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' '. .. V" ' Entered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Claea Mail Matter VOLUME 49. ATI1ENA, UMATILLA CX)UNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 20. 1928 NUMBER 29 SWIMMING POOL 15 A PAYING VENTURE Gross Receipts, Including the Sales of Season Tickets, $646.30. The American Legion swimming pool at Athena City Park ha-jroved to be a very successful venture in point of popularity and patronage. Since the pool opened for swimming and bathing, up to and including Tuesday evening of this week, the proceeds grossed a total of $646.a0 This amount includes the sale of forty-two adult season tickets at $5, and .forty-seven children season tickets at $2 each. The regular prices for swimming in the pool are -15 cents for children and 25 cents for adults, and 10 cents additional when bathing suits are furnished. The management an nounces that the very best grade of voolen bathing suits are furnished here, in fact none better are to be found at bathing resorts anywhere C. L. McFadden, commander of Athena-Weston American Legion Post, who has taken keen interest in the construction of the pool and who is devoting much time in its manage ment, expressed deep appreciation for all assistance extended the Post in its efforts to bring the enterprise to a satisfactory and successful termina tion. Especially does the post commander commend those who donated their services in the excavation work for the pool. In addition to personal services, a number furnished teams at the time the excavation was under way, among whom were H. A. Bar rett, Arnold Wood, Glenn Dudley, George Lieuallen, Henry Koepke, Bern Bannister and Claude Dicken son. A number of young men donat ed their services on the job and em ployes of business men were let off from their work to help. Standard Oil company donated a truck--for sand and gravel hauling, Bell & Venable liberally donated services, Jens Jensen gave supplies, while D. C. McFadden and Bob McArthur rendered valuable service. The cost of the swimming pool as it stands at the present time repre sents a cash outlay of $3,827.00 ex clusive of excavation and other do nation work. To begin with, the post treasury had $600.00 available for pool con struction. The idea of making the venture a community enterprise soon developed with the result that Mr. McFadden and Mayor Stephens cir culated a subscription paper, and secured subscriptions to the pool fund which total $2,050.00. The subscrib ers and the amount of their sab scriptions are as follows: O. O. Stephens, $100; Tum-a-Lum Lumber Company, $100; M. W. Han sell, $100; Rogers & Goodman, $100; C. L. McFadden, $100; W. R. Harden, $100; M. L. Watts, $100; Preston Schaffer Milling Company, $100; F. S. LeGrow, $100; F.B. Radtke, $50; Gerald Kilgore, $100; A. W. Douglas, $100; A. H. Mclntyre, $100; A. A. Mclntyre $15; J. A. Smith, $5; Chas. Williams, $10; Jess Gordon, $5; W. S. Ferguson, $25; Earnest Koepke, $15; L. Ringel, $5; R. L. Wilson, $5; A. W. Logsdon, $50; F. B. Boyd, $50; W. G. Cowan, $25; H. I. Watts,$50; B. B. Richard3, $50; F. N. Johns, $25; Bryce Baker, $10; Penn T. Harris, $15; A. M. Johnson, $15; Dean Dud ley, $20; V. R. Zerba, $15; Sheldon Taylor, $15; Arnold Wood, $15; Heriry Dell, $20; Henry Koepkejr., $25; Zeph Lockwood, $10; Forest Zerba, $25; C. M. Eager, $10; Rich ard Thompson, $15; Revella Lieu allen, $5; Hilda Dickenson, $5; Max B. Hopper, $10; Velma B. Schubert, $5; Leonard Geissel, $10; H. Geissel, $10; Herman Hoffman, $5; Chas. Wil son, $10; Dr. . Geyer, $10; Lee A. Meyer, $10; Mose Banister, $5; Neil Mclntyre, $5; T. L. McBride, $10; Jim Hodgen, $10; H. O. Parker, $5; E. C. Prestbye, $10; Dean Pinkerton, $5; Ralph Singer, $5; I. L. Michener, $5; Lew McNair, $5; Pearl Ramsay, $5; H. H. Hill, $5; R. B. McEwen, $10; R. A. Thompson, $10; H. A. Barrett, $10; C. B. Moore $5; F. H. Ames, $25; Barney Foster, $5; J. F. Kershaw, $5; Robert Wolf, $1; Glen Wagner, $1; R. A. Duffield, $5; John Walker, $5; J. H. Creswell, $5; Finley Graybeal, $1; Ed Gwaltney, $1; W. P. Little john, $5; Carl Sheard, $5; L. R. Pinkerton, $5; Lester Green, $1. Other subscriptions, amounting to perhaps $200 more are yet to be taken, stated Mr. McFadden, which will bring the total to approximate ly $2250.00. The financial success of the enter prise naturally brings up the ques tion as to what ends the surplus funds will be used. Mr. McFadden stated it is American Legion policy everywhere to turn back every sur plus dollar for the good cf the corn- Honor Man at V. of O. i ..: I V 1 : -.v.-. -!.