THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON, AUGUST 21, 1931
Established Jan. I, 1887 i
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Athena, Oregon, August 21 ;1931
"It is probable that the farmer,"
says an Exchange, 'has suffered less
from low prices for agricultural pro
ducts than from the fact that his
chare of the ultimate sale price has
too often been extremely small. This
is well illustrated by the dairy indus
try, where the middleman receives
his cut of about six cents a quart
whether milk is selling to the public
for fourteen cents or ten. The farm
er is left to hold the sack. A single
farmer, doing business with a large
dealer, is at an obvious disadvantage.
A hundred farmers, selling together,
are at less of a disadvantage. And
ten or fifty thousand farmers, de
manding aa fair profit for themselves,
have the advantage on their side.
Mass action, both in production and
sales, has made American industry
what it is today. It can produce the
same good results for the American
farmer with reasonable prices for the
consumer."
Gasoline prices have fallen to the
lowest level in years, when allowance
is made for the state tax. On June
1, the average price in 50 repre
sentative American cities was 12.51
' cents a gallon not counting tax
as compared with 16.78 cents on the
same day last year, and 25.70 cents
in 1921. On June 1, the average tax
rate was in excess of four cents a
gallon for the first time in history.
In ten years the tax has increased
3.85 .cents a gallon, while the aver
age price of gas has declined 13.19
cents.
what is the American tariff schedule
doing to Australia directly and as a
result to the American lumber indus
try, indirectly?
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When a bomb explodes at 1:30 p.
m.( Thursday, August 27th, and the
La Grande municipal band plays "The
Star Spangled Banner," then we'll all
Let 'er Buck! .
22 Years Ago
Not only the farmer faces the
problem of overproduction. The oil
industry, too, is looking through the
same knothole for relief.
Milady's frock is not the only vin
tage of the '90's that is returning
the old time popular six-day bicycle
race is beginning to marathon.
Road construction has been great
ly cheapened with the discovery that
asphaltic mixture with home mater
ials give a lasting surface. Whether
the local materials are gravel, clay
or top soil, they may be asphaltic
ally treated at very low cost compar
ed with former methods, and the re
sult is a waterproof, year-round
thoroughfare, Bui table for all but the
heaviest traffic.
Three elements must be considered
in highway accidents the car, the
road, and the driver. According to
Sidney J. Williams of the National
fioffifir Pminnil oash tYloaA pip.
ments sometimes predominates, but
in general the car is a lot safer than
the highway, and the highway is a
lot safer than the driver.
The state of Arizona helped one
of its industries out by specifying
when contracting for automobile
license plates that they be made of
Arizona copper. In Oregon the buy
er would be better off if he would
pay more attention to the "Made in
Oregon" product.
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There is no need of getting all
hopped up over the fact that Oregon
has regained . her position as the
leading hop producing state, showing
a definite trend toward increased pro
duction, when we reflect that home
people demand their yeast cakes.
"Less than 3 per cent of the
population of the United States pays
more than 96 per cent of the federal
income tax," remarks a zealous house
organ. Thanks for the information.
New we know where 96 per cent of
the national wealth is hiding. ,
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We read that it is a fact that but
three cents out of each dollar saved
by the American people is used for
life -insurance while seven-eighths
of all money, on the average, left by
men when they die comes from life
insurance policies.
When monkeying with gasoline it
may be well to remember that the
vapor from one gallon mixed in prop
er proportions with air, has explosive
possibilities equal to 83 pounds of
dynamite or a well directed kick by
a Missouri mule.
Dr. Irene Case Namur, famous bio
chemist, advises that when friend hus
mand comes home with a grouch built
for a horse that you cut off the argu
ment by feeding him half a dozen
oysters. Righto, Irene; yes but there
are no oysters?
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Though legislatures in ten states
succeeded in raising the gasoline tax
this year, news dispatches and edi
torials in the nation's newspapers
thow that the popularity of tho levy
is on the wane and that the tax is no
longer "painless."
