.. I...... , 1 1 I, 11 1 in ,nn nrmimii 7TnTr-- iiT im- iff iriilwaTOwFWiTwaama.
i
1
-
1
.
W'e are Equipped to ao
Job Printing
Ml Kinds. Short Notice
Two American Radio
Relay Stations are '
Located in Athena
NEW MACHINE NOT
IDE
11
Farmers are Advised to Use
Smut Treatment Known
to be Safe.
The following article regarding
the use of a new machine for treat
ing smut in wheat was prepared by
E. N.-Pressman, associate professor
of farm crops at Oregon State col
lege, and has been released through
the office of the Umatilla county
agent in the wheat sections.
A new machine for treating smut
in Wheat and other small grains is
being sold in Oregon. This machine
is called the "gas grain-pickler." The
method was called to the attention of
the Experiment Station by County
Agent Hall. County Agent Hal! ran
some preliminary tests with the ap
paratus and sent supplies of tveated
wheat to the Experiment Station at
Corvalils for germination test. The
wheat sample, from near the pipe
that carries the gas to the grain
was absolutely killed. A composite
sample of the treated wheat germin
ated only 12.5 per cent It is ap
parent that this treatment hinders
the germination of wheat.
The "pickler" uses paraformalde
hyde as the material for killing the
smut spores. The Dominion Depart
ment of Agriculture, Ottawa Bulletin
No. 81, New. Series,says in regard to
paraformaldehyde: "Since formalin
gas in water, it is evident that in the
formalin treatments it is the pres
ence of the gas in the waterthat is
responsible for the control of the
smut. ' .'
This method of treating wheat
for smut has been sold in Canada
for several years and the above
bulletin also states:
The properties of paraformal
dehyde, however, preclude its use
as a fungicide. Although parafor
maldehyde is formed rather read
ily from formaldehyde, very little
of the latter can be obtained when
paraformaldehyde is heated. When
"cooled it is deposited again in its
original form. It can therefore,
be seen that paraformaldehyde is
a poor source of formaldehyde gas.
Besides when wheat is treated with
formalin and' then thoroughly 'dried,
only a part of the formaldehyde
evaporates; the remainder changes
paraformaldehyde and is left a de
posit in and on the ' seed coats. It
has been conclusively shown that it
is this substance which is responsible
for the injury to germination.
"It was, therefore, not unexpected
that a gas grain pickler put on the
market in recent years proved to be
a failure when thoroughly tested! It
was found that when the gas gener
ated by heating the paraformalde
hyde was conducted through a per
forated pipe into the grain, tne great
er part of the paraformaldehyde was
deposited on the pipe or on the grain
near the perforations of the pipe.
The germination of the whitened
grain was completely destroyed.
Grain further away was not injured,
but the bunt in it was not controlled
by the treatment The farmer is,
therefore, strongly advised to use a
a treatment one that has been shown
by controlled experiments to be safe
and effective, if he wishes to get re
sults that are always safe and satisfactory.
J. C. Taggart, Superintendent of
the Experiment Station for South
western Saskatchewan, informs us
that the: "Gas Grain Pickler has
been tested at a number of stations
Western Canada ar.d Las been
control of smut in wheat"
The Oregon Experiment, Station
is conducting tests with the "pick
ler". this year, to get additional in
formation on the matter. However,
in view of the positive statements
from, the Canadian Experiment Sta
tions there is no doubt that this
method is ineffective.
The Oregon Experiment Station
still definitely recommends the use
of i copper carbonate for treating
smut (bunt) in , wheat, and the
standard formaldehyde treatment for
smuts in oats and barleyi Circulars
on these methods may be obtained
from the Experiment Station.
Senator Dill Expects
"1 Congress to Act
Out for Coast Title
Ted Roy, Pilot Rock, the "singing
blacksmith" of Qregon State college,
who gained state-wide recognition by
winning the Atwater Kent radio
audition contest in Portland, October
8 left Saturday for San Francisco to
enter the divisional contest there.
He will compete with winners of state
contests in WashinrtonJdaho. Mon
tana, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, Ariz
ona and Northern and Southern Cali
fornia The divisional contests were
held m San Francisco, Mondayrom
11 o'clock until midnight over radio
KPO. The winner will represent the
Pacific coast in the national audi
tion contest in New York city, De
cember 11.
Knight-Dickenson
Miss Gladys Dickenson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Sims Dickenson, be
came the bride of Henry Knight,
son of the late Hiram Knight Sun
day afternoon at 2 p. m., in Pendle
ton at the Methodist parsonage, Rev
erend Wire, officiating. They were
accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Dick
enson. The happy couple left im
mediately for Portland, where they
will spend a few days before continu
ing on to Jfheonix, Arizona, to re
side. A surprise came to them
when a party of young people were
waiting with a shower of rice and
old Bhoes to bid them well on their
way. Mr. and Mrs. Knight were both
former Athena high school students
Friends are giving them congratulations.
