AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. BOYD. Owner and Publisher Subacription Ratea. rina nnVHt. $2.00 One copy, six months . . One copy, three months . .$1.00 .75 Athena, Oregon, August 5 1927 PITILESS PUBLICITY Says the Public Utility Information Bureau: "The daily life of a utility must be an open book, telling the pub lie about shortcomings and failures as truly as about long-comings and success," declares Judge Daniel G. Taylor, an eminent jurist of Missouri. The adoption of a policy of "pitiless publicity" is recommended by Judge Taylor, who says that the function of public utility management is an important trust given the utilities by the people. Judge Taylor lays down a code of ethics for public utili ties in which appear the following: "The constant purpose of opera tion should be producing the best possible service at lowest possible "Utilities should keep their custo mers, security holders, public officials and the general public fully informed about all their operations, successes, failures, rates of return, losses and plans for future development. "The public owes it to the utilities, the operation, service and financial return of which they have assumed the regulation "That the companies shall be treat ed in a liberal spirit, be permitted to earn enough money to give good service and to pay a fair return to investors whose money makes good service possible. "The public should endeavor to find some means whereby special good service can be rewarded. This is not feasible under state regulation at this time. "The public should not permit any public official purposely to harass a public utility which is giving good service at a fair rate. "As the people, through their agent, the state public service com mission, have assumed to regulate the utilities, the people owe it to them selves as well as to the utilities to take a lively, intelligent interest in the operation of the business." -o INDIAN'S GAIN DOUBTED The number of individuals listed as Indians has been increasing for many years, according to the Pathfinder. This apparent increase in our Indian population, however, is due largely to the fact that intermixture between Indians and non-Indians is increas ing. It is therefore uncertain, says the bureau of American ethnology whether the amount of Indian blood is actually on the increase or not. In taking the Indian census it is customary to include nearly all mix ed bloods. Frequently persons repre senting only 1-6, 1-32, or even 1-64 of Indian blood are officially counted as Indians, for only in a few tribes is any distinction made. Consequent ly the Indian of today is often with out enough aboriginal blood to be dis tinguishable in his features. In 1926 the Indian population of the United States was given as nearly 350,000. o Now just what was that criminolo gist hanging around tho editorial convention for? Gosh! So far ns we know, the bunch are nil on the square, and tho only prevaricators among them are a few fellows who like to go fishing. They only warm up when telling whoppers about the one that got away but you never can tell; "has anybody here seen Kelly, Kelly with the green necktie?" Sentencing a Portland moonshiner to three years in the pen, Judge Mor row, said: "The prohibition law, now ten years old, is no longer an experiment; there is no particular reason to believe that it is going to be repealed or changed, and anyone deliberately setting cut to breal. the law is entitled to no consideration." After getting on to the angles cf Pennsylvania Avenue, about all that is left for a Washington visitor to interest himself in is the difference between a fellow-republican and fel low democrat. aeronautics. No sooner is one record smashed over here than another is soused under then the other day Chamberlain showed them the airplane-ocean liner stunt. o It was left for the Indianapolis News to be mean enough to turn this one over: "The woman who 20 years ago was fair, fat and forty, is now sleek, slim and 60!" o William Randolph Hurst has bought two more toys, morning and after noon papers, the Pittsburgh Gazette Times and the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph. o . Aimee and her mother, Mrs. Ken nedy, have arrived on the front page again; and they will doubtless stay there until mama's demand for a 50-50 split of Angelus lucre is made. o What some towns need instead of knockers is a handy Andy or two, who will step out in front of the drum corps that is boosting for the burg. o A persistent rumor has it that Sen ator Hiram Johnson's "political sun has set." Maybe so, but we're betting that Hiram is squinting through a telescope to locate it. o A Willamette valley walnut grow er reports a light crop of prunes, but what does a nut-grower know about prunes, anyway? o The meanest fellow we have rleard of in Oregon this summer, is the one Portland cops nipped for stealing garden hose. o Hood is being climbed with such frequency that about all the pep has been taken out of the thrill. Bees Dumb, bays scientist liees may lie Imsy, but not bright, says J. I!. Millet, a French scientist who bus been Investigating their elll dewy in gathering honey. Experi ments have proved to him that the buzzers are guided solely by odor, and they often pass by scentless flowers with stores of honey and go to those Hint have n sweet perfume and little sugar, 'lie Fays that they even try to extract honey from per fumed