ECntered at the Poat Office at Athena. Oregon, as Second-Class Mall Matter
VOLUME 49
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20. 1928
NUMBER 3
MAIL CARRIER HAS
TOUGH EXPERIENCE
Jones Marooned in His Car
While Flood Creeps Up
For Six Hours.
J. E. Jones rural mail carrier on
route No. 1 out of Athena, experienc
ed what he says was the toughest trip
he ever experienced, Thursday of
last week, when he was trapped in a
flood on Alkali Flat, in the Ztroa
neighborhood, he sat in his car with
water running through it for six
hours, before he j was . rescued by
Jesse Gordon.
And Mr. Jones has encountered
some thrilling experiences during his
long career as mail carrier for Uncle
Sam. These experiences include
facing blizzards on mountain roads,
and frequent spills by a mule team
that ran away "at the drop of your
hat," to use J. E.'s expression; but
he was always master of the situa
tion, even when sitting in the middle
of the road, digging dust from his
eyes and listening to distant hoof
patter of his fleeing Arkansaw can
aries. " But not so in the Thursday-incident,
when he drove his Chevrolet into the
.flood on the flat. As he progressed,
deeper and deeper the car went under
until the engine was stopped by the
water. Jim sized matters up, came
to the conclusion that he was up
aganst circumstances over which he
had no control, and wisely decided
that the best he could do would be to
sit it out until someone came along
to give him a lift.
And sit he did, for six long hours,
with the water gradually rising un
til it ran six inches deep in the car,
and had forced Jim and the mail bags
to take refuge on the seat cuishion.
And then there were sundry times
when severe jars jarred the car when
big cakes of drifting ice struck it.
Finally Jim was rescued from his
perilous position by Jesse Gordon who
came with a saddle horse. Mr. Jones
spent the night at the Gordon home,
and next morning a wagon was back
ed into the flood and the car pulled
over to terra firma.
E. HAUENSCHIELD
Seedlings Are Available
To Farmers of Oregon.
Oregon farmers will be able to ob
tain seedlings for the purpose of
planting windbreaks, shelterbelts or
woodlots next spring from the Ore
gon forest nursery, located eight
miles north of Corvallis on the West
Side highway. There will be avail
able for distribution 75,000 seedlings,
consisting principally of black locust,
green ash and yellow pine.
The state board of forestry has
decided to make a nominal charge of
$2.50 per 100 for the trees, with a
minimum charge of 25 cents to cover
the cost of digging and packing. Per
sons ordering must pay transporta
tion charges.
The distribution was made possible
through a co-operative agreement en
tered into by the state board of for
estry and the federal government ten
years ago under the terms of the
Clarke-McNary law. The board of
forestry appropriated $4000 annually
and thereby received an annual al
lotment of $2000 from the federal
government.
During the spring of 1927 approxi
mately 44,000 seedlings were distrib
uted, the majority going to eastern
Oregon. v
Eugen Hauenschlald, the new coun
sellor of the Austrian legation in
Washington.
Charles S. Marsh
Dies in California
After Long Illness.
The following account of the death
of Charles S. Marsh, former Athena
farmer, who died at Long Beach,
California, January 3, at the age of
73 years, , is taken from the East
Oregonian:
Mr. Marsh was born near Agen
cy, Wapello county, Iowa, in 1854
and was one of a family of 14
children. In the spring of 1872, at
the age of 18 years, he with his
elder brother took a drove of cat
tle across the plains to Colorado
and after selling them, he jour
neyed on to Walla Walla whers
his brother David L. Marsh, lived.
Later he and his brother went to
Whitman county and were among
the earliest pioneer settlers there.
His brother served as sheriff there
for six years.
After the death of his brother in
1888 and at the time of the opening
of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in
SWIMMING POOL
AGAIN FAVORED
Proposal Made to Put Dam
Across Wildhorse Creek
At City Park.
A swimming pool is again proposed
for Athena. Other times in the past
interest has been centered in the con
struction o a, swimming pool here,
and one time action in tne matter
went so far that a complete set of
plans and specifications for its con
struction were secured. But at that
time the World War came along, and
left the pool proposition dangling, in
the air without either interest or suf
ficient funds to undertake completion
of the project.
