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Athena, Oregon, May 13 1927
The plight of the Stanfield irriga
tion project exists in the private
ownership of 5000 acres out of the
total 8300 acres in the district. The
privately owned 5000 acres is being
held bv the Bank of California ana
the Furnish investment company for
speculative purposes, and until these
interests are satisfied to take a
fair price for their holdings, the
government refuses to take any ac
tion whatever in widening the pres
ent canal system of the district, to
carry the water from McKay dan.
Replying to a plea for government
assistance, Dr. Elwood Mead who re
cently visited the project, is quoted
as saying: "We want to sell the
water in the McKay reservoir, but
the excess land owners must practic
ally surrender their property so that
a price can be fixed on the land that
will prove attractive to settlers be
fore the government gives assistance.
We will not do anything unless the
non-resident owners agree to a rea
sonable price.
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Through every newspaper office
day after day go all the weaknesses
of the world all the vanities that
want to be puffed, all the revenges
that want to be reaped, all the mis
takes that want to be corrected, all
the dull speakers that want to be
thought eloquent, all the meanness
that tries to get its wares noticed
gratis in order to save the tax of
the advertising column. Through
the editorial and reportorial rooms
all the follies and shams of the world
are seen day after day, with the re
sult that the average newspaper
writer is at times tempted to believe
that all humanity is steeped in folly
and deceit. There is no room for
surprise in finding that men in this
profession are more skeptical than
others.
A commendable portion of the
work recently done by the county
health nurse is that of bringing
about what is termed "summer
round-up clinics." These clinics bring
together the children of the county
who will be entering school for the
first time at the fall or mid-winter
terms during the next school year
The method is employed for con
venience of examining into the child's
physical and mental condition, in
order that corrective measures may
be taken to rectify deficiencies be
fore the child enters upon its school
work.
"The Unknown Soldier"
"Her Husband's Secret"
Valentino's "The Eagle"
"The Unknown Soldier," which
was to have been presented at the
Standard last Saturday evening will
be shown tomorrow night. Here is
a photoplay of high grade, a big
theme finely developed, with massive
settings and stirring incidents.
Sunday night, Antonio Moreno and
Patsy Ruth Miller will be seen in
"Her Husband's Secret," taken from
May Edington's Saturday Evening
Post story, "Judgment" Frank
Lloyd, who made "The Sea Hawk,"
"Black Oxen" and "The Silent
Watcher" is the director.
The Standard's mid-week picture
next Wednesday night will be "The
Eagle" featuring Rudolph Valentino,
Vilma Banky and Louise Dresser,
This gorgeous production at regular
admission prices was adapted for the
screen by Hans Kraly, from the
story by Alexander Pushkin.
As though the country were not
broken enough through flood ca
lamity, in which thousands of peo
ple have been driven out homeless
and facing dire distress, the mid
west and southwest states are bat
tling with cyclones and tornadoes. The
year of 1927 bids fair to go down in
history with a record for catastro
phes inherited from elements over
which mankind has no control.
Recent astronomical discoveries re
veal that the so called canals on the
planet Mars are in truth groups of
vegetation. The further discovery
that Mars has atmosphere compar
able to the earth's atmosphere would
indicate that the planet, located some
;;5,500,000 miles from us, is inhabited
by grasshoppers instead of canal
toads.
For the first time since the war,
cattlemen are realizing fair prices
for their beef steak. Last week av
erage steers sold at Baker for eight
cents on hoof. It has taken a long
time for the old saying that "beef
will come back again" to be realized
by the stockraiser but when it
conies, it's here.
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There must be chery cherry pros
pects in the Milton-Freewater dist
rict despite frost damage reports.
We read whore growers have already
pooled 75 per cent of the crop, which
we have been led to believe did not
exist.
Now that a good grade artificial
silk is being made from cornstalks,
Peoria, Illinois, is boosting for a
$2,000,000 silk factory, and the ladies
of all corn-growing states are "'sit
ting pretty."
