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Advertising The cAthena Press circulates in the homes of readers who reside in the heart of the Great Umatilla Wheat Belt, and they have money to spend mm Entered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mail Matter 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 VOLUME XLIII. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. AUGUST 18, 1922. HALL GIVES GONTES I UP AFTER RE-COUNT Wheat Growers Home Financed A special from Salem to the Port land Oregonian says: The trial of the election contest proceedings initia ted some time ago on behalf of Charles Hall, defeated candidate for the republican nomination for gover nor at the primary election May 19, came to an abrupt conclusion in the circuit court at Salem, when U'Ren of counsel for the contestant announc ed that in the face of the rulinge of the court with relation to the intro duction of testimony and the appar ent erroneous information received from contestant's informants that it had been decided to abandon further prosecution of the case. "The rulings of the court which have prevented us from interrogat ing witnesses with relation to whom they voted for and the principles and reasons which prompted them to change their party affiliations at the polls on primary election day have taken us by surprise." said Mr. U'Ren in announcing abandonment of the case. "Apparently there is no appeal from this court, but we shall now direct our appeal to the electorate, i This appeal will urge that the pri mary law be made more effective as it relates to the change of party affiliations and church influence. Our informants apparently have keen as much mistaken as are our differences with the court's rulings." Jay Bowerman, of counsel for Governor Olcott, contestee in the proceedings, in addressing the court following Mr. U'Ren's announcement, said an effort apparently had been made to make it appear that the campaign was a fight between the Catholics and Protestants. By stipulation of the attorneys it was agreed that the cost bill be prepared in Portland and submitted to the court at some future date. The bill, which will include the attorney fees, together with the wit ness fees and other incidental expen ses, will aggregate several thousands of dollars. Payment of the costs will be determined by the court fol lowing arguments to be held within the next few days. The court ruling which resulted in abandonment of the proceedings followed the offering of testimony by John Theodore Brentano, a resi dent of the St. Paul precinct in Mar ion county. Attorneys for the con testant attempted to wrest from this witness information with relation to the name of the gubernatorial can didate for whom he voted and the principles and reasons which promp ted him to change his party affilia tions at the polls from democratic to republican. Mr. Brentano refused to reveal this information, and was sus tained by the court. The court held that a legal voter who changed his party affiliations in good faith at the polls at the primary election, even though ac cused of casting his ballot illegally, cannot be compelled to testify as to the identity of the candidates for whom he voted at any election or point out specifically the principles and reasons which prompted him to change his party affiliations. Mr. Brentano had admitted on the witness stand that he had been a :felong democrat, but that he changed his party affiliation at the polls on primary election day be cause he preferred the platform of the republican candidate to that of the democratic aspirants. "I judge the principles of a party by its can didates," said Mr. Brentano, "in that under the primary law there is no party platform involved." Both John Collier, chief counsel for the contestant, and Attorney U'Ren, argued that the mere fact that Mr. Brentano has said he had changed his party affiliations in good faith was not sufficient and that the contestant had the right to demand that the witness name the candidate for whom he voted for governor. "This witness has been hailed into court, charged with be ing an illegal voter," said Attorney U'Ren, "and we believe the court should hear all the facts to deter mine what constitutes good or bad faith in re-registering of electors. This court cannot read the mind of the witness and no person other than himself has any knowledge of whether he U telling the truth.' An announcement of the war fin ance corporation concerning advances agreed upon for grain growers ex plains that the Oregon Wheat Grow ers' Cooperative association has al ready arranged to finance all require ments through private banking chan nels in Oregon, and because of this self-help no provision is made for as sistance to groyers in this state. Tentative approval was