This time the proposal is more
modest in its undertaking, as compar
ed with former., plans. Now the pro
posal is to simply build a suitable
dam with proper flood-gate .equip
ment across Wild Horse creek at the
city park. Excavation of suitable
dimensions Would then follow for the
pool. The dam would back the water
into the excavation, and there is your
swimming pool. At some future time,
backed by civic interest and money,
the walls and bottom of the pool could
be concreted and dressing rooms pro
vided. Anyway this is the idea that at
present is being advanced, and it
presents two-fold benefit to the com
munity. With the water dammed up in
the present creek channel for swim
ming purposes, it is thought the city
park property would again respond
to tree and shrub growth through
renewal and restoration of sub-irrigation,
which long since has disappear
ed with the deepening of the creek
channel, due to flood erosion.
At one time the Civic club ladies
proposed to have the creek dammed so
that the park grounds might be re
stored to normal condition. No
final action was taken, however. At
this time the only trees that are alive
in the park, affording shade, are those
PLAY CLOSE GAME
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PENDLETON
Thrilling Contest Won By
Pendleton; Last Half
Score 17 to 12.
Coach Toole's Athena High School
quintet hooked up in a thrilling bas
ketball contest with Pendleton High
School at the county seat, Saturday
night. The game was witnessed by
the largest crowd of the season at the
Pendleton gym.
Athena started off in the lead, the
first quarter ending 7 to 0 in her
favor. Pendleton came back in the
second quarter, holding Athena to no
score, while the county seaters made
seven points to tie the count.
At the beginning of the second
half, Pendleton took the lead and was
never headed, the game ending Pend
leton, 17; Athena, 12.
Lash of Pendleton with four field
baskets, was high point man. Guard
ing was close during the engagement
as only ten field baskets were made.
The summary:
Pendleton (17)
THRIFT WEEK PROCLAMATION
DeWilde (3)
Lash (8)
Halverson
Schannep
Cronin (6)
Temple
Cooke
Fisk
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(12) Athena
(1) Crowley
(4) Myrick
(4) Gross
(3) Johnston
Michener
Miller
Woods
Pamburn
The Athena boys' and girls' teams
go to Stanfield for games tomorrow
night. These teams have not met be
fore this season, and the strength of
the West end players is not known.
However, both Athena teams are go
ing well at this time, and both con
tests tomorrow night should prove in
teresting to witness.
Walla Walla Again
In Toils of Flood.
Reckless Driver Arrested
Albert Haigh is under arrest at
Spokane, charged with reckless driv
ing and driving while intoxicated.
He is now in a jail hospital at Spok
ane, after making a get-a-way from
a Walla Walla hospital, reports the
Weston Leader. Haigh drove the car
which collided with one occupied by
Artie Beathe and Billy Buck when
they were on their way from Weston
to Walla Walla. The prisoner is
under bonds.
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aarerii yregu... . " that were planted in the east end,
there and moved to Athena, where ..K . , . . .
he lived many years. Then went to
Twin Falls valley in Idaho and set
tled near Buel. About ten years ago
he went to California and resided
there since.
Mr. Marsh is survived by his
widow, formerly Miss Ella Endsly of
Whitman county to whom he was
married in 1878. Surviving also are
two sons and one daughter, Floyd
Marsh of Sabastopol, California and
Mrs. Ruby Berry Marsh of Stockton,
California. Mr. Marsh is also sur
vived by one brother of 125 Magnolia
Avenue, Long Beach, California.
Funeral services were held in Long
Beach under the auspices of the
Masonic lodge of which Mr. Marsh
was a member. Interment was at
Sunnyside Mausoleum.
Tune In Tonight
A letter from Mrs. J. C. Baddeley,
president of the Arroyo Seco chorus,
Los Angeles, advises Athena friends
to tune in their radios at 7:30 this
evening when they will hear her
chorus in competition with Bay City
choruses, broadcast over KN-KC,
which is near station KN-WB.
Ford Demonstration Here
A Pendleton dealer drove the first
new 1928 model Ford to Athena
Saturday for demonstration. The
"boat" was the coach edition of Ford's
new line, and local citizens who rode
in it claim that the "job" is one of
considerable merit over the older
machines.
"Hard Times" Party
The O. D. O. club was entertained on
December 30 at the home of Mrs.
Lee Johnson: A "hard times" party
was featured and an enjoyable after
"noon was spent by the members, who
were dressed in costumes appropriate
to the occasion. Mrs. Forrest Zerba
assisted the hostess in serving re
freshments. The time and place of
the next meeting will be announced
later.
