AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. BOYD. Owner and Publisher Subscription Rates. Cne copy, one year $2.00 One copy, six months $1.00 One copy, three months 75 Athena, Oregon May 7 1926 STORY OF A TAXPAYER (Eugene Guard) The case has been discovered of an Oregon man who paid taxes upon money in the bank. He is dead and the disclosure of his rare virtue was made posthumously. He lived at The Dalles and his name was Stras ser. He was a gardner. He was fru gal and thrifty and saved a little of what he earned as he went along. In all his relations with other men, so far as there is record, Strasser was honest. He rendered unto Caesar the due that was Caesar's the tax that he rightfully owed. He render ed unto his God that which he be lieved was due; right cpnduct, No man, of however exalted station, can do more. The Dalles Chronicle tells, upon the occasion of Strasser's passing, the story of his conduct in life. At one time, it relates, when Strasser had a respectable sized deposit in one of the banks the tax rate was 39 mills. The interest rate was 4 per cent. Strasser declared to the assessor his deposit in full, thereby reducing his net interest income to 1 mill, and when a friend told him he was acting foolishly, he answered simply: "It is the law. I shall al ways do it." Probably Strasser did not admire the law more than the most of us do. But what he sought was to do what he believed to be right. There will be cynics who will say of the Chronicle's chronicle ,and of the comment on it which has already appeared in. the Albany Democrat and of what is written here, that it is all posed mawkishness. Just fio same it is a good little story for folks to read. And the Chroniclo'3 summation is very good and quite worth while. It is this: "Lessons are not always learned from lives of world-famous people. Perhaps this little story of a reticent gardner, honest in his own right and heeding his conscience rather than human greed, may reach some mind hanging in the balance between tw.i decisions and influence it to declare, probably not money in the bank for taxation but the right course to pur sue. frowned upon the ancient habit of clasping hands, we are told. The reason in this case is not that it wastes time in business, but that It is unsanitary. Possibily it is, in Russia. COMMUNITY SMALL BOYS SHOW UNUSUAL ENTERPRISE Seattle is considering a proposal to pay 50 cents a pint for earwigs. Earwigs are insects that play hob with vegetable growth, and let us hope that they never invade Athena gardens. Why lay stress on the purchase of an automobile geared to do 90 miles an hour, when you haven't money to buy a race track speed limit on Oregon highways is but 30 miles an hour. Ice in the Yukon has broken up, and now you can paddle your little canoe up and down the river until she freezes up again, about July 4th. This session of Congress is notable for what it does not do, for the bills it does not pass, for the work it leaves unfinished. All the candidates we have met so far, appear to be just common, hu manly, human beings. Tha's all! o Jim Montague says, "the one good thing about the Charleston is that very few people can learn it." o If you haven't paid your taxes, your are delinquent. WHAT'S THE MATTER? In her announcement card, printed in last week's edition of the Athena Press, Bettyo F. Dellart, present deputy in the county treasurer's of fice and republican candidate for that oflice, says "Three years experience. One year full charge of office." Then in this week's edition of the Press will be found the announcement of C. K. Cranston, republican candidate for county treasurer, also, and Mr. Cranston says in his announcement, "If elected, will run the oflice with out asking the court for a full time deputy. Will not accept paid deputy ship in any other county oflice." What tha ? While there is an in ference in the above declarations of these two republican candidates there is marked omission in con nection. We had supposed Herman Dellart, county treasurer, was func tioning as such. For the first time the world is witnessing the whole industrial fa bric of a great nation on strike, a colossal strike that has tied up the arteries of trade completely, a strike thnt has the world wide sympathy and if need be, the support, of in ternational federated labor. Brit ain's labor conditions have been go ing from bad to worse until the cris is has readied a point in the present situation where there is a possibility of civil warfare resulting unless n compromise settlement is reached without delav. It is up to Chicago to show the world whether gangsters only, haw license to use machine guns in the windy city. Killing off a district i-ttorney in a crowded thoroughfare gives a thrilling blend to gangster sictivitirs, and lends lustre to Chica go's customary killings. o The rain came in plenty time to be of benefit to Umatilla county's grow ing crops, and this time it