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Annual 4-H Summer Ses
sion Largest Ever Held
in Oregon.
Oregon State College. More than
700 club boya and girls will be return
ing to cities and communities in 31
counties of Oregon this week-end,
bringing with them new ideas and
new methods in agricultural and
home making practices gained during
the seventeenth annual 4-H club sum
mer school ending June 20 at Oregon
State college.
In spite of the economic depression.
the total enrollment for the two
weeks session this year showed an in
crease of approximately 50 club
members more than any previous
year, according to records of. the
state club office.
The girls outnumbered the boys at
the summer session this year near
ly two to one. Of the total number
of clubbers present, nearly half were
holders of scholarships won as a re
ward for outstanding work in their
club projects last year. Approximate
ly 120 of these were state fair schol-
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arsiups awnraea . 10 nrst place Win.
ners at the state fair last year. -The
majority of the other club members
enrolled were either delegates of their
respective clubs which had earned the
money to send , them, or boys and
girls who had earned the money to
pay their own way.
Each morning during the session
was given over to class work, include
ing. for the boys, all phases of agrl
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cuuure, ana lor tne girls various
branches of home economics work. In
addition, both boys and girls were
given instruction in club news writ
ing, first aid, health, arid photo
graphy. Regular assemblies occupied
from onn to twn Vinnra onoli offoi.-
noon, with prominent men of the state
as speakers.
Supervised classes in tumbling,
basketball, quoitennis, dancing, vol
leyball, ' swimming ad similar sports
provided exercise for the girls, while
classes and tournaments were sche
duled for the boys in basketball, ten
nis, volleyball and other games. En
tertainment consisting of smokeless
smokers, pajama parties, education,
al movies and exhibitions of local
talent occupied the evenings.
Play on
PinkertonV
Golf
Course
Athena
New 9-Hole Course, Hav
ing Exceptional Hazards
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Golf Clubs for rent Season
Membership, ; $15.00; Transient
players 25c, week days; 50c
Sundays.
Lela Saling Successful
m Leading Role , of "The
Beggar Student," Opera
Lela Saling, who is makinar a sue
cess in her stage and concert work
in New York City, recently appeared
in the leading role of "The Beggar
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scher theatre. Of her success a critic
m tne new York Times says:
"The Beggar Student," that charm
ing light opera by Carl Millocker,
wao presented at the Heckscher The.
atre last night by the recentlv form.
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ea ixew xoik Light Opera Guild.
"In setting up as its obient thn ea,
tablishment of standards 'which will
insure the dignified production , of
ngnt opera m standard Enrfish ac
cording to the highest traditions,' this
young organization acquitted itself
admirably. Donald Showalter nans'
the title role in a pleasant, melodious
voice and acted it splendidly; the
General Ollendorf of Fred Schultz and
the Laura of Miss Lela Saling, as
well as the Janitsky of Richard
Young, were exceedingly well sung
and played. The orchestra of twenty
two and a- well-trained chorus of
forty contributed to the well-balanced
and ably directed production.
i he opera will be repeated tonight.
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anu it, cenainiy wouia De wortn one 8
while to journey all the way uptown
to the Heckscher Theatre for a most
enjoyable performance."
In a letter to Athena friends, Mrs.
Saling says that since November her
time has been constantly employed in
singing and teaching. She says that
her voice has so changed that it is
a joy to her beyond expression, with
a light lyric quality predominating,
and that she is able to accomplish the
trills and cadenzas so necessary to
light opera, work. Mrs. Saling also
states that she is getting results
from her teaching. She will 'appear
in summer opera at Forrest Hills,
Long Island,1 N. J. ; -
FOR
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PLAN OF UNITY
One School Head Urged by
Organization; Warning
to Board Sounded.
Medford. The Oretron state e-rane-o
j? naay adopted a resolution recom.
mending that the University of Ore'
gon and Oregon State colles b con.
sonaated under one president The
omce of the president would be in
Salem. The resolution urged consoli
dation of all normal schools under one
nead.
