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. .
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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.
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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.
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hatching at 3 per hundred. Bring
on your eggs. , ;
Eggs For Hatching Eggs for
hatching, from the famous Johan
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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
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TKe Wedge wood
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Now on Display
Rogers . Goodman
(A Mercantile Trust)
To Stock Kodiak Island
Two large tracts of grazing land
on Kodiak Island, comprising an
area 30 miles square, it was learned
have been acquired by a party of
capitalists who plan to stock the land
with large herds of cattle and sheep
next spring.
WATT ft FRESTBYB
Attorneys- At-Law ,
Main Street. Athena, Oregon
State and Federal Court Practice
, : DR. S. F. SHARP
. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Athena, Oregon
PETERSON & LEWIS
Attorneys at Law
Stangier Building, Pendleton, Oregon.
Practice in all State and Federal
Courts.
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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
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Jensens
Blacksmith Shop
Repair Work
Prices Reasonable
' Athena, Oregon
Why suffer with
tired, aching feet?
Regardless of their condition, I can
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, Foot Correctlonist
22 W. Main St. Walla Walla
83 tt$e 9fiw6&
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Valvoline
Oil
Automobile Supplies,
; Parts and Accessories
Athena Garage
North side Main Street
Phone .152