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 very lowest rates. Fast presses, modern types, modern work, prompt delivery. entered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as 8econd-Cla Mail Matter VOLUME 44 ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH 27, 1931 NUMBER 13 GOVERNOR WANTS ft STRICT SAVING Gtate Departments Advised to Cut Expenses Large Deficit Looms. A Salem special to the Morning Oregonian says strict economy in the conduct of all state activities is urg ed in a letter prepared by Governor Meier. Copies of the letter will be cent to the heads of all state depart ments, boards, commissions and in stitutions. "According to the state budget com missioner," read Governor Meier's let ter, "the state deficit now approxi mates $3,000,000. This amount rep resents a material increase over the preceding biennium and emphasizes the absolute need of retrenchment in state expenditures. "It follows, of course, that this re trenchment must be general, and the purpose of this communication is to urge you to make a careful survey of your operating expenses with a view of curtailing wherever possible. Among the more important items of expense deserving close scrutiny are payrolls, traveling expenses, tele graps, telephone, postage and sup plies in general. "Figures prepared by the state budget commissioner disclose that the payroll for the state for the previous biennium totaled $16,853,039. In addi tion to an apparent lack of uniformity in salaries paid," there are depart ments where the payroll has been padded and employes are incom petent. ."The figures of the budget commis sioner further disclose that the trav eling and subsistence expenses for the state during the previous bien nium totalled - $1,165,685, telephone and telegraph expense $127,597, post age $197,215, stationery and printing $166,285, and general office supplies $61,842. "From investigations made of out side travel requisitions submitted to me since assuming the office of gov ernor, I am convinced that travel ex penditures by various state depart ments and other activities have been extravagant and wasteful, not only outside , of the state but within its borders. "Sound business principles and economy should govern the adminis tration, of state affairs as well as pri vate business, and I am convinced that if the same strict economy is practiced in state affairs as in private business, public expenditures can be greatly curbed and the state can be saved much money during the current i biennium. "The state has been confronted with a steadily increasing deficit for several years and by slashing expendi tures to the bone we can accomplish much toward wiping out this de ficiency. By applying business meth ods and practicing rigid economy you can help to transfer the financial af fairs of the state from the red to the black column on the ledger." Athletic Association Is Behind Baseball Team At a meeting Wednesday evening of the Athena Athletic Association, the organization got behind the Athe na entrant in the four-team baseball league, and spotted it with a $75 dol lar boost for equipment, etc. This financial help will obviate the pro posal to solicit funds to get the team under way. 1 Arnold Wood was named as man ager of the team, with Henry Dell acting as assistant manager. The player personnel of the Athena team is not complete, but with immediate active practice and tryouts in the of fing the lineup will soon be announc ed. " The league will comprise teams representing Indian Mission, Helix, Umatilla and Athena. The playing schedule will begin Sunday, April 12, with Athena probably at Helix and the Mission Indians at Umatilla. County Tournament . E. C. Prestbye is in receipt of a letter from the secretary of the Pen dleton golf club, extending an invita tion to local players to visit the Pen dleton links Sunday, April 5, for the purpose of contesting in the annual county tournament to be held at that time. A number of Athena players participated in the county tourna ment last year and the occasion af forded them a royal good time. Receives High Award Competing against representatives selected from 31 other schools of law in the United States, Frances E. Coad, Eugene, third year law student at the University of Oregon, has been awarded a fellowship in law at Co lumbia University. He is a son of E. E. Coad, who last year was superin tendent of the Athena schools. High Class Act ing Is Witnessed in School Vodvil The high school vodvil given under direction of Mr. and Mrs. Bloom at the auditorium Thursday and Friday evenings of last week was splendid en tertainment for the two large audi ences that witnessed both presenta tions. It