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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. ifc 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 types, modern work, prompt delivery. Entered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, ae Second-Class Mail Matter VOLUME 44 ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, OCTOBER 2, 1931 NUMBER 40 CHINA WHEAT DEAL BOON TO MILLERS Grain and Flour Shipment Helps Northwest Unem ployment Situation. Portland. Bringing hundreds of thousands of dollars to the North west for labor in milling grain, manu facture of bags and for wheat and flour handling, the first of the wheat and flour sold to China by- the Grain Stabilization corporation Saturday will begin to move in a few days, probably in the first week in October, Henry W. Collins, vice president of the Farmers National Grain corpora tion, in charge of the Pacific Coast division, announced. Collins was officially informed of the close of the transaction with China, which involves 15,000,000 bush els of government wheat, half of it to move as flour, over long distance by George S. Milnor, Chicago, presi dent of the stabilization corporation. Movement of the wheat and flour will be about evenly divided between Columbia river and Puget sound ports, Collins said. The milling of the 7,500,000 bushels to go as flour also will be divided. The flour movement will be somewhat slower in getting under way than the grain movement, but 60,000 tons of, wheat and 30,000 tons of flour are to be moved out in October. "This sale is of tremendous value to' the Northwest," Collins said. "It will add hundreds of thousands of dollars to payrolls in the bag mills, flour mills, - among stevedores and others who will be directly affected. It also will clean up the corporation's surplus in the Northwest and remove a bearish element from the markets here. The price being based on mar ket values of the day of shipment, establishes no market which might be detrimental in the future. Great care has , been exercised throughout the transaction to protect the interests of the flour industry, wheat growers and general public." Details of the sale are expected here Monday and Collins has called a meeting of representatives of the Pa cific Coast millers to be held in his office Tuesday morning, when mill ing details will be worked out. Twenty-five or 30 mills, all located in Oregon, Washington and Idaho, will participate in the milling of this flour. Representatives of the millers who were summoned to meet with Collins include L. P. Baumann, Seattle, Cen tennial Flour mills, chairman; Harvey Jackson, Tacoma, Sperry Flour com pany; E. H. Leonard, Waitsburg, Wash. .Preston-Shaffer Milling com pany; P. J. McKenny, Portland, Pills-bury-Astoria Flour mills; O. D. Fish er, Seattle, Fisher Flouring mills. These four men form a committee appointed by the North Pacific Millers association to negotiate with the farm board for the milling of this grain. Mills that are not . members -of the North Pacific association will share in this business just as if they were members, Collins said. "In completion of negotiations for the sale to the Chinese government the farm board has stipulated that the price of wheat and flour will be deter mined by the market price current at the time of clearance of steamers," Collins said. "This will protect pro ducers who have not already sold their crops and will not place them at a disadvantage in case the world market price should advance." "Bags in which the flour will be shipped will be manufactured by Pa cific Coast bag mills and will be especially branded for the purpose to which they will be put. ' "Completion of these negotiations not only relieves the Pacific Coast of this surplus farm board wheat," Col lins said, "but it also provides wheat and flour for relief work in China among sufferers who would not be reached in the usual trade channels. In fact, this will permit the feeding of flour to Chinese who would not otherwise eat it. It will go far to ward relief of the wheat surplus on the world market and it will be of special benefit to the Northwest, where mills will be permitted to pro vide additional labor and thus help relieve the unemployment situation." Road Work is Progressing The Mission-Thorn Hollow road is nearing completion. The remaining top surfacing is expected to be finish ed next week. The road improvement south from Weston to intersection with the Wild Horse market road is under way, and the Athena-Lamar gulch road improvement has been started. After Twenty Tears Yesterday, for the first time in the last 20 years, deer hunting