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A BIG JOB, BUT ITS DEAD EASY It would be 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. NOT ONE DAY CAN BE FOUND in the week but that you do not need stationery of ouuie auri, or omer. we xurnisn neat, clean printing at the very lowest rates. Fast presse modern typee, modern work, prompt delivery. 4J Sntered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mail Matter " ' VOLUME 434 ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY OREGON, . DECEMBER 5, 1930 - NUMBER 49 RAPIDS OEC I ABLY DISCUSSED Pendleton Men Point Out the Possibilities When : Work Is Started. Walla Walla. Magnitude ;of the Umatilla Rapids project and its hope- ful outlook Were discussed before the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday by E B. ' Aldrich of the- "Pendletpn 'East Oregoman and George C. Baer,-sec retary of the Pendleton Chamber of Commerce, both representing the Umatilla .Rapids, association. , James E. Akey; president of the Pendleton chamber accompanied ' them but did not' spe,ak. ' : " The broject, it Mlassexplained, is not a "endleoniplani' bijt for the "whole nownwesi. vneap power, once tne project is finished, can be economical ly i distributed as far east as Boise, t 1 .1 ' I . . a. ' t -rrr iaano, tnrougnout uregon ana wasn ington and into northern California, it was stated. The project will develop 420,000 horsepower, . Mr. Aldrich said. Its generating cost is . estimated at 1.2 mills per kilowatt hour.and it can be sold, at the switchboard; at two mills per- kilowatt hour and this two mill charge will take care of all costs of the project, and retire all charges within fifty years. ... It is for the purposes of develop ing power, improving the river" for navigation, and also to develop an in terstate bridge. There is ample flow in 'the Columbia for the project, the minimum at Umatilla being exactly twice the minimum in the Missis sippi at Keokuk. ; "The thing has sold . itself," said Mr. Aldrich. "It is in a, very; favor able position. President Hoover's at titude and that of the Secretary of the Interior are favorable. Before it is approved it will be necessary to have the output of power sold. The city of Portland has already agreed to take all or part of the power and other cities are . interested,' r K 'will .supply cheap power for the northwest and also take care of the unemployment situation. We hope-for favorable ac tion at the short session of congress, op at the one to follow. . ( - The estimated cost Mr.. Baer said,:is $45,000,000. iMr. Baer, who spoke briefly, said thjat the project would drown out five rapids, making transportation on the river easier. It would be the first unit of the Columbia Basin project, as it-would supply cheap power neces sary for pumping water. While it was estimated at first that the power could Be sold for two mills a kilo watt fiouV' lower costs of 'construction might decrease this cost to one and three quarters ;rfills. The power could bs sold economically 'as far' away as Portland at one half cent per K. W. Hi which would make it available for heating homes, as half a cent a K. W. H is equivalent to coal at $10 a ton. ?'As far as reclamation goes," said Ml. Baer, "it would affect Oregon and Washington the same. Oregon has BttOOO acres which could come tinder this project and Washington has 50, 000 acres in the Horse, Heaven coun try. ; '' . ,' ; The engineering data has been .com pleted and the project is ready to go aslsoon as congress gives the word. Between 1500 and 2000 men would be employed in the building, and enough additional on other work to take care of seven or eight thousand altogether. We would like to have the moral sup port of the WaUa Walla Chamber of Commerce in this endeavor." ; . Cougar Team Robbed : A suitcase containing charts and plays to be used in the Tournament of Roses game with Alabama on New Year's day was stolen from the Wash ington State football team, along with $70 and a gold watchat a New York hotel Saturday night, it became known Monday. Jacob Kirby, identified as a "crasher" at a party given the team to celebrate a victory over Villanova, was arraigned in West Side court and denied any knowledge of the stolen goods. He recalled, however, that an other crasher' had shown: him more money than he usually had. J , . : . Frost-Laden Wires ; Fog and frost have persisted in the high country between Arlington and Condon until all wires are heavy and light failures are frequent Tele graph and telephone