The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, December 21, 1928, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEntered at the Post Office at Athena. Oregon, as Second-Claee Mall Matter VOLUME 49. ATIIENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21. 1928 NUMBER 51 SPORTSMEN FAVOR RIVERS COUSIN Charles Lockwood of Rose burg Elected President of State Game Protectors. Portland. Somewhat chastened in spirit as the result of the defeat of the "four rivers" bills sponsored by .them in the late. election, deter mined and harmonious,' "delegates of the Oregon Game Protective associa tion met in annual session and unani mously adopted a resolution designed to meet the objections to the four rivers bills and at the same time ac complish the purposes sought by them. The resolution asks the state legislature at its coming session to create a commission of five persons not public office holders to control the industrial and recreational uses of Oregon streams and that two of the five members of such commission shall be representative of the sports men's interests. The resolution is in line with one adopted at a conference of sports men, power and industrial interests called recently by the Portland Cham "ber of Commerce. Delegates from 13 counties of Oregon were in attend ance. The river commission recom mended by the resolution provides that: 1. The commission shall regulate the diversion and use of water taken from streams. 2. The construction of dams or other obstacles that interfere with the free flow of the water. 3. Stream pollution. 4. Any other matter that affects the general public interest. A number of other important reso lutions recommended to the state legislature for its consideration were adopted after brief discussions, and unanimously. The association also went on rec ord against any attempt to put a law cn the statute books to commercialize hook and line fishing for salmon, ask ed that the legislature set aside Slim mer lake as a public shooting ground, indorsed the project to make the Mount Hood national forest a game refuge and opposed any effort to re consolidate the state game and fish commissions. Holiday Week At Standard Theatre Special programs for entertain ment at the Standard Theatre for holi day week, begin Christmas night with the presentation of "Old Ironsides," featuring Esther Ralston, Wallace Beery, Charles -Farrel and Johnny Walker. A short prologue, featur ing the reading of Oliver Wendell Holmes' famous poem of the frigate "Constitution," written in 1830, will be presented before the screening of the picture.. Mrs. Pinkerton will in terpret the music score for the presentation of the photoplay at the piano. Regular admission prices pre vail. Metro-Goldwyn's gorgeous produc tion, "Napoleon," Pola Negri in Loves of an Actress," and Colleen Moore in "Happiness Ahead" on New Years night, complete the holiday week programs. Tomorrow night the Standard will take pleasure in presenting Colleen Moore in First National's fine photo play, "Oh, Kay!" Miss Moore is sup ported by a star cast including Law rence Gray, Alan Hale, Ford Ster ling, Claude Gillingwater and Julanne Johnson. Sunday night Bebe Daniels comes to the Standard in Paramount's rollicking comedy-drama, "Take Me Home." It's a whale of a play with oceans of fine acting and photography perfection. Disposed of Bean Crop Weston Leader: Joe Payant has disposed of the major portion of his bean crop, about .25 tons, to the Skaggs chain stores, and the beans are being shipped by truck. Joe re ports that he received fairly profit able returns from his crop, which was the largest some 145 acres ever raised in this section. The variety was Red Mexican and the quality good. L. L. Montague Weds L. L. Montague, former Athena resident, now mayor of Arlington, and one of the promoters of the pro posed interstate toll bridge over the Columbia at Arlington, was united in marriage last week to Mrs. Sophia Douglas, widow of the late Frank Douglas, who was a prominent busi ness man of that city. William Booher HI William Booher was seriously ill Monday forenoon when he was strick en with a severe pain in his chest Prompt measures taken by Dr. Sharp, attending physician, gave Mr. Booher relief, since which time he has been gradually improving. & vy . . - tv. . - Ait iH y4 f f " i A 4 1 . : ' 1 x;tfi lVv ,y AINU rAjr - 'mm&m, children Oregon State College Farm Market Review lief of property or Auto Owner Point at Issue. There was hot much change in the wheat and rye markets last week, al though Pacific Coast . markets were