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Advertising The Athena Press circulates in the homes of readers who reside in the heart of the Great Umatilla Wheat Belt, and they have money to spend Notice ! If this notice is marked RED, it sig nifies that your Subscription expires with this issue. We will greatly ap preciate your renewal $2.00 per year Entered at the Post Office at Athena, Orenori. as Second-Class Mail Matter VOLUME XLIII. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. MAY 26, 1922. NUMBER 20 RETURNS FAVORABLE TO GOVERNOR OLCOTT W. C. T. U. Will Have a Tag Day Hall Questions Vote In Mulnomah County and Has Not Conced ed Opponents Election. Official returns from 27 and complete returns from maining nine counties give Olcott a lead of 390 over counties the re Ben W. Charles Hall for the republican nomination for governor. When the Copperfield precinct in Baker county was re. ported the last precinct was accounted for. This tardy precinct gave seven votes for Olcott and none for Hall. The vote as it stands, official and nine unofficial complete counties, is: Olcott 42,890 Hall 42,600 Olcott's lead, 390. On the contest for governor in the primaries 50 per cent of the regis tered republican vote was cast in the state. The six candidates received an ag gregate of 1 14,428. These votes were distributed in the following manner: Olcott 42,890 Hall 42,500 Patterson 12,932 White 10,083 Bean :. ' 3,764 Lee 2.259 Returns from the democratic pri maries on governor are less com plete than for the republicans. How ever, official returns from 14 coun ties and incomplete returns from others, disclose the democratic line, up thus: Pierce 12,180 Starkweather 5,597 Holmes 1,878 Pnrdy 1,266 Among t!e republicans Patterson was the only candidate, aside from Olcott and Hall, to carry a county. Patterson carried Polk and Yamhill counties. Pierce carried all counties where there i3 a complete vote on the democratic ticket except Clatsop, which was gathered in by Stark weather, and Tillamook, which went to Holmes. The candidates carrying their own counties were Olcott, Hall Patterson, Pierce i.nd Holmes. Notwithstanding that Hall carried Mulnomah county his friends have said that he was not credited with all of the ballots cart for him in that county, and that a recount Of the bal lots will add many more votes to his column. No insinuation is made, how ever, that deliberate fraud was prac ticed, the explanation being that the counting boards did not always un derstand the law. It is cited, for in stance, that ballots were rejected in their entirety as invalid because the elector voted for 14 candidates for the house of representatives in the legislature whereas the only part of the ballot invalid was the legislative section, and the vote on governor and other offices should have been coun. ted. Owing to the expense involved no general recount is thought of, but under the opinion laid down by the attorney-general, a recount can be applied for in specific precincts to be airreed on. Fault is also found by the Hall forces with the voting in a cetram reservation precinct, where it claimed Indians were allowed to cast ballots. TWO NEW HOMES The new house of Henry Keen, on pper 4th street, being constructed by Scbtt Fisher and John Benson is nearine completion. The house has been remodeled and rebuilt through out and includes a full basement. The frame work of A. A. Foss' new resi dence near the City Park, is up and alieadv begins to show the dimen sions of a fine home. The house will set over a full basement, commodious enoueh to afford room for the auto, rhilp which eoes into the base ment over an incline entrance. The W. C. T. U. of Athena, which unaugurnting n Tag Day for Sat urday June 3rd. at which time funds are to be raised for the Children's Farm Home at Corvallis, requests the Press to publish the following art icle: Do you know that the Roman Catholic church has not only made ample provision for the care of their own children, but that because of the negligence of Protestants, they have been-obliged to open their doors for the care of Protestant children? If with this additional and wholly unwar ranted task laid upon them, the care of their charges does not measure up to the highest ideals who is there among us that ha: the right to crit icise ? Is it not time for Protestants to stop criticising tlic Catholic church for establishing institutions to care for dependent Protestant children and make provision for our own? Should it not be a matter of hum iliation to Protestants that we have waited so long to undertake such a manifest duty? That