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VOLUME 44
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, APRIL 24, 1931
NUMBER 17
ATHENA WIII5 III
DIVISIONAL IE
T
Both High and the Grade
Schools Bring Home
the Bacon.
. Bringing home two cups as winners
at the divisional meet held at Helix,
Saturday, both Athena high and
grade schools won over Helix, Wes
ton and Adams .schools, and these
winners will compete in the ' county
meet at Pendleton, tomorrow.
In addition to sweeping the board
clean of trophies, Athena, in Lowell
Jenkins, uncovered the high point
winner of the meet Jenkins scored
first in the 50 yard, the 100 yard,
the 220 yard dashes, and second in
the javelin and pole vault for a total
of 20 points. Emery Rogers - was
first in 440 yard race and second in
the 120 yard hurdles. Crowley pfac
ed first in the 120 and 220 yard hur
dles and second in the broad jump,
with Leo Geissel winning first in this
event. Wendell Shigley was second
in the mile run. The above divisional
winners will represent Athena high
in the county meet tomorrow.
Athena won the meet with a total
of 63 points. Helix scored 60, Adams
14.
Girls in the Athena grade school
won as follows: Baseball throw
Doris Jenkins, 1st; Fern Carstens,
2nd. 25 yard dash Francis Alkire,
2nd. 50 yard dash Doris Jenkins,
1st; Genevieve Barrett 2nd; Mildred
Alkire, 3rd.
Grade boys. 25 yard dash David
Lowe, 1st; Tillman Taylor, 3rd. Ball
throw David Lowe and Weber took
first in their respective divisions, and
Gail McLean 2nd. Broad jump David
Lowe, 1st; Aaron Douglas, 2nd; Jack
Miller, 3rd. 50 yard dash Tillman
Taylor, 3rd. High jump Tillman
Taylor, 1st; Jack Miller and Walters,
2nd; Lawrence, 3rd. 60 yard dash
Max Johnson, 2nd. 100 yard dash
Robert Walter and Aaron Douglas
2nd. Shot put Aaron Douglas 2nd,
The grade contests in the county
meet at Pendleton tomorrow start at
9:30 a. m. The high school events fol
low in the afternoon. Athena grade
girls eligible to contest in the county
meet are:
Francis Alkire, Betty Geiss, Gene
vieve Barrett, Ellen Alkire, Dorris
Jenkins and Fern Carstens. Grade
boys: David Lowe, Gail McLean, Till
man Taylor, Max Johnson, Robert
Walter and Aaron Douglas, ' High
school: Lowell Jenkins, Emery Rog
ers, Arthur Crowley, Leland Jenkins,
Leo Geissel, Wendell Shigley.
The Weston Mountain school, rep
resented by two boys in the track
meet brought home a loving cup. This
is the second year in succession that
Jack Stuber has accomplished this
with only two entries. The two boys
participating in the meet for the
mountaineers were Bill Emigh and
Bill Eaves.
Athena Glee Club
Scores in a School
Music Tournment
Athena high school glee club en
tered the district music tournament
at La Grande Saturday and came out
second in class C of the contest. As
this is the first year that Athena has
had a real glee club, the members are
to be congratulated upon their ac
complishment. Their number, "The
Cheery Lights of Home" was well
rendered, showing a keen musical
feeling and response to the baton of
Mrs. E. F. Bloom, their director.
Miss Betty Jane Eager who ac
companied the club, took first honors
in the accompanist contest, and sec
ond in the piano soloists division. Her
solo "Kamenoi Ostrow" by Ruben-
stein was beautifully executed, and
her technique and expression were in
dicative of ability and deep feeling.
The entire day was taken up with
the tournament, students appearing in
ensemble numbers, and solos both
vocal and instrumental. Mixed glee
clubs, boys clubs, girls clubs and
solos comprised the numbers present-
ed vocally. Stringed quartets and
trios, solos by horns, cellos, . saxa
phones, flutes and cliarnets were com
petitive events. Bands and orchestras
also- competed.
A concert was given Saturday
night by winning schools and awards
were made at the time. Mac-Hi re
ceived the sweepstakes cup and La
Grande high and Lostine also received
cups.
This Seems to Make Flying Quite Safe
Noted Marine Officer
Is Interested in Offer
A Washington dispatch to the Ore
gon Journal says that General Smed
ley D. Butler, ' fighting marine has
been asked to take charge of organ
ization of the Oregon state police sys
tem. On request of Governor Meier, Sen
ator McNary called Butler on the tele
phone at the marine headquarters at
Quantico, Va., and Butler will dis
cuss the matter with the senator at
McNary's office.
