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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, JUNE 4. 1926 NUMBER 23 v FARM AID LEADERS LININGJP FORCES Would Delay Adjournment ot Congress Until Relief Leg islation Is Passed. Washington, D. C. With Presidem Coolidge represented as standing alool in the senate fight over farm reliel legislation, agricultural leaders are whipping their forces in line to pre vent an adjournment of congress until some measure is passed. ' They claim they have two-thirds ol the senate pledged to stay in Washing ton until a bill is passed. So far all discussion in the senate has been by advocates of the McNary bill to appropriate 1375,000,000 for the disposal of surplus crops. After discussing the legislative pro gram with President Coolidge, senate leaders apparently were as far at sea as ever on the probable date of the adjournment of congress. Estimates ranged all the way from June 10 to July 15, with farm . relief legislation and the French debt settle ment admitted to be the principal bar riers to an early adjournment. Those who took their problems to the president were Senators Curtis of Kansas, the majority floor leader; Wadsworth of New York, chairman of . the republican steering committee, and Butler of Massachusetts, chairman oi the republican national committee. Mr. Coolidge was represented as be ing insistent that the French debt set tlement be ratified at this session if there Is favorable action by the French parliament. The remainder of the leg islative program was left to the lead ers. In addition to farm relief and the Frenoh debt, bills which will be press ed by their proponents include the army and navy air service expansion measures; the $82,000,000 federal aid road bill; the Dill measure for radir control and the Copeland coal bill. BURBANK CACTUSES GROW THORNS AGAIN Santa Barbara, Cal. When-Luther Eurbank, late plant wizard, perfected the spineless cactus a large lot here owned by S. G. and J. L. Kelley was planted to the , desert growth and thousands of persons marvelled at the plant that grew without thorns and bearing delectable pears. " In the last few weeks, since Bur bank's death, spines have appeared on the cactus and the city of Santa Bar bara served notice on the owners of , the patch to destroy them as weeds. Those who believe in the super natural are speculating as to whether - or not the plant wizard's passing has anything to do with it. FUNDAMENTALISTS BEATEN Dr. Brougher of Oakland, California Js Elected President, Washington, D. C The ultra funda mentalist faction of the northern Bap tist convention suffered an overwhelm ing defeca$ when its ticket for of ficers of the American Baptist foreign missions society, the only election in which there was a contest, wai de feated, 1708 to 48L The winning ticket wag headed by Carl E. Milliken, ex-governor of Maine, 'and represented the conciliation group of the convention. , . - A resolution providing for a six months' truce on controverted sub jects between fundamentalists and modernists, "was adopted. Rev. J. Whitcomb Brougher of Oak land, Cal., was elected president of the convention. The expected opposition from funda mentalists to the election ot Brougher, did not materialize. Wet Bill is Offered (n Massachusetts. Boston. A bill calling for a state: wide1 referendum-on the question ol modifying the Volstead act so as to permit the manufacture, sale and dis tribution, of beverage liquors to con tain more than one-half of one per cent alcohol, yet to be non-intoxicating, was filed In the house by Repre sentative Roland D. Sawyer of Ware. President Signs' Alien Bill. Washington, D. C The bill to per rait admission to the United States of aliens who served with the American forces in the world war without regard to immigration quota restrictions was I'ssed by President Coolidge. TO DETERMINE OREGON HIGH SGHOAL STUDIES University of Oregon, (Special) While it is unknown whether the product of Oregon high schools is better or worse than in other states, the curricula of secondary schools in the state compare favorably with those in other parts of the country, according to-F. L, Stetson, of the school of education, who is studying the problem. The subject matter to be included in the high school program of stu dies has for some time been the sub ject of investigation throughout the country, attracting the attenion of many of he foremost educators. In Oreeon a state commission, which is headed by Dean Alden of Willamette University and which recently met in Eugene with leading educators of Oregon, is endeavoring to determine what studies should be taught in schools. The bill proposed by Sen ator Eddy at the last meeting of the legislature gave an impetus to the investigation in Oregon. "Teachers and the public all real ize that high school studies need to be examined closely," said Professor Stetson, "if we are to keep the schools in touch with the problems of modern life. We want to deter mine where any points of inefficiency are located, although we can scarce ly hope to reach a perfect selection. "The problem should be handled by a scientific , investigation of the situation. We don't know whether inefficency in the high school pro duct is due to the grade schools or the high schools; Possibly it may be caused by