lines are carry-, ing tonnage of ice and some wires are large as stove pipes, so it is reported. Linemen are working to overcome the trouble.' Thirteen poles were report ed down on the telegraph line near Condon. V ' ' ' -U Hat Appendicitis , 'Little Clayton Cornell was operated upon for appendicitis at a Walla Wal la hospital, Tuesday forenoon, ; and favorable result are reported. Mrs. L; A. .Cornell, grandmother of the boy, went to Walla Walla, returning to1 Athena after the elation. I The Blue Mountain Bas ketball League's Opening Game Wednesday Eve . The opening game scheduled for the Blue Mountain Basketball league will be played in Athena high school gymnasium next Wednesday evening, between Athena and Milton teams. Pendleton, Milton, Adams" and Athe na are the towns in the county which comprise the league ; circuit. '. The Athena team is sponsored by the re cently organized Athena Athletic As sociation, ;6f which E. C. Rogers is president, and it is reported that the Kiwanis club is back of the Pendle ton team, y . The schedule provides for a total of nine games to be. played in each town represented in the league. Follow ing the game with Milton next Wed nesday Athena's second game comes at Pendleton, December -16. Following is the player personnel which has been coached in practice by Ldurence Pinkerton, and'which is uireu up ior piaces on me team: Wil bur Harden, Arthur Taylor, Dalberth Taylor, Gordon Watkins, Orel Mich- ener, George Pambrun, Fay Pambrun, John Pinkerton, Wayne Pittman, Dean Pinkerton, George Weatherly, Wayne Pinkerton. It is expected the new suits for the Athena team will arrive in time for use in the opening game next Wed nesday evening. Admission prices in Athena f 6r the league games as given the Press will 'be Athena grade pupils free, high school students 25c, adults 35c. Santa's Ajppeal'jr R Mrs. Phillips' Poems - An attractive book of poems by Amy Carson Phillips, formerly a resident of Athena, when her husband was pastor of the local Christian church, has recently been published. The book contains a collection- of poems written in the past several years, some of which were read in Athena by the author herself. The poems are of high standard with beautiful sentiment and each has a definite message. . One, entitled "The Infidel" received first prize in the Na tional poets contest in 1928. The volume is bound in tooled leather and will be a real addition to anyone's library. She. attended the University of Oregon where she was prominent in debating work being a member of the winning teams. Her home is now at Marshfield, Oregon.. A Slick Highway Puts Cars and Stage in Ditch .- A slick highway, caused by heavy fog all of Tuesday night and Wed nesday, made traffic dangerous east from Athena to Walla Walla. A num ber of cars were reported in the ditch as a result of the slippery, con dition, of the highway surface. , A car went into the ditch east of the E. A. Dudley . place Wednesday morning and had just been pulled out by the Athena Garage wrecker, when the west-bound Union Pacific stage came along and slipped' into the ditch on the opposite side of the highway. No one was injured m either accident. Passengers walked into town and Glenn Dudley brought the Union Pa cific iStage back onto the highway with his caterpillar. The stage then proceeded into town, picked up its passengers and went on to Pendleton, after being delayed for about an hour. Thanksgiving day. the J. C. Burke car skidded .off the highway into the ditch east of .town. No one was in jured, v One of the rear wheels of the car was smashed. Thanksgiving day, while en route to the Ace Wagner home near Freewa- ter, S, C. Charlton's car slipped off the highway and landed in the ditch. The car. was damaged to some extent, the top and one fender being the worse for the accident. Mrs. Frank Sanders received severe bruises, and Mr. Charlton and Mrs. Charlton and Mr. Sanders escaped with a few minor injuries. i ... Dinner and Bridge Mr. and Mrs. Justin Harwood en tertained at dinner and bridge Tues day evening. Guests present were, Mr. and Mrs. E.. C. Prestbye, Dr. and Mrs. R. D. Blatchford, Dr. and Mrs. Rice, of Pendleton, Mr. and Mrs. Max Hnnner and Mr. and Mrs. James Lieu- alien of Adams. Mrs. Hopper held high score at bridge. Regular Meeting Nights At the regular monthly meeting of the Athena Athletic Association Mon day evening, details pertaining to the playing schedule of the Blue Moun tain Basketball league were discuss ed and tentatively adopted. 