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VOLUME XLIII.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JULY 21. 1922.
NUMBER 28
PIERCE AGAIN HAMMERS AT PROBLEM
OF HIGH TAXES IN PORTLAND SPEECH
Walter M. Pierce was the principal
speaker before the open meeting of
the Democratic club, held Saturday
night in Portland, and presided over
by Edgar Frees, president of the club
Frees outlined the purposes of the
club, declaring it intends to make act
ive workers out of Oregon's young
Democrats, and that within six weeks
it will have an'active representative
in every precinct in Multnomah coun
ty. Other speakers at the meeting were
Elton Watkins, Democratic nominee
for the state senate, and Dr. C. J.
Smith, state central committeeman.
Pierce's evening address covered
much the same ground as that of the
afternoon. He gave striking instances
of the constant increase in taxation in
Oregon, and declared the time has
come to call a halt. He compared the
taxation of this state with several of
the Middle Western states, showing
that the burden here is excessive.
"Piling up of bonds is where the
real trouble comes," said the speaker.
"For years this state was without
bonds. Then in 1917 a body of men
went up to Salem and urged a little
matter of a $6,000,000 bond issue.
That was five years ago, and now
Oregon has passed to the heaviest
bonded state in the union, considering
wealth and population. These bonds
sold way below par, but they have to
be paid for at 100 cents on the dollar,
besides the interest.
"We may not be able to lighten the
tax burden so very much but we can
prevent its increasing, and we will.
I charge no graft, for I don't know of
any, but we have pair! too much for
what we've got.
"We have an excess of state offici
als. There's an army of ".lerks at Sal
em and an army of automobiles, and
somebody has to pay for the gas and
tires. We can consolidate many of our
commissions and abolish others. I
mean every word I say and want it
to go into the record.
"There are two lines of thought in
this state today on the matter of get
ting money to relieve the burden
which the farmer has to cany He
must get relief or he'll have to leave
the farm. We must redistribute this
burden or the Anglo-Saxon, farmer
will be a thing of the past.
"One of these thoughts is the in
come tax, and I declare unequivocally
that I'm for it. If that beats me for
governor then let it, for 1 am for the
income tax unalterably, If you don't
juake the money you don't have to
pay it; and if you do make the money
you can well afford to pay the tax.
"The other 11ns of thought U the
business or sale) tax; but that even
tually comes back on the ultimate
consumer, and I'm simijly strength
ened in my stand for thq Income tax."
CAME FROM THE EAST
TO SEE MOTHER'S GRAVE
Thirty five years ago Mary Gibbons
died in Athena, then Centerville, leav
ing her husband, a small son, and a
brother Pat Maxwell to mourn her
loss. The body was laid to rest in
the local cemetery, by N. A. Miller,
who had but a few months before op
ened his furniture store and under
taking establishment.
Sunday a man stopped his car on
Main street and enquired for any
resident who had lived here 30 years
or longer. He was directed to Mr.
Miller, who was standing near. The
man introduced himself as J. J. Gib
bons of Cheltenham, Pa., and inquired
of Mr. Miller if he had known Mr.
Maxwell, an uncle.
Answering in the affirmative, the
man from the east said he was the
son of Mrs. Gibbons, and when Mr.
Miller informed him that he also had
known her and had buried both her
and her brother, Pat Maxwell, the
traveler was entirely overcome.
He said he had come from the
East for the sole purpose of visiting
his mother's grave. He was but a
small boy when his mother died. Mr.
Miller accompanied Gibbons to the
cemetery and in a little while the
man's long-cherished desire was grat
ified. Before leaving, Gibbons gave the
undertaker $100 for the Cemetery
Association fund, $15 for temporary
upkeep of the grave and $5 contri
bution for cemetery road improve
ment. Thirty-five years wends back
to pioneer days, and the small boy,
leaving his mother's graveside, has
seen much of the world since then.
3?ck in Cheltenham he is known as
Father Gibbons, pastor of a Catholic
parish.
LUCILLE SMITH'S PARTY
Miss Lucille Smith entertained a
number of her friends at her home
last Saturday evening. The evening
was spent in music and games. Re
freshments of ice cream and cookies.
