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A BIG JOB, BUT ITS DEAD EASY - It would be is bis 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 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 Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mail Matter VOLUME 43 ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, JULY 11, 1930 NUMBER 28 HOOVER FAVORS UMATILLA IK Senator McNary Has Inter view With President Rela ' y tive to Project. ' A Washington, D. C, special to the Morning Oregonian says: the Umatil la rapids power project on the Colum bia river will have the support of the Hoover administration providing cer tain conditions regarded as essential to its success can be met, according to the impression gained by Senator McNary. -'..?;'' - -4 McNary found the president inter ested in the future development of the Columbia river for both naviga .. tion and power purposes, with water . storage for irrigation as an essential part of any hydro-electric project. In point of importance the president is said to regard improvement of the Co lumbia as ranking , next to Boulder dam on the Colorado and ' Muscle Shoals on the Tennessee river. Before the federal government can take up in detail important questions A 1- TT I'll- t concerning me umauna rapias pro nosal. such as feneration and sale of power or lease for private operation, or extent to wnicn tne uoiumDia may reasonably be canalized, several kinds - of information, will have to be obtain ed, and President Hoover is under stood in his talk with the senator to have expressed hope that local agencies could be relied upon to sup ply part of the essential data. . The report of the army engineers who have spent more than two years on a complete survey of the Colum bia's possibilities from the viewpoints of power development, navigation, ir rigation and flood control, is due to reach congress early next year,, prob ably in January or February. It will furnish a foundation upon which . a case from the Umatilla rapids can be built, but much additional information will undoubtedly be demanded by the interior ... department, which ,.v must eventually recommend - hydro-elec trie project if it is to be approved by congress. . " Before the Boulder dam project was . put up to congress, California . and other etatea of the Colorado river basin had definitely shown that they would be able to use all of the power proposed to be developed. A similar statement is desired for the Umatilla rapids, and the board of army engi neers, before recommending canaliza tion of the Columbia for navigation, will want to know how much freight for water movement would be tribu tary tar the whole project. Furthermore, estimates in both cases will have to be prepared in de tail, showing how much power can be contracted for immediately and how much more would be used as soon as cheap rates served to attract more industry; also how much freight would be forthcoming from Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana for water movement to seaboard, now and later. , . President Hoover is understood to have emphasized the need of such data in his discussion of the practicable side of the Columbia river develop ment. The federal government, if his views are interpreted correctly, asks first of all that it be convinced by actual proof of justification for any project, whether it be one of river or power development. Sectional responsibility is no small one in the case of a projected plant capable of producing 450,000 units of continuous primary power, for all of which an outlet must be found if the cost of energy is to be maintained at minimum, it has . previously been pointed out by government officials who have made surveys of both the Boulder dam and muscle shoals pro jects. Unless night-time service, ,when municipalities would keep the plant operative by their consumption of power, could be supplemented with .day-time industrial demand, capatlt! of keeping the plant in steady opera tion, the price of power generated at Umatilla rapids probibly would not be less than three mills, it has bees estimated. -, ,, . -j Cowboy : Convention ' The annual cowboy convention, held at Ukiah July 3 and 4 was well at tended and the rodeo program, in tiitinr th rare, was even better than given in former years. Quite a number of Athena people drove to Ukiah for the occasion and all re port that they were well repaid for the trip. Perhaps the most interest ed spectator in the Athena group was the Press man's young friend, Bill Richards. Bill is a lover of horses and is the owner of three sleek, beautiful ponies with which he spends the greater part of his time. . ' - Fainting Reservoir Roof J. W. Pinkerton, chairman of the city council water committee has been engaged this week in repainting the roof covering the reservoir of the xaaakipal water works. .,x Governor Grants Stay of Execution of One Week For ClarK ai Walla Walla Walla Walla.