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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (July 4, 1930)
A BIG JOB. BUT ITS DEAD EASY ' It would be big job to tell one hundred people any thing 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 yon 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 Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mail Matter VOLUME 43' ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, JULY 4, 1930 NUMBER 27 RESOLUTIONS PASS ED AT PENDLETON : No Specific Candidates f The Dalles Favored For State Meeting Place. I s Pendleton. Without making a I single mention of any possible nomi ; nee for governor, nine of the republi can state committeemen from the 18 " Eastern Oregon counties met in the chamber of commerce rooms here Monday night and cleared away the persistent smoke of mystery that had prevailed about the impending ac- tion of the committmen since the an . nouncement a week ago of . Tom Elliot, Umatilla committeeman, that : called the representatives of the coun ties here. , ! Reiterating his claim that the. pur pose of the caucus was not to com mit anyone to the support of any given candidate, Mr. Elliot gained the concurrence of every man pres- ent to discuss only a few phases of the coming campaign that bear di rectly on the problems of Eastern Oregon. In the preliminary discussion at the start of the meeting, however, sever al of those attending remarked that, ! white they were at present entirely open-minded on. the matter, they be lieved the nominee to be selected at the next general meeting of the stute committee should either be an East ern Oregon man or one whi hart dem onstrated his sympathy with Eastern Oregon affairs. The Dalles loomed as a possible meeting place of the state committee when the committeemen present un animously passed and signed a resolu tion recommending to the state chair man that he select the Coun.bia rivtr town when the committee meets this month to decide upon who shall take the place left vacant bj the recent death of George W. Joseph, noiiinat ed in the May primary. k ? Other resolutions numbered in the five passed - last night include a re fusal on the part of any committee man to individually pledge his vote : to any candidate or cause prior to the state meeting; a refusal to make any commitment before consulting other mcmoers of the central committee that come from this part of the rtate; that the committeemen from this ter- ritory will accept any candidate ir respective of his place of residence providing he is in sympathy with the aspirations of Eastern Oregon; that ; a place be selected for the meeting in some city outside of Multnomah , county and preferably one which has no candidate for the nomination; a commendation of the delegation from Oregon in congress for its efforts to secure suitable legislation for the de velopment of the Columbia river and a recommendation that the Deschutes river and other tributaries of the Co- ; lumbia be included in the program of , power and reclamation development; and that if the law governing the re publican central committee is rot clear on the question of selecting a candidate by a plurality or majority ' vote, the committeemen here will : favor the adoption of a rule insuring that no nominee be designated by less than a majority vote of the commit- tee. ' ' The nine committeemen present at the meeting Monday nighb were A. ,D. Swift, Baker county; C. H. Bid ,well, Union; Dr. R. W. Hwuiershott, Deschutes; Fred Bell, Hoi River; ' Howard Turner, Jefferson; S. E. rtot- son, Morrow; E. D. McKee, Sherman; : T. C. Elliott, Umatilla; and George F. -Fitzgerald, Wasco. Mr. Elliot was chosen chairman of the meeting urA Harold Warner, former state commit teeman from here was secretary. Two Records Broken I Two records were broken in con nection with the Citizens' military training camp being held June 20 to July 19, it was discovered when en rollments of boys from Oregon and southwestern Washington were com plete. One is, that it is the largest ! camp in the nine years' history of C. M. T. C. training at Vancouver Barracks. The other is that for the i first time, every county in Oregon is represented by at least one boy. There are four from Umatilla county. I , First To Harvest i Dillard York, living one mile west ! of College Place, was the first farm er in the Walla Walla valley to be- i gin harvesting grain. He started up his machine Monday in what he re- i ports to be a fairly good crop. " ' New Pool At Lehman A new swimming pool is open to the public at Lehman Springs. The pool has just been completed and is 200 feet long by 60 feet wide, the 'deepest part being 9 feet. .; Mrs. Bryce Baker and Mrs. Jennie I Gross were Walla Walla vhrtors niloitday. -,, ;; ,.