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Entered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, aa Second-Class Mail Matter VOLUME 50. t ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL. 5 1929 NUMBER 14 HI SLAYS WIFE II CLEAVER Jealousy Over Alleged Meet f ing With ex-Sweetheart Motive of Murder.-: . Walla Walla. Mrs. Eva Beavers Schneider, 23, brideofiwo months, lies in the morgue and her husband, George Schneider, 50, is in' the coun ty jail awaiting : filing of murder charges as a result of a quarrel which ended when Schneider, according to his story to officers, inflicted fatal in juries on his wife with a meat cleav er ' Thinking his wife dead, Schneider told officers he cleaned the . meat cleaver, then noting signs of life call ed a doctor. The woman was taken to the - hospital, where she died. Schneider told the doctor he intended to kill himself, and when the officers arrived Schneider was leaning over the gas range with all the gas jets open, and he was inhaling the gas Filing of formal charges will wait until the attorney Schneider has se lected to defend him returns to town, Schneider and his wife were mar ried about the first of the year, Schneider's children by his first wife objected strenuously. ... The couple quarreled violently soon after and separated, then were reconciled. They began living together ; just , before mid-night Sunday, and another quarrel started, due to Schneider's jealousy, it is stated, his wife having received a telephone call and made prepara tion to go down town. Schneider ac cused her of planning to meet an ex sweetheart and picked up the meat cleaver. The blood stains in the house indicate a struggle. Schneider, an ex-brewer, has been employed by the Olympic Club company, bottling soft drinks for years. , Easter Observed Easter was fittingly observed by the churches of the city by union services at the Baptist church, where programs were ' given both morning and evening. Owing to the Inclement weather, the sunrise prayer meeting was dispensed with and the churches held their usual Sunday school. The morning program was an Impressive missionary play entitled "The Brok en Bars," and consisted of four episodes: An . African Bears the Cross of Christ; Releasing Africas Women; Delivering African Slaves, and Africa's Easter Matonda, Inter spersed with Choir singing and reci tations. The evening program con sisted of music and recitations by the young people, and both were well attended and appreciated by the public. Athena High School i Wins By Close Score 5! Over a seven inning route,, Athena high school won its first baseball game of the season by a close shave from Adams high school. Score 7-6. v Considering the early season form pf the lads and a raw temperature, he game was well played, . Features of the contest were a home run by Crawford of Adams, and two three base bits by Myrick qf Athena. . The Athena lineup was, Wilson Bros., p, j Myrick, c; Dow, lb; Han. sell, 2b; Pinkerton, 3b; Crawley, ss.; Bell, rf,; Plttman, cf.; R. McEwenJf. i, Athena high will play Griswold high school at Helix,-tomorrow afternoon. Bryce Baker Acquires Athena Service Station On Lease From Conoco Bryce Baker, local manager for the Continental Oil company distributing station in Athena has leased the Ath ena Service Station from his com pany, and purchased the stock and equipment from. C. B. Moore, former lessee. Mr. Baker has taken possession of the service station and hereafter will maintain his Continental office there, The deal was completed Tuesday, E, B. Layng, district superintendent of the Continental spent the. entire day with . Mr.. Baker and assisted in ar ranging the details of the transaction, Mr. Baker, will be assisted in .the service station by his wife, and part time by Orel McPherrin who will put in periods between his delivery, hours at the station. -.. C. B. Moore, who released the sta tion to Mr. Baker, has purchased out right an independent service station at Opportunity, Wash., near Spokane, on the Coeur de Alene highway. He will move his. family to Opportunity at once and take charge of ' the station, he has purchased there. Wauna Camp Fire r. Girls at Walla Walla The Wauna Camp Fire girls attend ed the Grand Council Fire in Walla Walla Saturday , night. . Several hun dred girls took part. Esther Berlin from this group took Fire Makers rank and received her Wahelo brace let. ;- . - The seventeenth of March is Camp Fire Birthday and this Council Fire was called the Birthday Grand Coun cil Fire. This is Garden year in Camp Fire, To earn a national birthday honor the girls in this group have each raised a china lily since the holidays and also each girl was responsible for a patted plant. These plants were presented to the soldier boys at the Veteran hospital in Walla Wal la during Birthday Week. Mrs. H. Wade LeBoy delivered the plants. Al so some of the girls planted tulip bulbs and are planning a spring gar den or window box.