Entered at the Poet Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mail Matter
VOLUME 49.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 14. 1928
NUMBER 37
GRQVER 1515
PROIENTISDN
In Employ of City of Port
land for Period of
19 Years.
Grover G. Hayes, brother of Mrs.
Theresa Berlin of this city, who died
at Portland September 2, was promin
ent m Masonic circles of the.efcate; He
was a 32nd degree Mason and . had
served as Master of Albert Lodge No.
172, A. F. & A. M. A
He was born in Humbolt, Nebraska,
on October 13, 1885. , With his par
ents he came to Athena at the age of
eight years, and resided here until he
was 18 years of age, attending the
Athena public schools.
At La Grande,Oregon, in 1908 he
was united in marriage to Miss Elsa
Ackles, who with one son, Grayden,
and one daughter,; Alice, survive him.
Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs.
Berlin of Athena, and Mrs. Gladys
Lewis, Beaverton, Oregon; one broth
er, Earl 0. Hays, of Toppenish, Wash
ington. For some time after his marriage he
worked on the Union Pacific as loco
motive fireman. Later - he went to
Portland where for nineteen years he
was a trusted engineer on traction
machines in the street construction
department of that city.
Interment took place in Riverview
cemetery at Portland, under auspices
of Albert Lodge No. 172, A. F. & A,
M. Relatives from Athena and Port
land and a large concourse of friends
of the departed, were present at the
funeral and burial.
Experienced Judges
Have Been Selected
For The Hound-Up
Wheat and Oil For
Farmers of Montana
Between wheat and oil, the farm
ers in Montana are doing very well,
thank you, according to David N. Nel
son of Pendleton, who registered at
the Imperial on his way to Montana,
says the Oregoman Mr. Nelson is an
extensive grain grower in Umatilla
county and farms a couple of thou
sand acres in Montana. He,has fin
ished harvesting in Oregon and this
week harvesting will be well under
way on his ranch, near Brady, Mont.
"Montana," explained Mr. Nelson,
"will raise 74,000,000 bushels of
wheat this year besides 30,000,000 of
oats. That is more wheat lthan Ore
gon, Washington and Idaho will raise.
In the average year Montana. harvests
60 to 60 bushels. We get from 45 to
50 bushels of wheat to the acre.
Never less than 40, Then another
thing the farmers are doing is leas
ing land for oil. In the Conrad dis
trict about .15 miles from my place
there are 60 wells. There has never
been but one dry role. The wells are
nbt gushers, but they are steady pro
ducers, from 50 to 100 barrels a day.
The farmers give a lease for five
years; during which time the opera
tors have the chance to make their
development. . A dollar an acre a
year is just so much picked, up, for
if oil is struck then the farmer also
gets royalty. There are great sums
of money invested in these leases,
and it comes in very handy for the
owners of farms."
Pipe Contract Awarded
The contract for furnishing the city
cf Athena with 3450 feet of 8 inch
12 guage arc welded dipped steel
water pipe, was awarded to the Boftle
Tank & Pipe Co. by the cityeeuncil,
for delivery a$ pn,oe, The new pipe
wifl be U3eq te replace decayed, pipe
n the line leading from the reservoir
to the city, and. work ef replacement
win fcegin. en receipt of the pipe. The
eentract purchasing price of the pipe
is $1.07 less 2" per cent, f."b. b. Ath
ena. Recent replacement of 169 feet
of old wood pipe at the TSPf y? with
new steel pipe, put that end of the
line in efigign condition.
Pincers Elected V
There was an election of officers at
the Young Peoples Endeavor meeting
lts Sunday evening a follows:
President, Miss Ma. Carlile;vice-pres.,
Art Crowley) pianist, Miss Betty
Eager, song leaders, Miss Arlene My
rick and Miss Dorothy Burke. Miss
Marjorie. Douglas was elected secre
' tary an4 treasurer, . A large number
cf young people were in attendance.
