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VOLUME XXIX.
ATHEKA. DMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 21, 1917.
NUMBER 46
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The Store
of the Christmas Spirit
Here In our store we have gathered together tho"crystaliied hope
cherished by our own dear friends and loved ones. The secret deep de
sires they have hidden in their hearts, unspoken for years, wait here
for thejove-enchanted touch of your ;
Christmas Giving
Here your Christmas shopping will be a delight and a pleasure
the music, the merry voieesjand smiling faces, the "Glad Service" of
our clerks, willing and'glad to serve you the glow of the bright lights
the profusion of holly and Christmas decorations make this truly
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Main Street, Athena, Oregon
Notwithstanding the inclemency of
the weather the' soliciting committees
under the direction of Campaign Man
ager Gleiser made a fin) showing in
the first day's drive for membership,
the SO0 mark Being reached. Tuesday
with the rain still pouring the commit
finished up their tjUota of 160 mem
bers with two tti thwifood, -having 45a.
Had all the teams Been in the Held
on Monday a whirlwind campaign
would have been the result. As it
was.but six of the eight teams reached
their divisions on Monday. One team
did not report, and the manager divid
ed that diarlct on Tuesday between the
two highest teams of Monday's drive.
Every person m Athens territory
has been reached. Memberships are
stjll coming in arid a surprise may be
expected when the final report is pub
lished on December 27.
The solicitors were met with a splen
did spirit of co-operation, very few
failing to respond with enthusiasm.
And most of these, few soon catching
the spirit, came through and are still
coming. Many Whole families will be
represented on the service flag in the
window and we would line to give
all the names but space forbids.
The service flags have arrived, and
the buttons and stars will soon be here.
These may be secured from the man
ager, Rev. W. S. Qleiser.
The following are the committees,
with the organisations they represent,
and the sums reported:
Degree of Honor Mrs. Mary Sharp,
Mrs. Kathleen Barrett; II OS.
Eastern Star and Star Club Mrs.
Anna Littlejohn, Mrs. Ida Dell, Mrs.
Anna Foes, Mrs. Marie Ware; f.95.
Red Gross Mrs. Mattie Hill, Mrs.
Louise Boyd; f.66.
W. C. T. U Mrs. Effle Haworth;
161.
Baptist Aid Society Mrs. Maggie
Banister, Mrs. Jennie A. Watts, Mrs.
Margaret Winship; ffi4.
Librarv Board Mrs. Jennie G.
Watts, Mrs. Jessie LeGrow;, 149.
Kcbekabs Mrs. Bessie Thompson,
Mrs. Alta Michener; $29.
Total, $452.
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PROGRAMS FOR ATHENA
CHRISTMAS FESTtnTlES
Christmas festivities will begin in
Athena with exercises in the Methodist
church Sunday evening. A cantata
representing The Nativity, will be pre
sented by the students of the Sunday
school, which promises to be a beau
tiful spectacle. This will be followed
by Dickens' "Christmss Carol," which
will be thrown on the screen. Ap
propriate music will accompany the
program, and the true Christmas spirit
will be exemplified, the children re
ceiving their holiday treat, without the
usual Christmas tree.
Monday evening, Christmas Eve, in
the Christian and Baptist churches,
programs will be given. At the Chris
tian church, the program will be:
"White Gifts For The King."
Processional, "Holy Night," - choir
Prayer, - - - D. Errett
Hymn No. 50, - choir
Scripture reading, Luke 3:1-14, pastor
Recitation, "Christmas Prayer,
Orel Michener
Piano duet, -
Elizabeth Mather, Bethene Read
"A Legend of Cathay,"
Savannah Smith
Vocal duet, "Ring, Merry Bells,"
- Jeanette Miller, Clifford arker
Reading, "Christ and Christmas,"
Mrs. D. Scott Fisher
Presentation of the Gifts of the Pri
mary Department.
Pres. of the Gifts of the Clover Leaf
Class.
Pres. of the Gifts of the Little Glean
ers' Class.
Vocal solo, Mrs. Geo. B. Woodward
Tree, of the Gifts of the Star Class.
