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Entered at the Poat Office at Atliena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mall Matter VOLUME 47. ATTIENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, jtRIDAY MORNING, OCTOHER 22, 1926 NUMBER 43 X r iHiMiiiminimmit I High School Notes ; Those on the Honor Roll for the past six weeks are: Edna DeFreece 94, Kathleen Radtke .03, Fred. Rad tke 93, Belle Anderson 93, Jessie deane Dudley 92, Alberta Charlton 92, Helen Hansell 91, Ralph Mc Ewen 91, Edwin McEwen 90, Stafford Hansell 90y2- Lenore IVlc Nair 90, and Dorothy Geissel 90. . Those having the highest grades in each of the different classes are as follows: Bookkeeping, Fred Radtke 95; Biology, Ralph McEwen: Gener al Science, John Kirk 91; Physics, Fred Radtke and Ray Johnston 61; Algebra, Cecil Pambrun 88; Latin 1, Sophomore Division,; Edna DeFreece 96; Latin I, Freshmen Division, Staf ford Hansell 95; Junior United States History, Kathleen Radtke 96; Sew ing, Belle Anderson 95; Latin 11, Helen Hansell 92; English I Carl Calvert 94; English II, Phyllis Hod gen and Emma Ringel 95; English III, Kathleen Radtke 94; English IV, Edna DeFreece 93, Belle Anderson 93, Lois Johnson 93, and LaVone Pittman 93; Senior United States History, Fred Radtke 95; Typing I, Jessiedeane Dudley 93; Typing II, Edna DeFreece 93; Geometry, Al berta Charlton 96; Civics, Margaret Lee 93. The lone football team came to Athena in a school bus. It took about six hours to make the trip. Mr. and Mrs. Skeen and Mr. Fas nacht, the coach, and his wife came with the team. The seventh and eighth grades will entertain the school at a general as sembly Friday morning. The enter tainment will consist of recitations by Arleen Myrick and by George Pittman, also songs and readings by members of the classes. Coach Miller of the seventh and eighth grades took his star players, Wayne Pittman, Arthur Crowley and Emery Rogers to Weston Monday evening. .They attempted to sched ule a game with the Weston grades, but no definite arrangements wers made, Senator Robert N. Stanfield gave a brief talk at the high school audi torium, Tuesday at 2:S0. He traced the history of public land, taxes and government cf the United States He was accompanied by several poli ticians and was introduced to the audience by B. B. Richards. Alvin Anderson, of Selah, Wash ington, enrolled in the Senior class Monday. Melbra Thome, of Pendleton, vis ited the high school, October 13. The school lost three pupils this week as the Saunders family moved to The Dalles. Christine was a Sophomore and June and Jean were in the primary rppm. A service man from the Johnson Heat Regulator company of , Port land repaired the school heating sys tem the first of the week. Mrs. C. M. Eager visited the grades Tuesday. Jennamae Read, who is in the hos pital at Walla Walla is improving. OREGON IS PICTURED "AS PIVOTAL STATE In a special iypatch, written by a etaff correspondent, now ? Oregon, The New York Times pictures Ore gon as a possible pivotal state around vdiicfc thj contest between republi cans and 'democrats for control of the next United States equate cen ters. . After reviewing the national situ ation and projecting the views of liiti Ores011 leaders, the staff corres pondent wivts: "If such indeed is the situation, it explains the intense interest that the republican senate campaign com mittee, headed by Senator Phipps, is suddenly takiflg in what may happen in Oregon, for it may very well bo so close a contest that senate con trol will rest upon a single vote. CORPORON RAILROADING Floyd Corporon, former Weston boy and present railroader, has been transferred from Hope, Idaho, to Pasco, Washington, where he has been given a permanent assignment as signal maintainer by the Northern Pacific says the Leader. His duties will occasionally take him to Pendle ftm, Walla Walla and Dayton, Pasco being his headquarters. STANFIELD IN ATHENA Senator Stanfield was in Athcm for a short while Tuesday afternoon, He addressed the High school, interviewing friends and voters here Tuesday evening he addresfed a miss meeting at Pendleton, NAMELESS, MEMORYLESS. EX-MARINE IS RECOGNIZED Facing thousands of members of the American Legion, assembled in annual convention "Jerry Tarbot," the legionair without a name, with out relatives, and without memories, learned- definitely for the first time that he had served with the Ameri can Expeditionary Forces in France, Hisi identity, however, still remains a mystery. Standing in a brilliant circle of light cast upon a tiny platform in the Sesqui-Centennial Auditorium. Tarbot peered into the faces of the vast assemblage ; in the hope that some one would recognize him. "Does anyone recognize this man ? " asked the chairman. After several