lit Mum &X INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. BOYD. Owner and Publisher Subscription Uate. One copy, one year $2-00 One copy, six months tl-OO Cne copy, three months 75 Athena, Oregon January 7 1927 HAS ITS SUNSET LEFT News dispatches carried the infor mation that the interstate commerce commission has permitted the North ern Pacific railway to discontinue train service to Ocosta, Washington. That simple item from the grist of the world's news doubtless stirred the memories of many "old-timers" in southwest Washington. The time was when many people confidently believed that Ocost would become one of the great cities of the west coast. The town was pic tured as the western terminus of the Northern Pacific. It was believed that great docks would be construct ed there and that Ocosta would be the meeting place of sail and rail for the enormous trade between the Uni ted States and the orient. Town lots rrse to high figures. People came to Ocosta from all parts of the nation, and it was a flourishing and feverish center before the boom collapsed pre vious to the panic of 1893. Ocosta now has not a vestige of its former bid for greatness. It still exists on the map and still covers a certain parcel of ground on the shores of South Bay on Grays Har bor. But Aberdeen and Hoquiam are the big centers on the harbor, and the lumber mills and the ships that were pictured along the Ocosla wat erfront exist in reality in Aberdeen and Hoquiam. All that Ocosta has left is its view. A sunset on the Pacific as seen from Ocosta remains as glorious on a summer evening as a generation ago, when corner lots sold for hundreds of dollars. Tacoma News Tribune. o THE NECKTIE BUNK This practice of loading down the mails with knit neckwear about Christmas time by some Jew bunk concern hiding behind and commer cializing the infirmities of some world war veteran, does not buy any thing out here in the West. Says the Polk County Observer: "Like 300 or 400 other Dallas men, wc received a package of Christmas knit neckwear from Paunee Bill, ti.e blind tie man of St. Louis, etc. Some how or other this little incident grates in our craw; we don't like knit neckties. If Paunee Bill had sent lurid prospectus of three knit neckties for $t it would have gone into the waste basket. Somehow or other we feel that that is where his neckties belong. We did not order them neither did any other man in Dallas. We don't expect to get any more packages from Paunee Bill at Christmas or any other time. Neith er will you if you feel as we do to ward an attempt to prey upon your sympathy and tan the milk of hu man kindness fot commercial pur poses." o "Tony Spaghetti made a crock of moonshine to satisfy an inborn crav ing for refreshment. He is in jail for a period of years. Fall and Do honey made a monstrous conspiracy involving millions of dollars and people fraudulently, and they go Scot free. From such stuff as this fchnll our young people get their knowledge of justice." Forest Grove News-Times. o Portland is well within her rights in demanding port protection when proposals are made for bridge con struction at Long View, or any other point on the lower river aro made. And more so is she right in her op position to a structure thrown hap hazardly across the link that bind.-t her shipping with the Pacific by private interests having for their ob ject the collection of tolls. -o i The West has been recognized at last. It has been seriously propos ed in the House of Representativos t appropriate $250,000 for a summer White House, to be built at Rocky Mountain National Tark, Colorado. Sensible idea. If you won't let the democrats raid the treasury, why not raid it yourself. o The term "step on it" used to be applied in connection with the act of mashing the jellywigglings sut.of the lowly worm. Now it has to do with toying with the accelerator of a rpced wagon. o Co-eds at Texas Christian Uni?r r'y do not believe in exposing the luieo, for various and sundry reason?, mi we are told. However, er , all i -n-cds do not matriculate at the Tex as University. It's well enough to be a Mazam.i u'lon you are a Mazama otherwise you're a Zamama for trying to scale Fount Hood in a blizsard. o What may be termed a dramatic jfpcctaclo occurred in Congress last week. When Representative Celler, democrat, appealed to his colleagues to keep poison out of alcohol, he was supported by Senator