! i 1 1. Entered at the Post Office at Athena t Oregon, as Second-Class Mail Matter i " - : . S : : . : ;:' i , . ' "V:'. VOLUME 49. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGOfc. FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21. 1928 NUMBER 38 Lois Mclntyre of Athena Attends , Queen Mary Of outstanding interest to Athena people will be the appearance of Miss Lois Mclntyre as one of the at tendants to Queen Mary at the Eound-Up this week. ;: . Miss Mclntyre is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alec Mclntyre, and has lived on her father's ranch and in Athena, until she entered Washington State College at Pullman in 1926. Last year she attended the state university at Eugene where she is a Junior. Miss Mclntyre has a pleasing per sonality, is most attractive and is an excellent horse woman. Her wany friends are proud to have her repre sent their community at the annual Western Classic , at Pendleton , this year.;' , t '';( t ' Home Team Mixes With Pilot Rock Warriors This afternoon will see the local high school football team mix it with the Pilot Rock Hi team.' This game promises to be very interesting. Coach Miller of Athena has been having about enough players for two teams out for practice every night. Although a number of the players are green they , will be given a chance to show their ' playing " ability. There will be 8 lettermen ready to enter the game and 11 reserves to substitute in their places. ., r . , . - ; Mr. Miller's style of football" is baffling, and with a good line and backs they should rate in the county as one of the best teams'" Aviator Is Athena Guest Captain Eagle who has charge of Pearson field at Vancouver Barracks is a house guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kershaw during, the Round Up. Captain Eagle will manouver and perform stunts over the arena during the Round-Up and plans to fly here after, the performance each day. Other guests at the Kershaw home are Marge Bacorf and Miss Leota Coates who motored here from Port land Tuesday and Miss Frederika Kershaw who is now making her home in Portland and is broadcasting from station KEX and is announced as the "Pianist with expression." Bridge Party Varicolored fall flowers decked the rooms at the home of Mrs.,C. M. Eager last Friday afternoon when she entertained the Athena ' Bridge Club. This was the first meeting of the season and the usual three tables were in play, guests of the club be ing Mrs Marion Hansell and Mrs. Bert Logsdon. Mrs. H. I. Watts held high score and ' Mrs. B. B. Richards received the consolation. ' Mrs. Logs don was presented with the guest prize. After the play the hostess served dainty , refreshments. , High School Notes - Junior News Staff , Editor...;..i.................;.........Carl- Calvert Faculty and Alumni... George Gross Student Body ......Eldon Myrick Classes......... Cecil Pambrun Subject Classes........Loie Montgomery Boy'sV Athletics... ...........John Kirk Entertainment.... Virgie Moore 1st and 2nd Grades....Frances Cannon 3rd and 4th. Grades.. Helen Foster 5th and 6th Grades..Beatrice Hiteman 7th. and 8th. Grades Harold J&rk Personals... ...Thelma Schrimpf Advi9or.,....Vi..M8i! :MiJdre4 Bjiteman For the past two weeks Ettfef Pitt- man and Dorothy Geissel, graduates of 1928, have been cataloging the library books and ' checking ' up on those which have been lost. They have also mimeographed copies of the high school constitution and high school yells. The freshmen boys who were not on the football team were herded to. gether after school Tuesday to lay off, clean off, and lime the football field. A board in the hands of a senior was a wonderful ' inducement ' to speedy work. The work, miraculously, was well done, and the field is in , fine shape for Friday's game. ,,, ...r. , Faculty ':, Ml-:J: Mtf Frederick and Mr; Miller spent Saturday hunting deer. They retui-n- ed with the usual hunter's luck. Mr. and Mrs. Lee. A. Meyer enter tained Mr. Meyer's brother last week, Miss Bateman was a visitor in Pen dleton . Saturday. . '. '.1 ;f .:. Mrs. Rominger spent Saturday in Freewater. , Miss Thorsen visited with her par ents in Standfield Saturday and Sun day., ; ' ' ' Mrs. C. T. Woodard, from Marslv field, who spent last week with Miss Delia L. Bryant, took the train from Pandleton for Oklahoma Saturday evening. -. , . .' . -" Serious Accident A serious accident, occurred Sun day afternoon at Weston when a truck backed unexpectedly onto the highway, smashing into a car driven by Jim Killgore .Mr. Killgore at tempted to turn out but two tires were torn from the wheels upset ting the car. Mrs. Payant and Miss Florance Ross were badly bruised and suffered from shock while Mr Kill gore's collar bone was broken and he did not gain consciousness until Tues day. Blame for the accident has not been determined. : Stanfield Editor Visits : T. K. Lessard of Stanfield, editor of the West Umatilla News called at the : Press office Wednesday. ' Mr. Lessard