Entered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mall Matter
VOLUME 47.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1926
NUMBER 37
MAIL TRAIN LOOT IS
RECOVERED IN UTAH
Union Pacific Robbery Clear
ed Up by Arrest of
Mail Clerk.
Salt Lake City. With the arrest ot
five men and the recovery of all but
$500 of the 1200,000 in securities and
unsigned currency, postal inspectors
here announced they had completely
solved the robbery of a Union Pacific
mail car near Rock Springs, Wyo.,
August 13.
Those under arrest are Jack Mad I
gan, railway postal, clerk between
Cheyenne and Green River, Wyo., who
was found bound in the mail car when
it arrived at Green River; Jack
KearnS, 34, Salt Lake City, alleged
acquaintance of Madigan, who plan
ned the robbery with Madigan; Bill
Bradford, 28, Salt Lake City, friend of
Kearns; Paul Sourlis, Salt Lake City;
Ted Theodore, proprietor of a Rock
Springs, Wyo., pool hall.
Postal Inspector Imus of Denver,
who has been working on the robbery
"since a little before it happened"
and who recovered the loot buried in
a chicken house 14 miles southeast of
here, said discrepancies in the stories
told by Madigan first drew suspicion
to him, in spite of the fact that he
was found bound in the mail car.
The sacks of mail, Imus said, were
thrown from the car at a point previ
ously agreed upon between Madigan
and Kearns. Kearns and Bradford
were waiting with an automobile and
the sacks were thrown into the ma
chine and brought to this city, where
the loot was hidden in a chicken
house, he said.
U. S. RESERVATIONS
HAY BE ACCEPTABLE
Geneva, Switzerland. An optimistic
remark concerning the reservations of
the United States in connection with
that country's adherence to the world
court was made by a prominent dele
gate to the conference of world court
members which is considering the res
ervations. He said that all the Amer
ican reservations would eventually be
accepted. ' '
This opinion was expressed after
the conference had adjourned, leav
ing a committee of 14 to study the
Judicial points raised by the Ameri
can conditions with the understand
ing that a report be made at a ses
sion of the conference prioi' to the
closing of the league of nations as
sembly. Whether it is excessively
optimistic only the future .' can dis
close, but certainly the speeches at
the closing session produced a gener
al impression that the conference will
go the limit of concessions in order
to meet the views of the United
States, so weighty is the importance
all countries attach to its adhesion to
the court.
President Van Eysinga, summing up
the discussion, declared the first four
reservations and the first part Pf the
fifth had been approved on first read
ing. -- - ; ..
YOUNG WINS IN CALIFORNIA
Governor Richardson ' Defeated In
Primary Race by Large Plurality ,
San Francisco, Cal. Unofficial re
turns indicate the nomination of C.
b. Young, one of five republicans who
opposed Governor Friend W. Richard
son in his race for renomination in
the state primary. Lieutenant-Governor
Young was more than 13,000 votes
ahead of the governor and more than
220,000 ahead of his next nearest com
petitor, Rex Goodcell. . ... ;
Justus S. Wardell of San Francisco,
appeared to have won the democratic
gubernatorial nomination over Carl
Alexander Johnson, dry anti-Tammany
candidate, whose candidacy was In
dorsed by William Gibbs McAdoo.
, United States Senator Samuel M.
Shortridge, a Coolidge republican,
who ran for renomination on bis rec
ord, had a lead of more than 96,000
.votes over his nearest opponent, Rob
ert M. Clarke. '
1 In the democratic senatorial race
John B. Elliott, tie anti-Tammany
candidate indorsed by William Gihbs
McAdoo, was far ahead of Isidore
Dockweiler.
New York, N. Y. A loan of 20,
000,000 to the state of Prussia, Its
first external financing, has been ar
ranged by a syndicate beaded by Har
ris Forbe3 & Co, it was announced.
MINISTER'S GAR CAUSES"
FATAL INJURIES TO BOY
A car driven by O. D. Harris
Christian --church minister, - -well
known in Athena, was in an unavoid
able accident v at Wallula, Tuesday
which caused fatal injuries to a nine-year-old
boy. - The Walla Walla Un
ion says: ' r 4-
"Robert B. Burdett, nine-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben H. Burdett,
of Wallula, suffered fatal injuries at
Wallula Tuesday morning about 8:30
when he was struck by an automobile
driven by Rev. O. D. Harris, minister
of the Christian church at Everett.
