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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 18, 1931)
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 - 1 Entered at the Poat Office at Athena, Oregon, aa Second-Claea Mail Matter VOLUME 44 A TUT? XT A TTMATTT T A ""ATTXTTV rkTT?rTkXT gTrmnrmurrtTTiTt r "" , " I ... ,. . I ; NOT ONE DAY CAN BE FOUND fa the week but that you do not need stationery of some sort or other. We furnish neat, clean printing t rJi.very iowe8t rate? Fast Presses, modern types, modern work, prompt delivery. Number 38 TRflllT flFPI PTInM Groups Named III LOCAL RK rue.p& Commission Is Asked to Re stock Once Famed Wal la Walla River. Looking toward relieving the unem ployed and needy over the late fall and winter months, concerted efforts are being put forward in, the cities and small towns of the state, A survey of the relief organjza tions in Pendleton reveal that the Anglers and sportsmen of the Mil- fading men of that city are at the ton-Freewater district want trout "eaa investigations now being fry planted in the Walla Walla river made to ascertain the best means of Recently warden Glenn made a sur- financing relief work there vey of the Walla Walla river with the The county organization of which view to recommending that 200,000 County Judge Schannep is chairman of the fingerlings now at Bingham and which has a local chairman and Springs hatchery be allotted to the committeemen in each town in the Walla Walla river. It is said that the county is beginning to function. For fishing is poor in the WaHa Walla and Athena, E. C. Rogers is chairman and no fish to speak of have been nlanted has selected as committeemen. Alex in that stream for sometime. It is re- Mcintyre ana w. v. uttiejonn. ported that a number of unscreened At Weston, C. W. Avery is Chair irrigation ditches lead from the Walla man and Bert Kirby heads the com Walla, and if true, this ohase will mittee in Adams. L. L. Rogers and have to be satisfactorily adjusted to Charles Bond of Pendleton are two conform with a recent decision of the committeemen appointed with Judge game commission that hereafter no achannep on the county committee trout will be allotted to anv stream y Governor Meier, that has ditches open and unscreened. In the larger towns of the state Time was when the Walla Walla preparation for relief work have been river was one of the best trout fish- under way for some time. In Port ing streams in the state, but of 'ate land a number of organizations are years the fish numbers have become Mending support to the movement. v woefully depleted. And the cause is Miss Mildred Bateman, who is with not altogether due to open irrigation tne Muitnoman county social weuare ditches, so those who claim to know, department, informed The Press asseverate. ; while in Athena last week, that it is These sportsmen and anelers de- surprising to learn of the number of clare that from the time the state people who have been forced to ask game commission turned the Umatil- for ad wh0 UP to this time have had la county streams over to Walla Wal- employment such as nursing and la anglers on the reciprocal resident teaching, license fee basis, the numbers of Many corporations and companies trout in the Walla Walla river began in the cities have cut down the num. to dwindle until they have about ber of employees to such an extent petered out. Formerly the fishermen that those thrown out of employment of Walla Walla county paid a non- are n sad circumstances, mere will resident license fee when fishing the he a limit to county aid which can be Umatilla county streams and their given to such cases, said Miss Bate- numbers accordingly were few, but mani as the funds are from the tax with the lowering of the fee, it was Budget and this is being cut to quite soon discovered that Walla Walla an extent in line with the general county contained about as many angI- economy program ers as Umatilla had. DO-X Resting in the Harbor of New York ' f4Vv ' ' r ' ht : ; . , n zssrjMtir -r2.,,t.'