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VOLUME XXIX.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 14, 1917.
NUMBER 36
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Pow-Wow Week
Visit the Indian Tepee "at the Davis-Kaser Stores Make your
headquarters here while in Walla Walla. This is a goodjplace to meet
your friends Everything for'your convenience Rest Room Writing
Room Free Post Cards and' every morning during the Pow-Wow
week, beginning at 10 o'clock, a grand Free Song Recital.
Come in and Hear
Anna Case sing "The Star Spangled Banner" and Arthur Middleton
sing "America" You will love your country the more for having
heard these two wonderful voices sing these songs.
"Keep your Eye On the Giriieyou Love' and 'They re Wearing
'em Higher in Hawaii," as sung by the Preimier Quartette. Also any
of the popular songs and instrumental pieces upon request.
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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SWEARING IN FIRST WOMAN TO ENLIST IN NAVY
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Some .people Uatit wowing
at Walla rUW Walla
this week, and others will
Let 'er Buck
at Pendleton, next week
We are between and neutral; we
don't care "who kills the Kaiser first"!
"1 believe I wonld part with "Bob" Bret rather than
give -up our Electric Washer." C. II. Smith. M. D.
How would you feil after paying $15.00 fora Sew
ing Machine, to rind its equal on our floor for $25.00?
Watts & Rogers
Farm Outfitters
Just Over the Hill
HIIIIIIMiUIIIIU
Pirst National
Bank
of Athena
Conducts a General Banking Business
BMB
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 made in Athena, by- Athena labor, in one ot the very beat
equipped mills in the Northwest, of the best selected Bluestem
wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home industry1. Your
grocer sells. the famous American Beauty Floor
i Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers
Athena, Oregon.
rMIHUMMHIIH
Waitsburg, Wash.
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We carry the best
MEATS
That Money Buys ,
Our Market is
Clean and Cool
Insuring Wholesome Meats.
READ k MEYER
Main Street, Athena. Oregon
Miss Loretta Walsh lias the honor of being the first woman to be enlisted In the United Slates navy except
In the nuraes' corps. She was appointed a chief yeoman and assigned to clerical duty at the Philadelphia navy
yard. She Is only twenty.
WOOD PULP "WOOL" NEWEST IN
FIELD TO REPLACE REAL GOODS
Bogus Substitutes to Be Discussed at Great Lakes Wool Con.
vent ion In Chicago Sept. 1112, to Which Shepherds
Are Invited.
SOCIALIST ARDOR
Chicago (Special) More wood
pulp is to be utilized In the manu
facture of "woolens," according to
Croonborg, authority among tailors.
A mixture of 40 per cent wood pulp
to an equal proportion of cotton, and
enough wool to make the fabric so
woven look like wool when now
that is the prospect. What sort of
wear this hybrid will give and how
It will hold dyes, Is a question which
will bo discussed at the Great Lakes
Wool Convention in Chicago, Sept.
11th and 12th, to which western
sheep men are invited as guests of
honor. ,
The use of wood pulp In the manu
facture of cloth is the latest experi
ment undertaken to supply the mar
ket with a fabric that .will go far to
ward replacing wool for cloth. The
shops have been flooded with shoddy,
as goods made from worked over
wool fibre Is called, until tailors and
clothiers have rebelled. This bogus
product can deceive the very elect at
first blush, but it does not ha"Ve the
warmth nor stand the test of wear,
fnd does not make up like cloth
woven from genuine sheep fleece.
Yet so ereat is the scarcity of wool,
and prices so high, that tho pluto
cratic sheep is one of the few that
can afford a full suit. Factories are
buying rags by the ton to work over
Into shoddy for the clothtng of hu
mankind, i&'ir.
Woolen goods have been growing
lighter In weight, and Inferior In
quality, while at the same time high
er in price than within the memory
ot the present generation. Tailors,
who cater to the most particular
trade, find much difficulty in obtain
ing tine goods to satisfy tho taste of
fastidious clients. The clothier has
many complaints and come-backs on
the score of poor quality and fading
colors, and consequently the Nation
al Association of Retail Clothiers lias
enlisted its members In the work of
tho National Sheep and Wool liureau.
Congress has been petitioned to
enact laws to compel manufacturers
to label woolen goods with a view to
exposing shoddy and hybrid mixtures
and to tell what wool a garment
really contains.
The convention will be hold In the
Asasmbly Hall at the Union Stock
Yards. The Stock Yards Inn will be
the official headquarters, with loop
headquarters at Hot'jl Sherman.
