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VOLUME 48.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 17, 1927
NUMBER 24
The American Nation
Welcomes Lindbergh
Trans-Atlantic Ace Greeted
by Thousands in Nation
: al Capital.
Washington, D. C. As conqueror ol
the air over the Atlantic and ambassa
dor of good will, Charles A Lindbergh
received from the hands of President
Coolidge a Distinguished Flying Cross,
the highest award of the American
flying corps.
The ceremony crowned a reception
such as the nation's capital never be
fore had given to any person,1 no mat
ter what his rank, station or accom
plishment.
His entry into the national capital
over a roadway that had known the
tread of victorious armies and the
passing of kings and of presidents
was one of sublime triumph. -
Hundreds of thousands, straining im
patiently .against police barriers, tu
multously acclaimed . the blonde
young Viking who conquered the air
over the Atlantic in a daring flight
alone in the cockpit of a monoplane,
As the chief executive pinned the
bronze medal, the first to be struck
off, on the lapel of the blue sack coat
of the world's hero, a mighty roar
went up from the thousands upon
thousands who were massed in the
broad expanse of park surrounding the
towering granite shaft erected to the
memory of the first president.
Mr. Coolidge called him "our am
bassador without a portfolio." Lind
bergh seemed unmoved. He stood
straight as a top sergeant and smiled
at the greeting of the crowd.
"On the evening of the 23d of May
last I arrived at Paris," he said! "Dur
ing the week I spent in Paris and the
time I spent in Brussels and London,
the people of Europe asked, .that J
bring back one message to the people
of America.
"At every gathering I heard - the
same words, 'You have seen the affec
tion of the people of France for the
people of America demonstrated to
you,' they said.
"I want to bring back to you this
message of affection."
That was the whole of Lindbergh's
speech.
"I thank you," he smiled, and sat
down. -
This speech of just 124 words
brought a renewed ovation from the
enthusiastic thousands of his immedi
ate audience, but if their applause or
that of the thousands upon thousands
who greeted him along Pennsylvania
avenue stirred his emotions, they were
kept under control by those same
nerves of steel which carried him
safely through a night of fog, sleet
and rain out on the broad ocean ex
panse just three weeks ago.
During most of his triumphant ride
he lounged down in the back seat of
an open White House automobile and
talked with his mother, who greeted
him aboard the Memphis and re
mained at his side until they reached
the seclusion of the temporary Whitf
House at DuPont circle, where they
are the guests of the president anc
Mrs. Coolidge.
COOLIDGE STARTS WEST
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President Will Spend Three Months
In Black Hills.
Washington, D. C. With a retinue
of 85 White House attendants, pho
tographers and newspaper men. Presi
dent Coolidge set out Monday night
aboard' a special train to spend three
months in the Black Hills of South
Dakota.
There, in the locale of six-shooting
bad men and Indians, he will devote
himself primarily to fishing, walking
and avoiding guests.
Accompanying the president will be
Mrs. Coolidge, Postmaster General
New, Secretary and Mrs. Sanders, Ma
jor General James F. Coupal, his per
sonal physician, and Colonel Blanton
Winship, his aide, with members of
his office staff, household employes
and secret service operatives. There
will also be 26 newspaper men and
six photographers.
Lowman Formally Named - Director.
Washington, D. C. President Cool
idge formally appointed Seymour Low
man, former lieutenant governor ol
Ntw York, to be assistant secretary ol
the treasury, succeeding General Lin
coin C. Andrews, director of prohibi
tion enforcement, resigned. The ap
pointment will bseir efte-rt'vo An
ust 1. . . . .
Funeral of Mrs. Booher
Was Largely Attended
The funeral of Mrs. Minnie D
Booher who died at Walla Walla
Wednesday of last week, was held
from the Christian church in this
city Saturday forenoon at 11 o'clock,
attended by a large number of friends
of the deceased. Many beautiful flor
al offerings were in evidence.
Mrs. Booher, whose husband pre
ceded her to the grave but a few
months ago, is survived by her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Johnson,
and the following brothers and sis
ters: A. M. Johnson ot Athena; Tom
Johnson of Nevada; Elmer Johnson
of Marshfield, Oregon; Alf Johnson
of Walla Walla; Lee Johnson of
Bend, Oregon; Mrs. Grace Catron,
Mrs. Ethel Montague and Mrs. C. 0.
Henry of Athena.
