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iti-kf mm 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. 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 Poet Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mall Matter -41 i VOLUME 50. " ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 31. 1929 NUMBER 22 SPECIAL MACHINES TO HARVEST GRO P Beans in the Athena-Weston I District Are Ready I For Cultivation. Marion Hansell, field manager for the Eickhoff Products company, a companied Mr. EckhofTtoJtockton, California, leaving Athena Tuesday evening. Mr. Eickhoff and Mr. Han' sell went to Stockton for the pur pose of inspecting j and purchasing harvesting machinery for the Eick hoff bean crop in the Athena-Wes ton and Walla Walla districts. In the Athena-Weston district bean planting has been completed, and par of the acreage here comprising more than 6000 acres, is .being cultivated for the first time over. The Walla Walla planting will be finished this week. Cultivators 'Which take two rows of beans are being used. Harvesting machinery to take care of the Eickhoff bean crop, which this year totals more, than 10,000 acres will be selected at Stockton by Mr, Eickhoff and - Mr. Hansell,' after thorough investigation has been made into the merits of the different ma chines manufactured there under special facilities required , for bean harvesting conditions. Admirable weather conditions pre' vailed in the Athena-Weston section for bean planting, and the inoculated seed sprouted quickly and the plants are growing, are strong and have good color. :':;' , ..' nT' The new industry has provided work for a number of men who otherwise would have been idle at least a part of the time, since operations com menced several weeks ago. First em ployment was given in the assembling of the machinery, and for the most part the crews that planted the beans and are now operating the cultivators were recruited from the ranks of these assemblers. - v , Cultivation will soon be' in full swing, when the later plantings will be advanced to sufficient growth, when it is said considerable labor will be ' employed in hoeing, as supple mentary to the work of the machine cultivators. Oregon Reference Book Ready For Distribution The initial volume of "Who's Who In Oregon'' is just off the press and Is ready for distribution throughout the state. The book is the first ven ture of its kind ever attempted in Oregon and is published by the Ore gon City Enterprise, nearly two years having been spent in its compilation and editing. There are about 2800 biographical sketches , in the book, which carries no advertising nor pic tures, hut is restricted to ftptual ref erence material concerning promi nent men and women of Oregon, Lewis A. Mc Arthur, author oi "Oregon Geographic Names," has written a fdreword for the book, which is bound in maroon leather and lettered in gold, The publishers state that not a single sketch has been paid for and that the volume represents a successful effort to is sue an Oregon biography free from puffs. ; ; ....... .., r ,- "Who's Who In Oregon" consists ,of 242 pages, including a cable of ab breviations, an introduction, preface, interesting information about the state. The edition has been restrict ed to l,6Q0 copies, of which 1,200 have been ordered by subscribers. W, O. Vf, Readjustment Memebers pf e fraternal Order pf the Woodmen of the World will be interested to know that an action to acted by the Woodmen of the World prohibit the carrying out of plans en at their last head camp session has been refused by the supreme court of Colorado. The plans are for the read justment of rates and thus the rates will go into effect despite the at tempted action. Mountain Road Improvement The contract was recently let for grading the mountain road from Mc Pougal Camp to Tollgate. Only the grading will be done this season, and next spring it .is expected to surface the road with rock. The county has equipment and men at work improv ing the road from the east end of the present macadamized road oq Wes ton Mountain, eastward toward Mc Dougal eamp. Poisoned. Rabbits There is g potable decrease in the number of rabbits in the west end of Umatilla county as a result of efficient poison operations during the past winter. There waa sufficient snow fall to force the rabbits to eat poisoned alfalfa which was placed for their destruction by farmers in co operation with county agent Holt. Local People Motor To Morrow County and ' - Greatly Enjoy Trip Mr. and Mrs. T. L. McBride, Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Richards and son, Ro land, motored down to Morrow coun ty Sunday. The party had a very pleasant trip. They visited the Ben Swaggart stock ranch near Lexington, and then drov$on to Heppner. , Mr. Swaeeart is aHareeder of thorough bred horses, and in the past has sold a considerable number of rorses for riding and polo purposes. The past winter was a hard one on Morrow county . stock) according to Mr. Richards, and the fact that range and pasturage conditions there are backward this spring is the leading reason for livestock being in poor con dition