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VOLUME 44
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, NOVEMBER 20, 1931
NUMBER 47
WHEAT SHOTS
BOUND ran CIA
Export Shipments by Farm
ers National Grain Cor
poration Heavy.
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Loaded with 22,000 barrels of flour
milled from Pacific northwest wheat,
the motor ship Granville sailed re
cently from Portland for China. Her
cargo is a part of the 15,000,000-
bushel wheat sale to the Chinese gov.
ernment. The ship as pictured in the
next column, is at Terminal No. 4
pier at Portland, being loaded by
" Farmers National Grain Corporation,
. national cooperative marketing agen-
: cy. .
In the background can be seen the
towering workhouse of the terminal
grain elevator. Back of this, but not
visible in the picture, are three huge
grain warehouses built by Farmers
National to clear wheat out of In
land Empire country storehouses and
make way for the 1931 crop. In the
, inset at the side is pictured the ma
chine that sacks the flour at the Port
land Terminal Flour Mills. At the
top of the bag is visible a part of
the phrase, "For Flood Relief Use,"
specified in the China sale contract
to prevent the wheat and flour being
resold in the Orient instead of used
for relief purposes. The machine fills
250 sacks an hour.
The China sale cleared out the en
tire wheat surplus of the Pacific
northwest and is credited with being
the principal factor in boosting In
land Empire wheat prices to about 7
cents a bushel above the Chicago mar
ket Wheat shipments by water from
Pacific northwest ports during Octo
ber by Farmers National Grain cor
poration, national! cooperative sales
agency, were unusually heavy, accord
ing to a statement made by Henry W.
Collins, vice president in charge of
the Pacific coast division.
"Shipments from Portland and
Puget Sound ports last month total
ed more than 2,250,000 bushels, ex
clusive of the exports to the Chinese
government on the 15,000,000-bushel
sale for flood relief uses," said Mr.
Collins.
"From Portland, we loaded 1,248,
110 bushels, while 1,034,508 bushels
were shipped from Puget Sound
ports." ( V
Interesting Meeting Held
An interesting meeting of the W.
C. T. U. attended by 13 members, oc
curred Tuesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Margaret Banister. Mrs.
G. N. Fivecoat of Caldwell, Idaho,
and Mrs. William McPherson were
guests for the afternoon. The an
nual election of officers was held with
the following result, president, Mrs.
Louis Keen; vice-president, Mrs. W.
O. Read; secretary, Mrs. C. H. North
rop; treasurer, Mrs. Jess Gordon.
Mrs. E. B. Foster and Mrs. Leon
Miller were appointed as a committee
for the selection of program leaders
for the ensuing year. Mrs. Lewis
Stewart employing the subject "Bene
fits of Prohibition," presented a
splendid program. Plans were made
for the next meeting to be held at
the home of Mrs. Stella Keen, De
cember 15, when gifts for the Chil
drens Farm Home at Corvallis will
be received for a box to be sent by
the local organization. Gifts from:
others than members will be thank
fully received, and toys, books and
clothing will be acceptable. Mrs.
Louis Keen assisted the hostess in
serving refreshments at the close of
the afternoon.
Dell Home Completed
With the exception of a couple of
coats of paint on the exterior, the
York Dell remodeled home on North
Third Street is completed. The inter
ior work has been finished this week
and Mr. Dell is enjoying a fine, cosy
home. The remodeling of the Dell
residence resulted from a fire last
' summer, which destroyed the upper
portion of the building. The work of
remodeling was done principally by
York and Henry Dell, with Jim Ash
worth, Weston carpenter, employed
part time.
Duck Season Open
The duck season opened Monday at
noon and will close December 16, giv
ing hunters one month to shoot mi
gratory water fowl. The open season
was curtailed by the federal biologic
al survey when it was found that
drouth conditions in the hatching
grounds had greatly depleted the
number of birds. Hunting conditions
were reported good in the county on
the opening day of the season.
