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VOLUME 50.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUN IT. OREGON. FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 17. 1929
NUMBER 20
FARM RELIEF BILL
PASSED
Measure Wins By Large
Vote, Debenture Clause
And All.
Washington. A farm bill unaccept
able to President Hoover because it
contains the export debenture p'an
"i was passed, Tuesday by the senate,
a 54 to.wafljr-a nu noaui'i laoor,
Both branches of .congress now have
. acted upon agricultural rehef legis
' lation but the greatest uncertainty
surrounds its final enactment because
of the sharp difference between the
senate and the house on the debenture
action. The president early in the
session strongly objected to that
method of farm relief. -
The senate measure was messaged
Wednesday to the house where admin
istration leaders are inclined to refuse
the bill. They base this on contentions
that the senate had no right to in
' itiate the debenture proposal on the
theory that it is revenue legislation
and therefore constitutionally must
originate in the house. Strong opin
ion was expressed Tuesday in the sen
ate and administration leaders have
been working to prevent a deadlock.
The farm bill was passed in the
senate largely by the same combin
ation of democrats and republican in-
, dependents, who voted for the deben-
' ture plan.
Thirty one administration republi
cans including Senator Watson of In
diana, the party leader, voted against
th Bill BS prptesfc of tne aeDenturo
section. Two democrats, Wagner of
New York and Walsh of Massachu
setts also voted against the bill. .
Nine senators who voted against de
bentures, however, voted for ..he
measure, but even if they had cast
their ballot with the administration
group the bill would have passed.
These senators were Capper of
Kansas, Couzens and Vandenberg of
Michigan, Cutting of New Mexico,
McNary and Steiwer of Oregon,
ghortridge- f California, and Thomai
of Idaho, republicans, and Ransdell of
Louisiana, democrat,
Immediately after the measure had
been passed, Senator McNary, as
chairman of the agricultural commit
tee, obtained consent to have a con
ference committee appointed for the
purpose f meeting with a similar
committee from the hoijse, should one
be authorized, to agree on disputed
pgctjops. The senate conference com
mittee s composed of Chairman Mf
. Nary, ganatprs (Supper and Ransdell
cf Louisiana, who are opposed to the
debenture plan, and Norris of Nebras
ka and Smith of South Carolina who
favor it.
Just prior to the. final vote, the
democratic spokesmen warned repub
lican leaders that refusal of the house
to receive the senate bill because of
the debenture section would- mean de
feat of all agricultural legislation.
The democrats, Robinson of Arkansas,
the party leader, and Harrison of
Mississippi, declared that if no farm
measure is finally approved, the re
sponsibility would rest upon the re
publican leadership.
In the name, the senate farm bill
does not differ greatly from the
measure passed some time ago by
the house which has the endorsement
of Mr. Hoover. Except for the de
benture plan, both bills seek to aid
the farm situation by setting up a
comprehensive structure for the
orderly marketing of crops so as to
; prevent the surplus from disturbing
price levels.
Those who voted for the bill in
cluded Senators Borah and Thomas of
Idaho, Dill of Washington and Mc
Nary and Steiwer of Oregon. Among
the eight senators non voting on the
bil) but who were reported as favor
ing it werg Senator Jones of -Wash-
funeral of Mr. Cockbqrn
The funeral servipes of Mrs. Mack
eockburn were largely attended Sun
day afternoon at the Christian church
In Milton. Mrs. Cockburn was well
known and prominent In many organ
izations, which was evidenced by the
hosts of beautiful flowers. Rev.
Blakeney of ; Walla- Walla conducted
the services at the church and the
Milton chapter of the Eastern Star
attending in a body had charge of
the services at the grave. Mrs. H. I.
Wstta acted as an ; honorary pall
bearer.
Bingham Hatchery To Open
The Bingham Springs Hatchery on
the Umatilla river which has been
idle tor two years' will be opened
this season by the state game com;
mission': For" some: time ihe sports
men of Umatilla country have been
urging that this be done. Eastern
Bf fjojf and" rainbow tout batched and
cultured there-will be released ic the
streams of the surrounding territory.
Athena Grade and
High School Teach
ers On Vacation
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Meyer and lit
tle daughter left Sunday for Marsh
field where they have an attractive
home. Mr. Meyer who .has been
principal of the Athena schools for
the past two years, and who has been
in the teaching profession for seven
teen years, will take up u business
career in the near future.
