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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 3, 1917)
To Advertisers The tAthena Press circulates in the homes of readers who reside in the heart of the Great Umatilla Wheat Belt, and they have money to spend .1 Rates one Copy, one year, $1,30; for six months, 75c; for three months, 50c; payable in advance, and subscrip tions are solicited on no other basis Entered at the Post Office at Athena. Oreaon, as Second-Class Mail MaUer VOLUME XXIX. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. AUGUST 3, 1917. NUMBER 30 The Davis-Kaser Co's Summer Clearance Sale Opened July 21st and is now in full swing I M Full particulars of this event will be found in the Walla Walla newspapers-Sundays editions of July 82nd. Copies of our advertisements will be mailed upon request, to any adlress. Because of the unusual price reductions to be made during this Bale it will pay you to have a copy A Postal Card will bring it to You Sale goods may be ordered by mail (subject, of course, to previous sale) and such orders will carry our sweeping guarantee of absolute satisfaction. The Davis-Kaser Co. Home Furnishing Department Store Complete Furnishers of Homes. Offices and Schools-lO-20 Alder St. Walla Walla Wash. himmiiiuhihihiiioihh umiii Hjl I -Well, Say I thought you fellows had quit the Tire Business." was the remark of a customer one day last week. It opened our eyes. Perhaps you are thinking so, too. We never "quit"-we did "close out our stock" as ad vertised. We have no money tied up in it now. We represent some of she best tires made. We back these tires because we are backed; Firestone, Republic Kelly. Springfield and others. Grain tanks ready. Get your binder twine now. MM' Watts & Rogers Just Over the Hill iiiMiiium Trie First National Bank of Atliena Conducts a General Banking Business mane Capital and Surplus, $100,000 niHBB We are always prepared care for the proper needs of our'Customers. The above picture is of Mr. and Mrs. Otho Reeder's new home under construction on lower Third street, just north of the Sanders home. The drawing is by the Tum-a-Lum Lumber Company architect and is an exact production of the bungalow, as it will appear when completed. The house m q q ESTABLISHED 1865 Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. AMERICAN BEAUTY FLOUR Is made in Athena, br Athena labor, in one ol the verr best equipped miUi in the Northweit, of the best selected Bluestem wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home industry. Your grocer sells'. the famous American Beauty Flour Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers J Athena, Oregon. UMIUMI mill Minim WaitsburR, Wash Beautiful New Home of Otbi feeder, on Lower Third Street. will be conveniently arranged inside with a large living room and fire place, central reception hall and pannel wain scoated dining room, with buffet kit chen and breakfast room on first floor, three bedrooms, bath and sleepingpoach on second floor. Full basement will be provided with laundry, fuel, fruit and fu mace rooms. The front porch will be carried across to form porte cochere. Mr. CharleB Scott haB the general contract and complete plans, as well as material, is being furnished by the Tum-a-Lum Lumber Company. I BE be made to your, local exemption board, but may be made to one of the three district exemption boards in Oregon, but only after you have passed your physical examination and have been certified as called for military service and not exempted. We carry the best MEATS That Money Buys Our Market is Glean and Cool Insuring Wholesome Meats. READ & MEYER Main Street, Athena, Oregon To obtain exemption or discharge from the draft will not be quite the simple matter that some people have thought it, says a Portland Special. The government does not desire to draft men who have persons actually dependent upon them, or whose exemp tion on other grounds is clearly desir able. Neither does it intend that any man who should go shall be exempted. Absolute proof in the form of sworn fndavits and supporting affidavits, 01 the truth of every claim for exemp tion, will be required. Exemption will not be regarded as claimed because of any statement made on the registration card. A new claim, supported by affidavits, must be made in each case. Incidentally, no claim for exemption or discharge may be made by any man until he actually has been called up by his county exemption board for physi cal examination. For example, a man who expects to be called at some future time cannot make his claim for exemption now. The.exemption boards are strictly forbidden to receive or consider claims from men who have not been called up for examination. For another thing, whether a man makes a claim for exemption or not, he positively MUST appear before the local board for physical examination on the day set in the notification sent him by the board. A man has sever days from the mail ing of this notice in wnicn to mane application to his board for exemption. He then has ten days more in which to file proofs. Following are the only grounds for exemption: 1. That you are an officer, legisla tive, executive or judicial, of the United states, a state or territory or the District of Columbia. And in every case exemption will not be grant ed unless specifically claimed. 