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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 2, 1917)
Advertisers The dAtheoa Press circulates in the homes of readers who reside in the heart of the Great Umatilla'.Wheat Belt, endtbey have money to spend Subscription Rates One Copy, one year, $1,50; 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, Oregon, as Second-Class Mail Matter VOLUME XXIX, ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 2, 1917. NUMBER 39 it8iuiiiniiniineitiiiiiimttii The Outside View of the House Did it ever occur to you that hundreds of people see your home from the OUTSIDE for every one who sees the INSIDE? What they notice mostly is jour windows and how they are trim med , Its the windows that give expression, character to the house, Smilling, attractive windows may be yours with but little trouble and less expense, if you will consult Our Drapery Experts You will be interested in the wide range of well selected merchan dise we have collected for your inspection. We have never shown a better assortment of dainty draperies. Finally, the values. offered will appeal to jou strongly. We are ready for you now, with a splendid display of new fabrics, in our Drapery Section. The Davis-Kaser Co. Home Furnishing Department Store Complete Furnishers of Homes, Offices and Schools 10-20 Alder St. j Walla Walla Wash. MOlHItlinilH IIIIHItHIIII i niimiiMiininn )HiimtoiCHj8immn 1i For three Weeks we have pleaded payment of notes and acct's. If you have paid the Ad. doesn't plague. If you have not paid Better hustle, lest we raid. We will take your Liberty Bond for that account, note or goods. Some choice Phonographs, t'S up to $73. Sewing machines, $30 to $45 for the wonderful two-spool machine. Silverware and Cutlery galore. WE WILL; HAVE THANKSGIVING BEFORE CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR. WATTS C& ROGERS Farm Outfitters Just Over the Hill iimniiii iiiiiih IMillHIMIIIII The Pirst National Bank of Athena Conducts a General Banking Business mmmm Capital and Surplus, $100,000 We are always prepared to care for the proper needs of our Customers. (aniMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiMininiim ESTABLISHED 1865 Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. AMERICAN BEAUTY FLOUR Is made in Athena, by Athena labor, in one ot the very best equipped mills in the Northwest,-of the best selected Bluestem wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home industry". Your grocer seUVthe famous American Beauty Flour Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers Athena, Oregon. Waitsburg, Wash. ftimmimiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii$Miiiiiii We carry the best MEATS That Money Buys Our Market is Olean and Oool Injuring Wholesome Meats. LOGSDEN & MYRICK Main Street, Athena, Oregon ATHENA AND VICINITY SUBSCRIBED or $103,400 -Athena's 1100,000 quota of the second Liberty Bond issue was over subscribed f 3400, the total amount at the .windup Saturday night being I10S.400. The successful ending came in a whirlwind drive made by the solicitors during Friday and Saturday. A total of 159 subscribers to the loan in Athena and vicinity, show that the bond purchase is well distributed, although there are several subscrip tions running as high as f 6,000. The record is considered a good one, in asmuch as Athena's quota more than equaled the combined quotas of Lin coln, Curry and Wheeler counties. The apportionment of the loan in each com munity was based on one-eighth of the bank deposits. Athena's roll of honor follows: C. H. Allen, Wm. P. Allen, Ida Au dette, Edna Audette, Martin Audette, Geo M Banister, Helen Banister, Mar guriete J Banister, C A Barrett, H A Barrett, J S Bell, John Bell, C B Bunch, Esther Bunch, J E Bunch, Lou ise F Bunch, W H Bunch, Will Bunch, S T Bunch, Thos Bushman, Cass Can non, Ethel L Cannon, Roy Cannon, Abbie Chapin, J W Chapin, Joe D demons, A R Coppock, Mattie Cop pock. Melvin A Coppock, William R. Coppock. S E Darr, Henry Dell, York Dell, Oliver Dickenson, Dolph Lodge No. to, A W Douglass, E A Dudley, Ray Dudley, Donald Dudley, Earl Dud ley, Francis Dapuis, Irene Dupuis, R G rites, W S Ferguson, First National Bank, F E Flint, Mrs A A Foss, Clay Frazier, J E Froome, L H Geiss, Chas Gerking, Geo R Gerking, Jesse Gor don, G W Gross, Marion W Hansell, Myrtle May Hansell, W R Harden, E S Harris, V B Harris, C Harvey, C O Henry, Delilah Hill, Mary I Hill, Reed Hill, J C Holcomb, E L Holt, Max B Hopper, Austin Huffman, J E Inglis F J Jackson, Leta P Johns, May A Johns, M Melvillle Johns, Cassie John son, Henry Keen, Leon Kidder, S C Kilgore, Henry Koepke, Otis Lieu alien, Edith B Lumsden, D H Mans field, Mrs. D. H. Mansfield, Maude Mansfield, Lloyd Mathers, Conrad Mil ler, Ed Morrisette, W L Morrisette, Sabina Morton, Wm