Miss Dorothy Brodie has left for
Eugene where she will visit friends
for a time. Later she will motor, to
Oakland, California, where she will
visit at the home of her parents. .
.Miss Mildred v Bateman .,. plans to
spend the summer at 'the home of her
parents in Milton. .
At present Mr. Frederick is at Pull
man, Washington. Mrs. Frederick
and her sister, Mrs. Laithe are plan
ning to spend several weeks hero and
will join Mr. Frederick later
Mr. Miller and family will spend
several weeks in Athena and later go
to Cheney where Mr. Miller will take
up work along educational lines suf
ficient to obtain his life certificate.
He will also take some work in
physical educational education and
coaching.
The Miller children will attend the
training school spending the morning
hours in study, Mrs. Miller's parents
make their home in Cheney, and she
will visit them during the summer.
Mr. Rominger's headquarters have
been transferred to Freewater and he
and Mrs. Rominger will spend the
summer in that city.
Miss Delia Bryant and Miss Blanche
Thorson have left on an extensive
motor tripi stopping en route to visit
their parents at Stanfield and Marsh
field. They will drive through Cali
fornia, South to the Grand Canyon
and back by way of Denver, return
ing here about the middle of August.
Members of Faculty and Graduating Class
of Athena High School, for Year of '29
Faculty
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MISS MILDRED BATEMAN, MISS DOROTHY BRODIE, SUPERINTENDENT
LEE A. MEYER, MRS. ESTHER FREDERICK, MR. HAROLD W. FREDERICK
Health Assn. Starts
Drive, for Members
With the selection of J, V- TaHman
as County Chairman, final plans for
he annual Umatilla County Ucajth
Association membership drive were
completed today and the work is now
under way. The drive closos on May
25th. Ccunty directors include Carl
Gilbert, Echo; Mrs, C. S,McNaught,
Hermiston; Mrs, jviajvin Roy, Pilot
Rock; Mrs. Omar Babcock, Indian
Agency L, L. Lieualjen, Adams;
Lance Kellough, . Weston, Robert
Erinker, Freewater; Henry Casteel,
Meacham; Mrs. Homer Watts, Ath
ena and Albert E- -Tate, Hx-l:t.
Funds derived from the drive are
used to further the health work in
Umatilla and that it has been, effect
ively handled in the past the the bene
fit of all sections, is shown in the fol
lowing summary of the twelve month
report of Miss Edna Flanagan, Uma
tilla County Health Nurse. During
the year, through the loan fund, the
association has aided in buying glas
ses for eighteen children, !t hai se
cured topsil and adenoid operations
for eighteen others and has provided
dental care for four, This jv.oney har
been loaned and paid pack us the
parents were able, thus allowing the
children to have the corrections as
needed. The children benefited came
from Hermiston, Stanneld, Holdman,
Athena, Relth, Pilot Rock, Pendleton,
Helix, Riverside, Milton, Ferdale,
District 69, Adams and Umapine.
During the year a goitre survey
was also held at which 1,022 children
were examined by physicians. The
result showing about 28 per cent of
the children showing enlarged thy
roid gland.
There has been an average of
twelve social service cases handled a
month, 10 general cases and nineteen
child welfare, beside general relief
work.
Twenty pattents have been sent to
Doernbecher Hospital from Umatille
County during the year and have been
discharged. Five have been returned
for clinics, two have been admitted
through private source, and two ap
plications tor treatment are in, at fhe
present time. Two are now at the
Hospital, ope for operation and one
for treatment,
Recital To Be Given
Music students of Miss Edna Hanna
will be presented In recital next
Wednesday evening at eight o'clock
at the auditorium. They will be as
sisted by Miss Mildred Hill, pianist
of Walla Walla who will play sever
al numbers. Miss Betty Weatherman
also of Walla Walla will play a group
of violin solos. Miss Weatherman is
a Miss of twelve years of age, who is
very accomplished and it will be a
great pleasure to hear her. A in
vitation is extended to all to attend.
Miss Pinkerton Is Honoree
Miss Jule Pinkerton' was honoree at
a birthday party Monday when her
mother entertained commemorating
her daughter's eleventh, birthday." Teij
girls arid ten boys' motored fo the
Pinkerton country home where they
enjoyed an afternoon of games, fol
lowed by ict cream served with a
birthday cake.
