A BIG JOB, BUT ITS DEAD EASY It would be a big job to tell one hundred people any thing that would interest them in your goods, but its dead easy if done the right way. This paper will tell several hundred at once at nominal cost. NOT ONE DAY CAN BE FOUND In the week but that you do not need stationery of some sort or other. We furnish neat, clean printing at the very lowest rates. Fast presses, modern typeE, modern work, prompt delivery. Entered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mail Matter VOLUME 44 ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 4, 1931 NUMBER 36 BOOK CONOMY IS WANTED IN SCHOO Superintendent Bloom Pro poses System of Rentals and Exchange. E. F, Bloom, v superintendent of Athena schools is in receipt of a let- , ter from C. A. Howard, state superin tendent of public instruction, advis ine that the 1931 legislative act tro viding for district ownership of text books applies only to elementary schools, and that high school students will continue to purchase their own books. Mr. Howard is urging the organ ization of book exchanges and the in troduction of a rental system as i means of reducing the high school " textbook expense. "Many of your students will find it difficult to obtain the necessary text books when school opens this fall," Howard said m a letter to high school principals. "Any plan you can work out for lightening the burden in this connection will be appreciated by the parents and by your students. I sug gest the setting up of book exchanges in your schools, through which stu dents may buy and sell used text books. "I am confident that textbook ex pense for high school students can be reduced materially by a rental plan, and I earnestly suggest that the or ganization of such a system be in augurated at the earliest opportune time. In the. beginning such a sys tem could not cover all the books in use in the high schools. If it were to include only one book for each grade, such as mathematics, civics and American history, it would save a considerable amount of money to the parents of your high school students. "I am sure that the high school principals of Oregon can be depended upon to carefully study every feature of the administration of the schools under their charge, looking not only to the elimination of every item of unnecessary expenditure., of public funds, but to possible reductions in student expenditures as well." "At the suggestion of Mr. Howard," says Mr. Bloom, "we are urging that the parents permit the children to do nate their old texts to the district. This is being done elsewhere. It was hoped that the district would be able to buy second hand books from stu dents, but this is impossible because of limited funds. "By donating second hand books to the school you may save the district considerable financial embarrassment and also aid in reducing taxes. The text budget is not sufficient to buy all the books needed. "Only in cases where there are new adoptions will texts be purchased be fore school begins. Others will be ordered after the students are enroll ed. This plan is being followed in order that rigid economy may be practiced in the purchase of new books." VaugKan-Berlin Miss Esther Berlin of Athena and Alton F. Vaughan of Milton were married at 9 o'clock last Saturday morning at the Christian, church in Pendleton. The ceremony was per formed by Rev. Guy L. Drill and the couple was attended by Mr. and Mrs. James McCall, 'cousins of the bride. The .bride who was 'attractively gowned in tan crepe with brown hat and fur, is the daughter of Mrs. Theresa Berlin of Athena and is popular with a wide circle of friends here. She is a talented musician and has been active in the several school organizations of which she was a member. Mr. Vaughan who has lived at Milton most of his life is the son of Mrs.Mary Vaughan of that place and is an employee of the Union Pa cific Company. The young couple will make their home in Milton. Sun day Mrs. Berlin entertained at a bridal dinner, guests being the mem bers of her family and Mrs. Vaughan, mother of the groom. Water Protest Presented - A delegation of Umatilla county citizens went to Walla Walla Mon day to confer with Walla Walla busi ness men and protest against the re cent action started by the state of Washington against Oregon to ad judicate the waters of Walla Walla river, which flows through parts of the two states. The Umatilla county people fear it will cripple a number of tract and orchard owners who de pend on the Walla Walla river water for irrigation. Says It's Hot John Pinkerton who left recently for Indianapolis where he is employ ed by the Van Camp company writes that he