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THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON. JULY 26, 1929 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. BOYD. Owner and Publisher Subscription Ratea. One copy, one year 'nn One copy, sis months H- Ope copy, three months. r . '" Athena, Oregon, July 26, ...1929 The Germans have struck high "C" again by clipping eight hours from the Atlantic crossing record, former ly held by the Mauretania. The new Bremen on her maiden trip smashed through the waves at a 28.2 knot per hour clip, making the trip across in four days, 18 hours and 17 minutes. Mauretania had made it in five days, two hours and 34 minutes. The Ger man beat her by eight hours and 17 minutes. AVERT CARELESSNESS C. C. Crow, writing in Crow's Pa cific Coast Lumber Digest, says that if all the citizens of Oregon and Washington could be sufficiently im pressed with the fact that the north west woods are at this time of the year a veritable tinder box of high ly inflammable material, many of the disastrous fires that occur as the re sult of carelessness could be averted. Lumbermen and loggers use every precaution through July, August and September to guard against fire, which costs the industry hundreds of thousands of dollars annually In many camps the sale and use of the so-called "tailor-made" cigarettes Is prohibited through the dry months and it has been proven beyond any question that such a policy is well justified. Factory-made cigarettes, when carelessly tossed aside, fre quently smolder until a breeze fans up sufficient heat to ignite inflam mable dry grass or sticks upon which the stub has fallen and within a few minutes a conflagration is started that moves along at appalling speed, entirely beyond control of any kind of fire-fighting apparatus which can be brought into the isolated places where such fires usually occur. If an epidemic of some kind was to visit the northwest it would take but a limited amount of effort to get everyone interested in doing his part toward precautionary measures, prin cipally because the threat of sickness is a menace which paints a mental picture easily visualized as . meaning at least loss of time, unproductive ex pense and suffering.- Forest fires carry the same threat, with the ex ception that the loss is not felt di rectly by many and the suffering is confined to those who work in the front ranks of our basic industry and therefore must pay the biggest part of the uenaltv for the thoughtless ness of people less conscious of the importance of this great danger. For est fires destroy everything in thuir paths, game, fish and vegetation. Without our timbered mountains the northwest would not be the summer paradise that it is. Tourists marvel at our trees. Timber is the backbone of the commercial existence of Ore gon and Washington. Fire destroys it. During the next 60 to 90 days it is incumbent upon every intelli gent resident of these states to do his utmost to prevent forest fires. o THE RACES The Magazine Time notes that after the Civil War, several Negroes were elected from Southern States to take) seats in the House of Represent atives. Soon those Negroes nomin ated youths of, their own race for the U. S. service academies at Annapolis and West Point. In 1873 two young Negroes passed the Annapolis eiv trance examinations and were admit ted. Within the year both resigned, because of "deficiencies in their studies." The next year, another Nee-ro went to study at the Naval Academy. Before his plebe (first) term was out he was dismissed, for using "profane and vile" language to a classmate. So fared the only Ne groes ever admitted to Annapolis. At West Toint, Negroes fared better. Of twelve who were sent to West Point, three were graduated. The bones of one of them, Col. Charles Young, to day test in sacred Arlington a! recognition of work well done in far off Liberia. Last week, some BO years after the Reconstruction Period began three new chapters in the his tory of Negroes at U. S. training schools. Dignified, grey-wooled Os car de Priest, the Negro who has suc ceeded the late Martin Barnaby Mad den as Representative of Chicago's black-belt 1st District, sent up the names of two young Negroes for ad mission to Annapolis. A third he nominated for West Point. All were boys from his District. All are high school graduates with reputations for studious application, fine charac ter. Laurence A. Whitfield and Claude Henson Burns are the An napolis nominees. Alonzo Souleirh Parham, cadet major in his school's R. O. T. C, an expert with the rifle, is the West Point candidate. Last week Neero boy Burns failed his mental examination. Negro boy Whit field failed to appear, but an alter , nate. Negro boy Charles Edward Weir, passed. A woman driving a car on the Columbia Highway fell asleep at the wheel. When she awakened her car was smashed up against another in a major collision. Strange to relate, both cars were wrecked, but occu- pants escaped with minor injuries. The unexpected happens when you least expect it. o -Emrlish bread prices are mounting in sympathy with Canada's short, wheat crop. A four pound loaf of bread sells in London for twenty-one cents. It's a hard blow to the bread lines of the unemployed. Senator LaFollette has asked Presi dent Hoover for his opinion on tar iff revision. Our guess is that the nresident will not hesitate to inform the senator where he stands on re vision of the tariff. ' o China maintains a strangle hold on the Chinese Eastern railway, and will rely on the League of Nations and the Kelloeir pact to prevent Rus sia from taking it away from her through armed force. uhiia if fa nointcH out there is no provision in Canadian laws prohibit ing airplanes from transporting booze, the dominion government will endeavor to stop tne iranic, jum, me Three girls forced to cling on Tillamook head all night, when the tide prevented their return to Sea side, did not cry according to their statement, but they prayed all night as the spray from the breakers drenched them. Brave girls, they, but hereafter they will take time and tide into consideration when they (.tart out on a buch hike. ' 21 Years Ago same. Twentv-seven bankinir institutions in Florida have closed their doors since July 4th. Down in California they declare the Florida bubble has bursted, in a sort of "I-told-you-so" way. Russia in declining offers of medi- ntlon. mav be inviting spice into the Harbin war game, should Japan be come involved. Two hundred Chinese