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VOLUME 44
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, OCTOBER 30, 1931
NUMBER 44
ATHENA WILL GET
f
he
CONVENTION
lA Helix Student
Gains WideNote
Among Architects
Death of Mrs.
Barbara Will':
ahy at Ontario
Freewater Royally Enter
tains Rebekah Lodges at
the District Meeting.
University of Oregon. A multitude
of honors and recognition were ac
corded Glenn N. Gardiner of Hefix
last week. Mr. Gardiner, a graduate
of the school of architecture and al
lied arts, obtained his degree here
last summer,
Frepwnter TIia 9Mh annual .nn. An apprenticeship in the omce 01
vention of Rebekah Lodges of District Lloyd Wright, Hollywood, Cal., is
No. 19, which includes Umatilla coun- probably the most worthwhile recog-
txt rA Rnnrrlmnn top, horn MnnHnv nition of all. Mr. Wright IS the BOn
October 26. Following the opening of the world-famousarchitect, Frank
ceremonies officers introduced includ- Lloyd Wright. Gardiner will leave
ed Ethel L. Meldrum, Milwaukee, soon to take up his new position,
president; Maude Rodgers, Enter- An. article, entitled Why Not Pay
prise, vice president; Grace Christ-' for City Planning by the Land Value
iansen, Portland, assembly marshal; It Creates?" written and illustrated
Mamie Hendricks, Pendleton, con- by Gardiner, was accepted by the
ductor; Etta Sanderson, Freewater, American City magazine and publish
past president; and from Washington, ed in September. It has aroused wide
comment and was deemed so well
McCrosky, past president of Wash- thought out that Gardiner has been
ington and the A. R. A. and Theresa asked to maxe it a cnapier
niriroBnn WaitKhiir nnut nrpaiifant fume. "City Growth Essentials, i
and the district deputies from Henri- textbook prepared by Stanley L. Mc-
etta, No. 36 of Echo, Sterling, No. Michael. This book, which is a re-
219 of Portland and Integrity No. 175 vision of an earlier edition, is a stand-
Freewater. ard textbook used in leading univer-
The address of welcome was ex- sities and colleges throughout tne
tended by Jessie Kirk of Freewater United States. ;
with Mable Richards, vice chairman, Gardiner has also accepted an mvi
of Stanfield responding. Regular busi- tation to speak before the national
ness was followed by a pot-luck lunch convention of the American Institute
in the hall at noon. of City Planners at Los Angeles early
mi.. si..jj 4.v in January,
reading of reports of lodges which lie m i ne , n
were very gratifying. Interesting specialized m Pannnm "du(?
papers were given with musical num- ? associate member of the Eugene
LrPs while Nellie Bean of Freewa- 'TZTIt
ter outlined work for the coming preauwiu, " r?
year. Mrs. Bean is chairnfan of this d of the Allied Arts leagu e student
l it ;n f Pn. body. He was a member of Theta
dleton draped the charter in memory
Chi social fraternity and several
I il ! iJ
An.r.tA ,omhor AthPr.a. was se- Otner organizations.
convention and Minnie Jenkins of NeitlOn .LVOVe L3Q 10
Athena was elected chairman; Agnes I Slav, Jurors Are Told
Alta Michener, Athena, secretary; Aanfin Wnh Mrs. Marie Add
Hulda Peters, Echo, treasurer. In- .
nth or 12-vear-old
- ' , , . , nig nulla ,f
teresting talks were given by the Hubert Niccolls, barefoot boy killer
president and other visitors. A large of Sheriff Wormell, declared at
delegation was present from Walla his murder trial that "he was pos
Walla. , . , . sassed of a demon!"
At 6:30 a banquet was given at Taking the stand as chief defense
the Federated church with Mrs. Mary .f..a th. womi sorrowfully
Jones, chairman of the convention traced a Btreak of insanity that runs
actm? as toastmistress. - a. u v. f.n.ti ooinrxr Vict mo.
