'I -AW 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 , xr.,tw.cM,W y , , ; W P ' 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.