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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1928)
Entered at the Post Office at Athena. Oreacm, as Second-Class Mall Matter VOLUME 49. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27. 1928 NUMBER 4 SCOUTS SPONSOR PARENT'S NIGHT Program of Entertainment Given At Standard Theatre. -Live and keen interest was shown at the regular meeting of the Athena Boy Scout Troop, at Scout Hall, January 19. A business " , meeting, games, signaling and "drill were en tered into. Twenty-two Athena boys are work ing on scouting, of which thirteen are registered "tenderfoot." Several are ready for their secondclass tests. At a recent meeting plans were advanced for raising finances to liquidate troop expenses, and a com mittee comprised of Stafford Hansell, John Kirk and the Scoutmaster was appointed to confer on the matter and report at the next meeting of the scouts. The report as suggested and approved was to put on a "parent's night" program at the Standard Theatre. The Athena troop has secured the cooperation of the Blue Mountain Council executive, and in addition to the proposed program, a high grade scout motion picture and news reel, will be features of entertainment, The general public will be asked to attend the entertainment, while scouts and boys interested in scuut ing are expected to be present. Scouting principles, points of inter est to parents of scouts and pros pective scouts, and subjects of gen eral interest pertaining to scout work will be explained. At the scout meeting last night, Dr. Cowan was on the program to give the scouts instruction in first aid work; M. I. Miller in charge of the games and recreational work, and Dr. Geyer in charge of the "tender foot" tests. The scouts are very much interest ed in arrangements made recently which gives them access to the Y. M. C. A. swimming tank at Walla Walla. Tomorrow scouts who may be able to go, will be taken through the Whit man college museum, between the hours of 4 and 5 p. m., and after ward for a swim aj the "Y." The next hike will be a "signal hike," and it is expeced that several troopers will be able to use a sema phore code by that time. The local troop committee and business men have heartily boosted and cooperated in making the troop a success. The boys have a fine place to meet, have recreational and scout equipment of the very best, and are now firmly entrenched for their work. Mr. Hawley, Boy Scout Executive of the Blue Mountain Council, who was in Athena yesterday afternoon assisting the local scout officers in their problems, addressed an assemb'y of high school and eighth grade pupils at the high school auditorium. Home Missionary Society to Disband CAPT. R. B. ADAMS ISSJ . A Capt. Robert B. Adams, who has been named engineer in chief of the United States coast guard to succeed Capt. E. Quincy B. Newman. Fred Hoyt, Missing Since Last Week Is Found Frozen Boise, Idaho. Ten miles from his crashed Stearman airplane, the froz en body of Fred Hoyt, Wichita, Kan., test pilot and sales manager of the Stearman Aircraft company was found 30 miles northwest of Holbrook, Idaho. Hoyt, lost over southern Idaho in a severe snowstorm evident ly had jumped from his ship, trust ing to land safely with his para chute. The Holbrook telephone operator, who notified the Associated Press, said it was impossible to determine whether Hoyt was injured in the fall as the horseman finding the body had hurried to Holbrook without close examination of the body. Hoyt's body was found four hours after Frank Commons, rancher had discovered the demolished plane al most buried in the snow, five miles from the nearest ranch. Daily search carried on by a squadron of planes operating from Salt "Lake and from Burley and Boise, Idaho, failed to locate any clua to the fate of the air man, although the territory in which the plane and body were found had been covered repeatedly by the aviators. Hoyt, who was delivering a plane to the Varney air lines in Boise, started from Salt Lake in company with C. C. Price, piloting the reg ular Salt Lake-Pasco, Washington, mail plane. In the faster plane, Hoyt soon outdistanced the mail flyer and was last seen as he headed into a storm over St. Revel, Idaho. Tre subsequent search by plane was suspended Thursday, in the belief that Hoyt could no longer have sur vived the sub-zero weather. How ever, posses of ranchers continued to scour the country around St. Revell and northward toward Holbrook un til called in following report of find ing the body. AIRCAN LEGION ERENGE Will Be Held In Athena at Legion Hall, Monday February 20. The district conference of American Legion Posts for the 6th Oregon Dis trict, will be held at Legion Hall, Athena, Monday February 20. Delegates visiting the conference will represent American Legion posts at Heppner, Arlington, Condon, Fos sil, lone, Milton, Boardman, Hermis ton, Stanfield and Umatilla Indian Agency. During the day conference sessions will be held at the K. of P.