Butler explained he will retire from
the marine corps in September and
has signed a contract for three years
thereafter with some interest or or
ganization undisclosed. He is inter
ested in Meier's offer but will not
make up his mind about it until af
ter receiving further details about the
duties and compensation.
Butler was "lent" to Philadelphia
some time ago to reorganize the po
lice force of that city.
President Hoover already has ad
vised McNary that Butler may be re
leased again if Oregon wants him.
Repairing County Roads
The county has several crews of
men at work repairing the roads, cul
verts and bridges that were damaged
by the heavy rains and floods, several
weeks ago. The worst damage to
roads occurred in the eastern part of
the county, along the Walla Walla
river and its tributaries and on the
Umatilla river, east from Thorn Hol
low. ... . -
Funeral of Bert Whitman
The funeral of IL P. (Bert) Whit
man, who died last week at Baker af
ter an operation for appendicitis, was
held ' at Pendleton Saturday. Mr.
Whitman was a prominent stockman
of Umatilla county and was identi
fied with the success of the Pendleton
Round-Up. Honorary pallbearers
were members of the Round-Up di
Walla Walla Cleans Up
The flood debris has been cleaned
from the streets of Walla Walla and
much of the . damaged property has
been repaired. The city is now con
sidering the most feasible method, of
flood control, . that further damage
may be averted.
Traffic Counting Reveals
Many Cars on Highway
The first traffic count of the season
on Oregon highways was taken Sat
urday and shows the traffic normal
for this time of year. Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Pittman were stationed at a
point a quarter of a mile north of
Freewater and counted 1895 cars in
a period of 16 hours. In that time
only two horse drawn vehicles passed.
Jack Murphy spent the sixteen hour
period at the intersection of the He
lix and Oregon-Washington high
ways and counted 788 cars. , The
count is taken monthly during the
summer season and of course the
amount of traffic will increase as the
season advances. .
The highway commission has ad
vised its employees that henceforth
any overtime work will be given an
other shift thus aiding . in giving
work to the unemployed.
County Golf Tournament
The Pendleton Country club has
issued an invitation for six golf play
ers from Athena to participate in the
county tournament, to.be held on the
Pendleton course, Sunday, May 10.
In order that all Athena players may
have a chance to go to the Pendleton
meet, it is proposed that elimination
play be held next Sunday on an im
provised course in Barrett's pasture,
when the six turning in the best
scores will be declared eligible to
represent Athena in the county
tournament.
.LaZm:A - -v
Here is the airplane of a new type, designed by Albert A Marrill and
successfully tested at the Glenn Curtisg airport on Long Island. Apparently
It cannot dive, stall or spin, and the pilot, cutting off the power several
hundred feet in the air and taking. Ms hands from the controls, landed It
gently and slowly.
Annual Etude
Concert Pleases
at Auditorium
KING OF TOYLAND
V:'.:
H. D. Bowie, the new "King of
American Santa Clauses," Just after
his election' as president of the Toy
Manufacturers' of theiUnited States,
Inc., at their annual meeting in New
York.
Wheat King Backs
Farm Board s Act
William Hodgen, Pioneer
William Hodgen, a pioneer of this
county and brother of Fred Hodgen of
Adams, died at his home in Freewa
ter, Saturday, aged 7L He is sur
vived 'by his widow; three children,
Mrs. Zula Gulliford, Cecil Hodgen and
Rex Hodgen of Freewater; two sis
ters, Mrs. N. B. Atkinson and Mrs. J.
E. Free of Waitsburg; two brothers,
Orlando Hodgen of Umapine and Fred
Hodgen of Adams. Funeral services
were held at Umapine Monday.
High Wind Does Damage
Gales throughout western and por
tions of Eastern Oregon Tuesday
night did considerable damage. Com
munication systems were paralyzed.
A forest fire climbed Rocky Butte,
near Portland ,and a 30-acre fire rag
ed in the Columbia forest, near Van
couver, Wash. Athena was without
electric power and lights for about an
hour Tuesday evening, due to ejects
of he storm west of here.
Athena at Mission
The Athena team will journey to
Mission Sunday afternoon . to play
their first game of the season with
the Mission Indians, of the Umatil
la county baseball league. This will
be the third for the Indians, they hav
ing won one and lost one to Umatilla.
