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Advertising ThecAthena 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 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 Poet Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mail Matter VOLUME XLIII. ATHENA.. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 29, 1922. NUMBER 38 CONGRESS C! OSES LENGTHY SESSION Senators and Representatives Depart for Homes to Enter Campaigns. Legion Smoker Tomorrow Night Washington, D. C For the first time since he entered the White House 18 months ago, President Harding looked forward Saturday to a long period of legislative quiet, with no con gress on his hands to bring Its troubles and problems to the executive door step. With the exception of short recess periods, congress has been almost in continuous session since the beglnnlng"" of the republican administrationmd . the departure of members to take part in the campaign affords the president the longest rest he has had from legislative worries. President Harding has informed con gressional leaders, however, that he wants congress to come back to Wash ington after the elections, November 7, in order that all appropriation bills and necessary legislative matters can be cleaned up by March 4 next. President Harding has expressed the belief that the country generally "wants a rest from congress and the disturbing effects of new laws." Statistical sharps are busy calculat ing the work of the session, prominent In which was enactment of the tariff law and passage of the soldiers' bonus bill, with Its death after the presi dent's veto. About 300 laws were Bald to have been enacted out of 3498 bills and 358 resolutions Introduced in the house and 1249 bills and about 280 resolutions In the senate. Ap propriations of the session aggregated over $1,250,000,000, and with authoriza tions $3,751,917,000 was made avail able for the government's fiscal year needs. About 9000 nominations were sent to the senate by President Hard ing, which were confirmed with but few exceptions. With a fine record of good box ing at their two previous smokers, the boys of Athena-Weston Post, American Legion, have everything in readiness for their third boxing card, which takes place at Legion Hall to morrow evening. Four stirring events, with Ernie Ferron of Yakima, and Roy Cup of Walla Walla, topping the list in six rounds, at 135 pounds ringside, is .tomorrow night's offering. Three preliminaries of four rounds each, with nifty lads participating is sure to whet the appetites of the fans for the main event to follow. Gale Anderson, clever Athena boy, will face Swede Noreen of Pendleton, in a four round bout; "Dutch" Mc Pherrin is paired with Red Leonard of Walla at 120 pounds, and Garth Stahl of Adams, will meet Tarwater of Walla Walla. These smokers merit the patronage of the public. Should this one be a success, others will follow during the fall and winter months. Their object is to promote clean athletics and sportsmanship. Ladies r esneciallv invited to attend. An additional four round event, a cur tain-raiser has been added. Contest begins at 8:30 prompt. Ringside seats $1.50, general admission, $1.00. TARIFF ACT MARKS CHANGE IN SYSTEM Washington, D. C American tariff making entered a new phase with the edging Into force of the tariff act of 1922. For the first time in his tory congresB has delegated part of Its authority over taxes at the cus toms houses, conferring upon the president broad powers to increase or decrease rates and change from for eign to American valuation as the basis for assessing ad valorem duties on imports. The tariff commission, created dur ing the administration of President Wilson, will be the agency through which the president will exercise his new authority, and present expecta tions are that its work will rank al most in Importance with that of the Interstate commerce commission. The commission will make extensive in vestigations Into coBts of production at home and abroad, and will report its findings with recommendations for rate or valuation changes to the president. BOTH SIDES OF A QUESTION ASSOCIATION IS LAUNCHED BY SEED POTATO GROWERS Possessions Bound to Bring Responsi bility, but There la Also Ade-. ' quate Recompense. . Everything that you can think of In the way of desired possessions brings with It an accompanying load of trou ble, care and responsibility. And this Is something of a consola tion for those who must stand outside the burred gates and look yearningly In. After all, they can think, It's a lot of trouble to take care of bo much; per haps It's Just as well to be without It That's where the trouble part helps them. But on the