minutes of unbroken silence, Tarbot stepped from' the platform with head bowed in disap pointment. Then suddenly the cry: "I know that man! I know that man." It came from Benjamin Spang, a Sesqui-Centennial guard. "I recognize him, said Spang, "as a member of the Sixteenth company, Fifth regiment, .United States mar ines. I was in the Fourth company and both companies were in the same battalion. I was a sergeant and of ten boxed against a man named Sul livan in, the Sixteenth company. I remember Tarbot as a man who used to hang around when we were box ing." ' Then Spang and Tarbot, .whose memory goes back only three years, when he was released from a Stock ton, Califorina, insane asylum, be gan to compare notes. "I remember seeing you," said Spang, "at Colombo and Nevares, and again at Belleau Woods,'' "Yes," said Tarbot, visibly strain ing to roll back the curtain of the past, "I remember going into ac tion with 24 men led by Lieutenant Robinson." Spang said that Lieu tenant Robinson had died during the war. . Spang and Tarbot had luncheon together,' and Spang later said he was the man who had served In his battalion. "He remembers hiking into the town of Moulanvillo and Marines, and stuffing his bags with provisions as we all did," said Spang. "These details would not be known to anyr one except a soldier who actually was on the spot." Tarbot, who in 1922, was picked up on the streets of San Francisco, a victim of amnesia, and sent to the Stockton asylum, said that his talk with Spank had established definite ly in his mind what he had believed for some time that he had served with the marines in the World war. Now that he knows the unit in which he served, ?e said, he had hopes that the records of the regi ment would aid in his identification. DISTRICT CONVENTION The district convention of . the Baptist church was carried out ac cording to the program published last week. A good number was in attendance and the speakers . were received with enthusiasm. A pot luck supper was enjoyed at six o'clock followed by the evening ses sion, the music being arranged by the, young people of the Athena churc. APPLES DROPPING It is estimated that close to fifty per cent of the apples which had been left unpicked on the trees have fallen as a result 9 the recent winds in the Walla Walla valley. The stems had been weakened by t the frost and were unable to withstand the pressure from the wind. These apples are a total loss, except possib ly for hog feed. HODGEN SHIFTED A University of Oregon Athletic says in the backfield defensive scrim mage against the freshman eleven early this week, Coach McEwan was so favorably impressed with the power of Beryl .Hodgen, a halfback of the 1925 squad, and now a guard on the first team, that he shifted him into the backfield on the defense to occupy the place of a roving center. APPLE SHOW Mrs. George A. Price, Mr. O. A. Giles, Mrs. H. O. - Mansfield and Mrs. W. H. Bailey of Milton, pro gram and publicity committees of the Milton-Freewater apple show vis ited Athena Monday in interest of the event which will occur next Wednes day and Thursday October 27 and 28. Athena talent will be represented on the program in vocal selections and humorous readings. ARNOLD BENNETT HALL IS PRESIDENT OF U. OF 0. University of Oregon, Monday Before a crowd of more than. 4000 persons '" on Hayward field Arnold Bennett Hall was inducted into of fice as the fifth president of the Uni versity of Oregon., A gentle October sun colored the field, while the academic regalia, with brilliant trimmings of red; blue and white, of the faculty and distin guished visitors formed ' a stately and impressive picture. Hundreds , of prominent citizens from all parts of the state attended the ceremony, as well as members of the board of regents, students, facul ty, presidents of 22 different univer sities, representatives of 170 col leges and learned societies in various parts of the country. A romantic touch was lent by the presence of two surviving members of the first class, Judge Robert, S. Bean, of Portland, and Ellen Condon McCornack, of Eugene. Descendants of the first board of regents were given a spec ial section at the inauguration, The only bridge over the gap be tween the strugglhsg little pioneer university of 1876 and the great in stitution of 1926 Dr. John Straub, emeritus dean of men and professor of Greek watched Dr. Hall as he took office. Dean Straub came to the University: two years after it open ed ,and has. served during the admin istration of four other presidents, Bishop Walter T. Summer, of Port land, delivered the invoation, vnd Judge W. Hamilton introduced Dr. Clarence Cook Little, president of the University of Michigan, who de livered the installing address on "Op portunity and the Individual." The