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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1930)
THE PRESS,' ATHENA, OREGON-' JUNE 27, 1930 HILL'S LINE TO BUILD Great Northern and West ern Pacific Will Construct 228 Miles of Road. ., Washington. The Great Northern and the Western Pacific .railroad? were authorized Friday to. build 228 miles of new construction connwt . ing their systems between Klamath Falls, Or., and Keddie, Cal ' The, decision, 'announced by tin in terstate commerce commission, cul minates one of the longest dtawn and bitter , legal battles in the history of Western railroading and assuves the San Francisco Bay region of a second great transcontinental rail link with the hast. , Virtually 'every prominent railroad official and counsel in the West was assembled last fall at San franrisco when the Great Northern-Western Pacific application was presented in a 10-day hearing before Commission er Charles D. Mahaffie. i , Under estimates presented , to the commission, new construction would cost the Western Pacific $10,066,176 and the Great Northern $3,570,620, a total for the entire project of $14, 936,796. v v "Compared with the benefits which will accrue to the people of the West and Northwest through establishment of new competitive routes, cumulating the interchange of products, the ad vantage of a diversified car supply, additional, passenger service and the development of the local territory the moderate-capital outlay here pro posed seems amply justified," . the commission concluded. Under the authorization the Great Northern will construct SO miles of the new road from Klamath Falls, Or., south to Bieber, Cal., ami the Western Pacific would buiid 112 miles north from Keddie, Cal., to Bieber. The two roads jointly would con struct a 36-mile . branch extending from Lookout to Hambone, Crl. The principal importance , of the new line, the commission stated in its .findings, is a bridge or connecting link between the systems. The new line would give to Klamath Falls shippers the advantage of competi tion to the South, which hey do not j now enjoy, the commission ' stated. The only material diversion of traflie from the Southern -Pacific between i Klamath Falls and Keddie would be : lumber at Westwood, estimated at ' some 4000 carloads, the first; year, the commission said. " " ; Prizes Awarded Cougar Hunters Who Destroyed 341 Big Cats In Year Salem. By killing a total of 20 cougar during the twelve months end ing June L Bud Kintzley of Fall Creek, Lane county, won $175 in cash ottered by the state game , commis' sion and won for himself the title of 'champion cougar hunter of Oregon." oeorge W. Ramsey of Estacada and Tony Erlebach of Tiller each a& counted for 17 of the "big cats' and are tied for second and thrid prizes of $125 and $100 respectively. It is probable that the game commission will give each $112.50. For fourth and fifth prizes of $60 and $40 four men are tied with kills of 12 cougar each. They are Charles' H. Erwin of Hoaglini Gard Sawyers of Elkton, William Clark of Oak - Ridge, and Harry Wright of Glide. During the contest period a total of 341 cougar were accounted for in all sections of the state. This ex ceeds by a considerable figure the record of any previous year. There is a state bounty of $25 on each cougar killed in Oregon woods, but to inspire hunters to increased activ ity nd thus aid in the protection of deer the commission offered, ,' more than a year ago, prizes totalling $500 to be distributed among the five lead ing hunters. By the activity which followed the offerings of the prizes it is saf e to say that several hundred deer were saved. , A cougar is eaid to account for the killing of at least one deer a . , week throughout each year, and makes greater inroads among deer than do hunters during open season. Harold Clifford, state game warden, is pleased with .the results of the contest and intends to recommend to the commission that a similar contest be held over the coming twelve month period. Nine At Poker, In Jail During a little poker ' game in Joseph Gorman's room on Maypole avenue, Chicago, one of. the players held four jacks and an ace, while a comrade held four aces and n jack. The net result was biffo! Bingo! Socko! And nine poker players are now, in jail. Nobody has explained how' five aces and five jacks came in to the same deck, but the general opinion is that, since it was a gentle men's game, the playing card com pany must have made a mistake. Require Fire Permits Effective until September 30, camp ers in the Umatilla national forest must be provided with fire permits, according to word issued from the central office at Pendleton. The per mits,, good for 10-day periods, are is sued by rangers and other members of the forest service. Northwest Flora Fast Disappearing Says An Oregon State Botonist ; Oregon State College. While the average citizen is demanding beauty of line and color in almost everything from cars to kitchen kettles, he is