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, 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 rery lowest rates. Fast presses, modern types, modern work, prompt delivery. - Entered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mall Matter VOLUME 43 ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FEBRUARY 21, 1930 NUMBER 8 SAFER AUTOMOBILES FOR FASTER TRAVEL ... " r! j But the Drunken Driver .. Must Be Wholly Expung ed From the Wheel. Chicago. "We may look forward to automobile travel that is faster and faster, and- safari and safer.! Paul Hoffman, -vice-presideifV of .: the Studehaker corporation, told the Na tional Safety council at its annual - congress here. - - -r- The problem of achieving safety on the highways, he declared, was not to be solved by slowing up cars, but, by more sensible traffic "regulation, y Mr. Hoffman was invited to ad dress the safety congress. His at titude to speed, however, was radical from the council's point of view. Mr. Hoffman commented that "It took courage to link safety and speed on the same program. , " . .1 ,; "Higher speeds are here and here to stay,' he said. "Since 1920 motor traffic has been accelerating at the rate -of a mile an hour a year. The public is demanding faster and faster cars. If there is any change it is likely to be an increase in rate. And this is not unreasonable. I believe this demand for speed is basically an urge for better things. To keep up with this public demand, automo bile manufacturers have had to make safe cars. They are now more than twice as safe mechinacilly 3 and structurally as they were 15 years ago. . r ,, - "In the field of traffic regulation, however, great progress remains to be made. The National Safety con gress should direct its efforts to making motor laws as modern as our motorcars." '. .' '. -,' -., The reforms Mr."" Hoffman urged were the abolishing of " top speed limits, already done away with in ..five states, and careful policing of those sections of the highway where "cautious driving is' necessary,' with rigid penalties for recklessness. The police should judge recklessness not on the basis of how fast a man is driving, but how fast he can stop, said Mr. Hoffman. He advocated licensing of drivers, holding that the revoking of a license for carelessness or inefficient driving constituted a good check. i i . Mr. Hoffman's views on speed were challenged by Dr. Louis Dublin of New York, chairman of the sta tistics section of the National Safety council. "I am unalterably opposed to the main thesis of Mr. Hoffman's treat ise," he said. "There is no earthly reason for speed beyond 50 miles an hour." . . Dr. Dublin reported that safety was increasing in all fields except that of automobile travel, which he declared was alone responsible for a rising accident rate. Dr. Dublin made an investigation of the condition of the drivers of private automobiles in a large number of casualties and found that by far the greatest pro portion of them had been drinking. No small number were unfited- to drive because of physical defects. As a means of reducing trouble from these causes, Judge Hugh . A. Locke of Birmingham, Ala., recom mended disciplining drivers. He agreed with other speakers that the examination for a license does little to keep the drunken driver off the road, and does not detect the "road hog," who causes, much difficulty to himself and others. But if the license were taken away from these ; unfit drivers after one offense, he argued, they would not continue undisciplined as at present. " Judge Locke was applauded when he said: "Licenses should be taken awayfrom every driver who drinks." .... ....... M .......,...., Malicious Vandalism The Weston Leader reports that the Weston school house was broken ' into and ransacked Wednesday night of last week by vandals, but nothing was stolen. A $12 stop watch and 75 cents in money in the office of Superintendent G. W. Brace were not taken. A downstairs window and the door of the superintendent' ' office were jimmied open. The vandals evidently came in a car. School was closed Thursday forenoon while Deputy Sheriff Vayne Gurdane and Chief of Police J. A. King investigat ed the malicious act. j 'I I Local Men Soon Will -Leave For British Co- :;; lumhia Ranch Project Charles Kirk, Dudley Rogers and Tom Kirk of Athena, Will Piper and Lloyd Starks of Helix, are preparing to leave for the Crestwood, B. C, reclamation project where they have purchased farm land. They will go to their new holdings about the first of the coming month shipping household goods, etc., by train. The land which the local men have purchased Is a part of a 7000 acre tract in the Creston, B. C, dis trict which has been reclaimed by a dyking system similar-H4 that at Bonners Ferry, Idaho, on the United States side of the river, and which during the past seven years is said to have