til vA 8$ MA 0 tHf tv -fix rj -AND THE OPEN MIND ST Jfll gOFGENERUg A' vhe most important element in business success J. and the most difficult is to be sure that you have alKthe facts before you act. TO GET them all, from every possible source, is the first objective in General Motors. The Research Laboratories contribute some. These are nuggets, left in the crucible, after hundreds of ideas that looked good have been burned away. The Proving Ground contributes others. Dealers contribute. The public contributes. Every department contributes. Through the whole organization runs a spirit of inquiry and of rigid insistence on proof. OUT of such thinking come the new models announced from time to time by Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Oakland, Buick, LaSalle, Cadillacall with Fisher Bodies. And by Frigidaire. Each new model is a tested step forward. Nothing goes into it as a result of habit or guess' or pride of opinion. Nothing counts but hard-won facts, gathered and used with an open mind. 9 CHEVROLET rONTUC OLDSMOBILB OAKLAND m BUICK LlSALLI CADILLAC DELCO-LIGHT ELECTRIC PLANTS Cfiug?pair) ,' Tht tlnirlt nfrlprmur GENE MOTORS "A car for every purse and purpose" CLIP THIS COUPON General Motors (Dept. A), Detroit, Mich. PImm tend without any obligation to me, your illustrated book let, "Where Motor Car Facts Are Established," together with iaformatlon about the particular General Motors product or 1 1 have checked at the right. CHEVROLET PONTIAC OLDSMOBILE OAKLAND BUICK LASALLB cadillac q frigidaire delco-lightO Address.,.. 31 Years Ago October 9, 1896 September 29, Thursday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Young, a farewell surprise party was given in honor of Miss Genevieve Booth, and it was a cqmplete suc cess. The evening was passed very pleasantly with games, vocal and in strumental music. At 11 o'clock a delicious lunch was served, consisting of cake, lemonade, candies and nuts, which "was relished by all. Those present were: Misses Anna Kirk, Blanche Caton, Areta Barrett, Flora Kemp, Genevieve Booth, Mae Fisch er, Effie Bostwick, Leola Young, An na Gholson, Mrs. Osburn; Messrs. Charles Fischer, Thomas Stone, Fred Fischer, Austin Foss, Robert Davis, Ord Bostwick and H. H. Curtis. Jack Craig, a printer, was arrested Wednesday by Marshal Gillis for sel ling liquor to a minor, Walter Stone. Craig was placed under bonds for his appearance yesterday in Judge Smith's court. While endeavoring to secure bondsmen Craig made a "get away," as the boys say, and the last the officers saw of him he was heel ing it hrough Kirk's pasture, with the gentle zephyr playing a tattoo on the tail of his coat. J. B. Huntington was in Pendleton Saturday. Everybody is going to Pendleton today to hear Sylvester Pennoyer. J. W. Maloncy and wife will go down to Portland Sunday night. Miss Anna Harden has been in Pendleton visiting her sister, Mrs. Alex McKay. J. H. Hiteman and E. L. Barnett were in Pendleton Saturday and lis tened to Mitchell's speech. Ten double-decked cars of sheep, loaded at Elgin passed through Athe na Monday, en route to Chicago. Ed Rush and the Hudson boys, of Helix, assisted the Athena Band in discoursing music for the republi cans Monday. Wood is not so scarce in Athena at present. It is drifting steadily down from the mountains and brings $3.50 per cord. - Miss Lillian Proebstel, a young lady prominent in social circles, in Weston, visitad in the city this week, the guest of Mrs. M. .M. Johns. Al. Turner, a good republican of Helix, was in town Monday to hear Senator-Mitchell. He oiled the Press lamp before leaving town. Mr. Dan Kirk, the reservation farmer, will move to Athena so that Care oi Cemetery Lots 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. Prestbye, Secretary, or Ike Phillips, Sextoa he may school his children, should he be able to find suitable residence. Mr. William Powers and Miss Het ty Reynolds were married in Weston Sunday last. The young couple have a large circle of friends in Umatilla county who unite with the Pr.ess in wishing them a long and prosperous life. Sheriff Houser was up from Pen dleton Monday. "Zoe" is somewhat of a politican himself but the boys cornered him in the postoffice and gave him some hard silver nuts to crack. Among them was this one: "Why was silver demonetized in '73." The enamel on Zoe's teeth wasn't equal to the occasion. Mitchell La Chapell, who is em ployed at the Bergevin ranch on the reservation, came to town Monday night and tied his horse to a hitch ing rack on Third street. - He step ped into a store and purchased some tobacca, and immediately went to where his horse was tied, to find that some one, during his absence of perhaps five minutes, had stolen his saddle. No clue as to who the thief is has yet presented itself to the of ficers. - , Mademoiselle