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Athena, Oregon, July 13, 1928
PROGRESS OF THE STATE PRESS
(Morning Oregonian)
Constant improvement of Oregon!
out-state press is due in no small
measure to the annual sessions of the
State Editorial association and the
mid-winter newspaper conferences
hehl in Eugene. That the average
quality of daily and weekly publica
tions is much higher than in the past
is not debatable; it is patent to all
and is subject of frequent comment
when newspaper men get together,
Serious and enlightening discus
sion of problems of mutual interest
characterizes the gatherings of
editors and publishers. Program
committees have been diligent in en
listing speakers who are thoroughly
qualified and who often present
fresh viewpoint on methods of opera
tion. It is not too much to say that
higher ideals of journalism have
spread throughout the state from the
exchange of ideas that is fostered by
these meetings. Not only that, but
sectional differences have been eliroi
nated through this medium of better
understanding.
Much new blood has come into the
Orecron newspaper field within the
last decade. Young men and women
just out of college and technically
trained for their work, benefiting
from journalism courses that are com
paratively new, have been a helpful
factor. Both dailies and weeklies, on
the whole, are in capable hands. The
state press ranks high in comparison
with the newspapers of other parts
of the country.
The most recent step taken by the
State Editorial association was the
employment of a field manager on a
paid basis to devote full time to the
duties of his office. His first report,
made at the recent meeting at Crater
lake, was indicative of the advance
ment that is being! made. He is
available to advise and assist news
papers in the solution of their prob
lems, sending out frequent reports on
subjects of mutual interest and con
ducting his office as a clearing house
for the association.
The mission of the out-state paper,
in the main, is to print the intimate
and detailed news of its community.
It is a field in which there is no com
petition from the metropolitan dailies.
Oregon newspapers are presenting
this local news more completely and
more readably than even before.
THE HEYDAY OF HOKUM
(Weston Leader)
In a presidential contest there is
too long an interval between nomi
nation and election. Months of use
less verbiage will be spilled in
wearied ears, tons of white paper will
be wasted on campaign material, 'and
the net result will be practically nil.
If the election were held right now
it would show but little difference
from the vote to be cast in November.
It there be one dominant character
istic of the American voter, it is that
political wah wah leaves him unmov
ed, unless it be to excite his anger or
approval. His mind is made up, and
all that he hears or reads will never
change it. He knows what he
knows which is that political argu
ment is largely bunk and hokum.
Last Sunday's Journal carried one
of Will Rogers' engaging articles
which he illustrated with a self-drawn
cartoon. This showed each party
depicting its opponent as a devil and
itself as a saint. We had the same
idea of the campaign relations be
tween the parties, but Rogers beat
us to its expression. It is that
neither is as black as the other paints
it, nor as angelic itself as it would
have the public to believe.
And the voter already had this idea,
well defined, before cither Rogers or
the Leader could come to bat with
its exploitation. He knows that both
parties are human, and neither divine.
He'll follow the one he likes the best,
and he'll do this from now to Novem
ber unless something extraordinary
should occur to change his opinion.
If the lx-ader had its way the candi
dates would make a few speeches to
be printed and broadcast, as what
presidential candidates say is alway.-ti
of interest and importance. And then i
the rival campaign committees would I
close up shop and go home, leaving ,
the voter to pursue in peace the even
tenor ol his way.
California. Theory of finger mark
ings is that there are no two people
in this world with the same set of
marks on the thumbs and fingers, a
theory which has never been success
fully disputed. In a general way
there are many markings the same,
but always there is a difference. It
is just another evidence of the re
markable facts brought out by
science, ana added proof ol some
thing higher directing affairs.
22 Years Ago
Algerian Drug That
Stimulates the Brain
Keef is the dried llower of the hump
plant chopped up and smoked like to
bacco, rolled In a cigarette or In the
bowl of a small pipe. In a different
form it is the basis of the hashish
Bweets rarely seen in Algeria, but very
common in the Near East.
