THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON AUGUST 1, 1930
POULTRY
DISEASES
NEED MORE STUDY
Annual Convention of Egg
Men . Favors J Full Sup-,
port For Work. '
Oregon State - Colleger-Poultry
disease investigations in uregon are
essential to success of the industry,
according to the , Oregon Poultry
men's association at its recent state
convention at Corvallis, and should
be given support for continuing the
present work and some studies in
turkey diseases, it declared by reso
lution. V "
"The discovery of the new virus
for control of chicken pox by Dr. W.
T. Johnson is worth far more than
all the appropriations made by the
state for this work at the State col
lege experiment station,,' said re-,
tiring president Lloyd A. "Lee -of
Salem in his annual address, v,
More poultrymen attended the con
vention this year than ever before,
facilities being crowded by more than
S50 men and women from all sec
tions of the state. ' Educational lec
tures this year were more helpful
than usual, many said, and the busi
ness of the association was reported
in sound condition.
Decision was reached to study the
advisability of fostering an advertis
ing campaign for poultry products,
especially for national egg week.
Possibility of running a state poul
try demonstration train next year
will also be taken up with 0. S. C.
and the railroads.
The new president of the associa
tion is . Fred Cockell, Milwaukie
hatcheryman, who is now in London
attending the World Poultry con
gress. J. L. Russell, Corvallis, is
vice president; Frank Knowlton, 0.
S. C, secretary treasurer; Lloyd A.
Lee, Salem, and Mrs. W. H. Thomp
son, Canby, members of the execu
tive committee. i i5 1
Swaggart Coming Back
Weston Leader: J. M. Swaggart has
sold his dairy ranch near Baker and
is moving back soon to his old home
on LaMar gulch southwest of Wes
ton. "Milt" will have .to remain
around Baker for awhile while dis
posing of one hundred cords of wood.
Mrs. Swaggart is at Weston, visiting
her sister, Mrs.. J. A. Hills. -
Tillamook Cows Holding
Production Leadership
So Association Reports
Oregon State College. Beating the
average butter fat production more
than seven pounds to the cow, the
Tillamook Cow Testing association
held its , leadership in . the Oregon
Herd Improvement association figures
by having both the highest produc
tion average for the association and
the highest producing herd for June.
The summary of the monthly reports,
compiled by F. L. Ballard, county
agent leader, has just been issued.
The Tillamook association had 2635
cows tested, which averaged 1014
pounds of milk and 41.45 pounds of
fat, compared with the general aver
age of 708. & pounds of milk and
34.33 pounds of fat More than half
of the cows tested, 1335, were 40
pound cows, while only 2973 out of
the total of 9031 tested ranked in this
upper class. The Tillamook high pro
ducing herd, composing 17 cows,
averaged 1027 pounds of milk and
65.28 pounds of fat.
Coquille Valley association was sec
ond, with 1140 cows averaging 825
pounds of milk. and 38.04 pounds of
butter. Other associations ranked in
the following order: Yamhill, Klam
ath, Central Oregon, Linn-Benton,
Wallowa, Pine Eagle, Baker and
Umatilla. No reports were received at
the time the summary was made
from the Columbia, Hood River, Melo
west and Union associations.
R. G. Hudson of the Wallowa asso
ciation had the high producing, cow
for the month, Lucy, a grade Guern
sey, producing 966 pounds of milk
containing 109.2 pounds of fat. Peter
Marnach of the Central Oregon as
sociation had the second high produc
ing cow, Cothilde Hingerveld Aggie
Girl, a registered Holstein, giving
1914 pound of milk containing 99.5
pounds of fat.
Hurts Prove Fatal
George Albright, 21 ,died at Lewis
ton Wednesday night two hours af
ter his body was crushed under the
wheels of a combine machine, work
ing in a wheat field five miles north
of Anatone, in Asotin county.Albright
slipped nd 1 fell. A widow, an in
fant daughter, two brothers and four
sisters survive.
Harrah Estate $91,000
The will of the late W. W. Harrah,
nrominent Umatilla countv farmer
who died in Portland .. July 17, has
been filed lor probate. By its pro
visions the widow, son and daughter
are the sole heirs. The estate is
valued at $91,000.
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on short notice. Come in and see the new Machine.
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Main Street Athena, Oregon.
Income From Flax Yield
Continues To Mount As
Industry Finds Outlet
Income from the state flax indus
try this year will be at least 20 per
cent over the total for 1929, Colonel
W. B. Bartram, head of the industry,
has informed the industries depart
ment of the Portland Chamber of
Commerce.
Sale of fibre, upholstery tow, stock
feed, seed and miscellaneous items in
1929 returned $235,290.91, according
to Bartram.
Output of the state flax industry
is expected to double in 1931. This
year 5100 acres are being harvested.
Bartram hopes to have 10,000 acres in
the Willamette valley signed up for
production in 1931.