- V: ,-'' - Powerful Machine Here To Excavate New Well At the Legion Pool The local Legion Post has been, suc cessful in bringing one of the coun ty's big power shovels here to com plete the excavation of the new well down at city park which will fr.rniah the supply of water for the swimming pool. The well yesterday was diwn 1Z feet, the excavating so far has been done with scraper, pick and shovel, but now that the big show.I is in place, the work is expected to pro ceed rapidly. It is understood that a centrifugal pump, powered with an electric mo tor will be used to lift the water from the well into the pool. ' For this week end the pool is "freshly filled by water from the municipal plant. The leak which gave considerable trouble for a time has been permanently repaired after the cause was ascertained by "Pike" Miller, swimming instrurtr r and caretaker at the natatorium. Miller found the cause to be the melting of the tar filling in the cavities in the floor of the swimming tank, by the sun's rays when the pool was emptied for cleaning and refilling in the day time. Now the draining pf the pool is done at nigh; and partially refilled before the sun warms the tank, and no water es capes. ' Mr. Miller is prepared to receive a large number of swimmers this week-end. He will be at Bingham Springs today, and Arthur Crowley will have charge cf the natAt:".i m during his absence. Next wen, the latter part of the week, Mr. . Miller will begin to instruct beginners in the art of swimming. Discovery May Clear I Up Prospectors Fate Press readers will remember the mysterious - disappearance several months ago of R. H. Dehn and E. G. Scarberg, St Helens business men, who went into the mountains for a day's prospecting trip. The mystery of their disappearance may be solved through the discovery Sunday of a body, on the banks ci Siouxson creek, in northern Clarl: county, - The find was. mada by Dick Hodgson, who, with his brother, was on a fishing trip. .Hodgson had outwalked his brother and sat don on a log t wait urtU the other came up. While pc-TinT through the undoivrowch he found the body, apparently washed up by the water. The spot is about tnree miles up the creek from itz r.oallucme with the Lewis ric.r. Sheriff McCrite and the ::orui'.er left for the scene to recover the body nr.d to conduct further search in that vicinity. Dehn and Scarberg left for the up per reaches of the Lewis river short ly before Christmas on a projecting trip and were last seen by a rcrtuse in that section. Later their aucino- bile was found where they had reach ed the end of negrtiable roaJta. In it was a rifle, the only I'rearm carri ed. From that point on their trail was followed for a time by ncorcs of searchers who came across remnants of campflres, burned matches and to bacco tins, only to be lost finally in the wilderness. Both men have wives and children living at St. Helens. Cornell Purchases Half Interest In Red & White L. A. Cornell, who came to Athena from Malheur county several month3 ago and took over the Thompson Garage, and later sold it, has pur chased a half interest in the Red & White store from Ed Montague. Mr. Cornell is familiar with the business, having for a number of years conducted a general merchan dise store at Lowden, Washington be fore going to Malheur county, where he engaged in farming. Mr. Montague states that the busi ness volume of the Red & White had increased to a point where, be was compelled to have additional help and that he believes that a partnership with Mr. Cornell is a most saiirfac tory solution. Pendleton Man Win Prize Floyd rVan Orsdall, employe at a Pendleton furniture store, received word that he had won the $2-5) prize offered by a window shado institute of New York city in a natienwide contest embracing Canada to obtain a suitable name for their tradj magazine. First Tomato Shipment The first tomato shipment in car load lot will be made from the Mil ton-Freewater district about July 10. A number of carloads are already packed, and it is expected 200 car loads will be available during the season in that part of the county. Garage Painted . Forrest Zerba's Athena Garage is receiving a newly painted front this week. Red, white and blue are the prevailing colors, painters for the Standard Oil company, doin the work, . -.-,.:.;... -v.,:,,.