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frlE PHESS, ATHENA, OREGON, APRIL 12, 1929 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. BOYD. Owner nd Publisher Subscription Rate. One copy, one year .00 One copy, six months is One copy, three months tJ Athena, Oregon, April 12, 1929 OUR FLAG , "When the Great Weaver of our destinies looked down upon this world and saw the thirteen colonies strug- eline against such powerful oaas there can be no doubt that His i great heart of hearts was mied wn pujr Then when He con- sidered the cause of the struggle- saw that it was for the sake oi num liberty, and knowing the purity of the lav back of it, He, in His omnipotence, realized the great need for unity of tnougm aim jm. .t Wo then an m. -wrminP,l that they should . have an emblem which would typify all those things so absolutely neces. fn th miecess of their cause DHl J W Sn w crathered together from among the cohorts of the dead the heart threads of air those wno iron, the beginning of time had sacrificed tVioir liven for the Bake of human lib erty. There were those which were dripping red with the blood of the patriots who had died at Concord, at Lexington, and at Bunker Hills those Vmn hf-pn bleached to a celestial white by the aeons of time which had passed over them; and from ine oiue oVw nf hpaven came the blue threads for the Union in which, also taken from the blue vault of heaven, were n hn BPt the white stars of faith "and hope. He fed them into the loom of destiny; the wheels or time lurneo lh, the ahnttlpn of fate flew back and forth, and the warp and the woof ran true to the design of this Master . Weaver's mind until the whole, was !ui r.ninnnl Putman. in Na- 11111 nill-V4t ..w.w..-- r tional Repubilc. o- " STABILIZATION OF MINING The recent sale of controlling inter est in the newly discovered copper mining belt in Baker county, to one of the big mining companies of the East, is but another indication of stabilizing copper ore production in districts where prospecting has de veloped conditions of worth and permanency. "Unless all signs fail the mining industry is on the verge nf a new and greater era of develop ment in the Northwest," says expert anthoritv. in summing up these con ditions. "Tremendous projects for the extension of telephone and elec tric service are underway. Railroad electrification is in its infancy. Auto mobile production is on the increase, as is radio production. More and more homes are using brass plumbing and copper leaders and gutters in their construction. The result is a ranidlv increasintr demand for such metals as copper, lead and zinc for new ' and diversified purposes. The demand has been sufficiently great to reduce surplus metal supplies and a degree of price stability has been at tained. Export demand is gradually increasing. Production is being car ried on at a normal and profitable rate in contrast to lean former years. Scientific progress in mining and re covery of ore has appreciably increas ed the industry's possible productiv ity. Higher business standards have been attained through efficient man agement. And tho metal mining states are finding a new prosperity prosperity that is reflected through tho entire nation." SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT "We begin this year of enlighten ment with more laws to prevent crime than ever before in history, and more people breaking them," said Warden Lewis E. Lawes of Sing Sing penitentiary in a recent address be fore the New York Welfare Council. "Such a condition should make all right-minded people pause and think. . . There arc now in prisons throughout the United States ap proximately 125,000 men, equal to the number of men in our country's standing aimy. More than 15,000, 000 have been arrested and more than 5,000,000 have served jail terms. . . Crime is, therefore, quite general, but its solution is hampered by an anti quated system. Society brings only a small number of violators before the courts and but a small percent age, the 'small fry, are convicted, and it must be borne in mind that cer tainty and celerity of arrest and pun ishment are, outside of prevention, the most effective deterrents. . . The remedy lies not in hysteria or an oc casionally aroused popular resent ment, which at best is only tempor ary, but in clear-headed public opin ion based on intell-gent and sound reasoning, which will do much toward )ninimizing crime. . . We can wipe out much loss and achieve splendid results through organized cooperation." as yet unimproved, according to E.W. James of the Bureau of Public Roads. "Studies made by the Bureau and by some of the states indicate that the use of oil products promises to be the most successful and least expensive method for raising low-type road sur faces to a condition satisfactory to meet public demands," says Mr. James. "Improvement of low type roads, such as gravel, sand clay, and grad ed and drained earth, is one of the most serious problems facing the highway engineer and the several states today." 0 r . After reading the Morning Oregon- ian through a scope of 40 years, Mon day for the first time we observed a "broken" make-up of the front page. But the new departure is modest, at that. Conservative double-column heads set in italics; mark the radical change of the only newspaper on the Pacific coast that had held consistent ly to straight column makeup through all the long years since its first issue came off the press It doesn't look natural, to say the least, but we will get used to the new style. o- ; To say the least, some of the tobac co companies are writing ad copy for the newspapers that with very lit tle stretching, could be labled as ob jectional advertising. But the al mighty dollar in payment thereof la what catches the advertising depart ment of newspapers. At that, they could clean up in public estimation, by refusing space to a whole lot of the demoralizing trash they publish for the tobacco manufacturers, and make money by doing so. . The Varney Air Lines is a firing concern. ' Irf point of amount of mail carried in 1928. Varney ranks third in the United States. The Pas- co-Salt Lake division is liberally pa tronized. The Varney planes handled 93,451 pounds of mail and earned a total of $280,352 for the year. Britian has three major political parties in action