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VOLUME XL.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JUNE 27, 1919.
NUMBER 26
The existence of a widespread pro
poganda finance! by private interests,
including, it is alleged, certain United
States senators, in opposition to tbe
Lane soldier land settlement bill, has
i been uncovered by the house commit-
1 tee on public lands at Washington.
The object, it develops, is to keep
the United States out ot the land de
velopment work, so that private cap
ital will have no competition in soldier
I colonization plans, and so dividends
mav be reaped from the labor of the
soldiers who may be colonized.
If tbe government enters upon this
j work advancing money to the soldier
(settlers upon a long term payment
plan, as proposed in tbe Lane bill
this opportunity of private interests
; will be lost.
The situation b-jars great similarity
to the fight which was made on the
federal farm loan system, which en
abled farmers to secure loans at a low
rate of interest. It now develops that
Home of the men most prominent as
" critics of the farm loan system are
back of this propoganda against laud
settlement legislation for the soldiers
of the war, notably Senator Weeks of
Massachusetts, who is incidentally a
banker.
For some time Chairma ) Sinnott and
his colleagues of the public land com
mittee have been aware of a propo-
ganda against the Lane bill, but until
the appearance of Mrs. Haviland Lund
as a witness the sources could not be
traced. Mrs. Lund appeared as an op
ponent of tbe government colonization
plan contending that the work can be
better done by private contract.
Chairman Sinnott exhibited a mag
azine article Tearing the name of Sen
ator Wurren G. Harding of Ohio in
opposition to the government idea and
asked Mrs. Lund if she had written it.
She said she had "assisted in its prep
aration" and had secured its publication.
A telegram received by relatives
here announces the arrival in New
York from overseas of Jacob Booher,
with the Engineers corps.
SANGER'S GREATER SHOWS
IN ATHENA NEXT MONDAY;
After an absence of several years,
due to the war, Athena is at last to
enjoy the visit of a circus. Sangers
Greater European Shows will appear
here for two performances, Monday
June 30. The town and surrounding
country is heavily billed for the ap
pearance uf the big show and it is
probable that Athena will enjoy a
largj crowd on circus day.
The Great Sanger Show is visiting
this section for the first time in eight
years. The show is one of tbe oldest
circus organizations on the road, being
in its 24th season. Many new and
novel features are advertised for this
year among them being the famous St.
Leon family of aorobats; the Siegrist
Sisters, daring and sensational aerial
istB; The Silverton trio, wire walkers
and the Holland family of English
riders. To delight the hearts of the
little folks there will be a score of
highly educated Shetland ponies, mon
keys and dogs, along with a congr
of clowns, headed by Harry Le Pern I.
the veteran jester, Eddie Lewis, the
champion middleweight wrestler of
England, will appear twice daily meet
ing all comers in a catch as catch can
wrestling match.
There will be performances at 2 and
8 p. tn . the doors opening an hour
earlier to permit a concert of popular
and operatic music by Prof. Carl Clair
and his military band. A series of
free exhibitions will he given on the
circus grounds at I and 7 p. m.
Standard Theatre Program.
A human cyclone in screen action,
is the way one critio sizes up Fred
Stone, who will be seen in "The
Goat," at the Standard Theatre to
morrow night. Stone is a veritable
human dynamo, and be opens the
switch with a bang in "Tbe Goat."
For Sunday night, an exceptionally
fine screen pioduction is presented by
tbe winsome stage and screeu favorite,
Billie Burke, on her first apoearance
at the Standard, when she will be seen
in "The Land of Promise." Wednes
day night Henry B. Walthall comes in
a splendid Mutual picture. "Modern
Husbands." In addition to the fea
ture pictures, the programs are re
plete in comedies, the Pathe Weekly
and prismatic films.
Only Circus This Year
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OREGON NEWS KOTO
OF GENEMUNTL.L):
Company C. of the new regiment of
Oregon national guard was mustered
into federal service at Eugene with
72 men.
Governor Ben Olcott has accepted
an invitation to be present at the
Fourth of July celebration at Eugene
this year.
Josiah Wills, a 1916 graduate of the
Oregon Normal school, has been
chosen county school superintendent
of Polk county.