. New. Power Plant t'
. Milton's new municipal power plant
was given its first tryout Tuesday
when a small head of water was turn
ed into the big Pelton water wheel
and the machinery began turning ever
for the first time. Everything was
found to work perimetry and without
single hiUk anywhere reports the
Eagle, -,.:. .
S Pendleton. Queen Mary of the 1928
Round-Up will have fori her attend
ants four attractive Umatilla county
girls. They are Miss Editha Barthel
and Miss Kathleen McClintock
Pendleton; Miss Lois Mclntyre
Athena and Miss Roberta Morrison
of Adams. "
Queen Mary, (otherwise known as
Mary -Duncan, beautiful feminine star
of "Our Daily Bread," now being
filmed in Umatilla county) will with
her attendants ride in all Round-Up
parades, September 19, 20, 21 and 22,
She will wear a truly regal costume
of white buckskin, ornamented with
black and her maids will also be in
cowgirl attire of white with black
accessories.
Judges of years' experience have
been chosen for the show. They are
R. S. Dixort of Prineville; Allen
Drumheller of Walla Walla, and Dan
Clark of Cheyenne. All three served
last year, and in addition, Mr. Dixon
and Mr. Clark served on three other
occasions and Mr. Drumheller on two,
They have proven most popular with
performers and audiences.
Tnese pre-Round-Up days are mark
ed by the arrival of scores of per
formers. Charley Irwin and Eddie
McCarty, two big outfits, will arrive
next week.
Charley will bring with him the
following ropers and bronk ' riders
Ed Bowman, Carl Arnold. Mike Shel,
ton, Roy Adams, Buff Brady, Shark
Irwin, Everett Bowman, King Merritt,
and Claud Sawyer. Shark won . the
bronk riding at Cheyenne this year
and is the strong contender for the
Roosevelt trophy as he was the high
point man at the frontier Days show,
Buff Brady won the trick and fancy
riding and was a contestant in the
roping at Cheyenne this "year.
Relay, Roman and trick riders will
include Murph Palmer and Roland
Slaughter. Cowgirl relay riders are
Mabel Strickland, who was queen of
tne Kouna-up last year and who be
sides her other accomplishments.
ropes steers for exhibition; Pauline
bawyer and Josephine Wicks.
Irwin, among his livestock will in
clude Cal Coolidge and Fountain, two
top bucking horses, etc. For th
derby he will bring Dotty, Lord Prim
and Laura L. ,
Eddie McCarty's aezresratinn will
incjude the following top hands: Bob
Crosby, for two years winner of the
Kooseveit trophy; Dick Shelton, Rene
Shelton, Richard Merchant, Fred
Lowery, H: O. Havworth. VreA TTnnf
Tuck Choate, Chester Byers, (a roper
who knows so much about this stunt
tnat ne nas written a book on the subr
jecu; nuck Wilson and Lewis
xvudhw. mait will have fifteen buck
ing horses, men and women's roio
strings; a Roman team; two relay
mrses; a aeroy entry and four head
ui oranma stags. (
Rankin Places Third
Tex Rankin, Walla Walla and Port
' land aviator, won third place in the
transcontinental air races, which end
ed with Earl Rowland of Wichita,
Kansas, winner of the race.
Eenthe-Wood Weddinir
Artie M. Beathe of Wall. wn.
and Edmond L. Wood of Weston were
umwiu m marriage at twelve o'clock
auon in nood Kiver, Oregon, Satur
day, September 1 renort. t.h. w
ton Leader. The wnmn ...
formed by the Rev. W. A. Wood. The
couple were attended by Mr. and Mrs.
nkarton' whom they accom
panied on motor trip to Portland.
yiuty returned to Weston Mon
day evening.' Mr. and Mrs w,j
members of; early Weston families,
the bride being a daughter of the late
V 6 M tne briegroom a
iu ium, rTances c. Wood.
