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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1917)
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 &thena Subscription Rates One Copy, one year, $1.50; for si months, 75c; for three months, 50c; payable in advance, and subscrip tions are solicited on no other basis Bntered at the Post Office &t Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mail Matter i ; VOLUME XXIX. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. AUGUST 31, 1917. NUMBER 34 mtmietmii THE BIG FOUR You need them all you want them all the stronges1; combination of homefurnishings ever grouped in one offer Think of it I The Monarch Range, the Ring of Ranges The White Sewing Machine, over two million sold The Maytag Electric Washer, the greatest household labor saving invention of the age The McDougal Kitchen Cabinet, the Queen of the Kitchen The Big Four '.11 grouped in ONE GREAT OFFER on terms that will premit placing the Big Four in any American home. Write Us About This Offer find out how easy it will be for you to own every one of those standard and wisely known articles. Cut out this advertisement and mail it to us with your name and address and receive this wonderful offer. It makes no difference if you have one of the Big Four now, the offer stands good on the other three or two, as the case may be. Write your name and address here. Name Address clip this out and send It to us NOW. The Davis-Kaser Co. Home Furnishing Department Store Complete Furnishers of Homes, Offices and Schools 10-20 Alder St. Walla Walla Wash. H NAVAL MILITIA GETTING HARDENED FOR WAR niuiMiMiimmiiiHiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiinnum Here's One on Pendleton or Walla Walla Senior member of this firm will allow carfare on I purchases amounting to $50 or over, if made in person at Aunt Sarah McDougal'8 Camp, tnts ween an me huckleberries you can pick, thrown in. Wonderful 2 Spool Sewing Machine Electric and Gasoline motor Washers Farm Outfitters Watts & Rogers Just Over the Hill tmillMIMIHH HIIIIIIIIIMIHIimt Trie Pirst National Bank of A-tlieaa Conducts a General Banking Business MMK3K Capital and Surplus, $100,000 nm We are always prepared to care for the proper needs of our Customers. uniiiiiininn until mm iihh ESTABLISHED 1865 Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. AMERICAN BEAUTY FLOUR Is made in Athena, or Athena labor, in one o the very best equipped mills in the Northwest, of the best selected Bluestem wheat grown anywhere. Patronire home industry. Your grocer sells. the famous American Beauty Flour Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers Waitsburg, Wash. M Ill Mitt thena, Oregon. IIIIIIMH We carry the best MEATS That Money Buys Our Market is Clean and Cool Insuring Wholesome Meats. READ MEYER Main Street, Athena, Oregon Photo by American Press Association. Using Ward's Island ns n drill grcnnd the nnvnl militia of the New York district has undergone severe train, tag. Here they are seen charging. T!i struct tiro above Is the new Hell Gale bridge just opened. S HD WHEAT PRICE IS SET IN The first lap of an unusual drive for increased food production is being completed in Iowa. As a result, Iowa probably will do more than her share of feeding the United States and her allies, despite the fact that 75 per cent of her Winter wheat crop was killed. For the first time in the coun try's history the Corn Belt States pro mises to produce a 100,000,000 bushel corn crop, and will lead the entire middle west in the yield. Because of the shortage of winter wheat, moat serious in Kansas, Nebras- : ka and the Dakotas. corn is certain to attain more importance than ever as an article of human food. Until the present less than 10 per C2nt of the world'B corn crop has be-n used for food for human beings. Now the country's greatest cereal crop is expected to bound into some measure of the popu larity held by wheat. The middle west will gather the greatest corn crop in all history this fall, provided weather conditions are at all favorable. Reports of crop ex perts in 13 of the leading corn belt states indicite that the yield will be increased by more than 600,000,000 bushels. Despite the fact that the call for the mobilization of farm resources came rather late to affect many important crops outBide of corn, the farmers of the middle west have responded by planting all the crops they possibly can care for and save this year. Next year, should the food shortage con tinue, the middle west will smash all records for crop production. The win ter wheat acreage will be vastly in creased and fertilizing and farming will be on a more extensive scale than ever. Much of the activity of the middle western farmers this spring has been devoted to thorough preparation of their corn ground and in planting such crops as soy beans.sorghuni, bar ley, oats and kaffir corn. Increase in the acreage of potatoes and garden crops has been enormous and this sum mer, at least, the country should be flooded with cheap