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IHlSNIiKN I NKW , L Boyd, publisher mis Thy federal ft inji vM Tain SUBMARINES IN WARFARE. i i. i'lllll I. rniob may. d is w Kalber j.t.ul.ri(itinn i-..il.- One copy, one year $1-5" from a report the federal farni loa When paid in Advance, (otherwise, $iM UOai(l has just made public. On July One copy, six montha. 75 were chart d , , Q One copy, three months 5U associations composed of persons who wished to borrow money on farm land i security. They have borrowed tll,- lilil.UOo making the average loan -BOO. Most of these borrowers chose the SI! year amortization plan. They make semi annual payments amount ing to 6 per cent per annum. This li per cent retires both the principal and interest. tATHENA. ORE. AUGUST 3 ....1917 u. s. supplies must not go TO GERMANY. Mr. Nansen, the arctic- explorer, who heads a food commission sent to the United States by the Norwegin government, contends that Norway is . not providing Germany with grain or fats, and that about the only ctrrmo dity that Norwegins are selling to the Germans is fish. But Carl Ackerman, observes an ex change, whose close connection with the'embaBsy in Berlin and subsequent study of European conditions enables him to speak witn weight of authority, affirms that "Norway is the worst sin ner" in this respect. He quotes the following figures of Norwegin exports to Germany in 1918, given on the au thority of an informant "whose name, for diplomatic reasons, cannot be given": Tons. Butter and cream - - - fW.OOO Meat .... 116,000 Pork, bacon, lard - - 8,000 Milk 70,000 Fish .... 407,000 Cheese .... 80,100 Eggs .... 4(1,000 Total - - 808,600 Norway and other neutrals have a perfect right to trade with Germany - - exactly as good a right as had the United States to trade with the allies when it was neutral. That right will not be questioned by our government. But that is not the point. We ex pect Norway and other neutrals of northern Europe to do that trading with their own resources. We are at war with Germany and self preserva tion becomes our highest duty. Our first obligation is to feed our own people and our own armies. Our next obligation-is tu help feed our allies and their armies. These needs will com mand (he last pound of food that we are capable of producing. We must not directly or indirectly, withhold the language of the fatherland attempt to destroy the loyalty of their readers by sly insinuations against our allies and against our own federal adminis tration, while at the lime thy render loud lip aervice to the Stars and Stripes. The Spokesman Review, a fiducial worshiper of Colonel Roosevelt hops eugolistically unto his Pittsburg speech in which he flayed th Administration for not entering the war two years ago. The Colonel always did have and always will have a following of admirers, and well up in the front rank will be found the Spokesman Review - always. Through poor pickings and good pickings the Spokane paper will be found well bunched up with the Colonel. It will continue to lose sight of the fact that this country did not want war with Germany und to fore stall participation in the World confla gration President Wilson did every thing in his power to avoid it. But theColonel and the Spokane paper can see no virtue in Wilson's heroic en deavor to keep his nation bloodless. It stood with the Colonel in his demand to jump into the fray at the sinking of the l.iisitunin ; to hell with any thought of preparedness. It stood with the Colonel In hla Mexiciu barn storming probanda; yet Mexico seems to be wiving her own salvation with out intervention. It stood by the Col onel in his glorious attempt at the eini.n i pat ion of National politics but the other feller is in and he is out. It stands with the Colonel in his demand to lead a division of American soldiers to France, leaving Pershing at home and diaorganiling the war department; but Farthing tad a few of the boys are talking the matter over with Papa Jafffag and the Colonel is digging clams on Oyster Bay. Great is the Colonel but greater is the Spukesman Review Nationally speaking. The federal government, and not the daily press is conducting the nation's part in the war. That some sort of censorship is needed is evidenced by the report of the landing of the two expeditions to France. The war depart ment has an obje( t