Expectation that farm relief will
take precedence over tax reduction
and other subjects of legislation in
the coming session of congress was
expressed by Senator Dill, democrat,
of Spokane, upon his departure for
Washington says the Oregonian.
"Farm relief looms as the domi
nant question jn- congress," Sena
tor Dill said in a newspaper inter
view. "The so-called farm block, the
congressmen who are fighting for
farm relief, will not be satisfied
with any decoy measure intended to
give temporary relief. They want
something that "will go to the roct
of the question, something that will
remove the farm surplus as a reason
for cutting the price of the entire
crop below the cost of production.
The McNary-Haugen bill will not
necessarily pass, but whatever is
passed must care for the surplus
The government could handle the
surplusand, if necessary, take it out
of the treasury. The government
could well afford to do so.
Forty-Two Year Snuff
Henry Barrett is displaying a
package of Chinese snuff; anyway it
was that long ago when Sam, a
Chinaman, worked for the late Henry
Adams on his farm east of Weston,
and the snuff was left there by Sam.
All dolled up in a package covered
with Chinese characters printed in
red ink, Henry took it to Jim, cookey
at the Athena Hotel for classifica
tion. "All samee snuffe," said Jim.
Tractor Kills Farmer
Medford. Christopher Witte, 44,
farmer of the Central Point district,
was killed instantly Saturday when
a tractor he was driving fell upon
him. The machine hit a depression
in the field and fell backwards. Witte
was to have been married next week
to Miss Jennie Randall, 49, a nurse.
He will be buried in his wedding
clothes. Witte's brother was an eye
witness of the tragedy.
Honored With Shower
A beautiful bridal shower was
held at the home of Mrs. Alex Mc
Intyre, Monday evening when Mrs,
Mclntyre assisted by Miss Hilda
Dickenson, Mrs. Jesse Myrick, Mrs.
Arnold Wood, Mrs. Marion Hansell
and Mrs. Max Hopper entertained in
honor of Mrs. Paul Lieuallen (nae
Edna Pinkerton.) The spacious rooms
were; tastefully decorated in pink
and 'white, chrysanthemums being
used extensively. The dining table
presented a fitting scene, when
a large bride's cake with tiny bride
and groom under a canopy and wed
ding bell was the center piece, and
pink tapers tied with white tulle and
pink and white streamers. Mrs.
Lieuallen cut the wedding cake while
Mrs. Fred Pinkerton, mother of the
bride poured and Mrs. Lawrence
Lieuallen cut ices. Aboutthirty-five
guests enjoyed the evening in ap
propriate games, Miss Edna DeFreecs
winning first prize. The honoree
was the recipient ef many beautiful
gifts.
Athena has two American radio
relay stations. One is owned and
operated by C. M. Eager, and the
other by R. B. McEwen. The form
er station has been active all fall.
and the latter will be in operation
soon, when messages will be accept
ed for any part of the United States
and will be handled free of charge.
Recently Mr. Eager relayed a mes
sage from a South Dakota station
for a party in Spokane, and a week
or so after, this Spokane man passed
through Athena, found Mr. Eager
and thanked him for sending tha
message.
Nightly radio messages are being
handled by amateur radio fans, the
number of which are 20,000 through
out the United States. Stations re
cently communicated with by Mr,
Eager are located in Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Michigan, Alabama, Illinois,
Iowa, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Wyom
ing and California.
The American Radio Relay league
is practically a world wide organiza
tion and many foreign stations are
communicating with United States
stations regularly. In addition to
the message work which is in the
Code", many amateurs have the wire
less phone , also, the distance for
this is , of course imited to their
power, Mr. Eager recently talked
to stations in Marshfield with his
phone.
I TTYTY" -M !': vv.-J
WAV PW CThT
HI W 7 IV U sYT
Pendleton W
ii
Weston Won, 2-0
In a hard and closely contested
football game played on the local
gridiron, Tuesday afternoon, Weston
high school won from Athena 2-0.
The teams were so evenly matched
that the winning of the game depend
ed entirely on breaks, and when the
break came it went to Weston. The
score was made on a safety, when
an Athena player unintentionally
pushed the ball over his own goal
line. Earlier in the season Weston
and Athena played to a 6-6 tie on the
Weston grounds. Athena was de
feated Saturday by the Pendleton
high school second team, 6-0.
Arrest Warrant Issued
for Davis and Best
Emory Davis and E. H. Best,
squatters on , the Umpqua national
forest, says the Portland Oregonian,
who were given 60 days in
which to quit the land when they
were hailed Into federal court at
Portland September 15, were still on
the land at the expiration of this
time.the United States district attor
ney's office was advised. A bench
warrant was issued for their appre
hension and Loren C; Cochran, dep
uty United States mafthall, was sent
to bring them in.