V -
Junior Emfea nn
SSLS u th,i dement of the
Chrlstln church ,ast Sunday even.ng
iw great promise of a wonderful
Junior .society, ten being present at
the meeting. Officers elected were as
follows: President, Miss Jewel Pink-
enon; vice-Fres. Miss Virginia Eager;
&ee. and Treas. Max Johnson, with
Mrs. H. Jackson Perry advisor. Song
leaders will be appointed each week
for the following Sundnv o von rttr
meeting. All children between the
agea of 8 to 12 inclusive are invitoil
to attend next Sunday eveninc at
6:30.
Jury Awards Damages
Damages of S8800
Mrs. Katie Bauer in the
at Pendleton. Mrs.. Bauer was injur
ed in an automobile accident on June
7,. 1927, when the car - in which she
was riding collided with a car operat
ed by J. M. Banister, prominent Wes
ton farmer. Mrs. Bauer had asked
for $15,000 general damages and
1369 special damages. Attorneys
for. Mr. Banister indicated that they
would appeal the case.
Killers of Robber Exonerated
; A coroner's fnrv at Pntifsi
pletely exonerated the tw man urn a
shot and killed John Hendricks, rob
ber, who looted three stores and had
attempted to loot a fourth at Pilot
Rock. "For reason that than to. .t
this particular time protecting their
lives and property," the jury said,
we completely exonerate the Pilot
Bock citizens."
VARIOUS PLANS TO STEAL TIME
AND MONEY FROM THE UNWARY
Bankers Association Official Tells How Young People
Are Fleeced in "Hokum Pokum" Movie Schemes
The Inrejtor Loses Sayings by Listening ,
to Messrs. Slick and Smooth.
By W. R. MOREHOUSE , '
, Publlo Relations Commission, American Bankers Association 1 :
TEE fabulous salaries paid starVof thQ first magnitude,' and
the breasts of thousands of our young Americans to get into
motion pictures. Because so many are ready
aw to leave home, and risk everything on a
i fling at motion pictures, unscrupulous per-
I sons have devised ways of fleecing these
ambitious young people out of their sav
) ings."'Hokum-pokum'' schemes of various
lands are used with great success, uaice
courses in the art of actine before the
camera, fake courses on how to make-up,
i take registration states and screen tests, are
.among the schemes used to separate these
thousands of young people from their cash.
The pilgrimage - to the motion pictures
centers by thousands of novices usually ends
disastrously for the pilgrims. Naturally a
few are successful, but only a very, very
few, the ninety and nine meeting with dis
appointment. The truth is, the number of
persons who seek to "break into" the movies
exceed the number, of available positions by
one hundred tt one, while in the realm of popular stars it is
thousands to one.
Don't be misled by the promises of promoters of hokum-
pokum schemes tnat there Is
W.RJ MOREHOUSE
room
tor all, because this last year over
100,000 young people knocked at the
door for admission and were turned
away because there was no room on
the inside for them. Consult your
banker or address the National Better
Business Bureau, New York City, fo
Information or advice regarding any
enterprise that seeks to gain posses
sion of your mony. They will-give
disinterested counsel before it la too
late. '
Also let every Investor approached
by either Mr. Slick o? Mr. Smooth
with a proposition yielding big dirl
oehds remember thar fltiCB assurances'
always speU financial danger ahead.
To every Investor who Is Inexperi
enced In making Investments, in other
words perhaps Just a little green and
perhaps a little too easy, any after
coming from this source should be
like a red flag warning:, to come to
a complete stop.
Such Investments as Mr. Slick or
Mr. Smooth offer are too good to be
true and therefore they are not true.
Slick, Smooth and Company are not
miracle workers although from their
sales talk you would infer that they
could make you rich as If by magic.
No, they are not miracle workers--
lust slick and smooth.
The Estate Gag ' v '
Twenty-four "estatee" representing
EH billions of dollars have been used
as bait to Interest a lot of savers and
finally bleed them of their savings.