2. That you are a regular or duly ordained minister of religion. That you were on May 19, 1017, a student preparing for the ministry in any recognized theological or divinity school. That you are in the military or naval service of the United States. 5. That you are a subject of Ger many, whether you have taken out first papers or not. In such case, you will not be accepted for draft even if you desire to enlist. The- regulations on this point are positive. 6. That you are a resident alien who has not take out first papers. Following are the only claims for discharge that can be considered by local exemption boards: 1. That you are an elective county or municipal officer. 'i. That you are a customhouse clerk. 8. That you are employed by the United States in the transmission of mails. 4. That you are an artificer or workman employed in an armory, ar senal or navy yard of the United States. 5. That you are employed in the ser vice of the United States, under cer tain conditions. ' 6. That you are a licensed pilot re; gularly employed in the pursuit of your vocation. 7. That you are a mariner actually employed in the sea service of any ci tizen ot merchant within the United States. 8. That you are a married man with a wife or child dependent on your labor for support. 9. That you have a widowed mother dependent on your labor for support. 10. That you have aged or infirm parents dependent upon your labor for support. 11. That you are the father of a motherless child under 16 dependent upon your labor for support. 12. That you are a brother of an orphan child or children under 10 de pendent Upon your labor for support. 18. That you are a member of a well organized religious sect or organ ization, organized and existent May 18 1917, whose then existing creed or principles forbade its members to participate in war in any form. Claims for exemption on the ground that you are employed in a necessary industry fatudWg UferfAJtBre, ctaa'ot SLACKER ROUND UP IS NATIONAL ORDER Declaring that thousands of men of draft age evaded registration and have escaped the call to the Army, Attorney General Gregory has instruct ed all United States Attorneys to begin a round up of the slackers and start criminal prosecutions. The Attorney General says that from reports made up to July 1(1 it appears that thousands of men escaped and emphasized the importance to the Government of prompt, thorough ana country wide search, followed by vig orous criminal prosecution. District attorneys he says, are not expected to make a house to house can vass, nor a comparison of the registra tion lists with the various tax and vot ing lists of each county, but are to en gage the assistance of local officers voluntary organizations whenever that can be done. When slackers nre found thev are to be registered and to be as signed by lot to the serial numbers of persons exempted. ADMINISTRATOR ON FOOD AGREED HERE IS YOUR TUX IF PRESENT BILL PISSES Here are the taxes YOU as an indi vidual citizen will have to "pay if the revneue bill passes in its present form. Income Tax If unmarried with an income over (1,000; if marriedj with income over 13,000 War Profit Tax if engaged in busi ness as an individual in partnership or stockholder in corporation with net profit over 16,000. Tax on automobiles, motorcycles, motor boats, yachts, letters, postcards and second class mail. Stamp Taxes Bonds and certificate of indebtedness, parcel post packages, stock certificates, stock transfers, fu ture sales, time drafts, notes, bank checks over (5, deeds, custom entries and withdrawls, steamship tickets, voting proxies, powers of attorney, etc. Coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar, molasses and all substitutes. Whiskeys, beer, wine and liquors. Cigars, cigaretts, cigarett papers and tobacco. Mineral water, soda water, and other soft drinks. Freight, express and railroad tickets. Telegrams and long distance tele phone messages. Tennis racquets, golf clubs base balls and bats, fishing rods and other sporting goods and games, including playing cards. Extracts, perfume, cosmetic, paste and other toilet articles. Patent medicines. Tickets and admissions to games, theaters, cabarets and amusements. tooth ball other Maxwell-Smith. The following is taken from a recent .issue of the Kalispell, Montana, Inter Lake: "One of the pleasing wedding events of the season occured this morn ing at ten o'clock at the home of Rev. 0. D. Harris, when he united in mar riage Roy D. Maxwell, of Great Falls, and Miss Laura Anne bmith ot Walla Walla Waajj. Miss Smith is an old friend of Mrs. O. D. Harris and Mrs. L. W. Smith, Mrs. Harris' sister. The bridal room was decorated in sweet peas and Shasta daisies, neatly interwoven in ferns. The bride wore a traveling suit of cream serge and a picture hat of pink. Miss Thele Stephens accompanied with a wedding march at the piano, and after the ceremony Mrs. Harris sang, "I Love You Truly." The couple left on the noon train for Walla Walla, from whence they will return to Great Falls. They were accompanied by Miss Dor otha Starret, of Walla Walla, a cousin of the bride." $50,000 for Round Up Fifty thousand dollars will be ex pended by Pendleton in putting on the 1917 Roundup, September 20, I), 22, which insures the very