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'Athena, Oregon October 1 1926
COOLING OF HOiMES
"Shut the windows, turn on the
electricity and keep cool."
That may be the procedure follow
ed in the future to control summer
temperature in the home. It is easy
to conjecture the utilization of a cool
ing plant for the modern homo since
science has devised systems of re
frigeration by cooling the air and
removing the moisture from it, there
by overcoming the obstacle against
circulation. To use the statement of
Edward F. Miller, head of the de
partment of mechanical engineering
at Massachusetts Tech:
"The increasing demands upon hu
man energy in this age of swift pro
gress and keen competition call for
new measures lor pnysicai comiort
and protection. Extreme summer
heat slows human activity and low
ers efficiency in all branches of en
deavor, -whether it be in factory, of
fice building or home.
"The household furnace has over
come the cold of winter, but human
ity still suffers from summer heat.
It 'seems likely that within a few
years cool rooms in which to work
and live will be considered just as
much a necessity as warm homes and
buildings are in winter.
"It is not a serious problem now
to produce air-conditioning and cool
ing plans for domestic purposes.
These will consist of a refrigeration
system in which air will be cooled
and the moisture removed before it
is put into circulation in the build
ing." o
Time, the healer of wounds,
brought together the red and white
men who back in 1870 had been en
emies, to nay solemn tribute to the
memory of Chief Joseph, Indian
prince and chieftain of the Nez Per
ccs tribe. The occasion was the re
moval of the remains of Joseph frohi
their resting place of 5G years on a
bleak hillside, to a monument covered
tomb at the foot of Wallowa Lake,
the spot he hud loved so well in life.
Respected as a warrior true to his
people and to his native hunting
grounds, for which he made his fit st
and last stand against the ' white
man's government, the whites forev
er closed the wound when they pro
vided the new burial place, and par
ticipated in the ceremonies with Nez
Perces, the Umatillus, the Cayuses
and the Walla Wallas.
State market agent's statistics
show that between the producers of
the eight and nine billions worth of
farm products and the ultimate con
sumers, nineteen million people were
in some manner connected with their
handling, and the middle toll of ex
pense and profit was from twenty to
twenty-one billion dollars, or an av
erage of $1078 to each person who
had something to do with the pro
ducts in their journies from the fields
to the kitchen. The producers of
the products received but $280 per
capita, or 7F cents per day. They
leceived only about one-fourth as
much per capita as those who hand
led them after they were harvested.
o
When grain treated with copper
carbonate is run through the grain
drill, especially if the drill is left in
the field over night, presence of
the metalic dust often causes the me
tal parts of the drill to stick, finds
the experiment station. Sudden pul
ling at such n time may break the
machine, hence it is safer to rock the
wheels back and forth gently by
hand to make sure the parts are mov
ing freely. '
o
The State Market Agent warns
farmers, dealers and retailers to ob
serve the grading and sack stenciling
of pctatoes. The law prescribes se
vere penalties for anyone who docs
not prude his stock and mark his
sacks before selling or offering for
sale. Get ncquaited with rules and
regulations by writing the market
intent at 712 court house, Portland.
Do it now and rest easy afterward.
o .
Nobedy is left in the baseball
world but the Yanks and Cards now
take your choice.
vanced training.
Third That vast Inland Empire,
containing about two-thirds of the
area of Oregon, should have the
privilege and facilities for training
its own youth who would be better
adapted to serve their people, as
teachers.
Fourth An Eastern Oregon nor
mal school meets with the approval
of the normal school board of re
gents and most of the prominent
educators of the state.
' Fifth Oregon has not the facili
ties at the present time to train one
half of the normal trained teachers
needed each year, which means we
must depend upon imported teacherj
Made White Horse Idol
to Placate Spaniard
Hernando Cortez, In the year 1525,
entered Peten, the northernmost de
partment of Guatemala, on Ids way
from Mexico to Honduras, Eugene
Cuiinlnglmm relutes, In Adventure
Magazine. lie Is credited with being
the first white man to penetrate those
dense jungles nnd rench Lake Peten
Itza, which In the Mnynn tongue was
"Ilaltunna," or "Lake With Houses,"
nnd look upon the busy Island city of
the Itzae, an offshoot of the advanced
Mayas who then peopled Yucatan and
Guatemala.
The eanek, or lord of the Itzae, re
ceived the Spaniard with courtesy. He
embraced Christianity and pledged al
legiance to the Spanish king. Cortez
remained for a time at Ilaltunna, let
ting his force recover from the hard
Journey, and when he went on to Hon
duras he left behind a lame white
horse. This animal lias furnished the
flexible Imaginations of Spanish his
torians with one of their most pictur
esque myths of "Mysterious Peten."
For the Indians, so the story runs,
having never before seen a horse and,
understanding only that It was sick,
fed It ns they would have fed a hu
man Invalid of more than ordinary Im
portance. The poor brute did not long
survive a diet of cooked meat, fish and
birds.
