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A BIG JOB, BUT ITS DEAD EASY It would be a big job to tell one hundred people any thing that would interest them in your goods, but its dead easy if done the right way. This paper will tell several hundred at once at nominal cost. :imflrjcftcfc X4 - NOT ONE DAY CAN BE FOUND in the week but that you do not need stationery of some sort or other. We furnish neat, clean printing at the very lowest rates. Fast presses, modern types, modern work, prompt delivery. Entered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mall Matter VOLUME 48. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 21, 1927 NUMBER 42 Pns Are Being Laid For Farm Legislation Lawmakers and Others at Work on Details of Re lief Measure. Washington, D. C Farm relief leg islationis being explored in the ad ministration, In congress and outside w of ..governmental circles in the hope that an acceptable and practical meas ure can be worked out at the coming 6eslon of the house and senate. Secretary Jardlne and others in the administration are giving the subject close attention and President Cool idge has been informed that ex-Secretary Nagle of the commerce depart ment is a member of an unofficial committee which is working out ft suggested draft of a bill. Farm relief has been the foremost subject in the conversations among senate republicans from the western agricultural states and it was dis closed that these senators, making up now only a small group variously re ferred to as progressives and insurg ents, would invite all others from the western states to lend their aid in an attempted solution of the problem. Some of the senators participating In the conferences are hopeful that an agreement can be reached on a bill which will be acceptable to the farmers as well as to the adminis tration. They concede that the Mc-Kary-Haugen bill as such, with its equalization fee, is a closed issue, but they hope to work out from that measure one that can be enacted into law and afford a large measure of relief and aid to the farmers. As yet the discussions of desirable features have reached only the most - general stages, but the talk now ap pears to be directed at two principal items taking up the slack between what the farmer gets and what the consumer pays for agricultural prod ucts, and creation of a board to ad minister a federal revolving fund. LABOR UNION MEN TO ENTER POLITICS i . ' , Los Angeles, Cal. Organized labor closed its annual congress here with a determination to participate active ly, but not as a part, in the national political camapign of 1928. The final admonition of William Green, president of the American Fed eration of Labor, in bringing the 47th annual convention of the organization to an er.d, was that each member do his share in the big political year. Duiirg its ten days of session, the convention declared against commun ism and fascism; favored modification of the Volstead act to permit sale of "wholesome beer"; condemned the equity court in issuing injunctions in labor disputes, and took action on nu merous measures concerning immigra' tion and other problems construed to be relative to the problems of trade unions. WITHHOLD LOAN CHANGES President Cool Idge Will Keep His Policy on Foreign Deals. Washington, D. C President Cool ldge contemplates no present change In the state department policy of ex tending or withholding its consent to loans by American bankers to foreign governments, although he recently considered abandonment of the prac tice. This was stated officially at the White House in connection with the statement issued by Senator Glass, democrat, Virginia, assailing the poli cy as unauthorized and opening the field both for possible scandal at home and difficulties In the conduct of foreign relations. The president feels that the advis ory contact of the state department with American bankers in such mat ters should be maintained, as drastic regulatory laws passed by congress might prove embarrassing to the con duct of foreign affairs. He also takes the view that the procedure is au thorized by the constitutional provi sion placing the conduct of foreign affairs in the hands of the chief executive." Editor's Blindess Is the Cause of ' His Great Success Germany Get First Rotary Club. Hamburg, Germany. The first Ro tary club of Germany has been or ganised here. ' (From The American Magaizne) How blindness, with which he had been threatened for twelve years, proved the turning point in the life of B. Frank Irvine, of Corvallis, Ore gon, and brought him success and the editorship of the Oregon Journal, of Portland the largest evening paper in the northwestern part of the Uni ted States, is told in The American Magazine for November. "When blindnesa came upon me," he says, "not one of the things I had thought for years might happen did happen, I did not drop out of the current of life; I did not become a parasite on my family; I did not lose my business. Instead, I be gan to find out that I could depend upon myself and 1 began to get a confidence in myself that I had never had before." Irvine tried out teaching telegraph operating, clerking and dairy ranch ing before he finally succeeded in getting into the newspaper business in a small way in towns including Scio,-where he