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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1929)
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. Kntered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Clasa Mail Matter VOLUME 50. ATII EN A, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 9, 1929 NUMBER 82 CREEK WATER 15 UTILIZED III POOL Temporary Dam Put In To Raise the Water Supply For Pumping. in Except For Trimmings Wheat Harvest Is Over In the Athena District Except for the trimmings, the 1929 wheat harvest is over in the Athena district, where a good crop was produced. With the aid of ex ceptionally good weather and the best equipped threshing outfits in the world and lots of them this season has been an ideal one for grain-saving operations. Not a drop of rain to halt pro gress, with very little wind to bother, the gas-propelled outfits hummed and cackled around the big fields day af ter day until the . center and M last Workmen have been engaged placing a temporary dam across Wild Horse creek at City Park andtinstaMgwath.was cut' line? a mimnine nlant to furnish water A few machines were through and for th swimmine nool. which has Pled into the sheds last week. been closed for the past week or more FIGHT FOR FREIGHT IS KEENEST ON COAST since the supply from the mains was turned off. With the failure of the springs at the head of the city's gravity system, the sole supply for domestic purposes rests in the capacity of the well and pumping station at the present time, and as there is no question of do mestic service coming in for first con sideration, those having the natator ium in charge immediately began pre parations to secure a supply from the stream in near vicinity of the pool. The natatorium was furnished water from the city mains free of charge so long as there was a surplus to spare, and now that the source of supply must come from the creek, the use ef a pump and a motor own ed by the city will be utilized in pumping water into the pool. This week many others have finished and next week only grain on the moun tain ranches and a few ' trimmings here and there will remain of the 1929 harvest season. , Due to frequent shipments of grain during the delivery rush of bulk grain at the peak of harvest, storage facilities were the very .best that have ever prevailed in Athena. There was storage room for every body at all times and efficient crews made it possible for bulk wagons and trucks to be unloaded in turn with as little delay as possible. Harvest Notes Glenn Dudley's crop this year is a good one, averaging 65 bushels per acre. McBride Bros., crop oh the Eagle Hollow ranch is reported to be yield ing between 45 and 50 bushels per acre. Amiel Schubert's acerage averaged In one respect the water from the 53 bushels per acre. creek will be better for the natator ium than was the city water, in that it will be softer for swimming and bathing purposes, and will be warm er in temperature than water from the city mains. It Is resrretable that the natatorium was forced to close for several days, during the warmest days of the seas- Sims Dickenson pays tribute to even tempered Jess Gordon, whose combine has been actin' up during the season's .''run." Hit or miss, Sims savs Jess is just the same ol' Jess. The Weston Leader reports that J. A. Hills arises to remark that he 'will plant no more Forty Fold wheat to thresh, although he likes that variety on when patronage was at the highest 0 ha w, says that it began to point of the season. The Legion Post shatter even before it was ripe, and feels the loss keenly, as the receipts tne fieid orodUced no more than 30 ... ; . i A. ' -11.. : I . . would pave assistea mausmiuy " bushels to the acre, liquidating indebtedness incurred in construction of the natatorium. Weston Leader: The elevators the Weston Warehouse company Weston and Downing are now full of wheat which has been coming in rap- consignment. - . Officials Get Violaters Of the Prohibition Law Pendleton. Continuing their sweep ing attack upon liquor dealers. from the hip pocket peddler to the "joint I , . , lit 'jL. ml fit LmtktmmaiKr&A iSt Wheat Prices Slump When Heavy Selling Hits Eastern Market 8EA RULES RAIL RATES J. T. Saunders, freight trafflo manager for 8outhrn Pacific, who says three steamship lines handling two-thirds of north and south