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VOLUME 44
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, JANUARY 2, 1931
NUMBER 1
OF STATE'S
BASIC INDUSTRIES
Farm Board Is
Necessary For
Preventing Loss
Volume of Business Done in
: Oregon by Pac. Tel. &
Tel. Co. Is Huge.
The telephone business is one of
Oregon's basic industries. It is also
one of Oregon's largest employers,
The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
Company, directly serving 98,430
telephones in Portland and 151,725 in
this state, and connecting with 40,
863 Oregon telephones of other com
panies, has 2,287 Oregon employees,
1,680 of whom are Portland people,
one person for each 67 telephones di
rectly served. The annual pay roll
for Oregon in 1930 is $3,818,
281.00. Annual taxes paid in Oregon
exceed $900,000.00. The investment
in plant, equipment and working as
sets to furnish service to the people
Of Oregon exceeds $36,000,000.00.
The above facts are contained in
a statement issued by E. D. Wise,
vice-president and general manager
for the Oregon Area, The Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph Company,
and received today by J. A. Murray,
manager for the company here. '.'
The telephone business in Oregon
started at Portland in 1878 only
three, years after the telephone was
invented with an exchange of 12
subscribers. That exchange has grown
to one of almost 100,000 telephones
today. One of the company's valued
employees, J. H. Thatcher, retired
only a year ago; he was in the tele
phone business in Oregon at its be
ginning. Patrick Bacon, Portland dis
trict manager, began as a boy opera
tor more than 40 years ago. Many
of the people of the company have
records of 20, 25" and 30 years of un
interrupted service, all of it in Ore
gon. These people have long played
their part, as citizens, in the up
building of their city and state. '
It is the constant aim of the com
pany to provide adequate, dependable
and satisfactory service efficiently
and economically operated, declared
Mr. Wise. These objectives have their
basis in the company's responsibility
to the public served, the owners of
the securities of the business, and
the men and women employees who
are devoting their lives as public ser
vants. That this service may continue to
grow in usefulness it is essential
that the telephone business have the
confidence of everyone served, and to
that end it shall continue to be the
aim of The Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph Company to keep its cus
tomers fully informed about its poli
cies and progress. ,
Washington. Defending its opera
tions in the cotton and grain futures
markets, the farm board wrote Chair
man McNary of the senate agricul
ture committee, they were necessary
to prevent large financial losses and
to avoid "seriously disturbing" mar
ket conditions. ; v ;
The letter was a reply to congres
sional criticism of the board for al
lowing its agents to deal in futures
and laid the ground work for defend
ing the board against attacks which
may come after congress reconvenes.
Meanwhile Senator Steiwer, Oregon,
republican, advocated a higher tariff
on wheat, rather than imposition of
a temporary embargo as suggested by
Chairman Legge of the board.
"It is absolutely essential that ade
quate steps be taken at once to ex
clude imports of wheat," said Steiwer,
"Because the farm board has pegged
the price and if the foreign market
goes down to a point where they can
import over the duty we should be
buying Canadian wheat at the pegged
price. " -
Steiwer said he feared an embargo
on wheat would disturb our foreign
relations and he saw no reason why
the tariff commission should require
tie to investigate the adequacy of the
present 42 per cent tariff.
The farm board letter to McNary
said the wheat and cotton marketing
associations had been forced to use
the futures markets because of the
system which had been set up by
private operators.
"The cooperative marketing associa
tions in wheat and cotton are agencies
set up by farmers to market their
products in competition with private
merchants," it said. "In order to
compete for business on even terms,
these cooperatives must be in position
to give the same services and enjoy
the same advantages as a private
merchant.'
Subscription Contest Winners
In the Walla Walla Union sub
scription contest which closed Wed
nesday night, Mrs. Davison of district
No. 1 won the first choice automobile;
Miss Marguerite Woolcutt, district 3,
second choice automobile; Mrs. H. O
Mansfield of Freewater, third choice
automobile; Mrs. Ada Williams, dis
trict No. 3 fourth choice automobile;
J. L. Digh district No. 1 fifth choice
automobile. Mrs. Emery Staggs of
Weston won a $50 cash prize.
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Another Volume Completed
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Cove Man Lost in Hills
Search in the mountains east of
Union is being made for Manford
Alexander, 35, of Cove, who has been
missing since December 16, but whose
absence was not believed alarming
until he failed to keep a Christmas
dinner engagement
SUMMER HEAT ON WINTER'S HIGHWAYS
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"A far cry from the old foot warmers to the modern heating and ventilat
ing system of the Union Pacific Stages," says General Agent McCredie.
