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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 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 rery lowest rates. Fast presses, modern types, modern work, prompt delivery. - Entered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mail Matter VOLUME 44 ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, JANUARY 9, 1931 NUMBER 2 LOCAL OFFICERS HUNT FOR BAKER Suspected Slayer of Smiley Supposed to Have Been At Weston. Washington state officers are trying to locate Mr. and Mrs. Charlie 0, Baker, wanted for questioning in con nection with the death of Frank Smiley, whose body was found wrap ped in canvas on the Mabton-Bickle ton highway Christmas day. Police believe the Bakers were associated with Smiley in bootlegging. A lonely ranch shack said to contain camping equipment of the Bakers showed signs of a violent battle, deputy sheriffs said. Walls and the floor were cover ed with stains of what may be blood. A hammer, covered with clotted blood and hair was found, officers declare. The above information was con tained in press dispatches sent out from Eastern Washington. Early Sunday morning a couple of young men en route to Milton from Condon stopped their car on Main street and gave a description of Baker to night policeman Booher, saying that the sheriff at Condon had re quested them to give information to such officers" as they might meet on their way to Milton. They drove on toward Milton and after a time returned post-haste and informed the Athena officer that they had accosted Baker at Weston, where he was standing on a street corner, inquiring of him if he was the city night watchman. They said Baker asked what they wanted with the of ficer, at the same time drawing a gun from his pocket. They said from the description given them by the sheriff at Condon they knew him to be Baker, and told him they had lost something out of their car and wanted to inform the Weston officer about it. He then got in a Dodge car bearing an Oregon license which had been issued for a Ford machine. The young men said they caught the first three numbers on the license plate, 136.-. It is alleged the license plate on the car driven by Baker bears the num erals 136,431. Marshal Miller was called and join ed Booher and the two young men and proceeded to Weston, but no trace of the man accosted by the two young men could be located" there. However, automobile tracks, ap parently freshly made,, led from the end of the highway on lower Water street, over the road due north from that town. After going to State Line the Athena officers gave up the hunt and returned. Federal Judge Bean Dies At His Portland Home Portland. Fedefal Judge Robert S. Bean died at his home here Wednes day from a heart attack. He was 78 years old. Judge Bean was on the bench Tues day and appeared in good health. Members of his family said he retir ed early in the evening although he was not ill. During his many years on the fed eral bench, a procession of the most famous cases in Oregon litigation passed before him. He conducted a formal court. One of his most recent cases was the cross-state railroad hearing at which he sat with Judges Dietrich and McNary. A few days after this case was concluded Judge Dietrich died suddenly in Boise and the case was later re-heard before Judges Bean, McNary and Rudkin. No decision had been rendered as to the second hearts- XChiefs Son Weds Walla Walla Union: Bad roads are looked upon with disgust by most people, but when a capital 'R' starts off the last word in that phrase, it, or rather the name, is respected by the Indians down on the Umatilla Reservation, for old Jim Bad Roads is chief of the Cayuses. Old Jim's son Bill, or better known as Willy Bad Roads, and Louise Van Pelt, slipped : up to Walla Walla from Pendleton and obtained a marriage license at the county auditor's office. It is not known, when and by whom they were married. Unconstitutional The state supreme court, in an opinion written by Justice Belt, holds unconstitutional the Oregon law au thorizing the governor to postpone or suspend the open season for hunting. The opinion affirmed Judge Bagley of the Tillamook county circuit court j in the case of the state of Oregon against George Burckhard. Burkhard was arrested on September 25, 1929, for killing a deer, after Governor Norblad had issued a proclamation closing the hunting season for an in definite" peViod tt thai ! Plane Scores Record, Salt Lake'Portland Portland. Roaring through the air at an average speed of 2.1 miles a minute, a loaded mail plane of the Varney Air lines set a new. record Monday for the two-stop flight be tween Salt Lake City and Portland at 5 hours and 35 minutes. The dist ance covered was 726 miles. This new mark, made possible by a southerly wind which whipped the heavy biplane along throughout the flight, exceeds by approximately 30 minutes the best time made between the two cities. The total elapsed time, including stops for fuel at Boise, Idaho, and Pasco, Wash., was 6 hours and 13 minutes, or ten minutes faster than the previous elapsed time rec ord. Another new record, from Salt Lake