GREATER CROP ACREAGE
DISCUSSED AT SPOKANE
All socialists in the United States,
organized and unorganized, were urged
to "put all their energy, strength, ar
dor and enthusiasm at the disposal of
the government, bo that the war may
be carried to a rapid and victorious
conclusion" in a statement issued by
socialist delegates to the Minneapolis
conference of the American Alliance
for Labor and Democracy.
"They will thus be acting in accor
dance with the noblest traditions and
highest aspirations of America as well
as the international socialist move
ment," the statement said.
"They will thus be acting in the
spirit of the immortal Karl Marx, who
labored valiantly and unceasingly for
th'j success of the Union army in the
civil war. They will thus be working
hand in hand with the tried leaders and
fearless champions of socialism in
all of the world's democracies.
"German autocracy, with its feud
allstic moves, German junkerdom, Ger
man plutocracy in Bhort German mili
tarism constitute the last citadel of
the world's dark reactionary forces.
"We are convinced that the war in
which the United States is now engag
ed is as just as was ever waged by a
liberty loving people against ruthless
aggression, and oppressive
Way's to increases fall sowing of
wheat and rye in Washington, Oregon,
California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada,
Utah, and North Dakota, were discus
sed at a meeting of representatives
from these states in Spokane, Wash
ington, August a?th and 28th. About
500 million bushels of these cereals
will be needed by the European allies
of the United States next year.
Present at the Spokane meeting were
farmers, grange and farmers' union
leaders, bankers, agricultural experi
ment station and extension service
directors, college presidents, millers,
grain buyers, exporters, and state and
federal crop specialists. They were
informed by Assi itant Secretary B. A.
Pearson, who presided at the meeting,
that this year's production of wheat in
the United States will be approximately
060 million bushels, production scarcely
exceeding the normal requirements of
the United States alone. Rye could
supplement wheat in America's war
exp rts to her overseas allies, since the
people of these countries had learned
to use rye.
Winter killing of fall sown wheat of
1916 a spring unfavorable to.reseeding
tbe winter killed areas, and unusual
drought in large wheat zones of the
West had in many of these regions re
duced farmers to such straits that they
would need financial help beyond the
limits of good banking loan in order
to put in another crop.
Director J. F. Caine, of the Utah
Extension service, stated that the
council of defense of Utah had secured
the co-operation of leading banks of
the state in maintaining a fund from
which reputable but needy farmers who
desired assistance beyond the means of
their local banks might borrow. Last
vear nearly 10,000 had been loaned in
this way. This year, $60,000 could
be had if needed. No losses had occur
ed. Deserving farmers had received
prompt help from this fund, the banks
taking mortgages for their proportion
ate parts of the loan. The governor
of the state had promised that if losses
did occur, the Utah legislature would
be asked to grant relief appropriations
so that the loss might be borne by the
state instead of by individual.
TO
SUPPLY UNIT
OCEAN RATE KEY
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OF
A Washington special informs the
Portland Oregonian that unless Port
land can show that it can export wheat
by water to Liverpool more cheaply
than the same wheat can hi shipped
by rail to New York and thence by
steamer to England it seems doubtful
if the Administration will modify its
wheat price regulations so as to apply
the Chicago price at Portland.
This question of transportation to
England and obtaining a low price to
Eastern buyers appears to have been
tbe primary consideration on which
the President's commission acted, as
borne out by a typewritten memoran
dum received by Senator McNary from
Food Administrator Hoover.
In this memorandum Mr. Hoover
savs:
"During the whole of the past year
and apparently for some time to come
the cost of ocean freight from Pacific
NorthweBt ports on wheat to Liverpool
is higher than the cost of shipping the
same wheat from the sea points by rail
to the Atlantic sea board and therefore
the Pacific Coast wheat must come
directly into competition with the
wheat in the Mississippi valley.
"If the President's commission had
fixed Portland as a base market as well
as Chicago and had placed them on an
equivalent basis, the Northwest wheat
would flow into Portland and would then
have to be reshipped back to the Miss
iasii pi valley with an accumulation of
freight charges which would make it
some 50 cents a bushel higher than the
Mississippi valley wheat.
"In such case the Government must
take a loss of 50 cents per bushel or
the consumer must pay 50 cents more
a bushel for Northwestern than for
Mississippi valley wheat. It would be
utterly impossible for a miller purchas
ing wheat at this increased price to
compete with other millers buying
Mississippi valley on the lower level.
"The marketing of the Northwestern
crop is starting at about 80 cents a
bushel better than the marketing of
last year's crop started.
"The Dasis of price and the method
of differentials for Government pur
chases was determined by the commis
sion appointed by the President and
unanimously agreed to by them,.