Pres, of the Gifts of the King's Sons.
Pres. of the Gifts of the Loyal Daugh
ters' Class
Pres. of the Gifts of the Loyal Help
ers' Class.
Pres. of the Gifts of the Loyal Be
reans Class.
Hymn, No. .
Benediction, - Geo. R. Gerking
Piano Poatlude.
At the Baptist church, the Christ
mas Tree, ever popular with the little
folks, will make its annua! appearance
and the following program will be
given:
"Welcome," - - Fay Berlin
Song. "Battle Hymn of the Repbulic.
"Mother's Helpers," Hayden Dennis
"Santa and His Reindeer, "Elver Miller
Song. "The Light of the Christmas
Star," - - - four girls
Recitation, - Edna Pinkerton
Duet, "While the Stars Shone Down,"
Mildred and Audra Winship
Rec, "Things 1 Want," Hollis Dennis
"In Santa's Workshop,"
Mrs. Watts' Claas
Song, "One Christmas Day,"
- - - Primary Dept.
"The Little Missionary,"
Maxine Kidder
Song, "Crown Him Lord of AH" choir
Rec. Christmas in the Mansion.
Elizabeth Steele
"At the Naturalization Court," 1 boys
Duet, "Gifts for Christ,"
Connie Baker and Hazel McFarland
Song, "Joyto the World."
Short address by the Pastor.
Gifts, - - Santa Claus
PJ.UCKY K0RNIL0FF. t
Russia's Famous General Mad Him
self Popular Here.
General Kornlloff is considered the
pluckiest general In the Russian army.
The story of bis career reads like a
fairy tale.
Short of stature, with a bristling mus
tache, Koruiloff. who Is a general of
the Siberian cossacks, first became
known during the Russian retreat in
the Carpathians lu 1910. Against des
perate odds he held out with his divi
sion till he himself was taken prisoner
by the Teutous. For several months
ho was interned in Austria aud had a
very hard time there.
In 1011S he decided to escape. Dis
guised as a peasant, risking his life on
many occasions, he walked hundreds
of miles across the Carpathians into
ttoumanla. When he anally arrived in
Itussia he was greeted with unbounded
joy by the army. His feat also made
him very popular with the entire na
tion. This made it possible for him to
gain the great honor, immediately after
the revolution, of being the first com
mandant of the revolutionary army at
Fetrograd.
In this capacity he was dispatched to
Tsarskoe-Sclo to arrest the czarina.
The scene that followed his arrival at
the residence of Nicholas Romanoff ou
March 21 has become historic New
York Times.
A MATTRESS ON A WARSHIP.
It Is Both Comfortable Bed and a
Fine Life Preserver.
It must afford cousldernble consola
tion to the nary recruit to realize that
the mattress on which he sleeps so
comfortably nt night will stand him in
good stead In case of an accident to the
ship. In fact, the very buoyancy which
makes it such a comfortable bed Is also
the quality which makes it possible for
it to be converted at a moment's no
tice Into a life preserver, says the Pop
ular Science Monthly.
The mattresses are stuffed with ka
pok, a lighter than cork material which
la Imported from the West Indies In
bales similar to bales of cotton. It Is
made from the seeds and silk of a tree
not unlike the cotton wood tree, but In
stead of being in puffy balla the knpok
Is In slender threads, which when com
pressed make n mass that 1b six times
more buoyant than cork. ;!
Thin layers of the kapok are Inclosed
in strong ticking for the mattresses.
Each mattress is provided with tapes
long enough to tie around the body and
over the shoulders. It requires only a
minute to adjust them.
D. H. Mansfield shipped another
carload of moles to Caldwell, Idaho,
last week. They were purchased for
the United States Government.
She Knew Whet te Take.
Five-year-old Mary, who Is always
anxious to be in everything that goes
on, lives In a small town where the
long suffering minister still fndures
donation parties to make his back sal
ary. Just before the last one she beg
ged eagerly:
"Cun't I take somethin1, too, muv
ver?" "No. If your father and I take some
thing, that will be plenty."
