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OKA II SF V W Entered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mall Matter VOLUME 49. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 9. 1928 NUMBER 10 A LANDING HELD Legion Post Will Work In Conjunction With the State Survey. The principal topic for discussion at the meetings of , Athena-Weston American Legion Post Tuesday eve ning, was the work the Post will en ter into in conjunction with the pres ent state survey, to secure an emer gency landing field for Athena. The selection of a suitable site will be investigated at once by the Post, so that a report may be made to those having the state movement in charge. The first requirement is that the field shall have unobstructive di mensions of 200 wide by 1200 feet long, located on level ground. The Post has in mind the plot of ground located to the west and north of the Standard Oil station site, and it will be surveyed at once, and if found satisfactory, negotations for a five-year lease will be under way, The location proposed is ideal for a landing field if found to be large enough. Oil and gas would be at hand for replenishing landing planes, and the field is level and com paratively smooth. The post decided to give a dance on the evening of St Patrick's Day, March 17, the proceeds from which will go into the swimming .pool fund. Further particulars . regarding the dance will be made, and special ef forts will be directed toward making it a success in every particular. Athena-Weston Post is now en joying the largest membership it has enjoyed since 1922. The roster now carries forty-four names and the activities of the organization are be ing greatly extended. Dr. Cowan was elected at the meet ing to the office of Post Adjutant, to fill the vacancy in that office. Basketball Players Honored Mrs. Claude Dickenson and Mrs. Fred Gross - entertained at a six o'clock dinner Thursday evening at Mrs. Dickenson's home in honor of the boys of the Athena High School basketball team. Covers were . laid for eighteen. The color scheme of yellow was carried out in diaffodils and place cards. After dinner cards were indulged in. The following guests were present: Ray Johnston, Eldon Myrick, George Gross, George Pambrun, Wilfred Miller, Oral Mich ener, Roy DeFreece, Arthur Crowley, Weldon Bell, Lawrence Knight, Clif ford Wood, Walter Huffman, Clar ence Toole, Lee Meyer, Harold Fred ericks, M. I. Miller, Fred Gross and Claude Dickenson. Hospital Benefit "Enter Madame," a clever musical comedy presented by local talent of Walla Walla, will be given at Mc Loughlin High School auditorium in Milton, Thursday evening, March 22, . sponsored by the Milton Improve . ment club and the Pilgrim class of the Federated Church of Freewater, as a benefit for the Walla Walla Valley General Hospital fund. Sale of tickets will be made in Athena and further particulars will be given next week. The Caterpiller Way A number of farmers in the Ath-ena-Weston district have purchased caterpiller tractors this spring. Those who have had "cats" delivered to them this season are John Banister, Marion Hansell, M. L. Watts, James Beamer, Glenn Dudley, L. L. Lieu alien, L. L. Mann, Archie Mclntyre, Flint Johns, Casper Woodward and Clarence Tubbs. First Base Ball Practice The first base ball practice of the season took place on the local grounds Sunday afternoon, when a number of prospective players on the Athena "Big Six" league team tossed the sphere around the diamond and swat ted fungoes. Work on the grounds had to be deferred on account of the wet condition of the soil. Gurdane and Lieuallen Receive Half of Total of Hickman Reward The Associated Press reports that the Hickman reward committee has tentatively decided that the reward for the capture of William Edward Hickman should be divided 50 per cent to Chief Tom Gurdane of Pend leton, Oregon, and Traffic Officer Buck Lieuallen of -Pendleton, who actually captured Hickman, and the remainder among 17 other claimants, The reward money Collected by ra dio stations and turned over to the committee, for disposal totals f27,72S instead of the ' reported $50,000, the comittee said. Some of the sums pledged by radio listeners-in never were paid. Claims pther than those of the two arresting officers were Teferred by the committee to the legal staff of radio station KFWB for investiga tion. These included: C. D! Richey and George A. Fergtt son of Pendleton, Oregon. They said they helped search Hickman and de lived him to the Pendleton jail after his capture. Roy W. McHugo, Kent, Washing ton, garage man, to whom Hickman