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VOLUME 43
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, : JULY 18, 1930
NUMBER ,29
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OREGON
Department I Convention Is
i To Be Crammed Full of
f ; Interesting Events.
Baker Three days and nights,
I. bright with sunshine and cool with
mountain breezes, will be packed full
I of such a variety of entertainment as
has never before been presented at'
one time in the State of Oregon, when
. the American Legion department con
vention is staged in Baker, August 14,
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The glamor of the gold rush days
!of Eastern Oregon will radiate
; through the three days with its allur
ing call of Gold! Gold! Gold! Freeze
iout gulch, Baker's old time mining
ttown will open Thursday with its
i typical atmosphere and the grinding
of a five stamp gold mill. Night life
during the convention will center in
the old town. ' v" ":r 1
i Legion junior baseball champions
of four northwest states will open
their two day sectional battle for the
honor of entering the ' National con
test, Thursday morning. Distinguish
ed Guest day, an event that is expect
ed to draw thousands, ' will feature
short addresser by men of Western
and national prominence. The Oregon
Congressional deleration and mem
bers of the official Hoover family will
be present Thursday will also in
clude the feature parade of the 40-8,
fun order of the Legion. The night
will be turned into day by a big mid
night matinee. . , ? V ;
;; Scarcely will the gentle touch of
sleep bless the eyelids of natives and
visitors than the old triangle will beat
for a free miner's breakfast to be
served in true old Eastern Oregon
style by Sheriff Cy Bingham of Grant
County and his deputies. The famous
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.Legion post reiay race win iouuw wm
in the afternoon the Junior baseball
championship will be decided,
r Legion drum corps competition, one
of the greae-eventa-at each conven
tion will hold the center of the arena
immediately following. This com
petition is one of the most colorful
features, the music and drill work be
ing superb, i A brilliant display of
fire works will blaze away the early
hours of dark and anpther midnight
matinee will close the night. : ;
Saturday, the last day of the con
vention when officers are elected, will
also be a great day for the 4 public.
The mammoth parade, miles in length
rwill vie with the Gold Rush program
and a boxing match of Pacific Coast
interest .
The scheduled events are but the
bare outline of a three day celebra
tion brimming with interesting and
exciting detail, and flashing with local
color of the early days. - State' offi
cials of the Legion are declaring that
the complete plan worked out by the
special Baker Convention Committee
will outdo anvthins yet staged in
Oregon. . . J ":, ;vt,
renaieion Mramxy u-iuu
IJ Course Opens Tomorrow j
; Pendleton. The dream' of 100 Pen-'
dleton citizens, who last November
began to build a golf course, is to be
realized on Saturday when the Pen
dleton Country club golf links will be
open for play '-" ' .
i Begun last fall, seeded to grass
three months ago t and entailing a
cost of $31,000 for. construction, the
golf course is a most attractive one
and members of the club are antici
pating real enjoyment.
Play on Saturday will "begin' at 10
a. m. and this hour will be the open
ing hour every day except Sunday
when golfers may play' at any time
they choose. The 10 a. m. rule is
made because, with the warm weath
er, it is necessary to keep water on
the course during morning hours. It
was also decided that players tee up
on the fairways, using artificial tees,
as a means of saving the grass.
For the week-end there is planned
a blind handicap tournament, .of 27
holes. The prizes will be six golf
balls for first place; four for second
and two for thrid. ' ,
The club has ruled that women are
not to play on the course Saturday
afternoons or Sunday mornings.
Thursday has been designated wo
men's day and on this day women
have the preference rights on the
links. 1 ;
Writes Oregon Tales
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" Mrs. Finley Injured "
' Mrs. Alex K. Finley, a former resi
dent of the Athena neighborhood, now
livine at Glendale. California, was
seriously injured in an automobile ac
cident near Pasco. Monday. Mrs
Finley suffered a fractured arm, but
Mr. Finley " and their daughter, Mrs.
R. G. Reynolds, of St Cloud, Florida,
were not hurt The party proceeded
to Colfax. Washington, where Mrs.
Finley entered a hospital for treat
; . ALFRED POWERS
University ot Oregon, Eugene.
Carrying delightful and entertaining
glimpses of Oregon into all parts of
the United State3, "Marooned In
Crater Lake," a volume of short stories
written by Alfred Powers,, dean of the
extension division of the University of
Oregon, is already proving a marked
succeM, according to reports of the
publishers, the Metropolitan Press.
