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THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON, FEBRUARY 14, 1930 IN INDEPENDENT NEW8PAPER F. B. BOYD. Owner and Publisher Subscription Rates. One copy, one year.... ...$a.00 One copy, six months $1.00 One copy, three months. .75 Athena, Oregon, February 14.....1930 Clark Wood Says , ; , ''The senate's refusal to take gypsum off the free list indicates that while consumers may be mulcted in other ways, it won't be gypsum that gyps 'em." ; ; ; A half million forest and shade trees are now being grown by Ore gon and the federal government for free distribution to Oregon farmers who desire them to establish wood lots, shelter belts, or for landscape purposes, according to a new state pamphlet, "Tree Planting on Oregon Farms," written by George W. Peavy, dean of forestry to Oregon State college. Tree planting in Eastern Oregon is notably on the . increase since availability of nursery stocks was announced a couple of years ago, and many farm homes in the In land Empire which formerly were treeless, will, in the not distant future be bathed in the shadows of shade. -o . Although many persons still do not believe that spontaneous combustion ever actually takes place, there is definite scientific proof of it, and many a farmer has learned it from the sad experience of watching his barn "go up in smoke." It ia estimat ed, in fact, that farmers of the Unit ed States sustain a loss of nearly 30 million dollars annually from this cause. However, even this, says the Oregon Experiment station, is small compared with the loss in values through deteriorated quality and con dition of grain or hay, due to spon taneous heating which -does not pro ceed to the ignition stage. o . Comparison of the present stocks of potatoes with those of 1929 would Indicate that better prices to the grow er are in the offing. Oregon potatoes in storage for sale on January 1, 1930 were estimated at 1,558,000 bushels according to a report of the United States Division of Crop and Live stock Estimates re-issued through Oregon's Federal-State Crop Report ing Service. On January 1, a year ago potato stocks in Oregon wero almost twice as large, the revised estimate being 2,974,000 bushels, o Chicago business men in addition to offering $20,000,000 as a fund for financing city government, seem dis posed to tackle the crime problem. They offer $5,000 reward for the ap prehension of the killers of a con struction superintendent. If they will go a step further and import about 200 Texas rangers, then go fishing and forget about it, when they re turn they may use that reward money to purchase new uniforms for the police force. It would be all over by then. - o -The LaGrande District News, a good newspaper as a weekly, is a splendid newspaper when published semi-weekly, as it now Is. The Dis trict News is filling a real niche in Eastern Oregon newspaperdom in general, for it is a reliable dis seminator of information concerning the biggest and best part of the state. And as for Union county and La Grande, now that they have semi weekly service, the wonder is how did they ever get along without it. o These explorers have nerve and a heap of it. "You may not hear from me for 12 months. If nothing ia heard after 12 months you will know I am lost and it will then be too late to send out a rescue party. I have fine fellows with me in whom I have every confidence good mechanic, good plane," wrote Sir Hubert Wil kins in a note when he started on his recent journey into the Antarctic. o If it was excitement Americans were hunting the other day when they invaded Mexico City to see a new president inaugurated, they found it, Bedad, the new president himself was made the target for the occasion, Mexico is original or nothing, when it comes to furnishing entertainment for guests, " o Wild Life Lines says "One lone wolf will kill half a dozen beef steers on the range in a day, just for exer cise and the sport of it. A pack of the vicious killers can do far more damage." That being true, Uma tilla county Btockmen should feel grateful that their wolves are coyotes. ; o Al Capone expresses a desire to servo the public just as though ho is not doing that same, right now in a Philadephia jail. We'er in favor of Philadelphia remaining a? guWdian of Al. The Quaker city is "handling" this gangster chap. ' Chicago never did; or wouldn't. : o We read that fifty years ago in Portland, lived a printer whose wife had presented him with their fifteenth child. We have been inclined to recognize superiority in Portland members of the craft, " but had no idea that it dated back so far. o Oregon has 170 weekly newspapers 33 dailies, and about 60 magazines, requiring the use each week of prob ably four million sheets of paper, 5 tons of ink, and the efforts of several thousand persons in their publication. ' o . Will Rogers says the joker of the conference parley is to be found in pride, not power. "More pride is in volved in the conference, than ships," is the way William has sized it up. And maybe he is right. o Due to the fact that the republican party in Oregon has a superabund ance of gubernatorial candidates, it necessarily follows that some one of them will receive the nomination in the May primaries. " o