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VOLUME 50
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 26. 1929
NUMBER 17
BAGGALAUREATE
SERVICES MAY 5
Rev. DowWill Deliver Bac
calaureate Sermon At
the Auditorium.:
Rev. H. E. ;Dow, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Athena will
deliver the? baccalaureate sermon for
the 1929 graduating ' class of Athena
high school, at the auditorium, Sun
day evening, . May 5th. ; r
The baccalaureate services" will be
gin at 7:30, with the following pro
gram: , ' '
Hymn ... ;. Congregation
Invocation.
Anthem Quartette
Scripture Reading.
Announcements.
Solo Mrs. R. B. McEwen
Baccalaureate Sermon..Rev.H. E. Dow
Anthem Quartette
Benediction.'
Commencement exercises will be
held Friday evening, May-10, when
Dr. Wilson of Whitman- college will
deliver the address before the gradu
ating class, which this year comprises
fifteen members. They are Weldon
Allen Bell, Alberta Charlton, Jack
William Dow, Lee Foster, Pearl Irene
Green, George Gross, Areta Maxine
Kirk, Marjorie Marguerite Wilson,
Edwin Luvoise McEwen, Ralph Mc
Ewen, Jr., Oral Michener, Wilford
Miller, Donald Wayne Pinkerton,
Emma Marie Ringel and Mildred
Street.
The class has. taken for its motto:
"Stick To The Ship." Class colors,
rose and creani-r-Class flower, rosebuds.
Weston Boy Makes
An Airplane Model
Weston Leader: "The Silver Ace,
No. 18," is the monaker of a beautiful
little biplane built entirely by Howard
Swant, a Weston high .school boy
with a well-developed flair -for -mechanical
achievement The machine
is on display at the Goodwin -drug
store, where it is admired of all be
holders. It is five arid one-half feel
long from nose to tail and has a wing
spread of six feet and two inches. It
has a compressed air four-cylinder
motor which Howard designed and
was two weeks in making. It has an
eighteen-inch propeller, webbed' wings
and a movable tail operated with the
usual control sticks and joy stick. Ir
brief, it is a real little airplane in
every respect save that it will not
fly, but may be operated along a sur
face. .a
"The Silver Ace" has been entered
by Howard in the Pasco air derby
April 20, where a contest has been
scheduled for boy-made airplane
models. Howard has also 'been busy
ing himself the past few months in
the manufacture of a diminutive
automobile, and this will actually
run the same as any . other buzz
wagon. ' .
Road Crew Assemble
Joslyn & McCallister, contractors
who will build the new loup market
road, Athena to Weyland and down
Gerking Flat, connecting with the
Athena road leading west, have as
sembled their road-working crews
and equipment. A number of truck
loads of ' equipment passed through
Athena the fore part of the week.
David H. Sanders, An
Athena Pioneer Farmer
Answers Last Summons
David H.: Sanders, pioneer Athena
farmer, died at his home in this city,
early Monday morning, after' an ill
ness of several weeks, at the age of
79 years. Mr. Sanders had been in
failing health for some time, but only
for the past three weeks had his con
dition been considered critical.
David Henry Sanders was born in
Montgomery county, Missouri, on
January 9, 1850, and died April 23,
1929, at the age of 79 years, three
months and 14 days, At the age of
16 he was left an orphan, both. his
parents dying, and he spent his early
life in the state where he wa born.
He crossed the plains to Portland,
Oregon, in 1868, and came to Uma
tilla county in 1878, where , he. has
since resided, being one of our early
and successful pioneer farmersOf
late years, with his wife he has made
his home in Athena. v : ' :
On January 9, 1881, he was married
to Miss Cally Ashpaugh, a member of
a pioneer family of the Walla Walla
valley. To them five children were
born: , Emma May, who died at the
age of 2 years; Eva, now Mrs. Starr
Charlton, and Frank, both of near
Athena; Claude .of Portland, ..... and
Hazel, now Mrs. Robert Norris . of.
