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ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGONAPRIL 17, 1931
NUMBER 16
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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
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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.