Entered at the Poet Office at Athena, Oregon, as Qecond-CIoee, Mail Matter VOLUME 50. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8. 1929 NUMBER 6 4 t X. I I SCOUTS OBSERVE UIIIIRI Contests, Training School Etc., Planned for the Next Few Weeks. Walla Walla. Local Boy Scouts and scout leaders are to observe the nineteenth anniversary of scouting during the week beginnig Thursday, according to plans announced by the Walla Walla scoutmasters' associa tion. All inter-troop first aid con test, scoutmasters training school, patrol leaders' training school, and a scout circus and exposition were among other events scheduled to keep local scouts busy. Several troops have special troop meetings planned in observance of anniversary week, and on Saturday and Sunday, through the courtesy of the Inland Theatres, Inc.," all Boy Scouts will be admitted free to the Capitol theatre to see special feature pictures showing Boy Scouts in action. The local scout troops will have a small exhibit of scouting pro jects on the balcony. of the theatre, . and will put on two demonstrations of scouting during the Saturday shows A special invitation is given to all out-of-town scouts to attend. Scouts not in uniform will . wear their scout badges as means of identifica tin. " . , . Local scoutmasters reported that many scouts are feeding small birds that are having difficulty getting food at present. Groups of scouts are al so planning expeditions to feed game birds in the vicinity. The scouts would be glad to know of places where birds are gathered and in need. The Sportsmen's association ia. cooperat ing by furnishing feed, Leaders' training eourses, both for junior and senior c.out leaders, were arranged to begin series of at least six weekly sessions Wednesday, Feb. 13. The adult leaders will, be divided into two groups, those not having received previous training, and an advanced group. These adult groups will meet from 7:30 to 9:30, at the Chamber of Commerce. . The junior leaders, consisting of patrol leaders, scribes and other boy leaders, will meet Wednesdays, after school, at the local high schbql. " Certificates Wil be issued those completing train ing. The inter-troop first aid contest was arranged to be held at the county armory Friday, March J, A first rid banner will be awarded the winning first aid team. Several scout leaders reported that patrols of scouts were already en gaged in preparing merit . badge booths to demonstrate some of- ihe many vocational subjects taught in scouting, tq be shotn, at the scout circus and exposition to be held early in May, Sixteen scout leaders were present at the meeting. District scout com missioner, 0. E. Hoover presided. Scout executive F. Douglas Hawley acted as secretary of the meeting. The association planned to hold its next nifetityg in conjunction with the first' meetig gf the lexers' "framing schoof Pels. 3, Snow Plow At Work One of the county snow plows, drawn by a tractor, passed through Athena Wednesday morning, going to the district west of town, where it will clear the roads of snow. Traffic on country roads has Keen ' greatly slowed iip pn "Recount of snbw.Leav jng he cpnter of the hjghwgy means a. lot ef trouble in getting back again. The surfaced highway between Ath ena, Pendleton, and Walla Walla has . been kept open to traffic by crews with snow plows. "' - - Wauna Camp Fire Group Organized One Year Ago in Athena (By Hilda Dickenson) The Wauna CamD Fire eirls have been organized one year this month. The group has been very successful in camnfire work as well as in a social way. , The girls themselves are responsible for the success oi Lamp Fire in Athena. They are all as en thusiastic and interested today as they were a year ago. So many girls applied for membership that miss Mvrtle Potts started 1 another group to make room for them. , The eirls aDDreciate the splendid support the townspeople have given them in their various enterprises. All the eirls in the Wauna group who are eligible have taken Wood Gatherer's rank and every girl can nroudlv display a lone bright strand of honor beads. The girls who are Wood Gatherers are as follows: Betty Eager, Marjorie Douglas, Arleen My riok. Marv TomDkins. Myrtle Camp bell, Laura Ross, Velma Boss, Valerie Cannon, Nylene Taylor, Marjorie Montague, Helen Barrett, Goldie Miller. Mildred Hansell. Jean Zerba, Esma Hiteman, Bertha- Price,. Doro thy Burke and Esther Berlin. Ber nice Wilson is a new member who is planning to take rank at the Grand Council Fire in Walla Walla, next month. 