is nicely settled. His duties consist of both office arid field work. He speaks of the heat as being in tense and already longs for a cool Oresros breere. Pilot Uses Head When His Plane Strikes a Wire Bert Coulson, Walla Walla pilot, certainly "used his head" when his plane struck a high voltage wire on the Pacific Power & Light company's high line in the north part of town, Friday forenoon. ' Coulson, with "Miss Lela Schubert of Athena and Dick Robinson, of Walla Walla, as passengers, took off from the Schubert field. The plane had gained but slight elevation when it was caught in an air pocket and forced downward. The ship was headed south and when it struck, the wire snapped allowing the plane to proceed with a badly damaged wing. The pilot managed to keep the plane on a comparatively even keel, in the meantime coolly selecting a suit able place for a forced landing. Glid ing along but a few feet above ground, he finally set the plane down safely in the Reed field south of town, himself and two passengers none the worse for their exciting voyage. For Miss Schubert, it was her in itial flight in a plane, and she says she really did not know the plane had struck the electric wire until she landed in the Reed fields Electric power was automatically shut off be cause of the accident until linemen came to make repairs. At first it-was reported that Ches ter Dugger was piloting the- plane, it being known here that he was en gaged in constructing a ship at his home near Goldendale, Washington. Pilot Coulson is a printer, employed in the office of the Walla Walla Union. Rookies Arriving at the Plattsburg Camp 1 Ea5Sitkktfe..f -f. - mmmmgl .... mttwirmfrAYfflrri fl,.o The famous training camp at Plattsburg, N. X, Is open again and throngs of young civilians are receiving the rudiments of military education. Above Is seen a special traUTunloading rookies from New fork city. Reception Tendered Mr. and Mrs. Sias at Church To honor 'Rev. and Mrs. Sias, a group of Christian church members and friends assembled at the church parlors Tuesday evening. Clusters of brilliant fall flowers were used as decorations and the following inform al program was given: Piano solo, Mrs. Glenn Steen of Milton; vocal solo, "Bells of the Sea," C. M. Eager; musical readings, "Spring Garden ing" and "Family Traits," Mrs. Ralph McEwen; vocal solo, "Moving Day," Mrs. Guy L. Drill of Pendleton;, vo cal solo, "Just a'Wearin' for You," Kohler Betts; reading, Mrs. Glenn Stecn; vocal solo, Mrs. Francis Arant of Milton; vocal trio, "Loves' Old Sweet Song," Mrs. Floyd Pinkerton, Mrs. Lloyd Michener and Mrs. C. E. 0. Montague. Rev. Arant of Milton and Rev. Drill of Pendleton made appropriate re marks and Mrs. Louis Keen on-behalf of friends expressed their apprecia tion of the friendship and services of Rev. and Mrs. Sias during their stay here, assuring them of regret at their departure, extending best wishes and presenting a gift. Rev. Sias respond ed in his usual jovial style and was surprised at the conclusion of his re marks to be presented with a beau tiful birthday cake glowing with can dles. A social hour followed when punch and delicious cakes were serv ed from a prettily appointed table presided over by Mrs. Lloyd Michen er, Mrs. Laurence Pinkerton, Mrs. C. M. Eager and Mrs. Flint Johns. Rev. and Mrs. Sias left early Wed nesday morning by motor for Turner, where they will , have charge of the Christian church Boys' Home, locat ed there. . ' Interesting Meeting An interesting meeting of the Christian Missionary seciety was held Monday-afternoon at the home of Mrs. D. A. Pinkerton. Mrs. Louis Keen was leader, and a number of ladies were on the program including Miss Craw ford, Mrs. Eager and daughter Vir ginia, Mrs. Floyd Pinkerton and daughter Joyce, Mrs. McPherson and Mrs. McKayA Twenty ladies were served tea by Mrs Pinkerton, assist ed by Mrs. Johns, Mrs. Scott and Miss Bonnie Johnson. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Charlton with Mrs. McPherson leader. Mrs. John Stan ton and Mildred Stanton were guests. Return From Valley Mr. and Mrs. Joe Scott have re turned from a fortnight's visit at Portland and Willamette valley points. While away they visited Miss Pauline Scott who is employed as secretary in the office of the State accident commission at Salem. Mar garet Luck, also a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Scott is employed with the Farmers' National Grain Corpora tion at Pendleton. Here From Ashland Charles May was in Athena Wed nesday from Ashland. Charley re ports the Southern Oregon town as being a pleasant place in which to live, but says the depression there is as pronounced almost