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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1922)
it Advertising ; ' 1 J i -r -: ' The tAthea Preai circulate in the homes of readers who reside la the heart of the Great Umatilla Wheat, Belt, and they have money to spend m ' A 7 'V Notice! Entered at ttia Poat Office at Athena, Oregon, aa Second-Class Mail Matter ATHENA. UMATILLA CX)UNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1922, OBHttll REPARATI0I1S SOLUTIONS SOUGHT American Commission to Re port on German Ability to j Pay Is Suggested. - - . J Washington, IX- C. Despite what progress may have been made toward extending American aid In composing the reparations disagreement In Eur ope, there was , evidence - that much remains to be done before all the- in terested element, can be brought Into agreement, -, There la so assurance so far that France will find It possible to agree to a proposal lot an American com- mlsslon to aumy German eoonom to condition' and &C basU on which ft new reparations program might be framed. , ' . - . f In this situation, officials la Wash' Ington are eeklng to miutmixe aa far as possible any direct connection with the discussion in which they have taken part and to. 'emphasis that In what haa been done they have acted - only In aa unofficial 4paclty?'ti; i ' But there was no clear-cut denial that high officials in, Washington had discussed the commission r proposal earnestly amonf themselves and with others and ! no one attempted to give the imoreasion that the United States . eovernment would ;be. , displeased should the discussions now In progress result In an agreement,' ( The proposal ;S4 far ha been . dl- - cussed outside tae formal; channels of diplomacy but an understanding in authoritative circle ha been de veloped through7- ah exchange of views that the United States," Great Britain and Oermajny- ife willing to assent to the creation et such a com mission. Premier Poincare of France now haa the plan before him and w ex pected to make decision when, he - haa concluded a series of conferences with industrial leaders of France and . of Germany. ; FrenctrMedal Is ' Awarded; 147th T. DQDIESLOF KID:iAF COiWSCOVERED NEW RULES, MAY GOVERN HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS All National Guard .troops located in Multnomah county participated in a parade,, muster and review staged in the armory at Portland last night, in an impressive program incident to the' formal decoration of. the field colors of the 147th artillery with the crox de guerre awarded by French government for its distinguished battle service, according to informa tion made public ; at the National Guard headquarters. Battery A; Oregon's, oldest military organization which served through five battles with the 147th field artil lery received thedecoration;of the regimental colors. . The national em blem , carried . by the r 147th regiment through the World war) waa bestowed upon the two' Oregon batteries at the close of ithe war and was. brought to Oregon by Captain James S. Gray, who commanded the Oregon battery in France and who ia now- in com. mand of battery A'. " T Formal presentation of the crout de guerre was made by Brigadier Gen eral George A. White, head of the National .Guard. iJ : The presentation included ; five silver battle rings awarded by the '; government and which will be attached to the battery guidon General "White was an officer nf the brieade to which battery A was' attached while overseas. A number; of other awards were made, including the i silver S cup , for highest efficiency and several faithful! service medals. Lieutenant Colonel i Eugene Moshberger of Woodburn re-3 ceived af medal for 25 years' continu ous service in the Oregon National Guard, which ;' service includes two overseas expeditions. " The .,. troops were commanded by Lieutenant Col onel Herman U. Welch of the 186th infantry and who commanded battery A for many years prior to the World Whert the State High. School Ath letic association meets in Portland to day at the Lincoln high school in its annual session the rules that govern that body are slated for a thorough overhauling says a Portland paper. One of these, rules has- caused a great deal of dissatisfaction this sea son, it being the one which prohibits post season games between unde feated members in different parts of the state. vf?i:".::"'' :"::'; Because of this the championship of Oregon this year is something that can not be determined. " " At Fridays meeting, which will be attended by accredited representatives of all wembers of the schools of the State High School association, a pro posal will be made that the state be divided into zones and that the- lead ers, in each zone shall play post-season games to determine which is the best school eleven in the state. It will-be contended that, a game between the champion high school of Oreeon and some representative high school eleven of the east or middle west will not only prove a great in centive to school boys -all over the state but- will give Oregon a great deal of advertizing throughout the United States every year. -J .'