gave one of the $20 bills of the ransom money. George V. Willoughby, Seattle haberdasher, who recognized Hick man in his shop and flashed the alarrrf in the northwest. E. J. Perini, Los Angeles bank em ploye, who says he caused Hickman's arrest last summer on a forgery charge, thereby making his finger prints a matter of record. L. R. Teyne, Kansas City detec tive chief, for information he gave. Fred King and Alonzo M. West of Portland, Or., who sold Hickman gasoline and telephoned the alarm. Thomas O'Neil, Medford, Or., who says Hickman ate a meal at his hotel during the flight and that the hotel man telephoned the authorities. -Two youths to whom Hickman gave rides on his flight north. Mrs. Mary Nelson, South Tacma, Wash., who says she recognized Hickman there and telephoned the authorities but they refused to act. Walter B. Clausen, Associated Press editor, who obtained a descrip tion of the automobile stolen by Hickman for his race north. Frank R. Peck of Los Angeles, owner of the car. Thomas Homan, Seattle, Wash., who says he recognized Hickman there and notified the police. The Assessor's Office Turns Over Tax Roll The 1927 tax roll has been turned over to the sheriff's office by the county assessor, for collection. . The first half of the taxes are due on or before May 5. The state and county tax amounts to 14.7 mills and the levies for in corporated towns in the county follow: Adams, 10.0; Athena, 33.6; Echo, 16.0; Freewater, 15.0; Helix.20.6; Hermiston, 15.2; Milton, 12.8; Pend leton, 10.9; Pilot Rock, 19.6; Stan- field, 22.3; Umatilla 28.0; Weston, 35.0. . . . New County Library Books , Come in to the garden, by Grace Tabor; Flowering trees and shrubs, by A.J. Macself; Gladiolus, by F. F. Rockwell; Hardy bulbs for amateurs, by Joseph Jacob; Hardy perennials, by A. J. Macself; Lawn making, to gether with proper keeping of put ting greens; Little book of annuals, by A. C. Hottes; Little book of modern dahlia culture, by W. H. Waite; Little book of perennials, by A. C. Hottes; Peonies in the little garden, A. H. Harding; Simple guide to rock gardening, by J. L. Cotter; Wild flowers of the west, by E. S. Clements. "Bob" Will Run Again R. T. Brown, county clerk, has filed his declaration of candidacy for that office for re-election and will seek the republican nomination at May primaries. From 1838 to 1902 he was deputy county assessor and deputy county "clerk from 1904 to 1915. He has been county clerk since 1917. Road Improvement ' , Homer Watts has had his cates piller at work drawing a grader over the road north of Athena, and the grading done by him has put the road in good condition. Grading was done from the Watts place south toward Athena, and northwest to the head of the Geex Spring grade. Kelley to Hang Ellsworth Kelley, convicted of first degree murder in connection with thn slaying of two guards, during a break at the state prison, was for the fourth time sentenced to hang . by Judge Kelly at Salem, Wednesday. The date set for execution was for Friday, April 13. Putting In Concrete Floor A. W. Logsdon has put in a new concrete floor in the back part of his Athena Market Other recent improvements at the market is the installation of two big vats to be used in preserving meats. Franchise Granted At a meeting of the city council Wednesday evening, the Pacific Tele phone & Telegraph company was granted a renewal of franchise to operate within the boundaries of the City of Athena. New Pressure Tank A new air pressure tank has been installed at Zerba's Garage. The new tank has a . capacity of 750 pounds. WHEN PROMOTERS USE "CHARITY" TO DECOY TRUSTFUL CONTRIBUTORS Investigations of Various Schemes for Defrauding Public Out of Money Disclosed by Bankers Association Many Kinds of Fake Industrial Promo tions Used as Bait 1 S. l 4 - ji n "A V W.R. MOREHOUSE By W. Ft. MOREHOUSE f Publlo Relations Commission, American Bankers Association MILLIONS of dollars raised under the disguise of charity go to line the pockets of promoters. Ticket sales on raffles are commonly used, and while the loss to any one person who buys a ticket is small the atrerecrate loss for the United States runs into millions of dollars. Usually the promoters of these schemes first make a contract with some charitable insti tution to conduct a campaign for funds on behalf of the institution. They are to run the campaign in the name of the institution and share the proceeds. The whole scheme is often one of, deception. To those who have been led to believe that their contribu tions go practically 100 per cent to charity, the following case we investigated should prove