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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1922)
3h uftr s Aavmclng in price, and this means higher priced You had better come in and see bur 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 tfepSes Phone 561 for Prompt Service 3C High School Notes s The senior class went to Pendleton Monday to have their pictures taken for the annual. Superintendent Hadley returned Monday from attending the funeral of his father at Salem. Mrs. Hadley will visit relatives in the valley until after the holidays. With the exception of Mr. and Mrs. Basler the teachers will go to various points to spend the holidays. Mr. Hadley will visit relatives at Portland and Salem, Miss Christcnscn will go to Newberg, Miss Morgan goes to her home in eastern . Idaho, Mr. Lutrell will be in Portland as will Miss Scharmann and Miss Gries. Miss Chandler will go to Spokane. Mr. Hadley will attend the sessions of the Oregon State Teachers Associ ation, which will be held in Portland the 27th and 28th of December. He goes as a delegate from Umatilla county; Misb Williams is taking the .teach er's examinations at Pendleton this week. Mrs. Basler is substituting for her. The Christmas holidays will last till Tuesday January 2. ' Christmas program was given by the grade school pupils this after noon. After the program the eight grade girls played the Freshman girls, and the eight grade boys played the high ivhool scrubs in a very exciting contest of basketball. 26 Years Ago In Pendleton there lives a man named Money. Hard times should never trouble that gentleman! Machinery is on hand at Ukiah for a creamery that will have a capacity of handling milk from 350 cows. Mrs. Williajn Schultz and son, of Wallace Idaho, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Johns, at their home west of town this week. The marriage of Dr. J. E. Bingham, of Walla Walla to Miss Emma Lewis, daughter of a wealthy Portland grocer took place in Portland yesterday. The city of Milton will contract with D. F. Brown - to furnish the power for a term of five years, at $300 per annum, to continue the electric lights. J. N. B. Gerking was a Pendleton visitor Saturday. Miss Leola Young is in Union coun ty spending the holidays with friends C. M. Carden and wife spent Sun day with friends in Pendleton. Miss Lulu Gates, of Adams, is re ported to be in a critical condition, Tuesday night Dolph Lodge, No, 80, A. F. & A. M., installed ; the following officers: Clark Walter, W. M; A. B. McEwen S. W; G. M Morrison. W.; B. D. Clemons, Treas ure; R. 0. Hawks, Secretary; Wm Chamberlain, S. D.; W. D. Parker, J, D.; S. A. Maloney, Tyler. The charity ball given for the ben efit of the poor of Athena, at the. opera house last Friday night, was a success, both socially and financially, The total number of tickets sold at 75 cents each, amounted to $34.25, The expenses, including music, caller for dance, hall rent and printing, amounted to $20.25 leaving a balance in the hands of the committee of $14.25. Standard Theatre, Saturday Evening, at Regular Prices f v - x3iV" - JESSStlASKY' "MINTS KITTENS ALL "CAME BACK" Man Tried to Lot Them, but Kind hearted Woman Spoiled Hit i Carefully Laid Plana. - A Jackson county farmer recently decided that his household possessed four nonessential cats. His children, however, did not agree with blm; at least they would not consent to any fatal form of riddance. Finally compromise was reached whereby the superfluous cats were to be banished taken far from home and left to look out for themselves. The children, however, Insisted upon a conditional banishment. They demanded that the cats be placed where they could find a new home without too discouraging search. So the next time the farmer bad oc casion to go to Kansas City the ex cess cats were sacked and loaded into the family "flivver." About five miles from home he observed a favorable looking house. The most favorable feature at the moment was an appar ently temporary absence of human oc cupants. The farmer preferred o make an unostentatious presentation. The string which bound the mouth of the sack was quickly untied. Just before the slowly moving car came op posite the house the farmer lifted the sack and, leaning over the farther