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VOLUME XXIX.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. AUGUST 17, 1917.
NUMBER 32
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A CLEARANCE SALE OF SHEET MUSIC
Mail orders are pouring in every day for some of these great music
bargains. Place your order before our August saie closes and take
advantage of these low prices.
2.00 Family Music Book for $1. 66 contains 20 pieces of piano and
vocal music of moderate" difficulty, selected from the works of classic
and modern composers and including many old favorites universally
known. The piano selections comprise Drawing pieces. Operatic Ar
rangements, Easy Classics, Sacred Music, Dance Music, Four hands
and six hands.
The vocal selections include Ballads, Sacred Songs and Hymns, Pa
triotic and National Songs, including Foreign, Children's Songs, etc.
85c to 76c Music for 85c.
Your choice of 300 Operatic selections taken from such late operas
as Katin ka, September morn, Ziegfelds Follies, Winter Garden, Lilac
Domino, World of Pleasure, Blue Paradise and several others.
Several of the late "hits" which we are selling at 8 for 86c or 8 for
11.00 "Where Do We Go From Here," "I Can Hear the Ukeles Calling
Me," "Oluhnny Oh," "Back To Hawaii and Me," Along the Way to
Waikiki."
The Davis-Kaser Co.
Home Furnishing Department Store
Complete Furnishers of Homes, Offices and Schools 10-20 Alder St.
Walla Walla Wash.
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Are You
well tired of our tire ad?
If your auto's not well tired, we'll retire
Sewing Machines $20 up, all guaranteed. Come and see
the wonderful Two-Spool Machine.
Binders all sold but one. Binder Twine galore.
Electric and Gasoline Washing Machines and Flat Irons
why not use that waste juice you are paving for every
month?
Watts & Rogers
Just Over the Hill
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The
First National
Bank
of Athena
Conducts a General Banking Business
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Capital and Surplus, $100,000
We are always prepared to care for the proper needs
of our Customers.
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ESTABLISHED 1865
Preston-Shaffer Milling Co.
AMERICAN BEAUTY
FLOUR
Is Bade in Athena, by Athena labor, in one ot the very best
equipped mills in the Northwest, of the best selected Bluestem
wheat grown anywhere. Patronise home industry. Your
grocer selhV the famous American Beauty Flour
Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers
Athena, Oregon. - - Waitaburg, Wash.
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We carry the best
MEATS
That Money Buys
Our Market is
Clean and Cool
Insuring Wholesome Meats.
READ MEYER
Main Street, Athena, Oregon
NEW HOME OF ME. AND MRS. OLIVER DICKESON
Since purchasing his place below
town, Oliver Dickenson has been mak
ing extensive improvements. He has
put the farm in a high state of culti
vation, erected a large barn, and is
now having a modern bungalow con
structed. The house will be about
110x50 and will have four bedrooms, liv
ing room and kitchen , together with a
large front porch and screened rear
porch and a full basement.
The foundation and basement is of
brick. The brick work is completed
and the frame work will soon be up.
The plans and material excepting the
bricks being furnished by the Tum-a-Lum
Lumber Co. and James Ashworth
has the contract.
STABLE WHEAT
The food administration has an
nounced its plan for controlling' wheat,
flour and hread, revealing that the
Government is prepared to take over
the whole 101? wheat harvests if ne
cessary to conserve the supply, obtain
just price for America's fighting force
and their allies and reduce costs to the
general public in the United States.
The statement says: It must be clear
ly understood that the guaranteed min
imum price of $3 per bushel for wbeat,
set out in the food bill does not apply
to the 1017 harvest, but only to the
1918 harvest, and then under conditions
which must be elaborated.
There is, therefore, no determined
price for the 1917 harvest.
The result ol this situation is that
the normal price making machinery is
entirely broken down, unless some effi
cient Government action is brought in
to play, either: a. The American pro
ducer may face a slump in wheat, pos
sibly below his production cost, and
b. the export of wheat which ultimat
ely determines the real price, is at the
Will of a single agency ; c. someone
must buy the surplus wheat at any
given moment, and if the surplus pass
es into speculative hands it will be
held for higher prices later in the year;
d. with stabilized prices, extra hazards
are introduced into all distribution
links which must be paid for by the
consumer. It must be evident that the
United States Government can more
justly deal with the situation than any
of the agencies mentioned.
