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VOLUME 49.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 27. 1928
NUMBER 30
HAY
A TOLL
TO BE DISCUSSED
Meeting Will Be Held In
Portland August 14 to
Consider Matter.
The Umatilla county court has re
ceived formal invitation from the
state high commission through Roy
A. Klein, state highway engineer.to
meet with the commission at its next
meeting in Portland August 14 to
consider the application for a fran
chise to construct a toll road be
tween Umatilla and Wallula author
ity of chapter 288, laws of Oregon of
1925. This statute provides for a
joint hearing on" such applications
with the county court, says the Pen
dleton East Oregonian.
Formal advertisement will appear
later concerning this meeting for the
information of all interested parties,
according to Engineer Klein's com
munieation. The application for the
franchise was filed by the Western
Highway and Bridge company, Inc.,
through M. N. Jenkins and associates.
The applicants also submitted a peti
tion to the highway commission and
the county court with a number of
signers from Cold Springs, Hermis
toh and Umatilla districts advocating
a certain route known as the
Diagonal road from Umatilla to Cold
Springs station. .
The applicants for the franchise be
side M. N. Jenkins include M. G.
Jenkins, D. C. Brownell and R. I.
Keator, all of Umatilla county, and
C. G. Brownell of Portland and Paul
C. Harper of Seattle, Washington.
The county court is expecting to
meet with the highway commission to
discuss the matter.
Weather Conditions
Ideal For Harvesting
Weather conditions are ideal for
harvesting the wheat . crop, where
motorized machinery is used in the
fields. Where stock is used for
power on the combines and wheat
hauling, the hot days are hard on the
animals.
A number of farmers are through
harvesting, and the threshing of the
present crop is past the peak in this
immediate section. Trucks are
whisking the grain in bulk to the re
ceiving houses. A number of
machines will finish work this week.
Frank Coppock's crop has been
threshed. It averaged around 45
bushels per acre. Marion Hansell
finished on the home place Monday
forenoon, and moved his outfit to the
A. L. Swaggart place to do the
threshing there.
Henry Koepke has finished thresh
ing one of his fields of fall sown
wheat. It averaged 45 bushels to the
acre.
Reports from those who are
harvesting with the International
machines, are to the effect that these
combines are doing as excellent work,
as they did last year. A number of
these machines have been newly
equipped with bulking attachments
this season.
They Lost "Mac"
On a trip to the mountains after
huckleberries, Read Hill and Charley
Williams lost the third member of
the party, Bob McArthur. Stopping
by the roadside eight miles this side
of Camp McDougal, Hill started on,
thinking "Mac" was in the Williams
car. Charley drove on, believing
"Mac" to be riding with Hill. A half
hour later Hill stopped at McDougal
and was soon followed by Williams.
Then it was discovered "Mac" was
missing. Mr. Williams drove back to
hunt for him, and met a car which
had picked up the wayfarer soon
after his pals had started on. Moral:
If he won't stay in the car like com
mon folks, chain him to the seat.
Mountain Cherry Crop
Colonel Johnson has been getting
quite a profitable crop of Bing and
Royal Ann cherries from the Fair
view Farm orchard on Reed and
Hawley mountain, says the Weston
Leader. Uusally he hauls them to
market, but Tuesday buyers came to
the place and took about $20 worth.
Colonel helped them pick, and claims
to have made a record of 50 pounds
of cherries in one hour.
Fire Destroys Grain
Fire on the W. R. Ritter place near
Prescott destroyed 300 acres of
grain Monday shortly after noon.
About one third of the grain was cut
and in sacks and most of this was
burned, together with the remaining
two thirds still standing. A small
part of the sacked wheat had been
hauled away and was saved. Two
stacks of hay were also destroyed by
the fire.
"The Cossacks"
Standard Theatre, tomorrow night.
Educational Chats
By
Sr. Arnold Bennett Hall
President, University of Oregon
A important function of rural gov
ernment is the education and training
of the youth in the public school. It
woulf be difficult to
find a subject of
greater social signifi
cance than the rural
schools. It is lignifl
cant that ' the, peat
bulk of thinkers and
writers upon the
rural life problem
tend to find in the
development and
perfection of th
school, the hope oi
ot. At is. Bau the community, an!
tne solution or its problems.
Space does not permit a discussion of
this fascinating problem, with which
thinking teachers are perfectly famil-
iar. The transcendent importance of
this subject is so obvious as to need
no further comment. To reduce thlii
information to the terms of the experi
ence oi the child would seem to require
no special aid.