- UNIVERSITY OF OBEGON, Eu gene. Ronald Bobnett, Albany, has been chosen by members of the senior class to receive the Albert cup, given annually to the senior who "during hit college career, has made the most pro gress in character, service and whole some influence." Spokane Air Service Commences August 1st Walla Walla. Captain H. J. Tap- lin, president of the Spokane Air ways, Inc., who was in Walla Walla a couple of days ago getting neces sary information on airport facilities here, announced in Spokane yester day that daily airplane service be tween Spokane, Lewiston and Walla Walla will be started August 1 by his company. ;. "". ' ... An Associated Press dispatch from Spokane, announcing this, added: "A Buhl air sedan will leave bpo- kane at 9 a. m. every day-with two and a half hours halt in each town to permit salesmen passengers to visit their customers, . Taplin said. The company which has three planes on the field here (Spokane) and three more ordered, intends to specialize in passenger work and flight instruc tion." In this connection it is also re ported that J. G. (Tex) Rankin head of the Rankin Flying school at Port land, is planing daily Portland-Wal la Walla air service, which would connect with the Spokane line. On August 1 daily service between Port land and San Francisco will be start ed. The new Walla Walla airport would be used, it is reported, as it is close to town. The newly organized air port association has funds to aid in developing the field further. Cars Kill Ten in June Ten persons were killed and 419 were injured in a total of 2257 traffic accidents in Oregon during June, ac cording to a report prepared by Thomas A. Raffety, chief inspector for the state motor vehicle depart ment. Approximately 110 of the ac cidents were due to speeding", while 218 accidents were caused by drivers failing to observe signals. In 390 cases the drivers failed to give right of way. Forty accidents were caused by drunken drivers. Attends Barber School Curtis Duffield, Athena high school boy, is spending his summer vacation in Portland, where he is taking a course in the Mohler Barber School of that city. On his return to Ath ena this fall, Curtis will work in his father's shop on Saturdays. He is making fast progress in learning the trade. Chicken Thieves Again Two young thieves, claiming Woodburn as their home, was ap prehended near Sax Station Tuesday, by officers, on advices front Dayton, Wash. They had forty chickens in their possession. Dayton officers came after the thieves. Medford Plans Big For Legion Convention $ On August 2, 3 and 4 Reports received from Medford, the American Legion Convention city for 1928, indicate that the Tenth Annual Department Convention which takes place August 2, 3 and 4th will be the biggest and best Legion Conven tion ever staged in the State of Ore gon. The budget for the entire three days celebration has been raised, the local business men and service clubs are giving tUr - undivided ' support and with nearly 700 members of Med-' ford Post No. 15 "on the job", there is no doubt as to the success of this year's convention. One of the most elaborate cele bration programs ever prepared for the entertainment of visiting Legion naires and their families has been under way for the past four months and is now nearing completion. There will be some thing to do or see every minute during the big three day cele bration and visitors are assured of plenty of action from early morn till late at night. Many distinguished guests will be "among those present" at the con vention, according to present indica tions. Among the prominent Legion naires expected to attend are the state commanders of Oregon, Cali fornia, Washington, Idaho and Nevada, National officers of the Le gion from Indianapolis and Past Na tional Commanders John R. Quinn of Los Angeles and James Drain of Spok ane. W. S. McCracken, head of the Aeronautical Department of the U. S. Department of Commerce, has agreed to be present and many other noted figures in aviation are expected. Governor Patterson and the entire congressional delegation of the State of Oregon also plan to attend what is expected to be the "biggest and best Legion State Convention ever held on the Pacific Coast." The Huckleberry Crop Reports from the Blue Mountain summer resorts are to the effect that this season's huckleberry crop is one of the largest for some years past. A number of Athena people have al ready been successful in ' picking satisfactory quantities of the luscious fruit. It is said that in localities where the mountain snows protected the bushes from late frosts, the ber ries are exceptionally plentiful and of large size. Locomotive Engineer Here . Kyle Charlton, who spent his boy hood in Athena, accompanied his brother, Starr Charlton home from LaGrande, and visited friends in Ath ena