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:v-'-'"" 'OKV Entered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, a Second-Class Mall Matter VOLUME 49. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 4, 1928 NUMBERT18 BACCALAUREATE SERVICES SUNDAY Dr. Allen of Whitman: Col re Will Deliver, Sermon. lege The annual baccalaureate , services of the Athena High scfibpl"- will vbe : , held in the Christian Church Suriday, " May 6th, at 7:30 P. M. with Dr. E. T. Allen of Whitman College, of ficiating. " ' The program will be as follows: Hymn, Congregation; Invocation, Rev. H. J. Perry; Anthem, Quartet; Scripture, Rev. H. J. Perry; An nouncements; Solo, Mrs. 0. H. Reed er; Baccalaureate Sermon, Dr. E. T. Allen; Anthem, Quartet; Benediction. Commencement exercises will be held Friday evening May 11,-at b o'clock in the High School auditor ium. The address of the evening will be given by Judge Stephen A. Lowell of Pendleton. .Music by the Athena orchestra will be a special feature of the program. Entertainment Friday evening the juniors enter tained the seniors and high school faculty at a three-course banquet in the domestic -- science room. The room was decorated with peach and orchid paper drapes and fir boughs. The color scheme of peach and orchid was carried out on the table in the nut dishes, candles, sweet peas and the dinner. The centerpiece, which was used to represent an ocean voy age, was a large old-fashioned ship resting on a large mirror whose , edges were covered by sand in which were tiny life-savers. Superintend ent Lee A. Meyer acted as toast master and the following responses were made: ' " --''.:-- "To the Boys," Alberta Charlton; "To. the' Girls," -Clifford --Wood; "Gum," Mildred Bateman; "Pockets," Ray Johnston; "To the Seniors," Wel don Bell; and "To the Juniors," Dorothy -Geissel. Each toast indirect ly carried out the idea ' of the ocean voyage centerpiece. The freshman and sophomore girls, dressed in peach and orchid dresses, served the excellent dinner prepared by the junior mothers. Music, was furnished by an orthophonic victrola furnished by the Pendleton -';.' Music Company. W. L. Thompson Announces Candidacy For National Delegate Because of his personal friendships and business associations, W. L. Thompson, candidate for delegate to the republican national convention, is expected to draw a large vote from the republicans in Umatilla County and throughout Eastern and Central Oregon. Mr. Thompson, who is now presi dent of the Pacific Coast Joint Stock Land Bank at Portland, was for years president of the American National Bank of Pendleton." It was about nine years ago that he went to Port- ; land, where he became, vice-president and one of the active officers of the First National Bank. He resigned the vice-presidency of the big Portland Bank this year in order to devote more of his" time to the salmon packing business he Con trols, operating on the Columbia r- River and Alaska. The land Bank was organized by Mr. Thompson five - years ago, to provide cheaper money to farmers. It has made many loans to our Umatilla County farmers. In letters to his friends in Uma tilla County, Mr. Thompson states that he will support the choice of the people for the presidency. No question of political policies enters into the honor : which Mr. Thompson seeks, so election to the national party convention is for the most part a matter of personal friendships together with a , man's service to the party. Although Mr. Thompson has never been actively engaged in Oregon - politics in the sense that, he is a politician, he has always been an ac tive republican and is always at the forefront in giving the party sub stantial financial support. Although he has for some years been a . resident ,of Portland, Mr. Thompson is of Eastern Oregon. His sympathies are' with this great country East of the mountains, and for that reason he undoubtedly will be given a big vote of. confidence throughout Eastern and Central Ore gon.' '- - -1 - Umatilla County friend are tak ing an active personal interest in Mr. Thompson's candidacy and ; they are going to use every effort, possible to see that he receives a big vote at the hands of the republican voters of this County. - Mrs. Forrest Zerba was hostess to the 3 o 4 bridge club Thursday. .. . , Public Service Is , Vital In Office of Secretary of State : Salem, Oregon. When Hal Hoss came to Oregon City, " a ; gangling youth, about fifteen years ago, "he started in his i characteristic"? and energetic fashion to lay a substantial foundation for success. His ex perience in newspaper, work af ,that tint was - somewhat rudimentary, Vjbat it .had the advantage of yariable elements in that it" commenced at the tioUom and progressed upward jfchreugh the several channels of the editorial departments jind Into -tile business office where he proceeded to make the most of opportunity. It was not for him a long step to position of responsible management, in which he coupled the qualities of initiatine nolicies with those of carrying them to a sure termination Over a period of" six years of news- peper