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ATHENA, OREGON, AUGUST 15, 1930
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Athena, Oregon, August 15, 1930
Walla Walla Union:
' "An observer remarks that t
J men put off things they ought to J
t do and women put off the things J
they ought to wear." t
R. R. Butler, Oregon representative
in congress from the 2nd district
spread the cards on the table when he
told the 20th annual session of the
Oregon reclamation congress at
Burns, that the indifference and open
enmity of the East toward reclama
tion of western lands, put the entire
federal reclamation policy in jeop
ardy. "It is a crisis that must be
recognized by this body and by every
one interested in the cause of reclam
ation,", exclaimed Mr. Butler. "I
cannot, emphasize too strongly that
the reclamation states must make
themselves heard if this backward
step is not to be taken. We must
show by the record that federal
reclamation has been a success, as
it has, and answer the arguments
that are constantly heard against it
in Washington."
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"A railroad assumes liability when
the article is committed to it for
transportation and before shipment,"
is the vital expression in a decision
rendered by the supreme court of
Kansas recently, in a case involving a
shipment of butter, which waB spoiled
because of temperature to which it
was exposed between the time it was
delivered to the railroad company
and the time it was started on its
journey in the refrigerator car. The
charge against the company was
faulty refrigeration while in transit
and the company tried to have that
word "transit" apply only to the rail
road trip, but the court said: "The
shipment was as much in transit af
ter defendant had taken possession of
it and before it was placed in the re
frigeration car as it was thereafter."
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Oregon wheat and hogs would go
well together all right so well in
fact, that in bix months time East
ern Oregon surplus . wheat . would
flood coast markets with pork so
cheap that substitute fat factories
would bo forced out of business. Then
what is the Eastern Oregon grain
grower to turn to; chickens? Chair
man Legge of the farm board paint
ed a gloomy picture at the Fendleton
meeting when he dissected conditions
faced by the soft wheat growers. of
the Pacific Northwest with no ex
port market hereafter, for a product
that will not compete in the domestic
market with hard wheat for milling
purposeshog feed, if you please,
and his only antidote for relief was
substantially as above mentioned.
This mundane sphere is just now
passing through a stream of meteors.
Astronomers tell us that on any
clear night, far from city lights, the
observer facing northeast shortly
after midnight may see flying through
space a small speck of this 70,000,-000-wide
Perseid meteor stream. Let's
try it.
The British have been showing us
what they can do with their big
dirigible by jockeying around over
Canada with it. Why not be socia
ble and bring 'er across the line;
we'll promise not to throw rocks at
'er.
23 Years Ago
Friday, August 23, 1907
Oregon is developing a profitable
flax industry and Clackamas county
is producing 40 per cent of the crop,
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Ohio takes up where Tennessee left
off Fess is in, Huston is out.
Unsatisfactory growing conditions
confront the Eickhoff Farm Products
corporation with a light crop of
beans in the Athena-Weston district
this season. The corporation has put
many thousands of dollars in circula
tion here during the two years of its
operation in payment of machinery,
equipment and labor payroll. The
management of operations which
have been on a large scale, has been
efficient and only adverse moisture
conditions and leaf blight is responsi
ble for unfavorable prospects as the
time for harvesting the crop approaches.
Mr. Coolidge, figuring in the mat
ter of dollars and cents, comes to the
conclusion that health is one of our
chief national assots, finding that in
spite of all progress that has been
made in the science of hygiene, the
yearly losses in this country from
the ravages of disease run into many
hundred million of dollars.
Amarillo, Texas, lawyer who mur
dered his wife by placing dynamite
in the family automobile, expresses
no regret for his awful deed,
save thut he feels sorry for her aged
parents. lie expressed hopes that
they would forgive him and meet him
in heaven, which is asking a whole
lot.
Fluishner, Mayer & Co., oldest
wholesale dry goods concern on the
Pacific coast, is going out of business,
This Portland company waa at the
zenith of its trade power back in the
days when Matt Mosgrove, salesman,
made the Eastern Oregon territory
by train, stagecoach and livery rig,
unpacking his sample cases in the
hotel "baj-qj-'.
