THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON, AUGUST 1, 1930
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Athena, Oregon, August 1, 1930
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WHEAT RAISING NOT EASY
The following article, written by
Roy Ritner of Pendleton, has appear
ed in the Portland Oregonian:
"A few days ago your paper print
ed an editorial from a Tacoma paper
commenting upon wheat farming and
giving some sage advice to the wheat
grower. I take it from the fact that
you reprint the article that you con
sider the advice well taken. I have &
very well defined idea that the man
who wrote this editorial did so from
a swivel chair in some office building
while enjoying the breeze from an
electric fan and with a cooler of ice
water standing close by. This is the
usual environment of the adviser of
the farmer.
"I am wondering if this same man
ever got up at 4 o'clock in the morn
ing and fed and curried 12 mules and
cleaned out the barn before break
fast before beginning his day's work
of 12 hours. Has he ever worked
summer fallow in a cloud of dust that
made it difficult to breathe or worked
on a harvester when the tail wind
brought the dust, chaff and tar weed
over the machine?
"I would not be surprised if the
man who wrote the article mentioned
gets his exercise playing golf. He
should try loading a wheat truck all
day with 140-pound sacks of wheat.
"This gentleman informs us that
the reason that so many farmers
raise wheat is because it is easy. I
have been raising wheat for 25 years
and I am gratified to learn that it is
easy from one so well qualified to
write on the subject.
"I have mentioned just a few of the
disagreeable things that make wheat
raising almost as hard work as writ
ing editorials but I have not men
tioned the most exasperating thing
that a grain grower has to endure
but I will close by so doing and
that is to read advice on farming
written by some sap who would not
know a combine harvester from a
cream separator."
In passing around credit where it
Is due, the Salem Statesman says,
"Some of the hired mourners declar
ed that the Nicolai Door Manufac
turing Company closed its, Portland
plant and concentrated manufacture
in Tacoma with the Wheeler-Osgood
door factory, an affiliated concern,
and attributed the change to lower
power rates at Tacoma. Political
planners also asserted that a drug
manufacturing concern,, the Hooker
Chemical Company, selected Tacoma
in preference to Portland because of
lower power rates. Mr. Nicolai, of
the door company, refutes the con
tention of the municipal ownership
propagandists by saying that the
"item of power against our cost of
manufacture is a negligible item, be
ing loss than 2 per cent of the value
of goods produced. Mr. Nicolai is
planning to manufacture commodities
in the Portland plant which will prob
ably, show bigger profits than the
door line of manufacture, and he isn't
opening this plant in Tacoma."
The grass fire which endangered
residence property in the north part
of town Monday, draws attention to
the fact that setting out fire at this
time, the driest part of the season
when grass and weeds are at their
most inflamable stage, should be done
only with due precautions for Bafety.
A water supply at hand with plenty
of garden hose and somebody to man
it in case of need should be utilized
as a preventative of the fire spread
ing; otherwise leave dead grass and
weeds alone.
In a recent editorial the Minneapo
lis Journal comments upon a woman
who, aided by a loaded pistol kept in
her home for such emergencies,
routed two bandits who were attack
ing her husband. Tho Journal points
out that if the anti-pistol agitators
had their way, such burglars would
h thuir way, as well.
D. C, where hundreds repaired in pa
jamas and gowns seeking night re
lief from heat, but its tragedy to be
compelled to live in such a climate
with the nation's summer playground,
the Pacific Northwest, beckoning
them hither. '
Australia, hit by the new tariff,
stages a quick comeback by retaliat
ing with a boost in its duties. Oregon
is hard hit by an increase in sawlog
schedules. In proportion that you
extract ducats from your neighbor's
purse, he'll extract from yours, if he
can.
The old South, transformed by
modem developments is coming into
its own. Besides being very much to
the good, industrially, it is becoming
a fad of Easterners to own at least
one Southern estate on which to
lavish wealth in improving the plan
tation and surroundings. '
Will Rogers thinks that "Ma" Fer
guson is all right. Come to think of
it Will seems to believe that all
democrats are o. k., which leads us to
surmise that the movie actor humor
ist is in training with the rank and
file of the unterrified political party.