-I. 0. 0. F. lodge hall. The local Post plan to give a banquet to all ex-service men who attend the conference, and in the evening at Legion Hall, a dance will be given. State Commander Love, Carl Moser State Adjutant, and other promin ent in American Legion affairs will attend the conference. At a recent meeting of Athena Weston American Legion Post, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: C. L. McFadden, Commander; D. A. Bell, Vice-Commander; Max Hopper, Finance Officer; Justin Harwood, Adjutant. Penn Harris, Roy Russell, Forest Zerba, Glenn Dudley and Vic tor Hirsch, Executive Committee. A membership campaign has been in augurated by the local post, and a drive for new members is now be ing made. At a meeting of the Home Mission ary Society of the Methodist Episco pal church, held Wednesday after noon at the home of Mrs. Wm. Me Pherson, the members decided to dis band, and to later reorganize under another name. Mrs. McPherson and Mrs. Singer were hostesses for the meeting and a snlendid oroeram was conducted by Mrs. W. 0. Read, the subject being, "The American Indian; His Ability at Art from Nature, and his Part in the World War." Mrs. H. H. Hill gave a very interesting talk, and there were readings by Mesdames McLeod. McPherson and Read. The hostesses served a sumptuous lunch, and were assisted by Mrs. Will Kirk and Mrs. Lila Kirk. Guests were Mrs. M. L. Watts, Mrs. 0. H. Read er. Mrs. Lila Kirk, Mrs. Sims Dick enson. Mrs. E. C. Rogers and Mrs. E. A. Bennett. Fire Alarm A defective flue at the Ernest Schrimpf home at corner of Fourth and Jefferson street, burned out shortly before noon yesterday, and caused the fire alarm to be sounded, By the time the fire fighting equip ment arrived on the scene, the fire as etir.ffuished with a bucket of water, with no damage other than scorched wall paper. Providence Rides With 'Tex" Rankin Through Snow Storm Portland. At the height of the blinding snowstorm that swept this district Saturday, the roar of an air plane was heard and Tex Rankin, veteran airman, brought his plane to earth through swirling flakes' to win a pitched battle with Boreas a bat tle that started over Olympia, Wash. He left Seattle at 2 p. m. Flying from Vader, Wash., at a height of only 25 feet above the tree tops on account of the limited "ceil ing," Rankin swept along at this altitude as he followed the Cowlitz river to its junction with the Columbia. With the wheels of his plane al most skimming the water, he hug ged the east bank of the river, sometimes with . his wings barely 50 feet from the trees lining the shore. He landed here at 4:05 p. m. using the interstate bridge as a landmark when all other marks had been ob literated by the storm. "Have anyone with you?" he was asked over the telephone. "Just Providence," he chuckled. "Chang" Here Tomorrow .At Standard Theatre Chang" a motion picture reveal ing the hazardous life of the jungle, has been brought back to America by Merian C. Cooper and Earnest B. Schoedsack, who spent 22 months in the remote interior of Siam mak ing the production. Heralded by Paramount in such extravagant superlatives as "one of the greatest pictures of all time" "Chang" is utterly different from any photoplay ever made, in that al though ferocious animals of the jungle tigers, leopards, elephants, great snakes and chattering mon keys are the principal actors the picture contains a basic plot, skil fully embroidered with the conven tional dramatic forms of sympathy, struggle, menace, tragedy, pathos and exceptional comedy, furnished by a white gibbon named Bimbo. "Chang" will be presented at the Standard Theatre tomorrow night, under the auspices of Paramount, which organization financed Cooper and Schoedsack in their extraordin ary effort., The theme of "Chang" is most elemental the conflict of man against his implacable foe, the jungle, and the hostile beasts shelter ed by its abundant foliage. Sunday night