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THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON OCTOBER 16, 1931 PEA SEED GROWERS PONDER PROSPECTS Despite Uncertainty Hyslop Says Crop Promises Rea sonable Profit. Oregon State College. What is the future of Austrian Winter field peas as an Oregon seed crop! This question is puzzling growers of some 10,500 acres of this crop in various sections of the state just now, for while the industry is but five years old there is at present a dearth of advance contracts from buyers. Complicating the situation is the trouble experienced with the pea wee vil. These peas were introduced into Oregon as the result of experiments of H. A. Schoth, U. S. D. A. agrono mist at Oregon State college, and right now the weevil problem is be ing studied intensively by A. 0. Lar son, federal entomologist at the col lege. Both eastern and western 'Ore gon regions have gone into the pea seed production, with most of the put put going to the ' southern cotton growing states. These states are now hard hit by low cotton prices and the demand for the Austrian pea seed has fallen off accordingly. "If good quality peas are produc ed and delivered in the southeastern states in condition to compete with imported seed, I think there is no question that there will continue to be a good market there for a reason able amount of them," says G. R. Hyslop, head of the farm crops de partment at the college. "It is in comprehensible that all the popular ity for them built up recently will pass out in a single season." Considerable demand is also grow ing up for the seed in other sections, and as a last resort the threshed peas are excellent feed for practical ly all classes of livestock and are sometimes used for poultry, Mr. Hyslop points out. Therefore he ad yises present growers to continue to grow a conservative acreage to be harvested early, the peas to be fumi gated at once to guard against wee vil injury. Hogs may be used to clean up the shattered pea seed be fore the stubble is burned, he believes "It is unsafe to guess prices at this time, but it is pretty 'certain that those who get good yields per acre of saleable peas will be able to grow them at a greater profit than is true of many grain crops," Hyslop con cluded. , Oregon Homemakers Are Offered Tins on Purchasing of Textiles L Tips on how to make the household dollar go farther are being offered Oregon homemakers this winter in a new radio series on textile buying just developed by the home economics division of the Oregon State College Extension service. , The new series, - broadcast each Thursday afternoon from 3 to 3:30 o'clock over KOAC, is entitled "Your Money's Worth in Household Text iles," and is designed to give helpful pointers on when and how to purchase such articles as towels, sheets, blank ets, curtains and other household ne cessities so as to get the greatest "value for the least expenditure. To supplement the lecture series, a group of mimeographed circulars are being prepared, and will be mailed previous to each lecture to all home makers who request this service. Mrs. Gladys Goode of the radio division is in charge of the supplementary ma terial, while Miss Margaret Brew, in structor in clothing, textiles and re lated arts, is giving the lectures. . The subject of the first of the series Thursday, October 15, is "Towels that Endure." Other topics listed for fol lowing weeks include "How to Choose the Bath Towel," "Getting the Most from Sleep," "The Foundation of a Comfortable Bed," "Some Facts about Mattresses," "Buying Sheets for Service," "When You Buy Blan kets," "Making Quilts at Home," "Economy in Bed Spreads," "Curtains Materials for Bedroom Windows," and "Considering Kitchen Curtains." Persons wishing to enroll for the mimeographed circulars on these topics may do so by applying to Mrs. Goode, care of KOAC. Must Pay Teacher Weston Leader: , Upon a writ of mandamus issued from the circuit court, directors of school district No. 49 on Weston mountain have been di rected to make a tax levy within 10 days sufficient to pay the salary of the teacher, Jack Stuber, or to come into court and show cause why they should not be compelled to do so. It is alleged that Stuber's contract calls for $150 monthly, and that the pres ent levy is sufficient only to pay him 100' , ' Indians File Action Action to determine the rights of Indians to fish on the disputed Walt er T. Downes property at Celilo falls loomed at The Dalles with the return of a verdict of guilty against Harry Issel, guard employed by Downes, for assault with a dangerous weapon. Is sel shot Levi Vanpelt, 19-year-old In dian, last month while the Indian was fishing on the fenced and posted property. MM! FIM1 unnnuiniiu i umn BIG CORPORATION Trading Organization Will Handle Inter-Provincial Wheat Crop. A Washington Associated Press dis patch states that a huge inter-provincial trading corporation will guide Canada's new wheat crop to market. It is expected to be headed by John I. McFarland, now general manager of the "Canadian wheat pool," or the central selling agency for the three provincial pools of Manitoba, Saskat chewan and Alberta, , Prime Minister Bennett has prom ised the