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Entered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Claaa Mail Matter
VOLUME 49.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 13, 1928
NUMBER 15
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AT
HENA GETS OFF
TO WINNING START
Pendleton Eagles Defeated
In Opener of "Big Six"
Schedule.
Sunday's Games Ahen-10-, Pen
dleton Eagles B; Adams 7,' Helix 3;
Milton-Freewater 21, Weston 11.
Where they play next Sunday: Adams
at Athena; " Milton-Freewater at
Helix; Pendleton Eagles at Weston.
"Pike" Miller's Athena! proteges
; got off to a winning start in the
"Big Six" league schedule, Sunday,
when they waxed it to the Pendle
ton Eagles at Round-Up Park, be
fore a large crowd, 10 to 5. .
Athena played out in front and the
Eagles were taken into camp in the
later innings. Clarence Toole went
all the way for Athena on the mound,
while Baker caught the first six in
nings and was. relieved at the open
ing of the seventh by Reynolds. .
The infield was covered , witn
Harden at first base, Geissel 2nd,
Shick 3rd and Lee Banister at short.
Penn Harris, Dean Moore and "Pike"
Miller cavorted in the outer garden.
Athena plays Adams on the Athena
grounds Sunday afternoon. Follow
ing is the season's schedule of the
"Big Six league:
, At Athena Adams April 15;
. Helix' April 22; Pendleton Eagles
May 13; Milton-Freewater May 27;
Weston June 10. -
At Adams Helix April 8; Pendle
ton Eagles 22; Athena April 29; Milton-Freewater
May 13; Weston May
27.
At Pendleton Athena. April 8;
' Weston April 29; Adams May 6;
Helix May 27; Milton-Freewater June
10.
At Milton-Freewater Weston
April 8; Helix April 29; Athena May
6; Pendleton Eagles May 20; Adams
-. June 3.
At Weston Pendleton Eagles
April 15; Milton- Freewater April 22;
Helix May 13; Adams May 20; Ath
ena June 3.
At Helix Milton-Freewater April
15; Weston May 6; Athena May 20;
Pendleton Eagles June 3; Adams
June 10.
A Chicken House
Brooder and Chickens
Destroyed By Fire
The big, modern chicken house nd
brooder at Will Campbell's place near
Athena was totally destroyed by fire
early Wednesday morning, together
with 150 hens and about 400 chicks,
which were iri the brooder at the
time .
When the fire was discovered, the
brooder of the chicken house was
enveloped in flames and there was
no chance to save iW Help arrived
from town, and surrounding build
ings which were endangered when a
five-gallon , can of oil explod
ed, were saved. The explosion was
of such force that burning embers
were thrown a hundred feet in the
air and was distinctly heard by
residents of Athena.
Aside from one of the most modern
chicken houses in the county, Mr.
Campbell loses a flock of thorough
bred Rhode Island Red '- hens and
about 400 Rhode Island Red chicks.
The fire started presumably from
the oil heating unit in the brood
er. This heating, plant was a very
efficient one, and was made after
plans developed by Mr. Campbell.
Previous to the fire it had given
satisfactory service and was thought
to be safe from fire hazard.
Thieves Get Away .
With Double Steal
And Change Horses
One night last week a work horse,
saddle and bridle were stolen at
Adams. The horse was ridden to
Athena, where the thief, apparently
not satisfied with his mount, stopped
at a pasture near the City Park, left
the work horse and took the pony
owned by the sons of Ralph Singer.
Wires on the pasture fence were
cut with a pair of nippers.
Officers got a clew to the thief
when they found the stolen' saddle
and bridle at a second hand store in
Walla Walla. The Singer pony has
not yet been found, though doubt
less it has been turned loose in the
vicinity of Walla WaHa by the thief.
The Vacant lota on the property
where the artesian well is located
is being used as a pasture for
Roland Richards' Shetland pony, and
it was there that the Singer pony
was stolen. Finding the saddle and
bridle at Walla Wallft, Jeads officers
to believe that the pony will event
ually be recovered in that locality.