"All the National farmers' associa
tions were represented on the Commis
sion and the Northwestern situation
was fully considered by tbem.
"It does not rest with the food ad
ministration to alter the findings of
the Presidential commission."
WASHINGTON'S COAL
PRODUCTION IS SHORT
Alarmed by war's destruction
through tuberculosis as well as bullets,
delegates from Oregon, Washington,
Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Utah
have been called into conference at
Portland, Oregon. October 15 and 1(1.
It will be the first conference of the
kind ever held in the Northwest.
The first consideration will be means
of checking the ravages of the disease
in trenches and army camps at homo.
Participation of the public is an elabor
ate campaign as a measure of vital
war service will be considered.
On Monday, October 15, there will
be a series of reports and analysis on
"Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in War
Time." Answer will be sought to the
difficult question, "What constitutes a
diagnosis of tuberculosis sufficient for
rejection from the army!"
The statistics of tuberculosis as a
war problem will be presented at tho
Monday afternoon session of the North
western Tuberculosis Conference as
well as the importance of the Red
Cross seals in anti-tuberculosis cru
sades. The Monday evening Bession
will be a mass meeting, its subject,
"Tuberculosis in a Nation at War
with addresses from the best informed
men in the country, and illustritive
motion pictures and music.
The war programs against tubercu
losis, both national and state, will
be reviewed at the sessions, Tuesday,
October 1. Educational methods
best adapted to aid in carrying on tbe
work of preventing the disease will be
discussed and analyzed and war pro
grams for local work will be formula
ted along the lines of education, hospi
tal and aanitorium provision, dispen
saries and clinics, open air Bchools,
getting related groups of work, Red
Cross seals and other methods of finan
cing and organization.
While not in any sense showy, the
convention, it is said, will be orre of
the most important ever held in the
Pacific Northwest.
We believe that the. cause of socialism
of industrial democracy, of the pro
gress of the world's workers toward a
better and nobler life is indissolubly
bound up with the cause of the United
States and its allied democracies.
"We believe that the cause of inter
nationalism, the longing of mankind
for lasting peace and for justice and
honor among the nations of the earth
depend upon the victory of the United
States and its allied democracies over
Germany and its allied autocracies,
"Let us put at the disposal of our
government, led by our great democra
tic president, all our resources and all
our strength for the conquest of this
citadel, for the overthrow of these dark
powers, and clear the path for the
march of the peoples of the world to
ward peace and honor, freedom and
democracy, international fraternity
and socialistic co-oparation.
Declaring that the increase in coal
production in Washington was averag
ine onlv 60,000 tons a month in the
face of an increased consumption of
150,000 ton over last year, the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce and commer-
tvrannv. cial club telegraphed Dr. H. A. Gar
-7T . ....
Ernest Koepke brought to the Press
office an egg measuring two inchos in'
length, seven Inches in circumference
and weighing four ounces. This egg
is the product of a Plymouth Rock
biddie, and if anyone finds an egg that
will beat it, just bring it to the Press
poultry editor for decision after he
has eaten it.
field, fuel administrator, asking that
steps be taken immediately to establish
a government policy guaranteeing the
fullest possible supply of coal, while
protecting the public against excessive
prices.
Action by the commercial organiza
tion followed a conference of coal con
sumers, producers and importers and
oil dealers, called together by Dr.
Henry Suzzallo, chairman of the Btate
defense council.
Tho message to Dr. Garfield asserts
that facts Bubmitted by coal operators
indicate that the situation may ba re
medied only by classifying mines ac
cording to the different characters of
output and establishing prices on diff
erent qualities of coal from each class
of mine, basing these prices on the
best available figures of actual cost of
production.
Decrease in coal shipments from
British Columbia, decrease in available
w mil bacause of strikes in mills, and
general increase in indust-ial activity
are given as reasons for the greatly in
creased demand for coal mined in the
state. The message declares that the
most striking fact brought is the "al
most certainty of ajfuel shortage unless
an extraordinary increase in production
is secured."
Umatilla county will furnish one
half of the equipment for the Univer
sity of Oregon base hospital unit. The
offer' made by the Umatilla County
RedrCross chapter, to turn over its
entire product of supplies for a 250 bed
unit has been accepted, says the Pendle
ton Tribune, and the material will be
turned over to the organization as soon
as completed.
This offer will match that of the
Portland chapter and the two chapters
will furnish completely the 800 bed
requirements of the unit from their
own state. Accepting the offer, Rob
ert H. Strong of Portland, chairman
of the executive committee of the
Portland organization, wrote, "Your
offer is the most generous response re
ceived." Some days ago John L. Clymer,
director of the Pacific division of the
American Red Cross, sent out a letter
to all the Oregon chapters announcing
that the University of Oregon hospital
unit has been recognized as a Red
Cross army base hospital unit under
authority of the military relief depart
ment of the American Red Cross and
would be equipped for the care of 600
wounded men.
