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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1928)
IN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. BOYD. Owner and Publisher Subscription Ratea. One copy, one year One copy, six months One copy. three months ,73 Athena, Oregon, August 17, 1928 FOR DEFENSE AND CRIME PREVENTION Ever so often we read of what a nenacea it would be in crime suppres sion if the sale of fireams were pro hibited. Loosing sight of the fact that a 12-inch piece of gaspipe covered with a rag could easily be re placed as a weapon by the thug in place of the revolver and could be used by him with almost the same ef fectiveness, the plea for sales re striction on firearms is still raised re gardlesa of consequences. On the other hand the method of perfecting men and boys of the nation in the art of marksmanship with rifle and revolver for national defense goes on, and in the perfection of the art of handling firearms, to a great ex tent is served protection of the in dividual. In this connection, the Manufacturer observes that the an nual National Matches, for small arms and rifle practice, to be held this year at Camp Perry, Ohio, be tween August 26 and September 10, in which army, navy and marine and police members and civilians will compete for many trophies, are out standing agencies in preparing Amer ican citizens for national defense and for combating crime. Each year ap proximately 1200 men go through the school of instruction at the Na tional Matches, which teaches them not only how to shoot, but how to teach others to shoot, with the re sult that by the end of the following year a minimum of 150,000 men throughout the entire country, re ceive great benefit from this in struction. Sanctioned as the Matches are by the Congress of the United States and the War Department , as well as important patriotic associa tions, they are of paramount value in giving citizens active competition against the very best shots in the nation and mark the great event of the year for small arms enthusiasts. The importance of the National Matches in preparing citizens for national defense cannot be over estimated. It is well known that the remarkable effectiveness of Amcr- can troops in all wars has resulted from familiarity with small arms. The National Matches contribute largely toward meeting a still great er contingency that of crime. Wars, fortunately, occur but seldom but we ure never safe from the ravages of the criminal class. It is easily seen how law-abiding citizens, who possess and can use small arms, present one of the most effective possible means for discouraging law breakers. The thug, the sneak thief, the second story man and the highway robber me a creat deal less active if they know they are in danger of receiving lead from a well aimed pistol while iiirrvinir on their professions. The in snnnorted by American citizens. o GETTING OUT THE VOTE A two vear old Maine child was rescued from the talons of a monster eagle by the child's brother. After the rescue the eagle soared to a near by tree and remained there ail day. Apparently shooting is a lost art in Maine, or maybe the lamny was away from home. o The biggest yield of wheat per acre that we have heard of this season, comes from Toppenisn, wasnmgion, where a farmer took 848 bushels from eight acres of land. That would be 106 bushels per acre; if the acres were correctly measured acres. With 80 head of mules, harvest ing machinery ana crews 10 run them, an Athena man will furnish the backbone of the motion picture, "Our Daily Bread," which is to be filmed in a wheat field south of Athena, by a Fox company of screen stars. A Honuiam. Washington, man has a bunch of snow worms pickled in a bottle of alcohol, and is endeavoring to prove that the snow worm is a step-sister to the glow worm. . o A ten-cent street car fare is in ef fect in 219 cities of this country, and it iroes without saying that the auto mobile and gas business is increasing in those cities also. I. 22 Years Ago Millions listened to Hoover speak over the radio, and in uctoDer tne same millions and many more will listen in when the World's series comes to bat. Wheat has touched the lowest level on the Chicago marKet since Kansas' 179,044,000 crop furnished the last straw in sending the price down. Two circuses over the week-end furnished ample excuse for dad to get a whiff of the sawdust, along with the youthful members of the family. o It isn't necessary to suppose that the mayor of Lewiston, who shot an elephant at that place last week, is a democrat. The Perringer ranch claims a record in harvesting 82,000 bushels of wheat from 2,000 acres in 17 days. Next! The fame of the Golden Bear row ing crew has invaded Europe, where it won the Olympic classic at Amster dam. Fire follows blow-up. Headline. However, there are fires without blowups and blow-ups with no fires. Id in It is computed that if every Amcr ican citizen, twenty-one years ol and over and not disqualified from vntimr tihnulil iro to the polls next November a total of 6,,OO0,00O bal lots would be cast. Against this, says the Morning Oregonian, we have J, 091.417 as the precise number who availed themselves of the franchise in 1924. In other words, a little less than 52 per cent. No reasonably careful observer of events can have failed to be impres sed by the reception iccorded Herbert Hoover's address of accept ance. as broadcast by radio to what ever point the observer might have happened to be. Listeners were every where. There were receiving facilities t the pleasure resorts, in hotel lob bies. in distant ranger stations, PDiimin minincr camps, in farm and eitv homes. Without regard to the political predilections of owners, it is probable with few exceptions they were put to use. Later, when Govern or Smith also lets it be formally known that he will run for president and as the issues of the campaign m developed, we shall note similar phenomena. It is therefore conceivable that Mark Sullivan was right when he predicted that the vote in November will hi "sensationally larire." It would not be surprising if the 40, 000,000 predicted by enthusiasts would be exceeded. Radio furnifhoj the means of contact and promises to contribute largely toward solution of the problem of the stay-at-home vote. We are all pretty well read up on the value of vitamin A, but "A is not in it with vitamin D. "D" will make bow lees and knock knees shapely, say Chiropractic. If that's so, what will happen when the discovery of vitamin G U toad? August 17, 1906 Attnrnev Peterson was in Pendle ton Wednesday on professional business. Porter Graham, the well known Weston farmer, was in the city yes terday. Charles Marsh and family arrived in the city yesterday from their home at Twin Falls, Idaho. In the question of saloons or no sa loons, Freewater went "wet" in the special election by a vote oi t to u. Byron Hawks returned yesterday from Moro. Sherman county, where he resigned his position in a drug- store. Ed Barrett, the contracter, has re turned from Waitsburg, where he built a 200-foot flume for the Prcs-ton-Parton Milling company. Mrs. M. L. Watts and little daugh ter Vernita, are expected tomorrow from Lehman Springs where they have been stopping for several weeks. Mrs. Will Campbell, who has been ill with typhoid fever at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Ogle in this city, has regained her health. Charles Betts, of the Mosgrove Mercantile company, who is ill at his home in this citv with fever.is get ting along as well as could be expect ed. John Peebler was taken seriously ill Satnrdav with muscular cramps, and Saturday night was in a critical condition. He is much better now, though he is still very weak. A new 20-horse power J. 1. Case engine, purchased from Feebler & Chamberlain by Joseph Ringle, ar rived on the freicrht last ni'eht and was unloaded from the car this morn ing. Louis Keen despairing of getting a threshing machine to his grain for some time, and rather than take the chance of having his wheat shatter out came to town yesterday and pur chased a new header. He will stack his grain at once. Miss Carrie Sham arrived home Tuesdav from Monmouth, after a con tinuous vear in school. After the close of the Normal school in June Miss Sharp entered a summer school and is now thoroughly equipped for her duties as teacher in the Athena school. Mvrick nostoffice. which was dis continued by the department some months aeo. has been re-established Postmaster Love is in charee and with the re-establishment of the office the people of that vicinity are brought into closer relationship with other communities. Fiftv bushels ner acre was all that Charles Brotherton was able to save from a 300 acre crop. He will turn his hoe's in the field to fatten on the down grain. Brotherton was after a big yield this year, but his wheat fell to a great extent, so he is trying to be satisfied with what he has COAST RED CEDAR. FENCE POSTS Direct from Producer to Consumer Buy Collectively Address, N. 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