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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 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. 41 Entered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mail Matter VOLUME 50. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 4. 1929 NUMBER 40 TO GROW BEANS IN COMING YEAR Rental of Higher Ground Where Beans Apparent- ly Grow Best. The Eickhoff Farm Products com pany will raise beans in the Walla Walla-Athena districts next year and are now making arrangements ' to rent acreage on higher ground, on which the next crop will be planted. The past season has demonstrated the foothill land produces a better crop of bean3 than the fields on lower ground yield. Concerning next year's operations, Mr. Eickhoff is quoted in the Walla Walla Union as follows: "Although the past season's bean growing project in the Walla Walla valley failed to determine whether or not bean growing could be economic ally carried on in the lower areas, it seemed to indicate that beans without a doubt, could be grown successfully on the elevations. "Reports coming from different bean growing sections in the United States, particularly from non- irri gated land in California, Colorado, Wyoming and Idaho, , indicate that beans were practically a failure this year on account of the drought. Even Michigan and New York state Buffer ed in this way and will probably harvest a reduced crop. "With these conditions general and considering that in this particular lo cality we experienced a shortage of rainfall unprecedented since accurate records have been kept it is not reas onable to have this year's experience determine in what localities beans can be grown. 1 "Since we are unable to demon strate this past year a complete suc cess, it has been determined to re peat the project next year. "We have learned many thisgs this past year in the way of bean culture peculiar to this locality. We find wheat stubble turned under has a de trimental effect, the first .year, on the bush growth and nitrogen inoculation of the beans since the bacteria "that rots straw feeds on nitrogen available in the soil. It also forms air pockets in the soil which handicaps it in hold ing moisture. "The ground should be fall-plowed as this is a decided advantage in hold ing moisture. While early spring plowing is equally good, the coming year we propose to sow. when this can not be done. "Many other features have been de termined which will be a decided ad vantage in another year, confine our operations to a slightly higher level than this past year. We are now leas ing land on the same basis as in the past season, hoping to get all of this plowed this fall before cold weather sets in. The plowing is done by land owners, or if they prefer, by ourselves." Homer Watts Nominated For Mayor of Athena At a meeting of voters held at the office of B. B. Richards Monday eve ning, Homer Watts was nominated for mayor. Councilmen nominated for election are F. S. LeGrow, W. P. Littlejohn and Henry Dell. For treasurer and recorder, the present incumbents, J. F. Kershaw and B. B. Richards, were nominated. Athena's city election will be held Tuesday, November 11, with the poll ing place in the booths at City Hall, corner of Third and Current streets. Mrs. Gurney Entertains Mrs. F C. Gurney entertained charmingly Tuesday afternoon when she invited guests sufficient for two tables of bridge. The rooms of the Littlejohn home were gay with Autumn flowers in shades of yellow and orange. Score cards were wee fam in modernistic design. The hostess was assisted by her mother Mrs. Littlejohn at the tea hour. Guests included the Misses Dorothy Brodie, Delia Bryant, Blanche John son and Mrs. R. M. Rice, Mrs. Blatch ford, Mrs. Paul Lieuallen and Mrs. DeMerritt. . ' Hangs Self To Bed Eelieved to have become suddenly crazed, John Quast, itinerant me chanic who while in Walla Walla made his home in the Ashford hotel on west Main street, of that city, committed suicide shortly after mid night Sunday morning by hanging himself to the headpost of the bed in his room at the hotel. v China pheasants are by no means as numerous in this vicinity as they were last year, according to reports of hunters who went gunning lues day and Wednesday. A few got the limit but others got less and some came home with their hunting coat pockets empty. ,.:...'.. Weston Potato Show Has Been Set For November 1st and 2nd ' The Weston Leader announces that Friday and Saturday, Nevember 1 and 2, have been chosen as the dates of the Eighth Annual Umatilla County Potato show, which will be held at Weston as usual. The event is joint ly sponsored this year by : Weston Commercial association and Weston grange, and promises to be of more than ordinary interest. The committee having direction of the show met Tuesday afternoon at the business, office of the chairman, Robert G. Blomgren, who presided. Other members present were W. L. Rayborn, Joe Wurzer, W. P. Cable, Will Hall and Frank Greer. An invitation was ordered sent to the various towns of the county, ask ing them to place exhibits in the show. - ' ...,.. It was. agreed to have no set pro grams in the show rooms; but speak ers on pertinent subjects