freight, tramp steamers and truck lines, as Indicated cn map, make coastwise competition the most difficult faced by railways ORE than a million tons of freight 1 annually borne In the holds of coastwise steamships between ports of California and the Pacific Northwest ports exoeeds north and south rail way traffic by a margin in excess of 100 per cent, according to J. T. Saun ders, Freight Traffic Manager- for Southern Pacific company. Not only do three steamship lines handle twice as much freight as is tall-borne between California and the northwest, but the railway also faces competition of numerous motor truck carriers operating upon the public highway. These truck lines now radi ate to almost every community upon (he Pacific slope, carrying annually thousands of tons of freight formerly handled by the railroads. Climate, much advertised as a tour ist attraction, adds to the competitive difficulties of Pacific Coast railways. Every day in the year Is a good travel day for Pacific Coast motorists and fine paved highways have made auto- mobillng so easy that railway passen ger revenues annually decline to the tune of millions of dollars. "No railway anywhere," Saunders said, "faoes competition so strong as that met by Southern Pacific. Five major transcontinental railways, air routes, four coastwise steamship lines, ' many tramp steamers and trafflo mot or-borne upon the highways all com pete with our lines. "In four representative months- January, April, July and October of 1927 three steamship lines . alone moved 319,685 tons of freight between California and Portland and the Puget Sound ports. In the same period rail traffio north and south between Cali fornia and Oregon was only 151,453 tons. . "An average of 75,000 pounds a week is moving by steamer from Cali fornia ports to Crescent City, Califor nia, whence It Is delivered to destin ations in Grants Pass, Medford and other. Oregon cities. "Separately and jointly trucks and steamships are moving thousands of tons of freight which once moved by rail. "In order to meet this competition Southern Pacific since the World War, has spent over four hundred million dollars for construction of new and rehabilitation of old lines, new equip ment and betterments. Portland. The break in world wheat markets the fore part of the week resulted in a decline of 4 to 5 cents in 'Portland futures and a loss of 5 cents in all kinds of cash wheat. It also stopped selling in the country, for which local wheat handlers are thankful. Dock and elevator space has been filling up rapidly and the slowness of the outgoing movement has caused anxiety. " ;., Trading was very light on the. Port land Grain Exchange Tuesday, only BEAN HARVEST IS APPROACHING FAST Machinery Ready For Work Crop of Peas Being Threshed. Bean harvest is near at hand in the Athena-Weston district. Cuttinct 20,000 bushels both ways with sellers has commenced in parts of the Walla plentiful and few buyers. Prices de- Walla district, and the cutters will clined without a break from the open- soon e at here, The cutting mg gong to tne ciose. At tne wina up, losses were 4 cents in Septem ber, 5 cents in December and 4 cents in May, as compared with the last prices of the previous day. The Chicago market was off 6c to 7c at the close. The break started when a big Winnipeg bull started un- machines will be followed by combine harvesters ' equipped with a picking up attachment, which delivers the bean straw to drapers which carry it to the cylinder. , v The combines have been put into condition for the bean harvest, five loading his line on the Chicago mar- tnem being assembled in Atnena at ket. Upsetting of confidence came the Present time, l he bean crop is abruptly after the market had shown ripening rapidly and indications are a tendency to advance on account of that the yield Wl11 De satisfactory to bier nurchases of flour in the south, the Eickhoff Products company, pro- west and because of ranid falline- off motors of the enterprise here. in the movement to winter wheat to Cleaning and grading macnines most of the leading terminals. In have been received at the warehouse Chicago, the number of cars of wheat in the railroad yards. The machines arriving was much smaller than are mounted on trucks and the motor either a week or a year ago and there of the truck is utilized for power to . were also greatly diminished receipts run the machine when cleaning and "More than ten per cent of this at Kansas City, Omaha and St. Louis, grading the beans. amount has been spent since 1923 for the construction and rehabilitation of 521 miles of mainline in northern California and southern' Oregon. With in a few weeks our new 97 mile line However, all this was quickly lost The work of harvesting the Sloan sight of when a leading Winnipeg seed pea crop has commenced on the trader was reported as throwing over- McBride Bros., ranch, south of Ath board his holdings. ena. The pea vines are being cut with A tumble of 10c a bushel at Win- an ordinary mower, bunched into between Klamath Falls and Alturas nipeg added to the force of the sell- windrows and picked up by one of will be opened, providing a new main line route to the east 288 miles short er than from Klamath Falls to Chi cago than any line now existing or proposed. "The competition of steamships carrying more than one-half of the ing storm which overwhelmed the the specially equipped bean harvest Chicago trade. Besides, the selling er8 orders from Winnipeg came at a ' . . ,. ft . ... th leld the peri- menting with pea growing on moun- oruers iromn.nn.peg Mr. Sloan j8 8atisfied with the y time when the Chicago market was , , ,it xu. without much of the aggressive buy- JgJ h of f a J ing support that of late had been con- McBride place. He is oc.xp competition the basis for freight rates regardless of future railway construction." MRS. T. G. WINTER Mrs. J. F. Herr Dies CSirirlpnlv At Rakpr idly. Grain that comes to the ele- fruqqemy gaiter yators from now m ft ls announcedi lng in Athena where she was highly esteemed by a large circle of friends, died suddenly at her home in Baker, Sunday afternoon. The demise ei Mrs, Herr was made specially sad for tbe reason that the end came withqut warning to her family M friends, In failing health fop a number of years past, PPar- operator, prohibition officers work ently phe was no worse than usual j in the county Monday, arrest- Supday, For several weeks sne naa ed & mm mi Ws wife ftt Adams for been caring for the children of her the alleged operation of a 'joint," daughter, Mrs, Ioijis ptewart of Ath: Mr and Mr(Ji jewet Murray were eqa, while she was recovering from arrested t,y C0Unty officers working an operation in Seattle. j under tne direction of Sheriff Tom Sunday morning Mr, Stewart drove Gurdane They were arrested at to Baker for the children- Shortly Adams and nave en charged with , after he left on his return to Athena, maintainipg a ,: nuisance. Mr. and Mrs. Herr passed wy- Mrs bJew" Mrs. Murray have posted bond and art was notified of her mothers haye released death, and Mr, and Mrs. Roy Cannon charie8 Moorej who was arrested at once started with her to Baker, lagt Saturday gt on charges of meeting Mr, Stewart on his way gale and tranap0ration of liquor, home, p0Sted $2500 bopdp with 8. A- New- Mrs. Herr was prominent- in the ai- y g commissioner Monday, fairs of the Methodist Episcopal and gained temporary freedom, He phurch while a resident here and en- .g t0 be takeR into the Federal court deared herself to many friends. She at Portand to face charges of vio is survived by her husband, two sons lation of the Jopeg jaw and one daughter, , While the week-end cleanup, has - ''" been hailed by some as a tremendous . . genii-Weekly Visitor victory for the county Sheriff Gyr- Ey A. Bennett, who recently moved dane gaya that enforeement will not q Milton, Where he is engaged in let up unti 0er jiquor operators Dainting, makes semi-weekly trips to nrn taken. Athena for the purpose of tending AithoUgh there may be a few "beer tVio home carden. He has a choice j ioints" vet in wv J ... , KMUCUO " . - variety of vegeUbles in the garden, operation here, it is believed that including tomatoes which are ap- pendeton is dryer now than it has proaching the stage oi maiunvy. Nwt Stone, well known to old timers here, accompanies Mr. Bennett to ithon fTenuentlv and holds down the neversweat bench on Main street, j while Bennett does his chores. been in years. Purchase Residence Justin Harwood, who with Mrs. Harwood arrived in Athena last week from Huron South Dakota, has pur- n.. Birthdav Party , D,r .7Vv t v w Rth Wrthdav anni- Zerba, on ttign street, east riV In honor of her 8th birthday anni H - . Lmave sm. o, m I. A. Alkire entertain- " , --;v . . Movements to the property, and d a number OI Kir. ir.ejma ui .i c.