.,'.'.' Medford high is so chagrined at not having been able to schedule a game . with Toledo this year that it will insist on a rule prohibiting any team in the league signing a contract to play a p'ost-season contest without the official sanction of the league. Auto Stalled On Track;-1 Killed rKZT RBusre. L Hoaies 01 two men blown from the bottom of Lake La Fourche.by unldent'Il cynasoittfrs were lying at an uftcl(--ti.l'.a estab lishment here v-hile mn;fy iwaatood guard pending the nrr!.' ! aJditlonal 1 troops from AlexanUrU aad New Or leans, ordered here by the adjutant . general. , The bodies, badly , mutilated ,and bound with .wire, were believed- by the authorities ' to be those of Watt panlcls and . Thomas Richards, mem bers of a party of five prominent Mer Rouge citizen ; who were kidnaped last August by white-robed and hooded men and who have been missing since, and the object of three days of raking of the lakes of Morehouse parish by national r guardsmen, federaj agents and professional divers. It Is believed here that the inquest would.be followed by tiie arrest of at least 20 persona,-alleged ring leader of the Auxust mob. i The names of these men will be presented the mili tary or civil court b department of instlce agents who have been conduct ing secret Investigations, it was stated. FARM LOANS BENEFICIAL Washington, D.' C The American farmer has demonstrated that when properly financed he can weather the worst economic, storms, ' the war fi nance corporation declared in its an nual report sent to congress.'; The re port set forth that 41 per cent of the money advanced to the agricultural in dustry had been repaid either in ad vance of maturity or when due. Advances by "-the corporation sav ed the Industry many millions of dol lars, the report declared, explaining that the corporation's officers believ ed its activity bad proved as bene ficial in the .restoration of confidence a in the actual pouring of cash Into ' snots where credit was tightest.- The loans had made it possible tor thou sands of farmers to handle their pro- rtucts la an orderly fashion. It WM added. . - ' y Advances foif agricultural and llv ctock purpose r totaling, $433,4474100 war. Battery A was cited for the croix de guerre for an operation at Juv igne, "France, when as a part of the 147th fleld' artillery it backed up a French Morrocan division" in action against the. Germans. The battery will soon celebrate its fifty-fifth birthday. The veteran Oregon bat tery served in the Spanish-American war, spent rune months on the Mex- cart border with its guns trained on Mexicali, and was iri.the first over seas expeditions s a part of the 66th brigade of the 41st division. " When the 41st- division was broken up for replacements, the battery went to the 32nd division and firgt went Into ac ion against the Kaiser on the Marne, It was -in every fight thereafter. Its present Commanding officer, Captain Gdy, was decorated on the field of battle by the French government for signal gallantry; in commanding the battery in action when wounded by shrapnel. SCHOOL PROGRAM A Christmas program was given ithe grade pupils in the auditor ium, Friday afternoon. The program follows: Recitation, Scaring Santa, Kenneth Rogers; song, Telling Santa, Char lotte Fisher., . dialogue Serenading Santa, 7th grade; , recitation, Reason Why, Lewis ; Dernmg; Christmas dialogue,: Mary Gibson Arthur Crow ley; Christmas song, 5th and 6tn grade boys, drill; Bells of Christmas, primary room ; recitation, Christmas Bells, Myrtle Johnson; dialogue, 3rd and 4th grade room; pantomime Holy Night, 5th and , 6th grades;; song, Ting a Ling,, 3rd and 4th grades;; iialogue,'Fraidy Cat, Raymond Mur phy; Evergreen drill, '8th grade girls. I roved op to November 30. Of this, SXS2.S59,eOS) went to 440O: banking In- ecltutioos, J77,76l.0C-0 to 111 livestock ,-ljan (-.Ti-J.-s and $ttI.82T,C00 to " wo coj?-":rative marketing as GONZAGA DEFEATED Gonzaga' college of Spokane lost the Christmas game at San Diego to West Virginia, by the score of 21-13, in A hotly played contest. The last half is declared to have been the greatest ariel battle ever seen in the WestWest Virginia's scoring was made in the firet half, the second half going to the sturdy sons of Gonzaga. The Southern team had & great player in the diminutive Nar- dacci, who was mainly responsible for his team score. Athena players were much interested in the outcome of the game. ; " ; ; - LA GRANDE CLEANED UP - Arriving in La Grande ostensibly to purchase a pool hall and become cit izens of that city, H. B. DeRay of Missoula, Montana, and W. L. Priest of Tacoma, assisted in staging what