produced. from , 50 ,to, 80 bushels per acre ,f orf an every year CTOJh The British Columbia land ;was purchased? for '$90 per acre, requir ing a payment of $20 per acre down, the balance to be paid in one-third of the crop yearly. On this basis, Wm. Piper has purchased 620 arces, Lloyd Starks 320, Dudley Rogers 650, Charles Kirk 320, and Mr. Kirk and his son Tom will also farm under lease 320 acres owned by Asa De maris, of Milton. ; . Tractor equipment will beused in farming the land. E. C. Rogers re turned last week from British Colum-r bia, where he made, arrangements for the purchase of the farming equip ment through the International Har vester company." Marcus seed wheat also has been purchased at Calgary for seeding the crop this spring. Two elevators will- be constructed this summer to facilitate marketing the season's crop. Tariff Rates Raised 1 4 On Livestock Imports Washington. After increasing the tariff! on zinc and refusing to levy an import tax, on silver, now on the free list.' the senate returned" to the heart of the" tariff bill the agricul ture schedule and voted increases in duties on live cattle above those car ried in the .Hawley-Smoot measure. Eastern and southern democrats clashed over the proposed higher cattle levies, but the final roll calr re vealed the overwhelming sentiment of both parties for higher protection on farm products. The vote was 72 to 4 for the increases. Senator Connally, democrat, Texas, sponsored the new cattle rates, which as approved were two and one half cents a pound on cattle weighing under 700 pounds and three cents a pound for those weighing 700 pounds and over. Present duties are ,1 cents on cattle weighing 700 pounds, and 2 cents on those weighing 1,050 pounds and over. " Athena Forfeits Game : Afhena hich school f orf eited ' the basketball game to Weston high school, Tuesday evening, by walking off the floor soon after the second period started as the result of al nartialitv on the Dart of Ref eree Mays of Pendleton. According to reports here, Mays refereed an unsatisfactory game between Athena and Pilot Rock some time ago, and rather than have his players "fouled" off the Weston court, Coach Miller waved them to the showers, thus automatically giving the game, to Weston. Douglas Fir Passes Rigid Test at 7. of O. fy -: 4 llil ?F 1 4, , JLv mm Douglas fir timbers, after 63 years service in Hayden bridge, near Eugene, were found not only to equal new tlmbera In strength, but were actually stronger, when tested by E. H. McAllister, professor of mechanics et the University of Oregon. Here Prof. McAllister Is shown with the machine which Is exerting thousands of pounds of pressure down on the fir beam. University of Oregon, Eugene. Douglas fir timbers, after 53 years of. service, were found not only to equal new timbers Jn strength, but were actually stronger, it Is stated by E. H. McAllister, profeesor ot mechanics at the University of Oregon, who has completed a research investigation on material taken from Hayden Bridge, a structure erected near Eugene In 1874. The timbers in the bridge were found to be in an excellent state of preservation, and Professor McAllister's conclusion Is that Douglas fir can be preserved in sound structural condition for at least half a century by the simple expedient of covering from weather and providing for a free circula-. tion of air. . , t ' .--,;., More than 200 tests, on machines which exert from 30,000 to 200,000 pounds pressure, were made on the old timbers, while for basis of comparison similar tests were made on both green and seasoned pieces of the same size. Although some of the timbers that went into construction of the bridge would, not be acceptable as bridge material under modern grading rulee, the average strength was found to be in excess of the average strength of new timber in green condition, while in most cases it was well above the average for unused timber that had been air dried for two or three years. New Gas Well Tapped. and Flowing At Payette Boise. Gas of sufficient pressure to blow sand, water and slate 70 feet into the air, was released by a drill in the well of the Idaho-Oregon Pat r oleum company near Payette, Idaho, but the well was again plugged with sand so quickly as to prevent any estimate of the quantity of gas avail able, it was announced. An attempt will be started to open the well again, A. S. Hinks of Pay ette, secretary of the -corporation, said. . ' - Dislocated Shoulder " Rfllnh McEwen. Jr.. sustained a ;nfnl rHslnmteH shoulder when he was thrown from a horse Wednesday morning-at the ranch. Ralph was after some wild horses when his mount stumbled and fell on him. He wan rashed to Freewater but it was deemed necessary to take x-ray pic tures and he was taken on to Walla Walla. Dr. Cowan after administer ing ether put the shoulder in place. No fractures were suffered but the patient