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Advertising The cAthena Press circulates in the 'homes of readers who reside in the heart of the Great Umatilla Wheat Belt, and they have money to spend mm mm Notice ! If this notice is marked RED, it sig nifies that your Subscription expires with this issue. We will greatly ap preciate your renewal $J.OO per year Bntered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mall Matter ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. MVRCH 2. 1922. NUMBER 11 BANQUET GIVEN HE SHOWS SPIRIT HERE Toastmaster Richards and M. L. Watts, Principal Speaker of Evening, Hit Responsve Chord. TIMERS LEAGUE FIRE QUESTIONS AT GANIDATES In appreciation of the splendid showing made by Athena High School in athletics and school work o-onpral a numebr of Athena busi ness men and friends of the school, tendered a banquet to the members of the basketball team, Professors Hadley and Basler and boys of the High School at tne oi. mcnuis wki "FriHav evenmtr. B. B. Richards acted as toastmas ter at the banquet which was served on a table extendine the full length of the dining room. The banguet was enlivened by a chorus of school girls in song at the piano, and short talks were made by Mr. Richards, Prof. Basler. Leon Kretzer. James Hodgen, John Pinkerton and P. B. Boyd. The principal address of the evening was made by Mr. M. L, Watts, of the school board. Mr. Watts, in a pleasent, get-together way, expressed the sentiment of the school board and the communi ty generally in appreciation of the splendid spirit prevailing in school matters in Athena and he particu larly called attention to mutual under standing and co-operation of the school patron, the parent and teacher. He cited thestudent body .to the bene ficent results accrued from educa tion and told the boys of the labors of the members of the school board to make the school a success, and named property-owners in the district, having no children in school, who will ingly paid their share of tax to main tain a good school. He wanted a good school always, v,o aoiH and to make a erood school required hard work on the part of the student. The district, the board and community as a whole, was doing its part, and he was satisfied that the. students aDDreciated their oppor tunitv. and were doing their besW to secure the advantages a good school-training held out to them. Mr. Watts in his speech, held to the policy of retaining school super intendents and principals, who by ef fort and capability had proved their worth as educators. He and other speakers were emphatic in their de sire that Professor Hadley and Pro fessor Basler remain at the head of Athena schools. Mr. Richards voiced the sentiment of all present when he proclaimed that he favored school tax reduction just to the extent that the cut would not impair the efficiency of the public school system or the institutions of higher education. He favored the re tention of Prof. Hadley and Prof. Easier, to head the Athena schools, and reviewed the success of the schools. Mr. Richards has been connected with the school, as a member of the board in the past, is a warm suppor ter of the school, and his remarks served to warm up everyone present with a spirit typiymg the occasion as one long to be remembered in school affairs of the town. Professor Hadlev resnonded on be half at the school, and Professor Bas ler paid tribute to the success of the local boys in their athletic erfons. After the banauet the hosts and cuests repaired to Lesion Hall where dancing was enjoyed during the re mainder of the evening. . FUNERAL OF W. IK DOBSON WAS HELD IN PORTLAND HADLEY AND BASLER TO HEAD SCHOOL NEXT YEAR At the meeting of the Taxpayers League at Pendleton, Saturday a com mittee submitted a questionnaire to be submitted to candidates for office in the coming campaign, lor approval of the members of the league mem bers, attending the meeting. The questionnaire as submitted by the league committe embraces the following: Question 1. The Umatil la county taxpayers league stands for a general revision downward of all state, county and municipal taxes to the lightest possible load of taxa tion upon the people consistent with sane, economical and efficient govern ment. Can you subscribe to this gen eral declaration of purpose? Question 2. Favors an equal and just taxation upon all classes of pro perty, and that all future bond issues be made tax bearing. Qncatinn 3. What do you favor and propose in regard to useless officers and employees eating up taxpayer money? . . Question 4. What is your position on bureaucratic and delegated author ity for law enforcement by special agents, demonstrators and other em ployes? ' ' Question 5. How do you