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LEFT ROW READING DOWN WILFORD MILLER, PEARL GREEN, ORAL MICIIENER,
WELDON BELL, ALBERTA CHARLTON, EDWIN MCEWEN, GEORGE GROSS, ARETA
KIRK,
RIGHT ROW READING DOWN WAYNE PINKERTON, MARJORIE, WILSON, RALPH
MCEWEN, LEE FOSTER, MILDRED STREET, JACK DOW, EMMA R1NGEL, SUPERIN
TENDENT LEE A. MEYER
Rov Montgomery Resigns
As Pendleton Police Chief
Pendleton. Complete shake-up in
the Pendleton police force came with
the resignation of Roy Montgomery,
chief of police. Charles Lemons, who
has for some time been day patrol
man, has been appointed acting chief
by Mayor McAtee and this appoint:
ment was acte ypon fey the cit 'cqq'q
cil last night. ' " :
L.W. Connor, who has for sev
eral months been traffic officer, has
been, made day patrolman and Frank
Hutton., former- city traffic officer and
for a time county prohibition officer,
has been replaced on the force as
traffic officer.
Pasco Air Jubilee
Tuesday morning, an airplane soar
ed over Athena and in its flight drop
ped myriads of colored cards adver
tising the Pasco Air Jubilee to be
held at that city Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, May 16, 17, 18. A
Legion Carnival Smoker with boxing
matches and airplane races and
stunts are included in the three days'
program. Fifty airplanes will be on
hand and an exhibition of the Ford
tri-motored plane will be a feature
of the program.
Will Leave for South Dakota
Mrs. E. C. Prestbye will leave next
week for South palcota where she will
visit her maternal grandparents for
a time. Mrs. Prestbye will be join
ed by her sister Mrs, Joseph Joyce,
in Spokane who will make the trip
with her. Solista Pickett, Mrs. Prest
bye's brother who has been staying
with her will also accompany her.
Commencement Held
Friday, May 10th At the
High School Auditorium
Friday evening, May 10, marked
the event of Commencement for the
class of 1929 of the Athena High
school.
Fifteen students Were presented
with diplomas following a program
including music and a splendid ad
dress by Dr. Davis of Whitman Col
lege. The auditorium was beautifully
decorated by members of the Junior
class, lavishly using a profusion of
spring flowers accenting nhndes of
rose and cream, which were the class
colors. The auditorium was filled to
capacity, standing room beintf at a
premium.
The members of the graduating
class were, Weldon Allen Bell, Al
berta Charlton, Jack William Duw,
Lee Foster, Pearl Irene Green, George
Gross, Areta Maxine Kirk, Marjorie
Marguerite Wilson,. Edwin Luvoise
McEwen,, Ralph McEwen, Jr., Oral
Michener, Wilford, Miler, Donald
Wayne Pinkerton, Emm Marie
Ringle apd Mildred Street.
Mother's Day Is
Observed In Athena
Yeggs Busy In Wal(a Walla.
Two burglaries and a holdup fea
tured the. week-end in Walla Walla
last week. The robbery occurred at
a rooming house, while the two bur
glaries took place at the Logan-IIahn
garage and the Garden City Feed
mills. At the rooming house $85 was
netted, and at the other two plat.es
from the burglars' point of view were
failures because only a few pennies
were obtained.
Mother's Day was appropriately
observed at the Athena churches last
Sunday.
Programs made up of numbern by
the little folks were given at the Sun
day school hour and flowers were pre
sented to all guests.
A union service occurred at the
Christian church in the evening and
was most interesting, and well at
tended. The first part of the program
was a miscellaneous nature read
ings, solos and a talk by Mr. Dow
being much enjoyed.
This was followed by a pageant
depiciting the dreams and memories
of a mother, and was most appealing.
The altar was beautifully decorated
with apple blossoms lupine and tulips
and the lighting effects used were
lovely. Musical numbers, solos,
quartettes and duets told the lif
story of the dear mother represented,
and were beautiful and appropriate.
Has Birthday Party
Mrs. Sheldon Taylor was hostess at
dinner Thursday evening inhonor of
her daughter Nylene.. Covers were
laid for eight of the honorees intimate
friends at a prettily appointed table
centered with yellow daisies and
flowering almond. A pink and yel
low color scheme was accented, and
the honor guest cut a beautiful birth
day cake decorated with thirteen
candles. Those enjoying the hospital
ity of Mrs. Taylor were, Marjorie
Montague, Bernice Wilson, Helen
L'arrett, Barbara Lee, Velma Ross,
Laura Rots and Mary Jane Miller.