in keeping secret the landing of American troops in Eu ropean territory, and what this object is concerns not the mctropolita:; press If we are tu take into consideration the vital interest of the nation. Un less the new gathering agencies art curbed in their garbling of matters pertaining to "troop inovomenta, ' the, fewMsuieat nuvy a wall dianiaaiw i .tu RICE FIELDS OF JAPAN. Mostly Tiny Gardens, but They Feed 50,000,000 People. Almost one hnlf of the land capable of cultivation In Japan Is planted In rice. Handkerchief gardens would perhaps best describe the little rite llelds, many of which are no larger than a tennis court, are equally flat add me surrounded by rims of earth to hold the water when the fields are flooded. The average rice field In J.i pann Is about one acre and a half In size; but, large or small, each Held must be leveled, and each must have Its rim or dike. Then there must be ii system of canals to bring water to the fields and another system of ditch es to take It away when It Is no longer needed. If the Innd were fairly level the preparation of the ground, which Is all done by liniid, would not be bo hard nor would It require such vast nmoutltl of human labor, but Japan Is a mountainous country. Terraces must be cut from the steep hillsides nnd so leveled that they will hold the water at a uniform derith over the Binall fields. It Is said that there are 12.000 square miles or rice land In Japan, the greater part of which has been pre pared with an almost Infinite amount of labor. That area of land cultivat ed In rice virtually feeds n nation of 80,000.000 people. The little Acids are usually perma nent, und frequently a farmer owns three or four scattered fields. That further Increases the work of caring for his crops. In recent years, how ever, the government has tried to con solidate the holdings of farmers by a process of laud exchange. Youth's Companion. SASH WINDOWS. Probably a Dutch Invention of the Sev enteenth Century. The history of sash windows is some what obscure, but the probability Is that they were a Dutch hivciillou and that they were Introduced Into Eng land soon after the revolution of 1088, The derivation of the word "sash" In this sense Is the Dutch "sas," u sluice -old Engrail "Basse." In QUTC1I Anne's reign they were yet so Comparatively uncommon as to be mentioned ns a special feature of houses that were ad vertised as "to let." In the Taller, for Instance, May 27 30. 1710, there Is this advertisement: "To bo lett, In Devonshire Square, near Hishopsgale, a very good Brick House of 3 Itooius of a Floor, and a good Hall, with very good light and dark Closets, the whole House being well wainscoted and sasli'd with 30 Sash Lights." From England they passed Into France, where the first to put thorn up was Marshal do Lorge at his new ItOUieat Monlnnirtre. BpeaktMj of this, Lister In 1888 writes In his "Journey to Paris:" "We had the good fortune here to find the marshal himself. He showed us his great sash windows, how easily they might lie lifted up and down und stood at any height, which contrivance, he f.1111, he had out of England." London Standard. Catarrh Cannot Be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as ther cannot reach the Beat of the disease. Catarrh la a local disease, greatly In tlueneed by constitutional conditions, and In order to cure It you must take an Internal remedy Hall's Catarrh Medi cine Is taken Internally and acts thru the blood on the mui-ous surfaces of the system. Hall's Catarrh Medicine was prescribed by one of th best physicians in this country for years. It is com posed of some of the best tonics known, combined with eotno of the best blood purifiers. The perfect combination of the Ingredients In Hall'8 Catarrh Medi cine Is what produces such wonderful results in catarrhal conditions. Send for testimonials, free. P. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo O. All Druggists. 