as much as it is here. He also reports that Mr. and Mrs. William Rice, former residents of Athena, are employed in i a canning factory at Ashlantf. . ... - . Pilot Gives Warning To Forest Service Guard Portland. An example of how air planes aid in the detection of forest fires was reported to Varney Air lines, operators of the mail and pas senger service from Portland to Salt Lake City, Spokane and Seattle, by J. F. Irwin, forest supervisor of the Umatilla national forest. While crossing the Blue mountains, Roy Warner, pilot, discovered a small fire. He circled it until he attracted the - attention of a forest service guard who was 'traveling by auto mobile in that vicinity. Realizing that the maneuvering of Warner's plane indicated a fire the guard was able to take action an hour sooner than would have been possible through the regular forest service lookout, according to Supervisor Irwin. Warner flew on to Pasco and tele phoned the forest service to double check the location of the fire. "As a consequence, the fire was held to a small acreage at small cost and effort," Supervisor Irwin said. "Such action on the part of your fliers is very highly appreciated by the forest protective organizations." Drunken Motorists Are Feeling the State Drive Salem. The drive by state police to rid Oregon highways of the drunk en motorists set a new high monthly figure in August. Twenty-two - ar rests were made by the state con stabulary, which resulted in 21 con victions. The sentences ranged from $250 fines and 90 days in jail to $1000 and . one year's suspension of licenses. Fifteen arrests for drunken "driving in July was. the previous high mark. In June, there were eight arrests, and in May, five. Police believe that further state wide reports in the next few days will boost the drunken driving totals for August to 80. Committeemen Named Members of the Umatilla county unemployment committee consisting of Judge I. M. Schannep, L. L. Rog ers and Charles Bond, appointed re cently by Governor Meier, have nam ed a chairman for each of the towns of the county outside of Pendleton. E. C. Rogers has been named to rep resent Athena on the committee, Bert Kirby at Adams and C. W. Avery at Weston. First Club Meeting The first meetinc of the Athena Study club for the fall is being held this afternoon at the home of Mrs. E. C. Rogers. Election of officers for the comincr vear will be held and the year's study begun. The subject for Btudv is . "Travels in America." twenty-one lessons comprising the course. Roll call will be answered to morrow with current events. Stock in Fair Shape Herman Geissel, ajpmpanied by Floyd Arbogast, came up from Rit- ter, Grant county, Friday, and visit ed at the Geissel home. Jhey attend ed the Round-Up Saturday, return-J ing to the stock ranch Sunday; De-1 spite the dry condition of the range stock is looking fairly well in Grant county. .'; School Opens Tuesday Owing to Labor Day falling on next Monday, and due to the fact that a number of pupils are out of town, opening day of the Athena schools has been deferred to Tuesday. The only activity occurring at the school house Monday will be a meeting of the teachers. Clinton Hodgen III Clinton Hodgen, well known in Athena, has been seriously ill at bis home in La Grande, but reports now are that he is improving. He has been ill for two weeks and his moth er, Mrs. Fred Hodgen of Adams, was called to his bVdside. Steiwer Predicts Heavy Tax On the Rich; An ' Upward Revision Seen Portland. An increase in the fed eral inheritance tax, and a stepping up of the income tax in the upper brackets was pictured by Frederick Steiwer, junior United States senator from Oregon, as the only means available for the national government to meet its obligation to its distressed citizens -in the present emergency without imposing additional hard ships on the average man, in an ad dress before the Portland Kiwanis club at the Multnomah hotel. Concentration of great wealth in the face of extreme need is a threat to our government institutions the senator told his listeners. In the time of stress the able and strong must bear the burden, he said, in order to prevent further and greater disaster through the turning of our popula tion to dangerous doctrines of com munism. Quoting from an article written at the national capital by John W. Kel- ley, head of The Oregonian Washing ton bureau, that at least $300,000,000 would be required to meet the needs of the unemployed this winter, Sen ator Steiwer said that there was no way that this could be raised by pri vate charity. An increase in the rates of inheritance and income taxes in the upper brackets is the only ap