The effect of keef on the smoker Is
to make him practically Independent
of food and sleep as long as he is
under its influence, and a habitual
keef taker is easy to detect Ills eyes
are very bright, his face is pale and
drawn, his arms and hands are ter
ribly thin, Ids movements are restless.
At the same time he is not at all
dazed, like one under the influence of
a drug, and though after a few. days'
smoking he will drift off into a kind
of feverish sleep, during the early
periods he is extraordinarily lucid. In
fact, it is said that the first effects
of keef are to make the brain work
at three times Its normal pace. .
European tourists In the South oc
casionally get hold of some keef to
smoke and complain that it has had
no effect at all beyond giving them a
sore throat. This is quite normal, as
the fact of smoking a little hemp in
a pipe or cigarette will hurt no one If
not continued. To feel the effect of
keef one must smoke for at least one
night through, and three days are
fecessary to get really poisoned.
The danger of an experiment of
this kind as that the desire to go on
may seize one, and once keef has taken
hold of a man it is rare to see him
give it up. However, It Is quite amus
ing to go to a keef-smoking den, all
the more so as it lias to be done in
secret and with the connivance of a
smoker, as no outsiders know where
these little nocturonl reunions take
place. From "Algeria From Within"
by It. V. C. Bodley.
McCalllster Is Oregon Commissioner.
Salem, Or Mark D. McCalllster has
been appointed state corporation com
missioner to succeed the late George
12. Davis, who died here recently.
RELIABLE
WATCH
REPAIRING
Main St. H. II. HILL Athena
: July 13, 1906
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles King
July 7, 1906, a son.
Hot at Pendleton, too. 110 in the
shade there yesterday.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rin
gle, July 12, 1906, a daughter.
Mrs. Chas. Gay and children are
home from the camp on the Umatilla
river.
The Misses Stella and Lulu Lieu
alien were in the city yesterday from
Adams.
Fred Lockley, circulation manager
of the East Oregonian, was in the
city yesterday afternoon.
Roy Kirk, son of A. 0. Kirk, was
thrown from a horse some days ago
and had one of his legs broken.
Miss Nettie Cannon, a. former
teacher in the Athena public school,
is over from Walla Walla, visiting
friends.
Chas. Dunn, who is now a clerk in
the railroad offices at Tekoa, is in the
city. Mr. Dunn is off duty temporar
ily, this being his summer vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Kirk and Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Brown will leave in
a few days on a trip to Grant county,
where they will camp out for several
weeks.
Mrs. Geo. W. Titsworth and daugh
ter, Mrs. Curley, are in Athena from
Cambridge, Idaho, near which place
their husbands some time ago took up
homesteads.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Wallace are
spending the week at Bingham
Springs. During Mr. Wallace's
absence, Richard Wright is conduct
ing the business at the Pioneer Drug
store.
Frank Coolidge, the jeweler, has
returned from a two-weeks visit to
Portland and Puget Sound points.
Frank had a jolly good time while
away and is now back at the old stand
ready for biz.
Mr. and Mrs. John Gross left yes
terday for Lehman Springs, where
they will remain during the hot
weather. Mrs. M. L. Watts and
daughter Vernita, will follow next
Monday or Tuesday.
The funeral of Mrs. J. F. Zerba,
took place in this city Saturday. The
services were conducted at the M. E.
church. A large nnumber of friends
followed the remains to the last rest
ing place in the Athena cemetery.
Del Gerking, who is at Arthur
Scott's place, west of town, was kick
ed by a horse last week and seriously
injured. Dr. Plamondon was called
and found a bad gash in the boy's
hip. It was necessary to take several
stitches in the wound.
Mrs. George Gerking drove in from
the farm this morning, and loaded
the carriage with members of her
Sunday School class. There are ten
little girls in the class and all but
one are having a good time today
picnicing on the lawn at the Gerking
home.
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a partial identification of the un
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