But the child could not bear to give
up the idea. So she ransacked the
whole house for something suitable.
Finally Bhe appeared before her mother
with a worn and faded dress of her
owu.
"Please, muvver, can't I take this?
See, it's not a speck of good for any
thing," she urged. Christian Ilerald.
Red Dragon of Wales.
Henry VII., the flrat of the Tudor
mouarchs, Introduced the red dragon
of Wales Into the royal standard after
the ballle of BosworttR
Queen Mary lied It removed, and
Queeu Ulizabetb replaced It. but It was
finally displaced as one of the quarter
bigs by James I. in favor of the uni
corn and has never since been accorded
a place on the monarch's personal tlug.
King George, however, when the
Welsh Guards were udded to the army
a few years ni;o. approved of the red
dragon beinj; emblazoned on the king's
color of that regiment. Loudon Chron
icle. Persian Ware.
True porcelain was never produced in
Persia, but hard paste porcelain in Per
sian forms and styles of decoration was
made In China for the Persian market.
Wine ewers with powder blue glaze
and gold overglaze decoration, small
vaso and howls with bronze luster
glare and deslgus reserved hi white
are found in collections of Persian
ware, but these are unquestionable of
Chinese origin.
Frequently the Case.
"IVe endeavored to keep an account
ot our expenditures, but, after all, It
didn't give us a very clear idea of
where the moucy went,!'
"Why not?"
"Because both my wife and myself
bad too many Items that we wanted to
list as sundries." I.omb.
WILL HELP FIGURE
YOUR INCOME TAX
In a communication received by the
Press, Collector of Internal Revenue
Milton A. Miller, announces that a
federal income tax officer will be sent
into this county on January 3, and will
be here until Januaray 80. He will
have his office in the Court house in
Pendleton and will be there every day
and willing to help persons subject to
the income tax make out their returns
without any cost to them for his ser
vices.
How many income tax payers will
there be in this county? If you can
guess how many married persons liv
ing with wife or husband, who will
have net incomes of $2,000 or over
and how many unmarried persons will
have net incomes of $1,000 or over
this year, then you know.
Returns of income for the year 1917
must be made on forms provided for
the purpose before March 1, 1918. Be
cause a good many people don't under
stand the law and won't know how
to make their returns, the government
is sending in this expert. If a person
does not make return as required be
fore March I, he may have to pay a
penalty ranging from $'I0 to $1,000,
pay a fine or go to jail. So if you
don't want to take chances on going
to jail, you had better call on the in
come tax man. if you are not sure
about being subject to the tax, better
ask him and make sure. Whether you
see the income tax man or not, you
must make return if subject to tax.
Of course, persons resident in other
counties may, if they want, to, come
and see the income tax man, who will
he at the county seat on the date above
named.
The collector suggests that every
body etert figuring up now his income
and expenses so as to be reedy with the
figures when the expert arrives. Ex
penses, however, don't mean family
expenses, money used to pay off the
principal of a debt, new machinery,
buildings, or anything like that. They
mean what you spend in making your
money interest, taxes paid, hired
help, amount paid for goods sold, seed,
stock bought for feeding, rent (except
for your dwelling, ) etc, Income in
cludes about every dollar you get.
Opportunity.
It Is a maxim agreed upon In agri
culture that nothing must tie done too
late, and, again, that everything must
be done nt Its proper season, while
there Is a third precept which reminds
OS that opportunity lost can never be
regained. Pliny the Elder.
Makes For Trouble.
".furl because a man is always giving
himself away Is no sign that be has a
generius disposition."
"H It lan't. But unless his wife has
I gcrtfrons disposition It's a sign that
he to always In hot water."-Wlrmlng-ham
Age-Herald.
Many a man's vices have at Brut
been nothlna worse than good quali
ties run wi:d.-Hsrc.
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HARVt .. o 1 ARKWEATHER
Candidate for Governor
A DOCTOR AND A THRONE.
VULCANIZATION WORKS TO
BE OPERATED IN ATHENA
Vr. a.
R. A. Thompson returned last week
1 frdnvf ortland, where he purchased a
vulcanizing plant. Mr. rnompson nas
leased the building west of the post-
office and will operate his plant there.
