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Athena, Oregon, January 20, 1928
WHAT MAKES THE HOME
POSSIBLE?
One of the best editorials we have
ever read pertaining to insurance, is
the following, found in the current
issue of the Manufacturer:
"To create a true home, however
modest, requires many things in
combination, but without insurance
protection no home would be possible
to the average citizen.
"To begin with, its cost would be
almost prohibitive. Building mater
ials, if those who deal in them had
no fire insurance, would ultimately
soar in price.
"From the first breaking of ground
to the final nail, the savings of the
owner might be wiped out in a few
minutes by fire. After the home,
which possibly represented the sav
ings of a lifetime, was finished and
occupied, there would be the ever
present risk of complete destruction
by fire.
"Even if the owner wishes to as
sume this risk, it is generally neces
sary to borrow some money for home
building purposes, and the agencies
with money to loan would not accept
such risk except at an exorbitant
rate, without insurance protection.
With adequate insurance, the world
looks upon money invested in a home
as a tangible asset.
"America has been called "the
land of home owners." Add the fact
that America is the best "insured'
country in the world, ' and the link
between the two becomes apparent."
The execution of the three arch
murderers Earl Nelson, "dark
strangler," Ruth Snyder -and Henry
Judd Gray last week, relieved the
social atmosphere of the country of
their criminally offensive presence.
Hickman next!
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. The three transcontinental rail
way companies entering Portland,
have caught the Rose City spirit and
will beautify the terminal station
there.
Taxes exist because it is necessary
to maintain government. The more
government you have, the deeper you
dig into your purse.
Railroad traffic as compared with
ell other means of transportation, is
tremendously efficient and intelligent.
Modern appliances have been adopt
ed to the extent that a passenger is
ns safe on the train as he would be
in his own home. The automobile is
a practical machine, and entering in
to its construction are safety appli
ances sufficient for travel protection
under ordinary care and observance
of traffic regulations. However,
there is no comparison in eating up
distance at the rate of sixty miles
per hour behind a locomotive and an
nutomobile driven at the same rate
of speed, for the reason that the en
gine driver is a picked man and
schooled in the performance of his
duty, while the reverse is true of
automotive operation, in that the
machine is made the point of selec
tion, in total disregard for qualifica
tions of the driver.
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Apparently the old time volunteer
fire department in the small town
has disappeared. Time was when tlv:
boys met regularly for drill and on
occasion when the alarm sounded
they were "Johnny on the spot" in
the performance of duty they knew
how to accomplish without a "bob
ble." Nowadays the small town fire
is fought under methods of the hap
hazzard way, and perhaps as many
Kuits of clothes arc ruined as former
ly, but results are different.
o
Portland has a drastic bathing law,
which provides that in daylight hours
bathers must provide themselves
with suitable dress, "which shall
cover the body from the neck to the
knees." The famous Jantzcn bath
ing suits are made at Portland, and
no one ever saw a full dress suit on
their picture girl stuck on auto
mobiles for advertising purposes. The
question as to who makes Portland's
bathing suits, naturally arises.
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We had forgotten all about cattl
rustlers, those slu kear ' gents ot
the west, when the west was the west,
until we read of the conviction at
Klamath Falls of one Charles Walker
on the charge of cattle stealing.
With the price of beef stuff going up,
it makes all the difference in th
world whether stock you sell are
yours, or belong to the other fellow
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It is said that Miss Miller, Seattle
girl, who is to marry the ex-mahara-
jnh of Indore, India, and who will
then become the third wife in his
harem, is rather perked up over the
publicity given the wedding an
nouncement. Well, so long as Seattle
does not kick, we are at a loss to
find any reason for Miss Miller to
roar.
SAVING THE INDIAN
FROM HIMSELF
(Dearborn Independent)
A great deal has been written--and
little done about saving the
original Americans, the Indians, from
the encroachments of white men,
both on and off the reservations
which the White Father has provided
for his so-called "children." But out
in the Northwest, where ten years of
bitter Indian wars were fought some
fifty years ago, there is a reservation
on which a plan of safeguarding the
Indian was worked out. There, the
Indian has been protected from his
own childlike credulity, and his own
lack of business ability; in short, from
himself.
There, too, the Indian has lived his
own life, much as his fore-fathers liv
ed it, to a far greater degree than
on any other of the sections set apart
for the various tribes of this country.
There the Indian could spend all the
summer, off the reservation, out in
the mountains, with his family, his
ponies, his tepee, and all the primi
tive equipment with which his an
cestors preserved life in the wild. In
the winter, he would come back to
the reservation, contented to remain
within the limits prescribed for him,
because he had had all the summer
living life in his own untrammeled
way.
