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Mu Mum xm i INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. BOYD, Owner and Publisher Subscription Ratea. One copy, one year $2.00 One copy, six months $1.00 One copy, three months .75 Athena, Oregon February 26 1926 EUROPEAN DEBTS The National Republic Magazine does not agree with an argument in the New York Times in favor of the payment of European publie debts to the United States by American rather than by European taxpayers. Frederick A. Delano says that f these debts were handled as Ameri can business men would advise we should "demand no more than the debtor can pay and still continue in business on a sound basis." Did Mr. Deleano ever hear of an "Am erican business man" or concern cancelling the debts of a customer in order that he might continue to do business with the concern thus re lieved from the payment of its past due obligations? There are many Americans who would be glad to be introduced to a few business men who have formed habits of this kind. It is of course, certain that a wise business man would extend to an cmbarassed creditor liberal long time terms at a low rate of interest, but that is exactly what the United States has done and is proposing to do in the matter of these debts. It is conceivable that an American business man who held a second mortgage on a debtor corporation would highly recommend to this cor poration's creditors that they forgive a first mortgage, and perhaps wou'd base their recommendations on very high altruistic grounds. In other words it is very easy to be gener ous with other people's money. But that is exactly what the advice of private creditors of Europe to the publie creditors amounts to; more over these private creditors took their second mortgages with full know ledge that the first mortgage axit ed. o .. "SAFER" TO INJURE PEOPLE .. Ohio has been "exposed" to a proposal for compulsory automobile liability insurance backed by a state fund says an exchange. Thus would the state be launched in the insur ance business, a most complicated undertaking, and especially so under political management. Why put the state into the busi ness. Probably for no real reason except to build up the political mach inery of government. The law proposed in Ohio would charge each motorist $10.00, in ad dition to license fees, for a state in surance policy to protect the public Of course, the fee is an arbitrary amoulft and not based on any law of reason or experience, but with the taxpayer to fall back on, mistakes in estimated expense for state under takings make little difference. The theory of compulsory insur ance as n means of creating respon sibility in irresponsible persons, may bo good. But by removing what littlo responsibility such persons now feel, it is probable they would be all the more careless and "let the state pay the bill." Thu3 acci dents would be inceased rather than prevented. . o A significant development in the Northwest, originating in Montana and North Dakota, is the drive for the creation of a Farmer-Labor par ty, a split-off from the Nonpartisan League which has in the past dom inated the Democratic party in Mon tana and the Republican party in North Dakota. This movement is being extended to South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin and may exercise nn important influence up on politics in these states this year and two yearn hence. o There was no trick employed by French jewelers to obtain possession of a portion of the crown ji wols of Russia. They simply outbid the American jewelers. The little matter of $135,800 was the difference in the bids on $2,024,550 worth of gems. And still it is claimed the French have no money. that A. E. Lefcourt, who forty years' ago sold papers for a living in front of the Hotel Normandie, New York, has bought the building and Bite for one million dollars. The over abundant rains have washed sediment into the reservoir and thence into the distributing pipe lines, much to the dissatisfaction of water users. Surface water of ihis kind is certainly a menace to health and it is to be hoped some remedy may be found to remedy present, conditions. o Two of the three women in Con gress, Mrs. Julius Kahn, of Oalil ornia and Mrs. May Norton of New Jersey, are opposed to national pro hibition. Yes, but remember where they are from. o Mudguards to protect light colored stockings from mud splashes and rain, are the latest novelty to reach this country from Paris. o Hyacinth Haywire says she took her bath all this week, a la mode. She says it was too "altogether all over mud!" Rubber prices are going down. Maybe Hoover had something to do with it. Whistler Not Always Regarded With Favor Whistling Is forbidden in Iceland, where It Is regarded as a breach of the divine law. But whistling Is re garded with disfavor in other places as well. In the dressing room of a 'the ater, for example, It dooms a play If anyone whistles within hearing of the players who are "making up" for the first performance, according to a very old theatrical superstition. On shipboard you must not whistle unless you want to brins a gale of wind. Vou may whistle Just a little in a calm, If you wish for a bit of wind, but sailors generally believe you are likely to get much more than you want. Whistling after dark Is regarded ns unlurkly In some parts, while miners hold that at no time of day should one