IPs Advertisers The cythena'Press circulates in the homes of readers who reside in the heart of the Great Umatilla Wheat Belt, and they have money to spend Subscription Rates One Copy, one year, $1,50; for six months, 75c; for three months, SOc; 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 XXX. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JANUARY 25, 1918. NUMBER 4- IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIW Pay Les a tor your Home Furnishings now or a good deal more later Furniture, Rugs, Carpets, Linoleum, Crockery, Glassware, Metal Goods all are more than likely to advance in price again in a very short time ANTICIPATE YOUR WANTS attend our great JAN UARY CLEARANCE SALE and Save Money I The time was never more urgent for you to take advantage of low prices than RIGHT NOW To those wl)0 are unable to come to Walla Walla, we BUggest that you write for our Sale Sheets, which give you descriptions and prices of hundreds of our Yellow Tag Specials. Our Mail Order Department is always at your service. The Davis-Kaser Co. Home Furnishing Department Store Complete Furnishers of Homes, Offices and Schools 10-jO Alder St. ' Walla Walla Wash. HUH niniHitiiinmiit IIIIIIIIIIIIH Hr jJH We hear talk about grain sacks, grain bins, grain wagon-tanks and grain storage tanks, but Come to us for the ": v. Dope We have some of it and we soon will have the proper dope 6a all these items. We are Farm Out fitters and donft ycu forget it. Come and see our Gang Plows. IIHMHIIHHI WATTS a ROGERS Farm Outfitters Just Over the Hill HIllIMlHUIIIHIH The Pirst National Bank of Athena Conducts a General Banking Business flillMilflB Capital and Surplus, $100,000 liiiniiiss We are always prepared to care for the proper needs of our Customers. MM IIIHHIIII ESTABLISHED 1865 Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. AMERICAN BEAUTY FLOUR Is made in Athena, by-' Athena labor, in one o the very best equipped mills in the Northwest, of the best selected Bluestem wheat ,'grownanywhere. - Patronize home industry. Your" grocer sells' the famous American Beauty Flour Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers Athena, Oregon. , Waitsburg, Wash. illlllllliMUt We carry the best MEATS That Honey Buys Our Market is Clean and Cool Insuring Wholesome Meats. LOGSDEN & MYRICK Main Street, Athena, Oregon SAVINGS STAMPS CAMPAIGN IS 01 Umatilla County's allotment in the War Savings Stamps campaign'is'near ly $600,000, or $20 for every man, woman and child in the county. The stamps which can be purchased for amounts from, 25 cents to $100, offer the most attractive war invest ment offered to Americans as they yield t k2 per cent compounded quar terly. It is not the purpose of the Government that money taken out of the banks, or savings accounts to buy these attractive securities, but rather that the amounts saved by th'ift and home economies be invested in them. That the bonds mav not be taken en tirely by the wealthy, a limit of $1000 is all that any individual may purchase or hold at any time. ' W. S. Gleiser, local campaign man ager, represented Athena at the county committee meeting held in Pendleton Monday. The stamps will soon be placed on sale in the leading business houses, the schools, as well as in the Postoffice, railway stations and the bank. Mr. Gleiser intends to use the organization perfected and trained for the Christmas drive for membership in the Red Cross, as an educational factor and enthusiasm spreader to make the sales easy ftir the offices selling them. At the present time the stamps can be purchased at the Postoffice and at the O. W R. Sc. N. railway station. A very important meeting will be held at the Auditorium Monday night, January 28. The following organiza tions are requested to be represented preparatory to placing the stamps on sale at their establishments: Schools J. 0. Russell, Grant Shaff- ner, K. K. Uribble. Churches D. E. Baker, D. Errett, W. S. Gleiser. Women's Clubs All organizations represented in the Christmas Red Cross membership drive. Business houses Golden Rule, Ste phens & Hassell, Ware's Pharmacy, Public Library, Fix & Radtke, First National Bank, Athena Press. Twenty dollars per capita means in tensive, energetic work done by all these organizations, but Athena will be in the front rank as usual on this new patriotic drive, and the entire quota will be reached, no doubt long before the close of the campaign, Jan uary I, 1919. EXCAVATION BEING MADE FOR THE NEW ELEVATOR e work of excavation for the foundation of the new grain elevator, to be bunt in Atnena c-y me rarmers Union Grain Agency, is under way. The work is being started on the south end of the Taylor Independent Ware house, and just north of the city rock Howem W .W. Harra, who was In the city Wednesday, in company with the consulting engineer of construe tion, said there was a possibility that