Baker Threshes Wheat
Baker. Wheat i3 being threshed in
heavy snow at the Fred W. Eppinger
ranch north of Baker. The grain
could not be threshed during the fall
because of the rains. It seems little
damaged by the snow and is running
about 40 bushels to the acre. So far
as known this is the first wheat that
has been threshed here in January.
Play Resumed
With the resumption of community
activities at Weston after abatement
of smallpox quarantine, three games
were on the schedule of the Blue
Mountain Basketball League. Lefty
Kretzer, Herman Geissel, Jim Hodgen
and Bill Wheatley of Athena, are
in the lineup of the Weston team.
Administratrix 'Appointed
The county court has appointed
Mrs. Edith B. Lumsden as adminis
tratrix of the estate of the late J.
A. Lumsden. Appraisers named to
value the estate are C. E. Fisk, W.
S. Ferguson and Arnold Wood.
Snow All O. K. Again
Just about the time the weather
man posted his cold wave signal for
Saturday and Sunday, a covering of
four inches of snow came to protect
growing grain, which had been left
uncovered by the combined "efforts of
old Sol and a royal chinook.
Scouts May Entertain
The Athena Boy Scout Troop may
offer a public entertainment in the
near future, for the purpose of rais
ing funds to defray the running ex
penses of their organization. What
the nature of the entertainment will
be, has not been announced.
The original stand of shade trees
have ' all died and now the last of
them are being converted into fire
wood and removed.
Those who have observed Athena
kids, rustling grain sacks each sum
mer to fill with dirt and gravel for
their swimmin' hole dam, are favor
ing a get-together movement to se
cure a bathing place for the community.
Mrs. Eugene Schrimpf
Dead at Age of 36.
Mrs. Eugene Schrimpf, formerly
Miss Bessie Key of Weston, died at
her country home north of that city
at 5:40 p. m. Thursday afternoon
of last week, aged 36 years, two
months and 11 days. Funeral ser
vices were held at Memorial Hall in
Weston, Sunday afternoon. ,
Mrs. Schrimpf had been seriously ill
for some time. For a while she was
at Hot Lake sanitarium where her
condition was somewhat improved,
when transfusion of blood was re
sorted to. A couple weeks ago the
patient was removed from the sani
tarium to her home.. In a short time
symptoms of pneumonia appeared,
and death came as a result.
The deceased is survived by her
husband, her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Key of Weston, three sisters,
Mrs. Harrison Kirk of Weston, Mrs.
Louis Van Winkle of Portland and
Miss Virginia Key, student at Uni
versity of Oregon, and two brothers,
Roy Key and Grant Key of Weston.
For the second time this winter
mountain snows and rain flooded
Walla Walla over the Mill Creek
route, and as before basements were
filled and lawns covered with mud.
Walla Walla's plight seems to lie in
the inability of Mill Creek to carry
water at flood stage, and that to
change conditions a large sum of
money will have to be spent in ex
cavating new channels to carry high
water past the city.
A temporary dam on Mill Creek,
constructed just before the last flood,
to divert the water into Yellowhawk
and Garrison creeks, was found to
have greatly benefitted in the prob
lem of future control, and it may be
that out of the numerous plans
evolved, a permanent diversion dam
may be decided upon.
By COVEK.NUU I. L. J'ATTISKSON ,
At this time when the pressure of
population is beginning to make In
roads upon the traditional abundance
of our natural re
sources, it is desir
able that we should
pause to give
thought to the uses
of thrift, which go
far beyond the sav
ing of money. Thrift
implies a wise and
construct! v e em
ployment of all pos
sessions, both pri
vate and public, in
order that they may yield the largest
and most desirable returns. New as
pects of the importance of personal
and public thrift appear daily, and we
have abundant evidence ot waste and
disaster which might have been avert
ed by intelligent foresight and care
ful planning.
Succumbs to Cold,
Klamath Farmer Is
Found Near Home.
Entertained at Dinner
Last Friday Mrs. W. J. Crabill en
tertained at dinner in honor of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Farlinger and son
of Bruce, Canada, who are visiting
in Athena. The following guests
were present: Mr. and Mrs. John
Tompkins and daughter Mary, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Farlinger and son
Bobby, Mr. and Mrs. Charles McFar
land, Mrs. Janett Sleeman and Mr.
and Mrs. Willard Crabill.
Klamath Falls. While his wife,
Mrs. Dehlia Dalton, was wandering
around trails and sheep paths of Tule
Lake early Monday morning search
ing for him, Carr Dalton, prominent
Tule Lake rancher and son of W. C.