The harncssmaker may keep his "horse," but nowadays he cobbles sho.es on it. Aa Charley Norris used to say to the automobile: "Go on-n, you put me out of business, . darn you." y,: ; - .'A Yakima youth's birthday party was halted when he went to jail for stealing an automobile. Surely he didn't get more joy out of his ride than he would have had at the party, p From the report we read of Chicago hunting real wolves with air planes, we conclude that there are two kinds of wolves preying upon the winay city. , o . . There seems to be little danger of depletion in the stock of used cars not if the industry turns out 5,000,000 new ones in 1930, as promised. ; o In a week-end raid, Chicago police round up 1000 gangster suspects, but no leaders. What will they do with them? Turn 'em loose. o Weir L. Crawford, Portland youth, stole an automobile. Drove it to San Francisco. Police shot him. A short story. o Britain don't like the submarine nohow; she'll take hers in cruisers. m - the: -jm II KITCHEN M THE LEADER AND FOLLOWER ((c). IU2U. Weitern Newspaper I'ulim "The man who Is ever seeking to do lila best, Is the one who Is keen, active, wide aWnke and ng gresHlve. He is ever watchful of himself In trifles. His standard is not 'What will the world sayr but -What is worthy or mer" WINTER DAINTIES During the winter when the cltrns fruits are the most plentiful and cheapest, Is the time to preserve, candy aud dry them for use lu various ways. Sections of or ange are glueed In n heavy fruit sirup, making a most attractive and delightful tea table attraction. Candled Orange Peel. Cover the peel of four oranges with two quarts of water, bring slowly to the boiling point and simmer until the peel Is tender. Drain and let stand until cool, then remove all the Inner white skin and cut the peel Into strips. Boll two cupfuls of sugar with one half cupful of water until It spins a thread. Cut In part of the peel and boll for five minutes: remove with a fork and roll la granulated sugar Grapefruit or lemon may be treated In the snnio way. A mixture of the three, tinting with green, yellow or pluk, any one or all of them, makes a very ottractlve confection to serve with a cup of tea. Fruit and Nut Paste. Put through the food chopper two cupfuls of dates, after stoning them. Mix with one cup ful of peanut butter ond one teospoon ful of salt. Take spoonfuls of the mixture and form into small apples. Place n clove for the blossom eud aud u bit of orange peel for a stem. Filling for a Layer Cake. Boll two cupfuls of sugar until It threads, then pour slowly over three stlflly-beaten egg whites; add one-hulf cupful of cit ron finely shredded, one cupful of rais ins, one hulf cupful of dates or figs, ami one pound of blanched and chopped almonds. Spread between the layers of any dilleote white cake. Bakod Bananas. Cook one-half cup ful of seedless raisins In one aud one hulf cupful of boiling water for half an hour, thicken with flour and but ter cooked together, add a tablespoon ful of lemon Juice and pour over the baked bananas. A grating of lemon peel Is an addition, or a bit of vanilla (By E. E. Coad, Supt.) How many -people assemble facts and then make up their minds? I do not know. We belong to the same church our parents belonged to; we join the same lodge or the same po litical party our fathers belonged to; and so on down the line. Still that is not such an unmixed calamity after all. If all had the qualities of leadership what would they do for a following. ' Organiza tion depends upon a following. There must be a group to be led. But to be a follower does not signify that one should be a deaf, dumb and blind partisan. He at least should have enough sense to not tie to a basso profundo voice and elemental gall and nothing else. It requires good judgment and com mon sense and great deal of wisdom to be a good follower. It takes more than elementary knowledge to pick a good leader. One cannot be actuat ed by proximity, or by friendship, or by the influence of others who "have an axe to grind." It requires just as wise training to make a good follower as to make a good leader. As a matter ' of fact the qualities of leadership are mag netic and appeal to the mass emotions of people. The real leader is the man who does the thinking and plan ning for the nominal leader. Often he is but a nominal follower. Then there are people who would take over a job of leadership with no visible qualification for it. They place too much credence in the Provi dence that looks after the welfare of the mentally incompetent. The follower at least should know enough to know who and what he is following. Usually where there is some loyal and nelf sacrificing soul shouting himself black in the face in his enthusiasm for the dear people, there is someone in the background pulling the strings that make him dance his tune. ' The gist of all this is that the followers are responsible for their leaders. They pick 'em. Big Demand for Stone From Historic Quarry Called upon to design a marble fracture, the architects of a half cen tury or more ago, demanded a pure white stone and one of the few quar ries of this country which deliver the desired article was that at Beaver Dam, Md. The stone for the very first Washington monument in Baltimore was made