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M4 , A BIG JOB, BUT ITS DEAD EASY It would be biff 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, eo Second-Class Mall Matter VOLUME 43 ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, AUGUST 1, 1930 NUMBER 31 Ml illPEIJDEHU TO BE lira Either Julius Meier or Rut us Holman Will Oppose s Phil Metschan. Portland. Through ' the 1 drifting smoke still unsettled from Saturday's convention an independent candidate for governor clearly may be seen Julius L. Meier or Rufus C. Holman, as circumstances may develop. Meier Monday explained his incline lion by the cryptic quotation of the ballot slogan of the late George W. Joseph, saying he is For Oregon, its people, its welfare and its prosperity." He went no further than that either in affirmation or denial of the sug gestlon that he might yield to im I portunity. 1 ' Holman, returned from a week-end , visit to the whispering sea, comes 1 forth with a statement bluntly prom- ising that "there will be an inde ; pendent Lincoln (not Harding) Re s' publican candidate for governor at the election in . November who will present the people's side of the one i great issue now before the Voters of Oregon." Holman further laid the foundation for his own candidacy when he on Friday last returned to Chairman Metschan the quota of reserved seat tickets to the Elks' temple meeting because they had been sent to him as ? "an announced candidate" and closed , that letter with the statement that he would; not be a candidate except through a movement not initiated or "I promoted by himself. There remains but little if any doubt in the minds of political observers that Holman will run if Meier does not. I Ralph C. Clyde, president of the Municipal Ownership league comes , definitely into the field with the .: reiteration of his prior statement that ' there will be a state-wide convention ' or assembly .pf electors called '".at which an independent candidate will be named. "Either Meier or Hoi ,. man will be acceptable to us," ' he . adds. ' Two candidates for the chairman ship now are out in the open for con sideration at Saturday's meeting, one Carl C. Donaugh and the other. Dr. J. W. Morrow, both of Portland. So far as reported Jack T. Summerville has no opposition for reelection as sec i retary for another term. The Holman statement issued Mon day morning says: . . ! i There will be an independent Lin coln (not Harding) Republican can didate for governor at the election in November who will present the pec : pie's side of the one great issue now before the voters of Oregon. That issue is, shall our state , government be conducted for and by the people . or for the special interests by their serving men. George W. Joseph was' the cham pion of the people's cause in this contest and gave his life battling the special privilege-seeking crowd. . ' His associates and followers for the purpose of giving the Republican state central committee an opportun , ity to adhere to principles rather than to politics united in presenting ' Julius L. Meier's candidacy to the ; committee because Mr. Meier had 'dedicated his candidacy to the polit ical principles ennunciated by the late Senator Joseph. ; ; Subsequent events the result, the scrapping of, the Joseph platform, " the rejection of Mr. Meier's candi dacy, (and Senator Upton's candidacy as well), the secret balloting, " the manipulations of machine politics,' 'and all the intrigues of the political .trade have demonstrated that the majority members of the recent con tention of the Republican state cen ftral committee had no thought for , the public welfare and the rights of jthe common people but were - only concerned with the " personal and ' purely selfish ambitions of the par ticipating politicians and their allies, ; the vested interests. , " . Therefore, as far as the people are concerned, the convention was a fail ure in that it Teversed the result of the recent primary election which ap proved of Senator Joseph and the public policies advocated by him and his associates.' ; ;. '.: ' j The convention repudiated the act of the people! Think of it! Less than 25 men and some of them hand- picked set aside the expressed will of over 60,000 registered and voting Republicans! ' ' ' '" When a political party through the intrigues of the politicians in posses sion of its organization fails to func tion in the interest of the people, it is time for the people, themselves, to organize in their own interests, i That time is now. : . i A legal organization will be effected as rapidly as means and