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VOLUME 47.
ATHENA, UMATILLA QOUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 26, 1926
NUMBER 47
L'
SECRETARY MELLON
FOR TAX REFUND
Coolidge and Mellon Both Op
posed to Any Permanent
Revision of Taxes.
Washington, D. C. The White
House has put a damper on talk of
a difference of opinion between Presi
dent Coolidge and Secretary Mellon
over tax reduction. ...
The offV'al r. -' osman declared the
chief executive and the treasury sec
retary not only were as one in their
advocacy of a refund in income taxes
and in their -opposition to a perman-
ent tax revision, but that the subject
had been discussed between them be
fore Mr. Coolidge surprised the coun
try by announcing his position.
Specifically the full , force of the
administration was said to lie against
the latest proposal to repeal the auto
mobile tax. The president feels that
with congress appropriating $90,000,
000 a year for roads the federal gov
ernment has a right to levy against
automobile users.
Heretofore the demand for relief
from the automobile tax has come
largely from the democrats in con
gress, but a republican member of
the house,. Hudson of Michigan, has
announced that he bad prepared a
tax bill that would repeal the levy,
cutting $75,000,000 from treasury re
ceipts. He also proposes to reduce
the corporation tax from the present
13 per cent to 10 per cent or lower.
Filbusters promise to be in order at
the coming short session of congress
with the is8ibllity that an extra
session of the new congress will be
made necessary.
Four subjects Muscle Shoals,
rivers and harbors legislation, probi
bition and the Lausanne treaty -furnish
the vehicles for practically un
limited debate and if efforts are made
to force them through, several of the
more important appropriation bills'
are likely to be lost in the shuffle.
Not only has opposition to the ad
ministration plan for returning the
treasury surplus to taxpayers through
credit allowances on their payments
next year been disclosed In republican
circles, but democratic leaders have
made considerable progress in prepar
ing for a drive looking to enactment
of permanent tax reduction instead of
waiting, as Secretary Mellon advises,
for a more complete demonstration of
the law's operation.
ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL
PERSENTS ANNUAL PLAY
J On Friday evening, December 3,
the Athena high school will present
the three-act comedy "A Family
Mix." . The play is adapted from the
stock company production of the
same name. The cast, under the di
rection of Miss Bateman, has been
working hard the past six weeks and
everything points to a finished pro
duction. f
"The Family Mix" is a rollicking
comedy depicting the embarrassing
situations ,pf .JWcJBobert Brown who
has been for the past two years pro
fessing himself a .married man . and
the father of a family. Deacon
Smith, the administrator of . the es
tate of Bob's aunt, believing in Bob's
veracity has been sending him an al
lowance sufficient to take care of the
needs of Robert's growing family.
Complications arise when the Dea
con pays Bob a visit and Bob is forc
ed to find a wife and a family on
short notice. ' Before the tangle is
finally straightened out he finds him
self the possessor of three wives
and a half of dozen children til to
the bewilderment of the poor Deacon
The. horror of Miss Campson, th9 oUJ
maid, and the trials of Jobson, the
hired man, with a negro baby add
some amusing incidents to the plot.
The cast of characters is as follows:
Ethel, Bob's sweetheart
Edna DeFreec
Sally, the maid and Jobson's wife
,,, Belle. Anderson
Miss Campson, an old niai4 ..........
LaVone Pittman
Louisiana Johnson, a colored lady
, Lucille Smith
Robert Brown, the hero and center
of "the Mix" Dorsey Kretzer
Deacon Smith, administrator of the
estate of Bob's Aunt
Granville Cannon
Jobson, the hired man..Cilfford Wood
James the chauffeur............John Kirk
AMERICAN LEGIONAIRES
t MAY GO TO GERMANY
FALL AND DOHENY
OIL CASEJN TRIAL
Washington, D. C -Trial of Amer
ica's most famous criminal-political
lawsuits the conspiracy case against
Albert B. Fall, former secretary of
the interior, and Edward L. Doheny,
multi-millionaire oil baron finally got
under way here Monday. i
After nearly three , years of delay,
during which the defendants have re
sorted to every recourse that high
. priced and able lawyers could Invoke
from the intricate rules of pleadings
in vogue in District of Columbia
courts, the two central figures in the
naval oil lease scandals of 1923 will
face a judge and jury.
Fall and Doheny, friends and fellow
prospectors many years ago in South
i west mining camps, ate charge with
having conspired to defraud the goy
ernment. . . .