is doubtful whether any superior amateur acting ever took place on the auditorium stage than was presented by the cast in the one-act drama, "The Valiant," written by Holworthy Hall and Robert Middlemas. The al most perfect delineation of their roles by Stafford Hansell, the warden Solista Pickett, the priest Roland Wilson, the prisoner Betty Eager, the girl, and George Pittman, the jailor, held the ... intense interest of the audience throughout. Roland Wil son, especially, gave a superb bit of acting, and collectively the cast re sponded to the diligent and master ful direction given it by Mr. Bloom. The Pirates scene ushered in elabor ate costuming and good singing. Di rected by Mrs. Bloom, the chorus by mixed glee clubs was nothing short of very, very good, while the boys glee club in the Pirate Song and the girls glee club in Caballero, were en thusiastically received. Marjorie Douglas pleased in her dance and an electrifying climax was "The Death Defying Apache," with Emery Rogers as Jaques, the man and Jack Moore, Coquette, the wo man. Dan Tillev and his band delighted the audience in "A Hawaiian Gar den," with very well rendered selec tions, considering the band has been organized only since the beginning ol school. Ralnh Moore and Garth Pinkerton were good in two duets, Sweet Jennie Lee and An Old Fashioned Girl. Mil dred Hansell impersonated the Girl and Howard Reeder made a typical old fashioned Beau. In the Hawaiian Garden scene, Helen Barrett appeared to advantage as the Hawaiian Girl, with r reu bing- re as the Boy. fiarth Pinkerton was ill for the second night's performance, so bedad, Ralnh Moore hoDDed aton the piano, a la Helen Morgan, and in good voice gave the audience Sweet Jennie Lee, and An Old Fashioned Girl was sung by Mrs. Bloom. , Following is the glee clubs' person nel: Sooranos Mariorie Montague, Va lerie Cannon. Mary Jane Miller, Mary Tompkins, Dorothy Burke, Bernice, Wilson. Bonnie Alkire. Esther Berlin, Goldie Miller, Myrtle Campbell. Altos Mariorie Douglas, Arleen Myrick, Lorra Ross, Velma Ross, Georgie Green, Ilene McBnde. Baritones Stafford Hansell, Harold Kirk. Walter Huffman. Lester Towne, George Miller, Glenn McCullough, Ralph Moore, Garth JPinkerton, frea Sinirer. Arthur Crowley, tiennie mar quis, Wayne Banister, George Pitt- man. Accompanist Betty n.ager. Rand nersonnel: Trumpet, waiter trombones. Garth Pinkerton, Ralph Moore, Leo Geissel; baritone, Kenneth Rogers; bass, Gail z,erDa; clarinets, Marjorie Douglas, Emery Knirprsi T?illv Johns: saxophones, Le- land Jenkins, Lester Towne; violin, Aaron Douglas; drum, Bennie mar nuis: niano. Marjorie Montague. Band director, Dan Tilley. ...... Methodist Society The" Methodist Society met at the home of Mrs. Gordon WatkinS, Wed nesday afternoon. The tonic Tor con sideration was "Youth and . the Movies" and was in charge of Mrs. Prank' Williams who ably presented it. Twenty-four members were pres ent and the following guests, Mrs. R. D. Blatchford, Mrs. Kohler Jietts, Mrs. Bruno Weber and Mrs. Theresa Berlin, the latter adding her name to the membership list. A social hour followed the Drotrram and reiresn- mpnts were served by Mrs. Charles McFarland, Mrs. Frank Williams and Mrs. J. U. iiuggins. ine next meet ing will be held at the home of Mrs. W. O. Read. WATSON DEMANDS EQUALIZATION FEE Prices of Wheat Take a Plunge To N ew Lows Gircle Meeting " A called meeting of Circle num ber 10, Women of Woodcraft occur red at Pythian Hall Wednesday night. The members balloted, and the fol lowing were elected to membership: Mrs. Don Wilks, and Mrs. Leon Mill er. Mrs. Sarah Rowland, district or ganizer was ' present. Plans, were made for a joint meeting with , the Weston Circle to occur Tuesday eve ning, April 7, in Athena. The visitors will put on the work and a special program followed by, supper will be features of the entertainment. The Circle will meet Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Stella Keen. r Following Board's Decision, He Advances a Plan of Surplus Disposal. Washington. A renewed demand for the equalization fee plan of dis posing of agricultural surpluses was voiced by republican leader Watson of the senate in the wake of the farm board's announcement that it would purchase none of the 1931 wheat crop. Senator Watson long has been an advocate of the equalization fee, which as a feature of the McNary-Haugen bill was vetoed by former President Coolidge. Discussing the effect of the farm board's announcement, Watson said: "We have got to have the equaliz ation fee. That appears to be the only remedy." ' ; ' ' The Indiana senator said he did not believe inhe export debenture, which the farm group supported in the last