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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1931)
THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON, FEBRUARY 13, 1931 I HELOVLY SPUD tone product id Potato is Only Main Food Product Now in Big De mand On Market. Chicago. The potato, unknown to civilization till the discovery of America, stands forth today as the only main food product for which de mand warrants further supply. Cries for cutting production of meats and cereals are met -by an nouncement of the potato that it will increase by millions of bushels on nearly 200,000 more acres this year than in 1930. Although last year's commercial crop provided three bush els of the starchy tubers for each man, woman and child, a peck more for each person will be grown in 1931. The actual consumption is much more, as no account has been made of "spuds" grown for family use in back yards and garden patches. Demand has kept potatoes fairly high in price, as compared to other foods. Despite recent declines to around $1 a bushel in the Chicago market, growers know that the price far exceeds that for grains-and that more bushels can be grown on an acre. So, undaunted by declining prices and reports of large stocks on hand, American potato raisers have signi fied to the United States department of agriculture their intention of planting 3,583,000 acres this spring, compared with 3,394,000 last season, as a hang-over crop cannot be kept many months. Lieuallen Again Elected J. P. Lieuallen was again elected president of Weston Stockmen's as sociation at its annual meeting, held Monday, reports the Weston Leader. W. R. McLean succeeds himself as vice president, and Ralph Tucker as secretary-treasurer. P. A. McBride and Fred Sams are members of the advisory board. Real Estate Wheat Alfalfa and Stock Land SHEEP FOR SALE L. L. Montague, Arlington International Motor Trucks Are Lower in Price Here This Year The International Harvester Com pany of America, represented in Athena by Rogers & Goodman, an nounce a very drastic price reduction in their new 1-ton six speed special motor truck. . The new International six speed special 14 -ton truck incorporates all of the desirable characteristics of its predecessor and, at the same time, has many hew features which makes it the outstanding truck in its class. New power and better performance have been made possible in the six speed special through refinements in engine, clutch, transmission, and in the famous two-speed axle.' Added power and improved performance have in no way affected the six speed special's operating economy. High gasoline mileage and unusually low oil consumption are still outstanding features of this truck. The six speed special's 136-inch wheelbase not only adds to its Adaptability to a wider variety of bodies but, combined with streamline hood- and cowl and full crowned fenders, also contributes to its attractive appearance-the six speed special is a remarkably good looking truck. The 1931 six speed special is mo tored with a four-cylinder engine; cast in block, L-head type; 3-inch bore, 4-inch stroke, 173 cubic inch displacement, N. A. C. C. rating, 19.6 H. P.; brake H. P., 30.4 at 2,000 R. P. M. Three point mounting with rubber-cushioned rear supporters. Three bronze backed, babbitt-lined main bearings; total projected area, 13,75 square inches; front, 2x1 inches; center, 2x2 inches; rear, 2x2 inches; connecting rod bear ings, 2x1 inches. Lubrication; Pres sure feed to all main, camshaft and connecting rod bearings. . Gear type, gear driven oil pump. - Oil capacity 4 quarts. Pressure gun lubrication throughout on chassis. Frame: Pressed steel channel. Depth, 5 inches; thickness, 3-16 inch; width, 32 inches; width of flange, 2 inches. . Final Drive: Spiral bevel gear drive type with two speeds. Chrome-mo lybdenum steel drive shafts. Mal leable iron, banjo type housing. Dif ferential bearings are tapered rollers. Wheel bearings are of the combined straight and tapered roller type. Brakes: Service f our wheel, me chanical, self-energizing, internal ex panding shoe type. Fully enclosed. Emergency rear wheels, internal expanding type. The six speed special with its series of low speeds will pull capacity loads out of gravel pits and excavations, through sand, heavy mud and gumbo, and up steep grades. It will go into and come out of places difficult for the ordinary truck in its class to ne gotiate. Its ability to operate satis factorily under adverse conditions BARLEY FOUND BEST SPRING GRAIN CROP Better Yields, Higher Feed Value Pointed Out; Good Variety is Important. Oregon - State College. Barley seems to offer the best promise as a spring grain crop m western Oregon this year, especially if prevailing price relationships between barley and wheat continue, says D. D. Hill, farm crop specialist of Oregon State college. Present wheat prices are just half what they were last year, while prices for barley have fallen off only one-third, he says. In addition to producing more pounds of feed per acre than most spring plants wheat, and on many soil types more than oats, barley is much higher in feed value than oats, rating second only to corn as live stock feed, Hill says. Although oats are a good feed for horses and as a part of the dairy ration, their high fiber content makes them objection able as hog feed. Another point in favor of barley is its desirablity as a nurse crop for red clover, an important considera tion in planning the crop rotation program, Hill points out. February is a desirable time to plant red clover, he says, and if grain can be planted with it as a nurse crop, a clover stand can be obtained without losing the