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THE PRESS, ATHENA OREGON,"' MARCH 21, 1930 IRRIGATION WELL I APPEARS SUCCESS Experimental Drilling By fci State College Gives a Y Heavy Flow. . ' Oregon State College. Supplemen tal irrigation from wells for the Wil- ! lamette valley is another step near er realization with the completion of the first such well on the Senator Sam Brown place at Gervais. This is the first of a series of wells to be sunk by the Oregon Experiment sta v tion by using the new revolving fund raised by Portland and state basi t ness interests for this purpose. ; The well was "brought in" early : in March with a satisfactory flow ' after sinking an 18-inch' hole'- 155 : feet. . A 29-foot . stratum of . water ! bearing gravel was found at the 115- foot level. When the casing was put in it was perforated throughout thiB gravel stratum, making this the first f irrigation well in that section of the state provided with other than an 'open bottom inlet,-:.':Hv"ti;?.:Ov!'-i Senator Brown is makim? plans to ;use the water this year on his 35 r acres of black berries and on his loganberries and other busn and tree fruits. Experiments , of the college have shown that both acre production and quality can be improved with supplemental water. , , ; A second experimental well is con ,templated at once on. a dairy farm near Monitor where the water will be used in establishing permanent pastures. :J - ". ' ' . Steelheads Jam Fish Ladder Hundreds of steelheads are jam ming over the fish ladders at the dam in Lewiston, obstructing their jour ney up the Clearwater river. Friday .the race was so heated that the lad der was jammed tight with wriggl ing fish and an added step had to be placed near the top to allow the big fish to get through without holding back the others. The run started Monday, but -increased suddenly Friday. The State Will Receive Publicity From the Old Oregon Trail Centennial ' Portland. -Cognizance of the na. tion-wide celebration of the 100th an niversary of the genesis of the famous Oregon trail has been taken by the Portland Chamber of Commerce, wnicn intends to give national prom inence to the part played by Portland and Oregon in the history of the trail. , The celebration, to be known as the Covered Wagon centennial will open April 10, 100 years from the day the first covered wagon left St. Louis and headed west over the Rocky moun tains, thus inaugurating emigration over the trail. : The celebration will close December 29, 100th anniversary of the birth of the late Ezra : Meeker, pioneer, whose life in large measure was de voted to memorializing the trail. Meeker followed the trail in pio neer days. Later he covered it again in a covered wagon after it had been paved, and he traversed it also by automobile and as a crowning achievement, after his 80th year, he traveled in an airplane high above the approximate course of the trail. Beginning at St. Louis, the trail passes' through such historic places as Fort Brideer, Fort Laramie, Walla Walla, Fort Kearney and South Pass, and through Portland to the rim of the Pacific at Seaside. George D. Pratt, New York capital ist, is chairman of the executive com mittee of the Oregon Trail Memorial association. . . In telegrams sent Friday by the! Chamber of Commerce, through Her bert Cuthbert, manager of the adver- i tising and promotion department, passenger traffic managers of lead ing railroads are asked to feature the Oregon Trail and Oregon in their ad vertising and literature. ' President Hoover has issued a proc lamation asking for general partici pation in the celebration. Boys and Girls' Clubs Much interest is being manifest in boys and girls club work in the Pilot Rock section this year with active plans for the year's work now under way. Three clubs have been formed, a calf club with six members, a sheep club with six members and a poultry club with 12 members. A pig club is expected to be formed soon. . : Announcemeni ' THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ATHENA, OREGON, Announces that it has com-pieted the organ- r. : ? : ft r rfr v,- j izatioit of a " " Trust Department and is qualified to act as Executor, Administra tor, guardian, or in any other fiduciary capac ity. i Just think what 37 years of successful banking experience would mean to the executor or ad ministrator of your estate. Ask us for Information - For that rm iVisning ii rip April 15th Our Tackle Stock" Comprises, Fishing Rods, Baskets, Reels, Fly Hooks, Snell Hooks Spinners, Leaders, Lines, Bait Boxes, Etc. $6 Camp Stove $20 Tent 4.95 $11 CORNELL'S GARAGE THE ATHENA MARKET We carry the best Meat .That Money Buys .. Kippered Sainton,: all ; Kinds of Salt Fish. Fresh Fish, Oysters, Crabs, Clams, Kraut in Season. : r. ? - ;: A. W. LOGSDON. '.' Main Street ; Aihena,OreKon. Indians Getting Ready To Spear Seals As They Swim Their Way North Olympia. When the sleek hordes of fur-bearing seals arrive off the Washington coast within the next 10 days on their annual migration to the Pribilof islands, their progress will be disturbed by the only lawful man- made attack of the entire journey." Ancient