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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-10-06

TO CHe nOSC, WHO WAS Qulte oFeI-
whelmed with the number and varie-
ty of gifts presented by the guests.
A delicious birthday cake decorated
with candles was prominent fea.
ture of the feast. Those who shared
in the happy occasion were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Newton O'Harra, Mr.. and Mrs.
M. Walter Petersen, Mr.. and Mrs.
Rudolph Proebstel, Mr.. and Mrs. Al
bert O'Harra, Bobbie Wheeler and
Lwayne O'Harra.
Members of the Saturday After
noon club are anticipating with
pleasure the first meeting of the
new year, which will be held Octo-
ber 7th at the attractive country
home of Mrs. Frank Greer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvan Kennard of
Pendleton were in town Sunday, Wis.,
iting for few hours with relatives
and friends.
~ Welcome indeed to housewives
were the showers which visited this
,, section during the week. Beating Of
rugs, whisk of broom and flourish Of
mop have been observed in every
nook and quarter of town, the while
energetic onslaught was made upon
the accumulated dust and CRIME of
summer months.
N Frank Jackson writes home that
he left Hot Springs, Arkansas, for
Nashville, Tennessee, on September
28. His condition is improving, and
he also reports warm weather in
that locality, Mr.. Jackson intends
to return to This neighborhood be-
fore snow flies. -.
Kendall Smith left Saturday fer
Pendleton, where he is temporarily
enrolled with the clerical force Of
the American National Bank.
D. F. Lavender was up from Pen
dleton Monday to visit Mrs. Laven-
der, who is leaving soon on trip
to Missouri.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Ellis were
guests Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. L.
P. Gilliland at their home on Pine
creek.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter D. Simpson
of Garfield. WASH, were last week.
end guests of Grandpa and Grand
ina William McCorkell. Miss Thel-
ma McCorkell accompanied them
home for a two weeks visit.
Charles Davis, a Franklin county
farmer and brother Of l.. B. Davis
of Weston, was in town Sunday, ac-
companied by a neighbor, Bruno
Don't. The two ranchers bought at
Pendleton carload of hybrid 122
for seed, on the recommendation of
Fred Bennion, Umatilla county agent.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Ross, Neil
Ross, Miss Vida Greer and Mr..
Thomas Ward motored to Adams
Monday and were guests at the Fred
Hendrickson farm.
Local devotees of the ancient and
honorable game of 'barnyard golf''
have equipped themselves with a
special set of horseshoes, turned out
and carefully polished at the Frank
Snider blacksmith shop. A tourna-
ment match is now in order, and
an enthusiastic player who prefers
for the present to withhold his
name declares that he will win the
Weston championship, despite the
alleged prowess of so-called Camp
McDougal experts"
Sam Key, we'll known pioneer and
Basket mountain farmer, was in
town Tuesday.
A number of Weston folk motored
to Walla Walla Tuesday evening to
attend the concert given by Miss
Zilla Simpson in High School audi
torium. Among those who enjoyed
the program presented by the tai
ented young singer were: Mr.. and
Mrs. J. H. Price, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
M. Price, Mr.. and Mrs. S. ]. Culley,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. 1. Pinkerton, MIR.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-10-06