still ruthlessly and thougntlessly de stroying the wild flowers and shrubs that give beauty to his surroundings. If the camper and toursit continue to dig up, carry away or destroy the natural , flora at the rata they have been doing, it will be but n few years, according to Dr. Helen GiUey, loton ist of Oregon State college, until many or the most beautiful native flowers and shrubs of Oregon and the Northwest will be extinct This, Dr. Gilkey says, has already happened in most of the eastern states. ' "The need of immediate action to preserve for future generations such necessities as fuel, building materials, food and power is startinglv evident probably to the majority of cituens, says Dr. Gilkey, "but to the maint enance of those things which have no strictly economic value, most of us have still given little thought. "The automobile and the general exodus to the country on Sundays ard other holdays has proved a temporary menace ui (jreat proportions to our native flora. Places formerly inac cessible have been opened up, and thoughtless flower-lovers strip llic woods and roadsides of blossoms and shubbery. The rearer and more sensitive plants have retreated before civH'-za-tion so-called and in many cases are making their last stand. The next few years may determine their fates." Some of the outstanding examples of flowers and shrubs once abundant but now permanently gone or fa.sr disappearing from Oregon fields and forests according to Dr. Gilkey, are the small pink orchid called fairy or angel slipper, the Cascade li'.y, now extinct, and the Trilliums oi wood lilies which are destroyed, not by re moving the roots, but by taking the leaves with the flower so that no food is manufactured and stored for the next year. The rhododendrons . , i are anotner notaDie exampw vi wholesale and thoughtless destruc tion, and there are many others. PEHIIEUWH0L05 fLIORl IRS Report That Prohibition Is ,, Flooding Institution Un- I supported By Facts. 1 J. E. Gallagher has purchased the Thompson Gar age and announces an entire change in its service to patrons and the public Mechanical Department In charge of. expert mechanic Specialty will be made of repairing batteries J. E. Gallagher Athena Phone 471 A Hatch of Ostriches Is Expected On July 30 If everything goes as it is planned, the Walla Walla valley will have it'a first crop of ostriches in just 42 days, says the Walla Walla Bulletin. N. J. Van Skyke, Clyde HarrN and Dette Harris, owners of the Vigor Bilt Poultry farm at Fre r tter, Thursday morning received a "bet ting" of six ostrich eggs from the Cawston Ostrich farm of Pnsadnnn, Cal., and already one of the big electric incubators at the Vigor Bilt farm is busv with the eggs, 'lhe neriod of incubation on .heie eggs is 42 days which makes the tentative "hatchday" for the valley's first brood 'of ostriches July 3d. Just what the owners -f ostrich eggs plan to do with their, in case they are converted into two-legged birds with plumes and an appetite for old hardware, has not been ar.nounc ed. . Union Gains; Others Decline Figures released on three counties bv Sunervisor Mclntyre show that Union, county gained 386 people in the last decade. The population for 1930 is 17,472 compared to 16,633 for 1920. It is apparent that this gain was made in LaGrande which showed an increase of more than 1100 while other sections declined. Uma tilla countv showed a decrease of 1447 with a 1930 population of 24,. 499 compared to 25,946 for 1920 Wallowa county lost 1998 people with a population of 7780 for 1930 com pared to 9778 for lazu. THE ATHENA MARKET We carry the best Meat That Money Buys Marriage Licenses Issued Marriage licenses were issued by the county clerks office Friday to Thayer Byington, 20 of Cayuse, and Marian Helm Floate, 17, of fendie- ton. Nykee English, 24, of Pendleton, and Dorothy Pauline Becker, 17, ot Pendleton. Fred W. P. Miethe, legal, of Salt Lake, and Beulah VesU Hittle, legal, of Freewater. t Fewer Hogs Raised H. J. Stillings, who has been handl ing most of the livestock shipments of the community for the past fifteen years, says there are fewer hogs be ing raised in this shipping district than at any time during this period, CHURCH OF CHRIST , "Living Letters," will be the pul pit topic Sunday morning. Tho ever ning service will be of a patriotic nature, when the pastor will speak of "The Birth of a Nation." There will be patriotic music. Attendance at the Bible school is in the seventta, Come on, let's "hold that line." Kippered Salmon, all Kinds of Salt Fish. Fresh Fish, Oysters, Crabs, Clams, Kraut in Season. A. W. LOGSDON Main Street Athena, Oregon. H. A. Trick Carpenter and Contractor Pendleton Phone 231J Specializes in Metal Weather Stripping A Salem special to the Oregonian says that reports circulated thmih- out the state that the congested con dition at the Oregon state penitenti ary were due to liquor law violations were set at rest when Henry Meyers, superintendent, made public a report showing that