li r A BIG JOB, BUT ITS DEAD EASY It would be a bis 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 aeveral 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 Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mall Matter VOLUME 60. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY MORNING JUNE 21, 1929 NUMBER 25 BROOKS AND SO E GOES 10 HIS REST Popular Young Athena Man 111 For Over a Year H At Home Here. Brooks Anderson a popular and well known young, man of Athena, died-Friday evening at the . home of his pawntSrtft an1 Mrs.: J .Ander son, after a lingering illness of over a year, at the age of 24 years,- three months and seven daysi : 1 While his death was not unexpect ed, when the end came the commun ity was saddened greatly, for he was held in high esteem by all who knew him. When first taken ill, Brooks was a trusted employe of the Rogers & Goodman hardware firm of this city. He entered employment with i this firm shortly after he graduated from Athena high school and taken a short course at Oregon State College. At Oregon State College he was af filiated, with the Delta Upsilon fra ternity. , rU Brooks Athellow Anderson was born at San Jose, California, March 7, 1905. The family moved to the Willamette Valley and in the fall of 1915, came to Athena, Brooks then being 10 years of age, and he had resided here since. He is survived by his mother and father, one brother, Gale Anderson of Walla Walla, and one sister, Miss Belle Anderson, also of Walla Walla. An infant brother, Dale, has preced ed him to the grave, and coincident v ly the death of the two brothers tran spired on the same dates, June 14th. Funeral services were held Mon day forenoon at 10 o'clock in the Christian church, Rev. H. E. ; Dow, Baptist minister - and family pastor, conducting 1 the services. Boyhood friends and school mates were select ed for pallbearers. They were James Hodgen, John Pinkerton, Charles Wilson, Frank " Williams, Bryce Baker and Dudley Rogers. In terment took place at Walla Walla. School Meetings The annual sAiool meeting of Dis trict No. 29 was held at the school house Monday afternoon. B. B. Rich ards was elected without opposition to succeed himself as a member of the board of directors. J. F. Kershaw was district clerk. Next Monday, be tween the hours of 2 and 7 p. m. the annual meeting of District No. 7 will be held, at which time one director will be elected. Only one petition for nominating candidates has been filed with the clerk. It bears the name of Laurence Pinkerton, present incum bent, whose name will appear on the election ballot. Death of Mrs. Quinn Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kershaw were in College Place Wednesday where they attended the funeral of Mrs. Lizzie Quinn, who , died Monday morning after "a lingering illness. Mrs. Quinn was the wife of the late Isham Quinn, well known resident here thirty years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Quinn made their , home on the hill in -the ' old house, just west of the Northern Pacific depot and will be remembered kindly by old timers. Fred Kershaw . is Mrs. Quinn's nephew and his mother Mrs. Turman, her, sister. . Eagles Return Home " James Hiiggins, W. R. Harden, Art Jensen, Dalberth Taylor and Henry Miller, who were delegates from Athena to the state Aerie at Kla math Falls, returned home Monday. They speak highly of the hospitality extended them at Klamath fa and were well pleased with the program as carried out, The delegation re turned home by y pf Portland. Having a Good Time Otis Adams, who sometime ago disposed of his garage and auto sales business at Weston, in company with Mrs. Adam i having Ko4 time In touring the country, They have returned to Oregon from California, and recently Otjs had the pleasure of catching a number of wealing big rainbow rout at Diamond Lake, Ragle Program Dance -Th i semi-annual special program dance of the Eagles, will be Ijeld in EaglerWoodman hH Pendleton, pext Wednesday evening, J"1!? 