proved to be about the most success ful prohibition cleanup that " La Grande has witnessed since the brass rail became unpopular and the swing ing door swung into "oblivion. i R. M. Breeze a pioneer farmer of the Walla Wallah valley, was instantly killed and his son, W. H. Breeze was perhaps ; fatally ' injured, - when ' the automobile in., which father and son were riding, was struck by an Q. W. R. & N. freight train, at a street crossing in Walla Walla, ' Tuesday forenoon. ."', '4-:-.V . The automobile which -carried the pair into the fatal accident, was comr pletely demolished, the engine of the freight train striking it On the left side just back of the windshield. Mr. Breeze and his son were com ing into Walla Walla t when - the freight train consisting of but three cars, struck them. : t, v ' ; : t The train was piloted by Joseph Melcher, pioneer O.-W. engineer, and in charge of Conductor George .Rich ards. . . ' , .. .':';.; " k' The automobile was said to have been seen by engineer Melcher, who thought it was stopping to allow the train to pass. But started to beat the train to the crossing and then stopped in the center of, the track, where the fi eight plowed into it, kill-in-4he elder Mr. Breeze. The car was carried several yards arid overturned on the road side, a complete wreck. The 1 train which was said by eyewitnesses to be mov ing buf twelve to fifteen miles an hour, was brought to a stop' within its length. ... -.' . -t- j-..r---V ;'r" ; As the street crossing was ap proached Engineer Melcher sounded the ' locomotive t. whistle as is cus tomary at the grossing, according to witnesses. ... - , - ; r- EZRA MEEKER IS HGJ FOR 90- YEAR-OLD BOYS , The old quip about the good dying j young will be exploded when Ezra Meeker wilt entertain tbe' youth of New York who has reached 90 years or more, at his birthday dinner. Mee ker is 92. ' The object of the dinner will be to prove to the world that men and women should live to be over 100, or, rather, that they should live to be at least 200. , 1 . Ezra who went over the Oregon trail in an ox cart in '52, founded Puyallup, V Washington,"':" and wrote books in long hand, will give the world a "Chr'stmaa present, at the coming dinner l telling his secret of life. , . . ." :' i"-1 v'-' ' : .' Chauncey M. Depew will be the baby at the table, he being only- 88. It is because he is such a good story teller that Meeker has let down the bars a lttle in his favor. H Meeker was born in Butler county, Ohio, 'and started traveling when he was 21. He spent most oi hid life on the Pacific coast. He (rent; East to aid the cause of the Oregon trail, a bill for which will soon come' up in the senate committee. - V-''.V RITNER EXPLAINS niS 1 PARDONING OF AMANN Farmers Union Back Pierce Tax ANOTHER LEGION DANCE . The Legion Dance, given at Legion Hall Saturday - evening was greatly enjoyedfv so much so . that another dance , is ; announced, for -.New Years Night In veiw of the fact that the holiday season is ait its hieght, socially and otherwise,' the local Post feels that to do its full share in entertaining the public, the dance tomorrow night will suffice in lieu of any other entertainment Jt might offer; - ' ETHEL HODGEN MARRIES , Miss Ethel Hodgert, daughter of Mrs. Lou Hodgen of Athena, and Mr. Martin T. McLaughlin, a stockman of Duncan, this county, were united, m marriage at Pendleton, Wednesday of this week. The bride is well known in Athena, where she has many friends. She has been teaching in the public schools of the county, for th.past three years. SNOWBANKS DISAPPEAR : , The drifted snow along the state highway and the country roads dis appeared during the fore part of the week, giving place to many mud- holes. However, the roads have dried up considerably, since, and the going is much improved. TINT OF GREEN Since the disappearance of the snow from the , wheat fields,- that good old tint of green, so dear to tM heart of. the Umatilla county wheat- raiser has made its appearance, giv ing material evidence . that under neath the blanket of white, his fall- sown grain was nourished and a growing. A number of fields in this vicinity show marked contrast to con dition prior to the snowfall. . , ! CHRISTMAS EXERCISES The Christmas' exercises held at the Baptist church Christmas night was thoroughly ; enjoyed by ' the large assemblage present : The program as given last i week was carried out in full. Tbe little ones were gen erously remembered with goodies and the grownups were . well . enter tained by the services of the evening. ' The Oregon and, the Idaho Farmers union annual session was closed -at Lebannon with an indorsement of the program .outlined to the meeting by Governor-elect Pierce iiv his announ ced attempt to reduce the burden of taxation carried by the farmers. - ' ; The final session was a. brief one, the delegates departing immediately for their homes so as" to