Why not change the trans-Atlantic
flight from Talis to the British land
ing field at London, and not disap
point Bertund and Chamberlain as
the result , of the tempermental
French outburst.
The federal government will build
$533,000 worth of national forest
roads in Oregon this year, and a few
trails on the side.
We find that New Zealand is also
infested with radicals. A train carry
ing the Duke and Duchess of York
was ttoiied.
Unity Church Discussed
A group of Athena people interest
ed in organizing a Unity church
here, met at the Masonic Hall Tues
day evening to discuss the matter.
A splendid musical program preced
ed a talk by Clifton A. Phillips
former pastor of th local Church of
Christ. Mr. Phillips and others feel
that Athena is too small a commun
ity to support the several churches
now here, and that by concerted ac
tion and unified organization, much
more might be accomplished. The
meeting closed with no definite plans
being made.
McKay Dedication
Exercises Tuesday
Governor Patterson Opened
Needle Valves, Letting
Waters Out.
Fruitvale Beat Adams
Adams was put practically out of
the winning of the pennant in the
Walla Walla valley league, when she
was defeated Sunday by Fruitvale,
score 5 to 3.
Walla Walla Bucks Win
Walla Walla shut out Hermiston
8 to 0, and the Bucks blanked the
Indians 7 to 0 in the Sunday games
of the Blue Mountain league.
Mr. and Mrs. George Banister of
Walla Walla and Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond Geissel and daughter Beverley
of Milton, were in Athena Sunday
visiting relatives.
SODA FOUNTAIN
WEEK
With a big celebration .crowd, in
eluding many notables present, Gov
ernor Patterson opened the needle
valves of McKay Dam Tuesday after
noon, and the first impounded flo'.d
waters gushed forth over the bed of
McKay creek.
The governor's -act was a part of
the dedicatory program, which was
participated in by Dr. Elwood Mead
of the federal reclamation bureau;
Congressman N. J. Sinnitt, Senaior
Steiwer and others.
The program was arranged by
Hermiston people and the Pendleton
Commercial Association, terminated
in the evening with a banquet; at
Hermiston. Following the ceremonies
at the dam, a tour of the irrigation
projects in the west end of the coun
ty was made, many points of interest
being visited by a large number of
people traveling in automobiles.
Each section of the west end had
something impressive to offer in evi
dence of the beneficial results that
have accrued under development
through irrigation, and the increase
of production when the McKay wa
ter is brought into use.
Storm Fatalities Large
In Mid-West States
The tornado death toll by cities, as
compiled by the press' associations;
Missouri Poplar Bluff, 85; Mex
ico, 6; St. Louis, 1; Ava,2; other
cities, 8.
Texas Nevada, 17; Garland, 10;
Paul's Switch, 4; Wolfe City, 4;
Kellog, 2.
Kansas Scattered towns, 11.
Arkansas Eldorado, 17; Walnut
Ridge, 10; Hoxie, 10; Egypt, 9; Car
lisle, 5; Randall, 8; Toledo, 2; Imbod
en, 5; Camden, 3.
Illinois Chicago, 4; New Columbia
5; Jacksonville, 1; Rushville, 1; Bluffs
City, 1; Hinckley 1; Waverly, 1.
Louisiana Natchitoches, 3.
Besides tornadic storms, other ele
mental disturbances swept parts of
Iowa, Wyoming and Indiana. A wom
an was drowned near Sioux City,
Iowa, and three persons froze to
death near Laramie, Wyoming, while
more than 100 were rendered tempor
arily homeless in the Hoosier state.
The
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McFADDEN'S PHARMACY
Athena, Oregon
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It Pays to Look Well"
The Filch Shampoo is more than a
shampoo. Applied with our super
sereict methods, irtftL O . scientific
scalp treatment
Super-servics is 'out motto which
means the teru latest scientific
equipment, standard toilet prepara
tions, clean towels and absolute
sanitation, j
Whitehead's Barber Shop
Athena, Ore,
Weston Won Opener
Weston defeated Milton-Freewater
Sunday in the opening games of the
Big Four Baseball league, 12 to 3.