Edwards, an other good democrat, who startled his hearers in the Senate by con demning the "hypocrisy of some of the representatives of the people who vote dry and drink wet." Portland's Imperial Hotel is some thing more than an Eastern Oregon hangout just now. For the next forty days the Oregon legislature will convene there for its in-between-sessions. o The city marshal of Cove, Oregon, has authorized shooting of all stray cats. But how can he tell whose cat is a stray cat? However, it may be that all cats do or do not look alike to him. o If the government makes up it.4 mind to extract its poison from al cohol the question naturally arises as to whether there would be any left in a fella's radiator. Jiminy crickets, but that Bradley Rogers girl bank robber down in Texas is hardboiled! She says she would as leave as not do it over again if she had the chance. o Gus Moser has taken it on the chin again. The joint legislative commit tee would have naught to do with his proposed compulsory competitive in dustrial insurance law. Load Everything Evil on Dragon's Shoulders They still blame It on the drngou In China when anything goes wrong. That the Ideas of a people 03 per cent illltc-rtite do not change rapidly Is limply ill list rated . In Thomas Steep's book, "Chinese Fantastlcu." Now, as In centuries gone by, the 'dragon dictates the dally conduct, of millions of Chinese. Angered, the dragon manifests Its displeasure In Hoods, droughts, earth quakes, eclipses and typhoons. When Canton wns wrecked by a typhoon the havoc was attributed to the whisking of the (ail of an angry dragon. Dup lng a solar eclipse the people of Island vitiligos, supposing the darkness to be caused by a dragon having swallowed the sun, rush to the streets and with drums, gongs, horns and whistles create noise until the dragon, fright ened, disgorges his prey. What does a dragon look like? It Is equipped to work any kind of de struction. It has teeth, claws, feet, wings and tall. Its scales number eighty-one. or nine times Ine, the extreme odd or lucky number. It possesses all the luck that humans covet. Its voice Is as the booming of a gong. Its breath Is flre, fog or rain. It renders Itself visible or Invisible. It swells to the dimensions of heaven or shrinks to the size of a silk worm. It likes to sleep within the earth and inlj.iilily hales to be disturbed. Hence the aversion of the Chinese to the digging of mines, the construc tion of railroads, rhnnging of water courses, or anything else that will dis turb the slumbers of the dragon Timber Sound, Though Buried for Centuries Furniture made from oak used by the Itonuins more than 1,800 years ago In the construction of an em bankment for the Thames Is shortly to be added to the historic treasures of the Mansion house, says the Lon don Mull. The timber, discovered during exca vations behind King William street, K. C, Is In good condition, although It has been burled for centuries. It Is In the possession of Mr. Thomas J. Kdwimls, a member of the London and Middlesex archeological society, who, with other experts, Is satislled that tho find Is part of the first embankment built by the I lo in una. A member of the society suld the timbered embankment Is S3 feet north of the Roman wall, probably built 200 years later. Whole trunks of trees, piled one above the others, six deep and locked by cross-timbers, were found In such good condition tlmt they can still be used for almost any purpose. Vily Whalct Sir John Uluiid-Sutum, famous Eng lish surgeon, tolls a striking story to demonstrate the cunning with which khe killer" whale chases its prey. It feeds on seals, which It cannot easily drug off the Ice, but It swims under the Ice on which the seal lies, and using Its powerful dorsal tin, sud denly rises, and breaks off a piece of the lee with It. If the seal tries to escape b.v sliding over the Ice. the whale follows It, and continues Its breaking tactics until the seal Is cap tured. The teeth of killer whales make those of the crocodile seem puny, but, curiously enough, these terrors of the seas, who even prey on their harm less relatives, hunt In packs. Ilk lvo'vox. D. J. McFaul, M. D. Office over Inland Empire Hank Pendleton, Oregon Specializing in Electro and Quartz 1 Lamp Therapy. KITCHEN ff S , 11126. WciIwd Newpaper Union.) Three things to love -courage, gentleness and affection. Three things to hate