the Standard will show Beatrice Fairfax's great rom ance, "The Lovelorn," with one of Metro-Goldwyn's steller casts featur ing Sally O'Neil, Molly O'Day and Larry Kent. "The Lovelorn" is adapted from the famous Beatrice Fairfax newspaper .articles. ATHENA DAIRY HERD RAS GOOD AVERAGE Ringel Cow Produces 95 Pounds Butterf at for December. All the high producing cows are not in western Oregon from the re sults of tests made on the cows of Louis Ringel of Athena, says the East Oregonian. Mr. ' Ringel has six cows he is milking and one has made exceptional record for only average feeding. Sha gave 72 pounds of butterfat for November and 95 pounds for Decem ber. This cow is no star boarder and has demonstrated the good care she is getting. The cow is a pure bred Guernsey. This was reported by E. M. Houser, official tester for the Umatilla Dairy Improvement assoc iation last fall. It is here demon strated that much good can come from the tests made on the different cows for their butterfat production. The low ones as well as the high ones can easily be found and the herd to give high producing eliminated from place for some animal. Other farm dairies of the Athena district are coming to the front with good stock. Consequently butterfat production is higher in proportion to standard breeding of the cows. Sheldon Taylor has gradually in creased his herd of Jerseys with profitable results, and Floyd Pinker ton finds Jerseys profitable on his ranch. Others are giving more or less attention to dairying in connec tion with wheatraising. Harry Mc Bride, residing on Wildhorse creek southeast of Athena, may decide to engage in dairying exclusively in the near future. Camp Fire Girls Will Organize In Athena Grain Shipments Morrow county grain shipments have been heavy during the past few weeks, especially from the lone ware houses. Morrow county farmers are holding back enough grain for seed this seascn, to be used in event of a freeze out. 0. 0. Stephens was called to Pend leton Tuesday owing to his mother's aint&V ia thaf titj. The next move of importance for Athena, will be the organization of Camp Fire Girls. It is said that during the coming week definite ar rangements will be made to effect the organization here. The district executive was in Athena yesterday afternoon, complet ing details for obtaining a charter for the local group. Further details and information will be published in next wfeek's PreS. Pendleton Man Hero It transpires that Burton Thurber of Pendleton, performed a heroic act when the 0. W. R. & N. passenger train was derailed in the Columbia river gorge several weeks ago. Thur ber, as the coach he was riding in went over and landed near the water's edge beside the locomotive, brought him alongside of the fire man. Thurber rescued the uncon scious trainman, whose clothing was caught in the wreckage of the engine. It was Thurber who ran three miles to telegraph the train dispatcher de tails of the wreck. The Last Legislature Amended Former Law Regulating Spraying The 1927 session of the Oregon legislature passed an amendment to the horticultural , laws providing for the licensing and bonding of those who engage for hitfi in the business of eradicating or controlling plant diseases, insect pests, or noxious weeds injurious to the plant industry of the state. Authority is granted the District Horticultural Commis sioner for prescribing the spray treatment, or materials to be used in such work and to make such rules and regulations regarding its applica tion as he may deem advisable.. In the past considerable loss has been experienced by some growers de pending on others to do their spraying or similar work for them. They have hired them in good faith with the in tention of affecting a cleanup of such pests as scale, codling moth, or wild morning glory. They have purchased the expensive material necessary for the work and have paid well fos the work itself; to find in many cases that in spite of all they had done the work had been . slighted through ignorance or negligence on the part of the party hired for this purpose Then at harvest time they find they are "out" not only the money they have put into material and labor but also have suffered a decrease in pro duction, have had the expense of handling the unmarketable culls in with the good stock, and in the case of an orchard crop often have suf fered permanent injury to the trees. District Commissioner Weather spoon will meet all parties interested