arrive there in time'to pass. Christmas with their families. Reports of the various com mittees wera, heard. .The , legislation framero, recommended measures sim ilar to those advocated by Mr. Pierce and the report waa adopted unan imously. M-.vV'iX i j f ; 1 In addition to 'this, 'the ' farmers went on record for strict enforcement of the prohibition laws . and against any modification by congress, of the Volstead act t. Recommendation to -standardize farm products such as grain, hay and potatoes also are made.' Election of officers was -held yesterday and it was decided that the next convention is to be "next December, in some Lane c&unty town. - If this notice is marked RED, it aig nines that your Subscription expires with this Issue. We will greatly ap preciate your renewal $2.Q0 per year NUMBER 52 lORTiivEST ft:ojects to get in i.:o;;ey; nterior Department Appropria tion Bill Is Reported to i the House. A special to the Oregon Joumal says: Acting uovemor iiitner saia that ' he had conferred with , the at torney general regarding his powers as acting governor and was satisfied not only: that he has full powers of the ohief executive but that he will retain such powers in the absence of the governor until new president of the senate is elected. ? He ' made the statement in connection - with an announcement ' concerning the re cent pardon of K. C, Amann, former Umatilla county roadm aster's deputy. Ritner explained that Amann had only a few months to serve before his case would come automatically before the pardon board, which is not accustomed to requiring restitution m pardon cases. Y Ritner said he con sidered he served three ends; by . par doning Amann he made it possible for Umatilla county to secure the re turn of the amount the former book keeper .fraudulently obtained, he re lieved the state of the expense of Amanns'. upkeep and he restored to Amann an opportunity to reestablish himself and support', his wife and boy.-;'.?,.; '. Bitner said Governor-elect Pierce approved the pardon and agreed to recall it if Amann did not : make the agreed payments. - AUTOMOBILE PLUNGES ; Ed Peters of Pendleton, and a com panion had a miraculous escape from death Sunday night, when the auto mobile ' in which they i were riding, skidded in the soft mild at the edge of the highway, and plunged over, an embankment to the rocks below. The accident happened west of Pendleton, on a stretch of the highway which has-been responsible, because of the soft1 condition of the shoulders flbut ting the hard surface, for many auto mobile accidents. ' ' T 1923 IS TO BE A BAD " , , YEAR, SAY THE STARS i Happy New Year T . ., i Not so ' says Professor 1 Gustave Meyer, astrologer of Hoboken, N. J., whose card.modestly : proclaims him "nation counsellor,"' ; y .::. . According to the "professor's" pre dictions," based on a study .of the stars, 1923 will seerif . , Another flu epidemic . ' Outbreaks of strickes.and violence. Terrific Earthquake .in midsummer. i Subwiy cave-ins and collapse of skyscrapers.,:-; ,?' '- v Wall street failures and financial crashes ''';:;: ' 5 "".i, i Plague in the public schools. ; Explosions and fires on ships at sea. Increasing number of divorces and scandal among clergy,, press and bar Continued wave of murder. ; President Harding' - most trying year. -. These predictions are founded, Meyer says, on a horoscope labelled "Birta of 1923; place; Washington, D. C. " .'.'; The horoscope, he explains, shows the; heavens divided, into, mansions, with the signs of the zodiac and the good and evil planets fitting back and. forth. ' , The bad luck of 1923 will be due largely to the influence Of the wicked planet Saturn. "!:':'" ; ';W ' Yet the seer drops a few crumbs cf Oomfort to .take the edge off the gloom.: He foresee,' for instance, that "great inventions will multiply, business in general will . return , to normalcy, and, more important than anything else, 1923 will, be a great year for the farmer." Washington, D C Th annual In. . terlor - department -appropriation bill , a reported to th house by the house, -appropriations committee carries 294,- , 215,300, of which $254,858,460 to reeom- mended for the United States pensions ; office. ; Of the latter sum, $252,000,000 ( is for th payment of army' and navy, pensions.'!