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Entered at the Post Offloe at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Claaa Mail Matter
VOLUME 47.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 18. 1926
NUMBER 25
V.
BRAZIL WITHDRAWS
FROM LEAGUE SEAT
Resignation Is Result cf ! Con
troversy Over Permanent
Seat in Council.
.Geneva. The Brazilian government
Sunday announced its formal with
drawal from tho League of Nations In
a telegraphic message to the league
secretariat. '
Foreign Minister Pacheco announced
Brazil's resignation in a cable to Sir
Eric; Drummond, secretary-general of
the league. By the terms of the league
covenant, the resignation cannot be
come effective for two years. . -
Through this step Brazil "completes
the action begun last -week when Senor
Mello France, Brazilian delegate to the
league, resigned, from, the council.
Brazil now has severed all connection
' with the league;
Brazil's resignation was the direct
resalt of the controversy over seats in
the council,' the South- American gov
ernment Insisting on a permanent seat
in the face of opposition by all the other
delegates, with the exception of Spain.
The other delegates, it was pointed out
by observers, are determined to keep
the pledge made at Locarno to give
Germany a permanent seat ' in the
league.
ARE VISITING RELATIVES - .
Mr. and Mrs. George Gerking and
daughter Blanche, accompanied by
Mrs. J. W. , Pinkerton left , Tuesday
afternoon for Spokane. The Gerk
ings will visit at the home of Mrs.
Errol Kenworthy, their daughter,
and Mrs. Pinkerton will remain at
the home of Mrs. Effie Allen, a niece
of Mr. Pinkerton until Monday
whence she will continue, on her way
to ' McLeod,' Alberta' where she will
visit her sister Mrs. C. E. Thompson,
and also a brother. She will be gone
indefinitely.
RESERVOIR OVERFLOWS
For the first 'time in many month
the reservoir of the Athena water
works system reached the peak of
capacity and overflowed, Wednesday..
Since replt ing the . old mains with
new, across the flat to the pumping
station there has been . a ; constant
gain in quantity of water in the re
servoir. The supply was gained how
ever, by all sources being .drawn up
on, including , the pumping-, station,
the springs and the -well at the head
of the system. -
RAIN HELPS POTATO RAISERS
Mountain farmers completed plant
ing potatoes in time to receive bene
fit from copious rains which fell in
the uplands the fore part of the
week. A large.' acreage ' has been
planted , by potato raisers on the
mountain!. ranches this season, prin
cipally all of the seed being from
certifie3 stock. The Irish Cobbler
variety along with Netted Gems is
becoming a favorite with mountain
potato growers.
MARRIAGE AGE PUZZLE
Although he is 34 years of age and
eligible for marriage, Harry Pearcy
of Salem is wondering what he is
going to tell the county clerk when
he applies for a license next week,
Pearcy admitted that he was born
February 29, 1892, and has had only
seven birthdays since that time. In
the year 1900, February failed to
show up on the calendar and he mis
sed a birthday. In other years he al
so has been disappointed for want of
a birthday celebration.
BI6 TRADES UPSET WHEAT
MARKETSUPWARD TREND
Charles D. Micheals, . reviewing
whfeats price conditions for the' Chic
ago Tribune says:
The immediate course of wheat
prices' is largely dependent. upon op
erations by a number of large pro
fessional traders here and in the east.
Their purchases and sales of millions
of bushels at a time nullify the effect
of the general trade condition and
market news and frequently turn
prices in an opposite direction from
what they would naturally -takei-So
long as these conditions exist, it is
difficult for the average trader to as
sume a fixed position and operate to
any extent with profit. .
, The world's wheat situation is con
sidercd as moderately, bullish. , Crops
abroad are turning out "smaller than
early J expectations." In the United
States wheat estimates are being re
duced, and it is regarded as certain
that the winter what yield will fall
short of estimates- of a month or
more ago. The government report
given out last week suggested 543,
000,000 bushels. . As the department!
of agriculture increased the yield inj
Kansas by announcing on Saturday
that the state would have 163,000,000
bushels . or . 3,000,000 bushels :: more
than originally estimated, this should
make the crop of the country, 546,
000,000 bushels, a loss of only 2,000,
000 bushels for May.
Trade expectations are that the
United States will have around 750,
000,000 bushels and possibly 770,000,
000 bushels of all wheat. The latter
would be 100,000,000 bushels more
than last year. With . a theoretical
carry over of' 50,000,000 bushels on
July 1, there will be around 800,000,
000 bushels as the season's supply,
or about 50,000,000 bushels . more
than last year's total supply, when
the carry over was 87,000,000 bushels.
