Bntered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, aa Second-Claaa Mail Matter
VOLUME 47.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 21. 1926
NUMBER 21
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POLISH, MINISTRY
FORGEDJO RESIGN
Marshal Pilsudskl Leads Sue
cessful Revolt Against
Government.
Warsaw. Professor Edmund Bartel
has formed a new Polish cabinet.
His government will take the place
of Premier Wltos, who resigned, along
with President Stanlslaw Wojciechow
ski, after Marshal Josef Pilsudskl,
leading the' Polish revolt, had estab
lished himself in control of Warsaw.
MarBhal Pilsudskl is minister of war
In the new cabinet.
Civil war, which for three days has
ranged in and around Warsaw, con
verting the ancient capital into a bat
tle ground with an estimated cost of
200 killed and more than 900 wounded,
has ended for the present with com
plete triumph for Marshal Pilsudskl.
In a statement issued Premier Bar
tel says: "My government has been
formed to clear up the situation. It
guarantees security and bids the citi
zens be calm and continue to work.
This government will continue only
until the election of a president by
the national assembly, which will oc
cur with the least possible delay. The
government will firmly adhere to the
constitution."
M. RadaJ, who has assumed the pro
visional presidency, also issued a
statement laying stress on the urgency
of reverting to a strictly constitutional
order of things as soon as possible.
MARX WILL HEAD
' GERMAN GARINET
Berlin. Wilhelm Marx, former chan
cellor, has accepted the request of
President Paul Von Hindenburg that
he form a cabinet.
Marx will retain all the members of
the cabinet of Dr. Hans Luther,. wbo
resigned as chancellor following pass
age in the reichstag of a non-confidence
resolution which was introduced
by the democrats. The reichstag ac
tion was caused by former Chancellor
Luther's attitude in upholding the dis
play on public buildings of an alleged
ly monarchist flag along with the em
blem of the German republic.
President Hindenburg called Marx
to the chancellorship after Minister
of Defense Gessler had failed to form
a cabinet.
Police were forced to charge Into a
crowd of 15.000 demonstrating nation
alists and communists Sunday night,
and one onlooker is reported to have
been seriously wounded by a wild bul
let which was fired from the crowd.
CHARGE-OFF BILL PASSED
Plan Wipes Out Approximately $15,
000,000 Water Right Claims
Washington, D. C. The senate pass
ed and sent to conference the house
resolution wiping out or suspending
approximately. $15,000,000 In water
right charges on certain federal irri
gation projects in the west and south
west. Owners of certain portions of
land served by irrigation projects are
affected and the charges are removed
or suspended temporarily because of
the fact that the land In point Is either
permanently or temporarily unpro
ductive, or for other reasons,
The charge-offs and suspensions in
clude the following: Okanogan proj
ect, Washington, $720,700; Umatilla
project, Oregon, east division, $986,
632; west division, $5995; Yakima
project, Washington, $3063.
In addition, all payments upon con
struction charges are to be suspended
against lands found to be temporarily
unproductive, but these payments will
be reinstated if and when the land
becomes productive.
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119 Estates Pay Washington Taxes
Olympia. Inheritance tax collec
tions for April totaled $59,318.43 on
119 estates, while six escheats netted
f S6S1.19 cash and $1550 appraised val
ue of real estate, the grand total being
$69,549.62, according to G. W. H. Da
Vis, supervisor of inheritance and es
cheats. There were 533 new cases
opened during the month.
House Passes Bill to Help Veterans
Washington, D. C The house unan
imously passed the revised Johnson
bill to provide $30,000,000 over the
next three years tor the aid of 27,000
'disabled war veterans.
PRIMARY ELECTIONS ARE
- BEIEDJVER STATE
The primary elections are being
held throughout the state today, and
the number of ballots cast, on ac
count of the intense interest created
in the nomination for a republican
United States senatorial candidate,
promise to be many.
The democrats will have an easier
time in the matter of settling the
nomination of their candidates than
will their republican brethern.
The "-county and legislative con
tests have been carried on quietly
and decorously, and apparently no ill
feeling has cropped out in the pri
mary election campaign.
