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VOLUME 48.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 19. 1927
NUMBER 33
FARM TELEPHONE DEVELOPMENT HAS REVOLUTIONIZED
FARM LIFE AND FARM METHODS IN THE UNITE) STATES
In Emergencies the Telephone Bring TJmely, Assistance to the American Farmer
By John B. O'Brien , '"
iMERICAN business men
hare earned the universal
soubriquet ot "go-getters".
The successful farmer of ,
today, like the successful
business .man, has comprehensive
contacts which were unknown to
him a generation . ago and which
have more or less revolutionized
farm life and farm methods.
The Question naturally arises r
what factors have contributed most
toward the success of the American
farmer? Primarily, his adoption of
modern methods of farming and
marketing, Involving the utilization
of modern conveniences, Is the an
swer. In the category ot modern'
conveniences, and in this day. and,
age, they are, in a large measure,
necessities, comes the Telephone.
This medium of contact Is firmly
established on the modern farm and
the Increase in the value of the tel
ephone to the farmer during the
last twenty years constitutes one
of the principal reasons for the
recognized place It now occupies on
the farm.
Telephone Now Interconnecting
Twenty years ago a farmer de
siring to call the locality In which
his market was located, could not
unless the lines ot the company to
which his telephone was connected
also served the market community.
In 1907, there were over 2,000,000
telephones In the United States
Which were confined in the scope of
their calls to the limited areas
served, by the company to which
they were connected. At the pres
ent time, universal service has es
sentially been attained, as Is evi
denced by Um fact that there are
only "about 170,000 telephones, or
. less than 1 of the total number in
the country, which do not connect
with the nation-wide network of
lines comprising the Bell System.
The comprehensive telephone serv
ice now available to the farmer Is
equally beneficial as an aid to pro
duction as well as in marketing.
Today, with the modern farm im
plements. In use, such as gang
ploughs, harrows, cultivators and
tractors, it is Just as essential for
the larger manufacturers of farm
Implements to maintain service
branches as It Is for automobile
manufacturers to carry on similar
activities. In the event ot break
downs of farm machinery where
parts and service are required with
a minimum of delay, the telephone
Is of immeasurable -value in ar
ranging for repairs.
The Telephone as Insurance
In fact, the progressive farmer
regards his telephone as Insurance
insurance against fire, Insurance
against sudden Illness, Insurance
against burglars, etc.
In rural districts, the telephone
serves its useful purposes daily.
Before the days of the telephones,
if a binder went out of service in
the harvest season when the grain
is ripe and every moment 1n the
field counts, It was necessary to
stop operations and drive to town,
Often a trip of hours, only to find
a dealer would have to communi
cate with the jobber in the city be
fore he could arrange to get. the
necessary part. Nowadays the
farmer doesn't have to drive to
town he telephones. . The mer
chant, It he hasn't the necessary
part, does not have to write to the
city he telephones. And the miss
ing part Is secured and In place at
a minimum loss of time and effort
A farmer or one of his helpers
is injured or taken suddenly -ill.
Many farms are not within easy
reach of a physician. Before the
days of the telephone when medi
cal or surgical aid was needed, no
matter how great the necessity tor
haste, a slow trip to the physician's
office and a slow return were in
volved. Today, In cases of emer
gencies, assistance can be secured
sometimes In a matter of minutes
where once hours were required.
When a fire breaks out in a town
or city, there are organized fire
fighters ready to battle the flames.
When fire starts on a farm, one
man or one family, unaided, are al
most helpless. Here again the tel
ephone plays its part in summon
ing aid and In notifying the country
side. From - an. economic standpoint,
the farmer's telephone has brought
the markets to his very door, as it
were. Before the days of the tele
phone, when the farmer had hogs
or grain or fruit or other products
to sell, he took them to market
when they were ready and sold
them for what he could get. It
prices were right, he made a profit.