Fall, as secretary of the interior to
President Harding's cabinet, is charg
ed by the indictment with having
fraudulently turned over to Doheny,
through a conspiracy, leases, for oil
lands in the 30,000-acre Elk Hills,
California, naval oil reserve.
Higher Institutions Exempt in Wash
' Ingtpn Fund,
Olympla, Wash.Reversing an earl
ier opinion. Assistant Attorney-Gea.-eral
Anderson held in a letter opin
ion to Mrs. Josephine Corliss Preston,
superintendent of public instruction,
that the teachers' retirement act ap
plies only to employes of the common
schools, and directed that any pay
ments into the retirement fund made
by instructors in the state university,
state college and normal schools be
returned to them.
The act creating the fond declares
ts provisions applicable to the "pub
js schools,'' said Anderson, meaning
common schools, gad added that the
phrase "school district" was used
throughout, indicating that the Iegis
lative intent was to provide only fot
teachers (a Uw lower grades.
At least one Athena member of
the American Legion is contemplat
ing attending the international con
vention of Legion Posts at Paris,
next September. C. L. McFadden who
served over seas, intends to go and
will be accompanied by Mrs. McFad
den. It is expected that they will be
joined on the trip by Dr. and Mrs.
Smith of Portland, who formerly re
sided in Athena,
American legionnaires, who attend
the Paris" convention, next year, are
going to find the road to Berlin easi
er going than eight years ago. Word
is received that American Legion vis
itors will be permitted to travel in
Germany at 25 per cent reduced fare
and all frgntier formalities have been
waived for the ''Yanks."
DECORATED BY THE QUEEN
Recounting the recent visit of
Qeen Marie of Rumania in Spokane,
the Colfax Gazette, tells of her inter
est in a well known woman of this
county, Mrs. Earl Dudley, now of
Colfax. During the, late war, Mrs.
Dudley served as a Red Cros3 nur3e
in the country of the Queen, and at
one time with other nurses, took tea
with the royal lady. Mrs. Dudley
was in Spckane during her visit and
was recognized and received by her,
the Queen recalling that she was
among the nurses who were decorat
ed by her for their services among
her people.
ASTORIA CRANBERRIES
The Presg acknowledges receipt of
a box f Astoria cranberries from
the Dellmoor cranberry marshes,
owned . by J. S. Dellinger, publisher
of the Morning Astorian. The Dell
moor cranberry marshes, located in
the northwest corner ;. of the . state,
can be designated as one of the show
places cf Oregon. There are 49 acres
planted to the red berries, 30 acres
of which are now in full bearing.
. " COUNTY AGENT HERE
Walter Holt, the new county agent
was in Athena Wednesday, where he
spent the day in making the ac
quaintance of farmers here. Mr.
Holt delivered an address before the
Kiwanis club at Walla Walla at noon,
returning to Athena, afterward.
SELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Goff of New
berg, are in Athens-., visiting at the
home of their daughter, Mrs. R. B.
McEwen. Mr. Goff recently sold his
interests in the local telephone sys
tem at Newberg. His services as
manager of the system have been re
tained by the new company.
Limited Jumps Rails i
Wreck; Kills Fireman
Another train wreck was added, to
the list that have occured in the vi
cinity of Cayuse station on the Uma
tilla river, when the Union Paciiis
Continental Limited, No. 26, west
bound, crashed into a boulder that
had rolled from a cliff to the track,
shortly after midnight, Monday. ' ,
When the speeding engine's pilot
struck the obstruction, the tender
and engine buckled, . catching Fire
man R.A. Rettig of La Grande, in
the gangway, and,- crushed him, to
death instantly. Engineer J. H. Snod
grass was thrown through the wind
ow of the cab and escaped with' 3
mere scratch on the thumb.
The rock rolled on the track at a
point a half mile east of Cayuse,
near the spot where several yeais
ago the Overland ... Limited, No. 18,
with Fred Schilke at the throttle,
was wrecked when the big locomotive
struck its nose in a bank when a
small tressel weakened by rains,
sunk beneath the weight of the 'ma
chine, - seriously injuring Schilke,
killing hi? fireman and a tramp who
was riding the front end of the tram.
Engineer Snodgrass says' the Linb
ited was entering a 400-foot straight
away, and he had a clear track
ahead, when suddenly from a cliff
above, the rock rolled in front of his
engine. He barely had time to apply
the brakes when the pilot struck. The
train was saved from going over a
40-foot embankment into the river,
when fortunately the big engine
careened into the bank. The tender
buckled ever toward the river, the
baggage car following it, and th
smoker also was derailed. The re
maining coaches kept to the rails,
and the only reason for the pass
engers knowing of the wreck was a
series of violent jerks expenienced in
the sudden halt of the train.
