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Entered at the Poet Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Claaa Mail Matter
VOLUME 47.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUN TY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 28, 1926
NUMBER 22
FEDERAL DRY FORGE
j -JIAYJBEENLARGED
Stated County and Muncipal
Officers May Get Federal
Authority.
Washington, D. C An order by
President Coolidge authorizing the ap
pointment of state, county and muni
cipal, police as federal prohibition of-
i ficers aroused immediate and bitter
opposition in the senate.
: Its constitutionality was attacked by
i both republican and democratic sen-
! ators. '
i Application of the; executive' order
will be-confined at present to Califor
nia, Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury Andrews announced. . " "
i Applying the " order to the whple
country has not' been considered as
yet and whether it will be extended
eastward will be determined by the
: California test, the dry czar said.
' The appointment of dry agents hold
ing state, county and municipal posi
tions would be confined probably to
rural districts when the program Is
extended, he said. There is no inten
tion on the part of Andrews to appoint
entire police forces in large cities as
dry sleuths. . ?
Andrews said the order was legal
and constitutional. Sheriffs, deputy
sheriffs and constables in the states
have been eligible to hold assistant
United States marshal Jobs since 1878,
he said, explaining that authority for
a state officer to "hold a federal com
mission was not a new deal at all.
ACCUSED RUM RING
MEMBERSDISAPPEAR
. Seattle. More than 120 out of 200
persons indicted in a group of prohi
bition cases here have fled, it was re
ported as the result of an Investigation
of a federal grand Jury, leak. They
were accused in 26 indictments with
ramifications In the- United States
navy, Canada and ' several eastern
states, as well as involving the coast
guard, state and city peace officers,
according to current reports. ,
Statements of federal officials that
many of the persons Indicted had
learned they were accused , and had
left the United States before the Jury
had comdeted its work, gave sub
stance to a reported leak. .
! Included among those arrested are
three commanders of United States
coast guard vessels; a county sheriff
and several deputies;. Roy Olmstead,
convicted leader of Pacific northwest
rum runners; Seattle police captain,
the head of the police dry squad, and
a civil service - employe who had
charge of issuing government alcohol
permits.
WAGER : STARTLES TEXAS
Ma Ferguson Bets Governor's Office
- On Primary Vote
Dallas, Tex. Texas politics Is agog
over developments in the gubernator
ial campaign, climaxed . by a unique
challenge thrown out ' by Governor
Miriam A. Ferguson to one of her op
ponents in the race, and the other's
acceptance.
j In her opening campaign speech at
Sulphur Springs, the woman governor
declared that "if Mr. Moody leads ine
one vote In the primary, I will Imme
diately resign 'without waiting until
pext year, if, he will agree that If I
lead him 25,000 votes in the primary
on July 24, he will immediately re
sign." Hardly had the newspapers dis
seminated Governor Ferguson's chal
lenge before Attorney-General Moody
countered with an acceptance in an
address at San Antonio.
Abd-el-Krlm Flees as Taraulst Fall
I Fez. Morocco. Targuist, Aba-el
Krim's capital, and all the adjacent
territory, was occupied by the French
without a struggle.' Krlm, foreseeing
the wholesale defection of his tribes
in the region as they began negotiate
ing with the French command, fled to
the northwestward with his family
and such belongings as he could trans
port and his exact whereabouts is not
l.nnwn.
Oregon Man Wins at Oratorical Meet
: Moscow, Idaho. Ralph Bailey of the
University of Oregon won the annual
northwest oratorical contest here. His
subject was "Heroes in the Battle of
Life." The other contestants were
Lawrence Seltzer of the University of
Washington and Don Carey Smitn of
the University of Idaho. The winner
received the $100 frtw...; ,.1,
CARBON-BISULPHIDE KILLS
MORNING GLORY GROWTH
The use of Carbon-Bisulphide, in
troduced last year in the Athena
wheat district by P. S. LeGrow of
the First National Bank, and tried
out . successfully on the Richard
Thompson and Sam Pambrun farms
in the eradication of wild morning
glory growth, is to be used more ex
tensively this year.
A carload of Carbon-Bisulphide
will be received in the near future,
reports county agent Fred Bennion,
the First National Bank of Athena
cooperating with the farmers. s, '
In checking. up the results obtain
ed by the use of the liquid on the
Thompson and Pambrun farms, -the
county agent found that soil fertil
ity has not been destroyed in the
least, as in the case where the salt
ing method is used, but to the con
trary, on the Thompson place where
the new treatment was used, grain
is so heavy this year that it is act
ually falling down.