The deceased was born at Mount
Pleasant, Iowa, October 10, 1870, and
was aged 56 years, seven months and
28 days at her death. She moved to
Oregon with her parents in 1874, and
grew to womanhood on the home
place west of Athena. On December
6, 1893, she was united in marriage
to W. H. Booher, who died at his
home in Athena November 27th last.
Milton Sills and Ken
7 Maynard at Standard
, Tomorrow night Milton Sills will
be seen at the Standard Theatre in
First National's fine picture, "Pup
pets." He will be supported by
Gertrude Olmstead and George Arch
ainbaud.
Sunday night the Standard presents
Renee Adoree and Conrad Nagcl in
a picturesque comedy of southern
France, "Heaven On Earth," support
ed by an all-star cast.
t, For the first time, Ken Mnyvard,
new Western hero of the screen, will
be seen at the Standard in its mid
week offering next Wednesday night,
This new and popular screen star
comes in First National's fine west
ern picture, "Senor Daredevil," at
regular admission prices.
Banister Car in a Collision
John Banister and party met with
an automobile accident Tuesday af
ternoon while returning from the
upper country, reports the Weston
Leader. At a point 20 miles the oth
er side of Dayton their car collided
almost head-on with another machine,
the. vision of the two drivers having
been partially obscured by dust.
Three of its glass windows were
broken, and Mrs. Vern Smith, daugh
ter of Mr. Banister and driver of
the Banister car, was wounded be
hind the ear by the jagged particles.
An artery was severed and she lost
much blood before medical attention
could be secured, but is now reported
to be convalescent. A lady occupant
of the other car was also njured by
glass.
Bishop Rescues Child
Caught in the treacherous current
of the Umatilla river while in swim
ming Thursday of last week, Martba
Isaacson, 10, was rescued in an ex
hausted condition several hundred
yards down the stream by Rt. Rev.
William P. Remington, bishop of the
Episcopal diocese of eastern Oregon.
Bishop Remington was in his home
about a block from the river when
he heard the screams of the child and
plunged into the water fully clothed
to pull her out.
Build New Road
Forest service men start this week
building a new road from McDougal
springs to Toll Gate, following the
lines of the survey recently complet
ed by the engineers of the Bureau
of Public Roads. The road will have
a maximum grade of five per cent
and will be six miles long. Forty
men will go into camp to do the
work.
Pioneer Association Officers
Thomas Thompson of Pendleton h
the new president of the Umatilla
County Pioneer assocation. He was
chosen at the close of the pioneer
picnic on Saturday afternoon. Other
officers, all from Weston, are T. L.
McBride, vice-president; S. A. Barnes
secretary, and Charles L. Pinkerton,
treasurer. The executive board will
continue for another term.
6,000,000 Bushel Crop
Umatilla county's 1027 wheat yield
is estimated at 6,000,000 bushels by
Henry Collins, grain man and miller.
Collins says that the recent rainfall
was a boon to the light wheat lands
in this county. Counties west of
Umatilla are also said to have good
prospects.
Thomas Kay Favors
The Proposed Tax
i -
He is State Treasurer and a
Manufacturer of W00I-4J
en Goods.
Thomas B. Kay, state treasurer,
favors the proposed income tax mea-.
sure; which is to be voted on June 26.
Mr. Kay js in a position to say what
the financial situation of the state
is, and what will relieve it, other than
to further sock on the property tax.
And, further, Mr. Kay is a manu
facturer, being owner of the Kay
Woolen Mills. Therefore it is perti
nent to remark that being a manufact
urer, he does not fear being driven
out of the state by an income ta-c,
such as is claimed will be the cass of
manufacturing industries, by the
Oregon Voter et. al. Mr. Kay says:
"I did not favor the income tax
measures proposed for adoption at
the general election in 1926 because
I considered them unfair and discrim
inatory. I was further opposed to
them then for the reason that I
thought the adoption by the State of
Oregon of an income tax law of the
tenor of the two measures voted up
on would be detrimental to the inter
ests of the state at large in that, if
they had been adopted, Oregon would
have been the only western State with
an income tax law. The adoption of
either of the measures submitted at
that time in my opinion would have
had deterrent effect upon the estab
lishment of new manufacturing and
industrial enterprises within the
State. -
"Notwithstanding this fact I now
believe that the present income tax
law to be submitted to popular vote
on June 28 next should be approved.