business men are comincr to the United States to see our big industrial plants, and how. o . The French have adopted the Mel- lon-Berenger debt settlement, but they , insist in talking about it. ; o With beans and peas flourishing on summer fallow ground, this begins to took like a two-crop country. -o London has cut out the jazz and reverted to the waltz. Sensible old London! . Friday, July 31, 1908 The nine McRea combined harvest ers which are being operated in Uma tilla county wheat fields this season are said to be giving satisfaction, and Alex's friends are congratulating him on the success of his invention. As the harvest season progresses the more it is proved that the crop this year is far below par in yield. Thirty to 35 bushels per acre, with one or two 40 bushel yields is wis years record of Athena wheat fields. An,i smut is to be reckoned with, also. But the market is strong and prices are good. The prices realized mi n atrnnir market will KO a long way toward making up the defiicl;n cy in yield. Only a few sales are re ported in Athena to date, uui tne wheat sold, brought 75 to 78 cents per bushel. The elevator building, purcnaseu fha Pacific Coast Elevator com pany by the Preston Parton Milling company, is now nearing us new ne at the mill. The big building was successfully moved from its location in the north part of town, and ar rived at its destination in good con dition. ' , The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Sanders fell from a horse Sat urday, with the result that ner rigni arm was fractured near her wrist r. sviorn reduced the fracture and the little girl is doing as well as could be expected. Tho funeral of T. W. Brotherton took place Sunday afternoon from the residence ol uiaries uromenon, the services being conducted by Rev. Rlonrt. Undertaker Miller accompani ed the remains from Salem. Editor Bert Huffman is sojourning among the pines and huckleberry bushes at Kamela. ' A marriage license has been issued to Henry Thompson and Martha Beck, both of this county. Mrs. Frank Coolidge returned Sat urday from an extended visit to rela tives and friends in Moro and Hood River. ' James Mosgrove returned to his home near Nanton, Alberta, yester day. Mr. Mosgrove came down from Alberta a couple of weeKs ago. Wm. Winship and Agent Smith, of the 0. R. & N., drove to the moun tains Sunday, prospecting for huckle berries. They report the crop in Cold Spring vicinity to be a flat failure. An explosion, caused by smut re sulted in total destruction by fire of the McGuire threshing outfit, to gether with about 1400 sacks of wheat, on the Raymond raieh, near Walla Walla. Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Tharp, Frank Tharp and children went to Pendleton by auto. On the return trip, weak batteries caused the ma chine to stop working and the party returned home by . team. As a result of smutty wheat, three threshing machine fires have occur red in Umatilla county, this season. Machines belonging to Isaac Christo pher, Frank Brotherton and J. H. Huddleman have been destroyed. Continental Oil Company Always at Your Service Athena Service Station Gas, Oils, Greasing Automobile Assessories Tires BRYCE BAKER, Prop. . . Athena, . . Phone 761 3 Drive Home the Spikes That Mean STABILITY firm rocklike structure, built on a concrete J:s Af T imW tVis T.ocftrirr Material That is an investment that will LAST thru the years. A LET US HELP YOU BUILD IT What ever form of structure you have in mind, let us help you. Over many years we have had the practical experience that will help YOU. TUM-A LUM LUMBER CO. Free plan service The WTCHEfl CABINETi j , lM,.Watern Ne paper Union.) . 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Heat one fourth cupful of sirup to the boiling point, pour over three egg yolks, beat ing nil the time, cook one minute; add one-half tenspoonful of lemon juice, one-fourth .teaspoonful of salt, and Just before serving add one-half cup ful of cream, beaten stiff. Icebox Pudding. Take one pound of vanilla wafers, one large can of pine apple, one cupful of nut meats, one half pound of butter and four eggs. -Cream the butter with one-half cupful of sugar, then add the egs one at a time and beat twenty minutes. Put the nut meats and the wafers through a meat grinder and make alternate layers of crumbs with the pineapple and the creamed filling until all is used. Tlace in the Ice box twelve hours before using. Serve with whipped cream. Orange Souffle. Cover one-half box of gelatin with one-half cupful of cold water; nfter ten minutes add one-half cupful of boiling water and stir until dissolved. Mix two cupfuls of orange juice, two cupfuls of stinr, and stir until the sugar la dissolved. Beat six egg yolks to a cream and add with the gelatin mixture to the sirup. Put into a basin, stand in ice water and stir until it thickens. The juice of two lemons improves the dish; add one quart of cream and freeze. Swedish Vikings Not Only Great Fighters The Swedish Viking was not merely a feared raider. He was nlso a busi nesslike trader. This fact lias been demonstrated by nrchenloglenl dls-. coverips, and Swedish scientists have concluded that while the written sagas lay greater emphasis on the warlike exploits, the unwritten record dug up from beneath the ground presents a better-balanced picture. In other words, the Viking has been a victim of con temporary yellow Journalism on the part of the "skalds" or minstrels. The more sober modern scientists have set out to right the balance. Even In the Rronze age, long before the Viking era, Sweden had an active foreign trade, the urdieolngieul finds disclose, so that the traditions of reg ular Swedish Imports and exports ore at least 8,.r00 years old. Ancient Im plements, weapons, coins and pottery found In Sweden prove that the in habitants entertained trade relations with their neighbors, on the European continent as early as 0.000 years ago. These relations attained their hey day about 1.T00 to 1.KK) It. C. The art, ornaments, designs and habits of the Mediterranean people strongly influ enced the Swedes, through the latter developed tliem into an Independent and national Swedish culture. Exchange. Hew Great Men Died When Napoleon felt that his last hmir.was approaching he did not put mi the Imperial robe and crown, but asked to be dressed In his field mar shal's uniform, even to the boots. Augustus Caesar arose from his couch, carefully adjusted his togu and met death standing. 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