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THE PRESS ATHENA,; OREdON; AUGUST 81930 OnGANIu democrat CENTRALCOMMITTEE Carl Donaugh Is Chairman ; and Joseph :K. Carson, .Jr., Is Secretary. Portland. Fired with confidence and breathing hope, the Democratic state central committee met at the Multnomah hotel Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, elected Carl C. Donaugh state chairman and Joseph K. Carson, Jr., secretary;-- Mrs. Rosemary Schenck of Toledo as its vice-chairman and then, settling back, listened for the remainder of the afternoon to its various nominees for state office paint a rosy picture of victory in No vember. Mark Weatherford of Albany, re tiring state chairman, convened the initial session of the new committee shortly after 2 o'clock and immediate ly appointed a credentials committee, with Mrs. bchenck as chairman, J. D. Burns of Qilliam and John Gavin of Wasco as her colleagues. The for mality of that report - revealed 20 members of the committee "present in person" with proxies for the great er portion of the remaining counties, only four Baker, Harney, Malheur and Yamhill not being represented. ' Carson was placed in nomination for chairman by George F. Alexander of Multnomah, while Harvey G. Starkweather of Clackamas nominat ed Donaugh. Both candidates were called before the committee, stood up for inspec tion and made short talks. Donaugh saw a great opportunity for party success ahead, both in the nation and in the state, insisting that united and vigorous work would result in the election of the entire ticket from Bailey down. Carson insisted that the Democrats of the state have been suffering from "an inferiority complex", and con tended that the test ?of a party's worth was the principles it stood for. "SsWsm ACREAGE CUT IS r - In the Mid-West States ""I"-""1- W I I r vr:fr , AA IITIAI TA nniAP . II II W kill 1 1 1 II IFI III UUII'L N II M uuLuiiuii iu rniuc i Thirty-Two Deaths Are Reported In Oregon Fire During the Year of 1929 Rattlesnake In Rug Bitten by a rattlesnake which she carried into the house in a rug, Mrs. M. E. Jeffers of the Loop district near " Yakima, may recover. The snake was small, she said, having only one rattle and a button, and was unable to give loud warning. She was struck on the left foot. Salem. There were 32 deaths re sulting from fires in Oregon during tne year 1929, or an increase of 18 when compared with the previous year, according to the annual report oi uair A. Lee, state fire marshal. Ninety-four persons were injured, an increase ox 35 over 1928. Of the deaths by burning. 7 were children under 10 years. 3 were per sons between 11 and 18 years, 14 were persons between 19 and 50 years, and 4, were persons more than 60 years of age. Three of the deaths were eirl students at the Oregon State normal school at Monmouth. "While the loss record of $6,808,685 for 1929 compares very favorably with that of 1828,'' read Lee's re port,""! desire to call attention to the progress that has been made dur ing the last three years in the science of fire control. This was due in large measure to the efficiency of local lire control units. .. r. "Despite the heavy losses suffered by industrial plants in 1929, the total increase in losses over the previous year was only $91,427, or 1.4 per cent while the increase in percentage of losses to values involved in 6800 ires was but four-tenths of 1 per cent over that of 1928 in 5999 fires.' The average aggregate losses for the six year statistical period was $8,567,221 and the average percentage of losses to values involved for this period was 8 per cent, showing a reduction of $1,758,563, or 20.5 per cent in volume in favor of the 1929 record, and a decrease of 1.9 per cent m the percentage of losses to values. The average loss for each fire in 1929 was $1001.27, as compared to $1121.29 in 1928. "Arson and incendiarism will be major problems for those identified in the work of fire prevention so long as the element of moral hazard en ters into the fire insurance business. In cases in which over insurance is the underlying cause for the mali cious burning of property the insur ance, is, almost without exception, taken out in premeditated anticipa tion of the fire. . Of 123 fires reported for investigation during1 1929, 107 in vestigations were completed. ' Malheur Tries Beans ' Considerable interest in bean pro duction is being shown in Malheur county this year, with a total of more than 100 acres of red Mexican and Great Northern white beans planted. The crop is being watched to deter mine its adaptability to their region. Withering heat .lay like an evil spell over the" vast agricultural do mains of the Middle West, drying up streams and rivers, causing untold guttering to men and livestock and searing with fiery breath crops worth minions. A blazing sun in cloudless skies made promises of immediate relief impossible. Weather bureau predic tions everywhere in the region were fair and hot weather would continue for an indefinite period. As the heat of the southwest