1 Esther Berlin is the only girl who is eligible for Fire-Makers rank and she is also planning to take her rank at Walla Walla. The Wauna girls are working on their honors toward Fire-Makers rank as a group. The last two meet ings have been devoted to first aid work. All the girls are planning to finish their tests on bandaging this month, t Dues and subscriptions to "Every Girl" a Camp Fire monthly magazine, are due this month. Wauna girls are holding a cooked food sale at Eagers Grocery Saturday morning- to defray this expepse. Telephone your orders early, "Beggars f Life" Two Nighta "Beggars of Life," a big nine-reel feature picture, starring Wallace Beery, Louis. Brooks and Richard Arlen is eeming tq the Standard Theatre for two nighta, tomorrow and Sunday, at regular admission prices. The story, well out of the ordinary, is from the pen of Jim Tully, modern American literary giant, and the Paramount cast includes a dazzling array of talent The complete pro gram for each night is well balanced and comprises elevep reels. Better Agriculture Planned An Agricultural Economic confer ence will be held in Weston, says the Leader, This fact was brought to light last Monday at a meeting of fanners and business men in the Wes ton bank, the officers of which have been active in developing the plan. . The meeting was -attended by County Agent Walter A.- Holt, who. explain ed the purpose of the conference, which is to be called some time in March. - Oregon State College ' Plans 2-Year Courses ' Hereafter high ' school , graduates who plan to operate farms or become homemakers, but do not care for the full degree courses in agriculture or home economics, may obtain intensive practical training in these two schools through two-year courses just ap proved by the regents, of Oregon State college. Details of the new plan are being worked out for submitting to the state hoard of higher curricula, whose approval is necessary before the courses may be offergc. . The aim of these new courses is to allow the students to get brief practical training in subjects ap plicable to home and farm life, with out forcing them to take the full four years of work which would fit them for a larger number of occupa tions. Credit acquire in the short course rnay" later be" applied on de gree work if the student so desires. Medal Is Sought For Brockman, Trapper Hero A Carnegie medal will be sought for Phil Brockman, Blue mountain trapper,' who found the wrecked mail plane of Harold E. Buckner, Yarney Air Lines pilot, carried the Injured aviator to his cabin at Horse Ranch, Or., and ,then mushed 12 miles through four to six feet of snow to tell of the accident. This was announced at Seattle, by officials of the air lines, who - said Charles T. Wrightson, Boise businesa manager of thVconceni was "prepar ing uie necessary aaia,. Brockman. hiketf from. 9:30 P, M. un til 9 A, M. the following day, making about a mile an hour. Buckner lived for some hours after the wreck, but died before being brought back to civilization. Gold Stirs Grants Pass A new gold, strike " has "caused a sensation at Grants Pass,' On,e piece of the ore ten inches long by eight inches wide and four Inches thick, was estimated by the First National Bank to contain $2,000 in gold. An other piece, slightly larger, contained $1,500 in gold. Portland interests own the property. Double Header Lost Athena lost a double header - to Griswold high school of Helix, Fri day evening. The boys" lost to Helix by one point, "26 6 25; the exact score by which they won on the home floor, several weeks ago. Griswold girls won from Athena high by the score of 30 to 7. Blow Fatal to Boxer Eddie Cartwright, a well known negro boxer of Portland, died short ly after he was knocked out in the third round of his bout with Cecil Beysel, at Seattle,' "Ttresday night. Cartwright has appeared on Walla Walla fight programs. Head H. S. Press Group at University of Oregon Jot ( fSA-wii 5.,0- H IN '- 1 ttsmj 1 war-1 ' Inlow of Pendleton Named To Head New Normal At LaGrande These promising young journalists .ead the Oregon High School Press conference for 1929-30. They were elected at the 1928-29 conference at the University of Oregon. ' Left to right, they are: Dudley McClure, edi tor of the Benson "Tech Pep," Port land, president, who also carried home the Arnold Bennett Hall cup for pui ting out the state's best high schoo paper; Julia Creech, editor of the Sa lem "Clarion." secretary and winnei of the Eugene Guard cup for best pn per In schools of more than 600; Did Gobel, editor of the Grant "Grantonl an," : Portland, vice-president. Regents Change 1. -V i f v'..;;':"H ' mmmmmm mm Judge J. W, Hamilton, Roseburg, (aboye) haB resigned as' a raemhef ifhe' board pf regents at the Univ sity of: Qrgen after glvln? 