Mr. Bennion reports " that on the
Pambrun place last year more of the
ground was treated by tihs method
than any other place and according
to Mr. Pambrun, figuring the cost of
labor, which is the big item in this
method, at $3 a day the cost of era
dication is less than half as compar
ed with the salt method.
In addition to this cost , where salt
is applied the land ceases to become
productive for a period of 15 to 20
years.
In order to make the holes for the
use of . carbon bisulphide the right
distance apart and cover all affected
ground the holes are driven in with
an iron stake 18 inches deep and
from two to three feet apart depend
ing on the character of the soil. In
a dry light soil the holes need not be
so close together as where the soil
ia heavier. ...
On the Thompson and Pambrun
places the holes were placed two
feet apart. Four ounces' of carbon
bisulphide in liquid form is placed
in each hole and the hole covered up.
The j carbon-bisTilnhide' forms a gas
and works through the soil killing all
life within a distance of one and a
half feet.
Other methods are being tried out
in a number of cases of getting rid
of ..the pest which has become a
serious menace to farmers. " There is
no question but what clean cultivation
is the most practical method in these
instances. Sims Dickenson of Athe
na, S. R. Thompson of Pendleton,
Will Steen of Milton and others
have used this method successfully
L. L. Rogers, it is reported is mak
ing good progress using sodium-ar-
senite spray. A. Sorrey of Helix
and Arnold Wood of Athena are try
ing sunflowers as a smother crop.
THE NIGHTS ARE COLDER
THAN THOSE OF LAST YEAR
The Walla Walla Union gives data
which shows that the nights of this
spring have been colder than those
of last. The Union says:
In spite of the fact that no com
mercial damage was done in the
the Walla Walla valley this spring
by frost, the mean temperature for
cold nights was lower, than it was
last spring when a large percentage
of damage was done by frosts. The
reason for this apparent discrepancy
is that the cold nights came earlier
spring than -they did last , year and
the fruit was in an earlier and less
affected stage of development.
The figures are based on the nights
on which the temperature some
where in the district fell to 32 de
grees or lower. Last year there were
fourteen such nights while this year
there were but twelve. The period
in which the observations were tak
en by government observer n. a.
Rathbone began March 23 and ex
tended until. May 24. The first cold
night in this period came on March
24.
In speaking of the 'condition thi3
spring Mr. Kathbone said, "iienerai
ly speaking, stations on the Wash
ington side of the state line averag
ed slightly colder this year than last,
while the Oregon side was consider
ably warmer." The key station, for
which the minimum forecast was
made averaged seven-tenths of a de
gree colder 'this year than last. The
Washington stations averaged one
degree colder and the Oregon sta
tions one and one-half degrees
warmer than last year.
Considering only the cold nights,
the fourteen stations last year had
a mean temperature of 31.0 degrees,
while this year the fourteen stations
gave a mean of 31.4 degrees, making
the differences in the means
tenths of one degree.
WALLA WALLA PIONEER
PASSES AT 94 YEARS
Cantrel Randolph Frazier, 94, died
about noon . Monday at his home in
Walla - Walla. Mr. Frazier was a
pioneer of the west, coming to Calif
ornia in 1853 and to the Walla Wal
la valley in 1864.
He was widely noted for the in
terest he had taken - in raising . of
fruit and nut trees. ,
Practically all the walnut, hickory,
butternut and ' other hardwood trees
in the Walla Walla Valley bad their
source in the Fraizer planting, for
he had " been engaged in ' the work
since 1865.
W, C. T. U. RECEPTION
'The ladies of the local W. C T. U.
were very pleasing hostesses last
Thursday, when they entertained in
the Christian church reception room.
Mrs. Cowan president, introduced
Mrs. A. F. May, of Pendleton, who
gave a snort taiK. a program con
sisting of music and readings in
eluded solos by Mrs. Otha Reeder
and Mrs. P. T. Stone, reading by
Betty Eager and pantomine by Mar
garet Lee and drill 'by a group of
girls, led in patriotic songs by Mrs
HalDh Havnie of Bend. Mrs. Stone
was accompanied by Mrs. O. O,
Stephens,-while Mrs. Reeder was her
own accompanist. Later, at a prettr
ly appointed table, Mrs. M. L. Watts
served ices, and Mrs. H. H. Hill
poured coffee.
WILL GROW ROSES
A lot, 80 by 150 feet has been
set aside at the Veterans' hospit
al at Walla Walla for
flower garden to be used largely for
the culture of roses. The American
Leeion auxiliary at Toppenish has
just sent a shipment of plants valu
ed at f 92,
WILLIAM H. REEOER DIED
WEDNESDATTAT TAGOMA
W. H. Reeder, formerly a promin
ent wheatraiser of the Athena dist
rict, ,but of late years retired and re
siding at Tacoma, died at his home
in that city, Wednesday of this week.