was al lowed in Walla Walla county. The season will be' open until October 21, during which time each hunter will be allowed but.ose mule deer. General Shakeup In Football Line Brings New Faces After a general shakeingup, new faces will be seen in the Athena high school football lineup tomorrow af ternoon, when Coach Miller's prote ges meet the Buckaroos from Pendle ton on the local gridiron. The game begins promptly at 2:30 and 25 cents is the price of admission. The Athena lineup that will start against Pendleton is the result of a wholesale shift made by the coach since the Mac-Hi game. Leland Jen kins replaces Singer at center, Sing er going to the busy post at right guard. Lester Towne has been mov ed over to right tackle to replace Glenn McCullough, who has been sent to the second string along with Bob Campbell and Wendell Shigley. Aaron Douglas moves up from sub fullback to left guard and Leo Geissel comes from sub halfback position to left end, replacing Shigley, while George Pittman will hold down right end. lhe back field remains intact with Pick ett at full, Moore left half, Miller half, and Lowell Jenkins quarter. Coach Miller says the local boys are determined to give Pendleton a real game, and before they depart for home will know they have been through a tough combat. He says the team' is expecting support and en couragement from a large attendance of home people at tomorrow's game. Following is the schedule of games: Pendleton at Athena, Saturday, Oc tober 3. Athena at Weston, tentatively next week. . Heppner at Athena, Saturday, Oc tober 17. Athena at Touchet, Friday, Octo ber 23. Waitsburg at Athena, Friday, Oc tober 30. Athena at Hermiston, Friday, No vember 6. Weston at Athena, Armistice Day. Special attention is called to the prominence of the visiting teams meeting Athena on the home grounds this year. Pendleton, Heppner and Waitsburg represent high schools much larger than Athena high and consequently are scholastically plac ed in higher qualification brackets and therefore are bound to be opponents of ..worthy metal, while Weston and Athena always provide a lively, worth while battle. These games merit pat ronage, and the low price of admis sion 25 cents should invite flatter ing attendance. . To-Leave Athena Mrs. John Phillips will leave Athe na Saturday for Jacinto, California, where she will make her home with her daughter Mrs. Lee Dennis and family. Irs. Phillips will be accom panied to Portland by her son, Darvin and they will visit John Phillips and family until Sunday inght, when Mrs. Phillips will proceed south and Dar vin will return here. Mrs. Phillips has made her home here for many years and is loved by a wide circle of friends who regret her departure. Her 90th Birthday McKinney, whose ninetieth birthday anniversary she celebrated yesterday, October 1st, Mrs. Frank Little invit ed a few of Mrs. McKinney's intimate friends for an afternoon tea. Mrs. McKinney, who is hale and hearty, carrying her years with remarkable vigor, was the recipient of many 'gold wishes and gifts from her neighbors. A daughter Mrs. Solvester, came up from Blalock for the occasion. , Begin Seeding Wheat Seeding fall grain over in Wash ington began this week. At Prescott, Paul Hffer is operating four drills and he will complete seeding in a week or ten days. In the Lamar district Charles Erwin and Charles Raymond are seeding. On this side of the state line no preparations have been made for immediate seeding, except in light soil districts. Teachers Cut Own Pay A voluntary surrender of 10 per cent of their salary for the first three months of the school year will prob ably be made by everyone on the As toria school district payroll from su perintendent to janitors as a means of contributing to a solution of the finan cial difficulties of the district this year. . Planning Institute J. A. Yeager, county rchool super intendent, has announced that pro gram arrangements for the Umatilla county, teachers' institute to be held in Pendleton October 8 and 9 will bring together an unusually expert corps of instructors for the season. Garfield's Death Anniversary Is Observed y it mm '"V! v l$r P 4s. I -''.Lsi.-W' rrTr .... iiiii'TiTt...ii mi-H. -:! :.. Wx-wft' l. pv.-5 flsir " .. ... . 