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VOLUME XXX,
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JANUARY 18, 1918.
NUMBER A
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The Yellow Sea
You will not find it marked in the geography in fact this partic
ular sea exists only at this time of year the Sea of Yellow Tags
waving economy, thrift, saving, from every angle of our
Great January Sale
Hundreds of eager shoppers have visited our store since the open
ing day of the sale, and have come away immensely pleased with their
purchases and our "Glad Service" every clerk willing and glad to serve
you. Shopping here is easy and pleasant, but if you desire rest, allow
us to entertain you in the Edison Studio or in the Ampico Room al
ways some special music on hand. We bid you welcome.
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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We have completed our
invoice and we have a
Warm
Feeling
toward the people of this vicinity for the generous business they have
g iven us for the past year the best of all years.
We will do our best for
you this year
Come and see ub, consult us; we will do you no harm and we will
pretty certainly do you some good whether we sell you or the other fellow.
We honestly feel that if you dojiot come to us
we both lose
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Farm Outfitters
Just Over the Hill
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LETTERS FROM
The
Pirst National
Bank
of Athena
Conducts a General Banking Business
nnaniiin
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 fgrownjanywhere. Patronize home industry". Your
grocer sells'the famous American Beauty Flour
Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers
Athena, Oregon. Waitsburg, Wash.
We carry the beat
MEATS
That Money Buys
Our Market is
Olean and Cool
Injuring Wholesome Meats.
LOGSDEN & M YRICK
Main Street, Athena, Oregon
he 148th Field Artillery, which in
cludes. Battery D, of which several
Athena boys are members, is being
held in quarantine, owing to an epi
demic of scarlet fever.
The 118th had embarked once for
the trip across, but were unloaded and
placed in quarantine when the epi
demic made its appearance. The Press
is in receipt of the following letter
from Sergeant George Winship:
I have taken over my newly as
signed duties as Regimental Ordnance
Sergeant, which will throw a change
in my address.
1 find this work is going to keep
me busy as I have charge of every
gun, cannon, and all parts of them,
also the handling of all ammunition
have to account for every shell and
screw.
''I sure hated to leave the boys from
Athena, but in order to progress in
the Army, one has to do lots of things
he'doesn't want to do. I know nonj
of the fellow who work under me, but
getting acquainted in the Army is an
easy matter.
"It seems that we have quite a bit
of trouble in getting our mail. Can't
figure out the reason.
We were loaded out once, but had
to unload on account of scarlet fever.
Over half of Battery D are in hospital
with it.
"Will be a happy boy when we lick
the Germans and get back to dear old
Athena again.
Maurice Hill writes interestingly
of conidtions at Kelly Field, San "An
tonio, where he is training m tbe
Aviation corps. In a letter to his pa
rents, he says:
I never saw weather change so
quickly as it does here. Day before
yesterday I was sitting in the tent
writing and every few minutes would
wipe the sweat off my face, and all I
had on my back was my shirt. That
evening about six o'clock a terrible
northern wind came up bringing all
kinds of dust with it and continued all
night. They call such storms a "Texr
as." In 80 minutes time we haoWo
get out our overcoats and before long
it began to hail with the dust, which
afterward turned into a sort of dry
snow that continued all night. It was
cold enough to burst the water pipes
in the mess hall and bath house. Last
night was even colder. I kept com
fortable in bed with 3 blankets under
me and 0 over besides my overcoat.
"This has proven a very healthy
climate so far inasmuch as it is so dry
and the boys do not have to around in
the wet and there is not much chance
for the tamp to become unsanitary.
Sanitary regulations are about the
strictest orders out and violations are
punished very severely.
"I passed the mental and physical
examination required, and will be sent
to the University of Texas to study
for two or three months where I will
learn wireless, machine gun construc
tion, all about gasoline motors, sig
naling etc.
"In the office where I am working
we are not kept very busy aB yet. I
don't mind the work at all. Am a
corporal now and receive $86.00. Be
ing on special duty I don't have to do
kitchen work or guard duty, and all
of those things coupled with the fact
that I have a typewriter to use in writ
ing letters, makes it a good thing to
be doing.
