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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. BOYD, Owner and Publisher CLARK WOOD. Associate Editor Subscription Rates. One copy, one year $2.00 One copy, six months $1.00 One copy, three months 75 r ATHENA. OREGON. SEPT. 8 1923 THE RIGHTS OF LABOR One's sympathy is quite naturally extended to the .workingman. His indispensable place in the social scheme is realized, as is also the fact that his few dollars are often earned by hard and cheerless toil. But in times like these the ques tion arises as to whether one's sym pathy should be confined to the union workingman. More often than not the non-union worker, although stig matized by the term of "scab," is a useful and industrious American ci tizen and as such entitled to respect and consideration. The union craftsmen have chosen not to work in the railroad shops at the wages and under the conditions prescribed by the government labor board. Such is their indubitable right. It is their privilege to quit work if they want to, and no man should say them nay. But does it follow-that the "scab," if you please has no right to work at the job the striker has vacated? Is he to be op pressed and humiliated and intimi dated struck down and beaten in lonely places without protection from the society he is striving to serve by keeping open the arteries of the nation's commerce? The answer is obvious, and is em braced in the injunction obtained by the attorney general. The union man may work or not, he may hold lawful meetings if he chooses, but he may not interfere with the non union worker in the performance of his essential task. The country1!: needs and welfare are paramount to the interests of the striking shopmen and of the big rail brotherhoods. Their constitutional rights will be respected, but they must respect the constitutional rights of others. The workingman's right to orgr:'. ize and the value of unions in elevat ing American laoor to the power and dignity it has attained, are indisput able. Also indisputable is the right of any man to labor undisturbed in the sphere of lawful industry, even though he may not hold a union card. Not here in the "United State? may union labor, grown too arrogant, assume the role of dictator. highway speed limit of thirty miles an hour when to do so is criminally reckless. Forbidding such callous of fenders, when apprehended and con victed, from driving on Oregon roads for a term of years, might have a salutary effect. James M. Cix has never been ac cused of timidity, but we notice that while on his European trip he kept out of Ireland. "FAIRY PRINCE" VERY HUMAN Pantaleimon Athenassiades, arch bishop of Neapolis, finds a "high type of culture" in the United States. It may well be supposed that he has found other things which he is too courteous to mention. Although regretting Ireland's nu merous fatalities, we feel that the Free Staters would be justified in providing nny sort of opportunity for l)e Valera to "die for his country." According to the president of the Episcopal college of bishops, the world's troubles arc spiritual. Some of its troubles on this hemisphere are undoubtedly due to bad spirits. We'll bet that Harding would like to be getting back from Europe, tell ing what things to do, while Cox sat anxiously in the presidential chair, trying to get things done. Perhaps La Follette is so popular with a large element in that com monwealth because he has never tried to "uplift" the sin out of Wisconsin. When the Turk completes his tri umph in Asia Minor there will like ly he no more suffering Armenians, for the reason that there will be no Armenians. Not without reason has the prohi bition joke been banned from vaude ville. To a good many folks prohi bition is no joke anyhow; it's a calamity. Perhaps for the reason the un speakable Turk feels he is already fat enough, he wants to keep Greece out of Constantinople. Austria is one place where the printer literally makes bushels of money if he happens to be working for the government One American dollar will buy 84, 000 Austrian crowns; but not if a wise investor has the dollar. Learning how they cannot get Constantinople has just cost the Greeks three army corps. One reason why there may not be another war is that no nation can afford to win it. He may fall in Asia Minor, but the Greek stand in America is a shining success. Having "money to burn," Germany would do well to use it for fuel. The Pacific coast ought to win at Atlantic City with four queens. CAN MAP ROCKS FROM AIR Aviator's Co Operation With Geologist Is Lucky to Prove of Enormous Value Commercially. The geologist of the future may use the airplane In searching for minerals In unprospeeted country. At the meet ing of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy In Ottawa, K. L. Bruce declured thut he Is enthusiastic over the possibilities of ulrplune mapping and that on u trial (light he had been uble to recognize easily the most strik ing geological formations. "From the air It Is possible to tell various areas by their color and by the generul surface features that are char acteristic of sections of country under lain by different types of rock," he