Upon Its death the poor Itzae, who
had worshiped It as something rather
more than mortal, were fearful of Cor
tez' wrath. So they thought to be
fool the conqulstadore. They carved
from white stone a replica nnd set It
up In their chief temple against Cor
tez' return.
Even today, say some Inhabitants
of Flores the modern town on the
site of Ancient Ilaltunna the Image
may be seen nt certain times In the
waters of Luke Peten-Itza, near the
uninhabited island of Santa Barbara,
where It sank when the raft trans
porting It was wrecked. This Image,
reported by two Franciscans as In the ,
temple In 1018, Is often termed the
"Sacred White Horse of Peten" and
the "Sacred Horse of Guatemala."
time, but that In that year improved
varieties were taken from Holland
to England by Sir Arthur Ashley of
Dorset. Cabbage was Introduced Into
Scotland by the soldiers of Oliver
Miller & Son recently finished dril
ling a well for Will Campbell at his
place Southeast of Athena. At a
depth of 90 feet a satisfactory quan
tity of good Water was encountered.
A gasoline engine furnishes power
for operating the pump.
Mr. and Mrs. H. McArthur will
visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E.
H. Leonard at Waitsburg, before re
turning to their home at Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. McArthur, accompanied
by Mr. and Mrs. George Banister of
Athena, will spend the winter in
California.
Well's Threat Verified
In San Jucnpn, Italy, Is a courtyard
belonging to an old and now ruined
mansion, nnd In this yard Is a deep and
very ancient well, of which It Is said
that si range noises resembling groans
come from it whenever death threat
ens one of the great family who once
owned I he properly.
!ii 11)04 such strange sounds came
from the well that the neighbors were
frightened. Yet nothing happened.
The sounds censed nnd were beginning
to lie forgotten when news came from
America that the lust survivor of the
old house had died in Sun Francisco.
ASK FOR NORMAL SCHOOL
The state-wide committee working
for better teacher training in Oregon
with headquarters in Portland, set.-',
forth the fallowing (he reasons why
the people should approve the East
ern Oregon normal school meusurj
on the ballet November 2.
First The natural division of her
teiritory isolates her from our pres.
tut normal schools.
Second The distance from tho
renter of population nnd our present
state schools handicaps many young
men and women from, gathering ad-
Dutch Improved Cabbage
The cabbage was taken to England
from Holland about the year 1510, al
though It Is said that this vegetable
was crown In England before tho
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County,
In the Matter of the Person and Es
tate of Ira Durrill, an incompetent.
It appearing to this Court from
the petition this day presented and
filed herein by Henry Craig, guardian
of the person and estate of Ira Dur
rill, sometimes known as I. W. Dur
rill, an incompetent person, praying
for an order of sale of all of Block
l'JO, Reservation Addition to the
town, now City of Pendleton, Umatil
la County, Oregon, nlso the South
east Quarter (SE',4) of the South
west Quarter (SWi) of Section 16,
Township 1, North of Range 85, E.
W. M. in Umatilla County, Oregon,
and belonging to said estate; that it
is for the best interest of said ward,
and necessary that said real estate
should be sold, and it appearing that
Ambrose Durrill of Laverne, Okla
homa, and Lizzie Durrill of Buffalo,
Oklahoma, brother and sister respect
ively of said ward, are the next kin
of saiil ward, nnd the Court being
fully advised in the premises,
It is ordered by the Court that the
next kin of said ward, to-wit, Am
brose Durrill and Lizzie Durrill, and
all other persons interested in said
estate, appear before this Court on
Saturday, the 2;!rd day of October,
li2b at the County Court Room in
the County Court house of Umatilla
County, Oregon, at Pendleton, at the
hour of 10 o'clock forenoon of that
day, then and there to show cause
why an order should not be granted
and made for the sale of said real
estate above described.
It is further ordered by the Court
that o copy of this Order be publish
ed at least once n week for four con
secutive weeks before said day of
hearing, in the Athena Press, a news
paper printed nnd published nt Athe
na, Umatilla County, Oregon.
Done and dated in open Court this
15tli day of September, 192t.
I. M. SCHANNEP,
County Judge
Will M. Peterson & George R. Lewis
Attorneys for Guardian. S17015.
The Athena Study club will enter
tain guests this afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Mattie Mitchell. The
club has begun the study of Scotland
for the present course of reading and
various members will give the result
of research in the early history of
that most Interesting country. A
committee consisting of Mrs. H. H.
Hill, Mrs Lew McNair and Mrs.
Mitchell will serve refreshments .
& 5. Theme, Sharing Responsibility.
Young Peoples Prayer meeting every
Tuesday evening at 7:30 p. m. Mid
week meeting every Thursday oven
ing at 7:30 p. m. Special music both
morning and evening by New Chorus
Choir. All cordially invited to ser
vices. "The nearer we approach
great men, the clearer we see they
are men." Bruyere.
Coming to
Pendleton
Dr. Mellenthin
Specialist
in Internal Medicine for the
past fifteen years
WESTERN APPLES GAIN
The new west is out-doing the old
east in commercial apples growing.