The Freewater orchestra under di- ther and her SOn, the boy's father,
rection oi ivirs. rrea jrvtr were confined to insane asylums,
Outstanding features oi uc i evening A religioua woman herself, Mrs.
were the exemplification of the chap- Addi ton deciared that on the day
Iain's charge by Pauline of Pendleton . . . 72.vear.0ld sheriff was
and the address of the president, f en- agked her to read him
dleton and Freewater lodges also fur- flrgt gix chapter8 of the book of
nished entertaining numbers. Host- . , Qld T t t
esses for the evening were tne iuh The jury found the lad guilty of
and Freewater lodges. The new con- J firgt and recom.
vpntinn officers were seated by a staff , , ... ,
from Helix.
. Members of Athena Mignonette Re
bekah Lodge, numbering twenty-two,
who attended the district convention
mended a life sentence.
Potato Show Next Week
Dates for holding the annual po
who attenoea ' " tat show at Weston are Friday and
at Freewater, Monday and Monday November 6
evening, report a wonaenuuy "; ---m4. Bro KpW made to have
na are enmuwiMuc j msi . . . ,v
4.V,. ..jn.io linanitalirir PX. n increase over lsi year " iiun.irci
riS w tphprs the hostess and quality-of exhibits. School ex
Tp of Freewater hibits will be a feature, entries being
lodge, Integrity of Freewater. ntrA from the Helix. Weston
The eenerous sum of 898 was ex- xo; .A tv,. wpatnn nrhnnls. In
nended on the banquet dinner, to ... , -ftoir,Tonf fnr the
wnicn i oia ampie " - town f0ik 0f Weston and visitors a
ture of the evening program was the comedy wiU be preSented by Epworth
presentation of a splendid Indian robe jague at Memorial Hall, Friday
Dy integrity w oui u..., v evenmg -nd the show program at
Hent of the Rebekah Assembly oil. -Xvf in v fiinwpl hv a
Oregon, during the - row-wow i dance for the benefit of the unem
man uas." wno is oa.u -w nc j
been one of the best stunts brought v
before the convention. Wheat Raisers Richer
Last Saturday erain prices were 20
School Play, Second cents higher than they were beptem
nL.'Ul l " tvt,t inn Der I ana waua waua ueaicio u
uuuuiuw, mifD, tvft ta hft worth $900,000
i"v " - '
i. 11 ThA aama Tarm,
. . . . i ,.. no I m VBiiev xanncio.
The dates lortne scnooi py - &m richer Tuesday since
ond Childhood" are announced for 8 d w Walla
Tuesday and Wednesday nights N- another Bwell5ng
vember 10 and 11. Rehearsals under yalue of game in a mere
airection oj. m. . .c i 035 000
gressed to the point where the char- ,v
acters are rendering their respective p.rm Rmwn rnminir
tiarts with commendable results. A r.0a. s Farmort Ttmwn field
Bynopsis of the play will appear in Tepresentative of the federal farm
next week's Press.- The cast of play- board make a weeks speak
ers ioiiow: , . . ' ine tour of the Pacific Northwest be
Professor Relyea... Kaiph Moore emrAaa November 20. according to an
Svlvia Relyea Mildred Hansell ......,.. v. nrris Dorman. di-
"Auntie" .Marjorie Douglas rector of membership relations of
fhilip btanton rrea oinger North Pacific Grain Growers, region
General JiurDecK......wayne canister al cooperative.
juareeiia dui utcn. ncicu uuim .
Sheriff Johnson. Leland Jenkins Farmers Ready to Seed
Mrs. Vivert. .Velma Ross with more rainfall throughout the
Mrs. Henderson Goldie Miller Athena district, there is now suffici
Judge Sanderson Lowell Jenkins et moisture for fall sowing of wheat
and farmers are preparing to start
Athena Bridge Club cultivating and seeding as soon as
The attractive rooms of the W. P. the soil is workable. Before the rains
Littlejohn home were gay with au- came many had decided to wait uniil
tumn flowers last Friday afternoon spring to seed, rather than drill their
when Mrs. Littlejohn entertained the crop into dust
Athena Bridge club, t our tables were
in nlay. additional guests being Mrs. Storing Montana Wheat
Fred Pmkerton, Mrs. Harvey Rose- The Farmers Oram bievator com-
berry and Mrs. Laurence Pinkerton. pany has in storage 65,000 bushels of
High score was made by Mrs. Justin Montana hard wheat for the Western
Harwood, second prize going to Mrs. Milling company of Pendleton, a
H. I. Watts. Mrs. Roseberry receiv- subsidiary of the Preston-Shaffer
ed an attractive guest prize. The next company. The wheat has been re
meeting will be at the home of Mrs. ceived at the elevator here in three
Lloyd Michener Friday afternoon, carload lots at a time, and the "total
November 6. shipments are about completed.
