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VOLUME 43
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, JANUARY 3, 1930.
NUMBER 1.
CI S
E LEVY
LOSES ELECT Q
Light Vote Cast Over the
County Gave Majority
Against, 664. '
A light vote was cast over the
county Friday, in the court house
election, when a total of 3340 bal
lots were cast. A total of 1338. vot
ed for a new courthouse and 2002
voted against it "
Pendleton supported the measure,
the totals being 773 for , to 328
Hgainst. Outside of Pendleton, the
precincts registered negative ma
jorities against the measure, with few
exceptions.
Athena turned down the proposal
108 to 19. Weston voted 107 to 31.
Adams went for it, 29 to 27 and so
did Gibbon, 12 to 1, Helix registered
20 for and 45 against. The above re
sult is the expression of sentiment as
voted in this part of the county. The
official vote of the county on the levy
follows: . ..-;--.:.;.:,
Pet. Yes No
1 Cottonwood . ..... 3 ,".43
2 Ferndale .... 9 53
9 Fortiilnl 13 45
4 Umapine ... 30 23
5 Sunnyside 9 26
6 Freewater . 14 31
7 Freewater 18 47
8 Freewater '. 4 24
9 Milton . 4 66
10 Milton 15 . 54
11 Milton ., 11 68
12 Milton 8 53
13 Mountain .. ... 51... 1fi
14 Fairview .. 6 9
15 Weston . 6 27
16 Weston 9 - 40
17 Weston ...... .... 16 40
18 Athena Z 7 24
19 Athena .. 5 50
20 Athena 7 34
21 North Reservation ........ 10 10
22 Gibbon .....12 1
23 "Adams 29 27
24 ' Helix w 20 -,
29 -Vansycle ....... 3 13
26 ' Juniper ...... ............. v . 6
27 : Fulton 3 15
28 Riverside 17 - 30
29 South Reservation ........ 39 ' 12
20 Meacham .. 8 11
SI Gilliland ..r. .. ..... 1 5
32 Pendleton ......... 57 23
33 Pendleton .......... 62 34
34 Pendleton . .......... 41 8
85 Pendelton ......;....;..:........ 80 , 17
36 Pendleton . 26 9
37 Pendleton 43
38 Pendleton 41 v 20
39 s Pendleton ...... .... 60 ..... 18
40 Pendleton 44 ' 9
41 Pendleton ..; 59 43
42 Pendleton . .. ...... 35 32
43 Pendleton 127 47
44 Pendleton ...... 98 60
45 Rieth ... 13 ; 13
46 Union .. .... 6 14
47 Holdman ......................... 5 26
48 Nolin .. .... 0 11
49 Echo ....... ................ 14 20
50 Echo 24 35
51 Stahfield H 81
52 Stanfield . 3 71
53 Hermiston . 18 45
54 Hermiston 18 49
55 Columbia .................. 5 24
56 Umatilla 11 t
67 Hogue 3 13
58 McKay . H 49
59 Pilot Rock . 20 101
60 Pilot Rock ....:........ 28 67
61 Vincent :..... 2 ,; 4
62 Willow Springs 0 11
63 Albee 0 17
64 Ukiah 23 11
Total ............................. 1338. 2002
Man Severely Burned ,
" The East Oregonian reports that
Percy Folsom, who farms south of
Pilot Rock, was seriously burned
about the head and arms Sunday
morning when he. had to dash through
fire when his house on Bear creek
was ablaze, to save his three-year old
child. The farm house was totally
destroyed and none of its contents
saved, '?" -;
money 10 vuj iou uu
m.. W.i4iii Taitav ronnrt 1 t.Kfit of
XUC TFOAl. ....
the sum of $800 to be raised for pur
chasing the old toll road in order to
secure further federal appropriations
for the Weston-Elgin road, Umatilla
and Union counties each gave $200.
The remaining $400 is being con
tributed, Walla Walla having given
$100, Milton-Freewater $100, .Weston
$50 and Elgin $150.