Will Hatch 50,000 Chicks
C. F. Collins of the Freewater
Hatchery, who has an advertisement
running in The Press, expects this
fall to increase the capacity of his
plant, when it will , hatch 50,000
chicks every ; twenty-one days. The
Freewater Hatchery is filling orders
from all parts of the Inland Empire,
and its success has reached beyond
4 the expectations of its owner.
April 17 Last Day
April 17th is the last day for voters
to register, qualifying to vote in the
primary election. Section 4058, Ore
gon Laws, wherein an elector may
register at the polls on election day
has been repealed, and no elector
will be permitted to swear in or
change politics on election day. B.
B. Richards is the official registrar
for the Athena precincts.
. Sectional Track Meets
The county sectional track meets
will be held on April 21 to deter
mine the schools to represent the
various districts in the county track
meet on April 28. The eastern Ore
gon track, meet will be held on May
5 and the state meet on May 12.
Court Convenes
The April term of the circuit
court convened Monday. Vic Harris
and Ralph McEwen of Athena are
drawn on the jury panel.
W. F. Anderson Dies
Well Known Here
W. F. Anderson of Portland, broth
er of Mrs. M. L. Watts, and well
known in Athena, died at Portland
Sunday night. MrsV Watts, who was
en-route home from California' was
at Portland when Mr. Anderson died.
Mr. Anderson had made many
friends in Athena, where he came
each fall to participate in China
pheasant shooting, a sport he enjoyed
very much. The following relative
to his death is from the Morning
Oregonian of Monday.
W. F. Anderson, 59, 12 Ear.t
Twelfth street, one of the oldest
engineers on the Southern Pacific,
died Sunday night at Good Samari
tan hospital after a short illness
from pneumonia. Mr. Anderson pilot
ed the train on which the late
President Harding came to Portland
on a trip over the country a few
years ago. Surviving are his widow;
two sons, F. M. Anderson of Walla
Walla, and T. F. Anderson of Seattle;
two brothers, W. F. Anderson of
Portland and J. P. Anderson of Seat
tle, and a sister, Mrs. M. L. Watts
of Athena. Funeral services will be
held at Finley's undertaking parlors
at 2:30 o'clock Thursday.
Easter Program At -
Newly Finished Church
The Easter program given at the
First Baptist Church Sunday evening,
was well attended, the auditorium be
ing filled to capacity. The program
numbers given by the children of the
Baptist Sunday school, were well
rendered and of special interest to
the congregation.
Words of praise were heard in com
mendation of the fine appearance of
the church building since it has been
repainted and redecorated in the in
terior, and ' repainted outside,
especially the, auditorium with
its quiet improvement over previous
conditions. The program as given,
revealed careful direction in training
the children for their respective
parts,
Hermiston Sweet Potatoes
One hundred and eighty-six car
loads of sweet potatoes were unload
ed at Portland in 1926 and 210 in
1927 according to official reports.
This large tonnage came In mostly
from California with a few cars from
Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and
Louisiana. A few farmers are grow
ing sweet potatoes successfully in the
vicinity of Hermiston. Irrigated
soils of that section which are warm
and mellow produce excellent yields
of these roots.
Boy Scouts Sell Tickets
Athena Boy Scouts will be. enlisted
bv Athena-Weston American Post to
sell adult tickets for "The World
War." American Leeion picture to
be shown at the Standard Theatre,
next Welnesdavt evening. April IS.
The entire proceeds will be given to
the swimming pool fund.
A Cold Ware
As an aftermath of the mid-west
cold wave over the week-end, East
ern Oregon experienced lower tem
perature the fore part of the week.
Cold winds prevailed and in some
sections early fruits are reported in
jured to some . extent, especially
strawberry plants.
