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. Entered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mail Matter VOLUME 50. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6. 1929 NUMBER 49 15 RELATIVE OF ATHENA TEACHER Dean Smith Is a Pilot With the" Byrd Antarctic Expedition. There is at least one person in Ath ena who eagerly ; scans ; all" reports from the- Byrd expedition . in -little America, Antarctica. Miss BeuTah Smith, English teacher in the local high school, feels more than a pass ing interest in the venturesome crew, for her cousin, Dean Smith, the young air pilot, is co-pilot -with Balchen and June. And well may she be proud of her brave young relative, for jt is well known that Byrd picked his men from among twenty-five thousand of "America's best". .:. : And well may other Oregonians revel in Dean Smith's prowess and longing to blaze an unknown trail, for he was born at Cove, Oregon, the only son , of . Rhoda , Harrison Smith who crossed the plains in a covered wagon, following the Old Ore gon Trail from Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Oregon. Just fifty-eight years after this re markable trip her son, then-a oung man of nineteen, completed the first transcontinental air mail route, open ing the various landing fields from Omaha to California. After attend ing Principia college at St. Louis for a time, he left school to enlist as a private in the signal corps. He re ceived his original training at Kelly Field, and instead of being sent abroad with the A. E. F., he was ordered to Fort Scott as flying in structor. After the war he went through a period of barnstorming, charging a dollar a minute for rides. In 1920 he entered the air mail ser vice, and like Lindbergh, was a born flyer. No weather, was too bad, no trip too hazardous to be undertaken, and now the "Dean", as his friends call him, is considered one of the best bad weather pilots in the world. In a recent issue of the American : Maga-4 zine the author relates several adven tures that were close calls for the young pilot, one of which follows: "This incident I doubt that you will find in any official record. It was on a beautiful sultry summer night. The Dean was flying his accustomed route from Hadley Field to Cleveland. Because of the closeness of the eve ning he had put an old shoe in the rudder to hold it firm, and was lean ing his head out of the side of the plane to catch any chance breeze. All of a sudden, out of no where loomed up something that to Dean's startled eyes looked very much like a . sky scraper. , , . ..." " I "Pulling back his stick, Eean Hurt led his ship into the Blue, missing the Zeppelin, Los Angeles, by not more than one hundred and fifty feet." Miss Smith, in speaking of Dean's childhood tells of his love for books of adventure. His father, Cull Smith, worried over the boy considerably for he was not a student in any sense of the word. His greatest joy was to build a house , in the branches of a tree, and there to dream his dreams of adventure. Lessons held no ap peal for this lad and often when a wee boy he ran away to hi3 grand mother's house to hear another cover ed wagon story. -5 No letters come " from the Byrd party. Only messages over the air, but how eagerly they are awaited by the ones at home. Recently the grand mother, whose venturesome spirit the young explorer inherited, received an affectionate radiogram in com memoration of her birthday. Shy and reticent, The Dean has never eared for girls; his one interest centering in a new trail to be found or another to be country explored. ; Study Club--Mrs. Lew McNair was hostess Fri day afternoon to the Athena Study club. Those present enjoyed study ing Cambridge and. smaller colleges of England. Mrs. M. W. Hansell and Mrs. McNair read interesting papers on the subject and these were follow ed by a general discussion. "Oxford" will be the subject ofthe next meeting which will be held at the home of Blrs. Fred Kershaw, December 13. Roll call will be answered by names of famous Oxford graduates. " .To California for Winter Mr." and Mrs. Everett Eager of Day ton spent Thanksgiving at the home of their son C. M. Eager in Athena. They, have departed for Portland where they will visit for a time be fore going to California for the win ter. , .... . v Bazaar and Dinner The annual Christian . bazaar and roast chicken dinner by the ladies of the Christian church will be held in the basement of the church Saturday, December 7th. Dinner will be served from 5:30 to 8:00 