Some of us remember the old soap-
stone foot warmers and the hot flat
irons that mothers used to wrap up
In an old quilt to keep our feet warm
as we drove off to town In the now
extinct buggy. No matter how warm
one dressed it' was always a wonder
ful comfort to take a little heat along
on winter trips. -
General Agent W. I "Mac" Mc
Credie of the- Union Pacific Stages
remembers the old foot warmer so
well that he has a real appreciation
of, warm motor coaches. He has just
returned to Portland from a trip over
the Union Pacific Stages' lines, spent
In , inspecting the modern hot water
heaters which keep the motor coaches
as- comfortable as home. Each ot
the do luxe transcontinental motor
coaches has a new type heater in the
front and the rear utilizing hot water
from the water jacket of the engine
The beat is circulated by means of
electric fans.
"Warm winter travel is our motto."
said Mr. McCredie, "and we have in
Struct ed our driven to watch the car
temperatures, carefully maintaining
summer heat. As our coaches are
now equipped this is easily accom
plished but, ot course, requires care
ful attention.
"We will give unfailing service this
winter regardless of snow, blizzards
or 'silver thaws' for if the roads be
come impassable at . any point our
main line passengers are immediately
transferred to the Union Pacific trains
whose lines we parallel. This inter
change between our stages and the
trains of the Union Pacific, is a fea
ture ot added reliability which any
one' making a trip should consider.
Many1 transcontinental travelers were
transferred to the trains crossing the
Continental Divide last winter when
the weather was severe and arrived
at their destination on time. A high
way blockade in the Columbia Gorge
or in Wyoming merely means that we
send stage passengers without addi
tional ccst on onr trains to points be
yond the blockaded road where tbey
are transferred back to the Union Pa
cific Stages.
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Geo.M.Banister
Succumbs After
a Long Sickness
After long weeks of intense suf
fering from cancer, George M. Ban
ister died at his Athena home Satur
day morning.
i Mr. Banister became seriously af
flicted early last spring. Later he
went to a Portland clinic where an
. operation was decided upon as a last
resort m nopes oi Denenttmg the
patient. He withstood the operation
with courage and fortitude and re
turned to his home here where every
consideration and care was given
him. Gradually he failed and his
death had been expected for some
time.
Mr. Banister was born at Dillon,
Montana, April 7, 1865. When a boy
his family moved to California and
later came to Morrow county and then
to Umatilla county. He engaged in
farming, and several years ago re
tired and spent several winters
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Former Athena Teacher
In, Social Service Work
Miss Mildred Bateman who spent
Christmas with her parents in Milton
called on Athena friends during the
week. 4
Miss Bateman, who was formerly
English teacher in the local hieh
school and most popular here is now
doing social service work in Portland.
She is employed by Multnomah coun
ty and the division in which she
works has charge of more than 100
dependent children. . It is the duty of
the workers to place the children in
orphanages or families where board
is paid partially by relatives, when
they can be reached, or by the the
county.
A car is furnished Miss Bateman
and much of her time is taken up in
making visits upon these unfortu
nates. Seven dozen packages of
candy, fruit, nuts and at least one
article of clothing were made up by
the division. Miss Bateman drove
forty miles the day before Christmas
delivering the packages and the
happy smiles of the recipients were
"pay in full" for the effort. Toys
furnished by stores, , friends and
charitable organizations assisted in
the Christmas .cheer dispensed.
Miss Bateman s visit home was a
complete surprise to her and her
relatives and was granted . as an
award of merit for good work dur
ing her past year. She returned to
her. duties Sunday.
Nearly 133 Million State
Incomes Noted for 1928
Washington. A net income of
$132,839,673 was" shown by 29,333
persons, in Oregon who filed federal
tax returns for 1928 incomes, in
spection of records show.
Of the 29,333 returns made, how
ever, only 18,619 incomes were tax
able, and the total amount to $2,387,
276. The average net' income return
was $4,528, and the average income
tax per return was $81.39.
Corporations of Oregon showed a
gross income of $512,331,508, with de
ductions of $482,946,744. They paid
a tax amounting to $2,736,918.
Multnomah county led in number
of returns made, with 17,518. Marion
county was next with 1047, of which
795 were from Salem. Klamath was
next with 931, and then Lane with
927, and Umatilla with 907.
Friends Entertained
A small group of friends was en-
Athena Leaguers Win
From Adams Losing
the "Has -Been" Game
Despite .the valuable services of
Jack Calder, doughty Sussex cricket
eer, Ote Lieuallen was a wee bit too
heavy for the Athena "has-beens" in
Friday night's preliminary basketball
game on the local floor. With the as
sistance of a couple more Lieuallens
from down Adams way, he won the
contest, 18 to 2..