use of the land for a year. Barley is best for this purpose, wheat second, and oats probably poorest For early planting on upland soil and for later planting on mellow bot tom lands O. S. C. No. 7, is now con sidered one of the best barley var ieties to plant. There are seasons, Hill says, when it will do much bet ter Beeded in February than when planted in the fall, as it sometimes makes too rank a growth when plant ed earlier. "February planting is of interest mainly to those who have plowed now which can be prepared quickly for seeding during a few days of good weather," said Hill. "If the land is foul it is better to delay planting for a while and give it an extra culti vation or so to kill the weed growth. Early planting is desirable only on land which can be kept reasonably clean." has made it popular in all sections of the country. This truck is now being offered at a price of $675.00 for the chassis with complete equipment, f. o. b. the fac tory and will be shown at the local dealer's showroom in the near future at which time an announcement will be made. Tiff High School Notes "You can drive all day at 60... and your Germ-Processed won't thin but!" HOw" often have you heard, "I'll have to change oil early this time because of high speed driving"? It was quite the Customary thing, until Conoco Germ-Processed Oil came along. Now an all-day drive at a 60-mile speed brings no oil worries. You know that Germ-Processed oil won't thin out at high speeds; know, too, that it actually reduces motor operating temperatures because of the added "oilincss" produced by the Germ Process. The proof. . . at the Indianapolis and Altoona race at speeds tip to 120 miles an hour and in numberless individual tests ... is history now. Your own experience will add to the weight of the proof. - You need Conoco Germ-Processed Motor Oil in this day of high, (peed motors and high speed driving. Yooll find it at the sign of the. Conoco Red TriaBstc.tbe proper grade for your car at 35 a quart. CONOCO GEkM PROC$SD PARAFFIN B A S MOTOR OIL TrMvtl uitb a Cexoct Vtiiptrt! . . . Ui ut omiiM ot pxM propowd moux nip eclnm kelp fUm fow trip. Gt a Coaoco ppot, individual!)' nrfcc4 f j ' mmI odwf ami Ulpf...H FREE! Mom m tOjKM aotoriM mt4 dus mrnci "m dx mmm fm ftmrA. CONOCO TRAVEL BUREAU Dtmw, Calends " ', Rooters? What is a rooting section for at a basketball game? Most of the stu dents at Athena high school haven't the idea that they sit together so they can support the team by rooting. When they get ready to yell they act as if they are being forced to do it and don't seem to care whether there is any life in) it or not. Another im portant thing that keeps the spirit down is a certain group of freshman and sophomore boys and girls who seem to think they are privileged characters and must not sit with the rest of the students, but must sit in the back rows so they can be by themselves. This does not exempt the juniors and seniors either because they don't yell or show much more enthusiasm than the lower classmen. There are grown individuals who are willing to sit in the ' Athena rooting section and help us yell so let's show them that we are willing to support the team, and show them that we can yell and root as well as they. Assembly The students of Athena public school had the pleasure of listening to the Walla Walla high school "pep" band last Friday afternoon. This "pep" band is under the direc tion of Mr. Tilley, Sr. While the band rested for a few minutes a girl's quintet, under the direction of Mrs. Tilley, sang a few numbers. Everyone enjoyed the program and all hope to again have the pleasure of listening to them. Athena Defeats Adams The Athena quintet defeated the Adams Warriors, Saturday evening, February 7, on the home floor by a score of 17 to 16. The Athena locals took the lead making the first field basket. Both teams played fast and checked closely. At the half the War riors took the lead by four points with the score 14 to 10. The second half found both teams checking close ly and few points were made. A pep rally started by the Athena student body started the Athena boys which ended in the final score. Hansell of Athena was high point man making 7 points. ' The lineup for Athena was as fol lows: Crowley, Lowell Jenkins and J. Moore, forwards; Huffman, center; Emery Rogers and Hansell, guards. Girls Take Game From Adams By playing the best basketball of this season, the high school girls suc ceeded in taking Adams down to de feat last Saturday night by a score of 24 to 16.. The teams were evenly matched and the score was even up to the last quarter, but Athena start ed to pull away from the Adams girls and had an eight point margin at the end of the game. Myrick and Campbell couldn't locate the loop the first half but in the last they began to find the basket. The lineup for Athena was: Goldie Miller, Mary Jane Miller and Helen Barrett, guards, Velma Ross, Mar- jorie Douglas, ceaters; Myrtle Camp bell, Arleen Myrick, forwards. First and Second Grades Raymond Kibbey has returned to school. Dorothy Martin who has been ill for a month and a half, has not yet returned to school. Those on the honor roll for the last month are: First grade June Garfield, Belva Mclntyre, Helen Johns, Donna Logsdon and Jimmy Weber; second grade Louise Kingel, Darrell Coppock, Jeanne Standage, Bobby Stott and Margery Wilks. Classes The junior class held a short meet ing at 12 o'clock, Friday, to discuss selling candy at the basketball game, Saturday night. It was decided that they would sell candy at the game. Wool Men Meet Wenaha wool growers at their meeting in Walla Walla were told by J. F. Erwin, Umatilla forest super visor of