p. m. Children under tfch, 23fcfcatij ABulW, 50 cents', jci th jnettlnSr. LEST WE FORGET . ,-.v,. . Py "LANK" LEONARD Just a minute, Mr. Sport Fan! Pause In your Christmas shopping while we ask yon a question or two. How many Christmas Seals have you purchased to datet Isn't It possible tor you to buy a few more between now and the 25th? They only cost a penny apiece you know. And they mean so much! In case yon never took time to realize just low much, let us -tip you off. It Is something yon should know. The sale of these seals, at ' this period of year, furnishes prac tically the sole support ot the 1,400 affiliated tuberculosis associations of the United States In their war against this disease. That's worth turning over In your mind, isn't It? And what hare these little seals ac complished to date? What have v those 1,400 affiliated associations accomplished with the money real ' lzed from the sale ot these seals? Well, here's the answer; and it, too, is worth more than a passing , thought In the past 15 years the ravages ot tuberculosis has been cut nearly In half and advance figures from 46 states indicate that the 1928 mor tality sets a new low rate. That's the huge public service you can assist by the purchase ot these seals. Certainly, a sport fan should be anxious to help this cause. Tuberculosis has robbed the sports world ot some ot its greatest heroes. r Christy Mathewson, who helped lift baseball to a higher plane, who brought into the game the tradi tions of college spirit, was struck from behind by this dread spectre. ..So was Hughle Jennings, one of the most beloved figures ot the game. Johnny Miller, great in fielder with Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Philadelphia, one of the first of the professional ball players to enlist for service In the World War, was another.' Johnny died, like poor Matty, battling to the last at Saranao Lake, N. Y. Only recently baseball lost one of the greatest , spit-ball pitchers ot all time. Urban Shocker. Tuberculosis has taken heary toll in America's national game. . ' Joe Gans, rated by all but per sonal friends ot Benny Leonard, as the greatest lightweight in the history of the prize ring, was a victim of the disease. Poor little Joe laid himself open to the attack by making weight for "Battling" Nelson in their memorable battle at Goldfield. Jem Drlscoll, once Eng land's pride, and one ot the most clever boxers the game ever had, was counted out after a typical Driscoll Jlght against it. So was Frankle Callahan, ot New -York, who met every lightweight in the business a dozen years ago. Frankle won most of his engagements but he lost the last one. Peter Jackson. Rudie Unholz, "Spider" Kelly and Jack Dougherty were some of the otters. Boxing's list is a long one, we regret to say. Billiards suffered an irreparable loss with the passing of Bob Canne fax, fhree cushion champion. Bob left the Broadway he loved in an effort to defeat the disease in the dry air of Arizona but without success. Then there was Jackie Adams. Basketball fans in the east still talk of him. 'Jackie was cap tain and star forward of the Cam- Courtesy Qtorgt Uathexo Adam Bervici. , den (N. J.) eastern League team, one of the greatest stars the pro fesslon'al court game ever had. He was stricken in 1919 at the height of his career. v , , But why go bn and on? These cases stand out because we, who follow sports, know what each man , accomplished. Every profession has been hit equally hard. Medical science with the aid ot fundi de rived from the sale of Christmas . Seals is slowly but surely getting the upper hand. To use an almost forgotten slogan, "Do your bit." Buy Christmas Seals, Mr. Sport Fan. Fight tuberculosis. Gorgeous Scenes Shown In Colors In "The Dance of life" At Standard H. M. Hess Suicides In a Pendleton Rooming House H. M. Hesa of Sunnyside, Washing- "The Dance of Life" is the ultimate ton, who has been delivering veget ables from Kennewick to Athena in perfection in the motion picture medium.' It has everything that makes for thrilling, gripping enter tainment a romantic love story of backstage life, burlesque sequences, dancing, a gorgeous "Follies" revue, in color. It is Paramount's master production made from the remarkably successful stage ' play, "Burlesque." "The Dance of Life" will show at the Standard theatre, Saturday and Sun day night. , Hal Skelly, who originated the role of Skid in the stage production, con tinues in this part in the motion pic ture production. Nancy Carroll, red headed beauty has