will be secured to address all persons inter ested each afternoon in Memorial Hall. , Resolutions were passed to the ef fect that no concessions would be per mitted in or about the show rooms, and that the committee go on record against the serving of meals by per sons or organizations other than those regularly engaged in that pursuit. The following premium , list ' wa3 adopted: , ' '' - ' '. . ' ' ' Seed certified, Netted Gems, ?7, ?5, ?i. Rural Type, S5, $3, ?2; standard, Nttted Gems, $5, $3, $2. Rural Type, $4, $2, $1; mountain seed, Netted Gems, S3. $2, 21. Rural Type, $3, $2, SI; commercial Potatoes, Netted Gems, S3, S2, SI. Rural Type, S3, S2, $1," sweepstakes, ribbon. Farm exhibits, $15, $10, S5; peas one-half bushel, S3, $2; beans, white, one-half bushel, $3, $2; beans, color ed, one-half bushel, $3, $2. . Barley, one-half bushel, S3, $2; oats, one-helf bushel, $3, $2; wheat, Club, one-half bushel, $3, $2; wheat, Feder ation, one-half bushel, $3, $2. , Corn, Sweet, 12 ears, $2, $1; corn, Field, 12 ears, $2, SI. Cabbage, 3 heads, S2, $1; canned fruit, 3 cans, $2, $1; canned veget ables, S2, SI. '' ;;v Turnips, best ten, $2. 81: beets, best ten, $2, SI; biggest squash, $1, apples, box, jumble pacl-, $2. $1. , Wheat Stabilization , Is Not Expected Now Washington. The information that the prospective farmers national srrain marketing corporation ' will be unable to function effectively toward the stabilization of wheat prices un til next year was given to the senate agriculture committee by Sam R Mc- Kelvie of Nebraska, wheat's repre sentative on the farm board. Formal organization of the cor- nnration. is imminent and as soon as this is accomplished, planning of policies will begin. Irrespective oi whether all cooperatives and , pools are represented, the board members said the corporation would be in the field in the attempt to demonstrate that conditions can be improved by orderly marketing. Dunne1 the examination of Mc- Kelvie, the board's right to loan money to the corporation was chal lenged by Senator Brookhart, repub lican, Iowa. He contended the farm relief act provided for loans to co operatives and not to corporations. Associate Grand Matron Visits A profusion of Autumn flowers was used in decorating the Masonic Hall Wednesday evening when McKenzie Chapter entertained at dinner in honor of Mrs. Carrie Jackson, As sociate Grand Matron. Mrs. Marion Hansell, Mrs. James Cresswell, Mrs. Fred Kershaw and Mrs. Chase. Gar field planned the affair. Dinner was served at small tables centered with flowers in colors appropriate to the Eastern Star. Following dinner a business session was held, this being Mrs. Jackson's official visit. Search For Hunter Forest Grove. Two search parties were converging on the. north fork of the Trask river, looking for John Cherry, 18, who has been missing in that region since Sunday afternoon. The two parties were working from the Tillamook and Forest Grove sides of the range. It was said that if this search was unsuccessful, Secre tary Hoss would authorize organiza tion of a large party to comb the dis trict thoroughly. ', Brings In First Buck . ': Marion Hansell left Saturday morn ing for the Ukiah country to hunt deer. Sunday night he returned with a fine buck, the first to be brought into Athena after the opening of the season. He hunted with a Pendleton party, which included Henry Collins, C. G. Matlock and Mayor McAtee. ', September Term of Court The September term of - circuit 1 court opened this morning with seventeen criminal and civil case slated for trial. It was started off with two civil raits. -A Floating University to Alaska Thrills U. of O. Students rII arise. :;:-:AW.imi.MWWP.'-MJ)f 11.111,0,11 is- IIP x Bonnie McCarroll Dies Of Round-Up Injuries Received In Contest Above Student body of 170 and faculty of 15 which made cruise to Alaska in August as part of the University Cf Oregon summer session. Classes were held on board the S, S. Queen of the Admiral line, which was char tei d for the trip, and credit was given for all studies taken. , So successful was the cruise that it is expected it jylll be repeated again next summer. ; PATRIOTIC SHRINE i- WWW to-, y I " r !-.v;:::-. (. I - , fl i . F r Front entrance of the Royall bouse, MedtonJ, Muv through which passed Gen. Charles Tm on many u occasion while be made the he use hi headquarter during- the American Revolu tion. He was on the staff of General Washington. Walla Walla Farmers Are Plowing and Seeding Walla Walla. Most of the farmers in the foothill section of the wheat lands have started their fall plowing and planting or will within the next few days, it was the concensus of opinion among wheat men. The rains of the last week, which totaled al most a half inch, were sufficient to dampen the ground and make it safe for wheat planting. In Eureka flat and around Lowden and Touchet the farmers are contem plating another week's wait before the fall work is started, as the amount of rain that has fallen ir not sufficient to keep the crop alive though it would bring the wheat up. Some of the ranchers have their plows at work and others plan to start owrk as soon as it rains again, according to local wheat buyers. ' Campfire Girls' Quarters