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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1930
Page
2
The notice lists subscription options for Athena Press including one copy per year six months and three months with prices. A quotation from Clark Wood in Athena Oregon August 22 remarks on Alexander Legge and wheat farmers aiming to influence wheat production for BV D's sales to Eskimos.
H A Lindgren of the state college extension service says the recent drop in wheat prices makes it feasible for stock feed. He notes wheat normally yields higher human food value and stockmen struggle to compete with mills, but current prices shift the choice among wheat barley and corn based on relative costs.
In Romania an express train struck a bleachers crowd on a trestle during a fireworks display. Four people were killed and about 140 injured, as the engine driver reportedly continued the run rather than back off for fear of causing further incidents.
The article reports a pelican seen near Mosquito bar three miles from Salem now on exhibit in Salem. It also mentions Harold Clifford challenging Dave Evans over alleged testimony and a sequence of regional items from Newberg to Athena including a planned sale, fashion notes, coronation postponement, Rankin Brothers endurance record, and California Oregon power venture.
Silverton showcases Homer Davenport style cartoons as its town hosts the juvenile baseball team. The piece notes American sport pride through Tom the gallant figure and comments on British tastes, crime plots, and ongoing tensions with Chang Hsueh Liang in Manchuria as a side remark.
George W. Thatcher of Inman- Poulsen Lumber Company joins Portland industrialists in denouncing the Grange Bill as impractical and risky. He cites unlimited taxation and indebtedness, noncontiguous district formation, and warns against transfer of power oversight to bond brokers while noting Portland rates compare well with major cities.
An August 30 1907 report recalls a major cloudburst hitting Athena at 1 30 PM with sheets of rain and hail. The piece notes Byron Hawks Pioneer drug store proprietor as a notable local caricaturist and mentions Lizzie Jones millinery opening Sept 1. Wheat sales exceed 250000 bushels, with prices around 68 71 cents. several items follow on people visits and local events including Freewater Peach Day and regional travel issues.
In the Oregon County Court for Umatilla County Cecil Curl as administrator of the estate of Mitchell Thompson deceased filed the final account and report. The county judge has set Monday September 15 1930 at 10 oclock for hearing objections and exceptions and for settlement of the estate. Peterson Lewis attorneys for administrator.
For Sale items include twenty lambs available under February terms. Milk cows in good, fresh condition also for sale from Henry Koepke of Athena, contact 32F 12. A cook house on wide truck is offered by James Duncan of Athena, contact 30F 15.
Notice of a property sale in Umatilla County Oregon by sheriff TOM B. Gurdane under a 1921 judgment for $1051 plus interest and costs. The auction, to satisfy the judgment, covers East 34 feet of Lot 4 Block 1 Kirk's Third Addition Athena, with sale set at the county courthouse Pendleton on August 8 1930. Persons Dean T Willaby and Virgil F Willaby named.
Mrs Callie Sanders of Athena advertises a large Coleman Air-O Gas stove slightly used for sale. Also R A Ball of Weston offers tamarack and red fir poles for sale at reasonable prices with contact details.
Notice is given to all persons concerned that The First National Bank of Pendleton has been named executor of Robert Parnell's last will. Creditors must file claims with the executor at Pendleton Oregon or with attorneys Peterson Lewis within six months from the first publication.
Short humor snippets range from radio satire and matrimony jokes to home repair puns and classroom quips. The collection features punchlines about Amos n Andy style radio, savings at filling stations, a widow seeking a widower, a police interview with a husband, a bank ad angle, clothing humor, Henry and his grammar, and a senorita balcony joke.
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