- v " The following girls received a National Birthday Honor: Mary Tompkins, Myrtle . Campbell, Nylene Taylor, Marjorie Montague, Laura Ross, Velma Ross, Bernice Wilson, Dorothy Burke, Esther Berlin,' Mil dred Hansell, Valerie Cannon, Bertha Price, Helen Barrett, Gene Zerba, Lois LeRoy and Hilda Dickenson. ' Each individual group answered roll call with a cheer. Dorothy Burke led the group In a Wauna cheer. . The Wauna girls are particu- larily proud of their Birthday honors because only one girl in Walla Wal la received one, besides a group from Waitsburg. The Wauna Camp fire girls are indebted to Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Camp bell, Mrs. Ethel Montague, Roy Can non and Marion Hansell for provid ing means of transportation to and from Walla Walla. - Pendleton Regatta . To H. W. Collins will be given the position of starter of the events to be scheduled in the June - regatta, which is to be sponsored by the Pen dleton American Legion Post at Mc Kay Lake. A three-mile oval course for the outboard races is to be laid out shortly and work will start soon on making the grounds ready for the regatta,' The reservoir is so situated that the hills about it form a natural amphitheatre, so (hat the races can be easily viewed from almost any hillside round the dam. Reconstructing Power line The Preston-Shaffer Milling com pany has put a force of men to work reconstructing the , Athena-Weston electric power and light line. The entire system both in Athena- and Weston will be rebuilt. When com pleted, the company will be in a pos ition to furnish higher voltage to take care of electric ranges, heaters and all electric , appliances for the home. Former Weston Resident Samuel Beamer, former Weston resident and residing in recent years near Twin Falls, Idaho, died Wednes day afternoon in! Pendleton, where hp had been receiving treatment. Ho was a brother of John and Richard BeameT of Westd. - "The High School Hero "The High School Hero" is the title of the feature picture the Standard Theatre has selected for presentation next Wednesday night as Its part of program for the annual Junior class benefit, sponsored by the theatre. The Athena school Is 100 per cent in back ing the juniors and school talent will be seen and heard in presenting a most Important part of the program, preceding the showing of the photo play. "The High school Hero" is a Fox picture, which stars Sally Phipps, Nick Stewart, Charles Paddock and John Darrow. Entertained Cast Miss Mildred Bateman enterained the cast of the recent high school play at dinner at her home in Mil ton Saturday evening. A large yel low rabbit decorated the center of the table and colorful baskets of eggs suggested the Easter season. Places were marked by cards upon which, were " written characteristic lines from the play "Too Many Parents." The evening was spent playing games, Weldon Bell receiving the first prize and Betty Jane Eager the consolation. , Miss Bateman was as sisted by Miss Dorothy Brodie. Adams and Her mis ton Win Adams and Hermiston teams in the County league won in the opening games Sunday. At Round-Up park, Pendleton, Adams banded a 7-3 defeat to the Eagles, Raw! Morrison going the entire distance on the mound for Adamg. Hermiston, with Berry and Mathews pitching in good form, had no trouble in winning from the In dians, 14 to 6. . . Atfcena-Pendleton Los Athena-Peidleton trap shooters with a score of 67 Sunday, lost to Prineville-Redmond, 71; Echo, 72; and Halsey, 72- Marion Hansell and Finis FIrkpatrick shot 23 and H. W. Collfm, 21. U. of 0. Starts Aviation Study Course '"' ""'"'' ir -Hrt'itii. .