" Double Wedding 7
A double wedding took place at the
parsonage of the Christian church at
Pendleton, New Year's eve, when
Peter Mclntyre and Miss Zula White,
and Edward Unger and Miss Marjorie
Russell were united in marriage, by
Rev. G. L. DrilL
The Gaa of Hodgen
The Hodgen's elan, four generations
totaling better than a hundred people,
celebrated the eighteenth annual Hod
gena family reunion at the State Line
Hall New Yew's flay
Athena Drops Games To
s Prescott and Touchet,
Plays; Mac-Hi Tonight
Athena dropped two games over
the week-end. The boys lost to Ed
die Buck's Prescott ; team Friday
night, 22 to 13, and the Prescott girls
won, 28-19. Both Athena boys and
girls led Prescott in the early periods
but were unable to hold the lead.
Tuesday night a fast and furious
contest was won by Touchet, 23-22.
The game was a nip and tuck affair
from start to finish and was played
clean. Eddie McMurdo of Walla Wal
la, refereed, and he made a hit by
being on top of every play. As a
curtain riser, Athena . and Adams
graders entertained the audience,
Athena winning 24 to 5. . N
An inovation which has not tran
spired for many a day was noticable
in the yell section. ' Some real pep
and school spirit was uncorked at the
Touchet game and it brought back
to memory the old days of Basler,
when Athena stood by Athena win,
lose or tie, and Athena generally won,
and-the good old . dyed-in-the-wool
school spirit had a whole lot to do
with the winnings. ' : -.
Tonight Athena journeys over to
Milton, where she clashes with Mac-Hi.-
' :;:,y.
The Columbia Christian -Endeavor
Rally Here
Monday evening, in the basement
of the First Christian church a get-to-gather
Rally was enjoyed by some
seventy-five members who ... were
guests of the local society. Repre
sentatives were here from Helix, Pen
dleton, Freewater, Milton and more
distant points. A substantial feed
was indulged in at seven- o'clock,
which was followed by a series of
pep songs. I Then came Mr. . Paul
Brown, a national worker of repute
who is spending a little time in Ore
gon, who gave a strong and appeal
ing address along C. E. lines.
Among many good things he said,
emphasis was given to the great work
that the undenominational Y. P. S. C.
E. Union has accomplished through
the years for the unity of Christian
peoples. He made an appeal for at
tendance at the coming State Con
vention; also for consecrated and
worthwhile Christian life.
Miss Juanita Crawford and Mrs.
EfRe Ritchie presided. The home
society did their part with credit. It
was a happy and profitable occasion
for alL . .
For West Point and Annapolis
Congressman Robert R. Butler an
nounces that he will arrange for a
competitive examination open to all
qualified young men in his district on
January 11, 1930, to -fill vacancies
which will occur m 1930 in the Mili
tary Academy at West Point and the
Naval Academy at Annapolis. The
mental tests covering both academies
will be conducted by the U. S. Civil
Service Commission on Saturday,
January 11, 1930, at 9 a. m., at the
post offices in the following cities
in the Second Congressional District
of Oregon: LaGrande, Baker, Bend,
Klamath Falls, Pendleton and The
Dalles. r '
Miss Lee To Teach Here
Miss Margaret Lee has resigned her
position in the - Rchools at Carlo,
Montana, to teach the fifth and sixth
grades in the Athena schools, tak
ing the place of Mrs. Rominger, who
resigned at the close of the first se
mester. Miss Lee is a graduate of
Athena high school and Cheney
Normal school. The young lady has
a host of friends in Athena and
vicinity who will be pleased to learn
of her good fortune in securing a
position in her home school. .
. Athena Won From Milton
' From Till Stone, - Sunday , school
basketball reporter, the Press learns
that the team composed of Laurence
Pinkerton's Christian church class,
defeated the Milton .Christian church
Sunday school class team in a game
played at Milton, last Fridayr by the
score of 14 to 12. , The following
players are on the Athena team,
coached by Laurence Pinkerton:
Kenny Rogers, Walter Singer, Leo
Geissel, Jack Miller, Aaron Douglas,
Till Stone, Carl Ball and Gale Zerba.
