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Entered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mail Matter
VOLUME 47.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 5. 1926
NUMBER 10
ANDREWS PROPOSES
PROHIBITION STODY
Assistant Secretary Believes
Time Has Come For Thor
ough Investigation.
Washington, D. C Creation of a
commission to study the general pro
hibition question in all its aspects
Was proposed by Assistant Secretary
Andrews of the treasury, in charge
of dry law enforcement.
With both senate and house pre
paring to take steps to inquire into
conditions under prohibition and with
Wet and dry organizations engaged in
bitter controversy over it, Andrews
declared he believed the time had
come for a thorough study of the
question in its economic, social and
other phases.
Secretary Mellon took an opposite
view on the proposal of his chief en
forcement officer, however, expressing
the opinion that the public has made
tip its mind either for or against pro-
hibitlon and such an investigation
Would be of little help.
Mapping out plans for its study of
the effect of the operation of the 18th
amendment, the house committee de
cided to call Mr. Andrews as its first
witness. Chairman Hudson indicated
that the proposal of the assistant sea
retary might be indorsed after a pre
liminary inquiry by the committee,
The senate judiciary committee has
decided to hear the proposals of Sen
ators Edge, republican, and Edwards,
democrat, of New Jersay, and Bruce,
democrat, Maryland, for amendment
of the Volstead act.
SEATING OF SMALL
NATIONS OPPOSED
Berlin. A deadlock in the coming
League of Nations council session
would follow any insistence by Brazil.
Spain and Poland upon their claims
to permanent seating in the council,
according to a Germany government
spokesman.
It was revealed that Sweden, Hol
land, Switzerland and Lithuania are
prepared to support the German posi
tion that only Germany at present
should gain a permanent seat. Ger
many would abandon her opposition
In event of a postponement until fall
of insistence on the Brazilian, Span
ish and Polish claims, it was suggest
ed by informed quarters, 'but she
would force the issue against the trio
if they stand pat now, it was said.
WILL BUY BONDS DIRECT
Secretary Mellon Announces Govern
ment to Eliminate Broker
Washington, D. C An offer to
purchase $100,000,000 of third liberty
loan bonds direct from holders was
announced by Secretary Mellon in
connection with the program for the
regular quarterly financing operations
of the government.
This is the second time the govern
ment will deal directly with holders
of Its securities, the treasury an
nouncing that the first attempt in
the last-quarter had proved success
ful. Brokers will be eliminated . in
the proposed transaction, the bond
owners dealing with the government
through authorized banks, or dealers.
Washington State Alfalfa Ban Illegal
Washington. The Washington state
t products quarantine law is illegal, the
.United States supreme court ruled.
This reversed a state court decision
uphold;. 3 an order by the state direc
tor of agriculture prohibiting the Oregon-Washington
Railroad & Naviga
tion company from bringing into the
state alfalfa hay from territory said
to be infested with alfalfa weevil..
Drive on Congress For Farm Aid
Washington, D. C Farm organiza
tion leaders at a conference complet
ed plans for the long-heralded drive
upon congress for agricultural relief
legislation with the opening by the
house agriculture committee of hear
ings on a number of farm relief bills,
Including the Dickinson surplus measure.
House Passe New Rail Labor Bill
Washington, D. C. The house by a
tote of 381 to 13 passed and sent to
the senate the Watson-Parker bill.
Which would abolish the railroad la
tor board and set up new machinery
for voluntary adjustment of disputes
In the industry.
E. 0. PATTERSON
E. O. Patterson of South Dakota
who has been appointed solicitor of
the Department of the Interior by
President Coolldge.
BERT HANEY RESIGNS
FROM SHIPPING BOARD
Washington, D. C Bert E. Haney,
democrat, of Portland, Or., resigned
Tuesday as a member of the shipping
board, effective March 1.
The action brings to a head a
troublesome situation which has ex
isted since last August when Presi
dent Coolldge requested Haney's resig
nation on the ground that by nropos
ing to remove Leigh C. Palmer as
president of the Fleet corporation, the
commissioner had run "contrary to the
understanding I had with you when
I reappointed you."
Haney declined to resign on any
such , grounds, denied any knowledge
of an understanding with the presi
dent to support Palmer, asserted that
the chief executive knew of his opposl
tion to Palmer and declared that to
accede to the president's request for
his resignation "would carry an impli
cation which I cannot permit."
In his letter' of resignation, the
commissioner said he felt he could
properly end his service now as three
months had elapsed since congress
convened and Coolldge had stated that
he would not be reappointed.
BRIEF GENERAL NEWS
An avalanche of snow wiped out a
part of Bingham Canyon, Utah, and
took a toll of 39 known dead.
