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ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11. 1929
NUMBER 41
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iHAS PRIZE HERD
T' nuston Closes Success
ful Project Exhibition
i of Products.
4 William Coppock's herd of Gurnsey
dairy cattle swept the board clean, in
.'their division at the Hermiston Pro-
ject Fair. He entered five head and
scooped in the following winnings:
... First prize bull under 2 years; first
prize cow over 2 years; first prize
" heifer 1 to 2 years; second prize
heifer under I year.
In classes open to all dairy cattle
he took first prize on product of dam;
second prize for best fitted animal,
and second prize for best display of
dairy cattle.
Hermiston. The' seventeenth an
nual Project Fair passed into history
as one of the most successful yet put
'on by the . association. The attend
ance Friday was up to normal while
Saturday drew the larger attendance
; at the show.
Displays of livestock were extensive
and a marked increase in the number
of entries in the Gurnsey cattle
classes was noted. Chickens, turkeys
and rabbits were plentiful and there
was a good showing of animals in the
hog classes. Exhibits in agricultural
. products, while not as numerous as
in some previous years, were of good
quality and of good variety.
Considerable space was taken by
auto and other business concerns in
the spaces surrounding the farm and
women's department building. Un
usually fine exhibits were made in
the three women's departments, that
of song birds, proved of much in
terest to the crowds. . ,
; Amusements, on the grounds were
plentiful and included an airplane. As
an added attraction to the show Sat
urday afternoon Heppner and Herm
iston high school football teams play
ed a tie game. , ,
Stockmen To Remove
Cattle From Reserve
Walla Walla. Cattlemen running
their stock on the Umatilla reserve
will start their annual round-up Mon
day, throwing a crew of men into the
timber to gather up the stock. Two
drives will be necessary, each tak
ing two weeks, Eugene Thomas, presi
dent of the Wenaha Cattle and Horse
association stated.
Mr. Thomas stated that the associa
tion has also decided to increase the
reward for information leading to the
arrest and conviction of cattle thieves
to $250. The reward has been $100.
The association will also fight the
measure introduced in the senate by
Senator Norbeck of S. D., to close all
watersheds in forest reserves to grazing.
Enters Contestant
Miss Frederica Kershaw who is in
structor in music at the Idaho state
school for the blind, has entered one
of her blind pupils in the Atwater
Kent radio contest Miss Kershaw's
blind contestant has won the local
contest at Gooding, Idaho, and if he
is successful in the state contest at
Boise, he will appear in the sectional
contest at Portland. Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Kershaw will motor to Gooding
next week to visit their daughter.
Honeymoon Trip Fatal
Baker Coy Douglas of Bums was
killed Sunday morning when an auto
mobile driven by his wife overturned
on a grade on the Dooley Mountain
highway , 14 mile south of Baker
Mrs. Douglas was uninjured, Mr.
and Mrs. Douglas were married Sat
urday and had left Burns on their
honeymoon trip, expecting to reach
Baker as their first stop.
Youth Taken For Deer
Mistaken for a deer by an exper
ienced hunter, Jesse Connell of Uma
tilla, Raymond McKnab", 19,' of that
place was shot in the hip while on a
hunting trip ifi the Lehman Springs
district, Friday of last week. The
bullet lodged in the abdomen. Yoking
McKnab was taken to St Anthony's
hospital in Pendleton.
On Annual Visit
... Capt and Mrs, Seejey of Seattle,
are at the Dudley summer home at
Bingham Springs, enjoying their an
nual visit Mrs, Seejey and Mrs.
Dudley are listers, Capt geeley
A retired ship captain, who for many
years commanded vessels on -the Pa
cific: 7' - '. '
7." May Take Toll Road
i Owners of the old Woodward toll
gate road have made an offer to sell
the right-of-way of the Toad to Uma
tilla and Union counties for the sum
of $800. It is understood the Uma
tilla county court (a in favor of ac
cepting thl 8ffdC , ...
AHalf-Billion Fund
To Pay Crop Loss
Explained By Legge
; Washington, D. C, Chairman
Legge of the federal farm board in
formed the senate agriculture com
mittee that when losses occur from
conducting stabilization operations in
extraordinary ; circumstances they
will be borne by the $500,000,000 farm
relief revolving fund. .
