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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. Entered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, aa Second-Class Mail Matter 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. VOLUME 50. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON,1 FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 6. 1929 NORTHERN CROP YIELD SMALLER Agricultural Report Indi cates Larger Harvest " In South. of Washington. The department of agriculture announces that the indi cated yield of principal crops of the north is smaller compared with last year when the major croos of the south probably will produce larger Harvests than in 1928. The indicated composite yield principal crops, the department said will be about 5 per cent below 1928 and slightly below the ten year ave rage. The leading crops of the north- corn, wheat, oats, potatoes and. fruits were said to show indications smauer narvests than last year, Southern crops cotton, tobacco and - sweet potatoes are expected to reg- ister yields greater than a year ago J! avorable weather plus the "hasten ing influence of the 'combine'" has brought grain to markets in heavy volume, the department reports Several of the staple fruit and vegetable crops promise reduced sup plies and are accordingly selling at higher prices, the department said with potatoes included in the latter category. , The report said generally higher prices for fruits obtain, particularly apples, which are selling about twice as high as last season. ' Beef cattle prospects were held to be favorable to producers, the ex pectation being that cattle movement to market will be about the same as last year; -. No marked change in the general dairy situation is observed. Grading of Tollgate Road to Finish November First Desiring to complete the 5.6 mile grading job by November 1, before snow flies, Rhodes and Pillion, of Medford, will have between 50 and 60 men at work on the McDougal- Tollgate stretch by the end of the week, it was stated by Albert Baker, district forest ranger, just down from the hills. The contract was let, originally, to Tiertllng and Sons, Moscow, Idaho, but recently turned over to the Oregon 'firm, Three camps will be established so that work can be done from both ends and the middle at the same time, Baker reports, also that the road to Lookout mountain should be finished by November 1. This road is 10 miles in length, and nine miles have been built. The crew of 15 has been spend ing part of its time fighting forest fires this summer, Walla Walla Union. , V Family Reunion A family reunion was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Lieuallen, near Adams, the following members of the Lieuallen family being present for the enjoyable occasion: Dr. F. A Lieuallen and family of Bend; Mrs Ethel Bayne and children of Walla Walla; Mrs, J. R. Lewis, Walla Wal la; Mr. and Mrs, Geo, Woodward and children of Walla Walla; J. T. Lieu allen, Jr., wife and son; Mr, and Mrs, Paul Lieuallen, Mr. and Mrs. Revella Lieuallen; Francis " Lieuallen and family, and L, L. Lieuallen and fam Uy, all of Adams, Studying Grain Inspection. A special committee to study var ious suggestions and criticisms re? ceived by the department of agri culture with reference to the official grain standards and administration of the grain standard? act has been ap pointed by the bureau of agricultural economics. The committee consists of Prof. George R. Hyslop, head of the department of farm . crops, . Oregon Agricultural College, and Edward C, "Parker, in charge of the hay stan dardization and inspection for the bureau. The committee is making a comprehensive study, which will prob ably require about three months' time. Entertained Sisters Mr. and Mrs. Chase Garfield had as guests over the week-end, Mrs. J. H. Templeton of Seattle, Mrs. Lillian Lyne of Los Angeles and Miss Lela Garfield qf Walla Walla, sisters of Mr. Garfield. In "company with Flint Johns, Mr. Garfield took his sisters over fco La Grande Sunday where they visited friends for the day. Mrs. Templeton will visit Mrs. Retta Pptts in Portland, en route home. Honor Mrs. Stephens Members of the Baptist church will honor Mrs. O. 0. Stephens at a reception at the church tonight Mrs. Stephens who leaves this week to make her home in Pendleton has for a number of years been a prominent worker in the church and she will be greatly missed. Her many friends regret her departure. Gulls at Elk Are Not Yet Guilty of Killing Fish, Say