There are many examples and many
splendid books that bring out the facts
in an interesting and eoavicing way,
Perhaps the best method of approach
is to relate the achievements accomp
lished in some neighborhoods by a rural
school that has been efficient and sue
eessful and where the teacher has de
veloped high degree of community
leadership. The effect on the social
life of the community has frequently
been far-reaching and important.
The study of problems of agriculture
and domestic science by the pupils and
their demonstration upon the farm has
taught many a parent invaluable lei
sons that he hid thought himself too
old to learn. The organization of eon
elubs, pig elubs and calf elubs has stint
nlated private initiative, brought home
the value of scientific training, en
eouraged business methods and systems
of accounting, provided profitable and
interesting employment during vacation
periods, increased the production of the
community, and established habits of
thrift, foresight and frugality, thst will
yield largo dividends through life.
The development of the idea of the
eivie center with the gathering to
gether of the people of the community,
has helped to restore to farm life
something of the old thrills and com
radeships that gave the bright and
(lowing colors to farm life in the old
days of barn raisings and husking bees.
In these gatherings they thrash out
their common problems, study out co
operative methods for their improve
ments, and as they unite in the solu
tion of their common problems, they
learn anew the joy and thrill of com
mon enterprise.
There seems to be no limit to the
dynamic force that can be generated
through the developments of commun
ity consciousness. Such a revolution in
a rural community means a spiritual
and social regeneration of rural life.
Farm life passes from a competition in
drudgery to a competition in business
management and scientific effort. Bar
ren isolation gives way to cooperative
effort. Study, community activity and
intelligent planning afford alluring
variations from the monotony of man
ual toil. Farm life becomes not only
more productive but more abundant
It has a broader outlook and a spiri
tual quality that is more dynamic and
profound. And out of this all comet
better citizen and a broader man.
That this regeneration may come
through the influence of a rural
school may seem unduly optimistie.
But in relatively short periods, many
of these things have been actually ac
complished. And we have yet only
scratched the surface of the possibili
ties thst lie ahead. It is with such a
program as this, bssed upon specific
accomplishment, thst we may enlist the
interest and enthusiasm of the pupils.
Onee they get the vision, they have
gone a tremendous stride in the prepar
ation for effective citizenship. Local
government, with its rural school, will
remain for them a matter of more than
passing Interest. It will mean to them
the possible realization of a dream,
both graphic and alluring.
Indian Woman Hanged
Yakima. Sheriff's officers, Coroner
Moffitt and Deputy Prosecutor Sand
vig left for a house west of White
Swan, where the lifeless body of
Laura Williams, 26, an Indian, was
found Wednesday suspended from a
rafter by a rope noosed about her
neck. The manner in which the girl
was hanged was said in a telephone
report to indicate that she did not
commit suicide, but was murdered.
Pierce's Portrait Completed
A portrait of ex-Governor Walter M.
Pierce, which was authorized by an
act of the 1927 legislature, has been
completed and will arrive in Salem
later in the week. The portrait will
have a place in the house of repre
sentatives. The portrait cost ap
proximately $1000.
Many Legion Entries
Promised Convention
For Patriotic Pageant
American Legion posts from all
parts of the state as well as delega
tions from California ond Washing
ton are expected to participate in the
monster "Patriotic Pageant" which
will be a feature of the State Legion
Convention at Medford August 2, 3
and 4. Several handsome trophies
are offered for the best entries by
the Medford Convention Commission,
including a fine silver cup for the
post having the largest percentage
of its membership in the line of
march and also for the best out of
town float in the parade.
Special awards for "honorable men
tion" will also be made. Many unique
entries are already being lined up
throughout the state for the pageant
and the "stunt show" which will be
a feature of the afternoon program
on August 2nd and competition for
the prize awards promises to be keen,
A special night parade for the
American Legion Ladies Auxiliary
and "40 et 8" Societe will be staged
on Thursday night August 2nd.
This will be devoted exclusively to
the above organizations and is ex
pected to be one of the hits of the
celebration program.
Unique lighting effects will be used
on the floats and along the line of
march and special illumination by
400,000 candle power flares released
by airplanes will transform darkness
into daylight.
Northwest Simmers In
An Intense Heat Wave
The hot wave did not pass Athena
up by any means. Monday ther
mometers registered from 101 to 106
here, and it was as hot as that, and
felt hotter. Other parts of the state
reported temperatures as high as 106
to 114. Mountain resorts did not es
cape the heat, but in the evening
breezes cooled the camps off.
