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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1922)
Advancing in price, and ? this means higher priced You had better come in and see our fine line of Xmas Candies and lay in your sup ply" before any advances are made. We have a fine display at 17 1-2c to 35c per Pound aynies Phone 561 for Prompt Service WHEN MEN WERE "FLAPPERS" ML 21 Union District No. 52 Mrs. John Walker and daughter Jennie May are quite ill with the flu. We are snowbound but hope to soon be dug out again. Wm. Webber was in Helix, Satur day. A most delightful party was held at the home of Archie Mclntyre Fri day night. A delicious basket lunch eon was served at midnight. Clifford Walker who has been visit ing in Walla Walla Was called home Tuesday by the' sickness of his mother and sister. L. M. Keen spent Saturday in Helix. Clay Jackson was in Helix Satur day. Our esteemed postman, Jim Jones was able to make part of his Gerking Flat Circuit Monday but the Water man Flat is still unopened at this date. . , Mrs. A. C. Mclntyre's mother Mr3. Potts has decided to stay in our vicinity until after Christmas but Mr. Potts returned to his home near St. Anthony, Idaho the first of the week. Word has come to us of the birth of a baby daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cannon at the College Place Sanltorium Saturday. John Walker will take treatment for rheumatism at Hot Lake soon. Mrs. Dobson has a very badly sprained wrist from playing volley ball. Miss Ruth Jackson is quite ill. Clay Jackson lost a valuable dog viz. automobile rout the last of the week. The children in Union District are specializing in watercolors and also doing excellent work in syllable sing ing from "The Progressive Graded Music Series. Our toboggan school party is post poned until weather permits. Wanted to rent A piano in good condition. Mrs. May Crowley. - For Sale Fresh milk cow; gives five gallons per day. Mrs. Lilla Kirk, Standard Theatre, Sunday Evening, at Regular Prices 7A 0 most ffigfixnic mw m wm www w w mwm iiw in a Western Production YOU will want to jump out of four stat when you see that - mud stampede bearing down upon you - thousands of fire crazed steccs rushing and ca reening right into the lens of the camera! And a man and a girl, apparently hopelessly caught in the thick of their wild onrush! A thrill? Such a one as never saw before! A ill ftr A IfmwMwf universal CWWil JEWEL. ,L?mf yjabi uHJ 13 production Jh "y AM b a W KA A Ml" ?i JACKSON GREGORY'S famous novel:Direcled by STUART PAEDH Grandpa Wore Corsets and Was Sure ly Some Dude In the Days of His Golden Youth. 'There la so much talk against the flapper these days, but history records that men were the flappers 60 years ago,", remarks the Gillette (Wyo.) News. This assault on the dignity and good fame of the generation of grand fathers is bolstered up by certain evi dence: "They greased their hair, wore corsets and otherwise made themselves look fine. Twenty years ago they wore stlff-bosomed shirts, silk belts six Inches wide, parted their long hair In the middle and wore neckties that puffed out in front like the breast of a pouter pigeon." i Reading further In sartorial history, It .will be found that at one period the shoulders of men's coats were heavily padded to make the veriest weakling appear an athlete. It may even be sus pected that the sterner sex gave up wearing breeches because so many did not possess the proper shaped leg. ' Airing of the facts brought up by this Wyoming editor has the benefit of in ducing a better spirit of humility. It serves to remind also that the fashion of one age almost Invariably appears grotesque to the next, and suggests that the present modes are but trans itory, being destined to give way to something perhaps worse, perhaps bet ter, but surely different. MUST HARMONIZE WITH PIANO Infallible Test for Discovering Cracks and Defects In Locomotives Has Been Devised. A piano seems to be out of place in a locomotive workshop, yet It has been found to play a very useful part. There Is no better way of discovering cracks and defects Jn the different parts of the machinery than by strik ing the metal with a