-Preston Ray (Slim) Clark will live at least a week long er than he had expected, Superior Court Judge John L. Sharpstein being informed over the, . telephone that Governor Roland H. Hartley will re prieve Clark for week while a com mission is investigating his sanity. Clark was under sentence to die this morning for the murder of Alpheus Bidwell. Judge Sharpstein called the governor and asked for the reprieve. A commission of physicians began the work of studying Clark, the group being named by Judge Sharp stein in response to a petition filed in court The board is composed of Doctors -H. R. Keylor, Roscoe W. Smith, Frank C. Robinson, J. T, Rooks, Harry C. . Cowan and &. L. Whitney. This board is te report in writing at a time to be decided later by the court and it is planned that a formal hearing will be heard Tues day, July 15 at which time testimony will be heard. ; , Judge Sharpstein in announcing his decision said that the state presumes that Clark is sane and it will be necessary for Clark to prove himself otherwise. Testimony must deal sole ly, with facts, and opinions will not be considered, he said. Further, he said, unless he can be convinced otherwise, no alienist, or layman, will be permitted to answer , any hypo thetical questions regarding Clark. Testimony as to anything out of the ordinary which Clark has said or done, will be permitted. Judge Sharpstein remarked that he had made a careful study of the ques tion of epilepsy and had come to the conclusion that epilepsy does not de note insanity. He said there will be no hearing this week, because the reprieve will permit more time being given. The doctors named to the commis. sion were notified Monday evening of their appointment, and went to the prison Tuesday morning to talk with and study Clark, ; Pacific Tel. & TeL Adds Japan and China to String Telephone service to Hawaii, Japan, China or any of the other countries or islands bordering; on the Pacific ocean, now is assured, according to word received by J. A. Murray, man ager from E. D. Wise, vice-president and general manager for Oregon for the Paeific Telephone and Telegraph company. This was made known following the application of the American Tele phone and Telegraph company for a construction permit to erect a short wave radio telephone station in California. Bv 1932. according to the plans. customers of the Mutual Telephone comnanv of Honolulu will be within voice range of telephones within the United States. Then as the demands for service increase Bell system tele phones will be connected one after another with far eastern nations through a combination of land wires and short wave radio transmission. Paris Dormitory for Americans 0 aArl4''432. -til H 1 7 ifirjC- J fit? 1 iWi htI 1 1te M l- v hrrt v - m-Mmnm il MmR&l V . If w3uf 1 Ji - w 1 -H? - -a r ?J I ' FiNOV E.A7S-UMS -Ji - jj t 1 ' Hs r i fv. Ml !i i 1 1 llltr f tVV --. zr ";L" Scene at the oillchil opening of the American Students' house In University City, Purls. The building will provide dormitory and social headquarters for 260 American students In Paris universities and schools. For Forest Improvements An increase of 1100.000 has been allotted for 1930 for improvements on the 22 national forests of Oregon And Washington, according to regional forester C. J. Buck, Portland, Or. Ihe total set up for 1930-31 for per manent improvements, outside of roads and trails, on the national for ests is $200,500. These funds are to be spent for a variety of purposes, anrVi bs maintenance and construction of telephone lines, fire lookout houses and towers, ranger stations, fire men's shelters and"cabins. barns, tool houses, water systems, and fences. Maxine Culley a Bride Beautiful in Its simplicity was the marrlasre of Miss Maxine Culley. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sim J. Cul ley, and Robert V. Wood, solemnized Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home of the bride's parents, 236 Stan ton street, Walla Walla, says the Leader. The impressive ring cere mony was read by the Rev. Robert Elmer Smith, pastor ol the fioneer Methodist church! Rebuilds Combined Harvester Rogers Coodman mechanics have rebuilt an International Harvester for the Washington-Idaho Seed com nanv. which will be used to harvest the seed pea crop in the Weston dis trict and on the Barney Foster ranch, south of Athena. The header was re duced in size, other alterations were made and pea separating equipment waa added to tn macnine, , License Plates Galore The largest consignment of auto mobile license plates ever delivered at the Athena postoffice by parcel post, came in from Salem, Monday, states Postmaster Barrett It seemed to him that every Athena automobile owner received his 1930 license plate in the shipment. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Hill left Thurs day for Lewisfon, retarajag' Sunday. Walla Walla Elks Promote Out Door Opera, Red Mill Walla Walla. Walla Walla talent is again to appear in an outdoor opera. Under the auspices of the Walla Walla lodge of Elks 75 persons are nightly drilling for- the- signing of Victor Herbert's famous production, "The Red Mill." Net profits from the production are to be u?ed for charity funds , of the lodge which yearly spends thousands of dollars for re lief work in this territory. Howard Pratt, director for the Whitman conservatory of Muuic is directing the musical end of the pro gram being, assisted in the dramatic by Jimmy Wright and Jeo Chamber lain, local business men who spent several years on the vaudeville, and dramatic stages before coming to this city. Mrs. Hal Tilley is in chargo of the dancing features. The comic features of the Red Mill combined with its tuneful music are expected to make the production stand out above all other ever given here. This is the third time Walla Walla has staged such a production in the open. Pinafore and The Mikado were given several seasons ago. Like the Red Mill they were presented on the Whitman College campus. The current production is to be presented July 23, 24 and 25. Special Music Special music was in evidence at the young people's meeting at the Baptist church Sunday evening, when a chorus of fifteen voices aided by Miss Jean Zerba at the piano and Kohler Betts with the violin rendered splendid music. Selected readings were given by Miss Goldie Miller and Miss Barbara Lee. A trio composed off Kohler Betts, Jack Dow and Curtis Duffiield sang "The Old Rugged Cross" and a vocal duet was given by Barbara and Robert Lee with Mrs. E. O. Lee at the piano. Power Shovel Breaks Down At the Nat Well The power shovel broke down short ly before noon Monday while exca vating-in the new well at the Legion natatorium in city' park., , The shovel had just begun to make a showing in the work of removing mud and dirt from the bottom of the big well which is down to a depth of 15 feet, when the bucket broke. The machine was removed to Helix to resume road work there when the bucket will be replaced with a new one. M.-1. Miller, in charge of digging the well says that the work will be completed with man power, several men to be employed !n the work. The pool was filled for the last time yesterday with water from the city mains, warm weather and in creased demands on the system for irrigation, precludes further supply for the swimming pool, so it is said. A centrifugal pump, equipped with gasoline engine power has been se cured and will be used to keep the water down to a - point where , the workmen will be enabled to ; use shovels, and later when the well is completed, this rig may be used to pump the water from the well into the pool. - .', , Miltoa-Freewater Tomatoes The first tomatoes of the season from the Milton-Freewater district were shipped the past week and it is thought that by tomorrow carload shipments will be moving. It is ex pected that about 200 carloads will be shipped from that district this year, quite an increase over last year. AH growers report good outlook for their crops and are very optimistic over the yield. New Trail At Ukiah Construction of a new forest trail, approximately 15 miles long in the Ukiah district was started .Wednes day. Five men are now employed in making the trail, which will be of great advantage to forest rangers, and hunters with pack horse outfits going into the hunting country which the trail will open up. Gas sold for Ifi cent a gallon in Athena yesterday, a rise of six cents over the gasoline war price of 10 cents per gallon, Tuesday night and Wednesday. There were but few takers. Harry Newberg Paroled Harry Newberg of La Grande, one of the two hunters who mistook Leonard Olsen, of Wallowa, riding a white horse for a, deer and shot him, has been paroled from prison by Governor Norblad, 'on recommenda tion of the trial judge, the prosecut ing attorney, the jury members and a petition bearing the names of 1500 names. A committee headed by Mrs, Walter M. Pierce of La Grande, in terviewed the governor in Newberg's behalf. . ,' Clifford Wood has accepted a iosi tion with the Union Oil company at the Athena station. For a time he was employed with the Eickhoff bean crew, but went to work f'-r ths Union Jut week, .,... ..