Orders for the book, which contains
six highly interesting tales ot this
stale, are now coming in from all parts
of the United Statco, especially from
libraries, some of which are ordering
several copies.
Starting with a clever story, "Ma
rooned in Crater Lake," In which a
boy, left by accident at an inaccessible
point on the lake shore, finally signals
the lodge by means of a kite construct
ed with the aid of postage stamps, the
stories take the reader through many
adventures and to many absorbing
places. "
Pioneer tore Used
; Pioneer lore Is drawn on for many
of the tales, one ot the most unusual
of which is "The Hickory Bank." This
telle of a unique and surprising method
of keeping coin, which almost resulted
ln a widow and her family being left
penniless through the death of the
husband who failed to reveal the
whereabouts of the "bank." In an
other ."The Dinner Call," , a pioneer
woman foils an Indian by a clever
ruse, while the white man's cleverness
is again demonstrated in "The Van
quished Rider" in which two boys es
cfipe from the Redskins by the simple
' process of reversing the shoes on a
horse. ,
' Almost tragic In a whimsical way is
"The Blue Bucket Mine," a story of
the Oregon country around old Baker
City. A father and eon find a nugget
in the craw of a 'chicken and the gold
hunt Is cn. Us termination, minus the
fortune, is both humorous and sad.
Stcrtes Interesting ..... '
A story that is certain to arouse a
real controversy in which even mathe
matics experte may take part is "The
'Fourth of Che For Fifteen," the action
of which hinges on whether or not' a
' flame on Mount Shasta could he seen
on Mount Hoed, 259 miles away. Hood
Is 11,225 feet high, 'while Shasta Is
l-i,110, and there is some question as
to whether the curvature of the earth
would permit vision for thto distance
between these two lofty points. In
terest is added by a scientific explana
tion by J. W. Booth, who wrote follow
Ing the appearance of the story In th
New Improvement Era in 1925.
"The Red Mir Proceeds
Will Go Into Walla Walla
Elk's Local Charity Fund
-f mmm man
Walla Walla. Charity . funds se
cured from the net proceeds of the
light opera "The Red Mill" which is
to be presented on the Whitman col
lege amphitheatre July 23, 24, and 23
will be used throughout the entire
jurisdiction of the Walla Walla lodge
of .Elks under whose auspices the pro
duction is being given. The Elks
make it a purpose to aid, particular
ly at Christmas, in every town where
it has members.
Work of whipping the show into
shape has proceeded rapidly. The
hilarity of the production has already
entertained hundreds as the public
has been permitted to view the re
hearsals. The last open rehearsal is
to be Friday night On Monday and
Tuesday the rehearsals will be closed
to all but participants.
Walla Walla's best talent has been
selected for the leads. Joe Chamber
lain and Jimmy Wright, both of
whom have had extended professional
experience take the leading comedian
parts. Other noted for historionic" and
musical ability who will appeal are
Kenneth Casey, Louis Romine, Mac
Moore, Stanley Williamson, Dr. El
mer Hill, Norman Kelly, . "Thelma
Shepherd, Mrs. Elenora Maxey, Lil
lian Nelson and Muriel Morris. A cast
of 70 chorus members are also being
trained. Howard Pratt director of
the Whitman Conservatory of Music
is directing the production. ,
. Fire At Freewater
A fire occurim? at the hornet of Mrs.
Julia Sanderson at Freewater, result
ed in considerable damage. A hole
was burned in the roof and the house
contents suffered considerable damage
from water. It was thought that the
fire was a result of either poor wir
ing or a defective flue.
Death of Mrs. Fred Rosen-
zweig at Spokane, Sunday
Louise,' wife of Fred Rosenzweig of
Spokane died in that city Sunday eve
ning, after a long illness and confine
ment in a hospital. Word of Mrs.
Rosenzweig's death came to Athena
friends by letter the fore part of the
week.
Mrs. Rosenzweig was " for many
years a resident of this city, moving
from here about 20 years ago to
Franklin county, Washington, and
later to Lamont, where Mr. Rosen
zweig until recently conducted a gen
eral merchandise store. She has
many old-time friends in Athena who
will be grieved to hear of her depar
ture. During her Ion; residence In
Athena, Mrs. Rosenzweig endeared
herself to a large circle of friends and
a couple of years ago returned for a
short visit ..
She is survived by her husband, one
daughter, Mrs. Fred Miller of Spo
kane; two sons, Harry of Monroe,
Washington, and George of Lamont,
Washington. Mrs. Rosenzweig was
native of Alsace Loralne, and came to
the United States when a young girL
She made a visit to the home of her
girlhood while a resident of Athena.