popular co operation will permit and it is hoped ' it will present to the people a candi dU fai.lul fo to best iQfeY&ttf of State Road Crew Is In- creasing wiuui oi Aine ; na-Milton Sector 6 Feet A state road crew is increasing the standard 20 footwide highway on the Athena-Milton sector of the state highway to a 26 foot width. Heavy stage and freight truck traffic has made it necessary to increase ' the width of the shoulders on each side of the 16 foot blacktop, finish three feet, so as to make the passing of traffic safer. . The cost of the new work is esti mated to be about $27,000, accord ing to a report from R. H. Baldock, assistant styte highway engineer in his report to the office at Salem. Like all standard state highways in Oregon the main paved roadway is only 16 feet wide. With the old shoulders, two feet on each side, it wag 20 feet wide. "The large motor trucks and stages are eight feet wide, making it necessary for them to veer from pavement to graveled shoulders whenever they meet another vehicle. Those having dualpneumatic tires on the rear, as many do, it is said, al most continuously have one tire on the shoulder. This means a constant sucking, and consequent wearing out of the shoulder at a rapid rate. Shoulder maintenance, Baldock said, is constantly becoming more expen sive . .;;, , is The state crew on the Athena-Mil ton section , is laying shoulders of quarry rock and binding it with vol canic ash. Next year an oil top prob ably will be added. ..... , ,.. . Baldock said the department is con stantly modernizing its work to carry on reconstruction with the least pos sible inconvenience for traffic and is developing new methods each year. Oiling operations have been perfect ed so vehicles are rarely in contact with the newly laid oil and practical ly no complaints are received from motorists. University of Oregon Dads Meet at Crater Lake X x . V .i., i s 7 y'. .v tl V . .. w.. ..;. ,S.v..fc v. . ,iVy....,T. . - - . f F ( W-::;-:::r::::X::;:::::;::":-:::::::v:v:;:::::i:::::;::-:;'.:.' If t" - -XL' 1) W0W f .u m 8 "W e"0rt"'""D''' Price on the opening of the 1930 season of the Crater Lake Lodoe, where the executive committee of the Oregon Dads, an organization of fathers of university students, was recentl! entertained by O. L. Price, lodge manager, who Is a mem ber of the organization. ! JfreMnt, Left to right: Mr. and Mra. J. C. Stevens, Portland; Mr. Price; Paul T. Shaw. Portland nr.Mt t h Dads; R. K. Keller, Portland; Ml.a Helen Laugaard, Ml. Martna SteUns, of Ported, d Mll Mrtl. Phv " aeoretary to Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, prealdent of the University of Oregon. " P Boise Family Starves Within Reach of Food Chinese Meets Death In . An Automobile Accident Walla Walla. Jim Wong, 57-year- old Chinese gardener, of Walla Wal la, was killed Saturday night when he was struck by an automobile driven by Allen Bean, Freewater youth. The accident occurred on the Ninth street highway about two miles from Wal la Walla. Young Bean reported that the Chinese was riding a bicycle with out lights. He picked up the man and rushed with him to a hospital but the Celestial was dead when the in stitution' was reached. At the coroner's inquest held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, the jury returned a unanimous decision of un avoidable accident. Wong was killed while riding a bicycle when struck by an automobile driven by R. Allen Bean, son of R. E. Bean, Umatilla County commissioner, on the south Ninth street highway beyond Locust station. Young Bean was in no way blamed for the accident, as the night. was dark, Wong was dressed in dark clothes and the tail light on the bi cyele reflected light very, poorly. ,. New Cylinder Boring Machine J. E. Gallagher has added a new model cylinder boring machine to his equipment in the mechanical depart ment of his garage. The new ma chine is manufactured in St Louis and is one that is highly recommend ed in the Ford and General Motors shops. Mr. Gallagher announces that his mechanic, Mr. Smith, is prepared to regrind automobile engine cylin ders on short notice at reasonable prices, and hopes that local automo bile owners will patronize this home enterprise instead of letting this class of work go to shops in other towns. A new piston lining machine has also been installed by Mr. Gal lagher lately. ; Fred Earp, Newspaper Man Frederick L. Earp, a well known newspaper writer of the Northwest, who spent his boyhood at Weston, was a visitor in the county this week. Mr. Earp, who is the son of D. D. Earp, Eastern Oregon pioneer piano dealer, has been connected with the leading metropolitan newspapers on the Pacific coast. He is a recognized special writer of. note, and as the representative of a newspaper syndi cate was a member of the first Wil kins , Arctic .expedition four years ago. i- -. . ,.. 