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Advertising The cAihena 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 Poat Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Claon Mail Matter VOLUME XLIII. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JULY 28, 1922. NUMBER 29 STAHFIELD GRILLED FOR HIS PROLONGED ABSENCE FROM SESSIONS OF THE SENATE l,T.. A 1 n.T B 1 ("II WtO m. Wwlimn 1 nf V,o H4lAlW V IU0 J'JIIIl IJJJlft 6 v (i t. ui. 1 nnAu a' i.. irnn in onnnQ i ui viaiiu uuuiiLuij uau 1.111a uut uii Eastern Oregon's republican states man, Senator Stanfield: Senator Robert N. Stanfield of Ore gon was on hand in the senate today when debate opened on wool sched ule of the tariff bill, in which he is prepared to line up with Senator Gooding of Idaho in support of the proposed wool rates. The return of Oregon's junior sena tor, who has been absent continuously since April 1, attracted considerable attention from his colleagues, who have been debating the tariff since April 20. Robert N. Stanfield is a 50 per cent senator, if he be rated according to his attendance upon the sessions of the senate since the present session began last December. His period of absence, dating from April 1 is believed to b.e a .retard breaker for a senator in good health' And in full possession of his faculties. Now and then senators have gone to Europe to study conditions abroad, and occasionally one takes a pleasure trip, as Senator Weller of Maryland, has done in going to Japan with the Denby party. It cftti ic 'p1- Wel ler, however, that his trip is em broidered with an official fringe, for It Is stamped as a visit of courtesy to Japan, and Weller was president of the naval academy class which had AMERICAN LEGION TAKES certain distinguished Japanese admi- OVER BOY SCOUT TROOP rals among its members. These Ior -A eign trips have not equalled Stan-'p iajj field s in length A story of unusual soil fertility comes from Arthur March, whose place is one-half mile south of the Tamarack school house on Weston mountain. He has grown spuds, Rural New Yorkers, on the same acre of ground for six years, and has averaged $105 in returns from this acre each year. The tract is again in potatoes. Two years ago he sent nine spuds to Pendleton which weighed 54 pounds. If there is any disease in the patch he does not know it. His spuds are keeping without a sprout, and when taken from the pit at this time look like new ones of this season's growth. They were frosted early last season, however, and are not large. He has some of the 1920 crop on hand which are still edible. Mr. March says that he has raised three crops from one plowing; in other words, he plowed the land but once in three years. His potatoes are pitted where the shade is very dense, and the soil is of the tamarack variety, very red and very light. At present the moisture is within an inch of the top in his potato patch. His place is the farthest back on the mountain of any on which potatoes are grown, Fire Eats Up 900 Acre Wheat Field The first destructive grain fire of the season occured Monday afternoon on the Perringer ranch Northwest of Adams, when between 800 and 900 acres of ripened grain was burned. The fire started from a tractor. The East Oregonian reports the loss at $35,000. The fire started from the tractor, it is thought, and was apparently fairly well under control when it got a new start and then raced away until the greater part of the field was de stroyed. The grain covered 1225 acres of land and was certified Jen kins club. The loss will be kept down to a certain extent by reason of the fact UMATILLA COUNTY CERTIFIED WHEAT NOW IN DEMAND n- Certified seed wheat from Umatil la county is in keen demand from other sections wanting clean strains of seed, according to demands that are being made of i the growers, in a report from the office of the county agent, says the East Oregonian. . One car load of Hybrid No. 128 has been ordered by the Wool Grow ers Warehouse Co. of Enterprise from James Hill of Pendleton. J. H. Dob bin is president of the company and E. B. Knapp is secretary. The wheat Finch Home To tally Destroyed The Stanfield cruise, however, lacks any official flavor, and is unique among senatorial voyages, because he did not spend the shining hours, or more than a few of them, in his home state. This adds to the wonder of his colleagues, who of course do not wish to talk for publication, but pri vately express astonishment over his long absence Thg present session qf cqngress opened on December 5 and Senator Stanfield appeared the next day. Ad journment was taken for the holidays on