young and inexperienced teachers or by the lack of high school supervision in Oregon. We certainly need one or two inspectors to standardize work m our second ary schools. "Almost every one agrees on gen eral principals, but what we need is the scientific approach, support of premises by experienced evidence The disagreement ' generally comes in working out the specific content of the curriculum. There are three ways of doing this: by following lay opinion, by referring to expert judg ment, or by making a scientific study of the facts,, drawing from them the necessary conclusions and following up these conclusions in actual prac tice. The last method is undoubted ly the niost satisfactory, although it may not secure action as quickly." Students in Oregon high schools spend most of their time on English, mathematics, sciences, ' foreign lan guage, history, and civics, Professor Stetson said. The state is rather back ward in the introduction of electives because the per capita cost of in struction in small classes runs very hieh. but in the larger schools more flexibility might be provided. Experimental work on the efflcien cv of the different phases of the studies is1 particularly needed, Pro fessor Stetson said. One problem which should be attacked is whether elementary school work should be continued in the high schools. Opin ion on this point is divided, Profes sor Stetson explained, although the majority believe that the grade schools should be primarily respon sible for all fundamental work such as reading,' writing, arithmetic and mmmer. thus leaving the high schools free to develop the necessary content of subjects, particularly those that will srive ' an intelligent understanding of the present day world. PENDLETON LAND DEAL Sale of 1440 acres of wheat land at a figure in the neighborhood of a quarter of a million dollars 13 an nounced by the East Oregonian. A section of land, 640 acres, was pur chased by J. W Schafer from Manon Jack and Mr. Jack in turn purchased 800 acres from H. W. Collins, local miller and obtained a lease on 160 acres adjoining. Mr. Collins reserv ed the growing crop on 480 acres of the land. , AIR MAIL AGAIN The Pasco-Elko air mail service was resumed Tuesday morning, "when planes left Pasco and Elko on their respective flights. The service was started April 6 but stopped because of difficulty which developed in the plane motors. Now motors have been installed and a week's test has been given them under actual flying con ditions. Results have been very satisfactory and it is stated that the service starting Tuesday will be con tinued without faiL CUTWORMS DESTROY CROP OF PENDLETON WHEAT Wheat head cutworms have entire ly destroyed the crop on approxi mately 40 acres of wheat owned by Lowell Granger and George Stangier of Pendleton, Mr. Stangier tells the East Oregonian, and ruined approxi mately 20 per cent upon a ' number of acres more in 400 acres of wheat they own. The cutworms, he said, came from the sod on adjoining land, traveled into the wheat, and climbed up the stalks of which were too fib rous to eat, attacking the. wheat heads which at this time are turning from the milky stage into - soft dough. ' Y V "'" 1 f ; This condition, it was announced at the office of the county agent,' is very unusual and has caused consid erable interest. With' the exception of the Stangier place, no reports have been received of damage to oth er crops. The Stangier-Granger ranch is located 10 miles northwest of Pendleton. " - O. D. O. CLUB The O. D. O. club met Thursday af-; ternoon at the home of Mrs. George Johnston. Sixteen members were present. The afternoon was spent in needle-work, conversation and elect ing officers for the coming year. Mrs. Forrest Zerba was chosen president, Mrs. Jess Smith vice-president, Mrs. Charles Smith secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Jess Gordon . reporter. Plans were made for the club picnic which is to be held June 13 at Cayuse sta tion. The club having finished a very enjoyable year, will discontinue meetings until September. Delicious refreshments were served by the hostess assisted by the club commit tee. Guests included Mrs. William Potts and Mrs. Sam Haworth. STANDARD PICTURES The picture program at the Stand ard Theatre ' for the coming week, begins tomorrow night with the pre sentation of Anita Stewart in "Ba ree, Son of Kazan," who will be sup ported by at eminent cast in the presentation of this splendid North ern photoplaySunday night the Standard will offer popular Richard Dix in "The Shock Punch." Wed nesday night Fox's fine picture, "Dick Turpin," will be screened. DECORATION DAY There were no public exercises at Athena Memorial Day. Private de coration of graves in Athena ceme tery took place Sunday. Monday, the legal holiday was observed only by the two banking institutions and the , postoffice force. Stores and business houses remained open for customary transaction of business. LEE MOORHOUSE DEAD Major Lee Moorhouse of Pendleton, one of the best known men of East ern Oregon, Umatilla county pioneer of 1861, died Tuesday evening after a month's illness. Besides his widow he is survived by three daughters.. Funeral Services were held yesterday afternoon from the residence. WOMAN FORMER RESIDENT OF WALUWALLA, SHOT Details of the murder of