given for the use of an amount up to $2,000,000 by the Washington Growers' associa tion, $1,500,000 for Idaho, an equal sum for Montana and $5,000,000 for North Dakota. On the same day the cotton growers of Mississippi were promised $7,000,000 to assist in mark eting, and the total advances for the coming season for aid in crop mark eting reached $104,000,000. While the loaning powers of the war finance corporation were re newed this year for only another year under the theory that it would not longer be needed, congress is be lieved likely to legislate to carry the work beyond that time, either along the lines recommended by managing director, Eugene Meyer Jr., for per manent operation under the federal reserve system, or by renewal of the present plan until congress can give the subject more careful study. Employment for Disabled Soldiers DEER GIVEN REFUGE To insure the protection and in crease of white-tailed deer, now al most extinct in Oregon, a tract of 10,000 acres, east of Oakland, has been set aside as a game refuge, by order of the state game commission, the order going into effect immedia tely, says the Cottage Grove Sentinal. White-tailed deer were once common in Oregon, especially in the Willam ette valley, but they fell easy prey to the guns of the earlier Oregon resi dents. At present few are to be found, and practically all of these are banded together in one herd in the vicinity of Oakland. Shooting will be prohibited on the reserve at all times and interference with the animals will also be unlawful. For the purpose of securing em ployment for disabled war veterans who have been rehabilitated vocation ally, a campaign will be conducted thooughout the northwest August 21 to 26 by the U. S. Veterans' Bureau, according to A. E. McCabe, district head of the newy organized employ ment section of the bureau. More than 900 veterans of Washington, Oregon and Idaho have completed their training courses and several hundred more are scheduled to finish their vocational work within the next two or three months, he stated. "These fellows who could not car ry on their pre-war vocations because of war injuries surely deserve con sideration in the matter of employ ment," said Mr. McCabe. "They have struggled for months and in many cases years to master a new occupa tion. However, we are not asking em ployers to hire these veterans for sentimental reason but rather because they are now capable office workers, tradesmen or industrial workers. The Veterans' Bureau voucTies that the re habilitated service man will hold down the pob he is recommended for." Employers are urged to get in touch with one of the branch offices of the Veterans' Bureau located in Seattle, Portland, Spokane, Tacoma, Boise and Pocatello during "Veterans' Employ ment Week." DECIDE STRIKE END TOMATO PRICES DOWN Tomato prices dropped this week to a basis where the house-wife spent a portion of her time in cann ing them for winter use. The Walla Walla valley crop, .which is a large one this year, was late in ripening, with the result that when the crop was ready to market, it was brought into competition with the production of other districts, and the market was flooded with large quantities. Operators of the central competi tive coal field and the miners' rep resentatives Tuesday ratified a tern porary wage agreement which marks the first step toward ending the na tion-wide bituminous coal strikes With" the anthracite operators and miners meeting, the coal strike situation is regarded highly satisfactory. The ag reement provides for: Acceptance of last year's wage scale, continuation of the check-off system; no renewal clauses. A general scale committee of operators and miners will be ap pointed at Cleveland October 2, and will meet January 3, to draft another wage scale. Mine machinery is reported being oiled, workers getting their tools ready. Workman are preparing the mines for rushing coal to the surface and mules are being lowered into the shafts, according to reports here today from many Illinois points. Mi ners are reported jubilant and anxi ous to get back to the pits. Accord ing to intimations here, union heads will approach the individual opera tors with the agreement reached and so efect a concilation. Coal cutters were ordered into the mines by the company officials im mediately when word was received of the agreement reached in Cleveland. Senority Meaning Involved In Strike Seniority in railroad employment is dependent upon length of service, says "Railroad Data" in explaining one of the chief points at issue in the railroad shopman's strike. In the case of railroad shopman, there are three main points of importance in seniority rules: 1. Choice of jobs within the ter ritory affected (terminal or shops.) The senior workman, that is, those who have been in the employ of the railroad the longest time, are given first choice c " the better positions. 