There is great rejoicing in the
ranks of University of Oregon alumni
over the report that John Straub, dean
emeritus of men, and connected with
the university faculty for more than
fifty years is slowly improving in his
regretted illness.
HEAVIER TAX LOAD
(Walla Walla Union) !
As a private citizen, Calvin Cool
idge continues to discuss public econ-
omy in words of one syllable and in
phrases of simple power. His term
in the presidency was marked by
reiterations of his warnings to con
gress that appropriations should al
ways be kept within probable income,
remarks the Yakima Herald, which
adds: Many times, of course, con
gress refused to follow his. advice.
Increasing prosperity saved it more
than once, when federal revenues far
exceeded the predicted income. ,
The situation is not so favorable
today for the spending of the people's
money, since industry is undergoing
a definite and well-defined readjust
ment. Revenues may be and prob
ably will be sharply reduced. Ex
orbitant authorization from congress
for spending large sums of the tax
payers money runs counter to com
monsense in the operation of the pub
lic functions.
Mr. Coolidge has summarized the
situation in this language: "The ap
propriation of public money is al
ways perfectly lovely until someoile
is asked to pay the bill. If we are to
have a billion dollars of navy, five
hundred million of farm relief, four
hundred million of Mississippi flood
control, three hundred million of river
and harbor improvement three hun
dred million of public buildings, hun
dreds of millions of good roads and
other hundreds of millions of pen
sions, the people will have to furnish
more revenue by paying more taxes.'
As simple as this proposition is,
few people seem to understand it.
Perhaps its very simplicity defeats
its logic. Yet the principle contained
in that one long sentence from the
pen of the former president runs
through the finances of all public
agencies, whether they be attached
to federal, state or local governments.
Every additional outlay means that
those who pay taxes will have to dig
deeper.
While in the country Saturday
afternoon, little Merna DePeatt was
taken violently ill with an attack of
appendicitis. As soon as she was able
the next morning she was "brought to
town and has since been under the
care of Dr. Sharp. At present she is
very much better and it is believed
that an operation will not be neces
sary. Merna has before been afflicted
with the same trouble.
Another 60-bushel yield is reported
to the Press for today's issue. In this
instance the big yield comes from
north of town. It was cropped by M.
L. Watts on the old Zimmerman
place, and 80 acres comprised the
field.
F. G. Lucas has purchased a moun
tain ranch of W.( R. Taylor. The
place is on Reed and Hawley moun
tain, contains 160 acres, is unim
proved and sold for $800.
', ; Jake' Kauffman, the big traveling
man from Walla Walla was in town
yesterday.
Will Dobson was engaged this week
in plumbing work at the Dale place
near Helix.
Miss Ada Ely was a guest of Athe
na friends, from her home in Weston
the latter part of the week.
Chief Ta-wa-toi, successor to Young
Chief of the Cayuse tribe on the Uma
tilla Indian reservation, died' at his
camp in Thorn Hollow Sunday eve
ning, from the effects of pneumonia.
T. J. Kirk has purchased a 63-acre
tract of wheat land just south of
town from Mrs. James Britten. The
consideration was f 4,200 cash.
E. R. Cox, for years engaged in the
hardware business in Athena left
Tuesday for Lewiston, for the purpose
of investigating the possibilities exist
ing for business .engagement there.
Judge N. T. Caton, city attorney of
Davenport, Wash., spent Tuesday
night at the home of his son, Harvey
Caton in this city. He found time to
hunt up many of his old time friends
while here.
James H. E. Scott, who was elected
assistant principal of the Athena pub
lic school, left Saturday for Winona,
Wash. He will return to Athena
shortly to be in readiness to take up
his school work. .
Carl Brown, editor of the Milton
Eagle, was a caller at this office
Wednesday. He came over for the
purpose of investigating the work of
our typesetting machine and may pur
chase one like it.
H. O. Worthington and Fred Flint
drove to the mountains Tuesday. The
boys had a livery team and turned
them loose to feed. Once at liberty
the horses bolted for home, but were
captured after a lively sprint.
