Entered at ttie Post Office at Athena, Oregon, aa Second-Class Mail Matter VOLUME 47. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON,' FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 24. 1926 NUMBER 51 fdfery'S-Farm' Giffcmd In the House Mef snrs Will Not be Consid ered Until After Holiday Recess. Washington, D. C. Terminating ten chys of unf.ei'trutity as to his attitude on new farm relJaf proposals, ( Chair man Hansen c tha hcusa agricultural t tv t i n a IV. ewiTauon muuuay enuurseu iub now Kc;;.ry bill and, virtually unchanged, irli-orticii it as a companion measure 'in t!;. hoi!tu. His measure, like that of Senator MtNary, i -publican, Oregon, provides for an equalization fee oa five princ.i p:.l commodities including cotton, and Ibis is expected to precipitate a con trovercy between Haugen and Repre sentative Fulmer, democrat, South Carolina, who has introduced the Mc K 'ry bill modified to exempt applica tion of the fee on cotton until two years after enactment..- : :K , immediately the farm forces began to lay plans for bringing the new bill to a vote 'this session, but a decision by the hous'j agriculture committee to cliueunllnno further meetings until af-, l r the linl'daya indicated inaction un til Jad-wry. The senate . committee tVo pHuis no meetings until after tho r:vp.t. JJiiiiilir McNary has attempted to i.u-luvlo iii his new furm relief plan all ti e feat urea cf similar measures intra f'.ucid nt iht last session, which he bo ikizii itahle, including parts oi tha Tircf.t,? ud Fees bills. : Tha "ata tijii.rcticn .fund,'' y.'hiiih js the principal feature of tha new bill, is to be creat ed from eiiuqUzation fpes laid upon tha "marketed, units" of each com modity. It is to be used. la "rtunoving holding or disposing" of the surplus, puiler terms similar. to those of the (j'M iil!, AH mcnticH wf t))'ic3 standardization price levels, however, ig omitted from the urgent legislation. " Athena Boys Win And Girls Lose To Pilot Rock Team eiiSTMASlEffl GOT BY 0, S; STEEl New .York. A ?-20!M)M,(j9 ('hrist m:is f ; i ft. in (he form of a 40 per cent filocU dividend came as a reward to fr.iitn.on f-t :"Khol(k'rs of the United ?tati fiteel corporation after years of waiting to (jtinre jn he company's huso surplus of more than f500.00(J,OQO. The finance committee and the board of directors of the world's larg t.at stcsl company unanimously ap f;?oved a proposal to increase the com mon stock by i,b'A3,ZlQ gh.ares, subject to tha ratification of stockholders at their annual meetins next April. This action repressnts the capitalization of ptimp: $203,000,000 of the corporation's eurpbis hi ,; will mean the distribution to sliairho'ciers ol OHy of the largest dividend ever paid by a industrial ccinpaiiy. , . TAX GBOgS EARNINGS Oregon Inquirers Favor Real Property Exemption from State Tax. Portland, Ore. Elimination of state taxes wi real properly and raising state revenues from' $ gross earnings tax levied, on corporations. This, it is reported, will be the rec cmuienaattpn made to the legislature by the tax investigating committee, which has been working oa ti)e tax problem fcr months. TM committee, of which John H. C2.rl:in, 'v.-hu wjlj bo speaker of the Liuso of lepresentutlves, ia a member, returned from California last week end is said to favor the California rian of financing the state through a Ci'oisg. earnings tax. - La Grando Selected for New Normal. Salem, Or. The board of regents cf state normal schools,' by a vote of five to f.iii- minted La Grande as the lo p.'ticn for ili.i new elate normal school .y.bJ;:h was created under a measure r-pproveri. by tlie voters cf Oregon at tho last general election? Friday night the basket ball teams of Athena high met and split games with the teams representing : Pilot Rock. The girls' official did not ar rive and the Pilot Rock coach, Mr Hopf, refeieed the first half, and Wil bur Harden, Athena, t'ook the second half. The game was somewhat slow, and the score was close. Pilot Rock won, 9 to 6. '".