To Advertisers
The cAthena Press circulates in the
homes of readers who reside in the
heart of the Great Umatilla Wheat
Belt, and. they have money to spend
Subscription Rates
One Copy, one year, $1.50; for aix
months, 75c; for three months, 50c;
payable in advance, and subscrip
tions are solicited on no other basis
Kntered at the Post Office at Athena, OreBoxi, as Second-Class Mall Matter
A
VOLUME XXIX.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JUNE 29 1917.
NUMBER 25
iiiiiini
A Special Offer to Our
Out-of-Town Customers
In ordey to make you acquainted with the efficiency of our MAIL
ORDER DEPARTMENT, we are going to give you a series of specially
priced articles which you can order by mail, the first of which is an un
usual value in a medium priced mattress. Mattresses are like- the
"grab ba(f" of childhood day you never know what is in them until
yon have investigated, hence you must rely upon the integrity and hon
esty of the firm you buy from. Our guarantee on mattresses is rock
bound if you are not satisfied with this mattress for any reason'what
ever, return it to us at our expense and we will refund your money.
Our Marvel full Size Mattress for (8.95
Catalog No. A490 Actual weight4 0 lbs. This mattress is made
of fluffy layers of pure, clean felted cotton linters, a downy, springy
bed of comfort. It is covered with a fancy flowered ticking, which is
strong and serviceable. It is closelytuftled preventing the cotton lay
ers from shifting or bunching and the roll edge holds the mattress in
shape and prolongs its ilfe. There are handles on this mattress just
like on the $16.00 mattress. After you have figured the freight you
will appreciate the wonderful offer we are making you on this mattress
at the price we are quoting you. Please order this mattress by Cata
log No. A490.
If you have not been receiving our circulars, Fashion Booklet,
price sheets, etc., please send us your name and raddress, as we ,very
much want your name on our mailing list. Something1 of very special
interest will soon be mailed to every name on our mailing list and we
want you to receive a copy.
THE DAVIS-KASER CO WALLA WALLA
Complete Furnishers of Homes, Offices and Schools 10-20 Alder St.
HIIHHHIIMIDIimillllllll'
f Minimum MttMtttiMon
nmmtmiiMMm
intmn
t3anK
of Athena
Conducts a General Banking Business
Capital and Surplus, $100,000
HRMSM
We are always prepared to care for the proper needs
of our'Customers.
IIIIIIIHIMH
111 minium
ESTABLISHED 1865
Preston-Shaffer Milling Co.
AMERICAN BEAUTY
FLOUR
la made in Athena, by- Athena labor, in one ot the very best
equipped mills in the Northwest, of the best selected Bluestem
wheat grown anywhere. Patronixe home industry. Your
grocer eells.tne uncus American'. Beauty Flour
Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers
Athena, Oregon.
iiiiiiiiimiiiiiiin
Waitsburg, Wash.
mimiiniMMn
We carry the best
MEATS
That Money Buys
Our Market is
Clean and Cool
Insuring Wholesome Meats.
READ & MEYER
Main Street, Athena, Oregon
ALL NOW READY
All but putting on the finishing
touches will bring conclusion to the ar
rangements for celebrating the Fourth
of July in Athena. The committee
have about completed their work and
all have exceeded expectations.
The parade will be in motion prompt
ly at 9.45 a. m. so as to give a full two
hour program at the City Park before
the lunch hour. At 1:4 p. m. the
ball game between Athena and Adams
will take place at the ball grounds
and at its conclusion the sports and
games will be pulled off on Main
street. With this exception the en
tire program of the celebration will
take place in the City Park.
The evening progarm at the Park
will be especially interesting. Begin
ning at 7 :30 with a concert by the
Weston Band, there will be something
of interest every minute until the
old fiddlers' contest brings the pro
gram of the day to a close. Following
is the program in full :
9:4S.
Parade to City Park.
"American Independence"
- - - Weston Band
"Star Spangled Banner"
- - - Mrs. J. C. Baddeley
I
oacK Kace open to all; 1st, $2. 60;
and, 91.60.
100 yard dash open to all. 1st,
$4.00; 2nd, $2.00.
Girls race open to all girls, 60 yard
1st, $2.60; 2nd, 1.60.
8-Legged Race open to all; 1st,
4.00; 2nd, $2.00.
60 yard dash open to all 1st, $3.00;
2nd, $2 00.
Fat man's race open to all fat men
of 200 pounds or over, 1st, $3.00; 2nd,
$2.00.
Carry Relay Race open to all, 1st,
$3.00; 2nd. $2.00.