Law Student Visits Athena
Francis Coad, son of E. E. Coad,
superintendent , of Athena schools,
was an Athena visitor the fore part
of the week, coming over with his
father -from the family home at Cove,
Union county. The son is a law stu
dent at University of Oregon, alma
mater of the father, and has com
pleted the course. The Press ac
knowledges a pleasant call from the
young man. , ' . '
Hickman Reward Asked
; The long-drawn-out dispute over
the $10,000 reward, once offered by
the city of Los Angeles for the cap
ture of William Edward Hickman,
killer of 12-year-old Marion Parker,
was projected into the courts there
recently, with the filing of a suit for
$10,000 against the city by T. B.
Gurdane and C. L. Lieuallen, Pendle
ton officers, - -j .- . .
l-L was very quiet, tn houses
there may have been some
sounds of revelry, but little
of It reached the streets.
The streets were silent, dark, largely,
deserted.
Along the side of the town the river
flowed silently. Ferry boats, tug boats,
other water craft moved along quietly.
The Swish of the waters made by the
moving boots reached but little dis
tance away. The whole world seemed
very quiet, very subdued as though
night had almost put it to sleep, only
scattering a few of lt dreams. Its
twinkling, melodious dreams here and
there.
All of a sudden there was a stir.
The world seemed to hove shifted its
position, to be waking up now It ap
pears wide awake.
No it wns thor
ouglily awake.
longer were the
streets dark and
quh t No longer
did the sound
come faintly from
the b o n ses. No
longer did th
boats, the ferr
boats.' the tun
boats, ; the other
water craft move
so silently. All let
t h e m s e Ives be
heard. ,
People along the
streets cheered.,
blew horns, smiled
at strangers, shout
ed greetings to
each other. The sounds from houses
grew Intensified. Music grew louder,
gayer, merrier, happier. Whlslles and
sirens and bolls from the river craft
blew and shrieked and shrilly cheered.
Every one and everything now
wanted to be articulate, to add to the
sound of welcome, to odd to the
world's gool wishes to the world.
In a moment II had happened. Just'
no little time before the world had
'teen truiifdnc along somewhat wear-'.
Vr. somewhat hopefully, keeping Us
longings, Its secrets, Its ambitions. Its
better Intentions deeply to itself. It
had been shy just a few momenta be
fore. It had been inarticulate keeping
things to itself. . .
It bad regarded strangers as stran
gers. It bad regarded itself as a
stranger even onto Itself,
Just so little time before the world
bad been feeling a little lonely - It
was getting old. There was some
thing depressing about getting old.
Jhe wjprld knew that as well as any-
i f, i' vTiTs ttJuieihlfij; even "do
piTH.sln.u In the thought that so soon
It would be adding to Its age. An
other year was so soon to be finished,
closed. - , , . .
, How often the world had wanted to
take others Int Its conflilence, to tell
what It thought, -whnf IP hoped, What
It dreamed. But It was afraid some
one would laugh at It and the world
couldn't have its dreams, no matter
how Illusive they might be, made fun
of and mocked. Yet sometimes the
world wondered If others didn't feel
the same way. If others might not
often wish to talk but were shyly
afraid.. '
So the world wrapped Its protecting
clonk of inarticulate longings about it
and hid what hopes and dreams lay
inside. And as the world. kept so much
to Itself It felt the burden of its
thoughts, of Its disappointments, of
Its dreams thai never had come true.
So the, world felt old, so the world
had dreaded a little, young, brisk,
gay, fresh, spontaneous,; tireless, un
trammeled New Year. :
But now, In a moment, all that had
changed. - In just a little small seem
ingly insignificant moment the world
bad become gay, llghthearted, happy.
Now the world's shy cloak had been
thrown aside. Now the world was
frank, joyous, open-hearted, jubilant
Now the-world completely forgot that
so short a. time ago it bad been feel
ing old and weary. For the New Year
had brought In its little, young, affec
tionate fists vitality and brain-swept
freedom and Joy.
The I ittle New
Von hnrt hpAn AA
disarming, so can- Xr
At I UnA nit SS fc
14. U. l HUU lav,
rcuuzeu uiui nine
was shyness and
Inartlculatlon and
age in the world.