other hand, It's worth some care to have the real antiques that other people are striving to find. it's worth some responsibility to have such beautiful old silver. The house In perfect order, the vol vety lawn and the garden that make visitors gasp with pleasure are pretty good payment for all your thought aud work and planning and caring for them. That beautifully shaped bead and graceful coiffure are surely satisfying enough to make up for the pain and the lost time. If people who have things didn't have some trouble with them, then there would be the greatest amount of discontent among people who haven't. Mere possessing gets to be like a hnblt; one forgets all about what It Is that she possesses, whether It is valu able or not, and whether or not one should be grateful about It But when a little trouble and diffi culty come along with It, one realizes that It has cost something and Is worth something. Kansas City Star. The Weston Mountain Seed Potato Growers association was launched at a meeting of the Weston Mountain Community club Monday evening. The club will handle the seed commercial potatoes grown in the upland districts tributary to Weston, build storage and transact whatever business comes within the province of such an organization. It has long been needed and is expected to prove of great benefit to the upland potato interests. A Constitution and by-laws were adopted and were signed by twenty two Weston mountain growers." The membership list, it is expected, will be increased to thirty or more when growers from the other mountain districts are signed up. Control of the association is vested in a board of directors representing the potato districts on both sides of Pine creek. The membership fee is $5.00. Weston is the place of business. Among those in attendance at the meeting and whose advice and as sistance were greatly appreciated were Fred Bennion, county agent; E. R. Jackman of Oregon Agricul tural College, and Lee M. Lampson, manager of the Blalock Fruit Oo.'s office at Kennewlck, Wash. Mr. Lampson, who came as the personal representative of Colonel Weyrauch, Blalock's president, gave a very interesting and informative talk along the line of marketing. With an association to back them up, he thought that certified seed spuds could be marketed to advan tage this fall as well as in the spring, despite the poor outlook for commercial stock, Football Games Being Scheduled With seven lettermen out of the nks of the Athena football squad, Coach Basler is moulding the mater ial at hand in shape for the present season, which opens with Athena at Umapine, October 7th, Recording to a schedule of the ganresj as printed in the East Oregonian Tuesday evening. The schedulers published, follows: September 30 Hermiston at Pen dleton; Imbler at La Grande; Half way at Baker. October 7 Wallowa at Pendleton; Enterprise at Imbler; Athena at Umapine. October 14 Pendleton at Athena; Enterprise at Baker. October 21 Pendleton at Enter prise; La Grande at Elgin; Weston at Athena. October 28 La Grande at Pendle ton; Athena at Stanfield. Nov. 3 The Dalles at Pendleton. Nov. 4 Joseph at Enterprise; Athe na at Milton. Nov. 11 Baker at La Grande; Her miston at Athena. Nov. 18 Walla Walla at Pendle ton; La Grande at Union; Umapine at Athena. Nov. 25 Milton at Pendleton. Nov. 30 Pendleton at Baker; La Grande at Enterprise. ATHENA BAND POPULAR WITH ROUND-UP CROWDS X V. MRS. S. A. MILLER OF MILTON ENDS HER LIFE STANDARD PICTURES Tomorrow, Saturday night, Wallace Reid will be seen at the Standard in one of his latest Paramount pict ures, "Across the Continent," a splen did production. Reid and his Ford brines down in concrete form glorious mixture of merriment and entertainment. Sunday night, "Un der Cover." An exceptionally fine Universal picture heads the program. "The Sheik," the opening big pictura at the Standard for the fall season, will be exhibited on Saturday even ing, October 7th. SHIP SCRAPPING PUT OFF Three-Power Ratification by France and Italy Awaited. Washington, D. C Secretary Denby announced that there will be no Bcrap ping of battleships until after the five power naval treaty has been ratified by the last of the subscribing powers. France and Italy have yet to ratify the pact. Five obsolete battleships have al ready been sent to the scrap heap, but It was said that although named In the treaty, they would have been scrapped anyhow. They are the Vir ginia, Rhode Island, Nebraska, Geor ela and the New Jersey. Officials, it was indicated, have felt that the near east situation might lead to some of the signatories changing plans re garding the scrapping of vessels be yond the treaty provisions and for this