only 47 of the 901 pris oners now in the institution are serv ing terms for infractions of the pro hibition statutes. . The report shows that the largest number of prisoners in the peni tentiary are serving terms for lar ceny, with buglary a , close second. There are a total of ,163- men and women incarcerated for Jarceny, while 108 prisoners are serving terms for burglary. In 85 cases commit ments were, received for assault and robbery while armed with a danger ous weapon. Eighty-four prisoners are serving terms for statutory of fenses, while 97 men were received at the prison on charges of forgery. While liquor law violations appar-. ently receive wider publicity titan other crimes at the present time, the prison records show that 78 men a-e serving terms for murder, whic h nealy twice the number of persons in the penitentiary for, prohibit.cn law infractions. Eighteen men - were committed for manslaughter. A total of 32 men and women are serving terms for obtaining money Ly fake pretenses. Prisoners comnv.twl un der the statutes regulating perversion number 12. There are 22 men incarcerated for the crime of assault while armed with a dangerous weapon, and 10 for assault with intent to kill. Six men are serving terms for arson. In ?9 cases commitments were received for assault to rob. Two men ute serving terms of perjury, 2 for polygamy and 6 for robbery. There were 7 com mitments for receiving stolen proper ty, 2 for obtaining goods under false pretenses and 3 for kidnapping. Robbery by force, not being armed with a dangerous weapon, resulted in 8 commitments. Two men are serv ing terms for assult of an officer and 2 for attempted burglary. The following summary shows the total number of prisoners in the state penitentiary, together with the num ber committed for various offenses: Assault 2, assault of officer 1, as sault of officer in attempt to escape 2, assault, being armed with a danger ous weapon, 22, assault with intent to killlO, assault in connection with statutory offense 14, assault to rob 39, assault and robbery while armed with a dangerous weapon 85, attempt ed forgery 1, attempted burglary 2, crime against nature 2, attempt to commit statutory offense. 3, arson 6, aiding and assisting in attempt to escape 1, burglary 198, destruction of property 1. Forgery 97; having revolver, being unnaturalized person, 1; having con cealed firearms and having previous ly been convicted of a felony 1 incest 3, kidnaping 3, liquor law violations 47, larceny 165, manslaughter 18, murder 78, forging prescription for narcotics 1, non-support 3, obtaining letter from postoffice addressed to an other person 1, obtaining goods by false pretenses 2, obtaining money by false pretenses 32, obtaining pro perty by false pretenses 6, perjury 2, golygamy 6, robbery 6, robbery by force, not being armed with danger ous weapon, 8; robbery by fear 2, statutory offenses 84, receiving stolen property 7. Selling morphine 1, taking girl under 16 for marriage without con sent of parents 1, taking and using automobile without consent of own er 2, threatening to commit felony 1, willfully applying funds of state bank 1, perversity 12, sedacti n 1 Other crimes, involving offenses, number 6. The report showed that the Oreg'.n penitentiary now has (he 'arge.it pop ulation in its history, base on the number of commitments received dur ing the past year, officia's estimated that the population of the prforn would exceed 1000 before February 1 of next year. l-ri.-irrr" ' ' - -.-f- Tht nuthiM Mil yUlJteth, rffichncy thlt No. 7 Hlllttit HareuivThruhtr ietaau It it tquifiptd with a tanltnt dnltt thai ptrmit thmhlnt in ttitp tradu. New Congregation Edifice The cornerstone for a new $50,- 000 Congregational church was laid in Walla Walla Sunday, following special services. The stone, which came from England to fortland as ship ballast was a footing for the gravestone of Ransom Clark who wa buried in Portland in 1850, was laid by the oldest member of the Waila Walla church, Miss Anna Hi!!. S. P. Will Not Appeal Paul Shoup, president of the South- ern Pacific, announced his railroad would not appeal from the Interstate Commerce Commission ruling grant ing the application of the Great Northern for permission to connect with the Western Pacific in northern California. Two Women Arrested Two women were arrested at Pen dleton Saturday, charged with pass ing bad checks. The women driving a car bearing an Idaho license, passed the check at the Bruce Ellis service Itatlon. . Hills or HollowsUp or Down, the No. 7 KzrvesterThresher Gets All the Grain! YOU can cut grain on a 65 percent grade with the platform up hill or on a 40 per cent grade with the platform down hill. The platform remains parallel with the ground regardless of the angle at which it is working. It picks up down and tangled grain readily. The platform canvas and feeder convey the cut grain to the threshing cylinder where 90 per cent of the separation takes place at once. The threshing mechanism is