City to Seattle, also was made on the same flight when Louis Gold smith flew the plane from Swan Island airport to Boeing field, 147 miles, in exactly one hour. This made a total flying time of 6 hours and 35 minutes for the 881 miles from Salt Lake City to Seattle. Jack O'Brien took off from Salt Lake City at 12:35 a. m., after be ing held up two hours by the trans continental mail planes, and flew the 320 miles to Boise, Idaho. Howard Fey piloted the plane over the 220 miles between Boise and Pasco, Wash., and Al Davis was at the con trols on the 186 mile lap between Pasco and Portland, arriving at Swan Island airport at 6:48 a. m. The motors were not raced on the flight, one plane being used all the way, and no effort was made to make it a record run, acording to Varney Air line officials. The scheduled flying time between Salt Lake City and Portland is 7 hours and 40 minutes. Board of Control Is To Recommend Payments Salem. Following up a recommen dation Governor Norblad . has an nounced he will make in his message and a suggestion made by . State Bud get Director Kozer several months ago the state board of control will re commend in its report to the' legisla ture that inmates of certain state in stitutions, who are financially able to do so, be required to pay for their maintenance. - '- The board will recommend that a charge of $4.50 a week be assessed against inmates of the state insane hospitals and the state institution for the feeble-minded. It is estimated that revenues from these sources would be about $200,000 a year.-. In the case of inmates of the insane hospitals who are unable to pay and whose mental affliction is due to the in firmities of old age it will be recom mended that the counties from which they are committed be required to pay at the rate of $4.50 a week. The board proposes to use this means to combat the practice of some county courts of sending their aged indigents to the state hospitals. Relative to the state tuberculosis hospitals the board will recommend that inmates pay $15 a week for maintenance and medical care or such part of that amount as they are able to pay. To pass on the cases of inmates committed to Oregon institutions but the legality of whose residence in the state is uncertain, the board will urge the creation of a deportation bureau. This would be within the board's own organization. Purchase by the state of the Jar- man-Steiner building, which now houses the state printing office, is recommended. The cost of the build ing was $86,000. It is estimated that rentals would pay for it in 14 years. Walla Walla Takes Gas By a big majority for the measure, almost 10 to 1, the natural gas fran chise carried in Walla Walla, Tues day. By the terms of the franchise which is for a term of 25 years, the Northwestern Natural Gas company must begin construction of the dis tributing plant with two years, and it must furnish a half million cubic feet of merchantable gas to the city daily. Hearing Is Planned . The Oregon public service commis sion announced it will hold a hearing on the supplementary application of the Great Northern railroad for re location of its extension south of Kla math Falls. The commission will sit with the California public service commission at a hearing in Klamath Falls, Tuesday, Feb. 10, for and in behalf of the interstate commerce commission. 01 What's It Going to Be? D jff-"- l. II , Ralph Budd, Great North ern President Says Rail -roads Should Merge Lines Des Moines. Ralph Budd. president of the Great Northern railway, urges the consolidation of railroads to- re duce expenses. Addressing the Des Moines cham ber of commerce, Budd said the con dition of railroads has been brought into sharp relief by the present eco nomic situation and the variety of competition they face. The great Northern head, however, forecasted that returning normal business conditions would be as ef fective for railroads as for other lines of industry. Declaring railroads should be given more leeway in extending the score of their activities, Budd said that "Rail way executives know that transporta tion by water, by highway, by pipe line and by air will and should de velop, each in its economic sphere, as a matter of normal progress." Budd added transportation by natur al waterways is the cheapest of all, but he expressed doubt as to the prof itableness of development of artificial waterways. As to highways bus and freight lines, Budd urged a more complete regulation for all common carriers using highways, not only as an aid to railroads but to assure elimination of uncontrolled competition between highway operators. Railways, Budd concluded, should be permitted to operate ships, bus and truck lines in an effort to co ordinate all forms of transportation, both to improve service and avoid waste, and that railroads should be "encouraged to reduce expenses in every reasonable way, including the making of appropriate consolida tions. Whiteman-Earle Athena friends of Shelby White- man of Walla Walla will be interest ed to hear of his marriage last Sun day afternoon in Eugene to Miss June Barbara Earle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh H. Earle of Eugene. Mr. Whiteman is a son of Mr. and Mrs." C. O. Whiteman of Walla Wal la. The marriage was solemnized at the home of the bride's parents, with the Rev. White, pastor of the Epis copal church officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Whiteman expect to make their home in Eugene, where Mr. White man is manager of the General Fin ance company. Price of Flour Drops Portland. Cheap wheat has brought about another drop in Portland flour prices. Millers Monday announced a decline of 20 cents a barrel, effective immediately, on all grades of family and bakers' flour. The best family patents are now quoted at $5.60 a barrel. This is the lowest price that flour has sold for in Portland since before the war. It is also $8.15 a barrel less than flour bought soon af ter the war, for the wholesale mar ket price then was $13.75 a barrel Athena High School Takes Game at Weston Athena high school, playing its first district conference game since the holidays, defeated Weston high school on the Weston court Wednes day evening by the score of 21 to 14. The game was one of the fastest and cleanest played in this section so far this season, only two players one on each team going out on fouls. The game was refereed by Eddie Buck be fore a large crowd of spectators. Athena led at the half, 7 to 6. Athena forged ahead in the last half, scoring 14 points while Weston was making 8. Crowley was high scorer for Athena with 10 and McConnel led for Weston with 8. Tonight Athena high school and freshmen teams play Mac-Hi at Mil ton. Friday, January 16, a boys and girls double header will be played on the Athena court, with Griswold high school of Helix, being the opponents. A. E. Page of Walla Walla Sells Interest In Company Sale of the A. E. Page Machinery company, established at Walla Walla twelve years ago by A. E. Page, to W. C. Braden, of that city and J. V. Bell of Pendleton, was announced by Mr. Page. The new owners took charge of the business Saturday. Mr. Bradeh, formerly associated with the Braden Auto Parts company, will have charge of the Walla Walla office, while Mr. Bell a native of Umatilla county, will have charge of the Pendleton office. Mr. Bell has been associated with the Page com pany for a number of years. The A. E. Page corporation was formed in 1927 when the company extended its operations into' Oregon. At the present time the company operates in Morrow and Umatilla counties, Oregon, and J Walla Walla and Columbia counties, Washington. Over 600 tractors have been sold in its territory by the company in recent years. Ice On Salt Lake Great Salt Lake, one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world, has suc cumbed to the cold long regarded as next to impossible. Ice was found on the lake for the first time in the history' 61 the Wefethgr bureau hefe. Burg a Home Place Mr. and Mrs. Roy Russell have pur chased twenty acres of land from Casper Woodward, west of Athena. The place is the farm home plot un til recently owned by Mr, and Mrs. D. T. Stone. The place, which was formerly the home of the late Jerry Stone, is improved with a farm house, barn, and outbuildings including modem poultry hWuSW. U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals Makes Ruling New York. The U. S. circuit court of appeals has held the 18th amend ment was constitutionally adopted.lt made its ruling in a decision un animously affirming the conviction of Louis E. Thibault of Windsor, Vt.. accused of possessing and selling two pints of whisky. The appelate court thus took a con trary view to that expressed in New ark, N. J., recently by Federal Judg William Clark, who held the 18tn amendment was illegally adopted. The decision declared that the su preme court already had decided that "the amendment had been lawfully proposed and ratified and had become a part of the constitution and must be respected and given effect the same as the other provisions of that instrument." Inheritance Tax High State inheritance taxes received by State Treasurer Kay for the year 1930 aggregate $1,165,294.12. Of this amount $970,050.44 is from receipted estates on which settlement has been completed, and $195,243.68 is un receipted pending settlement of will contests and other litigation. "Lefty" Kretzer, who is employed by the Union Oil company at Pen dleton" vUltetf frieWli' id AthVh'a Athena Athletics Lose a League Game To Adams Win From Walla Walla The Athena Athletics of the Blue Mountain Basketball league, lost to the Adams team Tuesday night by the score of 42 to 19. Athena went to the neighboring town with their lineup intact, some of the boys hav ing recovered from bad colds. The Adams team was reinforced by the clever floor work and basket shoot ing of Gemmel and Karstens, mem bers of Bill King's Helix Red Devils. The old men's preliminary game was also won by Adams, by the score of 12 to 10. Friday night of last week the Ath letics won from the Presbyterian church team of Walla Walla, 50 to 38. The preliminary between the old men and the kids was taken by the old men, by a small margin. . Tomorrow night Athena plays the Oregon Bakery team of Pendleton on the Athena court. A preliminary