Medford. Three grandchildren also
survive Mr. Sanders; Roma and Al
berta Charlton and Robert Hall Nor
Funeral services were conducted in
the Christian church, of which he had
long been a member, yesterday at 2
o'clock, Dr. Meredith conducting the
ceremonies. - Interment took place in
the Athena cemetery. A quartet
rendered beautiful music, a solo be
ing sung by Mrs. D. T. Stone. An
abundance of floral tributes from
friends attested to the esteem in
which he was held.
Concrete Front for Hall
The new front for Masonic Hall will
be of concrete, and it "is understood
the finish will be in stucco. The en-
tire brick front has been removed and
the heavy ' steel beams taken out
The new, front will be built in solid
concrete from the ground up, with
out use of lentals in the new construction.
Heavy Snowfall
The heaviest April snowfall record
ed ' in years blanketed west central
Wyoming halting farm operations
and seriously interfering with traf
fic. Country roads were reported im
passable as a result of the rapidly
melting snow, and many streams
have been transformed Into raging
torrents. ;
Wanner Weather
With warmer wea'ther growing
crops and gardens have been making
better progress wis ween,, man, . lor
Rnmptime . nrevioua. Meltincr snows
back in the mountains have caused
higher water In the streams. Range
conditions are reported W w improv
ing. :
Unfavorable Development
Unfavorable developments In the
agricultural situation during March
and early April cast a shadow over
the progress made in other fields of
activity in the Twelfth Federal Re
serve District during that period.
Severe frosts had much to do with it
III
SECOND
PLAGE AT MEET
Little Heirs to Many Millions
Handicapped with a stge of the
flu and colds, Athena high school
copped second place in the district
track meet at Weston, Friday, with
a total of 61 points to 71 points for
Helix, the winner. Weston took third
place with 9 points. At that, two of
Athena's men were high point win
ners; Myrick with 21, and Ralph
McEwen with 15 points. , .
Athena's chances for winning first
were shattered, when Kirk, track dash
man; Jim Wilson, distance runner,
were left at home in bed due to ill
ness. Urowiey, -fcdwln Mc&wen,,
and "Pink" Pinkerton sneezed and
coughed their way through the meet,
each afflicted with a severe cold.
While Athena graders were taking
"heart tests" three events were pull
ed off, but they were strong enough
in the remaining events to win over
the Adams grade entries, for first
place by a victory of 69 to 65. Helix
scored third and Weston fourth.
After elading the relay by 10 yards
for three laps, the Athena team be
came confused owing to track con
ditions losing to Adams. - Potter of
Adams was high point winner in the
grade events. Athena winners at the
meet were as follows:
R. McEwen 50 yard, 100 yard and
220 yard dashes.
Myrick High jump; broad jump;
440 yard dash; 2nd in. discus; 2nd in
220 yard dash. ,
Crowley 3rd in half-mile sprint;
3rd in javelin.
E. McEwen 3rd in 440 yard dash;
2nd in pole vault
Athena grades did not participate
in the events of Divisions A, B, D,
for girls, and Division A for boys
Athena grade winners were:
Geissel 50 yard dash; 2nd in
broad jump; 2nd in baseball throw.
Montgomery 60 yard dash; base
ball throw.
Johnson High jump.
Jenkins 60 yard dash; baseball
throw.
Lee High jump; 3rd in 60 yard
dash.
Miller Shot put; 2nd In 100 yard
dash; 3rd in broad jump,
Moore High jump; 2nd in shot put
Shigley 3rd in high jump,
Mission Indians Here
The Athena town team will meet
the Mission Indian second stringers
on the local diamond Sunday after
n?on. Game is called for 2:30. The
Indians are coming with the deter
mination to take the scalps of their
paleface opponents, for the trouncing
they received last Sunday on their
own bailiwick.
Jolly Twenty Club
Mrs. Sheldon Taylor was hostess to
the Jolly 20 club at her home west
of Athena, Friday afternoon last The
members spent a very pleasant after
noon. The club will meet at the
home of Mrs. Edna Fisk next Fri
day afternoon, May 3.
Daniel Carroll Tucson und his sister,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shlpmnn Pnyson, as
ot Manhasset, Long tslimcl. The children
left by their BniiMlfnilnT. the late Payne
Payne Whitney Payson, children of
they appeared on the Payson estate
Inherited a grent part of the estate
Whitney.