artificial flowers. Well, who's business is it if Cal wants to doll up in cowboy togs? Out here in the West we have girls who look stunning when they're rig ged up in them, and girl's don't know politics from peanuts, either, o Boise is crabbing about building lots being raised in assessment valu ations, while farm lands in Ada coun ty have been lowered. At thHt. maybe the process of equalization is fair enough. o The world do move; Salem's entire street car system has given way to motor buses. More evidence of tho survival of the fittest o Europe is all fussed up at the manner in which American aviators re monkeying around in the field of Anyone wanting to buy any of the George Shevar horses in the Barrett pasture Va mile north of Athena, can call me by phone No. 65 Union, Ore gon. This stock will be sold cheap to clean up the bunch. George Shev ar, Union, Oregon. Eats Fruit Tree Pests The orchard oriole, sometimes called basket bird, Is found In east ern North America, over the central plains, south to the gulf of Mexico. The tribe Is of sulliclent numbers, snys Nature Magazine, to be useful to Mie agriculturist us a destroyer of injuri ous insects and their larvae, especially those affecting fruit trees. The. menrn CABINET- SB i (, 1927, Weatern Newspaper Union. ) For great and low there's but on test: Tig that each man shall do his best. Who works with all the strength he can Shall never die In debt to man. Edgar Quest. The following are some or the meats we like to prepare In winter time: Brawn or Head Cheese. W ash half a pig's head in tepid water, take out the brains and cleanse the head thor oughly. Put into boiling water, then rinse well and uover with cold water, simmer another hour; strain the liquor, add one quart of It to the prepared meat and season to taste. Pack Into a mold and let stand until chilled. Chicken Scrapple. Into one quart of chicken stock (boiling hot) stir one pint of cornmeal that has been thinned with cold water. Season to taste and cook for half an hour, then add the bits of chopped chicken that are at hand. Pour into a mold and serve fried in slices for a breakfast dish. Ox-Joints With Vegetables. Two ox-jolnts have enough meat on them to furnish flavor to quite a dish of vegetables. Cut the two tails into pieces at the joints, put mto a sauce pan and cover with water, boll five minutes, drain and fry In a little but ter to which a sliced onion has been added. When well seared and browned, add one-half cupful each of carrots, celery, turnip, beans or peas, cover with boiling water and simmer until the vegetables are soft. Season well with salt, pepper and a little minced parsley. Serve with a brown gravy poured over the ox-tails and vegetables. Sour Beef. Take one and one-half pounds of beef, using the tougher por tions, cut the meat Into inch squares and brown in a little fat. Add two tablespoonfuls of flour to. the fat in the pan after removing the meat; when brown add two cupfuls of water or stock and stir until well blended. Put in the meat, cook slowly for an hour, then add two onions, salt and pepper to taste and at the Inst a tablespoonful of Worcestershire sauce and the same of vinegar. Continue cooking until the meat Is tender. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve. CLASSIFIED Piano must be sold Will sacri fice fine piano in storage near here. Will give easy terms to a responsible person. For full particulars and where piano can be seen address Portland Music Company 227-6th Street, Portland, Oregon. mi Harvest Potatoes Henry Koepke has fine Irish Cobblers at right prices. Mules and Horses A good bunch of mules and horses at Pendleton, south of Round-Up grounds. Frank Watkins, Pendleton, Oregon. Rhode Island Frys Joe Clemons has Rhode Island Red frys for sale. Wagon Racks Wagon racks for hauling sacked wheat, for sale cheup. Jos. N. Scott, Phone 23F4. We Handle Genuine iGoods-No Substitutes Try 0ur D.R.SHAMP00 Good, Clean Shaving and Baths Up-to-the Minute Bobs Hair Cuts and Shingles Whitehead's Barber Shop Athena, Ore LOW FARES SUMMER EXCURSION FARES IN EFFECT MAY 22 TO SEPT. 30 RETURN LIMIT OCTOBER31. J927 ROUND TRIP TO DENVER $67.20 OMAHA 70.35 KANSAS CITY.... 70.3S DES MOINES 76.30 ST. LOUIS 80.35 CHICAGO 85.05 DETROIT 104.67 CINCINNATI 105.15 CLEVELAND 107.61 TORONTO 112.80 ATLANTA 116.40 PITTSBURGH 118.81 WASHINGTON .140.61 PHILADELPHIA 143.97 NEW YORK 146.45 BOSTON 152.51 Low fares also to other points in Middle West, South and East. , Liberal stopover$ permit visiting Zlon National Park Grand Canyon National Park Yellowstone National Park Rocky Moan tain Nat'l Park For Illustrated Booklets, Reservations and Information, address Agent named below. UNION PACIFIC ma OVERLAND PUUTB C. M. EAGER, Agent Athena, Oreg Famous "Last" Names on Pages of History "Last of the Fathers" was a title given by the Latin church to St. Bernard, who lived from 1001 to 1153. "Last of the Goths" was the title given to Roderick, the thirty-fourth and last of the Visigothlc line of kings, who filled the throne of Spain from 414 to 711. To I'hllllpoeinen, who lived from 253 to 183 B. C, a native of Arcadia, was given the appellation "Last of the Greeks" ; and he was the last really great and successful commander of the ancient Greeks. "Last of the Mo hicans" Is the title of Cooper's novel of the same name, under which title the Indian chief lUncas is personated. The general Aetius lias been called the "Last of