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SI) Mr Entered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-CXaaa Mail Matter VOLUME 47. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNrY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 9. 1926 NUMBER 15 BAKING MERGER IS DISSOLVED COURT Ward Food Products Corpora tion Agrees to Surrender Charter to State. Baltimore. Outright dissolution of a potential $2,000,000,000 corporation ttnd drastic curtailment and regulation of other members of what the govern ment had alleged to be a huge baking organization was effected in federal district court here In one of the most sweeping decrees ever promulgated in an anti-trust case. Twenty-three mil lion shares of corporate stock $2, 300,000,000 potential capital under Maryland corporation laws were wip ed out and a charter ordered forfeited to the state of Maryland. - The decree brings to a close, with Tictory to the department of justice, but with the consent of the corpora tions involved, and without trial, the government's action filed last Febru ary against the Wardood Products corporation and alleged allied con cerns. All defendants, both corporate and Individual, are enjoined from "doing any act or thing in furtherance" of the alleged combination which the govern ment describes as being In violation of both the Sherman and Clayton anti trust acts. The corporations, including all of ficers and employes, are further en joined from entering any contract or agreement for the joint purchase of supplies, materials or equipment, or for common prices or policies in mar keting. . The corporate defendants are en joined from acquiring directly or in directly all or any part of the capital stock of any other baking corporation engaged in interstate commerce where the effect would be substantially to limit competition. CHURCHES GAIN HEAVILY IN 1925 New York. Christian churches in America gained 800,000 members in 1925 the greatest number in several years. The Methodist churches showed the largest gain, adding 220,183 members, and Catholic churches came next with 203,990, according to the annual census of the Christian Herald. The Catholic church has by far the greatest number of communicants, with 16,156,914, as compared with 8, 920,190 members of the Methodist de nomination, which ranks second in this respect. The Baptists run far ahead for third place honors with 8, 397,914 communicants, although their gain for the year was only 104,396. The Christian Herald concludes that Its figures adequately demonstrate that the churches are far from "los ing their grip." TONIC WITHOUT KICK Andrews Asserts No Danger Seen In 375 Per Cent Malt, Washington, D. C. Calm in (he face of the flurry caused by word that 3.75 per cent malt tonic would be on 'sale shortly, prohibition officials as sured drys, disturbed by the announce--ment, that they need fear no break down in enforcement and cautioned the drinking population not to reguard the extract as a beverage. By no stretch of the imagination can the product be regarded as "beer," said Assistant Secretary Andrews, Jq charge of prohibition, adding that Us ale was "practicable and reasonable," "If the public attempts to use the tonic as beer," Genreal Andrews said, "it will be withdrawn instantly from the market." He explained that the manufacturers of the extracts, which will contain 25 per cent solids, had accepted responsibility for legitimate distribution. Solicitor Britt of the internal rev enue bureau expressed the opinion that states could prohibit sale of the tonic if they so desired, although it was pointed out that grocery stores generally hive oh hand products con taining more alcohol, which, like the tonic, are unfit for beverage purposes. Dry League Seeks $50,000 Battle Fund Washington, D. C The Anti-Saloon league has started a drive to raise a "battle fund" of $50,000 to combat the wets in hearing before the senate Judiciary committee. STANFIELD ASSAILED ON HIS ATTENDANCE RECORD "As United States . senator, Robert Stanfield has failed. I charge that he has not kept faith with the members of the Republican party and he has most decidedly failed to keep faith with the people of Oregon." So declared Fred Steiwer, candi date for the Republican senatorial nomination, in an address prepared for radio delivery over station KGW Tuesday night. . ; , . Steiwer ascribed Stanfield's elec tion as a circumstance attending the chaos in the wake of war. "Many Democrats who had served their country; well," he declared "were taken to defeat in the 1920 election in order that President Harding might have a Republican senate. Robert Stanfield was among those elected to hold up the hands of a Republican administration. "At this critical time Senator Stan field demonstrated his unfitness for high public office. He made himself the most conspicuous senatorial tru ant in history," Steiwer proclaimed. "Summing up the senator's delin quencies, we find that during the first three years of his term he was pres ent 263 times (at roll call) and ab sent 223 times. "The senator's fault is not limited to his bad record for attendance It is not limited merely to his flagrant non-performance of duty. When he was in attendance his time was large ly devoted to promotion of legisla tion which had some relation to his own business. He showed real zeal in the defense of the meat packing industry and promoted legislation which provided for the extension of livestock credits. Then his business associates capitalized upon his zeal by procuring for themselves sub stantial loan of government money. In the present congress he introduc ed a grazing bill some features of which are important to Oregon, but which by its terms provided regila? tion over the public domain under the administration of the register of the land office. These officers are appointed upon recommendation of the senators. Shall brpken faith be rewarded? Shall an unfaithful public servant be continued in high position?" HIGH SCHOOL PLAY "THREE LIVE GHOSTS" The High school play entitled "Three Live Ghosts" will be given in the High school auditorium Tuesday night, April 13 at 8 o'clock. The ac tion of "Three Live Ghosts" takes place in the combination sitting and dining room in the home, of Mrs, Gubbins, known as "Old Sweetheart," in the poorer quarters of London just after the world war In 1917, The plot of the story is woven around the return of three soldiers who were repoted killed in action. Spoofy, one of Jthe soldiers is suffer ing from shell shock which has caus ed him to turn klepto-maniac. Wil liam . Foster, alias William Jones another returned soldier is wanted in America for the theft of $60,000 worth of bonds. The complications formed by Spoofy's stealing some jewels make the remainder of the story. The threads of the plot are finally unraveled to an ending of several happy romances.. The cast as they appear are . Mrs. Gubbins known a3 "Old Sweetheart"....l..Juenita Woodruff Miss Woofers.... Belle Anderson Bolton, of American Detective Agency Fred Radtke Jimmie Gubbins Ray Dudley William Foster alias William Jones .;.............Granville Cannon Spoofy IMelvin Coppock Rose Gordon..'......,....Jennamae Read Briggs, of Scotland Yard , William Coppock Benson......: .. .....Clifford W' d Lady Leicester..... Lois Mclntyre Between the first and second acts the girls of the senior class are put ting on a fashion display through the curtesy of Pilcher & company of Pendleton. Between the second and third acts Ralph and Edwin Mcfiwcn will put on an exhibition of, the Charleston. UNIQUE DINNER FOR LOUISE HOME BENEFIT As a benefit for the Louise Home for unfortunate girls, situated in Portland, the entire Athena com munity is invited to participate in an. "Around the World" dinner, Satur day evening in the dining room of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. C. L, McFadden, who is chair man of the local committees, has pre pared a menu and program, given below, which should surely entice the appetite and interest of everybody in the town and surrounding country. Dinner will be served cafeteria style, from 5 till 8 o'clock, a charge of 75 cents being made for adults and 35 cents for children. The menu will be under the super vision of committees from the vari ous churches and the Civic club, each representing a country and dressed in appropriate costume. A large crowd is prepared for and expected. Don't fail to enjoy a good dinner, a splendid program, lots of fun and the pleasure of helping in a most worthy cause. Other towns of the county have given liberally for the Home and Athena will not be outdone. The Program Orchestra Vocal solo. Kathryn Mclntyro Reading.. Juanita Woodruff Interpretative Dance Marjorie Douglas Duet - ....Edna DeFreece and Lois Johnson Vocal solo ...Edna Pinkerton Reading.,... Margaret Lee Vocal solo......r.............Jennamae Read Musical Reading. ...Betty Jane Eager Song ,. ,.,,,...,..,...,,.... Robert Lee and Marjorie Douglas Orchestra Menu Oyster Soup France Salad, with cheese wafers