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VOLUME XLIII.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. MARCH 31, 1922.
NUMBER 12
1161 AND STANDS
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Platform Declares for Education
al Milage Tax; No Secret En
dorsement of Society or Clan.
Declaring that he will not neglect
the duties of the executive office),
even to the extent of making an
election campaign, but submitting his
candidacy for reelection upon the re
cord which he has already made as
a public official and pledging himself
to carry out the policies already in
augurated and to continue in econ
omical, conservative, yet construc
tional work for the commonwealth,
Governor Olcott today made public
the platform upon which he will seek
support in the May primaries for the
Republican nomination as that par
ty's candidate for governor of Ore
gon. "My record is the best guarantee I
can give as to my conduct of affairs
in public office," the governor's plat
form reads. "In seeking the Repub
lics nomination for governor, I sub
mit my record and certain proposals"
I have for the future. My experience
with the intimate knowledge of state
affairs enables me to give an efficient
and businesslike administration.
"I never have sought or received
the secret indorsement of any society,
clan, organization of societies or
group of persons to advance my po
litical fortunes. I never have and
never will give any pre-election pro
mise or pledge of any kind whatsoev
er, except that given to all of the
people of the state. My adminis
tration will ever be, as it has been,
administration of and for all of the
people. No secret chains will bind me
or my administration to the man
dates of an invisible government.
"Our forefathers decreed that each
man should have the inalienable right
to exercise his own religious beliefs
and to worship God as his own con
science dictates. That decree is a vi
tal force in our liberty giving dem
ocracy as it was a century ago. I
stand upon it as the heritage of eve
ry American citizen.
"An enlightened electorate is an ab
solute prerequisite to the mainten
ance and perpetuation of free govern
ment. Education is the greatest fac
tor in the development of our civiliza
tion. We can afford to do nothing to
destroy its efficiency, either in the
public schools, or in the halls of a
higher learning.
"I always have and always will be
lieve that teachers and instructors
from the primary grades up through
our higher educational institutions
should have adequate remuneration
for service well and nobly performed.
We are under deep and sacred on
ligations to our children, as well as
our ancestors, to preserve the high
standard of citizenship in our nation.
Attainment of that end depends
largely upon the facilities and pro
gress of our educational institutions
from bottom to top. To give our
children anything but the keenest
weapons in the battle of life is un
worthy of ourselves and denies them
a birthright which is their simplest
due.
"While I insist upon economical and
productive administration of our
highest educational institutions, I will
oppose unalteraby any move which
will cripple the efficiency of such in
stitutions or our public schools, or
make them less valuable agencies in
the development of our state and its
citizenship.
"I favor retent'on of the principle
of the millage tax for higher educa
tional institutions and am strongly
opposed to any effort to throw these
appropriations back into the political
maelstrom of legislative halls to
make them footballs for logrolling
and machinations. Economies should
be and will be practiced in every pos
sible direction, but education should
not be placed upon the sacrificial jit
YOKOHAMA Ml SYNOPSIS
AUDITORIUM TUESDAY NIGHT
Rehearsals for the "Yokohama
Maid," Japanese comic operetta to
be given here next Tuesday evening
by the Etude Club, in High School
auditorium, and in Helix Monday
evening preceding, are in nightly pro
gress. Mrs. Basler is drilling the
cast and chorus, with Mrs. Stephens
at the piano, and a full orchestra.
The following is the synapsos of the
play:
The story opens in Kybosho, a sub
urb of Yokohama, where the guests
are assembled to celebrate the six
teenth birthday of 0 Sing-a-Song,
the daughter of a rich merchant, de
ceased. The father left a will, the
terms unknown to his daughter, but
known to Fateddo, Mayor of Kybos
ho, who hopes to marry 0 Sing-a-Song
and obtain her money. When
she learns of the will, 0 Sing-a-Song
is in despair and determines to find
a way out. Knogudi, the Mayor's
secretary, is hopelessly in love with
0 Sing-a-Song, whose companion,
Kissimee, is enamoured of Knogudi.
Fateddo instructs his bride-to-be to
visit the United States and complete
her education there, and she gladly
complies. The end of act 1 sees her
departure accompanied by Kissimee
and her old nurse, Tung Waga.
