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Entered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mall Matter volime 50: ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 15. 1929 NUMBER 11 OREGON PENALIZES DRUNKEN DRIVERS Woman Loses Life In Apartment House Fire At Walla Walla Patterson Signs Bill For Term Upon Two Con victions. V Under Oregon Senate Bill 240 sign ed by Governor Patterson a person twice convicted of driving an auto 'mobile while intoxicated is subject to a penitentiary term of two to five years and a fine of $200 to $500. The governor signed bill appropriat ing $30,000 for a mineral survey of Oregon, half to be spent on the east side and half on the west, the work to be done under direction of Xhe fed eral government. He vetoed house bill 249, Loner gan, providing that a person must qualify for performance , before he could submit a bid for a public im provement contract of more than $25, C00, explaining: i ,i "I believe it highly important that unnecessary restrictions be not plac ed upon the counties or upon the state highway commission in carrying out present or future programs of highway construction: and improve ment. This type of workr .particular ly, is seasonable in character and this act would tend to prevent the prompt action often required in awarding such contracts." '?."-. C; : The governor also disapproved senate 174, by Joe Dunne, directing the industrial accident commission to reopen the case and claim of Bertha Bergerson for compensation. ; Declamatory Contest 1 County School Superintendent Yeager has announced the dates for the sectional declamatory contests. For this section, Guy Brace of Wes ton, will direct the contest to be held at Weston on March 22. Children of schools at Weston, Adams, Athena, and Helix will take part in this con test. On April 5 and 6, the winners of the sectional contests will meet at rendleton for , the county finals. , Looks As Though Athena Fans Will See Baseball Baseball stock seems to be rising in Athena. - Coming on the heels of a bearish announcement in the Press last week, that only an Athena-Adams combination was in prospect this season, it is now declared that a combination high school-town " team will uphold tho traditions of the local diamond, This announcement is well receiv ed in view of the fact that it brings new, material into the game, and gives opportunity) to develop home players for future teams. It is un derstood that M. I, Miller will coach his school team for games with other high schools of the county. Hermis ton high school is in the field with a team this year and other schools are expected to get in line. The school-town team players would like to'enter a league compris ing the towns of Helix, Athena, Wes ton and one other town in the county. The Adams team will probably take, Bannister, Pitcher; Harden, fielder, and Kretzer, first base in their line up this season in a proposed league embracing Hermiston,; Pendleton Eagles, Mission Indians and Adams. Relative to this league it is under stand that a proposal will be made to have a portionof the ; Adams games played on the Athena grounds, inasmuch as players on the team rep resent both towns. Landed Downside Up Leon Lundell's Ford coupe skidded on the slippery highway near Adams Tuesday night as he was coming home from Pendleton, where he had a playing engagement at the Rivoli theatre. It landed downside up in the ditch, says the Leader, and Leon was downside up in the coupe. Ev erything went out of his pockets but he fortunately escaped without a scratch. The car requires two new wheels and minor repairs. It is now the scarred veteran of four wrecks. Cause of Death Fixed A coroner's jury decided that the automobile accident at Walla Walla Thursday, of last week, which result ed in the death of Leota Robinson, 15, was due to "excessive speed and the number of occupants in the driver's seat" There were four young persons in the single seat of the roadster, and the car overturned on a curve, v- Goes To Tillamook ; Jack Perry, who recently resigned a pastor of the Athena Christian church, has accepted the pastorate of the Christian church at Tillamook. With the close of his present evan gelistic meetings at Myrtle Point, Mr. Perry will be joined by his family Walla Walla.