Therefore, the food administration
has determined to take the following
course:
First In order to eliminate specul
ation in wheat and flour, all elevators
and mills over 100 barrels daily capa
city will bo required to take out a
Government license, and the condition
of this license to be:
That only reasonable and customary
charges shall be made for warehouse
service; that no wheat shall be stored
fijr more than 30 days without the ap
proval of the food administration:
that certain information as to receipts
and shipments shall be supplied regu
larly. The grain exchanges are being ask
ed to suspend all dealings and quota
tions in future wheat. These regula
tions will come into force September
I, and the licenses will be prepared
this week.
While farmers' co-operative eleva
tors are excepted by the food bill, this,
however, only applies to mutual con
cerns and not to stock companies, and,
in any event, under the advantages of
joining the plan none are likely to
stand out.
In substitution of the broken down
marketing machinery, the food admin
istration proposes to open agencies for
the purchase of all wheat at the princi
pal terminals, carrying on its trans
actions with the usual dealers, and is
prepared to take the whole harvest if
necessary in order to maintain a fair
price, arid will resell wheat for export
in such quantities as we can afford to
part with in protection of our own
people on one hand, and to sell on the
other to the millers for domestic
consumption. The administration will
make no charge except a nominal per
centage to cover costs of the operation,
and arrangements will be made which
will assure the Government against
loss.
In order that nothing shall be left
to mischarge we are setting up a pro
perly constituted and independent au
diting committee which will check all
transactions at every point.
The food administration under these
arrangements would have a large in
fluence in effecting the price of wheat.
With a view to determining a fair
price, the President has approved the
appointment of cimmittee to be se
lected from representatives of the pro
ducing sections and consuming ele
ments in community.
This committee will be assembled
under the chairmanship of President
Garfield, of Williams College, and it
will be the duty of this committee to
determine a fair price for the 1917
harvest. Upon the determination of
thia fair basis, it is the intention of
the food administration to use every
authority given it under the bill and
the control of experts to effect the un
iversality of the fair basis throughout
the wUde id U 1917 bwett gits
without change or fluctuation.
It should thus be clear that it will
not be to the advantage of any produ
cer to hold back his grain in anticipa
tion of furthur advance, for he will do
so only at his own cost of storage and
interest, and if it is necessary for the
Government to buy the entire wheat
harvest in order to maintain this fair
price in protection to the producer, we
intend to dn so.
Further more, the holding of wheat
or flour contracts by persons not engag
ed in the trade and even when in trade,
in larger quantities than is necessary
for the ordinary course of their busi
ness, is unlawful under the act, and
such cases will be prosecuted with vi
gor. And we would advise sdeh hold
ers to liquidate their contracts at once.
By the above arrangement we be
lieve that we shall stabilize the price
of wheat throughout the year, that the
hazards of operation due fluctuation
priceB which are imposed upon our
milling and distributing community
will be eliminated and therefore their
business can return to the normal lines
and the normal margins of profit, and
that we shall not only have stabilized
the price for wheat, but stabilized the
price of flour, and that it should enable
us to arrive at a stabilized price of
bread.
The food administration has had the
patriotic co-operation of the leading
millers of the country, and the millers
have organized at the request of the
food administration, a committee to
represent the entire trade. Detailed
proposals for an agreed differential; of
profit and expenses per barrel of flour
and per ton of feed are under discus
sion. ,
Under this arrangement the public
will be assured an equitable and stabi
lized price of flour based upon the cost
of raw material and we confidently ex
pect the volunteer arrangement with
the mills which will give satisfaction
to the public.
The universal endeavor over the
country to reduce consumption of wheat
breadstuff's in order that we mav have
tHe requisite exports with which to
carry the allies over the forthcoming
Winter, will result in a largely increas
ed amount of heat available for ex
port. If it were exported as wheat, it
would result in diminution of employ
ment of our mills, of equal importance,
curtailment of our supply of mill feed
for our dairy cattle. Therefore, the
food administration will stipulate for
a large proportion of export of flour in
stead of wheat, and as the export or
ders for flour will be given subject
to the approval of the food administra
tion, those milln who co-operate with
the Administration will be given the
benefit of the exports employment.
