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. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. BOYD. Owner and Publisher . Subscription Rates. One copy, one year $2-00 One copy, six months $1.00 One copy, three months...., . 75 Athena, Oregon November 11 1927 As the result of ten years' study and observation of economic condi tions at home and abroad, Dr. Julius Klein, director of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, United States department ' of Com merce, Washington D. C, sums up the foreign status thus: "Old moth er Europe has at last bobbed her hair, tucked her wooden shoes away with other mementos in the family archives and bought herself a lip stick and an automatic lighter. There is a new order of things in the old world. The old traditions and castes that down through years stifl ed trade and progress have disap peared. The result is a rejuvenated Europe, with money to spend and willing to spend it, offering a new market for American goods, and now is the time for American manufact urers and merchants and particularly those of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest to cultivate those foreign buyers and give them what they are looking for." o The ducks of the Bear River Marshes in Utah, and in other local ities throughout the inter-mountain region, have been dying by the mil lions in recent years from alkali poisoning, and it is the intention of Izaak Walton, National Sportsman organization, to push through rem edial measures which will save these ducks, according to the announce' ment. This is the third major cam paign of the Walton League to he undertaken during the past five years. The first was the creation of the Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge, 300 miles long and comprising the bottom lands of the Mississippi river from Lake Pep in, Minnesota, to Rock Island, Illin ois. The second, well known to West erners was the purchase and setting aside of the Walton League Winter Elk Refuge in Jacksons Hole, Wy oming. o The approach of winter is herald ed in various parts ' of the country by numerous deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning. Notwithstand ing repeated warnings, automobilists continue to warm up their engines in closed garages, observes an exchange, Carbon monoxide is colorless, odor less, tasteless and painless. The vic tim has no means of detecting its presence. The air in an unventil ated garage becomes impregnated with the poisonous gas In a short time if the automobile engine is per mitted to run. One of the most ef fective ways to keep from growing old is to shut the garage doors and tune up the imotor. our guess is that Nelson will hang on that date. British justice will see to it that he is hung. o 1 . That Popjoy is the name of a South Bend shingle mill, does not necessarily mean that your Pop would enjoy the job of laying shingles. Westward the tide of fashion wends its way a Roseberg man will establish a "dude ranch" on North Umpqua. J. C. Penney, chain store magnate, is better acquainted with Oregon since his visit to the Pacific Interna tional Stock Show. o The state of Oregon has been giv en a mountain. Pilot Butte, near Bend, it is to be converted into a park. o - Hawaii is coming to Oregon for Jersey cows. Nine years ago today the armis tice was signed, and the armies of the World War stopped fighting Hundreds of America's sons who saw service in that war, the. Legion- aires, are returning to their homes from their recent visit to France, where they visited former battle fields. To them Armistice Day will mean more than ever before. o Not long ago Rear Admiral Mag ruder in a series of magazine articles ruder in a series of magazine articles criticized the administration of the navy. Now the admiral is on the waiting list with nothing to do but report regularly to the secretary of the navy. Soft snap, with full pay, too. "They crawled through the win dows to hear her," says Rev. Guy Devrics, Four Square gospel minister of Klamath Falls, who is malting ar rangements for Aimee Semple Mc Pherson's evangelistic meeting at that place. That's a safe bet. Monday's news dispatches said Moscow went wild celebrating the 10th soviet anniversary. Nothing strange about that, when we take into consideration that it has been ton years since Moscow went wild. o Portland export ?d a little more than 7,000,000 bushels of wheat dur ing the month of October, approxi mately the number of bushels of the Umatilla county wheat crop, for 1927. Taft Urges a-rsu in Legal ivietnoas. Washington, D. C. A legislative overhauling of criminal court proce dure to apply more quickly punishment to law offenders v,aa advocated as a orlme deterrent by Chief Justice Taft before the i::;tioual crime commission. He approved incisures to induce criminal. to become law-abiding citf- ens but added that "we must never forget that the chief and first object of prosecution of crime is its deterrent effect upo:i future wculdbe criminals In the ino cnlion of society." Easier Island Statue May he Earth a Oldest The world's most ancient statue Is to be found outside, not Inside, the British museum, U Is said that tt took two hundred men from the crew of H. M. S. Topaz, nid three hundred natives, to drag (he statue from Its original site, al tlmu'h It weighs only four tons. It la the work of a race of huge build ers Mud was one