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VOLUME 44
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FEBRUARY 20, 1931
NUMBER 8
SENATE SCALLOPS
UPTON'S PROPOSAL
Bill to Substitute Volstead
Act in Oregon Turned
Down Flat.
Salem. With only Senators Upton,
Moser and Strayer interposing their
votes in its defense, the Upton bill
which sought to submit to the people
of Oregon the question of substitute
ing the Volstead act for the Oregon
bone dry law was killed by indefinite
postponement Monday afternoon.
; Twenty-six senators voted to kill the
. bill. Senator Spaulding was absent,
Loath to pass up the opportunity pre
sented by galleries packed with pro
ponents and' opponents of the meas
ure, members of the senate talked for
two and one half hours on the bill be
fore submitting it to vote.
Senator Upton, author of the bill,
declared that he had known all along
that the five members of the commit
tee were opposed to his measure and
admitted that he did not expect much
support for the bill at the hands of
his colleagues. He did believe how
ever, that the people of Oregon were
entitled to an expression of senti
ment in the legislature on the ques
tion involved in his measure.
The difference between the Vol
stead act and the Oregon bone dry
law, Upton explained, was to be found
in the fact that under the federal act
physicians were permitted to pre
scribe liquors, which was forbidden
under the Oregon law. The federal
act also permitted the manufacture
of wine and beer in the home up to a
certain alcoholic content.
Under the federal act it was per
missible to have and serve in one's
? own home, "home brew," wines and
other liquors without fear or molesta
tion from the law-enforcing agencies.
The only way to sound out sentU
ment of the people of the state on
the prohibition question, he declared,
was by submitting to them some such
measure as the one he was sponsor
ing. He prophesied that while he
might not return to another session,
the next legislature would find a ma
jority of both house and senate ready
to vote to submit such a measure to
the people. His principal object in in
troducing the bill at this time, he ex
plained, was in order to give "the
great unorganized majority who now
indulge in the use of liquor" an op
' portunity to prepare their forces for
a showdown two years hence.
In one city of Oregon alone there
are at least 60,000 breweries, accord
ing to Upton, who gave it as his
opinion that there were more people
in the state who indulge in the use
of drink than there were of those
who refrained from such indulgence.
The bone dry law could never be
enforced, he declared, because it was
not popular. The great majority of
of people did not want the law, he
said.
His fight, he declared, was not
against the churches, but against the
Anti-Saloon League of America.
The league, he charged, would sup;
port any man for public office so long
as he promised to vote dry, regard
less of how much of a drunken sot he
might be.
The Oregon law, he declared, made
criminals of the best citizens in the
state. At every convention of war
veterans, he pointed out, whether of
the Civil war, Spanish war or World
war, there was much liquor drinking,
in spite of the legal inhibition.
Admitting that the use of liquor to
excess was wrong, Upton deplored a
condition which made a crime of a
practice that was as old as civiliza
tion itself. Senator Eddy defended
the Oregon bone dry law as a real
prohibition law. It had been copied
by a number of states and a portion
of it had been incorporated in the
Volstead act, he said. The law was
enacted in 1917 by a bone dry legis
lature, Eddy explained. The Vol
. stead act, he said, would not fit at all
into Oregon's legal system. Under
Upton's proposal, he pointed out, all
prohibition violations in Oregon
would have to be tried in the circuit
courts. The Volstead act would also
destroy the search and seizure idea
as incorporated in the Oregon law.
It would also revive the drug store
as a peddler of liquor, he pointed out.
Eddy denied that those who sup
ported the Oregon law were narrow
minded, as Upton charged, but that
this appellation more properly be
longed to those who sought to under
mine law and law enforcement.
Mrs. Sharp Improving
Letters to Athena friends announce
that Mrs. S. F. Sharp has been re
moved from a hospital in San Diego,
where some weeks ago she underwent
an operation! for removal of a con
cerous growth and is steadily improv
ing. Examinations have revealed that
the entire growth was successfully
removed and hopes for the patient's
ultimate recovery are entertained by
hef relative, at this timB.
Suspect Killers
of Frank Smiley
Taken by Police
Charged with the hammer murder
of Frank Smiley in a lonely cabin
near Yakima, Wash., last Christmas
eve, Charles O. Baker, 64, and his
wife, Mabel, are held in separate
Southern California jails awaiting
the arrival of officers from Yakima,
according to press dispatches.