- Indications are that Europe will
raise less than last year in leading
importing countries and with small
reserves and a possible improvement
in their financial position, they will
probably have .to import about as
much wheat as this season. The car
ry over - is so small that, the world
will, go- into- the new crop season
with -unusually light - reserves of
wheat and., a close ad justment . of
supplies to requirements. ,
, What this will mean in prices is
dependent more upon the : volume of
speculative buying that . comes into
the market in the next six months
than any other factor, as it must be
admitted from the action of the
wheat market -in the last few years
that price levels have been produced
more by speculative than by actual
consumptive and export buying. With
a large speculative buying power
prices should work higher. Without
Tt the present level may.be difficult
to maintain.
Harvesting is on in the , southwest
and a few cars of new winter wheat
have come to the Chicago market.
There "will be no general movement
for 'several weeks, and possibly not
before the middle of July.
ATHENA. PUPILS SUCCESSFUL
IN SECOND EXAMINATION
' The. second examination for the
sixth, seventh and eighth grades was
held June 10th, at the school house
under the supervision of Mr. Milton
I. Miller, the seventh and eighth
grade teacher. ,
Those taking the Oregon History
examination over and passing are
Leland Jenkins and Ralph Moore.
Marjorie Douglas took the examina
tion over to raise her grade and she
was very successful as she raised it
from 79 to 95. , I
James Wilson Who failed in the
May examination ' in Civil Govern
ment passed with a grade of 92 and
now is the proud owner of a diploma.
GYPSY- ICEr CREAM L
MRS. BECKNER INJURED
Mrs. Fred Beckner (Francis Wil
liams) suffered" painful injuries
Tuesday evening when driving near
Pilot Rock. A car ahead which was
parked at the side of the highway,
suddenly turned across in front' of
the Beckner car. Escape from col
lision was impossible and though the
Beckner . car : was not : overturned,
Mrs. Beckner. was thrown in such a
wsfy that she suffered a broken nose
and other injuries and bruises. She
was hurried to St. Anthonys hospit
al in Pendleton.
' WHEAT! CHARGES REMAIN
Schedule of discounts and scouring
charges ' on wheat from Umatilla
county will remain the same this
year as last, it was announced by
Fred Bennion, who attended the an
nual convention of northwest millers
and wheat growers held at Spokane
Friday and Saturday of last week.
Request of this section for a wheat
quotation basis on bulk wheat of 58
pounds a bushel was denied by the
convention, but it was admitted that
the time is rapidly approaching when
this basis will be justifiable.
TOMATOES MOVE AHEAD
Field grown tomatoes have appear
ed on the Walla Walla market two
weeks ahead of the previous earliest
date. Alta Rogers, Sunnyside, near
the state line, has started marketing
his crop at the same . price as hot
house tomatoes. Rogers has 38,000
plants on his eight-acre tract. To
matoes will begin moving in largo
lots within a week or ten days Ap
proximately 125 acres are planted in
the valley, this being a 30 per cent
increase over 1925.
FORMER RESIDENTS HERE
Rev. and Mrs. Gisler of Anton,
Washington stopped in Athena Wed
nesday and visited Mrs. Jane Harden.
Rev. Gisler had been to Aberdeen,
where he was a delegate to the con
vention of the Odd Fellow. there.
They were on their way home from
Salem where they visited relatives
and friends. Mr. ani Mrs. Gisler
will be remembered by many aj they
formerly resided here. .
J. C. PENNEY QUITS
Tomorrow will be the last day on
which' the"' J. C. Penney company
store will do . business in Athena.
That portion .of the . stock left on
hand when the doors close tomorrow
night, will be shipped to Goldendale,
Washington, where a new Penney
store is to be opened and managed by
Charles Dudlitj', who has been at the
head of the store in Athena.
FIRE WARNING GIVEN
Fcrest Rangers are warning peo
ple who go into the - njcuntains to
camp, to use every precaution when
building camp firea. With the com
ing of dry weather, the fire menace
again becomes dangerous.
RAIN HARMED CHERRIES
The Lambert cherry crop was just
at the stage where Monday's rain ?r
the Milton-Freewater district,, crack
ed the fruit to some extent.
OLDEST OREGON BORN
Mrs. P. M. Edwards, oldest sur
viving white girl born in Oregon
territory, died Saturday and funeral
services were held in Hillsboro un
der auspices of the Methodist Episco
pal church. . Mrs. Edwards was born
October 3, 1840, at Sauvies Island.
