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A BIG JOB, BUT ITS DEAD EASY It would be a big: job to tell one hundred people any thing that would interest them in your goods, but its dead easy if done the right way. This paper will tell several hundred at once at nominal cost. life NOT ONE DAY CAN BE FOUND in the week but that you do not need stationery of some sort or other. We furnish neat, clean printing at the very lowest rates. Fast presses, modern types, modern work, prompt delivery. Entered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mail Matter VOLUME 50. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY; OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 19. 1929 NUMBER 16 FARM BOARD AND TAR1FFTHE ISSUES Hoover's First State Paper Read At the Special i -Session. " In his first message to congress, in its special session, President Hoover ., specifically informed the senate a.. house that he,favoredcreation of a federal farm board with resources to remedy agricultural ills; a limit ed tariff revision; suspension of the national origins clause of the im migration act; legislation for the taking of the 1930 census and the re apportionment of congressional rep resentation. The message in part, follows": . " ' I have called this special session of congress to redeem two pledges given in the last election farm relief and limited changes in the tariff. ' The difficulties of the agricultural industry arise out of a multitude of causes. A heavy indebtedness was inherited by the industry from the deflation processes of 1920. Disor derly and wasted methods of mar keting have developed.- The growi-g specialization in the v industry has for years been increasing the pro portion of products that now leave the farm and, in consequence, prices have been unduly depressed by con gested marketing at the harvest or by the occasional climatic surpluses. Railway rates have necessarily in creased. There has been a growtl. of competition in the world markets from countries, that enjoy cheaper labor or" more nearly virgin soils. There was a . great expansion of production from our marginal lands during the war, and upon these pro fitable . enterprises1 under normal conditions cannot .be maintained. Meanwhile their continued - output tends to aggravate the situation. Local taxes have doubled and in some cases trebled. Work animals have been steadily .replaced by me chanical appliances, thereby decreas ing the consumption of farm products. There are many other contributing causes. . . . ' The general result has been lhat our agricultural industry has not kept pace in prosperity or standards .of living with other lines of indus try. - There being no. disagreement as to the need of farm relief, the pro blem before us becomes one of me thod by which relief may be most successfully brought about. Be cause of the multitude of causes and because agriculture is not one indus try, but a score of industries; we are confronted not with a single problem alone but a great number of problems. Therefore there is no single plan of principle that can be generally ap plied. Some of the forces working to the detriment of agriculture can be greatly mitigated by improving our waterway transportation; some of them by readjustment of the tariff; some by better understanding and adjustment of production needs; and some by improvement in the methods of marketing. ': An effective tariff upon agricul tural products, that will compensate the farmer's higher costs and high er standards of living, has a dual purpose. Such a tariff not only pro tects the farmer in our domestic market but it also stimulates him to diversify his crops and to grow pro ducts that he could not otherwise produce, and thus lessens his de pendence upon exports to foreign markets. The great expansion of firoduction abroad under the condi ions I have mentioned renders for eign competition in our export mar kets increasingly serious. It seems but natural, therefore, that the Amer ican farmer, having been greatly handicaped in W foreign market by such competition from the younger countries, should ask that foreign access to our domestic market should be regulated by taking into account the differences in our costs of pro duction. ' The government has a special man date from the recent election, not only to furthur develop our water ways and revise the agricultural tar iff, but also to extend systematic re lief in other directions. J have long held that the multi plicity of causes of agricultural de pression could only be met by the creation of a great instrumentality clothed with sufficient authority and resources to assist our farmers to meet