-' .' Athena . Line-Up Pilot Rock E. Pittman R. F. : Carnes Anderson L. F, , Smith . Geissel J. C. Bracher De Freece R. C. Byrd , Charlton , R. G. ' James Smith L. G. Sherwood Cannon Subs. Beck L. Pittman, T. Schrimpf. The referee was on hand for the boys game with all his accessories. In all fairness to the referee tho, it should be mentioned that both coaches asked him before the game to call everything close. Suffice it to say that he carried out all that wa3 requested. The game started with a rush and continued that way throughout, The score at the end of of the first half was 9 to 5 in favor of Athena, with foul shots accounting for most of the points. In" the second half there were more field baskets and both teams ran out of substitutes to take the place of men put out with four personal fouls In the last quarter Athena got over her fear of fouling, played the ball, and began to make points. In those few minutes the boys rang up 13 points to 3 for Pilot Rock and closed the game with a final score of 28 to 18. In all departments of the game, the boys showed ' promise, which with hard work will bring re sults. ... Athena, 28 Line-Up Pilot Rocfc, 18 Stephens R. F. Michael Radtke L. F. R. Smith Kretzer C. J. Smith Taylor . R. G. Miller Cannon L. G. Wayatt Johnson Subs. Sherwood, McDonald, Lieualjen ai)4 Myrjck. Referee: Cruson from Walla Walla. Scorer: Miller, Athena. Athena Takes Dcubleheader Athena High school took a double header at the Weston gym Wednes day evening, from Weston high. The boyg won 22 to l(j. Athena girl? ran their score up 31 points, to 7 for the Weston girls. The boys game was fast and well played. The Weston girls could not connect with the basket. Athena leading all the way on the offensive. "The Nativity" Pageant Was Well Presented The Christian church was ell lled Sunday night when "The Nativity" a Christmas pageant was presented. The auditorium was appropriately decorated with greens and garlands, forming a fitting background for the paitieipahts, Cbnstmas carols interspersed through out the perform ance were beautifully rendered while thecostuming and . lighting effects .were beautiful. The presenting of the pageant as a whole was one worthy of much praise and was much appreciated by the large audience present. Clackamas County Is oostlng For Agent ew Umatilla County Agent Is Praised For Previous Work. Accidently Drowned Miss Margaret Hamilton, 38, born and raised at Walla Walla, was ac cidentally drowned in Lake-Wahiawa, Honolulu, Tuesday. Of recent years she had taught in the schools of Portland and Yakima. She went to Honolulu last : June to teach in the sehools there. Her father, Gavin Hamilton, resides at Lewiston, Idaho. Christmas Tree Exercises An interesting program was rend ered at the Christmas tree exercises held at the school house in District No. 2, Wednesday evening. The pro gram consisted of music, songs and recitations. Miss Savely, teacher, had charge of the program, which was enjoyed by those present. Landis Investigates Bass Ball Stars. Ch'cago, III. Ty ' Cobb and Tris t'pealccr were linked in-an investiga tion conducted by Baseball Commis sioner Landis involving an alleged ir regularity of a game between Detroit r.nd Cleveland played in Detroit Sep tember 25, 151D. Commissioner Lan dis, v ithcut making a decision, made public more than 100 pages -of tcsti-' ,iony taken in coauection with the , ca&'' ' Pcstoffice Bu?y Place The Athena postoffice has been about the busiest place in town, this week. A larger number of Christinas packages than usual have been mail ed through the office, and noticatly the greeting card volume has also increased. The East Oregonian says that a copy of resolutions passed by. the Greater Clackamas Union of clubs composed of the civic clubs of Clack amas county in which is expressed the high esteem in which Walter A. Holt, new Umatilla county agent is held have been received by County Judge I. M. Schannep. "This is not a mere good fellow ship resolution, but tells the story of Mr. Holt's entire career, and through his attitude won . the - esteem ; and friendship of all" the people. He was given an ovation when this resolution was passed by the 350 representa tives of the clubs voted," say3 a let ter accompanying the resolutions signed by E. A. Koen, Oregon City, secretary and treasurer. The resolu tion follows: Whereas, Walter A. Holt, Clack amas County Agricultural Agent, loy al friend and worker in this organi zation, and a valuable citizen of the community, 'has determined that bis interests will be better conserved by transferring to another part of the state; and Whereas, This change will be made within the next few weeks and be fore an other meeting of this organi zation is held; therefore be it Resolved, That the Greater Clack amas Union of Clubs in regular ses sion assembled at Gladstone, Oregon, this 28th day of October, 1926, that we deplore the conditions that appear to have necessitated the change; and be it further- Resolved, That we extend to Wal ter A. Holt a