Her parents came to America fiom
England.
HUCKLEBERRIES FROZEN
Practically all the huckleberries in
the mountains were frozen the nights
of June 8 and 9. According to For
est Ranger Albert "Baker, the frost
was half an inch thick on the plants
each of those nights at Mottet Mea
dows, nine miles east of the Toll
Gate. He says there may be a few
berries left on the sheltered slopes
but all of them are frozen out on the
top..
The B. Y. P. U.' of the Baptist
church will hold a Gypsy Ice Cream
Social on the MJ L. Watts lawn Sat
urday evening beginning at 7 o'clock.
Gypsy Princess, D' La Volga-, will
be there in her gorgeous attire with
her many jewels and loads of wit and
humor. By her knowledge of he
solar system she is enabled to speak
with scientific authority with respect
to the planetary, influences upon
mankind. She will tell you your na
tural tendencies and in a certain way
indicate what you should and should
not do to make life a -success.
No matter 'how bad your lot may
seem to you,' and how difficult it is
for you to get along in the world,
you can readily change all darkness
td brightest sunshine, if you will
go about it in the right spirit.
; The Princess can tell you the con
ditions, inclinations and fortunes of
men and women from the various
lines and characters which ; nature
has imprinted in the hand and which
are as various as the hands that
have them.
She is -also proficient in the art of
physiognomy,' reading . you as you
look into her eyes. The program of
the evening follows:
7 o'clock, Jolly Joy Maker's orches
tra; selection, Mr. and Mrs. Law
rence Pinkerton and C M. Eager;
solo, Miss Edna Pinkerton; orchestra,
Jolly Joy Makers; solo, Mrs. O. H.
Reeder; reading; selection, Mrs. O. O.
Stephens and Mrs. R. B. McEwen; se
lection, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Pink
erton and C. M. Eager; solo, Mrs. R.
B. McEwen; reading; solo, Mrs. O.
H. Reeder; piano solo, Miss Freder
ica Kershaw.
BIDS CALLED FOR ATHENA
STATE HIGHWAY BUILDING
MILLIONS WIPED OFF
Department of interior figures,
made public placed the wiping off of
onstruction charges . against irriga
tion 'settlers at $27,456,371, in ac
cordance with the new omnibus re
clamation adjustment , act, with the
Newlands project in Nevada receiv
ing $5,462,376, the largest charge-off
The Umatilla project charges, total
ling $1,479,944, are included.
SNOW FALLS IN IDAHO
Snow fell in Wallace for several
hours Monday, following one of the
heaviest rains of the season. At
Mullan and Burke, . two inches of
snow covered the ground.
GRVILLE POTTS DISAPPEARS
AFTER mpiE WRECK
, Mystery surrounds the disappear
ance of Orville Potts, son of Mr. and
Mrs. William Potts and brother of
Mrs. Archie Mclntyre, since the find
ing of his wrecked automobile on the
highway near Arlington, Tuesday.
Mr. Potts left Pendleton, for Ar
lington, Monday, failed to return and
since that time he has not been seen.
Search was instituted and his wreck
ed car was' f qund Tuesday but no
trace of the driver has developed.
Since then a continuous search has
been made and the relatives of the
young man are distracted.
Among bids for construction called
for by the state highway commission,
is one calling for the construction of
a corrugated iron building at Athena
which is to be used by the mainten
ance of way men on the state high
way. Bids are to be opened at Sa
lem July 24, it was announced.
The building, which will house the
equipment used in the work of up
keeping the highway east and west
of Athena, under supervision of Rob
ert Cutler will be constructed on
lots at the corner of Main and Sec
ond streets. -.-
The city -1 1 a deed " to ' the lots
in transfer to tlu State of : Oregon,
some months ago, and they, have been
used by the highway maintenance de
partment as storage ground for its
equipment since the tarnsfer of the
property, took place..
BILL McKENZIE. FARMER
MAY BECOME OIL KING
William McKenzie former . well
known resident of Weston is here
on a visit- from the-Judith Basin
country in Montana.
Mr. 'McKenzie is farming quite ex
tensively in Montana and has raised
some excellent wheat crops there.
Recently in the course of digging
a well on his pro'perty he came up
on conditions indicative of oil. He
at once called a geologist who upon
looking into the matter became con
vinced that oil is present in that vi
cinity. Mr. McKenzie is now leasing . his
property on a royalty basis and hap
every reason to believe that his new
venture will, be a success,
PRISON ESCAPE FOILED
An attempt of three convicts to
escape from the hospital ward of the
Oregon state penitentiary was frus
trated Friday morning when guards
found Don Hall,- two-time loser, hid
ing in the prison tailor shop. Fred
Blake and Lee Duncan, companions
of Hall, were said by officials to have
returned to their cots when they dis
covered that Hall had been appre
hended. .