220 yard dash open to all; 1st,
$4.00; 2nd, $2.00.
Pie Eating contest boys under 16
years, 1st, $2.00.
Backwards race, 60 yards open to
all, 1st, $2.00.
440 yard dash open to all, 1st,
$5.00, 2nd. $2.50.
Egg Race open to all, 1st, $2.50;
2nd, $1.60.
Bicycle Race open to boys under 17
years, 1st, $3.00; 2nd, $2.00.
Relay Race 1st, $8.00; 2nd, $4.00.
70 p. m.
Concert - - by Weston Band
A. W. Lundell, Director.
March, "Heads Up" - McFaul
Hawaiian Sextet.
Cornet Solo "The Rosary"
Harvey Lundell
a. "An Irish Love Song" - Lang
b. "The Sea Shell" - Whelpley
. Mrs. J. C. Baddeley.
Kathren Froome, accompanist.
Overture, "Sky Pilot" - Laurens
Weston Band.
A Patriotic Reading, Miss Zola Keen
March "Stars and Stripes Forever"
- Sousa
Weston Band.
Vocal Solo" Laddie in Khaki" Novello
Mrs. W. R. Scott.
Trombone Smear "Lawsy Massy" -Jewell
Weston Band.
Athena Men's Chorus.
March, "Washington Grays," Grafulla
Weston Band.
Old Fiddlers' Contest.
Sugar Not Necessary
Fruit for use in pie or salads or as
stewed fruit can be put up or canned
without the use of any igar at all, ac
cording to the canning specialists of
the Department of Agriculture. They,
therefore, advise those who because of
the high price of sugar have been think
ing of reducing the amount of fruit
they put up to can as much of their
surplus as possible by the use of boil
ing water when sugar syrup is beyond
their means,. Any fruit, they say,
may be successfully sterilized and re
tained in the pack by simply adding
boiling water instead of hot syrup.
The use of sugar, of course, is desir
able in the canning of all kinds of
fruits and makes a better and ready
sweetened product. Moreover, most
of the fruits when canned in water
alone do not retain their natural flavor,
texture and color as well as fruit put
up in syrup. Fruit canned without
sugar to be used for sauces and des
serts must be sweetened.
Woodmen Are Enlisting.
Acting under instructions from
Washington, W. G. Hastings, super
visor of the Deschutes National Forest,
is actively recruiting for the regiment
of woodsmen and millworkera now be
ing raised to go to France.
No Demand for Wheat.
No trading in wheat was reported at
any point in the Northwest yesterday.
The undertone of the market was weak
er, but the Dircea ducted were entirplv
nominal in the absence of demand. It
ibo question, however, .whether wheat
eo'uld be bought at the prices named.
EASTERN OREGON FINE
WOOL BRINGS 61 GENTS
Eastern Oregon fine wool baa climb
ed to the 01 cent mark. This price
was paid by Crimmins & Pierce for
40,000 pounds at Heppner, and it es
tablishes a record for this class of wool
in the west. Oregon has become the
highest wool market in the territory
wool sections, being fortunate in mar
keting the bulk of its clip late, and
thus getting the advantage of the rise
in prices. In' Idaho fine ool did not
go over 65 cents, although as high as
r'S cents was paid for coarse. Montana
wools sold up to 67 1-2 cents.
Washington cleaned up some time ago
and did not get the benefit of the latest
advances, while Utah and Nevada sold
early while prices were still relatively
low.
In the Willamette Valley wool prices
are keeping pace with the climb east
of the mountains. The latest sales of
Valley wool were made at "5 cents.
Between 80 and 90 per cent of the
Valley clip, it is estimated has now
been sold. .
Portland wool men figure that 5,000,
000 to K,000,000 pounds of Oregon
wool of all kinds have been sold to date,
probably over half the state clip. The
Lakeview section is as well sold up as
the Valley, while in Eastern Oregon,
Pilot Rock, the country north of
Baker, Pendleton and Echo have only
scattered lots to dispose of. Similar
conditions prevail in the Bend district
and on the Deschutes branch.
The sales at Heppner and Condon the
latter part of the week and a Shaniko
this week will practically close up the
big end of the 1917 buying movement
in Oregon.
DRAFTED WILL BE
CALLED OCTOBER 1
It will be several weeks before the
war department undertakes the selec
tion of its first draft army of 660,000
men and it is probable it will be Octo
ber first before these men are called
together at the 18 training camps. The
machinery fo making the draft has
been proved to be more complicated
than was at first expected and the task
of building 16 Army cities is decidedly
more of an undertaking than the de
partment bargined for at first.