-. Worms On Shrubbery An army of J worms, similar to the common measuring worm fi noted for the first time, feeding on shrubbery and flower plants. These worms spin a web and are found hanging from tree limbs. They feed on the tender leaves, and in some instances plants and shrubs have been seriously injur ed as a result of the onslaught made by the worms. , Grant County Stockmen Here Herman Gelssel and Glenn Arbo gast, Grant county stockmen, came to Athena Sunday and visited relatives and friends. They returned to their ranch near Ritter .Monday, taking with them a new International bind er which they purchased from Rogers & Goodman. Bryce Baker took the binder to Ritter on his truck. Here From California Wes Zerba, who left Athena sever, al years ago to engage in farming in Montana, Is In the city. Of late years Mr. Zerba baa resided in Call fornia and has been engaged in high way construction work. Picture In Pictorial Fat Oregonian: The Mid-Wcek Pictorial contains an attractive pic ture of Miss Lois Mclntyre, queen of the 1930 Round-Up. The magazine is published in New York and has a large circulation. -.v., . ; , ., ,. .. . , i Pendleton Quadrangle Is Extension Service Finds Provided For: Map Will , Cover Large Territory Salem. Completion of the Pendle ton quadrangle is provided for in contract entered into between state engineer Rhea Luper and the United States geological survey, 1 The topographic map will cover an area of ' approximately: 820 square miles, including, s among other, the cities of Pendleton, Athena, Adams Umapine, and most; of the Umatilla reservation. The larger part of the Umatilla county wheat area is within theTiuad Tangle. The Cost of 'the survey will bd $11,500, divided equally between the state and the government. ' ; Twer '.v Year Old Egg : . Down fc vli-a - '"v window at Gal lagher's Garage is a 20 year old ost rich egg, or at least the 20 year old shell is there. Mr. Gallagher got the egg 20 years ago from an ostrich farm in California. Explaining the circumstance of receiving the egg. Mr. Gallagher revealed that he knows something about tho habits of the big birds. Once mated, a pal of ostriches go through their lives to gether. : The mother bird during the incubating period, sits on the nest during the day and the male bird takes her place for the night. When the chicks come off there are extra eggs to be broken for their food and the hen goes off visiting leaving the mala to raise the family. Aviator Tex Rankin Has Piloted 600,000 Miles Portland. Fifty-six times around the earth at the equator; one million four hundred thousand miles! That's the impressive total of miles flown in airplanes by three flyers of Portland in the Pacific Northwest. Tex Rankin, the veteran of the trio and the one who taught the other two to fly, has more than 6000 hours in the air in the 12 years he has been flying, making an impressive total of 600,000 miles. Art Walters, whom he instructed eight years ago, has 4000 hours or 400,000 miles; and . Dick Rankin, Tex's brother, in his class eight years ago,-vlso has 4000 hours or 400,000 miles in the air. Last week the three flyers all in structed students in the Tex Rankin School of Flying checked up on their hours and found that they prob ably have the most hours in the air of any three men who started flying in the Pacific Northwest After two years of flying in France and England during the war, Tex Rankin returned to Spokane, Wash ineton. to start his first school. It was there that he taught his two as sistants to fly in an old war-time Jenny. Later he moved to Portland seven years ago and has operated a school continuously here ever since with "Dick" and "Art" as his in structors. Among the three of them they have turned out hundreds of students. They are known as the Three Horsemen of the Air. Serious Fire Averted , Timely application of the contents from a couple of extinguishers avert ed what may have terminated into a serious conflagration down at Gal lagher's Garage Wednesday evening, when someone threw a lighted match or cigaret carelessly on to the pave ment which was wet with gasoline. The filling station, which had been rushed all afternoon with 10 cent gas orders, had a number of drums filled to the brim with gasoline standing along the curb and on the sidewalk, was soon ablaze out in front. Before the flames could do any damage, the extinguishers were used effectively In putting out the fire. Bank Statement ' Answering the call from the comp troller of the currency to national banks for a statement at the close of business June 30, the First National Bank of Athena's statement, publish ed in The Press of last week reveal ed its splendid financial condition. As reported in the statement, loans totaled $586,312.86, deposits $631, 201.74, and cash and exchange amounted to $105,632.44. The First National Is capitalized at $50,000.00 and has a surplus of $60,000.00 with undivided profits totaling $27,205.78. Idaho Boy Snake Bitten Despite the fact that it was hours before he was given anti-venom serum after being bitten by a rattle snake, Lewlston physicians say Del belt Anderson, 14, a Clarkston, Wash., boy, may live. The poison was confined by a tourniquet to the arm and hand, which swelled to twice the normal size. The boy'e father killed the snake, which measured 38 Inches. The rattler struck the boy's hand when he placed it on an earthen bank in the milk house. Here From Selah Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Steele and son Ilughie, are here from Sclah, ,Wah ington, visiting at the borne of Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Wood, parents of Mrs. Steele. Hughie spent a year with his grandfather, Mr. Wood, and attended the Athen lehoolg1. . ; . , New Methods Effective: More Service Planned Oregon State College. Radio and the movies, recognized as two of the most important factors in education of the general public, have become so important in the program of the Oregon State college extension ser vice that it has been found necessary to conduct them under separate divi sions, announces Paul V. Maris di rector.,! , : v ' Not many years ago these were minor elements in a department of. information and exhibits. - Today the college radio Station KOAC has be come probably the most important public owned station on the toast. while the demand for educational mo tion pictures has grown to the point where the college maintains the larg est movie reel library in the north. west. ,. W. L. Kadderly', formerly head of the department of information and exhibits, has been assigned to devote full time to his position as program director of KOAC. U. S. Burt, form erly Kadderly's assistant, has been placed at the head of a new project m visual education in charge of Ian tern slide and movie distribution, preparation of charts and general oversight of college exhibits. Last year more than 100,000 per sons viewed educational films and slides loaned free by the college through parent-teacher associations, granges, Smith-Hughes teachers and the extension staff. GUSOLIIIE U FILLS BARRELS Bottom Touched at 10 Cents "per Gallon at Filling , 1 Stations Here. ' Many Unemployed Men Found In This District M. Donald, of the Pendleton em ployment agency stated to the East Oregonian that at the present time there are a large number of unem ployed men in the wheat district, esti mating that there are four men f6r every job. "The whole structure of wheat operations here is based upon a sell ing price of around $1.25 per bushel," Mr. Donald said, "and at the present price of almost half that some read justment must take place in the way things acre run on the ranch.'l.Oamers of farms are having to do more of their work themselves, and , allow other work to go undone until wheat sells at a better price. Curtailment of expensively operated farm ma chinery must and is taking place. One indication of the change, Mr. Donald pointed but, is the great over supply of cooks available this year, caused by farmers' wives doing the cooking for the harvest crew. Last year, he said there were not enough cooks to supply the demand for them. Wages are not so much lower this year as might be expected, and farm ers are quite generous in giving the men they hire a fair wage, Mr. Donald said. While the price of wheat has dropped almost half, wages have only dropped on the average of about one dollar a day. Bogus Cloth Peddlers May Come Out This Way Look out for these fellows; they may strike Uregon. xne national Better Business Bureau of New York sends out warning that touches a swindling scheme that has been fea tured for years but Is now even more impressive than ever before, since a new high tariff bill has come into the commercial life of the nation. A nation-wide warning is going forward to Industrial employes re garding the "whispering peddlers" of woolen goods. In this scheme the peddler has several pieces of suiting materials, in suit lengths, on his arm. He tells his prospect that they were smuggled into the country and since he is short of funds he will sell "the genuine English materials" at about half what they are worth. These goods are made right here in America and frequently they can be found in suits selling at low prices. -They came, they saw-and bought it gas at 10c per gallon. The gasoline war struck Athena with a bang at 8 o'clock Tuesday eve ning, when Standard and Shell lift ed. the lid off and retailed gas at fill ing stations for 10c ner e-allon. a flnt drop of six cents, from 16 cents, the previous cut price. '. ., ... ' All