The boy died in a Walla Walla hos
pital about 2 p. m.
Rev. Harris was enroute from Milton
his former pastorate, and struck the
boy as he rounded a curve in the
narrow street T which . runs by : the
Wallula store. The boy was cross
ing the street at the time. He was
thrown to. the street striking his
head. The lad was rushed to Walla
Walla but died in the hospital early
Wednesday afternoon. Cerebral hem
orrhage was given as the cause of
death.
"Coroner J. W. Cookerly announced
that no inquest would be held. The
accident is said to have been unavoidable."
WILL PUSH PLANS
FOR UMATILLA PROJECT
The introduction of a bill in both
houses of congress authorizing con
struction of the various features of
the Umatilla transportation, irriga
tion and power project in eastern
Oregon was approved says the Morn
ing , Oregonian, at a meeting at the
Chamber of Commerce attended by
the executive committee and officers
of the Umatilla Rapids association
and Senators McNary and Stanfield
and Representative Sinnott.
Mr. Sinnott and Mr. McNary, it
was said, were ready to present the
bill in congress, which will be simi
lar to the Boulder canyon project
measure. It provides for the irriga
tion phase pf the development work,
to be paid for from funds derived
from commercial development of hydro-electric
power, the expectation
being that such revenue will be suf
ficient; to defray, the., expense of
bringing the water to the edge of the
districts to be irrigated.
The introduction of the bill would
result in a series of hearings at
Washington, Senator McNary and
Rrepreseititive Sinnott, who held a
preliminary conference on the mat
ter, said, and they.- announced they
were ready to do everything possible
to obtain congressional approval.
Attention was called to the fact
that the government has not adopted
a policy of developing , power pro
jects alone, with the exception of
some war-time projects, and, in fact,
hitherto has opposed guch develop
ment. 1 The fact that the transporta
tion and irrigation phases of the pro.
posed Umatilla rapids projects wore
linked so closely with the hydro -elec
tric possibilities was considered a
feature which might over-rule pre
cedent. While money might not be
appropriated, it was said, to build
the initial project - and develop the
power phases, it was considered pos
sible that funds might be lent under
suitable terms.
The meeting recommended the de
finite measuring of the power that
would be provided by the proposed
plant it being estimated, discussion
brought out, that power eeuld be
generated at Umatilla rapids at a
switchboard cost of two-tenth mills
per kilowatt hour.
The expansion of -the present or
ganization embraced by the Umatil
la Rapids association to insure a
large and more active participation
throughout the Pacific northwest was
urged at the meeting.
Joseph N. Teal, chairman of the
executive committee of the associ
ation, presided and spoke on several
phases of the proposed development,
in which he has been actively inter
ested for a number of years.
The attitude of the "department of
the interior was - voiced by Senator
McNary, who said he had received
a letter . from Secretary Work hold
ing that development cf the Uma
tilla project at this time was im
practicable as there was not suf
ficient consumers in the territory to
utilize the immense output of elec
tric power which would be available.
MRS. GILLANDERS DEAD
Mrs. Earl Gillanders a well known
Pendleton woman, died Monday
morning at St. Anthony's hospital,
after a long illness,
MASONS WILL CELEBRATE
THEIR 75TH ANNIVERSARY
Every member of the local Masonic
Lodge who has been a Masori for; fif
ty years or more will be an honored
guest at the impressive ceremonies
that will be held in Portland," Sept
ember 15th, to celebrate the 75 An
niversary of the founding x ofr-the
Grand Lodge of Oregon. Instructions
were received today by A. M. John
son, of Dolph Lodge to immediately
ascertain how many fifty year. Mas
ons there are among its membership
in the" city and surrounding district
As soon as the names are received
special invitations will be sent them
from Grand Lodge headquarters.