It is expected that the yield this
year will return a gross of $110 an
acre for the average crop. This means
a net return of about $35 an acre
after all expenses have been charged
against production, interest on invest
ment, taxes and other items, accord
ing to Bartram.
In 1931 pedigreed seed grown on a
35-acre area near Mount Angel will
be available to all planters in the val
ley. Flax from this pedigreed seed
runs from 10 to 12 inches taller than
for the average in the valley.
Through the industries department
of the Portland chamber, Bartram has
been enabled to negotiate deals for
disposal of 30 carloads of upholstery
tow. About 60 carloads of this com
modity is used by upholstery manu
factures locally each year. By 1931
Bartram expects to be able to supply
the entire demand. Heretofore, much
of the tow used for upholstery has
come from Minnesota.
Three Washington Men
Will Be Round-Up Judges
Pendeton. Three Washington men
have been chosen. as judges for the
1930 Round-Up, August 28, 29 and
30. .
They are Allen Drumheller of Wal
la Walla, Ben C. Boone of Seattle and
William Switzler of Plymouth, Wash
ington. Mr. Drumheller, famed as a
horseman, has thrice been a Round
Up judge, and Mr, Switzler, also no
ted for his skill as an equestrian,
was a judge on one other occasion.
Mr. Boone, who is in the bonding
business in Seattle, has a large ranch
near that city and raises beef cattle.
He, too, is familiar with the saddle
and has for many years been an
ardent Round-Up fan.
As a new feature this year, the
Round-Up will hold its historic West-ward-Ho
parade on Friday morning
at 10 o'clock instead of on Saturday
morning. This change was made so
that the arrangements would not con
flict with the "Over the Hill" pageant
feature which is held each Saturday
at the Round-Up and which this year
will be held not only at Saturday
afternoon's show but on Thursday
afternoon as well, in observance of
the hundredth anniversary of the
covered wagon, and in honor of the
one hundred fifty New Yorkers, who
as members of the Oregon Trail
Memorial association, will visit the
Round-Up on Thursday. The pageant
feature shows, in full View of the
grandstands, the approach of a caval
cade of Indians and a procession of
covered wagons, wending their way
over the hill and down to the Round
Up grounds. .
Lightning Kills Baker Man
While Working In a Field
Jesse H. Jones, 29, a resident of
Baker, was killed late Wednesday, ap
parently by lightning, while raking
km nn a ranch northwest of that City.
Jones and three others were working
i (ho field .when the accident occur
red. The other men felt the shock
but were uninjured. .
The team ran away as J ones ieu
Mm vftVe. the horses evidently
being frightened but not stunned.
The body was unmarked so it is
believed that the lightning struck the
metal of the rake and passed into ine
irrnnnA hnt that the shock was enough
to kill Jones instantly. He is sur-
viyed by his stepfather ana moiner,
his widow and one son
Bank Deposits Show Gain
Deposits in the 229 state and na
tional banks and trust companies in
Oregon at the close of business June
30 totaled $290,541,621.83, the high
est for any midsummer can except
in 1926, 1927 and 1928 since the
Mtahlighment of the banking depart
ment, according to A. A. Schramm,
state superintendent of banks.
Aged Confederate Veteran
Umatilla county lost its oldest resi
dent in the death of Robert Parnell
of Pendleton who died in Pendleton at
the age of 98. He was born in Ken
tucky in 1832 and served during the
Civil war . nnder . General Sterling
Price. He cast his first vote in 1856
for James Buchanan.
PHIL METSGHAN IS
REPUBLICAN OHOIGE
Receives the Nomination at
Portland On Tally of the
Fourteenth Ballot.
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Portland. Phil Metschan, for eight
years past, chairman of the Republi
can state central committee, head of
the Imperial hotel in Portland, and
for several years a member of the
Port of Portland commission, was
made the Republican gubernatorial
nominee by the state central commit
tee Saturday during mid-afternoon
when on the 14th ballot he polled 20
votes, one more than a majority of
the committee. The result announc
ed,' his nomination was made un
animous. Metschan's nomination came at the
close of a hard fought contest be
tween himself and Ralph Hamilton
of Bend, Thomas B. Kay of Salem
and Senator Jay Upton of Bend,
while during the last five ballots
Julius L. Meier forged ahead from a
low of two to a high of 10 votes.'
Metschan started with 7 votes on
the first : ballot, rose to 12 on the
third and than ran without much
variation until he reached 14 on the
11th ballot, 17 on the 13th and on the
14th won his victory. : " ,
Kay started with 8, rose to 10 on
the second, and then gradually lost
until on the last ballot he polled one
vote. " ,f
Hamilton's strength ran consistent
ly through the balloting, starting at
6, raising to 7 on the fifth and clos
ing with 2 on the 14th.
Upton started with 4, rose to 6 on
the ninth and closed with 3.
