THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON, FEBRUARY 21, 1930 '
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Athena, Oregon, "February 21.....1930
Clark Wood Says
t . "Fluid from a blister is said to
t cure the drug habit. Congress
' should be able to raise enough t
J blisters in the course of its
torrid debates to counteract its
0 pipe dreams."
. OPTIMISTIC MR. GRAY
In commenting on current condi
tions, Carl R. Gray, President of the
Union Pacific System, in a recent in
terview in Los Angeles, said that un
' employment is on the decrease, that
much road building and considerable
real estate building are in progress
and that the farmer is much better
off than a few years ago. Bankers
in the Middle West told him that
savings accounts, instead of being
lower in January as is usually the
case, showed an increase. His com
pany is going to make details catch
up with some of its major develop
ments and continue with the general
betterment program all along its
route during 1930. Rail passenger
service, he said, is "dolling itself up
a little" in colors, car appointments
and service to meet new public de-
mands. He does not see in airplane
travel much competition to regular
rail travel at this time, but admitted
that he might be old-fashioned in this
respect, adding, "A few years ago I
was not much impressed by possible
bus competition but now I am in the
business myself from Chicago to the
Pacific Coast."
France met with four other naval
powers in conference to consider re
duction of armament, and the world
has been led to believe that the con
ference was being held to reduce
armament consistent with reasonable
safety to national defense. But evi
dently the world, seeking relief from
the oDDresive burden of useless and
unnecessary naval construction, in
its universal desire for peace, has
been led astray in its assumption that
the conierence wouia give it mat re
lief. France, who through Briand,
fathered the famous Kellogg pact,
recognized by all nations as the
.greatest of all actual steps toward
prevention of war shows that her
espousal of that pact was a subtle
farce, now that she demands in the
conference gigantic naval increase,
totalintr 724.497 tons by 1936. This,
from the country that other nations
rallied to save in the World War, and
which to great extent have assisted
in, her rehabilitation since the war,
smacks of ingratitude, if not ulter
ior motive.
It beeins to look like there may bo
a wee bit of the Chicago method of
conducting municipal affairs down in
Portland. The Rose City's chief of
police has been stretched out on the
carpet for allowing one Mike Reuch
to walk out of jail after he had been
convicted on a liquor charge and
sentenced to serve six months and
nav a fine of $500. Relich served
three days of his time, walked out,
never came back, nor had he paid a
dollar of his fine at the time the un
usual procedure (for Portland, but
common in Chicago) was unearthed.
Charles Evans Hughes is back be-
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chief justice of the United States.
His appointment to his second tenure
on the bench of the highest court in
the land brought forth organized pro
test in the Senate from members of
his own party, led by Senators Borah
and Norris. In the final action of
confirming Hughes' appointment,
eighteen Democrats voted with Re
publicans to seat the jurist. Tarty
lines were smashed in the scrap, the
vote resulting 52 to confirm, to 26
against.
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Oregon potatoes in storage for sale
on January 1 were estimated at
1,558,000 bushels, according to the U.
S. division of crop and livestock esti
mates. On January 1 a year ago
potato stocks in Oregon were almost
twice as large, being 2,974,000 bush
els. Oregon potato acreage in 1930
will be 43,000 acres if the expressed
intention of Oregon growers is fully
carried out. This is an Increase of
1,000 acres over the acreage dug in
1929.
In an attempt to outstrip death, a
Anill.aN.AI1B 1 1 ,A t .ItV ! til- l V I O 111 11 lltl
from Wcnatchee, Washington, to San
Franscisco. He had for passengers
a woman afflicted with cancer and her
husband. As a last resort to save her
life, which was fast ebbing, the air
trip was made to get the patient to
California in time to receive treat
ment of a new serum recently found
by doctors in the California city, and
the plane did Us part.
Henry Ford has decided to devote
the remainder of his life to education.
He will use $100,000,000 of the Ford
fortune in establishing schools in dif
ferent parts of the country, and with
characteristic Ford directness iets it
be known that he does not wish to
be "bothered by suggestions from
persons who never made or saved a
dollar." He is going to run his
schools in the Ford way, and that's
all there Is to it.
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v Mrs. Mary Norton, Democratic
congresswoman, from New Jersey,
doesn't like prohibition and is tak
ing the lead in urging a national
vote on the dry law. Her challenge
to the drys to allow a national ref
erendum on the present prohibition
measure is backed by her resolution
before the House judiciary commit
tee which provides for a plebiscite on
the proposition of repealing the 18th
amendment.