little children should not be left to the cold min istration of a state institution we must all agree That it is not a prac tical thing for each church to under take this task is clear. Where then shall we more logically turn than to the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. They will not undertake this as amateurs, for from the very first, they have studied the needs of child ren and moreover they are mothers in fact as well as theory. For them to undertake this, re quires no new organization. To have a great organization back of such a movement has advantages that are so manifest as to need no explanation. A body of non-sectarian, to whom the christian people of the state owe so much, will naturally have the united support of the churches. "Plans are now well under way for the establishment of a Children's Farm Home a HOME as distin guished from an Institution and en dorsed by the Child Welfare Commis- ion and many of the state-wide or ganizations. A Board of Directors whose Executive Committe consists of exceptionally successful business men has been formed and authorized to conduct the business of the enterprise. "A systematic campaign for funds is now on, sponsored by hundreds of Oregon's leading citizens. It is hoped that within the next few months a Real Home on a Real Farm" will be established where Oregon's depend ent chidreri, who for any reason can not be placed in permanent private homes, mav be guaranteed christian loving care. Here is the Protestants' opportun ity to prove that they really believe that we should care for our own child ren and not thrust them upon the hands of a sectarian institution." Miss Lois Cassil In Piano Contest Miss Lois Cassil, of the Malen Bur nett school of Music, who has a large class of pupils and many friends in Athena, won the recent piano con test in Wulla. Walla over five of the leading musicians of the state of Washington. The Walla Walla Bui. letin, in part, says of the contest: Occupying a most difficult position on the program, that of last of six contestants, Miss Lois Cassil of Walla Walla demonstrated to the satisfaction of three outside judges and to the large audience of local people ami vis iting musicians that she was the pre mier pianist in the state contest which was held at the Keylor Grand Wed nesday evening. Miss Helen Ferry man of Seattle was second. Judying the contest were Miss Edith Strange of Bellingham, Edgar C. Sherwood of Spokane and Fred Goodrich of Port land. . Miss Ferryman first played Noc turne, C. Minor, by Chopin and then Theme and Variations by Paderewski. Her rendition of the second number in rhythm, tone end technique was nearly perfect. Miss Cassil played the same num. bers which she had in the prelimin ary contest. Liszt's Etude and Brahms Scherzo. Visiting musicians expressed the opinion that her interpretation of both numbers no doubt places her at the head of students of the state. In tone, rhythm, pedals and technique, other points on which the contestants were scoreo. Miss uassii equaiea, u not excelling the other contestants. Miss Casr.il is a pupil of the Malen Burnett school of music and a mem ber of the faculty. Miss Ferryman a pupil of A. F. Venino, Seattle, and was a member of Lehvinn's mas ter class in Chicago last summer. She is also a member of the faculty of the University of Washington's mus ical department. EMPLOYER LIABILITY ACT AFFECTS FARMER Farm Hands Have Right To Take Action for Damages In Case of Accident or Jnjury. MOUNTAIN WOMAN'S KINDRED STARVE TO DEATH IN RUSSIA Mrs. Alex Schreiner, residing on Basket mountain, received a letter last week from her aged mother in Russia announcing the death of her father and brothers from starvation The mother also wrote that she her self was subsisting on hay, and had been compelled to steal the money with which to buy postage to mail the letter. Members of the Schreiner household were greatly saddened by the heart-rending and tragic news. Mr. Schriener was in Weston Satur day on his way to Walla Walla to acquaint his wifes uncle with the message, and an attempt will be made to gel provisions to Russia in some manner in time to save the un fortunate rid lady's life. The farmers of the state may not generally know that under a decision of the Oregon supreme court made in April, 1917, they are subject to the operation of the Employers' Liability Act with practically the same effect as any of the most hazardous occu pations. It was decided in that case that an injured farm hand had a right of action for damages against his employer even though there was a contributory negligence on his part. The