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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1926)
"Weighing AH Soul uman Sunday Night ear Evangelist Mutton Christian Church Morning Subject: The Cross and The Crown Mrs. McEwen Will Sing Come help in the big Sing. You will enjoy it 'J ""5' fj its, 1 B IS THE Strong Candidate More than 40 newspapers in Oregon have - indorsed Fred Steiwer for the repub lican nomination for United States Senator. What would be a better indication of strength? All of the other candidates for the nomination have cen tered their fire upon Steiwer and contend that he is the man they must defeat. No one ever attacks a weak man. Democratic leaders are exerting their efforts against Steiwer. They fear him, They know they cannot de feat him in the general election. A vote for Steiwer Friday is a vote for a republican vic tory in November. ' , VOTE 20 X STEIWER (Paid Adv. Steiwer for Senator Com. Isaac . Staples, chairman.) The Lumber You Need If you are planning alterations or ad ditions to your building, let us give ; : you an estimate on the Lumber need ed. You will be pleasantly surprised at the reasonble total we will quote. Wood and Coal Fence Posts Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co. Main Street, Athena 22 Years Ago May 17. 1904 Louis Keen drove quite a nice bunch of cattle to the mountain range above Weston Wednesday. Miss Fannie Scott, who has been teaching at Vaitsburg, has returned home, her t n having expired. Clark Walter has torn down his old barn and is now busily engaged in building another and more commod ius structure on the Bite of the old one. Jinks Taylor- returned Saturday from his John Day stock ranch. He reports considerable loss to stockmen in that locality, caused by the late snows this spring. Out of a band of 160, Mr. Taylor lost 30 head and oth ers in like proportion. J. E. Cherry, democratic candidate for county, clerk, shook hands with Athena voters Saturday. Lee Brown is in town from Pendle ton. Lee likes to drift back to Athe na once in a while for old time's aake. ' The funeral sermon of Miss Voor hies, who died Thursday of last week, will be preached by . Rev. Armfield in the iL E. churchj Sunday, at 11 o'clock a. m. Friends of the family are ' especially invited to be present. The big steel lintels for the Stahl building have arrived and will soon be put in place. They had been de. layed in shipment and the force of workmen was compelled to lay off for several days. A number of Weston base ball en thusiasts were over Sunday and wit nessed the game with the Pendleton Wonders. Dave Williams went down to Ad ams Saturday evening and witnessed Prof. Haw, the horse trainer, subju gate an outlaw horse. Dave says he was repaid for the trip. J. T. Ogle and Roy Wachter, of Ridge, were visitors - at the Ogle home last week. Ase McDaniel was in town yester day. He has just returned from a trip to Alberta, B. C. Third street between Jefferson and Adams has been completed with the regulation rock covering. May 20, 1904 V. M. Shick returned last evening from Freese, Idaho, where he went for the purpose of purchasing a farm. He invested in a 160-acre farm at $35 per acre and is well pleased with his bargain. His ranch is situated eleven miles east of Gar field, .Washington( and 120 acres is Mr. can Shick will dispose of sown "" to timothy, move as soon as he his interests here. A. J. Parker will move his barber shop in the new brick building, first door west of St. Nicholas hotel, Mon day. Jack will have one of the finest shops in Eastern Oregon Johnson's orchestra and the Athe na band will furnish music for the Pioneer picnic at Weston. The Pion eer management has used good judg ment in selecting the Athena musi cians, for the reason " that services rendered will be first class in every respect. Harry Turner, Chris Barth and S. A. Barnes were in town from Wes ton Saturday. "Pap" Grasty was in town Sunday from his home on the Umatilla. "Pap" likes ' to come out once in a while and chat with old timers. Lester Swaggart was up from Pen dleton Wednesday. He will leave soon for Nome, Alaska. Fred Rosenweig has samples of some good looking rye, wheat and barley. They . are specimens of the persent crop prospects of Franklin county, Washington. In the Recorder's court, Pearl Lynd was fined $7.50 for fighting. Rev. C. H. H. Moore was fined a like amount for assaulting William Pinkerton Sr. Mrs. Giles, who has lain for so long at her mother's home in the west part of town with consumption, is said to be sinking very fast, with no hopes of her recovery. Athena Public School commence ment exercises take place next Mon day, Tuesday and Wednesday even ings. The exercises will be held in the Athena opera house. KILLED IN AUTO CRASH Edward Travis Jones, 47, was kil led Sunday afternoon in an automo bile accident three miles from Walla Walla on the Middle Waitsburg road. He and Mrs. Jones and his partner, C. B. Garner and Mrs. Garner were out for a ride. While they were go ing down a hill the' accelerator stuck and the automobile jumped ahead, going over an embankment, throw ing Jones from the machine. TIL TAYLOR MEMORIAL The Til Taylor memorial is assur ed. The memorial committee at Pen dleton, has cabled A. Phimister Proc tor, the sculptor, who is at Rome, to begin work on a bronze equestrian statue of the late sheriff. The sta tue will be twelve feet in height. It is to be finished in 1927, and will be unveiled at Taylor Memorial Fark at Pendleton, during the Round up of that year, LAGRANDE IS WINNER ' LaGrande won the 27th annual Eastern Oregon track and field meet, at Pendleton Saturday afternoon with 60 points. Pendleton ; was sec ond with 24 points; followed by Bak er, 22; Union, 20; Umatilla, 7; Mac Loughlin 6; Imbler, 5; Hermiston, 3. 