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Entered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mail Matter VOLUME 47. A THEN A, UMATILLA COUNrY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 30, 1926 NUMBER 31 v t ! III MOODY RUNS AHEAD IN TEXAS ELECTION Mrs. Ferguson Trails Behind Attorney-General by About 100,000 Votes. Dallas, Tex. Attorney-General Dan Mcody, running for the democratic nomination for governor against "Ma" Ferguson, the incumbent, - and four other candidates, apparently polled more votes than all of his opponents put together, on the basis of unofficial , returns. , The political fortunes which raised Mrs. Miriam Amanda Ferguson from a quiet home in Temple, Tex., to the governorship are soon to turn her footsteps back to domestic life. Governor Ferguson announced that she would resign as a result of Sat urday's primary in which Attorney General Moody led her by more than 100,000 votes. She had promised to resign if Moody beat her by one vote and he had promised to resign if she led him by 25,000 votes. Simultaneously with her resignation announcement, which also carried with it withdrawal from any possible primary run-off, Governor Ferguson called a special session of the legisla ture to meet September 13 to validate Texas district road bonds and to "in vestigate any department of the state government that the legislature may see fit to investigate." Her resignation will be effective as soon as this special session has dis posed of these matters, the governor announced. ' STATE GOVERNORS HOLDJONFERENGE Cheyenne, Wyo. Wastefulness in the financial administration of govern k ment, particularly in the various states, was criticised by -state- execu-,- tives at the opening session of the an f nual conference of governors here. , The first arraignment was made by Governor Christianson of Minnesota, who declared that "more than 3,000, 000 persons are employed by the gov ernment a peace-time army larger than the American military forces In the world war," while Governor Pin chot of Pennsylvania charged that "gang" politicians are responsible for worthless office-holders, and the cus tom of deficiency appropriations, which is a most effective means of concealing from the public the amount of money actually spent by the gov ernment." The century old controversy that once embroiled the United States In civil strife state's rights became the subject of controversy during the con ference. The difference of opinion now lies between East and West, with the East defending the policy of federal control of natural resources and the West holding that federal domain is an en croachment upon the rights of Its states.' ,. J Love After Marriage Adolescent love Is an event Mar ried love Is a situation. The first la a critical phase of development, the " second is sustained romance. The de sire to retain a special mystery or at traction Is imbecility. Love for a wife Implies an inability to conceive of life without her. The music of the spheres begins, years after the marriage cere mony, when this happy condition la achieved. For both man and woman the domestic atmosphere should hold rest, understanding . and sympathy. So Is one ready for the great adven ture. Eaton Mayo, In Harper's Magazine. Dog$ in Church Parade : Owners of pedigreed dogs in Lon don are using the famous Sunday morning church parade In Hyde park for the purpose of showing them off. For every bona fide church goer who strolls through the park on Sunday morning there are scores of dog own ers anxious to have their pets seen and admired. Many dog fanciers motor In from remote towns merely to stroll through the park in order that the thousands of curious may see the product of their kennels and perhaps make Inquiry regarding the ownership and sale price of the dogs. Cal Catches Fish For A I. Paul Smith's, N. T. Governor Al Smith had fish for his Sunday break fast President Coolidge caught a four-pound pike in Lake Osgood and sent it to the governor with his compliments. EASTERN OREGON RANGE HORSES T0FEED EUROPE The wild horses of eastern Oregon will soon be on their way to Europe some pickled, some frozen some smoked. Portland's newest industry, more or less unheralded says the Oregonian, was discovered to be busy preparing the first shipment of de licacies for continental tables." " The entire meat output of the in dustry will be exported, there being no effort in contemplation to educate the American taste to an apprecia tion of this particular form of food. - The horses, of course, will not leave the premises of the Portland Horse Products, Inc., intact. Their status will be quite otherwise, in fact, and the bills of lading for some parts of their anatomies will carry addresses having no resemblance to the well-known European cities. Hoofs, for instance, will go to Ja pan, where the Japanese for reasons best known to themselves. Other stray parts will return again to their native soil, after a visit to the fertilizer plant of Swift & com pany. Still other parts will wind up as choice chicken