Pendleton, that shorter graz ing seasons or reduction in the num ber of sheep using the ranges will be necessary. Deterioration of the ranges in the forest must be stopped, he said. The growers adopted a reso lution asking that grazing fees in na tional forests be cut in half, and also urged passage of the Norbeck bill in congress providing a ten-year preda tory animal control program. French to Buy Wheat The French government has con tracted with the Canadian wheat pool to take 8,000,000 bushels during the first four months of this year. This accounts for one-third of the French requirements, because the last crop was insufficient. French protective measures demand that 90 per cent of home-grown wheat be mixed with 10 per cent imported. As a consequence, the price in France is around $2 a bushel. Missing Trapper Found A posse on snowshoes, headed by Deputy Sheriff Jackson, of Ashton, Idaho, has located Gus Anderson, a trapper who had not been seen since he entered the Island Park country last November. Jackson's posse found the trapper near the boundary of Yellowstone national park. He was living in a brush lean-to and was in no difficulty. Mr. and Mrs. Velton Read spent Tuesday in Wall Walla. When It Comes To Repairs: Who Wants an ImitationP Y70ULD you call on your local mer y chant and ask him for "imitation' sugar, or raisins, or coffee? 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Goodman (A Mercantile Trust) I ft s 73 Year Old Fir Rail Is Still On Fence at Scio Scio, Or., Three score and 13 years is a long period of service through rain, sunshine and snow. That's the records of a red fir rail now on display in. the office of Riley Shelton in Scio, according to H. C. Miller, native of the Scio region. Miller states that the rail was plac ed in the construction of a fence south of Scio in 1858 by H. M. Brown captain of an emigrant train that crossed the plains on tne westward trek in 1845. That was the train with which Mrs. Rebecca Morris (Aunt Becky), queen of Linn coun ty pioneers, fought their way through parched deserts, swollen rivers and hostile Indians 85 years ago. The ancient piece of timber still is in good state of preservation, not withstanding the three-quarters of a century it has defied Willamette val ley summers and winters with their versatile climatic conditions. Three years prior to the opening of the civil war the old rail was split from a monarch of fir forests then overlooking the present site of Scio. Freewater District Fires Two fires occurred in Freewater vicinity last week. Due to the ex plosion of a kerosene lamp, the resi dence of B. C. Reynolds in East Free water was damaged by fire and wa ter. , The garage on the Charles Records place near Pleasant View, to gether with an Essex coach, was to tally destroyed. Mr, Records, his sons and neighbors succeeded in con fining the flames to the garage, al though the roof of his home caught fire several times. ' York Sells Ranch Jess L. York, Weston farmer, has sold his two hundred acre wheat ranch on Dry creek to W. T. Day of Spokane. The new owner will take possession of the place in thirty days. It is well improved with a new house, electric lights in house and barn and woven wire fencing. Contoure Specialties Beautify the Complexion Strengthen the Countour RAPID CLEANSING CREAM SKIN FRESHENER SKIN FOOD FINISHING LOTION Athena Beauty Shop Sadie Pambran, Operator - Fhona 32 Lambing Season Starts, Peak About February 15 The lambing season in Umatilla tilla county ia near at hand and pre parations are being made by the flockmasters to take care of an un usually large increase in their ewe bands. Due to an open winter and plenty of feed the sheep weathered through in fine condition and everything points to a successful lambing season. Sheep lambing "is starting in the Vale valley, Malheur county, and is expected to reach its peak about Feb ruary 15. With plenty of feed and warm weather, sheep in that vicinity are said to be in excellent condition. If the weather remains fair, the loss in lambs probably will be slight. Although Malheur has more sheep than other counties in Oregon, ac cording to the state's agricultural statistician, there is not enough to utilize the entire hay crop of the county. It is said that there remains a surplus of between 6000 and 7000 tons this season. "Days of '49" on Feb. 14 Committees of the Pendleton Lodge of Elks are hard at work on plans for "Days of '49" which will take place at the Elks club on the eve ning of Saturday, February 14. There will be games and entertainment, in-, eluding music by the 35 piece Walla Walla Elks band. The evening's en tertainment is given in lieu of the usual Elks Minstrel show and is for the benefit of charity. One Potato Deal The Weston Leader says the only recent potato deal reported was made by W. L. Rayborn & Sons, who sold 200 sacks to local buyers. Their Irish Cobbler seed brought $48 and their certified netted gems $38 per ton at their cellar on Weston mountain. Beware of Colds "Only a cold." What a stupid remark I For every cold is a Threat a warning. Every hour makes you more miser able weakens your resistance makes it easier for your cold to develop into something far worse. Government reports indicate that there are more Influenza cases now than at any time since the great war time epidemic Go after your cold HARD End it in a hurry Here is a list of real cold remedies: A sneeze is the signal to Inhale VAPURE PliL ' 50c Bottle MENTHOL ATUM Rub vigorously on chest 30C and 60C Watkins Laxative Cold Capsules. . . .... . 50c Watikns Creosoted Expectorant, Metho lated, Will break up any ordinary cold . . , . $ 1 Main. Street WATKINS' PHARMACY Phone 332