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New Britain herald., 1922-08-09
WOULD NOT PERMIT POLITICAL REWARDS , 7, 7 .s.
 Harding Administration Fayors. = Retaining Experienced Men


 Washington, Aug. 9.-(By the As-
 sociated Press. )--Long strides to- ward. removing diplomatic posts from
 rewards for political service have been ~ made, during. President Harding's ad-
 ministration, according to report ls- sued today by the Committee on For
 eign Service of the National CIVIL Service Reform League.
 z The. report says the first year 1 "seems to indicate that an earnest ef-
 fort has been made to retain the serv- Z. ices of men of experience and to, ap- <. point to diplomatic posts persons With Qualifications in diplomacy
 Experienced Appointces. Y The committee reports that five of the nine ambassadors appointed by President Harding were men with ! previous experience in diplomacy. Six : of the thirty ministers now serving in 1, the diplomatic corps, the committee { found, were appointed on the basis of , their experience and eight were men i, appointed during previous adminis- 2 trations but were retained by Presi ! dent Harding.
 ! Four ambassadors, sixteen minisI } 9ters, and consuls general and one minister resident and consul general appointed by President Harding, the | report says were persons without any previous diplomatic experience. Evil of Appointments.
 While many of the twentyt three appointments made of persons with out previous diplomatic experience, operated as a recognition of political obligations, the report states the evil of such appointments Is largely abated by the present administration and contrasts favorably with the rec ords of the, first year of other admin istrations. For this record, Presi- dent Harding and Secretary Hughes are to be commended. President Harding is furthermore deserving of commendation in that he had select ed for Secretary of State a man of the highest qualifications and one devoted to the merit principle
 ', The committee reported still bet ter showing. 'an unequaled record of adherence to the merit system" in it's examination of appointments in the consular service. There has been, during the first fifteen months of the present administration, the report states, mot a single exception to the rules requiring appointments through examinations in he.consular service.7
 It is worthy of special notice, the report says that the present adminis- trakion ito a greater extent than any other" has chosen as asshfsnts to the Secretary of State men trained in the foreign service. .. -
New Britain herald., 1922-08-09
Woman The Inspiration

I, The idea of Bubbles" regarded by
 many as the most catchy popular |s son8 Of decade came to Ki!lcttc |r9 while he was serving as q director in V the moving picture profession, and t like the romance of most songs, <heautiful woman furnished the in- |f spiration, which was later to make the \ young man famous.
 V James Kendis and James Brock ,. man, song publishers in the hope of \ boosting the sales of songs, that the Z, public didn't seem to want hit upon , the idea of using the photo ' graphs of moving picture stars on ' some of their title pages. Ke.,ette Y. was appealed to. and he returned ' few days later with dozen pictures, Y Including that of pretty girl gazing ' At a cluster of toy balloons. "e Eve got an idea for song for ' this one" Kellette remarked, holding [ up the picture of the girl with the s Balloons. ] Shoot it." Kendis and Brockman ,, ,choroused.
 x Bubbles" Kellette announced. Not bad." they exclaimed. That evening Kelette worked over
 the idea and by midnight he had com < pleted the words and music of I'm 5, Forever Blowing Bubbles" For
 time the song was failure, but when it was exploited by quartet at an 2 open air meeting. it caught on. Rem ick, the Music Publishing King" h- { nally bought the song for s15,ooo. .s1t became a tremendous hit within two weeks. The music and words of r.Bubbles' was heard everywhere. S8<., Died Poor Man
 :. Like other famous creators of ljt erature and.song, the author of ""Blb7 tles'' died a poor man: His heart had bubbled with art and song, while an- others had bubbled with financial acumen. Kellette had been a dream CT, and had he not been, the world would never have been given the song the fame of which spread over two continents.
 Kel1ette was born in Lowell, 37 years ago He began his working career as a linotype operator in Rut- land, vt, after which he settled in New Rochelle, N: Y Itfwas there that he began writing moving picture scenarios,, and his work was of such merit CNdL 'HS WAS kl"SH po0itioit o+i tfH Fox staff. After a few months stay in that atsdepartment he was made an asastant director in New York at a salary 'of'+$25.ooo, a year. During ffs connection with the moving pie ture industry he brought out; many film staeHr s&:.t-,r .st4st@,~ .ts.r <. Heawas a, veteran of the Spanish American war and served with r
 
 mentr. He WAS member of tee Elks and Masons.. Kellette is survived ey his wife, two brothers, Joseph ana Lee, and two sisters Miss Catherine Kenette and Mrs Fred Mitchell.
New Britain herald., 1922-08-09
AUTHOR OF BUBBLES
 :. DIES A POOR MAN
Writer Of Catchy Popular Song
 Couldn't Keep Wealth

