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VOLUME XL.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. AUGUST 1. 1919.
-NUMBER 31
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HARVESTING THE
1919 WHEAT CROP
PRESENCE OF SMUT
INDIAN CELEBRHTOHS
ARE BREAKING GAMP
Yield is Generally Larger In This
''Miction Than Was at First
'IslSr CoimtM ni
There Is going to be more wheat in
this part ot Umatilla county than was
counted on before the harvest season :
commenced This fact has been dem-1
onatrated as the harvest operations
progress and opportunity is given to
ze up the situation.
In the district immediately surround-
. Athena, much ot the wheat will
average better than 45 bushels per
acre, and more than one 50 bushel
field has been predictedVAll of this
grain is of a No 1 quail t with the
exception that a , little sm)t is en- j
countered.
In the territory Norn west of Athena, !
a bumper crop is being harvested, with
but a few fields azeraglng under 40
bushels per acre. The general re
port coming here is around 45 bushels j
to the acre, with a number of fields j
in that neighborhood going better than
45. Last season, this same district
produced well, In fact outdistanced
any other dlstfhu in the Umatilla
wheat growlngTlBlt.
That this was an ideal season for
White Hybred wheat is being demon
strated by the yield from all fields in
which the combines are now hum'
mlng. It is found that this variety
withstood the rigorous cold of last
winter much better than did any other
variety of grain sown last fill. Red
Chaff proved a stumbling block to
every farmer, almost, who sowed it
This variety froze out, and many j
fields were resown this spring, and
others that were not, had in them a
thin stand which permitted a healthy
growth of weeds, with the consequent
result that the yield was materially
cut down.
A considerable irn of grain
this year is being harvested in bulk,
the process being to handle the grain
direct from the combine to wagons
which transport it to storage. The
method is becoming popular and per
haps by next season will be in general
practice. A very complex. lg for
bulking gram may be seen 1 rtin
in the Dudley fields, where Gen Dud
ley and four boys are operating a big
Oregon special machine, drawn by a
75 Holt caterpillar. A device for
hitching the wagon along-side the
combine has been perfected, so that
when one wagon is filled, it la drop
ped by pulling a lever. A few rods
in advance, where is has been left
by the driver, the empty wagon is
picked up by a cable without stopping
the machine or loss of anybody's
time.
Smut in varying quantity is en
countered this year in all parts of
the county. Relative to this, the Pen
delton Tribune says: , ' ,
"Harvest, now in progress in all sec
tions of the county, while generally
satisfactory to the grower, brings to
light the fact that, in nearly every
district, the grain is affected with
smut The disease this year has made
its appearance in sections where It
has not been known before in years.
In the Cold Springs country, for in
stace, where farmers have been ac
customed to discount the smut danger,
the disease this year has made its
oppoaranee. Early sowing, together
with .weather conditions during the
growing period, Is assigned as the
cause of this unusual condition.
The Trlbue further says:
"Now that harvest is in progress In
every section, it is revealed that the
- yield per acre, generally speaking, is
better than had been anticipated, es
pecially in view of the" rather unfav
orable conditions during a large part
of the growing season. In the Echo
Nolin region, where harvest is most
advanced and where possibly 40 per
cent ot the grain has been cut. the
yield per acre will run from 15 to 22
bushels. In the Cold Spring section,
it will average from 18 to 25, some
times better. In the Myrick section'
and over the reservation generally,
the average yieH la from 80 to 40
bushels. Oat in the Pilot Rock district
except on some better situated farms,
gram is running anywhere from 10
to 39 busflols
"At present,' judging from toe way
wheat is coming la, the crop win
Nez Perces and Yaklmas Go to Their
Homes From Races
The 1919 Indian annual celebration
at Cayuse camping grounds, on the
Umatilla reservation has come to a
close and the Nex Perces and Yaki
ma visitors have broken camp after
spending three weeks with the Walla
Walla, Umatillla and Cayuse tribes, as
their guests.
The horse races and Indian gamb
ling games did not develop as much
Interest, apparently this year as in
the past, although some good races
were pulled oft, and large sums of
money changed handsIn the games
There are only two classes of In
dians going home from the gathering
the broke and near-broke or the ones
who acquired sudden riches at the
expense of their fellows. Working
themselves Into a frenzy over the old
time "stock" game, some of the In
dians have staked all their posses-,
slons. One Indian lost an outfit, In
eluding horse and blakets, but his
credit was good ad he still tried to
win them back. The Indian wives sit
back of the players, and watched
their husbands squander all they had
and never batted an eye.
