GIVES BASIN VIEWS
National Projects Should Be
Planned To Advantage
i ? of Unemployed.
Spokane. Great national , projects
like the Columbia basin project
should be planned well in advance by
the United states, to .be ready for
construction In times of unemploy
ment, B. C. Forbes, noted Hearst
financial writer, told Spokane backers
of the nation's greatest reclamation
plan.'""'-" ! v;J ;
i' Forbes' arrival at the capitol of Co
lumbia basin, endeavor was hailed by
Roy R. Gill, Mark W. Woodruff and
other basin enthusiasts as one of the
biggest steps in their long campaign
to win national recognition for the
$300,000 project, intended to turn
the Idle waters of the, Columbia river
on 1,883,000 acres of thirsty land,
, . "I have come to Spokane not to
talk, but to learn more about the
basin, project," Forbes told the Spok.
ane men.
''It Is too' bad that such a' project
as this was not advanced at the be
ginning of the year to the stage where
an army of men could have been put
to work.
"Productive projects 1 of this kind
are exactly tha type "that public
money should be spent on whenever
unemployment becomes a problem.
"It is to be hoped that before tha
business circle again revolves to the
unemployment stage that work will
be r4y to start flying on such big
enterprises."
'i Forbes told Spokane intefviys Jg
believed agricultural .conditions had
touched the worst and that an up
ward movement in commodity prices
way s iff, But any upward change
is likely to be ift wM form, Forbes
said. It is his belief that t jOF frob
)tna, of which the business recession
is merely a symptom, must be solved
by the nation's lers before there is
a mplete return to condi
tions. . .,' '
Maaaaaasasaa
THE PRESS ATHENA, OREGON, JULY 25 1930
Ukiah-Dale Road Work Begins
Contractors have their equipment
in place for construction work on the
Ukiah-Dale road in the south part of
the county. Work is to start at both
ends-of the canyon. : : , . ,
W. W. Harrah, Prominent
Farmer of This Country
f Dies t After Long Illness
W. W. Harrah, prominent farmer
of Umatilla county and well known
in the state as a grange leader and
active worker in the Eastern Oregon
Wheat league and supporter of barge
transportation on the Columbia river,
died Thursday of last week in a Port
land hospital after an illness of long
duration. ' ' 7
The remains were brought to. Pen
dleton and funeral services took place
Sunday afternoon , from the Baptist
church in that city., Q ,-. ;
Mr. Harrah was born at Janeaport,
Mo., on June 11, 1868 and came to
Oregon in 1889. He was married to
Miss Rose Olcott on . July 3, 1895.
Four children were bom to them, two
of them, Willard and Mildred, being
dead, while a son Forest Harrah and
a daughter, Miss Beryl Harrah, sur
vive. A brother, James Harrah, lives
in Colorado and there are two sisters,
Mrs. Lydia McCoy of Kansas City and
Mrs. Chaney Brown of Port Morgan,
Colorado.
In addition to many other activ
ities Mr. Harrah served during the
war as a member of a national ad
visory committee appointed by Presl.
dent Wilson in connection with the
food administration act. ; . .
Northwest Air Tour Planes
Come To Pendleton Aug. 2
Pendleton. In preparation for the
coming Pacific States Northwest Air
Tour, the planes of which will stop
here August 2, the aviation commit
tee of the Chamber of Gnwmm met
and appointed a large sub committee
to handle the various details of en
tertaining pilots, providing transpor
tation, handling traffic, and providing
facilities for the airplanes.
fTjig. planes of the tour, which will
all be of "tha fctgsfc types, will arrive
here about 9:30 a. m. and will prob
ably remain until 2:30 p. m., during
which time many phases of aviation
will be demonstrated by the pilots,
grunting will be included in the pro
gram. "' - .
A small admission charge mil bp
asked from spectators in order to off
set the expense of the stop here, if
fa announced, AF surplus, however,
will be used by the Chamber f eoffl--merce
to develop tha proposed Pen.
iileton airport. About $600 will have
to be incurred by the commercial or
ganization in order to provide for the
tour's vislfc her8 according to George
er, secretary. . !
We Have
. . that Moiiey Can Buy .
We Are Making a Specialty on
Milk Shakes
KILGORE'S CAFE
Round-Up Will Make
Observance Of Covered
.Wagon 100th Anniversary
Pendleton. Linking in - with the
plans of the Oregon Trail Memorial
association, the Pendleton Round-Uo
at its twenty-first annual exhibition,
August 28, 29, and 30, will make
special observance of the one hun
dredth anniversary of the covered
Wagon.. ,:.,'
It is particularly fitting that Pen
dleton observe the anniversary, for
the Eastern Oregon city is the home
of hundreds of pioneers who made the
great trek from the east to the un
tried west And so, at the Round-Up,
on the historic hills which form a
background for track and arena,
there will appear a cavalcade of In
dians, and a group of prairie schoon
ers, typical of covered wagon days.
