THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON, JANUARY 10, 1930
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Athena, Oregon, January 10, 1930
') l SOME BRIDGE ; ' "J
The St. Johns Review comes to our
desk 72 pages strong this week a
splendid edition, commemorating the
new bridge which will span the Wil
lamette at a cost of approximately
$4,000,000. The big edition is brim
full of interesting , data pertaining
to the commercial and industrial re
sources of St. Johns in particular and
a most comprehensive review of Pen
insula Portland in general. The
structure when completed, will be one
of America's greatest bridges, he
Review tells us the main span will be
1207 feet in length. There will be
two side spans, each 430 & feet. The
total suspended length will be 2067 Mi
feet The east approach will extend
1511 feet, and the west approach 255
feet.' The total length of span and
approaches will be 3833 Vi feet. From
the west bridge head which is 123 feet
above the Linnton road deploy two
approach roads, each approximating
one-half mile In length. The bridge
will have a 40 foot roadway, with a
capacity of four lanes of traffic, and
two 6-foot walks. The center span
will have a clearance of 205 feet above
low water, marking a rise from 194
feet
THE UNCONSIOUS ARSONIST
Quoting an esteemed cotemporary,
there are millions of Americans who
are unconscious arsonists. "This is
a startling statement, and any one
of the millions would angrily deny it.
Yet it is true. None of them pur
posely set fires. But all of them,
through ignorance or carelessness,
unconsciously start fires. The dif
ference between the man who con
sciously fires a house, and the man
who allows wiring to go unattended,
throws oil soaked rags in corners or
drops his matches and cigaretts
wherever he happens to finish with
them, is one of law and motive, riot
of effect. We are, with increasing
success, fighting the active arsonist,
and when he is caught he is imprison
ed for long terms. The unconscious
arsonist is beyond the law and de
stroys more lives and property than
the deliberate arsonist. Every fire
hazard imperils the entire community.
A fire starting in a disused garage
may destroy a million dollar factory."
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A news item a few days ago told
of a proposal that would bo of con
siderable importance to interior pro
ducers whose products are sent to
the Pacific coast ports of export by
ocean shipping. It stated that Arthur
M. Geary, rate attorney, addressed
the farm rate council in behiflf of a
proposed congressional exactment
whereby railroads will treat ocean
lines on same basis as railroads with
which they connect, and will charge
less than the full local rate on ship
ments from the interior destined for
transshipment by water from Pacific
Northwest ports.
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Italy has a new queen to be, Prin
cess Marie Jose of Belgium, who be
came the bride of Prince Humberto,
Wednesday. All Italy welcomed the
princess on her arrival in Rome, so
we are told in the dispatches, "with
-a brilliant sun glinting on her chest
nut curls." And it may not be out
of the way here to express the hope
that the sun may always shine with
domestic and official happiness on this
bright and vivacious daughter of the
Belgians.
o
The only man the Press knows of
who did not welcome Sunday's fall
of snow was Phillip Murtha. The Bnow
interfered with Phil's seeding opera
tions, which at the time were going
over big, considering the season. But
he will find a way to dig out leave
that to him.
Only occasional incidents rise to re
call to mind the days of civil war, such
for Instance as the finding of a letter
in a long lost mail bag at Cleveland
the other day, which was from a con
federate prison camp, and delivered
to relatives of the writer, dead for
fifty years.
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Forty-one men are riding in twenty
one army planes from Michigan to
Spokane this week, to test winter fly
ing conditions. Well, the time to
test winter flying is in the winter
time, and when the airmen get
through they will be able to tell us
all about it.
It is said France is making a des
perate move to gain the dominant
financial position in Europe. Gee, but
the French do things with a whiz.
Only a few months ago the franc was
chasing itself all over that country
in vain effort to keep out of its own
One reason of physical breakdowns
of college students is said to be due to
the strenuous social life lead by them.
It used to be different Once in a
long while we would hear of a stu
dent breakdown from over 'study,
without any sigmawhatever about it.
- Nay, nay, Pauline, substitution of
diesel engines and crude oil for auto
motive power wouldn't lessen the state
tax on gas one smithereen; for it
takes gas no matter whence its
source to run a diesel, don't you
know. v ,
The drone of the Portland-Pasco-Salt
Lake air mail planes is heard in
Athena, passing over on schedule
time, but the planes remain unseen.
The air lads are toting the mail above
fog and cloud, now. '
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One item of speed which should be
credited to the British is the air plane.