Reconstructing Line
The Preston-Shaffer Milling Com
pany will reconstruct the electrict wire
system in the down-town district, be
ginning the work at once. Heavier
service wire than that now in use, will ,
be- put in, and the transformer capa
city will ' be enlarged. Until the
change is made, B. B. Richards chop
mill will be closed down for want of i
power. The present wire service on
the motor circuit of the system has
proved to be not heavy enough to
transmit sufficient voltage to run his
chop mill with its recently added
machinery and equipment.
Dies at Age of 89.
William Taylor, aged 89, who re
sided in Athena since 1861, died Mon-,
day afternoon at the State Hospital
where he was committed two weeks 1
ago. Mr. Taylor was a Virginian, who
came to this country in the early,
Mr Taylor is survived by one daugh
ter, Mrs. H. M. Sloan, of Pendleton; i
two brothers, David Taylor, of Athena;
and d; M. Taylor, of Portland; two
sisters, Mrs. Nancy Kettler, of Spo
kane and Mrs. Jackson Nelson of Ath
ena, i
TO 6E CHANGED
CONTRACT BEEN LET
Corner Store Rooms to Be Used for
Hardware Stock and Farm
Implements
Beglnhlng alterations at once, both
exterior and interior, Contractor, C.
A. Scott vlll rush, to completion the
extensive changes to be made in the
store rooms at corner ot Main and
Third streets, recently purchased by
Watts and Rogers.
The frontage of the three store
rooms will be changed entirely, and
when worked over, will be uniform
in design. The first two store rooms
will be fitted with fixtures to acco
modate a hardware stock, and the
third store room will be utilized for
display of agricultural Implements and
machinery.
For a distance of 45 feet, the parti
tion between the first two rooms will
be removed and a 20-foot arch will
be cut in the partition ot the third
store room, thus affording open com
munication between the two depart
ments. A private office will be placed at
the back end of the corner room. At
the rear of the 45 foot opening, the
business office will be located. Shelv
ing, counters, office- furniti ' and fix
tures will be installed as soon as pos
sible, with the view of having the dif
ferent lines in place for the fall trade.
CHARM OF "MERRIE ENGLAND"
Campers are Many.
The campers in the Blue Mountains,
both at private camps and the resorts,
are many- With the finishing of an
early harvest many more will go to
enjoy a vacation and recreation per
iod. Some huckleberries are reported
as being ripe now, but later the wild
fruit will doubtless be more plenti
ful. McEwens Have Big Crop.
McEwen Bros., are harvesting the
biggest wheat crop ever grown on
their land, Northwest of Athena, so
they report. Their machinery Is run
ning nicely and they are already well
into the work.
What It Was In the Days of Old Can
Still Be Discerned In Spots
Today.
Of our forefathers, nine out of ten
lived In the rural parts; and the re
mainder, the busiest and the best
tithe of English humanity, in towns
whose darkest lane was never a mile
from the orchards round the town, so
that the recreation of the city dweller
was by the hedgerows and rlvcr
bonks. . . . The spring and the winter
came unsought Into every man's life,
not as they come today, wayfarers be
wnndered agjivng the housetops, feebly
whispering 6- unknown things In far
salubrious lands, but fresh with burst
ing bough or strong In glowing frost.
The thoughts of the "Allegro" and "II
Penseroso" are Indeed the thoughts of
a rare mind, but the most vulgar slave
of custom enjoyed In the dsys of King
Charles the conditions of daily life
which Milton there described; the
sweet Influences of the seasons, had
their effect. . . . Whether they knew
It or not, the Cavaliers drew their
charm from the fields, and the Purl
tans their strength from the earth,
. . . What this old England was can
still be seen and felt In the combes
and on the round hilltops of Somerset
and Devon, In. the wooded lands over
which Malvern looks to the west, and
In the broken valleys that lead the
lake mountains down toward the sea.
G. M. Trevelyan.
A. 6. STEELE SELLS ROME !
WILL CLOSE OUT BUSINESS
-?
In Harness Business Here for Seven
V B. Steele has sold his residence
in Athena to Qurran McFadden ot
McFadden's Pharmacy, and after clos
ing out his stock' of harness aneVaad
delry goods, wlllfieave Athena.
