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THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON, FEBRUARY 6, 1931 i Ste -Aftiflut f tm ' Established Jan. 1, 1887 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER 1 F. B. BOYD. Owner and Publisher Subscription Rates. One copy, one year.... $2.00 One copy, sis months $1.00 One copy, three months. 75 Athena, Oregon February 6,...,....1931 Farm incomes from the production of 1930 are expected to be lower than for any season since 1921, according to Secretary Hyde of the U. S. de partment of agriculture. He says: 'The gross income from the 1929 production amounted to about f 11, 851,000,000, or about $110,000,000 greater than that for 1928. The ag gregate gross income from the 1930 production will probably be about $9,950,000,000, or 16 per cent below that of 1929. Last year all sections suffered because of world-wide indus trial depression. In addition farmers in a wide area suffered seriously from droughtMainly, readjustments in acreage are necessary as a correc tive of low prices. Wise acreage ad justments can help to decrease the unit cost, as well as the value of pro duction, and thus to widen the favor able margin, when any exists, be tween costs and prices, or to decrease that margin when it is unfavorable." liberties of a supposedly free people. A wholesale revision and weeding out of laws in all states would probably do more to cure real crime than any thing else. ' o . The biggest plane in the world, the German Do-X, bringing 19 persons and 180,000 pieces of mail from Lis bon to the United States via South America, no doubt will complete the trip. The ship is powered with twelve Yankee motors. Snow Survey The trading in potato futures, which started recently in Chicago, is so far confined to Idaho Russets, U. S. grade No. 1, which must undergo inspection by the U. S. department of agriculture. The margin established by the mercantile exchange on such potatoes is $120 per car, the broker age ia $12.50 for non-members and $6.25 for members; also there are ex change charges and a government tax amounting to $2.35 a car. There is much speculation as to the outcome of this new experiment in futures. If it proves successful in the one kind of potatoes now included, of course it will be extended to the potato pro. ducts of other localities and varieties. Policeman Anderson, serving on the Klamath Falls force since January 1, was fined $5 for improper use of his automobile license and lost his job, as a reminder that officers are required to have respect for, obey and enforce the law. Gandhi is out of the hoosgow, and no sooner out than he begins to give Ramsay McDonald something more to think about. The affairs of state in India have not been settled, not by a long shot. NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT 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, executor of the last will and testament of Robert Parnell, de ceased, has filed its final account and report in the administration of the estate; that the County Judge by order duly made and entered has ap pointed Monday the 9th day of March, 1931, at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon as the time and the (Joun ty 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 6th day of February, 1931. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PENDLETON, Executor. Peterson and Lewis, Attorneys for Executor. F6M6 The serious loss by smut to the wheat growers of Morrow county is brought to their attention by the Gazette-Times from the figures of County Agent Smith. Of 1,327,514 bushels warehoused the past season 754,903 bushels were docked for smut Of that amount 457,514 bushels were docked ""; 125,119 bushels were docked "1" and 172,380 bushels were docked more than "1." Two varieties were listed in the compilation, show ing Soft Federation to have been docked the heaviest, with only 14Vs per cent being free from smut. Ridit, of which 4,204 bushels were received, was the only variety entirely free from smut. Reading General Pershing's mem oirs running in the Morning Oregon- ian one is brought face to face with the probable catastrophe awaiting any country that is unprepared for national defense. The loyalty of Pershing to his country and to his calling as a soldier can never be ful ly realized nor appreciated until one reads of what he was compelled to go through and the wholly unnecessary and uncalled for obstacles he had to surmont as the result of lethargic activity here at home, in, assembling and providing for his army in France. ; o Various states use part of this gas tax fund for schools, buildings, sea walls, inland waterways, tax reduc tion on other types of property, oys ter conservation and the like. There is a well defined move to shift more and more of the cost of the govern ment onto the motorist. Primarily, gas tax is to be used for road con struction and when used for any other purpose, until highways, includ ing market roads are completed, the tax should be used for no other pur pose, whatever. o Money diverted from a state treas ury must be replaced, observes an ex change. It is for this reason that a proposed Oregon Legislative bill, similar to one which the California voters smothered last year, to make availuble half of all state insurance premium taxes for fire and police pensions i extremely dangerous. The premium tax is an ultimate cost to the thrifty who carry insurance and pay the premiums. o The number of cattle on feed for market January 1 this year was the smallest since 1921 and probably the smallest since 1916. The decrease this year was due to the Bhort corn crop of 1930; to the heavy losses Buffered by many feeders in 1929; to the dif ficulties in financing feeding opera tions this year in some sections; and to the relatively small supply of feed ing cattle available at markets. FINAL NOTICE In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. In