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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 very lowest rates. Fast presses, modern types, modern work, prompt delivery. , , Entered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mall Matter ' VOLUME 44' ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGONAPRIL 17, 1931 NUMBER 16 pari BOARD ASKS r lit FOB GLEAN SWEEP Present Aids Out After May : 1st Meier After Prison Superintendent. Salem. In line with. its plan to re organize the state game department the game commission ..Tuesday sin structed "that all members of the per s6nnel be notified that within the next 15 days they should submit their resignations to the commission and that they should continue at work un til the resignations are acted upon. In calling for the wholesale resigna tion it is the idea of the commission that it will be free to select those whom it desires to retain and that those who are retained will appreciate their responsibility to the commission rather than to outsiders. . In the matter of selecting a mas ter warden, or game supervisor as he will be termed under the new game code, the commission did nothing be yond considering in executive., ses sion a number of candidates and their qualificatons. The final selection of supervisor and heads of departments will probably be announced at the next meeting of the commission May 11 in Portland. - By that time decision will also be reached probably on the question of moving the headquarters of the de partment from Portland to the capital building at Salem. In.its present quarters the commission is paying ?298 rent per month. Among candidates for chief warden are J. E. Cullison, chairman of the late commission; F. M. Brown, deputy warden; Art Fish, chief of law en ' forcemcnt; Deputy Warden Meads, and Senator Ed .Miller of Grants .Pass. - Charles P. Pray of Oswego, former special agent in the federal depart ment of justice, was appointed state parole officer by Governor Meier Tuesday. The governor also reported progress in his proposal to install an assistant purchasing agent in the board of con trol to represent himself in passing on purchases for departments and - commissions coming under his ex clusive jurisdiction. Meier, earlier in the session met his first definite defeat in his proj ected "house cleaning" of state insti tutions and departments when a ma jority of the board refused to stand with him in his demand for removal of Henry W. Meyers, superinendent of the state penitentiary. Both Hal Hoss, secretary, of state, and State Treasurer Kay were oppos ed to the governor's proposal to oust the superintendent. They agreed' to a counter proposal that charges which have been made against Meyers by former prison employes be aired at a public hearing to be held in the state house at 9 a. m. Friday. A proposal by the governor that the services of Colonel .W. B. Bart ram as superintendent of the prison flax industry be dispensed with "forthwith", also failed to gain the board's support. Bartram, under previous board ac tion, was slated to go May 1. The governor based his demand on addi tional complaints which were laid be fore him and he wanted the release to be effective at once. Kay told the governor he interviewed all the men to whom the governor referred rela tive to these new complaints and that in no instance had he found the charges substantiated. "On the contrary," Kay declared, "I find Bartram is working in entire harmony with the prison, is instruct ing those who are to succeed him and there is no foundation for -the charge he is disrupting the flax industry. I voted to release Bartram on May 1, and it would be an injustice to him to kick him out before that time on the flimsy charges you have referred to us." Sam Kozer Resigns Governor Meier has announced the appointment of Henry Hanzen as state budget director to succeed Sam A. Kozer who resigned April 1. Koz er's resignation becomes elective April 15. The fact that the resigna tion had been tendered had not been known outside the governor's office. Hanzen, former Portland newspaper man, directed Meier's campaign for the governorship. Kozer resigned his post as secretary of state to become budget director. ' , Sterling Parr is' Farm Home, Con tents Destroyed The farm home of Sterling Parris, together with contents was totally destroyed by fire of unknown origin about 3 o'clock, Monday afternoon Not one thing was saved, as the house was a mass of flames when the first persons arrived on the scene. Mrs. Parris had come to Athena with Mrs. Clifford Walker and Mr, Parris was working in a field, out of view of the house. A little son of Joseph Cannon was the first one to see the fire, and soon afterward Nor man Mclntyre and Will Bush were there and when they broke in a win dow, flames burst out and singed their eyebrows, forcing them back. In a short time quite a crowd con gregated, but no one could be of any assistance, whatever. Fortunately the wind was blowing the flames away from the direction 'of other buildings, though the big shade trees in the front yard were seared by heat and flame. There was some insurance on the farm house but none on the contents. The place was formerly the home of the late D. H. Sanders, and S. S. Par ris purchased it from A. H. Mc lntyre. During the past winter, Mr, and Mrs. Parris had made extensive improvements on the house. New plumbing had been put in and the rooms had been newly painted and papered, and other improvements made. . . Another house owned by Mr. Parris in the vicinity will