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lis Mam 3? k& AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. BOYD. Owner and Publisher Subscription Hates. One copy, one year $2-00 One copy, six months $1.00 One copy, three months 75 Athena, Oregon May 21.. .1926 MUSCLE SHOALS So much has been said about the leasing of Muscle Shoals by the fed eral government, and the offers that have been made for the gigantic power plant, that just what the pro ject is may be of interest to the readers of this newspaper. Muscle Shoals is a thirty-seven-mile stretch of rapids in the Tennessee River in northern Alabama, in the course of which the total vertical fall is 134 feet. The Government's pro ject includes the construction of two monster dams for development of water-power, and a great steam power plant, all for generating elec tricity; also separate plants to util ize the electricity for the production of artificial nitrate, and a small dam to serve as an aid to navigation. For some years past the work of con struction has proceeded at a credit able rate of progress. The Wilson dam, nearly seven-eighths of a mile long and 117 feet high, with its power-house, about twelve hundred feet long and capable, when fully equipped, of generating more than six hundred thousand horse-power, are practically completed, at a cost of approximately fifty million dol lars. This great hydro-electric sec tion can convert its water-power in to an enormous output of low-cost electric power. Another dam design ed for the same purpose, but not yet begun, is to be located sixteen miles up-stream from the Wilson dam. It is to be more than a mile long and 44 feet high, and is expect ed to produce two hundred and eigh ty thousand horse-power. Its total cost is estimated at about twenty five million dollars. Nitrate plant No. 2, which cost about fifty-one mil lion dollars, consists of 114 perman ent buildings located on twenty-two hundred acres of land near Sheffield, i Alabama, and includes a steam plant containing the largest steam turbim in the world, and is capable of gen erating eighty thousand kilowatts of electric current, or about ninety thousand horse-power. In a perfor mance test every unit of this plant has exceeded its rated capacity, and it is asserted that this one plant in capable of producing annually the equivalent of two hundred and forty thousand tons of Chilean nitrate, sufficient to supply the1 nitrate con tout for one million, three hundred and twenty thousand tons of fertili ser, enough' to fertilize nearly nine million acres of land. It can supply nitrate in abundance for explosives to meet the needs of army and navy in case of war. Besides all this, un til the nitrate sections are enlarged as they should be, there would be a large surplus of electric power that could be sold or leased .for private industrial use. o That the taxes in the United States municipal, county, state and feder alare about as high in the aggre gate as they were in the peak of war expenditures, despite economics in federal government, was the re cent conclusion reached by a sub committee of agricultural, industrial mid transportation representatives. They set the total for last year at $7,907,000,000, and attribute the continued burden to steadily rising local and state taxes. State and municipal bonds issued in the coun try in 1924 amounted to ? 1.398,953, 100, or more than ten times what they were in 1901. A large portion of the new bonds issued have been for refundirg. While federal taxes decreased $12S,000,000 from 1923 to 1:'24, state taxes increased $172,000, ('00 and the increase of local taxes was $147,000,000. Despite the fact that the 18th amendment and mint julep do not "get along well together, the growing of mint is becoming a prominent in dustry in Oregon. Instead of julep, the product now goes into oil manu facture. For the past fifteen years mint oils have averaged about $3 per pound, leaving out the war peek j when the price went to $10 and last ' year when it reached the $30 mark. ! Many growers have contracted their oils for the coming three years for $4, $5 and $6 per pound. o- Dinners at the newly appointed restaurants are to have something besides the price list to look to in choosing their meals. Opposite each item on the bill of fare is to appear its value in calories, so that if yoa must "reduce," you will know how to do it. and appeals for contributions which go to make up a radical magazine. Among the 'artists," "poets" and writers who contribute to the first number are such sturdy Americans as Wanda Gag, Louis Losoqick, I. Klein, Otto Soglow, Hans Stengel, A. Ronnebeck, Babette Deutsch, Michael Gold, "Bishop" Brown, Karol Rem bov and Scott Nearing. o We are beginning to hear of Homestead's evolution from an em broyic camp into a full fledged min ing town. A $200,000 road and a bridge spanning Snake river to the Idaho side, seems to be assured. Copper, when copper is right, is good stuff to build a town on. And Homestead mines contain lots of copper. And so Nome doesn't like it be cause Amundsen put Teller on the map, by landing the Norge there. Well so long as the Norge was safe ly landed at Teller with the propeller blades spitting chunks of ice through the canvass covering of the ship, we should worry much over Nome's peeve. o ; Measuring the unsuccessful at tempt of Charles Ray as a motion picture producer, we would advise Red Grange to stick to the gridiron and let the making of movies alone. A pipe dream is liable to cause al most anything a dream, for instance. DEATH OF ED RUSH Ed Rush died at Walla Walla last Friday morning, after a lingering illness. He was born in Helix, Ore