stand up on the question of duplications of ser vice and additional appropriations in our educational institutions, outside of present millage tax laws ? Question 6. What is your pledge aeainst the employment of an army ot extravagant ciems at tue ic6io tive sessions? Question 7. Will you pledge your best endeavors to cut the next legis lative budget of ten per cent less man the previous year, instead of six per cent greater? Question 8. What ol a six per cent limitation law, and do you favor re ducing taxation or increasing sources of revenue by new forms of taxation ? Question 9. Do you favor a state income tax? Question 10. We recommend $193,- 000, exclusive of millage $104,054, for fair purposes be discontinued for a period of five years, and also fur ther buildings for fair purposes be discontinued except the maintenance of the central state fair. What is your position in this matter ? Question 11. We favor discontinu ing $175,000 for live stock associa tion. 476.000 to tourist bureau, and $25,000 to tourist information bureau. How do vou feel about it : Question 12. Would you cut out $84,000 benefit to commercial fisher men? Question 13. The bureau of mines expends $50,000 and the livestock sanitary board $50,000 more. Would you cut 'em out ? Question 14. Expenses under head of protection to Der3ons and property, total $916,893, an increase of $496, 018 over the two previous years. What would vou do about it? Question 15. Could not the Indus trial accident commission, drawing $179,093 be made self sustaining? Question 16. How do vou stand on the position of abolishine the Oregon national guard, coatinsr J2RR.700, as a separate institution and confining military training within )" state to county and state schools? Question 17. would you iavor con solidating all branches of health de partment under one head and cutting appropriations for same 50 per cent? Question 18. Would you oppose special sessions of the legislature? Question 19. We belipvp that the total legislature budget for 1921-1922 amounting to $7,260,890 can be cut $2,000,000. Do you? LXAt a meeting of the Athena school ft a .rj 1 Cnnoi'in. Doara weuiiesuay eveiuup, m tendent O. C. Hadley and Professor Basler were elected to head the school for the comine year, at the same sal ary paid them during the present year,U $2500 and $1800, respectively. SalA aries in other departments oi tne school were cut slightly, in conformity with the general decrease in teacher's salaries throughtout the northwest. The services of Mr. Hadley were sought by other school boards at the salary paid him here, and the board wisely retained him and also his cap able assistant, Mr. Basler. The board reduced the other two high school positions from $1400 and $1500 respectively to $1350; grade teachers from $1200 to $1100, and jan itor from $120 per month to $100 per month. The board Granted Superintendent Hadley three days leave oi aDsence from the school tn afford him the op portunity of attending the Inland Em Dire Teacher's Institute at Spokane, April 5, 6 and 7, the greatest conven tion of teachers in tne wortnwest. WILL ATHENA GET IN ' THE GAME THIS YEAR? ATHENA CEMETERY FORMS ITS WORKING PLANS Officers Elected and Financial Resources To Be Organized At Public Meeting In Near Future The baseball bug has crawled out of his winter cocoon and pertinently asks whether or not Athena will be in league ball this year. Indications would point to the word "whether" with the couplet NOT following in big letters. Pendleton not being able to interest Hermiston in a six team league pro position, turns to Athena to fill the eaD in the Walla Walla-Dayton-Waits- burg-Milton-Freewater-Pendleton com bination , but the local baseball moon sheds no beams on talent of suffici ent calibre to justify going out and raising lucre other than for a team composed of local players to play in dependent ball with teams of nearby towns. A local fan, zealous in his fanning for a team here, slips a communica tion to the Press snorting editor, in which he quotes Wm. L. Phelps of Yale relative to Sunday baseball, and says that he's simply dying to again hear the crack of the bat. He ends his communication with, "Let's have a ball team, men. Root, root, root for the home team. Let's go!" FARMERS INTERESTED IN WHEAT TEST REDUCTIONS ETUDE CLUB TO PRESENT JAPANESE COMIC OPERA 125,000 PESTS POISONED Thousands of jack rabbits in Lake, Malheur, Morrow ;ir.d Umatilla count ies have "bit the C!dst" despite the comparatively low price of alfalfa hay, according to extension authori ties. These rabbit-poisoning cam paigns were carried on by county ag ricultural agents in connection with the United States biological survey. More than 125,000 of the long-eared