benediction was given by Dr. Levi T. Pennington, president of Pacific college. THARP-CHAPMAN A wedding of interest to their friends took .place Sunday evening, when Miss Iola Chapman of Milton, became-"-the -bride of Mr. Lawrence Tharp of Walla Walla. The nuptials took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. K. Williams, 502 First street, Walla Walla, in the presence of nesir relatives and friends, with the Rev. Herman S. Reichard officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Tharn will make their AN'OPEN LETTER F THE SfflE'GIE WARDEN To the Sportsmen of ' the State of Oregon: Do you want the hatchery or hatch eries in your ' sectioii' of the state abandoned? Do you want to have the work of the state game farm cur tailed and the game, patrol service restricted? If you do not vote 327 No when you go into the bocth on November 2. That vote will kill the Tithing Bill which will take between $35,000 and $40,000 from the game protection fund every year and make necessary the abandonment of five or six of our trout hatcheries. Yours may be among them..? You as a sportsman ' and a taxpay er have contributed.' your regular proportion of the tax expense of the state. In addition to that you have purchased a hunting license, a fish ing license, or both, and when you did so it' was with the promise that this money would be -used in muking it possible for you to hunt and to fish. It is morally wrong for the state or anyone else to divert part of this money into the general fund. The sportmen of this state with their license fees are niaintaining the greatest asset the state of Oiegon has its wild life. They, are doing this' cheerfully although thousands of people who neither fish nor hunt profit either directly or indirectly because of the existence of this re source, ' One-half of all game fines goes in to the county treasuries to the extent of approximately $10,1)00 each year. This more than pays for the cert of the trial of all game cases because 90 per cent f them are obtained on pleas of guilty. Very few game cases ever go to trial, If you really desire to defeat tfa's, as you certainly should, kindly sue to it that everyone with whom yon come in contact is acquainted with the. unfairness of thi Tjthir.g BUI and ask them to vote No. 327 No. Cordially Yours, E. F. Averill State Game Warden. HISTORICAL SOCIETY WILL AWARD ESSAY PRIZES The Oregon Historical Society has selected "The Joint Occupation of the Oregon Country" as the subject for the 1927 C. C. Beekman History Prizes and Medals. The prizes are four in number, viz., first, sixty dol lars; second, fiftv dollars; third, forty dollars; and fourth, thirty dol lars and will be awarded for the best four original essays on the above named subject written and submitted by girls or boys over fifteen years of age and under eighteen years of age, attending any public or private school, academy, seminary, college, university, or rther educational in stitution w':1 ' : the State of Oregon. Each of the fo. prize winners will also receive a handsome bronze med al. The conditions governing the competition are as follows: The es say submitted in competition must not exceed two thousand words in length, The essay may be in handwriting or in typewritten form, preferably upon paper of commercial letter size, cither ruled or unruled, the several sheets being numbered consecutively and written on one side only, with blank space of about one and one quarter inches at top and left-hand margins. The essay shall be accompanied by a separate sheet containing the name and posteffice address of the writer, the date of his or her birth, and the name of the school attended. ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL. FOOTBALL TEAM DISBANDS STANDARD PICTURES Tomorrow night Corinne Griffith will be presented by First National in "Mile. Modiste." Sunday night Percy Marmont and Shirley Mason will be seen in Paramount's fine photoplay "Lord Jim," from the story by Joseph Conrad, the world's greatest writer of sea tales. Rich ard Barthlemess comes Wednesday night in the powerful nlay "Soul Fire." DEER ATTACKS MAN Convalescing in a Pendleton hos pital, A. II. Trombly, Portland, tells tales cf how an infuriated deer at tacked him on the private fish hatch ery of N. D. Swearington, on the Umatilla river. According to Tromb ly, he was hunting pheasants with a party of friends and climbed into an enclosure to get an apple. A buck deer charged him and before friends could beat off the deer, he had re j ceived severe bruises and an artery I in his thigh was severed. SELWAY HUNTING TRIP Sam . Pambrun,' Fay LeGrow and Marion Hansell are back from, their hunting trip in the Selway district, In company with John Ankeny of Walla Walla, and H. H, Canter