The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-05-23
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor-
nation of Our Readers.

| TWenty-three law students, 1nclud-
ing five women, will take the state
bar examination in Salem on May a.
The Santiam Fish and Game Pro-
tective association has made plans to
seek state game farm for the Leb-
anon district.
The apple crop Of Lane county this
year will be ten times as great as last
year, predicts C. E. Stewart, county
fruit inspector.
Fire at the plant Of the University
Park shingle mill in Portland destroy.
ed four kilns and 100000 shingles,
causing loss of $4,000.
Cold weather extending into the late
spring has made the grazing season on
the ranges near Bend three weeks later
than the average this year.
The Marshfield lodge Of Elks has
decided the erect building on lot
recently purchased and will expend
about $4,000 on the structure.
The Lebanon Canning company has
concluded contracts with Santiam
farmers for the growing of 1900 tons
of squashes for next fall delivery.
The Madras Rod and Gun club has
set Sunday, May rs, as the date for
its annual "fish fry" which will be
held at Vanora on the Deschutes river.
Superintendent Peters Of the Klats-
kanine river hatchery reports the plant
has approximately 100000 young sal
mon that will soon be turned into the
river
| Delegates from all over Oregon and
from many parts Of the United States
met in Corvallis to attend three
day session of the Oregon State Sun
day School association.
/ The Lebanon mohair pool Of 5000
pounds sold at auction to M. Senders
& Co. of Albany at GA cents. This is
the highest price paid for any pool of
mohair sold this season.
Damages estimated at several thou
sand dollars was caused at Echo, when
a section of the Furnish irrigation
ditch broke at point where the flume
crosses the railroad track.
Native oysters of Yaquina bay,
usually sold as Olympia oysters else
where, have increased greatly in the
past two years, according to George
Lewis, leader of the Newport oyster
men,
| A new tree blight which has recently
made its appearance in prune orchards
of the Milton district is causing grow
ers apprehension. So far no method
has been discovered to combat its raw
ages.
Mrs. Leola Loring, former postmis-
tress at Shaniko, was sentenced in the
federal court to pay fine of s400 on
her previous plea of guilty to a charge
of having embezzled funds of her Of
flee.
The U. s. government dredge Oregon
has completed its work in Yaquina Bay
and will leave for Coos Bay. There
is now 10-foot channel to Toledo at
low tide and about Is feet at high
tide.
Machinery for the crushing and as
phaltum plant is being assembled near
McMinnyille, preparatory to beginning
the work of hard-surfacing eight miles
Of road between McMinnville and Bel
levue.
Satisfactory progress is being made
in the construction of the Elgin-Minam
post road, with indications that the
project will be finished this season.
The road covers a distance of nine
and one-quarter miles.
A larger acreage of rye has been
planted in Lane county this year than
ever before and people who are rails
ing the cereal are enthusiastic over
its value, according to N. s. Robb,
county agricultural agent,
The Benson Lumber company is to
ship three RATS of logs to San Diego
this summer. Two of the RATS have
been completed at the company's plant
at Wallace slough and the. first one
will leave for the south about June
20.
Orders have been given by Colonel
Milton Davis of the militia ir serv
ice for the airplanes whA are to
exhibit at the Rose festival II Portland
to divide into squadrons st the CLOSE
Of the festival and visit several towns
in Oregon.
Prospects for further reductions II
freight rates on sand. gravel ant
crushed Iock. to be used in road build
ing IN Oregon. involving saving O
large sums of money to the state ant
fthe several counties engaged in high
way construction, are held out in I
message received by Chairman Buch
tel of the state public service commits
sion from Max Phelan. director o