Italy Irish Stew with Bread and Butter Ireland Chili Beans, ' Sandwiches Mexico Pie ' Coffee U. S. A. MRS, PHILLIPS PASSED SATURDAY AFTERNOON Stricken, with spinal meningitis, as diagnosed by the family physician, Dr. Sharp, Tuesday night of last week, Mrs. Isaac Phillips died at her home in Athena, at four o'clock, Sat urday afternoon, and funeral services were held in the Baptist church, Monday afternoon- Many friends attended, and the floral offerings were many and beautiful. Mrs, Phillips was. 59 years, 10 months and 17 days of age and moyr ed tq Athena with her husband, from Liberty, Missouri, fifteen years ago. She was born in Indiana in 1866 and was married 20 years later to Mr. Phillips at Eldorado, Missouri. Surviving Mrs. Phillips besides her husband is a son, James, deputy tax collector for Umatilla county, a son, Dan, who was in a hospital at San Bernardino, California, at the time of his mother's death, and a daugh? ter, Mrs. Emma Dale, of Trimble, Missouri. Another daughter, Mrs. Inez Hayworth, died some years ago. AIR MAIL PLANES HAVING BAD LOGUASCO FLIGHT The planes carrying the air mail on the Pasco-Elko flight have had bad luck. Franklin Rose, pilot of the first plane out of Elko ran into a terrific storm and was forced down in a field in Jordon Valley, Idaho. He rode horseback 30 miles to a farm house and telephoned that his plane w8 stuck in the mud, but not wrecked. i The first plane out of Pasco, went through to Elko, after an adventure in reaching Pasco a couple of days before, from Boise. The U. S. Mail plane which was to have carried the first air mail out of Pasco, Tuesday morning, came near being wrecked Sunday afternoon on its trip to Pasco, from Boise. Pilots George Buck and Joe Taft were bruised and cut about the face. The planes propeller was smashed and one wing punctured. The plane was forced to land twice in the Blue mountains because of en gine trouble and one mile south of Burbank the engine stopped for the third time. The machine glided along the sage brush prairie for some dis tance until It struck a raise and div ed into the. ground. The pilots were taken to a hospital and their injuries treated. Chief Pil ot Leon Cuddeback in Boise, was wir ed and started, immediately with an other plane to replace the reserve machine. ' As termed by the United States Ppstal Department, "the greatest service ever offered to the people of the great Northwest" was formally jubilee celebration participated in inaugurated at Pasco Tuesday, by a by cities and communities through out the region. The U. S. Mail stage en route from Spokane to Pasco reached Wal-: la Walla at 6:2Q Sunday evening, four days out of Spokane. With Fe lix Warren handling the reins, the four hFses hauling the coach came down Main street at the head of a long procession of automobiles. DIES AFTER ACCIDENT Abe Parker, the father of Mrs. Lowell Hyatt, was fatally injure Friday forenoon in an accident on Weston mountain, says the Leader. He was riding on the tank of a Ford tractor to which a team had been hitched. When the horses became fractious and tore loqse from the' tractor Mr. Parker fel) frqm his seat and was struck by the heavy mach ine, which broke one of his legs at the thigh. He was brought to Wesr ton and then conveyed to St. Mary's hospital at Walla Walla, where he died of the shock. EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS AT THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH Evangelist Glen W. Hutton will begin a series of meetings at the Athena Christian church, Sunday, Glen W. Hutton April 18. He will be assisted in his work by Carrol Fairbanks, noted evangelistic singer. Both Evangelist Hutton and Mr. Fairbanks are graduates . of the Spokane University, and have met with eminent success in the evangel istic field. Mr. Hutton is said to bo a speaker of rare ability. At school, he was a member of the University football team, and in his church work he brings enthusiasm and in terest to all. Mr. Fairbanks' gospel solos carry inspiration whenever he sings, and his jolly personality wins friends for . lil.LI.UBI. 1 1 mill II 1. - :: 1 1 p& bin .4 m. l JL-m Carrol Fairbanks him whereever he goes. He special izes in interesting young folks in church WPrki ATHENA WINNERS AT DECLAMATORY CONTEST 551 IN OREGON There are now 551 prisoners in the Oregon penitentiary, the largest number since 1916. this information was contained in a report filed with the state board of control by J. W. Lillie, warden of the prison. A number of Athena