Takes a Big Swath
Dean Dudley, who recently pur
chased a "20" caterpillar, finds culti
vating to be an easy matter with his
new fig. In harrowing he takes a
42-foot swath around the field; that's
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WHAT FARM ACCOUNTING MEANT
IN THE MANAGEMENT OF A FARM
Successful Farmer Tells How Pencil Helped Guide His
Operations and Swell His IncomeAn Aid to
Better .Credit Shows Profits and
Prevents Losses.
THE owner and operator of one of the most successful dairy
; farms in Wisconsin prepared recently for the Agricultural
Commission of the American Bankers Association a first hand
statement of the part farm accounting has played in the
management of his enterprise. This operator, W. J. Dougan,
. tells the following story:
"When I started farming I began keeping a simple cash
account, but soon found that it was not sufficient accounting for
mriu purposes, sucn a record aid not-
take into consideration the vital fac
tors of improvements, growth of live
stock or depreciation.
- "Since 1910 I have kept a complete
account on the accrual basis. The
accounts, however, are no more than
any farmer can easily keep. The out
standing benefits from keeping such
accounts might be listed as follows:
- The Way It Works
; "1. Income tax reports made easier.
-Accurate and dependable Income tax
-reports can be made from the yearly
accounts. By keeping them on file I
am always ready to satisfy the tax
Inspectors. -
"2. Accounting make's possible a
budget system. With the accumulat
ed data of the past years, I can make
out the budget for the coming year.
The income being fairly stable, the
budget problem is to adjust the ex
penditures. If one branch of the busi
ness will need extraordinary expendi
ture such as new machinery, there
must be a cut in some other branch,
such as building or livestock pur
chased, or fencing.
"3. Accounting gives a true basis
' for credit Especially has accounting
meant for me larger credit and happy
relations with my banker. With a
complete financial statement before
him the banker can Intelligently deter
mine what credit I should have. With
a full knowledge of the farm profits
in the past, I know what credit I
should accept No farmer or businesa
man should accept credit from his
bank unless he is able to put the
money into productive Investment and
his margin of profit assures the ability
to repay the loan .within a reasonable
time.
"For the farm this reasonable time
cannot be three or six months. The
farm turnover is too slow for that A
helpful and Just period of farm credit
for working capital must be from one
to four years.
"There Is another benefit from ac
countingthe benefit of knowing
whether one is going up or down. By
extra sales one might be flush of
money and buy heavily, thinking he is
coming out ahead, but in reality he
is sacrificing the future. On the other
hand, one might feel pinched, and
have little money to spend, but In
reality he is laying up capital." "
The bankers Agricultural Commis
sion has suggested the following form
of farm credit statement Indicating
the records necessary to be kept:
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Walla Walla Pioneer
Mrs. Jane Courtney, 87, for fifty
years a resident of the Walla Walla
valley, died Sunday at Yakima, after
an illness of two months. Her hus
band, William Courtney, died about
12 years ago. She is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Abbey Cain of Spok
ane, and Mrs. Eva Harer of Yakima.
Oregon Trail Better
The "state highway commission has
had a large number, 'of men and
trucks at work for several weeks in
renewing the surface of the Old Ore
gon Trail in the Blue Mountains, with
the result that the highway is now
in gool condition for traffic.
. Gurdane In the Race
The spirited campaign between
Tom Gurdane, chief of police of Pen
dleton, and R. T. Cookingham, sheriff,
for the republican nomination for
sheriff on the May primary was en
livened with Gurdane's announcement
that he had resigned from his posi
tion to devote his time to directing
his campaign.
Running Double Shifts
Raymond Banister, who is plowing
with a new caterpillar, is operating
lii.. i .l j I :.Li
inf. macmne wim nay anu 111,5111,
shifts. He operates the tractor in -the
day time, while George Banister
takes' it through the night shift.