Thousands of Masons will gather
from all parts of the state to par
ticipate in the celebration, and in
addition, representatives from .var
ious lodges of Washington and Ida
ho that were originally under the
jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of
Oregon when the Northwest was still
a territory will attend. Of the 23.')')0
Masons in the state it is estimated
that between 5,000 and 6,000 will be
present when Edgar H. Sensenich,
Most Worshipful Grand Master, calls
the meeting to order in the Municip
al Auditorium in Portland.
The program will be divided into
two sections. The first section will
consist of a banquet held in honor of
all fifty year Masons now members
of the vorious Oregon Lodges. At
tendance will be limited to these, fifty
year Masons, Grand Masters of the
United States and Canada, heads of
the various Grand Masonic bodies in
Oregon, Past Grand Masters, Grand
Lodge officers ond District Deputy
Grind Masters of the Grand Lodge
of Oregon, Masters and Wardens pf
the lodges which organized the Grand
Lodge of Oregon and of the Wash
ington and Idaho lodges originally
under its jurisdiction. The second
section will revolve around a huge
meeting of all Master Masons at the
Public Auditorium..,
The Grand Lodge was organized
three quarters of a century ago at
Oregon City in 1851. The then Ore
gon Territory embraced everything
from the ' coast' to the." Rocky Moun:
tains. At the coming Portland meet
ing the principal addresses will deal
with the history of Masonary in
Oregon and the part Masonry has
played in the state's development. ;
LABOR DAY OBSERVED
Monday was Labor Day, and it was
generally observed. In Athena the
banks, post office and barber shopa
remained closed for the day, and a
number of business houses were clos
ed during "the afternoon. Weather
conditions were ideal and outings for
the day were enjoyed by many.
RE-PURCHASES FARM
The Milton Eagle reports that S.
R. Huntep has repurchased from V.
B. Zerba the pjace he formerly own
ed, known as the Hunter wheat farm,
of about 400 acres located four miles
east of Milton, Mr, Hunter sold the
place to Mr. Zerba last spring.
ROUND-UP CROWD WILL
BREAK ALL? ATTENDANCE
With ticket, orders fpcuring in from
all over the country; ;with the Round
Up barns filled with;, top-notch live
stock awaiting the events of track
and arena; with famous performers
arriving "Lo compete;., and with the
city in gala dress, for the big event,
Pendleton is" awaiting the opening
gun which will start the 1926 Rcund
Up September 15, 16, 17 and 18.
The crowd gives, promise of being
a record breaker, " the orders frofn
out-of-town now totalling 52 per cent
more than those at this time any
year in the past. The performers
will be the most skillful in the game
and will include champions like Ma
bel and Hugo Strickland; Bob Cros
by. Sam' Garrett. - Lbrena Trickey,
the Irwin and McCacty aggregations
and scores of others. Pinkey Gist,
and his educated mule, will be pres
ent to supply ample comedy.- Pinkey
is known -as a clown supreme.
Snappy race horseBjj' wild Mexican
steers and real, hpnest-to-goodness,
rjp-snorting bucking horses will com
prise the livestock; The stuff is
particularly fine and , j some bad mo
ments for would-be jchampions are
promised ; in ; the bulldpgging, roping
and bucking events.
Pendleton is gay with color these
days. Citizens have f laid off their
somber attire and wear the rainbow
tinted shirts,. th cartwheel bats, the
boots and the spurs of the cowboy.
And over all "this a lovely Indian
queen holds sway. She-is .Miss Es
ther Lee Mctanic, full blooded Uma
tilla maiden, and the first Indian
girl ever "entrusted with, the cowboy
scepter. - Queen Esther I has been
acclaimed the most beautiful Indian
girl in the United . States, and , is
known also for her vivacity ' and.
charm. . J i . ... -.
ATHENA SCHOOLS OPEN .
WITH ENROLLMENT OF 132
The ?Uhena schools opened Tuesday
morning for .. the school year. The
total enrollment was 132. Sixty-two
have enrolled in the high school de
partment! and seventy in the grades',
.The enrollment in the high, schoql
Freshman 15; Sophomore 15; Jum
ior 18; Senior 14,
The classes in sewing, typing,, aijd
Latin have the largest enrollment.