kept level by power from the engine and the sieves of the shoe and recleaner are automatically leveled. Here is the combine for hills and rough ground. Here is the machine that increases grain-growing profits by cutting harvest costs, by doing better work, and by threshing cleaner than the old wasteful methods. Come in and let us tell you more about this Hillside Harvester-Thresher we can't begin here to tell you of its many fine features. Rogers Goodman , (A Mercantile Trust) McCormick NO. 7 HILLSIDE HARVESTER. THRESHERS i "Cues Hill He Never Cat Before" I cut 840 acres with my McCor. mick-Deering No. 7 harvester' thresher and got through last Fri day, grain all in the sacks. I aver aged 32 i acres per day. I have no kick coming whatever, never even broke a LINK. Broke one sprocket and that was my fault. As I told you before I cut a HILL that had neVer been cut with a Binder, Mow er or Combine before. - I averaged 10 gallons of gasoline per day. lean certainly recommend it for HILLY. SOFT LAND. Yes; I like it and am more than pleased with it. - ALBERT PATTERSON; , Umapine, Ore. . eeveetee .-. ' Write, telephone or call for our nett 1928 McCormlck-Deerlng Harvester Thresher catalog describing the No. 7 and the two McCor mick-Deering prairie combines. We Golf and Drink To Excess Says Doc Spokane. Golf is harmful and alco holic liquor has its benefits, Dr. Wil Ham Muhlberg, Cincinnati, president of the association of the insurance medical department, believes. Speaking here, Dr. Muhlberg said The average man who plays golf goes out to the course, dubs a shot gets mad, tears his hair, maybe throws his club away or breaks it up and as a result, increases his blued pressure. Instead of playing the game for the enjoyment of it, he bets so much a hole, strives to beat his on ponent, often plays more holes than he should and over exerts himself. The average American, he said. does not know the meaning of repose. He worries about business, freLs be cause his neighbor's car is better than his, and instead of resting in his leisure time, he spends it worrying, dashing madly somewhere in his car, or in some form of violent competi tive exercise. "A little bit of alcohol is good for mankind, we find," he asserted. "It soothes the nerves and makes his out look on life brighter. The Italian gets good from his wine, and the Ger man from his beer, but the American gets little but harm because tti2 aver age American drinks as ho does everything else to excess." CLASSIFIED Lamb Killing Bear Dispatched The East Oregonian reports that Stoney Maef, hunter for Smythe Brothers, reported to the office in Pendleton that he had killed a big brown bear after the animal had des troyed six lambs in the mountains in the vicinity of Goodman ridge in Umatilla forest. The bear dogs were called out and one of them was badly chewed in the fracas with the bear. Cherry Harvest Over The cherry harvest is almost over in the Milton-Freewater district and as far as past seasons go the -rop has been one of the lightest in many years. For several days Bings and Lamberts have been bringing rnly six and eight cents a pound to the grower, ihe crop this year showed greater number of culls than other years also. Circulator In Limbo Robert E. Dennis, 31, a petition circulator, who had been employed by the Oregon State Grange to circulate initiative petitions for the "people's water and power utility district con stitutional amendment" is in jail at Portland, charged with violating the state election laws by writing in r. name other than his own on an in itiative petition. Frick's metal weather stripping is best. For Sale Rhode Island chicks. Phone 455, Athena. , baby Dr. W. Boyd Whyte CHIROPRACTOR Stangier Building, Pendleton, Oregon, Phone 706 957 J ;Milk Cows Good, fresh Milk cows for sale. Henry Koepke, Athena, phone 32F12. Cook House Cook house on wide truck, for sale. James Duncan, Athe no, phone 30F15. For Sale A New Coleman Air-O-Gas range, slightly used. Mrs. CaUie Sanders, Athena, phone 30F21. Foley's Kidney Cure maken kidneys end blsdilcr right PETERSON & LEWIS Attorneys at Law Stangier Building, Pemdleton, Oregon. in all State and Federal Practice Courts. Jensens Blacksmith Shop Repair Work Prices Reasonable Athena, Oregon Real Estate Wheat Alfalfa and Stock Land SHEEP FOR SALE L L. Montague, Arlington Pleads Guilty to Sale and Possession B. B. Richards, when in terviewed by the Press man, pleaded guilty to the sale of the best insurance obtainable for the money and possession of more policies in reserve ready at a moments notice for your use and purpose. A policy for every nazzardL B. B. RICHARDS, . Insurance - I 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. We Can Cast Your Plates The installation of an Electricaster Stereo typ ing Machine make It possible for ua to accom modate our merchant advertisers and others in the matter of making printing plates from matrices. It means a val uable addition to our equipmentinthematter of serving por patron.