Work Begins to End Freight Congestion
Washington reports action to relieve car shortages threatening national transportation. Committees to coordinate rerouting and equipment pooling are formed across major rail hubs. The Interstate Commerce Commission approves allocating 116 million of 200 million for railroad rolling stock purchases. Plans include a 75 mile ditch project to irrigate 6000 acres north of Upper Klamath Lake in Oregon.
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Herbert Hoover
Salem
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Amen Henkerson
Balen Hal Hibbard
Prane
Halem
Henry Albers
Portland
Tnerennes
Oregon Pblic Service Commission
Beck
Standard Oz Company
Upper
Klamath * Lake
Local Letters and Family News From Walla Walla Area
News notes recount visits by Mrs Carl McConnellie and Jim Livuwallon, travelers from Milton and Pendleton. Families plan trips to Portland, Seattle, and Philipsburg with health updates and routine social visits noted. An Oregon State Shoot participant reports modest scores, and Mrs George Woodward hosts a Chinese and Japanese themed gathering with exotics and chopstick contests.
Twenty Eighth Annual Umatilla Pioneers Reunion in Weston
The twenty eighth annual Umatilla County Pioneers reunion convenes in Weston Oregon on June 4 and 6 1920 with music by Paras Orchestra and performances by local acts. Highlights include addresses by officials and a baseball game moving pictures street races and dancing at Legion Hall with entertainment from Walla Walla Commedia Club and Weston Quartette. News briefs mention family plans of M L Watts and Vernita Watts She will graduate from St Helens Hall and attend Mills College in California next year. A 19 1 2 inch rainbow trout weighing 2 3 4 pounds was showcased at Watts Rogers store after being caught in the Umatilla river. An Athena couple announces their wedding Joaxe B Edington and Ethel Mercer. Commemoration notes mark the death of Mrs Mary S Cornoyer and local crop prospects and public notices including final account for Malcolm McDonald estate filed by Will M Peterson.
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D. Scott Fisher
Maud Sherman
M. L. Watts
Yeaterday
Portland
St. Helens Hall
Vernita
Cilss
Milly College
California
Watts & Rogers
Lucian Gagnon
Umatilla
Watts & Rodgers
Lucian
State of
Oregon
Malcolm McDonald
M. Peterson
Pendleton
Thia
Malcolm Me
Donald
McAdoo Leads Umatilla Ballot In Presidential Preference
William G. McAdoo topped the Umatilla county presidential preference with 1576 votes, ahead of General Wood at 1542. Johnson led in other races, with Hoge, Hoover, and Lodge scoring in the county results alongside key local offices and measures.
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William G. McAdoo
Umatila
General Wood
Leonard Wood
Umatilla County
Hiram Johson
Fred Lockley
Oostate
Curl
Will M. Peterson
Johnson
Lowden
Wood
Hoover
Lodge
Washington
Webster
Abraham
Stanfield
Houser
Scannep
Bean
Demaris
Rainier area hosts building boom and industry notes
Rainier Grain and Altata areas near Prineville show rapid construction and growth with several factories and services thriving. Albany sees three gold nuggets found in a duck’s craw. Salem works on free camping grounds. Baker post office to become first class July 1. prune trees in Douglas County healthy. Roseburg mourns Frank C. Worley at 89. Newton Vandalsen resigns as state director of vocational training. Ovboco district range prospects praised by forest rangers.
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Roseburg
South Myrtle Creek
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Ovboco
Foreet Rangers
Mrs Z C Price Dies At Weston Oregon In 1840s Era
Mrs Zarelda Catherine Price died at her Weston home Friday morning May 21 aged 81. She was born February 28, 1840 in Missouri and married Thomas J. Price in 1862. The couple crossed the plains in 1864 and settled in Oregon, living near Weston for fifty years. Funeral services were held at the Methodist Episcopal church South on May 23, with Rev H S Shangle officiating. She leaves seven children, six grandchildren, and many friends, with a large out of town attendance at the service.
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Zarelda Catherine Price
Weston
Polk County
Umatilla County
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
H. 5. Shangle
Milton
E. M. Smith
H. Goodwin
F. C. Fitzpatrick
J. W. Porter
F. D. Watts
Robert Blomgren
George Stages
Newton O'Harra
P. T. Harbour
George Winn
Sim J. Culley
Price
Mia
Ella Lavender
William S
James H
John Marvin
Charles M. Frank
Claude Price
Josie
Anna Lavender
Frank Lavender
Mina
Eldred Price
Zona Catherine Price
Mary Price
Pilot Rock
Oregon
Will Baker
Golfax
Washington
J. B. Price
Waiteburg
Wash
June Wallen
Geiss
Adama
Sylvia Hutchinson
Bremerton
Gladys Taylor
F. H
EB. A. Richmond
Cora Simpson
Ernest Blomgren
Homer
Charles McBride
Walla Walla, Wash
Josie Lavender
Portland
Baker, Oregon
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