'i ... , Prisoners To Work Hard labor will mean something in Walla Walla. Commissioners have approved an ordinance establishing a chain gang for city prisoners. Those who work are to be given $5 daily credit on their fines. the great unorganized mass of toiling citizens. The crux of the political issue para mount under present local economic conditions was specifically and ex plicitly stated in Senator Joseph's brief platform. Most certainly the people shall not be denied the right of affirming the decision which they made in the pri mary election last May and of adopt ing the policies of Senator Joseph. Surely ternal vjgilanc is the pride lit liberty; .- v-,,- - Boise, Idaho. Almost within walk ing distance of plenty and yet too weak to walk, a family of six has been discovered in the mountains above Boise slowly starving to death. The case of the four children and their parents was taken up by the governor's office and arrangements were being made to care for them here. ; Campers who came upon the family in an isolated meadow near Trout dale, 60 miles from Boise, said the woman was so weak she could hardly stand and the children, from 4 to 13 years, were rapidly weakening. In a letter to the governor Long said he had been compelled to move the family into the mountains to re lieve his wife's asthma. "We have tried to work out a little gold," Long wrote the gover nor, "but the water is too low and we are getting too weak to ,. work more than a few hours a day and can't cash what we have as it is less than they take at the assay, of fice. - "I mean to say we are right down hungry." He said they had lived on berries and woodchucks for three months. Legge and Hyde Coming For Pendleton Meeting Oregon State College. Wheat farmers of Oregon are to have op portunity on August 9 to hear first hand the ideas of the federal farm board' leaders on the present and fu true market outlook for wheat the world over. . On that date Secretary Arthur Hyde of the department of agriculture and Chairman Alexander Legge of the farm board will address a meeting of farmers, bankers and college extension men at Pendleton. The Pendleton meeting and one in Spokane are the only two scheduled in the Pacific northwest by the farm leaders who are starting on a tour of the far west in the interests of farm marketing. Arrangements - for the Oregon meeting were made by the federal extension service through Paul V. Maris, director of Extension at O. S. C. " Grass Fire Causes Alarm A grass fire in the yard of a va cant house on upper Third street caused an alarm to be sent in which the local firemen answered. One of the hose carts made, the run to the fire which was put out by the time the firemen reached the scene. Care lessness in setting fire to dead grass at this time is dangerous to sur rounding property and the authorities desire that extreme caution be ex ercised by anyone burning grass or rubbish. - Is All Right Now J. E. Jones, rural mail carrier, suf fered a dizzy spell while driving his car on Main street, Monday after noon on his return from mail de livery. Fortunately he stopped his car before any accident transpired and was taken from the machine to the Athena Hotel nearby, where in a short time he was able to proceed to his home. He recovered and is carrying the mail as usual. More High Temperature Higher temperature prevailed again this week throughout the Eastern Oregon country. At Pendleton the registration went up to 103 Tuesday afternoon. Is Athena 97 was ( re corded at o'clock in the afternoon. Deer Season Conference To Be Held With Gover nor At Capitol "Today Salem. With the object of fore stalling the inconvenience caused in former years by. postponing the deer hunting season as precaution against forest fires ' just about the . time sportsmen are ready to take to the woods, Governor Norblad has called a conference at the Multnomah hotel, Portland, for this evening at 6:30 o'clock. Meeting with the governor will be State Forester Lynn F. Crone miller and representatives of sports men's organizations. . v ' r -y If the season is such that it appears to be necessary to keep the forests closed to hunting during the season which normally opens September 15 the governor hopes to make arrange ments whereby the closing proclama tion can be issued some time in ad vance of that