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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1930)
y A BIG JOB, BUT ITS DEAD EASY It would be a big job to ten 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 COtfNTY, OREGON, JULY 25, 1930 l ' "' ' 1 ' -Jj1 : -. ' NUMBER 30 BEAU HARVEST TO HERE SOON begin 10,000 Acres in Umatilla,Co ! lumbia and Walla Walla I. Counties. 1 Marion Hansel!, field superintend ent for the Eickhoft Farm Products corporation informs The Press that "cultivation of the bean crop has been completed. -Although 'crews of men and boys are yet employed in hoeing, the "machines have been brought to town and stored in the warehouse, Two - combine harvesters are being overhauled and repaired down at the warehouse, to be in readiness for harvesting the bean crop in the A the na-Weston district. Bean harvest In? will beein in a short time. Glenn Dudley is field superintendent for the corporation in Columbia coun ty, with headquarters at Dayton, and the bean crop in that district is show ing prospects that are satisfactory, An Eickhoff official states to a Wal la Walla paper that on the whole the bean growing project, is progressing quite favorably this year. Planting was intentionally delayed two weeks compared with the planting ' sched tile of last year. y A cool period developed with some heavy ram In the latter rrnrt of May. Seed that was in a certain stage of germinating at this period rotted and necessitated re-plantmg about a thou sand acres. However, it is now found that this replanted acreage has caught up with the growth of the other plantings, " . The total acreage is about a month later in its growth than the seedmgs of last year. Then practically all the acreage was located in the lower ele vations whereas this year they re port that practically all is located at an elevation of 2500 to 3500 feet along the foot hills of the Blue Moun tains. ' , The fields at the lower elevations this year are just now showing bloom 'and those higher up are now getting good vine growth. Practically all the acreage has been AiUtvated the third time now. This, together ayith the hoeing crews who kaye been tatty af work during the last three week have lef he fields weed clean and in excellent sfaiof cultivation at this time, ' H During the past week 77 men were at work in the Athena district. In the Walla Walla district 92 men were at wtit .hjje in the Dayton district, Glenn Dudley awnloyed 144 men to catch up with some hoeing work be fore , the wheat harvest absorbed avalM&is labor. ; gince the middfe of June over 100 two-row cultivators have been con stantly busy at work. Thirtyrsix of these are drawn by caterpillar trac tors and the balance are drawn by horses, four to each cultivator. The horse cultivating was practically all ioB fey farmers on a day basis. This added considerable revenue the farm ers, are getting i leasing fheir land and in preparing the land (.of culti vation.. '"- ' ; " -' -Youths On Long Canoe Trip : On an 18,000 mile "arctic to tropics" canoe odyssey, which began in the heart of northern Canada, Vic tor Allan and Evans Fisher, brothers, and, a fourth youth, Charles Bruder, are paddling 'up the Yukon to south eastern Alaska. From there they will portage between Canadian streams and rivers to the Mississippi head waters and cruise down, that river to the Golf of Mexico, , Road Progress Slow -Slow progress on the surfacing pro gram of the McDougall Camp-Toll-gate section of ' the Weston-Elgin highway through the Blue Mountains is reported at Walla Walla. The crew in charge of this work has been de layed In preparing tha quarry from which the crashed reclr will come. Holes for the blasting necessary nae bees completed but no shots have yet been fired. v. - ' , r Catching Steelheads . .. t Limit catches of steelheads weigh ing around seven pounds are now be ing made by The Dalles anglers at the mouth of the Deschutes river. The heavy run of the game fish, fresh from the ocean, is attracting anglers from all Oregon. I First Forest Fire The first forest fire of the seas on in the Ukiah district occured Sun day, when lightning started a blaze In the timber in the Sugar BowL Fire fighters were rushed to the scene and Monday the situation was under con trol. .' h Machine Boaniag Nicely The . International Harvester re cently purchased by Louis Berlin from Rogers & Goodman, local deal ers, is doing good work in the Berlin field, northwest of Athena." Tike" Miller is operating