They will wend their "way slowly
down the hillside, , appearing before
the thousands who will watch them
from the grandstands, and will con
clude the impressive procession when
they reach the Round-Up grounds.
Further observance of the covered
wagon centenary will be made at
Happy Canyon, the evening show of
the Round-Up, which is In itself an
exposition of the coming of the pio
neer. There will be shown the Indians
who roamed the hills and lifted their
voices in savage war cry; the com
ing of the white man and the growth,
mushroom-like, of a frontier village. I
Finally, the audience is admitted into
the village for dancing and for the
playing of games typical of the Old
West..-.. -
LAST MAN'S GLUB
WILL BE DISSOLVED
Outlook Only Fair For
Stock On Oregon Ranges
Oregon range conditions of July 1
showed a slight decline from last
month, according to a report by the
federal state crop reporting service.
Moisture supply is a little short in
some areas and prospects for sum
mer and fall ranges are only fair.
"Condition of livestock is about equal
to that of a month ago. The first
cutting of hay was generally a little
short for the state as a whole.
Oreeon ranges are generally in good
shape at present, but will decline un
less, summer rains relieve the situ-
1 ' T ..-.I ? .. a..n4.nw MM1 MPOWf.
moisture supply is lesg than usual.
Moisture conditions! are better in
northeastern Oregon and in sections
west of the Cascade mountains than
elsewhere in the state. Prospects for
summer and fall range are not very
encourairimr. A shortage of stock
water is anticipated by stockmen.
Waskmeton ranee nrosnacts wese
improved by rains during June. Stock
water if short in many important
range areas. Hay crop is only fair.
Idaho range eofiqjtiofls r vry .
but some dry ares in southeastern
and upper Snake fWef r8finS. Cali
fornia high mountain ranges are now
very good, but feed on lower ranges
is declining. Summer prospects are
much better than a year ago. Stock
water is short in some areas. In Mon
tana continued drouth ca,u.s?i & sharp
drop, in 'range prospects except in
northwestern sectjqn e.asfc of he con
tinual djyjde, flay crop promises
to be very hert.
For the western range area general
ly, material decreases in range con
ditions were reported during June in
Montana.
Veteran of First Battle of
Gettysburg Toasts 33
Vacant Chairs.
Minneapolis. The last man," an
aged civil war veteran, went to
Stillwater, near here to dissolve the
Last Man's club by drinking a toast
to his departed comrades in the mute
presence of 33 crepe-covered chairs.
The final gesture involved drama
for which the old soldier, Charles
Lockwood of Chamberlain, S. D., has
little taste, he said while at the home
of a son here seeking seclusion from
unwanted attentions which the event
has brought him. ''
When he arrives at Lowell inn at
Stillwater, Lockwood will call the roll
and alone will make' answer of the
roster of 34 members the club had af
ter its simple beginnings at a reunion
45 years ago. - . -!
The 34 were survivors of company
B, 1st Minnesota volunteer infantry,
which lost most of its members at
Gettysburg and at Bull Run. It was
on July 21, 1885,'the anniversary of
the first battle at Bull Run that the
reunion was held on the ground now
occupied by the inn, and after hours
of feasting, the last bottle of wine
was set aside to be drunk by the last
man, :
"Every member of the club thought
he would be last, and I did, too," Mr.
Lockwood said. "After our experi
ences in that war we all had four
years of it together we had no fear
of death. It seemed funny to us then
a kind of humorous gesture but
now that I am last I see no humor in
it I would rather that I did not have
to do it."
"To my comrades," Lockwood will
address the toast, and then he will
repeat a short bit of verse all pro
vided for in the program drawn up
by the club many years age, After
this he will drink the toast from the
old bottle wine which has taken on
the taste of vinegar through the
years , as a, curious member of the
club found several years ago when
he opened the bottle. . .