Dairymen of Clatsop county are
planning to star' a cheese factory for
the use of the surplus milk which
is produced there.
Fifty head of Jersey cattle brought
$17,275 at a sale at the farm of Henry
Stewart, near Albany. One three-year-old
heifer sold for $1125.
The Oregon bureau of mines crew,
which recently left Portland to engage
in field work in southern Oregon, Is
operating south of Gold Hill.
The forty-fifth annual meeting of
the Oregon State Medical association
will bo held in the Elks' lodge room
in Portland, June 26, 27, and 28.
The Heppner Hotel association has
accepted the plans of John V. Bennes,
architect, for a three-story, $80,000
structure to be built this summer.
Moses Manston, county commission
er of Polk county, died at his home in
Dallas, after an illness of only a few
hours. Mr. Manston was 69 years
old.
Twelve hundred persons attended
the Lane county Salvation Army home
service fund ball held by the Eugene
Elks lodge. More than $600 waa real
ized. A majority of union labor men of
Portland are favorable to the Mooney
sympathetic strike, according to re
ports received by the Central Labor
council.
Authorities at the state hospital for
the Insane report the escape of
Thomas Loveall, age 51, who was com
mitted to the institution from Medford
on June 7.
Three fatal accidents out of a total
of 507 were reported to' the industrial
accident commission during the past
week, according to the weekly acci
dent report.
Governor Olcott has issued a pro
clamation calling on the people of Ore
gon to lend all possible financial aid
to the drive for funds In behalf of the
Salvation Army.
Rev. A. J. Hunsaker of Yamhill coun
ty, who first came to Oregon in 1847,
was elected president of the Oregon
Pioneer association at its annual con
vention in Portland.
Twenty-five thousand dollars Is the
estimate of the value of the property
left by the late W. N. Matlock of
Pendleton, according to the petition for
the probate of his will.
Total deficit of the Portland Rose
Festival association as a result of the
Victory carnival amounts to about
$6000, which will have to be made up
by private subscriptions.
Organization of an association of
physicians of Deschutes, Jefferson and
Crook counties were perfected in Red
mond, .when Dr. J. F. Hosch of that
citv was elected president.
Members of the Oregon Dairymen's
league in convention in Portland de
clared to a man that they are not
getting enough money for milk the
price must go up, they Insist.
M. H. Nickelsen, re-elected to the
post at the annual school election in
Hood River, Is the dean of Oregon
school clerks. Mr. Nickelsen has serv
ed In the position for 23 years.
William J. Clarke, who died in Port,
land at the age of 62, was a native
of Salem and a retired newspaper
man. For some years he was editor
and publisher of the Gervais Star.
Forty-two members of the Reserve
Officers' Training Corps division of
the college regiment left Corvallls to
attend the annual six weeks' encamp
ment at the Presidio, San Francisco.
By a vote of 3276 to 1870 the .pro
posed Portland school bond issue of
$2,500,000 was defeated in a special
election which was marked by a light
vte and comparatively little interest,
f Idftl weather and visits estimated
at from 500 to 1000 trlbuted to
make Milton's welcomiHiome to the
soldiers ot eastern uKtilla county
fflMe arapp-oiate occasion.
isher-Storey ssrwmiil ijt Tole
.., which was destroyed by fire last
week, will e immediately replaced
by a modern miy to cost $150,000, and
which will cut 150,000 feet each 8 hour
hift.
With candy so high nnfl flowers so
expensive, the cheupest way out for
the sivaiu U to marry the girl.
ARE HOME AGAIN
The UOth and 148th field artillery
boys are home again. A large crowd
of Athena pet pie were in Pendleton
Wednesday evening to welcome the
148th, and Thursday the 146th were
given a rousing reception in' Walla
Walla.
At Pendleton the boys of the 148th
were royally entertained, the train
stopping there from U p in. till mid
night, then proceeding on to Portland
and Camp Lewis. A banquet, swim
ming at the natatorium and dancing
was enjoyed by the soldiers. Athena
boys who are with the 148th and who
were met by their relatives and friends
are: Ed Sebasky, Harry Keller, Sam
Starr, Jock Coleman and Leslie Mc
Cubbins. In the 146th, which passed through
Athena yesterday forenoon, was Hallle
Piersol, Hugh Taylor and Harold Le
March. The return of the boys of the 148th
has again brought the proposed picnic
to issue, and when they return from
Camp Lewis, Bingham Springs will
witness one such day as was never
seen at that resort before. When tbe
picnic was mentioned to the Athena
boys at Pendleton, thev said they were
tired of marches and speeches, and
that they were "jake" for the Springs
and a good time.