'Regular meeting niehts selected by the as sociation are the first Monday in each month. Win NORlD,YES SIS, IS 5AlHTliCH(?LAS BACK ON THE 000, .... 7. i'm oikia Tn NPD yOUO HELP THIS YEAR. MOre friArt JE& BEFORE Trieftfc ARE WHS TO BE A LOT" Of PG- (WREN A? V0O CAN AFF0RP.P0 WHAT tOV (mw :,L..iyrci? 1 .i a fW m m :w 1 1 ' iir ff jry jbx-n -. i t. .:.. i Athena High School Is In First Game Tonight Coach Miller's Athena high school football team will play its first game of the season tonight on the home floor, with a team from Whitman col lege as its ' opponents. The Athena players have been going through a strenuous practice season following the closing of the football schedule and should be in fair playing form for the opening' game. The team from Walla Walla which will play in the local gym tonight is one of Whitman's intermural com binations and Eldon Myrick, one of Athena high's last year leading play ers will be opposite his old team mates, a member of the visiting quin tet. The game tonight does not count in the Umatilla county district schol astic contest, and while it is an ex hibition game, both teams will turn in as perfect a game as though it bore scholastic results. The schedule for the Umatilla coun ty district scholastic games is tenta tively as follows: December 17, Athena at Pendleton; January 7, Athena at Weston; Janu ary 9, Athena at Milton; January 16, Helix at Athena; January 21, Athena at Adams; January 23, Weston at Athena: January 31, Milton at Athe na; February 7, Adams at Athena; February 13, Athena at Helix; ieb ruary 14, Pendleton at Athena. December 12 is an open date to ne filled with an outside team. On De cember 18, Dixie, Washington, teams will come to Athena for a douoie- header. 1 Mrs." Patterson Home Mrs. Patterson has returned from a visit with relatives at LaGrande, and is at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jesse Smith. Mrs. Patterson visited at the home of Tom Booher in LaGrande. Tom is now a locomotive fireman for the Union Pacific, run ning out tit uGnmaU " Mrs. Harrison Died Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. John Harrison of Brownsville, which occurred Thurs day, November, 20. Funeral services were held Sunday, November 23. Her daughter, Mrs. Charles Kirk, former ly of Athena and who now resides near Creston, British Columbia, has returned to her home there. She had been at the bedside of her mother since the first week in October. Belknap In Portland C. C. Belknap, who formerly sup plied a number of Athena patrons with Nash clothing and lived at Pen dleton, has been forced to give up his work on account of failing health and is how residing at 766 E. 45th street North, Portland. Mr. Belknap's Athena friends will be sorry to learn of his serious illness. Bad Roads Prevented Trip Mr. and Mrs. M. I. Miller got as far as Walla Walla Wednesday afternoon of last week, enroute to Endicott, Wash., to. spend Thanksgiving with relatives, when bad condition of the highway forced them to return home. Shortly after arrival here their little son Eugene became ill and has been confined to his home since. Death of Mrs. Gillette Mrs. Lucille Rogers Gillette, pio neer resident of Echo, died in a Port land hospital Thursday of last week. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Clarence Gagnon, and two sisters, Mrs. Dixie Oliver of St. Helena, and Mrs. Neva Bettinger of Oakland, California. Snow At Baker With more than 20 inches of snow in the foothills near Baker, the low lands were bare until Monday when several inches of whiteness covered the town and Valley.' Miss Maiden Delivers In teresting Address of the Missionary Work in India Athena residents enjoyed an un usual treat Wednesday evening when they had' the" privilege of listening to an address by Miss Daisy, Maiden, who has recently returned from India where she has been engaged in mis sjonary work for the past two years. She was stationed at Cuttack, near Calcutta, and did, special work in the orphanage there which is primarily a rescue home for girls.V Preceding her work in India, Miss Maiden was at Chinkiang, China, on the Yangtse river, for ten and a half years.She with numerous others was forced to leave China in 1927 during the revolution at that time. Because their buildings were on Chinese soil the inhabitants contended that the buildings belonged to the Chinese, and the lives of the missionaries were in danger as well as their property. Headquarters have been removed to Shanghai and Miss Maiden expects to return there in