The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-11-14

Action has been taken by the Bap-
lists Of McMinnville to erect a new
church building the coming year.
Mrs. Nancy Emily Tharp, one Of the
oldest and best-known residents of
Polk county, died at Corvallis, aged
8S years.
Smile Purvine, pioneer dentist Of
Oregon, died suddenly in Salem at the
home of his son, Ellis Purvine, at the
age of so years.
At coming special election In Rose
burg bond issue Of probably $500,000
will be voted on for a municipal light
and water plant.
The Springer ranch, three miles
above Larson inlet, in Coos county,
was destroyed by a great landslide
during the recent rains.
While wading in Thomas creek, near
Thomas, Arthur, S-year-old son of
Quintis Underwood, got beyond his
depth and was drowned.
Douglas Larsen of Cove has been
convicted and fined s10O for refusing
to help fight forest fire in the Grand
Ronde district last summer
For bravery in action, r. H, Swig-
CERT of Bend has received from the
Canadian minister of militia and de-
fense British military medal of silver.
Sheep shipments from Bend are the
heaviest on record. Two hundred and
sixty-four carloads already have been
sent out and rs more cars are con-
tracted.
Two winter short courses, dairy
manufacture and tractor operation,
will be offered this year by the Ore
gon Agricultural college school of agri-
culture.
Governor Olcot is urged to call a
state meeting to suggest remedies for
the high cost of living, in resolutions
adopted by the Yamhill county Po-
mona grange.
Apple packing records were broken
at Hood River by Miss Pearl Saltz-
man, who packed 140 boxes of fruit
on the E. e. Lage place In four hours
and 40 minutes.
Farmers west of Eugene are signing
oil and gas leases of their lands for a
term Of three years, for which they
are to receive $100. About 5000 acres
have been leased.
A total of 13,114,279 acres is en-
braced in federal forest reserves in
Oregon, on which the state draws for
apportionment to the counties in the
reserves $115,4O5.74.
George M. Benson, game warden,
has been informed that no permits will
be given this season for trapping on
the Lake Malheur bird reserve, owing
to low water and scarcity OF feed.
The Crown Willamette Paper COM
pany has announced that new mil!
will be erected Immediately at West
Linn, which will provide employment
for about 200 more men continuously.
Heppner is feeling the effect of the
coal strike, the shortage of fuel hav-
ing forced the Heppner Light G Water
company to cut its light and power
service from "a hours day to eight
One Of the biggest horse shows ever
held on the Pacific coast will be staged
during the annual exhibition of the
Pacific international Livestock asso-
citation at North Portland, November
II to 20.
Settlers Of the Fort Rock valley, 80
miles south Of Bend, have completed
the preliminary steps toward the or
ganization of an irrigation district,
which, as now proposed, will include
approximately $4,000 acres.
The construction of railroad 1856
miles long from Medford to point in
the vicinity of Eureka, Cal, is the
avowed purpose of the Medford Coast
Railroad company, which recently
filed articles of incorporation.
A. C. Allen of Medford, former state
horticultural commissioner, announces
his intention OF testing the constitu-
tionality of the Oregon vehicle law
providing for the taxing Of automo.
biles for good roads maintenance.
Hermiston farmers have petitioned
the county court for authority to form
the Hermiston irrigation district for
Improvement to their lands. An cleo
tion to vote on the proposal will be
held December Is.
Only one Of the 45S accidents re-
ported to the state industrial accident
commission during the week ending
November 6 was fatal. The fatality
was in the case of A. Sackett, la
borer Of Grants Pass.
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