The "Gypsy Brigade."
A splendid tribute to the fighting of
the 146th and 148th Field Artillery is
found in the Stars and Stripes, the
official publication of the American
Expeditionary Force in France. These
two regiments weve' a part of the
B6th Artillery Brigade, which was
moved so often that it became known
as the "GypBy Brigade." The vaga
bondage of this and other artillery
brigades in France destroyed all tra
ditions of tbe immobile quality of the
heavy artillery. Says the Stars and
i Stripes of the 6Hth Brigade:
"The 66th Brigade, equipped with
j the split-railed 155 centimeter G. P. E.
rifles, has an interesting story that
is a far cry from harbor defense' days.
, ThellHth and 148th Regiments, the
only units cf the 4 1st division that
' were not scattered to the winds like
all replacements, saw their first action
at Chateau Theirry on July 11. The
outfit was motorized and by a clever
i system which moved one piece foiward
I at a time, steady fire was maintained
I as the doughboys chased back the
! Bocbe.
i When the lumbering giants had
pushed up as far as Fismes the brig
ade was ordered to join the all-Amer-ican
push at St. Mihiel. when the
long-nosed devils lent their thunder to
the Yankee chorus .of victory. But,
despite the fact that this wandering j
unit was now a part of the First
American Army, it still belonged to
no division and in the end, unsung in
the records of any divisional history,
it remained the Gypsy Brigade.
"Through the terrific days in the
Argonne, advancing over roads that no j
longer existed, save on the ante-lWH j
maps, and toward the end at the mer:y
of the German heavies that made ev
ery moment hell for the gun crews, the
big 165's pushed through Fort Marre,
Chatlincourt, Malincourt, Mnntfaucon,
Cuisy, Bantheville. Aincrevillo, Mon
tigny, and Dun-sur-Meuse to Stenay.
Here the armistice found them and
now trans'erred again- they are
helping the Third Army keep the
watch on the Rhine. Like everyone
else, they are hoping that the watch
will soon run down and stop and 'Can
noneers, poet I' will be a forgotten
legend."
This hope has now become a realitv,
and our boys are Home Again I
Auto Mechanic License.
Application blanks which must be
filled out by all applicants for an auto
mechanic's license, have arrived at the
county clerk's office. All auto me
chanics must fill out these forms and
send them to the State Auto Mechan
ics Examining Board before July 5.
Examinations for licenses will be held
some time next month. The law be
came effective May 2. having been
passed by the 1019 legislature.
Pony Twenty Years In Mine.
A mine pit pony called I'lilinen (nft
r Hip winner of the Un,iiKlilre
handicap in issoj has .lust completed
20 yearr continuous service In n South
YCIrby (EnK.) colliery.
Folmen was taken down the South
Klrby colliery In April. H90, mid only
once 1ms he since been brought to
(lie surface.
! Tills rcmnrknhlo pony hns newt
hnri a day's Illness, nnd never met
with nn neeldent. The' Miami's eye-
Sight remains good.
The new wnr tax on nliinn clocks Is
5 per cent. If the power to tux be
the power to destroy, personally we fu
I vor a tux on alarm eloekj of 59UO per
cent. Then If tbe worker sleep over
time, let htm collect su'.li overtime
, from his employer.
AIR SMUGGLING
IS NEW PROBLEM
Washington. Smuggling by airplane
sounds exciting, nnd is proving so to
the customs division of the treasury,
which Is, so to speak, "up In the air"
about It. For the time being, the de- ,
pnrtnient has ruled Hint nlrplnnes nnd j
hydroplanes nre automobiles so far
as It Is concerned, but It Is well nwnre
that calling a bird n wngon will not
bring It down to earth where It con
tell what kind of a bird it Is.
So fnr there has been no report of
Illicit Importations by air line, but ex
pectation of such truffle Is not denied.