lightly firmer and somewhat more active. The volume of business con- port movement. About one-haif of Plans Diverge Widely, Ite- the wheat in the Portland trade ter ritory remains on farms according to unofficial estimates.' Exports of wheat from the United States, including flour, ' from July. 1 to November 24 were only 85,918,000 . John W. Kelly in Oregonian) bushels compared to 135,194,000 last la it to be property tax .relief or year at tne same date, or aDout ou,- Uutomobila license relief 7 Tnat is 000,000 bushels less. . Exports from what, tfc property tax relief couunu. uanaaa, nowever, were aooui ioo,- sion. wants to know. 505,000 bushels in that period, or 60,- The committee trying to relieve the 000,000 bushels more, and for all ex- burden on taxpayers is on the road porting countries the movement was for a headon collision with Governor ahead about 36,000,000 bushels com- Patterson's demand for relief of old pared to last year. automobiles, and the senate lejris- Umted States wheat may be m bet- lntitve committee's plan for revision ter demand during the next few f auto licenses (horizontal and not weeks before the southern hemisphere exclusively old rattle-traps), both of crop movement gets unaer way ex- which advocate another one cent gas tensively. Although soft red winter fx wheat is selling at St. Louis a little v the time the "first committee" higher than a year ago, and there is 0f the property tax relief commis a great scarcity of low protein wheats sion j,ai a f ew minutes' conference this year, substitution of softer lots with the arovernor and a more ex- oi nard red winter wneat Dy muis tended talk with the state highway is tending to hold down the price of commission, A. R. Shumway opined soft wheat. A good export movement that the only motion logical was one of . hard red would tend to improve for the committee trying to help the the situation lor other wheats. taxnavers to adiourn. The "third committee" favors elim- Athena. Students At inating the millage for state market fWo-nn ?fntp Tnllpp-p road purposes, saving tnereDy aDout UregOn Oiaie UOliege jli20o,000 a year, which is a direct ' lion nn real ent.ata. and substitutinir uregon state Agricultural college, i.cent easoiine tax. Corvalhs. Athena is represented by he plan was further taken up by two students of the 3463 students the "first committee" with the sug registered in the college. The total Ke8ti0n that the easoiine tax of a registration is almost 5000 including cent U8e(i not oniy a8 a substitute short course students. for the state market road millaare. but Norman Mclntyre is a iresnman tnftt the 25 ner cent rebate which registered in the school of commerce. COunties now receive from auto fees This course aims to tram the student i,e sed exclusivelv for retirin coun- for service, efficiency and business Uy road bonds, which would be furth- leadership. Mclntyre lives at Haw- r ren,,f on nronertv. Thirtv counties ley hall, which is one of the five units instead of applying this rebate for i ue i.e.. i.ii. o l pona retirement, use it on tubus unu is a member of the Hawley hall club, ievy a property tax to meet interest an organization 01 men living mere. amj principal on their road bonds. '7 4timm - ,m . ii . ..- v ste m G i :-.ut It dian't it happened to yon, an., ira. Est te'.l mo more about the cantos." "Tiioic Ln't mucli to tell. I thought every in New Kiilnnd knew about baybcr.'y candlrs. Tlioy are mude from II. t Icr.ves und berries of the bay tret?, iriv Sv-:-'. "But hew be vit s lis: 1 J ,;V- bcil t; iT.iit r.r.ij lovely to burn,'' do you you can't get v.vcs U'.is lime of year?" .' in nt vn.vlmw timns dur- ii:e r.nu.iicr p.s the berries ripen, nake t : berry rirti'er: -iuin't they date "i: ; !? And n't there COD UJ HANDLES'- ANNA L.NEWSGM BEG a tliou:;urd pardons," said Wade V"co(wi--a, ca l a stooped and reacliea una-r tUe feet of liurryin;: pedectritms to retrieve some tf the Clirlstrr.us candles that he had knoclcd Crom tho hands of Doris Marcl'.all. "It it was unr.vciu:.b!e, I'm sure," answered the girl, who, too, was try ing to sal vase some of tho fragrant waxen sticku. "I'm afraid that most of them are ruined," Wads went on. "It was awk ward of rce, but rcms hio Erownell's and we caa rerlace lliom w!lh others fo you're party won't be Fyoiled." "Bat we cau't replace them and they weren't for my party," said the girl, sorry that tKr couldn't be re placed. "Ycu Eeo, tiipy are bayberry candles, and 1 wake tketn." "Make them ! Tlion the fat is In the fire or to be f.ore exact, thf can dles are trampled under foot. What were you where were you taking them? To some ceo for Christmas?" , "Yes, and r.o. Lr. "Cs soil them for mc to order, you iz-? "They were order?" then and near ly all ruined. liut ri .o'y we can buy some to replace tl.rr.i. Candles are candles, aren't the: '" "Please don't wS:-.d." plsndcd Doris. 