date. This will leave the situation, it is explained, so that only an - extraordinary emergency would necessitate, the order after hunters have made all preparations to enter the woods. Young Fire Herb Awarded Badge For His Bravery Eugene. Bernard Knight, 14-year old Eugene boy who on the night of July 14 rushed into a blazing home in search of his little sister whom he thought to be trapped in her bed room has received a badge from State Fire . Marshal Lee at Salem, giving him life membership in the junior fire marshal organization of Oregon. In addition he received a letter of com mendation from the fire marshal. The burns on the boy's face which he received at the time have 'prac tically healed and have left no scars. A few will show in his back and arms but the . burned places have healed slowly and are leaving only slight scars. His hands are healed and are ready to have the bandages taken off for the last time after two weeks. t Water Service Restrictions It has been found necessary to place restrictions on the use of water for lawn sprinkling in Athena, tem porarily, on account of a decrease in the source of supply of the municipal system. ' Consequently notices have been distributed to water consumers which restrict the use of water for sprinkling to the period from 5:30 p. m. to 7:00 p. m., each day. Until this restriction was decided upon users have had the option of using all the water they wished at any time, under meter rates. Other towns in the county have for some time been holding use of water under restric tion. Helix Grain Field Fire A fire caused from the exhaust from a wheat truck did considerable damace in the field of Frank Stanton, near Helix. A small fire spread in to the field of Udney Richardson also but the fighters got it under control before it spread very much. There was quite a hard wind blowing which made it very hard to fight. The farmers of the Stanton community as well as lots of others helped to fight the fire. . .?-. Red Elk, Well Known ' Umatilla Indian, Dead Red Elk, a member of the Umatil la Indian family of Joshua, died at his home near Thorn Hollow on the reservation at 10 o'clock Saturday forenoon at the age of 66 years. The cause of death was paralysis, the well known Indian had suffered the first stroke several months ago. However, he was able with the as sistance of a cane to be about and only week before last was in Athena, transacting business. Death follow ed shortly after the second . stroke, which came on-him Saturday morn ing. . , . , ! Red Elk was one of the leading In dians on the reservation and early in life formed an attachment for the ways of the white man, with the re sult that up to a few years ago he farmed his wheat land, employing both white and Indian labor as re quired. He was an expert horseman and at Round-Up parades delighted in riding his finest saddle horse caparisoned in the richest of Indian equipage. An ex pert marksman, he was an inveterate hunter and many was the elk, deer and bear to fall before his unerring aim. He was buried at the Indian burial ground, south of Thorn Hollow, Tues day forenoon at 10 o'clock. Night Baseball May Start in Other Parks : ' Rankin Escapes Death Tex Rankin, . formerly of . Walla Walla, now of Portland, had a narrow escape from death at Yakima while stunting this week, the propeller of his plane shattering when he was 4000 feet ip the air. He manae'd to land vi&y. Night baseball at Sacramento in the Pacific Coast league is proving suf ficiently popular to turn the attention of the magnates to the installation of lighting in other parks". From the player's viewpoint, "owl baseball" is "not so hot" Russell "Buzz" Artlett, Oakland outfielder, claims "grounders are hard to see and it is difficult to gauge the speed of the ball." : Jimmy McLaughlin, Sacramento third baseman, unburdened himself as follows: "It is not natural. . The heat from the big lights is more enervat ing than the sun on the warmest day and I have trouble locating ground balls." .. ; Purchases Blacksmith" Shop Bruno Weber of Weston, has pur chased the tools and machinery and leased the blacksmith shop building from Jens Jensen, who has been in business here for several years. Mr. Weber will move his family, wife and six children, here from Weston as soon as he can secure a dwelling house. Mr, Jensen has decided to visit his aged parents at the old home in Denmark during the com ing fall and winter, if he can arrange his affairs satisfactorily. He has not seen his relatives for twenty years. Sitters Start Third Week With a telephone installed in their arboreal