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 Roods, 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. Entered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Seccvndlasa Mail Matter. VOLUME 50. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15. 1929 NUMBER 46 MOTORISTS TO PAY FEE OF $8,750,000 Cut Rate To Be Collected January 1 ; Gas Tax To Be Increased. , Salem. Approximately $8,750,000 will accrue to the state of Oregon from October 1, 3.929, to December 31, 1930,'from motor vehicle fees, accord ing to a projection of receipts from such sources made by Hal E. Hoss, secretary of state. "A break in the registration year and a change in the license fees, both authorized by the 1929 legislature, have made the estimate of probable receipts from automobile fees difficult - arid the department has been conser vative in outlining the anticipated revenues," said Mr. Hoss. "The state will receive during 1930, fees from licenses Covering a year and a half, as the motorist will be re quired to take out a half year license January 1, and at the expiration of this license on June 30, 1930, pay ment will be due for a year's license to run until June 30, 1931. ' "Adding to the collection of 18 months' revenue within a 12-month period will be the income from the normal increase in the number of motor vehicles registered in the state, bringing the total collections for the 15 months starting October 1, 1929, to $8,758,323, according to statistics compiled. Of this total, administra tive expense will require $350,332, leaving a net revenue of $8,407,991 to be distributed to the counties of the state and the state highway fund." Under a new' apportionment basis established by the last legislative as sembly, effective January 1, 1930, counties of the state will receive one third of the motor vehicle revenue in stead of one-quarter as the division is made now. This change in appor tionment was made to compensate the counties for the decrease in li cense fees which would cut down re ceipts to the counties from" the motor" vehicle registration and transporta tion fund. i " The state highway fund will not suffer a decrease from the cut in li censes due to the additional 1 cent a gallon added to the gasoline tax, ef- ; fective January 1, 1930.. Receipts de rived from the tax on gasoline sales are not included in the county ap- f, portionments, but are held for tha state highway fund. Of the funds to be distributed next year, counties of the . state will ' re ceive $2,802,663 and the state high way share will be $5,605,327. The ap proximate amount to be received by Umatilla county from receipts in 1930 is $77,143.98, and the total of the ap portionment made to the county in r March and September, 1929, was $53,-601.87. State Sends Hordes of Fish to the Ocean Portland. Eighty-five million salmon fingerlings, myriads and shoals of four-inch chinooks, silver- . sides and sock-eyes, were liberated last year to sea where they will grow and fatten in preparation for their re turn to Oregon streams two, or three, or four years hence. That gigantic planting of fish which will result in a harvest of salmon when they mature in the ocean deeps, , done in much the same manner as a farmer plants wheat for the yield of the fall, was outlined by Hugh Mitchell, director of hatcheries at the meeting of the fish commission. His report on the liberation of salmon for the fiscal year ending September 30, was the highlight of the session. I In addition to that, the commission has on hand in its hatcheries, more than 9,000,000 salmon waiting libeva- i tion within the next six months. The figures given by Director Mitchell showed a vast increase over the work of the past two years. This season an exact total of 85,157,319 were released, in 1928, only 71,055,069, and in 1927 the total reached 81,022,-144. For Scout Award John Barrie, Eagle scout of troop 4, Walla Walla has been nominated for the Harmon Foundation Award to Boy Scouts. This award is for $100 end four such prizes are given each year to premier scouts in Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. The Eomination of the Walla Walla scout the first to be made from here this year, was endorsed by the troop com mittee. ' riaai Sw LinotTtx Work MissBeulah Smith of the high school faculty, brought her English lass to the Press office yesterday, rfiere the operations of the Linotype and print ing process were explained. The class evinced marked interest in