for the May parlia mentary general elections conser vatives, liberals and laborites. Over here we get plenty "kick" out of two parties, and "faw down and go boom," louder than anybody. . ! O ; A few bombing plane fliers and a group of cavalrymen are recreating down on the Mexican border; just to keep things natural like on our side of the fence while the Mexican fam ily' quarrel is in progress. o Just when merchants were making ready for a brisk demand for bvd's, the weather man stepped in and messed things up. Result; North west shivering, East sweltering, o They never get too old to ride, A 67 year old resident of Portland, re ceived injuries which proved fatal when struck by an automobile while taking a pleasure ride on his bicycle, O : ' The Ganh squabble is giving the Washington elite something to squab ble about; and in the meantime we're learning a heap about etiquette. , o United States supreme court hands Sinclair, Teapot oil king a jolt. Mr, Sinclair serves three months in jail and pays a fine of $500. y o " Methodist pastors at Portland the other day, had a scorching time, scorching Aimee some were for and others were forninst. The vanguard of smelt are reported to have entered the Sandy, and evciy- body is fish hungry. . " o Now, that Tom Carr has "arrived," let's hear from Andy! Remember April 15th and keep the day wholly. o We'll have lotsa cream, but no peaches. 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Penn Harris Barber Shop , Agency for Troy Laundry and Twin City Sanitary Cleaners. Phone 683. 21 Years Ago There are more than 600,000 miles of roads in the United States which are graded and drained, but have no surfacing, and tome 1,825,001) miki Farmers Grain Elevator Company Grian and Feed SPECIAL A Full Line of Sperry's Chick Feed Phone 382 LEE WILSON, M'gr. Friday, April 10, 1908 Hon. H. M. Cake of Portland, re publican candidate for United States Senator, and who is the republican party's champion of the primary law and Statement No. 1, opened the cam paign in Athena with a speech at the opera house Tuesday afternoon. , Miss Mattie Birch, who is at the home of her sister Mrs. Walker, was stung on the arm by a scorpion Wed nesday afternoon. The young lady was engaged in selecting apples at the Walker home, when she was stung by the insect.. - Application of am monia was at once made on the wound with the result that the poison was soon dawn out. Scorpions are rarely, if ever found in this section of Ore gon, and it is probable that this par ticular one had been secreted in the effects of Mr., and Mrs. Walker, who not quite a year ago came from Ne vada, the home of 'these poisonous in sects. ::-' y . James H. E, Scott, teacher of the 8th grade in Athena public school, left Wednesday for Milton, from whence he will 'soon take hij depart? ure for San Francisco". From there he will sail on the Mongolia, April 14 for the Philippine Islands where he has contracted to remain two years. His place will hot be filled in the school but Principal Watts will have person al charge, of the extra classes. , H. Key of Weston was in the 'city yesterday. T Misses Lula Tharp and Mattie Caton were absent from school a part of the week on account of la grip. The veranda on the front of the St. Nichols hotel has been removed, and the removal serves to make a better appearance in the building. Mayor Plamondon and Marshal Gholson have inspected the cross walks of the city, with the result that several new crosswalks will be put in at once. Fay LeGrows race horses, which have been t the Taylor place for some time, will be taken to the Wal la Walla race track today by a train er, where they will be put to work. William Winship left Athena Wed nesday f or Washtucna, Wash. Mr. Winship goes to visit the section where Jack Weir and A. M. Gillis in vested in farm lands, and he may con clude to purchase land there. A. L, Douglas has leased the Rich mond place at Weston, and with his family moved to take possession yes terday. He also purchased the Mc Grew residence there, where they will reside, farming the land which is near town. Z. W. Lock wood has purchased the D. H. Preston residence in this city. The price paid, $3,000, secure Mr. Lockwood and family a fine home, and Athena people will be pleased ' to learn they are to become permanent residents here. His honor, Justice Richards . and "Pete" O'Harra, have been ngaged this week in the performance of farm work on the Richards-Kershaw tract, below town. Post holes is said to have been the principal crop planted by these energetic laborers. Grover Hayes and Miss Elsie Ackles, young people who are well known in this city, were recently married at the home of the bride's parents at La Grande. They will make their home in The Dalles. Mr. Hayes has an en gine run on the O. R. & N. from that city to Portland. Since DolL Reed made a visit 'to town Monday, bringing with him a fine catch of trout from Ryan creek, warbles have been auguring the(backs of several local Walton disciples. Ira Kemp and Henry Miller could' bear the suspense no longer and hied away to mountain streams, yesterday morn ing. Anna, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Johnson, fell on a piece of broken glass while at play Wednesday and suffered a severe gash near the bridge of the nose. She was brought to town, and Dr. Sharp took one stitch in the cut. He thinks the scar will be but a slight one, with probably no dis figurement. R. H. Whitehead, N. P. agent, has found a new market for the famous Athena butter, hence the scarcity of the article this week. Through the trainmen on the N. P. railroad this butter has become known to Pasco residents, and now it is shipped regu larly to that point. Athena farmers wives can beat the world for good butter. ; Shoes Repaired and Repaired Right By Your Home Man at Right Prices PERRY HALL Blacksmitbing All work out on lime Acetylene Welding a M. JONES, Prep. PAINT UP and BRUSH UP to- Going to Paint? Then use - . Acme Quality Paint PREPARED OC T MIHT WIUKU WITH. OUTl iHtlOC and you'll get satisfaction. It's the best protection you can give your house. It is made from the high est quality materials. It does not powder, flake off or crack. , It forms a tough, durable film that wears and looks well for the longest time. . 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