Wauna Campfire girls have moved their meeting place to the cottage at corner of Fourth and Current streets. Their quarters above the Thompson Garage is to be used for other purposes, so the Campfire Girls secured the cottage and have renovat ed it thoroughly and moved their equipment there. Anyone having house furnishings of any kind which they would donate for the purpose of furnishing the cottage would be ex tending a great kindness to the Camp fire group. Especially curtains are needed for the cottage windows. MacMarr-Piggly Wiggly MacMarr Stores, Inc., have taken over 121 Piggly Wiggly stores in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico and Wyoming, and 64 Piggly Wiggly stores in San Francisco, bringing the total group of groceries under own ership of Ross Mclntyre, Portland, and his associates, up to 1362 stores, with headquarters in Portland. Pasco Defeats Pendleton A long pass in the second period followed by a 23-yard run spelled cur tains for Pendleton in the Pendleton Pasco game, Saturday afternoon, the football game ending 6 to 0 in favor of the lads from the Washington rail road tUWn, 1,v- -,.w-.. ';...... World War Veterans Are Galled To Order For Eleventh Session Louisville, Ky. The eleventh an nual convention of the National American Legion was called to order at the Jefferson county armory, Mon day morning by Commander Paul V. McNutt of Indiana. ," Approximately 50,000 Legionnaiies, members of their families and visitors were assembled in Louisville as the convention opened and additional thousands continued to pour into the city' during the day,Wv:n,(v :&r ( -v Until an agreement for real naval parity is reached, America's cruiser building program should be continued said Commander McNutt, in his an nual report made public at the open ing session. ,,. . ; Asserting that the legion stands for movements to make permanent peace more certain, commander Mc Nutt added that until such methods are found and accepted by all na tions "this nation must provide a complete defense in any contingency." Ethel Pittman Married Coming as a surprise to her Ath ena friends is the announcement of the marriage of Miss Ethel Pittman to Marvin Hawkins of Tacoma. The wedding occurred at nine o'clock Saturday evening September' twenty eighth in Seattle. 1 The ring cere mony was used and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wells, friends of the groom at tended the couple. The bride is the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pittman of Athena. She gradu ated from the Athena High school with the class of 1928, and has since attended business college in Seattle. She is popular socially and has many friends here. Mr.J Hawkins is man ager of the Northwest Testing Laba tories of Tacoma.- Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins plan to visit friends and relatives here some time in the near future. , Baptist Association Last Friday the Umatilla County Association of the Baptist church held sessions at the local church throughout the day and the evening. The annual address of the association was delivered Friday morning by Dr. Kempton of the White Temple Bap tist church, Walla Walla, Washing ton. The afternoon was devoted to reports upon the women's work in the Baptist societies and in the eve ning a young peoples rally was held. The ladies of the church served lunch in the church basement at 12:00 o'clock and dinner at 6:30 p. m. Picture Program For tomorrow and Sunday nights the Standard Theatre has , booked Douglas MacLean in "Divorce Made Easy." Marie Prevost heads a Para mount cast of Famous Players in sup porting MacLean in this comedy riot. It has been some time since Douglas MacLean has appeared at the Stand ard. The favorite of a large follow ing of theatre-goers will appear in one of the best pictures he has made since "The Hottentot." Athena Bridge Club Three tables were in play Friday afternoon when Mrs. H. I. Watts en tertained the Athena , Bridge Club. Additional guests were Mrs. Justin Harwood end Mrs. John Walters. High score was awarded to Mrs. W. P. Littlejohn, Mrs. Hansell receiving the consolation. Confections were verved during the afteroWn. . . Cars In Collision At Main Street Intersection A Ford car of ancient mintage and a touring car collided at Main street intersection with Third street,' Satur day evening. The Ford, bearing a Kansas license, undertook to pass the big car on the turn at the intersec tion. The Ford sideswiped the larger car with force sufficient to deflect it from its careening course. f ,. . ' ' It dashed over the curb and passed along the sidewalk between a lamp post and the Athena Hotel lobby. The left front wheel was smashed ' to smithereens at the curb, and the hub bounding along the concrete walk, left marks on the front of the hotel building before the outfit came to a t top in front of Duffield's barber shop,. Evidently the fact that Athena garages are outfitted with wreckers was overlooked for the three young fellows riding from Kansas in the lizzy entertained the crowd for an hour while making temporary repairs to the car on the Main street side Walk. The Ford came out of the scrim mage badly bent, but fortunately the Washington car with two women