A BIG JOB, BUT ITS DEAD EASY It would be a big job to tell one hundred people any thine 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 Poet Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mall Matter VOLUME 43 ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, MAY 23, 1930 NUMBER 21 REPORTED IIUCAT iiLni SOLO BY BIG POOL American, Canadian Wheat Being Rushed into the European Markets. (Cohen in Portland Journal) While there is no official confirm ation or even denial, the report has persisted in the International wheat trade that the United States govern ment through its farm board, was dumping a very considerable volume of wheat upon the European trade. Reports current, but iiot confirmed, tell of a rather fair volume of busi ness at Gulf and Atlantic points that is being secretly closed by private firms. Prices, while not made public, are understood to be below establish ed values which to many in the trade indicates that the farm board is un loading its high-priced stock at very low prices, and through private firms. : That none of this low priced busi ' ness has been done along the Pacific Slope by the farm board may be due to the fact that it owns at this time so little of the actual grain. The board is just getting organized in the Northwest and promises to be much of a factor during the coming season. It has already drawn into the organization some of the em ployes of private grain firms who are attracted to the job by what is said to be a liberal advance in the salary offering. While some business was reported passing for foreign account at Pacific Northwest points during the week, the volume was inconsiderable. The fact remains that private firms of the Pacific Northwest are unable to compete with government and semi government offerings, which can be dumped considerably below cost. - Not only is the farm board report ed as selling wheat foreign below established values, but thera appears no secret whatever that the Canadian pool is disposing of its holdJngs as fast as possible and at a price that will force the movement.-1 Naturally with these two great concerns of fering wheat freely at what is said to be below established values, there appears little chance for the private firms.' - ' ' In the Pacific Northwest sales have been mostly confined to white wheats of which none of the other exporting countries has anything to offer. De spite the late selling the fact remians that holdover stuff has the greatest volume known in this territory which is expected to cause some embarrass ment at a later date. , , The country continues very unwill ing to sell its wheat at current cash values, and properly so, if it can secure the extreme prices offered by the government. Not enough wheat is reported selling in the country to firmly establish market values. In his weekly review of the wheat trade Vernon Miller of Russell, Mill er & Co., says: For months it has been apparent that if there were go ing to be any volume of wheat busi ness to Europe, it would only come during the last three or four months of the season, after they had con sumed their own plentiful 1929 har vests, after the first run from Argen tine was over and supplies there had started to dwindle, after the first run from Australia was over, and before their own new crops were available late in August. That time has arrived and sules from Canada, the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific ports of the United States are increasing. This business has steadied the markets during the last 10 days and as there is every reason to believe "this buying will . continue for several months, there is a , much better feeling in regard to prices and more willingness to take on supplies at present value. i Mrs. Eager Sells Quality Grocery To Frank Little Mrs. C. M. Eager . has sold the Quality Grocery store in Athena to Frank Little, former merchant at Mikkalo, Oregon, and more recently . a resident of Hermiston, where he conducted a service station. . " The deal was concluded Satur day and Monday Mr. Little took charge of the store. The new pro prietor conducted a store in Mik kalo for twenty years before going to Hermiston and he is personally ac quainted with a few Athena residents. Mr. and Mrs. Little are occupying the Gross residence on Fifth street. They have two daughters, one, Miss Agnes Little is a teacher in the Washugal, Washington high school and the other, Miss Iris Little is so