of many similar co loss;, i statues, some of them weighing t. much as a hundred tons, scattered vr Buster Island, In the Pacific. These hideous Images were orlgl ixMy supplied with bats, In some runes weighing another five or six rons. which were red because they .vere inn ile of tufa or volcanic rock, ill ,iIik hats have fallen off now and ire found lying around the huge iit iii-s as though there bad been a tlgh wind. This race of ancient builders left truces in the shape of Immense stone nonuments right across the Pacific, m& many archeologists think that the island on which these monuments are found Is the last remnant left above the surface of a vast submerged con tinent. There Is nothing which fixes the exact period of this achievement, hut It Is possible that the statues are nr least as old as the pyramids of Kgypt The Churches Church of Christ , November 13th, 1927. . All regular services at the usual hour. The mes sage Sunday morning will be "Two Covenants." The purpose of the message is to show the difference be tween the Jewish and Christian era Christian Endeavor and preaching Sunday evening. Playhouse and Church Bombed. Hammond, Ind. A series of myster ious explosions which the police attri buted to black powder bombs wreck ed the State theater here, damaged All Saints church across the street, blew down trolley and telephone poles, and broke plate glass windows for blocks around, causing estimated dam age of $500,000. Owners of the theater could assign no reason for the bomb ing, stating that they had no labor troubles and no enemies that they knew about and the police were work ing without tangible dews. Coolidge Okeha Cruiser Budget. Washington, D. C. Appropriation of approximately $40,000,000 for cruiser construction, increasing last year's naval budget by about that amount, has been approved by President Cool idge, according to the Army and Navy Tnni-naJ. The Proposal III in I wish I ilnivil to usl; you a very linpoi'tiint question, , Her Why don't you? Him I see ncgn'.lve In your eyes. Her In both of them? Illin Yes. Her Don't you knew Hint two nep olives iiinke an- why, Charlie, hor. I dare you! Mmitrenl Star. Daddy Evidently Had Some Things to Write Willie (very seriously) Papa, I bad strange dream. Papa Indeed I What was It? Willie I dreamed, papa, that I died md went to heaven ; and when St Pe ter met me at the gate, Instead of showing me the way to the golden itii et, as I expected, he took me out into a large field, and In the middle f the Held there was a ladder reach ing up Into the sky and out of sight Then St. Peter told, me that heaven was at the top, and that in order to et there I must take the big piece if chalk he gave me and slowly climb Hie ladder, writing on each rung some -in I had committed. 1'iipa (laying down his newspaper) -Anil did you Anally reach heaven, my sun? Willie No, papa, for Just as I was trying to think of something to write on the second rung I looked up and saw you coming down, Pupa And what was I coming down for? Willie That's what I asked you, mid you told me you were coming for more chalk. After Dinner Stories WATTS & PRESTBYE Attorneys-At-Law Main Street. Athena, Oregon State and Federal Court Practice Dr. W. Boyd Whyte CHIROPRACTOR Stangier Building, Phone 706 Pendleton. Oregon. 957 J DR.J.L.GEYER Dentist Post Building, Athena, Fhone 582 DR. S. F. SHARP PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Athena, Oregon . Left Fatherland Behind Murle Antoinette's eventful life In Krunce begun at Strasbourg, or rather upon a small Island In the Rhine In front of the Alsutian capital. There, In a pavilion decorated with Gobe lin tapestries, she paused on her way ro become the wife of the dauphin, af terward Louis XVr. She entered by a door ou the east side. After a com pete change of clothing, symbolic of her renunciation of all connections with her native country, Austria, she cinergpd on the west or French side. Her Austrian escort remolned behind, replaced by a guard sent by Louis XV. The chief magistrate of Stras bourg addressed her in Oerman. "Don't speak German," she said, though she had Just learned the new tongue she was henceforth to speak. "Prom today I understand only French." Kansas City Star. . Baptist Church Sunday school at 9:45 A. M. Morn ing Worship at 11:00 A, M. An Armistice Day sermon. "The tide of trade, in ceaseless ebb or flow, brings pleasure or dismay."-- Young Peoples meeting at 6:30 P. M. Song and Praise at 7:30 P. M. This be ing Father and Son week the evening topic will be, Dad, Lad Company Un limited. Fathers, bring your boys and sit with them in .service. Young Peoples Prayer meeting every Wed nesday evening at 7:30 P. M. Mid week meeting and Evangelistic Bible study every Thursday evening f at 7:30 P. M. Woodrow Wilson said. "You cannot preserve the physical and not cultivate the spiritual." ' "Card of Thanks We desire to express our thanks and appreciation for the kindness and sympathy extended to us in our bereavement in the passing of ' our father and brother, and for the many beautiful floral offerings. MRS. JESSIE HEATER MRS. L. H. HOWELL MRS. CHAS. NORRIS , MR. AMEIL SCHUBERT Mr. and Mrs. Carl Christian were in the city from Adams, Monday eve ning. ' NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of Mel- vin J. Canfield, Deceased. Notice is hereby given to all per sons whom it may concern: That George R. Lewis has been appointed administrator with the will annexed of the estate of Melvin J. Canfield (M. J. Canfield), deceased, and ha3 qualified as such. All persons having claims against said estate are here by notified, and required to present them, with '-proper vouchers to said administrator, or to Will M. Peter son, his attorney, in the Stangier Building at Pendleton, Oregon, with in six months of the date of the first publication of this notice which is the 4th day of November. 