Helix and Umatilla will play at He
lix.
Baseball Injury Fatal .
Robert Perry, 26, of Portland, a
ministerial student, died of. injuries
received when he was struck on the
nose by a baseball while playing at
Whitworth college, Spokans.
Thomas D. Campbell of Montana,
identified as the largest wheat farm;-
er in the United States, told Presi
dent Hoover that wheat purchases of
the grain stabilization corporation
which he placed at 250,000,000 bush
els were only about 100,000,000
bushels in excess of normal needs.
Campbell said it was necessary for
this country to have at least 150,000,
000 or 200,000,000 bushels of wheat
on hand at all times in case of war or
severe drouth in the wheat belt.
A less amount, he added, would be
disastrous in case of crop failure or
attack.
The Montana farmer deplored at
tacks made on the farm board by
business and financial writers, saying
this had brought about a feeling
among farmers that business was in
opposition to agriculture.
The action of the farm board in
establishing wheat prices twice dur
ing the past year and a half was said
by Campbell to have averted a panic
in this country.
Had the price of wheat fallen to
50 cents, he said, banks throughout
the wheat belt would have failed and
the country would have been plunged
into the worst panic of its history.
. Athena-Adams Today
Wednesday of last week, Athena
and Adams high school teams played
a ripping good game of baseball,
Athena winning by-the close score of
3 to 2. This afternoon on the Athena
diamond, these two teams will con
front each other in the second game
of the series, and without doubt the
contest will be an interesting one to
witness. With favorable weather, a
big crowd will be on hand when the
umpire shouts, "play ball!"
Steiwer-Fes Dinner
Delegations from points in the coun
ty outside Pendleton have already
made reservations for approximately
75 places, at the Steiwer-Fee dinner
tomorrow evening, and will be repre
sentative of Stanfield, Hermiston,
Pilot Rock, Athena, Weston and other
points.. The dinner will be held in the
lodge rooms of the Elks building and
will begin promptly at 6:30.
Bingham Springs Road
The Bingham Springs road for the
entire distance to that resort is now
passable. A number of cars from
Athena and other places made the
trip to the Springs Sunday without
any trouble. The road will continue
to be improved so that by the time
the Springs are opened for the season.
the highway will accommodate its
usual traffic . - -
Nicotine Diet Is Making
Better Broilers Claims
a Pennsylvania College
Feeding tobacco to chickens ?
. Yep. .,
Tobacco fed to baby chicks is mak
ing them into bigger and better
broilers at the Pennsylvania State
college.
This same nicotine diet, in the fully
grown old fowl, makes healthier hens
and roosters and, what is more, may
emancipate their farm owners from
having to keep them so closely watch
ed for fear of a parasitical infections
that chickens may pick up when econ
omically forging for their own food.
A high percentage of nicotine in to
bacco is the secret of the effective
ness of the Penn State tobacco diet
The value of tobacco as a vermidical
agent in chicken feed has been recog
nized for years, but sometimes its use
has yielded uncertain results. It is
likely to make hens ill, some being
more susceptible than others.
Between the low and the high nico
tine types they are now seeking the
"level" of nicotine content at which
the best results may be obtained. A
wider range in effective plants may
mean increased markets for tobacco
farmers.
The reason for the greater growth
of baby chicks is not wholly clear.
It is not necessarily ascribed to nico
tine. If the cause is nicotine, then
this is something new in such effects,
Dr. Haley says. Better health may
come from the killing by nicotine of
ascaridia Lineata, commonly called
round worm, a type of fowl parasite.
To minimize attacks of these para
sites farmers have been forced to
raise their chickens on ground free
from such organisms.
Chicken Thieves Again
The Weston Leader reports that
forty brown leghorn chickens were
stolen Monday night from the shed in
which they were roosting at the Joe
Key place on Hale creek east of Wes
ton. Tracks indicated that two men
were the culprits and that they had a
car. Chicken heads scattered about
the premises showed that the luckless
fowls were evidently killed and dress
ed, preparatory to marketing them.
Mr. Key notified the sheriff's office.
He offers a reward of $25 for in
formation leading to the arrest and
conviction of the thieves.
