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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1928)
Entered at tbe Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Seeond-Claaa Mail Matter VOLUME 49. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 16. 1928 , NUMBER 46 Chief Executive Elect, and First Lady I xrtlkft 111 fr V vVv&v I I Herbert Hoover J thMerberi hoover w PRESIDENTIAL VOTE OF 1928 AND 1924 STATE Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia , Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland ... Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi , Missouri Montana ............ Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire .... New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Hocver 60,000 530,000 120,000 36,041 32,000 41,000 Plurality Smith 15,000 Elect. Hoover Vote Smith 12 Meet. C'ltlge Vote. Duvle 12 55,000 29,527 50,000 440,000 250,000 300,000 315,000 178,000' 98,000 72,000 600,000 175,000 130,000 22,000 160,000 . 38,000 108,000 3,400 35,000 3' 0,000 24,000 91,000 13,800 65,000 720,000 165.C00 75,000 975,000 125,000 1,493 35,000 55,000 34.C00 18,000 7,500 46,000 23,500 165.C00 112,000 113,000 24,000 3 3 9 .. 9 13 .. 13 6 .. 6 .. 7 .. 7 3 3 6 6 14 .. 14 4 .. 4 29 ..29 15 .. 15 13 .. 13 .. 10 .. 10 13 .. 13 .. .. , 10 ... 10 6 . . 6 8 .. 8 .. 18 18 15 ; .. 15 12 .. 12 - .. '.. 10 .. 10 18 - .. 18 4 .. 4 8 8 , t 3 .. 3 ... 4 .. 4 14- .. 14 ... 3 ..3 ... 45 .. 45 12 . ,. .. 12 5 I. 5 24 .. 24 ... 10 ;.. .. 10 5 . 5 s. 38 38 5 5 ..9 ... 9 5 .. 5 12 .. ..' 12 20 .. .. 20 4 .. 4 4 ..4 12 .. .. 12 7 .. 7. ... 8 ..8 ... 13 .. .. 3 .. 3 ... 444 87 382 136 6,628,241 463,070 Texas vote not complete. Wisconsin carried by La Follette In 1924. Total vote cast 1928 approximately 38,000,000; In 1924, 24,211,519. Coolidge plurality in 1924, 7,338,513. FKDEAD Fred Soil Passes While Playing On Portland Golf Links. Fred Soil, who established a J. C. Penney store in Athena, - and for several years was a resident here, died suddenly while playing golf at Portland Wednesday of last week. The following account of Mr. Soil's death appeared in the Morning Ore gonian: "While playing golf at the Pen insula public golf course yesterday, Fred Soil, 65, 886 Qverton dropped dead. His daughter, Anna, with whom he was playing notified others of her father's death and the body was removed to the county morgue. "Mr. Soil was born in Germany 65 years ago. When a young man he came with his parents to Grand Island, Neb. From there he went to Pendleton, Or., .starting to work with the J. C. Penney company more than 17 years ago. It was not long before in 1913 he was selected to go to Baker and open a store. Mr. Soil had been active manager of the Bak er store until a few years ago, when he retired. He was interested in 15 stores of the J. C Penney company, being one of the company's largest stockholders. His wealth was esti mated at $2,000,000. "Mr. Soil, according to those who knew him, was always greatly inter ested in activities of the Baker com munity, where he was a widely loved citizen, and devoted much of his energies and money for the relief of the needy. In his years of helpful ness to scores of individuals and or ganizations he shunned publicity and his philasthropic work was known only by a few of his close friends. "For years Mr. Soli had worked for the upbuilding of Baker. His most recent achievement was his efforts as general chairman of the campaign for funds for the Baker Community hotel, which was a big success. Fol lowing the conclusion of this drive, extending over several weeks, Mr. Soli and his family moved to Port land and have made their home at 886 Overton street. "Mr. Soil was a member of the Elks and Masonic lodges. He is survived by his widow, two daugh ters, Marguerite and Anna, and a son, Roy Alfred, who is manager of the J. C. Penney store at Red Wing, Minn." Jack Holt Jn One of Zane Grey's Pictures Jack Holt will be seen at the Standard Theatre tomorrow night in another fine Zane Grey picture, "The Vanishing American." The support ing cast includes Sally Blane, Wil liam Powell and Fred Kohler. Holt for a time was out of Zane Grey pictures, but recently he came back to the Paramount lot and thousands of his followers are elated over the reunion of Holt and Grey in produc tion of Western pictures. Sunday night the Standard offers Milton Sills and Doris Kenyon in First National's great crook photo play, "The Hawk's Nest." This is one of the most talked of pictures that has come from First National studios in a long time, tearing as it does, the mask off all the under world, revealing its gyp joints, its gang wars and a most beautiful ro mance that blossomed in the regen eration of a great gangster chief. Athena at Weston Today Athena plays Weston at Weston this afternoon. This will be the second clash between these teams and a good game is looked forward to. Ath ena shut out Weston 12-0 in the firs game, which was played on the Athena field several weeks ago. The game today closes the season's sche dule for Athena, Coach Miller an nounces. Due to preparations for basketball, the coach sees no need of playing extra football games not necessary to complete schedule, with men needed for basketball practice and conditioning. gas Overcome Them Two employes in the