was born, and later in Corvallis. When a young man and a railway station agent he suf fered an unintentional blow in the eye in a friendly boxing match with a railroad fireman. The eyeVgrew worse and incipient , blindness bar red him from every venture he at tempted.' An operation restored the eye ahd he started his Corvallis news paper but soon the other eye began to dim and both gradually became worse. During another trip to see a specialist in . San Francisco, twenty years ago, total blindness came on suddenly. "Now,", he said to himself, "I don't have to worry any more about my eyes. I know what I am up against and I am going straight ahead." "The article on the Hood River growers, as I remember it, was just a plain explanation of the methods, struggles, and accomplishments of the farmers. Mr. S. C. Jackson, pub lisher of the Oregon Journal saw it.. He wrote at once and asked if I wouldn't write similar articles and editorials regularly for the 'Journal.' I lost no time in getting some copy to him. Every line I sent was used. "Finally, in September, 19Q7, he asked me to come to Portland and write editorials for the 'Journal.' "My dream had come true. I ac cepted on the spot, rushed back to Corvallis, leased the 'Times' for a year and returned with my family t Portland. I later sold the 'Times.' Mr. Irvine would rather be editor cf the "Journal" than governor of Oregon. He proved it once when he headed off a spontaneous movement for his nomination that was sweep ing the state. "The things I see" he declared, "are the secret of my happiness. "If, by touching a button I could restore my sight, I would hesitate a minute or two while I took leave of the beauti ful world I'm living in now. I am blind; but I see a side of life that many do not see. " A kind word, a touch, a deed every day some beautiful token of human kindness comes to me. There is so much more goodness and kind ness and fairness in the world than most people realize. "People are kind to me. When I speak in public, they applaud out of all proportion to my merits as a speaker and I know why; They see a man who has been through diffi culties, and they applaud him for the struggle he has made. Irvine, who was an excellent swim mer before he became blind, has found that he is still perfectly at home in the water and swims a half mile or a mile every day at the Mult nomah club. Next to swimming he is fondest of dancing and moves with ease in the most crowded ball room without jostling other dancers. He insists that despite his blindess he is more mentally capable than be fore. "I can shut myself up in my mind' any time, anywhere. Concen tration has become a habit, because I can't look out of my window and see something to distract my atten tion," he declares. , . "I can't imagine myself more help less than the average man in the dark. Many times friends who visit me in the office at night have to call on me to lead them through the halls and down the stairs to the street. "Except for the sympathy I feel for my friends, or when it stops the 'Journal's' presses, it means nothing to me when the lights go out All time is mine to use." Athena Boy Scouts t Enjoyed First Hike Up Wild Horse Creek Twelve boys participated in the Scout hike on Saturday of last week. Breakfast was cooked on Wild Horse in the Henry Koepke pasture. Smoke from six campfires floated upon the early morning air. The aroma from sizzling bacon stimulated .the ol factory sense to a degree of activity. After breakfast the hikers continu ed up the creek. Dinner time found them at a point " about two miles above the market road in the thick ets, 'where a7-Scout is at home. Again the most skilled fire build ers were first to hear the welcome sizzle of fresh meat, accompanied with "taters and ingons." The result of the hike is summed up about as follows dirty faces, blistered feet, sore limbs, but happy boys and better Scouts. 614 New Families Settle on Oregon Land Six hundred and fourteen new fam ilies settled on Oregon farms during the year ending October 1, according to a report prepared by W. G. Ide, manager of the land settlement de partment of the Oregon State Cham ber and the Portland Chamber of Commerce. Of these families, ac cording to the report, Pacific coast states provided 208; the Intermoun tain states sent 106 families; Middle Western states, 132 families; South ern state 15 families; Canada, 25; Eastern states, 5: Philippine island, 1, and Alaska 1". Eighty-one families that had been living in Oregon cities moved onto farms during the year, Ide said correspondence on file in dicated that the arrival of new set tlers will continue indefinitely. Entertained at Bridge -Mrs. Francis Lieuallen entertained ot bridge Friday evening .' at her home in Adams the .occasion being in honor of her-husband's birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Douglas, Mr. and Mrs. James Cresswell, Miss Hil da Dickenson, Miss Edna Pinkerton, Mr. Mose Banister of Athena; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Barnett, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Duff,- Mr. and Mrs. Re vella Lieuallen, Mr. Paul Lieuallen cf , Adams, were the guests besides the honoree and hostess. Miss Pink erton received high ladies score and Mr. Douglas the high gentleman's Destroying, Weed Growth- ' Athena farmers have been battling a prolific weed growth on summer fallow as the result of the heavy September rainfall. As a rule disc ing or spring-toothing the fields has been found necessary before the "sickers" could be brought into use, for the reason that soil is heavily crusted. Seeding will become gener al as soon as the fields are cleared of weeds. Farm workers are report ed scarce, and it is reported that a wage of $3 per day is being paid by farmers for help. High School Notes A i t Junior News Staff. Editor....: ....Alberta Charlton Classes ...Pearl Green Faculty .. ...Wilford Miller Alumni.....;....... ..Oral Michener Athletics..... Weldon Bell Student Body ........ Emma Ringel Society ..Mildred Street Grades........ Areta Kirk Personal Marjorie Wilson Advisor.... .:............Miss Bateman ' ' -i ': 3 Sports - Athena was defeated 12-6 by the Walla Walla second team last Friday-on Walla Walla's grounds. Our team put up a good fight from start to finish; some say they played bet ter than they ever did, before. The first real accident in a' long time happened in this game when "Mike" Wilson, plucky little center, got a muscle wrenched in his back. The team started to play with Eldon My rick, left half; Lawrence Knight, right half; Ray Johnson, full; Ar thur Crowley, quarter; Mike Wil son, center; Roy DeFreece and John Kirk, guards; Clifford Woods and Walt Huffman, tackles; and Weldon Bell and Wilford Miller, ends. Sub stitutions were made with Emery Rogers at tackle and Walt Huffman at center. 1 Friday October 21 Athena will try her , luck against Weston, on her grounds. Lets all go! Student Body . The six weeks grade reports were given out Monday morning. The system of grades used this year is: A (95-100), B (90-95), C (80-80), D (75-80), E (70-75), and F failure. Those who are on the honor roll for the first six weeks, which means all grades either A or B are: Al berta Charlton, Jessiedeane Dudley, Kathleen Radtke and Doris Schubert. Alumni Edna -EteFreece attended the Oregon-California foot ball game in Portland. Don Johnson, accompanied by Roll Morrison of Adams, went to Portland for the game Saturday. Wilber Harden and Phyllis Dick enson attended the Oregon-California game. Personal Thelma Schrimpf spent Saturday morning in Pendleton and Saturday afternoon in Walla Walla. Sarah Belle Jantzen spent Sunday afternoon in Walla Walla visitinz relatives. Jessiedeane Dudley went to Uma tilla Saturday. A number of high school students attended the foot ball game at Wal la Walla Friday afternoon. Virgie Moore was In Pendleton Sat urday. Mildred Street is in the hospital recovering from a minor operation for removal of her tonsils. Roland Wilson, better known as "Mike" Wilson, was injured in the I Horse Show Offers $35,000.00 4 W FAMOUS SIX-HORSE TEAM Owned by Portland Damascus Milk Company, J. D. Huston, Up. As in years past one ot the spec tacular attractions at the 1027 Pa cific International Horse Show will be the contest between the drivers of the Northwest's famous six horse hitch s. These contests prob ably bring the Eti:'.ience to a higher pitch of taOcs'as:.! tlua any other of the stilling cvjr.ls cf the Show. Tie 17th Annual Pacif'c Interna-tic-r-il Livestock CxyItlon with wh'ch the Horse fbo'7 la combined, will be held in Portland October 29 to November 5, inclusive. 135,000.00 is to be given this year In Premiums for the Horse Show, making this evant. for tbe fourth tima in succession, the great est Horse Show In America. Th? stages and their donors include Olympic Hotel, S?attle, $4,030.00, with the balance all com in" from Portland, Oregon. as follows: Ore gon Journal, $2,000.04; Multnomah Hotel $2,000.00; Portland Chamber ot Commerce, $2,000.30; Portland Hotel, $2,000.00; First National Bank, $2,000.00; Renson Hotel, $1, 000.00; W. F. Turner, $1,000.00; V United States National Bank, $1, 000.00; American Security Ex change Bank-Lumberman's Trust Co., $1,000.00; Weal Coast National Bank $1,000.00; Imperial Hotel, 5500.00; H. Llebes & Co., $500.00; Supporter of the Pacific Interna tiorj'l llorse Show, $200.00. The r.mount of the Premiums of-' , fared fr ih!a y;ar Pacific Inter national Livestock Exposition to tals $100,030.00. The Exposition combines great Livestock Show, Dairy Products Show, Land and Manufacturers' Products Show, Northwest Pox Show, Wool Show, Industrial Exotiilian, and a splen did DoyV and Cirli' Club Work Ex h!bit presented tmO'r the name of "Cftnp Plumnfcr." Th railroads of tVs entire Northwest are offering a special fsre-and-onMhird ra'.e for the round trip to tbe Exposition. Milton-Freewater Annual Apple Show . Opens Wednesday The Milton-Freewater community will open it's seventh annual Apple Show for two days of instructive eiu tertainment Wednesday morning October 26. This is the community's way of proving to their home folk, as well as to outsiders, their justifi cation for their pride in the adapta bility of this area for fruit and veg etable growing and other closely al lied enterprises. The exhibits, dem onstrations and entertainment feat ures will afford the visitor a pleas ant diversity of interests, and he will leave with a feeling of having been well repaid for the time spent fh tak ing them in. The show itself this year will be quartered in the block between the