parent solution, he said, if our people are not to suffer great privation. Concentration of extreme wealth in the hands of a few is a great problem for the government to deal with, he said. Attended Mail Carriers' Picnic J. E. Jones rural mail carrier at Athena, attended the Eastern Oregon rural carriers picniq at Emigrant Springs Sunday. This association has 30 of the 33 carriers , in the district Every resolution passed at the meet ing a year ago was adopted by the state convention. The meeting went on record as opposed to merging with the labor federation although the Eastern Oregon association is recog nized by the Federation more than any other association. Ray Jones substitute carrier and Ray Gordon with their wives also attended the picnic. ' Fire Destroys Planes iv The East Oregonian reports that fire completely destroyed two air planes at the airport there Monday afternoon when gasoline used in cleaning the ships ignited. The two planes were owned by C. W. Rigdon, who as the Pendleton Airways, Inc., has been operating the larger plane, a four-passenger Ryan cabin ship, on a passenger run between Pendleton and Portland. , The smaller ship, an Aronca, was used for training pur poses in Rigdon's flying school. Thorn Hollow Guests Visitors Round-Up week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Brace at Thorn Hollow were: Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mahaffey and sons Laurel and Elmer, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Lane and daughters Velma and Opal, Mrs. L. O. Kelly and Mrs. Martha Mahaffey all from Silver Lake, Oregon. Mrs. Martha Mahaffey remained there for another weeks' visit before going to Gibbon where she will - spend the winter at the home of her daughter Mrs. J. F. Thompson. School Fails to Open For several hours Monday four teachers waited for the Orchardville district, near Yakima, school to open. They went home when the district clerk informed them the treasury con tained only $1.50. The district had an enrollment of 113 pupils last year. Patrons are trying to agree on what to do. '' ' Farmer Gored to Death Ludwig Schulbach, 71, Lewis and Clark district farmer near Astoria, was gored to death in his garden by a large bull. Mrs. Schulbach found her' husband's' bvd?. Studnick Is Willing to Ride Midnight Again A Salem, Oregon, dispatch to the Pendleton East Oregonian says Frank E. Studnick, judged the world's champion bucking horse rider of the world at the Pendleton Round-Up, said here that efforts of Ed McCarty and Vern Elliott of Chugwater, Wyo., to tear down his title ride appeared to be caused by a desire to maintain the reputation of their horse, Mid night. Studnick has been riding outlaws before the public 11 years, and be yond that is a long training period that began on the farm when he was a boy . of 13 breaking colts. He said he rode Midnight at least 10 seconds at Fendleton and he believes the men who judged the ride are competent. "But if the owners are not con vinced ' let them bring Midnight to the Oregon State Fair and I will ride him a third time," Studnick said. "I not only rode him at Pendleton but I rode him several years ago at Winni peg when he was labeled the cham pion bucking horse of Canada. . Studnick was rated number seven from the thousands of bucking horse riders in rodeos of the American Rodeo association last year. There are 50 rodeos in the association, and Studnick got his rating after appear ing at but nine shows. Finishing the Survey of Upper Snake River Lewiston. A federal engineering party has completed a survey of 26 miles of the upper reaches of naviga tion on the Snake river. The party is now leisurely drifting down the river between here and The Dalles, tying up scows at night and sound ing all rapids between Lewiston and the mouth of the Snake river near Pasco. Local friends of the open river movement are placing special signifi cance on the soundings now being made, since the data, assembled at Portland, will be submitted to Wash ington, D. C. Blasting has opened . the' river to navigation in all seasons as far as the mouth of the Salmon river, 55 miles upstream from Lewiston. Blast ing has also been continued upstream as far as Pittsburg landing, 30 miles beyond the mouth of the Salmon. The present survey looks toward complet ing the blasting to the present head of navigation by river craft. Easy Ones for Jack A crowd of about 12,000 at Spo kane, saw Dempsey, armed with pillow-like gloves, shove Elgin Taylor, Spokane negro to the canvas in 35 seconds to open the exhibition. Dee Richmond, Chewelah, Wash., lasted 33 seconds; Big Bill Neering, Mullan, Ida., two minutes 22 seconds; Tony