His son, Otho Reeder in response
to a summons left Athena Monday
for his father's bedside. Funural
services will be held at Tacoma, pro
bably today, and the body will be
placed to rest beside that of the de
ceased's "son Claude, who died sev
eral years ago, inthe. Reeder maus
oleum at Tacoma. " ' V" "
Hum at Tacoma..
Mr. Reeder is survived by his. wid
ow,' one daughter, residing near Ta
coma, and one son, O. H. Reeder of
Athena.
The ' owner of a large tract of
wheat land west of Athena, Mr.
Reeder leaves property interests at
and near Tacoma also, and the Reed
er estate is an extensive one. Ill
was long a member of the Christian
church, and was esteemed by a large
circle of friends.
An infection in one of his feet
made it necessary for amputation of
the leg about one year ago. Pre
vious to that and since Mr. Reeder
has been in declining health.
CHARLOTTE GROSS BECOMES ;
BRIDE OF CLAUD DICKENSON
four-
MISSIONARY SOCIETY
The Woman's Home Missionary so
ciety of the Methodist church met
at the- home of Mrs. W. O. Read
Wednesday afternoon. The attract
tive rooms were decorated with a
profusion of spring flowers. The de
votional services was concluded with
songs. It was the day for "mite
box" opening and it was found that
goodly offerings had been made. The
social converse was pleasantly in
terrupted by the appearance of re
freshments, both bountiful and delic
ious. The refreshments were served
in two courses. Those who assisted
the hostess were: Mesdames W. Mc-
Pherson, J. E. Froom, Fred Gross
and Miss Gladys McLeod. Twenty
one ladies were present.
NEW WATER PIPE LAID
The laying of the new eight inch
water main across the flat, and con
nection with the pumping station,
has been completed. The old pipe
was found to be in bad condition,
and much of the water in the city's
water system was being lost at that
point. - '
MRS. JOHN PIERCE DEAD
FUNERAL HELD YESTERDAY
Mrs. John Pierce died at the fam
ily home south of Athena, Tuesday
morning, aged 45 years. Mrs. Pierce
had been in declining health for the
past two years, but the end came af
ter a serious illness of a few days..
Besides the husband, three sons and
two daughters are left. -
Mrs. Pierce was formerly Hiss
Mattie Lynn, and with her parents
was residing in Athena when she was
married to Mr. Pierce some twenty-
three years ago.
. The funeral was held from Miller's
funeral parlor yesterday afternoon
at 1:30, interment taking piacc in
Athena cemetery.
' TWO FINE PICTURES
Two especially line pictures are
runners up on the Standard Theatre
program for tomorrow night and
Wednesday and Thursday nights of
next' week. Tomorrow night Zane
Grey's "The Light of Western
Stars," will be shown. Sunday night
Paramount presents "Not So Long
Ago." Wednesday and .Thursday
nights of next week Sally O'Neil
comes in the picture that has been
lately smashing theatre attendance
record's everywhere, "Mike." "The
Sea Beast" will be shown at the
Standard Theatre Friday and Satur
day evenings, June 25 and 26.
, A most impressive, though simple
ceremony i united in marriage Miss
Charlotte Gross; and Claud Dicken
son at high noon Saturday.
The spacious ' rooms of the Fred
Gross home on Fifth street were at
tractively adorned with vari-colored
spring flowers.
The bride, who was unattended was
charming in a quaint taffeta frocl:
in tones of gold and blue with full
skirt, embellished with lace and bow
knots of velvet ribbon. She wore a
corsage of sweet peas and rose
buds. - ...
- The ceremcr.y was . performed by
Rev. W. E. Tr;n- of Weston and the
guests included Cue immediate fam
ilies of the participants.
A luncheon was served immediate
ly after the ceremony. r
Mr. and Mrs. Dickenson spent the
week end in Walla Walla returning
here to reside in the Gross home, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Gross having moved
to the farm. The young couple is
well known here having lived in this
community from childhood, and are
held in high esteem by their many
friends.
THE OREGON ROAD FUND
TOTALS $1,061,017
HAUGEN BILL DEFEATED
IN THE LOWER HOUSE
Farm relief legislation received a
setback in the house Friday with the
defeat, 212 to 167, of the Haugen
price stabilization bill.
This action cleared the calendar of
all farm proposals, as the two other
bills, the Tincher credit plan and the
Curtis-Aswell commodity marketing
measure, were withdrawn by their
authors.