How to prevent It Is n perplexing prob
lem, growing more nnd more pressing
as requests for rulings come from dep
uty collectors on our northern and
southern borders. In the latter case
they have had to do with tobacco
brought In from Cuba by way of Key
West nnd Tampa.
Here Is nn entirely new problem for
the treasury to deal with In the col
lection of revenue through customs du
ties. It Is one to be solved by treas
ury regulations (born of decisions) for
which no additional legislation Is need
ed. That It may be solved by a com
prehensive order Is almost despaired
of beenuse the best thought of the de
partment, Although the need of deal
ing with the situation has been long
foreseen, has not been able to bit upon
n method to close this door to secret
Importations thrown open by a mod
ern method of transportation most dif
ficult, If not Impossible, to control.
May Require Registration.
It Is believed that some scheme may
be worked out whereby all airplanes
leaving the country will be registered
at the nearest custom house on the
border, where a certificate will be Is
sued to be presented at any custom
house In returning, as Is done no In
the ease of automobiles. This would
In most cases be a mere formality, but
would permit search In suspicious
cases nnd would tend to keep down
smuggling. "Will befeglsterod" Is rec
ognized as putting It strongly, ns It
Is admitted It would be Impossible to
compel such registration of a machine
miles above the clouds. The auto
nioblllst finds It best to comply be
cause without his certificate to surren
der on return he must prove his car
is of American make or pay perhaps
45 per cent ad valorem duty. There
would be no way to stop the flying mn
chlne, coining or going.
Deputy Collector Hnyden L. Moore,
at San Juan, Porto Rico, seems to
think he has them going. If not com
ing. To him airplanes nre not auto
mobiles but seagoing vessels. Serious
Inquiries from business men on the
island hnve caused him to mnke this
ruling:
"In the absence of specific Instruc
tions from the department, I shall re
quire airships clearing from Porto
Rico for foreign ports tn be properly
documented under the rules of tbe de
partment of commerce In the same
manner ns seagoing vessels are regu
lated, entries nnd clearances to be
made and all dues paid at custom
houses In districts where landings are
effected or voyages started."
Difficult to Enforce Rules.
This Is very simple, but airplanes
are peculiar In their mode of travel.
The colletcor does not say how he pro
poses to enforce this requirement, and
bus received suggestions from some of
the Porto ltlcnns that nn aviation
school for customs men be established
to bestow degrees of "sky Inspector"
nnd "custom nee." Service windows In
the custom house also nre urged bear
ing the legends "Airships entered" and
"airships cleared."
Deputy Collector BragaSRa, at Key
West, lias bis troubles over what Is an
airplane, He recently wrote to Collec
tor Arthur G. Watson, at Tampa, that
It was almost a dally occurrence for
airplanes to go o'er to Cuba and re
turn. One day his messenger boy over-,
heard n man who had been a pnssen
gel on a boat from Havana tell the
difference between traveling that way
and by airplane. He said be bad JOt
paid $20 duty on n lot of cigarettes,
when the other day be had brought the
same amount home by air nnd did not
pay a cent. Collector Hragussu want
ed to know, "How about it'!" Collec
tor Watson told blin to talk to tbe
navy people about It. He replied:
"I have conferred with Admiral
Decker, who has Issued Instructions to
the Key West ill r stotlon that civilian
passenger will not be permitted to be
carried In airplanes unless permission
has been grunted by the customs offi
cer In charge of the port, and also have
Issued Instructions that all airplanes
arriving at this port from foreign
countries will comply with the navy's
end of the regulations in connection
with the reporting to the customs of
ficer the a nival of American naval
vessels from foreign ports."
Millions Have Malaria.
Washington. The United States
public hen I'll service estimates that
over seven million people in the United
States nre Infi A with malaria.
WESTON HONORS LADIES
DEPARTING FOR ATHENA
That which is Weston's loss is Ath
ene's gain. This applies not only
from a business standpoint in the re
moval of the Watts & Rogers interests
to this city, but socially as well, for
three most excellent families are add
ed to our citv life, who will do highly
appreciated by this community.
The following from the Leader,
shows in a measure the high esteem
in which these ladies are held in Wes
ton: "One of the most delightful func
tions of the social calender was the
Kensington given by Mesdames F. D.
