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THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON, DECEMBER 27, 1929 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER i F. B. BOYD. Owner and Publisher St4tacriptioti Rates. .. One copy, one year $2.00 One copy, six months $1.00 One coov. three months..... ....... .73 Athena, Oregon, December 27, 1929 MODERNIZING OLDEST ' INDUSTRY Food is the latest of the great in dustries, to adopt the principles of mass production and distribution. Great organizations, says the Manu facturer, are to manufacture scores of non-competitive products, . thus giving the consumer the advantage of facilities that improve quality and cut costs. Perhaps the only remark able thing about this new trend is that it has been so long in coming. It is certainly logical that the "most essential and basic of all industries should adopt the methods whereby other American industries have pro gressed to a point where they are the greatest in world history. The house wife of the future should get a super ior food, product for a lower price, even as mass production has given us better clothes, automobiles, transpor tation, gas and electric service and 8 multitude of other commodities. ' o EFFECTIVE REVERSAL ; In the opinion of William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, the recent stock market crash will result in new life in the building industry throughout the na tion. He declares the stock market - reversal will release billions of dol lars for other uses. "In my judg ment," he says, "beginning with early spring and going into the summer, building will grow and expand. When building is going good, then the steel business is improved. The demand for other materials is improved. Workers are put to work; they are able to buy and it all comes back to the garment industry, luxury indus tries, service industries and those that suffer first when a crash or shock is inflicted upon our economic and industrial life. Is was impossi ble for $30,000,000,000 in values to be wiped out overnight without the in dustrial and economic structure feel ing the shock." One of our exchanges is of the opinion that what is needed to solve our crime problem may be an appli cation of the old, robust, frontier spirit of America. The westetn'em pire was not tamed by professional reformers and law-passers. The bad men flourished until hardy citizens, determined to wage a relentless war on lawlessness, gave them a taste of their own medicine. One dose of lead proved to be worth more than a dozen doses of sumptuary legislation. The old days are over. But much the same situation remains in the underworlds of our great cities. A ruthless, organ ized and intelligent criminal class is pitting itself against society. And so far society seems to have lost ground. The chances and uncertainty of aviation at its present stage, is again confronted in the worst crash in the history of Boiling field, Washington, D. C. when a tri-motored plane, bear ing Representative Kaynor and four others, hurtled 300 feet to the ground bounced, then burst apart and dug furrows three feet deep in the rain sodden earth, instantly killing the five passengers. Captain Dinger, a widely known army pilot was at the controls and cause of the accident to the $80,000 plane will never be known. ' o By virtue of being president of the Oregon state senate, Albin Walter Norblad is governor of Oregon, re ceiving the appointment on the death of Governor Patterson. Norblad is a 48-year-old lawyer of Astoria and became executive head of the state through an amended clause in the state constitution which provides for the carrying on of the affairs of the office in case the governor dies. Mr. Norblad will hold office till after the next election. In schools where safety instruction is well organized at least a 50 per cent reduction In child mortality has been effected. This direct saving in lives is not the only benefit of safety instruction. It prepares a new gener ation to take its place in life with a sound knowledge and intuitive grasp of the accident problem. o Goods roads have reduced tho aver age automobile operating cost from 10 cents a mile to six and one-half cents in tho lust five years, according to an authoritative report. Savings are effected in gasoline and wear and tear on tires and machinery. As well, the good road provides greater com fort and safety. The interstate commerce commis sion having scrambled the railroads of the country into nineteen big sys tems, can now lean back in their swivel chairs and wait for the rail roads to do something about it. And what the railroads will do is the lead ing question. O After functioning five years, "the Fascisti League of North America" has been declared dissolved by dele gates at a recent meeting in "New York. How Mussolini feels about it, is not known, but we haven't noticed any rise in the price of spaghetti. "Dick" Byrd is now rear admiral on the retired list He earned this dis tinction in the estimation of his coun try in recognition of his scientific ef fort to find out something about the antarctic regions, including , his in trepid flight over the south pole. .,'" o An Oklahoma banker stood pat and shot two robbers who were attempt ing to loot his bank. Being a good shot is not a bad accomplishment for a banker to be endowed with, and the opportunity to show it, in this ins tance at least, is gratifying. . -o- ' Says the Weston Leader:" An Okla homa chemist declares that he can extract alcohol from petroleum, but he would confer a greater boon by separating booze from- gasoline." . o Only one week of holiday vacation for Athena schools, but the pupils may be depended upon to make the most of it. ' ' Lying under a blanket of snow, from inches to feet in thickness, the East got more out of Christmas than we did. Pedestrians can get along slushy streets good naturedly when the cause of moisture is taken into consideration. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. z Programs at the Churches The Christmas programs were held at the churches Sunday, both the Baptist and Christian churches giving excellent and appropriate entertain ment. At the Baptist in the evening the little folks gave the first part with recitations, followed by a' musical cantatas "The Nativity," which was sung by older members of the. Sun day school. At the Christian church the little folks gave their program immediately following the Sunday school, and were given their treats then. The pageant: "The Shepherd's Vision," was given in the evening, a large number participating. Both churches were well -filled, tho pro grams being very impressive und much appreciated. Mr. and Mrs. Wood Here Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Wood, newly weds, are here from Merritt, Wash ington to spend the holidays with rel atives. Mr. Wood is employed by the Great Northern Railway company on construction work in electrifying that line from Wenatchee, Washington to Seattle, Mr. Wood is working with the crew which at this time is electrifying the eight-mile long tunnel through the Cascade mountains. Mrs. Wood will continue to teach school at Mer ritt, Washington. The young couple have been receiving congratulations from their many firends since their return to Athena. Town Team Organized A town basketball team has been organized in Athena with Laurence Pinkerton as manager. A schedule of games has not yet been arranged. The team motored to Milton Monday night for a game with the Milton team. The local boys were defeated by the score of 30 to 36. The team is composed of Dean Pinkerton, Lee Remilard, Fred Remilard, George Pambrun, Fay Pambrun, Wilbur Har den, Jack Booth, Oral Michener, Dal- breth Taylor, Arthur Taylor. Here From Bryn Mawr H. M. Saulsberry was in Athena Monday from his home at Bryn Mawr, Washington: He came over on a rhort business trip, which involved the sale of his 1929 wheat crop. H. M. re ports that the building boom in Scat tie is still in full bloom. No less than forty-five new residences have been built in his neighborhood this year, and big buildings continue to go up in the business district. Picture Program Tomorrow night the Standard The atre presents Paramount's startling gripping drama, "Woman Trap," star ring Hal Skelly and Evelyn Brent CLASSIFIED For Sale Two Oliver three bottom plows, good shape, used two seasons. Two tail board weeders, good shape, ready for use. Call 761. Bryce Baker. 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You get a better slant on the real man during the intense excitement and struggle of an important athletic con test than would be possible during years of intimate contact under more prosaic conditions. Right here is an important fact which educators, so far, have all but ignored that the emotional reactions of the individual are of far more im portance to the state and to society in general than are his intellectual re actions. An education makes a crim inal more dangerous. The difference between the law-breaking and the law-abiding individual lies in the dif ference in emotional reaction to the restraints which society places upon the individual. It may take a warped intellect to condone such emotional reactions as the criminal evolves in order to become an habitual criminal. ' The playground, in the United States, is the great melting pot for citizenship. It is here that boys learn the inner secrets of sportsmanship. It Is here that emotional ideals are created. , It is here that lessons in self-control are learned. It is here that the potential future citizen learns to place his emotional reactions under the guidance of his intellect It is here he learns fair play, property rights, to win and to lose like a man, to select competent leaders, to obey the rules of the game, to rule and to be ruled, to recognize the value of a man by other standards than mere ap pearancequalities which will al ways stand the business and profes sional man, the future citizen, in good stead. " The lessons of good sportsmanship that are taught on any well governed and properly controlled playground are conductive to good citizenship and are inimical to criminal ideals. On the other type of playground, where the natural bully holds sway, the les sons are bad for the bully and mighty bad for his followers who are to be come citizens of a republic where leadership Bhould be the badge of favor and not the craven obeisance of force and fear. THE GOVERNOR'S PROMISE FULFILLED (John W. Kelly) -Dignity, seriousness, economy