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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (July 2, 1926)
Mir iirir ni r iinr - . Are You Prepared to Take Care of Your 1 Wheat Cram We are unloading and assembling McCormick-Deering-Harvesters, and to secure one of these machines for this season's work," orders must be, made at once. We invite anyone interested in a machine to call and see one of these harvesters now assembled and ready for action. We are prepared to take care of your harvest needs, regardless of the kind of machine you oper ate. Rogers CS, Goodman, Athena, Oregon (A Mercantile Trust) FARM RELIEF LEGISLATION All farm relief legislation was thrown overboard when the senate re jected the Foss bill, advocated by President Coolidge, by a vote of 26 to 54. Thereupon the senate passed the house bill to stimulate co-operative marketing of farm products by es tablishing a co-operative marketing division of the department of agriculture. A mighty struggle over farm re lief legislation, involving also mom entous political consideration per taining to the congressional elections this year and the presidential elec tion of 1928, is in progress. Administration leaders are striv ing by peruasion and offers of com promise to win sufficient votes in the senate to pass the administra tion solution of the agricultural prob lem represented by the Fess bill in the senate and the Tincher bill in the house. They were confident that if they succeeded the incipient repub lican revolt in the middle west would bs allayed and that President Cool idge would recover any loss of prest ige in the corn belt due to his op position of the Haugen bill to en hance " the prices of farm products on .the American market. As matters stand the only cloud perceived on the horizon by those deeply interest ed in the nomination of Mr. Coolidge in 1923 was the disaffection in the republican agricultural states of the west.. ' The American Farm Bureau feder ation and the corn belt lobby headed by George N. Peek of Illinois, are working tooth and nail to beat the Fess bill and any other substitute for the Haugen price-raising meas ure defeated in the senate and pre viously in the house. Unable to get the legislation they wanted, the corn belt forces refused to compromise, preferring no legislation to measures they condemned to carry their cause to the people in the November elec tion of the next congress and in the election of a president in 1928. Slamming back at Peek and the Farm Bureau federation, administra tion leaders accused them of adopt ing a rule or ruin policy in the in terest of the nomination of ex-Gov ernor Lowden or Vice-President Dawes for republican candidate for president two years hence. KIDNAPED WIFE GIVEN DIVORCE FROM KIDNAPPER A Yakima special says: Kidnaped when she was 13 years old by a man 47 years old, who forced her to live with him and did not marry her un til a month before her baby was born in November, 1925, Mrs. Ruth Con nell, age 16 years, was granted an interlocutory decree of divorce by Judge V. 0. Nichoson, at Yakima. Mrs. Connell, a former Yakima school girl, testified the defendant, John G. Connell, took her away from her home three years ago to Walla Walla, where they lived for some time. She said that he promis ed to permit her to attend school, but failed to live up to his word. She claimed Connell became cruel to her, watched her every move and virtually ketit her a prisoner. She ran away from him last month, bringing her baby with her to Yaki ma. Connell, who resides in Umatil la county, Oregon did not contest the suit. , 22 Years Ago j To Cure t'oimupucton Y'orever fake CiiHearets Camlv Cathartic 10c or 25b ' C 1 to "lurt. rtnwKts tvfuml monefl I Have Taken Over The Hoffman Gas and Oil Station . and will sell exclusively Shell Gasoline and Shell Products I will make a specialty of washing and polishing cars on short notice at reasonable prices. Everett Knight at Hoffman's Garage Napa-Tan Shoes For Working Men Also Canvass Gloves and Master Hose We order Tailor-Made Suits G. W. Finch, Prop. Main Street, Athena, Oregon NEW RIDIT WHEAT Monday, says the Freewater Times, County Agent Bennion inspected two fields of Ridit being grown by M. 0. and Dean Beauchamp. These fiol.ls are sufficiently pure to pass the Ore gon requirements for certification. The Beauchamp's have the distinction of growing the first fields of Ridit in Umatilla county. Ridit is a smut re sistant wheat which can be planed without treating and thus eliminat ing a big loss which is sustained an nually. The variety was developed by Dr. E. G. Gaines of Washington State college and is being distributed quite widely throughout the state of Washington. July 1, 1904 The oeople of Union county are anxiously awaiting the trial trip of the flying machine that is being in vented by Grant Kees of Elgin. Mr. Keys has been at work on this aero plane for some months, and has it now so far put together that he has been able to move it to La Grande and has. placed it 100 feet in the air at Morgan lake, three miles from the city. He is waiting his propelling machine which he expects to arrive at any time from Massachutes, be fore making the final test. Charles Garrett, the new night watch, goes on police duty tomgin.. Mr. Garrett has filled the position be fore and did it with satisfaction to all concerned. Mr. and Mrs.. J. B. Dickenson and daughter Ruth left this morning tor Camas Prairie, where for two weeKs they will recreate and visit with friends and relatives. S. C. Stanton, John Stanton tnd Frank Rainville have returned from a fishing trip to the Umatilla. Mr. Stanton stood the trip very well and enjoyed the outing-. . Postmaster Githens yesterday mov ed his family into one of the KU eore houses in the south part of town. Mrs. Gay Clark and family moved into the house on Fifth street vacated by Mr. Githen?!. The "Hard Times" social tonight will ip ttu event of the season The costumes will be fearfully and won. derfully made. All persons wearing jewelry or good clotehs will be fined Admission 15 cents, supper fee. Everybody, in the United States will celebrate the grand and glorious Fourth, the