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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
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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.