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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1926)
McCormick-Deering and Superior Double-Run Feed ; GRAIN DRILLS ; The makers of McCormick-Deering and Superior double-run feed, grain drills have learned, through years of valuable experience, just how to produce j sturdy, dependable machines that stand up under the severest seeding con-1; ditions. ( v " ; I' ( v - v Among the many features embodied in these drills' are light draft, easy " operation, simplicity, and adaptability to all kinds of 'soil You can't go wrong with these machines. They're built to plant accurately and to cover the seed properly. Even seeding means even growing, fetter crops, and in creased profits. ' We have these drills on display in our store now, and invite you to inspect them ahead of the seeding season. We can take care of your requirements. Rogers C& Goodman, Athena, Oregon ( A Mercantile Trust) Rich Quartz Crystals Found in California Transparent rock crystals are high ly valued, and Riverside county, Cull-' fornla, gives us some very fine ones, usually from Its gem mines. Formerly the world's demand for these pure crystals was supplied mainly from Brazil and Madagascar, until a large and fine supply of them was discov ered in the Golden state. In the old Green. Mountni; mine In Calaveras county, amidst the gold-bearing gravel of Its ancient lava-capped river bed, were found In 1897 a huge lot of enor mous quartz crystals, 12 tons of which were sold In one year alone. One ti tanic crystal found here was surround ed with 47 smaller crystals and weighed over a ton. Some weighed 00 pounds each, and one was 19 by 15 by 14 inches. Most of the larger ones were sent to New York and there cut by special machinery. One of thera, cut Into a perfect sphere, without a flaw In It, Is valued at $3,000. An other Is In the Morgan collection In that city. Those from El Dorado coun ty are sometimes prized more highly because they have "phantoms'.' In thorn various enclosed minerals, often of fantastic form. Man's Lot of Trouble If man had been created without board he would have saved quite a bit of trouble, time and expense, says an English writer. The ear to ear measure on the aver age man's face Is 12 Inches, and from where his beard starts on his throat to his chin and hence to the upper lip Is Inches. ' This area must be shaved every day, if a man wishes to be spruce and clean. In shaving, two strokes are made for ovorv inch, so that every day he goes over about 63 Inches of space. In a year this amounts to 24.820 inches and in a lifetime It totals 20 miles. '. If a man takes five minutes dally to shave himself, at seventy he will have spent -a total of 75 days In shaving, sayg the writer. '. i..C"-'LiaiJaKcr vaPries 7 Milec. London, Eng. Senator William Marconi of Italy, inventor of Wire loss, has announced the perfection of a wireless loud speaker which can be heard for 10 miles. It is the inven tion of a member of the staff of Mar cDnl company and Marconi, states has already been tried out at Cowleo with success, . Jumble of Treasures tn Persian Treasury The Imperial treasury of Teheran, Persia, In which Is kept the peacock throne, once the property of the grand mogul, Is an enormous room on the upper floor of the shah's palace. The room Is lined with mirrors and prob ably contains the most heterogeneous collection of articles ever assembled. It Is literally crammed with the ob jects of one sort or another which have been acquired by Persian mon archs on their visits to Europe. Also, there are many articles which have been presented to these monarchs by contemporary rulers. The collection Includes pieces of! Sevres and Dfesden porcelain, Inlaid furniture, elephant tusks, Spanish shawls, Italian mosaic work, a variety of walking sticks, embroidered sofa pillows, steamship models, talking dolls, mechanical toys, a set of solid gold cuspidors, Jeweled weapons and even a life-size marble copy of the Venus de Mllo with a large gilt clock set In her abdomen. There are hun dreds of-other unusual and common place articles. : The peacock throne, which was taken to Teheran from Delhi by the Persian conqueror, Is estimated to be worth $20,000,000 though Its canopy long since disappeared. It resembles a four-post bed and every Inch of it's surface Is encrusted with diamonds, emeralds and rubles. 