The high -school classes chose their
officers Tuesday with the following
results,:
Freshman; president," Lois Smith;
vice-president, Thelma Schrimp; secretary-treasurer,
Virgie Moore; sar
geant at arms, .Cecil Pambrun.
Sophomore: president, Weldon Bell;
vice-president, Oral Michener; secretary-treasurer,
Alberta Charlton; sar
geant at arms, Pearl Green.
Junior: president, Helen Hansell;
vice-president, Armand Bell; secretary-treasurer,
Allen Simpson,- ser
geant at arms, Itol Schubert.
Senior: president, Fred "Radtkc;
vice-president, Lois Johnson; secret
tary-treasurer, LaVone Pittman; sar-
geant at arms, Norman Mclntyre,
GRECIAN DANCERS AT THE SESQUI
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These dancers have selected for their graceful performance the keystone
shaped pool in the court yard of the Pennsylvania State Building at the Ses-qui-Centennial
International Exposition u Philadelphia, which celebrates 150
years of American Independence. 1 The spot Is one ot the most beautlfiil and
.artistic on the exposition site. The Exposition continues until pecember L
OREGON TRAIL COINS .
, TO BE MINTED SOON
'" The first samples of the memorial
half, dollar, commemorating the his
torical Oregan Trail, will, be- struck
off at . the Philadelphia -mint within
at-:week, according to announcement
office of the director of the mint.
..The die to -be used in" coining the
memorial pieces is almost ready for
use, haying been made from a design
approved by officials of the Oregon
Trail Memorial association, of whom
Ezra Meeker, pioneer, is one. The
coin, which was authorized by a
special congressional enactment,
bears on one side the picture of a
prairie schooner drawn by oxen with
a driver brandishing his whip over
the team. Above this group is in
scribed "In God We Trust" and be
low it 'Oregon Trail, 1926."
On the reverse side is the year of
minting, '1926," with the figure of an
Indian superimposed on the outline
of . the continent cf North America,
showing the line of the Oregon Trail.
The Oregon Trail coins will be sold
as souverirs and with the proceeds
monuments Will be erected along the
route which the pioneers followed to
the Oregon country.
The Oregon, trail issue has been
limited to 6,000,000 coins, which will
be purchased from- the government
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STANDARD PICTURES
An exceptionally fine program of
photoplays arc being shown at the
Standard ' Theatre at 1 the present
time. Tomorrow night Lillian and
Dorothy Gish will be seen together
fcr the first" time, when they appear
in 'Metro's splendid production, ,fRo
mola." Sunday night, James Oliver
Curwood's "The Ancient Highway,"
a sterling picture tops a fine program
for the evening. There will be no
pictures shown at the Standard on
Wednesday and Saturday of next
week, on account of the Round-Up,
but on Sunday night, September 19,
Gloria Swanson will appear in her
greatest Paramount picture of the
year, "Stage Struck."
IS SERIOUSLY INJURED
R. B. McEwen and sons Edwin and
Ralph arrived home Monday from
Newbetg. Mrs. McEwen remained
with her father, Mr. Goff, who was
hurt in an automobile wreck, mention
of which was made in last week's
Press. Mr. Goff's injuries are more
sericis than at first revealed. His
side and back severely : wrenched
when he was caught under the steer
ing wheel do not' respond to treat
ment so far,
LITTLE BOY SUCCUMBS
' Death relieved the suffering of lit
tle Jimmy, the four year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ace Wagner, at St.
Mary's hospital, Monday morning,
September 6. Nearly a month ago
the little fellow was stricken with ap
pendicitis, and had been in a precar
ious condition since. Funeral services
were held at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. Lieuallen grandparents,
Tuesday afternoon, near Weston, in
terment taking place in Athena
cemetery,
ON HUNTING TRIPS
The hunting season opened today
end will close October 20. O. O.
Stephens and Art Coppock have es
tablished camp on Fly creek for a
ten-day deer hunt. Charles Henry,
ITamp Eooher, Berl Anderson and J.
L. Harman are also hunting on Fly
creek. W. C. Russell and Lloyd Mich
ener are west of Kamela, hunting
deer at the head of Johnson creek.
Others from Athena will be in the
mountains at different times during
the open season.