Mrs. Em ily Reynolds, formerly of Walla Wal la, at Hawthorne California by her husband, according to a confession alleged to have been made to police of that city by the spouse, are con tained in a clipping from the Ingle wood Daily News received at Walla Walla by Fred Bowman, says the Union. The killing took place on May 26, in the early morning. Mrs Reynolds was the daughter of Nick Wierk, formerly a contractor in this city, who is now residing at Ingle wood. , The husband and alleged confessed slayer, was formerly a banker of Hawthorne. It is believed that fin ancial reverses which resulted in his being forced out of his bank, con nected with ill health, led to the slay ing. According to the newspaper report, three revolver shots, one througlt the heart, entered the woman's body. The other wounds were in ' the chest and the right side. The shooting h said to have been preceded by a quar rel. Neighbors summoned the police after the shooting. FAMOUS ARTIST INSTRUCTS AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT Returning from Walla Walla Sat urday night, Mr. and Mrs. ' Francis Lieuallen, Miss Jennamae Read and Dr. W. G. Cowan met with an accident, when the car,- driv en by Mr. Lieuallen, left the road while making a curve. Lights from an approaching car, it is said, some what blinded Mr. Lieuallen and caus ed him to swing too far to one side. The car turned over, bruising the oc cupants Bomewhat, and damaging the machine. NEW' DEPOT The Union Pacific will build a new depot at Milton-Freewater station in the near future. According to pres ent plans, The new building will be 135 feet long, 35 feet wide and. will be of brick and stucco construction with a wide concrete platform, the office and the waiting room will be commodious with special ' built in features and the entire building will be steam heated, and modern in ev ery particular. NO WHEAT OUT OF INDIA India will have practically no wheat for export this year, accord ing to a forecast of the Indian De partment of Agriculture of a crop of 328,208,000 bushels, compared with 324,651,000 last year and the five year average of $329,571,000. Normal consumption in India wi'l take the entire harvest. ELECTED VICE-PRESIDENT Mrs. Etta Y. Sanderson, editor of the Freewater Times, was elected vice-president of the Rebekah As sembly of Oregon, at the meeting of Grand Assembly at Salem, last week. --Sty 1 1 r-J Ex 44 1 ' Zh William de Leftwich Dodge, famous mural artist, In his studio at the Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition grounds in Philadelphia, where the 150th anniversary of signing the Declaration of Independence will be celebrated from June, to December, of this year, giving instructions to a group pf young artist who are creating the "Rainbow City." Mr. Dodge is the color expert for the exposition, and every bit of color work done must be approved by him. . .. - IMBLER HAS BIG BLAZE Approximately $80,000 loss was suffered at Imbler, Oregon, 11 miles northwest of La Grande, Saturday night when fire razed a grain elevat or and its contents, two warehouses and the stockyards. , The origin of the fire, which started in the J. Blackington warehouse, was undeter mined. The fire spread rapidly and in a short time attacked the F. N. Martin warehouse, the stockyards and the elevator, leveling all. Imb ler, without fire fighting equipment, called La Grande and Elgin for he,lp. Both towns responded. BLUE MOUNTAIN LEAGUE i Sunday ball games . in the Blue Mountain league, resulted in Walla Walla winning from the Reservation Indians at Pendleton, 2 to 1. Pen dleton defeated Pasco at Pasco, 4 to 0. Walla Walla is in first place, hav ing won six and lost one; Pendleton second, with five won and two losses; Indians two wins and five losses; Pasco one win and six lost. CROP IS SPOTTED The wheat crop in Walla Walla county is considerably spotted thl3 year according to B. F. Brewer of the farmers agency. Some of the wheat in the foothills is clean but in the light land sections it is quite weedy. Mr. Brewer does not believe the crop will be up to last years. D'MOLAY PICNIC Pendleton chapter DeMolay held their annual picnic at Bingham Springs, Sunday. Forty members of the order were present. , . . . , . , . Here Comes the Bride m , WTOn " - . Itmr-tH. W W ' ' r ' i 34TH ANNUAL PIONEERS' PICNIC ISJN AT WESTON Weston is prepared to entertain the Umatilla county pioneers and their friends today and tomorrow at the 34th annual pioneers' reunion. Splendid entertainment has been se cured fo rthe occasion by the pro gram committee, according to the Weston Leader. Among the singers are the Walla Walla Kiwanis Club quartette; Mrs. David T. Stone, Mrs. R. B. McEwen, and Mrs. Floyd Pinkerton of Athe na; Mrs. Bernice Blomgren of Wal la Walla; Marvin Roy, yodeler, and Rollin McBroom of Pilot Rock; Grant Bean, baritone of Walla Walla; Bess Lane . Munselle of Milton; Anna Compton Winn and Jean Campbell of Weston, and the Weston quartette. Ruby Price Webb of Weston is re union accompanist. The readers include Mrs. David T. Flynn of Walla Walla; Jean Camp bell of Weston, who will appear Fri day afternoon in pianologues and Saturday afternoon in her Colonial group; Viva Bentley of Freewater; Harriet Ahearn of Milton; Ralph McEwen Jr. of Athena; Margarot Calder and Billy Ashworth of Wes