One of their Rolls-Royce fighting
planes recently maintained a speed
of 200 miles per hour, carrying a full
military load. ," ,
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We asked a man the other day to
tell us where Crane, Oregon, was lo
cated and he replied that it was either
a suburb of Brogan or Nyssa; he
didn't remember which.
Out of eighty-eight applications to
the Idaho State Board of Pardons,
twenty-one pardons were granted to
prisoners. Quite a percentage record
for one sitting.
o
The lady who was bespattered with
mud at a country road crossing re
cently,, evidently thought chivalry a
myth, when the 'driver looked back
and grinned.
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Hunting for hidden gold in the
wilds of Mexico, two adventurers got
in bad with a band of Indians and im
mediately got out of the country.
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While digging for relics on the site
of Ur of the Chaldees, excavators
ran into a fence built by Bill Nebu
chadnezzar 'way back in 600 B. C.
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"Coolidge is ready to take a good
job," reads headline. It is our im
pression that he already has one
keeping his house rent paid up.
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Rats! They're over running Tunis
by millions, and spreading bubonic
plague in their direful wake.
We read that the thrifty Coolidge
drives a former White House limou
sine. ' ' . . .
THE
KITCHEN
CABINET
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(, 1829. Wei tarn Newspaper Union.)
' "Good housekeeping- Is not nec
essarily good home making-. Spot
less floors may grace a house not
a home. Real living- means com
fort, happiness, growth."
ton COLD WEATHER
Now that there la a tang in the air
we begin to look over our recipes
which were slighted dur
ing the spring and sum
mer. After a skating party
or hike there Is nothing
so refreshing as a hot
lemonade. It Insures yon
against taking cold and
makes at the same time
a nice drink. When need
ed as a stimulant try:
Hot Spiced Lemonades. Extract the
Juice from three lemons and slice one
lemon In very thin slices. Pour boil
ing water, using one quart, over the
sliced lemon, one teaspoonful of whole
cloves, one cupful of sugar, six cher
ries minced, a tablespoonful of minced
candled ginger, and the lemon Juice.
This amount will serve six to eight
Cardinal Punch. Cook one quart of
cranberries and drain , through a
double cheese cloth. Cook two cupfuls
of water with two cupfuls of sugar
for three minutes, add to the cranber
ry Juice with one cupful of orange
Juice, one and one-hnlf tablespoonfuls
of lemon Juice, and when cold add one
quart of Ice water or a quart of
sparkling water. This will make
thirty glasses. ,
Cranberry Frappe. Take four quarts
of cranberries, two quarts of water,
ten cupfuls of sugar, Juice of six
lemons, the Juice of eight oranges. Boll
the berries and strain through cheese
cloth; add the sugar. Cool, add tht
fruit Juices and freeze to a mush with
Ice and salt This makes fifty servings.
Oriental Tea. Slice ', three lemons
very thin. Put six whole cloves, one
half cupful of sugar and two cupfuls
of freshly mode tea Into a pitcher.
Cover and set aside until thoroughly
cold. Add three cupfuls of orange
Juice and two cupfuls of grape Juice
end serve. ,
Macedonia of Fruit Combine one
cupful of diced pineapple, one-balf
cupful of grapefruit cut into pieces,
one-half cupful of apple cut into bits,
one cupful of orange sections and
one-half cupful of confectioner's
sugar. Place some of the fruit and
sirup In each sherbet glass and top
each with a ball of orange ice.
SCHOOL TOPICS
(By E. E. Coad, Supt )
Absolute truthfulness is an ac
complishment few of us can claim. It
is even a debatable question whether
"nothing but the truth"; would be a
workable hypothesis. Mark Twain, in
his Pudd'n Head Wilson maxims, said,
"Truth is the most precious thing we
possess. Let's, use it as little as pos
sible." Possibly some have thought
that Mark was serious when he de
livered this bit of Barcastic philosophy
At any rate it takes a lot of care
and training during the formative
years of a child's life to develop ha
bits of truthfulness. If the most care
ful parents find it difficult to inculcate
such habits in their children and
they do what is the fate of those
children who grow up in homes where
the truth is treated as Mark Twan
suggests?
The question is too large to discuss
in detail. So why not confine it to
one phase or particular. Very few
people think of truthfulness in con
nection with themselves. We think
of truthfulness in our relations with
others or their relations with us, but
we do not pay much attention to the
question as it relates to us alone.