'I'm ecrry, lat is cc.f.'.'n't he helred and I can i.ial-u t c. "Tlien get into v. r car hers tad I can ran yon homi ii ro time." And Wade, taking her r.riii, dirccied her to his roadster at the arb. "What direction.'' l e asked? I live at 22) E;'st Vine almost country and it's putt ins too to a Jot of trouble," Doris a&'-wcred, "TrouM' And you c."n mention that after all the trouble I've caused you by r.:y cnrr!."nws?" "Flease fcrcct It Ii wan ire'.j en accident, and might have happened to so;.n j?ood luck s'iti abeut them? he asUcd. "I thousht you ci cht to remember," and Doris Quoted: ,f "A bayberry candle burned to the socket r.rlng3 lucl: to t'.io house, . Food for the larder, Vnd " 'Cold for the jdcliPt" Wade finished the quotation with a sn-.ilc. " . ; "You have a fine memory," laughefl Dor's, "and this la my 'acre'Mhe gray house In the bay trees. Thanli you so much for the troublo, ft was very kind of you to bring me," "But if you think my task Is done, you don't know Wado Woodburn and by the way, you haven't told me your name,'' "Doris Marshall," she told him, aa he assisted her from the enf, "You've got my Interest pll awised, and now I'm going to help you dip those candles to you won't have to work all night to make good your Joss," Tndeed, youH do no uch thing waste the rest of the afternoon on my candles with Christmas only three days away," "Then you don't want me to help you won't even let me have the pleasure of helping to replace some thing that I destroyed V . "Of course, If yon put it that way" "I do; so let's go in and get busy." Doris Introduced Wade to her seral lnvalid mother and told why he had) come; then she led the young man Into the spotless kitchen and provided him with one of her own blue ging ham aprons. She set the kettles of bayberry tallow on the stove to heat, and then showed Wade the Intricacies of candle-dipping. Boon he was able to do a pretty fair Job of making the several dips between the first few and the finishing plunges, which Doris did herself. For two or three hours they worked together over the fragrant wax. Wade told ber of his days in Brown unU verslty, and Doris confided to him that she had left Miss Baxter's School for Girls for a practical business course nftec her father had died, nod that sne naa to give uy ner pexntiff ff8 a stenographer when her mother be came partly disabled from a para lytic stroke. "This way I can be at home, nnd I can make as many as fiOO a day If I work hard," she told hlra. "Imadne rnaklnn ?00 a dry. and how many times Is each one dlpied,1 he asked, "thirty-five?"" The delicious New England supper of baked beans, brown bread and Christmas delicacies Mrs. Marshall prepared almost alone. She pushed her wheel chair from table to shelf and stove with ear.e and dexterity, Bayberry candles ehed a soft light and a pleaslns fragrance. "No wonder there is ready sale for them," said Wade. "Tbey are to fra grant" "And they brine good luck to all who burn them," smiled tho mother, mi tisjf MPS Send Cr.o to Your Sweetheart Burn Tomorrow Nlflht" to TAX RELIEF BODY STIRS THINGS UP He is also in the infantry corps of the R. O. T. C Clifford Wood is also a freshman registered in the school of commerce He is a member of the O. S. C chamber of commerce, an organization of students taking commerce, and is in the infantry corps of the R. O A committee from the county judges and commissioners appeared and declared in favor of leaving the market road program as it is, but said "this body will favor any re duction millage tax on real prop erty that the tax committee may see fit to make providing that they will C. Wood is also living at Hawley find new source of sunnlv to take hall and is a member of the Hawley us place." Insofar as the judges hall club. He was chosen as the rook Were concerned, they were in harm- representative to tne weaver .niKnis 0ny With the tax committee substltut- for Hawley hall, each hall having one ing a gas tax for the millage. sophomore and one rook Beaver Governor Patterson informed the Knight. Beaver Knights is a chapter committee that there is a demand for of the National Order of Intercol- reduction on automobiles and "if the legiate Knights and its purpose is to instruct and advise new men students in college traditions