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VOLUME 49.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24. 1928
NUMBER 34
150 GARS PRUNES
SHIPPED If! WEEK
Market Is Better With De
mand in Excess of Sup
ply Is Report.
About 150 cars of prunes were ship
ped from the Milton-Freewater and
State Line districts dunrrg the ast
week, according to Wayne Chastain
field representative of the Blue Moun
tain Prune Growers aassociation. Fri
day 54 cars were moved and later
between 50 and 60 more rolled out,
The market is quite active., Mr,
Chastain says, many F. 0. B. sales
being made, with the supply unable
to meet the demand. This is said to
be a good sign and growers are not
picking rapidly but are holding back
the fruit, not fully ripened. All the
nrunes eroine out are of the lino
quality.
Auction markets are being supplied
a few cars but are not getting all
they are asking for, Mr. Chastain
stated. The association, he says, is
getting five cents more per suitcase
than the non-cooperatives, and 10
cents more on a bushel basket. This
better price is due to the close co
operation of the shippers and a bet
ter knowledge of conditions of the
market, plus the association pledge
to put only first class, well packed
fruit on the market.
Shull Is Held
for Killing Linsner
Ralph Shull is charged with the
murder of Bob Linsner in an in
formation filed in the justice court
today by C. C. Proebstel, district at
torney. Linsner died 'Saturday night
from knife wounds alleged by officers
to have been inflicted by Schull on the
evening of Aug. 10.
Shull was arrested on Aug 11 on
an information charging him with as
sault with intent to kill and he was
subsequently released on $2500 -bail
bond. Following Linsner's death
Saturday Shull wa arrested on the
murder charge and is being held with
out bail. The case was investigated
by Charles Hoskins, chief deputy
ihenff.
Opening Meeting
The Athena Study Club will hold
their first meeting for the Fall on
September 7, the first Friday in the
month, at the home of Mrs. R. A
Thompson. The subject chosen for the
year's study will be: Oregon, its his.
tory, geography and traditions, with
outline by Mrs. E. H. Whitney of
Portland. Election of officers for the
coming year will be held, and plans
made for guest day, which will be on
the next meeting following. All mem
bers are urged to be present.
A Good Bean Crop
Leader: Joe Payant's bean crop on
145 acres south of the Wild Horse
is reported to be looking well, and
a good yield is expected if favorable
growing conditions permit. Har
vest will begin about the middle of
of September. The legumes are Red
Mexicans with the exception of two
acres of Michigan white beans rec
ommended by the Washington-Idaho
Seed comqany, which Joe is trying
out.
Birthday Picnic Dinner
Sunday evening a birthday picnic
dinner and swim was enjoyed by a
party of young people at Thorn Hol
low, Dr. Cowan being the honoree.
They were Misses Hilda Dickenson,
Pearl Ramsey, Veenie Marquis, Lois
Mclntyre, and Billy Baker, Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Lieuallen, Mose and Lee
Bannister, Dr. Geyer, Donald John
son and Dr. Cowan.
Harwoods Leave Athena
Mr, and Mrs. Justin Harwood left
Saturday afternoon, their destina
tion being the city of their former
home, Huron, South Dakota. Spend
ing Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs.
Victor Hirsch in Freewater they left
by way of Spokane, and will visit
Yellowstone National Park en routs
taking nine days for the trip.
Luncheon In Park
Mrs. Omar Stephens, Mrs. M. L.
Watts, Mrs. M. M. Johns, Mrs. H. H.
Hill, Mrs. B. B. Richards, Mrs. F. B.
Boyd and Mrs. H. I. Watts joined a
group of Pendleton matrons yester
day and enjoyed a picnic luncheon in
the Walla Walla park. Those from
Pendleton were: Mrs. A. A. Kim
ball, Mrs. Ralph Hassell and
Charles Cole.
Mrs.
Educational Chats
By
Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall
President, University of Oregon
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The influence of the schools in build
ing moral standards and quickenng
moral perception in certain lines of
thought and conduct
gives promise ox tie
mendoui good when
directed to the posi
tive morality
quired by the., eivie
duty of today. Bat
so far most teachings
have been negative
and personal, ignor
ing the positive and
social.