oc cupying it, escaped serious damage Those who witnessed the collision aver that the youths from Kansas cut in ahead of the Washington car and tried to pass it on the most danger ous traffic corner in town. ..... Athena Study Club On Friday afternoon the members of the Athena Study club and their friends were very pleasantly enter tained at the home of Mrs. F. B. Boyd, the occasion being the annual guest day of the club. The regular program, which was the first in the year's work upon England and Wales, was carried out under the direction of the secretary, Mrs. R. A. Thompson. At the close of the business session Mrs. Thompson resigned her office and Mrs. Stella Keen was elected to fill the vacancy. Mrs. - R. M. Uice and Mrs. Ruskin Blatchford accepted the invitations extended them to become members of the club. The tea table was presided over by Mrs. C. A. Sias, Mrs. H. H. Hill and Mrs. Lew Mc Nair. The next meeting will be held on October 4 at the home of Mrs. M. M. Johns. !. Polishing Beans Weston Leader: Joe Payant began this week the work of cleaning and polishing his bean crop at the ware house he has leased on the Uniin Pacific spur below town. He has two fanning mills, a polishing ma chine and other equipment, and is able to turn out the beans in fine shape for the market. Joe has dis posed of no beans as yet, preferring to wait until he has them ready to to ship. The price this year is bet ter than usual, and he expects some quite satisfactory offers. Helix Ranchers Seeding Farmers of the Helix and Cold Springs districts are well along in fall wheat seeding. Lack of moisture has not deterred the farmers in the northwest part of the county from carrying along their fall work, tak ing a gamble that moisture will come in time to start fall wheat crop grow ing. , ,: Negro Convict Caught George Baxter, negro convict who escaped from the Washington peni tentiary at Walla Walla Monday, was captured at The Dalka, Monday. He ' TV Enst Orecronian reports the ' "t'-i of Mrs. Mary Ellen (Bonnie) ' . Car!3ll..wife of Frnnk McCarroll. v-ho !id Cunday night ' at 8 o'clock rt St. Anthony's hospital, her death boinr caused by injuries received at the Round-Up when she rode in the cowgirls' exhibition bucking and was thrown from the saddle. She suffered spinal . injuries,' and though every effort was made .to save her life, they proved unavailing. At the last, she 1 developed pneumonia and her death resulted. Mrs. McCarroll,' who was" C2 yo.ivt old, was one of the best known show performers of the West and was re nowned for her skill and her daring. For years she had been a favorite with Round-Up fans and had appear ed here for many years. Henry W. Collins, president of the Round-Up directors of the show and fellow per formers all pay sincere tribute to her as a woman and as a performer. She and Mr. McCarroll, who is also well fcnown as a Round-Up perform- r, made their home in Boise and they had planned to make this their fare well appearance at the Round-Up. Mr. McCarroll is in the garage business in Boise. He. recently built an at tractive home there and the two ex pected to move into it this month. He and Mrs. McCarroll were a very devoted couple and throughout their rodeo career had always appeared at shows together. They had been mar ried for 15 years. Distinction Between Mule and the Blacktail Deer Distinction between mule 2 lines..!...) At the suggestion of the state game commission, Stanley Jewett, of the United States Biological Survey, has issued a statement calling attention to the differences in the kind of deer found in Oregon. The statement follows: "The principal distinction between the mule deer of Eastern Oregon and the Columbian black tail of Western Oregon, is this: The mule deer is by far the larger of the two species and can be distinguished from the smaller black tail by its larger ears and short white tail with only a black tip, while the black tail deer, not only being smaller has a much wider tail, the outer surface of which is black all over and although the under side is white, it only showa on the tip of the tail. The range of the two species is well defined. The mule deer is found in the Blue Mountain counties and in Harney, Lake, Malheur and the East ern part of Klamath County. The black tail is found in all counties west of the summitt of the Cascades and the only places where the two species could possibly meet are in the yellow pine districts from the vicinity of The Dalles to Klamath Falls. Oregon Maintains Average Crop production in the United States is expected to be 9 per cent less than last year and 6 per cent below average, considering all crops and fruits. Drought affected crops adversely during August over most of the country. If prospects do not improve more than seems likely, crop yields this year will average about as low as in any recent year except 1021 and possibly 1911. Oregon is one of the few states where the com posite condition of crops on Septem ber 1 was equal to the 10-year aver age, all other Pacific Coast and Pa cific Northwest states being below average. Goes to Bonners Ferry Jacob Booher has disposed of his clothes cleaning business and build ing in Pendleton and has purchased 530 acres of