the sew cacbine for Vj. EUJ) -'-" ""-- Honored Samuel C. Lancaster, of Portland, regarded at one of the country's out standing authorities on highway con struction and engineering, who was granted the' degree of Master of Arts In Public Service, at the University of Oregon at the 1930 Commencement exercises. Ten Acres; Standing Grain Destroyed by Fire Caused by Header Spout Hot Box Fire caused by an overheated box on . the header spout of the George Gerking combine caused a loss of about ten acres of standing grain on the Kirk place east of town, Wednes day noon. ; Quick response on the part of a large number of men who immediate ly went to the scene of the grain fire in automobiles and valiantly fought the names, undoubtedly saved the en tire field from burning up. Mr. Ger king desires The Press to say that he greatly appreciates the efforts of those who came to his assistance and by their hard work saved his grain. ihe fire started near the west end of the field on the end of the last round the machine was making be fore the noon hour. The lighted chaff from the boxing dropped all in one lump to the stubble. Lee Crawford doused the contents of an extinguish er on the burning part of the ma chin?, and Mr. Gerkins swung the team put ojj tle sumjnerf allow ground. They then, gave their attention to whipping out the flames in the stub ble, but the fire was soon beyond their control, sweeping toward the uncut portion of the field. Lee Crawford was overcome by his exertions in the terrific heat and will not be able to resume work for sever al days- Elmer fetocksfill, who went with the crowd 'of firefighters from town, was also much (he worse from becoming, overheated. Mr. Gerking carried fire Insurance on his wheat crop, and his loss is fully covered. , Mrs. Hattie Benson Dies Suddenly, Caldwell, Idaho Mrs. W. P. Littlejohn was called to Caldwell, Idaho, Sunday by the sud den death of her sister, Mrs. Hattie Benson, 49, who passed away in a hospital there after an illness of only a few hours duration, Stricken with a pain in her breast, Mrs. Benson was taken from her home to the hospital, and expired at four o'clock Saturday evening. Mrs. Littlejohn in company with her broth er, Abe Mo'strum of Pendleton, left at once for Caldwell, where the funeral was held Sunday afternoon. Mr- Benson leaves. five children, four daughters and one son, some of whom are nearly grownher husband and several brothers and sisters, She was born at the Henry Molstrum farm home just north of Athena, and when a child attended school here. 3 Make Fat Pork Of It Ttpd the surplus wheat to hogs is the sage advice offered to grain growers by the president of the Port land Union Stockyards, backed by the following alleged facts: The Northwest has a surplus of wheat on hand, along with other grain grow ing sections1 of the nation. Prices are low. - The northwest does not produce pork enough to supply its own peo ple. Hogs are being shipped in from the middle west to supply the demand. Prices for hogs are good. Wheat is splendid feed for hogs. Wheat trans formed into pork is .worth nearly twice what it is in the sack. Washtneaa Wheat Tield Reports from the Washtucna, Washington, wheat producing, dis trict received here are to the effect that some acreage is yielding about 12 bushels per acre, while in other fields the grain is to low in average yield that it will not be harvested. Unfavorable winter conditions and lack of moisture is said to be the causa for foot crops there. - - Ancient Tiger Skeleton Rebuilf at U. of O, f y mr A . t s 4i I I I , mmmmtmmm I Top photoAneestor of saber-tooth, tiger such as once roamed forests of eastern Oregon (photo copyright by' American Museum of Natural History). Below Saber-tooth tiger mounted from bones found In asphalt lake near Los Angeles, 8am Itslkowlta of Portland, who accomplished feat, It shown In background, University of Oregon, Eugene. 