people motor ed ta Pendleton Friday and Saturday nights to attend the declumatory con tests held at the Methodist church. '. Athena school was well represent ed . having . six contestants. Two gold medals were awarded tq Athe na, students, Barbara. Lee winning first in the dramatie division of the grades and Ralph McEwen Jr., first in the humorous division of the High school." John Kirk, won seeond in the Oratorical and Aaron Douglas was awarded third place in the Patriot!: division. Ray Dudley won second place in the Extemporaneous and La Vone Pittman third in the Dramntio. A great deal of interest has feeen shown throughout the cluss, school, district and county contests, and it is the general feeling that these con tests should be encouragej as well as the athletio features in our schools. Baseball Season Opens TAKE OPENER Before a throng of 18,174 psrsons, the official paid attendance count, the new Portland Beavers celebrated their first home opening of the base ball season In Pacifie Coast league history by defeating Seattle, 10 to 5. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Scott of Pendle ton attended the. funeral of Mrs. Isaac Phillips in Athena, Monday. 'l? ' dill m - i1 lvvi c? - sir $ mf t d 1 w. 0HE Ol CAT trjffw.it ev life NORTHWEST MOST HAVE AID SOLONS ARE TOLD That development of southwest hydro-electric resources should take no priority over development of such resources in the northwest, was the conviction reached by the executive committee of the Umatilla Rapids Development association, meeting at the Chamber of Commerce, at Port land. The position of the associa tion was stated in messages sent to Senators McNary and Stanfield and Representative Sinnott, at Washing ton. The statement in part follows: "Owing to the fact that there are many phases of the situation exist ing in congress at the present time, which we interpret from your tele grams as being unable to solve until a definite federal policy can be out lined, the executive committee wish to follow your advice in the matter and take no action that might prove detrimental to our development or to your efforts in attempting to formulate a policy that will ulti mately bring about the development of the Columbia river and its many resources. "We believe that sentiment is rapidly crystalizing favoring feder al development of the vast hydro electric resources of the Columbia, which will make possible the irriga tion of thousands of acres of arid land and materially assist river transportation, and in view of this sentiment we are obviously interest ed in seeing that the federal policy formulated shall include to the full est extent the development of the Columbia river along the lines for which we are striving. "In view of the close relationship between the Colorado and the Uma tilla rapids project, we are of the op inion that the southwest development should be given no priority over the northwest development." WESTERN FOLK DISCARD " GUNS, EAST USES THEM The westerner no longer carries guns or revolvers, but the easterner loads himself with an arsenal of weapons, Horace M. Albright, super intendent of the Yellowstone Nation al park, declared Monday in an ad dress before the state publicity con gress, ?t Casper Wyoming. Mr, Al'pright refuted the idea that the wet was "wild and dangerous." "A parson is 10 times more. Safe in the Jackson Hole in Wyoming or Yellowstone park's most remote cor ner than ho is on 'any street corner in Chicago," he said. In the sealing of firearms of tour ists who travel through the park by the park authorities to prevent crime or the killing of animals: "It is rare that a family from these mountain states has even one gun or pistol but you ought to sec the arsenal that is sometimes presented by a New York, or Illinois, or Pennsylvania automcbie. Of course, the residents of those states need guns for per. sonal protection much more than we do in these western regions," WELL GOES DRY The Weston country is noted for good water springs and wells, but strange to say, the wells sometimes go dry in the winter season reports the Leader. The 50 foot well on the Wilsey farm which afforded an abun dance of water for many years went dry in January and has been deep ened 11 feet without success in re storing the flow. Johnny Hoey and J. E. Crowley of Athena are. down 48 feet on a new well with but little moisture showing as yet. 219 IJEAVEKS TRAPPED Two hundred and nineteen beavers were trapped in Walla Walla coun ty during the past winter, Frank liijrler, county