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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1929
Page
1
Washington Oregon Idaho wheat growers attend a Pullman conference to back a Northwest regional co operative, the North Pacific Growers' Cooperative, to work with the federal farm board under the marketing act. Delegates name officers and pledge cooperation despite doubts about past co op failures.
Oregon State College installs KOAC radio market news service linking to a government wire. L R Breithaupt compiles reports for immediate broadcast with Earle Greer handling data from the wire. Initial focus is livestock markets with plans to add wheat and other commodities. broadcasts at 12 25 and 8 20 p m.
Marked improvement was reported in most sectors on the forest fire front in the Pacific Northwest over the past 24 hours. Still missing are Douglas C. Ingram and Ermannie St. Luise, last seen Aug 13 while searching Chelan forest for lost grazing assistant Kavanaugh of Portland. 40 searchers now on the case. La Clere creek basin in Pend Oreille county reports new outburst with over 5000 acres burned and the force rising to 250. Oregon rangers note improvement with no new fires and lightning-caused blazes near Pendleton under control.
Massachusets melons, touted as the finest, grow in greenhouses on English stock. Melons weigh eight and a half to ten and a half pounds, are supported by nets, and seed sowing aims for a season from June 10 to January 1. Twenty two varieties fill the greenhouses.
The Athena schools will open on Tuesday September 3 following Labor Day Monday September 2. The high school faculty and corps of grade teachers arrive next week to prepare for the coming year's work.
Roy Ritner ex-president of the Bena senate and Eastern Oregon catleague urges wheat growers to organize a cooperative to gain full benefits of the farm marketing act. He says the federal farm board will not loan individuals but Congress authorized 500 million dollars for cooperative creations. Other Oregon spokesman and farm board candidate say the program has possibilities but city benefits may be slow.
Pendleton hosts a unique Round-Up Dress-Up parade on the last night in August where every man wears Western attire. Cowboys, buckskins, beaded neckerchiefs, and hand carved boots replace daily wear as Pendleton gears up for the four day Round-Up from September 18 to 21 with Texas visitors and steer roping actions adding to the Western spectacle.
B. B. Richards on Jefferson Street will heat his furnace with sawdust fuel. He plans an automatic feed attachment in Athena and will source fuel from Harris mill at Milton under a three year contract.
The Eickhoff Products crop in Umatilla and Walla Walla counties on over 10 000 acres of summer fallow shows yields far below expectations due to moisture shortage in May and June. Harvesting is limited on high ground while shattering is reduced by using old fashioned hay rakes. Cleaning and grading lines in Athena handle Athena and Weston beans as carloads head to Indianapolis with two shipped and a third due today.
Kansas farmer William C. Mueller earned the state title as pork champion by producing 100 pounds of pork at a cost of 5.35 dollars. His 620 acre farm returned 14 percent on a 49,209 dollar investment after deducting a 100 dollar monthly salary, with profits from hogs only and no grain or hay sales.
Russell Wilson suffered a broken arm and other injuries in a Dixie highway crash near Walla Walla. After surgery to amputate his left arm at the shoulder, his condition remained critical. He was riding in a light coupe that struck Henry Marland’s car at 929 West Chestnut Street.
Kathleen McClintock, known as Queen Kathleen, is poised to rule Pendleton’s cow capital during the Round-Up from September 18 to 21. An active member of Pendleton's younger set and OSU student, she served as a queen’s attendant in 1928 and is noted as a capable horsewoman.
On the committee Maurice Hill joins Carey L Stone and George B Day to select a referee judges starters and timers for the national air derby stop at Walla Walla today. Racers began from Portland this morning en route to Cleveland.
The Legion swimming pool at City Park was filled with water on Tuesday as the city reservoir was emptied. The pool will hold enough water to accommodate swimmers over the weekend.
While Chase Garfield and Flint Johns families vacationed at Seaside, Kelly stood in for Garfield and Phipps with another hand at Johns. Stock at both ranches lacked feed and water for days as trucks vanished and the three men disappeared. Garfield vehicle found in Walla Walla. John s truck reportedly returned home. No arrests yet as officials await owners' return.