'What pretty tusks you have, Grand ma may have made Mother Saber Tooth Tiger swell with pride, but all this time her poor stomach was shrink ing for lack of food, It has been re vealed by geologists at the University. ci gregon, who now pave a complete, mounted specimen of this denliea of the jungle of 600,000 years ago. The caber tooth tiger roamed the Pacific coast, feared by alL but down through tha ages Its huge tusks kept on getting longer with each genera tion, natil finally they were soeumr bersome that the last of the animals actually starved to death, it has been established. The specimen recently mounted at the university is the work of Sam Itslkowlts, 'pre-medics major from Portland, who put together several hundred bones found in the asphalt deposit at Rancho Le Brea, near Los ngeles. They were In a perfect state pf freserratioii, and the entire skele ton, from the ferocious tueks down to the tip of the tail, hae been recon structed. It is about six feet long and three feet high, , The pool of asphaltura has been the source of many prehistoric, animals now extinct. The old-time horse, wolves, camels and many species of birds have beea found there. Dr. John F, Bovard, now dean of the school . of physical education at the University henv was a student in Calk fornla when the pool was discovered in 19Q2, and be coined the name, "smllodon ..Callfornlacus, by which this epecies is known, - ' ; ; AlthQugh no true "saber tooth" tig ers have been dug up In Oregon an ancestral form once roamed the wilds of eastern Oregon. This tiger had not yet developed the fatal tusks, however. The specimen mounted ' here by ltzlkowlts Is his first work but it te unusually well done, said Pr- gar! Packard, professor of 'f eolggy.' Plan Hearings Oft Over charges for Grain Rates Portland. Frank J. Miller, chair man of the public service commis sion, announced the, commission ' ex pects to open hearings within thirty days on alleged overcharges made by surpass m gram shipments from Eastern Oregon and upstate points to Portland. Recently the commission decided In trastate rates instead of interstate rates should apply on shipments made by producers to Portland as the con suming market The intra-state tar iff is considerably cheaper than, the lnerrstate rate. The railroads, however, ' contended inter-state rates applied on a num ber of contested shipments, and col lected inter-state charges on these shipments. Shippers now ask a re fund. . :; Candidate Will Be Named A candidate for governor will be named at Portland today by the re publican state central - committee, which is meeting in the metropolis for that purpose.' Three prominent men of the state have come to the front in seeking the nomination. They are Tom Kay, state treasurer, Phil Metschan Portland hotel owner and politician, and Julius Meier, Port land merchant. i Will Address Dairymen Marshall Dana, associate editor of the Oregon Journal, who investigat ed the dairy industries of New Zea land and Australia will visit Eastern Oregon this month and on Wednesday evening, July 30, at 8 o'clock, will ad dress dairymen of Umatilla county at meeting at Hermiston. He will dis cuss dairying in New Zealand and Australia and offer comparisons with the Oregon dairy industry. ' : Round-Up Judges Named The Round-Up Association has se lected judges for the big show, and decided to hold the colorful Westward Ho parade this year on Friday in stead of Saturday, as In the past. The udges selected are Allen Drumheller of Walla Walla, William Switzler of Plymouth, Washington, and Ben C Boon of Seattle. Malheur Bank Closes The State Bank at Harper, Mal heur county, with capital stock of $15,000 and surplus of $1,000, has closed its doors. Deposits o the bank aggregated ,670. w , , , ...... Steiwer Is In Charge of West Campaign Territory The national republican committee has divided camnaiirn territory and has placed Senator Steiwer of Ore gon in charge of the states west of the Mississippi. Senator Moses, of "sons of wild Jackasses" fame will have charge of the campaign in the oanc, In a statement some time; ago Steiwer offered the aid of the com mittee to any republican senatorial nominee regardless of his alliance with factions in the senate. The young guard members who last week threatened to resiga because of their dissatisfaction with the attitude of Senator Moses in the London naval treaty fight later talked peacefully around the table with their outspoken chairman. 