26 the special program includes a re view of special dance numbers, whjpn wil be Played by i Eagje orchestra A special invitation is extended the young pepla of Athena. . Cowboy' (invention " The 8th annual cowboy convention. a muIaa h held at Ukian, July 4th and 5th, Ukiab has a fine : reputation lor entertaining mnA vnAmnt- and from K- VVH vUblVUO MM " ' larger wuu Eickhoff Believes 50,000 Acres Summer Fallow Is - Adapted to Bean Culture H. H. Eickhoff of the Eickhoff Farm Products company was a Pen dleton Kiwanis club speaker at Tues day's luncheon. Mr. Eickhoff is quot ed by the East Oregonian, in part, as follows: "Annroyimatelv 50.000 acres . nf summerfallow land in Umatilla coun ty seems adaptable to the growing of navy beans. This year the company has a total of 10,450 acres in beans, of which 6500 acres are in Umatilla county and the remainder in Walla Walla" county, .Washington." The company is expending a total of $350,000 on its Derations in the two counties this year, of which amount the sum of $80,000 is for ma chinery, said Mr. Eickhoff. ' Thn crnwer is naid S3 an acre rent for his land and is paid for his labor in seeding, harrowing, etc., around S5 an acre thus nettine the farmer $8 per acre and in addition he has the privilege of using the straw if he wishes to do so. According to Mr. Eickhoff this re gion is particularly adapted to grow ing beans of the variety tne company is interested in because we usually have the right seasonal rainfall, be cause of the probability oi dry weather during the bean harvest in Aiicnst. and Sentember. The bean being produced here is entirely for canning purposes and tne Deans win be shipped east. The navy bean is desired because it is of a uniform size. The crowing season for the navy bean is 100 days. Tn the view of Mr. Eickhoff the growing of beans will not material ly reduce the wheat crop tne ionow ing year and in some instances may actually improve conditions for wheat growing. At nre&ent. the comnanv reckons upon an annual rainfall of 17 inches in order to make good bean growing conditions but much depends upon the rainfall during the growing season. A.pnrHin(T to Mr. Eickhoff most ot the reservation country seems adapt able to bean growing but m answer tnrlnv he Questioned if the Helix country would be suitable. Wauna Camp Fire Girls Have Campnre BreaKiasi t Wphtib r.nmn Fire Girls hiked out to the Arnold Wood farm 'Wed nesday morning and cooked their breakfast 'over a campfire. Marjorie Montague, Bernice Wilson and neien Barrett were leaders of tre hike. tv,o o-irio enmed a nature honor by hunting and identifying twenty wild birds. ; , Mrs. Wood contributed milk for the cocoa and Dorothy Berlin was kind tn transport the "eats" in her car. Guests for the hike included Mary Bond of Pendleton; Mary Ber lin, Roberta Cannon, and Dorothy Berlin. FiVhteen crirla returned home with weary feet and most of them stop ped at the swimming tans ana took a dip. Rain Interfere Again, June a Moisture Month June rainstorms in this section con tinue to interfere with cultivating in the hean and oea fields and also has damaged the first alfalfa hay crop cutting. Cultivator crews were un ahi tn work durlner the fore part of the week, and much of the alfalfa hay crop was damaged as tne result of excessive wet ewather, , Not in the recollection of the old est inhabitant has the month of June forth so much moisture, Be ginning on the morning of May 31st, intermittent rainstorms, oca pnu general, have predominated in un usual conditions'. A near cloudburst occurred in the Gerking Flat neighborhood Tuesday gbout noon. Water was banked up hear the Louis Keen place so that it ran over the new market roa4 in places, - Has Dairy Herd Austin Foss was in Athena yester day from his farm at Fruitvale, be low, Freewater. Mr. Foss has a 20. acre farm and is paying special at tention to prune-growing an dairy ing. He has fiye rows 8 present, all testing high in fcutterfat production, and contemplates adding to his herd in the near future. Seaboard Heat-StricKen While cool northeasterly winds, blowing down from grand banks an4 the iceberg lane, brought comfort to the New England seacoast, most of the eastern states Wednesday nigjjt still sweltered as the seventh day of the heat wave drew to $ close. Luncheoq Guests Mrs. M. Hansel!, Mrs. M. M. Johns and Miss Helen Hans ell of Ath ena, and Mrs, Linian Fredericks and Mrs. Goodwin of Weston, were lunch eon guest at the Moorehouse home in PejJBelttffl. yeYteraay. AM W1 Ik American Troops Sail for ths Orient ' A rMir "xxi::-; I'.. . ' .' " ' . : h . .". .ZTw : plli lillllHllilllili International Army transport Thierry sailing from New York with troops bound for China, the Philippines and Hawaii to re place men who have been serving there. Inset are portraits of Brig. Gen. George H. Estes and Mrs. Estes, who sailed with the soldiers. 