On the legislative ticket, the re
publicans have for State sen
ator Dr. J. A. Best and L,
L. Mann; for joint . representative,
Roy W. Ritner and T. P. Gilliland
For representative they are offer
ing S. A. Miller, of Milton; Glenn
Dudley of Athena, and J. S. Norvell,
of Helix,
The democrats are putting forward
H. J. Taylor for joint senator, who
will run against Fred Kiddle, repub
lican, in the general election this
fall, neither having opposition in
the primaries. E. C. Prestbye of
Athena has no opposition in the
democratic primaries for state sen
ator, neither has Joseph N. Scott of
Pendleton, for joint representative,
and the same is true of Curren L.
McFadden of Athena for representa
tive.
In the republican camp, Frank
Saling and L M. Schannep are out
for the office of county judge. The
democrats have two aspirants for
this office, E. C. McCook of Pendle
ton, and T. G. Smith of Echo. J. b.
Hales, republican, has no opposition
for commissioner. .
Four republican candidates are out
for county treasurer: Mae M. Fried
ly, C. K. Cranston, G. W. Bradley
and Bettye DeHart The democratic
candidate is O. F. Steele of Pendle
ton.
Ralph Folsom of Pendleton seeks
the republican nomination for coun
ty coroner.
ATHENA GIRL SURPRISES
FRIENDS WHEN MARRIED
Miss Mildred Stanton surprised
her friends when she was united in
marriage to Mr. Harry J. Hubbard
of Sacramento, California, by Rev.
Hanney at the Christian church in
Walla Walla, Wednesday, May 12.
The marriage ceremony was per
formed in the presence of the bride's
mother, relatives and friends, after
which the happy couple returned to
Athena. They will reside at Sacra
mento, where the groom has a home
provided for his bride.
The bride, who is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Stanton of Athe
na was raised in this city, is a
graduate of Athena high school, and
until recently had held a position of
responsibility at the state hospital
at Pendleton.
Mr. Hubbard is a veteran of the
World War, having spent twenty,
seven months overseas. He is a na
tive of Sacramento, where his re
latives reside, and after September
first, Mr. and Mrs; Hubbard will be
at home to their friends there. In
company with Mrs. Stanton, the
newlyweds motored to Heppner, and
spend the week end with Mr. Stanton,
GILLIS IN SMASHUP
A. M. Gillis came to town Satur
day, wearing a discolored optic and
flinching from miscellaneous bruises
as the result of being in a smashup,
in which his car was completely
wrecked at a point between Echo
and Pendleton, Thursday night of
last week. Driving along the high
way, Mr. Gillis was about to pass a
car parked on the edge of the road,
when the occupants suddenly flash
ed on their lights. The glare of
lights blinded Mr. Gillis, and his
coupe dashed over a twenty foot
embankment. The parked machine
drove away, the persons in it nev
er stopping to ascertain whether Mr.
Gillis was hurt. Another car came
along and the driver brought Mr.
Gillis into Pendleton.
OPEN ROAD SOON
The Weston-Elgin road, via Wood
ward's Toll Gate will be ouen for
traffic in about ten days, so it is
reported. A crew of men are work
ing this way from Elgin, clearing
the road of fallen trees and snowdrifts.
ATHENA EIGHTH GRADERS
REMARKABLY GOOD WORK
Mr. Hadley and Mr. Miller have
been serving on the eighth grade
examination board this week. They
report that the Athena pupils did
exceptionally well in the examina
tion. The eighth grade pupils who
passed in all subjects are as follows:
Virgie Moore, Cecil Pambrun, Har
old Kirk, Thelma Schrimpf, John
Kirk, . Eldon Myrick, Jack Moore,
Lawrence Knight, James Wilson the
other member of the class failed in
6nly one subject. Virgie Moore se
cured the highest average, 96&. 'the
average for the entire class was
slightly above 90 per cent
All those taking the physiology
examination in the sixth grade made
passing grades. Two members of
this grade failed to pass in Oregon
History.
All seventh graders passed in
Geography with good grades. Ihe
highest going to Myrtle Campbell
who received a grade of 95.