Batteries were Orwick and Banister
for Weston, Humphries and Hudson
and Snow and Burke for Milton-Freewater.
Keep Historical Matter
In State, is Request
The following resolution adopted
by the Oregon Historical society, is
self explanatory:
Resolved, That, in view of the
fact that much valuable material of
historical value and interest, in the
form of letters, journals, diaries,
printed newspapers and state docu
ments, and museum articles, is pass
ing into the hands of private collect
ors and being sent out of the state,
the residents of Oregon be requested
to communicate with the Oregon
Historical Society or an officer
thereof, before parting with any
such material; and that the press be
asked to assist in placing this re
quest in the hands of the public,
j Salem Won Shoot
With a score of 148 to 146 out of
a possible 150 targets, Salem broke
the tie with Pendleton,' Sunday, and
won the Oregonian telegraphic trap
shooting tournament contest, l'or
Pendleton, Marion Hansell and Ray
Shangle were high score with 49 out
of 50 targets shot at. Dr. Hanavan
made a score of 48. Hansell made
the high score for the entire tourna
ment.
CLASSIFIED
Good Wood Good clear yellow
pine, $6 per cord; small pine $4 per
cord, all 16 inch cut, at Jim Brittan
place, Reservation Mountain. ,
Range for Sale A good second
hand kitchen range for sale at a
reasonable price. Enquire at this
office.
Fat hens for sale Call on F. B.
Wood, Athena, phone 111.
New Weeder See the new Pendle
ton Machine Works Hinged Weeder
at J. L. Harman's blacksmith shop,
Athena.
For Sale A good milch cow.
M. Saulsberry. phone 25F21.
II.
High grade piano in vicinity of
Athena can be bought on small
monthly payments. For particulars
write Pendleton Music House, Pen
dleton, Oregon.
NOTICE OF REFEREE'S SALE OF
REAL PROPERTY UPON Wtt
TITION
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersicned. as referee, under and pur
suant to a decree of the Circuit Court
of the State of Oregon for Umatilla
Countv. dulv made and entered on
the 7th dav of ADril. 1927. in a parti
tion suit then pending therein be
tween William J. Kirk as plaintiff
and Marv C. Sommerville. Cora Kirk
and Clara Josephine Kirk, defend
ants, will sell at public auction for
cash in hand, all the rieht. title, in
terest.and estate of said plaintiff
and of each of said defendants, of,
in, and to the following described
real estate, situate in Umatilla Coun
ty, State of Oregon, to wit:
The South half of the Southeast
quarter of Section 28, and the
North half of the Northeast
quarter of Section 33, all in
Township 3 North of Range 35
E. W. M..
together with the tenements, hered
itaments and appurtenances there
unto belonging or in anywise apper
taining, said sale to be subject to the
confirmation of thi3 court.
That said sale will be made at the
west door of the County Court House
in Pendleton. Umatilla County, state
of Oregon, on the 16th day of May,
1927, at the hour of 2 o clock in the
afternoon of said day. 'That the in
terest of said Clara Josephine Kirk
in said real property is encumbered
by a mortgage made on October rfutn
1924, by Roy A. Kirk, a single man,
A. O. Kirk and Josephine Kirk, hus
band and wife, to Moses Taylor for
the sum of $6000 on said lands and
other lands, which said mortgage was
recorded on the first day of Novem
ber, 1924 in Book 84 at page 150 of
the mortgage records of Umatilla
County, State of Oregon. That said
mortgage will be paid to the extent
of $2500 as agreement between said
Moses Taylor and said Clara Jose
phine Kirk, by the undersigned as
referee, from the proceeds of the
sale of the interest of the said Clara
Josephine Kirk in said real property,
and a release of said lands from the
lien of said mortgages will be pro
cured by the undersigned, as referee,
and filed with the County Clerlt of
Umatilla County, State of Oregon.