and Mrs. Joe Payant, Mrs. John
O'Harra, Mrs. Newton O'Harra, Miss
Thelma Anderson and Clark Wood.
The farm residence on the ]. A.
King place on Wild Horse creek
south of Weston, occupied by Mr..
and Mrs. Eldon King, was destroyed
by fire with practically all its con-
tents Tuesday afternoon at about
2:30 o'clock.
Not Easy to Raise Seed Spuds
That it isn't an easy stunt to
produce certified seed potatoes is
indicated by the fact that only a
scant half of the acreage which
passed the first field inspection
was successful in getting by the
second, while there yet remains the
bin inspection to contend with. Both
field inspections were made by E. R.
Jackman of the Oregon Agricultural
College. On his first trip over the
mountain fields he approved ap-
proximately 500 acres. The second
inspection, recently completed, re-
suited in passing 247h acres, as
follows:
Oscar Winn 5 acres, Claude
Winn 6, J. P. Lieuallen A, E. E..
Tucker 231s, Baddeley & Fuller %,
H. v. Compton Is, R. E. English S,
Clyde and Roy May 10, Cecil Hyatt
5, Roy Hyatt 5, Will Hall Z, Charles
L. May Is, Charles L. and Roy May
5, W. L. Rayborn 65, Mark Hender-
son 10, Fred Henderson 8, v. l..
Marr 7, Alex McCorkell 2, Carl G..
Brutscher a, v. s. Keikkalo 15, W.
L. Smock 2, L. I. O'Harra Z.
There are said to have been a num-
ber of good fields which did not
quite come up to the high standard
demanded, but which will produce
spudem uchg bette rthan the ordi-
nary for seed purposes.
Potato Growers Elect Officers
Organization of the Weston Noun
tain Seed Potato Growers associa-
tion was completed Saturday even
ing, when the following officers were
elected:
Will Hall, president; Charles l..
May, vice president; w. l.. Rayborn,
secretary-treasurer.
The five directors in whom con-
troll of the association is vested, are:
Charles L. May and Carl Brutscher,
one year: E. E. Tucker, two years;
Will Hall and w. L. Rayborn, three
years.
While the membership list of the
association is not SO large as at
first anticipated, it is expected that
this will grow when the merits and
value Of the concern in handling
and marketing the seed and CON-
mercial spuds grown in the upland
country, are better recognized. It
will have a registered trade mark,
with which all the stock it handles
will be branded.
1t is expected that the appointment
of a deputy potato inspector for
Weston district will be one Of the
early results following the organiza-
tion of mountain growers.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. /. O'Harra motor
ed to Walla Walla Monday on a bus
mess mission.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-10-06
CLASSIFIED
TROY LAUNDRY AGENCY

The Haworth & Harris barber shop
has the agency or the Troy Laundry
of Pendleton, and Mr.. Haworth will
call for and deliver laundry in Athe-
ma on Monday and Thursday Of each
week. Patrons may also leave
their laundry at the Haworth & Har-
ris barber shop.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-10-06

Pasture-Good pasture for horses
at $3.50 per head per month; mare
and colt $500 per month. Key to
pasture at Tuna -lum Lumber yard,
Athena. See A. M. johnson. Sterl-
ng Paris.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-10-06

For Sale-The w. R. Taylor resi-
dence on Third street, Athena, and
40 acres Of bottom land, adjacent to
the Athena city limits.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-10-06

Lost-Scotch Collie, brown and
white color, tip Of tail white, answ-
ers to the name if "Sig." Strayed
from William Pipers place near He
lix on September IL. Reward for
his recovery. Loren Basler, Athena,
Oregon.
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Strayed - One red two-year-old
Jersey heifer; no brand or marks;
tin blab in nose when last seen. Re-
ward. A. C. Geiss, Weston, Greg.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-10-06

House for rent, on 3rd and Adams
street. Furnished or unfurnished.
Refer to Mrs. Jane Nelson.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-10-06

For Sale-Second hand Ford road
ster in good condition. Better hur-
ry. Also good second hand two wheel
trailer cheap. Thompson Garage.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-10-06

Wanted-The person I loaned a
farmers telephone set, to return it.
H. A. Barrett.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-10-06

For Chiffonier, library table,
sanitary cot. Mrs. w. j. Crabill.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-10-06

For Sale-A number of uncalled
for suits at The Athena Home Laun-
dry.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-10-06

For sale-Household furniture. Call
Mrs. Jerry Stone, phone 24F3.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-10-06

Lost-Gray suit coat. please re-
turn to this office.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-10-06

For Sale-My Oakland touring car,
like new, for $500, ($1365 last Nov
ember.. DR.. F. D. Watts.
Evening star., 1922-11-09
The District and the Election.

Senate changes resulting from Tues
days election will cause the departure
of some Of the Districts very good
friends in that body. Senators du
Pont. Townsend, Kellogg, Frelinghuy-
sen, Calder, Pomerene >and Culberson
have always been stanch in their sup
port of the best interests OF the CAPT
tai in legislative matters. Senator
who but for the democratic
overturn In Indiana would have en-
tered the Senate. showed during his
previous term there a constructive.
kindly interest toward the District
From Ohio, in replacement Of Senator
Pomerene, always helpful friend Of
Washington. will come Representative
Tess, who in the House has shown the
same disposition. There is indeed >rea-
son to expect that the other success
sors of those who will go i'll March
from the upper branch Of Congress
will prove satisfactory District legis-
lators. with full appreciation of the
local needs and equities. The District
at every election stands to lose some
of its best friends from Congress. and
is always hopeful that those who re-
place them will speedily gain the capi-
tai viewpoint. On the House side at
least six of the members of the Dis
trict committee will be replaced-Rep-
Wheeler. Lee and Mills
paugh through defeat at the polls
while three others-Representatives
Focht. Walters and Brown-were not
candidates. This means a large over
turn in committee personnel in the
next Congress. Thus the committee
will have. apart from other changes,
q new membership of about rs per
cent, with a new chairman.
Evening star., 1922-11-09
France Views New i. S. Tariff
AS Barrier to Debt Payment

