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. VOLUME 43
ATflENA, UMATILLA COUNTY; OREGON, AUGUST 22, 1930
NUMBER 34
IIIIIOIIALSRELIEF !
BEGINS TO FUNCTION
Hyde To Head Committee
Millions Needed To Carry
I - ; On Work.
I A Washington newspaper dispatch
discloses that a national drought re
lief committee under the chairman
ship of Secretary Hyde has been ap
pointed by President Hoover and it
will begin to function immediately in
conjunction with state and ..county
agencies in more than 300 counties.
, Hyde will supervise the relief, work
from his office in the department of
agriculture. He will have as as
sistants on the committee, Chairman
Legge, federal farm board; Chairman
Bestor, federal farm loan board; Gov
ernor Young, federal reserve board;
Chairman Payne, American Red
Cross; Chairman Aishton, American
railway association; ' Ogden Hills
under-secrctary of the treasury and
Henry M. Robinson, president of the
First National Bank, Los Angeles.
County agents have been instruct
ed by Hyde to watch feed shipments
closely to prevent unwarranted price
increases. .
The Red Cross will handle most of
the individual relief work in cases
where there is actual suffering. The
chairman said he expected the entire
$5,000,000 disaster relief fund would
be needed. Only about 50 calls for
help have been received 'thus far,
Payne said, but he added that as time
goes on the situation in some sections
will be "desperate." He said he ex
pected calls' for help from 250 to 450
-of the counties affected.
In announcing the committee,
President Hoover said late , reports
had "confirmed the. severity of the
situation and the inevitability of dis
tress over the winter in the acutely
affected counties, " which now ap
parently number something : over
300."
" He added, however, rains in the past
few days had "stemmed the spread of
the drought and greatly improved the
situation outside the actually affected
areas." ----v. - - 1
ty In the drought sections he con
tinued, the destruction of crops has
"progressed to a point that is beyond
any great degree of recovery, al
though pasturage should improve."
;', The president emphasized from a
relief standpoint the "burden of the
problem in the acute area will show
very much more vividly over the win
ter than at the present moment"
Higher Wages . Urged ,
To Speed i Up Trade
Washington; D, C., - President
Hoover was told by Eldridge R. John
son, Moorstowni N. J., industrialist,
that high wages will speed up the
present improvement in business con
ditions. Johnson, ex-president of the Victor
company, said there was evidence that
business generally is on the up-grade.
He said an indication, of this was seen
in plans of the RCA-Victor company
to enlarge its force of 5000 men to
17,500 before September 15, that the
Campbell Soup company expects to
have more employes by that date than
ever before and that the PennsyK
vania railroad has contracted for elec
tric locomotive equipment running
into millions of dollars.
Johnson said it was "far easier to
resume on a high-wage basis than it
is en ft low-wage basis because on a
high-wage basis everything ' begins
where it left off right away, whereas
on a low-wage basis it will take
years to build up again to the old
standard."
' ' ' Guard Revives Boy
Louis M. Walsh, 11, lay on the
bottom of the Spokane river for five
minutes but was revived after a life
guard brought him to the surface.
The boy fell from a bridge. After
several attempts had been made to
bring him to the surface William
Ross, the guard, brought him up. He
apparently was dead, but artificial
respiration restored consciousness. He
was believed to be recovering.
I Had Back Broken s
Living for three years after his
. back had been breken in an automo
bile accident, Ingram Alexander,
Umatilla Indian, residing near the
Mission, died Monday. He was a son
of the well known Indian, . August
Alexander. Funeral services were
held at Tutu ilia Mission by Rev. J.
M. Cornelison, Wednesday.
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I Down Again, Up Again -The
Rankin brothers, Portland en
durance fliers were forced to come
down on the field after more than
twenty hours in the air, owing to in
ability to make contact with the re
fueling plane. They went up Wed
nesday to begin a second start on
their proposed month long gruelling
flight. .arx-., ,;t. , , , .
Norblad Wants Hearings
Upon Power Proposal Be
fore Permits Are Given
A Salem dispatch to the Associated
Press discloses that Governor . Nor
blad favors, a public hearing before
the power sites of Southern Oregon
are delivered over to a California con
cern for the use and benefit jn Cali
fornia industrial and municipal de
velopment. It is understood that the governor
has sent a letter to State Engineer
Luper insisting that public hearings
be held before action is taken on ap
plications of power companies for
water rights on Klamath and other
Oregon streams. It is presumed that
the governor has reference mainly to
the application of the California- Ore
gon. Power Company for rights on
Klamath and North Umpqua rivers.
