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Advertising The cAtheaa Press circulates in the homes of readers who reside in the heart of the Great Umatilla Wheat Belt, and they have money to spend he 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, Oregon, as Second-Class Mall Matter VOLUME XLIII. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JUNE 30, 1922. NUMBER 25 L IN Tally Sheets of Various Precincts Being Scrutenized Under Di rection of Attorneys. Investigations preparatory to . de mand by Charles Hall for a recount of the vote of Multnomah county, or certain specified precincts, cast at the primary election of May 19 for gov ernor, are being carried out at tll'i office of the county cierk by a force of clerks, supervised by attorneys representing Hall, says the Oregon Journal. For several days now a number of girls, working under th-! direction of Hall's attorneys, have betn going ov er the tally sheets of the primary election, checking the vo;i case in the various precincts with th : poll books and otherwise delving iato the records of the gubernatorial priii.m'y insofar as may be possible without an actual recount and an order from the pre siding judge of the circuit court dir ecting the opening of the ballot boxes and a recheck of the ballots 1 eked in them and their comparison with the results shown on the tally sheets. Rumor, close from th! Hall camp, has it that the Coos Bv senator will file a formal demand for a rec rant of the vote, but that will not do so until the last possible moment before thS expiration of the 20-day limita tion within which such action:! may be begun under the statute. The law provides that any domand for a recount of the vat in the con test over the governorship, United States senator or congressman shaL be filed within 20 days ci the date upon which the official p.oclamation of the results was issued. The official count of the prima! y vote was completed and the results announced on Friday last, Juno J.J. The 20-day period includes Sum':iys and holidays in its count, so that the time limited by the statute for Hfli'ii demand to be filed runs, to Thursday, July 6. It is anticipated, therefore, that Hall's petition will find its way to the desk of the filing clerk of the county clerk's office about that time. MEASURE PLANNED FOR PROTECTION OF SALMON With 13,312 verified signatures af fixed, petitions initiating the salmon fishing and propagating amendment to the state game code was tiled with Secretary of state Kozer by G. G. Green of West Linn. The proposed amendment, which goes on the November ballot for act ion by the voters of the state, would make it unlawful to use seines, traps and fish wheels for catching salmon in any waters of the state or over which it has concurrent jurisdiction. The amendment would also require that 50 per cent of salmon spawn be planted in the river from which it is taken not less than 20 miles from its mouth, except where a dam or falls is within such distance, when the spawn should be planted as near as practical to such dam or falls, WIFE OF JUSTICE DEAD Qnlom. Orecron. June 24. Mrs. Mary Walker Eakin, widow of the late Justice Robert fcakm, ol ine Orecron suDreme court died at her home in Salem Sunday at the age of 68 years. Mr3. Eakin crossed tne mains from Missouri in 1866, locat- ing at Eugene, later moving to La Grande, and coming to Salem in 19Q6. She is survived by two sons and a daughter, Harold and Gertrude Eakin of Salem and Robert Eakin of La Grande. U. P. Is Testing Largest Engine The largest locomotive of its type ever constructed, and one that has been completed by the Union Pa cific system for trial in hauling heavy passenger trains over mountain lines, arrived in Portland Sunday. The big locomotive pulled Union Pacific passenger train No. 17 into Portland from Pocatello without be ing uncoupled. It was constructed af ter long study had been made by the railroad mechanics at Omaha ana of ficials of the American Locomotive company to solve the problem of haul ing heavy trains over mountain grades. The locomotive is said to be able to do the work that is ordinarily done by two engines. From pilot to the rear end of the tender the engine is 90 feet in length. It has eight drive wheels, each with a diameter of 73 inches. Tender and engine together weight 582,800 .bs. If the engine proves a success in the tests that are being made the officials of the railroad company plan to or der a number of its type for service between Cheyenne, Wyo., and Pendleton. RANCHER ELECTROCUTED Tom Christensen of Haines was killed by electricity while trying to move a derrick out of the yard of his home. The pole caught on the transmission wire and the current ran through Christensen's body, kill ing him instantly. His fall from the pole scared his team, which run away and pulled the heavy derrick across his body. Christensen was a prominent Haines rancher, His im mediate family consists of a wife uul two children. ONLY GOVERNOR CAN