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THE PRESS, ATHENAOREGON, AUGUST 7, 1931 Established Jan. 1, 1887 AN INDErtMUENT NEWSPAPER F. B. BOYD. Owner and Publisher Subscription Rate. One copy, one year $2.00 One copy, cix months .. . . f 1.00 One copy, three month... .75 Athena, Oregon, August 7,. -1931 In view of the fact that about 77 per cent of the nation's annual food budget is spent for perishables, valu ed at more than 16 billion dollars, the new quick-freezing process re cently perfected by Clarence Birdseye, scientist and inventor, assumes con siderable economic and social signifi cance. By "frosting" foods at ex tremely low temperatures, the new method of food processing is being successfully used in freezing meats, seafoods, poultry, vegetables and fruits so that they become virtually imperishable while kept in a bard frozen state, holding their original fresh, flavor and appearance for months. .. ; o Noting the fact that the Florida State Senate voted in favor of an eieht-cent gasoline tax, shows the spool cotton line, news of the taking j of a 1900-pound sunfisb in the Atlan- j tic ocean is, as a matter of fact, news, i Mr. and Mrs. Ben Kerns of Fair mont, W. V., have seven sons bear ing the names Chester, Lester, Vester, Wester, Nester, Kester and Fester. Why not name the next one Jester? ' i o The Lindberghs are off on their va cation airplane trip to the Orient. What is to hinder them from hopping back home from Tokyo directly across the Pacific? Nothing. I 22 Years Ago length to which politicians will go in their endeavor to extract money by fcy places fjded u iiaeoya my j DOG PROTECTS INFANT By Nell McEwen (First prize story in "Wild Life Lines," Sunday Oregonian.) We live on a wheat farm in Poplar Springs canyon. About three years ago, when Jimmy, my youngest boy, was 18 months old, we bad a big po lice dog, Dolph, who was little Jim my's playmate. They would run away every chance they had that is, Jim my would, with the dog following him. But the two never got farther than out of sight around the nearest bend before we found them, untH one day when all of the elders were ex tremely busy they took the long trail. The supper bell was ringing for the farmhands when I missed the run aways. A quick search in all the near- special taxation from one class of people or industry. One of our ex changes pertinently observes: The gasoline tax has always been tolerat ed by automobile users because it was the most practical measure to get funds with which to buOd roads. Florida again illustrated the old story of working a willing horse to death. An eight-cent gas tax would make it an absolute hardship for most people to drive an automobile." o j With a deficit of $903,000,000 and an increase in the outstanding public I debt of $616,000,000, the Federal Gov ernment, on June 30, ended what the v New York Times calls its most un favorable fiscal year in recent his tory. The government, of course, is in an absolutely sound position, but higher taxes are inevitable unless drastic economies are effected. De pressed business conditions were di rectly responsible for the $861,000, 000 drop in revenue. The blame for the attendant increase of $226,000,000 in governmental expense will probably be hurled from shoulder to shoulder unto forgotten. o It might be said that the money we spend for roads gives us a better re turn than almost any other form of government tax expenditures. Quick and economical transport, of goods and persons, is vital to social and eco nomic progress. Particularly is this true of those rural areas where roads have been in essentially the same state of unimprovement since the horse-and-wagon days. Only by build ing inexpensive, but good roads, can farming sections be given a place in the march forward. Hijackers have turned their atten tion to milk trucks down at Portland since the war between the dairymen and the city milk distributors. The same direct methods that are employ ed by bocze hijackers are worked, save and except no one has yet been "put on the spot." In one day, Satur day, 21.B75 gallons of milk bad been dumped into streams and roadside ditches by exasperated farmers who beld np trucks on the highways, and one milk bouse was "pineappled." Capone has won round two. He has been permitted to change his plea to not guilty. The Chicago bandit then instructs his counsel to give notice that he will ask for a change of venue from Judge Wilkerson's court on plea of prejudice and heU get that, too. Then the tussle will be x convict him and ift dollars to doughnuts that they will have a heck of a time doing that, too. o Bill Hanley should make good as a member of the state highway com mission. Anyway, it is reasonable to expect some of the Harney county cow trails will be graded into auto mobile highways. Bill lives in Bar ney county. He is the only stockman on the commission. was frantic By this time everybody was running belter-skelter and calling anxiously. Only echoes from the dis tant Eastern Oregon hills answered our frightened prayers. With my heart in my throat I rac ed madly down the creek, which winds through the canyon. Twilight shadows were falling, and I was in despair when, in response to my faint shouts. there came the sound of a dog bark ing. I tried to dash in the direction of the barks, but my legs wobbled. In stead I seemed to crawL Maybe Jim my was drown edl Or what if a rattle snake had bitten him! Or be might have fallen over a steep bluff that dropped in the canyon to a lower level! One last faltering step and I was around a clump of brush that bid my son and the dog. There was Jimmy, hung up on a barbed-wire fance he had tried to climb, and good old