and constructive conservatism were dis tinguishing marks in the administra tion of the late Isaac Lee Patterson, governor of Oregon. No governor ever brought a more dignified atmos phere to the office; no governor ever looked the part so well. ; Tall, slender, well-groomed and thatched with snow white hair, Governor Patterson satis fied the eye as to what such a high official should look like. He referred to himself as a "dirt farmer," and was one, but his appearance was that of a successful merchant. For 35 years he held a part In the public life of his native state, and the crowning glory of his career was achieved when, in the past three years, he served as the highest of ficial in Oregon. His public service was abruptly terminated by his un expected demise Saturday night, leav ing unfilled the final year of the term for which he was elected by the people in 1926. In liia candidacy for the governor ship he pledged himself to give the people a real business administration without frills. This promise he kept to the letter, as any impartial survey of his. three years in the office of chief executive will confirm. Why suffer with tired, aching feet? Regardless of their condition, I can help you E. M. MOREMEN Foot Correctlonist 22 W. Main St Walla Walla Real Estate Wheat Alfalfa and Stock Land SHEEP FOR SALE L. L. Montague, Arlington 21 Years Ago " v January 1, 1907 . William Scott, president of the Umatilla Wheat Growers' association, has called a meeting of the organiza tion for Saturday next at 2 o'clock p. m.f to consider questions of impor tance to the members. A full attend ance is earnestly desired. Farmers who have not already done so, are in vited to become members of the asso ciation and thereby assist in formulat ing plans for mutual protection. R. J. Boddy was in Pendleton yes terday. William Wood returned home from Pendleton yesterday. Born of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hutt December 28, a son. Posters are out announcing a hard times ball at Adams, Friday night. Dean Gerking spent yesterday and today with relatives in Freewater. Jerry St. Dennis, Jr., is up from California, visiting relatives in this vicinity. Tobe Bush came .up. from Pendleton Saturday and spent the day with Ath ena friends. -1 W. D. Chamberlain returned home yesterday morning from Portland, where he spent several days. The Sheard family, residing north of Athena, is quarantined, there be ing a case of scarlet fever there. Miss Bessie McBride, after spend ing the holidays with relatives and friends in Athena and Pendleton, has returned to Portland. The Pythian Sisterhood and the Rathbone Sisters have consolidated, and there is now but one auxiliary to the Knights of Pythias, the Pythian Sisters. Mrs. Ida Gillis and children and Mrs. Eva Boddy went down to Pen dleton today to spend New Years with the family of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Sharp. Mrs. J. R. King is critically ill at her home in Weston with pneumonia. Her children have been called' to her bedside and small hope for her re covery is entertained. An old landmark, the "Blue Front,' a building in which barrels of whiskey were sold in Centerville pioneer days, and which was later moved from Main street to Third, has been torn down and removed. Hermiston, the little town between Echo and Umatilla, is growing to "beat the band." New cottages are springing up over the townsite, a new hotel has recently been opened and the O, R. & N. company will begin build ing a depot there at once. and answer the complaint filed against you in the above entitled court and cause within four week from the date of the first publication of this summons, which date is set forth below, and if you fail to so ap pear and answer, for want thereof, plaintiff will apply to said court for the relief prayed for in said complaint, to-wit; For a dissolution of the mar riage contract now existing between plaintiff and defendant - This summons is served upon you by publication thereof for four consecu tive weeks in the Athena Press by order of Honorable James Alger Fee, Judge of the above named court and which said order was made and dated the 23rd day of December, 1929, and the date of the first publication of this summons is the 27th day of Decem ber, 1929. I. M. Schannep, Attorney for plain tiff, Postoffice address: Pendleton Oregon. D27J24 NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS MEETING The regular annual meeting of the stockholders of The First National Bank of Athena, Oregon, for the election of directors for the ensuing year and for the transaction of such other business as may lawfully come before it, will be held in its office in Athena, Oregon on Tuesday, January 14, 1930, at the hour of two o'clock p. m. Dated, December 10, 1929, D13 J10 F. S. LeGROW, Cashier. SUMMONS (Equity No. 4807) In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. Frank L. Silvers, Plaintiff, vs. Edith T. Silvers, Defendent. To Edith T. Silvers, the above named defendant: In the name of the State of Oregon: You are hereby required to appear , NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of John A. Keller, Deceased. Notice is hereby given to all per sons whom it may concern: That Florence N. Keller, executrix