Few graduates of
our public schools
Sr. A. B. Hall would not blush with
shame if detected in an act of diahon
esty or personal immorality, but these
same people would idly boast of an
ignorance regarding the current issues
of the ballot box and the capacity of
the candidates of public office for
whom they are asked to vote. Thou
sands of citizens will deplore the in
efficiency and waste of government,
while only tens will study out the re
sponsible parties and apply the doctrine
of strict accountability.
The cry for reform is always in the
air, but when a concrete measure is
suggested that casts a burden upon a
group or class, they are too frequently
unwilling to bear the burden. Thou
sands of these same persons would rally
to the defense of their ideals Of na
tional honor, were it assailed by a for
eign foe. But industry and disease
may claim its daily toll of hundreds,
through the inefficiency of democracy,
and public sits idly by. They have vp
conception of a nation 's honor tha
calls for patriotic service in the cause
of justice, righteousness and decency
at home.
But the American people have not
lost their ideals. They have not lost
their capacity to respond to the call of
human need. The instinct of sympathy
and love of justice still smolder in
every true American. The function of
modorn education is to show that with
the change from a pioneer nation to
an industrial state have come new prob
lems and new demands upon the spiri
tual a)d moral forces of the nation.
When these needs are brought home to
the American youth; when he is taught
to read in complex problems of the day '
a challenge to his manhood; when he is
brought to realize that the most treach
erous foes that assail his nation arc
the forces of greed, injustice and selfish
indifference; when he is brought lace
to face with the gigantic problems of
modern life with thoir challenge to hit.
courage, his scholarship and his patri
otism, the American youth will not be
found wanting.
This, then is the task that awaits tho
teacher as he stands before his group
of young Americans. They must be
brought face to face with the realities
of life. They must be brought to a
deeper appreciation of the duties of
democracy. They must learn that tho
price of liberty and justice and pro
gress is eternal vigilance. The devel
opment of this vision and spirit of
democracy is not the work of the mo
ment to be done in time of pressing
need. It is the slow and patient method
of building into youthful thought tho
social viewpoint, and of guiding tho
dynamic instincts of the child into tb
hannels of socialized activity.
Reward Fund Still
Held in California
There is no immediate nrosnect of
the Hickman reward being settled, al
though the case has now been pend
ing some eight months, according to
word received by Tom Gurdane and
Buck Lieuallen, Hickman's captors,
from their attorneys in Los Angeles.
The Pendleton men are not in favor
of arbitration as suggested by the re
ward committee who insisted that re
ward claimants sign waivers agreeing
to accept whatever allotment might
be made. Both believe that the case
should be carried tt court to decide
who are entitled to share in the re-,
ward. Affidavits setting up the case
of the local men were filed with the
reward committee a few days after
the capture.
Coach Miller Returns
Mr. and Mrs. M. I. Miller and boys
returned Monday from Endicott,
Washington, where "Pike" has been
putting himself in form, in the harvest
field, for coaching the Athena High
school athletes in football. Mr. Miller
will be behind the counter at Eager's
Grocery during the vacation of the
proprietors.
Mary Jane Marsh
Gives Reminiscences
of Pioneer Days
A Weston bigger than Pendleton;
early wheat raising when the growing
of that grain was in the experiment
al stage; the first railroad from Wal
la Walla to Wallula (known as the
"scrap iron road") ; vote-buying by
the simple method of paying one dol
lar a vote these are some of the
high lights in the pioneer reminis
cences of Mrs. Mary Jane Marsh,
aged 82. who gives her experiences
for publication in the pioneer column
of last Fridays" East Oregonian: . '
"Weston was quite a busy town for
it was the regular stopping place for
freighters and packers between Uma
tilla and Walla Walla and was also on
the direct stage and freight route
over the mountains. The old Thomas
& Ruckles road, built by the govern
ment for a mail route and which was
the original mail route over the Blue
mountains, ran through Weston. It
went from The Dalles to Boise. The
next station on that road, I think,
was Bingham Springs, called at that
time simply Warm Springs. The road
was a good one for the times and ran
entirely on the north bank bf the
Umatilla river. The original log
house built for a stage station still
stands as a part of the resort now.
