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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1929
Page
2
The Athena Press publishes from Athena Oregon dated January 4 1929. Local notices and brief items fill the page with community updates and public notices from town officials and organizations.
Loans totaling nearly 1 million dollars aided 1,711 farmers in 420 communities across North Dakota Minnesota and Montana in 1928. The Agricultural Credit Corporation financed 74 805 yearling breeding ewes and 7 400 were purchased for cash. North Dakota received the bulk with 54 179 sheep on 1 168 farms in 260 communities. Dairy cattle loans reached 41 000 with 138 709 in North Dakota. Contributions came from county agents bankers and local committees enabling widespread flock introductions and promoting mixed farming as a basis for safer agriculture.
A Northwestern medical student dies after bathing in Lake Michigan following a party wager. In Washington, Clark County draws attention as a taxpayer fights toll abolition on the Portland Vancouver bridge. Oil tanker sailors die. varnish remover compared to embalming fluid as beverage with a sharp kick.
A passerby notes how a girl resembles Mrs Brown. Mrs Brown reveals the girl is the first husband's child by his first wife. The boy is said to be her son by her first husband, Mr Green. The exchange ends with a polite farewell.
While passing under a ladder a colonel was struck on the head by putty from a new house. He chased the thrower into a room where three young men confessed and the colonel threatened retaliation. The tallest admitted the act and the exchange ended with a quip about returning the putty.
Simon Bolivar born July 24 1773 in Caracas is celebrated as the Liberator for his pivotal role in Venezuela New Granada and Bolivia independence. He led armies and guided statesmen, became first President of Colombia in 1819 and later dictator of North Peru Bolivia before dying December 17 1830 near Santa Marta.
The article describes polar day and polar night in the Arctic. From March 21 the sun rises, circling higher daily until June 21 at 28 degrees. After that it descends and sets on September 23, yielding six months of daylight, then darkness until March 21 returns.
Lessie L. Schaefer executrix has filed the final account for Adolph L. Schaefer deceased. The County Judge sets January 9, 1929 at 10 a.m. at Pendleton County Courthouse for hearings and settlement of the estate. Attorneys for Executrix: Will M. Peterson, George R. Lewis.
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