1 SENATOR'S DAUGHTER A striking pose of Miss Henrietta Allen, daughter of the new United States senator from Kansas and Mrs. Henry J. Allen. Two Oregon Youths- Die In Auto Crash Boise. Charles Howard Bailey, 16, and his brother, Raymond Paul Bail ey, 14, were killed, and their mother, Mrs. H. E. Bailey, of Wendling, Or., was injured when their car left the highway near Meridian and crashed into a telephone pole. Mrs. Bailey's daughters, Mabel, 11, and Alice, 18, were uninjured. The family left Vale, Or., Weanes day morning, enroute to North Bend, Neb., for a visit with relatives. Charles was at) the wheel and was be lieved to have become slepy after driving against a blazing sun, the car leaving the highway as he dozed and crushing the two boys, between the machine and the pole. Mrs. Bailey and the two girls were hurled out of the car and past the pole. Charles was killed instantly, ' the coronor said, but Raymond lived long enough to ask his mother to "take care of Charles first." Mrs, Bailey suffered a severe cut on the scalp, and scratches and bruises. , Witnesses said the Bailey machine was not traveling more than 30 miles an hou,r, Miss Edington Here Miss Leta Edington, in company with Mrs, W, Jt, Taylor and Mrs. Philip Yenney of Walla Wallo, was calling on. Athena friends last Fri day. Miss Edingten has been, teach ing school in Wyoming, her subject being English, She is visiting her mother and brother at Hood River during the summer vacation. Elks Invade Meadow A band of 35 Roosevelt elk, aban doing the grasses of the lower Olym pia mountain meadows, are invading the hay meadows of George Ander son, rancher, on the lower Queets river. Anderson has moved his bed into the meadows and each night tries to chase the elk. away, Undergoes Operation. Mrs. Orel McPherrin underwent a serious surgical operation at the Gen era Hospital, Walla Walla, Saturday, Dr. Cowan performed the oner, ation, and the patient is getting along as well as could, be expected, Flag Day Observed Business houses and many resi dences in Athena displayed flags Fri day last, in observance of national Fla? Da'y. - Oregon Farm Chiefs . Pass Up Local Men The Oregonian has received from its Washington news bureau the fol lowing information: '-. ' Oregon co-operative and farm; or ganization leaders have ignored can didates for the federal farm board suggested in their own state in com plying with the request of Arthur M. Hyde, secretary of agriculture, that they submit a list , of names of 20 men they believe qualified to admin ister the provisions of the McNary Haugen act. i ' Their selections, made known in telegrams to Secretary . Hyde and Senator1 McNary, signed by officials of wool, poultry, nut, egg, dairy and canners' co-operatives, do not in clude the names, of either Roy W. Ritner, R. M. Kipp or James W. Jar dine of Oregon, who have been vari ously recommended. The list includes the names of ex Governor Lowden of Illinois; James C. Stone, president of the Burley To bacco Growers of Kentucky; Paul V. Maris of Oregon Agricultural college; William M. Jardine, ex-secretary of agriculture; Chester Gray, Washing ton representative of the American Farm Bureau Federation, and Louis J. Taber, master of the National Grange. . Other names proposed are those of Chris L. Christensen, Carl Williams, E. C. Nourse, Lloyd Tenney, George F. Warren, Mr. Denman of the Na tional Livestock Producers' associa tion, Earl F. Benjamin, John Brandt, William' Moscrip and Sherman P. Houston. The Oregon group also recom mended1 that an experienced banker be placed on the board and recom mended Ward M. Buckles of Spokane, an official of the Intermediate Credit bank, and Merton L. Corey, as being equally well qualified. ' A Spectacular "Second Battle of the Marne" A cavalcade of Legion members from Walter ,C. Lee Post of Walla Walla, bombed Athena Sunday fore noon with announcement of a thril ling presentation of the "Second Bat tle of the Marne," with pyrotecnic effects) at Walla Walla, on the eve ning of July ' 4th. The Walla Walla Legion drum corps plastered the town with posters and advertising matter