-,, mill , rr-jv-rr ,m-" ,prw' l T 'J -Y V -Mi''-' 'W- i t . Top The five-ship hangar where tmhrerslty Btudents will get instruction in actual flying. Below The aviation committee which formulated the new course. Left to right are George Godfrey, publicity director; Warren D. Smith, geology department head; Leonard Delano, head of the student aeronautica club; C. H. Hicks, mathematics professor and aviation advisor; David Faville, head of the school of business administration, under which the courses are given. . With the attention of higher educa tion turned toward aviation, the Unl 'versity of Oregon, with the coopera tion of Hobi Airways, Inc., Eugene, has Just established a course of study in aeronautics. ' By utilizing existing courses) the University is able to offer instruction which will prepare students for execu tive positions in aviation, such as managers of factories, traffic man agers, and so on. Three distinct types of training are now available for students Interested in aeronautics. The first consists principally of the regular . flying course, given at the Hobl School, since the university has no equipment for actual flying instruction. In con nection with this work, evening courses in academic subjects will be offered at the university. The second type consists of a two year course, at the end of which the student may obtain a junior certifi cate from the university, , and tha 'third is the refc-ular four-year univer sity course, plus actual flying instruc tion in. the last year, for which 4he Btudent receives a bachelor's degree. leaders in aviation an the coast have offered to cooperate In every way, and whi!e changes may be made in the curricula from time to time as conditions warrant, it is believed that the university has a firm basis for continued work in this direction. Establishment cf the courses ffu made possible larf.ely through the in ccuragement given by President B ill, who not only believes firmly that he field of aviation is just opening sp but is an enthusiast over flying us well. . Pouring of Concrete . Will Commence Soon Excavating for the foundation of the new addition to the Farmers Grain Elevator plant, which will af ford an additional capacity of 130,- 000 bushels, is nearwa completion, and the pouring of concrete will soon begin. . In excavation work, some water has been encountered but not in quantity to interfere with the work as was the case when the concrete portion of the elevator plant was in process of construction. " Twelve carloads of building mater- ta be used in the new addition have been received over the North ern Pacific, so far, and is now on the site ready for use. ( Takes Gas From Tractor Glenn Dudley left his plow outfit near the road over night, and some smooth, individual drained the tank of its- supply .of gas. Next day . jGlenn was hitting 'er up around the field, when after a few sputterings the cat" refused to "pillar" along. In vestigation disclosed the cause, and after tramping down several rods of perfectly straight-standing stubble, and moderately (T) and calmly (?) denouncing all the sundry gas thieves in particular, Glenn whisked across the field after a fresh supply of the juice that makes - 'em go,, Ranch Worker Student Flyer -Allen O'Mara, employed on the Jos. N. Scott ranch, west of Athena is a student flyer in the Rankin school at Walla Walla. A plane from the Wal la Walla port flies out to the Scott place at stated periods and O'Mara is given his flying instructions there. He Sells Fords . Weston Leader: Recent sales made by Emery Gentry for the Gentry Auto company included a Ford truck to A. H. Scwhandt of Weston, a Ford tour ing car to B. D. Taylor of Athena and a Ford coupe to GuyMaybery of Warehouse Collapses ' - ' The E. W. McComas warehouse at Stanfield, containing 18,000 sacks of wheat, collapsed Sunday, when the foundation gave way. The Ware- Miss; Bratton- Gets Ovation At Concert Miss Jean Bratton of Walla Walla, talented violinist, who has appeared in. musical recitals at Athena high school auditorium in the past, was the recipient of a flattering ovation after appearing as the violin soloist in the 55th concert given by the Wal la Walla Symphony Society in that city, Tuesday evening. The Walla Walla Union says: "Miss Jean Bratton, violinist, was a fortunate choice as soloist for this, the last concert of the season. In appearance most attractive and pos sessed of enviable poise, Miss Bratton played the difficult Sarasate number with a command of technique that was most satisfying to the musically discriminating. Style, tone and inter pretation all gave evidence of the artist in fact Miss Bratton's play ing is distinguished for its finely bal anced values, DeFalla's Nana and Jota provided the performer with an opportunity to display her gifts in modern modes of musical expression in which she was equally satisfying." Buys Residence Property M. W. Hansell lias purchased the residence property of Mrs, Retta Potts in the southwast