Talerico, Walla Walla Wash., one minute, 48 seconds. Cyclone Thomp son, Wenatchee, Wash., stayed two rounds. Four New Mem bers Appear on School Faculty There will be four - new members on the Athena school faculty when school opens next Tuesday, instead of Monday, as previously announced. A teachers' meeting will be held Mon day. In the grades, Miss Hazel William son of Pendleton has charge of the fifth and sixth. Miss Williamson is a graduate of the Eastern Oregon Normal school and has had special training in music. Miss Olive Calef of Independence, Oregon, will handle the third and fourth grades. Miss Calef is a gradu ate of Monmouth Normal school and University of Oregon. She majored in art in both institutions. She has taught in the intermediate depart ment in one of the Salem schools. Mrs. Gladys Milligan of Athena will teach in the first and second grades. Mrs. Milligan is a graduate of the 'Nnmal - school at Cheney, Washington bhe has taught four years, the last three of which, were in Waitsburg, Washington. The only new member on the high school force will be Mrs. Stewart of Pendleton, who will have the part time science position vacated by Mrs, Blatchford. Mrs. Stewart has taught in tne science departments of both the Gresham and Pendleton high schools. She has a B. S. degree from Linfield College and has done gradu ate work at Columbia University in New Yoik City. Miss Mary Cameron who will again teach English in the high school, was obliged to undergo an operation some three weeks ago. She will be unable to resume her duties when school be gins next week. She feels confident, however, that she will be back to work not later than September 12. IRRIGA BIG II EDI BASIN WORRY Report Says Navigation on Upper Reaches of River Is Unimportant. Prestbye Stock Ranch In Path of Forest Fire Word has been received from Mrs. Grant Prestbye that upon her re turn, last week, to her home near Kalispel, Montana, she found their cattle range of 500 acres, entirely burned over. The fire, which was assuredly in cendiary, was started about four miles from the home buildings and only due to efforts on the part of fire fighters and an abundance of water on the place were the house and barn saved. Contents of the home were badly blackened by the dense smoke and are nearly ruined by a tar like residue caused apparent ly by the burning pitch of the trees following the fire. Many household articles were stolen, especially kitch en utensils. So far it has been impossible to ride the range due to fallen trees and burning fragments, so the ex tent f the loss of stock is unknown. However, a few of the unfortunate animals have come in with badly burned feet. The ranch, which is located about 15 miles from Kalispcll was a valu able piece of property with fine meadows in addition to the splendid range through the forest. The entire country around is devastated and U still burning. Went to Fossil Miss Glea Sias left Sunday evening for Fossil, Ore., where she will spend the winter, tutoring the children in the family of her sister, Mrs. Salome Huntington. News was received, just prior to her departure of the serious illness of Mr, Huntington, in a hospit al at The Dalles. County Reduces Budgets Walla Walla county commissioners have made a reduction of $12,333.50 in three budgets in completing their preliminary estimates for 1932 in ac cordance with state law. The health office suffered the biggest cuts, with the positions of county nurse, sani tary inspector and dairy inspector eliminated. Bandits Rob Bank Two unmasked robbers escaped with $1500 from the First National bank of Aurora Tuesday after over powering the cashier, Kathryn Joehn ke. They entered the bank five min ute before closing time, If 4 Bean Ground Produces Weston Leader: McBride Bros, threshed better than 50 bushels of Federation wheat to the acre from 250 acres of "bean ground" at their place on Eagle creek south of Wes ton. They also harvested 120 acres of wheat for Judge Schannep which made the same yield. The latter was the same kind of ground, with no fence between, but the wheat had been sown on summer fallow. The result shows that it made no differ ence in the wheat crop whether or not the ground had been used for bean culture. 