The game was a stellar attraction
while it lasted, being parceled out to
the audience in four 5-minute per
iods. Bill Kirk, Lisle Gray, Lloyd
Michener Art Douglas, H. H. Law
rence and a few others took a whirl
in giving the crowd its money's
worth. The contest was so good that
more of the same is promised in the
future.
For three periods Tuck Hodgen's
Adams leaguers held Athena but in
the fourth stanza there was nothing
to it but the home athletes. At the
close of the first quarter Adams led,
6 to 2. Athena came up in the sec
ond, the half ending Adams 12, Athe
na 11. The third period closed with
Adams 19, Athena 17. In the last
period Athena rolled up 11 points,
Adams staying at 19. Final score:
Athena 30. Adams, 19.
Taylor and W. Pinkerton, forwards;
Harden, center; D. Pinkerton and
Hodgeri guards was the Athena start
ing lineup. Myrick substituted for
Harden, W. Pinkerton going to center.
Sorority House Fire
On University Campus
A fire in the Alpha Delta Pi sorority
house on University of Oregon cam
pus Friday evening, entailed but lit
tle or no loss to house members who
had clothing in the building.
The original fire damaged the sor
ority house about $1000 but after the
department had withdrawn its ap
paratus,' flames again broke out in
the same building. This time they
made greater headway and damage
totaled several thousand dollars.
No one was living in the house, all
sorority members being at their
homes for the Christmas vacation. It
had recently been remodeled at con
siderable expense. Most of the fur
nishings were removed but some
were damaged by fire and water.
Complimentary To Mrs. Bowles
Complimenting Mrs. Sarah Jane
Bowles, Mrs. F. S. LeGrow enter-
Murder Victim Identified
As Smiley of Walla Walla
Walla Walla. Walla Walla county
was tied into a murder mystery in
Yakima county Monday . when it
was discovered that the body of the
murder victim, found in an isolated
spot 12 miles from Mabton Christ
mas day, was that of Frank Smiley,
46, former Walla Walla resident.
Fingerprints sent to the state peni
tentiary from Yakima checked with
prints taken in Pendleton in Septem
ber 1929, when Smiley was arrested
there on a drunken driving charge.
At the same time the Oregon bureau
of identification located at Portland
announced that prints of the slain
man, sent out by Yakima officers,
checked with another Bet of prints
sent from Pendleton.
Last Thursday Yakima officers
found Smiley's body, with the skull
crushed, in a ravine, wrapped in a
piece of blood-stained canvas. The
body had apparently been in the ra
vine for nearly two days before be
ing discovered, officers pointed out.
Clues as to who Smiley's assailant
or assailants might be are few, ac
cording to reports from Yakima.
Smiley's widow, who lives near Col
lege Place, told officers that she had
not sen her husband since last fall,
when he came here for a short visit
and then left. She said they had been
separated, and she was not posted as
to his movements after he left here.
Mrs. Smiley was to leave here to ar
range for burial of Mr. Smiley and if
possible assist officers in locating the
murderer.
tertained informally at the McEwen taJned Snformaljy at bridge FrSday
home Monday evening with Edwin
and Ralph, Jr., as hosts. Two tables
of bridge were in play and Miss
Helen Hansell held high score and
George Gross received the consola
tion. Supper was served at a pret
tily appointed table centered with
holly and red tapers. Those enjoy
ing, the hospitality of the "twins"
included, Kathleen and Fred Radtke,
Alberta Charlton, Helen Hansell, Jes
siedeane Dudley and George Gross.
Payne With Jensen
Ed Payne of Walla Walla who is
well known in Athena, has become
associated with the A. M. Jensen
Company store as manager and buyer
for the men's department. Mr. Payne
who engaged in the clothing busi
ness in Walla Walla in 1898 re
tired sometime ago when the firm of
Payne' A Jaycox closed out and re
tired" from basinets.
afternoon. Bowls of red berries and
Christmas greens decorated the rooms
where two tables were in play. Mrs.
Henry Dell received the award for
high score and Mrs. Littlejohn the
consolation. Dainty confections and
refreshments were served by the
hostess at the tea hour. Those pres
ent were Mrs. Ralph McEwen, Mrs.
W. S. Ferguson, Mrs. H. I. Watts,
Mrs. Marion Hansell, Mrs. W, P.
Littlejohn the honoree and hostess.
Milton Won 48-35
, With two players half ill with the
flu, the Athena Athletics played the
Milton Mavericks at Milton, Tuesday
night. Milton won, 48 to 35. The
half closed in a. tie, 21-21. Athena
plays at Adams Tuesday night. It
will be a double-header event, with
the Athena ."has beens" and the
Adams "use-to-bes" clashing again
in th preliminary game.