There are all kinds of endurance
tests being endured just now, but
here's hoping that the palm falls to
that Yuma, Arizona, newsboy who is
perched atop a giant cactus for
the reason that his seat must be a
stickery one.
A number of Northwest towns
have their annual rodeos, but it is
left for Long View to stage a rolleo.
The cream of logging talent will par
ticipate in the annual event there on
August 8.
That South Dakota sheriff who was
tinned off that a bank robbery would
take place In his town, shot two of
the robbers to death and wounded
the third, surely got results from the
tip.
Whpn the Salvation Army lassie
calls on you this week, remember that
it is for the annual drive for funds
that she comes, and that even a thin
dime helps a heap.
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While the mid-west awaits relief
from Intense heat, out here we re
quire cover on our beds. But such
is our climate.
Dr. W. H. McKinney
Physician and Surgeon
Dr. Sharp's Office
Office Hours at Athena 1 to 6 p. m.
Phone 462. Office Hours at Weston
8 a. m. to 12 noon. Phone 83. Calls
made day or night.
Dr. W. Boyd Whyte
CHIROPRACTOR
Stangier Building, Phone 709
Pendleton. Oregon. 57 J
DR. 8. P. SHARP
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Athena, Oregon
DR. BLATCHFORD
Dentist
Post Building, Athena, Phone 582
Oregon socialists nominated can
didates at a convention hold at Port
land July ID. Two of the candidates
reside in Umatilla county, 0, D; Teel
of Echo, candidate for United States
senator, and Mrs. Minnie McFarland
of Umatilla, candidate for euperin
tendent of public instruction.
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There may be comedy behind the
Icfinoa In Potomac Park, Washington,
Huggins'
Service Station
in its new location,
Main at 6th Street
Shell Gas
Shell Lubricating Oil Shell Dry
Cleaner Shell. Auto Polish
Shell Spring Oil
ATYPICAL CHILD CLINIC
By methods entirely unprecedented
in educational history, and in a clinic
that is the only one of its kind in the
United States, 65 typical children
of all ages are attending the Univer
sity of Oregon summer session and
are almost over night being changed
from school failures to normal and
many times brilliant students.
These children, all of whom have
had difficulty in reading, spelling or
arithmetic, many of whom have com
pletely failed in school, and even a
few who have, been diagnosed as
feeble-minded, are learning by leaps
and bounds at this clinic for the
"motor-minded." Established three
years ago as an experiment, the
clinic has this year reached such firm
proportions that its future success
is assured, and development will go
forward just as fast as means per
mit. Increased by 20 this year, the
clinic is crowded to the limit, having
an enrollment half as large as the
university high school. .
Dr, Grace Fernald, of the Univer
sity of California' at Los Angeles is
the "discoverer" of the kinaesthetic
method of teaching, and when she
met Dr. B. W. DeBusk, of the Uni
versity of Oregon, several years ago,
their work fitted in so amazingly,
that they decided to combine experi
ences, with the summer session clinic
the result. Assisting them this year
are Ruth Kneeland, former director
of research in the schools of Modesto,
Calif.; and Miss Lillian Raynor,
teacher of remedial English, Central
Junior High School, Los Angeles.
The method itself is almost unbe
lievably simple. Instead of using the
usual visual or auditory method,
which works perfectly well with the
majority of students, the , child is
given the word through his muscles.
While most children learn rapidly
through the visual or auditory paths,
some backward children have these
paths blocked, and cannot acquire
knowledge in that way, no matter
how long and hard they try. The
kinaesthetic method is not a better
method. It is simply the right one
for a certain definite type of per
son.
CURTISS
(Walla Walla Union)
'Glenn Curtiss passed on the other
day leaving a large gap in the ranks
of those who have done much for
aviation. To Curtiss is credited the
first amphibian boat and many other
improvements are due to this man.