Examining Scientists That man may have been the cause of the fish in Elk lake, near Bend, be coming infected with worms, was the tentative result of the investigation conducted by the state ' board of health. The -process of exonerating the gulls, charged with causing the death of thousands of fish in the limpid eastern Oregon lake, was part ly completed by the findings of Dr. William Levin, director of the state hygienic laboratory, who examined both fish and gulls. "The fact that we couldn't find any worms or any eggs in the five gulls we examined here - means1 nothing, however," continued Dr. Frederick D. Strieker, secretary of the state board of health, who" assisted with the in vestigation. "They may offer a menace to other lakes in that they will carry the infection with .them in their migrations. " . . . "We have not definitely determin ed that they are not the host of the worm in one of its several stages of development. The cycle of the worm is a mystery so far. We have the worm itself in the stomach and in testines of the fish, and that is all How it gets there we do not know. That must be brought out by further investigation." , .. ( , The theory that man may have caused the infected fish, by playing the part of the host in some stage of the worm's life, was bolstered by the findings of Dr. A. L. Worthin of the University of Michigan, who investi gated a similar fish infection there. He found, after lengthy , research, that man was the carrier of the egg and that certain insects and Crusta cea, which had eaten refuse, in turn infected the fish. The worm devel oped in them, the fish were eaten by the men and the cycle repeated. The difference in the two worms was that those in Michigan entered the mus cles and flesh of the fish, while these in Oregon" have infected only the stomach and intestines. The worms are similar, : however. Dr.- Levin stated that a fish infected in Elk ake could be cleaned and eaten with out any harm coming to the eater. The stomachs of 14 large fish ex amined were literally perforated like a pincushion with flat, white worms, ranging from a half inch to 2 inches in length, and about as wide as a pin. When the stomachs were taken out these worms were radiating from all sides, The flesh of the fish was solid and in perfect condition. Death was caused, according to Dr. Levin, by serious infection of the in testines and stomach. Death had been comparatively quick. Hundreds were found in each fish. Dibothriocephalus latus was the name given the worm by Dr. Levin. it belongs to the class of worms causing , dibothriocephalidae infec- - NUMBER 36 Gen. Almazan Calls on Gen. Moseley it Jrsv i-U j f - XMuf j ;, i ;jr 1 Vj ?? iii Oregon State College Announces Change In v Curricula For the Year Car Misses the Wallowa Bridge, William Bryant ; Walla Walla jVIan Killed Oregon State College. Prepara- Walla Walla.- William C. Bryant tions are nearing completion at the Clinton Court, was instantly killed. college for the opening of freshmen Ward Gardner,, 116 north 'Division week September 23 and enrollment of street, and Clifford Douglass, 525 east upperclassmen the following Satur- Sumach , street, narrowly escaped day. A new school has been created, death in an auto accident on the high several new courses planned, and a way one mile east of Wallowa, Ore number of changes in personnel an- Kon o clock Sunday morning. ; nounced. ' ; : The three men were starting on Dr. ClairV. T,nrfnn lm om0j fishing trip to the Imnaha river, in- "VVM HUIMVU , j. , . , dean of the new school of health and w remain tnere over . xne physical education for both .men and Y e Gardner who wa8 driving women, hygiene and intramural cr aiscoverea too late ; tnat ;tne sports. The health service quarters mKhway took a sharp 90-degree turn have" been, remodelled and Dk D, C. t0 the ri8ht led"S to a bridge acrpss Reynolds annointPd aa now ,vPt Wallowa river.. He applied the brakes A woman doctor, Miss Edith Sap- and pulled the steerin wheel to,tho pington, will also be included on the p"' w,c vyi bhuck a staff this year for the benefit of the senes Wooden posts at the left of co-eds, , Opportunities for religious educa tion will also be available this year through a privately-supported, non- sectarian chair of religion, with Dr. E. W. Warrington as head. Any stu- the bridge steel supports and threw all three men about 15 feet into the water, All three of the men were thrown out of the carr Mr. Douglass and Mr. Bryant falling clear of the: car and dent may nhtain .mir nt nn.?ot J only a few feet apart, t while . Mr, grade, for which full credit toward 9ardn" wa? hrown. iust over the graduation will be given. Courses 'uc . . V,B ur,uK airecuy unaer me Gen. J. Andreau Almazan of the victorious Mexkun Fedi-ml iinn.v calliit" on Gen. George Van Horne Moseley. comiiifindinjr oKipor of i::j -!rsi' Cavalrv division, United States nrmy, at the bonier. , CARNIVAL QUEEN i Charles A. Sias Returns Twenty-Six Years Absent Charles A. Sias, who has just clos ed a short pastorate at Myrtle Creek, Oregon, is now installed as perman ent minister in the local Church of Christ. He with Mrs. Sias, drove in Miss lay Hurri;nn. viq was sc ected to be the UiinlT carnival (jueep for 1020, Slip Is an expert enawshoer and sUI-runner, vuuomg t uivubiiiiui.cpiia(iuac mice- l n- CI 1- 1 tions. In the larger forms it reaches Malen liUmett bChOOl a length of 30 feet, becoming the tape worm found in human beings, segments of which are as long as the entire worm discovered in the fish taken from Elk lake. No' indication that the five gulls carried either worms, eggs or any form of the worm, was found in the five examined by Dr. Levin. For the time being the gulls have a clean card, although future developments may shift the Warns back to them, according to Dr. Strieker, The work ing out of the life cycle of the pestif erous parasite will bring to light the cause of the whole thing. Several tubes full of worms were sent back to Dr. Worthin for him to identify positively. "It is the usual thing for fish to Classes Held Thursday waua wana, Wednesday was registration day for the eighteenth season of the Malen Burnett School of Music and Miss Edna Hanna, pres ent director of the school reported that practically seventy-five per cent of the enrollment had already been scneauieq, Actual teaching began Thursday and the classes for children will be Thursday, Friday and Saturday, The various branches are also ready for the oening lessons for 1929 30 season. Miss Opal McNichols, Miss Lois Johnson of Athena and Miss Edna Hanna spent Saturday in aytDn attending to registration in have numerous parasites in them," that branch which will be conducted said Dr. Levin. "But it is extraordin: this year by Miss Lois Johnson. Miss ary when these parasites kill them. Thelma MeNichols and Miss Jean These are not ordinary fish worms, so Bratton, piano and violin teachers en- we cannot make positive assertions rolled their Waitsburg classes last about them until we have proved Saturday also, and have already be many things about them particular- their teaching in this branch of ly their life history," the Malen Burnett School of Music. Miss Edna Hanna will aerain have . - ' Keturns Home chanre of the classes at Milton and Miss Margaret Moore of Spokane Athena, which she has conducted for leit for her home Monday evening the last five years, after spending the past fortnight vis- Registration may be made at any iwng at me nome or aiiss uoiaie time, Miss Hanna says, but the earl Miller. Friday night Miss Miller en- iest ones have the advantatrp. of a i. .i. " J i i l . e, lenainea m nonor oi ner . mend, greater choice of lesson periods. uaraes were piayea ana aainiy re freshments served. Guests included. Fishermen Return Misses Betty Jane Eager, Myrtle Herbert Parker, Fred Radtke and Campbell, Oral Mkhener, Ralph and Fred Radtke, Jr.; have returned from Edwin McEwen and the honoree. an extended fishing trip. . After being turned back from the Yaak River Bean Shipments - country on account oJ forest fires. Ihe tenth carload of beans was ship- the party decided to eo to the Clear. ped from the Athena cleaning station water for fish but met the same fate hy the i-ickhoff Products company, Finally arriviner at the little Salmon Wednesday. The shipment was rout- they packed into the mountains where ed over the Northern Pacific to In-1 they had good luck. Billv Plnkerton dianpolis, Indiana. The bean harvest and F. B, Boyd returned yesterday is nearing its cjose, operations being from the Rend country, where they now connnea to tne neids in the sec- spent several davs fish na- in com tion southeast of Athena, pany with Harry Keller and Charles Taylor of Bend Jumps Front Train Jumping from passenger train No. 17, near Duncan, Alan Marshal of Mc- Grant Degrees University of Oregon. Granting of Cook, Nebraska, who had been under masters degrees to 21 students and observation for over a day on ac- bachelors degrees to 75 students count of his strange actions, was ser- brought to a close what has been de- iously injured and taken to St An- clared to be the most successful sum- thonys hospital at Pendleton. He mer school in the twenty-five years sustained serious injuries to his neck that summer school has been conduct- in his fall from the train. 