If they were low, he often lost
money. Nowadays, he doesn't go
. to market .blindly. He awaits the
opportune moment, if possible, the
time when market conditions are
most favorable for him, and he does
this by means ot the telephone.
With the intercommunicating sys
tem now available, he is able to
get In touch1 and keep In close
touch with distant markets, with
the result that his sales are made,
not on guess work, but are based
on accurate knowledge of condi
tions as they exist at the time.
There are many other ways in
which the telephone Is of ines
timable value to the farmer. In
addition to emergencies when hu
man lives are involved, there are
occasions when lives ot farm anl
mala are in danger, when advice
from a veterinarian is needed in a
great hurry. The head ot a farm
era' organization in Wisconsin
made a survey among representa
tive farmers and, as a result, listed
the chief value of the telephone in
order of Importance as follows: - ,
Aid in marketing farm products j
accident and health insurance; fire
prevention and Insurance; visiting
friends and relatives; getting ex
tra help for crops; ability to get
long distance calls; getting Impor
tant news quickly.
; Its Social Value
The social value ot the telephone
la not to be. riweed. over lightly.
Important as it Is In any commu
nity, it is doubly 'so on the farm
where people do not live in close
communion, where it Is impossible
to talk with one's neighbor over
the back fence, on the front lawn
or at the corner drugstore. The
housewife on the farm enjoys
friends just as much as does her
town or city cousin, and perhaps
realizes the value of friendship all
the more. The farmer's telephonq
enables her to converse with
mother, sister, or friend on occa.
sions, when otherwise such con
tacts would be impossible for Ions,
periods ot time. We are all gregarl.
ous animals. We are healthy mental,
ly only when we caq associate or at
least communicate with others of
pur kind. The farmer's telephone,
In obliterating distance, has like.
Wise developed nelgbborllness and
thereby brought greater content
ment to the rural life of the
country.
Thus, the telephone is not only
a convenience It is a social and
economic necessity on the farm,
Recollections Narrated
By Pioneer Physician
No One Remains Who Was
Here When Dr. Sharp f:'
First Arrived. v .
Interest Centering on
Pendleton Round-Up
Sept. 14, 15, 16, 17
Pendleton, Oregon, August The
finest, array of talent ever assem
bled for the Pendleton Round-Up will
be here for events of track and arena
at the coming show, September 14,
15, 16 and 17. ."
There will be the famed Drumheller
outfit, George Drumheller bringig his
speedy race horses and skilled riders
from Walla Walla; the Irwin and Mc
Carty aggregations and many other
performers who have won honors at
shows all over the United States.
With McCarty will come Chester
Byers, trick roper; Carl Arnold,
Phil Yoder, " Ben Johnson, Biilie
Wilkinson, Dick Shelton, Bob Cros
by, Norman Cowan, Paddy Ryan,
Bob Askins, George. Weir and Fred
Lowry; a man's relay string; two wo
men's relay strings; a pony express
string; a Roman entry y entries for
all the flat races and one "or more
entries for the derby. Irwin will
have similar entries, as well as Sam
Garrett, frick roper; three trick rid
ers five or more steer ropers, three
buTldoggers and three bronc riders.
Pendleton this year has chosen a
real cowgirl for queen of the West
ern epic. She is pretty Mabel Strick
land, popular with Round-Up crowds
not only for her unquestioned skin
as a rider and steer roper ( she is
the only woman steer roper in the
world)' but for her beauty and charm
the lb & dainty bit of femininity and
and horses.
Livestock which has already arri
ved for the Round-Up includes two
big carloads of the wildest of Mexi
can steers. The buckers will be here
by August 20.
Bass Are Lberated in
McKay Creek Reservior
Pendleton sportsmen and others as
sisted game wardens land employes of
the state game commission libera
ting 6000 bass, croppies, and cat fish
in the McKay creek reservoir this
week. They were shipped to the res
ervoir from lakes and sloughs near
Portland.