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This time it's a New Jersey man
who tried to extinguish a match by
plunging it into a pan of gasoline.
The gasoline objected in the usual
manner. He is in a hospital.
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The new Australian tariff on lum
ber Is arousing the American indus
try'. Well, in Iobklnf fo A rtUon,
END OF THE FALL CASE
(Morning Oregonian)
Application for the pardon of Al
bert B. Fall has been passed on by
officials most familiar with the case
the trial judge, the government's
special prosecutor, and the United
States attorney for the District of
Columbia. The application fails on
the advice of these three and that
ought to settle and no doubt will set
tle it.
The elements that might have justi
fied clemency were the age and frail
health of the prisoner, and the fact
that though it requires at least two
persons to commit the crime of which
he was convicted, only one Fall
was convicted.
This newspaper has, because of
these facts had some sympathy with
the plight of Fall, but it recognizes
that neither of the reasons ought to
control in every case.
In the past, guilty men have, by
exercising a form of physical maling
ering, escaped just penalty. It ' is
common knowledge that juries do
not always convict on the same set
of facts. And it is customary, be
cause of the vagaries of juries, for
persons accused of the same crime to
demand separate trials. The miscar
riage of justice in this case we think
was not in the conviction of Fall but
In the acquittal of his associates. If
the pardoning power followed rigidly
a practice of correcting discrimina
tion as to persons convicted of crime,
there would be added another loop
hole to the many through which
American criminals now escape.
There is this to be said, too, that
Fall has been accorded all the hu
maneness possible in the selection of
his place of incarceration; his age and
physical condition are there doubt
less given proper consideration; and
he is eligible to parole after four
months elapse from the day he enter
ed the penitentiary. Pardon implies
to many minds that there has been
miscarriage of justice in the convic
tion of the pardoned one. It is a pow
er that must be exercised on the
strength of facts, not sympathies. The
brief term that Fall will serve is not
an instance of cruelty or severity.
A PEACE MONUMENT
(Baker Herald-Democrat)
The recent dedication of the me
morial at Put-in-Bay, in Lake Erie,
to Commodore Perry and the men who
fought under him struck a new note
for affairs of this kind. Although the
monument commemorates a naval
victory, peace and not warfare was
the leitmotif of the celebration. The
crowds that came to hear the speeches
found their attention directed, not to
the battle, but to the 117 years of
peace that have been unbroken ever
since. Since the close of the War of
1812, there has not been a ship of
war stationed on the Great Lakes.
Perry fought to win control of the
lakes for the United States; but only
two years later the two nations had
signed a treaty dividing this control
on an equal basis.
In all the history of the interna
tional relations there has been no
thing as encouraging as the unfor
tified frontier between the United
States and Canada, and the dedication
of the Perry momorial does both na
tions a good turn by reminding them
of this fact.
For this frontier has not remained
unfortified simply because there has
never been any chance of war. Dur
ing the Civil war America and Britain
came close to blows. War was a pos
sibility again in the early '90s, when
the Venezuelan boundary dispute be
came acrid. A slight shift in events
during the World war might have
brought the two nations into conflict.
In the last five years irresponsible
fivebrands on both sides of the ocean
have freely discussed the probability
of a fight.
In other words, the chances for hos
tilities have been about what they
usually are between two powerful
neighboring countries. But the front
ier has remained unfortified, and the
whito shaft of tho Ferry memorial is
a monument to an enduring peace.
Why has It happened this way?
Simply because the two nations re
solved that, no matter what happen
ed, they would not go to war with one
another. The resolution has not been
so hard to keep. The fact that the
lakes have been free of warships and
the land frontier free of forts has
helped make it easy. Isn't the whole
thing an extremely instructive object
Friday, August 27, 1909 .
D. B. Jarman has sold his depart
ment store in this city to Steward &
Brown of Spokane. . The deal, which
had been under way for two or three
weeks, was closed Saturday and the
big task of taking inventory of the
stocks has been carried by a number
of experienced persons this week, and
will be finished tonight, so that the
store will be open for business tomor
row morning..