these problems, each upon Its own merits. The creation of such an agency would at once transfer the agricultural question from the field of politics into the realm of economics and would result in constructive ac tion. The administration is pledged to create an instrumentality that will investigate the causes, find sound remedies, and have the authority and resources to apply those remedies. Death Claims John ' Harden at the Age of Eighty-six Years John Harden died at his home in Athena Monday evening at the age of 86 years, ten months and 13 days, after an illness of only a few hours, heart failure directly causing his demise. Mr. Harden had spent the declining years of his life in com paratively good health, and the morn ing preceding his death apparently felt better than usual. Without his cane he walked about the premises, but shortly before noon he was stricken and at six o'clock passed hwf." .- Mr. Harden was, a native of Ken tucky, where he Was born, June 2, 1842. At the age of 16 he went to California, where on the 9th day of September, 1869, he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Jane Hale. Seven children were born to the union all of whom, with the mother, sur vive. They are W. R. Harden of Athena; Mary McKay of Athena; Mrs. Kate McCollough of Tekoa, Wash.; Mrs. Anna .Cartano of Pen dleton; Mrs. Jessie Schick of Walla Walla; Jasper Harden of Salem; Mrs. Edna Kilgore of Athena. There are eleven grandchildren and one great grandchild. Mr. and Mrs. Harden came to the Willamette valley in 1876, moving to Athena in 1890, where they have lived since. For many years they engaged in the hotel business here, and their hospitality was long ap preciated by the traveling public, as well as the community which they served so long and well. -' Funeral services, which were large ly attended, were held Wednesday afternoon at the ' Christian church, Dr. Meredith officiating. I University of Oregon's Floating School i Ni.ni,j,m,,i j J,,,,,. . , . .....,,, v V v f v Hf !"' r-3S&&L- 1 BEANS SEEN AS SOIL BUILDERS Kasten Tells Lions How Beans May Revolution- ' ize Farming. Belief that Walla Walla and Umatilla counties can be made one of the great bean producing areas of of the country because of climatic conditions, was expressed by County Agent A. W. Kasten, speaking before the Lions club at their luncheon meet ing at the Grand Hotel in Walla Wal la. Thursday, says the Union. Mr. Kasten declared that the rais ing of beans as proposed by the large canning concern represented by the Eickhoff company, will be an import ant factor in the revolutionizing of agriculture in the foothills district acting to make it more permanent by 3oil building. The advantage of raising beans, the speaker said,' are a double return on the land, a replenishing of soil nitro gen, and a profitable summer fallow crop, besides bringing a premium for wheat of high protein content Mr. Kasten advised dividing the land be tween beans, sweet clover, alfalfa and wheat with the addition of sufficient livestock to handle the extra stock food. Touching on the market possibili ties, he said that the estimated cost for an ordinary farm to add equip ment for raising beans is about $300. Northern Idaho and the Palouse district are estimating returns at four cents per pound on an 800-pound yield per acre, which with a cost of $11, over and above the summer fal lowing, will yield about $21, Mrs. Loius Stewart Seriously Injured - Mrs. Louis Stewart was seriously injured Saturday morning at her farm home north of Athena, when she was kicked in the back of the head and neck by one of the horses or mules which were passing her at the gate of the barn lot. The Stewart family were ill with the flu, and Herman Hoffman was do ing the chores until such a time as Mr. Stewart recovered and was able to look after his work. Saturday morning he was at the Stewart place and Mrs. Stewart went to the farm lot to open a gate, when as above stated one of the work animals kick ed her. She was unconscious when Mr. Hoffman reached her side. ' Dr. Sharp of Athena, and Dr. Flower of Milton were called, and after examination, it fortunately de veloped that no fractures had result ed, and aside from bruises and sore ness, Mrs. Stewart will be free from further injury. Steamship Queen of admiral line which will tie used to take students oa tour to Alaska. Mis Lnckeabill Dead. Miss Nadine Luckenbill, who form erly resided in Athena and attended the public schools here, died last week at her home in Bend. The remains were taken to Walla Walla for burial. Arrangements have now practically been completed for the first summer chool ' "floating university," which