Entered at the Post Office, at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mail Matter
VOLUME 49.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 2. 1928
NUMBER 9
CHAIRMAN WOOD
TALKS ON SCHOOL
Status of Athena High Is
Given In His Banquet
Address.
Arnold Wood, chairman of the
board of directors of Union High
School District No. 7, gave- the princi
p:.l address at iho ecamurity ban
quet; Friday evening. Mr. Wood took
the general status of the school and
spoke, as follows:
"In 1924 the Union High School
District No. 7 was formed, we had a
joint meeting with the directors of
District 29, in regard to a place to
have school. District No. 29 agreed
to give us free of charge the use of
the building and also turned over to
us all the high school equipment, then
we in turn agreed to pay one-half of
. the up-keep on the building, one-half
of the running expense which is
janitor's salary, fuel, light, water and
necessary repairs.
"Our district was formed late in
the summer of 1924, although we
wsre a High School District the
school was not under our supervision
until 1925. We met on November 12,
1924 and estimated a budget for the
school year of 1925-1926, The school
year of 1924-1925 was of no expense
to us because in May, District No. 9
had contracted for the teachers of
1924-1925, so their contracts were ful
filled. Our budget estimate was $6,
600, which included $5,000 for teach
ers, janitor $500 and $500 for mis
cellanous items. It was agreed that
District No. 7 should pay 2-3 of the
principals salary and No. 29 So
on May 8, 1925 we received $3328 and
when we started school on September
8, 1925 we-had on hand $3215. Then,
on November 16, 1925 our budget
committee adopted a budget for $6,
G00, we received on Beeember 5, 1925,
$3,173 and on June 15, 1926 before
the end of cur school year we received
$?,183. So the estimated total ex
pense for the school year "1925-1920
was $9,815, of which only $6,600 was
raised during the school year. At
the close of the school year we li&d
on hand only $51.
Then came the school year of 192H
1927. There was a little increase in
salaries, a little extra building re
pairs, a few extra expenses the add
ing of a sewing class takes some of
this expense a sewing machine, and
a few typewriters. On November 29,
1926 the budget committee estimated
the budget at $9,958, then along came
a lot, of extra building repairs which
ran into a large sum of money, about
$900 to our part. So at the end of
the school year June 1927 we had out
standing warrants for $1040.
"When the time came for hiring
teachers for 1927-1928, the patrons
made a demand on us that our school
was hot upto their expectation, so we
began to see if we could make it up
to their standard. We began by hir
ing a new superintendent at an in
crease of salary and retained one
teacher at an increase in salary and
hired fwo new teachers, and we found
that the way the courses in our school
had been arranged and the various
subjects the scholars wished to take,
our classes could not be arranged
properly, so we had to add a JA time
teacher at a salary of $75 per month.
"We also added at the beginning
of this year a manual training course.
The argument 4n favor of the manual
training course was that the boys
should have a course to coincide with
the girls sewing class. I think the
girls have made wonderful progress
in sewing. We also made this course
open to the 7th and 8th grade boys
and the sewing class open to the 7th
and 8th grade girls, so when the bud
get committee met in November 1927
they estimated the budget at $12,952
of which $10,500 was voted.
"This was estimated on the budget
of the year 1926 plus 6 per cent. This
will leave a shortage of $2450 at the
end of our school year and plus the
$1040 of outstanding warrants will
make us $3490 in debt at the end of
our term, which is a small amount
for a District which has over three
and one-half million dollars of tax
able property.
"There are a few things the tax
payers of this district should look in
to very carefully; one is the roof on
our building. We have repaired the
roof several times in the past few
years, but with very little success. A
short time ago we repainted and cal
somined the walls and ceilings and
everything looked very good but as
soon as wet weather set in, the roof
leaked and the result is the walls are
all spotted and in a number of places
the walls became wet and the plaster
fell off which looks very bad, and ta
save the interior of any building you
must have a good roof.
"Another thing is our furnace. It
ha3 been a great lot of trouble and
in extreme cold weather it is impos-
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sible to keep some of the rooms warm
enough, and it is a great expense to
run it. It takes about 100 tons of
coal each year at an average cost of
tbout $10. We find that other build
ings of the same size are being suc
cessfully heated with less than 50 tons
of coal, or a saving of about $500 each
year. These are two items that will
demand your attention in the near
future.