reason it would not be wise for the United States to begin actual Bcrap ping until all the powers have ratified the pact. SEEDS CARRIED FOR MILES HALL WITHDRAWS Charles Hall has withdrawn as an independent candidate for governor. The announcement came as. a com plete surprise to the majority of his supporters. In a letter announcing his withdrawal Hall says he was "act ually nominated by the republican voters of the state." Hali urges "en ergetic, earnest , support of the com pulsory school bill." Mrs. S. A. Miller, wife of Repres entative Miller", who is one of the owners of the Milton nursery, com mitted suicide Friday morning at 9 o'clock at her home. She used a revolver for her act of self-destruction, Poor health is given as the cause for Mrs. Miller's action. She was a member of one of Milton's most re spected and prominent families, and no other cause could be given for her suicide, She is the mother of two children, a boy and a girl. The girl only re cently left for Michigan to attend college, Before ending her life, Mrs. Miller penned the following note: "Nobody is to blame, my mind has been leaving me for a long time and I have fought against this for several years. Allene hasn't clothes enough for the winter, and it worries me I can't stand this awful nervousness any longer. My strength is goina so fast and I don't want to be a hupWl to any one." E. Froome assembled a good band to represent Athena at the Round-Up and pte music pleased the crowds there. Jkpeaking of the band the East Oregolian says: A unique featlre of the band mus ic at the RoundJUp is the fact that the leader of the Athena band, is a tradition in the army as leader of the old 29th Infantry. Mr. Heric was band master of the official band of the department of the east when General Grant died and led the fun eral band 150 picked men tifXS four of the best army bands stationed around New York Harbor. Soon aiilsnrai';" ha left the army and was in charge of a Michigan National Guard Band when the Spanish-American war broke out he wan mustered into the federal service and remained after the close of the war, serving as leader in Pershing': regi mental band when he was in com mand on a regiment in the Philip pines. He also served in the canal zone, retiring in 1915, and has been in musical work ever since. Nic Heric, who leads the Twin-City band is also an old time army band leader, but has spent much of his life in civil music activities. He Is in structor in brass and wood-wind in struments at Whitman Conservatory of Music. Another unque character is "Dad" Maxwell, French horn player with the Athena band. He is over 70 years of age and has 30 years service in the U. S. Army behind him. A County Potato Show At Weston The Umatilla County Potato show will be held in Memorial hall at Weston on Saturday, October 8, 1922. Time and place were decided upon at a meeting of the committee hav ing the event in charge, held Tues day in Weston. This body consists of Clark Wood, chairman; J. V. Smith, secretary; W. L. Rayborn, J. H. Price, Bruno Weber and James Smock. It was appointed by Mrs. Roy Hyatt, president of the Weston Mountain Community club, at the club's meeting Monday evening. Fred Bennion, county agent, is an ex-officio member of the committee, and has agreed to assist it in con ducting the show whenever his nu merous other duties permit. On Saturday, October 28, the lowly spud will be king for the nonce and the whilom monarch of the great grain belt, King Wheat, will have to temporarily relinquish his throne. Not only will the seed and com mercial' potatoes grown in the up land and lowland districts tributary to Weston be shown, but exhibits will be sought from other parts of the county notably the irrigated districts of the west end. The sum of one hundred dollars will be offered in premiums. The several classes and other details in connection with the show will be ar ranged at a later meeting of the committee. RED CROSS MEETING CALLED A meeting of the local branch of the Red Cross is called for next. Monday afternoon, at 3:30 o'clock in the Commercial Club rooms. An nual election of oficers will he held and other important business tran sacted, including discussion of the coming benefit Market Day, which will probably be set for Saturday October 7. All members are urgen tly requested to be present. SEEDING OPERATIONS 11 seeding of grain is well under way and a numoer oi iarmers nave finished while many others are get ting ready to seed. With sufficient moisture, the soil will be in perfect condition. SIX YEAR SENTENCE GIVEN Floyd Hall, who served overseas with the 148th field artillery, pleaded guilty in circuit court Monday to a