During the week Oregon seems to
have been the center of an intense
heat wave, with Arlington purport
ing to be the hottest spot, hitting the
mark Tuesday afternoon at 114 de
grees. It was also 114 at Pendleton.
Lewiston, Idaho, reported 111. ! It
was 110.5 in Condon, Or., while Wal
la Walla, The Dalles and Grants
Pass recorded 109. Yakima, Wash.,
captured fourth place with 103.5.
Spokane, Wash., and Salem. Or.,
placed fifth with 104 each. Medford
and Roseburg came next with 103.
Other cities trailed with Baker. Or..
reporting 93 degrees, in last place.
"The Cossacks" Tomorrow
At the Standard Theatre
John Gilbert and Renee Adoree,
stars of "The Big Parade," will be
seen tomorrow night in Metro-Gold-
wyn's picturization of Tolstoi's "The
Cossacks." Ernest Torrence. Dale
Fuller and Mary Alden and a fine
cast of players in support of Mr.
Gilbert and Miss Adoree the play is
one of gigantic and spectacular rom
ance to which the famous body of
Russian riders contribute much
drama and innumerable thrills.
Sunday night, Warner Bros., pre
sent the wonder dog of the world,
Rin-Tin-Tin, in "A Dog of the
Regiment," in which the canine actor
takes the part of a Red Cross dog
of the German Army in the World
War, and for the sake of old friend
ship, saves the life of an American
flying ace, whose plane is wrecked
and burning.
Coming soon: "Telling the World"
and "Mile. From Armentiers."
An Old Scout Tells
Of the Key Battle
In the Bannock War
Billy Fortier Here
Billy Fortier, one of the scrappiest,
most mischevious kids, that ever
claimed Athena for his home, was in
town for a few hours Thursday from
Chehalis, Wash., where he is pro
prietor of a pool hall. Billy was ac
companied by his wife. He still finds
time to play base ball, and this year
his team won the pennant. He played
on the lots here when the old "Yel
low Kid" team was at its zenith.
One-Legged Man Scores
Chilly Wallowa lake, conquered by
five woman in the last four years,
has at last seen a man swim it from
end to end. Reports today said
Maurice Weis, LaGrande school
teacher, swam the 4ty-mile distance
in 2 hours 25 minutes. Weis's feat
was the more remarkable becauss he
has only one leg.
The W. C. T. U.
The meeting place of the W. C. T.
U. for Tuesday, July 31, has been
changed from the home of Mrs.
Stella Keen to the Christian church
basement. All members are request
ed to be present.
A Full Reservoir
Water Superintendent Taylor re
ports that the reservoir of the Ath
ena water works is full, and running
over, most of the time. He repaire j
three minor leaks in the pipe line be
tween " the reservoir and town,
Wednesday.
. J. W. Reddington, pioneer news
paper editor of Eastern Oregon, now
a resident of Berkeley, California,
writing to the Morning Oregonian,
recounts some early Umatilla county
history, pertaining to the battle at
Cayuse station, with the Bannock
Indians, in 1878. Mr. Reddington
says:
The troops in the battle of Cayuse
station to which allusion was made
recently in The Oregonian, consisted
of the 21st infantry, K troop, 1st
cavalry under Captain Bendire, and
a small outfit of Pendleton volun
teers, all under command of Colonel
Evan Miles, who was then acting
colonel of the 21st. Its real colonel.
Alfred Sully, remained at Fort Van
couver, incapacitated on account of
age.- He died next year.
While the battle was in progress
all the warriors of the Cayuse, Uma
tilla and Walla Walla tribes, in full
warpaint, sat on their horses on a
commanding knoll and watched the
battle. They whooped and cheered
when the whites won. They were
careful to be on the winning side. If
the hostiles had won the battle those
three "friendly" tribes would have
joined them, and the combined forces
would have cleaned out all the whites
in that part of eastern Oregon, and
then made a victorious raid across
the Columbia and consolidated with
the big tribe of Chief Moses.
There was a sort of gentleman's
agreement about amalgamation be
tween the Umatillas and the hostiles
and Umapine and his outfit met the
hostiles in Fox valley and guided
them to the Umatilla reservation,
General Howard anticipated and out
witted this consolidation scheme
after the battle on Bear fork of Birch
creek by sending a courier to Colonel
Miles, then on Camas pairie, instruct
ing the 21st and Captain Bendire's
troop to make an all-night forced
march and head off the hostiles be
fore they could consolidate with the
Umatillas, which move was prompt
ly carried out and it saved eastern
Oregon for the white race.
