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tATHENA. OREGON, DEC 21.... 1917
Two recent arrests of men in a mu
nitions plant in Pennsylvania for im
proper fusing: f "hell cases, making
the shells praotically worthless, wi II
probably lead to an investigation
which may result in disclosing a plot
in that particular factory to send out
worthless ammunition. The fact that
both men arrested bear foreign names
leads to the suggestion that munition
factories may be better served if there
wen more Jones', Smiths and Browns
on the pay rolls. The two prisoners,
experts in their line, assert that it was
to work faster and make more money
that prompted them to turn out the
hells without certain wrappings, and
that they were unaware that by so do
ing the efficiency of the shell would be
nullified. An example should be made
of Mr. Sloviski and Mr. Stellio, so that
once and for all, munitions workers
would come to kjw that fatjpay
checks do not havr' precedence over
the lives of American soldiers on the
fling line in France.
23 Years Ago,
(From the Press ot Dec. 21 1894
"Unofficially," the word comes from
Berlin that the Kaiser's Christmas
message will include a peace proposal
to the Allies. The mere facts that
Italy's lines are still held; that our
Uncle Samuel has not yet uncorked
his offensive, and that Kaiser Bill has
been delayed in his visit to Paris, will
preclude'serious consideration of any
proposal that Bill may make at this
time other than that he is ready to
abdicate his soap box and sign up on
the side of world-wide democracy.
Petunias and wall-flowers blooming
at Christmas time I That is what Red
Cross membership solicitors found in
gardens along Wild Horse creek dur
ing their drive Monday. Can you beat
it?
WARTIME SIGNALS.
But two requisites are needed for
Red Cross membership a heart and a
a dollar. With your heart in the
cause, it is a very easy matter to dig
up the dollar, even though you have
to borrow it.
The continued decline of the value
of horses until they are now seldom
worth feeding is turning the most civ
ilized of the animal kingdom back to
barbarism. On the desert of Lake
county there is now a roving band of
1000 "unemployed" horses that , are
running wild and are almost as sby
and hard to approach as the deer or
bear of the forest. Shooing horses to
get rid of them as an expense is be
coming more frequent every year.
At the regular communication of
Dolph Lodge No. 80, A. P. & A. M.,
last Saturday night, the following
officers were elected: 1. D. Lively,
W. M . ; J. W. Smith, S. W. ; Clark
Walter, J. W. ; B. D. Clemons,',Treas. ;
J. Bloch. Sec; E. R. Cox, S. D.; A.
R. Bradley, J. D. and J. S. Myrick,
Tyler.
As an evidence that Athena is not
dead, we are informed that C. W.
Hollis, one of our 'enterprising mer
chants, received new goods every day
except Sunday, during the month of
November.
Miss Harriette C. Woodruff, county
superintendent, has recommended that
a scholarship to the state agricultural
college be granted to Phil M. Price of
Athena.
Wednesday morning at the Bergevin
ranch south of town, thete came near
being a serious conflagration. A hot
fire was kindled in the stove which ig
nited the wall, the smoke and flames
making their way to an upstairs room
where four men were sleeping. They
were awakened and quickly gave the
alarm, and by prompt action the
llameB were subdued before much
damage was done.
Master Rawl Miller entertained a
few of bin little gentlemen friends last
Friday, December Mth, Those present
were: Masters Ralph DePeatt, Dick
Winship, Melville Johns, Clarence
Lively, Jesse Edlngton, George Rosen
zweig, Roderic Hollis, Frank Kirk
land, Sammy Bloch and Craig Wil
kinson. Friday night several parties dis
turbed the peace and quietude of our
city by taking on a surplus of that
which intoxicates, and vented their
spleen on the saloon and fixtures of
Lew Shaw's resort. Five were ar
rested and will receive their sentence
today from Judge Oilman.
A Woodhouse Fire.
A woodshed in the rear of the cot
tage occupied by E. E. Keller, on High
street east of 5th, burned about 1 o'
clock Saturday night, and the fire
alarm turned in by A. B. Steele roused
the citizens from their sleep. The
building was a mass of flsmes when
the hose cart reached the scene. N.
A. Miller saved his outbuildings by
using garden hose. Had the sur
rounding buildings been dry, a serious
conflagration would have resulted. It
is said the fire originated from aBhes
dumped close to the woodshed, which
were fanned by the high wind.