charge of attacking his wife with intent to kill. Hall sent five bullets in the head and neck of his wife, Mrs. Elsie Hall, in a restaurant as she was about to serve him. She will recover, Hall, who is a Pendleton man, was sentenced to serve six years in the state prison by Judge Gilbert W. Phelps. TURKISH DEMANDS , GRANTED BY ALLIES British Reversal of Policy Re garded as French Dip matic Victory. NOT MUCH OF A SENSATION LOWELL RICHMOND Lowell, the 18 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Richmond, died Wed nesday in a Walla Walla hospital, from the effects of liver trouble. Surgical operations failed to relieve theboy and he died after weeks of intense suffering. The funeral took place yesterday at Walla Walla. The young man was prominent in high school affairs at Walla Walla. FIRE PREVENTION WEEK Governor Olcott, by proclamn'' m, has set aside October 7th to 14tn I'i be observed as Fire Prevention week. During this period, cooperation of th.; people of the state of Oregon is asked in removing all rubbish, litter at the homes 'and places of business. CHICKEN DINNER The ladies of the Christian church gave a six o'clock chicken dinner last evening in the reception rooms of the church, when about 100 guests were served. $51.25 being realized from the dinner. U. S. Senator Watson Dead. Washington, D. C United States Senator Thomas E. Watson of Georgia died suddenly at his home Tuesday. Death was said to be due to an acute attack of asthma, from which Senator Watson had suffered recurrently for soma Urn . tjt Varieties of Wild Plants Have Various Means of Assuring Propagation of Their Species. It Is well known that the same crop cannot grow and flourish year after year upon the same ground. The wild plant knows this and takes care that Its seed shall fall upon fresh ground. Some, like the thistle and the dandelion, have developed seeds provided with balloons of down, by means of which they are carried for miles. The sycamore and the lime grow little parachutes, which send their seeds twisting through the air for long distances. The burrs make use of anlmols to do the work for them. They grow rows of tiny hooks designed to catch In the coats of ani mals, which carry them away and then rub them off against bushes. The poppy has perfected an efficient form of sprinkler. When the dry heads are shaken by the wind, seeds are shot out In all directions. The tropical sandbox tree was the first Inventor of explosives. Its seedpods sre filled with gas, which expands until such a pressure Is reached that the sheath bursts with a noise like a revolver shot, and the seeds are distributed over a considerable area. The Worm Romantic Young Man, Looking, for Something to Happen, Received Something of a Jolt. The romantic young man had made friends with the hotel detective early lu his stay at the hotel, and he watched lilm most of the time, waiting to see something happen. He was Just crossing the lobby on his way to breakfast one morning when a woman entered the door, and he saw the detective prick up his ears mid follow after her. The romantic young man turned In his steps and followed, too. The wom an was of middle age, well dressed, re spectable looking, and In the moment that she crossed, unconscious of her followers, all sorts of thoughts Unshed through the youth's head. Perhaps she was a famous burglar I Perhaps she was some sort of secret agent ! Perhaps As she started to step Into the ele vator the detective touched her shoul der. She wheeled about sharply, "Sir?" she demanded. The detective opened his coat to show her his badge, and the ronuintlc young man waited breathlessly. "I beg your pardon, madam," said the detective, "but It's against the rules to have n dog In your rooms." The Woman started, and there, peck ing out from beneath her fur coat, was the pink nose of a tiny poodle. The romantic young man walked back toward the (lining room disgust edly. New York Globe. Paris. Britain, France and Italy sent a note to Mustapha Kemal open ing the way for Turkey to reenter Europe, receive back Constantinople and Adrianople and join the League of Nations. This was done to avoid un foreseen consequences of war in the Near East The Turks are offered the territory of Thrace in Europe as far east as the Murltza river. They are invited to send a pleni potentiary to Venice to "negotiate and conclude a final peace treaty between Turkey, Greece and the allies." In return for concessions offered, the Turks must cease their war on Greece and agree to neutralization of the Btralts. This is regarded as an overwhelm ing victory for Turkey and for French policy In the Near East. The allies' proposal scraps the treaty of