He explained that it was the hope
that the Portland chapter has offered
20,000 in 'cash and $8000 in equip
ment as its share of the $40,000 neces
sary. Mr. Clymer suggested that the
remainder of the sum be made up bv
contributions of $1000 from each of
the other chapters in the state.
During the past year, the Umatilla
county chapter has been engaged
in the preparation of equipment of a
250 bed navel base hospital unit. On
the receipt of his letter from Mr. Cly
mer, it was decided that, as a matter
of state interest the entire equipment
should be turned over to the University
of Oregon unit. ThiB offer which
means that, with Portland's offer of
furnishing for the same amount, will
complete the entire equipment of the
unit, for 500 beds and corresponds for
the county, to a donation of $8000.
This represents the cost of the raw
materials which went into the work
but does not account for the immense
amount of labor that has been neces
sary in shipping and finishing the
equipment.
Twelve cases of this main rial is
completed and is ready for shipment
at any time. There Is a large part of
the work still unfinished! however,
and as there may be call for the equip
ment at any time now, it is imperative
that every woman in the city set apart
a part of her time to aid in the com
pletion of the unfinished work.
During the summer the workrooms
have been kept open but a very few
women have given their services. Now
that the weather is more pleasant, and
the need is so apparent while the time
is so short, an urgent call is made by
those in charge for more workers. It
is believed that the fact that the sup
plies will go toward the equipment
of an organization from this state will
add more interest to the work.
The Biggest Round-Up
This will be the biggest Round-Up,
September 20, 21, and 22, Pendleton
has ever seen. There will be more
people in attendance and more cham
pions and stars in the contests and ex
hibition than ever beforeXSuch a re
lav race as the one coming op between
Ruth Parton, Mabel Delong aTld Bertha
Blancett has never been seen, and
cowboys's relay will be just as good,
the steer roping away above any for
mer year and the bucking contests will
be something worth remembering.
Roy Ritner predicts 20,000 people the
first day and this means 40,000 on tho
last day. The railroadB cannot give
more trains because they can't get the
equipment but If it were possible to
secure equipment flu pullman specials
would be doubled.
Women Organize
Pursuant to the call as issued last
week, th : heads of the various womans
organizations of the city met Tuesday
af ternocn at the M. E. church for the
organization of the local council of
National Defense, and for the registra
tion of the women of Athena for
patriotic service.
The following were elected: Chair
man, Mrs. Davis Errett; secretary,
Mrs. Win. Miller; treasurer. Mis.
S. F, Sharp. As soon as the registra
tion cards are received, registrars wi 11
be sept out and ail women registered.
LOOK, MEN
What have you been paying for wearing apparel?
We are in a position to furnish your Fall and Winter Outfit at prices
that One-Man-Merchants can not meet. We carry a complete line of
cTVlens Furnishings, both in staples and novelties. Read these prices.
Men's Blue Serge Suits in the lat
est styles - 0.90 to 16.50
Men's suits in all the latest mix
tures and plain colore, 'all styles
9.90 to 16.50
Men's overcoats the very latest.
styles - - .0 to 22.50
Mackinaws in plain and fancy col
ors - - - 6. HO to 9.00
Men's trousers - 1.23 to 1.91
Corduroy pants 3.49 to 11.2ft
Stag shirta - - 4.60 to 5.90
Rain coats - 4.98 to 16.50
Dress hats
Staple hats
Dress shirts
Work shirts
Wool Bhirts
Work gloves
Wool sox
Cashmere sox
Work sox
Dress sox all colors
- 1.49 to a. 98
- 1.49 to 8.49
- .49. to 3.98
- .49 to .98
1.49 to 2.98
.49 to 1.89
.19 to .25
.85
06 1-4 to 13 1-2
- .H M .49
White hankkerchiefs - .05 to. 10
Red and blue hanks. .05 to .10
Canvas gloves - .08 1-8 .12 1-3
Leather face canvas gloves - .36
Sweaters - - 1.98 to 5.90
Jersey Sweaters - 1.69 to 1.98
Union BUits heavy ribbed - 1.25
Union suits fleece - 1.25
Union suits wool 2.25 t 3.25
Union suits silk and wool 4.38
Shirt and Drawers wool .98 to 2.25
Shirts and drawers fleece - .89
Shirts and drawers heavy ribbad .59
Overalls German dye - .98
Overalls Americandye - .68
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