So If a bright little
New Year didn't
see these things in
the w o rid, the
world almost felt
certain they .were
but weary figments
of an imagination
grown a little old.
And so the world
shouted. It couldn't
yell loud enough.
It couldn't look . , .
upon others with more affection, ad
miration and gladness If it had tried
, And In the town and along the river
and In other towns and along other
rivers, across prairies where tights
gleamed only here and there, in large
cities everywhere the world was feel
ing very hnppy. All over the great ex
panse throngh which the world wan
dered and rotated there was a new be
ginninga new start, a gorgeous new
collection of dreams that would surely
come true. -.- c
In a moment it had happened. A
new. .year had been. . bore .U is uo
small event In world circles.
A Happy, Happy New Year I
' (A WMtern Newtptpcr Union.)
, Scotch Nw Yr'i Bna
A famons Scotch bun made entirely
of ezz and choked fruit enclosed In
a crust appears bountifully , during
New Ipai week.
, It -a-- i.
New Year Is a Good
Time to Take Stock
THIS New Year Is a good Umi to
tulie stock of our possessions,
not only in a tnaterlal sense, but 'also
with regard to the many things, tang
ible and intangible, that we all en
joy. One of the greatest tragedies
hi life is the bitterness of awakening
too lute to the happiness that was
ours. Very frequently, because human
nature Is such as It Is. we get Into a
halilt of complaining about trifles, of
dissatisfaction with our lot, contrast
ing It with that of some neighbor or
friend, with results that are far from
pleasing. Yet, If we make a true list
ing of nil that we own, we might oft
en find that we ore much richer and
better off thnn the one we are en
vying. The most precious things we
possess are often those we are scarce
ly uwure of; we take them so much
for granted that sometimes only their
sudden taking away awakes us to
their true value. A careful and thor
ough Inventory at New Year's would
surely help us to a greater enjoyment
and a deeper appreciation of the,
things that we possess. Katherlne
Kdelnmn. , ,
(, 1929, Western Newspaper Union.)
THE NEW YEAR HAS j;
i come :;
f i npHB Old Year has gone and j ;
Y, a New Year comes. .
Let us forget the old and
', ', mourn not 5 for a New Year, like ' 1
a new day, unfolds Infinite pos- 1 '
.! slbllitles. .
j; The old year brought to each
. of us Joy, sorrow, happiness, dis-
; appointments, opportunity, but
i U can never return. , "
Health or business may have ',
failed, or our dreams have been "
shattered; but that is past. They
are the things of yesteryear. , f
1 1 The New Year will give to us ,'.
' Joy happiness, success, If we but ' '
:: win. . - :;
; ; Healtb and strength may be ;
,'. oars if we abuse not the ma-
; ; chine which has served us well. ) )
Our dreams and our visions
' ; may become realities if we go ;
forward, not timidly, but boldly -f
seize the chance which lies Just ', ',
beyond.
; ; Let us forget the clouds I Let o
us laugh and sing as we go for ' '
I ward I Let us advance confl-
dently!
The New Year Invites us to
partake of the food things of ! !
:i life. .,
Let us enter t-Horeace Ear- ; ;
., rls Wells.
j ; (i 1929, WMtora Knrtppr Union.) )
Will Not Return This Semester
Fred Radtke will not return to Uni
virsity of Oregon for the second se
mester, but will enter the University
at the beginning of the fall term. He
will be employed in his father's De
partment store until he goes back to
school.
States New Auto License
Law, Half Yearly Pay
ment Into Effect Jan. 1
Oregon's new motor license law,
which went into effect January 1, as
introduced by Senator J. E. Bennett
of Multnomah county, is expected to
prove a boon to automobile owners.
.; Half yearly licenses may be obtain
ed up to June 30. Some very good
reasons were advanced before the
legislature for the change from the
fact that there has been a big- with
drawal of money from the realm of
trade at a time when it was most
needed, particularly during the sea
son of unemployment.-
It is believed also that the change
will mean that there will be added
$250,000 in license fees paid in during
the June period that would go to the
highway fund.