INSTALLATION OF FOUNTAIN
The installation of the new foun
tain equipment at McFadden's Phar
macy has been under way this week,
and the fountain is now in operation
and its product is being enjoyed by
the public. The installation of this
fountain is a credit to Mr, McFad
den's progressiveness, for it is equal
to any outside of Portland. Made of
tile, finished in onyx, with mahogony
top and back fixtures it is the last
word in modern fountain manufact
ure. The application of the Frigid
aire cooling system is a feature vast
ly appreciated . over the old block
ice system.
PLAYED WITH ECHO
"Dutch" McPherrin and "Shorty'
Geissel had a playing engagement
on the Echo team in the Irrigation
league Sunday in the game at Ar
lington. "Dutch" caught and "Shor
ty" played third base for the sand
toads. Arlington won, 6 to 3,
SORROWFUL ENDING IT A
SUNDAY-SCHOOL PICNIC
A sorrowful tragedy occured dur
ing the Adams Sunday school picnic,
which was held at Bingham Springs
resort, Saturday, when Wallace, the
ten year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Allen, residing on a farm west
of Athena, was drowned in the swim
ming pool.
A number of the boys in the party
went swimming in the pool, follow
ing the picnic dinner. After a while
the Allen boy was missed by his com
panions, so it is said, and immedi
ate search brought the body from the,,
bottom of the pool. v
Efforts to resuscitate the lad prov
ed vain, and the body was taken to
a Pendleton undertaking establish
ment. " The boy could swim some,
and according to reports. his com
panions thought nothing of his ab
sence, and no one saw him go under
the water.
Funeral services were held at the
church in Adams, Monday afternoon
and burial took place at Echo.- The
family have the sympathy of all, in
their bereavement.
BERT E. HANEY
Accompanied by Hon. Will M.
Peterson, Judge J, W. Maloney, and
a couple of other" willful, willing
democrats, Bert E. Haney, domocra
tic candidate for United States Sena
tor, visited Athena for a short time
Monday. Returning to Pendleton,
Candidate Haney addressed a mass
meeting of voters, Monday evening.
STEIWER SPEAKERS
Steiwer for senator speakers were
in Athena Wednesday evening, and
spoke on Main street to a largo
number of interested listeners. Har
old Warner, A. C. Mclntyre and J.
Alger Fee made addresses. A trio
of male singers accompanied the
speakers.
GRADUATING EXERCISES
BEFORE LARGE AUDIENCE
Graduating exercises at high
school auditorium Friday evening
were witnessed by a capacity audi
ence, every seat being filled, and a
number of people were oblidged to
stand in the entrances.
The address by Rev. Howard Stov
er was delivered in his usual pleas
ing, scholarly way, and will long be
remembered by all who heard it.
Dean Pinkerton, in well chosen
words, made the presentation of the
class gift, a beautiful silk flag.
William Coppock delivered the sahv
tatory and orr.tion in a free, capable
way that rr distinction for himself
and credit to the .hool.
Superintendent Hadley presented
awards of merit to scholars who had
not been absent or tardy durin.j the
school year. A number received
awards for the yeaf, and Clifford
Wood received award for a period
covering five successive years, while
Howard and Herbert Reeder, broth
ers, theirs covering three successive
years. ,
Lawrence Pinkerton, chairman . of
the board of Union high school dist
rict No. 7 presented the class diplomas.
PRIMARY TEACHER ELECTED
Miss Evelyn Sellars of Bovill, Ida
ho has been elected as primary
teacher for next year. Miss Sellars
is a graduate of the Cheney Normal
school and has had two years wotk
at Whitman college. She has had
the primary work in Bovill this la3t
year. She is exceptionally well
qualified in music.
COWBOY DROWNED
- Floyd Williams, 23, Okanagon,
Washington, cowboy, was drowned
Tuesday, when he fell off his horse
while fording a slough near the
Umatilla ferry slip on the Washing
ton side of the Columbia river. The
body was recovered.
""""Tlii
11 "' a Specially Built for
1. Can be used with equal success
on hillside or level fields.
2. A real 2 -man machine. Bagging
platform, centrally located, well
balanced. Men work close to
gether. 3. Header platform is parallel to
ground at all times. No grain
skipped,
4. Operates equally well up hill or
down.
