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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. Boyd. Publisher Subscription Rates. One copy, one year $1.50 When paid in Advance, (otherwise, $2.00 One copy, six months 75 One copy, three months 50 ATHENA PUBLIC SCHOOL IN RED CROSS BENEFIT tATHENA. OREGON, JAN. 4 ....1918 With the price of grain sacks at 21 cents, war clause added, staring farm ers in the face, it seems almost certain that the proposed 135,000 elevator for Athena is assured. Farmers in local ities where the bulk method of har vesting grain is followed, pronounce it to be successful, both in time and labor saved, beside the pleasant jingle of the sack money sticks in the grain grower's pocket. W. W. Harra stat ed at a meeting of farmers held in Athena yesterday afternoon, that ele vators conducted by farmers paid a ten per cent dividend above operating expenses, in addition to carrying a sinking fund. In connection with ele vators conducted by farmers on the co operative plan, it is learned that the reason for their remunerative oper ation lies almost wholly in the fact that they follow marketing methods employed by fruit and produce unions and organizations of Hood River, Wen atchee, Walla Walla, and other dis tricts. The knowledge of such results has created interest in the proposed local enterprise with indications that Athena will have an elevator. Government control of railroads has already reduced the number of pas senger trains running between Port land and Seattle to three each way, daily. How many trains were on this route before the government "hoover ized" the schedule, isnotstated. With freight trains given right-of-way priv ileges, the Pullman Company may be expected to trim box cars in mahog any and tapestry. French and British cannon have j3 to be good enough to stand oT tne Germans, and if Uncle Sam elects "supply his battery squads with these r.. unv'e tnnmurfl nn mIi i II lirntnl. L''rt, Ul fellow over The Athena Public School will be the promoter of a aeries of four fine entertainments for the community, the benefits to go to the local Red Cross auxiliary. The High school at Wednes day's assembly elected Connie Baker, who will be the third member of the financial committee consisting of pres ident, Henry Koepke, Francis Wil liams, and Connie Baker. All re ceipts for the Red Cross benefit per formances will be handled by this com mittee. The plan for seat sales is as follows: First five rows, season tick ets 3; second five rows, season tickets 11.75; remainder of house, tl.60 for season tickets. Two committees will canvass Athena and vicinity for seat sales. The High school students and a delegation from the local Red Cross, under the direc tion of a special committee, consist ing of Mrs. H. I. Watts, Mrs. Alta Michner. Mrs. F. S. LeGrow, Mrs. A. A. Foss and Mrs. Marion Hansell. The drive begins Monday and closes Feb ruary 1. The manual training department is making a big clock dial, which will record the total sales from time to time as well as the separate sales made by the High school students and the Red Cross. Aside from the pleasure of seeing and hearing some of the finest enter tainments in the land, you have an other opportunity to help the Red Cross in doing its part to win the war. Will you be in the harness when the committee calls for your patronage? IRWIN 6. BROOKS DEAD: FUNERAL IN PORTLAND Athena and vicinity was shocked to hear of the death of Irwin G. Brooks, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, where he was stationed with the aviation corps of the Federal Army. Death came Sundav, from pneumonia, after he had been ill with measles, an epidemic of which recently swept the Southern camp. Mr. Brooks had everybody for his friend in Athena, where he was book keeper at the First National Bank, I and was prominently identified with i athletic sports. He was a member of I Dolph Lodge, No. 80, A. F. & A. M., i of this city. When he left Athena he j went to Stevenson, Montana, where he waB connected with a bank in the ca ! pacity of assistant cashier. ' II . tl-A 1 C . I (I 1 i u eousioo ocpbeuiuer uuu went to Camp Lewis, stopping in this city en route. He applied for a transfer into the Aviation division and went to Houston on November 9, where he won the rank of sergeant major. Irwin Gordon Brooks was born at Silverton, Oregon, 26 years ago. He was the son of Dr. F. M. Brooks of Portland, who left that city for the 1...0. .:,!,. ..f I.;.. nH I. .,.4 x.l. m. HAulat i ueuoiuv ui 1110 Dull iti.il ngcK un icwcijyi. . t ,.f i.;,. ;it. ...... on... (-,,,...,..,( in bile liana " ma iiiucao. i nv- luncioi will be held tomorrow at Portland. CAPTURED BY RODENTS. STANFIELD WILL MANAGE HIS CAMPAIGN PERSONALLY That he will be his own campaign manager, and have neither headquar ters nor assistants, but will depend upon the news and advertising columns of the press of the state and personal visits to reach the voters, was the an nouncement of R. N. Stanfield Tues day in assuming the active work of his campaign for the nomination for Unit ed States senator on the republican