"Anything to eat is always welcome
as Army grub gets very monotonous."
Lucille Kemp Married.
Miss Lucile Kemp, former popular
Athena girl but lately of Colton,
Wash., where she lived with her pa
rents, was recently married to Roy C.
Markee, bandmaster of Oregon Coast
Artillery Band, and stationed with
his company at Fort Stevens. The
wedding occurred in Portland, at the
Catholic cathedral on Christmas Eve,
and the bride is now with her husband,
at Ft. Stevens. The groom is a mem
ber of a well known and highly re
spected family of Roseburg, and the
bride, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
I. M. Kemp, was reared in Athena,
where she has a host of friends who
will join the Press in well wishes for
the young couple.
Hay Price Lowers.
The continuation of open winter
weather has served to further lower
the price of hay. Stockmen in many
localities have found it unnecessay to
feed hay at all, and in other sections
of the state but little feeding has been
required. For tbe most part stock
have continued to do well on the range
where grass has been growing without
interruption.
Sen. Barrett to Portland.
Senator C. A. Barrett, accompanied
by Mrs. Barrett, left Sunday night for
Portland, where he will be under the
medical care of Dr. MacKenzie. Sen
ator Barrett has been in declining
health for the past year, and in the
event he does not find relief at Port
land, will proceed to California.
Tractor to Echo.
Edgar Forrest has moved his tractor
to Echo, near which place he will plow
a large tract of land. He negotiated
the roads, bad as they are, to Echo
in twodays, from the ranch southeast
of Athena.
The regular monthly meeting of the
! W. C. T. U. will be held tomorrow,
Saturday, afternoon, at the home of
Mrs. Samuel Hawortb, on Adams
1 street
FOOLISHNESS OF WORRY.
Forcefully Sat Forth In tha French Sol
dier's Philosophy.
"Everything might be worse than It
Is," is the cheerful conclusion ot tbe
French soldier, according to Kathleen
Burke In "The White Road to Ver
luii." Here la the wav alio sums un
the philosophy of the man In tbe ranks :
Of two things one Is certain either
you're mobilized or you're not mobi
lized. If you're not mobilized there's no
Deed to worry; If you're on tbe front
at two thine one Is certain either
you're behind the lines or you'ro on
the front
if you're behind the lines there Is no
Deed to worry; If you're on the front
f two things one III certain either
you're resting In a safp place or you're
exposed to danger.
If you're resting In a safe place there
a no need to worry; If you'ro exposed
lo danger, of two things one Is certain
:)( her you're wounded or you're not
wounded.
If you're not wounded there is no
need to worry; if you are wounded of
two things one is certain either you're
wounded seriously or you're wounded
nightly.
If you're wounded slightly there is
do need to worry; if you're wounded
seriously of two things one is certain
either you recover or you die.
If you recover there Is no need to
worry; If you die you can't worry.
Not bad philosophy, in the trenches
or out
UAs the
larrners
KILLED HIS TWENTY MEN.
An
Incident of tha War of tha Boxer
Uprising In China.
"Speaking of barbaric warfare," said
an army officer who was In China at
the time of the Boxer uprising, "I re
member one day when the company
with which I was attached In China
was in a position to witness tbe execu
tion of twenty rebels. The men had
bceu caught with our assistance, and
the leader of the Chinamen thought
that we deserved the privilege of see
ing them die.
"Our commander was particularly
Impressed with the looks of one of the
rebels. He was a fine built fellow,
about nineteen years old, and his face,
even flvo minutes before he was sched
uled to die, was wreathed In smiles.
Our leader determined to save the fel
low If possible and asked the com
mander of the executing squad to spare
the young reliel.
"'I can't spare him,' the man re
plied. 'I have been ordered to execute
the whole twenty rebels.'
"After much persuasion ho agreed to
allow the man to live. To follow our
bis orders, however, he summoned a lo
cal policeman, placed him In the squad
and had bis head cut off with those of
the nineteen rebels. He killed twenty,
followed out orders and pleased a vis
itor. He was well satisfied." Phila
delphia Press.
