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VOLUME 49.
ATIIENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 1. 1928
NUMBER 22
SALEM
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ODD FELLOW LODGE
After 25 Years as Treasurer
Portland Man Retires
From Position.
Roseburg. Dr. J. J. Baker of Eu
gene was elected to tha ,rovrted posi
tion of grand -warden of the Inde
pendent Order of Odd Fellows grand
lodge, which concluded its convention
here He was opposed by Lester
Roberts of Grants Pass, a heated
campaign being made by delegations
supporting the respective candidates.
Medford was selected as the site
for next year's convention.
Dr. C. H. Nelson of McMinnville
was elected grand treasurer to suc
ceed Dr. 0. D. Doane of Portland,
who declined to again be a candidate
for the office which he has held for
the past 25 years.
Fred J. Mandel of Portland was
advanced to the office of grand mas
il Peterson of Astoria was
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made deputy grand master, and fc.
Sharon was re-elected grand secre
tary. The cups for the drill team com
petition were presented to the win
ning organizations. Canton Portland
No. 1 took first prize among the
patriarchs' teams with Canton Hovey
of Eugene, second! Hillsboro Rebek
ah's drill team took first place for
the ladies, with Cottage Grove sec
ond. Sixteen cups were awarded to
organizations participating in the pa
rade. ,
Barnes Circus Coming
To Walla Walla Tuesday
The all new production of Al G.
Barnes Circus is coming to Walla
Walla, Tuesday, June 5. The manage
ment of the circus announces the fol
lowing features this year:
"The all new spectacle, entitled
'Aladdin and the Parade of Gold,' in
which approximately 1,000 people
take part, including the Chinese beau
ty, Lola Lee Chong; the two Masto
dons, Tusko and The Mighty Tusko:
Klinkhardt's equestrian midgets, four
teen tiny horsemen from Bavaria;
San Marcus, the $16,000 equine star;
the zebra round-up, with the largest
herd in captivity in America; and
many other novel features and per
formances given by American and
foreign artists, also animals from
every part of the world.
"Two performances are given daily
the afternoon show starting at 2
o'clock, and the night performance at
8 o'clock. The doors are open one
hour previous for the inspection of the
. inn. nnn for the children to see the
two mammoth beasts which require
two specially constructed railway cars
for their transportation."
Birthday Party
Betty Eager entertained ten friends
Friday evening when a three course
dinner was served in honor of Betty's
fourteenth birthday. Many dainty
and appropriate gifts were received.
The tables were attractive with tiny
vases of columbine and ferns, place
cards and nut baskets with lavender
and yellow as the colbr scheme.
Guests were as follows, . Marjorie
Douglas, Margurite Moore, Arleen
Myrick, Goldie Miller, Mary Tomp
kins, Leland Jenkins, Lowelll Jenkins,
Raymond Freese, Howard Reeder and
George Eittman. Games were enjoy
ed after dinner.
Elsa Ringel, One of
500 Graduating From
O. A. C. This Year
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Miss Elsa Ringel
Memorial Day
Athena business houses remained
closed Wednesday in observance of
Memorial Day. Graves at the ceme
tery were decorated, and the grounds
there were viewed by many people
during the day. There was no set
program for memorial exercises, and
a large number of Athena residents
joined picnic parties, and spent the
day in the open.
Improving North Road
Virgil Zerba hitched his "cat" to a
county road grader and worked on the
road north of Athena this week. This
road ,ia being kept in condition for
travel by farmers living adjacant tc
it. Early road is being
it Early this spring, Homer Watts
worked it with his tractor.
Are Real Farmers Now
Mr. and Mrs. Austin Foss are
domociled on the farm they recently
acquired in the Freewater neighbor
hood, and have settled down to real
farming. They are very much pleas
ed with their new home, and have
good crop prospects at the present
time.
Oregon Agricultural College,
(Special.) Athena is represented
by iiilsa rl. Kingel in the graduating
class of 1928 which totals more than
500. She will be among those re
ceiving degrees at the annual com
mencement exercises June 4. The
oraduatincr class is composed of those
who have "survived" four years of
rigorous work during' which their
scholarship had to be kept high to
meet the stiff requirements here. The
college does not grant a degree to
one whose average is less than a C
even though he may have accumulat
ed sufficient credits .
Miss Ringel earned her degree of
bachelor of science in home eco
nomics. This is one of the largest
srhnols in the colleere and has 68
graduates in this year's class. Work
in this school is divided into two
groups of studies one to fit the
students for specialized professi6n
al work after graduation and the
other for the profession ' of home
making , and related fields. Miss
Ringel has had work in the .lepin-s-ments
of clothing, textiles and re
lated arts; foods and nutrition,
household administration, institution
economics and home economics edu
cation. She also spent six weeks in
the home management "practice"
house where she and a few other
girls had full charge of the house in
cluding care of a small baby.