--?ii; ' - ""T - 'iJiiiwimiimmmiiifm iim , m&mmmm&mm ma York Jrt Til 1 hC K'ter DO-X, world's largest flying boat, as .he rested in the harbor of New w .Mn . vorld-famous skyline in the background. She was not taken to the air races at Cleveland because her engines needed overhauling after the long voyage from Brazil eveiana because The result was inevitable, according Deer Season Opens, to the chorus emanating from pro testants that with the increased hum ber of anglers, Umatilla county streams would have to receive great er plantings of trout or conditions would accrue to exactly what they Local Hunters .Will Go The deer season opens Sunday and a large number of . Athena hunters are making preparations to be in the U?JZ& tC buck. Different ideas prevail as to over-fishing, notwithstanding a hatch- b.eaks of the JohnFDav are beckoning arw haa haan aotohheha1 thava fn I " 0 several years, is blamed by the ob jectors in a great measure to non to several who have been there be fore, so to the John Day they will go, "8,le5S IStT n od to others, and it's Pearson Creek for them. Later in the season Fly Valley and Sheep Creek, beyond Star- key Prairie will be the deer hunting grounds .Jor others. Close to home, the Blue Mountains east of town, many deer have been seen by huckleberry pickers and lJ!. "fff'f fellers.can hunters who are going there for open- "What has Walla Walla county to offer in the way of trout fishing in return for non-resident anglers fish ing . Umatilla county streams ? Only a short stretch of Mill Creek, and it heads on our side of the line. Sock the non-resident fee on those Walla catch a mess of trout in home waters once in a while," and the nut on fish ing who said it, had blood in his eye and a casting rod in his hand, Cooley Is in Accident ing day only, returning home in the evening. Good deer hunting is re ported to be had this season low down in the foot hills only a few miles from town. Only the dry condition of the mountain terrain is to be considered At Railroad Crossing a handicap under which hunters will labor, for "thar's deer in .them thar Mrs. Froom, hostess of the Athena mountains" this season. hotel received word from Oregon City from her daughter, Mrs. Lyman Coo- I Wheat Traded for Fruit ley, that Mr. Cooley was in a Port- A trade -proposition that seems to land hospital, as the result of an ac-1 have been working pretty well for all cident which haDnened when his auto- concerned has been eroinsr on over the mobile was struck by an Oregon Elec- project this fall reports a Hermisfoh trie train at a crossing. correspondent. Farmers of the wheat The' accident happened sometime country going to Hermiston for veg Monday. The car was thrown 25 feet etables and fruit quite often bring from the rails and totally demolished with them several sacks of wheat and Mr. Cooley was picked up 45 feet which they readily exchange for the beyond the car. He was immediately supplies they want removed to a hospital in Portland where an X-ray examination revealed A Melon Raid that he had sustained a broken arm, Weston Leader: A raid was made a gash over one eye and a badly on George Winn's watermelon natch sprained back." " late Friday night by unknown marau- Mmor bruises and cuts comprise ders, presumably young and callow. total injuries and tne condition of the and the melons were then brought to patient is expected to improve at town, brokn open, and the contents once, aenowng an eany recovery. smeared over sidewalks and store frnnfn. TVinstp uihn hnA flip mpaa t.n btate Line Woman Dead clean no rank the nernetrators of the Mrs. Lucretia Crockett-Overturf, "ioke" onlv a deirree or two above 76, early pioneer of the State Line the moron in intelligence and decent 1 i . . i Xl. A. . .1 I . uisinct in we east ena oi me coun- I instincts. ty, died bunday at the home of her aaugnter, mrs. koss iteea, at June- Boynton Showa Up land, wasnington, near iseattie. nrior Vavne Rovnt v,hn to ner aeatn Mrs. uvertun resided m Wfla nnA w w. w wti in Pendleton. She is survived by four Settl nH int. h aaugnters, wrs. jeroiu Asnton ana home of hi hrotw F.nrl In Portland. Mrs. rails iriana oi oeattie; Mrs, Reed of Kirkland and Mrs. Otto Did ion of Crocket station. The Continental Oil Com pany Offers $10,000 in Cash Prizes for Answer On another page of this issue of The Press appears an offer of $10, 000 in cash prizes for the best an swers explaining "The Mystery of the Hidden Quart," and launching the largest advertising campaign ever sponsored by Continental Oil Com pany in the interest of Conoco Germ Processed Motor Oil. The c6ntest announced today is one in which motorists are invited to com pete for $10,000 in cash prizes, in telling howT the "hidden quart" of Conoco Germ Processed Motor Oil benefits motorists. The question is "What becomes of the 'hidden quart' and how does this quart benefit the motorist?" There are 29 prizes, first prize being $5,000. ' The contest closes at midnight, September 28, 1931, with all com munications being sent to Continent al Oil Company, Ponca City, Okla. Judges of the contest are: Dr. W. B. Bizzell, president of the University of Oklahoma; John A. Hunter, pro fessor of v mechanical engineering; University of Colorado, and Frank L. Martin, associate dean, School of Journalism, University of Missouri. During the three or four intervening days between the finding of his car at the bottom of a grade on the Co- Itimttta ViivlMr 1 L:- 1aa.A.;am 1.. None Go From Here ctti .