f be Murm Wm AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. BOYD, Owner and Publisher CLARK WOOD. Associate Editor Subscription Kates. One copy, one year $2.00 One copy, six months $1.00 One copy, three months 75 r ATHENA. OREGON, FEB 10. ..1922 The success of the Washington con ference surpassed the expectations of its most sanguine proponents and confounded the pessimists. More his tory of the right sort was made in a dozen weeks than in the twelve preceding centuries. Moreover, the treaties adopted mean so much for the conferring powers in the reduc tion of their armament burdens and in insuring their undisturbed progress in the pursuits of peace, that it is inconceivable ratification will be de nied by the legislative body of any participating government. The sig nificance of the treaties for the world in general is of such tremendous im port that words are inadequate to picture the glorious future resulting should the conference bud ultimately expand into the full flower of inter national trust and understanding. It is not too much to hope that the con ference achievements will serve to promote world recognition of and world membership in the present League of Nations or in an associa tion of nations, submitting all its international troubles to a world court. The sword of Mars will be broken and his armor shattered. Let ua no longer envy "big busi ness," but reflect upon the well-being of the small flsh that keeps near the shore when compared with the dis tressing lot of commercial whales. The monthly letter issued by The Na tional City Bank of New York has this to say: "The meat packing in dustry after a bad year in 1920 had a worse one in 1921. All of the big companies had heavy losses, Armour & Co. leading with a deficit of $31, 000,000, which is more than the prof its of the best year in its history. The sugar companies fared as badly as the packing companies, and the big mail order house of Scars, Roe buck & Co. suffered a loss in the year of $16,000,000." Exports of cereals from the United States in 1921 were greater by far than for any previous year, having totaled no less than 14.097.000 short tons. The annual average during the five-year period 1915-20 was 9,873, 000 short tons, and for the five year period 1910-14 only 4,214,000 short tons. There was a falling off, to be sure, in some other staple products, hut this deficiency was much more than made up for by the exports of cereals. One is left to wonder what has become of all the money realized from the sale of Uncle Sam's cereal crop at home and abroad. There cer tainly isn't very much of it in evi dence in the wallets or bank accounts of the farmers. systems of long and short haul trans portation will never free any farmer from the necessity of being a good farmer on his own farm." For the sake of posterity it should be our earnest care that, if it knows nothing about wars, it should at least know something about a war debt. In saying that both railroad rates and wages will have to come down, our friend Herb shows the usual Hooverian grasp of the situation. The soldier bonus will cost two and one half billions; but it will be easier to pay than would have been tribute to Teutonic conquerors. The news that Gotham's idle rich are "hitting the pipe" would occa sion less regret if the slumber thus induced were permanent. Speaking of Uncle Sam's interest in Europe, he is wise in trying to make sure that it will some day be collectible. EGGS THE CREMONA SECRET? During all the talk about the abject poverty of Russia she has been mak ing money eleven trillion paper ru bles. No wonder the second jury has found occasion to disagree in the Ar buckle case. It's a disagreeable affair. "We are not sure that jazz is dead but if it is we know where it has gone, says the Duluth Herald. We gather from Mr. Corey's line of argument that Portland's attitude goes against the grain. And if we ever get back to it, in all likelihood it will never look like the same old normalcy. If Germany has any good financial doctors they ought to do something about her circulation. There isn't much encouragement for the seller in business when bus iness is in the cellar. The reel life of certain movie stars jnchants us less as their real life lisgusts us more. The way to restore Russia, of course, is to re-store her larder. ASIATICS HAVE FOLK TALES "The country is demanding, and is right in demanding, economy at Washington," remarks the Pittsburgh Press. Trouble is that economy isn't all, by a large jugful, that the coun try is demanding at Washington. It is safe to say that nine-tenths of the people of the United States ore satisfied with the conference treaties and the United States Sen ate will have to be if its members want to continue on the job. President Harding having frankly announced that he has changed his mind with respect to the necessity of armed preparedness, wo are con firmed in the impression that he has a mind to change. Even to exercise the inalienable American right of kicking is expen sive for the corn belt farmer, when done with a pair of shoes which cost the price of 33 bushels of corn. The g. o. p. senate would better not falter in helping the conference to make the world safe for democracy, if it would make the next elections safe for the republican!. Another world convulsion having very likely been averted by the con ference treaties, few will be con cerned over the fits thrown by the Hearst newspapers. "Anyhow, the world has made more progress toward peace than grand opera has," says the Detroit News, which must be referring to trouble on the high C's. After all, as the French politicians did not finally spill the conference beans, we will continue to feel more kindly toward them than they do toward each other. Popular Stories Prove That Human Nature Is Very Much Alike the World Over. Some hundreds of years ago there lived In Agshelln, a little town In Asia Minor, an Imam, or village ? arson, the Khoja. Nasr ed-DIn KfTeiidl, concerning Whom some Interesting tales are told. One day, It appears, a camel passed along the street In which the khoja lived, and one of the khoja's neighbors who hail never seen a cnniel before ran to ask him what this strange beast might he. "Don't you know what that Is?" said the kboja, who also had never seen a camel, but would not betray his Ig norance. 