Northern Pacific's
Demonstration Tram -In
Walla Walla, May 10
S. J. Miller.; eeneral manager of
the Northern Pacific, accompanied by
W. P. StaDleton. the company's agri
cultural development agent, was in
Athena Saturday. Mr. btapieton
called at the Press office and . ex
nlaineH the importance of the "Qual
ity Products for Profit" demonstra
tion train which the Northern facmc
will run throughout the Northwest
next month. -
TJi train ' will be operated over
thi Northern Pacific lines in Wash
ington in cooperation -with the ex
tension service of the agricultural col
lege at Pullman.
Fnr ii sine attention on subjects
vital to the farmers, and. the. towns
folk as well, the train will be unique
in its educational aspects. Dedicated
in fitting ceremonies at Cheney on
May 6, the train, on its far-reach-inir
camnaiem." will begin a three-
weeks' swing around the state, stop
ping at 42 town, and terminating on
May 29 at Pullman.
State officials and representatives
of the state college of Washington
and Northern Pacific representatives
both from the western offices and
from the general headquarters at St.
Paul, will be at Cheney for the in
aucural exercises. Significant is the
fact that this will be the first educa
tional train to be operated in Wash
ington west of the Cascade Moun
tains and the second in the eastern
part of the state.
The nearest Doint at which the tvain
will be on its itinerary, will be Wal
la Walla, where it will be on May 10.
Walla Walla is preparing to make the
event a community holiday.
Farm Meeting Planned -
For Pendleton Tomorrow
East Oresfonian: "Reduce the rates
on grain; do notaise them," is the
cry of local farmers and at a con
ference held, here this forenoon steps
were taken to have a general gram
growers meeting in Pendleton at 2 p.
m. Saturday for the purpose of pro
testing aeainst any action by the In
terstate commerce commission to in
crease rates. The fear prevails that
the report by Examiners Mackley and
Hall presages an increase in rates
The meeting Saturday- is to be a
lartre affair and invitations are being
sent to . officials of the farm bureaus,
trraneea. and other grain growing
organizations throughout eastern
Oregon, eastern Washington ana
Idaho. The Eastern Oregon Wheat
leaerue will be represented and also
the Farmers' union. Commercial
clubs wishing to aid in preventing a
freight increase are also asked to at
tend. Sentiment amonsr local farmers is
that evidence given before the I. C. C.
last summer justified a reduction or
three or four cents in the rates to
tidewater. There is accordingly much
resentment over the proposal for an
increase. . t . ,
Arthur M. Geary, attorney for the
interior farmers in the case they had
before the commission, is to be in at
tendance at the meeting Saturday.
Night Air Mail
Night air mail service between
Paaco, Wash., and Salt Lake City,
Utah, will be inaugurated June 1 by
Varney Air Lines, Charles Wright
son, of Boise, manager of the air
company announced. A test night
flight was made over the route last
Sunday.. .The service will cut one full
business day on air mail deliveries
from the northwest to the east
tout - - ' "
Committees Appointed
, For Pioneers Reunion
By President McBride
T. L McBride, president of the
Umatilla County Pioneers association,
announced .his r committee appoint
ments at a meeting Monday evening
of local boosters of this annual event
at Weston, reports the Leader.
The reunion dates this year are Fri
day and Saturday, May 31 and June
1, and everything indicates a success
ful gathering. It will be financed in
the same manner as last year, with
proceeds from dancing and conces
sions, although subscriptions will
again be asked to a guarantee fund to
insure that expenses will be met in
the event that bad weather interferes
with the reunion. An effort will be
made to secure the L. L. , Lindgren
shows, which with tlieir merry-go-
round, ferris wheel and other at
tractions added to the picnic atmo
sphere last year.
The grounds committee advocated
the construction of a permanent
stage on the school campus, where the
reunions are now held, and were ask
ed to look into the matter more ful
ly and report at another meeting
scheduled for next Monday evening.
The several committees follow:
Finance H. Goodwin,. S. A. Barnes,
T. L. McBride.
Concessions Jay Smith, C. W.
Avery, Lester O'Harra.
