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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1926
Page
4
Athena residents engage in social visits and business trips with Nesta mentions of Mrs. Hill illness and recovery. Civic events include a pastry sale by Rebekah lodge and a Legion Hall dance for community funds. Local sports, travel, and commercial activity fill a dense slice of the week.
Pendleton hosts district tournament February 25 26 27 after a vote by Superintendents Inlaw Burgess and Good of Milton Freewater to move from existing venue. Milton has long urged the change for cheaper costs and better gym facilities.
Washington special to the Portland Oregonian reports Secretary of the Interior Hubert Work urges Congress to pass the Phipps bill placing grazing regulation under the General Land Office. Work objects to local grazing boards and petitions to establish districts and to registrars running districts, arguing federal supervision should remain intact. He notes a split with Agriculture Secretary William M Jardine over grazing control with differing views on national forests versus grazing administration.
Yakima shippers and growers telegrammed state director of agriculture Erle J Barnes urging denial of a West side movement to lift the embargo on hay shipments from alfalfa weevil infested districts of Idaho Utah and Oregon into western Washington. Yakima hay men warn such shipments would let the weevil gain headway in Washington fields and list the Yakima Chamber of Commerce and County Farm Bureau among those protesting. Rin Tin Tin Standard Theatre Wednesday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Myrick entertained friends last Thursday with Five Hundred games. Prizes went to Mrs. Fred Pinkerton and Herman Geissel, and a consolation prize to Miss Ethel Geissel, Mrs. Ethel Montague and daughter Marjorie. Music by Marjorie Geissel and Mrs. Montague delighted guests.
In Portland the League of Oregon Cities met with 25 towns represented to urge revamping the state constitution so the legislature cannot strip cities of the right to regulate their own affairs.
The article notes Dutch McPherrin is already considering baseball actions for the summer and is seen in early practice, though his exact team or location remains undisclosed.
R. Raymond a county pioneer has shown improvement at his Pendleton home after a week of pneumonia. He had been seriously ill since last Wednesday.
The M E Church and Baptist church report growing attendance. Sunday school meets at 10:00 a m with memory verses Romans 12 1 4, morning worship at 11:00 a m with a sermon on Gauging your Attitudes of Mind. Pastor D Loree urges more worshippers to fill available seating.
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