The echeme Is built around a sup
posed search for the heirs to certain
phantom estates. At all costs these
heirs must be found. Every person
who can by any hook or crook, figure
It out that he is in anyway related to
the deceased are urged by some shy
ster lawyer or genealogist to send la
their names and their life history.
Soon they receive glad tidings tell
ing them that their family tree can be
traced back to the deceased, In fact,
they are a direct descendant and an
heir at law.
Like fake raffles everybody who re
sponds to the search Is found to be a
winner In other words an ."heir."
Here Is where the rainbow chaser
gets trimmed. Before bis claim to the
mythical thousands can be pressed so
as to Insure success a Cemand Is made
on him to advance attorney's fees and
pay the expense of tracing through
his genealogy. '
Not surmising that he Is being trap
ped and seeing only the big Inherit
ance which be Is led to believe he will
eooa receive, be draws the amount
necessary from his savings account'
and sends It on, not knowing heis ac
tually throwing It away. ' But he Is,
for like thousands and thousands of
other rainbow chasers, he parts with
It for the last time.
So-called estate schemes which have
produced, thousands of "heirs and at a
"It H 1 v tJh i,
.The Pilgrimage to the Movies .
'.:. 5
jheavy loss to them have been worked
under the following names:
Baker I 250,000,000
Chadwick ......... 37,000,000
Edwards 90,000,000
Ingraham ...... 600,000,000
Hyde ,880.000,000
Jennings , 400,000,000
Hedges 250,000,000
Kern ........ 200,000,000
Leak l)(,nM, 100,000,000
Shepherd 175,000,000
Trotter 200.000,000
Chas J,800,000,000
Townley b"00,000.000
Webber .... BJ,000.000
Weiss 20,000,000
Again, before parting with your
money in any scheme yon do not
know all about consult your banker
or a Better Business Bureau.
Athena Boy Scouts j
(By Scoutmaster . Wade LeEoy)
The Court of Honor for the locaJ
troop convened Tuesday evening in
the Standard Theatre and trr.mted
Second Class Rank to two boys and
conferred the tenderfoot honor on
three.
Mr. Monroe the acting Scout
Executive for the Blue mountain
Council while Mr,, Hawley the regular
executive' is east to the National
executives meeting, acted as chair
man of the court and Kohler Betts,
and Emett Lee as the other members.
Reverand Dow arrived after the ses
sion in time for the short discussion
period that was held, as no definite
business meeting was held. '
There will be a meeting of the
troop committee called soon and the'
regular business of the committee
will be brought up and plans laid for
winter program of the Scouts. ;
'A'he troop Committee consists of
O. O. Stephens, C. L. .McFadden, F.
BJ Radtke,' Bert Logsa'. E. C.
Rogers, Kohler Betts, Emi-iett Lee,
Floyd Pinkerton, Louis Keen' Rever
end Dow The local Court of -floncr
also on the troop Committee Is'-501"-posed
ol Lee Meyers, Chairman V"
B. Richards and Otho Reeder.
Fit e new boys are now studying t
pass the tenderfoot tests to join
scou ting and durcs: the first part of
October we are going to have an
ent esture ceremony for all those that
bar ve joined the troop this summer
aj id fall, t x
The Third patrol will have charge
af the eats and entertainment pro
g ram at the September twenty-fifth
I neeting.
Several pieces of furniture , have
jbeen given to the scouts for the meet
ing place and if there is more that we
haven't called for has been offered
tell some of the boys again.
Thanks to Mr. Boyd for the use
Radio Stations to
Change Wave Length
In Broadcasting
" Portland. On November 11 the
wave length of practically every
radio station in the United States
will change. The change will be
along the line ordered by the Federal
Radio Commission which has drawn
up a systematic schedule by means
of which it is hoped radio reception
will be placed on a higher plane than
it ever has enjoyed. 1
In Oregon every radio station ex
cept two will change its wave length
or powers ' '' ' ' ' ' -
v' Chain broadcasting also ' came - in
for" rescheduling.' The ' commission
ordered, that each of the forty sta
tions using power of 5,000 watts or
more, and operating on cleared chan
nels, can broadcast identical pro
grams for but one hour daily, from 7
p. m. to midnight, except in cases
where the transmitters are 300 miles
from each other, are operating on the
same frequency, , or have received
permission as in cases of extraordin
ary events.