thevfall.. She is a rep resentative of the Church of God but the work is undenominational. She is on furlough at present and is visit ing her parents who reside at Mil ton. Mrs. L. A. Cornell and Miss Mary Tompkins arranged an interesting program aside from the address which included a solo by Mrs. Ross Payne; piano solo, Betty Eager; reading, Mrs. C. M. Eager; piano solo, Miss Esther Berlin; trombone solo, Dan Tilley. . A social hour followed the program and the guests enjoyed seeing the in teresting curios which were on dis play. The affair was sponsored by the Methodist ladies and was held at the Methodist parsonage. Engine Gas Kills Two . In ,a Railroad Tunnel Eugene. Two unidentified men are dead and 11 others are in the hospital here as a result of being caught in a 290-foot tunnel on the Southern. Pa cific's Cascade Jirie between West Fir and "Oak Ridge shortly : after noon Monday. ' The men died from suffocation and from being gassed and the survivors are suffering from gas poisoning, at tendants said, ,1 . A 70-car freight train which left Eugene shortly after 10 a. m., Monday was on its way to Klamath Falls when in some manner it broke in two while in the long tunnel. It is believ ed failure of the mechanism of the ir brakes to function properly caused the train to separate. There were approximately 20 itiner ants besides the crew on board the train, but several managed to leave the tunnel without assistance. . Members of the train crew were able to get out of each end of the tunnel to signal approaching trains. The ac cident occurred at a time when no train was due for more than two hours, it was said. Moving to Walla Walla Mr. and Mrs. A. G. DeMerritt are! removing from Athena to Walla Wal-; la, where Mr. DeMerritt has receiv-' ed promotion by the Standard Oil; company, and giving him a resident position with the company in the Gar den City. Mr. DeMerritt, for some' time has been traveling auditor for the company, during which time his' family hai resided hert. : Senate and House Open Labors Amid Excitement Washington. Falling gavels with in and flailing police batons without sent the 71st congress, away Monday on its dying session. . Both houses met on the stroke of noon and at the very moment of as sembly police were having their hands full outside the chambers endeavoring to disperse a mob of Communists who attempted to invade, the capitol with revolutionary banners. . 5 '-; " ; Crowded galleries, looking1- for a thrill, witnessed the getaway, but it was drabber than usual. . The spectators were somewhat dis appointed in that neither Senator elect James J. Davis, republican . of Pennsylvania, . .nor , Senator - elect Pwight Morrow, republican of New Jersey, appeared to take the oath of office. . ... . , ; Davis refrained from presenting himself because had he done so, Sena tor Gerald P. Nye, republican of North Dakota, chairman of the senate campaign funds investigating com ftiittee, would have presented a mo tion for Davis to ."stand aside" until the committee can present a report 6n the amount of money used in elect ing Davis.- - ; Morrow's absence was explained by (he fact that New Jersey state can vassing board will not meet until later iio ratify officially his election. . J Death of George Corder' ' George Corder, a resident of this city for the past 20 years, died yes terday morning at the State Hospital in Pendleton, where . he was taken Several days ago for treatment'. He Was born in Ohio, and was 82 years of age at his death. Mr. Corder came to the coast from Ohio about 35 years ago. For many years he was employ ed on the Northern Pacific 1 mainten ance crew at Athena, under Foreman Ramsay. For several" months he had been in failing health before going to the hospital. He is survived by one daughter, Bessie. Corder and one son, William Corder, of Tacoma, Washington. Sells Home and Will Leave Mrs. S. F. Sharp has sold her Athe na home to Robert Carstens and in company with her son and daughter will leave in the near future for San Diego, California. Mrs. Sharp has been a resident of, Athena since 1879, when she came here with her husband, the late Dr. S. F. Sharp. Mrs. Sharp does not know definitely, at this time whether she will remain permanently in California, where her daughter, Mrs. Carrie Heinen resides. ; Winter Courses At Ore gon State College Starts To Brighten Farmers Oregon State College. With win ter Becoming more and more a time for farmers to go to school, either by way of magazines, radio or actual attendance at