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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1928)
.,TI ,1 If Camouflage of High . Order Saved Convict Extraordinary tales of adventure, death and escape from .the French islands of exile off the .Guiana' toast are told by Blair Niles, the flrst wom an to visit the prison islands. "There was, for example," she writes; "the convict stationed on one of the Devil's Island group, who, gome months' ago-was missing at the five o'clock roll call. At that hour tho keepers -are busy rounding up the men and locking the correct number , into each dormitory for the night Number X was missing; he failed to answer to his name. Search wasmade of the three islands. 1 It revealed noth ing. The mm was sinking; in a few moments the tropical night would fall. The canoemen were commanded, to launch the boats ; far, .far out a speck was seen on the deserted ocean. The prison authorities focused their glasses. But they saw only a dark mass on the surface and above it the great spread ing horns' of one of the water buffalo which the administration imports from French Indo-China. ' Only a tfead wa- , ter buffalo floating out to sea. They revoked the order to the canoemen. Anyway, darkness had suddenly shut down. , "But the prisoners, knew that, the dead water, . buffalo wast' one of their comrades, his body bound to aplank and covered with banana leaves, while with arms and legs he 'swam .deeper-' otely. The buffalo horns-didn't a buffalo die on the islands only last week? The horns were the escaping convict's camouflage." From the Fo ' " Arm Getting Wefl; I T, Bryce Baker who accompanied Dr. Geyer to Portland over the week-end, is delighted with the progress his fractured arm is making at this time. Examination by the specialist who performed operations in the past when bone-grafting was resorted to, revealed that the fractures were knitting satisfactorily. The cast has been removed and a small metal splint substituted until such time as the arm recovers strength. ' Mrs. Hansell Better Mrs. M. W. Hansell sustained a major operation at St. Mary's hos pital, Walla Walla, last Friday. Since the operation the patient has been" in a serious condition, but a change for the better has taken place and decided improvement is noted. Mr. Hansell came home Wednesday, the first time he was able to leave the bedside of his wife. " " - " " Mail Service Older Than Christian Era Communications were' sent- from town , to town by. more or less tegular service in '. the,, reign of Cyrus, '.the great Persian conquerer, COO years be fore the Christian era., , Four centuries later. Queen Jezebel wrote fetters and sent them throughout the. Jewish king dom, to which she affixed the name of King A1iab, and sealed them "with the king's seal. In the Book of Esther mention is mode' of seeding letters by post throughout, tho j-oyat provinces. About the beginning of the First cent tury Augustus, the great .Roman em- . peror, established a 'system of com munication throughout the empire. Marco Polo, the Venetian traveler, re-: ported that as long ago as 128P China, had ho less than 10,000 post stations. i The term post as "applied to a sys tem of mail transportation had its origin-in France in the Sixteenth cen tury, where a general system of com munication was set up by the govern ment. Detroit News. ; Sowing Wild Oats . . ! To "sow wild -oats" means td com imit youthful excesses," to spend one's youth in dissipation. Subsequent re-form is usually Implied. t Th express sion, it is supposed, originated among the country people of England. "The wild oats a tall grass . resembling the cultivated oat and by some sup posed to be its original progenitor, is a common weed in grain fields. It was natural that a weed so common and obnoxious should become the subject of comparison among the English farmers. At first "sowing wild oats" meant sowing worthless seed or seed which would produce a worthless crop. The transition to the figurative meaning was easy. He who wastes the precious days of his youthful prime In dissipation is sowing seeds which will grow up Into obnoxious weeds. Path finder Magazine. ' Marvin Hughltt, Railroad Man Die ' Chicago Marvin Hughitt Sr., whose span of service to railroading in tt4 middle west stretched back 65 years, died here after a paralytic stroke. He was 90 years old. - Until his death the veteran had a part in the direction ot the Chicago & Northwestern railroad, with whose destines he had been con nected 66 years, 28 as president Orphans Find Home , A home ?for,; little ;. Francis ' and Agnes Stamper; orphan children of the late Ada Hopper Stamper, has been found with Mr. and Mrs. Del bert Barger who reside near Walla Walla. . The children were taken to their new home Sunday, after having been at the Bert Logsdon home for several weeks. , ; ' Mr. Woodward Improving C., L. . Woodward, who has been critically ill in a Walla Walla hospital has been slowly i improving since surviving a serious surgical operation, several days ago, when it was found necessary to remove one of his kid neys. Mr. Woodward, previous