"John B. Purdy, the father-in-law
of my sister, the late Mrs. S. P.
Purdy, was, I think, the first to run
the springs as a resort and it was
then called Purdy Springs."
But Purdy was antedated by Tip
Parrant, who ran the place as a re
sort in 1870, fifty years ago, when
the, Indian outbreak took place, and
the 4th of July revels were disturbed
by a courier, warning all to depart
for their homes, which they did, tho i
Summerville people taking the
Thomas & Ruckles road across the
mountains, and the Weston contingent
coming by Thorn Hollow ana
across the reservation by Eagle lib
low. Mrs. Marsh interestingly con
tinues: "The freight wagons were of the
high wheeled or schooner variety,
made thus in order to have high clear
ance to go over the roks and ruts
of tho road. The chuck , lune were
simnly .terrible. At Jbat. time . there
was no La Grande and Ore-dell, a
little this side of tW. present La
Grande, was the station. ,. This old
road ran just about where the auto
mobile road to Bingham now runs.
It was afterward washed out by high
water and the stages then wem by
tfie Cayuse road. When we went to
the Springs for summer outings we
hacJ to ford the river thirteen times
and some of the crossings were very
rough, passing over immense boulders
in mMstream."
Fire in Dental Office
A fire that started Thursday after
noon at Dr. Geyer's office caused con
siderable excitement while it lasted.
The fire seemed to have started from
an electric plate. In a few minutes
the hose was connected to a hydrant
and water was poured onto the flames
which were between the walls of the
building. There was a considerable
amount of damage done by the water
to one room. Five members ol tne
fire department stayed until the hose
was put back on the cart.
Farewell Reception
As a farewell reception to Mrs.
J. C. Harwood Thursday afternoon of
last week, the members of the Metho
dist Aid society met in the church re
ception rooms in her honor. A splen
did boquet of dahlias from Mrs. E.
A. Bennett wa3 presented Mrs. Har
wood, and games, cake and ice cream
were enjoyed. . iwenty-nve iauies
. v ii- .
were present to snow ineir ap
preciation of her fellowship in
society and to bid her good by.
Action Against
the Vert Memorial
Opens at Pendleton
Watts & Prestbye are attorneys for
Carl A. Johnson, Marion Jack and
Henry J. Taylor of Pendleton, who
have filed a suit against the city of
Pendleton declaring the city charter
amendment accepting the Vert Mem
orial Community building and mu
seum unconstitutional in a suit filed
in' the circuit' court, wherein
they seek to restrain city officials
from enforcing the amendment and
enjoin the city from carrying out any
of the provisions of the amendment.
The complaint alleges that the of
ficers of the city on April 19, 1928,
wrongfully and unlawfully passed or
enacted an ordinance accepting the
proposal for the erection of a com
munity building submitted by John
Vert to the city council on March 1.
The plaintiffs state that the city
officials are attempting to carry out
the terms of the amendment to the
charter and unless they are restrained
from doing so they will proceed to
the "irreparable damage and injury
of these plaintiffs, and all taxpayers
and inhabitants similarly situated by
unlawfully increasing their taxes,
burdening them financially for the un
lawful and unconstitutional purposes
mentioned in the amendment."
To Fight Morning Glory
The Weston Leader reports that Mr.
and Mrs. Jesse F. Killgore and Mr.
and Mrs. John Killgore of Cornelius,
Oregon, and J. R. Killgore of Holly
wood, California, are here for quite
an extended stay in the community
which was their former home. The
The special mission of the men of the
party is warfare against six or seven
acres of wild morning glory on the
Killgore holdings north of town,
farmed by J. N. York. They are us
ing the K. M. G. treatment, which
they ordered before learning of the
new sodium chlorate treatment rec
ommended, by the Kansas State col
lege. "Heretofore they had beep, us
ing salt and carbon bi-sulphide, with
a good percentage of kill but at an
almost prohibitive cost. They intend
to keep on relentlessly with the cam
paign until no vestige of bindweed
remains on the Killgore land.