By thus encouraging the home pro
duction of flour the manufacturing cost
will be reduced and therefore the
American public will receive indirect
benefit in lowered margins of costs in
distribution.
In accordance with the policy of the
administration to co-opeiate with all
trades, we are also discussing details
of voluntary arrangements with the
flour distributors by which agreed diff
erentials may be effected in the whole
sale trade.
An exhaustive investigation is being
made into the cost of baking and bread
distribution and active discussions are
being carried on with the Bakers' War
Emergency Committee as to plans for
the elimination of waste in the indus
try and the production of a standard
loaf.
Jt is impossible to anticipate the
price to be enunciated by the fair price
committee under Dr. Garfield and it
will probably require two or three
weeks in its determination.
The names of the committee are be
ing submitted to the President and
will be announced early.
The basis of determination will be
to arrive at a price representing a fair
return to the producer for bis patrio
tic endeavor to increase the supply and
a proper reduction of the cost of flour
to the consumer.
Truck Save7$4fA Day
Frank L. Stubblefield, who has ex
tensive farming interests, near Walla
Walla, is using athree and one half
ton truck for wheat hauling this year
and is. saving 141.70 day, he says.
He is hauling 800 sacks of grain a day,
picking it up in the field where the com
bine drops it aid hauling it to the
warehouse, eight and one half mile
distant. The truck with two men is
doing the work of Si mules and six
drivers. Mr. Stubblefield figures this
would cost 14 a day. With the truck
it costs 911.50 a day for gasoline,
oil, drivw mi ban belter.
Sumpter's loss from its disastrous
fire Monday will aggregate between
300,000 and $350,000 with not more
than 30 per cent of this amount cover
ed by insurance.
There is a question as to whether or
not the town shall be rebuilt; a meet
ing to discuss the subject being under
wav Tuesday afternoon.
A total of 50 business houses were
destroyed in the fire Monday, and 45
dwelling houses, these dwelling houses
being almost half the residence portion
of Sumpter. All told IS solid block"
were destroyed.
The fire practically burned itself out
during the afternoon, it being impos
sible for citizens to do much towtrds
fighting it after the water supply gave
out. Dynamite was used in wrecking
some of the buildings m hopes of stop
ping the flames.
A drunken cook working in'the Cap
ital Hotel is credited with having caus
ed the fire. However, he does not ad
mit the fact and is keeping out of
sight.
For a time it was feared that tv, :
miners had perished in the fire but it
is reported all are accounted for, the
men in question were simply lost sight
of for a time.
All business houses in the town were
destroyed excepting the United States
forestry office and the Sumpter Valley
depot.
CLAIER WALL CALLED BY
DEATH SUNDAY MORNING
M. Wall, a well known young
man of Athena, who had long been a
patient sufferer from tuberculosis,
passed away Sunday morning, at the
home of his mother in this city.
Mr. Wall left Athena three years
ago to accept a position with a rail
road company, ar.d returned last fall
in poor health. He gradually declined
and was taken to bis bed several
months ago. All that a kind and lov
ing mother, assisted by devoted broth
ers, could do to make his last days
comfortable was done,- and the sym
pathy of the community goes to them
in their hour of bereavement
Claier M. Wall was burn at King
man, Kansas, August 4, 1889, where
he lived until his Kith yesr, when he
came to Oregon with his parents. At
the time of death he was aged 27
years, 11 months and 19 days. He
leaves a widowed mother, three broth-
era and other relatives in this county.
The funeral services were held at the
Christian church, Monday afternoon at
two o'clock.
Found Dead In Bed
James Campbell, an elderly man,
who has Ij3en employed on farms in
this vicinity, was found dead in his
bed at the Burden boarding house Mon
day morning. He died from paralysiB,
and had suffered a previous attack. He
was to have been taken to the county
hospital by Officer Dobson, Monday
morning, and it was the officer who
found him dead in his room. The
coroner was notified and he took the
body to Pendleton for burial. Deceas
ed had no relatives in this county, but
is supposed to have relatives in the
East.
The Peoples Theatre.
Saturday, August lHth.
"Liberty, 17th Episode" "The
Inspectors Double" "The Caravan"
"Shorty Hooks a Loan Shark" Seven
reels 30c and 10c.