federal treaties permit the Quillayute and Neah Bay Indian tribes to take toll of the valuable fur bearers. The white man is restrained by treaty between the United States, Canada, Russia and Japan. , Mustered on the western coast of Clallam - county, in Northwestern Washington, the Indians will paddle out to sea 25 or 50 miles in their small canoes to intercept the cruising seals, their only weapon a spear and line. The government has ruled that their hunting rights must be exer cised in the ancient manner. Fire arms and power boats are barred. The great seal herds, moving with clock-like precision, appear : off the Washington coast at practically the same time each year. Since becom ing government wards, coast guard cutters convoy the animals to their breeding grounds and protect them from poachers. . ' As they approach the Washington coast their progress is slowed and they appear to rest a great deal. This enables the canoeing hunters to slip up on the seals as they sleep on the surface of the water. The annual fur seal hunt is the last primitive adventure left for ths Washington coast Indians. It taxes their hardihood and often takes toll from their ranks, as the coast is subject to sudden storms at this time of the year. . 1US FIGHT IM SENATE EXPECTED Cash Payment To AH World War Veterans Proposed By Barkley. Brave Weston Boy Saves Little Girl From Creek Melvin, the eight-year-old son of Andy T. Barnett, isn't out to qualify for the Carnegie medal, says the Wes ton Leader, but. he displayed con siderable grit the other day for a boy who is ordinarily afraid of water. Thursday of last week, when Pine creek was' running rather high be cause of melting snows, a number of children essayed to cross it on a foot log? near the Frank Jackson residence. As is the manner of children, they seldom go near the footlog when the water is low, but when the creek is up the perilous crossing seems to exert a sort of fascination for them, in spite of repeated warnings against it from their parents.' The Barnett boy and Marilyn, the five-year-old daughter of Marvin Ad kins, were with this party, and the little girl fell into the stream, r The other children ran away with the ex ception of Melvin, who plunged in after the girl and dragged her out of danger. About a year ago, at the same spot, Melvin rescued his young er brother, Donald, in a similar man ner. Since his exploit the Weston com munity has rung with praise of the young hero, who is a modest lad. A movement is on foot to see if recog nition can be secured for him in the way of a Carnegie award. Educational Survey Will Begin Soon In This State The survey of Oregon's institutions of higher learning, as provided for in the law creating the combined board of education, is well under way at present even though the special ists from the federal bureau of edu cation will not come to Oregon until later in the year. Questionnaires covering many phases of the work have been received by officials at Oregon State college and are being filled out and returned to Washington, D. C, where the ma terial will be complied and " turned over to the survey committee before it comes to Oregon. The latest questionnaires supplied all institutions in the state were an swered personally by each- student registered. Questions covered con cerned the students' courses, popula tion of home towns, occupational plans, economic condition of family, amount of money spent for education, and other information tending to in dicate the type of training demanded by the students at the various in stitutions. Regatta Plans Shaping Up Plans for the second annual re gatta to be held on McKay lake, spon sored by Pendleton post 23, American Legion, on June 14 and 15, are 'near ing completion. The legion is work ing to make this year's event outdo the initial regatta. The executive committee and the regatta commit tee met Friday night and discussed plans for the prizes. While no defl nate decision has been made, plans were discussed at the meeting for a bathing beauty contest in connection with the annual regatta dance. CLASSIFIED E?z Hatching Donald McFadven is prepared to do custom incubator hatching at 3 per hundred. Bring on your eggs. , ; Eggs For Hatching Eggs for hatching, from the famous Johan sen strain of non-setting Rhode Island Reds, from $1 to $10 per set ting of 16; from $5 to $10 per 100 for incubators. Cockerls, $3 to $ 5 each. John Ross, Rl Milton, Oregon. Phone 24F5. - - Apr. 4 Washington, That the fight for payment of cash bonus to World war veterans will soon be seriously re sumed in congress is indicated not only by the promise of Senator Bark- ley, Democrat, . Kentucky, to pres3 his bill for this purpose, but by prompt assurance of support given him by other senators when he men tioned his purpose on the floor of the senate. '' ' v Barkley is a member of the sen ate finance committee, which has jurisdiction of this question. He has announced that as soon as the tariff bill is out of the way he will ask the committee to take it up. ' Senator Smoot of Utah, Republican, chairman of that committee,' already has sound ed a note of alarm. It would