This information was contained in
a letter to Senator McNary of Ore
gon, chairman of the committee, in
which the board sought to make, its
position Jclear on the , stabilization
question because Legge said testi
mony before the committee last week
appeared to have left some confusion.
The board chairman said that stab
ilization was considered by 'him to
lend itself to normal as well as ex
traordinary operations,' but added the
attempt of board members to draw
this distinction before the committee
may not have been made ' plain be
cause of the multitude of questions
propounded in relation to this phase
of farm relief.
"The process of stabilization as we
see it," Legge's letter said, "divides
itself into two rather distinct classes
The first class is what might be called
normal operations, involved in almost
every thing the board is doing.
"The second form of stabilization
might be termed extraordinary or
emergency operations, whereby, be
cause of a large surplus of any com
modity, the operation would consist
of buying and taking off the market
some considerable part of the tonnage
so as to relieve the pressure, and car
rying the product until some future
date in the1 hope that there would be
a more favorable opportunity of dis
posing of it.
"This second, or emergency, class
of operation would, of course, be car
ried out strictly under the provisions
of the agricultural marketing act with
money advanced by the board, and if
the final result of such operations
shows a loss or deficit, such loss will
be borne by the revolving fund as
provided by the act" .
Mrs. William Potts
Dies At Her Home
;Mrs."Bertha Ann Potts, wife of Wil
liam Potts passed away at her home
Wednesday evening, after a long
period of illness of over three years
with heart trouble. She had been con
fined in hospitals for treatment a
number of times during her illness.
Monday evening, after having been
returned to her. home from the hos
pital several days , previous, pneu
monia in its worst form developed and
the end came Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Potts is survived by her hus
band and one daughter, Mrs. Archie
Mclntyre, of Athena.
Funeral arrangements had not
been made at the time of going to
press. Obituary will appear in next
week's issue of the Athena Press.
World Series Interest
Interest in the world series base
ball games between the Philadelphia
Athletics and the Chicago Cubs, ran
high in Athena during the games so
far played. Around radios were clust
ered many fans "pulling" for their
favorite team to win. The only one
consolation Cleve Myers seems to take
out of the result . is that Herman
Geissel is not in town. Herman is
a dyed-in-the-wool supporter of the
Athletics while1 Cleve owns the Wash
ington Senators but is hoping ; the
Cubs will win. ?
Masons Honor Mr. Miller
At the meeting of Dolph Lodge, A.
F. & A. M., Saturday evening, N. A.
Miller a member of the lodge, who
is leaving Athena after a residence
here of 45 years, was honored when
the members participated in a social
hour at which time a ring, emblematic
of the order was presented to him as
a testimonial of appreciation of his
faithful service to the lodge. Mr.
Miller vacates the office of treasurer
of the lodge. A lunch concluded the
pleasures of the evening.
.. Killed Pet Deer
Hunters killed a pet buck deer on
the Bond ranch in the vicinity of
Ukiah one day last week. However,
the hunters did not know the deer
was a pet, but when informed by Mr.
Bond that it was, the killers are re
ported to have looked very sheepish.
Mr. Bond has three other pet deer at
his ranch. ; ' .
' Teacher's Institute
Athena teachers are attending the
institute at Pendleton. Yesterday and
today, the pupils are having a vaca
tion and will resume school woik
Monday,'. ' i; .. ;
Kilgore-Taylor
James Kilgore of Pendleton, and
Mrs. Margaret Taylor pf Weston, were
recently married at Pendleton. They
will reside at Weston.
Buys Partner Out I
J. R. Reynolds has purchased E. C.
Maurer's interest in the grocery busi
ness of Maurer and Reynolds, at Wes
ton,
JJ. O. Artist Depicts Spirit of Paul Bunyan Cleveland's type
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EUGENK, Or. The great North
west, land ot loggers, has its own
mythology as absorbing and thrilling
as that of ancient Greece or those
countries of the Norseland. This
mythology centers around the famed
Paul Bunyan and his great blue ox.