2. As ti tv.r sz of position when reductions in the working forces are made, junior men are laid off first, and the senior men last. 3. Preference in re-employment. After men have been laid off, they are taken back in the order of sen iority, and no new laborer is employed until employees, who so wish, have been returned to their positions. Emmels Missing Mountain Spuds MOTHER IES FARMERS WILL SEED EARLY A soaking rain which began to fall last Friday evening was hailed with delight throughout this section and especially in the upland districts, where it will be the making of the potato crop. Merritt A. Baker, gov ernment weather observer at Wes ton, reports that the precipitation reached a total of 1.34 inches. Har vest was delayed to some extent, but nobody had any complaint to make over this phase of the weather situ ation. Farmers say that the ground is wet thoroughly, which will bring weeds up in a hurry. They can thus get rid of these pests and prepare the ground for early seeding. The experience of the past few years, and especially this season, is said to have convinced farmers that early seeding is the proper agricultural caper in this locality. A COUNTY CHARGE It may be necessary to place Char ley, Athena's oldest Chinese resident, as a charge in the county hospital. Deputy Sheriff Dickson found the old fellow ill and without food or money, Tuesday, in his shack on Second street. He has long been dependent on his few fellow countrymen resid ing here and at Pendleton, but appar ently they have ceased to contribute to his support. was not within the power of the contestant to show the reasons why the alleged illegal voters changed their party affiliations, the contest ant might as well quit "Anyone may change his party affiliations in good faith," said Attorney Collier, "but the court should hear additional facts to determine the credibility of the statements of these witnesses." In reply Judge Kelly said the wit ness had answered all the questions frankly and that the contestant had failed to make a prima facie show ing that the witness had changed his party affiliations in bad faith. "As a result of this," said Judge Kelly, "we have no right to inquire whom the witness voted for. Had there been testimony to show that Mr. Brentano voted il legally, then it would be proper to compel the witness to divulge the name of the candidate for whom he voted and the reasons why he changed his party affiliations at the Attorney Collier added that if it 'polls," the court said. SCOUTS DISCOVER STILL While the Pendleton Boy Scouts were camping at Immigrant Springs in the Blue Mountains, a couple of their number discovered a moonshin er's still and a auantitv of mash in a deserted shack. Before officers from Pendleton could make an inves tigation, the moonshiner made away with his outfit. PARAMOUNT WEEK AT ' THE STANDARD THEATRE PYTHIANS PICK TORONTO Toronto, Ont., was selected as the meeting place of the supreme lodge of the Knights of Pythias in 1923. The committee selected to choose next year's meeting place recommended St. Louis. FIRES UNDER CONTROL General rains throughout the tim ber sections of the Pacific North west, have brought the forest fires under control, with the result that much valuable timber will be saved. The burned-over areas total consider able acreage, both in the states of Oregon and Washington. Not a drop of rain fell in the month of July, and fighters were put to a disadvan tage in coping with forest fires. Paramount week, September 2nd to 9th inclusive, will be observed this year as usual by the Standard Thea tre when three big special Para mount pictures will be shown at reg ular admission prices. Saturday, September 2nd, Betty Compson will be screened in "At the End of the World," Sunday, Septem ber 3rd, "The Great Moment" will be shown and Saturday, September 9th, George Melford's greatest picture of the year, "The Great Impersonation" will conclude the week's program. Paramount week is an annual event in which the best in Paramount pict ures are shown exclusively in tribute to the biggest picture production con cern in the world. Tomorrow night Gloria Swanson comes in "Under the Lash" and Sun day night, "Sowing the Wind," star ing Anita Stewart, should fill the house. Toonerville comedy, two-reel Western, Pathe Review and Intel nat ionl News fill up the gaps. MOUNTAIN SPUDS BENEFITTED The heavy rainfall of last Friday night greatly benefitted the potato fields on the mountain ranches, east of Athena. Farmers in that locality have now fine prospects for profitable yields, and with many fields grow ing certified quality, potato raisers stand fair chances of experiencing a profitable year. WORK HELD UP ON PROJECTS