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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. BOYD. Owner and Publisher Subscription Katea. One copy, one year $2.00 One copy, six months $1.00 One copy, three months 7S Athena, Oregon April 30 1920 REGULATING IMMIGRATION National Republic How many Americans know that approximately thirty-seven millions of our population are foreign-born or of mixed parentage? How many Americans know that in the hundred years between 1820 when immigra tion records were first kept down to 1920, aliens to tiie total of ap proximately thirty-four millions came to this country? And that more than half this number eight een millions have arrived here since 1890? How many Americans know that before 1819 we had no immigration policy,' and that immigration was totally unregulated? From to 1924, more than thirteen million aliens were admitted to this country, and about half as many departed, leaving a net increase of 6,409,000 in our alien population. How many Americans know that? Prior to the close of the World War our people gave but little thought or consideration to the question of immigration to the Unit ed States. Annual reports of the commissioner General of Immigration and other official documents furnish ed the main supply of immigration knowledge. They were seldom quot ed and seldom discussed. The old theory that this was an asylum for the oppressed of all lands, a country of refuge for all aliens, regardless ! of their reasons for leaving their homes, was generally accepted. j The conditions, economic and soc-! ial, confronting our country follow- ing the World War caused the spot-' light of publicity to be turned on our immigration problems, with the re sult that our people demanded we take stock, ascertain facts that would enable us to determine the prop:')' future immigration policy to bo fnl-j lowed. While this was being done immi gration to our shores continued to roll in by even greater and greater numbers. It soon became apparent that unless something was done to check this flow the number of aliens arriving would become an over whelming flood, which instead of be coming an asset might become a menace. The realization of this con dition reached a climax in the year 11)20 and early in the year 1921. Then it was that Congress enacted the first real restrictive immigra tion law, known as the 1921 Quota Law, which limited the number pes mitted to come in in any one year. This law completely changed our immigration policy. Following out the new policy of restrictive immigration, Congress en acted a new immigration law which took effect July 1, 1024, further re stricting the number permitted to enter in any one year and reduc ing the number permitted to como in without regard to quota, stopping the loopholes previously found to exist.. 0 Dr. Tissot, French scientist has created a sensation in medical circles by asserting that cancer is a form of mildewa decaying of part of the system, a returning to the primitive state. The only hope he holds out to humanity afflicted with either cancer or tuberculosis, which like cancer is a mildew, lies in finding a , method of reversing the process of decay and restoring the organism af fected. Dr. Tissot avers that no fav orable results can be expected from serums, and that the mildew of can cer and the mildew oC tuberculosis are so much alike that they are al most indistinguishable.. 0 It is yet too early to get reliable estimates on this year's acreage of potatoes, but. indications are there will be considerable increase in Oro ron over last year, due to the high prices of last year's crop. The iStat -Market Apent says it has boivmo fanner history that a big crop fel lows high prices of the preceding j Har on any product, the naturi.l tendency being to overproduce the next year. "An average crop of po tatoes this year will be worth mote than a bumper crop," he says. o The grain growers of Oregon and the northwest are alive to the mat ter of smut control and clean seed and Federal ottkials state that move seed cleaning machinery is being sold in the northwest now than at nay other time since wheat has kvv. grown. Growers are realizing liutl it does not pay to grw smut and weed seeds and to pay the expenses of harvesting, handling, freight and insurance on the foul material. o fn interesting pnase or the nwo ment of automobile tourists into Oie gon is the trend or direction of the flow. A direct index to this is furn ished by the reports to the Secretary of State from the various registra tion points. For example, during March of this year no less than 920 non-resident motorists registered and received visitors' permits at Ashland, the first point of registFation for visitors north-bound over the Pacific highway from California.. The Port land offices reported a total registra tion for March of 576.. At Medfor 1 503 were registered and at Grants Pass 400 were listed during the same period. The last obstacle to permanent lo cation of the Eagle Hollow road ex tension is now being removed by the county court. Surveys are being made on the right of way, so that the county may receive