at this time. '.. . j. The members of the party were con siderably interested to witness the working of a large sheep-shearing plant, where the fleece from 200 sheep per man per day is removed by machine-driven shears. Expert shear ers are employed and the plant func tions on a complete system which in- sures thoroughness and dispatch. Morrow county grain m the sections visited was noted to be backward in growth as compared with conditions in the Athena-Weston district. ..... ,r - , t) . Children of Revolution Unveil a Tablet I Air Circus Coming The "Air Circus," starring Louise Dresser and David Rollins, will be the special feature picture offering at the Standard Theatre, tomorrow night and Sunday night. William Fox pre sents the "Air Circus" which em braces all elements of interest and en tertainment of high order. Sue Carol and Arthur Lake have the comedy parts in the photoplay, and prove to be a fine team in presenting the light er vein in this thrilling , production. Regular prices of admission prevail FORCED SELLING LOWEREO PRICES Chicago. The flood of selling swept on through tffie" grain markets Tuesday, carrying prices down to new low levels for the season. Wheat sloughed off the season fractionally, the May delivery dropping 5-8c over night to 98 cents a bushel and sales for delivery in July sinking fraction ally below the dollar mark, for the first time since 1923. AH the prnv cipal North American markets show' ed price recessions of 1 1-8 to 1 o-8c at the opening in the wheat pits. With offerings free and only moder ate buying, wheat, corn, and oats all outdid previous low record prices in the early dealings. July wheat, in which the trading was most active dropped to below : $ L00 a bushel, rivaling Monday's performance of the May delivery. Further rains in Canada and bigger downpours in Liverpool wheat quotations than had been anticipated were depressing factors, Opening unchanged to 1 l-4c off, Chicago wheat later underwent a further setback. Corn started l-8c to 7-8c lower, rallied, and thentell again. Oats were irregular. Provis ions tended downward. Big Legion Convention, ; Salem, August 8, 9, 10 Visitors to the department con vention of .the American Legion which is to be held in Salem August 9 and 10 will be provided with amusement at various times during the three days by the stunts that will be staged by different Oregon Legion posts. This featqre creates a great deal of interest each, year and the Salem convention commission has ar ranged to have the stunts presented at various tjmes and places, during the convention. Prizes amounting to tlOQ for first place and f 50 for second Honors have been offered for the stunt contest. Stunts presented by the different posts will be of a humorous nature and much originality and cleverness will be exhibited by those taking part. Judges will be appointed to witness the stunt exhibitions and prizes will be awarded to the ones considered best. In addition to the stunts, much pontaneous comedy will be provid ed by Legionaires. Ludicrous cos tumes, clown bands, high diving ex perts and numerous other comedy at tractions will be offered for the amusement of convention, visitors. Excavating Basement Floyd Pinkerton is excavating a basement at his farm home west of Athena. A furnace will' be installed and other modern eonveniencies will be added to the home, Purchases Lot F. S. LeGrow has purchased the vacant lot of the Ike Phillips proper ty on College street He will move is barn to this property to make room for a contemplated addition to the houae. 4 ft -.ir y lit -)'t is 'ft ',.iu. ,. I Headed by Secretary, of War James W. Good, nu-rulieis of tlie Children of the American Revolution, In annual uuiujcu uiniuic uiim-i uut i nv j;ruve, or me unKuown soldier of the Revolutionary war in the old Presbyterian churchyard at Alexandria. Va. ' , . Northwest Plane Service Links Seventeen Cities Spokane. The Mamer Air Trans port, with headquarters at Felts Feld here, will link 17 of the most important cities of the northwest to gether with an airplane passenger service. The nucleus for which will be four tri-motored planes, its offi cials said today. Seattle, Portland, Ore.,1 and Butte, Mont., are the proposed terminals for the air run, with all planes pass ing each other daily at Walla Walla Wash. The tentative A schedule . provides that planes leave Seattle and Port land at the same time two planes leave Butte. The Portland plane will fly to Seattle, Yakima, Walla Walla, Pendleton, La Grande, Baker, Welser, Boise and Butte. The Seattle plane will go to Portland, thence to Walla Walla, Spokane, Wallace, Missoula and Butte. The Butte planes would go over these same routes from the other end. There would be two round trips daily between Seattle and Portland and one between all other pomts on the route. ' If we can meet this schedule." said Newton Wakefield, traffic; man ager, "we will make connections with the California-bound planes in Port land and Seattle. Montana passen gers could reach California in one day's time." Entertained at Luncheon A profusion of summer flowers decked the attractive rooms of the Koepke