- Mrs. John Bakken, dressmaker, was injured probably fatally Sunday afternoon when she fell from a window ledge to which she was clinging to escape being burn ed to death in a fire in her apart ments on the second story, of the Farmers Exchange building at Second and Main streets. Scores saw her fall, Mrs. James Berry, who was visiting her, also fell and suffered a fractured jaw and other injuries. Mrs. Bak ken's back was broken. , The fire did several thousand dol lars' damage to the second and third floors of the building. The loss was covered by insurance. : Mrs. Bakken had apartments in the front of the building. She was using a small oil stove and it needed filling. She turned down the flame, but did not extinguish it, and began pouring in fresh fuel. The oil caught fire and the flames spread so rapidly she and Mrs. Berry could not get to the door. They rushed to the window, climbed out to a foot-wide sloping ledge and held on with their hands, the flames pouring out over them. Both were forced to let loose and fall about 20 feet to the concrete sidewalk. They were picked up and taken to the hos pital. Two painters working on the third floor of the building were forced out on a ledge and made their way to safety. - ' " Occupants of apartments on the third floor made their way out win dows and across the roof of a neigh boring building. SLouis Kan, cigar maker, whose apartment was on the third floor, tried to get out into the hall , and the flames drove him back. He and his wife were both burned slightly.' Thrown Ball Fractures Skull "-7 Truman Whorton, of Freewater, who was struck by a thrown ball at Umapine Sunday afternoon and knocked unconscious, is now in a Wal la Walla hospital with a fractured skull. His physician stated that he thought the young man would suffer no injury to the brain as the frac ture was low. Whether an operation would be necessary was not decided as Whorton had regained consciousness. Bridge Tea Enjoyed 7 By Deughtlul Tarty One of the most delightful parties of the season was enjoyed by a large group of friends, Wednesday after non when Mrs. C. M. Eager and Mrs. Laurence Pinkerton entertained at a bridge tea at the home of the former. . Shamrocks and spring blossoms about the rooms and the score cards which marked the places at the nine tables were suggestive of St. Pat rick's day, Mrs. R. B. McEwen made high seore, Mrs, Ravella Lieuallen second and Mrs. Marlon HanseH received the consolation. The St. Patrick's day Idea was further carried out at the tea hour in the dainty refreshments served. Those present were, Mrs. H. A. Barrett, Mrs. Lloyd Michener, Mrs. R. B. McEwen, Mrs. M. L. Watts, Mrs. H. I. Watts, Mrs. Fred Kershaw, Mrs. Henry Dell, Mrs. Chase Gar field, Mrs. Bryce Baker, Miss Hilda Dickenson, Mrs. M. L Miller, Mrs. Bert Logsdon, Mrs. Sheldon Taylor, Mrs. Glenn Dudley, Mrs. Fred Pink erton, Mrs. Don Johnson, Mrs. Revella Lieuallen, Mrs. Paul Lieuallen, Mrs. Jim Lieuallen, Mrs. Art Douglas, Mrs. E. C. Prestbye, Mrs. James Cress- well, Mrs. Penn Harris, Mrs. Marion Hansell, Mrs. C7 L. McFadden, Mrs. Alex Mclntyre, Miss Pearl Ramsay, Mrs. A. A. Kimball, Mrs. Forrest Zerba, Mrs. Archie Mclntyre, Mrs. Dudley Rogers. Freeze Causes Reseeding A portion of the wheat land on the Alex Johnson place northeast of Ath ena is being reseeded. It is reported that the reseeding is made necessary because the growing grain was winter-killed by freezing. Inasmuch as the wheat crop in the Athena district was well covered with snow when low temperature came, and is in excel lent condition at this time, it is pre sumed that the Johnson crop was frozen out before snow fell. ; Chinese Elm Trees A salesman for the Home Nursery company of Richland, Washington, was in Athena this week, and made a number of sales of Chinese Elm shade trees to local home owners. Chinese Elms may be seen at the farm of Mrs. Morton, South of Ath ena, who , imported the trees from China, Prison Population High ' A new high record in the population of the state penitentiary was reach ed Saturday when 736 prisoners were registered. The latest to be received is a woman prisoner, Sylvice Madison, sent up from Umatilla county to serve a year for larceny. The Battleship Utah V! ' " II,? J'. . . i W f 1 ' i , ' fit! - vol r I 7 4 6 W. . . M.' 1 iiljilliil '''P- "PVA Cyv I wm The battleship Utah starting from Brooklyn Jiavy yard for Buenos Aires Experimenting With a ' New Caterpillar Tractor The International Harvester com pany is' experimenting with a new caterpillar tractor on the Arnold Wood place, west