Tuberculosis Seal Sale
Thomas Thompson of Pendleton has
been appointed county chairman of
the annual sale of tuberculosis health
seals. The sale which is sponsored
by the Umatilla County Health as
sociation, will open the day following
Thanksgiving.
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Loading Wheat or China Shipment
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The Intangibles Tax
Law Is Hit in a New
Suit Filed At Salem
Salem. In a suit alleging violation
of the 6 per cent tax limitation as
provided by statute, Isabelle M. A.
Barnes attacked the 1931 intangible
tax law. The suit was filed immedi
ately after an amended complaint on
the original attack on the intangibles
filed by Maude B. Green and Mary A.
Caswell vas entered.
In the new complaint filed with the
circuit court here, the state tax com
mission and governor Meier are made
defendants. The plaintiff asks for a
restraining order of the court to pre
vent further collection of the 1931
tax and for a refund of all intangi
bles taxes paid in 1931. The tax was
collectible last June.
The plaintiff contended that the
state tax commission made no pro
vision for the intangibles tax enact
ment when the base was made up in
December, 1930. Since all proceeds
from the 1931 intangibles tax collec
tion, after collection expenses are
paid, go into the state general fund
and since the base determined by the
tax commission in 1930 was 6 per
cent higher than in 1929, plaintiff
holds the 6 per cent limitation is ex
ceeded by the exact amount of the
net intangibles taxes collected.
Maude B. Green and Mary A. Cas
well amended complaint to their orig
inal attack on the 1931 intangibles
tax alleges that the measure is dis
criminatory, and thus in violation of
the state and federal constitutions
providing for equal taxation on all
similar classes of property. Since
banks are omitted from taxation upon
intangibles, the plaintiffs declare the
law is invalid and ask for a restrain
ing order from the court upon the
tax commission, holding up any fur
ther collection of the tax.
Four Trapped in Snow
Four Wallace Idaho residents. R. L.
Cline. his mother Mrs. Tavlor. Sher
man Bohon, Mrs. Archie Stevens and
Peter Matson, deer hunting in the
Little North Fork country were trap
ped in deep, snow for ten days when
their car stalled. All but Matson who
had gone for help, were rescued when
a tractor broke the road to the stalled
par. 'The four were returned to their
homes after their terrible experience,
but Matson has not been heard irom.
The car and four deer are left to be
recovered next spring.
O. W. R. & N. Co. Sues
The O. W. R.- N-. Comnanv has
brought suit in circuit court against
Sherhf Gurdane and Umatilla coun
tv to restrain the collection of special
road taxes in the Mission-Thorn Hol
low road district. The railroad is the
chief tax naver in the district and al
leges it was so formed as to include
railroad property without regard to
benefits bestowed by the new road.
Move Here From Pendleton
Mr. and Mrs. H. Baldwin, recent ar
rivals in the city from Pendleton are
occupying the Read cottage in the
north part of town. Mr. Baldwin is
an employe at the local Standard Oil
plant, taking the place of James
Hodgen, who was transferred to Pen
dleton. Two children in the Baldwin
family have enrolled in the Athena
schools.
Will Hammer III
Mrs. Laurence Pinkerton was called
to Walla Walla Wednesday morning
by the seirous illness of Will Ham
mer who is not expected to live, due
to the effects of a stroke suffered
several days ago. Mrs. Pinkerton
was accompanied by Wayne Pinker
ton. Mrs. Ad Pinkerton cousin of
Mr. Hammer has been at his bed side
for several days. ,
Athena Team Organized
for Basketball Schedule
Athena will have a town basketball
team entered for play in the winter
schedule comprising possibly Pendle
ton, Athena, Milton, Weston, Adams
and Helix.
' Athena piayers who are trying out
for positions on the local team and
who are practicing at present are Wil
bur Harden, Dean Pinkerton, John
Milligan, Wayne Pinkerton, Gordon
Watkins, Eldon Myrick, Arthur Crow
ley, Walt Huffman, Dalberth Taylor,
Arthur Taylor, Lisle Gray, Oral Mich
ener, Pike Miller, Stafford Hansell,
Bryce Baker, Leon Kretzer and C. M.