knowledge of this condition has caused many farmers throught. out the state to embrace protection afforded by the Oregon Compensa tion Law as administered by the State Industrial Accident Commission which is a state institution inot opera ted for profit, but for the benefit of Oregon citizens, and which furni shes a guarantee to the employer against lav Knits. An employer who is operating un der the Iindustrial Accident Commis sion pays a certain percentage of his payroll into the state fund, his work, ers each contributing one cent a day to the same fund. When accident happens and a workman is injured he is entitled to medical attention and care, also compensation for loss of time, and in such cases of accident as result in death, the' widow and children or other dependents receive substantial relief, the widow for all her life unless she remarries, and the children to the age of 18 years RATH BONE SISTES TEMPLE MAY BE ORGANIZED 1,750,000 Pounds of Wool Is Sold The Robert N. Stanfield clip of wool, estimated at 1,750,000 pounds, most of which is still on the sheep's backs, was bought by E. J. Burke of Portland at a price said to be around 35 cents. The figure given was said by Mr. Burke to be 50 per cent greater than the price paid for the 1921 clip from the same sheep, but four months ngo, and 100 per tent greater than the price of wool a year ago. The transaction is significant of the demand for :. .' western wool at the present time aiu the improved con ditions which the wool men are facing. The deal, which involves in the Vic. inity of $600,000. was for the wool from all the Stanfield flocks in var ious sections of Oregon and Idaho, amounting to 200,000 head in all. The deal for the Stanfield clip was the biggest so far reported at Port land and is of special interest to the wool men as indicating the present trend of the market. The purchase of the 1922 clip of the Stanfield sheep means that Burke during the past four months has purchased more than three million pounds of wool from Stanfield. Sheepmen are well pleased with the situation at present, inasmuch as lur ing the past four weeks 95 per cent of the wool crop of Oregon has been sold. Most of this is still on the sheep's back. Usually buyers wait until the clip has been cut. Lodges In Favor of Holding Picnic RESERVATION LEASES The Pendleton Tribune announce that advertisements for leasing trust allotments on the Umatilla Indian res ervaton for the period beginning Oc tober 1, 1922, are now being mailed to prospective lessees by the agency All this is paid from the contributed office. Approximately 175 tracts are Members of th : local Knights of Pythias lodge met with Stevens Lodge K. of P. at Weston, Wednesday even ing and the matter of holding a pic nic in Athena on July 4th was dis cussed and it was decided to hold the the picnic, with all Knights of Pyth ias lodges in Umatilla county co.op erating and participating The picnic will be held in the City Park, and it is understood an old fashioned bnrbaeue will be one of the features of a most interesting pro gram for the day. The park gives facilities for all sorts of races, as there is a track there and it is prob able that outdoor sports of all kinds will be put on for the amusement of those in attendance. GWINN'S FINE LEAD IN UMATILLA COUNTY Hall Runs Ahead of Olcott By a Large Margin-Orange Ticket Carries in County. NAZIMOVA SUNDAY NIGHT IN MADAM PEACOCK For the purpose of organizing a temple of Rathbone Sisters, auxiliary to the Knights of Pythias, Mrs. Ella G. Wortman, Grand Chief of the Rath. bone Sisters of Oregon, came to Athe na Wednesday. The Grand Chief met with every encouragement in her pro posal for the organization of a Tem ple here, and it is probable that in the near future a charter will be se cured. A Rathbone Temple formerly existed here and it had a large membership. The organization was prominent in lodge social affairs, but for some reas on interest "flagged and the charter was eventually surrendered. It is now proposed to organize a new Temple throughout. With the phonominal growth of the Pythian or der throughout the country, the mem. bership of the local lodge has in creased proportionately, with the re sult that there is a large number of women and girls eligible to Temple membership. fund, the beneficiary requiring no lawyers or other costly, agencies to' obtain it and the employer being re lieved of liability. All this is done at the lowest pos sible expense because the Industrial Accident Commission is a' state func tionary, existing and operating not for profit, but for service to the whole people. Farmers