Is Counselor
'' Miss Esther Cornelison, daughter
of Rev. J. M. Cornelison, formerly of
Pendleton, is for the summer months
nature counselor for a group of
Campfire Girls who have a camp in
the Catskill Mountains. She will re
turn to Srelphi College in Brooklyn,
New York, this fall and will resume
her duties as biology teacher. Miss
Mary Jane Cornelison, following the
completion of her work at Columbia
University, secured a ppsition in the
research department of the American
Telephone and Telegraph company in
New York and will continue in that
position. Purdy Cornelison is in Wal
la Walla for the summer and will re
sume his studies at Whitman College
this' fall.
Scholarship Award Won
By University Singer
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UNIVERSITY Ol1 OEEGON, Eugene
Esther Saagcr, lyric soprano of Free
water, Ore., has been awarded a scholar
ship by Theodore Schroedor, nationally
known vocal pedagogue and artist
coach, who is guest instructor of the
University of Oregon school of music
this summer. ,
The scholarship was awarded to Miss
Saager on her worth and future possi
bilities, declares Mr, Schroedcr. The
young singer's voict musical intuition
and personality amjily warranted such
a mark of merit, it is stated. With
careful, correct, . and conscientious
training Mr. Selirocdcr predicts an
artist carcnr for his newly-adopted pro
tege.
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Goes to Waitsburg
Miss Hilda Dickenson, manager of
the local telephone office, visited
at the Jack Cockburn home in Mil
ton. Mr. and Mrs. Cockburn (Ada
DeFreece) have bought, or leased
land near Waitsburg and will move to
the farm September 1st
Here From Ontario
Mr. and Mrs. Ovie Castleman and
daughter Barbara came over from
Ontario, Oregon, Monday, and after
a visit at the Kershaw home, went to
Yakima where Mr. Castleman's rela
tives reside. They will return this
way and Mrs. Barbara Willaby will
atfotajteny then! hotae foV the winter.
Leave for Home
Mrs. Frank Williams, her mother,
Mrs. J. C. Riley and brother, James
Woodruff have returned from a visit
to her sister at Kettle Falls, Wash
ington. Mrs. Riley and son left the
first of the week for their home in
San Francisco, after spending the
summer with relatives hero.
Atterid School Here -H.
Jackson Perry and family and
Mrs. Clara Hope left Tuesday for
Unity, Baker county. They went to
bring Mrs. Hope's children, a boy and
girl, who will attend the r Athena
school. Miss Isla visited here at the
Perry home during the summer. They
returned yesterday. :
Deschutes Fishing .'
Billy Pinkerton and F. B. Boyd re
turned from a week-end fishing trip
to the Deschutes river.. At Bend they
were joined by Harry Keller, former
Athena resident, and Charles Taylor
of Bend, both of whom are expert
anglers. They showed the Athena men
how it is done on the Deschutes. A
number of big rainbow trout were
taken from the Deschutes by the
party. Harry and his friend may
come to Athena for a day's shooting
during the pheasant season.
Frank Troeh Third
Marion Hansel! and other Athena
trap shooters have been interested in
the result of the grand American
tournament shoot this week at
Vandalia, Illinois, in which Frank
Troeh of Portland, ' participated for
the championship of North America.
Troeh broke 100 straight in the first
half of the 200 match, but went 9G
in the second 100. Mark Arie of
Illinois scored 198, winning the
match, with Woodward of Texas tak
ing second place with a score of 197.
Actress Is Queen
of the Round-Up
Pendleton. Visitors at the Pendle
ton Round-Up this year, September
19, 20, 21 and 22, will have the op
portunity to meet a motion picture
actress in person, for Mary Duncan,
renowned on both stage and screen,
has been ghosen queen of this year's
Miss Duncan, a vivacious, auburn-
haired beauty, comes to Pendleton to
play a leading role in "Our Daily
Bread," a Fox Film Corporation
motion picture which F. W. Murnau
will direct. The picture will have for
its locale the wheatfields and hills of
Umatilla county.