Tales of the prowess ot the Hercu
lean Paul and ot the great strength
of the ox are told around bunk house
fires at night, the sturdy loggers vie
lng with each other in inventing new
"whoppers." ,
But so far the great Paul has
lacked an artist to memorialize him,
to put him into everlasting stone or
patnt liim on enduring canvas. Mak
ing a bid tor this honor is Oliver
Laurence Barrett, sculptor of the Uni
versity ot Oregon, who has just com
pleted a working model ot Paul and
his great ox.
This model Mr. Barrett hopes some
day to see in stone in gigantic size,
perhaps 20 feet high. Paul is depict
ed kneeling at the head of bis ox, as
if ' In contemplation of some great
deed such as the digging ot Puget
Sound or the carving ot the great
Columbia gorge. The ox stands ready,
patient at his side. The whole is
mounted on a pedestal base, which
In turn is flanked by circular saws,
their teeth making a symbolic pat
tern on either side.
Into the clay model Mr. Barrett has
put the very spirit ot the western
woods. The massive strength, the
majesty and the solidity ot the trees
and mountains are faithfully brought
out In the carving. .
It is the hope of Mr. Barrett that
the statue may some day become the
symbol of the Northwest basic in
dustry, lumber, and that its replica
in towerirg size may be placed In
some prominent place as a fitting
memorial for this spirit that is so
familiar and so loved by all lumber
men. ,
Mr. Barrett, one of the younger
artists of the West, Is already achiev
ing fame as an interpreter ot the
early Oregon eoutKrynaays. - At a- re
cent exhibition in vSan Francisco his
work won warm praiee from art crit
ics. Notable western figures be has
made include "Sandstorm," a Btatuc
of a cowboy and his horse battling a
storm, which stands In the Legion oi
Honor palace at San Francisco; "The
Indian," a tribute to the redman, and
a striking group depicting the last
stand of the wild horse. Among bis
other works Is a highly artistic hero
ic depiction ot "St. George and the
Dragon." ; . ;
The artist is thoroushly familiar with
the lumber industry of the North
west, and in his early youth was em
ployed in various mills and logging
camps. In these he heard the Bun
yan tales end as soon as he becamo
an artist resolved to make them one
ot his themes for interpretation.
Lower Rates Upon -
Livestock Are Asked
Washington. A . plea for lower
rates on livestock ' in the northwest
was made before the interstate com
merce commission by W. P. Ellis,
representing the Oregon public ser
vice commission. -
. Arguing before the commission in
its investigation of livestock rates in
the west under the Hoch-Smith reso
lution, Ellis said a recommendation
of the examiners for the commission
for a ten per cent higher basis of
rate for Mountain Pacific territory
than for the remainder of the West
was unjustifiable.
Ellis said the Mountain Pacific sec
tion originated a large volumne of
traffic for transportation across the
continent and that the examiners had
given no consideration to this.
"Findings of the examiners," he
said, "in effect would invoke a penal
ty on the northwest for originating
this tonnage which adds materially to
the prosperity of the rail lines to the
east"
A Big Rally Day
At Christian Church
(, Youthful Hunters
Aaron Douglas and Till Stone, two
youthful hunters have been success
ful in shooting pheasants this season,
as they were last year. Each uses a
44 shotgun and shoots his birds "on
the wing,'' Last Sunday Till begged
a Hungarian pheasant and Aron
brought home a couple of chinks.
School furnace Repaired
Repairs to the furnace were com
pleted in time for school to open Mon
day morning after closing down all of
last week. The brick structural work
containing the furnace had to be re
moved and replaced after furnace re
pairs were made,
One of the biggest rally and home
coming days in the history of the
First Christian church of Athena,
was observed Sunday last when 104
attended the Bible school and a large
number came from a distance to at
tend the services. About 100 persons
were seated at the tables in the church
basement and partook of the splendid
dinner, served by the ladies of the
church. While the guests were seated
at the table a short program was giv
en, .as follows:
Reading, Palestine, Mrs. Glenn
Steen; Church of the Past, G. R.
Gerking; The Present Church, Mrs.
L. M. Keen; The Future Church, C.
A. Sias; Recipe for Christian Growth,
Abe Bennett. r
Following this program Mrs. C. A.