vote of appreciation for his splendid co-operation and assist ance to this Club, and for the gener al good that he has done in Clackam as county during his six years' work here; and we congratulate him upon his promotion to one of the best ag ricultural agents' positions il the state; and be it further Resolved, That we pledge our full support to John J. Inskeep, his suc cessor in office here, realizing the importance and value of county agri cultural work; and be it further Resolved, That qoptas, 'qf thesy re solutions be forwarded to Mr. Holt, to the county court of Umatilla Coun ty, Oregon, and to the Extension Service Department of the State, Ag ricultural Coilefe at Cqrvallis.. Right Leg Removed Between Knee and Hip As a Last Resort Wind Drifted Snow Whilethe chinook wind was melt ing the snow here and on the foot hills, Tuesday, drifts accumulate4 qn the highway, between Athena and Adams. Auto stages were held up Saturday and Sunday on account of ice and sleet on the pavement. The Union Pacific ran a train on tho schedule of their auto stage, the fore part of the week. Elmer Merritt, s who has been a patient for ..eight months at St, Mary's hospital Walla Walla, was forced to undergo, an operation Mon day, for the amputation of his right leg, as a last resort to save his life He withstood the operation better than expected, and now has a fair chance for recovery. Mr. Merritt had his leg broken last summer, when he was struck dwn by an automobile, which ran -into a band qf sheep which Merritt was driving along the highway. The fracture proved to be a most serious one, the bone being splintered. It did not yield , to treatment readily, and three operations prior to the amputation were found necessary, one being the result of a wheel chair collapsing, which caused the patient to fall to the floor, again breaking the leg. After the leg was broken a second time, the fractured bone would not knit, and the limb was gradually shrinking, leaving amputation the only recourse left. A compromise for damages was, made out of court, Mr. Merritt re ceiving $2000 and hospital, medical and professional services paid up to the first cf last July. Henry Barrett was present when .the operation took place. - It was performed by Dr. Key lor, in the presence . of three other surgeons. Sid McLeap Died Friday, Funeral Is Held Here Sunday Sid McLean, 44, farmer of the Dry Creek neighborhood, and well known in Athena, died at a hospital in- Wal la Walla, early Friday evening of last weak while under 'an operation for relief from stqmach trouble. Mr. McLean had been ailing for some time, and Thursday night be came worse. A physician was called and had the , patient removed to a hospital, where preparations were at once made for the operation. The remains were brought to Athens Saturday and the funeral was held at the Methodist Episcopal church here, Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. . . Mr'. McLean is survived by bis widow and one daughter, hw mother, Mrs. McLean of Athena; two broth ers, James McLean of Washtucna, Washington, and Will McLean,' of Dry Creek. New Normal School Goes To La Grande Pendleton Is Nosed Out For the Location By a 5 to 4 Vote. Pust fleets Officers At a meeting of Athena-Weston American Legion Post, Monday even ing, the following officers were elect ed for the ensuing year. Penn T. Harris, Commander; . Justin C. Har wood, Adjutant; Victor T. Ilirsch, Finance Officer; Glenn C. Dudley. Grant S. Prestbye, Curren L. McFad den, Herman O'Harra, Everett E. Zer ba, Executive Committee. Miss Seville Marty of Pendle:n, speut Sunday in Athena with friends. A Salem special to the Portland Oregonian, says the board of regents of state normal schools, by a vote of five to four, selected La Grande as the location for the new state nor mal school which was created ijndcr a measure -red by the voters of Oregon at the ganeral election. Members of the board of resents who voted for La Grande were E. E. Bragg of Salem, J. II. Fuller of Ash land, Frank Miller of Albany. Gov ernor Pierce of Salem and R. R. Turner, state superintendent of pub lic instruction. Regents who voted for Pendleton on the final ballot were W. C. Bryant of Moro, George A. Hartman of Pendleton, C. L. Starr of Portland and Sam A. Kozer, secret tary of state. - The location of the new norma! school was determined through a prq. cess of elimination. There were originally 12 applicants for the school of which four were eliminated early in the meeting. They were Arling ton, Weston, Redmond