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THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON, :-IPER 20, 1929 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. BOYD. Owner and Publisher i Subscription Rates. One copy, one year ....$2.00 One copy, Bis months $1.00 One copy, three months 73 Athena, Oregon, September 20, 1929 ACCIDENT LEGISLATION The demand for unconditional com pulsory automobile insurance, which led to the famous or perhaps in famous Massachusetts law, seems to have diminished says the Industrial News. In its place has appeared a new viewpoint which has produced such laws as those in effect in Call fornia, New York and a few other states. In general these laws pro vide that a motorist, in case of an accident caused by his own careless ness, must pay all judgments against him and provide a bond or an insur ance policy against future accidents before again being allowed to drive This is not compulsory insurance in any sense. The careful, competent motorist has nothing to fear. The legislative and financial burden is placed where it belongs on those who cause accidents. The constant increase in driving accidents has ap parently made this sort of legislation necessary and thes laws, while com paratively new and untried, would seem fair and reasonable. There is no room on our highways for the reckless , the incompetent or the ignorant. Nor should others pay for their mistakes. Unconditional com pulsory insurance, such as exemplifi ed by the Massachusetts ordinance, overlooked this simple fact and came immediately to grief. Every citizen who drives a car will await with in terest the results, of this newer type of accident legislation. o FIRE PREVENTION WEEK The Manufacturer observes that October 6 to 13 has been set aside as Fire Prevention Week. During that time public and private organizations and authorities will make an effort to instruct citizens in the fundamen tals of doing away with our terrible fire waste. In past years the fire rate has al ways gone down during the week, only to raise again to "normal" im mediately after. It is the old case of a lesson going in one ear and out the other. Fire is perhaps the greatest single menace to progress we must face. Every year it destroys property which, in terms of monetary value, would support whole governments, cover the country with paved high ways, provide greater educational fa cilities or do any number of other great services. And on top of this must be placed the still greater de struction in human life. During Fire Prevention Week we will learn of the danger of neglected wiring, carelessly disposed of matches or cigarettes, piles of refuse, poor building construction and so on. But unless our citizens carry the lessons learned through the other 51 weeks of the year nothing will be gained. Make Fire Prevention Week the start of a Fire Prevention Year. signed for special privilege, and fails to give the farmer the home market pledged him in the republican plat form. Senator Harrison, Mississippi, democrat, terms it as a masterpiece of discrimination with deception abounding and that "the forked tongue of hypocrisy hisses through every paragraph." Joe Taff, veteran air mail pilot of the Pasco-Salt Lake flight had the honor of piloting the first plane in the new Seattle-Portland service, through the Columbia gorge, Sunday evening. Joe had earned the honor and his plane carried 1001 pounds of mail. The new Varney air mail schedule brings New York a full busi ness day closer to Portland. Letters mailed at Portland reach New York in 33 hours. The new U. S. currency issue is called dangerous and cheap by Louis A. Hill, ex-director of the bureau of engraving and printing. In a letter, Mr. Hill tells the senate committee that the new small bills are ideal for successful counterfeiting. Mr. Hill may be right, but not having any of the new bills in our possession we are unable to say intelligently whether his statements are true or not. The successful deer hunter is los ing no sleep over the postponement of opening the hunting after general rainfall lifts the forest fire hazard. Present conditions in the forests make it practically impossible to hunt game successfully, anyway, so the hunter who "knows his onions" wouldn't go into the mountains at this time, any way, open season or no open season. o Europe has at least two ambitious movements under way. Briand's idea of a confederation of European states is being well recived, and the second step is seen in the joint movement taken by France and Britain in a resolution offered before the economic committee of the league of nations, calling for a world economic confer ence to lower tariff barriers. Tho Oregon Public Utility Informa tion Bureau informs us that the pro duction of electricity by water power c'uring June was only 40 per cent of the total production of electric energy in the United States, as compared with 43 per cent in May and 44 per cent in June of the previous year .This 'eflects tho beginning of the dimin ishing stream flow in many parts o the United tSatcs dining this sum mer's drought. Analyzed by the var cus interconnected section of tho country, the drop in the production of water power has been somewhat startling. Central and Southern Oregon pro gress is again flashed into the lime light by the driving of the spike that completed the construction of the Southern Pacific's Alturus