country home Friday when Mrs. Henry Koepke, Jr.. Mrs. Glenn Dudley, and Mrs. Ralph McEwen en tertained at luncheon. The ten tables were centered with gayly paint ed miniature watering pots filled with old fashioned flowers, and the guests found their places by means of dainty flowered . place cards. Following luncheon bridge was the diversion and Mrs. Paul Lleuallen made high score. Mrs. M. M. Johns second and Vs. Lee Hiteman received the con solation. The hostesses were assisted by Ivirs. Dean Dudley, Mrs. M. L. Watts and Mrs. H. A. Barrett. Mrs. Lorton of Walla. Wallft, was an out of town guest. , O'Mara Relatives Sidney Barnes, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Barnes of Weston, has left for South Africa, where he has contract ed to remain for two years, diamond drilling for the Sullivan Machinery company of Chicago. Sidney, who has many friends in Athena, has been operating diamond drills in dif ferent parts of the Northwest for the past three years, and has been very successful in his work. His African contract calls for $275 per month and expenses, including transportation from home in Weston to Africa, and return. ' Goes to South Africa ' John Q'Mara of Sutherlin. Oregon. Vaughn O'Mara of Glide, Oregon, and Harry O'Mara pf San Piego, Califor nia, father and brother of the late Allen O'Mara who was killed in an airplane crash last week at Walla Walla, were guests Saturday of Mr. and Mrs, E. Q. Lee, Teacher and Puplta Picnic Recently Mrs. Leota Ross completed teaching for the school term in Dis trict No. 52. The close of school was observed by teacher and pupils by en joying a picnic on Wild Horse creek. ' Recovers From Operation Edmund Potts, who was recently operated on for relief from a serious attack of kytftftafilcltia' li rtcWarWg" John Cameron In Jail 7, At Walla Walla, Faces ; Charge of Larceny Walla Walla. John Cameron, local business man, who has been in the county jail since last Thursday seek ing to raise $2500 bonds on a first degree forgery charge, today faced a new charge, grand larceny. An information charging this was filed by W. G. Coleman, prosecuting at torney. The Comercial Credit com pany, and the Cummins Auto com pany, the latter of Touchet, are com plaining witnesses. It is alleged that Cameron obtained the signature of the latter to a con ditional Bale contract for $278 and sold it t the credit company March 19, 1929. The contract, it is alleged, is spurious. Bond on the new charge was fixed at $1500. i Cameron was arrested a week ago today on a first degree forgery charge, and has been unable to obtain $2500 bonds. The new charge state? that he secured the signature of the Cummins auto company of Touchet to a conditional sales contract and sold it to the Commercial Credit company the contract being spurious, it is al leged. . Ilermiston Debaters Win State Contes Athena Eighth Graders Have Received Diplomas The members of M. I. Miller's eighth grade pupils in the Athena school took the examination recently ana have received their diplomas, as follows: Maxine Moore," Marjorie Montague, Bonnie Alekire, Bernice Wilson, Dorothy Burke, Velma Ross, Helen Barrett, Monna Montgomery, Garth Pinkerton, Fred Singer, Ralph Moore, Wayne Bannister, Lowell Jenkins, Robert Lee, Wendell Shigley, cennie Marquis, Solista Pickett, Ro land Richards, Howard Reeder, Rob ert Campbell. , Mr. Miller, who is one of the most successful eighth grade teachers working in Oregon public schools, will take a summer course at Cheney nor mal school, his alma mater. Mr. Mill er and family left for Cheney Sunday morning, ' ": Christian Church Women Will Give a Silver Tea The Women's Missionary Society of the Christian church will give a silver tea in the church basement, on next Wednesday afternoon, June 5th. The occasion promises to be a very enjoyable one and considerable effort has been made in formulating the program of the afternoon. The pro gram numbers follow: Trio Marjorie Douglas, Esther Berlin, Betty Eager, Piano Sojo Lenore McNalr. Flower song and drill by 16 girls. Piano Solo Frederica Kershav. Reading Mrs. James Cress well. Group f Songs Anna Compton Winn. Piano Duet Ellen and Clayton Winn. Reading Zola Steen. Vocal Duet Ellen and Clayton Winn. , Portable Radio Station What is claimed to be the only portable broadcasting station in the world, passed through Athena yes terday, mounted on a Durant auto mobile, and as a featured advertis ing stunt for that company. First Milton Strawberries The first crate of the season's strawberries was picked at Milton by IVde Harris and fold foY $10. Eugene. To Eastern Oregon goes the state high school debating cham pionship. Hermiston " high school arguing the affirmative of the ques tion: "Resolved, that a graduated in come tax is a desirable feature of state system of taxation," won the state high school debating champion ship title at the University here Mon day night, defeating Scappoose high scnooi. . , , Ruth Bensel and Walther Ott were on the winning team with Rose Dono van coaching. Hermiston won the eastern Oregon title, and Scappoose, the western title. The Barker . cups, representing sectional