Bank of Freewater and the Hender icks auto sales room. Programs and other information may be had at the Information booth. It is regretted that one feature of the show, the baby clinic, , will not be held this year. The rooms of the Federated church had been offered for this purpose. An exceptional variety of high class entertainment will feature the evening program. Pendleton, Ad ams, Athena, Weston, Umapine, the Ferndale community, College Place, and Walla Walla, as well as the Milton-Freewater communities, are all contributing to this part of the pro gram. Max Walters' orchestra from Milton, the DeMolay boys' orchestra and vaudeville troupe from Pendle ton, the College Place band and oth er instrumental numbers will be in terspersed with the readings and vocal numbers contributed by other communities. Return from Hunt Sam Pambrun, Marion Hansell and Fay LeGrow returned Saturday from their hunt in the Selway district of Idaho. Their hunting party were re warded for their trip by securing elk, deer and bear. Most of the time they encountered snow and rain. They outfitted at Grangeville, Idaho, and went from there to the hunting dis trict by pack train. Premium List Adopted The premium list, which includes prizes for a new class of seed po tatoes, Mountain Seed Netted Gems, was adopted at a recent meeting of the potato growers of the Weston district. Cash prizes are equal for the three classes, Certified, Standard and Mountain seed potatoes. Inter est is centering on making the an nual potato show at Weston this year one of the best yet held. Two Cases at Pendleton Two infantile paralysis cases are reported at Pendleton, Bobby, the six year old son of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Livermore was stricken Saturday, the disease affecting his throat and rendering him speechless. The sec ond case is that of Bobby Depew, paralyzed in the right arm and leg, and who is convalescing and out of danger. Ask for Blanket Fee Wool growers and cattlemen us ing the Blue Mountain forest re serves for grazing purposes have united in recommending a blanket fee for all who use the reserve. Proposals to charge according to al lotments were rejected at a meeting in Walla Walla, after considerable discussion of the worth of the vari ous allotments. game with Walla Walla last Friday and has been absent from school ev er since. Grades The fifth and sixth grades are plan ning a weiner roast for Saturday morning, October 22. Faculty Miss Sellars spent the week end in Walla Walla visiting friends at Whit man college., - Miss Sellars, accompanied by Mrs. Barrett, motored to Walla Walla Thursday evening to see "Ben Hur." ClaKe Those who have the best typing papers for the week ending October 14 are: Francis Cannon, Alberta Charlton, Emma Ringel and Helen Hansell, A new portable Victrola has been received and is in use in the typing clatss. Regular Rational Rhythm re cords are used and a more regular rhythm and greater speed are easily obtained. Athena Foot Ball Team to Play at Wes ton This Afternoon Athena-Weston gridiron rivalry will blazon forth on Weston field this afternoon when the two teams meet in their first encounter of the season. There is not much surface dope on the strength of the Weston gladiat ors, but suffice to say that the lads over the hill can always be counted on to give any team a red hot scrim mage, and under the tutelage of their present coach they have had a splen did opportunity to master every de tail of the game. Coach Toole's Athena warriors have been showing up well, both in practice and contest. Saturday at Walla Walla, Athena played Dim mick's second string Wa-Hi bunch to a standstill, trooping through to the end of the torrid afternoon fray with a glorious 12-6 defeat glorious in defeat because weight and a vast cirplus of substitute players, turn ed the balance against them in a battle gamely fought every inch of the way. Athena will go into the game at Weston tomorrow, minus the fleet and versatile little center, Mike Wil son, who had a muscle in his back wrenched in the Walla Walla contest. West is Taking Lead from East - In Aviation Work Portland (Special) "The West, and particularity Oregon, is taking the lead in the development of avia tion in the United States," declared Tex Rankin, president of the Rankin Flying school here, in a review of the progress of flying before a civic club meeting last week. Rankin, a veteran flyer, has just completed an extensive tour of aviation fields in the Middle West and the East. $9,000,000 is being spent in the large cities alone and probably one tenth that much in the smaller towns fpr aviation purposes. There are more fields on the Pacific Coast than in the East or Middle West" said Rankin in pointing out the advance ment here. "By January, to show the great strides taken, a complete line of giant passenger ships, carry ing eight passengers arid two pilots, is projected to operate from one end of the coast to the other and by May this line will be connected with Chicago and Eastern cities." The activity in aviation is not con fined to the large cities for practic ally every town in Oregon is either planning or has partly constructed a landing field. Fields at Med ford and Eugene, on the direct mail routes are known all over the coun try. Other towns want some of this publicity and are going to get it. "The interest in the development of aviation on the Pacific coast has been so keen that the larger cities, Portland and Oakland in particular, are now using port funds for the construction of facilities, working on the assumption that a port is a port, whether the commerce comes in through the air or by water," Rank in continued. "Portland is spending $1,250,000 on Swan island, a magni ficent new field near the Columbia river and Seattle is spending $500. 