'ed by the University- of Oresro'n. - "1 will be offered in such subjects as orientation of religious thinking, in tensive studies of Biblical passages, principles of religious leadership, character education and historical background of the Bible. Two-year curricula in both agri- car which apparently balanced on the edge of the bridge and then turned over on the left, falling upright on top of Mr. Gardner. Two motorists who followed the ill-fated car toward Wallowa arrived at the scene a moment or two after culture and .homft 0(.Or,nm,va win fc the accident and gave aid. Mr. Bry- inaumir&teiftfiin ven- f v, lant and Mr. Gardner were taken to fit of students wishing to obtain Wa,owa to a hospital by one motor, practical training in these subjects Ist i"a roadster while another fol without. snonHinir tVio necessary to comoete the more tech. Iass who appeared the least injured nical degree-granting course. The After an examination by a phy work is all of collegiate grade and sian, Mr. Bryant was ' pronounced may be applied as part of the four- neaa 11 Deln8 reported that he had year course if the student later de- Deen aeaa &out zv or 30 minutes, in " J x i n . . ciues 10 worn ior a degree. A cer- tincate is awarded upon the satis factory completion of the two-year course. dicating that he had died at the scene of the accident, It was necessary to take a stitch over Mr. Gardner's left eye and give Charles A, Bhu from western Oregon, and are rapid ly getting settled in the parsonage. Mr. Sias served this church back in 1802 and 1903, when their present building was erected, and returns after twenty-six years absence. In the meantime he has been busy chief ly m pastoral, secretarial and college work, most of the time in the North west. His former work here was very .successful; he returns with a riper experience with apparent con fidence in the people of the local church, and his ability to meet the needs of his people and the com munity. Mr. Sias Is a college man, and we understand with more., than ordinary ability. He with Mrs. Sias, enjoys the fullest confidence of the former membership of the church, and their old time acquaintances. He comes to this church in response to a un animous call, expecting to remain over, a period of years. May their service be a fruitful and happy one. Sheep Industry Promising A fair outlook for the sheep in dustry during the next year, due partly t high prices , of competing meats and to the fact that, the 1629 lamb crop is smaller than that of 1928 because of the reduced per cent- age of lambs saved, is indicated in the midsummer sheep and wool out look report issued by the bureau of agricultural economics. Demand for wool in this country is. expected to be well maintained and some improve ment in the demand in foreign coun tries may occyr within the year, al though it is pointed out that , the present wool outlook does not seem to be one to encourage further expansion in wool production in this eountry at the preesnt time, Athena Study Club Mrs. M. I. Miller, president of the Athena study club announces the first meeting of the fall season for next Friday afternoon, September 13. The new year's study will be Travels through England and Wales." Mrs. R. A. Thompson, secretary for the club has received the literature and a most Interesting year i expected. Mrs. Miller requests all 'members to be present at the 'home of Mrs. E. C. Rogttt for tU firrt meeting. . ., . Education in aeronautics will also some treatment to the eye which was be offered this year for the first time. Injured, as well as to care for several through the combined facilities of the cut? and bruises on his head and schools of engineering and commerce, shoulders. Mr. Douglass was treat- This will include a four-year profes- ed 'or a cut on "1S r,S"t nand and sional curriculum leading to a bache- or numerous other cuts and bruises, lor of science degree, a two-year pre- . A coroner's inauest was held im. flying school course designed to, meet mediately after the accident, the the-entrance requirements for army coroner and sheriff of Wallowa, coun- or navy flying schools, and a com- ty being present. The accident was bined technical and commercial cur- pronounced unavoidable, blame