After' the adverse vote on the
Haugen bill, Representative Tilson,
the Republican leader, announced
that 1 the next move was . up to the
agriculture committee.
. A Washington special to the
Morning Oregonian says that Ore
gon will receive a larger share of
the $7,500,000 fund appropriated by
congress for road construction in na
tional forests during the fiscal year
1927 than any other state except
Idaho, the United States' forestry
service has announced.
' The Oregon allottment is $1,097,
077 of the whole sum, of which
$580,591 is to be devoted to high-!
ways and $516,486 to road develop
ment The corresponding apportion
ments to Idaho are $510,637 and
$631,776, respectively, or $1,142,413
in al. ..'
The portions usable for the high
ways are to be spent on ' roads of
primary importance to the states,
while the amounts for road develop
ment go to construction of roads or
trails of primary importance for the
protection and utilization of the for
ests themselves.
California is to receive $1,089,336,
including $681,222 for highwayi and
$408,164 for road development, while
Washington's zhare is $577,170, di
vided into $326,755 for highways and
$250,415 for roads and trails. Of
the whole $7,500,000 $1,275,000 is ac
tually appropriated, the remainder
being authorized for appropriation
A FROSTY NIGHT
Frost visited some sections of the.
Athena district Monday night. Ve
getation in the low places, especial
ly potato plants were nipped to
some extent. No serious damage
has been reported.
LIBRARY BOOKS
Following are the three-month
loan books received by the Athena
branch library from the county li
brary: Aldrich Mother Mason. Al
exanderFang of the Forest. Ames
Lone Hand. Benefield Chicken
Wagon Family. Bojer Pilgrimage,
Boyd Samuel Drummond. Chap
manJohn Crewe. Dawson Old
Youth. Ertz Afternoon. Fedden
Peacock's Tail. Grayson Adven
tures in Understanding. Harrison
Andrew Bride of Paris. Oskinson
Wild Harvest.'
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS
IN EAST END OF COUNTY
MM AID FRIENDS
TURN10 SENATE
Westerners Will Keep Up Their
Efforts to Help Agriculture.
A series of three automobile acci
dents in the east end of the county
last week, resulted in the death of
one, and injury to three others. A
car driven by Henry Anderson, got
beyond control when the brakes
failed to work on the grade south of
Milton, and went into the ditch. Mr.
Anderson died as the result of in
juries received and Mrs. Anderson
was severely bruised.
A car went over the embankment.
near the George Winn place on Dry
Creek, seriously injuring the driver,
Norman McEwen and Miss Bethel
Miller, of Milton.
D. F. Crane was hit by an mter-
urban car at Milton. He suffered a
severe scalp wound, bruises and
shock. His car was badly wrecked.
Cars driven by W. S. Munsell and
Miss Elsie Kimbrell of .Milton, col
lided and their machines were dam
aged.
AT THE PICNIC
Athena will be represented at the
Pioneer picnic at Weston June fifth,
when Ralph McEwen Jr. will give a
reading "Pa Cranks the Ford" and
Edwin McEwen will give an . exhibi
tion of the Charleston. The Etude
club will furnish a trio" There Little
Girl, Don't Cry", by Mrs. David
Stone, Mrs. Floyd Pinkerton and
Mrs. Ralph McEwen. Mrs. Stone
and Mrs. McEwen will sing duets,
"Where My Caravan Has Rested"
and "Gray Days" and Mrs. Stone will
i sing a solo.
c
Memorial Day
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MRS. LANNER HONORED
Centered with roses, a daintly ap
pointed luncheon table surrounded
with a group of friends of Mrs. Mid
lie Danner, Wednesday, at one
o'clock, at the home of Mrs. M. M.
Johns, in honor of Mrs. Danner s
birthday. The guests comprised the
members of Loyal Berean class of
the Christian Sunday school, and a
few invited from other towns.' They
. a m r T i ....... Tiff TT'
.were: Mrs. A. m. uonnson, ivirs. a.
A. Dudley, Mrs. Charles Dudley, Mrs.
Mollie Danner, Mrs. William Booher,
Mrs. Jane Harden, Mrs. James Potts,
Mrs. George R. Gerking, Mrs. Wil
liam Pinkerton, Mrs. D. A. Pinker
ton of Milton, Mrs. Nellie Taylor
and Mrs. M. L. Leeper of Pendleton,
Mrs. Barbara Willaby, Mrs. Minni'f
Willaby, Mrs. D. H. Sanders, Mrs.
Mina Kirkland, Mrs. F. B. Boyd,
Mrs. Minnie DePeatt, Mrs.. Jerry
Stone and Mrs. Johnston. Mrs.