be moved to the site of the burned building and re modeled for occupancy. Provisions Made for "Last Quartet" Fund Portland. When but four old men remain of the 2000 or 3000 world war sailors on the U. S. S. South Dako ta, those four will meet for a final banquet. On the table will be a fat money bag. Before the four men separate, dissolving the U. S. S. South Dakota Veterans Association, they will divide the contents of the bag equally. Each will carry away enough money to carry him thru his few re maining years. The "Last Quartet Fund" was start ed by contributions of 25 cents from each of the 100 members who attend ed the tenth annual reunion of the association here Saturday night. The plan is for each member to add 25 cents a year to the pool. The money will be placed in a savings bank and, when only four veterans remain, they will divide the pot. The Study Club Dainty sprays of peach bloom plac ed about the rooms made the home of Mrs. W. S. Ferguson a bower of Spring beauty Friday afternoon when she was hostess to the Study club, the occasion being the annual guest day of this very interesting and suc cessful organization. With the presi dent, Mrs. F. B. Radtke presiding, the meeting opened with roll call, answered with the name of some manufactured product of Japan. Mrs. M. I. Miller read from Hutchinson the pages descriptive of that country, followed by a review by Mrs. J. W. Pinkerton of "A Daughter of the Samurai," by the interesting Japan ese author, Madame Sugimoto. The review was given in Mrs. Pinkerton's usually comprehensive and thorough manner. The hostess assisted by her committee consisting of Mrs. M. M. Johns, Mrs. Frank Little and Mrs. Fred Kershaw, served light refresh ments. Guests present were: Mrs. B. B. Richards, Mrs. D. A. Pinkerton, Mrs. Velton Read, Mrs. C. M. Eager, Mrs. C. A. Sias, Mrs. L. A. Cornell, Miss Elsa Ringel and Mrs. Frank Snyder of. Weston, besides fifteen members of the club. The next meet ing will be at the home of Mrs. Johns, the subject being: The South Sea Islands. REVISED E I RATES Reductions to Coast Points From Montana, Idaho, Washington. Washington. A lengthy study of Western gram rates has been con eluded with issuance by the inter state commerce commission of a sup plemental order revising and correct ing the reduced rates prescribed last year, and refusing further consider tion of individual cases. The revised rates, to become effec tive June 1, apply to water carriers as well as railroads. The , inquiry which resulted in the new rate sche dules has been under way for several years. Export grain as well as gram for domestic use comes under provisions of the order. It applies to the states of Montana, Idaho and Washington. The revised grain rate tariffs re ordered by the interstate commerce commission have been effective m Orgon intra-state traffic since April under order of the Oregon public utility commissioner, who denied the delay until June 1 asked by the car riers and now denied by Wednesday's ruling. . :.- The original requirement for the new schedules fixed the effective date as November 1, 1930, but the rail roads were successful in postponing the date until April 1 and again until June 1 and had asked for reopening of the case and further extension, which the interstate commerce com mission has denied. Athena-Adams School Teams in a Hot Fray Not until the last inning of a hotly contested seven-inning- game, - could Athena high school players get their sights arranged to pull the game out of the fire which Boots Lacourse had kindled with two scores for Adams. Lacourse had scored Adams' two hruns in the fourth and sixth innings and had held Athena to a couple of bingles and no scores; in fact this nifty athlete was the stellar light of the game. Then the seventh rolled around. Jenkins flew out to Hodgen. Ralph Moore binged out a three-ply swat and Wilson walked. Pickett got life at first, when B. Hodgen dropped the ball on the strike. Hansell scored Moore and Wilson with a scorching single, Pickett going to third, from where he brought in the third tally on Jack Moore's long fly to LaFave. Huffman held Adams to six hits. Both teams played a whale of a game and it was a good one to see. Struck His Mother Waldo Terry of Pendleton, was fin ed $50 and costs in municipal court on a charge of assault and battery preferred by his mother, Mrs. Laura Terry. Terry pleaded not guilty, but the judge decided that he had hit his mother at least once. Wrecking Church Property , The Catholic church property on Fifth street, where services have not been held for sometime, has been con siderably damaged, presumably by boys, who have broken out windows, entered the church building and dis arranged and damaged a number of articles. Investigation is said to be under way to discover if possible, who is responsible for the damage done the church property. Umatilla County Oil Co. Officers of the Umatilla County Oil company held a meeting with Athe na farmers at the Rogers & Goodman store in this city Tuesday evening. The company, recently organized, has for its purpose the buying of gasoline and oils in the open market and sell ing it to the farmer stockholders in the company. Shares are $25 each and are sold only to farmers, who are restricted to the purchase of four each. Sam R. Thompson is presi dent of the company and Carl Eng dahl is secretary-treasurer. County Agent Holt was the principal speaker at the Athena meeting. Practicing for Track Meet Athena high school and the grades are turning out for practice for the district track