feed at the same plant," and brighten the days of Ore gon poultry. Bones are to be shipped to Italy, but many will later get back to their native haunts as dice, toilet articles, the backs of brushes, and ornaments. Oils will . go to California for use in choice, perfumed soaps. Hides to Germany to be made into shoes and women's fur coats. And Germany, too, will get casings for its saus ages. ' Smoked and pickled horse meat will be exported to Holland, Denmark and the Scandinavian countries. Smoked horse hams are a rare deli cacy in these countries, and sell for twice the price of ordinary hams. Demand for frozen horse meat comes from France alone, and this product will be shipped in refrigera tor steamers. Horse hair goes to Germany for hair mattresses. -,. A new method 1 of transporting horses from eastern Oregon to the plant has been put into effect. The corporation has leased the 1200-acre ranch of Frank Brown at Troutdale, and the wild horses will be driven ov erland to this ranch, and then trans ported by boat from the ranch to the packing plant. ' Herds of ap proximately 400 animals will be driv en, to the ranch at a time. Another 840-acre ranch has been acquired in Wheeler county, and this also will be used as a holding place. ROGERS BRINGS FOREIGN WHEAT TO BE TESTED Varieties of wheat obtained in Egypt and India by L. L. Rogers, pro minent Adams wheat grower, while on a tour of the world will be plant ed irf the Pendleton grain nursery and the results obtained from this planting will be watched with inter est ' says the East Oregonian. Mr. Rogers, who has taken a pro minent ' part in the improvement of wheat in Umatilla, obtained several varieties of wheat in Egypt where he persuaded railroad officials to srop the train while he obtained samples from wheat fields through which the train was passing. In India Mr. Rogers also obtained varieties of grain. This grain will be planted by experts in grain grow, ing. J. Allen Clark, cerealist of the United States department of agricul ture, and B. B, Bayles of the Mod experiment station, have expressed keen interest in the samples obtain ed. Part of the wheat will be plant ed this fall and a part in the spring. STANDARD PICTURE PROGRAM For tomorrow night the Standard Theatre is offering a splendid motion picture program, when William Fox presents the John Golden success, Thunder Mountain" featuring Madge Bellamy, Paul Panzer, Zasu Pitts, Alex B. Francis and Leslie Fenton. Sunday night the inimitable Bebe Daniels will be seen with Harrison Ford in Paramount' fine Broadway comedy, "Lovers In Quarantine." Good comedies, News reels etc., on both programs. UMATILLA LAMBS Practically all fat lambs in Uma tilla county this year have been con tracted for and estimates by sheep men in close touch with the situation declared that probably 50 per cent of the fat lamb crop have already been shipped to market. Prices paid have been between 10 and 11 cents. PROFESSOR P. CROCKATT KILLEDJUUTO WRECK Dr. Peter Crockatt, University of Oregon Professor, well known in Athena, where he used to visit his sister, the late Mrs. A. MacKenzie Meldrum, was killed instantly Fri day, when his automobile left the highway, west of Davenport, Wash ington. His mother, Mrs. Cora Crockatt, who was accompanying him to Eu gene, Oregon, escaped injury. Professor Crockatt who had been making a tour of western states on a survey of marketing and trans portation problems, left Spokane Fri day after a visit with friends and relatives in that city. He had resigned his position at the University of Oregon to join the faculty of the University of Southern California. Information received said his auto mobile struck loose gravel in the road. His body was taken to Spok ane to await the arrival of his wid ow from Yakima, where she was vis iting. A sister, Mrs. Clayton Strain of Gooding, Idaho, and a brother, Er nest of Baker, Oregon also survive. Dr. Crockatt was . a graduate of the University of Oregon " and the- Eugene Bible university with the class of 1915. He was 34 years old at the time of his death. He received his master's degree in 1918, after teaching for a year at the university. He was a graduate student at the University of Calif ornia in 1921 and in the spring of 1922 received his doctor's degree from that university. In the field of transportation and railroad problems, Dr. Crockatt had gained much fame, by his teaching and by his addresses over the state and by several books he had written on the subject. He was considered as the outstanding authority on transportation on the coast. The trip on which Dr. Crockatt had the fatal accident - had been planned for several weeks be fore the close of the university this spring. During the limitation o" arms conference in Washington, D. C. fol lowing the world war he made n con fidential report on the Pacifip ship ping and commerce to the Carnegie foundation of international peace. In 1923 he made a special report for the Union 'Pacific Railway com pany on the proposed railroad con struction in Oregon. In the