the Romans." He checked the lirst Invasion of Attila by the re lief of Orleans in Guul, modern France, In tlm year 450 A. D. With bis death, which occurred in 454, the last support of the western empire fell. Old Nich Old Nick is an ancient name for the devil derived from that of the Neck or Nikke, a river ocean god of the Scandinavian popular mythology. "British sailors," ays Sir Walter. Scott, poet' und novelist, "who fear nothing else, confess their terrors for this terrible being, and believe him the author of el most all the various ca lamities to which the precarious life of n seaman Is so continually exposed." Scott wrote this many years ago, nndysuperstition hns greatly decreased tnce then. Nothing Left Little Ted, live years old, was con tinually losing ills .pencils in school. Seldom an evening went, by that he didn't como home in tears because lie had lost h.'s pencils again. . To put an end to It, Ills mother wrote Ted's name on them one morn ing. That evening he came home weeping ns usual. "What's wrong?" asked his mother. "They're gone again," stammered Ted through ids tears; "name and all." ; "Bags" Don't Charge for It Science, we are Informed, is com ing to the aid of farming by doing a job for him formerly done only by a kind of bacteria. The Job is to take the nitrogen out of the air and turn It into a nitrogen com pound which can be used as fertil izer. The bacteria do a better job than that. They put it right on the roots of the plant and don't charge a cent. Capper's Weekly. NOTICE OF FINAL" ACCOUNT In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of Cath erine L. Stover, Deceased. Notice is hereby given to all per sons whom it may concern: That Joseph B. Stover, administrator of the Estate of Catherine L. Stover, deceased, has filed his final account and report in the administration of the estate; that the County Judge by order duly made and entered, has ap pointed Tuesday the 23rd day of Aug ust, 1927, at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon, as the time and the County Court House at Pendleton as the place where all objections and ex ceptions to said final account and re port will be heard and a settlement of the estate made. Dated this the 22nd day of July, 1927. JOSEPH B. STOVER, Administrator. George R. Lewis, Will M. Peterson Attorneys for Administrator. J22A19. NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of John Dand, Deceased. Notice is hereby given to all per sons whom it may concern: That Janet Dand, executrix of the last will and testament of John Dand, deceas ed, until about the 8th day of Janu ary, 1927, from the date of her ap pointment, and qualification, has filed her final account and report in the administration of the estate; that the County Judge by order duly made and entered, has appointed Tuesday the 9th day of August, 1927, at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon as the time and the County Court House at Pendleton as the place where all objections and exceptions to said fin al account will be heard and a set tlement of the estate a3 far as said Janet Dand, is concerned will be made. Dated this 8th day of July, 1D27. JANET DAND, Formerly Executrix. Will M. Peterson, Day Karr Attor neys for Janet Dand. J8A5. To Cure l'uutip tloii f orever. rakcCascnieu Caiulv Ciithartio. 10cor23t 2 C. C. C .'nil to cure, druiwiuts refund moiies ce 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 International Harvester Company's v.:,?;-'- 1 ,With . 'f-"p; : ;'-;-:V i: Oscillating Reach Long Steel Skein, built especially for heavy wheat hauling in the West-full circle bolster plate, 'that, takes the hard bumps off heavy loads-the one wag on now made with parts and extras available fop replacements. Rogers C& Goodman (A Mercantile Trust) DR. J.L. GEYER - Dentist Post Building, Athena, Phone 682 DR. S. F. SHARP PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Athena, Oregon DR. W. G. COWAN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Athena, Oregon WATTS & PRESTBYB Attorneys-At-Law Main Street. Athena. Oregon State and Federal Court Practice Blaesing Granite Company H. J. BLAESING, Manager MONUMENTS S. F. BOWMAN Eastern Oregon Representative Odd Fellows Bld'g, Pendleton. The Best Dentistry Done Without Pain Dr. Leach Bond Building, Pendleton. Jensens Blacksmith Shop Horseshoeing Prices Reasonable - Athena, Oregon -i .,Tr Mm res- WHEN YOU'RE FEELING ILL and no medicine and ordinary prac titioners will help you, you some' times turn as a last resort to a chiro practor. Why not come to us in the first place and save pain and ex pense? We can surely help you as we have helped many, many others. Dr. W. Boyd Whyte Stangier Building, . Phono 706 Pendleton, Oregon. 957 J "Script Form" Butter Wrappers WE CALL FOR AND DELIVER Monday, Thursday, Saturday Cleaning, Pressing, Repairing, Dyeing Twin City Sanitary Cleaners Organizers and Owners since April 2, 1921 J. E. Snively Milton-Freewater . E. L.' Snively Our Agency is at Penn Harris Barber Shop. The home of good Haircuts and Shaves. Phone 683. It Pays to Look Well! To look well you should keep your hair properly cut your face shaved and massaged In fact everything in the Barber line. Come in and see Herb Parker and I. Penn Harris Barber Shop Agency for Troy Laundry and Twin City Sanitary Cleaners. Phone 583. S3 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. 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