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Athena, Oregon, March 4 1927
FARM A BUSINESS PROBLEM
President Coolidge vetoed the Mc-Nary-IIaugen
Bill and his aissistant
secretary of Agriculture, R. W. Dun
lap, says:
"The so-called farm problem is one
of pure economics, and that, almost
entirely of marketing. Here is where
the farmer is seeking to establish
himself on a new foundation, where
he can partake of our national pros
perity in his just proportion and de
rive his profits on the same equality
with the industrial man, the trans
portation man, the manufacturer,
and the laborer. He' is beginning to
have a group consciousness for the
first time in American history he
is following the example set by the
business man, and has organized his
fellow farmers into associations for
their own advancement. He is study
ing his problems, and by means of a
thorough understanding of the econ
omic laws of supply and demand,
production and distribution, market
ing, surplus, etc., is the farm prob
lem going to be solved. When a
great basic industry like agriculture
finally operates as a unit, guided by
the immutable economic laws, and
becomes stabilized to the same degree
of self-understanding as now found
in industries, then and only then
will agriculture have come to its
proper place in our national economic
scheme."
From the above it is easy to sje
what the administration stand.? for
on the farm question. Any form of
farm legislation is taboo with it. In
other words, the farmer is told that
the chance of his getting help is for
him to furnish the help himseL.
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THE INCREASING OVERHEAD
The Department of Agriculture
states that in New York city the
standard retail sales of farm pro
ducts is about 26 cents for each kind
of product, of which 14 cents is the
wholesale value delivered in the city.
Transportation and distribution cists
of farm products continue upwards.
Ocean freight rates to Europe are
constantly being raised until the sur
plus crops of this country are now
going abroad with overhead costs so
great that ready markets are hard
to find. And on top of this handi
cap is the growing distribution costs
of products in our large cities- the
many middle-handlings and costs
brought about largely by the small
quantity of food bought at any one
time by consumers. Carloads of fnrm
produce are shipped into the market
centers, broken into smaller lots by
wholesalers for the jobbers; again
broken into smaller lots for retailers,
who once more reduce them for the
consuming trade. Where twenty
years ago a family would buy a sack
of flour, now two pound sacks arc in
demand. All this entailed service is
added to the cost of the products be
tween the farm and the kitchen, and
that the price to the consumer may
not bo prohibitive, the price at the
farm must be low.
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THE SPREAD OF WEALTH
The world has seen plenty of po
tentates possessed of unlimited
wealth, says Mathew Woll, Vice
President of the American Federa
tion of Labor, in reviewing the pres
ent state of labor in America, but
"never such a spread of wealth
among the masses." They include
practically the entire population of
"workers," estimated by Secretary
Davis at more than 42,000,000. If
to these workers are added those di
rectly dependent upon them, they
constitute the vast proportion of the
consumers in the United Ste.'es.
That there is an automobile on the
average for every family, with seas
onal clothing for all, radios, pianos
phonographs, telephones, books and
periodicals, and a hundred con
veniences never enjoyed even by the
rich in earliei; generations, the New
York Times holds as significant, both
of the higher physical standard of
living and of the. greater consuming
ability of those who are looked upon
in ininrilv as producers. What few
industrial disturbances occurred in
1026. are characterized by the Secre
tary of ljibor as "hardly more than
ripples" on the great broad stream
of good relations in industry.
o
The robins did not get all the
cherries in Milton-Freewater orch
ards last year by any means. The
(rower's pool over there last yea-
paid ?;;omh.
at the ninth annual Oregon News
paper conference at Eugene. Here's
guessing that Western Oregon scribes
will hear something worth while;
other than broccoli ranching or the
latest method employed in herding
turkeys.
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A brother wails: "Under the pri
mary system a legislature is just
about as needful as the fifth wheel to
a wagon. Why not abolish the legis
lature entirely and forever?" For
the reason, brother, that one is
needed to look after the other.
o
New York is endeavoring to clean
up the dirty plays staged there. Now
if the rest of the country will make
a raid against the dirty literature
found in our news stands, joy riders
and petting parties will be easier
controlled.
o
That the movie is all in the camera
rings true when it develops that
neither of the Catalina channel swim
mers have "camera faces."
o
Soon you may dig up the straw
hat, and incidentally the "old gray
bonnet, with the blue ribbons on jt,"
for spring will soon be with us.
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Prediction is made that 1927 tour
ist travel in Oregon will break all
records, but no one predicts who will
keep the auto camps clean.