Dolph was sitting on his haunches as close as he could get to him to give him the comfort of companionship. Let me add one more bit to this story. Jimmy's coveralls were torn in many places where the dog bad tug ged at him trying V S bis playmate loose! Twenty-two tons of horseshoes art a lot of horseshoes to be received in one shipment at Portland in these days of the automobile, but maybe they will be resold to champion horse shoe pitchers. '0 The cows of a Coquille farmer have for their playmate a full grown deer, so be reports. A photograph of this unusual animal association wouldn't look out of place in Ripley's "Believe it orXot." o The Wkkersham report brands the TKliee system of tha country ith general failure. We have long sus pected that it needed a brand of some sort; so that it could be identified when needed. o To those who have caught sunfi&h .with bended pin hook and O. N. T. WHY DISARMAMENT? President Hoover in bis "Federal Budget at a Glance" gave the pub lic a summary of our national ex penditures. His statement showed that approximately 72 cents of every dollar to be spent by the Federal Government during the next fiscal year must go to pay for past wars and preparedness for any that may occur in the future. In relation to the President's statement, the Na tional Council for Prevention of War gives the following information: The cost of a modern battleship is roughly $40,000,000 perhaps a little more exactly $37,000,000 or $S8,000 000. The MeKinley High School m Washington, finished September, 1928, cost $2,02201JL Therefore, the cost of a modern battleship would buOd nineteen or twenty of these up-to-date city high schools. The aircraft carrier that is now be ing built is estimated to cost $19,000,- 000, with armor and armament. The 10,000-ton cruisers now building are to cost $17,000,000. The destroyers authorized in the last session of Con gress are to cost $4,700,000 each. The new aircraft carrier proposed in the bill which failed of action at the last Congress was to cost $27,500,000. It is interesting to compare these with the endowment of several great uni versities, as listed in the World Al manac for 1928. The endowment of Princeton University is exactly the amount which one of the new 10,000 cruisers will cost Radcliffe College would not quite pay for the new sub marine. The endowment of Smith College is just about enough to cover a destroyer. uukt university wouia just build the proposed new aircraft earner. Chicago University would just build a modern battleship, or two of the aircraft carriers now building. The endowment of Yale University is two million dollars short of the cost of the 11. destroyers appropriated for in the last Congress. The endowment of Columbia University would not be sufficient to build a modern battleship and one of the proposed new aircraft carriers. The endowment of Harvard the most richly endowed university, is just enough to have paid for the 68 inch gun cruisers which have boen completed within the last year. According to Dr. Abraham Flexner, internationally renowned educational authority, in a letter to the New York Times, the endowment of all the pri vately endowed institutions off high er learning in the United States is lest than $815,000,000. This is only about $100,000,000 more than the ex penditure for national defense during the year 19S3. Friday, Ac rust 13, 1909 Smut was the cause of aa explosion and fire which destroyed the station ary threshing outfit owned by Marion Jack, Tuesday moraine. The accident occurred about 11 o'clock on a farm about a mile south of Adams and everything but the engine was burn ed. The machine was insured. A Yakima Indian earned Lowe, was killed on the Pambrca bill south of town Wednesday forenoon, when the wagon brake did not hold and the team be was driving got beyond con trol. The Indian was driving four horses to a load of wheat, which be was hauling for Dave Bonifer. B. M. O'Brien came up from Pen dleton yesterday. Ross Moloney was a visitor to Mc Dougal camp, Sunday. Will Ferguson will have about a week's run yet before he finishes har vesting. Mr. and Mrs. Harry McBride re turned from a visit with relatives near Meacham, Saturday evening. A number of Athena Odd Fellows attended the funeral of M. J. Cocker line, at Weston, Wednesday after noon. Mrs. B. D. Tharp and family and Mrs. Barbara Willaby and daughter attended the circus in Walla Walla yesterday. Master Raymond Harris returned to his home at Dayton, Wash., after a two weeks visit with his brother Ellis B. Harris. Hugh Mclntyre left yesterday for a trip to Grant county. His family will enjoy an outing in the mountains during his absence. Constable Keen overhauled C V. Spencer, a young man who was mak ing a get-a-way without liquidating his obligations, yesterday. Spencer was at Helix, where he was to take the train for the East, yesterday. G. B. Kidder assisted his family in preserving a generous share of the huckleberry crop in the mountains, Monday and Tuesday. P. L. Fountain, a brother of Mrs. F. M. Mansfield, spent a couple of days this week in Athena. Mr. Foun tain is a prosperous real estate dealer of Klamath Falls. Dr. Joseph Baddelely, veterinary surgeon, finds his professional ser vices much in demand. At the present time there seems to be a great deal of sickness among horses. There was a pleasant reunion at the O. R. & N. station in this city Satur day, when Samuel Potts of Minne apolis, and Ed Potts, brothers, met for the first time in 25 years. The brother from Minneapolis was accom panied by his wife and came to the coast to visit the Seattle fair, some weeks ago. Mr. West, of the firm of Miller & West, who have the contract for