said. "Granite can be distinguished from those rocks which are more favorable to the occurrence of economic minerals. Use of airplanes will relieve the geologist of a vast amount of work and would save u lurge part of his time. Areus of grunltc which are not important economically, and those areus of deep glacial cover where no rocks are ex posed could be eliminated. It would thus free him for the exploration of the areas of promising rocks, and so extend the field covered by each sea son's operations. It would, moreover, give him an Idea of the most ad vantageous points for inland traverses and would show him the position of Inland lakes which might be of use to him In fixing the boundaries of formations." RUN BY MECHANICAL PILOT It is well that friend Braid's cen tenary should be glorified by Ameri ca's brilliant Hughes. "It has come to the pass where one who drives along the Columbia river highway gambles with death," says The Dalles Chronicle, which points out that the careful motorist ia in loiistaut danger from the careless one. 'Math's dice are shaken by the i.lMfted (tWlnli villi- i' Itumn io lairii and who persists in exceeding the Experiment Recently Made in England Declared to Have Been an Entnusiastic Success. A writer In the London Mall de scribes how a mechanical air pilot, the first to be fitted to an air express flying regularly on the cross-channel airway, was demonstrated at the Lon don air station, Croydon. A giant twin-engined Farman Goli ath air express used by the Message rles Aerlenncs on their service be tween London and Paris has been equipped with this latest device for fighting fog, and a Dally Mall repre sentative ascended In this machine with 12 other passengers, and, stand ing beside the pilot, watched the won derful mechanical brain in operation. After climbing to a height of about 1,000 feet, the pilot removed his hands and feet from the controls, and, lean ing back In hla seat, hands In pockets, let the mechanical pilot take charge. For half an hour the airplane, al thongh traveling at a speed of about 80 miles an hour, flew so steadily the passengers had no seniatlon of movement, the automobile pilot coin reeling each movement of the ma chine before It became perceptible to the human brain. "Quicksilver operating electrically a compressed air motor, which obtains Its power from the rush of wind as the airplane travels through the air, la the prime factor of this Invention," said Mr. George. Avellne, the Inventor. Water 30 Centa a Gallon. Water Isn't qutte up to the price of liquor, but It la almost there at Cow Camp, the driest point on the Silver Peak range, near Tonopah, Nev. They aro paying 80 cents a gallon for It, and residents ure agreeing that It Is cheap at the price. There Isn't any competi tion. The water man has a monopoly and no one envies him his Job. Ths nearest watering place Is 11 miles away. For Ave miles the water Is carried In a buckboard drawn by horses. Then the road narrows to a trail and horses are unhitched, the wa ter bags tied over their backs, and ths remainder of tue trip la slow. It takes about a day to make the trip. In the old days, when saloons quenched thirsts, there wasn't the de mand for water that there la now. Los Angeles Tfanes. Earl Has to Feed Stock. The earl, of Ftngall and his family are engaged In caring for their stock themselves, owing to labor troubles. At KUIeen caatle, which dates from the year U00, efforts to organise a uuJjon made the employees quit work ing, vgiereforo the Countess Flagall goes ott to cut the turnips, while the earl and bis son, Lord Kllleen, feed the stock, which, being of the choicest breeds, requires the most regular kind of situation. The pigs get one feed ing dally, and horses two and the cat tle la itaiu three. Kgmaoa Mali. Once More Illustrating the Wide Gulf Sometimes Existing Between Ro mance and Reality. As the crowded elevator car swooped down from eighteen to ten she became aware that there was a man Just be hind her left elbow. Her conscious ness of him was somehow intensified by the exhilaration of the moment Curiosity counseled looking around. Pride forbade It. She felt a burning sensation In the part of lier left cheek which was visible beneath her hat brim, Elizubeth Houghton writes In the New York World. Bump, slam, swoop ! the car Inched us wuy down. Ten floors are not too tew for the creation of a fairy prince. At (he eighth floor he was tall and slender with u lock of hair fulling over his forehead, at the seventh he had rather deep-set eyes and stern, straight brows. As they passed the fifth she decided that he wore a necktie of grayish blue which undoubtedly matched the pecul iar blue of his eyes. Just then a fat man pushed his wuy in and forced her against the wall. But she hardly no ticed this. She was planning the encounter. Daintily she would step from the car, adjusting her fur collar so that the worn lining should be hidden he would follow closely, and In well-modulated tones ask If he might take her home. "Main floor last stop!" bawled the elevator boy. She found herself hur rying madly along the marble floor, hearing the tap, tap of her own heels and a heavy treud close behind 1 It was, It must be the fairy prince I At the door of the big office building she stopped, a little breathless. "Hello, Cutlel" smote raucously In her ear. "Want an arm across the street?" A tiny figure In a grotesquely rakish green plaid cap smiled up at her, dis closing In the front of his mouth a "learning cold tooth! Men Wanted The Northern Pacific Railway Com pany will employ men at rates pre scribed by the United States Rail roal Labor Board as follows: Machinists 70c per hour Blacksmiths 70c per hour Sheet Metal Workers . . 