Worcester. Aug. 9.---John William Killette, who leaped Into fame al- most overnight as the author of the popular song, "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" died Tuesday after a long illness at his, home in Northhoro.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21
SALE OF IMPROVEMENT BONDS

SALE OF IMPROVEMENT BONDS
Notice is hereby given that the
city of Athena will sell improvement
bonds to the amount of S4348.26. is
sued in denominations of $500 each,
dated March /, 1922, payable ten
years after date and bearing interest
at six per cent per annum payable
semi-annually on March l, and Nov
ember /. of each year. interest evid-
: enced by coupons attached. Sealed
proposals for all or any portion of
said issue should be filed with the
City Recorder of the City of Athena
on or before 7:30 P. M. on the Oath
day of April, 1922, at which time
bids will be opened. Each bidder will
be required to accompany his bid with
certified check payable to the order
of the mayor of the City of Athena
for ten per cent of the amount of his
bid, to be forfeited in the event such
bonds are awarded to the bidder and
he refuses to pay for the same, and
to be returned to the bidder if he be
unsuccessful.
Said bonds are issued under the
terms of Ordinance No. 172 of the
City of Athena.
Dated April 7th. 1922.
B. B. Richards
CITY Recorder
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21

One reason for the growth of the
spiritist movement so confidently
advocated by Conan Doyle is the
omnipresent ego which manifests
itself in human entity. We are all
more or less admirers of our own in
dividual identities. Few Of us would
change places with another, no mat
ter how materially fortunate the lat
ter might be situated, if the trade
likewise involved swapping of the re-
spective egos. The spiritists teach
us that we go into the beyond essen
TALLY as we are here, merely ex-
changing physical body for an
astral one. Many people believe
this teaching because they want to
believe it, accepting as spiritual
proof the phenomena that may have
an entirely mundane if undetermined
origin. These people feel that the.
will be immortalized as they are, and
are comforted. No future happine3,
could compensate them for lost ege
the lost consciousness of an earth
ly existence.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21
ATHENA. OREGON, APRIL 81 1922


examiner DlSque OI CHe lHIersVdVe
Commerce commission seems to
share the low-brow and bucolic view
Of the country merchant that he
oughn't to be mulcted for freight
rates to and from terminal on
goods that we're never delivered to
the terminal but laid down at his own
station. Mr.. Disque has held against
the application of the railroads to
grant lower rates from the east to
coast points Without corresponding
decreases to interior points. He
doesn't see, in fact, why the interior
should not share in the benefits of
lower rates designed to meet water
competition. He would not give the
seaport merchant strangle hold on
the country merchant through the
advantage Of discriminating freight
rates. And through all the hubbub
over the short haul, the long haul
and the water haul, we will now
hear the howl of the coast cities over
losing the "haul" which they con-
slider it their right to enjoy.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
In the Matter of the Estate of
Koplotsieplip, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given to whom it
may concern that Leo Sampson, as
administrator with the will annexed
of the above entitled estate in the
above entitled Court has filed his fin
al account as such administrator and
that the above entitled Court by or
der entered March 25th. 1922. fixed
ana appointed Monday the first
day of May. 1922 at ten o'clock A.
M. as the time and the Court room
of the said Court as the place for
the hearing of objections, if any, to
the said final account and for the fin
al settlement thereof.
Dated and first published March
28th, 1929.
Leo Sampson
Administrator with the will an
nexed of the Estate of Koplotsieplip,
Deceased.
Peterson, Bishop & Clark. Attor-
neys for Administrator. Pendleton,
Oregon.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21
ONE DAY ONLY
NO CHARGE FOR EXAMINATION

DR.. Mellenthin is regular graduate
in medicine and surgery and is licen-
sed by the state of Oregon. He visits
professionally the more important
towns and cities and offers to all who
call on this trip consultation and ex-
animation free, except the expense of
treatment when desired.
According to his method Of treat
ment, he does not operate for chronic
appendicitis, gall stones, ulcers of
stomach, tonsils or adenoids.
He has to his credit many wonder
full results in diseases of the stomach,
liver, bowels, blood, skin, nerves,
heart, kidney, bladder, bed wetting,
catarrh, weak lungs rheumatism, sci
atica, leg ulcers and rectal ailments.
If you have been ailing for any
length of time and do not get any bet
ter, do not fail to call, as improper
measures rather than disease are very
often the cause of your long standing
trouble.
Remember above date. that exam
ination on this trip will be free and
that his treatment is different.
Address: 1856 Boston Block, Mime
apolis, MINI.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21
NOTICE FOR RIDS