the other featured role. The cast includes such stage and screen favorites as Dorothy Re vier, Ralph Theador, Charles D. Brown, Al St. John and May Bpley. A spectacular revue scene, with lavish costumes,, brilliant settings and eighty beautiful girls, is shown en tirely in color by the Technicolor pro cess. - , ., . : The story takes one behind the scenes in a burlesque theatre and follows the ove affair of two inter esting performers throughout a series of events which takes one of them to the Broadway circuit and the big revues. New dances, originated by the lead ing dance masters of the country, ere seen for the first time in ."The Lance of Life." Two of the greatest di rectors of stage and screen produc tions, John Cromwell and Edward Sutherland collaborated for this picture. Missionary Society The Missionary Society of the Bap tist church met on Wednesday of this week at the home of Mrs. Fred Pink- erton, 26 members being present. A very beautiful quilt, which was a gift to the society by Mrs. Gholson one of the former members, was sold to Mrs. Zeltha Mclntyre. A very interesting study was given by Mrs. Hiteman on "The Crowded Ways." Delicious Re freshments were served at the close grocers for some time, committed sui cide in a Pendleton rooming house Wednesday night of last week by taking strychnine, which he purchas ed at a Pendleton drug store, saying he wanted the poison to kill rats. After taking the poison, he in formed a roomer that he was going to take his life. The man Immediately summoned police, but Hess would give them no reason for his deed and refused to take an emetic to save his life. Ha was dead within a half -hour after taking the poison. His brother Carl Hess of : Richland, Washington, was notified. Little is known of Hess in Athena, except that his dealings with local grocers had been satisfactory and he enjoyed a good business here. He drove a big truck and generally made the Athena territory in the evening, returning to Pendleton. He also de livered produce to LaGrande grocers. Ulrey Presented With Cup At a meeting called by the Weston Commercial Association for Monday night, D. W. . Ulrey, Weston potato grower who won the championship cup for the best Netted Gems exhibit ed at the Pacific Northwest Potato Show, at Spokane, was officially pre sented with the beautiful trophey. A number of potato growers were pres ent at the Weston meeting. Mr. Ulrey's exhibit won the championship over 600 entries from five Western states and British Columbia. Etude Club Mrs. Lloyd Michener and Mrs. Penn Harris were hostesses for the Etude club Tuesday afternoon when they met at the Michener home. The Rus sian composer Leschetisky was the theme for the afternoon's study, Mrs. Michener read an interesting paper followed by a vocal solo by Mrs. Otha Reeder, Miss Betty Eager gave two piano numbers, "Donnybrook Fair" and "Shepherds All." Mrs. Lester of Walla Walla, club, chorus director was detained by the bad condition of the highway and .chorus, practice was dispensed with. The hostesses served d&My; VaLJ at Xh$ ttfr fclV. Mac-Hi Alumni and Athena In Tilt Tonight . Tonight at the local gym, Athena high school and Mac-Hi alumni will appear in the first basketball game of the season. The alumni of Mac-Hi comprises a strong aggregation of star players on former winning teams of that school. Wayne Pinkerton is on the Mac-Hi team. "Pike" Miller has been giving the Athena team hard workouts with the result that rough spots are fast dis appearing with the prospect that the players will be rounded into form by the time the scholastic schedule of games begins. The starting lineup tonight will probably be Jack Moore and Lowell Jenkins, forwards; Walter Huffman, center; Emery Rogers guard, with his running mate to be chosen from Pick ett, Hansell, Jenkins and Myrick. Ralph Moore and Crowley will be on the bench to replace the two forwards, while Thurber and Hansell will be in readiness to take over the pivot position. Miller says the subs are showing up exceptionally well and are pushing some of the letter men to exert them selves to held their positions. The girls' team is showing up well, and will play inthe curtain raiser, which starts at 7:20, to be followed by the boys' game at 8 o'clock. Ill With Ptomaine Poisoning Partaking of some portion of food served at a recent lodge supper, Mrs. H. H. Hill became ill from, ptomaine poisoning, which resulted in her be ing taken to the General Hospital at Walla Walla, where at last account she was recovering. Others