Dalton, President of the American
National Bank of Klamath Falls,
froze to death within one-half mile
of his home on the 101 ranch.
Exhausted, her feet badly frozen,
Mrs. Dalton finally arrived at a house
south of Malin at 3:30 A. M. and
spread the alarm of her husband's
predicament. A search party discov
ered Dalton's body at the break of
day.
Dalton and V. J. Carter started
from Malin for the 101 ranch Sunday
night at 7:30 P. M. Their automobile
broke down four miles from the
ranch home, and after working on
the car for one-half hour, the two
men started to walk the remainder of
the distance. They became separated
in a low hanging, freezing mist. Car
ter said Dalton was in a serious con
dition when he last saw him.
Carter spread the alarm at the Dal
ton ranch home at midnight. Mrs
Dalton arose, dressed warmly, and
started out alone in search of her
husband. Carter could not accom
pany her. His feet were frozen. The
mercury stood at 12 below zero.
Mrs. Dalton wandered for 3lfc-
hours, calling desperately for her
husband. She is in a serious condition
at the home of her father, Burrel
Short, county commissioner, suffer
ing from frozen feet and prostrate
with grief over the death of her
husband.
Church of Christ Was Not
Negligent In Payment
To Minister.
Rumors to the effect that the
Church of Christ in Athena, was
narvlifrfln f- in thn navment of its
. "
minister's salary was the reason that
Dwight L. Hackett, pastor, resigned,
are proved to be' wholly unfounded
by the following statement made in
writing prior to Mr. Hackett's de
parture from tne city, last wees:
"To whom it may concern:
T wish to state that the Church of
Christ in Athena, was not as neglig
ent in my salary as is reported by
some who are not concerned about
the work of the church. This report
was not started by myself, and I do
nnt rnre to hear the responsibility.
Neither should the church be held in
disrespect by the community for this
report."
"Signed January Z,
"D. L. HACKETT."
Mr. Hackett has twice been pastor
of the Christian church at Athena.
He first resigned his pastorate here,
so that he could complete his course
at the Eugene Bible School.
Last summer, for the second time
he was called as pastor of the church,
nd nnon his resignation last week,
it is said that his contract lacked
several months of being completed.
It is understood by a number or nis
friends in Athena that Mr. Hackett
contemplates leaving the ministry,
for an indefinite time at least, un
the deDarture of Mr. and Mrs. Hack
ed from Athena last week, their des
tination was understood to be Leres,
California, where Mr. Hackett ex
pects to be associated with his father
in dairying.
In addition to his pastonal duties,
while here during the past few
months, Mr. Hackett became indent-
ified with local Boy Scout activities,
organized the Athena troup and was
its scoutmaster.
Big Pictures Coming
To Standard Theatre.
To Raise Hospital Funds
At a meeting of the bondholders
of the Walla Walla Valley General
Hospital Saturday, says the Walla
Walla Union, in the basement of the
hospital, it was voted to drive for
$50,000 to pay off the floating- indebt
edness of the institution, which open
ed last February and has been operat
ed on a small margin of loss each
month. ,
SECRETARY JARD1NE URGES MUSCLE
SHOALS FERTILIZER AS AID TO FARMERS
Have Been Making PiomisesJToo Long, He Says
"One of the chief ways In which we can help the farmers of this
pnnntrv is to hlp reduce the cost of their fertilizer bills," Secretary of
Agriculture William Jardlne, told a Muscle Shoals inquiry committee
of congress last spring In a statement that has Just been made public.
"They have to use more of it rather' than-less of it, and concentrated
fertilizer If I understand it correctly means a reduction of 25 or 30
per cent In the present cost, simply through savings on freight rates and
mU Secretary Jardlne, In addressing this committee charged with the
disposition of Muscle Shoals, explained that he was not Interested In
Muscle Shoals from the power standpoint nor for any other kind of
development except that of "making It work as effectively as possible
in the Interest of the farmers by giving them cheap fertilizers."
"My chief concern is that we do it without delay. We have been making
promises for a long time. For 10 years now the promise of a cheaper
fertilizer has been before this country. If we had had this going in
the last five years, it would have helped the farmers materially."
During this same hearing Congrespman John J McSwaln, of South
Carolina, made it clear that there is no guarantee of any very cheap
fertilizer through the various new processes urged by Dr. F. G. Cottrell
and his associates of the Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory.
