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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1929
Page
2
Athena Oregon publishes subscription rates listing prices for one copy for one year six months and three months with the date September 20 1929. The notice names F B Boyd as owner and publisher and serves as a historical pricing record.
The Industrial News notes a shift from unconditional compulsory automobile insurance to fault based laws in California and New York. Drivers must pay judgments and post bonds or insurance after accidents caused by negligence, placing the burden on those who cause harm. The piece praises the new approach as fair and emphasizes driving safety.
The piece notes Fire Prevention Week from October 6 to 13 urging ongoing public fire safety education and better practices year round amid ongoing drought. It also highlights Oregon Public Utility Information Bureau data on water power and a new Southern Pacific Alturus cutoff linking Southern Oregon and Northern California to Portland trade. It mentions author George Charles Jenks’s death and Senator Brookhart's opposition to a pending measure with a noted revision.
Senator Harrison blasts the pledge as discrimination and deception in the republican platform. Joe Taff, veteran air mail pilot, piloted the first Seattle to Portland leg of the Pasco-Salt Lake flight, carrying 1001 pounds of mail. Varney air schedule shortens New York to Portland routing by a full business day with 33 hour Portland to New York delivery.
The column notes mixed views on the new U S currency, calling it dangerous and cheap and suggesting counterfeiting ease. It mentions hunting delays due to rainfall and forest fire risk, and Europe's Briand confederation idea plus a proposed world economic conference to cut tariffs. It cites a girl barmaid preacher in England and a Canadian earthquake aftermath, with mentions of a naval expert before a Geneva disarmament inquiry and Bickhoff’s bean crop recovery.
The world owes no one a living and you must seize opportunity. Athena will move down to the Round-Up tomorrow.
Representatives from forty nations meeting in Geneva have unanimously approved the Root formula, opening the way for the United States to join the World Court. The move, reported by the C. S. Monitor, widens the door to participation in international tribunal proceedings.
The plan to modify the World Court membership moves toward ratification by the three remaining Court members, the League Assembly, and the U S Senate. Washington anticipates acceptance of the Root formula which keeps the U S reservation on advisory opinions. If Senate opposition persists, ratification could be delayed but the US may join with safeguards in place.
A fragmentary note from the Western Newspaper Union quotes a maxim about sisters and compliments. It contrasts women as sisters with the idea of seeking praise, warning that flattery may harm oneself.
Summer calls for shared chores and healthier meals as Salads sandwiches and cold drinks replace heavy fare. The article outlines a Mixed Fruit Salad with pineapple orange grapefruit cherries bananas and a dressing of egg yolks sugar mustard butter lemon juice vinegar olive oil salt paprika and whipped cream.
The Athena column notes a 21 year milestone for Alta Gholson born September 15 1908 to Mr and Mrs Amiel Shubert. Local students including Laura Belle McIntyre and Reta Rothrock enroll at the Normal. Arthur Stone returns to Whitman. Jack Swart seeks county clerk nomination. land option in Colville chosen by Jerome Hill. Ralph Gillis to attend Washington Agricultural College. a four horse runaway on Main Street ends with no serious injuries. Kamela hunting trip ends with venison, and Miss Mattie Jarman leaves for Meier Frank in Portland. A Spokane trip yields crop reports of under 10 bushels per acre. A hen in Pendleton poultry row lays a large white egg after an amusing buggy incident.
The County Court of Oregon in Umatilla County will hear the final account of Minnie Kretzer administratrix for the estate of Clarence Ogilvy presumed dead. A hearing is set for October 12, 1929 at 10:00 a m in Pendleton. Objections must be filed by that date. Watts and Prestledge of Athena, Oregon represent the estate.
An advertisement urges motor vehicle owners to buy Public Liability and Property Damage insurance and landlords, owners, and tenants liability coverage at $7.50. The copy warns of ambulance chasers and damage suits, claims protection for fortune and family, and notes ongoing policy service by B. B. Richards.
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