13. Alexander Powell, in American Magazine. Rep Tape An Italian soldier, who was declared dead during the war, but insists that he is very much alive, Is having an embarrassing time. He has married since, And the government insists upon paying his "widow" his pension. He has also received a nice medal reciting his good deeds and the battle In which he died. His name stands engraved upon a monument to "our hero dead." In fact, the war department refuses to concede that he Is still alive. s He is now making the government testify against itself, because the scurvy Income tax collector not only believes he is alive, but Insists upon making the usual collections In the usual harsh way. Los Angeles Times. Jacobs Jury Unable to Agree. Olympia, Wash. Unable to reach an agreement after they had had the case 24 hcurs, the Jury before which Roy Jacobs was tried for the murder ol C. R. Pake, night marshal of Yelat, was discharged. ' "- ?- -- r, N aM-Tan Shoes For Working Men Also Canvass Gloves and Master Hose We order TaHor-Made Suits G. W. Finch, Prop. Main Street, Athena, Oregon Religious Bodies' Wealth Placed at Three Billion Washington. The total wealth of all religious organizations In the United States In 1922 Is estimated at . $3,271,558,000 on a basis of returns re ceived by the federal commission. The study Is part of a voluminous report on" national wealth and Income made In response to a senate resolution. The wealth of the religious organi zations, it Is disclosed," is slightly more than 2 per cent of the total esti mated wealth of the country. The largest single religious denomi nation, both In property and In mem bership, Is the Roman Catholic church. Its membership embraced 38 per cent of the estimated entire church mem bership of the country in 1922. The estimated value of its church property represented 23 per cent of the total church property. In proportion to Its size, however, the Protestant Episco pal church Is the wealthiest of all, Its church property being estimated at a value of $223 a member. Cave Men's Arsenal In the neighborhood of the great naval port of Chatham,. England, cave men, millions of years ago, had an arsenal on the Medway, when that river's "course ran close to where Friudsbury Is now. . . Two local men made the discovery about 16 months ago, and since then about 4,000 hammer stones, flint axes and scrapers, and other worked flints, have been taken out of the dump. The tools and weapons, although they belong to the earliest period of the Stone age, are wonderfully effi cient Some of the edges are still al most as keen as razors. 22 Years Ago Card of Thanks To Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Watts, who so graciously offered their home, to the Press, to the musicians and singers, and to all who assisted in any way to make the "Gypsy Carni val" a success, we extend our thanks and appreciation. B. Y. P. U. MEMBERS. Pearls Beauty SKoppe MARINELLO PREPARATIONS MARCELLING, HAIR-DRESSING, FACIALS, MANICURING And Shampoo r Main Street, Athena, Phone 32. CLASSIFIED Fruit See J. E. Froom at Athena Hotel for prunes and crab apples. For Sale A six-horse grain drill. Lawrence Pinkerton, Athena. Marcelling Expert Marcelling and all lines of beauty work. Miss Chap pelle, Weston, Oregon. Call 292 for appointment. Marcelling Miss May Lanning. Phone 582. Athena.. J. L. Harman Blacksmithing Oxy-Acetylene Welding, Delivery and Truck Bodies Manufactured Main Street Athens, Oregon . ; 1 ,- September 2, 1904 Dr. S. F. Sharp 'and Dr. A. W. Bot kin have disolved partnership,and the latter will retire from the practice of medicine in Athena. Dr. Sharp will continue in his practice here while Dr. Botkin will go to Portland and engage in his profession. Wheat in Athena today is quoted at 68c per bushel. The firm of Robinson & Stanford, painters, has dissolved partnership, Mr. Stanford is retiring. Mr Robin son will continue the business at the old stand. Al. Booher is again at his old po3t a esngineer of the pumping station. Like the cat, Al. "will come back." The family will move down from the mountain ranch tomorrow. R. J. Boddy is once more in the meat business in Athena, having pur chased the business of Narkaus Brothers. The recent attachment pro ceedings against property owned by Mr. Boddy have "been satisfied. Maurice Hill returned Tuesday from a summer's visit with his broth er at Elgin. Maurice exhibits an im mense sun flower at the Press office, one which grew in his mother's gar den and measures twelve inches ac ross the face and is three feet in cir cumference. Mrs. W. H. Reeder gives her fare well reception this afternoon to her Bible school class, at her home in the northwest part of town. These girls will regret keenly to lose their faith ful teacher when she takes her de parture of her new home in Tacoma. A. B. McEwen will attend the Knights Templar's conclave which convenes in San Francisco