meet, which will be held at Helix tomorrow. Coach Miller re ports that he will have entries in all high school and grade events at the meet The grade events will be run off commencing at 10 a. m. and the high school contests will begin at 2 p.m. Farmers National Warehouses Henry Collins, western manager for the Farmers National Grain Corpora tion, reports the purchase of nine warehouses at Waitsburg, and two warehouses and an elevator at Con don, by the corporation. Athena to Open the League Sea son Here Sunday The opening game of the Umatilla County Baseball league season will open on the Athena grounds Sunday atternoon, at 2 o'clock, with Helix The season was to have started last Sunday between the two teams at He lix, but was postponed for this com ing Sunday, with change of location As scheduled, Umatilla opened the season at the .. , Mission Indians' grounds, scoring - a defeat over the Indians by the score of 9 to 3. Next Sunday the Indians play a return game at Umatilla. A good attendance is wanted for the Helix-Athena game here next Sunday and everybody is boosting for a big crowd present when Mr. Um pire announces the batteries and shouts "play ball!" Athena's probable lineup will be:. Tudor, pitcher; Brannon, catcher; Harden, lb; Wallan, 2b; Lacourse. ss; Lowell Jenkins, 3b; Miller, rf; Harris, ci and Crowley, If. wALLA WALLA GE IS FLOOD SUGGESTIONS Boy Scout Circus Several hundred Boy Scouts of the Blue Mountain Council will take part in a circus to be held at Walla Walla tonight, at the State Armory. Fif teen troops have been signed up to participate in the eight events which have been arranged. Included on the program are the impressive investi ture ceremony wnere 100 young scouts will receive their tenderfoot badges, a three-ring tableau, a model aircraft display; and a number Of other events designed to show the major activities of scouting. Free Textbooks for the Grade School Pupils Salem. Free textbooks, as far as the expenditure of $1.50 per year will permit, may be provided pupils of grade schools this fall, if the budgets provided for such expenditure is vot ed upon for the present school year, an opinion by the state attorney general held. The opinion was requested by C. A. Howard, superintendent of public in struction. Those districts voting bud gets in June for the coming year are expected to include the item for text books. Those voting in October for the next year, the opinion states, can not include the item. It is being sug gested by the state superintendent that these districts desiring to make use of the free text books this fall, make provision for holding its bud gets election before the fall term starts. Weston Man in Court II. J. Driscoll of Weston, who was secretly indicted by the grand jury for unlawful sale of securities, enter ed a plea of not guilty when arraign ed before Judge Sweek in circuit court, Tuesday. Driscoll's alleged of fense involves the sale of mining stock without a permit from the state corporation commissioner. Benefit Dance Successful The benefit dance given at Miller hall Wednesday evening, was well at tended and $52 was netted for the Athena Cemetery Association fund. The music was contributed by several Athena musicians and expenses were small. Punch was served and all who attended report having an enjoyable time. John D. Tells Padre a Good Story fit ' 4t ' I - 1 ;.. j - t i '' ' " 1 Dam, Dredge, Change Type of Bridges and Clear Up Channel. Education and the State oSSV of Oregon W elf art Walla Walla. The special flood control committee named by President John Casper of the chamber of com merce is beginning to receive sug gestions into which it can "get its teeth," these suggestions coming from engineers who have studied the peculiar r . ;:d:t!ons which exist here. From a watershed covering some 75 square miles frequently come freshets which wash down rock and gravel, trees and debris, pouring this stuff into a narrow channel of Mill creek. which wriggles through town. The water and debris try to crowd under low bridges, which act as dams, caus ing overflows and destruction to prop erty. The last flood, that of March 31. caused a loss of at least a million and a half dollars. : Dennis P. Woods, consulting engi-l neer of Spokane, after a survey of the situation, has filed his recommenda tions with the special committee. Briefly they follow: Improve and straighten upper Mill creek, above where Yellowhawk branches, to insure that water stays in its assigned channel. Construct a low dam to create a settling basin for rocks and gravel brought down upper Mill creek and out of the canyon. Build diversion works in connection with the dam so that 40 per cent of the water of upper Mill creek will go into Yellowhawk and Garrison creeks (delta streams of Mill creek) and 60 per cent-jjlown Mill creek through the city, this to conform to an old court ruling. Improve lower mill creek channel from the settling basin on down. Dredge the present channel through the city, straighten the channel where practicable, and raise the channel to insure uniform depth and capacity. Raise the bridges and change the type where necessary. - Headed by John G. Kelly, a special committee is holding almost daily meetings to whip into shape some practical recommendations which can be submitted to the city commission ers for action soon. , Hundreds of pieces of property were damaged by the last flood and the damage was widespread, some places far from the creek channel suffering much, because the creek overflowed at a curve near fire station No. 2 and