Sias on behalf of the ladies of the
church, expressed to Mrs. R. A.
Thompson, appreciation of her work
as a member, regre over her removal
in the near future to Welser, Idaho,
and concluded with a shower of hand
kerchiefs, '
Sprinkling Ban Lifted
Lawn sprinkling restrictions have
been lifted by the water committee.
There Is sufficient supply of water
now running Into the reservoir to
justify a return to normal sprinkling
regulations, and water patrons are
again at liberty to use water at their
pleasure.
Athena High School
Defeats Touchet Team
With Eldon Myrick whisking around
left end for a touchdown, Athena high
scored against Touchet in exactly
four minutes after the first kick-off.
Athena received and returned the ball
to Touchet's 40 yard line. Three
plunges gave the ball to the Athena
shifty fullback onthe 20 yard line
and he took care of the rest of it
cleverly.
Touchet came back strong in the
second quarter, making a beautiful
place kick which sent the ball over
for a score of three points. She con
tinued to make her bid for the game
in the third quarter, netting a touch
down. Score nine to six in favor of
Touchet ' -. V .' ,
In the fourth quarter Athena be
gan to unwind some football. . Criss
crosses came so fast for consistent
gains that the Touchet line was
swept back in the onward rush of the
Athena backs who burrowed deep
through the holes the home linemen
made for them. On they went across
the field up to the Touchet two yard
line, where Myrick was given the ball
on the toss back from center, Pivot
ing on a half reverse, he slipped the
ball to Crowley, who plunged over
for the score. The extra point was
made. Score: Athena 13; Touchet 9.
In a practice game Wednesday
afternoon between a team from
Adams, Athena second stringers
started for "Pike" Miller in tht
scrimmage, and in a short time the
Adams players rolled up a score of
19 to 0. When Miller put in his regu
lars they stopped the scoring, but
didn't go over, the Adams goal line.
7 Funeral of Alvin Turner
Alvin F- Turner formerly of Wes
ton died Wednesday of last week at
his home in Spokane. The body was
brought to Weston Friday and funer
al services were held Saturday at
2 f. m.
Taking Normal Course
Lee Hiteman has registered at
Monmouth Normal school, where he
is taking the normal course of study.
He was accompanied to Monmouth by
Mrs, Hiteman, who returned home
from that city this week,
Byron Warner a Flyer
Byron Warner, . Pendleton High
school and Oregon State College
graduate, is flying one of the Ford
planes in the 1929 national air tour
which started from Detroit last
Sawday, , r ...
Sportsman, Killed Bear
While Hunting Deer
Medford, The outstanding local
game story of this season is that of
II. Pruitt, 78, well-known local
resident and veteran sportsman, who,
while hunting deer Monday, killed a
black bear weighing 400 pounds.
He killed the bear when, after aim
ing at the deer, he spotted bruin only
20 yards away, and let him have
the gun's contents.
The remarkable part of the feat
is that Mr. Pruitt has only one arm
and two good fingers to manipulate a
gun, having lost the other arm and
fingers when a gun exploded in his
hands about 20 years ago.
Henry C. Means Dead
Henry C. Means, a well known pio
neer resident of Umatilla county died
in Seattle October 2. His parents
settled at Nolin in this county in 1863,
coming from Missouri. For many
years Mr. Means conducted a hotel
at Umatilla. He is survived by his
widow, tw sons Arthur and Lester
of Spokane and one daughter, Mrs.
Archie McDill, of Seattle.
Will Deal In Furniture
George Wall has taken over the N.
A. Miller furniture business and on
the departure of Mr. Miller from Ath
ena this week, took charge of the
store. Mr. Wall will add to his pres
ent stock of furnituro. He will make
a specialty of repairing furniture and
do upholstering.
Miss Margaret Covle, who was es
lected to be Cleveland's typical girl
to compete against girls from all cities
of the United States In the effort to '
find the typical American girl. The
ultimate winner of this contest will
be awarded $5,000 and a trip to
Europe.