will wear his arm in a sling for some time. y Dr. McKinney Jn Athena Dr. W. H. McKinney, well known physician and surgeon of Weston will practice part time in Athena, and i will be located here in Dr. S. F. f Sharp's office. Dr. McKinney will be ;: at his Athena office daily from 1 to 5 p. m., and at his Weston office from ; 8 a. m., to 12 noon. Dr. McKinney had already built up some practice in ; Athena, and finds it convenient to now divide his time between Weston and here. The doctor opened his Ath ' cna office Monday of this week. Captain Alone on Board -Advices from Portland yesterday were to effect that Captain Graham alone remained on the steamer Ad miral Benson, stuck on the sands at the entrance of the Columbia river. Coast sruardsmen said the vessel had developed a severe list under the in cessant wash of the surf. Guards men also reported -that the riveting was pulling loose on the amidship plates, and that the engine room was full of water. Lee Brown Passes The East Oregonian reports that Lee Brown, aged 48, died Wednesday morning at the home' of his sister, Mrs. J. Kimball, of Holdman, his death being caused by dropsy, Mr. Brown was a life-long resident of this county. His sister Mrs. Kimball sur vives him. ' Building Ranch House Chase Garfield is replacing the house that recently burned on Mrs. Templeton's farm west of Athena with a new one, doing most of the earpenter work himself. Mr. Gar field ha the place under leaseV s't. ' Mrs. Hill Honored Mrs. H. H. Hill was honored Sun day when her family gathered ' to commemorate her birthday. Billy Rider, a great grandson, was also an honor guest, his first birthday occur ring the following day. Mrs. Hill was the recipient of many flowers and red carnations were used effectively as a centerpiece at dinner. Fifteen were present and were, W. C. Rider and Mrs. Maurice Rider and son Billy of Yakima, Maurice Hill and family and C. O. Whiteman and family of Walla Walla, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Richards and Roland Richards and Mr. and Mrs. Hill. Pruning Fruit Trees W. E. Campbell has been engaged lately in pruning his fruit trees on his acreage near Athena; Mr. Camp bell grows a variety of fine fruit, although his orchard tract is-principally set to thrifty prune trees. He has no trouble in getting a market for his fruit, and last season finding a dull market for his prune crop on he let the prunes ripen on the tree, then took them to a dryer. . The re sult was that the product proved to be of excellent quality and brought a top price. 1 ' Senator Taylor Here Ex-State Senator Henry J. Taylor drove up from Pendleton Friday and spent a few hours with Athena friends. Mr. Taylor, while not being an avowed candidate on the legisla tive or any other ticket, so far as is known at this time, showed himself to be as much of a sterling democrat as ever and evinced a keen interest in the shaping up of the primary struggle which both parties are toy ing with in the offing. i Atlantic Coast Cold ' After thermometers had dipped to as low as 41 degrees below zero, the severest cold spell in the winter in the North Atlantic states reached its climax Monday, " and temperatures generally began to ascend in fulfil ment of the weather man's promise of relief. ' " ' Mayor Pro Tern On leaving Athena to reside in Portland, C. L. McFadden, mayor of the city necessarily vacated that of fice and the city council has appoint ed Councilman Henry Dell to serve temporarily as mayor. Gored By Bull . . ,.,. , C. M. Bixby of Fruitvale, who was recently gored by a bull, is reported to be convalescing in a hospital at Walla Walla. Grain Prices Rebound 1 After Hitting Bottom Chicago. Grain prices bumped on the bottom of the wheat pit Wednes daythen started a comeback with the aid of the government's wheat stabilization corporation. . Despite the "establishment of low record prices for the season in wheat, corn, oats and rye at the opening of Wednesday's market, the close show ed fractional gains over Tuesday. Milton Is Again Victorious The Milton K. of P. basketball team took another game from the Athena town team Wednesday night by the score of 26 to 24. The locals displayed fine form in the first quart er, by close checking and accurate shooting, the score being 8 to 1 in Athena's favor. However, the score book at the end of the second quarter showed that the teams had evened and Milton had the best of it, score 16 to 14. The next two periods was a tie for the teams, each gathering 10 points, giving the K. of P.'s the game, 26 to 24. - Athena plays the Helix "Red Devils" Monday evening at Helix and a following game will be on this floor. , Cox Didn't Come Through Leo Cox is not the owner of Me Fadden's Pharmacy, as reported in last week's Athena Press. Through a hitch in financial matters, so it is reported, the deal fell through after stock inventory had