- Advanced in U. O. Personnel mmmtm k I V mm :p ' k v) - in W': , IC..v , 2! f if ft 4 J -v These men are among the member of the administrative staff of the Unl " .versfty of Oreflon who received promotions in sweeping cTiar.gi3 made In the university personnel the past week, as approved by the stats board of higher education. Top row, la L. H. Johnson (left), who has been made comptroller emeritus after serving as comptrollsr for 29 'years; and Karl Onthank, who Is promoted from post as excsutlvo secretary to the new position of dean of personnel administration. Bottom row, la Earl M. Pallett (left), registrar, who has been made executive sscretary; and Paul W. Ager, who has been promoted from assistant csmptrollsr to full rank as comptroller. University of Oregon, Eugene. Creation of the office of dean of per sonnel administration, regarded as one of the most forward eteps taken by the university in recent years, Is . an nounced by Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall. Promotion of two other staff mem bers to executive offices Is also an nounced. Karl W. Onthank, executive secre tary of the University since 1917, Is advanced to the deanship of the new department, and Earl M. Pallett, regis trar here for the past three years, suc ceeds him as executive secretary. Paul W. Ager, who has been serving as as sistant comptroller for the past year, becomes comptroller, and Louie H. Johnson, comptroller, Is appointed Comptroller Emeritus. Departments to Cooperate Dean Onthank will be in charge of the various activities pertaining to personnel work, which include the bureau of personnel research, offices of the dean of men and dean of wo men, activities having to do with the collection of vocational information and placement service, faculty person nel work and organization of lower division faculty advisers. ' "The mothers and fathers of Oregon have a right to expect that when tbey send their sons and daughters to the University of Oregon that they will there receive the most intelligent per sonnel advice that it la possible for an educational institution to afford," said Dr. Hall in making the announcement. "Many of these boys and girls have not yet found themselves. They have not discovered their major interests. They do not yet know what vocation they wish to follow. Others perhaps have selected their vocations upon factors that are capricious, accidental, or irrational, and it is important that they soon discover and correct their mistakes. Others have not yet been able to adjust themselves to the social life of the community. Still others find themselves torn between conflict ing interests and impulses of their own. "Some students, more industrious and alert than others, need to be given taaks more, adequate to their capaci ties, while backward students need sympathetic and intelligent guidance and analysis, to the end that tney may not be unduly discouraged, and if pos sible their difficulties be discovered and remedied. ' Personnel Work Improves "When I came to the University 4l9.cJt fM revs ago, one of my first acts was tne appointment of a person nel committee. After a year and a half of careful study and deliberation, this committee evolved a splendid or ganization for the study of personnel problems. This organization, at the end of two years, has made some very helpful and constructive contributions to the problems of student personnel and student counsel. "It is my desire that this work, built carefully upon a scientific basis pro vlded by the Bureau of Personnel Re search, should be definitely expanded and an organization created for the purpose of bringing it more intimate ly in contact with the lives of the stu dents. To this end, the Personnel Council is being reorganized and en larged to be more completely repre sentative of faculty opinion and con structive criticism. The Bureau of Personnel Research is being strength ened and the office of Dean of Per sonnel Administration is being creat ed. The purpose -of the latter office is to provide the organization through which the work of the Personnel Re search Bureau and the ideas of the faculty in regard to personnel prob lems can be more adequately trans lated Into the actual administration of the University. It is hoped that by this means the new lower division ad visory system can be made Increasing ly effective. Students to be Advised "More time and energy of faculty members will be devoted to the work of advising students and opportunities for closer contact between the re search bureau and the students need ing its special services will be estab lished. Professor Howard R. Taylor will continue as director