at the office of R. F. Wilber, County Horticultural inspector, in Freewater, Wednesday, February 1, until six p m. Applicants for license will be examined at this time. A Fine Machine One of the finest looking machines that ever came to town has been in stalled at the Zerba Garage this week. Reference is made to the in stallation of a Sioux valve refacer. With all the tractors and farm trucks that are being purchased in the Athena country, in addition to the passenger car trade, Zerba is pie- cered to take care of valve trouble on thort notice. Roads In Bad Shape Helix Viewpoint: Arthur Coeand Ed Tucker were in Helix Wednesday from their ranches in Van Sycle Canyon. The roads in their section of the rountry as well as other roads leading into Helix are in such bad condition that the farmers are com pelled either to walk or ride horse back into town to get their supplies, in some instances the roads are so bad they have to leave the road en tirely and go thro'tfgh the" fields. Bert Warren Sells Bert Warren, who has been farm ing in the Helix district has dispos ed of his interests there, and with his family, is residing at Pendleton temporarily. On the evening of January 17, Mr. and Mrs. Warren were suprised by members of the Merry-Go-Round club of Helix, who spent the evening happily at the Warren home.. Athena Teams Lose Both boys and girls' Athena high school basketball teams lott their game3 at Stanfield, Saturday evening The boys' game went to a close de cision, Stanfield winning out, 18 tolO, "The Fighting Six" went down and out in the trenches by the over whelming defeat of 34 to 10; their first defeat of the season. luba r:r.!LiPS Mme. Luba Phililps, Russian avi ttrix, who contemplates a transatlan .ic flight from Roosevelt field, New York, to France. When Walla Walla Was Young, Wanted To Be in Oregon The following is reprinted from the Walla Walla Union of January 23,1876: "Everybody Signs It" This is what has been said by the committee hav ing in charge the petition asking for the annexation of this and Columbia county to Oregon. The petitions that were circulated in the city have already received over 500 names, that being a majority of all the votes in Walla Walla county. But as there are some petitions that are said to be very extensively sign ed that have not yet come in from the country, and from Waitsburg, it is thought that from two to three hundred more names will be signed in this county. So that there will probably not be more than one-tenth part of our voters who refuse to sign. A gentleman from Columbia county said that all through the county the sentiment in favor of annexation is strong, and is daily increasing. He says that if the vote were to be sub mitted today, it would carry by large majority. He says that the op position in Dayton is rapidly dying out, and that the people of that town begin to see, that in order for them to have their own terms of court, and in fact, in order for them to be a full-fledged county, they must be long to the state of Oregon, other wise they will be joined to Walla Walla county for judicial purposes, and will be only a kind of ornamental appendage to Walla Walla county. But while we are so unanimous on the subject of annexation, the "peopb er on the Sound are said to be working with might and main to de feat the annexation. They can't af ford to let thfs county go now, they have been so used to plucking it that they cannot think of giving up that favorite pastime now. Additional High Lines Coming to Athena Will Improve Service At the present' time Athena's light and power service is furnished by the Pacific Power & Light company from three Bources, Walla Walla river, Walla Walla steam plant and from the Yakima system. A fourth power tieun will be utilized in the near future, which will greaty improve local service. CO' incident with other replacements under way the company announces the early construction of a 66,000 volt line to Athena, which will later be continued on to Walla Walla. The Athena line will also carry 25,000 voltB for use as a distributing line. R. L. Stout, right or way engineer informs the East Oregonian that the Athena line will cost ap proximately $4,000 per mile. He has completed the Athena arrangements and the ten surveying ana right ol way engineers are now at Pendleton ready to begin work on the new ex tension. Lambing Season In some districts of Eastern Ore gon, lambing operations will be und way in a short time. It is