night long farmer trucks load ed with empty , barrels, drums and cans, drove up to Standard and Shell pumps and loaded up with the low priced fluid. At 7 a. m. Wednesday morning, Standard was ous of gas, having sold approximately 3,600 gal lons, and was out of the gamn. Sheil quit delivering to Hoffman's Garage and Huggins Service , Station at 11 p. m., Tuesday night, but resumed de livery Wednesday morning. . Conoco and Union were tied up all of Tuesday night, but Wednesday they met the 10 cent price and re leased gas from their biir (storage tanks at their local plants through the pumps at the Athena Service Station and Gallagher's Garage, and lines of trucks continued to curt away cheap fuel for approaching har vest operations, for the automobile, for the jitney and for the gas engine at the home well. , All sorts of receptacles and con tainersno tomato cans were in evi dence were used to receive the cheap gas. Mostly the standard oil drum, racked in tiers on farmer trucks were used, but Jimmy Lieu allen of Adams, showed 'em and how, by trailing an old horse-delivery Standard Oil tank, 700 gallon capaci ty, up to a filling station and they pumped it full. ' -. No. certain angle an be seen for ' the gas war. For several days the price had stood at 17 cents per gal lon, and then with a rush zoomed to 10 cents. Automobile owners and farmers met it with a smile, bought liberally and wouldn't mind if it hap pened every once in a while. Miss Pearl Green Is Bride of LaGrande Man , The wedding of Miss Pearl Irene Green and Mr, Leo Lewis Hawes was solemnized Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Presbyterian manse in La Grande, with Rev. J. George Walz officiating. Witnesses for the occas ion were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lynch and Mrs. Walz all of La Grande. Miss Green is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Green of Athena and is a graduate of the Ath ena high school, class of 1929. Since that time she has been employed with the Modern Laundry of La Grande. Mr. Hawes is the son of Mrs. Joe Olliver of La Grande and has been employed with the Mt. Emily Lum ber Co., there since graduating from the La Grande high school in 192o. After returning from a short stay at North Powder the newlyweda will make their home in La Grande. Burned Bridge Causes Wreck : A Union Pacific express train was wrecked on a burning bridge near North Powder, Saturday night. Train crew and passengers escaped injury, when Engineer Root , clamped on the brakes with a suddenness that piled up a part of the train crosswise. The big $100,000 passenger engine hung to the bridge and balked all effort of the wrecking crew to dislodge it. DePew Is Belt H Inner Kenneth DePew, Lon Cre(;k cow boy, won the all-around champion ship at the Ukiah cowboy convention by taking first place in bucking and roping contests and second for relay and pony express. Merl Swnggtrt, grandson of A. L. Swaggart, was first in the relay race and third in the pony express. Helped With the Show Mr. and Mrs. Bryce Baker and MUs Sadie Pambrun attended the cowboy convention at Ukiah over the Fourth. Bryce assisted materially in putting on the show, which he says was one of the best the Ukiah bunch have ever put over. r..Ui,, : Indians At Cayuse Camp The Umatilla Indians are holding their annual July gathering at Cay use. The camp was established be fore the Fourth and the Indian cele bration will continue for several days. Yesterday afternoon the big parade was put on in the presence of a num ber of white people, who viewed the spectacle with interest. There are 40 tepees on the camp grounds and about 500 Indians in attendance, in cluding visitors from other reserva tions. Mrs. L. D. Lively Dead Mrs. Jennie Barrett has received a letter from Everett Lively, announc ing the death of his mother, at South Omaha, on June 29th. Mrs. Lively was the widow of the late L. D. Live ly, who was the cashier of the First National Bank of Athena in the early '90s. The Lively family resided on Fifth street, in the residence now oc cupied by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dell. Beauty Shop Closed The Harris Beauty Shop is closed for the present and will bo reopened on the return of Mrs. Harris, who will finish her course in a school at Port land after several weeks instruction there. Miss Gladys Beem, who had charge of the shop for several weeks has gone to La Grande to operate a beauty parlor in that city. Marshal On Vacation Leon Miller, city marnhal and water superintendent, has been given a 20 day vacation by the city council. Mr. Miller will spend a portion of his va cation in the harvest field, running a caterpillar tractor on the Harder ranch.. ., ..... ... ...