Miss Ringel has also taken an ac
tive nart in campus! affairs. She
was a member of Philion club.
Whitman Seniors Take
Novel Way to Aid College
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Carload of Harvesters
".A carload of International harvest
ers are expected to arrive in Athena
next week for Rogers & Goodman.
Two of these machines are now as
sembled here, ready for delivery to
the purchasers.
With the acceptance of a report of
the gift committee of the class, it
was announced the present gradu
ating class of Whitman college would
establish a fund of $28,000 as a
memorial from the class to the col
lege in the form of an endowment
insurance maturing m lo years.
Individual students of the class
will be covered by various amounts
of the insurance aggregating that
total and their names will De an
nounced at the annual banquet at the
rinse of the vear. This action was
taken in accordance with the custom
of each graduating class to leave a
gift of some sort with the school.
Horses Perish In Fire
Fanned bv a hieh wind, fire of an
undetermined origin Monday night
completely destroyed a barn, which
was half filled with hay, and several
horses on the Matt Lyons ranch about
three miles west of Walla Walla. The
fire, which started shortly after 11
o'clock, created a blaze that was visi
ble for a number of miles and attract
ed a large crowd of autoists.
Killed By Lightning
Jack Stamper, well known in Ath
ena, having resided in this neighbor
hood, was instantly killed near Tvin
Falls, Idaho, last Saturday, when he
was struck by lightning during a
storm. Further details are lacking.
Mrs. Dora Harder a sister of the de
ceased, left her home at Milton for
Twin Falls, Saturday.
Nearing Completion
Work on the swimming pool at city
park has been practically completed
and it is expected that the first fill
ing with water will be effected by
Sunday. The official opening of the
pool to the public for swimming pur
poses is expected to take place one
week from tomorrow, Saturday, June
9, weather permitting.
Down From the Springs
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Dudley came
down from their cottage at Bing
ham Springs, after spending sever
al days there. Mr. and Mrs. Victor
McDonald, of Long Beach, Califor
nia, are guests at the Dudley home.
Pendleton Resident Dead
Richard C. Lawrence, aged 64, for
27 years a resident in Pendleton, died
Friday at St. Anthony's hospital.
Death was caused by heart disease.
Boy Scouts Will Hold
Honor Session At Chris
tian Church Tonight
Troop Nineteen, the local Scout
organization will hold a Court of
Honor Session this evening at eight
o'clock at the Christian church.
The boys will take Merit Badge
and Second Class Scout tests before
the court and the general public, and
especially the parents and those in
terested in scouting are invited to be
present for the program. Refresh
ments will be served afterwards and'
the work of the local group will be
outlined for the coming summer. ;
The boys will be in uniform, and
the flags and other equipment will
make this a ( very impressive
ceremony.
The local court of honor consists of
Lee Meyer, Chairman, B. B. Rich;
ards and O. H. Reeder.
Last Saturday the boys had a very
strenuous yet enjoyable time in the
form of a mounted hike, when four
teen boys and the scoutmaster secur
ed horses and spent the day up Wild
Horse Creek. The noon meal was
cooked in the open without the aid
of utensils and some very fine meals
were on display for a short time after
cooking.
Ex-Governor Pierce
Candidate, In Vthena
Ex-Governor Pierce, democratic
candidate for congress, was an Athena
visitor Saturday. Mr. Pierce was en
route to his home in Union county,
after delivering an 'address before a
Grange at the Forks on the Walla
Walla river.
While at the Press office, the ex
governor let it be known that he ex
pected to claw up quite a bit of dust
while making the race against Butler
in the campaign.
Having no money to spend, Mr.
Pierce declares that he is wholly in
the hands of his friends, and will
make it a point to carry his cause
before the voters through the medium
of speech-making before granges and
wherever he can conveniently appear
before an assemblage of people.
U, O. Man in World Race
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ENTERTAINED AT BRIDGE
AT THE LOGSDON HOME
Mrs. A. W. Logsdon, Mrs. James
Cresswell and Mrs. Penn Harris were
hostesses at a lovely bridge party at
the Logsdon home Tuesday afternoon.