pertaining to the spectacular features of the com ing event, , . The Legion members and friends filled several cars, and with loud tooting of horns departed for Pendle ton to witness the regatta at McKay Lake, during the. afternoon. Miss Smlthpeters Weds Miss Jaunita Smithpeters, well known in Athena, was married Satur day last at Baker, to Mr. Robert Paul Warsham. The newly wedded pair are in California on their honeymoon. The bride formerly taught school in one of the districts adjacent to Ath ena,' and her friends here extend congratulations, Building a Levee Spring freshets have a habit of swelling the email stream in Spring Hollow to flood stage, and to prevent the overflow from surging through the beautiful grounds of the Pam brun farm home south of Athena, a levee is being constructed with rock and concrete, . Hook a Sturgeon Prescott, Washington, fishermen set a lln In Snake river, near Lyons Ferry and soon hooked a monster sturgeon, that required a team of horses to drag the fish from the water. A number of sturgeon have been caught in that locality this gjfftag, ...... .... ... , - ..,......rf . . Walla Walla Voters T Approve Airport Bonds Walla Walla. By a vote of almost five to one, Walla Walla residents voiced their approval of the purchase by the city, of the Walla Walla Air port. An unofficial report from the 25 precincts in the city showed 2,787 persons favored the, issuance of $50, 000 in bonds for the purchase of the field east of the city, while only 576 votes were cast against the projects. Although such an overwhelming percentage of ballots in favor of the project was hardly ' anticipated, the organizations and' individuals back ing the campaign expected the neces sary 60 percent of the ballots to be cast in favor of the purchase. The gratifying feature of the elec tion was that the required number of votes! necessary to make the spec ial election legal was exceeded by 495. The total vote needed was 2,868 while the total actually cast amounted to 3,363. , - ; Of the $50,000 to be spent for the airport, $30,000 will be used to pay for the land and $20,000 will go for improvements on the field and the construction of hangars. The field was purchased from Ralph Richmond by the Walla Walla Airport As sociation. , , Proposed to Make Legion Regatta Races Annual Sport Event A large number of people from this part of the county went to Pen dleton Sunday to see the Legion re gatta races on McKay Lake. Satur day's program was , pulled off in a rainstorm, which made the , attend ance small. The Sunday crowd viewed the races from natural -seating arrangements made possible by utilizing the steps on the concrete dam, and others view ed the events from automobiles park ed on the hillside and near the lake 'shore. . . ', ,.., , " Pendleton has' voted' the first re- Igatta a Success and plans are being made to have an annual affair of it. Financially, the Pendleton Legion Post, sponsor of the event, is away to the good, notwithstanding the small attendance Saturday. Some complaint is heard to the ef fect that the program was slowed up for the reason that there was no en tertainment for the, crowd between races. - Henry Collins, starter in the racing events, is quoted as follows in the East Oregonian: "In my opinion, it would be an im provement if the course was short ened. Another improvement, I think, would be some sort of Handicap sys tem. In addition, the program could be enlivened by having entertain ment between races. This could in clude water sportB and similar features." Boy Has Nose' Broken ' Kenneth Belknap, who was here from Nampa, Idaho, visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.'S. Fer guson, met with a serious accident when a pony he was riding ran over the bank and fell with the little fel low to the bottom of Wild Horse creek: In the fall the boy had his nose broken. The plunge took place at the bridge on south Fifth street east of City Park, when the pony be came unmanageable and dropped over the creek bank, with its rider. The boy was taken to Pendleton, where his injuries received attention. Former Weston Resident A. A. Kees, formeraly a well known resident of Weston, having lived there for many years, and several months ago going to Ogderi, Utah, died in the latter city Friday of last week. The ramains were brought to Weston for