who may feel interested in the matter can obtain all the partic. ulars and instructions by applying to the Commission at Salem. NOT SO MANY AUTOMOBILES Rex Hopper, manager of the Stan dard Oil plant in Athena, states the number of automobile licenses issued for cars in his territory are consid erably less than last season at this ltorivinK at the rate of 40 miles an period. Last year 512 licenses had fhouri a man giving the name of been issued up to May 1, while this year the number totals only 295 THEIR FIRST HIKE The Athena Boy Scout Troop, three patrols strong, under the lead ership of Scout Mr.ster Stephens and Assistant Scout Master Stiff, was to have left on its first hike yesterday morning, but rain prevented. offered for lease at this time, the acreage of each tract varying from 20 to 200 acres. The advertisement shows name, allotment number, des cription and acreage and the mini mum appraised acceptable to the gov ernment. Appraisals are based on a two years lease, or for one summer fallow crop. The bids will be pub. licly opened at the agency office on Saturday, .Tune 17, and leasing will begin as soon as awards are made. Major Swartzlander states the ap praisals are reduced about one-third from the highest rentals of the sum mer fallow of 1920, and lire about on a par with the appraisals last summer. Nazimova, the screen's greatest actress will be seen at the Standard Theatre Sunday night in the world famous stage plav, "Madame Pea cock." Nazimova's other great Met. ro picture, "Camille," with Valentino playing opposite has also been con tracted for and will soon be presen ted at the Standard, These two are among the big pictures of the season coming to the local theatre, at reg ular admission prices. Tomorrow night, Pauline Freder ick will be seen in her first R. C. picture, a beautiful, thrilling photo-play, "Two Kinds of Women.' This superlative actress has been given everything in the making of this splendid picture, end as she always does, has made the most of it. Wednesday night the Boy Scouts came near breaking the house record for attendance, when they successful, ly nut over the first book of "The Mistress of the World." The atten dance record still stands ffl1- "The Miracle Man." which was ah ' m over a year ago. The second book of the series of four in the story of "The Mistress of the World," will be shown next Wednes day eveninK. whet "The Race for Life" will be screened. CRASHED INTO CURB Moore sent his car crashing into the curb at the intersection of Main and Third streets, this morning The concrete surface of the v.k was peeled off by the contact. The car. a Hudson, bore license No. 96690 issued to Miss Elizabeth Green. 50 King St., Portland Moore was intercepted at Weston and brought back to Athena. The court fined him $2Sj $7700 IN BONDS IS FOUND PENDLETON TOOK GAME A number of Athena fans wit ncssed the ball game Sunday between the Pendleton and Walla Walla Blue Mniinfuin league teams, in which Pendeton won. 6 to 4. Beetles, In dian pitcher for Pendleton, struck out 17 Walla Walla batters. Mardis, pitching for Walla Walla, showed ev. idence of being wild at times, but in the pinches was able to keep the hits scattered. He fanned eight batters and allowed bat six hits. Walla Wal la found Beetles for nine hits. STEPHENS GETS PHONOGRAPH The largest crowd that ever at tended a Legion dance in Athena was on hand Wednesday evening, when the $350 phonogrr.ph was given away by Athena-Weston Legion post. Omer Stephens held the lucky ticket, and is the proud possessor of the beautiful musical instrument. Sailing's orchestra from Walla Walla furnished splendid music for the occasion. EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGED On 'complaint of H. A. Barrett of the Farmers' Grain Elevator Co., C. F. Smith was arrested Tuesday on a warrant issued out of Judge Rich ards' court, charged with embezzling $211.93 of company funds. Judge Richards placed Smith under $400 bonds to appear in his court for hearing. P Plowing it Under M Securities Are Identified as From Centervllle, Wash., Bank. Portland, Or. Liberty bonds total lng $7700, identified as having been taken from the Farmers' State bank ol Centervllle, Wash., when that institu tlon was looted by burglars last week were found on the east bank of the Willamette river, about three-quarters of a mile below Municipal Terminal No. 4, by John R. Frank of St. Johns In addition to the bonds there was a note for $370, eight shares In the Centervllle Elevator company and other papers. Frank was fishing, he told police when he noticed a brown cardboard folder lying on the sand