The Oregon changes follow; KGW
is moved up to the 508.2 meter band,
Power 5000 watts, unchanged.
KTBR and KFJR, ' Portland will
operate on 230.6 meters, 500 watts,
snaring time. !
KEX, Portland, wave lowered to
254.1 meters, power -of 2500 watts unchanged.
KWBS and KOIN, Portland, will re
main at present wave and power. J
KXL, Portland, will operate , on
239.9 meters, sharing with KOAC,
Corvallis, both to use 1000 watts
power.
KWJJ, Portland, wave lowered to
199.9 meters.
KFEC, Portland, will share time
with KFJI, Astoria, on 218.8 meter
band. ' ' .
KORE, Eugene, 100 watts, will
broadcast on wave of 211.1 meter,
sharing time with KMED, Medford,
with 50 watt3 rating. j
Other changes of importance to Ore
gon radio enhusiasts include :
KLX, Oakland, win move to tne
500 kilocycle wave band; ' KOMO,
Seattle, will opereate on 48d.6
meters; KGO, Oakland, 379.9 meters;
KHK, Spokane, 325.9 meters; KHI,
Los Angeles, 333.1 meters KPO, Ban
Francisco, allotted 5000 watts on
440.9 meters; KNX, Hollywood, 5000
watts on the 285.5 meter band.
George W. Lieuallen
Pioneer Farmer Dead
George W. Lieuallen, pioneer farm
er of Athena, died yesterday morning
at his home near town, as the result
of heart failure, Mr. Lieuallen has
been subject to heart distress for
some time, and in the past has sufferr
ed severe attacks, but apparently had
gradually been relieved of them.
His passing was a shocK to tne
community, for his Athena friends
were totally unaware that his con
dition was in any way serious. Mr.
Lieuallen was one of the large farm
ers of the community, and with his
sons, farmed wheat land on a big
scale. .
He had been a resident of this
section nractacally all his life, and
resided on the old family homestead,
taken up by his father in days long
ago, when there was no Centerville,
now Athena.
Born on the plains, while the family
was on its way in an immigrant
train coming to. Oregon, 65 years ago,
from" Missouri, George Lieuallen
passed his childhood in the Athena
Weston country and remained here
through man's estate to the end.
He was united in marriage on Janu
ary 5, 1887, to Olive May McKinney,
who survives him together with five
sons nd one daughter: Hugh, Neil,
George, Jr., Alton and Ronald; Mrs.
Zeph Lockwood, all of Umatilla coun
ty. Five sisters and one brother
mourn his departure: Mrs. Amanda
McArthur and Mrs. Perry, of Port
land; Mrs. George Banister, of Ath
ena; Mrs. E. H. Leonard, of Waits
burg, and Mrs. Stine of Spokane,
Washington.
Funeral services will be held at the
Christian church in Athena, at two
o'clock Sunday afternoon.
Chorus to be Organized
The men of the community who are
interested in music are invited to at
tend the regular weekly meeting on
Monday evening of each week at the
Christian church, hour 7:30. If you
sing or want to learn, you are Invited
o come. If you play and can not
. . i a fl-rt
si."1? wriff your instrument, me
phn us "ill sing popular, old favor-
ites and acrea music, ana win exist
for tht', pleasure and benefit of the
entire Ci,"imnnity-
Substitute Mail Carrier
wtn Trader: Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Gordon left Saturday by motor on an
extended vacat.n trip east of the
Rockies. They will visit Mr. Gor
don's brother in 0'Whma, his father
and sister in New "Paris, Indiana, and
relatives of Mrs. Gordon in Kansas.
absence, Kay
BAN IS LIFTED Oil
DEER
HUNTERS
Athena Parties Back From
Hills, Then Return
For Hunt.