'That Is a hare a thousand years old." A great man once gave a feast, to which, with much condescension, he caused the khoju to 1ms bidden. Ac cordingly, on tho appointed day the khoja repaired to the great man's house and found himself In the midst of a fashionable and richly clad com pany, which took no notice of the poor Imam In his threadbare black gown. No one greeted hliu or spoke to him, and eventually he was shown by a servant to the lowest seat. After a little while the khoja slipped away unobserved and went Into the hall, where sonic of the mighty ones had left their outer garments. Selecting a magnificent gown richly lined with fur, ho put It on and returned to the room. Nobody recognized this re splendent personage, whose arrival ex cited universal attention. The com pany rose to salute him, and the host, who had previously Ignored him, ap proached, bowing, and Inquiring after his honorable health. The khoja stroked the sleevo of his borrowed garment, "Answer, fur," he said.---Milwaukee Sentinel. Aaks Farm Loan of $100,000,000 Washington, D. C Extension to tho nation's farmers of a loan of $100,000. 000 by the government and revival of the United States Grain corporation were recommended as agricultural ro lief measures by Honjamln C. Mursh, managing director of the Farmers' National council, testifying before the senate agricultural committee. It is estimated that Umatilla coun ty farmers raised more than seven million bushels of wheat in 1921. What they didn't raise, however, was the mortgage. Collier's sizes the situation up quite accurately as follows: "The finest marketing machinery, the bert banking hr.ix.;., tie orwt jrorrstt Poulsbo, Wash., Bank Robbed. Seattle, Wash. Tho First National bank of l'oulsbo, Wash., was entered Monday night by bandits who blew tho vault, destroyed thirty safe deposit boxes and escaped with cash, securi ties and jewelry to an amount estim ated at $30,000, according to informa tion received hero... . Legion Backs Pershing Policy. Washington. L). C The judgment of more than u million ox-servira men whs given to consress by the military affairs committee of the American Le gion respecting the question of nation al preparedness, and coutuiulng an unqualified Indorsement of the polity BSeWflftJfcjflMiM MwMtti Idea Put Forward That Yolks and Beeswax Were Used In Fillers of Old Violin. N. C. Holcomb, musical Instrument maker of Norwalk, Ohio, believes he Is making rapid advances in his efforts to discover the secret of t)ie fine mellow tone of t lie Cremona violins. Musicians for years have wondered why many old Italian violins appar ently made In a slipshod manner, should produce such clear sounds. Holcomb believes that the lost secret had to do mainly with the tiller and vurnlsh. Not long ago he was in formed that a careful chemical analysis had been made of some of the finish on an old violin owned in Battle Creek, Mich. This examination disclosed the fact that, before the varnish was applied, the wood was tilled evidently with the yolk of an egg and beeswax. Profiting by this Information, Holcomb rubbed these substances Into the raw wood of a new violin before applying the var nish. The results were surprising, the Instrument producing a tone that Is usually associated with age. Holcomb, by using tops of old ta bles and other furniture, obtains ma ple wood one hundred years or more old. Through a microscope It can be seen that In maple properly aged the cells are devoid of the sap and resin that makes Improperly seasoned wood unsatisfactory. Holcomb has found out that, If var nish Is applied to a violin before a proper filler has been used, the varnish penetrates the cells of the wood and Injures the tone. uivugnr nnotir a Change" in her height and her figure. The change In height Is not simply a case of athletics hav ing taught a woman to stand stralght- er. It Is an actual change that can be measured." NO LONGER "CLINGING VINE" Athletics and a Healthy Outdoor Life Have Increased the Weight of Modern Woman. They're building 'em bigger. Dress makers say so, corsetleres agree there's something In It, and now along comes cold, calculating science to ex plain why women weigh more than they ever did before. Women are no fatter, say the physi cal culture experts. They're simply larger, and here's the reason : The women of today are one and a half Inches taller as a class than 40 years ago. Their chests are larger, their waistlines have widened. Their mus cles have hardened. All this makes them weigh more. The changes, according to those who have made a study of the subject, are simple enough to explain. Women, especially during the lust 20 years or so, gradually have been convert ed from the clinging vine to robust persons who are proud rather than ashamed of the