THUEE-IN-ONE
Milton Eagle: Probably one of the
bent records ever made by a hen in
this section of the northwest in one
flay is the laying of three eggs in on?
day by a hen, number 227 hatched
and owned by N. J. Vanskike, breed
er of "Vigorbilt" white leghorns.
SEEING THE TRYOUTS
Trying out the bucking broncs and
exhibition Itound-Up stock is of in
terest to many spectators, and daily
large numbers visit Round-Up Park
to see the riding.
WALLA WALLA PRISON
CELL HOUSE BURNS
The Fire is Believed to Have
Been of Incendiary
Origin.
Walla Walla, Wash. Fire, believed
to have been of incendiary origin,
which broke out in the main cell
building of the Washington state pen
itentiary here, caused a los3 estimated
at $100,000.
Nearly 1000 convicts milled about in
an inclosure, adding to the din with
their yells, as the Walla Walla fire
department and prison guards fought
the flames, which were not discover
ed until they had gained considerable
headway. . ,
The flames broke out in a ventila
tor shaft of the dining room, where
400 men were at dinner.
Cell doors were thrown open and
the convicts herded out into a separ
ate inclosure away from the burning
buildings and placed under heavy
guard. Company F, Walla Walla na
tional guard unit, was hastily mobil
ized and rushed to help guard the
turbulent crowd of prisoners.
The prison buildings are old and
largely of frame construction and
burned rapidly.
What Is known as Siberia, cell
house where the most dangerous crim
inals are kept, is at some distance
from the main building and had not
taken fire, the inmates remaining in
their cells.
Inspection in the main prison build
ing at .the state penitentiary showed
that It can be repaired easily and
will not have to be replaced at heavy
cost, as was first feared.
GERMANY AGREES TO
MAKE LW PAYMENT
Berlin. Parker Gilbert, agent gen
eral for reparations, with the approv
al ot the reparations commission and
the governments concerned, has sign
ed an agreement with the German II-.
nance minister, Dr. Reinhold, by
which Germany during the third
Dawes plan annuity year, ending Aug
ust 31, 1927, obligates herself to pay
a lump sum of 300,000,000 gold marks,
in lieu of two supplemental contin
gent budgotary contributions of 250,
000,000 marks, each payable by Aug
ust 31, 1928, and August 31, 1929.
. To Germany's creditors the agree
ment means not only substitution of
a definite sum for an uncertain con
tingency, but the payment of this sum
during the present annuity year where
otherwise contingent sums are not
payable until the next succeeding
year. By the arrangement funds avail
able for deliveries in kind during the
third annuity year will be substan
tially increased. In explaining the ef
fect of the agreement, Mr. Gilbert
says:
"The agreement as a whole will
contribute substantially to the smooth
oporatlon of the financial experts'
plun, and incidentally will facilitate
Its administration by eliminating fac
tors of uncertainty that might other
wise be troublesome. The settlement
Is further evidence of a spirit of
friendly accommodation and a new
earnest of the goodwill and mutual
understanding lying at the basis of
the plan itself."
L0NGVIEW PLEA DENIED
Interstate Commerce Board Refuses
to Divert Through Trains.
Washington, I). C Application of
railroads operating between Seattle,
Wash., and Portland, for permission
to operate four pnsscnger trains dally
via Longvlew, Wash., was denied by
the interstate commerce commission.
The proposal to divert the trains to
the Longvlew route would Impair tho
safety of train service, inconvenience
the public travel to Kelso, Wash., and
increase unnocPH.sarily tho coBt of
transportation, the commission ruled.
At present, the Northern Pacific, the
Great Northern and the Oregon-Washington
railroads pool their passenger
service between SuaUlo and Portland,
and operate five i rains daily in each
direction via Kelso over tho line ot
fh Mnrthprn I'licifie.
Stanfield Backers Nominate Senator
Portland, Ore. A meeting of 290
men and women, formed as the "Hon
orable Campaign Method Organized
assembly." at the Hotel Portlaud nom
inated Robert N. Stanfiold, defeated
primary candidate, for re-election as
United States senator, Independent ot
nurlw olfillatiou.
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