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Athena, Oregon, March 30, 1928
The Public Utility Information
Bureau says kite time is damger time
for children and electric power and
light companies. Officials of the
companies point out that it is very
dangerous to fly kites near electric
wires. In addition to very great
danger of grave personal injury there
is the further hazard of damage
caused by cross circuiting wires.
Especial warning is being given
against the flying of kites with metal
frames that are now being sold. Some
cities have ordinances prohibiting the
flying of metal kites in the corporate
limits of cities. The company officials
do not mean to discourage or pro
hibit the pleasure that comes to a
boy from flying his kite but they do
advise that an open space should be
used for the purpose.
Governor Hartley's tribute to the
new Washington state capitol build
ing: "Today Washington makes his
tory. Four of the state'3 constitu
tional officers are establishing them
selves in the new legislatve building
which represents the expenditure of
$7,350,000.00 of public money, and
is a monument to extravagance in
architectural design, and waste and
profligacy in furnishings. When
they open their offices tomorrow
morning, Washington's governor,
secretary of state, treasurer and
auditor will be surrounded by a
luxury comparable to that to be
found in the capitols of the oldest
and richest states of the nation and
far out of keeping with the wealth
and present development of our own
state."
For a second time Russia has dis
persed the delegates to the disarma
ment body of the League of Nations,
by merely proposing to disarm. We
read that the answer from the British
lion was a roar and that "Hugh S.
Gibson, the American ambassador to
Belgium, in quiet tones informed the
Russian representative and all the
delegates, that if the Washington
government was asserting itself to
negotiate treaties to prohibit war as
a political instrument, it was because
that would be a good step in the way
of preparation for disarmament."
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We read that within the past year
eighteen cities in the State of Kansas
have discontinued their municipal
light and power plants during the
past five years. A privately owned
company operating on a large scale
can afford to junk good equipment
and replace it with more modern
equipment. Municipally owned plants
cannot do so without resorting to new
bond issues, going through a lot of
red tape, convincing the voters that
such extravagance would be economy
in the long-run.
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If the graduate managers only
knew, radio broadcasting of football
games is about the best advertising
their teams and schools can get. Show
us a school hoy around here who is
not a booster for the U. of O. or Ore
gon State College teams and we will
show you a lad who doesn't have the
opportunity to listen in on the con
ference games.
California courts seem to be doirg
their best to free Carl Wescott from
the charge of murdering his father.
At two trails' Ves;'ott was found
guilty, but now another judge has
granted him his third trial. Wescott
will find whether or not there is any
thing to the charm in the "third time''
adage.
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In Chicago the bomb has become a
useful instrument in political war
fare. The gangster's latest targets
were the homes of United States
Senator Deneen and Judge Swanson.
Leave it to Chicago gangland to show
the way in politics as well as traffic
in booze.
It may be well to remember when
looking at these big trans-state
freight trucks and trailers smashing
up the highways that O.-W. R. & N.
Railroad company will pay $1,"'.)0,000
taxes in Oregon this year.
Chicago gangsters interrupted John
Infontana at prayer long enough to
send three bullets into John's back.
John died.
Maybe Os is satisfied with smok
ing Walter out in a confession of
where he (Walter) is at on De
mocracy's vital Smith-Walsh-wet-or-dry
question. Maybe sO.
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New road over Fiddle creek hill well
under way, reports Reedsport. No
more fiddling about road building
there.
The Grand lVix steeple chase race
was run at Paris during a rain titorm.
The race brought out ."0,000 persons,
all colors of umbrellas and raincoats,
and a 10 to 1 shot.
Mussolini sure stands in with the
kids. Eighty thousand of them took
the Fascist oath the other day and
in honor of the occasion the duce
made no speech.
"Is General Motors exceeding the
speed limit on the stock Market?"
asks the Oregonian. We'd say it are!
Mussolini reveals himself in the
role of a free verse poet, falling for
an easy subject, "bread."
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Will Hays is going abroad, ostens
ibly to play the picture game, but
probably for his health. '
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Now theatres are seling tickets on
installment plan. The movies do move.
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True to form, this March month
is roaring out like a lion.
FARMER'S BUSINESS BUREAU
(National Republic)
The present Bureau of Agriculture
Economics was created by bringing
together the three fact-finding
agencies of the department that had
to do with the economic side of agri
culture, namely, the Bureau of Crop3
Estimates, the Bureau of Markets and
the Office of Farm Management.