A Unique Romantic
Drama Is On Program
At Standard Theatre
" It . is difficult to conceive Nancy
Carroll as shopworn. She is too
bright, too elusive, too lovely to give
even the faintest suggestion of what
the word connotes. Yet she is "The
Shopworn Angel" in the absorbing
new leature which will open at the
Standard theatre tomorrow, night
Gary Cooper, the popular young play
er of the Paramount studio, is fea
tured with her in this picture.
Nancy .Carroll and Gary Cooper are
a unique pair of screen lovers. . Nancy
is the dainty, super-sophisticated lit
tle chorine who has probed the heights
and depths of Broadway and has
sought and purchased its glittering
luxury.
Gary is the shy, bashful, awkward
boy from the West, who gets to New
York for the first time, when his
company mobilizes there on its way
to France. These two meet, the clean--minded
youth and the gilded Broad
v,y beauty. These two love. Then
Nancy realizes that he loves her for
what he thinks she is, not for what
she really is.
In addition to Nancy Carroll and
Gary Cooper, Paul Lukas, the "John
Barrymore of Hungary," who has won
renown In a long series of important
parts on the American screen, has a
leading role. There are dancing girls
galore and tender, thrilling scenes.
It is a super-refined entertainment
Forest Zerba Home Rob
bed Saturday Evening
While Mrs. Forest Zerba took a
short drive into the country Saturday
evening, the home on Third street was
entered and robbed.
- Two men accosted little Danny
Reeder in the vicinity of the Zerba
residence and inquired where the
Zerba's lived. Later the house was
entered. Lighted matches were used
by the robbers in making their way
through the house.
They drove a car to the rear of the
house and carried the loot to it. Two
sacks of potatoes were taken from
where five sacks were piled up. Rum
aging through the house, the thieves
took a gold watch and chain, necklace,
two dresses, a bathrobe, an alarm
clock and money from the children's
toy bank.
This is the extent of the loot taken,
but it is thought the thieves left in
a hurry, fearing the return of the
family. The robbery occurred early
in the evening, between seven and
eight o'clock, at which time Mrs,
Zerba came home from her drive.
Farm Board Approves
Three Large Loans
Washington. Three , loans aggre
gating $3,650,000 to southern cotton
and citrus fruit Interest were approv
ed today by the federal farm board.
A condition facility loan of$2,800,
000 to the Florida citrus exchange to
enable it to construct packing, pre
cooling heating plants for cooperative
marketing, represents the largest of
its kind yet to be approved by the
board.
The other loans to be approved were
$500,000 to the South Carolina Cotton
Growers cooperative Association, and
$250,000 to the Tennessee Cotton
Growers association. These loans to
the cotton cooperatives are to enable
them to handle the present crop.
Leases Farm
Mr. and Mrs. Don Wilks have moved
to the Marion Jack stock ranch East
of Thorn Hollow, Mr. Wilks having
leased the place. Mr. Wilks has late
ly been, employed at the Athena Meat
Market
They Got a Buck '
James Cresswell and Francis Lieu
alien killed a buck last week in the
vjcinity of Sunset Inn, south of the
Judging Team
Oregon State College. Oregon will
again be represented at the National
Dairy show at St. Louis this year by
a judging team of four students who
wjll compete with groups from more
than 30 other states of the union.
Four students have been selected for
the trip and will leave here in charge
of P. M. Brandt, head of the dairy de
partment. Bryan Gordon and W. H.
Brandt, Silverton; Melivlle Richey,
Boring, and H. R. Maltby, Alsea, are
the four selected. Three will comprise
the stock judging team and three the
products Judging group.
Real Estate Transactions
Real estate transactions recently
made in farm lands and city property
by William Morrison of Pendleton, in
cluded the sale of the Jacob Booher
building and cleaning business in
Pendleton for between $30,000 and
$35,000. In the deals was the sale
of farm lands in the Holdman dis
trict to John and Pete Weidert for
$30,000.
EDWARD BQEVER
IS CRASH VICTIM
Irrigon School Rand
One of the features at the Jicrmis
ton project fair deserving of mention
was the music furnished by the school
band of irrigon. The band is com
posed of students of the school, both
boys and girls, and may be said to
compare favorably with many older
and larger musical organizations.