A sip, and Lockwood's bond will be
fulfilled and the club's destiny of dis
solution will have been reached, Then
the old man yp &o back to his home
at Chamberlain, S. B., to hie family,
friends and memories
"After that," he said, I do not
know, except that I believe sometime
I will reunite wltn my comrades
those who could not join after Gettys
burg and Bull Run, as well as those
who did. I will find out soon
enough." ;
Bring your Welding to
an Expert Welder
ohne
union e as
Veedol ils
- Vesta Batteries
I
;GaHagher Garage
XE.aiiagnejrK
Pendleton Man Weds In Air
The marriage bark of a California
postmistress and an Oregon post
master sailed smoothly " over San
Francisco bay Saturday. The whole
wedding party was up in the air when
Miss fJifla JIalfertey- of Thfl.UnKa
near Los Angeles, and . B. Chap
man of Pendleton, joined hanas ior
the ceremony. They were about 600
feet up with pilots Hersch Laughlin
and Joe Smith setting a smooth,
straight course while William Nat
Friend, Oakland postmaster and an
ordained minister, married Chapman
and his bride. :
3P
the Athena market
We carry the best
Meat
That Money Buys
Kippered Sataon, all Kinds of Salt Fish. Fresh
risn, uysiers, vraus, vacuus, jviaiu. ui ocuu
A. W. LOGSDON 5
Main Street Athena, Oregon.
Traffic Officers Will Help '
Arfinot on instructions from Secre
tary of State Hoss and at the request
nf riaro a. Lee. state nrg mer t,
officers of the state traffic department
will cooperate with the nre marsnai
.ni with the fire chiefs of the state
s. anfnrrinp the law aeainst the
tfinwinir of lighted clears, cigarettes
matches, fire-crackers, etc., on the
public highways (Jurin.g the closed
The season extends from
May 5 tq October .
? Fire At Cove
Two residences and the two-story
MpCabee Hall at Cove were destroy
ed by flre Saturday, feoss m p-
ed bj insurance. The firp started af-
fr dance in tha nail, proeapiy, nre
men said, as the result ot a smoKer
carelessness, ,
New Grain Elevator
The Weston . Grain Growers Inc,
will build a new elevator at Bjue
Mountain station on thp Q. W, R. &
ff. Construction work will begin this
fall and the new plant win Vfi com
pleted in time to receive next seas
on's crop, ;
Oreeon Seeds Free From Weeds
More than 3Q0 teste on the purity
and germination of Oregon'e seed
crop made during the pat year by
the seed testing laboratory at Oregon
State college indicate that the crop
is exceptionally free from noxious
weed.
- Frkk'e metal weather stripping is
best. av::....; .
Miss Menefee a Bride
Weston Leader: Cards have been re
ceived by logal friends announcing
the marriage in Mobile, Alabama,
June 28th of Miss . Emily Frances
Menefee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James E. Caron of Portland, and
Ralph J. Gibbons, lieutenant in
United States army air corps. The
bride for the past two years has been
a popular member ..of Weston High
school faculty an.4 . way friends
in the eemmunity who wish her much
happiness in the new relationship.
Mr. Gibbons is the son of Mr. ana
Mrs. R. J. Gibbons of Walla Walla,
and formerly attended Whitman col
lege, of which in.st.itu.tiqn the bride ie
graduate.
Harvesting Seed Peas
Th Weston Leader reoorts that
cutting was begun this week on the
200 acres of seed neas which Linus
Anderson U raising on hi foothill
ranch , for the California , Packing
pnmnanv. Threshing will soon fol
low. The vines are in healthy con
Hitinn and nromise a srood yield, al
though tha stand is a trifle thin in
spots. A company representative
visited the Anderson, ranch last week
with a camera, and took plcturee of
the growing peas, with which he was
highly pleased.
An Old O. E. S. Chapter
The Jacksonville Adarel chapter,
No. 3, Order of the Eastern. Ptar,
celebrated the 60th anniversary of its
founding Wednesday nignt.
chanter was founded in 1980 and is
the third oldest in the state and one
of the oldest in the west. At the
time of its founding it was the only
chapter in Oregon outh of Salem.
Fisherman ' Drowns
A laree trout erasped firmly In his
hands, the body of R. D. Gentzel, a
Mtnnl Montana, painter, was
fnnnd in the Blackfoot river. Author
itiM theorized he slipped and fell into
the stream while attempts Iand
the fish. His body was clothed m
fishing togs, v ' r
Gravelinar Mountain Road
Graveling of nU-rriile stretch of
th Weston-Elgin road In the Blue
mounta ns started Monaay. me oa
roan of roads is doing the job and
when completed will cost in the neigh
borhood of 1125.000 which includes
grading operation!,
Oooose Rail Merger
Attacking the merger of the North
era Pacific and Great Northern rail
roads, the Washington department of
public works Friday petitioned the in
terstate commerce commission to re
open the, proceedings for hearing of
new arguments.
Ye
We Sell Genuine
International Repairs
Made For
The
Line
By the
International Harvester Company
REPAIRS made for International implements and
other farm equipment by the Harvester Com
pany are the only repairs made from the original
patterns. All others are copied from copies, and in
this roundabout reproduction they may lose in correct
ness of shape, sharpness of detail, closeness in fitting,
and quality of material. These repairs are made for
Deering, McCormick, Milwaukee. Titan and other
International-made machines.