'V Governor Meier 111 Governor Julius L, Meier, who left Salem for Portland last week suf fering an attack of indigestion, has been confined to his bed at his home there. His physician has ordered him to rest for at least a week. The ill ness has resulted in the governor can celling his trip over the state this week, as well as keeping office hours in Salem. The governor had planned to tour over most of the state, to vis it state institutions and most cities. Gives $15,000 to Church Announcement that a sum of $45, 000 as a gift to the Pendleton Pres byterian church had been set aside for that purpose by John Vert, pio neer Pendleton resident, was made at a dinner in his honor at the church Monday night. The sum will be used in the erection of a new church. Twenty Mongolian and 30 China pheasants raised by Vic Bracher of Pilot Rock have been expressed to Anchorage, Alaska, for liberation by a sportsman's organization. Bracher sent a large consignment of birds to thd Hawaiian hlantU a yest aw. Washington. Important sidelights on the army engineers' Columbia Basin report were seen in an article by Major John S. Butler of the en gineer corps, in the September issue of Civil Engineering magazine. Butler, as district engineer at Se attle had charge of the survey and drew the report now in the hands of the reclamation bureau for review but which will not be published until congress meets in December. His article, under the title of "The Colum- bia River For Irrigation and Pow er" does not discuss the conclusions of the report but shows many of But ler's beliefs in regard to the Colum- He presented six conclusions as "apparent to all familiar with the subject." That navigation on the river is important only on the tidal section; that navigation improvements up stream would be justified only in con nection with power developments; that the latter is dependent on suit-, able dam site; that flood control is not a problem except on the lower section of the river; that there is an enormous area of irrigable land in the basin and finally that irrigation is the question of paramount import ance in considering the basin's de velopment. :' ' - "As irrigation is recognized as a more beneficial use of water than power generation," said Butler, "it seems evident that the prop'er ap proach of irrigating the 1,500,000 acres in the Columbia Basin irriga tion project and then make the plans for power development and improve ment for navigation conform to this ' method as far as practicable." Kayser-Wilson At a simple ceremony at the Metho dist church parsonage in Pendleton at 11 o'clock last Friday morning, Miss Marjorie Wilson was married to Wilburn H. Kayser. The ceremony was read by 'Rev, Wemett and the attendants were Mrs. Charles Wil son and Harold Kirk. The bride was most attractive in a brown ensem ble with beige bodice embellished in embroidery in autumn tints. Her hat was a becoming brown Empress Eu genie model and other accessories were in the same shades. Mrs. Kays er is an attractive and popular girl and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Wilson" of Athena. She was graduated with the class of 1929 of the local high school and since that time has, been at home with her par ents here. The groom is a graduate in agriculture from the University of Idaho and also took post graduate work in Iowa. He is a member of Theta Kappa Epsilon. ; Mr. Kayser is employed at the local plant of the Washington-Idaho Seed company and the young couple will make their home in Athena. Margaret Procbstel Passes Miss Margaret Proebstel, who spent last winter with her sister, Mrs. Lilian Fredericks at Weston, died in San Francisco as the result of cere bral hemorrhage. The remains were brought to Weston for interment by a brother, Charles Proebstel of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Funeral services were held in Weston Tuesday after noon at 2 o'clock. Miss Proebstel, a professional nurse, formerly resided in Honolulu. She was the daughter of the late Senator G. W, Proebstel, Weston pioneer hardware merchant. She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Lilian Fredericks of Weston; and Mrs. Levi Hughes of Santa Fe; and two brothers, Charles S. Proebstel of Santa Fe, and Albert Proebstel of San Diego. Compliments Sister Comnlimentinir her sister. Mrs. Henry Gissel, who departs today for her home in Brooklyn, New York, Mrs. Charles Betts entertained a small group of friends informally Wednesday afternoon. Those pres ent were Mrs. Henry Koepke, Jr., Mrs. Gordon Watkins, Mrs. Ralph McEwen. Mrs. Kohler Betts. the hon- oree and hostess. No License; Goes to Jail Upon failure of Norvell Ferguson of Weston, to pay a $10 fine assessed against him for driving without a 1931 license, Judge B. B. Richards committed him to the county jail. Ferguson was arrested by Lawrence Pittinger, state police officer. Driver Fatally Injured Crushed under a log which rolled from the top of his truck, Marion Christman, 22, driver for the Oregon Trail Lumber company, was fatally injured Tuesday on Catherine cfeek, near1 Unlou w i i I 1 1 t I,