December 23. Sessions were re sumed January 3, and have been con tinuous since that time, except Sun days and holidays. Disregarding the Sundays and holidays, 221 days have elapsed since congress begain its work, and Stanfield has been in the city 112 days. This dees not furnish an exact chronicle of his attendance upon the sessions of the senate, however, as he did not attend the sessions for days at a time while he was in Washing ton. An inspection of the roll call during the early part of the year shows he was frequently absent. During the first session of the pres ent congress, which began with an Bxvra session oh Aurir tl, W21, Mr. Stanfield registered four periods of absence. He was away from June 14 to July 11, August 18 to August 24, September 21 to October 19, and No vember 6 to November 23. Congress was in session from April 11 to Au gust 24 and again from September 21 to November 23. ' puring his present period of ab sence there have been numerous false alarms over his reported intention to return. He has been expected at various dates, but the dates have passed and later information showed he was still at Weiser, his major seat of operations. reafter Athena-Weston American Legion Post will be sponsor for the Boy Scout movement in Athena. With the organization of the scouts here, citizen committee comprising A. R. Coppock, F. B. Boyd and F. B. Radtke sponsored the troop with the affiliation of the national organiza tion. V Throughout the country, the Legion is asuming this connection with the Scouts, and the arrangement is, found to be eminently satisfactory from every standpoint. The Scouts in Athena have taken much interest and are well up in Scout lore and activity considering the length of time the troop has been organized. O. O. Stephens will continue as Scoutmaster, and L. E. Stiff, assis tant Scoutmaster. The trooR will be given a camping trip of several days duration, in the near future. frnm urVifV, tWio W will lw. okmnaH that some of the wheat had already , . , , .., . " . 7 , checked un 99.93 per cent mire, ac- been hauled into the warehouse. There ,. 4 . .. , . .. . , , ... . I cording to the inspection made of it will also be some salvage which will , n t t , ', , . , , 6, . . , in the field by E. R. Jackman, crop cut down the total loss. The grain is' . .. . J. . , ... . . . ... , specialist of O. A. C. who was In said to have been yielding at the rate . . . . . . . , , . , , , ! the county last week, of about 45 bushels to the acre. i , . , . . , , . . oyunu was mirouuceu in wauowu county several years ago when Mac Hoke was county agent there, and its rise in popular esteem has been rapid. Farmers of Prescott, Washington, are planning to seed a heavy acreage of Tnrkoir Poil ulioof lilo -fall enA ter engaged in a fight on Main street , thpy plan rf cer INSULTED GIRLS To protect a couple of Athena girls from the insulting attentions of a couple of mashers, who are said to hail from Portland and working in the harvest fields here, Mose Banis- Saturday night. Girls had been ac costed by one of the fellows and Mose took the matter up with the result that for a few minutes some thing was doing for the entertainment of a crowd of onlookers. Honors were said to be about even, Mose' opponent being, so it is said, an cx pug of Portland. No arrests were made. tified seed from Umatilla county. County Agent Talley of Walla Wal la county is planning to assemble or ders for one carloadj of certified Jen kins club wheat. HAULS HOLDMAN WHEAT Guy Cronk and Earnest Chandler were business visitors in Hermiston Wednesday. Mr. Cronk has purchas ed a new Master truck which he will use for wheat hauling. He has been hauling for Athena farmers but will soon go to Holdman where he has a large contract; STRIKE SITUATION TO HEAD The strike situation continues quiet at La Grande, with both the O. W. R. & N. officials and the strike com mittee claiming that everything looks fine for their respective sides. The railroad is placing the helper engines back at their usual stations Instead of sending them out from La Grande Thehomejof Mr. and Mrs. George was completely aistroyea oy fiFe Tuesday morning. The alarm was given at four o'clock, and by the time the fire-fighting apparatus was on the scene, the entire building was enveloped in flames, and the attention of the hoseman was directed to saving the Hutt garagei across the street. V The contents of the house were sonsumed by the fiery element, Mrs. Finch and children escaping with what clothin" 'ley could put their hands on as the. r.:i from the burn ing house. The fire originated in the kitchen, where Mr. Finch, who