McBride, Ira Mc Donald, R B McEwen, Neil McFadyen, A A Mclntyre, A H Mclntyre, Belle Mclntyre, Hugh Mclntyre, Laura Mc Intyre, W T McLeod, Sam Tambrun, S S Parris, Floyd Pinkerton, J W Pinkerton, Katie B. ' PottB, Edmund Potts W Eotts. Harry J Power, Matil da C Preston, Preston-Shaffer Millling Co, O V Purcell, Freddie a Radtke, Kathleen May Radtke, J T Read, Luke Bead, Eva J Richards, Louie Ringel, L I Rogers, Minnie M Rogers, James Elmo Russell, A O Schubert, Jos N Scott, W B Shaffer, Joe Sheard, Maude Sherman, C A Sigmon, A L Swaggart, J M Swaggart, Henderson Tatshoma, David Taylor, Sarah A Taylor, W R Taylor, Doris Thompson, Maxine Thompson, Mary G Thompson, Merle G Thompson, R A Thompson, Lillian Tompkins, J C Walker, John Walker, Ed Wallan, Mrs I W Ware, Jennie A Watts, M L Watts, Edith M Williams, Elisabeth Wilmot, lley Winn, W R Winship, C. L. Woodward, Geo B Woodward, Edna F Zerba, E A Zerba, Eva M Zerba, Gale Leroy Zerba, Grace A Zerba, J F Zerba, V R Zerba. THE G000 AND THE BAD. ittdetiny thought mat the most Impor tant part of the country was New Eng land; otherwise lie might baro included I the whole land among those who trust In God. This war song has been brought to public attention by Dr. M. L. Bartlett of Des Moines, la., who In forms us tbat Billings worked out his harmonic problems ou a piece of leath er, Just bi the same way that Lincoln ciphered on the back of a shovel. New Sork World. 1 Blackbuck's Extra Nostril. i Two visitors to the raenngerle were discussing the why and wherefore of au opening on the face of an Indian antelope or blackbuck halfway between I the eye and nose. One visitor said It was due to nu Injury; the other opined It ed to the tear duct "You are both wrong." said the keep er. "That Is mi extra nostril for the fastest running member of the ante lope or deer family. He runs so fast that his ordinary nostrils cannot supply enough air tn his lungs, and nature gave him this extra air channel. No other unluial Mint I know of Is so well provided. The blackbuck Is the fastest thing on hoofs. On favorable ground and spurred by fear the black buck could make sixty miles an hour." New York Sun. A Banker'i Advice About Bills That Applies to Lift at Largs. The president of a bank when asked by a yoriug clerk how be could distin guish the counterfeit bills from the good said, "Get familiar with the good bills and you will recognize the bad bills at sight." Here Is a vast volume of general wis dom summed up In a single sentence. This homely advice applies not only to tbo detect inn of counterfeit money, but with equal force to the detection of counterfeit In nil departments of life. The man accustomed to bundling only good corn, good potatoes, good diamonds, has no difficulty in detecting the faulty. He does it Intuitively. Even without recognized thought he fixes upon the fault. The skilled egg caudier passes good eggs before the light with a rhythmic rapidity that Is amazing, but an imperfect egg Instant ly breaks his routine and Interrupts his process. To the trained musician, ac customed to high grade work, a false note comes like u stab of pain. In any occupation or line of endeavor any man fully engaged In doing the right thing will bare no difficulty hi recognizing the wroug. Right and wrong are as far apart, as unlike, as day and night, and be that Is most ac customed to the light Is quickest to note the shadows. There Is only one way to know the bad, the Imperfect, the false, and that is by knowing tbe good, the perfect, the true. Christian Herald, OUR FIRST WAR SONG. It Was Written by Billings, a Tanner, In Revolutionary Days. We have many patriotic songs In tbls great country of ours, but no great na tional war song. Wbo will be the one to write It? The first war song written In America was really a hymn and was sung by the colonial troops during tbe .Revolutionary war. It was composed and written by a tanner named Wil liam Billings, who lived In Boston. This hymn, the drst evidence of dis tinctly American music, has a ring which not a little sets out the spirit of 1017. The first verse of the war song will Indicate lis general character: Let tyrants shake tr.tlr iron rod And elav'ry clank tier galling- chains. We fear them not: -e trust tn God, New England'! t;od forevermore. When CJ 1 1 lugs wrote bis war sung be Cedar Log 1,330 Ytars Old. The durability or cedar Is well known. A large cedar tree, prsbably thrown over hj the wind. Was found by wood choppers In Washington state without any marks of deny in It. although a tree which was standing astride the log bad l,3St) annual rings. The woods men found the log so sound that they determined to cut It u;i Into shingles for the market. What a story that log could tell If It could speak - of the long procession of people that came upon the stage mid departed during Its