Withii an hour wrecking crews
were at the scene. , Engine and tend
der were separated after the baggage
car had been lifted over by huge
cranes, and the body of Fireman Ret
tig was released.
SOME CORN YIELD
What is undoubtedly the highest
corn yield in Walla Walla county
this year was produced by M. M.
Williams, Lowden, Washington, pior
neer corn and pilfalfa grower.
A quarter of an acre, measured,
harvested and weighed under the
supervision of County , Agent A." W,
Kasten, produced 1,775 pounds of
ear corn, or 101 3-7 bushels per acre.
O. A. C. DEFEATS OREGON
, ' . IN MUD WALLOW, 16 TO 0
. The O. A. C. Orangemen smothered
Oregon in a desperately fought game
Saturday at Corvallis, 16 to 0. The
game was played on a field that was
little else than a mud wallow, but it
was a real game, and "Pete" McFad
den, who witnessed it, has been wear
ing an O. A. C. smile that won't rub
off, since his return home.
For the first time since Oregon and
the Oregon Aggies have met in their
annual game extending over a period
of 32 years, the Corvallis institution
was able to win on its own lot from
the , Webf ooters. The final score was
1(5 to 0, with the Orangemen having
all the best of the argument through
most of the second half. Three block
ed punts, an intercepted pass which
was, turned into a touchdown, and a
beautiful place kick from the 25-yard
line by Schulmerick, were largely re
sponsible for the Aggie scores. . '
, Immediately after ..the game, the
Aggie players, accompanied by the
coaching staff, led by. Head Coach
Schissler, left Corvallis for Milwau
kee to meet Marquette Thanksgiving
day.. . On their, return trip the Corval
lis party will take in the Army-Navy
game at Chicago.
The .prangemen have wound up,
their most successful conference sea
son since 1907, when they won the
championship. . - J . . i
RAY BARTLEY, PENDLETON .
;; , ;' TRAPPER DIES ON LINE
Ray Bajr'tleyS, Of Pendleton, suc
cumbed, td hardship and exhaustion
en his. trap line:, near Bone Springs
in the Blue Mountains, Monday even
ing of last week Bartley, in eonu
pany with his trapping .partner Ar.
chie ; McCampbeU." f was" '' returning
from Salmon river to, the main camp,
when he .collapsed .on the trail. and
expired. The body was brought down
from the . mountains to , Weston,
Thursday, from, where it' was taken
to Pendleton for burial. ; .'.
Bartley was trapping with, Archie
McCampbell in the Blue -riicirntains,
The weather was intensely cold .and
snow was two feet deep. . It is
thought that Bartley died of expos
ure or heart disease. His parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Bartley, two sis
ters and two brothers survive, and
reside at Pendleton. , .
CAN BE TAKEN J
Automobiles being purchased on
the installment plan, with title re
maining in the motor company, were
held by the supreme court to bo sub
ject to forfeiture by the government
when Vsed in the illegal . transporta
tion of intoxicating liquor. The de
cision was in a case from Alilbama.
A somewhat similar proceeding has
come up from Washington state.
' BEN HILL VICTOR
Mayor . Ben F, Hill of Wal
la Walla ' .topped .his twq op
ponents : by a wide margin In. the
city primary, - election Tuesday, W.
E. McCroskey being second and E. J.
Cantcnwine, third. This means that
Hill and" McCroskey will go on the
final ballot December 6, when the
city's next mayor will be selected.
ATHENA TIJRKEY SHOOT
Athena scatter-gun .enthusiasts
held, a little ' turkey shoot over the
Athena traps Wednesday afternoon.
Henry Collins, Guy Matlock and John
Ilamley of the Pendleton gun club
came ur and shot with the local
shooters.
McNary Plans A New
Bill For Agriculture
A simplified McNary-Haugen farm
relief bill will be introduced on the
opening day of congress by Senator
McNary, Republican, Oregon, and
pressed for a final vote.
In making this announcement, the
Oregon senator, who will be confirm
ed as chairman of the senate agri
cultural committee, when congress
meets, declared the same principle of
the old bill was retained, but the ad
ministrative machinery would be sim
plified. '
He pred.M.I' measure ' .would
draw more suppoit.at the short ses
sion than ever before, as the farm-,
ers of the west and south, were de
manding relief from low farm prices.