drives the coun try meat delivery wagon, had kindled a fire in the range at three o'clock and prepared his breakfast, the other members of the family remaining in their beds. After his departure, Ralph Car tens, the little son of Mrs. Finch, was awakened by the fire and aroused the other members of the family. They barely had time to get from the house into the street, without being injured. The loss is estimated at $1800 on building anfl contents, covered by $1000 insurance. AMERICAN LEGION MEETING IN ANNUAL CONVENTION THIS WEEK AT THE DALLES SEED POTATO INSPECTION BEGINS ON THE MOUNTAIN MAR8HFIELD FIRE The estimated loss of the fire which burned frame structures on both sides of Front street Marshfield, early Sunday morning, were given at $200,000. Insurance was small. A high wind fanned the flames. Several narrow escapes from the burning dig and ACCEPT ORDERLY FARES Any transportation company li censed by the public service commis sion to operate a motor vehicle over a specified route is a common carrier and must carry any person who ap plies for passage at a regular stopp ing place and presents the proper fare, according to an opinion offered by Attorney General I. H. Van Win kle for the benefit of the commission. The opinion explains that the pas senger must be accepted unless he is in an intoxicated condition or is boisterous and disorderly. $49,000 CONTRACT IS LET FOR THE PINE CREEK ROAD The county court awarded the con tract at Pendleton yesterday for the buiidings were recorded building of four miles of rocK grade county roCOrds were destroyed on the new fine creeK roaa leaaing from Weston to Reed and Hawley mountain. The Johnson Construction Co. gets the work on a low bid of slightly above $49,000. There were three other proposals, and the bid ding is said to have been close. It is reported that the successful con tractors will begin work at once. TWO FINE PICTURES Oliver Morosco's great stage play, The Halfbreed, will be screened at the Standard Theatre tomorrow even ing, coming direct from the Blue Mouse theatre, Seattle. This is one of the greatest stage productions and it loses none of its interesting phases when produced on the silver screen. A stunning good comedy and Inter national News will also be shown. Sunday night, the wonderful outdoor picture, The King Log, Pathes fine pictorial masterpiece heads the pro gram in seven thrilling reels. Pathe Review, and comedy for the kiddies. According to figures in the pos session of Fred Bennion, county agent, the potato acreage on Weston mountain for which the growers seek certification is more than double that of last year. Last year potatoes grown on 219 acres were examined the. first time for certification. This year's total will be more than 500 acres. The preliminary examination is be ing made this week by Mr. Bennion and his assistant, and the first official field inspection will be made next week on the mountain when E. R. Jackman, crop specialist of O. A. C, will be here to look over the fields. Two varieties of seed are grown on the mountain, chief attention being paid to Netted Gems. This year growers have planted some Earliest of All Fifty-six growers will make application to have their seed certi led, paying a fee of one dollar. Last year this service was free. Due to the fact that a majority of the growers planted seed that was either certified last year or at least passed one field inspection, it is ex pected that a greater percentage of the acreage will be certified. Last year only 99 Mi acres "made the grade" of the 219 acres inspected. SPLENDID TALENT FOR THE ANNUAL ROUND-UP v LOCAL SHOWER MONDAY local shower interfered with har vest operations in this vicinity Mon day afternoon. A few hailstones fell, but no damage resulted. On moun tains east of Athena, the shower was welcomed by potato-raisers. RAISES FINE VEGETABLES SHIPPING TOMATOES Carl Plucker, residing soutn oi The Tomato Growers association Athena, has a fine crop oi vcgetaoies commenced shipping tomatoes Wed-1 this year. He will have good quality nesday from the state line over the ; fall and winter vegetames ior we Walla Walla Valley Railway com-J market. His vegetables are raised pany's line. The association has without irrigation. A FORTY-BUSHEL CROP One of the best crops in the Wes ton neighborhood this season has just been threshed by A. H. Schwandt from the "Pinkerton eighty.". This leased the Shields warehouse at the state line with S. Brinker in charge. Monday was the last day the growers KLAN CANDIDATE LEANS Earl Mayfield, Ku Klux Klan can- could sien un for contracts with the 1 didate for senator, running against association for this season. WHEAT BEING DELIVERED -Ttthena warehouses and the eleva- made a little better than 40 bushels ! tor are receiving wheat this week in to the acre. Had it not suffered from 1 quantity. Harvest is nqw in full swing the pinching common to he entire county it would have yielded at least 50 bushels, in the opinion of good judges. and with good weather, the close of next week will see the bulk of the grain harvested in the Athena section. Senator Culberson, is ahead of his nearest democratic opponent. Culber son is running third in the race. GRANDMA LEVY DEAD Grandma Levy, pioneer of Union i.. Ji-.l ... 