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Athena, Oregon, December 10 1926
FARMERS LINE UP
' The State Market Agent finds there
are thirty farm groups, comprising
the "Grain Belt Federation of Farm
Organizations." with one mill;on
farmers behind it, assessed five cents
each to provide a fund of $50,000,
are now organized to make a great
fio-ht in the December session of
congress to push the McNary-Haug
i n farm relief bill into legislation, to
ake care of the export surplus of
: taple farm products.
The agricultural colleges in the
thirteen states represented have been
asked to determine the cost of pro
ducing the staple products in the
states, plus five per cent profit, as a
basis for market levels. The Federa
tion will present the computations to
congress with the demand that ag
riculture be put on an even footim?
with other protected and prosperou
industries, the slogan being "I'rotej
iion for All or Protection for None."
A movement is under way for the
r.outh to join with the west in sun
ort of the export program and be
cause of the depression in cotton it
is expected it will succeed. The Mc-Nary-IIaugen
bill was defeated
the last session of congress.
o
Interesting comparisons are ad
vanced in a statement just issued by
che National Industrial Conference
J.oard, which cites tax rate3 in sev
eral of the principal cities of the
country with direct reference to
municipal ownership of utilities. The
fact that the people of Oregon have
only recently voted on a state wide
measure involving the broad principle
of government operation lends pai--ticular
interest to the figures issued
by this board. With a given index
number of 100 per cent as the av
erage of the United States with re
spect to living costs, it is stated of
ficially that five cities are the most
expensive in the country to live in at
present, and their ratings follow:
San Francisco, 112; Cleveland, 113.4;
Jacksonville, 115.6; Detroit, 118.1;
Seattle, 123.8.
tion, there is one left for the enter
tainment of fans who will pay the
price to see an exhibition of bone
crushing the wrestling game.
Condolence
Whereas our supreme Father and
ruler of the Universe has deemed it
advisable to call from our midst and
his loved ones, our beloved Brother
Knight, Wade Hampton Booher,
Be it Resolved; that our Charter
be draped for thirty days and a copy
of this resolution be spread on the
minutes of Pythian Lodge No. 29.
Be it further resolved; that a copy
be sent to the Athena Press, and one
copy sent to his beloved wife Mrs. W.
H. Booher.
Sometime at eve when the tide is low,
We shall slip our moorings and sail
away
Through purple shadows that dark
ley trail
O'er the ebbing tide of the unknown
sea.
Committee: JOHN F. II ERR
F. B. RADTKE
A. R. COPPOCK
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NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County
In the Matter of the Estate of John
Bell, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned have filed their final ac
count and report in the above entitled
matter and that the above entitled
Court has fixed Monday, the 3rd dav
of January, 1927, at the hour of 10:00
o'clock A. M. of said day as the time
and the County Court room in the
County. Court house at Pendleton,
Umatilla County, Oregon, as the
place, for hearing of said final ac
count and report. Objections to said
final account and report should be
filed on or before that date.
Dated at Athena, Umatilla County,
Oregon, this 3rd dav of December,
1926. CATHERINE BELL
J. V. BELL
Administrators with the will an
nextcd of the Estate of John Bell, de
ceased. Watts & Prestbye, Athena, Oregon,
Attorneys for Estate. D3D3T.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the County Court of the State oi'
Oregon for Umatilla County
In the Matter of the Estate of John
W. Keen, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned have been appointed Ex
ecutrix and Execute:-, respectively,
of the last will and testament of
John W. Keen, del-cased, by an order
of the above entitled Court.
All persons having claims against
the said estate are hereby notified to
present the same to the undersigned
at Athena, Oregon, or to our attorn
eys, Watts & Prestbye, at their of
fice in Athena, Oregon, within six
months from the date of the first
publication of this notice. All claims
must be verified as by law required.
Dated at Athena, Oregon, this 10th
day of December, A. D. l!)2f.
LAURA MAY GROSS,
LOUIS M. KEEN.
Executrix and Executor, respect
ively, of the last will and testament
of John W. Keen, deceased.
Watts & Prestbye Athena, Oregon,
Attorneys for Estate. D10J7.
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla county
In the Matter of the Estate of Frank
Martin, deceased.
Notice is hereby given to all per
sons whom it may concern: That
Julia Martin, executrix of the last
will and testament of Frank Martin,
deceased, has filed her final account
and report in the administration of
the estate; that the County Judge of
Umatilla County, Oregon, by order
duly made and entered, has appointed
Monday the 13th day of December,
1926 at the hour of ten o'clock in the
forenoon as the time and the County
Court House at Pendleton, Oregon,
as the place where all objections and
exceptions to said final account and
report will be heard and a settlement
of the estate made.
JULIA MARTIN, Executrix
Will M. Peterson, Attorney for Ex
ecutrix. N12D10.
CLASSIFIED
For sale cheap A leather covered
Morris chair, rocker and other furniture.