The condition of the finances of the
State of Oregon at the present time
calls for emergency relief and 'war
rants the enactment of a reasonable :
law to provide necessary revenue for
state purposes. I consider the terms
and provisions of the proposed in
come tax law fair and reasonable.
While the objection that Oregon
would be the only western state with
an income tax law would still exist
if the present measure is approved by
the people, the proposed law is never ,
theless much more equitable in its
provisions than was the previous law
in operation in Oregon or those voted
upon at the November election. Tha
exigency of the present situation
renders imperative the passage cf
laws' which will provide the funds
with which to pay State obligations
based upon legislative appropriations
in excess of current revenue.
"The income tax law together with
the companjo measure providing for
an amendment to the constitution au
thorizing a property tax levy in De
cember 1928, of $3,500,000 plus six
per cent thereof less estimated re
ceipts from income taxes during the
year 1929, and authorizing for en
suing years a successive increase at
the rate of six per cent, less estimat
ed receipts from Income taxes, would
provide the necessary revenues. These
measures, if approved, would serve
the further purpose of relieving to
a considerable extent the tax burden
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Band Music in
All Schools, Aim
President of Federation of
Music Clubs Outlines Plans
of Her Organization.
Elkhart, Ind. A band or orchestra
In every public school In the country
is the goal of the
Federation of Mu
sic Clubs, accord
ing to informa
tion received by
the Conn Music
Center here.
"Music has too
long been con
sidered . a mere
accomplish m e n t
rather than u
necessary part of
our educational
system," said Mrs.
Edgar Stillman
Kelley, national
president of the
federation, in out
lining the plans of her organization.
"Fortunately the delusion is nowbe
ginning to give way and the true
value of tone in educational work is
being more generally acknowledged.
The value of teaching Instrumental
music in all schools can scarcely be
overestimated. The Federation of
Music Clubs is working enthusiastical
ly for the inclusion of bunds and or
chestras as well as glee clubs In the
schools because the otlicers of this,
the largest musical organization in
the world, are convinced of the worth
of this procedure.
"The public schools are preparing
our business leaders of the future,
why not our musical leaders? Wel
come will be the, day when every
school in the land will give credit
for executive as well as theoretic
music. We will then be training the
men and women who will later give
America a great music of Its own.
Not every child so trained will make
music their life-work but all of them
wll be bettered bv the trnininor"
Mrs. Kelley,
on real property. The burden, in
fact, would be shifted to incomes re
ceived by persons who at present are
paying little if any of the expense
of state government
"It should be distinctly borne jn
mind, however, that unless both the
income tax act and the measure pro
viding for reestablishing the proper
ty tax base are both concurrently
adopted the financial condition of the
State of Oregon will remain as at
present and the State will be requir
ed to borrow from outside sources in
order to pay current expenses.
"In my opinion these measures con
stitute the only present solution to
the financial problem with which the
State is confronted and for that rea
son I give them my support.'
Boys Sign for Camp
Umatilla county will be represent
ed by 17 boys at the Citizen's Mili
tary Training camp which opens at
Vancouver Barracks, June 17. The
boys who will go from this county
are: Winson Allen, Elmer Phal, Wil
liam Arnold, Forrest O'Connell, all
of Pendleton; Roland Bean, Jennings
Beard, Howard Hardesty, Ray Wil
liams, all of Freewater; Georgq Me
Kenzie, George Pa vis, Raymond Me.
Kenzie, Sumner Robinson, of Her
miston; Bob Steward, Burdett Walk
er and Max Walter, all of Milton
and Hugh Roberts of Stanfleld.
Portland Lines Are
Ordered to Be Sold
The Sale of All Government
Owned Ships Sailing Out
of Pacific Ports.
Sale of all government owned ships
operated out of Pacific coast ports
was definitely decided upon by the
United States shipping board Tues
day, says a Washington special.
The board was unanimous in the
decision to rv.t this mighty fleet, on
the block, but ia uharply divided on
the terms of the proposed sale and
such guarantees as may be demanded
from the purchasers'.
For this reason it is believed that
it will be at least two weeks before
the difference can be ironed out and
the specifications for sale advert'sed.
However, the general counsel was in
structed to begin preparation of spe
cifications to be considered at a meet
ing of the board a week from Tues
day. The prospective sale, if negotiated,
will bs about the largest shipping
transaction in American history.