will be held August 7 to 21 under the direction of the University of Oregon, it is announced by Alfred Powers, in charge of summer sessions. . Selection of faculty is now going on, and the complete personnel will soon be ready. The a s. Queen of the Admiral line will carry the students to Alaska. Three educators of outstanding qual lfications for such a project have al ready been named, Mr. Powers says These are J. Duncan Spaeth, profes sor of English of Princeton, who will give courses in literature; Dr. Warren D. Smith, head of the department of geology of the university, who will give courses" in geology, anthropology and other sciences, and Noland B Zane. professor of art, who in addition to giving practical courses In this field, will offer instruction in history and appreciation of art A faculty of 15 will be taken on the cruise, which will have accomraoda tlons for 185 students. Courses in bot any, biology,, journalism, and other subjects will be offered. Lectures and practical field work, will take up the time on the cruise, and the students will Jhen return to the Eugene cam pus where the final two weeks will be spent in further study and examlna- The itlnery of the trip shows that many places of interest will be visited. The students will leave Eugene Wed 1 nesday, August 7, by special train, and : will leave Seattle on the S. S. Queen the following morning. The vessel will go via Puget sound, Strait of Juan De Fuca, Georgia Strait, Seymour Nar rows, Johnstone Strait, Queen Char lotte Sound, Mlllbank Sound, Gren ville Channel, and British Columbia Inlets, arriving at Ketchikan on Sat urday. After a four hour stop, the ship will go on to Wrangell, where an other stop will be made. From here, via Sumner Straits and Wrangell Nar rows, the party will go on to Peters burg, where they will remain five hours. The next stop will be at Taku Glacier, on Monday, where the vessel will lay to for three hours. 1 From the Glacier the ship will go to Juneau, where nearly an entire day will be spent. From Juneau the ship will proceed to Skagway, stopping at Douglas, Haines and Chilkoot en route The party will arrive at Sitka at noon Wednesday, and will remain here until 9 a. m. Thursday. It will then start back, stopping again at Juneau, Peters burg, Wrangell and Ketchikan. The ship will dock In Seattle the following Tuesday at 10 o'clock, and students will take a special train for Eugene. The S. S. Queen is one of the favor ite ships in Alaskan service. It has a speed of 14 knots, has a length of 348 feet, breadth of 38 feet and a gross tonnage of 2727. On the A deck are 28 rooms with E8 berths, on B deck 44 rooms with 121 berths and on C deck 10 .rooms with 30 berths. All accom modations are first classand the cost for the entire trip, including fare from Eugene to Seattle and return, univer sity fees and boat fare is but $140 Full details will be furnlBhed by Al fred Powers, director of summer ses sions. University of Oregon, Eugene. Pays 15th Visit MOM WWU.!3fi 1111! .... i Nard Jones Has Novel Accepted Walla Walla. Word that the first novel of Nard Jones, graduate of Whitman college as a writer and as an actor in amateur dramatics, will be published in the spring of 1930 was received here yesterday. The title of the book is "Oregon Detour" and it was accepted for publication by Payson and Clark, Ltd., of New York and London. " The novel,, written in a realistic manner, has as its setting Eastern Oregon and Southerwestern Washing ton. In a letter to the author, Wil liam Rose Bennet, assistant editor of the Saturday Review Of Literature and known as one of the outstanding literary critics of America, declared that it was one of the most promisin, first novels he has read foj? some time. . - -v ". ' The author, who js , well known here, is the son of Mr, and Mrs. Nal. son H. Jones of Weston, Oregon. He has advanced considerably in the lit erary scale during the past few years, having had many stories and articled published ' in national periodicals since he was a junior at Whitman. At present be is editor of a northwest trade Journal. : Open Fishing Season The fishing season opened Monday and a few Athena anglers went to the Umatilla for the day. Fred Rad tke and Billy Pinkerton tried their luck in the river, with poor success. E. A. Dudley and Glenn Dudley made a fair catch at Bingham Springs and Ryan creek. WaW in the river was high as a result of Saturday's rain and melting snow in the mountains. Reports are that the best fishing is on Meacham Creek. Three Pendleton angles took the limit there. Heart Disease Causes '".. Death of Worthington W. B. Worthington, brother of H. 0. Worthington of Pendleton, and well known in Athena, died Sunday afternoon at his home near Thorn Hollow, after a few hours illness from heart disease. ' Mr.