be riculum for those planning to enter ing placed on no one. the commercial field., An Old Landmark In Athena Is To Be Razed Harold Frederick of Ainena mgn, itesigns One of the oldest buildings in Ath- Athena schools opened Tuesday e"a and one which has had a part in morning for the year's work. , the public life of the community for mere are eighty-eierht nunils en- years is soon to be only a memory. rolled in the grades and fifty-one In C. T. Booth who recently purchased high school. ' the service station' and auto camp on With the completion of the bean south third street from A. D. Pink- harvest this week there will be an ertpn has also acquired the old build- addition of eight or ten students in tog known as the opera house. He high school. Prospects for a sue- will wreck it and move the lumber cessful school year are bright. to his auto camp where he will build superintendent J. E. Coad. who additional caoins to accommodate the comes, from Idaho is supported by a tourist traffic. splendid faculty this year. . "The building to be razed was built Harold Frederick former instructor by Sam Spencer about thirtv-eisrht in science ana manual, training re- years aeo and was constructed from oifciieu ineauay mornimr 10 iaKe- a an Old Darn, and for years was known more lucrative commercial position as the "barn opera house." at nenans, , Washington. At . this Until the present school building time nis piace m the Athena school was built, the opera house was the has not been filled. only auditorium in town and beside "Pike" Miller, popular athletic housing the old road shows that used coach reports a hopeful outlook for to travel through the country has a good football team this year. A been) the center of all community af turnout of twenty-two men with fairs, such as amateur theatricals, seven letter men as a nucleus is most bazaars, etc. encouraging. Former players who For several years the local post of are on nana this year are Cecil Fam- the American Legion has had the brun, Eldon Myrick, Art Crowley, property leased and it has been Used otaitora Hansen, Walter Huffman as a dance hall John Kirk and Jack Moore. The team It has been suggested that the promises to be fast though light, and clubs and other organizations co- as a whole has more football know- operate in raising funds to erect a ledge on the start than the team, of community hall or building of some last year. nature to replace Athena's old "opera Ihe coach expects to schedule a house." game within the next two weeks. Big Price for Prunes Helping Out the Larder The Doucrlas countv prune pool re Weston Leader: "It's an ill wind ceived "offers of the followins prices that blows nobody good," and the loss for new prunes from Rosenberg to the bean people in harvesting their Brothers the past week, according to crop has proven a boon to other folk recent advices from Roseburg, and it wno like tne succulent white legume is intimated that even better offers for their tables. Scores of them have will be made during the next few gone out with bags and baskets and days: Italians, 10 cents for 30- have had no difficulty in salvaging 35's. down to 8 cents for 70-70's: the lost beans from the ground. Some Petites, 11 cents for 30-35's, down individuals have picked up as much to 5 cents for 100-120's. These are as one hundred pounds, which is quite the highest prices received for prunes tL .'1L 1L. 1 . l .... . an nem wnn me wmte Deans selling for many years and if the Oregon retail at fifteen cents per pound, crop, nou very heavy this year, can be Housewives who have cooked the fuly saved, the growers will be great- Deans raised nere tnis year are re- ly encouraged for their industry. poriea as saying mat uney are tne best they ever handled. 4 Uniform Bag Limit Authorities of eleven western states May Not Be Postponed are in agreement on the proposal to Game officials are hopeful that it make a uniform bag limit of 15 for will not be necessary to postpone the opening of deer hunting season from September 15 as was the case last year. In 1928 as a precautionary measure against the spread of Forest fires Govemos Patterson caused the opening date to be postponed 1 for several days. It is believed that weather conditions will not make thl3 procedure necessary this season. Ore gon has so far suffered no great losses, this season, from forest fires. wild ducks, according to Harold Clif ford, state game warden, who has re turned from a convention of game of ficials held in San .Francisco. During the last