Program Clark Wood, Dr. W. H,
McKinney, Guy W. Brace. '
Publicity P. T. Harbour, Emery
Gentry, Carl Thomas.
Music S. A. Barnes, W. L. Smock,
William Hass.
Speakers C. L. Pinkerton, Herman
Goodwin, Nelson H. Jones.
Decoration Claud ' Price, Lysle
Webb, Carl Brandt, Carl Warm.
Sports Newt O'Harra, Walter
Webb, Frank Snider, H. R. Pope, T.
L. McBride.
Badges Ross King, Karl Martin
sen, Harrison Kirk.
Grounds Marvin Price, Robert G.
Blomgren, J. A. King, P. T. Harbour,
W. S. Price.-
Reception J.. T. Lieuallen, G. A.
Hartman, .T. A. Lieuallen, R. Alex
ander, J. H. Raley, Henry J. Taylor,
M. L. Watts, J. A. Fee, Sim J. Cul
ley, S. A. Barnes.
Scholastic Leaders
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Naomi Hohman and Jack Hemp
stead, both of Portland, who headed
the scholastic averages at the Univer
sity of Oregon for fall term. .
Hits At Failure To
Call For Lower Rates
"The Iron Fireman"
Automatic Stoker Is
Installed at School
George Strand of Pendleton, rep
resenting the Smythe-Bartell company
was here last week installing an
"Iron Fireman," the automatic stoker
in the furnace at the Athena school
building. He and a force of . me
chanics completed the installation
Sunday, so that the building was for
the first time heated by the new de
vice, Monday.
The new equipment makes it pos
sible to furnish heat for the build
ing at much less cost for fuel than
under the old hand,method. A cheap
er grade of coal which in the main
consists of slack and the smallest
run of nut coal is used in the oper
ation of this new automatic stoker.
The fuel is fed from the bottom of
the furnace, the process resulting in
complete combustion, which retains
full heat from gases which ' in the
ordinary method of furnace heating
escape in total loss.
Another remarkable feature of the
new device is that room temperature
may be absolutely controlled. A ther
mostatic instrument controls the heat
from the furnace automatically at the
exact degree of temperature desired
at all times.
Mr. Strand has completed installa
tion of new equipment in the Adams
school building. The heating system
in the Adams school is steam, while
the Athena system is air, the "Iron
Fireman" being readily adapted for
either system.
The new Marcus Whitman hotel at
Walla Walla, after unsatisfactory ex
perience the past winter with the oil
fed furnace, has adopted the modern
"Iron Fireman" coal stoker.
Spokane. Failure of examiners for
the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion to recommend rail rate reduc
tions for wheat shipment" was hit to
day in statements j published by
prominent northwestern men identi
fied with the industry. r '
J. Carl Laney, of Colfax, secre
tary of the Washington state farm
bureau and leader in the Inland Em
pire's fight, asserted that farm lead
ers will carry the fight for substan
tial reductions to the Interstate Com
merce commission by exception brief
despite failure of the examiners to
make recommendations.
"Our attorney will be instructed to
centralize all efforts upon obtaining
the reductions which the grain grow
ers must have to continue business
and which we believe we are entitled
to under the Hoch-Smith resolution,"
Laney's statement said.
The Spokesman-Review tomorrow
will quote statements from J. Aimer
McCurtain, of Spokane, president of
the Washington and northern Idaho
Farmers' Union; George A. Palmitcr
of Hood River, Oregon, master of the
Oregon State Grange and H. R. Rich
ards, president of the , Oregon and
southern Idaho Farmers' Union, in
which the actjpn of the examiners
was disapproved.
Robert W. Service's
"The Trail Of
Carload of Seed
Peas Arrives Here
A carload of seed peas is in stor
age at the warehouse of the Farm
er's Grain Elevator company, on
lower Main street having arrived
here recently, The peas were ship
pe4 here by the Washington-Idaho
Seed compapy. The company has list
ed a large acreage from foothill and
mountain ranchers which will be
planted to peas this spring.
The soil conditions of the land east
of Weston are considered to be ex
cellent for pea culture, and the com
pany is taking hold of the enterprise
with the view of making pea pro
duction a permanent enterprise in
that district.
