war efforts with a 25 percent commission for the League.
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Oregon
Patriotic Conservation League
Portland
America
War Savings
Car I
League
Orexon
France
Reed College
F.C
Sam
Irish Woman Squeezes onto Chicago Streetcar
A stout Irish woman enters a crowded Chicago streetcar with bundles. She finds a single seat to the right of a youth, squeezes in, unpacks a cheese sandwich and eats with relish. The youth grimaces as the exchange reveals tension over manners and seating.
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Chicago
University of Oregon to Host Four-Week Military Encampment
The University of Oregon announces a four week military encampment starting June 24 modeled on the Plattsburg training camp. Open to all capable men with no enlistment required. Benefits include potential early promotion and possible commissions, OTA entry, command of Home Guard, ROTC promotion, and physical and patriotic gains. Cost is $40 for four weeks plus blankets and uniform. housing in dormitories, gym, and tents. Descriptive folders available from the Adjutant.
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University of Oregon
Plattsburg
John Leader
Royal Irish Rifles
Somme
War Department
Eugene
Loch Katrine Water Joke Sparks Pipe Dream
An American tourist and a Scottish guide tour Scotland. The guide touts Loch Katrine as Glasgow’s water source while the tourist quips that New York would profit from such a lake. Sandy retorts that a two inch pipe could carry it to New York if he can suck as well as blow.
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Scotland
Sandy
United States
Loch Kathrine
Glasgow
New York
Boy's tongue pierced by air rifle accident at Texas ranch
Bille Sweatt, S-year-old son of E P Sweatt, attempted to mend his air rifle with his teeth. The gun discharged sending a lead bullet through the tongue. Doctors warn the injury may impede speech for days.
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Bille Sweatt
E. P. Sweatt
Billie
St Johns Honor Roll List of Enlistees in Uncle Sam's Service
A roster from St Johns names many former students enlisted in the U S military. The notice asks readers to report any omissions and lists numerous individuals including Whitmore Irvine Knowles Bugbee Poff Olin Harris Polf Garlick Donaldson Haskell Clark Swan and others. The long roll preserves local names and extends to many households and families.
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St. Johns
Uncle Sam
Tylor M. Whitmore
Athill W. Irvine
Dean H. Knowles
Theodore Bugbee
H. Bryan Poff
Armand Olin
Claude EB. Harris
Russell Polf
R. P. Galloway
Chas. E. Garlick
Marne Donaldson
Glenn Haskell
Ray Clark
Ben
Frank Whitney
Thomas Reynolds
Carlyle Cunningham
Percy Smith
Arthur
Clark
Alphonso Fox
Harry O. Hughes
Geo, Downey
Thos
E. Edwards
Ingolf Willikwon
F. Edward Isbell
Graham Moxon
G. Lincoln Fassett
Harley Manning
Grover Carroll
Clyde Miller
Adolph Ascher
John Busey
Wm. Moe
Albert Hyde
Reed Chamberlain
Ray Vanderbeck
Richard Barley
Cecil Magone
Frank Bugbee
Ivan Faber
Bert Sundstrom
Gail Perrine
Norman Nelson
Grover Barron
Harry J. Simmons
Thos. Roberta
Max J. Witters
A. Tallman
G. W. Stevens
Christ Lind
William E. Galloway
Geo, Worthington
Jack Douglas
Joy Milton Carnahan
Elmer Flynn
J. Elmer Thomas
Eugene Small
Howard
Hasil Holcomb
Carl Smith
Sprague B. Marsh
Will
Bert Sundstrum
Glen Weiser
Louis B. Johns
John F. Brownley
Roas Gatton
Thos. Cochran
Dewey Brown
Henry J. Amala
Alva
Ralph Smith
Eugene Thurmond
Harry Reichtmeyer
George Schmidt
William Sneed
Alec 5. Cokalas
Louis Fletcher
Roy Mack
Paul Irvine
RB. L. Smith
Frank Steichen
George I. Lennon
Merie Andrew Teeling
Gay Edwin Tealing
Albert Wrinkle
Eneas Small
Raymond Sproula
Robert and Hoy Andrews
Leonard H. Gagen
Oregon Board Tightens Child Labor Rules For Shipyards
Oregon board of inspectors of child labor bans boys under 16 from shipyards and prohibits children under 14 in Portland congested districts. Stephen G. Smith presided at the meeting where the board opposed an ordinance letting girls under 18 read newspapers on streets. New draft regulations place married men in class one, shifting many others into deferred or limited service. The action aligns with the work or fight order and aims to shift labor to essential industries. St Johns Fair Store advertises household supplies and notions with Currin emergency numbers and addresses in Jersey and Charleston streets.
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Board of Inspectors of
Oregon
Portland
Stephan G. Smith
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