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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1929)
r 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. l - . ' : ' . . v ' ' Entered at the PoBt Office at Athena, Oregon! as Second-Class Mail Matter VOLUME 50 ' ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNrY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 28. 1929 NUMBER 2fi . r r r- . : " - 1 1 nn nn niMniinii ouhuul uHiiirniDii OF DRYS BANNED NOT ONE DAY CAN BE FOUND in the week but that you do not need stationery of some sort or other. We Punish neat, clean printing t the very lowppt rites. Fast presses, modern types, . miniviu ur&, viumpt ueuvery. Officials Cancel Plans 0 : Woman WorkerSlogan Book Is Curbed. , The Washington Bureau of the Portland Oregonian says the treasury ' department does not intend to use the public schools , medium for ri" I emhisMng propaganda favorable "to ' prohibition. Announcement of this policy was made by Prohibition Commissioner Doran after the i publication of " pamphlet containing slogans support ing prohibition and an admonition to teachers to help law enforcement their work, by.Enna B. Sutter, di -rector of the statistical and education ; al division of the prohibition bureau. Commissioner Doran issued the an nouncement following a conference ! with Under Secretary Mills, Assist ant Secretary Lowman and Deputy Prohibition Commissioner ' Jackson, ' in the office of Mills. Earlier in the 1 day Miss . Sutter was summoned to a conference with Assistant Secre . tary Lowmah dealing with the pub ; lication of the pamphlet, which also listed eisrht subjects for schools which dealt with prohibition. Miss Sutter also was quoted in news. naner articles as having said she - honed congress would later appro. : priate funds to enable the bureau to disseminate prohibition propaganda over the radio and in the newspapers, ; High treasury officials said they had not heard of the plan, nor approved Citing that the last session of con press had appropriated 50,000 for the ' dissemination of information about prohibition, Commissioner Dor an said that "a wrong impression seems to have been created as to just what the prohibition bureau is to do with this money." The treasury department, he de clared, "is not expecting to carry on a system of propaganda in the pub lic schools in connection with this work." The prohibition bureau has prepared, he continued, "a limited number of pamphlets which contain accurate information on these sub jects, as well as the economic phases of prohibition, and they are avail, able should they be desired. "The federal government is not going to supply any teachers or lec turers for this work, but upon re quest from the regularly constituted school authorities, the bureau 01 pro. hibition will furnish such pamphlets and information as It has available, : "The public school system is oper ated under the control and autnonty of the several state governments, and the curriculum in the schools is not subject to control of the federal government. The treasury depart ment does not intend to make sug gestions to school authorities or to at tempt to use he schools as a propa. ganda medium." . - v 1 Pinkerton Re-Elected Director At the annual school meeting of Union High School District No. T, held at the school building Monday afternoon, a total of fifteen votes were cast. Laurence Pinkerton, pres ent incumbent and a candidate by petition for re-election received the entire number. As the result ef the two elections, the boards of directors in both districts, 29 and 1, remain as formerly. B. B. Richards last week was re-elected by the voters fn District 29, Two New Eagles ' Two boys became Eagle scouts, the highest honor a scout ean attain, .at a ceremony held afc Camp Botary, used by Boy Scouts, on the Walla Walla river, Sunday. The court of honor consisted of O. H. Olsen, of Pasco, J. J. Kauffman and Douglas Hawley, of Walla Walla. The boys previously had passed the examina? tion conducted by Herman S. Reich: ard W, L. Stirling Md Stanley gogr press, , Hera From Priaevilla. Mrs. Will Stanton was In Athena the fore part of the week from her home near Prineville, en route to Col fax, Wash. She was accompanied from here to Colfax by Cleve Stanton, who will visit his sister, Mrs. Frank Rainville at Colfax, his mother Mrs. S. C Stanton also being at Col fax. ' Returns to Portland Mrs. Alma Koontz," after visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dell, returned to her hbme a; Port land, Thursday of last week, 'accom panied by Mrs. Theresa Berlin and Graydon' Hayes