Ge
nume
Repai
rs
Are Better in
Fit Better and
Quality
Wear Longer
The Harvester Company stands back of it
machines. Be fair in the matter. Do not substitute
imitation repairs for the genuine and expect best service.
Repairs made by other concerns and marked "Made
for or "Will fit", e not genuine I H C repairs. They
often lack weight, are not always correct in shape, are
imperfectly finished, do not fit properly, or are made
of inferior material. Buy Genuine International Repairs
for your International Farm Equipment.
Beware of Any Other Kind!
Take No Substitutes
Rogers tH Goodman
(A Mercantile Trust)
Walla Walla Wheat Yield
So Far Shows It To Be a
Lower than Average Crop
Wila Walla. While the majority
of the wheat yields, in so far as they
have been measured, snow a Biigni
decrease from the average, a few of
the sections where the harvesting is
under way have reported average or
even better than average yields. In
fh. F.urpVft Flat area tha vleld is ex
pected to run about 15 per cent under
the average, some oi tne growers re
port.
Rnrno Vipbw red wheat has been re
ported harvested to date. Turkey Red
testing as high as 62 Vi pounds w wie
tmaViol Vina hpnn hroueht . in with
samples here. Triplet was found
weighing as mucn as oi pounas.
great deal oi the wnite wneai nas
been running around 69 pounds.
while about 10 ef cent oi the ma
chines were running about the mid
dle of the week, it was estimated wai
from 45 to 55 per cent of the com
bines will be working by the first
of next week, with the main pan oi
the harvest in this section coming in
the next fifteen days.
Man's Windpipe Cut .
Bend. With his windpipe severed
just above the vocal cords, Johnny
Lacora, said to have been- employed
on fire lines near Bend, walked into
the office of a physician here, fnt
reports were that Labors, had fallen
on a saw, $n was aouuwo
as offtcjaltt prepared to investigate
the case, Laeora'a condition Is criti
cal, rerions who examined tne wouna
It was a clean cut, as if made
by some sharp instrument, lacora
was able to talk only when his head
was held forward, He was placed in
a local nosptiai.
Winter Wheat Contracts
Tt estimated that a Quarter mil
lion bushels of the 1930 wheat crop in
Umatilla county, was contrectoa by
trrowers at from $1 to $1.15 per bush
el. Those who . contracted at the
! about prices are "sitting pretty" as
compared with present price onerings
to local growers.
CLASSIFIED
Milk Cows Good, fresh Milk cowa
for sale. Henry Koepke, Athena,
phone S2F12.
Foley's Kidney Cure
maAe kidaeya and bladder righi
Cook House Cook hou3e on wide
truck, for sale. James Duncan, Ath-
no, phone 30F15.
For Sale A New Coleman Air-O-
Gas range, slightly used. Mrs. Callie
Sanders, Athena, phone 30F21.
- Poles R. A. Ball, Weston, R No. 2
has tamarack and red fir poles for
sale at reasonable prices.
Hour or Day Work Exnerienced
woman wants work by hour or day.
Call at Ceorge Corder home next
door to Press office.
Count Treasurer Returns
Mr. Batty DeHart. county treas
urer, has returned irom a montns
tav in Texas where she has been re
coperatlng from illness and enjoying
a vacation from her worn. :
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Mr. Sias will speak at tlie regular
morning service Sunday. In the eve.
nincr we will loin in the union ser
vice at tha Baptist Church. The
class auto contest in the Bible school
rrMLA last Sunday, the Cadillac lead
ing out with honors. The school at
tendance is holding well lor harvest
time and fine services are being en
joyed all around.
mniiiifTTinriiii 11 """"
We Can
Cast Your
Plates
The installation of an
Elcctricaster Stereotyp
ing Machine make It
possible for us to aoeom
modate our merchant
advertiser and others
In the matter of making
printing plates from
ma t rices. 1 1 means a val
uable addition to our
cquipmentinthematter
of serving our patrons.
H. A. Frick
Carpenter and Contractor
Pendleton - - Phone 1392J
Specializes in
Meial
Weather Stripping
Jensens
Blacksmith Shop
Repair Work
Prices Reasonable
Athena, Oregon
Real Estate
Wheat Alfalfa and
Stock Land
SHEEP FOR SALE
L. L. Montague, Arlington
Pleads Guilty to Sale
and Possession
B. B. Richards, when in
terviewed by the Press
man, pleaded guilty to the
sale of the best insurance
obtainable for the money
and possession of more
policies in reserve ready
at a moments notice for
your use and purpose. A
policy for every hazzard.
B. B. RICHARDS,
- Insurance