-Worthington was in Athena in company with his wife last week, and was apparently in his usual good health, and Saturday evening retired feeling as well as usual. He was born in Green county, Ten nessee, October 13, 1868, and since coming to Oregon in 1882, had resid ed almost continuously in Umatilla county, where until in recent years he had followed painting as a trade. He is survived by his widow, former ly Miss Molly Robie; one brother, H. O, Worthington, of Pendleton; a sis ter, Mrs, Emma Miller, of Seattle. Funeral services were held at the Miller undertaking parlors at 10 a. m. Tuesday. Rev. Dow of the Baptist church preached the sermon. Mrs. Otho Reeder and Mrs. Lloyd Michen er sang. Interment took place in the Weston cemetery. ' Masonic Hall Repairs Workmen have erected scaffolds in preparation for the dismantling and rebuilding the front of Masonic hall on Main street . Repairs to the build ing were found necessary some weeks ago, when cracks, caused through settling of the walls were discovered, and the structure was deemed to be in an unsafe condition. At that time the front was boarded up and braced, as a precautionary measure, .,... Roy Ogilry Dies Roy Ogilvy, a veteran of the World War, and formerly of Pilot Rock, died Saturday at Tueson, ' Arizona, his death being caused by tuberculosis. He was a brother iof Mrs Lew Kretzer formerly . of Athena, now a resident of The Calle'Si The Cougar's Prey ; The cougar, the deer's most deadly enemy, first devours the lungs, liver and tongue of his kill, according to Fred Arzner, hunter for the state game commission. Often times these are the only parts taken from the carcass of a deer. Mr., Arzner, who spends his entire time hunting pre datory animals in the Cow creek game refuge, has made a close study of the habits of the cougar and has accounted for hundreds of them with his rifle and trained dogs. He com plains to the game commission that heavy rains this winter have destroy ed signs and hindered the trailing of cougar, lynx and other animals. - Junior Base Ball Teams American Legion Posts throughout the state are forming junior bane ball teams. The Pendleton post will put a team in the field. All boys between the ages of 12 and 17 years are eligi ble. Legion posts of Pendleton, Athena-Weston, Hermiston and, Milton Freewater are in District No! 0 of the Department of Oregon of the Amer ican Legion, and it is expected that posts of these towns will sponsor -a junior team, Bishop Walter Taylor Sumner, of the Episcopal diocese of Oregon, who has Just paid his fifteenth annual con secutive visit to the University of Ore gon campus, where he interviewed students and old friends. The youth of today is not wild but merely uncon ventional, Bishop Sumner said in an interview while on the campus. Athena High School Basketball Teams En- tained By M. I. Millers The home of Mr. and Mrs. M. I Miller was the scene of much pleasure and gaity Friday evening, when the Athena coach and his estimable wife entertained the members of the Ath ena high school boys and girls' bas ketball teams. " . ., The evening was spent at cards and other games. Again proving their ability as leaders, the two captains, Thelma Schrimpf and El don Myrick, led their team mates in scoring, to win the first prizes. while James Wilsoft artd Goldie Milier were awarded the consolations. . In a contest of composing poetry concerning someone present, Frances Cannon captured the prize for being the best guesser in the group. At midnight dainty refreshments were served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Arthur Douglas and Mrs. Harold Fredercik. The selection of partners involved an interesting and merry procedure, when each boy and girl was required to draw a Blip of paper on which was written some question pertaining to basketball. The answer was to be found written on place cards, and in this manner partners were seated at the table. Junior Leaders of the Boy Scouts to Meet Pendleton Boy Scouts will be hosts to Scouts from 20 towns in the Blue Mountain council, when the Junior Scout Leaders council meets there April 19, 20 and 21, says the East Oregonian. The junior leaders will include all troop officers below rank of assistant scoutmaster. Scoutmasters may dele gate scouts they wish to attend. The conference will start with a banquet at 6:30 p. m., Friday, April 19, in the basement of the Presby terian church, Pendleton. Each com munity represented will be asked to respond to the welcoming speech of World Jamboree Delegate