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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1929)
THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON AUGUST 23, 1920 TELLS OF OF NEEDS IGULTURE Secretary Hyde Gives Views On What Will Help the Farmer. The views of Arthur M. Hyde, sec retary of agriculture, on farm relief ' are given in an interview with Mr. Hyde in the current number of the Credit Monthly, published by the National Association of Credit Men. "Agricultural improvement requires a combination of individual efficiency, co-operative enterprise and wise pub- ; lie policy," he said. "The farmers' production and mar keting costs must be reduced wher ever possible. Wasteful and costly sources of needed credit must be re placed by sounder and more econom ical sources. Any unjust tax burdens on farm property must be alleviated, and equitable methods of spreading the tax burden substituted. "Shipping costs must be reduced by efficient water transportation where practicable. Merchandising and dis tribution-methods must be improved so as to give the farmer a more sub stantial share of the consumer's dol lar. Needless gluts in the market with unwarranted slumps in prices must be eliminated by more scientific adjustments of offerings to meet seas onal and local demands. "Effective agricultural organization giving the farmer a control over his own products more nearly correspond ing to that exercised by other in dustries must be encouraged and sup ported." Secretary Hyde pointed out that over-extension of credit is likely to follow a season of good farm returns, when banks and other agencies have ample funds, and borrowers and lend ers are optimistic about the future. "Easy credit at such times," he said, "when the farmer needs it least, in tensifies the depression which , comes when crops fail to meet expectations. "It also tqnds toward drastic re striction of credit at the time of greatest need, as in 1921. This pro blem is one which calls for a more far-sighted use of credit on the part of both lenders and borrowers." Fire Damages New , Hotel Fire starting from the explosion of a tar pot used by workmen laying hardwood floors in the club dining room of Hotel Baker, under con struction, was extinguished by fire men, who, .threw sand on the blaze. Loss was estimated at $1000. VEGETABLES And . FRUIT Fresh from Garden and Orchards to you at Lowest -Prices See Our Window The .Quality Grocery Phone 561 Alice Eager, Prop. It Costs More to ride on Old Tires Than on New Figure up your costs for punctures, repairs and de lays with old tires. The last miles are not economy VPith new Goodyears so low-priced, and our liberal allowance for your old tires before you render them worthless, you are money ahead on new tires. ' By building 100,000 tires a day a production far greater than that of any other company Goodyear enjoys lowest costs, . GOODYEAR SUPERTWIST CORDS ATHENA GARAGE Athena, Oregon WEBSTER'S WALNUT Dining Room Sets Prices Right Just Received Pome and See Them Wdnwt and Mahogany (New) " . :vr Upholstered Rockers New and Latest in Window Shades N. A. MILLER, Furniture and Undertaking Fil l ROOT IS BORER URGED Pest Is Easily Controlled By Use of Chemical Says Expert. Oregon State Colege Control measures against the western peach and prune root borer should be start ed within a short time, according to Dr. Don C. Mote, entomologist at the experiment station here. These in sects are one of the worst enemies that conforont peach and prune grow ers in Oregon. The insects that are attacking trees five or six years old can be controlled easily and cheaply by the use of paradichlorobenizne, a white crystalline chemical, says Dr. Mote. The. crystals change to a gas at a relatively low temperature. The gas permeates the soil, enters the bur rows in the trunk of the tree and poisons the root-borers. The appication of paradichloroben- zine will kill only the borers situated below the level of the ground. .Be cause the borer often works high up on the trunks of the trees, some growers raise the earth level before applying the chemical, Dr. Mote says Whitewash repellent has also been found effective for use on the upper trunk and . in, the branches. White wash is advised for use on young trees. ' The most satisfactory time for bd- plication of the paradichlorobenzine is said to be from August; 15 to September 15. Umatilla Man Accused of Giving Liquor to Boy , Pendleton. John Corbin, painter, was arrested at' Umatilla on charges of giving liquor to an 11-year-old boy. The boy became gravely ill. Corbin was arraigned before the jus tice court at Umatilla, where he was sentenced