construction departement of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company,- who with other employes left Athena Wednes day morning, were overcome by in haling gas while riding in the rear end of a truck, en route to Meacham. They were revived at Meacham, but at last reports had not fully recover-ed. The W. CT.U. The local onion of the W. C. T. U. will meet next Tuesday afternoon, November 20, at the home of Mrs. Clarence Tubbs, in Pendleton, at 211 south Perkins street. All members and friends are invited. Touchet Takes Game From Athena On A Muddy Battle Ground Ferrins to Hanson proved to be the undoing of Athena Hi on a mud dy battle field Friday afternoon, Touchet winning 18 to 6. Three perfectly completed forward passes of stellar magnitude, pulled off with canny precision by the said Ferrins and Hanson were solely responsible for the three Touchet touchdowns, and' not much of anything else, for the boys from out of the valley could get nowhere in bucking the Athena line, when the ball was in home territory. . - The middle of the field was swim ming in mud, and for the kiCkoff the ball was placed on the east side and toed by Hansell on an. angle to the Touchet safety, "who returned it ten yards. Touchet was held for downs. In three line plunges and Crowley's end run, and before the side lines were hardly aware of it, - the ball was on Touchet's two yard line. My rick carried the ball over for the score, but the try for the extra point failed. Gee, but it looked easy, and then things began to happen. Coach "Pike" Miller suddenly remembered that Myrick was carrying a bad knee around, and sympathetically or something else he wigwagged the Athena fullback out of the game, and a little later Huffman was pulled in. The teams seasawed back and forth in neutral territory, fussing with a wet ball with "Athena's fum bles giving the breaks to the visiting team, until Ferrins looped a pass over to Hanson that was good for a touch down, but the pass for the extra point failed. Score 6-6. Athena zoomed off down the field, then one of the Ferrins-Hanson passes was intercepted and Athena had the ball on the Touchet 20-yard line. A heart-breaking fumble gave the ball to Touchet and Athena's fine chance to score went glimmer ing. The whole Touchet team ran down with a punt, and the only time during the game Crowley was held for no yardage on returning the ball. A penalty set Athena back, which was immediately followed by a fum ble. Then from his knees Perrins tossed another one of iis dadgwited passes to Hanson, who like a giraff, stretched up and pulled it out of the air and scampered across for a sec ond touchdown. No conversion; score 12-6. Myrick and all first string men opened the second half and the Tou chet air flight being checked, both teams resorted to a punting duel, with Athena getting the best of it. Crowley repeatedly made astounding yardage on his return of punts, catching the ball at difficult angles and carrying with fine bursts of speed. Athena was getting more yardage from; scrimmage than Tou chet, but the breaks were going to the valley team. Another penalty and a ragchewing match out there in the mud, and then Athena lost the ball on a fumble. Touchet made yardage through the line, and then suddenly another Ferrins-Hanson pass was completed for 20 yards, and on the next play the ball went over. Score 18-6. No scoring in the last quarter, Touchet put the ball on Athena's 2 yard line only to lose the ball on downs; nothing else but mud. A Benefit Dance for The Boy Scout Troop A benefit dance will be given at Legion Hall tomorrow night for the Athena Boy Scout troop, for the purpose of liquidating the indebted ness of the troop which was incurred in connection with the summer camp ing period at the scout camp on the Walla Walla river. The benefit dance is sponsored by the troop committee and during the week tickets for the event have been sold at $1 each. The entire com munity being a patron of the dance, its success is assured both from a social and financial standpoint. Bench-Land Seed Peas Weston Leader: It is announced that the Washington-Idaho Seed company, Inc., of Spokane, is now ready to enter into contracts through Lance Kellough of Weston for the purchase of the product from 2000 acres of seed peas to be grown on the bench lands in this territory. Five hundred acres are desired on each of the four benches Baskett, Weston, Reed and Hawley and Wild Horse mountains. Armistice Day All business houses, with few ex ceptions, closed in Athena Monday in observance of Armistice Day. Ex tensive programs were given at Pen dleton and Walla Walla, and numbers of Athena people motored to those places. Baptist Choir Benefit . A benefit social for the Baptist choir was held last evening at the home of Mr. and. Mrs. Ralph McEwen. A program was enjoyed by those present, and refreshments were served. School Meeting For District 29, Monday The legal voters of School District No. 29 will meet at the school house next Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, for the purpose of discussing the budget as formulated by the levying board, and to vote on the proposition of levying a special district tax. The total amount of money needed by the district for the fiscal year be ginning on June 30, 1928, and