were made slightly ill. Mrs. Hill suffered a severe illness from ptomaine poison ing several years ago, and since has been susceptible to relapses as a result. - p ,v Cold Wave Waves Here I A cold wave waved throughout this part of the state the fore part of the week, causing alarm among the farm ers over conditions that may result to seeded acreage on account of mois ture shortage. . Predictions made of rainfall as an aftermath of thestomr1 which brewed off the Hawaiian Pheasants Found To Be An Aid to Farmers In stead of Being Nuisance Oregon State College China pheas ants have been largely cleared of charges of being more of a pest than a benefit to Oregon farmers as the result of a study of the feeding habits of these game birds made by the Ore gon State college experiment station at the request of the state game com mission. Birds were captured by the game commission all over the state on July 1 and August 1 and sent to the college where the contents of the stomachs were analyzed by specialists in the departments of entomology, farm crops and veterinary medicine. Weed seed and insects were found to constitute by far the, major ood of the bird- V'th only Bmall amounts of field crops. Animal food was mostly grasshoppers, sundry beetles, chitins and various -small insects In adult or larval forms. Small amounts of rye grass, wheat, vetch, barely, oats ' and blue grass were balanced by quantities of weed spprts such as buttercup bindweed, bull biptle, bachelor button, wild black bprry, fat-tail fescue, darnel, correl, snowberry, wild turnip, wild roses sow thtoV. wild mti-fa'-d. buekhorn, knot weed, trefoil and sedge. Athena Turkey Shoot Takes Place December 8 The Athena Gun club will hold its annual turkey shoot over the traps on the local shooting grounds, next Sunday, December 8. The Bhoot will start promptly at 10 in the forenoon. Everything possible is being done by club members to make the shoot a success in every particular. Should it be cold, there will probably be a rousing big fire on the sideline as in the past that is, if Bert Ramsay, of ficial fire builder and attendant does not coax up a grouch on the day of the shoot. " An especially fine lot of turkeys has been secured to add zest to the dif ferent entries and to pep up the scat tergun artists. Remember the date, time and place. "A fine opportunity to get your Christmas turkey, and a good one," says ono of the boys. Wood-Charlton Relatives and friends are surprised to hear of the marriage of Clifford Wood and Miss Roma Charlton. An nouncements have not been received and the date of the marriage is not known at this time. It is understood that Mrs. Wood will continue teach ing school at Merritt, Wash,, and that Mr. Wood has a position with the Great Northern railroad at that place. The young couple have a host of friends here. The bride is a daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Charlton, and the groom is the only son of Mr, and Mrs. Arnold Wood. Both are graduates of Athena high school, and Mrs. Wood is a graduate of Cheney Normal school. !. . Christmas Bazaar A Christmas Bazaar and dinner will be held at the Christian church tomorrow afternoon and evening. Several booths featuring candy, cook ies and fancy work will be in evi dence. Attractive comforters will be for sale amontr the articles in the fancy work .booth and at six-thirty an autograph, quilt will be auctioned to the highest bidder. Dinner will be served from five to eight o'ciock at ooDular prices, adults, 50 cents and children 25 cents." .,. Wedding Anniversary Art Douglas was pleasantly sur- TTmrndav evenim; ' when a group of friends called at his home. The occasion was the twenty-secona annivAranrv of Mr. and Mrs. Douelas. Following congratulations, two tables of bridge were in piay. Mr. ana jurs. Laurence Pinkerton making nign i m score. Supper was servea Dy irs. Douglas who arranged - the affair; Others present were Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Eager and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Logsdon. Death of Father WnrH baa been received by J. E. Jones, rural mail carrier to the el- fect his father, Jermiah Jones pas sed away November twenty-seventh, (. V.; Vinma nonr 11 Vila. IoWS. Mr. Jones had reached the advanced age of eighty-two years and had not been well for some time. Mr. Jones of Athena did not receive the news in tim to make the triD to his boyhood home at attend the funeral. Walla Walla Party Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McRae of Wal la wlia nlanned a pleasant reunion Thanksgiving day when they invited a erouu of friends for dinner, inose nrpupnt were C. L. McFadden and family of Athena, Mr. and Mrs.Fiske and family, Mr. and Mrs. Hmttn ana family and Mr. and Mrs. John Banis ter, of Weston. Here From Genessee Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Rogers of Genessee, Idaho, were here lor Tllnlrtrivin heinz entertained at rhfErC: Rogers home. Mr; Rogers contemplates going to the eonners Ferry" farming district to Wcatfc. - Mrs. Minnie Willaby Died Thursday After Only Few Days Illness Athena friends were grieved to hear of the death Tuesday evening, Decem ber third of Mrs. Minnie M. Willaby. 