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VOLUME 50.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 8. 1929
NUMBER 45
NEW POTATO LAW
HELPS GROWERS
Crop Near Failure in Many
of Spud Districts, But
Market Improves.
Delegate
Oregon State College. Operation
of the new Oregon potato grading law
finds the state with a very spotted
; crop selling - at the highest prices
reached in many years, says' E.k R.
Jackman, extension specialist in farm
crops, who has recently made obser
vations in all the main growing dis
tricts and in the Portland market.
The law is working out to the advan
tage of growers, he finds, but just
now the average potato raiser needs
spuds more than he does laws.
The western part of the state is
hardest hit by the extended drouth
which has checked the growth be-
fore the tubers had attained mar-
ketable size. Most potato raisers
are in the condition attributed to
Vermont corn growers who are said
to save all their crop for seed. Small
potatoes from healthy vines may well
be moved as single drop seed, says
Mr. Jackman. - --w--!w-r v
Klamath Falls and the Deschutes
region are harvesting nearly normal
. crops that are selling at from-$2.00
to $2.25 a hundred. The Blue Moun
tain region has a short crop not ex
pected to exceed 50 cars as compared
; with a normal output of about 125
cars.
The new law requiring all potatoes
to be sold under definite grades mark
, I ed on the sacks is proving a real
stimulus to the Portland market, finds
Mr. Jackman. Heretofore other states
' sent in second grade stock and des
troyed the market for good Oregon
potatoes. Now with the grade plain
l ) ly marked on the sacks, good Oregon
- ' spuds are finding a ready market in
. Portland, which instead of being the
lowest market on the coast as form
erly i3 now one of the highest.
Oregon Will Use Passing
- Game Against the Staters
University of Oregon. Oregon's
part ofi the battle "with Oregon State
will be played in the air, according to
the present plans of Captain John
J. McEwen, head coach. The success
of the Webfoots aerial attack in pre
vious games has been so effective that
the coaching staff will continue it in
the Beaver fray.
The Oregonians have three excel
lent passers in John Kitzmiller, Bob
Robinson and Johnny Londahl, and
the receivers are so varied that there
is no telling where the pass will be
routed. The two outstanding passing
combinations of the year have been
from Kitzmiller to Robinson and from
Kitzmiller to Archer. ,;i
The forwards who will start against
Oregon State in the homecoming
clash at Eugene, November 16, are
pretty definite, and if there are to be
any changes, from former lineups it
will be in the backfield; Archer and
Erdley will start at ends, Colbert and
Christensen, tackles; , Shields and
Lillie, guards; and Forsta, center.
The most recently developed com
petition is between Hal Hatton and
Ed Moeller for the No. 3 fullback
position. Hatton is the high scorer
of the team and has come ahead
rapidly in the Washington and Ucla
conference games. - .
Walla Walla Girl Is
Reported Still At Large
Walla Walla. While no definite
trace of Bernice Long," 14-year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Long,
809 East Main street has ye been
found, police officers were working
on some information received from
Pasco to the effect that a lone girl
who answered to Miss Long's descrip
tion had been seen boarding the train
for Seattle Tuesday evening.
The girl disappeared last Thursday,
just after leaving home for school,
and has not been heard of since.
Relatives at Baker, Yakima and Se
attle have been communicated with
but were unable to give any aid. The
. girl is said to appear much older than
her real age and could pass for 18
years old,' the officers said.
Mrs. Long said that one of the girl's
friends had said that Bernice had told
her that a traveling man had offered
to take her to California to become a
moving picture actress. The girl was
unable to give the salesman's name,
but the lost girl's parents say Ber
nice had long wished to go into the
movies.
t Weston Potatoes
i Weston Leader: Joe Wurzer finish
ed digging his spud crop last week at
his place on Weston mountain, and
I took 406 sacks of netted gems from
seven acres. Frank English has also
t finished harvesting his potatoes, and
is reported to have bad an exception-
ally gbtfi Jrield. , . , :
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Mrs. Murray Warner, director of tne
Oregon Museum of Fine Arts at the
University of Oregon, who sailed this
month for Japan, where she will be
a United States delegate to the Insti
tute of Pacific' Relations. Mrs. Warner
Is an authority on Oriental art, and
has traveled extensively in the Orient.