ciety editor of the Walla Walla Eve ning Bulletin. Both are graduates of Whitman college. Dancing Class Recital At Auditorium Toniirht By Athena-Weston Girls v miss . fcmuy Menefee's dancing pupils residing in Athena and Weston nave Deen working under direction of Miss Menefee during the past year. Rehearsals for this recital unaay way for some time. The re citai is being sponsored by Athena amp Jure girls which embrace the wauna, Uhayata and Bluebird groups me program louows: I The Doll Shop 'Pierrot and Pierrette" Audrey j ones, nazei swant. ihe Uolls "Jumping Jack," Fern Carstens; "Dresden China Shep- neraess," Virginia Eager; "Sailor," Wilma Mclntyre; " Wooden Sol dier," Mar jorie Warm. Parasol 'Girls Dona Jean Logsdon Belva Mclntyre. "Mechanical Doll," Margaret Thomp-son. "Fairy Doll" June Thompson. "Bob and Bobetta" Barbara Ma- loney, Lucile Staggs. II Ohayata Camp Fire "Three Maids of Lee" III National Dances Dutch Georgia Staggs, Haidee Piersol. Russian Mildred Hansell. Bettv Eager, Mariorie Douglas, Mexican Jewell Pinkerton, Arlene Foster. V Irish' Margaret Thompson. June Thompson. Arabian Barbara Maloney. IV Winter "Sleigh Bells Dance" Mar jorie Warm, Georgia Staggs, Haidee Piersol, Wilma Mclntyre. "Skaters" Genevieve Barrett, Ana belle Payne. V Piano Numbers "When Leaves Turn Red" ....Adams "Valse Lente Schiitt Esther Berlin A Little Quaker Miss June Garfield VII Solo Laura Jean Payne VIII Voices of Spring Marjorie Douglas, Fern Carstens, Arlene Foster, Genevieve Barrett, Mildred Hansell, Jewell Pinkerton, Barbara Maloney, Hazel Swant, Lucille Staggs, Audrey Jones, Anabelle Payne. Betty Eager. Incidental Quartette Audrey Jones, Lucille Staggs, Hazel Swant, Bar bara Maloney. Incidental Duet Emily Menefee. VI Mrs. H. E. Dow left Wednesday for Edmonton, Alberta, where she will spend several weeks visiting relatives. Blue Mountain Boy Scouts Will Rally At Walla Walla Walla Walla. Scouts from all over the Blue Mountain Council of the Boy Scouts will hold their seventh annual CamD-o-Ral in Walla Walla this af ternoon and all day Saturday, with Wildwood park the scene of the big over-night camping competition and the inter-troop rally and field meet Saturday. Prizes have been offered for the winning troops in the Inter Patrol camping contest as well as for the winners of the field events and the troop scoring the greatest num ber of points' inthe two days of com petition. Starting with inspection from 4:30 o'clock to 5:00 o'clock this afternoon, the Boy Scout troops will go into camp for the night, putting up their tents between 5:00 and 5:30 o'clock with the inspection of the first meal at 6:30. The inspections will take into consideration orderliness, clean liness, fires, food preparation, time of meal, general condition of the camp as a whole. Athena Seventh and 8th Graders Pass 100 per Cent Every member of the seventh and eighth grades in the Athena schools passed in the final tests, much to the gratification of the class members and their instructor, M. I. Miller. The grading of the eighth grade papers was completed and the aver ages announced Monday. - Follow ing are the averages which apply to the individual Athena 8th grade pupils; Walter Singer leading with an average of 96: . Leo Geissel, 92; Mary Jane Miller, 94; Nate McBride, 80; Bud Miller, 90; Kenneth Rogers, 92; Laura Ross, 95; Walter Singef, 96; Nylene Taylor, 94. Seventh Grade Mildred Alkire, 91; Fern Carstens, 83; Aaron Douglas, 93; Arlene Foster, 94; Max Johnson, 88; Barbara Lee, 90; Maxine Martin, 84; Dannie Reeder, 96; Norbert Wal ter, 87. Pendleton Headquarters Pendleton will be headquarters of the Northwest district of the Farm ers' National Grain Corporation, ac cording to Henry W. Collins of that city, who is director for this territory. There will be branch offices at Port land, Seattle and Spokane. v . Unseasonable Snow Twelve inches of snow fell on Mc Kinzie pass during a blizzard which was general on the summits of the Cascades. State highway officials said the highway was kept open, although a foot of n'ow fell on the pass. Friendship Doll at U. of O. 11 I It N I tfy i I t M V i It y to, si if Tins doll, dressed In the height of Nipponese fashion, was sent by stu dents of Japan to those at the University of Oregon as a toksn of friendship. The doll stands in a case in the Gerlinger building, surrounded by toys of exquisite workmanship. Writes Oregon Guide University of Oregon, Eugene. Designed primarily as a text for high school students, an "Economic Geog raphy of Oregon," now being written' by A. L. Lomix of the Univerelty of Oregon school of business administra tion, and Charles Eastern Rotbewell, Instructor in the school of education, already attracting wide attention as a very interesting eource of facts for all desiring information on the state.