"Now, I wish to say a few words
about our present school. I think we
have at the present time one of the
best, schools of its size in the state,
we rank among the highest with our
county superintendent and also with
our State Superintendent. We ful
fill every requirement of a standard
high school. We offer all of the
required subjects of a standard school,
but we do not offer as many courses
as he larger schools, we have 6 com
pulsory subjects, the first two years;
and about 9 selective subjects.
"We do not offer all the selective
subjects for we could not afford
teachers for so small classes, so we
have tried to have a college entry
course which is 15 credits for gradua
tion. . -
"The cost of educating each high
school! pupil of our school in the year
1926-1927 was the lowest in the
county and we have 12 Union High
School Districts in this county.
"Now, about our school for next
year. Our superintendent has had
the students express their desire for
what subjects they wish to take next
year, and we think the classes can be
:o arranged that we will be able to
handle all the subjects with the ser
vices of 4 teachers, which will be one
time teacher less than this year.
We also hope to add a course in short
hand with our typing class but this
can be done without any added ex
pense; so we hope to cut down the
expense of our school next year ap
proximately $1500. Our manual
training class is all established and
that will be no expense next year, nor
have we any typing machines or sew
ing machines to buy. Our manual
training class has been very success
ful this year. There has been no tools
lost or broken in that department so
far.
"The school is a community affair.
It is the property of every tax payer.
It should be of great interest to them
and the patrons' of the school. The
records are public property. The
The minutes of our meetings are
public. Any one who is a tax payer
or a natron of the school can inspect
them at any time. . The teacher3
would be glad , to have you visit at
any time and answer any question, in
regard to school work. Cooperation
between the teachers, the directors,
the taxpayers and the patrons of the
school all go to make a good school
and we all hope for a good school."
Soliciting Under Way
The committee having charge of
soliciting funds for construction of
the swimming pool in Athena City
Park, have met with satisfactory
financial encouragement, and will
make its report at the next meeting
of the Legion Post. Plans for the
construction of the pool are expected
soon from the architect of the Tum-
a-Lum Lumber Co.
Death of R. H. Duffield
R. H. Duffield was called to Port
land Saturday by the death of his
father, R. H. Duffield of that city,
who died at the age of 79 years.
Funeral services which were in
charge of Mt. Hood Lodge, A. F. &
A. M., were held in Portland, Mon
day. Mr. Duffield returned from
Portland, yesterday.
Injured While Plowing
Charles Mathews, who is employed
by Tom Kirk on the Lumsden place
at Dry Creek, was seriously injuied
one day recently, when he was thrown
from a plow when it struck a rock.
Mr. Mathews was considerably bruis
ed and has been unable to work since
the accident occurred.
EASTERN
OREGON
TOURNEY STARTS
Athena Ouint Has Its First
Rcund With Pendleton
This Morning.
The ., Eastern Oregon district
scholastic basketball tournament
opened its three-day. schedule .in the
McLaughlin High . School" gymnasium
yesterday morning, with the following
teams participating: Weston vs.
Helix at 1:30; Stanfield vs. Board
man, 2:45; Hermiston vs. Echo, 4:00;
During the evening, Adams will meet
lone at 7:15 and Umapine will play
Arlington at 8:30.
This morning the loser of the first
game will play the loser of the sec
ond game ta 8 a. m. The remainder
of the morning schedule is as follows:
Heppner vs. Mac-Hi, 9:45; Pendle
ton vs. Athena, 11.00; Fossil drew a
bye.
Tonight the teams will meet as fol
lows: the winners of the first round
will play the winner of the Stanfield
Boardman contest. The winners cf
the Hermiston-Echo game will play
the winners of the Adams-lone game;
the losers of the Adams-lone game
will play the. losers of the Umapine
Arlington contest. During the eve
ning the winners of the Umapine
Arlington game will play the winners
of the Heppner-Mac-Hi tilt and at
8:15 the winners of the Pendle'.on
Athena game will play the Fossil f w..
The losers of the Heppner- Mac-Hi
game will play the loser of the Pend-leton-Athena
game.
Tomorrow morning the winners of
the Weston-Helix and Stanfield
B6ardman contest will play the win
ners of the Hermiston-Echo and
Adams -lone games at 9:15.
