Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1922)
Specials for This Week Borax Soap Chips, per Package i 35c Sea Foam Washing Powder, per Package 25c Star Naptha Washing Powder, per Package 25c Borax Powder, 5 pound Package 70c 21 Bars Polar White Laundry Soap, $1-00 14 Bars P. & G. Napcha Laundry Soap, $1.00 20 Bars Swfi's White Laudry Soap, $1.00 20 Bars Clean Easy Laundry Soap, $1-00 6 pound Box Kingsford's Gloss Starch, 65c 0 fr-, I held annual election of officers. The I at 2:30 p. m ! ....... I j "Over Ihe riill : The I at 2:30 Not a few loyal fans Mrs. Lewis Van Winkle and Mrs. Sylvan Kennard motored up from Pendleton Tuesday for a few hours' visit with Weston relatives. The Van Winkles have recently acquired a new Ford runabout. Master Bobbie Wheeler of Pendle ton visited this week at the home of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Newton O'Harra. Eev. John B. Coan motored to Mil ton Tuesday to act as judge in the annual oratorical and declaratory lege auditorium. H. Goodwin was also in attendance from WeBton. Cecil Robe, eldest son of Prof, and Mrs. H. L. Robe, arrived from Eu Kne last Saturday. Young Mr. Robe was graduated from the State Uni versity in the February class, and will pend the summer months with his parents. The work of altering the M. E. Church basement, undertaken by the pastor, has been completed with sat isfactory results. Additional class rooms and more convenient social quarters have been secured through re-arrangement of the interior. Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Mctz have leased the property on south Broad street formerly occupied by the J. D. Miller family, and will enter into possession next week. Dean W. C. Howard of Columbia College, Milton, accompanied by Mrs. Howard and children, attended morn ing service Sunday at the local M. E. Church. Later, the visitors were dinner guests of Rev. and Mrs. Coan. Practically the entire adult male population of Weston Mountain turned out with teams and scrapers last Saturday in order to get the snowdrifts out of the road. The road is now in fairly good shape, and potato hauling was in general prog ress this week. Six teams and one motor truck were on the job . Wed nesday. Mr. and Mrs. William MacKenzio were visiting in Weston Saturday. They have rigged up a "motor house" with which they intend touring Cal ifornia after the fall's harvest is completed on their Montana ranch. The Misses Charlotte and Isabelic Mackenzie arc members of this year's graduating class of Walla Walla High, and contemplate attend ing college. The attractive country home of Mrs. C. E, Fisk was the scene of an interesting gathering April 22, when Saturday Afternoon Club members leaders chosen for the coming year are as follows: President, Mrs. Jos eph Wurzer; vice president, Mrs. L. I. O'Harra; secretary, Mrs. M. Wal ter Peder3cn; treasurer, Mrs. W. S. Price; reporter, Mrs. H. Goodwin. Mrs. C. E. Fisk was elected delegate to the State Federation meeting, to be held in Tillamook May 31 and June 1 and 2. Albert Proebstel is here on his an nual vacation visit from the Willam ette valley, where he has been em ployed as stockkeeper with a Pacific Telephone Company field force. Mayor Jones was in Portland dur ing the week on a business visit. Harry Gregory, whom the Weston baseball manager had been grooming for the mound, has gone back to Van couver. He has employment there and has been playing ball with the Vanc6uver team. Mark Henderson was in town Tues day from his mountain farm. He is delivering his spuds to the Eastern Oregon asylum at Pendleton. Improvements continue at Wes ton postoffice, where Postmaster Lundell has had the floor repaired and will now see wrat fresh paint and new wall paper can do to en hance tfce local gbry of Uncle Sam. Contractor Ashworth will begin work within a few days on the Aus tin Foss residence at Athena. Henry Schroeder, who is at present in Port land, is coming back soon to assist him in the work. Dr. L. P. Madden of the bureau of animal industry finished Saturday his tests of Weston cows. Out of 66 cows tested in town and a number in the country, only one was found to have tubercular trouble. This ani mal, which belongs to William Fehr, was condenmncd and marked with an aluminum button. Mr. Fehr will be reimbursed to tho extent of one-half its appraised valve. A nine-pound daughter was born April 20 to Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Phelps at their homo in Pendleton. Mrs. Phelps was formerly Miss Nellie Nelson of Weston. Mrs. Minnie Walker is still a pa tient at St. Mary's hospital, not hav ing been discharged as early as she had hoped. Mrs. Walker's condition continues to be reported favorable, however, and it is expected that she will be able to go to her home at He lix within a few days. Leo Couch, once a Weston lad, was here this week from Portland for a visit with former Weston playmates The Weston ball team goes to He lix next Sunday for the return game with the Indians, which will be called expect to go along and strike terror into the hearts of the redskins by vociferous rooting. Simpson and Payant both report their pitching wings to be in fairly good shape, and the locals are hopeful of evening things up with the Helix foe. S. G. Price returned Monday from California, where he spent the win ter with the John English govern ment surveying crew, Mr. English, Jame3 Kirkpatrick and Otis Gould expect to be home in time for the pioneers' reunion. After, consulting four