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THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON, MAY 22, 1931 CORVALLIS READY FOR LEG BOYS State Convention Will Be Held in College Town Preparations Made. Corvallis. Realizing that more ex-service men of Oregon than ever before will attend the state conven tion of the American Legion this year, the convention commission of the Corvallis post is preparing the biggest problem of entertainment in the history of the Legion in Oregon. That the crowd will be .biggest this year is assured by early . responses from posts all over the state owing to the central location of Corvallis as the convention city. Convention dates are Thursday, Friday and Sat urday, August 6, 7 and 8. With 12 drum and bugle corps en tering, the annual drum crops con test will again be the big feature of the convention entertainment. From reports of the various corps, practice began earlier than usual this year on account of the program of a trip to Detroit for the winning corps. With the contest and parade on Bell field, college football stadium, under the big flood lights installed for night football, the gay coloring of varied uniforms will be seen1 without sha dows and details will be more strik ing than under a glaring noon-day sun.' " . .. ,; ... More street stunts than ever be fore are promised for the delight of conventions this year. Many posts throughout the state which do not support drum corps are entered against each other for the best di version of this character. The best of former conventions, and many more new features will be added to this de partment. And still other posts will be represented in competition at a midnight matinee frolic honoring members of the drum corps. Convention committees comprise more than 50 active Legionaires and members of the Legion auxiliary, whose convention will be held in Cor vallis at the same time. Prepara tions have been divided into five groups for administration purposes, and C. R. Briggs, Corvallis post com mander, is in general command. Every community agency in Cor vallis has promised active assistance to the Legion in its huge job of en tertaining the state convention. Many organizations are already doing work for the various committees. Busi ness men of the city have underwrit ten the budget of expense more than three times over. Attorney Will M. Peterson came up from Pendleton and spent Monday evening with Athena friends. Beef, Dairy and Sheep Figures Issued by the Oregon State College Favorable signs for the beef in dustry but continuing maladjust ments in supply and demand factors in the dairy and sheep industries are seen in figures on the livestock ' re leased by the extension service at Oregon State college. Consumption of dairy products has been good this spring, but the esti mated production of milk increased more than use of the products, ac cording to the report Pasture con ditions over the country average poor er than usual and holdover stocks of hay, except in some western states, are the lowest in May since 1919. The new hay crop on the whole is the least promising for many years, ex cept 1928. The supply of beef in storage is light compared to last year and to the average, the college report points out. Holdings of pork products, ex cept lard, have increased until there is now more on hand than last year and the average at this time of the year. Stocks of lamb are light, but the supply available for market is ex pected to be ample. Wool markets are showing- some firmness because of better demand and a slight reduction in the clip in southern hemisphere countries where 70 per cent of the world supply originates. Price of Wild Horse Meat Drops in Oregon Nyssa, Oregon. The price of horse meat has declined. It has dropped from $1 a hundred pounds live weight, the price last season, 85 cents, accord ing to Dr. A. J. Dickman of Boise, director of animal husbandry for the state and federal department of agri culture. . Dr. Dickman is wondering if this will affect the great wild horse round up which will begin the last of this month. More than likely it will not, as it is estimated that at least 20, 000 wild mustangs yet populate the high desert in southern Malheur coun ty, Idaho and Nevada. The present price will return wages. Wranglers, large ranch outfits, did the work last year. Archie Meyers of McDermitt was a leader. It is re called that he even used an airplane to assist in rounding up the horsed. The campaign is primarily conduct ed to stamp out dourine, a disease affecting many range horses. Dis eased horses are destroyed. Others are shipped by the carload to canning factories, either to find their way to Europe and Coast cities where horse meat is a delicacy or to fox and chic ken farms. " FAVORS FLA S3 AUTO I LICENSE Believes Present Economic Conditions Justify Modi fied Fee. Salem. Recommendation of a $3 flat annual license fee for Oregon automobiles is justified by Secretary of State Hoss on the grounds of the present economic situation and the insistent demand of the , taxpayers for relief. Admitting that the reduced ' fees would be attended by a material re duction in revenues from this source, Hoss declares that the revenue would still be sufficient, together with state taxes on gasoline, to finance the es sential features of the state highway program, although new construction and betterments to existing roads would necessarily be compelled to proceed under a "slow bell. Hoss position on the question of lower motor vehicle license fees, aside