A sister, the late Mrs. C. W. Gates
is buried in Athena cemetery, her
only relative ever to come over to
America.' . y. '
Plans Campaign
A B'ar In Camp Didn't
Fuss Up Athena Teacher
Miss Brvant and Miss Thorson,
teachers in the Athena schools have
returned from a recreational automo
bile trip that extended through Zion,
Yellowstone and Glacier- National
Parks ami points of scenic interest in
Wyoming and Montana. '
The ladies made the trio with full
camp equipment in Miss Bryant's
courje. took nlentv of time and enjoy
ed their outing to the fullest extent.
Before starting to the narks ' and
mountains, they visited schools from
Pendleton east, to Salt Lake City,
choosing this method of instruction to
that of the usual summer school
course. :
TViow crivp a vivirl descrintion of the
Grand Canyon, and Bpeak in glowing
terms of the scenic grandeur of Zion
and the other parks visited. The long
four wan made without a single dis
agreeable incident; not even a punc
ture, loose bolt or screw, or even a
unupnlc emanated from the trim little
coupe, which the girls took turns in
driving in one hour emits.
Rf t.n frin was not without its
adventures of course and perhaps
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the most thrilling was wnen a mg,
kmum hoar made bia annearance in
the shadows) of evening at a camp the
two girls had made in a grassy aeu
ainnirairio mountain stream, and
where Miss Bryant had .caught and
was preparing trout lor tne campnre
supper. (Sounds good, does it not?)
Miss Thorson was paring potatoes
a few steps away, when suddenly:
"Throw, throw, the f-i-s-h away!
Throw 'em a-w-a-y and run, r-u-n!"
T-nnVinsr tin Miss Brvant saw the
bear, who was evidently attracted to
camp by the odor or tne nsn.
"These are mv fish, and I'll not
throw them away, without putting up
.... . t s; i 1 .
a fight," replied tne way aiscipie vi
Mia Trunk Walton, and with that brave
declaration she proceeded to stone the
... ... . ,. , .
bear with pebbles irom tne Dnns oi
the stream, whereat his bruin lord
ship vamoosed the camp grounds, nor
did he return for a second engagement
' "Feed It To Hogs"
That was the slogan evolved at a
meotincr of nackers. stock buyers,
commission men and state college
men at a meeting In Portland this
tvoolr fn rnnalrier what to do with low
priced wheat. They consider the
northwest has a surplus oi wneai on
hand, along with other grain-growing
sections of the nation. Prices are low.
The northwest does not produce pork
enough to supply Its own needs. Hogs
are being shipped in from the middle
oraaf in minnlv this demand. . Prices
for hogs are good. Wheat is splendid
feed for hogs. Wheat transformed
into pork is worth nearly twice what
it is in the sack.
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Seventy Year Old Miner
Killed in Fight On Claim
and the Killer Surrenders
Grants Pass. A 70-year-old miner
is dead and his ex-partner, 70, is be
ing held for questioning as the re
sult of an alleged shooting believed
to have been, caused by an argument
over a claim. " '. . ,
John Appel, veteran Althouse dis
trict miner, is in the custody of Sher
liT E: H. Lister of Josephine county,
awaiting the arrival of peace officers
from Siskiyou " cotihty, California,
where Appel will be taken pending an
(investigation of the fatal shooting of
John OrloftV operator of an adjoining
mining claim. ", ... v"v - w""
Appel is alleged to have declared to
Sheriff Lister that he engaged in an
argument Orloff over the owner
ship of a claim 8 nd that a gun was
accidently discharged in a fight that
followed. :-!
" The body of Orloff was found a few
yards across the California-Oregon
boundary line in California.
Appel walked 40 miles to Grants
Pass, where he surrendered, declaring
he had shot in self-defense, following
a quarrel with Orloff. The two had
been partners for a year in mining
Uentures in northern .California.
Although the football season Is still
months away, Dr. C. W. Spears, new
grid coach at Oregon, already Is laying,
plans for the fall campaign. Here we
ee Dr. Spears in his "football' togs,
which consist of a baseball uniform, a
sweat Jersey and a baseball cap.