Two years elapse, and the second
act opens on the grounds of the May
or's residence. Fateddo is beaming
with anticipations of her return, but
there are doubts in the minds of
others. 0 Sing-a-Song. appears, but
what a change! She is "a century
wiser." Fateddo prepares for an im
mediate wedding, but finds that there
is "many a slip." The end is sat
isfactory to everyone, even the May
or sparing himself the punishment of
"social suicide" by a far more dread
ful sentence which he imposes upon
himself, and the act ends with a sex
tette of mated and mismated lovers,
and the chorus in a grand finale.
In the character of "Muvon Yu,"
Beryl Hodgen has substituted for
Lewis Stewart, as given in the cast
last week.
THE DUCHESS COMES LATER
Through inability of the distribut
ing corporation to furnish "The
Sporting Duchess' film, there was no
show at the Standard Sunday even
ing The picture will be shown at
a later date. For tomorrow eveninc.
Hoot Gibson, who was so uproarious
ly funny last Saturday night in "Red
Courage," will be seen again. Hoot
Gibson comes this time in "Sure
Fire" a wholesome, clean. Western
comedy drama, supported by a sup
erb cast. Sunday night, one of the
best pictures Pathe has made in a
long time will be screened. "The
Sage Hen" is the title of this oroduc-
tion, which comes highly recommended.
TRAPPER GETS 33 COYOTES
Thirty-three coyotes in five days
was the record of Harold Dobyns,
government trapper operating in the
Butter Creek county of the Blue
mountains, according to Stanley G.
Jewett of the biological survey who
has just returned from an inspection
trip that took him through the Des
chutes canyon, Wasco, Umatilla, But
ter Creek and up the Malheur river
100 miles from Ontario. Jewett ar
ranged for the placing of two new
men at Wasco and Malheur county,
beginning April 1,
ROAD PROGARM
The major part of the state high
way construction for 1922 was ad
vanced to the contract-letting stage
Saturday when the engineer was in
structed to call for bids to be opened
at the April meeting for work the es
timated cost of which will approxim-
i ate $2,000,000. The projects on which
j bids are to be called for mark the
i practical completion of the Old Ore
; gon Trail and the Pacific Highway.
' They also will complete the imnrove.
ment of the John Day highway, main
ly from Condon to Prairie City.
GLEAN-UP DAYS AT HAND
RUBBISH WILL DISAPPEAR
vrhe season of municipal Cleanup
Day is at hand, and in all probability
the mayor will designate the date on
which Athena residents and property
owners will be expected to clean up
their premises, y"- "v;
A large number of Athena home
makers have not waited for 'the offi
cial call this year, but have gone
ahead and cleaned up the rubbish
that accumulated during the fall and
winter months, and have either
burned it or had it hauled away to
the city dumping grounds.
With the permanent improvement
of streets last year came the civic
obligation to keep adjoining proper
ty free from debris collection. And
also a notable fact is that alleys are
also receiving attention, with the re
sult that in spots, rubbish accumu
lations have been removed. However,
so far the cleaning up process has
been of a spasmodic nature and the
official clean-up prolamation by the
mayor is awaited.
With the propects of an ample sup
ply of water for the coming season
of irrigation, considerable parking
activity will soon be under way.
Many of the parkings have already
been filled in with fertile soil and
seeded to grass. Other parkings are
in different stages of completion, and
the summer will see practically all
parkings along the paved street sec
tions seeded to grass.
Considerable more lawn yardage
will be added to Athena residential
districts this year as a result of the
new parkings, and this will require
more water service from the city
water system than heretofore. A
copious store of winter moisture; and
the fact that several feet of snow
covers the summit of the Blue Mount
ains, augurs well for a supply satis
factory for the demands of Athena
this year.
OF
TOSSES HAT IN RING
WOOL AT TOP PRICE
Growers of good wool receive more
for their produce from the Pacific
Cooperative Wool Growers assoicia-
tion than they do from dealers, it
has been shown through investiga
tion. This is the result of wool grad
ing which makes the wpol sell on its
merits. It favors the growers of
good wool and puts a premium on
the careful preparation of the fleece
for market.
BLUE MOUNTAIN LEAGUE
Pendleton will open the Blue Moun
tain league season with Dayton, in
the Washington town, on April 16.
The season will close July 3. Pen
dleton had a practice game with the
Pilot Rock team Sunday.