from stone from this quarry, and from the same source was ob tained, in the early "fifties," the stone for the beautiful, fluted, monolithic columns that adorn the wings of the National Capitol itself. There are 103 of these columns and each is 20 feet In length. The handsome senate office building In Washington has its facade finished with Beaver Dam marble; and the spires of St. Patrick's cathedral, in New York city, likewise are built of this effective and enduring material. In order to get the pure white stone which was demanded it was necessary to remove an overlying stratum, which had some color In It and therefore this material was scrapped. Now, however, the stone with a little color In It Is highly regarded by architects and the big waste pile at the Beaver Dam quarry was used In the construction of a gigantic building In Detroit, Mich. SCARLET FEVER IS MENACE TO CHILDREN. - (Oregon State Board of Health) In 1929, 1249 cases of scarlet fever were reported in the state of Oregon. Last month there was an increase, in the number of cases, reports the Ore gon State Board of Health. Fortun ately, the average case of scarlet fever is light, nevertheless, seven teen children died last year of this disease. Scarlet fever is known as one of the most dangerous of the children's diseases. The after effects, though often remote, are frequent and severe, and they include not only rheumatism, but heart disease and diseases of the kidneys. - The most common complication of scarlet fever is running ears, and the inflammation that is set up is the outstanding cause of deafness and deafmutism in chil dren previously normal. Scarlet fever like measles begins with symptoms of a cold in the nose and throat Like measles it is spread by personal contact with cases of the disease. It is spread by so-called droplets thousands - of moisture particles sprayed into the air from the throat and nose when the patient talks, coughs or sneezes. While it is no easy matter to con trol the spread of scarlet fever, every effort should be made to prevent its spread. Not only should the actual and suspected cases be isolated but also the children who have been ex posed. This applies to all children who have not previously had the dis ease and who have played or worked with a scarlet fever patient within three days before the rash appeared. We are too careless in taking chances of spreading unrecognized in fections. The present problem of scarlet fever should teach parents to have a keen sense of personal and family responsibility in matters of disease. The habit of taking precau tions should be formed. The preven tion of scarlet fever and all children's diseases is to a great extent a ques tion of conscience. It is not honor able to allow a sick child to attend school and endanger the entire school. Scarlet fever is spread by contact with discharges from the mouth and nose, by carriers, by milk and pos sibly by domestic pets. We have a test for scarlet fever susceptibility, a diagnostic test for the disease itself, two methods of immunization and a specific serum treatment. Methods jof preventing complications are well developed, as are methods of isola tions and quarantine. Scarlet fever . . . . . . . . i- is a highly preventawe disease wmcn may be almost or possibly entirely eradicated. 23 Years Ago How Napoleon Got Start Napoleon Bonnnurte's father Innd vertently laid the foundation (or the family fortunes when on visit to Purls he succeeded In gettlns free admission Into the military school of Brlcnne for bis son. The elder Nona parte was u lawyer In t'orsU-n and al though lie had taken n vigorous part In defending the lslind iigiilnsl the French, when resistance had become useless he found fil insult not averse to Joining their Interest. Napoleon wns only sixteen when his fasher tiled -Pel roll News. 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 our policies throughout the policy year. Insurance plus service. B. B. RICHARDS. . Real Estate Wheat Alfalfa and Stock Land SHEEP FOR SALE L. L. Montague, Arlington "Blue Devils" Win Again For the second time this season the Wa-Hi blue devils defeated Mac- Hi at basketball, score 25-21. Mac- Hi has been defeated but twice this season, and each time Wa-Hi turned the trick. : Friday, February 15, 1907 V Mr. and Mrs. Clint Thomas have moved to the house opposite the Northern Pacific , elevator in the northwest part of town. : Miss Fannie Tharn. one of the effi cient operators at the local telephone office, has resigned. It is understooa that the position has been offered Miss Eva Rider.' " ; A team from Milton came over Sun day, bringing the first mail from the north to arrive here in several days. Milton and Freewater mail from Portland and the east was taken from here on the return trip. There is 14 inches of water in the basement of N. A. Miller's furniture store, and it continues to rise -at the rate of two inches per day. Mr. Mil ler will probably install a large pump to keep the water down. W. R. Taylor, who is serving on the jury, drove up from Pendleton Sun day. He found traveling at its worst the roads being in a deplorable con dition. Mr. Taylor returned to Pen dleton yesterday morning. By letter it is learned that the con dition of Rev. Geo. T. Ellis, who is in