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t ; A BIG JOB, BUT ITS DEAD EASY k 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 Mall Matter VOLUME 43 ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH 7, 1930 NUMBER 10 I ASSESSOR HEAD BEG Storage Wheat Breaks Rec ord, Farmers HoldTax Valuation, 37 Y2 Cents. Walla Walhv-James L. ; Riley, Walla Walla county, assessor, this t week', willcomxneaea; levyhtg. ojt the largest ' amount tf grain in farmers' hands in the. history of Walla Walla county.' 'With the break in the wheat market - early in the week carrying .values to the farmers here as low as 88 cents a bushel for white wheat, vthe grain growers were practically unanimous in a decision to , gamble further, taking what loss may come ; from assessments made by Riley and his force with the expectation that the price would go upward again. I Last year's assessment was made on ; dollar wheat and farmers paid from ? 1 to 2 cents a bushel to the county. A little more than a million bushels (were in the hands of farmers. This year nearly double that amount; of : grain is expected to be in the hands I of farmers, but the amount return able to the county is expected to be "less than, half as much as in 1!29, due to the low assessment which can be levied this year. - , "Present indications," .said Riley, ; "are that we will assess on a 75-ecnt-a-bushel value. We use the current price as a base, but never assess as ; high as that. Thus this year, 75 cents i a bushel for full value or 37 cents V a bushel for assessment purposes will ; undoubtedly be the basis on which we : will work." . . The situation which developed in ; the local grain trade during the past week was unprecedented. Farmers in v the past have held until near assess ; ment time, March 1, and then un loaded. Inauiries indicated a sim-J ilar condition would exist this year. Then the Chicago market broke and it had an immediate effect on offers there. The grain raisers waited arid ,j with the price continuing down,"the S end of the month came with prac tically no sales. - Some grain in the hands of dealers was shipped to Portland thus avoid ing assessment here. V i Backers of the cooperative move C ment here believe that the break, in ; the market last week will prove bene ?;ficial in the efforts to line up this ; section. They report a number, of farmers have joined during the week and that slowly but surely the goal of a million bushels in this imme- ; diate vicinity will be signed befqre ; the first movement of new crop. Some softening of the opposition, of banks, which have advised farmers against joining the cooperative, la '' also reported. Grain dealers are still - gtrongly urging customers to be cautious. Yf " Eade Creek Farmer 1 Mixes With His Plow f Perd McBride, of the ranching firm of McBride brothers, had a narrow 7 escape from death or very serious in jury Friday at the Edith Lumsden farm on Dry creek, which the Mc: ' Brides are plowing with a caterpillar tptir. renorts the Weston Leader. Perd was walking alongside of and watching the gang plows, with venue ' rt'U.na in tVio ratomillsr RPftt. FoT L C ... .tiv. - .' some reason that he cannot himself explain, Perd was caught and run over by a plow wheel and the cutter wheel, across the legs. The ground i was soft and the machinery in. fast motion; else he could not have escap ed without losing his legs. , , ' As it. was. no bones were even broken and some bad bruises were the . extent of his injuries. As the plows I are very heavy, Perd regards himself I as a lucky man to get away with it : once, and declares that he will never : be caught in the same kind ol a mix ,up again. ' . Y ' Washinirfnn Pioneer Dies Matt J. MrF.lrov. 72. one of the last five surviving members of the convention which framed the wasn ; ington state constitution, died in Seattle Wednesday. He had lived in l and near Seattle for the past " 58 t years, coming . to the Puget Sound ' section from Maine-when-14 years old. . - ; Charles Hall of Marsh- field, Has Announced His , Candidacy For Governor Charles Hall of Marshfield,"' state senator from Coos and Curry coun ties, formally announced his candi dacy throughout Oregon 1 today for the Republican nomination for Gov ernor at the primaries, May 16. Mr. Hall said he would file with Secretary of State Hoss within the next few days. ' - - ' - At the same time Mr. Hall an nounced that he would Bupport very definite statewide policies, including highway program completion, reor ganization of state government, econ omy in state government and a read- A I , McLoughlin Wins Debate i Both at Milton and at Pendleton, Mac-Hi debalinfr teams won in the ." contests over the - Pendieto.