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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1927
Page
1
Moscow announces it will recall its charge d’affaires and the entire embassy staff from Pekin in protest over last week’s raid on buildings attached to the Soviet embassy. It demands immediate Chinese police evacuation, release of embassy employees, return of seized documents and restored personal property.
President Coolidge rejects a Philippine insular plebiscite proposal despite passage by the insular legislature. He says the vote would be unconvincing, could provoke friction, slow progress, and hinder the islands’ move toward independent governance.
Army engineers confirm dangerous roof condition at the executive mansion after upper structure overhaul. Trusses sunk onto third floor partition walls, risking collapse under minimal provocation. situation deemed potentially years from safe repair. Oregon Trunk gets until April 25 to respond to I C C on Southern Pacific joint use terms and extensions to Klamath Falls.
Herbert F. Lemp is elected Boise mayor by a decisive 4682 to 151 against incumbent Ern G. Exilenson. The result ends Exilenson’s term and confirms Lemp in office.
A fifteen horsepower motor has been purchased for the Athena pumping station replacing the former twenty horsepower unit. The old motor is now attached to the big centrifugal pump for possible future auxiliary use. A new pipe line from Fifth and Main to the E A Dudley place has been laid, replacing the wood main as part of a ongoing renewal policy.
Adams in the Walla Walla Valley league opened with a 8-7 defeat to Whitman as Whitman struck five times in the first inning. Roll Morrison pitched a no run no hit game last Sunday to blank the River Rats 9-0 at Adams home fields. Adams hosts Lowden on Sunday at Adams grounds.
The 1927 convention runs April 21 to 24 in Oregon City with youth eager for the event. E P Gates of Boston Mass General Secretary of the United Society of Christian Endeavor plans a long transcontinental trip to attend as a key objective of his travels.
The Athena bridge group enjoyed a no hostess luncheon at Kilgore's cafe then bridge at Mrs. H. S. Watts home. Three tables played with Mrs. Grant Preathye and Mrs. Glen Dudley as guests receiving prizes. Next meeting will conclude the tournament and tally scores from twelve meetings.
News spreads through the small lumbering town of Sprague River about placer gold and platinum finds 40 miles east of Klamath Falls. Since Sunday, 40 to 50 claims have been staked as the community observes a strict secrecy pact until the area was fully claimed.
Improvements at the First National Bank building feature massive oak doors at the entrance and granite finish on the sides. A newly designed ceiling and an electrically driven exhaust fan are to provide cooler temperatures in summer.
In the Blue Mountain league opener Hermiston beat the Reservation Indians 5 to 4 at Round-Up grounds Pendleton while Walla Walla defeated Pendleton 13 to 4. Parris earned the win for Walla Walla and Phelps beat Beetles in Pendleton.
The known dead in the tornado that leveled Rock Spring Texas population over 800 was fixed at 56 after casualty lists were checked. More than 150 persons were injured with some feared dead as recovery continued Tuesday night.
Senator McNary heads home to Selem from Washington while only one Oregon delegation member, Congressman Sinnott, remains in the capital.
The Portland Journal reports that in Salem on Saturday the new Oregon game commission elected Harold H. Clifford of Canyon City as game warden and dismissed E. F. Averill. Fleischner became chairman and the group pledged cooperation while planning an administration free from politics.
Conway Tearle appears in The Sporting Lover at the Standard Theatre tomorrow night with Barbara Bedford Ward Crane and an all star cast presented by First National Pictures. Emil Jannings stars as Mephisto in Goethe's Faust, a high class Metro photoplay offered by Standard patrons. The mid week feature The Flaming Frontier shows General Custer’s last stand against Sitting Bull and the Sioux at the Little Big Horn with filming tied to Barnhart Station in Umatilla county.
Farmers around Athena near the end of plowing time expect to finish within a week as weather settles after recent rain and blustery days. The growing crop is advanced, with fears of frost damage easing, though some impact may have occurred.
Mr and Mrs J D Huggins arrived back in town after a trip to Husum Washington where they stayed with Mr and Mrs Orin Gibbs. They faced considerable snow during their visit.
The Morning Oregonian reports President Coolidge and Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon discussed a farm bill during a long Saturday session. A bipartisan compromise between administration forces and McNary-Haugen allies is seen as vital to pass Congress when it reconvenes, with Jardine included and Coolidge eager to hear farmers’ needs.
John Peterson has been named chairman of the aviation committee of the Pendleton Commercial association. He will name his assistants soon. Under Peterson, work will be started on the tract of land leased for an aviation field with leveling and marking in line with government air field regulations.
Easter service at the Baptist church Sunday at 11 oclock with Rev EB M Bolling er delivering the sermon. A thirty voice choir performs Easter anthems including the Hallelujah chorus. Lorraine Terry sings a Easter solo. Young people sponsor an Easter service and breakfast at the country home of Mr and Mrs Charles Betts. cars leave the parsonage at 6 o clock.
Ted King, former employee in Preston-Shaffer electrical, writes from Weepah Nevada about a trek with Drexel covering 1745 miles via Bakersfield to reach the gold fields from Athena. He describes a tent city of about 500 people, five wooden buildings under construction, a single mining shaft active, and a landscape fully staked with mining claims.
Pendleton shooters led by Marion Hansell Guy Matlock and Ralph Park posted clean 25s as Pendleton defeated Huntington 75 67 and Salem 75 73 Omar Stephens tops Pendleton scoring with a 94 percent for the tournament term
Gardening and flower plots are active in Athena this week with ideal soil for seed beds. Many homes show extensive lawn improvements and numerous plants and shrubs are being set out, indicating more gardens than in previous years.
A 64 year old transient named Smith hanged himself to a bedpost in a Milton rooming house on Monday morning. He was unemployed, from Georgia, and little is known about him beyond these facts.
The Athena water system plans a fresh coat of bright red paint on its fire hydrants. Repairs will address a few defective hydrants and the remaining valves will be oiled and serviced for ready use as needed.
The East Oregonian reports a Pendleton grain firm shipped 200 bushels of hard Federation Wheat to an eastern milling concern for trial. If satisfactory, the move could open a new market for this wheat variety as the tester evaluates it.
The Supreme Court dismissed Ellsworth Kelley’s appeal in a murder case involving John Sweeney, an Overon penitentiary guard. James Willos’s appeal likely will be dropped, based on similar grounds to Kelley’s.
Weston Athena Ad amy and Helix schools compete in the district track meet at Helix on Saturday April 24. District winners advance to the county meet at Pendleton on May 7.
Circuit court in Pendleton convenes with Judge Parker of Condon sitting in for Judge Phelps who is ill at home. Fred Finkerton serves as a juror for the April term of court.
Five powers led by the United States Britain France Japan and Italy demand immediate actions from the Chinese nationalist regime after the Nanking riots. They seek punishment of responsible officers a written apology guarantees and full reparation for injuries and losses to foreigners. The note warns of possible further measures if compliance is not prompt.
President Coolidge names Henry L Stimson former secretary of war as special representative to study the Nicaraguan conflict. Kellogg says protecting U S citizens and interests is the goal. Reports from the Nicaraguan legation say rebel leader Julian Siasa plans to flee to Mexico and Sacasa faces collapse and depleted funds.
Washington government files suit in New York accusing German and French potash producers of a conspiracy to monopolize U S supply. Through New York intermediaries, they allegedly set prices and restricted sales via American distributors, leaving U S users dependent on these mines. The case highlights foreign control of a strategic mineral.
New York sources report a consolidation of 15 far western oil properties with a combined value of about 2 million dollars into a single California independent concern. The move aims to create a dominant holding in western oil interests.
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