Eight tables were at play. . A dainty
little bathing girl, portrayed by lit
tle Dona Jean Logsdon, presented
each guest with minature bathing
girl for score cards. Carnations
were used for decorations. Mrs. Max
Hopper received high score for the
afternoon while Miss Ethel Geissel
received the consolation. Guests
were as follows:
Mrs. Florance Luedtke, Miss Ethel
Geissel, Portland; Mrs. Nathan Kim
ball, Pendleton; Mrs. Frank Yen
ney, Mrs. Hanavon, Walla Walla;
Mrs. Paul Lieuallen, Mrs. trancis
Lieuallen, Mrs. James Lieuallen, Mrs,
Roy Duff, Adams; Mrs. D. T. Stone,
Mrs. Louis Stewart, Mrs. Fred Gross,
Mrs. Bryce Baker, Mrs. F. L. Zerba,
Mrs. Dean Dudley, Mrs. A. W. Doug
las, Mrs. Laurence Pinkerton, Mrs.
Max Hopper, Mrs. Ravella Lieuallen,
Miss Hilda Dickenson, Mrs. Fred
Pinkerton, Mrs. M. L. Watts, Mrs. H.
I. Watts, Mrs. C. M. Eager, Mrs. H.
A. Barrett, Mrs. Frank Ames, Mrs.
Henry Dell, Mrs. W. S. Ferguson,
Mrs. Lloyd Michener, Mrs. A. A. Mc
Intyre, Mrs. M. W. Hansell and Mrs.
Ross Payne.
A dainty two course luncheon was
served; each tiny table was centered,
with red tapers and the red color
scheme carried out in the luncheon.
Tom Carrol Here '
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Carrol of Port
land arrived in Athena Sunday morn
ing and visited at the B. B. Rich
ards home. Mr. Carrol left Wednes
day morning for home but Mrs. Car
rol remained for an extended visit.
Mr. Carrol wa3 formerly employed by
the state highway department, and
was located in Athena during the time
highway construction and street im
provement was under way.
Visited Parents
Mr. and Mrs. Starr' Charlton made
a visit recently at LaGrande, where
they enjoyed a family reunion at the
home of Mr. Charlton's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H. K. Charlton, formerly
well known in Athena. fThe elderly
couple expect to celebrate their gold
en wedding anniversary in the com-i
ing fall.
Courtesy P. & A. and Oregonian.
Taichiro Arakl, of Tokio, a
former student of the University of
Oregon, is racing around the world.
He is one of the two men selected
by the newspaper Jijo Shlnpo of
Tokio, Japan, for the round-the-;
world dash. The other man is Tat
sukichi Matsui, a graduate of Kelo
TJniverBity.
The utilization of all modern
means of transportation with the
least possible expense and greatest
speed is the main object of the
race. Both men are striving to
lower the existing around-the-world
record made in 1913, 35 days, 21
hours and 36 minutes.
Exhibition Game Goes
Sixteen Hot Innings
It took sixteen red hot innings to
play an exhibition game on the local
grounds Wednesday afternoon, be
tween Athena and the Pacific Light
& Power Company team of Pendleton.
Athena presented a mixed lineup, the
two Bannisters, Geissel, Kretzer ind
McPherrin not playing. At the end
of the sixteenth inning, the score
stood 8 to 7 in favor of Pendleton.
At the end of, the ninth the score
stood four all . In the 12th each
team scored a tally, and in the 14th
two runs each tied it up again 7-7.
The fifteenth went over scoreless.
Woods, for P. L. & P. Co., opened
the 16th with a single, and scored on
Ross' two-bagger.
Gross and Harden were on the
mound for Athena, Baker caught, Dr.
Geyer played first; Lawrence Lieu
allen, old "Yellow Kid," and Marvin
Kilgore were new ones in the outer
garden for Athena. The score:
Athena...: 10200000100120007
Pendleton 1 10300000000120018
Umatilla Grazing Land
A Washington special says the
house passed a senate bill to set aside
7000 acres of land for use of Uma
tilla Indians in Oregon for grazing
purposes. The measure was returned
to the senate for action on a minor
house amendment. The lands, which
were formerly part of the Indian
reservation, would under the measure
be withheld from sale by the Interior
department.
Faught Grass Fire
With all the greenery surrounding
the Athena neighborhood it is not
easy to realize that grass on the hills
sloping to Pine Creek north of town,
is dry enough to burn. But Henry
Barrett and J. S. Huffman know that
it is, for they got all "het up" Monday
fighting a grass fire out on the Bar
rett sheep range With a lot of hard
work and persistent effort the fire
was finally put out.
tion when he grasped a - live wire,
Saturday afternoon, lie was picked
up unconscious and suffered severe
burns on his hand and one foot. He
will recover but will be unable to
work for some time.