5. Cylinder, 24" long, runs on self
aligning, enclosed ball bear
ings. 6. Five square feet of grate surface
beneath cylinder and main beater
provides for immediate separa
tion of 80 to 90 of grain at the
cylinder.
7. Wide separator (44") permits
straw to spread thinly over straw
racks for thorough separation.
8. Air blast of shoe fan is distrib
uted evenly over entire area of
shoe screen, whether machine is
going up or down hill.
9. Recleanihg device in addition to
shoe similar in action to fanning
mill. Cleans grain thoroughly.
Q, Power-operated leveling de
vice. The operator merely moves
a clutch lever the power does
the rest
11. Screens are automatically lev
eled. 12. All bearings supported on brack
ets attached solidly to the frame,
not to sheet metal siding.
13. Auxiliary engine same as used in
Harvester trucks and tractors.
Ball-bearing crankshaft.
14. All drive chains are short. Double
roller chain and cut steel sprock-
- ets on cylinder drive..
These cTHachines are now on display
at our Store
ROGERS & GOODMAN (A Mercantile Trust,) ATHENA, ORE
Hillside Harvester-Threshers
WHERE ATHENA TEACHERS
WILL SPENDJHE SUMMER
Athena schools are closed for the
summer and the teachers have left
for their vacations.
Miss Lorraine Terry will spend the
summer in Seattle at the home of
her sister. She will attend summer
school at the University of Wash
ington when she will major in mus
ic, studying both vocal and instru
mental. Miss Dorothy Rodman ex
pects to take summer work at the
University of Oregon.
Both Miss Terry and Miss Rodman
will return for work here next fall.
Miss Merle Best who has taught
the Primary grades for the' past
three years will not return here
next year. She will attend summer
school at Oregon Agricultural col
lege, taking courses in Psychology
and Household science. She expects
to visit a college friend at Weiser,
Idaho during the summer.
Milton I. Miller popular eighth
grade teacher and family have mov
ed into the Winship property on
Fifth and College streets. Mr. Mil
ler will help harvest the Art Doug
las 1926 crop and will take up his
school work in the fall.
Albert Logan, Athena's coach for
the past two years will not be with
us again as he expects to enter
Boston Institute of Technology.
-Miss Eva Randall will spend part
of the summer at Newport and may
enter University of California later.
She will not return here.
Miss Gertrude Mclntyre will bo
married to Randolph Cook in a short
time. The young couple will take
up farming on the Rees place near
Helix.
Fred Pinkerton will spend several
weeks in Portland this summer and
will be with us at the opening of
the school year.
Professor Hadley's plans are in
difinite but he expects to spend
most of the time during the summer
month's in Portland. ' . ' -
COUNTY RECEIVING DEEDS
FOR EAGLE HOLLOW ROAD
County Judge Schannep and Com
missioner Hales were in Athena the
fore part of the week, and while
here informed E. C. Rogers, presid
ent of the Athena Commercial As
sociation, that the county was re
ceiving deeds from the land owners
for the right of way locations on
the Eagle Hollow extension of the
Wild Horse, market road.
Obtaining the deeds removes the
last obstacle in the way of making
the permanent survey for locating
the grade lines for the Eagle Hol
low extension connecting with the
Thorn Hollow grade.
,The greater part of the extension
of the Adams road, leading from the
Coppock place south of Athena, to
the Thorn Hollow-Eagle Hollow in
tersection, has been fenced and grad
ing will begin on it and the Eagle
Hollow extension, on completion of
the Thorn Hollow grade, which is
now well under way.
DEATH OF BABY DAUGHTER
Regret is being expressed by the
friends of Mr. and Mrs. Armond De
Merritt, at the death of their infant
daughter Lucinda Dee, which occur
red midnight Monday. The baby
was only several hours old when it
contracted pneumonia which finally
proved fatal. Simple funeral ser
vices conducted by Rev. Bollinger of
the Baptist church, were held at the
home of Mr. nnd Mrs. Henry Dell
Tuesday afternoon and interment
ma4e in Athena cemetery. Mrs. De
Merritt will be remembered as Miss
Lucinda Dell and friends will be
glad to learn that her condition is
not serious.
