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A BIG JOB, BUT ITS DEAD EASY It would be 'a big 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. , ; . , , 1 1 1 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 Poet Office,at Athena; Oregon, aa 8econd-Clas Mail Matter ; VOLUME 43 ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, NOVEMBER 14, 1930 NUMBER 46 TWO KILLED IN AN AUTOMOBILE WRECK : Local Man And Physician ; First On Scene of the Terrible Accident. Lower , Rate Schedules . Is Ordered by Interstate Commerce Commission Two persons are dead as the re- suit of a terrible automobile accident Saturday morning ' early, on. Dry Creek, beyond Weston, where the , highway intersects' the . old wagon road leading up the gulch to the Jess York place. Mrs. Thelma Durst, 'daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Sal ing of Pendleton, former residents of Athena, and R. Paul Weisel, assistant , district manager of the Standard Oil company, of Walla Walla, are the .victims. ' The cause of the -accident as con structed by conditions at the scene of the wreck, is that the fast moving coupe struck , a soft shoulder of the highway, got from under control of the driver, skidded and crashed into a telephone pole. , ; Mrs. Durst was' killed almost out right and Mr. Weisel died , Saturday evening. Everett Knight, returning from Walla Walla, was the, first per son to arriv attthe wreck and soon after, Dr. and Mrs. McKinhey drove a. j. ai ' j up. . Anigni-.,weni 10 me iotk iarm house for help and on his return Mrs. Durst was bjfeathing her last. Coroner Ralph Folsome took her body to Pen dleton and Weisel was removed to the . General Hospital at Walla Walla. Mr. Weisel had taken a friend and wife-to Pendleton for a train. He was a friend of the Saling family and Mrs. Durst who was .employed in a Walla , Walla beauty parlor, was re turning to her work in that city, with him. Mrs. Durst was born in Athena, . May 2, 1901. She was an accomplish ed musician, and after attending school at Pendleton, specialized on the pipe organ in Portland. Her mar riage to R. G. Durst took place in 'June, 1920, ':; They have one daughter, Patrica Sue, aged 8, a pupil at St. Joseph's Academy, in Pendleton. Besides,-Mr. Durst and daughter, Mrs, Durst is survived by her. par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Saling; a sister, Mrs. Balfe Ulrich.of Pendle- ton; her aunt, Mrs. Frank Boynton of Pendleton; her uncle, .Abe Jones of Seattle and her grandmother Mrs. Elizabeth Caviness of Cresswell, Ore gon. v,- : v:. :.: Athena High Kails Weston ' In Second Game Score 24-6 i Athena took the second game of the season from Weston high school by the score of 24 to 6 on the' Weston field, Friday afternoon.' Athena kick ed off, and Weston lost yardage on her first two plays. On her first punt, Jenkins returned about ten yards. Then Athena, on line plunges and off tackle, runs by Moore and Jenkins the bail was soon on Weston's three yard line and Moore went through center for the first touchdown. - Crowley's try for place kick went wide.' ,, Weston came .back in . the, second quarter all riled tip and 'scored ..their only touchdown of the game. On a fumble, Weston recovered the ball on Athena's one yard line. Three smashes at the line went for losses. On the fourth down, a forward Jass over Jef t end was deflected into the hands of a Weston end who carried it over for the score. " Athena's regular lineup went in at the beginning of. the second half, and it wasn't long before things, began to happen and happen fast. Within three minutes Pickett went through right guard and over the goal line. Crow ley scored two more touchdowns, first on a wide end run and the second on an off tackle buck. . ... ' In the last quarter McConnell, for Weston, got away, for a beautiful 65 yard run, but was tackled from be hind by Moore on Athena's three yard line. Weston however, could do no thing with the Athena line and was thrown for losses in trying to put the ball over. At the end of the game Athena was in possession of the ball on Weston's 15 yard line. Tin Foil In Demand" -Mrs. Laura .Froom of the Athena hotel has been responsible for for warding four pounds of tin foil to Portland to be sold for a fund for the Shrine hospital for crippled children, in that cityi A box is placed in the hotel lobby and a request is made to everyone to save tin foil and add to the collection. The Masonic lodge has also