TOM PAGE ACCUSED
Seattle Charge of subornation of
perjury was filed against Thomas D.
Page, brother-in-law of Miles Poin
dexter, of Spokane ambassador to
Peru. Page was attorney for Thom
as McMahon, convicted here Satur
day of robbery and murder. Thomas
Ferdinand Randadli, a witness, after
swearing that he saw McMahon at a
certain place at the time of a hold
up, changed his narrative and ex
plained that "Mr. Page is my folks'
attorney and I thought my testimony
would help out."
BOARD IS TOLD WHITMAN
- COLLEGE ISJ FINE SHAPE
Whitman college is in excellent fin
ancial condition with an endowment
fund of $1,187,512.53 exclusive of the
recent Thomas Burke bequest of
$100,000; and' it has buildings and
grounds valued at $413,720.10 not in
cluding Lyman hall and the new
girls dormitory owned by the Whit
man Building corporation and rented
to the college, President S. B. L.
Penrose reported to the board of
overseers at the annual meeting. The
dormitories are leased to the college
and when debt free will be turned
over to the institution.
There were 608 students regularly
enrolled in the college, in addition to
241 at the conservatory of music,
making a total of 849.
Dr. Penrose recommended that the
duties of Dorsey M. Hill, treasurer,
be extended, and that he devote half
his time to acting as financial or field
agent to visit alumni and prominent
people of the northwest.
The veteran educator who on his
election to the presidency of the col
lege in 1894 was the youngest col
lege president in the United States
told the board that aside from his
blindness he is in splendid health,
and hopes now to round out forty
years of service, at the institution.
The college will be able now to in
crease salaries of the faculty mem
bers long in service, but still not
adequately, he stated. The report
states that the faculty is not large
enough in proportion to enrollment,
being at the ratio of one professor
to 15 students, whereas the ratio
should be one to ten.
WILL RESIDE IN MILTON
Armonde de Merritt will arrive
this week from Marshfield and win
be employed with the Standard Oil
company at Milton, where with Mrs.
de Merritt he will reside. She has
been with her paernts, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry. Dull for several months and
their friends are very pleased with
the prospect of having the young
couple settle so near.
YOUNGSTERS GET LICENSE
A boy aged 18 and a girl 17 weve
issued a marriage license at Walla
Walla, the parents of the couple giv
ing their consent to the marriage.
The contracting parties were Floyd
Hodson, of Walla Walla, and Thelma
E. Bruice, of Freewater.
June Bugs
FLAG DAY OBSERVED
Annual flag day was observed in
Athena " Monday, when flags, were
displayed on' Main street in front of
stores and business houses.
"THE SEA BEAST
Coming to the Standard Theatre
for a two-night engagement, Friday
and Saturday June 25 and 26,. is a
super picture acclaimed by the na
tional board of reviewers as being
one of the best productions of the
year, "The Sea Beast," founded on
one of the greatest sea stories ever
written, , "Moby Dick." The stellar
acting of John Barrymore, Dolores
Costello and George O'Harra, bring
out in vivid portrayal, the living
characters that forced Herman Mel
ville's book into the class of best sel
lers, and the screen version all that
could be desired. Two nights show
ing will give Athena and vicinity the
advantage of viewing the great pic
ture from good seating vantage.
GIRL RESCUES POET
Miss Statira Smith, 14-year-old
Portland girl, rescued Leland Davis,
31, Portland poet from drowning in
the ocean at Rock Away Beach.
Davis became exhausted while swim
ming about 500 yards beyond the
breakers and almost opposite Twin
rocks. Miss Smith was swimming
not far distant, but the writer sank
twice before the girl reached him.
The strong tow made the rescue dif
ficult and the couple were carried
nearly half a mile before the beach
was reached.
- - . .. : T
PLUNGES TO HER DEATH
Alberta Legge, 15, a Seattle high
school girl was swept to her death
over the 275-foot Sunset falls near
Index Washington, Sunday. Leaping
from rock to rock at the top of the
falls while her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. T. Leggee and two brothers, were
Bitting nearby, the girl slipped and
was hurled over the cataract. The
waterfall has claimed the lives of 20
men who attempted to leap it in
boats.