RELIEF WORKERS
ATTEND Ft
IEETING
Mrs. Barbara Willaby, who has
been ill lor over a year,' died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. O. M.
Castleman at Ontario, Oregon, Mon
day, October 26, at the age of 73
years, four months and zo flays.
With her at the time of death were
her three daughters, Mrs. Castleman,
Mrs. Stella Kershaw of this city, and
Mrs. Goldie Eagle, of Vancouver,
Washington. Besides her three
daughters, Mrs. Willaby is survived
by two granddaughters, Miss Fred
erica Kershaw, music supervisor in
the Roseburg schools, and Miss Bar
bara Castleman, student at Univer
sity of Washington.
Mrs. Willaby was born in Minneso
ta, May 29, 1858, and when ten years
of age came with her parents to the
Willamette valley, afterward coming
to Umatilla county. She was united in
marriage to the late William P. Will-
bv and for many years resided on
the farm northeast of Athena. In la
ter years she had made her home
with her three daughters. She was
endowed with those characteristics of
pioneer womanhood and her lovable,
ympathetic disposition won her le
gions of friends.
Impressive funeral services con-
ducted by Rev Guy L. Drill of Pen
dleton were held Wednesday after
noon at the Christian church, ' of
which Mrs. Willaby was a life long
member. Floral offerings were beau
tiful and profuse and voiced the love
and esteem in which she was held. A
auartet. including . Mrs. Lloyd Mich
ener. Mrs. Ralph McEwen, C. M.
Eager and George Gerking sang two
numbers. "In the Garden," and "Safe
in His Sheltering Arms" and a solo
Goin' Home", was sung by Mrs. Mc
Ewen. Pall bearers were B. B. Rich
ards. Lew McNair, A. M. Johnson,
George Sheard and Gerald Kilgore of
Athena and E. H. Wheeler oi waits-
burg. Interment was in the Athena
cemetery.
Betty Geiss Honored
The advent of Miss Betty Geiss to
her teens was fittingly observed with
party at the Geiss home near Athe
na last Saturday night. - Many at
tractive gifts were received by the
honoree. Hallowe'en games and deco
rations added a frolicsome air to the
occasion and at supper time each
guest was the recipient of a basket
of confections emphasizing the same
note. The guests were Joyce Pmk
erton, Virginia Eager, Melba Mon-j
tague, Teddy Miller, Ira Alkire, Ro-
bert Weber and Tillman Taylor. -
Hallowe'en Party
About 25 members and friends of
the B. Y. P. U. enjoyed a jolly Hal
lowe'en party at the home of Rev.
and Mrs. C. H. Northrop on South
Third street, Wednesday night. The
euests were greeted by spooky ap
paritions and decorations, games and
refreshments were in keeping witn
the Hallowe'en season. Spirits of a
demoniacal nature who were unbid
den to the festivities made away
with the cider and hasty action on
the part of the hosts replaced the
lost beverage in time for supper.
The Etude Club
The Etude club met Tuesday night
at the home of Mrs. C. M. Eager with
fifteen members present. A new con
stitution and by laws were adopted
and the time of meeting changed to
Monday evening, the next meeting to
occur Monday evening, November 9,
at the home of Mrs. E. F. Bloom
on South Third street. Following the
business session the group spent
some time in chorus practice. Miss
Marv Cameron and Mrs. Northrop
were elected to membership in the
club.
Phillip Murtha Injured
Phillip, (Ole) Murtha was painful
ly injured a few days ago while
buildinsr fence. The rope on the vire
stretcher broke throwing Mr. Murtha
over a ten foot enbankment. The
fall rendered him unconscious and
when he came to, he was able to
crawl to a creek where he washed
the blood from his wounds. His neck
is hurt and an X-ray is to be taken to
determine the seriousness of the in
jury.
Local Committee Is Prepar
ing to Solicit Winter Food
for the Needy.