hammer and then comparing the noise of the vibrations with the piano notes. The man oper ating the piano must have a trained ear for music, seeing that it is his business to listen for the slightest dis cords. . If the metal rings harmonious ly with the piano note all is well i the least fluw will result in a discord. De fects that are hardly to be noticed by the ordinary method of hammering are at once evident when the piano test Is employed. A locomotive that rings true all over, each note which it yields synchronizing properly with the same note as given by the piano, Is certainly fit to take Its place in ser vice on the railway. Scientific American. Photograph by Wireless. Through wireless means, supple mented by an Instrument somewhat resembling In Its mechanism the hu man eye, we shall be able before long to talk to a person hundreds or thou sands of miles away, and at the same time see that person's face. Conver sation by radio will thereby be ren dered more Intimate and agreeable. We can even watch the other person's changes of expression while he talks see him smile at a joke while we hear him laugh, etc. Nikola Tesla, the famous electrician, is responsible for this prediction. He says that he is now trying to perfect the requisite apparatus for this ex pected new development of radio, which he calls "television." Ex: change. Boom in Leeches. After many years of comparative neglect, the humble leech Is again coming Into Its old popularity. But the old leech farms have long disap peared, and modern physicians who claim there are few better methods of relieving inflammatory areas than by the application of these blood sucking creatures find difficulty In the supply. The "animated mustard plas ters" are exported In baskets from Turkey, and Paris has one leech farm selling 130,000 a month, but it is said that chemists In England could easily dispose of double the number they are able to buy. Scientific American. A Glimpse of Mars. The planet Mars, which drew a lit tle nearer to the earth on June 18, seen through the telescope Is to the novice a somewhat disappointing object. A wise astronomer never allows a visitor to look at Mars at all, If he can help It. For the casual visitor never realizes that the published drawings of the planet represent the very most - that can be seen at the most exceptional moment. In fact, the trained observer cannot see 5 per cent of the whole for 99 per cent of the time. But the novice Invariably expects to see the spider webs of canals and he Is Invariably-disappointed. German Fish for French Waters. Two hundred thousand small fresh water fish, from German lakes, have been transported to France and safe ly consigned without one casualty In their new homes In the lakes of Plcardy, famous for their fine "fish. The transaction Is a reparations item. The fish wero transported In a spe cial train consisting of wagons con talnlng cisterns of water. The purity of the water was renewed every four hours with oxygen. Recreation. "I suppose these boarders of yours are here for a rest," remarked SI Simlin. "No said Farmer Corntossel. "They keep playin' games all day an' playln' the phonograph all nijdit. Then when they get good and tired they go back an' appreciate their auiet city Acmes." . : 26 Years Ago Main street is somewhat muddy.' Clean coal, $6 per ton at the 0. R. &'N. depot. Cheaper than wood at S3 per cord. Lowest price ever offered before in Athena'. , J. W. Smith and J. B. Huntington went over to Milton on Wednesday's freight. They "returned yesterday morning after attending a Masonic banquet. , Wm. Wells returned Sunday from a visit to Baker City. "Billy" reports good times in the Queen city. Mines were being worked and he saw some fine gold nuggets which were brought to town by prospectors. - Ed. Payne has returned from Lewis ton, Idaho. ' Henry Schmitt is building a barn 36x44 on his farm west of town. H. McArthur and wife will spend the winter in Portland. "They are stopping at the Esmond. ;"''''"' 1 The Athena band is rehearsing preparatory to giving a concert in the near future. ' " A writeup of Athena appeared in Monday's Pendleton Tribune, which though savoring somewhat Of the "days' of 