Those present were: Clara Wendell,
Joyce Johnston, Inez Benefiel, Leola
Benefiel. Ethel Praeger, Lucille
Smith, Lois Smith, Charley Smith
Ray Johnstqn, Robert Schneider, Mel
vin Benefiel, Roy Varner. Billie Vr
per, Grandyille Cannon,
FUEL SHORTAGE
The fuel shortage, growing out of
the miner's strike is causing the
annulmeit of trains and otherwise
interfering with industry of the na
tion. The Northern Pacific announ
ccs the annulment of six trains out
of Pasco, The local fuel situation
will be somewhat alleviated by the
cse of wood instead oi coai, snoura
occasion demand,
Certified Seed's Merits
Clearly Demonstrated
The great advantage in planting
certified potato seed is illustrated by
a field of potatoes belonging to Al
Knight, near Mission station. Mr.
Knight used eight tons of certified
seed which he bought of W. L. Ray
born, well known grower of Weston
mountain. Last week his field was
gone over by a state inspector, ac
companied by Fred Bennion, county
agent. After being thoroughly
rogued out it showed a 97 percent
stand, containing only one percent
of all potato diseases combined. Oth
er fields adjoining, where common
seed had been planted, were found
to be diseased to the extent of from
30 to 55 percent. Herein is an ob
ject lesson which will probably not
be lost upon Umatilla county spud
men in the future.
OUTSIDE STUDENTS WILL
PAY MORE FOR TUITION
Students whose homes are outside
of the state of Oregon will hereafter
have to pay a higher fee for educa
tion obtained in either the Univer
sity of Oregon or the Oregon Agri
cultural College, as a result of ac
tion taken at a meeting of a joint
committee of the boards of regents.
The existing rate of $60 a year for
non-residents has been raised to $105,
the same amount as is now charged
in both the University of Washing
ton and the University of California.
The only exceptions to this are the
students who have matriculated in
the University under the old rate,
who will continue at the rate through
out their college courses; graduate
students, who will pay no extra fee,
since it is the policy of all institu
tions of higher education to en
courage exchange of advanced atu
dents; and ex-service men, who will
be held for only half of the new fee.
It was the aim of the committee,
as explained after the meeting at
which the change was decided upon,
to put the fees where they would not
be prohibitive and at the same time
would prevent such an overflow of
non-resident students aa would tax
the facilities and resources of the institutions,
TIMBER FIRE RAGING
Fire in the Oregon national forest
section, starting at Herman crt'ek and
running through the timber on a three
mile front toward Hood River along
the Columbia River Highway, sent
every available fighter from the Port
land district office of the forest ser
vice. The fire was started Thursday
bv a settler, it was announced by
FIRE LOSS 25,000
Fire Saturday night dastroyed a
block of wooden buildings In Dayton,
Uf.,..l, .!,. ., Ln.l A fir.''. I.llft Tho
fire orignlated in the Home Comfort I Forest Ranger Brown, who arrested
barn and 15 head of horses were him and lodged him in Jail at noon
burned before help came, A machine
shop and garages eaught. Tho fire
then crossed the street an4 burned
the asphalt pavement. The entire I
block was destroyed with exception of
a brick building at. the corner. Insur
ance covered not more than one-fourth
of the losses.
Stock Land Bank
Doing Business
Although in business only
a month, says the Oregon Journal,
the Oregon-Washington J6int Stock
Land bank of Portland is closing
more than $1,000,000 of 6 per cent
farm loans. The flood of applications
from farmers of Oregon and Wash
ington shows that the federal farm
loan act under which the joint stock
land bank was created is proving ve
ry popular with farmers. They are
already beginning to realize the im
mense benefit to accrue to them
and to agriculture through this new
method of financing that for the first
time in history provides them with
long time, cheap money.
The Oregon-Washington bank is
the first joint stock land bank to op
erate in the Pacific Northwest and an
analysis of its loan applications gives
the first opportunity to ascertain the
purpose for which the farmers desire
money and shows their views of the
federal land bank act. Thus far the
overwhelming ncmber of applicants
have stated that they desire to serure
loans to refund existing high inter
est bearing mortgages. A strong mi
nority are seeking additional funds
for improvements, however.
The division of the applications in
to groups shows that the wheat rais
ers of Eastern Oregon and Washing
ton lead both in the number of appli
cations made and the amount of loans
desired. The stock men are second,
with alfalfa raisers third and fruit
growers fourth.
The average loan made thus far is
$18,000.
"There is no doubt but that the
joint stock land bank system is des
tined to play an all important part
in financing our farms," said Robert
E. Smith, president of both the Oregon-Washington
Stock Land Bank
and the Lumbermens Trust company
bank. "The farmers are very enthii
siactic over the plan, which for the
first time in history gives them cheap
money and up to 33 years to repay it.