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Douglas county has about 80,000
hens and a number of roosters. Her
poultry business is rushing.
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"Peaches" has returned from Ber
muda; evidently they prefer lemons
there. Oh, you onions!
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Have you talked with London?
All Cro'is Look Good
From nearly all counties of Ore
gon come reports of very favorable
conditions for nearly everything the
state produces. Winter grain crops
are promising and while some local
ities have had local frost damage to
peaches and other early fruits, in
general conditions have been favor
able. Eastern Oregon has had plen ty
of rain and snow for the wheat
crop and there has been very little
winter damage to fall seeded wheat
fields.
Much Money Will Be
Saved In Legion Trip
A total saving of $5,000,000 will be
made in the cost of the Paris conven
tion trip of 30,000 members of the
American Legion next September ov
er that of a trans-Atlantic movement
of a like proportion at the ordinary
travel rates, it is estimated by Carl
R. Moser, Portland, Oregon, depart
ment France convention officer of
this state who has made a detailed
comparison of prices. This sum will
represent an average saving of ap-
nroximatelv $175 by each veteran
taking the Legion pilgrimage.
Agreement of eighteen foreign gov
ernments to eliminate passport and
visa charge, waiver of landing charge
by French ports, freedom of the ship
while at sea, and reduced railroad
fare are some of the benefits derived
by those making the Legion journey
to the French capital. A full pro
gram of entertainment on ship and
abroad in which the French govern
ment, organizations and individuals
are cooperating on a big scale will add
to the delights of the Legion trip.
His 83rd Birthday
On Februray 18th Henry Koepke
Sr., celebrated his 83rd birthday at
his home in Glendale, California.
This celebration has become an an
nual event toward which Mr.
Koenke's friends look with much
pleasure. A number of Athena peo
ple who are spending the winter in
Southern California, were among the
thirty-five guests entertained at the
Koepke home. A bouquet of 83
carnations and a large birthday cake
decorated with 83 candles graced the
luncheon table. Ernest F. Koepke
and family drove to California from
Seattle for the occasion.
Weston Pythian Social
Weston Leader: Among the people
from out of town at the Pythian so
cial Saturday evening were: Mr. and
Mrs. Vennard Bell of Pendleton, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles DuPuis and daugh
ter of Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Ells
worth Woods and children of Milton,
Mr. and Mrs. Sim J. Culley of Wal
la Walla, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Gordon
and Mr. John Benson of Athena.
China Noodle Supper
A Chinese noodle supper will be
served this Friday evening in the
dining room of the Christian church
under the auspices of the Loyal Glean
er's class of th'e Sunday school. Sup
per will be served from 5:30 till 8
o'clock at the price of 35 cents the.
plate and will be well worth the
price. Proceeds of the everting will
be applied on the fund for improve
ments and restoration of the church
building, whWi is projected in the
near future. Those wishing to re
serve tables for the supper may se
cure same by phoning 653.
May Close Forest
The Umatilla national forest of
ficials may decide to close the forest
to campers, tourists and travelers
during the season of high fire haz
ard, unless greater care is taken
with fire than has been given in the
past.
Card of Thanks
We wish to express our most sin
cere thanks and appreciation to the
friends and neighbors who so kindly
came to our assistance du) ing tiie
death of our dear mother and for
the beautiful floral offerings. Your
kindness will ever bo remembered.
J. C. HOLCOMB
MRS. LOLA PAYNE
MRS. STELLA KEEN
Card of Thanks
We take this method of expressing
our sincere thanks to all who so kind
ly assisted us and sympathized with
us in our bereavement and loss of
our beloved husband and father.
MRS. JAMES B. MORGAN
AND FAMILY.
Italy Rejects U. S. Arms Plan
Rome. Italy's reply to President
Coolldge's disarmament proposals,
which was handed to Ambassador
Fletcher, declares that Italy does not
feel It possible to agree to arrest and
limit her own defenses while others
are enabled to increase their arma
ments. Italy also states that she can
not disassociate the interdependenry
of bind and sea armaments. This note
Is couched in soft diplomatic phrase
ology and might leave the way open
for further proposals, but, like the
French note, It is considered here as
tantamount to flat rejection.
CLASSIFIED
For Sale A small car at a bar
gain. Mrs. Zeltha Mclntyre, Athena,
Oregon.
Piano for sale vicinity of Athena.