Davis is a veteran of the Span
ish -American war and Best a vet
eran of the world war. . Several
months ago they took up, their resi
dence high in the Cascades between
Roseburg and Diamond lake in the
heart of a forest reserve. The for-
estry service ordered them off, with
little or no success.
Action was then started in the
federal court and they were ordered
off, by a decree. No attention was
paid to this. They were then held
tp be in contempt, brought to Port
land and taken before Judge Mc-
Nary. The court allowed them 60
days in which to quit and they
promised to leave by the expiration
of this period, unless the e-overn.
ment should reclassify the land
ujion wmcn iney nave squatted as
agricultural land and open to home
stead entry. This has not been
done.
Best is married, and with his fam
ily is living in a shack on the home
stead he has squatted upon, while
Davis has also built a small house.
oolen Mills
Robes, Shirts, Blazers, Socks, etc.
Have 3Tou seen our new line of Men's and Boys'
Caps?--The latest out.
We give an unconditional guarantee on all our ladies'
wear-Ladies' Hose, Bloomers and Vests.
We .will give you 5 per cent discount on all cash purchases, and on all cred
it bills paid on or before the 10th of the following month.
STEVE'S GROCERY
Quality Quantitv. Service. Phone 171. Athena, Oregon
The Athena Hotel
MRS. LAURA FROOME. Prop.
Courteous
Treatment, Clean
Good Meals
Beds
Tourists Made Welcome
Special Attention Given
to Home Patrons
Corner Main and Third
; Athena, Oregon
Continental Oil Company
. Prompt Service
s -
Alwav
Bryce Baker, Agent
Phones 761 and 31F11, Athena
"He that tooteth not his own horn,
the same shall not be tooted."
Insurance
of every kind and
description.
classified Farm Loans
Lost Boston Screwtail dog, wear
ing Walla Walla city license tag No.
439. Lost between Weston and Athe
na November 18. Reward $25 if re
turned to Ed. Kimsey, 517 Bryant
Avenue, Walla Walla, Washington.
at rates and terms
that satisfy.
B. B RICHARDS,
Athena
Pigs Two month old pigs for sale.
Virgil Zerba, Phone 26F15.
Lost Small black purse containing
sum of money and Post Office key.
Hammitt A. Price.
For Sale 5 Tube Radio. Will in
stall and guarantee. II. W. LeRoy, at
Mrs. Kirk's cottage, South Third
street.
For Sale At a bargain. Cadillac I
sedan, run 33,000 miles. Chance Rog
ers.
I am prepared to do concrete curb
ing around cemetery lots, at reason
able prices. J. E. Crowley, phone 363,
Athena.
J. L. Harman
Blacksmithing
We Carry the
Pendleton t
Machine Works
Hinged Weeder
Main Street Athena. Oregon
THE
KILGORE CAFE
GERALD KILGORE, Proprietor
FRIGID AIRE COLD DRINKS
Malted Milk, Sodas, Coca Cola, Root Beer, Sun
daes, Ice Cream, Bricks, Dixies, Eskimo Pies, etc.
Gerald Kilgore, Proprietor - - Athena, Oregon
!
THE ATHENA MARKET
We carry the best
Meat
That Money Buys
Kippered Salmon, all Kinds of Salt Fish. Fresh
Fish, Oysters, Crabs, Clams, Kraut in Season.
A. W. LOGSDON
Main Street Athena, Oregon.
ilI frfff HJH.T TffT gwr HWT BWrnir HH wrrimt nmr mmr mmw mmt urmr
Spring Water Overflow
Athena is reaping one great ad
vantage from the excessive rainfall
of the past two months. An abun
dance of spring water in the grav
ity system of the water works con
tinues to furnish an overflow at the
reservoir.
m
found to be wholly ineffective for the
Attend Pendleton Lodge
Lew McNairi York Dell, Clarence
Benefield, Ernest Duncan and Henry
Booher comprised a party of Knights
of Pythias, who attended lodge in
Pendleton, Llonday night.
Gifts
for
All occasions
Complete assortment
to choose from
McFadden's Pharmacy
Bell & Venable
Phones 125 and 24
Two Auto
Truck Drays
Always At Your Service
City and Country
HAULING
and Horse Team Work
Foley s Kidney Cure
make kidney $ and bUJJer right
The Lumber
You Need
If you are planning alterations or ad
ditions to your building, let us give
you an estimate on the Lumber need
ed. You will be pleasantly surprised
at the reasonble total we will quote. ,
Wood and Coal
Fence Posts
Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co.
Main Street, Athena
J