Ray; C. Steel, Unjted States ganw
warden for Oregon with headquar
ters in Portland, - accompanied the
state, men and posted signs on ad
jacent land making the McKay lake
a federal game refuge. ",
Many mallard ducks are reported
making their homes along the shore
and nine wild geese were seen by
the wardens.
Jim Ryan of Pendleton, and John
Dixon of LeGrande, are in jail at
Pendleton, charged with brutally
beating and robbing Ed Buck of $90
Buck Suras riding with Ryan and Dix
on neanj Pendleton, when it is alleged
the two men assaulted him, break
ing his jaw, kicking him until he
was unconscious, and then robbed
him. ' ,:: ." . ..
Sidewalks Condemned
The Street Committee of the City
Council and the city marshal inves
tigated the condition of board alde-
wilks in Athena Monday, with the re
suit that a number of walks were
condemned as being beyond the stage
of repair, and new walks will be or
dered constructed. '
Dr. S. F. Sharp,, veteran physician
of Athena, is the town's Eldest resi
dent. The 'doctor is held in high es
teem by old and young and is most
interesting when chatting in a rem
iniscent vein.
The doctor ' erne from; Ohio to San
Francisco in lS.f, on the Union Pa
cific and Central Pacific lines. He
came to Astoria by ocean steamer,
there being no railroad service in Or
egon at that time,
He met a man who owned sheep
and ran them on Butter Creek, so in
order to see the country, he joined
the sheepman on a trip up the Colum
bia. Travelers were forced to porti
age about seven, miles around the
Cascades, where Cascade Locks are
now located, and the sariie process
was necessary at Celilo Falls, it be
ing necessary to traverse about 23
miles on land at that place,
Dr. Sharp spent some time at But
ter Creek, where he met many of
the early settlers. He was requested
to come to this vicinity, one of the
farmers, here giving him a horse as
an inducement. That was in 1879,
and Athena was then called Center
ville. There was a hotel standing on
the present site of the Athena Hotel,
a grocery store on the Masonic prop
erty, a drug store and four saloons,
all in the. block west of Third street,
on Main street.
The residences were few and scat
tered'; the farthest, from the stores
being near where the M. E. church
now stands. ' -
As time went on, and more land
was brought under cultivation, a few
more stores were established on the
main street. The doctor drew com
parison with conditions now and those
existing at that time. He remem
bers that on Saturday nights dur
ing harvest in those early days, he
saw dozens of men reeling drunk on
the street. .
One time the doctor was called in
to asaloon to set a fractured leg for
man who ' had taken part in an
impromptu wrestling bout. The room
was full of men in various stages of
intoxication, and some ofthem were
"shooting up the town" in true west-
em style. The young tenderfoot from
Ohio was more than nervous, but
successfully completed his profess,
ional task He recalls another inci
dent that was common In the days of
the "wide open"town. One day a bad,
bold cowboy sat near the entrance of
a saloon and deliberately whiled away
the hours without interuptlon from
anybody, holding up traffic by shoot
ing wildly in every direction.
At present there is no one living in
Athena who was here at the time
Dr. Sharp came to practice medicine
here,
Hugh McArthur Dies
At Portland Home
at an Advanced Age
Hugh McArthur, a pioneer of this
county, coming to Weston in an ear
ly day,' but a resident of Portland in
later years, died Monday .at his home
in that city at the advanced age of
over 86 years. During tne latter
part of his life Mr. McArthur had
been, seriously afflicted with asthma,
from which ailment he suffered se
verely at times. :
For a number of years Mr. and Mrs-.
McArthur, accompanied by Mr. and
and Mrs. eorge Banister of this city
spent the winter months in Califor
nia. Last winter Mr. MCArtnur was
in much better health and during the
present summer he felt fairly well at
hishome in Portland. The end came
quickly and peacefully.,
Mr. McArthur was born in Scotland
October 14, 1840, at his death being
aged 86 years, 10 months and one day.
He is survived by his widow, form
erly Miss Amanda Lieuallen; two
sisters, Mrs. Mary Kemp of Burbank
California, who is 90 years of age,
and Miss Anna McArthur, of Lond
on, England. Nephews and nieces
also survive.