college short courses, uregon btate college has added sev eral short schools for this season These will cover farm crops work on seed testing and crop inspection, as wen as the annual canners' school. Announcement of the new' courses followed the " unusually successful prune growers' three-day short course which drew 120 different growers from all dried prune, counties of the state to the campus conference. These put in three days of solid study of current problems. Cherry growers of the state will hold a similar course at the college December 15 to 17 when results of the recent intensive campaign against the cherry fruit fly will be discussed, This year it was demonstrated that a directed spray program timed to ac- curacy of application, will control the pest, though much additional study is needed. r. Men interested in grain inspection work or in seed testing are offered a full term course beginning January 5 and running .to Mai-ch 20. These courses are intended for those who are connected with marketing of the northwest grain, hay or potato crops, or for those who wish to fill positions with seed houses as seed analysts. Thecc two courses are separate and are taught by different instructors, but they are arranged so both may be taken- together as well as allowing the students to take other regular courses in the college. . The annual canners' short course is a distinctive event of Oregon State college and always draws men from many states. The dates this year are January 26 to February 13. The Eagle Charm Club One of the' largest affairs of the winter season occurred Tuesday after noon when the Athena members of the Eagle Charm club entertained at at the home of Mrs. John Huffman. The rooms were beautifully decorated with a profusion of autumn ' flow ers, chrysanthemums predominating. Games and needlework occupied the fifty guests and at the tea hour the hostess served delicious refreshments. A short business session was held. The club has been organized for less than a year but is already thriving and popular. Guests other than members included, Mrs. Chet McCullough, Mrs. Charles McFarland, Mrs. Fred Bruce, Mrs. Bert Alkire and Mrs. Lee Craw ford. Those responsible for the suc cess of the affair were Mrs. J. D. Hug gins, Mrs. Will Harden, Mrs. Bunn Moore, Mrs. Henry Miller and Mrs. Ora Shigley. : '' Officers Elected McKenzie Chapter 0. E. S. held the annual election Wednesday night witft the following officers elected to serve for the ensuing "year.' Mrs, Chase Garfield .worthy matron; Mrs. Marion Hansell, associate matron; Mrs. James Cresswell, conductress; Mrs. Kohler Betts, associate conduc tress; Mrs. Louis Keen, secretary and Sadie Pambrun treasurer Installa tion will be held December 17. Lodge Officers At the regular meetinsr of Mignon ette Rebekah lodge last week, the fol lowing officers to serve for the en suing six months, were nominated: N. G.. Edna Mclntvre: V. G.. Lucille Johnston; recording secretary, Virgie Moore: financial secretary. Celia' Har den; tfcatfurcSf, Katharine" Keen. Hodgen-Montgomery , Miss lunrjorie Montgomery, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Montgom ery of Pendleton, and Clayton (Newt) Hodgen, son of Mr. and Mrs. J red Hodgen of Adams, were united in marriage at a quiet wedding in Walla Walla, at the Presbyterian manse, Monday afternoon. . Mrs. Francis Lieuallen and Mr. Kenneth Hodgen, of Adams, brother of the groom at tended the couple. Mr. and Mrs. Hodg en will reside at La Grande, where the groom is employed by the Standard Oil company. He was connected with the company's distributing station in Athena, before his transfer to La Grande. ' , Killed At Crossing Friends of Miss Elizabeth Holwager were shocked to hear of the death of her sister, Mrs. Rose Christianson and little daughter Jane of Palo Alto, California. , Mrs. Christianson was driving her little girl to school and in crossing railroad tracks had just avoided the south bound train when the car was struck by the "Lark" the north bound Southern Pacific train. Her sisters, Elizabeth, Mary and Martha left Wednesday for Palo Alto. Mrs. Christianson visited at the home of Mra. B. B.; Richards about two years ago. , ' j .' Football players Complimented Complimenting the football players of the Athena high school, a party was arranged for la:;t week, Tuesday. All high school students and the facul ty were guests and games and re freshments wore features of the en tertainment. Betty Jane Eager, Mil dred Hansell, Myrtle Campbell and Mary Tompkins acted as hostesses for the affair. ' Ex-Sheriff Improving Zoeth Houser, former sheriff of Umatilla county, who recently under went two . operations at a Portland hospital, is at the home of his daugh ter Mrs. Nona McFaul in. Echo. lie is gradually recovering, eo it is re ported. ' ' ! K.. j .'