and rules. Turkeys and Mutton auto fees are not readjusted there will be something worse than the Dunne bills." C. C. Chapman replied that the "third committee" consid ers it more important to relieve prop- n,!n fi. ciinMi erty than to relieve automobile own UTmg UUl OnOOierS ers and tnat there is also a demand Shooters from Pendleton, Walla Walla and other nearby towns par ticipated with Athena scattergun artists in a turkey shoot Sunday on the local grounds. A number of tur keys were won by the shooters in the different events and choice mutton was also shot for over the traps. Quite an audience was present. A big bonfire contributed by Bert Ram say, chairman of the fuel committee, provided warmth and cheer for the crowd. A tent with a stove was the quarters where an appetizing lunch was served by Herman Geis- sel, chef. Omer Stephens, Glenn Dudley and Marion Hansen were the prime mov ers in getting up the shoot and the event was pulled off to entire satis faction of visiting gunners. for a reduction on property which should be listened to. Over the radio, declared the gover nor, he has promised automobile re duction and on the used cars. The legislature intends making a reduc tion and than apply a one-cent gas tax to take up the slack in revenues of the highway department. He op posed the idea of a two-cent addi tional tax, one for the relief of auto mobilists and one for the relief of taxpayers. The governor said he feared that unless the gas tax went to reduce auto licenses there would be a mix-up and throw the burden of the roads on property. i Walla Walla Takes Both Practice Games Here "even to uniting lovers who are true -If they both burn them on Christ meg eve." Two hours later when Wado was !t-'..:ng, l.e ur,::eJ for a pair of can- tl'.-.T. I'.rrls I.. 'A ul?Ja'y wrapped a pair f l.!:.i, co as c!;? save them to him to yo-jr sweetheart to : t.HuW, banding ;k:id cza i. : 1 : t. i i I .i 1 I t' c J'.iiior? I i i:ov that I .:, 13 I'l'.V: : 10 t";' ycc-tiu.t I ii..-. ViU you , C :-.i ,-' i n-i Lo l.rrd f t ' n,i i. '..ar "J 1. 1 ; .: fi.' It) ', '.ill i..sg to t 'y. ' I" ' : ;lit ust out The Walla Walla Eagles and the BOVS Find Man's Rndv Walla Walla Jokers, teams made of In Hills Near Wallula hnt.h nrnpf.iro o-nmm awav from Ath ena Friday nitrht in a doubleheader The body of George Libbett was nlaved on the local srvrn floor. found in the hills, one mile from Wal- Coach "Pike" Miller used his full lula by two boys, George Warner and string of players against the two Robert Vail. The top of his head had garden city teams, trying out several Deen blown ore witn a shotgun cnarge. different combinations in 'the lineups. The coroner decided it was suicide, The Jokers tumbled the locals over Libbett's hands being powder burned, in the first contest. 38-21. The evidently from holding the muzzle of Eagles played the better game, but the gun against his head. did not qualify so flashingly over the Nothing is known of him or wheth- combinations which Miller sent asrain- er the name is correct. He arrived in gt them, winning by the score of 20 Wallula recently and registered at a to 18, in a contest that was furiously hotel as "Ueorge Libbett of Chicago." fast in spots. Arthur Taylor ref- He borrowed a shotgun, ostensibly to ereed both games. kill some rabbits, and it is presumed he had intentions of suicide. I Installation of Officers Joint installation of officers will be norse Found In Cistern held this evening atl.O. O. F.-Kof P. A fine, bie 1800 pound horse which hall by Dolph Lodge No. 80 A. F. & was supposed to have strayed from A. M., and McKenzie Chapter O. E. others owned by W. C. Garfield, who s. ine following omcers win De in- is farmin Mrs. Temnleton's dace stalled for the Masonic lodjre: Louis west of Athena, was found in an old Keen, W. M.; Charles Smith, S. W.; cistern and with the as stance of sev- Charles Kirk, J. W.; Louis Berlin, . eral men with ropes; was rescued. The p.; Roland Morrison, J. D.; Thomas horse had been missinir for over a Kirk, is. S.j ay ramburn, J. jonn week, and all that time was in the Hale, Marshal; Samuel Pambrun, cister. standinsr in four feet of water, Chaplain: Reed Hill, Tyler. Of- where it had carried a portion of the fleers for McKenzie Chapter are: wire fence that enclosed the cistern. Mrs. Chas. Kirk, w. M.; A. K. cop- Stranee to say the animal was not Pck, W. P.; Mrs. E. C. Rogers, A. cut bv the wire, and aptfarently is M.; Mrs. H. I. Watts, S.; Mrs. B. B. none the worse for its imprision- Richards, T.; Mrs. W. r. Littlejohn, Im.nf C: Mrs. M. L. Watts. A. C.