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It Is a common expression among Red & White customers ; that the right prices, and accomodations afforded by the Red & White Chain, enables them easily to live on the allowance ..- , they have made for their monthly groceries. Many new customers are daily adding to the list of old, satisfied ones. SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY AND MONDAY Serv-Us Tea Ceylon-India V2 lb. ' - 47c - .-o-: ::. M Japan y2 lb- - - ' ' 37c " - Serv-Us Chicken Soup 2 for 35c . i Biue & ; white Oysters -Is - : -' 2 for 35c - v- - Red & White Jell Dessert Any Flavor ' 3 for 23c Serv-Us Minced Clams Is 3 for 79c ' Serv-Us Salmon, Red No. 1 tall 3 for 98c . Serv-Us Sliced Pineapple 2y2s 3 for 89c Red & White Broken Sliced Pineapple 2 y2" 3 for 79c Serv-Us Pumpkin 2y2s 2 for 35c Red & White Sardines 1-lb. oval - 3 for 39c Warranty Asparagus No. 2 round tins 3 for 83c Wesson Oil Quart - , 53c ' ' ' '. Layer Prune Cake ED MONTAGUE PHONE 171 LEANS TOWARD GAS NKH Goodyear Tires and Tubes Valvoline Oils Automobile Supplies, Parts and Accessories Athena Garage North side Main Street Phone 352 Survey Shows Area Five Years Ahead of Rest of Country. Work performed by power equip ment on farms in the three Pacific coast states in 1929 was 64 per cent greater than in 1924. This was re vealed in a national survey conduct ed by the American Research Foun dation, whose findings have just been made public. "The Pacific coast area, in one re spect, is five years ahead of the country as a whole," says the sur vey. "Five years ago, 56 per cent of the total work done on farms in the Pacific coast states was done by power equipment and 44 per cent by work animals. These identical ratios were reached by the country as a whole in 1929, whereas the ratios for the Pacific coast states had increased to 72 per cent for power equipment and 28 per cent for animals. "Of the total work done by power equipment in the Pacific coast states last year, 61.2 per cent was done by gas tractors and trucks, the balance being accounted for by stationary en gines, electricity, steam tractors and windmills. The total work credited to gas tractors and trucks slightly exceeded the total work by all power equipment in this area five years ago. The reduction in the power fur nished by animals and the increased use of trucks and tractors during the last five years has caused the farmer to become a close student of automo tive problems. For instance, almost every fanner owning trucks or trac tors has discovered that lubrication of this equipment is a far different problem than that of bis passenger automobile. He has found that while he changes to a heavier oil in his passenger car at 2000 miles, with the truck it is usually necessary to change to a heavier oil after it has been driven 500 to 1000 miles, and that a tractor needs heavier oil after 200 hours of operation. Similarly, whereas the average passenger car needs a still heavier oil after it has been driven 12,000 miles, the truck needs a heavier oil diet at a mileage of from 7000 to 9000 miles. "Total work credited to farms in the Pacific coast area for 1929 was 1408,580,000 horse power hours, com pared with 875,640,000 horse powor hours in 1924. Work done by animals decreased from 387,040,000 hours in 1924 to 309,320,000 hours in 1929, while work done by power equipment increased from 488,600,000 horsepow er hours in 1924 to 799,260,000 horse power hours in 1929." FIELD PEAS GIVE WORK TO WESTON Helix "Red Devils" The Helix "Red Devils" have games scheduled with some of the leading basketball teams of the state. Bill King, manager, has scheduled games for February with DeNeffs of Eugene, Ellensburg Normal and LaCrosse Giants. The Red Devils have made application to the Northwest Inde pendent Basketball Tournament to be sponsored during the first week of March by the Multnomah Club of Portland, and have booked Wally Holmgren to play center with them. They expect to go far toward the Northwest Championship. Mrs. M. C. Ferguson Injured Weston Leader: Mrs. M. C. Fer guson, prominent elderly resident of Weston mountain, had the misfortune Monday morning to sustain serious injuries to her hip through an ac cidental fall while visiting at the Will Purcell ranch. Her son, George Fer guson, came up from Pendleton with an ambulance from St. Anthony's hospital, where Mrs. Ferguson is now receiving attention. , Cleaning ! Plant Employs Girls and Women Six Carloads Shipped. (From the Weston Leader) The seed ' pea cleaning plant at Weston -was temporarily closed last week-end, all the peas bought by the company from the farmers having been run through and shipped. The season's shipments reached a total of six cars of cleaned seed three cars of 60,000 pounds capacity each and three cars of 80,000 pounds capacity each. The industry has been of pronounced value to the Weston community, as a number of women and girls were employed for several months. When the plant was run ning day and night some 32 opera tives were on the payroll. They seemed to enjoy and appreciate the work, and there was always a wait ing list of applicants. The' Washington-Idaho Seed com pany will start up the local plant again in a few weeks, but this time for the purpose of cleaning its own seed peas, grown on land which it leased. The plant will be in opera tion again next season, and bids fair to become a permanent and growing industry. Next year the company itself will devote a much larger acreage of leas ed land to seed pea growing. It has the ground plowed on a section of the Walter Adams ranch in the foot hills south of Weston, having secured this under lease from Barney Foster. It is said to be admirably adapted to the purpose. Frank Blair, the com pany's local resident representative, will have charge of operations. A number