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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1928
Page
2
The Athena Press lists subscription options with one year at two dollars one copy for six months and three months priced at one dollar and seventy five cents. Location Athena Oregon dates January 20 1925.
An editorial from Manufacturer argues insurance underpins home creation and ownership. It notes high building costs, fire risk from first ground break to final nail, and the need for affordable loans backed by insurance. It emphasizes that insured homes secure tangible asset status and ties home ownership to national identity.
A compact editorial notes rail travel as highly efficient and safe, compares locomotive crew training to automobile drivers, laments fading volunteer fire brigades, mentions Portland bathing dress laws, cattle rustling conviction in Klamath Falls, and a Seattle woman's reaction to a royal marriage announcement.
The three transcontinental railway companies entering Portland have embraced the Rose City spirit and will beautify the terminal station there with improvements.
A thoughtful note argues taxes exist to fund government and warns that expanding government increases financial burden on citizens. It contrasts the need for public services with cost to individuals, urging restraint in spending.
The Dearborn Independent profiles a Northwest Umatilla reservation program that set up tribal self management and white-farmed leases to protect Indians from exploitation and dependence. Major Swartzlander oversaw a system where 8000 acres were allotted eighty per baby, leased to white farmers, yielding prosperous renewals and strong tribal self sufficiency among Cayuse Walla Walla and Umatilla peoples.
An October analysis cites 1926 US auto deaths at about 23 000 with 40 000 serious injuries and 500 000 minor injuries. Losses reach 640 million dollars when time lost is counted, yet measurable compensation remains inadequate. Proposals favor compensatory schemes over traditional insurance to reduce accidents and aid sufferers, with legal reforms to follow.
The text notes early oil operators struggled with dangers and legal troubles akin to western miners. It contrasts this with debates over a $2,000,000,000 navy and reports in Mexico of a revolution easing to allow peon soldiers to return to farm work in spring.
The National Civic Federation industrial welfare department warns candidates to avoid committing to old age pension obligations. It cites failures in Montana and England and endorses continuing current indigent relief with industry pension plans to curb old age dependency.
A Walla Walla Union item muses on Friday the thirteenth noting superstitions and links to historical facts such as Pershing’s birth date, the flag’s stripes and stars, and France’s 1778 decision to aid America. The piece blends folklore with dates and names in a reflective tone.
The excerpt links Friday the 13th to multiple historical events and figures including the motto E Pluribus Unum, 13 feathers on the eagle, the White House foundation on October 18 1792, the Northwest Territory in 1787, Woodrow Wilson and John J Pershing having 13 letters, St Mihiel victory, Columbus Friday sailing, the Declaration of Independence, Cornwallis surrender, and a British fasting proclamation. It notes a sale report of satisfactory prices for horses mules and farm equipment at Arthur Douglas sale last Wednesday.
In Umatilla County Oregon the executor Arthur E Shick appointed by the County Court publishes a six month claims period for Martha J Shick estate. Creditors must present verified claims to Arthur E Shick or Watts Prestbleye Attorneys in Athena Oregon within six months from first publication dated January 13 1928.
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