The winners of the Umapine-Arling-ton,
Heppner-Mac-Hi games will play
the winners of the Pendleton-Athena,
Fossil group at 10:30. At 8 o'clock
on Saturday the losers of the Weston
Helix, Stanfield-Boardman group will
play the losers of the other group of
games, and the winner of this game
will play for the consolation title.
The losers in the Adams-lone gar. e
will play the loser of the Umapine-.
Arlington ' game and the winners of
this game will play the winner of the
Heppner-Mac-Hi, Pendleton-Athena
games.
Tomorrow night the two winning
teams will compete for the title of the
tournament which will send one team
to the state meet in " Salem. The
championship game . will be played at
8:30 and the two teams competing for
the consolation title will play at 7:15
o'clock.
Clark Yenney, former Whitman
center, will handle the whistle for the
most of the games.
Fifteen teams are entered in the
three-day schedule. This is the largest
number of teams it is said, to ever
compete for the title in an Eastern
Oregon meet.
Mac-Hi is conceded more than an
even chance to win the right to repre
sent the district at the state tourney
in Salem. There will be 20 games play
ed this week, with double elimination
ruling. The losing teams will also
have a consolation round. Only one
team is to be picked to represent the
district. Of the teams entered, Mac
Hi and Helix look the strongest,
judging from their season's records
Held Base Ball Meeting
A meeting of those interested in
baseball was held Ttresday evening,
and matters of interest pertaining to
organizing the team which will repre
sent Athena in the Big Six League
this season, were discussed. The com
mittee which solicited funds reported
the sum of $97 subscribed. It was
decided to purchase new bags for the
bases, some bats and mitts for the
players. The matter of working over
the baseball diamond and erecting a
backstop was discussed.
BAD GHEGK ARTIST
RAG
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ONE RERE
Forges Name of Roy Can-
ncn and Passes Check
At Eagers. -
Celebrates 84th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Koepke Jr., ar
rived home from Glendale, California,
where they spent the winter at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Koepke
Sr. On February 18, Mr. Koepke Sr.,
celebrated his 84th birthday anniver
fary by entertaining a large number
of friends at his home. Sixty per
sons were in the group that observed
the anniversary. Mr. Koepke is en
joying good health, but Mrs. Koepki
is not so well as usual, her son reports.
. Dog Injured Again
"Biddy," the bird dog owned by Fay
LeGrow is again carrying a broken
leg. A couple of years ago a truck
ran over the dog and broke one of
its hind legs. Last week it broke the
same leg at the hip, when running,
it fell off a street curb. In this in
stance it was impossible to set the
fractured bone in splints.
A sleek "paper hanger" conjuring
the familiar name of Roy Cannon
with a bank check to the tune of
$22.50, passed it at Rowe's Cash
Grocery in Athena, Monday evening'
shortly before closing time.
The dark complexioned, well-dressed
forger walked out of the store with
his purchase of a two-pound can of
coffee, two cans of canned corn, a
couple of cans of tomatoes and $20
in cash, and hasn't been seen since. t
Described as rather good looking,
under 30 years of age,sharp features,
wearing a dark suit, a tan colored
jersey vest and tan hat, the fellow
entered the store complaining of mud
on his shoes, as though he had walk
ed in from the country, made his pur
chases and ' tendered the cheek pay
ment. Mrs. Eager was skeptical over
cashing the check, on account of its
presentation by a stranger, but Mr,
Cannon's name on the spurious paper
decided the matter, and Mrs. Adair
cashed it.
The name of Mr. Cannon was forg
ed to a First National Bank" of Athena
check, and the fraud was at once de
tected Tuesday morning. Officials
were notified, but up to this time no
trace of the forger has been found.
That his complaint of mud on his
shoes was made to impress those ill
the store with the fact that he had
walked to town from the Cannon
place is the belief of Mrs. Ea-er,
owner of the store, but in reality it
is probable that the fellow left town
in an automobile.
Justice Richards Holds
i Other Justice to Jury
Justice of Peace Richards, in his
Athena court Saturday, held Justice
of the Peace Howton of the Free
water court, to the grand jury on his
own recognizance, while William
Small, arrested with Howton at Fern
dale community hall, was released .on
the charge of nailing and padlocking
school property.
The case which grew out of How
ton's attempt to recover - the hall,
which had been deeded by him to the
community, because, as he claims, the
property was being used other than
public purposes, as provided in the
deed. By alleged breaking of the
proviso in the deed, Howton claims
title reverts to him, and to get posses
sion he padlocked the door, and about
as fast as padlocked, Ferndale citi
zens de-padlocked.