There are 375,000 J , gross tons of
modern ships in the fleet of 41
freighters to be placed on the block.
With their! sale the United States will
be completely out of the shipping
business on the Pacific coast.
The lines involved are the American-Australian-Oriental,
the Oregon
Oriental and the American-Oriental
Mail. The lines are operating out
of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Port
land and Seattle. Under the govern
ment opration, they are losing a com
paratively small sum and the ship
ping board believes they may be
profitably operated by private own
ers. The big point of difference among
members of the board is on the ques
tion of whether the purchaser will
be required to guarantee service with
the same ships or replacements for
a period of five or 10 years. There
are, however, other differences of
greatest importance to the coast
ports. One of these is whether the
lines may be consolidated and term
inals transferred.
The question of . the price to be
demanded has not been discussed ex
tensively. The ships, however, cost
a minimum of $1,000,000 each,
and no member of the board has any
idea that private operators will offer
anything like so much in spite of the
fact that the ships now are operat
ing on well established trade routes
and give every promise of making
substantial earnings within the next
few years.
The shipping board declines to say
whether tentative offers have as yet
been made, but it is understood that
a powerful group of San Francisco
bankers plan the organization of a
company to take over the lines and
have submitted an informal proposal
which is responsible for the decision
to sell,
Moon in Eclipse ,
For 22 minutes the moon was in
total eclipse Monday night. The
change, started at 9:34 p. m. and end
ed after midnight.
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Black Hill.
Athena Contributes to
the Red Cross Fund
Without any organized solicitation
locally Athena has come to the front
with a contribution for the Missis
sippi Relief Fund, a check being for
warded to Red Cross headquarters
at Pendleton by Mrs. R. B. McEwen
who had charge here.
The following organizations con
tributed: Mignonette Rebekah Lodge......$15.00
Etude Club t-.OO
Ladies of Baptist church ......;V2.00
Miscellaneous 4.00
Total. $52.00
Independently Contributed
Mrs. Cowan, president of the 1 W.
C. T. U., wishes to thank the people
of Athena for help in sending two
large boxes of clothing to the flood
sufferers. From a cooked food sale
this society raised $24 for the cause,
and the Eastern Star sent the sum
of $15.
Dentist Says Enemy
Set Fire to Offices
Accusing J. O. Kenyon, formerly of
Milton, Oregon, of twice setting fire
to his dentist office in that city, A.
D. Woodmansee Tuesday filed suit in
court for $14,600 aggregate damages.
On November 8, 1923, Woodmansee
alleges, his office was fired and the
fittings ruined. Another fire January
31, 1924, also was. laid at Kenyon's
door in the complaint.
Woodmansee, enumerating his
claims for damages, declared he was
compelled to hire a watchman i after
the second fire, and that ultimately
he was compelled to seek a new loca
tion. He now is in Portland. ;
Legion Post Stunts
La Grande, Ore. Special. Stunts
of every kind and description will be
staged by various posts represented
at the American Legion State Con
vention to be held here on July 21-22-23,
Everything from 'cannibals to a
circus have been listed by posts as
their entries. To the post winning
the prize for the best stunt a purse of
$100.00 is offered by the convention
committee. These stunts will be
staged on the streets of La Grande
during the three days of the conven
tion and much rivalry will be shown
by the boys who will represent the
different posts. ,
Indications "show that there will be
plenty of spectators for these various
stunts and La Grande is preparing for
from 2000 to 3000 visitors.
High Price for Land
It transpires that 183 acres o(
wheat land on the W. V. Willnby
estate near Athena, brought the
highest price since wheat acreage
changed ownership during war time.
For the 183 acres, with no building
improvements, George Sheard paid
$45,000, or $245.90 per acre. The
land Joins Mr. Sheard's farm on the
east, he purchased the estate shares
of Mrs. O. M. Castleman, and Mrs.
Goldie Bacon. Mrs. Fred Kershaw
did not sell her share in the estate,
which contains the farm house.
Marion Keys Here
Marion Keys, accompanied by hit)
wife, son, and Mrs. Nancy Jacobs his
mother, called on old Athena friends
for a few hours Tuesday. They were
en route to San Francisco, where Mr.
Keys is employed in the Chinese mis
sion of that city. They had been at
Walla Walla, where they attended
commencement exercises at Whitman
college, of which Mr. Keys is an alumnus.