perch, Bremerton's 15-year-old record aKpii itig tree-sitters, Pres ton Leard and Stewart Babbitt, will start their third week in the branches in possible communication with all the world. The phone was hooked up and at noon they had been aloft 327 hours and intend to stay up until pnmrwfitfir evervwhere are down. A '.microphone to permit the boys to (broadcast was installed by a Tacoma radio station. Lockjaw Sufferer Better : Elden Hamper, Umapine boy who has been suffering from a mild form of lockjaw as a result of powder burns on Jul 4, was reported as im proviifz at a Walla Wall bvftjl r State Tax From Sale Of Gasoline May Ex ceed Mark Set in 1929 Salem. Secretary of State Hal Hoss estimates that Oregon's gaso line tax this year will total over $7, 000,000 exceeding last year by at least 12,100,000. The estimate is based on gasoline and distillate sales in the state for the first six months of the year, with the period of heaviest sales still ahead. The gain indicated it the most remarkable the state has yet ex. perienced. s, : r . Total gasoline sales last year were 259,415,365 : gallons and distillate 4,256,973 gallons, which brought a total tax of $4,888,885.48. This year it is estimated that gasoline sales will run over 175,000,000 gallons. ( The gasoline tax, , since January 1 last, is 4 cents a gallon and distillate 3 cents.' Prior to that it was 1 cent less on each. ' For the six months from January 1 to June 30 motor fuel taxes amount ed to $3,047,008.45, representing a tax on 74,326.777 gallons of gasoline and 2,129,001 gallons of distillate. For the same period last year the tax collected was $2,098,473.84 for 68, 021,135 gallons of gasoline and 2,313, 585 of, distillate. The use of gaso line increased 6,305,641 and distillate decreased 184,584. HARVEST PEA IS PASSED OVER HERE Work Finished by Many Ma chinesElevator Pushed ; To Capacity. Loss From Falling Prunes Reports from the Milton-Freewater fruit- district are to the effect that shipments of summer apples are be ing made at. this time. The Union has shipped five cars and the Shields Fruit company have shipped one car of summer apples. The outlook for prunes is not so good as there will be about half a crop this year owing to the heavy drop. During the last three weeks about half of the prunes have fallen from the trees, so that in some cases the trees are entirely barren of fruit Former Athenaites Annual Picnic Held Is At Portland Mrs. Alma Koontz, secretary, gives the following account of the annual picnic, o..iOTri AthenrM!idnt, now living in Portland, which was re cently held in Laurejhurst Park: Former Athena residents living in and near Portland held their annual picnic in Laurelhurst Park eft- Satur day afternoon and evening bf 9une 28th. Officers of the past year be ing reelected are: president, Mrs. Osburn; treasurer, Iva L. Callender Kilthan, and secretary, Alma Koontz. Each year we have the pleasure of having with us some who live away from Portland. A surprise to all this year was Rex Barnett former Athe na boy but who has made his liome for several years in Los Angeles. He was visiting his mother, Mrs. ' Nora Barnett of 545 Tillamook St Others from a distance were Mrs. M. M. Johns of Athena, Mrs. Effie Eding ton Smith and Jesse Edington and two daughters of Hood River. Last year the president asked all to tell some funny thing that had happened them during their residence in Athena and some funny stories were told. In a way it was repeated this year but in picture form as ' several brought old pictures of Athena and Athena people of years ago, ine days of real sport." . These pictures afforded a great deal of fun as we all know those things do. Since our picnic of 1929, five mem bers have passed away, Mrs. N. A. Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Norris, L. B. Reeder and J. H. Clark, ana since our last picnic, Mrs. Fred Rosenzweig of Spokane, who with Mr. Rosenzweig and son Harry, were with us three years ago, Children BitUn By Dob Walla WallaWithin a week five children have been bitten by German nolice dogs and parents of children are demanding protection, it was re ported to the city commissioners by Perry Blackburn, poundmaster. The board immediately ordered an ordi nance prepared to provide penalties for cwners of vicious dogs. Black burn said that bands of these dogs roam around at night, upset gar bage cans, scratch flowers out of parks, frighten people and bite any who try to chase them away. ' Bad Check Artist Appears , A bad check artist made his ap pearance at the Huggins service sta tion at corner of Main