Passenger Ship Makes
Initial Trio to Walla
Walla from Spokane
Walla Walla. Air service between
Walla Walla, Spokane and Portland
was inaugurated Tuesdav. nnn nf tho
Mamer service planes making the
trip to waiia Walla in the morning,
dropping two nassencers. r.nnMnnincr
to Portland, and picking up the men
again in tne evening. For the present
it is announced. triDs to Walln Walla
will be made when there are passen
gers to come from either Portland or
Spokane, or when Walla Walla people
make reservations to go to either
rortiana or bpokane. Reservations
may be made through the
club office at the Marcus Whitman.
Later it is planned to make Walla
waiia a regular port of call.
Clarence L. Soence. fnrmprlw nf
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waiia waiia, now manager of the
Western Auto SuddIv
at Spokane, and Norman Wakefield,
general manager of the Mamer com
pany, at Spokane were the passengers
on the plane which left Spokane,
pnoteo. Dy jack Kose, at 7 a. m. Rose
flew on to Portland and stonnpH
about 5 p. m. to take the men home.
Botb Spence and Wakefield spoke
at the weekly chamber of commerce
luncheon at the Marcus Whitman.
A live city with a live chnmhsr nf
commerce will have an air port," said
61r. Spence. "Your new airport is
visible for five miles away and is easy
to land on. ;
The trip today was the first fnr tho
new nassencer service Int-.n art A nnf
of Walla Walla. Since April 18 the
raamer company have been flying
from Spokane to Portland, via Yaki
ma, and the Una has been paying its
way. ine raamer people are men of
broad vision, are well financed, anc?
capable.
"Cities must nrenarn fnr th fi,.
ture by building airports."
Mr. Wakefield spoke of the opening
of the air service, saying two four
passenirer planes are bnino- nsnd a
Buhl air sedan and a Ryan brougham
on alternate days. A little later,
when business justifies, the new
Ford tri-motored "West Wind" will
be put on the run, making Walla Wal
la regularly. The nlanea leave Stink.
ane at 7 a. m. reach Walla Walla at
8:du and Portland at 10i30. Return
ing from Portland thev leave at a a
m reach Walla Walla at 5 and Spok-
me at b :ao.
Reservations fnr nnRRA era tn Pntf-
land must be made by five o'clock of
the day previous while reservation to
Spokane can be made up to two
o'clock in the afternoon on which the
passage is desired.
Walla Walla To
Dedicate Airport
Walla Walla, Impressive cere
monies have been planned for the
dedication of Walla Walla's new mu
nicipal airport which will be held
Saturday afternoon as the feature of
the second Walla Walla air derbv,
which will be held May 24, 25 and
26. The new airport has been ded
icated to the sacrifices made by ex
service men of the community and
has been named the Veterans Mem
orial airport. Representatives of all
ex-service men's organizations with
the American Legion drum corps of
Walla Walla and the U. S. Verterans
hospital band will be in charge of
the dedication. ;
One of the most extensive air show
programs ever to be arranged in the
history of the Pacific Northwest is
planned for the 1929 air derby. It is
expected that more than 50 airplanes
of all types will be in Walla Walla
for the derby.
The three day derby program will
see the finish of the derby raci from
Portland to Walla Walla and the
Spokane to Walla Walla derby Fri
day, May 24. Races and stunt flyinsr
by U. S. army and navy and com
mercial planes will be held each
afternoon from 1 to 4 o'clock. The
program will close each day with
parachute jumping contests with
several of the best known parachute
jumpers of the Northwest partici
pating. Passenger carrying" will be
a feature. Admission prfres lor the
derby will be 50 cents each day.
Baptist Missionary Society
The members of the Baptist Mis
sionary Society spent a profitable and
enjoyable afternoon at the home of
Mrs. O. O. Stephens last Thursday.
A business session was held, the an
nual election of officers taking place.
The following officers will serve dur
ing the ensuing year, Mrs. II. A.
Street, president; Mrs. C. L. McFad
den, vice-president; Mrs, O. O. Ste
phens, secretary-treasurer; Mrs.