Athena Hands Defeat
To Milton-Freewater
For the Second Time
Big Six League
Athena... 7
Adams 6
Milton-Freewater 5
Helix... 3
Pendleton - 3
Weston 0
W. L. Pet.
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Athena made it two straight from
Milton-Freewater by taking Sunday's
game dl to 6, and advancing to two
games in the lead for the "Big Six"
league bunting. The score would in
dicate that Athena had an easy job,
but she didn't. By virtue of the fact
that George Bannister was in fine
form and going great guns, did Ath
ena win, and this story will be more
about Bannister's superb pitching
than any other part of the game.
He allowed but eight hits, walked
one, yet twelve Milton-Freewater
runners were left on bases. He
struck out eight, and the strikeouts
were made when he was in the hole;
put there by errors of his support ex
cept in the first inning he hit Ander
son and walked Records. A total of
eight errors were made behind him,
but in spite of them he pulled the
game over to the right side of the
ledger.
A big, blonde athlete, named Rod
man essayed to pitch for the opposi
tion but he lasted only two innings.
In the two frames Athena got him
for a total of eight hits which netted
seven runs.
Miller scored for Athena in the
first, after Herman Geissel struck
out. , He got a two-base hit. Lee
Bannister popped out to Everetts.
Kretzer singled, scoring Miller. Har
den was tossed out, Rodman to
Everetts. One run, two hits, no err
ors. Milton-Freewater scored three in
the second. Everetts singled. So did
Alexander, Everetts going to third.
Lewis popped out to Lee Bannister
and Rodman fanned. Franks hit,
scoring Everetts and Alexander. An
derson was safe on Bannister's error,
Franks going to second. Gadsner hit,
scoring Franks. Records bumped out
to McPherrin. Three runs, four hits,
one error. ,
Athena sent Mr. Rodman to the
showers in the second. McPherrin
singled, Shick , scored him with a
three-ply swat. Harris was safe on
Anderson's error, Shick scoring. G.
Bannister singled, Harris going to
second. Geissel Btruck out. Miller
beat out an infield hit. Lee Bannister
homed with three on. Kretzer flew
out to Anderson. Harden singled, but
was caught pilfering second. Six runs,
five hits, one error.
Shick landed on Potts, who had re
placed Rodman, for a three-bagger in
the third, and scored on Harris' out.
One run, one hit, no errors.
Shick opened the sixth with another
three-base hit. Harris walked and
Shick scored on G. Bannister's sacri
fice fly. Geissel slammed out a two
bagger, Harris scoring. Miller was
safe on fielder's choice, Geissel tak
ing third. Lee Bannister singled
scoring Geissel. Kretzer walked.
Harden flew out' to Ferris, Mc
Pherrin fanned.' Three runs, three
hits, no errors.
Milton-Freewater scored two in the
third on one hit, two errors and a
fielder's choice, and one in the fifth
on two more errors and a hit.
The score:
Athena 16100300 11
Milton-F 0 3201000 06
Batteries Bannister and McPher-
lin; Rodman, Potts and Gadsner.
Summary Bases on balls, off Ban
nister 1; Potts 2. Two base hits,
Geissel, Shick, Miller, Gadsner; Three
base hits, Shick 2; home runs, L. Ban
nister; struck out, by Bannister, 8,
by Rodman 2, by Potts 4; left on
bases, Athena 6, Milton-Freewater 12;
Errors, G. Bannister 2, Lee Bannister
4, Miller, Shick; hits off Bannister 8,
off Rodman 8 in two Innings, off Potts
5 in seven innings; losing pitcher,
Rodman.
A Narrow Escape
William McGibbon, a workman on
the Milton electric power plant nar- High Average Cow
rowly escaped death from electroeu- A. R. Coppock had the high pro-
New Water System
Jesse Gordon is putting in a com
plete water system, at his farm home
northweBt of Athena. Sims Dicken
son is doing the plumbing work, and
we get it straight that Sims knows
how, and that Jess makes a pretty
good, foreman on the job; so they
must be getting along all right.'
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'Lefty" Kretzer was confined to his
bed at Mrs. Burden's boarding house
on account of illness, the fore part of
the week.
, Crops Need Rain. '
Spring-sown grain is badly in nJed
of rain is the general verdict of Uma
tilla county wheatraisers. Consid
erable acreage is spring-sown this
season on account of reseeding that
resulted from freezeout last winter,
and this is the part of the growing
crop that is in serious need of moisture.