The American apple region is shift
ing from the east to Washington,
Oregon and Idaho, according to the
agriculture department. Growers in
the west specialize in Winesap, Jona
than, Rome, Spitzbergen, Delicious
and Yellow Newton varieties. The
east, however, continues to lead in
producing Baldwin, Greening, North
ern Spy and Ben Davis varieties
Western producers distribute the'.r
apples mainly in boxes. Last season
they exported approximately 6,000,
000 boxes of the fruit.
The Churches
M. E. Church
Church school at 10 a. m. Be sure
to come with your children for their
Rally Day program. Morning wor
ship at eleven o'clock. Theme, Grace
from the Gospel.
Church of Christ
We were glad to note a marked in
crease in the Bible school attendance
last Sunday and are expecting to in
crease our enrollment in the near
future. Come and study with us
The Book of Books. The subject of
the morning sermon will be, the
epistle to Philemon. The content of
the Book is: the interest of the great
Apostle Paul in a slave boy Christ
makes all men brothers. Evening
subject, "The Priceless Pearl." Spec
ial singing for the evening service.
Junior C. E., 6:30 p. m. All boys
and girls are given a most cordial in
vitation to attend the Junior C. E.
Choir Practice, Thursday 7:30 at the
parsonage. A hearty welcome awaits
you at afc these services.
Baptist Church
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. Israel
Journeys Toward Canaan. Now as
then the possession of the Land is
the goal. Morning Worship at 11:00
a. m. Text, Gen. 1:2-Theme, The
Brooding Spirit. Junior Young peo
ple meet at 5:30 p. m. Seniors at
6:30 p. m. Christ does not run count
er to Civil Institutions and Business
but with them. Song and Praise
service at 7:30 p. m. Text, Gal. 6:2
DOES NOT OPERATE
Will be at
Dorion Hotel
Tuesday October 12
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, bowls, 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 Oregon.
Mrs. L. L. Peetz, Moro, heart
trouble.
Mrs. P. P. Hager, (daughter
Marie), Walton, tonsi's and adenoids.
Mrs. E. C. Mulloy, Hillsboro, ulcer
of the leg.
Mrs. Nels Peterson, Skamokawa,
Washington, colitis.
Grover C. Gouthier, Coquille, Ore
gon, colitis and ulcers of stomach.
Mrs. Carl Johnson, Marshfield, ear
trouble.
J. W. Turner, Dalles, stomach
trouble.
E. A. Russell, Klamath Falls, ap
pendicitis. Remember the above date, that
consultation on this trip will be free
and that his treatment is different.
Married women must be accom
panied by their husbands.
Address: 211 Bradbury Building,
Los Angeles, California.
ALLEN BELL
DRAYMAN
Phone 24
Transfer and Express
Prompt Service
Dealer in
ICE
J. L. Harman
Blacksmithiug
Oxy-Acetylene Welding, Delivery and
Truck Bodies Manufactured
Main Street Athena. Oregon
At Finch's
HOOD RIVER CANVASS SHOES
NAP-A-TAN WORK SHOES
KNOX KNIT 7-POINT SOX
SHOES RE-BUILT
SUITS MADE TO ORDER
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Cleaning and Pressing
G. W. Finch, Prop. Main Street, Athena, Oregon
I- THE .
ATHENA RESTAURANT
GERALD KILGORE, Proprietor
Short Order Lunches and Meals served at all hours.
Ice Cream and Soft Drinks. A full line of Candies.
NONE BUT WHITE HELP EMPLOYED
Gerald Kilgore, Proprietor - - Athena, Oregon
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SUPER-HEATER.
Rogers C& Goodman, Athena, Oregon
(A Mercantile Trust)
We are Equipped to do
Job JPrin ting
All Kinds. Short-Notice
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Real state
Insurance
Farm Loans
Cheap Money
B. B RICHARDS,
Athena
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THE ATHENA MARKET
Claud Dickenson
Phone 452, Athena, Oregon
Auto Truck Dray
City and Country
HAULING
Always at Your Service
DR. S. F. .SHARP
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Athena, Oregon "
DR. W. G. COWAN
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Athena, Oregon
We carry the best
mil
eat
That Money Buys
Kippered Salmon, all Kinds of Salt Fish.,. Fresh
Fish, Oysters, Crabs, 'Clams, Kraut in Season.
A. W. LOGSDON
Main Street , Athena. Oregon.
DRS. A. D. & R. A. FRENCH
OPTOMETRISTS
French Optical Parlora
15 E. Main St Phone 653
WALLA. WALLA, WASH.
ESTABLISHED 1865
Preston-Shaffer Milling- Co.
AMERICAN BEAUTY
FLOUR
Is made in Athena, b' Athena labor, in one oi the verr best
equipped mills in the Northwest, of the best selected Bluestem
wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home industry. Your
grocer sells the famous American Beauty Flour
I Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers
Athena, Oregon. Waitsburg, Wash