the location of the elevator might be changed from the proposed location on the property to that facing lower Main street, on .account that the problem of taking care of the water while putting in the concrete foundation was now confronting them. In his opinion, the Main street site would afford a more uniform condition for 'basement con struction than the site on the south end of the property. According to Mr. Harra, the struc tural iron and gravel for the new building had been contracted for and he left for Spokane on Wednesday eve ning to close the contract for the con crete. After securing the concrete, work will begin at once on the new building. Mr. Harra stated the new elevator at Pilot Rock is assured, for the greater portion of the money has been raised and when the organization is effected, the Pilot Rock enterprise will be merged with the Farmers' Union Grain Agency, also. F00LISHNESS0F WORRY. Forcefully Set Forth In the French Sol dier's Philosophy. Everything might be worse than It Is," is the cheerful conclusion of the French soldier, according to Kathleen Burke In "The White Road to Ver iun." Here Is the way she sums up tbe philosophy of the man In the ranks: Of two things one la certain either you're mobilized or you're not mobilized. If you're not mobilized there's no need to worry; If you're on the front of two things one Is certain either you're behind the lines or you're on the front If you're behind the lines there Is no need to worry: If you're on the front of two things one Is certain either you're resting In a safe place or you're exposed to danger. If you're resting In a safe place there a no need to worry; If you're exposed !o danger, of two things one Is certain ;lther 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 slightly. If you're wounded slightly there Is no 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 tbe trenches or out. KILLED HIS TWENTY MEN. An Incident of the War of the 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 the execu tlon of twenty rebels. The men had been 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 tbo rebels. He was a fine built fellow, about nineteen years old, and his face, even five minutes before he was sched uled to die, was wreathed In smiles. Our leader determined to save the fel low If possible and asked tho com mander of the executing squad to spare the young rebel. '"I can't spare hlin,' the man re plied. '1 have been ordered to execute the whole twenty rebels.' "After much persuasion he agreed to allow the man to live. To follow out his orders, however, he summoned a lo cal policeman, ptaced him in the squad and had bis head cut off wllb those of the nineteen rebels, lie killed twent followed out orders and pleased a vis itor. He was well satisfied." I'blla delphia Tress. Navy Boy Home. Orville Booher, who is serving his second enlistment in the Navy, is ex pected home this week from Mare Island, where he has been confined in the hospital with rheumatism for sev eral months. He will remain here until he recovers his health, when he will again return to service. He re enlisted in the Navy shortly after war was declared, having completed his first enlistment several months before. Mr. Barrett No Better. Word comes from Portland that Senator Barrett, who went to Portland two weeks ago for medical treatment, has undergone little or ho improvement in health. He has not yet entered i hospital for treatment, but will prob ably do so in a fen days. The low altitude of Portland has been of some assistance to him, in that he does not have smothering sensations a: he did here. First Ford Truck. The first Ford one-ton truck chassis to befsold in Athena by Burke & Son, was taken by Edgar Forrest. The machine arrived in the city Wednesday and was an object of especial interest to farmers and others who inspected it. The gear is worm-driven and the rear wheels are equipped with sclid rubber tires. The case of Ira Starr vs. the North I ern Pacific Railway Co., involving a ' $5000 claim for damages, was non suited in Judge Phelps' court in Pen j dleton yesterday. English Prison Pits. 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, which 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-tfto men were consigned every afternoon at 3:45, to remain there until after daylight the following morning. 