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THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON, DECEMBER 5, 1930 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER P. B. BOYD. Owner and Publisher Subscription Rates. One copy, one year.'.' One copy, six month . . . One copy, three months . r. 12.00 ..$1.00 .. .75 Athena, Oregon, December 5,. 1930 RUSSIAN CLAIMS no Soviet Russia i claims, to be 'far ahead in her realization of the five- year plan.' : The goal of ,her iindus trial program is now set for 1932. For the last two years the soviet union has been concentrating its energies on one of the most momentous ex periments in present-day history an effort to place the union and its 150,' 000,000 inhabitants on a modern in dustrial basis in five years. Claims are made for notable advancement in every branch of industry over what was expected. Of agriculture the re port says: "A very great advance has been made in the field of agricul ture. The sown area increased from 118,000,000 hectares in 1928-29 to 127.000.000 in 1929-30. The areas under culture were far above piat lletka estimates: Sugar 11.1 per cent, cotton 23 per cent, etc., "Improved cultivation of the land, particularly on collective state farms, and the consequent growth of yield resulted in 1930 in a gross grain crop amounting to 86,500,000 tons, against 71.700.000 in 1929. an increase of 20.6 per cent, while marketable grain Broduced wag 32.6 per cent above piatiletka provisions. Thus the grain problem has been solved fundamen tally. "Striking successes here are the di rect result of the remarkable progress of collectivization and state farm de velopment." . o " TUBERCULOSIS In a recent report made by the Oregon Tuberculosis Association, it is shown that the total number of deaths of children and adults in the state from tuberculosis for the period of 19 months, ending in July this year, was 736. The combined losses to this state from the World War, fatal industrial accidents and Port land traffic accidents over a 19 month period were only slightly in excess of the number of lives claimed by tuber culosis. The association states that the story is only half told when these figures are given for they do not take into consideration those fighting the infection. On any given day 3,000 persons in the state are active cases, basing these figures on authoritative studies of the National Tuberculosis assiciation. These are not all under medical care, many of them not even beinsr aware of their condition. The 300 beds in the two state tuberculosis hospitals are full all the time and 100, approximately, are now waiting to get treatment. i ". .. o "Roosevelt Highway" as a name for what will be the state's greatest coast traffic artery is notably mean ingless as well as useless from the standpoint of national advertising value to Oregon. Other highways bear the name of one of the nation's greatest presidents and furthermore it is perpetuated in one of his coun try's greatest engineering feata the Roosevelt dam. In comparison, the "Oregon Coast Highway" seems to us far more appropriate as a name for the highway built by Oregon and paid for with Oregon money. When Bonneville and his party rode from the Snake over the Blue mountains to old Fort Wallula, beav er were a source of food, so plenti ful were they. Now this finest of fur animals and one most valuable to the trapper is protected from total ex tinction by law and is only heard from when Bomebody makes com plaint that one of the rodents has corraled a puddle of water in his back yard, with the result that his chickencoop is liable to be flooded should the dam of sticks and mud develop a break. o . Assessed property valuations in Oregon for 1930 aggregate $1,125, 160,692.37, as against $1,124,988, K91.82 for 1929, according to a state ment prepared by the state tax com mission. The increase in valuations for 1930, as compared with 1929, is $171,900.55. The valuations, as an nounced by the tax commission for 1930, will be used as a basis for the 1931 tax levy. o Young James Elgesem, one of a trio of young robbers who recently pulled jobs at Walla Walla, Milton and Portland, seems to gloat in the reputation of being a very bad egg. He attempted a jail break at Port land, by sapping the jailor with an improvised weapon made from a towel and a couple of cakes of hard aoap. And he had the jailor groggy, at that. ' O ' ' ' . Over in Washington state, oppon ent of Governor Hartley are begin. ning to groom themselves for another battleTo bust' Eim from office. Inas much as Hartley will not run for an other term of office until 1932, the fact that the opposition is now In a hudd!e, would indicate the Washing ton governor " is just that strong that-it wilh take" two years work to defeat him, if