ot Lewiston, they went where rame was plentiful. .The party killed five elk. Deer were so numerous that largo numbers were seen daily. The trip was made with a pack outfit. Rain and warm weather caused most of the elk meat to spoil, after the iuini-. crshadr exhausted e.ycry. means to save it, WESTON POTATO SHOW A number of Athena people cqn template attending the Weston Po tato Show tomorrow, The ?how this year Is being conducted on a broad er scale than formerly, and prepara tions have been made for a larger attendance. INJURED IN GAME Playing guard for the University of Oregon frosli fpotball team in Sat urday's game with Columbia college of Portland, Wilbur Harden sustained the only casualty, but it resulted in a strained shoulder for the young Athena player. The Oregon yearlings won over Columbia, 26 to 0. A LARGE DEAN CROP The Weston Leader reports that Toe I'ayar.t ha3 finished threshing just about the largest bean mm ever f.rovvn in the Weston , district 55 acres on the wheat ranch of Barney Foster. The tract yielded 214 sacks or about C50 pounds to the acre of beans good (juality with the exception that nome 40 sacks were slightly damaged by the weather. The vari iety is Red Mexican. Plans are on foot for local cleaning of these and other Weston beans for shipment in carload lots. The lone football team defeated Athena last Saturday by the score of 19-0. The first counter was made in the second quarter. And the second touchdown came in the fourth quar ter. It rained throughout the game and due to a wet field the ball was very hard to handle. The lone bovs received most of the breaks which helped to beat the local boys. The Athena high school team has decided to disband, and cancel the remaining games on the schedule. This action was found necessary due to the fact that not enough boys came out for practice, and atao be cause some who had been on the squad were no longer eligible to play on account of low grades. Athena Grade Team In what proved to be a thriller from start to finish, the Atliena grade football team trounced tlio Ad ams eleven to the tune of 26-G. Ad ams received the ball from 'tie kick off and soon lost it to the Athena group, Immediately, Athena started a march for the Adams goal line, and in two well-executed plays, they plac ed the ball behind the bars from the middle of the field. From this time on, the outcome of the game never was in doubt, and Athona scored three more touchdowns while Ad ams gardened one. Criss-cross plays and end rui3 con netted with just enough lins plunges kept the Adams boys gueasin;?, r.nd the result was some very good plays were executed, The Athena line showed two or throe w?ak spots but it was able to hold the opponents as they took the ball away from Adarru on the one-foot line. Arthur Crowluy, calling signals, acted like an old veteran on the- job, and his offensive playing was hard to beat. Emery Rogers, Wayne Pitt man and Raymond Murphy showed up well on defense for the back field, and it was Raymond Murphy who drew the 'cheers'"'" froroHHoonloolccrs' as he sped across the field to pull down the biggest man Adams had, twice saving his comrades and keep- ng Adams from making two more touchdowns. NOMINATED BY PETITION As stated in last week's Press, candidates for city offices will neces sarily have to be made by petition in order to have their name3 printed on the election ballots. A petition pre sented at a lightly attended meeting in the Commercial Association room Tuesday morning bore the names of the present city officials, for reelec tion, and is now" in circulation. An Expected Visitor GOVERNMENT TO DROP ITS AIR OPERATION v . . f m 3miAikM0m coming-, bmmmm gpljll I The government intends to relin quish operation of the transcontin ental air mail service and within 30 days invitations will be issued by the postmaster-general calling for bids for its operation by private, enter prise. Witl thy passage by the last con gress of legislation placing the de partment of commerce in charge of commercial aviation matters, Posi-master-General New said he felt the time has arrived when the postoffice department could step out. The department has on hand about 85 airplanes, 15 hangars located at flying fields all over the country, anc'. shop equipment worth several mil lion dollars, Tht postmaster-general reiterated that no company could successfully operate a commercial air eervice or a mail contract alone, but must also be prepared to transport passengers and express. In addition to the transfer of ihe continental lino to private contract ors, the overnight New York-Chicago service also will be let by congress to private operation. A SSOC I A TIO N M V, KTIN G S The resumption of activities of the Athena Commercial Association for tin; fall and