flowed down three streets, then srpead to others. Haugen Sees New Farm er Legislation m Congress New legislation to redeem republi can platform pledges of farm relief is forecast by Congressman Haugen of the house agriculture committee. Haugen proposed the equalization fee as a solution of the agricultural problem if the federal farm board has not bettered conditions by the time congress meets. the lowan twice sponsored the "McNary-Hau- gen" bill containing the fee. Ihe measure was vetoed by President Coolidge. "The board has tried to make the tariff effective but has failed," said Haugen. "That was their major purpose. "The board has cost the .govern ment at least $200,000,000. The qualization fee would have met the farm condition without any cost to the treasury." Shower Is Given Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Parris were, responsible for a shower in their honor yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Archie Mclntyre. large group of friends was pres ent and spent the afternoon with needlework. Many useful and attrac tive household articles were receiv ed by the honorees to assist in re placing those lost in the recent fire when their home was a total loss. Dainty refreshments were served at the tea hour. By Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall President, TJnivoraitjr ol Oregon .Editor note: Thlj U the fourth of leriei i T j?1"" written on education by Dr. Arnold Bennett Mall. nniMmi .v.. if.i... inZ 0,i 0tesoa- othor "'U follow t regular The question may well be asked, how can you train people In spiritual understanding? How can von orcran- ize the altruistic impulses of youth so that they will find expression along useful and constructive channels? Many contend that it is impossible to provme emotional training in an edu cational institution. One incident comes to my mind bearing upon this question. After America Lad been in the World War about a year, I met the first Amerl can soldier I had seen who had been in service over seas. I met him on a railroad train as he was returning to his home after having been Incapaci tated for further military service by injuries received in battle. I inquired if I might, ask him few questions, to which ho graciously consented. In a lew words I had his story. He was Dorn on a farm in Wisconsin. He fin ished the sixth grade in a rural school, ana men went to Kacine where he began working in a shoe factory. He was worKing in a shoe factory at the outbreak of the war. He promptly resigned, went to Ohicago, and volun teered for military service. He went through about eleven months of train. ing and then found himself in the front line trenches overseas. He has been over the top three times, was finally severely wounded, and was re turning home. He was a typical gar den variety of young American man hood. Courage Explained I asked him how he had the cour age when the time came to go over the top and he knew that he had to advance through the enemy territory, through barbed wire entanglements, amidst explosive " shells, poisonous gases, bursting shrapnel, and rattling machine gun fire, realizing the dan ger that lay ahead. His reply to me was, "Why, Mister, it wasn't so bad. Of course, you are scared, but you must remember that when you first go into the army your first teacher telU you that you must begin to look forward to that day when you are going to stand before the world and take the baptism of fire. You have to look forward to the time when you are going to be tried on the field 6f battle and when your gang is going to know whether you are a man or a coward. And not only that, but when you go over the top, you know that your comrades are going wtih you; you know that the platoon commander will lead you and will not desert, and say, Mister, you can't go back on the bunch. You would rather die in vour tracks than have the gang think you were a coward." And so, in his rude wav. ha laid down the simple rules of psychology which constitute the hope of the race. He" demonstrated that the army, which is not primarily an educational organization, can take the garden variety of, American boy, train him for a few short months, send him into the most terrible war in history against the most effectively trained : troops that civilization has known, ' and so train him that his dauntless gallantry and efficient fighting would . arouse the admiration of the world. ,' That was done by organizing his emo tional life around the conception of oravery and self -respect Emotions Organized ' The army organized the boys' cmo-1 tiona into a definite .comDlex until '. they preferred death to cowardice and ! would rather give tip their lives than I their self-respect. I maintain that if the army, even under the dramatic circumstances of war, can in a year, train the average American boy to ' such heroism and gallantry, that mod-: crn education, through the grades and the high school and the universitv ought to be able so to organize the emotional and spiritual life of youth ' that in the great conflict of life they j will prefer the thines that are noliln : and splendid and magnificent to the things that are cheap, common and tawdry. I believe by building upon the campus, through the influence of our faculty and the cooperation of our nomes, the right kind of atmos phere, the right kind of Univr9if traditions, respect for things that are fine and reverence for things that are holy, that we can so shana th mn. tional life of youth that they will leave the doors of the UnivAritw Oregon trained not onlv