SERVICE TO CITIES ;
- -PLAKNEBBY U.-OF 0.
Municipal Reference. Bureau to
"be Organized With Experts
in Charge of Work.
UNIVERSITY OJ OREGON, Eu
gene, Ore. A municipal reference
service to be state wide in scope is
being established at the University
of Oregon, announced by James H.
Gilbert, Dean of College of Literature,
Scicnco and Arts and Head of the
Department of Economics. The new
organization win have for its aim, so
tar as its resources make it possible,
to furnish inquiries, give advice, and
furnish information on news of mu
nicipal administration. .
. Research in this field will be con
ducted by experts in the Departments
of Economics and Political Science at
the University, and findings will be
made available to those interested in
municipal affairs. .Dr. James D. Bar
nelt, hsad of the Dapartment of Po
litical Science, and a specialist in the
study of municipal governments, law
of municipal corporations, and city
administration, will be chairman of
the organization. Dr. Barnett has
been a member of the University fac
ulty for more than twenty years; has
studied and written extensively about
Oregon political problems and at
times has been consulted by munici
palities regarding charters and other
phases of organization,
Expert on Board
The second member of the Com
mittee includes Dr. Emerson Schmidt,
Professor of Economics, who received
his training at the University of Wis
consin in the closely related fields of
public utilities and labo and industri
al relations. Mr. Schmidt has given
a great deal of time and attention to
the study of municipal utilities, both
publically and privately owned. He
also studied under John R, Commons,
noted authority on labor problems at
Wisconsin. !
' The other member of the Commit
tee is Dr. .Tames M. Reinhardt, Pro
fessor of Sociology, who has had con
siderable experience in the field of
community organization. His advice
will be available on questions connect
ed with community organization, pub
lic relations, and social problems pe
culiar to Oregon communities.
Other Department Help
This central committee will draw
on other departments of the Univer
sity for assistance whenever needed.
Already the School of Business Ad
ministration and Bureau of Public Re
search, the School of Physical Edu
cation School of Architecture, School
of Journalism, and the Law School,;
have dona considerable community
and municipal work. The Law School
is Juft finishing a survey of state leg
islation bearing on the problem of
stream pollution, and Dr. James H.
Gilbert has Just completed an extend
ed study of the Wealth, . Debt and
Taxation to ninety-eight Oregon cities.
The organization will be provided
with an office and a secretary to talcs
care of correspondence and keep rec
ords. The cities throughout the state
are urged to address inquiries to nls
body at the University. Results of
their studies In the form of news
items will appear from time to time
in the columns of Pacifio Municipal
ities and in the Commonwealth Re
riew, it la announced.
: Building New Home
The home of J, T. Lieuallen, Jr.,
at Adams is being torn down to be
replaced by a modern residence. Ed,
Mardis, Adams contractor, is in
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Above is a map on which are sketched sources of hardwoods for use in making high grade furniture, the
regions being outlined by William Fowler, associate professor of business administration, and Ronald H. Robnett,
research assistant, both of the University of Oregon, who are making an Intensive survey to aid Oregon manufac
turers in the making of furniture and other wood products. At the left is Mr. Fowler and at the right, Mr. Robnett
McFadden Elected Mayor,
Dell, Littlejohn, LeGrow
Will Serve as Councilmen
C. L. McFadden, who was nominat
ed for the office of Mayor of Athena
by petition, was elected over Homer
I. Watts in Tuesday's city election,
when he received 114 votes to 46 for
Mr. Watts. A, total of 161 votes was
cast for mayor, one ballot being cast
for Chase Garfield for that office.
For Councilmen, Henry Dell re
ceived 135 votes, F. S. LeGrow 139
votes, and W. P. ' Littlejohn 125.
These three were the regular candi
dates for the office of councilmen.
Of scattering votes for this office,
George Bannister received 23, Charles
Smith 1, and C. O. Henry 1.