Ringel Herd Averages
Second in the County
The pure bred Guernsey dairy herd
of Louie Ringel on Wild Horse creek
made an excellent production record
during the month of May. According
to the report of the Umatilla Herd
Improvement association, of which
Mr. Ringel is a member This Athe
na dairy had the second highest aver
age production of the 36 herds in the
association. The average for each
cow in the herd, including dry cows,
was 35.2 pounds of butterfat for the
month.
Coppock and Sons of the Athena
district also produced ' a record of
45.9 pounds of butterfat from one of
their pure bred Guernsey cows in the
three-year-old class. This cow gave
1,119 pounds of milk. Figured in
terms 01 butter, the (Joppock cow
produced approximately two one'
pound bricks of butter per day.
Angora Rabbits
H. A. Frick, a Pendleton carpen
ter, has purchased 40 acres of Uma
tilla river bottom land east of that
city, and is extensively engaged in
raising Angora rabbits not for meat,
but for the wool on the bunnie's
backs. Angora rabbit wool brings
$10 per pound and one rabbit and the
third of the wool on the back of an
other rabbit will yield one pound per
year, according to Mr. Frick. He
shears the rabbits four times a year.
Methodists May Take It
Friends and stockholders of the
Walla Walla Valley General hospital
met with Dr. Robert Warner, man
ager of the Deacone hospital in
Spokane, in an effort to devise a plan
for bringing the local institution
through its present financial dif
ficulties. Efforts are being made to
induce the Methodists to take over
the General hospital and manage it
in an advisory capacity. .
3aianced
In the scales against other things
of equal price, what gives so much
for so little as your
Welephone?
The Pacific Telephone And Telegraph Company .
xue resolution contained a warninc
mat on account of rumors that the
board of higher education "may re
taliate on the purported action of the
grange upon the referendum of the
appropriation for higher education bv
reprisals upon the farmers extension
and research work, because of said
referendum, the grange, warns the
board of higher education that it will
do everything in its power to protect
the farmers' interests, the extension
service and the research devoted to
the advancement of agriculture."
The educational committee of the
grange is composed of F. M. Gill of
The Dalles, Loyal M. Graham, For
est Grove, and Mrs. Cornelia Marvin
Pierce, La Grande, who also is a mem
ber of the higher education board.
. The grange convention was ex
pected to labor into the night to close
a mass of unfinished business which
included selection of the 1932 con
vention city. The grange Friday also
adopted resolutions affecting taxation.
railroad freight rate increase and
changes in its own by-laws.
Une resolution decried what it said
was the effort of railroads to obtain
higher rates, and another asked rail
roads to lower their rates on Oregon
grown dressed meats.
Another resolution provided that a
bill be presented at the next general
election eliminating taxes on real or
tangible personal property, and that
the executive committee frame such
an amendment to the state consti
tution. An extension of time to one year
for the redemption of property sold
for taxes also was advocated by the
convention.
A special order of business was the
Cook wheat plan providing for the is
suance of warehouse receipts, with
three fourths to be held for domestic
and one fourth for export trade, and
calling for stabilization with power
to fix wheat prices, and providing for
issuance of script for the export
wheat It was characterized as "a co
operative movement to increase the
buying power of the farmer."
Resolutions favoring old-age pen
sion and reduction of school teachers'
wages were tabled.
Collins Sells Warehouses
Announcement is made that Henry
Collins has sold his string of Inde
pendent Warehouses in Umatilla
county to the Farmers National
Warehouse corporation. The ware
houses have a capacity of two million
bushels and are located at Adams,
Cayuse, Cold Springs, Havana, Lena,
Lexington, McCormmach, Myrick,
Mikkalo, Mission, Nolin, Rieth, Saxe,
Shuttler, Stanfield and Sparks. The
Independent Warehouse Co., is the
largest in the state and Mr. Collins
has been in that business for about
two decades.