The High School Play
"Brother Josiah"
Friday, April 20th
All interest around the student
body of Athena High School is now
centered on the production of the
high school play, Brother Josiah,"
which will be presented to the public,
Friday evening April 20, in the high
school auditorium. '
Almost the entire proceeds of the
play this year will go toward
financing the high school annual,
which will be larger and of higher
quality than those published by the
student body for several years. This
added incentive is increasing interest
in the play and in the hopes for a
record crowd for this year's pro
duction. The cast which was carefully
selected by the faculty has worked
with the coach, Miss Mildred Bate
man, for the past six weeks, and
with another week in which to put
on the finishing touches, everything
points to a production which will
maintain the high standard set by
previous high school plays.
The interest in "Brother Josiah"
centers around the financial failure
of the wealthy broker, Wellington
Armstrong, (Veldon Bell) who has
failed to heed the advice and warn
ings of his secretary, Hiram Pen-'
stroke (Eldon Myirick). William Le
Blanc, another wealthy broker, (Roy
DeFreece) and his daughter, Edith,
(Alberta Charlton) return from the
West in time for a fashionable
lawn party given by Armstrong and
his wife (Jessiedeane Dudley). Le
Blanc insists on forcing his unwel
come attentions upon Gladys Arm
strong (Ethel Pittman), but she
spurns his love for that of a rising
young author Henry Newcombe
(George Gross). The success of the
fashionable party is turned to
consternation when "Brother Josiah"
(Clifford Wood) and his wife
(Marguerite Moore) and son, Ben
jamin' Butler Armstrong (Wilford
Miller) arrive, from the country for
a visit with Iheir city relatives. Le
Blanc induces his daughter to act
in a friendly manner toward Ben
jamin Butler in order that "he may
fleece 'the farmer father of the
money he has brought to the city.
The sincere goodwill of the farmer
people is turned to hatred when they
become aware of the snubs they are
receiveing from their city relatives.
When Josiah learns the real- pre
dicament of his brother he forgives
him and cancels the notes, thus foil
ing LeBlanc's plan to force Gladys
into marraige with him in order to
save her father. Curti3 Duffleld as
James, the butler, is always on hnnd
when he is needed by his employer.
The play is full of good-natured
humor brought about by ihe unties
and ignorance of the farmer folk and
the open "greenness" of Benjamin
Butler. Through it all there is ,an
appeal that will make it long re
membered by any audience.
CHICKEN THIEVES
DEPLETING FLOCKS
Work Thought to Be That
of Organized Gang
' From Outside.
RECEPTION GIVEN TO
MR. AND MRS. BOLLINGER
The ladies of the BaDtist Church
entertained members and friends at
the church Wednesday evening in
honor of Rev. and Mrs. Bollinger
who are leaving Athena in the near
future for a new field.
A splendid program rendered as
follows:
Piano duet, Mrs. Max Hopper and
Mrs.' O. O. Stephens; vocal solos,
Miss Swanson of Pendleton, Mrs. D.
T. Stone, Mrs. Otha Reeder, Mr. J. N.
Scott; vocal duet, Mrs. Emmett Lee
and Mr. Louis Stewart; readings,
Mrs. Frank Williams and Barbara
Lee.
Repairing to the dininfr room
guests were seated at small "tables
made attractive with yellow tapers,
daffodils and ferns. A two course
luncheon was served. H. A. Barrett
acting as toast master presented
Rev. and' Mrs. Bollinger each with
a lovely leather bag. Words of ap
preciation from Mrs. Bollinger and
Rev. Bollinger followed with a few
remarks from Mrs. Chas. Betts, J. N.
Scott O. O. Stephens and Lewis
Stewart. The program closed with
the song, "The Tie that Binds." '
Baptist ladies of Milton entertained
Mrs. Bollinger at a delightful lunch
eon Friday afternoon in the parlors
of the church there. A program in
which Mrs. David T. Stone and Mrs.
Glenn Steen participated was enjoy
ed, by those present.
Walla Walla Sells Wheat
Approximately 250,000 bushels of
wheat has been sold by farmers since
IVJarch 15, it was estimated by grain
men. A considerable proportion is
being sent to the middlewest, some to
St. Louis and some as far as Louis
ville. All of it is of the soft variety
as hard winter wheat has not been
selling.