from the "insistent demand" of the taxpayers for relief, is also influenced by the existence of a $3 flat fee in California and the fact that Wash ington will be operating under a similar flat fee after next January. This situation, he declares, will make for thousands of law violations among motorists living near the bor ders of these two states who will be tempted to register as residents of one or the other of the neighboring states rather than pay the higher fee in this state. Tn order that ttentiment nmnrtir the voters of the state mav be sounded out on his recommendation at the earliest possible time, Hoss suggests fVmf a full iinvonnff his nmnnaod flat fee be initiated and placed on the bal lot at the general election in No vember, 1932. Whitman vs. Willamette A three game series of baseball be gan yesterday at Whitman college between Willamette University and Nig Borleske's Missionaries, for the conference championship. Forests Drying Rapidly Forests are drying rapidly and the season of fires in the wooded dis tricts of the state is near at hand. The forest -service will use every available resource this year to keep damage to forests down to the mini mum point. The fact that heavy wind storms have uprooted trees and strewn the forests with limbs and branches, making the fire hazard greater is spurring the service to re double its efforts to avert heavy tim ber loss. Secret Groups Hit Principal Wolf of the Salem high school has resumed his fight on secret societies within . the school and he arbitrarily eliminated the names of 19 of the 26 students nominated for offices in the high school associated body from the association ballot. "When I sell anybody on Germ Processed Oil once ... they stay sold!" 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Athena, rarin' to go, was out in front with a one run lead in the fifth, but couldn't hold the margin. A cou ple of toads hopped around the cir cuit in the sixth and two more hopped over the pan in the seventh. Athena scored one in the sixth and tied it up seven all in the eighth and then Uma tilla drawing Brown and Woodward on the sacks through what the score keeper, gives as fielder's choice, Mr. Copacz slammed out a home run in short left That won the ball game, although Hansell made a bid with a hit, was sacrificed to second by Jen kins, stole third and died there when Crowley and Pinkerton struck out. Despite the wind and dust there were many flashes of good baseball and the fans kept warm by exercising their lungs. Bryce Baker did excel lent work behind the bat, was five times up, got three hits, a walk and went to first on an error. Athena was outhit by Umatilla, 13 to 7, three be ing homerun swats. Snip Snider poled out a three-bagger for Athena and Wayne Pinkerton missed a home run drive when the wind carried the ball foul by inches. The score: Athena ......0 1012102 07 Umatilla ........0 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 310 Batteries Tudor and Baker; Wood ward, Hyatt and Yeager. Summary Three base hits, Snider; home runs, Tippy, Blake, . Copacz. Passed balls, Hyatt, Yeager. Earned runs, Athena 2; Umatilla 4. Struck out, by Tudor, 10; by Woodward, 11. Left on bases, Athena 11; Umatilla 10. Umpire, Little; scorer, Moore. Suspects in Freewater Adams Robberies Taken A news dispatch from Eugene Bays Sid Bennett, 33, and Fred Klinker, 37, allegedly involved in widespread theft ring activities in Oregon, were under arrest there after their capture on the Pacific highway south by city and county officers. Five cases of cigarettes, a quantity of new tools and a paper sack full of J. C. Penny company tags were taken from the light automobile be ing driven by the pair, and were be lieved part of loot taken in robberies at The Dalles, Adams and Freewater. Sheriff Gurdane of Umatilla county and Sheriff Sexton of Wasco county were on their way there to identify the loot. The Dalles robbery was at the Hudson-Duncan warehouse there and the cigarettes are believed to have been taken on that job. Later, the Kirby garage at Adams, Umatilla county, was robbed and the tools are believed the loot of that robbery. On May 6 the J. C. Penny company store at Freewater was robbed,' with large quantities of clothing and mer chandise taken. It is .thought much of this merchandise is being kept in a cache somewhere. One arrest already has been made in this case. Harry Raymond was ar rested some time ago and in now ser ving a sentence in the penitentiary. Wheat Ships Are Se cured up to July 1st Portland. Wheat space for Port land loading has been engaged as far ahead as July despite tne iacK oi foreign sales during the past 10 days. A mrxleratfl amount of SDace is book ed for grain for Portland loading for the United Kingdom for the remain der of May, some has been taKen xor June and a small amount for the fol lowing month. Virtually all space was taken at 23 shillings 9 pence. The one lone ship now reported chartered for loading a full cargo of grain on the Pacific coast, the British vessel Innesmoor, is due at Portland from Vladivostok in about two weeks. She will load here for the account of Kerr, Gifford & Co. This one charter has furnished the only riff in an otherwise completely clouded sky in the full cargo grain market on the North Pacific. As last week closed there appeared to be no inquiry for either parcel grain unace or full careoes despite the fact that it is momentarily ex pected that farm board grain ougm to be shortly offering in considerable quantity. The Holland American line steamer