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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1929
Page
3
A local notice from Athena Oregon dated November 8 1929 lists subscription prices for one year and six months and three months at two dollars and one dollar fifty cents respectively. The notice appears in a small period publication from Athena.
In a 54 to 22 vote the Senate adopts a Norris resolution condemning Senator Bingham of Connecticut for placing Charles L Evanson on the official rolls and using him, while asserting no corrupt motives from Senator Massachusetts’ side, and asserts the action harms senatorial ethics and the Senate’s honor.
A well known table specialty maker acquires over 40 non-competitive food products and plans nationwide manufacture and distribution to raise standardization and lower costs for basic foods, addressing neglect of the housewife in mass production.
Oregon State College extension service reports the world wheat crop is 600 million bushels below last year with total supply about 360 million bushels lower after carryover. Demand for consumption remains strong, stocks in terminal markets are heavy, and world market prices may be 35 to 40 cents per bushel above last season’s average.
The October report by W. G. Ide of the state chamber of commerce shows Oregon gained 73 families statewide. They purchased 4410 acres and invested $246,000 in land, equipment, and other property.
The article notes a forthcoming Congress bill to create seven trans continental highways, enabling a nationwide road system. It cites rising gasoline taxes from 50 cents in 1921 to 13 dollars in 1928, with projections up to 17 dollars this year. It also reports railroads earning high net returns due to operational economies, and mentions a blizzard death in Laramie Wyoming from a farmer clearing snow to free a stranded car.
The passage notes U S fire losses are eleven times higher than Europe’s and that fire engines rush to fires every minute across the United States. It also mentions a hot spell in San Francisco with temperatures reaching 80 degrees.
A collage of snappy quotes and observations from various papers covers topics from tariffs and matrimony to fashion trends and hunting. It notes windmill praise, chorus outfits, married life reflections, shipbuilding talk, movie star salaries, and fashion shifts while hinting at textile supply concerns.
An advertisement urges readers to try Cystex for backache bladder irritation and related discomforts. It claims rapid improvement with a money back guarantee and promotes Craton today at 600 McFaddens Pharmacy.
A column by E. E. Coach argues that students and teachers mirror athletic energy in academics. It notes glamor around sports, calls for public praise of scholastic achievement, and suggests school letters or emblems could drive real classroom results. Youth seeks immediate rewards.
The text argues that fire kills the value of property regardless of size, turning money tied in assets into permanent, unrecoverable loss as it can no longer generate profits.
Peterson and Lewis, attorneys at law in the Stangier Building Pendleton, Oregon, practice in all state and federal courts across jurisdictions.
Miss Edna Taylor and Irene Dudley from St Josephs Academy Pendleton spent Sunday at home. Mrs D B Jarman and Mrs J T King shopped with merchants from Weston. Henry Adams visited from Walla Walla after a fall in front of the Bank. Otis Whiteman travels to Spokane seeking land investments. Kirk family to Los Angeles for winter. Walter Ely from Boise touts Commercial Cream Co and welcomes a new daughter. Woodmen circle held a social with 50 attendees. Jerry Gagnon dies in Walla Walla. funeral held there. Normal football loses to Pendleton 10 6. Weston team hampered by illness. Typhoid affects R H Whitehead. nurse Miss Reed arrives. Roush replaces him at Northern Pacific. Will Dobson and companions harvest game on hunting trip.
Notice sets November 18 1929 meeting at 1 pm in School District 2 schoolhouse to approve an additional five mills tax in Road District No 53. Tax funds to be spent under Umatilla County Court supervision in Oregon.
The document states it was made and entered on October 24 1929 in Umatilla County Oregon. It lists I M Schannep to Judge J C Hales County Commissioner and R T Br County Clerk of Umatilla County Oregon with the official county seal or attestation.
In Umatilla County Oregon the County Court hears objections to final account of R L Howland administrator of Nicholai Howland deceased also Nicolai Howland. Hearing set for December 2 1929 at 10 AM in Pendleton County Court House. Attorneys Peterson and Lewis represent administrator.
Final report of MAY FE LOCKWOOD administratrix in the estate of Zeph W. Lockwood deceased filed and a hearing set for December 2, 1929 at ten in the forenoon in the Umatilla County Court House Pendleton Oregon. Interested parties must appear to show cause why the report should not be approved and bondsmen discharged. Dated October 19, 1929 at Athena Oregon.
Loraine Wilson administratrix de bonis non with will annexed of Walter K Blackburn deceased has filed final account. County Judge has set Monday November 25 1929 at 10:00 a.m. in Dleton Oregon for hearing objections and settlement of the estate. Attorneys for administratrix are Peterson and Lewis.
An advertisement from B. B. Richards promotes Public Liability and Property Damage insurance for motor vehicles and landlords tenants liability at $7.50. It warns of ambulance chasers and potential ruin from neglect, claiming policies protect assets and family throughout the year.
Lost light colored police dog with collar answers to Don. Notify Mrs H J Anderson of Helix. For sale a thoroughbred Guernsey bull calf for 25 dollars if taken now. Contact Louie Ringel in Athena at 32F21.
A reflective editorial notes that love is blind and comments on how people of the era seek livelihood, tying affection to social and economic pressures of the period. The piece emphasizes moral and practical tensions shaping daily life and work.
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