The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-07
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over the road will begin.
Motor vehicle registrations for Jan
uary, 1919, exceeded those of January
1918, by nearly $1,000, according ia
tabulations for the month made public
at the office Of Secretary ofFState Oh
colt. There were 49,Os2 motor We
hicle registrations for the past month,
Portland had the lowest monthly
| fire loss during January since May,
I 1910, with the single exception of one
! month, December, 1917. The exact
fire loss has not yet been tabulated,
but Fire Marshal Grenfell estimates
the January loss at approximately
| $4,000.
The fruit crop in Douglas county re-
turned over $1,OO0,000 to growers in
| 1918, and as labor AMI weather condi-
tions were unfavorab fruit men are
highly pleased.
Through deals closed last week at
Hood River, J. r. Nunamaker and
sons, Don, Floyd and Neal Nunamaker,
already owners of rs acres of full
bearing orchards, have increased their
holdings by rs acres. The aggregate
of the sums paid will reach $4,000, it
is said.
A total of $14,27056 was collected
for the Oregon soldiers and sailors
fund, raised in Portland by various
entertainments for the benefit of Ore
goh men overseas and of this amount
q total of $5425.09 has been disbursed,
leaving balance of $SS45.47 intact in
the, fund.
The attendance at the public school
at Mott, % miles west of Eugene on
the Coos bay branch of the Southern
Pacific, is SO great that one room can
not accommodate all the pupils and
another will be added. The teacher
and the larger boy pupils of the
school will do all the work.
The big sawmill of the BoothKelly
Lumber company at Springfield re-
sumed operations Monday after hav-
ing been closed for month. During |
this time repairs have been made to
various units of the plant. The COM
mill at Vending has been op
Grated throughout the winter.
To furnish employment to returning |
soldiers and stimulate activity along |
plans extensive improve |
ment of the docks and streets of the |
city of North Bend is being advocated, |
and indications are that there will |
probably be large amount of work |
done there during the summer if ma
terial can be secured at satisfactory |
prices.
1t will not be long before the prune |
crop Of the northwest will be 100000 |
900 pounds, according to estimates |
made by Robert c. Paulus, manager Of |
the Salem Fruit union. The total acre
age in prunes in this state is estim-
ated at 30,1S2, Of which 1906 are
bearing and 14,166 acres not yet in
bearing but due to bear within the
next five years.
Ranchers living on the branches Of
Coos river, the east side of Coos bay,
There is More Catarrh in this section
Of the country than all other diseases
put together, and for years 1t was sup
posed to be fncurable. Doctors prescribed
local remedies and by constantly failing
to cure with loccl treatment, pronounced
1t incurable. Catarrh Is local disease,
greatly influenced by constitutional con-
ditions and therefore requires constitu-
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine. manufactured by F J. Cheney 6
Co.. Toledo, Ohio, Is constitutional
remedy, Is taken internally and acts
thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
of the System. One Hundred Dollars re-
ward Is offered for any case that Halls
Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials.
f. j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.