Mr. Steele has been engaged Tn har
ness business in this city for seven
years past, taking over the store from
Charles Norrls, who was in the har
ness business for many years.
The retiring harness dealer has no
plans for the future, He is yet un
decided as to the- method he will em
ploy to close out his stock, but would
prefer to dispose of a portion of It
to the trade and sell the balance, to
gether with tools and equipment to
a harness denier, so that Athena
might have a repair shop.
FALLS ON pScHFORK
HIS SIDE IS PUNCTURED
While After a Colt, Harvest Hand
Accldently Hurt.
Carrying a pitchfork In his hand
and running after a oolt, which was In
the way ot a header, C. E. Logsden,
employed in McEwen Bros , threshing
crew, met with a painful accident.
He slipped and fell against the tines
of the fork with the force of his full
weight. The tines penetrated the left
side and one of bis ribs was fractur
ed. Mr. Logesden watf brought to town
and received attention from Dr. Sharp.
He is at the home of his brother,
Bert Logesden, and Is rapidly recov
ering from his Injury, although It will
be some time before he can resume
work in the harvest field.
A
NEW FACE ON SCREEN
THEATRE
Strong Program For Saturday, Sun
day and Wednesday
On the evening of August 13th, a
new face will appear on the screen at
the" Standard Theatre, when Boatrlz
Mlchelena appears In "Just Squaw,"
the first of a series of three splendid
pictures contracted' for exhibition here.
The program for the next three shows
follows :
Saturday, August 2 Bill Hart in
"Riddle Gwane," and Arbuckle In
"Fatty at Coney Island."
Sunday, Augusts 3 George Beban,
in "One More American," with Pathe
Weekly and one reel comedy.
Wednesday, August 6 Hayakawa,
the great Japanese actor comes in "His
Birthright," with Lonesome Luke as
the mirth provoker.
Miss Grace Zerba, accompanied by
her sister, Edna, left last week for a
two months visit .with relatives in
Idaho.
START IS MADE
IN FINANCIAL MERGER
President of Reserve Bank Brings
Forces of Twelfth District
Together.
All the war financing organizations
of the Twelfth Federal Reserve dis
trict have just been consolidated by
Governor John P. Calkins ot the San
Francisco Federal Reserve bank into
the War Loan organization ot the
Twelfth Federal Reserve district with
Robert E. Smith, president of the
Title and Trust Company ot Portland,
as director and C. A. Farnworth,
Twelth District Liberty Loan Pub
licity Manager as associate director.
The War Loan organization will di
rect the closing up ot the business
ot the Liberty Loan organization and
also look after the sales of certificates
of Indebtedness and Wf Savings cer
tificates and stamps Particular at
tention will be given to the sale of the
new Treasury Savings Certiflcaius,
just issued by the U. S. Treasury De
partment. They are in denominations
of $100 and $1000 and the Interest Is
compouded quarterly as with the War
Savings Stamps.
Director Smith made a spectulac
distribution of the Treasury Savings
Certificates throughout the Twelfth
District. On receipt of the first mil
lion dollars worth of the new secur
ities in San Francisco by Governor
Calkins he turned them over to Smith
for dispatch to the directors in the
several states and territories In the
district.
, Hurrying from the Federal Reserve
Bank by auto and ferr. 'o the aero
I plane field back, ot Beraeley, Smith
hopped into the passenger's seat in a
; big Do Haviland bomber from Mather
Field, Sacramento, with Lieutenant
E. Neubig as pilot. A record
breaking flight was made to Portland
From there Smith raced down the wil
i lamette and Columbia rivers to Kal
am in the motor boat Vogel Boy and
then proceedod by auto to. Seattle in
time to hand a bundle of the Treasury
Savings Certificates to th captain of a
fast mail stefimer about to sail for
Alaska. Director Smith believes In
putting speed into the distribution
and sale of government i 'curl ties in
the Twelfth district.
Wheat Yield Held Fair
I .
Last week, wheat harvesting be
gan in the Prosser, Wash., section
I and despite the dry season, there is
considearble grain coming from the
hills-there. While some ranchers re
port practically nothing, others are
j getting yields better than expected.
j The Horse Heaven country, Is averag
ing 10 bushels per acre, and from
the Rattlesnake Hills come even bet
ter reports, where some fields are av-
( eraglng around 20 bushels per acre.
