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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 -
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