1 In this "Church of the Presidents" in Long Branch, N. J., where President Garfield worshiped and across the street from which he died in Septeiuher, 1S81, the fiftieth anniversary of his death was observed. Seven Presidents have boon attt-ndunts In this historic church. Rebekah Lodge Entertains President State Assembly An occasion of much interest to Re- bekahs in this district was the meet ing and entertainment held at the lo cal Knights of Pythias hall Friday night when members of Mignonette Rebekah Lodge were hostesses. Mrs. Ethel Meldrum, of Milwaukee, president of the Rebekah assembly of Oregon, was guest of honor and ad ditional distinguished guests included Mrs. Grace Christianson of Portland, assembly ;marshall. Mrs. Christian sen who formerly resided here will be remembered by Athena friends as Miss Grace Clark; Mrs. Mamie Hen dricks of Pendleton, assembly conduc ress; Mrs. Etta Sanderson of Free water, past president of Rebekah assembly. Three visiting lodges which attend ed in a body were "Integrity" of Freewater; "Evangeline" of Helix; and "Hiawatha" of Weston. In addi tion, there were four visitors from "Pauline," of Pendleton making about 80 in all. During the business session Mrs. Meldrum gave a most interesting and instructive address in which she pre sented her plan to have all adjacent lodges meet with her on her official visits in this district. She commend ed the Freewater group for having attended each meeting. s Fourteen Athena members were present at the meeting in Helix Thursday night. She also announced the county convention to be held in Freewater, October 26 and invited all to be present. Talks by several : other visitors, followed and an attractive gift was presented to the president. The following program was given. Reading, Mrs. Mary Jones, Freewater; comic pantomime, "Paul Revere's Ride" Freewater Rebekahs; vocal solos, Rhoda Matthews, Adams; oianologue, Mrs. I. L. Michener; vo cal duet, Mrs. Michener and Mrs. Ed. Montague. A two course supper was served at two long tables effectively decorated with fall flowers and tapers. Dogs Raid Chicken Park Dogs raided the chicken park of Bruno Weber Wednesday evening and killed several chickens. It will be just too bad for any dog caught in that particular chicken park in ; the fu ture. No doubt about it. A gun will do tha barkisg hereafter. Big Game Tomorrow With its eoal line uncrossed and victories registered over Willamette university and University of Colo rado, Oregon State college team r.a the finishing touches for the opening rnnfprence came with Southern Cali fornia to be played at Los Angelea tomorrow. Ward, protege or beryl Hodgen at The Dalles may start at quarter for Oregon State, after the splendid showing he made against Colorado in the game at Portland tne other night. Golf Turkey Shoot Mnmhers of the Athena eolf club and other players will have a chance to shoot golf balls around the course tar turkevs. Foursomes, under in dividual Viandican. will be made up to contest for turkeys under rules usual ly controlling the turkey shoots at eun club contests. Information may be obtained from Laurence Pinkerton, proprietor of the Athena golf course. Play for turkeys will begin next sun day. . , : Canning Salmon Reports . come from Celilo that fanners are buying huge lots of Co lumbia river salmon from Indian fish ermen, taking the fish home for can ning purposes. It is said the salmon are purchased for two cents per pound. More Banks Close The Moro State bank and the Jo seph State bank failed to open for business Wednesday morning. The former had deposits of about $ 250,000 and the latter of about $70,000. Oh. How Drr We Are! Storm signals were cos ted warning shipping at the mouth of the Colum bia river Tuesday, but no evidence of itonn appeared in Eastern Ureses. Every School Room Is to Have a Portrait Of George Washington Announcement was made by Con gressman Robert R. Butler that every schoolroom of every school in his dis trict will, within a few weeks after the opening of the new school term, receive a beautiful portrait-poster of George Washington, executed in col ors. The portrait to be used in these posters is a reproduction of the fam ous Gilbert Stuart Athenaeum paint ing and will be 22 inches by 28 inches in size. This poster was selected af ter a good deal of study, and is con sidered the finest example of poster making available. The poster - pictures featuring George Washington are being dis tributed by Congressman Butler in cooperation with the United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission of Washington, D. C, in order to stimulate interest among the thousands of school children of his district in the coming nine-months celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the birth of the father of our country. Congressman Butler is in constant touch with the activities of the Unit ed State George Washington Bicen tennial Commission which was creat ed by congress to formulate and ex ecute plans for the great celebration