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English Prison Pita.
Prison pits were vaults In which
criminals in England were kept at
night, chained together. There was
one at Bristol which was in use as
late as 1S15. Down eighteen steps, It
was only seventeen feet In diameter
by nine feet high, and seventeen men
were consigned to it every night.
Even more typical was Warwick Jail
pit, wbleh was occupied at least until
1797. It was an octagonal dungeon
twenty-one feet In diameter and al
most nineteen feet underground. In
the middle was a cesspool, and beside
It ran a stream of water which served
the prisoners for drinking purposes.
To this awful cell forty-two men were
consigned every nftenioou at 3:43, to
remain there until after daylight the
following morniug.
Reindeer of Alaska.
The Alaska reindeer, which, curious
ly enough, are wards of the United
States department of education, have
increased from the small herd brought
from Siberlu In 1SU2 until they now
number well over 70,000, that, too, In
spite of tbe fact thut about 0,000 were
killed last year for nieat and skins.
Two-thirds of the reindeer belong to
tbe natives, for whom they are solving
tho problems of food, clothing and
transportation. The rest belong to the
missionaries, the Lapp immigrants and
(be government
An Isle of Franca.
The smallest dependency of Franco ia
Ibo He d'Hocdle, situated at the east
of Belle Isle. Its population is 238.
Tbe people do not speak French, but
Celtic. Fishing is the principal indus
try and all the Inhabitants are provid
ed with food at an lun managed by
women.
No Shirker.
"Son, tbe president of your college
writes me that you are not doing much
in your studies."
"Don't let that depress you, dad," re
plied the husky youth. "Just drop a
line to our conch and ask blm about
lie." Exchange.
No Occasion For Alarm.
Briggs I understand that you hare
hired our former cook. Griggs Yes,
but don't be alarmed. We Intend to
discount everything she tells US.
Not Curious.
Doetor-Wkat made lliat mule kick
you? Patlent-I may look foolish, but
I am not fool enough to go back and
ask him. Toledo Blade.
Coal.
Tbe earliest mention of coal la In the
writings of Theophrnstns. a Greek phi
losopher who lived s bout 3(1(1 B. C.
No hsrra can befall a good man,
whether alive or dead. Socrates.
result of the meeting of
held in Athena yesterday,
some 130,000 was subscribed in stock
for an elevator to be located on the
present site of the David Taylor In
dependent Warehouse, the sale of the
property having been made by Mr,
Taylor for that purpose.
Also, the stock subscribed by Athena
farmers merges the local elevator into
consolidation with the Farmers' Union
Grain Agency, which controls the
farmers' elevator at Pendleton, and
warehouses located at three stations
on the Northern Pacific railroad, and
which has its head offices in Pendleton.
In other words, the local capital ex
pands the capitalizaion of the Farmers
Union Grain Agency, which will build
the elevator here and conduct it in
connection with its other holdings.
As proposed, the Athena plant will
be constructed of concrete and will
cost when completed, approximately
$35,000, with a capacity of 100.000
bushels. On the Taylor site, it will
have the convenience of shipping fa
cilities on both the O. -W. R. & N. and
the Northerp Pacific railroads. The
new building will stand between the
two tracks on the south of the present
Taylor warehouse.
It is understood that several of the
stockholders subscribing to the Athena
enterprise are already stockholders in
the Farmers Union Grain Agency con
cern, and when the proposition to
merge with that organization was ad
vanced, they readily agreed. Others
favored making the Athena organiz
ation purely local and independent.
With the funds in hand, and the site
selected it should not be long before
work on the new building is under way,
with completion assured in time to
handle bulk grain during the coming
harvest.
CHANGE III MANAGEMENT
OF GOLDEN RULE STORE
H. A. Powei, for two years past
manager of the Golden Rule store in
this city is making preparations to
leave the city and to establish a Gold
en Rule store in the thriving little city
of Bend, Oregon.