California, has turned for the worse. An incipient fire at the home of Mr. T. J. Kirk, some time ago, where Mr. Ellis was stopping at the time, caused him to become very much excited, since which time he has become much enfeebled in health. He and Mrs. Ellis are at present in Los Angeles. The Athena fire department now has an all night electric light service at the three fire stations. The Pres-ton-Parton Milling company furnishes power for the service gratis, the city paying for the wiring and installa tion only. The department stations nf TTncp rnmnanv No. 1. Hose com pany No. 2 and the Hook and Ladder company are each lighted with a 32 candle power incandescent light, which is sufficient for all purposes. The ditches holding the pipe line ai heaA nf the citv water works sys tem have been washed out by high water. Water Superintendent Uhol- son and' men with teams have been making repairs during the past few days. The ditches are being refilled with dirt in as substantial a manner as possible. The bad condition of the roads northwest of town was the cause of at least two upsets in that neighbor hood last week. John Walker over turned a hack containing his family in about four foot of water, and Mr. LaHue, while driving with his wife and children and Mrs. James Wood ruff and little daughter, had his hack turned upside down in the mud. For tunately no one was hurt in either accident. " Representative C. A. Barrett is con fined to his bed in Salem with a pro nounced attack of pneumonia and is under the care of Senator Cole, of Pendleton. Mr. Barrett was com pelled to leave his seat in the legisla ture Wednesday afternoon and go to his bed. He had been ailing for sev eral days. Mrs. Barrett is in attend ande at his bedside. Turn-A-Lum Tickler Published in the intesests of the people of Athena and vicinity by THE TUM-A-LU M LUMBER CO. Phone 91 Vol. 30 Athena, Oregon, February 14, 1930 No. 7 Editorial We found out that a woman's intuition in what tells her she is right when she is wrong. (A. M. Johnson, Editor) "Tommy, can you tell me one of the uses of cowhide?" "Er, yessir. It keeps the cows together." '. Husbands Ask your wife where she would like to have another shelf or-cupboard. Wives Tell your hus band about those little things that need fixing around the house. Head him toward our hangout and we will give him the necessary lumber and other items. (P. S. The charge for same will be small. Pomes: Spring has come Winter has went It was not done By an accident. The snow has gone We had a thaw Get repairs done Before next Fall. ;' A scientist has dis covered that the weather can not be controlled but then neither can weather prophets. LOST A fountain pen by a young man, full of ink. Return to this of fice. Our Handi-man ser vice. If you have an old building, a room or any thing that you would like to have repaired, just call and give us the Idetails. We will get a workman to do the work and give an estimate as to cost. Lum: If a burglar should break into the coal cellar would the coal chute? Ber: - No, but the kindling wood. "Dear Editor: I went out with a young man a few nights ago ar.d drank two gin fizzes, five glasses of red wine, a taste of moonshine and two coffee royals. Did I do anything wrong?" Answer: "You prob ably did." . This age isn't more wicked than the age of our fathers it just fails to pull down the shades. "Why do married men live longer than single men?".. "Oh, they don't. It just seems longer." Hubby (on phone) "Lo, honey, I'll be awful ly busy at the office and won't be home 'til late." Wifie "Can I depend on that?". ' Though it is not gen erally known, snails never use asbestos brake linings. ' r Bring in Your Bent and Sprung Axles THIS SHOP IS EQUIPPED WITH AN AXLE GAGUE TO STRAIGHTEN AXLES . Acetylene Welding and Black- smithing C. M. Jones Blacksmith Shop , rr St. Valentine's Day February 1 We have a fine, varied stock of Valentines for you to select from. Call and See them. KILGORE'S CAFE 4 The Athena Hotel MRS. LAURA FBOOME. Prop. Court tons Treatment, Clean Beds . Good Meals tourists Made Welcome Special Attention Given to Home Patrons . Corner Main and Third, . Athena, Oregon - RELIABLE WATCH REPAIRING Main St EL H. HILL Athena Bell S Gray Phone 593 ! ' Two Auto Truck Drays Always At Your Service City and Country Mauling Twin City 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 Saturfay. ' 5 We are represented in Athena by Perm Harris Phone 583 T. E. Smith, Prop. Freewater, Oregon SOB 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 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 683. ' . " Reduction In Electric Light Rates The following reduction in Electric light rates will be in effect on and after March 15, 1929: . Residential Rates v 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.' s Commercial Rates First 100 KWH used per month............l0c per KWH Next 200.....:.., ............7c per KWH Next 300 ......qc per KWH Next 400.. .........................................5c per KWH Next 1000.... ..... . ....4c per KWH Excess over 20O0....:............ . ...:..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 Mi 1 'i -. ( - n e 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-Kay 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.