life of between 1.000 and 2.000 years! Los Angeles Times. COURSE OF A RIFLE BALL Just What Happens Trom the Instant the Gun Is Fired. Two sportsmen were disputing. One claimed that if n Vile Is sighted ou a dead level the ball commences, to full the instant It bare the barrel. The second man claimed thai lite ball first rises above the level of 1116 ban el and then falls. Thcy.dlc'.it't settle tbe ques tion, but here Is the answer: Gravity nets upon a moving ond un supported body Instantly, be the body large or small. In u rifle the line of sight (that Is, the Cue of aim) is oue tiling; the Hue of the bore is another. In order that gravity will not cause a bull jt to drop too soon a rifle is always made so that the line of the bore points slightly upward as compared with the line of sight. Tbe result Is Mint, w hile tbe bullet begins to drop away from the direct line of (he bore the moment It leaves the piece. It rises at first above the line of sight and then slowly drops below it. Rifles arc usually made so that they will strike the object aimed nt at a cer tain distance say 2UO yards fioni the hunter. That Is to say, they carry "polut blank" at 2C0 yards. If the ob ject is further awny more front sight must be given. L'nder any and all cir cumstances, however, the bullet (hops awuy from the Hue of tbo bore, owing to the gravity, the moment the guu Is fired. New York Tribune. AGED SOAP BUBBLES. Oewar Makes Monster Ones and Then Keeps Them For Months. Tbo trunslcut existence of tbe soap bubble is proverbial, but Professor J. Dewar, In a discourse recently deliv ered at the Iloyul Institution In Lon don, explained ,how eoap bubbles could be made (o last for mouth3 and exhibited several specimens. The first requisite Is that the uir used hi blowing the bubble shall l e free from dust. In Professor Dower's process the air Is filtered through cotton wool, and the bubbles arc blown by opening n stop cock in the air supply tube. For the soap solution he prefers the purest oleic acid (tested by the Iodine num ber) and ammonium soap mot potas sium or sodium). To make a bubble durable the sac of liquid must be removed from Its bot tom by suction through tube., applied from outside. The lecturer showed bub bles (hat had endured fur mouths And that were more than half a yard In diameter, blown In glass vcssvls con taining pure air at atmospheric pres sure. A little water Is kept at (he bottom of the vessel. A uniform temperature of about GO degrees K. Is favorable to longevity. Sonic of Professor lcwars smaller bubbles were nearly a year old. -Philadelphia Press. Tht Ancient Gcepter. The Hebrew word translated as "scepter" originally meant a rod or a staff and was the wand of a ruler. It was thence applied to lie shepherd's crook (Leviticus xxvil, 32; Mlcub vIL 14). It may be Inferred that the scepter of early Hebrew times was made of wood. Tbe scepter of the rersian mon arch Is described as "golden" that Is, probably of massive gold (Esther It. II). Ancient Embroidery. In Exodus the "embroiderer" Is con trasted with the "cunnlug workman." The art of embroidery by the loom was extensively practiced by the nations of antiquity. Tbe Egyptians and Baby lonians were noted for It. Embroidery with the needle was a Phrygian inven tion of a later date. PERIL OF COAST EROSION. The Ceaseless Warfare Waged by the Soa Against the Land, All over tbe world, In America as well as In the eastern hemisphere, Is the sea waging a ceaseless warfare against the land. So serious Is the danger of coast erosions round the Brit ish Isles that people are asking wheth er England Is not slowly but surely dis appearing. Lowestoft has been sorely lilt by the merciless waves which are steadily ad vancing. Within the last few years the cast coast town tins spent considerably more than (.00,000 In combating the sen. which means a new promenade, groynes, breakwaters, piles and buge cement structures. Only a few years since tremendous damage was caused to these thou new structures by a series of gales which wrecked part of the promenade, tore down the piles and breakwaters and made a scrap heap of the cemented parts. Cromer, too, has sultered terribly from the sea's advancement Not so long ago it cost this delightful east coast town more tlinn 45,000 to make good the damage. During less than fifty years It Is roughly computed that England must have lost more I ban 00,000 acres of land by sea Incursions. The battle against nature still goes on. But It must be remembered that, while In some places the waters arc advancing, In other spots the sea Is retiring. But the balance is said to be not altogether tn favor of the latter, and new meth ods may hnve to lie devised to meet and fight the peril. London Mall. PIKEMEH IN BATTLE. The Old Greek Phalanx Was Like a Mass of Live Barbed Wire. It Is a long