1 U. i Tlnion couuiy, uieu hi. uv ihmud " July 17. Deceased was the mother of Mrs. Max Lewin, a former resi dent of Athena. Talent at the 1922 Round-Up will eclipse that of any preceding year according to word receive from the sons and daughters of the range and plain who will compete there Sept ember 21, 22 and 23. Ray Bell, last years champion, who first rode in the big show when he was a mere stripling of 14, will enter the lists again. "Yak" Canutt, thrice a champion, will be there as will be Hugo Strickland also a former cham ion. Added to these stars of the Round-Up constellation will be scores of others who have won laurels in the bulldogging, broncho riding, steer roping and races, and still others who will make new records. Tom Mix, celebrated motion picture star, and 50 cowboys, skilled in the art of throwing a rope, and riding bronks, will be entered in the contests. Pendleton is making extensive prep arations for the show. The grounds and grandstands are being put into shape and everything placed in readi ness. Happy-Canyon, the little brother of the Round-Up, which will provide entertainment for the evening hours, will be staged in improved quarters. The old pavilion is being re-built and a balcony constructed, R -member A, BUYS STORE BUILDING 9 Omer Stephens now owns the build ing he occupies with his Pure Food 1 1 .U Grocery, having purcnuseu X'TLy nortv recently from Matt MosgfoveJ' the property has been for sale for kume time, anu a ago," Mr. "Mosgrove had a prospect ive buyer. Mr. Stephens knew of no other suitable location in town for store in event Mosgrove sold, so he became the buyer of the building. DEER RAIDING GARDENS rioor from the mountains are raid ing hay fields and gardens in Ska mania county Wash., and farmers are unable to fence against them. Game wardens have been called upon but their efforts to frighten away the animals have failed. Hot and dry weather in the mountains have caused the feeding grounds to De deserted and the animals are swarm ing to the valleys for food. Many farmers report their entire crop ruined. TAX LEVY DECREASES The complete tax levy for Oregon for 1922 as shown, on the lvil tax rolls is $4Q,401,709.21 it was an nounced by the state tax commis sioner. This year's total tax levy showed a decrease of $715,658.50 over the levy of 1921 when the total was $40,117,367.71. m m& vou usep ro m qui Qf A 0RCU5 POjTErl ANP- THE THfc'iijI6V'1-s -vou DR. OSBORN MARRIED Cards have been received by Athe na friends announcing the marriage in Portland on, July 19th, of Dr. Earl B. psborn to Miss Myrtle Ferguson, daughter qf Mr. and Mrs. Perry B. Bailey of Idaho. Th bride is a highly accomplished lady, a graduate of Iowa and Columbia Universities, and . ; i tm flroirnn Acricul- Lai College Dr. Osborn also holds : in session to investigate alleged act J;. on the faculty m the de-livities of the Ku Klux Klan, as or H pUBlklvu - oi uusDanary, BRUMFIELD SENTENCE UPHELD The supreme court has upheld the lower court in the case of Dr. R. M. Brumfield, Roseburg dentist, sen tenced for the murder on July 13 last year of Dennis Russell. The opin ion was written by Justieo McBride. INVESTIGATES KLAN The Jackson county grand jury is dered by Governor Olcott. J- HANK NAMED DEPOSITORY The Inland Empire Bank of Pendle ton has been designated by the Com missioner of Indian Affairs as a depository for Indian moneys from Umatilla agency, not to exceed $20, 000.00, says the Tribune. The other two Pendleton banks, as well as the first National bank of Athena, have been depositories for Indian funds for a number of years,, FIRE SITUATION AHEAD The forest fire situation was much Imnroved this week. Forest service I officials were more optimistic re- garding the fire in the Oregon nation : al forest on the Columbia river high way. It has been held for the last I two days on two sides, and is being controlled on a third, Eyes of ex-serivce men of Oregon are turned in the direction of The Dalles next week, for the 