Jones.
Will Kirk is manager for the team
and practice is being held in the
school gymnasium on nights when the
floor is not occupied by the Athena
high school teams and league games
scheduled for Athena dates will be
played there.
The playing season will open Mon
day evening, November 23, with Pen
dleton playing Athena here. The, ad
mission price will be 25 cents for
men and ladies free.
Dairyman Here From Umapine
Bern Banister, old time Athena
farmer, but now a dairyman of the
Umapine neighborhood was in town
.Tuesday in company with his son,
Lee. Bern has been fairly successful
in conducting the dairy farm, which
with a large number of Leghorns to
assist in keeping grocery bills paid up
manages to slip a check into the fam
ily stocking once in a while. Bern is
up, dressed and shouldering a milk
bucket at 3 a. m. every day of the
365 in the year and the only void
he feels is the absence of his little
grandson, Bobby Stackley, and he
says that by hook or crook he is go
ing to have him back next summer.
His Market Scores 95 i
Monday Bert Logsdon was wearing
a smile that wouldn't wear off, and
the fixed reason therefor was that
under inspection of a state official his
Athena Market had scored 95 per cent
perfect, higher than any other in the
state that has been so far investigat
ed on the present trip of Inspector
Jamison of the State Livestock Theft
and Meat Market Inspection Depart
ment. And besides that, Jamieson in
formed Logsdon that it was seldom
that a market was found that reached
that score for cleanliness and sani
tary conditions.
Emery Rogers Home
Emerv Roeers came home by stage
from Creston, B. C, Friday evening.
Emery spent thd summer after close
of school here, at the Dudley Rogers
ranch. Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Rogers
and little, son Bobby will be here,
probably next week, to spend a part
of the winter.
Meier Returns to Work
Governor Julius L. Meier, after an
absence of 12 weeks, returned to the
executive offices at the capitol Mon
day morning. The governor, who had
been absent because of illness, look
ed fine, and said he was feeling fit.
Short Circuit Caused Trouble
A short circuit in the motor of the
frigidaire plant down at Watkins'
Pharmacy Tuesday night, caused
trouble and delay in fountain service.
A mechanic came up from Pendleton
and repaired the damaged motor.
Goes to Mayo
H. H. Lawrence, until recently man
ager of the Union Oil company plant
in Athena, and who moved to Pendle
ton a couple of weeks ago, has been
taken to Rochester, Minn., to be
treated at the Mayo institute.
"Second Childhood" Is
To Be Repeated Tonight
"Second Childhood," the school play
presented at high school auditorium
last evening was well received by a
large and appreciative audience.
The cast of players which had re
ceived capable direction from Mr.
Bloom handled their respective parts
in a satisfying and creditable manner.
The result of diligent rehearsals was
noted in easy stage presence and al
most total absence of amateurish
stiffness and the players gave evi
dence of thorough conception of their
parts by doing some very good acting.
"Second Childhood," which by the
way is a delightful three-act farce,
will be repeated tonight at the audi
torium, when the attendance, because
of the unusually low admission price
and the fact that 25 per cent of the
net proceeds from both presentations
go to the local unemployment fund,
should equal that of last night.
Price of admission is 25 cents for
adults, and children will be admitted
free tonight.
Relief Committee Active
Acting upon information that a
family consisting of parents and
three children residing south of Athe
na were in a destitute condition the
recently appointed relief committee
provided food and clothing and other
necessities. The head of the family
has been unable to find work for some
time with the unhappy result of an
empty larder and approaching winter
making the situation serious. Such
reports and conditions are apt to re
cur often during the coming winter
season, and the committee informs
The Press that if those who are more
fortunate will keep this in mind, and
put aside warm clothing which is not
in use, it will be a great help. Mrs.
C. E. O. Montague is chairman of
the serving committee, and E. C.
Rogers of local relief, and any as
sistance will be gladly received by
them and their workers.