pests were wiped out in Morrow coun ty, ' where strychnine poison was found to produce the best results. DEATH OF MRS. ELLIS Mrs. Clara Ellis, widow of the late Rev. Geo. T. Ellis, former pastor of the Athena Baptist church, died at Hot Lake, Union county, March 17, aged 76 years. Mrs. Ellis had been at Hot Lake for some time, going from her home in Baker to that place to take treatments. She is survived by one son, William H. Ellis, of Baker. Athena Cemetery Association wasorganized Monday night at the law office of Watts &Prestbye. These officers head the organization: H. I. Watts, president; T. A. Lieuallen, of Adams, vice-president; E. C. Prest bye, secretary-treasurer. N Delegates at the meetirlgVpf organ ization were N. A. Miller, . Masonic Lodge; Sanford Stone, I. O. O. F.; A. E. Shick, K. of P.; City Council, E. C. Prestbye, city attorney; dele gate at large, H. I. Watts, , . : . The organization will be known as the Athena Cemetery Association, ano' its obiect wilr be to imDrove and maintain the cemetery grounds. It is proposed to secure money for an ir reducible fund bv nonular subscrip tions, and Homer I. Watts heads the subscription list with $500 and should the fund reach $10,000, he will sub scribe $500 more. The subscriptions are not necessar ily to be cash subscriptions, but notes of subscribers, bearing 5 per cent in terest will be taken by the Associa tion. The membership fee on joining the Association has been placed at $1, with the object of having everyone who has relatives buried in the Athe na cemetery to become a member of the organization, and everyone not having relatives rr friends buried there is eligible to membership also, upon payment of the $1 fee. An additional plot of ground, com prising approximately four acres, which will include :nd adjoining the present burial site on the west and a strip 3d teet wide extending the tun ' length of the property on the south will be acquired by the Association, it is proposed. The present statusof the cemetery is that there is practically no space left, and it is necessary to enlarge the nronertv in order to accommodate burial facilities ToT'thetSmmunity." Monday night, the delegates will again meet at the office of Watts & Prestbye when the constitution and by-laws of the Association will be adopted. Also, in the near future there will be a public meeting held at High School auditorium, when the citizens of Athena and Adams and communities will he given an oppor tunity to discuss the matter of pres ent conditions organization and sub scriptions in detail Mr. T. A. Lieuallen has been se lected as delegate to represent Adams in the Association, for the reason that many families of that town and vicinity have long used the Athena cemetery as their burial place, and it i3 desired that they become identi fied in the movement for improving the cemetery, by becoming members of the Association. Farmers of the Athena section are much interested in the recommenda tions made by the Umatilla and Walla Walla countv wheat growers before the Public Service Commission at Pendleton last week, when it was pro posed to lower the test of White Club Wheat from 60 pounds to 58 pounds, and to change the term "White Wal la" to that cf "White Western." The recommendations concerned test weights, moisture content, dock age, combination of wheats, sub classes, abolition of special limita tions, "smutty" wheat, establishment of a sample market, and discounts and charges, rer- ti the East Oregonian. Ail important : -:mmendation was one asking that the same application of the hard white and soft white sub classes be made and that all white wheats or mixtures of white wheats containing more than 10 per cent of white club be designated as "White Western," and that where the per centage on the certificate. The new designation, say farmers, is much more desirable than the designation "White Walla," as the word "Walla" is in a bad renute. Establishments of a sample market in Portland by the commission was urged by farmers. Such a market, t.hev declare, would be most bene ficial to the farmers. Here buyers would puchase samples and wheat would be judged accordingly. Change in the definition of "smut ty" wheat to the following was asked: Smutty wheat shall be all wheat which has an unmistakable odor of smut, or which contains spores, balls, or portions of balls, of smut, in excess of a quantity equal to four balls of average size in 50 grams of wheat. It was recommended that discounts and charges in connection with smutty wheat be referred to the commission for a more equitable adjustment. Abolition of the special limitations on Hard Red Winter and Hard Red Spring, with reference to mixtures with white wheat, was urged. The nmaent suh-elassificatien of Hard Red Spring was approved, as was the present method of determining test weight in relation to ioreign mater ials, other than dockage. The lowering ot the present ot tne A PRACTICE SCHOOL AT THE SUMMER NORMAL MEET Funeral services for W. E. Dobson were held in Portland from the Dun ning undertaking parlors, Thursday .of last week. Services at the grave were conducted by the Kntehts of Pythias, three grand officers of the order offic iating, and the funeral Bermon was preached bv Rev. Griffith of the First Christian church of Portland. William Ezra Dobson was born in Deloit, Iowa, October 1, 1870, and died i Portland Sanitarium March 13. 