2Irs. Willaby who visited at the home of her son Virgil near the State Line, returned home about two weeks ago because she was not feeling well. Her condition remained about ' the same for a week but became' alarm ingly worse. , A consultation of doc tors pronounced the malady as septic poisoning and gave no hope for her Mrs. Willaby was born in Lynn County, Oregon, June thirteenth 1860. She came to Umatilla County in 1?70 and eight years later married A. J. Willaby who preceded her in death in 1911. Three sons servive, Clyde and Virgil who reside near the State Line, and Dean of Spokane. There are five grand-children and two great grand children, Mrs. Willaby was an active members of the Christian church and was also affiliated with the Rebckah Lodge here. ' .' ; The funeral occurred yesterday afteipoon at one-thirty at the Chris tian church and was attended by a large number, of friends. ,, , Cat Fish Have More Lives Than Any Cat Salem. A "Believe it or Not" that is worthy of the attention of Ripley occurred last week when the game commission of California shipped a crate of blue cat fish taken from the Sacramento River to the Oregon state "ame commission. Usually fish are -hipped in cans or tanks, but . not these cat fish. They arrived in a crate with no more water than a few gunny packs would contain and they are now alive and well in the ponds at the McKenzie hatchery. Matt Ryckman went to the depot in Portland a few days ago expecting to receive some cans containing cat fish as he had been informed a ship ment had been made. To , his sur prise he found the crate, similar in appearance to a chicken crate and in this thirty-six catfish were alive and wiggling. They were three days out of water before being finally released in the McKenzie hatchery. They will be used to start fish of their type in sloughs of the- Willamette and Co lumbia Rivers. . ' Young Peoples Conference A conference for the young people of the Baptist church was held on Tuesday in Athena. , Intersting and helpfui talks were given by , Mis Louise Hundrop who directs the state Sunday school work, and by Miss Hodge who has charge of the girls' guild work of the state. Following a potluck dinner at six o'clock in the dining room of the church, an illus trated lecture was given by Rev. O. C. Wright state secretary of the Baptist Association. Mrs. Kohler Betts was appointed leader of the group of girls organized here and to be known as the "World Wide Girls Guild." , John, Kirk Is Host John Kirk was host to a group of friends last week at the home of Mrs. Lilla Kirk on South Third street. Games were followed by a supper made up of the dainties ' that are favorites among, young people. Guests who enjoyed Jonn's hospitality were, Betty Eager, Mar jorie Douglas, Myr tle Campbell, Mary Tompkins, Esther Berlin. Rhoda Nelson, Arleen Myrick, Goldie Miller," Arthur Crowley, Eldon Myrick, Stafford Hansell, Wayne Pinkerton, Don Thurber, Lee Foster and Jim Wilson. - Antiquated Chariot Edwin and Ralph McEwen freshmen at Whitman college were visitors at the home of their parents Thanks giving day. ; The twins made the trip in their recently acquired Ford, which being a real antique, of the vintage of 1919 has been christened "Aga memnon." True to the prowess achiev ed by its ancient . name's sake the antiquated chariot "gets there" and in time too, perhaps due to the flashy colors applied by its new owners. Entertain Friends Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Pinketon were charming hosts Friday night when sruests sufficient for three tables of bridge were bidden to their at tractive country home. Mr. ana Mrs. C. M. Eager made high score and Mr. and Mrs. Archie Mclntyre received the consolation. Others who enjoyed the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Pink erton were Mr. and Mrs. Justin Har