inteller-tnaii,, to do battle with the nroblema nt with a vision of service and ideals of manhood and womanhood that will make them of maximum value to so ciety, joy to their families, and equip, ped for wholesome and useful lives. The development of Freshman Week activities, the 'series nt t-iir. that I give to the freshmen at thai beginning of their first vear. th With which wo try to select faculty! members whose personality and rhnr-' acter become an inspiration to thai students these are the methods by! which wo are trying to build up a1 rich body of University traditions and i high standards of student ideals, ' Here is an opportunity for snlAivU.i I cooperation by the fathers and moth- i vve cannot build these ideals i upon the campus and develop them to 1 their fullest nossibilitieii witfcn. : (.rawing help from the idealism and I aspirations of your homes. We want you to send your children to us not only eager to make the best of their university opportunities, but also : easer to build into the spiritual lifa ! of the University something of their own hopes and aspirations, something of their own ideals, and something of their own manhood and womanhoo" Taxes Now Paid at the County Sheriff's Office Conforming to present require ments, taxpayers will hereafter pay their taxes direct to the sheriff's of fice at Pendleton, instead of having the convenience of making payment through their bank. The change makes it incumbent up on the taxpayer to personally secure his tax statement from the sheriff's office, either by request through the mail or making a visit to the office. In another column of today's Press. the First National Bank of Athena calls attention of the taxpayer to the official order which discontinues pay ment of taxes at the bank. The first half ti 1930 taxes have been due since March, and they become delinquent after Tuesday, May 5th. Fishing Season Opens The fishing season opened on trout six inches in length and over, Wed nesday. Athena anglers were handi capped owing to the high stage of water in the Umatilla and Walla Wal la rivers. Fishing is confined to creeks tributary to the rivers and small catches are reported. Judging from the expression on the face of llev. A. T. I5roks r.1 VKt n. Mass, it must have been a good one that John D. Rockefeller Imri Jum rclnlcij to him on the grounds of bia winter home a( Orniond lieacli, l iif., where Hie , minister wai til guest, . .,. . . , ..... Wh:at Takes Upward Splash Stimulated by European Indications, Chicago wheat established a new high price record for the season. May opened at 83 and closed 83 4; July C3 64; Sept. 62 62; Dec. 65 65. Winnipeg's close for May was 62. Portland cash wheat:, Blue stem, soft and Western white, 168,-. - Elam Goes to Syria Friends of Mrs. Casper Woodward and Mrs. Dave Stone will be interest ed to hear that their nephew Dan W. Elam, senior at Whitman college, has been appointed instructor oL physics in the American University of Beirut Syria. He will succeed Stephen Pen rose, son of the Whitman president, who is returning to the United States in June to study at Columbia Uni versity. Bestfes teaching, Ealm will do coaching in athletics and will di rect the Chapel choir. He plans to spend the summers touring Europe and making an extensive study of the opera. After graduation in June, Elam will spend two months in pre paratory work and will sail from New York in August. His work begins in September and he expects to be in Syria for three years. Bank Bandit Slain J. R. Albright, 35, farm hand, lay dead with a bullet in his heart at Ashland while a posse sought his companion in the robbery of the Ash land State Bank, Monday. Meanwhile Eric Warren, post office employe, was recovering from a bullet wound in the shoulder received as he watched the gun battl follcrwlntf tha holdup. Much Work to Repair Water Damage at Springs It will require a considerable amount of work and expense to re pair the damage done at Bingham Springs by the flood waters of the Umatilla river. When the flood subsided it was found that the river had made dis astrous inroads into the Springs property, particularly in the immedi ate vicinity of the hotel and the north approach to the bridge former ly leading to the swimming pools. East of the bridge approach, the river changed its channel and now one corner of the porch of the Dud ley cottage hangs over the river bank. Most of the cottages had water covering the floors and in several in stances the 'earth rilled lawns and, yards have been swept of soil down to the rocks and gravel. A consider able number of trees and logs and piles of debris are strewn over the grounds. - It is hoped that the river may again be deflected into its former channel, and this will require consid erable work. W. E. Campbell went to the springs Sunday and found his cabin intact, but soil, flowers and shrubs had been mostly swept away. It took seven and one-half hours for Mr. Campbell to make the trip from his home to the Springs. The Bingham Springs road in places from the steel bridge east of Meacham creek, is impassable. Fills at some points have been washed out and every bridge on the river above the steel structure, went out In the flood. It is understood that a force of men will be put to work at once to reconstruct the road and progress will be reported from time to time. Drowned in Ditch The five year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Donahue of Walla Walla, was drowned in an irrigation ditch at Boardman, Tuesday. Her parents were visiting relatives at Bo&fdman.