As chairman ef the agricultural com
mittee, he will be in a position to
hold the measure more forcibly be
fore the senate.
Although he will not complete the
draft of the measure until after he
has conferred with heads of the
leading farm organizations, Senator
McNary has decided o ask for an
appropriation of $250,000,000 to set
up expert machinery to sell surplus
crops, under' the management of a
board to be appointed by the presi
dent, from the 12 federal land bank
districts.
The government would not stand
to lose anything under this plan, he
said, as the sum would be paid back
out of an equalization fee assessed
against the producers.
The president would have a free
hand in naming the board, the mem
bers of which would devote their
whole time to the business at a sal
ary of $10,000 a year.
Senator McNary has received as
surances of the support of . other
members of the senate and house in
his demand for farm relief legisla
tion at the coming session,.
FOREST SERVICE FILMS
. Representatives of ; the United
States Forestry Service and the Ore
gon State Forestry Service, showed
a film of moving pictures and a set
of colored slides, to the members of
the school at 2:30 last Friday. These
pictures showed Pacific northwest
scenery, wild life, mountains, streams
and lakes. The purpose of showing
these pictures was to create a better
knowledge of Oregon's natural re
sources and to develop a need of con
servation through fire prevention.
OREGON LETTER MEN
Beryl Hcdgen, of Athena, will re
ceive his second letter in football at
the close of the season, according to
an announcement made by Virgil
Earl, director of athletics. Twenty
three letters will be awarded this
year, the largest number in this
sport given by the University at any
one time, In order to win a letter
in football a man must either play
one straight half in a conference
game or must play in three differ
ent halves for a total of thirty minutes.
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MRS. LOUISA WAGNER CALLED
BY DEATH HERE MONDAY
Mrs. Louisa Wagner, widow of the
late Andrew J. Wagner, died at her
home in Athena, Monday, after a
serious illness of several weeks dura
tion. Funeral services were held at
the home Wednesday afternoon, in
terment taking place in Athena ceme
tery. Mrs. Wagner was a pioneer of the
Athena vicinage, having come to the
farm home north cf the city in 1875.
; Louisa A. Morgan was born June
5, 1850. At Hedrick, Ipwa, December
22,' 1870, she was united in marriage
to Andrew J., Wagner, who preceded
her to the grave February, 4, 1911.
They, crossed the plains in 1875, set
tling on the homestead where she
spent the remainder of her life, with
exception of the last few years.
She is survived by the following
children: Mrs. Thomas Ervin, Port
land; Mrs. Adam Raymond, Fresno,
California; Mrs. Jake Creighton, Col
fax, Washington; Mrs. William Bush,
Mrs. Frank Sanders and Mr. Ace
Wagner of Athena. She also leaves
eight grandchildren and three great
grandchildren.
NEW OREGON LAND FINDS
HOMES FOR SETTLEMENT
Progress is bringing new blood to
Oregon's farm lands is marked by
the annual report of the land settle
ment department of the state and
Portland chambers of commerce, di
rected by W. G. Ide, which shows that
during the fiscal year ending Septem
ber 30, 009 families have been loca
ted on farms in various parts of the
state, and that the money invested
by these newcomers totals $2,999,718.
The program of the land settlement
department has been in operation for
the past three and one-half years,
during which time 2,228 families
have been, placed on Oregon farms di
rectly through the efforts of the de
partment. According to Mr. Ide, the
initial capital investment of this body
of settlers is $8,697,440. - -
In the work of securing the propel
growth and development of Oregon
by getting its farm lands occupied
and used, the cooperation of realtors
and commercial clubs in the various
counties of the state is proving a
great factor. That every section of
Oregon is organized for action to
make this work effective is shown by
a portion of t.he annual report which
shows 28 counties accounting for the
distribution of these homeseekers.
THE REBAKA1I CONVENTION
The district convention of the Re
bekahs, held at I. O. O. F.-K of P.
Hall in Athena Tuesday forenoon, af
ternoon and evening of this week,
was attended by over 100 visiting
members and delegates. The busi
ness session vas held in the forenoon
and afternoon, and in the evening
initiatory degrees were conferred on
two candidates by the Pendleton de
gree team. . Grand lodge officers,
President Dora Sexton of The Dalles,
and Vice-President Etta Sanderson of
Freewater, attended the convention
The banquet was held at the Christ
ian church,
SEASON'S FIRST SNOW
The first snow ef the season whit
ened the ground Friday, when an
inch fell in the valley and several
inches in the foothill districts. It is
reported that in the Toll Gate vicin
ity, at the summit of the Blues, over
two foot of snow has fallen. Ordi
narily, the amount of snow now in 1 he
mountains presages a normal depth
of several feet before the winter is
over, which will insure moisture for
the water sheds during spring and
summer months.