newspaper fraternity not excepted. Athena will have a two day celebration and in honor of the occasion the Press will not be issued Tnesdav. Stick this in your hat. Keep cool and don't bother the post master on Tuesday for a Press, for ipw'11 be none in the office. Take a glass of lemonade and be merry Tomorrow Mitt Bush will bring over the big canvass and seats from Weston, to be used in the arbor for Athena's celebration. . Born, Thursday, June 30th, to Mr. and Mrs. Richard McGrath, twins; a boy and a eirl. Charles Norris is home for a few days- from the Walla Walla hospital, Dr. Botkin will go to Pendleton this evening to assist Dr. Cole in a surgical operation. Charles Gay, Clyde .Willaby and Otho Reeder have returned from a fishing trip to the Umatilla. Mrs. E. R. Cox, whose condition is reported serious, is again in the Wal la Walla hospital. . Miss Bertha Baker is down from her mountain school near Meacham, to spend the Fourth. Mrs. Henry Lloyd, who has been ill for some time, and is now in a Walla Walla hospital, is reported better. Hamp Booher has gone to the Duf fy springs, where he will try tne medicinal properties of the waters at that resort, for rheumatism. Professor George B. Marquis and family are moving into one of the cottages on Jefferson street, near Mrs. Frakes' residence. Ed Foster, clerk in E. Manasse's store, left yesterday morning lor a recreation trip on the Umatilla river. We are Equipped tado Job Printing All Kinds. Short Notice SELL NEW WHEAT Walla Walla county farmers have sold something like 250,000 bushels of new wheat at around $1.25 a bush el, based on number one club, re ports the Union. Farmers also have been disposing of old wheat, and about an equal amount has been turned into cash at about the same price in the last few days. Contract ing of new wheat is the usual prac tice about this time of year, say dealers. HIT AND RUN DRIVER The hit and run coward made his appearance for the first time on the highway between here and Pendleton, when he knocked a car off the bridge west of Saxe Station. Four men, in eluding Bob Nermer, the driver, veve hurled from the bridge into the diy creek below, and all were bruised The hit and run fiend after causing the wreck, kept going. ROUND TRIP TO DENVER $67.20 OMAHA 70 JS KANSAS CITY ... 70.35 DES MOINES 76 JO ST. LOUIS 80.35 CHICAGO. 8S.0S DETROIT 104.67 CINCINNATI .... 105.15 CLEVELAND..... 107.61 TORONTO 112.80 ATLANTA 116.40 PITTSBURO 118.81 WASHINGTON... 140.61 PHILADELPHIA. 143.97 NEW YORK 146.45 BOSTON 152.51 NEW .WHEAT INTRODUCED After experimenting five years L. T. Powers, a farmer of Lower Wal lowa valley section, has produced a new variety of wheat, which he claims is adaptable for either spring or fall planting. It is a cross of Federation and the hard bearded varieties. Mr. Powers has name'd it Wallowa. It has a tendency to shat ter easily. Mr. Powers is now en gaged in crossing this new variety with the Bart, a bearded variety. From results already obtained he is satisfied that he has obtained a per manent type. The new variety is aniH to be much hardier than the Federation. rIh effect to SerJterriberl5 tRcturnLimitOctQbcr31J926 THE EAST INVITES YOU and the Union Pacific makes your ; journey economical by low round-trip excursion fares to all important points in the East, Middle West and South. LIBERAL STOPOVER PRIVILEGE enable you to visit the big eastern cities or America's greatest wonder lands Zlon National Park Yellowstone National Park Rocky Mountain National Park all reached via the scenic and historic Union Pacific. De Luxe trains. Superior service. Descriptive booklet on request. MOM VACATION ROUTE POR INFORMATION AND RESERVA TION CALL ON OH WRITS C. M. Eager, Agent Athena, Oreg 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 BINGHAM SPRINGS Bingham Springs offers special in ducements over the Fourth of July to recreators and pleasure seekers. Bathing, picnicing, fishing and danc ing will claim the attention of large crowds of visitors to the Springs, Ju ly 3, 4 and 6. The Fletcher orches tra has been engaged to furnish mus ic for the dances. BRIDGE WILL BE REBUILT The wooden bridge spanning the Walla Walla river three miles from Wallulu will be rebuilt at once. This bridge, a link in the Inland Empire highway, was burned Saturday night when sparks from a brush fire stait ed by section men ignited ths striic- iture. ., . WHEAT BURNED More than 600 acres of wheat and an equal or greater amount of pas ture land in the Petersburg district five miles southeast of The Dalles, was burned over Saturday afternoon in one of the worst grain fires Was co county has experienced in years. The loss was estimated at between $35,000 and $45,000, largely covered by insurance. MacLAUGHLIN COACH Earl Greene, new coach at Mac Laughlin high school, has been at Milton, looking over the athletic prospects of the school for the com ing year. For three years Greene was coach at Albany college, where he turned some winning teams. CHIROPRACTIC HIGHWAY OILED Oiling of the Old Oregon trail be tween North Powder and La Grande is now virtually complete and oiling will start very soin between North Powder and Baker, also between Bak er and Durke. - A MAN MAY BE DOWN BUT HE'S NEVER OUT" That is the great, inspiring slogan of the Salvation Army. It saved thousands of men. Suppose you take that slogan to your heart in regard to your illness. Let chiropractic help you. We'll show you how. Dr. W. Boyd Whyte THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ATHENA Established 1891. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS S110.OOP.00 1 I 1 1 So's Yer Ole Man! Most of his famliy and a lot of his neighbors ?What? Get their Barber work at the Penn 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 Stangicr Building, Pendleton, Oregon. Phone 706 957 J WATTS & PRESTBYK Attorneys-At-Law Main Street. Athena, Oregon State and Federal Court Practice Will. Peterson and G. H. Bishop ATTORNEYS -Pendleton-Freewater Practice in State and Federal Courts Whitehead's 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. Fair and Courteous Treatment Agency for Troy Laundry and Twin City Cleaners Phone 492