been taken, and Mr. McFadden had left for Portland. Cox left the city Thursday evening of last week and failed to return, later returning the store key . by mail. Leonard Geissel is managing the store for Mr. McFadden and wil! be assisted in its operation by a reg istered pharmacist. Two Deputies Quit Two deputies in the office of Sher iff Gurdane have resigned to accept other positions. Jack Folsom goes to work for the J. E. Smith Livestock company, and Hiram George has taken a position with K. G. Warner, sheepman. Sheriff Gurdane has not made appointments to fill the deputy vacancies. , Lambing Under Way Lambing season has started in the Blue Mountain section near Walla Walla, according to Albert Baker, district forest ranger, with the herds of Bill Martin and Tom Drumheller commencing to lamb first. Supplies for the lambing season are now be ing taken into the hills to the various lambing camps. - First Over the Top ' Robert LaRue, commander of Mil ton pobt of the American Legion, has received word that Milton Post No. 24 is among the first in the state to go over the top in membership. The membership is stronger than it has ever been since organization. Mrs. Phillips In Hospital ' Mrs. John Phillips was taken to a hospital at Walla Walla this week by her son Dorvan, where she will re main for several days receiving medi cal treatment. Mrs. Phillips' Athena friends hOpU fof hot Bpeedy recovery. Mrs. William Booher . , : Died At Home Here ! Of Heart Failure Mrs. William Booher died at her home in Athena, early Friday morn ing of heart failure. Since the death of her husband on Christmas eve, Mrs. Booher had been in . failing health, and for a time her sons re mained with her. However, she had improved, and her sons returned to their home at Condon, so that her death, which came suddenly was un expected. ": . Mrs. Booher was. nearly 67 years of age when she passed on. She had been a resident of this couV for'?5 year, hying most of that tune in and near Athena. She was born in Henry county, Missouri. 'he is survived by two sons, r-npy'and Elmer Booher of Condon, anl' a stepson, Jacob Booher, of Bonners Ferry,' Idaho. 1 Funeral services were held Monday afternoon atrthe Christian church, of which the deceased had long been a member. Pastor Sias preaching the sermon,, Many beautiful floral offer ings from friends , were in evidence Interment took place in Athena ceme tery at three o'clock. Cancer Patient Shows Response To Treatment San Francisco. Mrs. Gertrude Ed wins, who attracted wide attention by her dramatic flight in an airplane from Wenatchee, Wash., to receive the newly discovered Humber-Coffey treatment for cancer, continued to show slight gains at St. Mary's hos pital here, where a second injection and a blood transfusion were given Saturday, the day following her ar rival. A second transfusion is plan ned for. R . Dr. G. K. Rhodes, attending Mrs. Edwins in the absence of Drs. Walter B. Coffey and John D. Humber, now in Los Angeles superintending treat ments and clinical work, said Mrs. Edwins already had responded by taking more nourishment, showing more color, and having better pulse. She was considerably brightened by the arrival of her sister, Mrs. Harry Smith of Seattle, wash., and by the almost constant attendance of her ' husband, Irving -v Edwins, who brought his wife here in a last des perate effort to save her life after reading of the discoveries made by Drs. Humber and Coffey. ; McKenzie Chapter O. E. S. McKenzie Chapter O. E. S. met at Masonic Hall Wednesday evening, about thirty members being present. Degrees of initiation were given to Mrs. Kohler Betts and Fay Pambrun following which brief speeches were made by the candidates. A short pro- srram including vocal solos by Mrs. Ralph McEwen who sang "Trees" by Joyce Kilmer and "Little Northern Window", by Dare. Kohler Bctts was heard in a humorous song "The Pirate" by Gordon and "Rolling down to ,Rio" by Kipling. A' social hour was enjoyed with Mrs. Marion Han- sell, Mrs. Chance Rogers and Mrs. James Cresswell as hostesses. A motif , suggestive of the birthday of Washington was used. Mrs. Charles Kirk wh will leave shortly to make her home in Canada was presented with a gift from the Chapter. " Will Look After Farm ' .T. M. Banister has returned to Wes ton, says the Leader,' and is again oc cupying the family residence on North Water street. He will be join ed hv Mrs. Banister, who is now re ceiving treatment at the College Place hospital following a relapse af ter partial recovery from pneu monia, so soon as she is fully con valscent. It is Mr. Banister's inten tion to take personal direction of his wheat ranching operations in this neighborhood. No Peaches, Halo Apricots There will be few. if any peaches or apricots in the Walla Walla val ley this year, according to the dis trict horticulturist's office. Nearly all the buds were killed by the severe wentlipr this winter, and much of the young wood has been killed. Cherry buds are not seriously hurt, and apple and prune trees came through safely. K. of P. Convention Twal Knichts of Pythias will at tend the annual district convention to be held at Pendleton, Monday evening of next week. There will be a num ber of initiations, resulting in ritual istic competition between the lodges of the district. ' ' Sixth Meningitis Victim Cerebrospinal meningitis has claimed its sixth victim at Yakima, since the first of the year, Joseph F. Hamilton, 4, dying after an illness of 36 hours. Of ten cases reported this year, four are well on the road to recovery.