ton. Novelty dancing will be featured. Among the contributors enlisted are Audrey Jones and Ilene Anderson of Weston, who will appear in a "bal loon dance;" Edwin McEwen of Athena, who will do the Charleston; Delores Kellough of Weston, with "fairy dance" and "butterfly dance;" Ada and Margaret Calder, Lorene Patterson, Kathryn Lucas, Elizabeth Avery and Mildred Ross in a "tam bourine ballet." The Rev. G. L. Drill, pastor of the First Christian church of Pen dleton, has consented to give the stated address on Friday, June 4. The speaker for Saturday will be an nounced later. The exercises will be held, as us ual, in the open air, under a big pavilion which will probably be pitched this year on the terrace of the Weston school campus. The fact is emphasized that there will be no raised seats and all danger will be obviated of an accident similar to that of last year the only unpleas ant incident to mar the reunions dur ing the third of a century in which they have been held at Weston. Baseball will be a noteworthy pi nic attraction. On Friday after noon the Athena-Weston team will play the fast Indian aggregation of the Blue Mountain league. This will be a tough engagement for the lo cals, and Manager O'Harra expects to materially strengthen his lineup, The Helix team is coming for Satur day's encounter with Athena-Weston, which insures another real game. PRICES FIXED FOR BACON The British government has fixed the price on bacon for an imlefiniti period at the maximum prieh which prevailed on the first day of May, Canadian haled bacon is quoted at 27, American at 23',i, Irish 31i and Danish 29', 4. 4 SALE OF VESSELS TO DOLLAR SIGNED Contract Completed in Spite of Senate Committee's Vote Against It. Washington, D. C. The closing chapter of the futile struggle by the shipping interests of the Pacific north west to prevent sale of their only fast freight line to the orient to the Dollar Interests of Sun Francisco was marked by a touch of grim humor when Presi dent Coolidge decided to intervene at the last moment only to learn that the United States shipping board had signed the agreement of sale a few moments before. Senators McNary and Jones called at the White House after the com merce committee, by majority vote, had passed a resolution condemning the sale. They read the committee's expression to the president along with the telegram of the northwest bidders offering to pay 82,500,000 more for the Admiral-Oriental fleet than R. Stanley ' Dollar had bid, and discussed the feel ing in Oregon and Washington against the proposed sale at some length. At the conclusion of the interview Mr. Coolidge summoned Chairman O'Connor of the shipping board to the executive offices," presumably to ask whether the whole transaction might not be reviowed. O'Connor appeared in the company of Commissioner J. H. Walsh and informed the president that he had exercised the discretion confer red on him to direct final signing of the sales contract a short time before. Thus the last hope of thej northwest to block the sale withered and died. GLU WOMEN BACK DRY LAW Atlantic City, N. J. Uncompromis ing support of the eighteenth amend ment and the Volstead act was pledged by the General Federal ion of Women's Clubs, There was not a single dissent ing voice against passage of the reso lution, which was adopted without dis cussion. In the motion offered by Mrs. Gil bert F. Davis of Windsor, Vt., it was recited that thore had been much agi tation for modification of the Volstead act during the sixthy-ninth session of congress, and very pronounced poli tical activity in the states. It was doomed necessary, therefore, that the general federation should "renew Its unequivocal stand taken at the Chau tauqua and Los Angelus biennlal3." A "know your courts" resolution also was adopted, urging every club to include such work in its program for the coming year. It was stated that the organization views with con cern the grout increase in crime la the country. GOVERNOR PIERCE INJURED State Executive Breaks Rib In Tumble at Flax Plant. Salem, Or. Governor Pierce is suf fering with a displaced and possibly fractured rib resulting from a fall Mon day while he was inspecting the flax plant at the state penitentiary. A flax wagon while passing a flight of stepscollided with the steps and knock ed the underplning from under one ot them, but left the step in place, Short y afterward the governor was descend ing the slops when the damaged one collapsed with him. Although in some discomfort ho was able to be ut his office in the Capitol. U. S. EXPORTS $397,195,833 Imports for January Amount to $19, 570,580 More. Washington, D. C. Revised figures on the foreign trade of tho United States for January, made public by the commerce department, showed the unfavorable trade balance against America for the month was $13,570, 080. Preliminary figures had placed It at approximately $15,000,000. Tho imports for tho month were val ued at $115,706,413 and exports were f397,l!)5,ii33. Europe held first place in the trade, sending here goods val ued at $111,210,059 and taking Ameri can goods to the amount of $199,794, 209. These figures showed exports to Eu rope hail fallen off approximately $70, 000,000 as compared with a year ago, while imports from Europe had iii creased more than $S,000,000.