land near Bonners Ferry, Idaho. He has also leased 430 acres and will engage in wheat farming. A number of Umatilla county people have become interested in Bonners Ferry land of late and several have gone there to investigate. Byron N Hawks formerly of Athena is in a company which has recently reclaim ed a large body of fertile land by draining and dyking a lake in the vicinity of Bonners Ferry. Repairing School Furnaeu School has been dismissed this week on account of repairs being made to the heating plant. After school start ed it became apparent that it would be impossible to adequately heat the building during cold weather with the furnace in its present condition. A thorough survey revealed that the brick structural work surrounding the furnace would have to be remov ed to facilitate making repairs that were badly needed. John P. McManus Dead John P. McManus, well known news paper editor, formerly of Umatilla county where he published the Pendle ton Tribune and the Pilot Rock Record, is dead at the age of 80 years. The end came suddenly in a hospital at Honolulu, August 28, according to word received by friends in this coun- EXTENDED DROUTH DELAYING SEEDING Grain Growers Are Faced By Danger From Sow .T ing In Dry Soil. Oregon 'State College. The Oregon grain grower is confronted with a diTicult problem this fall as a result of the extended drouth which has ser iously interfered with usual fall seed ing. Some have sowed in the dust and are hoping for the best, while others are depending on enough open weather after the rains start to get the grain in and germinated. While sowing in the dust in Eastern Oregon summer fallow is frequently safe and necessary, on heavier soils already cropped this year the situa tion is somewhat different, observed D. D. Hill, assistant agronomist at the Oregon Experiment station, who is faced with a similar problem on the college farm. "We have found in the past that it is practically impossible to get a satisfactory seed bed from dry fall plowing," said Mr. Hill. "The top can be worked fairly well, but the heavy clods below cannot. Furthermore grain sowed in dry ground is likely to be very weedy as there is no op portunity to get rid of the first stand. A third danger is from partial germ ination followed by enough dry weather to injure the stand. "On the other hand grain Bowed after November 1 is practically sure to give less than a normal yield, though from October 10 to 20 is a safe period nearly every year, "For our own crops we intend to hold off for the rains and seed in October if possible, but if for any reason we cannot, we will pray for an open February and put it in then. All in all it is a case of difficult decisions, but we feel there is more danger in dry seeding than in wait- ing-'V,r . . ;. Athena Deer Hunters Bring Home the Meat It isn't often that all members of a hunting party are successful in kill ing a deer each, but that is just what fell to the happy lot of Frank Wil liams, Velton Read, and Melvin Cop pock, who each killed a buck in the territory southwest of Pearson Mea dows. The boys brought their tro phies to town Monday evening. "Pike" Miller and W. C. Campbell, hunting up on the hillside south of Bingham Springs, killed a fine four point buck Monday afternoon. They were ac companied on the trip t by Lowell Jenkins and Bob Campbell, who scurried about down in the canyons, while their elders toted the rifles along the hillside. Lowell had the mfsfortune to lose a finger nail when he fell, striking the digit on a rock. Athena Football Athena held the strong Wa-IIi foot ball team to a 12 to 7 score on the local grounds last Friday. Wa-Hi scored a touchdown in the first period In the second period, Eldon Myrick carried the ball over for Athena's touchdown and a moment later went -through the Wa-Hl line for the extra point. Wa-Hi made her second touch down in the third quarter. Neither team was able to put the ball over in the last period. Tomorrow afternoon the Touchet team plays Athenu here, and a rousing crowd is expected to be on hand to witness the game. C. W. Gates Funeral The funeral of Charles W. Gates who died! at Walla Walla Thursday of last week was held in Athena, Friday afternoon at 1:30, with services at the grave. Mr. Gates was formerly a railroad agent and was employed in Athena and Adams by the O. W. R. & N. company. His wife and daugh ter preceded him to the grave and he was laid to rest beside them in Ath ena cemetery. The late Mrs. Gates was a sister of Mrs. Fred Rosenzweig of Spokane, a former resident of Athena. First Fall Meeting The first fall meeting of the Ladies Missionary society of the Baptist church of Athena met at the parson age, Wednesday, September 25th. There were eleven members present and two visitors, Mrs. Rice and Mrs. Blatchford. Subjects for discussion were taken from the Mission maga zine. The October meeting will be held on October 16th at the home of MrsJess Gordon. Off For the Selway Fay LeGrow and Everett Rothrock left Athena Saturday morning for the Selway, Idaho, hunting district in quest of elk. Last year Mr. LeGrow, Sam Pambrun, Herman Geissel and Everett Rothrock hunted in the Sel way forest and were successful in killed W 'dtfcV, . :