of Athena. ? The new tractor is pulling seven 14 inch bottoms, and is a different machine in appearance from other tractors operating in this neighbor hood. It carries .a wide track, and while in the experimental stage, de velops plenty of power to do its work satisfactory. The tractor was brought here for the purpose of experimenting under conditions required of tractors in large and small farming operations, where deep plowing is necessary to insure conservation of moisture, the manufacturers of the machine realiz ing that tractors performing work satisfactorily in the Athena wheat raising district will, be a success any where. ' T. J. Aughinbaugh, Frank Hender son and Neil Cameron of the Port land office of the International Har vester company, and mechanics are on the ground checking up the ex perimental work of the tractor here. John Carson and John Micheals of the Spokane office, spent Wednesday here, also. The tractor is drawing the atten tion of many farmers who have vis ited the Arnold Wood place. Expert mental work was delayed yesterday when one of the track links broke, necessitating a replacement. Hogs As Sideline Hog raising as a sideline for the Umatilla county wheat ranchers and dairy farmers is recommended by H. A. Lindgren of the Oregon State Col lege, who took an active part in the rarmers' Economic conference which was held at Weston. He recommend ed against hog raising as a major activity for farmers . in the Weston district. "Hog raising will fit in well with the system of farming practised in northern Umatilla county." he said, ' " - .,, Manager 25 Years of the Tum-a-Lum Lumber Yard Transfers Lot to Price The City of Athena has transfer red lot 1, block 13, Railroad addition, to Ernest A. Price. The lot is locat ed on north ; Fifth street, was taken over by the city for non-payment of street improvement assessments, and was sold to Price for $200. Back To Portland R. A. Duflield who suffered a throat affliction, is in Portland atrain after returning home from the metropolis last week. Mr. Duffield's condition i not improving satisfactorily. Charles Russell remains in charge of the Duf field barber shop, Pendleton-Athena. 70 The Pendleton-Athena gunners shot a 70 in the Oregonian Telegraphic shoot Sunday at Pendleton. Finis Kirkpatrick was high gun with a 24 and. was followed by Marion Hansell and Henry CoWns with 23 each. Named Administratrix The County Court has appointed May E. Lockwood administratrix of the estate of Zeph W. Lockwood, deceased. A. M. Johnson of Athena was one of the Tum-a-Lum Lumber company yard managers from 21 towns to meet at Walla Walla last Saturday, for their annual sales conference, and were entertained at noon at luncheon at The. Marcus Whitman hotel. There were several guests at the luncheon and. wives of both the employes" and guests were present. James T. Crawford presided over the luncheon, and toasts were re sponded to by Dorsey M. Hill, presi dent of the Chamber . of Commerce, John Davis, John Odell and J. M. Crawford, president of the company. Special recognition for 25 years' ser vice each with the company was given Howard Mansfield, manager at Mil-ton-Freewater, and Matt Johnson manager at Athena, both of whom have been with Tum-A-Lum since its start. -' . A motion picture, entitled "The Transformation," was shown to demonstrate how old dwellings can be modernized, and this was followed by "still" pictures showing several re modeling jobs in Walla Walla and vicinity done with the aid of the company. Morning and afternoon sessions at which various problems of the yards were discussed, took place at com pany headquarters. Women present were guests of Mrs. Crawford at a motion picture show during the after noon. The territory from which dele gates came included Pasco-Kennewick, Heppner, and Pomeroy as limits. Passing of S. T. Gore Simon T. Gore, a pioneer carpen ter and contractor of this section died at his home in Walla Walla, Sunday, after a short illness. Fu neral services were held at Walla WallS; Wednesday afternoon, inter ment taking place in Weston cem etery. A number of Athena homes, among them the M, L. Watts resi dence, was constructed under the supervision of Mr. Gore. Picture Program Richard Dix popular screen actor, will be seen in "Moran of the Marines" tomorrow night at the Stan dard Theatre, and it's another fine Paramount picture; the best show in town. Sunday night, the funniest