Until the work on the various canton
ments is nearing completion the Pres
dent will not fix a definite day on
which the drafted men will be required
to report at the training camps, but it
has already been announced by the
War Department that these camps can
not open on September 1, the date ori
ginally set. Coupled with that an
nouncement the assurance has been
given that farm labor will be little dis
turbed this season on account of the
draft.
The real reason for delay, however,
is the inability of contractors tD finish
the buildings.
The War Department has been to
considerable pains to explain that when
the names of men drafted are annouced
they will still be free to pursue their
regular occupations until the time is
set for the opening of the training
camps.
In all probability a large per centage
of farm hands will be exempted from
military service, as large a percentage
as other lines of industry, but the Se
cretary of War has made it plain that
some farm workers will be taken for
military services, just as some men
will ba taken from the mines, from
transportation systems and from fac
tories. The mere fact that a man is married
will not, of itself, excuse from mili
tary service. Only the married man
whose wife is dependent upon him will
be excused. The single man who has
a dependent mother, a dependent fath
er or other near relative who would
suffer ill be excused.
Work Begins on Roads
Unable to attend the exercises which
will mark the lirrft dirt throwing on the
Strahorn road at Klamath Falls, July 4
Governor Withycombe has delegated
George Palmer Putnam, his private
secretary, to represent him there on
that day. A pot of $300,000 has been
raised by the people of Klamath Falls,
through a bond issue, to assist the
Strahorn project in getting underway
and it is expected that this year 40
miles of road will be constructed north
of Klamath Falls. It is probable the
remainder of the distance to Bend to
connect with the lines from the Colum
bia River will be constructed the fol-,
lowing season.
Mrs. H. P. Hinges Is Wed
Mrs. Hallie Parrish Hinges, whom
Colonel Roosevelt on one of his tours of
this state dubbed the "Oregon Nightin
gale" became the bride: of O. Benjamin
Durdall, of Salem, the wedding being
solemnized Sunday by the Rev. J. M.
Heady at the bride's home. Mrs. Dur
dall is one of the most popular vocalists
in the state and has appeared in Cale
donian Picnic programs in Athena.
Preparing for the Fourth.
The Red Cross ladies are busily en
gaged in preparations for the celebra
tion, when they will serve the public
with sandwiches, cake and coffee, also
ice cream, home-made candies and
punch. All women members of the
Chapter are requested to be ready at
9:80, to march in the parade to the
City Park.
New members reported this week
are: Mrs. Emma Read, Mrs. Anna
Mclntyre, Mrs. Bessie Schrimpf, Mrs.
GraceJCatron, Miss Belle Mclntyre,
Miss J. aura Mclntyre.
A special gift of $2.00 was received
from Mrs. Anna Mclntyre.
DRAFT EXEMPTION
BOARDS ARE NAMED
Following the announcement that
President Wilson had approved the per
sonnel of exemption boards in the dif
ferent states, Governor Withycombe
authorized the publication Saturday
night of the list of 46 exemption boards
in Oregon.
The names of the members of the
board were given out by George A.
White, Adjutant General.
The problem of selecting tbe mem
bers for exemption boards has been a
difficult one and Governor Withycombe
has had it under consideration for some
time. In view of the good work done
by the county registration boards
composed in each case of the Sheriff,
County Clerk and county physician, in
taking the war census, he finally de
cided to reappoint them to pass on ex
emptions from the draft.
Members of the boards in most cases
live in the county seat of their county
and are thoroughly familiar with condi
tions in the county. Outside of Port
land, also, members of the boards
know personally a great many of the
men upon whose cases they will have
to pass.
Governor Withycombe feels also that
the boards he has named will be thor
oughly non-partisan in their work and
that they will not permit any "ball
playing" or politics in any way to
influence their decisions.
Should anything of this sort occur.
however, the Governor is prepared to
act immediately, and summary remov
als from the boards would follow.
With two exceptions there will be
one exemption board in each county.
The two exceptions are Marion county
and the city of Portland.
Marion county having a population
of more than 46,000 wiil have two
boards.
The city of Portland will have ten
boards. The first nine of these boards
are the same ones that handled the war
census registration there. The tenth
board is a new one, formed by dividing
one of the former nine districts into
two districts.