He will be in a position to do first
class work, the machinery being mod
ern in every particular. The vulcan
izing ' will be done by steam, Mr.
Thompson having purchased a boiler
for that purpose. The machinery will
be electrically driven.
In addition to vulcanizing automo
bile tires, Mr. Thompson will carry a
general line of accessories, lubricating
oils, gasoline, etc., and will have free
air facilities. He has the agency for
Racine corded tires and Veedol lubri
cating oils, the best ails on the mar
ket. The new enterprise will be ready
for business about January 1.
Death of David Ferris.
David Ferris, formerly a well known
farmer residing north of Athena, died
at Walla Walla Monday, after an op
eration for appendicitis. The funeral
took place in Walla Walla Wednesday
afternoon. The deceased is survived
by his wife, three sons and three
daughters. The family reside on a
farm near Walla Walla, on which they
have made their home since leaving
Athena several yeers ago.
How England's Present Royal Family
Gained the Crown.
That George V. now sits on the throne
of England Is due hi no small measure
to the prognosis of a seventeenth cen
tury physician, Kr. Richard Mend, who
was bom In London Aug. 11, 1073.
When Queen Anno, last of the Stuart
rulers, bora mo fatally ill in 1711
Dr. Mead was called in consultation.
After au examination bf the stricken
queen he found that nhc was near
death's door, and the doctor so In
formed (he lenders of the Whig party,
with which ho was affiliated.
The Whigs favored the Hanoverian
succession nud Immediately on learning
that Anno wus soon to succumb began
to plan for the realization of their am
bitious. The regulaf physicians of the
queen did not believe that she was so
near to death, so when Anno breathed
her Inst in 1714 the supporters of
Anne's brother, James, were unpre
pared for the event. Anne's Tory min
istry wus In favor of placing James on
the throne, but t lie Wulgs, thanks to
Dr. Mead, had already taken such ac
tion us to Insure the successtou of the
elector of Uaimrer, and hi September
George I. made his triumphal entry
luto England.
Dr. Moud was rewarded by being
made physician to the now royal fam-
.M. iii.i English historians have at
tributed large Imparlance tu the physi
cian's prognosis In bringing about the
s.ioeossloil of the royal house which
has ruled England for two centuries.
New York World.
TWELVE HORSES
ire which destroyed the ham at
theConrad place on Pine creek, re
cently purchased by C. A. Barrett and
occupied by his farm hands, burned
twelve head of horses, a cow, wagon,
harness and feed. The origin of the
fire is a mystery, and just how it start
ed will probably never be known.
Those at the farm house were awak
ened by the glare of the flames shortly
after three o'clock Monday morning,
and when they reached the barn the
horses were all down and the interior
nearly burned over. The horses were
among the best Mr. Barrett had, all
being young and in good condition.,
They had been kept segregated from
other horses because of the walking
disease, which has caused death to a
number of horses in the past on the
Barrett ranch, he having lost six
head from the disease since haivest.
Various theories are advanced as to
the cause of the fire, the most plaus
ible one being that it was started from
sparks from the flue at the house,
whichis located south of the barn and
in line with it as to direction from
which" strong wind was blowing dur
ing the night. Another theory is
that the fire may have been deliber
ately set, this arising from the dis
covery of tracks of an automobile
that had passed the place some time
during the night of the fire.
The monetary loss, though consid
erable, there beinjyio insurance what
ever, does not dfifoss Mr. Barrett so
much asthe knowledge that the twelve
fine horses lost their lives in the
flames.
MASONS WILL PUBLICLY
INSTALL OFFICERS TONIGHT
Didn't Sound It.
"Whnt was I hat your daughter was
staging at I lie piano?"
"Oh, that v.us 'Sweet and Low,' I
liclleve."
"Well, I certainly would never havo
taken It for anything like that." St.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
Colore ef Austria.
The Austrian black and yellow were
(he colors of the Holy Roman Umpire.