deeds there to. - o A prediction of interest to every body, made this week by the Pacific Fruit Express company, is that the northwest fruit crop this year will exceed the record-breaking crop of 1923. And that was some crop. o Canada sold more goods to the United States last year than any other country in the world. Her ex ports totaled $454,762,560, while we sold to her $650,672,508. Discovered by Accident Sheffield plate was discovered by accident In 1742 by Thomas Bolsover, a Sheffield mechaulc. lie was repairing the handle of a pocket-knife composed partly of sil ver and partly of copper, says Good Hardware, and In making his repairs accidentally fused the two metals. He at once conceived the Idea of uniting these two metals and used this as a substitute for making articles which hlethcrto had been mude of sterling silver only. lie seems to have specialized In making small articles such as buckles, buttons, snuff boxes and match boxes, some of which were only half an inc,h In diameter. He did not appreciate how Important his discovery was, and consequently did not reap the full re sults from his remarkable Invention. Fahrenheit Made First Thermometer of Value The first mercurial thermometer was the Invention of Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, who died September 16, 17S0, about ten years after he had made his name Immortal by perfect ing a device for registering heat. Be fore his day crude thermometers had been Invented by Galileo, Drebbel, Paoll, Sarpl and Sanetorlo, but It was left to the bankrupt merchant of Dant zlg to produce a really dependable de vice. Fahrenheit's first thermometer was made with spirits of wine, but he soon found this unsatisfactory and adopted mercury, the medium that Is used to this day. His instruments speedily spread throughout the world, and, although the centigrade ther mometer affords a more rational meth od of gradation, the popular mind in England and America clings to the Fahrenheit scale. Reaumurs and Celsius thermom eters, now termed centigrade, are in general use In the continent of Europe. Chicago Journal. Watch Your Chinaware There is a real danger in serving food in cracked china dishes. "China ware," says a writer In the Washing ton Tost, "can only be sanitary through the correct processes em ployed during the baking and glazing. If this is not done properly and the glaze contracts more than the body of the dish, the surface will then break Into tiny cracks going In all di rections. Fruit juices or any colored liquid placed In such a dish is bound to seep Into these cracks, also grease and dishwater one can readily see the unsanitary results." The imper fections in the china form a resting place for bacteria and dirt. For this reason, plain white dishes are more satisfactory than those of fancy colors and shapes. France and U. S. Nearing Debt Pact. Paris. Preliminary agreement for funding the 54,200,000,000 French debt to the United States has been reach ed by the French i.moassador, Henri Berenger, and Secretary of the Treas ury Andrew W. Mellon, Premier Brland told the French cabinet Tues- " According to Hoyle" The expression "according to Hoyle" refers to Edmond Hoyle, a writer on games, who was born In England in 1072. Little is known about Hoyle's life. Tradition says he was educated for the bar. At any rate, he went to London, whore he spent much of his time writing on games and giving les sons in card playing, especially whist. He published a book in which he syste matized the laws and rules of whist, a game on which he was considered an authority. His name became prover bial as an authority on games. Playing a game "according to Hoyle" came to mean playing It fair and ac cording to the recognized mips. Hoyl died in London in 1769.- ?W3 "Vj NOTICE Notice is hereby given that on Sat urday the 15th day of May, 1926, at 2:00 o'clock p. m. of said day, at the Wright Livery Stable in Athena, Oregon, I will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash in hand the Hollowing described proper ty, to-wit:-1 bay horse with black mane and tail, weight about 900 pounds, about 5 years old, branded . LH on left shoulder. One 8 or 9 year old sorrel horse, weight about 1050 pounds, no brand visible., or so many of said horses as may be necessary to satisfy the claim here inafter set forth. Said sale to be made to satisfy a lien claim filed by II. A. Barrett, claimant against John Doe ' Hammond, whose true given name is unknown to said claimant, defendant, for the pasturage and feeding of said horses from the 1st day of November. 