1922. He leaves one sister, Mrs. Afmee Dobson-Upton of Estacada, Oregon; one brother. Ward P. Dobson of Los Aneeles California. He was married at Toledo. Oregon, February 25, 1898, tn Mi Lillian Downs. ,v ' rw daughter was born who died in infancy. He loined the - Christian church when Dr. S. M. Martin was in Athena, and was a member of Knights of Pythias, and United Artisans, Teachers of Eastern Oregon will be afforded the opportunity of doing work in practice school In conjunc tion with the six weeks session, of the summer' normal school at Pendleton, this summer, according to an announ cement made recently by President J, S. Landers of the State Normal School at Monmouth, lhe session will begin June 19 and will be con cluded the latter part of July. ,, One of the requirements wnicn graduates of normpj schools must meet in order to secure a diploma is a certain amount of directed teaching in a practice school under the critic ism of skilled instructors. Heretofore the Pendleton normal has not offered this feature, and the decision of the state to make available to Eastern Oregon teachers the opportunity of this extra training in the normal school in their own section of the state is expected to add to the popu larity of the course; FARM WORK IS ON Farm work has commenced with nlowins under wav in the west end of the county and in the vicinity of Helix and Pilot Rock. In other part? of the county, discing is being done. Reports say that frost yet remains on the north hillside slopes. Tuesday evening, April 4th has been designated as the date on which the Japanese comic operetta, "Yokohama Maid," will be produced at the high school auditorium. The play is given under the auspices of the Etude club, and the entire membership will tnke cart, being as sisted by the best male musical tal ent in the city, thirty people, includ ing the cast of characters and chorus comprising the personnel. The play is in two acts, and the musical numbers are as follows: Act I The Herald's song. (Takasi) "List en, O Ye People." , Chorus, "0 Sing-a-Song is Sweet Sixteen." Sog (Tung Waga) "All Wrinkled is the YJlow Cheek." Chorus, "Sing-a-Song Approaches." Duet, (Kissimee & Knogudi) "When a Maiden Falls in Love." Song, (Sing-a-Song) "When a Maid en's Sweet Sixteen. Duet, (Sing-a-Scng & Fateddo) "I Shall be Proud." Finale. Act II Opening Chorus, "Waiting Expect antly." Recitation and Solo, (Muvon Yu) "Attention Ye! " Chorus. "Here Comes the Mayor." an (Ah Nnl "Snki Tone." Song,'(Sing-a-Song) "Back Again to Old Japan. Tlnpt. "Oh What is a Maiden to Do. Ballad. (Harry) "A Heart Once Went." Onartnt "And Thus You See." Chorus, "Our Hearts Are wrunR. Trio. "I Am the Mayoress of Dol larsville." Sextette & Chorus, "Wedding Bells Following is the principal cast: Takasi, the herald of Kybosho. D. S. Fisher; Muvon, a policeman, Louis Stewart; Ah No, a Chinese -laundry-man from the U. S. A. , F. E. Russell; Fateddo. Mayor of Kybosho, C. M. Knoov Knnirnrii. his secretary, u. . Hadley; Harry Cortcase, an American lawyer, u easier; u aing-a-ounK, Japanese heiress, Mrs. D. T. Stone; Kissimee, her companion, Mrs. D. S Fisher; Tung Waga, an elderly nurse, Mrs. K. a. Mc&wen; .Hilda ana oteua. CONVICT SIT WHEN MISSILE IS THROWN AT GUARD DAVIDSON Guard Who Quelled Prison Riot At Walla Walla, By Killing the Noted Felon, "Tiger Johnson. moisture content from 14 to 12 was American tourists, Mrs. Robert Proud asked, with the recommendation that when i the content is in excess oi it per centj it be graded as having "ex cess moisture," the lowering- of the test weight of White Club from 60 to 58, to be uni form with that of Hard Red Spring, was another recommendation. Combination of the present classes of Common White and White Club, into a class to be known as White Wheat, and subdivided into Hard White, soft White and White West- GIRL SHOOTS COMPANION Edri Atkins, 12 years old, a pupil at the Berney school, in Walla Walla, suffered a flesh wound in the right leg today when a pistol in the hands of Katherine Hoffman, 14 years old, waa