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PRESIDENT GOOLIDGE PAYS ViSinO CUBA 'hief Executive Attends the Opening of Pan-American Congress. Bacteria's Good Work Science is coming to the nid of farmers by doing a job for hlra for merly done 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 fertilizer. The bacteria do a better job thnn that. They put It right on the roots of the plant and don't charge a cent, says Capper's Weekly Washington, D. C As a good-will unbassador extraordinary, President started on a trip to Havana which he hopes will demonstrate the friendly feeling of the United States for all the republics of the western hemisphere. The immediate purpose of the jour ney, the first outside of the United States for Mr. Coolidge since he be came president, is to make the open ing address of the Pan-American con gress. In the background, however, is the desire to impresa upon the representatives of the more than 20 nations who will greet him that the ; United States holds no imperialistic designs in its relationship with the j countries south of the Rio Grande. . In addition to two members of his j cabinet Secretaries Kellogg and Wii- bur the president will be surrounded at Havana by a delegation of men whose names have for years been well known in American public life. The delegation, which will represent j the United States at the sessions of j the congress after Mr. Coolidge has left, will be headed by Charles Evans Hughes. .The two secretaries and Mrs. Hughes accompanied Mr. Coolidge, also Henry P. Fletcher, ambassador to Italy; James Brown Scott, an auth ority on international law; Ray Lyman Wilbur, president of Leland Stanford university, and Morgan J. O'Brien, a former federal judge of New York, all members of the delegation. ' Reduced Road Coacs Reduced expenditures in the con struction of roads are predicted in the paper of A. J. Brosseau, a director ol the Katlonal Automobile Chamber of Commerce, presented recently before the National Crushed Stone associa tlon convention. "In our factories we are constantly seeking to Improve de tails so as to provide the public with Improved vehicles at the same cost or even lower," said Brosseau, LOW fares lit GENERAL LEJEUNE TO VISIT NICARAGUA Commander of Marines to Per sonally Size Up the Situation. COMMITTEE FAVORS RETENTION OF SHIPS Washington, D. C Challenging tha demand of President Coolidge for dis posal of the merchant marine into pri vate hands, the senate commerce committee ordered reported a bill pro posing a huge replacement program for it under government control. The measure, sponsored by Senator Jones, republican, of Washington, chairman of the committee, gained tile support of both republicans and demo crats on the committee. President Coolidge repeatedly has made it known that he want! h shipping board to sell the government fleet to private interests" as speedily as possible, complaining against the losses of the business, but Senator Jones in his report to the senate de clared "there seems to be no way by which we can get an American mer chant marine privately operated." The measure reported would require the unanimous consent of the shipping board for the sale of any vessels herd after and would authorize an appro priation for an adequate replacement program of government vessels. It You can live at economically a at home PACK UP the family and old kit bag; go to sunny California for a few weeks, months or for the winter. Visit movieland, orange groves, the oil fields, beach resorts, big cities. Golf courses galore! Finef ast Union Pacifictrhinsaf ford connections via Portland or Salt LakeCity.Diveneroutepermitted. MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS NOW UNION PACIFIC C. M. EAGER, Agent " Athena. Oreg MORE SHEEP DESIRED Plant Made to Increase Flocks of Southwest Washington. Olympia, Wash. Tentative arrange ments were made at a conference here to purchase and distribute at least 5000 sheep to farmers of south western Washington in the early spring. The conference was attended by bankers and delegates from chambers of commerce. It was the outgrowth of a meeting held in Chehalio a month ago, at which plans were laid for the stimulation of the wool Industry west of the Cascades. At the Chehalis meeting it was pointed out that 500,000 sheep are being run in western Oregon, while only 23,000 sheep are being run west of the mountains in Washington. The bankers and chambers are endeavor ing to finance farmers who wish to run