99 ycar' lervice te the Eugene institution. Suc ceeding him to the presidency of the governing board is Fred Flsk, Eugene, (below). Stockmen Eleft Qfticers ' The Weston Stockmen's, association met at Weston Monday and elected the following otflcersi J. p. ueuai len, president j P. A. McBride, vice president; Ralph Tucker,' secretary treasurer and Will R." McLean and C. H. Sams were named on the ad visory board. Clarence Ross will again be rider for the association, and a telephone will be installed in his cabin. The Association has approxi mately 600 head pf stock on ita range, covering tne hefidwatera of the Umatilla, river, Committee In Favor of Bagging One Mule Deer (Oregon Voter Reporting Service) ' StateHouse, Salem. "The sports men of Klamath County are opposed to the reduction of bag on deer, be cause the deer are on the increase down there,", said Representative Collier of Klamath Falls, m a com mittee discusssion of house bill No. 139, relative to open seasons and bag limits on game." "I , think they would be satisfied to have the limit one mule and one black-tailed, or twq hjaek-talled deer." ; "If we moved the season ahead ten days,' but not actually- shorten it, that might prove a remedy, ' suggest ed Representative Snell of Arlington. ; "I don't think the. hunters in my county would object to that," said Mr. Collier, . - Upon motion' of Representative Dockwood of " Douglas ; County ; the Committee decided to amend the bill to read one mule deer, or two- black tailed deer, as the bag limit, "If the season is different for the two game district in the state, there will be thousands who will get their black-tailed deer, and then not be able to get a mule deer," was the ob jection of Representative Howard of Lane County, Upon motion it was decided to leave the opening date in district one, that west of the Cascades, as it is. "Well, I would like to see the pro vision tacked on that the Governor's executive order be denied him.," re marked Representative, Clark of Clackamas County, "AlmoMi "everyone " would like to Jiave the season set back in my dis trict," said Representative Norvell of Umatilla County, "I believe it should be postponed at least ten days on ac count of fire." "I am going to move that the. open season in district twt) (that east of the Cascade..) should be the same as jn. district one," aaid Mr, Snell, "with the limit at one mule deer. This idea of two seasons will give the same hunters two opportunities to kill game. "I would rather vote with Mr. Nor vell and put the season later?" re marked Mr. Clark, "Let us let H go as It is for the entifa, state until we, hear from Eastern Oregon," aald Mr. Snell. The motion, opening the season September 10th., passed. Icebound Roofs Ladders and shovels were much in demand at Athena the fore part of the week when a thick coating of ice formed on roofs at the edge of the eaves, causing the water from melting snow to back up and seep - through, and down the walls in a number- of homes. , Remova pj im and snow on the p(f' relieved the situation. Athena At Adams Athena high school boys and girls" basketball teams go to Adams tonight to play a doubleheader with Adams school teams. , The Adams boys lost to Athena in a game played on the local floor by the score of 21 to 18, and the Adams girls won over Ath ena by one point margin, 19. to 1. The games tomorrow night a.r x pected to be clqselp contested. . Jtf riy. CecjljGreer and Mrs. Newton 0Harra of Weslon,' Were"AtheTla Vis-' itor, Monday. - Wild Turkeys Increase According to Harold Clifford, state game warden, wild turkeys are in creasing in numbers. The birds are being propagated at the state game farma at Pendleton, Corvallls and Eugene. Last fall numbers of the birds were liberated in Polk, Clacka mas, Wallowa, Wasco, Curry and Umatilla counties. - Elk Feed Near Walla Walla It is reported that a herd of elk have come out of the mountains into the foothill country southwest of Wal la Walla, where the animals are rang ing for feed. Albert Baker, forest ranger at Walla Walla, reports that the deep snow N the Blue Mountains is