For Umatilla county, the exemption
board will comprise, T. D. Taylor,
R. F. Brown, and Dr. D. J. McFau 1.
FIVE TOWNS IN PATH
OF BROKEN UTAH DAM
The dam of the Price River Irriga
tion Company, impounding 11,000 acre
feet of water, 12 miles northeast of
Fairview, Utah, began to break Sun
day. At midnight a centre span of
the dam 60 feet wide and five feet
deep had broken off and the waters
of the reservoir were rapidly eating
away the protecting earth fill.
In the path of the rushing waters
were the towns of Scofield, Helper,
GMtlegate, Colton and Price. People
of Helper, Castlegate and Colton have
fled fiom their homes.
Several thousand acres of farm
lands are flooded. Hundreds of work
ers have been sent out to watch the
tracks of the Price-Scofield branch of
the Denver and Rio Grande Railway.
where 40 miles of track are threatened
along the main line in the vicinity of
rrice.
Officials of the irrigation company
and Government experts who are at the
dam say there is no hope of saving the
structure. All efforts are being cen
tralized to clear the path for the wat
ers should the dam suddenly give way
rather than succumb to the gradual
washing out through the accidental
spillway.
So far no loss of lives has' been re
ported, but immense damage to grow
ing crops has resulted.
The population of Castlegate is 1 150,
Price 2600, Helper 1000, Scofield 600
and Colton 160.
COUNTIES PREPAR
Women Make Good
As Engine Wipers
Master Mechanic Cutler, of the
Northern Pacific shops at Parkwater,
near Spokane, is rather proud of his
new engine wiping squad, composed of
women.
This is a now form of preparedness
for war conditions that the railroad has
been developing resulting from the
successful attempt to use women in
the work of cleaning and supplying
passenger coaches.
Each woman wears a tight cap over
her hair, a neat fitting blouse and
overalls. Out in the big roundhouses
they crawl over and under the big mo
guls, polishing all the bearings, wiping
off surplus oil and generally putting the
locomotive in shape for road service.
"I'm putting on a dozen or mora
Monday," Mr. Cutler explained. "They
like the work, get paid exactly what
the men earn and do just abjut as well. "
School Endowment Raised.
On his return from a two weeks trip
into Baker county in the interests of
Columbia College, Milton, of which he
is president, Rev. H. S. Shangle re
ports an addition to the endowment
fund of the college of 17000. Also
indications, he says, promise several
students for the coming year from that
district.
ISSUE BONDS UNDER
BEAN BARRETT LAW
Tl." entire fund to match the fed
eral appropriation under tbe Shackle
ford act will be raised in Oregon by
bonds under the Bean-Barrett bonding
bill, according to the opinion of the
supreme crurt. The decision was ren
dered in a friendly Buit of the state
highway commission against the
board of control. The court man
damused the control board to issue
bonds in such amounts as are required.
ine aDove news of the supreme
court's decision was received with
gratification Tuesday by W. Li Thomp
son, tsstern Oregon's member of the
association, says the East Orgonian.
The decision means the commission is
upheld in its stand by the supreme
court said Mr. Thompson. "Also that
the commission will have approxima
tely a quarter of a million dollars more
money each year. This is from the
quarter mill tax. As matters now
stand the commission will have usa of
the six million dollars bond money in
accordance with the law, of the auto
license money, about $500,000 a year,
the quarter mill tax, netting $220,000
a year and of additional bonds to be
sold under the Bean-Barrett law to
meet the requirements of the Shackle
ford law. The decision will be of
great help in carrying out highway
work."
Mr. Thompson received word that
the authorities at Washington have
approved the Oregon commission's
forest road budget, covering proposed
work for the next three years. In
this budget $110,000 is provided for the
road between Pendleton and La Grande
and the $60,000 for tho road from Pilot
Rock to Prairie City. The program
includes the allotment of $100,000 for
hard surfacing part of the highway be
tween Pendleton and Walla Walla.
E
FOR STATE PAIR
"More counties will participate in
the State Fair exhibits this year than
last and present indications are that
the exhibits will be more varied in
attractive and better in quality," was
the statement of Mrs. Winnie Braden,
of Dallas, superintendent of the horti
cultural and agricultural d anartmanta
of the fair. She coupled this with the
statement that 20 counties, three more
than last vear. have signified their in.
tention of sending county exhibits.
"Since the fair this year will also be
converted into a 'food training camp'
the agricultural and horticultural rl-
partments with a view of increasing
crop production and checking food
waste will endeavor to nut nn as mini
educational features as is possible.
Coos county won first prize in the
first district last year and assurances
have been received by Mrs. Braden that
this county will send oven better ex
hibits than last fair. Tillamook won
second last year.