small flocks. Jensens Blacksmith Shop Repair Work Prices Reasonable Athena, Oregon Washington, D. C. Marine rein forcements recently ordered to Nicar agua will be led to that strife-torn Ittte republic by their commander-ln- ief. Malor-General John A. Lejeune. e Diana to spend two weeks siting up the' situation there. Aroused by reports of casualties rong the marines in their efforts run to earth the outlaw general, Augustino Sandino, and at word re ceived by the navy department from jjaarine officers in Nicaragua that two mjsrlne deserters were training San djjkp s men, General Lejeune, himself fcfc old campaigner, announced unex pectedly that he would embark for Corlnto. General Lejeune's sudden decision to look into the Nicaraguan situation personally was not expected to involve any change In orders to Brigadier-General Logan Feland, who has been in structed to assume command in Nicar agua. General Feland, who was at the head of the marine forces when they returned to that country a year ago but later was relieved, was ordered back to the battle zone after word had been received of the recent clashes fylth Sandino and their resulting cas ualties. Simultaneously 1000 marines trere ordered to Nicaragua to reinforce the 1400 already there. While Marine officers here, includ ing General Lejeune, were inclined to doubt report that deserters were as sisting Sandino, it was admitted that Borne of the marines who have "gone Over the hill," are still at large. From one source came the report that two men had been captured by Sandino while attempting to reach the Honduran border and forced, under penalty of death, to act as drillmasters and tacticians. . The recent battles have shown, of fiolal reports have said, a notable Im provement in the morale and tactics of the Sandino forces. RELIABLE WATCH REPAIRING Main St. H. H. HILL Athena American Slays Four Mexloan Bandits Mexico, City. Lyman V. Barber, Los Angeles mining man, captured by Mexican outlaws three weeks ago, has escaped and safely reached Mexico City after killing four of his captors. Saturday evening, he reported on ar rival here, he attacked his bandit guards with a steel rod and a broken bottle a3 his only weapons. He beat four of them to death and then fled. ALCOHOL Half & Half will stand 35 below zero De Lux Weed Chains ATHENA SERVICE STATION Weather to Order Equipment for washing, circulating and keeping the air at the proper tem perature is installed In buildings of the National Zoological park at Wash. Ington to protect the health f -2,000 animals and birds, says .Popular Me chanics Magazine. In most of the houses, conditions like those of nn Ideal June day are maintained with a temperature of CS degrees, relative humidity of 40 to 45 per cent and the air slowly moving. The installntion has made possible the safekeeping of animals that ordinarily would not thrive In American climate. Snakes Used Medicinally A French doctor says that In ninny houses in his district dried adders are preserved,, and when any member of the family catches a cold or suffers from chills and fever, he Is given a dose of liquid prepared from pieces of the dried snake boiled In water for a quarter of an hour. This opens the pores and causes the patient to per spire. Pieces of dried snakes are also sold by chemists to drive away, among oth er things, the rosy rash that accompa nies measles. j Card of Thanks We wish to thank our many friends for their kindness and sympathy in our bereavement, and also for the many beautiful floral offerings. MRS. J. W. HOPPER, MRS. EDNA CRAVENS, MR. RAY HOPPER, and STAMPER FAMILY, Frank L. Smith Challenge Senate. - Washington, D. C. Senator-elect Frank L. Smith, of Illinois, refused to submit to trial by the senate primary election Investigation committee. He challenged the jurisdiction of the com mittee over this application for a seat In the United States senate. 21 Miners Killed in Gas Explosion. West Frankfort, 111. Twenty-one miners were killed outright in a gM explosion which wrecked a one-mile chamber in the Industrial Coal cofil' fany mine No. II aere. Cold Weather Drinks Hot Chocolate Hot Ovaltine Hot Malts We Carry Hazelwood Ice Cream Bricks McFadden's Pharmacy We Have the Blankets for this Rind of Weather Good Quality Priced Right 'Blazers In all weights and colors If you see 'em you buy 'em -STEVE'S GROCERY Quality Quantity, Service. Phone 171. Athena, Oregon The Athena Hotel MRS. LAURA FROOME. Prop. 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