-i fcigh ! schooL Decision of the judges was v unanimous at loth places, llenr.i?- ton high 3ch(,ol scored a d:ulle win j in debating wita Umatilla high school. Gas Prices Hit Low Mark ! Retail prices in Seattle's present 5 gasoline war reached a new low level when several independent ser vice station operators quoted price s of 16 cents a gallon. justment of - tax assessment. The senator pledged himself to support conservation of fish and game re sources. He said that if elected he would favor statewide enforcement nt t.fiA nrohibition laws, which he characterized as "an executive prob lem requiring eternal vigilance." Mr. Hall's piatiorm cans ior a uniting of all forces in the state looking toward Oregon's develop ment. 'If elected I should feel the chief executive has a specific mandate from Oregon citizens to urge increased ftTiercv. greater vision and enhanced courage on the part of all citizens looking towards Oregon's progress, l BRk that Oreeron discard its "in feriority complex" and tell the entire world the truth about tne saie. in such a program the governor tan take an effective part with entire propriety." - Hall s supporters indicated tnai nis extensive business experience well qualified him for the many executive duties of the governor. "I rnnftdentlv feel that Oregon with all of its cherished history, is on the eve of newer and greater pro gress," said Mr. Hall in making his announcement. "I sense an attitude among the thinking people of the state, a wish that the basic industries nf rwtrnn ha strengthened, her lands be made more productive, her pro gress be enhanced, it would ne my Uriah trt nrfrU mich devclonment in sofar as a wise administration cf the many business activities of the state's government affect tnis luture, and insofar as the sane and progres sive leadership of governor , may be, of lasting effect. - ? Kxnects To Get Reward Wnlln Walla Union: The mayor r.t the ritv at 1,08 Angeles has ad vised that the city pay the balance of the William Edward hicKman re ward which Is due Sheriff Tom Gur H.n nf Um&tMa county. Oregon arid "Buck" Lieuallen, Oregon state traf fic officer, declared Sheriff Uuroane, who was in Walla thia week. Gur Aane and Lieuallen art suing the city of Los Angeles to obtain th re ward which the city offered, but re fused to pay. : s IJt-ht Soil Freezeouts Many of the wheat ranches in the lighter soU districts will have to be reseeded as a result of the freezing winter weather. When the low tern perature came in January the fall sown wheat in some localities had little or no snow covering to pro tect the growing grain. North of Athonn in the feasin country and north of Walla Walla,-considerable reseeding will have to be done. Fire' Burns Milton Home Fire gtartincr from an unknown origin, completely destroyed the Bail ey Irons home at Milton eariy wea- nesday morning. A family movea nut nf the house Tuesday and it was vacant ' when the fire started. The Milton fire decartment fought a los inr battle arainst the flames which had a good start m the building oe fore the alarm we turned in. I Cancer Sufferer Dies an Francisco. Mrs. Gertrude Edwins, brought hera by airplane from Wenatchee. Wash., several weeks aero to Teceive the newly dis covered Coffey-Humber glandular ex trait exneriment treatment for Can cer, died here at St Mary'4 hoSpitaL Chosen Leader, r j J- N 7 Dr. Philip A. Parsons, dean of the school of social work of the Univer sity of Oregon, , has been appointed national director of training for the American Red Cross. - The Lane county chapter of the Red Cross hat Just been designated at a model training center for the en tire national . organization, and will act at a training school for workers for the North Pacific section cf the United States. Qr. Parsons will have chargs of the training of workers here, and will then be in charge of other centera which art expected to be es tablished in other parte of tht country. Helping Young Folk To Become Bankers Through the American Institute of Banking, which is the American Bank era Association's educational section, the banking profession Is educating 5,000 bank man and women in the technical and scientific department! of their work. These students are en abled by this institute, which Is entlw jy non-commercial in its operations, to ebtaln a grasp of the finer points ot banking - witbout interrupting tb'elr employment or interfering with their earnings, in their bank Jobs. The courses given, Including bank ing economics and law and bank ad ministration in all the departments. have been worked out under tbe di rection "of senior college educators and tbe