THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON, JANUARY 23, 1931
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Athena, Oregon, January 23,.; 1931
THAT WALLA WALLA CUTOFF
A news story relative to construc
tion of the proposed Wallula cutoff,
appearing in another column of to
day's Press, indicates that pressure
is brought to bear on the Oregon
state highway commission by W. H.
Lynch, divisional ; engineer for the
bureau of public works, to get busy
on construction of the project. Pre
sumably the reason that the Oregon
commission has not tumbled all over
itself in grabbing Oregon road funds
to bear the expense of building a
Washington highway, is that this
state has other roads to build which
are of far more importance and direct
benefit to the traveling jpublic with
in the state than is this Washington
cutoff, which has long been nursed
and fathered by Walla Walla. For
some reason, the bureau of public
works favors the highway up the Co
lumbia river on the Oregon side, from
the Oregon trail at Umatilla to in
tersection with a highway at Oregon
Washington state line a highway
long built and in use by Walla Walla
county .. traffic notwithstanding the
fact that the expensively hardsur
faced Oregon-Washington highway
gives Walla Walla and Spokane out
let over the Oregon Trail to Portland
via Freewater, Milton, Weston, Athe
na, ' Adams, Pendleton, Echo, Stan
field and Hermiston, paralleling the
proposed unnecessary cutoff with only
a few miles diversion in travel dis
tance. If the promotors of this cut
off think opposition to Oregon money
being spent in building this Walla
Walla cutoff centers in Pendleton, let
them circulate petitions for
against its construction among' the
residents of the above mentioned
towns and the country surrounding
them. Unanimous opposition to the
proposal would be encountered, for
these districts have highways of local
importance awaiting construction and
improvement that for years to come
will rtfquire every dollar county
and state can scrape together. The
splendid highway which now affords
Walla Walla-Portland traffic conven
ience has long been the shackle on
road development in Umatilla county,
and this Walla Walla (not Wallula)
cutoff is the straw that breaks the
camel's back.
this country but, too often, when
there is any business to be passed
around by large industries, it goes
only to the big fellows in the pub
lishing business.
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If pledges for purchase of electric
power generated at the proposed
Umatilla Rapids project are sufficient,
we fail to see where there is any need
of delay in Congress getting the con
struction work under way. The ad
ministration is strong in advocacy of
giving as much employment to the
unemployed as possible at this time.
This being the situation, it would
seem the rapids project is due for
early consideration.
Seeking the source of annoying in
terference with radio reception, deal
erg assert they have traced the trouble
to an electrical whiskey "ager." It
happened in Billings, Montana, and is
one more reason why making booze
by electricity should be stopped.
If a 39-cent freight rate on wheat
to Chicago from Umatilla county
points give the growers of this coun
ty any semblance of an even break
with the 45 cent tariff rate on grain
imported into the United States, no
body can see it. '
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There is to be a new fish and game
code presented to the legislature and
sportsmen of the state appear to be
as far apart on its provisions, as
the north and south poles.
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That tale of the death of a killer
whale in Australia that used to guard
a landlocked harbor while fisher folk
killed schools of common whales, is
another whale of a story.
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The automobile is sliding back into
its own 22,000 workers returned to
Detroit factories during the week, re
suming their places after being laid
off in December.
We read that prohibition is an is
sue in many states. May we ask since
when was prohibition anything else
but an issue, in any old state.
Salem is now the mecca for legis
lators, lobbyists and politicians so's
Olympia.
THE COUNTRY NEWSPAPER
(From The Manufacturer)
No branch of general education
which reaches the masses of the
American people can point to great
er achievements than can country
journalism. Country papers stand in
the front line of defense against
schemes that rob the people. They
work to encourage industries and
payrolls, build up small communities
and make more business for every
body. According to N. W. Ayer & Son's
Newspaper Directory for 1930, 0,261
daily and weekly newspapers in towns
of 25,000 and under, report 18,383,
736 subscribers. As the directory
lists over 12,500 of these papers in
the 48 states, it is evident that at a
most conservative estimate for those
not giving circulation figures the
rural press must have in excess of
20,000,000 subscribers. Practically
none of this subscription list is dupli
cated; it is seldom that the same per
son takes two country newspapers.
Any way it can be figured, these 20,
000,000 subscriptions reach many
more than that number of readers,
for there is at least a man and a wo
man in nearly every home where a
paper is delivered.
It is a great mistake to overlook
or exclude the country newspaper in
general advertising campaigns. The
Manufacturer and Industrial News
Bureau believes that these news
papers reach a greater potential buy
ingmarket in a more direct manner
than probably any other medium.
When national advertisers contem
plate the expenditures of money for
general advertising, it would be in the
interest of the most uniform distri
bution of products and business to
divide advertising appropriations so
that a fair portion of them would bo
used in the country press. The small
publishers advocate policies which
tend to maintain sound conditions in
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon lor Umatilla County.
In the Matter of the Estate of
George M. Banister, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has been appointed ex
ecutrix of the last will and testa
ment of George M. Banister, de
ceased, by an order of the above en
titled court.