WHEAT EXPORTS
Wheat is moving from Portland in
unusual volume at the present time,
exports for last week amounting to
a total of 1,088,961 bushels. Flour
exported during the same period
totaled 10,855 barrels. A prediction
made by Overbeck & Cooke on pres
ent volume of shipments, approxim
ately 6,000,000 bushels of that cereal
would clear from Portland during
the month of June, in addition to
flour shipments,
TWO DIE WHEN
PLANE CRASHES
Pilot and Observer Killed When
Airship Plunges to Ground
in Flames.
Vancouver, Wash. Lieutenant
Henry Walton Goode, of Portland, was
burned to death at Pearson flying
field, Vancouver barracks, when Lieu
tenant Oakley G. Kelly's big DeHavl
land plane took fire while in the air
and crashed to the field. ,
, Lieutenant Julius Charles Syfford,
Hanford,: Wash., quartermaster's re
serve corps, on temporary duty at Van
couver barracks, observer with Goode;
was thrown clear of the wreckage but
died as a result of his injuries.
A loosened connecting rod tore
through the crank case of the motor,
according to Lieutenant Kelly, who in
vestigated, causing the accident. The
plane, which had just taken off and
was about 200 feet in the air, burst in
flames, which shot from the crank,
case,' Lieutenant Kelley, who saw the
accident from the vicinity of his of
fice, said. -
"Goode apparently realized the dan
ger and tried to land," said Lieutenant
Kelly. "He made a hairpin turn' and
then the plane appeared to sink to the
ground. The nose hit the field and
skidded a short distance."
Mrs. Goode witnessed the fall, be
ing among the few spectators on the '
field.
Lieutenant Goode was a second
lieutenant of the 321st observation air
aciuadron.
CHANGE IN MARINE
ACT IUDVOCATED
Washington, D. C. Chairman Jones
of the senate commerce committee,
who opposed the sale by the shipping
board of the five vessels of the Amer
ican-Orient mail route out of Seattle
to the Dollar interests, introduced two
amendments to the merchant marine
act which he said would militate
against a recurrence of similar trans
actions. One would declare the policy of
congress to be the discouragement "of
monopoly by the American merchant
marine."
Opponents of the Dollar sale had
contended It would encourage mono
poly. The other amendment would de
fine domestic communities primarily
interested In the lines as the geo
graphical division of the coast lines
of the United States, together with
the ports from which tho lines to be
sold run or are intended to run, and
the regions naturally tributary to the
ports and coastal divisions.
THREE HUNDRED COYOTES
A total of nearly 300 coyotes were
killed by United States biological
survey hunters in Oregon during
May, according to the monthly re
port issued by Stanley Jewett, lead
cr of predatory animal control. Tho
big kill of the month was made by
H. II. Gub:;er of Klamath Fulls, who
killed 21 coyotes and 5 bobcats, all
adults. Tom Rice of Condon took
i 30 coyote pups and 2 adults, an ex
(( optionally large kill.
12 DIE IN MIDWEST STORMS
Hundreds of Homes Flooded and
Bridges and Roads Washed Away.
Chicago, 111. -Hundreds of flooded
homes, bridges, highways and railway
tracks washed out, electric and tele
phono service disrupted and scores of
fires were" In the wake of wind, elec
trical and torrential rain storms that
swept the Middle West, causing thous
ands of dollars in property damage as
well as bringing relief to drought
Htricken areas. The number of dead
in week end storms totaled 12. Tim
deaths Included six in Illinois and six
In Iowa.
Itockford, 111., experienced its worst
flood In 36 years. Hundreds were
forced to flee from their homos whilo
others took refugo on the roofs and in
upstairs rooms.
Farmers of the middle west called
the storm "a million-dollar June rain."
They said that any damage to crops
was much more than offset by tho
soaking of thirsty flolda which had
been suffering from drouth. The fruit
crop also was grimily benefited by the
rain, they reported.
Public Hearing Refused Dyment.
Eugene, Or. A public hearing for
Colvln V, Dyment, dean of the college
of literature, science and arts, recently
deposed by ihe board of regents of thu
University of Oregon, was denied by
the vote of the board, members of tin)
91st division, who took up tho fight
for Dean Dyment, were Informed.
Norge Pilot Now Major General.
Home. Colonel I'mlierto Nohllt
fwho Hupi'M"!"!!'1'''! t in' ccn::i ruction of
the Auiunilx. ii pillar airship Norge, and
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j iaiur yiiuio i .mill hi n?t iiitiiu over
tho north V'' lo -la;U:i, has been
made a majut' t-n.-i l for hi U-u.'.. ,