Sunday August 19th
"Ann Murdock" in "Where Love
Ie" "Mis Billie Rhodes" in "Two
of a Kind" Seven reels 30c and 10c.
HENRY PINKERTON PASSES
AFTER LINGERING ILLNESS
Henry Pini'arton passed away at his
home in this city Tuesday, after an
illness extending over a period of near
ly two years, at the age of 71 years,
six months and 33 days. Funeral ser
vices were held at the Christian church
yesterday morning at 11 o'clock, and
burial took place in Kees cemetery.
Mr. Pinkertpn was a pioneer of this
county, settling on a homestead near
Weston in 1871. He came to the
Willamette Valley after crossing the
plains in )864. Since retiring from
farming, Mr. and Mrs. Pinkerton have
resided in Athena.
Deceased leaves a wife, and three
son by a former marriago. They are
Fred Pinkerton of Athena; Charles of
Weston, and Ellis of Ashland. The
funeral was largely attended, and the
floral offerings were many and beautiful.
"The Birth of a Nation"
Every genius has his master crea
tion, and it is no discredit to Mr. D.
W. Griffith to say that when he turned
out The Birth of a Nation, he gave the
world and posterity to come the high
est possible attainment of his powers
for he also gave a marvel that no
other man could surpass.
To see The Birth of a Nation the
first time is only to be electrified at
its enormity, stupified at its myriads
of flashing wonders; to see it a second,
a third many times, is to be enabled
to sit back comfortably and enjoy it
immeasurably more at each -successive
sitting.
A celebrated eastern critic has said
of it that it requires one sitting to
catch "every other high place" of the
terrific action ; a second, to catch all
of the high places; a third to com
mence to realize all the wealth of
drama that is continually going on be
tween these high places and after
that, the ordinary spectator can com
mence to follow the entire production,
as it flows, marveling at the tremen
dous harmony of the whole.
Its indisputable spell is being con
tinuously proven in every section of
the country capacity houses turning
out everywhere to see it every time
it returns and most of them to sever
al of the preformances at each engage
ment. D. W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation
is coming to Athena Peoples Theatre
for the first time Wednesday August
22nd. Reserved seats will be on sale
at Ware's Pharmacy, Phone 882. One
show 8 p. ni.
Fred Wilson Married
. Mr. and Mrs. Samaul F. Wilson,
whose marriage took place Tuesday in
Redwood City, Cal., are now on their
wedding trip. Mrs. Wilson was Mrs.
Donnella Campbell Miller, an attrac
tive and wealthy widow, who has been
making her home at the Multnomah
Hotel for several months. She for
merly lived in Seattle where she was
socially prominent. The couple tele
graphed instructions for the remodel
ing of thrae large rooms into a model
suite for them at the hotel. The
rarest of Oriental rugs and expensive
tapestries and ware will be used in
the furnishing and decorating.
Oregonian
The Christian Church.
The auditorium of the Christian
church is the coolest resort in town.
The public is cordially invited to resort
thither, Sunday, for Bible school at 10
a, m. Preaching 11 a m. and 7:30 p.
m. M. A. McQuarry and I. E. Metcalf
of Spokane Unive-sity will occupy the
pulpit. The Junior Choir will lead at
the Bibb S:hool hour, ail Gd. R.
parking, tha Director, will bagin on
tun and closa on tint .. Claasei for
evaryboly, fra:h tha -prim iry to th?
adult. Don't forgat that tha church
building is cool and pleasant, and tin
paopla will ba glad to cs you.
D. Errett. Minister'
GOAL MAY BE
As a last resort to meet the threat
ened coal famine, the President will be
asked to exercise the authority given
under the food control bill, either to
commandeer ccal or to expedite the
transportation from the mines. Chair
man Peabody of the defense councils
coal committee and coal producers,
and dealers held a conference.
The mineowners admitted shipping
vast quantities of coal to Canada for
(4 to f 4.50 per ton despite the shortage
at many parts of the United Slates.
The owners blamed Secretary Baker
for this, declaring that when Baker
refused to accept the Peabody agree
ment for f coal many big consumers
refused to lay in their usual stocks,
anticipating a lower government price.