"Any number of farmers have told
us that 6 per cent money means a
difference between profit and loss to
them, and the long term loan will
make it extremely easy for them to
carry on operations and meet their
obligations promptly. The fact that
borrowers have to pay no bonus or
commission for their loan under the
federal act is meeting with universal
approval."
MILTON MILL IS BUSY
The Milton box factory is running
full capacity, working two shifts and
has shipped 45 carloads so far this
season, averaging a car a day to Yak
ima and other fruit sections. More
than 50 people are employed in the
factory,
Autos Crash Together At
a Bad Weston Crossing
Two automobiles collided Tuesday
afternoon at a dangerous crossing on
the state highway near the J. M.
Banister place in the lower end of
Weston. Both were badly wrecked.
One of the machines, a touring car,
was driven by Mrs. George B. Can.
michael, and besides Mrs. Carmichael
and her baby contained Mrs. Marion
O'Harra, Mrs. Morrisette and child
and Miss Amy O'Harra. The other
was a new Buick roadster, owned
and driven by William J. Hall, com
missioner of the department of pub
lic works, r ise, Idaho. Although
the two earn c '-.?d together with
a terrific impact, the occupants all
escaped with a few minor cuts and
bruises. ' ,
A WHIRLING RECEPTION
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Emmel and Mrs.
Rabb, who left Athena July 3rd, by
auto for Newton, Iowa, where Mr.
Emmel will open a J. C. Penney store,
were met with the whirling reception
attendant with periodical visitation of
an Iowa tornado. The party arrived
at Newton Friday, and Sunday the
"tail end" of a "twister' struck New
ton, after having toyed with Boone,
Ames, Colfax and Oskalcosa in a
playful manner, uprooting tree.?, lev
eling buildings to the ground with a
resultant loss of thousands of dollars.
The home town of the writer, Grin
nell, 22 miles east of Newton, was
visited by a cyclone in 1832 in which
44 people were killed or died as re
sult of the storm, and he can fully
appreciate the introduction given our
Athena friends to an Iowa twister.
BROTHER OF MURDERED MALLETT GIRL
CORRECTS EARLY NEWSPAPER REPORTS
DEGION CONVENTION AT
THE DALLES NEXT WEEK
The tri-conventions of the Amer
ican Legion, the American Legion
Auxiliary and La Societe des 40
Hommes et 8 Chevaux will be held
in The Dalles Thursday, Friday and
Saturday of next week. Glen Dudley
who is chairman of committe on rules
will attend, leaving here Wednesday
next. Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Smith and
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. McFadden also
will attend the convention. Those
going to the convetnion will meet at
Hermiston, Wednesday morning, the
Umatilla county cars going in cara
van to The Dalles.
Thursday the day will be given ov
er to La Societe des 40 Hommes et 8
Chevaux which to the Legion is much
the same as is the Dokies to the
Knights of Pythias order. It is quite
a distinction to hold membership in
the Societe, and only live wires in
Legion organization and endeavor can
hope to secure the coveted honor.
Registrations are already beginn
ing to pile up at The Dalles for at
tendance at the fourth annual con
vention, when 2,000 men and women
are expected to forgather to enjoy
the hospitality of Wasco county.
RICHARDS BUYING GRAIN
Its "natural for an old dog to do
old tricks," is an old saw which may
be aptly applied to B. B. Richards
After being out of the grain-buying
business for a number of years, Bert
again comes to bat, this time for the
Northern Grain and Warehouse com
pany. He has opened offices in the
company warehouse, located on the
Northern Pacific tracks on lower
Main street. Bert wants a share of
the grain business, and would appre
iate a visit from his farmer friends.
COOLER WEATHER
With a south-west wind, the hot
wave of the week was tempered with
coolness yesterday morning, much to
the delight of the harvesters and
everyone else.
SPUDS NEED RAIN
The potato crop on the mountain
ranches is in serious need of rain,
and does also the spring sown grain
of that district.
N. P. TRAINS ANNULLED
After July 19, train No. 351 is
discontinued and on and after July
20 No. 352 is discontinued between
Walla Walla and Pasco.
On and after July 19, No. 347
leaves Pasco atj seven instead of 3:50
a.m.
On and after July 19, No. 355 and
No. 356 are discontinued between Pas
co and Pendleton. No. 390 and No.
350 will be mixed trains, and No.
349 will be made up and leave pass
enger station at Pasco.