PIONEER WOMAN DEAD
Mrs. J. E. Arkell, pioneer Pendle
ton woman, died at the family home
in that city, Sunday evening, at the
age of 68 years. She had lived in
Pendleton for more than 36 ymrs
and is survived by her husband nnd
four children.
FOG DOWNS AIR MAIL
Leon Cuddeback, pilot of a Pasco
bound mail plane, became bewildered
in a heavy fog Monday forenoon and
made a forced landing at Walla Wal
la. He completely lost his bearings.
The mail was dispatched to Pasco by
rail.
C. F. KENNEDY DEAD
Charles Franklin Kennedy, a resi
dent of Umatilla county f.ince
died at Pcndletcn, last Friday. He
was a well known resident of Pendle
ton, and is survived by his wife und
four children.
ANDREWS FP.OPOSES
WHISRU1M0LY
Big Corporation to Manufacture
Medicinal Liquor is Suggested,
Washington, D. C Immediate crea
tion of a private corporation to manu
facture medicinal whisky and to tnke
over all existing supplies of this
liquor, will be asked of congress by
General Lincoln C. Andrews, in charge
of prohibition enforcement.
Ho Said it was imperative that the
corporation immediately set about the
distilling of whisky lest the present
supply of about 15,000,000 gallons be
exhausted at tho end of five years,
which ; time, he estimated, will be
necessary for tho new stock to age.
Secretary Mellon, who joined Presi
dent Coolidge in vetoing a previous
proposal that the government take
over the supplies of modicinal liquor,
has indorsed the new plan.
While the law now authorizes the
internal revenue bureau to make pro
vision for replenishment of the medi
cinal stock, Andrews asserted that "no
thoughtful citizen would want to place
upon a government official the em
barrassing responsibility of deciding
what whisky distilleries shall ba
authorized to manufacture 3,000,000
gallons of whisky and to require him
to undertake to supervise the manu
facture. "The one best practical solution to
remedy all these conditions, seems to
be that congress shall by enactment
set up a private corporation which
will be, in fact, a beneficlent mono,
poly.
MILWAUKEE BO
PUT UP
SALE
Butte, Mont. After months o liti
gatiou, which followed its receiver
ship, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul railway was upon the block Mon.
day for sale to tho liirchpst bidder.
Only one bid totaling 5140,000,000,
was niado at the public sab. The bid
was made by rej resontalives o the
reorganization committee and will be
submitted to the federal court in Chi
cago on December 13 for approval.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
railroad, reputed to bo one. of the
most progressive in the country be
cause of its firt electrified line
through tho Rocky mountains, went
into bankruptcy March 18, 1925. The
crisis in tho road's financial affairs
came after the raid built its trans
continental line, went through the dis
organizing war period, spent huga
suiub in electrification and then faced
decreasing revenues because of Pana.
ma canal competition.
The now reorganization plan pro
posed by the Kuhn-Locb-N'ational City
combination calls for u readjustment
jjf tho road's whole financial structure,
which bankers claim will effect the
complete financial rehabilitation of
tho road.
FOREST FIRE COST $621,735
Reports Show Los3 of 225,000,000
Board Feet of OreQon Timber.
Salem, Or. Approximately 225,000,
000 board feet of merchantable timbei
under the jurisdiction of the state
forestry department was destroyed by
fire during tho past season, according
to a report proparcd by tho staU
forester.
The report showed that the losses
in tho yellow pino region of eastern
Oregon were heavier during the pasl
season than for many years. This
was due to continued dry weather, ab
normal low humidity and high winds.
Of the total net Ions of timber report
ed during the seasun 60 per cent ol
the destruction wua in eastern Oi
Ron. .
Cuba Begins Wor k on Maine Memorial
Havana, Cuba. 10 nnsti uction ol
the monument c-rected by Cuba to the
memory of the Ann i i an.) Killed in the
explosion U tbc Iiattbship Maine hai
bocn started. The monument was
wrecked during the hurricane which
struck Havana, October 20.
N. P. Official Dies In Wreck.
Lake Park, Minn. Dan C. Potti
bono f St. l'anl, tfriioral baggage
atfint of tli'.: Northern Pacific railway,
wim killed here when n passengei
train crashed into tho rear etij of an
ether train.
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