Wins 4-H Prize
Walter Jaeeer. 20. of Wilsonville,
has been named the Oregon winner
in the national 4-H meat animal live
stock tiroiect contest and will receive
a gold watch as an award for his
work. Jaeger's record will be judged
with those of other states to select
a sectional winner, who will be
awarded an educational prize trip to
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the 10th National Boys and liins
club congress in Chicago.
Phoning to Hawaii
J. A. Murrav. district manager for
the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
Co., announces that telephone ser
vice between America and Hawaii will
be established next month. The new
service will link the Bell system with
the Mutual Teleohone company in Ha
waii, with radio-telephone connec
tions.
Is Improving
Dr. McKinney reports that Vic Har
ris who last week suffered a stroke
of paralysis, having his left side af ¬
fected is showing signs ol improve
ment. The patient is now able to
talk better and other indications of
improvement are noted by Dr. Mc
Kinney. Harris is at his home, being
attended by Miss Mildred Stanton,
nurse.
Is Much Improved
Friends have received news from
Mrs. Charles Kirk, who has been ill
for several weeks at her home' near
Creston, B. C, that she has returned
from the hospital and is much im
proved. Her illness was caused from
defective teeth and tonsils, causing
infection. She' was in the hospital
three weeks. !
Athena Branch Library
Is Well Stocked for the
National Book Week
Miss Elizabeth J. Olson county li
brarian made a visit to the Athena
Branch library Wednesday afternoon
in the interests of National Book
week. A most interesting exhibition
of modern children's books are on
display in the library window.
The list of books covers a range of
Westerns, fairy tales, historical tales
and general fiction. The titles )f
some of the most attractive volumes
are "Story of the Marys" by Grace
Humphrey, which depicts the lives of
the 10 most famous women having
the name of Mary, whose careers are
more interesting than fiction. "Picture
Book of Flying" by Frank Dobias;
"Man the Miracle Maker," by Hen
drick Van Loon; "Jolly Old Whistle,"
by Herschel Williams; "Under the
Truce" by Elizabeth Maddox Roberts.
Some in verse form include "Rhymes
for Kindly Children," by Ethel Fair
mont and "Stars Tonight ' by Sara
Teasdale.
Saturday's Football Games
Considerable local interest centered
in last Saturday's football games with
lively conjectures being advanced over
the outcome of the Oregon-6regon
State .contest at Eugene and the 0-0
score appeared to set well with the
alumni of both schools who reside
here. Also there was no displeasure
noted over the defeat of W. S. C. at
Seattle by University of Washington,
it being generally conceded that Hol
lingberry's men played a good game
to keep the University to a couple of
touchdowns.
Orangemen to Play Utah
Portland sports writers elected
Oregon State College to play Utah at
Portland December 5. The selection
was to have been made on the win
ning team of the Oregon-Oregon
State football game played at Eugene
last Saturday; The game resulted in
a 0-0 tie. Inasmuch as Oregon has
two important games scheduled be
fore the date of the Utah game and
Oregon Stats none, the selection of
the Beavers is satisfactory all
around.
Unique Posters
Posters disnlaved about town, to
advertise the high school play "Sec
ond Childhood," are most attractive
and worthy of comment. The sketches
depict the various characters of the
production and are original, artistic
and exceptionally well done. The
posters were made by students in the
art class of Miss Olive Calef. Nylene
Taylor is responsible for the sketches
and Leland Jenkins and ulenn Alc
Cullough did the lettering.
Leave for California
Mrs. Glenn Dudley and little son
Glenn, and Mrs. M. L. Watts left
Monday by automobile for California.
They stopped at Portland over Tues
day, where it was expected Mrs. May
Johns would join them on the trip in
event her sister, Mrs. Andrew Proeb
stel of Vancouver who is ill was im
proving. Motor to Eagle Valley
A. J. Garner and Joe Anderson
drove over to Eagle Valley and spent
Sunday at the Garner ranch. The fall
season has been ideal in Eagle Valley
for farm work and the first frost of
consequence came only last week
Stock fsin good condition and there
is ample feed in the valley.