. y, f ', Buy West Side Home Ora Shigley i has purchased the former Henry' Wood norne on the' west side from Arnold Wood. The prop erty consists of a residence and lots 2 and 3 in block 3, Rose's addition, to AthSnaj I'.rrt r.T'V DEMOCRATS WAN I SPECIAL ELECTION Governor Norblad Would Appoint Settlemeir, Re publican, Outright. Sa20m- Talk of a mandamus pro :eedfriK to comoel fiovirin. m.kij . to call a special election county for the purpose of selecting a BWl abator io succeed the late Lloyd T. RevnoWa Salem Monday after it became known that the governor had announced himself as opposed to such a special election. Democrats esDeciallv. nant over the governor's attitude on the ground that it ahnta off nil v.Kan of electing a member of the minority parcy m mis county which they had considered particularly good just at this time with William A. rinlol! act the prospective candidate. Ihe governor's position, it is argued 1 is tantamount to dintatinw tha pointment of Frank Settlemeier of wooo burn to the position and a num- -ber of proeressivA RniiWiiin whA are opposed to Settlemeier's candi dacy are also said to be considerably wrought up over the situation. On the other hand the rovwnnr hna received a number of congratulations on nis stand. Members of the Marion county court, unaware that, thn ernor had declared himself as opposed 10 a special election, called at the executive office during . the day to urge BUch action and commended the governor for his action when apprais ed of his stand. The court was nnnnspd tn tha ola- tion because of its expense, involving as it wouia, tne expenditure of ap proximately $4500. It is believed here that Wal pn tri plication may crow out of ernor's plan for filling the vacancy. He wan advi.u! Viv A - ' --.vvviaivj Hi Van Winkle last week that under ' existing laws the only method for filling vacancies in the lepislntnrA ia through special election called by the governor. Marion countv democrats hnrl nl. ready planned, if the issue went to an election, to throw W. A. Dalzell into the race. Dalzell was candidate for coneress aerainst W. f! HnwW and ran far ahead of him in Marion , county. Several prospective republi can candidates were mentioned. Two Newly weds Are Jailed at Lewiston Lewiston. Two newlvweds. known to neighbors in the fashionable Lewiston Orchards residential section as honeymooners. were arrABtprf nn a moonshine charge. The couple, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Oswald, who said they were married vvaua in September, rented the house in which thev KveA ahnnt month ago. Federal acents and said they found two whiskey stills. uiic vi mem. in operation; eo gallons of whiskey and 250 gallons of mash, as well as distilling equipment. They will be arraigned before a United States commissioner. Benefit Bridge Party The Wauna trrouo of Camnfi rA crirla sponsored a benefit bridge party Saturday afternoon at thn Knlcrht. of Pythias hall. The room was made attractive by the use of varicolored chrysanthemums and was lighted by gaily shaded lamos. Rrirlr on,i pinochle were enjoyed by the guests and Mrs. Glenn Dudley and Mrs. Jess Smith won first, while second prizes were awarded to Mrs. Ralph McEwen and Mrs. L. A. Cornell, re spectively. Score cards and prizes were made bv the irirls anH wm cleverly planned. A dainty salad was served at the tea hour. The sum of sixteen dollars was realized from the affair. The group wishes to thank their friends for their kind eooDera- tion in their enterprise. Cayuse Kicked Him Frank Watkins. who formerly re sided in the north part of town, was m Athena Tuesday from his ranch southwest of Meacham. Frank was sort o' limping as the result of weak ness from a broken leg caused by a kick from a cayuse some five months ago. Mr. Watkins reports snow at Meacham, but says cattle are still browsing in open range on the breaks near his ranch. County Paya Tax Umatilla county has paid its last half of state taxes. The amount, $96, 094.45, was sent in full by check to the state treasurer Monday, by Bettye DcIIartt, county treasurer. L. L. Mann Improving L. L. Mann, who has been serious ly ill at his home in Pendleton with ulcer of the stomach, ia reported tq be slightly iirfpYoVCd.