As a result a shortage in the Great
Lake region and New England exists,
with only 88 days before the Lakes
shipping season closes.
The federal control of the coal mines
would place about 800,000 miners in
the United States employ and would
give government supervision over the
production of over f 00 million tons of
coal, according to statistics furnished
the United Press by the Illinois coal
operators association.
The operators declare they want
federal control of their mines. The
declare that unless something is dono
within the next few days to allay pub
licity already given the situation, with
in a week the Illinois mines will all bo
idle.
Tubers Raised From Seed
In an effort to restore the old fash
ioned potato seed, an experiment is
being made in the university garden.
The white fruiting berry of the potato,
which was found everywhere a genera
tion ago and has now almost disappear
ed, was used to plant a patch and the
fruiting potato plants are now being
raised.
With them have been planted a num
ber of potato tubers in the usual way
and the latter have grown much more
rapidly than the plants which have de
veloped from the seeds. The object in
seeking to produce potato seed again
is that crossing of strains can he secur
ed in this way, leading to a more
wholesome condition of the plant.
When propagation is only by the roots
there is no chance for crossferlilizstion
and the same strain of potato will in
time give out. The experiment is
being conducted under the direction of
Assistant Professor John W. Hotson,
of the department of botany,
Four From This County
The East Oregonian reports: Char
les C. Vinier of Pendleton has been
commissioned as a captain in the na
tional army as a result of his training at
the Presidio camp and Tot C. Mangold
of that city secured a commission as
second lieutenant in the cavalry officers
reserve corps. Two other Umatilla
county residents, were successful in the
list who secured commissions. Theron
S. Barnes of Milton won a commission
of second lieutenant of field artillery
and Lloyd B. Yates of Milton won a
second lieutenancy of infantry, 0. R.
C.
No Exemptions For 24
Twenty four Umatilla County men
passed physical examination fur the
Army and asked no exemptions. Eighty
six were called in this county, 70 res
ponded. 10 enlisted since the draft,
five were transferred for examination
in other districts, and John E. Butson,
Jr., registsrej from Umatilla, is miss
in?. Sixteai from other districts
ware examine!. Forty askal for ex
emption), and will ba passed on during
tha week. Ths board) filed exemption
for an Austrian and a (Jinn in. On
who claim id to ba a Garmin later a J
mitt I ha was a Russian.
All Ready for Fall
Our Fall Stock is practically complete. We have mer
chandise bought on market conditions existing 6 months
to a year ago, which means that we caa sell fur less than tnanv of the one-man mer
chants can buy it for on today's market. Gome in and be convinced. Our policy of
"Spot Cash" and one price to all, makes our success.
Cotton Blankets - .(.! to 3.08
Comforts - 1.35 to 3.08
Pillows - - .00 to 1.08
White outing flannel - 10 to. 15
Colored outings light and dark pat
terns - - - .13 1-3 .15
Cotton Batt 1-2 lb. .16
Cotton Batta 1 lb. - 25.
Cotton Batts 3 lb. .83 .06
Burlap colors .25
Woolnap Blankets - 2.40 to 2.98
Wool Blankets - 3.50 to 7.50
Indian Robes crib 2.98
Overalls German Dye - .98
Indian Robes large 5.90
Mens Cashmere Sox colors - .35
Mens Wool sox .19 .25
Work Shirts all colors '.49
Work Shirts extra heavy - .98
Cotton gloves .07 1-2 to .12 1-2
Cotton gloves leather face - ,25
Work gloves 69. to 1.49
Colored Handkerchiefs - .05 .10
Khaki Pants - - 1.23
Cotton Pants 1.23 to 1.98
Dress Pants - 1.98 to 4.98
Rugs-Rugs
Riff riirra - Q9 tn I l.Q
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Bath mats colors - - 2.25
Axminister Rus 18x36 1.10 1.6!)
Axminister Kuga z(xo - a. r.i z.m
Rasr rue 6x9 - 6.90
Ingrain rugs 0x12 5.90 to 7.90
Wool rugs VXVi 10.-50
Hrussel rugs 8x10 - 16.50
Brussel rugs 0x12 - 18.50
Axminister rugs 9x12 in a beauti
ful range of patterns - 52.50
FOR THE LDIES-We are receiving Daily shipments of Suits, Coats and Dresses
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