to serve four months in jail and pay a fine of $250. When deputy sheriffs brought Cor bin to jail here the deputy district at torney browsed over the law books and found that the justice court did not have jurisdiction over the case, and that Corbin would have to be taken back and bound over to the grand jury. Under state laws passed at the last session of the legislature the giving of liquor to minors be comes a felony. The charge carries a stiff penalty. Man O'War, Famous Race Horse Is To Be - Cast In Bronze Statue Citizens of Lexington, Ky., are angling for the bronze to be cast of Man O'War, famous race horse. Plans to immortalize the thorough bred were announced recently, by Governor Sampson, following an ex change of letters with F. C. Reilly of New York, who conceived the idea. The memorial would be life-size. It originally was Keilly'a proposal to have the bronze erected at Churchill Downs, Louisville, over which the Kentucky Derby is run annually, but Lexington citizens have asked that the statue be placed in. Man O'War's home town.- The thoroughbred is en joying the life of a prince on a farm near Lexington. Reilly was a member of the gov ernor's party on a tour of the Ken tucky Bluegrass region following the derby this year. When he saw Man O'War at Faraway farm at Lexing ton, he became an enthusiastic ad mirer of the horse and began formu lating plans for the statue. F. G. R. Roth, New , York sculp tor, was commissioned to execute the statue. IF YOU HAVE PILES OR DISEASED TONSILS COME TO MY OFFICE AUG. 31st I will have a specialist in the treatment of rectal and throat dis ease by non Surgical Ambulant Methods who will make a through examination of your condition with out charge. Painless, Bloodless, Elimination of piles and tonsils without hospital expense or serious loss of time. This specialist has handled several cases in Pendleton in the past year and is highly regarded t to results -HE KNOWS HIS STUFF. Take advantage and be well for Round-Up. Dr.BoydWhyte REMEMBER AUGUST 31 The Best equipped Physiotherapy office in Pendleton. Phone 706. Over J. C. Penny Store. Bell S Gray Phone 393 Two Auto Truck Dray Always At Your Service City and Country V Hauling ICE JCrescent BAKING POWDER jit never folk III Portlander Has a Bad ' Night With a Cougar Portland. Exhausted and some what frightened after spending the night in the woods near Swim, Casper C. Stern, 69,. 1399 Union avenue North, was returned to his home late Monday. Mr. Stern wandered into Swim shortly after noon and was given first-aid by residents and then brought to Portland. According to his story, he became lost early Sunday night and rather than risk aimless wandering, he spent the night in a .hollow log. While walking on the road leading in to Swim Monday morning, he said he encountered a cougar. The animal, however, paid no attention to him. A few minutes later, however, he said he espied another cougar and her cub. The two, Mr. Stern related, followed him for a short distance and were soon joined by a third. The three animals, he declared fol lowed him from about 10:30 A. M. until shortly after noon. They were said to have disappeared when near ing Swim. Mr. Stern, who in the exciting night, fell into a brook and struck his head on a rock, was little the worse for wear, according to his family, Other than being somewhat frightened over his experience and somewhat dazed, he was said to have suffered no ill effects. Falls To His Death In a Parachute Leap Robert Moore of Marysville, Wash., was instantly killed at Yakima, Sat urday when his parachute failed to open after a jump of 2,500 feet above the state fair grounds. Moore had been making parachute jumps for the past three days during the American Legion convention at Yakima. John Weir was pilot of the plane which he leaped. Moore came to Yakima from Marys ville, Washington, with Cecil and Or ville Creighton and Standley Wood, all from the same city, and Eddie Brown of Seattle. He was not a licensed parachute jumper. The chute had not been properly folded and the cords became entangl ed when it started to open. He was unable to kick them loose as he fell. He landed on his feet. Moore's parents live in Kruse, Wash., where his father is a telegraph operator. Killed In Truck Crash Robert Byrd, 18, Artesia, N. M. was injured fatally Saturday when the truck he was driving rolled into a ditch on the Old Oregon trail east of Pendleton. Herman Byrd, a broth er, suffered minor injuries. Burned out brakes was advanced as the cause. TOURIST 1 and. SERVIG STATION C.T. Booth Successor to "Pink" . Third Street .... 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