- The first three unite, with bib liography, have been completed and are ready for distribution to high schools, while the rest of what will be an entire volume is now under way. The aim of the "workbook" is to survey agricultural, Industrial and commercial life of Oregon province by province, showing the manner in which It Is dependent upon geography and physical environment. The most significant changes that are taking place in the economic uses and organ ization of the state are presented in an effort to help the student gain a perspective on these transformations, the authors state. The need for a course that should acquaint the high school students of Oregon with the georgraphy, economic resources and activities was discerned by Clarence B. May, instructor in com mercial geography at Grant high school, Portland. A committee of Portland citizens sponsored the proj ect, arranged finances and aided the authors. Death of Chas. Norris At Home of Relatives Charles Norris, well known former Ath ena harness dealer, died Monday afternoon at the home of his brother-in-law, A. O. Schubert, at the age of 68 years. The body was taken to Portland, where funeral services took place Wednesday afternoon conduct ed by Dr. Harrison, Methodist minis ter of that city. Interment took place -in Rose City Cemotery, where his wife was buried some five months ago. Mr. Norris who had been in failing health for some time eame to Ath ena from Portland several weeks ago, accompaning his niece Miss Vclma Schubert home. He continued to de cline and last week went to Walla. Walla for treatment, returning to the Schubert home Saturday evening. The end came peacefully shortly after noon, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Schu bert , accompanied the ' remains to Portland. Mr. Norris was a native of Ala bama and learned the harness trade in St. Louis. He came West and to Athena in 1899. He was united in marriage to Miss Elvina M. ?eh bert, January 8, 1893. There are no children and the only relatives are members of the Schubert family of this city and that . of Mrs. L. II, Howell of Rosalia,' Washington, i Mr. Norns conducted a harness shop in Athena for many years, specializing in light buggy harness and racing harness for which his workmanship was famous. During the World War he offered his ser vices to the -government and was stationed at Jeffersonville, Ind., as a leather inspector. Northwest Gets Heavy Rain Storm Wind and Hail In Some District It looks like the Athena wheac dis trict and Umatilla county has receiv ed the "June rain" in May. A steady downpour visited this part of the county a part of Monday night end all day Tuesday, thoroughly saturat ing the soil. . . . . ". Crops and ranges are greatly bene fitted by the rain, while streams and springs will maintain a stronger flow of water. A blanket of snow cover ed the higher' ridges of the mountains east of Athenav and the temperature dropped accordingly with . prospects that frost would result in eome calities. '. - ' t; , ' - Heavy rain and highwinds, light ning and ir-Vdeep hail were features of the wcathei -': western Oregon Tuesday as a boisterous storm swept in from the Pacific and enveloped the entire Pacific northwest. The rainfall reached far over toward the Rockies and brought rejoicing to agricultural interests in the dry country, cattle men, irrigationists and wheat farmers alike. Rainfall reaching more than .33 of an inch was reached in Southeastern Washington and Northeastern Ore gon in cheering farming and business interests and removed, for the present at least, the menace of a water short age to irrigated sections, at the same time giving needed moisture to wheat in the light land areas. Fruit , and vegetable growers joined with the wheat farmers in appreciation of the downpour. : Bean growing interests also were pleased as the ground will be put in shape for later plantings although a delay in present planting is neces sitated by the rain. The : only in terests to suffer are hay men who have a large amount of their crops cut ' Huggins' Service Station