Contemplated developments of that
company at five places on the
Klamath are estimated to cost a to
tal of over $27,000,000 and at seven
places on the North 1 Umpqua eve?
$29,000,000.
"My attention has been called to
the fact that the question of the lease
of some valuable power rights on the
Klamath and other rivers of Oregon
is now before you for disposal," the
governor writes.
"As governor of the State of Ore
gon I am convinced that a public
hearing should be held on such mat
ters before these valuable natural re
sources are disposed of and the water
and power rights alienated from our
state. ; , , ,
"I know that the law, as now con
stituted, does. not require that such
hearings be held. However, I believe
that the public should know about
such matters before these rights are
disposed of. These power and water
rights naturally belong to the people
of the State of Oregon, and in view
of that I insist that a hearing be held
on all pending applications unless it
can be shown that' they do not in
terfere with, the public welfare." ,
i Ask For. Road Improvement
An aDDlication to have a five mile
stretch of the John Day highway
route near Camas creek let out to
contractors for trading will be made
at the next meeting of the state high
way commission on Augustao, ac
cording to I. M. Schannep, of the
county court, who informs the East
Oregonian to that effect. The stretch
is between two units of the highway
now improved by 0. D. Wolfe and
Bowers & Bowers, contractors. The
work on that part of the highway is
an entirely new construction and is
being carried, jon jointly by the coun
ty, the state and the federal bureau
of roads.
A Flood of Prunes
Owinc to the heavy receipt of
nmnps at the shinning houses during
the last two days,- all shipping houses
in Milton and Freewater had aeciaea
not to receive any prunes during yes
terday. Thev are covered up and the
workers were forced to labor until
midnight Wednesday night in order
to clear up the overflow of prunes on
hand.
"Ma" Kennedy Says That
Aimee Broke Her Nose
A Loa Antreles disnatch says that
from her cot in a nearby sanitarium,
Mrs. Minnie Kennedy told newspaper
man the events that led to a fist fight
between her and her daughter, Aimee
Semple McPherson, noted evangenss.
Mm. Kennedv is undergoing treat
ment for a-broken nope, which she
said was caused by ner aaugnter.
The trouble started, she said, when
Aimee amused her of talking about
her and her secretary, Mae Waldron.
: "Aimee was wild," she said, "we
haA a fpw words and then she came
right out and accused me of talking
about her, I said, 'Honey, haven't
been talking about you, but I have
said some things about soma of your
associates.'
"Thines happened so quick then I
can't hardly remember. Anyway
when I came to my senses I was on
the floor and my nose was almost Kill
ing ma," r
Track and Trailer Tip Over
Watnn Leader: A truck and trail
er loaded with long derrick poles and
driven by A. Hansen of Touchet tip
ped over Friday on a curve pear the
Ralph Tucker place on the Weston
mountain road. Mr. Hansen escaped
without injury, but his son, who was
with him, had an ankle broken and
was taken to College Place san
itarium. Men who ; soon v assembled
helped to right the vehicles and re
load the poles. , . , ..,'
Electric Range Installed '
A "Hotpoint" electric range of the
latest model has been installed by the
Preston-Shaffer Milling company, lo
cal selling agents, at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. B. B. Richards. Also
Rogers & Goodman have received an
order from Jennings Johnson, Wes
ton banker, to install a Flamo gas
range equipment in his Weston home.
Jack Calder will have charge of the
jinstallatloji at this Johjjsori fcJme. .
Three Prize Winners at State Fair v
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These three Guernseys, awarded high honors at the 1929 exposition, will be returned this year by
M. C; Fleming of Portland to compete In the 69th annual Oregon State fair at Salem, Sept. 22 to 28,
where prize herds from, all over the west will vie for a share of the $80,000 in premiums. ,
Rev. H. E. Dow, Dies At
a Wafla Walla Hospital
Early Monday Morning
Rev. Harley E. Dow, for the last
two years pastor of the First Bap
tist church of Athena, died at a hos
pital in Walla Walla .Monday morn
ing, aged 43. Mr. Dow had been in
failing health almost since coming to
Athena to accept the pastorate of the
local church, and at times was ser
iously ill from kidney trouble which
of late has been complicated with
heart ailment.