-.m v. t. " TL f he dazenTto lZi no Section of the accident Athena Golf club made the trip Sun day to Pilot Rock to participate in the annual tournament and picnic held there. A general invitation to local club members had been receiv- Apple Tree Wood Ralph Jr., and Edwin McEw'en have been hnnlino- annla wood to town tVita ed, but as the day was ideal for play- week from a Pine Creek ranch. Last mg on me new course nere, me nome winter they cut down and UDrooted an bunch just could not tear itself away, A large number of visitor players were on the course during the hours cf both forenoon and afternoon. old apple orchard and converted the trees into cordwood. Being dry and firm", it should make excellent fuel for heating stoves and fireplaces. "I've Found My Ideal," Aimee Says of Her Mate Los Angeles. "At last I have found my ideal." Aimee Semple McPherson-Hutton, noted evangelist, smiled happily as she spoke when Bhe admitted eight newspaper reporters and four camera men to her luxurious bedroom and told why she eloped to Yuma, Ariz., and married David L. Hutton, An gelus temple singer and eight years her junior. The bride was becomingly gowned in a cerise silk kimono and green "mules," the bridegroom in a blue bathrobe and with a grin on his round, cherubic face. "I have always said that my ideal husband must love music and have the same interest as I have," she ex plained. "And," with an admiring glance at the somewhat bulging bathrobe-clad figure, "David has all of those things and more. He has under standing, sympathetic human understanding." "I don't like it very well, this hectic kind of a honeymoon," she said with wry smile. "We were married 18 hours before we had a moment alone together." ,? "The lonely little sparrow," as her mother, Mrs. Minnie ("Ma") Kennedy recently characterized her, when she, Mrs. Kennedy, married Guy Hudson, then went to a long French window in the bedroom and looked dreamily out as photographers' fired their flashlights. The Farm Board Turns Down the Walla Walla Wheat Purchasing Plan A Washington, D. C, dispatch yes terday said: The "Walla Walla" wheat plan, designed to increase prices and reduce acreage, was re jected by the farm board as impractic able and without the scope of its au thority. The board's decision, arrived at af ter a series of conferences with a delegation of wheat growers, bank ers and business men from the Pa cific northwest, was made known in a letter to Representative Summers, republican, Washington, chairman of the group. This plan was one of hundreds which the board has had submitted to it for consideration as a means of re lieving distress among wheat farm ers. "The farm board cannot approve this plan," C. B. Denman, acting chairman, wrote in the letter to Sum mers. "We do not believe it is likely to work to. the advantage of the wheat producers of the country, or that we are justified, under the terms of the agricultural marketing act, in authorizing the stabilization corpora-' tion to make the contracts suggested." .-' Pilot Rock Bank Dividend A fifth dividend ..of 10 per cent to depositors of the the liquidated First Bank of Pilot Rock has been author ized by Judge Calvin$week of the Umatilla county circuit court. The dividend, totaling $15,696.41, when paid will increase to 60 per cent the total sums paid on the claims of de positors, according to A. A. Schramm, acting' state superintendent of banks. . Mrs. Murphy Wants Divorce Mrs. Minnie. Murphy has filed suit in the circuit court for divorce against Jack Murphy. She charges cruel and inhuman treatment. Seek ing custody of the youngest child, she states in her complaint that the husband is a fit and proper person to have custody of two older ones. There are no property rights involved. Both parties to the action reside in Athena. Bonifer Wins at Sodeo Walt Bonifer, of Gibbon, won first in the bucking contest of the three day fair and rodeo that ended Satur day evening at Condon. Buck Tifin and Joe Fisher won second and third place, respectively. About 800 were in attendance Saturday. Two New Race Horses Two new race horses recently ac quired by Athena owners are attract ing attention from local admirers of ponies that are sprinters. "White Face," a thoroughbred from the