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THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON, MARCH 20, 1931 Established Jan. 1, 1887 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. BOYD. Owner and Publisher Subscription Rates. One copy, one year $2.00 One copy, six months f 1.00 One copy, three months 75 Athena, Oregon, March 20, ..1931 Clark Wood Says: "Us dry democrats shouldln't speak too harshly of Mr. Raskob. In one respect he has been the life of the party." The state of Idaho has become leading grower and shipper of po tatoes. Over 20,000 carloads have been shipped out of the state already the current season, with plenty on hand yet. Prices have been so low that profits to growers this year have not been noticeable. Oregon had quite a large crop also and in some cases satisfactory profits are report ed. Klamath county is the most ex tensive potato producing section of tho state, claiming to ship almost as great tonnage- as the rest of the state combined. It is alleged that the shipping record of Klamath coun ty amounts to 2200 carloads this season and the results to the growers for the past ten years are thus sum marized: "The per acre net return on potatoes has been greater over a 10-year period than the net return ner acre on any other branch of agriculture in the county. A net prof it of $104 was realized on the aver age potato acre during the past 10 years." o The spirit of a school is exempli fied in its activities. Locally this is evidenced in greater extent by the Athena school than for a number of years past, notably in music, both vocal and instrumental. We under stand, also, that grades of higher average than formerly are being ac quired under the administration and tutelage of the present faculty. Knowledge that the Athena school is gaining in this respect is gratifying for in these days of high taxes, one , of the greatest items of the taxpay ers' burden is that of maintaining the public school. , o All manner of schemes are being proposed in our states to rid the high ways of reckless drivers, reduce auto mobile accidents and provide financial compensation for innocent victims. These problems must be solved, ac cording to the Baltimore Sun, "through adoption of moderate meas ures'. Drastic enactments do not work out satisfactorily. There is agreement that a way should be found to compensate victims of reck less automobiles, but there is wide spread diversity of opinion how best to do it."' have formed together in the Interna' tional Association of Science of the Soil, and hope to make discoveries that will be of great benefit to the world. The death of Angus M. Gill is sad dened friends and business associates in three counties, where at different periods covering a span of over forty years he had been actively indentifi ed with enterprise and progress. His passing is deeply regretted as is the departure of all good men. o Over in Washington the legislature passed the bill providing for a $3 flat automobile license fee and a raise of two cents tax on gasoline. With the governor's approval, the gas tax will be in operation April 1, and the new license fee effective January 1, 1932, o 01' man flu tackled five jurors and the jtwo principals in the Bowles mur der trial at nulsboro, with the re suit that court took a recess and page one, column one carried other stories Oregon State College is tooting its horn this week. . Its splendid military band is being heard in the principal cities and towns of the state. Dairy cattle have increased about 2,000 head in Columbia county in the past five years says the St. Helens Sentinel. In the Nehalem section the increase has been 300 per cent, and now with a cooperative dairy at Clats kanie the increase will continue. Coun ty Agent Nelson reports an advance movement among farmers in general and that more attention is being paid to cropping and small fruit raising and. intensified farming. The poultry business is increasing and the sheep and goat industry has just fairly started. Apparently not missing the good times she might have had, Miss Ella Wendle, the hermit heiress of New York, is dead at the mellow age of 80 years. To tho last she kept resi dence in a quaint, old brownstone mansion on Fifth avenue with sky scrapers surrouriding her property, which is valued in seven figures. In all the long years of her life in the big city, Ella was never known to "step out" but once. She visited the night club of Texas Guinan. She never, never went back. o March stands out historically as tho month during which the first complete sentence of speech was transmitted over a wire, according to the' Telephone Almanac of tho Bell System, which was recently made available to patrons of the company. Tho first sentence was spoken by Alexander Graham Bell to his assist ant, Thomas A. Watson, in Bell's laboratory in Boston on March 10, 1870. The sentence consisted only of seven words "Mr. Watson, come here; I want you." A DRAMATIC STRUGGLE (The Manufacturer) A dramatic struggle is being staged between the railroads and various forms of automobile transportation. As about one person out of five in the United States owns an automobile and hundreds of millions of individ uals use buses or trucks annually, this is a question of general interest which must have intelligent consider ation. The public has no desire to injure the railroad industry but it believes that it is entitled to every advance in transportation service, convenience and economy. Commenting on transportation pro gress, Collier s Weekly recently said: Durincr the years in front of us ! somebody must discover ways of us ing the marvelous resources which in vention has made available. Rail roads, waterways, bus and truck lines, air transport, private automo biles, pipelines for gas and oil, these are the tools we have to use We must learn how to adjust . the great facilities one to the other so that the maximum service may be had and so that nothing valuable may be lost." C. E. Wickman, President of a large motor transport system said recent ly, "The automobile industry gives the railroads directly over 3,000,000 carloads of freight annually. The railroads handle twice the freight tonnage they did twenty years ago. Would the railroads be better off if automobiles, buses and trucks were entirely eliminated? The size of the automobile industry and the history of railroad transportation in the last generation is a sufficient answer to this question. "In many States, the proportion of gross income paid for taxes by the motor buses is twice as large as the proportion paid by the railroads. On the basis of the value of property used in transportation, the motor buses pay from five to ten times as much for taxes as do the railroads. "Instead of receiving a subsidy from the public, the motor bus gives to that public which does not own cars the use of highways which the public owns. 