Rev. Glen Button and Mrs. Button
of Montana called at the J. W. Pink
erto'a Mm .WMattdifir. -.wwv: u- w
Rot Loses Arm
Ward Kent, 15, said to be the sn
of Dr. Kent, dairy inspector of Port
land, was injured seriously when he
attempted to board n out-going tram
from Klamath Falls. The youth was
taken to a hospital where amputation
of his right arm was necessary. Hos
pital authorities state that the boy
refused to give his . name for some
tyre and that be bad run away from
borne. His parents were' notified. -
' New Wheat Shipped
The East Oregonian claims the 1930
honors for shipping the.first of the
new crop of wheat were carried off
jointly by C. C. Curl, Adams, and the
Kerr Gifford company when the lat
ter reported Monday that a carload of
Curl's wheat had been shipped to
Portland. The new wheat, of the soft
Federation variety, tested 59 pounds
with no smut nor foul. While Mr.
Bauer of the Kerr Gifford company,
did not have full reports as to yield,
he understood it to be high, in the
neighborhood of 60 bushels to the
acre.
Bend Timber Fire Roars '
Near Odell Lake and Is
Burning Virgin Timber
- Bend. Maklaks . mountain, 7500
foot high timbered peak near the
south boundary of the Deschutes na
tional forst and only three miles dis
tant from Odell lake, one of Oregon's
noted recreation areas, Tuesday was
a glowing mass of flames as crews of
fatigued fire fighters .' were rushed
from Bend to the Crescent country by
truck. A stiff wind from the north
west was whipping the flames up a
60 per cent slope and it was feared
that the conflagration would race
across the Oregon skyline trail and
sweep into the timber along the
northern shore of Odell.
The Maklaks mountain fire . was
trenched, but shortly before noon the
flames spread over the trenches and
raced on an ever-spreading front up
to the brushy slopes of the dominant
peak. It was expected that by dark
the entire mountain would be covered
by .flames. Unless the conflagration
can be held on the mountain, the
flames may menace Odell , lake, or
should the wind change, sweep east
ward to Davis lake; a wind from the
north will drive the timber fire into
a virgin stand, of yellow pine in the
Hammer Butte area.
As the vast fire suppression organ
ization with headquarters in Bend
shifted men from the Big Springs
area, just west of this city, where
flames blackened 4000 acres of tim
berland in 48 hours, reports were re
ceived from lookouts that the Dug
out lake fire, in the Sisters district
and just east of Mount Washington,
apparently had . broken over the
trenches once more. .
Great clouds of smoke were follow
ing up from the Dugout springs re
gion, the lookouts said, but it was be
lieved that the northwest wind was
blowing the flames toward the Bel
knap crater lava beds. Leslie Colvill,
central fire platting agent of the Des
chutes national forest," was not di
rectly in touch with the 250 men who
are fighting the Dugout lake con
flagration. The big fire was trenched,
but last report from Perry A. South,
Sisters ranger. In charge, indicated
that spot fires were causing much dif
ficulty. . " r-
:- Although trenched, the Bend fire,
first of three conflagration which
swept over approximately 6000 acres
of timbered country since Saturday,
was considered dangerous. Men were
drawn from the ten miles to trench
and sent south to the Maklaks moun
tain fire, but approximately 250 men
In numerous control units were pa
troling the lines.
Mr. Ravlea Killed In Accident
D. C. Boyles, uncle of Mrs. Herbert
Hole, died a the result of injuries
received in an automobile accident
Tuesday of last weejt near Harring
ton. Washinirton. when in nasstnz a
wagon he ran off a steep grade. Mr.
and Mrs. Hale went to the Willamette
valley to attend the funeral. Mr.
Boyles several months ago visited at
the Hale countrv home. He was em
ployed as desk , .c,lerlt at Hot Lake
GETS EDGE'S SEAT
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COAST RAILROADS
David Balrd, Jr., of Cnraden, N. 3.,
who was appointed bj Governor Lnr
on of New Jersey to be United States
senator to succeed Walter K, Edge,
who resigned to be ambassador- to
France. Mr. Balrd s a wealthy lum
ber dealer and the sor of a former
senator. He will hold the oillce until
the general election which is to be
held In November, 1930.
Death of Mrs. Stanton
At the Age of 83 Years
Mrs. S. C. Stanton died at Colfax,
Washington, Wednesday at the age
of 83 years, two months and three
days. Her illness was of short dura
tion and she passed away at the home
of her son-in-law,. Frank Rainvillf
where she and her son Cleve went
several weeks ago from their home In
this city.
Mrs. Stanton was a pioneer of
Athena, coming here with her hus
band, the late S. C. Stanton, when the
town was known as Centerville. She
lived here continuously and raised '
family of eight children, six sons and
two daughters. The two daughters,
Mrs Rainville and Mrs. Lou Mon
tague, and two sons, Joel and Will,
nrereeded the mother to the grave.