who has been'Visit ing here at the home of his aunt, lin. M ' " ' " "PooJ To Drinjf The manager ef a Walla Walla tut says that the water in the tank is so pure that is is "good enough to drink." Miss Lois Johnson Is Serving As Member On University Committee University of Oregon. -Students from Athena high school and from high schools all over the state will be given first hand information on uni versity life bjrmembers of the Great er Oregon committeee of the Univer sity of Oregon during the summer. Final appointments in the twelve dis-' tricts were made by Paul Hunt, Port land, chairman of the group, at a re cent meeting. - In many cities programs and exhi bitions will be staged for the students while full information on what the university has to offer will be made available. An effort will be "made especially to get in touch with old students who have for various rea-1 sons not returned to the university, The committee will also embark on campaign to eliminate the idea that eastern colleges offer better educa.- ational opportunities than does Ore gon. "' Lois Johnson, of Athena is a mem ber of the committee working in the third district which is composed of Morrow, Gilliam Wheeler and Umatil lia counties. Other members of the committee are James Raley, chair man, Pendleton; Bob Miller and Frieda Pahl, Pendleton: Ann Crarv, Echo; Harold Johnson, Milton; Harold Blackburn, Arlington: Harold Kester. Pilot Rock; Marjorie Clark, Heppner, The Tent Caterpillar Is Hurting the Frui In fruit districts of higher altitude in Washington little troubled bv the disastrous codling moth another fruit menace has appeared in more viru lent form than usual, according to numerous letters received the last few days by the department of zo ology at the State college. Ihe tent caterpillar, one of the sev eral species of gregarious caterpil lars, which contracts a large silken web in the tree into which it retreats wnen at rest, is causing growing alarm in those fruit districts of Washington not using regular control measures for the codling moth, says F. E. Whitehead assistant professor of zoology here. In the' lower fruit centers, such as Yakima, Wenatchee and CI arks ton, no report of the tent caterpillar has been received. "This can be explained," says Mr. Whitehead, "by the fact that the same control measures used to fight the codling moth keeps down the tent caterpillar. Therefore, in those dis tricts where regular applications of lead arsenate are used, orchardists are not troubled with the caterpillar." W. C. ALEXANDER Farm Tour Success Thirty-five cars made up the farm tour, Saturday afternoon and the event is said to have been a success in every particular. The commercial chicken plant of Mrs, David Stone, which houses 3,000 hens was inspect ed. A new weed pest was shown at the Stone place, A new grass growing on alkali soil, which apparently is crowding out the salt grass, was ob served with interest. Contrast was noted between fertilized and unfer tilized fields of spring-sown Fedora tion wheat, Pasture grasses on the Louie Ringel farm were indicative, of advancement pasturage is gaining In umatuja county. Fourth At Bingham Bingham Springs will celebrate the glorious Fourth with a four day period of festiyities this year, the dates of the celebration including July 3, 4, 5 and 6. Entertainment will include fireworks, swimming and dancing. Music will be furnished by O'Suilivan's orchestra, and the Bing? ham Springs hotel wjll serve dinners, With Malen Burnett School Miss Lois Johnson has returned tq University of Oregon, where she will take the summer course m music, For the next year Miss Johnson will teach piano in the Malen Burnett School of Music at Walla Walla, Be fore entering the University Mips Johnson was a pupil of the Malen Burnett scnooi. Hostess To Bridge pluH Thursday of last week Mrs. Dean Dudley was hostess to the 3 o' 4 Bridge club at her home west of Ath ena. Mrs. Victor McJJonaid or ixmg Beach, California, was a club guest. Mrs. Paul Lieuallen won club honors and Mrs. McDonald made high guest score. Enjoys Picnic The Baptist Sunday school enjoyed picnic' at Walla Walla city ' park Saturday.' Trucks and automobiles transported the Sunday schoej mem bers to Walla" Walla and return;' Ah enjoyable day in which a picnic' din ner and games1 featured, Js repor- DUcassed Summer Cann At a short meeting of WaunsT Camn Fire Girls' Monday eveninz. classifi cation of leaves too 1 place. The main feature of the evening was the dis cussion of participation in summer camping at Kiwanis Camp, Kdos- 1 ench Foilus at London Cenotaph xnougu neaa or ms own corpora. uon, a member of Mayor James Walk er's reception committee to dlstin gulshed guests, and the citizen's . Jury commission of New York city, Wil liam C Alexander of New York has accepted the additional responsibility or tne program for the thirteenth an nual convention of Kiwanis Interna tional in Milwaukee, June 23-27, which will attract 8,000 visitors from the uuueu DiHiea ana v&naaa. 300 Are Sworn In : "As Game Wardens Portland.