making it easy for coyotes to prey on deer. Elks Present Minstrel A host of Athena members of the Pendleton lodge of Elks and their friends attended the minstrel' show given by lodge members Wednesday night The big show was a glowing success in every particular, and was put on with a scale bordering upon professional achievement. Many Students Fail More than S00 students, or 11 per cent of the student body at Washing ton State College, failed to meet scholastic requirement daring the rsemester , just 6 .ejosed, . . Frank . T. uanraro, registrar oreciojea. Pendleton, Or. H. E. Inlow, who for the past nine years has been superintendent of the Pendleton schools, was elected president of the Eastern Oregon Normal school by the state board of regents at a meet ing at Salem Saturday. Mr. Inlow was nominated by George A. Hart- man, local member of the state board and he received an unanimous elec tion. ; ' I The matter of- choosing a succes sor for Mr. Inlow may not be taken up by the school board right away, for Mr. Inlow will remain here until June 1, though he is officially presi dent of the new normal school now. The board of regents had 17 ap plications for the position before it, but Mr. Inlow was elected on the first ballot with six of the eight votes, and the election was then made un animous. Mr. Inlow's term will ex pire June 30, 1933. The salary is $4500 a year, the same as he now re ceives here. 1 Though the new normal school at La Grande will not be completed until early in May, Mr. Inlow will spend some time checking with the heads of the Ashland and Monmouth Nor mal schools. At present he is at Ashland conferring with J. A. Churchill, president of that school, he will also visit at Monmouth before returning here. Before coming to Pendleton, Mr. Inlow was for six years at the head of the Forest Grove schools and for six years he was aT director of the Eastern Oregon Summer Normal school. He holds degrees from the University of Oregon and Stanford University and is now preparing to take his master's degree. In 1928, Mr. Inlow was president of the Ore gon State Teacher's association. Mr. Inlow has received recognition through the northwest for" notable work done by him while he has been superintendent here. 1 Would Control Dancing i ; i- Clubs By Licensing (Oregon Voter Reporting Service ' State House, Salem. "The penal ties for selling intoxicating liquor to minors are so small, they merely pay the fines and tro ahead as it is now," said Senator George W. Dunn ot Ashland, "and for this reason senate bill No. 27, changing such an act to a felony, punishable by imprison ment in the penitentiary, has been introduced. "They have all kinds of methods for evading the law. These kids go out to a public dance and get drunk until far after 12 o'clock. As this is against the law in a public dance hall they have invented so called clubs, where they pay so much and become a member. These clubs are not required to have a license. They join one night and then forget all about it until the next time. To remedy this situation I have introduc ed a bill including these so called clubs under the public dance hall license act." Furs Worth $1100 Sold To Dealers At Weston Fred Peterson of Weston has re cently established an unusual enter prise that promises to be of consid erable interest to the residents of this community. It is in the nature of a fur exchange, reports the Leader Saturday, January 19, a fur sale was held there through the efforts of Mr. Peterson and was attended by buyers from different fur cen ters. The active bidding which fol lowed resulted in establishing one of the best markets noted this season for local furs. The collection of pelts offered brought a total of $1100. These furs were nearly all secured by ranchers in the southern part of the country. Mr. Peterson says: "The badger is one of the leading furs on the market today and is nn animal that is quite easily trapped. Every farmer in localities which are known to be its habitat should, I think, try his hand at trapping the badger. "In destroying te badger we not only rid the farm of a pest but get amply paid for our efforts as well. The fur of this animal will have a market value until about April 1st. The skins at the local sale brought an average of five dollars each." Mr. Peterson recommends the use of scent in trapping these animals. Touchet Plays Tonight Athena high school boys and girls lost to Touchet high school some weeks ago in the