the mechanical construction and operation of the machines, and especially did UNIVERSITY OF 0REG0M RIFLE TEAM RATES K; J In the national rixle matches held at Camp Perry, Ohio, last August, Harvey Wright, senior in the Univer sity of Oregon, tied for third place. He was also individual high point shot in the K. O. T. C. at the univer sity last year. UNIVERSITY " OF OREGON, Eu gene, Ore. Competing for tha famous trophy, "The Warrior of the Pacific," the University cf Oregon R.O.T.C. rifle team representing tha Ninth Corps Area, defeated all other teams in the mainland United States and was only defeated by the team repre senting the University of Hawaii, it was announced here by Major F. A. Barker, commandant of the unit here. The Warrior of the Pacific trophy, a handsome statuo of an Hawaiian warrior, has bean won every year by the team from the University of Ha waii, but thi3 year the Islanders were closely pressed by the Oregon rifle men, who scored an average of 207.689 against 211.478 by Hawaii. Oregon led its nearest competitor, Nebraska of the Seventh corps,'' by over 11 point. the Cornhuskers scoring but 196. They in turn had a substantial lead over Wisconsin, "which turned in an average . of 1S1.615. Syracuse ranked next, with Texas A. and M., North Carolina State College, . Drex el Institute, PePr.uff, and Rhcdo Is land ' state college ranking in order named. ' Oregon had already von the "Dough Boy of the West" trophy and-tho right" to represent the Ninth Corps area , in the competition at sunnier camp this year. Flouting the Truth There is uo excuse for seven-tenths of the mistakes men make. The world la full of certainties; the list Is so extensive that almost everything Is covered. What has happened in the past la warning for the future; and nearly everything lias happened. If we may know about the distant plan eta and we do how math easier It is to know about our bodies, the Intu its of men collectively and individual ly, and of other things we may handle and taste. Men are actually tremend ously clever; their trouble is that after discovering the truth, they say the truth ts an outrage, and try to change it. E. W. Howe's Monthly. f 1 Historic Ligbthoute ' The old Cape Henry lighthouse, near Norfolk, Va., was erected In 1700. the first of many that now dot the coast line of the United States. Re cently because of Us historical sig nificance a pilgrimage was made to it by women's organizations of the vicinity. On the old lighthouse Is a bronze tablet with this Inscription: "Near this spot landed, April 20, 1007. Capt. Gabriel Archer, Christopher Newport, Hon. George S. Percy. Bar tholomew GosYiold, lidw. Maria Wing field, with twenty-five others, who. calling the place Cape Henry, planted a cross, April 26, 1007. Dei Gratia Virginia Condlta." t Friends We must, In great measure, take our friends as they are, If we are to have them at all. We cannot remodel any of them of will. When once we have accepted this fact and the kin dred fact that our friends are prob ably longing quite as fervently to Im prove us, we shall get a great deal more- pleasure out of our companion ships, and escape much mental fric tion. Great Thoughts (London). ; t - j::. .'.'..Of or Off?. Tom,' age five, ' was getting ready for bed when be suddenly asked: "Dad, must 1 get scaled with my shoes on or off 2 ', ' ' t Dad didn't seem to understand what it was all about so Tom explained: - "The nurse tunics to kindergarten to scale 09 and I ln I know nhether I should eopaij shoes on or take Ground Broken For Fine Arts Building at University of Oregon r.T F f $ 1 if I t- a - ?4 ttMIWMMM'' MMMtf mw2m.L. t .' v - . ' i ' '"At s,J." " V , ' " ''I " X W.vtH ' 't'J V v Work is being rushed on the Prince L. Campbell memorial building, which will house the fine arts museum of tha University of Oregon. The structure, to cost approximately $175,000, is a gift to the university from the people of the slate, and when completed will be one of the most beautiful buildings of its kind in the entire Tniled Stalest ' Federal Officers Are Investigating North Idaho Liquor Sellers Moscow, Idaho Federal authorities in North Idaho started smashing what they termed a great liquor con spiracy ring which involved the sher iff and other officials in Shoshone county. ; United States District Attorney H. E. Ray said more than 40 secret in dictments had been returned by the federal grand jury against public officials and prominent citizens in north