A native of Virginia, Miss Duncan
attended Cornell University and left
college -to g on the stage... She made
a phenomenal success in the role of
"Poppy," in the "Shanghai Gesture."
Largely on the merits of this per
formance Bhe was signed by the Fox
people for outstanding dramatic roles.
She appeared in Murnau's "Four
Devils" and Frank Borzage's "The
River, and each time scored as an
outstanding motion picture actress,
her talent for the screen equaling
that for the stage.
Queen Mary will ride in all Round
Up parades and hold sway over the
western kingdom with its cowbeys
and cowgirls. The honor of ruling the
Round-Up is a signal one and last
year went to Mabel Strickland,
world's champion cowgirl. The Round
Up dynasty is made up of a long list
of attractive girls who have been ac
corded this honor.
Robert Sinclair Dies
Robert (Bob) Sinclair, formerly of
Pendleton, died recently in Omaha,
Nebraska, according to word received
at Pendleton. Mr. Sinclair was de
puty sheriff under the late W. R.
Taylor when the latter served an ap
pointive term, and was also on the
police force. Mr. Sinclair was an
active member o the Ku Klux Klan
here and was secretary of that organ
ization. East Oregonian.
Tonfeils Removed
Bryan, the eldest son of' Mr. and
Mrs. A. H. Kibbey was taken to Wal
la- Walla Monday for the removal of
tonsils and adenoids. The brave lit
tle fellow is recuperating nicely. Dr.
Gowan of that place wag the attend
ing physician.
Moved to Weston
Oliver Dickenson and family have
moved to Weston from Freewater,
and are occupying a house on. Wash
in ton street. Mr. Dickenson has em
ployment at Freewater, but was un
able to secure a house there, and will
travel back and ftfrth.
Will Board Teachers
Mrs. M. Gray has leased the
Fred Gross property, corner of 5th
and High streets and will occupy it
so soon as it is vacated by Mr. and
Mrs. Claude Dickenson, about Septem
ber first. Mrs. Gray will be prepar
ed to board and room the lady teach
ers of the High and Public schools.
Mrs. Gray is the mother of Mrs.
Laurence Pinkerton and formerly
lived in Milton. She already has
many friends in Athena who will
welcome her.
Grass Fire Danger
Mayor Stephens calls attention to
the danger incurrefl from grass firesj'
within the city limits at this time.
Unless extreme diligence is exercis
ed when burning grass and rubbish,
menace to ad jacenct property occurs.
The mayor informs the Press that
next year the grass and weed pro
blem will be controlled in Athena by
ordinance.
School Graduate Here
Miss Sarah Belle Jantzen, a gradu
ate of Athena High School, visited at
the B. B. Richards home the fore
part of this week. Miss Jantzen is
in training at the Deaconess hospital
at Spokane. She is spending her
vacation here and at Walla Walla
visiting friends and relatives. She
left for Walla Walla Tuesday, and
will leave for Spokane Saturday.
HOOVER
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Candidate Lays Plans for
Rural Relief Before
Farmers.
An " agricultural ' conference. in
which . Frank 0. Lowden. of Illinr.iA
and other farm leaders, will be asked
to participate m the search for a com
mon srround UDon which to net for
farm relief was proposed in his old
nome town, West Branch, Iowa,
Wednesday night, by Herbert Hoover
in his homecomin? address after he
had lingered for a while with the
kindly people among whom he was
born.
"In formulating recommendations
for legislation to carry out the pro
posals of the party," the republican
presidential candidate said, "I trust
that we may have the full assistanpn
of the leaders of agriculture thought.
i am not insensible to the value of
study which sincere farm leaders,
have given to this question of farm
legislation. They have all contribut
ed to the realization that the nrnhlem
must be solved . They will be invited
into conterence. Outstanding farm
ers such as Governor Lowden will be
asked to join in the search for cam.
mon ground upon which we can act."
me calling of such a conference
naturally is predicated upon Hoover's
election, but the nominee did not in
dicate whether it would be his
pose to call it before or after his
inauguration. His democratic oi
ponent has announced that if he
should be elected he would invite tha
farm leaders in immediately after
iNovemDer o.