sent a quantity and last year the fund reached the $2000 mark from the sale of tinfoiL To save tin foil from packages of gum, tea, cig arettes and any number of other things "is such little effort but amounts to so much and is in such a noble cause that it is hoped that many may respond so that the fund will be greatly increased. , Washington. Notice was given by the Interstate Commerce Commission ! it would require railroads to 'put in ef fect on Jan. 11 a general revision of ; rates on grain and grain products which are estimated to entail annual reductions of between $15,000,000 and $20,000,000 in freight charges on the total traffic. ( , ' . v . The requirement will be made in spite of protests filed by western, eastern and southern carriers against the reductions and by some shipping interests against portions of the re visions contemplated. , The original decision required the schedules to be made effective about Nov.'' 11 but postponement until Jan, 1 was allow ed in- view of the "objections and the difficulties of preparing the new schedules. There was seen, however,, the pos- siblity that the railroad protest against the reduction might be ap pealed directly to the courts. "The Interstate Commerce commis sion has voted to deny the . various petitions submitted to it for modifi cation or rehearing in the- gram case," the commission said in an- nouncing its conclusions. "This no tice is given in this manner for the informal arid early information of all concerned. . Formal orders will be en tered." ; . ' ."I' The decision was in general a reduc- tion of rates but both increases and reductions- of specific' rates through' out the states west of the Mississippi River were ordered. In addition, rates to the east from the- west were affected and nearly all the important railroads in the country have an in terest in the controversy. The western lines, in addition to the specific protests on the details of the new adjustment, recently notified the commission that rates in that ter ritory were considered by" them inade quate under the law. This action was considered significant in view of the influence of the rate adjustments on earnings. . ' , ; , The last important reduction made by the "commission,' on California fruit, .was invalidated by the supreme court after repeal was" taken there against the regulatory action. - State Game Commission Receives Sound Rapping Portland. Roderick L. Macleay, member of the legislative interim fish committee . and financier, flayed the state game commission and the ex ecutive forces of the department for more than an hour at the commis sion's monthly session. , f He charged laxity of administration, ignorance or more intimate work ings of the department over which the commission has complete charge and general disinclination to serve the sportsmen and commercial fishermen of the state "as they should be Serv ed." Addressing his remarks to every one Within hearing, he declared that the commission "was ruled by the mandates of less than 5 per cent" of Oregon's sportsmen and that it vir tually ignored the remaining 95 per cent. ' 5 :-'; "It is my well considered opinion gentlemen, that-approximately 5 per cent of the sportsmen of this state are banded together to form 'what they ." call Organized sportsmen.Their demands are rancorous and many; but you listen to their voice and not to the -unspoken demands of the remain ing 95 per cent of us each of whom is entitled to as much consideration as the select members of the various organizations who come before you." Delayed By Auto Accident John Stanton was delayed at Arl ington several days last week on his return from Portland, when his car was damaged in an accident in Which the other fellow was taxed for the damages to the Stanton car. In com pany with Mrs. Stanton and daughter Mildred, John was leaving Arlington en route home from Portland when a machine dashed onto ' the highway from the John Day road, smashed in to the Stanton car and brought up in front of a service station. .Luckily no one was. injured. The Stanton car received a sprung frame, broken run ning board and fender which were re placed at the expense of the driver responsible for the accident. Miss Stanton, who took the state examina tion for professional nursing at Port land, and Mrs. Stanton "came the rest of the way from Arlington by stage. Cedar For Lead Pencils Two carloads of cedar for pencils were shipped from Lakeview this fall by A. L. Edgerton, Lake county lum berman, and plans are being made to collect several more carloads for ship ment next season. There is a good demand for this pencil stock and the grade found in that section is bought at a premium. . Because the cedar is scattered through the forests it is not feasible to log only that species, so it is planned to collect the logs as they come in with the other types and ship only when quantities of a (carload or two are available. r y ....... - , . ; , Oregon and Oregon State Meet Tomorrow Afternoon Oregon State College.