-i i ea a numr occupying it hAEo1 nrosptit' Were Natelle Miller, UW Jane Miller. Jack Miller, Jeanie Mrs. y- winif4' Black." Beverley Bar- Mrs, '"""'V- i..!'' rety, enevieve Ben Hill Dead Bertha E. Hill, wife of Ra'rWttl Mariorie former mayor of Walla Walla, Ben Martin and Mildred Bpny, Helen, HiU died Tuesday afternoon toiiow Jjin. -1j r.."AiHrp. ini? an illness of several weeks dura " " r tion. Mrs. HiU was S9 " years old Rights of Agents Defined having been born n Richfield, Wash The rights of prohibition agents to i0gton, July 14, 1890. investigate borne . manufacture of , , - - -.j iit Inices were defined by Montana Wheat Commissioner Doran, who instructed Dave Nelson of Peqdletoq, ybo has t!.-.;ii" tlint " investieation in la wheat' ranch in Montana, says his COUld pe maoe oniy mF"" " I crop iner c is g"B w h . homes '"l r fide search warrant. Rhm2 Girt Fovb4. ' Pgpdleton officers toynd 8ey Poms, a runaway girl from et n!pn. Oreeron. with a girl compan ion, in a grain field near Pendleton. exnected earlier in the season. He expects Federation, to be better than last year, with MWuis lower in pro duction, Hickman-LeForce Ellsworth Hickman, 22, of Milton . wo. tnrnl over to the Salvation and Annie LeForce, 19 of Freewater a, ot.h will be returned to her were united in marriage at Milton, httne, iMonSay. evening. Til Taylor Statue Has Arrived From Belgium The Til Taylor statue which will be unveiled in Til Taylor Park, Pen dleton, on the first day of the Round Up, Wednesday, September 18, has arrived in Pendleton from Belgium. The statue, which is of heroic size, was done in bronze "and gold leaf by Phimister Proctor, internationally famous sculptor. It is said the figure is true in likeness of the late sheriff, is mounted in characteristic pose on horse, and minute detail is carried out in reproducing the Sheriff's at tire, workmanship on saddle and bridle, etc. .The funds for purchasing the statue were generously donated by friends of Til Taylor, and came from all over the country. Mr. Proctor completed the statue in Belgium, and it was shipped from that country to Port land, and was brought to Pendleton on a special trailer which was bor rowed from Morrow county for that purpose. Mrs. Thomas G. Winter! prominent clubwoman of Minneapolis, is direct ing th Republican "kitchen cam paign.' It is Mrs, Winter's job to line up the housewives and their daughters In support Of Herbert Hoover, ' Daniels and Boyd Bebe Daniels is coming to the Stan dard Theatre tomorrow night in Para mount's pleasing comedy, "What t Night!", Supporting Miss Daniels is clever Neil Hamilton, William Austin and Wheeler Oakman. Sunday night William Boyd appears in "The Leath erneck." This photoplay was booked for showing at the Standard several months ago, but the picture proved so popular with the public, that the larger theatres demanded . first run rights over the smaller houses at that time. Alan Hale, Bober Armstrong and Dian Ellis are featured players m the cast. Two Drowned In Columbia In attempting to save Glen Robin son of lone, from drowning in the Columbia, river, near Boardman, bun day afternoon, Miss Eva Strange, 17, was drowned with him. Miss Strange resided at Longview, and was visiting the Robinson family at lone- He Caught Nice Ones Harry Keller has been fishing again over at Bend. He expressed a fine lot of big Rainbows over to his rela tives and a few Athena friends. Last year Harry did the same, and here: hoping he'll make it ditto next year. Remains Unconscious Charles Stephens whose skull was fractured when a train struck hia car last Saturday at an Echo cross ing has been unconscious since the accident, in St. Anthony's hospital at 'Pendleton. - '- w-v-s . "a w l j. a. l. fp!' SCrXn ZZLtln land, which gives indications of total coastwise freight trafflo affords KIlown , . T T r.3. ood yields. The mountain crop is competition which will continue to be Hort8. "" in Fai not as far advanced in ripening as rauier vague auv.cea vu M,n,M. tlaP ! o - on umnlrl ho enlnrcpd. Slack. "'" "" v,,v - noss nf exnort demand was also R Russian liram urower Views Athena Fields , . .... ..; M. J. Kalmancvitch, chairman of the board of directors of the Grain Trust of the U. S. S. R., Moscow, Russia, on a tour of the United States to see large grain farming nnprntiona. was in Walla Walla. Mon- Will Make Hike day. He" was accompanied by his interpreter. The men visited sever- Seattle. The last surviving male al of the larger farms in the inland member of the first emigrant party Empire. 