physicians, Levi O'Harra was operated upon at Walla Walla Monday for a trouble supposed to be gall stones. The in cision revealed cancer of the stom ach and was closed by the operating turgeon, Dr. Thomas, without at tempting rempval of the growth. Relatives of the patient contemplate taking him to Spokane for treatment by a radio specialist. Eugene Miller, the talented eight-year-old violinist of Milton, will be among the attractions on Friday's program, June 9, of the pioneers' re union. Eugene is a son of N. B. Fos ter of Weston, and the adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Miller of Mil ton. Mrs. Miller was in Weston Tuesday and kindly accepted, on the boy's behalf, an invitation from the program committee. Mrs. Lewis Killgore and family have moved to Milton to make their home. John Killgore expects to en gage there in packing house work. Earl Harbour was seized Wednes day with an acute attack of appendi citis, and was removed by his father to the College Place sanitarium for an operation. This was performed Wedner.dny night by Dr. Lyman and the case was found to be a very se rious one, the condition of the ap pendix occasioning unusual surgical difficulties. However, the young pa tient rallied well and is expected to recover. A. H. Cox of Pendleton, chairman of the democratic county central committee, wa3 numbered Tuesday among Weston's political visitors. Richard Mayberry, an elderly res idtnt of Weston, passed away last evening at his home on north Water street, after a long illness. J. P. Lieuallen, Ralph Tucker, Mc Bride Bros., Sid McLean, H. F. Al derman and Henry Sams were among the Weston cattle growers who took their stock Sunday to mountain range in the Wenaha reserve. The cattle were driven through snow five feet in depth to reach the breaks of the Umatilla, where snow has disap RATE HUT FOR FARM PRODUCTS ADVISED Washington, D. C Transportation rates on products of agriculture, as on many other commodities, now "bear a disproportionate relation to the price of such commodities," and should be Immediately reduced, ac cording to findings of the joint con gressional committee ot agricultural inquiry, announced by Chairman An derson. Not only should these freight charges come down, the report de clared, but in the future rate making bodies and railroad traffic officers should give "greater consideration to the relative value of commodities In the making of rates," and let existing charges on high priced finished prod ucts stand, If necessary, to remove cost burdens from basic materials. Exhaustive review of the transpor tation situation has convinced the committee, Chairman Anderson said, that "pyramided per cent advances" of freight rates during the war and following years, "caused dislocation of long-standing relationships between rates on agricultural and Industrial products and between competitive enterprises and competitive terri tories," which dislocations should now be removed. Outside of its general conclusions, the commission advanced three spe cific proposals to better transportation service for farmers, the first being the enlargement of "competition ave nues of distribution through which the largest number of consumers can rea sonably be reached"; the second was the extension ot through rates on grain "to points of consumption through two or more competitive pri mary markets," and the third the ex tension of the principle that coarse grains, such as corn, should take lower charges than breadstuffs. Adequate car equipment should also be main tained, It was added GENOA CONFERENCE DRIFTING ON ROCKS Genoa. The Genoa conference is drifting toward the rocks again. Whether it can be kept from wreck age depends on the possibility of ad justing the new demands of the Rus sian soviet delegates with the position of the allied governments, who declare they will stand steadfastly by the reso lutions adopted at Cannes, on which the conference is founded. The situation Is made more critical by the French premier's frank warn ing in his address at Bar-le-Duc that France will withdraw from the con ference if she Is unable to see that the ideas expressed by the French cabinet before parliament can triumph. These French practical demands in clude maintenance of the war repara tions figures, disbarment of all dis armament discussions and no chang ing of the existing treaties at Genoa. In addition, France Insists on rigid adherence to the Cannes resolutions which call for the payment of Russia's pre-war debts and the restitution by the soviet of foreigners' property in Russia'. ; The conference of experts on the Russian question broke up and ad journed sine die because the experts representing the powers found the Russians' new set ot proposals abso lutely In contradiction to the soviet note accepting the ollies' terms as a basis for future deliberations. Despite the serious outlook, the heads of the various delegations have not abandoned all hope. 3t HOTEL RIAZE ROUTS PROMINENT PEOPLE Washington, D. C. Vice-President Coolidge, several members of the sen ate and house of representatives and many other persons prominent in pub lic, business and social life were among some 600 patrons of the New Willard hotel who were routed from their beds by a fire which swept the top floor of the ten-story grayBtone structure at Pennsylvania avenue and Fourteenth street. The blaze had Its origin in the ball room on the tenth floor, where a few hours before President Harding, Mr. Coolidge, members of the