Word: portland
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Three new members, by a vote of the committee, were added to the advisory committees of track and crew. Louis H. Mills '14, of Portland, Ore., was added as associate member of the Crew Committee while Westmore Wilcox '77, of New York, and Evan Hollister '97, of Buffalo, were added to the Track Committee...
Rufus Horton Jones of Portland...
...Student Council Committee on Freshman Affairs announced last night the nomination by petition of three additional men for the Freshman class officers to be elected tomorrow. Rufus Horton Jones of Portland, Maine, has been nominated for vice-president, and the names of Daniel Bond Linscott of Woburn and of Robert Etheridge Gregg Jr. of West Newton have been added to the list of nominees for secretary-treasurer...
Recently a young man in Portland, Oregon, under the impression that he too, could learn 'o play in thirty days, purchased what is called a cornet. Being more than commonly considerate, he took the instrument to a vacant lot, and there, behind sheltering bill boards, gave vent to his musical complex. Such was the reward of his virtue, however, that he was taken to the police station as a "suspicious person." The following morning a wise judge praised his thoughtfulness in not practicing where he would disturb the neighbors and sent him back...
...Frank S. Myers, Postmaster of Portland, Ore., was removed from office by the President one year before his term expired. Mr. Myers has since died. His heirs are suing to recover his salary for the rest of his term, contending that the Senate did not give its consent to his removal and, therefore, he technically remained in office...