One of America's finest pianos to Ve
sold at bargain. Cash or terms $10
monthly. If interested in seeing the
instrument write C. F. Henhick
Piano Broker and Adjuster, 66 Front
Street, Portland, Oregon.
Used Piano, a real buy, terms to
suit. Write Pendleton Music House,
Pendleton, Oregon.
tor Sale Twenty-one head young
mules 3 to 5 years old and ten head
good young horses. F. J. Watkins,
Fifth Street, Athena, Oregon.
Bell & Dickenson, draymen, have
acquired a team of horses to do gar
den plowing and other work as re
quired. Special attention will be giv
en to spring plowing, fertilizer and
dirt hauling, cellar excavation, etc
Call on us to haul away your winter's
aocumalation of rubbish.
Drilling is to he resumed at Klam-1
ath Falls on reputed oil deposits
near Bonanza. Whether or not oil is j
struck, those fellows down there
surely have a bonanza.
(, Wettern Nepaper Union.)
For my part, I -am not bo sure at
bottom that man Is, as he says, the
king- of nature: he la far more Us
devastating tyrant. I believe he
has many thing's to learn from ani
mal societies, older than his own
and of infinite variety. Koniain
Holland.
PIES AND PASTRY
A good pastry Is a work of art, and
she who makes it, an. artist.
Plain Pastry.
Take one and
one-half teaspoon
ful of salt, one
third of a cupful
of lard. Mix the
lard and flour
well, cutting it in
with a knife.
Moisten with cold water and roll out;
this makes two crusts.
Date Pie. Cook one-third of a
pound of dates In a pint of milk 20
minutes, using a double boiler. Strain
and rub through a sieve, then add two
eggs, one-fourth teaspoonful of salt.
Bake as a custard pie.
Mock Cherry Pie. Chop fine one
cupful of cranberries, add two-thirds
of a cupful of raisins, one cupful of
sugar and one cupful of water, a pinch
of salt, two tablespoonfuls of flour,
one teaspoonful of vanilla. Bake in
two crusts.
Pumpkin Pie. Take one and one-
fourth cupfuls of well-cooked ' pump
kin, one-fourth of a (cupful of brown
sugar, one-half teaspoonful of salt, one
egg, seven-eighths of a cupful of milk,
one-fourth teaspoonful each of cinna
mon, ginger, and nutmeg.
Apple Custard Pie. Take three cup
fuls of stewed apple, ndd one cupful
of sugar and the yolks of six eggs and
one-fourth teaspoonful of nutmeg; fold
In the beaten whites and bake slowly.
This will make two pies.
Mock Mince Pie. Take two cupfuls
each of bread crumbs, sugar and cold
water, one cupful of raisins, one-half
cupful of vinegar, one egg, and one
teaspoonful each of cinnamon, cloves
and allspice. Put all together and
cook until It thickens. This amount
will make two pies.
Chocolate Pie. Mix two tenspoon-
fuls of cornstarch, one-fourth cupful
of chocolate with one cupful of sugar
and cook In boiling wnter until thick.
Add the beaten yolks of two eggs, one
teaspoonful of vanilla and one table
spoonful of butter and cook four min
utes. Cover with a meringue, using
the egg whites and two tablespoonfuls
of sugar. Brown slightly.
Didn't Hatch
A school teacher relates that she
was giving her small pupils a lesson
on birds, and after telling about the
batching of the eggs, the care of the
mother bird and the first lessons in
Hying, she said : "Now, children, I
am the mother bird and you are the
little birds nestled in your cozy nest.
I want you all to spread your wings
and 11 y away."
Each child, waving arms to the mu
sic she beat, skipped to the dressing
room, with the exception of one little
fellow who remained motionless in his
seat. Turning to liim, she said:
"Donald, why didn't you ily away with
all the other little birds?"
'"Cause," came the prompt and un
expected reply, " 'Cause I was a bad
egg." Boston Transcript.
I Idaho Grown Alfalfa !
From 1926 Crop, grown on high, non-irrigated land,
and tests: Purity- 99.64; Germination 94; Noxious
Weeds, none.
Also
Grass Seed of high Purity test
ROGERS & GOODMAN
( A Mercantile Trust)
m
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
Continental Oil Company
Prompt Service
Always
Bryce Baker, Agent
Phqnes 761 and 31F11, Athena
Congressional Reapportionment Killed
Washington, I). C. All hopes of an
early reapportionment of congresslon-
1 (.LstrUts was dispelled when the
house census committee, by a vote of
'.I to 7, killed the bill of Representative
Seen (republican) of Connecticut. The
bill proposed a reapportionment based
upon the 11)30 census.