PREVENT Unless Governor Ben W. Olcott ex tends the reprieves granted Elvie Kirby and John Rathie, slayers of Sheriff Til Taylor of Umatilla county, both men will hang in the state pen itentiary July 7. This was assured when information was received from Washington to the effect that an ap peal to the United States supreme court had not been filed. The time to file the appeal expired June 21. PICTURES AT STANDARD THEATRE ARE GOOD ONES Saturday, tomorrow night, the Standard Theatre will show Bill Rog ers in a "Strange Boarder," J, has been several months since Rogers has been at the Standard. Sunday night, Alice Lake and Rodolph Valentino will be seen in "Uncharted Seas" a splendid Met ro production. For Tuesday, July 4th, the Stan dard offers a special program in con nection with the Knights of Pythias celebration. Wallace Reid, Gloria Swanson and Elliott Dexter will be starred in "Don't Tell Everyth'r g." Buster Keaton in the smashing-comedy, "The Playhouse" also is on the program. Continuous shows will be run during the afternoon and evening. o4thena Boys-Cadets at Hill's Military Academy" FOR IOWA MONDAY Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Emmel and son Kenneth, will depart for Iowa Mon day by automobile. They expect to take two weeks in making the trip through to Newton, Iowa, stopping at Salt Lake and Denver. HOT WINDS WILT GRAIN Excessive heat with a north wind, for a time Sunday curled the grain on the light soil ranches north of Athena. Henry Barrett says his Pine Creek crop may be cut to less than 20 boabels per acre this Mason. Inspects Proposed Highway B. F. Beezley, highway engineer with the U, S, Bureau of Public Roads, Portland, started from Wes ton Wednesday on a drive over the proposed route of the Blue Mountain Highway. Mr. Beezley is making the trip by automobile, with J. A. Powls as driver. The highway committee at Weston is endeavoring to arrange for a later trip, probably next Monday, on which it is proposed that Mr. Beezley be accompanied by Mr. Shan non, Umatilla county roadmaster. who is familiar with the highway route and more especially with tne Weston connection sqrveyed don Hale creek. Engineer Beezley will make a pre liminary inspection of the Blue Mountain Highway route with a view to determining what may be done, and the probable cost of making a satisfactory road While on the other side of the mountains he will also make a similar Inspection ef a pro posed road running from Wallowa, Oregon, to Grouse. WORMS IN BERRIES Complaint is heard to the effect that mountain strawberries this sea son are damaged by worms. Buyers have found a small worm on the :. tern end of the berry in some instances. Athena is well represented at the Hill Military Academy of Portland. Reading from left to right, Lynn Ellsworth Ferguson, was graduated with the class of 1922, of which he was vice-president. He distinguished himself in military work and was i major at the time of his graduation. He is the son of W. S. Ferguson. Lewis Berlin, the center picture, has recently been made a corporal. An other 1922 Hill Military Academy graduate is John Eldon Mclntyre, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Mclntyre. who was a member of the student council, ranked high in class and military standing and wore shoulders bars of a second lieutenant. Ships In Portland For Grain Cargoes The departure of one full cariro of grain for the United Kingdom aboard the Japanese steamer Liver pool Maru, and the arrival of two offshore steamers in the harbor, be sides the arrival and denartnre of a group of coasters, featured activ ity in the Portland harbor Saturday. The grain cargo will be followed by others to be taken out bv ves sels now in port, the movement be ing significant of the unusual activ ity in grain export at the nresent time. The Liverpool Maru took on her cargo at the Montgomery dock, and the Portland Flouring Mills. Other vessels now takinc on wheat in tho harbor and due to eet awav shortly include the Japanese steamers Meirou Maru and the Orecon Mini and the Norwegian steamer Havo, which are taking cargo from Kerr, Gifford & Co.; the Vancouver Maru, which is being loaded by Balfour, uutnrie & t;o., with a part cargo af ter taking on some erain at Tart-ma: and the British steamer Eirene Aria dne and tho Jananese steamer ''rttr- apbre Maru, both of which are loading tor tne Northern Grain & Warehouse company. WILL TAKE UP PROPOSITION TONIGHT TO BUILD HOSPITAL Rev. D. H. Leach, district superin tendent of Methodist Episcopal church, will arrive in Athena today, and tonight a meeting will be in the church at 7:30 to discuss Pastor Low ther's plans for the opening of a community protestant hospital in a portion of the church building. During the past two weeks Kev. Lowther has put his proposition up to the other church bodies of the com munity, to the Commerical club, and to the Civic and fraternal organiza tions. He expects each organization to be represented at the meeting to night, at which