Baker was captured as he went to
visit his daughter at a Los Angeles
apartment house. '
The capture, deputies ' said, was
made possible by an alleged confes
sion of Mrs. Baker, who was arrested
at Riverside last week and has since
been incommunicado in the Riverside
county jail. Her arrest was kept sec
ret while Los Angeles deputies
searched for Baker.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Baker are want
ed, for the murder of Smiley, accord
ing to circulars sent to Riverside by
the sheriff of Yakima county. They
are alleged to have beaten Smiley to
death in a rum war battle.
. Smiley had a police record at Wal
la Walla as a bootlegger. His body,
wrapped and tied up in sacking, was
found near a canyon road in the Mab-
ton section a few days after the mur
der. Identification of the body re
vealed the Bakers as suspects, as
Smiley had been living with them.
They had disappeared when warrants
were issued at Yakima, but presum
ably Yakima officers succeeded in
tracing them to Los Angeles county.
Pendleton DeMolays Will
Visit Local Masonic Lodge
The attention of all Masons is call
ed to the next regular communication
of Dolph Lodge, at which time Pen
dleton Chapter, Order of DeMolay
will be present to exemplify ; their
work for the benefit of the local
brethren. Kohler Betts,' Master War
den of Dolph Lodge, -A. F. & A. M.,
gives the following relative to De
Molay for publication:
Jacques DeMolay, for whom this
boys' organization ' is named, was a
famous grand master of the Knights
Templars; born in Burgundy and ad
mitted to the order about 1265, he
signalized himself by his valor in Pal
estine. In October 1307, all Knights
Templars throughout France were ar
rested at the same hour because of a
plan arranged by the King of France
and the head of the state church to
exterminate the order. The Templars
were unjustly tried for heresy, im
piety and various other charges, and
57 of their number were committed
to the flames in 1311. DeMolay was
kept in prison until March 18, 1314, at
which time he suffered the same fate,
declaring the innocence of .his order
to the last.
The Order of DeMolay, while not
a part of Freemasonry, is sponsor
ed by Masonic bodies. The order was
started in Kansas City by the Royal
Arch Masons in June, 1909 and has
erown rapidly- until at present chap
ters are jo be found throughout the
United States ana in, seven ioreign
countries.
In every state there is a grand of
ficer of the Grand Chapter of Kansas
City, this office being filled in Oregon
by Dr. W. J. Kerr, president of Ore
gon State College. There are 24
ChaDters in Oregon, with a combined
membership of about 1200 boys. The
teachings of the order inspire the boy
to clean living, clear thinking, good
citizenship and reverence to parents
and God.
Picturesque White House Callers
A Birthday Party
A beautiful cake and other deli
cacies were the crowning features of
a party in honor of Miss Virginia
Fno-pr's twelfth birthdav which occur
red last Thursday. The guests were
entertained with valentine games ana
the same note was accented in the
attractive decorations. The honoree
was the recipient .'of many charming
gifts. Those present were Genevieve
and Beverley Barrett, Clara Belle
McCullough, Doris Jenkins, Jewell
Pinkerton, Barbara Huffman, Natelle
Miller. Fern Carstens. Joyce Pinker-
ton, Betty Geiss, Melba Montague,
Marjone Martin, Tanees AiKire,
Bonnie Johnson and Wilma Mclntyre.
A Long Motor Trip,
As trail blazers for the proposed
Pan-American highway, a party of
15 will leave Seattle May 1 for a
30,000-mile motor trip through Mexico
and Central and South America, it
was announced Tuesday. The party,
known as the Pan-American Pacific
Overland expedition, will travel in
two trucks and a touring car. Ending
at Rio de Janeiro, the trip is expected
to take two years.
Milton Bank Sues ;
The First National Bank of Milton
has brought suit for judgment
against John and Elizabeth McEwen
for $7000, plus costs and fees which
will total in all approximately $8000.
The suit also involves foreclosure of
a mortgage on property of the de
fendants. , . t .
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Sir. mid Mrs. Jan Hoppe, sturdy Netherlanders who are touring the United
Stntes with tlielr two children, Hans and Grietje, photographed in their pic
turesque native costumes, when they visited the White House.