reach back from modern war methods and big guns to the days of the pike and the battlcax. But in Its time the pike did deadly work and used In the phalanx was a terrible weapon. A phalanx In tbe military affairs of Greece was a square battalion or body of soldiers formed In ranks and tiles compact and deep, with their shields Joined and pikes crossing each other so as to render It almost Impossible to break It. At first tbo phalanx consisted of 4.000 men. but this number was aft erward doubled by Philip of Macedon, and the double phalanx Is hence often called the Macedonian phalanx. I'olyb lus describes It thus: . "It was a square of plkomcn, con sisting of sixteen In flank and 000 In front. Tbe soldiers stood so close to gether that the pikes of the fifth rank extended three feet beyond the front. The rest, whose pikes were not service able owing to their distance from tbe front, couched tbom upon the shoulders of those who stood before I hem and, so locking them together In file, pressed forward to support and push on the former rank, by which means the as sault was rendered more violent and Irresistible." The spears of those be bind also stopped the missiles of the enemy. Each man's pike was twenty three feet long. A grand phalanx con sisted of 10.381 men. An Equally Extensive View. A literal interpretation of n common place remark is noii:etimcs amusing In "Midsummer Motoring In Europe' Dc Couioy V. Thorn teils of an old traveler who said to a very small boy then making his first voyage, who had climbed upon the bulwark and was gazing across the ocean to flic far Hot! zon. "My boy, did you ever before see such a glorious stretch of ocean aa far as you can see. only ocer.n? "Yes." answered the boy. "Hardly," said the man "Where do you Ihlnk you saw It?" "On the other side of the ship." re plied the youngster. Distinction. "Is that reckless orator an ngltntor?" "No. He's merely an iriitutor." Washingtoii .Star The entertainment given in the High school auditorium Tuesday eve ning by the young ladies of the city and vicinity as a Red Coss Benefit was met with a crowded house and much hearty appreciation, each and every number being encored to the echo. The program, "as given in last week's Press was well carried out, showing good management throughout. Espec ially were the scenic effects noted for their beauty and originality. From the first number to the last, with the exception of "The Moon Dance," by Miss Zola Keen, which was the "poet ry of motion," the program was mu sical, and the soloists and choruses did their work in splendid order. The "Hallowe'en Frolic" was a complete success, both artistically and financial ly, the proceeds amounting to 1102.25 After the performance, a lunch of sandwiches, pumpkin pie and coffee was served in the Domestic Science room by the ladies of the Red Cross, the lunch netting 1111.45. the combined proceeds making a neat sum for the good cause in which it was given. The sum of $51.30 was realized at the jitney dance, Saturday evening, after all expenses, were paid. The local auxiliary has up to date, raised the sum of (313.75, since its organization in April. This through suppers, pastry sales, dances, dona tions etc. A complete report was sent in to headquarters today, by the chairman, Mrs. H. H. Hill, During this time, 446 garments have been made for hospital use, besides numerous knitted articles. New mem bers reported this week are: Mrs. Mary M. Schrimpf. Mrs. Mary J. Swaggart, Mr. A. L. Swaggart, and Mrs. Effie Haworth. The regular monthly business meet ing will be held next Wednesday af ternoon, when all members will be welcomed. (ivllkalion Is first mid foremost a rrvrnl (hint Anilel School Notes, Supt. and Mrs. J. O. Russell have arranged some unique features to be given between sets of the High school play Nov. 1(1. The specialties will all be given in costume. Between the first and second acta 'Jeanette Miller, assisted by Audra Winship, Savannah Smith and Lucinda Dell, will-interpret "The Star Spangled Banner;" between the second and third, Beula Banister and Richard Cartano will sing "It's Nice to Be Acquainted;" Elmo Rus sell will sing Over in the Corner, Where the Dark Comes Most;" between the third and fourth acts Miss Zola Keen in nurse's costume, will give a monologue "Description of the Battle of Santiago. The following is the cast for the High school play to be given Nov. 18: Major Paul Ludlow, an officer of the 47th U. S. Cavalry, Henry Koepke. Lieut. Henry Winston, a West Point er on Indian service, John Saunders, William Carleton, an Indian agent, Ralph Haynie. Gen. Horace Graham, Commandant of Ft. Winslow, - Mr. ShsfTner. Dakota Dun, scout in Federal ser vice, - - Mr. Gribble. Patrick O'Rafferty, a Troop sergeant George Lieuallen. War Eagle, a Sioux Indian chief -Jim Martin. Hop Sing, a Chinese