These three units in our bureau pro
vide the three links in the chain which
reaches from the farm on the one
hand through distribution (domestic
and foreign markets), to the ultimate
consumer on the other hand. By
joining forces, the work of each of the
three branches has, been gradually
strengthened, and coordinated, and
out of it has come the proof of the
assertion that production and market
ing are inseparable; that marketing
begins with the selection of the farm,
and that production most vitally by
the desires and purchasing power of
the. ultimate consumer. The forces
and influences that determine the
success of agricultural enterprises
run back and forth from the farm to
the consumer like the charges in an
electrical system. Through the con
solation and coordination of these
three units, the Bureau of Agri
cultural Economics has been placed
in a position to present the true pic
ture of production, distribution and
consumption from a national and even
a world standpoint.
The primary work of the bureau
consists Mn doing those things which
are practical, in that they serve to
supply the needs of the farmer or of
the distributing agencies which reach
the actual consumer. The organiza
tion of the bureau is logical, and
constitutes an entity which makes a
completely rounded service practic
able and which furnishes the proper
basis for its future growth.
In the work it has been found con
venient to organize this economic or
business side of agriculture into five
main divisions. Each division de
pends upon and is related to the
other. One cannot be separated from
the whole without loss of efficiency.
These five major lines of work are as
follows:
Collection and analysis of the facts
relating to production, The more of
these facts and analysis we have and
the more accurate they are, the better
equipped agriculture becomes to cope
with its problems.
Collection and distribution of t!ie
facts relating to marketing. This is
done to aid in the marketing problems
of the day. Broadly speaking this is
the work of the market news service.
Development of proper standards
for farm products and the correst use
of such standards, as aided by the in
spection service maintained in term
inal markets by the bureau, and at
shipping points through cooperative
agreements with many states.
Correction of evils and the ad
vancement of good practices in
marketing through helpful regulatory
measures. Several such , regulatory
acts are administered now by the
Bureau of Agricultural Economics,
such as the Grain Standards Act,, the
Cotton Standards Act, the Standard
Container Act,, the Warehouse Act
and the new Produce Agency Act.
Improvement in farm management
and rnarketing practices based upon
and brought about by economic re
search. Just as methods of .pro
duction and the control of disease and
insects have gained ground through
pure scientific research, so economic
gain is made through economic re
search. ;
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
In the Matter of the Estate of O. W.
B. Zerba, Deceased. '
'Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has filed his final ac
count and report in the above' en
titled matter and that the above, en
titled Court has fixed Saturday, the
28th day of April, 1928, at the hour
of 10:00 o'clock A. M. of said day, as
the time, and the County Court room
in the County Court house at Pendle
ton, Umatilla County, Oregon, as the
place, for hearing of said final ac
count and report. Objections to said
final account and report should be
filed on or before that date.
Dated at Athena, Oregon, this 20th
day of March, 1928.
Ernest A. Zerba, Administrator of
the Estate of O. W. B. Zerba, De
ceased. Watts & Prestbye, Athena, Oregon,
Attorneys for Estate. M30A27
SUMMONS
(Equity No. 4529)
in the Curcuit Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County. :
Catherine Foster, Plaintiff, vs.
Charles Foster, - Defendent.
To Charles Foster, Defendant above
named:
In the name of the State of Oregon,
you are hereby required to appear
and answer the complaint of the
plaintiff filed against you in the
above entitled suit, within four
weeks of the date of the first publica
tion of this summons to-wit: on
or before Friday, the 20th day of
April, 1928; and you will take notice
that if you fail to appear and answer
the said complaint or otherwise
plead thereto within said time, the
plaintiff for want thereof will apply
to the Court for the relief prayed
for and demanded in plaintiff 's . said
complaint, namely, for a decree of
the Court forever dissolving the
bonds of matrimony now and hereto
fore existing between 'plaintiff and
defendant, for the care and custody
of their minor child, Vida Foster,
and for other equitable relief.
This summons is published pur
suant to an order made in this cause
by Honorable James Alger Fee, Cir
cuit Judge of the above entitled
Court, dated March 21st, 1928. The
first publication of this summons
will be made in the Athena Press on
Friday, the 23rd day of March, 1928,
and the last publication will be made
on Friday the 20th day of April,
1928.
Dated at Freewater, Oregon, this
21st day of March, 1928.
G. H. Bishop, Attorney for Plaint
iff. Post office address: Freewater,
Oregon. M23A20
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