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A California jury has awarded $17,
000 heart balm to Delores Salazar,
Spanish dancer, - from Ferdinand
Pinney Earl, noted artist, notwith
standing his answering Delores' com
plaint with the statement that she
was the aggressor in the affair,
"dropping herself into his lap like a
ripe peach."
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The firt woman ever condemned to
die on the scaffold in the state of
Arizona, Eva Dugan, is passing her
remaining days on earth with needle
and thread, making her Bhroud Not
a bad sort, Mrs. Dugan has many
friends in her state who condole her
action in slaying a common-law hus
band.
SCHOOL TOPICS
Spring gave way to winter last
week, when 13 inches of new snow
fell at Wenatchee. Somebody said
the weather man wasn't at home.
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Noah Beery, motion picture screen
villian, has been having a real battle
down in Hollywood. No pantomime
about it. Appendicitis this time.
The subordinate Granges of Ore
gon have increased to the number
270 and now include every county in
the state.
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Fortune or, no fortune, "Death Val
ley Scotty" still remains "Death
Valley Scotty."
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"Believe It Or Not" by Ripley is
sending the crossword puzzle to the
showers.
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KITCHEN
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"Th htnvler the cross the heartier
the prayer:
. The Itrulsed herbs most fragrant
are:
If wind and sky were always fair,
The sailor would not watch the
star:
And David's songs had ne'er been
sung
If griefs his heart had never
wrung."
THINGS WORTH "CONSIDERATION
A writer In the journal of Home
Economics points out the responsibil
ity and the example of
til llil llll the Amerlcun housewife
"" lfllf relation to her foreign
!f f I M ne,G,,,,or which perhnps
!7vSliyf I lma ncver occur,';d 1
ner.
"The slinplo house fur
nlsliings, the spotless
window curtains nnd
the well luunderod cloth
Ins, the careful ventilation mid the
well ordered household activities of
the Amerlcun housewife serve ns o
guide In helping tha foreign house
wife to adapt her methods of living to
those of her foster homeland."
The foreign housewife, though un
able to understand our language, Is
very clever at picking up ideas; The
Influence of a good housekeeper ex
tends beyond the Intlinnte circle of
her family, friends and neighbors and
hop servants. It has been potent In
the Americanization of Immigrant
coining from lands where cleanliness
as well as other Important standards
are not ns high as our own. ,
This Influence makes itself felt In a
less direct, but none the less real, waj
on the commodities Mint all women
purchase.
"Women as consumers purchase
health or luck of It for the member
of their Immediate households, hull
reedy through their demand for clean.
wholesome food and clothing prod
uet. they create a supply of com
modifies which are available for the
les Intelligent homemukcr, who, he
ennso of lack of knowledge, Is Indlf
ferent to the seopo of-variation Id
purcliaseahle products."
In keeping her own household
healthy and happy, the good house
keeper sets standards for others win
have not yet learned to manage thch
households so elllvleiitly, When sin-
buys such tools ns brushes, soaps nm?
cleaners for the niceties of good house
keeping and when she Insist npi
wholesome food, nnd clothing mailt
of giwrsnteed material, she Is help
lug to keep those standards high.
(By E. E. Coad, Supt)
The modern school requires a cer
tain amount of equipment. . Many 6f
the items of equipment soon become
obsolete. Maps of Europe, Asia and
Africa that were printed before the
World War are on a par with the en
cyclopedia that states the chief in
dustry of Oregon is oyster fishiag.
There is a demand for courses in
science in the modern high school.
But such courses require apparatus
in considerable amounts. The science
department of the metropolitan high
school, ' or the efficient secondary
school of private rank, has an invest
ment in scientific apparatus that
costs many hundreds of dollars. But
we are living in the beginning of a
scientific age. We need a certain
amount of scientific knowledge.
Scientific principles must be demon
strated to be understood.
In the secondary school particular
ly, and in the elementary school
above the primary grades, the text
books are mere guides to learning.
Unless these books are supplemented
by a usable library of reference books
for the pupils to use there is little
chance of developing personal habits
of studiousness. A bright pupil can
take many of the texts and master
the complete contents in a couple of
evenings reading and study. The
school that lacks material and the
facilities for real study is doing its
best to make drones of its real stu
dents. The Athena schools need modern
maps- for both the grades and the
high school. They need usable ref
erence books in many subjects. All
science work is handicapped by obso
lete apparatus or the complete lack
of it.
The time is coming when visual
methods of teaching will be used in
many subjects. It is natural that we
learn more readily from what we see
and hear. Human beings in the mass
have not been habituated to getting
information by reading. The time
will soon be here when the science
laboratory will consist of a library of
motion picture films illustrating the
experiments by showing a highly
trained experimenter demonstrating
the problems with the best apparatus
available. Such a film will not cost
to 'exceed a dollar or two, whereas
the apparatus used in the original ex
periment may have cost thousands of
dollars. Phonograph records will
tell the experimenter's story while
the film is being shown. Already
medical clinics are using this method
for the explanation and illustration
of difficult surgical operations.