. United farmers of Alberta. Canada.
voted at a conference in Calgary
against acquisition of elevator facili
ties by the Alberta wheat pool at the
present time,
Each man, woman and child in the
United States cost the federal and
state governments approximately $58
in 1923, according to figures of the
national industrial conference board.
Jean Borotra, French tennis cham
pion, defeated William T. Tilden, the
American ace, two straight sets In the
American indoor championship play
in New York. The scores were 13-11
and 6-3.
A ruling of the Internal revenue
bureau of the treasury department ex
empts the president's salary from tax
ation inasmuch as congress has fixed
the salary of the president at $75,000
i year he is entitled to the full amount
Apple Growers May Advertise.
Seattle, Wash. Financing and other
plans for a nationwide campaign to
advertise Washington apples were the
opics for a meeting of growers and
ibippers here. , A levy of 1 cent on
jvery box of apples Bhipped, to raise
ibout $250,000 was suggested.
Governor Pierce to Run for Re-election
Eugene, Or. Formal announcement
that he would be a candidate for the
democratic nomination for governor
was made by Governor Pierce here
Saturday. The governor came to at
tend an old-time dance and fiddler's
contest being given for the benefit
Df the Lane county cottage of the Chil
dren's Farm home at Corvallis.
Committee For Inauguration Change
Washington, D. C. By unanimous
vote the house committee on election
of president and vice president report
ed favorably the Norris resolution pro
posing an amendment to the constitu
tion providing for inauguration of the
president the first Monday in January
nd the convening of congress two
week later.
Cow Testing Associations
Aid to Milk Production
luable
Hi ;f iMif ill f m : m i P i
timnafion 0 non-productive cows from milk herd) ncrctuea net profits,'
Getting more milk from fewer cows
Is the aim of the cow testlnsr asso.
elation. Hundreds of cases have dem
onstrated in a most striking manner
that the weeding out of non-productive
milk cows and better care for
the producing members of the milk
herd pay big dividends.
This point was strongly stressed in
an exhibit at the International Dairy
Exposition held at Indianapolis! last
October. An actual instance was
given which disclosed the- following
facts.
A milk producer had a herd of six
milk cows producing 27,000 pounds
of milk annually. He Joined a cow
testing association. The first step
taken was to weed put the non-rpro-ductivo
cows, tha is, those cows
yielding Insufficient milk to net a
profitable income over and above
feed cost.
The weeding out process left only
four cows in the milk herd, But
these remaining cowg were fed ac
cording to their individual require
ments. No sanitary or beneficial
feeding measure was neglected. Dur
ing stabling months, they were given
plenty of clean bedding; stables were
kept clean; the long hair on flanks
fyid udders were kept clipped, The
cows were brushed or wiped with a
Camp cloth before- each milking.
Utensils were sterilized. Tho stable
was well ventilated and plenty of
clean, pure water was given the cows,
A year from the time- the member
joined tho association, his records
showed an increase in milk to more
than 28,000 pounds from the four
cows as compared to 27,000 pounds
from six cows prior to this period.
There was more than a correspond
ing increase in butterfat.
The cow testing association con
sists of about twenty-six farmers
who co-operate and employ a trained
tester to test their cows for econom
ical production of milk and butterfat.
The tester spends one day a month
on each farm and obtains a completq
record of each cow's mills and buU
tcrfat production, feed
feed cost, growth, and income, and'
income over leeci,
The first cow tAstinw i
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the United States was that organized
as iNewaygo county, Michigan, in
1905. Since then, thera has
fairly constant growth until 1925
shows a tally of 732 cow testing as.
sociatlons with excellent prospects of
the number doubling within, tho next
three years.
The Eugene chamber of commerce
sent a telegram to Dr. Harry Wood
burn Chase, president of the Univer
sity of North Carolina, in which it was
stated that the business men of Eu
gene, were eager for a favorable reply
to the invitation to become president
of the University of Oregon.
Vayle Taylor was shot and killed in
the Wild Bear Creek section of Crook
county by C. C. McBride, state dry
agent, who declared that his pistol was
discharged accidentally while the
agent and his partner were raiding a
dugout in which It was alleged that
Taylor was operating a still.
Ernest Pulliam of Boise and Hubert
Mock of Sardinia, O., were killed in
stantly when the automobile in which
they and two companions were riding
went over a grade on the Old Ore
gon trail near Unity station, about 20
miles southwest of Baker. Bradley
Poston and Charles Smith were injured.
Authorization fcr, the expenditure oi
$25 000 from federal highway fund3 for
location surveys on four Oregon pro
jects has been given by the secretary
of agriculture. The highways affected
are Canyon City to Burns, Sand creek
to Crater lake park boundary, Wapini
tia . to Mount Hood national forest
boundary and Ileppner to Spray.
A cancer survey ot Oregon Is to De
made in the near future to determine
whether or not the state has sufficient
hospitals to care for incurable dis
eases. The decision to start this sur
vey was reached by the state board of
health at its annual meeting at Hot
Lake.