cabinet, senators and representatives, foreign diplomats and others had sat around the banquet board as guests of the Gridiron club at its annual spring din ner and frolic. Brigadier-General C. B. Sawyer, per sonal physician to President Harding, and Mrs. Sawyer were awakened by hotel attendants and later found shel ter at the White House. Other prominent gueBts In the hotel Included General Charles G. Dawes, director of the budget; General T. Coleman DuPont, senator from Dela ware and one of the owners of the hotel; Senators McNary, Oregon, and Rawson, Iowa; C. C. McChord, chair man of the Interstate commerce com mission, and John T. Adams of Iowa, chairman of the republican national committee. The return of many Syrians from North and South America, the pres ence of the French army of occupa tion, civil officers, European commer cial travelers, tourists ami refugees have together caused an unprecedented housing shortage In Beirut which la becoming a serious problem. The local government has attempted to control the rents by a decree, but the upward trend continues. The several hotels deserving of men tion tan accommodate only about 250 persons In all. The city, with a popu lation of 100,000, lias no first-class ho tel. Commerce Reports. If you have town or country prop erty for sale or exchange see Cox Investment Company, Pendleton, Oregon Attention Farmers L C. Shorty Graham Will be at the Marvin Kilgore Ranch on Monday, May 1st, to Demon strate Plowing with the fordson Tractor and Oliver Plow It will be worth your while to see what the Fordson will do, and we ask you to take an hour of your time to wateh it. Simpson Auto Co. Pendleton, Oregoa SERVICE Water and Johnson St. Oregon's School Bill $14,783,698. Salem, Or. It cost the taxpayers of Oregon a total of $14,783,698 to oper ate the public schools during the year 1921. according to a report prepared by J. A. Churchill, state superintend ent of public instruction. Bandits Steal American Legion Fund, Greeley, Colo. Bandits broke Into the sate In the headquarters ot the American Legion here and escaped with the post's entire fund, $2850 In liberty bonds. peared and the grass is reported to be good. Stock got through the long winter in fairly good condition, with no appreciable losses. J. H. Williams and Charley Rose are leaving by motor car today for the mountains near Lewiston, where Mr. Williams will look after his tim ber land interests. J. D. Lee of Portland, who is among the republican candidates for the gubernatorial nomination, was in Weston yesterday while on a cam paign tour of Umatilla county. Mr Lee was a strong friend of the nor mal schools when a member of the legislature. Superintendent H. L. Robe of the Weston schools accompanied County Superintendent W. W. Green Wed nesday on a visit to the schools of Hermiaton, Echo, Stanfleld and Uma tilla. J. V. Smith and family and E. T Wicker motored to Walla Walla yes terday for a visit to Mr. Smith's father, W. W. Smith, who is ill with pnemonia. CLASSIFIED Lawn lowers Come in and see our line of Northern King Ball Bearing Lawn Mowers. The Northern King is an exceptionally well balanced machine which will op erate easier than any other similar model, owing to a very long wheel base, four oil tempered cru cible steel cutter blades five and one-half inches in diameter; tempered saw steel bottom cutting blade; solid center wheels nine inches in diameter; accurate screw adjustment, especially and conven iently arranged. Attractively finished. And the "Price Pleases." We are also showing the latest spring styles in garden tools, hose, etc. Watts & Rogers 5 The Athena Home Laundry G. W. FINCH, Proprietor Having purchased the Athena Home Laundry, I will conduct it in connection with my Clothes Cleaning and Pressing business hereafter. The new location will be on Main street, in the building east of the Standard Theatre. THE cATHENA HOME LAUNDRY, PHONE 51 "Script Form Butter Wrappers For Farm Loans Cox Investment Company, Pendleton, Oregon. Don't forget I am still in the haul ing game. Ligiit or neavy nauung at reasonable prices. Guy Cronk, 23F2 My residence still for sale or trade. Dr. Watts. For Life, Fire, Accident or Health Insurance see Cox Investment Company, Pendleton, Oregon. WATTS & PRESTBYE Attorneys-At-Law Main Street, Athena, Oregon DR. S. F. SHARP PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special Attention given to all calls, both day and night. Calls promptly answered. Office on Third Street, Athena, Oregon. t-4-fW THE ATHENA BARBER SHOP AMOS O'DELL, PROPRIETOR We are now making a specialty of Shampooing and Massaging for Ladies, during the evening hours c. H. SMITH PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Athena, Oregon. Office next to Telephone Excange Phones, Office 333; Residence 412 The Athena Bakery WHY PAY MORE? IK Pound Bread 10c Fresh Cookies, 2 doz 25c Tomatoes, Corn and Peas Two Cans for 35c Pure Lard, per pound 20c Bulk Raisins, per pound 56c POLAR CAKES AND ICE CREAM L C. Bevens, Proprietor DRS. A. D. & R. A. FRENCH OPTOMETRISTS French Optical Parlors 15 E. Main St Phone 653 WALLA WALLA, WASH. Tomlinson & Cudney Dray and Transfer Will Haul Anything Any where at Any Time. Prices are Right Quick, Reliable Service Phone 22 ESTABLISHED 1865 Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. American Beauty Flour Is Bade 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. Waitsburg, Wash The First National Bank tf Athena Established 1891 Capital and Surplus $110,000.00