soldier vino fought III the war. which
for some time would amount to 10000
francs. The total sum needed for this
measure would be $4,000. .o0a. 900, or
about $4,000, 0oo. 900 francs. The pay
ment of the European war debts would
be largely used 70 make UP this sum-
at is only right to mention that
President Harding and the majority
OF the Senate are against the immedi-
ate voting Of this law. Mr.. Harding
declared recently that the United
States could not at present bear the
weight of such a burden. incumbsred
as she is by deficit of $3.50 600, ,000.-
coo. Is this weight then which the
United States declares herself unable
to bear, to be put on the shoulders of
England heavily mortgaged. of i'm
poverished Italy, or especially of
mutilated France?
According to the last vote Of the
believe that the majority of these
tion in the affirmative. If this is the
case. is 1t not high time for Europe
to understood that she must unite at
all costs in a constructive policy? Our
best American friends continually
give us this advice. They tell us
that by continuing our internal quar-
rels we do away with all argument
which might react against the selfish
tendencies of a large party of their
compatriots. This is point of view
which we must not neglect at a time
when American exigencies threaten
to aegravate still more the diffcul-
ties with which Europe is contend
ing"
Evening star., 1922-11-09
The Senate's Minority Leadership.

Mr.. Underwood makes this an.
rouncement respecting the minority
leadership in the next Senate:
The condition Of my health makes 1t
advisable both in justice to the party
and to myself that should not ask to
be re- elected. / do not want my friends
to feel any unnecessary alarm about my
health, but Il Is not robust enough for
me to continue after March the duties
Of leadership, which require such con-
stant attendance.
Both surprise and regret will be
widely occasioned by this intelligence.
Surprise. because the Alabama senator
has only reached his sixtieth year. and
been SO active in affairs the matter of
his health has never before been sug-
gested. He has looked like a driving
force good for years yet. Indeed, he
has been under popular discussion for
g seat on the bench of the United
States Supreme Court.
Regret because he is highly es-
teemed on both sides of the chamber
for his personal qualities and ingratiat-
ing address.
AS SuCCCSSloA. 11au MI 1lllCACOSh
been reelected he would be figuring
prominently in the speculation. But
with Mr.. Underwood and Mr.. Hitch,
cock out Of the equation. to whom will
the Senate minority fall?
The place calls for experience in
legislation. familiarity with parlia-
mentary law and practice. what is
called levelheadedness under pressure
and diligence without ceasing.
There are a number of able men on
the democratic side Of the chamber.
but is there one likely to come more
generally under discussion for this
place than Mr.. Simmons?
The North Carolinian is siXty-eight.
in the middle of his fourth term as
senator, a ready debater and a tireless
worker.
Evening star., 1922-11-09

Writing in the Paris Oeuvre about
the Fordney- -McCumber tariff law, j.
Aubry says:
1.-THE law is undoubtedly the most
imposing edifice which has ever been
erected to the glory OF protectionism.
I, will certainly have the effect OF re-
stricting American consumption OF for
eizn products. At the present time
French exports to America amount to
more than 5000. 100000 francs year.
These have been largely restricted by
prohibition laws: but the law seems
likely to deal them a still more severe
blow. Silk. lace, Paris articles. will
now be burdened with such heavy
taxes as to make the price prohibitlVe,
even for those who pay In dollars.
.sThe new tariff gives rise to another
problem of still greater importance not
only for France. but for other european
nations. It directly Affects the ques-
ton of European debts to America.
For. as we are all aware. II America
rsaiiv wants to be paid, it is scarcely
nnss;hle unless Europe sends quantities
~ goods to be paid In dollars In order
to meet her liabilities. But the new law
literally bars the way to these goods
Thus America places US in an impossi-
"Some say We must not take Amer
,,,.. Jamand to be paid too seriously.
1"+ we cannot but observe the lesson
tou1ht by the voting Of the bonus Dill.
The bonus bill Is measure for grant
ing an Indemnity to every American
Evening star., 1922-11-09
Marrow Congressional Majorities.