financial assistance of the dominion, details, of which are yet to be worked out. The corporation is to handle only the 1931 crop, cen trally co-ordinating the individual work of the three provincial pools. Pool members may use either the open market, under guidance of the corporation, or pool theirwwheat as they have heretofore. In the latter event the initial advance will be paid for wheat as in former years. The Alberta wheat pool has fixed its advance payment on pooled wheat at 30 cents a bushel, basis No. 1 Northern at Vancouver. The Mani toba and Saskatchewan pools are soon to fix their basis. Some sources in Canada interpret the new arrangement as meaning that the wheat pools, as such, will disap pear. They will retain their names but in function will become ordinary grain handling elevator organizations, hedging all purchases in the open market. The old pool scheme of handl ing wheat, taking the market risk and selling direct to consumers will be abandoned. The change is represented not to be a breakdown in co-operative market ing but the result of heavy financial losses in pooling and holding 1929 wheat which dropped almost $1 in value in 18 months. Eye Doctor Coming Dr. Clarke of the Clarke Optical (Co., Portland, Oregon, eye-sight specialists, will be in Athena, all day and evening, on his regular monthly trip, Saturday, October, 17th, at the Athena Hotel. See him about your eyes. Marjorie Montague and Bernice Wilson spent Friday and Saturday, visiting friends and relatives in Pendleton. 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Let alone, this grape juice trans forms itself into wine of approxi mately 12 per cent, alcoholic content by volume, federal prohibition offi cers assert. A. G. Fredericks, warehouse man ager for the concern, asserts that fed eral prohibition agents have on nu merous occasions endeavored to ex tract information from the sales men as to "how wine with a kick" could be made from products offer ed for sale. It is the contention of the accused executives that no such information is given to purchasers with the con sent of the defendant corporation or its officers. Suicide Was "Big Shot" One Time in Middle West Blaming prohibition, employed wo men and foreign labor as the cause of all ills in the United States, a man who signed his name as E. L. Mer rill, committed suicide Sunday after noon by turning on the gas in his room at a Portland rooming house, where he had been a lodger for about two weeks. The man left two notes, both ad dressed to police. One of them ad vised that there was no one to notify or worry. The man declared he had been unable to find work and was tired of it all, and had accepted sui cide as the easiest way out. He de clared he would rather die than starve, beg or steal. ' "I used to be a big shot in the Mid dle West," he wrote, stating he was a Mason and giving the name of his lodge, which police were unable to read, "but after I lost all I had I could find none of the boys whom I had helped to help me out. I have worked in various places in Oregon during the past two or three years. I have no money and no one to help me." The other note told of the wrongs of the world and was written along philosophical lines. Corvallis Tree Nursery Has Stock for Farmers Shells and Cartridges for every kind of game the "Expert" Trap Load and the "Super-X" Long Range Load, have the greatest killing patterns of . any loads now on the market. ; Lubaloy (Lubricating Alloy) Rifle and Pistol Cartridges These Cartridges are Clean, Accurate, Hard - Hitting and Non - Corrosive ROGERS a GOODMAN (A Mercantile Trust) Hard Times Do Not Worry These Folks Hard times have no worries for Mr. and Mrs. Russell Clark of Chicago, and they are ashamed of people who talk of the depression. They have been married for 65 years. Reminescing as they prepared to celebrate their wedding anniversary next Thursday the couple recalled these facts: , ' When they were married after Clark was mustered out of the Union army in the Civil War and follow ed the old Santa Fe trail to McPher son, Kans., they didn't find any kitch- nette apartment awaiting them Tompkins, Mary Jane Miller, Helen Barrett and Miss Cameron, Plans are being made by the Girls' Federation of Wa-Hi to hold a similar conference there in March. Assembly ' . The student body had a meeting Wednesday afternoon in which busi ness matters were discussed. Presi dent Marjorie Douglas presented Buddy . Weber's resignation from" the position of yell leader. Maxine Moore was elected to fill the position. The student body also decided to send flowers to Aaron Douglas, who was absent from school with a brok en leg. The meeting adjourned and While not engaged in fighting In-' was followed by a short assembly. A Eleven species of trees are again available for distributing from the state forest nursery at Corvallis to farmers of Oregon for use in establish ing shelter belts, wind breaks and woodlots all of which add to the ap pearance as well as usefulness of the farmstead. Thousands of these trees have been distributed over the state in the last few years, many of them now thriving in regions where there are few native trees. Fall planting of these trees is recommended west of