food. Farmers who own tractors have been working them night and day in Iowa and Kansas. The latter state has mobilized more than 500 tractors for farm work under the direction of th3 Defense Council and is working them to the limit, the night shifts being pro vided from towns and cities near. So far it has not beenecesaary to employ women for farm work,, except in isolated cases, although later on the shortage of labor is going to be most serious. Thousands of wives and daughters of South Dakota farmers found it necessary to work in the fields for a few weeks this spring in order that the wheat acreage' might be in creased. Hundreds of thousands of women will be employed this summer in can ning of fruits and vegetables. In Iowa more than 350 demonstrators will give canning demonstrations in every community. One Iowa county has already held 200 such demonstra tions to interest the women in thrift work. Other states are organizing women for the same work and canning of fruits and vegetables this summer will be conducted on an enormous scale. The Gover nment price on wheat has been set at $2.20 per bushel for the 1917 crop, based on No. 1 Northern at Chicago, Freight charges on wheat from coast points to Chicago is 30c per bushel. mm now IN THE TRENCHES WHEAT GRADING E American cavalry regiments now undergoing intensive training may be surprised on their arrival at the French front to find their horses rele gated to the stables and themselves to the trenches. As a matter of fact, the role of the French ' cavalry has been largely one of afoot in the trenches. Unless the whole character of the war on the western front should change completly it is entirely possible that American cavalry may undergo the same exper ience. The change in the war that came when the Germans dug themselves in on French soil rendered it necessary for a large number of the French cav alry regiments to be dismounted and the men utilized in the foot service. Enough of the cavalry was retained to meet any requirements that may yet come with a reversal to open warfare, but the wisdom of the change has been demonstrated by the fact that since then the French cavalry that still con tinues as such has only had two occa sions to get into action. During the first few days of the Battle of the Somme cavalry patrols were thrown out ahead of the advancing infantry for a few days and during the German re treat of last March the cavalry again had a busy week chasing the fleeing Germans. But that has baen all. With tha whole war on a' trench basis,' these "cavalier3.a pied" or cavalrymen afout as they are known, took their turns in the trenches. Coal Rules Coming Soon Regulations to govern the operations of coal mines will be issued by Dr. H. A. Garfield, fuel administrator, pro bably this week. The Federal Trade Commission is working on a scale of profits for retail coal dealers, which it will submit to Dr. Garfield. Indications are that re tail prices will be fixed to complete the Government control of the coal in dustry already put into operation with the fixing of mine and wholesale prices. Woman Dies of Burns Burns suffered while she was clear ing sagebrush from her homestead, five miles from Pleasant Valley, caused the death of Mrs. l.ucy Burden at the Baker hospital. She was Oil years old. Mrs. Burden was born in Illinois April 25, 1851, and had lived in Baker county lor 28 yean. She came to Oregon is 1883. Champions Compete The greatest aggregation of world's champions ever Been in one contest will compete at the ttound Up, Sep tember !(), a 1,'aa. The contests will be the biggest things tlvj world has ever seen. All former champions will meet and compote for the supreme title. In the cowgirls' relay race Kuth Psrton, Mabal -DeLonir. Bertha Bl-an- cetf, Mrs. Parsons, Li la Smith and Josephine Sherry will ride against each other. In the cowboys' relay Sleepy' Armstrong, Darrel Cannon Allen Drumheller, Paxton Irwin,. Knapp Lynch and Bob Anderson will ride. These riders are all champions. In the steer roping Geo. Wier, Charlie Wier, Joe Beason, Henry Yabeny, Sammy Garrett, Tom Grimes, bd Mc Carty, Dan Clark and John JudJ, all former winners, will compete. In every other one of the competitive events it will be the same thing, champion against champion and then some outsiders. The Directors say it will be the biggest Round Up ever pulled off. These people will all positively be here, as the Round Up never makes such an announcement until it is a sure thing. Indications are that the crowd will be up to nor mal. The seat sale opens Sept. .1, and the advance sale is already above 1 1 J fi. Forest Fires Raging Forest fires this week were threaten ing Washington towns and sweeping through the woods of Montana at a tremendous rate, driving homesteaders and crews of fighters before them, according to reports that reached the outside yesterday from the fire in fested districts. No sooner was the serious fire at Kamela subdued Monday than another broke out in Ladd Canyon, where 400 acres of the choice timber last