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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
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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
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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,