congress in the face of opposition from President Hoover. He added he did not know what would be done with the more than 200,000,000 bushels of wheat accu mulated by farm board agencies, but said he had been informed that one third of it already had deteriorated to such an extent it could only be used for cattle feed. The farm board holdings. Watson said, constitute a "menace" to the market because they have driven tne speculator out of it. t "The sneculator hebed largely to make the price of wheat," he said. Adding it would be desirable to re store speculation. Senator Couzens, republican, Mich igan said the "eaualization fee. de benture or any other artificial meth od" would not solve the surplus ques tion. The situation would never right it self, he thought, until the farmer is able to sell more directly anu to spread out his crop sales over a long nerind instead of dumping all his wheat on the market after harvest and accenting whatever price middle men were willing to pay. Asked if he thought the xarrn board should be discontinued, Cou xi aairl there were many other functions for the board besides buy ing and selling surplus commodities. Abandonment by tne r arm ooaru rt-f ifa swhpnt stabilization operations threw open the old question of deal ing with the farm surplus and brought immediate demands for the equalization fee. The time worn battle cry around which farm relief advocates rallied as they marched the old McNary-Haugen bill through congress to its death veto by President Coolidge was sounded almost simultaneously by senate leaders and a farm organiza tion leader. Senator McNary of Oregon, whose name was attached to the original farm bill which carried the fee, join ed republican leader Watson in pro posing it again. Chester H. Gray, legislative rep resentative of the American Farm Bureau federation predicted the next congress would strip the farm board of its power to attempt to stabilize nrirefl and substitute instead either the equalization fee or the debenture Plan. . . . . McNary, who is chairman oi tne om-ifiiitiiro pnmmittee. exnres- aciiabc lb ' sed the opinion that the equalization fee was the most "practical metnoa yet devised for segregation of the surplus." Baseball Tomorrow Eldon Myrick is bringing his Sigma Chi baseball team from Whitman to Athena tomorrow afternoon for a workout contest with "Pike" Miller's high school hopefuls, The game will start somewhere around s P- V- ana will be the first of the season on the local grounds. Friday next week, Athena goes, to Helix to open the district schedule with Bill King's Grizzlies. Athena high is in a district league in which the high schools of Helix, Adams and Umapine are represented. College Band en Tour Using two motor stages for trans portation, the Oregon State college band, is touring Eastern Oregon, go ing as far east as Ontario. The band gave an excellent concert at Pendle lton, Saturday evening. Scrapping the World's Shortest Railroad Chicago. Wheat prices on the Chicago market dropped to low ground unknown since 1895 Monday, sagging 3 to 11 cents a bushel on 1931 crop options. . The crash followed announcement by the farm board that it would not attempt to maintain prices by stabil ization operations beyond the month of May, when the 1930 crop passes from dealing. Action of the market was contrary to the expressed option of George S. Milnor, president of the Grain Stabilization Corporation, that the news constituted a bullish factor in the market. July wheat, representing contracts on the new crop unprotected by stabi lization buying, collapsed from Sat urday's closing figure of 62 -VI to 59 cents, the lowest in 36 years. June delivery, in which there is little trading, dropped 11 cents. At Minneapolis, prices for future deliveries of wheat slumped to the lowest level on the grain market there in more than six months. The drop followed announcement by the government sponsored farm board that stabilization operations would end after the 1930 ' crop had been disposed of. " - Wheat for July delivery there fell two cents to 66 cents after the Sat urday close of 68. September wheat sold one to one and a half cents off, touch 60. Flour prices on the Minneapolis market dropped 25 cents a barrel, skidding from Saturday's closing quo tation of $5.10 to $4.85 for family patents. However, a large concern emphatically denied the farm board announcement had anything to do with the decrease. Athena Camp Fire Girls Attend the Grand Council Dr. Blatchford Returns Dr. R. D. Blatchford returned home from Salem, Wednesday. Dr. Blatch ford was an interested spectator at all games played in the state bas ketball tournament, and The Press is indebted to