- Three hundred addition al deputy game wardens will take the field in the interests of game and fire protection next month, Harold Clif ford, state game warden, has an nounced. The new men will be added the first of July. Mr. Clifford said the new deputies will divide their time between patrol ing forests and the streams of the state. They will be fire wardens em powered with the right of game offi cers. An agreement reached by the game commission, the Oregon timber as sociation and the state forestry board provides for deputizing the new war dens. The commission and the tim ber ' association will contribute $10,. 000 toward their salaries. The agree ment will be in force two years, Pilot Rock Sees Meteor M. D. Orange of Pilot Rock informs the East Oregonian that "Pilot Rock ers who remained up as late as 9:30 saw ; the meteor coming out of the West," says Mr. Orange "It seemed to come toward the ground, then ap parently it changed its mind and dis appeared but before leaving, decided to cast off its tail. Thu there hung in the sky a pig question mark, it re mained fop several minutes before floating off to earth, A glow remain- ed in the West fqr some time, Those of a superstitious turn of mind are wondering what was the meaning of the question mark," Bests Deputy To It La Grande. When a deputy sher iff from Riverside, Cel., entered the police station here to take James Gil lespip, - California parole violator, back to prison, he found only a hole in the barred window in Gillespie's cell. The prisoner, who was arrest ed here last week, apparently had used a hack saw to sever ten bars. Gillespie was convicted in California of first degree burglary, Good Crop Prospect Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Thompson drove down to their Morrow eounty ranch Tuesday, returning In the evening, My. Thompson brought back samples ef hybrid wheat from, the ranch which give evidence of satisfactory crop prospects. He reports that growing grain in the Pilot Rock section is better than he has ever seen there. Slow Driver Fined Yakima's first fine for slow driving was jmpqsed in police court qn Carl Blue, who admitted driving up and down skima avenue t fl miles an hour in congested traffie. He explain- that he and his companions were "looking over the scenery." He was assessed $5. French soldiers led by General Gourand, famous one-armed general of .fr'rance, ore chown standing in salute to English heroes who died in the ' " "c "iBie wreuiony iook piace at the cenolaph In London. Prison Term Upheld In Accidental Shooting Case Harry Newberg, convicted of man slaughter in Wallowa county in con- nection with the involuntary killing of Leonard Olsen, while Newberg and Fred M. Black were hunting deer, must serve a term of five years in the state penitentiary. This was the decree of the state supreme court in an opinion handed down. The opinion was written by Justice Rossman . and aflrmed the verdict of the jury in the lower court. The record in the case showed that Olsen was shot and killed by a bullet fired by one of the defendants when they mistook the horse upon which he was riding for a deer. i The shooting occasioned consider able interest among local hunters at the time. Olsen was riding a white horse and he was shot at by the two La Grande men from their camp, at night. : , , f . :' . ' Methodist Ladies Society f Mrs. Jonn tturice was hostess to the! Methodist Ladies' society Wednes day afternoon. The rooms were dec orated with flowers from her beauti ful garden. After a brief business meeting Mrs. John Tompkins extend ed an invitation to the club to hold a picnic at their place next Sunday which was accepted. A sumptuous epast was served by Mrs. w. Mc- Leod and Mrs, W. MePherson. The table decorations were carried out in yellow, Those pouring were Mrs. R. A, Duffield and Mrs. John 'Tompkins. Those serving ices and cakes were Mrs. Frank DeFreece, Mrs. Velton Read and Miss Burke. Twenty-three ladies were present. Free Onions Stoek entered the field of Will Campbell near town, Sunday, and did considerable damage, to vegetables. As a result, Mr. Campbell left a box of green onions the tops of which