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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1931)
THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON DECEMBER 4, 1931 WILSON DENIES HOODLUM TERMS Never Referred to Legion naires As Bums, Hood lums, Imps of Hell. Dr. Clarence True Wilson, general secretary of the board of temperance, prohibition and public morals of the Methodist Episcopal church, issued a statement declaring he had never re ferred to American Legionnaires as "bums," "hoodlums" , or "imps of hell." He also said it had never been his opinion that "American Legion conventions are planned ahead of time as drunken orgies." "When the American Legion con vention in Detroit passed a resolu tion which was generally interpreted as 'wet,' although the newly elected commander, Mr. Stevens, says that this is a mistaken interpretation, I made certain comment which was in accordance with the text of a care fully prepared statement," Dr. Wil son's statement said. "Subsequently to the publication of this comment, I was approached by reporters for a Western newspaper who asked for a special interview. Being 4n a hurry to reach an engagement, I explained that I could give no interview and referred once again to the prepared statement. I was astonished to see certain statements attributed to me on the basis of that brief conversa tion which included the use of terms for which I am unable to assume re sponsibility. "These terms have been used in a way which clearly indicates a purpose to arouse prejudice against the cause of prohibition, against the church of which I am a minister, and in a sense all evangelical churches' It be comes necessary, therefore, for me to say specifically that at no time have I referred to Legionnaires as 'bums,' 'hoodlums,' 'imps of hell,' nor has it ever been my opinion that American Legion conventions are planned ahead of time as drunken orgies.' "The statement of my opinion pre pared in manuscript and released at the time is the only statement- for which I assume responsibility, and it is a correct report of my opinion at present." Minister Wants Niccols Boy , At a meeting of the Washington state prison parole board at Walla Walla this week, it developed that Rev. E. J. Flanagan of Omaha wishes Herbert Niccolls, 12-year-old slayer of the Asotin, Washington, sheriff, paroled to him. It is said the board will probably pass up the minister's application. Members expressed the desire to wait at least until the spring session of the board giving any consideration to the matter. The Final Big Game of Football to be Plaved at Portland Tomorrow The final big football game of the season in the northwest will be play ed tnmnrrnw aftnrnnnn ot Ttl 1 -- , -w. w..niiuW1, nv AU1WIUU between University of Utah and Ore gon state on Multnomah civic sta dium field in Portland. The game, which will start at 2 o'clock, will be played for the benefit of the unem ployed. All seats are reserved and are selling for $1.00 each. Utah closed its conference season Thanksgiving day by defeating Utah Aggies 34 to 0 and at the same time won its fourth consecutive Rocky Mountain conference championship. The Utes have lost only one game in 30 contests in the last four seasons. They placed five men on the Rocky Mountain all-star team this year. Outstandine amons the Utah nlnv. ers is Captain Frank Christensen, considered one of the greatest full backs in the country. Coach Schissler of Oregon State scouted the Utes when they swamped Utah Aggies. Schissler says the Orangemen are in for a livelv after noon and will be lucky to win. Jack Cox, two-year letterman guard of union, will captain the Orangemen. Indians Foil Death In Terrible Blizzard Through snow rapidly thawine un der a'warm sun, more than 100 Na vajo Indians marooned on snowbound mesas of New Mexico for. a week, straggled back to their pueblos in safety.-. The Indians were overtaken in their mountain camps, by deep snow and blizzards. They had trek ked to the mountains for the annual harvest of pinion nuts, Convinced that relief supplies have reached 200 other Navajos stranded on the Cerro Alto mesa and those on the Santa Rita mesa, Indian reserva tion authorities were concentrating on clean-up work and sent food and sup plies out in all directions to make cer tain none of the Indians was over looked. More than 1000 had been trapped by the storm. ' ';' . . With only seven known dead, al though 11 were reported dead, it had been demonstrated once again the Navajos are resourceful under ad verse circumstances. In many instances relief parties found the Indians well camped in the snowbound areas, and comfortable, except for