ending on June 30 1929, is estimated in the budget to be $12t857.50. Total estimated receipts from county school fund, from state school fund, the elementary school fund and probable upexpended balance at end of the current year, total $5,142.62, leaving a balance of $7,714.88 to be raised by district tax. The total bonded indebtedness of the district at the present time amounts to $13, 600. Etude Club Sings Tonight Tonight, at the Christian church, supplementing and preceding revival sermon delivered by Rev, Johnson, the Etude club will give a program of solos, quartets and choruses. It has been some time since this popular musical organization has been heard in public, ' and a large audience is expected to be present. Mrs. Dudley Entertains Mrs. Glenn Dudley entertained the 3 o' 4 bridge club at her home, Thurs day afternoon of last week. Four tables were in play. Mrs. Ravlla Lieuallen won the club prize, Mrs. Richards the consolation and Mrs. Henry Dell the guest prize. Spuds and Turkeys For Northern Pacific St. Paul. To supply the require ments of nearly a ton a day, the Northern Pacific dining car depart ment has laid in its annaul potato stock of nearly 350 tons, according to A. A. Thomson, superintendent of that department. . Of the supply about 250 tons are of the variety from which are pre pared big baked potatoes, which have gained a reputation on the railroad's dining cars. These potatoes are care fully selected in western Montana and Washington, principally in the Bitter Root and Yakima valleys. The dining car department also is making provision to purchase two tons of turkeys for the Thanksgiving period. These turkeys will be pur chased in Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Washington and Oregon. Will Be At Homecoming Mr. and Mrs. C. L. McFadden of Athena, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ban ister, Mr. and Mrs. Fisk and Mr. John Banister of Weston, comprised an automobile party, who left Wednesday morning for Corvallis, to participate in the homecoming festivities on the Oregon State Col lege campus today and tomorrow. Card of Thanks We desire to express through the columns of The Press, our sincere thanks for the sympathy and kind ness extended by neighbors and friends, during the illness and death of our beloved mother, Mrs. Anna Mclntyre, and also for the beautiful floral offerings. THE FAMILY. The Stanfield Project Was Discussed At a Washington Meeting Washington. Affairs of the Stan field irrigation project, with a view to possible assistance by the govern ment where discussed with Commis sioner Mead of the reclamation bureau today by Senators McNary and Steiwer. Considerable sums are needed for financing settlers. Dr.Mead said assurances must be definite be fore he will be in position to recom mend an appropriation to construct canals and laterals and perform other work estimated to cost $575, 000. - Mead will formulate his views in a letter so the matter may be placed before the Oregon-State De velopment league, Pendleton com mercial bodies and the railroads, through whose combined efforts it is believed that financing may be ac complished. That the individual settler should furnish about 50 per cent of the capital required for mak ing a home and the assisting agen cies the other half is the present view of Dr. Mead, the Oregon senators say, and if assurance can be obtained along this line Mead will act toward the necessary appropria tion to complete the job as a federal project. Mead also promises to write a statement covering the Westland project lands. McFadden Family In An Automobile Wreck C. L. McFadden and his family were in an automobile wreck twenty five miles north of Corvallis Wednes day afternoon, in which the McFad den car was badly damaged but the occupants fortunately escaped in jury. In announcing the accident to B. B. Richards, Mr. McFadden stated that one woman in the other car was seriously hurt. No further details were given. Mr. and Mrs. McFadden and chil dren left Athena Wednesday morn ing en route to Corvallis, to' attend the Homecoming at Oregon State College, and the accident transpired before they reached their destination. Oregon State College Farm Market Review Pacific coast wheat markets were slightly more active last week. There was a better demand from Europe and soft red winter prices in east ern markets , tended to be firmer. Domestic wheat markets held gen erally steady and there was little change in the general market situa tion. Total exports of North American wheat to date about equals last year at this time, the Canadian shipments being heavy enough to offset slow movement from the United States, Methodist Ladies Entertain The ladies aid of the Methodist church, entertained Wednesday after noon at the hospitable home of Mrs. Wm. McLeod with 22 ladies present. A complete surprise was given the guests of honor, Mrs. John Burke, Mrs. Ralph Singer and Mrs. W. Mc Pherson who were presented with pieces of cut glass in appreciation of their services to the society. Under the direction of Mrs. C. B. Moore a number of mirth-provoking games were played, after which a two course luncheon was served by Mrs. W. McLeod and Mrs. W. O. Read, assisted by Mrs. H. H. Hill and Mrs. Clarence Hand. Not There This Year John H. Murray, district