Finally the neighborhood squabble
over the use of its community meeting
place terminated in the arrest of
Howton and Small and the case set
for hearing Saturday.
Justice Richards held that Howton
exceeded his rights in using force to
take the hall, and that recovery of
the property lay through the courts.
M. E. MISSIONARY SOCIETY
GIVES A HAWAIIAN PROGRAM
Mrs. Wm. McLeod was hostess to
the M. E. Missionary Society at her
home Wednesday afternoon, when
twenty ladies were present. A brief
program, relative to the Hawaiian
Islands was given with readings by
Mrs. Frank Coppock, Mrs. Wm. Mc
Leod, Mrs. II. H. Hill and Mrs. W. O.
Read. Mrs. Wm. McPherson was ap
pointed to supervise the musical pro
grams for the meetings to follow.
After a social hour a dainty lunch
eon was served by the hostess assist
ed by Mrs. John Burke, Mrs. Lee
Johnson and Mrs. W. O. Read.
The President, Mrs. Read expressed
appreciation of the cooperation of
members and visitors as there has
been from 18 to 30 present since the
club began last fall after summer
vacation. The next meeting will be
at the home of Mrs. W. O. Read,
March 28.
Honored Her for Long
Switchboard Service
George Mullen Here
George Mullen, well known to old
time Athenians, was here for a short
time Saturday last. George for a
number of years has been farming in
Alberta. Asked if he still drove his
white horses, he replied: "Have four
of 'em, but not the ones I used to
drive 'round here." He likes the
country over the line, and says that
he is making money in the farming
game up there.
See Tournament Games
Athena basketball fans are attend
ing the tournament games at Mc
Laughlin High School gymnasium as
they are being played to determine
the championship team of this district.
international jNewsreel
Mrs. Chin and Her Daughter
The illustration ehows Mrs,'
Maud Chin (left) chief day opera
.tor at the Chinatown. Exchange In
San Franci3co, and her daughter
Grace also an operator at the same
exchange.
Mrs. Chin is reading a citation
card presented to her by the Presi
dent of the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph Company In recognition
of her 20 years' service with that
company. A service button accom
panied the citation. Mrs. Chin and
her daughter are both . American,
born.
Taps Sound for a
Civil War Veteran
At Weston Cemetery
A. Wrager, well known and respect
ed citizen of Weston, and civil war'
veteran died in that city Monday,
aged 79 years. Funeral services
were held at the grave and were in
charge of Athena-Weston American
Legion Post.
A firing squad from the Post was
present during the services, and the
old soldier was given the honors due
him. He is survived by one niece,
Mrs. W. Crawford of Walla Walla,
and two nephews, Shed Price and
John Price, of Weston.
Mr. Wrager had been a resident of
Umatilla county for about 25 years.
His early life, after the civil war, was
spent on the Western plains as a
buffalo hunter. During the con
struction of the Union Pacific through
Wyoming, Mr. Wrager furnished the
buffalo meat for the construction
crews, which required that Mr.
Wrager and his party of hunters kill
100 of the animals per day.
Wagons followed the hunters and
men dressed the buffalo, the meat be
ing distributed to the various con
struction camps. The pelts were
often left to rot on the ground at
first, but later a market in the East
was established for the hides, and
after the railroad was completed, the
destruction of the buffalo was con
tinued for that product alone.
Lon Chaney Coming
Wednesday in Mr. Wu
As a special mid-week presentation
at the Standard Theatre, Lon Chaney,
the world's greatest charactor actor
on the Screen, is coming Wednesday
night in "Mr. Wu," an elaborate
Motro-Goldwyn production, at regular
admission prices. The great Goldwyn
presentation is made in an Oriental
atmosphere of wonderful photo
graphic possibilities.
Tomorrow night, the local theatre
management is pleased to announce,
Jack Holt will be starred in another
of Zane Grey's best stories, "The
Mysterious Rider." In this fine West
ern picture with great outdoor scenes,
Mr. Holt is supported by Betty Jewel
and David Torrence.
Slide on Mountain Road
Major Jack Chapin, general sup
erintendent of the Weston Mountain
market road, now has the big slide
near the Dick Morrison ranch pretty
well under control, as the saying goe?,
reports the Leader. He has fenced
off the slide and built a fairly pass
able road around it. The slip is n
big affair, extending along the road
for, a distance of some 70 feet and
covering il dec-ply in places. It up
rooted trees from six to ten inches
in diameter.