All persons having claims against
the estate of said decedent are here
by notified to present the same to
me, or to my attorneys, Watts &
Prcstbye, at their office in Athena,
date of the first publication of this
notice. All claims must be verified
as by law required.
Dated at Athena, Oregon, this 23d
day of January, 1931.
MARGARET J. BANISTER,
Executrix of the last will and
testament of George M. Banister,
Deceased.
Watts & Prestbye, Athena, Oregon.
Attorneys for Executrix. J23F20
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NOTICE OP SALE
No.
In the Circuit Court of the State of
- Orearon for the Countv of Umatilla
NORTHWEST JOINT STOCK LAND
BANK OF PORTLAND, OREGON,
a corporation, Plaintiff,
Vs.
THOMAS P. STARNES, unmarried
H. G. MAUZEY and BELLE F.
MAUZEY, his wife: ARTHUR E.
HUNT and MARIE HUNT, his
wife; C. R. ZENER and FRANCES
V. ZENER, his wife; OSCAR CAR
STENS and JENNIE CARSTENS
his wife; FRANK A. HASTINGS
and ALICE J. HASTINGS, his
wife; and EDGAR PATRICK and
JANE DOE PATRICK, his wife,
Defendant.
By virtue of an execution, Judg
ment Order, Decree and Order of
Sale issued out of the above entitled
Court in the above entitled cause to
me directed and dated the 11th day of
uecemoer, laau, upon a Judgment and
Decree entered in the above entitled
Court on the 29th day of November,
1930, in favor of the Northwest Joint
Stock Land Bank of Portland. Ore
gon, a corporation, plaintiff, against
ihomas r . Starnes, unmarried, tt. (J,
Mauzey and Belle F. Mauzey, his
wife, Arthur E. Hunt and Marie
Hunt, his wife, C. R. Zener and
Frances V. Zener, his wife, Oscar
Carstens and Jennie Carstens, his
wife, Frank A. Hastings and Alice J,
Hastings, his wife, and Edgar Patrick
and Jane Doe Patrick, his wife, for
the loiiowing sums ol money, to.wit:
1. I wo Thousand Six Hundred
Forty and 03-100 Dollars
($2,640,03), together with interest
at the legal rate of six per cent
(6 per cent) per annum from the
1st day of November, 1929, until
paid.
2. The further sum of One
Hundred Five Dollars ($105.00)
together with interest thereon at
the contract rate of eight per
cent (8 per cent) per annum
from the 1st day; of May, 1930,
until paid. '
3. The further sum of Forty
one and 50-100 Dollars ($41.50)
together with interest thereon at
the rate of six per cent (6 per '
cent) per annum from the date of
this judgment until paid.
4. The further sum of Three
Hundred Dollars ($300.00) as a
reasonable attorney's fee herein
together with interest thereon at
the rate of eight per cent (8 per
cent) per annum from the date of
this judgment.
5. Plaintiff's costs and disburse
ments herein fixed as the sum of
,
and the further sum of , for and
upon this Notice and Sale of the fol
lowing described real property lying
and being in the County of Umatilla,
State of Oregon, and bounded and
particularly described as follows, to
wit: The West Half (W) of the
Southwest Quarter (SW4) of
Section Twenty-seven (27). the
Southeast Quarter (SE) of
Section Twenty-eight (28) and
the Northwest Quarter (NWVi)
of Section Thirty-four (34) all
being in Township Six (6) North
of Range Thirty-four (34) East
of the Willamette Meridian, lo
cated in Umatilla County in the
State of Oregon, excepting, how
ever, one acre of land located in
the Northeast (NE) corner of the
Northwest Quarter (NW&) of
the Southwest Quarter (SW)
of said Section Twenty-seven
(27) conveyed by H. P. Haynes
and Mary A. Haynes, his wife, to
E. Campbell by deed recorded in
Book Sixty-eight (68) at page
Five Hundred Seventy-three
(573) of the records of said Uma
tilla County;
together with all and singular the
tenements, hereditaments and ap
purtenances thereunto belonging, or
in any wise appertaining.
Now, therefore, by virtue of said
Execution, Judgment Order, Decree
and Order of Sale, and in compliance
with the commands of said Writ, I
will, on the 28th day of January,
1931, at the hour of ten o'clock A. M.,
at the front door of the County Court
House in Pendleton. Umatilla Coun
ty, Oregon, sell at public auction to
the highest bidder, for cash in hand,
all the right, title and interest which
the within named defendants, Thomas
F. Starnes, unmarried, H. G. Mauzey
and Belle F. Mauzey, his wife, Arthur
E. Hunt and Marie Hunt, his wue, U.
R. Zener and Frances V. Zener, his
wife, Oscar Carstens and Jennie
Carstens, his wife, Frank A. Hastings
and Alice J. Hastings, his wife, and
Edgar Patrick and Jane Doe Patrick,
his wife, had on the 29th day of No
vember, 1930, the date of the Judg
ment and Decree above mentioned, or
since that date had in and to the
above described property, or any part
thereof, to satisfy said Execution,
Judgment, Order and Decree, interest,
costs and accruing costs.