1 ; Montana Stockman Eugene Stanton came to Athena last week to attend the funeral of his mother, Mrs. S. C. Stanton. Eugene has been away from Athena for many years. He is engaged in stockraising and Owns a ranch near Miles City. He stated to The Press that range and hay conditions in his part of the state were anything but encouraging on account of drought. Water has held the stock until the grass is now so far back on the range that cattle " are kept constantly on the move to satisfy hunger and thirst. Corporation To Operate The Farmers National Grain Cor poration, - capitalized at $10,000,000, has filed with the state corporation department declaration of its inten tion to operate in Oregon. It is a Delaware corporation with C. E. Huff of Chicago as president. Oregon of fices are in the Pacific building, Port land, and J- V. Beach is the Oregon representative, Wheat Equal To Barley Ground wheat has practically the same feeding value, pound for pound, as barley, and Oregon farmers can profitably turn their cheap wheat in to high priced pork providing they have the hogs, says A. W. Oliver, as sistant professor of animal hus bandry at Oregon State college. Loses His Foot Dwight Rocks, an itinerant tourist fell beneath the wheels of a freight train he attempted to ride at Pendle ton. His foot was crushed so badly that amputation w necessary. LEGGE IS BRANDING OPPOSITION it linn Senators From Four Wheat Growing States Calling For Action. Chairman Legge's statement that criticism of the farm board's policy is mostly "political bunk has not stilled demands for the board to take action to increase the price of the gram, v.'.wt. ,. . ,. . .-, . Senators f rm four wheat growing states, led ly C-rsr of Kansas, call ed on him to urge the board to broad en -its present program, which is chiefly centered on crop . reduction. Pine of, Oklahoma; Allen, of Kansas: Howell, of Nebraska and McMaster of South Dakota accompanied Capper. In a statement Legge said he was fighting in the open and not hiding behind President Hoover. He added he would make a report to the chief executive soon on the progress of the board's campaign for a reduced wheat acreage. . t ine xarm board, he said, "was created to assist the farmer and not for politics. The farmer's problem is an economic one that will never be solved by any political remedies. "The president has not interfered with our program and we have gone ahead sawing wood. ' I expect to re port to him soon on the acreage re duction campaign, but I am not hid ing behind his skirts." Legge went on to say he was pre pared to tell Mr. Hoover he expected cooperation in the acreage reduction program from the farmers of every state in the winter wheat belt He described the purpose of the -cam paign as to show the farmer he must reduce production or accept a Jower price for his wheat. . Harvesting Grain Crop Is Clicking Right Along Here v "The " Bocond week "of' harvelt operations in the Athena wheat belt is clicking along with satisfac tory weather conditions and with nearly every available machine at work. Practically all of the grain being threshed this year is being de livered to storage in bulk, and but few sacking putfit are in the fields. The flrrt grower to finish harvest ing his crop In this vicinity is W. S. Ferguson. The Barney Foster crew completed harvesting the 220 acre crop for Mr. Ferguson, Tuesday eve ing. The Ferguson crop was a good one, averaging 50 bushels per aore. Marion Hansoll estimates his crop at 50 bushels per acre, except on ground which last year was planted to beans. The bean ground is aver aging less. There are few horse-drawn machine in the Athena fields this year, the ma jority being handled by caterpillars. From some parts of the county the stores of gasoline bought by farmers at low prices has been attracting at tention from thieves, and various amounts have been taken. With a continuance of good weath er, the latter part of next week will see the grain In this part of the coun ty nearly all harvested. This is made possible by the number of ma chines available for the work and compentent crews to operate them. 40 Fires In One Day Seventy-six fires were set in the Williams creek district of Josephine county within a period of three days, according to Lynn Cronemiller, state forester. Forty of the fires were set in one day. Cronemiller said that most of the fires had been extinguish ed, while those still burning were under control. Grazing interests were blamed for the incendiarism. Hazard ous conditions also were reported in Coos county, where the rainfall is 20 inches below normal. Conditions in other parts of the state are satis factory, Cronemiller' said. Springs Drying Up Scarcity of water in the forests and on the ranges is a problem fores ters and stockmen are facing at this time. Many springs that have been used for years have dried up and the forest service is devoting its energies to developing new springs to replen ish the dwindling supply. Danger from fires is increasing as the forest area becomes drier. Autos Collide