cook, Edna Pinkerton. Bill Hanks, a telegraph operator, - - - - - Harry Martin. Sam Martin, a Trooper, Harry Martin. Beryl Seymour, the Belle of the Gar rison, - - Vernita Watts. RoBc-of-the-Mist, a Sioux maiden Mildred Winship. Sue Graham, niece of Gen. Graham, Areta Littlejohn. Miss Caroline Spencer, a widow with a fondness for Botany, Belle Pambrun. A general assembly was culled Mon day morning by Supt. Russell, chair man of the cb'm'mittee for securing members for the U. S. Food Adminis tration. The food situation of the United States was thoroughly explain ed by Mr. Russell after which cards were given to the eldest member of each family in the school, to be taken home and signed by their mothers, or the person having charge of the cook ing and food supplies of the household. This card entitles them to membership of the U. S. Food Administration and when signed and returned another card showing their membership was given them to be placed in the front window of the borne. It is important that the cards be signed and "returned, but more so that the requirements be carried out. A meeting of the Literary Society will be held this afternoon in the aud itorium. Special features are: The installation of the vice president, Zola Keen, who was elected at the last meeting to fill the vacancy! made by Lawrence Tharp, when he left to enter Pendleton High school and the reading of the Society paper, "TheSpectator, " by the editor-in-chief. The public is invited. The program: Song, Society. Speech, captain of girls' basket ball team. Piano solo, Elizabeth Mathers. Stunt, Hazel McFarland, Ralph Haynie Vocal solo, Helen Russell. Society Paper, Vernita Watts. Stunt, Freshman Quintet. 8-minute speech, John Saunders. Recitation, Fra"k Miller. Report of Critic, Bctheon Read. . Rev. D. E. Baker delivered a very interesting address, 'entitled "The Skin of the Teeth," on Wednesday "af ternoon to the high school student body. He told his'hearurs that 'all are in the "race of life" and that only those who prepate for it during these school days can hope o be the leaders in the race. Mr. Cribble's boys' drawing Class are making window cards for the High school play. Lawrence Baker was'thrown from a horse Sunday evening and as Ta result has been absent from school' two days. Last Friday evening the pupils of Mr. dribble's room had a very fenjoy able party held in the school house. Thirty gay youngsters were present. Mr. and Mrs. Russell were invited as guests of honor. Games were played, after which refreshments of the finest quality were served. The manual training class 'has fin ished one of the Red Cross work tables this week, and started to work on an other. Miss Lawson is conducting a class in calisthenics, consisting of the 3rd and 1th grades, every afternoon at 3 o' clock. The art work of Miss Law3on's room is especially interesting and the little folks are improving rapidly in their work. The work is put on exhibition every Friday and psrents and friends are urged to visit this room. Mrs. Marion Hansell was a visitor in Miss Sherman's room this week. Emmett Kunz, a pupil of Miss Sher man's room, has moved to Lexington, Morrow county, with his parents. Mrs. Wyrick, of Pendleton, visited Miss Sherman's room Wednesday. Remember the llligh school play date, Friday, November 1(1. About twenty-five pupils will have" a part in the evening's performance. Subconscious Wishes. ' When a girl dreams It Is that she-. Is being married in a church crowded with former suitors who are crying so loud that the strains of the wedding march cuunot be beard. Capper's Weekly. Merely a Hint. Kitty Harry says ho loves mo for myself alone. Bertha-1 suppose that's his way of saying your mother must be kopt out of the family. Exchange. You Can't Boat Them. Be Before I was married I thought woman were angels. She Well, finish It now you know they are. THERE'S A REASON Why can we undersell the other fellows? So many of our cus tomers ask the question: "How can you sell for so much less than your competitors?" A few reasons: - Last year our average expense was just 11 26-100 per cent. Ask any merchant what it costs him to do business, and if h; tells you the truth it will be 15 to 30 percent, and that their ad vertising cost at least 3 per cent, while our advertising expense was less than 3-4 of one per cent. We have no bookkeepers, delivery wagons or fancy fixtures and a lot of other items that force the other fellow to get larger margin of profit. We buy for cash and sell for cash and in such quantities as 31,150 doz towels; 9,350 bed spreads; 10,000 pieces oil cloth; 21,250 pieces percale; 25,900 pieces ginham; 300,000 pairs of shoes and all other lines in proportion, direct from the manufacturer. Thus it is that we can undersell all competition, including mail order houses. THE GOLDEN RULE & to