VOCATIONAL TRAINING IS
STARTED AT CAMP LEWIS
Follows Aged Husband.
Mrs Mahuldah Elizabeth Monro
Key, widow of the late Hezekiah Key
passed away July 21, 1919, two weeki
after her husband was called by death.
Mrs. Key was born near Dobsoti,
Surrey county, North Carolina, Janu
ary 15, I860. Weston Leader.
range around four and a half million
bushels or better, a good crop for the
county, especially good in view of the
hot weather through which the gram
passed. Its weight Is probably better
than that of last year all around but,
because of the smut, the grade wilj
suffer somewhat.
"Gome wheat is being s. ,ped. Quite
a lot of it. In fact. It is, however,
purely for coast mills. None has yet
gone east and none has been shipp j
for export. The fact lhat.UmatIlhv
county's harvest Is earlier than othei
sections, has been a boon for thore"
farmers who were first ready to de
liver wheat for a premium, said to be
around five cents a bushel, hai been
paid a fortunate few. nfts Is said to
be the only county in the northwest
where a premium has been paid and It
Is not expected that there will be
more than a small amount paid tor at
this price, it there should be any more.
"For the remainder of the season,
farmers may exnect to have their
wheat handled, generally speaking. In
the same macr as last year, on con-sigmsnt"
Young Men Joining the Army May
Select Vocation.
Authority has been ' received from
the War Department to Initiate ed
ucational and vocational training at
this Camp, in addition to the military
training received. Any young man
wishing to enlist is permitted to
choose the Arm of the Service in which
eh cares to enlist.
Any soldier, serving In whatever
Arm, Is permitted, not required, to
undertake educational or vocational
training three hours dally during five
days ot the week. It is believed that
this educational opportunity, furnish
ed young men who have not yet enter
ed college or learned a trade, will in
duce a large number of young men, un
married, to enter the Army for the
purpose of either increasing their earn
ing capacity after discharge, or for
the purpose of entering college in a
higher grade than hi would other
wise enter.
This educational advantire is In ad
dition to the other privileges accorded
soldiers of the Army. The present
pay and allowances, such as clothing,
subsistance, quarters, medical atten
tion, dental treatment, life insurance,
etc., are usually estimate at $100.00
per month
The Improvement In the character
of citizenship of those young men who
served during the war must have been
noted by readers of your paper. The
same improvement may be gained- by
other young men who have not yet
served in the Army.
IS
A NATIONAL HELP
FACTS IN LIBEL SUIT
His Great Plants Put a Punch In
Nation's Great Fighting Force
NT!H Of ROLLING HILLS
99 Per Cent Proof
I Unj- WGll6jS f !, vJIJ
The Dmrnllna, Between Syracuse and
Rochester, N. Y., Make Exquisite
Bit of Scenery.
Between Syracuse and Rochester
lies a country of hills, known as drain
11ns, which Is one of the most beautiful
and unique bits of scenery In the
eastern United States.
The lerm drumlln Is an Irish one
and Is applied to low, rolling hills ot
glacial origin which exist In that coun
try, and also in parts of New York and
New England. This section between
Syracuse and Rochester Is rhe very
heart of the American drumllns.
Most American mountains and hills
were formed by violent disturbances
of the earth's surface, ond their rude
origin Is reflected In their ruggedness.
But the drumllns were built by the
great Ice sheet which once covered all
of North America. The materials of
which they are made were pushed to
gether slowly by the crawling glaciers
molded and tamped and smoothed by
the great Ice fingers as a child makes
mud pies.
The drumllns look as though lliey
had been designed by some great In
telligence with a sense of beauty, for
they rise In smooth, gentle curves, like
those of a perfect human body. They
are rcmarltubly uniform In height,
usually a little less than 200 feet, nnd
o smooth and lenient ure their
slopes that many of them are culti
vated to their summits. Some of them
are as round as half an apple, and oth
ers are long welts or rolls.
Scattered among the hills are a num
ber of small lakes and ponds, clear
and pretty, and there Is good fishing tn
many of them. The drumllns are a
favorite playground of the people In
Syracuse, Rochester and other nearby
towns, but they aro little known bo
yond the counties In which they He.
New Splint Works Well.
