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THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON, OCTOBER 16, 1931 Established Jan. 1, 1887 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. BOYD. Owner and Publisher Subscription Kates. One copy, one year $2.00 One copy, six months $1.00 One copy, three months 75 Athena, Oregon, October 16, 1931 The Oregon blue book for the cur rent year is off the press, so we are informed by Hal Hoss, secretary of state. Under stress of the depres sion everybody has the blues more or less, and we are of the opinion that Hal's book would have been more widely read had he in this instance selected another color for its name. Oregon has an elephant on its hands left at the state fair grounds by a defunct carnival outfit. Inas much as the beast consumes two tons of hay a week, and requires an at tendant, the state agricultural de partment will probably turn ten-ton "Tusco" out to grass. o Convicted on a charge of reckless driving that resulted in the death of a three year old child and serious in jury to its mother, a district judge fined the driver $100 and sentanced him to five days in the Multnomah county jail. Why the five days in jail? . . . o . Mourners numbering 113, at grave of a deceased Logansport, Indiana man, each received a dime as his bequest from the undertaker in charge. This unusual incident might be construed in the light of a dead tip to Rockefeller. o- History was made at Crater Lake, Oregon's premier pleasure resort last week, when an amphibian plane land ed on the blue waters there. You see how it is; the forerunner of plane transportation of fishing parties. o The gasoline tax has proved to be so acceptable and so easy a method of raising revenue that it is placed in serious jeopardy by the schemes to exploit it for the benefit of this and that budget or fund. Out of the ordinary is the news that a Port Townsend man was taken for a bear instead of a deer, and kill ed by a hunter. o While the industry is seeking new markets for copper, a tip to the ef fect that stills are still stilling, might be opportune. Taxes have about reached a stage where instead of producing more rev enue, they produce less. Walla Walla went wet one night last week. No booze. Six-tenths of an inch of rain fell. o With Mr. Van Duzer off the high way commission; he's a mighty good citizen, anyway. o Martin practically demonstrated that a little pepper perks up a base ball game. Another hunting fatality Van couver man shoots at pheasant, kills son. LOANS AND CHARGES The Oregon branch of the Inter national Baby Chick association met at Salem recently. There was no cackling over resolutions, but it took plenty of scratching to iron out sev eral committee reports. o "Sorry, but there is no other way." These words written on a sheet of note paper, and a revolver on her chest explained the death of Miss Mary Jewett, a teacher in the Eu gene schools, o Every now and then the argument is presented that we should outlaw firearms because they are sometimes used for criminal purposes. By the same token, knives and razors might be prohibited, - o. Copper producing states are strong ly advocating that their motor license plates be made of that metal. And why not? A tin plate never was good enough to decorate a motor car tin lizzies excepted. - o Those big red apples from Wenat chee have a flavor all their own, and since Pangborn and Herndon put the Washington fruit on the map, a new apple box label is in order. o Another moratorium is urgently needed one that will quash demands for public funds until times Improve and placing sectional interests second ary to the common welfare. o France, second largest colonizer of the world, has drawn up a magna charta for its vast over-seas empire, exceeded in area only by that of Great Britain. Stuffing $106 in his mouth, a Port land man saved his roll of currency from the greedy clutches of a hold up thug. Another safe place to bank your dough. Q i i i i :mf ' A little more than ji hundred years ago the first American gas company was organized in Boston. However, it never has affected the Individual supply. o Another stampede for gold is on - again in the Yukon. Livingston Creek is the mecca and prospectors are hit ting the trail, but not the trail of '98, The cotftity librarian and her staff have voluntarily accepted a 10 per cent cut in their salaries. And that's what we call "having a heart." Oregon has more miles of telephone wire than either China or India, and fewer gum-chewing operators than any state in the union, o It was not an Athena man who used the front porch for a bedroom when he failed to unlock the door With a toothpick. (Morning Oregonian) They say money is cheap. Luckless borrowers from some of the small loan companies of Oregon are not finding it so. The so-called regular charge for, a $30 loan for ninety days is $9.75. Loan and interest must be repaid in monthly installments of $13.25. The interest charge does hot shrink with the principal payments. For the last thirty days the borrow er owes but $10 and