winds passed over the countryside, tempera tures went swiftly upward during the day and in many districts thermom eter readings were close to 100. A total loss of $300,000,000. due to drouth alone, was estimated by Chi cago board of trade officials for the corn belt and the spring wheat area or the Northwest. , There was in prospect 400.000.000 fewer bushels of corn . than , there were counted upon a month ago. An ticipated production of spring wheat had been reduced 16,000,000 bushels. This immense destruction of grain crops is still going on, said officials of the department of agriculture, and only soaking rains will save many re maining crops. The drouth extended from the Gulf to the Canadian border. Within a 100-mile radius of Mem phis, Temu, a 76-day dry spell, the longest in the locality's history was estimated to have damaged crops to the extent of $25,000,000. Farmers in that region fed next winter's fodder to their livestock be cause of parched pasture lands. Reports of crop destruction even more widespread came from the Northwest. North Dakota's anticipat ed production of wheat was cut 15, 000,000 bushels. South Dakota and Montana both lost 5,000,000 bushels. Montana s endless ranges were re ported to have become barren for lack of rain. Cattlemen were busy round ing up their heavy steers for ship ment to market to conserve the sparse pasture. . Telephone Company Se lects Oregon Area Staff IWe Hav Ke Best Rbot Beer V . that Money Can Buy . . 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Mr. Miller will be in charge of all engineering and planning work; Mr, Toussieng will head the construction, maintenance and installation depart' ments, and Mr. Prince will be in charge of the traffic operating de partment handling calls. Selection of these men, Mr. Wise pointed out, comes as the result of the decision June 1 to make Oregon one of the four major operating units of the company. All have had out standing careers as telephone men. Mr. Miller was plant extension en gineer in southern California. Mr. Toussieng was general construction supervisor for Oregon, Washington and Idaho, until the creation of the Oregon unit. He is well known in Oregon, having served as an outside plant chief in 1914, and as division plant manager and assistant to the state manager in 1928 and 1929. Mr. Prince was general traffic engineer for the Northern Area, with head quarters in Seattle. He has had 18 years of telephone service. Another appointment, that of I. D. Winslow as commercial supervisor, reporting to H. L. Risley, also has been announced. Mr. Winslow was with the, general office in Seattle prior to taking over his new position in the Oregon unit Legge Says Income Double By 25 Per Cent Soft Wheat Reduction. Hoss Will Protect State In Gasoline Fraud Cases THE ATHENA MARKET am We carry the best Meat That Money Buys ' Salem. Backed by an opinion from Attorney. General Van Winkle, sec retary of State Hoss has taken steps to protect the state against fraud in gasoline tax refunds following the recent "gasoline war." Hoss became suspicious when claims for tax re funds on account of fuel used for purposes other than on the highways came in dated the same day the fuel was purchased. Hoss asked the at torney general if he should honor the claims before receiving proof that the fuel actually had been used. Van Winkle has advised that he should not, and that an affidavit that the fuel is intended for such use is not sufficient. It was suspected that some persons who bought thousands of gallons during the "war" were at tempting to get tax refunds and then sell the gasoline to other users. Kippered Saim, all Kinds of Salt Fish. Fresh Fish, Oysters, Crabs, Clams, - Kraut in Season. . A. W. LOGSDON Main Street Athena, Oregon. Typewriter Repairing Have Your Typewriter Cleaned and Overhauled During Vacation Terms Reasonable Telephone 372 - Coad's Typewriter Shop 109 W Mala St. Walls Walla a v. In view of the approaching visit of Alexander Legge, chairman of the federal farm board, at Pendleton to morrow, where he will address the wheat growers of Umatilla county, the following account of a meeting held by Legge at Indianapolis, In diana, August 1, will be read with in terest here: Alexander Legge, chairman of the federal farm board, told agricultural experts of six states here a 25 per cent reduction in soft red wheat acreage would double the present in come from the grain and help im prove world prices. The long drouth' that has imperiled the corn crop, he said, offered an op portunity for using wheat for feed ing purposes and provided an outlet for any surplus this year. If follow ed by decreased acreage, the farm board chairman said, soft red wheat farmers would have done much to ward improving price conditions. Agricultural extension directors, ex periment station heads " and econo mists from Indiana, Illinois. Ohio, Michigan, Missouri and Kentucky heard Chairman Legge, George S. Farrell, department of agriculture re gional agent for the central states, and N. A. Olsen, chief of the depart ment