Wheat Takes an
Active Advance
in Market Price
E. C. Rogers and W. P. Littlejohn, (
local committeemen on solicitation of
food for relief of the unemployed, at
tended a meeting of the county com
mittee at Pendleton Monday evening.
The matter of exchange of food
stuffs was decided upon by the rep
resentatives from Pendleton, Athena,
Milton-Freewater, Stanfield and He
lix and a meeting will be held at the
city hall in Pendleton tonight to
make further plans for the future.
As a result of decision made at the
Monday night meeting, under the ex
change plan, Milton-Freewater will
exchanee apples for flour. Athena has
beans and flour to exchange ; and
Stanfield potatoes. The Athena com
mitteemen reported 20 sacks of beans
on hand. Evidently the beans look
ed good to everybody, for instantly
offers of exchange popped up from
all parts of the room.
Mayor Lewis of Pendleton, chair
man of the meeting, stated that the
county committee had arrived at a
concrete base of action and stipulat
ed that the millers of Pendleton,
Athena and Freewater had agreed
to grind flour free of charge. When
the millers were given four and a
half bushels of wheat they would
give the committee' a barrel of flour,
ground free of charge.
Each town in the county' is to
handle its own relief problem, but a
clearing house of food exchange will
be maintained at Pendleton to serve
all districts of the county. E. C.
Rogers of the local committee in
forms The Press that storage facil
ities are available at the Rogers &
Goodman store, so that anyone who
has food to donate may bring it there
any time. He stated that inasmuch
as the time hadrorrwwjld soon arrive
when food would be. needed for dis
tribution to the needy,' the local com
mittee would begin solicitation with
in a few days.
Western States Urged By
Utah Governor to Unite
An active advance in the market
price of wheat has added a silver lin
ing to the growers cloud of despond
ency and to those who didn't sell on
a basis of 30 to 35 cents per bushel,
has come the chance to dispose of
their holdings at around 50 cents or
better, based on No. 1 sacked grain,
f. o. b., Athena.
Saturday for the first time this
season wheat touched the 50c mark.
Monday the quotation was 61 and
Tuesday it advanced to 52 cents.
It is estimated that approximately
one-half the 1931 wheat crop remains
unsold in the Athena district. Some
lots, but not many have been disposed
of since 30 to 35 cent sales were
made shortly after harvest.
Tuesday's advices from Chicago
said "press reports from Paris claim
ing that negotiations were nearing
completion whereby France might
buy 20,000,000 to possibly 60,000,000
bushels of wheat from the American
farm board, coming at a time when
the pit was in an oversold condition,
caused a stampede on the part of
buyers that carried the deferred de
liveries up 3 to 3c from the early
low to a new high for the season to
date, and 13V4 to H&c above the low
made on October 6.
"Reinstating of recently sold out
lines, combined with aggressive com
mission house and local buying, as
well as short covering, developed on
the way up and toward the last stop
loss orders were effective in carrying
the May up to 62 c and the Decem
ber to 57 c, the highest figure on
the latter future since July 23. The
close was 2 to 2c higher, with
December finishing at 67 57 c,
May 62 62c and July 63
63V4C.
"Weakness in the New York stock
market and uneasiness over the Eng
lish election caused a moderate de
cline in wheat futures early.a local
professional being credited with sell
ing out on the way' down, but the
surplus in the pot was absorbed by
new commission-house buying by
shorts. The southwest sent in fairly
liberal hedging sales early, but every
thing of a depressing character was
ignored after the market started upward."
Will Consider
Pacific Coast
Roadside Beauty
Portland. Conservation and res
toration of roadside beauty of the
Pacific Coast will be the aim of dele
gates representing all states in the
Northwest and California at the con
ference of the Pacific Coast Garden
Clubs to be held in Portland, tomor
row, it is announced by Mrs. J. S.
Landers, president of the Oregon
Federation of Garden clubs, who is
in charge of this event
First hand information on methods
of roadside beautification used in
THE MEN WHO LAID
OUT CENTERVILLE .
Fred Lockley Recalls Early
Days When Richards and
Kirk Were Active.
Fred Lockley, writing in the Ore
gon Journal, Bays!