They were adopted, so the story goes,
by Frederick Ilarharossa. whose fancy
was captured at a ceremony m Mny-
ncc by the black and gold flooring of
the hall. $ '
Heredity.
June-Does he get his meehanlcsl In
genuity from his father's side or his
mother's? Bee From his mother's;
I she wus u poetess. Life.
Tonight at MasonicHall, Dolph
Lodge No. 80, A. F. A A. M. will in
stall officers elected to serve for the
ensuing year. Installation exercises
will be public, families of members
and invited guests being present. Af
ter installation a luncheon will be
served, and a short program rendered.
Following are the officers to be in
stalled: Reed Hill, W. M.; Ralph
Cannon, S. W. ; J. R. Mathers, J. W. ;
A. M. Johnson, Treasurer; A. B.
Steele, Secretary; A. R. Coppock, S.
D;. Floyd Pinkerton, J. D. ; Jacob
Booher, Frank UeFreece, Stewards;
E. R. Cox, Tyler.
On Sunday evening the members of
the Masonic Lodge will meet at the
hall at 7 o'clock and march in a body
to the Christian church, where Davis
Errett, the pastor, will deliver a ser
mon in commemoration of the anni
versary of Saints John Day, All
members of the order are requested to
attend this service.
O. E. S. Installation,
Wednesday night, at their regular
communication in Masonic Hall, Mac
kenzie Chapter, No. .112, Order of
Eastern Star, installed officers for the
ensuing vear as follows:
W. M., Mrs. Bertha Steele; W. P.,
Samuel Pambrun; A. M., Mrs. Ida
Dell; Sec, Miss Lillie Ware; Treas ,
Mrs. Stella Radtke; Conductress. Mrs.
Jennie Watts; A. C, Mrs. Phoebe
Mathers; Ada, Miss Angie Pambrun;
Ruth, Mrs. Marie Ware; Esther, Mrs.
Mary Pambrun; Martha, Miss Ada De
Freece; Electa, Mrs. Louise Boyd;
Warder, Mrs. Anns Littlejohn; Sen
tinel, J. O. Russell; Chaplain, Mrs.
Vjda RuBsell; Marshal, Mrs. Marie
Pinkerton; Organist, Mrs. Anns Foss.
Installing officer Mis. Anna Little
john. Freddie, the little son of Mr. and
Mrs. F. B. Radtke, is ill with a slight
attack uf appendicitis.
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This is the year for practical gifts. Something useful will be ap
preciated by everyone this yaar, above all others. We are showing
a wonderful assortment of practical gifts for cTVlen, Women and
Children. Our prices are drawing customers not only from Athena
territory, but from neighboring towns. There is a reason.
Bath Robes
House Slippers
Silk Handkerchiefs
Mens Ties
Mens Handkerchiefs
Mens Initial Handkch
Watch Chains
Gold Knives
Dress Shirts
Silk Shirts
Silk Socks
Indian Moccasins
11.98 to 14.98
98c to 3.25
- 25c to 08c
10c to 9Sc
- Be to 35c
2 for 25c
98c
8e
49c to 1.98
2.98
35c to 49c
1.89
Fancy Towels - 10c to 8Sc
Laundry Bags - 49c to 89c
Fancy Linens - 26c to 2.98
Fancy Box Handkerch'fs 25c to 98c
Bath Robes - 1.98 to 4.98
House Slippers - 79c to 1.98
Indian Moccasins - 1.00
Pillow Tops 35c to 69c
Sweet GrasB Baskets 39c to 1.25
A large assortmnt of fancy pins,
lavallera, purees, eardrops, collars,
Boudoir Caps, etc.
FOR CHILDREN
Bath Robes - - 98c to 1.G9
House Slippers - 59c to 1.49
Indian Moccasins - B9c to 1.25
Fancy Box Handkerch'fs 10c to 25c
Box Stationery - 10c to U9c
"Lazelle' Beauty Boxes - 29e
Furs, all kinds, - 1.69 o 3 49
Sweaters - 49c to .M
Knit Sets - 1.38 to 3.98
Lavaliors - - 89c to 98c
Baby Pin sets - - 49c
Books - Sc to 39c
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