Scotchman in the world, Douglas Mac Lean is coming in a sparkling new comedy-drama, "The Carnation Kid." Don't miss it. Sports reels, news reels, cartoon reels, both nights. J Pendleton Meetings M. A. McQuarry pastor of the Christian church of Milton, is hold ing a series of evangelistic meetings in the Christian church at Pendleton. Mr. McQuarry is assisted by his wife, who has charge of the music and . singing in the meetings, which will continue until after Easter, Sale Nets $24 The cooked food sale held in the lobby of the Athena Hotel Saturday afternoon netted the Methodist Ladies' club $24. The proceeds will be used to defray expense of repairinir the roof of the Methodist Episcopal church. More American Troops Are Moved To Border In View Mexican Strife Washington, Apprehension of American residents along the inter national border over the safety of themselves and . their property as a result of revolutionary activities in Mexico prompted the movement of additional troops to the border. The detachment, composed . of a i company of infantry and a troop of I cavalry were ordered to Naco, Ari Izona, and to guard the water suddIv jof Bisbee, a. city 8 miles north of me Doraer. . No other troop movement at pres ent is contemplated, American gov ernment officials said. The northward progress of former President Calles, who is in command of the federal troops advancing to" meet rebel forces in the state of Durango, is being watched closely by officials. The rebels appear to be withdrawing from the south and con centrating in Durango and in the ad joining state of Chihuahua. There are extensive American minimr and ranching properties in the state now controlled by tlje rebels, but thus far no damage has been reported to American property. borne Americans have left mines and ranches in those states and have sought safety in the United States. A decisive battle in Durango or Chihuahua is believed in Washington to be impendinar and it is the nninion that such an encounter would dis close the strength of the revolution ists. Commissioners View Road County Commissioners Hales And Bean and Roadmaster Shannon were in Athena yesterday, and went out to view the road that will loun the farm. ing district north and northwest of Atnena with the market road west of town. Commissioner Bean Btated that work on the new road will hn commenced by the county in the very near future. This road is to be con structed under bondiner nrovifslons nf Road District No. 53, which last fall, through the efforts of Homer Watts and other land owners of t.hn dintrif voted a 10 mill ; additional tax for if. i -. . ' uw purpose.; Jury Decides Woman i Suicides By Shooting The mystery of the death of Mrs. Mamie Butts, who was found dead in her room at the Columbia rooming houge Pendleton, early Sunday even ing, was completely cleared when a doctor probed the bullet wound in her head and discovered the missile had lodged in the skull, says the East Oregonian. Search for the bullet in the room was carried on because the first doc tor's report indicated that the bul let had entered Mrs. Butts' head at her left ear and had emerged above her right ear. It was found that the shot was fired .by herself above her right ear, hut did not pass through the skull. At the coroner's inquest the jury returned a verdict that Mrs. Butts took her own life. i Water Conditions Improve Believe it or not. durinc the lono- cold period of the nast winter, there were times when the depth of water in the city reservoir was very Tow. This was caused by reason that the watershed supplying the Athena gravity water svstem was frozen mi. and very little water flowed through tne intake pipes. But now everything is different, thank you. There is a plentiful flow, and with, the water- sned lalrly oozing with surplus mois ture from a bountiful snowfall, pros pects are bright for a plentiful sup ply of good, pure water for Athena this year. . Blue Mountain League Organization of the Blue Mountain baseball league for this season, will include teams representing, Baker, La Grande, . Enterprise r and Pendleton, The season opens April 21, with teams playing in LaGrande and Pendleton. Teams will be permitted to hire only two outside players, which privilege makes it possible to secure good bat teries for each team. Mrs. Zerba Entertains Mrs. F,' L. Zerba entertained the Jolly Twenty club last Friday. Thir teen members were present, and