whistle in a mine; doiug so Is sure to bring on a cave-in, an explosion, or some other form of disaster. Among the races which resent all whistling are the Arabs. Thej sny Unit It Is Inspired by the "evil one," and that It takes 40 days to purify the month of a whistler. Five years ago the governor of (iuam, the American Island possession In the i'aclllc, Issued nn edict against whistling on that Is land presumably In deference to the prejudice of the natives against the practice. Grit. Gatherings Not Only for Trade Purposes While the natives of Ethiopia repre sent a rather high order of Intelligence they do not seem to be able to break away from their old traditions ond their old methods. The market Is the medium of exchange of news ond views ns well as of commodities, and market day Is a treat that the native does not (, 126. Weatern Newspaper Union.) He that has once done, you a kindness will be more ready to do you another than he whom you yourself have obliged. Holmes. DIET AND DENTAL REVIEW We are supposed to be all born with good teeth and each child has the same sort. Good or poor teeth depend largely upon the. food and exercise given during the first few mouths of life. Doctor Durand, In his Investigation of over two thousand children has bused his report and proved that breast-fed babies stand the best 'chance for de velop ment of good teeth. The babies fed on modified cow's milk 'come next, and babies fed on sweetened and con densed milk are under the severest handicap. Those who have studied the earlier races find there is no Indication of dental decay which Is common among the civilized nations. The proper brushing of the teeth after each meal and before retiring Is the best possible insurance of long lived, sound teeth. Good teeth, like good health, are never rightly appre ciated until they are lost. A set of good sound toeth Is nn asset too valuable from many stand points to need comment. The acid-forming foods such as sugars and starches contatti bacteria which multiply rapidly in the mouth, attack the enamel of the teeth which Is the great protection and when that Is worn away the teeth art easily broken down. AH sweet and starchy foods are fermentable and aold-form-Ing, so the important thing Is to see that the teeth are properly cleaned after each meal. Another important safeguard and one which Is seldom no ticed, Is the value of choice, tasty foods which need enough mafitlcatlon to produce the flow of saliva to neu tralize the ever present acidity In the mouth. While the teeth are developing and the Jaws are growing the coarse fibrous foods like whole wheat should be used to keep the teeth Well pol ished. The last food In the mouth Is that which causes the mischief. See that it Is neither sweet nor starchy, or follow it by a good brushing and rins ing of the mouth' and teeth. Heraldry at Bottom of Ophelia's Remark Muny who have seen the tragedy, "Hamlet," and heard Ophelia say to the queen, Hamlet's mother, "You may wear rue with a difference," must have been mystified as to her mean ing, although the poignancy of the mad act causes the mind to pass it by as one of Shakespeare's inexplic able problems. Yet it Is not Inexplicable. In her aldry "differences," or "marks of miss If It can be avoided. The inlmh Itants of the .highlands bring their ! cadency" Indicate the various, branches The American chewing gum habit is invading Europe. The Trinee of Wales is now chewing gum, and "1. liam Wrigley, Jr., is over there 'nit ting the ball." He has opened a manufacturing plant in London, af ter establishing similar plants in Germany and Austria. grain and similar products down to some large plain which Is recognized as the "market," and there they meet the natives of the lowlands who have brought their cotton. The latter Is the basis of all exchange and barter. They have money, but the value of the cot ton regulates the value of the money. Salt also Is highly esteemed. The coins made use of all bear the date 1780, no matter how recent their origin may have been. The date Is regarded as evidence of their validity and a coin remains In service until the date Is worn off, after which no one will ac cept it for anything. -Exchange. Glaciera You liked the music Instruments that glaciers made, but no songs were ever so grand as those of the glaciers themselves, no falls so lofty ns those which poured from brows and chasnied mountains of pure dark Ice. Glaciers made the mountains and griltrKd corn for all the flowers, and the forests of silver fir; made smooth paths for hu man feet until the sacred Sierras have become the most approachable of mountains. . . . The primary moun tain waves, unvltal granite, were soon carved to beauty. They bared the lordly domes and fashioned the clus tering spires; smoothed godlike moun tain brows and shaped lake cups for crystal waters; wove myriads of mazy canyons and spread them out like lace. John Miilr. First-footing Is an ancient custom which still exists In Scotland. Late In the evening of Hogomany, December III, In each year, thousands of the com mon people assemble In the vicinity of the Edinburgh Tron church to as certain on good evidence when the new year commences. When the clock Is about to strike 12 they cheer so loudly we that the strokes are not hoard. In- read both with considerable interest: i Ktantly that It has finished, they de- The . damming of McKay creek was food for