Dayton Farmers Will
Pay Power Bill, Which
Will Give June Water
Dayton. Touchet valley farmers
are going to pay for the electricity
used at the Preston-Shaffer Milling
company's mill during the month of
June so that they may have water for
irrigation purposes, says the Dayton
Uironlcle-Dispatch.
The water in irrigation ditches was
shut off recently in order that the
mill, which is understood to have
prior rights, might operate on wa,
ter power. Farmers met and talked
over the matter, deciding that as
orchards and gardens were in a criti
cal stage they needed water.
Ed Leonard, of the Preston-Shaffer
mills then agreed not to demand the
water called for in his rights during
June if water users would pay for
electricity which will be necessary to
furnish power for the mill.
Relinquishment of these rights dur
ing the month will permit the regular
administration of the stream and each
water user will be expected to bear
his share of the cost. The total cost
will possibly run around ?400, it is
said, which will amount to little for
each farmer when prorated on ah
acreage basis.
The amount of water going to each
user will be regulated by Harlow
Barney, watermaster, as usual.
Telephone Company In
structs Drivers m Safety
More than 12,000 Pacific coast "tele
phone cars" have been thrown into
the scale for safe driving, in a cam
paign begun by The Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph company, to support
safety campaigns of automobile as
sociations, safety councils and others.
For years the telephone company
has schooled the drivers of its auto
mobiles and trucks, now numbering
2400, to a model set of traffic rules.
as have many other companies. It
has made vigorous and largely suc
cessful efforts to control its own
fleet. It now sieks the cooperation
of about 10,000 private cars of em
ployees for the safety code, making
over 12,000 in all.
In Oregon the plan would affect an
estimated 800 employee-owned cars,
m addition to the 176 company-own.
ed cars and trucks long operated by
safety rules, according to 'J. A. Mur.
ray, district manager.
Urgent appeal is made by the com
pany to the thousands of telephone
employees in five states to help re
duce the mounting number of motor
accidents, approximating 40,000
year on the Pacific coast. The appeal
is by posters, pamphlets articles and
a questionnaire. The employes are
urged to make their own stand for
safe and courteous driving so evident
in uncompromising obedience to traf
fic laws as to add to the campaign a
touch of the dramatic.
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Whei You Want Parts to repair your Ma
chines, you Want them
Right Away
Coast League in Series
Directors of the International Base
ball League acted favorably oh a
proposal to bring the Pacific Coast
League into the junior world series,
now played between the winners of
the International and American As
sociation campaigns. According to
the plan advanced, the winner of the
series between the Association and In
ternational winners would go to the
coast following that series to play
the winner in the far western league.
Merle Hufford Marries
Merle Hufford of Freewater, star
University of Washington halfback.
and Miss Grace Umphlette were mar
ried Saturday night at the University
Lutheran church m Seattle. The mar
riage culminated a romance begun
when Hufford played his first year on
a Husky football team. The bride is
resident of Seattle. Hufford will
return to college in the fall for his
final year.
' Oklahoma New Wheat
The first carload of new wheat
handled through the Kansas City
board of trade this year was sold at
auction for 77 cents a bushel basis
Chicago. The grain, No. 3 hard, was
received from Temple, Okla. The
price, grain men said, was equal to
about 51 cents on the track at
Temple, and was the lowest paid for
new wheat in many years.
Badly Injured in Fight
A. L. Thompson, a farmer of the
Wallowa district is in a hospital at
Enterprise suffering from a fractur
ed skull said to have been received in
an altercation with Neal Baker, a
neighbor, over water rights. Reports
received said Baker and his son, Bus
ter were under arrest
Died of Tick Fever
Jose B. Ramirez, who formerly lived
at Cayuse, died last week in Utah of
tick fever which he contracted while
working-in beet fields, near Prove.
Pioneer Reunion Attended
by Large Crowds, Weston
Perfect weather and large crowds
made the annual reunion of Umatilla
county pioneers at Weston Friday
and Saturday a big success.