1927. GEORGE R. LEWIS, Administrator, Will M. Peterson, Attorney for Ad ministrator. N4D2. DR. W. G. COWAN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Athena. Oregon . MiUicent seems determined that the Rogers millions to which she is heiress, .shall be spent by a foreign er. They have been transferred to Argentine. o Resorting to intensified farming to keep the wolf from his door, C. A. Rockhill of Dayton, Oregon, this year cropped flax that grossed $161 per acre. Nelson the "strangler" has been found guilty by a British jury, and was immediately sentenced to death by hanging Friday, January 13. And w p5 We Handle 6enuine i' Goods-No Substitutes A Jry Our U.R.5HAMP00 M J: A. Good, Clean Shaving and Baths Up-to-the Minute Bobs Hair Cuts and Shingles DUFFIELD'S BARBER SHOP Athena, Ore. Teaching Lip Reading For the benefit of children whose Hearing happens to be defective, it Is the custom at present In many state? to give those thus aflllcted the benefit f some speciul Instruction In Hp lending. The best way of handling this problem, It has been demon strated. Is by having teachers who are especially trained to go from school to school for this purpose. The classes are small, usually not more than six or eight students, and the advantages of the plan Is that It en ables children to continue their regu lar work In the school classes which ults the parents better than sending fhem to special schools. It Is also nore economical from the standpoint f the educational authorities. NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING In the County Court of the State of Oreeon for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of John Thibodeaux, deceased. Notice is hereby given that the ad ministratrix of the above estate has filed her final report with the clerk of the above entitled Court; and that the judge of said Court has desig nated Monday, November 21, 1927, at the hour of ten o'clock in the fore noon, as the time, and the county court room in the county court house at Pendleton, Umatilla County, Ore gon, as the place when and where hearing shall be had thereon; all per sons interested are directed to then and there appear and show cause, if any they have, why the report; should noi oe approvea, us prayer augweu, the administratrix discharged, and her bondsmen exonorated. Dated Qc? tober 8th, 1927. SEDOLIA VESSELL. Administratrix, S. A. Lowell, her attorney. 014N11 . n 1 Primrose CreamSeparator Bail-Bearing When selecting a cream separator be sure the machine you buy will cove the greatest amount of butter-fat. This the McCormifk:Deerin' 0 ' Will fl twice each day for a long period of years.' The comnact: sanitarv tical design of the McCormick-Deering combined with qualities such as easyt turning, positive and automatic lubrication, must be considered when you! desire a serviceable, long-life machine. 3 . : . - : : ; ; 1 .1 Rogers Goodman ' ( A Mercantile Trust) ti&tm One Hundred Forty Two (142) in the Reservation Addition to the town, now city, of , Pendleton, and being described in the Pat ents from the i United States as being in the town of Pendleton; save and except a strip of land 100 feet in width, being 50 feet in width on each side of and par allel with the center line of the main track of the O. W. R. & N. Company's railroad as. the same is now constructed over and across said lots and blocks of ' land adverse to the plaintiff and her fee simple interest and estate therein; that the Court shall examine into the claims which the defendants, or any of them, may make adverse to the plaintiff s interest in and to said real property, and pass upon the same, and definitely declare, after such examination, that none of the defendants have any right, title, in terest, estate or lien in, to or upon any part of said real property which is adverse to the plaintiff and her fee simple interest therein, and will further- declare and decree that as far as the defendants and each of them, and all persons claiming, and to claim, by through, or under them, or any of them, are concerned, the plaintiff is the owner in fee simple of said real property and the entire J title thereto; that the plaintiti have such other and further relief as to equity shall seem proper in said suit. This summons is published pursu ant to an order of the Honorable ames Alger Fee, Judge of the above entitled Court, which said order was made and entered in the matter here in on the 28th day of October. 