PLAY INDEPENDENT BALL
Pilot Rock and Helix have organ
ized baseball teams for the purpose
of playing independent ball this
season. Helix would have entered
the Blue Mountain league, had it been
possible to get in.
Would Take in West End Towns
of Echo, Stanfield, Hermiston
Irrigon and Town of Boardman
Is Umatilla county to be thrown in
to the tormoil of county division
schemes, such as used to mark the
stakes of political campaigns when
Milton and the East end used tio
sow divisional lines of discord?
It would seem sc from reading an
account in the Pendleton Tribune of
action taken to divide the county by
the Commercial Association of the
town of Umatilla, said lines of divis
ion to take in the towns of Umatilla,
Hermiston, Irrigon, Boardman, Stan
field and Echo. The Tribune says:
Umatilla Commercial club proposes
to divide Umatilla county.
A resolution endorsing such a move
has been adopted by that association
which recommends that a new county
be formed which would include Echo,
Stanfield, Hermiston, Umatilla, Irri
gon and Boardman and adjoining ter
ritory. Growth in prosperity and popula
tion of that part of the west end of
Umatilla county and the north end
of Morrow county, contained in the
Umatilla Irrigation project warrants
a separate county government, in the
opinion of the Umatillans, who de
sire to see the home town again desig
nated as a county seat. The once
county metropolis, was many years
ago the county seat but history tells
of a sudden moving of the records,
courthouse and other paraphernalia
of an official county to Pendleton.
This has long been the desire of
Umatilla, and is not a suprise to local
citizens of long history here, who
were apprised of the resolution last
night.
Prominent west county men called
by long distance last night
towns other than Umatilla, washed
their hands of the resolution, but ad
mitted that it would possibly be a
regretable situation. President E. P.
Dodd of Hermiston declared that he
did not believe the proposal would
even be discussed at the commercial
meeting in his town today and said
"Count us out of that."
Umatilla is close to the edge of the
county and is located on the line of
the proposed Wallula cutoff.
AMERICAN LEGION POST TO
HOLD SMOKER ON APRIL 15
Athena-Weston American Legion
Post will hold its initial smoker at
Legion Hall in Athena, on Saturday
evening, April 16, at which time four
4-round boxing bouts and a wrest
ling match will be on the cardA
Monday, Mayor Barrett is expected
to appoint his commissiopr-of three,
and the principals inaH events will
be announced irnlext week's Press.
So far announcement can be made as
totbc principals in the main boxing
fintest and "? preliminary.
TBuddy Stevens cf Pendleton, will
face Steve Handron of Adams for
four rounds in the main boxing exhi
bition of the evening, ti bill "Snip"
Snider of Weston, will don the mitts
with Gail Anderson, local boy of box
ing promise
Both the lnin contest and the pre
liminaries will be of four round dur
ation. Much interest is being taken
in the event by followers of athletics
in Athena, and the local Legion Post
can rest assured of liberal patronage.
TRAIN AND AUTO HIT;
MAN AND WIFE HURT
Miller, salesman for a Walla Walla
wholesale grocery company, and Lis
wife, narrowly escaped death and re
ceived injuries which may prove ser
ious when an O. W. R. & N. passen
ger train crashed into their auto
mobile as they were crossing the
railroad tracks at Touchet.
Miller's view of the railroad tracks
was obstructed by a long shed and he
failed to see the train starting out of
the station. The locomotive hurled
the automobile to one side and rolled
it completely over three times. Both
were found beneath the wreck, Miller
severely bruised and Mrs. Miller in
a sem-conscious state with possible
serious internal injuries, according to
Dr. Oscar Lindhardt, physician who
attended them and brought them to
the hospital. It is thought that Mil
ler will recover.
MILT MILLER FOR 60VEN0R
WALT PIERCE FOR CONGRESS
The East Oregonian announces
that Umatilla county democrats are
grooming Milton A. Miller to run for
governor and Walter M. Pierce for
congress.
Owing to the mixup in political af
fairs this year and the prospects of
disaffection nomination for governor
assumes considerable importance.
The view was held by those present
at a meeting in Pendleton Tuesday
evening that Mr. Miller is the logical
democratic nominee and he is being
formally asked to get into the race.
His name has frequently been men
tioned in this connection but thus
far no announcement has ever been
made by Mr. Miller. He is widely
known and generally popular.