OF OREGON A Pendleton special to the Oregon Journal says: Construction work or. government irrigation projects will be held up pending receipt by the re clamation service of approximately $4,000,000 in delinquent payments from settlers, Director General Davis of the service declaraed Monday. Dav is came to this county to inspect the site for the proposed Umatilla rapid: irrigation project in the western end of the county, which would include construction by the government of a huge dam and power plant. In regard to the McKay creek proj ect which the reclamation service al ready has authorized, Davis declared appropriations have been made suf ficient to care for the acquiring of the acreage to be flooded but that no means are in sight to obtain the money for actual construction. The inspection of the Umatilla rap ids site is the first official inspection that has ever been made and Umatilla county advocates of the plan are well pleased with the attitude Davis has taken in regard to the proposal. The Democratic campaign will be handled by a committee of five mem bers to be appointed by Dr. C. J. Smith, chairman of the executive committee of the Democratic state central committee, after consultation with the various candidates, it was decided at a meeting of the execu tive committee held Monday after noon in Portland. This special com mittee was authorized in ai resolution adopted by the executive committee. EXPOSITION CARAVAN A caravan of automobiles carrying prominent business men of Portland and the Willamette valley on a trip through Eastern, Central and South ern Oregon, for the purpose of adver tising the 1925 Portland exposition, touched Umatilla county, Monday night, when it reached Pendleton. Leaving Pendleton the party went to Heppner via Pilot Rock. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Em- mel will be glad to know they are well settled and pleased with their new location ot Newton, Iowa, where Mr. Emmel has established a J. C. n. ... . . .Ui A renney store. .Regarding the town they write: "Newton is a live little place when it is normal. They say there is not a better town for its size in the II. S. for business; but the factories have all been closed down for a year and had just been started when the coal mm ran striKe nit us, so they are only running part time now. On Saturday nights we have a reg ular Round-Up crowd (for size) and cars are parked so thick you can hardly get through. Hope to open our store on Aug. 17. We had a fine trip about 2100 miles, with on ly about 150 miles of bad roads. We took the Yellowstone Trail to the North entrance to the park. It is truly a wonderland and the roads in there are great. Kenneth caught a 10-inch trout and fell in, so he had all the thrills of a full fledged fish erman. After you pay your entrance fee, you can fish to your heart's de light free of charge. We saw one wild bear at the bear feeding grounds, and geysers and hot springs galore. Old Faithful is the biggest geyser now. It plays every 50 minutes, and when it starts, it sure does shoot. The Mammoth hot springs are the most wonderful and the most beauti ful in the Park, and the terraces are truly wonderful. Going out the Cody entrance the wonders are simply too big to describe, and you receive one thrill after another. Part of the way is blasted out of Marble. We saw Buffalo Bill's mountain hotel. Entered Cody just after their "stampede" and she was sure wild. We saw the min ing district of Montana, the grazing lands of Wyoming and also the oil lands of John D. At Cheyenne we hit the Lincoln Highway and sailed through Nebraska and into Iowa on high. Iowa, as to soil and vegetation-reminds us of the Willamette valley. But say tell those Weston mountain farmers to ship some potatoes to Iowa. Haven't eaten a decent spud since we came but don't tell it so Newton wil hear of it. That was a pretty good joke on us, only being here two days when a cy clone hit our neighborhood. It did its worst about four miles from here. Newton itself escaped. We were all unconscious of what was going on, and sat on our porch enjoying the thunder and rain. The damage was surely awful. One place it picked L That Cecil Brittan has been found is now apparently conclusive from the identification made last week by his mother, Mrs. R. L. Brittan, of Soap Lake, Wash. The mother going toward Spokane to identify her son, was met and stopped by another car near Elmira, Wash. Mrs. Brittan advanced to the running-board, scrutiniged a youth in the rear seat, and exclaimed. "You look more like my Cecil than any oth er boy I have ever seen," and then by a secret birth mark on the back of the head, she positively knew she had found her long lost son. And this was the climax to a stnrv beginning 16 years ago at Wood ward's Toll Gate, when the