THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON, JANUARY 10, 1930 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. BOYD. Owner and Publisher ,. . Subscription Rate One copy, one year... $2.00 One copy, six months $1.00 One copy, three months.... .75 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." o 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. o 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. 0 ' . 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. ' ... ' ' o ' 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. ," , . , o , 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. o ' 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. . o 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. o - "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. o 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 I it lit (, 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. Backache If functional Bladder Irritation disturbs your sleep, or causes Burn ing or Itching Sensation, Back ache, Leg Pains, or muscular aches, making you feel tired, depressed, and discouraged, why not try the Cystex 48 Hour Test? Don't give up, ! Get Cystex today Put it to the test See for yourself how quick ly it works and what it does. Money back if it doesn't bring quick im- frovement, and satisfy you complete y. Try Cystex today. Only 60c Mc 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 CLASSIFIED $295.00 Edison Phonograph for $18.50. Pendleton Music House. Wanted A Harris Combine 26x 86,4 in fair condition. Box. 53," Wil 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 ." ... ., , ; . i , t . ' 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, i "".. 'i, r-"- - 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.