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THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON, OCTOBER 2, 1931 Established Jan. 1, 1887 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. BOYD. Owner and Publisher Subscription Rates. One copy, one year ....$2.00 One copy, at months 11.00 One coP7.th.ree months .75 Athena, Oregon, October 2r .1931 As when circumstances dictate, a world of value is to be found in cast off articles of the home when intelli gent and frugal labor is applied. From Pearl is always glad to welcome new patrons, but well say it, anyway. Once in a while we bear somebody intimate that he believes the Declara tion of Independence authorizes the pursuit of other people's happiness. o Mew Chlorine foot baths have been installed in the Nehalum grade school natatorium. No restrictions ath letes and others may use them. 22 Years Ago MORE LAWS, MORE CONTEMPT (Industrial News Bureau) The growing contempt for law is attributable in large measure to a Gresham comes the announcement migtlien WAj for nj0re ever . . .11 - Aam VeVA 11)11 IMIt (A ' in at oia raga vuttic - practical uses with the result that real money values have been creat ed. From old rags, the women m the home economics club of the Rus selvQle grange, have made nine nags or an average of 54-5. square feet more law," said Governor Eitchit of Maryland a short time ago. It is ' refreshing to hear this thought echoed by a high public of ficii!. Too few of them axe su&ki ently candid or courageous to do so. But almost all who cave studied of hooked material, that are valued t U. fr:. T,rfJKi(.m h. com to the approximately f 11 apiece, the work me eoxTisicm. representing a saving of about flOL We an. a Mtion of l2WtTejllers 0 1 largely because we are a nation of There is one crime more dastardly , j We hiVe abrog-ted hu than that of robbing unemployed men man LTrties arid crime has been in traveling out of the country jcreasing on a greater scale than in freight trains, and that is timber y otier SBpp0ciy civilized eoun arson. Many of the terribly destruc-j Wt hive jj. tive forest fires of the present season, ;have ,cled u boomerangs and have in which thousands of acres of vala- practice benefitted the crim- able timber and a number of human inaJ class were mpposei and animal lives were lost, are at- suppresssuch as the various tributed to arsonists. In at least one fcDti.reVolver bills in effect in several state it was necessary to establish nartial law in the more endangered ) We axmtit hut mT eyes to sections and that state is prepared to fjct that An)erka b , UirkES M. d. 1 . U .. t 1 1 m fnn enact new taws iu iu oiugc u. wings of firebugs. In an interesting article, "Roads Versus Doles," the writer brings out the comparison of the bankrupt situ ation in England and this country, where the lead of endeavor is to find work for the unemployed instead of putting the worker on a pension list. However, road building alone will not suffice to put all on the wage-earning rolL What really is needed for a general and spontaneous bust-up of an apparent physiologic daze is the return of the habit of spending money normally by those who have the money to spend. o As a rule Athena hunters bring home the bacon, if not deer meat. But it remained for one hunter to show up with a larder offering of a choice col lection of chipmunks. Now," wait a minute! We haven't said that his of fering was accepted at home, and the other chapter is that we are not go ing to. Chances are that he is feed ing them 30c wheat right now, doing his bit to help the farm board get rid of that awful surplus. o We read that twenty years ago the light and power industry had 2,000, 000 home customers and that now it has 21,000,000. In light of the fact that electricity relieves drudgery in the home more than any labor saving element that can be introduced, the assertion that approximately 50,000, 000 homes will be using electric ser vice by the time another twenty years roll around is made. o An exchange makes the statement that "the only persons living in America who could be said to have no financial interest whatever in the prosperity of the railroads is the tramp who neither owns, nor hopes to own anything save the clothes on his back." And we are not so sure that all tramps are such dumbells, for scores of them are failures at hitch hiking. o- ' Oregon walnuts are