Idaho. By nightfall eight had been arrested. They included R. E. Weniger, Wal lace, sheriff of Shoshone county; Charles Bloom, Mullan, deputy sher iff; Mayor Arthur J. Harwood of Mul lan; Chief of Police; Army Welch of Mullan; and George Huston and Elmer Olson, former city councilmen of Mullan. Their bond was set at $2,000 apiece, on charges of conspiracy to violate the national prohibition act, and all the accused were reported making ar rangements to furnish it---i.: -The grand jury was dismissed after many witnesses had testified. Those arrested will be tried in federal court at Coeur d'Alene. Federal officers declined to divulge the names of other men indicted, or to discuss the ramifications and methods of the alleged conspiracy. Most of those indicted are believed to be residents of Shoshone county, in the heart of the Coeur d'Alene mining district. Oregon Farmers To Greet Federal Board Oregon State College. The largest farmer's marketing group ever to gather in this state is expected in Portland November 21 when two members of the federal farm board, Samuel R. McKelvie and Charles S. Wilson,, will appear at the special meeting of the , Oregon Cooperative council. George 0. Gatlin, secretary of the council and extension marketing spe cialist here, has received notification of the presence of the two federal board members at the meeting and has issued invitations to all managers and officials of Oregon cooperatives, totaling about 150 organizations, whether they are members of the council or not. J. 0. Holt of Eugene, president of the council, authorized the invitations. This will be the first time any members of the farm board have vis ited Oregon since their appointment. Besides addressing the council meet ing, McKelvie and Wilson will enter freelylnto the discussions which arise on the floor.. They are expected to give Oregon , cooperative leaders a picture of the policies and activities of the farm board, and the Oregon men in turn are expected to acquaint them with marketing conditions in this state. Reduce Income Taxes Says Secretary Mellon Washington, D. C. Secretary Mel lon announced that with the approval of President Hoover, he would rec ommend to congress a reduction of approximately $160,000,000 in . the normal tax on individual and corpora tion incomes, applicable to the 1929 earnings. "That is to. say," said the treas ury head's formal statement, "on the first $4,000 of taxable income the rate will be reduced from one and one half per cent to one half per cent; on the second $4,000 from three per cent to two per cent, and on the balance, the present five per cent rate will be reduced to four per cent." Mellon said it was hoped the re duction "would take the form of a joint resolution of congress, thus per mitting prompt action by both houses by avoiding a general revision of the revenue law." He revealed the proposal had been discussed with republican and democratic leaders in both the Senate and the House and said they had "tentatively approved the proposed recommendation." Alaska-Yukon Highway Appointment of a committee com posed of representatives of the gov ernments of the United States, Do minion of Canada and British Colum bia to investigate the cost and feasi bility of a highway across British Columbia to Yukon territory and Alaska was proposed at a meeting in Victoria, B. C. Basketball Practice -Cnnch Miller is nuttinz his basket ball material through an Intensive course of training in preparation for the coming basketball season. He will build the team around Rogers, My- rick and Crowley, last year lettermen. Twenty candidates are turning out for placement on the team. Will Barricade Tunnel In the interests of safety, the aban doned Great Northern tunnel through the .Cascades will be barricaded to prevent its use by motorists, provided King county officials agree to the pro posal of County Engineer Carter of Chelan county, who has asked that such action be taken. Mrs. 0. E. Venable and Mrs. Earl Martin were Walla Walla visitors Spokane Detective Is Killed By Gunman Spokane. Detective Roy Fordyce, 54, was killed in- a three-cornered pistol fight between two officers and a man they were questioning. Ralph Larsen, 22, alias Richard Landis, who was charged with murder, had his left arm broken as they ex changed volleys, and struck in the head by Detective George Bradley. Charles Dow, 20, alias Dawes, alias Davis, was charged with being an ac cessory to murder, although