In fact he can be de feated at .mIL More and more it is becoming evi dent that the haphazard method of federal control of immigration is in great extent responsible for the in crease of crime and gangster rule in the larger cities of the country. And now one of Mr. Hoover's cabinent members, Secretary Davis, empha sizes a plan to allow entry only to those foreign workers that are really needed by American industry. "' 0 ' It is said Argentina is in the mar ket to buy Northwest lumber and other products in large volume. By the way, the Argentine wheat crop is being harvested at the present time, and the question naturally comes be fore us as to whether the crop is in tended to finance her Northwest pur cnases at present export prices, or will she draw on nest eggs other than wheat. N Paul Schissler's Oregon State Bea vers have an impressive football record this season with a total of 208 points against their opponents CO points, in ten games played. Of the five conference games the Beavers lost three, but made a clean sweep of the non-conference tilts, including the defeat of West Virginia in the inter- sectional contest. In the face of universal agricul tural depression it leaves a bad taste in the mouth to read of a $300,000,- 000 dividend melon being cut by the nation's industrial leaders. The above amount of money was involved when dividend payments on more than 600 separate stock issues were distribut ed, Monday of this week. o Business at the present time faces, in almost every field, the disturbing question of how to distribute and use more effectively what can be produc ed, rather than how to produce more, according to the declaration of David A. Skinner, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. I For the second time the California supreme court has denied a pardon to Warren K. Billings, convicted of bombing a preparedness parade in San Francisco. This opinion is bas ed on an investigation by the court justices, acting as an advisory pardon board. An assassin who failed to assassin ate, even though he punctured the Stacey family cabin at Klamath Falls with bullets and sprinkled the doorstep with dynamite caps, leaves the impression that he believes in a doctrine of thoroughness. o . . (A, 1H0. WMtera N'twipaper Union.) The man who never moves will take no fall And be who nothing- does, makes BO mistake, Yet better err In what you un dertake. Than never te have tried a thing at all." A FEW BRAN DISHES The value of uncooked bran as a laxative food is so well known that It need not be men tioned here. Un cooked, unsweet ened bran may be used In combina tion with any foods to add roughage to the diet One must know of course that all people ennnot use Irritating roughage, but the majority of people need all kinds to cleanse the alimen tary cannl, aid digestion and further elimination. When one objects to tak ing a tablespoonful or two of bran in a glass of water, add It to the cereal, or make some: Bran Macaroons. Beat one egg, add one-fourth of a teaspoonful of salt, one-half cupful of brown sugar, three tablespoonfuls of melted butter, one and one-naif cupfuls of uncooked brag and such flavoring as liked. Mix well and drop by teaspoonfuls on buttered baking sheets. Bake. In a moderate oven until brown. These are small cakes that the children may eat with out harm. Bran Muffin. Take two cupfuls of flour, one and three-fourths cupfuls of milk, two cupfuls of bran, one beaten egg, three and one-half tea spoonfuls of baking powder, one-third of a cupful of sugar, one and one-half teaspoonfuls of salt and three table spoonfuls of melted shortening. Drop into well greased muffin pans after mixing and beating well. Bake thirty five minutes In a hot oven. Sour milk with the same amount of baking pow der and three-fourths of a teaspoonful of soda may be used In place of the tweet milk. Bran Upside Down Cake. Beat two egg yolks, add one-half cupful of sugar, one teaspoonful of vanilla. Mix one cupful of flour and one and one-fourth cupfuls of bran, two and one-half tea spoonfuls of baking powder, one-fourth teaspoonfuls of salt Measure one third of a cupful of water, add half of it to the egg yolk and add the dry Ingredients, then add the rest of the water. Mix and beat well and fold In the stiffly beaten whites. With the Atlantic states crawling out of frigid temperature and the mid-west in the grip of biting north winds and below zero weather, Pa cific coast states have been sitting pretty in showers and fog banks. o Instead of landing among the sharks, Mrs. Keith-Miller, Australian aviatrix floated down to safety on Andros island in the Bahama group and everybody drew a breath of relief. o It's pretty dull, indeed, when floor traders on the New York stock ex change have time to play football. But while they are doing that, they are out of other and worse devilment o Hats off to Medford wholesale ba kers. They have reduced bread one cent per pound, and are the first in the state to do so. CLASSIFIED Frick's Metal Weather Stripping is Best. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given, that the undersigned has been appointed ad ministratrix of the estate of Reed Hill, deceased, in the County Court of the State of Oregon, for Umatilla County. All persons having claims against ii ; i . a . i i . , vne said eaiaie are nereoy required to present such claims duly verified, and with proper vouchers attached, to the undersigned at the office of Raley, Raley & Warner, in the Frist Nation al Bank Building, in Pendleton, Ore gon, within six months from date of this notice, the same being dated and published' the first time this 7th day of November, 1930. MARY I. HILL, As Administratrix of the Estate of Reed Hill, deceased. Raley, Raley & Warner, John F. Kilkenny & Alfred F. Cunha, Pendle ton, Oregon, Attorneys for Adminis tratrix. N7D5 Ben Bateman Expert in Body Correction uses hand vibration, posturing, diet, mas sage, baths, corrective exercises and sun lamp and rays, mental gym nastics, specific for each case. Office in Foss house in North Athena. Dr. W. Boyd Whyte CHIROPRACTOR . Stangier Building, Phone 706 Pendleton, Oregon. 157 J Eyes examined, glasses properly fitted at Schneller's, 39 East Main, Walla Walla, Flowers Crepe Paper Flowers of all kinds made to order. Drop into the Finch tailor shop and let us show you some samples. Mrs. Eva Reynolds. Bruno Weber Blacksmithing AND Repair Work Prices Reasonable Successor 'io JENS JENSEN Dr.W.HMcKinneY Physician and Surgeon Dr. Sharp's Office Office Hours at Athena 1 to 5 p. m. Phone 462. Office Hours at Weston 8 a. m. to 12 noon. Phone 83. Calls made day or night DR. BLATCHFORD Dentist Tost Building, Athena. Phone 6S2 WATTS PRKSTBYB AUorneys-At-Law Mam Street Athena, Oregon State and Federal Court Practice PETERSON & LEWIS Attorneys at Law Stangier Building, Pendleton, Oregon Practice in all State and Federal Courts. RELIABLE WATCH REPAIRING Main St H. H. HILL Athena 23 Years Ago Friday, November, 15, 1907 Wm. McBride has sold the Palace Drug Store to Dr. J. D. Plamondon After arranging his business affairs satisfactorily Mr. McBride will leave for California, accompanied by his wife, to spend the winter. J. W. Wilkinson of Walla Walla, has leased the McArthur building on Main street, and will put in a com plete stock of paints, oils, glass, mouldings, wall paper, etd. George Myrick is much of a success as a coyote hunter. He is the owner of a couple of grey hounds which have practically demonstrated that they are fleet enough to overtake and put the effectual quietus on any "yellow streak and a grin" they may be lucky enough to sight The dogs have cap tured eight coyotes in the last two weeks, adding two victims to their string Wednesday. Charles Norris' beautiful bay filly "Maud," was seriously, injured the other day while running in the Willa by pasture below town. The little mare collided with a gang plow and the muscles and ligaments of the left stifle were horribly lacerated. The services of a veterinary were called and twelve stiches were taken in the wound. Mr. Norris made Dean and Virgil Willaby a present of the mare and the boys are taking good care of her. Attorney S. F. Wilson drove to Jun iper on professional business, Wed nesday. Charley McBride was over from Walla Walla this week on a few days visit to his little daughter, Ferol, and his brothers in this city. A. B. McEwen, hardware dealer, secured the contract for installing a new heating apparatus in the United Brethren church at Weston. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schmitt enter tained at dinner Sunday, Miss Lorenz of Pendleton, Miss Jeanette Manasse i Mr. S. F. Wilson and Mr. Herbert Manasse. J. W. Davis was in town from Wal la Walla Saturday. Mr. Davis has disposed of his saloon business in Walla Walla to Noah Remillard, and will leave shortly for a visit to his old home in Ft. Madison, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Thompson ar rived in the city last week from Wes ton, where they have lived for the past year. Mr. Thompson is an expert miller and has taken a position with the Preston-Parton Milling Co. Will Dobson, who is repairing the roofs on the Betz buildings in Pendle ton, came near having pneumonia last week, and came home for a few days. He and Millard Kelley returned to Pendleton Monday and resumed work. Misses Delia Danner and Laura Mc- Intyre visited in Pendleton Saturday 'and Sunday. The skating club enjoyed a pleasant time at the rink Friday evening. Sweet cider and doughnuts were serv ed by Mrs. Henry Dell and Mrs. Harry McBride. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Potts attended the concert given in Pendleton Tuesday evening, by the "Kilties" band of Canada. Charles Gay has opened a lunch counter in the Corner saloon. He is prepared to serve hot and cold lunches at all hours. William Winship, Elmer Connick, Charles Smith and Will Harden are down in Arlington on their annual goose hunt. The boys went down by train and expect to hunt for a week or ten days, having taken provisions from here to last them that length of time. Big Pete Lacourse was given the ride of his life in Dale Preston's auto Wednesday. Preston took the big fellow to the top of the hill above Dudley's place, and heading for town, simply dropped in. With his hat off, hair streaming in the wind, Peter hugged the seat for dear life and seemed to. be greatly relieved when he touched terra firma. "Ugh! I danks he go-o sumb," said Pete. 99 "Are You Satisfied with your personal appearance? Try a famous Marinello facial or a more ad vanced one in muscle toning to build up those sag ging facial muscles or reduce that double chin. We also specialize in tinting gray or faded hair to re store its natural color and lustre. . ' . ; , : j j J ; ' ; In fact we can serve you well in all', lines of beauty culture and tonsorjal . work. ' .... . i - Nestle Le Mur Permanent Wave $7.50 HARRIS' BARBER AND BEAUTY SHOP Phone 492 I Turn-A-Lum Tickler - Published in the intesests of the peop le of Athena and vicinity by THE TUM-A-LUM LUMBER CO. Phone 91 VoL 30 Athena, Oregon, December 5, 1930 No. 46. Editorial Pretty soon the farmers will yearn to escape from farm re lief and get back to good old fashioned depressions. But with . Congress going to meet again we can lay the blame onto them. A. M. JOHNSON, Editor. Said the history teacher: "I have decided to give up the teaching of history as I am fully convinced that there is no future in it" "And now, gentlemen, cried the orator, "I want to tax your memories." "Oh, Lord," came a voice from the audience, "has it come to this1?" She " you told1 me before I married, you that you were well off. He "I was, but I didn't know if This would be a fine time to do that repair and remodel work around your home. It would give work to those that need work, make your home better, - increase your peace of mind, and the prices are lower than at any other time in fifteen years. Christmas Shoppers Built-in fixtures make a won derful gift. Cupboards, ironing boards, medicine cabinets, and many others can be delivered for Xmas if they are ordered now. Most of these can be at tached to the wall by the Man of the House in three or four minutes. "The best advertising is the wagging tongue of a satisfied customer." Whether it was Socrates or Confucious that stated the above, we don't know, but as we 'Like to help folks build' and say most of the fine homes in Athena were planned and materialed by Tum-A-Lum, it is gratifying to hear so many nice things said about us. Bill "Why did the elephant drink camphor?" Charles To keep the moths out of his trunk." The Military Bird The wild geese and ducks are arriving on their, annual migration from the great north. The goose, the noblest of all game birds, is the only bird who conducts his affairs in military order, He flies in perfect formation, wears a beautiful uni-: form and places sentinels when in camps. He is a wary fellow and it is the keen sportsman who can out-general him. - . For the accommodation of the particular and discriminating hunter, we carry a stock of U M C Ammunition. Our Remington long range loads will out shoot, shell for shell, any make or brand of heavy, long range loads on the market. ;: " Gallaher's - Garage J. E. Gallaher Athena Phone 471 I We Have the Best Eastern Fried Oysters Hot Tamales Chili Beans ICILGORE'S CAFE r K o n a a 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. Continental Oil Company Germ Processed Motor Oil ' Athena Service Station c "Service With a Smile". Automobile Accessories Tires BRYCE BAKER, Prop. . . Athena, . . Phone 762, I Farmers Grain Elevator Company Grian and Feed SPECIAL A Full Line of Sperrys Chick Feed Phone 382 LEE WILSON, M'gr; - We Have the Agency For the Macy Tailoring System of America Twin City Cleaners Phone 492 T. E. Smith, Prop. Freewater, Oregon 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 daya from date of bill. Otherwise, the rate will be increased by 10 per cent on each item. , . Commercial Ratea Sref lK used per month...10c per KWH H 2H .7c per KWH Next 300 . ft.Trara Next 400 .. "jrCrTrwT? will VV V V Next 1000 Excess over 2000... " f, !f! ply Fhen till" paid in full within 10 daya eel" on ach ii 0therwise. the rate will be increased by 10 per Preston-Shaffer Milling Company 4c oerKWH A . ,.3c per KWH .11 V I 4 A