cutorT. The now line opens Southern Oregon and Northern California territory to di ; ect trude opportunities with Portland, b sides giving another transcon tinental route through the Ogden gateway, A long time getting stated, tnce they did, Central and Southern .Oregon have surely been clicking ulang the line of opportunity and progress. The man who created Diamond Dick and Nick Carter, dime novel thrilleis b ick in the 80's and early 90's, died i t Owasco, N. Y., last week. George ( harles Jenks, author and newspaper man was perhaps responsible for more I loodcurdling western yarns bound up ; i yellow covers than any writer in the world. His novels perhaps ob scured from vision during school ' jurs more pages in geographies and ther text books than any other liter . y product ever written. o Senator1 Brookhart of Iowa is talk ing considerably against the pending. tariff measure, and he agrees that the revision in it present form was do- For 5 cents a night, or 12 cents day for room and board, any Ger man youth of school age can enjoy all the romance of knights of old and live in medieval castles with, their in triguing secret passages, moats and drawbridges. As a rule American boys and girls have the few cents required, but in this country yes, we have no castles. o Maybe we will find out just what influence an American naval expert can exercise on behalf of American shipbuilding corporations before a world disarmament conference at Ge neva, when Mr. Borah et al gets through investigating him. o Strange experiences followed the recent earthquake at Toronto, Canada. One in particular was when twin brothers fought when each accused the other of shaking the bed, prevent ing sleep. o A Banbury, England barmaid oc- cession to the court. The plan now needs to be ratified only by the three remaining members of the Court, in addition of the League Assembly and and the United States senate. Thus the door may be said to be -?ight-ninths open, with every indication that it will swing wide within another year, and that Uncle Sam will pass through without squeezing or stoop ing. The action was taken upon assur ances from Washington that the Root formula is acceptable to the United States. This was almost a foregone conclusion, since the plan does not in any way weaken the one Senate reser vation which had prevented America adherence the requirement that no request for an advisory opinion on any question involving the United States be entertained by the Court without Washington's consent. In stead of dropping any part of this res ervation, Mr. Root devised a method by which the United States, as a mem ber of the Court, will have the op portunity to object before any request for such an opinion is made, and can withdraw from membership in the very unlikely event that its objection goes unheeded. In such case it would only return to the position it now holds where, as a nonmember, it cannot block advii ory opinions. With this knowledge before them, it appears that only senators who oppose any international co-operation can refuse to ratify this additional safeguard of the reserva tions they have already approved. 21 Years Ago is the KITCHEN CABINET 3 (, 1929. Western Newspaper Union.) Never praise a sister to a sister, in hope of your compliments reach ing the proper ears, and bo preparing- the way for you later on. Sisters are women first, and sis ters afterwards; and you will find that you do yourself barm. Kip ling. SALADS FOR SUMMER Summer for the housemother in many homes means Just more work and worry. Try to make this sum mer one long va cation, with the children home from school, with planning each to do his share, the mother, too, may may have some of the Joy of the good old summertime. Salads, sandwiches, cold drinks may take the place of hearty meals daring the warm weather, with the family feeling better for the simple foods. Today every boy and girl is called upon occasionally to prepare a dish for supper on Sunday night, or camp ing trips and they, if well practiced at home, are happy to share in such en tertainment To be able to mix a tasty salad, or prepare a rarebit well is an accom plishment of which to be proud. Ev erybody likes a fruit salad and they are simplest of all to prepare. Mixed Fruit Salad Take one-half cupful each of chopped pineapple, nutmeats, orange and grapefruit pulp, halved maraschino cherries, with one and one-halt cupfuls of sliced bananas. The banana when well ripened Is a deep yellow flecked with brown and no sign of green at the tips. Do not be afraid to buy bananas that are with a smile-to tackle 6000 acres of' qu"e urown' 1 nrm"T uiey ?re Dest MY, a I wuuu erj ripo. iuis una ounnnas cupicd the pulpit of a Unitarian min ister recently and closed her sermon by saying: "It has always been my ambition to be a preacher." o Tho Eickhoff Products corporation are not quitters. Taking their loss in this year's bean crop, they are back The world owes no one you have to grub for it. o Athena will move down Round-Up tomorrow. living- to the WORLD COURT DOOR SWINGS WIDER (Walla Walla Union) The made-to-order door through which the United States is to enter the World Court has just swung several notches farther open, says the C. S. Monitor. Representatives of forty member nations, , meeting at Geneva, has approved unanimously the Root formula for American ac- supply carbohydrates and proteins, pineapple has a digestive