Republican control Of the House
row appears to be quite definitely as
sured AS Il result of Tuesdays cleo
ton. though by u majority that since
Yesterday mornings reports has been
steadily decreasing. The republican
margin. shown by the returns as they
stand now, will be from twelve to fif-
teen. Compared with the overwhelm-
ing majority in the House today. this
IL very small perceptage. Still ii
will suffice to assure continued repub-
i!can organization III beth branches of
Congress.
The tremendous republican majority
III the present Congress gained in the
election of 1920. thus reduced, resulted
from the landslide of that year. The
Rational ticket. for which 1000. 900
majority was cast, swept into lesis-
lative office many republican candi-
dates vino in normal years would have
small chance, II any. OF election. Close
districts were made then strongly re-
publican and I..any normally demo-
cratic districts oy moderate margin
were carried by correspundingly small
republican ma ijurities. The reaction in
cvitably swung back to the democratic
side large number OF these normally
democratic seats Snd also some of the
normally republican districts.
Reduction of the House majority
from the immense figure of the 1890
election has been discounted ever
since the late campaign opened. Few
democratic Observers of the trend ex-
pected a national overturn. Few re-
publicans feared so great a change
as that which occurred. A majority
OF thirty or forty was about the av-
erage of expectation. The result is
lower than that.
There will be changes in personnel
that will affect the organization ma
terially. Some familiar faces will be
missing from both House and Senate.
The House republican leader had
already eliminated himself with his
candidacy for the Senate. Apparently
Chairman Eoistead Of the Judiciary
committee has been defeated. Mr..
Cillett is returned and his reelection
to the speakership is on the cards,
though. with a much reduced majority
and with number of progressives
il the House. the continuation Of the
present organization is not positively
assured.
In both houses the republican mar.
sin is SO small-approximatel at the
reckoning on present returns, twelve
In the House and eight to twelve in
the Senate. according as the results
in Washington and North Dakota
may be finally determined-that small
groups Of, the less regular repub-
licans in the two houses may hold
the balance Of power. The party
caucuses will be less unwieldy. how
ever, and. save for the possibility of
revolt by these small groups, there is
better prospect of action by Con-
in, <,iv, ,e,{,
Evening star., 1922-11-09
Few Are in Danger
From Soft Living

Irving Bacheller. speaking before
the Philadelphia Forum, ands some
thing very much the matter with the
American home today. He blames
parental complaisance Tor 4 good deal
Of the trouble. Children Of what he
calls the India rubber parent, ARE
brought up to regard life as an island
Of ice cream in an ocean Of candies
and chocolates" and douglas Fair
banks has taken the place Of Alfred
Tennyson.'
There is always something for the
moralist to mourn over In the up-
bringing of the young. The moralst is
inclined to forget. however: that the
exceptional always declares itself
more noisily than the normal. The
eEregious and the excessive sticks out
and shrieks to be seen. Most people
are running no risk Of being democrat.
lied by Iuxuries or by soft living: be-
cause most people cannot a6ord These
things, and must keep busy to keeL
aIiye.-Phiiadeiphia' Public Ledger.
Evening star., 1922-11-09

sling. Measures must be prepared
with the greatest care, and passed in
reasonable time. 1t Is safe to say, IN
deed. that the legislative program Of
the Sixty.eishth Congress will not be
in any of its features twelve months
behind time. -
New leadership in both branches
must appear; and in the House this
will be of great moment. The present
leadership 10 passing. Mr.. Mondeal,
Mr.. Fordney and Mr.. Campbell will
retire to private life In March.
Their successors, it is hardly neces-
sary to say. will each tackle a mans
job. The card will contain measures
relating to the country's greatest in.
terests. and a presidential campaign
will be opening. And the work Of that
session will be in some. and maybe
large, measure the basis Of the re-
publican appeal to the people that
year.
Evening star., 1922-11-09