Zeltha Mclntyre, chairman of the
White Cross committee; Mrs. Louis
Stewart, chairman of the program
committee. Mrs. Ralph Haynij of
Burns sang a solo, and Mrs. F L.
I'ittman gave a reading. Little
Laura Jean Payne delighted the
guests with two olos. Following the
program a social hour was enjoyed
and Mrs. Clarence Zerba and Mrs.
Dow served dainty refreshments.
WHEAT MEN INT
RATE TO PORT CUT
Discontent With Mackley
Hall Report Is Expressed.
Puget Sound Bureau, Seattle,
Wash. Recent developments in east
ern Washington in respect to freight
rates on wheat- indicate that the
worm has " turned, forcing the Co-,
lumbia asin differential case to give
way to the demand for a general
lowering of the' grain rate levels.
In other words, wheat growers of
the Big Bend, the Palouse and Wal
la Walla districts are wearied of such
phrases as "parity rates" and "equal
ization of ports;" are displeased with
the Mackley-Hall report that seem
ingly overlooked the appeal for low
er rates Ifrom ' the inland empire to
Pacific ports, and they are demanding
that all forces combine for a deter
mined fight to lower grain rates as
suggested by the, Hoch-Smith resolution.
Responsible spokesmen for the
wheatgrowers have been heard com
plaining and demanding action in the
last few days, such, for example, as
the following from the Washington
Farmer, published in Spokane: "No
quitting now on freight rate fight;
growers refuse to let report oh Port
land differential : case obscure the
facts that Canada ships her grain for
half the cost United States, producers
pay."
Similarly, J. Carl Laney, Colfax,
secretary of the Washington state
farm bureau, proclaims: "The Wash
ington, Oregon and Idaho grain grow
ers must have production costs, in
cluding that of transportation to
North Pacific ports, sufficiently low t;
enable them to compete on a profit
able basis with the Alberta tfowers.''
Behind these expressions of dis
satisfaction over te Mackley-IIall re
port, there is a movement to over
whelm and nullify the report when h
is argued before-the interstate com
merce commission late in this monh.
With Canadian competition aggra
vated by reductions for midwest
points, the Inland Empire growers are
in a fighting mood, which is shown
by the following, excerpt from . the
current issue of the Idaho Farmer:
"Northwest farm organizations wil'.
renew their fight with greater inten
sity to obtain a reduction of freight
rates on grain sipments from tne In
land Empire to ports on the north
Pacific coast as the result of volun
tary reductions in the middle west on
grain shipped to north Atlantic ports.
"The reduction sought is one-third
on export shipments from northern
Idaho, eastern Washington and east
ern Oregon to Portland, Longview,
Tacoma and Seattle, and not leas than
10 cents a hundred on shipments
from nearer points, and 15 cents on
shipments from southern Idaho.
"The Portland Chamber of Com
merce declared its support for such
a reduction and other northwest bod
ies are expected to join in petitioning
the interstate commerce commission."
State and U. S. Men
Meet In Freewater
Freewater. Four members of the
state board of horticulture held an
onen hcarinc with 7R fruit crnwers
here Monday morning, with Federal
Inspectors W. L. Clore of Oregon, M.
L. Dean of Idaho and J. R. Greiner
of Washington also in. attendance.
The object of the meeting was to
establiHh a standard ntate craile
which will conform with the feJer&I
grade, the present Washington and
Oresron grades is 10 ner rent toler
ance, while the federal grade is 5 per
cent. Idaho state and federal grades
conform. Growers here agreed tn re
commend a uniform federal and state
grade, as the present variance means
lower rruit standards and tends to
lower the reputation of Oregon fruit.
The federal board announce! that
two United States grades, to be
known as one and two, were planned
in place of one, as at present
11. H. Withersooon. of the state
board, said that on the first ten ship
ping days of thch nmnn uisnn nil
cars would be policed in thia district
with no extra charge to growers for
tnis inspection. If the fruit is found
unmarketable, the car would be red
tagged, thus proclaiming its condi
tion to eastern dealers.
The commission left for a similar
hearing at Walla Walla.
Athena Won Game
Athena Won her r me Knnrlnv with
Weston by the-score of 6 to 5. Gross
was very effective in the box for Ath.
ena until the ninth inning when his
steady pitching began to tell on him
the high point of the game,
and he allowed hits enough to brin.r
in three runs. York did the work U
the box for Weston with nice pitch
ing. A three bagger by Myrick. wu