Two Indisposed Players
Weaken Athena Team
With Two Games Lost
With two first string players in
disposed and out of the lineup, Athe
na high school basketball team drop
ped two scholastic games last week.
Hansell was ill with the flu and Low
ell Jenkins was incapacitated with
stomach trouble, with the result that
the local team took it on the chin
from both Helix and Pendleton, and
to push the losing streak along,
Athena girls lost to Griswold high
girls in their contest at Helix.
The bright spot of the week was the
supreme lacing Athena frosh gave
their Pendleton opponents in the pre
liminary clash, Saturday night, 15 to
8. Leo Geissel, who has certainly
"arrived" as a player in his fresh
man year, made 12 of the 15 points
for Athena and that's going some.
The Athena-Helix girls' game went
to a score of 42-13 in favor of He
lix. Athena boys lost to Helix, 25
10, and to Pendleton, 33-18. With
Crowley going strong in the second
half, Athena outscored the bigger
Pendleton players. Crowley was high
scorer for Athena, with 10. Leland
Jenkins and Sol Pickett, in place of
Stafford' Hansell and Lowell Jenkins,
played well. -
Athena boys and girls' teams go
to Dixie tonight for the last games
before the district tournament, to be
held at Helix, Friday and Saturday,
February "27 and 28. Helix opens
the tournament against Weston, with
Athena in the second game, opposing
Adams. Tonight and tomorrow night
the grade school boy3 go to Weston
to participate in the grade tourna
ment there.
A Valentine Party
A happy event of Saturday evening
was the valentine party at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Williams
south of Athena. Decorations and
appointments were in red and white
and were emblematic of the day.
Broken hearts were matched by the
guests to find their partners at the
tables where the game of hearts was
played. Mr. and Mrs. Velton Read
won first prizes. Dainty refreshments
were served later and carried out the
color scheme. The guests were Miss
Margaret Hereford, . Mr. and Mrs.
Kohler Betts, Mr. and Mrs. Velton
Read, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Gordon, Mr.
and Mrs. Granville Cannon and Mr.
and Mrs. Forrest Zerba.
Increased Water Supply
With the object of increasing the
water supply at the city pumping
station, the council has decided to ex
tend the wing which at present
serves as a feeder to the well for a
distance of perhaps 50 feet or more.
The present wing excavation will be
cleaned out before the new work
starts, which will be during the com
ing month. The work will be .under
the supervision of the water commit
tee of the city council, of which J.
W. Pinkerton is chairman.
A Non-Skid Surface
A non-skid surface is to be pro
vided on certain sections of the Oregon-Washington
highway at points
between Weston and Milton, and lat
er on other portions of the highway.
A construction crew recently moved
its machinery to a site near Blue
Mountain station, where it will supply
22,000 yards of surfacing material to
the1 state by terms of a contract '
The Sixty-Seventh Anni
versary of Order Observ
ed by Athena K, of P.
Pythian Lodge, Knights of Pythias,
last evening observed the sixty- sev
enth anniversary of the founding of
the order, when members of the local
lodge, their families and invited
guests enjoyed a splendidly rendered
program, followed by refreshments,
games, cards and dancing.
Two prominent Pythians, W. E.
Dixon, Grand Chancellor, and Walter
Gleason, Grand Keeper of Records
and Seal, were present and both de
livered interesting addresses. The
program of the evening was as fol
lows: Athena high school orchestra; old
time tunes and songs, Mrs. Ethel
Montague, Mrs. Ada Montague, Lee
Johnson, Elmer1 Johnson and Herb
Hale; reading, Mrs.. Alice Eager;
trombone solo, Dan Tilley; duet, Mrs.
McEwen and Mrs. Bloom ;solo, Mrs.
Clarence Hand; Playlet, "Not Such a
Goose," A. H. S. students; Address,
W. E. Dixon, G. C; address, Walter
Gleason G. K. R. S.; Pow Wow, by
all; refreshments, games, cards,
dancing.
Fire in Children's Home
Mrs. M. L. Gray returned Wednes
day afternoon to Athena after a brief
visit with her daughter Mrs. Lois
Blalock in Pendleton. Yesterday Mrs.