physical feats they can accomplish. Participation In sports tins turned the trick. "Time was," explained William Herr mann, a physical training exiiert of Philadelphia, "when a woman thought vigorous use of the body and its mus cles was unladylike. All that has changed, of course, and the gradual participation of women In sports and various forms of exercise, actually has From the evidence available, B. D. Oldham traces three divisions in the earth's Interior. The solid outer crust, with n thickness of to 1 per cent of the radius (or 20 to 40 miles), has high permanent rigidity, but from un known causes has been subject to de formations, with displacements of as much as ten miles vertically and 100 horizontally. The next section, about half the radius In thickness, has high rigidity for such streams as tidal ac tion, with low rigidity for long-continued stress. The central nucleus has low rigidity. The conclusions relat ing to the two Inner divisions are drawn from records of earthquake waves. i Athena, Oregon. l ? f.V.H-' ".V, IN POUND Notice is hereby given that the fol lowing described animals were taken up February 5, 1922, and placed in the Athena city pound. Unless re deemed by owners , the stock will be sold to the highest bidders for Cash in hand at the city pound on Tuesday, February 14, 1922, at 2 o'clock- p. m. One bay 2 year old filly no brand visible. One brown 2 year old filly, bald face, no brand visible. One sorrel 2 year old filly, bald face, no brand visible. One bay 1 year old filly, no brand, visible. Sanford Stone, City Marshal ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. In the County Court of the State of Oregon, for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of Edith J. Raymond, Deceased. Now on this day this matter comine on to be heard upon the duly verified and filed petition of Marguerite E. Raymond, administratrix of the es tate of Edith J. Raymond, deceased, for a license to sell certain real estate hereinafter described and it duly ap pearing to the court from the petition tiled herein that said estate is the owner of the following described real property situated in Umatilla county Oregon, to-wit: Ihe southeast quarter of sec tion twenty-two and the south west quarter of section twenty three, Township five, north, range thirty-four, E.W.M. And it further aDDearine to the court from said petition that it is necessary or would be beneficial to said estate that said real property and the whole thereof be sold for the purpose mentioned and stated in said petition, and the court heme fullv advised in the premises: IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED BY THE COURT, that Monday, the 20th day of February, 1922, at the hour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day, at the office, of the County Judge in the County Court House at Pendleton, Umatilla County, Ore gon, be and the same is hereby fixed and designated as the time and place for the hearing of said petition and that all persons interested in said es tate are hereby directed to appear be fore this court at the time and place DAME FASHION'S ARRIVAL IS A FEBRUARY EVENT COATS NEW SPRING EFFECTS The Fashionable Materials Priced at $8.50 $17.50 $10.90 $22.50 $12.50 $24.75 $14.75 $32.50 SUITS-LATE SPRING MODELS $22.50 $24.75 Smart, Serviceable Fabrics Priced at $27.50 $29.50 $32.50 STYLISH SPRING DRESSES Latest Authoritative Models There is an air of refinement to the new Dresses for Spring we now have on display which add materially to their winsomness. The crisp, rustling; taf fetas, charming satins and silk crepes are deservedly popular. Price range $12.50 to $24.75 Attractive display of MILLINERY. Remarkable values. We carry the best MEAT That Money Buys Lard, Kraut, Kippered Salmon, Salt and Fresh Fish, Oysters, Clams and Crab, in Season. A. W. LOGSDON Main Street, Athena, Oregon above fixed and designated, and show cause, if any there be, why the Court should not grant an order and license for the sale of the real property above described as prayed for in said petition. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED BY THE COURT that before such hear ing a certified copy of this order duly certified by the clerk of this court, be published at least three successive weeks in the Athena Press, a weekly newspaper, published at Athena, Umatilla County, Oregon, having a general circulation in said county and state. Done and dated at Perdleton, Ore gon, this 3rd day of January, 1922. I. M. Schannep, County Judge. State of Oregon, County of Umatilla, ss. I, R. T. Brown, County Clerk in and for the said county and state, and ex-officio Clerk of the County Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County, do hereby certify that the foregoing copy of Order to Show Cause has been by me compared with original, and that it is a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole of such original as the same appears of record and on file at my office and in my custody. In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this 3rd day of Jan uary, 1922. R. T. Brown, Clerk. IMtMtlMH ESTABLISHED 1865 Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. American Beauty Flour Is made in Athena, by Athena labor, in one ol the very best equipped mills in the Northwest, of the best selected Bluestem wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home industry-. Your grocer sells the famous American Beauty Flour Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers Athena, Oregon. 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