in 1932. . The George Washington Bicenten nial Celebration will begin on Febru ary 22, 1932, and last until the fol lowing Thanksgiving Day, ' Sets His Store Afire Then Commits Suicide C. M. "Ike" Robinette, well known Vale clothier, was found dead in his store Saturday , morning, a bullet wound indicating suicide. The store was on fire and badly damaged be fore the flames were extinguished by the Vale fire department. A few minutes after 7 o'clock Rob inette called his wife at their home and bade her goodby. To her plead ing to come home he replied that he hadn't time, and would see her later. An a few minutes flames were seen coming from the store windows. By the time Mrs. Robinette reached the building his body had been discovered and carried to the sidewalk. At a coroner's inquest a few hours later there was testimony that he had been despondent for weeks. The cor oner's jury returned a verdict of suicide. Robinette went to Vale 15 years ago. He has been active in civic af fairs and is widely known through out the Snake River valley and Ore gon as director of the Vale Fourth of July celebration. He originated and planned Vale's Riverside ' park, and had been mayor several terms. He leaves his wife and a daughter, Helyn, and his mother in Boise. Costs Walla Walla $129,- 783 for Street Repairs Walla Walla officials have totaled up cost of repairing flood damage and building against further damage, fig ures to date being $129,783.29. A part of this will be assessed against prop erty owners, especially for the bulk heading of Mill creek, but the rest will come out of city funds. The coun ty has spent about $6000 bringing the grand total to $135,123.44. With the exception of the bulk- heading, on which rapid progress is being made, the work has been finish ed. Repairing pavements, curbs and sidewalks cost $44,932.83, while clean ing streets and dredging the channel of Mill creek cost $34,358.38 and the bulkheading item amounts to $44,-701.90. Tournament Committee P. E. McCormick, Pendleton; W. R. Poulsonpeppner; and E. F. Good win, Milton, were namea as commit teemen of District No. 2, comprising Umatilla and Morrow counties to make preparations for the district basketball tournament Appointment was made at Portland, Saturday, at a meeting of the board of control of the Oregon High School Athletic as sociation. The duties of the com mittee will be to choose the time and place for holding the district tourna ment, handle funds and work out de tails, v Pastor's Cellar Robbed The Rev. R. C. Lee, of the Metho dist church of Union collected a fine lot of winter provisions, including canned goods, vegetables and fruits, during the summer. Last week- he stored them carefully in the basement of the Methodist church, adjacent to his home. Two days after placing hia larder in its winter storeroom he looked in to find all had been taken by thieves. Weston Potato Show , Robert Blomgren, mayor of Weston, accompanied by Walter Holt, county agent at Pendleton attended a potato show meeting on Weston ' mountain recently. The dates for the annual po tato show at Weston were set for No vember 7 and 8. Miscellaneous Shower Mrs. Wilbur Harden who recently returned from her wedding trip was complimented at a miscellaneous shower at the home of Mrs. Jesse Gordon Friday evening. Entertain ing with Mrs. Gordon was Mrs. Claude Dickenson. Clever games were played by the guests and the- gifts for the honoree were found by means of a "treasure hunt." Refreshments accenting a color scheme of green and white were served at tables cen tered with yellow flowers. Those present were Mrs. Will Kirk, Mrs. Paul Lieuallen, Mrs. Wayne Pittman, Mrs. Wilburn Kayser, Miss Edna De- Freece, Miss Thelma Schrimpf, Miss Alberta Charlton, Mrs. William Har den, Mrs. Willard Crabill, Mrs. Henry Knight, Mrs. Fed Gross and the hostesses. Pheasant Breaks Shield A new windshield has replaced a broken one in the B. B. Richards family car, caused when a pheasant was met head-on. No one was hurt, though shattered glass was thrown over Roland Richards, who was sit ting next to the driver in the front seat. A number of similar incidents have been reported where windshields have been broken when coming in contact with pheasants flying along the highways. Discontinues Business Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Kilgore have discontinued operation of Kilgore's Cafe on Mam street. The doors to the cafe were closed Monday morning, after Mr. Kilgore had decided earlier in the month that he could not con tinue to Tun the place at a loss. The Athena Hotel is now the only place on Main street where regular meals