Idaho House Favors Gas Tax Raise
liaise. Idaho. A gasoline tax in-
rease from 3 to 4 cents a gallon was
approved by the lower house of the
Idaho legislature by a vote of 4t to 19.
Indications are that the senate will
likewise support It.
First "Elevator" Ideas
The tlrst parents of the today's ele-
valor ciimc Into being in Kurope in the
reign of Louis XIV, and began the re
volt of weury legs against the age-long
tyranny of dark, corkscrew stairs. The
first In date, 1070, was the "curious
Invent ion" by which an Italian duch
ess (of Turin) conveyed herself to her
bath. Worked by a pulley und swing
(counterweight), it was In the form
of a cage, and held one person stand
ing up, who could ascend or descend
at will. It was covered with green
velvet, and the ropes for signaling
"up" or "down" were of silk. A sim
ilar elevator was said to be in. the
Palais Muzarlu. in Paris.
Real state
Insurance
Farm Loans
Cheap Money
B. B RICHARDS,
Athena
THE
ILGORE CAFE
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
THE ATHENA MARKET
Ireland to Have American Envoy
Washington, I). C Promotion of
Frederick A. Sterling of Texas, now
counsellor of the London embassy, to
bo the first American minister to the
Irish Free State, was approved by the
sonata.
Gould Held Eligible to Senate Seat.
Washington, I). C. The right of
Senator Could, republican, Maine, to
a place in the senate was upheld in
the report of the senate elections sub'
committee that investigated charges
against him.
Clever Dog Thief
Within five days the police of Ah-
ington, I'm., received reports that 51
(pnirt bottles of milk placed on ns
many doorsteps had been tapped and
the cream extracted. The only clew
was that in each milk bottle cap a
hole was punctured and the cap lifted
from the bottle. Watchers than solved
the mystery. The thief was a big col
lie dog with more than usual Intelli
gence. The dog punctured the card
board tops with one of his fangs, lift
ed out the caps and thus was able to
lap out the cream with Ids tongue.
The Best
Dentistry
Done
Without Pain
Dr. Leach
Bond Building, Pendleton.
Clark Wood of The Weston Lead
er is on the program for an address
Horses and Mules
lleorge Shaver of Union has ar
rived in Athena with a carload of
good young stock all broke to work.
Horses and Mules
Wait for this bunch, it's a good
one. See them at Bolin's Corral
near Lumber Yard.
Senate Confirms McNary as Judge.
Washington, 1). C John McNary of
Salem is the new United States judge
for the Oregon district. The senate
having confirmed his appointment, lie
is a brother of Senator McNary.
Q. E. Davis Given Corporation Post.
Salem, Or. Appointment of George
B. Davis, state senator from Malheur
county, to be state corporation com
missioner, succeeding W. K. Crews, re
signed, was announced by Governor
Patterson.
Movertising irive r-annea oy taano.
Itolse, Idaho-Outstanding develop
ments within and without the legisla
ture of the past week were the deci
sion to provide the funds for the state
to carry on an advertising campaign
and the compromise proposal to make
the Idaho Technical institute at Poca
tello the southern Idaho extension of
the slate university, or the University
of Southern Idaho. Both Involve a
change in attitude and in policy on
the part of the state and represent a
desire to capitalize the resources of
the state and so present them as to at
tract l-ct'-'. Lcrki cd capital.
J. L. Harman
Blacksmithiug
Oxy-Acetylene Weld. Delivery and
Trunk Bodies Manufactured
Main Street Athena, Oregon
WATTS & PRESTBYE
Attorneys-At-Law
Main Street. Athena, Oregon
State and Federal Court Practice
DRS. A. D. & R. A. FRENCH
OPTOMETRISTS
French Optical Parlors
15 E. Main St Phone 653
WALLA WALLA, WASH.
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We carry the best
jyn
eai
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 kidneys and bUdJsr rlzhi
ESTABLISHED 1865
Preston-Shaffer Milling Co.
AMERICAN BEAUTY
FLOUR
Is made in Athena, b Athena labor, in one ol the very best
equipped mills in the Northwest, of tBe best selected Bluestem
wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home industry. Your
grocer sells the famous American Beauty Flour
Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers
Athena, Oregon. Waitsburg, Wash