HIGHWAY SIGNS TARGET
R. H, Baldack, division engineer for
the state highway department, has
announced that steps are now being
taken to remove aU signs along the
highways of the state vyhich dq not
conforpi with the law, Besides mar
ring the scenic beauty of the rqad,
they are a distinct menace tq safe
ty, the engineer declared,
HARVEST UNDER WAY
Harvest operations are well under
wav in this section, many machines
having started up this week. Other
machines will begin operations Mon
day, so that next week will, see grain
cutting full blast. General indica
tions point to an average crop of
grain, although quality is "pinched"
in varied degree. Some fields are
getting by with small damage from
hot winds of several weeks ago,
while others show the effects consid
erably more. Thirty to forty-five
bushels per ace seems to be the
yield. .
FREEWATER SHIPS BEANS
Over 20,800 pounds of beans have
been shipped out of Freewater since
July 4 over the Walla Walla Valley
Railroad company's tracks alone. Fif
teen cents per pound fqr &46 pounds
was received by the first shipper,
Fred McElratk of Ferndala. The
beans art now aelling at cents per
pound and are for the most part be
ing shipped to Seattle and other coast!
points.
77 JN LA GRAfiDE SHOPS
Seventy-seven men are working in
the O. W. R. & N. shops at La
Grande, according to announcement
by the division offices. These men
are at work in three shifts. Strikers
declare that a large part of the force
working now is composed of un
skilled labor.
. THE ROUND-UP
The Pendleton Round-Up that un
surpassed out-door drama with its
Indians, cowboys, cowgirls and plains
men, its wild steers, bucking bronks
and fleet-footed horses will again
thrill thousands at the 1922 show,
September 21, 22 and 23. The
Round-Up, city is once more making
preparations for the big show.
EDITORIAL CONVENTION
Clark Wood will represent the Wes
ton Leader and the Athena Press at
the convention of the Oregon State
Editorial Association at Corvallis to
day and tamerrew, The editor will
visit one of the beach resorts in
search of pleasure and recreation af
ter the convention.
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HERE WITH AFGHAN BEAUTY
Red-Haired Huntress Arrlvea From
Asia in Company of Retired Brit
ish Army Officer.
When the White Star liner Adri
atic arrived here recently from a tour
of Mediterranean ports there was on
board one I'erclval M. Fielding, a re
tired army captain of London, and
Tazldah, the beautiful, said a recent
Issue of the New York Tribune.
It was In the hills of Afghanistan
that the captain first met Tazldah. She
was chasing ii gazelle over the snow
covered hills. Her red hair streamed
behind lier in the breeze. Her easy
grace attracted the attention of the
captain.
Later he came to know her better,
lie gave her sweetmeats. From tlint
time on they were Inseparable. Be
fore long It was a common sight at
the Inn to see the captain smoking his
pipe with one hand and stroking Tuzl
dah's lovely red hair with the other.
When the captain left the hills of Af
ghanistan Tazldah went with him.
Tazldah had unusually large feet,
but In her own country no one ever
thought of them In any other than an
admiring way. They were hunters,
those people, and Tazldah was a hunt
ress. Her feet were of Invaluable
service to her In pursuing ga
zelles. Being as they were, big and
flat, they acted as snowshoes. They
had been big from the day of her birth,
and were looked upon by her country
men as a rare Inheritance.
Tazldah stood on deck, rejoicing In
the sloppy weather. To be sure, the
snow was more diluted than thnt to
which she had been accustomed. But
It was snow, and thnt wni the main
thing. She yeurned for the sight of a
gazelle.
"Are you going to enter In the dog
showV" some one asked the captain.
"I don't think so," he replied. "But
she's rare dog and fast on her feet.
Kb! Oh, flic's an Afghan gazelle
hound,"
Original reports oncerning the de
tails of the murder of Miss Alice Mal
lett, former Oregon woman, and Nor
mal student at Weston in Jackson,
Mich., were incorrect in several re
pects according to a statement made
by Harold Mallett, brother of the slain
woman which was published by the
Ontario Argus. Mallett went to Jack
son to investigate. The statement:
"As the public has been wrongly in
formed in a measure regarding the
manner in which my sister, Alice Mal
lett, met death at Jackson, Mich., on
June 8, I desire to explain how the
newspapers came to give an incorrect
report, and to make plain the facts as
I learned them in Jackson from those
whose authority cannot be questioned.
"Owing to the fact that the police
found it necessary to withhold from
the press and the public for a num
ber of hours any information regard
ing the nature of the slaying, false
impressions grew out of rumor and
excited speculation, giving rise to sen
sational newspaper stories which, as
usual such cases, once started could
not be suppressed.
"I wish to state that my sister's
death, terrible though it was, came
instantly, and as a result of a blow
upon the head dealt from the rear.