are served to the public. No Deer, But Gets a Bear Not successful in getting a buck on a recent hunt in Grant county, William Mcpherson shot a brown bear, which aiforded satisfactory camp meat and delighted the epicu rean tastes of a number of his Athe na friends. Several bear have been killed by hunters this season who went into the mountains on deer hunting expeditions. v A Good Bean Crop Newt O'Harra of Weston is raising a good crop of white beans which are netting him about 500 pounds to the acre from his 40-acre field. The Wes ton Leader says the beans have been certified for seed and under contract to F..C." Sloan of the Washington Idaho Ssed company. Two Deans Are Named At Ore gon State College Appointment cf new deans of agri culture and commerce at Oregon State college has just been announc ed. The new men are to fill vacan cies left by the retirement of A. B. Cordley and J. A. Bexell who served for 23 years as deans of agriculture and commerce respectively. Dr. Wil liam A. Schoenfeld of Portland has been given the combined position of dean of agriculture and director of the agricultural experiment station, while Dr. H. V. Hoyt of Provo, Utah, is the new dean of commerce. For two years Dr. Schoenfeld has been representative of the federal farm board, first for the northwest and then for the entire 11 western states. Prior to that he was north west representative of the federal bureau of agricultural economics. In these positions he has become inti mately acquainted with agricultural problems, with farm organizations and with the college staff members in this state. Dr. Hoyt has combined a career as organization specialist or "business engineer" with that of an educator, culminating in the deanship in com merce at N. Y. university. His aca demic training in Purdue, Harvard and Stanford, his professional exper ience 7,'ith manufacturing and other business firms from east to west, and his administrative success in both college and business are pointed to as fitting him particularly well for the position at Oregon State. Commemoration Stamp October 19 being the 150th anni versary of the surrender of Cornwal- lis at Yorktown, the president has directed that the United states nag ha annronriatelv dismayed on all gov ernment buildings in the United States. A SDecial two cent postage stamp will be made in commemora tion of the event The photograph of Washington and two other generals who fousrht in the Revolutionary war will appear on the stamp. Charged With Larceny Ordering beers and sandwiches at the Triple X station east of Pendle ton, Monday evening, the proprietor alleged that Clinton Mcintosh and Albert Larsen of Weston, and Leon ard Foltz of Freewater, took the glasses and tray and drove away without making payment. They ap peared in Justice Berkey's court at Pendleton, charged with larceny. John Pinkerton Promoted John Pinkerton who recently went ta IndianaDolis where he is employed by the Van Camp Company has been promoted to foreman in tne iactory and has charge of two crews. During leisure hours John is seeing some of the interesting sights adjacent to the city. Last week he visited r ort nar risnn. the largest fort in the United States. He has also been piloted through the section oi tne city wnere the colored people reside. In the city of Indianapolis half the population of 340,000 is negro. Modern Rabbitry Bert Ramsev has entered the rabbit business to stay. He has received three head of Angora breeding stocK and they are on exhibition in modern hutches. With long silky coats of snow white, pink eyes and long ears, they are indeed beautiful. Mr. Ram say contemplates a herd of 300 rab V,if will nlnrfi hii enterorise on a paying commercial basis. The rabbits are sheared four times a year and their fleece at the present market price is $7.50 per pound. A Farm Conference Southeastern Washington farmers, farm leaders, officers of cooperative organizations, bankers and other lead ing citizens will discuss the major problems of agricultural production, marketing and finance in that sec tion at an all-day farm forum which will be held at the Walla Walla Cham- ber of Commerce rooms, Thursday, October 15, under the sponsorship of the Washington State college board of regents. Pendleton Wins Tourney The Pendleton Country club de feated Lewiston Country club mem bers Sunday in an 18 hole match by the score of 67 1-2 to 20 1-2. Brook Dickson with a 78 was low medal player for the match with Litter baugh and A, Barnes shooting 79 for second low medal. Next Sunday Pen dleton golfers go to The Dalles for a return match with the country club there. Golf Tournament A