burial. Funeral services were held at the United Brethern church Wednesday afternoon. Inter ment was under auspices of Weston Lodge, No. 58, I. O. O. F., of which the deceased had long been a member. Road master Resigns Lee Shannon, roadmaster of Uma tilla county has resigned after serv ing the county in that capacity for eight years. He will go to Portland this month to accept a position with the Newport Construction company of that city. . . Road Through Park A new road through City Park, leading from Third , street to the swimming pool is being graded and surfaced with rock this week. The new roadwav will take the place of the old road which had its entrance at the southwest corner of he park. Chilly Weather Experienced . While the middle west and eastern states have been sweltering in heat, the Pacific coast states have exper ienced unusually cool weather, to gether with unprecedented June rain fall. ... , Settled Out of Court The damage case of Elmer Mer ritt vs. St. Mary's Hospital, Walla Walla, has been settled by agreement out of Walla Walla superior court. The settlement i was made Thursday of last week. The Wily Elk Again Farmers in the region north of Enterprise are protesting that herds of elk, protected by state law, are becoming a nuisance along the upper ChcKnik'mus creek. , ... Adjourns for Summer Twenty eight members were pres ent, Wedesday night at Masonic hall when McKenzie Chapter O. E. S. held its last meeting of the season. The Chapter has adjourned for the sum mer recess. The usual business ses sion was held, followed by the receiv ing of : Mrs. James Cresswell as a new member. Mrs. Alma Koontz of Portland, and Miss Berlin of the Wal la Walla Chapter were visitors. Mrs. B. B. Richards, Mrs. Ferd Kershaw and Mrs. Homer Watts entertained the members at Kilgore's Cafe follow ing the meeting. Local W. C. T. U. Will Assist Children's Home The W. C. T. U. will meet next Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Charles Betts. Mrs. H. E. Dow and Mrs. Lee Crawford will assist Mrs. Betts in entertaining The afternoon will be spent in making articles to be sold at the annual W. C. T. U. bazaar at the State Fair each fall. The proceeds of this bazaar go to the Children's Farm Home near Cor vallis. : .. ... ... ;,.s This is a Protestant, Christian, but undenominational home, caring for children from three to seventeen years of age. Children of every faith are welcome the only question be ing asked, "are you needy?" i The Union asks the women of Ath ena to assist in this worthy enter prise, by either sending or bringing such, articles as aprons, children's clothing or inexpensive pieces of fancy work, to the home of Mrs. Betts next .Tuesday, June 25. , In Justice Court Judge Richards presided in Jus tice of the Peace Court Monday fore noon., Frank Thomas and L. F. Mol lette were bound over to the grand jury on a charge of maintaining a nuisance. George Myrick was fined $100 and sentenced to serve 60 days in the county jail for possession. By stipulation, Myrick is permitted to work until after harvest to obtain money to pay his fine and afterward serve his sentence. Rex Ellis of Pen dleton, appeared in ;ourt Wednes day charged with driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated, and was bound over to the grand jury. . Journal Man Here Fred Lockley, the man who writes "Impressions and Observations of the Journal Man," for the Portland Ore gon Journal, pased through Athena Tuesday en route to the east end of the county. For a number of years Mr. Lockley was one of the publishers ef the East Oregonian. He is well known in Umatilla county, where he has a host of friends. Surfacing Road Completed , Contractors have completed the loup road leading north from Athena, with rock. The wet weather of .the past three weeks is said to have made conditions idea! for road construction, and the contractors rushed the work through with commendable efficiency. Deputy Sheriff Quits Robert Good, deputy under Sheriff Gurdane, has resigned his position, and will leave the sheriff's office as soon as another deputy has been se lected to fill his place. Mr. Good will return to his farm on the TutuiUa. Snow In California Snow that fell throughout Sunday at Truckee and Lake Tahoe, Cal., covered the ground to a depth 5 of four inches, while the temperature