-'-A choice dish of football is prepared for lov ers of the great American Bport in the northwest this week-end. As an appetizer to the big traditional bat tie between Unversity of Oregon and Oregon '.State at Corvallis,. Saturday afternoon, the freshman teams of both institutions will stage their sec ond contest of the . season"; Friday night" at Eugene. Oregon State freshmen won the firsftilt" by the score of 7 to 6. w -.- Records so far this season for both varsity teams will be brushed aside and even though University of Ore gon has been doped the favorite since the beginning of the season both teams will take to the field on a par, The dope bucket has been upset so many times in this traditional battle that fans have given up the habit of picking the winner before the game starts. Oregon State has yet to break into the win column in conference games this season while the University of Oregon has a clean record ' and a mighty good chance to go through the season undefeated as this is the final conference game for the -Webfoots. Oregon State, as usual, wilt be deter mined to- sink the championship ' as pirations of their rivals from Eugene. An Athletic Association Organized To Advance , Local Interest In Sports A' new organization was perfected Thursday evening of last week when E. C, Rogers . was named president and C. M. Eager secretary of the Athena Athletic Association.. The meeting was held in the Rogers & Goodman hardware store, a number who are in terested in athletics and field sports being present.. r: The association is organized for the purposa.,.of sponsoring and support ing Athena teams playing regular scheduled games of basketball and J baseball in the near future, and for such other athletic sports that may develop. Athena has good material for town basketball team, and as other towns in the county are preparing to form a league in which games will be played during the winter months, it is the purpose of the association to have Athena represented. Other officers - elected were Dr, Blatchford; vice-president; '' Laurence 1 x 1 i. n j s t luivfiLon,, uusKCLimii team manager; Bryce Baker custodian .of-' parapher nalia. Constitution . and bylaws of the association were adopted at a meeting held last night. - New Talkie Theatre ; Milton's new talkie theatre, the Vox, opened to big business Wednes day evening of last week, Vaughan S Everett, operators of the new show. house, have installed R. C, A. sound equipment which is giving good satis faction to the large crowds attending the ; shows. Wheat Better Than Corn I For Shoats, Tests Show Lexington, Ky. Wheat is superior to corn as feed for young hogs, tests at. the University of Kentucky show. One hundred-pound shoats were fed a slop made of 14 parts ground wheat, soaked 24 hours, and: one part of tankage, and gained 1.79 pounds daily, according to Prof, E. S. Good, head of the animal husbandry depart ment who conducted the experiments. These tests show he" pointed , out, that 60 pounds of -K. wheat produced 16.69 pounds of pork. Pigs also did well on whole soaked wheat, he said, where fed in a small. lot and kept a . t L i- J! I-J little hungry so jney, ave uHaigesujQ kernels. Tankage should be added, whether the wheat is fed whole or ground. - ' I:; lone Hptel Burns , The lone hotel burned in lone, IS miles below.. Heppener, at 7:30 o'clock Sunday morning. Workmen had been making repairs on the building;.