side of the car, poured the contents of the sack out upon the highway, Then he "stepped on the gas." Returning home that afternoon the farmer was seized with a feeling of misgiving as he neared the scene of parting. He saw a woman signal him to stop and he could think of no good excuse for Ignoring the signal, Simulating extreme perplexity he stopped the car. The woman ap proached and deposited a sack In the tonneau. "You lost your cats this morning, mister. I happened to be looking out the window when they tumbled from your car. They were a little wild, but we gathered them all Up four of 'em." "Thank you," mumbled the owner of the cats as he drove on. He wondered how many grinning faces were watch ing him from the house. Kansas City Star. LOCOMOTIVE NOW DIGS DITCH Work Done la In Marked Contrast to the Old Day of Pick-and-Shovel Brigade. The new method of digging a ditch alongside a railroad track Is to hitch a kind of scoop to the front of a loco motive. By this means twenty miles of ditch can be plowed In one day at a cost of about $6.25 per mile.1 The ditch can be thus dug three feet deep and fourteen feet from the cen ter line of the track, the amount of dirt removed being eighteen cubic feet per lineal foot of ditch. The operation of the digging machine Is controlled from the deck of the locomotive by air valves. , Contrasted with the old plck-nnd- shovel method, the locomotive ditch digger has achieved what, years ago, was regarded as a physical Impossi bility so far as speed Is concerned. Milwaukee Sentinel. Community Cow. The church-by-the-slde-of-the-road in Greensboro, N. C, has a community cow, rented out at $1 a week to fam ilies who cannot afford to buy cows. The proceeds are being saved to buy other cows so that eventually there may be a community herd. The com munity cow was first placed with a family of six children. A. W. McAlis ter, one of the founders of the church- by-the-side-of-the-road, writes : "You should see how these children are blossoming forth. You can see the bloom In their cheeks, and the scales have a story to tell also. At least once a week our community nnrse looks In on the community cow to see how she is and how she Is being treated." Survey. A tittle Difference. President Ethel Enders Ellison of the Housewives' league said at a moth ers' meeting In Denver: "No marriace Is complete without offspring. No young wife knows true happiness till she holds her firstborn to her breast "But never let maternal love usun your marital love. A eood many voune wives, after baby comes, are like the one who said to me : "'Dear, dear baby! I love him so. He's learned to coo now, and he just lies and talks to me by the hour.' "Then her Hp curled and she added: " 'Different from my husband. He just talks and Ilea to me by the hour.' " Copyright, im, Wtera Newppr Union. Historic Sword Found In River. A sword which has been recovered from the Tweed at Berwick, Scotland, In a salmon net has been identified as one presented by the city of Aber deen to Col. Alexander Tower of Fer ryhill and Logle, in recognition of his service In raising the Aberdeen pike men, whom he commanded. In 1803. He became member of parliament for Berwick in 1806. The sword was stolen from a house In Tweedmonth 51 years ago, and the burglar after ward admitted having thrown It and other booty Into the river from Ber wick bridge. Par From the Maddir.g Crowd. "I understand you are colnc to take a vacatlon.7 "A vacation Is what thev call It." re plied Senator Sorghum. "But what I am going to do Is to cet to some a. eluded spot where I can worry about a wnoie lot of things without being oh nsei".;: ; "For never anything can be amlas. : When almpleneie and duty tender it" GOOD THINGS FOR THE FAMILY The apple Is richer in phosphorus than any other fruit or vegetable; It contains malic acid which is a great germ destroy er and the water and other mineral matters make It an effective Urer and stomach tonic. "An apple a day keeps the doctor away," is an old and well-tried recipe. Fresh or cooked applet are equally wholesome, but are more digestible cooked. Lettuce and Apple Salad. Take six tablespoonfuis of olive oil, two table spoonfuls of cider vinegar, a table- spoonful of salt, & few dashes of white DePDer and two