follow ing year he made a report to tbg attorney-general of the state on the proposed rail construction. PILOT ROCK PACKING PLANT Swift & Company will establish a packing plant at Pilot Rock which will take care of poultry and cream shipments from that place. The company will be in the market for cream, eggs, chickens, ducks and turkeys. Pilot Rock has become the center of an extensive poultry-raising industry. ARE ABOUT COMPLETED Harvesting of the Athena wheat crop is practically at an end for the present season. " There will be very little grain left standing in this dis trict tomorrow evening. With the addition of several new machines each year the harvest sea son has been cut shorter and short er until now the work of harvesting the grain crop is but a chore in com parison with the long harvest sea son 'of former years, ' when farmer had to depend on the stationary out fits to do his threshing. Ideal weather conditions prevailed and from the beginning of the pres ent harvest, full days were devoted by the crews operating the machines. Many good yields have been reported, and a number of sales have taken place. Phillip Murtha's Federation aver aged 47 bushels per acre and his Hy brid went 30 bushels, but tested 61 pounds, is clean and will be in de mand for seed. Will Read again got a bumper yield this season. From 70 acres he received a return of 54 bushels per acre. Federation variety. Arnold Wood cropped 47 bushels per acre of Federation, at his home place west of Athena. A. B. Crawford reports a yield of around 50 bushels,, with a test of 61 and 2-10ths for his Federation crop. Charles Kirk raised Federation wheat on Mrs. Minnie Willaby's place that tests 61 and 6-10ths. The Farmer's Grain elevator is full to capacity, and this week has been : able to receive bulk grain, through having fortunate shipping out facilities. A "Correct" Likeness of Washington . LIKE OLD TIMES It has been rather a general sup position that horse-shoeing had al most become a lost art; the automo bile tire having supplanted it. How ever, when Jens Jensen Athena black smith, informs the Press that in the last two months 420 head of horses and mules have been shod at his shop, the art of shoeing apparently has hopped back again. Macadamiz ed and hardsurfaced roads over whkh grain must be hauled to warehouses, is the answer. Three shoers at the Jensen shop shod 30 head per day. NECK BROKEN With his neck broken and a deep gash in his thigh, George Dasheill, farmer of Cedonia, Washington, lies in a Spokane hospital in a percarlous condition. His horse pitched Dis hiell over his head and paused to kick him before galloping away, leaving his master on the ground paralyzed and unconscious. SPLINTER ENDANGERS SIGHT A splinter of wood may cause loss of sight to one eye to Gus Schuelnr of Reed & Hawley mountain district. While splitting wood a fragment flew up and hit Mr. Schuelcr in the eye. Hps s ' iwSJ&i " Mi II I f I p "" ?i1 v7:1 r jnis neroic statue ot tne commander-in-chief of the first armies of tna United States was made for the city of Portland, Oregon, though not yet deliv ered there by the artist. The western municipality has loaned it to tha Sesqul-Centennlal International Exposition, opening in Philadelphia June 1 and continuing until December 1, to celebrate 150 years of American ludcnend ence. At the foot of the sculpture is shown Pompeo CoppinI, the sculptor Dr. Henry Waldo Poe, of Portland, declares the face" to be the mist jorr t-i likeness of Washington ever modeled. A BURNING SHED AT FEED YARD CAUSES FIRE ALARM Fire starting from a bed in the hay piled in a shed at tho feed yard on Main street, east of the Tum-A-Lum yard, called out the fire fighting ap paratus Monday forenoon. Quick work on the part of those handling the hose cart, put out the flame before much damage was done. The fire broke through the roof, and charred the interior of the shed, in which there was no stock at the time. A grass fire, in which there was an element of danger . to surrounding property was averted whcr the flames were confined to the shed. UMATILLA COUNTY AGENT ACCEPTS MONTANA POSITION FASTS 30 DAYS Leonard Olson, 30, of Lostine, Ore gen, is taking light nourishment fol lowing a thirty day fast. He lost 35 pounds, suffered no ill effects, and believes he cured indigestion. f - - 1 A Good Provider " j Having under consideration for some time a proposition to head the Montana state agents, Fred Bennion, for the last seven years Umatilla county agent, has uccepted the Mon tana position. His resignation was placed in the hands of tho county court and a copy sent to the extension director of Oregon Agricultural college. The resignation will become effective August 10. Decision to accept the position af ter he had turned it down in June was due to increased financial con sideration, he said, and to the desire to take advantage of opportunities offered by the promotion. Mr. Bennion has been county agent for seven years, during which time a number of agricultural improve ments have been made through his office. A