All People Urged to Buy a Barrel of Flour
The Buy a Barrel of Flour movement spreads in Umatilla county with farm bureau backing and local merchants urged to promote barrel purchases. Key organizers David H. Nelson and A R Coppock lead a committee as executives meet in Pendleton to discuss boosting the wheat and flour market and improving farm finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Umatilla County
Umatilla
Farm Bureau
David H. Nelson
Pendleton
A. R. Coppock
Athena
Sim J. Cullay
Weston
East Oregonian
J. F. McNaught
Herminton
A. RB. Coppock
J. Culley
Weaton
George Dade
Milton
HL. 2. Whitman
J. ©. Hawkins
Young Men Organize Law and Order Debate Club
Pastor Storms of the Baptist church launches a movement in Weston inviting young men and boys to meet December 14 at 7 30 PM in the church. The club aims to "Clean the Streets and Save the Hay" with a focus on honesty and public virtue.
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Ameri Reef Vitar
Wy HK
Priotor
The
Baptist Church
The Bachelor Girls Club Holds Initial Meeting at O Harra Home
The Bachelor Girls club held its first meeting at the Sven O Harra home on Monday evening. Needlework and conversation preceded a lunch prepared by Mrs Frank Smith and Miss Wavel O Harra. Attendees included Misses Davis Isaacson Harris Brown Morrison Barnes Price Martinon and Mrs Frank Sisith.
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Bachelor Girls’ Club
Tts
Sven O'Harra
Mre
Frank Smith
Mise Wavel O'Harra
Mises Frank Harris Davis
Lartine Brown
Ethel Isaacson
Weber Davis
Eliza Morrison
Doris Barnes
Ruby Price
Vira Martinon
Wavel O'Harra
Frank Sisith
Misses Davis
Isaacson
Insurance Privilege Ends for Reinstatement
Adjutants of American Legion posts are advised that the window to reinstate lapsed government insurance without a physical exam ends with the last month of the year December. After January 1, 192, reinstatement requires a strict physical examination for former service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Werview
Wheat Exchange Proposed To Market 30 60 Million Bushels
Spokane announces formation of Northwent wheat exchange to market 30 to 60 million bushels of 1987 wheat. A. A. Bimore president of the State Farmers' union says the plan will create a national pool selling system. Washington Idaho Wheat Growers' association to join, with Montana Oregon groups forming.
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Spokane
Wash
A. A. Bimore
State Farmers’ Union
Washington and Idaho Wheat Growers’ Association
Montana
Oregon
Athena News Mixes Local Travel and Crime Report
Athena readers learn of local moves to California and Oregon, a farm lighting rollout, high school basketball prep, and a theft spree hitting Hills jewelry and McFadden’s Pharmacy on Main Street. Pythian Lodge hosts Pendleton district convention with a banquet to close.
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J. A. Lamaden
Dire
Price
Ruby
Weston
van Deusen
Walla Walla
Athens Civic Club
Commercial Club
John Walter
Walter
Athena High School
Weaton
Lally
D. T. Stone
Sam Pambrun
Dean Dudley
Frank Sanders
Laurence Pinkerton
John Keen
State Line
California
Henry Keen
Miss Zola
Jim Jones
Athena Grocer
Powers
Athens
Jim
Missouri
M. L. Watts
San Francisco
Vernita
Mills College
Winton
Maurice Hill
Montana
Athena
B. B. Richards
Richards
Methodist Church
L. A. Banks
Banks
Mrsity
Hill
McFadden
Hills
McFadden’s
McFaddens
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Lodge No
P.wan Wan
Pendleton
Damon Lodge
Woodman
Pythian Lodge
Fourth Grant county manslaughter retrial opens
A jury is seated for the retrial of Frederick Rader on second degree murder charges in the shooting of B. E. McCue on February 20, 1918. The panel includes R. B. McEwen and W. H. Booker and the case was moved from Grant county by venue change and supreme court order.
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Frederick Rader
Grant County
Oon
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Rader
B. E. McCue
R. B. McEwen
W. H. Booker
Mission Society Elects Officers at Womans Missionary Meeting
The Woman's Missionary Society of the M. E. Church South met at W. Le Rayborn's home on a Wednesday afternoon. Officers elected: Sarah Rowland president, A J Starmer vice president, W S Prine recording secretary, E M Smith corresponding secretary, Bertha Sowers conference treasurer, Charles Price local treasurer. A program followed with lunch served by Mary Cy McNew and B A Barnes. Twenty members attended, a large gathering for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. le Rayborn
Woman's Missionary Society
M. E. Church South
Sarah Rowland
A. J. Starmer
W. 5. Prine
E. M. Smith
Bertha Sowers
Charles Price
Wild horses on the Verville Reservation shot for meat
Grant Copeland, president of the Spokane Stockmen's club, says stockmen shoot and eat the wild horses on the Verville Indian reservation. He notes there is no cleaner meat and describes the animals as interbred descendants of raguses that have formed a distinct breed.
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Verville
Grant Copeland
Spokane
Stockmen's Club
Copesweet
Babson Forecasts Higher Wheat Prices Amid War Demand
Roger Babson predicts international wheat price increases within one to two months as mills release backed-up demand and foreign buyers persist. The article notes a locally growing “A Barrel of Flour” movement to reduce stocks and spur mill buying, placing wheat and corn among the best crops next to barley.
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Roger Babson
Babson
Ention
Fred Royse Named Deputy Commissioner of Pensions
The National Tribune announces Major Frederick A. Royse, a former Athena boy, will become Deputy Commissioner of Pensions succeeding Dr. Frank D. Byington, who is promoted to Commissioner. Royse, tied to the army and government service since leaving Athena in 1898, rose to major after World War I and earned infantry and cavalry distinction. He is brother to Mrs. Nettie Royse Davis of Freewater.
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Fred Royse
National Tribune
Washington, D. C
Frederick A. Royse
Athena
Pensions
Frank D. Byington
Fred Rouse
Army
Government Department
U. S
Nettie Royse Davis
Freewater
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J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co
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George Maniiter
Long Beach
Joe Key
Weston Farmer
W. BR. Taylor
Portland
Leeper
Pasadena
J. W. Bimith
Corvallis
Metropolis
Martha Mays
Main Street
Mission Society
Caymen
Nid
Acta
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