There is also much talk that Con
gressman Sinnott will find a heavy
slump in his vote if he has a formid
able opponent. Consequently the
democratic congressional nomination
may carry importance. Mr. Pierce
is well known throughout the district
and being a good campaigner is ex
pected to make a stronger race if he
enters the field. His friends predict
that he wil! beat Sinnott if the two
men run.
The democrats are also considering
the proposition of having a man on
the county ticket for countv commis
sioner and several men out for the
legislature. The names of W. T.
Reeves, of Stanfield. J. W. Camnhell.
of Hermiston and E. C. McCook of
Pendleton are most prominently men
tioned tor the eommissionership.
For representatives from this coun
ty those at the meeting would like to
see Dr. Fred A. Lieuallen and Bruce
Shangle of Milton on the ticket. No
attempt was made to secure a senat
orial candidate or a candidate for the
joint senatorship.
There are some 4,600 registered
democratic voters in this county.
VyfclTIZEN'S TRAINING CAMPS
Citizens' military training camps,
from I nducted by the War Department un
der the National Defense Act, will be
held at Camp Lewis, Wash., and Fort
Worden, Wash., respectively Wrom
July 27 to August 25, inclusivJThe
courses are for young men between
the ages of seventeen and twenty
seven. Further information will be
given by the commander of the local
American Legion Post.
AVERAGE INCOME ON
113 FARMS IS $463
BECK-STUBBLEFIELD
Miss Ruth Stubblefield, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Stubblefield of
Athena, was united in marriage to
Mr. Oscar Beck, of Pilot Rock, Mon
day, March 27, at the Baptist parson
age in Walla Walla. The bride is a
sister of Miss Dolly Stubblefield, high
school student.
NEW FIRE REGULATIONS
Under direction .f the State Fire
Marshal, theatres and other build
ins where the public gathers, are be
ing altered to conform with'JflTe,pi
Mention, regulations.) Jn-'Athenajr the
Standard(Theatiewill be brought up
to specifiedirequirements, by widen
ing of the aisles, facilitating rear
exits, and Uie installment of a metal
operating booth fo- housing the pro
jecting machine.
Sh-h-h- Don't Wake HiMyY
,.'!, $463 wasWie average income
of 113 farms, located in 16 counties
of Oregonafvas shown recently by R.
V. Gunn, demonstrator in farm man
agement at O. A. C. This sum in
cludes the amount received by the
farmer and his family for their la
bor, and interest on the investment
Of the $463, it is estimated that $370
went for living necessities.
Mn Eastern Oregon manv farmers
lost money on the year's run, accord
ing to Wsurvev. which showed !, net
loss of $367 for the 30 recordsji..tJiat
amiutn. i,acn ot crop variety, heavy
investments, and low nrirns fnr
wheat and livestock, are given as
reasons for this loss.
anpointmenta to ouv
inue to be based
irdless of
deep
tax in'
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Jjeistion,
office
pon merit
rsrmal fivnv
the WtZ.
, -ture the same ex-
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ijteernmental costs
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Misestimated that in Walla Walla.
Columbia and Garfield counties, in
Washington, only ten percent of last
year's wheat crop remains in the
hands of farmers. At the same time
last year, 25 percent was held.
YAKIMA COW BRINGS $3390
A Holstein cow owned by Todd &
Son of Yakima was sold last week
at the Holstein sale in Brentwood,
Pa., for $3300. This was the highest
price brought by any animal at the
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POTATO WAREHOUSE NEEDED
W. Li Rayborn it convalescing from
an attacl: of influenza but has been
forbidden by his physician to resume
farming activities for a week or two.
He finds it exasperating to "kill
time" with all kinds of dutfts on his
mountain farm demanding his atten
tion. He finds some relief in talking
potato warehouse, and says an insti
tution of this character is demanded
at Weston if the potato mon are to
reap full advantage of tho growth
of their industry. Mr. Rayborn is
much interested in plans submitted
by Fred Bennion, county agent, for
a warehouse of one hundred cars'
capacity, and says that it seems to be
we!! adapted to the needs of this dis
trict. Mr. Rayborn still has about
25 tons of certified seed potatoes to
dispose of. He sold about half his
crop at $60 per ton.
SURVEYORS AT WORK
O. W. R, & N. surveyors have been
at work running lines to the north
east of Athena. A line has been
run down Pine Creek, north of town.