Wheat Raisers Pool
Wheat raisers of Nabraska and
Wyoming to the number of 300 have
effected -organization of a wheat pool
giving it the name of the Midwest
Market Association, non . stock co
operative. The pool was said to rep
resent 13,000 grain raisers in the two
states, and was declared the largest
in existence in the middlewest. .
Ready for Seeding
The process of packing the ground,
preparatory to- planting beans on land
recently leased in this vicinity, is
under way. Bean planters will follow
the packing operations.
'98
Metro's big epic of the North, "The
Trail of '98," will be shown at the
Standard Theatre tomorrow for one
night only. Two nights were asked
but owing to popular demand for the
film (it ran for four days this week
at the Liberty Theatre, Walla Walla)
it was impossible to secure a two-
night booking. Sunday night Buddy
Rogers and Marion Nixon will be
presented in Universals college
drama, "Red Lips."
What "The Covered Wagon" was to
the west, "The Birth of a Nation" was
to New England, is just what 'The
Trail of '98" is to the far north.
"The Trail of '98," film version of
Robert W. Service's famous story of
the Klondike gold rush is made on
a big lavish scale which is in keeping
with the bigness of the land of the
midnight sun.
Stars in the cast are Ralph Forbes,
Dolores Del Dio, Harry Carey, Karl
Dane, Tully Marshall, George Cooper!
Admission prices are 10-35-50c.
' Construction Work Progressing
Construction work is progressing on
the new addition to the Farmers
Grain Elevator plant, which will in
crease its capacity 130,000 bushels.
Concrete work on the piers and base
ment was completed last week. This
week a force of about 20 men have
been employed in constructing the
crjbbing. Seven carloads . of gravel
and two carloads of cement were
used in the concrete work, and it will
require 14 carloads of lumber for the
cribbing. , . ,
MACHINERY BEING
ASSEMBLED 'IN
American Legion Convention
The American Legion, department
of Oregon, will hold its annual con
vention at Salem, August 8, 9, 10 and
11, this year.
M'NARY FORESEES
Rogers & Goodman Furnish
Equipment For Bean
Industry.
Rogers & Goodman of Athena, se
cured the contract forj furnishing the
machinery to take !carr of the bean
growing industry - Which this spring
is being inaugurated in the Walla
Walla, Athena-Weston district by the
company represented by H. H. Eick
One carload of planters and packers
arrived in Athena this week. The
allotment for Athena and Weston was
unloaded at one of the warehouses in
the railroad yards, and the units for
the Walla Walla district were ship
ped on to that point.
An Athena crew of men under di
rection of Arnold Wood, and one from
Weston, under Buzz Fisk, have been
assembling the bean planters at the
Athena warehouse, and have made
good progress with , the work. .
The planting equipment comes from
the International . Harvester com
pany, represented in this section by
Rogers & Goodman, and the local
firm is expecting the arrival of cul
tivators shortly. The shipments in
clude 36 planters, and packers and 60
cultivators. -
The company has purchased 12 Best
"20" caterpillars, seven of which are
at the warehouse here for the Athena-Weston
district, while five have
been delivered at Walla Walla.
Jack Calder has been making en
larged hoppers for bean planters this
week down at the Rogers & Good
man shop. These hoppers, construct
ed of galvanized iron, will take the
place of smaller ones, originally at
tached to the planters.
FARM BILL VETO
Washington, D. C. An actual start
on consideration of' farm relief legis
lation was made by the senate and
shortly after it started Chairman Mc
Nary of its agriculture committee de
clared that if congress sent a mea
sure to the White House containing
the export debenture plan it would re
ceive a presidential veto.
McNary started a discussion of the
measure, which contains the deben
ture provision so strenuously object
ed to by Mr. Hoover, a few hours
after a formal report on the bill had
been submitted to the senate.
"It would be vain to send this bill
to the president with the debenture
plan in, it," McNary said. "I feel cer
tain that he would disapprove it."
Immediately after McNary finished
a defense of the debenture plan was
undertaken by Senator Caraway of
Arkansas, one of the democtratic
members of the senate agricultural
committee who took a leading part
in writing the proposal into the new
farm relief bill.