Crommelin. Pendleton homes will be opened to out-of-town delegates for beds and breakfasts. Room assignments will be made at the banquet. The con ference fee" will be 75c. This pays cost of banquet, conference badges, printing and other expenses. Visit ing Scouts are expected1 to funds for three extra meals. bring Pioneer Picnic -Dates selected by the committee for the Pioneer. Picnic at Weston this year have . been announced. May 31 and June 1 are the date's" telided. Bids Are Opened For V Building Athena Roads Construction work on the Athena loup market road will begin in the near future. As soon as the bids are approved and accepted by the coun ty court, equipment will be assembled and crews put to work. Bids for constructing the . Athena Weyland road, a distance of five miles, and a road on Gerking flat for a similar distance were opened at the court house Friday and referred to the roadmaster for consideration, says the East Oregonian. Joslyn & McCallister were award ed contracts for building the Athena- Weyland road and five miles of work on Gerking flat. The bid on the Ath ena road was $29,159.04 and on the other contract $21,687.51. Both pro jects are in the same road district and the people of the district voted a 10 mill tax that will raise $18,000 towards paying for the work. The county is obliged to match the fund and will provide enough to make up the remainder needed. The work is to start at once and be completed by August 1. The roads will be grad ed and surfaced. Execution Stayed A stay of execution of R. L. Wil- kins, sentenced to death for the mur der of Attorney John W. Brooks, was ordered by Judge John L. Sharpstein, pending Wilklns' appeal of his con viction to the state supreme court. An order was also filed directing the court reporter to prepare a transcript or the proceedings of the trial to send to the state court. Weston Team Disbands Athena high school base ball team was all dolled up Friday afternoon, with no place to go. A game had been scheduled with Weston Hi on the local grounds. When Weston did not show up, it developed after in vestigation that the Weston team had disbanded. The Athena team put in the afternoon practicing. Hermiston Wins Rain prevented the Adams-Indian game in the county league at Adams Sunday. At Pendleton, Hermiston put up a good game to defeat the Eagles by the score of 5 to 3. Suit To Collect Suit to collect the sums of $4,606. 75 and $2,236.66, both alleged due on notes together with $670 attorneys fees, was filed today in the circuit court here by John D. Ankeny again ti Louis EtrgeVin, et aL Pendleton Boy Killed Urban Schwarz, aged 20, formerly of Pendleton, was killed in an auto mobile accident in Portland Saturday night. His companion, Miss Bertha Monese of Pendleton, was seriously injured The couple stepped from the curb to enter a street car, when they were struck by a machine driven by. H. L. Gilman of Tillamook. Gil man was exonerated from blame. The body of Schwarz was brought to Pendleton for bunel. raiiHLi IS WELL RECEIVED Milton-Freewater, Men v fer Proposition To Walla Walla. Of- Walla Walla. A definite and con crete plan for a cannery to be con structed in Milton-Freewater which will be amply financed and well man aged, was put up to the Chamber of Commerce at its weekly luncheon yes terday and was well received by the business men. Ten Milton-Freewater men came and the matter was pre sented by C. B. (Det) Harris, who said that it is proposed to capitalize the company for $125,000 of which $35,000 was to be raised in the Mil ton-Freewater district and $25,000 in Walla Walla, while the remainder would be pledged by fruit and veget able growers, who would agree to turn in $65,000 worth of products in five years, taking in pay stock in the company, lne uUiton- reewater men interested would see to the manage ment, he Baid. More than one cannery will be need ed here, he stated, for the valley can produce enough stuff for five or six, but the first one should be operated by a corporation rather than a co operative. A capitalization of $125, 000 will take care of a cannery with an annual output of 200,000 cases. The causes of cannery failures are Mr. Harris stated, under financing and lack of proper management. Seventy five per cent of the failures are due to lack of financing and 25 per cent to poor management. "For this cannery we plan a board of managers made up of business men who will give close supervision, and will hire the best man obtainable as manager. At Milton-Freewater we have plenty of labor, cheap fuel and power. "We are asking Walla Walla to subscribe $25,000 but not as a gift for it will be an investment which will