illuminating. A number of promoters recently contract ed with a charitable institution to put on a campaign to raise funds by the raffle of a new automobile. So far as. the public could tell from the banners used in displaying the automobile, the full amount of the sale price of the tickets went to the institution. There was nothing to convey any other impression. Apparently it was open and above board and was being conducted by men who were contributing their time gratuitously. For several days a new automobile, S mounted on a truck, was driven up i It was claimed that the promotion and down the streets, with banners telling about the drive for funds for the charitable Institution. One day the truck would go by displaying one of the popular makes of automobiles. A few days later It would parade by displaying some other popular make. Periodically the truck would pull into the curb where It would park for sev eral hours while the promoters plead ed with passers-by to take tickets on the raffle and thereby help a deserving charitable Institution to meet Its bills. Thousands "Touched" Thousands of people, touched by the Appeal for help, bought tickets, the total sale running Into the thousands of dollars.. Contrary to the belief of the ticket buyers their contributions did not go 100 per cent to charity. Instead the charitable Institution re ceived but 26 cents on the dollar, the promoters getting 62 cents on the dollar as their net profit, or twice the amount received by charity, while the remainder of 22 cenU on each dollar represented the amount charged against gross sales by the promoters aa expenses. In other words, every person who bought a 60 cent ticket tor the sake of charity, contributed but 13 cents to charity and 37 cents to those promot ing the scheme. Whether you give to charity or make an Investment it will pay you to get the facts! Unfortunately there la a general im pression abroad that wildcat promo tions are confined to oil, mining and new inventions. The truth Is, many stock selling promotions are operated under the name of other industries. False Claims A certain group of promoters in vestigated offered for sale stock in a proposed woolen mill. In order to sell the stock they resorted to the use of misrepresentation and false claims. After renting space on the ground floor of an office building fronting on a busy street they began their cam paign. Orally and by printed adver tisements extravagant claims were made for the proposed corporation which were grossly false. " 1 had the support of the Chamber of Commerce, but it did not have any such an endorsement It was claimed that the corporation had a signed con tract for the sale of millions of dollars' worth of Its products ordefs enough to keep the mills running day and night for many years and accordingly Insure its success, but all that it had was a valueless fake agreement. It was claimed by two of the prin cipal promoters that they had had many years of experience in the manu facture of woolens, in fact had or ganized and financed a woolen mill which is the largest in the United States. The facts were these two pro- Wowafc 'J The "Charity" Drive motors had not been connected with any mills for over twenty years and they had attempted at different times to promote mills, all of which bad failed. One of the promoters repre sented that formerly he was president and general manager of one of the largest woolen mills In Canada. The fact was the mill referred to had gone into bankruptcy and he had been care taker of the plant This story of misrepresentation can be duplicated in practically the whole industrial field, and because our in dustries are being exploited with in tent to defraud, It behooves every in vestor to Investigate carefully. He should consult his banker before draw ing his savings out and losing them on some wildcat Investment "The Rough Riders" At Stanard Tomorrow One of the fine big pictures of the year "will be shown at the Standard theatre tomorrow night, when Para mount will present "The Rough Riders," an American military epic based on the participation of Theo dore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders in the Cuban campaign against the soldiers of Spain. The climax of the super photoplay is the taking of San Juan Hill by Roosevelt's brigade. Regular ad mission prices will prevail at the showing of this super production. For Sunday night, the Standard has in store for its patrons Metro-Gold-wyn's newest Norma Shearer picture, which is without doubt the peer of her "His Secretary," which was shown at the Standard. "The Latest From