police said he did no shooting. Fnrrivrn and Rradlev saw the rjair buy a ,38-caliber pistol at a pawn shop, and lollpwed tnem to tneir noiei room to ask the motive for the pur i'VinMP Larsen and Dow said thev in tended to use the weapon for nothing unlawful, and the officers were about to leave. Siiddenlv. Bradlev said. Larsen null ed another pistol from his pocket and started shooting. Fordyce and Brad ley replied with their pistols. Bradley said, he saw f ordyce tail shot through the heart, and then leaned for the door. Bradley fcent. him unconscious with his trun. Dow, meanwhile, had pushed a third pistol under the radiator, Bradley said. in tb natml wa?on. nolice affirm ed, Larsen said, "I don't know why I did it. I didn't want to be caught with a gun and sent away." Walla Walla Truant Girl In Hospital At Eugene Walla Walla. M. C. Long left last Sunday night for Eugene, to bring Wlc hi 14-vear-old daughter , Ber- nice Long, who left home about ten days ago, and who has just Deen found in a hospital recovering from injuries suffered in an automobile accident, ' - The girl was on her way to Cali- fnmia hrniinp to STO into the mOVieg, it is reported, and was given a ride by a motorist, the maenme Deing wrecked soon after she was picked . . . i i i Li.. up. The girl sunerca a orosen aniuv and one finger was cut off. the motn er states that the girl had been to a tha niirht before she left, and there officers ordered her to go home because she wore no stockings. &ne first was taken. tatjie police station, and fearing she would be arrested and disgraced, decided to leave nome ' ' Red Cross Drive Is On Th annual Red Cross drive for membership is now on, having start vA Armistice Dav and will end on jfogivfaiSr Day, - Vandals Stage Raid On College Campus; Yellow, Green Paint Oregon State College. Continuing the long feud between Oregon State and the University of Oregon, van dals invaded the former's campus last night and smeared yellow and green paint over the rear entrance of the new Memorial Union and Forestry buildings, leaving the words "To hell with O. S. C." and the letters "U-O" plastered on the edifices. i- Despite a peace treaty made . by presidents of the two student bodies last week tnd, war was opened early Saturday morning when the yellow "O" on Skinner's Butte, Eugene, was blasted and partly destroyed. Last night's paint episode was retaliation, though student officials of Oregon and O. S. C. disclaimed responsibility and promised to aid in the apprehension of the guilty ones. A year ago, just before the annual football battle between the i two schools, "The Lady of the Fountain," a statue given to Oregon State by he class of 1902, was completely wrecked with sledge hammers, and despite a careful investigation the culprits were not apprehended. Because the Beaver-Webfo'ot grid game is scheduled for Saturday, arm ed guards may be put on the Oregon State campus for the remainder of the week, according to student officials here. ' Washington. The purchase by the federal government of a year's sup ply of wheat for the army and navy was proposed, as a means of aiding the farmer by P. C. Meredith of Los Angeles, Cal., in a telegram placed in the congressional record by Senator Brooknart, repuDiican, iowa. In the telesrram. Meredith said "farmers are being forced to sell be low the cost of production and specu lators will reap large profits later." "The present loan system," he add ed, "is working too slow. If the gov ernment could and would start ' buy ins a small auantity of wheat Tues day and the press was advised I think the market would respond at once." Presents A Plan To Relieve Grain Market Postoffice Department Making Preparations For Christmas Mailing . Post offices will make every effort to handle the Christmas mails with out congestion and delay ,but owing to the enormous volume this can be done only with the cooperation of the public, says the Department in a bul letin just issued. During the holiday time the Volume of mail increases approximately 200 per cent. It is a physical impossibil ity to handle this great mass of mail matter efficiently and promptly with in a few days. Therefore to assure delivery of their Christmas presents, cards, and letters by Christmas Day the public should shop and mail early. Do your Christmas shopping so that you can mail your gifts, greet ings, and letters to relatives, friends, and loved ones at least a week or 10 days before , Christmas, according