Two tourist ' machines collided in front of Gallagher's Garage, Monday. A car backing out of the garage ob scured the view of the tourist car 1 drivers. The smash resulted in but slight damage to the machines and no one was hurt. Freiburg Players Present Passion Play At Walla Walla Large Production walla Walla. In 1922 60,000 Americans traveled to Freiburg, Ger many, to witness the world's oldest Passion Play. In 1930 residents of tne Inland Empire need travel only a short distance for on August 4, 6 and 6 the Freiburg Players will pre sent the Passion Play at the Walla Walla stadium under the auaolpM nf the Walla' Walla nark and Civic Art club. The players are now In Knt. tie and it was only throueh friend- ship of their musical director, Harold Lbring, for; Walla Walla where he lived 31 years ago that arrangements were made for bringing them here on their way east. ' In 1264 the inhabitants of Freibursr first presented a Passion Play and have given it periodically in Freiburg as - well as nearly every city in Europe. The company was brousrht to America to dedicate the great Krug park bowl in St Joseph, Mis souri, in August 1928. In eight eve nings more than 100,000 people paid aunussions. iney next visited St. Louis where in eight evenings more than 80,000 people attended. Walla Walla will be the smallest town in the entire world where this play will be presented. ' The production begins with a pro. logue depicting Adam and Eve in the Garden and the Fall of Man. This is followed by a tableau of the Glorifl cation of the Cross. The great drama of the Passion of Christ closes with the Resurrection and the singing of the mighty "Hallelujah Chorus" from Messiah." The production is colossal, with hundreds of persons participating, in eluding a large chorus and orchestra recruited from Walla Walla music! ans. In order truly to make the presentation an Inland Empire one, members of the cast who will support the German players as citizens, sol diers and the like, are being drawn from all parts of the Inland Empire. The principals have been .trained from childhood for their parts and Adolf Fasenacht, who portrays " tlys Christus, represents the seventh gen eration of his family in this role. SAYS PBESTBYE IS THREAT TO IDLE Oregon Voter Thinks Demo cratic Candidate Has Good Chance. Government Rescues Cat tlemen In Lake County Portland. The United States gov ernment has come to the rescue of thousands of cattle facing death from thirst on the ranges in the Wagontire Mountain distirct of Lake County, Oregon. ' A cattleman who protested against the action of Frank Dobkins in fenc ing in the Wagontire Mountain water supply has received word the govern ment has reaffirmed cancellation of the Dobkins homestead lease. In an effort to get access to water and to avert bloodshed which it was feared might result from the cattle war now being waged in that district Governor Norblad sent telegraphic re quest to President Hoover and to Commissioner General C. C. Moore of the federal land office urging immedi ate action. The governor .acted after a con ference with T. L. Cross and B. G. Skulason of Portland, field repre sentative and attorney respectively for the Oregon Humane Society. Telesrrams received by Gross from livestock raisers said cattle were dy ing for want of water,, which 'they were unable to reach because Frank Dobkins had filed on 16 "forties" of land entirely surrounding the water holes, the only sources for stock watering in a wide area of range country. Fly To Cheyenne George Baer, Round-Up manager, and Richard Rice, secretary, flew from Pendleton by airplane to Chey enne, to be present at the "Frostier Country Club - Opens Pendleton's new country club and coif course.' completed at a cost of more than $30,000, was auspiciously opened for play Saturday, when Sam Thompson, president of the club, shot a little white ball down the fair way. Pendleton has one of the finest golf courses in Eastern Oregon as a result of the loyal support of towns people In subscribing liberally to the enterprise. '1 .' ii j hi -f i 1 '"" ' Pee-Wee Golf Courses ' Pee-Wee golf courses which start ed up in the larger cities as a fad, with Improvement have become the source o well patronized amusement and practical as regards practice for the regulation courses. Walla Walla adherents of the sport are giving two of these courses continuous patronage. Two Sisters Drown Two young sisters stepped into a hole and were drowned while wading in the Yakima river at Richland, eight miles northeast of Pasco, Wed nesday. They were Mema, 13, and Lavelle, 16, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Austin , DeCreece of Nebraska City, Neb. : Pioneer Woman Dies : Mrs. Martha A. Fuller who came to Umapine district in 1882, died in a Walla Walla hospital Wednesday evening at the age of 75. She is sur vived by one son and four daugh ters. . 