game is scheduled between the "Fats" and the "Leans." It is said the "Fats" will line up about this way: John Stanton, Arnold Wood, Joe Payne, Leon Miller, Bryce Baker, Art Douglas and . Laurence Pinkerton. Not much of a line can be had on the personnel of the "Leans" but the sports editor hears that the following are prospects: Slim Miller, Will Kirk, Lisle Gray, Charlie Payne, Ike Phillips and Slim Harris. It is possible that Jack Calder will come over from Weston to assume the responsible position of referee. . Lost Pilot Safe J. Russell Cunningham, air mail pilot, who was forced to land in the mountains near Oakridge Thursday of last week, arrived in that town Friday evening, after walking through the snow all of Thursday night. He was forced down near Summit Lake, on the' headwaters of the Willamette river. His plane settled among trees and deep snow prevented a crackup. He remained in the warm cabin of the plane for two hours until daylight, when he followed the creek from the outlet of the lake until he came to a trail. He found cougar tracks in the trail and when he would lose the trail he would return again to the cougar tracks, and the trail finally led him to a trappers cabin where he com mandeered an automobile and drove into Oakridge. A number of planes were engaged in a search for him. Pinochle Club A most enjoyable meeting of the Pinochle club occurred Wednesday evening with all members present. The club was entertained at dinner at the home of Mrs. Phillip Remillard near Thorn Hollow. Following din ner four tables of Pinochle were in play and high score for the evening was made by Mrs. George Brace and Ed Montague and the awards for low score was presented to Miss Lois Smith and George Brace. The next meeting will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jess Smith Thursday eve ning, December 22, when the mem bers are bidden for an old fashioned oyster supper. O. D. O. Club A social afternoon was enjoyed by members of the O. D. O. club at the home of Mrs. Jess . Smith Friday afternoon. At the tea hour the host ess was assisted in serving by Mrs, Ltfuis SteVarf. Chamness Boy Paroled Wallace Chamness appeared before the juvenile court in Pendleton Fri day, and was paroled to his aunt who resides at Grass Valley, Oregon. On the boy's return here from Grass Val ley, where he spent the holidays, he was taken to Pendleton and after the hearing, was immediately placed on parole by the court. The boy's mother has been dead for several years, and the aunt has wanted the boy to make his home with her. Government to Stop Gambling Grain Futures Washington. The administration nas moved to put a legislative curb on speculating in the pram futures markets. Companion bills placing drastic re strictions on the market oneratinn were introduced by Senator Capper of Kansas and Renresentative Dickinnnn of Iowa, republicans. Capper said the measure bore the endorsement of the Department of Aericulture. Early consideration will be criven but Chairman McNary of the senate agriculture committee said the heavy calendar would forestall immediate action, The legislation would bar foreiira governments from operating through any representatives on the grain ex changes without first obtaining ap proval of the Secretarv of Afirirul- ture. Secretary Hyde has complained oi tne operations oi soviet Kussia on the exchange. Another nrovision would nlace a limit of 2,000,000 bushels on the amount of gram future which may be traded in for speculative purposes in one day bv a single individual or firm. This restriction, however, would not apply to hedging operations. The measure would require licens ing? of all commission merchants. brokers and correspondents handling or executing orders lor iuture de livery. Inaugural Ball Will Be a Monster Affair Salem. The third inaugural ball ever held in the history of Oregon, which follows the inaugural cere monies of Governor-Elect Julius L. Meier Monday, will eclipse anything of its kind in size and color, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas E. Riley, as sistant adjutant general of the state, in charge of general arrangements, announced. A special Southern Pacific train, leaving Portland at 6:30 Monday evening, will bring the large Portland delegation to the formal event, he an nounced, and representatives from every city in the state will be present. A crowd of 2,000 persons is expected, necessitating arrangements for the overflow from the armory to rooms in the Marion hotel. Patriotic colors will predominate in decorations, along with seasonal flowers and evergreens, displayed to greater advantage by special lighting arrangements. Two orchestras will provide music. Rehearing Is Denied In Woodman Fight Denver. The state supreme court has denied the application for a re hearinc in the case of the Woodmen of the World, headquarters in Denver, and also denied the request for a modification of the decree, sought by camp officers of the organization. The court only recently decided an amendment to the constitution of the organization changing the form of insurance had not been legally adopt ed. The Woodmen head camp will meet i Denver soon