000 on Sand Point field." Washington Road Engineer Is Jailed Humes Held in Contempt of Court for Withholding Records. Oiympla, Wash. Samuel Humes, state highway engineer, was taken to the 'Thurston county jail by Sheriff Claude Havens, following the filing of a state supreme court decision hold ing him in contempt of court. The court ruled that Humes must stay In jail until such time as he shall deliver the minutes and other books of record seized by the department of efficiency for auditing .purposes after Webster Hoover, former state highway commissioner, was discharged and Humes appointed in his place. : The court's decision precludes exer cise of the governor's pardoning pow- f er, It was said. , 1 It Is the first time in 38 years of statehood that a state officer diso beyed the court and was held for con tempt. ' The case opened September 6 when the court called on Humes to deliver the records. On September 20 Humes was cited for contempt. The case was heard before the su preme court October 7. Lawyers for Humes contended it was physically impossible to deliver the records be cause they were held in a safe by A. R. Gardner, director of efficiency. Governor Hartley ordered the in vestigation May S and the findings showed alleged Irregularities in the handling, of highway funds. It was charged that more than $70,000 of road money had been spent without audit ing or accountlag, In ordering the arrest ot Humes, however, the court emphasized that the main Issue at thfs time was com pliance with a court order. A Standard Theatre Picture Programs Tomorrow night the Standard Theatre offers as its feature attrac tion, Jackie Coogan in "The Bugle Call." The play has to do with Uni ted States cavalry troops and Indian fighting in the days of the old West, and Jackie's support includes superb acting by Claire Windsor and Her bert Rawlinson. "Bigger Than Barnums" comes to the Standard Sunday night in a throbbing tumult of thrills. The greatest circus picture you ever saw, the greatest circus picture ever made; with Ralph Lewis, Viola Dana, George O'Harra and Ralph Ince. Mary Roberts Rhinehart and Av ery Hopwood's compelling mystery drama, "The Bat" is the special mid week attraction at the Standard next Wednesday evening, at regular ad mission prices. As a story, the book was read by millions, as a ntagj play it is still running, and as a photo play everyone is waiting to see it. Home from Hunt Frank Chamberlain returned from hunting Friday morning with another large buck to his credit. Mr. Cham berlain having bagged one the first of the season. Elmo Russell was suc cessful in bringing down a three point buck. TARIFF AGREEMENT BARRED BY RIDER Washington, D. C. The French compromise' proposal in the tariff dis crimination dispute with this govern ment was found to carry a tlder which may prevent complete accept ance by the United States. According to the French , note, de cided by the state department, France will postpone the discriminatory tar iff rates as demanded and return tem porarily to the rate in effect before September 6, except where these are lower than the new minimum rates on German goods, ,but France wants in return assurances that the United States will lower certain American tariff rates and lessen sanitary re strictions which France protests as prohibitory. An agreement depends on French willingness to accept as adequate tho government's promise to inveBtlgats the rates and restrictions and to change them If such changes are Jus tified under the American law. FRENCHMEN FLY ALANTIC Brazil' Coast Reached from Africa by Cottea and Lt Brix. Rio de Janeiro. Dieudonne Costes and Lieutenant Lebrlx, French avi ators, arrived at Fort Natal, Brazil, completing the flight from St. Louis, Senegal. When the filers landed they com pleted the first flight made from the mainland of Africa to the mainland of South America. The flight across the South Atlantic was made in very good , time, tho French aviators traveling the 2,125 miles In about 22 hours. Although their start and most of the flight was fine, the aviators said, disaster threatened them when they were almost to their goal,' "When we were near the mainland, we noticed that something hud gone wrong with the propeller," Costes said "For a time we thought we would bo forced down, but the motor and tbn propeller held out and we continued." Seventeen Killed on Way to Dance. Indiunapolls, Ind.--Seventeen per sons, five of them women, were klllu! when the automobile trailer In whiui they were riding to a pre-Hallowte.i barn dance was smashed to pieces by a Muncle to-Indlanapoli Interurban car at the edge of the city. Five oth ers were so seriously hurt they may die. About 60 were in the party. Tlu men were members of the drill teai i of the Sahara Grotto of the Musouiv order,