A week or so ago I dropped in to
renew old friendships at Athena, in
Umatilla county. Old-timers in East-
. ... . , , . i v. vguii TV x Milieu lis; j, jLsai win ji
England will be given in a taiK Dy pjo,,!,, v 1 970 mrlfl. T T
Mrs. Noel Peyton of that country, as Kirk gta'rteJ town 0J AthenaBe;
u. cause it was located midway between
Peyton will not only describe the Pendleton and Walla ft waa chrifjten
work being done abroad, but will fid Centerville but waa later renamed
compare it with efforts being made Athena
here and will offer suggestions that n A k;w1, wo. Wt. 5n
are expected to be extremely valu- New York gtate December 2, 1828. In
aDlev , . 1850 he crossed the plains to Cali-
Other speakers at the conference fornia In hfi north
will be Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, Portland Tho following year he
present of the University of Ore- went The DaU where he rftn a
gon, who will speak on the aesthetic u stabk and al frei hted
value of the beauty of the Pacific While freighting between The Dalles
Coast; Frank Branch Riley, well ftnd Boige hig frd hfc teftm rftn
known Northwest enthusiast, who and h wag from thfl
will teU about that auty as a com- whkh ed hi cri him
menial asset; and Mrs. R. D. Mer- gQ h(j neyer recovered from tho
rill, zone chairman of the Garden . .
uuds oi America ana He took up a farm at the mouth of
the Washington State National Coun- McK cree t ar Pendieton.
c,l for Protection of Roadside Beauty. when,TjmntiHa county was organized
Me!iS?! iK he was appointed county clerk. In
duce the speakers.
Unification of western aims and
energies through such an organiza
tion as the western governors con
ference would be a most efficient ve
hicle in attaining desired political ob
jectives, declared George H. Dern,
governor of Utah, In opening tne
third annual conference of western
governors at Portland, as reported by
the Morning Oregonian.
The session, which was attended
personally by Governor Dern and
Governors Clark of Wyoming, Balzar
of Nevada and Ross of Idaho, and by
accredited representatives of western
governors unable to make the trip.
"Unity of action," he said, "has
given the New England states great
power and prestige in the halls of
congress, and their interests are al
ways well guarded. The western
states would do well to profit by
their example, for in union is
ambitious bureaucracies at Washing
ton will keep up their encroachments
upon the rights of the states, olten
to our permanent detriment
"When the question arises, 'What is
the attitude of the west?' there is no
definite, tangible way to find out
at present for there is no organiza
tion to sneak for the west," he said,
"Right there is the object and the
responsibhty of this conlerence, ne
continued.
Winners of $10,000 Prize
Contest to Be Announced
Wanted Suva Hall
a j
Emphasizing that fiction andnot
fact is what the public want in poli
tics, Arnold Bennett Hall, president
of the University of Oregon, told a
large audience at Walla Walla high
school that if democracy fails, it will
be because of demagogues whom he
defined as "irrational and non ration
al persons who seek to influence pub
lic decisions. Hia subject was "uera
agogues and Democracy."
AnoleWeek
In observance of National Apple
Week. October 31 to November 6, in
elusive the Union Pacific trains will
serve apples on its 125 dining cars
in service on its 10,000 miles of rail
line.
To Play One More Game
All games except- the one with
Weston high school, to be played here
Friday, November 13, scheduled for
Athena high have been cancelled.
With three Athena players on
crutches as the result of injuries re
ceived, it was found, impossible" to
play through the" schedule after con
tact with Touchet last Friday, when
the locals lost, 39 to 0. In the Tou
chet game it was found that the re
serves were not strong enough to
carry the banner on throughout the
entire schedule.
Dancing Nights Changed
The Good-time Dancing club has
changed the nights for dancing from
Friday to Saturday and the next
dance given by the club will be on
Saturday, November 7. 1Mb scries
of club dances is turning out to be
among the most popular and success
ful of any given in Athena. The hall
was crowded with jolly dancers last
Friday night, indicating that the
hospitality of the club and the dance
music is being appreciated by the
community.
1866 he took up a place at what is
now Athena and ran what was known
as Richards' stage station. He died at
Athena in the spring of 1901. Athena
Hennner Team Takes the
V nwicim hi hue apiiug v vt vnvnu
Game from Athena AlUmni is located partly on Mr. Richards'
farm and partly on the farm of T. J.