B. B. Richards, present city re
corder .and regular candidate for re
election received 142 votes. Scatter
ing votes went to C. L. McFadden 1;
E. C. Presbye 4, Chase Garfield 1.
Fred Kershaw was re-elected city
treasurer, receiving 153 votes. One
vote was cast for Hiram Knight.
The election board was comprised of
R. L. Wilson, Mrs. M. I. Miller, Mrs.
Lloyd Michener, Mrs. Penn Harris
and Mrs. Bryce Baker., ,
Man Who Married Nine
Times Is Under Arrest
Seattle. That William A. Burns,
former convict, has been married nine
times under several aliases m Seat
tle, Tacoma, Bremerton, Bellingham
and Walla Walla, was revealed by po
lice after bigamy charges were filed
against him in justice court here.
Deputy Prosecutor A. E. Bailey was
to leave for San Francisco to at
tempt to bring Bums back to Seattle
to face at least two of the wives he
left behind. Burns is fighting extra
dition.
Under the name of W. A. Swinley,
police said, Burns was sentenced in
Tacoma in 1923 when he pleaded
guilty to bigamy, forgery and grand
larceny. Police records revealed that
he had three wives at the time.
He has been charged with one mar
riage in Bremerton, one in Walla
Walla, one in Tacoma and two in Se
attle within the last three " years.
Among the names he used at the altar
were W. A. Marcus, W. A. Frye and
George S. Foulkes, police investiga
tors said. i
Need of Sulphur .
Farmers of eastern Orearon are ad
vised by Oregon State College against
paying excessive prices for ground
limestone for use on alkali soils.
Evrwriments show that the basaltic
soils of eastern Oregon relatively
well supplied with lime, says Dr. w.
L. Powers, chief in soils of the ex
periment station, and that sulphur
is the best known single treatment lor
alkali soil.
Milking Machine Installed
A milking machine has recently
been installed at the Taylor dairy in
Athena, The herd of cows are milked
in short order by the new machine,
which in addition to being the modern
method employed by all up-to-date
dairies is the acme of sanitary re
sults. Power for the machine is
furnished by a gasoline engine, but
this will be replaced by an electric
motor.
Gigantic Apple Grown
Walla Walla, W. B. Marr, who has
an orchard two miles east of Walla
Walla, had but three apples on one
tree this year, but one of the apples
is so big that he has challenged all
comers. The apple is 15 inches in
circumference and weighs pound
ga4 tali
Mary L. Leeper Dead
At Ripe Age of 89 Years
Mrs. Mary L. Leeper, aged 89, died
Sunday at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Nellie Taylor, in Walla Walla.
Mrs. Leeper was born May 15, 1840,
in Nottingham, England, and came
to America in 1847 on one of the
first steamers. It was known as the
New Enterprize and made the trip in
13 days. October 9, 1859, she was
married to Gilbert T. Leeper, in Can
ton, Illinois.
They were the parents of five
daughters, two of whom survive.
They are Mrs. Effie Eddington Smith
of Hood River and Mrs. Nellie Taylor
of Walla Walla. She is also survived
by one brother, Edward Daft, of
Prairie City, Iowa; one sister, Mrs.
Annie Porter of Centralia, Washing
ton; 11 grandchildren, 18 great grand
children and one great great grand
child.
Funeral "Services were held at Pen
dleton on Wednesday at 2 p. m. from
the Christian xhurch, of which Mrs.
Leeper was a devoted member. Mrs.
Leeper had lived with her daughters
in former years when they were resi
dents of Athena, and she had many
friends here. A number of them at
tended her funeral. Rev. and C. A.
Sias assisted in the funeral obsequies,
and interment took: place in the Pen
dleton Mausoleum.
Washington Farmers
Favor Proposed Plan
Walla Walla. While there is some
hesitancy on the part of the grain
men to unite under the grain grower's
cooperative plan, when the wheat men
fully understand and appreciate the
plan its marketing and economic pos
sibilities, they will be quick to unite
under the proposed system, said J.
Carl Laney of Colfax, secretary of
the State Farm Bureau.