little boy of five mysteriously disappeared. Many local people who participated in the hunt for the lost child will read this account of mother and son's reun ion with satisfaction, and it results through the efforts of G. W. Stark. of Spokane, an employee of the Dav enport Hotel. Fate, that unexplainable something which guides the footsteos of men, had brought Cecil within a short distance of where his mother was living. And Stark was the man to discover the likeness of young Brittan to the missing child. Stark asks no rewards. He seeks no remun eration for his work. He declares he is glad to have been the medium through which the two are reunited. Young Brittan has a home for the first time in his life. He remembers little of his early childhood, but knows much from buffeting the world. He has made his own way since he was 12 years old, he has told his new found mother of traveling here and there. Three years of his life have been given to his country, through service in the army. He has a moth er now. Reports say that joy reigns supreme in that Soap Lake home. Mrs. Brit tan is confirmed in her belief that her Cecil has been found. Relatives have visited her and added their dec larations to her own that the boy is her Cecil. WORK ON STARTS NEXT WEEK THE PINE CREEK ROAD G. E. Johnson of the Johnson Con struction Co., Portland, successful bidders for the Pine creek road im provement, was in Weston this week arranging for the work. Mr. John son bought between twenty and up a beautiful big house, and moved thirty thousand feet of lumber from R 'member "mmmmmm& J WAY PACK WHEN YOU COULD PICK A NnUL . ' I T 1,11 . it off its foundation. Every building on the place was made kindling. Nothing left of the hen houses but the nests, and there they stood with a hen on every nest. The buildings can be replaced but not the beauti ful walnut and oak groves, some trees being snapped right off, and others pulled out by the roots. We have not suffered from the heat here. We actually wore our over coats thro' the desert in Wyoming and Nebraska." MAKES FIRST PAYMENT "All going out and nothing com ing in" has been the rule in the State Bonus Commission up to Saturday of last week. This can no longer be maintained however, for on Saturday the first payment on a loan arrived at the Commission's office. Freder ick Jensen of Portland obtained : loan of $3,000.00 three months ago, being the fifth actually paid. He was the first, however, who elected to make his payments quarterly and a money order for $45.00 arrived at the office of the Commission two days before it was due. Of this amount; $30.00 is credited as interest and $15. applies to reduce the principal. LITTLE GRAIN STANDING With favorable weather, but small acreage of standing grain will re main uncut with the close of the week. Farmers on foothill ranches were handicapped last week and the first of the present week, by rainfall, a Weston firm, which will be used in the construction of cook and bunk houses. Camp is now being estab lished at Rocky ford under the di rection of Lee Dennis, and it is ex pected that the outfit will be on the ground the first of next week. The grading will be done with a patent road-making machine which has a caterpillar tread and a system of scoop buckets that work on an end less chain and remove the loosened earth and rock from the roadway. It is said to be the company's inten tion to employ as much local labor as is found available. A number of pick and shovel men will be needed. Much rock grading is necessary, and the contract price of the work is $49,00(k When it is completed the fertile Reed & Hawlcy upland dis trict wil! have a much better connec tion with the outer world. The im provement is to be paid for out of the market road funds available this year for Umatilla county. iy BIG YIELD OF BARLEY ' J. V. Bell had eight acres of bar ley on bottom land on the Wild Horse that made the remarkable yield of 415 sacks. His 320 acres of wheat averaged a little .better than 40 bushels per acre.,jsrMr. Bell has not yet finished this season's har vest, having had several brean downs with his combine. His sea son's run embraces 640 acres. ('''.' PROFITABLE TOWN FARM Wilbur, Washington, which claims to be the only town of its size in eastern Washington to own and op- a municipal farm, renorta an of $1500 since 1898. Church of Christ Bible school, 10 a. m. (Jommumun, crate 1 1 a. m. I nere win be no sermon m ; annual return the morning, the Pastor being away when the city purchased 140 acres. for two o three weeks. Union ser- Only 31 acres aro under cultivation, vices will be held at 8 p. m. Rev. the remaining acreage beimr used aa j Johnson preaching the sermon. la fair ground. V ' ' . r , ' - - - i . . 1 . jMit , iftirt., . h .' j . .,,.,,:... " - . TrmT g "M,1-,' 3BSag