-which was a large wooden structure. No other damage, was done from the fire which was fortunate as it ' was" closely connected with other wooden bidd ings. . -. ,v i"" " "v ,' w - ' ' y-w Indian Victim Believed Cousia -Miss Leta Kroma of Walla Walla, expressed belief that the Miss Ethel Kranz, missionary slain by Brazilian Indians, is her cousin, Mildred Kranz of Chicago. The .descriptions tally and the cousin has been a missionary in the interior of Brazil. She be lieves an error was made in trans mitting the name's. Farmers Bank of Weston Closes and Will Liquidate The failure of the Farmers' Bank of Weston is announced by the state banking department at Salem. The directors at a meeting Monday eve ning voted to put the bank into the hands? of the state banking depart ment, i The bank had a capital stock of $30,000 and 'no surplus funds. Officers of the bank were J. H. Key, president; Frank Price, vice-president; B. J. Johnsonj cashier. Directors were J. H. Key, J. M. Banister, George Staggs, Joseph Wurzer, S. C. Culley, J. H. Price and Frank Price. The reason given for closing the bank' is that there is not enough busi ness in the Weston community at this time to support it. The assets of the bank are said to be sufficient to sat isfy the liabilities. ;" -'' '" ;'v? "'' Red Cross Rollcall The annual Red Cross rollcall began on .Armistice Day. The drive for membership in this T county - is - in charge pf .Mark Barthel of Pendle ton, county ehairman. The drive for membership will continue until the end ot Thanksgiving day. There are 1200' members, of the Red Cross in Umatilla county and a total of 1500 is the g5al of the-present drive. Red Gr6ss membership is $! " ' ''" Lowest In 28 Years - . Wheafe prices at Chicago, Monday, dwindled to the lowest in 28 years, when December delivery sold below 70- cents 'a bushel. December wheat opened, at 72 and closed at 69. Pendleton Lodge Winner , ..." ; Pendleton Lodge, I. O. O. F. won from Saem in .; a competitive drill, Saturday night. Odd Fellows from all lodges-hr the county were present to witness the drill work. ''. r" ; v v. -.. ' - '. : I Bucks and Mac-Hl Tie ' ' The Mac-Hi Pioneers held the Pen- dletori ButkarOos to a- scoreless' tie in their football game at Pendleton, Armistue Day. A number of Athena fans witnWsed the game. Milton Officials Resign ; : When Ticket Is Elected In the Milton city election, Tuesday oi last week, W. S. Caverhill and R, F. Vancil were elected to four year terms on the city council. Their op ponents were W. S. Munsell and T. C. Elliott, who had given long ser vice on the councilmanic board and who were up for re-election. As a result of Vancil and Caver- hill's success at the .jplls, C. D, Hobbs, Mv D. Kaser add Bruce Shah gle, holdover councilmen, F. A. Full- erton, business manager, and S. D, reierson, city , attorney , handed in their respective resignations to Mayor J. it. JK. bcott. The joint resigna tion of the three councilmen reads: "Theresult of yesterday's election leaves ho doubt as to the desire of our citizens. , ' , "The- program and policies of the present city council have been very conclusivelyirepudiated. These policies were adopted, as you know, after careful consideration and we believe them to be economically sound and for the best interests of Milton. However, to continue these poli cies in the conduct of the city's af fairs for another two years in the face of the election returns would not meet the approval of the people and to adopt the plan3 and policies of our opponents Would compel participation in a program to which we can not lend our approval. "We therefore tender to you here with our resignations as members of the city council, effective January 5, 1931." Several days later the three coun cilmen, the city manager and the city attorney experienced a change of heart" and recalled their resignations. Says Hoover Must Take Damper Stand Washington. The ..assertion that unless the Volstead act was modified within the next two years President Hoover and the republican . party would meet defeat at the next presi dential election was made by Repre sentative Britten, republican, Illinois, an opponent of prohibition. "President Hoover," the Illinois member Baid, "would please the coun try at large and do much to bring back prosperity to the farmers if he would see to it that the Wickersham law enforcement commission reported favorably for modification of the Volstead act to permit the manufac ture and sale of beer. He should take a .firm stand for modification." Weston Potato Growers Will Perfect Seed In Special Prepared Plots (By County Agent Holt Potato growers of the Weston dis trict at a meeting called by the coun lV agent in conjunction with the re "ant Umatilla County Potato Show at Weston took definite steps forward in the seed potato program of the community. As a result of this and previous meetings on the - subject, nine growers at the