part of town. The home is one of the most desirable in Athena, including a generous acre age plot. For many years it was the family home of the late David Tay lor, Mrs, Potts and daughter Myrtle will leave at once for California, to be in attendance on Mrs. Otis Ingle, sister of Mrs. Potts, who is seriously ill, . ,, Thompson Heads Association ; J. F. Thompson, well known cattle raiser, was elected president of the Gibbon Livestock association, at its annual meeting, Saturday. M. T. Mc Laughlin was elected vice-president, Mrs. Ethel McLaughlin, secretary treasurer, and H. T. Thompson, M. A. McLaughlin, Ida M. Wilbur, advisory Shipping Seed Potatoes Two carloads of seed potatoes, rais ed on mountain ranches east of Ath ena, were shipped to Wapato, Wash ington, from Athena last week over h6use Was built. lWUL21l a4 "RSiiltliH-Si!.. Holstein Cows Make Striking Record For r The Month of March The T.' H. Haddox herd of high grade Holstein cows made a very striking record during February, ac cording to the report of the Umatilla Dairy . Improvement Association for that month. Not only did this Her miston dairyman have the highest producing cow of the association, but he also had the high producing herd and the second high producing cow, His highest poducing cow gave 1722 pounds of milk containing 82.6 pounds of fat the equivalent -of practically 100 pounds of butter. The entire herd of fifteen head of both milking and dry cows produced an : average for each cow of 1004 pounds of milk, test ing 40.9 pounds of butter fat. In addition to the high place held in this association by the Haddox herd, this dairy had the second high producing cow of all the associations in the State of Oregon. This is one of the high class pro ducing herds of Oregon and is the result of several years of good feed ing and the use of high production purebred herd sir6s. This is the sec ond year that Mr. Haddox has been testing his herd for he is one of those dairymen who want to know whether or not their cows are losing money ror them.-' During the month 732 cows were tested in the association, the total average production for all cows was 481 pounds of milk each containing 23.2 pounds of fat. 52 cows produc ed over 40 pounds of fat during the month, there having been 63 herds on test. The S. R. CooDer ( Stanfield wdfl Jersey herd of 22 cows, including both ary and milk cows, was the high herd for 20 cows or more, producing an averaee of 667 wounds of milk taining 29.2 pounds of butter fat. For herds under 12 cows the W. H. Bennett herd of 7 grade Jersevs. lo cated on the Umatilla Project, gave an average of ?92 . pounds of milk containing 35.7 pounds of fat. Ihese testintr dairvmen of the as. sociation slaughtered eight "boarders" which were found by the test to be not worth keeping. ' ", ' Other herds makintr hieh records since the beerinnimr of - the tpsti no- year, December 1st, are those belong ing to W. G. Graham of t.h TTmntil. la section, J. S. Rodgers & Son and Joe Dyer of Hermiston. , Hen Nests In Tree It isn't a bit unusual for birds to nest in trees, and maybe that is the reason that one of F. B. Wood's Ply mouth Rock hens is contentedly en sconced on a tree nest containing 15 eggs. When autumn dismantled a tree of its leaves in the Wood yard, a goodly portion fell into a commod ious limb crotch and remained there. A few weeks ago Mrs. Biddy found the secluded nook, some four feet from the ground and successfully pre-empted it for incubation pur poses. In a few days Mr. Wood ex pects to assist Biddy in removing her brood to terra firma. Puts "Pals" On Canvass A splendid counterpart of the famous painting "Pals" has been done in oils by Mrs. Dean Dudley, whose work discloses that she is an artist of much talent. "Pals" com prises an interesting study of a wee lad and two police dog puppies placed before you in a warm and colorful Outdoor scene. Th " hnclnrmunA lends an enchanting landscape view wnicn Mrs. uudley faithfully repro duces in perspective with tints and shades. The . canvass will grace the walls 5 of i Mrs. Dudley's country home, where her friends will be pleased to view it. Mead Approves $650,000 At last the needs of the StanfipW irrigation project has been recognized by Dr. Mead, commissioner of recla mation, who will aDnrove n nlnn In volving $650,000, when 40 settlers nave Deen secured to take 2,000 acres under project. The work will include replacing of the wooden- flnrriA with concrete near Echo, enlargement of the Furnish ditch and completion of ine arainage system