The Weston brickyard has just fin
ished a shipment of 700,000 brick for
Mrs. Stahl's new bowling alley at
Walla Walla.
Miss Jeanette Manasse returned
Tuesday morning from Portland,
where she went to select different
lines of fall and winter goods for
Manasse's Up-to-Date Store.
Goodyear Tires
and Tubes
Valvoline
Oils
Automobile Supplies,
Parts and Accessories
Athena Garage
North side Main Street
Phone 352
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C. M. EAGER,
Agent
Athena, Oregon
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
In the Matter : of the Estate of
Mitchell Thompson, Deceased.
To all persons whom it may con
cern: Notice is herebv riven that
Cecil Curl, administrator of the es
tate of Mitchell Thompson, deceased,
has filed his final account and report
in the administration of the estate;
that the County Judge by order duly
made and entered has appointed Mon
day the 15th day of September, 1930,
at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon-as
the time and the County
Court House at Pendleton as the
place where all objections and ex
ceptions to said final account and re
port will be heard and a settlement of
the estate made.
Dated this 15th day of August,
1930.
CECIL CURL, Administrator.
Peterson & Lewis, Attorneys for
Administrator. A15S12
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
August, 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
undersigned has been appointed Ad
ministratrix of the Estate of Harvey
J. Morris, Deceased, by the County
Court of the County of Umatilla in
the btate of Oregon, and has qualifi
ed. All .persons having claims
against said estate are hereby notified
to present the same, duly verified as
by law' required, 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
of said day, at the West Door of the
County Court House, Pendleton, Ore
gon, at public auction, for current
lawful money of the United States of
America, sell all of the right, title,
claim and interest of said defendants
Dean T. Willaby and Virgil E.
Willaby had in and to the above de
scribed property on the 3rd day of
December, A. D., 1929, or since then
have acquired, to the highest bidder
for cash, or so much thereof, as may
be necessary -to satisfy said judg
ment, the proceeds to be applied to
satisfaction of Baid execution and all
costs. ' ; - . ' '
Dated this 2nd day of August A. D.,
1930. r .
: 1 .. ' -. TOM B. GURDANE,
Sheriff of Umatilla County, Oregon.
Aug 8-15-22-29, Sept . 5
CLASSIFIED
Milk Cows Good, fresh Milk cows
for sale. Henry . Koepke, Athena,
phone 32F12. ; ? r -
Cook House Cook house on wide
truck, for sale. James Duncan Athe
no, phone 30F15. : ' ' '
For Sale A New Coleman Air-O-Gas
range, slightly used. Mrs. Callie
Sanders, Athena, phone 30F21. ,
Poles R. A. Ball, Weston, R No. 2
has tamarack and red fir poles for
sale at reasonable prices.
; PETERSON & LEWIS
Attorneys at Law ,
Stangier Building, Pendleton, Oregon.
Practice in all State and Federal
Courts. .
WATTS ft FKESTBYE
y , Attorneys-At-Law
Main Street. Athena, Oregon
State and Federal Court Practice
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
UNDER EXECUTION
Notice is hereby given, that by vir
tue of an execution issued out of the
Circuit Court of the State of Oregon
for Umatilla County, on the 2nd day
of August, A. D., 1930, to me direct
ed and delivered, upon the judgment
rendered and entered in said Court
on the 30th day of December, 1921,
in favor of B. B. Richards, as plain
tiff and against Dean T. Willaby and
Virgil E. Willaby, as defendants for
the sum of One Thousand Fifty One
and no .100 ($1051.00) with inter
est thereon at the rate of 8 per cent
per annum from December 1st, 1920,
until paid, and the further sum of
$125.00 attorney's fees, and the fur
ther sum of $20.00 costs and dis
bursements, which said judgment has
been docketed and enrolled in the of
fice of the Clerk of said Circuit Court,
I did, on the 2nd day of August, A.
D., 1930, levy upon all of the right,
title and interest and claim of said
defendants in and to the following
described real property in Umatilla
County, Oregon, to-wit:
The East 34 feet of Lot 4,
Block 1, Kirk's Third Addition
to Athena, Umatilla County,
State of Oregon.