George " Drumheller racing stable is now the property of Fay LeGrow. The horse, which won races on the Vancouver, B. C, track this summer, is a half-brother of "Prince," a fine big bay colt that was raised by Mr. LeGrow. Bryce Baker owns "Fri day,", a winning veteran from the McCarthy-Elliott string. This horse, while well up in years is still going strong. He raced at the Pendleton Round-Up and the week following won the pony express race at the Heppner Rodeo. Bryce will race him at Baker during the meet there. Cigar Case Robbery at Athena Hotel Nets Cash and Cigarettes Tuesday night someone entered the lobby of the Athena Hotel and robbed the cigar case of three cartons of cigarettes and $3.50 in small change, A screwdriver reposing in a desk drawer was found and used by the thief in removing the screws from the padlock clasp on one of the doors to the case. The sum of money taken was change from cigar and cigarette sales and was kept m a small can. The cartons of cigarettes which disappeared with the change were not full ones and other cartons that con tained full number of packs, were not molested, indicating that the thief was in a hurry to get through with the ob. - In all probability the thief will not be apprehended as no clews have de veloped. The hotel lobby remains open all night for convenience of patrons coming in at late hours. Jack Floors Two Jack Dempsey, former world's heavyweight boxing champion, knock ed out; two of four opponents in a fistic exhibition in Salt Lake City, Monday night. Crater Lake Sets Mark Attendance records for Crater Lake were broken again this season when the 158,000 mark was reached last week. Last year's season total was 157,693. A Chinaman for Squashes Jim Lee, Chinese cook at the Athe na Hotel has ordinary gardeners hereabouts backed off the truck-raising map when it comes to raising squashes. In a vacant lot in the rear of the hotel, Jim has profitably utiliz ed a small plot of ground for his gar den. The only blessed seeds he plant ed were squash and tomato. His crop of tomatoes was fairly good, but his squashes beat anything this side of Gardena. Big, buster fellows they are, now being exposed to sunlight in the ripening process as the stems be gin to weaken and leaves wither away. Pioneer Resident Passes Charles B. Isaac, pioneer of Uma tilla county, who first settled on Dry Creek, died at his late home in Pen dleton, Monday morning, at the age of 78 years. Besides his widow who was Millie Kunzie he is survived by the following children: Mrs. Helen Snyder, Mrs. Herb Green and Charles Isaac, Pendleton; Mrs. ,Ruth Randall of Milton, and Mrs. Francis Turner of Caldwell. Mrs. Mary LaDow, a sis ter, of Corvallis, also survives. Duck Season Dates Changes in the hunting season for ducks, geese, brant and coot in 14 states are announced by the agricul ture department. The changes includ ed: In Oregon and Washington the season commences November 16 and closes December 15. High Grade Wheat Oregon will take care that China receives a high quality product in the recent consummated 15,000,000 bushel purchase of grain. State Director of Agriculture Max Gehlhar said Mon day. Practically all of the wheat to be shipped will go through the Port of Portland, and will be graded by state inspector on federal standards. Guests Appear Dressed Up in Antique Costumes In response to an invitation clever ly rhymed, the Athena Bridge club met at the home of Mrs. F. S. Le Grow for a buffet dinner Tuesday evening. Hostesses and guests were arrayed in antique garb, period cos tumes from 1860 to the present day being in evidence. Top knots, friz zes and curls reminiscent of old style coiffures, topped by millinery ranging from the smallest bonnet to the mer ry widow mode,, and augmented by trailing, flaring and beribboned frocks, disguised the members of the party to an extent beyond belief. Following dinner the group made several calls and votes taken decided in favor of Mrs. W. P. Littlejohn who was presented the first prize and Mrs. B. B. Richards second. Mrs. Littlejohn was a perfect re plica of the famed "Mrs. Wiggs" and she carried out the character in man ner as well as costume. Mrs. Rich ards wore a dress eighty years old, with tight fitting basque, full skirt and lace stole. A minute bonnet completed the effect. In addition to members of the club Mrs. S. J. Bowles of Walla Walla and Mrs. F. B. Boyd were guests. At the first meeting of the fall season which will occur at the home of Mrs. H. I. Watts Friday September 25, a tour nament will be started. The club will meet alternate Fridays. Return