did not wait for the Westen Pioneers' Pic nic, which is scheduled to take place June 4th and 5th. Somewhere in the United States h a farm which has been owned and fanned by direct descendants of the ime family for a longer period than any other farm, but its exact loca tion still remains unsettled. o Nation's Business affirms that ; buyer for n Chicago department store has posted a sign that reads "No Handshaking." His contention is that commercial handshaking is an impediment to the serious business of buying. Soviet Russia has abo British Submarine Plans Stolen London. Plans and photographs of the latest secret submarine devices are believed to have been stolen from Portsmouth clock yard PUBLISHER'S STATEMENT Statement of ownership, manage ment, etc., required by the act of Congress of August 24, 1912, of the Athena Press, published weekly at Athena, Oregon for April 1, 1926. Publisher, editor, managing editor nnd owner, F. B. Boyd of Athena, Oregon. Known bondholders or mortgagee, none. F. B. BOYD. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st day of May, 1926. B. B. RICHARDS Notary public for Oregon. My commission expires Mar. 11, 1929. At this season of the year the la' borial proclivities of the average small ' boy is somewhat dormant. therefore the recent sudden enter prise of so many of our future presi dents has caused no little comment. Mother has not had to call Willie the second time to run errands for some days past, and Dad has been agreeably surprised to find the kindl ing split and neatly piled in the wood box upon his return home in the evening. The reason for this metamorpho sis ? Far be it from us to betray the secrets of any of our young friends but our idea is just this: Just a few days ago a genial gentle man, by name P. C. Franklin, invad ed our fair city with a brigade of bill poster men, who have decorated ev ery available inch of wall space with the' announcement of the advent of William J. Harvall's mammoth tent ed "Uncle Tom's Cabin" company. The company will exhibit at Athena for the evening performance only on Friday May 7, 8 p. m. Pleasant memories of our first vis it to this time honored drama float back to us and we ourselves are waiting impatiently the coming of the lovely little Eva, gentle old Uncle Tom, the funny lawyer Marks, the wicked Topsy and all other old favorites. Mr. Franklin assures us that the company is the most perfect that Mr. Harvall has been aWe to as semble in all his twenty-one years experience in presenting this play. No detail will be omitted here. He claims that whatever successful management can devise or money purchase are combined in this, the cast complete of all traveling tented organizations. On account of the tremendous seating capacity the management has placed the price of admission within the reach of all, 25c for children and 50c for adults. FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT Mrs. Ellis G. Brower of Pendleton, was instantly killed in an automobile accident near the Frank Curl farm, south of Athena Sunday evering. Mrs. Brower was pinned under the car, which left the road at a turn. Donald Robinson, also of Pendleton, driving the car, escaped without ser ious injury. Mr. Robinson and Mrs. Brower were preceding others cf an automobile party en route to ths Ce cil Curl home, when the accident happened. NOTICE Notice is hereby giverf 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 following described proper ty, to-wit:-1 bay horse with black mane and tail, weight about 9U0 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 H. 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, Oregon, the amount of 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 Marcelling Expert Marcelling and all lines of beauty work. Miss Chan pelle, Weston, Oregon. Call 292 for appointment. 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 particu lars. Tallmah Piano Store, Salem, Oregon. 1 Coming to Pendleton Dr. Mellenthin 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. 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Clean Beds Good Meals Tourists Made Welcome Special Attention Given to Home Patrons Comer Main and Third Athena, Oregon SoVYer Ole Man! Most of his famliy and a Jot of his neighbors Get their Barber work at Haworth & Harris Shop. Why not you? We cater to no one in particular," every one in general. Agency Troy Laundry. Make old Rugs like new. Phone 583. , PENN HARRIS BARBER IIIIIIIIIIIMIMIIMIimiHMMeMUMHIMHUMt ,MMMMMMMMMMHf ftMM8MMCMMMMI ESTABLISHED 1865 Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. AMERICAN BEAUTY FLOUR J la made in Athena, t Athena labor, in one ol the very bem equipped mills in the Northwest, of the best selected Bluestem wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home industry. Vour grocer sells the famous American Beauty Flour Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers Z Athena, Oregon: v-i 5 Waitsburg, Wash