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The reader of this pnper will be
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been able to cure In all Its stages and
that 1b catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment. Hall's
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acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Sur
faces of the System thereby destroying
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patient strength by building up the con
stitution and OBSlHtlng nature In doing Its
work. The proprietors have so much
faith In the curailvo powers of Hall's
Catarrh Medicine that they offer One
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THE
PARKER BARBER SHOP
A. J. Parker, Proprietor
Shaving, Haircutting, Massaging, Shampooing.
Bath Rooms In Connection,
St. Nichols Hotel Block - - Athena, Oreg.
A Clever Device That Was Ueed by
the Ancient Romans.
In view of the varied and scientific
signal methods used in modern war
fare a description of the ancient sig
naling methods found In the writings
of Polyblua will prove of Interest
This writer had observed the opera
tions of the Roman generals before the
fall of Carthage la 140 B. C. and says
they provided their signal stations with
earthenware vessels, exactly equal in
all respects and fitted with cocks which
allowed the water to escape at the
same rate. They were carefully test
ed to make sure of the last require
ment Corks of smaller diameter than
the vessel were floated In them, bear
ing rods, upon which were marked at
a distance of three fingers apart the
simplest and most urgent military mes
sages. They were used as follows:
The sending station raised a torch.
The receiving station, ncelug it, did
likewise. This was a signal for both
stations to open the corks of tbelr wa
ter jars. When the red at the sending
station had sunk so that the desired
message appeared at the edge of the
jar another torch was raised, and the
receiving station shut off its cork and
read the message ou the rod, marked
Identically with that at the sending
station. Detroit Free Press.
WHY IS A CATS TAIL?
MAN AND THE APES.
And the Anatomical Flaws In tho
Thsory of Evolution,
Dr. Mnttoon M, Curtis, professor of
philosophy In Western Reserve univer
sity, protests lu a letter to Science
against the assertion, stHI common In
current scientific literature, that man
is a descendant of the anthropoid apes.
He quotes l'rofessor Duckworth, the
leading authority In this field, who
wrote in his "Morphology and Anthro
pology:" "We must conclude that the exist
ing anthropoid apes, constituted as
they now are, did not figure In the
ancestral history of man."
And he points out some of the fun
damental differences between man and
the apes, differences which defy any
theory of evolution to explain. Among
these differences are those In the form
of the skulls, the shape of the most
ancient skulls that have been found
being substantially the same us the
shape of the skulls of today.
l'rofessor Curtll pleads that sound
science and sound education be based
upon actuul facts and such theories as
grow out of them rather than upon
mere speculations.
Cut tho Ship In Two.
"I was a passenger ou oue of the
old fashioned milling steamers going
from Iiidon to Australia In 1S88,"
said a traveler. "In the Ited se:i we
ran plump into a vessel, and our boat
cut It entirely In two, so ueatly that It
might almost have been done with a
huge knife. We went clean through
her, and the men on the vessel struck
stepped from the two halves of that
ship on to our deck. The Injured ves
sel went down within a few minutes
after it had been struck. The tiling
was so strange that when the captain
of tho vessel we had struck went hacli
to London an Investigation was held,
and It was substantially proved Hint
the officers had with design got in the
lmmedlntc track of our vessel In ordei
to bring about a collision In the hope
that they could collect Insurance nion
ey. The captain ami some of tlie olH
cers were punished by Imprisonment.'
Dees It Serve a Useful Purpose, er Is
It Merely Ornamental?
The question having arisen, "Why
does Lije cat have a tall?" the scientists
seem willing to answer it with another
question, "How would the cat look
without a tall?" No one can gainsay
the fact that the tall is a valuable orna
ment The cat without one Is a sorry
sight. But there are those who main
tain that the tall serves the cat as a
sort of gyroscope, balancing the body
in leaping, says the Popular Science
"Monthly.
This cannot be wholly true, for Manx
cats get along very well without tails,
and rabbits have no use for them at
all. Yet both the Manx cats and cab
bits do a lot of leaping. After all, it
looks as if the tall is only an ornament
unless It Is a kind of safety valve for
expression In exciting times.