She was returning from spending the
evening with a friend who had ac
companied her within a few blocks of
her home, leaving her at 10:10 There
was no violence and no assualt. Peo
ple sitting on their porches directly
across the street from the scene at
the time testified that no outcry was
heard, and that there was no sound
of any disturbance. Robbery was the
motive, and it was the finding of my
sister's pocketbook in the possession
of the ex-convict which led to his
arrest. It had been hastily torn apart ,
but still contained several easily iden
tified articles.
"The body was carried, evidently
by two persons, from the Bidewalk
where the deed waB committed, and
placed upon a lawn a few feet dis
tant, left undisturbed, clothing intact,
and the body was not mutilated in any
way.
"To substantiate the above, I have
in my possession signed statements
from the state detective, as well as
from the physician who examined the
body.
"As to the report of mob violence,
I shall be frank in saying that it was
my desire to see the wretch who com
mitted the atrocious deed, lynched or
burned at the stake, as it was that of
the mob of over 7000 who gathered
at the Jackson jail after the arrest
of Straub. However, it may be bet
ter that the law took its course, since
upon the estimony of this man rests
the means of apprehending his ac
complice. As the public knows, Straub
has been convicted and sentenced to
solitary confinement with hard labor
for life, in the Marquette prison."
STANDARD PICTURES
Hoot Gibson will be seen in "The
Fire Eater" at the Standard Theatre
tomorrow night This is one of Gib
sons very best big western pictures
and the favorite cowboy actor will be
seen at his very beat. "Trial of tha
Wolf" an International News will be
on the program also. Sunday night
Wanda Hawley in "Eden and Return"
will make pleasant entertainment for
Movie fans who enjoy good clean
comedy dramas. Pathe Review and
comedy complete the program.
DR. FROOM TO RETURN
A letter from Dr. A. C. Froom, who
with his wife and Mr. Abercrombie,
has been on a ranch in Alberta for
several months, announces that he
will return to Athena about August 16
to resume the practice of dentistry
Dr. Froom say they are well pleased
Obesity Undesirable.
Are you fat? He on your guard If
you are. Doctor Joslln of lioston has ... Alh.ptl. .d fi.hinB. ig .Dledid.
The season was late hut now all is
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THERE were 6,250 similar accidents during tne year trau in me vwwu bu.ic, ...... "" TT".
n.r. nd m increased number during 1921. When statistics are available for November 10J1 It will show that
month as being one of the worat In .udprjr. Wt U about time automol.lllsts were coming to a realization of U
neoessitv for stopping before proceeding over railroad grade crossings, not only for the safety of themselves hut also
...... u..n ii,v h. in ti.olr hnmln. na well as DeraoM on trains. The great iiunilier of ai
VCCulMUia Ul men uni ...to ...v, ..m.w ... ...... , . . ' , - . . . , ,,,,
tldents occurring would Indicate thnt travelers on public nignways mwjuuge me spec., ira.u, u .... ....
. . .. t. Hi tho tact that iiuininnbiles DMMM over tTvMlngJ alter
inem in ooin nirecuon. amuy hiaiu.-i.io 3 - -
gathered striking statistics that allow
an undeniable association uf obesity
ami diabetes, the condition In which
augur, the most common of food fuels,
is not properly metabolized or storeil
la the body. There are In this country
alone more than half u million dia
betics. "The penalty of taking too
much alcohol Is well known, and a
drunkard Is looked upon with pity or
contempt," soys Doctor Josllii, "Iture-
ly, persona who become fat deserve
pity, because of a real tendency to put
on weight despite moderate eating, but
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verdant, and the soil is very produc
tive. Mrs. Froom and son remain in
town, while the doctor and Mr. Aber
crombie live in a tent on the ranch,
a house not having yet been constructed.
h..,.i In tw.tli atrm-flnnil M:.nv
a train passes without knowing whether or not another train Is coming In the opposite direction.
i . MTOP, LOOK AND LISTEN for trains on all track before attempting u crone.
BIG BEND CROP SHORT
The Big Bend will harvest a much
smaller crop than a year ago, when
it eclipsed all previous high produc-
t i..m rRcnrHq. It will show a cron
i. ii T 32" ' I , "".rr this year that wil not be far from
nolle. In OttO cases out of l.wuo be- , ... . .t . .
lag fat implies tW IKh food or too ! norma1' althouKh th 10UtpUt lf
little eierelse, or both combined." I urally mo8t disappointing tp tho av-
gclehta Service I erage producer of that territory.