At the Pullman meetng held last
week directly after the meeting in
Walla Walla, the farmers asked a
number of questions and seemed un
familiar with the workings of the
proposed scheme but when the plan
was fully explained they seemed will
ing to join in the movement, he said.
The failure of a number of previous
plans has created a feeling that no
thing hasty should be done.
Mr. Laney pointed out that the
Canadian pool or marketing system
has resulted in a five-cent saving per
bushel on grain handling there, and
said that similar results could be ex
pected in the proposed Northwest
grain cooperative. More explanation
and information on the proposed plan
will be necessary before any further
steps can be taken he said.
Athena Bridge Club
Mrs. W. P. Littlejohn entertained
the Bridge club at her home on Jef
ferson street, Friday afternoon. Four
tables were" In play. Club guests were
Mrs. Justin Harwood, Mrs. Fred Pink
erton and Mrs. Armand DeMerritt.
High club score was made by Mrs.
F. S. LeGrow while Mrs. Henry Dell
received the consolation. High guest
score went to Mrs. Fred Pinkerton
and the consolation fell to Mrs.
Armond DeMerritt. ;
Cinders For Street
Two carloads of cinders were re
ceived in Athena this week from the
Northern Pacific Railroad. A large
portion of the cinders were used at
the Northern Pacific crossing at Col
lege street in the northwest part of
town, and the remainder is being
utilized by the city as filling material
fr low places on streets not pared
p'r jmata&xaUetl '
Three Autos Collide In
a Wreck and Injure
Three Milton Ypuths
Milton. A Sunday evening accident
between Sunnyside and Freewater in
jured five and brought 3 cars to grief
when a new coupe owned and driven
by Ivan Vancil, and carrying Charles
Wheeler and Vance Hendricks of Mil
ton rammed a roadster driven by
Frank Diggins also of Milton and
having as an occupant Miss Bernice
Gould of Weston. ',
At the first stop south of Sunnyside
a large car slowed to make a left
hand turn, and came to a stop as did
also Diggins who was following,
both cars- were dead still and Vancil
driving his car could not turn out in
time to avoid hitting the Diggins
car in the rear forcing it into the
larger car and demolishing all three
cars.' ' '
After the accident it was found
that Miss Gould received A torn ear
and several scalp wounds on the left
side of her head. In the rear car
Wheeler was the worst injured, los
ing several teeth, a badly injured left
knee and several cuts and bruises on
his face. Hendricks had both knees
injured and several bruises.
Vancil was a star football player
for Mac-Hi last year and Hendricks
is on the team this' season. Wheeler
is the son of F. J. Wheeler of the Mil
ton Eagle and Diggins is a rancher.
There was a fourth car which miss
ed the jam.
Montague's Red and
White Chain
Store
Ed. Montague, who recently pur
chased Steve's store at corner of
Main and Third is now affiliated with
the Red & White system of chain
grocery stores. The new chain sys
tem, which is first in Athena, went in
to effect on November 1. ,
The front of the store has been
newly painted in the prevailing colors,
red and white and an attractive sign
which identifies all Red & White
stores,' has been placed across the
front of the building.
Mr. Montague states that a com
plete rearrangement of the interior
of the store building will take place
in the near future, when facilities
will be added to conform with the
Red & White system, which affords
attractive display of goods and gives
better service to patrons. ,
Turkeys Will Go Monday
The East Oregonian reports that
Umatilla county turkeys in the pool
of the Idaho-Oregon Turkey Groweru'
association) will be sold at Hermiston
on Monday, at which time all growers
having birds in the pool will ship
them there. They will be graded by
graders who will represent the buy
ers, such grading being subject to
the inspection of the checker who will
represent the association. The bid,
which was opened at Boise, is as fol
lows: For dressed birds: Young torn
turkeys, 32 cents; for young hens, 30
cents; for old toms, 27 cents; for No.
2 toms and hens, 22 cents.