after a short business meeting, the after noon was spent socially. Mrs. C. L. McFarland and Mrs. A. A. Mclntyre served refreshments. The next meet ing of the club will take place at the home of Mrs. J. T. Lieuallen, Jr., at Adams, next Friday afternoon. Endeavorer Entertained Fifteen members of the junior Christian Endeavor were entertained at the home of Mrs. E. Darr! at Adams, Friday last. Miss . Jaunita Crawford, leader, was in charge of en tertainment Dainty refreshment wera served. RMHERS ELEVATOR INCREASE CAPACITY New Addition Will Total Storage Facilities of 290,000 Bushels. Two carloads of building material are on .hfe ground ready for beginning the construction of additional grain handling facilities at the plant of the Farmers' Grain Elevator company, at the west end of Main street., G. R. Hugunin of Portland, has been awarded the contract for building the new addition to the elevator, which will have a bin capacity of 130,000 bushels of grain. The new building will be constructed of 2x6 and 2x8 lumber. The dimensions are 40x60 feet, with, a height of , 65 feet, and will be cf the crib pattern. - The new addition will occupy space on the north side of the present con crete structure, with which it will be connected. Two years ago, addition to the elevator property was built on the south side of the concrete struc ture. Its capacity is 60,000 bushels. The concrete elevator has storage capacity for 100,000 bushels, which with the first and second additions, - will give the elevator a total storage capacity; of 290,000 bushels of bulk grain, aside from its warehouse fa cilities for handling sacked grain in volume. Work will begin on the new ad dition as Boon as possible so that completion may be realized by June 15th, the time alloted to the contract or. With this increase in facilities, the company will be in full command of sufficient storage space to accom modate its farmer customers during the coming harvest season, without resorting to forced . shipments of grain, as in the past. The elevator company had a very successful business year in 1928. Aside from a large storage and grain handling business the company deals in feed, having a rolled barley mill in operation, carries in stock chicken feed products and handles coal in car load lots. It devotes attention to cleaning and treating seed wheat, having special machinery for this purpose. v ; . ... Officers of the company are A. R. Coppock, president; Geo. R. Gerking, vice-president; W. O. Read, secretary treasurer; R. L. Wilson, manager. Directors, Cass Cannon, Louis Keen, V. B. Harris, A. A. Mclntyre, A. R. Coppock, Geo.' R. Gerking and W. O. Read. Movement Started To Ban Cigarettes Salem, Cigarettes would be en tirely banned front Oregon under a proposed constitutional amendment which the Anti-Cigarette league of Oregon is initiating. Copies of the proposed constitutional amendment were filed , with Secretary of State Hosswith a request that he submit the petition to Attorney General Van Winkle for the preparation of a bal lot title preliminary to the circula tion for signatures to place the meas ure on the state ballot at the general election in November, 1930. The proposed amendment would forbid the manufacture, importation, possession, advertising, sale or giving away of cigarettes, cigarette papers or materials. Penalties for violation of the proposed law would include fines ranging from $25 to $250, and jail sentences ranging from 30 to 90 days. - -J Burglars At Weston Burglars broke into the Nelson H. Jones store Thursday night of last week, says the Leader, effecting en trance through a rear Window. Two cash registers were jimmied and $28 in money stolen. One was put out of commission. Two watches and some candy are missing. The safe, which contained no money, was untouched. Real Estate Transfers Lenna Coppock Read to John Tomp kins lot 9, block 9, City of Athena. Lenna Coppock Read to W. O. Read, 1-2 interest in lots 3 and 4, E 1-2 SW 1-4, Sec. 80, Tp. 4, N. R. 35 E. W. M. Lots 1 and 2, Section. 36, Tp. 4, N. R. 34 E. W. M. Cougar Hunters Kill 'Em A total of 161 cougars have been killed in Oregon by hunters during the . current year, according to the reports of the State Game Commis sion and this means that $4,025 has been paid out in bounties. Sues For Divorce Zula White has brought suit in circuit court for divorce from Jesse White. A. C. Mclntyre is attorney for the plaintiff.