Home C. O. Henry and Leroy McCubbins returned Saturday from Bonners Fer ry, Idaho, where they had been em ployed in the harvest field on Jacob Booher ranch. C O., staged a real come-back and made a full hand at sewing sacks in a crop of wheat that averaged well. The Bonners Ferry district produced good crops this sea son. Clarence Hand did not return with Henry and McCubbins, having a harvest Job of a few days more. Kill Kare Pinochle Club The Kill Kare Pinochle club met last Saturday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Swift. Members sufficient for three tables were pres ent and Mrs. Harvey Roseberry and Ross' Catron won high score, and Mrs. D. A. Lowe and M. I. Miller received the consolation. Seasonable refresh ments were served by the hostess. Teacher Marries, District Sues to Rescind Contrac Tabor denounces ' meier proposals Multnomah county school district No. 4 Gresham, Thursday of last week, filed suit in circuit court at Portland, seeking to rescind , the teaching contract held by Jeannette M. XMull, formerly Jeanette M. Miller, of Athena, on the ground that 'the teacher married subsequent to execu tion of the contract in violation of her agreement with the school directors of the district. A contract was executed September s, mil, whereby Mrs. Null, then Miss Miller, was employed as teacher for the present school year. The board of directors had adopted a rule that unmarried women would be given preference to exclusion of married women. The defendent promised she woulu not marry until after expim tion oi the term of contract, it is al leged. It is further alleged that the nmv ise was made solely for the purpose oi misleading the district, and that Mrs. Null has employed counsel for the purpose of enforcing the contract and has threatened to file an action to collect compensation or damages for alleged breach of contract. Dell Brothers Buy. Farm York and Henry Dell have purchas ed 520 acres of wheat land from Joseph N. Scott. The land lies west of Athena and 320 acres of it is the old Frank Mansfield homestead. Formerly 160 acres of it was owned by the late Jerry Stone, and 40 acres by E. A. Dudley. A portion of the place yielded a good crop of spring sown grain this year, the remainder being in fall sown grain. The Dell Brothers will not farm 'the land, but will lease it out. 'urchases the Grocery Interest of L. A. Cornell H. A. Roseberry has purchased the half interest of L. A. Cornell in the Red & White grocery and provision store at corner of Main street. With the filing of the transfer papers, the ownership firm controlling the Red & White store will be Montague & Roseberry. C. E. O. Montague retains his half interest in the Red & White store, which he established in its present lo cation, when O. O. Stephens retired from the grocery business in Athe na. Mr. and Mrs. Roseberry recently moved to Athena from the M. L. Watts ranch north of Athena, where for a long time Mr. Roseberry was foreman. Both are well known in this part of Umatilla county and Athena people will be pleased to wel come them as permanent citizens. Mr., and Mrs. Cornell came to Athe na a couple of years ago from Brogan Malheur county. Mr. Cornell first toolc over the Thompson Garage. Lat er disposing of that, he formed part nership with Mr. Montague in the Red & White. He will probably leave Athena but as yet has not decided where he will locate or what business he will engage in. License Receipts Drop Receipts from the motor vehicle li cense fees are approximately $250, 000 less now than they were at the same time last year. Fees paid to September 10 were $5,752,022.94 for this year, compared to $5,975,625.34 for ' 1930, Secretary of State Hois says. It's a Boy, of Course! The reason why George Simpson, well-known Pendleton-Walla Walla truck line operator, has been juggling vinegar barrels on his nose and tos sing 100 lb. sacks of sugar out of the truck as though they were toy bal loons is explained by the arrival of a boy at his home. George has been doing the strong man act at Walla Walla and Pendleton and way points for over three weeks. The new lad bowed . admittance to the Simpson home August 26. - Saturday Night Dances Edwin McEwen has leased the Mill er building on Main street and will utilize it for a series of Saturday night dances. He has been getting the floor in proper condition and deco rations have been made. Edwin will furnish modern dance music by phonograph and radio, with electric amplification. A charge of 50 cents per couple and 15 cents for extra ladies will be made. Light lunches of sandwiches, coffee, etc., will