manager for the Pacific Telephone & Tele graph company, came up from Pen dleton Wednesday, and was a Press office caller, Mr. Murray who is an ardent supporter of athletics at his alma mater, the University of Ore gon and whose interest in Umatilla county school athletes is well known, found business matters so pressing that he will be unable to witness the game tomorrow between Oregon and Oregon State College, at Corvallis. Appendicitis Victim Christopher Rose, a young man em ployed on the farm of Mrs. Berlin, northwest of Athena, was stricken with appendicitis and removed to a Walla Walla hospital, where later an operation was performed. Athena Bridge Club Mrs. H. A. Barrett was hostess to the Athena bridge club at her home, Friday afternoon of last week. Mrs. H. I. Watts won club honors, and Mrs. Chase Garfield was awarded the guest prize. May Shed Arm at Will A starfish may jerk off ench of Its five arms seized in succession ; It may cast off an Injured or parasitized arm ; In rare cases there Is multiplication by division. Sea cucumbers discharge their viscera In the spasms of cupture and may thus escape from no aston Ished fos. The replacement r.f the food canul Is sometimes accomplished In ten !nyx. though It mny t.ike as many weeks. GRANGE LEADER SAYS BILL IS DEAD A New Program Replaces The McNary-Haugen Measure. i , - " Washington, D. C. A declaration that the McNary-Haugen bill was dead is coupled with a plea to farm ers td : unite on a legislative pro gram in the address of Louis J. Taber, master of the national grange, at the opening session of that organization's convention. The grange master outlined aa agricultural rehabilitation program which included wider organization among frrmers and the use of ex port debenture "as a means of mak ing the tariff effective on farm crops." "I believe that it if such action had been taken early in the present ad ministration we would have been en joying during the recent past and present certain aids from our fed eral government which would bo helpful to the agriculture of Amer ica,", the grange master said. 'I feel certain that our farm or ganizations, and particularly the grange will accept a bill which will meet with the approval of the con gress and the president. Perhaps such a bill will not be perfect, but it will be one which will enable us to get started on the right track to ward federal farm aid." Mr. Taber's agricultural program was divided into five sections. It in cluded: "Wider organization of the farmers themselves for improvement pur poses; better balanced crop produc tion in all sections; extensive re search to find industrial uses for surplus farm products. "Increased duties on many agri cultural imports; broadened powers of the tariff commission; equality for the farmer on a level with other producers. 1 . "Application, to agriculture of the same type of adjustments of the tariff laws as have been necessary to accommodate industry. Specifically the use of the export debenture plan as a means of making the tariff ef fective on those staple farm crops of which we still produce a surplus. "Replace present haphazard, care less dumping methods with business like distribution, aided by the exten sion of co-operative marketing; but with the control always in the hands of the farmers themselves. "Opposing new irrigation and recla mation projects until evidence ap pears of actual need for food pur poses. Encouragement of preserva tion and extension of forest and recreation areas, including the re forestation of certain farm lands." Tabor expressed strong opposition to what he termed "corporation farm ing," which he said involved large investments of capital, mass produc tion and the substitution of hired farm labor for owner-operators. "Destroy the independent farm unit," he said, "and we have de destroyed the backbone of American agriculture." With respect to Muscle Shoals, Taber declared that the government "should at once put this great plant into operation" and dispose of surplus power "in such a manner as to pro tect the public interest." Old Time Weston Boy Mr. and Mrs. Alpha Wood were Press office callers . Tuesday fore noon. Mr. and Mrs. Wood are sales people who have traveled extensive ly throughout the United States. A part of the time they reside at Wes ton, in the home of Mrs. Frauds C. Wood, a well known pioneer lady of that city, mother of Mr. Wood. The Press man remembers Alpha as a likable kid in the town over the hill many years ago. Return From Parkdale Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Huggins have returned to their home in Athena from Parkdale, near Hood River, where they were employed during the fruit-picking season. They will re... main in Athena for the winter. All Noses Counted James King, city marshal of Wes ton, was an Athena visitor Tuesday. After counting noses, the Press re porter found all Athena citizens pres ent, after the officer from over the hill had taken his departure. ' See Pendleton Game Coach "Pike" Miller took a car load of his football boys down to Pendleton Monday afternoon to wit ness the LaGrande-Pendleton foot ball game. The teams played to a 0-0 tie. Visiting at Milton Mrs. Bern Bannister has been visit ing this week at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Raymond Geissel, in Milton.