of the Bureau of Personnel Research, and Mr. Karl W. Onthank, for many years executive secretary of the University, will be dean of Personnel Administration. As a result of these changes and others to follow, it is hoped that a greater emphasis will be placed upon person nel work with the students and that ultimately there may be developed a program of student counselling and advising as adequate, as aclentif ic, and as wise as it is humanly possible to provide. The public must not ex pect too much too soon. This whole movement, scientifically speaking, Is still in its infancy and progress here, as in all scientific ef forts, must be slow. Every effort will be made, however, to give to our stu dent body the soundest and most wholesome advice that circumstances wlU permit," , . Governors Told of Plans To Secure Aid From the Federal Government Plans for obtaining additional fed' eral highway appropriations under the recently-enacted Colton-Oddie bill for government roads across public domain were presented to the Wet em Association of State Highway of ficials at Salt Lake City by Henry H Blood, its president and chairman of the Utah State Road commission. Blood pointed out that there be came available the largest, federal authorizations ever made in any one year for highway building and added "prospects are that during the ne'it year more hioney'wul be spent and more miles of highway constructed than during, any hke , period m the past." v.' ', - ' He Ci!!od .'"t the statehlghWay departments to prepare information for presentation at 'congressional hearings on appropriations under the Colton-Oddie bill, showing location of mam highways through public lands, which he said would entail searching of records in the government land of fices. ,. He said "it probably can be shown the public land states can absorb up to $2,500,000 or even $3,500,000 a year as a continuing authorization until the highways through this class of lands have been constructed" and urged that the west provide for rep resentation in Washington when these matters are under consideration. On the basis of the former -ure he estimated receipts of each of the various western states und'jr the act of Arizona $381,600, California $215,500, Colorado $84,750, Montana $117,500, : Nevada $565,500, v New Mexico 223,250, Oregon $115,000, Utah $286,000, Washington $35,250, Wyoming $202,500. Local Folk Have Good Time at Bingham Springs Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pinkerton and Dean were Sunday visitors at Bine- ham. Mr. and Mrs. Will Campbell and daughter Myrtle and son Robert spent the week-end at their summer homes here. r Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins and children Doris and Dale, visited 'at the Will Campbell home over the week-end. Bernard D. Carnim of the Photo sec tion and Niels Anderson of A. C. 23 squad, Luke Field, T. H. Hawaiian Island were visiting Sunday at Bing ham Springs. The J. C. club of the Helix neigh borhood held a picnic at Bingham, Sunday. The following members at tended: C. C. Garden and wife, E. E. Tate, wife and little daughter, Newt Newtson and family, Dick Newtson and family, W. J. Doran and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Jens Newtson, Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson and family, Norman Pendergast and others. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McKenzie and children were visiting Mrs. Mc-Kenzie's- sister, Mrs. J. A. Winn, Sun day at Bingham. Christian Missionary Society The July meeting of the Christian Missionary society was held Wednes day afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. W. Pinkerton, with twenty-two members and guests present Mrs. C. A. Sias led the program with Mrs. Lew McNair reading the Scripture lesson. Mrs. Maurice Frazier, Mrs. Berlin, Mrs. G. R. Gerking gave short readings, Mrs. L. R. Pinkerton a musical reading and Miss Juanita Crawford a poem and Mrs. Louis Keen reviewed a short missionary story. After the program an auxili ary to the society was formed, em bracing all, members of the church or friends who desire to cooperate, into an organization for home missionary or benefit work, to meet the thfrd Wednesday in each month. The August meeting of the regular mis sionary society will be with Mrs, L. Sherman, with Miss Juanita Cnw ford leading. Visitors were: Mrs. and Miss Crawford, Mrs. Jesse Smith, Mrs, McCollough and Mrs. Garner. Oldest Mason Dead Uncle Jim Whitford, believed to be the oldest Mason in point of year in the country, died at the Masonic and Eastern Star home on the Base Line road Sunday morning, at the age cf 103 years. Hearty and well- up to six months ago, Uncle Jim was fchow man for the big home. He was bom at Shandege Four Corners, N. V., October 30, 1827, while John Quincy Adams was the sixth president of the United States. ! Fourth To Be Glorious American Legion Event Today At Walla Walla Walla Walla. Th th Fourth of July celebration has its plans an completed to make the d.iy one of the most snectaculm' nf nnv in which the American Legion has taken tne lead.