70c per hour Electricians 70c per hour Stationary Engineers. .Various rates Stationary Firemen . . . Various rates Boilermakers. 70c and 70 'ic per hour Passenger Car Men ... 70c per hour Freight Car Men 63c per hour Helpers, all classes . . 47c per hour Mechanics and Helpers are allowed time and one-half for time worked in excess of eight hours per day, Young men who desire to learn these trades will be employed and given an opportunity to do so. A strike now exists on the Northern Pacific Railway. Apply to any Round House or shop, or to Superintendent. Northern Pacific Railway at Pasco, Washington DRS. A. D. & R. A. FRENCH OPTOMETRISTS French Optical Parlors 15 E. Main St Phone 653 WALLA WALLA, WASH. SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION IN FORECLOSURE OF TAX LIEN. In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, for the County of Uma tilla. John Vert and Jessie S. Vert Plaintiffs vs. Christian H. Carlson, sometimes known as Chris H. Carlson, Defen dant. To Christian H. Carlson, sometimes known as Chris H. Carlson, the above named defendant: IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON: You are hereby notified that John Vert and Jessie S. Vert the holders of Certificate of Delinauency num bered 1576 issued on the 6th day of May, 1919, by the Tax Collector ol the County of Umatilla, State of Oregon, for the amount of Two and 80-100 Dollars, the same being the amount then due and delinquent for taxes for the year 1917, together with penalty, interest and costs there on upon the real property assessed to you, of which you are the owner as appears of record, situated in said County and State, and particularly bounded and described as followB, to wit: . The North Half of Northeast Quar ter of Section Twenty-six, Town ship One South, Range Thirty-five E. W. M. Ynu are further notified that said John Vert and Jessie S. Vert, have paid taxes on said premises for prior or subsequent years with the rate of interest on said amounts as follows: Year's Tax, 1918; Date Paid, May 3, 1919; Tax Receipt Number, 5819; amount, $2.70; rate of interest, 12 per cent. ... Year's tax, 1919; date paid, April 5 1820: tax rcceint number. 5762: amount, $4.20; rate of interest, 12 per cent. . Year's tax, 1920; date paid, March 19 1921: tax receint number. 1769; amount, $6.18; rate of interest, 12 per cent. Said defendant, as the owner of the legal title of the above described property as the same appears of rec ord, and each of the other persons above named are hereby further not ified that John Vert and Jessie S. Vert, plaintiffs herein, will apply to the Circuit Court of the County and State aforesaid for a decree lorecios ino- the lien aeainst the property a bove described and mentioned in said certificate. And you are hereby sum moned to appear within sixty days after the first publication of the sum mons exclusive of the day of said first publication, and defend this action or pay the amount due as above shown together with costs and accrued in terest and in case of your failure to rln an. a decree will be rendered tore closing the lien of said taxes and ensts against the land and premises above named. This summons is published by or der of the Honorable Gilbert W Phelps, Judge of the Circuit Court of the State ot Oregon, tor tne .oun ty of Umatilla, and said order was made and dated this 2nd day of Au gust, 1922, and the date of the first publication of this summons is tne 11th day of August, lazii. All process and papers in this pto ceedine- mav be served upon the un dersigned residing within the State of Oregon, at the address hereafter mentioned. Haley, Raley &"Steiwer, Attorney's for the Plaintiff. Address, Pendleton, Oregon. NOTICE The clerk of School District No. 2, county of Umatilla, State of Ore gon, will receive bids for the con struction of a school house, subject to the plans and specifications now on file in the office of county school superintendent at Pendleton, Ore gon, up until 2 Vclock p. m. Sept ember 7, 1922. The board of direct ors reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids. LOUIS F. STEWART, Clerk. Laurence Pinkerton, Chairman Yes, Thank You I am busy now, a great part of the time, BUT NEVER TOO BUSY to look at your teeth, advise you as to your needs in my line. Tell you the probable cost and when you should have it done. I guarantee to satisfy you in quality of work and price. I use noth ing but the best material. Do not go around with unsightly teeth, or desceased and unhealthy ones. You owe it to yourself. DR. A. C. FROOM, NOW LOCATED IN ATHENA, OREGON Oil Grease Gas Before you buy your Tires look at my Prices. 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