of upland farmers con template devoting considerable acre age to seed peas again next year. Especially will this crop commend itself to the uplanders if it is found, as it is expected to do, to renew the soil. ' . '. . . ; Miner Brought Safe To Grangeville Hospital Grangeville, 1 Idaho, A frostbitten rescue party brought Roy Burke, 70-year-old miner, to the hospital from the snow locked central Idaho coun try, and it was believed he would re cover from the ravages of blood pois oning. "Burke's condition isn't bad," said Dr. J. P. Weber? who braved death in a 64-hour dog sled trip to reach the miner, "but he is far from being well yet." The trip from Green mountain to Grangeville, the doctor' said was through temperatures that ranged from 15 to 30 degrees above zero, and was negotiated in 35 hours, in con trast to the trip into the mountains. Then temperatures of from 35 to 50 below zero impeded travel, and the three members of the party Lee Pettibone, the guide; Summer Stone breaker, driver of the dog team, and Dr. Weber, all suffered from frozen faces and hands. On the trip t.o the hospital fre quent stops were made to dress Burke's infected right arm and hand, the doctor said, but none of the hard ships that accompanied the first trip were encountered. Burke contracted blood poisoning from a scratched hand nearly two weeks ago, Entry Blanks Mailed Entry blanks for the Pacific Coast amateur boxing championships to be held in Portland, at the Civic Audi torium, February 28 and March 1, under auspices of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club are now be ing sent to all boxers desirous of en tering the two night fistic classic. he Caterpillar School FEBRUARY 10, 11 and 12 The purpose of this School is not to sell but to tell. Come be our guests you will be shown how to save men, money and minutes. Bring your operators, your neighbors all are welcome. This is your School, there are no charges, ours is a sincere desire to serve you. Remember the date and that we will serve lunch. A. E. Page Machinery Co. Inc. WALLA WALLA, WASHINGTON Gang Plows Oliver ;3 and 4-Bottom, 1 6 inch-the New No. 416-High Lift, giving plenty of Clearance. V. 3 and 4-Bottom. 16 inch, with High Lift and plenty of Clearance. Either Plow can be operated by tractor driver from tractor seat Made to give. Satisfaction. Rogers , Goodman . , v. (A Mercantile Trust) . r Description Given When Chicago Wheat Dropped To Low Level of Season Wheat prices struck the lowest level of the season in the Chicago market last week when it flopped 10c a bush el lower than the week before. A Chicago market editor pens the fol lowing sketch of the price debacle. Wheat pitched downward to more than 10c a bushel lower than last week, and finished prostrate at the bottom-most level reached yet this season. Ihe wheat market reeled owing largely to reports that Russia is offering wheat not only through ports on the Black Sea but also by way of the Baltic. Slashing undet the cheapest prices quoted on wheat from North America. Meanwhile, while Liverpool dispatches intimating that price cutting war in grain exists between Canada and the United States, rye and corn here, as well as wheat, broke the season's low price record. ' Chicago closing prices on wheat were shaky at the lowest point touch ed yet both for the day and the seas on, 2c to 2c under. Rye closed ViC to 4c down, corn varying from c decline to Vc advance, and provisions unchanged to a setback of 12c. Violent fluctuations in wheat prices followed one another rapidly from start to finish, ending in an especial ly swift break of more than 2c a bushel in the last fifteen minutes of trading. Earlier buyers showed themselves disheartened at this stage as a result of the market failing to maintain rallies. After the Chicago market closed, the farmers' national grain corpora tion posted bids of $1.20 a bushel for No. 1 Hard Winter wheat to arrive. This is the federal farm board's loan basis, and is equivalent to $1.18 for No. 2 hard, a grade acceptable on or dinary future delivery contracts in the Chicago market. Two Causes Given for The Dairy Situation Dairymen and prospective dairy men should be warned against false propaganda that there is over pro duction of dairy products which will continue, according to John W. Haw, St. Paul, Minn.tohead of the depart ment of agricultural development of the Northern Pacific railway. Mr. Haw was at Walla Walla for a con ference on land settlement matters. Two factors underly the recent condition in the dairying industry, Mr. Haw asserted. In the first place, the conditions are due to the fact that speculation in the stock market made it necessary to liquidate, he said. Butter was one thing -which could be liquidated and accordingly was dumped on the market, out of turn in some cases. States and districts in the indus trial east and middle west are not favorable to the development of new dairying districts and have adopted a retrenchment policy which with the uncertainty caused by the stock mar ket condition lowered consumption to a degree affecting the market ... and marks the second cause named by Mr. Haw. Rustlers Active Recent increase in the activities of cattle rustlers and petty cow thieves in Southern Oregon have caused the Illinois Valley Stock as sociation at Grants Pass to issue a statement by members declaring in tention to ask that peace officers in stitute a vigorous campaign against the offenders. Buskirk Won ; Brownie Buskirk, Pendleton boxer, well known to Athena fight fans, won at Baker over Curley Johnson of Boise, in a ten-round bout. . DR. 8. P. SHARP PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Athena, Oregon DR. BLAT CHFORD Dentist Post Building, Athena, Phone 582 WATT8 ft PRESTBTB " Attornaya-At-Law , Main Street. 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