night Were reported afire. Volunteers were rushed into the woods. Baker reported that the fires in the Miriam forest were under control, but the one on Mount Mariah was still dan gerous and about 800 acres had been burned over. In an extended talk before farmers warehousemen and grain buyers at Pendleton Tuesday evening, Hugh A Martin, federal grain supervisor, says the East Oregonian, told of the methods to be followed in grading grain under the federal bureau of mar kets and predicted that when farmers and grain dealers become acquainted with the methods and purposes of the act they will like it well. Under the federal standards the principal varieties of grain grown in Oregon, Washington and Idaho will be divided into five classes, as follows: Class 1, Hard Red Spring, Red Mar quis. Class tt, Hard Red Winter, Turkey Red. Class 4, Soft Red Spring, Red Fife, Red Russian, Red Hybreds and red ClubS. , : ; Class 5, Common, White, bluestem, early baart, red Allen Martin amber, fortyfold and white amber. Class a, White club, sonora, duo and white hybreds. No. 1, 69 pound test shall be bright cool and sweet, and may contain not to exceed 18 1-2 par cent of moisture; two. per cent of wheat of other classes, one per cent of damaged kernels, 1 -2 per cent of inseparable foreign mater ial. No. 2, 57 pound test shall be cool and sweet and may contain not to ex ceed 14 1-2 per cent of moisture, four cent of wheat of other grades, four per cent i'f damaged kernels, one per cent of inseparable foreign material. For No. a grade the test is 55 pounds, No. 4, 68 pounds, and No. 5, 5 1 pounds. Circulars giving the grain standard in detail may be secured from the pub lic service commission at Salem. LUMBER FOR THE ARMY COSTS NEARLY $2,000,000 From July 1 to the present time ap proximattly 1800 carloads of lumber have been furnished by mills of Wash ington and Oregon at a cost of about $1,300,000 for the construction of the army cantonments at Camp Lewis, American Lake, and at Des Moines, la. Included in these figures also are 50, 000 window sashes and 13,000 doors. For Camp Lewis alone about 1300 carloads, 85,000,000 feet, have been placed, about all that will be required. The orders went to 100 mills. The work of supplying such a great quantitiy of lumber on such short no tice necessitated many shortcuts and every means possible were taken to get the lumber through on time. On one occasion representatives of 58 mills were present and no orders were given to those who could not promise shipment within a week. After H,000, C00 feet of lumber was ordered for Des Moines a trainload of 87 cars left Portland and another of 37 cars left Hoquiam, Wash., within five days af ter the committee gave the word. Every sash and door factory in the two states was pushed to get out the neces sary equipment and to meet conditions six carloads of glass were ordered by wire from Pittsburg, Pa. OREGON POLICY OF Raymond-Parker Miss Hazel Parker of this city, and Lee R. Raymond of Walla Walla, were united in marriage in Toppenish, Wash., Tuesday afternoon, at the Christian church parsonage, by Rev. Hower. The marriage came as a com plete surprise to the relatives and friends of the young couple, and they are now receiving congratulations from everyone. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Parker of this city, and the groom is a son of Adam Raymond, the well known Walla Walla farmer, and who at one time resided near Athena. A special to the East Oregonian from La Grande, says: The draft lists certified by the district ex emption board of eastern Oregon to the adjutant general will be re vised in conformance with the re cent ideas as expressed by Pres ident Wilson relative to "heads of families." This was tli3 announce ment made this morning by mem bers of the district board. The lists they sent in to Adjutant Gen eral White several days ago have been returned for revision. The board will reconsider all dependen cy cases and expects to have the revised lists complete tomorrow. It was stated that President Wil son's ideas would be followed. Medical Springs Burn Medical Spring, health resort and one of the oldest settlements in East ern Oregon, wis wiped out by a fire that started at 4 :H0 p. m. Monday and burned for'four hours, leaving only the store of George South untouched. The combined fire fighting forces of 300 residents and hotel visitors, with members of the Forest Service, were organized to no avail, and frantic efforts failed to check the flames that raged until everything in their path was consumed. Death Of Mrs. Howe Mrs. Margaret Howe died last Fri day afternoon at the State Hospital in Pendleton. The remains were remov ed to the Miller Undertaking parlors in Athena, Saturday. Interment took place in Athena cemetery Wednesday forenoon, services being conducted at the grave by Rev. W. H. Bleakney of Walla Walla. Mrs. Howe formerly resided in Athena, living at Hit homa of her brother, James Henderson. She is survived by a son, two brothers and three sisters. One sister is a