- j ' Gone To Klamath Falls Mose Banister, who has recently been employed at Bryce Baker's Ath ena Service station, left Athena yes terday for Klamath Falls, where he expects to have a position in- a meat market.,,. ,-,, . 'Athena Graders Turn E In; a Fine Record In Their Spelling Contest ,lhe Athena grade school pupils, second to fifth grades inclusive, have turned in an exceptionally fine aver age record in a spelling contest just closed. : Considering the number of words given each grade, the percent age of words spelled is exceedingly nign, and the pupils who missed snell ing the most words even acquitted themselves in the contest with a rec ord of achievement that they may be proud of. This fact is self evident when it is realized that to the con testants hi the second grade , ' were given 185 words to spell, to the third grade 204 words, the fourth grade 252, fifth grade 187.' Concerning the contest, Miss Bryant of the primary department, says: . "The spelling contest created keen interest and high enthusiasm among the pupils, with the 3rd and 4th grades coming out victorious. It has developed that the contest helped each child realize his individual re sponsibility to his - class and good sportsmanship was portrayed by the willingness of each one to share his part in maintaining a high, class standard. "As a result of the contest, each class has raised its average in spell ing over 50 per cent. In the six weeks preceding the contest, over 100 words were missed .by second grade pupils,' while this term only fivo pupils spelled words incorrectly, and a total of only 47 words were missed by the entire class during progress of the contest. "Words which were incorrectly spelled, those written carelessly, or those retraced or erased were counted as being wrong this to impress on the mind of the pupil requirement of neatness in writing. Thus the con test not only increased accuracy in spelling, but it had a strong tendency to create habits of carefulness and a stimulation of thought before action. "The teachers and pupils agree that a spelling contest is not only in teresting and entertaining, but help ful. The losers are enthusiastically calling for another contest for the next six weeks' term. . Contest Results '', 1 , Below is a list of the pupils par ticipating in the contest,' total n am ber of words given, name of pupil and number ' of words incorrectly spelled: , t . " ' Second Grade, 185 words Iva Mae Booher, missed 0: Mary Lou Hansel, 0; Robert Mayberry, 0; Helen Rogers, 0; Bobby Zerba 0; Arminda Coppock, 2; Geraldine Garrett, 13; , Maurice Johns, 14; Orville Peterson, 1; Louise Ringel, 8; Winifred Wilson, 6; Lawrence Ball, 1; Leon Mayberry ,2. Third Grade, 204 words Eugene Miller, missed 2; Donald Jones, 1; Mcbelle demons, 4; Clarence Mon tague, 0; Gloria Garfield, 0; Helen Alkire, 0; Billy McFadden, 2; Arthur Kilgore, 1; Emma Jane Kilgore, 4; Sheldon Sheard, 9. Fourth Grade 252 words Wilma Mclntyre, missed 3; Paul Kibby, 1; Billy Johns, 1; Barbara Huffman, 3; Dale Jenkins, 5; Woodrow Wilson, 5; Frances Alkire, 0; Beverly Barrett 0; Natalie Miller, 0; Marjorie Martin 0; Billy Hansell, 0. Fifth Grade, 187 words Virginia Eagen missed 1; Melba Montague, 2; Ruth Street, 2; Glenn Moore, 2; Dayle McLean; 2: Joyce Pinkerton, 2; Till man Taylor, 8; Walter Banister, 4;' Gayle McLean, 6; Gale Moore, 5; Carl Ball, 6 Teddy Miller, 7; Ira Al kire, 8; Bryan Kibby, 19. . ' Open Elk Season At a recent meeting of the Pilot Rock Rod & Gun club, the members expressed themselves in favor of a short open season on elk this fall Recommendations for an open season of the last four days of the deer seas on for Umatilla, Baker, Union, Wal lowa and Grant counties were offered by the club In response to a request for an expression on the subject made by W. A. Gilliam of Baker. The club proposed a limit of one bull elk with forked horns, resident license $5, non-resident license, $50. It is esti mated that there are approximately 5000 elk in Umatilla county and 12, 000 in the above mentioned five coun ties. . , , Hoover Will Open Bridge The Invitation of Lonarview to Prealdent Hoover to Dress a eolden key at the White House that will of ficially open to traffic