As a youth he was considered some
what of a dreamer, but he made his
dreams come true. When 12 years of
age he delivered messages for a tele
pranh comoanv. usine a bicycle. Like
a lot of other boys he discovered that
peddling a wheel is pretty hard work,
but unlike a. lot of others, he did
something about it. He figured out
a method of applying power to the
bike and we now have motorcycles.
During the so-called middle ages of
the airplane industry he was respon
sible for an enormous amount of im
provements. He dreamed the things
and he made his dreams come true.
Manv of our inventors are dream
ers, and the country can well be
thankful for them.
CLASSIFIED
Milk Cows Good, fresh Milk cows
for sale. Henry Koepke, Athena,
phone S2F12.
Cook House Cook house on wide
track, for sale. James Duncan, Athe
no, phone 30F15.
For Sale A New Coleman Air-O-Gas
range, slightly used. Mrs. Callie
Sanders, Athena, phone 80F21.
PolsR. A. Ball. Weston. R No. 2
has tamarack and red fir poles for
sale at reasonable prices.
Hour or Day Work Experienced
UwomM wanU work by hour or day.
Call nt George Corder home next
door to Press office.
Goodyear Tires
and Tubes
Valvoline
Oils
Automobile Supplies,
Parts and Accessories
Athena Garage
23 Years Ago
Friday, August 7, 1907
Harry McBride of the McBride &
Co. Livery stable returned Sunday
from North Yakima, where he re
covered his team and buggy, stolen on
Monday previous by a fellow repre
senting himself to be a harvest hand
and wanting the team for a drive to
the Holdman neighborhood.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. William Bush
August 4, 1907, a son.
Miss Sylvia Beathe of Weston has
accepted a position with the Mosgrove
Mercantile company in this city.
Athena easily outclasses Spokane's
two lone English sparrows. A band
of six were noticed on Main street
yesterday.
A band of gypsies, after cleaning
up the town on horse trades and fortune-telling,
pulled up' stakes and de
parted, Monday.
Miss Ethel Garfield who has been
visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Jack
son Nelson, has returned to her home
in Walla Walla.-
Marshal Garrett of Adams was in
town Wednesday . For the first time
in its history Adams was a closed
town Sunday, but the marshal says
more than the usual number of Sun
day drunks seemed to be in evidence.
Mrs. A. R. Bradley came down from
Spokane Tuesday evening. She was
a guest at the Bloch home, while in
the Falls City.
Chet McCullough is able to start
work again after a delay of a few
days, caused by changes made in the
patent feeder of his big steam thresh
er. -.-
While roping a calf Wednesday eve
ning, R. J. Boddy became entangled
in the rope and was thrown heavily
to the ground. One arm was broken
and Mr. Boddy was also badly bruis
ed. He will be disqualified for work
for some time.
Hereafter no sidewalks in Athena's
business district will be repaired with
lumber. An ordinance passed by the
council makes it compulsory for own
ers of business property on Main
street to henceforth construct side
walks of concrete cement.
Byron Hawks returned Tuesday
from Spokane, where he went to . se
lect from Eastern samples a stock
of holiday goods for his Pioneer Drug
Store patrons. Mr, Hawks, in com
pany with a party of friends enjoy
ed a delightful trip to the Coeur
d'Alene lake.
A carload of buggies, carriages and
hacks for the firm of Peebler &
Chamberlain, arrived Saturday morn
ing from South . Bend, Indiana, a
month overdue.
William Kil-ora cama dawn from
the McDougal camp in the Blue
Mountains, Saturday afternoon, and
reports a jolly lot of campers there.
And they are nnaing huckleberries,
too.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
In the Matter of the Estate of Robert
Parnell, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given to all per
sons whom it may concern:
That The First National Bank of
Pendleton at Pendleton, Oregon, has
been appointed executor of the last
will and testament of Robert Parnell,
deceased. All persons having claims
against said estate are required to
present them, in the manner provid
ed by law, to the said executor at
its office and place of business at Pen
dleton, Oregon, or to its attorneys,
Peterson and Lewis, at their offices in
Pendleton, Oregon, within six months
of the date of the first publication of
this notice which is the 1st day of
Auerust. 1930.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
PENDLETON. Executor.