hovarcd around the 24 degree mark. ftHNUAL FARMERS' FIELD TOURING A New Weed of Morning ' Glory Comparison ' Appears. . Pendleton. The annual farmers' field tour conducted by the county agent ita't scheduled . for -- Saturday,"' June-22. v The purpose of this tour is to provide an opportunity to ob serve points of interest to those farming in the non-irrigated portion of the county. As an additional fea ture an opportunity will be provided those making the tour to observe the new rotation experiment station which is this year growing its first crop, ine entire tour will consume the greater nart of Saturdav Aftpr. noon, beginning at 1:30 p. m. at the rotation experiment station and con cluding at the Geo. Winn farm north of Weston on the highway. Among the points of interest will be a comparatively unknown weed now makine its wav into Umatilla county farms, this pest being con- siaerea in southern Idaho a more serious nroblem than momino clorv. Zawadki alkali grass will be seen growing in heavy alkali, this grass giving promise as a pasture and hay , crop in soils which an pxppss nf al kali has made unfit for other crops. un tnree different farms will be seen fertilizers nroducintr . nrnnnnnpod . suits in wheat, these fields including both summer fallow and continuous cropping of wheat. Among other crops observed will be tall oat grass, tail meadow rescue and orchard grass growing separately on a hay and nasture basis, this beta? of onnRidpr. able importance to upland farmers and tnose naving moist valley lands. To answer the oft repeated false statement that cattle : will not eat sweet clover and to show that this crop is rapidly takinir an imnortan" place in the county, a stop will be made to, show a large dairy herd grazing jn a .field of unmixed aweet clover. This is the second year for this pasture crop in this particular field. For those interested In live stock and poultry, arrangements have been made to visit two diversi fied farms utilizing dairy cattle a; an imnortant source of farm lninm These will be Jersey and . Guernsey neras respectively. A third stop will be made at a wheat farm on which there is in operation a thren.thmiR. and-hen poultry unit, showing the possibilities of thiB type of agricul ture in Umatilla countv. At the ro tation experiment station visitors win nave an opportunity to see some large nlantinir of several of tha new hybrids and selections of winter- naray nign yielding wheats. In ad dition there will be the nursery plots showing manv varieties of trains both fall and spring planted. Fer tilized wheat will also be available for observation. The schedule for the entire tour is as follows: As it is neceRRarv tn milium cloan. lv to the schedule it is sucrirested bv the county agent .that persons par ticipating in tne tour arrive at the experiment station at 1:15 or earlier. The station may be reached by leav- incr the dtatn hlirhwav at VUulrelv or at Havana, the farm being on the south side of Wild Horse and may be found by following road signs which will be posted. 1 he next stop will be at 2:15 at tho David Stone farm north of the highway between Adams and Athena. Next will be the Louie Ringel farm above Athena on Wild TTorttA rirpnV arviirnl af iMa rtnlnt to be at 2:40.:' At 3:10 the A. II. Schwandt farm south of the high- wov ViifuAn AfVtono Mr1 Wpofnfl Will be visited, the group going from there to the Him culley larm on tne Pin. frnolr ynaA arAnir nf S'O The next stop will be at the Geo. Winn farm two miles north of Wes ton on the highway, arrival there timed for 4 p.. m, This tour is open to all interested persons and offers an excellent op- n4nnlfu fri. nkaAfvino imnnrf.Ant agricultural developments within the county. Indians Win Two The Mission Indians trounced two teams in the county league Sunday. In the forenoon the redmen beat Hermiaton, league leaders,! 10 to 7, on the Round-Up lot. In the after noon they nosed out in a close game with Adams, 5 to 2. Jarmans Pass Through D. B. Jarman and family passed through Athena Monday from their home at Salem. Mr. Jarman, former Athena merchant is now . operating several J. C. Penney company stores, and is reputed to be quite wealthy. Dudley Rogers is keeping up his window decorating activities. His latest is a creation in Penn China display at the Rogers . & Goodman We... - , .