victories were awarded to Hermiston and Scappoose, and the Oregon cup, donated by Prof. E. E, Decou of University of Oregon,-was presented to Hermiston. Wauna Camp Fire Girls Hike to Rainbow End The Wauna Camp Fire Girls met at Camp Fire Hall Monday evening at lour o'clock and signs pointed the way to a rainbow hike. Lorra Ross. Velma Ross and Valeria Cannon were the leaders. ' The girls collected twenty varieties of leaves, which they are going to mount in a note book and classify, in order to earn a nature honor. The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow proved to be a bean hole, filled with hot baked beans. The leaders earned a real honor by mak ing tne bean hole. Sandwiches and a delicious desert were also served Dy the three leaders. CamD nlans were discussed and Camp Fire songs ended the meeting. Roberta Cannon was a guest. - . - . John Camerson 3 lines -: . .... , Observation Car On U. P.'s New Fast Train The Union Pacific's first onen tor. observation car schedule between Portland and The Dalles, will be in augurated with the new CI 4 -hour schedule to Chicago fixed for ' the Portland Limited for June 9. The open air cars have been im proved upon since they wera first used two years ago, according to W. K. Cundiff, general passenger agent. There is a glass windshield at each seat and seats are upholstered in leather. The cars have a seatine ca pacity for 92. Railroad officials are workinir with Chamber of Commerce committees in arranging for the fast train program to mark departure of the Portland Limited Sunday night, June 9. Piano Recital Miss Edna Hanna of the Malen Burnett school of music presented the following members of the Athena class in piano recital at High school auditorium: Aaron Douglas, Daniel Reeder, Tillman Taylor, Joyce Pink erton, - Jewell Pinkerton, Myrtle Campbell, Mary Tompkins, Maxine Martin, Nylene Taylor, Loie Mont gomery, Marjorie Douglas, Esther Faye Berlin, Betty Eager, Marjorie Montague. Miss Mildred Hill., pianist and Miss Betty Carol Weatherman, violinist, both of Walla Walla, assisted. The American Legion ' Swimming Pool Opens For the Season Sunday nt a ine American ' legion swimming pool at City Park, will open for the season Sunday, announces Comman der McFadden of Athena-Weston Post. Season tickets will be sold on the same basis as last spring . when the pool was first opened to the public, Adults season tickets will be sold at $5; children under 14 years, $2; for single awim the charge to adults will be 35c including -suit, or 25c where swimmer furnishes his own suit; for children single swim 15c where thev have their suits. . George Bannister will manage the pool for the Post this season, and in struct in swimming, , Lawn grass has been sown at the site of the pool and has made satis factory growth. It is proposed to grade and surface a road from Third street, leading east through the park to the pool, and it is possible that the road will be completed in the near future. - The Legion Post owes $750 on the pool for construction work last year. and numbers hope to liquidate the indebtedness this summer from pro ceeds derived from patronage and from unpaid subscriptions carried over from last year.; Hodgen At The Dalles Beryl Hodgen, Athena high school graduate and alumnus of University of Oregon, has been selected by the board of directors of The Dalles high school to coach athletics. Mr. Hodgen succeeds Bob Murray, famous coach of The Dalles football and basketball winners, who resigned as coach to enter business at The Dalles. Beryl was highly recommended for the posi tion, having been captain of the var sity team under Coach McEwen. . EMQRIAL DAY IS OBSERVED HER E Memorial Day was observed in Athena yesterday without any pro gram. Graves in "Athena cemetery were decorated, and many out of town people came here for that purpose. Flowers were plentiful for decorat ing purposes, . large quantities of peonies being used in addition to many other floral varities. Standards hearing the flag at half-mast flanked both sides of Main street in front of business houses. Extensive programs were carried out at Pendleton and Walla Walla. where American Legion Posts had charge of the exercises of the day. At rendleton the Legion Post and Company G, Oregon National Guard. did honors to the soldier and soldier dead. At the veterans', plot in the ceme tery, James Larson, commander of the American Legion, and Austin JUandreth, chaplain, conducted ser- vices. The firing squad saluted the dead and a quartet of Legion buglers sounded taps. At Walla Walla all organizations of veterans were marshalled together, and with the National Guard unit. open services were held. The parade was headed by Company F, Wash- ngton National Guard. Following the company came the Wa-Hl R. O. T. C. battalion with its band, the G. A. R. veterans, Ladies of the G. A. R. and Women's Relief Corps, in automobiles, Spanish American War veterans, the Amer ican Legion drum and buele corns. World War veterans, auxiliaries of the World War veterans, the Veter ans, Hospital band preceeding the D. A. V. in cars, with the Boy Scouts bring up the rear of the procession. New Cashier . , Lance Kellough has resigned as Cashier of the Farmers Bank of Wes ton, on account of ill health. Charles B. Davis of Walla Walla, has been elected by the board of directors to feated Baker In th Rln Mountain the caihieYfchlj). 