During Mr. Power's residence in
Athena, he has made a host of friends
both in business associations and with
the public generally. He has been
identified with the general welfare of
both town and community and leaves
here with the record of a "live wire"
in all the term implies. Before going
to Bend, Mr. Power, accompanied by
his wife, will take a short vacation,
going to Kansas City and St. Joseph,
Mo., where he formerly resided.
The management of the store here is
taken over by Mr. G. C. Taylor, who
comes from the Golden Rule store in
Pendleton. Mr. Taylor is well known
to the people of Athena and vicinity,
having for the last 15 years been iden
tified with the mercantile interests of
the county seat. Mr. Taylor and fam
ily will reside in the residence just
vacated by Mr. and MrB. Power.
School House Meetings.
School houses throughout the state,
in the cities and in the country, are to
be used as meeting places in which the
lessons of the government war savings
thrift stamps campaign may be dis
seminated. Though the thrift cam
paign, the importance of making thrift
a national characteristic, and the pat
riotic neceBBity of buying government
thrift stamps and war savings stamps,
will be the first consideration of the
school house meetings, other issues of
the war will be discussed.
THOS. F. RYAN
Who will be a Candidate for State
Treasurer in'the Republican Primaries
SOLDIERS ON THE MARCH.
Distances That Trained, Hardened Man
Can Cover In a Day.
Tbe Army Drill Book tells that train
ed and hardened Infantry can cover
from twenty to twenty-ftve miles a day
when In small bodies. As the size of
the command Increases the distance
covered becomes less, as the rnto IB
lowered and time is needed to get all
the units into and out of camp.
With a regiment or less of average
troops regulars marching over aver
age roads, the rate should be from two
and three-quarters to) three miles an
hour, while a division cannot be ex
pected to accomplish more than twelve
and a half miles a day.
Of course, all these figures will vary
with different conditions of roads and
weather. Untrained troops could not
approach them until hardened. Though
(hey might do better for a flay or two,
they could not keep up the steady pace
Of the seasoned regulars for a long dis
tance. Marching with full equipment Is hard
physical work, and, like every other
form of labor, requires a proiier period
of training. Tbe seasoned force will
keep up a steady pace, with ten minute
halts every hour, a fifteen minute stop
being made at the end of the first half
or three-quarters of an hour. Green
troops are apt to straggle badly. Out
ing Magazine.
Holland and Flowara.
It was only after the fall of Con
stantinople hi 1453 Hint Holland be
came such a gay land of flowers as It
now Is. Many Dutchmen went to tbe
east during the years of tbe great cru
sades, and those of tbein who loved
beautiful things brought many borne
again with them. Not only did they
carry away with them silks and em
broideries, Jewels, spices and fruits,
but In the bottoms of their ships they
brought seeds. When these seeds were
planted In tbe rich soil of Holland such
wondrous flowers appeared as bad
uever before been seen In that north
ern country. The people became wild
ly enthusiastic over the new colors and
sccuti nud foliage brought to them
from the east, and In Holland there
sprang up a great love for gardening.
Couldn't 6tand Dofc.it.
Dr. Greufell tells an amusing story
of the introduction of football lu Lab
rador, when defeat was considered so
unendurable a mortification that it had
to be mutually agreed beforehand that
neither side should wbi. "We Baw,"
he says, "the unusual spectacle of the
sldo that hnd been scored against sol
emnly allowed to walk across the field
and kick a goul to save them tbe feel
ing of being beaten."
ROY RtTNER FOR
STATE SENATOR
Roy W. Ritner, representative from
Umatilla county in the last two ses
sions of the Oregon Legislature, an
nounces that he, will be a candidate in
the Republican primaries for State
Senator. Mr. Ritner is making his
announcement through the press of the
county this week as follows:
"I have been a resident of Umatilla
county for thirty-five years and have
been a taxpayer ever since I have been
of age. Attended school in the public
schools of this county and the Weston
Normal. After teaching school for
two terms I went to work in the Pen
dleton Savings Bank, now the Amer
ican National, and was employed there
for ten years. The past ten years
have been engaged in farming and ex
pect to remain ia the business.