The inception of this plan, and its
carrying through to its success with
nearly 2'000 Indians of the Cayuse.
Walla Walla and Umatilla tribes, was
in large measure to the efforts of
Major E. L. Swartzlander, who was in
charge of this Umatilla Indian
Reservation, in the outskirts of
Pendleton , Oregon, for about fifteen
years.
About one-half of the Indians on
this reservation are full bloods of the
three tribes mentioned; the remainder
are mixed bloods. More of these In
dians are crossed with the whites than
than with Indians of other tribes,
though a number of the Cayuses,
Walla Wallas and Umatillas have in
termarried with the Nez Perces and
the Yakimas. Tribal identity has
been almost completely lost, though,
curiously enough, each tribal group
preserves its own shaman or medi-
cme man, ana to mm tne memoers oi
each group turn in times of illness.
The agent in charge of the Indians,
however, superseded, almost complete
ly, the medicine man as an adviser in
matters other than those of sickness
and health.
All of the Indians became selfsup-
porting through the plan established
by Major Swartzlander. Lands with'
in the reservation are allocated,
eighty acres to an individual, to every
baby born on the reservation. These
lands were leased to white farmers,
at rentals which were profitable to
the Indians, but within reasonable
limits to the farmer, so that the ma
jority of the leases were renewed
from year to year, keeping a per
manent and competent group of white
agriculturists cropping and caring
for these lands. On these rentals the
Indians could live comfortably, some
of them very prosperously.
One of them, Parsons Motanic, a
full-blood Umatilla, himself farms
500 acres,' following methods he has
leurned from the successful white
farmers who leased lands on the reser
vation, Every applicant for a lease
is examined not only as to his re-
NEED FOR ACTION
(Portland Telegram)
According to the estimate of the
National Safety Council, there were'
approximately 23,000 people killed by
automobile accidents, in the United
States during the year 1926. In ad-j
dition there were 40,000 who suffer-;
ed serious injuries and probably 500,-j
000 who experienced minor injuries.'
Someone has analyzed these sta
titics, and concluded that these
deaths cut short lives which should
have had enjoyed altogether 320,000
more productive years, and counting
these conservatively at a thousand
dollars a year, we have a loss of
$320,000,000 as a result of the year's
automobile disasters. If time lost
through temporary or permanent dis-:
ability is added, the total amounts to
$640,000,000. j
It is manifestly impossible to
measure tragedy in terms of dollars
and cents. When the breadwinner of
a family is taken, it is not only that
income is cut off, but that the shock
of sudden loss by accident leaves the
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survivors weakened ana coniuseu.
There is no time for orderly adjust
ment for the instructions of advice
which might help the bewildered wife
and children to carry on, but they are
abruptly plunged into a maze of dif
ficulties which grief makes more
trying.
There can- be no debating the fact
that an individual injured of a family
bereft, has suffered damage. It
makes no difference who was respon
sible for the accident, the result is
pain, sorrow and financial loss which
can never be wholly repaired. !
It is said that only 40 per cent of
those seeking damages following
automobile accidents are found to be
legally entitled to collect, but the
families of the unfortunate 00 per
cent find it equally hard to pay the
rent and buy groceries and shoes,
without regard to who was in the in
cident that left them destitute.
It is clear the situation forces upon
us a new problem that must be solv
ed, by new methods. Insurance in
the ordinary meaning of the word,
falls short of the desired end, for
insurance, properly speaking, pro
tects the property insured rather
than the person who may be damag
ed by it. An automobile accident
policy protects the car and its owner
from the necessity of paying dam
ages for injuries, and affords pro
tection to the victim of the injury,
only incidentally.
What the situation damands is
ratner compensation than insurance,
and laws now proposed in several
states, are drafted along the lines cf
the workmen's compensation acts,
than on the principles of routine insurance.
But we may leave to the lawyers
inese legislature details, whicn ire
less important than the main object,
or the two objects that are to be
sought: first, the reduction of ac
cidents, and second, indemnity for
sufferers by the accidents that will
happen in spite of all precautions.
Later we will discuss some of the
methods suggested for accomplish
ing the second, and which should help
in attaining the first.
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from an oil stove to a dipper
you'll find it at this store. We've
selected our stock thoughtfully witFf
your kitchen nweds always in mind.