pays for it $3.25, or at the rate of 390 per cent a year For six months' use of $30 the charge in one case is $15, at the rate of 100 per cent a year. When that loan is paid down to the final five dollars, the interest charge for the month is $2.5050 per cent a month or 600 per cent a year. These are but two instances. Simi lar exactions are being made daily under the Oregon small loan act, which makes such doings quite legal. The law is a law for the loan com panies and not for the harried bor rower whose necessities compel them to obtain money on such terms. The law was put through the last legis lature. Its sponsorship is not whol ly clear as yet. The bank superin tendent thinks it is a better law for the borrowers than the old law was. One staggers a little in trying to realize what the old law must have been, when the new one said to be better for the borrower permits the levying of charges for the use of money up to a 600 per cent rate. 22 Years Ago . WITH FLYING COLORS (Industrial News) The general public, as well as own ers of life insurance policies, will be interested in the following statement by W. C. Schuppel of the Oregon Mu tual Life Insurance Company, which is taken from an open letter to his concern's policyholders. "While 1931 has been an unusually trying year," says Mr. Schuppel, "in the entire investment field it is worthy of particular mention that legal reserve life insurance has met every demand promptly and in full measure without a single exception. Compared with all other investments, it has come out on top with flying colors on every count. "As a result of this showing, there has been a marked change of attitude on the part of the investing public toward legal reserve life insurance as an investment. Once regarded by many solely as partial or temporary protection for one's dependents in the event of premature death, in more re cent times it has literally proved to be the highest type investment. . . Furthermore, the annual payments to policyholders and their beneficiaries by all life insurance companies dis close the undisputed fact that insur ance companies, every year, pay near ly twice as much to their living pol icyholders as they do to the bene ficiaries of policyholders in the set tlement of death claims. "The strength of the life insurance industry lies in assets of millions of dollars, invested by experienced and conservative executives, under string gent legal requirements, and held for the benefit of policyholders. No other institution exerts a greater influence for a stable society, and for national progress." NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of Mary E. Michael, Deceased. Notice is hereby given to all per- (sons whom it may concern: That Charles A, Michael has been appointed administrator of . the es tate of Mary E. Michael, deceased, and has qualified as such. All per sons having claims against the estate are required to present them, with proper vouchers as required by law, to the said administrator at the ofllce of Peterson and Lewis, his attorneys, in The Inland Empire Bank Building, Pendleton, Oregon, within six months of the date of the first publication of this notice which is the 9th day of October, 1931. CHARLES A. MICHAEL, Administrator. Peterson & Lewis, Attorneys for Administrator, 09 N 8 Friday, October 29, 1909 That Athena w,ill soon be provided with a creamery, laundry, paper mill and other business improvements, was assured at the last meeting of the Commercial Association. Com mittees were appointed and an adver tising fund set aside for this purpose, and the matter will be pushed with all speed and enthusiasm. Pursuant to the orders of the city council at their last session, the old city hall on lower 3rd street is being repaired and thoroughly renovated. New stair steps are being made and both the exterior and interior over hauled and cleaned. A new sidewalk leading to the city park was ordered and the work will soon be done. Emery Parris will leave next week to matriculate with the Walla Walla Business college. Mrs. F. S. LeGrow returned Tues day from a week's visit with her mo ther and sister in Walla Walla. Miss Odessa Kirkpatrick of Weston was a guest Sunday of her cousin, Mrs. R. A. Thompson in this city. Miss Gladys Hayes was up from St. Joseph's Academy Sunday, visiting her sister, Mrs. Frank Berlin near town. Mrs. Griswold, mana'per of the local telephone office, and her assistant, Miss Alta Sharp, visited in, Pendleton Sunday. John King has been over from Wes ton this week renovating his cottage on 4th street for the use of the fam ily of Mr. West. Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Reeder and lit tle daughter, left yesterday for their home-in Tacoma, after a two weeks' visit with relatives here. Mrs. O. M. Castleman was up the past week from Portland visiting relatives here and at Weston. At present she is visiting her motheif in Walla Walla. Henry Koepke this week purchased the Gallaher place. The property ad joins his own home place on the north and is that on which the Athena. res ervoir is situated. Mrs. J. C. Burke was very severely burned about the shoulder Monday morning while doing the family wash ing by accidentally splashing scalding water from a boiler. Mr. and Mrs. Byron Hawks and Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Taggart drove to Milton Tuesday morning, taking the interurban into Walla Walla, where they witnessed the exhibition ball game between the famous Philadel phia Nationals and the All Star ag gregation. Beeson Bros., Big Uncle Tom's Cabin Co. will entertain the theatre going public at the opera house to night. They carry twenty-five people, band and orchestra all special scenery for a grand production of the old drama that never will wear out. A show that amuses and teaches a les son of morality. Miss Mattie Caton, who was taken with a severe attack of appendicitis Friday, is reported much improved, and an operation will not be neces sary at present. The family came in Sunday from their farm to the town residence, where medical attention could be had. The young lady's con dition is quite satisfactory to her at tending physician, Dr. Sharp, at pres ent. Tuesday night residents of the northeast part of the city were re minded of pioneer days, when the mournful howl of the coyote was of ten heard in the "stilly night." Some where out in the moonlit fields to the northward the old familiar tones came in short, stacatto notes, fol lowed by long, doleful wails that sounded like a dozen animals in chorus, and was probably one lone coyote. That Athena is soon to have a resi dent dentist is now an assured fact. A prominent dentist from Portland has been in correspondence with Ath ena business men, and has decided that this is the best place in the state in which to locate for the practice of his profession. W. D. Roberts, the well known Spo kane horsebuyer, was again in this vicinity, gathering up a carload of draft horses this week. He took out a carload of big animals a few days ago and was so successful in dispos ing of them that he came back to repeat the performance. He says this will probably be his last trip this fall, however, as the apparent good de mand has caused the horse owners to raise their prices so high that the animals cannot be handled prontaDiy by the middlemen. Bruno Weber 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, Dr. Clarke, eye specialist, in Athe na, Saturday, October 17th at the Athena Hotel. Consultation Free. 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. Oregon. 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. B. B. Richards wnr General Insurance Farm Loans Bonds Liability 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 tores colds, prevents Dneumoni bena us your Washable WOOLENS They're Warmer and Wear Better when Laundered Regularly Have your Blankets Done Now li Tke First National Bank of Athena Established 1891 CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $110,000.00 Does a General Banking Business , and Maintains a Complete Trust Department 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 Pendleton, Oregon Call Bell CS, Gray Now for ICE Are Always Prepared to do . Auto Truck Hauling and Delivery Promptly Prices Right Phone 593 The Athena Hotel MRS. LAURA FROOME. Prop. Courteous Treatment, Clean Beds Good Meal Tourists Made Welcome Corner Main and Third Athena. Oregon Barber Shop and Beauty Parlor Pcnn Harris, Prop. Real Estate Wheat Alfalfa and Stock Land SHEEP FOR SALE L. L. Montague, Arlington V Vp Inc. : PORTLAND. $100,090 PREMIUMS Oc.24'OCt3l 2 1 Annual Exposition combines Pure-bred Livestock Show: Fat Stock Show; Dairy, Manufacturers' and Land PmdwM Shows; Wool and Mohair Show Poultry and Rabbit Showt Industrial Exhibits! Doys'-GirV Club Work Exhibits; Wild L f. Exhibits; "Tnith-in-Meata" Exhibit.; and spectacular Hone Show. SlEV"? ."d". . l"in spac. for 5.00 .utoi. P.T.d roads direct to entrants. Reduced fare. .11 r.n.nnri.(u. n. t-.i i t -- October M-U EM 1. n fHnmn 1 I1" Pi r Tum-a-Lum Fuel Includes the Best there is in COAL and WOOD Building Materials of every description, for new and remodeled homes ' Tum-a-Lum Lumber Company . MEAT . Choose the Meat Dish First then the Meal Planning Is Easy Let the Meat Decide the Vegetables Here Is an Idea or Two: Roast Pork and Sweet Potatoes Beef and Beets Pork and Green Beans Ham and Spinach Fresh Milk and Cream From a Tested Dairy. At All Times THF. ATHRNA MARKET m mm mm m m mmmm a. 1 m. m. a m m. aaaau u. Continental Oil Company Germ Processed Motor Oil Athena Service Station "Service With a Smile" Automobile Accessories Tires BRYCE BAKER, Prop. . . Athena, . . Phone 762 THE TWIN CITY CLEANERS ,v 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 Tuesday and Friday A T. E. SMITH, Proprietor, Phone 1571 Freewater Oregon s , Lamps Lamps Why Pay More? Plain and Frosted Mazda Lamps 25 Watt 17c 40 Watt .............. ""l7c 60 Watt """i7c 75 Watt """28r 100 Watt .'. ...28c 150 Watt 50c CORRECT VOLTAGE and CORRECT LAMPS ALL OTHER LAMPS ACCORDINGLY PRESTON-SHAFFER MILLING CO. Electrical Department, Athena, Oregon. Phone 182 ..., g 4