declares Stanfield is on the up-grade in view of the government expenditure of $640,000 on the irriga tion project in , the vicinity. One thousand acres of land has been sold since the middle of July in tracts of 10 and 15 acres which denotes quite an influx of new families. Mr. Les sard also operates the Mutual Cream ery at Stanfield and says it is quite a center for dairy products. Prominent Author Is Visitor Sam Thompson accompanied" by Phillip Rollins,, prominent author of New York visited Athena friends Monday. Mr. Rollins came West to attend the Round-Up which, he has at tended in former years and of which he has written a number of notable articles. One of the worst bucking horses is named for Mr., Rollins, ; Miss Bretherton VJsite ' '; ! ' Miss Vivian Bretherton of Portland visited friends in Athena, Tuesday. Miss Bretherton is feature writer for tne Portland Uregoman and is inter viewing the movie people on location here. She will cover the Round-Up for the American Magazine, her article to. appear in that publication in the near future. , Football The outlook for Athena high school for this year in football is much brighter than it has been for many years. Coach "Pike"' Miller has rosy dreams of winning all. our games L,et s nope ne is right. The boy3 have been showing keen interest in the game and most of the eligible boys are turning out. The follow ins boys are out every night for practice kmory Rogers, Cecil Pambrun, Wil- ford Miller, John Kirk, Harold Kirk, JMdon Myrick, Ralph McEwen, Edwin McEwen. George Gross. Lee Foster. Ural Michener, Stafford Hansell, Jack Dow, Jack Moore, Arthur Crowley, Lawrence Corlile, Wayne Pinkerton, Wayne Pittman, Roland Wilson and James Wilson. ,. No one has any certain position on the team as yet, for Mr. Miller has said that each boy must work for his position, and the boys are certainly doing it. The following football schedule has been arranged by Superintendent Meyer and Coach Miller: ' Friday, Sept. 21, Pilot Rock at Ath ena. :. Friday, Sept. 28, Walla Walla at Athena , - Saturday, Oct." 13, Walla Walla at Walla Walla (10 a. m.) -Friday, Oct. 19, Weston at Athena Saturday, Oct 27, Pilot Rock at Pilot Rock Friday, Nov. 2, Waitsburg at Ath ena '.v.; Saturday, Nov. 10 Hermiston at Athena j Friday, Nov. 16, Weston at Weston, j This schedule gives us an op portunity to have some snappy games this year. Picture Coming To Standard "Down the River of No Return,' a moving picture, will be screened at the Standard Theatre, starting Wednesday, September 26. , This is a picture "which every lover of nature should ee. Order of the "A" Meeting George Gross was elected president of the Order of the "A" at the meet ing held Wednesday, September 12, in room 5. Wilford Miller was elected vice-president, and Frances Cannon, secretary-treasurer. When the meet ing was called to order by Alberta Charlton, last year's vice-president, every student who had won an "A" in any sport or other form was present. Competition for the different offices was keen. Students who have come here from other schools or those who have never won an "A" will all have chances this year to win one or more letters and cover themselves with glory. Student Body ' The first student body meeting of the year was held Wednesday. September 5, for the purpose of eiv- ing the treasurer's report and an nouncement of student body fees. The student body fund was found to De in aeDt twenty , one dollars and seventy five cents. . An Executive Council meeting was held Tuesday, September 11. It was decided not to fix the tennis courts until spring. The treasurer was authorized to pay the outstanding debts. The presidents of the three upper classes were authorized to ad minister . questions on the student body constitution to the freshmen. . Weldon Bell wag elected football New Type of Magnetic Probe rnvsicians ' f '.:'. (-.-; ..wwj- vA' r:'' :' 'i-1' ";' Scientists Have Developed a Small Permanent Magnet of Unusual Strength for Use of Practitioners ' . 3 xVW-v?!. 1 r. 4 rAfw h B v- Hf. II Hv' 111 I 1 rrv TV"' 1 1 ll U ' j The Magnetic Probe Pulls Out & Steel Sliver i A Magnetic Probe Several Times as Strong as the Best Permanent Magnets Heretofore Available: One of the First Electro -Mag nets for Removing Iron Particles From theEye-1900 By J. O. PERRINE .vw t ::'7:i.i,;-iiikr-,ai.fear or auto - trucKs , face of the road. As they the telephone's Inventor, Alexander Graham Bell, which marked his lifelong activity in behalf of those with lost or Impaired hearing, has frequently been reflected in many of the auxiliary products of tele phone development. From the re search of the Bell System scien tific laboratories and co-operating medical experts have come the elec trical stethoscope, the artificial lar ynx, the audiometer and aids to the deaf.. Now comes another humani tarian instrument the magnetic probe. It has nothing to do with telephony, as such, but is a by product of developments in the manufacture of