In a corking hard game played on Kirk.
the local gridiron Sunday afternoon, when I knew Thomas J. KSrk, 30
the Heppner town team took the con- years ago, he still showed signs of
test by the edge of 6-0. The touch- the tremendous vigor and strength of
down came in the first period when his early manhood. He had a large
the wet and slippery oval careened nose, heavy eyebrows and a luxuriant
straight up from Harden's toe on an mustache and a heavy beard. He told
attempted punt from closeup Athena I me that he was born in Missouri in
territory. Recovering the ball, Hep- 1839 but that his parents were born
ner put everything she had in her one In Tennessee. He crossed the plains
supreme effort and got the ball across with his parents in 1847. His father
the goal line for the only score oi took up a donation land claim near
the game. Brownsville. In 1859 T. J. Kirk had
Despite the rain previous to game a farm of his own near Brownsville,
time, the erounds were in fair con- which he farmed till 1871. Then ha
dition for play and a fair Bized crowd came up to Umatilla county, took up
was on hand to witness the battle. a homestead and bought additional
The teams were evenly matched and land till he had 450 acres at what is
neither side could accomplish much now Athena and 1400 acres near Pen-
aeainst the line.' Athena outplayed dleton.
the visitors throughout the second When I first met Mr. Kirk this
half and in the third quarter lost her was in 1901 he was representative
best chance to score. She had the from Umatilla county in the lower
ball on Heppner's 5-yard line and was house of the Oregon legislature. He
going strong when Myrick on the served as mayor of Athena two terms,
line of scrimmage, fumbled and lost He was married, at Brownsville Oc-
the ball. Heppner immediately punt- tober 21. 1860, to Miss Ann Coyle.
ed out of danger. His wife crossed the plains in 1853.
-Tim lineup: Huffman, Harden D. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Kirk had nine
Pinkerton, ends; Foster, Hansell, W. children.
Miller, tackles; Baker, C. Fambrun,
G. Pambrun, guards; Michener, HI. jyjore Bucks Brought
E. McEwen, J. Moore, halves; Myrick n Uy Atnena HUMerS
fu!A- .1 t iii i the Five more bucks were brought into
Pendleton All Stars Sunday after- towr i by Athena hunteri .at the close
noon at 2 o'clock on the Round-Up f1 w e e"BO' . ?"ll""a il
j. . v injr in the vicinity of Grouse Moun-
ceeds going to the unemployment tarn, a few miles ea st of Athena,
f"d B v Dick Swift brought down a big mule
The Pendleton lineup is Lester deer buck, wearing set of six-point
v. oi.i tu . n.rj antlers on his head. On the Athena
IVJllgl kJXIliUlI WVllf IkIf iUVKIIH) I
burg lh.s Charles Johnson, c; Belts, Pound. dressed. Huntrngin Bobsled
lr MfPhftil n? Cearnev It Youne canyon, east of Gibbon, Fred, Wayne
1?-.' Ml,h '5:LC!arney' 1 ' 8 and George Pittman brought in their
rue'J. , . second buck of the season. Fred shot
Fini.heH Pin win r 600 Acres the second and his son George, sev-
v. r v. t.irr. Snnrfav eve- eral days ago secured the first one,
. .wf with hi .nr. Millard Kelly, accompanied py uonn
111IIK t aV V vuv - I-.., a lii M T 1
near Creston, B. C. He made the trip ptanton, prougnt m one iron, uonn
in company with L. L. Rogers m " " '
k. in y r.rtnn dia. Radtke, Slim Lang, Jim and Armand
trict. Dudley Rogers has completed Bell brought home one - from the
niniu!n. ann whirr, will he Snake River brakes. Flint Johns
seeded next spring to wheat, "uua" "" a
anri F.morv Rno-era mad short work er's station east of Langdon Lake and
of the job of plowing the 600 acres, his companion hunter Adam Sch
tv, ti, .KAi.f in nnprntir.tr wandt. bagged a five-point buck.
" ... ... .... IA .1U. kiiHAa Im mni4if m nvnnli
the tractor, wh ch nu ed a 4-bottom ai.uuici iiuii .