000 bushels in hardly more than week. Emigrant Party considerable factor, as well as gener- VnlW Primp TTarvpst al knowledge that contracts in the , "'" ". ' . rhirno-n mnrlfflt have ruled UO to the Will fetart AUgUSt unprecedented total of 217,038,000 1 bushels, an increase of about 12.000,- WaUa Walla. Prune harvesting will not start until August 15, ac cording to the growers at the Prune meeting at the Chamber of Com merce rooms last night. ,The harvest will continue up until September 5 it was thought. The shipments will run about 80 cars a day during the har. vest. About 1200 cars of prunes are ex. pected to be harvested. Originally the growers expected a total crop of 1500 cars but due to the ravages of the red spider mite it i3 estimated that about 20 per cent of the crop will be lost. Growers and shippers are busy get ting things in shape for the start of the harvest Several of the ship pers are installing large grading ma chines in their warehouses. The growers are stocking up in boxes and other necessary paraphernalia for prune picking. Oregon Solons Lose - Contemplated Increase Salem. W. A. Jones, head of the Marion county grange, won his suit in circuit court to keep the 1929 legislators from receiving the $5 day additional expense money which they voted themselves shortly before adjournment, when Judge L. II. Mc- Mahan signed the decree declaring their action to be unconstitutional, illegal and void, and of no force or effect whatever." Hal E. Hoss, secretary of state, and T. B. Kay, state treasurer, defendants in the action, or any of their sub ordinates are forever restrained from making the payment of the $5 a day expense money, according to the de cree, the plaintiff, Jones, is also given costs hr the we. Took "Sky Line" Trip Driving a President 8 Studebaker sedan, George Ferguson, of the Fos-ter-Richey company, made the trip over the famous Sky Line" drive from Toll Gate to PaytoH, last Sun day. "A wonderful drive," says George, "but they want to widen the trail on the curves to make it safe for long wheelbase cars," to cross the Cascades north of the Columbia river, George H. Himes, Portland, will start tomorrow on a "hike" over the old Naches pass road. Other "old timers" in the hiking party will be C. B. (Pop) Bagley, Seattle, and Clifford Babcock, W. P. Bonney and A. II. Denman of Ta- coma. jJabcocK is president and Hon ney secretary of Washington Historical society. The trip, partly for historical pur poses and partly for pleasure, will begin at Clover creek, 10 miles south east of Tacoma, the last camping place of the emigrants of 1853, Bag ley said. "From there to the sum mit, we will follow the route of the old military road laid out by George B. McClellan, afterwards The men were traveling by motor, and Tuesday passed through Athena, en route to Portland from Walla Walla. There now are BO wheat farms in Northern Caucasia operated by the Grain Trust which is a cooperative proposition financed by government capital. Acreage included in these State farms total 4,000,000 acres. The smallest of these farms is 50,000 acres, the largest 375,000 acres with the average around 150,000 acres Dean Straub Retires University of Oregon alumni where' ever they may be, will be interested to vlearn that Dr. John Straub, dean Civil war general." emeritus and proiessor oi ureeK at the University, will conclude his &e tive teaching work in October, 1930, rounding out 52 years of service to the. institution, and 53 years of teach ing. Announcement or his resigna ; Campbell-Morey , William B. Campbell of Athena and Miss Morey of Freewater, were mar ried in the Christian church at Wal la Walla. Saturday afternoon, Rev. famous Hunley, pastor of the church, officiat ing. The wedding ceremony was per formed in the presence of Mr. and "Called" Him Mrs. W. C. Campbell, parents oi tne Employes in the shop of the Price- groom, and Mrs. Morey, mother oi Ransom Chevrolet company, kidded the bride. Mr. Campbell is a graduate hoi VinuB T. Prlcft whn ha was of Athena high school, and well