for the district, Dies While Fighting Fire John Thompson, emnloved on th the Jim Sturgis ranch at Barnhart, was overcome ... Sunday afternoon, while fighting a fire that threatened the destruction of the ranch house, and died from the effects. He was 60 years of age. A daughter, Mrs. Margaret Rhodes of Freewfor. mnA a son,' Arthur Thompson of Pendle ton survive. Bryant Gets Life Sentence Prynt,.2fi, slayer. .atXewis (Hip) Dickerson. Oregon Rtjt. cn. lege athlete, todav Was mtmteA fn a life term in Oregon state prison. i;icjcerson was stabbed by Bryant Dec. 17. last and died tunr Anv Jealousy over attentions to a town waitress was established as the mo tive for the killing. Checked Building ; i Saved. i Fire at theAthena Hotel yester day at ti? shoon hour called for prompt action on the part of the vol unteer fire, department to save the, building from destruction. Most, of the furnishings and some of the fur niture from the lower floors were re moved to the street, and some of the bed clothing n the upper rooms was taken out of the way of the water. The fire originated in the roof, around the flue leading from the ho tel kitchen range. By the time hose was laid to combat : the fire, the , flameb had broken through the roofr and were; making fast headway. The fire was confined to the south portion of the hotel building, above, the kitchen, and the absence of any wind, greatly assisted the hose com panies in successfully coping with the situation. - " The. material damage sustained is to the roof over the kitchen and from the deluge of water required to extinguish the blaze. "' Missionary Meeting An inspiring meeting of the Chris- tian Missionary society was held Wednesday afternoon at the hospit able home of Mrs. Geo. Gerking, with fifteen ladies present. Election of officers resulted in Mrs. Gerking be ing re-elected as president; Mrs. Lew McNair, ? vice-president, and Mrs. Louis Keen secretary and treasurer. Missions in Japan was the Subject for study. Mrs. O. E. Venable be came a member of the society. Mrs. Gerking was assisted in serving a one-course lunch by her daughters, Mrs. Kenworthy of Spokane, and Mrs. Lee Crawford. The May meet ing will be held at the home of Mrs. M. M. Johns, with Mrs. DePeatt as sisting. ' - Changes At Stores -Two notable changes have been made in the arrangement of fixtures in Athena stores this week. One of the counters at the Quality Grocery store has been moved to a new posi tion. At Steve's a radical change has been effected that at once gives more room and lends a more attrac tive appearance to the interior of the store. , The entire row of counters on the east side of the store room have been removed, the new space being now devoted to display of shelf goods. At the rear center, a wrap ping counter has been installed and the cash register finds suitable place on a new stand. Other changes are contemplated at Steve's. Agricultural Expert Explains His l'rogram Oregon State College. Greater co operation between the federal bureaus in the department of agricul ture and the state experiment sta tions is in prospect for the future, ac cording to Dr. Henry G. Knight, chief of the reorganized bureau of chemis try and soils, who spent a day on the campus inspecting the work of state and federal men here. Dr. Knight is on a tour of the west coast, at present giving particular attention to the possibility of furth er development of farm waste utiliza tion and to the progress" of soil mapping. ' "I feel that one of the Rhortcom- ings of some federal work in the past has been that it was too far remote and detached from the people it is designed to benefit," explained Dr. Knight. "Therefore, we intend to do as much of our work as possible in co-operation with state experiment stations themselves. This may not be good politics, but I believe it will get better results andthat in the long run is probably good politics, too." Child Drowns The three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hayes, who lives near Boles Junction, was drowned in the Touchet river. The child fell in the water while playing along the bank. The body was recovered later. Walla Walla Air Derby Definite dates for the Walla Wal la Air Derby were set for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 24, 25 and 26, making it a three day event Instead of a two day show as last year. A 50-50 Record The records of the county clerk dis close that since the firnt of the year, 18 marriage licenses have been is sued and 18 divorce decrees have been granted.