Paris" is Miss Shearer's new picture, finishing this week at the Broadway in Portland, and the Stand ard, the up-to-date picture . shoving little theatre, will feature the pro duction on its Sunday night program. If you missed "The Smart Set" last Sunday night, you missed another new one and a good one. Ask those who saw it. Hoss Is Favored for Secretary of State Salem. In the primary nominating election on May 18th there will be one familiar name absent from the list of candidates for secretary of state. Sam A. Kozer, who has been connected with the state house for a great many years, and who has twice served as secretary of state, is pro hibited by law from again being a candidate. The Oregon law provides that the secretary of state, tho treasurer and the governor shall not serve more than eight years out of twelve, or more than two consecutive terms. Thus it develops that Sam Kozer cannot run for re-election this year. Hal Hoss, who has just resigned as secretary to the governor to enter the race for the nomination, to succeed Mr. Kozer, continues to lead the field, and is generally conceded to be the candidate. Lambing in Progress The past week has furnished ideal weather for lambing operations, and flockmasters are expecting more than a 100 per cent increase. Due to Caterpillars Conditions Change In Marketing of Horses Marion Hansell has disposed of several head of horses during the past few weeks. Mr. Hansell sold his stock at satisfactory prices, despite the low mark at which horses have gone at different iales throughout the county this spring. Horses sold by Hansell are draft stock and in good condition. The horse market in this part of Oregon is facing a peculiar situation. A large number of horses are being sold to make roam for tractors on the large wheat ranches, and soon the supply will be exhausted. There is no ap parent effort being made for future breeding, and the supposition is that within a year's time, horses will com mand high prices in this part of the Inland Empire. With the advent of the new "30" and "60" caterpillars on the larger farms in the Athena and Adams wheatraising districts, horses and mules have been pushed out of the way for the machines, which are equipped with power-lift gang plows and long harrow sections will do the work from now on. . While Mr. Hansell will employ a "30" caterpillar in his farm work, a bunch of good horses will always be found on his place. Last week he made the purchase of 15 head of yearling mules, all good ones, which in time will be broken into the collar for farm work. The County Nurse Is Planning for Clinics In a letter for publication in the Press, Miss Edna Flanagan, county health nurse gives the information that a series of clinics will be held in Umatilla county during March and April. Miss Flanagan says: "We are planning clinics during March and April. In most com munities they are asking for clinics to include all children up to school age. We are meeting with excellent co-operation with our physicians and dentists. Clinic dates are Hermis ton clinics on March 6th, Umatilla on March 14th and Stanfield on March 21st, Holdman March 8th, Pilot Rock March 20, Freewater March 23 and Milton March 28. Other clinic dates will be announced later, "Mrs. R. I. Keator, County Chair man of May Day Committee has ap pointed chairmen, in each of the cities and communities of the county. The clinics will be included in the May Day report to the State Chairman, Mrs. Glendora M. Blakely at Port land. Mrs. James Hill is chairman May Day for Pendleton." Miss Flanngan was in town Wednesday arranging for the spring clinic to be held in Athena Thursday, March 22nd. This clinic will in clude babies and children up to six years of age with Drs. Cowan and Geyer as examiners. It will com mence at 9 o'clock a. m., the place of the meeting to be announced later. The Bridge Club Mrs. Henry Dell entertained the Bridge club at her home Friday after noon. Four guests were present: Mrs. Max Hopper, Mrs. E. C. Prest bye, Mrs. Glenn Dudley and Mrs. Armond DeMerritt. Mrs. E. C. Prest bye received high guest prize. The score of each member was tallied for the season, each receiving a gift. Mrs. H. I. Watts held high score for the season while Mrs. C. M. Eager rank ed second. The rooms were beautiful with spring flowers of tulips and daffodils for decorations. A very delectable two course luncheon was served by the hostess assisted by Mrs. DeMerritt and Mrs. Littlejohn. Buys Service Station C. B. Moore, who has been con. ducting a garage at Pomeroy, Wash ington, has purchased the Athena Service Station, located at the corner of Fourth and Main 'Streets, from Frank Chamberlain. Mr. and Mrs. Moore and two sons are occupying the M. E. church parsonage property as their temporary residence. The two boys will enter the grade school. Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain con template remaining. in Athena, hav ing recently purchased a home here. Squirrel Poisoning Campaign , The annual spring squirrel poison ing campaign will begin soon, aaJ these rodents are beginning to make their appearance after their winter hibernation. Poison is being pre pared under supervision of the county agent. Supplies of the poison may be obtained at Rogers & . Goodman's store in Athena for distribution in this district. M'LDUGHLfN WON THE TOURNAMENT Athena Takes Consolation Wins Three Games and Loses One. - By winning from Helix .in the final game f the,-basketball tournament at Milton Saturday night, McLough lin high school team will represent the district at the state tournament to be held in Salem. McLoughlin's task to win was a hard one, the Helix team putting up a hard game and quarter, 15 to 12. The final score was 21-17. Mac Hi Helix Robbins1 12 F Campbell Vancil 4 F s Shaw 2 Crimmins 1 C Timmerman 0 dinger 3 G Peavy 4 Saager G Reese 5 Lutcher 1 S Tucker Nelsin S ' Mclntyre Athena was eliminated for the finals by Pendleton Friday forenoon, by the score of 44 to 17. Athena started the scoring by making the three first points. Pendleton led the first quarter 16 to 6, and the half 26 to 7. Ray Johnston was not in the Athena lineup during the tournament, and his absence from the team proved to be a handicap. After the Pendleton game, the Ath ena team struck its stride, and took three games straight to win the con solation honors. Coming back strong, the locals trounced Heppner 27 to 8 The score at half time was 11 to 2 for Athena, and the locals held Heppner scoreless in the third quart er, while piling up 11 points against the Morrow county team. Athena Heppner Woods F Farley Myrick 19 F Robinson Miller 4 C Hiser Gross 4 G 2 Gentry Pambrun G -Turner Heppner Substitutions: Thompson 6, for Turner. Athena then defeated lone in a fast and well played game, 23 to 14. Winning the lone game cinched the final contest for consolation honors with Boardman, which had defeated Echo in the semi-finals. Athena lone Woods 4 F McCabe 5 Myrick 8 F Lumdell 6 Miller 5 C Swanson Gross 5 G Mason Pambrun G Balsiger 3 Athena subsitutions, Michener for Woods, Crawley (1) for Myrick. The contest between Athena and Boardman was one of the most spirited of the tournament and at times was rather rough. Boardman led at the half, 16-12. Athena gradually came to the front in the last half and won, 27 to 23. The Etude Club The Etude club met at the home of Mrs Bryce Baker Thursday of last week, Miss Sadie Pambrun having charge of the program for the day and also servinir dainty refreshments. Mrs. Victor Hirsch of Freewater and a former member of the club and Mis. Jennie Gross were guests The fol lowing uroeram was rendered: Vocal solo, "Where the River Shannon flows" bv Mrs. Brvce Baker; Vocal duet, "That old Irish Mother O'Mine" bv Mrs. A. W. Douglas and Mrs. Lloyd Michener; Musical reading, "M' r.irlv" Mrs. Lawrence rinkerton; Vocal solo, "Irish Melodies" Mrs. O. H. Reeder. Re-Seeding Under Way Re-seedinir crrain fields that have been frozen out is under way in the section south and east of Adams, ntlior Marts of the wheat belt em braced in the Adams, Helix, Athena and Wpston territory are likely to find that considerable re-seeding will have to be done, according to reports. In the district north of Athena grow ing conditions appear to be better than elsewhere in the distirct. Farm Machinery Two carloads of farm machinery and implements were unloaded in Athena this week for Rogers & Good man. The shipment includes binders, mowers and rakes, potato diggers, harrows, spring-tooth harrows, disc harrows, corn cultivators, gasoline engines, harvester extras, etc. Truck Goes Over Embankment One of the highway trucks, driven by Leon Miller, went over a 16-foot embankment Sunday when the braked failed to hold. Miller had backed the truck up to the edge of the embank ment to dump a load of dirt, when the machine suddenly went over backward, turning over a couple of times before reaching the bottom. Fortunately the ground was soft. No damage resulted to the truck, and Miller escaped injury. Hall In Possession Perry Hall brought up a truck load of harness and shoe repairing machinery from Pendleton, Monday, and is now in possession of the Chas. Norris harness shop, which he recently leased.