Marcelling Expert Marcelling and
all lines of beauty work. Miss Chap-
pelle, Weston, Oregon. Call 292 for
appointment.
Senator Gooding of Idaho:
farmer cannot fix the price on any
thing he produces, lie has to exam
ino the newspapers in the morning'
to find out the price of his wheat,
corn, cattle, cotton, hogs. When ho
has to buy he pays the price fixed by
somebody else, but when ho under
takes to sell any of his products he
has to take his hat off to the man to
whom ho sells it the man who fixes
the fanners' price. Of course every
one knows that someone else fixes
the price of everything the farmer
has to buy."
tigers" letter
some months
Having at last been tipped off that
murder and not suicide caused the
deaths of four Portland women, it
would be interesting to know how
much of a reward the police depart
ment would consider big cnoug'i to
justify it to dig in and capture the
"strangler."
o
It transpires that Germany has
met promptly, every obligation to the
allies required of her under the
Dawes plan. Included are reparations
to the United States. All of which
causes us to recall the
to President Coolidge
n go.
o
The editor of the Vernonia Eagle
opines that some persons seem to ba
satisfied if they can prevent otheia
from having a good time. What ivv
we to infer? Couldn't the Vernonian
journalist find the cache, or did tin.
orchestra quit at midnight.
o
Commenting on the supreme court
decision that booze venders are sub
ject to both federal and state pen
alties, the Weston Leader plugs in
on the lost chord by offering the
suggestion that the bootlegger fir0'
be caught.
o
There is the mathematical differ
ence of one, between twelve and thir
teen just enough for Notre Dame
to win over the Trojans.
o
Cold weather in the New England
states took a toll of eleven lives Sun
day, while meadowlarks were warb
ling in Athena.
o
The American telephone system is
handling daily 70,000,000 calls with
167,000 operators, and only half of
them chewing gum, at that.
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We'll just simply leave it to Yale
and Harvard to settle whether "is" j
or "are" isn't or ain't. i
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
"TheIn the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County
In the Matter of the Estate of W. II.
Booher, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given to all per
sons whom it may concern: That
Minnie 1). Booher has been appointed
executrix of the last will and testa
ment of W. H. Booher, deceased, and
has qualified as such. All persons
having claims against the ?state are
required to present them witn proper
vouchers to said executrix at her
home in Athena, Oregon, or at vhe
law office of her attorney, Will M.
Peterson, Slangier Building, Pendle
ton, Oregon, within six months of the
dale of the first publication of this
notice which is the 10th day of De
cember, 1!I2.
MINNIE D. BOOHER, Executrix
Will M. Peterson, George R. Lewis
Attorneys for Executrix. ' D10J7.
Jensens
Blacksmith Shop
HorseshoeiDg
Prices Reasonable
Tharp Bros, old stand, Athena Oreg
(Eouitv No. 4223)
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County
The First National Bank of Athena,
Oregon, a corporation, Plaintiff
vs
Dean T. Willaby, Myrtle Willaby, B.
B. Richards, II. A. Thompson, Vir
gil II. Zerbn, and The Peoples
Warehouse, a corporation, Defend
ants: Notice is hereby given that by
virtue of a writ of execution, decree
and order of sale issued out of the
above entitled Court in the above en
titled suit, to me directed, and dated
the 'diui day of December. 1926. in
favor of the plaintiff and airainst the
defendant Dean T. Willaby, for the
recovery of the sum of 7,000.00 with
interest thereon at the rate of 8 per
cent per annum from October 6th,
1920, the hither sum of $600.00 at
torney's fees, and the costs and dis
bursements of the suit taxed at
$27.30; and commanding me to sell
the following described real property
situated in Umatilla County, Oregon,
to-wit:-
The West half of the Northwest
Quarter of Sec. 21, Township 4
North, Range 31 E. W. M., ex
cepting about 2 acres heretofore
conveyed to Dolph Lodge No. 80,
Wild Horse Lodge No. 73, and
Trustees of Pythian Lodge No,
2!; all in Umatilla County, Ore
gon. Now therefore in compliance with
the demands of the said writ of ex
ecution, decree and order of sate I
will, on Saturday the 8th day of
January, i;)'27, at the hour of two
o'clock P. M at the front door of
the County Court House in Pendle
ton Umatilla County, Oregon, sell, at
public auction, to the highest bidder
for cash, all of the right, title, estate
and interest that the said defendant,
Dean T. Willaby, had on the 0th dav
of October, 1920, being the date of
said mortgage to the plaintiff which
is being foreclosed, or that the de
fendants or any of them in the above
entitled suit have since acquire v
down to and inclusive of the date of
sale, in and to the nbove describe.!
property or any part thereof, to sat-1
ist'y the said writ of execution, de-1
cree and order of sale, with interest,!
cMN mm accruing costs.
lated at Pendleton. Orecon. this
nhv
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Attorneys for Plaintiff. D10J7.
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