direction, he developed, stead ily, building good will, which is the most valuable of newspeper assets for the property with which he was identified, and forming close and lastine contacts throughout the state. .. . . V . " " Occupied as he was in a place that demanded constant application, Mr, Hoss shook irksome details from his shoulders and tied into his job an active appreciation of public service He became a worker for the brothers of the craft, acting indefatigably for their interests, without expectation or hope of reward. It was only nat ural that his efforts would bring him a flock of nonsalaried and honorary positions which he filled acceptably, and it was inevitable that his activi ties, as their scope broadened, would be accorded recognition which came to him in the form of an urgent invitation- to join, as private secre tary to the governor, the state ad ministration. Some of his friends, including the writer of these lines, shook their heads, hot then realizing that Hal Hoss would be unwilling to stagnate, in a place that seemed to offer little future. But his study of and interests in the affairs of his native state went beyond his lm mediate place. He made the most of a membership on the parole board and . became a student of penal pro blems, accepting 'directorship-in the national association. There was no good 'reason, in the mind of Hal Hoss, why the prin ciples of sound business should not bo applied to the business of the people. It seemed to him that public service ought to mean more than a mere political job, and that the same fundamental ideas that he utilized in newspaper . offices , could and should be put into practice through the conduct of an import ant state office. He was not encum bered with policical entanglements and was prepared and equipped to transact the state's business on the basis of common sense having in mind that the taxpayer's dollar is not a gift of God, but is entitled to economic consideration and should be stretched as far as practicable with proper results as a primary objective. These facts may be constructed as arguments for the nomination and election of Hal Hoss for secretary of state. He has become a personality. His friends are not giving his can didacy perfunctory support, but they are enthusiastically urging the peo ple of Oregon to choose a man who has always made good, who has a clear conception of service, who is young and alert and who is free to promise and who has . the ability to deliver that particular character of an administration that our citizen ship requires. The importance of the office demands selection of jl man who is qualified by temperament and experience to render a high type of service to the public. Hal Hoss is that man. 1 District No. 17 Victorious District No. 17 competed in the Sectional Track Meet held at Helix April 21. Robert and Barbara Lee winning hoonrs, Barbara first in the girls' twenty-five yard dash and base ball throw. Barbara in the A class tied with a Helix girl of D. class. Robert won first in' broad jump, second in the fifty yard dash and high jump. The Lees -, represented their school at the Annual County Meet -Saturday, where they won one of the large schoolroom flags award ed by the Pendleton schools.-' Cinders Set Car on Fire A gondola flat car in the Union Pacific" yards caught fire from hot cinders, with which it was loaded, Tuesday forenoon. The fire was put out without turning in an alarm. The car load of cinders had been brought up from Reith by a passing freight train and switched into the yards here, to be used for ballasting.' ...... Cam pf Ire Girls Fourteen Wauna ' Campfire girls and guardians Hilda Dickenson and Mrs. W. H. LeRoy hiked up Wild Horse creek Saturday morning, pre paring breakfast over campfires in true camp style, using stones for frying pans. ' Members of Faculty and Graduating Class of the Athena H$i School, '28 , "' ' - jy" - Faculty i (TO 6 -J I L ! nm mill nil MR. HAROLD FREDERICKS,' MISS DOROTHY. BRODIE, SUPER INTENDENT MEYER, MISS MILDRED BATEMAN, MR. TOOLE. , Class Of 28 ' " - ' . I J"' ' s - V; i , . ' - ' 'iV ': p:;: yy: : --ill!,, w : ( -::' ; - M I : i ' ' ' ' '"' ' in s " W - : ,:rrio:' ' vf-: :i:f ..il! i jil : v -i - ! i ,. ' .. . J j.) i ; '" ;i jm-ft.. s: Y .wi.wya,;, tt:!' jj Hiiiiilin lil IliHtltil mm lirrriti1liliri-llit''iTrrr!!-atriii' limiiiill IntlHiillTWlainill LEFT, READING DOWN JESSIE DEAN DUDLEY, RAY JOHNSTON, HELEN HANSELL, LORENA SCHUBERT' GEORGE PAMBRUN, KATHLEEN RADTKE, ROY DeFREECE. RIGHT CLIFFORD WOOD DORIS SCHUBERT, ITOL SCHUBERT, ARMAND BELL, DOROTHY GEISSEL, ETHEL PITTMAN, SUPERINTENDENT MEYER. - Construction Work ' -V Tl T i un jtooi rrogressuig Construction work on the Legion swimming pool is progressing under direction of Contractor McLeod,' of Walla Walla. The concrete retaining walls have been poured,' and the forms will be removed shortly. With the removal of the forms, the bottom surfacing with concrete will follow. Then the concrete walks sur rounding the pool will be put down, and the showers and dressing rooms completed. Excavation for laying the water pipes from the city