Bntered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mall Matter
VOLUME 49.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 31. 1928
NUMBER 35
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
OPEN SEPT. 4TH
New Teachers In Two of
the Grade Departments
This Year.
The Athena schools will. open Xu&J
day morning, September 4th, with
new teachers in two. of ths graderde
partments, the remainder of the grade
instructors and the high school
faculty being comprised of the per
sonnel of last year, with the excep
tion of Mrs. Frederick, who takes the
' place of Mrs. Toole.
Miss Delia Bryant, a primary
teacher of thirteen years experience,
comes from Marshfield, Coos county
to take over the First and Second
grades, taught for the past two year3
by Miss Sellars, resigned, buperin
tendent Meyer is personally familiar
with Miss Bryant's efficiency in pn
mary grade work, and considers Ath
ena to be very fortunate in securing
her services.
Miss Blanche Thorsen of Stanfield
will instruct the Third and Fourth
grades this year. Miss Thorsen, who
is a Normal school graduate, has
taught for three years in the schools
of Umatilla county, and her creden
tials show that she has-given eminent
satisfaction to school boards as an in
structor of high order
Mrs. Rominger will come from her
Freewater home to again teach the
Fifth and Sixth grades.
M. I. Miller will assume his old
role of instructor for the Seventh and
Eighth grades, and m addition will
coach school athletics, the . school
board of District No. 7 having dis
pensed with services of a special
coach. Mr. Miller has demonstrated
to high school athletes that he is more
proficient in coaching than some of
the coaches heretofore employed (liere.
Superintendent Meyer, Miss Bate
man, Miss Brodie, Mrs. Frederick and
Mr. Frederick are the members of the
high school faculty. .... v
B. B. Richards chairman of the
grade school directors of District, No.
29, estimates that the enrollment of
grade pupils this year will exceed the
number attending school last year.
Also, present prospects are favorable
for a slight increase' in number of
high school pupils.
New Pipe Line. To
Be Laid At Reservoir
Workmen for the city are now en
gaged in excavating for the replace
ment of 150 feet of the pipe line
leading directly from the reservoir.
Replacement of the present wood
pipe, which is leaking badly will be
made with 10 inch steel pipe.
The reservoir line leading into town
will have to be replaced with pipe for
some distance across the Taylor field.
The field is now in summer fallow and
the owner prefers that the work be
done before seeding operations begin.
The-matter of replacement is now
under consideration by the city coun
cil. Already this year 1400 feet of the
city's pipe lines have been replaced
with new steel material, and if the re
placement is made through the Taylo )
field, quite a distance on the system
will have been improved for the year.
Child Falls from Car
Christine, the little daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Francis Lieuallen of Adams,
opened the door of the family car and
fell to the gravel road. The car was
moving at the rate of ten to fifteen
miles an hour at the time, otherwise
the injuries sustained might' have
been considerably greater. The little
one's face and head was badly
scratched and a few lacerations re
sulted from the fall. Dr. Cowan
dressed the wounds.
Stantons Are Home
Mr. and Mrs. John Stanton have
moved into town ffom the Walter
Adams ranch. Miss Mildred Stanton
is at home for a few days vacation
from her -nurse work at St. Antho
ney hospital at Pendleton. Irene La
Freneire of Denver, Colorado, was a
guest at the Stanton home Monday of
this week.
Jim Hodgen in Hospital
From a mere pimple which appear
ed on his right foot, Jim Hodgen has
suffered a severe attack of blood
poisoning and. was compelled to go
to the hospital at Pendleton for treat
ment. . He is recovering and hopes to
resume his position with the Standard
Oil company, soon.
Coach Miller Says
Football Practice fiU
w Start Monday Evening
Football practice by the Athena
high school squad is slated by Coach
Miller to begin Monday evening. All
who contemplate qualifying for posi
tions on this year's team are request
ed by Mr. Miller to be present Mon
day evening.