'lagVtf, Bu-nday, & Ed 8. Has Narrow Escape Fred Hess of Wenton, who recently engaged as driver for the Pendleton Bakery, had a narrow escaoe from death one day last week, when his delivery car overturned at the inter section of the Oregon Trail highway, and pinned him underneath. But for the timely arrival of passing motor ists, who promptly rescued him, the young man would undoubtedly have died in a short time. ' Rathbone Bible Class Members of Knights of Pythias Lodges are centering their interest in a big Pythian, meeting which will be held at LaGrande on July 12, at which time a "Rathbone Bible class" will be taken into the order. Harry M. Lowe, supreme K. of R. and S. will be in attendance with tho origin al Rathbone Bible and it will bo used during the initiation ceremony. Athena Defeats Indians Athena defeated the Mission In dians on the home grounds Sunday by the close score 16 to 15 in a hard hitting game. Pendleton Bucks de- CONTRACTORS PUSH Gerking Flat Sector Finish edRock Crusher Is At ! New Location. Joslyn & McCallister, contractors, have thfr work of construction of the loup market road well " under way. With a force of about forty men, con struction work has been rushed from the start. ' ' - '" ' ' The road up Gerking Flat has been graded and surfaced with rock as far north as the Mclntyre place. Last week the big crusher and equipment was removed from the Gerking Flat site on the Louis Keen ranch to the Homer Watts farm,,, north of Ath ena. . in that vicinity grading had been done in advance of the removal of the crusher, and the fore part of this week, rock surfacing was com menced both ways from the crusher location. ' " J -: Weather conditions have been ideal this spring for road construction and no time has been lost by the Joslyn McCallister crews. With conditions remaining favorable, the contractors expect to have the entire loup road construction completed and ready for traffic over its entire radius by July n at least one month earlier than anticipated when the contract waa let. Joslyn & McCallister were award ed the contract for building the Ath-ena-Weyland sector of the road for $29,159.04. and for thn ftoi-lHnw Plf sector $21,687.51. Farm residents created a special district to build the roads, and voted a 10-mill special tax for that purpose. The Gerking Flat road intersects the surfaced road leading west from Athena at the Sheldon Taylor place. Its completion gives traffic access to and from Athena at all seasons of the year. From Weyland to Athena, the road paralella the Northern Pa cific tracks, and when completed will serve m connection with the Gerking Flat highway, one of the richest gram growing districts in Umatilla county. President of Eagles There is considerable activltv at this time in the Fraternal Order of Eagles, new members, are being en rolled in the order, and recently Les ter Jones, state president, was a vis itor at the Pendleton Aerie. M. E. Ladies' Society fcnjoy a Fine Program The Methodist Ladies' Societv was entertained at the home of Mrs. Ethel Montague Wednesday afternoon of last week, when twenty-six members were nrpupnf. A feature of the afternoon was the rendition of a splendid program which was greatly enjoyed by those present. The program numbers com prised responses to roll call by reci tation of poems. Miss Ellen Henrv gave several selections on the piano, ana a numDer or choruses were sung. A future picnic and a nroirram of hostesses for the ensuing year were discussed. , , , The rooms of Mrs. Mont-iaWa home were beautifully decorated for the occasion with lilacs and tulips. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Arthur Coppock and Mrs. W. O. Read. Presiding at the table were Miss Ellen Henry and Mrs. Guv Huirunin. Four new members joined the societv. The next meetine. which will be the last for the current club year, will be held at the home of Mrs. John Burke on Wednesday, June 26th, with Mrs. W. T. McLeod and Mrs. Wm. McPherson serving. Finishing Elevator Corrugated iron is beine used to finish the exterior of the new ad dition to the Farmers' Grain Elevator plant, and workmen are rapidly put ting this material in place. Work on the interior of the new unit, com prising bins, elevator compartments. etc., will be completed in ample time to receive grain from the coming crop. Will Build New Residence The present residence of Mr. and Mrs. George Banister, at coiner of Adams and Fifth streets is being dis mantled and torn down by workmen. On the site of the present residence, modern new home will be construct- ed for Mr. and Mrs. Bannister, by Ed. Mortis, .Walla Walla contractor and builder, who has the contract for con structing the new residence. Buick's New Car The Buick Motor company is in troducing the "Marquette," a new Six in the moderate price field. The new car will be on exhibition for the first showing tomorrow at all Buick