Dancing at Bingham Springs
With the employment of Rogers'
Strand Theatre band of Walla Wal
la, Dolph Thompson announces that
hereafter dances will bo given at
Bingham Springs every Saturday and
Sunday, hereafter, during the re
creation season. Dances will take
place from 9 o'clock until midnight
on Saturday's and on Sundays from
2 to 5 p. m,, and from 9 p. m. until
midnight.
Whitman Graduates
A class of 95 graduates, the larg
est in the history of the colleee. re
ceived degrees and diplomas from
Whitman collecre Monday afternoon
in the beautiful setting of the Whit
man natural amphitheatre.
Weston Marriages
Two prominent Weston couple
were principals in marriages last
week. On June 2 MJhs Evelyn Sowers
became the bride of Mr. Cecil Greer.
June 1 Miss Helen Johnson and Mr
Ellis Brown were wed.
D'Autremont Twins
Run Down In Ohio
Admit Identity but Deny
Any Part in Crimes
Charges.
Cojumbus, Ohio. Calmly admitting
thel Identity, but emphatically deny
ing that they had any part In tha
crimes with which they are charged,
Ray and Roy D'Autremont, twin broth
ers, 27, were in the county Jail here
awaiting the arrival of deputy sheriffs
who are en route from Jacksonville,
Or., to take them back to face charges
of murder.
"It would have been better If we
had stayed and faced the music," de
clared Ray D'Autremont, while main
taining that he and his brother were
innocent.
Both the D'Autremonts made elab
orate efforts to conceal their identity.
Ray by bleaching his hair and Roy
by growing a mustache. They have
worked in coal mines, the mills and
other enterprises while in hiding In
Ohio during the past year, they said.
A dramatic parting between Ray
D'Autremont and his wife and year
old baby occurred-after their arraign
ment In the Steubenville courtroom.
The young woman married D'Au
tremont under the name of. Elmer
Goodwin and never suspected until
his arrest this week that his real
name was D'Autremont and that he
had been the object of nation-wide
search for four years.
The twin brothers, charged with the
robbery of a Southern Pacific passen
ger train, dynamiting the mail car and
killing four mea three and one-halt
years ago, were arrested at Steuben,,
vllle.
SOVIET MINISTER
ASSAILS BRITISH
Moscow. Hurling defiance at Great
Britain, Clemence Voroshllov, soviet
commissar for war, openly accused the
English bourgeolse of helping to ac
complish the murder of Pierre Voikov,
Russian minister to Poland.
Linking the execution of 20 Russian
monarchists with plans of the British
to everthrow the present Moscow reg
ime, Voroshllov declared that efforts
were being made to bring the soviet
to war.
"We accuse the English bourgeolse
not only of organizing the murder of
Voikov in Warsaw," he declared, "but
by Its intelligence service, of organiz
ing and supporting within the soviet
union Incendiaries, bandits and mur
dorers."
Voroshllov's statement, made at
Moscow, caused particular excitement,
due to the fact that it was the first
official utterance of the war ministei
since assassination of the minister to
Poland, murder of two Russian police
agents, a bombing outrage In a sovlel
club in Moscow, and execution of the
20 political prisoners. All these events
had been linked up in utterances ol
ether Russian leaders with British op
position to the soviet.
OWYHEE IS FAVORED
Plan Outlined at Conference Subject
to Approval by Mr. Work.
Portland, Ore. Colonization of thj
80,000 acres of the Owyhee reclama
tion project in Oregon will be under
taken by the government, providing
land owners will agree to the terms
stipulated by the government. At
tracting settlers will not cost the
land owners a penny and by placing
the sale under control of the govern
ment all suspicion of speculation In
values by owners will be eliminated.
Thus one of the big handicaps (o mak
ing reclamation projects successful
will be surmounted, thanks to the ef
forts of Uncle Sam.
Such was the proposal made by Dr.
Elwood Mead, United States commis
sioner of reclamation, to a delegation
of Owyhee land owners at a meeting
here. Dr. Mead explained that the
proposition Is subject, of course, to
approval of Secretary Work of the de
partment ot the interior, his chief.
Idaho Education Commissioner Named
Boise, Idaho. Idaho has a new com
Mls.doner of education in Wilbur I.
Vincent, for the last seven years su
perintendent ot the Idaho Iudustri.il
Training school of St. Anthony. Ha
was elected by tlio bin la board of edu
cation at Mokcow.