the Cascade mountains where moisture is more abundant and where frosts are not so severe. Planting at this time of year permits the roots to become well es tablished by the time the growing season starts in the spring. In east ern Oregon spring planting is pre ferred. Species available for immediate dis tribution are black locusts, green ash, box elder, Russian olive, western yel low pine, Scotch pine, Russian mul berry, western red cedar, Douglas nr, Port Orford cedar, European larcn and Norway spruce. The first six named are suitable for eastern Ore gon. Second Order for Flour The second order for flour, com- nletine the 300.000-barrel consign ment to China for relief of flood suf ferers, was placed at Portland with about 40 Pacific northwest millers Monday by the Gram Stabilization Corporation. The order was for 200,- 000 barrels, following the original 100.000-barrel order. Authority to place the orders came from the Farm ers National urain corporation. Prepare for Winter Rush The winter rush season at the state penitentiary is expected to begin soon, Deputy Warden Gene Halley, predict ed. "We have 870 prisoners now, ne said, "but with courts convening al ter the holiday period, we expect the total for the winter to reacn more than 900." A cracker of "vest pocket siae' which it is claimed supplies the staple elements in the human diet, has been developed at Ohio State university by Miss Lacaughn Dennison oi wens- .burg, W. Va., a co-ed. PUBLISHER'S STATEMENT Statement of ownership, manage' ment. etc., required by the act of Congress of August 24, 1912, of the Athena Press, published weekly at Athena. Oregon for October 1, 1931 Publisher, editor, managing editor and owner. F. B. Boyd of Athena Oregon. Known bondholders or mortgagee none. (Signed) F. B. BOYD. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14th day of October, 1931. B. B. RICHARDS, Mv commission expires March 6, im "v dians they built a house out of dirt supported by tree branches. The grain they planted was blown away by a Kansas gale. When a crop was ready for harvest grasshoppers or prairie fires destroy ed it. You can't talk hard times to the Clarks. They won't listen. The Dalles Votes Bridge The city of The Dalles, at a special election Tuesday authorized a $600, 000 bond issue for the construction of a bridge across the Columbia river there. The vote was 1282 to 414. Con struction of the bridge, which will connect the Satus Pass highway and The Dalles-California highway, is ex pected to begin within a few weeks. High School Notes Let's Keep the Study Hall Clean Much has been written and said about keeping the study hall clean. Probably every janitor who ever went high school here has written an editorial on this, subject, and in the course of writing it, probably dropped two. or three crumpled papers on the floor. To a visitor it gives a bad im pression to see chalk, paper, books, and the like scattered on the floor and over the desks. Usually there are magazines on the desks or in the aisles. It probably never occurs to anyone to return a magazine to the rack. This duty seems to be reserved for teachers and the janitor. It is very difficult for any one to study carefully and keep an orderly mind in an atmosphere of crumpled paper and torn magazines. Let's keep the study hall clean. few patriotic songs were sung and Mr. Bloom said a few words to the group. Columbus Assembly A program was given Monday, morning in observance of Columbus day. Patriotic songs were sung, and interesting talks were given on the life of Columbus by Francis Law rence, Helen Alkire, and Billy Han sell. Doris Jenkins read a poem con cerning Columbus. The program clos ed with all singing The Star Spangl ed Banner. Personals Athena high school students enjoy ed a vacation last Thursday and Fri day while teachers attended teachers institute at Pendleton. Aaron Douglas who was injured in the Pendleton game was back at school on crutches Monday. He ex pects to be able to go without his crutches in two weeks or so. WOiAT D AIDYEIDTDSDN? Athena Girls Attend Conference Eight Athena girls attended the Girls' League conference at Mac-Hi, Saturday, October 10th. The program for the day was: 9:00 to 10:00 Registration 10:00 to 11:00 Assembly Conference Songs. Address Mrs. E. T. Allen 11:00 to 12:00 Sectional Meetings 12:15 to 1:30 Dinner 1:30 to 2:00..... Assembly Vocal Duet "Beautiful Ohio" Retha McCabe, Juanita Hendericks Roll Call. 2:00 to 2:45 Sectional Meeting 2:45 to 3:30. ...Assembly Instrumental Trio "The World is Waiting for the Sunrise." Willa Nourse, Violin; Martha Mur ray, cello; Dorothy Harstad, piano. Address ..Mrs. Robert Osgood The program was arranged by Miss Marie Clark under the direction of Miss Elsie Kepler, Dean of Girls at Mac-Hi. Girls from Baker, Prescott, Dayton, Dixie, Weston, La Grande, Enter prise, Pendleton, Wallowa, Wa-Hi, MacJIi and Athena were present at the conference. ' The delegates from Athena were Goldie Miller, Betty Eager, Marjorie Drraglaa, Mildred Hanrell, Mary "Advertising is the education of the public as to what you are, where you are, and what you have to offer in the way of skill, talent or commodity. 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