editorial reflection in tw.i county papers last week, and finding ono u damsite more than the other. logical The buttercups are with us still, even though snow came down in big flakes one day this week. o Who will say that there is no money to be made in the paper game In this country when tra are told part for the purpose of first-footing that If, each ono tries to be the first person that year to cross the threshold of his friend's house and wish him the romplIinent8 of the season. It Is con sidered bad luck to go Into a houso empty-handed, and good luck U mi; posed to attend tho resident whose "first foot" Is dak-complexloned and tvhoso name begins with straight In itead of curved and curly letters. of a family. During the lifetime of his father, the eldest son bears a label, the second a crescent, the third a mullet, the fourth a martlet, the fifth an annulet, the sixth a fleur de lis, the seventh a rose, the eighth a cross molinc, the ninth a double quatre foil. Ophelia says both she and the queen are to wear rue, herself as the affianced bride of the eldest son of the king, but the queen with a "dif ference," indicative of the fact that, although she was Hamlet's mother, her status was that of her present hus band, Claudius, the cadet brunch of the fumlly. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Watpa Build Strong House Scientists claim they hnve learned some important secrets from the work done by the paper-making wasp. It constructs Its houses from paper of Its own making that Is durable to an unusual degree. The wood pulp poper made by man today Is modeled exact ly after the paper made by the wasp nnd the two qualities are almost iden tical, the Ohio State Journal says. 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Business engagements prevent vis iting any other city in this section C. F. Redlich, Rupture Appliance Ex pert, Home Office, 535 Boston Block, Minneapolis, Minnesota. For Sale Bundle wheat hay. Law rence Pinkerton, Athena Phone 26F 12. For Sale Second Hand furniture C. M. Eager, Athena. NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the County Court of the State of Oregon for: Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of Mich ell Thompson, Deceased. Notice is hereby given to all per sons whom it may concern: That Cecil Curl has been appointed ad ministrator of the estate of Mitchell Thompson, deceased, and has quali ned as such. All persons having claims against his estate are notified and required to present them with proper vouchers to said administra tor at the law offices of Will M. Pet erson, bmith-Crawford Buildiner. Pen dleton, Oregon, within six months from the date of the first publication of this notice which is Friday the Zbth day of February 1926. CECIL CURL, Administrator. Will M. Peterson, Attorney for Administrator. F26M26. NOTICE- OF FINAL ACCOUNT In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of Kate Hendrickson, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that the urn dersigned has filed his final account and report in the above entitled mat ter and that the above entitled Court has fixed Saturday, the 27th day of March, 1926, at the hour of lOiOO o'clock A. M. of said day as the time, and the Coun ty Court room of the County Court house at Pendleton, Umatilla County. Oregon, as the place, for hearing of the said hnal account and report. Objections . to said final ac count and report should be filed on or before that date. Dated at Athena, Oregon, this 26th day of February, A. .0. 1926. F. S, LEGROW, Administrator, Watts & Prestbye Athena, Oregon, Attorneys for Estate. F26M26. M. of said day, and the County Court Room in the County Court House at Pendleton, Umatilla County, State of Oregon, has been fixed by said Court as the time and place for the settle ment of said account. All persons interested are hereby notified to appear at such time nnd place in said Court and file any ob jections they may have to such ac count or to any part thereof. , .-. SHELDON D. TAYLOR, Adminis trator of the Estate of Jackson Nel son Deceased. R. I. Keator, Attorney for Admin istrator. Address: Pendleton, Oreg on. F26M26. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT In the Matter of the Estate of Jack son Nelson, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned has filed his Final Account as Administrator of the estate of Jackson Nelson, deceased, in the County Court of the State of Ore gon for Umatilla County, and that Saturday, the 27th day of March, 1920, at the hour of 10:00 o'clock A. iriv -w iirwt w wixwn tn wn i w in t.M tR vv. rw trs. i.nt m m in i tn m m i THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ATHENA Established 1891. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $110,000.00 msammmm It NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the County Court of the State of Oregon, for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of John Wright, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned has been appointed Ad ministrator of the Estate of John Wright deceased, by the above en titled Court. All persons having claims against the said Estate are hereby notified to present them to B. B. Richards, at his office in Athena, Oregon, within six months from the date of the first publication of this notice. All claims must be verified a? by law required. 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