mains, is under way , The pipe will be laid in time to bring water into the pool with the completion of the plumbing. The city main is being tapped on Third street : near the bridge at the city park. Metro-Goldwyn's "Circus Rookies" will be presented at the Standard Theatre" tomorrow flight. Owing to the baccalaureate sermon at High School auditorium Sunday evening, there will be no picture shown at the Standard. ; "Circus ; Rookies" is Metro's latest picture, and has not been shown at Portland. Come, and see it John McRae and wife of Tacoma, former residents of this vicinity ar rived in Athena Sunday. .... J. W. Pinkerton Loses Sight of His Right Eye J. W. Pinkerton met with a very painful accident Monday when a piece of steel penetrated the eye ball. The patient - was taken to Dr. Gowan in Walla Walla but the obstacle could not be removed. Dr. Gowan accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Pinkerton to Spokane, where the steel splinter was extracted by a magnet. However, the sight of the right eye is entirely lost, and Mr. Pinker ton is in a hospital at Walla Walla where effort is being made to save the eyeball. The accident heppened at the Pinkerton farm Monday, when Mr. Pinkerton was removing a bolt from a machine, using a punch. With the first blow of the hammer, a sliver of steel penetrated the right eye ball. Returning from Spokane, the party experienced an automobile ac cident, in which Mrs. Pinkerton sus tained a severe cut on her arm. Spinal Meningitis Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Dudley visited at the homes of their children, near Dayton, the fore part of the week. A spinal meningitis epidemic prevails at and near Dayton from which four adults have died in the past two weeks and a fifth patient is in a critical condition. - i Athena Takes Hard Fast Game From the Adams Team, Sunday Big Six League ft, W. L. Pet. Milton-Freewater ...4 0 1.000 Adams 3 Athena ' 3 Pendleton 2 Helix 0 Weston 0 RITNER i i 2 4 4 .750 .750 .500 .000 .000 Joint Representative Can didate Quits to Run For Congress. r Roy W. Ritner of Pendleton, who entered the campaign as republican candidate for joint representative from Umatilla and Morrow counties, has chucked his candidacy for that office into the discard and has be come a candidatee for the renuhliran Adams started the home fans buz-nomination for congress, to succeed ' 1 A. P 1 1 1 T -w-wr it-.. Athena went into a tie with Adams for second place in the Big Six league by winning one of the hard est foht. and closest played games of the season, 3 to 2. Milton-Freewater remained at the head of the percentage column with four straight wins, by trouncing Helix 8 to 6. The Eagles beat Weston 5 to 2. zing right off the reel, when N. Wal lan smashed Banister's first offering for a single. He was sacrificed to second on K. Hodgen's out, Toole to Kretzer. Otis Lieuallen connected for a single, Wallan scoring. N. Hod gen fanned. Parr smashed 1 put a two-base hit, bringing in Lieuallen. Crawford struck out. Two runs, three hits, no errors. Then Athena brought everybody and his neighbor to their feet, by tie ing up the score two-all in her half of the second. Toole opened up with a two-base hit. Harris brought him home with a single, and took second on the throwin to the plate. Harden scored Harris with a single. Nobody down. Then Morrison steadied and pulled himself out of the hole. Gross rolled out, Lieuallen to Hodgen, and Geissel fanned. Two runs, three hits, no errors. 1 With both pitchers well in control, backed with gilti edge support the game from then on took on all the trimmings of a pitcher's duel. In the lucky seventh, with the go ing hot, hotter, hottest, after Mor rison had put Harris away via the strike-out route, Harden nicked an out curve for a single. Then Mor rison laid Gross away with three across the pan. George Banister spattered one past the infield, Hard en going down to third. Geissel bmged out one for three bases Hard en and Baniste .rrossing over. Ban ister was declared out for not touching second base. McPherrin flew out to K. Hodgen. One run, three hits, no errors. And there is your old ball game. 'Score by Innings: Athena 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 x 3 Adams 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Batteries Banister and McPher rin; Morrison and Parr. Summary Errors, N. Wallan 2, L, Banister. Two-base hits, Parr, Toole. Three-base hits, Geissel, Kretzer Passed ball, McPherrin. Earned runs, Adams 2, Athena 3. Struck out, by Banister 9; by Morrison 8, Left on bases, Athena 5; Adams 5, Umpire, Buck. Time of game 1:30. Ratting Averages G AB R Shick 3 Harden 4 L. Banister 4 Toole 4 Geissel 4 Harris.. 