That said lands will be sold free
and clear of all other encumbrances
except that the purchaser will be re
ouired to pay the reasonable value
of the summer fallow and cultivation
done on said premises, up to the date
of sale for 1927.
A15M13. W. H. MORRISON.
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New -Type Diners
For a quarter of a century the Northern Pacific has been improving its
Dining Car bervice. 1 oday, we believe the variety of menus, cuisine
and the service itself are better than ever before. Ihe next
time you travel, we invite you to judge. Our Big Baked
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Limited" New-type dining cars are being added to
One of America's the "North Coast Limited' this p. B. Wood, AgL,
Fine Trams spring and summer. Athena, Ore.
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DR. S. F. SHARP
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Athena, Oregon
. DR. W. G. COWAN
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
' Athena, Oregon
D. J. McFaul, M. p.'?-
Office over
" Inland Empire Bank
Pendleton, Oregon
Specializing in Electro and Quartz
Lamp Therapy.
WATTS & PRESTBYB
Attorneys-At-Law
Main Street. Athena, Oregon
State and Federal Court Practice
If
NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned, as administratrix of the
estate of Michael J. Ryan, deceased,
has filed her final account and re
port in said estate with, the Clerk of
the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County; and
that the Judge thereof has fixed
Wednesday, the 8th clay of June,
1927, at the hour of ten o'clock A.
M. as the time, and the County Court
room in the courthouse at Pendle
ton, Umatilla County, Oregon, as the
place for the hearing of objections
to such final account and the settle
ment thereof.
MARGARET RYAN
Administratrix of the Estate of
Michael J. Ryan, deceased
Raley, Raley & Warner, Attorneys
for Administratrix, Pendleton, Ore
gon. A29M27.
Ice Cream
in Bulk, Bricks, Eskimo Pies,
Sundaes and Sodas
Cold Drinks
Malted Milk, Coca Cola, Root Beer, Green River,
Grape Boquet, Orange Juice, Lemonade, Roaches
Draft Beer, Bottle Beer, Milk Shake, Etc.
Short Order Lunches
W. R. Harden
The Best
Dentistry
Done
Without Pain
Dr. Leach
Bond Building, Pendleton.
Care of
Cemetery Lots
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We are equipped to furnish either
perpetual or annual care of lots in
the Athena Cemetery", at reason
able rates.
ATHENA CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
See: E. C. Prestbve, Secretary, or Ike Phillips, Sexton.
Jensens
Blacksmith Shop
Horseshoeing
Prices Rsasonable
Athena, Oregon
COME WITH CONFIDENCE
to this office and consult us about
your bodily ills and ailments. We
do not offer chiropratic adjustment
as the be-all and the end-all and ihe
universal cure-all. But it is mighty
effective for many physical defecU.
Dr. W. Boyd Whyte
Stangier Building, Phone 706
Pendleton, Oregon. 937 J
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SOME OF THE FACILITIES OFFERED BY
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ATHENA
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES For rent from $1 per year up.
These boxes are kept in our fire-proof and burglar-proof
vault, and they are accessable to you at any time during
banking hours.
INTEREST ON DEPOSITS We will pay you interest at the
rate of 4 per cent per annum, compounded semi-annually
if you wish, on our certificates of deposit. In the last five
years we have paid our customers over $75,000 in interest
on deposits.
WE OFFER FOR SALE Insured mortgage bonds, insured by
the National Surety Company of America. These bonds
are in $100, $500 and $1,000 denominations and draw in
terest at the rate of 6 per cent, coupons payable semi-
annually. - - . . .. - -
ESTABLISHED 1865
Preston-Shaffer Milling Co.
AMERICAN BEAUTY
FLOUR
Is made in Athena, b' Athena labor, in one ol the very best
equipped mill la ihe Northwest, of the best selected Bliiestem
wheat grown anywhere. Patronise home industry". Your
grocer sells the bmous American Beauty Flour
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