cruelty, arrogance and ingratitude. Three things to admire charao-. ter, Intellect and dignity. HINT8 FOR HOUSEKEEPERS Have a shelf, cupboard or some place protected from dust for empty boxes. Arrange them In order of size, then when a box is needed for some purpose it is quickly found. If there are those In the home who persist la using the woodwork on which to scratch matches, smear a little vaseline over the spot generally used. After a few attempts to scratch a match on the greasy surface even the most persistent offender will reform. Oven cloths or holders to handle food In hot dishes should be large enough to be used In both hands ; this will save many burns. A pocket on the Inside of an apron will save tearing on door knobs and latches. Place a small piece of camphor gum in the silver drawer or cupboards where the silver Is kept It will save much cleaning, as the camphor will keep It from tarnishing. A clothes-pin bag fastened to a clothes hanger Is a great convenience. To save stooping when hanging out clothes it can be pushed along on the line. A nut cracker makes a good wrench for small bottles with screw tops. A heavy wall paper such as the oat meal paper may be tinted when faded with any color or special tint desired. Often the paper is faded but perfectly good. With a good wash of some tint It Is new and fresh again. ' The lower stair of the back stairs put on hinges makes a fine place for rubbers, overshoes nnd other things which are so often mislaid. When patching a tear In wall pa per, tear do not cut the paper to be used as a patch. The uneven edges are not so easily noticed. - A sewing machine needle which has become blunt can be sharpened by stitching a few times through emery paper. A piece of emery paper Is useful in rubbing shiny spots on clothes. A handful of raisins added to any cooky mixture will Improve it; also any fruit salad. Foolhardy Feat For five shillings ($1.25) an Eng lish steeplejack performed a feat so dangerous that a - film star would probably ask a small fortune for do ing the same thing. As n result of an argument with an other steeplejack over the merits of their respective bicycles, this man had his machine hauled to the top of a 00-foot chimney. With smoke belch ing from the chimney, the steeplejack calmly mounted his Jlcycle and bal anced himself on the narrow ledge for two minutes. The other steeplejack then mounted the chimney and paid over the five shillings which had been won by the performance of this dar ing lent. Old Turkish Capital Presents Two Views Approaching Constantinople' one may get the impression that it either Is the world's most beautiful city or that it Is the most squalid city on earth, depending upon whether It Is approached from the sea or the land. From the land the city's GSO mosques and minarets, its MO palaces and gar dens, rising in the form of an amphi theater above the Golden Horn, give It the appearance of the type of oriental city described in the Arabian Nights, says E. Alexander Powell in the American Magazine. Alexander von Humboldt, noted traveler and student of nature, de clared Constantinople was one of the three most beautiful cities In the world, Naples and Salzburg being the otfier two. Lord Byron also extolled Constantinople's position as being In comparable to any he had ever seen. The historical interest that abounds In Constantinople even surpasses, for many, that of Its beauty. The city's i history extends hack nenrly 3,000 years. Since the corn-laden galleys from the Black , sea glided through the Hellespont In, the days of Darius and Alexander, and the Phoenicians moved In from ,the Marmora sea, down to the present time, when gi gantic battleships swing at their moor ings off Seraglio point, Constantinople has been an object of desire for am bitious military leaders and land-seei-lnsr nations. CLASSIFIED For Sale A good grade Guernsey heifer calf. Lou Ringel. phone 32F21. For sale cheap A leather covered Morris chair, rocker and other furni ture. EVERYBODY'S coma CALIFORNIA bids you turn back the calendar to summer and come play in the warm sunshine. As an added inducement the Union Pacific now offers special low round trip fares and assures you a marvelous journey on the finest of fast trains. Connections via Portland or Salt Lake City. MAKB TOOT RESERVATIONS NOW EEm C. M. EAGER, Agent Athena, Oregon 564,075.29 57.000.00 16,412.34 6,400.00 625.00 784,666.19 Bank Statement n. ...... w. Kesarve uisirici xno. j. Report of the Condition of the Pint National Bank at Athena in the State of Uregon, at me ciose ui uuamcoo v.. . RESOURCES l a Loans and discounts including rediscounts, ac ceptances of other banks and foreign bills of ex u - Arafta anlH with endorsement of this bank (except those shown in b and c) $ 664.075...9 Total loans - 3 U. 3. Government securities owned: , , a Deposited to secure circulation (U. S. bonds par value) j lZ,uUU.UU b'AU other United securities (including premiums, if any) - 44,500.00 Total -.