at his feet When he picked it up he found that he held a small fortune. When Frank found the bonds he took them home, dried them out and counted them. Then he carried them to the police substation at St. Johns The bonds were In denominations ol $1000, $500, $100 and $50. They werc all registered, and the news of theli location was telegraphed to Center vllle, together with the names ol their owners. AGRICULTURAL BILL PASSED Senate Reverses Itself and Includes Free Seeds Item, Washington, D. C Another of the annual supply bills, the agricultural appropriation, was passed by the sen ate after It had reversed itself and restored the free seeds item for an other year. The bill carries approxi mately $37,260,000, or about a million and a half more than was passed by the house. The item of $360,000 for the free distribution of seeds was Included in the measure as it passed the house, and therefore will not be subject to discussion when the bill Is taken up for adjustment of differences between the two houses. The vote by which the appropriation was stricken out was 29 to 24, but on reconsideration It was restored by a 31-to-30 vote. The official returns of the 64 pre cincts in Umatilla county in the re publican primaries gave Hall a lead over Olcott of 715 votes. Gwinn's plurality over Sinnott was 850. The county official count follows: Republican Republican National committee- Ralph E. Williams, 1866; O. H. Fith- ian, 1452. Representative in congress, second' district N. J. Sinnott, 1789; James H. Gwinn, 2639. For governor Ben W. Olcott, 1520; I. L. Patterson, 579; George A, White, 116; Louis E. Bean, 118; Charles Hall, 2235; J. D. Lee, 48. For State Treasurer Thos. F. Ryan, 1579; O. P. Hoff, 2600. For Justice of the Supreme Court John L. Rand, 2324; George S. Shep. herd, 824; Geo. H. Burnett, 3152; John McCourt, 3230. For Superintenlent of Public In struction J. A. Churchill, 8155. For commissioner bureau of labor statistics and inspector of factories and workshops C. H. Gram, 1690; Wm. A. Dnlziel, 2268. For commissioner of public service commissioner of Oregon F. B. Lay man, 767; J. R. Thiehoff, 1889; Thom as K. Campbell, 1028. For senator Nineteenth senatorial district, Morrow, Umatilla and Union counties Joseph T. Hinkle, 1703; Rolney J. Kitchen. 589; Colon R. Eb- erhard, 2039. For senator, twentieth senatorial district Roy W. Ritner of Umatilla county. For representative, twenty-second district, Morrow hnd Umatilla coun ties E. M. Hulden, 225; Alfred J. Smith, 2439; J. Perry Conder, 71; E. P. Dodd, 1600. For representative, twenty-third representative dittrict, Umatilla coun tyFrank Sloan, 3262; t U. Temple, 1466; L. L. Mann, 2423; S. A. Miller, 1806. For courty commissioner of Uma tilla county J. O. Hales, 3221. For county treasurer of Umatilla county Herman DeHart, 2229; C. K. Cranston, 2069 Democratic For member of democratic national committee King, 408; Morrow, 197. For representative in congress Graham, 508. For Governor Holmes, 16; Pierce, 568; Purdy, 21: Starkweather. 98. For representatve twenty-second representative district J. T. Lieu- alien, 516. For representative twenty-third representative district Norborne Berkeley, 432. Many other democratic names were written in on the primary ballot ow ing to the failure of many to file for nomination. The official vote on the recall was: Yes, 2265; No, 1401. Kerrigan, 1709; Williams, 1401. Syndicalists Sentenced at Montesano : Montesano, Wash. Following a Jur) conviction on a criminal syndicalism charge Judge Bheeks sentenced Wtl Ham Holley to one year in tbe penl tentlary, Edward t'luva to one day It Jail, and Emil Selgert to pay a $15( tine. LAYING CEMENT WALKS Hiram Knight and sons are engaged n laying concrete sidewalks. No more board walks are built in Athe na, according to city ordinance, and a large number of cement walks will be constructed this season. ABAS LE SQUIRREL! Nearly thirteen tons of poisoned grain were employed by farmers of Whitman county Washington, in their great drive against ground squirrels. About 235,000 acres were sown with the poisoned bait. IT'S A GOOD FISH LADDER The fish ladder constructed in the Walla Walla river at Nine Mile is enabling salmon to reach the spawn ing grounds in the Touchet. The game wardens have observed 40-inch salmon 12 miles upstream from Dayton. YAKIMA IS PROSPEROUS Bank clearings at Yakima last week were more than $300,000 in ex cess of the total for the same week in 1921. TO HAVE PUBLIC MARKET A public market will be established at Walla Walla. The project is in the hands of the county bureau with the support of tin municipal author ities.