49," was very well gotten up. The leap year ball given by Misses Lydia Beale and Mae Fischer at the opera house Friday night, was atten ded by 24 couple. The music was pronounced splendid and a good time was had. There yet remains many acres of grain land that is not seeded. The rainy, bad weather has interfered jvith the farmer's work to such an ex tent that but little was accomplished in the way of seeding. Mrs. W. J. Wilkenson and Mrs. Frakes were in Pendleton, Wednes day. The Ladies' Reading Circle met at the home of Mrs. F. B.. Boyd," yes terday afternoon. Dr. Sharp reports that a new son arrived at the home of Mr. andMrs. Millard Hall, in ' Weston, yesterday morning. - Tim Womach, who left Athena a year ago, is in Rossland, B. C. Tim took up three mineral claims for which he is offered $600. ' J. The number of pupils enrolled dur ing the three months was 228 as follows: Primary, Mrs. Freeman, 54 1st Intermediate,. Miss Wade, 49; 2nd Intermediate, Miss Hastings, 49; Grammar, Mr. Curtis, 44;' High de partment, G. II. Dunn, 32. Concerning Ante-Nuptial Debts. " You love the girl, do you ? Her eyes, her hair, her dainty, pecking gauzy things, that grande dame fur that lolls around her swanlike neck In the cool of eve? Have a care. If there's a rat or switch in the shining tresses and It Isn't paid for, If that powder puff with which she dabs her nose to chulky hue has a bill attached, If that rich, sweeping fur was bought on tick, you'll have to settle for them alL Orange blossoms, caterer, and high honeymoon outlays won't see you through. You'll have to pay her laundry, lingerie, gown, hut, joy-ride bills in fact, every bill she's got, If you 4iiarry her. Thus a California Judge. Interprets the law. Los Angeles Express. The Weeds of Memory. To live long, lo look young, to be happy all this may be summed up in one word, says a famous Frenchwom an "Forget I" If we could make this a rigid rule and keep It we should most certainly be better and stronger, physically, mentally and morally. In stead of wasting our vitality on the Irrevocable past, we should garner up our energies for the present and fu ture, which may hold so much that may demand our uttermost, both of brain and body. Forget all the pinpricks of yester day and the day before; they mada life seem a blank at the time, ail, all those tiresome worries that cumber every pne's existence, and though dif ferent in detail are alike In their power to annoy. CLASSIFIED For Sale A splendid variety of popcorn. J. E. Froome. For Sale A good sleigh; bobs on hack gear. Enquire at Press office. For Rent Furnished house. Mrs, DePeatt, Athena. 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. WATTS & PRESTBYE Attorney s-At-Law Main Street, Athena, Oregon 3ALVE m In t wsrld DRS.A. D. & R. A. FRENCH OPTOMETRISTS French Optical Parlors 15 E. Main St Phone 653 WALLA WALLA, WASH. DO YOUR FALL PAINTING low The dreary winter months can be brightened by painting and varnishing now. Outside surfaces should be protected from the weather with paint and varnish. The inside . will be more cheerful and inviting during the winter if re-finished. - Use ACME QUALITY Paints and Varnishes to protect and beautify all home surfaces. 'Watts & Rogers . Athena, Oregon u vua vna wu miu mb iwt vuu m wu van m ma bus iwe iwa iw mi iwn m iwu m itiu in When you are in Pendleton, don't for get to look, up the c4rmy & Navy Store Just thething for your wife, mother or sister, surprise them and give them a pair of our Soft Woolen Blankets for Christmas. They are moderately " priced. Another suitable gift for the boys and men are woolen Breeches, all rinds of Army Shoes, Puttees, woolen Shirts and Underwear. Shop early for Xmas.'. : : Army and Navy Store Si 110. E. Alta St., opposite Alta Theatre .. . g PENDLETON, OREGON S THE ATHENA BARBER SHOP AMOS O'DELL, PROPRIETOR Al'vays at your Service. First-class Work guaranteed. We are agents for Domestic Laundry ESTABLISHED 1865 Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. AMERICAN BEAUTY FLOUR Is e&ade in Athena, by Athena labor, tn one ot 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 V Athena - Established 1891 ' Capital and Surplus $110,000.00