Frequently blood transfusions have
been resorted to for temporary relief.
Sunday the patient was returned to
Walla Walla for hospital care and ex
pired in a few hours after being tak
en there. .
Mr. Dow was born in the province
of New Burnswick, Canada, July 26,
1887, but spent his early manhood in
the state" of MaineV-He is survived
by his widow, Mrs. Florence Dow;
one son. Jack A. W. Dowj one broth
er, Roy Dow of Vancouver, B. C;
two sisters, Mrs. Ruby Parker of
Maine and Mrs. Maurice H. Craig, of
Woodstock," New Brunswick.
Funeral services were held at the
Baptist church Wednesday afternoon
at two o'clock, with interment taking
place at Walla Walla. . ..,..
The services were conducted by,
Rev. Green of the Milton ' Baptist
church, assisted by C. A. Sias, pastor
of the Athena Christian church. A
quartet, Mr. Louis Stewart, Mr.
Kohler Betts, Mrs. E. O. Lee and Mrs.
Ross Payne sang. Pallbearers were
H. A. Barrett. E. O. Lee, Cass Can
non, Jesse Gordon, Louis Dowd and
George Gerking.
Athena Drenched With a
Heavy Downpour of Rain
An electrical storm, accompanied
by wind and a heavy downpour of
rain passed over Athena Bnd vicinity
Friday afternoon. The storm came up
suddenly from the south and traveled
centrally along the ridge east of Ath
ena.
A drenchinar rain of an hours dura
tion saturated lawns thoroughly and
the wind left the streets strewn witn
limbs, a number of shade trees be
ing quite badly damaged as a result
of the storm.
Main street curbs on the north side
were inadeauate at the Third street
intersection to contain the flood
waters and a large pool was formed
there, which gradually found an out
let thrniiirh the under around nassage.
though a truck load of mud and silt
was left on the pavement.
- a .a w a n.H
west oi Atnena out nuie ram icii.
Out at Otho Reeder's farm, barely a
sprinkle is reported.
Testing Elevator Site -The
Haieh well drillers of Milton,
who this week completed drilling a
well on M. L. Watts' residence prop
erty have moved the big drill to the
Preston-Shaffer Milling company
plant in the north part of the city
where thev are drillin test holes for
the contemplated site for an elevator
of 200,000 bushel capacity to be con
structed by the company. Also a well
will he drilled at the mill for use in
scouring wheat. At present the mill's
water supply is from the city weu.
No definite time has been set for be
ginning work on the new elevator.
Oregon Ranges
Oregon ranges show considerable
damage from warm weather and lack
of moisture. Livestock, however, are
coming off the ranges in good con
dition according to the regular month
ly report of the Federal-State Crop
Reporting Service. Hay supplies are
generally short in central and south
eastern Oregon and below normal for
the" state as a whole. Stock water is
Beared ... ,, . .....,...
Illinois Democrats Loud
In Condemning Dry Law
Springfield, 111. Denunciation of
prohibition; demand for repeal of the
Volstead act; the Jones "5 and 10"
law; the Illinois "search and seizure
act," and enactment of legislation
legalizing light wines and beer, were
salient points of the platform 'adopt
ed at the democratic state convention.
The "dripping" wet plank, sponsor
ed by members of the powerful Cook
county group headed by Anton J.
Cermak, was presented after a bit
ter denunciation of the liquor laws
by the party's senatorial ., standard
bearer, James Hamilton Lewis. ,
"Prohibition," he said, "has depriv
ed us of character as 'citizens of a
state' and made us 'subjects of a
province.' Such tyranny it was that
parted .us, as, a country, . from Eng
land."'. - -v--V,""-v .:
Some opposition to an unequivocal
anti-prohibition platform, had been
voiced by downstate leaders in com
mittee but the differences were iron
ed out and the vote of approval was
unanimous. ". n
In equal vigorous language, the
platform condemned the campaign ex
penditures of Ruth Hanna McCor
mick, Lewis' opponent.