of agriculture's economic bu reau, urged curtailed production. In turn, the state representatives reported curtailed . production was under way and they concluded the meeting by adopting a resolution sup porting the farm board's efforts to ward crop adjustment. . . Not understanding that the meet ing was executive, nearly 100 farm ers, business men and others attempt ed to hear Chairman Legge speak. Some protested at being denied places in the meeting, but only Luke Duffy, ex-member of the Indiana legislature, availed himself of an invitation to talk with Legge later. ... The meeting was one of a series of wheat problem conferences fostered by the federal farm board. Participants were urged to tell the farmers at subsequent meetings in respective states of the danger of lowered prices unless curtailment of acreage and reduction of bushel costs can be effected. No set program was outlined. Farrell, who presided, said each state should work out its own program. Agronomists from Washington but- lined the world wheat outlook. And the farm board doctrine for general curtailment of wheat production un til higher world prices have been es tablished. 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Westward Ho is a morning parade, at 10 o'clock, and is made up of hundreds of horsemen and Indians. The bucks, squaws, papooses, sumptu ously attired in all the glory of buck skin, furs, beads, elk teeth and feathers, are mounted on Indian ponies as gayly caparisoned as their riders. Cowboys and cowgirls ride in the line of march which is headed by Henry Collins, president of the Round-Up. There are creaking old stage coaches to give an authentic picture of bygone days, and floats showing calf roping, branding and other activities of the Western cow- country. Westward Ho is character ized by its wealth of color and is a never-to-be forgotten sight. Old Oregon Trail Rebuilding The Old Oregon Trail between Pen dleton and LaGrande is being recon structed. From Kamela to LaGrande, a distance of approximately 20 miles reconstruction is actively under way and traffic is of necessity under regu lation. Several miles of finished road are included in the section, and other portions are covered by new grade, while part of the way the old surface, considerably deteriorated, is still in use. Files For U. S. Senator Certificate of nomination for Llew ellyn A. Banks of Medford, indepen dent candidate - for United States senator, has been filed with the secre tary of state. The certificate was filed by E. E. Kelly as president and H. T. Hubbard as secretary of the assembly that nominated Banks at Medford on July 8. The candidate's slogan on the ballot will be "restore constitu tional rights." Rogers Goodman, (A Mercantile Trust) Fire Levels a Mill and Buildings Near Dayton and Eats Way In Timber Fire of undetermined origin de stroyed the Ernest Hopkins mill on Tucannon, 20 miles from Dayton Saturday before daylight. Help was summoned from town to fight the flames, which spread rapidly into timber. Only the cookhouse and one other small building were saved. The mill was run by Harrison Ogden. Mustered by the forest service in their annual battle with the red-demon of the forest, 1000 men are com bating forest fires which have burn ed over an estimated area of 5000 acres in national, 3tate and private forest lands of Eastern Washington, Northern Idaho and Western Mon tana. The most serious blaze has covered 2500 acres in the Cabinet forest re serve, but is now believed under con trol with a force of 400 fire-fighters on the lines. A new fire north of lone, Wash., on state-owned cutover land was rag ing northwards under a driving wind and was out of control. Sixty men were fighting this blaze. - The Cool Water fire in the Selway national forest, east of Kooskia and covering 1500 acres, has been halted by a fire crew of 250 men, officials re port. Pregress also was reported along the Marten creek fire front in the Selway forest. In Northern Idaho, the situation was considerably . improved as a re sult of showers over the fire-stricken area. Forestry officials report excellent results are being obtained by fire fighting forces in Western Montana where horses and plows are being employed to stop the advancing flames. Indians To Get Busy The Indians on the reservation, over 1500 strong, will soon begin prepar ing their lodge poles for the village near the Round-Up arena. Their spectacle is the greatest at the Round-Up and the "over the hill" pa rade against a sky background is a new innovation. Hundreds of Indians appear out of nowhere on the hills north of the arena and down for their mammoth parade before the stands decked out in their beads, gaudy trap pings and war bonnets. Back Meier For Governor W. L, Thompson, former Pendleton banker, , is listed as one of the spon sors of the independent republican meeting at Portland today. Others in the group include R. N. Stanfield, former senator, L. J. Simpson of Marshfield, Mrs. Walter M. Pierce, and A. C. 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