Accepts Meal; Customs Differ The Happiest People I huve leurned tlmt the happiest people In the world are those who are hupplly mated and hare large families. Although they do uot say, at) a rule, that they are happy, I often see the envy in other people's e.vt. : They work hard, apparently nut knowlnp how disagreeable are the tusks thrust on them, and without coring how much their labors make them tired. When the evening cornea, they carry homf the profits of their toll and lay them on the laps of the women who love them. Perhaps, somewhere in the next room, a baby is crying. I might find it disturbing. They think it the most beautiful music In the world. llannen Swaffer, British dramatic critic, to London Express.' American customs are by no means without mystery to Therese Cham belland, new honor student from France at the University of Oregon. Among problems which she cannot understand is the American woman's dependent on man, as financial mat ters go, and yet her independence of him in other things. This sad inconsistency has brought grief to the little brunette French girl, and very nearly deprived her of an appetizing . meal. She told her story to her friends upon her arrival the other day. In France, according to Misa Cham belland, the woman pays her own way to all dances, feeds and social func tions. And if she does not, happy is the man for it is the unspoken I promise of the girl that she will al low him the luxury of a kis3 before the evening is over. Miss Chambel land came to America with this cus tom fixed firmly in her mind. But she encountered a new experi ence here. On a Pullman somewhere between New York and Portland, an obliging gentleman of a few hours acquaintance asked the French girl politely: "Mademoiselle, won't you have dinner with me?" "I will not." This, or its equival ent, smote the ears of the astonished Yankee. But he lost heart not at all, and finally mademoiselle threw cau tion to the winds and accompanied him to dinner. The meal progressed, as did the evening. Listeners pricked up their ears at this approach to a climax, but Misg Chambelland gave only a disappoint ing little gesture. "But you know," she said confi dentially, " he didn't try to kiss me at all." This is one of the new French stu dent's discoveries about America. Dissolving Country It has been eMiin;itet Ilia? If the work of erosion perforimd t.y water on the total surface f mir ruiiiilry were concentriitert on the Isthmus 'f t'annma, It would willlee to rut a cnn-tl from ocean to ocenn 8.1 feel dwp in about 75 days. The average annual -rosioii pro duced by water In the t'niteil Stale corresponds t thi' removal of n hiy'r about V,i feet thick in ?,.m yam It is figured that mr river tni'i-iurt every year '.TO.oOO.ofsl im of !id matter and .-in.flM.00o ft mailer In state ft i&peu.doa ;. 'Hrn ne eest ILveir Our New Lines of Wool Shirts Blazers Slipovers None better and our prices are rightTry em on and you'll wear em away. STEVE'S GROCERY Quality Quantity, Service. Phone 171. Athena, Oregon The Athena Hotel MRS. LAURA FROOME, P-op. Courteous Treatment, Clean Beds " Good Meals Tourists Made Welcome Special Attention Given to Home Patrons Corner Main and Third Athena, Oregon "He that tooteth not- his own horn, the same shall not be tooted." Insurance of every kind and description. Farm Loans at rates and terms that satisfy. B. B RICHARDS, Athena Poison Gets Couger Eugene For the second time in Lane county, a cougar has been poisoned by bait. The skeleton of an animal 7 feet 4 inches long, found on Fall creek last week, was brought into Eugene Friday by C Hight, government hunter. The cougar's carcass was found "on the farm of Emery Callison, who had been miss ing goats for some time. Bait was set out by Hight, and numerous bob cats and coyotes killed before the cougar took it. Cougars seldom can be poisoned, Hight said, as they are too wary to approach the bait. XLHarman Blacksmithing We Carry the Pendleton Machine Works Hinged Weeder Main Street Athena. Oregon Bell & Venable Phones 125 and 24 Two Auto Truck Drays Always At Your Service City and Country HAULING and Horse Team Work Continental Oil Company Prompt Service Always Bryce Baker, Agent Phones 761 and 31F11, Athena THE ICILGORE CAFE GERALD KILGORE, Proprietor FRIGIDAIRE COLD DRINKS Malted Milk, Sodas, Coca Cola, Root Beer, Sun daes, Ice Cream, Bricks, Dixies, Eskimo Pies, etc. Gerald Kilgore, Proprietor - - Athena, Oregon 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 make frldneyt and bladJer rishl The Lumber You Need If you are planning alterations or ad ditions to your building, let us give you an estimate on the Lumber need ed. You will be pleasantly surprised at the reasonble total we will quote. Wood and Coal Fence Posts Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co. Main Street. Athena