All the articles we offer you are tried
and proved through long years of
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We have New Perfection Oil Cook
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plete with oven and warming cabi
net. And we also carry a big assort
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Let us help you select the articles
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struggling America. In our national
motto "E Pluribus Unum" there. are
13 letters. The eagle, our national
emblem, was depicted with 13 feath
ers in each wing. The foundation of
the white house was laid on Oct.
13, 1792. The northwest territory
was organized July 13, 1787. Wood
row Wilson had 13 letters in his
name; John J. Pershing has 13 in !
his, and the great American victory
of St. Mihiel was won on Friday the
13th. Columbus sailed on a FrWay
and discovered land on a Friday.Tho
Declaration of Independence was in
troduced on a Friday and Cornwallis
surrendered on a Friday. George
third issued his proclamation on a
Friday the 13th and this proclamn
tion called for a day of fasting and
prayer in Britain to insure the de
feat of the rebellious colonies. Is
Friday the 13th unlucky? Think it
over.
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Satisfactory prices for horses,
mules and farm equipment are re
ported at Arthur Douglas sale,
Wednesday of last week'.
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Rugs Cleaned and Sized
Twin City Sanitary Cleaners
F. E. Smith, Milton-Freewater
Our Agency is at Penn Haras Barber Shop.
Haircuts and Shaves. Phone 583.
The home of good
The early oil operators, like the
miners in tho west had tremendous
difficulties to overcome. Most of
the miners came through all right,
but yet once in a while we read of
an oil magnate facing the difficulty
of keeping out of jail.
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While they are arguing over the
construction of a $2,000,000,000 navy
at Washington, the Mexicans seem to
have their revolution checked to the
point where the soldier peons may be
VtU'acd lor farm work in the" f-prinj.
sponsibility, but as to his ability as
a farmer, his success as a producer,
and his past record, both in argicul
ture and in his dealings with other
men.
The result of this system has been
that the Indians' land became very
valuable, ranging from $150 to $200
an acre.
Dr. W. Boyd Whyte
CHIROPRACTOR
Stangier Building, Phone 706
Pendleton. Oregon. 957 J
DR. J. L. GEYER
Dentist
Post Building, Athena, Phone 582
OLD AGE PENSIONS
(Spokesman Review)
It is not too early for prospective
legislature candidates to put them
selves on guard against attempts to
commit them to old age pension
obligations. The industrial welfare
department of the National Civic fed
eration warns the public against sub
stitution of state old age pensions
for the present system of indigent
relief. It finds that the plan has
failed in Montana and in England.
This report is based on a survey
of 11 cities and two towns in New
York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Penn
sylvania and Massachusetts, and its
conclusion is that "continuation of
the present means of caring for the
aged, supplemented by general
adoption by organized industry of
old age annuity plans, would go far
toward prevention of old age de
pendency."
It concludes with this timely coun
sel, of especial value to prospective
legislative candidates:
If there "is to be a well-advised
movement toward enlightenment and
toward economic security and in
dependence in old age; if there is to
be a reasoned discussion of relief for
tho aged indigent, the effort must be
guided not by political propaganda
nor by extravagant exaggeration as
to the prevalence of poverty among
the aged, but by the sanity of at
tested facts embodied in cautiously
compiled figures.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon forUmatilla County.
In the matter of the Estate of Mar
tha J. Shick, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has been appointed exe
cutor of the last will and testament of
Martha J. Shick, deceased, by an
order of the above entitled Court.
All persons having claims against
the said estate are hereby notified to
present the same to me at Athena,
Oregon, or to my attorneys. Watts
& Prestbye, at their office in
Athena, Oregon, within six months
from the date of the first publication
of this notice. All claims must be
verified as by law required.
Dated at Athena, Oregon, this 13th
dav of January, 1928.
ARTHUR E. SHICK,
Executor of the Last Will and
Testament of Martha J. Shick,
Deceased.
Watts & Prestbye Attorneys for
Estate, Athena, Oregon. J13F10
DR. S. F. SHARP
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Athena, Oregon
WATTS A PRESTBYE
Attorneya-At-Law
Main Street. Athena, Oregon
L'tato and l'ederal Court Practice
FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH
(Walla Walla Union)
This is Friday the thirteenth, pre
sumably a twice unlucky day and
therefore very bad. But is it? Let
us see.
John J. Pershing was born on Fri
day the loth. There are 13 stripes
in the American flag and when the
flag was made there were 13 stars
because there were 13 colonies.
There are 13 letters in "George
Washington" and on June 13, 1778
France decided to come' tcf the" aid cj
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Athena, Oregon
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