Snow on the unthreshed grain: Arbon's winter of 1920–21
Early snow caught Arbon's 1920 harvest in the fields, and the Arbon column followed the stranded grain, the moves to town, the winter dances and a late spring.
1920 in the valley.
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From the Bailey place to the auction: the McLarrys, 1918–1922
Lucien McLarry of Dayton, Washington, moved onto the Parley Bailey place at Arbon in 1918; in 1920 his horses and combine went to auction, and by 1922 the Bailey land was in court.
Pauline votes the League ticket: the valley in the 1920 election
In November 1920 Pauline voted the Nonpartisan League ticket, which ran Jack McCool for county commissioner, while Arbon voted Republican and Crystal's returns swung the Senate count.
Arbon Valley joins the wheat pool, 1920–1921
In 1920 Arbon Valley farmers pledged about 80 per cent of a promising crop to the new Wheat Growers Association, then watched the price of wheat fall through the autumn.
The Ripleys' farewell: an Arbon ranch family leaves for Oregon
In May 1920 the valley turned out at Central Hall to bid farewell to the David B. Ripley family, who had sold their east-side ranch and were leaving for Oregon.
The Wards between Malad and their Arbon farm, 1915–1986
The papers follow the Ward family between Malad and their Arbon Valley farm from 1915 to 1986, when all three of Elmer and Susan Ward's surviving children were of Arbon.
Miss Wall's year at the Central school, 1919–1920
One teacher, one school year: the Arbon columns of 1919–20 followed the Central school through thrift verses, debates, a smoking stove, a volleyball court and four graduates.
Keeping the sheep out of Arbon's canyons, 1920
In 1920 Arbon farmers formed a range association to keep the sheepmen's bands out of the canyons; a deputy rode the ranges, and sheepmen were arrested and tried.
Poison day in Arbon Valley: the war on ground squirrels, 1918–1921
How Arbon Valley's farmers joined Power County's strychnine campaign against ground squirrels, set a poison day in 1920, and lost horses to the bait.