Red Cross nurse with the British army in Sajonica. , The Swimming Pool "'"iyiw that harvest is drawing to a close, agitation for a swimming puol is noted. Some weeks ago a start was made to raise funds for the construc tion of a pool, but harvest operations were so close at hand that the work was deferred with a portion of the funds raise. Si A general interest is being manifested in the enterprise, and with the completion of wheat hauling the work will be promptly taken up an completed. The plana and specifi cations are at hand, and with men and teams released from harvest, it should not take much time to work out the details of construction. In 3aiin;n Jesse Myrick is again part owner of the Farker Ilarher Shop, having re purchased a half interest. Mr. My rick sold to Mr. Parker, last fall, when iie decided to engage in farming, and rented a place near Helix in partner ship with his brother in law. Earlv this spring he disposed of his farming interests. His Athena friends are pleased to have him in business here once more. The Portland Oregonian asys: The policy of Oregon exemption boards with regard to men of military age who have dependents, as heretofore carried out, coincides with the declara tion of President Wilson on that phase of the draft according to Adjutant General George A. White, and will remain unchanged. .. "At a recent meeting of the district boards a similar policy was adopted for Oregon," the Adjutant General commented, "and the instructions re ceived from the Provost Marshal Gen eral will not materially affect the pol icy already in force. "The President's ideas on the sub ject, however, serve to clear up any confusion as to the intent of the law, and will serve to facilitate the work of the district boards. Copies of the telegram of instructions have been for warded to the district boards at Port land, Eugene and La Grande." The substance of President Wilson's recommendation is summed up in one pa-agraph of his communication to the Provost Marshal General: "We ought, as far as practicable, to raise this Na tional Army without creating the hardships necessarily entailed when tho head of a family is taken, and I hope that for the most part those ac cepted in the first call will be found to be men who have not yet assumed such relations." Adjutant General White held a con ference with Carl Taylor, of the 0. W. R. 6 N., representing the American Railway Association, with reference to the routing entailed in assembling j the National Army quota. A to nplete change in the schedule for September 5, which was counter manded by orders received Saturday, rondered new instructions and provi sions necessary for the movement of troops on September 5 to American Lake, but the previous schedule will he in force for September 1, when 40 per cent will be mobilized, and for the third mobilization of 40 per cent on October 8. Fifteen per cent will re main to be called when practicable. Provisions for the moving of the first five per cent of Oregon's quota on September 5 are complete, and no de lay is anticipated. Tha ruling of the War Department in this matter is held to be of great assistance to state au thorities, as they are empowered to make any adjustment of the regula tions that may ba found necessary in assembling the men. The responsibility for delivering tho quota on the day specified, as recruits to the National Army, is placed wholly upon Oregon authorities by this ruling. It is officially recognized that the pre scribed regulations might not bj ap plicable in all communities and case3. J. W. Maloney was in town for a short time, Monday. $200 per Acre. The cream of high prices for wheat land waB received this week by Win. McBride, when he sold his farm south west of Athena, to Frank Curl of Pend leton, for i(200 per acre. In the deal, Mr. Curl also purchased all stock and farming implements. Shoes SHOES Shoes! The most important question to be discussed by all families this sjihiii. You have been reading of the bin Government orders for Shozs, and of the advance in all Shos leather and vou will be surprised at th 3 very low priies we quote you on all Footwear. These shoes were bought at prices prevailing six months ago and bpttght fir cash, so you can readily see where we can save you money Infants' soft sole shoes - .85 .59 Childrens shoes 1 to 5 .79 to 1.85 Childrens shoes 1 to 8 .08 to 2.35 Childrens shoes 8 1-2 to 11 1.49 to 2.25 Misses shoesll 1-2 to 2 1.49 to 2.50 Ladies dress shoes in high and low heel - - 2.25 to 4.50 Black lace Boots - 4.50 to 5.90 White Kid Boots - 5.90 to 7.90 Ladies novelty lace boots in grey, brown white and black combina tions - - 8.98 to 7.50 Ladies Erglish walking shoes in combination colors 8.08 to 4.98 Mens dress shoes 2.98 to 5.00 Mens English Walking shoes tan and black - 8.98 to 0.50 Mens work shoes 1.7U to 0.25 Mens High top Hhoe3 4.08 to 8.90 Boys school shoes - 1.49 to 8.49 Boys English shoes black and tan Neolin sole - 9.40 8.00 Shoe laces 2 pair for 5c Shoes polish .08 SEE OUR WINDOWS FOR ABOVE VALUES