The treatment of broken and other
wise Injured arms has been somewhat
facilitated by the Invention of a new
splint, which Is a mechanical device
ready for Instant uso In any case with
out regnrd to Its character. It Is in
war, where a great number of cases
are to be treated as quickly as possible,
that this new device will be of the
greatest value. It Is adjusted to tho
body of the patient. It can be used
on either arm and may be adjusted to
any position In which It may be de
sired to hold the Injured arm. It Is
a combination of metal rods, with suit
able Joints and hinges, so that the arm
Is properly supported and protected at
all times.
Fortune In Dead Man's Bed.
Colfax, Wash. Upon request ot
eastern relatives of Fred Fisher, un
old man who was found dead la his
shack In Colfax recently, the place wts
visited with a view to disposing of his
few household belongings. In taking
the blankets from his bed an old to
bdeco bag was found which contained
deposit slips for $1,000 anil $155 in
cash. Hot li slips were on a bank In
Deltu county, one being for $1,000 nnd
tbc other for $500, and bearing dute
of May 0, 1908.
There ace many Interesting pages in
the story of how America, turning
from the ways of peace, threw her
sons and her resources, into the wav
ering scales of world combat and in
clined them to the side ot Justice and
liberty. No greater record of acleve
ment was ever written than this tale,
and no single Instance, It is safe to
say, Is more .striking than that written
in the plants of Henry. Ford.
The story ot how Ford and his vast
army of workers helped put the punch
behind the mailed fist with which Am
erica struck at the forces of autocracy
and militarism came out tor the first
time In the Ford-Tribue libel suit in
answer to the Tribune's charge that
alter the United States entered the
war he Ford organizations made great
profltB at the expese of the govern
ment. Edsel Ford, the 25-year old presi
dent of the Ford Motor Company, ap
peared on the stand In the Ford-Trib
une libel case is a Tribune witness
In answer to a subpoena. During his
examination he was subjected to a
long grilling on the work of the Ford
Tories during the war. The conten
tion of the Tribune counsel was that
Henry Ford had made huge profits
from the manufacture ot war materials.
Armed with a comprehensive knowled
ge of the work ot his concern and
backed by records and figures, young
Ford proceeded to show:
That Henry Ford offered every fac
ulty at his command to the govern-
ent when this country broke oft re
lations with Germany;
That Henry Ford was prevented
from turning back all the profits on
government work by the minority
stockholders;
That when ho could not get the
minority stockholders to agree to man
ufacture war materials without profits,
Mr Ford turned back his family's
share or 58 1-2 per cent.
That the Ford Motor Company de
veloped new processes which it did
not patent but gave to the govern
ment; That the company broke all produc
tion records and repetedly made war
material for less than the contract
price, and that tn Company volun
tarily turned back to the government
the saving thus affected In the cost
of manufacture.
Cylinders for aeroplane engines,
which formerly cost $20 each, were
turned out by the Fnrd company for
$8.25 and later for $" One million
cylinders wero ouiti,
A new method of making bearings
tor aeroplane engines was developed.
This method permitted the Interchang
ing of bearings, eliminating hours of
hand fitting.
A contract for artillery caissons w,as
accepted. The government was wil
ling to pay $1,200 for each caisson
Ford made them for $700, turned back
the $500 which he saved tnd cut his
profits from $120 on each casson to
$70.
A contract for finishing 2,000,000
helmets was given to the Ford com
pany. The contract price was 30 cents
Ford developed a process of using
cork instead or Hand glare and then
turned the helmets out for the gov
ernment ut seven cents each.
The armor used on tanks was so
heavy that the machines were luuu to
move. Tho Ford company developed
a new process for making this armor
which cut the weight down B0 per
cent without injuring the projectile
resisting qualities. It built 15 tanks
for the government and the perform
ance of those machines met with such
approval that the government asked
for 15,000 more. The armistice put
a stop to the work.
Henry Ford suggested the Eagle
boat to Secretary Daniels, and In his
Arts letter on this subject offered
to build these crafts without profit.
; Six bousand tractors were sold to
l the British government at cost
The Ford hospital, nu of the larg
est in the country, was turned over
to the government for $1.00 a year.
Mrs. J B. Baylor, wholiaa, been vis
iting her' aunt, Mrs. David Taylor, was
called to her home in Milton, Saturday
by tbe illness ot her ion, ,
mm