much prefer Turkish control Of the
straits to an allied control.
Should the fanatics at Angora take
complete control Of the nationalist
government, perhaps sweeping kenial
Pasha aside-report already has 1t
that he has been accused Of treachery
In the Angora assembly, showdown
will inevitably result at Constantine
pie. The allied governments cannot
possibly yield to the present demands
without compromising the whole case,
rendering the Lausanne conference
futile. In order that that conference,
when held, should have an authorita-
tive voice, there must be something
to determine. The nationalists are
now trying to determine things in ad-
vance of the meeting. If the allies
yield to their present requirements
undoubtedly others will be voiced and,
with bayoncts drawn to enforce them,
the natioaalists will proceed to q COM
plete re-establishment Of Turkish au-
thurity over the area formerly con-
trolled by the sultanato In Europe.
Evening star., 1922-11-09
Budgets for Girls
Latest in Finance

The very young girl. be she called
fapper, subdeb or kid, gets into a.
most everything these days. but IL
was a surprise to find her discussed
in connection with the big bankers
convention recently held in New YORK
city. 1t is woman banker. MRS.
Kay cammack, assistant secretary OF
the New York Trust Company, VINO
is responsible for bringing In tne
frivolous young person. for Mrs Cam
mack. outside of Office hours. Is de-
voted to the work of teaching young
girls generally rich girls) to keep
budgets. She believes. as she recent
" stated in an interview. that no
one needs budgeting 50 much as the
young girl at school.
A budget. Of course. presrpposes
an allowance. aud 1t 10 tbs allowance
Evening star., 1922-11-09
EDITORIAL DIGEST

and it fears that, despite the ap
parent general satisfaction with tao
fascist triumph and the personnel
and general aims of the organiza-
ton. Italy has before it an era Of
factions and turmoil"
The New York Times points out
that "the honeymoon is over" and.
having had its day OF hurrahs, fire.
works and brass bands. DR.. Musso-
linis government is settling down
to work. And II Mussolini hopes to
go beck to the schemes of five years
ago he will have to remember one
factor which was not present then.
but fills most Of the foreground
now-Mustapha Kemal." To which
the Rochester Times Union adds that
ANY domestic benefits which the fas-
clsti program may bring about will
be neutralized If that program should
include an aggressive attitude to-
ward other nations. with the in
evitable accompaniment of heavy
artillery and naval expenses"
Evening star., 1922-11-09
Business as Usual.

Out Of the we.ter of the disappointed
hopes and shattered ambitions Of Tues
days election there is one cause for
rejoicing common to all the people.
There is nothing In the aggregate
result which ought to interfere in the
slightest degree with continued i'm
provement in business conditions.
federal government have received no
mandate for reversal Of any policy
entered upon. and, as there is no pros
pect Of any such reversal for at least
two years. there is no excuse for any
industry holding back because of un-
certainty as to what the future may
bring.
II the coming two years are as pros
porous as they promise today to be
the discomfort which manifested itself
at the polls Tuesday is likely to have
disappeared as a political influence by
November, 1924. However blameless
the party in power may be, 1t always
must suffer at an election which comes
in a year of depression. Likewise,
regardless of the source from which
prosperity may flow, the party in
power reaps the benefit when the
electors go to the polls. In this re-
spect the republican party just now
is fortunate. Improvement from the
depression which followed in the wake
of war was just as inevitable as was
reaction from the political landslide
Of two years ago. Both the business
improvement and the political reac
ton having come and gone, We are
once again on the way to normalcy in
both business and politics. The re-
suit probably will be as beneficial to
the one as to the other.
Cleared for the time being of the
fogs of partisan controversy. oppor-
tunity now will be afforded for a fair
trial Of the new tariff law. which is
admittedly an experiment. When the
voters went to the polls Tuesday they
had before them only the high rates
written into that measure. Its "flexi-
bility' feature was little considered.
because it yet has had no chance to
operate. The Tariff Commission.
though hampered by the meagerness
Of its appropriation, Is rapidly reor-
ganizing its forces to discharge the
new duties placed upon it, and in
the near future the elimination by
executive decree Of inequities in the
law will be undertaken. A new chap
ter in the relationship OF government
to business Is to be written. and If the
record to be set down is as beneficent
as the proponents Of flexible tariff
hope and believe, the benefits will flow
tc every man and woman, regardless
OF how they voted for senator and
representative. Prosperity is on its
way, and prosperity is like the rains
from heaven-it draws no party lines.