best in contests, horses, steers, performers and contests worth seeing. Special Pullman trains have already been engaged and will come from Portland, Spokane and St. Paul. The attendence will be equal if not greater than 1016. The rail roads have .granted the usual special rate of oni-mnd one third fare for the round trip from all points in the north west. The railroad officials assure the management there will be no falling off in attendence and the only question with them is whether or not they will be able to furnish the equipment. Conferees on the food bill late Mon day agreed to President Wilson's de mand for one food administrator in stead of a board of three, as proposed by the Senate. The individual admin istrator will not be subject to confirm ation. The State conferees yielded and agreed to strike out the Senate amend ment for a three member board and accepted the House provision for one man control. In agreeing upon a single food ad ministr.ator the conferees adopted a compromise provision that a board of three members, appointed by the Pres ident and one of whom shall be an ag ricultural college man, shall adminis ter to the section for minimum prices for wheat, stipulated in the bill to be (2 per bushel for next year's crop. President Wilson declared previous ly his opposition to amendments to the bill now in conference providing for an administrative board of three in stead of one and for the creation of a Congressional committee on expendi tures in the conduct of the war. The Presidents position was made clear to Senator Chamberlain. The President considers the committee on conduct of the war a reflection on him self and insisted that there can be no question of the greaterjvalue of an in dividual food administrator over an administrative board of three. Plans for the investigation of the production and distribution of bread stuffs were completed at a conference of Federal trade commission officials, Department of Agriculture experts and representatives of the food administra tion. The inquiry into grain productiin will be made largely by the Agricul tual Department. The trade commis sion will seek particularly to find law violations and uneconomic methods in the manufacture and sale of flour and bread. 4 More Poisoned Ai Bend Four more cases of piosoning are re ported among children at Bend, be lieved to have been caused by the eat ing of candy found in the ruins of a hotel recently destroyed by fire. It is thought the candy abso.'bcd toxic sub stances generated bj the heat. Only one death, that of 6 year old Henry Couillar, has so far been re ported, and physicians hope that the lives of the others may be saved. German Fat $4 A Pound Information concerning food costs in Germany received Monday at the offices of the food administration show that many edibles, particularly those containing fats, are selling at almost prohibitive prices. Fat for frying is bringing more than 14 a pound. Goose fat is sold at (5. Hi) a pound Fowls are generally high. Fresh fojvls bring tl. 01 apound; larded goise breasts, (2.08; salted goose legs, 94 cents; young country laying hens, (3.82 each, and well fed geese, (11 to (19. The egg ration at Hamburg for one week was one egg for each per son. Horses are in great demand for food and horse flesh sells at from 68 to 8U cents a pound. Lister Asks For Troops "Governor Lister does not feel that state guards are sufficiently organized and drilled to take up the duty now being performed by the Federal troops, ! nor that they could do this work with 'the samj efficiency," says George Donald, of North Yakima, a member of the State Council of Defense, who i has just returned from Olympia. Mr. Donald says Governor Lister has pro posed to the War Department that troops now doing guard duty in this state be retained in this service. He expects to have an answer to report to the council tomorrow in Olympia. Walla Walla Fire Fatal With their home wrapped in Hamas, the Joe Thomas family, living in the northwestern part of the city, were awakened about 1 o'clock Sunday morning too late to rescuo their 11 year old son, Bustar Thomas, who was Bleeping in an upstairs room. The house was destroyed with all its con tents and the body of the boy had not been recovered an hour after the lire. The cause of the blaze is unknown. Free Methodist Services. The tent meetings closed last Sunday night. Many expressed themselves as having received much help during the meeting. We have secured the opera house on east main street for Sunday services and there will be preaching there every Sunday at 0:00 p. m. Preaching at Waterman school house, Sunday at 8:00 p. m. A cordial .wel come to all. Geo. T. Klein LAW EFFECTIVE The new motor vehicle law passed by the last legislature became effec tive Wednesday. Considerable misapprehension has been experienced from reports received as to the effect of the fees under the new law, as it is generally considered that this law will have the effect of doubling the fees on motor vehicles. This, however, is a misconception of the law, as the fees, with the excep tion of fees for motorcycles, remain the same as now, up to January 1, 1918, when the fees will be doubled. Fees on motorcycles will be (1.00, or half the present fees. Motorcycle fees are now (8 and will be (8 betweou January 