The coach is preparing to put a
real contending team in the field for
Athena High this year, and expresses
himself as being pleased with the
athletic ' material available. New
this season, Mr. Miller states Itnd
he desires to get an early start in
whipping1 the team into playing con
dition. ,
Mr. Miller says it is almost certain
the McEwen brothers, Edwin and
Ralph will be with Athena this year
They attended Washington High at
Portland last year, and their presence
on the Athena team this year would
greatly strengthen the general lineup,
Harold Kirk, last year with Hill's
Academy, Portland, will again assume
the responsibilities of his old position
on the home team, and the Athena
coach states that Lee Foster, Weston
High strong man, will do some stiff
plunging for the Athena line this
year.
A couple of other new players are
in the offing with expectation of don
ning the moleskins, states Mr. Miller,
and football stock in Athena is away
above par at this time.
Oregon State College
Farm Market Review
Vnzv University of Oregon Dormitory Is Called "Real Home" for Students
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Greatly improved prospects for the
world wheat crop during recent weeks
continues to dominate wheat market
news, and prices have been forced far
below last year at this time by bear
ish news and heavy marketings of
hard red winter. There is nothing
definite to indicate that the world sup
ply of wheat will be enough-larger
than last year to offset a smaller
prospective supply of. rye. The
European potato crop is said to be
less promising than in 1927, which
will also tend to increase demand for
bread grain. .-';.
The general trend ofworld "demand
for wheat is upward by perhaps 5
per cent a year, because of increasing
population and higher per capita con
sumption in some countries. .United
States sellers of rye and soft red
winter wheat or substitute grades are
favored by unusually small produc
tion and depleted old stocks, it being
altogether possible that larger quanti
ties than ever before of white wheat
from the Pacific coast will be needed
in the southeast to supply the domes
tic demand for wheat suitable for
making low protein type flours.
Stocks of competitive export white
wheat are also small at this time, but
conditions are reported favorable for
the new crop in Australia.
Alf Coppock Here
Mr. and Mrs. Alf Coppock and
daughter, Ramona, and son, Howard
Coppock and wife came down from
near Colfax, Washington, Saturday
and are guests this week at the W. 0.
Read home. .They will also visit Mr.
Coppock's brothers, Arthur and
Frank, families while here. Mr. Cop
pock farms on an extensive scale in
the Colfax country.
Honored At Party
Mrs. Paul Lieallen was honored at
a bridge party held yesterday after
noon at the home of Mrs. Henry Dell,
when five tables were in play. The
affair was sponsored by Mrs. Armond
deMerritt of Walla Walla and Miss
Hilda Dickenson, who furnished de
lightful refreshments.
Union Meetings Close
The successful series of union meet
ings held during the summer months
by the Baptist and Christian churches
of Athena, came to a close last Sun
day evening, Rev. Dow of the Bap
tist church preaching the closing
sermon.
Teachers Return
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick are the first
teachers to return to Athena after
the summer vacation. Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick attended summer school.
They will occupy Mrs. Wall's cottage
on lhird street.
Union County Triplets
Union county has the distinction of
having two sets of triplets born there
this year. Sunday, to Mr. and Mrs.
Uilbert Courtnght were born two girls
each weighing 5 pounds, and a boy
weighing 7 pounds.
Electric Storm
An electric storm, the first in
several weeks, but of short duration,
passed to the north of Athena Mon
day noon. In portions of the Walla
Walla valley hailstones fell, but no
reports of injury to fruit have been
received.
Marcus Whitman Hotel
The new Marcus Whitman hotel will
open for business tomorrow, and the
grand opening dinner will be served
the evening of Thursday, Septem
ber 6.
Real Flower Garden
Mrs. E. A. Bennett has a real
flower earden in the rpfll fif ar
residence on Main street. Dahlias
and other flower varieties are bloom
mg there in gorgeous profusion
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"A Eeal Hornet" This is the expres
sion used by a prospective student and
his parents, who had just inspected the
now dormitory ror men at the Univer
sity of Oregon, a modern, fireproof
structure that will house 278 students.
Work on the building, which is declared
to be the finest dormitory in any In
stitution on the Pacfic Coast, is prac
tically completed, furnishings have
beea purchased, and every room will be
ready for occupancy when first year
students report September 24. .
Eeservations are already pouring in
for rooms in the new dormitory, and a
booklet describing it and Mvinir all tie
tails has been prepared. This will be
boui to anv stnaent nr Tironfl(tlv t.n.
dent on request by the University regis.