to the operation, has been in declining health for sometime. ' : : Dr. W. Boyd Whyte CHIROPRACTOR Stangier, Building,, Phpne 706 Pendleton. Oregon. ,957 J DR. J. L. GEYER ' .' Dentist ;' ;-V " Post Building, Athena," Phone 582 XL C I I 1 2 1 STANDARD THEATRE Sunday, Feb. 12 With Greta Garbo The. Divine Woman Admission: 10c, 25c, 35 Cents 22 Years Ago February 9, 1906 D. B. Jarman returned home from the east Saturday evening. VroA Knnntz has returned from Wo lit. Wnllo. Ha is somewhat bet ter, but is still far from being a well man. p.v stntA Senator Proebstel of Wes ton is mentioned as a candidate for the office again. .Tampa Henderson returned Satur day from his homestead in Franklin county, where he spent several days. Nantnn News: Duncan Mclntyre arrived, from Athena, Oregon, last SntnrHnw. morninar. Mr. Mclntyre, like his six brothers, owns a chunk of Alberta earth. Mr anA Mrs. John Foss and. Mrs. .Tamest Mitchell returned to their home in Moro, Sherman county, Saturday after an extended visit wixn relatives in this city. ' Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Barnett ana son, Rex and I. M. Kemp came up this morning with the remains of Roy Barnett. for burial in the lamuy vn in, the Athena cemetery. Tha Press is informed that MISS Dolly Bloch, of Spokane, is greatly improved in health. She is now able for the "first time in two years to walk,, with the assistance of a cane. Her manv Athena friends earnestly hope for her complete and permanent recovery. After inrmirino' into the facts re garding the death of T. Morrisette, the cornor decided no inauest was necessary. Saturday . the pioneer Franchmen was buried in the Athena cemetery. The funeral was a large one the remains being followed "to the grave by a large number of neighbors and- friends. , Mrs. Chas. Norris and Mrs. T. J. Watts were in Walla Walla Wednes day."-, v ' :, ,. ' ;:!. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Kilcore. who have been seriously ill at their home near Weston, are recovering. George Foster has completed the construction of a dwelling house at Union, and returned home. He re ports windy, disagreeable weather in the Grand Ronde. v Rev. G. W. Rigby officiated at the double wedding in Pendleton, Tues day. The happy couples are John F. Bentley ' and Minnie L. Trimble, and Alva M. Moyer and Laura v P. Baker, all of Adams. Dr. Sharp reports A., J. Wagner to be improving. Mr. Wagner was ser iously injured last Saturday evening by being kicked by a colt. Three ribs are fractured and had Mr. Wagner been struck a little higher up the re sult would undoubtedly have been fa tal. '--'. ; I I I DR. W. G. COWAN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Athena, Oregon WATTS & PRESTBTB Attorney s-At-Law Main Street. Athena, Oregon State and Federal Court Practice CLASSIFIED For Sale Good horses and mules. Also dry fir wood. Frank Watkins, Athena. ' Wanted Hear from owner Ranch for sale. State cash price, particu lars. D. F. Bush, Minneapolis, Minn. COAST RED CEDAR FENCE POSTS Direct from Producer to Consumer ' . Buy Collectively Address, N. Bolvig, Box 454 Walla Walla, Washington A CLEAN-UP SALS ONE WEEK STARTS FEB. 10th This your chance to get that Radio you have been wanting . We have a few sets left in stock and we are going to clean them up. Come early and make Your selection, for they will not last long. Two 6 tube Kolsters Complete Battery equipment with regular $25.00 Speaker, sold always at $150.00, now $125.00. Two 5 tube Grebes Complete Regular "price $165.00, now $135.00. Several small secondhand sets that wjll surprise you., - One 4 tube R.C. A. with';,TuW$15.06v;,'Just .the thin for, the boys. , WILlGIVE ONE EVENING FREE DEMONSTRATION IN THE HOME THOMPSON'S GARAGE ATHENA,. OREGON : : : : Main -Street .. Phone 471 ,$43.20 IN PRIZES To be drawn Saturday, March 10th, at 7:30 p. m. 1st Prize, Blanket, value $14.50 2nd Prize, Dishes, value 10.50 3rd Prize, Gent's Shirt, value 5.25 4th Prize, Men's Gloves, value 5.00 ? 5th Prize, Necktie, value 3.50 6th Prize, Woman's Bloomers, value 2.45 7th Prize, Ladies Hose, value 2.00 With each $1 cash purchase, or for every dollar paid on accounts, a ticket will be given, entitling the holder a chance in drawing for the prizes, Satur day evening, March 10th, at 7:30 p. m. STEVE'S GROCERY Quality Quantity, Service. . Phone 171. Athena, Oregon J The Athena Hotel MRS. LAURA FROOME, Prop. Courteous Treatment, Clean Beds Good Meals Tourists7 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 jConoco Gasoline Quick Starting Packed With Extra Miles Motor Oils SL Greases Bryce Baker, Agent , .Phones 761 and 31F11, Athena J.L. Harman BlacksmithiDg ; 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 ; THE HILGORE CAFE GERALD KILG0RE, Proprietor MEALS SERVED AT ALL HOURS. WHITE HELP ONLY, EMPLOYED. GOOD SERVICE COURTEOUS TREATMENT. Gerald Kilgore, Proprietor Athena, Oregon THE ATHENA MARKET a We carry the best Meat That Money Buys KiDDered 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 kidneys end bladder rlzM nni IT 1 ne JLumDer 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