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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1929
Page
3
Athena Oregon offers subscription pricing for one year six months and three months. Rates list one dollar for six months two dollars for a year and seventy five cents for three months. Published July 5 1929.
Insurance executives have built a financially strong fire insurance system by balancing investment profits from rising securities with disciplined underwriting. They warn against overreliance on continued market gains and report 1927 and 1928 as the first underwriting profits in eight years, underscoring safer practices and fire prevention.
Dr. Don C. Mote of Oregon State College says the current caterpillar infestation, the worst since 1928, will decline with summer. He recommends tree tanglefoot barriers around trees to stop climbing and spraying with arsenate of lead to protect orchards, noting the pests have one generation a year and natural enemies curb future outbreaks.
Wheat growing regions in Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Illinois, Colorado and Missouri show likely large cuts from June estimates, signaling uncertainty over this year's yield. World experts project a 180 to 200 million bushel drop for 1929 30 global production.
Prof. F L Kent reports detailed Oregon production by county for 1928 with total farm value at 175 773 000 dollars. US crop value 9 093 217 000 and farm livestock value 65 963 000 000. Oregon ranks 31st in total crop production and 23rd in livestock value, leading in hops and ranking high in cherries prunes walnuts pears and commercial apples.
Elder Japanese statesmen appear to have undermined the government of the younger Tānaka and Tokio’s cabinet seems ready to fall but authorities say the change will not affect raw silk prices. Stocking lengths will remain the same.
The piece cites Rev E C Kretlow of Portland arguing against ratification of the Paris peace pact while urging the U S to lead in global peace. It notes Paris fashion with tri-corn and bi-corn hats and explains what those terms mean as a joke.
A traveler calls Persia a land of mysticism and oriental charm. The piece notes remote allure and contrasts it with later observations. It also jokes about Uncle Sam ending the fiscal year with a large surplus and comments on sugar in tariffs and the cherry crop.
Bobby Jones clinched another golf championship adding to his storied record. The victory reinforces Jones as a leading figure in early professional golf and signals continued dominance in major tournaments.
In Pendleton district news from 1908, the Preston-Parton Milling company purchases the Pacific Coast Elevator building along the O R N tracks. Harvest prep is underway with new harvesting machinery as a short crop looms. Local trades and transport move ahead amid regional events and incidents.
A royal child in India leads a highly restricted life due to royal rank. He is closely watched and never allowed ordinary boyhood play. Meals are fed by attendants, and illness triggers constant supervision by women and foot brushing with herbal branches.
Models of the first silk stockings worn in England are on display in London's waxworks. The exhibits, designed to beautify the young king Edward VI son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, show historic attire on the figure of the monarch at Madame Tussauds.
Judge Blackstone rules some evidence inadmissible in a fact issue. Counsel protests, arguing it is proper. The attorney claims forty years at the bar and asks if he is a fool, but the judge says the matter is for the jury and he will not rule on it.
In Rouen France the curfew bell now rings by electricity. The bell previously struck by hand is wired to the world’s oldest clock in Rouen tower. At nine o clock the bell begins a quarter hour sequence as the clock strikes nine. The clock, built in 188 and lasting five centuries with no repairs, has a single hand for hours.
The government publishes the first air currents chart for the North Pacific. It shows wind diagrams at 10 000 5 000 and 2100 feet and at sea level around Manila Guam Pearl Harbor Seattle Medford San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego Coco Solo Canal Zone and Hong Kong.
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