to be branded hereafter, and the California "Dia mond" brand will hereafter not be the only nut on the market wearing a trade mark. Oregon walnuts are as good, if not superior to the California-grown product, but the buying public has been slow in finding out the fact . The pack is what the pub lic is looking for as an index of super iority. o Wallowa county, long famous for its fish and game resources has gone in for planting fresh water shrimp in its lakes. Should the venture prove successful, and no doubt it will, a fu ture possibility is that all one will have to take along will be a roll of blankets, flour, bacon and matches, to "live off the country." o Now that the Malheur Telephone company has moved into its new f 40, 000 office at Vale, it is fair to assume that the company has been making some money and saving it for need ed improvements. We have not been informed as to whether a new chew ing gum recepticle has been added to the equipment. o It would have been rosey for the Northwest farmer if he could have skimmed off a little of the oil of prof it along with the miller and the bag manufacturer in that 15,000,000 bush el deal between the farm board and China. But he couldn't. lion. In almost every great city au thorities are all but powerless against the depredations of a well organized, well financed underworld. Simpler and fewer laws, more justice and less litigation, surer punishment for of fenders in that direction lies vic tory for society in its war against the criminal class. o THE WILSON LIBEL (Oregon Journal) "Staggering drunks who disgraced the uniform and yelled for beer," is. the phrase in which Clarence True Wilson described Legionnaires in their late convention at Detroit. Re plying to criticism of the statement, he said: "I don't object to their asking for a referendum. It's the way they went about it. Their open flaunting of the laws of the land in a manner disgraceful to the uniform they wore is the sore spot. The ex-soldier who will do that, and practically all of them did it in Detroit, is a perjured scoundrel who ought not to represent the decency of the flag under which be fought" The venom of the Wilson state- ment will drive thousands of moder ate "dry to the side of the Legion naires. It will convert many in thej dry ranks to support of modification.) The Wilson tirade refutes itself.! The country knows that the 92,000 j Legionnaires who marched at De- troit were not "staggering drunks." For a "dry" leader to so character ize them naturally and inevitably j brings odium upon the dry cause. A few repetitions of the Wilson tirade by other dry leaders would be a j fatal mistake for the system. A few more Bishop Cannons and a few more ' Clarence True Wilsons would place I prohibition at a serious disadvantage i in the battles it has yet to face. There are always camp followers. Conventions of men invariably have larger or smaller contingents, dele gates and otherwise, who drink. Dur ing one great convention in Portland bars were set up in some of the ho tels, and all Portland knew it. It was understood that the plan had official sanction. And a lot of the camp followers got drunk. But all the delegates were not drunk, nor a half of them, nor a fourth of them. To stigmatize the men who fought in France and Flanders as "stagger ing drunks" and "perjured scound rels" is a libel upon the cation's de fenders, a moral crime against their relatives and friends, an insult to the citizenship of America. It is a sland er upon the men who came home shell-shocked, gassed on crutches, and . on the other mutilated tn the grim parade on their way to the grave. It is an outrage upon the young; men who dared all, who tempted fate ' and volunteered for the supreme sac- rifice in defense of democracy I against thrones and for the perpeto-! ity of human freedom. j Friday. October 15, 1& With the going dry of Preseoit there is but one salooa in Walla Wal la county outside of Walla Walla, that being Wallula, an oid villa ess the Colombia river. Ia Walla Walla there are SS saloons. The new town of StanSeid ia Koati ern Umatilla county preseats a taia spectacle. At present rt is a esty eg tents, but as fast as the 1S9 dw3srs in tents can do so the se-HjesaeaaSt is being transformed ista a city t brick, stone aid etaatst !3ssre buildings and seat fr&se canapes and bungalows. Toe Hal Es alana ctac&s "Amer ica," T5c. Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Jarxcaa and Wm. Winship ntsraed yesterday from a trip to Spokane, rx-ar where Mr. Jarman bas recently acmirJ land holdings. Mr. and Mrs. Fred EaddeSey are zp from their Pendleton ranch, risitiEg friends in Atfceaa. There wiQ be a social dance at the opera house tonight. Musk will be furnished by Johnson s orchestra. Charles Grant has leased the Wor- thicgtpn building cn Main street and will conduct a restaurant therein. Grandma Eoontz has gone to Mos cow, Idaho, where she will spend the winter with her son, B. E. Kocntx. James Bryan and family will move to town for the winter. They will reside in the Jarman cottage on 4th street. Mrs. John Stone will visit her par ents at Madras, Crook county during the absence of Mr. Stone cn his hunt ing trip. John Bell has purchased a fine White steamer. The machine is a beauty, a 20-horse power, five passen ger car. "Gold Coin" wheat, raised on the John Weidert place north of Athena, took first premium at the Walla Wal la fair last week. Wednesday was a good day for drummers, evidently, in this city. Thirty-three were registered at the St. Nichols hotel. Mrs. James Nelson came down from Alberta yesterday and is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Pinkerton, Sr., near town. Jerry Stone has purchased the old Ely place of 160 acres west of town, from John Bell; consideration, f 14,- 000. There are 140 acres in summer fallow. Rev. Hazsaaoal went down yester day t Tisij Mr. McXenzie, near Ad ams. Ee lecpcats ib old gentleman as ebeefffsl ca&r ha affliction. Nki Tautifscwr kft last week for his fara is ATVrU, after several weeks visit vitls triads here. Mrs. Tai'seajw and 3a cfcildwa will remain fr t&e wittr an.s with hex moth er, Mrs, Wngit ia this city. J. E. J raws askd James Henderson rwxrswS SmmUct from a tea days' ihssX a lie SabiKin river. They re ; ??rt kreing j-ffism irht of 15 or 20 asr, bat m not sacoeed in bagging Miss JaBnei3 Manasse leaves to y for iur htm in Napa, CL, after wwata iwfik T0fcsrt visit at the iinm f Mr, said Mrs. Henry Schmitt west sf wn, send with other friends ia this (city, John Baclanan, living n ihe Estes piace SKisx town, had the index finger :f Lis right band severed and two Miter digits kadly mashed this morn ing ia a hay rattier. Dr. Sharp dress ed the wounds. G rover Bowles and Walter Philips left Tuesday for Miles City, Montana, where they will be employed n Fay LeG row's stock ranch. The ranch contains 900 acres and was recently purchased by Mr.. LeG row. Last Saturday there was a general hegira of the Athena teachers to the county seat. Those noticed on the train were Prof, and Mrs. Mulkey, Misses Edith and Blanch Orswell, Miss Velma Wilkenson and Miss Net tie Beverly. Mrs. Wall and Mrs. Jack Harr'won went over to Milton and Walla Walla Friday, remaining until Sunday. They were the guests of the Danner family and report that Mr. Bert Danner, the O. R. & N. conductor, is viBiting his parents there. Ben Swaggart is in the city from Lexington, Morrow county, with a number of thoroughbred Oregon jacks which he is offering for sale. With these jacks he took three first pre miums and one second, and the sweep stakes prize at the Walla Walla fair. B. B. Richards mm General Insurance Farm Loans Bonds Liability n Bruno Weber Blacksmithing AND Repair Work Prices Reasonable Successor To JENS JENSEN IjC'" " : : : f' n t 5 The First National Bank of Athena Established 1891 CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $110,000.00 Does a General Banking Business and Maintains a Complete 1 Trust Department CLASSIFIED Wanted Clean, Cotton rags at the Press office. j Eyes examined, glasses . properly fitted at Schneller's, 39 East Main. Walla Walla, Dr. Curry the Seattle Eyesight Specialist who has made professional visits to Athena for 20 years and is known for good optical work at reas onable prices will again be at the Athena Hotel, Tuesday, October 6 for one day. Eyes examined, glasses ground and fitted. BEN BATEMAN - Expert in Body Correction Calls answered promptly Office at Residence in North Athena Telephone 595. Dr. W. Boyd Whyte CHIROPRACTOR Slangier Building, Phone 706 Pendletom. Oregon. 957 J Dr. W. H. McKinney Physician and Surgeon Dr. Sharp's Office Office Hours at Athena 1 to 5 p. m. Phone 452. Office Hours at Weston 8 a. m. to 12 soon. 