Want August Season
Salem. At a meeting of the Marion
county Game Protection association
last night considerable sentiment was
shown in favor of a change In the
deer hunting season to get away from
the forest fire period. It was be
lieved the season might be opened in
Augut. Governor Patterson was
critizised for closing the season be
cause of forest fires, several mem
bers declaring that hunters are not
a fire menace. A split hunting sea
b wto Bp-owed. -
Athena Takes Kennewick
Into Camp In the Last
Game of the Season
Playing his last high school foot
ball game, Eldon Myrick, - fullback,
broke from scrimmage and reeled off
a forty yard run through a broken
field for a touchdown in the last few
minutes of play to put Athena high
school a winner over Kennewick high
on the local gridiron, Friday after
noon. And a few seconds later he
bucked through the line for the extra
point, making the score Athena 7,
Kennewick 0. " ; '..
It was by far the toughest game
played on the Athena grounds this
year a good game, even though Ken
newick had won it, for the boys from
the Columbia basin town sure knew
their onions and were game to the
last stand, when in the gathering dusk
the timer's whistle shrilled forth the
end of the contest. '
The stellar climar of Myrick's splen
did work of the afternoon was achiev
ed through the fine playing of Cecil
Pambrun at tackle and John Kirk,
end. Likewise John and Cecil play
ed their last high school game as both
with Eldon, graduate this year. As a
whole the players on the Athena team
were better than any time this year.
They had to be to win from Kenne
wick, which came to town with two
teams in its bag, and take it from us
their coach was a heavy plunger on
shooting in his reserve " stuff. Six
footers he had in plenty and held
them back until the last. Then he
unleashed five at one big once, but it
just wasn't in 'em to crush Athena's
indomitable spirit to win that game.
And it was in this big crash of
fered .by the Kennewick coach in the
last moments of play that Athena
won. , '
The five fresh Kennewick stalwarts
elected to play 'er overhead. Pass
No. 1 failed of completion. A line
plunge and then Pambrun intercept
ed a pass without moving out of his
tracks on Kennewick's 40 yard line,
and fell on the ball. On the next
play, Athena first down and ten to go,
Pambrun who had been shifted to
center to relieve Freddie Singer, snap
ped the ball back to Myrick, who shot
out as though to go around left end.
He pulled three players out far
enough, so that when he cut in he
had a hole to come through. Then
the line was behind him and a broken
field of three players in front. He
out-wiggled and out-ran these and
went sprawling over the goal line
after being thrown off balance when
he straight-armed the Kennewick
safety out of his path. r
And this, with the extra point took
all the starch out of Kennewick's
reserves and they didn't recover dur
ing the next few minutes of play.
Northwest Represented
. On Federal Farm Board
Washington. The farm board an
nounced that through an agreement
with the bureau of agricultural eco
nomics, W. A. Schoenfield, general
representative of the bureau in the
Pacific northwest with headquarters
in Portland, has been transferred to
the farm board and will serve as its
field representative in that area.
Under the new arrangement Sch-
oenfeld will be a representative of
the farm board but his services will
be available to the bureau of agri
cultural economics as much as prac
ticable, particularly in connection
with economics and marketing re
search work.
The activities of Schoenfeld and his
office in Portland have been largely
with the cooperative marketing as
sociation. The board felt, it was said,
that since it intends to work largely
through cooperatives that Schoenfeld
was unusually well qualified to rep
resent the board in its contact with
cooperative associations in the Pa
cific northwest'
Picture Program
Four leading screen stars Ruth Chat-
terton, Clive Brook, Mary Nolan and
William Powell are cast in the leading
roles in Paramount's delightful
marital drama, "Charming Sinners,"
will come to the Standard tomorrow
and Sunday evenings. The plot of
this photoplay is thoroughly human;
situations which make you feel at
home. That is the secret of the ap
peal of "Charming Sinners." The
laughs come from the heart because
they are culled from everyday exper
iencethe "next door" variety.
Hurt In Auto Smash
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Harris of Seat
tle, George M. Roller of Walla Walla,
and Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Munsell and
Mrs. Sam Hunter of Mlton, were in
jured when the large sedan in which
they were riding, struck loose gravel
on the highway near Baker and turn
ed over into a ditch. The accident
happened Sunday evening. Roller
is the most seriously injured.