New. Mixer
: Joe demons is laying a concrete
driveway into the garage at the F.
S. LeGrow home this week. The
concrete mixer., which he employs in
the work was made by Mr. Clemons,
and it works very satisfactorily.
Chicken thievery on a large scale is
thought by officers to be under way
at the present time. Athena vicinity
has come in for its share of poul
try loss. From Cass Cannon the
thieves stole 35 chickens. A few
nights later the E. A. Dudley place
was raided for 45 White Rocks, and
Monday night of this week Charles
Kirk lost 54 and Mrs. Price two doz
en hens.
,No trace of the thieves has been
found, and Sheriff Cookingham is of
the opinion that an organized gang
is operating and sending the stolen
chickens by auto truck to the large
cities where they are disposed of. The
foundation for his belief that such is
the case is due to the fact that ex
tensive operations of chicken thieves
have recently been reported from
Walla Walla ant The Dalles.
It is surmised that the thieves
first size up the premises where
chickens are kept, and later return to
make their haul. Color is given this
theory from a report from the
Charles Kirk home, where one night
previous to the raid there, a man was
observed cutting across the premises,
when he was hailed by a whistle
from a second man on the outside.
The two joined and went toward the
downtown district. Officers say that
had this incident been reported, pos
sibibly the real culprits may have
been apprehended.
On previous occasions chickens
have been stolen in the Athena neigh-
borhood, but not in wholesale
quantity as at present. Any clew
development should at once be report
ed to chief of police Taylor.
Wednesday oaight of this week the
thieves icturi.d 9 the Dudley place -and
completely cleaned up the re
mainder of the flock. Tracks show
plainly that two .men made the last-
haul at Dudley's. They drove up the
road east, and their automobile
tracks show where they turned
around and came back west.
Noted Priest Dies
At Age of 92 Years
Famous Missionary
Pendleton. Father Joseph Cataldo,
founder of Gonzaga University at
Spokane and nationally known for
his work aiong the American In
dians, died at St Anthony's hospital
Monday at 5:30 p. m. at the age of
92. He observed his 02nd aniversity
on St. Patrick's Day in Spokane and
was feted by ecclesiastics and lay
men at a large celebration. He came
to St. Andrew's Mission on the Uma
tilla Indian reservation a short time
ago and remained at his work until
Sunday evening when he was takon
ill. His death was attributed to old
age.
Father Cataldo was born on the
Island of Sicily, Italy and at the age
of 14 became a brother in the Jesuit
order. He has been a priest for CO
years. He came to the United States
while the civil war was in progress
and landed in Boston. The Pacific
Northwest was his destination and
he made the trip overland. Practical
ly all of the Catholic Indian missions
in the west were founded by Father
Cataldo.
He took a very prominent part in
the Nez Perce Indian war and is
credited with having saved a large'
number of lives, both Indians and
whites. Recognized as a friend by
all tribes he was able to carry on
negotiations when other whites were
barred. His linguistic ability en
abled him to speak innumerable
Indian tongues and one of his great
est achievements was translating the
Bible into Chinook.
About 23 years ago Father Ca
taldo sustained serious injuries in an
acident here and it was feared that
they would be fatal. His recovery
was regarded as miraculous by at
tending physicians.
Funeral services will be held at
St.Andrew's Mission on Thursday at
10 a. m. with Bishop 'McGrath of
Baker officiating. Interment will
take place at Spokane.
Raiuin Week April 23-28
Now is the time to put a red circle
on the calendar around April 28th,
Raisin Day, and April 23rd to 28th,
Raisin Week. Many institutions are
co-operating with raisin growers in
thus emphasizing this splendid pro
duct during the week of April 23rd
to 28th. The Union Pacific, for in
stance, will feature all sorts of tacty
foods in which raisins are used.
Frank and Claud Sloan were in
Athena Tuesday from Stanfield.