hunger. Pilot Bigelow, Varney Airmail Pilot Meets Death In Plane Crash Pilot Edtrar C. Bierelow. flvinc the night mail plane from Portland, crasned m the fog three miles, west oi tne rasco airport Thursday night of last week, and was killed. Apparently confused and seeking a landing place, airport officials said, he brought the Diane down near the buildings of C. A. Bell, a rancher. At tne last moment, they added, he speeded up his ship to gain altitude but hit in the sagebrush. Bigelow, who was a reserve pilot for the Varney Air Lines, Inc., was flying the route for another man whn is on his vacation. The plane did not Durn. He had brought the plane safely up the Columbia river e-orsre from Port. land but encountered fog around the rasco vicinity, which had settled in late in the evening. Due in Pasco at 10:30 p. m., he was heard bv the Rell family circling about for nearly half an nour Deiore the crash. Freewater Man Suicides Said to have been despondent over losses from a fire which destroyed his restaurant three years ago, and his home last year, W. A. ("Curley") Reynolds, 50, died at Freewater Thursday night after taking poison. Fund to Fight Fires Federal appropriations for forestry fire protection to aid state and priv ate agencies may be increased to in clude funds for suppression of fires. Farmer 'Is Found Frozen To Death Joseph D. Robertson. 52. a farmer in the Hartland section of the Klick itat valley, was found apparently frozen to death by neighbors. Authorities learned that Robertson, who . was a bachelor, had left his home Wednesday to get a load of wood with his four mules hitched to a wagon. Neighbors observed the team wandering around without a driver Sunday, and discovered the body of Robertson in the woods. It is believed he suffered a heart at tack. The animals had been hitched to the wagon from Wednesday morning until Sunday night. Gored to Death by Bull Another farmer has met death by being gored to death by an infuriated bull. Thursday evening of last week, George Darling; employed on the C. K. Fisher ranch near Haines, Baker county went into a corral to feed stock. He was immediately attacked by a Hereford bull and died shortly afterward from the terrible goring onslaught, which he. was powerless to resist. . . Boy Gets the Goose While a turkey shoot was in pro gress at Enterprise, a wild goose flew over the traps and several men took a crack at it. The bird, a large one flew a short distance and crump led down. The shooters thinking that it was a swan turned their backs on the game bird, but a boy went and recovered it. He had a .fine wild goose for. his Thanksgiving dinner. Goes to Willamette Valley ' S. S. Piersol of Pendleton, former Athena resident, will spend the win ter with relatives in the Willamette valley. j ARCTIC GROWER IS TITLED I1AI IB . . NBI Takes Prizes With Wheat That Is Raised Way Up in Arctic Circle. Chicago. Herman Trelle has little trouble in retaining his crown. From his Canadian acres, far up on the Arctic watershed, Trelle again brought the supreme sample of wheat to the international livestock show and grain exposition and retained the title of wheat king. In 1926 and again last year the grower from Wembley, Alberta, won this title. This year's victory gave him permanent possession of the wheat trophy. Trelle was victorious this year with an exhibit of durum, the other times with hard red spring wheat. O. Edeson Smith of Corvalhs, Mont., winner of the white spring ex hibit, was the reserve wheat cham pion. Trelle operates 1000 acres, 450 miles north of the international boun dary. Only 550 acres are in crops, the rest virgin soil. Trelle's wheat fields are divided be tween durum and hard red spring. The wheat king won only third award this year for hard red but he got blue ribbons for field peas, flax and timo thy seed. Dorothy C. Hinder of Long Green, Md., won a blue ribbon from judges who appraised the first section of ex hibits, ranging from canned peas to window curtains, that 4-H club girls have entered in the 10th national con gress, held in connection with the livestock show. Miss Hinder won the ribbon in com petition with 30 states for a smart and economical complete sport or street clothes outfit. Her exhibit wad a brown and yellow two-piece cotton frock, the cost of which, including shoes, hat, under garments and ac cessories, was $16.38. Kathryn Phillips, . Portland, was eighth. Thirteen states competed in the same window decoration contest and first Dlace was awarded to Cora Tor- gerson, Freeborn county, Minn. Her curtains cost $1.50 a pair. Alice Ing ram. Maplewood, Or., was sixth. Audrey Spencer, Woodbury county, Iowa, drew