To Sow Less Fall Wheat
A Washington disnatrh ravb t.Vmt
farmers are intending to sow this fall
an acreage of winter wheat 2.1 per
cent less and an acreage of rye 8.3
per cent greater than last year, .the
department of agriculture announced
today after compiling farmers' in
tentions as expressed August 1. In
tentions as to winter wheat. If cnrraA
out, would mean a total area of 46,
523,000 acres compared with 46,535,
000 acres planted last year. During
the past four years the wheat acre
age has been on an average, about 6
per cent less than expressed in
tentions. Rve acreacn Acfnnllv anwn
also usually has been less than re
ported intentions. ,
New Camp Fire Group Organized
A new Camp Fire erouD was ors-an-
ized last Thursday afternoon under
the direction of Miss Mvrtlu Potts ns
guardian and Miss Dorothy Lee as
assistant guardian. Oflicers were
elected and a list of names for the
group was submitted ani after dis
cussion the Indian name Tawanka
was chosen. Plans for the future
work of the organization were pre
sented and discussed.
Niece Is Married
Mrs. Retta Potts has received an
nouncement of the marriage of her
niece, Miss Lora Catheren Potts, to
Kenneth Alden Sprague, which oc
curred in Seattle on August 16. The
bride is the eldest daughter, of Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Scott of Enterprise,
Wallowa county.
Went to Portland
Mrs. Victoria Gholson left yesterday
for a short visit in Portland, accom
paying her daughter and children who
are here from Wichita Falls, Texas.
They wijl be accompanied by Mr. and
Mrs. Forrest Gholson and will motor
to the ocean side before returning.
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On Vacation Trip
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sanders, and
Mr. and Mrs. Zeph B. Lock wood left
Sunday for an extensive vacation trip
through the Willamette valley and
along the sea coast They go by Mc-
Kenzie Pass, and may return via
Seattle and Snoq'ualmie.
A Grass Fire
A grass fire in the alley between
the Watts and Jesse Gordon homes
Tuesduy noon neemed for a time to
be beyond control. The fire company
was called out and soon subdued the
flames, and when well under control,
the dead grass about the Gordon and
Kemp houses was carefully burned,
reducing the fire menace in that
vicinity to a minimum.
Birthday Anniversaries
In honor of the birthday an
niversary of four of her guests, Mrs.
Fred Pinkerton was hostess Sunday
at a sumptuous dinner. The honorees
were: Fred Pinkerton, her daughter,
Mrs. Paul Lieuallen, Miss Hilda Dick
enson and Miss Hortense Baker.
Other guests were: Misses Mildred
Bateman and Lois, Mclntyre; Paul
Lieuallen, Lee Bannister, Mose Ban
nister and Norman Mclntyre.
In Honor of Guest
Mrs. Jennie Fletcher was the honor
ed guest at a picnic Sunday at Thorn
Hollow . Those present were, Mr.
and Mrs. Therreon and daughter of
Pendleton, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Read,
Mr. and Mrs. W. McPherson, Mr. and
Mrs. Velton Read. Mrs. Fletcher
who has been visiting at the home
of her brother W. McPherson left
Monday for Enterprise where she will
teach school this year.
, Home From Mid-West
Mrs. L. Sherman and Miss Maude
Sherman arrived home Friday from
an extended trip to the middle west-
. i .11.
em states, by automoDiie. miss
Sherman will again teach in the
Estacada schools. They spent the
m 1
summer at fountain, Minn., ana
visited Yellowstone Park en route
home.
Flint Johns finished up his thresh
ing operations Saturday after a six
weeks run. With his family he will
take a couple of weeks Vacation, pfr
aumably at Uingham