tablespoonfuis of grated apple. Beat the oil, vinegar and seasonings until thick. Wash and dry the lettuce. Add the grated apple to the dressing just before serving. The same amount of grated carrot may be added with the apple and a bit of onion Juice, for variety. Apple Fritter. Take one cupful of flour, one-fourth teaspoonful of salt, one-half teaspoonful of baking powder, two eggs, one-half cupful of milk, one- half cupful of sugar and three apples. Sift the flour, salt and baking powder together. Beat the eggs and turn them and the milk Into the flour. Beat these together thoroughly. Dip slices of apple Into the batter and fry brown In deep fat. Baked Apples With Nuts. Peel and core as many apples as desired and place them In a deep pan with a heap ing tablespoonful of sugar and one- half cupful of water for each apple, Place In the center of each apple a spoonful of chopped nuts and a strip of orange or lemon peel. Sprinkle witn nutmeg or cinnamon and bake slowly until the Juice becomes Je.ly-like. Fried Apples. Place a tablespoonful of butter In a frying pan; when hot fill the pan with apples cut Into Pitrhths. Sprinkle with sugar and Hour and let them brown, then turn and let them brown again. If pre ferred, the apples may be cored, then sliced In rings. Leaving the skin on keens the apple from breaking. Apple Cake. Make a one-egg cake batter, pour Into a pan and cover the top with quarters of peeled apple. Bake and serve with a brown sugar sauce for dessert or as a cake with coffee or tea at luncheon. States Divide on S. P.-C. P. Divorce. Washington, D. C. Railroad com missions representing two western states, California and Nevada, have asked the interstate commerce com mission to continue the merger of the Southern Pacific and Central Pacific railroads, which the supreme court has ordered dissolved, while commis sions of two other states, Wyoming and Idaho, have urged approval of the separation. Representative Mondell, house republican leader, made the principal argument for Wyoming in supporting the separation decree. St. Paul Mari" For' Supreme Court. Washington, D. C Pierce Butler of St. Paul, Minn., a democrat, was nom inated by President Harding as asso ciate justice of the supreme court to take the place made vacant by the resignation of Associate Justice Day. Irish Rebel Leader Executed. Dublin. Erskine Childers, chief lieutenant of Eamoun de Valera, was executed for having had an automatic pistol in his possession. CLASSIFIED For Sale A good Fisher upright piano, inquire at the Press Oitice. 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. DePeatt, Athena. Mrs. Wanted to rent A piano in good condition. Mrs. May Crowley. For Sale Fresh milk cow; gives five gallons per day. Mrs. Lilla Kirk. 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 & PRESTBYB Attorney s-At-Law Main Street, Athena, Oregon DAHNER SALVE Hia most oi'lto aalva In the woriH DRS. A. D. & R. A. FRENCH OPTOMETRISTS. French Optical Parlors ' 15 E. Main St Phone 633 WALLA WALLA, WASH. Brighten Her Christmas With a Coleman - , . ..... i . .. ,v , . Gasoline Lamp They are substantially made of the best ; materials and they make an ideal lamp for reading, sewing, and have many other uses around the home. . Step in and let us show you the right : lamp at the right price. . . , . ?i Athena, Oregon When you are in Pendleton, don't for get to look up the cArmy & 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 kinds of Army Shoes, Puttees,-woolen Shirts and Underwear. Shop early for Xmas.- Army and Navy Storr 110 E. Alta St., opposite Alta Theatre ; PENDLETON, OREGON ; , .,..-:--'v THE ATHENA BARBER SHOP AMOS O'DELL, PROPRIETOR Always at your Service. First-class Work guaranteed. We are agents for Domestic Laundry r ESTABLISHED 1865 Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. AMERICAN BEAUTY FLOUR Is made in Athena, by Athena labor, in one oi the very best equipped mills'. in the Northwest, of the best selected Bluestem wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home industry. Your grocer sella the fiunous'American Beauty Flour ' Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers Athena, Oregon. Waitsburg, Wash The First National Bank if Athena - ' EstaMshed 1891 Capital and Surplus $110,000.00