The remains were shipped to Athe
na for interment, and funeral services
ices will be held this afternoon at
2:30 at the Baptist church.
Dairy and Hog Show
Friday and Saturday, October 1
and 8, are the dates set for the nnnu
al Hermiston Dairy and Hoy Show,
according to action recently taken by
the board of directors of the organ
izatlon.
Seme American Editons Who Are Touring Europe
she shows in her handElg cf steer
Klamath Fights Paralysis
Dr. G, S. Newsom, formerly of
Athens, and now medical director, of
the Klamath county health unit, is
taking charge of the move against
th; infantile paralysis situation at
Klamath Falls. There is an epidem
ic in California and six cases have
been reported at the Klamath office
during the past few days, concern is
being expressed over the danger cf
Careesle foundation. They wore itliirfojrrapliel outshle
her slender figure belies the trrrnrth J J jhltyjrT-Jr-t -H t--t Uat U Sir Harry Urittaiu, 11. 1'.
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California and Free-
water jMatrons Honored
By Social Function
One of the loveliest social affairs
of the summer season was given
Wednesday afternoon when Mrs.
O. Stephens Mis. B. B. Richards
and Mrs. M. L. Watts entertained at
the beautiful Watts homo on Jeffer
son street. The affair was in honor
of two interesting visitors, Mrs. F.
C. Adams of Palo Alto, California.
and Mrs. Melville Johns of Wilmar,
California, and Mrs. , Victor .Hirseh,
who .recently left 'Athena tq make her
home in Freewater.
The spacious rooms were gay with
clusters of brilliant summer flowers.
Seven tables were in play, Mrs.
Henry Koepke making high score and
Miss Zina Chapman taking the consolation"
The honorces were presented with
lovely guest favors. At the tea hour
the hostesses served dainty refresh
ments. The guest list included Mrs.
L. Walton, Mrs. Armond DeMer-
ritt ef Walla Walla; Mrs. F. C. Gur-
ney, or Haines; Mrs. Frank Ames,
Mrs. Henry Barrett, Mrs. Henry Dell,
Mrs. Ralph McEwen, Mrs. F. B. Boyd,
Mrs. Arthur Douglas, Mrs. E. C.
LPrestbye, Mrs. Grant Trestbye, Mrs.
C. L. McFaden, Mrs. W. iS. Ferguson,
Mrs. . W. P. Litlejohn. Mrs. Lloyd
Michener, Mrs. Justin Harwood, Mrs.
Bryce Buker, Mrs. Glenn Dudley, Mrs.
Mrs. H. I. Watts, Mrs. Henry Koepke
Miss Katherine Froome, Mrs. Max
Hopper, Mrs. James Lieuallen, Mrs.
M. M. Johns, Miss Hazel Sanders.
Mrs. Flint Johns, Mrs. Ralph Hay-
nie, Mrs. J. C. Walter, Mrs. Marion
Hansell,. Mrs. Laurence Pinkerton
and Miss Zina Chapman, the latter
from Vancouver, Washington.
Solons Eyes Glued
On Hew Farm Bill
Curosity Runs High As To
What McNary Has Up
v His Sleeve.
Here ure some of tlie AiHeriran editors who are funking n tour of Kurcpe i-lr lh umi.leex of the
l!ie la-use of commons lu Louden. nd Hie gvutlemau In
Pinkerton Threshing
Meets With a Most
Thrilling Experience
1 v -ff..
The Floyd Pinkerton threshing crew
met up with a thrilling experience
one day this week, while cutting
grain on the creek bottom west of
town.
The caterpillar and the combine
machine passed over a box of dyni
mite. That's all. Over 100 sticks of
the explosive in the container, and
not one of them exploded, glory be;
else some other crew would have
finished the threshing job.