to the distance. This will not only make it certain that they are received on or before Christmas Day, but will be a great aid to your postal service and to postal employees and enable them to spend Christmas Day with their families. All parcels must be securely wrap ped or packed. Use strong paper and heavy twine. Articles likely to spoil within the time . reasonably required for trans portation and delivery will not be ac cepted for mailing. Wrap or pack carefully, according to contents' and plainly mark all such parcels "Perish able." Use special-delivery stamps to expedite delivery. No parcel may be more than 84 inches in length and girth combined. For delivery locally and in the firBt, second, and third zones, 70 pounds is the maximum weight; in all ether zones, 50 pounds. Mac-Hi Defeats Blue Devils For First Time Using a flashy aerial attack, the Mac-Hi Pioneers won their first game in the history of gridiron competition with the fighting Wa-Hi Blue-Devils by a 13-7 score at the Stadium Arm istice Day afternoon. ' The jinx which has. kept tha MUton. Freewater team from a victory over the local football squad was finally broken by an exhibition of passing which Wa-Hi was not able to fathom and which kept the crowd in a con tinual state of suspense waiting for a completed play that might mean a touchdown. If Mac-Hi had been ef fectively blocked io the air, the Blue Devils would have come out with a victory in the bag having obtained an early lead with a touchdown and try for point. With the beginning of the second half the tide turned in favor of the visiting team as their aerial forma tions started to click. Cutting Pine Timber Amie Bereevin. who has timber on Squaw' creek is logging out yellow nine for the Milton box factory, con ducted by Harris Brothers. He re ceives $13 per thousand feet for the logs loaded on the cars at Gibbon. A donkev enirine is being installed this week at Bergevin's logging camp, which will replace eight teams oi horses now employed in snaking the logs from the timber to tne bkio ways. -.- Milton Woman Passes '. After a lintrerinz illness of 15 months duration, which started with inflamatory rheumatism and develop ed in dropsy, Mrs. Robert McCumber of Milton, passed away at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Brown in that city last &aiuraay morning. Beside her parents she is survived by her husband, two sons and one daughter. Snow On Oregon Trail While a lieht rain was falling on the low lands Sunday night, snow covered the Old Oregon Trail highway in the Blue Mountains, south oi Ath ena. Returns From Hospital Jeaa Fereuson recently returned to his home on Weston Mountain, from the veteran's hospital at Portland, where he had been receiving medical treatment. Pendleton Turkey Shoot Pendleton will stage a big turkey shoot. Sunday morning. November 24, at Collins Park, near Mission, under the auspices of the Union Pacific Ath A Six Cent Drop Wheat values dropped six cents per bushel at Chicago, Monday. Stock market weakness and lower Liver pool prices was ascribed as the reas on. With buying support lacking, Chicago wheat started wildly at 2'4 to 6c lower, and afterward steadied at about 2c above initial bottom fig ures. ' Corn, oats and provisions were also depressed with corn opening lV4c to 2c off, but later recovering some what. Rebekah District Convention The Rehekah district convention was held at Echo, November 9. The ad dress of welcome was given by Nona McFaul and the response by Bertha Nation of Hermiston. Hallie Ingle, president of the Rebekah assembly of Oregon gave an address. A very in teresting program was enjoyed, the following officers were elected. Mariraret Pitzer. chairman. Stella Reeves, vice-chairman; Gladys Scheer, secretary; Nona McFaul, treasurer. The convention is to be held in Pen dleton next year. Turkeys For New Yorkers TTermidtnn and Pilot Rock turkey raisers have made up a shipment of 6,435 birds for New Yorkers to feast on at their Thanksgiving dinners. No. l fi-rarle turkevs took the lead in the shinment. numberinff 6.553. at 32 cents per pound to the raiser. An other turkey shipment will be made from Herm ston about the middle or December for the eastern holiday trade. Snow On MeKenzie Pass Si inches of snow fell on central Oregon's two highest road passes, the MeKenzie and Sand Creek mountain, over the Armiutice week-end, but all hiirhwavs have been cleared and were in good condition. The Sand Creek pass is on the