him for the summary re port of both the championship and consolation series, published in an other column. Death of Mrs, Tubbs ; Mrs, W. S. Tubbs, mother of Clar ence Tubbs, well known farmer reside tog south of Athena, died this week in The Dalles at the age of 62. She is survived by her husband end the following children: Clarence Tubbs, Mrs. Clough of The Dalles, Mrs. C. W. Carlson of Kelso and Willard Tubbs of The Dalles. $. About thirty local Camnfire Girls motored to Walla Walla Saturday night at attend the Grand council fire at the armory. The occasion was the 19th birthday anniversary of the organization and the affair was participated in by about four hundred eirls from 31 groups. Twenty-three of these were Walla Walla groups, two were Blue bird groups and the remaining six were from Athena. Milton. Freewa- ter, Touchet, Wallula, Waitsburg and Two Rivers.. A representative au dience of parents and friends were present for the ceremony. The processional was led by mem bers bearing the American and camp fire flae-s and followed by those of the British Empire, Argentina, Bul garia, Japan, China, Mexico and lJeru where Campfire organizations are active. "International friendship" was thus emphasized and is the theme of study for the year. Ranks cf torch bearer, fire maker and wood gatherer, were awarded. The program was conducted under the leadership of Miss Florence Crav en. Camnfire executive of Walla Wal la. Local people furnishing cars for the trip included Mrs. Laurence nnK erton, Mr. and Mrs. Don Wilks, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Jenkins, Mrs. Mar ion Hansell, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Eager, Mrs. Bert Logsdon and Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Mclntyre. Seriously Injured Neck William Kaser. emrioved at the Washington - Idaho Seed company cleaning and grading plant on lower Main street, sustained serious in hirv to his neck in an accident which occurred Wednesday of last week. Kaser was trucking sacks oi peas across the warehouse floor when he slinrjed and fell, his head striking the floor. Resulting pain in his neck caused him to go to walla walla, where examination revealed a slight fracture of a vertebra. He was treated by Dr. Cowan and is now wearing a suitable brace. He is able to be un and around. Mr. Kaser makes his home at Mrs. Burden's boarding house, Sheepshearcr Visits Joe Lleuallen was in town Monday from Walla Walla. Joe has long been one of. those dependable sheep shearers who, with the coming of inline migrates to the sheen camps and returneth later with a bagfull of shining simoleons more or less. He and John Stanton will pool activities in relieving sheep on the farms here abouts and in the Walla Walla sec tion of their fleeces, before going- to their "big time" jobs. Work at Well Progressing The work on the new extension of the wing feeder to he city well is progressing under supervision, of Councilman J. W, Pjnkerton. Sever al feet in length of the excavation caved in at 0 oejock yesterday morn ing, Fortunately the men were not at work, or there might have been serious consequences to record. That portion of the wing was more than half filled with dirt from tha cavein. W fe?! i: - - Will: ssq " liminnimim inm ll mil IIMHraillxlnlllnii lilnn irj,mm-n.r..r..,...-lTMi.i, ii.nnnnm,.. ia...il.,.u.k.i'ti.,l.,.,.f-Ma-,itij Jj What was said to be the shortest railroad Jn the world, running for one und one-lmlf miles between the docks and warehouses on Governors island, has been condemned by the United Stntes army and torn up. Built during the war to transport stores and machinery on the Island, the railway, with the ofliclal nnnie, Governors Island railroad, gradually decreased in usefulness. Pendleton Buckaroos Bring Championship to Eastern Part of State The Pendleton Buckaroo basketball team, for the first time in the history of the state tournament, brought the championship to Eastern Oregon, when in a hectic overtime period it defeated Salem 31-29. ; With the teams tied at 29, Salem plunged in at a terrific pace but the Buckaroos, masters of a perfect checking system held them until Witherall, guard substitute, loped one through from a difficult angle for the; final score. Pendleton was equalled on floor work by Salem at all stages of the thrilling contest and it was the al most perfect shooting of free throws that decided the contest. Out of 13 chances Pendleton converted nine, while Salem had the same number but scored only three. The tournament was the mos suc cessful yet held and the attendance was considerably larger than in form er years. Following is a complete resume of the elimination scoring: Championship series