Watts and E. M. Smith at the Dr.
Watts residence Friday afternoon in
honor of Mesdames E. C. Rogers, R.
Proudfit and J.. F. Snider, who are
leaving Weston to reside in Athena,
'ihe invitational list included the mem
bers of the Saturday Afternoon Club
and Mrs. Minnie Walker of Helix.
"An elaborate three-couise luncheon
was served by the hostesses, after
which the place cards, bearing senti
ments appropriate to friendship, were
read aloud.
"The afternoon proved a fitting tes
timonial of the affection and esteem
with which the honor guests are re
garded by their fellow club members."
ARMY AVIAtS'IP OFF"
OVER BLUE MOUNTAINS
Mistaking the Umatilla river for
Wild Horse creek, the army aviators
hopped over the Blue Mountains Sun
day afte'noon, landing at Imbler, Un
ion county. Instead of their destina
tion, Walla Walla, and incidentally
cheating Athena out of the spectacle
of their flight over this section.
After refilling the gasoline tanks in
In: bier, Lieut. Fetters headed the big
Curtis machine for Walla Walla, pass
ing over Elgin, where the roaring of
his motors broke up a Chautauqua
meeting.
Swinging over the mountains from
the East, the aviator took the people
of Walla Wulla unawares as they were
looking for the machine to come from
the southwest.
After swooping over the city and
looping the loop, the plane landed on
the grounds selected for the landing.
Lieut. Fetters left Walla Walla Mon
day morning for Spokane via Ritzville.
Tbe inland flight was made from Seat
tie with the object of, interesting
young men in aviation, there being at
this time a wide range of activity in
the air service, both for pilots and
mechanics.
HOUSER SAYS FULL
Says a Portland dispatch: Every
wheat grower in the Pacific Northwest
will be given every portion of every
cent to which he is entitled on the
government's guaranteed price for
wheat this season.
This is the big reason that Max H.
Houser, second vice president of the
grain . corporation, with headquarter
at Portland, retains his dollar a year
job with the government. Mr. Houser
went east on a recent t'ip with the
view of severing his connection with
the grain corporation, but was per
suaded by Mr. Barnes, head of the
organization, to continue during the
1010 season.
"The grain corporation here will be
maintained at even a greater efficiency
than previously," said Mr. Houser.
"Owing to war conditions, with conse
quent lack of man power, we were
compelled to get along aa beat we
could and therefore, had to skimp.
This season we are going to make
doubly sure that every wheat grower
will get every cent he is entitled toi
and we will have field agents to see
that no sharp practices whatever are,
practiced upon the grower. He will
get the government price on whatever
grade ot wheat he has to offer. During
the last two 'years wheatgrowers in
the older grain sections received quite
fair treatment, but many complaints
were received from growers in sections
that had never before grown any grain
for shipment to outside points. These
latter we will try to reach through our
field agents and they are assured of
correct treatment.
"I expect a free and early movement
both of wheat and flout. Hoi long
this will continue will largely depend
upon the amount of tonnage available
for shipments. If the shipyards get
additional contracts to last them until
next spring, I have absolutely no ap
prehension that we will have any trou
ble in forwarding our surplus. If the
shipyards are not given additional con
tracts, it is going to be a serious prob
lem how to forward our surplus with
dispatch."
The Dr. M. C, Kurn mountain ranch
heretofore farmed by Bert Piersol, has
teen purchased by Dr. J. C. Baddeley
for !;'(). two. The farm comprises 440
acres and Dr. Baddeley acquires tho
Piersol crop in the deal. Bert has
leased the Jinks Taylor stock ranch in
Malheur county.
Montana Needs. Rain
Crop prospects in Montana are poor,
compared with those in Umatilla coun
ty J. E. Montgomery tells the East
Oregonian, following his return from a
visit to Lewistown, Mont. He was
accompanied by Roland Oliver and
Charles H. Marsh, with whom he is
associated in the ownership of a 2500
acre wheat ranch. "Winter wheat is
short In Montana," Mr. Montromery
said. "It needed rain badly and has
headed out prematurely, with the re
sult that the heads are not well filled.
If rains are fairly plentiful, the spring
wheat crop will be the saving feature."
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