game warden, reports. Sale of beaver pelts netted $4,100, one half of whieh goes Into the Wal la Wfclla county treasury to the cred it of the game fund, Half of the proceeds (jf ples goes to trappers. Trapping the animals was allowed by the game warden on account of dam age done by them. PERRY TO TRISON Je Perry, sentenced to serve the rest of his life In the Oregon state prison for the murder of Fred Knowlton and O. D. Townsend at the Knowlton ranch January 2a, was taken to the penitentiary by Sheriff R. T. Cookinrham and Deputy Sher iff Stoke. J. Dunn, who will begin a sentence of 10 years on a statutory charge, was also taken along. COMMITTEE BEGINS PROHIBITION QUIZ Two Weeks to Be Given Over to Hearing; Wets Start Testimony. Washington, D. C. Opponents of prohibition marched on congress Mon day In their first organized demon stration, in several years. The -whole week has been set aside -for hearing the wets and all of next week will be given over to arguments by the drys. "This will be an open forum for pre sentation of all evidence," Chairman Means of the committee assured both sides before the hearings began. "It . the committee determines that mora evidence Is needed after the wets have used their six days and the drys have used their six succeeding days, it will summon whom it pleases." The wets' case was begun with an opening statement from William C. Bruce, democrat, Maryland, author of a resolution to permit states and ciliea to determine whether they want pro hibition or liquor dispensed by the gov ernment under the Canadian system. After Senators Hruce and Edge, and Jufian Codman, of Boston, who has charge of the wets' case, had made statements to the subcommittee, As sistant Secretary Andrews, of the treasury, upon whose shoulders rests responsibility for dry law enforcement, was called as the first witness. The prohlbitiou field marshal mada clear his policy to dry up the sources of supply, but conceded that he would have to have a largely increased force to do it. , The federal forces are not concern ing themselves much with distributors, Mr. Andrews said, leaving that task to the local police. He said it was use less to arrest a bootlogger because "his brother or his uncle" would take up the traffic where he left off. Disclosing a plan for a 'patrol "of 1500 to 1600 men on the Canadian and Mexican borders, General Andrews said he believed this forco would break up any organized smuggling tvaffic. ATHEISTS WOULD GUT GLERICSSALARIES Washington, I). C. A petition for an Injunction to prevent payment ot the salaries of chaplains of the senate and house and of all clerics attached to the war and navy departments was filed In District of Columbia supremo court. James I. Elliott, mem ber of the recently chartered Amer ican Association for the Advancement of Atheism, la the plaintiff, and Frank White, treasurer of the United States, Is named defendant. The petition sets forth that "tha employment of chaplains In the con gress of the United States, In the drc. partment of the navy and the depart ment of war constitutes the promo tion and establishment Of religious and sectarian views and objects In violation of article 1 of the constitu tion," which provides that, "congress shall make no laws respecting an es tablishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." The plaintiff prays the court to en Join the treasurer of the United Slates from paying the salaries of tho chap lains and to declare null and void the acts of congress under which sueli salaries are authorized. ISLANDS AGITATE SENATE Appointment of Commission to investi gate Conditions Varioualy Viewed. Washington, I). C. - - What to do about the i'UIHppiuos lias become once mora a much-discussed question in Washington. Revitalized by President C(Mlidge'3 unexpected appointment of a special commissioner to investigate conditions In the Islands, the old fighting issue of post-Spanish war day.-i provided fu( I for an hour's debate in the senate, promoted a proposal for a congres sional Inqu'ry, and led to all sorts oC conjectures airong officials and politi cians. The presidents uelcitlon ,f Carml A. Thompson of Ohio tu mul n Hln in quiry in the islands v. as vaiiouJy de scribed in the discussion as n wise and essential s'ep, n reflection on fiovernortieiicral Wood, un effort to glvo suiqior to whal Ceneral Wood has done, a ihovj in tho interest of Ohio ruhh'-r lonceniH Uj exploit tlitt Hands, and an attempt to remove Mr. Thompson as u factor in the lO-'i Ohio couii'uinu.