The next battle was in the rough
region on the north fork of John Day,
where the hostiles fixed up an art
ful ambuscade for the cavalry to ride
right into and be shot down by an
unseen foe. But the little scouting
outfit under Rube Robbins, two miles
in advance, saved the soldiers by un
covering the ambuscade and draw
ing the fire of the enemy. Several
scouts were wounded, their horse3 all
killed, and Scout Frohman, son of
Dr. Frohman, pioneer physician on
the Weiser river, was killed.
If he should come back at this late
day he would be surprised to find
that the war department has put him
in the non-combatant class, as a mere
civilian employe of the quarter
master's department, although he had
nothing to do with the quarter
master's department, and his service
filled all the dictionary definitions of
"enlist" and "soldier."
PRINCE ALBRECHT
Flames Pillage Oregon
Property During Week
Flames pillaged a vast amount of
Oregon property during the past
week. Industrial property and timber
lands succumbed as the result of high
humidity. The list of losses for the
week aside from the Milton lire, in
elude:
Cannery and other plants burn at
Lebanon with loss estimated at S350,
000.
Long-Bell blaze and two in Wahkia
kum range.
Ten thousand acres burned over and
town of Hilt, California threatred.
Blaze rages over 400 acres of pine
near Bend. '
Lane county reports half doren
fires, some out of control.
Grants Pass camper starts brush
fire.
Northern Manitoba has many
timber blazes.
Home and shop at Mount Angel
scorched.
Coos county barn burns from
spontaneous combustion.
John Day Highway Inspected
Judge Sawyer of Bend, member of
the state highway commission, and
members of the Umatilla county
court made a trip over the Pendleton-
John Day highway Wednesday. The.
Umatilla county court is desirous of
obtaining a contract for the resur
facing of the highway in the section
between the Lazinka ranch and Al
bee. This uncompleted section of 12
miles in length will soon be graded.
Bare Legs Under Ban
The fad of discarding stockings had
a short inning in the state motor ve
hicle department at Salem. Follow
ing the noon hour Wednesday a
number of the girl employs appear
ed at the state department sans
stockings. An hour later, Sam A.
Kozer, secretary of state, issued an
order that the stockings should bn
replaced. All of the girls were wear
ing stockings today.
Prince Jaochlm Albrecht, cousin of
the former German kaiser, who Is In
this country to conduct orchestral
concerts.
Oregon State College
Farm Market Review
Omcial information at present
points to a world s supply of wheat
for the 1928-29 marketing season
very little different from that of the
1927-28 season, taking into consider
ation stocks on hand and prospective
production. Should the quality be
better, it would have the effect of
increasing the supply. On the other
hand, demand should be greater at
least in proportion to increase in
population, and there is some tend
ency for consumers of other bread
grains to shift to wheat.
The rye crop in the United States
and Europe is less promising than
last year. The general" trend of
prices, however,' was downward again
last,- week under pressure of heavy
marketing of hard red winter wheat
and unusually favorable progress of
the spring, wheat crop in Canada,
Rust damage has been unimportant
thus far this season, .
Substantial for immediate milling,
Soft red winter declined, the first of
tne week but advanced at the close.
Anti-Crime Conference
At Boise, August 16-18
The Eighth International Anti
Crime Conference will be held at
Boise, Idaho, August 16-18. 1928.
under the auspices of the Northwest
Association of Sheriffs and Police,
Delegates from seven states, two
British Provinces, and Alaska will' be
present.
All governors, sheriffs, police ofH-
cers, judges, district attorneys, may
ors, and all other law enforcement
officials are entitled to membership.
Questions of vital importance
touching law enforcement and pre
vention of crime will be discussed.
There will be lectures by expert
criminologists and addresses by men
experienced in dealing with law
breakers. Every county and city
snouid be represented. All law en
forcement officials are ureed to at
tend.
W. W. Harrah Jolts
Railroads at Hearing
W. W. Harrah, Pendleton farmer.
gave the railroads a jolt at the hear
ing on rates in Portland, says the
Oregonian.
Mr. Harrah had been cited fre
quently by Samual J. Wettiick, Se
attle attorney, as a farmer-chamnion
against the differential. Mr. Hairah
admitted he had once favored equal
rates to Portland and Seattle, but
later had changed his mind and pro
ceeded to tell why.