Drown In Snake River
Two men, Joe Henkle and "Shorty"
Little, drowned in the Snake river at
Farrington Saturday afternoon about
5 o'clock, when the boat in which they
were fishing went to pieces. Mrs,
Henkle and friends witnessed the
drowning of the men, but were un
able to save them.
ducing cow of the association. Snow
ball, a purebred Holstein, produced
2115 pounds milk, containing 76.1
pounds fat. The average pounds of
milk produced in Umatilla County for
the month was 643.3, with 28.1 pounds
of butter fat. In the 48 herds tested,
103 c'owg produced over 40 pounds of
fat during the month.
FARMERS 10 MEET
AT
PENDLETON
Bulk and Sack Handling of
Grain Will Be Discussed
By National Expert.
A'meeting which should be of much
interest , to Umatilla county wheat
growers will be held on Saturday
June 9, at 2 p. m. in the auditorium
of the county library building at Pen
dleton. The meeting promises to be of un
usual interest; says the East Oregon
ian, as E. N. Bates, recognized as a
national authority on grain investiga
tion, will give an illustrated lecture
on handling and grading of wheat. .
Mr. Bates has two reels of motion
picture films on the subject of bulk
and sack handling of grain in addition
to authentic department of agricul
ture figures and other data on the
subject. Mr. Bates is in charge of the
Faeific Coast office of grain investi
gations for the U. S. department of
agriculture and is making his annual
field trip through Oregon and Wash
ington next month.
Both the Umatilla county farm
bureau and Walter A. Holt, county
agent, are cooperating with Mr. Bates
in holding the meeting with the farm
ers as his subject is of vital interest
to Umatilla farmers at this time. Mr.
Bates will cover all phases of bulk
grain handling and will cite its ad
vantages and disadvantages,
Oregon Fruit Growers
Invited To Federate
Oreeon fruit growers organizations
have been invited to ioin similar or
ganizations in all sections of the
country to form a national federa
tion to work for improvement of
economic conditions of the industry.
They have been asked to send re
presentatives to the proposed na
tional conference, reports Clayton L.
Loner, extension specialist in horti
culture at the state college. Manu
facturing, transportation, labor ana
other problems of national scope are
to be discussed.
Economically sound legislation is
necessajy for betterment of the fruit
industry, according to officers of the
Indiana Fruit Growers' association,
who are sponsoring the move. Sec
tional problems are usually handled
by state organizations, but national
leerislation needs the attention of a
larger group, they hold.
National representation would tie
advantageous in promoting such
Wislation. believe trrominent fruit
men, who add that national co-operation
would be of additional value
through the collection of important
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Novel Honey Factory
John Tompkins, while motoring to
Walla Walla recently, encountered a
swarm of bees on the highway.
Quicker 'n you could say "Jack Rob
inson" radiator and windshield wero
gummed over with bees and honey.
Anyway we have John's word for it
that wherever a bee hit the car it
left a splotch of honey. And John
should know, for he had to clean up
the remains.
Happy Canyon Dance
An all-Umatilla county dance will
be held in Happy Canyon on Saturday
evening, June 2, when the doors of
the fun-hall will be opened for th?
first large dance of the season. The
dance is sponsored by the Pendleton
Playgrounds council and is for the
benefit of supervised play in thrt
three city parks this summer.
Membership Drive
The local committee having in
charge the membership drive in Ath
ena for the county health association,
have secured a number of new names
to the roll. Mrs. H. 1. Watts, Mrs. F.
B. Boyd, Mrs. C. L. McFadden, Mrs.
M. M. Johns, and Mrs. W. Mcl'herson
comprise the committee.
'. ' Coming Home
Within a couple of weeks students
will be returning home from college
to spend the summer vacation with
relatives. Athena students who gradu
ate at this time are Beryl Hodgen
and Ronald Kretzer, Oregon; Elsa
Ringel, Oregon State and Dorothy
Lee, Cheney Normal,
To Try For Record
The definite date set by Tex Rankin,
veteran pilot of Portland, Ore., for
hig- attempt to better both the nolo
endurance and the endurance flight
records will be June 5th off the beach
at Seaside, Ore,
Campfire Girls
Twenty Wauna Campfire girls were
entertained with a lawn party Tues
day afternoon by Miss Myrtle Potts
and Betty Eager at the Potts home.
Games and work on bead head-bands
occupied the hours. Dainty ices and
cakes were served by the hostesses.
Here From Portland
A. L. Swairgart, accompanied by his
daughter, Mr. Peterson, came up
from Portland and spent a couple of
days at the home place north of town.
They left Monday for Portland, going
by way of Butter Creek, to visit at
the home of Frank Swaggart.
Back From Portland
Mr. and Mrs. James Bell spent a
week in Portland, The Dalles, and
way points, returning home Tuesday
evening.
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