Railroads in the northwest imposed an embargo on shipments of rye barley and oats from August 23 to August 41 due to storage shortages at terminal elevators and warehouses in Minneapolis St Paul Duluth and Superior. Slow demand for rye barley and oats and heavy movement of other grains have disrupted wheat corn and flax flow.
The next W. C. T. U. meeting is set for Tuesday afternoon August 27 at Mrs. C. L. McFadden's home. A full attendance is requested as important matters will be presented, including a demonstration on how cigarette smoking affects boys and girls during growth.
University officials and students anticipate a progressive year as Athena University prepares for a busy three terms. High school graduates from Athena accepted for entrance include Edwin Mc Ewen Ralph Buell McEwen Jr Lenore McNair and Alberta Charlton.
8 C Emery was arrested after creating a disturbance at a Pendleton campground and driving drunkenly for nine miles along the Oregon Washington highway before stopping to abuse his wife. A state traffic officer and a deputy sheriff detained him, and he received 60 days in jail and a $100 fine in justice court.
Henry Knight avoided a collision at the Third and Jefferson intersection Monday noon. His car struck the curb, crumpling a rear wheel, but Knight escaped injury.
Walla Walla reports fourteen fires found Sunday in the Blue Mountain district under Albert Baker. A large blaze burned eighty acres before control. others burned out before crews arrived. Dry, low humidity through the summer heightened fire risk, with frost at Toll Gate and ice on pools noted.
Elk Lake, a top fishing site, is closed by order of the state game commission the U S bureau of hatcheries and the state board of health. Dead fish from two inches to two feet litter the shores after a parasite worm outbreak. A Camp Fire Girls party member hospitalized after eating lake fish. Gull suspected at first but officials confirm worms. Thousands of fish died since August 13 prompting continued closures.
The buy a brick campaign by the Oregon Mothers Society aims to raise 50000 dollars to match a state appropriation for a new infirmary on the University of Oregon campus. Seventy female students from the university canvass in Portland and other cities through Thursday, with rapid returns reported. Plans are complete and construction will start once the drive ends.
Washington state issued 1930 automobile plates are being produced at the Walla Walla prison at about five thousand pairs daily. By December 1, almost half a million pairs are expected to be completed. The new plates will feature green letters on white, reversed from this year.
Weston Leader reports seed peas at the McBride Bros ranch on Eagle Creek yielded about 35 bushels per acre with considerable waste. The McBride Bros import hogs to use the waste as feed. W. P. Gable finished threshing and hauled 111 sacks to Weston warehouse, about 10 sacks per acre. Other upland growers are cutting their crops.
University of Oregon President Dr Arnold Bennett Hall leads a national student project to inform Oregon high schools about the Paris Pact renunciation of war. Athena Union High School and others will receive literature, with a 300 word essay prize and a Europe trip contest for 800 participating schools.
Dry weather in the region allows harvest to advance with winter wheat threshing underway. Yields vary from none to 35 bushels per acre in hills north and east of Enterprise, while Gunner Carlson reports 43 1 2 bushels on a 39 acre field. Hay is strong. potatoes poor. southern Gil liam county harvest fair. Mayville good with some fields over 20 bushels.
Nelson Jones of Weston has purchased the Martin B. Lynch corner at First and Popular streets in Walla Walla for $8500. A month earlier he sold his Alder street corner nearby for about $20000 to the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company. Plans for the new property are not announced.
Willis Williams, a Pullman car porter, died of tuberculosis while serving a ten year term for assault with intent to attack Miss Evelyn Nobach, a Washington State College student, near Lind, Washington, on a passenger train. The sentence was suspended a year ago.
Report from the Yakima Indian reservation notes a strong potato crop last week with 13 rail cars loaded from 12 acres at an average of 16 tons per acre, signaling robust yields.
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