The next time a certain couple of
squaws come to town, Marshal Ghol
son is prepared to give them a bunch
of trouble. The charge of theft has
been preferred against them by Will
Ferguson. Wednesday evening one of
his teamsters lost three sacks of
wheat, and the grain was later piled
against the fence, when it would be
put on the next load. In the mean
time a couple of squaws came along
and "copswallowed" two sacks of the
grain. r
T. D- Taylor, perhaps the most pop
ular sheriff any county in Oregon ever
had was united in marriage with Miss
Clare Moussu, a well known young
lady of Pendleton, Sunday in Port
land. Both bride and groom are well
known in this city, where a host of
friends extend congratulations.
Miss Gertrude Wheeler of Pendle
ton is a guest of Miss Ruth Kidder
this week.
Grover Bowles returned last eve
ning from a tour through the central
Oregon stock country.
Misses Bessie Lee and Bernice Read,
of Pendleton, were guests Sunday of
Miss Irene Dudley.
A daughter was born August 9th to
Mr. and Mrs. Luke Read at their
home near Athena.
Miss Helene Moussu of Pendleton,
is a guest this week of Miss Edna
Taylor and Miss Cecile Boyd.
Mrs. Jackson Nelson has returned
from a visit with her dranddaughter,
Mrs. Brown, at Dayton, Wash.
The Press has a clipping from Ihe
Burnsville (N. C.) Eagle announcing
the death of Will M. Peterson's grand
father, at the age of 83 years. The
Eagle says. Mr. Bert Peterson, one
of the county's oldest and most res
pected citizens, died at his home on
Jack's Creek, on the 7th inst, after a
prolonged sickness. "Uncle Bert,
as he was familiarly called was
known to almost every one and he
was universally liked. One by one
the pioneer citizens of Yancy coun
ty are passing away, and the death of
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B. B. Richards
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General Insurance
Farm Loans
Bonds
Liability
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REPAIRING
Main St H. H. HILL Athena
The Athena Hotel
MRS. LAURA FROOME. Prop.
Courteous Treatment, Clean Beds
Good Meals
Tourists Made Welcome
Corner Main and Third
Athena, Oregon
Barber Shop
and
Beauty Parlor
Penn Harris, Prop.
"Uncle Bert" will be learned with
sadness throughout the country.
Mrs. Duncan Mclntyre and Mrs. J.
A. Kirk are at Hot Lake, where they
will remain for some time. . :" .
R. J. Boddy is having his downtown
property painted and generally reno
vated, preparatory to opening a meat
market. . .
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Kirk returned
Monday from the Umatilla river,
where they spent several days on an
outing trip.
Tomorrow at 10 o'clock, Auctioneer
Fred Eiffert will begin crying George
Dunlap's sale. Free lunch will be
served at noon.
Mrs. H. H. Hill returned Saturday
from a two weeks visit with her
daughter, Mrs. Otiw Whiteman, near
LaCrosse, Wash.
Benjamin Swaggart the well known
Heppner stockman, has been in the
city for several days. He is dispos
ing of a few teams of mules.
H. P. Millen, H.' O. Worthington
and son Emery left Tuesday evening
for the huckleberry patches tribu
tary to the Woodward toll gate re
sort. -
T. M. Taggart is moving his stock
to his new location. He will have
one of the neatest stores to be found
in the county, when he gets his stock
properly arranged.
Athena is filling up and as a result
suitable houses for rent are in de
mand and hard to find. Prospects for
a good school have already commenc
ed to tell on the right side of the
census page.
Ora Rhodes, who for several years
has been connected with the Jarman
Department store, will engage in di
versified farming in Polk county. He
will leave Athena in the course of a
month.
The big steam threshing outfits of
M. L. Watts and James Bell both com
pleted the seasons run the fore part
CLASSIFIED
Wanted Clean, Cotton rags at the
Press office.