September 5th.. - Clayton Sharp was up from Pen dleton, . visiting his cousin, Ralph Gillis. John Davidson remebered numer ous friends in town this week in a most substantial manner. A wagon load of luscious watermelons, raised without irrigation, was distributed, and the Press family was not over looked. Thanks, John, when we get to be farmers, we'll reciprocate. Mrs. Bern Banister who resides on the Ginn place east of town, met with an accident Wednesday which resulted, in a broken arm.. While riding with her husband in a header bed on a load of hay, in an unguard ed moment a sudden start was made by the horses, precipitating her to the ground and fracturing her right arm. Nick Taitinger has samples of Al berta wheat, fall sown, that averaged 40 bushels per acre; oats, 75 bushels and barley 50 and 60 bushels. Alber-r ta farmers have,flnished harvesting their fall grain and now are cutting their spring grain." f I September 6, 1904 At the regular meeting of the city council last night A. M. Gillis was appointed councilman in place of Frank Rogers, .removed,, and W. J. Gholson was appointed city marshal to succeed George D. Foster, resign ed. Both appointments were made by Mayor Taylor and were confirmed by the council. They were sworn in and commenced active duty at once. Of the total wheat crop of the state of Oregon Umatilla county this year produces nearly one-half; of the total wheat crop of Oregon, Wash ington and Idaho, ' Umatilla county produces one-ninth .and there is but one county in the three states credit ed with a yield in excess to Umatilla county, that is Whitman , county, Washington. S. P. Purdy returned Saturday from a tour through Southern Ore gon, where he went with the inten tion of locating. He went to Jack sonville and through the Rogue Riv er country, but. did liot find anything that exactly suited, 'so failed to make an investment. Mrs. Donald Mctntjre and daugh ters, Laura and Bell," arrived home Sunday morning from' anj extended visit with relatives, at, Mclntyre, Tor onto. The family are how moving in to their town residence, from the farm, preparatory to getting ready for the opening of school next week. The federal government will build a mile of road on approved scientific plans, near Walla Walla, to demon strate the aims and practicability of the good roads movement. A team belonging to Carlisle ran away yesterday with . a wagon and header box. As the team traversed the streets, the boy who held the reins held cn like grim death al though one of the bridles was off and encircled the horse's breast. The team finally stopped of its own ac cord without any damage resulting. Some pretty sharp corners were turned but the rig kept its equilibrium and did not go over. Sam White, the Pine creek ranch er, will visit Athena twice each week with his peerless fruit, which he will sell at reasonable prices. Mr. White left some fine specimens of peaches at this office. They were of excellent flavor, and like all of Mr. White's fruit, were free from culls, For Continental Phone 453 or 761 Come, Play in Walla Walla On our fourth Annual Community Labor Day Celebration in the City Park. Beginning 1:30 P. M. Sharp. M onday Sept. 6 . Labor Day Address by Stephen A. Lowell of Pendleton. t Community Singing, Sports and Races Band and Orchestra Music. Joe Baird's Comedians. Big Community Picnic Supper. Kiwanis Octette, Dance in Evening by Crcxdale's Serenaders. llorseshoeTournament For the Championship of the Southern Inland Empire.. No one Barred. $200 in Prizes A GOOD WILL CELEBRATION 10,000 PEOPLE EXPECTED Don't Miss It! 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 m Uffit nm im Bit ini im wm win mi nut mu niu wia tia ijm m m nw im tm gnx mm mm mm m THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ATHENA EBtublishcd 1891. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $110,000.00 Federal and Kelly" Tires urrow The Super-Boot for all ' Tire Blowouts, Rim Cuts, Bruises A Permanent Repair Auto Supplies Accessories Prestbye Service Station F. T. CHAMBERLAIN. PROP. Athena, Oregon, Phone 761 Jensens Blacksmith Shop Horseshoeing Prices Reasonable Tharp Bros, old stand, Athena Oreg. WATTS & PRESTBYE Attorneys-At-Law Main Street. Athena, Oregon State and Federal Court Practice 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, J every one'in general. Agency Troy Laundry. Make ? mu ivugs line new. jriiune uoo. PENN HARRIS BARBER trSBSSBZ Whitehead's Barber Shop Lee Whitehead, Proprietor We make a specialty of cutting Ladies hair in all the prevailing styles Fair and Courteous Treatment Agency for Troy Laundry and Twin City Cleaners Phone 492