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The dormitory will be divided into
six separate units, each of which will
have its own living room. In this way
student organizations for participation
in athletics and for social affair an
be formed. Each unit is a conatrnetail
that only two men occupy each room.
In these are found two study tables,
easy chairs, ruca. dressers and amnla
closet space. Sleeping rooms are sep- J
arate, and are so arranged that but
fonr men are allotted to each. Thin
means that every student has privacy
ana quiet xor study and rest, essentials
to good work. .......
The attractive halls ara nnntrnlW
located, just a stop from tie class
buildings. The dining room) where all
Students Will dine, is ona nf tha atfraft.
tive features of the structure.
Many new features will be found In
this home for men students, and both
students and Barents who hava lnnl
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Athena Boy Scouts j
, (By Scoutmaster Wade LeRoy)
Wednesday afternoon saw the boys
return from their outing at Emigrant
Springs Camp. The boys were all in
fine shape and all would have staved
longer had the opportunity permitted.
- tSdwm McEwen' and Orel Micheher
brought the truck of Wm. Fercuson
up to the camp after the boys and
the boys wish ' to thank them for
favors and services rendered.
The boys passed several tests in
camp and the regular study and rec
reational periods did much towards
advancing them in scouting. A fine
start was given for the fall and
winter work and it is hoped that the
impetus of the camn schedule can hp
held thru the coming season.
Sunday afternoon saw several cars
of visitors in camp and the Athena
visitors were well pleased with the
conditions as they found them. As
sistant Scoutmaster "Jack" Perry de
livered a mighty fine sermon to the
boys and they expressed their ap
preciation of the good they received
from the sermon.
Eat was the big event of the camp
and to hear the boys tell of the hot
cakes and bacon etc. they got away
with . would make one wonder where
they put it all. Regular meals were
served family style every day except
the day of the all-day hike then1 it
was over the small fire with no im
plements to eat or cook with except
what they got from the woods.
Some of the boys were very pro
ficient in the woods and demonstrated
several times their ability to care of
themselves and others in the woods.
Several trips were taken over country
without following trails and always
the goal was reached It took two
days to complete one of the trips but
they headed out the second day de
termined to find the lake they were
looking for and profited by the ex
periences of the day before.
Much credit is to be given to as
sistant Camp Chief Carl Calvert for
his invaluable services rendered in the
educational and recreational work of
the camp.
The Cubs that were in camp upheld
their end of the game and we are
ready to add more of them to the
roster.
The Ranger group that was start
ed in camp will be continued and they
will be the scouts that are advanced
in woodscraft and outdoor scouting.
There will be a group committee
and business meeting soon and after
these meetings there will be a com
plete financial statement of the local
troop since it was organized last fall
by Dwight Hackett.
Fire Destroys Tent Home
Milton Eagle: Charles Russell,
barber with Levi Swayze, had the
misfortune Sunday to lose the tent
house in which he was living tempor
arily, together with everything it con
tained, consisting of a few articles of
furniture, bed and clothing. $56 in
currency was also burned. Mr. Rus
sell has been unable to rent a house
and fixed up the tent house for tem
porary use until he could find a suit
able place. The place caught fire and
burned while he was in the house of
a relative nearby.
Two Bodies Found
Port Townsend. The bodies of two
passengers washed ashore in Dis
covery bay, near here, today reveal
ed the fate of the seven persons
aboard the British Columbia airways
monoplane which plunged into the
Strait of Juan de Fuca in a dense
fog Saturday.
Family Reunion
Mr. and Mrs. Wade TTiov and
children left Athena yesterday for
Yakima, where they will attend a re
union of the Purvis family.
Death of Mrs. Hess
Mrs. Prudence Hess, mother of Mrs.
Frank DeFreece and Mrs. Will Kirk
of this city, died in a hospital in Wal
la Walla Friday evening and was
buried Monday. Mrs. Hess had been
ill for a long time and her daughters
had been in attendance upon her. She
leaves three daughters and one son,
her husband having preceded her in
death. The floral offerings were pro
fuse, among them being a piece from
the Methodist ladies of this city as
a token of their respect and esteem.'