J. D. Huggins is at home in his new service station at corner of Main and Fifth streets. Shell Oil painters are expected to be here soon to rive i the station .building a couple of coats of paint m prevailing Shell color, yellow. Mr. Huggins will soon move another building to the , premises which, will be used for his residence. He also contemplates the construe tion of several cabins for the accomo dation of campers. Clark's Friends Seek To Save Him From Gallows Tom Kay Will Not Be Independent Candidate Salem. State Treasurer T. B. Kay declared that under no circumstances would he become an independent can didate for the governorship. Since Friday's election which re sulted in the nomination of George W. Joseph there has been speculation whether Kay might not be prevailed upon to run independently. Kay was looked upon as a candidate before the primary and as an almost certain winner until physicians advised him not to run, because of a recent sur gical treatment. "The people have spoken," Kay said "and I shall support the party nom inee." ' - ... Results of Sunday Games In the County League Athena lost its second straight game to the Mission Indians on the Round-Up grounds in Pendleton Sun day afternoon, 6 to 0. Athena is credited with four hits off Joe Beetles snd the Indians were held to seven hits by Banister. As usual, errors figured strongly against Athena in favor of Indian scores. Five misplays went into the records aginst Athena, to only one for the Indians. The score: u R H E Mission 6 9:1 Athena 0 8 7 Beetles and Hoskins; Banister and Baker. Umatilla took a close game from Bill King's grizzlies over in the river town, Sunday, winning 4 to 3. The result put Helix back in second place and shoved the Indians into the lead. Umatilla is in third place and Athena fourth. Doublcheader at Pendleton The four teams comprising the Umatilla County Baseball league will meet on the Round-Up '. grounds at Pendleton Sunday afternoon in a doubleheader. In the first game, be ginning at 1 p. m., Helix and Athena will play, and The Mission Indians and Umatilla will tangle in the second game. The winners of these two games will play the league championship-game the. following Sunday, June 1. John Benson and Bill Hendricksen fished for trout on the Umatilla river this waek. Walla Walla. Preston Rae (Slim) Clark Monday morning heard Judge John L. Sharpstein tell him that he was to die on the gallows July 11 for poisoning A. L. Bid well in December 1927. He was then taken to the peni tentiary to enter the death , cell Friends will make a last effort to prevent his execution by an appeal to Governor Hartley. Petitions con taining hundreds of names have been secured. Clark has spent nearly two and a half years as an inmate of the Walla Walla county jail. During that time two other convicted murderers have entered the jail, Robert Lea Wilkina and George Schneider. Both are awaiting final action on tha?r appeal. The trio was discovered at one time as participants in a - plot to force their way -from the county jail. Clark, until the supreme court affirm ed his conviction and the death penal ty, was judge in the "kangaroo court." He resigned when informed that he would be sentenced to die. His mother has made twice weekly visits to the jail. Last Friday she made her last trip. James Kershaw, Founder Dixie, Washington, Dead James Scott Kershaw, Walla Walla valley pioneer of 1861 and founder of Dixie, Washington, died Thursday of last week at his home in Walla Walla. The venerable pioneer, who was the uncle of J. F. Kershaw of Athena, would have been 95 years of age had he lived until July 5. He was ill but six days and the end came peacefully. He was born in England and eame to America in 1842, and to the Wal la Walla valley in 1861. The three Kershaws were musicians and one of the songs they sang, "Dixie Land," was new at that time and they sung it so often that they were called the Dixie boys, and when the little Uwn was started it was named Dixie. Singles Tournament Sunday Sunday morning at 8 a. m. W. Pin kerton will play L. Pinkerton and Taylor will play Baker. At 9 o'clock Blatchford will be opposed by Myrick and Koepke will play Gray. Matches at 10 o'clock will be Watkins vs. Harden and Johns vs. O. Michener, at 10:45 L. Michener will take the court against W. Pittman, while on the op posite court the second round will be started. Contestants must be there on time or lose their matches by