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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (May 29, 1931)
THE PRESS," "ATHENA, OREGON, MAY 29, 1931 INCREASE NOTED IN AUTO TRAVEL Conoco Travel Bureau, Den ver, Telling Vacationists of Golden West. Automobile vacation travel during the summer of 1931 will be even greater than during previous years, if indications now in the hands of the Conoco Travel Bureau, may be taken as a criterion. Requests for the ser vices of this motor tour planning ser vice are far ahead of 1930, according to a statement of the bureau director. Nearly a fifty percent increase in the number of travelers asking for tour plans and maps has been reach ed during the first four months of this year over a corresponding period in 1930. . An estimate based on the figures compiled to date by the Conoco Trav- el Bureau indicates that of the 26, 000,000 automobile owners - in the United States not less than one-half will this summer take motor vacation trips of some nature. The trips will range from week-end jaunts to tours totaling several thousand miles. "There is a definite swing toward the carefully planned vacation motor tour," says E. S. Karstedt, chair man of the board of directors of the Conoco Travel Bureau. "In offering the services of our bureau to the pub lic to plan every detail of the auto mobile trip, furnish maDS etc.. we find a rapidly increasing response. A staff ol over a score of trained people is required in our Denver headquart ers to route tours, mark maps, issue information and attend to the myriad details of helping the American mo torist to see America and enjoy it." Karstedt further states that the growing response to the no-cost ser vices of the Conoco Travel Bureau, is largely due to effective advertising. "We are advertising this service in newspapers more widely this year than last " he savs. "an. proximately 400 newspapers are carrying our advertising messages to more than 10,000,000 readers. "In our advertising we are urcinsr the motorist to take a motor vacation. We stress the scenic beauties and his torically interesting spots of America and endeavor to create an urge to see them. In addition we outline our tour-planning service and tell of the Conoco PassDort which entitles the holder to special courtesies at ser vice stations along the road. "The greater nart of this adver tising is lust now Bntiparinc hut early returns assure us that many thousands of motorists will respond. It seems certain that there will ho a considerably larger number of motor vacationists this year than last." Fraternity House Fire Fire of undetermined origin damag ed the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house at Walla Walla Tuesday, to the amount of $1000. Notice of School Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the" legal voters of School District No. 29, of Umatilla County, State of Oregon, that a SCHOOL MEETING of said district will be held at District School House, on the 16th day of June. 1931. at two o'clock in the afternoon for the uurtjosft of riiscussino- the budget hereinafter set out with the levying board, and to vote on the jifupusiiiuu ui levying a special uistrici lax. The total amount of money needed by the said school district during the fiscal year beginning on June 15th, 1931, and ending June 15th, 1932, is estimated in the following budget and includes the amounts to be received from the county school fund, state school fund, elementary school fund, special district tax, and all other moneys of the district. (When the budget meeting is held in connection with the annual school meeting, the following provision of section 232, School Laws 1929, should be observed: "Until the ballots are counted at least one hour after the time set for the meeting in districts of the second and third classes, any legal voter of the district shall be entitled to vote upon any matters before the meeting.") BUDGET ESTIMATED RECEIPTS Balance on hand at beginning of school year (third Monday in June) for which this budget is made None From county school fund $ 1,178.00 From state school fund 254.40 From elementary, school fund , 1,500.00 SUMMER SCHOOL SET FOR 4-H CLUBS Largest Attendance on Rec ord Promised for Session to Start on June 8. For vocational education (state and federal funds From tuition for pupils below high school From county high school tuition fund for tuition and transportation Interest on deposits and sinking fund Receipts from all other sources O. and C, fund Other sources None None None None None None None Total estimated receipts ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES GENERAL CONTROL: Superintendent $ 850.00 Clerk (School) 100.00 . Compulsory education and census 5.00 Supplies 50.00 Elections and publicity , 18.00 Legal-service (clerk's bond, audit, etc.)... 