Meier came into the balloting, with
out formal nomination, on the second
ballot, swung up to 7 on the 10th,
gained another on the 11th, sank to
8 on the two succeeding ballots and
fwound up with 10 on the 14th.
Meier's gains were repeatedly
cheered by a group of friends gath
ered in the audience, which group al
so booed the nomination of Metschan,
and the decision of the committee
when after some debate at the open
ing of the Saturday morning session
it voted to proceed to nomination by
written, and secret ballot, rather
than by roll call.
Phillip Metschan is a native of Ore
gon. He was born at Canyon City,
March 24, 1876, the son of Philip
Metschan, former state treasurer of
Oregon.
After passing through the public
school he enterfid Willamette uni-,
versity. After graduation from this!
institution he went to Stanford uni
versity. Completing his course at
Stanford he traveled a year or so in
Central America. Upon his return to
Portland he entered the employ of i
the Wells Fargo bank in February,
1898, as a bookkeeper. November 25,
1899, he was married to Mary Velene j
Knhli of Jacksonville. In 1900 he
returned to Canyon City, where he
helped organize the Grant County
bank, which he managed until he en
tered the hotel business at Heppner,
purchasing the Palace hotel.
Ha nnerated this hotel four years
nH In June. 1906. acauired an inter
est with his father in the Imperial
hotel in Portland, which has since
been under his management.
While in Canvon Citv he was a
member of the city council and in
Portland he has beent a member oi
the. Port of Portland commission
since 1918. v
Wo Vina nlwavR taken a nrominent
part in social and business affairs
and in a political way been active In
the Republican party, having served
eight years as chairman oi me state
central committee and also as dele
gate to the national convention.
It is related that While a boy at
Canyon City there was a truck gar
den and orchard conducted by Jack
Phillina. retired sailor. Phil engag
ed with him to pick strawberries and
raspberries at a wage 01 ou cents a
day. He picked the berries in the
moraine between 6 and 8 o'clock and
then went out to sell them to house
wives and grocers, carrying two mar-
ket baskets, each oi wmcn neia six
quarts. These he retailed at 25 cents,
or, as it was called in those days,
two-bits per quart. In this way he
accumulated $3 per wees, wnicn ne
vu4 WnAn the berrr season was
over he took a woodsaw and buck and
sawed the neighbors' winter wood
supply into stove lengths, at the rate
of $1.50 per cord, making about $1
per day.
By picking berries and sawing
wood he accumulated $100, which was
the nest egg of Ws fortune.
Mr. and Mrs. Metschan have two
children. Mrs. Williard P. Hawley,
Jr.,. and Miss Phyllis Jane Metschan.
The family home is at 614 Clifton
place.
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and quality of material These repairs are made for
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The Harvester Company stands back of its
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Repairs made by other concerns and marked "Made
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, , Thieves Loot Ranches
Weston Leader: Thefts at night
from the ranches are reported to be
causing much loss and annoyance in
the Milton and Dry creek districts.
Driving trucks and cars, the maraud
ers raid the ranches at times after
nightfall when they are least likely
to be disturbed, and take most any
thing of value they , can get their
hands on. Sacked wheat is the
favorite loot, but gasoline drums are
emptied and machine tools and other
plunder taken.
T..tr. Tm KeM Salarr
Attorney General Van Winkle holds
that the 1223 Indians on the Umatilla
reservation are legal population of
f him Mitintv. and bv virtue of this fact
Judge Fee will suffer a reduction in
lrv nf KOOnO down 10 IbbUU. ine
Indian notrulation keeps Umatilla
rnnntv ahnvA the 30.000 mark, under
which total the Judge would have had
a $500 decrease according to an act
of the 1929 legislature,
Frkk'i Metal Weather Stripping is
Best. "
Salvationists Seek $1000
The Pendleton unit of the Salva
tion Army this week will start its
drive for $1000 to carry on its year's
program for this district. The drive
has the backing of business men and
civic organizations.
Infantile Paralysis Gains
' Ten new cases .of infantile par
alysis have been reported at Los
Angeles within the last 48 hours an
nounced. The added cases bring this
month's total to 119, with 8 deaths.
New Wofk
Poor Crop In Dakotas '
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. McDowell have
recently returned from a visit to Mr.
McDowell's old home in Michigan, to
their home at La Grande. Mrs. Mc
Dowell is a daughter of Mrs. Joe
Sheard. Mr. McDowell says there is
a very poor crop of wheat this year in
the Dakotas, a large amount of acre
age in those states will not be cut
as a result of drought.
A. L. Swaggart returned to his
home at Montavilla Sunday, after
spending the harvest season at his
ranch north of Athena.
Foley's Kidney Cure
make icldaey mad hlsdJer ritrhi
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Pendleton - - Phone 1392J
Specializes in
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Weather Stripping
Round Trip
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, .Athena, Oregon
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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
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