the matter of the estate of Anna Redhawk, deceased. Notice is hereby given that the administrator has filed his final re port with the above entitled court, and that the Judge thereof has desig nated Monday, March 9, 1931, at the hour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon as the time, and the county court room in Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon, as the place, when and where hearing shall be had thereon. All persons interested are hereby noti fied to then and there appear and show cause, if any they have, why said report should not be approved and the administrator discharged and exonerated. Date this 6th day of February, 1931. GEORGE RED HAWK. Administrator of the estate of Anna Redhawk, deceased. F6M6 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the County Court of the State of Oregon for 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 & Prestbye, at their office in Athena, Oregon, within six months from the 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 Bring in Your Bent and Sprung Axles THIS SHOP IS EQUIPPED WITH AN AXLE GAGUE TO STRAIGHTEN AXLES Acetylene Welding and Black smithing C. M. Jones Blacksmith Shop No law at all is better than a poor law.' If the American people show a contempt for legal restrictions, it is the fault of our lawmakers, who have, in the past twenty years, gone long way toward banishing the lilisten Here! Bell C& Gray y Are Always Prepared to do n Auto Truck Hauling and Delivery Promptly Trices Right Phone 593 After experimenting for three years with the snow survey method of pre dicting stream run-off, the Oregon engineering department has discover ed that it is possible to forecast with a fair degree of accuracy the low- water flow of streams in Oregon be fore the annual spring runoff has started. So efficient is this method of esti mating the flow of the various pow er and irrigation rivers before the water has reached the normal low states, State Engineer Stricklin as serts there is less than 5 per cent error in the pre-calculations possible. Snow measurements are conducted at snow-survey stations established on the headwaters of streams that are considered to represent average condi tions on the watersheds. At these stations, snow samples are taken and first measured to obtain depth of snow cover, and than weigh' ed to get the density or its equiva lent in inches of water. An average is taken of all samples to give a rep resentative mean. The relationship once established between the depth of snow and its water content, hVis then possible for the investigators to estimate most ac curately the amount of power and ir rigation supply that may be expect ed during the summer in any given locality. "The value of such information can be readily appreciated," State En gineer Stricklin said. "If the farmers and power operators can know in ad vance that they will be short of water during the period of maximum use, and just how short they will be, they can arrange accordingly. "On the other hand, if the predic tions indicate a plentiful supply throughout the coming dry season, they can proceed to use the water liberally." The state engineer maintains snow survey stations on the Snake river drainage, Malheur drainage, Powder river, Grande Ronde, Walla Walla, Umatilla, John Day, Deschutes, Rogue river, Goose lake, Klamath river, Warner lake, Albert lake, Sum mer lake, Silver lake tributaries be tween Bend and Crooked river, Crook ed river drainage and FiveMile creek drainage. Four stations are maintained above Bend on the Deschutes river drain age, while four stations also are maintained in the Rogue river drain age. The state engineer said additional records were needed in the Wallowa river watershed, and to the stream basins of Hood, Silvies, Powder and John Day rivers. 22 Years Ago CLASSIFIED Wanted Clean, Cotton rags at the Press office. Eyes examined, glasses properly fitted at Schneller's, 39 East Main, Walla Walla, N. G. Beginning on March 2, 1931, and continuing for six concecutive days, we will give one free Body Correction treatment to each new patient who comes to our office in JNortn Atnena, during that time. BEN BATEMAN. Dr. W. Boyd Whyte CHIROPRACTOR Stangier Building, Phone 708 Pendleton, Oregon. 957 ) Dr. W. H. McKinney Physician and Surgeon T)r. Shnrn'a Office Office Hours at Athena 1 to 6 p. m. Phnno ar9 Offira Hnnra at Weston 8 a. m. to 12 noon. Phone 83. Calls made day or night. DR. BLATCHFORD Dentist Post Building, Athena. Phone 582 Peterson & Lewis Attorneys at Law Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Inland Empire Bank Building Pendleton Oregon WATTS TRESTBYB Attorneys-At-Law Main Street. Athena. Oregon State and Federal Court Practice The Athena Hotel MRS. LAURA FROOME. Prop. Courteous Treatment, Cleat Beds Good Meals Tourists Made Welcome Special Attention Given to Hone Patrons Corner Main and Third Athena, Oregon Friday, February 5, 1909 B. W. Myers, for many years head miller for the Preston-Parton Milling company, has resigned his position and William Littlejohn, an employe of the firm at Waitsburg, has taken charge of. the milling department of the Athena plant Mr. Myers is one of the best millers in the North west, being one of the coast pioneers in the business. Plowing is in progress in the Walla Walla valley, and onion seed is being sown at Hudson Bay. . James Mosgrove is down from Al berta on a business visit and will re main in the city for several days. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Harris of this city officiated as judges at the declam atory' contest at Weston Normal school last Saturday night. East Oregonian: Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rogers, at their home on the north side of the river, a nine pound girl. Sparks from a Northern Pacific lo comotive set fire to a pile of cedar posts in the Tum-a-lum yard Monday, A stream of water from the city mains soon extinguished the incipient blaze. Duncan Mclntyre has returned from Alberta. He reports the Athena col ony prosperous and contented. Mr. Mclntyre went to Alberta several weeks ago for the purpose of attend ing to some business matters. James Conley, the tailor, has pur chased the gallery building from photographer Danner and will con vert it into a tailor shop and living rooms. Mr. Conley is in possession of the property and has moved into his new location. Farmers north of town saved a rail fence from burning Tuesday night by diligent and persistent labor. The stubble fire, caused by sparks from the burning of the Pacific Coast Ele vator company s warehouse threat ened to burn the fence. Charles Norris has completed what he characterizes as being his master piece of workmanship in the harness line. A splendid single harness, which he has manufactured for the classy "Karl" to wear, temporarily adorns a conspicuous exhibition niche of his down town shop. The harness being admiringly inspected by Mr. Norris' friends. Robt. Tharp has purchased the Per kins interest in the Dime moving pic ture show. It will be Mr. Tharp's aim to exhibit the best pictures ob tainable. The Dime has been open evenings at 7 o'clock this week and despite counter attractions has re ceived liberal patronage. The members of Dolph Lodge No. 80, A. F. & A. M. are highly pleased at receiving a present of a new bible from Joseph Norton Dolph, nephew of the late Senator J. N. Dolph, for whom the local lodge was named at the time of its organization, August 4, 1883. In gold letters, the following inscription appears on the cover "Presented to Dolph Blue Lodge of Athena, Oregon, by Joseph Norton Dolph, of Portland, in memory of his late uncle, U. S. Senator Joseph JM. Dolph." The wheat warehouse, owned by the Pacific Coast Elevator company located on the O. R. & N., in the north part of the city, was destroyed by fire Tuesday afternoon when the wind storm was at its highest velo city. . The fire started on the roof of the building and was caused by sparks from the locomotive pulling passenger train No. 8. The location of the building was outside of the fire department limits, and although the department responded promptly to the alarm, the fire laddies were pow erless to be of , any assistance and the building, which was valued at $2,500 soon burned. Firebrands were carried by the wind over a quarter of a mile north, and set fire to a stub ble field. I SB9 Save the expense of repairing a frozen engine block use anti-freeze in your radiator. We properly service your circulating system and tell you the correct amount of anti-freeze to use in your car for any given temperature. : : NOW is the time to get your tires. We offer extra size, heavy duty, guaranteed 30x3' .tires with tubes, 6 ply, 29x4.40 tires with tubes, and 28x4.75 and '30x4.50 at greatly REDUCED PRICES i Gallaher's Garage J. E. Gallaher Athena Phone 471 We Can Cast Your Plates ; The installation of an Electricaster Stereotyp ing Machine makes it possible for ua to accom modate our merchant advertisers and others in the matter of making printing plates from matrices. Itmeana a val uable addition to our equipment in thematter of serving ut patrons. S The First National Bank of Athena Established 1891 CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $110,000.00 Maintains a Complete Trust Department A LEADING EDITOR SAYS OF THIS BANK: "AN INSTI TUTION WITH WHICH IT IS A PLEASURE TO DO BUSI NESS, IN THE CONFIDENT KNOWLEDGE THAT ONE'S MONEY IS SAFE." S 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. 31 Athena, Oregon, January fc 1931 No. 5 Editorial The difference between learn ing to drive a car and learning to play golf is that when you learn to play golf you don't hit anything. A. M. Johnson, Editor. Don't be deceived by this balmy weather, keep the coal bin full and "be prepared." It is time to start thinking of caring for those little chicks that will be hatching out before long. Then they must have warm quarters for next year if they are to be money mak ers. Ask for our plans, or we will design one especially for you. Two spinsters were discus sing men. "Which would you prefer in your husband wealth, ability, or appear ance?" "Appearance," replied the other. "And the sooner the better." Short Love Story In a City a beautiful girl sued a rich banker for breach of promise and was awarded $10, 000. Shortly after leaving the court room she was hit by a car and had two ribs broken. The same judge awarded her $10.00 for the broken ribs. Moral: Never play with a wo man's 'heart if you feel play ful, kick her in the ribs. If you want your wife to get a big "kick" out of life, put some fine cupboards in the kitchen, some shelves in the cel lar, and closets and you will have nothing to kick about, be cause she will always be in a good humor. Kelley's Economy Slack Coal Burner will reduce your heating costs. Call at the yard for de tails of this burner and the free trial offer. Costs only $10.00 for the ordinary heating stove. Can be installed in any furn ace or stove. "You won't . make a brick layer out of me " said one of Roy's hens as she pushed the porcelain egg out of her nest 1 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 SPECIAL A Full Line of Sperry's 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 8. sT TTT see us ... Before Buying Electric Lamps and other electric appliances, including Sad-irons, Percolators, Toasters, Waffle Irons, Hotplates, Vacuum Sweepers, G. E. Refrigerators, and Hot point Electric Stoves. In fact, everything electrical PRESTON-SHAFFER MILLING CO. Electrical Department, Athena, Oregon. Phone 182 S? tytiydd --, . ' - : :'r ..' ' W V w-u, . X m U It U ;j I r jit ijft ilxp n n - r.. 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-Rav and bacteriological labortories, washed air ventilation. . ' 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.