reported that the flocks have wintered well and a satisfactory increase is tfected. ex- Brotherinlaw Dies Suddenly at Yakima A. D. Smith, groceryman o: Yakima, and brotherinlaw of 0. O, Stephens of his city, died suddenly of apoplexy Wednesday. Mrs. bmitn sister of Mr. Stephens, accompanied by her son, was on her way to Pendleton, being called there on ac count of the serious illness of her .mother, when death claimed ner husband. Arriving at Pendleton on the even ing train, Mr. Stephens met her there and drove her through to Yakima Wednesday night. The condition of the mother at Pendleton is reported to be critical, and relatives have Wti-n at htrr WflkTde fur W.nrral days. WILL DEDICATE WILDHORSE ROAD County Court Honor Guests At Community Banquet Next Wednesday. .Tim McBride and other members of the Commercial Association are spon soring a community banquet for next Wednesday evening, which is to com memorate the completion of the Wildhorse market road and its ex tension up Eagle creek to the Thorn Hollow highway connection. The banquet will be held in the re ception room of the Christian church, and the guests will be served by the ladies of that church promptly at six p. m. Members of the County Court will be guests of honor, B. B. Richards will be toast master and the occasion will serve to dedicate the new highway. It is desired that people of Athena and vicinity take part in the ban quet to the extent that it will materialize into a community affair, solely to recognize the successful completion of a community enter- Prise- . . With this object m view, n win oo fnr nil desiring to attend the banquet to leave their names and $1.25 per plate at eiuier Grocery Athena Department .store or KOgerS uouumnii, iw !' Monday evening, so that tne nnsi ian church ladies may know how many to prepare for. The banquet is lor Dom men u women oi me- communis . in charge of arrangements are desirous of making it a success m point of attendance. Music features will be secured for the program, and a real, neighborly, get-together time is anticipated. Robins Head North In Immense Flocks Roseburg. Roseburg residents were treated to an unusual signi yesieruuy and today when thousands of robins, flying in great bands like geese, m vated the Umpqua valley. Yesterday evening they passed over the city m great clouds apparently1 seeking shelter in the country south of Rose burg. This morning they were seen again flying back north. They stretcnea oui m u dh."6i an,ntime miles in length, with occa sionally a straggling band contain ing several hundred birds breaking off from the main body, which seemed to follow a course aiong me South Umpqua river. , It is presumed that storms m u surrounding areas caused tne Diraa to congregate in the vicinity of Rose burg. The unusual movement of the birds in such enormous numbers at tracted a great deal of attention. Gorge Again Threatened With rising temperature, and in some sections ramiau, n ytvu... situation in Eastern Oregon has materially changed for the better. With this change going into effect, traffic conditions in the oiumDia river gorge threatened to again tie up motor transportation, the effort f Wee crews of workmen being concentrated on keeping the highway open. Government Trapper Displays His Catch Government Trapper Patterson was in Athena Wednesday evening with the hood and running board of his car decorated with five coyotes and a bob cat, which he had taken in a couple of days work in the Combs Canyon district. The coyotes were victims or poison ed bait, and Mr. Peterson caught the cat in a trap placed in a sheep shed at the Smith sheep camp. The trapper is of the opinion that more coyotes fell to the lure of his poisoned bait, cut on account m heavy frost he was unable to find them. The ones he brought in were hard to locate among the frost covered sage brush. Fumigating Rites Weston Leader: Fumigating rites have been accomplished in the Lun- dell home, which was quarantined during the illness of Master Jerry from smallpox. Even the family cat, in spite of much catterwauling, scratching and other manifestations of disgust, was subjected to a lysol bath in order to kill any germs which might be lurking in his sleek coat. Ray Dudley Pledged University of Oregon. Ray Dudley, of Athena, who is a freshman this year at the University, has been pledged to Oregon Knights, an under class honorary society. The pledges include a total of 23, seven of whom Vere frvm TrfrttantJ.