4 ... , u.-l s Ci. C.' Chapman In his Oroann vf says that E. C. Presthv nf A democratic candidate for joint senator from Umatilla and Union counties, has a good chance to nose out Fred Kiddle, republican candirlsta fn election, for the senatorship. Chap man is a keen political observer and his writiings in the Voter nro poof! with interest and often carry weight i accuracy as to election results. Mr. Chapman says: That E. C. Prestbye of Athena will give State Senator Fred Kiddle of Union county a real race is the report we receive from the Joint Union-Umatilla-Union district. Kiddle was unanimously nominated for re-election. He is one of the big republican figures of the state, and is discussed for the pending governorship nomin ation. - " " Prestbye is a Montanan, about 38 years old, and is a law partner of Homer I. Watts, one of Oregon's lead ing wheat growers, for many years known as a leading attorney of his part of the state, and a prominent figure In Btate affairs, well known in political, business and financial circles. Prestbye was born on a farm, graduated from University of Mon tana, and came to Athena about ten years ago. He is recognized as a capable, forceful character, and the general excellence of his reputation as an attorney and citizen is vouched for by leading citizens of Umatilla county. That he is a "George W. Joseph" democrat is asserted. His home coun ty is all agog over the hydro-electric situation as it may relate to develop ment of the Umatilla rapids project. This circumstance, the fact that Uma tilla" Tontalns a large bloc of demo cratic voters, and the further fact that it has twice as many voters as Union and Morrow combined, make it probable that Prestbye will poll a large Umatilla vote. Union county contains nearly as many democrats as Umatilla, with ex-Governor Wal ter M. Pierce at their head and itch ing for a chance to retire an out standing republican like Kiddle. These circumstances i make the race a real contest with a possibility that the outcome may introduce into the state political arena a young democrat who is rated as having outstanding qual ifications for leadership. As Kiddle ranks high in state republican coun cils, is a younger man even than Prestbye, and is rated as of gover norship and U. S. senatorship caliber, this battle will be watched with more than ordinary interest. Thirty Indians Dancing Weirdly To Gain Health Pocatello. Thirty Indians, their half naked bodies fantastically daub ed with paint, continued their frenzi ed dance to the sun god. Weaving back and forth and shrill ing a weird tune on whistles they moved round and round a willow en closure, their eyes fixed constantly on a buffalo head elevated on a pole in the center. Without stopping for food or drink until they drop from exhaustion, the tribesmen dance to the cadence of crude drums beaten by squaws who accompany their movements with shrill chanting. Of the 60 dancers of the bhosnone, Bannock, and Lemhi tribes who began Monday night about half continued to defy fatigue, thirst and hunger. About them squatted the older members of their tribes, hoping to benefit from the supplication for health and strength which the danc ers were seeking. The dance was terminated yester day noon to be followed by a time of feasting. Work Stopped On Well Excavation work on the well at Legion natatorium has been tempor arily stopped, at a depth of about 20 feet. The new well on which work commenced a couple of weeks ago, is 14x14 and lifting a large amount of dirt from the bottom was exceeding ly difficult. "Pike" Miller who was in charge of the swimming pool and John Hoey, local well digger, were in charge of the work. It is presumed that the well will be completed after the harvest season is over, when do nation labor may be available. St. Louis Plane In Air In a cheery mood and feeling con fident, Dale Jackson and Forest O'Brine kept their endurance plane, Greater St. Louis, cruising leisurely over Lambert-St. Louis field in the third night of their projected 30-day flight to regain the refueling endur ancs record. -