and HI There was no discussion hy the re gents with relation to the merits of the applicants. Gq the second elimination ballot La Grande received .nine votes Mil ten 'one, Pendleton eight. Bend on". Hood River one, and he Dalles' sev en votes. Under the rules adonted for balloting, all of the applicants! were eliminated on the second ballot with the exception of La Grande, Pendleton and The Dalles. Each ve- gent voted for three locations on the second ballot. C. L. Starr then moved that The Dalles be selected as the location for the normal school. Only three of the nine regents, including Fuller, Starr and Bryant voted for this moUon. With The Dalles eliminated from con sideration the regents then divided by a vote of five to four in favor of La Grande. After the final vote had been announced it was, decided that the action of the regents should be considered unanimous. The city of La Grande, through its commercial organizations, has offered to deed free to the state for normal school purposes the choice of three sites. Two of the sites are within the city limits, while the third is located a short distance from the municipality. It also was agreed that the grade school buildings a,t La Grande should be turned over to the normal school regents for practice teaching, and that the city should provide ade quate water and' sewage systems. If new grade schools are erected in La Grande the normal school re gents shall be consulted in connec tion with their architecture and de sign. Here From Condon Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Booher who reside at Condon, are in Athena vis iting at the homes of relativts and friends. " ' - To All the World Lodges Will Hold Joint Installation Next Monday Night Joint installation of officers will be held at Masonic Hall Monday even ing of next week, by Dolph Lodge No. 80, A. F. & A. M., and McKenzie Chapter, No. 112, 0. E. S. Masons and their families will at tend, and a banquet supper will be an event of the evening. A range has been placed in the lower room of the Masonic lodge building, and the supper will be prepared there, The following officers for the en suing year will be installed by Dolph Lodge: Herman Hoffman, W. M.; Clarence Tubbs, S. R.; Louis Keen, J. R.; N. A. Miller, Treasurer; Ralph Cannon, Secretary; Read Hill, Tyler Chapter officers to be installed are: Stella Radtke, W. M.; A. R. Coppock, W. .P.; Kathleen Barrett, A.M.; Persephone Watts, Secretary; Vir ginia Watts, Treasurer; Minnie Fer guson, Conductress; Alma Ames, As sociate Conductress. ' , -l? f&f.: ' H A Christmas Proirram At the Baptist Church The Christmas spirit was mani fested Thursday night at the Bap tist church when member of the church and Sunday school cooperated in presenting a program. A profusion of red and green gar lands were used and a glittering tree was the feature of the decora tions. The program follows: Song, "Joy to the World" , '. Congregation Scripture Reading .....Mr. Hadley Musical Prayer Helen Barrett Welcome Song Sunday School Recitation Maybello demons Recitation...... .,.,.., .Laura Jean Payne Recitation Paul Kibby Recitation.. Gene Miller Recitation.. Billy McFadden Recitation Raymond McFadden Recitation Beverly Barrett Recitation,...,......,,,,,,,,. Clark Zerba Recitation Teddy Miller Solo, "Star of Hope"... Mrs. R. B. McEwn Recitation Arleen, Foster Recitation ...u Jack Pierce Solo.... ,.,,.. Clark Zerba Recitation Raymond Murphy Recitation Roland Wilson Recitation.................. ...... Cecil Clemens Recitation Nadine. Elder Duet Robert and Barbara Leo Recitation....,...,,,.,., ....Clair Elder Recitation Arthur Crowley Song , Young People's Class Recitation Nellie Pie.rce Recitation :.' :.G(diie Pierce Christmas Stqry.,.....,....SunshlnQ Girls Recitation Bryan Kibby Song Choir Talk ;.. Rev. Bollinger Snow Blinds Driver Cars In Collision When Lester lSen-evin and his mother were driving along the high way between Weston and Athena, Wednesday morning Mr, Rorgevin became blinded by tha snow and col lided with an approaching car. Both drivers attempted to avoid the accident by using their brakes caus ing them to skid. The Bergevin car was quite badlv damaged the running board and radi. ator being smashed and an axle sprung, while the occupants were bruised and shaken. The other ear escaped with only a few scratches. Struck Machine Headon Norman Mclntyre, in making a getaway from a bunch of Rnowballers, Wednesday afternoon, met with what might have terminated in a serious accident. Attempting to turn the corner at Steves while running, he plunged headon against Mrs. M L, Watts' car which was turning the currier irom i nirq Htreet. 