"The ten reasons the president
gave for opposing the plan," Cara
way said, are the same as those ad
vocated by individuals and in the
nress that desires to fatten on the
sweat and blood of agriculture."
A formal report on the new farm
bill, embodying the export debenture
plan, was made to the senate by
Senator McNary. with the state
ment that those opposed to the pro
vision relied upon the position taken
by the chief executive. Except for
this reference and a paragraph ex
plaining how the debenture proposal
would work, the chairman's report
made no mention of the plan.
The remainder of the report set
forth in detail the operation of the
farm legislation which generally cor
responds to that under consideration
in the house except that the house
measure does not contain the deben
ture provision.
No Damage
Although below freezing tempera
tures have been recorded throughout
the Walla Walla valley during the
past week, no damage to fruit has re
suited as far as can be ascertained,
Harold E. Rathbone, frost warning
expert of the United States Weather
Bureau reports.
To Fight For Differential
Portland. The Portland Chamber
of Commerce has under considera
ton a resolution calling for a fight
to the finish for retention of the
Columbia Basin differential on grain
rates. W. D. B. Dodson, manager.
say demands were pouring from all
- Junior-Senior Banquet
The annual banquet of the junior
quarter's" it''Voxr"w-iTQrVdi of Athena hitch school
carry its fight to the oral hearing in
Washington, May 27.
Storage For 100,000
Frank Curl is making additional im
provements to his grain elevator at
Adams which when completed will
give him storage facilities for 100,
000 bushels of grain. The work will
be completed in time to take care
of the growing wheat crop.
will be held at the Grand hotel in
Walla Walla, tomorrow evening,
Annual County Meet
At Pendleton Tomorrow
" Two hundred thirty ' contestants
from the various schools of Umatilla
county will compete here Saturday
at the Round-Up park in the eleventh
annual Umatilla county track and
field meet, which will begin at 1:30
p. m. i
Winnes of events in sectional meets
will complete, the schools represented
being Pendleton and vicinity, section
one; Milton-Freewater and vicinity,
section two; Weston, Athena, Adams,
Helix and vicinity, section four; Echo,
Stanficld, Hermiston, Umatilla, and
vicinity, section four; Pilot Rock and
vicinity, section five.
Each section will enter teams con
sisting of 16 boys and 16 girls from
the grade schools, and 14 boys from
high schools, making a total of 230
contestants. Boys and girls in the
grade schools will be divided into
four classes according to weight and
height.
There will be 37 events, 18 of which
will be track events and 19 field.
East Oregonian.
Newspaper Men Dead
Two former Umatilla county news
paper men died within the past ten
days. Parker Branin, until recently,
city editor of the East Oregonian,
Inter associate editor of a Twin Falls,
Idaho, paper, died in. that city as the
result of injuries received in an auto
mobile accident H. A, Clemens, vice-
president of the Record Publishing
company at Baker, formerly publish
er of the Pilot RoCk Record, died at
Whitcfish, Montana.
League Games
Adams met a tartar Sunday in its
game with the Mission Indians in the
Umatilla county league, when she
went up against the heady pitching
of Craig, the wily Indian twirler. The
missions won, 12-0. In a close game
at Hermiston, the Pendleton Eagles
were defeated by Hermiston, 4 to 3.
Opening the Blue Mountain league
season, Pendleton defeated Enter
prise, 9-1; with Duff pitching, La
Grande won from Baker 11-3.
Here From Burns
Mr, and Mrs. Ralph Haynie were
hero Saturday from Burns, and visit
ed at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
George Banister. They left Sunday
for Spokane, where Mr. Haynie will
attend a convention of the J. C. Pen
ney company store managers. Mrs.
Haynie will go to Portland, to visit
relatives, and will return to Athena
before returning to her home at
Burns.
La Grande Suicide
Guy Davis, 80, was found dead in
a cemetery at LaGrande, his body
fallen over the grave of his wife.
There was a bullet hole in bis head
and a pistol clutched in his hand. The
sexton saw Davis in the cemetery
near his wife's grave. The man has
been despondent for , some time,
friends said.