VERT'S MUSEUM
OFFER IN DEMAND
Whitman College is Inter
ested In Pendleton
Man's Gift.
Pendleton. Walla Walla, Eugene,
Albany. Forest Grova and MMinn.
ville all want the Vert memorial
building and museum, offered to the
city of Pendleton as a (rift hv John
Vert, and since the recent supreme
court decision declaring the local
cnarter amendment to be invalid re
quests have been tnlinc in linnn thn
pioneer resident to erect his building
cisewuere.
Of the reauests received hv Mr.
Vert the most snecific one in from
Whitman College, Walla Walla, Presi
dent S. B. L. Penrose of that insti
tution has written Mr. Vert nledcnW
an endowment equal to the cost of
tne minding, interest funds from the
endowment being used for mainten
ance expenses.
"My purpose is to erect a com.
munity building and museum as a
memorial to Mrs.. Vert nnd it. ufcnnM
be located in Pendleton where we lived
so long," says Mr. Vert in a state
ment to the East Oregonian. "I am
not favorable to erecting the building
in any other city and trust that it
will be possible to carry out the plans
that Mrs. Vert and I agreed upon
prior to her death." t
Mr. Vert s -offer was to erect a
$65,000 building to be used for com.
munity purposes and as quarters for
a historical museum. The building is
to contain six club rooms to be used
by local organizations for meeting
purposes, an auditorium and a Vmne.
ment dining room with a kitchen ad
joining. His offer is based upon the
condition that the site selected for
the building be annroved bv him and
that title to the property be in tho.
name or tne city and that the building
be used for public purposes and bo
eared for.
Special School Tax
, Notices have been posted which call
for a school meeting of District No.
29 at the school house on November
18 at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, for
the purpose of discussion of the bud
get and to vote on the k'vying of a
Leaves Growing In
Favor As Fertilizer
Steadily leaves are growing In favor
as a fertilizer for flower plots and
garden tracts. Especially in soil
which bakes after irrigation an
application of leaves provide the much
needed mulching properties to keep
the soil loose.
In Athena the practice of puttinir
leaves on garden soil instead of burn
ing them in the fall, is growing, and
better flowers and gardens is the result.
In Portland, the Oregonian says, "al
though the , city picks up about 75
truck loads of leaves a day, there is
such a demand for the leaves as
fertilizer for flower beds and gardens
that the street cleaning bureau cannot
fill its orders this year, George Ries,
superintendent, said.
"The leaves have been a particu
larly trying problem this year, said
Mr. Ries, because of the lack of mois
ture, which makes them hard to han
dle and also subject to every wind
that blows. Even the experiment of
wetting the leaves with a street
flusher has not proved entirely suc
cessful. Mr. Ries is considering the
problem of installing long bruBhes on
the city's snow plows so the leaves
may be swept into large piles, and
thereby reducing the number of times
that they have to be handled."
South Comes Back Home
In Tuesday's Election
Virginia returned to the democratic
fold in Tuesday's gubernatorial elec
tion by a majority more than twice
the size of that which carried it into
the republican column in the presi
dential election a year ago.
New York City re-elected its demo-
cratic mayor, James J. Walker, on
the crest of a tidal wave which swept
before it three other candidates.
Fiorello II. Laguardia, republican,
Norman Thomas, socialist, and Rich
ard E. Enright, square deal party
nominee.
Besides these two victories, the
democrats repulsed a republican drive
to capture the Kentucky State legis
lature and saw their candidate in the
single congressional contest the
twenty-first New York (Manhattan)
district force to the front in late re
turns after for hours trailing the re
publican, Hubert T. Delany, a negro.
Almost complete returns from
Chicago's municipal election indicated
a decisive victory for the entire demo
cratic coalition ticket consisting of
ten republicans and twelve democrats
for superior and circuit court judges.
Weston Potato Show
A number of Athena people attend,
ed the annual Potato Show at Wes
ton last week and report a notable
increase in number of exhibits. Joint
committees from the Weston Commer
cial association and Weston Grange,
bad cMfjfe of the h&jr. -