telephone appara tus. It is a beneficent instrument, made available to physicians for the removal of steel slivers from' the skin or the eye without the necessity of enrrr-r: Magnets Everywhere Magnetic instruments play many and conspicuous roles in everyday life. Perhaps the oldest magnetic instrument is the compass needle of the navigator. For many cen turies compasses have pointed the direction for the helmsman as he guides his vessel to the far corners of the earth over the seven seas. The inductor compass, more recent ly developed, was used by Lind bergh on his heroic flight across the Atlantic. Like the compass needle, It also depends on the earth's magnetism, although in a different manner. The telegraph sounder is another magnetic instru-. ment, as is the telephone receiver. A magnet in some form or another Is an indispensable part of electric bells, Induction coils, magnetos for automobile ignition and countless other appliances used daily. Strong electromagnets are an essential part of the great generators of elec tricity which light our homes and drive street cars and trains. Great masses of iron arelifted by electro magnets of special design In the iron and steel mills of the country. Sometimes magnets of similar d- . sign are mounted on the and pass slowly along the mo- ' tor highway, nails and all sorts of sharp-cornered pieces of iron fly to the tlghtembrace of the magnet. With the road thus swept with a magnetic broom, the distressing ex perience of a puncture is less like ly to delay the motorist on his week-end trip. Physicians' Use of Magnets For sometime a similar sort of magnet, namely the electromagnet, has aided the physician in remov ing iron or steel particles embedded in the skin or muscular tissue, or in the eye. Just as nails on the highway are lifted up and even pulled out of the asphalt of the public highway, so the tiny steel slivers slowly but surely are pulled out of the hand or the eye-ball. The strange and ever marvelous force exerted by the magnet extracts a tiny piece of iron with deft and in visible lingers. Heretofore, permanent magnets, that is, a bar of Iron alone, could not be made strong enough to do the trick. Ordinary horseshoe mag nets and bar magnets, of course, pick up iron, but for the purposes of the physician they did not ex ert sufficient pull. So the electro magnet had to be used; that is, a bar of iron was put inside a coll of wire connected to an electric battery. By Increasing the elec tric current the pull could be made stronger and stronger. These elec- tromagnets were big and heavy and awkward to handle. Necessarily, the patient had to be brought to the magnet. The magnet could not readily be taken to the patient. The need for a small, handy form 1 of magnet, with a' lot of pull, was a frequent topic of discussion among physicians and first-aid spe cialists. i ' New Magnetic Material , The development engineers of the Western Electric Company, which manufactures telephone ap paratus for the Bell System, had manager jipon the recommendation of the coach by the executive council at a meeting Monday, September 17. The secretary-treasurer was authorized to have bills and tickets printed for the football game Friday with Pilot Rock. The questions for the freshmen were collected, and the best ones selected to give to the freshmen at the regular initiation Tuesday evening. Claaes '' Election of officers occupied all four classes of Athena high school at their first elass meetings. . The seniors elected Wilford Miller, nresi- dent; Edwin McEwen, vice-president; weldon Bell, secretary-treasurer. The juniors chose John Kirk, , president, Frances Cannon, vice-president; Carl Calvert, secretary-treasurer. The sophomores put' their honors on Arthur Crowley, president; Jack Moore, vice-president; Emery Rogers, secretary-treasurer. The freshmen elected James ' Wilson, president; Betty Eager, vice-president; Arleen Myrick," secretary-treasurer. The seniors have already ordered their class rings from Balfour and Co. The freshmen initiation has oc cupied the attention of the sopho mores at several meetings during the week. The final decision called the initiation for Tuesday evening, September 18 at 7:30 p. m. at the school house. Entertainment Friday morning the high school as- been studying magnets and mag. netic 'materials . for many yearsc Magnets, all sorts of magnets,' small and big, permanent and elec tro, strong and weak, are to be found in the telephone system in more than the proverbial thousand and one places. Obviously, these engineers knew considerable about magnets and magnetic materials.. Following the suggestions made by medical advisers as to the size and shape of the proposed probe, these researchers . produced a magnet with two and a half times as' much . pull as the strongest permanent magnet 'previously possible. - Of course, the secret of the achieve ment is the material comprising the magnet, namely, cobalt steel. CobalJ is a chemical element, and. with