Eyes examined, glasses properly
fitted at Schneller's, 39 East Main,
Walla Walla,
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Expert in
Body Correction
Calls answered promptly
Office at Residence in North Athena
Telephone 695.
Dr. W. Boyd Whyte
CHIROPRACTOR
Stangier Building, Phone 706
Pendleton. Oregon. 957 J
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. 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
Attorneys-At-Law
Main Street, Athena, Oregon
State and Federal Court Practice
Foley's Honey and Tar
wes colds, prevents pneumonia.
of the week. The crews paid off, and
dismissed from service have flocked
to other avenues of labor.
Mrs. Ludtke and Mrs. Jones have
returned from a summer's outing in
the mountains.
Mr. and Mrs. George Clore and son
left this morning for their home in
Illinois, after a pleasant visit with
relatives in Athena; Corvallis and
Centralia, Wash. They will be ac
companied, by Mrs. Leeper, who will
spend the winter in Illinois.
Henry Adams is critically ill with
pneumonia, at the home of H. C. Bry
son, in Walla Walla. His condition
is said to be serious, but there is now
hope that he will recover. Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. Barrett and Henry Barrett
went to Walla Walla yesterday.
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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
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Does a General Banking Business
and Maintains a Complete
Trust Department
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.. GAS and OIL ,.
... Tire Service...
Auto Accessories, Camp Stoves and
Ovens, Camp Tables
GALLAHER'S GARAGE
J. E. Gallaher. Prop. Athena Phone 471
Call
Bell CS, 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
Continental Oil Company
Bryce Baker, Local Representative
Buy your Harvest
Gas and Oils
from the Local Dealer
PROMPT DELIVERY
Satisfactory Service - - - Phone 762
Real Estate
Wheat Alfalfa and
Stock Land
SHEEP FOR SALE
L. L. Montague, Arlington
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Tiim'Ct'Liim Tickler
Published in the Intesesta of the people of Athena and vicinity by
THE TUM-A-LUM LUMBER CO. Phone 91
Vol. 31
Athena, Oregon, August 21, 1931 No. 31
Editorial
A he-man is one who is not
afraid to tell his wife the truth,
regardless. Let the dishes fall
where they may. ,
A. M. Johnson, Editor
Statistics show that fewer
dishes are broken in kitchens
planned or painted by Tum-A-Lum.
The reason is obvious, it
is easier to do work in a bright,
cheerful kitchen.
Try it Our Architectural De
partment will help with the
planning of remodeling your
old kitchen. Then new bright
paint will make it the nicest
place in the house.
"Fore," yelled the golfer,
ready to play. But the woman
on the course paid no atten
tion. "
"Fore!!" he shouted again
with no effect.
"Aw," suggested his opponent
in disgust, "try her once with
Three-ninety-eight "
A home of your own. It
doesn't cost much to build it
now. But it will give you a
world of pleasure to own a home
of your own.
Take a look at your roof,
everyone else does. Is it a fit
ting cover for your home or
does it need repairing or per
haps a complete new roof? The
hot summer days bring out the
weak spots and the first fall
rains will go right thru and into
the house unless the roof covers
you like it should.
Use Tum-A-Lum Paint It
lasts longer, looks better, car
ries a double guarantee,
has a low first cost
and
A kind hearted gentleman
saw a little boy trying to reach
the door bell. He rang the bell
for the little boy, then said,
"what now, my little man!"
"Run like the dickens," said
the boy, "that's what I'm going
to do."
We can furnish you with any
amount of Red Cedar Shingles
also all styles of Pioneer Roofs.
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
Mens 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
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25 Watt........... ........ ...... 17c
40 Watt ...;..17c -
, 60 Watt ..17c
75 Watt 28c Millilgwinrr1
100 Watt.......... .28c ZZHZI
150 Watt....... ..J. ..50c
.CORRECT VOLTAGE and CORRECT LAMPS
ALL OTHER LAMPS ACCORDINGLY
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Electrical Department, Athena, Oregon. Phone 182