Hood Wheat Variety
Hood wheat, a new variety tested
out at the Oregon Experiment sta
tion at Corvallis and now on trial
on three Washington county farms is
showing up well this spring, County
Agent W. F. Cyrus reports. Results
in yield and growth will be checked
later in the season. The Hood is
more upright growing variety and
starts developing earlier than
Holland, Syrus says, although
Holland may still prove to be
higher yielding.
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Indian School Burns
The Indian school at the Umatilla
Mission was totally destroyed, con
tents included, by fire which started
from an unknown cause at six o'clock,
Tuesday morning. Children and older
occupants of the building escaped
without injury. Firemen from Pen
dleton arrived too late to be of ser
vice other than to keep the flames
from spreading to nearby buildings.
Insurance was carried on the school
building.
Pea Plant Operating
, The Idaho-Washington Seed com
pany's pea-cleaning plant has been in
operation for several days, beginning
last week, when a carload of seed
peas was received from Eastern
Washington. The full force of opera
tives were employed in operating the
grading machines. Manager Sloan
came down from Spokane Monday.
A fair sized audience was pleased
with the presentation of the annual
Etude club concert, Thursday evening
at high school auditorium.
The stage was beautiful with floral
decorations, spring blossoms predom
inating in colorful arrangement. The
club chorus numbers were intersperc
ed with selections by Mrs. Faye
Staggs, harpist, of Walla Walla, and
trombone solos by Dan Tilley, Athena
high school orchestra leader.
The program was presented under
direction of Mrs. Ralph McEwen, with
Mrs. Laur nce Pinkerton, piano ac
companist. In token of appreciation,
Mrs. Pinkerton and Mrs. McEwen
were each presented with boquets f
cut flowers during one of the inter
missions. The concert program was
as follows:
Night Breezes (Moore), I Know a
Lovely Garden (D'Hardelot), My Lul
laby Moon (McChesney), Etude Club
harp solo, Mrs. Staggs Lullaby
(Godard), Mistress Margarita (Penu),
Morning (Speaks), Etude Club
trombone solos, Concertino, The Mes
sage (Brooks), Non e Ver (Tito Mat
tee), Dan Tilley Do You Know-My
Garden T (Wood), Mammy's Little
Kinky Headed Boy (Trinkans), The
Piper of Love (Carew), Etude Club.
Dog Bites Child
"Soup" the pet of the Bruno Weber
family is no more. This splendid
watch dog and playmate of the chil
dren became cross and vicious in his
old age and last week bit little Dale
Gray making a gash in his cheek. The
wound though painful is not serious.
But rather than have further acci
dents old "Soup" has departed this
life and the neighborhood is safer for
kiddies.
Governor Meier
Stopped in Oust'
. ing Prison Head
Blind Men See After
Long Years in Dark
Phoenix, Ariz. Three Arizona pio
neers, their sight restored after years
of blindness, took an automobile ride
around modern Phoenix, which they
last saw as a small town in the desert.
The men whose sight was restored
following successful operations re
cently, were Steve Tyler, 79; Abra
ham Porter, 80, and George Harper,
87. They left a hospital Tuesday
morning and will be returned to the
Arizona Pioneers' Home at Prescott.
Porter was the most affected for
the first time in nearly 25 years.
I know all about airplanes and
automobiles. I have never seen an
airplane yet and this is the first au
tomobile I have seen, but they have
been described to me. I am going to
travel in them now. I want to cross
the ocean in an airplane."
Harper who has been sightless 15
years has one big ambition. He wants
to collect the debts his pals owed him
before he went blind.
"When they took me to the pioneers'
home," Harper said, "they thought I
wouldn't need any money."
When Harper first saw the nurse
he said:
"I can't realize you are so small.
I always thought you must be pret
ty hefty from the way you have been
bossing us."
Grade in Bad Shape
The county grade down Wild Horse
creek, which serves a considerable
farming area on Wild Horse moun
tain, is in execrabje condition in spots
where it was torn up by flood waters
during the last two days of March,
says the Weston Leader. Huge rocks
and deep ruts are left in the grade,
and residents of the district have
their work cut out for them in mak
ing repairs. They will endeavor to
get a supply of powder from the
county with which to blast the rocks.
Slight Frost Damage
So far there has been but slight
damage from frost reported in Uma
tilla county. In Union county, at Cove,
the cherry center, grave fears are ex
pressed for the safety of the fruit
crop. Keports coming from there are
to the effect that a 60 per cent dam
age has already resulted from frost.
In the Walla Walla valley frost has
been light, with temperature Monday
night ranging from freezing to 36.