"Have had the honor of represent
ing Umatilla county in the Oregon
House of Representatives during the
1916 and 1017 sessions. Have intro
duced very few bills, but succeeded in
passing all those introduced. Devoted
most of my energies toward getting a
square deal for Eastern Oregon, which
is a man's job. Served on the road
and highway committee in both ses
sions and was chairman of the banking
committee which handled the rural
credit law at the last session.
"If elected state senator will con
tinue to work for the best interests of
the state at large and Umatilla county
in particular. I believe in putting
politics in the background and getting
behind the President for the successful
prosecution of the war."
TICKET SELLING DRIVE
IS ON FOR REO CROSS
The ticket selling drive is on for the
sale of tickets to the High school seriea
of four entertainments for the Red
Cross benefit, between the school pu
pils and the committee from the local
Red Cross auxiliary. The telephone
has been made use of and a number of
orders have been taken by the solicit
ors in this manner.
Grant Shaffncr, manual training in
structor in the school has made a large
clock face with dial hands which will
point to the number of tickets sold by
the competing solicitors, while the
sale of tickets is on. It has been
placed in one of the windows at
Ware's Pharmacy, where the tabula
tion of sales will be made.
It is important that the season tick
ets, as Boon as purchased, be taken by
the purchaser to Ware's Pharmacy and
have seats reserved. Tho rivalry be
tween tho school and the Red Cross
promises to be a spirited one, in the
endeavor to secure the honor of selling
the greater number of season tickets.
The net proceeds of the four enter
tainments, which will be given in tho
High school auditorium, will be turned
over to the local Red Cross auxiliary.
The firat.'numbcr of the series of en
tertainments will be on Saturday eve
ning, Februarv 83, when the Rob Roy
Quartette will be the attraction.
Lawson Booher Recovering.
Dr. Aikln, operating surgeon, writes
B. B. Richards from Portland that tha
condition of Lawson Booher is gratify
ing in every respect. Tho doctor
states that Lawson "in on full rations,
half aits up in bed anhd in a few days
will be able to sit in a wheelchair."
The operation for amputation of tha
right limb at the hip j.iint has proven
successful and with the recovery from
the operation, the young man's future
health is assured. The fund at tho
bank has increased steadily until now
it amounts to 1375, and is still growing.
Our Every Day Values
J. C. Penney to make a specialty of (Merchandise for
your everyday" needs, and because of our enormous
buying power, we are able to give you this merchan
dise at prices far below our competitors.
Work 8ox. three pair - 86c
Work sox, two pair - - 25c
Work sox, per pair, - 10c
Mixed wool sox, per pair - 19c
Heayv wool sox, 3 pair - 1. 00
Extra heavy wool sox, - 4 lie
Cashmere hose per pair - 19c
Boys canvas gloves two pair - 15c
Men's canvas gloves three pair 2tic
hxtra heavv. ner nair - 15c
Leath.r faced. Der nair - 2Be
Work gloves, short - 1.25 to 1.98
Work gloves, gauntlets 1.25 to 1.98
Work gloves, lined - 98c to 2.25
Work mittens lined - H9c to 1.49
Men's winter caps ear tabs
36c to 98c
Men's leather caps - - 1.49
Boys' winter caps, ear tabs
. - - - - 25c to 19c
Heavy cotton shirts, - 1.2H to 2.98
Stag shirts - - 4.60 to 0.60
Men's heavy 2 piece underwear,
tan and flesh per garment - 49c
Men's heavy cotton union suits 1.85
Men's fleece lined union suits 1.35
Mun's wool union suits, 2.25 to il.98
Men's silk and wool - - 4.50
Boys' fleece lined union suits
(19c to 70e
Corduroy pants
Work pants
Mackinaws
Boys' mackinawj
Union overalls,
2.4U to 3.25
1.49 to 2.49
4.98 to 9.90
3.98 to 5.00
?.4tf to 2.98
Genuine German dyed Overalls, "Pay Day" and ' Big 8" $1,19 "Underbill" and the
"Crown" $1.29. American dyed Overalls, Boys 49c; Mens 69c and 83c
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