Market scales the buck weighed 213
Announcement of winners in the
$10,000 cash prize contest sponsored
by Continental Oil Company, lor tne
best answers explaining "The Mys
tery of "the Hidden Quart," will be
made in an advertisement in next
week's issue of the Athena Press.
The success of this advertising
campaign, in wnicn moionsis were
invited to compete lor fiu.uuu in
prizes for the best answers to the
question, "What becomes of the hid
den auart of Conoco Germ Processed
Motor Oil, and how does it benefit
motorists?" has so far surpassed ex
pectations that the winners cannot be
announced as early as was anticipat
ed. '
A preliminary examination of all
of the thousands of entries in the
contest has been completed, and the
judges are now making their final in
spection of the entries, with the view
to announcing the winners next week.
The judges are: Dr. W. B. Bizzell,
president of the University of Okla
homa; John A. Hunter, professor of
mechanical engineering, University of
Colorado, and Frank L. Martin, asso
ciate dean, school of journalism, Uni
versity of Missouri. . :
Hallowe'en at Hand
Hallowe'en is just around the cor
ner and the youngsters are assembl
ing their jack o' lanterns, while black
cats and spooks are beginning to
wander about in dark and devious
places as the great fun-making eve
ning draws closer. Tomorrow night
the police departments will have their
hands full in looking after eerie elfs
impersonated by husky kids who de
light in making the welkin ring with
resounding crashes of turned-over
outbuildings and the toting of all
movable things to points where they
do not belong.
Apple Show a Success
The 11th annual Milton-Freewater
apple show closed Saturday night
with the largest exhibits m the his
tory of the show. In the district dis
play exhibits Fruitvale won first
place with 98 points, East Side sec
ond with 92 points, and Ferndale
State-Line grange third with 85
points. Of the eight grower's apple
booths R. R. Chapman placed first:
Asa Demaris, second; John Ross,
third and W. A. Joy fourth.
gang plow day and night.
Bill Welch in Hospital
Bill Welch is confined in the veter
an's hospital at Walla Walla, where
he is recovering from a nervous
breakdown.
of weeks ago, shot a buck instead of
Adam Schwandt shooting it, as re
ported at the time.
Wheat Prizes Won
Two prizes for wheat exhibits at
the International Stock show at Port
land have come to Umatilla growers.
Ralph Rothrock has been awarded a
prize of $15 on his exhibit of spring
seeded Federation, testing C1.8 to the
bushel. A $10 prize went to S. Sni
der of Pilot Rock with an entry of
Hybrid 128 wheat, which scored 03.3
pounds to the bushel
Road Petition
Arthur Rigby, proprietor of Bing-
Welch became afflicted ham Springs, was a business visitor
last week and entered St. Mary's in Athena Monday. Mr, Rigby has
hospital. Afterward he was trans- the Springs property in good shape
ferred to the veteran's hospital, be- again alter tne navoc caused oy me
ing an ex-service man. His condition spring flood in tho Umatilla river. He
is reported to be improving, but no said that he had expended $4,000 for
t me has been set lor his return 10 material ttnu wwr w uhmj hi iciau-
th hom of his father. Fred Welch, ing the damage done the resort by
in Athena tne hieh water. Mr Rigby brought
a road petition to town tor signa-
Last Post Member Passes tures, the petition asking that work
John C. Boner, 85, the last sur- be started on the Weston-tlgin and
vivor of the John F. Reynolds post, Thorn Hollow - Bingham Springs
Grand Army of the Republic died at roads under provisions of the second-
his home in Joseph, Wallowa county, ary roads act.
Sunday. He was born in 1846 in In
diana and served throughout the civil Quarter Inch of Rain
. a 1 tf - .1 at a m
war. rour children survive. i nearly a quarter oi an inch oi rain
fell at Walla Walla Tuesdar. satu-
If this winter isn't going to be a rating orchards and fields. The rain
skookum one, why are there so many fall there this month has been
bears in the hills? Jim Kanina, In-1 1.17 inches, with 1.53 the normal. Ap-
dian sub-chief, wants to know. Jim ple orchard owners are the only ones
says ne nas ni-yu Dear meat smoKea not welcoming rain at this time, fear-
a.i M r . . . - .
ana swrea ior winter use. ling aanjago to tne fruit.