- 4 Other bonds, stocks, securities, etc., owned: ................ House. 6.062.00 Furniture and fixtures. 338.00 8 Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank i 31,730.68 10 Cash in vault and amount due from national banks 108.422.8S Total of Items 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 iyB,z. 15 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and duo from U. S. Treasurer -- Total LIABILITIES 1!) Capital stock paid in 20 Surnlua fund '. 21 a Undivided profits 17,710.54 mmBi b Reserve for - 17,710.54 c Less Current expenses paid - Jviinnn 23 Circulating notes outstanding - : lUU.uu 26 Amount due to State banks, bankers, and trust companies in the United States and foreign countries lotner man included in Items 24 or 25) 27 Certified checks outstanding 28 Cashier's checks outstanding Total of 24. 25. 26, 27, and 28 3,885.81 29 Individual deposits subject to check -- !fl rt;K,.o)oi nf lanneit rtnn inUst than SO HaVS (other than for money borrowed) &,u.o Q1 CtatA .nnnt.r rvf. mimi.Mr.a1 flivrtnai ta eAnirpt bv TUedtre Of vi-ft. wioki vvwiivjt v. ...Univ. i.i. Uvv.H r o - - 17nQCOO assets of this bank or surety bond . V'V fn 33 Dividends unpaid -- o.uio.uu Total of demand deposits ( other than bank deposits) sut ject to Reserve, Items 29. 30, 31, 32, 33, and 34... 307,38'2 40 - ' l' v . .'...... ... v.. - ....... -- . rf ' OC AAA AA 37 Other time deposits - - - 25,PS?;?f 38 1'ostal savings deposits - Total of time deposits subject to Reserve, Items 35, S6, 37. and 38 333,487.44 Total 50,000.00 60,000.00 343.92 2,330.69 1,211.20 277,018.59 532.23 784,66d.i:) tate of Oregon, Countyof Umatilla, ss. I, F. S. LeGrow, Cashier of the above-named Bank, do solemnly swear that tho above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. Subscribed and sworn to before me F. S. LEGROW, Cashier, this 5th dav of January, 1927. Correct Attest: E. C. PRESTBYE, Notary Public. . M. L. WATTS Commission expires July 10, 1928 M. W. HAN SELL . , HENRY CELL Directors Oil Your Harness While you have the time to do it right Our Oil Its the right kind Also this is the time to get. set up for 4he plowing season. Our spring stock of new plows is now ar riving. ; ROGERS & GOODMAN ( A Mercantile Trust) The Athena Hotel J. E. FROOME. PROP. Courteous Treatment. Clean Beds Good Meals Tourists Made Welcome Special Attention Given to Home Patrons Corner Main and Third Athena, Oregon ' Jensens Blacksmith .Shop Horseshoeing Prices Reasonable Tharp Bros, old stand, Athena Oreg. i Real Estate Insurance Farm Loans Cheap Money B. B RICHARDS, Athena 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. CCWAN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Athena, Oregon DRS. A. D. & R. A. FRENCH OPTOMETRISTS French Optical Parlors 15 E. Main St Phone 653 WALLA WALLA, WASH. At Finch's , HOOD RUBBERS FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN CATTLE KING HIGH AND LOW TOP RUBBER FOOTWEAR FOR MEN' Cleaning and Pressing G. W. Finch,' Prop. Main Street, Athena, Oregon fl!llI!!lll!!!S!IOiniM 1 r THE j KILGORE CAFE GERALD KILGORE, Proprietor Short Order Lunches and Meals served at all hours. 3 Ice Cream and Soft Drinks. A full line of Candies, j NONE BUT WHITE HELP EMPLOYED 1 J Gerald Kilgore, Proprietor .- - Athena, Oregon InnnniisBaiiiiiB THE ATHENA MARKET We carry the best Meat 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. Foley's Kidney Cure makes tJdaeys mad bladder right ESTABLISHED 1865 Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. AMERICAN BEAUTY FLOUR Is Bade in AUena, ' Athena labor, in one ol the very best equipped mills in the Northwest, of the best selected Bluestem wheat grown anywhere... Patronize home industry. Your grocer gelis the famous American Beauty Flour Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers I Athena, Oregon. Waitsbure. Wash