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Newspaper Page TextTHE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON, JULY 31, 1931 Established Jan. 1, 1887 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. BOYD. Owner and Publisher Subscription Rates. One copy, one year $2-0 One copy, six months $1.00 One copy, three months.... 7S Athena, Oregon, July 31........ 1931 "Human nature one of whose fun damental characteristics is the urge toward freedom cannot be changed by legislation. Age-old customs can not be erased overnight by a law." Continuing, the Manufacturer ob serves: "Here are truths that should be called to the attention of every lawmaker. An important reason for the prevalence of crime in America js that we have harassed the good citizen with a tremendous volume of hasty, unenforceable and ill-considered legislation. It will usually be found that law-abiding nations are those where the laws are designed to protect the rights of citizens, rather than to restrict them on the dubious theory that crime will thus be lessen ed. We cannot curb lawlessness by merely passing more needlessly re- strictive laws to break." I o Texas has passed an anti-twisting bill. This legislation does not relate to cyclones or tornadoes but to the growing practice of smart salesmen known as "twisters" who endeavor, by misleading representations, incom plete comparisons of policies or other questionable methods, to induce any person to lapse, forfeit or surrender his insurance policy. There is grow ing agitation against this method of soliciting insurance business, and particularly life insurance, where the value of most policies increases with age. did their trading in the stores. Time removes all things, even iron rings, o - Because her husband was a contrac tor and builder and not a cook, but persisted in doing the cooking and ex cluding her from the kitchen, are the grounds on which a New Jersey wo man is asking for divorce. " Well, wouldn't that . A Silverton man playfully kicked at his big Rhode Island Red rooster. The chanticleer retaliated by socking a spur in the man's leg and he is hob bling around on crutches. Moral Pick on someone your own size, o - In Ripley's "Believe It or Not" we find that the Rev. Francis M. Arant of Milton, was born in the last hour of the last day of the last week of the last month of the last year of the last decade of the last century. . . , , o ' Taxis are taxing passengers in the national capital ten cents for fare to any point within the limits of the District of Columbia. The rate is a low one and everyone has become taxi signalers. 22 Years Ago Henry Ford says work will bring back prosperity. And work is just what thousands are hunting for. Marse Henry, trot out your work. Ileana, Rumanian princess who once visited Oregon in company with her mother Queen Marie, is now a Haps burg bride, joining in wedlock with Arch Duke Anton. The wise ones over here had it that the princess had a "case" on a prominent football player whom she met at one of our eastern college games. Howsoever, sometimes but, there's many a slip betwixt and between. Since Secretary of State Hoss jolt ed Oregon buyers of Washington auto license plates a large percentage f 200 of these hurdlers have mde ap plication at Olympi for refunds. Hoss' recent anBosBetrasent that Ore gon residents who obtained a motor vehicle license fat th state of Wash ington also would be required to pur chase an Oregon license, u what gummed up the trick. Drouth has stricken North and South Dakota and the two governors may issue calls for special legisla ture sessions to relieve the arid situ ation. That may be all right, but we can remember when the governor of North Carolina and the governor of South Carolina used to handle the dry periods in the South in an entirely different manner. THE HITCH HIKER (Oregon Journal) The news of the day carries the story of George W. Wickman, motor ist, who between Salem and Aurora answered in friendly fashion the hail of a hitch-hiker. The transient to whom Wickman gave a seat as the car sped Portland ward responded to the kindness by beating his host on the head, robbing him of some $60 and leaving him in a condition so dazed that he was un able to find his own home. Mr. Wickman is not driving today. He is in a hospital with a fractured skull. He is making a struggle with the aid of doctors and nurses to re cover from his well meant but ill di rected kindness. Nor may Mr. Wickman reflect as he convalesces that he only acted in sympathy with the sore and road worn feet of a pilgrim of the high way. He was, in fact, an accessory to the violation of an Oregon law. That law forbids persons to solicit free transportation along the highways. It tells them by inference that if they can't afford their own cars or a tkket om traia or bus to walk. The law is, of eourae, often, hon ored in the breach aad occasionally dishonored by a cratkeif akuIL There are yaurJiB. who would adventure on the open road;; tilera are college stu dents who have no allowance for travel and there are folka caught by misfortune and summoned by sudden call for whom we all hav sympathy. But the law was paaaed to protect the motorist against th hitch-hiker with a gun or club. There are some of these, too, as Mr. Wickman now sad ly