4th annual convention of the Oregon department of the American Legion will be in session. If this one meeting of sev eral thousand veterans is not enough, there will be the state meetings of the American Legion auxiliary, as well as the first annual grand prom enade of La Societe des 40 Homines et 8 Chevaux. The latter held forth Wednesday. The two former opened yesterday. Recapitulating the results of its statewide canvas, the convention com mittee looks for an attendance, in round numbers, of 1000 on the first day, 1500 on the second day, and no-one-can-guess-how many tomorrow, the day of the parade, of election of department officers and selection of the convention city. With The Dalles at the hub or the bottle neck of traffic from Eastern to Western Oregon, legionaires here are expecting a huge crowd, and the com mitteemen believe that for the first time the number from Eastern Oree.. will exceed the Westerners at a le gion convention. Much depends on the size of the crowd from Portland, but with every city witin a radius of 100 miles pledging visitors, not even ex cepting places in Washington, the surge of sage-brushers will be great Hanford MacNider, national com mander, will be a big drawing card. The popular legion chief, who has fi nally driven through an adjusted com pensation bill to the point where it is believed enactment is assured, has promised to be in The Dalles July 28, and possibly on July 29, to review the parade. With him will be a staff of officials from headquarters, including Lemuel Bolles, national adjutant. Other prominent guests at the con vention will be E. J-. Elvers of Port land, who is chef he chemin de fer of the 40 and 8s; C. D. Cunningham, commander of the Washington state, department, and H. E. MacDonald, national secretary of the 40 and 8s. Saturday morning, following the business session, will see the annual parade, a pretentious event if all the planning of the local committeemen have done, goes for anything. The del egates and visitors have been asked to bring their uniforms for this pa rade, and 5000 in line is the mark set It looks now as if there will be some fhere close to that many marchers, not to speak of 4 bands and a score of decorated vehicles. A feature of the parade will be a section of massed colors the flags and post standards of all the organizations that can be assembled, presenting a vivid emble matical picture of the strength of this after-war organization. A session in the afternoon to elect officers and select the 1923 conven tion city, the finals in the aquatic tournament, and the delegates will begin hurrying away to their homes, and the work of the 15 men in The Dalles, the committeemen, have been doing for the last six months, will have been completed. For the American Legion auxiliary,, similar plans, but on a lesser scale, have been made. The Elks temple will be turned over to the women as con vention headquarters. About 200 wo men are expected, according to Mrs. J. T. Henry, the president of the lo cal unit. DRAGGED INTO CYLINDER Clarence Snyder, a 17 year old Pen dleton high school boy, died Monday morning as the result of having his leg dragged into a combine cylinder, wihle working with the threshing out fit on the Fred Reece place south of Pendleton. The boy was rushed to the hospital in Pendleton, where he died from loss of blood and shock. Cwnw WHEAT GROWERS OFFICE The Northwest WheM Growers as sociation is to establish an extensive office in Minneapolis through which w expect to handle 20,000,000 battels of wheat this fall," saM George Jewctt, manatrer of thr organization, with headquarters In Portland, who attended the meeting of its trustees I j July 19, at Spokane. KATIIRYN SHARP MARRIED Miss Kathryn Sharp, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. S. F. Sharp, was mar ried July 18th to Frank Westfall, of Canada. The marriage took place at Hermosilla, Sonora, Mexico, and the present address of Mr. and Mrs. Westfall is Hotel Arcadia, Hermosillo. Mrs. Westfall recently visited her sister Carrie, in California. The bride has long been a successful teacher in the public schools of Ore gon and Washington. HUCKLEBERRY PICKERS Huckleberry pickers are going to the mountains to pick the luscious fruit. Meacham mountains are beck oning to the picker, and the crop in that district Is ripe, while on Weston Mountain, the berries are just begin ning to ripen. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Haynie and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kel ler picked seven gallons of berries west of Meacham Sunday, and did not find the patch until after S o'clock.