1 and August 1 of each year. The law is made so that provision is made that after August 1 of any year fees provided for in the law are cut in half, while between January 1 and August 1, the fees are double those now provided by law. The fees, starting August 1, may be arrived at by cutting the fees shown in the following table by half, although between January 1 and August l, the fees shown in the table will prevail: Motorcycles and motor bicycles (8.00 Electric vehicles for pleasure - 6.00 Electric service vehicles - 10.00 All steam, gasoline and other hydro carbon operated vehicles, except motor trucks for what ever use up to twenty six horsepower - - 6.00 In excess of 26 horsepower and inclu sive of 86 horse power- - 10.00 In excess of 86 horsepower and inclu sive of 40 horsepower - 15,00 In excess of 40 horsepower - 20.00 On all motor trucks the following rates shall be paid: Over one and one half tons and under two tons .... 16.00 Two tons and under two and one half - . 18.00 Two and one half tons and under three 21.00 Three tons and under three and one half 34.00 Three and one half tons and under, four tons .... 37.00 Four tons and not over five tons 80.00 Over five tons - - - 86.00 The new fees do not apply to dealer's cars at any time, according to a ruling of Secretary Olcott's office. The new law also covers the laws ol the new provisions relative to the handling and operation of motor cars. Driving is restricted to 2S miles an hour with the exception of within 100 yards of horse drawn vehicles on coun try roads, when a maximum speed of eight miles an hour is prescribed. It prohibits driving of machines by intox icated or incapable persons, and child ren under IB years of age, unless r companied by an older person. It is made unlawful to throw or deposit in roads or streets any bottles, glasi1. nails, tacks or other substance likely to injure or damage uny person, auimal or vehicle. The fees collected shall bj turned over to the motor vehicle fund and this fund is to be used by the State High way Commission in paying the inter est and retiring principal on road bonds. The Christian Church. "The Heart of Things," and "Try ing To flay Double, will be the res pective themes at the Christian church Sunday. 11:00 a. m. and 8:00 p. m. These themes have some of the "pep" that is so much needed in sluggish times. Come and take a tonic. It will do you good. It beats lounging around without any thing worth whilo to think about. Geo. Gerking at the head of the Bible school, will begin moving things at 10:00 a. m. sharp, with the Junior Choir in place ready for the music of the morning. Classes for everybody, and there should bs every body in a class. If you have not baen to Bible school for thsse months or years start in Sunday morning, and learn a lesson from God. D. Errett, minister. New Potatoes Sprouting Hundreds of residents of the Inland Empire who this year pl'.nted home gardens for the first time have been perplexed and dismayed, upon opening hills, to find potatooes about half de veloped, yet sprouting new vines. Professor O. M. Osborne, head of the agricultural department of the Lewiston States normal school, states that there is no known remedy. He attributes the cause to abnormal cli matic condition and advises digging the potatoes even though not fully de veloped. The sprouts should be re moved and the potatoes placed in cool cellars. War Bread Is Sampled Students and members of the facul ty of the Summer school of the Univer sity of Oregon sampled various kinds of war bread, prepared by Miss Wini fred Kerr, who gave tbe last of a ser ies of lectures on food economy sug gested by Herbert C. Hoover, Nation al food director. Potatoes, beanB. pea unta, squash, bran, brown unpolished rice, com, oatmeal and rye are among materials used in making war bread, fdr tohjeb rfeip' Weft i'tn. I I COMPARE PRICES See what we are selling you new Fall Merchandise for.j Our fall stock is practically complete in all lines. We're i selling for less than one-man merchants can buy for. Oilcloth, all color - .80 House lining - .05 .06 1-2 "Berlin fancy ticking . .29 Hamburgh fancy ticking - .28 "Ariston Stripe ticking - .25 Picket Stripe ticking - .12 1-2 White outing - .12 1-2 .15 Colored outing in a big range of patterns - - - .12 1-2 Unbleached toweling .08 1-3 to 18 Half bleach toweling .10 to .18 1-2 Cotton batts, one half pound .15 Cotton batts one pound .25 Cotton Batts three pounds .83 .98 Coats thread 200 yd - .04 Dover bleached muslin - .08 Suburban bleached muslin - .10 Hope bleached muslin - .11 Special bleached muslin .12 1-2 Fruit of Loom bleach muslin .16 Lonsdale bleach muslin - .15 Lake side Cambric bleach muslin .15 60 60 Berkeley Cambric .18 Lonsdale Cambric - - .21 100 Berkeley Cambric - .24 8-1 Pupperill Sheeting - .35 8-1 Pcquot Sheeting - .38 9 4 Pepperill sheeting - .87 0-4 Fox Croft sheeting - .35 9- 4 Pcquot sheeting - .40 10- 4 Pepperill sheeting - .39 10-4 Pequot sheeting - .42 Calico all colors - .07 1-2 Galitia all colors - .22 1-2 Apron gingham - .08 1-8 Percales, 37 In - - .10 Percales 30 in - - - .10 Percales 36 in - .13 1-2 Percales fast colors 86 in .16 1-2 Dress ginghams - .12 1-2.16 Bleached Table Damask .69 to 1.08 Renpew Colored Damask - .69 NOTICE THESE ARE "EVERYDAY PRICES." ONE PRICE TO ALL. 1