time the real sen timent relative to the proposal will be expressed, Rev. Leach Is superintendent of The Dalles district, and as the matter is presented to him tonight, so it will be taken by him to the annual con ference of the churches within his district, which will convene in the near future, NO POST ENDORSEMENT Solicitors ranged qver Athena Wed nesday morning, securing subscript ions for a magazine, claiming a cer tain amount of the subscripton pr'ce would go to assist unemployed ex service men. They r ecured a -1 bar of subscribers here. Dr. Smith, commander of the local post, says these solicitors did not have the en dorsement of the post, and he is of the opinion that the unemployed ex service men the funds were to bene fit, were probably the solicitors, themselves. He advises investigation through the local post when donrtions are made to any cause purporiini: M benefit ex-service men. ASSESSED VALUATION HERE WILL BE LOWER Umatilla county's assessed valua tion will be slightly tower this year in the opinion of County Assessor R. O. Hawks, who reports to the Tribune that all returns are in, save, the dis tricts of Pilot Rock, Echo and two divisions at Milton. Last year the assessed valuation of Umatilla coun ty was $58,237,557.97, the highest it has ever been'. "We are doing little changing in the valuations this year with the ex ception of equalizing where there is evidence of change or error, and giv ing a slight rut in assessed valuation to the wheat lands which cannot be of so high a valuation as when wheat command ed ' a" tSWter price," -Assessor Hawks declared, "The low or high assessment is im material except for the determining of this county's share of the public utilities assessment, but what is ma terial is that an equal assessment be made," said Hawks. "We could cut everybody's assessed valqation but that mould not reduce taxation." HAROLD HAYNIE AND THELMA KRETZER MARRIED WONDER WHAT'S HE DOING Friends of J, E- Jones, rural mail carrier are wondering what he is do ing on his vacation trip. No one has heard tidings of him since he left two weeks ago. A timid one or two are fearful lest Jim has been run out of the country by a cougar, Mr. Harold W. Haynie and Miss Thelma Kretzer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Kretzer, were married in Pendleton, Friday evening, June 23, Rev. Grossman, pastor of the Christ ian church, performed the wedding ceremony in the presence of the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Haynie and the bride's mother, Mrs. L. H. Kretzer. Both the bride and the groom are well known in Athena where they have a host of friends who join in wishing them happiness and prosper ity, The bride has been chief opera tor at the local telephone exel '.nge for several months, and will contin ue her work there. Mr. Haynie has been long in the employ of the Preston-Shaffer Mill ing company as bookkeeper. He has resigned to take a position with the J. C. Penney Co. store here, and be gan his new duties Tuesday morning. WALLA WALLA WINS PBNNANT By defeating Milton-Freewater 5 to 4 Sunday, the Walla Walla Blue Mountain league team cinched the pennant, with a percentage of 667. Dayton is second in the pennant race, with Pendleton and Milton-Freewater tied in third place, THE JOLLY TWENTY The Jolly 20 club was entertained by Mrs. Lulu Williby at the l ome of her mother, Mrs. B, D. Thmpe, on Currant street, Wednesday after noon, The meeting of the cluo was held on the lawn, and a most enjoy able time was had, Sewing for a shower to the Wilson family, occupied the hours of the afternoon. E'w.tion of officers was held with following results President, Mrs. Laura Lieu alien; vice-president, Mrs. Lena Pink erton; secretary, Mrs. Lorrain Pink erton; treasurer, Mrs. Pearl Harris. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Floyd Pinkerton and Mrs. Archie Mc lntyre. The next meeting wiP. be held in October. Bag and Baggage TAYLOR WEARS THE STAR Charles Dickey, who served ai city marshal since Sanford Stone has been off the force, will take his warehouse position at Adams, again this year, Bert Taylor U now wearing the star, PIONEER MERCHANT DEAD Lewis Schmuck, one of Walla Wal la's early day fire department chiefs and a pioneer merchant, miller and farmer of Eastern Washington, died at his home there Saturday evening at the age of 70 years. .He was born in Peoria, 111., in 1852, and cam.; to this section in 1877 arrived in Walla Wal la over Dr. Dorsey Baker's railroad from Wallula. HOBO KILLED BY OFFICER Special Agent Glen Bushee of the O. W. R. & N. shot and killed a hobo named Leo Raymond, who resistei ar rest after threatening to take Bush ee's life with a rock. Raymond had been put off a freight train twice by Bushee The killing was manifestly in self defense and took place rear the Court street crossing in Pendle ton, Tuesday afternoon, APPEAL CASES TO TEST OREGON'S BONUS LAW Everyone Will Bring Well Filled Baskets For the Picnic Dinner -Sports In Afternoon. Appeals