of the last will and testament of John A. Keller, deceased, has filed her final account and report in the administra tion of the estate; that the County Judge, by order duly made and enter ed, has appointed Monday the 13th day of January, 1930, at ten o'clock in the forenoon as the time and the County Court House at Pendleton, Oregon, as the place where all ob jections and exceptions to said final account and report will be heard and a settlement of the estate made. Dated this 13th day of December, 1929. FLORENCE N. KELLER, Executrix Peterson & Lewis, Attorneys for Executrix. D13J10 INSURANCE PLUS Every motor vehicle should be pro tected by Public Liability and Pro perty Damage insurance. Cost very little and is worth many times the cost Every owner should carry Landlords, Owners and Tenants Lia bility insurance, only $7.50 and may save your home. This is an age of ambulance chasers and damage suits. You owe it to yourself and to society. Neglect may wreck your fortune; it is wasting at the bung hole and sav ing at the spigot. Liability protects you, life insurance protects your fam ily. We write it and service 6ur policies throughout the policy year. Insurance plus service. B. B. RICHARDS. Tum-A-Lum Tickler ' Published in the intesesta of the people of Athena and vicinity by THE TUM-A-LUM LUMBER CO. Phone 91 Vol. 1 Athena, Oregon, December 27, 1929 No. 16 THANKS FOMSS . If it wasn't for the trade you folks give us we couldn't continue in business, that's all. You just bet we are mighty thankful for your pat ronage during 1929. . To make our business of even greater value and service to you in dividually and to the community at large is going to be our guiding principle again in 1930. The past year may have brought its disap pointment and troubles but let's not carry them over Into this year for we probably will get some nice ones without even looking for them. A NEW YEAR! Say, folks, if we had a mo nopoly on happiness and prosperity we would certainly pour out a mighty generous share for you in 1930. WE COULD DO WITHOUT The man in the office could do without one meal a day, but he would not like it The man on the farm could get along without a seed drill or corn planter, he could do his planting by hand. And a woman could get along without many labor saving convenien ces in her kitchen. We men folks never hesi tate to buy equipment that will save time and work. Why shouldn't we be as considerate of our wives as we are of ourselves.' : A built-in kitchen cabinet, new floors and a coat or two of fresh bright paint bn the woodwork is what she wants and vrg hae ., Be careful of too many New Year resolutions. The man getting his hair cut noticed that the barber's dog had his eyes fixed on his master lat work. "Nice dog," said the customer. "He seems very fond of watching you cut hair." "Tain't that," said the barber. You see, some tfnies I makes a mis take an' snips off a piece of a customer's ear.H THE' EULGORE CAFE . Special Prices on Special Lunches for School Children Gerald Kilgore, Proprietor - - Athena, Oregon Bring in; Your Bent and Sprang Axles ; THIS SHOP IS EQUIPPED WITH -AN AXLE GAGUE TO STRAIGHTEN AXLES Acetylene Welding and Black smithing , C. M. Jones Blacksmith Shop The Athena Hotel MRS. LAURA FROOME, Prop. Courteous Treatment, Clean Beds : Good Meals Tourists Made Welcome Special Attention Gives "7 to Home Patrons ' Corner Main and Third Athena, Oregon RELIABLE WATCH REPAIRING Main St. H. H. HILL Athena Bell & Gray Phone 593 ' TwoAuto IVuckDrays Always At Your Service City and Country Mauling Twin City Cleaners The firm that does your work as you want it done, at the Lowest Prices Consistent with expert workmanship. We call for and deliver on Monday, Thursday and Saturday. We are represented in Athena by Penn Harris Phone 583 T. E. Smith, Prop. Freewater, Oregon Farmers Grain Elevator Company Grian and Feed SPECIAL A Full Line of Sperry's Chick Feed -Phone 382 . LEE WILSON, M'gr. . It Pays to Look Well! To look well you should keep your hair properly cut your lace shaved and massaged In fact everything in the Barber line. Come in and see Herb Parker and me. Penn Harris Barber Shop Agency for Troy Laundry and Twin City Sanitary Cleaners. Phone 683. , . Reduction In Electric Light Rates The following reduction in Electric light rates wiD 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 lOO.KWH used per month ....10c per KWH Next 200...,... .........;................ ....... ...7c per KWH Next 300. .6c per KWH Next 400.....:......................... .....5c per KWH Next 1000.....1 ......:....................:. .i4c per KWH Excess over 2000.........................:......l:..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. - - Preston-Shaffer Milling Company t y : -.up? . , " j r ?7 I r i m d H 1 j ' " mJ-'' ' i v . f". ( " v.. y " v . M f j i , , (, - ', 3 Walla Walla General Hospital A modern non sectarian fifty bed hospital, with all up to date modern hospital facilities for the care of patients. - . ... X-Rav and bacteriological labortories, washed air ventilation. ., Only graduate nurses are employed and their ser vices are included at the regular rates which are $3.50 to $6.00 Special nurses extra. Your interest and patronage is solicited. Phone 480.