Oregon Notes Reflect Local Events and Dated Updates
Oregon notes report deaths in Astoria and Salem, a 103 year old pioneer, and a 77 year old dies. Reunions and conventions planned for Wilbur Hood River and Harney county with dates in May. Fire in Lake County destroys multiple buildings and a Deschutes bond issue debated. Mohair pool formation discussed in Roseburg. Rail, water, and highway projects advance with new tanks and arch welcome at Lakeview. Automobile tours may hit 15 to 18 mph on the Pacific highway. Debate over Pacific naval detachments and German war trophies continues in Washington.
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Elijah
Jeffers
Oregon
Astoria
Umpqua Academy Association
Wilbur Jane
Willem Howard Taft
Hood River
Fuss! Telephone Exchange
Oregon Pubic Nervies Commission
Mater
Park Elie
Deschutes
Laker
Oregon Trail
Mery Tih
Lake Onumty
Sarah Thompson
Portland
Dorothy Cooper
Fred Cooper
Wauna
Amoria
Lower Witfarmtto
Columbia Valley
David M. Leach
Lexington
Heppner
Aimeolf
Treasury Department
Tumwater
Collie
Roy Munn
W. D. Darling
State Highway Commission
Pacific Highway
California Line
Portl Tan
Herbert Nunn
Roosevelt
McNary
Athena Area Gossip Highlights Local Moves and Events
Athena residents host visitors from Walla Walla and Portland while local figures, including S. D. Peterson and S. A. Miller, attend political events. The Athena High School baseball team dominates Hermiston and Stanfield, and residents engage in shooting meets in Walla Walla and Waitsburg. Movements include real estate sales, remodeling of the J. W. Pinkerton residence, and plans for a new Commercial club space as community groups share upgrades.
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Fr. Lockwood
Neil Lieuallen
Otho Reeder
Lieuallen
Monroe Kirkland
Athens
Portland
Milton
S. D. Peterson
A. Miller
Athena High School
Hermiston
Stanfield
Orel
Lloyd Michener
Ferguson
Lilla Kirk
Geo. Thompson
A. A. Foss
Ralph B. McEwen
F. B. Boyd
Bushee
Pendleton
John Vert
Scotland
Lela G. Saling
Weston
City
Mra. Saling
Athena
Worth
Northerd Street
Commercial Club
Civic Club
Athena ‘Weston Legion Post
Refinery Charged With Profiteering in Sugar Prices
In Salt Lake City the Utah Idaho Sugar Company faces a government complaint charging profiteering after a price rise from 13 to 22 3 4 cents per pound beginning May 1. Merrill Nibley, VP, was arrested and bonded $5000 to await a preliminary hearing in about ten days. The filing cites three sales to local grocers at about $22 per 100 pound sack, alleged to cost $9.50 to produce.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Utahdaho Sugar Company
Salt Lake
United States Communleaton
van Pelt
Merrill Nibley
Utah Idaho Sugar Company
Borrowers Must Wait as Farm Loan Activity Stalls
In Washington federal farm loan sessions report a summer of inactivity as the Supreme Court review of the farm loan act delays new lending. Land banks have borrowed about 16 million dollars from private banks to issue loans, while applications exceed 70 million. Emma Goldman Homesick for United States after transport to Russia aboard the Soviets ark Buford, per letter released by Dr. Ben L. Reitman.
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Washington
Fari
Felate
Seasions
Supreme Court
Emma Goldman
Chicago
Russia
Buford
United States
Ben L. Reitman
GOP Leaders Gather in Chicago Ahead of Convention
G O P leaders meet in Chicago for preliminary discussions ahead of the Republican national convention. Furnishings for the Commercial club rooms are being installed after painting and calibration. Turner Callender, former Mosgrove employee, now Seattle manager for Fleishner Meyers, visited Athena to see his father. A new road crew for Warren Construction arrived, with rock work and surfacing to begin. Cleanup days in Athena reduced debris in business and residential areas.
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Turner Callender
Mosgrove Mercantile Company
Fleishner & Meyer
Portland
Seattle
Athena
J. W. Callender
St. Nichols Hotel
Turner
Athens
Warren Construction Company
Greater Winter Wheat Yield Forecast Slightly Higher
The Department of Agriculture projects total winter wheat production at 484,647,000 bushels, 1,010,000 more than last April 1 forecast, but about 267,000,000 bushels below last year. May 1 crop condition shows 36 percent improvement. 4,165,000 acres remain to harvest. Washington 735,000 acres 15,765,000 bushels. Oregon 693,000 acres 14,545,000 bushels.
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Wshington
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Oregon
Poles Enter Kiev as Cavalry Reaches City
Warsaw reports Polan cavalry entered Kiev Saturday morning after Bolsheviks retreated. Infantry advanced toward the city while cavalry kept contact, with little fighting and only scattered machine gun fire early. Evacuation of Kiev began soon afterward.
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Warsaw
Kiev
Kievbéesan
House abandons retail sales tax for soldier relief bill
Washington Republican members of the house ways and means committee voted to drop the proposed 1 percent retail sales tax intended to raise part of the funding for the soldier relief legislation.
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House
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Gibson May Be Colby's Possible Assistant Secretary
Washington reports strong talk that Hugh S. Gibson, the current American minister to Poland, has been offered the role of assistant secretary of state. The move would place Gibson in a key diplomatic position within the department.