golf tournament participated in by several members of the Athena club was played here Wednesday af ternoon. Those enjoying the play were Mrs. W. S. Ferguson, Mrs. H. I. Watts, Mrs. Lloyd Michener, Mrs. Lew McNair, Mrs. Laurence Pinker ton, Mrs. M. I. Miller, Mrs. Justin Harwood, Mrs. Gordon Watkina, Mrs. UiU Gray and Mr, V, A. LGWt EASTERN OREGON GIVES OPPOSITION Move Against Road to Sea Is 'Started in Fear of Fund Losses. Portland. The Morning Oregonian says a counter-movement against the proposed shortcut highway from . Portland to the sea, now being strongly agitated, has been started east of the Cascade mountains where residents of Deschutes and Lake counties are beginning to read into the movement a menace to further highway development in central and eastern Oregon. "Deep concern" lest the construc tion of the shortcut road by one or possibly two routes result in the di version of funds from and great de lay in the completion of the Fre mont, Klamath Falls-Lakeview and central Oregon highways is expressed in a resolution which has been adopt ed by the Lake ocunty and Bend chambers of commerce. A copy of the resolution which urges that the pres ent highway program be completed before additional major projects are added, has been forwarded to the state highway commission. "We respectfully contend," the res olution concludes, "that the public welfare does not now require that our enjoyment of that to which we are justly entitled should be post poned further in order to make it possible to construct a road of con venience and not of necessity from Portland to the sea." The resolution was signed on be half of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce by Ernest A. Fetsch, president, and Forrest E. Cooper, secretary, and for the Bend Cham ber of Commerce by B. H. Peoples, president, and L. K. Cramb, secre tary. "We believe," the resolution con tinues, "that the present funds and future income of the Oregon state highway commission should not bo pledged to the construction of a state highway not yet created, without first seriously considering the status of the commonwealth's investment in state highways in the counties of Deschutes, Lake, Harney and Mal heur, and the ability of those thor oughfares properly to serve the trav eling public at the present time. This movement from eastern Ore gon has served to emphasize the im portance of the negotiations said to be under way between the bureau of public roads and H. B. Van Duzer, chairman of the highway commission, for federal participation in the short cut project. It now appears that such aidfrom the federal government might not only lift some 63 per cent of the cost of the highway from the should ers of the state but would avert any possibility of a sectional squabble de veloping over the allocation of the road funds, W. C. T. U. Meeting , -The September meeting of the W, C. T. U. occurred Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Charles Beets, south of Athena, sixteen members were present and guests for the af ternoon were Mrs. Sam Pambrun and Mrs. G. O. Richardson of Adams. Two new members were added to the roll, Mrs. C. H. Northrop of Athena and Mrs. E. A. Lestow of Adams. Plans were completed for the W. C. T. U. county convention which' will be held in' Athena at the Baptist church, Oc tober 15. Delegates from the local group are, Mrs. Lewis Stewart and Mrs. Arthur Cocoock. with Mrs. Mar garet Banister and Mrs. Clarence Tubbs as alternates. Mrs. Uiaries Betts led the devotional exercises for the meeting and Mrs. Louis Keen who arranged the nroarram on law en forcement gave an interesting and in structive review of an article writ ten bv Smedlev Butler. This was fol lowed by clippings and discussion by the members. During the social hour, Mrs, James Duncan and Miss Elsa Ringel served refreshments. Until further notice the organization will meet the fourth Tuesday each month, but the October meeting will be held, the day of the oenvention here. Tho November meeting will be at the home of Mrs. D. A. Pinkerton. Automobile Victim Charles M. Barr died at Pasco Mon day as the result of an automobile accident in which he was injured. For a number of years Barr traveled for a paint company and made regular visits to Athena. He married Miss Jennie Dykes of Milton, who with a son, Howard, survive. The Barr home has been at Pasco for many years. Annual Apple Show The work of preparing the Milton Freewater apple show pavilion for the eleventh annual show is to be start ed this week and everything will bo in readiness for the holding of this event, the dates of which are set for Ottoter 22, 23 ntl 24.