Annual Report of Coun
ty Dairy Improvement
The annual report of the Umatilla
County Dairy Improvement associa
tion was recently compiled by Wil
liam Kernhamp, official tester for
the association at Hermiston, and
shows among other interesting items
that the feed cost in the production
of one pound of butterfat was 18.7
cents with the association cows.
The report covers the past twelve
months of the work of the associa
tion, which has just completed its
second successful year. The number
of cows tested during the year was
664, and the number completing the
12 months testing was 380. The
average pounds of milk produced per
cow was 6198 pounds and of butter-
fat 300.73 pounds. The total average
feed cost per cow was given at $56.45
and the average profit above feed cost
per cow was $65.80.
The use of purebred sires is being
adopted by a majority of the mem
bers of the association, the report
showing that 45 members are using
purebred sires. A total of 104
"boarder cows" were culled out from
the herds during the year and sold
for beef.
The officers of the "association in
clude L. C. Dyer, president; S. R.
Cooper, secretary-treasurer. Bertha
Cool, A. R. Coppock and W. A.
Chaney, directors.
New Night Watchman
Henry Booher is serving the City
of Athena as nightwatchman. Mr.
Booher joined the police force for
duty, Monday night. This new ad
dition to law enforcement in Athena
is found necessary to give merchants
and business men protection from
burglaries which are constantly in
creasing throughout tho state.
in
California. On October 8. 1893 he
was married to Miss Margaret Lieu-
alien who with one adopted daughter,
Mrs. Ralph Hayme of Burns, sur
vives. He also leaves four brothers
Bern Banister of Freewater; John
Banister of Weston; Sam Banister of
Enterprise, and Scott Banister, of
Palouse.
Mr. Banister was a member of the
Woodmen of the World and the First
Baptist church of Athena. The fu
neral was held there Monday after
noon at two o'clock, Rev. M. J. Bently,
a former pastor of the church and
Rev. Gowan of Dayton, Wash., con
ducted the services. A quartet, Mrs.
Otha Reeder, Mrs. E. O. Lee, Mr,
Kohler Betts and Mr. Louis Stewart
sang, and Mrs. David Stone of Wal
la Walla sang: "Goin' Home." Pall
bearers were Hugh, James T. Lieual
len, Jr., and Lawrence Lieuallen,
Raymond Banister, George Banister,
Jr., and Jesse Gordon.
District Convention In
stalls for County Lodges
Officers recently elected by the dif
ferent Masonic lodges of Umatilla
county, were installed Saturday eve
ning at the Masonic District conven
tion, held at Pendleton, in I. O. O. F.
hall.
The officers were installed by Past
Grand Master Aiken and the princi
pal address of the evening was de
livered by Past Grand Master George
T. Cochran. The following officers to
serve Dolph Lodge No. 80 for the en
suing year were installed:
Worshipful Master, Kohler Betts;
Senior Warden, Frank DeFreece;
Junior Warden, Lewis Berlin; trea
surer, H. G. Hoffman; secretary, Fay
Pambrun; senior deacon, Gordon
Watkins; junior deacon, James Bell;
senior steward, A. R. Coppock; jun
ior Bteward, L. M. Keen; marshal!,
Clarence Tubbs, tyler, Charles Smith;
chaplain, Samuel Pambrun.
The Masters and Wardens associa
tion of this district was instrumental
in arranging for the installation and
over 200 Masons were present during
the joint meeting. A Dutch lunch
was enjoyed following the installa
tion ceremonies. ,
B. B. Club Dinner
The gentlemen members of the B.
B. club in honor of the lady mem
bers of the club, served a bounteous
three-course turkey dinner assisted
by Mrs. Ora Smith, at the A. W.
Douglas home, Wednesday evening at
6:30. A prettily appointed table ef
fective with kewpies denoting Master
New Years' arrival, served for covers
for seventeen guests. Dainty place
cards, reminders of the approaching
new year were in evidence and car
ried out the motif of the occasion.
After dinner the guests repaired to
the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. W.
Logsdon, where four tables, of bridge
were in play until the hour of twelve.
Mrs. Douglas received high score for
the evening and each guest was pre
sented with a gift. The ladies were
unanimous in declaring the men to
be very gracious hosts and admirable
entertainers.
Plethora of Thievery Run
ning Gamut of Shop Lift
ing To Robbery.