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Gibson
Colby
Washington
Hugh 8
New Republic of
Poland
Markets Report From Portland And Seattle Prices
Portland oats No 3 white 68 50 a ton corn whole f76 t7 cracked 78 a hay Willamette valley timothy 31 per ton alfalfa 34 potatoes Oregon per ton butter fat 5e b. o. tation cattle heat steers 1212 50 good to choice 10 60 11 medium to good 9 50 10 50 hogs prime mixed 15 16 medium mixed 41 40 15 pige 20 28 sheep sterile large 146 15.50 eastern ferrabs 15 16 valley lands 1pi owen hs i Seattle hay eastern Wash timothy 44 645 per ton alfalfa ged potatoes Yakima Goma 180 190 Local bes 175 per ton butter pat so sle
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Portland
Willamette Valley
Oregon
IPI
Owen
HSI
Seattle
Yakima Goma
Weston High School Senior Banquet Lighted by Art Peace
Weston High School honored the senior class with a banquet at Jensen's in Walla Walla hosted by Mrs. P D Watts Mrs J Hart Williams and F C Kirkpatrick. Guests arrived by car provided by P D Watts Worth F Watts and F C Fitzpatrick. An original DeMereau painting valued at 45000 was displayed at the event.
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Weston High School
Masdames P. D. Watts
J. Hart Williams
F. C. Kirkpatrick
Jensen
Walla Walla
P. D. Watts
Worth F. Watts
F.C. Fitzpatrick
DeMereau
Jennen
Hoste
PD. Watts
F. C. Fitzpatrick
Edward Thornton
Roseburg
Frank Harris Davia
Edna Hollenbeck
J. Harl Williams
Miss Nesbit
F. D. Watts
Worth P. Watts
F. C. Fitzpatrik
Gail Miller William
Vesta
Governor Coolidge vetoes 275 percent beer and wine bill
Massachusetts Governor Coolidge vetoed a bill permitting manufacture and sale of 275 per cent beer and light wines. The action pauses a push for expanded alcohol production amid Prohibition era debates.
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Coolidge
Massachusetts
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Washington, D
Wilson
McCall
United States Tariff Commission
Minsiveipp River
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fiat Dental
Henry Morgenthau
Mexico
W. Jett Lavok
Railroad Brotherhoods
Railway Secor Board
Warbington
Portland Wreck Kills Nine on Electric Trains
Nine people die and 28 are injured when two Southern Pacific electric trains collide head on near Portland Oregon. The crash is blamed on a failure to observe orders by the inbound Hillsboro motorman, with several victims trapped in the impact zone and a hospital death raising the fatal count to nine including a society editor for the Oregonian.
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Portland
Ore
Southern Pacific Electric
Henite
Everal
Hillabors
Hertha
Ced
Hillsboro
Hilleboro
Camille A. Dorch
The
Oregonian
Good Samaritan Hospital
Dosh
Chinese Loans Planned by Powers After Year’s Talks
Washington reports Japan has dropped objections to the Chinese consortium and prepared to communicate acceptance of terms agreed by the United States Great Britain and France. The consortium takes effect once officials sign.
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Washington
Japan
United States
Great Britain
France
State Department
Tokio
Watson Confesses to Nine Murders in Los Angeles
A man using the alias James P. Watson admits to nine murders of his wives in Los Angeles. He claims his real name is Cam Holden and says he was born and raised in Arkansas in a respectable family. He is already serving a life term at San Quentin for the killing of Nina Lee Delanay.
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Watson
Los Angeles
Cal
James P. Watson
Sam Quentin
Nina Lee Delanay
Cam Holden
Bors
Arkansas
Marines Ordered to Key West for Possible Mexico Service
About 1200 Marines were ordered from League Island to the transport Henderson bound for Key West to be held for possible service in Mexico. The move reflects anticipated needs for reinforcement and readiness.
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Key Weat
Washington
Henderson
League Island
Mexico
Canadian Wheat Advances in New Board Regulations
The Canadian Wheat Board set new regulations effective May 8 raising the price to mills for all western wheat grades by 5 cents per bushel and BC Ontario and Quebec wheat by 40 cents per bushel. The maximum wholesale price of bran and shorts increased by 3 dollars per ton.
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Winnipeg
British Columbia
Ontario
Quebec
Canadian Wheat Board
Lodge Selected to Open Convention in Chicago
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, Republican Senate leader and author of the Lodge reservations, will keynote the presidential campaign at the Republican National Convention in Chicago, June.
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Chicago
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Republican Senate
League of Nations Covenant
Chistgo
Oregon Leads States in Thrift and War Drive Purchases
J A Churchill thrift director for Oregon reports to the regional director in San Francisco that the state heads the seven-state district in buying thrift and war bonds.
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Oregon
1Th
Thrift
War Ringsamps
J. A Churchill
Chester
San Francises
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Adjutant General’s
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C. D. Whiteman
E. D. Elliott
Federal Farm Loans Avamst Action
Red
Weston Schools
Miss Davis
Pine Creek
Jessie Davis
Whitman College
E. L. Blomgren
Memorial Hall
Lola G. Saling
Dr. Hollen
White Temple
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