1 he car was running stow and this fact haved Norman from being badly hurt. A ji was no cme oui or u wnii a bruised shoulder and a couple of ab raslons on his forehead. Dance New Year's live The Alhana-Wectoii American Le K'ori Post will give a big dance on New Year'B eve, next Friday night A special invitation is extended tq all to come and dance the eld year out and the pev year in. Music will be fwrriinhed by the Jolly Joy-Maker's orchestra. Peorre Mayer, I'ioncr George Mayor, a resident of Wal la Walla for forty years, died in 'Ki', city Tuesday morning, at the ag3 of 05 years. Wets Starting In To Modify Amendment Cider of 2.75 Per Cent With Wine at 8 to 12 Per Cent Proposed In Bill. Washington, D. C.-Honso wets made their first move Monday toward intro duction of a composite prohibition modification measure, while from Wayne B. Wheeler, counsel for the anti-saloon league, came a broadside against members of congress who suc cessfully eliminated $300,000 from the treasury appropriation bill as expense for undercover prohibition agents. Representative Hill, republican, Maryland, wet. leader, completed draft ing a bill which would amend the pro hibition act to permit tho manufacture and sale of beverages which are "not in fact intoxicating as determined in accordance with the laws of the re spective states." Hill would place his amendment di rectly after the provision which ex empts from penalties individuals man ufacturing nonintoxicating cider and fruit juices. - "Cider of 2.75 per cent," he said, "can be legally made in the home of the farmer, and from 8 to 12per cent wfne can be legally made in the farm-. er's home, because it is legally non intoxicating. If it is legally not in toxicating, there is no reason why in those states which desire" it, such bev erages, including malt beverages, may not be commercially sold under such rostrlcticns as such states may make." Wheeler prescribed tho blocking of the $500,000 undercover appropriation as an attempt to "starve the prohibi tion cat so it cannot catch the liquor mice." His statement included a de nial that such -appropriations woul.l authoirza fundft for the nnti-saloon league, Ho said the league seeks no government money. The wets, he claimed, "neck to crip ple the enforcement agents by making them personally finance the captura of big prohibition of renders ami rumrunners." EXPENDITURES FOE! SCHOOLS IMEUSE New York. Expenditures for public grammar schools and high schools In the United States since 11)00 have in creased saven-fold, whilo tin; popula tion during the same period has In creased only by about half, according to a study of public education expendi tures made by the national industrial conference board. 1 Extension of educational fndlltles and ralsos in teachers' salaries ac count for part of tho increase, the re port discloses. The annual budget for primary and secondary schools In 1!)00 was $211, 965,000, but In 1924, the latest year tor which rigureg are available, grammar and high, schools required an expendi ture Ot l,620,7i:i,000, the report shows. This is an Increase of 747 per cent. Tho increase in per capita cont In the four years was 471 per cunt. In 1924 the highest amount expend ed in child education was tho $159.35 for each child of from G to 17 years ot age spent by California. Nevada ranked second With $129.19 and Wy oming third with $10(5.23, according to the report. PLAN CHURCH CONFERENCES Series of Conventions to Be Held In Paclflo Coast Cltiea. San Francisco, Cal.-- A series of in-ter-denonilnational conf';vnrn unrii r the auspices of the I'nite-I .Steward ship council Ul hn In Id In leading cities of tfie Pacific coast In January. The meetings, an.m.'eil tliioindi. tho federation of churches, will ho partici lated in by all the J'roi : :anl clergy and loading rellgUitiri workers in tlia cities included In the it iiii rary. The schedule of im-fiii:i' Im-lndi-'a Spokane, Wash., Jasm.iry ( : Seattle, Wash., January l.YU; s i ..nn-nto, Cal., January jt'I; S.in rr:ncts t, Cal., January 22-21. un-i Fre no, (.'a;., Januarv 27-2K New Wsrk Sst by A:r Mv', Pilrti. Washington. 1. C A r---i ill: lit freni Chicago to Nsw Y r: wn. ; m.r by John F. Milt- and II. A ::; ' '(',:, traiwoill il'.T, ;.! : ii:k: h ) ccv- ici! ih.' ,.: . i:i!kv. in i lejr i nd 20 m.iu'..-.i fl?;e fijit, eHpp. ; '5 miuu'l . O.f the J : . li:. 1. 1'. it 30 . - ice record.