Few parents realize the importance of
this phase of the question and the
influence it may have upon the lives
of their children. '
In my own life the hardest lesson
I have to enforce is that of facing the
truth of. a situation as it applies to
myself. As a child my mistakes and
wrong-doings were apologized for or
glossed over to such an extent that I
developed the habit of hunting for
causes outside myself for excusing
my own shortcomings. I hated to face
the truth. I looked for alibis to ex
cuse my mistakes instead of facing
facts. While I could face others on
a reasonable basis of truth I had never
been trained to face myself with the
truth. I tried "kidding" myself. Do
you ever do" that? Do you overlook
such faults in your children?
No doubt you have heard parents
excusing the faults of their children:
"Johnny is so careless. He can never
remember anything. He is just like
his father." Or, "Mary simply cannot
learn to spell. She is just like I am
in that respect I never could learn
to spell." In hundreds of such ways
the child is given an object lesson of
not facing the issue fairly and square
ly. The suggestion of an alibi is plac
ed within the child's reach for the
ready use of his mind.
Much of the superstition and many
of the hoodoos of primitive peoples,
and those to which we react at times,
are the result of trying to find some
thing to blame for, or something re
sponsible for, in our own acts. We are
looking for an alibi.
It is a serious matter for a child
to grow up without the trained ability
to face himself fairly and squarely
with the truth. Yet there are people
who have never experienced that
somewhat unpleasant ordeal with its
rather satisfactory spiritual reaction.
It takes an extreme portion of charity
for one to consider such an adult,
back in the surroundings of childhood
which resulted in such babits of
thought and mind that persist into
adult life without change or the de
sire for change, and excuse them on
that basis. Parents need a mighty
broad and generous outlook upon life
in order to intelligently aid in shap
ing and molding the character of their
children.
Everyone needs to develop that "in
ner voice" until it becomes a real
Truth Teller.
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.
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Faddens Pharmacy.
Real Estate
Wheat Alfalfa ind
Stock Land
SHEEP FOR SALE
L. L. Montague, Arlington
23 Years Ago
Friday, January 11, 1907 '
Mrs. Dobson and Miss Velma Wil
kinson; who teach in the country, re
sumed teaching Monday, after the
holiday vacation, - ' . ;
D. C. Mclntyre left on this morn
ing's train for Nanton, Alberta, where
he will look after his landed interests
in the king's domain.
New telephone instruments have
been received for rural line No. 29.
This line is now among the best equip
ped of the rural lines entering Athena.
The Weston Normal School basket
ball team is endeavoring to schedule a
game with the crack Y. M. C. A.
team of Salt Lake City, which is mak
ing a tour of the Pacific Northwest
states.
Mr. and Mrs. J, B. Woodruff have
been visiting at the Tompkins home in
this city this week. They returned
Friday from an extended visit with
relatives in the east. Their eastern
trip took them to New Jersey and On
tario. .' j fV,
Geo. W. Proebstel Weston's hard
ware merchant and fuel dealer recent
ly wrote to O. R. & N. officials regard
ing the fuel conditions at Weston.
Said officials replied by citing .a num
ber of coal mines and companies whom
Mr. Proebstel could correspond with.
Thomas DeFreece reports that his
bees swarmed on December 21. Such
is our climate. The hives were locat
ed where the sun could warm them
up, and the bee colony, evidently under
the impression that springtime had ar
rived, concluded to come forth and
swarm. Mr. DeFreece "hived" them
in good shape, since which time the
busy workers have been content to
remain at home.
Geo. D- and Rollo T. Brown, old
time "Yellow Kids," have sold their
newspaper business in Central City,
Iowa. They retained ownership ; of
their printing plant, and will seek a
new location. The Press invites them
to come to Oregonj where the finan
cial possibilities of the country editor
is second only to that of a banker or
an oil trust magnate. Come out boys,
and help us develop Oregon. The field
is a big one.
Glen Saling, foreman of the Press
mechanical department, who was tak
en down with scarlet fever last week,
is reported by Dr. Sharp, the attend
ing physicion, to be improving as weil
as could be expected. A professional
nurse was employed to take charge of
the case, which at the start gave in
dications of being a serious one.
Sleighing is reported good in the
Helix neighborhood; and much hauling
is being done with sleds.
Checkers is becoming a popular
game in Athena and a number of ex
pert players are being developed.
Ross Maloney left this morning for
Thornton, Wash., where he will make
his home with his uncle, E. H. Stone
and attend the Thornton High school.