Rairi coming in from the Pacific
Monday," Tuesday and Wednesday;
HrrnspH the Pacific. Northwest with
copious blariKet tf dampness, and
Tuesday morning Oregon deer hunt
ers were released from their lash by
Governor Patterson calling oft his
ban. With the stroke of his pen, four
teen national forests in the state were
declared open to hunters by the feder- .
al forest service, and peace again
reigned in the offices of the governor
and the state game warden.
Hundreds of hunters were disap
pointed over the Governor's action in
closing the season at first, but when
national forest officials backed him up,
after certain Western Oregon lawyer
1 Jf . 1 L . 1 i . 1
memuers oi gun ciuos naa aenverea
ultimatums, the general public, as
well a3 hunters, recognized the
hazardous condition of the forests and
peacefully deserted mountain camps
in compliance with official request to
leave. ' ''
Three hunting parties went into the
mountains from Athena and return
ed. They were well equipped for
hunting deer, and will return to their
favorite shooting grounds now that
the forests are open to them.
One party of five went into the John
Day country with a truck which car
ried camp equipage and two pack
horses. Their trail ended on the John
Day river, six miles 'from their in
tended camping place, before they re
ceived notice that the season had been
closed, xnis party included u.
Rogers, Arnold Wood, Glenn Dudley,
Clifford Wood and Jens Jensen. They
were disappointed in having to turn
back a large quantity of good eats at
Steve s Grocery, but four of the
party- returned to the mountains yes
terday morning.
Omer Stephens. Art Douglas, Art
Coppocie stid Lloyd Michener were on
Fly Creek when the official word came
to vamoose.
Ralph Cannon, Sheldon Taylor, Lee
Wilson and Bert Logsdon were "sit
tin' pretty" in a good camp in the
Cornucopia mountains, northeast of
Baker, when they were handed their
hats. Logsdon and Wilson have re
turned to their camp with a fell de
termination to bring back, some game
if it is nothing more than a chipmunk.
Oregon State College
Farm Market Review
Country buyers took some white
wheat at interior points for east
ward shipment last week, paying
premiums over the Portland export
price. Pacific coast . wheat markets
were firmer with demand more active.
Some business was done in red wheat
with Europe and some white wheat
went by water to Atlantic ports and
by rail to Minneapolis.
No. 2 soft red winter was firm in
St. Louis at $1.46-1.48 a bushel.
Some transactions in white wheat at
country points in the Pacific north
west were reported at $1.10-$1.205.
Stocks of wheat in export countries
on September 1 were equal last year
at the same time, larger stocks in the
northern hemisphere being about off
set by smaller stocks in the southern
hemisphere. '
The Canadian carry-over was less
than 6,000,000 bushela over last year
which gives small excuse for the
bearish reports which have been
broadcast about that situation. No.
official report is yet available, on the
1928 Canadian crop but there has
been some frost damage and crop
news generally scarcely confirms the
extremely bearish stories which have
been circulated regarding heavy in
creased production in that country as
compared to last year
The world-wide wheat market situa
tion showed no particular trend last
week. Prices of hard red winter re
mained low and export movement was
sluggish, but premiums for protein
were advanced on mill demand. Ex
ports for the season to date total only
15,000,000 bushels against 33,000,000
for the same period last year. The
Russian crop will be about the same
as last year according to a prelimin
ary estimate, which may mean less
wheat for export from that country
because of increasing domestic needs
there.
the
nuvino' Mr. Gordon s
of the theatre for the Court of Honor I Jones is substituting as rural mail
session. j carrier on route 2.
Hoskins to Run for Sheriff
Charles Hoskins, chief deputy
sheriff of Umatilla county, announces
that he will run as an independent
candidate for sheriff at the general
election on November 6. Tom Gur
dane, one of the officers who captured
William Edward Hickman, Is candi
date for sheriff on the republican
ticket and D. R. Stanley is the demo
cratic candidate.