62.50 2,932.40 Oregon State College. Between 700 and 800 4-H club boys and girls, ranging in age from 12 to 20 years, and representing more than 30 Ore gon counties will arrive on the Ore gon State college campus June 8 for the Seventeenth Annual Club Sum mer session. Despite the ' much-talked-of eco nomic depression, both the total at tendance and the number of boys and girls attending on scholarships awarded by the state fair and by various service clubs and other or ganizations of the state will be con siderably larger than in any previous year, according to H. C: Seymour, state club leader. Regular classes in agricultural and home economics subjects, games and all forms of supervised recreation, daily assemblies with prominent men of the state as speakers are provid ed for the boys and girls during their two-weeks' stay on the campus. Clas ses in forestry and training in fire prevention are among work offered for the boys for the first time this year. A number of additions have also been made in classes for girls. The club members will live in the college dormitories again this year, will have the use of the regular col lege laboratories, and will be taught by members of the college faculty. In addition to the broadcasts put on by certain counties each evening over KOAC, the college radio station, one class will be broadcast each day, so that parents and others interested may hear the actual work the club bers are getting. C. A. Howard, state superintendent of publio instruction; C. L. Starr, chairman of the board of higher edu cation; and O. M. Plummer are among the prominent speakers who will ad dress the club members during the session. An invitation has also been issued to Governor Julius L. Meier. Total Expense of General Control........ INSTRUCTION Teaching: Teachers 4,850.00 Supplies (chalk, paper, etc.) . 50.00 Textbooks (desk copies and indigents).............. 300.00' Total Expense of Teaching ........ OPERATION OF PLANT: j Janitors and other employes 750.00 1,085.50 ..$ 5,200.00 Janitors'., supplies v fuel ......r....;.... Light and power . . Water 50.00. 325.00 150.00 60.00 Total Expense of Operation ...... MAINTENANCE & REPAIRS: Repair and replacement of furniture equipment . ; Repair and maintenance of buildings grounds i and and 200.00 200.00 ..$ 1,345.00 25.00 Total Expense of Maintenance and Repairs AUXILIARY AGENCIES: Library books , Total Expense of Auxiliary Agencies ... FIXED CHARGES: Insurance ............... 1 110.00 400.00 25.00 Outstanding Musical Pro gram Walla Walla, Sunday Walla Walla. What its sponsors believe will be the most outstanding musical event in the history -of the Inland Empire will take place here next Sunday, May 31, when the Whit man Choral union and the Walla Symphony orchestra present the world famed oratorio, Mendelssohn's "Elijah." Pronounced the best of all dramatic sacred music the oratorio gives in voice, instrument and chorus a presentation of the Bibical story which thrills all" who hear it. The presentation will be in the open air, at 4 o'clock on the same field where last summer the Freiburg Passion players appeared. Special stands will be placed on the grass in field for the chorus of 250 voices while the distant background of the Blue Mountains will make a picture of interest to all. Howard Pratt, director of the Whit man conservatory of music, is direct ing the stupendous undertaking. Featured in the title role is Dan Elam, Spokane student at Whitman college, who, within the past month has won first place in competition with all leading young baritone voices in the northwest in a contest sponsored by the National Federa tion of music clubs. Singing the lead ing feminine part is Miss Sarah Somerville of Lewiston, also a stu dent at Whitman, who has twice rep resented Washington m Atwafcer Rent contests. Other soloists include Miss Joyce Nye, who will represent the northwest in San Francisco next month as the best young woman's voice from this section, Mrs. Elnora Maxey, Whitman teacher and Ihos. McNeill Spokane tenor. Total Fixed Charges . CAPITAL OUTLAYS: New furniture and equipment $ 125.00 Total Capital Outlays DEBT SERVICE: Principal on bonds . Interest on bonds .....$ 110.00 .....$ 125.00 Interest on warrants 2,000.00 ... 420.00 50.00 Total Debt Service EMERGENCY: Emergency ..... .... 250.00 Total Emergency SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES For school year from June 15, 1931, to June 15, Vi6 2,470.00 ,..$ 250.00 Personal service supplies ... Maintenance and reDairs ... Debt service Miscellaneous Construction . Emergency . , .... , 6,573.00 150.00 400.00 2,470.00 1,167.50 None 250.00 Total ....... - .- $ 11,010.50 RECAPITULATION Total estimated expenses for the year ..$ 11,010.50 ;. Total estnAted receipts, not including proposed " tax - 2,932.40 Balance, amount to be raised by district tax , f 8,078.10 - INDEBTEDNESS - . Amount of bonded indebtedness (include all war- ' rants issued by vote of electors) ' 9,000.00 Amount of warrant indebtedness on warrants is-' sued and endorsed "not paid for lack of-' ' funds" .. . ... 2.617.46 . Total Indebtedness 11,617.46 Dated this 21st day of May, 1931. - rt 1Tl Attest' J. F: KERSHAW, " LENNA C. READ, nicH-i. riorlr Chairman. Board of Directors. E. C. Rogers. Flint N. Johns, Gordon M. Watkins, Mrs. W, P. Littlejohn, B, B. Richards, Budget Committer ; h- Miss Thoeny Graduates Miss Emma Thoeny will receive her bachelor of science degree in voca- . ... . 4 tional education at the sixty-secona annual commencement exercises June 1, when 542 students will be members of the largest class to be graduated from Oregon State college. Presi dent W. J, Kerr will preside at his twenty-third commencement exer cise when he will confer master's ae KB advanced students. 