Kindprdvk. load in tr . here this week, will take 2000 tonss for United King dom or continental delivery. University Roster The complete enrollment of stu dents at the university for the year 1930-31 has reached the high figure of 3609. according to Earl M. Pallett. registrar. This figure allows 3359 for campus registration and 250 lor those at the medical school in Portland. It does not include about 2000 students of the correspondence division, nor those in extension center. It! THE CRAFTSMAN FISHING TACKLE Gets the Big Ones WHEREVER THE FISHING STREAM IS, THERE YOU'LL FIND CRAFTSMAN TACKLE BEING USED BY THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ANGLERS. - Our Stock Is Complete OUR SHOW WINDOW DISPLAYS RODS, REELS LINES, LEADERS, FLIES, SPOONS, SPINNERS, AND BAIT. Our Prize Rod OF $28.00 VALUE THIS SEASON IS OFFERED TO THE ANGLER RE SIDING IN THE ATHENA ADAMS WESTON DISTRICT WHO CATCHES THE LONGEST TROUT IN A UMATILLA COUNTY STREAM, IS CERTAINLY A BEAUTY. DROP IN AND SEE IT. 1 Rogers Goodman jt (A Mercantile Trust) 1 The Churches 1 Baker, Slayer of Smiley Receives Prison Sentence O. O. Baker, found guilty of man slaughter last week in connection with the slaying of Frank Smiley, of Walla Walla, his partner in moon shining, was sentenced to serve from five to 20 years in the state peni tentiary in superior court at Yakima. Baker's attorney said he would not appeal nor ask for a new trial. Mrs. Mabel Hopkins, witness for the state in the trial, was released. Baker, formerly of Pendleton, Ore., was accused of slaying Smiley with a hammer last December during an ar gument over the strength of moon shine they were making, tying the body on the running board of his car and then dumping it off along the highway. Mrs. Hopkins, who was with Baker and Smiley in the shack on Ahtanum creek when the slaying occurred, was brought here from Los Angeles with Baker after they had fled south. Baker pleaded self de Bingham Springs Notes Showers Help Pea Crop A show of rain fell Friday evening in the Athena neighborhood and came as a benefit to the growing pea crop. Portland Girl Sets Record Dorothy Hester, 19 Portland, Or., set what Omaha air race officials claim is a new world's record when she ex ecuted 62 consecutive outside loops in a single flight as the closing feature of the air show which came to an end Sunday. She was in the air for 2 hours and 6 minutes in letting the record. CHURCH OF CHRIST Charles A. Sias, Minister The Athena congregation is a unit in itself, with no outside authority or machinery. Congregational gov ernment; special plea is for unity of all Christian people, with the New Testament alone as authority and rule of faith and practice; large liberty of opinion. Worship and ser mon each Sunday morning and eve ning. Bible school 10 a. m. Young people meet at 6:30; mid-week de votional and Bible study Wednesday night. At the 11 o'clock hour Francis M. Arant, minister at Milton, will speak in Mr. Sias' stead, with a special message. All will be delighted to hear him. The evening pulpit topic will be, "Seeking Correct Guidance." "I was glad when they , said unto me, let us go unto the house of the Lord." Let all join in the glad fellowship. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Gerald C. Dryden, Minister Sunday school, Lewis Stewart, su perintendent, 10 a. m.; 11 a. m. wor ship service with the topic, "The Peace Offering;" 7 p. m. B. Y. P. U. Come and have the question answer ed, "Why is the Bible worth know ing?" Evangelistic message, "False Hopes," 8 p. m.; Thursday, 8 p. m. regular prayer meetings. "For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity i. marked before me, saith th Lord God." Jeremiah 2:22. The nurses from St. Anthony's hos pital of Pendleton held a picnic and swimming party at Bingham Springs, Tuesday. Thursday last ' the Athena high school held their annual picnic and enjoyed the occasion. The Adams high school students and friends held their annual picnic, Friday last. The Juniper school, their teacher, Mrs, Win. Newtson, and several fam ilies from the Juniper vicinity held a picnic Saturday. Mac-Hi students of Milton-Free- water held their annual picnic at Bingham Springs, Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. John Hales and fam ily were week-end visitors at Bing ham Springs. Rich Thompson and family spent Sunday at Bingham. The following Athena families held a picnic here last Sunday: L. R. Pinkerton, M. I. Miller, E. B. Foster, Art Douglas, Fred Pinkerton. Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Posiger and Everett King and family were week-end visitors at the King cottage. . Warehouse Headquarters The newly formed Farmers Nation al warehouse corporation subsidiary of the Farmers National Grain group, will have its headquarters in Pendle ton instead of Portland. The North west officials of the Farmers Nation al will be moved to Portland, June 15, according to H. W. Collins, dis trict manager. The offices of the Pendleton local grain gowers' unit and the unit of the Farmers National will be combined in one office under the . direction of Charles Cook, man ager of the Pendleton local. Oregon May Be Sued The supreme court has given the state of Washington permission to bring suit against Oregon in a con troversy over the use of water from the Walla Walla river. r . i only a rewcentsdday Think what you getl Convenience.com fort, protection and constant usefulness from the greatest time-saver in the world your JeJephone The Pacific Telephone And Telegraph Company v f