Laurence Pinkerton and Mrs. Gray
spent the day with Mrs. L. E. Coyle
of Green Cottage in Walla Walla.
Mrs. Gray plans leaving for Lewis
ton Monday. She has received word
that during her absence the Childrens
Home of which she is matron suffer
ed an $800 dollar loss by fire which
started in the baby's ward which was
an annex. . The children were remov
ed safely and the fire extinguished
before it spread to the rest of the
building.
' Attend Banker's Meeting
F. S. LeGrow, M. L. Watts and Max
Hopper, of the First National Bank of
Athena attended a meeting of the
Blue Mountain Bankers Association
at the Grand Hotel, Walla Walla,
Tuesday evening. The association is
comprised of bankers in Umatilla
county, and Walla Walla, Columbia
and Garfield counties in the state of
Washington. About fifty bankers
representing 16 banks were present at
the meeting. George Hartman of the
First National Bank of Pendleton,
was elected president, and F. S. Le
Grow of the First National Bank of
Athena, treasurer of the association.
Northwest Gets Rainfall
Giving the Northwest and Northern
California much needed moisture, a
general rainstorm swept the Pacific
slope late Monday and Tuesday, ac
companied on the Coast by stiff
southerly winds that reached gale
force at times. In this section and
in the Walla Walla valley, moderate
showers occurred, with a rain of sev
eral hours duration Wednesday.
Check Forger Sentenced
Carl Richardson, held for a time in
the county jail on a charge of pass
ing a bad check at Milton, was re
cently sentenced in the circuit court
at Twin Falls, to serve 14 years in
the Idaho state penitentary. Richard
son was released from the Umatilla
county jail to Idaho authorities who
held a prior and more serious charge
against tha prisoner. .
Gasoline Cowboy
Bill Is Amended
by Oregon Senate
Salem. Twenty senators , threw
their support to the amended gasoline
cowboy bill Tuesday afternoon and
saved the measure from death as its
opponents had desired. Only 10 mem
bers voted to kill the bill, which was
placed on final passage after nearly
two hours of debate. The measure
house bill No. 148 amends the act
of 1929 so as to exempt the small
farmer and stock man from the pro'
visions of the bill requiring a dealer's
license for persons offering meat for
sale.
The bil' r- fn to Senator Up
ton, was passed iwo years ago in re
sponse to demands for protection of
the small farmer and stock grower
from the thievery of organized gangs.
During the past two years there have
been 32 prosecutions as a result of
this act and stealing of livestock has
almost ceased. The amendments to
the act provided by the bill now be
fore the senate, he explained, only
sought to relieve the farmer who
wanted to peddle his own products
from the necessity of getting a li
cense.
Senator Strayer told his colleagues
that ever since the 1929 session he
has been bombarded by the farmers
of his county urging the repeal of the
entire act. Strayer presented a peti
tion containing the signatures of 391
farmers of Baker county asking for
the abolishment of the act. Strayer
directed his particular attention to a
section of the old act which increases
the salary of the state veterinarian
by $600 a year, which he declared to
be one of the principal excuses for
the enactment of the measure. Ad
ministration of the act during the
past two years, he pointed out, had
cost $32,000.
Senator Eddy declared that the act
of 1929 had worked exactly the hard
ships on the small farmer that he had
foreseen and warned against. The bill
he charged, had been put through the
legislature by the lobbying activities
of "a certain state official" who stood
to profit of any merit it contained.
Senator Schulmerich declared that
any complaint that had arisen as a
result of the bill had subsided now
since the benefits of the act had been
realized. If it had cost $32,000 to en
force the act he declared, it had sav
ed at least $35,000 in stolen stock to
the small farmers of the state.
Senator Dunne supported the bill
with the declaration that the old law
had now "been reformed, of all its
sins," it was a good law as amended
and should satisfy everybody except
the crooks. -
District No. 2 Entertains
A program and valentine party was
given by pupils of District 2, Friday
afternoon. The program prepared by
Roberta Cannon and Rachel Smith,
containing numbers in observance of
Lincoln's birthday, Valentine's day
and Washington's birthday was as
follows: recitation, Marion Stewart;
songs, "Nursery Rhymes," Marion
Stewart, John Robert Stewart and
William Zerba; "Gettysburg Ad
dress," Roberta Cannon; recitation,
"Thoughts of George Washington,"
William Zerba; Essay, "February,"
Rachel Smith; dialogue, "George
Washington and the Cherry Tree;"
recitation, "Chums," John Robert
Stewart; song "Forgotten Valen
tines," Roberta Cannon and Rachel
Smith. Following the program Mar
ion Stewart, representing Cupid, as
sisted by John Robert Stewart and
William Zerba, distributed Valentines.