Bridge operations planned by the
state highway department during the
present year include the construction of
several spans on the route of the
Roosevelt coast highway, according to
announcement made by C. B. McCul
lough, bridge engineer for the depart
ment. -
Because ill health would prevent
her from any longer having personal
charge of the historic Brunner building
in Jacksonville, Mr3. Alice Applegate
Sargent deeded that structure and her
collection of relics contained therein
to the Native Daughters' organization
of Jacksonville.
Hearing of transportation rates on
livestock in Oregon has been set for
March 10 in Portland, the public ser tr
ice commission has announced. The
application for the hearing was filed
by the Cattle and Horse Raisers' asso
ciation of Oregon, Portland Livestock
exchange and Northwestern Shippers'
Traffic league, and involves virtually
all railroads operating in this state.
OREGON NEWS ITEMS
OF SPEGIAUNTEREST
Brief Resume of Happenings of
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.
An epidemic of influenza is affect
ing almost every home in Westport.
Fire destroyed the plant and stock
of the Cottage Grove Packing company
at Cottage Grove. .v
Walter Dloamdohl, 36, a logger at
Maxville, was struck by a falling tree
and died frciu ii.'urles.
With over 100 dairymen in attend
ance, the Oregon dairymen's annual
convention was held at Astoria.
The congregation of the Presbyter
ian church at Phoenix has decided to
build at once a new church edifice.
More than 100 editors, publishers
and printers throughout the state at
tended the eighth Oregon newspaper
conference at Eugene.
Corvallis was selected for the. 1927
convention of the Oregon Retail Mer
chants' association, which held its 22d
annual meeting at Eugene,
James, the 5-months-old son of Mr.
and Mrs, James Gwillim ot Rlverton,
near Marshfield, was burned to death
when the family home caught fire.
George E. Griffith of Oregon City
was reappointed a member of the state
board of barber's examiners. His com
mission covers a period of four years.
Binger Herman, ex-representatlve
from Oregon and ex-commissioner oi
the United States general land office,
observed his 83d birthday anniversary
at Roseburg Friday.
The annual convention of tve Wil
lamette Valley Cleaners and Dyers, an
organization embracing firms all the
way from Salem to Roseburg, will be
held In Eugene Wednesday.
Some of the citizens of Harrlsburg
want the new trans-Willamette bridge
on the Pacific highway at that town
called "John B, Veon," In honor of the
ex-member of the highway commis
sion. Trinity Episcopal church, located at
the head of Wall street, New York, is
to finance the construction of a church
at the head of Wall street in Bend, to
be known as Trinity church It Is an
nounced.
At an election held for creation of
a super-road district, with the object
eventually of building a highway from
Medford to the Oregon caves, the pro
ject was decisively beaten by a vote of
688 to 1000.
Yeggmen blew the safe of the Brook
field Quarry & Towage company at
Astoria and escaped with the strong
box containing 17685.12 In cash, checks
and negotiable securities, besides a
number of papers.
A petition was filed with Governor
Pierce urging that Henry R. Crawford
of Marion county be appointed .a mem
ber of the Oregon state fair board to
succeed Wayne Stuart of Albany, who
has left ,the state.
Whirl of March Winds
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Miss Mary Simpson of Cratsbury,
Vt., who has been appointed by Sen
ator Dale of that state to be journal
clerk In the United States capitol, Is
the first woman to hold this Important
position,
FOUR ARRESTED FOR
BLOWINGJTORE SAFE
Tillamook, Or. Four men are in Jail
here charged with dynamiting the safe
of the Cloverdale Mercantile company
at Cloverdale, escaping with $100 in
cash, checks for about $2000 and notes
aggregating about $2000.
They have been identified as:
Charles Griffin, Wallace Wretzol,
James Bloomer, George Welch. .
Early Sunday morning the four
drove to the store and while one of
their number kept the engine of the
car going the other three gained eu
trance to the store and with a charge
of nitroglycerin blew the safe.
The blast was heard by II. P. Kran
er, who lives across the street from
the store. Kraner notified Sheriff
Ashim here, and he in turn called
Sheriff Manning at McMinnville, who
drove toward Tillamook and waited
for the men after deputizing William
Martin to assist him. Manning forced
the fleeing men to abandon their auto
mobile and take to the brush after
they had fired two shots at him. He
overtook and arrested the four with
out a struggle.
CONGRESS SLOWLY
CLEARINGUP WORK
Foreign Debt Settlements and
Annual Appropriation Bill
Principal Items Left.
Washington, D. C Although movw
ing along In more or less leisurely
fashion congress Is gradually cleaning
up Its slate and should be able to get
away within two months at the latest.