in four of the friendly suits filed against the state bonus commission to test angles of the bon us law were filed with the supreme court under a stipulation which pro vides for the argument of all four cases at the same time. Points involved in the four suits in clude the right of a mother of a de ceased ex-service man to participate in the bonus benefits, the right of an ex-service man to invest his bonus loan in business stocks and the question as to whether bonus money was to be regarded as part of the estate of a deceased ex-service man or went to the widow as a personal right. The four suits were filed in the names of William F. Faulman, Mar garet Crane, F. N. Moore and Cicero F. Hogan. TUCKER CLAIMS BANKRUPTCY Trajan Tucker, Weston farmer, has filed a petition in bankruptoy. He sets forth that his liabilities amount to $6,730.63 besides unpaid taxes. His assets amount to $4340, a part of which he claims to bo exempt from claims. Carter & Smythe represent the petitioner, and the petition has been made through Thomas Fitz Ger ald, referee in bankruptcy. The Knights of Pythias of Uma tilla county have their program for the celebration in Athena on July 4th, completed, and only inclement weath er can prevent the holding of the biggest celebration in years here on that date. The program is replete in inter esting numbers. Music will be fur nished by one of the best bands in the state, and there will be vocal numbers, in plenty. B. B. Richards will be chairman of the day, and Rev. G. W. Clark of Pendleton, will be the principal speaker- The races, games and sports have been well provided for the ocas ion, and an added attraction of rac ing ponies will be held in the af ternoon. Milton and Walla Walla base ball teams will play for a purse at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Everyone is expected to come with well filled lunch baskets, and partic ipate in the picnic dinner at noon. The Dokies will round out the day with a street parade and a dance in the evening at Legion Hall. The Standard Theatre will run continuous shows during the afternoon and even ing. The program of the day fol lows; 9:30 Band concert on street March to city park .. .where program will be held 10:00 Song, "America," assemblage, accompanied by band Invocation Rev. Lowther Reading ....Declaration of Independence Vocal Solo Mr. Clark Wood Overture Band Vocal Solo Grant Key Vocal Solo. . .Mrs. M. Carmicheal Short talks by Pythians Introduction of Rev. G. W. Clark, speaker of the day, by B. B. Richards, chairman. Music Band 12:00 Picnic Dinner 2:00 Music Band Races and stunts on park track.... 3:00 Band leads march to ball... grounds Ball game Walla Walla vs. Milton 6:30 Band concert on street 9:00 Dokie Dance Legion Hall Note Moving pictures at Standard Theatre. Continuous shows, af ternoon and evening. ESTIMATES WHEAT CROP AT 4,750,000 BUSHELS WALLA WALLA WA-? HOT With grain and hay throughout Walla Walla county ripening fast and the harve.' i renins but two weeks away, farme. ! in that section arc ex periencing tr :''. in setting help. The labor scaroity, a;c:rding to Mllo Mclvor. lOursli.y. iB especially bad at Lovden in the alfalfa district and at Prescott in the grai.i rcVvi Ue.ord heat was extKMicnc;l ther-i Linday when 'the thermemeter registered 100 degrees in the shade. The grain in that section Is safe, howevc1.'. accord ing to farm bureau officials, although rain would be welcome. The 1922 wheat crop in Umatilla county is estimated at 4,750,000 bush els by H. W. Collins, grain man, who has looked over the crop in various parts of tho county, says the East Oregonian. The yield, he believes, will be lighter than last year's, when the total was close to 5.000,000. The crop west of Pendleton gives promise of a smaller total than that of 1921. Mr. Collins says that while he noted some damage as the result of hot weathei, it is not serious and he Is, in general, favorably impressed with the wheat. Yesterday, with its warm wind was a very unfavorable dBy, he states,' DROWNS IN CULVERT Allen King, 3-year-old son of S E. King, Wa.Ua, Walla attorney, was drqwned. Saturday morning when he fell into a small stream running past his home and was washed into a cul vert running under the street, body becoming lodged in the pire, preventing for 10 minutes efforts of rescuers to save him. A pulmotor failed to revive him. FOREST FIRE PRECAUTION Prediction of extremely bad forest fire weather for the next three days by the weather bureau, has led tho forest service to send out warnings to all its supervisors and rangers to place on extra firemen and to extin guish at once all the small fires now burning. MOONSHINERS IN COURT William E. Cooper, maker of 200 gallon of moonshine was fined 200 in justice Park's Pendleton court, and Elzie Rice and E. W. Steele are un der bonds for f2S0 each for a like offense. TWO LINES OF TRAPS Government hunters have two lines of traps covering the territory' be tween Condon and Mcacham, set for coyotes.