Salem. Swinging to a sudden and
unexpected close of his prosecution of
Henry L. Meyers, prison superinten
dent, Governor Meier stopped testi
mony before the audience which pack
ed the hall of representatives Tues
day morning, presenting a long reso
lution demanding immediate removal
of Meyers and Colonel W. B. Bart
rum, superintendent of the flax plant
at the prison, which he demanded
that the board of control adopt im
mediately. This Hoss and Kay refused to do,
insisting it was entirely unfair to ask
such action without hearing Meyer's
defense. - .
The governor then presented a sec
ond resolution demanding the imme
diate discharge of Bartrum, already
discharged as of May 1.
Here Hoss refused to vote, saying
Meyers and Kay had fired Bartrum
over his protest and that they could
settle it between themselves. Meier
and Kay tied on that vote.
Allen Carson then "rested the de
fense without testimony because there
has been no evidence against Mr.
Meyers introduced." Carson then
started at once a scathing denuncia
tion of the tactics employed by the
governor, insisting that "even a
schoolboy would have known better
than to have proceeded in the way he
had."
Monday's developments came after
a Sunday of uncertainty and bicker
ing, with word coming from the peni
tentiary that unrest was growing
among the convicts,' due to the fight
being carried on before the board.
Superintendent Meyers insisted,
outside the record, "There was no
more unrest than could be expected
where 2000 men were in idleness."
WHEAT MARKET IS
STIRRED BY RUMOR
Idea Firm Despite Govern
ment Denial; Stocks Move
to Coast.
Peggy and Pat Coming
to the Pacific Northwest
The popularity of Peggy and Pat-
radio couple featured on the Conoco
Listeners Hour has been proved in
an unusual way. Since they mention
ed during one of their weekly broad
casts a short time ago that they plan
ned a motor tour of the Northwest
for their vacation this summer, they
have received scores of invitation to
visit other sections.
"It would take all summer to visit
all the places we'd like to," Peggy
said. "And we only get two weeks. Be
sides we wouldn't want to change our
plans now the Conoco Travel Bureau
has already sent up our maps and
passports. Maybe next year we can
visit other sections."
Other motorists who are planning
vacation trips will be interested in
the next Conoco program, Pat has
announced. A real "variety" pro
gram has been arranged by the
orchestra and the quartette. Tune in
next Wednesday evening.
Students .Are Crash Victims
Two Oregon State college students
were fatally injured near Monmouth
Sunday night in an auto smashup.
The dead: Miss Loma Davidson.
Eagle Point, Or. Kenneth Malone,
Santa Monica, Cal Injured were
Miss Dagmar Flood, who was driving.
and Roland 3. McDonald Lakwisw.
Dog Poisoner Again
That vicious minded fiend, the dog
poisoner is abbroad, and it will stand
dog owners in hand to watch the
wanderings of their pets in order that
they may not fall victims to bis mean
ness. Two family pets picked up the
dangerous morsels in the past week,
these being the dogs owned by Jack
Murphy and Fred Wilson.
Co-Operative Creamery
The work of signing up dairymen
for the co-operative creamery at
Hermiston was started this week.
With the arrival of B. E. Sykes, of
Sandy, Oregon, a meeting of interest
ed dairymen was held in the public
library. The next evening a similar
meeting was held at Irrigon and both
Were well attended.
Weston Stores Robbed
Two stores were broken into Satur
day night at Weston, and robbed.
Herman Goodwin's drug store was
broken into at the front door and all
of the small change he had in the cash
register was taken, also a cheap
watch and a small amount of candy.
A safe box containing a burglar
alarm was moved from the top of the
safe to the rear of the building and
had been jimmied but failed to open
it. The hardware department of
Nelson H. Jones was broken open by
removing a door. Fishing tackle and a
few shirts were taken.
N. P. Changes Tim
Sunday a new time card goes into
effect on the Northern Pacific. Local
ly, necessary adjustment of branch
line service will be made to conform
with main line schedules principal
changes being that the evening train
from Walla Walla will leave there at
10:00 p. m.; arrive Pasco 12:20 a. m.
The Walla Walla-Seattle car will be
handled between Pasco and Seattle on
the north Coast Limited in both di
rections. '
State Purchases City Lots
The state highway commission has
purchased six lots from Wilbur Har
den, located on Second street, north of
Jefferson, which will be used as a
storage place for highway construc
tion material. The property was
formerly a portion of the B. D.