The, foreign debt settlements and
the annual appropriation bill are the
principal Items left on the calendar
outside of farm relief and railroad
legislation. The senate has three
election contests to settle, but once
these reach the floor they are not ex
pected to consume a great deal ot
time. ;
The house is expected to pass the
Watson-Parker railroad labor bill and
it will be taken up in the senate in
the near future.
Muscle Shoals probably will oc
cupy much ot the time of the senate
as leaders are determined to have ac
tion on the house resolution creating
a congressional commission to release
the great wartime nitrate and power
plant on the Tennessee river.
Chairman Smoot of the finance com
mittee plans to ask early action on
the Italian debt settlement, the only
one of the six pending debt settle
ments on which there is a serious
contest. All of these settlements al
ready have been approved by the
house.
Hearings on farm relief legislation
will be resumed by the house agri
culture committee.
The most prominent measure to be
taken up is the . Dickinson bill, de
signed to take care of the export sur
plus of the principal farm products.
The house already has passed the
administration co-operative market
ing measure but the senate agricul
ture committee is to hold hearings on
this .and several score other measures
designed to aid the agriculture industry.
NEW FOOD IS DEVELOPED
Apple Flakes Manufactured Under
College Professor's Plan.
Corvallis, Or. Manufacture of a new
breakfast food, designated "apple
flakes," is being developed by Dr,
Floyd H. Rowland, professor of In
dustrial chemistry at tho Oregon Agri
cultural college.
Applos are passed through a strain
er after having been ground and skins
and seeds removed. The paste Is run
over steam rollers, dried and cut into
flake form. The flakes, baked in a
vacuum at 45 degrees, come out crisp
and have a highly concentrated applu
flavor.
Culled apples may be used in mak
ing of "apple flakes."
Valuable Lincoln Relics Are Found.
Lincoln, 111. -A veritable historical
gold mine of original Abraham Lin
coln documents, made out in his hand
writing, and heretofore believed to
have been burned in a courthouse fire
In 1857, was uncovered by P. M. Angle,
investigator for the Lincoln Centennial
association, from the musty files of
the Logan county circuit court of 1857
to 1860.
Tusincsa of the Lane County Farm
er's Cooperative Warehouse company
at Eugene was better in 1925 than it
had been during any previous yzar, ac
cording to tho annual report of the
manager, made at a meeting of stock
holders. Total oalus during the year
were $387,808.17,
Tho condition of Representative
Willis. C. tlawlcy of Salem is roportod
considerably Improved find It In expect.
el that he will bo bank at his desk
in the house si;o;i. Upreriintativt'
JJawIey is 0110 of th( victims of the
Influenza epidemic which swept con
gress last week, ,
The Tillamook Game Protective as
sociation at a meeting la Tillamook
opposed any movement to close elthei
the Big or MtUa Ncstueca rivers to
commercial fiahln,. Tin action of the
club was in opposition to eiforta of
Willamette valley sr-ortsmea to have
the streams closed.
AGRICULTURAL BILL
PASSEDJY SENATE
Washington, D. C The $129,370,000
agricultural appropriation bill passed
the senate in record time after only
90 minutes of debate. The measure
carried $2,366,910 more than the
house appropriation and will go to
conference for adjustment of differ
ences.
The principal increase was the ad
dition of $1,905,000 to the appropria
tion of fighting bovine tuberculosis.
Other increases includod $15,000 for
a forest fire weather warning service;
$12,000 for the dairy field stations at
Woodward, Okla.; $120,475 for the In
vestigation of plant and crop dis
eases; $53,000 for the forestry serv
ice; $190,000 for now investigations
of fertilizers; $390,000 for spraying
cotton crops by airplane, and $13,7S0
for an Investigation of tobacco pro
duction methods.
FARM PROFITS DECLINE
Survey of U. 8, Reveals but $600
Average Earnings
Now York, N. Y. The National In
dustrial conference board has com
pleted an agricultural survey of the
United States in which it finds that
farm profits are steadily declining,
production Is lagging In inverse ratio
to the growth ot population, and that
the farmer's expeuses rise faster than
the prices he gets for his products.
The average annual farm return,
it was pointed out, lu the last five
years was $600 after allowing a nor
inal return on capital invested, in
cluding food, fuel and shelter,
The increase in the cot of living
has reduced the farmer's income to
4 per cent below that of 1914.
Noted Lutheran Church Leader Diet
Gettysburg, Pa. Dr. J. A. Singmas
ter, president of the Lutheran The
ological seminary and one of the
most important ministers of tho Unit
ud Lutheran church, died hero from
the effects of an apoplectic stroke.
Dr. Singmaster was 73 years old.
ionstance Talmadge Becomes Bride
San Matoo, Cat. Before a small
audience, including chiefly members
of the brldy's family, Constance Tal
madge, winsome screen comorilenne,
and AhiKtuIr William Mackintosh,
former British army captain, were
married hero.
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