de fault. Magnetic Storms Put the Kibosh On Your Radio. Not Much Due to Static New York. That magnetic storms a mysterious bombardment of the earth by electrons from an unknown source, are the cause of good and bad radio reception rather than static and other meteorological conditions was revealed recently as the probable cause of failures in trans-Atlantic shortwave rebroadcasting. Observations made on recent trans Atlantic programs, resulting in the failure of several to be heard in the United States with sufficient inten sity for rebroadcasting, has led C. W. Horn, general engineer of the Nation al Broadcasting company, to believe that the phenomenon has a detrimen tal effect on short-wave transmission Horn, who is in charge of the inter national exchange of programs for the broadcasting comnanv. said that the effect of magnetic storm on lanJ- hne communication has been known for a number of years, but it has not been until recently that any effect has been noticed on radio communication We have known for many years that magnetic storms affect land-line communications to quite an extent and influence delicate : instruments, such as ships' compass," Horn Eaid. "However, it is only in recent yeara, since the advent of long-distance radio communications, particularly on short waves, that we have noticed any great effect from this source." The United States bureau of stand ards, under the direction of Dr. L. W, Austin, has been making observations on the effect of this phenomena on radio reception for the last several years. When severe magnetic disturb ances take place it has been noted that long-wave signals from distant points show an increase in intensity, Horn declares that these disturbances react in just the opposite manner on short waves. That is, they l educe the signal strength very greatly, and seem to offer impendance to the pas sage of waves. The nncertainty as to when mag netic storms may be expected makes it difficult to plan trans-Atlantic pro gram exchange in advance. Twice re cently the National Broadcasting company attempted to relay Euro pean programs, but acoordiror-t Horn, were defeated by magnetic storms. During he periods of severe magnetic storm activity it was im possible to pick up signals with suf ficient volume for rebroadcasting. ; Static is an enemy which engineers believe may be partially conquered It does not reduce signal strength, but is a form of interfrence caused by electrical disturbances in the earth's atmosphere. It usually ac companies a certain kind of weather, and therefore may be quite accurate ly forecast As far as general broad casting is concerned, it does not of fer i serious problem. During the last two years broadcasting stations with increased power have been erected. No one really knows much about the causes of magnetic storms, but there seems to be a general belief among scientists that sun spots are responsible to a large degree. During the periods of greatest sun-spot ac tivity the earth is bombarded by streams of electrons, which react upon the magnetic lines of force around the earth. The aurora boralis is believed to be associated in manner. Inni iiiimi hi inn uULUIilDIH TLftljO UPAGAINST SNAG some Cornell Sells Garage To Dan Palmer of Portland The second deal in which a second business interest in Athena changed ownership within the last week was closed Monday when Dan Palmer of Portland, took over the Cornell Gar age from L. A. Cornell, who several months ago acquired the establish ment from R. A. Thompson, who now resides at Weiser, Idaho. Mr. Cornell receives two parcels of land in the trade. One is acreage on the Sandy river near Portland and the other is located near Mosier. Mr. Palmer, prior to coming here was in the employ of General Motors at Portland. Mr. Palmer has put the mechanical department in charge of George H. Smith, who in the past has been em ployed as mechanic for the Crothen Kirby Garage in Adams. Mr. Cornell owns his residence property in Athena, and for the present at least, will remain here. Department of War Disap proves Bill Favoring River Barges. s A Washington special to the Ore gon Journal says that Senator Mc NarysT)ill to authorize extension of the Inland Waterway Corporation Barge Line act to any waterway ap proved by the secretary of war is disapproved by the war department under a report sent to Senator John son, chairman of the senate com merce committee. The report is sign ed by