4 SIOTl'S PLACE Kretzer 3 10 17 16 16 17 16 11 H 5 8 6 5 5 5 2 Av 500 470 375 312 294 294 182 Study Club Takes Vacation 1 he Athena btudy Club closed a profitable year's study last Friday afternoon with the completion of the course on contemporary authors. The club decided by vote to take up thu study of Oregon for next year, as outlined by the State Library board, and a course of unusual interest is promised. This club has been organ ized for three years, the first year being taken up with early American authors, the second with history and travels in Scotland and Ireland, the third with literature as stated and the next year, will "see Oregon first." The club is restricted to 20 members, all being keenly interested in the subjects, and each taking active part in discussion. The last meeting wan held at the home of Mrs. H H. Hill, where a picnic was planned as a fit ting finale to the year's labors. Mrs. Retta Potts, Mrs F. B. Radtke and Mrs. Ltuis Keen wore appointed by the president Mi. ll. A. Thompson, to arrange for the festival and to set the date in the near future. The first Friday afternoon in September will be the date for beginning of next year's activities. , Grain Shipped Out The last shipment of wheat has been made by the Farmers Grain Elevator company. This cleans up the 1927 crop storage in the elevator. During the months of March and April a total of 26 carloads of wheat was shipped by the Elevator comp any to Kansas City and St. Louis. This wheat brought the grower from $1.20 to $1.45 per bushel. No Reseeding Andy Douglas was in Athena from his ranch near lone, Morrow county, this week. Mr. Douglas reports favorable crop prospects in his country. It was not necessary to re used grain in hn tection this spring". N. J. Sinnott. Mr. Ritner makes the following statement: "All of the five able men who now represent Oregon in Congress are lawyers. Agriculture, horticulture, cattle and sheep are the dominant industries of Eastern Oregon. Logic demands that at least one member should be a farmer qualified by long practical experience with agricul tural problems, and seasoned with business training and previous legis lative service. "Industry is protected by the tariff; Railroads by the Interstate Com merce Commission; bunking by the Federal Reserve; labor by immigra tion laws but agriculture, notwith- , standing it has borne the brunt of after war deflation, has waited in vain for congressional help and recognition. I am for legislation which will give the same protection to agriculture that has heretofore been so generously extended to In dustry, Railroads, Banking and Labor. I am committed to the construction of the Umatilla Rapids project at tho earliest possible date, and for a gen eral policy of federal development of the Columbia River for power, irrigation and navigation purposes. The Columbia should be navigable so as to reduce excessive freight rates on products of the interior moving to tidewater. The cheap hydro electric power of "the river should be made available on the farms and in the homes of the people. "1 favor the complete development of federal irrigation projects author ized by Congress on a basis of fair play to the present settlers and with a view to settleement of vacant lands. I will favor new projects when justi fied by the growth of the state. ' I favor the adequate care, hospitil ization and compensation of the vet erans of the late wars and previous wars. My experience" overseas dur ing the late war extended over sev eral months spent with the field hos pitals and I know from personal ob servation the suffering and sacri fice of our fighting men. "The various counties of the stale should be rcembursed by the federal government for the loss of taxes from lands held in forest reserves, Indian reservations and land grants. Until such legislation can be secured I most emphatically favor the con tinuation of the federal appropria tion used in cooperation with the state in constructing interstate high ways and forest roads. "I favor a tariff on wool, wheat, timber products and other commod ities rained in quantities in Oregon. The federal government should better cooperate with the state in extermin ating the predatory animals that prey upon livestock of the farmers and ranchers. "It is my intention to conduct a clean, fair campaign and I pledge my support to the republican who is nominated." Water Mains Replacement Delivery has beeen made to the city of 1700 feet of new pipe which will be laid in replacement of old water main sections. Portions of the present pipe line in the north and west part of the city will be replaced with the new pipe. The work of im provement at the intake of the grav ity system of the waterworks, which included raising the height of the re taining walls of the manholes, has been completed. Athena at Milton-Freewater Athena goes to Milton-Freewater to play there Sunday. This will be the first game of the season between these two teams, and Athena is anxious to turn in a win and pluck the Prune Pickers from the top limb of the per centage tree in the Big Six league. Milton-Freewater has won four games straight. Athena and Adams are tied for second place. Pleased With Plans The local scouts were visitors to the new campsite up the Walla Walla river Saturday and were favorably impressed with the plans for their cabin to be erected as soon as weather conditions permit. A joint hike for scouts and camp fire girls is planned for the near future. The boys to be the hosts are making all plans and provisions.