Notice is herepy given that sealeo
bids and proposals VIII De received by
the Common Council OF the city OF
Athena on ana unit! f'So +; M: on the
LIST day OF May 1872, Tor the improv,,
ment OF Hunt Avenue IN the city ot
Athena from the North line OF MAN
street TO the North line OF the city
limits OF the City, OF Athena, by grad
ing, ditehing and covering the road
way with crushed rock or gravel IN
accordance with the plans and spec
ifications for such Improvement now
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon, for Umatilla County.
In the Matter of the Estate of L..
Hodgen, Known as Lou Hodgen,
Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned have been appointed ad-
ministrators Of the estate Of L. Hod-
gen, known as Lou Hodgen, deceased,
by the above entitled court.
All persons having claims against
the said estate are hereby notified to
present them to us at Athena, Ore
gon, or to our attorneys. Peterson,
Bishop G. Clark of Pendleton, Oregon,
or Watts & Prestbye Of Athena, Ore
gon, within six months from the date
of the first publication of this notice.
All claims must be verified as by law
required.
Dated at Athena, Oregon, this oath
day of March, 1922.
JULIA LEE HODGEN,
FRED HODGEN,
M24A21 Administrators.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21
washington state Autos XII 2,z.

Olympia, Wash, = Fatalities from
automobile accidents in Washington
during 1921 occurred in 20 of the 80
counties. statistics of the state depart.
ment Of health show, OF 2l7 fatalities
from automobile accidents last year,
lo4 occurred ip the ten largest cities
Of the state. King county led with
d. fatal accidents. 2,A--------
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21
Soviet Message on Way to v, s.

Washington, d. CA message that
is expected to be an important factor
in shaping the ADMINISTRATORS policy
toward soviet Russia is now en- route
from Nicolai Lenin to President Hard.
ing. II is being brought to the United
States. 1t was learned on good authori-
ty, by Ex-Governor James p. Goodrich
of Indiana, who has been in Russia
for some weeks in connection with
the administration of American relief
distribution.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21
FARMERS ARE ON INCREASE
Census Bureau Reports Figures on
Washington State.

Olympia, Wash.--Just little more
than half of Washington's total popu-
lation above the age of 10 years is
engaged In galnful occupation, accord
ing to figures announced by the bu'
reau of statistics and immigration in
the office of Secretary of State Hnkle,
The population of male farmers in
creased 1912 per cent over the figures
of the 1910 census, with a total in
1920 Of 50,184. Farm labor, however
showed decrease of 24.6 per cent
The total of farmers and farm labor
for 1920 was 1850.
The number of female farmers
showed an increase of 152 over 1910
the total for 1920 being 1878.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21
Huahes sends New Note to Mexico

Washington, d. C. = Secretary OF
State Hughes has sent new note to
Mexico in an attempt to settle the
differences between the United States
and that country. The whole tenor
of the note is understood to portend
an early agreement between the ma
tions and Americas recognition Of the
Obregon government.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21
RITNER is COMPLIMENTED
lGrepon Vnter.l


Indications are that Roy w. Ritner
of Pendleton will have no opposi-
tion for reelection to the state SEN
ate from Umatilia county. Ritner
stands ace high in his own home
town and county, and as senator and
senate president he made a fine rec
ord. AS senate president he was a
success not only as presiding officer
but as organizer He is one of the
ablcst leaders of recent sessions, and
there would appear to be every JUS
tifeation for his aspiring to same
higher Office after he has rounded
out another senatorial term or two
Ritner is man OF courage, uncom-
promising on matter of principle
and is distinct credit to his dis
trict.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21
ESTRAY NOTICE

The following described horse was
taken up at the Joseph N. Scott place,
northwest of Athena, on or about the
18th day of March, 1922, and unless
redeemed by owner, will be sold at
public auction to the highest bidder
for cash in hand, on Tuesday, April
25th, 1922, at l o'clock. p. m.
One gray horse, about 10 years
old, weighs about 800 pounds, brand
star on left hip,
Dated at Athena, Oregon. this 7th
day of April, 1922.
ID. B. Hunt, Athena, Oregon.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the county court of the State of
Oregon, for Umatilla County.
In the Matter of the Estate of Glare
G. Stone, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un-
der signed has been appointed execu-
tor of the estate Of Clare G. Stone,
deceased, by the above-entitled.
Court.
All persons having claims against
the said estate are hereby notified to
present them to me at Athena, Ore.
or to my attorneys, Homer /. Watts
and f. c. Prestbye. at their office in
Athena, Ore. within six months from
the date Of the first publication of this
notice. All claims must be verified
as by Law required.
Dated at Athena, Oregon this Oath
day Of March. 1922.
SANFORD STONE,
M24-A21. Executor.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT


In the County Court of the State Of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
In the Matter of the Estate of Claude
A. Reeder, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned has filed his final account
and report in the above-entitled mat
ter and that the entitled Court
has fixed Saturday the 9th day Of
May, 1922, at the hour of 1000 o'clock
A. M. of said day as the time, and the
County Court room in the County
Court House at Pendleton, Umatilla
County, Oregon as the place for hear
ing said account and report.
Objections to said final account and
report should be filed on or before
said date.
Dated at Athena, Oregon this 7th
day of April, 1922.
o. H. Reeder,
Administrator.
First Publication: April, 7th, 1922.
Last Publication: May 9Th, 1922.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the County Court of the State Of
Oregon, for Umatilla County.
In the Matter of the Estate of E. w.
Achilles, Deceased
Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned has been appointed Admin
istrator Of the Estate of E. w. Ach--
lilies, deceased, by the above entitled
Court.
All persons having claims against
the said Estate are hereby notified to
present them to me at Athena. Ore
gon, within six months from the date
of the first publication of this notice.
All claims must be verified as by law
required.
Dated at Athena, Oregon. this 31st
day Of March, 1922.
OLIVER DICKINSON,
Administrator.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21
RertIIlon Plan Used for Cattle,

Minneapolis, Minn.-Minnesota has
officially adopted a Bertillon system
for Identification Of fine dairy cattle.
The system, which will save pure bred
cattlemen millions, is a positive pre-
ventive OF fraud and misrepresenta-
tion. Identification is made by taking
"nose prints"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21

The tribute given Roy Ritner by
Oregon Voter means something. Ed
itor Chapman makes a discrimnat-
ing study of legislature and legisla.
tors, and is as careful in bestowing
bouquets as he is frank in his fire.
quent criticisms.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21

All our objections to Senator Poin-
dexter Of Washington are herewith
withdrawn, now that he is opposed
by William Randolph Hearst for sup
porting the four-power treaty.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21

The Russian famine is said to have
cost ten million lives. This is the
more regrettable because the boil
shevik government takes care that
they are not bolshevik lives.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21

While Lord Northcliffe may be
right in saying that the Japanese
will bear watching, the Japanese
are likely to have their own views
as to how much watching they'll
bear.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21

Joseph Pennell, the famous artist,
declares that "You cannot have good
art or good literature without
drink Even so, we can have good
people, which is more important.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21

If anyone could be too severe in
condemning profanity, a Philadelphia
woman has reached that position by
saying that swearing and jazz music
are comparable evils.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21

In passing the lie at Genoa, Lloyd
George and Rathenau both may have
been convinced that he was right, but
neither was diplomatic.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21

And why should not Germany and
Russia negotiate treaty? One
scrap Of paper more or less is moth
ing to make fuss about, when both
are flooded with them.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21

Friend England iss herewith in
formed that our disarmament pro-
gram does not extend to Jack Demp-
sey, who still has his arms and
knows how to use them.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21

standing by its guns" If we re-
place this commission with men who
are afraid of the public, they will
likewise be afraid of the public util-
tiles.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21

The man who in flush times didn't
know what to do with his dollars,
doesn't know now what to do with
out them.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21

We do not favor recalling the pub
lie service commission for a decision
as to telephone rates which it mani
testify considers q just one, and for
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21

All contracts for showing Arbuckle
films have been cancelled, which
would indicate that only the jury ac-
quilted him.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21

The Manchester Herald suggests
VT is well to remember that the only
girls who leap from strangers au-
tomobiles are those that climb in"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21
Business Conditions In West Better

Business Conditions In West Better.
Washington, d, C.-Business condi-
tions In the west and southwest have
improved 100 per cent over last fall,
Eugene Meyer Jr., managing director
Of the war finance corporation, de-
clared upon his return from a survey
of states west Of the Mississippi, made
at the request of President Harding.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21

Mexico has modified her objections
to the encroachment of foreign cap
ital to the extent of wanting to bor-
row all of it she can.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21

Noting his cheap money views,
we are firmly of the opinion that Mr..
Ford knows more about flivvers than
finance.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21

The popular vote Of Vinland, Kan
sas, in favor Of long skirts, may APP
propriately be referred to as a
sweeping victory.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21

Now that Portland has decided to
pay for her own fair, there will be
no disposition up this way to "crab
the show"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21

Events will determine, we trust,
that there will be no one but Uncle
Sam himself to scrap the "big" navy.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21

II spring hadn't come just when it
did, we would really have felt like
giving the weather a severe repri-
mand.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21

Land Bank In Each state Asked.
Washington, d, C.--Establishmen
of federal land bank in each state
was provided in bill introduced in
the house by Representative Upshaw
Of Georgia.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21

The Edmonton Journal thinks
"there is general suspicion that
bands across the sea itch a little in
the palms"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21

In suspending Kopeks Kenworthy,
Portland feels that Judge Lands is
playing it rather low for high COM
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21

AS to Ireland, England ought to
be exceedingly relieved to see what
it is she has let 60 Of.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21

Woodrow Wilson's memory may be
open to doubt, but not so his views
of Senator Reed of Missouri.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-04-21

One baby is born every nine min
utes in New York City-and the poor
little kid can't help it.