Dated at Pendleton, Oregon, this
26th day of December, 1930.
TOM is. UUKUANE,
Sheriff of Umatilla County, Oregon.
First Issue, December 26, 1930.
Last Issue, January 23rd, 1931.
22 Years Ago "i
Friday, January 22, 1909 -For
United States Senator, to suc
ceed Senator Chas. W. Fulton, whose
term expires March 4th, Governor
George E. Chamberlain. This is the
result of the settlement of the great
senatorial fight which has been wag
ed in Oregon since Chamberlain won
over Cake by popular vote in the
June election. And when the final
test came, the battle was easily won.
.. Carl Christian has been working
at the Parker and Stone barber shop
this week.
Archie Mclntyre has been detained
from school this week on account of
sickness.
Mrs. Fletcher, mother of Mrs. John
Keen, is ill with the grippe. Mrs.
Fletcher is over 80 years old.
James Carlyle died this morning at
his home in Weston after a lingering
illness. He leaves a wife and several
children.
The railroad washouts are making
business for the livery men. Drum
mers will travel, no matter what the
conditions may be.
There is little or no sickness in
Athena this winter.. A circumstance
that is perhaps noted more by the
physicians than any one else.
Bert Ramsay has sold his pleasure
resort in this city to Mr. Grant of He
lix. Mr. Grant has taken possession,
and Bert may take a trip to Alberta.
Sanford Stone is m town from the
McEwen ranch. Athena's canine pop
ulation is temporarily increased by
four, that number following Sanford
from the ranch.
A. R. Price and family are spend
ing the winter at Newport, Yaquina
Bay. Their present home is at Pull
man. Wash., but a warmer climate
was selected for the winter.
On Friday evening, January 29,
there will be an invitation dancing
party at the Athena opera house. The
young gentlemen having in charge
the matter of arrangements are put
ting forth efforts to make the event a
success.
A team from the McBride livery
stable made a trip to Pendleton this
morning and the driver carried an or
der from Postmaster Githens for Ath
ena mail held there. The mail is ex
pected to arrive about 5 o'clock this
evening.
.Mrs. Frank Jackson, who was ser
iously injured last week by the ex
plosion of water pipes in the kitchen
range, is reported to be getting along
nicely. No bad results to her eyes,
which were blistered by hot ashes,
are anticipated.
A derelict cayuse, old, starved and
weak for want of food, drifted into
town from the reservation after the
storm and roamed about the streets
until yesterday morning when it got
down never again to rise. It was hu
manely put out of its misery by a
leaden missle from officer Gholsons
pistol.
B. C. Kidder, who recently visited at
the home of his son George, in this
city, was pictorial artist for the Les
lies Weekly during civil war times.
At the Kidder paint store, is a sketch
from a wood engraving made and
printed in 1863. The sketch depicts a
skirmish scene between federal pick
ets and a troop of Texas rangers.
Burglars entered and robbed the
post office and drugstore at Adams
Wednesday night. Cash amounting
to $24 was taken at the postoffice and
the loss to the drugstore is not re
ported. A Jap, who is supposed to
be one of the burglars, was appre
hended in this city yesterday morn
ing by Officer Gholson, and turned
over to the Adams authorities.
A genuine March hail storm and
shower, accompanied by a high wind,
was introduced by the weather man
last evening.
Bruno Weber
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in the matter of making
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matrices. Itmeansaral
uable addition 'to our
equipmentin thematter
of serving .our patrons.
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CHIROPRACTOR
Stangier Building, Phone 706
Pendleton, Oregon. 957 J
Dr. W. H. McKinney
rhysiclan and Surgeon
Dr. Sharp's Office
Office Hours at Athena 1 to 6 p. m.
Phone 4C2. Office Hours at Weston
8 a. m. to 12 noon. Phone 83. Calls
made day or night.
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Dentist
Post Building, Athena. Phone 582
WATTS PRKSTBTB
Attorney s-At-Law
Main Stmt. Athena. Oregon
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J. E. Gallaher Athena Phone 'ill
Continental Oil Company
Germ Processed Motor Oil .
Athena Service Station
"Service With a Smile"
Automobile Accessories Tires
BRYCE BAKER, Prop. . . Athena, . . Phone 762
Farmers Grain Elevator
Company
Grian and Feed
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A Full Line of Sperrys Chick Feed
Phone 382 LEE WILSON, M'gr.
Cleaning and Pressing
We take special care in our Cleaning and Pressing
Department. We have the latest machinery and em
ploy only safe, practical methods under supervision
of skilled workmen.
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....l0c 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
NexJ 400 ........5c per KWH
Next 1000 ...4c per KWH
Excess over 2000 ; 3c per KWH
frnJrf!b0VnteSrflply hen ""i we paid in full within 10 days
from date of bill. Otherwise, the rate will be increased by 10 per
cent on each item. - r
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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-liav 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. . .