F. Trubee Davison as acting secretary of war. McNary's bill, while eeneral in terms is especially designed to permit extension of the inland waterway act to the Columbia river. Davison's re port gives no reason why this should not be done, consisting in the main of long review of existing lec-islation. which limits the benefits of the law to the Mississippi river and connecting routes. ., At the conclusion of his historical comment Davison says: "It was clearly the intent of congress to limit under existing laws the field of oper ations as outlined above. The war de partment is not prepared to recom mend legislation which would Dtr mit the secretary of war to extend these operations to sections not now authorized by law. I therefore do not favor the passage of the bill." In view of the favorable expressions of General Thomas Q. Ashburn. head of the Inland Waterways corporation, on a recent visit to Portland, with re gard to development of Columbia . River transportation, it was thought the war department might officially take the same view. Probably some way will be found to amplify the views of the department as to whv it desires to restrict the benefit of the inland waterway act to one section of the country. . Upon this question it may be found" desirable to learn directly the views of General Ashburn and of the secre tary of war himself, Patrick H. Hur ley. As it stands the Davison report lacks any support. Astoria Woman Selected As Rebekah State Leader, Mrs. Leona Thiel of Astoria was elected state president of the Rebekah assembly at Wednesday's session of the annual convention of the order being held in Portland. The election of officers was the big moment at the gathering of at least 2000 members of the order. Other officers elected were: vice- president, Mrs. Ethel Meldrum of Milwaukie; warden, Mrs. Maud Rog ers of Enterprise; secretary, Ora L. Cosper of Dalles, and treasurer, Eda Jacobs of Portland, the two last nam ed having been re-elected; trustee of the home for three years, Allie Circle of Portland; assembly trustee, Jennie Hum of Klamath Falls. Mrs. Hallie Ingle of Albany, retir ing president, was selected repre sentative to the national convention at Indianapolis in September. During the meeting Rose McCros- key, past-president of the association of Rebekah assemblies, spoke regard ing the educational fund of the or ganization. Two Oregon students are borrowing from this fund to aid them in their school work, it was said. The fund is available to children of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs, the youngster not being required to sign notes, the money being loaned on honor.- The speaker said that Oregon is a generous contributor to the fund, which is showing a good growth. No tax to the membership is made for money, but free-will offerings ore oming in from all states and prov inces, it was said. Mr. and Mrs, H. A. Barrett and family spent Sunday at Bingham Springs. Duffield Opens Shop R. A. Duffield, who with his wife and son returned the first of the month from Portland after an absence of six months has opened a barber shop in the building former ly occupied by the office of Dr. Cowan and Dr. Rice. Penn Harris has order ed fixtures and equipment for the room vacated by Mr, Duffield, and until its arrival from Portland is at the old stand, west of the Athena Department store. The new equip ment will Include furniture and fix tures for Mrs, Harris' beauty parlor. Mis Gladys Beem is coming from Portland to take charge of the parlor until Mrs,. Harris completes hit C0tf8 W tbft fMajid iiW Malcn Burnett Pupils to Be Heard In Concert Piano pupils of Miss Edna Hanna of the Malen Burnett School of Music will be presented in a recital at the school auditorium on Wednesday night, May 28th at 8 o'clock. They will be assisted by Miss Betty Weatherman, violinist of Walla Wal la, pupil of Miss Jean Bratton. Two nine year old pupils, Elizabeth Wal ker, violinist and Peggy Weather man cellist will be heard in a trio with Miss Hanna at the piano. Athena pupils who will appear on the program are Virginia Eager, Joyce Pinkerton, Aaron Douglas, Jewell Pinkerton, Tillman Taylor, Maxine Martin, Tillman Stone, Betty Eager, Marjorie Montague and Ny lene Taylor. There will be no admis sion charge and the public is cordial ly invited. Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Johnson of Seattle are visitirrg at the homo oil his Biyvhtj? Ajvla jfoh'risda.