Word from McNary
Mrs. Ida E. Cowan, president of the
local W. C. T. U. is in receipt of the
following telegram from Senator McNary:
"After prolonged hearings the
houxe naval committee last week re
ported a naval program reducing the
original amount of seven hundred
forty millions to two hundred seventy
four millions, and entirely eliminated
destroyer leaders and submarines."
"CHAS. L. Mc:tAKX."
FRIDA
BANQUET
A FEATURE EVENT
High School Students Are
The Honor Guests At
Dinner.
The community banquet honoring
the students of Athena High School,
sponsored bv Mayor Stephens and
Arnold Wood, chairman of the board
of directors of Union High School Dis
trict .No. 7, was without doubt the
feature social event of the season in
Athena.
The banquet dinner was served by
the ladies of the Methodist Episcopal
church . in the Masonic dining room
and covers were laid for 126 banquet
ers. Three tables the length of the
room were required to accommodate
those in attendance and the service
was on par with the excellence of the
dinner.
Guests at the outer tables were
standing in their places at 6:30 when
Mayor Stephens and Mr. Wood usher
ed the high school student body to the
center" table, where its members ns
honor guests of the evening took their
respective seats.
During the dinner hour, through the
kindness and generosity of the Pend
leton Music House, the banqueters
were regaled with appropriate selec
ions on one of its famous Ortho
phonics. Presiding as toast master for the
occasion, M. I. Miller made a short
preliminary address before introduc
ing Arnold Wood, chairman of the
board of directors, who made the
principal address of the evening.
Clarence Toole, director of Ath
letics, and Lee Meyer, superintendent
of the Athena schools, spoke on be
half of the faculty, and for the
student body Ray Johnston, Ethel
Pittman, Jessiedcane Dudley and Roy
DeFrecce responded.
Others who made short addresses
were C. L-, -McFadden,. Mrs. E. C.
Rogers, F. B. Boyd and Mayor
Stephens.
Following the banquet, the assem
blage went to Legion Hall where danc
ing was enjoyed during the remain
der of the evening. Again the kind
ness of the Pendleton Music House
management was appreciated, for the
splendid music for the dance was
furnished by its Orthophonic.
Mayor Stephens and Mr. Wood,
who made arrangements for the ban
quet, express themselves grateful
for the manner in which the ladies of
the Methodist Episcopal church serv
ed the dinner, for the Orthophonic
and for all other assistance rendered
in making the affair an outstanding
success.
Guardians Entertain
Their Campfire Girls
The Guardians were hostesses to
Wauna Campfire girls at the home of
Miss Hilda Dickenson, Wednesday
evening. Progressive games were tho
diversion of the evening, three
tables being in play. Mary Tompkins
won first prize, and the consolation
went to Nylene Taylor.
Sweet peas predominated in the
decorations, and the favors were car
ried out in a color scheme of green.
Mrs. LeRoy, Miss Dickenson,
guardians and twelve Campfire girls
enjoyed the evening. Singing Camp
fire songs was a feature enjoyed by
those present. Mildred Hansell and
Esma Hiteman are two new members
of the Wauna group.
Harness and Shoe Shop
Perry Hall of Pendleton, who form
erly conducted a shoo shop in Athena,
has purchased the tools and equip
ment of the Charles Norris harness
shop, leased the Main street building
of Mr. Norris, and will come to Ath
ena to reside. Mr. Hall will carry on
the harness business at Mr. Norris'
old stand and will ulso engage in shoe
repairing.
Sells Mountain Spuds
John Park's completed a deal last
week for the sale of another car of
Mountain Seed potatoes to a Yaki
ma valley grower, making two ca.'K
he has disposed of for delivery
April 15, cays the Leader". The spudi
are taken at the pit by the buyers,
who sack and haul them. The prico
is said to approximate around $25
per ton f. o. b. Weston.
Snow Flurry Aids Grain
Farmers of the Athena district are
divided in opinion reflecting upon the
amount of probable damage sustained
by growing grain as the result of re
cent cold weather. The situation wus
relieved somewhat by a two-inch snow
fall which protected the grain. How
ever, in some localities the snow .soon
melted and since then fvwhg
temperature prevailed,