Saturday meet ; mg arranged with the Extension Ser j vice representatives , to purchase enough of the best Netted , Gem seed known to exist to establish seed plots mis seed was declared by E. R. Jack man, Extension Agronomist of Ore gon State College, to be entirely free irom tne common diseases of pota toes. . - , The seed will be planted by these j Weston potato growers in what is known as the tuber unit system and will provide foundation stock for im proving the seed potatoes grown in the district. Representatives of the Extension Service are arranging for the purchase and delivery of this seed and have also offered their services in the planting and roguing, of the seed plots next year. Other growers who may be interested m this pro gram may obtain the necessary in formation by getting in touch with the county agent. Not since the starting of the certi fication program in the county have growers taken such a forward step in the improvement of their seed pota toes. It was apparent at the meet ing Saturday that the growers pres ent were very much in earnest about providing for the market a superior seed potato and a vigorous effort will be made by the growers and the State College Extension Department work ing through the local county agent to place Umatilla County seed potatoes in top place in the Yakima Valley and other districts where the seed is now going. 40,000 Boxes Apples Burn . Forty thousand boxes of apples be came a huge, baked mass Sunday in a fire that did $100,000 damage to Steve Hepton's orchard warehouse, at Lewiston. The apples were picked off a d70-acre tract. Telephone and elec trie light lines to the orchards were severed. Three Killed, Four Hurt: Car Skids Off Of Road urangeviue. ia&. xnrce persons were killed and four others hurt so badly that their recovery is doubtful as their automobile plunged 150 feet down a grade on Whitebird Hill, ten miles south of here. The dead: Mrs. Dennis Wallace, 40; Mrs. Mary Mardock, 75, mother of Mrs. Wallace and Evelyn, 2 year old daughter of Mrs. Wallace. The injured: Dennis Wallace, 45; Albin, 10; Floyd 8; and Raymond 6; :ns of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace. The victims were part of a cara van, all members of the same family, traveling from Stillwater, Oklahoma, where they were farmers, to Harri son, Ida., where they expected to purchase a farm or find employment. When three miles past the White- bird summit the lights on the Wallace car went out and Mr. Wallace at tempted to follow the tail light of a truck. On a curve the front wheel of the Wallace car slipped off a shoulder of the highway and rolled 150 feet. A huge boulder stopped it or it would have gone more than a thousand feet into a canyon. Sentenced To Road Work The Pendleton East Oregonian re ports that Tom Gillette, L. L. Beeker and B. L. Banister were each sen tenced by Federal Judge McNary Monday to serve a year as laborers on the road crew of the government at Port Lewis, Wash., as punishment for operating a still at Kamela, Or., last August. They pleaded guilty to the' charge, which accused them of manufacture and possession of liquor, possession of a still and with con spiracy to violate" the-prohibition law. Franklin Truax jointly indicted, was sentenced to a year in the county ail and paroled to his attorney, W. M. Peterson of Pendleton. Lawyers To Honor McBride Prominent members of the Oregon bench and bar will participate in the memorial to be held tomorrow in su preme court building at Salem, in honor of the late Justice Thomas A. McBride. Speakers will Include W. S. U'Ren and Judge Wallace McCam mant of Portland, J. H. Raley of Pen dteton, Judge Lawrence T. Harris of Eugene and Justice Henry J. Bean oi the Oregon supreme court. . , Reception To New Pastor Friday evening members of Milton Christian church gave a reception to their new pastor, then Rev. F. W. Arent and many out-of-town friends were, present, A splendid program was given, including a vocal solo by Mrs. Floyd Pinkerton and an address by Pastor Sias of the Athena Chris tian church. Mother Rescues Child A tragedy was narrowly averted Saturday morning at Deep River, Washington, when, while the two small children of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Talus were playing along the bank of the Nasclle river slough near their home, the little girl, aged 3, fell into the water. The boy, unable to help her, ran to call her mother who, when she arrived, found