winter months, brgan Tuesday evening with the first meet ing since the meeting:; were dispens ed with during the .summer. Here ;:ftiT regular meetings will be held every Tuesday evening. The road commit toe reported complete adjust ments had been made for rh'ht of wiiy to the Eagle Hollow extension of the Wild Horse market road, that .details for seeurtri;? the grading of the road leading north from Athena 'vere nenring completion. CANDIDATE NOKVKI.L HERE J. S. Norvell of Helix, republican andidate for representative, was in (Athena Monday calling on voters.' i Mr. Norvell has been in the hardware 'and implement business for id tiny ' years at Helix, and is well kiMn throughout the county. KILLS MNK IM.CK Athena deer hunters returned yes. tenlay from the Ukiah country. A j li. Coppock bringing hack a fine bi' ' buck which ho killed there. The Social Side j (By Mrs. R. B. McEwen) THE CIVIC CLUB . Athena Civic club held the first meeting of the fall season Tuesday afternoon at the home of the presi dent Mrs. H. I. Watts. Work for the ensuing year was discussed and de finite plans for an evening in honor of the Athena school teachers, were made. The club will entertain at the K. of P. hall Saturday evening October 30 and extends a cordial invitation to school patrons and others interest ed in the school. The president wishes it announced that this is to be a community entertainment as the club members are anxious to in troduce and welcome the teachers to Athena. Committees for the affair are: Decoration, Mrs. F. S. LeGrow, Mrs. B. B. Richards, Mrs. Will Read, Mrs. Fred Pinkerton, Mrs. W. S. Ferguson, Mrs. F. B. Boyd; Re freshments, Mrs. Henry Dell, Mrs. W. P. Little john, Mrs. H. I. Watts, Mrs. Lou Kretzer, Mrs. William Mc Pherson, Mrs. E. C. Prestbye; En tertainment, Mrs. R. B. McEwen, Mrs. C. M. Eager, Mrs Lloyd Mich- ener and Mrs. O. O. Stephens. MISSIONARY PARTY A Missionary party will be given at the Baptist church Thursday af ternoon October 28, at 2:30 o'olock. Clever invitations accompanied by dainty silk coin bags are being sent out, with appropriate wording. Com mittee chairmen for the affair are. Program, Mrs. O. O. Stephens; En tertainment, Mrs. Piy Cannon; Dec oration, Mrs. Jesse Smith; Refresh ments, Mrs. C. L. McFadden. HONOR GUESTS Mrs. C. II. Smith and Mrs. A. C. Crank of Portland were honor guests Monday, . afternoon at an informal bridge tea at the home of Mrs. II. I. Watts. The rooms were attractively decorated with lovely fall flowers in shades of yellow. Two tables wero in play, Mrs. R. B. McEwen holding high score. Following the play the hostess served delicious refresh ments. Those present were, Mrs. E. C. Prestbye, Mrs. C. L. McFadden, Mrs. W. S. Ferguson, Mrs M. L. Watts, Mrs. C. H. Smith, Mrs. A. C. Crank and Mrs. R. B. McEwen. ENTERTAINED AT BRIDGE Mr. and Mrs. R. B. McEwen en tertained at Bridge Monday evening in honor of their house quests Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Smith and Dr. and Mrs. A. C. Crank of Portland Au tumn leaves and flowers were ar ranged about the rooms. Four tables were in play and Mrs. M. L. Watts and Dr. Crank made high score while Mrs. C. L. McFadden and C M. Eager received the consolation prizes. At a late hour tho hostess served ices. The guests included Mr. and Mrs. II. I. Watts, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Eager, Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Richards, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Mc Fadden, Dr. and Mrs. Smith, Dr. and Mrs. Crank, Mrs. II. A. Barrett and Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Watts. THE BRIDGE CLUB Mrs. B. B. Rieharli entertained the Bridge club Inst Friday after noon when three tables were in play, Beautiful Michaelmas daisies wero used as decoration and the hostess served dainty ices ;?nd confection. Additional guests were Mrs . Roy Simmons, Mrs. Otis Whiteman, Mrs. Maurice Hill arid .Mrs, Arnioml Da Merritt all of Walla Walla. dinner oi:i:i;Th; Mrs. O. O. .''tepbens nnd Mrs. B. B. Richards honored Dr. and Mrs. Smith at diM'(. r Monday evening The beautifully aopi.iu'ed table was cen tered v i '. y1.i.,v ( hrysani liemunn and i;.';l ' wi'h tapers of the same hue. Additional guests included Mr. and Mi'i. M. T.. Watts, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. McFadden and Mr. and Mrs. R. B. McEwen, LUNCHEON HOSTESS Mrs. A. A. Kimball was hostess u luncheon at her home in Pendleton Saturday. Fall flowers in shades of yellow ndorii' .1 ioe rooms and cen tered the t:,,!... Following luncheon bridge w.k enwyed Mrs. Ileiirj Col lins 5 . t . i t i ; t r i.ijrh score. A then t guests ioel'i! !, Mm. B. lj. Hii-hards, Ins. O. f. M-phfiis, Mrs. II. I, Walts, Mrs. K. 1!. Boyd, Mrs. M Watts, Mrs. II. H. Hill and Mw, U, McEwen. I K.