be on sale. The terms of the building lease provides for his permission to sub let it for club and orchestra dances, social gatherings and parties, Athena vs. Mae-Hi Today This afternoon Athena high school football team will meet Mac-Hi on the Milton-Freewater gridiron, in the first game of the season. Mac-Hi be ing in the upper bracket with the heavier teams in this scholastic dis trict, the contest will be on the order of a practice game, the result not af fecting or entering into final results in gannrg; Wtfa trtd ltfet. Report Asserts Governor's Unemployment Program Is Inadequate. Salem. Unemployment and wace cutting overshadowed all other prob-' lems as the 29th annual convention of the Oregon State Federation of Labor got under way here Monday. The an nual report of Ben T. Osborne. tive secretary, and President William Cooper, presented just before noon. sounded the keynote of the session, and the situation caused bv the nros. ent business depression predominated mat note. One hundred and fiftv-five dele. gates registered the opening day of the session. The state government in its action concerning unemployment and wage reductions has been an even greater disappointment than the federal gov ernment, Osborne said in his report. ' The chief executive "seems utterlv unable to grasp the extent of unem ployment, the inevitable results that must follow if it is not checked nd the significance of the ominous clouds that hover on the not distant hori zon." Osborne criticised the eovernor's "comprehensive program" for unem ployment relief in Oregon, which he termed three means for relief. They are "two and half million dollars for highway construction, an agitation for greater consumption of Oregon made products and tax conservation. The proposed highway work, if un. dertaken, will provide a degree of re lief but will be wholly inadeauate to the needs of the situation, Osborne pointed out in discussion of Governor Meier's program. Graver potentiali ties than existed in 1917 and 1918 during the World war are seen in the present situation by the labor leader. Skepticism of any great success of home products campaign was ex pressed in the report, which holds that any increased consumption of Oregon products by citizens of the state will be offset by decreased pur chases by other states which will re taliate against attempted discrimina tion against their products. The governor's tax conservation program and his policy of wage slash ing in public employment was severe ly criticized by Osburne. "His (Meier's) whole tax reduction program is predicated on less public spending and particularly on dis charging some public employes and reducing the wages of those retain ed," Osborne declared. "The program of false economy in public expendi tures also means a curtailment of public expenditures, lessening em ployment in the various lines of con struction. The saving that can be ef fected by reducing wages of public employes will be insignificant in its effect on taxes. Auto Crash Death Toll Reaches Four Corvallis. The death toll of an au tomobile accident of Yachats was raised to four Tuesday with the death of Kenneth Berry, 32, who died early this inorning in a local hospital from fractured skull. Buster Taylor, 17, Waldport high school sophomore, was killed instant ly Sunday when Berry's car crashed into a parked gravel truck. A. O. Thomas, 32, of Yachats and Miss Deborah J. Johnson, 20, other passengers with Berry, died several hours after the crash. Witnesses said the car was travel ing at high speed when it shattered1 against the heavy truck. Mrs. Pinkerton Hostess Mrs. Laurence Pinkerton was host ess to a small group of friends Wed nesday afternoon when she arranged miniature practice tournament at the golf course. Those competing were Mrs. C. M. Eager, Mrs. Lloyd Michener, Mrs. Lisle Gray, Mrs. Jus tin Harwood, and Mrs. Pinkerton. The guests drew for partners and played nine holes. Mrs, Michener and Mrs. Pinkerton held the low score for the afternoon. Two Violators Fined Two infractions of the fish and game laws of the state were adjust ed last week by the arrest and con victions of Herbert Casteel of Pilot Rock, who was charged with killing grouse out of season, and C. II. Har ris of Milton, for polluting a stream, Casteel was fined $25. and Harris waa assessed $100 and costs. Linesman Fractures Leg For the second time since sprinir practice, Clair Anderson, stellar guard on the Wa-Hi football squad suffered a fracture of the right leg between the ankle and knee. He is definitely out of football for the sea on.