! Another crew has been working
!2!ith (if Adams' and in the vicinty of
Cayuse Station, on the Umatilla riv
er.
JUDGMENT IS ASKED
Action has been brought in the
circuit court by Watts & Rogers,
Athena hardware merchants, against
Edgar L. Forrest and Melissa For-
i rest, to collect a balance on a note
I of $235.50 and for merchandise to
the amount of $332.35. The plain
I tiffs' attorneys are Fee and Fee.
BERT STONE'S WIFE
DESPONDENT, TAKES
LIFE AT
Woman a Granddaughter of Mrs.
Kennedy of Weston, Formerly
Lived Here With Her Husband.
Violet, wife of Bert Stone, nephew
of Sanford Stone of this city, com
mitted suicide at 549 Kirby street,
Portland Tuesday night by taking
chloroform from a bottle that evi
dently had been purchased at the Per
kins Hotel Pharmacy.
The unfortunate woman, who was
a granddaughter of Mrs. H. L. Ken
nedy of Weston, had recently left
her husband and had been living with
one Francis Lane, an O. W. R. & N.
employe, at the above-named address.
Lane told the police that his wife
had committed suicide. Investigation,
however, revealed that she was the
wife of A. L. Stone,- said by police to
be employed at Kerr-Gifford company,
whom she left for Lane. She and
Lane had lived in the Kirby street
house about six weeks, said neigh
bors. They knew Mrs. Stone, they
said, as Mrs. Bert Lane.
Police closely questioned Lane, who
gave a straightforward narration. He
was not held for further questioning.
Police will ascertain who purchased
the bottle from whish the woman took
the fatal dose.
Lane iB deaf. To converse with him
she wrote notes. Police found them in
all parts of the house, written on all
kinds of paper. When the conversa
tion was calm they were written in a
good hand. At other times they were
scrawled, almost illegibly.
Their love affair came to a crisis
Tuesday night, Lane said Wednesday,
the woman to)d him she had made up
her mind to leave him.
"I went down town with her," Lane
said, "and kissed her goodbye at 4th
and Washington Btreets. She said
she was going to get a room. I asked
her if she loved anyone else and she
shook her head.
"When I went home at 1 o'clock
in the morning, she was there.
That I thought nothing unusual, as
she had left me before only to return,
but this time when I found her she
was dead. She was lying on the
floor, dressed only in her chemise.
She left a note."
Lane, without a hint of reserve, ex
hibited the following note, testimonial
of a woman's devotion all for naught:
"Please forgive me for the angry
things I have said. I love you."
Bert Stone and Miss Kennedy were
married at Walla Walla several years
ago, he having met her at the home
of Mrs. Kennedy, who at that time re
sided in Athena, and for some time
the couple lived here. They have
one child.
SOME RE-SEEDING DONE
Among those who are re-seeding
part of their crops in the Athena-
Weston district are H. A. Barrett,
200 acres; Dean Dudley, 160 acres;
A. R. Coppock, 200 acres; Marion
flansell , 120 acres. It is thought
that the grain on these particular
tracts, was killed through harrowing
weeds late in the f al VTWheat in
general is now growingMely, and
looks promising. H. A. Barrett has
had teams at work for several weeks
plowing on his Pine creek ranch, anil
some plowing is now in progress in
this immediate neighborhood. Fred
Hodgen has brought his caterpillar
from Thorn Hollow to thiB vicinity
to spring-tooth for re-seeding for Mr.
Barrett and others.
CATTLE MEN TO MEET
William Pollman, president of the
executive committee of the Cattle
and Horse Breeders' Association of
Oregon, has issued a call for a meet
ing of the executive committee of the
association, to be held in the chamber
of commerce rooms at Baker on April
j 1. The advisibility of organizing i
producer's loan association under the
regulations of the war finance cor
poration act to supply funds to live
stock growers, will be discussed.
SLAUGHTER OF COYOTES
Since the outbreak of rabies in
Grant county, Washington, federal
and state hunters have killed 650
coyotes and 43 bobcats in Grant and
adjoining counties.
SUNDAY SHOWS VOTED
After a heated contest the voters
of Moscow. Idaho, have decided in fa
vor of permitiing Sunday motion pic-
tun; shows. The proposal was
i strongly barked by the American Le
j gion, which will receive the proceeds
! of Sunday afternoon performances
1 for the erection of a club house.