Pendleton 43, Tillamook 14; Jefferson 33, Astoria 28; Baker 30, Monmouth 26; Benson 35, Pleasant Hill 19; Ashland 42, The Dalles 19; Salem 81, Myrtle Point 17; Jefferson 31, Baker 21; Benson 24, Ashland 22; Pendleton 39, Jefferson 15; Salem 25, Benson 18, Champion ship game: Pendleton 31, Salem 29. Consolation series Astoria 21, Monmouth 20; Pleasant Hill 29, The Dalles 31; Tillamook 28, Myrtle Point 16; Baker 23, Ashland 22; Astoria 49, The Dalles 11; Baker 28, Tillamook 21; Astoria 36, Jefferson 18; Benson 28, Baker 15. Consolation winner; Astoria 30, Benson 23. : First team selection McLean, Ben son and Palmberg, Astoria, forwards; Kidder, Pendleton, center; Sanford, Salem ar.d Ralph Ter jeson, Pendle ton, guards. Prize Fishing Rod Is Center of Attraction Robert Morrison Dead Robert Morrison, a pioneer of this county, formerly residing near Adams, died Monday at Long Beach, California, acred 67. Mr. Morrison was a sufferer from heart disease, but the immediate cause of death was pneumonia. Mr. Morrison was born in New Zealand. He is survived by his widow, one sister,' Mrs. J. O. Hales of Pendleton and the following brothers: Richard Morrison of Wes ton; William Morrison of Moro and G. M. Morrison of Adams. Business Men Will Breakfast at Hotel Nurses to Giv.e Dance The nurses of St. Anthony's hos pital at Pendleton, will give their an nual ball at the Fletcher ball room in that city on Tuesday evening, April 7. Four nurses from the hos pital were in Athena Saturday sell ing admission tickets. Athena business men will be invit ed to breakfast at Athena Hotel Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock, by the landlady, Mrs. Laura Froome. In vitational announcements will be re ceived through the mail. The breakfast is being sponsored by Mrs. Froome with the view to bringing the business men of Athena together for a social hour, and she is being assisted in arrangements by C. E. O. Montague. There will be a program and a toastmaster will preside at the break fast table. In the nature of a good will meeting, short talks will be made on subjects by those who may be called upon to speak. The affair is to be entirely informal EJ.,.i .J Ca LivtDUetusiont liUUCUUUU UUU IUV OliXlV on Vital Phases of Oregon Wtlfart The season's new stock of fishing tackle is on display at the Rogers & Goodman hardware store. It includes a gorgeous array of flies, spinners, spoons, rod3, reels, lines, leaders and baskets. The center of attraction, however, is a fine fly rod which tht firm offers for the longest trout caught in Umatilla county by an angler residing " in the Athena dis trict, including Adams and Weston. For several years Rogers & Good man have awarded prize rods for the largest trout taken from Umatilla county streams. Last year the prize went to Arthur Jenkins who took a whale of a rainbow from the Uma tilla river, near Thorn Hollow. Dick Swift was runnerup with a fine rttm bow caught in the Umatilla, near No lin in the west part of the county, The year before, John Hager of Gibbon, took the prize rod with a doily varden caught Jn Mill creek, in the east end of the county, Will Kirk Rese.2ding Will Kirk, who farms extensively on the high ground southest of Athe na is compelled to reseed his wheat crop on account of freeaing out. Mr. Kirk has 600 acres in crop and the greater portion of it will require re seeding. Conditions different to those applicable to lower ground have been in evidence for some time. During the night the soil has been freezing and a crust would raise, exposing the nlant roots. This process, it is said. caused the destruction of the. grow ing plant- XP conditions in, yie im mediate vicinity pf Athena are con sidered as being very favorable, and no reseedmg is araicipatea. - G(it the Lan John Kowalski a Baltimore black smith, convicted of beating his ill wife, was given ten lashes with a cat o'nine tails whip by Sheriff Joseph 'Deegan in tha Baltimore jail. " By Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall President, University ot Oregon Editor's note:. This is the second of k series of live articles written on education by Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, president of the Univer sity of Oregon. Otbors will follow at regular Intervals. As habits of critical thinking are essential to an effective democracy, so are they essential to the intelligent planning of one'B own life. How many students have drifted into certain pro fessions merely because their par ents happened to be so engaged or because their friends were or through so other accident or caprice? How many young people fail to accomplish successfully the tasks they undertake merely because they do not make