Dainty refreshments were served to
visitors and pupils by Roberta Can
non and Rachel Smith.
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Potatoes To Be Shipped
A. E. Bender of Kennewick called
on friends in Athena Wednesday.
Mr. Bender was also in the Weston
Mountain vicinity where he investi
gated the conditions for procuring a
carload of seed potatoes to ship to his
home town. In order to be ready for
the early July market potatoes are
seeded in that district in March,
otherwise they do not make a crop.
Mr. Bender found the mountain roads
in bad condition but he hopes to be
able to carry his project through. He
formerly farmed the present Berlin
ranch and is well known here by old
timers.
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RIVER BOAT LINE
URGED A
T SESSION
Eldon Myrick
Eldon Myrick, frosh basketball
aspirant, still wears the Maize and
Blue for Whitman, and although he
has not won a permanent berth on the
varsity squad, he has worked hard to
learn the Borleske system. The sea
sort nearly over, indications are that
Myrick will not see very much more
action. He was out for the football
honors last fall.
Indians Supply of Meat
Obtained from Cayuse
Salt Lake City. The faithful cay
use, which once carried the North
American Indian to battle and drag
ged his wickiup, has again come to
his rescue this time to provide him
with succulent sirloin steaks.
The extension service of the United
States Indian service here has made
known the results of experiments at
the Standing Rock agency at Fort
Yeates, North Dakota, in the use of
horse meat by the Indians.
So popular were hamburger and sir
loin steaks from a yearling colt that
other animals were furnished to the
Indians desiring the horse meat.
More than 600 of them have sampled
the new diet and given it their ap
proval, the report from L. C. Lippert,
the Indian agent, said.
Driver and Girl Die
When Truck Overturns
Guy Clayton, 40, and Aurene Clay
ton, 10, both of Echo, were almost in
stantly killed when a light truck they
were riding in turned over Saturday
evening three. miles west of Pendle
ton. Slippery pavement on the Old
Oregon Trail and headlights of an
other car are thought to have been
the cause of the tragedy.
Agnes Fclton, 14, Mabel Acton, 12,
and Earl Acton, 10, were cut and
bruised and are in a Pendleton hos
pital. The car rolled down a 30-foot
embankment and smashed on some
jagged rocks.
Clayton was bringing the Acton
children to a show in Pendleton when
the fatal accident occurred.
Friends Entertained m
A group of friends was charmingly
entertained Wednesday night at the
home of Mr. and Mrs.. M. I. Miller,
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Douglas also be
ing hosts. At bridge which was the
diversion of the evening, Mrs. E. F.
Bloom won high score, Miss Margaret
Lee receiving the consolation. A de
licious supper was served following
the play. The guests were, Mr. and
Mrs. E. F. Bloom, Mr, and Mrs. Fred
Pinkerton, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Wat
kins, Leonard Geissel, Dan Tilley,
Miss Delia Bryant, Miss Margaret
Lee, Miss Mary Cameron, and Miss
Blanche Thorson.
Valley Association Indorses
Waterways Effort for
Navigation.
Pendleton. Members of the Co
lumbia Valley association, gathering
in annual session here Monday, heard
a review of the work done in the an
nual report of Dr. Clark Black, presi
dent, and special stress laid upon the
matter of getting an appropriation of
$850,000 for development of the navi
gation project through the next ses
sion of congress.
This work was suggested in a re
port to the war department in 1922,
but was not approved then. A request
has been made that the report be re
viewed by Major O. C. Kuentz, dis
trict engineer at Portland.
After a heated debate toward the
close of the morning business session,
the group voted to pass a resolution
indorsing the efforts of the Western
Inland Waterways corporation to
start a boat service on the Columbia
on a public-supported basis.
A report submitted to the associa
tion Monday morning showed that
$10,000 had been received and expend
ed in the work, $7700 of. this being
for salaries.