Ten Gallon Hats
and Loud Shirts
Worn at Pendleton
Hostesses For Mrs. Gurney
Mrs. Henry Dell and Mrs. Armond
DeMerritt, were " hostesses Monday
evening at the Dell home, where they
entertained in honor of Mrs. Clair
Gurney, prior to her departure to
make her home in Chicago. Bridge
was the diversion of the evening,
three tables being occupied, and dur
ing the evening, dainty ices and cake
were served.
Old Time Editor
J. C. Harvey at one time editor of
the Weston Leader, passed through
Athena yesterday and called at the
Press office. Since leaving Weston
Mr. Harvey has been engaged in the
newspaper business in Idaho and
Montana. He is well known to the
newspaper fraternity of the Northwest.
Pendleton. The drab attire of the
conventional male is decidedly out of
vogue in Pendleton. Gone is the
straw hat; the gray fedora; yes, even
the brown derby and with them the
dull-hued garments of the evexy-day
business man.
In their stead come the 10-gallon
hats, worn jauntily on the manly
dome; the loud shirts with screaming
colors, and the gay beadwork. For
every man is in official Round-Up
garb, and although the dates for the
show (September 19, 20, 21 and 22),
are- some days away, the boys put on
their cowboy scenery September 1
and will be so clad until the 1923
show is over.
In accordance with its usual policy,
the Round-Up gives mail orders for
tickets the preference, and the local
ticket office does not open until
September 8. "Visitors First," is the
motto and Pendleton people await
their turn so far as tickets are con
cerned. Mail orders, by the way, are
coming in rapidly, as are requests for
rooms. The accommodation headquar
ters report that there will be ample
rooms for visitors, for local people
open their homes to provide for the
guests.
The annual Oregon Journal special
trains will be here for the last two
days of the Round-Up and there are
tentative plans for a special from
bpokane. An interesting groun will
be 12 doctors from various cities of
the United States who 3aw service
overseas as officers In the World War
and who will meet here for a reunion
at the Round-Up. They will be guests
of Dr. Thomas Joyce of Portland and
will occupy a special pullman for the
trip.
Sunday at Camp
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Perry, -Mrs.
Clara Hope, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Pink
erton. Mrs. L. M. Keen and Mr. and
Mrs. Emmet Lee, spent Sunday at the
Athena Boy Scout camp, near Emi
grant Springs. H. J. Perry, pastor
of the Athena Christian church, con
ducted services in the afternoon.
At Phillipsburg, Montana
Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Russell,
Mrs. Celia Burden and Art Jenson
left Athena by automobile for Phil
lipsburg, Montana, where they will
visit Mrs. Burden's son, Edward
aebaskey. Sunday night, the party
visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Al NorDean, in Spokane,
Here From Pendleton
Mrs. H. O. Worthington, Mrs. Wil
liam Milne and Mrs. Creswcll, of
Pendleton, with Mrs. Nellie Tavlnr.
who is a guest of friends there, from
Walla Walla, were in Athena Wednes
day calling on friends. Mrs. Creswell
visited her son, James Creswell and
wife.
Home From Marshfield
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Mever. on their
return to Athena tomorrow from
Marshfield, where they spent the sum
mer months, will occunv thp Mn
Stella Keen residence, on Fourth
street.
Fell Through Sidewalk
Mrs. Raymond Bannister came near
being seriously injured Sunday night
near the Standard Theatre, when Bhe
(stepped on a loose iron cover over an
excavated place in the concrete side
walk. The cover tripped and Mr?.
Bannister with her baby in her arms
dropped into . the excavation. Mrs.
Bannister sustained bruises about the
knees, but fortunately the baby es
caped injury.
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ROBBERIES
Treating Seed Wheat
With the wheat-hauliner season over.
the force down at the Farmers Grain
Elevator company plant is turnine
its attention to treating seed wheat
for the farmers. Extensive imnrove-
ments for cleaning and treating seed
wheat were made at the elevator last
fall, and a large volume of seed will
be handled this season.
At Wallowa Lake
Mr. and Mrs. Penn Harris, with
Walla Walla friends, recently spent
several days at Wallowa Lake. Penn
admirably succeeded in keeninc th
camp larder supplied with Rainbow
trout, some of which were of good
size.