Surviving are John and Cleye Stanton
of Athena; Dell of Prineville, and
Eugene of Miles City, Montana.
Th remains will be shiDoed from
Colfax to Athena and the funeral will
be from the Christian church tomor
row afternoon at 2 o'clock, interment
taking place in Athena cemetery.
Mrs. Stanton was admired by every-
one who knew. her. and her happy,
pleasant disposition won for her a
warm spot in the hearts of all, and
she was effectionately called "Grand
ma"' by young and old alike, i
- Player Hurt By Pitched Ball . ..
T)s.K SnVianfFor a Graduate of Walla
Walla college, and until recently a
cleric In the College Place store, was
seriously injured about the left eye,
when a wild pitched bail strucK mm,
during a baseball game Tuesday eve
ning. A group of College Place
people were playing a team from Mil
ton when the accident occurred. Bones
worn fril shed immediately above and
to the side of the eye, although no
serious damage is believed to nave
been done to the eyeball. - ,
LaGrande Next Year
nerved America on bat
tle lines in far parts of the world and
on the high seas, the veterans oi
Foreign Wars of the United States,
Wsdneulav onened their 10th Oregon
encampment in Bend as the veterans
of the war with Spain conciuaea ineir
22d annual encampment with election
of officers and the selection oi we
1931 encampment city. La Grande
will be the meeting place of, the
United Spanish War Veterans next
year.
May Reconsrtuct Mission
Tt, nf fVia fnrmer Marcus
iirv!.nn Miaatnn la fine of the most
lliwuai -- -----
outstanding historical shrines In the
United States" was me opinion
Lome W. Barclay, national executive
director of the uw urcgon n.
Memorial Association, who visited the
Mr Rarclav is in the
hope that the former mission may be
reconstructed, ana preservea as m m
mark of the old pioneers.
Rank CmmhifT i.
1 .W..M
t t-. f,Vrann tor several vears
. tk tlw First National
bank. Walla Walla, has accepted the
cashiership oi me rarroera vi
Weston to succeed Charles B. Davis,
incumbent, who leaves in August to
Wm rahier of the First Natr?!&l
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bank oi Milton,
Crews Begin Harvesting
1930 Athena Wheat Crop
A number of crews are in the field
beginning to thresh the 1930 wheat
crop, and next Monday will see most
of the machines that are owned in
the Athena district in operation. Most
of the grain is in prime condition for
harvesting right now, but in a num
ber of the fields the straw is not ripe
where the grain is in draws and low
places. , . i
The Hansell-Wood crew is at work
in the grain on the Arnold Wood
place below town, where a good crop
is being harvested. This outfit mov
ed into the field just two days later
than it commenced work last year.
When harvesting is completed on the
Wood place the equipment will be
moved to the Hansell place north of
Athena, to harvest the grain there.
The Dudley machine, a big Holt
Oregon special, drawn by a 60 cater
pillar, started up Tuesday "on the
Willaby place at the edge of town,
and Lee Wilson, manager for the
Farmers', Elevator . company, where
the grain is being delivered in bulk,
informs The Press that it is testing
59. . ,5
Barney Foster started up his, com
bine on his ranch south of Athena
Tuesday and is delivering in bulk to
the Farmers' Grail) Elevator com
pany, Barney has an excellent crop.
Machines on the Lila Kirk and A. R.
Coppock farms south of Athena have
been in operatiori this week, and the
farmers in their neighborhood are
preparing to get under way at once.
East and northeast of town, George
Sheard, Joe Key and John Banister
have their machines at work in their
fields. Two new machines have been
added to the threshing equipment in
this district so far this season. Homer
Watts has purchased a new model 36
Holt combine, and Rogers st Good
man sold a new International har
vester to Emery Staggs.
Steals Wrong Automobile,
He Must Go To Prison
'Spokane. Of all the automobiles
in Spokane, there was one from which
Bert I Vandermark, 50, a deserter
from the army, should have steered
away. -
In court the judge told him:
"You have stolen an automobile
The car of Brigadier General Paul
Wevrauch."
"My Gosh!" Bert gasped, "is he in
the army now?" and he shuddered as
General Weyrauch approached the
dock.
Vandemark, who said he deserted
from the army at Monterey, Cal., on
October 1L was sentenced to serve
from two to fifteen years in the state
reformatory.