any serious attempt to analyze the nature of their task, their own aptitudes, abilities, and analyze the nature of their own efforts ? Habits of critical thinking, of ac curate observation applied to the com monplace affairs of life would yield dividends both of material and spiri tual happiness that could scarcely be exaggerated. Problem Recognized The University recognizes this prob lem and !s trying to reorganize its courses and ideas and teaching meth ods so that they will train students in habits of critical thinking rather than in merely rrfemorizing the con tents of a course. The University is now carrying on experiments In the relative efficiency of different meth ods of attaining this end. A good deal of attention is being given by certain teachers to the development of the "problem'' or "project" method. Here the emphasis is upon problem solving. The students are given cer f tain problems as practical and real i istic as they can be made. Thcua nrnh. ! lems require analysis, careful think- 1 ; Ing, and the exercise of sound judg ment In the application of principles. Students are encouraged not to ac cept their textbook as Gospel truth, but to attack it critically, seeking to detect any possible flaws and trying to use it as a means of developing their own critical powers. The spirit we are trying to gen erate is more the spirit of curiosity, of rocnarch, of fact-finding, than it is of memorizing the statements of authorities, however profound and valuable they may be. This sometimes occasions dissen sion in. the home. Under these prin ciples e( Instruction students often begin to find that they differ with political or economic or social theories that they have held before. It is a test of the parents' real breadth of vision and real devotion to their chll dren when they come home from th University and begin to differ with parents abeut some of the. current problems cf life. Recently a parent am to m;, "ia'it University has ruin ed my ch;!d. It has changed his noli. tict . He now differs with us on many problems where we know we are right." If this oarent were correct, then he should not have sent his son to tha TTrtivaraif.V tiananaa if ta fliA knatnAaa of a university not to teach the stu-'1' aent to tnmk as the professors think or to think as the parents think, but to think Independently, to think hon estly, and to seek the truth fearlessly. When this is done, if the students have any Individuality of their own, it is almost inevitable that they will find themselves in occasional conflict with some of the traditional think ing of their parents. Discussion Urged This should be an occasion for mu tual counsel and intelligent discus sion in the family circle. The habit of thinkintr that has been established at the University should be encour aged. Mistaken views, the result of an inadequate or an immature con ception of the facts, may be righted, not by the authority of the home, but oy the persuasive power of evidence and reason. It is difficult to sret vounir neonla to observe critically and to analyze accurately, and if the parents will, in the spirit of friendly criticism, en- courage such critical discussions they can make a great contribution to the efficiency of the University in striv ing to train its students in the habits of intelligent thinking and critical analysis. The second intellectual element in training one's individual resources for the problems of life is the develop, ment of a spirit of tolerance, of in tellectual integrity, of objective open- mlndedness. Merely to develop habits of critical analysis alone tends fre quently to develop a certain cynical or flippant attitude toward life. With the habits of critical analysis and thinking must go a genuine love of truth. We must motivate youth with a fine sense of intellectual integrity. Otherwise, he may become clever. rather than profound. He may be come smart, rather than wise. He may be brilliantly destmctivn with. out being helpfully constructive. mat is the reason we like to In sist upon the spirit of research as a characteristic of our undergraduate Instruction, as well as a necessary ele ment in our graduate work. That is the reason we try to arrange our courses in order to stimulate the cur iosity of the student. We like to vitalize his study by giving it tha delights of intellectual discovery. When he takes a problem and finally works his way to a solution, has the thrill of intellectual accomplishment, and catches the enthusiasm of the scholar who seeks to discover new facts of life and insight into human understanding, then he is beginning ta reverence truth. He is then rcaiy to understand the nobility of lntii lectual Integrity,