element, ap ples have always been known to keep the doctor away, so with this combi nation one may be sure to have a healthful dish. Serve with the follow ing dressing: Take two egg yolks, one-half cupful of sugar, one-half teaspoonful of mustard, two table spoonfuls each of butter, lemon Juice, vinegar, one of olive oil, one teaspoon ful of salt, one-fourth teaspoonful of paprika and three-fourths of a cupful of whipped cream. Cook egg yolks, beaten with sugar, butter and other ingredients over water, stirring con stantly. Cool, add the cream and pour over the salad. I THE ATHENA MARKET i We carry the best Meat That Money Buys Kippered Saai.un, all Kinds of Salt Fish. Fresh Fish, Oysters, Crabs, Clams, Kraut in Season. A. W. LOGSDON Main Street Athena, Oregon. September, 18, 1908 Born, September 15, 1908, to Mr. and Mrs. Amiel Shubert, a girl. Miss Alta Gholson of Albia, Iowa, visited her cousin, Miss Kittie Gliol- son this week. Misses Laura and Belle Mclntyre and Reta Rothrock were among the Athena students to matriculate at the Normal Monday. Arthur Stone returned Monday to Whitman, where he will resume his studies. Mr. Stone is a senior and this year will see the close of his school life at Whitman. Jesse Edington, who has been work ing in Washington harvest fields this summer, stopped in Athena this week for a few days' visit before returning to his studies at O. A. C. Jack Swart, formerly O. R. & N. agent at Athena, and now holding a j like position at Dayton, Wash., was nominated for county clerk at the re publican primaries of Columbia coun ty, last week. Jerome Hill, while up in the Col ville country, took an option' on a quarter section of land at $8000, which is especially adapted to timothy hay raising. He is favorably im pressed with the CJolville country. Ralph Gillis was down this week from his home near Washtucna. He will attend the Washington Agricul tural college at Pullman. Ralph is an energetic, gentlemanly young fel low and the Press is interested in him. One of the most exciting runaways that has taken place in Athena in many a day happened Monday when Frank Richmond's four-horse team broke loose from a hitching rack and sped down Main street. A mile west of town the team left the wagon where it struck aj bridge. One wagon wheel was smashed, but the horses es caped injury, aside from a few minor scratches. Hugh Worthington and Millard Kelley returned last evening from a two weeks' hunt near Kamela, and their friends feasted this morning on venison. Kelley was the fortunate sportsman who brought the animal in to camp. Miss Mattie Jarman left Sunday for Portland, where she will have a posi tion in the big department store of Meier & Frank. Miss Jarman is an experienced saleslady and will doubt less make a success in the city in her chosen vocation. Chas. Booher has returned from Spokane after spending several weeks in the capacity of separator tender. Charles reports a short crop in that section, saying that he threshed in fields which produced less than 10 bu shels to the acre. Pete Weidert is the owner of a hen which certainly is deserving of a berth in poultry row at the Pendleton fair. Monday while in town, Mr. Weidert had occasion to lift the cover at the back of his buggy, when out flew Mrs. Leghorn, cackling, into the street. Her capture was finally effected and when the hen was put back into the buggy a big white egg was discover ed. WITHOUT NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of Clar ence Ogilvy presumed to be dead. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has filed her final account and report in the above entitled mat ter and that the above entitled Court has fixed Saturday, the 12th day of October, 1929, at the hour of 10:00 o'clock a. m. of said day, as the time, and the County Court room in the County Court House at Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon, as the place, for the hearing of said final account and report. Objections to said final account and report, if any there be, should be filed on or before that date. Dated at Athena. Umatilla County, Oregon, this 13th day of September, 1929. MINNIE KRETZER, Administratrix of the Estate of Clarence Ogilvy, presumed to be dead, Watts and rrestbve. Atnena, ure- eon. Attorneys for Lstate. biduii Would You buy a car 4 -WHEEL BRAKES-? .BALLOON TIRES-? A SELF STARTER-? SCREEN-GRID THE LATEST AND GREATEST DEVELOPMENT IN RADIO.. rmST WITH PROVED IMPBWEMWrf ATWATER KENT SCREEN-GRID S RAD atwatb! kcnt s segfw omo scBcmanojiAmmtiiKBiif, MODE DISTANCE. 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Freewater, Oregon Reduction In Electric Light Rates The following reduction in Electric light rates will be in effect on and after March 15, 1929; Residential Rates First 30 KWH hours used, per month....l0c per KWH Excess over 30 KWH used, per month....3c per KWH The above rates apply when bills are paid in full within 10 days from date of bill. Otherwise, the rate will be increased by 10 per cent on each item. Commercial Rates First 100 KWH used per month 10c per KWH ibTGxt) 200........f.....nM. ,7c per KWH Next 300 .... . 6c per KWH Next 400.:...... . 5c per KWH Next 1000 Ac per KWH Excess over 2000 3c per KWH The above rates apply when bills are paid in full within 10 days from date of bill. Otherwise, the rate will be increased by 10 per cent on each item. 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