- , Some fifty-two entries will be in the parade the night of the Fourth at 6 p; m., among which will be both patriotic and humorous numbers. Prizes of $50 for first place, $25 for second place and $18 for third place have been announced by the Legion parade committee consisting of Pail uomn, chairman, George W. Rob erts and Wliiiam Boldman. Decorations for the cit streets were inaugurated Monday and con tinued until completed. Frame for the set pieces of fireworks displays have arrived and are readv to not m. today. ; The fireworks nroeram include thirteen major set pieces and twelve minor ones. There will be 71 aerial disnlavs. six dozen one rtound ayhlhi. tion rockets and five gr..ss of large exhibition candles. At a meetinsr of the iolnt commit. tee of the American Lesrion. (Infinite plans , were consummated for the races to be NM at the lair crounda July 5 and 6. Up to date sixteen en tries have been made for t.ha sneed events. AH of these cars will appear in the street parade ' tonight at 6 p. m. , .. . There will be seven event rlnllv Tho time trials will start at 1:30 and the final races nromntlv at 2:30. Corn will be classified into three classes, A. B. and C. accord mar to sneed Quali fications in the preliminaries. This is probably the lareest num ber of actual racing cars ever enter ed in a racing program in the North west. Since Monday the track has been watered and rolled and will pre sent a cemented appearance by tho time of the races. ,.. Two Working Crews Are Here Remodeling Lines Two crews of workmen are here re modeling the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company lines. They have followed a former crew ..tlmt nnt several weeks working cn the lines in the Adams-Athtma-Weston district. One of the crews now here is in charge of Foreman Fred itlt'jinger, and it is at present engaged In reset ting poles between Atherui n'ld Wes ton. . v . . . . ' Foreman James Ensign's crew is stringing new wire from Athena junction to La Grande. This portion of the system is to be retrar.aposed throughout and will have two com plete circuits when finished. Tho two crews comprise a personnel of 10 men. Here From Salem Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Clayton (Mildred Winship) were in the city yesterday from Salem where they reside. Mr. Clayton is a detective on the Salem police force. While in the city,, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton were guests at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Gholson and Mr. and Mrs. Otho Reeder. Has Radio In Automobile , Forrest Zerba has Installed a radio get in the family car. He can bowl along over the highway in his big Hudson sedan, enjoy the scenery and at the sanve time listen in on w!at tba world Jm doing. . ,,. .. , Mavericks Scalp Indians In Game At Penitentiary The Mission Indians, champions of the Blue Mountain league and who al so recently defeated the Yakima All Stars by the score of 6 to 0, journey ed to the penitentiary at Walla Walla, Sunday and was trounced by the Mavericks to the tune of 7 to 0. The game was played in 1 hour and minutes. Bettles, southpaw chucker for the Indians, held the Mavericks scorehss until the fifth but could not stand the pace and the inmates garnered a total of eight hits in the remaining imr .igs. The masterful chucking of the vet eran Schultz of the Mavericks wai the feature of the game. The Mavericks are undefeated this season after tangling with the stilfest competition in Oregon and eai tern Washington. Score: R. II. E. Mission -Indians 0 2 R Mavericks .:. , 7 10 1 GROWERS WARNED TO CUT ACREAGE . To Hold Clinic Here A clinic will be held for children up to 6 years of age, Thurs day afternoon, July 10, undi:: the di rection of Miss Helen Sampson, coun ty health nurse, in the domestic science rooms at the high school be tween the hours of 1 anl 3 p. m. Particular attention will be given to children who will begin school work this year. Anyone interested in the clinic may confer with Mrs. E. C. Rogers. Peas and Beans Both the bean and pea crops in the Athena-Weston district