discharged. In attempting to unload it the pistol was discharged. The girl said she carried the pistol to keep from being annoyed by boys. GIBSON AND DUCHESS Two more good pictures are coming to the Standard, Theatre for the com ing Saturday and Sunday night pro grams. One of the belt bills in a long time is scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday, evening when Hoot Gibson, always pooular here will be seen in a smashing five-reel Western "Red Courage," and the inimitable Harold Lloyd comes back to the local picture house in "Under and Over." Sunday nieht one of the greatest horse race scenes ever screened will be seen in "The Sporting Duchess," featuring Alice Joyce. i : . AGAIN WITH S. O. CO. Maslin la again with the local disVibuting station of the Standard Ih nnnn.Uir r,f rl 111 liml-lfnl H ,1 yjU Vu., ill LnjiaLiv, ji viviiiv.jinun. Mr. Maslin was in the employ of the company last season. fit and Mrs. J. L. Michener; Chorus nf Jananese. weddine euests. etc. The first, act is laid in the earden of O Sing-a-Song in the suburbs of Yokohama, and the second in the grounds of the Mayor's residence at Kvhnshn. Time, the nresent. Mrs. O. O. Stephens presides at the piano, and will be assisted by an orcn pstra. Mrs. Loren Basler is directing the operetta, and nightly rehearsals are being held. The Etude club i3 indebted to the Hopf, Crescent and Alexander's stores in Pendleton for costumes, which will be worn bv the leading characters. The plav will be given in Helix on Monday evening, April 3, preceding the appearance at the school auditorium. HAD A CLOSE CALL IN PORTLAND AUTO WRECK Now That the Miners Threaten Strike ASHLAND WON CHAMPIONSHIP The Ashland High School basket bail team, won the state champion ship at the tournament in' Salem, Saturday night, by defeating the Eastern Oregon champions, Pendle- i. t-U Bnnrm rf Jh tft 9V PpnHl- ' j'j Mw tjnd and F.im-pnp i contending that in the preliminary games, and Ash, ! money out of the state. tana buwm uut, " FAVORS INCOME TAX J. T. Lieuallen, a dirt farmer of Adams, Oregon, is in the city, for a few days, says Wednesday s uregon- ian. Mr, Lieuallen has been raising j grfain in Umatilla county for a long number of years. He is most elo quent when the subject of taxes is mentioned. -as his own taxes have in creased 100 percent in the past five i years. In his onlnion every dollar should pay its share of taxes, and therefore he wants an income tax. it will not drive 28 to 27. WENT INTO THE DITCH A hie tourine car went into the CAMPAIGN AGAINST RABBITS Government activities in Walla ' Walla, Grant and Franklin counties, Washington, during the past winter i ditch at the p ace where the washout I accounted for 100,000 rabbits. An H.an Station. Satur-! interesting feature is that rabbits day night The car bore an Oregon have appeared in numbers m the Pa " K it. -I h..t and Mnn- louse district for the first time, and dav the car was lifted from the ditch ! farmers are being warned against a. ana tasen tu mamimvm v r . . . in Charles B. Preston, former resident of Waitsburg and Walla Walla, and well known in Athena, had a miracu lous escape from being killed in an automobile wreck at Portland, last Saturday. Preston, driving a big automobile w?s taking his friend and neighbor, A. M. Cannon, to the Waverly Coun try club. He undertook to cross the intcrurbi.n track of the P. R. L. & P. company's Oregon City line just as a southbound electric train was passing the private road leading to the club house. The escape of the two men from in stant death soon became a topic of conversation among the club members who saw the automobile struck just back of the driver's Beat and smashed against a post, whirled back to the track and pushed ahead of the train for nearly 200 feet. The car was de molished, practically nothing being left of it except the chassis and it badly twisted and the engine and its covering. A few minutes after the crash, both men were able to walk, with a3 sitance, to an automobile which con veyed them to the hospital. Healing ointments, protective bandages, and a brief period, of rest restored their shaky nerves. James Ogle, Oregon penitentiary convict serving a life sentence for the murder of J. N. Burgess and George Peringer of Pendleton at the Claremont tavern near Portland, on the night of November 21, 1919, was shot and instantly killed by peniten tiary guard John Davidson Tuesday morning, when Ogle heaved a rock at the guard, barely missing David son's head. .' Davidson, who is absolutely fear less and a trusted guard of 15 years' experience, shot the prisoner when he reached for a second missle to throw. The bullet entered the left shoulder and Ogle soon expired. The shoot ing took place