gon, and was 52 years of age. He is survived by his wife, Jennie Rush, a son, Lowell, his mother, Martha Rush of Prescott; and by four sis ters, Mrs. F. Dooley of Prescott, Mrs. D. W. Wallace of Garfield, Washington, Mrs. J. W. Davis of Paris, Missouri and Miss Anna Rush of Prescott. NOT BRUCE SAMUELS Report was current in Athena last week, that Bruce, the ten year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Samuels, formerly of Athena, now residents of ernonia,-had bled to death while his parents were absent for home. De tails received this week reveal that the victim was a son of Mr. Samuels' brother, and not Bruce. The boy who died as the result of bleeding from a cut finger, was subject to great loss of blood whenever slightly cut or scratched on his person. "MIKE" WILL BE HERE "Mike" as played by Sally O'Neil, has been booked for appearance at the Standard Theatre Wednesday and Thursday nights, June 2 and 3. This i;i the picture that stood 'em up in Portland last week. Tomorrow night the Standard will show Constance Talmadge in "Her Sister from Par is." Sunday night "Paths to Para dise" a fine Paramount picture will be the feature of the program. Wed nesday night a big western picture, "Fighting Heart" will be screened. TAKES HOME HARVESTER The first of the new International Harvester Threshers to be delivered to its owner by the Athena dealers, Rogers & Goodman, left the assembl ing place Wednesday morning, drawn by Frank Williams' caterpil lar. Mr. Johnston and his sons as. sembled the machine and thus be came familiar with its working CLASSIFIED Marcelling Expert Marcelling and all lines of beautv work. Miss Char pelle, Weston, Oregon. Call 292 for appointment. Marcelling Miss May Lanning, Phone 582. Athena. For Sale A good milch cow. F. B. Wood, Athena. D. O. K. K. CEREMONIAL The Dokkies, about 300 strong held a two day ceremonial at Pendle ton, Wednesday and yesterday, clos ing last night. The ceremonial was under direction of the LaGrande district. The Hood River Dokkie band of Portland, furnighed music for the occasion. Athena Dokkies are affiliated with the Walla Walla, Washington, temple, but a number attended the ceremonial at Pendleton. Wanted Stock to pasture, called for and delivered. $2 per head. Room for 500 head. Plenty of water. A. A. Bergevin, Gibbon, Oregon. Piano Must Be Sold We have a fine Piano and Player piano in stor age near here that we will sell at ridiculous prices to sell them at once. We will give easy terms, like rent and we would accept phonographs or used piano as part payment. For full particulars and where they may be seen, address Portland Music com pany. 227-6th Street, Portland, Ore. Lost My sable Scotch Collie, An sweres to the name of "Pal." Re ward. Henry Koepke, Athena, Oregon. JAMES AUDETTE RELEASED The Walla Walla Union says: James Audette, acquitted by a su perior court jury on a charge of bur glarizing a garage at Touchet, was released from the county jail Friday. He had been held at the request of officials at the Dalles, on a charge of issuing a bad check. The amount of the check and costs were paid by Audette and the case dismissed. ingham Springs Dolph Thompson, Manager The week-end Recreation Resort for Athena and vicinity. Good Hotels and cabin accommodations at reasonable rates. Swimming and fishing, picnics etc. Dances every Saturday night IT is eIer now than ever before to give your home the advantages of electric light and power. A very small first payment will put the new low-priced automatic Delcr Light into your home, and you can arrange for the payment of the balance on terms suited to your own convenience. You can pay a small amount each month or you can wait until you have money coming in before making any additional payment. Find out today how easy it is to buy Delco'Light. Write or phone for complete information as to prices and terms. H. J. Cunningham Dealer Pendleton, Oregon The National Republic says that The New Masses, the latest of the "rod" magazines, has made its ap pearance. It contains the usual col lodion of blasphemy, smut, villilicn tion of oil things American, cubist art, poetry without thyme or reatfoti f wiu in 1 1 1 1 1 1 i i i t ) f i DELCO-UCHT COMPANY, Subsidiary cf General Motorj Corporation. DAYTON, OHIO parts before it will enter the field,. Eight of the machines ordered by Rogers & Goodman have arrived, and the other machines are en route here from Chicago. . BUCKS AND BEARS WIN The Pendleton Bucks won from Pasco Sunday in the Blue Mountain league 3-2, while the Walla Walla Bears were trimming the Reserva tion Indians to the tune of 8-0. Wal la Walla and Pendleton are tied at four games won and one lost. Pas co and the redmen are even at one game won, four lost. CHIROPRACTIC MEANS HEALTH and will light the way for you to row down the stream of life with vim, vigor and vitality which you never had before. Come today for an adjustment. Consultation and spinal analysis free. Dr. W. Boyd Whyte Stangier Building, Phone 70S Pendleton, Oregon. 957 J Claude Dickenson Thone 572, Athena, Oregon Auto Truck Dray City and Countiy HAULING Always at Your Service DR. S. F. SHARP PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Athena, Oregon DR. W. G. COWAN PHYSICIAN AND SUR3EON Athena, Oregon Foley's Kidney Cure nakes kidneys and MsdJer risrht Real state Insurance Farm Loans Cheap Money B. B RICHARDS, Athena Jensens Blacksmith Shop Horseshoeing Prices Reasonable Tharp Bros, old stand, Athena Oreg. f.o.b.DaytonO. DRS.A. D.&R. A. FRENCH OPTOMETRISTS French Optical Parlors 15 E. Main St Phone 653 WALLA WALLA, WASH. The Athena Hotel J. E. FROOMF, PROP. 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