pay dividends." !tTiiriii ill niTrnn HinoiH ni cmcno AT WESTON MEET High School Better Prepar ed For Events Than the Graders. Athena high 'school and the graders, captained"' by ibdach "Pike" Miller trooped over to Wesson, where this forenoon they will enter the different events of the district track meet. Mil ler expects his bunch of entries to up hold the athletic traditions of the local school with honors, notwith standing that but little attention has been given track for the last two years. He expects the grades to take care of themselves in the different events, and is pinning his hopes on Kirk, the two McEwen boys, Jim &A Mike Wilson, Myrick, Pinkerton, Michener, Crowley, Rogers and Hansell, to bring home a good slice of bacon for 'Ath ena Hi. Bill King, Helix mentor and well- known promotor of school athletics, will have charge of the meet in his capacity as sectional director, which is a guarantee that courtesy and fairness will prevail throughout. The following events have been scheduled: Grade Meet 10:30 A. M. Dashes, Boys Div. A, Girls Div. A; High Jump, Boys Div. C; Broad Jump, Boys Div. B; Ball Throwing, Shot Boys D. Girls Div. D. 10:45 A. M. Dashes, Boys Div. B, Girls Div. B; High Jump, Boys Div. D; Broad Jump. Boys Div. C; Ball Throwing, Girls Div. B. 11:15 A. M. Dashes, Boys Div. D; Girls Div. C. 11:00 A. M. Dashes, Boys Div. C, Girls, Div. C; High Jump, Boys Div. B; Broad Jump, Boys Div. D; Ball Throwing, Girls Div. A. Boys Div. A. 11:30 A. M. Broad Jump, Boys Div. C. Relay at 12:00 o'clock sharp. High School Meet 2:00 P. M. Half -Mile Run; High and Broad Jump.' --.--- 2:10 P. M. 100 yard Dash; Shot Put. 2:20 P. M. 220 yard Hurdles; Pole Vault. 2:40 P. M. 440 yard Dash, Mile Run, 220 yard Dash, 120 yard Hurdles, Javelin, Discus. An admission of 25 cents will be charged adults attending the meer. Boy Scout's Funeral Held At Chewelah Chewelah, Wash. The mangled body of Scout Harold Stiffinson, who plunged. hundreds of feet to his death Friday when the edge of Quartzite peak, on the outskirts of the town, crumbled, was laid to rent in the big gest funeral ever witnessed by Chewelah. Meantime, five boy ecouts members of Harold's hapless patrol, who fell to a ledge where they spent the night in freezing temperature, showed no ill effects from the expe rience. Don Hutchinson, scout mas ter, who was forced to cling to the face of the cliff for hours, is said to be suffering from his ordeal and the shock of losing young Stiffinson. Guests From Pendleton Mr. and Mrs. Ed Stickler of Pen dleton, were Sunday guests at the home of Mr. and Mm. Dean Dudley. Car In Ditch, Two Are Slightly Injured Otho Reeder had an exciting exper ience Monday, when his car plunged into the ditch on the road west of town, turned over and slightly in jured Mr. Reeder and Mrs. Stan- field, cook at the Reeder farm. How ard Reeder escaped without injury. The road was rough and Mr. Reed er does not know whether the steer ing gear broke when he attempted to avoid a rut or whether it was broken in the smashup. Anyway it was found broken when inventory of damages to the car, which includes broken front springs and twisted frame, was made. Mr. Reeder emerged with a dis colored eye and bruises. Mrs. Stan- field was bruised on her ankle and when the car crashed over she struck some part of its interior with her throat. She was en route to Wal la Walla, and her nephew, M. I. Mill er took her there after the accident to the Reeder car. The wrecker from the Athena Gar age, brought the Reeder car to town for repairs. Weston Hi "Vodivil" Weston high school is preparing to entertain the public with an inter esting vaudeville program, which will include the "Harmonica Five" "Fa mous Huskie Trio" "The Family Takes an Auto Ride" "I Ain't Goin' to Cry no More" "Fashion Show" "Pigmy Pranks" "And the Lamp went out" "Just Knonsense Kids" "Evolution of Courtship" "The Sail or's Dream." The school is center ing its efforts on making this enter tainment a success in every particu lar, and a cordial invitation is given the Athena public to attend on Thurs day evening, April 25, at Weston high school auditorium, announces Laur ence McBride, munager of the pie-sentation. Chickens Bother Them Complaint has been made to the city marshal that chickens in some parts of the city are allowed to run at large, contrary to ordinance which prohibits owners from letting their fowls interfere with other people's gardens. The marshal has a notice in today's Press which deals with the chicken nuisance. On New Grand Jury Three Athena men have been drawn to serve on the new grand jury at Pendleton. They are Forrest Zerba, Ernest Bell and Dean Dudley.