- "I do not care how cheaply the du Pont people may be able to
manufacture nitrogenous plant food, they are not going to set up this
cost-plus-a-reasonable-profit plan (as Involved in the offer of the Amer
ican Cyanamld Company). They will make all the margin between the
cost and the existing price of Chilean nitrates, and tbey will make Just
as much profit as possible. Now, what I am anxious to do at Muscle
Shoals la to use In time of peace that mighty protect 4n order to keep It
ready for war . It can be used as a hammer to drive fertilizer
t-rices down through competition."
Three big pictures have been book
ed for early showing at the Standard
Theatre. They are: "Chang," the
most unusual picture ever filmed;
"The Bir Parade," Metro-Goldwyn's
great drama of the World War, and
"Ben Hur," the super screen version
of General Lew Wallace's literary
masterpiece.
Tomorrow night the Standard pre
sents dashing Tim McCoy in his cur
rent Metro-Goldwyn photoplay.
"Spoilers of the West." Sunday night
Jack Holt returns to the Standard
silver sheet in Zane Grey's splendid
story of the West, "Forlorn River."
McCoy is supported by Marjorie
Daw and William Fairbanks, and the
featured players with Holt are Ray
mond Hatton, Arlctte Marchal and
Edmund Burns.
Car Topples Into Mud
Walla Walla. Lyle Frazier and
three children nearly lost their lives
when a new sedan Frazier was driv
ing toppled over into the flood waters
of Dry creek, near the Bert Nelson
ranch, on the lower Waitsburg road.
He suddenly discovered that the
bridge over the stream had been
washed out and, swerving the car to
keep from dropping into the swollen
creek, the machine struck the soft
bank and fell in.
Mrs. Burroughs Dead
Umatilla county friends of Mrs,
Benjamin L. Burroughs, formerly of
Pendleton, were shocked to learn of
her sudden death Monday morning at
her home in Seattle. Death was due
to crebral hemorrhage. Mrs. Bur
roughs is survived by her husband
and one son, and other near relatives,
including Mrs. Don Robinson of Pend
leton, a sister.
An Old, Old Clock
The Amiel Schubert family possess
a Seth Thomas clock that has ticked
away on time for a period of 56
years. It was brought to Umatilla
county by Mr. Schubert's father
Recently the old timepiece took a
notion to rest, slipped a cog or tw
and refused to run. It was taken
over to Cleve Stanton, who soon tink
crcd it back into running firm again.
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ORIGINATE RUMOR
Lieutenant Richal Is
Cited for Gallantry.
r.itAtinns for erallantrv issued at
Managua, Nicaragua, have revealed
that American Marines had lived up
to the best traditions of the corps
famous for intrepid fighting. The
citations told of personal courage
under withering machine gun fire
wVipn thn Marines cantured Quilali,
stronghold of the rebel general,
Augustino Sandino, on December iU.
One of the heroes is Lieutenant
Morton A. Richal. grandson of Allen
Richal of Weston, civil war veteran,
says the Leader. Although he re
ppived a serious bullet wound in the
eye, the young oficer continued to
lead his men in the thick ot tne ugm-ing.
T .untenant Richal loined the Amer
ican Army at the outbreak of the
Wnrlfl War. He won his commission
and elected to remain in the United
States Marine Corps after the arm
Disappointed Basketball Kids
"Pike" Miller's three strings of
grade basketball teams met with
burning disappointment Thursday
evening, when three games with the
Adams grade schools which had been
scheduled and primed for, were can
celed. However, there may be a
lumn or two of suKar in the vinegar
after all, for there is a possibility of
the games being played at a later
date.
Helix Won and Lost
The "Red Devils," Helix' cracK
basketball team won one game and
lost one on its recent trip down thv
Columbia. The Grass Valley quintet
defeated Helix 21 to 19. The Gold
endale firemen dropped their game
to the "Red Devils" by the score of
23 to 25.
Pambrnn Place Flooded
The lawn and beautiful flower
garden at the Sam Pambrun place
south of Athena ,was overflowed by
the recent flood which came down
Spring Hollow, leaving mud and
debris in its wake. The lily pond
was in the track of the flood as well
as the famous strawberry patch.
Prisoners Shun Cell
According to Chief of Police Mont
gomery of Pendleton, prisoners
brought to the city jail, shun the cell
formerly occupied by Hickman. Al
though the ceil is the best the jail af
fords, prisoners ask to be kept in
others.
Dave Nelson 111
Dave Nelson, prominent Umatilla
farmer, has been confined to his home
in Pendleton for three weeks, with
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