76c. Hull's Family Fills for constipation. Land for Sale. 6110 acres, one und one half miles from Condon, 480 in crop, receive one half delivered at the Elevator, all fenced and crossed fenced, well im proved 110 to buildings, new barn 60 by 61 ready to construct and good water supply. Price IH.OOO, ifDa.OOO cash, balance reasonable terms. If interest ed in wheat, stock or mixed ranches in Oregon, Washington, California or Montana, let us hear from you. Condon Realty Co., Condon, Ore., Box M. S. V. Sharp PHYSICIAN AND SUKUKON Special attention given tu all ualik both night and day. Calls prompll answered. Ofllee ou Third etr-el, .vtbt.na Orcuor Dr. J. C Baddeley VLTLRINaRY SUKUEON I.aBrnsche Ranch Athena DR. G. S. NEWSJM. Physician and Surgeon. Office Cornet 4th Adams Sts. H. Scott Fisher CONTRACTOR & lU'l I DVH Residence and Shop, Adams and 4th Sts Athena croup & LASH Dentists In Athena Monday' Tuesday, Wednes day, other days of wetk in Walla Walla, 2nd and Main, over Tnird National Bank Dr. . W. Croup - Dr. C H. Las, Only Men of Iron Nerves and Quick Oecition Can Work Them. "It calls for men of Iron nerves and quick decision to man our submarines either In pence or tvnr." writes Frank E. Evans iu St. Nicholas. "Subma rine experts look upon the factor of nerves as the most Important of all, and they have given to It the title of calculation. "Within the cramped walls Hint are the home of the crew are housed the most Intricate mechanisms that man has Invented for warfare. Outside Its steel walls arc mines, great nets of wire, explosives, shells and seaplanes, all devised for Its destruction, and the sharp keels of ships that slice through them as u knife cuts cheese. The smallest shell can penetrate them, and nets can hold the submarine as help less as a child In the grasp of a giant. "Danger lies everywhere for the ti ger of the seas. The ocean In which It lives Is a powder tank that waits but for a spark. Only nerves of Iron can cope against such an array of ene mies. The slightest hesitation of Its captain In the fiice of any of them menus the end of his ship and bis crew. "As one expert has putlt, the whole A B C of submarine warfare Is to act at an Instant's warning with nerves of steel." MAKING GASES LIQUID. Knowledge; of the "Critical Tempera ture" Solved the Problem, In regard to the boiling mints of liquid, there Is an upper limit to the point at which a thing bolls that is, changes to the state of vapor. It Is culled the critical temperature, No matter how great a pressure exists on a substance, If It Is at a temperature greater tbau Its critical It will change to vaiair anyhow. The Ignorance of this point held back the making of liquefied gases such as air, carbon dioxide, etc. for many years. The experimenters tried to liquefy gases at ordinary tempera tures by enormous pressures, whereas If they had Just cooled the gases be low their critical temperatures before applying the pressure liquefaction would have ensued Immediately. This is the method employed today In making liquid air. The air Is com pressed at first and then allowed to Issue from a small orifice, thus ex panding and cooling; is then pumped back and compressed by the pump, al lowed to go through the orlllce again, thus cooling still more, until at last It is below the critical temperature, when the compression caused by the pump liquefies it. Nature of Sleep. Investigation by scientists of the na ture of the sleep of persons In normal health shows that It varies according to the dally diet and the different hours at which sleep Is begun. Altogether the ltleul hour for retiring Is 10 o'clock. The sleep of a person going to bed regularly at approximately this time gradually augments lii hitenslty for the space of an hour. It then suddenly lie LOines very profound, reaching Its max imum intensity at about 11:30 o'clock. Within five or six minutes from this time It has been found that the sleep begins to lie less deep. Ill nn hour the sleeper is agoiti In the same condition of slumber as at ubout 11:15. From tills time until after 2 o'clock the rest Is steady and light. From 2 until 4 It augments, and then It consistently diminishes until it ceases at the cus toinury time of rising. Stevenson at Noyon. The Cathedral of Noyou, hi France, exercised a great fascination over llob ert Louis Slcvenson. "I huvc seldom looked on the cast end of a church with more complete sympathy," he wrote. "As it tlanges out in three wide terraces nnd settles down broad ly ou the earth it looks like the poop of some great old battleship. There la a roll In the ground, nnd the towers lust appear above the pitch of the roof, as though the good ship were bowing bully over an Atlantic swell. At any moment It might be a hundred feet away from you, mounting the next bil