lectures are always given by practical men, such as lawyers in tbe legal courses, experts in banking oper ations and college professors In the economim courses. , There are chap ters with meeting rooms in over 200 cities and also a number ot smaller study groups are fostered with cor respondence aid. It bas been said that tbe A. I. B., as It is familiarly known throughout tbe banking field, is tbe greatest adult ed ucational organization in the world and is supplying the banking business with the largest supply ot trained workers each year that any compar able line of business is receiving. Tbe organization holds an annual conven tion attended by hundreds of young bank workers as well aa senior bank officers actively Interested In further ing the Institute's educational work, at which numerous technical subjects of practical banking application are presented and discussed. Tbls year's convention will be held at Denver, Colorado, June 10 to 20. . - ATHENA FARMERS EE- ORGAN L Roy, Ritner, Speaks at the Farmers Meeting in Athena Tuesday. At a meeting jof farmers held in Athena Tuesday" afternoon,""a local cooperative of the North Pacific Grain Growers was organized with T. L. McBride, president; Homer I. Watts, vice-president and Henry Dell, secretary-treasurer. The ' directors cf the new local are Laurence Pink erton, Joe Cannon, A. E. Coppock, A. H. Mclntyre, E. B. Foster, Homer I. Watts , and Tt L. McBride. , About fifty fanners of the Athena vicinity were present at the meeting, which was held in the K. P. -Odd Fellow hall. The meeting was called to order by T. L. McBride, chairman, with Henry Dell acting as secretary. Roy Ritner one of the regional di rectors of the North Pacific Grain Growers," with which the Athena local is affiliated was introduced by the chairman. , Mr.. Ritner gave an interesting talk on the cooperative movement of wheat marketing provisions regulat ing the Farmers National 4 Grain Corporation the North Pacific Grain Growers Inc., and local organizations, under the federal farm board act. He was listened to with interest and his explanatory address resulted in action being taken to enlist addition al membership in the local organiza tion. ' , ' ' . Henry Dell reported that at the close of the meeting 121,000 bushels of wheat had been signed up, which he stated aggregated approximately 224,000 bushels, counting that which previously had been listed tentatively before the organization of the Ath ena local was effected., A. H. Mc lntyre has listed 25,000 bushels with the local, the largest amount of any individual member so far. March 31. is the limit date on which membership may be enrolled in local organizations to receive market ing privileges for this years crop. Farmers may get marketing agree ments at either the First - National Bank of Athena or at the office of the Farmers Grain -Elevator com pany, states Mr. McBride, president of the Athena local, and he urges that those who have not signed UP should do so at once. Honored V Dean Eric W Allen, of the school of journalism of the University of Ore gon, v.as recently honored by election to the presidency of the American Association of S:lioo!a and Depart ments cf Journalism when It conven ed at Eaton Rouge, Louisiana.. .' Torch Explodes; Burns Fatal M. L, Mitchell a rancher, died in a Yakima hospital from burns caus ed by the explosion of a gasoline blow torch he was resoldering. The explosion covered Mitchell with flaming gasoline and he rushed into his house where his wife and niece extinguished the flames with rugs. Burns covered his entire body and his lungs were affected by the flames he had breathed. Off for British Columbia Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kirk, Miss Areta Kirk, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kirk, left Monday by automobile for their new home in British Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Rogers left Sunday, stopping at the home of Mrs. Rogers' parents r.ear Washtucna, and join ing the Kirk party in Spokane Mon day evening. Would Revive Horse Racing To revive horse racing at fairs in six northwestern states, the North Pacific Horsemen's association was organized at Olympia. Formation of the association by owners of harness horses was sponsored by the North Pacific Racing association composed of secretaries and managers of fairs. Mrs. Wall Complimented Yesterday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Kias, Mrs. W. K. Wall. : was complimented when about twenty of her friends gather ed in her honor, to? wish hei health and happiness in her new homo. The afternoon was spent in a social way, Mrs. Sias having provided some clever brain teasers to entertain the guests. . Refreshments were served by a committee from the Aid society, who, after, a short session of quilting at the church work room, repaired in a body to the parsonage, the affair being arranged as a surprise to the honoree. Mrs. Wall, who received a parting gift, will leave next week for Goldendale, to make her homo with a brother there. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dudley will drive up for the purpose of taking her back with tnem. . ' W. C. T. U. Institute " At the last meeting of the local W. C. T. U. it was voted to join in a county Institute to be held on March 8 in the M. E. church of Pen dleton, beginning at 1:15 p. m. A feature of the convention wilt be a pot-luck supper served at 5:30 p. m At 8 p. m. an address will be given by Miss Helen Louise Byrnes, na tional field secretary of the W. C. T. U., who has been chosen for her special ability as a speaker, ner power to Instruct and to Inspire, on Sunday Miss Byrnes will address the youw? people from 3 to 4 p m., at the Pendleton Baptist church. It is hoped that a good representation will be present from Athena at these meetings. . Street Improvement A big road grader was used by the city to level up the macadam por tions of Third and Fourth street the fore part of the week. A caterpil lar tractor was used to. pull the ma chine along the streets. The work on both streets extended north to the city limits. High street and Hunt Avenue were resurfaced. Applies for Depatyship Alva Blalock came down from Spo kane and is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Pinkerton, where Mrs. Blalock, sister of Mrs, Pinkerton, has been visiting for sev eral weeks. Mr. Blalock has applied for a position as deputy in the sher iff's" office at FettHeton. " 'v.'-.Y..-. Operetta V . - The music department of Weston high school will present the oper etta, "The Belle of Bagdad," next Friday evening March 14th, in the school , auditorium. "This will, be worth your time and effort to come. Singing good. All Oriental costumes rented from Seattle," says the an nouncement. ' ' - Milton Cattlemen Meet Joint meeting of the Milton Cat tle and Horse association and the district foresters was held Tuesday at Milton. W. H. Fraser was chosen as president, George Demaris was el ected vice-president and Ralph Wal ters 'named secretary of the group. The advisory board will consist of J. J. Merrifield and Clarence Harris. Cockburn Announces Can didacy for Representative H, M. Cockburn announces that he will this week file his declaration as a candidate for representative from Umatilla County in the Thirty-sixth Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon. His name will appear on the ballot at the May primary elec tion. - - .... " . lie is one of the beBt known" liien in the county. He has served six years as City Councilman for Milton, and eight years as County Commis sioner for Umatilla County. He is a large tax-payer and has been en gaged in farming in this county for thirty-eight years. No man in the county is better qualified to repre sent the tax-payers than is Mr. Cock burn. i f Mr. Cockburn is a life-long repub lican, and has always been loyal to the principles of that party and to its candidates. Mr. Cockburn, when asked whht his platform would be, stated that he was in full sympathy with tbe tax payers, and that if elected to the legislature would unqualifiedly stand for the strictest economy consistent wih government efficiency. Local Dairymen Honorod At a meeting this week of "the Pendleton Rotary Club, Dairy Day was an interesting feature of the program, when Louie Ringel, A. R. Coppock and William Coppock, Ath ena dairymen, were presented with certificates issued by the Dairymen's Association of the United Stales to growers having herds that average more than 300 pounds of butter fat per cow during the year. The pre sentation of the certificates was made bv Walter Holt, county agent, The Coppock dairy herd is comprised of Guernsey cows, 1 while Mr. Ringel breeds Jerseys. One-Way Travel Opened The Columbia river highway was opened to one-way traffic after hav ing been blocked since 3 o'clock last Tuesday evening by a slide at the west portal of the Mosier tunnel, be tween The Dalles and Hood River The highway will be kept open, bar ring further slides, while crews clear off the remaining width ot tne roaa, although it may be necessary to shot down on traffic for intervals of not more than an hour, during the clean up process. Dayton Bean Crop Elmer Stockstill is at Dayton, Washington, where. he is overhaul ing caterpillars for the Eichoff Farm Products company. The company which operated