Of course there are instances where
the tall serves some purpose other than
that of art. The monkey finds his use
ful as a sort of fifth leg; the horse uses
his as a fly swatter, as does the lion;
the crocodile uses his for swimming, as
do the seal and the turtle and other
aquatic creatures, and the rattlesnake
uses his for warning enemies.
According to W. D. Matthews of the
American Museum of Natural History,
the tall was a necessary organ for the
aquatic and amphibious ancestors from
which tho higher animals are descend
ed. When they took to terrestrial life
and to walking on all fours the tall be
came more or less superfluous.
Tho Crow Family.
Tlie crow family, to which the rook
belongs. Is placed by ornithologists at
the head of tho bird world, us being
more highly organized than any other.
Linnaeus gave the post of honor to tho
eagles because of their kingly quality
of rapacity. The eagles were then de
throned In favor of the thrushes by
reason of the higher development of
their vocal organs, hut two great au
thorities on ornithology, Professor Par
ker and Professor Newton, agreed In
assigning the highest place to the cor
ridae on account of their "wit mid wis
dom." their development of social hab
its, their "siilirutlomillty" nud their
possession of linger luulns In propor
tion to the weight of the body than
hose of nny other birds.
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CHRISTMAS
SUGGESTIONS
DuBerry, Parisian, Pyrolin Ivory"
Fancy Box Candy, Fancy" Box
Stationery, Columbia Grafonolas,
Watterman Fountain Pens, Fancy
Box Cigars, Kodaks, Imported Per
fumes in packages, Serving Trays
Ware's Pharmacy
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DON'T NEGLECT A FEVER.
Keep a Clinical Thermometer In the
Home and Use It.
Every homo should have a thermome
ter In the household medicine closet.
No family, especially where there are
children, should be without a thermom
eter. The thermometer gives the cor
rect temperature of the body whenever
It Is necessary to find out what it
may be.
The beginning of an Illness is shown
by the thermometer. When one Is well
the normal temperature Is 08.0 degrees.
Any rise in the temperature, especially
If it reaches 100 or 101 degrees, shows
there Is fever, atid a physician should
be called lu to treat the condition and
find out the cause of the fever.
Children ami adults baring a temper
ature of over 100 degrees should re
main indoors and In bed. It is always
dangerous to go about tbe house or out
of the house when there Is any eleva
tion of the body temperature.
When one suffers from a cold there
may lie a temperature of 101 or even
102, and if one goes about the bouse or
out of doors It Is no uncommon thing
for him later on to find himself In bed
suffering from bronchitis or pneumo
nia, and death frequently results, and
all from neglecting to remain Indoors
wheu having a bad cold.
Buy a clinical thermometer nud use
It It may save you from severe Ill
ness by showing you that you require
the services of a physician. Philadel
phia Uecord.
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of our Patent Wi""
Many Dealers Cow Not Keep,
the never an rreshMM In
BfeAL GBAVELV PLUG iTOJACC 0.
Now tho Potent Pouch Keeps It
Fresh end Cloee end Good.
A Little Chew of drover '"""J
and Lasts Leaser then a bla shew
f ordinary olua.
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I ALWAYS TAKE MY HAT OFF
TO A BEAR! HE LIKES GOOD
THINGS TO CHEW-BUT HE
CANT READ THAT BILLBOARD
SUPPOSE HE PICKS ON ME! f"
'look for the protection seal- it is not real gravely without this seal
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Origin of a Postal Custom.
Tho steamship Oregon was lost off
Fire Island on March 14, 1880. She
was rammed by a coastwise schooner,
remaining afloat for half an hour, a
time which made It possible to save
every person aboard. When her mail
was lished up and delivered the pieces
were stamped with a statement that
they had been In the wreck, the first
Instance of a practice which Is now
employed by direction of the interna
tional postal union. Tlie credit for this
simple device i3 believed to bo due to
Edward M. Morgan, at that time In a
subordinate position lu the New York
postofficc, who foresaw thut a few
minutes' work with a rubber stamp
would forestall an Infinitude of com
plalut. New York Sun.
NOTICE.
The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of tbe First National
Bank of Athena, Oregon, for the elec
tion of directors for the ensuing year
and for the transaction of such other
business as may lawfully come before
it, will be held in its office in Athena,
Oregon, on Tuesday, January 8th,
1918, at the hour of two o'clock, p. m.