had been injured to seme extent at Steve's decorated with a card labeled "help yourself," Needless to say that the box was soon emptied. Guests From Walla Walla Mrs. Ralph L. Richmond and son Ralph, jr of Walla Walla were guests of her father .Johnnie Walker and piste? Jennamae this week. Mrs. Rich mond will leave the later part of this week for Northern Idaho and Cana da for a visit. They were guests Tuesday evening at the Jacob Booher home in Pendleton, To Protect Grain Fields From Unnecessary Risk Washington state officials, headed by Insurance Commissioner Fish, oacK ana r ire Marshal Uroce, are taking final steps) in organizing farm, er groups to protect the wheat fields of eastern Washington from fire hazards. Marshal Groce has arrang. ed to visit a number of grain counties to see that fire lanes are cut through the big grain ranches and to inspect otner plans lor com batting , fires. "Ihe grain belt is fairly well or ganized to prevent fire losses," said Commissioner Fishback. "Not only are the farmers prepared tq respond to an alarm, but the people of the smaller towns have . their, volunteers ready for service. , The farmers have fire buckets, gunny sacks soaking iril water, hoes, shovels and other im plements laid out where they can be gathered up, thrown into automobiles and hurried to the fire lines." .: ..urui ui ouiiainK.-t' una , Miss Emily Marshall and Miss Hammer of Portland spent several days in Athena and vicinity visiting the Oregon alumni in the interests of the Fine Arts Building Fund, Mrs. Gerlinger, member of the Uni versity board of regents and who was largely instrumental In raising funds for the women's building recently completed is spending her time and effort in raising a fund to match an anonymous offer of generous pro portions. The building itself is start ed and will be one of beauty, and will house the University of Oreeon museum and Oriental collections. One feature will be a memorial court to the late Prince Lucien Campbell, beloved president of the college for many years. La La Grande On Rampage With Cecil Duff in midseason form, Grande administered a terrific lacing to the league-leading Bucka roos at Pendleton, Sunday afternoon. Duff held the Bucks to six scattered hits and whiffed six. The tall slabs, ter- also garnered four of his teams clouts, The score was 12 to 1. Caterpillars Stop Train The Shasta Limited, Southern Pa cific train, was delayed two hours by. a horde of caterpillars covering the track between Weed and Shasta City, in northern California. The train re- umeq its journey, after using sand m large quantities and attaching two, locomotives. Schoo) Bonds Cany. At the election held in Umaoina Monday to vota on the auestioa of bonding for a new- high school trajkU ing, the bopd issue carried by a de cisive mgkirity. . , . Prove' WhH Intoxicated , Frank Carstens was arrested at Pendleton Sunday, and Monday morn ing was fined $150 in police court for driving an automobile while intoxi. No Successor Named Lee Shannon, resigned county road- master has left for Portland to be as sociated with the Newport Construc tion company. His successor has no been named by the County Court, and it is reported that th,a appointment of a new roadmaf will not be made until soma time later. Dead At Ninety Mrs. Maria Villa who had celebrated her ninetieth birthday last NovemWs died Monday at her hum' m Waila Walla, after a lingering illness. Mrs. Villa hd been a resident of Walla Walla-valley for W years Saving Kit MikH A South Dakota woman spent $2.23 ad eut her kitchen mileage from 7 H miles a day to 2U miles. She bought shelves and brought kitchen utensils closer to the center. small work Here From Waitsburg Mr and Mrs. Ernest Zerba and daughter Beth were here from their horn at WaifeWurg, this wXfck, - He's a Hiker Now The East Oregonian says Jas. A McSherry, former deputy sheriff of Umatilla county has taken to the road and is doing some tall long-distance walking. Billed as the world's champion endurance walker, McSher ry was preparing himself to walk 126 hours with no rest or sleep. Deputy Sheriff Vayne Gurdane, while at Fort Worth Texas to get a prison er ran across the mention of Mc Sherry with pictures of the former deputy. Summer Camps With the approach of warm weather mountain camps and resorts within easy distance of Athena are getting their usual quota of recreationists. Already Bingham Springs has blos somed out with increasing population, and soon Cold Springs, McDougal's Camp and Tollgate will.be favorite meecaa of rest To Have Big Show Albert Peterson, of Ukiah, president of the Ukiah Cowboy