Electing James Hill of Pendleton
as president and choosing Condon as
the 1032 meeting place, the Eastern
Oregon Wheat League concluded its
annual session at The Dalles late Sat
urday, , .
Football Honors
Will Be At Stake
Thanksgiving Day
Walla Walla. Football honors for
the Northwestern conference will be
at stake here Thanksgiving day when
Whitman college and Willamette uni
versity meet on the gridiron. This
traditional game, which for the third
year holds championship possibilities,
will be one of the most colorful ever
staged in Walla Walla.
Both have "taken one on the nose,"
Whitman losing to the College of
Idaho while Willamette lost to Pa
cific which in turn was defeated by
Whitman.
Willamette, in all the years of foot
ball competition, has been able to up
set Whitman only once, two years
ago Thanksgiving, when before a near
record breaking crowd the Salem or
ganization scored a top heavy victory
over Borleske's charges. Last year at
balem, Whitman surprised the- West,
by defeating Willamette 12 to 0.
The dope favors Willamette thi3
year but Nig Borleske has a habit of
upsetting the dope. This is the vet
eran coach's 17th season here and
local citizens have arranged for a
testimonal for him the night before
the big game in the form of a ban
quet. The game will also be the last one
for Buddy Applegate, Whitman cap
tain and sparkplug for the Whitman
aggregation. Buddy will play with a
broken wrist in a cast but is expected
to prove a source of great concern
to the entire Willamette team. He
rises to the heights when playing this
aggregation and being his last game
is expected to do so again this year.
Snow and Rain Hold
Up Seeding Operations
Beginning Sunday night, the largest
amount of precipitation of any week
during the year has been recorded in
the Athena district. Snow to the
depth of half an inch covered the
ground Monday morning, and at this
writing the snow is from 16 to 20
inches on the summit of the Blue
Mountains. The Old Oregon Trail is
kept open for travel by the use of
snow plows and traffic is not interrupted.
Heavy rains in addition to the
snowfall have caused indefinite post
ponement of fall seeding operations
in this section, and general belief
exists that no further fall seeding
will be done, on extensive scale.
Reports of colder temperatures
come from surrounding districts than
has prevailed here. There is six
inches of snow on the highway east
of LaGrande and in Union and Baker
counties thermometers registered 20
above. Automobile traffic between
Ontario and Boise was practically
tied i'p Monday.
The Dalles-California highway is
reported clear except for snow on
Sand mountain south of Bend. The
Pacific highway is covered with snow
between Wolf Creek and Grants Pass,
and there is snow throughout the Sis-kiyous.
McKenzie pass is closed, probably
for the winter, although snowplows
are being operated in an effort to re
open the highway.
Snowplows are being used on the
highway between Seattle and Wenat
chee, and the Reno-San Francisco
highway is reported practically block
ed by snow.
Marvin Crawford Has Honors
Marvin Crawford, of Adams, a
sophomore student at Willamette Uni
versity has the honor of belonging to
the highest scholarship fraternity
group of any on the campus. Each
half year a beautiful silver loving
cup is awarded to the fraternity with
the highest grades. The Sigma Tau
house, of which Marvin is a member
has just been granted the trophy. The
average scholarship of all men in the
house was 87.35 and the average for
the lowest fraternity was 86.2.
Loan Corporation
W. M. Peterson, J. W. Maloney and
L. L. Rogers of Pendleton, have filed
articles incorporating the Pendleton
Livestock Loan Corporation. The cor
poration is capitalized at $100,000, of
which 70 per cent will be provided by
the U. S. Department of Agriculture
under statutory provisions, the re
maining 30 per cent of the capital
stock to be subscribed locally.
Move to Helix
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. McEwen are
making preparations to move into
Felix to spend the remainder of the
winter. The three boys have been
making the seven miles to Helix from
the ranch on horseback, but the win
ter winds are making the trip un
comfortable. Mr. McEwen will be
employed in the Helix mill which has
recently started operations.