To Resume Meetings
Itimmtr tiunnnuut!in "9 : u.:n
convene at Masonic Hall, Wednesday
Mmnlni. V . fit- All 1
voviiui, .7tjji.finui.-r urn. ah memoers
are, requested to be present.
COMMITTED
HERE
Grocery Store, Meat Market
and Cafe Are Entered
and Robbed.
What is thought, to be a genuine
yegg robbery was pulled off Monday
night (in Athena, when front entran
ces to Loesdon's Meat Market. Kil-
gore's Cafe and Steve's Grocery were.
aeitiy executed. uerald Kiigore,
proprietor of the Cafe is the greatest
loser.
The robbers removed a portion of
a pane of glass and turned the lock of
the front door, entered and stripped
a punch board of several watches,
three rings, pocket knives, cigar
lighters and a gold fountain pen and
pencil holder. Mr. Kilgore says that
possibly some cigarette were taken.
The Logsdon Market was entered
presumably by a key in a padlock on
the front door, and locked again when
the robbers retired. The cash regis
ter gave" up $4 or $5 to the robbers
here.
Across the street at Steve's Groc
ery, the robbers left a clew when they
threw aside a small steel implement
such as brakemen on freight trains
use. with this instrument the yale
lock on Steve's front door had .been
broken. Here the cash register had
been opened. Finding nothing there,
the till in the office was opened and
from $6 to $8 in change taken from
it. Nothing else was missed from the
store.
Mr. Logsdon remembers that a
stranger, on the day before the rob
bery, purchased a piece of meat, and
asked for a pail or can. Mr. Logsdon
gave him a pail for which the man
offered payment. Then he requested
Mr. Logsdon to give him a can, and
was told to go in the rear of the
Market and find one. Now Mr. Logs
don believes the fellow wanted him
to leave the room so he could have
tapped the- cash register," and the
Market owner is under the impression
that the fellow may be the robber.
Fine Pictures At
Standard Theatre
Coming to the Standard Theatre in
the near future is an exceptionally
fine assortment of photoplays, in observance-
of the better pictures sea
son initiated by united effort of the
atres and producers.
Opening on September 29th with
"The Lecion of the Condemned," the
schedule will be followed in rotation
with regular program pictures, em
bracing such special productions as
"The Black Pirate" with Douglas
Fairbanks; William Boyd in "Two
Arabian Knights," "The Skyscraper '
and the "Night Flyer;" James
Cruze's "The Red Mark" and Cecil
B. DeMille's "The King of Kings."
Tomorrow night the Standard pre
sents another Columbia picture,"Sal
ly of Our Alley," a splendid production.
Sunday night, one of the best
pictures released by Paramount,
"Stark Love" an intensely interesting
story of the hills of North Carolina,
featuring beautiful Helen Munday
and Forrest James, will be featured
on the program.
Kershaw Is District Clerk
At a snecial meeting Friday last.
of the voters of School District No.
29. .1. F. Kershaw was elected clerk
of the district. There was no cp
nosition to Mr. Kershaw's election to
the office, which was made vacant by
the removal from the district of Clar
ance Zerba, resigned.
Will Teach Science
Roland Kretzer, University of Ore
gon graduate, left Athena Wednes
day evening for Joliet, Montana,
where he has taken the post of science
instructor in the Joliet high school.
Mr. Kretzer who graduated this year
at U. of 0., took the summer course
there, also. He was prominent in
college glee club activities while at
the University.
Moving to Pendleton
Mr. and Mrs. George Myrick are
moving to Pendleton, where Mr. My
rick has a position in a mill in that
city. Eldon Myrick may decide to
remain in Athena and complete his
high school course. Eldon is promin
ent in high school athletics, having a
place on both the foot ball and bas
ket ball teams.
Horse In Cesspool
On their return from the Boy
Scout camp at Emigrant Springs, Mr.
and Mrs. If. Wade LeRoy, who reside
on the vV'iliaby place west of town,
found a horse dead in an unused cess
pool on the premises. The animal,
which had fallen into the excavation
on its back, had been dead for several
dayi.