knows. One must be a good choos- Friday, August 6, 1909 John Gross came over from Walla Walla yesterday. Claud Gatch, National Bank exam- mger, was m the city yesterday. Lowell Rogers was in town yester day from his Adams ranch. Mr. and Mrs. John Thompson were over from the river yesterday. Richard Wright has accepted a po sition as salesman at N. A. Millers furniture store. Fay LeGrow, A. B. McEwen and Herman Beverly made a trip by auto to Walla Walla yesterday. Mrs. M. M. Johns and son Flint are expected to arrive from Portland to morrow, when they will be guests of friends here. Samuel Hutt and W. C. Miller re turned Tuesday from Spokane and Coeur d'Alene, where they registered for the land drawings. Miss Olive McKay, a teacher in the Pullman graded schools, is visiting at the home of her cousin, Mrs. Byron Hawks, in this city. j Grover Bowles left Tuesday on a trio through the stock country of Central Oregon with a view to look ing up a location. He will be gone a couple of weeks. The county is putting in a new steel bridge at Lee's crossing on Dry Creek, north of Weston. Wood ma terial for bridge construction has had its day, and an expensive one at that, in the county. David Taylor, owner of the Indepen dent Warehouse, announces that his charges for storage will be 60 cents per ton up to January 1, and 10 cents per ton per month additional thereafter. In the absence of Fred Gross, Sr., Henry Keen was impressed into city service and read the , water meters this month. Henry also fills the va cant spots in the constable's office for this district. He is a handy man to have around. "Cotton" Harmon is to report to the management of the Aberdeen baseball organization this week. Word to this effect was received by Cot ton" better known as "Home Run Harmon," to Athena fans, and al though he did not expect it, those who have been watching the youngs ter have been looking for some of the teams of the Northwest league to pick him up. D. B. Jarman was one of the injur ed passengers in the wreck of the electric tram, near Coeur d Alene, Saturday afternoon. Mr". Jarman's injuries consist of fractured ribs, bruises, cuts and scratches. Eighteen thousand dollars is a high price for a 160 acre wheat ranch, but this is the amount Joseph Key paid Donald McKinnon for his "quar ter," last week. Mr. Key is a pro gressive young farmer who acquired considerable farm property in the last few years, his first purchase be ing the McGrew homestead on Pine Creek. Mr. and Mrs. . McKinnon and daughter Mary, will leave soons for Alberta where members of the family already reside. Here's one on Cass Cannon, one of the best threshermen in the county. Cass is a holy glutton for work, and it is said of him that while grain was not coming fast enough to the mach ine the other day, he conceived the briliant idea of threshing the drap ers. Result: All kinds of concaves, splinters, rivets and leather in the wheat sacks. Mr. and Mrs. E.-M. Smith and two youncrest sons left yesterday for a month's visit with relatives in the east and south. They stop in turn in Kansas, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, j S. L. Smith, of Latah, Wash., is here to act as O. R. & N. agent during Mr. Smith's absence. The Weston young ladies' cornet band which was recently organized is making strenuous efforts to secure funds for purchasing the necessary band instruments. They are now pre paring to put on the board a play en titled "The Merry Cobbler," the parts to be taken by local talent. CLASSIFIED Wanted Clean, Cotton rags at the Press office. Eyes examined, glasses properly fitted at Schneller's, 39 East Main, Walla Walla, Seed Wheat Cleaning, treating and grading direct from your combine in the field. You save in hauling and sacking. Also we treat seed wheat in the sack at your grainery. Myrick & Hawkins. Phone 1391J, Pendleton. Of all the yarns about the sea, it has remained for Albert Richard Wetjen of Portland, Oregon, to col lect the lot and weave them into an unusuul story of adventures in a strange world, in a book called "Fid dlers' Green." The title, in sea lore, means sailors' heaven. Those college kids down in Chili seem to have a large amount of pub lic backing in their revolt against the Ibanez government. They held be hind their barricaded college doors until they left the building under truce, with two of their number dead and several wounded. Secretary Hyde points out that in dustry, finding that the individual business cannot blindly go its own way, has set up organizations for col lective thinkinc. Agriculture, which in volume and value of production 1h greater than any other business, must do the same. A poll of 46 legislators show few in favor of an extra session and this sentiment will probably necessitate Governor Meier to follow his original plan of enlisting public opinion tax reduction and rigid retrenchment in expenditures by local government subdivision. It has been ascertained that the re cent increase in mosquitoes is due to stasnunt water in the old rock quarn in the stuthwett part of town. A few gallons of oil spread over tha water would serve to do away with the stinging pests. o The Dalles has fallen in lino. All hitching rings in sidewalks have been ordered removed. A woman catching her heel in one of the rings narrow- 1 I - l. oil mrA fallal for the removal of relics of an age wheVi hoVa wVfre tld while farmer4 J1L Take the IMPORTANT SCHEDULE CHANCES NOW IN EFFFCT TO PENDLETON 7:50 A. M, 12:35 P. M., 3:55 P. M., 9:20 P. M. TO MILTON and WALLA WALLA 8:55 A. M., 11:10 A. M, 3:10 P. M., 5:50 P. M. TO PORTLAND 7:50 A. M, 12:35 P. M., 9:20 P. M. TO BAKER, BOISE and EAST 3:53 P. M., 9:20 P. M. For further information refer to Gordon M. Watkins RELIABLE WATCH REPAIRING Main St. EL H. HILL Athena BEN BATEMAN Expert in Body Correction Calls answered promptly Office at Residence in North Athena Telephone 595. The Athena Hotel MRS. LAURA FROOME, Prop. Court tons Treatment. Cteaa Beds Good Meala Tourists Made Welcome Corner Main and Third Athena, Oregon. Barber Shop and Beauty Parlor Penn Harris, Prop. Dr. W. Boyd Whyte CHIROPRACTOR Stangier Building, Phone 706 Pendleton. Orefon. 957 J Dr. W. H. McKinney 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. Dale Rothwell Optometrist The best in glasses at a reasonable cost. Over Woolworth's Phone 1286 Pendleton, Oregon Peterson & Lewis Attorneys at Law Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Inland Empire Bank Building Pendleton Oregon - Watts & Prestbye Attorneyi-At-Law ' Main Street, Athena, Oregon Sftte and Federal Court Practice Foley's Honey and Tar Vires colds, prevents pneumonia. Contoure Specialties ' Beautify the Complexion Strengthen the Countour RAPID CLEANSING CREAM , SKIN FRESHENER SKIN FOOD FINISHING LOTION Athena Beauty Shop Sadie Pambrun, Operator Phone 32 g Bruno Weber Blacksmithing AND Repair Work Prices Reasonable Successor To JENS JENSEN SAVE YOUR STRENGTH Use one of our Family Services during the hot weather ASK OUR MR. McINTYRE Pendleton, Oregon The First National Bank of Athena Established 1891 CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $110,000.00 Does a General Banking Business , v and Maintains a Complete Trust Department Eastman Ha wkeye Cameras FREE! As a special offer to our Customers, we will give one of these cameras free for each tire pur chase or other sale amounting to $5.00 cash or $10.00 payment on account. Call in and get particulars GALLAHER'S GARAGE J. E. Gallaher. Prop. Athena Phone 471 Call Bell C& Gray Now for Are Always Prepared to do Auto Truck Hauling and Delivery Promptly Prices Right Phone 593 MILK and CREAM Milk and Cream ' for Sale Here All the Time KILGORE'S CAFE Real Estate Wheat Alfalfa and Stock Land SHEEP FOR SALE L. L. Montague, Arlington UNION PACIFIC There's No. Escaping the man who's "out to hook you for all you're worth, specially if that Auto Accident was more or less your fault Your only protec tion is Liability Insurance and Plenty of It! - B. B. RICHARDS, Agent Ttim-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, July 1931 No. 27 Editorial A husband may find that a safety pin is okay as a substi tute for a button, but it is not so good for closing the hole In the toe of a sock. A. M. Johnson, Editor If you are bothered by the heat these hot nights, here is a suggestion. Build a sleeping porch on the shady side of your house and sleep every night or insulate that ceiling of the house and keep the heat outside. Lady: "Have you ever been offered work?" Tramp: "Only once, madam. Aside from that, I've met with nothing but kindness." Paul Bunyon Again Paul Bunyan did not invent geography but he created a lot of it. The Great Lakes were first constructed to provide a water hole for Babe, the big blue ox. He also dug Puget Sound and the Rocky Mountains are the dirt that was left over. If you know any Paul Bunyan stories, send them in. Insulation is on the job 24 hours a day and 365 days of the year. Leap years add 1 day. Healthier homes, happier fam ilies are made possible by Fir Tex insulation. We can furnish that much needed screen door to keep the flies and other insects out. A better chicken house will add from 20 to 40 eggs per year to each chicken in your flock. This is worth while and prices of eggs are bound to go up. Boss: "Say, where are you two lazy. porters going!" Why don't you get to work?" Jackson: "Were working boss we're carryin dis her desk upstairs." , Boss: "I don't see any desk." Jackson: "Well, for de lan's sake, Zeke, if we ain't gone and forgot de desk." Our architects are experts in their line and are ready and anxious to help you. Continental Oil Company Bryce Baker, Local Representative Buy your Harvest Gas and Oils from the Local Dealer PROMPT DELIVERY Satisfactory Service - - - Phone 762 Farmers Grain Elevator Company Grian and Feed SPECIAL A Full Line of Sperry s Chick Feed Phone 382 LEE WILSON, M'gr. THE TWIN CITY CLEANERS -Dependable Services Lower Prices April 1st Ladies Spring Coats $1 and UP Silk Dresses $1.25 and Up Wool Dresses $1 and Up Men's Suits $1.25 For other prices, ask the Driver Trade with the man who helps pay your taxes We call for and deliver every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday T. E. SMITH, Proprietor, Phone 1571 Freewater Oregon Lamps Lamps Why Pay More? Plain and Frosted Mazda Lamps 25 Watt 17c 40 Watt 17c - 60 Watt ..17c 75 Watt...... .28c mmMW,d 100 Watt .28c IZ 150 Watt ....... .............50c t CORRECT VOLTAGE and CORRECT LAMPS ALL OTHER LAMPS ACCORDINGLY , PRESTON-SHAFFER MILLING CO. Electrical Department, Athena, Oregon. Phone 182 w . ft