to reconsider readop- tion of the amendment. McKenzie Chapter McKenzie Chapter, O. E. S. met at Masonic Hall Wednesday evening. The feature of the evening's work was the reception of two new mem bers, Mrs. Armond DeMerritt and Miss Helen Hansell who received tne initiatory degrees. The following of ficers were installed by Arthur Cop nock. Worthy Patron: Zenna Pinker- ton, treasurer; Stella Radtke, Chap lain; Adele McEwen, organist; Helen Hansell Adah; and Anna Littlejohn, Warden. Mrs. Floyd Pinkerton sang a pleasing solo, "Keep on hopin'." and a social hour was enjoyed following the closing of chapter, when Mrs. Kohlcr Betts, Mrs. uordon watKins and Mrs. James Cresswell served seasonable refreshments at prettily appointed tables. $ o' 4 Club . Four tables of bridge including members of the 3 o' 4 club and in vited guests were entertained at the home of Mrs. R. D. Blatchford Wed nesday afternoon of last week. High club score was made by Mrs. Justin Harwood and high guest score by Mrs. Chase Garfield. New members were welcomed including Mrs. M. I. Miller, Mrs. Donald Johnson and Mrs. G'oYdVn- Watkin. , ' CORN CROWNED 15 WHEAT PIT'S IG Grain Ruler of Pits for 84 Years Gives Way to a More Active Cereal. Chicago. The dynasty of wheat is at an end. The board of trade has chosen a native king. Ruler of the pits these 84 years in the world's greatest grain mart wheat will be deposed next Monday as the trade acknowledges the native maize as market leader. The formal gesture of a new al legiance will be the transfer of corn trading intd the larger pit now oc cupied by wheat buyers and sellers. Evicted, the wheat trade moves to the lesser pit. But this is only a gesture. Hand writing that foretold wheat's abdi cation had been chalked up on the walls of the vast trading hall in the board of trade's new monument home for many weeks. "This move," said the terse an nouncement on the change in pits, "was necessitated by steadily dimin ishing activity in wheat trading and a resultant increase of interest in the corn market." Graphic evidence of the trade's de sertion from its old monarch was seen in a comparison of future trading volume Wednesday and a year ago. The flying fingers that signalled bids and acceptances across the fren zied pit in dramatic sessions of its more than four score years bought and sold less than one-fourth the vol ume of wheat Wednesday that was traded a year ago; they traded nearly four times the quantity of corn. The figures: Wheat futures: Jan. 6, 1931-11,470,- 000 bushels; 193047,990,000. Corn futures sales: Jan. 6, 1931 28,496,000 bushels; 19307,329,000. The government's entry into the wheat pit coincided with the retire ment of the private trader into an at- . titude of watchful aloof oness. Pythian Installation The officers for Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 29 were installed Thurs day evening, January 8, 1931 as fol lows: C. C, William Coppock; V. C, W. J. Kirk; P., Frank Williams; M. of W. Lew McNair; K. of R. and S. Velton Read; M. of F., Ernest Dun can; M. of E., F. B. Radtke; M. at A., Harold Kirk; I. G., Melvin Cop pock; 0. G., C. E. 0. Montague; Trustee for three years, A. R. Cop- pock. Governor Meier Appoints Umatilla Rapids Delegates Portland. Names of the repre sentatives to appear in behalf of the Umatilla Rapids Association before a ioint committee of the senate and house in Washington, D. C, January 15, were announced here by Julius L. Meier, governor- elect, and President v5 of the association. The delegation will be headed by Marshal N. Dana, chairman of the eecutive committee of the association; E. B. Aldrich, editor of the East Ore- gonian at Pendleton; Homer T. Bone of Tacoma, representing the City of Tacoma and Washington public power development Interests; Kenneth G. Harlan, Portland rate expert, and George C. Baer of Pendleton, execu tive secretary of the association. In making the announcement Meier said, "I feel this is the opportune time to declare in emphatic terms in favor of the federal construction of the Umatilla Rapids project. We de sire to impress congress with the need of this development and the congres sional delegations of Oregon, Wash ington and Idaho, as well as other western states, should be convinced of the sincerity of this movement." A Mistaken Game Warden It was proved in a Walla Walla Justice court that deputy game war Hun Stiller was woefully mistaken when he arrested E. L. Yeager for an alleged violation of the game laws. What Stiller thoucrht was the reDort of a gun was backfire from the ex haust on Yeager s machine, and what Stille thniiorht uina Yencer'a visit from his mach'ine to the fence on the roadside to pick up the game he had shot at, was in reality a trip with a pair of pliers to snip off a piece of wire to repair sometning aDout tne machine.- It took the jury just fif teen minutes to free Yeager of the charge. Association Meeting The Athena Athletic Association will hold its regular monthly meet ing Monday evening at the Rogers & Goodman store. In view of the fact that matters of importance will come up for discussion, it is desired that all members of the association be jffe'sent. . - , -J.