first prize in the child ren's garments contest in competition with 17 state champions. Loiss Bailey Lane county, Oregon, was third. , Four clover growers from Bend, Or., made a clean sweep of the first four places in Alsike clover at the hay and grain show. The Oregon men finished in the following order: First, Geo. Thomp son; second, Glen McFall; third, Clayton Green, and fourth, E. E. Varcoe. Starting that's swift . . . starting that's safe, because this free -flowing oil never leaves working parts ... . . . CONOCO GEkM PROCESSED Tomorrow morning, as you step hopefully on the starter, will there be s-l-o-w disappointing groan, as it tugs at your unwilling motor? ... Or, will there come swift responsive roar? - If you're having trouble starting, you're probably using an old-type oil that' congeals at temperatures well above freezing. You should change to Conoco Germ-Processed. But that's not all! To ward off the wear that these prolonged starting periods bring, you want an oil which provides imitanl lui riailio at the first reluctant revolution of i cold motor . . . And Acre's just tut oil which can do that! Because there is just one lubricant which penetrates metal surfaces and never drains away in idle periods. Coooco Germ-Processed Motor Oil Is that tie lubricant. Change 10 this motor oil with twin advantages for winter use . rAHAfflN BAH MOTOR. OIL Tunt in m Cantc CO""' Hur. . . On 16 leading tucioci across the country ... a prograa somewhere every day from Monday to Friday. Your nearest Coooco station will give you log of stations, days and tine. Here is a utuqu radio program... built upon the preferences of the listeners. Senator Steiwer Indorses Hoover's Credits Proposal Indorsement of President Hoover's proposals to release frozen credits in t.h home huildin? industry was given the chief executive by Senator Fred erick Steiwer of Oregon. Steiwer said that on the basis of information thus far received he fav the nlan for a svstem of home loan discount banks recently put for ward by Hoover. The senator added, however, he was uncertain whether such a plan would cause an unwanted inflation. Steiwer was emphatic that steps are necessary to release credit in home building, contending "the building and loan associations have not proved entirely satisfactory." Red Cross Faces Problem Possibility of a lack of funds with in the next year was seen by officials of the Portland chapter of the Ameri can Red Cross after final check has been made on the annual roll call drive which ended Thanksgiving day. According to Miss Jane V. Doyle, ex ecutive secretary, a total of $U.410 of the $20,000 quota was obtained in the campaign and an additional $2000 is expected before December 1. Brown at Pendleton Spokane. The federal farm board saved the nation from a countrywide collapse of the agricultural credit situation with its price stabilization operations last winter and spring, ac cording to Charles S. (Farmer) Brown, specal representative of the farm board, who is on a two weeks' speaking tour of the Pacific north west. Brown will speak at Pendleton on December 3. Killed While Hunting Elmer Thayer, 24, of Moscow, Ida ho, was shot and instantly killed Sat urday by the accidental discharge of a brother's rifle while they were hunt ing deer." The hammer of William Thayer's rifle caught in the thick brush as the two brothers and four men were trailing a wounded deer. The bullet, a 30-30, entered Elmer's jaw, killing him instantly. Mn. Whittaker Dies Susan Jane Wittaker a resident of Umatilla county since 1871. died at her home in Pendleton, Wednesday of last week. She was a native Ore gonian, born in Polk county. She is survived by her husband, Harry Whittaker; one son James Whittak er of Pilot Rock and one daughter, Krr. G . HubW U Pvodlefcm. Radio Tube Reduction Prices for Radio Tubes have been reduced and we are carrying a large stock suitable for alt Radio Sets. Tube Testing Free We make no charge whatever for testing tubes. Bring yours in today to make sure your set is receiving satisfactorily. Cleaning and Servicing Cleaning and servicing Radio Sets requires expert attention and we are prepared to do that at our store, too. ROGERS GOODMAN fc (A Mercantile Trust) Idaho Farmer Kills Neighbor;, Hangs Self N. O. Neilson, 69, of Dietrich, Ida ho, shot and killed his neighbor, George Loden, 65, and then commit ted suicide by hanging Saturday, the climax of an old feud over water rights, Harlan G. Heist, Lincoln bounty attorney, announced after an investigation. The tragedy was disclosed when Neilson's lifeless body was found swinging by a rope from a granary scantling on his farm, which he had used to butcher hogs. Loden's body, mangled by shotgun wounds, was found in the snow near his farm. Fog Holds Up Flying Heavy fog has enveloped the Pasco airport, and since the tragic death of Pilot Bigelow in a crash there last week, Varney mail planes have at different times been held up. The crash last week, due to fog, was the fourth fatality on the original Elko Pasco line since its establishment in April,. 