Quick Work
A quick working thief stepped into
one of John Bolter's fields on Trout
Creek, Deschutes county, the other
night and killed a calf, cut out the
hind quarter and left the rest.
SIM OUTLINES
HIS WORK PLANS
Has Three Measures of Par
ticular Local Interest
to Oregon.
Before leavincr Portland fo W.ct..
ington, Senator Steiwer outlined hia
plans covering local and ceriem!
legislative ' erroutiil tn.-ttia rtAnn
Journal. The senator recounted . that
all summer long he had been in Oro.
gon and over Oregon listening to con
stituents, learning their wants and,
incidentally, buildinsr his fences
against the day in Mav. next vear
when he will ask renomination of the
Republican voters of the state. Now
that vacation time is ended he re
turns to his office in the national
capital to make ready for the con
gressional battle of the winter time,
which he predicts will be a hard
iougnt and bitter struggle.
Three measures of particular local
interest to Oregon will be pressed in
the coming session by Senator Stei
wer. For one thiner. he will reintro
duce and urge to passage the bill
wnicn passed the senate at the last
session under his snonsorshin nrovid.
ing for a waiver by the government
of local contribution to the cost of
Willamette river improvement from
its mouth to Oregon City. This in
volved the contribution of approxi
mately $100,000 from local sources as
supplemental to federal funds to be
spent in development of the rive
channel for better transportation. The
measure was caught in the under
tow during the closing days of tho
last session in the house.
Return by the federal e-overnment
of $100,000 put up by Clatsop county
for the purchase of the Tongue point
property to be used as a naval base
also will be sought by the senator.
Also he will introduce a bill provid
ing for the relief of George Walther.
permanently disabled by prohibition
enforcement officers.
Passing to eeneral legislation na
tionwide in its scope and effect, the
senator will sponsor a measure for
the revision of the anti-trust laws to
permit curtailment aereements. un
der governmental regulation, among
the so-called natural resource indus
tries. Oregon's particular interest in
this would come from its effect upon
the logging and lumbering industry.
Considerable attention also will be
devoted to the program for utiliza
tion of water resources, with chief
emphasis on the senator's part laid
upon the canalization of the Willam
ette and the establishment of a defi
nite program for the improvement of
the Columbia for transportation and
power development.
The Columbia project will be influ-
enced by the report of the army en
gineers' survey to be laid before the
coming consrress. and bv considera
tions of practicability.
Continued effort will be made by
the senator to provide improved agri
cultural credit facilities through
emergency loans made by the secre
tary of agriculture, or other govern
mental agency, and by the adoption
of the president's sucreestion for re-
subscription of the capital stock of
the federal land banks. This resub-
scription would enable the land banks,
bv means of additional canital. to
modify their foreclosure program and
to avoid unnecessary foreclosures, it
also would reestablish the value of
the bonds held by investors.
High Class Apples
Probably never before have high
class apples been sold for such low
prices as now being quoted in Athena.
Various varieties of apples which
have in past years bean sold for from
$2 to $3.50 per box now are being
offered the public at the uniform price
of 75 cents. Fine, big, red Delicious,
golden yellow Winter Bananas, Sty
man Winesaps, Jonathan and Rome
Beauty, all are going at this price.
With large crop offerings from the
Milton-Freewater orchards, apples
are plentiful in the local market and
liberal purchasing is reported by
dealers.
Section Men on Half Time '
Foreman Ramsay and his Northern
Pacific section crew, working north
out of Athena have been placed on an
every other day working schedule for
the winter. The cut to half time is a
general retrenchment move made by
the Northern Pacific and affects all
section crews on branch divisions in
Oregon, Washington and Idaho. With
the arrival of spring, the full time
schedule will be resumed.
Motor to Pullman
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Rogers and
daughter Helen, and Mr. and Mrs. E.
E. Sauze of Walla Wnlla, motored to
Pullman Sunday and spent the day
with Mrs. Laura McDonald, sister of
Mr. Rogers and Mrs. Sauze. Mrs.
McDonald is in poor health, her Uma
tilla county friends will be sorrv to
(hear.