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. i WUKf EiNUKNT NJSWBPAPEK F. B. BOYD. Owner and Publisher Subscription Ratea. One copy, one year $2.00 One copy, six months $1-00 One eoov. three months 73 Athena, Oregon, July 6, 1928 Speaking of English as she is BDoken. Sid Harris says in the Ot tawa (Kan.) Herald: "We recently spent several hours in the company of some Kansas University students and beg to state that we are now well alone with the latest in slang "Like nobody's business" denotes pro ficiency among other things; is a favorite and can be used most, any time and in nearly every manner. "She dances like nobody's business," etc. "Go to town" is another new phrase adaptable in every day col legiate talk. "I'll go to town on you," can be translated as nearly as we could tell, "I'll get the best of you." Having a "hooper dooper" or a foij horn" means taking a drink of any thing from soda water on up or down. "Let's fold" means "let us go home." "I gave a buggy ride" means "I told her a string of lies." Would n't these make Webster tear his hair? Among the movements towards conservation of waste materials, thi making of by-products into useful marketable commodities is exem plified by the recent drying process of buttermilk in this stage, according to the Oregon Manufacturers As sociation. Dried buttermilk has all the food elements of fresh liquid but termilk with further advantages of economy in freight. It proves to be a valuable constituent when incor porated in a feed mix for cattle, hogs and poultry. Dried , buttermilk is produced and marketed at a splendid profit, whereas in the past a vast amount of buttermilk went into the sewers except a small percentage which brought but two cents per gal lon, or less. It is such ingenious ef forts as this that make for prosperity. lines, saying at the outset that the republican party, after eight years of control of the government, pre sented the "remarkable spectacle" of feeling compelled to apologize to the country for its failure to enforce the dry laws. Then it adds: Speaking for the national democracy, this con vention pledges the party and its nominee to an honest effort to en force the eighteenth amendment and all other provisions of the federal constitution and all laws enacted pur suant thereto." The republican pro hibition plank declares for the rigid enforcement of the 18th amendment, while other planks call for public economy, publicity of campaign con tributions and expenditures, con tinued tax reduction, maintenance of the Coolidge policies in Latin America and China and continued efforts for the outlawry of war, up ward revision of the tariff, particu larly on farm products, reduction of the public debt, continuation of the effort to maintain ' present standards of wages and living conditions, main tenance of a merchant marine, con- j tinued development of highway and waterway systems, maintenance of the navy at 5-5-3 treaty ratio strength, enactment of an anti-lynch-ing law and full and adequate re lief for disabled veterans. know how to fail. It is the heroism of daily life, the doing of things well, the accomplishing of the duties that lie next, that make for the highest type of those engaged in civic and na tional duty. Rev. G. II. McDonald, Baptist, of Flint, Michigan, estimates there are 37,000,000 persons in the United States who are not reached by the religious educational program of any church, and he advocates week-day religious programs to be carried on in cooperation with the public schools. The automobile is not safe in which to stage family fights. This fact is illustrated by a Portland incident, where a wife having an altercation with her husband, who was driving the car twenty miles an hour, jumped to the highway and was picked up un conscious with a fractured skull. Dr. Pierson of New York, president of the American Audubon societies, in pleading for international bird protection t Geneva, stated that one American sportsman (?) had killed 60,000 ducks. Well, "ducks is ducks" and it is possible that the game hog shot the 50,000. o . Apparently it will take more than the dry plank used in constructing the democratic platform, to mollify the Southern drys. We understand it is easy enough to get along with a Southern wet; but a Southern dry is the dawggondest dry you ever met. It costs lotsa money to publish newspapers. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., has relinquished another million of his inheritance in his effort toward repaying stockholders in his bank rupt publishing enterprises. Thea Rasche, German aviatrix, has definitely abandoned her attempt to Kly the Atlantic in a monoplane. Sensible Thea. It's Hoover & Curtis vs. Smith & Robinson. It was a sane Fourth of July in Athena. THE PLATFORMS The platform framed by the reso lutions committee of the democratic national convention was adopted by the convention by viva voce vote in cluding the much discussed prohibi tion plank, over which a floor fight threatened almost to the last. Throughout the four thousand word pronouncement the shortest nation al political platform in recent years the republican party is assailed, with especial attention given to its treat ment of agriculture, its foreign policy with especial reference to deal ings with Latin America, its taxation and tariff systems and its failure to enforce prohibition. No mention is made in the platform of either the league of nations or the world court, but there is a strong declaration against entangling political alliances with foreign nations. Endorsement of the league led to a bitter fight four years ago in the Madison Square Garden. The law enforcement plank of the democrats consists of only ten HEROISM OF DAILY LIFE (Portland Telegram) When we speak of those who dar ed death for duty's sake, who sacri ficed life in the service, our first thought is of our country's flag and of the roar of battle on land and sea. The heroism of the common service around us is so familiar that wc scarcely think of it as heroism.. We travel with all the speed steam can give us along our iron roads; we ide in airships, trusting only to the skill and faithfulness of men whom we have never seen before; we be lieve that they will hold their posts and give their lives, if need be, for our safety. We watch our firemen in their maJ rush to the sound of the alarm and we never question whether a thought of personal safety will hold them back from any effort to save life and property. Even the slender young teacher, who shows us the working of the fire drill in the great school build ings, expects and is expected to stand quietly in her place should danger arise until all under her charge are saved. Faithfulness before safety, duty be fore life, is the teaching daily reiter ated everywhere, and it is because of this because common heroism is so common that our country can al ways in its hour of need turn to a volunteer soldiery that does not WHAT CAUSES ACCIDENTS ' (Walla Walla Union) Some of the causes of automobile accidents are shown in a statement just issued at Olympia from the in surance department. While the re ports are on automobiles upon which insurance was carried, yet they are quite representative. Three drivers went to sleep; "skid ding caused 2,4G3 accidents; -1955 ; parked cars were damaged; 1739 were hit in backing; 1268 were struck at intersections; 1268 were damaged! when drivers were hogging the right of way that' belonged to somebody else; 662 were damaged in. cutting, in and 46 met injury because tail lights were out or obscured. There was a total of 935 unavoidable ac-a cidents. ' The report shows most accidents from skidding. Skidding comes often from failure to coordinate speed and road conditions, loose gravel being especially dangerous. Icy streets, rain on oily streets and many other things result in skidding. The figures are worthy studying for they reveal a great deal. NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of H. McArthur, Deceased. Notice is hereby given- that' the undersigned has filed her final ac count and report in the above en titled matter and that the above en titled Court has fixed Saturday, the 7th day of July, 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 Jinal ac count and report. Objections to said final account and report should be filed on or before that date. Dated at Athena, Oregon, this Stn day of June, 1928. MANDA J. 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