47 X .G. W. BRADLEY Candidate for Nomination ',- FOR COUNTY TREASURER OF UMATILLA; COUNTY : ' " g -' , on Republican Ticket S ... Primary Election, May 21, 1926 Eg ' I stand on my record as former County Treasurer honesty, Jf faithfulness and courtesy and will work in the performance of my Lfj duties solelv for nublic interests nnH nnhlie ppnnnmv. Tf elertprf. Tlf" r , 31 will guarantee there will be no deputy hire, unless absolutely neces- rtJ Jfi sary. (Paid Advertisement.) ft For County Treasurer c. k. cranston Continuous resident and tax-payer in Pendleton for more than 30 years. Twenty-nine years in bank em ploy, 17 of which were with the First - National of Pendleton. Thirteen years, in Pendleton, in other accountant work, nearly two of which were in the County lreasurers office. If elected will run the of fice without asking the court for a full time deputy. Will not accept paid deputyship in any other coun ty office. Will apportion the county funds among the uaiiK uepusiLunes suricuy me law requires. . (Paid Advertisement) . m !u wilt iwfi m m vju w w vu win wt win m iw w m wu m m m wt. vm w wti v 1 Eat at the I ATHENA RESTAURANT I Lunch and Meals Served at all Hours. You can buy I I i Golden Crust Bread Here, i r. T.C. Baker . THE ATHENA MARKET We carry the best Meat That Money. Buys OUTSPOKEN FRIENDS OF HAUGEN FARM BILL Kippered Salmon, all Kinds of Salt Fish. Fresh Fish, Oysters, Crabs, Clams, Kraut in Season. A. W. LOGSDON Main Street Athena, Oregon. The Haugen bill found a staunch supporter in Senator Cummins, Re publican, Iowa, who said after a call at the White House that if it was not passed, Iowa would hit every head in sight. He did not specify what heads he referred to, but said later that even if the house reject ed the measure he was hopeful of its approval by the senate as a rider to the cooperative marketing bill, thus throwing it into conference without house action. A talk on the Haugen bill was made at a recent Walla Walla Cham ber of Commerce luncheon by State Senator F. J. Wilmer of Rosalia. Senator Wilmer said that two years ago the McNary-Haugen bill was be fore congress and was defeated. The need for such a measure is as great now as then, for basic conditions have not changed. Farmers are still buying in a protected market and selling on a free market. Prior to 1914 the farmers had some compensation for they got the land cheaply and had free labor. Then . came the immigration - laws which protect: .', labor and other mat ters which j conditions. "Now a new measure is before congress. It has been greatly chang ed since it was introduced. Secre tary Jardine is not in favor of such measures but if this one is passed it should permit the farmers to prac tically fix their own prices, since the board would be selected from organizations. The board would have power to raise the price on wheat about 42 cents plus eight cents, the average cost of getting it to mark et, or a total of about fifty cents. "The same could be done to an ex tent with corn, cotton, butter, etc This bill lacks the price fixing clausie of the former bill and is more flex ible to meet conditions. "While it is hinted that President Coolidge might veto the bill, I doubt it. He likely will point out that it may not work but will give it a chance," Glenn G. Dudley CANDIDATE FOR REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR Representative From Umatilla County For government economy and ef ficiency. Favor state income tax with a property tax off -set. I have no bills to sponsor and those I vote for must have merit and be of benefit: to a majority of the people. Native of Umatilla county. Wheat farmer and taxpayer. Spent two years in army during the war and member of the American Legion. (Paid Advertisement) L. L. MANN Candidate for the Republican Nomination FOR STATE SENATOR of Umatilla County VOTE X NO. 38 Primary Election, May 21st. 1926. (Paid Advertisement) Roy W. Ritner Candidate for Republican Nomination for Joint Representative Farmer and tax-payer, residing in this district for forty-four years. Experienced legislator, serving in house and senate since 1915. As president of the senate in 1921 killed Portland "1925 Fair" bill, sav ing the state $3,000,000. Sponsored laws for loans for seed wheat, farmers "seasonal license" for trucks and removing one-half cent tax on distillate not used on roads. Helped pass "Market Road" law in 1919 giving farmers roads to get produce to market. For state income tax with pro perty tax offset and against Dennis resolution. Served in France during war with American Red Cross attached to A. E. F. (Paid Adv.) 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PENN HARRIS BARBER Whiteheads Barber Shop Lee Whitehead, Proprietor Having purchased Russell's Barber Shop, it will be my aim to give the public the best service at all times. Mr. Norman will continue in service here. Fair and Courteous Treatment Agency for Troy Laundry and Twin City Cleaners Phone 492 "Scrip t Form Butter Wrappers