In the second district last vonr PrJIr
carried away first honors, Linn second,
jaexson inira, Benton fourth and Doug
las nrth. Multnomah, Clackamas,
Washington. JoseDhine and Marinn alan
showed in this district. All cf them
will 1 e represented by Bplendid exhibits
this fall and tbe indications are that
competition will be exceptionally keen.
Wasco was first at the last fair in
the third district, Union second, Bak
er third. Morrow fourth and Mnlhanr
fifth. All, save possibly Malheur will
show again this year and each proposes
to send representative exhibits. Neith
er Clatsop, Columbia, Lincoln or Uma
tilla had exhibits at the last fair, but
they will be well represented this year.
Irrigation Projects Lose Out.
Representative Sinnott's amendment
to the food bill authorizing the expen
diture of $20,000,000 for new irriga
tion projects was defeated in the House
on a point of order.
Certain Home Guards to Get Arms.
The War Department has notified
Senator Chamberlain that it will fur
nish arms and equipments only to
Home Guard organizations which ac
tually are engaged in guarding state
or Federal property.
Eslraved.
Two bay mares, brand Lazy J,
weight 060 and 1100, one with colt,
strayed from my place near Holiman,
Oreg. about two weeks ago. Notify
C. A. Fenn, Holdman, Oreg.
American Lake To
See 50,000 Troops
The great selective army of nearly
50,000 troops, to be stationed at the
cantonment for training this fall, will
include four brigades of infantry com
prising 12 regiments, one brigade of
heavy artillery, one brigade of light
artillery, including two regiments of
three inch guns and one regiment of
3.8-inch guns, one regiment of engi
neers, four aero squadrons, two balloon
companies, one supply train, one am
munition train, one headquarters train,
one hospital and sanitary train,! one
field telegraph battalion, one division
head quarters and one division quarter
master with attached staff. In addi
tion there will ba thousand of horses
and mules.
Tentative plans call for the construc
tion of about 1300 buildings. Forty
buildings will be used by the hospitaU
and sanitary detachments, 50 will be
miscellaneous structure and seven will
be devoted to the Y. M. C. A. This
is inclusive of the cantonment, adja
cent to the mobilization camp for re
gulars, where approximately .15,003 to
40,000 guardsman for Northwestern
states will be encamped.
Food Sermons Sunday.
Herbert Hoover, the man who is
organizing the nation to "Save the
Waste and Win the War," has called
the church workers to his aid and
by circular letters has asked the
elegy of the Protestant and Catholic
churches of the la"d to preach sermons
on food conservation on Sunday, July
1. All churches in Athena will com
ply with the request. The general
public is earnestly requested to hear
the sermons on food conservation, for it
is realized that the co-operation of
everyone is necessary to make tha
movement a success.
Gospel Tent Meetings.
Gospel Tent Meetings will begin in
Weston next Sunday at 11 a.m. and
continue indefinitely, conducted by
Evangelists M. G. Buntley and P. A.
Stockton. Meetings every evening at
8 o'clock.
Arc You Ready Now?
to Celebrate the 4th of July? We are showing a complete line of mid-Summer
Wearing Apparel for men women and Children; also a line of Fun
c7Wakers for the Fourth, such as Confetti, Horns, Squeakers, Balls, etc. etc.
FOR WOMEN,
Complete line wash skirts white
and colors - - .98 to 4.98
Fancy Parasols - .98 to 2.08
Sport hats. - - .48 to 1.49
Bathing suits - 1.98 to 6.90
Bathing caps .10 to .98
White canvas slippers - 1.49
Tennis shoes .B0
FOR MEN
Sport shirts
Sport ties
Wash ties
.49 to 1.49
.49
.10
Panama hats - - - 4.50
Tennis shoeB - - - .85
FOR BOYS
Sport shirts .49
Sport blouses - - .85-. 95
Sumnwr hats - .10 to .98
Tennis Shoes ... .80
Boys hose - - .16-. 26
Union suits - .26-.4U
FOR GIRLS
Fancy Parasols - .49 to .98
Sport hats. .26 to .98
Gingham dresses .49 to 1.49
White Blippers .98 to 1.85
Tennis shoes - - - .'a
FOR THE 1TII.
Decorative bunting fast colors
.06 8-4 .08 1-8
Flags all sizes. - .10 to .15
Pennants - - - .85 .49
Flag Pins - .03 1-2 to .10
Confetti per sack - - .06
Noiay horns - - .10 .15
Noisy Rattlers - - - .10
Noisy hummers -. - .10
Rubber return balls the thing for
fun ... ,05
Everybody Boost to Make the Celebration a Success i
..:. pi