It is also plausibly contended that
there, are administrative advantages,
in that license fees can be handled by
the secretary of state with greater
facility in summer than in winter. :
Half yearly licenses will be met
With the issuance of stickers which
will meet the requirements.
It is expected that benefits on the
whole wi'l outweigh any disadvan
tages for more cars will be placed in
commission when skies are blue
rather than when they are drab.
Miss Myrick Honored
In honor of Miss Arleen Myrick
Mrs.. Floyd Pinkerton entertained
twenty-four of the younger set
at the Pinkerton home Thursday
evening. A Christmas tree with pro
grams and prizes and unusual games
planned by the hostess gave much
merriment to all in attendance.
Dainty refreshments were served by
the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Lydia
Myrick. Those present were Betty
Eager,1 Mary - Tompkins, Dorothy
Burke, ' Esma Hiteman, Marjorie
Douglas, Esther Berlin, Myrtle Camp
bell, Rhoda Nelson, Goldie Miller,
Mary Berlin, Mildred Hansell, Arleen
Myrick, Arthur Crowley, Herbert
Reeder, James Wilson, Garth Pinker
ton, Jack Moore, John Kirk, Stafford
Hansell, Howard Reeder, Roland Wil
son, Eldon Myrick and Lester Town.
Winter In Wallowa
- Arthur Taylor and F, B, Boyd
made a trip into Wallowa county
Sunday, c- The valley, at Enterprise
and Joseph was covered with snow
and the mountains in the vicinity of
Wallowa Lake were white. Fall sown
grain between LaGrande and Elgin
looks well, being as far advanced in
growth as is the grain in the Athena-
Weston district. Livestock in the
Wallowa country is in the yards for
winter feeding, and from the big hay
stacks seen along the highway, it is
evident the atockmen are well sup
plied with feed.
Installation Of Officers
The Neighbors of Woodcraft will
install officers elect for the ensuing
year on Tuesday evening, January 7,
as follows: P. N. G., Mary J. McKay;
G. N., Sarah Ellen Moore; Adviser,
Stella M. Keen; Magician, Laura Mae
Gross; Clerk, Lola Payne; Banker,
Eva Mae Douglas; attendent, Minnie
L. DePeatt; Cap't of Guards, Char
lotte Dickenson; Inner Sent., Celia C.
Harden; Outer Sent., Rosena Peter
son; Musician, Adele GofT McEwen;
Correspondent, Cecil, M, Kibbey; Man
agers, Marie M. Pinkerton, Sarah J.
Gross and Stella E. Kershaw.
Entertain Friends
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Mclntyre and
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Loesdon enter
tained friends at bridee. Mondav eve
ning at the Mclntyre home. Guests
included Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Pinker
ton, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Eager, Mr.
and Mrs. Chase Garfield, Mr. and
Mrs. F. N, Johns, Mr. and Mrs. A.
W. Douirlas. Mr. and Mrs. M. I. Mill
er and the hosts and hostesses. Mr.
and Mrs. Pinkerton won high score
and Mr. and Mrs. Miller consolation.
Refreshments were served at the
close of the evening.
Myrick Grain Groweot
The wheat raisers tributary to My
rick Station have made plans for the
formation of a grain growers co
operative organization, to take ad
vantage of the marketing facilities
offered by the North Pacific Grain
Growers, Inc. It is estimated that
approximately 400,000; bushels of
whonf. are Khinned from Mvrick an
nually, and it is proposed to form a
corporation to construct an elevator.
Feeds Nebraska Corn
Bert Logsdon is feeding a flne
bunch of beef steers out at his yards
south of town. He is making prime
beef out of the lot by feeding
Nebraska corn, which he shipped in
some time ago. The feeding is done
by J. S. Huffman and the stock is
"taking on fat" sausiactoruy.
Basketball Tuesday Night '
Tuesday niirht the Athena town bas
ketball team will play the Milton town
team in the local mgn scnooi gym
nasium. The game is a return to the
one played in Milton some time ago.
The manager, Laurence Pinkerton, is
trying to arrange a preliminary to the
game.
MAYOR
HILL OF
WALLA WALLA DEAD
Funeral Held Tuesday With
Impressive Masonic
Services.