How the dynamite came to be in
the field no one knows, but it is sup
posed that the exploitive was washed
there during high water. The dyna
mite, enough in quantity to have
blown the whole farm into kingdom
come, was found to be in a damp
condition, as though it had been
water-oaked.
.The Morning Oregonian's Washing
ton News Bureau says Washington is
eagerly awaiting word about Senator
McNary's hew farm bill,' which ho
was commissioned last spring by
President Coolidge to prepare, and
which he recently hinted that he had
pretty well in mind, if not already on
paper. .
Republican leaders are hoping fer
vently that the Oregon senator ha
the draft of a measure differing
sufficiently from that which he spon
sored in the last congress to permit
of its approval by the president. The
attitude of democratic observers may
be described as one of skepticism, for
it is furthest from their wishes that
McNary present a compromise meas
ure which might win the support of
farm organizations.
Constant discussion of farm relief
at the summer White House in the
Black Hills Bince President Coolidgo
ran up his flag there has not been,
entirely reassuring to administration
followers here. Realizing that somo
sort of agricultural relief measure
must be offered by the administra
tion when congress convenes, they
fail to see what real progress in thut
direction is being made at the South
Dakota state lodge.
McNary meanwhile has preserved
an enigmatic silence, and except for
one lone hint that he let drop during
a recent speech in Oregon, his fd
low republicans have no idea of his
plans. Possibly he will offer the ideal
solution to the farm relief question,
meeting the demands of the admin
istration as well as of organized ag
riculture, but that is hope rather
than expectation. The general ini
pression is that bringing the presi
dent and the farm organizations to
gether will prove to be only a shade
less difficult than solution of the
current impasse at the Geneva naval
conference.
In the middle west, house members
who wish to remain loyal to the ad
ministration are fidgeting nervously
as they contemplate the possibility of
eturn to Washington without know
ing in advance of what the Coolidgo
program for agricultural relief con
sists. They would like to give their
costituents some sort of assurance, -
but under present circumstances that
would be difficult.
Their quandary becomes more ac
tual as the advocates of the vetoed
McNary-Haugen bill stir themselves
to bring it again to the attention nf
congress, stubbornly Clinging to the
idea that it can- still be made hw.
Shortly the district representative of
the group which recently signed a
new McNary-Haugen puct at St. Paul
will be around ' asking congressmen
who backed the bill last spring to d
so again; and the administration sup
porters may find it embarrassing to
answer.
At such a time it is hardly to bo
wondered at that his hopen turn
trustfully in McNary's direction, for
if any one individual can appease ag
riculture and at the same time brinsr
the administration to see the light,
it is the senior senator from Oregon.
Farm organizations have placed him
upon a pedestal for his efforts in be
half of the last bill which bore his
name. Anything he has to offer as
a substitute for the legislation to
which the administration turned its
deaf ear will bo eagerly perused by
the McNary-Haugen rooters.
A Large Potato Crop
r ith a potato acreage in Oregon
. i. ....
io per cent, larger man M8t year
and with growing conditions good
a bumper crop 1 indicated. The es
timate of 6,175,000 bushels made on
the first of the month shows a gain
of 684,000 bushels over the forecast
of a month oga. This year's Oregon
production promises to be l,C7r,000
bushels larger than that of U2t? and
1,710,000 buihels more than the five
year average for the state.
Went Efiid Wheat
Perhaps never before in the hiHtoi:'?
of wheat raising in the west end of
Umatilla county, has thut o'tstric-.
produced as mu-h wheat as is be
ing harvested this scaboii. So much
grain is now being hauled to tha
warehouses at Echo, thut a day force
of men and a ni)ht force are employ
ed at the Cunha waroucuKS and the
mill. Several tri :k owners are run
ning day and nirfht to facilitate get
ting the grain tc the warehouses.
Bank President Dead
A.. L. Mills, president of the First
National Bank of Portland, died at
his home In that city last week of
heart disease. Charles F. Adams,
vico-prc3!dent. was elected pretidsnt,
to fill, the vacancy caused by the
death of Mr. UilU.