"The precedent established by the
United States senate in cases involv
ing Vare, Smith and Newberry, the
platform reads indicate that the re
publican nominee for senator from
Illinois will not be seated, even if she
is elected." '.
The platform assailed the republi
can party for the tariff , and unem
ployment.
A prohibition referendum proposal
for the November election was Jn
Sarah Bond Hanley of Monmouth,
a "dry," was named permanent chair
man of the democratic state conven
tion which will draft the platform for
Lewis.
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Food Prices Drop
Portland retail food prices decreas
ed an average of 4 per cent between
June 15 and July .15, 1930, and da
creased 11 per cent between July 15,
19, 1929, and July 19, 1930, according
to a report by the bureau of labor
statistics of the United States depart
ment Of labor. Portland people, how
ever, still were paying 31 per cent
more for food on July 15 than they
did in 1913. Compared with figures
given for 50 other major cities of the
United States, Portland is showi? to
be paying less for food than most
other cities, and to have an average
decrease of more than most of the
other cities during the periods mentioned.
LaGrande Booze Seized
Federal and state prohibition agents
believe they nipped a plot to import
beer and whisky into Pendleton for
the Round-Up when they arrested
four men and seized much beer and
whisky and a, still in the hills near
La Grande, according to a report re
ceived by A, G, Means, acting fed
eral deputy prohibition administrator.
Means said his agents were seeking
the source of a La Grande beer sup
ply when they found 30 gallons of
beer mash and 80 bottles of beer in
a cache in the hills, .
Horse Fell On Hire
; Fay LeGrow, who has assisted in
the Round-Up arena every year at
the big Western show, was injured
Wednesday afternoon when a horse
he was going to mount reared and
fell on him at the Round-Up grounds.
As a result Mr, LeGrow'a left knee
was badly sprained.
Henry and York Dell returned from
Bonners Ferry, Idaho, Monday eve
ning. ... .,.. . 'JV;B,.
Searching Party Finds
Wandering Woman Who
Had Cast Off Hobbles
Walla Walla. Mrs. Anna D. De-
Vries was found about 7 o'clock Sun
day night after having hid from a
searching party of about 40 or 50 men
that had looked for her Saturday
night and all day Sunday in the
vicinity of Lewis Peak, about four or
five miles from the cabin from which
she had fled. She is the wife of
Harry DeVries of Pasco.
Mrs. DeVries claimed that she had
been mistreated and bound up and
allowed no liberty, so she had cut her
bonds and fled Saturday night. Of
ficers stated that her husband and
her father related that she was af
flicted with spells of nervousness and
that to keep her safe they had found
it necessary to hobble her with flour
sacks. .
'' DeVries said that his wife had been
in the state sanitarium at Medical
Lake for nine months in 1928-29 and
that she had been given final dis
charge papers the latter part of 1929.
He agreed to take her back to Pasco,
if officials would permit, and provide
an attendant for her. Officers were
inclined to follow that course of
action.
Black Finger Nails j
Green or black fingernails and rose
eye-Bhadows are in store this fall for
the nation's billion-spending beauty j
seekers if cosmetology's calculations j
find popular, favor. Manicures to
match woman's costumes were named
by H. L. Franklin, managing director
of the organized beauticians of the
country, as the latest wrinkle in the
beauty game.
Rancher Brown Offers a
Deed to Disputed Springs
Portland. W. W. (Bill) Brown,
eastern Oregon sheep rancher, de
sires to deed his Wagontire mountain
spring and the land surrounding it to
the Oregon Humane society or the
state of Oregon. And the Oregon
Humane society is perfectly willing to
accept title to the spring and land.
Not only that, but there are other
owners of Important water holes in
the eastern Oregon dry country who
would like to deed their land and wa
tering places to the humane society
or the state of Oregon. Thus the
centers of controversy in the age-old
annual waterhole fights of eastern
Oregon soon may become monuments
to the names of the last representa
tives of the old west.
At least, that was the way the fa
mous waterhole matter stood when
H. V. Schmalz of Burns, Brown's at
torney, informed The Oregonian of
Mr. Brown's desire, and Helen
O'Brien, secretary of the Oregon
Humane society, admitted the society
would be glad to serve as perpetual
keeper of drinks for range horses,
cattle and sheep. - iti
Cloudburst Hits Flume
Wenatchee. A concrete irrigation
flume near Entiat was damasred bad
ly by a cloudburst which visited this
certlon Tuesdav nlcht. Boulders and
debris were washed down on the
Wenatchee-Chelan highway, and re
pair crews were kept busy. Hail ac
romnaniod the rain, but it was re
ported that the apple crop suffered
but slight dmaage. f
N'icely-Piercc
Vernon' Nicely and Miss Nellie
Pierce were united In ' marriage
Thursday reports the Weston Leader.