12 pharmaceutical chemist degrees and 496 bachelor oi science aegrees. Returning Home R. Alexander, past grandmaster of Oregon Odd Fellows was in Athena SnnHav. returning to his home at Walla Walla from a meeting of the grand lodge in Corvallis, last week. H. J. Taylor and S. F. Bowman, both of Pendleton, were among the past grandmasters who attended the grana lodge sessions last week. County Jail Filled The Pendleton East Oregonian re ports that week-end arrivals within its portals has filled the Umatilla county jail to itB full capacity. Thirty two prisoners are -now incarcerated behind its bars. Child Hit by Car Margaret Rutledge, 9 year-old Walla Walla girl, is in a critical con dition after being struck by a car driven by F. S. Torington, of that city. Marketing Problem of the North Pacific Grain Growers May be Solved Spokane. Directors of North Pa cific Grain Growers, Inc., have de cided to turn over the marketing pro blem of 50 wheat locals in the Inland Empire to the Farmers National Grain Corporation, key unit in the co operative marketing setup. The directors,' meeting here Satur day, accepted the proposal advanced by C. E. Huff, president of the Na tional organization, after a bitter fight during which opponents of the plan said it would destroy the North west unit. Under the new plan, effective July 1, the national group will acquire warehouses and handling facilities in localities where locals have been un able to purchase them, handle the wheat, and divide up the profits with the locals. President Huff said $250, 000 gross profit could be made next year. Regional and local cooperative will also receive, Huff said, "Cash compensation for their services in maintaining cooperative relationships to assist the Farmers' National in its program." When the locals find themselves able to make a down payment of 40 percent, the farm board will advance the 60 percent balance Huff explained. Under the new contract the far mer's national proposes to pay the North Pacific organization one-half a cent a bushel on all grain market ed by it for the North Pacific mem bers and will pay an additional one half cent bushel for , grain handled through warehouses owned and oper ated by the national organization. Opponents of the proposal, led by F. J. Wilmer, president of the North Pacific and W. J. Sutton, Cheney, de clared that the plan would cause the disintegration of the North Pacific and Sutton said it would "spell the ruin of all Inland Empire farmers." Huff denied this, adding that mem bers of the North Pacific would not only be enabled to acquire ware house and handling facilities, which so far they have been unable to do, but also would receive larger cash return than is available under the Northwestern unit. mi Athena Takes a Game Sunday from Grizzlies With Eight Hits, 5 to 3 Taking eight lusty smacks off the delivery of ancient Kelly Pierce, 55 year-old iron man of Bill King's Grizzlies, three of them for extra bases, sewed up the game Sunday for Athena to the tune of 5-3, and inci dentally pushed the locals into a tie with the Mission Indians for second place in league standing, with Helix and Umatilla knotted for first place. Tieing of this double bow knot in the percentage column brings up a prob lem for league officials to figure out, and it may be necessary to schedule additional games to unravel the tangle. Hodgens scored for Helix in the first and in her half of the second Athena took the lead when Crowley and Myrick got on by virtue of er rors. Jenkins scored them with a smashing two-bagger. Nelson brought the score to tie in the fifth and Har gett placed the Grizzlies one to the good in the sixth. But that was all for Helix. Myrick and Tudor scored for Athena in the saventh and Harden added one in the ninth. The score: Athena ...... AB R IB SB SH PO A E Harden cf 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Hansell lb 5 0 1 0 0 9 0 0 Baker c ..........5 0 1 0 1 12 0 0 Lieuallen 2b.. 5 0 10 0 0 4 0 Pinkerton If ..4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 Crowley 3b....4 11 0 0 12 2 Myrick rf 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jenkins ss. 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 Tudor p 4 1 0 0 1 12 2 0 40 5 8 0 2 37 9 3 Helix AB R IB SB SH PO A E Hodgen 2b ....5 1 3 0 0 5 1 1 Scheych &S....5 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 King lb 4 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 Hargett c 4 1 0 0 0 8 0 2 Cook 3b 4 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 Nelson cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Swain If 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 Karstens , 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Pierce p 4 0 3 0 0 12 0 0 Gemmel ......1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 3 8 0 3 37 5 8 Gemmel batted for Karstens, 9th. Athena ....... 