Convention, says that he looks forward to an es pecially fine show this year. "There will be cash, prises of $1,000," says he. "This, U the largest amount ever offeynxl at Ukiah. The convention will be held July 4 ad 6." Case May Re-Open , Affidavits supplementary to a mo tion for a new trtl for George Schneider vsre filed in superior court by attorney H. B. Noland. Schneider was convicted at Walla Walla of first degree murder with death penalty recommended, Mrs Adeline Wood Dies At Home of Daughter In Walla Walla, Aged 87 Mrs. Adeline Wood, highly esteemed pioneer woman of this community, died Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs.; A. H. Johnson in Wal la Walla at the age of 87 years. paralytic stroke was the direct cause of death. The remains were brought to Ath ena for interment by the side of her late husband, who died 'about four years ago. Funeral services 1 were conducted by Rev. Melville T. Wire of Pendleton, at the Athena Methodist Episcopal church, Monday afternoon, Services at the grave were in charge of McKenzie Chapter, O. E. S. which attended the funeral in a body in honor of! the departed member of that order. Pallbearers were Read . Hill, A. M. Johnson, Samuel Pambrun, A, R. Coppock, E. C. Rogers and Charles Kirk. ' - . Mrs. Wood was born in Missouri on June 80, 1841, and at her death was 87 years, 11 months and 22 days of age. With her husband she cros sed the plains in 1863, having married Henry M. Wood in Monroe county Missouri, m 1859. They first settled in the Willamette valley, later com. ing to Weston in this county. , J For many years Mr. Wood followed the occupation of stage driver. In 1896 the family moved to a farm south of .Athena, where they resided until Mr. Wood retired several years previous to his death. Mrs. Wood was a life-long member of the Metho dist church and for many years was active as a member of McKenzie Chapter Order of Eastern Star, of this city. , . t.; - .-,-.! ? , ,. She is survived by four daughters Mrs. Lydia James of Pendleton; Mrs. Mattie Johnson of Walla Walla; Mrs. Fannie McFarland and Mrs. Daisy Stanton of Athena, and one ton Arnold Wood of Athena. There are six grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Loup Road Finished The contracting firm of Joslyn & McCallister have completed their job of grading and surfacing the second sector of the loup market road, lead ing west, and north from Athena. Grading was completed several days ago, and now that the surfacing has been finished, the rock crushing plant north of town is being disman tled and the machinery loaded for transportation to another location. Joslyn & McCallister have expedited their work and completed the job in advance of the time set, July 4th. The contract price of the road work was $21,687. 51' for Gerking Flat, and 528,158.04.. for the Athena-Weyland sector. .., , OLD PIONEER DAY AT 1 HHP New Feature Sponsored By , Portland Oregonian For t This Year. , A new feature which is proposed for introduction at the Pendleton Round-Up this year, will be a special Pioneer Day. The Portland Oregon ian is "sponsoring the event and if sufficient encouragement is received from the pioneers of the state organ ization and of the old Oreeon eonntrv. the Portland paper will run a special train for the event. The opening dav of the Ronn!.TTn Wednesday, September 18 has been suggested as the tentative Hav fnr th old pioneers to gather at the Round Up grounds, where a cowboy luncheon would take place at the noon hour. In the evening the pioneers would take part in the dedication nt Til Taylor Park. The special train would extend transportation privileges to sons and ' daughters of memWo f the pioneers ortranizatinnit. net waII as the Lang Syne society of Portland. Pioneers cominc from Pnrtlanrf would live on the special train while in Pendleton. Other special trains scheduled for the Round.TTn wi.i the Oregon Journal specials, and a train from Spokane. , Farm Home Dropped rom Training List Motett Meadows Trout Velton Read, Melvin Connock and Frank McCorkel made a trip to Mo tett Meadows over last week-end and returned with a fine catch of moun tain trout. The boys- experienced haro work m getting to the meadows on account of fallen trees, a number oi which were removed from the road. Finally a tree so laree that they could not remove it was en countered, and they hiked about seven miles on to the creek where they did their fishing. .......... . "Captain Lash" i Victor McLaglen. who rose to fame in "What Price Glory," will be seen tomorrow night at the Standard Theatre in "Captain Lash." Claire Windsor, Clyde