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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1927
Page
1
An analysis by John B. O'Brien credits the telephone with revolutionizing farm life in the United States. It links distant markets, speeds emergency aid, aids production and marketing, and enhances social ties, making universal service essential for modern farming.
Pendleton Oregon prepares for the Pendleton Round-Up September 14 through 17 with a star lineup. George Drumheller and his Walla Walla riders lead a strong show along with McCarty and Irwin contingents including famed trick ropers and roping teams. Queen of the Western epic is Mabel Strickland, noted rider and steer roper. Livestock shipments include two carloads of Mexican bulls and buckers arriving by August 20, with events across track and arena scheduled.
Pendleton sportsmen and state game wardens liberated about 60 000 bass crappies and catfish in the McKay Creek Reservoir. Fish were shipped from lakes near Portland and the lake marked as a federal game refuge by U S warden Ray C Steel. Ducks and geese observed on shore by wardens.
Dr. G S Newsom now medical director of the Klamath county health unit directs the push against infantile paralysis at Klamath Falls. An epidemic in California has raised concern as six cases appear at the Klamath office in recent days.
Jim Ryan of Pendleton and John Dixon of LaGrande are jailed on charges of beating and robbing Ed Buck near Pendleton. Buck, riding with the pair, was assaulted breaking his jaw and knocked unconscious before the $90 robbery.
The Street Committee of the City Council and the city marshal investigated board sidewalks in Athena Monday and condemned a number as beyond repair. New walks will be ordered constructed.
Dr F Sharp a veteran Athena physician recounts his 1879 move from Ohio to the Oregon coast, his early work near Butter Creek, and Athena when Center ville. He recalls the rough camp era with saloons, a fractured leg in a crowded bar, and a town transforming from few stores to a growing community.
Hermiston Dairy and Hog Show will be held Friday and Saturday October 7 and 8. The event dates were approved by the show’s board of directors.
Hugh McArthur a county pioneer who moved from Weston to Portland died at his Portland home after a long asthma illness. He was born in Scotland October 14 1840 and aged 86 years 10 months and 1 day. Survived by widow Amanda Lieuallen two sisters Mrs Mary Kemp and Miss Anna McArthur. Remains sent to Athena for interment with funeral at the Baptist church at 2:30.
A notable summer social at the Watts home on Jefferson Street honors visitors Mrs. F C Adams of Palo Alto and Miss Melville Johns of Wilmar with Mrs Victor Hirsch recently moving from Athena to Prewater. Seven tables of play with high score by Mrs Henry Koepke and consolation by Miss Zina Chapman, followed by refreshments. The guest list features numerous local women including Miss Katherine Froome and Miss Zinn Chapman from Vancouver, Washington.
The Floyd Pinkerton threshing crew on a creek bottom near Lawn faced a near disaster when a box of dynamite was run over by a caterpillar and a combine. Over 100 sticks remained intact as water exposure likely kept them from detonating, a shocking field mishap.
Oregon potato growers expect a bumper crop with acreage up 6 per cent and favorable growing conditions. An early estimate of 6,175,000 bushels as of the first of the month shows a 684,000 bushel increase from last forecast. Production for this year may exceed 1220 figures by 1,674,000 bushels and surpass the five year average by 1,710,000 bushels.
Washington expects Senator McNary to deliver a new farm relief bill draft commissioned by Coolidge last spring. Republicans hope for a version differing from the last congress, while Democrats remain skeptical of a compromise. McNary silent, focus on pleasing both administration and farm organizations amid ongoing relief talks and Geneva naval tensions.
Wheat harvest in Umatilla County soars with near record yields in West Bend. A large day and night workforce operates at the Cunha warehouse and mill to move grain to Koho storage, while several track owners run continuously to speed loading.
A. L. Mills, president of the First National Bank of Portland, died at his home last week from heart disease. Vice-president Charles F. P. Adams was elected to succeed him.
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