MEETINGS CLOSED
The series of evangelistic meetings
conducted by Rev. Glen Hutton and
Rev. Carrol Fairbanks were brought
to a close Sunday night. Athena
people feel that a great deal of good
has been accomplished in the past
several weeks and will be glad to
learn that Rev. Hutton will occupy
the Christian church pulpit during
the absence of Rev. Hackett. Rev.
Fairbanks will spend several weeks
in Spokane and Seattle and will re
turn to the Lawrence Lieuallen
ranch where he will take an active
part in harvest operations.
GRAIN FALLING
Growing grain in the low places
and over-fertile spots in the fields
is reported to be falling to the
ground, on many of the farms in
the Athena district.
NORGE ARRIVES
IN TELLER SAFELY
Captan Roald Amundsen
Successful in Polar
" Flight.
is
Nome, Alaska. Captain Roald
Amundsen, Lincoln Ellsworth, Captain
Oscar Wisting and Lieutenant Oskar
Omdahl of the crew of 18 of the dir
igible Norge, arrived here from Teller,
75 miles northwest, in the launch Pip
pin at 5 o'clbck Sunday morning. The
Norge reached Teller from Spitzber
gen via the north pole at 8 o'clock
Thursday night.
Amundsen, a Norwegian was leader
of the arctic flight; Ellsworth, aa
American, , second in command, and
Omdahl and Westing, especially
charged with landing the Norge. The
Norge landed at Teller 71 hours after
having left Kings bay, Spitzborgen.
The air voyage took the dirigible
across the north pole, where the ex
plorers dropped the flags of three na
tions. Considerable time was spent at the
north pole making observations, the
Norge having descended to within 600
feet of the ice and rose to an altitude
of 4000 feet.
They brought here with them the
answer to two more of the great mys
teries of the Arctic.
They had established, they said,
that no great polar "continent exists;
and they have proved it possible to
travel from one side of the world to
the other via the straight line across
the pole by air.
Omdahl explained why it had been
necessary to land at Teller.
"There was such a heavy fog and
snow that we were fortunate to sight
Teller," he said. "It was impossible
to reach Nome, as we fell short and
had to make a forced landing. The
Norge landed on the Ice at Teller and
the gas was Immediately let out. She
Is now almost totally disabled."
"We have proved conclusively that
there la no land north of Alaska," On-
dahl concluded.' '
BLAST WRECKS
II. S. EMBASSY
Buenos Aires. A bomb was ex
ploded In front of the United States
embassy late Sunday night. No one
was injured and only slight damage
was done.
The American ambassador, Peter
Augustus Jay, was not In the embassy
at the time, but returned about ten
minutes after the explosion. He was
at a loss to explain why the embassy
should be bombed, but the theory was
advanced by some that the incident
was connected with the recent denial
of a new trial for Nicola Sacco and
Tarbo-Lomeo Vanzetti, convicted in
Massachusetts of murder.
The bomb, which exploded In front
of the main entrance of the embassy,
tore a hole In the left side of the door
and shattered several windows of the
building and of neighboring houses.
Only servants were In the building
at the time of the explosion. They at
first attributed the noise to the burst
ing of a tire and did not realize a bomb
had exploded until police arrived with
in a few minutes. A police Investiga
tion was begun Immediately.
COAST GUARD IN TURMOIL
Veritable Upheaval Predicted In Gov
-err.r.ci.l Clfdca. ... .
Seattle, Wash.-Th" United Stntes
coast guard In the Pacific northwebt
was In turmoil after a statement of
Roy Lyle, federal prohibition admin
istrator for the district, that "at least
five or six" members of the service
had been indicted by a federal grand
jury here, which named nearly 200
persons.
Roy Olmstead, under 4 years' peni
tentiary sentence for International 1U
quor conspiracy, was declared by fed
eral officers to head the group named
In the Indictments.
Arrests gavo evidence that when all
warrants issued on the 37 Indictments
have been servod there will be a ver
itable upheaval In Pacific northwest
government circles.
Membership Trophy Won by Idaho
Indianapolis, Ind. James H. Mc
Glnnlss, member of the national execu
tive comralttoe of the American Le
gion, conceded the Mndsley member
ship trophy cup for th!s year to the
department of Idaho. The award Is
made annually on the basis of percent
uge of Its old membership eniolbd by
March I of each year.
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