Brooks, Arthur Stone and Jane Winton are in the cast sun- porting McLaglen in this slashing Fox picture in which he knocks out hundred sailors but is laid low by pretty blonde. Here From Thornton Mr. and Mrs. Zeke Stone, old Athena residents were in town ves- terday from their home at Thornton, Wahington. They were en route to The Dalles to visit their son Dr. Alvin Stone, and were accompanied on their trip by their daughter Lois. Mrs. Maloney III Athena friends of Mrs. Harold M. loney of Pendleton, will he learn that recently she underwent a surgical operation at the Good Sa maritan Hospital in Portland. Mr. Maloney was at her bedside until Wednesday of last week, when he re turned to Pendleton. Death of Mrs. Wsrren Portland papers announce the death of Mrs. Ellenor M. Warren, which oc curred in Portland, interment being in that city Tuesday. Mrs. Warren is a former well known resident of Weston. She was 78 vears old and leaves eight children. Filling Up Gas Tank The boys driving th eas trucks for the distributing stations are busy fill ing up farmer's tanks with paMnline for barvm bpwatktes, - Montague Is Busy Lou Montague, formerly of Athena. now mayor of Arlington is busy mak ing arrangements for a fitting cele bration of the Fourth of July in his town. Glowing posters announce the event and the city on the Columbia promises a big day for everybody. Woodcraft Convention Mrs. Lola Payne and Mrs. Stella Keen have returned from Baker, where they attended the district con vention of the Neighbors of Woodcraft. ; Lower Wool Prices With wool sales no higher than 18 to 27 cents a pound and a dull mar ket for breeding ewes, sheepmen are contending with low market Con. dititofr, Salem.The board nf , ww- a vviivo U4 state normal schools, which was abolished by the last legislature through the creation of a state board of higher education, held its final meeting in the legislative office here. On July 1 the board of hiche cation will assume control of the three state normal schools and other insti tutions of higher education. The regents vntAd n rlvnn fVi children's farm home, near Corvalli. as one of the teachers training cen ters' f op the Monmouth normal school. ine action was recommended by J. S. Landers, president of the normal school. It was reported to the board that there had been lack of harmony between the sunerlntndPTif. nt children's home and the normal school officials. Frank Miller of Albany, a member of the board, protested the dropping of the children's home as a training center. The Greenwood school in Polk county was accepted as a training center in lieu of the Corval lis institution. A diploma from the Monmouth nor mal school was awarded to William Lee McCaleb of Heppner, who was a student at the Institution 30 years ago, but was prevented by illness from graduating. The board order ed inventories of the property of the three normal schools, which will be presented to the state board of high er education when it meets her FW. day. Temperature Goes Up Athena experienced the first hot day of summer Monday, when the mercury hovered around 90 Wa during the afternoon. : The sudden change in temperature had a depres sing effect and vegetation wilted under the hot rays beamed forth by old Sol. Tuesdav with a Mt the weather was much cooler and rears of shriveled grain were penea, for the present at least. dis- Boy Dragged To Death Bonners Ferry. Idaho Viriril Knl. ding, six years old, was dragged and trampled to death by an old pet farm horse which had been frightened. The lad, leading the horse by a chain, at- tacnea tne other end of it to his waist as he left the Henrv SnaMin!r barn, two miles north of here. Then he stumbled and fell. The animal, alarmed, dragged him a considerable distance and fractured his skull. Visited Bud Diridtton Mr. and Mrs. Alex Mclntvre. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pinkerton, John and ucan I'mkerton drove to Kahlotus, Wash- Sunday and visited at the home of Bud Dividson, brother of Mrs. Mclntyre and Mrs. Pinkerton. Bingham Springs natchery : About a half million eggs are in the troughs at Bingham Springs fish natchery at the present time. It is expected the fish now being hatched will not be released in streams until they are five or six inches long. Tourist Travel Gaining Tourist travel is gaining, accord ing to reports from over the North- west. Many eastern travelers are seeing the coast states for the first time. . - At the Seashore Betty and Virginia Eacer and Mai v Bond, of Pendelton. are at Seaside. where they are guests at the cottafje of tlfcuf tfrwamttittf, lift. Burchili.