Have Christmas Party
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Laur
ence Pinkerton was the scene of a gay
party Christmas day. The guests
were bidden for dinner and included
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Hammer, of
Walla Walla; Mr.- and Mrs. Alva
Blalock and children Shirley and Roy
of Pendleton; Mr. and Mrs. Lisle
Gray and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ad
Pinkerton, Wayne Pinkerton, J. V.
King, Mr. and Mrs. William Elder
and Jewell Pinkerton.
Athena Hi at Weston '
Athena high school and Weston Hi
meet on the Weston floor next Wed
nesday evening in the first of two
district basketball games of the season.
Flour $5.60 per Barrel
Flour has dropped to the lowest
level since the war and is selling at
$3.C0 a barrel, according to miller.
The apprehension of Charles Hog
gard, 13, and Wallace Chamness, 16,
by local officials has put a crimp in
a plethora of thievery which has for
some time been running the gamut of
crime from petty shoplifting to night
robberies of one store and the Athe
na post office.
While it is alleged suspicion had
been directed to the. two boys, it was
the robbery of the postoffice Satur
day night by Hoggard, single hand
ed and his subsequent disposal of a
pair of gloves, a part of the loot,
that flattened out previous denials
and left him open to quizzing which
eventually resulted in the officers
gaining full information regarding
the juvenile crime wave.
Aside from petty shoplifting from
stores and at least one garage on
Main street, the first major job the
two pulled was on Thursday night,
December 18, when, so young Hog
srard tells the officers, he stood guard
in front of the Red and White store
while Chamness went in at the rear
door and secreted himself in the back
room. Later, Mr. Montague, one of
the proprietors, closed the back door
and went to lodge. When he return
ed later, the till had been robbed of
$26.90, and the rear door was open.
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j. ne yuMiuwce roouery iqok place
Saturday night. Young Hoggard went
to Pendleton with Leroy McCubbins,
attended a show there and when they
"returned to Athena McCubbins let
the boy out on Main street. Instead
of going home he pried open one of
the office delivery windows, crawled
through and came out with six par
cel post packages, one of which con
tained the pair of gloves that eventu
ally proved to be his undoing when
he traded them to another boy for an
old violin. A postal inspector was
here Tuesday, checking up on the
postoffice robbery.
The Chamness boy, being the older,
is believed to have influenced the
Hoggard lad in going wrong, He is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Cham
ness, of Reed and Hawley Mountain.
He has been here since school started
and works for his board at the Athe
na Hotel.
Officers say that the loot obtained
by the two boys, besides the cash
from the Red and White store and
the parcels from the postoffice, in
cludes knives, gun shells, a spotlight,
handkerchiefs, neckties, hoods, cig
arettes, candy and cigarette lighters,
all pilfered at different times from
local stores.
Accompanied by Marshal Miller,
Councilman Rogers, and Recorder
Richards and William Hoggard,
Charles Hoggard was taken before
the juvenile court at Pendleton Tues
day afternoon, where he was paroled
to his father with instructions tore
port once a week to Recorder Richards.
Young Chamness departed from
Athena at the close of school for the
Christmas holidays for Grass Valley
to visit relatives. A warrant was is
sued for his arrest and a deputy from
the sheriff's office went after him.
He was brought to Athena yester
day and today will probably appear -before
the Juvenile court in Pendleton.
Neighbors of Woodcraft
The Neighbors of Woodcraft will
install officers Tuesday evening, Jan
uary 6th as follows: P. G. N. Sarah
Ellen Moore; G. N. Eva Mae Doug
las; adviser, Luella Pinkerton; clerk,
Lola Payne; banker, Celia Harden;
magician, Stella Keen; attendant,
Minnie DePeatt; captian of guards,
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unarioue uicKenson; nag nearer,
Cora Mclntyre; inner sentry, Laura
Gross; outer sentry, Mary McKay;
musician, Adele McEwen; corres
pondent, Cecil Kibbey; managers,
Stella Kershaw, Sarah Gross, Maria
Pinkerton. The installing officer will
be Sarah Ellen Moore and all mem
bers are requested to be present.
Athletics Play Walla Walla
The Athena Athletics play the Wal
la Walla town team tonight on the
Athena high school gym court. A
preliminary game will be played by
the "old heads,", a Walla Walla ag
gregation and the Athena "has beens"
commencing at 7:15. The Walla
Walla town team is said to be com
posed of good players and a close
contest is expected. The preliminary
will be in a class by itself and is
expected to furnish a bushel of fun.
Echo Pioneer Dies
Amos Hammer, 82, for the past
thirty years a resident of Echo, died
Sunday evening after an illness of
two and a half weeks from heart
trouble. Mr. Hammer is survived by
hi wldoV at Echti. -