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 Helix ...l 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 03 Summary Bases on balls, off Pierce, 2; two base hits, Harden, Jen kins, Lieuallen, Hodgen, Swain. Hit by pitched ball, by Pierce, 1; passed ball, Hargett, 2; earned runs Athena 4, Helix 3; struck out, by Tudor 12; Pierce 8. Umpires Little and K. Hodgen. - Woman Dragged by Horse Mrs. John Couch of Leap, Wallowa county, was seriously injured Friday at their ranch when she was dragged and kicked in the face by a horse from which she was dismounting. Her foot caught in a stirrup when the horse became frightened by the rat tle of matches in a box she was carry jng. Both of her cheekbones and her nose were broken. , Police Dog Ban A resolution urging that breeding of police dogs in Lane county cease has been adopted by the Lane Coun ty Pomona grange in an effort to halt the massacre of sheep by dogs, which has prevailed there or several years. According to Grange leaders, 95 per cent of the sheep-killing dogs in Lane county are German police dogs. 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. ur 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. Rogers . Goodman (A Mercantile Trust) Quality of Hay Depends on Manner of Cutting and Curing the Crop Oregon State College. Quality in hay is largely dependent on its be ing cut at the proper stage, cured rapidly without bleaching or exposure to rain, and taken from the field as soon as it has cured sufficiently, according to D. D. Hill, associate agronomist at Oregon State College. Adequate equipment and labor to carry on each operation promptly are essential to production of good h?y. he says. Quality is determined largely by abundance of green color, and color is lost by poor cutting and curing methods, Hill points out. Hay cut too late, left too long in the swath, rak ed too soon, exposed to heavy dewb or rains, heated in cocks or stack, or otherwise poorly handled, loses color. Hay with poor color as a result of overripeness is woody and lacking in leaves. Leafiness is important with clover and alfalfa, says Hill, as most of the protein is 'lost when the leaves shat ter. Loss of leaves may be prevented by cutting early and avoiding exces sive drying. Curing in the swath and windrow is likely to result in loss of leaves if the curing process is extend ed beyond two or three days. Cutting alfalfa from the one-tenth to one-fourth bloom stage is advised by Hill for a normal method, Clover is best cut in full bloom before many heads turn brown. Grass makes the best hay if cut in the milk stage or just after blooming, and grain in the late milk or soft dough stage. Oats and vetch hay is not relished by live stock if cut too late, as mature vetch seed is bitter. When the "lower pods on the vetch begin to fill is the best time to cut. Oregon Patrol Wins Troop 42, Pendleton, won the an nual Camp-O-Roll camping contest which was sponsored by the Blue Mountain council at the Rotary site above Milton-Freewater last Satur day, according to announcement made by Robert H. Hayes, scout executive. Mr. Hayes said that the contest was very close with the Oregonians win ning by only one and one-fifth points over Troop 4, Walla Walla. The Walla Walla Fair Continuance of the Walla Walla county fair was assured when county commissioners voted to put up $3000, to be used for prizes. This was the amount recently asked by a group of msn, interested in the continuation of the fair, who appeared before the commission. Too Much Peterson Willamette University came to Wal la Walla to play the champion base ball series of three games with Whit man college. In the Willamette line up was a sophomore pitcher named Peterson, and he turned out to be the key player on the University team. He won the first and third games for the Willamette team and besides was a peach of a hitter. He was simply too much Peterson for Whitman. He won his first game 2 to 1. Whitman came back and took the second game 4 to 0 with Records pitching. Then Peterson won the deciding contest, 4 to 1. Fresh Pea Acreage Oregon's acreage of fresh peas for shipment this year is reported sub stantially more than that of YJ'iQ when 73 carlots were loaded in the state. Shipments of fresh peas will start soon from Oregon and other late producing states, according to the Stats college market reports. Make Dam Stronger Weston Leader; Dragging out the storage lake bottom on Pine creek above town was completed the first of this week for the City of Weston by Knute Lien, state rock contractor, who found that he could temporarily spare his drag-line outfit for the pur pose. The city dam is thought to bo stronger now than ever, as the fill above and below the partly- recon structed concrete core consists most ly of gravel. ' Expect Wheat Movement Seattle shippers say the wheat movement from Puget Sound and the Columbia river during June and July will be at least 40,000 tons. Esti mates were made that amount had already been sold, with the bulk go ing to the orient. Route of th New North Coast Limited xcursio Fares East May 22 to Oct 15 Round Trip from Athena To Y.llowitontCJun.l.Stptn) $33.90 Stint Pul-Mlnntpolli . . . 70.3S Chlctgo . ........ S5.0S Dululh-Superior 70.35 New York 146.45 W.ihlnjton. 140.61 StLouli. . 80.35 Kmmi City 75.60 Omh(vU Billing.) . . . . 70.35 Denver. ......... 67.S0 Final Return Limit Oct 31 Special Rates to Other Points Ask About Them T rave E. J. McKlnlty, Agent Athena, Oregon I by T rain