When television by radio becomes
a usable fact and it will soon
much of the work now being done by
amateur teachers will be broadcast
by experts. Already one state mikes
radio reception apparatus required
equipment for every school in that
state.
' Improving the Foresight
Men talk a good deal of the superi
ority of hindsight as compared wltli
foresight. ... There is plenty of
hindsight to govern every human ac
tion. What Is experience but hlsd
sight? And men have bad every pos
sible experience, and told about it
Women do not mercilessly review
their past, but men do; I never was
la a group of men that they did not
condemn their mistakes, and warn
others against them. All learning Is
hindsight; a review of events after
they, have happened. And what has
happened is the future. E. W.
Howe's Monthly.
Skulls Ssrve m Purpose
Tambourines, bowls and other use
ful and ornamental objects made
from human skulls and bones- were
brought to Chicago recently from
Tibet by Dr. Bert hold Laufer, curator
of anthropology at the Field museum.
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 $7.60 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
SIGNIFICANCE OF OLD TRAIL
'. (Bend Bulletin) ' '
In the foothills of the Paulina
mountains not many miles south of
Bend there are deeply worn Indian
trails, near which, so forest service
men hope, there will in time be found
lost springs or underground streams.
Presence of an ancient camp site,
still marked by tepees, near this trail
has led range examiners to believe
that there must be water, not yet
discovered by the white man, not far
distant
Interesting as is the theory that
undiscovered water exists in the dry
Paulina foothills, the trails from the
lowland up the side of the mountain,
once a mighty volcano, are of pri
mary significance in proving that the
Paulina caldera, referred to as the
site of Oregon's first munition plant,
for long ages attracted Indian war
riors and hunters, in search of the
greatly prized obsidian and game.
The trails indicate that the Indians
traveled long distances from the
basalt-walled Columbia on the north
and from Klamath marshes on the
south. Obsidian was found in great
abundance in the Paulina crater, not
as scattered bits of transparent rock,
but as a great flow of lava. Deer and
other game congregated there from a
vast area from the dry midstate
plateau on the north and the Fort
Rock timber on the east
Parties of warriors who met in the
crater by chance were, without doubt
not always friendly tribes. Where
the trails converged, conflicts took
place. The discovery 15 years , ago
of a mass of skeletons in the crater
lava beds appears to be proof of this.
Presence on the slopes of the Pau
lina mountain,' in the dry area just
below the crater rim and Paulina and
East lakes, of old Indian camps en
hances the opinion that defeated
parties retreated down the mountain
and maintained a respectful distance
while the victors gathered obsidian
and killed game in the occupied ter
ritory. And at times the camps out
side the crater might have been used
by the peaceful Warmsprings tribes
men, whose advance scouts reported
the presence in the caldera of the
hostile Klamaths.
But regardless of the historical sig
nificance of the Paulina trails, it is
apparent they were used over a vast
period of time, probably even before
Columbus sailed westward over the
Atlantic.
Immediate Effect
They tell a story about a tiny ant
who gazed longingly but helplessly
at the body of a dead horse. Just then
a bootlegger's truck rattled by and
a case of stuff fell over the end gate
and crashes to the ground. A puddle
formed and the ant took one sip.
Then he siezed the dead horse by the
tail and shouted: "Come on, big boy,
we're going home." Ranger.
Not Spring just yet There are no
robins here.
23 Years Ago
; Friday, February 22, 1907
Through courtesy of Senator Ful
ton, the Press has received a small
consignment of garden seeds for dis
tribution among its jreaders. Call
early and avoid the rush. ; ,
Posters are out announcing a mas
querade ball to take place at the
Athena opera house Friday evening
Kershaw's orchestra will furnish mu
sic for the occasion.
Attorney Peterson has just added to
his law library the complete works of
"Elliot on Evidence," in four vol
umes. The books are full leather
bound, and cost $24.
Thirty-two sacks of delayed mail
came in yesterday. The big sacks
for the most part contained news
papers and other second class matter.