What the farmers of Uinatiiia
wanted, he said, was the lowest pos
sible rate to the nearest tidewater
port, Portland. They would not ask
for a lower rate to Seattle, he said,
and they were not interested in any
private fight between two large
cities. They "didn't want to be
switched to a long mountain haul and
weaken their case when they had a
water grade to work on," he said.
"Then what you are really askinir
for is a wider differential," querijd
Examiner Hall.
"Yes, yes indeed!" was the
phatic answer.
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A Specimen Stalk
Weston Leader: Corn is by no
means a "shrinking violet" in the
foothills near Weston, as is shown by
a specimen stalk 'from the field of
J. A. HiUs- wHiln'he exhibited at the
Austin service station. It measured
exactly nine feet and two inches from
top to bottom.
Back From Portland
R. A. Duffield motored to Portland
Sunday, and returned Tuesday. Mrs.
Uufheld, who has been visiting rela
tives there for some time, accomp
anied him home.
MILTON
BLOCKS
SWEPT BY FIRE
Walla Walla Firemen Help
in Halting Advance
of Flames.
Crippled, not disheartened, nrnnertv
owners in the affected district of Mil
ton and Freewater are prenarine- to
rebuild the two blocks of structure
which turned into smoke and ashes
Sunday morning.
Over a dozen businesses were win
ed out and estimates of the loss
ranee from 2100.000 to $300,000 and
some even go higher. Insurance from
partial to complete coverage was car
ried on most of the structures.
Origin of the fire is not known but
it is "resumed it started in t.h tin.
hydrating plant or in a pile of boxes
and rubbish along the building.
Tramps were seen near the building
the evening before and may have
been responsible.
Buildings destroyed were:
Milton Dehydrating plant.
Milton Cooperative Fruit Growers
Union packing plant.
Tum-a-Ium lumber Co. buildincr. in
cluding yards.
Western Union telecranh office
building.
Cnmmons barber shop.
Fruitland Grocery (partial dam
age.)
Curley's restaurant.
Simmonds Shoe repair shop!
Pearson's real estate shop.
Wallace barber shop.
Parrot Candy Kitchen.
Lee's Cigar store. ;
Toner's meat market.
Moler's service station (slio-ht
loss).
O. W. R. & N. water tank roof
destroyed.
O-W station windows broken and
4 cars burned.
The fire started about three a.
m. and was going strong when dis
covered. By that time the first few
buildings were about ready to fall.
The alarm was sent in and the Walla
Walla fire department was asked to
send men and equipment, Chief
Thomas Casey responding immediate
ly and a fast run was made. By the
time Casey and his crew peached Mil
ton the fire had reached the Fruit-
land grocery, its first reach into the
town of freewater. The Milton de
partment had been battling the
flames and the water pressure was
down. Casey had the pumper attached
and the water was taken from the
Freewater swimming pool. The water
thrown by t'.e Walla Walla depart
ment stopped the spread of the fire.
Three refrigerator cars standing
on the track next to the packing
plant were destroyed and others were
damaged. Two box cars, one loaded
were also destroyed.
The dehydrating plant was erec
ted several years ago and was be
ing depended upon this year to use
some of the surplus prunes in order
to stabilize the market. The Cooper
ative association had a right to ex
ercise option on August 25 for the
drying of prunes. Whether this
plant will bo rebuilt is said to be
still a question.
When the fire got going strong
people living in the path of it moved
some of their household possessions
out as it was feared that all of the
residences would go. A fortunate
shift in the wind and the arrival of
the fire department from Walla Wal
la battled the advance.
The Huckleberry Crop
The big huckleberries in the moun
tains east of Athena are furnishing
pleasant and lucrative diversion for
a large number of people who are
amped there. At least two-thirds of
the crop is yet green, but there aro
sufficient ripe berries on the bushes
among the green ones to afford the
pickers profitable quantities. It is
estimated that 500 automobiles
passed through McDougal Camp,
Sunday, loaded with people seeking
berries and pleasure.
Horse Dies at 37
Old "Luzon" the white horse rid
den by the late H. C. Caplinger,
ied at the Will Campbell place last
week at the age of 37 years. For the
last few years "Luzon" has been on
the pension list, having his freedom
from work. He was considered one
of the best saddle horses in his day,
and was always ridden by Mr. Cap-
inger on his hunting trips to the
mountains.
Holdups Secure $100
Held up and robbed of $400 by
three young men, Mr. and Mr.
Walter Buck of Fresno, Gal., were
bound and left beside a road near
Cascade Locks Tuesday morning. The
three hold-up men covered their
victims with a blanket and escaped
in an automobile.