1926. Christmas to Nebraska Oregon fir trees to brighten Christ mas for Nebraska passed over the Old Oregon Trail in a huge truck driven by" William Stage of Lebanon. There are no evergreens in Nebraska and the Lebanon man expects to find ready sale for his trees there. High School Notes Vacation Ravages (By Doris Street) "Oh! My, I'm so sleepy." "Didn't we have fun?'' "I got in at one o'clock." "What time did you get in? "I sure stored away the 'eats' this week-end." These are all frequent ex pressions heard about the school room after a season of vacation. The first day back to school no one feels like studying, but still the teachers think it best to assign one big lesson right on top of another. Everyone walks around in a stupor hardly realizing where he is or what he is doing. In these dull, gloomy winter days we can brighten our school room by making our faces bright and shiny, and by showing intelligence and ex pression. So let's quit walking in our sleep, and brighten our faces by going to bed early the night before school starts again. Then we will be rested, our dispositions will be sweeter and more agreeable, and we will be in a good all around mood for the tasks and trials that the next day's school will bring forth. Freddy Makes Hot Air About Snow Dear Folks: A very attractive tint has been given to the surrounding countryside by the recent snow fall. Snow now adorns all of mother na ture's plants and surroundings. Af ter a few nights of zero weather, we are attracted by the sound of sleigh bells at night and children with their sleds hooking on to the sleds drawn by horses. We can now forgot our aching stomachs from our Thanks giving dinner, and look forward to a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Yours, Fred Singer. gram was presented by the grades Wednesday, November 25, in honor of Thanksgiving Day. The high school, many parents, and friends enjoyed the program which consisted of musi cal numbers, exercises, and a short play by the boys of Mr. Miller's room. Band Appears at Game Spectators at the town team bas ketball game with Pendleton Monday evening enjoyed hearing several se lections from the high school band. They played "Oregon, My Oregon," "Rifle Rangers," "Auld Lang Syne," "Battle Hymn off the Republic," and "America," thus adding much "pep" to the occasion. They are to enter tain at future basketball games dur ing the winter. a new snare drum for the band. Mr. Tilley made a short speech in which he said, "We, the band, feel that we are as much a part of the student body as the athletic teams, and since this is our first request for equip ment I feel justified in asking the student body to purchase a drum for us." A treasurer's report was given concerning the proceeds of the play. It was found that $87 was taken in. The expenses were figured at $10 and $20 was donated to the unemployed of Athena. . Student Body Meets At a student body meeting, held at one o'clock Tuesday afternoon, No vember 24, the students voted to buy Eight Students on Honor Roll The students who are on the honor roll for this last six weeks are as follows: Seniors Betty Eager, Ar leen Myrick, Marjorie Douglas and Mildred Hansell. . Sophomores Walt er Singer and Maxine Moore. Fresh menAaron Douglas and Buddy Weber. To be on the honor roll a student must have no grade below a two. French Class Starts in New Text The French II class, taught by Miss Cameron, started Monday in their new French readers, Sans Famille, The story is about an orphan and his adventures. It is written in simple style so that the reader may translate at sight. The class is al ready interested " ind reading ahead to enjoy the caprices of the lovable Remi. 4 Thanksgiving Program A charming nd ntertaining pro- Advertising Is Buying Information Today advertising has more of a story than ever to tell a story of marvelous values, a story of stable merchandise in every conceiv able line reaching almost down to the scale of pre-war prices. The language of advertising talks con vincingly of the merchant's offerings to his cus tomers, and these customers have lately more than ever before learned to follow the news paper columns for the buying information they are seeking. 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