Clemons estate.
William Duby Dead
William Duby, former chairman of
the state highway commission, died at
his home at Baker, Wednesday night
after a short illness. He was promin
ent in county and state politics, being
closely identified with the livestock in
dustry. State Hospital Smallpox
Due to smallpox, the state hospital
for insane at Salem, has been placed
under quarantine. ' No visitors will
be admitted. Three patients in the
institution are afflicted with the dis
ease, according to Dr. R," E. Lee
Sttfoer, wpeYinttndrtit. "
Portland. All wheat markets,
American and European, were stirred
Tuesday by reports that the farm
board will export 35,000,000 bushels
of its large holdings by July 1. This
rumor was denied during the day by
James C. Stone, chairman of the
board, and the excitement subsided on
the exchanges. .
Chairman Stone's statement that no
radical , change in the board's policy
had been; decided upon did not alter
the opinion of grain men here that
such a move to reduce the surplus
would soon have to be made. When
it comes it will mean a lot of ship
ping activity on the Pacific coastt
as stocks of government wheat in the
northwest are very large and can
only be disposed of through foreiim
channels.
It is the belief that the board will
soon lane steps to sen 30,UUU,UUU
bushels or more and that an an
nouncement to this effect will come
from the board.
United States Senator Steiwer re
ceived information from his office in
Washington, D. C. that approximately
10,000,000 bushels of northwestern
wheat would be Included in the
amount exported and that the re
mainder would bo shipped from the
gulf and Atlantic states. The Pa
cific coast wheat would very likely
be sent to China, and grain from
other parts of the country to Europe.
.Preparations are being made to ac
cumulate the government's north
western stocks at coast terminals, and
all the available storage space is be
ing taken at Portland, Longview, As
toria, Seattle and Tacoma. In addi
tion to the space obtained at termin
al No. 4 and at the Peninsula lumber
mill warehouse, the Pacific Coast
Elevator dock has received 7000 tons
of wheat, the first storage of its kind
in several years. About 30 carloads
have also been received at the Oceanic
terminal, and grain is reaching the
Peninsula warehouse, which will ac
commodate about 6000 tons. At Ta
coma warehouses for years vacant
are filling up with wheat. All this
grain is being stored for the account
of the farmers' National Grain cor
poration or the Stabilization corpora
tion, both agencies of the federal
farm beard.
While the exporting of this north
western wheat will be facilitated by
bringing it to tidewater, an equally
important purpose is the relief it will
afford to the situation in the interior
where storage room must be provid
ed for the new wheat crop, the har
vesting of which will start in about
three months.
Recall of Hoss and Kay
Is Hinted at by Skiff
Salem. Rumors that a move was on
foot for the recall of Hal E. Hoss,
secretary of state, and T. B. Kay,
state treasurer, were apparently veri
fied Wednesday by Hoss, who admit
ted that he was approached Tuesday
afternoon by Mark Skiff of Salem with
a request for information relative to
the procedure to be followed in a re
call move. Asked as to who was un
der fire, Skiff declared that the move
was directed against Kay and Hoss.
"You are not co-operating with
Governor Meier," Skiff declared, ex
plaining that Meier had been elected
governor by an overwhelming ma
jority of the voters of the state who
wanted a new deal in state affairs and
a thorough investigation into state
departments and institutions.
Skiff declared that there was con
siderable sentiment in Marion, Linn
and Multnomah counties and in other
sections of the state in support of the
proposed recall.
Mrs. Hugh Bell Dead
Mrs. Hugh Bell died at . her home,
710 River Drive, Pendleton, yesterday
forenoon after an illness of several
years duration. She is survived by
her husband, two sons, Cecil Bell of
Chicago; Morris Bell of Pendleton;
one daughter, Jean, of Pendleton; four
brothers and two sisters. Before her
marriage, Mrs. Bell, who was a
daughter of the late Pat Saunders, re
sided in Athena. Funeral services
will be held at the Christian church
in Athena, but the hour had not been
announced at press time last evening.
Oregon Day
Oregon day which occurs Saturday,
May 2, will be commemorated by the
Athena schools Friday, May 1, when
a general assembly will be held. Ore
gon lore and high points in thn state's
history will be accented in the pro
gram which is being prepared. The
singing of Oregon songs will also be
a feature. The program is open to
the public and all are cordially in
vited to ftttena.