On both days the program was re
plete with entertaining numbers and
prominent speakers delivered ad'
dresses. The talks made by Senator
Fred Steiwer and Walter M. Pierce
were very well received. Entertain
ment afforded the youngsters gave
them much pleasure and family
groups enjoyed their picnic dinners.
The principal feature on the sports
program was baseball in which Wes
ton was victorious over Athena in
both the Friday and Saturday games,
the latter being the contest between
oldtime players.
Charles A. Winn, prominent Milton
pioneer was elected president of the
association. Other officers chosen are
Walter M. Pierce of La Grande vice
president; S. A. Barnes of Weston,
secretary and Charles Pinkerton of
Weston, treasurer.
Bortfield Turnips
Bortfield turnips, a variety intro
duced by the Astoria branch of the
Oregon Experiment station two years
ago, and which has since proved un
usually popular among coast dairy
men, are now being tried out in Ba
ker county as a root crop for winter
cattle feed. A small amount of seed
has been obtained by P. T. Fortner,
Baker county agent, and distributed
for trials.
Pendleton Regatta Set
Log rolling, swimming and diving
events will be included, in addition to
the regular speedboat races, when the
Pendleton post of the American Le
gion holds its annual regatta on Mc
Kay lake tomorrow and Sunday, it is
announced by Harold Brock, on the
regatta committee. The additional
events will be open for competition
among amateur enthusiasts of the
sports in this district.
Wet Pole Kills Boy
A shorted conduit extending down
a power pole and the ram covered
sidewalk forming a perfect ground
brought instant death to Beb Viers,
14-year-old Dallas school boy, Satur
day night The lad emerged from a
confectionery a few steps away and
walked to the curb, placing his hand
against the pole.
Had Four in Seat
Judge Richards assessed a fine of
$7.50 on J. L. Chilton of Weston when
he appeared before him Saturday,
charged with driving with four per
sons in the front seat of his automo
bile. Sergeant Dick Robertson, state
traffic officer, made the arrest
don't you? Sure you do. Well we want you to know that we can furnish
repairs for any standard make machine you may have and take care of
your needs as we have in past seasons.
Binding Twine?
Sure we have it. Lots of it-Superior Ma- $
nila Binder Twine.
ROGERS M GOODMAN
(A Mercantile Trust)
Camp Fire Permits
Campers are becoming numerous in
the Blue mountains with the change
of weather and fire precautions are
being tightened up by the forest ser.
vice. It is now absolutely against
the law to build a fire in the govern
ment reserve without a permit and
campers found doing this will be
prosecuted to the full extent of the
law according to forest service of
ficials. Permits may be obtained at
any ranger station.
MAY 22 TO OCT. 15
RETURN LIMIT OCT. 31
LIBERAL STOPOVERS
Summer excursion fares east
daily on Union Pacific's
wonderful Portland Rose and
other fine trains. Scenic route.
Short sido trips enable you
to visit...
Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryca Canyon,
Rocky Mountain, Grand Taton and
Yellowtton National Park. Informa
tion and vacation bookMt en rquit.
ROLND TRIP ro
DENVER 67.19
OMAHA 70.SS
KANSAS CITY.... 7S.AO
., ST. LOUIS 80 US
CHICAGO.. 85.06
DETUOIT ...104.67
CINCINNATI tOi.it
NEW ORLEANS.. 107.10
CLEVELAND ...107.S7
TOltONIO 111.86
ATLANTA 116.40
PITTSBURGH 118.81
WASHINGTON .149.61
PHILADELPHIA 14J.M
NEW YORK 14S.4S
BOSTON... .12.11
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C. M. EAGER,
Agent,
Athena, Ore.
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as to what you are, where you are, and what
you have to offer in the way of skill, talent or
commodity. The only man who should not
advertise is the man who has nothing to offer
the world in the way of commodity or ser-vice."-Elbert
Hubbard.