raoonrtv Ho rnnnHH to known vountr farmer. His bride IS tion was received by the University their, Joking by saying that to the a sister of Mrs. Frank Coppock, and this week. He will continue to make ftrst one of the boys in the shop who an estimable young lady. The young his home in Eugene. KOb married, there was coming to him couple are receiving congratulation i a two weeks' vacation on full . pay. from their friends on the nappy Serlounlv Burned Saturday evening "Chuck" Bell, head event. A. B. McDonald, representative of mechanic, flashed a marriage license the Spokesman-Review at Walla Wal- on the boss' desk. Now the mechanic and his bride are on tneir noney-moon. la, was seriously burned on the Uma tilla river, near Bingham Springs, Sunday morning, while he was en gaged in pumping air in a small gasoline stove reservoir. He was us- Former Police Chief Ed Hussey, formerly chief of polite of the Walla Walla department, fell dead Sunday just before noon as he was, walking to lunch down the corri dor of the main building in the state penitentiary. Mr. Hussey was serv- Stop Grain Dumping Former Governor Samuel McKelvie. I tig an automobile tire numo. and the harlt in Nphraitka from Washington stove exDloded. seriously burnlnir himltuh.r ho rprnivpd a farm board aD- ing as a turnkey at the penitentiary, on the chest and stomach. He was D0intment from President Hoover, de- and has been employed there since t a Iron f a a ViAan ;tl at w.iu Wnlln I,.j u,f . .fnn tn 'Miimn. 1926 when he started work as a ing" of grain is the big problem that guara. Mervlce Station Purchased faces those who would help the wheat Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Pinkerton and producers. Producers are losing ten family will remove from Athena to cents a bushel, he asserted because Milton to reside in their home there, of the rush at terminal markets. Oregon Man la Champion Bradshaw Harrison of Oregon, a Pacific Coast candidate for national tennis honors, captured the Atlantic coast singles championship. Harri son, University of Oregon student, de feated Bruce Barnes of Texas Uni versity 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the finals. Would Change Rates Drastic changes in livestock freight rates from Pendleton are rec ommended by Examiners Stiles and Parker of the Interstate Commerce Commission, as the result of nve' tieation conducted under mandate of tbd Htfch-Smlth resolution. L. Booth of Washtucna, Wash ington, has purchased the service station and acreage property on low er Third street from Mr. Pinkerton, and will reside here permanently. Mr. Booth is the father of Mrs. Ralph Dowd of : Weston. , --.- I ' "Two-Gun" After Him "Two-Gun" Hart, Coeur d'Alcne reservation policeman, is heading a posse into the hills in search of Charles Charrapin, Indian, charged with slaying his wifet Bus Company Gets Permit The Idaho Public Utilities com mission granted permits to the Co lumbia Gorge Motor Transport com pany to operate bus lines between Lewiston and Pendleton, Ore, and from Spokane, Wash., to Coeur d'Alene. The application for a per mit to run a line from Coeur d'Alene to Wallace was held over. , i Fire Near Tollgate A small forest fire was burning but under control, near Spout Springs, JamWe in Second Week south of Tollgate the fore part oi the Fiftv thounand Bov Scouts from all week. The fire, which wa the first around the world entered the second I of the year in the Blue Mountains week of their international jamboree east of Athena, was started by an near London, their camp Is a sea of I electric storm whic" inrougn mutl from raitf. - 1 -'life toWm.tiA "W&y felght. "Buck" Gets Two 4'Buck" Lieuallen, state traffic of ficer made two arrests this week in line with his duties. G. A. Moore, driver of one of the motor coachett, was fined in justice court on the charge of speeding, lie was assess ed $50. When "Buck" found four persons riding in ono scat, ho arrest ed the driver, Gaylord White, who was fined $15. Naw Deserters Caught Traffic Officer Pyle apprehended two marine deserters from the battleship California, at Arlington, Saturday evening. They were J. E. Taylor and Roy Olifant, wanted at Bremcrtort. Found Unconscious Giles Mortimer, well known at Echo, was found unconscious and in a serious condition at the Frank Sloan sheep camp in the Blufe Knun tain, Saturday. '