cost $3,000,000,000 or $4,000,000,000, he said. Proposal of expenditures on this scale wfll, of course, bring Sec retary Mellon to the front, as on pre vious occasions,' to oppose the meas ure On financial grounds. - , Back of the present movement to revive the bonus issue is the question of unemployment, which the bonus senators believe is connected with an astonishing increase in applications by veterans for loans on their ad justed compensation certificates. It will be remembered these cer tificates, having certain loan values, were issued in lieu of cash bonus when the matter was fought out a few years ago, the only exception being that cash was paid when the bonus certificates amounted to only $50 or less. "I think the recent increase in ap plication," said Senator Walsh, "re fleets somewhat the extent of unem ployment and the financial distress now prevailing throughout the coun try among those of meager incomes." Senator Bratton of New Mexico, Democrat, in discussing the new Barkley bill, observed: "I think each soldier should de termine for himself whether he wants to retain his compensation certificate or take the cash. I have no sympathy with the argument that the govern ment of the United States must not pay that obligation, an obviously just' and meritorious one, because it will cause an undue strain on the treas ury. It is unworthy of congress to take such an attitude." Senator Copeland "of New - York, Democrat, likewise pledged his sup port to the cash bonus -bill. Repub licans in the senate, except Senator Smoot, remained silent as the discus sion proceeded. The tre.nd of debate showed a hook ing up of the cash bonu3 with unem ployment, the sort of issue the admin istration will surely wish to avoid. President Hoover recently warned against bills introduced in congress which, if passed, would authorize the expenditure of over $300,000,000 and asked congress to resist all appeals involving any substantial increase over the budget figures. The Bark ley bill was not in the president's list. If he had included that, his figures would have been doubled. Coneress realizes there is already considerable discontent over the ad ministration of the World war veter an act, arising out ' of complicated rules and" regulations, disputes over degree of disability, battles over in surance, delays and like causes of complaint. Addition to this of a cash bonus movement, should it become formidable, will force an embarrass ing issue for many senators and rep resentatives in the approaching cam paign. ,. ' Vancouver Barracks Scene of Citizen's Training Camp Vancouver, Wash. Historic Van couver Barracks, one of the oldest and most picturesque milit.aiy reser vations in the United States, is to be the scene of the 10th annual Citizens' Military Training Camp, June 20 to July 19, when several hundred young men from Oregon and southwestern Washington will be "isoldiers for a month" and will combine military, citizenship and athletic training with thirty days of camp life at Govern ment expense. Nearly one half of the authorized quota have already en rolled for the camp, according to Brigadier General Paul A. Wolf, U. S. A., who has been designated to command the camp. Any young man 17 to 24 yeara of age, of average intelligence and physique and good moral character, is eligible," advises General Wolf. All necessary expenses travel, food, shelter, uniforms and equipment, are borne by the Government, in pursu ance of the broad policy laid down in the National Defense Act of 1920 for insuring neace by inculcating in its budding citizens a real under standing of the privileges and re sponsibilities of American cit'zen hin btiH an annreciation of the needs of the country for national defense. Young men desiring to attend this year's camp are advised to forward their indication at once, before the county quotas are filled. They should consult the nearest reserve omcer, Amprirnn Icinn nost. or write C. M. T. C. Headauarters. Vancouver Bar- rackf, Wajfhingtam. : " v k Gome li aid See the WEMEWOOID) . Gas Range and Hot Water Heater . - t It Burns the New Compressed Natural Gas, held m tanks on you premises. 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Practice in all State and Federal Courts. We Can Cast Your Plates The installation f an Electricaster Stereotyp ing Machine make it possibleforus to aeeom modate our merchant advertisers and ethers in the matter of making printing plates from matrices. It means a val uable addition to our equipmentinthematter of serving our patrons. ;. DR. BLATCHFORD Dentist Post Building, Athena, Phone 582 Dr.W.H.McKinney Physician and Surgeon Dr. Sharp's Office Office Hours at Athena 1 to 5 p. m. Phone 462. Office Hours at Weston 8 a. m. to 12 noon. Phone 83. Calls made day or night. ..... Dr. W. Boyd Whyte CHIROPRACTOR Stangier Building, Phone 706 Pendleton. Oregon. 957 J Foley's Kidney Cure "I'M MM Jensens Blacksmith Shop Repair Work Prices Reasonable ' Athena, Oregon Why suffer with tired, aching feet? Regardless of their condition, I can help you E. M. M0REMEN , Foot Correctlonist 22 W. 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