and Jifth streets, where he made a puihasa amounting to several dollaio. He presented a check in payment, say ing that he would be back in the stuff he had bought in a little while. He received about an equal iinpount of the purchase in change from. Mr. Huggins, and of course he never(came back. - , ,j ; .The peak of harvesting the 1930 whea .croP in the Athena - district was passed the first of the week and many machines have pulled into the sheds to remain until next season. Yields in this district have a wide range in average production this sea son, caused undoubtedly by cold weather at the beginning of the grow ing season. , From a 62 bushel per acre yield in a field east of town, one field three miles west of Athena fell down to 16 bushels per acre. Grain in this field showed a good stand in early spring but the plants were retarded in growth by cold, wet weather while the tar weed outdis tanced it. , ... Approximately 40.000 bushels of wheat have been Durehaspd hv Lee Wilson at the : Farmers' Grain Elevator company plant, at nrices ranging from 70 to 75 cents per bush el, he reports to The Press. The big elevator has been rushed to capacity in receiving grain, which is nearly all being delivered in bulk this year. By shinnine out oraln ' regularly the elevator has been able so far to handle all deliveries. , The price offered for grain at this time la not attractive to growers, and sales are not spirited by any means. The market seems to be very unstable. Foreign demand for north west wheat during the past week has been exceedingly small. Sales in a4l positions for Wednesday totalled only 700,000 bushels, and are reported mainly for Manitoba wheat. Semi-demoralization prevailed on the Chicago market, where July wheat touched 83 c, or with 5c of tha-Jnsida figure . of July, 1914 the lowest for the past 16 years. Harvest Notes :. Henry Koepke's threshing crew holds the record for most grain de livered at the Farmers Elevator for one day so far this season; 134,680 pounds or 2244 bushels of bulk wheat The largest yield yet reported to The Press is 62 bushels per acre from one of Sheldon Taylor's fields, east of town. His other field made over 60 bushels per acre. Henry Barrett reports 33 bushels from one field and that of another at 53 bushels average. H. A. Street, east of Athena, figures on having a 50-bushel ave rage: The crop on the A. L. Swaggart farm north of Athena, cropped 55 bushels per acre, Two machines are being operated in harvesting the Washington-Idaho Seed company's seed pea crop on the Barney Foster ranch, south of Athe na.' ' . Numerous fields of gram awaged from 35 to 45 bushels per acre in this vicinity. Federal Engineers Making Progress On River Survey Senator McNary who is home from Washington brings word that steps looking to the development of the Co- lumbia river by Federal engineers are progressing. : It U estimated that the preliminary work will cost the government in excess oi i,vuu,uuu for the project which will cost ap proximately $45,000,000. a "At a conference wiin no iuru u army engineers the day beforo 1 left Washington I waa advised that this ovton.iv. mirvev and study would be completed in the summer of 1931," says the Senator. "The bills pending ror tne oeveiop- ment of Umatilla Kapias contem plate a proposed power installation of commanding size, to be linked with the canalization y of the , Columbia, thereby creating a commercial water way from fortiana to on nw, distance of 250 miles. Like the pro ject at Boulder canyon," continued Senator McNary, "it I purely government undertaking. "The aggregate amount w "v""-" bv the government is estimasea . . I I A At. J. NAlf. $45,000,000 to Do repaiu w m ad ornment at tno r 01 year within DO years, with a further provibion that all revenues received . .mounts to be repaid to the government shall be paid pif gon and Washington, ... l 1L. A.nAmfriAl .1.. ' As it involves m la ments of navigation and national de fense, " which factors are present in the Muscles Shoals and Boulder Can yon projects and comes within tha sanction of the federal constitution, the proposed development on the Co lumbia is of interest to the federal ,nvrnmnt. In mv opinion, Presi- - - .. . Worst Drought Experienced! The searing drought which, ior weeks and months has baked large areas' between the Rocky mo'rntaimj and the east coast was listed at Was- dent Hoover and congress wm giv inion as tbe worst the coun'ry has sympathetic consideration to we, full exnerienced sinfe Btattf-Yide. eath'tY utilization ef the Columhia recorfc pVgaU' " :' ' " ) ' 'tributaries.''.-