iron and nickel comprises the more magnetic materials found 1n Nature. Cobalt, however, does not exhibit magnetic properties in so high a degree as iron. However, at times, Nature can be beaten at her own game, and using a mixture, an alloy of cobalt and steel, a mag netic material was discovered which has most extraordinary mag netic properties. Permanent mag nets of unusual strength resulted. ) The New Magnetic Probe With this new cobalt steel mag net a probe about the length and diameter of an ordinary pencil was designed. One end is flattened for use la extracting bits of iron from cuts while the other end is pointed like a sharpened pencil for partic ular application in eye cases. The first aid specialist and the physician are now able to add a new instrument to their healing kits. A hard and lifeless piece of iron thus serves as a great boon to the injured. Cobalt steel Is not found in the natural state, but emerged from the scientific labora tory as a result of unremitting la bor and study by those who were zealous in research. sembled for the first time this year to sing, and give the new yell-lcadcr a trial. ! The school voted to buy more new popular songs to sing at the as semblies on Friday mornings. Personals The' following students have en rolled in high school this year from other schools: Lee Foster, Weston; Wayne Pinkerton, Milton; Jack Dow, Princeton, ? Maine; Kathryn and Carolyn Kidder, Pendleton; Esther Berlin, Walla Walla, Lawrence Corlile Hereford, Oregon; Beatrice and Loie Hiteman, Berkeley, California; Edwin and Ralph McEwen, Portland; Harold Kirk, Portland. lnt and 2nd Grades Thirty pupils are enrolled in the first and second grades this year. This is more than has been enrolled for number of years. . HOSS APPOINT ED AS SECRETARY No Drastic Changes In the Personnel of the Office. Hal E. Hoss. of Orecnn CHv mill ' i be appointed Ty Governor I. L. Pat- terson. shortly to serve as secretary1' of state, filling the unexpired term of Sam A. Kozer, who is resigning '1 to take over new duties as director ; of the state budget. The change in i state officials is set for Monday, September 24th and Mr. Hoss will serve by appointment of the Gover nor until January 7, 1929, the end of the term for which Mr. Kozer had been elected.' Mr Hoss is the republican nomi-; nee for the office of secretary of state, winning in the primaries by a wide margin over H. H. Corey and Tom B. Handley. Prior to enterT HAL E. HOSS ing the race for election as secre tary of state, tMr. Hoss Berved as private "secretary ' to Governor Pat terson and before that was mana ger of the Morning Enterprise, pub lished at Oregon City. He has been active in newspaper organiza tion work, and has held a number of offices in publishers . associa tions. ' Mr. Kozer, who is nearing the ' end of his second term as secre tary of state, was selected by Gov ernor Patterson to direct the state budget because of his many marked qualifications. There is perhaps no one in the state more familiar with the operative and fiscal affairs of the commonwealth than Mr. Kozer; due to his long contact with all its various departments. As director of the budget, working directly under ' the governor whom the 1927 legis-1 lature designated as state budget officer, Mr. Kozer will give Oregon taxpayers the advantage of his vast fund .of knowledge about public business, and will fill an important . place in the administration's official family. There will be no drastic changes in the personnel of the office of secretary of state, according to Mr. Hoss, who has let it be known that he intends to conduct affairs as efficiently as possible, without re gard to professional job-hunters and political hangers-on. The Hoss family has moved to Salem and taken up residence in the Fairmont hill dis trict. . The Mystery Club The S. D. or Mystery Club resumed its meetings at the home of Goldie Miller, Wednesday night, September 12. : As Esma Hiteman, who was elected Sec. and Treasl at the last meeting of the. club on June 5th will not be here for some time, Goldio Miller was elected to take her place for the time being." The names of three new members were handed in and will be voted upon at the next meeting. Rodeo Directors Here Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Schultz accom. panied by Mr. M. C. Remelin, private secretary motored here from Ellens- :, burg, Washington, Tuesday and visit ed at the Koepke ranch south of Ath- ; ena. Both Mr, Schultz and Mr. , Remelin are members of the board of directors of the Ellensburg Rodeo staged there the 6, 7r 8 of tms month, Thty report a most success-. , ful show, with world champion per formers and record crowds. Camp Fire Girls Meet Tawanka group of Campfire Girls met Moday afternoon at the Hiteman home. Plans were discussed for a hike, -to be taken next week. A report was ,, made that proceeds from the candy sale amounted to $6.85. This will be added to a fund for current expenses of the group.