F. S. LeGrow, Cashier.
December 7th, 1917.
Notice to Creditors.
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
In the Matter of the Estate of
William R. Scott, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given to all persons
whom it may concern that Ethel Gar-
i field Scott and W. B. Taylor have been
appointed joint administrators of the
estate of William R. Scott, deceased,
and have qualified as such. All per
sons having claims against said estate
are required to present them with pro
per vouchers according to law to one
of the said administrators at Atnena,
Oregon, or to Homer I. Watts, their
attorney, at his office in Athena, Ore
eon, within six months from the data
I of the first publication of this notice,
on Friday, November 23, 11)17.
Ethel Garfield Scott,
Administratrix,
W. R. Taylor.
Administrator.
Notice to Creditors.
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
In the matter of the JSstate of
Luke H. Read, Deceased.
Notice is hreeby given to all persons
whom it may concern that I, George
W. Gross have been appointed adminis
trator of the estate of Luke H. Read
deceased, and have qualified as such.
All persons having claims against said
estate are required to present them
with proper vouchers according to law,
to me at Athena, Oregon, or to. Homer
I. Watts, my attorney, at his office in
Athena, Oregon, within six months
from the date of the first publication
of this notice, on Friday, November
2, 1917. George W. Gross,
Administrator.
Desperate.
Mr. Smith (making a purchase foi
Mrs. Smith, who has Instructed him to
get her a pair of three and a half
shoes) Let me see a pair of ladles'
5's, wide.
Shopman (who knows the Smiths)
Why, Mr. Smith, your wife always or
ders shi
Mr. Smith My man, I am uot going
to suffer the tortures of the Infernal
regions every morning watching that
woman trying to get a bushel of feet
luto a peck of shoes. I am going to
take her a pair that will tit her. Lon
don Answers.
Notice of Final Accouut
In the County Court for Umatilla
County, Oregon.
In the Matter of the Estate of
A. Kinnear, (Alexacder Kinnear, )
deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un-
; dersigned has filed her final account
and report as executrix of the estate
of A. Kinnear (Alexander Kinnear,)
deceased, and that the above entitled
Court has fixed Saturday, Dec. 29,
1917, at the hour of 10 o'clock, a. m.,
of said day as the time, and the County
Court room in the County Court house
at Pendleton, Oregon, as the place for
hearing said final account. Objections
to said final account should be filed on
or before said date.
Margaret Kinnear, Executrix.
Badly Expressed.
Mrs. Key was visiting some friends
and left the following card to her next
door neighbor: "Dear Mrs. Oarrlsou
Would you please put out a little food
for the ent 1 have been feeding all
season? It will eat almost anything.
Hut do not put yourself out." Dallas
News-
Some Hope Left.
"Ilenr.v, the flour Is all out."
"8b Is my money."
"The potatoes arc all gone."
"So is luy credit."
"Well, we can't starve!"
"fan't we? That's good! I was
afraid we might." Boston Transcript.
Glossing.
Blessings may appear under the
shape of pains, losses and disappoint
ments, but let lilm have patience and
he will see them In their proper fig
ure. Addison.
Used Proper Feed,
riuraane Officer I trust that you feed
yo:ir horses with punctuality. Driver
No. sir: with hay aud oats.-Boston
Transcript.
That which starts upon stilts often
ends utftin crotches. Italian Proverb.
Clsan Breaot of It.
Mother (coming from pantry) Rob
ert, did you pick all the white meat
off the chicken?
Bobble-Well, ma. to make a clean
breast of It. I dld.-Boaton Transcript.
Perplexing.
"This bit of literature hasn't any plot
to speak of, but it's got me guessing."
"Detective story, eh?"
"Nope: time table." Louisville Courier-Journal.
He that plants thorns will not gather
toscs.- Proverb.
You Cannot
afford to to without tke smarter
appearance found in garments
tailored bvj
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Will beat St. Nichols Hotel Athena, December 28 - 29
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Peace and Goodwill
There is a tinge of sadness in the Christmas sea
son this year because peace is not worldwide.
We of America have much to be thankful for
May we use our prosperity to such a good ad
vantage that it may be maintained indefinitely.
Accept our hearty good will and best wishes
for the season.
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