in this section last season, will put in a bean crop in tne Dayton district this spring. . Idaho Fruit Crop M. L. Dean, director of the bureau ef plant industry at Boise, says that Idaho's peach and apricot crop bad been practically wiped out by freez ing temperatures. The loss will amount to about 125 carloads of peaches, valued at $100,000 and nine carloads of apricots, valued at $2-V 000. Athena Defeats Weston and Echo At Helix1 In ? ; theSub-District Games "Defeating Echo 34-7, and Weston 20-10, ;at Helix in- the sub-district tournament games, v Athena ' high school basketball team goes into the district; tournament atF Pendleton to night, to. battle it out with lac-Hi. t'Pike'l. Miller's , hopefula . had no trouble whatever in winning the one sided decision over .Echo, Friday eve ning.' In the , drawing, ; Athena was the - only team in the; sub-district tournament t play two pome?,- and she took on Weston Saturday night in easy fashion, though . this con test was much faster than the Echo session, checking' was closer and the play rougher but at that, Athena was master of the situation at all stages of the game and at no time was there any evidence of doubt as to what the final result would be. 1 Hopping into the lead with six points before her opponents rang up counter, Athena went to her ten- minute rest between halves leaving Wevm anchored to the score board to ll. v y Y : Nursing ! this advantage Athena loafed on the defensive during the last haii, " With well established evidence that: Myrick was being covered, Miller instructed him - to keep out of hard scoring chances. With the Weston attack centered on him, : Crowley, ; Huffman and - Jen kins were comparatively free to flip 'em in, which they did to the extent of 17 points between them, while My rick looped but three. With Myrick tied up most of the time, the smooth passing and team work of Athena was hamstrung and her play neces sarily was presented in a ragged, though winning form. Lineup and scorer Athena 20 Myrick 3......... F ...... Jenkins 5..........F......,., Rogers. ...................C Huffman .., Crowley 7. . Clarence Tubbs and family have moved from Pendleton to the farm, south of Athena. ' 10 . Weston ...2 McConnel :... Folti ..4 L Futter .G..... 1 Thomas .G 2 L. Futter Hansell . S - 1 Kirk . Athena-Echo , The Athena-Echo game was rag ged, little team work in evidence, with Echo making .otAj t two ; field goals. Athena took tne lead ana kept it throughout. The scorer Athena 34 7 Stanfield Myrick 19. ......F 4 Ramos Jenkins 4 ......F..:....'. ;.. Jordan Rogers 4.;.... C...t 2 Middleton Huffman 2 ............G...-....,.......... 1 Fix Crowley 2 ,.1G.................. Correa Hansell 3 ..............S Helms Pinkerton ..............S...................1 Ebert J. Wilson ;:..;.S Athena high school showed the best spirit of the year at the tourna ment A big group of fans and root ers was on hand to spur the team on. to victory. The student body was generous with its yells for all. teams playing on the court. Adams-Stanfield In the contest between Adams and Stanfield, Adams ran into a very ,c)o8e checking team which held her at all times. The score, Stanfield 23, Adams 11. Helix-Hermiston Helix overcame a two-point lead at the beginning of the second half to defeat Hermiston, 30-14. Hermis ton outplayed Helix in the first half, but the pace set was fast enough to slow her up in the second, with Hehx an easy winner. REPORT HADE ON CABINET SYSTEM New Form of Government For This State Is Favor- ed By Committee. Salem. The preliminary report of the joint interim committee on ad ministrative reorganization covering the proposed cabinet form of state government was filed with the secre tary of state's office Monday. The re port, a document of more than 100 typewritten pages, is to be printed in pamphlet form and made available for those interested in the proposed reform. Intended largely as propaganda in the interest of the cabinet form of state government, the report deals largely with the success of this form , of government in other states and the effect it is expected to have on Oregon's governmental machinery, y It calls attention to the fact that under the present system the state government of Oregon is divided into 74 different offices, boards and com missions, 17 institutions, each with a separate and independent staff of of ficers, and 16 organizations or socie ties receiving state aid but entirely independent of governmental super vision or control, giving employment of a total of approximately , 6000 state employes with a total annual payroll of $7,500,000. . . , ; . The report sets forth the claim that more than $500,000 a year could be saved under the proposed cabinet form of government which would abolish all existing offices, boards and commissions with the exception of the offices of governor, secretary of state and state treasurer. All other state functions would be centralized in nine groups, each group headed by director to be appointed by and directly responsible to the governor. These nine groups arej classified in . department aa. follows! Agrleulture,v' labor and industry, financial adminis tration, commerce, education, public works and domain, health aad public welfare, state police and military af fairs and legal affairs. A constitutional amendment pro viding for the change in the form of government is to be submitted to the voters at the next regular election in November by direction of the last legislature. Should the verdict at the polls favor the cabinet form of gov ernment, the interim committee then must prepare a second report cover ing functions of the nine , depart ments and the various sub-divisions for guidance of the 1931 legislature in enacting the necessary laws. : 'Eagles Come To Athena The Pendleton Lodge of Eagles, accompanied by the Ladies' Auxil- liary, came to Athena Wednesday evening, at K. P.-Odd Fellow Hall, the Eagles initiated a class of five into the mysteries bf the order, while at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Huffman, on upper Fourth street, the- Auxilliary initiated one new member. After initiatory work, the Eagles and Auxilliary joined forces at the hall and enjoyed a splendid banquet dinner. Athena Plays Mac-Hi Athena high school, winners at the sub-district tournament at Helix, play Mac-Hi in the district tournament at Pendleton, this evening. The game starts at 7:30. Athena supporters of the local basketball team will go to the tournament to see the game. Mac Hi has put a winning team in all contests this season and she has not lost a scheduled district game, so far Valuable Fur Cargo The steamer Star recently arrived in Seattle with a fur cargo valued at S200.0O0. The pelts re mostly red and blue fox and mink. One lot of fur was brought to Kanatak by a traoner named Lowe and hia wife who mushed several days across the Alaska Peninsula in weather 22 de grees below zero in order to make connections with the steamer. The Weston Leader reports that Mrs. Edith B. Lumsden is convalesc ing from an attack of influenza at the Lumsden wheat ranch on Dry creek. Mrs. Jennie Proebstel has been attending the yatUtoW Local People Attend ' A large number of Athena people attended the basketball games of the. sub-district tournament held at He lix, Friday and Saturday nights. At tendance from Athena is expected to be large when the district tourna ment takes place at Pendleton, to i night god tOmCnfcw sight. Many Attend Reception Given at Baptist Church A large number of neighbors and friends attended a reception held at the Baptist church Friday evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. . Charles Kirk, Miss Areta Kirk and Mr. nnd Mrs. Tom Kirk, who were on the eve of leaving for British Columbia to reside. Special music was a feature of entertainment for the evening, and refreshments were served in the church dining room. The program for the evening com prised two selections by the orches tra; duet, Mrs. R. B. McEwen and Mrs. Alva Blalock; trio, Mrs., C. h. O. Montague, Mrs. I. L, Michener and Mrs. Floyd Pinkerton; vocal solo, Mrs. R. B. McEwen; musical reading, Mrs. I. u Michener; vocal solo, Mrs. Alva Blalock. Refreshments were served in the church dining room, Mrs. Zeltha Mc lntyre and Mrs. M. L. Watts pouring at the tea table. - Rev. Dow, pastor of the Baptist church, in a pleasing way attested to the high eBteem in which the Kirk families are held by the community in which they have long resided, and on behalf of those assembled presented them with a gift . Rain Holds Up Farm Work A heavy rainfall Tuesday night thoroughly soaked the ground and the moisture is appreciated by grain growers, although the wet weather held up spring farm work. Prepara tions for plowing have been made and when the sou is in proper con dition, the "cats" will begin cackling over the fields. i Has New Equipment Jcnu Jcnaen proprietor of Jensen's Blackuhith shop on Fourth street, haa added a new acetylene welding ma chine to his equipment. The new ma chine arrived this week, and Jensen is now prepared to do welding on short order. , - , Umatilla Registration 9400 ,So far 9427 voters have registered for? the primary elections in Uma tilla county, as reported to the sec retary of state by the county clerk. The registration books close on April - is. - ' - : :