Oregon News Notes General Interest Highlights
Oregon reports show diverse developments including a Hood River speed law volunteer call, a 1920 crop and export outlook, and state fiscal moves. Notable items include a dissolved state council of defense, a Corvallis forgery case, Willamette bridge plans, and an Albany municipal pool aid. Exports from Portland and Astoria districts reach tens of millions, with personnel changes in education and religion noted.
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Duane
Dalles
Portland
Maqual
Woo
Johnson
Hood River Courty
Voluntere
Oregon
Corvallis
Lane
Willametta
Murrinbure
Pacific
Marshfield
Oregon State Dental Association
First Presbyterian Church
Uhe
Albany
Harry Shawn
Twickenham
Wheeler County
White Hybrid Wheat Rated Strong In Umatilla County
The Center for White Hybrid Wheat notes Youns and farm leaders confirm White Hybrid No 128 shows high purity and good winter hardiness in Umatilla County. Professor Hyslop and county agent Hennion report other varieties rejected for stray misfits and reseeding. Turkey Ted and Forty Fold are weaker while White Hybrid rises in dry fields with good rainfall and soil.
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Umatilla
Turkey
Los Angeles shaken by a series of powerful quakes
Four severe earthquakes jolted Los Angeles and surrounding suburbs injuring men women and children damaging buildings and breaking a water main. After shocks followed the first quake with a 1 37 PM second and a 2 minute third then a 6 13 PM fourth as downtown storefronts rattled and cracks appeared in older structures.
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Los Angeles
Canon
Auto theft wave hits Pendleton with two high priced cars missing
In three days Pendleton reports two luxury cars stolen. One from the curb before Guy Wyrick's home remains missing. The other, a 12 cylinder Haynes, was stolen from a Pendleton garage and later found wrecked between Athens and Adams, the car pitched into a ditch after an embankment crash against a telephone pole.
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Pendleton
Guy Wyrick
W. C. E. Pruitt
Athens
Adams
Hay crop in Willamette Valley faces loss without baling wire
May Lowe Hay Crop near Harrisburg in the Willamette valley totals hundreds of tons in shock and potentially rots due to a baling wire shortage. Duff's slab work powered Milton Freewater to an 8 to 4 win over Helix at Pendleton on Sunday, capturing the Blue Mountain league title. The hyphenated champions will meet Echo, friation league leaders, in Pendleton next Sunday for the Umatilla county pennant.
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Harrisburg
Willamette Valley
Duff
Milton-Freewater
Helix
Pendleton
Echo
Harvest News and Local Notes From Athena
J M Ridenour from Montana to aid wheat harvest. Several residents travel or plan to harvest on local ranches. Various visits, school plans, church meetings, and a dance fundraiser by Athena Weston American Legion. Community updates include crop reports and local business moves in Athena and nearby areas.
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Ece
Methodist Church
Martha Mays
Jennie Barrett
Tom Adama
Merna DePeatt
Tekoa
Waxh
Walla Walla
de Peatt
Athena Market
Allen Cronk
Athena
Emmett
Athena-Wenton American Legion Post
Opera House
Astoria
Athena-Weston Post
Harold Haynie
N. T. Bennett
Herman Jarra
J. E. Stacklie
Frank Berlin
Bingham Springs
Orel McPherrin
Odd Fellows Camp McDougal Picnic Draws Local Notables
A Weston lx fax mous hosted camp side Odd Fellows event at Camp McDougal with early access by auto crowds. The day featured abundant foods including forty nations of ice cream and a large lunch spread, drawing many local families and residents such as Sim J. Cotley Nelson H. Jones James A. King Rowe King and others from Walla Walla Pendleton and nearby areas.
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Odd Fellows
Camp McDougal
Num
Sim J. Cotley
M. Smith
Nelson H. Jones
Richard English
James A. King
Rowe King
H. Waddingham
Alick Johnson
BR Fisk
James B. Stanfield
William Tavis
A. Barnes
W. A. Barnes
Frank Greer
W. O
Harvest on Pine Creek ranch yields strong grain quality
H A Barrett reports one of the district's best yields this year at Pine Creek ranch. Wheat crop is nearly matured before the heat with grain of exceptional quality. Barrett has contracted the entire wheat crop at 226 dollars per bushel for August delivery.
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H. A. Barrett
Pine Creek
Barrett
Pine Creek Ranch
Cox Confers With President on War Sacrifices Promise
Washington James M Cox announced that if elected president he would strive to fulfill wartime promises to those who sacrificed at war after a White House conference with Franklin D Roosevelt. The president said he and Cox were united on the league of nations and praised Cox as a champion of national honor and world peace. Cox said the president is in splendid health and in agreeable shape.
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Washington
James M. Cox
Witeon
P Bear
Franklin D. Roosevelt
League of Nations
Cox
Two-Pound Baby Born in Pendleton at St Anthony’s
Kenneth Roy Patton, three weeks old and weighing two pounds, born to Pendleton parents at St Anthony’s hospital, is described as normal except for size. His mother Mrs Mark Patton is in good health. He weighed 1 pound 11 ounces at birth and has two older brothers.
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Pendleton
Oregonnan
Kenneth Roy Patton
St. Anthony's Hospital
Mark Batton
Kenneth
Mark
Robert
Camp Lewis Explosion Claims Oregon Soldiers
An inquiry into the Camp Lewis shell field gun blast that killed three Oregon coast artillerymen and wounded five others is under way. Governor Den W. Scott narrowly escaped injury as the device, a 165 millimeter field gun, fired its 14th shot in the presence of officials. Corporals Edward G. Scott and Circle R. Dundinger and Private Ralph Fraley died. several others were injured at Marshfield and nearby towns.
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Herbert B Pe- Urrenn
Oregon Coast Artilery
Marshfield
William J. Blake
Oregon Coast Artillery
Peter Marrascul
Homer Elhart
Ashland
Wagener Fred Scott
Coast Artillery Corps
United States Army
Rey Campigelto
United States
Government War Department to Sell Canned Meats at Low Prices
The war department plans a nationwide sale of canned meats to curb living costs. Meats include corned beef hash roast beef and bacon stored nationwide and sold through wholesale and retail channels. Some 60 000 postmasters 5000 bankers and mayors will assist.
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War Department
Division of Sales
Two Oregon Athletes Named to U S Olympic Team
William Kenneth Martlett of Esta cada and Arthur Tuck of Redmond from the University of Oregon were chosen for the United States track team for the Antwerp Olympic Games after trials at Harvard stadium Boston. Bartlett placed near the top in discus and set a new junior record at the junior AAU meet.
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University of Oregon
William Kenneth Martlett
Estacada
Arthur Tuck
Redmond
United States
Antwerp
Belgium
Harvard Stadium
Boston
Bartlett
Amateur Athletic Association
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Chautanava Association
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Shepherd Springs
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Cornish School of Music
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