Notice is hereby given that I will,
on the 8th day of September A. D.,
1930, at the hour of 2 o'clock p. m.
Dr. W. H. McKinney
Physician and Surgeon
V 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 706
Pendleton. Oregon. 957 J
DR. 8. F. SHARP; , -PHYSICIAN
AND SURGEON
Athena, Oregon
DR. BLATCHFORD
Dentist
Post Building, Athena, Phone 582
Huggms'
Service Station
in its new location,
Main at 5th Street
Shell Gas
Shell Lubricating Oil Shell Dry
Cleaner Shell Auto Polish
Shell Spring Oil j
Tum-A-Luni Tickler
Published in the intesesta of the people of Athena and vicinity by
THE TUM-A-LUM LUMBER CO. Phone 91
Vol. 30
Athena, Oregon, August 15, 1930
No. 33
Editorial ,
Have you noticed how dry it
got after Prohibition enforce
ment was changed from the
Treasury Department to the
Department of Justice?
Saturday night won't mean
much in those dry Middle West
States unless they get rain
pretty quick.
Ad. in a Westport, 111., paper:
Wanted Man for gardening,
also to take charge of cow that
. can sing in the choir and play
the organ.
A dog says that a flea is of
no importance unless it bites
him.
Neither is a leak- in the roof
until it starts to rain. Inspect,
the top and patch and paint it.
in preparation for the fall rains
we are hoping for.
" The shows have gone
From bad to voice
And golf is now
Putt-putt.
If things keep on . :
The way they have
I'm going off my nut.
The unusual thing happened
in a southern town the other
day when a negro woman com--mitted
suicide.
"Why is it, Rastus," an old
negro was asked, "that so few
negroes ever commit suicide l-
"It's fiis way, boss: When a
white man gets in trouble and
sets down to worry over it, he
gets despret and kills hisself.
When a nigger sets down he
goes to sleep.
A full coal bin looks entirely,
different' from " an empty one .
and goes a whole' lot further,
when it comes to firing up the'
furnace in the good old win
ter time. Motto: Fill 'er up,
and let Tum-a-lum do it for
you.
Gonna fix up the fence this
fall, eh? It takes posts to fill
up the holes, and Tum-a-lum
carries good ones. .
Be sure your, camp fife is out
When the swatter won't do it,
Tum-a-lum screens will. "Be
lieve it or not," Tum-a-lum
screens are best
A. M. Johnson, Editor.
Bring in Your Bent
and Sprung Axles
THIS SHOP IS EQUIPPED
WITH AN AXLE GAGUE
TO STRAIGHTEN AXLES
Acetylene Welding and Black
v, smithing .
, C. M. Jones Blacksmith Shop -t
The Athena Hotel
MRS. LAURA FROOME, Prop.
Courteous Treatment Clean Beda
Good Meala
I Tourists Made Welcome
Special Attention Given '
to Home Patrons :
. Corner Main and Third
Athena, Oregon
RELIABLE
WATCH
REPAIRING
Main St H. BY HILL Athena
Bell & Gray
'I Phone 593 .
Two Auto
Truck
Dray
Always At Your Service
city and Country
- Hauling
Continental Oil Company
Always at Your Service v
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
Farmers Grain Elevator
Company
Grian and Feed
SPECIAL
Full Line of Sperry's Chick Feed
Phone 382 LEE WILSON, : M'gr.
is Announcement $
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ATHENA, OREGON,
Announces that it has com-pieted the organ
$ ization of a
Trust Department
. and is qualified to act as Executor, Administra- j
tor, guardian, or in any other fiduciary capac- ' &
ity. '.
Just think what 37 years pf successful banking &
experience would mean to the executor or ad- &
ministrator of your estate. ' . 1 jfl
Ask us for Information jfe
Reduction In Electric
Light Rates
The following reduction in Electric light rates will
be in effect on.and after March 15, 1929:- v : -
Residents ml I&es v
First 30 KWH hours used, per month.ll0c 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 montli .JLOc per KWH
Next 200 7c per KWH
,6cperKWH
.5c per KWH
SOO,.
Next
Next 400....
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 iscreased by 10 per
cent on each item.
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