B. B. Richards has temporarily re
lieved Tom Montgomery at the Puget
Sound warehouse office in Pendleton.
Mr. Montgomery will spend a couple
of months in the east.
Athena youngsters again find exhil
erating sport coasting down hill at the
foot of Main street All manner of
sled construction may be seen in the
collection of sliding vehicles. A small
pond at the city rock quarry is "being
utilized for skating. , '
' Robert Genevay will retire from the
saloon business in Athena and tomor
row night will close , his "Corner"
saloon. Mr. Genevay will return to
Walla Walla, his former home.
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
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 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
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bur, Wash.
Brunswick-Columbia and Edison
Records while they last, 3 for $1.00.
Pendleton Music House.
Hot Tamales Mrs.- Mack's Hot
Tamales can be had at McFadden's
Pharmacy. Mrs. Fred McConley,
Dayton, Wash.
Good Bargain in Used Piano. See
Pendleton Music House.
Tum-A-Lum Tickler
Published in the intesesta of the people of Athena and vicinity by
THE TUM-A-LU M LUMBER CO. Phone 91
Vol. 30
AthenaOregon, January 10, 1930
No. 2
According to the plans
and specifications of
the Supreme Architect
Noah builded an , Ark,
that withstood the rain
of forty days and forty
nights. The plana called
for a certain kind of
material of certain dim
ensions. Water prevail
ed upon the earth one
hundred and forty days
and every thing died ex
cept those protected by
LUMBER. Lumber " is
one of man's ' best
friends and in our yard
jrou will find exactly
what you want for any
tccasion.
I never hire a cook, I
vow
I like my wife to hire
'em
But I can tell you any
how I'd rather hire than
fire 'em.
Don't cry over spilt
milk, hunt another cow.
Warning III
Beware of Jack Frost
At large and carrying a
piece of ice in each hand.
Has white hair. Has
habit of breaking into
homes with empty coal
bins. Our burglar in
surance is of the best
Let us fill that coal bin
today.
. Don't it get your goat
fo be sitting quietly by
the fire reading some
wild eyed political organ
and listening now and
then to the rain falling
on the roof; when all at
once a drop hits you on
the head? You know
right away the roof
leaks, but you can't do
a thing till it stops
raining. Fix it "before
the rain starts, then sit
back and laugh.
You never heard of a
poor old man marrying a
rich young girl. ,
Facts Not Worth
Knowing
The rungs of a ladder
(are built a foot apart
for convenience and ven
tilation. It is impos
sible to build a jail that
will give perfect satis
faction to all parties
concerned. The distance
from Here to There is
the same whether , you
walk from tie to tie or
skip every other one.
A hornet isn't danger-
pus if you keep his face
towards you. -
Dealers sell birdseed
by the pound, as that
is easier than counting
them..
There are no sleeves
in vests.
THE ;
ItlLGORE CAFE
Special Prices on Special
Lunches
i ... . .
for School Children
Gerald Kilgore, Proprietor - - Athena, Oregon
Bring in Your Bent
and Sprung Axlesi
THIS SHOP IS EQUIPPED
WITH. AN AXLE GAGUE
TO STRAIGHTEN AXLES
Acetylene Welding and Black,
smithing T
C. M. Jones Blacksmith Shop -
The Athena Hotel
MRS. LAURA FROOME, Prop.
Courteous Treatment, Clean Reds
Good Meals
Tourists Made Welcome
Special Attention Given
to Home Patrons
Corner Main and Third
Athena, Oregon
RELIABLE
Main St II. H. HILL Athent
Bell & Cray
s '. Phone 593 ."
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Two Auto ;
Truck Drays
Always At Your Service
City and Country
Mauling
Twin City Cleaners
e firm that does your work as you want it done, at I
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
It Pays to Look Well!
To look well you should keep your hair properly cut your face
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 583. ,
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..10c 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 ( V
First 100 KWH used per month.. ,.10c per KWH
Next 200.............................. :.......7cper KWH
Next 300 ............. ..6c per KWH
Next 400...:........... .. ....:.:..:...,.....5c per KWH
Next 1000 ..... ................. ...4c 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. . , .,.r. . . ......
Preston-Shaffer Milling Company
1 r iiri pT . J
I -r. 7.1 . i - i,
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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.
Farmers Grain Elevator
Company
Grian and Feed -
SPECIAL
A Full Line of Sperry's Chick Feed
Phone 382 LEE WILSON, ; M'gr.