Dalles-California high way between Bend and luamatu Falls. Geese at Arlington Hunters re nor t wild geese at Ar line-ton are beinsr readily lured by de coys this year. Shooting over de coys is proving more succesmui man from blinds on the bluffs nearer the river. However, rcese seem to be more plentiful on the islands down tti rive?, Ptiw Ariiagrai. RADIO nrnt uii IU UluLh iII TROUBLES TO FANS Channels Called Wrong and Audiences Will Be Ask ed To Assist. Washington,. D. C. Whfle some.. broadcasters are proposing to go on the air in their own behalf, others are seeking relief fortheir operating dif ficulties directly from the federal radio commission or from the courts. Three current developments. in the radio field disclose the purpose of many broadcasters to ask their audi ences to help them secure remedial legislation from- congress. A plan for a concerted drive by a group of sta tions for succor from commission rulings is in the process of forma tion, and several more appeals from commission decisions have been filed with the court of appeals of the Dis trict of Columbia. A determination to air their viewa on the radio, chiefly against the zone and state equalization scheme, was voiced by many of the broadcasters who attended the convention last week of the National Association of Broadcasters at West Baden, Ind. The movement for better operating condi tions, which is expected to take the form of a demand for more cleared channels, is being crystalized at meetings here this week of operators of various large stations which now have only part time privileges on the air. . The right of a station to retain its acknowledged service area, and the right of the commission to order shifts in assignments without afford ing those affected a hearing, are the chief points raised in the case of WTMJ, Milwaukee. This station is protesting the renewal of its license on a regional wave length on whioh the commission has placed new, or higher powered stations, with subse quent interference to WTMJ. In addition, the commission has shifted WFLA-WSUN, Clearwater, Fla., using 2500 watts daytime and 1000 at night, to the same wave length. All this, it is alleged, has re duced, and is tending further to re duce, the service range of WTMJ. The property rights issue, which was rather completely squelched In recent decision of the court, is not raised in this case, but the other legal points are regarded as highly important. "The Greene Murder Case" At the Standard Tomorrow A cast of 17 actors, each a con summate player, headed by the great est detective character on the screen, William Powell, of "The Canary Murder Case fame, will take part in the "Greene Murder Case" which comes to the Standard tomorrow and Sunday evenings. The three crime trackers of "The Canary Murder Case" William Powell again as Philo Vance, Eugene Pallette again as Sgt. Heath and E. II. Calvert again as the district at torney, have the leading parts. "The Greene Murder Case" was a great murder mystery story but as a moving picture it is even more grip ping, more exciting. The reason for this can be ascribed to the intelligent character portrayals furnished by the actors and the excellent direction of Frank Tuttle. The slot has to do with the stranee killings which occur in the Greene family's household. An elder son, his younger brother and then their mother succumb to the fiendish hand of an unknown murderer. After a series of uncanny and thrillinct events Powell solves the deep mystery with the suavity and super-intelligence that S. S. Van Dine wrote into this character in his novels. Powell's performance is flawless. Church Burns Note A '$13,000 note, representing the total indebtedness of the Church of the Redeemer at Pendleton, was burn ed Wednesday evening at a Parish dinner. The note was paid Jn full from funds raised wholly by the Parish House Guild and the Parish Aid by means of various benefit af fairs conducted through a period of nine years. Cars Skid On Highway Frozen surface of the Oregon Trail during the fore part of the week was responsible for a number of accidents to skidding cars. At one time three cars were in the ditch at one place on the highway near La Grande, and another car landed in the waters of the Grand Ronde river. Flag Raising Ceremonies Flag raising ceremonies were obser ved at St. Andrews Mission, on the Umatilla Indian reservation, Armis tice Day. Judge Alger Fee delivered th'a pViflctyai audft tit th'fl Wca'sion,