the Longview Rainier bridge was accepted. The president will press the key at 2 p. m. Pacific time, March 29, which will of ficially start the festivities in which governors of three states, Dominion representatives from Canada and caravans from many communities, in cluding, some from California, will participate. , , Believe Vessel Lost Gripped by the sand in the position where she grounded at the mouth of the Columbia River Saturday night, the Pacific steamship Coastal liner Admiral Benson was believed doom ed to join the dozen ships abandoned during the past 75 years on Pea cock Spit, tjie "graveyard of the Pa cific." . era pay for . : SOLONS KILLED Court Says Members of the Legislature Not Entitled To Extra $5. f Salem. Members of the Oregon legislature are not entitled to the ex tra, $5 per day expense money which they voted themselves "at the last session. . ' ' . ' . .-. The supreme court, in an opinion written by Justice Belt, holds that "such allowance for personal expenses is, in effect, additional compensation which the constitution expressly for bids. "It seems to the writer" Justice Belt declares in his opinion, "that much ingenious reasoning is required to reach any other conclusion." The opinion of the supreme court affirms a decree handed down - by Circuit Judge L. H. McMahan of Marion county granting an injunction restraining Hal E. Hoss, secretary of state, from issuing warrants in pay ment of the $5 per day expense money. "We are not unmindful that the compensation fixed by the constitu tion, in view of changed conditions, is wholly inadequate and tends, in our opinion, to defeat good govern ment in that the poor man, although well qualified, is often thus precluded from rendering this important public service," , Justice Belt concluded. "However, the inadequacy of compen sation is a political and not a judi cial question." . "In construing a constitution pro vision we Beek to ascertain and give effect of the people who adopted it," Justice Belt points out. " the constitution must be viewed in the light of the spirit of the times when it was relative to the matter of com pensating those who represented them in the legislature.. ' "Counsel concede there is a plain and specific constitution limitation against "additional compensation, but it is argued there is no limitation, ex pressor implied, relative to expenses. The mileage of 'three dollars for every 20 miles' allowed in going to and returning from the capital was in the nature of a personal expense paid directly to the legislator. Having thus enumerated this item of personal ex pense, we think there is a strong im plication against the allowance of additional personal expenses. If the framers of the constitution intended to allow other personal expenses, such as room rental and meals, it is reas onable to assume that provision wou'd have been made therefore." Justice Belt points out that this view of the constitutional provision for compensation of Oregon's law makers was accepted without ques tion by the state legislature "until the passage of the first resolution for incidental expenses in 1927." "Such an interpretation by the legislature extending over a period of time in excess of half a century should and does have great weight with the court." Similar situations arising in both Kansas and Oklahoma, which slates have constitutional provisions rela tive to compensation of legislators similar to that of Oregon, Justice Belt points out, were decided adverse to the additional compensation. Justices McBride and Rossman dis-, sent, from the majority opinion, al though not preparing any written opinion containing their views of the subject. Cockburn Will Run ( Mack Cockburn, former county commissioner, was in Athena Wed nesday from his home ' at Milton. Mack let his friends know, both re publican and democratic, right off the reel that he was a candidate for rep resentative from Umatilla county, subject to the decision of the re republican voters in the primary elec tion. Mack is a fella who is more or less non commital, but he left a hunch over here that if elected, he would go down to the legislature with the sole object of doing the very best he could for Umatilla county and the state of Oregon. Observed Anniversary Pythian Lodge Knights of Pythias observed the 66th anniversary of the founding of the order with a social meeting at Castle Hall last evening. A banquet dinner was served at six o'clock, the members of the local lodge, their families and invited guests participating. After dinner, an informal program was enjoyed by those present These Bought Caterpillars Venard Bell, of the Page Machinery company of Walla Walla and Pendle ton, since last week has delivered caterpillars to the following well known wheat raisers: McBride Bros., a sixty; Frank Coppock 30, Fred Gross-Lou Is Keen 30, Carl Hudemann 30, Frank Lefave 30. . ;