The association was also made cog
nizant of the unconfirmed rumor that '
reduced freight rates ordered by the
interstate commerce commission may
not go into effect until June 1.
Roy Ritner of Pendleton also called
attention to the fact that the 70-car
freight measure before the Oregon
legislature might prove an argument
for the roads in that it would in
crease operating costs.
Delegates from Oregon, Washing
ton and Idaho were present for the
session and a large number of proxies
were in the hands of Dr. Black and
R. H. Kipp, secretary. During the af
ternoon session, which was open to
the public, Major Kuentz spoke on
the development of the Columbia and
its tributaries, and Harry Mitchell,
district manager of the bureau of for
eign and domestic commerce, spoke
on inland waterway development in
Europe and the Southern states.
Members of the board of directors
include the names of John Caster,
Walla Walla and J. E. Ekey, Pendleton.
Major Kuentz, in speaking of the
Columbia and its development, de
clared that a major factor in getting
development of the river project be
fore congress would be to utilize the
existing facilities for navigation.
Mitchell declared that this region
and the Columbia offered much in the
way of water transportation, and
compared it with developments in the
East, such as the Erie Canal and Mo
hawk river.
The association selected Lewiston,
Idaho, as the next meeting place.
Legge Is Expected to Re
sign From Farm Board
Washington. Alexander Legge,
Chicago, will resign as chairman of
the federal farm board shortly after
March 4, .
Vice Chairman Stone, it is under
stood, will succeed Legge as chair
man. Who will be elevated to the
vice chairmanship is not yet known.
Legge, asked to comment about his
forthcoming resignation, said: "That's
something I can't talk about, just
forget it."
Pastor Will Remain '
Mr. Sias, minister of the local
Christian church, we understand be
cause of the general and local finan
cial crisis offered his resignation,
which his congregation refused to ac
cept. Adjustments have been made
and Mr. Sias will continue under an
unlimited call as in the past, but at
a personal sacrifice.
Donated Food
The people of Milton-Freewater
this week donated a carload of food
stuffs to the needy of the drouth
stricken district in the southeast. The
car was shipped from the Shields
warehouse, over the Union Pacific,
Wednesday.
Ask for Road Surfacing '
The Weston Leader says a delega
tion of upland citizens who included
Lewis H. Dowd, Will Hall, Ray Gould,
Walter, Miller and W. L, Rayborn
called on the county court at Pendle
ton Saturday to see what prospects
are offered for the completion this
year of the gap between the surfac
ed part of the road up" Weston moun
tain and the forest boundary. The
mountain men were accompanied on
their mission by C. W. Avery of Wes
ton, secretary of the Blue Mountain
Highway association.
Plant Operating Again
The pea grading plant of the Washington-Idaho
Seed Company on low
er Main street, has been in operation
this week, giving employment to the
regular force of operatives. The
plant will continue for the remainder
of the present month at least and
maybe for a longer period.
Miss Margaret Hereford who
taught near Athena for several years
was a week-end guest at the home of
Mr. ana" Mrt. KtfhleY Bettt,
Leach On Commission
N. A. Leach, formerly of Uma
tilla and Morrow counties, vice presi
dent and general manager of Kerr,
Gifford & Co., was elected to the Port
of Portland commission Monday to
fill out the unexpired term of the late
C. N. Hugsins. Leach will serve un
til June 1, 1933. He was highly re
commended for the post of commis
sioner, particularly by the Portland
Chamber of Commerce, which urged
his election in a letter signed by L.
C. Newlands, president. He is known
to all shipping men and has taken an
active interest in port matters for
many years.
Favor Indian War Vets
Veterans. of all Indian wars would
be admitted to the state soldiers'
home at Roseburg under a bill intro
duced in the house Tuesday by Repre
sentatives Lee of Multnomah and
Fisher of Douglas. The law now bars
any Indian fighter who engaged in
wars outside of Oregon, Washington
and Idaho. There are many of the
survivors of wars beyond these states
now residents of Oregon who are
seeking admission to the home. .
Adams Girl to Marry
Harold F. Sevey, employed on the
state game farm, and Miss Eleanore
Mae Whiteley of Adams have obtain
ed a marriage license at the county
clerk's office. The date for the wed
ding ha? beva ftt iSt tbtabrrow.
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