wood, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Logsdon and Mr. and Mrs. Art Douglas. ii ? Woodcraft Session The Neighbors of Woodcraft lodge Circle No. 10 held their regular ses sion Tuesday evening. Following the meeting they enjoyed lovely re freshments prepared at Kilgore's Cafe. Those who were present were: Mesdames, Moore, McKay, Harden, Kibbeyand Payne. It is requested that alP Tfriembers be present at the next meeting as there will be instal lation bt cmcer at that time. CO-OPS III OREGOf ADVISED TO EXPAND Farm Board Men Tell Lead ers State Organizations Sound But Small. Oregon State" College That co operative marketing in Oregon Is on a sound basis but in need of both ex pansion and consolidation to eliminate competition among producing groups was the opinion gained by representa tives of the federal farm board last week in the first visit of any mem bers of that body to this state. . .". Charles S. Wilson; the board mem ber representing fruit and general farming interests, and James H. Howard, organization , specialist for the board, conferred personally with more than 135 officials of Oregon's 152 cooperative associations at a meeting in Portland called by the Oregon Cooperative council. The policy of the board, as far as it is yet formed, is to encourage federation of local groups within com modity lines into large enough re gional associations so that a unified program of marketing can be carried out for the benefit of the entire in dustry concerned. Only through formation of such large-scale operations, founded of course on locally controlled units, can the federal farm board render ef fective assistance, financial or other wise, in forming machinery for order ly marketing, Mr. Wilson explained. "With Oregon alone . having 152 separate organizations doing buisness here, and other states in much the same situation, the funds allotted the farm board would soon be frittered away with no permanent results if that body started allocating it as loans to small local organizations, he said. The board is already making mater ial progress in encouraging such sound reorganization along definite .JJU. ' it. . I I vviiimvuiiy lines, mo representatives said. The latest development is the national and northwest regional wheat marketing cooperative, working or which were explained. lhat the state college extention ser vice will coordinate its work fully with the plans and policies of the farm board was announced by Paul V. Maris, director, who offered the ser vices of his entire staff in aiding to carry more complete information on marketing plans to the people of this state. High School Conference at University of Oregon University of Oregon The annual Oregon High School conference will be held at the University of Oregon thia year on January 10 and 11, it was announced here. Four different groups will convene for the purpose of threshing out problems affecting high school activities. The Oregon High School Press con ference will be made up of editors and managers of high school newspapers, monthly magazines and yearbooks, who will gather at the school of journalism to gain points on publica tion. The Association of High School Student Body Officers will also meet, as will the Girls' League Officers, and the faculty supervisors of student activities. - : Garage Closed Temporarily Tho Thompson Garage, recently ac quired by A. L, Cornell in exchange for property in Malheur county, was temporarily closed Saturday, as a re sult of Mr. Thompson being unable to adjust financial matters involving the transfer of the property. How ever, satisfactory adjustment was made Wednesday evening and " Mr. Cornell was given possession yester day morning. . Illustrated Lecture Colored slides showing views of the forests in the Northwest were shown at the school auditorium Tuesday morning. The pictures were unusual ly beautiful and were shown to im press upon the audience the import ance of forest preservation. Warning against forest fires was made, and the lecture was most helpful and intersting. Ontario Druggist Here O. M. Castleman, Ontarid, Oregon, druggist was a Thanksgiving day vis itor at the J. F. Kershaw home. Mrs. Castleman and daughter Barbara, were here also, having come from Seattle. Mr. and Mrs. Castleman pro- ceded to their home at Ontario, and Miss Castleman returned to Univer sity of Washington. Pendleton Here Dec. 13 Pendleton high school Buckaroo basketball team has been scheduled for a game with Athena high school on the local court, Friday evening,' DecraibcT 13.