low. At uny moment 11 window might open and some old admiral thrust forth a cocked hat nnd muke au observa tion." London Chronicle. To Keep From Losing Breath. Where respiration Is rhythmical there la no loss of breath In walking fast, running uphill or going upstairs. Tne method of preventing brent hlossness consists In maintaining the rhythm and the speed of respiration. When the breathing Is rhythmic the breathing keepa pace with the step. The out breiit'.ili.g must be twice the length of the Inbreathing, and not nore than eighteen or twenty complete breath cir cuits must lie made per minute. Bluebirds. During the nesting season the blue bird may be found In the United States (west to Arizona. Colorado. Wyoming and Montana!, southern Canada, Mexico and Cuatcmala. In the " Inter It Is found In the southern half of the eastern I'tilted States and smith to (inn tenia la. Domestic Economy. "Does your wife eeontunlxeT' "Yes." replied Mr. Meekton. "She li is figured to a nicety how many new towns the money I sieud for cigars would buy." Washington Star. Quail of the Bible. The quail atentloued in the Bible In Exodus x I. Numbers xl and In I'salm cv. 40, Is 11 bird of passage ills. at the slue of a turtledove nnd resembling the American partridge. The Kind Wran. The bouse wren is charitable enough lo take tare of the young of ofher se-.-Ics. Otie has been knnwn to feed and rear four young inhlns whose parents mil met with disaster. Musical Note. "Didn't her enusinnt s'nglng In the flat annoy you;'' Ni t so imicti as the constant Oat In hat singlng."-Vt k. Why the Widow Got Him. The folks were talking gossip with tome neighbors who were making a social call. They were discussing a eitaln man that everybody agreed was such a fine man aud wondering how ever It was that a rather gay Krnas widow bad succeeded lu leading hhn to the altar. "Well. I kin tell ye," Mild Uncle Ebenezer, who had contin ued to smoke his pipe without taking part In the discussion, "be bad no .hance." Exchange. 31 Half Truths. Half truths are often more calumni ous than whole falsehoods. Not a word may be uttered, but a half suppressed innuendo, a dropped Up, an arched eye brow, a shrugged shoulder, a signifi cant look, su Incredulous expression of countenance nay, even an emphatic silence may do the injurious work. Highly Estimable. "Hr-.lf a loaf Is better than no bread," said the philosopher. "There's 110 doubt about tbc respect lo which half a loaf is entitled," re plied the plain person. "It costs as much as a whole loaf used to." Waah jigtou Star. .hNTIS: NOWI CAN GET THErM MAS Iw v t ,x iGENUINE GRAVELY i I around HERE! I EL GRAVELY CELEBRATED FT Chewing Phi eirrriDirTHE INVENTION OF OUB PATENT AIR-PROOF POUCH GRAVELY PLUG TOBACCO MADE STRICTLY FOR ITS CHEWING QUALITY WOULD NOT KEEP FRESH IN THIS SECTION. NOW THE PATENT POUCH KEEPS IT FRESH AND CLEAN AND GOOD. A LITTLE CHEW OF GRAVELY ENOUGH AND LASTS LONGER THAN A IG CHlW tjl- OKUII.""' 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Athena Garage Repairing Agents for BUICK and MAXWELL CARS V Parts and Accessories, Lathe Work a Specialty. ttttft uf grapes or 1 I HUtlll!MHIMHIMIWMMMII WIMIII i i . i iiiiiaiiffjiilrBdff Cook in a cool, comfortable kitchen this sum mer. An oil cook stove is comparatively inex pensive to buy and it will soon pay for itself in comfort and lower fuel expense. Meals in a jiffy, and a cool kitchen in summer. Bakes, broils, roasts, toasts. Better cooking be cause of the steady, evenly-distributed heat More convenient than a wood or coal stove for all the year 'round cooking, and more econom ical. The long blue chimneys prevent all smoke and Smell. In 1, 2. 3 am! 4 burner nixett, with ' 1 r without ovens. Also cabinet models. Ask your dealer today. NEW PERFECTION OJLCpMiSTOVE FOR SALE BY Foss-Winship Hardware Company MD Service Station Complete line of Ford Parts and Accessories. All Ford work regulated hy the Ford Motor Co's Bulletin of Universal Prices. Gas, Oil. Air-Mobiloil and Zerolene are right grades for your Motor. Racine, Goodrich and U. S. Tires and Tubes. All sizes. We buy old Rubber, Brass and Aluminum BURKE & SON GARAGE CORNER MAIN AND SECOND STS., ATHENA, ORE. i mini THE PARKER BARBER SHOP A. J. Parker, Proprietor Shaving;, Haircutting, Massaging, Shampooing. Eath Rooms In Connection, St. Nichols Hotel Block - . . Athena. Oreg.