Sevres and takes from Greece thousands of square miles awarded under that treaty, handing vast territories back to Turkey. In addition to other concessions, Turkey gets a promise of the sup port of the three allies for admission to the League of Nations and also withdrawal of the allied troops from Constantinople as soon as peace be comes effective. The last minute abandonment by Great Britain of her position was due, it was believed, to a desire to avoid war, which many British officials, both at home and in the Near East, regard ed as likely. Pressure from British labor, which was united against hos tilities In the near east, is also thought to have played no small part in the decision of the British government. LIKE SOME VAST CATHEDRAL His simple Plan. "How did you contrive to live so long?' asked the Interviewer. "I didn't make any particular plans," said the brisk centenarian. "Nor "I Inst kent buontni out of bed every morning until the first thing I knew I bad been doing It a hundred years." P'T'"g'"ltti Age-Herald. The Worm f ' ' 'W' f.VA KWf K T-r L '. I I tos . ILJ Investigator So Described "English Cave Known to Travelers as Gap ing Ghyll of Ingleborough. The chief caves In England are ubout Ingleborough (northwest York shire), In the peak district of Derby shire, and round ubout the Cheddar In Somerset. Guplng Ghyll of Ingle- horiiiirli kocs down In one plunge of !X)0 feet, and was scientifically ex plored In 1896 by 51. Martel. Ilelow this the cavern opens out and the low er stage was described by the French speleologist, In the Alpine Journal, us 'un Immense cathedral, unsupported by a single pillar. There was one vast hull, 500 feet long, 80 to 100 feet high, 00 to 110 feet broad. Thus It Is one of the five or six largest caves known ut present to exist in the whole world, and the scene ranks among the most Impressive that I ever expect to come across In my underground wander ings." The Derbyshire caves go deep, hut they are surpassed In brilliancy by the stalactite cuves of the Cheddar, by the nmny-hued musses of incrusta tion In Lamb's lair, and the snowy ter ruces and rich emblazonries of Swll- don's hole und other caves of Somerset TWO NEUTRAL TOWNS OCCUPIED BY TURKS Constantinople. The Angora gov ernment officially announces that two Kemallst cavalry divisions, totaling 3000 men, have occupied Eren Kflui. At the same time it is learned the Turkish nationalists also took posses sion of Kum Kalest, at the mouth of the Dardanelles. The occupying forces consisted of cavalry. Seizure of these places constitutes a violation of the neutral zone of the straits. Both ore directly on the straits. Hamld Bey, representative of the Angora government in Constantinople, declared the allied invitation to the peace conference could not be accept ed by the Turkish Nationalists on the terms laid down. He said: "We cannot accept the allied terms because they propose to demilitarize the Sea of Marmora and part of Thrace, which would prevent ub from bringing our troops from Asia to Europe. Neither can we accept liter ally the condition that our army shall not advance while the peace confer ence Is progressing." COURT GRANTS INJUNCTION Hand Ball Game of Ancient Lineage. Hand ball, by which many business men now keep themselves In trim, Is a game of undent lineage. Suetonius, for Inst nin e, tells of the Emperor Au gustus Caesar playing the game, as well as a variety of iennls. This emperor, who succeeded JulVug Caesar, and In whose reign literature aud the arts flourished, hud other rec reations, among them being the pluy tng of marbles, and ulso tlsliiug with book and line, according to Suetonius. Attorney-General Daugherty Win Chicago Hearing In Federal Court Chicago. Judge James H. Wllker son granted Attorney-General Daugh erty'B petition for a nation-wide tem porary injunction against the striking railway shopmen. Judge Wllkerson, in a lengthy re view of the case, said the defendants could not deny knowledge and re sponsibility for the widespread vio lence which has marked the strike. Partial settlement of the strike, he held, has not affected the right of the government to obtain a nation wide injunction. Indication that the shopcraft lead ers would appeal from Judge Wll kerson'B decree was given by Donald Rlchberg, counsel for B. M. Jewell, president, and John Scott, vice-president of the railway employes' depart ment of the American Federation of Labor. $200,000 In Bad Money I Seized. Chicago. Secret service agents seiz ed over $200,000 in counterfeit Fed eral Reserve bank notes in a raid on a printing and engraving shop. The raid was said to be the greatest single raid In the history of the department.