1925. . to the 1st day of April, 1926, in Umatilla Coun ty, uregon, the amount ot said lien being $30.00, together with interest and costs as provided by law. Said horses being in my possession pur suant to an order to foreclose said lien endorsed upon a certified copy of said lien and delivered to me this 30th day of April 1926. B. D. TAYLOR, Constable, Athena District, Uma tilla County, Oregon. A30M14. CLASSIFIED For Sale Household goods, in- eluding a good piano and kitchen range. Inquire at the Press office. Marcelling Miss May Lanning, Phone 582. Athena. For Sale Wheat Hay. Phone 28F2. For Sale Household goods. Ap ply Mrs. H. J. Cunningham. Piano bargain good students piano $75. Pendleton Music House Pen dleton, Oregon. Wanted Stock to pasture, called for and delivered. $2 per head Room for 500 head. Plenty of water. A. A. Bergevin,' Gibbon, Oregon. Milton Piano excellent condition $175 cash. Pendleton Music House. Slightly used piano at a bargain cash or terms. Pendleton Music House. High Grade Piano Near Athena will be sold to reliable party at big saving, $10 monthly will handle. A real buy, write at once for parties lars. Tallman Piano Store, Salem, Oregon. lW mm that's all v. V ; . ' . THE biggest thing that ever happened in the farm electric field a non'Storagc battery, completely automatic electric plant that sells for $275 f. o. b. Dayton, Ohio. And it's a real Delco-Light guaranteed by the DelcoLight Company and backed by General Motors. Now there is a DelcO'Light for every need and at prices to fit every pocket-book. Every one, from the smallest self-cranking, non-storage battery plant to the largest storage battery installation, is a product of General Motors and can be purchased on the GMAC plan of easy payments. Write or phone for full information about our special installation offer, II. J. Cunningham Dealer Pendletcn, Oregon DELCO-IIGHT Win Starts - Runs-. Stops ClAt the touch v of 'sa Button ANN, Coming to Pendleton Dr. lelientliin SPECIALIST in Internal Medicine for the . past fifteen years DOES NOT OPERATE Will be at Dorion Hotel Tuesday. May 18 Office Hours 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. One Day Only No Charge for Consultation Dr. Mellenthin is a regular gradu ate in medicine and surgery and is licensed by the state of Oregon. He does not operate for chronic appen dicitis, gall stones, ulcers of stomach, tonsils or adenoids. He has to his credit wonderful re sults in diseases of the stomach, liv er, bowels, blood, skin, nerves, heart, kidney, bladder, bed wetting, catarrh, weak lungs, rheumatism, sciatica, leg ulcers and rectal ailments. Below are the names of a few of his many satisfied patients in Ore gon. Mrs. W. J. Martin, Moro, high blood pressure. Mrs. Peter Westburg, Colton, stomach trouble. Mrs. Halvor Nelson, Chinook Washington, goitre.- Martin Jorgesson, Astoria, nerve trouble. Mrs. Chris Hanson, Chinook, Wash ington, bowel trouble and neuritis. Mrs James Ellis, Coquille, gall stones and colitis. James Suess, Lakeside, ulcers of stomach. J. R. Jenkins, Silverton, circulatory trouble. Remember the above date, that consultation on this trip will be free and that his treatment is different. Married women must be accompan ied by their husbands. Address: 211 Bradbury Building, Los Angeles, California. DR. S. F. SHARP PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Athena, Oregon DR. W. G. COWAN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Athena, Oregon ; Foley's Kidney Cure nakes klansys end bladvtir rieh Real state Insurance Farm Loans Cheap Money B. B RICHARDS, Athena Dependable DELCO-LIGHT COMPANY Suhiiiian of General Motor, Corporation DAYTON. OHIO FARM ELECTRICITY Jensens Blacksmith Shop Horseshoeing Prices Reasonable Tharp Bros, old stand, Athena Oreg. DRS. A. D. & R. A. FRENCH OPTOMETRISTS French Optical Parlors IS E. Main St Phone 653 WALLA WALLA, WASH. The Athena Hotel J. E. FROOME. PROP. Courteous Treatment. Gean Beda Good Meals Tourists Made Welcome Special Attention Gives to Home Patrons Tin 1 fip 0 VATION-WIDE . INSTITUTION- enney Co INC. DEPARTMENT STORES Pay-Day Shirts Union Label on Every One Coat or Closed style. Cut full Favorable market conditions and our enormous mass buying makes possible this low price 79c The Union Label is on every Shirt it means high grade workmanship and materials ; and that they are made in clean, sanitary workrooms. .; : Coat or closed style; continuous faced sleeves; double seams and double stitched; cut extra full; reinforced at all important parts. , Made of fine and coarse yarns, extra stong; blue or grey. All sizes, including Slim and Extra sizes. Men s Easy Shoes Cushion Insole Of soft, pliable black kid very easy and comfort able, due to our special built-in Cushion Insole ; Goodyear welt, rubber heels, one of our most ex ceptional values at $5.50 pil!!!illlllI!l!li:illiillllinH I Eat at the J I ATHENA: 1 I RESTAURANT I Lunch and Meals Served at all Hours. You can buy Golden Crust Bread Here. 1 J.C.Baker iiiiiiiiaMiDBaiM M en, women and Children Are Known Largely By the Neatness And Looks of Their Clothes and Shoes So Why Not Let Us Keep Your Clothes Looking Neat. We Also Make Your Old Shoes Like New in Our Up-to-Date Repair Shop. SUITS CLEANED AND PRESSED $1.50 Shoe Repairing in Proportion G. W. Finch, Prop. Main Street, Athena, Oregon Corner Main and Third Athena. Oregon ESTABLISHED 1865 Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. AMERICAN BEAUTY FLOUR Is made in Athena, b Athena labor, in one o the very- best equipped mills in the fJorthwest. of the best selected Bluestem wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home industry. . 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