The bridegroom is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. D. K. Nicely of Reed and Haw
ley mountain, and is engaged in hunt
ing and trapping for the government.
The bride is an Adams girl. Many
friends of the young couple extend
cotifer'atulatfons and Well wished.
iMead Does Not Take
Umatilla Rapids Into
Consideration in Report
The Oregonian . news bureau at
Washington reDorts that Elwoorf
Mead, reclamation commissioner,, has
returned from the Pacific northwest
with a revised program for develop
ment oi the Columbia basin project in
Washington, which promises to have
an important bearin? on the hvHro.
electric future of the Columbia river.
Dr. Mead has entirely abandoned
any idea of conveying water to any
part of the nronosed basin nrolept hv
gravity, and has decided that the
oniy ieasiDie method of making pro
Teas within the next ten years is to
bring the basin lands under cultiva.
titm unit by unit, supplying them
witn water by pumping. As water
must be lifted more than 150 feet in
some daces to nccomntish this ha Vo.
lieves the reclamation bureau should
take a hand in - hydro-electric de
velopment, with a view of manufac
turing its own power for pumping
purposes, and the sale, of any sur
plus to private companies for distribution.
The most promising locations for
power projects, in Dr. Mead's opinion,
are along the Spokane river, which
has several falls, and in the vicinity
of Grand coulee and Priest rapids on
the Columbia. Grand coulee eventu
ally will convey more water to Irri
gated lands than any other connec
tion, but several thousand acres in
the vicinity of Priest rapids could be
conveniently supplied with water by
a pumping plant located there, the
commissioner believes.
For further study of his plan, Dr.
Mead has detailed H. W. Bashore,
construction engineer now in charge
of the Vale project, to Spokane to
study all of the previous engineering
reports on the Columbia basin proj
ect, and then make an independent
investigation of his own, reporting
his conclusion to Dr. Mead.
The reclamation service will con
tinue to ignore the survey of the Co
lumbia river now being made by army
engineers, a report on which is not
due until next summer. Dr. Mead re
gards contemporaneous investigations
as duplication of effort, and will go
ahead with his own program, using
the $50,000 appropriated by congress
for further study of, the Columbia
basin possibilities.
His plans do not take into account
the possibility of the Umatilla rapids
project, although he was made aware
of the interest which the state of
Oregon has in that proposed power
development, and believes that it can
be co-ordinated with his general plan
for government selection of power
sites on the Columbia in aid of irri
gation.
No appropriation of funds for the
Columbia basin construction can be
anticipated for several years, Dr.
Mead is certain.
Barley Yields Well
The Weston Leader says a tract of
particularly fine barley grown by W.
A. Eves on Weston mountain is re
ported to have yielded 84 bushels to
the acre.
Waters Garden; Walks
Fifty Miles To Do It
Sandy. Tuesday was Mrs. Earl
McVickers' day to water her garden
and she walked fifty miles to do it.
She is the wife of Earl McVickers,
Mount Hood forest lookout and with
her. husband resides more than 10,
000 feet above sea level during the
summer time.
From the Mount Hood summit home
Mrs. McVickers can look down 10,-
000 feet on one corner of her garden.
To reach it she walks seven miles
down the mountain, and then around
a loop highway, a total of fifty miles.
She waters her garden every two
weeks.
Mrs. McVickers, after walking the
25 miles to her garden, remains over
night and usually returns the follow
ing day.
School Opens September 8
Athena schools will open Monday,
September 8. Some repairs to the
school building are being made this
week by Henry Schroeder and Jack
Calder. Four communities in the
county will have new school superin
tendents this year. They will be
William Broom at Umatilla; Frank
W, Zimmerdahle, Adams; Edward
Bloom, changing from Adams to Ath
ena; and Berkeley Johnson, Weston.