Wednesday. , Kyle is a Union Pacific locomotive engineer, running out of LaGrande. Three of the Charlton brothers are engineers hav ing runs out of LaGrande, Kyle, Clyde and Denver. Fruit and Vegetable Crop Shows Increase Approximately 1,875 carloads of the three major lines of fruit and veget able produce will be shipped from the Walla Walla district .this year, according to the official estimate of Wayne Garrett, district horticulturist who has completed his annual esti mate on apples, prunes and onions. A total of 85 cars of apples, 350 cars of prunes and 700 cars of onions is the estimate for the district which includes Walla Walla, Columbia, Gar field, Asotin and Whitman counties. The greater part of the produce will come from the Walla Walla and Columbia county regions, Mr. Garrett stated. This estimate is made after an intensive and thorough survey of the district by the horticulturist. The estimate on apples and onions shows but slight increase over last year but there is approximately a 20 per cent increase in the prune esti mate, Mr. Garrett stated. Dogs After Sheep H. A. Barrett reports that dogs raided his flock of pet lambs at his ranch north of Athena, Monday night, and as a result one of the lambs is missing. This is not the first time, Mr. Barrett stated, that dogs have run his sheep, and he proposes to take strenuous measures to put a stop to the raids. Charles Hilyard Dead Charley Hilyard, who spent his boy hood in Athena, and who for many years resided at Meacham, died Tues day at Hot Lake Sanitarium from cancer of the liver. munity from which the dollar was taken. He has plans for City Park improvement for which future sur plus funds from the swimming pool may be used, and in the near future they will be announced. At the present time, the difference in cost of the pool, $3,827.00, and the amount subscribed including the Le gion's $600.00 is $1,177.00 Umatilla la Low Deputy State Watermaster Perry, reports that the volume of water in the Umatilla river has dropped to 35 second feet and is falling at the rate of one second foot per day, at the present time. Jonathan Bourne 111 Jonathan Bourne, 72, ex-United States senator from Oregon, was re ported to be recovering from ap pendicitis, which has confined him to his home in Washington, D. C, several days. Cooled Weather For the past three days the weather has been considerably cooler, the temperature being decidedly lower than that which prevailed last week. Death of H. K. Charlton Former Athena Resident At Home in LaGrande !H. K. Charlton, former resident of Athena, and father of Starr Charl ton, died Thursday afternoon at his home in LaGrande, suddenly of heart fafture. ' He had been enjoying his usual good health, and Thursday morning brought a load of wood from the mountains. After dinner he com plained of being short of breath, re clined on a lounge and soon" passed away without a struggle. ; ' .. Funeral services were held Sunday af ternWn at 2 o'clock from the funer al home of Zimmerman & Snodgras3, with Rev. Hess of the LaGrande Baptist church, conducting services. Interment was made in the Masonic cemetery at LaGrande. Henry Keltner Charlton was born in Iowa, October 1, 1852, died in La Grande, July 12, 1928 aged 75 years, 9 months, 11 days. He crossed the plains with his ' parents in 1866 with a mule team. They camped over night on the present site of LaGrande which at that time consisted of a few shanties in what is known as Old Town. They finally settled on a farm in Linn county, and were members of the old Baptist church at Providence so famous in Oregon pioneer days. In 1878, almost 50 years ago he married Izora Starr of Lebanon and moved to Farmington, Washington. Thirty years ago the family moved to Athena and have lived in LaGrande and vicinity the last 25 years. The deceased is survived by his widow, one brother, C. M. Charlton of Salem; five sons, Starr of Athena; Kyle, Denver, and Clyde of La Grande; Otto of Alberta, Canada, and nine grand children. The "Skyline" Road . Athena motorists who have driven to Langdon Lake at the summit of the Blue Mountains and, traveled over the new "skyline" road, pronounce it to be a wonderfully scenic trip. A party including Mr. and Mrs. Glen Dudley recently enjoyed the drive, and last Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Le Grow, Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Richards, Roland, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Rogers and family motored over the new road. When completed, it will be possible to- follow the rim of the Blue Moun tains from Langdon Lake north to a point near Dayton, Washington. The unfinished gap in the road will be connected this season. - . Spray Painting