- - Banister-Rust
A wedding of interest to Athena
people was that of John Banister and
Mis. Rust, both of Weston, which oc
curred at Colfax, Wash., the first of
the wqek. The mans of the couple
,ar0 nU Wowfl at yfcteriL
Groceryman Killed When
His Automobile Collides
With a Truck.
;WaUa Walla. Edward M. Boewer.
40, one of the proprietors of the
Model Cash Grocery company was
killed in.an auto accident near' Wes
ton Sunday night The car which he
was driving sideswiped a truckload
of wood and went into the rocks at
the side of the road, smashing the car,
breaking Mr. Boewer's left arm, and
fracturing his skull.
Miss Bernice Meals and Miss Helen
Wright Birchway apartments, in the
car with Mr. Boewer were slightly
cut. Charles Stover, Walla Walla,
driver of the truck, who had stopped .
to repair a tire, was knocked into the
ditch and slightly injured.
The accident occurred near the
viaduct under the railroad track be
tween Milton and Weston. Mr. Boew
er had just passed under the viaduct,
headed for Pendleton, and the accident
occurred about 200 yards the other
side of the tunnel.
The car was not traveling rapidly at
the time of the accident, survivors
stated.
B. Parlett of the American Express
company was coming along and
brought Mr. Boewer to the hospital
but it was too late to do anything.
Long Canoe Trip
In Arctic Streams
Portland. After paddling 2500
miles in a canoe and rubber boat up
and down streams and rivers of the
Arctic region and portaging 100 miles
over the summit of the Canadian
Rockies of the far north, Amos Burg
returned to Portland, making the last
lap of his journey by airplane. He
plans to be at his home, 644 Dekum
avenue, for the next few weeks, at
any rate, writing several articles on
his trip and arranging several reels
of motion pictures as well as some
1000 still pictures taken in the north
country.
Mr. Burg and Dr. George Rebec,
dean of the graduate school, Uni
versity of Oregon, set out from Fort
McMurray on the Athabasca river
June 18. Dean Rebec went as far as
Fort Norman, Northwest Territory,
returning to be present when the uni
versity opened this fall. Mr. Burg
continued on down the Bell river on
an inflated rubber raft with only
Indians for company.
The greatest hardship of the trip
was incident to the portage over the
Rockies, the canoeist said. Here,
with a 50-pound pack, he and two
Indian families struggled through icy
water knee deep, black flies bit them
and for three days sleet fell, freezing
their clothing.
Mac-Hi Easy Winner
Beryl Hod gen, Athena Hi and Uni
versity of Oregon graduate who is
coaching athletics at The Dalles high
school, brought his football team to
Milton last Saturday. Mac-Hi admin
istered a decisive trimming to Beryl's
team by the one-sided score of 19 to
0. The Dalles never seemed able to
get going and exhibited but very lit
tle football. On the other hand Mac-
Hi uncovered and cleverly executed a
number of deceptive plays that were
good for consistent gains in yardage.
They pulled two corking forward
passes, both of which resulted in
touchdowns.
Young Chamberlain In Toils
San Francisco. A federal com
plaint, charging that he impersonated
a federal officer to cash a worthless
check in Watsonville, was issued
against George E. Chamberlain, Jr.,
said to be a son of the former U. S.
Senator from Oregon. Young Cham
berlain, Jr., is serving a six months
jail sentence in Santa Cruz on a simi
lar check charge.
Dies of Diptheria
Blaine Ellis, 13 years old, died Tues
day of diphtheria at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Ellis
in Umapine. Private funeral services
were held Wednesday afternoon in
Weston, and interment was made in
the Masonic cemetery.
Jury Disagrees
After being out for 43 hours, the
jury in the Mrs. Myrtle Linsner case
at Pendleton, failed to agree. Ihe
case has been reset for hearing at
the January term of circuit court.
Watts & Prestbye, Athena attorney
are counsel for Mrs. Linsner.
Buys Athena Home
C. M. Jones, Athena blacksmith,
has purchased the Mrs. Wright cot
tage at corner of Second and Cur
rent streets. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have
heretofore, been living in Mrs. Liln
Kirk's cottage S& lower Third street.