Hermiston Golfer W'""1'
Carl McNaught, Hermiston golfer
won the visiting player's prize at the
Pendleton Country club tournament
Sunday. A number of Athena play
ers participated in the tournament,
including E. C. Prestbye, Penn
Harris, Glenn Dudley, Dr. Blatchford,
Justin Harwood, Dean Pinkerton,
Bryce Baker, John Pinkerton and
Gordon Watkins.
Heating Plant Changed
Workmen have been making altera
tions in the steam heating plant that
serves the First National Bank build
ing, the library room and the local
ttlepWtfe exchange.
President Thinks It Is Best
To Turn Public Domain
Over To States. :
Srivkane. President TTnv
lieves the, western state ran fcnii
dispose of their public domain bet
ter man the federal government,
members of his miblic domain
mission said. "
The members who arrived lie Sun
day night and left for -Mont
day were Rudolph Kuchler, president
of the Arizona State Taxpayers' as
sociation; rerry Jenkins, president of
the Wyoming state
Nash, Idaho state land commissioner.
Arter visiting Montana they will re
turn to the Coeur d'Alenes of Idaho.
"When we were in conference with
President Hoover in Washington,"
Mr. Kuchler said, "we found him
favorable to givinsr back to the .f faa
some of the powers which from time '
to time nave been taken over by the
federal government. He has great
faith in the states and does not favor
too much centralization of power in
wasnmgion.
' The handling of nublic land VLra
find Is quite a different problem in
different districts. In south Idaho
we found farmers and stockmen onn.
cerned with it In north Idaho and
north Washington mining men are
seriously concerned with it."
"I do not think mininir men need
fear there will be any separation of
ine control or surface and surface
rights in mineralized areas " - Mr
Jenkins said. "In the past there has
Deen continual conflict between the
mining men and forestry representa
tives of the government. Members of
the commission believe this should
cease." , , ,; .
Ukiah Pioneer
Mrs. C. Hale, a pioneer of the
Ukiah district in the southwest nart
of the county died at Pendleton Mon.
day as the result of a paralytic stroke
oesiaes ner nusband, Mrs. Hale is
survived by one son, Sherman Hale of
Ukiah.
BELIEVES STATES
CA
HANDLE
LAD
Nine Accident Victims
Accidents, during one of Orecon
most tragic week ends,' snuffed out
the lives of nine nersons. ininrd
critically and possibly fatally many
others and a long list of slightly in
jured received treatments at hospitals
and elsewhere.
Chicago Babies Switched
To Their Own Parents
The Bamberger-Watkins hahlea f
Chicago were switched Benin Tnea.
day, the parents agreeing to exchange
me miants given them at Englewood
hospital where they were born and
where their identity ladels were mix.
ed.
Suddenly deciding thev 1lt nnt
possess their own baby Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Bamberger took the infant
boy to the home of Mr. and Mrs.
William Watkins to make an ex
change which heretofore Mr. Bam
berger has ruled against With the
decision thev calleH their aft. Arnnv
Joseph Powers, who asked Dr. Arnold
ir 1 li a . .
.egei, city neaitn commissioner to
accomnanv them and nffioinllv witneoa
the exchange.
Company Agent
Clifford Wood, who has heen In the
employ of the Union Oil company at
Pendleton has been transferred to
Athena, where he succeeds W. A. Ball
as local agent. Mr. and Mrs. Wood
are domociled in the Lila Kirk cot
tage on South Third street. Mr.
Ball, who was agent for the Union
Oil company in Athena since the
Union distributing nlant wan inntnlt.
ed here, has been transferred to the
iiermmton plant
Installs Pumping Plant
At the depth of 70 feet sufficient
quantity of water was struck bv the
drillers in the M. L. Watts well for
irrigation purposes. Casing was
driven down and a Myers electrically
driven deen well numuincr nlant has
been installed. Mr. Watts purchased
the Myers pumping plant through
Rogers A Goodman, local dealers,
Pete Sheridan Dead
Pete Sheridan, well known In this
county, prominent rancher of the
Butter Creek district, died Sunday
morning in a Portland hospital fol
lowing a long illness from heart
trouble. Funeral services were held
at Echo, Wednesday. He is survived
by one daughter, a brother and one
sister.
More Fires Started
An electric storm which passed
over the Umatilla National forest
Monday afternoon, started three fires
according to reports from rangers,
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