The Preston-Schaffer mill has been given a fresh coat of paint by the spraying process. J. P. McCarroll of Walla Walla has the contract for the painting job. McCarroll also paint ed the big barn on the M. L. Watts ranch north of Athena, and sprayed two coats of paint on the W. P. Lit tlejohn residence, on corner of Fifth and Jefferson streets. Standard Theatre Picture Program Tomorrow- night the Standard The atre offers Conrad Nagel and Myrna Loy in a Warner Bros., classic, "The Girl From Chicago." This photoplay is a tense, glittering melodrama, fill ed with romance of daring and danger. Sunday night Sydney Chaplin comes in a Metro-Goldwyn comedy, "Skirts." Chaplin's last appearance at the Standard was when he played the leading role in "Charley's Aunt." Special productions booked for cur rent showing include "The Cossacks," starring John Gilbert, Saturday, July 28, and Harold Lloyd in "Speedy," Saturday, August 11. Mashed His Foot Harve Roseberry, foreman of the M. L, Watts wheat ranch, north of Athena, had his right foot badly, mashed when a heavy iron pipe fell on it. Mr. Roseberry was engaged in laying the pipe for the new water system being installed at the Watt3 ranch, when the accident happened. Oregon State Forest Oregon's first state forest, embrac ing 70,000 acres in western Douglas and northern Coos counties, will be formally transferred to the state by the federal government by January 1. The state exchanges for the tract an equal acreage of school lands situated in various parts of the state. Warren To Coach Astoria . John Warren of Pendleton, gradu ate this year at University of Oregon, and guard for three years on the varsity football team, will coach Astoria high school athletes for the next year. Married at Pendleton Dee Hatton and Miss Maybelle Strickler, a prominent young couple of Pendleton, were united in marriage in that city, Saturday last. Rlue Mountain Fires Electric storms were responsible for two forest fires in the Umatilla national forest recently, but were at once gotten under control. Wins High Honor X V I VS t i t K to. 4- f 1 itv tF i University of Oregon, Eugene George Boinnnp, of Moro, graduate student in philosophy at the Uni-: vorsity of Oregon, has been ap pointed Sage fellow in philosophy at Cornell University .for noxt yoar, it was announced by Dr. George Rebec, head of the philosophy de partment here. TIiib is regarded as one of the highest honors that can be conferred upon philosophy stud ents, and it is usually only given after a year of residence study in Cornell. Mr. Belknap, who yns a journal ism major during the first part of his university career, has won high distinction in scholarship. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, shol astie society, and Sigma Dolta Chi, national journalism fraternity. Oregon State College Farm Market Review The new official estimate indicates a total United States wheat crop about 70,000,000 bushels less than last year. Some traders are inclined to argue that the crop will be smaller. The soft red winter wheat crop is figured at nearly 60,000,000 bushels below last year and the same short age of spring wheat is reported, but the hard red winter crop is very large. Heavy marketing of hard red winter is in progress and this to gether with favorable crop reports from Canada tended to depress wheat markets last week. Rye was dull and lower despite unfavorable prospects for the new crop. Crop conditions requirements in Europe are a little uncertain. Old crop feed grains in cash mar kets not influenced by arrivals of new crop grain was firm, but new barley and oats moved slowly and prices tended to go lower. Another record crop of barley is indicated from an acreage 29.5 per cent higher than last year, the United States produc tion being estimated at 7,275.000 tons or 929,000 tons more than in 1927. The principal increase is in the north central states where abandonment of winter wheat was heaviest, Tho California crop is figured 9 per cent above last year. The acreage in Ore gon was increased about 30 per cent; and in Washington about 14 per cent. Foreign barley markets were easier last week and crop information to date indicates substantial increases in the acreage of barley abroad. Old Timer Here Fred Fisher and wife were in Ath ena last Saturday for a few hours, from Stockton, California, en route to Coer d'Alene for a summer outing. Mr. Fisher formerly engaged in the harness business in Athena, and was in partnership with his brotherinlaw, W. C. Miller. Home From Vacation Mr. and Mrs. W. W. McPherson ar rived home Saturday from a vacation trip of two weeks. They made a trip to Seattle, Portland and the coast by automobile. Sometime was spent at Long