begin to look flourishing and give evidence of a healthy growth on the high lands where the plantings have been made this year. Full crews are maintain ed at this time to keep the fields in a high state of cultivation. Gas Well Brought In The eighth well drilled by tho Wal la Walla Gas, Oil and Pip ilin.) com pany in the Benton fields was Iroupht in Tuesday. A. A. Durand of Wnlla Walla, who has been drilling thj well, predicted it would be the largest pro ducing well in the field. It will 1e several days before an cstirato It tb- Uained. Department of Agriculture Predict Below Average Prices In Seven Years. Washington. Warning the Ameri can farmer to think in terms of a do-mestic-Jinarket. the agriculture nredicted - wnrM t.nn- prices in the next seven years will average appreciably lower than those of the last seven. .. ,; ;j . The warning was made in connec tion With the 1930 wnrlH whof nt. ..wmw . vMV lOOk report. Extensive sriinatment in ,V,4. acreage including RnWanHn! roA, tion In cost per bushel, must be mada ii wneai production is to be profit able to growers e-enerallv In the navf- six to 10 years, the report said. inis is necessary," it explained, "to meet intensified -vfvwavwt world markets." i In the face of increasing evnnroKU surpluses in Canada, Argentina, Aus tralia and the Balkans, per capita consumntion of wheat. ducts shows no tendency to increase, the report said. "Wheat nricen In t.n tTn!t States," the report said, "are likely to snare in tne downward trend of the general nrice level, the evtent. nf th general price level, the extent of tho decline depending in part upon the action of wheat srrowers in this unrl other countries. A curtailment in tha nrnriiHnn nt eXOOrt Wheats wmiM nnt. nnlv tan1 in raise the world wheat price level but would also improve the relation of domestic to foreign market prices." Surplus Wheat Storage Walla Walla. -Some difficulty may arise this fall in finding places to uo commodate the storage of wheat if something is not done with the amount that is still left over from the crop last year. About a million and a half bushels remain from last year's yield and it is expected that the yield this year will be somewhere be tween five and six million bushcln. The graneries and elevators in the Walla Walla district will hold a lit- tie over four million bushels and the combined total of this years grain and that of last year will be consider, ably over this amount. Local evperta say that it is probable that a good deal of wheat will be shipped to other markets. Norblad Will Not Run For Office of Governor Portland . Governor A. W. Norblad announced he would not be a candi date for republican nomination for governor to succeed the late George W. Joseph. Joseph was nominated May 16 with a plurality of about 5,000 votes over Norblad, his strongest opponent. Joseph died June 16. The republican state central com mittee is to meet in the near future to select the party leader. Many of Governor Norblad's friends had urged him to submit his name as a candi date. A Real Fishing Trip Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Dudley, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Eickhoff, Mr. and Mrs. Vera Dudley Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Stater formed a party that took ft real fishing trip over last week-end. The party left Dayton, Washington., by automobile and went to a ranger's station in the Twin Buttes district of the forest reserve. From there thi remainder of the journey was negoti ated with saddle and pack horses. Real fishing was experienced by the men folks, fine, big trout being caught in abundance. Rev, McConnel Returned Carl F. McConnell, for four years pastor of the Marvin Memorial Methodist church, will return to Wal la Walla for a fifth year, it was an nounced following action taken by Bishop Arthur J. Moore at the annual conference of the Methodist church, South, concluded in Corvallis, Ore gon, Sunday. The Rev. McConnell is one of the three five-year men in the conference. Wheat Alarm Scored C. W. Warburton, director of the extension service of the department of agriculture sees no cause for alarm in the world wheat situation. "While there is a surplus nt wheat in this country from last year," hj taid, "it is not as large as a year ago. The situation is not as alarming as soma people would have you Uilak." Get Pilot License Laurence Tharp was one of five ap plicants to be granted airplane pilot license at Walla Walla this week, af ter flying tests were given by Captain E, V.t Pettis, U. S. bureau of aero nautics inspector. :