ticket. He declared he intended to make a very active and vigorous campaign and would devote practically all of his time from now until the primaries to the work. The old political manager system docs not appeal to him and he is going to break- away from it entirely. So far as possible he will personally visit every community and locality in the state and use the newspapers quite freely. His statement of principles, or plat form, will be made public about the middle of the month and he expects to conduct his campaign strictly on the principles therein enunciated. In his statement he said he was more than satisfied with the outlook and was confident that with the effort which he intends to devote to the work during the next three months he would be able to secure the nomination. His first Lworlfr-'Will be a trip through the Will- anutte valley ami tnen soumern ure- lgJn. ana tnen nacn to roruana. ne .attended the Irrieation Congress in ftj rattan 1 January and, and the balance at jjt the week is spent at Corvallis, here he delivers an address before . .in farmers' school on the Wool indus try of Oregon. Red Cross Meeting. "10 regular business meeting for the s held at the Red Cross room - , f,- Penclli In Japan. An unthought-of result of the war hns been the creation of a lead-pencil Industry In Japan. In 1011 Japan im ported 0!,000,000 pencils, most of which came from America and Ger many. But with the opening of the European conflict German sources of supply were cut off and native manu facturers, who had been producing only In comparatively small quantities, seized their opportunity und made the most of It. In 1014 Japan exported over nine million pencils and In 1016 the number had Increased to 108,000, 000. There Is strong Indication, ob serves a writer, (hat many of the mar kets won by the Orientals will be held by them after the war, for they have the advantage of very cheap labor. Most of the lead which they use Is Imported from India and this country. Woman Horse Nurse. In London Messrs. MacNumnrn, who employ about forty woman drivers, have put therf horse hospital entirely In charge of women. Mrs. l'nry, the superintendent, says they hnve thirty to forty patients a day. She and three assistants do nil cleaning, grooming, feeding and administering of medi cines prescribed by the veterinary sur geon. The animals, she says, are grateful anil companionable, and she has no doubt that women will want to keep on with this work after the war. "We do not buby Hit horses," she enys. "Somehow we reform the worst cases of temper, mid the women can do anything they like with even fractious, nervous and Buffering horses. The effect on the nerves of the horses, and consequently on their value, Is noticeable." Why Not Wear a Sign? Pat, being on his holidays, was one day strolling through the streets of New York, when he saw the figure of a man standing before a shop. There was n Card pinned to the man's coat on wh!i-iw.v'"-' wriiien, "Reduced to G." I'at tomeff isly approached the Hgucr 'd : "llegorra. Blr, you 1 in reduced to SO cer, Ai lie oe. oltews that or nt -can i A Group of Islands Off Cape Horn New the Property of Rate, Within the last generation nnique rat colony has grown up In sours Geor-. gla, a group of bleak and barren Is lands of about 1,000 square miles, In the Atlantic ocean several hundred miles east of Cape Horn. In the three months of the short warm seaBon a lit tle tussock grass grows, and thti for merly supported a considerable number of rabbits, with a few small mammals of other species. In the last century the Islands became the center of the whaling Industry. With a favorable summer several thou sand whales are brought to the nine stations, and the carcasses, after the outer blubber has been stripped off, are set adrift along the shore. The first rats, escaping from a sealing vessel, were introduced twenty-five or thirty years ago. They found the best of shelter In the peat and tufts of grass, and with an unlimited food sup ply In cold storage In the enormous Held of rotting flesh they have multi plied In millions, notwithstanding the rigors of the winters. At the time when the rat Is being fought as a great menace to the world's health the development of this rat stronghold offers a problem of peculiar Interest. Excha nge. The Judge, H; Knows. "What, you here again?" exclaimed a New York police magistrate when his eyes fell upon a familiar face be fore the bar. "Why, you're only out of the workhouse," said the magistrate to the nun, who was nrratgned for strik ing his wife. "Well, you see, Judge," began the prisoner, "we have mice In the house you know how It Is, Judge and my wife set a trap for them. I was going around the room In my bare feet you know how It Is, Judge not thinking of Ihe trap. I stepped on the bait and my big toe caught In the sharp wire noose you know how It Is, Judge." "What's that got to do with striking your wife?" "I threw the trap at her you know how It Is, Judge and she didn't dodge It." "No, I don't knew how It Is. You hnd been drink ing last night." "I had one drink you know how It