Beach, Wash., where Mr. Mc Pherson was successful at sea fish ing. He caught numbers of sea bass. Over 48 Bushels Taking elevator weights for his wheat delivered in bulk, Marion Han sell finds that his wheat crop is averaging a little over 48 bushels per acre. lie expects to finish threshing his crop Monday, and will then move his machine to the A, L. Swaggart place to thresh the crop there. ' Family Will Arrive" Rev. Dow the new pastor of the First Baptist church of Athena, is expecting the arrival of bis family next week from Halsey, where they have been visiting for some time. Huckleberry Pickers Mrs. Fred Kershaw, Mrs. Barbara Willaby, Mrs. R. A. Thompson and Mrs. H. II. Hill comprised a purty that motored into the mountains yesterday, in quest of huckleberries, HARVESTING Gill IS UNDER 1Y HERE Bulking the Crop Is the Popular Method Being Followed Here. Harvesting the 1928' wheat crop is nearly'-in full swing in the Athena farming district. A few machines started up the latter part of last' week in this vicinity, and a constant ly increasing number have entered the fields this week. Athena farmers are well equipped with modern farm machinery, and probably a large majority of them are following the method of bulking their grain this season. Bulking grain and delivering it direct from the machine to the elevators has found general favor, and mainly in the outlying districts is the sack method of handling grain employed. With the advent of the motor truck the problem of bulking grain has been overcome. The motor truck gives the necessary quick dispatch of grain from machine to elevator and ware house, with the result that hauling with teams has almost been done away with, so far as handling grain in bulk is concerned. A large number of International trucks, and some of other makes have been purchased by Athena farm ers this season to be used for haul ing grain and for general use on the farm. Storage facilities for bulk grain have been materially increased at Athena. Tht Farmers Grain Elevator Company has added more storage capacity, besides making a number of improvements in the big plant for promptly handling bulk grain as it is delivered there. The Preston Schaffer Milling company has in stalled new scales to take care of bulk loads and made other improve ments for, th convenience of receiv ing grain. ' . Harvesting operations have not ad vanced far enough to give an ac curate estimate of the average yield. However, it is known there will be some fields that will' average around 50 bushels to the acre. Others give evidence of producing between 40 and 50, and lots of them around 35. A noticeable feature is said to exist this season relative to the surpris ing yield Federation is making where the stand is thin. Some fields of spring sown grain are looking re markably well, while others are not so inviting in- appearance. Duo to the fact that it was necessary to do considerable reseeding this spring, grain is not ripening as evenly as in years when reseeding was not re quired. There seems to be a plentiful sup ply of harvest hands and next wook will see harvest operations in this section at the peak. Sale Going Good The clean-up sale which started last Saturday morning at the R. A. Thompson Garage, has been going good and has met the expectations of Mr. Thompson, so he informs the Press. The sale will continue until August 1, during which time the op portunity remains for purchasers to secure worth-while bargains. Better Than 51 Bushels A field of wheat on the W. O. Read farm south of Athena averaged a trifle over 51 bushels to the acre. The grain was bulked and the weights are from the Farmers Grain Elevator scales. H. A. Barrett's combine, pulled by the Read caterpillar cut and threshed the crop, which teste i No. 1. Hit-and-Run Victim Dick Culpus, an Indian, died at St. Anthony's hospital,' Pendleton, as the result of injuries received Sunday night on the Oregon Trail highway east of Pendleton, when he was struck by a hit-and-run driver. The injured Indian was taken to Pendle ton by passing motorists, who found him unconscious by the road side. Welch Sells Cottage "Dad" Welch has sold the cottage on Adams street which he recently purchased from Mrs. Dickson, to Mrs. Theresa Berlin who came from Walla Walla to reside in Athena. Mrs. Berlin and her three daughters now occupy the cottage. Louis Berlin, the son, will farm his mother's land northwest of Athena. Painting School House Justin Harwood has been engaged this week in painting the school house in the Sheldon Taylor district, west of Athena. Gone to Harvest "Pike" Miller left the fore part of the week for the harvest fields of Endicott, Wash., where he will remain during the harvest season.