session of the legislature the law was changed so as to make it illegal to. kill more than 15 ducks a day or 20 during a week. Game of ficials are of the opinion that there should be a uniformity of duck pro tective laws in all states west of the Rocky MoMntains. NORTHWEST FIRES STARTED BY- STORM ! Situation In the Northwest Called the Worst Since Year of 1910. : Spokane. Forest officials charact erized the fire situation in the north west aa the worst since 1910, when every national forest held one or more serious conflagrations and many thousands of acres of private timber land were devastated. A general storm which hurtlpd ovpr the entire area last week-end started new blazes with lightning flashes and scattered old blazes into new sectors, brings the situation in Montana, cen-' tral Idaho and eastern Washington to the most critical point this season. Major blazes were sweeping through merchantable timber in the Selway, Pend CReille, Nez Perce, Clearwater and Kooskia in Idaho, the Blackfoot, Missoula and Butte forests in Mon tana and estimates on the amount; of timber destroyed were lacking but the Colville region and Kaniksu for est of Washington. . Official reports from the scores of fronts indicated ' that several hundred acres, valued at millions of dollars, had been burned. In the central Idaho rearion. where the Bald Mountain and Old Man creek fires have swept nearly 50,000 acres, fighters tore a leaf from the book of the army aYid were carrying their rations on their backs as they fought. The, isolation of the , region precluding the travel of supply trains, coupled with the necessary, mobility of the fighters, made "mess dispen saries" rare. . .. . ... A new element' of tragedy was in- " lected into the situation with reports : of fighters that thousands of game animals, including bear, deef elk and mountain goats, which: make then homes in the timber, were fleeintr be- . fore the flames. Hundreds of thejc have fallen victims, and their charru .; carcasses ; are scattered among the . gaunt-' masts they -were once ever , green timber. ; . Judges Have Been Chosen For Pendleton Round-Ur Pendleton. Three former stars t '' the track and arena have been chose n udges for the 1929 Round-Up. Sep tember 18, 19, 20 and 21. They ar Allen Drumheller, of Walla Walla Tony Vey of Pendleton and Walte. Scale, of Condon. Mr. Drumhelle former relay rider who used to rid.: the racers owned by his father, Joh Drumheller, is now one of the prom inent wheat growers of Easter:: Washington. Mr. Seale, sheepman c Gilliam county today,' was in th- early days of the Round-Up a bron and trick rider. Mr. Vey. known fc- his skill in various Round-Ui event : is now a large stockman of Umatill - county. Mr. Drumheller, has bee ; udge of the show for a number years but 1929 will be the first yer . of judging for Mr. - Vey and Mr. Scale. In announcing the judges. th. Round-Up also announces that at tendants for Queen Kathleen McClin tock, queen of the Round-Up, will 1 Dena Lieuallen, daughter of Mr." ar r Mrs. Lieuallen, of Adams; Adelj Mclntyre, daughter of Mr. and Mr.: A. C. Mclntyre, of Pendleton; Alleg- " McCormmach, daughter of Mr. an ', Mrs. Elmer McCormmach. and Kat' ryn Furnish, daughter of Mrs. Fu ish, of Pendleton.' Like their auec i the princesses are skilled hors women. .- New Minister Arrives Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Sias arrivr' ' Thursday of last week, having drive : their car up from Myrtle Creek, the '. former pastorate, and have taken i their residence in the Christian chu;; parsonage. They will be welcomed community dinner in the chur. . dining room Sunday. Mr. and Mi :, bias' daughter, Miss Glee Sias. ac companied them as far as Hermistt where she has a position in t . schools. ...... Guests at Koepke Home Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Lorton ar ' son Robert have been visitors at tl Henry Koepke ranch south of At! - ena for the past week. The Lortoi. are en route to their home in TuIsp Oklahoma, after an extended Eur pean trip. The visit here was in th nature of a reunion. Mrs. R. t. Walker of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Mr. anJ rs. Ralph Glofke and family. Mr an.l Mrs. Virgil Voler, and family beinr so guests at the Koepke home. Proctor Coming A Phimister Proctor, sculptor, whe made the Til Taylor statue; is coming to Pendleton, to be present at the un vailing ceremonies on the first day o' the Round-Up, September 18. Mr. Proctor comes from his summer home in Connecticut. 1 1 i ' t