Stone, whose birthday occurred the
day previous, was also honored. As
sisting the hostess in serving, vter-.
Mrs. Fred Kershaw and Mrs. Flint
Johns, and in the cooking of the de
licious viands, she was assbed by
Mrs. Mnnie DePeat and Mrs. E. A.
Dudley. A handsome shopping b:tg
was presented to Mrs. Danner by
the class.
Washington, D. C Friends of tha
farm ' relief legislation have turned
their eyes toward the senate as offer
ing the chief hope for salvage Of any
of the wreckage wrought in the house
by defeat of the Haugen price stabili
zation measure.
Western senators said the house ac
tion would not deter their efforts for
a farm relief bill at this session,' and
that steps would be taken to bring
some order out of the present legisla
tive chaos.
House administration leaders were
of the opinion that the defeat of the
Haugen bill, 212 to 167, and the de
feat two years ago of the McNary
Haugen bill, 224 to 154, placed the
house on record as once and for all
definitely disapproving of such legis
lation. They asserted both bills were
.similar in principle and that the house
had demonstrated conclusively It
would not pass any measure embody
ing an equalization fee to be levied
on basic farm commodities.
Congressman N. J. Sinnott" of the
eastern Oregon district voted in favor
of the bill. .,
Representative M. E. Crumpacker
of the Portland district and W. C.
Hawley, whose district comprises the
Willamette valley and coast counties,
voted against the bill. The Washing
ton delegation gave only one vote to
kill the bill, this being cast by Repre
sentative Albert Johnson. The other1
four, Miller, Hadley, Summers and
Hill, supported the measure.
Idaho's two members, French and
Smith, stood together in favoring tha
bill, so the three northwest states as
a whole gave seven votes for it and
three against.
INSURGENTS SUPPORT
BIRTHDAY PARTY
At the home of her parents Mr.
and Mrs. C. M. Eager Tuesday, Miss
Betty Eager was hostess at a birth
day party, it being her 12th anniver
sary. Twelve of her friends were
present an:! games and fun were en
joyed by those present. A delicious
r ake on which were candles number
ing her age; was served with ice
cream. The honoree received many
attractive gifts. Those present were,
Marjorie Douglas, Marjorie Mon
tague, Luc-ile Barrett, Goldie Miller,
Arlene Myrick, Lcland Jenkins, How
ard Reeder, George Pittman, Roland
Wilson. Emory Rogers and Robert
Lee.
' mi tin
Wavne Banister who was hurt
uhnn hiu wheel on which he was rid
ing struck a car, a couple of weeks
ngo, is reported to be improving
rapidly.
Washington, D. C In a revival' of
their old alliance, the belligerent in
surgent bloc of the senate joined
hands with the democratic minority
to prosecute a searching investigation
of "slush fund" expenditures in every
senatorial primary this summer," and
all general elections next fall.
The beginning of the Investigation,
which at the outset probably will deal
with expenditures In the Pennsylvania
and Illinois republican primaries, will
be deferred until after the adjourn
ment of congress, perhaps a month
from now, The work will be carried
through the summer and the fall until
the November elections.
Senator Charles L. McNary, republi
can of Oregon, was appointed to the
Honntp's "slush fund" investigating
committee by Vice Prewidfint Dawes
to Bticcped Senator Fernald, republican
of Maine, who resigned. Fernald was
(he fourth senator to decline service
on tho committee.
APPLE GROWERS AROUSED
Activities of Agricultural Department
Said to. Prevent Sales.
Washington, D. C. Apnln growers la
the northwest have complnincd to the
department of agriculture that the ac
tivities of the department In prevent
ing nule of apples alleged to contain
an injurious amount of arsenical spray
residuos was damnging tho market
for their crop, of which a largo sur
plus remains uuhoIiI.
New York and Washington dealers
receiving shipments of apples from
the northwest recently wero notified
by the department that there was too
much arsenic on the fruit and that
unless It wus wiped clean its sale
would not be permit tod.
Washington, T). C Asxociate Jus
tice McCoy refused the injunction
asked for by the, 1'uget Sound-Oriontal
line against tho Uiiitoil S lines ship
ping board in connection with the sale
of ships to tho Pulku- interesiiH. The
effect of the Injunction would have
been to hold tic the nalo of thu llneis
to tbe Dollar interests.
Coolldss Opns Tacoma Power Plant
Wafihin.Tton. I). C. President Cool
idge Monday pressed a button in the
Wliite House- which set. into motion
the now power plant ut Lake CusU
man, Wash.