'The motor bus industry does not object to paying its fair Bhare of the cost of construction and upkeep of the highways. It is willing to sub mit to all fair and reasonable regula tion. It believes, however, that in the interest of millions of people who utilize the motor bus, that taxation and regulation should be imposed strictly in the public interest and not in the interest of a competing form of transportation. The public is en titled to all the advantages which highway transportation, private or commercial, offers to the growing needs of the nation." 22 Years Ago Friday, March 26, 1909 Ed. Koontz and Byron Hawks have taken the matter of raising funds for. the ball team in hand, with the result that they expect to raise $200, which with the proceeds from the games is considered sufficient to fin ance a first class amateur ball team through the season, which closes about July 4. The Preston-Parton Milling Co., paid $1.15 per bushel for bluestem wheat Monday. The wheat, a lot con sisting of 568 sacks, was stored in the warehouse at Grandview station and was the remnant of the Parris and Dickenson crops, This is the high est price paid for bluestem yet reach ed this season by miyers. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Shrimpf went to Pendleton yesterday to spend the day. County Superintendent Welles made an official visit to the Athena public school, Monday. Miss Lizzie Sheard came over from Whitman and spent Sunday with her parents near town. David Taylor Wednesday shipped three carloads of hay via the North ern Pacific to the Sound. W. R. Taylor and F. S. LeGrow returned Wednesday from Canyon City. They brought back with them j a bunch of first class horses. M. O. Rose will close his cut price jewelry sale, at the Pioneer drug store tomorrow night, when he will discontinue business in Athena. To morrow will positively be the last Contoure Specialties Beautify the Complexion Strengthen the Countour RAPID CLEANSING CREAM SKIN FRESHENER SKIN FOOD FINISHING LOTION Athena Beauty Shop Sadie Pambrtin, Operator Phone 32 RELIABLE WATCH REPAIRING Main St H. H. HILL Athena Bruno Weber Blacksmithing AND Repair Work Prices Reasonable Successor To JENS JENSEN day you will be able to get first class jewelry at low prices. 1 "Bud" Read and Ben Dupiiis, well known young men of Weston, are employed by Charles Baddeley in this city, "working out" his string of trotting stock. Hugh Worthington has installed a special delivery service at his store He has rigged up with horses, wagon and the most flashy harness that ever came to town. Victor Burke and Miss Josie Stro ble, of Pendleton, drove up from that city Sunday and spent the. day with the family of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Burke in this city. James Feeler left yesterday for Twin Falls,- Idaho, after spending a week with his family in this city. Mr. Feeler has land near Buhl, a town under the Twin Falls project. Mrs. James Woodruff, who has been visiting her parents here for some weeks, from her home at Two Rivers, Wash., is spending the week at the home of her sister, Mrs. Arthur Cop pock, near town. Glen Saling, a former Press em ploye, is now editor and publisher of' the Touchet (Wash.) Times, The Times is a bright looking little sheet and appears to have lost none of its attractiveness or interest through the retirement of Mr. Cummins, and the grasping of the helm by Mr. Saling. Here's success to you Glen. People passing along main street Monday were attracted by the fear less gyrations in midair, made by a painter employed by the Kidder firm. The painter, who is named Smalley, was working on the front of a two story building and appeared indiffer ent whether the swinging staging was on any old incline, perpendicular, horizontal, or whether there was any staging to support him or not. He is said to be a balloonist, and that may be the cause for his indifference when it comes to standing on air. Peterson & Lewis Attorneys at Law Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Inland Empire Bank Building Pendleton Oregon Real Estate Wheat Alfalfa and Stock Land SHEEP FOR SALE . L. L. Montague, Arlington li CLASSIFIED Wanted Clean, Cotton rags at the Press office. Eyes examined, glasses properly fitted at Schneller's, 39 East Main, Walla Walla, For Sale Gilts to farrow soon. Cecil & Fuller Hog Co., Walla Wal la. Phone 52 or 2363. Wanted A used two wheeled trail or, medium weight and strong, at a right price. Fhone v&. For Sale A good Hobart M. Piano, cost $375. Is in good condition. $100 takes it. Inquire at Press office. PEDE0TRN li ttm,rt-aw8"f 2nd Tim: 2:15. "Study to show thy self approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." The Holy spirit helps you to do this with your spiritual life, if you will cooperate honestly. Ben Bateman will hfiln vou honestlv to do this with your physical life, by studying the needs of your physical body, bee uen Bateman in North Athena, lei. oyo. Dr. W. Boyd Whyte CHIROPRACTOR Stangier Building, Phone 708 Pendleton, Oregon. 957 J Pleads Guilty to Sale and Possession B. B. Richards, when in terviewed by the Press man, pleaded guilty to the sale of the best insurance obtainable for the money and possession of more policies in reserve ready at a moments notice for your use and purpose. A policy for every hazzard. B. B. RICHARDS, Insurance Dr. W. H. McKinney Physician and Surgeon 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. BLATCHFORD Dentist Post Building, . Athena. Phone 582 WATTS & TRESTBYB Attorney s-At-Lw Main Street. 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