' Giftr Birds Are Hawks
P. H. Baird, DePoe bay, Or., pre
sented to the city of Portland what
he thought was a pair of eaglets with
the understanding that the city would
pay him what the birds cost him
The birds were installed in the eagle
cage in Washington park where there
have been no eagles for many months,
although it is a nice cage. But the
birds turned out to be .a pair of
hawks.
WIN RATE FIGHT
Differential To Obtain Cuts
Likely To Affect Inter
mediate Points.
Washington, D. C., Pacific coast
railroads received interstate com
merce commission permission to
make north and south freio-ht.
between California seaports and the
norm racinc ports In Oregon and
Washington to meet steamboat com
petition.
The COmmisKtnn'B nrdera afFeofiva
November 25, allow the rail lines to
maintain higher rates to and from
intermediate territory and inland
points where the water competition is
not effective, while redtipinir rharcrna
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to the seaport areas. . -.,
The new adjustments involve crifiin.
tions Where rail rates will Ka ViiirViov
for short distances than for, longer
distances over the same routes. The
commission places limits on this for
the Pacific rail lines, holding that
generally existing rates through in
termediate inland points should not
be increased above present levels and
that intermediate points should not be
charged more than 100 per cent above
tne cnarges to ports.
The rail lines also were ordered to
maintain a differential in their
charges above steamer rates amount
ing to 15 cents a hundred nmindn nn
class 1 shipment, 13 cents on class 2,
vi cents on class 3 and 11 cents on
class 4 shipments.
In the matter of commnditv rates.
the land lines also were ordered to
maintain a differential above ship
charges ramrinc from 3 tn 1R anfs
hundred pounds above the ship '
cnarges.
In connection with the Undines the
commission refused to allow ship
ments of lumber to southern Califor
nia from north ; coast nolnts to he
made on rates less than those apply
ing to intermediate points. The lum
ber interests' complaint on this sub
ject was dismissed.
Traffic Spanker Liked
Because he pulled a woman motorist
out of her automobile and spanked
her, following a collision, John Sor-
der, of Hanford, California, with 12
days left to serve of a 30-day dis-
turbing-the-peace sentence, is re
ceiving admiring letters from all
parts of the country. The letter
writers congratulate Solder on his
origiBallty. and urge him to "keep up
in gooo woric '
Arms Burned By Gasoline , '
Fred Remillard, caterpillar driver
for one of the Eickhoft bean crews
was seriously burned on his arms by
a gasoline explosion. In one of the
bean fields south of Athena, ' after
Remillard had changed oil in the
tractor, he was washing his hands in
a vessel containing gasoline when the
fluid exploded. .As a result both
forearms and his left hand were
severely burned.
Indians Boost County Population
The nonulation of Umatilla enun.
ty as originally announced placed the
total at 24,499. The addition of the
Indian population on the reservation,
found to be 1223, as enumerated by
Omar Babcock, Indian agent, boosts
the total to 25,722. ' .
Red Cross Chapters Are
Heady to Assist Veterans
All honorably discharged veterans"
of the World War who believe them
selves entitled to the "disability al
lowance, provided by the World War
Veterans Act as amended July 3.
1930, may file their claims throuarh
the nearest Red Cross chapter, ac
cording to an announcement received
from Pacific Branch headquarters in
San Francisco. The first supply of ap
plication blanks has been hurriedly
distributed to the 300 chapters In the
Pacific Coast states in order that this
service to veterans may begin with
out delay.
Many hundreds of veterans will be
eligible to the new benefits. The act
as amended provides a monthly allow
ance ranging from f 12 to $40, ac
cording to the degree of disability, to
honorably discharged veterans of the
World War who served more than 90
days and who are suffering from a
25 per cent or greater permanent dis
ability not acquired in service and for
which compensation has not been
paid. No payment of this allowance
shall be made prior to July 3, 1930
and no veteran shall be entitled to it
unless he has been exempt from pay
ment of a Federal income tax for one
year preceding the filing of his ap
plication. No veteran can receive
both compensation and disability al
lowance during the same period.
Any veteran wishing to file claim
must be sure to bring with him his
honorable discharge or a certified
copy of the same, the Red Cross
states.
An Interesting Clinie
The clinic held under the direction
of Miss Helen Sampson, county
health nurse, on Thursday, July 10,
was an interesting one and well at
tended despite rather extreme heat
Medical examinations were made by
Dr. McKinney and ladies assisting;
were Mrs. McKinney, Mrs. Fred
Pjnkertop. Mrs, R. D. Blikhford and
Mrs. E. C. Rogers. " BW j