bor ing the artesian well for the Athena Land & Trust company, arrived in the city Wednesday from La Grande, where he has been supervising drilling with one of the company's outfits. In one of the wells near La Grande, Mr. West struck a flow of water at a depth of 158 feet Kohler Berts' fifth birthday was ap propriately observed at McDougal camp. Twenty-four playmates as sembled, playing games, and feasted on a plendid collation of edibles. Miss Leta Edington came up from Corvallis Saturday, and is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. W. R. Taylor near town. Miss Edington is a student at O. A. C and will finish at that insti tution next year. Herbert Parker, of this city, one of the youngest barbers in the state, is employed in a Pendleton shop at present -; James Bell claims the record for one day's run with a steam threshing outfit in this vicinity. For one day a total of 1602 sacks of wheat were threshed. Three headers were used in getting the grain to the machine. George Danlap will have a sale at the T. J. Kirk place in this city, Sat urday August 28, at 10:30 a. m., at which be will dispose of his stock, farm implements and household goods. Free lunch will be served at noon. Steel casing to the amount of 260 feet, arrived Wednesday, and work is again progressing at the artesian welL It is believed by the drill oper ators that hereafter the work will not be interfered with on account of black sand. C A. Barrett who was a delegate to the National Irrigation Congress at Spokane returned home Wednesday evening. Sir. Barrett says the Con gress was well attended. Oregon was represented by a larger delegation that any other state. Passenger traffic on the main line of the O. R. 4 N. has increased to such an extent that a third overland train each way, daily, has been added. The present arrangement is in accord ance with recommendations of travel ing passenger agent O'NeiL The local wheat market lopped off another cent today, the price quoted being one cent lower than yes terday's quotations. About 100,000 bushels have been sold in Athena since the market opened two weeks ago. A good portion of the sales went at 80 Cents and upward. 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 Bruno Weber Blacksmithing AND Repair Work Prices Reasonable Successor To JENS JENSEN CLASSIFIED Wanted Clean, Cotton rags at the Press office. Eyes examined, glasses properly fitted at Schneller's, 39 East Main, Walla Walla, BEN BATEMAN Expert in Body Correction Calls answered promptly" Office at Residence in North Athena Telephone 595. Dr: W. Boyd Whyte CHIROPRACTOR Stangier Building, Phone 706 Pendleton. Oreroa. 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 RELIABLE WATCH REPAIRING Main SL EE HILL Athena Peterson & Lewis Attorney at Law Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Inland Empire Bank Building Pendleton Oregon Watts & Prestbye Attorneys-At-Law Main Street Athena, Oregon State and Federal Court Practice The Athena Hotel MRS. LAURA FROOME. Prop. Coarteeaa Treatment, Oeaa Beds Good Meala Tourists Made Welcome Corner Main and Third Athena. Oregon Foley's Honey and Tar wres colds, prevents pneumonia 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 and Maintains a Complete Trust Department ll Eastman Hawkeye Cameras FREES 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 GALLAHERS GARAGE J. E. Gallaher. Prop. Athena Phone 471 Call Bell CS5, Gray Now for Are Always Prepared to do Auto Truck Hauling and Delivery Promptly Prices Right Phone 593 M1ILK and CREAM Milk and Cream for Sale Here All the Time KILGORE'S CAFE Tum-a-Lum Tickler Published ia the intesests of the people of Athena and vicinity by THE TUM-A-LUM LUMBER CO. Phone 91 Barber Shop and Beauty Parlor Penn Harris, Prop. Real Estate Wheat Alfalfa and Stock Land SHEEP FOR SALE L L. Montagne, Arlington VoL SI Athena, Oregon, August 7, 193L. -.No. 28 Editorial Dont blame a successful man for bragging a bit no one with a good catch of fish ever goes home by way of the back alley. A. M. Johnson, Editor Those who fail to take ad vantage of the present low prices of building materials and repair and repaint their homes are much like the man who went to the Sahara Desert to get rocks to build a rock garden in t the Rocky Mountains. A bouse that cost (3,000 to build two years ago can now be built for about $250. Some saving, eh what? A young Swede appeared at the court bouse and asked for a license. -What kind of a license!" asked the clerk, "a hunting li cense!" "No," was the answer. "Aye tank aye bane banting long enough. Aye want a marriage license. The hem ting season isat far off. We mean the game hunt ing season. Better get all of those little repair jobs done around the house so that they won't interfere with chink and deer hunting this fall. And our Handi-Man service is still functioning properly. Give it a trial. Summer is hot Winter is cold Time does fly We soon get old. Order your coal While summer is here. Then winter's ice Will hold no fear. Call 91 and make arrange ments for getting in the winters supply of fuel, sow. If you art 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. 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 Sperrys Chick Feed Phone 382 LEE WILSON, M'gr. THE TWIN CITY CLEANERS Dependable Service 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, Fhone 1571 Freewater Oregon Lamps Lamps Why Pay More? Plain and Frosted Mazda Lamps 25 Watt.... 40 Watt.... 60 Watt.... 75 Watt.... 100 Watt..... 150 Watt.... ... 17c .17c ... 17c .2Sc .28c ...50c g CORRECT VOLTAGE and CORRECT LAMPS 3 ALL OTHER LAMPS ACCORDINGLY ' PRESTON-SHAFFER MILLING CO. Electrical Department, Athena, Oregon. Phone 182