from the wall of the "bull Den,'1 in which Ogle had been confined since he attempted to make his escape from the prison about a year ago. Some time ago penitentiary offi cials warned the guard to watch Ogle closely, as he had made threats to "rot. snmehodv" and then make a break for liberty; and when he threw the rock at Davidson, the guard be lieved the convict was bringing nis threat into execution. The dav following the murder oi Burgess and Peringer, Ogle, David Smith and "Dutch" Herman were trailed to a rooming houBe by a posse headed by the late Til Taylor, who happened to be in fortlana at tne time. The murderers were given a life sentence on pleading guilty, and in 1920 Ogle, saying he wanted to come clean in the matter, admitted to Warden Compton that he did the killing. - Ogle had a prison record Deiore De ing sent up for the Claremont mur ders, having served time at Deer Lodge, Montana, walla waua ana Monroe, Wash. He was 34 years oi age. His father resides at Boise, Idaho. John Davidson, penitentiary guard, formerly resided m this community, where he engaged in farming and is highly regarded by all who know him. He has two daughters living in Athena, Mrs. Fred Pinkerton and Mrs. Alex Mclntyre. When "Tiger" Johnson, one of the most desperate criminals ever con fined in the Washington penitentiary at Walla Walla, staged his daring attempt to escape, it was the coolness of Davidson, then a guard at the in stitution, that prevented a general prison delivery. The guard shot Johnson dead, at once quelling the convict insurrection. In writing up the Ogle shooting Portland papers gave a garbled ac count of the shooting of A. L. "Hog" Berry, a mountain recluse, by David son 30 years ago. Berry, an ill-natured and domineer ing old mountaineer, had words with Davidson over the use of a well lo cated on the Davidson place, during the dry season, when there was water only sufficient for Davidson's stock. Berry held a grudge against Davidson and had made threats against him to others. During the winter following he borrowed a rifle from a neighbor, ostensibly to kill hogs, but lay in wait for Davidson at a gate near the roadside. Returning from Weston on horse back, Davidson saw Berry approach ing, and ns he dronped ott the horse to open the gate, Berry fired at him. Davidson then shot Berry, went to his home a short distance away, and that night came to Weston and gave himself up. A coroner's jury drove to the scene of the shooting in two foot of snow, and the tracks made by Berry and Davidson were conclusive evidence to the jury that Davidson had acted in self defense. TO CONTROL SHEEP SCAB Dr. Earl B. Osborn. formerly a vet erinarian of this city has resigned from the husbandry department oi ! O. A. C. and at the close of the pres i ent term will take the position as assistant state veterinarian of Ore j gon. Dr. Osburn held this position before going to the college in 1920. The first work he will undertake will be the control and cure of sheep scab, which has just broken out in Central Oregon, between Bend and Paisley. SPORTSMEN TO ORGANIZE It is nronosed to effect a county or i ganization of sportsmen to affiliate and work in connection with the Ore ! gon State Sportsmen's association. I Seventeen counties were represented i at a meeting in Portland, when the j state association was organized, re i cently. Dan C. Bowman of Pendle ton, represented Umatilla county. y SQUIRRELS STILL SLEEP Npround squirrels are continuing to hibernate in Eastern Oregon more than two weeks later than their cus tomary appearanceavhile rodent era dicnters are watching their holes with tasty poison baits. Ira N. Gabrielson, in charge of rodent control work for the biological survey, has returned from Union and Wallowa counties, where he sent out several hundred pounds of poison among the different communities. Although the squirrels usually come out by March 1, they have appeared this year only on the south hillsides. There is more than a foot of snow over Wallowa county, and it only recently melted in Union county. IN CHICKEN BUSINESS J. H. Samuel, formerly engajred in the dray business in Athena, has pur chased the laying hens of Donald McFadyen, numbering several hun dred and will engage in the poultry business on large scale. He has erected a new chicken house on his property in the northwest part of town. The treasurer of Adams county, ; Washington, has received in taxes from railroads to date, $422,90:1. A I considerable sum is still due from the ' railroads under this heading. T"TlteK for thp annual Pinnflpr'a Pic nic at Weston, have been . .selected. The biif reunion of the Pioneers of Umatilla county, will be held this vear on Friday and Saturday, June 9th and 10th.