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 i Peterson & Lewis J Attorneys at Law j Practice in all State and Federal ! Courts. Inland Empire Bank Building Pendleton Oregon RELIABLE WATCH REPAIRING Main St EE HILL Athena MRS. The Athena Hotel LAURA FROOME. Proa. Watts & Prestbye Attoraeya-At-Law Main Street, Athena, Oregon State and Federal Court Practice Foley's Honey and Tar uires colds, prevents vneurooal SAVE YOUR STRENGTH Use one of our Family Services during the hot weather ASK OUR MR. McINTYRE Pendleton, Oregon Call Bell CS, Gray Now for Are Always Prepared to do Auto Truck Hauling and Delivery Promptly Prices Rirht Phone 593 CartM TreatBeat, CWaa Good Meals Beds Tourists Made Welcome Tnm-aLum Tickler Published fa the intesesU of the peop le of Athena and vicinity by THE TUM-A-LUM LUMBER CO. Phone 91 I VoL 31 i Crser Mala and Thirt Athena. Orega Miss Pearl Glad conducts the Rose bud Beauty Parlor in Tillamook. It should go without saying that Miss NOTICE TO CREDITORS j In the County Court of the Slate of ; Oregon for Umatilla County. j In the Matter of the Estate of Charles H. Pottpr. IVrMisfH I Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed ad ministratrix of the estate of Charles H. Potter, deceased, by an order of the above entitled Court. All persons having claims against j the said estate are hereby notified to present the same to me at Athena,; Oregon, or to my attorney s. Watts j & Presibye, at their office in Athena,! Oregon, within six (6) months from the date of the first publication of this notice. All claims must be veri fied as by law required. Dated at Athena, Oregon, this 4th day of September, 1931. ELLEN F. POTTER, Administratrix. Watts and Prestbye, Athena. Ore gon, Attorneys for Lstatc . S402 Barber Shop and Beauty Parlor Perm Harris, Prop. Real Estate Wheat Alfalfa and Stock Land SDEEP FOR SALE L L Hontagae, Axliagtea Athena, Oregon, October 2, 1931 No. 36 Editorial We have persuaded the weath er man to have some fine build ing weather for building this fall must let somebody take advantage of our lowest-priced-in-years-building material. A, M. Johnson, Editor Now for fall building- ma terial the lowest in years. "I'm always mixed up Wfith some girl, although I try to use my head." "Quit using your arms and you will be all right" "What was your idea of put ting dollar marks at the end of your love letters to the plain iff ? asked the lawyer. "They are kiss marks," re plied the defendant "But why use dollar marks to denote kisses?" . . "You wouldn't ask me that if you knew how much they cost me." - "It's scandalous to charge us 5 for towing the car in only three or four miles," protest ed the tourist driver's wife.- "Never mind, dear," replied hubby. "I've got the brakes on. Lady Will my false teeth look natural?. Dentist Lady, I make 'em so natural they ache. Can you tell me what time the 9:45 train goes? At a quarter to ten. Bother, these time - tables 1 They are never right in Mother, do fishes travel schools? Yes, son. Well, what do they do when the teacher gets caught? Oh, then they play hookie. "Yonder yacht is flying a flag of distress." "What does she signal." "Wants to know if we have a corkscrew aboard." S'alL See you next week. A. M. Johnson. We carry the REMINGTON KLEANBORE , rifle ammunition; these cartridges prevent chemical erosion. They are positively non-corrosive and will prevent rust. Have your car cleaned, polished and the top treated with our water-proof rubber top dressing which will keep your top soft and flexible during the life of the car. . GALLAHER'S GARAGE J. E. Gallaher, Prop. Athena Phone 471 8 THE ATHENA MARKET We carry the best Meat That Money Buys Kippered Saimon, all Kinds of Salt Fish. Fresh Fish, Oysters, Crabs, Clams, Kraut in Season. A. W. LOGSDON Main Street Athena, Oregon. Continental Oil Company Germ Processed Motor Oil v- Athena Service Station "Service With a Smile" Automobile Accessories Tires BRYCE BAKER, Prop. . . Athena, . . Phone 762 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 vWe call for and deliver every Tuesday and Friday T- & SMITH, Proprietor, Phone'"lS71 ? Freewater Oregon j Lamps Lamps Why Pay More? Plain and Frosted Mazda Lamps 25 Watt He 1 40 Watt... l7c ' 60 Watt 17c wwwww 100 Watt....... 2Sc " 150 Watt .50c CORRECT VOLTAGE and CORRECT LAMPS ALL OTHER LAMPS ACCORDINGLY $j PRESTON-SHAFFER MILLING CO. Electrical Department, Athena, Oregon. Phone 1S2