Is, judge." "Two months In the workhouse you know how It Is," said the magistrate. MOLES HAVE NO EYES. THEY CANT READ MY BILLBOARDS AND OET WISE.DON'T YOU BE A MOLE I f iGRAVELY'SHil! I 11 Befere the IsvenUoii V M.n, Deals Could Net K . ... B -,"eLV"liMf6BACC01 Jk. jMJBjPMKii, BeeafAatefcaAK Nov tho Patent Pouch Keep It p JKjsjjlj WbTjI A Ut" CI,Lo Mh ' blgVhew -fi Tractor Has Feet and Leg. A tractor without wheels designed especially for drugging cultivators In cornfields, Is described by Popular Me chanics Magazine. Instead of wheels It has four legs with ski-shaped feet, these legs having hip, knee and ankle Joints and they take steps like those of nn nniinnl. The legs arc driven by a gasoline motor. They are steered around cor ners by making those on one side 'take longer steps than those on the other and reversing Is accomplished by transferring the knee-caps from the front to the back of the Joints. The machine can straddle a row oA six-foot corn without touching the stalks. The Chur dies, The Christian Church. The special feature of the Sunday morning service will be the annual sermon, dealing with the report of the past year and the problems for the future. Every member should be pres ent to learn what we have done, and what we are going to provide for 1918 19, will be the theme. Bible school 10: a. m., preaching 11 a. m. There will be no evening service on account of dedication of the new Christian church at Milton. Music appropriate to the occasion will be rendered at the morning service by the Christian church chorus. You are cordially in vited to all services and welcome to all our privileges and worship. D. Errett, Minister. Where Are the Germans, Mammaf Mother's four-yenr-old Is very much Interested In the war. He often hears f.ls father reading the war news. "Whnt Is a fort?" he asked his mam ma, recently. "There Is one near the city," the mother said. "I'll take you out there some day," and she kept her word. When the four-yenr-old hnd seen the buildings and the soldiers drilling, and mother hnd explained to him the ob ject of the training, the little lad "But where nre the Germans, mnrS inn? Indianapolis News. At the Baptist Church. Last Sunday was a great day for us. The power ol the Spirit of God was upon us. The crowds increase. Three united with the church at the morn ng service. The revival spirit is begin ning to work. Our revival effort begins next Sun dav. and will last until the interest I ceases. We are in it to win. Will the public help us' Topics for a week: Sunday, 6th, 11 a. m., "The Sound of Rain;" 7:30, p. m., "Revival;" Monday evening, "A Recipe for a Revival;" Tuesday evening, "A Stereopticon Picture;" Wednesday evening, "Picks and Shov els;" Thursday evening, "The T.-ue Mission of the Church;" Friday even ing, "Four Peas in a Pod;" Saturday evening, "The Church With a Hobble Skirt;" Sunday. 13th, 11 a. m., "The Wilderness Wooing;" 3 p. m., "Ruth, a Type of the Church;" a study of the Book of Ruth;" 7:30, p. m., "The Dry itones of Athena. " Afternoon servic es' at 3:30 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs day and Friday of each week. Let everybody prepare to attend these ser vices. Good music at all the services. D. E. Baker, Pastor. NOTICE. All parties knowing themselves in debted to me fot; the year 1917 will please come forward and settle the same. N. A. Miller. Notice oFinal Accouut In the County? Court f" Umatilla County, Oreg'"' i- - ter of the estate ui Biache-Franz, deceased, rebv given that the un- -a filed her final account e above entitled mat ne above entitled Court day, February 3, 1918, f 10 o'clock a. m., of 'a. time, and the county .us the place, for hearing unt and report. Objections j final account and report should iied on or before said date. Mary LaBrache-Baddeley, Executrix. I Dated January 4, 1918. THE UNIVERSAL CAR These are economical days and so the Ford Car be comes a more intense necessity to you every day, be cause by reason of the universal service the Ford supplies every day it has become a large part in the "business of living. " It is a daily necessity because it proves a daily economy. You have the choice of a variety of bodies, from the snappy runabout to the de luxe Sedan. Runabout, 15; Touring Car, 3.60; Coupelet, 505 ;Town?Car, $595; Sedan, 615; One Ton Truck Chassis, $H00. These prices f. o. b. De troit. Your order solicited. Burke & Son Garage Phone 82, Athena, Oregon IALI Special Tractor Oil, Highest Grade Paints and Roof Coating Direct to You Mr. Carownerl Mr. Farmer! See me before prces ad vance January 1st. It will pay you well Most Liberal Terms FRANKLIN R. HARRISON Manufacturer's Agent for Eastern Oregon, PENDLETON. OREGON nnot the smarter u garments ;o ,hase Vulcanizing Vt just opened. Now is the ti and Tubes Vulcanized, o4.ll HP W 5?e your old Tires ork is Guarantead. I also carry a stock of Auto Accessories, Oils, Grease, Etc SEE THOSE RACINE TIRES BEFORE BUYING Next Door to P. O. R. A. THOMPSON Athena. Oregon "IIMIIIUMIimi t FOSS-WINSHIP HARDWARE COMPANY Shelf and Heavy HARDWARE BARRETT BUILDING, :: ATHENA, OREGON iHf ifrr r