Washington town. Tonight the Touchet teams visit Athena on the home floor, coming for a doubleheader. The game is called for 7:30 at an admission charge of 35 cents. Atiiena is going out after these games and as the teams are evenly matched the contests should U lively Pn'?. i . SCOTT IS AUTHOR OF TWO BILLS One Would Provide for Tax Lein Against Insurance Policies. (Oregon, Voter Reporting Service) State House, Salem, Representative James H. E. Scott of Milton is the author of two bills for which he says there has been great demand in Uma tilla county. The purpose of House bill No. 171 which provides for a tax lien against the proceeds of any in surance policy on personal property destroyed by fire explained Mr. Scott is to save the state, county and city the large amount of taxes lost in such cases. "This bill will prevent such a loss on all property which is insured. " There is a similar bill in the state of Washington," he said. "House bill No. 272 providing for the licensing of farm produce brokers ia one for which there has been much demand in fruit growing sections," Mr. Scott said. At present there is no law requiring the commission merchants to submit an itemized re port at any specified time. The new bill requires such arejort to be sub mitted every thirty days, it nas been modeled after the law in Idaho. Altogether Mr. Scott has introduc ed 11 bills during the first three weeks of the legislative session. The members of the Umatilla dele gation in the present session of the state legislature were visited the past week by F. S. Wilson, formerly of Athena, in regard to proposed legislation. "My secretary advised me 1 had lost three big law cases, the fees of which would have been several hundred dollars," said one attorney member of the legislature. He was referring to business he lost by be ing at Salem last session. "A friend congratulated me on elee- -tion to this legislature," Sie continued. "He thought there was a big salary attached. He was amazed when I told him the salary was $3.00 a day for only 40 days. If people under stood how much of a financial sac rifice it is to be a member of the legislature they would not criticise for our voting ourselves $5.00 a day as expense money. The $5.00 does not begin to pay our expenses hero at Salem." A tax of one twentieth of a cent per pound of butter is required to be paid by all creameries under House bill No. 343, introduced by Repre sentative Mark J. Johnson of Astoria, President of the big Cooperative Creamery located in that city. The proceeds would go into the State general fund. The bill provides that each cream grader must be licensed and that he shall grade cream or milk correctly and accurately as it arrives in each separate can. The standards for grading are to be promulgated by the State Dairy and Food Commis sioner. For false grading a heavy penalty is provided. Careful records are required to be kept by creameries. Senator Fred Kiddle of Island City spent last week-end in Olympia, Washington, attending Oregon-Washington conference on Columbia River fishing. The committee. was compos ed of seven senators, seven repre sentatives, the speaker of the house and the president of the senate. A similar delegation from the Washing ton state legislature composed the conference group. AH laws governing fishing on the Columbia River must be approved and agreed upon by this joint com mittee and then passed in identical terms by both state legislatures to be legal, according to an agreement be tween the two states. Harold Warner and Cecil Curl, both of Umatilla county, were recent visitors at the state legislature now in session at Salem. While in Salem, they were entertained by Senator Fred E. Kiddle, Island City. How to divide livestock taxes on a just basis is a problem which nearly every legislature tries to meet. This year the attempt is made in House bill 315 by representative Johnson of WaHowa county. Wherever the crit ter is at 1 a. m., March 1, is to be its home county and ki that county it is to be assessed under this bill. The home county is to capture 60 per cent of the taxes and . the grazing county 40 per cent.. If there are two or more grazing counties they are to divide the 40 per cent between them. County . agents, owners of grazing land, stockyards companies, and as sessors, are required to cooperate in compiling the information. Sterling Parris managed to buck the snow Wednesday by team, and came to town for the first . time in rMSaldityt