1927. and the first publication of this sum mons is made on the 4th day of No vember, 1927, in the Athena Press, a newspaper ot general circulation as defined by Section 68, Oregon Laws, printed and published at Athena, Umatilla. County, Oregon. WATTS & PRESTBYE, Attorneys for the Plaintiff. Post Office Address: Athena, Oregon. N4D2. American Beauty Bread Baked by the most modern and up-to-date process known to th art of baking. Insuring you uniform quality the year round. Ask . your grocer. ' .' t t ' MILTON BAKERY, H. W. Kreiger, Prop, l 'it WE CALL FOR AND DELIVER Monday, Thursday, Saturday Cleaning;, Pressing, Repairing, Dyeing . Twin City Sanitary Cleaners Organizers and Owners since April 2, 1921 J. bnively Milton-Freewater E. L. Snively Our Agency is at Penn Harris Barber Shop. The home of good Haircuts and Shaves. Fhone 583. II 1 Interesting Fossil Area The Jogglns section of Nova Scotia nas been recognized since the days of 'he great geologists. Logan and Lyell. s offordlng the finest example In the world of fossil coal measure forests The section Is now represented In Canada's national museum at Ottawa by a series of upright trunks with a background of a carboniferous land scape and a panoramic view of the Jogggins section. The stumps with their great expanse of roots form what is considered by many familiar with foreign museums to be the finest ex ilblt of Its kind lu any museum. Heaters for the Ocean Artificial heating of the ocean Is to lie tried out at Westerland, Germany. popular seaside resort, In order to provide all-the-yeur-round bathing. Huge electric beaters will be Installed to raise the water's temperature and rob a winter dip of Its chill. Heated bathing cabins and covered ways lead Ing to the water, says Popular Science Monthly, will be provided for the mthers' comfort. Rough Diet A charmingly v frank restaurant In Newark, N. J, announces In Its win dow t "coarse dinner, $3 eta." Farm and Fireside, SUMMONS (Eouitv No. 4440) In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. Mary Anna Joerger, Plaintiff, vs James E. Whitfield; W. J. Reil ey; the unknown heirs, if any there be, of said James E. Whit field, if deceased, or W. J. Reil ey, if deceased; Jane Doe Blank, the wife of N. S. Blank, some times known as Nathan S. Blank, the unknown heirs, if any there be, of James T. Moss, deceased; Etna Kopittke-Sutton-Seig and Edward Seig, her husband ; and all other persons unknown, if any there be, who claim any right, title, interest, estate or lien in, to or upon the real prop erty described in the complaint in this suit, Defendants. To all those defendants above nam ed and described as follows, to-wit:-James E. Whitfield; W. J. Reiley; the known heirs, if any there be, of said James E. Whitfield, if deceased, or W. J. Reiley, if deceased; Jane Dpe Blank, the wife of N. S. Blank, sometimes known as Nathan S. Blank; the unknown heirs, if any there be. of James T. Moss, deceas ed; and all other persons unknown, if any there be, who claim any right, title, interest, estate or lien in, to or upon the real property described in the complaint in this suit: In the name of the State of Ore gon: lou and each of you are here by required to appear and answer the complaint filed against you in the above entitled suit within four (4) weeks from the date of the first publication of this summons, and you will take notice that if you fail to appear .and answer said complaint, or otherwise plead in this suit, with in said tune, the plaintiff above named will apply to the above en titled Court for the relief demanded in her complaint, which complaint prays that the defendants be requir ed to come into Court ar.d answer said complaint and state what claims, interests, or estates they, or any of them, have or assert in or to the real property situated in Umatilla County, State of Oregon, described as toiiows, to-wit:- lots One (1), Two (2), Three (S). Four (4), Ten (10). Eleven (IV) nd Twelve (12) in Block NOTICE1 OF HEARING In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of Clar ence Ogilvy, Presumed to be Dead Notice is hereby given that Minnie Kretzer has applied to the above entitled Court for an ad judication of the death of Clar ence Ogilvy, the -admission of his estate to probate in the - Court herein, and the appointment of said Minnie Kretzer as administratrix of the estate; and that the above en titled Court has fixed Saturday, the 20th day of November, 1926, at 10:00 o'clock A. M., as the time, and the County Court room in the County Court house at Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon, as the place, for the hearing of said petition; and that at said time and nlace the Court will hear evidence concerning the alleged absence of the said Dresumed deced ent and the circumstances and dura tion thereof. All persons interested are hereby notified to appear at said time and place and show cause, if any there be, why said petition should not be granted. Ihis notice is published pursuant to an order, of the Honorable I. M. fcchannep. Judce of the above entitled Court, made and entered in the mat ter herein on the 17th day of Octo ber. A. D. 1927. ' R. T. RROWN. County Clerk of Umatilla County. Oregon, and Exofficio Clerk of the County Court of the State of Ore gon for Umatilla Countv. (SEAL) of County Court, Umatilla county, uregon. Watts & Prestbvf" AtVionn Oreirnri Attorneys for Petitioner. 021N11. Jensens Blacksmith Shop Horseshoeing Prices Reasonable Athena, Oregon It Pays to Look Well! To look well you should keep your hair properly cut your facer! shaved and massaged In fact everything , in the Barber linei! Come m and see Herb Parker and I. Penn Harris Barber Shop ' , Agency for Troy Laundry and Twin City Sanitary Cleaners. Phone 583. 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