-' - '- The reclamation aervlce, under thfc bill, will get $1250,000, a decrease of $2,550,000 from eurrent appropriation. MVarlou western project are taken care of a follow: Baker river pro . ect, Oregon, $500,000; ; Umatilla prof- ect, Oregon, $900,000; Klamath 'proj- ect,: Oregon-California. $700,000; Oka- nogan project,' Washington, $5,0o0'' Yakima project,' Washington, $1,810, 000; Boise project, Idaho,' $1,390,000; ' King Hill project, Idaho, $35,000 Mtn- idbka project, Idaho, $665,000. ' , ' The Boise, Idaho, project is given aa increa of $170,000 f the Baker river project, Oregon, an increase of $100, 000 i the Umatilla project, Oregon, an- increase of $100,000, and the Okano " gan project, Washington, an Increase , of $26,000 over appropriations for the : present flscal year. " V. " ' An appropriation of $125,000 is ree ommended for development ' of the Ntitua unit of the Wapato project on ;: the Yakima reservation, state of Wash- 1 Ington. Irrigation project in -Wash-' lngton have been increased $141,000 . over current law.;'- ,C , BORAH CALLS FOR : : i, . ECOIIOGJIET John B. Useless, Esq. D INVENTORY AT HAND; With the rueh of the holiday trade over, the Athena merchants will next turn their attention to the annual in ventory of their stocks. Indications are' that for the year of 1922, Athena has held her own commercially, with the other towns of the county. imttlRTMAS LAWN PASTY la thirty sevea states naa oeen . t.r. ruirt rrtiritoted in bv cLildren, took place . at home m Jefferson street, Athena on Christmas day; an incident worthy f . being brought to the attention of your east ern friends.. . f 1 VCIOKY 0NE.SlXfE16H TWO VlC-TOREEt 0,NE SIX 16HT TWO r , NOW USTtri VIC-toR-EEB . 6gTTHAT? OME TWO!! : .'. ' ' n,cl 1 a - ' I j J NO-NO-NO iOWE-EI6lin SIX -1 WO!!' V NEW YEARS NIGnT A large audience enjoyed the show ing of "Human- Hoarts'' at the Stan dard Theatre, Christmas night For tomorrow, Saturday night, Para mount' great : picture, 1 "The Good Provider," s featuring the . cast that played . in , "Humoresque," will be shown . at regular admission prices. On New Years' night, Lon Chaney, the world' greatest character actor, comes in "The Trap", also at regular prices. There will be no show at the Standard Sunday night. ., Thi ar rangement is made o that Athena theatre-goer may have amusement on the first night of the New Year. Washington,' D, C.A mov to in Btruct. President' Harding to call a world economic conference in addition : to ' tha proposed world disarmament conference wa - made by Senator , v Borah when he introduced an amend . , . ment fo the naval appropriation bill, now before the senate, . The Borah amendment would take -thd place of the house provision e.n-'( ' couraglng the president1 to call a dis armament meeting to take up things -left undone by the conference of No vember, 1921.f:" v ' t The president would be encouraged tio call on "such governments a he deem necessary to.' end representa tives to a conference which would be , charged with the duty of considering the economic problem of- the world with a view ; to restoration of trade and the establishment of aoond flnau: : ' clal and busines conditions,"' Borah's amendment tated. ! ;-tr, No mention Is made ot what coun tries should be Invited or wham tha conference might be-held.'Vs'V; ' The Borah amendment also : em bodies the provision of the approprla- tlon bill which epeclfle that the ex ,'' tcutlve should call a new arms Jlml- -tatlc-n conference to take up the mat ' tiers ot land, sea arid aircraft arma- " meikt"wlth a view to reaching under standing relative to limiting future Oontructlon." ' , ' MASONIC OFFICERS hi following officer of Dolph dgo, No. 80, A. F. & A.: M. Were installed Saturday evening, December 23.: : A. E. Shick,. W. M.; Lee Johnson, S. W.; Frank DeFreece, J. W.; A. M. Johnson, Sec; N. A. Miller, Treas.; Reed Hill, Trustee ;"H. Hoffman, S D.; James Wood, S. S.; A. R. Cop- pock, J. S.; J. F. Berr, Tyler; Wm Booher, Chap.; .Ralph Cannon, Mar shal. PRISONER ESCAPES Rather than wait Kix month when his sentence would have teen served Mike Strumbeta, took French , leave from the Walla Walla ; penitentiary Wednesday. The get-a-way occurred between 2:80 and 8:30 p; m. while the convict was working on the farm adjoining the main building.' - He had been raised to the rank of a truaty and allowed certain privilege accord ""''' well behaved inmates. ' " Arbuckle Pardon Arouse Protest. - T.n Anselfls. Cnl Prntfi aratnst . '. s , Che reinstatement Of Roscoe Arbuckle continue to accumulate here. Official disapproval of the reoent order ot fill H Hayes,.. titular, head of the',, motion-picture induatrreaujrtniy to' .' tbe plump comedian hie rtLt wjvbA . fn the picture, wa cxpreort ry -Hayor Cryer in i, telcgraiu 4u kr. e Hays,, asking him to reconsider hi ; decision. - , V I .-. ' : V-'- : ' "Truth In Fabric". BUI MeeU Favor. ; j Washington, D. C.t-Favorable fre ' ; port was ordered by the senate later state r commerce committee of th ' Capper "truth In fabric" bill to require manufacturer ot woolen cloth or gar t ment to mark tbe percentago c wool - and other material contained In their .,- i product. - . ,,...'-' ; $16,198,000 I Postal Deficit, ' ' j Chicago, 111. 'r Geueral Cbarlea O. Dawev, former director of the natbnal budget, made, public -what he ter.ned tbe "submerged" balance sheet of the' ostoftlce,' department. It showed deficit Of $16,198,000 for tho f.ft t' e. months' operation of the ponul this year.' -, f- :