Walla Walla-With the impressive
Masonic burial service read over his
remains the body of Mayor. Ben F.
Hill, -who died at 9 o'clock Sunday
morning, were laid to rest in the
Masonic cemetery Tuesday afternoon
The funeral services were held from
the First Presbyterian church at
2 o'clock with Rev. Herman S Reich
ard, former pastor, now of Portland,
officiating. Dr., Reichard is making
a special trip here to preach the ser.
mon for a fellow Master Mason. Blue
Mountain lodge, had charge at the
grave, Arville M. Brooke, Worshipful
Master, in charge.
Active pallbearers were Richard F.
McLean, George R. Malcolm, Charles
E. Kiefer, Thomas M. Hanger, Harry
W. Martin, Albert C. Crecelius, Leo
Kosminsky and Robert W. Fisher. "
Flags were at half mast over the
city hall, at the city park, over build
ings and on the streets.-
The matter of a successor to Mayor
Hill is the uppermost question around
the city hall and on the streets.
Robert Carey is now acting mayor, by
virtue of his position as commission
er of finance. The city commission has
the power to fill vacancies so it in the
task and duty of Grova Cookerly and
Robert Carey, commissioners, to name
the man who will be mayor. ,
Ben F. Hill was beginning his third
term, as mayor when he was stricken
on Christmas eve, while delivering
Christmas presents to some children
he loved. He regained consciousness
but once, and then for but a short
time. Little hope had been held out
from the start. The intense nervous
strain under which be labored during
the bitter political campaign which
resulted in his election four weeks
ago brought i on the apoplectic
stroke, according to attending phy si
cians. The stroke in turn caused
other complications which brought on
the death of the executive two weeks
after he had taken office. Hill's vi
tality amazed the attendants. Twice
before the last sinking spell ho had
been at the gates of death, but his
reserve strength carried him through,
until the relapse which began Satur
day afternoon and ended ut 9 a. m.
Sunday.
Mayor Hill was born April 21, 1879
in Marysville, Iowa, and would have
been 51 years of age his next birth
day. He spent his boyhood in Kansas
and moved to Pendleton in 1903, com
ing to Walla Walla in 1908. '
' Mr. Hill was married twice. His
first wife died in 1918 during the in
fluenza epidemic. His second wife
died in August of this year. Mr, Hill
leaves two daughters, Mrs. Vivian
Lyman of Indianapolis, Indiana and
Mrs. Gladys Withrow of Ukiah, Calif.
Mr. Hill also leaves his mother Mrs.
S. J. Hill, of Huntsville, a sister, Mrs.
Mollie Etyles, of Huntsville and two
brothers, Dr. Elmer S. Hill of Walla
Walla and William Hill of Kansas.
Picture Program
Charles (Buddy) Rogers and Nancy
Carroll wlil be presented on the Stan
dard screen tomorrow night in a
Paramount picture based on Arthur
Train's Ladies' Home Journal story
"Illusion." The name of the play Is
"Illusion" and the screen adaptation
loses none of the absorbing interest
the author built through the pages
of his manuscript. June Collyer and
Kay Francis are in the supporting
cast. ' News reel and clever comedy
shorts are included in the Saturday
night offering.
Cars Pile Up
An Icy pavement near Saxe sta
tion caused several cars to go in the
ditch Sunday evening. The car of A.
S. Cooley, Pendleton attorney, skid
ded off the pavement and collided
with the embankment. Two other
cars approached and stopped. A third
car jammed into One of the stoppea
cars. Then three more cars came up,
couldn't stop and were partly wreck
ed in the ensuing smashup. Fortun
ately no one was seriously injured.
Alterations In Store Room
Alterations are to be made in Ed
Montague's Red & White chain store
at corner of Main and Third streets.
New arrangement in shelving for the
grocery stock is to be made to con
form with the Red St White way, and
tables will feature the equipment
throughout the store, counters being
dispensed with altogether. The work,
of improvement is under way.
, An All Day Meeting
Attention is called to the all day's
Annual-Mectinir of the Christian
church, January 5th. A cordial and
urgent invitation is extended to all
members and friends to enjoy tho
fellowships of the day.