Peterson & Lewis, Attorneys for
Executor. ' A1A29
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon for the County of Umatilla.
In Probate
In the Matter of the Estate of
Harvey J. Morris. Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersirned has been appointed Ad'
ministratrix of the Estate of Harvey
J. Morris, Deceased, by the County
Court of the County of Umatilla in
the State of Oregon, and has qualm
ed. All persons having claims
against said estate are hereby notified
to present the same, duly verified as
by law reauired. to the undersigned
at law office of Peterson and Lewis,
Stangier Building, Pendleton, Oregon,
within six months from date hereof,
July 18th. 1930.
EMMA I. MORRIS Administratrix.
Peterson & Lewis, Attorney for
Administratrix. J18A15
North side' Main Street
Phone 352
PETERSON & LEWIS
Attorneys at Law
Stangier Building, Pendleton, Oregon
Practice in all State and Federal
Courts.
WATTS A PRESTBYB
Attorneys-At-Law
Mala Street Athena. Oregon
State and Federal Court Practice
Tum-A-Lum Tickler
Published in the intesests of the people of Athena and vicinity by
THE TUM-A-LUM LUMBER CO. Phone 91
Vol. 30
Athena, Oregon, August 1, 1930
No. 31
When better automobiles are
built they will become obso
lete just as fast as the present
ones do.
But that is the nice thing
about the house. When it be
comes obsolete just remodel and
repaint it and it can't be told
from a new home. Some dif
ference when you try that with
a 1910 Ford.
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Did you know that 20 sax of
cement will make 120 feet of 4
inch concrete walk on your
place? Or build a 20 barrel
water tank with a concrete
apron around it?
Then there was the Scotch
man that married on the 29th
of February so his anniversary
would only come every four
years.
"Save the Surface and You
Save AIL"
"This one will be on me,"
said the fellow as he picked out
his tombstone.
A. M. Johnson, Editor.
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Athena, Oregon
Bring in Your Bent
and Spiling Axles
THIS SHOP IS EQUIPPED
WITH AN AXLE GAGUE
TO STRAIGHTEN AXLES ;
Acetylene Welding and Black
smithing ...
C. M. Jones Blacksmith Shop : :
The Athena Hotel
MRS. LAURA FROOME, Prop.
Courteous Treatment, Cleaa Beds
Good Meals
Tourists Made Welcome
Special Attention Girea
to Horn Patrons
. Corner Main and Third '
Athena, Oregon
RELIADLE
WATCH i
REPAIRING
I Main St. H. H. HILL Athena
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Bell S Gray
Phone 593 ' ; I
Two Auto
Truck
Dray
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Always At Your Service
City and Country
Hauling
Continental Oil Company
Alway3 at Your Service' ';, ;
Athena Service Station
Gas, Oils, Greasing
Automobile Accessories Tires
BRYCE BAKER, Prop.'.'.. Athena, . . Phone 762
We Have the Agency
' For the . '. .
Macy Tailoring System
of America
Twin City Cleaners
Phone 492 ;
T. E, Smith, Prop. Freewater, Oregon
J Farmers Grain Elevator
Company
Grian and Feed
SPECIAL
A Full Line of Sperry's Chick Feed
Phone 382 " LEE WILSON, Mrgr.
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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ATHENA, OREGON,
Announces that it has com-pieted the ' organ
ization of a
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and is qualified to act as Executor, Administra
tor, guardian, or in any other fiduciary capacity.-
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experience would mean to the executor or ad
ministrator of your estate.
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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 monthlOc per KWH
Excess over 30 KWH used, per month....3c per KWH
The above Tates apply when bills are paid in full within 10 days
from data 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 FrKWH
Excess over 2000...- ; 3c per KWH
The above rates apply when bills axe paid in full within 10 days
from date of bilL Otherwise, the Tate will be increased by 10 per
cent on each item. , ... .... . . -. . .
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