The local office was quite busy for
about four hours, George Gross and
Cleve Myers assisting Postma3ter
Githens. . '
Dan Mclntyre the real estate agent,
is down from Nanton, Alberta,, having
arrived in town Saturday. .Dan re
ports the northern country to be in a
flourishing condition. Up there the
mercury lies flat in the bottom some
times, but without blinking his eyc3,
Mclntyre will tell you that the cold
is not so severe as it is here,
F. S. LeGrow of this city and Oscar
and George Drumheller of Walla
Walla, who own a large cattle ranch
in the Crab Creek country, Washing
ton, have purchased an interest in the
Walla Walla, Meat Company, one of
the largest concerns in the Inland
Empire.. The company, is capitalized
at $40,000 and is at present fattening
1000 head of cattle.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bostwick have
moved into the Hiteman cottage on
High street. " :'....-
Mr. and Mrs, Jasper Harden are in
town from their home near Helix,
visiting relatives.
Merl Robie, the popular salesman
of the Mosgrove Mercantile store, is
spending a few days in Tacoma.
Louie Keen drove his mother and
sister to Walla Walla the first of the
week, where the latter is attending
school.
James Banks, the brother of Mrs.
Dickenson, who has been ill at her
home during the winter, is reported in
a serious condition. '
Lou Hodgens has rented the farm of
Jerry Stone west of town and with
his family will soon move to the place
where they will make their home. :
Three children in the family of Mr.
and Mrs. Alex Johnson, who live
north of town, have been afflicted
with scarlet fever in a mild form the
past week. v ;, ,
Cards are out announcing the wed
ding of Mr. Dean Gerking and Miss
Fannie Tharp, to occur in the Chris
tian church, on March 6. The couple
will receive the congratulations of a
large circle of friends.
Ed Barrett, the popular contractor
and builder, was taken suddenly ill
Wednesday while in the barber's
chair, with an attack of heart disease.
However, he was out in town yester
day, although looking rather pale
from the experience.
Tum-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 21
No. 8
The world could not
do without men. With
only women here, the
destinies of the world
might be altered by the
appearance of a mouse,
A. M. Johnson, Editor.
Lum Ber, the philospher
says that kids can raise
themselves but you got
to stay home with a
cow or she ain't con
tented. In the good old days
when a neighbor woman
told you how many
quarts and pints she
had put up you knew
she meant fruit.
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Lime for whitewash
ing the outbuildings.
"With all due defer
ence, my boy, I really
think our English cus
tom at the telephone is
better than - Baying
'Hello,' as you do."
"What do you say in
England?"
"We say, 'Are you
there!' Then, of course,
if you are not there, it
is useless to go on with
the bally conversation."
More sunshine in the
homes. Build a sun
porch and it will be
used ebo days a year
With screens in summer
it gives a cool place,
free from flies and in
sects.
The . little snow we
bad can't make a win-
iter 'cause one swallow
don't make a summer.
Some folks after three
swallows can't tell a
thing about the weather
Repair the Fence. Keep
the home fires burning.
Irate Father: "What
'ts that stuff on my new
kiarl wnere nave you
been?"
Calm Son: "That's
only traffic jam." ;
Judge (to officer, who
had arrested a. man fir
hot , wearing any
clothes): "What is "this
man charged with?"
Officer: "Impersonat-
M
ling a woman. -
Sir," said a little
blustering man to a re-
igious opponent, "I say,
sir, do you know to
what sect I belong?"
Well, I don't exactly
know," was the answer,
'but to judge from your
snake, shape and size, I
should say you belong
to a class called the in
sect." . '
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Spring time is clean
up time. Repair and re
paint those odds and
fcnds around the place.
LFix the place up' and
give it a fresh start for
the year. Our supplies
do the work.
Father: "What did
you and Joe talk about
ast night?"
Daughter: "Oh, we
talked about our kith
and kin.
Small Brother: Teth,
mop. J heard them. lie
fcaid 'Kin I have a kith'
land she said, 'Yeth you
kin.'"
Exclusively Sold Here
Milton Bread
. and '-,
Pasteries
KILGORE'S CAFE
Bring in Your Bent
and Sprung Axles ;
THIS SHOP IS EQUIPPED
WITH AN AXLE GAGUE
TO STRAIGHTEN AXLES
Acetylene Welding and Black
" . smithing - -- T-
CM. Jones Blacksmith Shop
The Athena Hotel
MRS. LAURA FROOME, Prop.
Courteous Treatment, Clean Beds
Good Meals v '
Tourists Made Welcome
Special Attention Given
: to Home Patrons
f U Corner Main and Third
; Athena, Oregon ,
RELIABLE
WATCH
REPAIRING
Main St H. H. HILL Athena
Bell & Gray ,
Phone 593
Two Auto
Truck Drays
Always At Your Service
City and Country
Hauling
Twin City Cleaners
The firm that does your work as yon 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 Payso Loot 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
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
First 100 KWH used per month.......;....10c per KWH
Next 200........: .........................7c per 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.
Preston-Shaffer Milling Company
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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-Ray 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. ; .