successor has not yet been named. Extension officials will meet with members of the county court next week to discuss a successor. FORCED TO LAND Mail Aviator J. Taff, Pasco to Boise, was forced to descend at Wes ton Thursday morning, after circl ing the town several times and also flying between Pendleton and Walla Walla says the Leader. It seom3 that he lost his bearings in tho smoke and fog and could tell noth ing about his pomtion as he w;n un able to see tho ground. Not knowing when he might hit a tree or the side of a hill he sought a landing place and found a good one here. After ascertaining his whereabouts and phoning in a report, the bird man took off and flew on. DEATH OF MISS FANNING Miss Jaunita Fanning, daughter of Hank Fanning of Weston, died Wed nesday nt St. Mary's hospital, Walla Walla, after a lingering illness, aged 17 years. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at Memorial Hall, in Weston. UMATILLAS MAKE HIT The delegation of Umatilla Indians j who attended the Indian congress at Spokane were among the leaders in activities there. They participated in the Indian dance at the Davenport Hotel, and led the big street paraJ'j j Mary Red Elk won second place in I the Indian princess contest. EUfiOPt iS v?itf:HED i T0:8TCP.GPJT!&ISM . , - - j Borah $363 Desire to Cancel Debts CohlnJ "Mud Cling- I ing" Overseas. . Washington, D. C European critics! of tho foroign policies of tha United States wero reminded ly Chairman Borah of the senate foreign relations committee that ' people who live lni glass houses should not throw stones. Directing his advice particularly to. ward -London, tho senator said that Winston Churchill's "campaign of vili fication" dosigned to obtain the can collation cf war debts, should not be permitted to erasa from tho world's memory tho territorial acquisitions ac complished by Great Britain at the peace table. ' "The earl of Denbigh deplores the lamentable ignorance of our people," Mr. Borah, continued, "and wants to start a campaign of education, but the American pooplo have sufficient Intelligence without any extraordinary educational exertion to understand how a debtor acts when he does not want to pay what he owes. We under stand perfectly that tho attack on the United States is the peculiar way they have of asking for cancellation of their debt.". Tho declaration of the foreign rela tions chairman, made in a formal state ment, was the first official notice to be taken here of tho recent anti-American agitation which has expressed it self in attacks on American sight seera i: Paris, vitriolic denunciations of the American policies by a section of the Italian press and other scattered outcropplngs throughout most o( Europe. EW GOVERNMENT IS KG SMOOTHLY Paris. -Premier Poincare has taken over his duties as finance minister. M. Brland Is back at tho foreign of fice, and wheels of tho new govern mont are running smoothly after the hiatus caused by tho" downfall of the Herriot ministry. A spokesman for tho foreign office said he believed the debt accords with the United States and Great Britain would be ratified within a fortnight, as external credits were one of the main things necessary to the finan. tial rehabilitation of. tho country. At a cabinet meeting M. Poincare mnde no secret of his opposition to foreign credits, if they can be avoid ed, and admitted that the situation ot the treasury as drawn by M. De Mon sle, tho finance minister, was only a palo reflection of the actual state of affulrs. . An increase In taxes, both direct and Indirect, and a forced loan are regarded as forming tho basis of the new government's plans. $H9,CG0 PUT UP BY INSULL Senatorial Campaign Committee In vestigates Illinois Republican Fight. Chicago. The long-heralded inves tigation into tho Illinois senatorial primary by the senate campaign funds committee, opened here Monday. After testifying that ho hud con tributed $125,000 to the candidacy of Colonel Frank L. Smith, republican nominee and chairman of the Illinois commerce commission, and $15,000 to t!io successful democratic candidacy of George 15. ISrennan, SamuH Insull, Chicago public utilities executive, de clined to say whether he had given, financial aid to tho Crowe-Barrel! po litical organization in Chicago, which supported Smith. Previously Allon F. Moore of Mon tlccllo, 111., campaign manager for Col onel Smith and republican national committeeman, had declined to say who, beside liimsieir and Insull, were the chief contributors to the Smith campaign fund. He himself Bpent about $75,000 in Smith's interests, he so id. The republican national commltt man told the committee that the total sum "employed" in tho Smith cam. palgn fund was 253,G 47.51. and Dro. sonted a elatcimmt showing tho pur poses for which (ho mum y was spent. . asainscoii, .;. C ..'arning was Is SU"d ty I'm AaterU-nn Automobile as societies ; ) .'..i.:ri.:an wotorlsta plan-n'-'-S to visit Ca::ulu that they may be refused r'.ii:tuti.;,i to that country it. tuny do i..it h:no t-Uita lcwtiutlo WsrJa with Hum. 1