only a little hand sticking out of the water. She pull ed the child to safety, but little the worse for her experience. SCHOOL PLAY TO BE ENTED TONIGHT m Excellent Cast Will Be Seen In Comedy Drama, "The ! Goose Hangs High." Following a period of intena'iflprf r. hearsals, under direction of Superin- tenaent a. j? . tfjoom, the high school play, "The Goose Hangs High," will be presented by an excellent cast to night at high school auditorium. Mr. Bloom in commenting on the play, said it is one of the cleanest he had ever directed. The comedy, clever and wholesome, balances nicely with the plot of the drama through out and it is hoped a larire audience will be present to witness its pre Mr. Bloom has had considerable ex perience in directing school plays and while at the head of. the Adams school, presented worthwhile Deduc tions that pleased Athena people at tending tnem. . A feature of entertainment between acts tonight will be selections bv the local orchestra, and Mr. Dan Tilley will be heard in a saxophone solo. The price of admission has been lowered from 50 cents to 85 cents for adults and 25 cents for children. Fifty cents ha3 been the prevailing price for seats at school plays in the past. There will be no seat reservations. Follow ing Is the cast of characters: Bernard Ingals........,...Stafford Hansell Eunice Ingals Arleen Myrick Noel Derby .Glenn McCullough Leo Day . Walter Huffman Rhoda Myrtle Campbell Julia Murdock Marjorie Montague Mrs. Bradley .. Marjorie Douglas Hugh Ingals Roland Wilson Ronald Murdock Emery Rogers Lois Ingals Mildred Hansell Dagmar Carroll Betty Eager Elliott Kimberley. Arthur Crowley Clem and Sid........ Garth Pinkerton William Bedford Dies ; William Bedford, farmer residing south of Adams, and well known in Athena died suddenly at his home early Sunday morning. His wife was aroused from sleep and found her husband ill. Dr. McKinney was call-, ed, but Mr. Bedford died of heart failure. Funeral services were held Tuesday at St. Andrews Mission, where interment took place. Mr. Bed ford is survived by his wife and one . son. Death Of Mrs. Montague Occurred Saturday Last Ed Montague was called to Fall Creek, near Eugene Saturday, by the " death of his mother, Mrs. Minnie M. Montague, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Spaulding, as the result of a fractured hip which occur red in a fall on October 30, mention of which was made in The Press. Pneumonia was the direct cause of her demise. Mrs. Montague made her home in Athena with her son and family for a while, and a number of people here knew her well. . Mrs. Montague was 70 years of age. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Spaulding and Mrs. Dot Kintzley of Fall Creek, and four sons, Samuel Montague of Tigard, Charles Mon tague of Prairie City. Ed Montague of Athena and Irvin Montague of Houston, Texas. Whitman Won Whitman Missionaries won from College of Idaho football team, in the last few minutes of play on Armis tice Day, 7-0. Chances to score on sev eral occasions went glimmering on fumbles. Applegate came in near the close of the game and on the first play, tore off 30 yards to the Idaho 13 yard line. Whitman essayed two passes, were penalized and then Ida ho intercepted Applcgate's pass. Ida ho kicked to the 35 yard line, and on the second play Applegate lined a pass to Lindman, who scored. The extra point was tossed, Applegate to Lindman. ... General Bliss Dies Death came early Sunday to General Taskcr Howard Bliss, one of the eight full generals in American his tory, who helped General Pershing win the World war and then turned to aid President Wilson in concluding the treaty of Versailles which ' fol lowed it Hd was nearly 77. Veteran Railway Employe Harry E. Nelson, 55, veteran em ploye of the Union Pacific System, died in Pendleton Sunday. He had been with the road 25 years, 14 of them at Rieth as yardmaster. He is survived by his wife, a son, Jack, University of Oregon student , and two sisters in Walla Walla. He was born in Walla Walla and spent his early life there. Bear Hunter Has Close Call When Ted Steel of Halfway, Ore gon, fired two shots into a bear at short range as the animal was ad vancing toward him, he found the rifle magazine was empty. Not having time to reload, he thrust the butt of the rifle into the bear's mouth, ex pecting a hand-to-hand tussle for his life, but the bruin clarified the situa tion by dropping dead . from his Wtfunad.