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 Siberia In 1SU2 uutll they now number well over 70,000, that, too, In spite of the fact that about 0,000 were killed last year for meat and Bkins. Two-thirds of the reindeer belong to the natives, for whom they are solving the problems of food, clothing and transportation. The rest belong to the missionaries, the Lapp Immigrants and tbe government An late of France. The smallest dependency of Franco Is the He d'Hoedle, situated at the cast of Belle Isle. Its population Is 238. The people do not speak French, but Celtic. Fishing Is the principal Indus try and all the Inhabitants are provid ed with food at an inn managed by women. No Shirker. "Son, the 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 coach and ask lilm about lie." Exchange. GERMAN ALIENS I REGI By proclamation of the President of the United States, all German aliens are hereby notified that all natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of the German Empire or Imperial German Government, being malesjof the ag of fourteen years and upwards on regis tration day, who are within the United States and not actually naturalized as American citizens, are required to reg ister as alien enemies. The dates of registration, within the State of Oregon, have been fixed by the Attorney General of the United States to commence at 6:00 a. m. on February 4th and to continue on each day successively thereafter between the hours of 6:00 a. m. and 6:00 p. m.. up to and including the 9th of Feb ruary, 1918, at 8:00 p. m. All German aliens residing "or being within the city of Athena or vicinity are hereby required to present them selves for registration at the Post Office in said city to the Postmaster who has been designated by the Attor ney General as Assistant Registrar of said city and to complete their regis tration on or before the 9th day of February, 1918, at 8:00 p. m. Any German alien, required to reg ister, who fails to complete his regis tration within the time fixed therefor, or who violates or attempts to violate, or of whom there is reasonable grounds to believe that he is about to violate any regulation duly promulgat ed by the President of the United Statesor these Regulations, in addi tion to nil other penalties prescribed by law, is liable to restraint, imprison ment and detention for the duration of the war, or to give securiity, or to re move and depart from the United States in the manner prescribed by law. Forms of registration affidavits, reg istration cards, and instructions to reg istrants, and other necessary forms will be furnished by the Postmaster. Persons required to register should understand that in so doing they are giving proof of their peaceful disposi tions so their intention to conform to the laws cf the United States. Every registrant should read care fully the form of registration affidavitt handed to him and ask the registration officer for explanation on all points not clear to him before attempting to fill out the blanks. Registration officers are Instructed to give registrants all possible aid in the way of explanation and advice. No Occasion For Alarm. Brlggs-I understand that you bare hired our former cook. Griggs Yes, but don't be alarmed. We Intend to discount everything she tells us. Not Curious. Doctor-What made that mule kick yon? I'atlent-I may look foolish, but 1 am not fool enough to go back and' ask him. -Toledo Blade. Coal. The earliest mention of coal Is In the writings of Thcophrastiis. a Greek phi losopher, who lived nlKJiil 800 B. C. iss Gladys Andre Weds. Athena friends of Miss Gladys An- have received announcement of r wedding to Dr. Horace P. Belknap, of Portland, which occurred Wednes dajy The cerjmony was performed at thdJKrst Christian church in Portland, Re. rV H. Griffis officiating. There wdre noYttendants and the wedding guests were limited to relatives. Dr. Belknap's mother, Mrs. H. P. Belknao of Prineville, his two brothers, and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ferguson, parents of the bride, were present. After the ceremony the bridal party repaired to the Benson Hotel where an elaborate wedding breakfast was served. The bride was attired in a smart tailleur of navy blue broadcloth, worn with a small blue toque, and a corsage of or chids and hiacinths. Dr. and Mr. Belknap went for a short honeymoon trip on the Sound. Mrs. Samuel Booher returned Tues day evening from Portland, where she left her son, Lawson, rapidly regain ing his health. I awson is now resting comfortably daily in a wheel chair, and will soon be perambulating on crutch es. Next it will be "home" for the lad, and what a rousing reception he will receive when he returnsl "A Boozeless Democracy" The people of Athena and vicinity are to be especially favored on Wed nesday night, Feb. 6, when they have the pleasure of hearing Dr. W. J. Her wig, of Kansas, discuss the subject of National prohibition, under the title of "A Boozeless Democracy," at the Methodist church. Dr. Herwig is the man who put Idaho dry, as he was the leader of the dry forces. Do not fail to hear him. MAKE YOUR MONEY WORK. Get It Out f. amino For You, but Be a Careful Investor. Money Is a workman. It works for Its owner while the owner sleeps, and It will work for anybody who has It If ho will only put It to work, for there is always somebody ready to hire mon ey and pay for Its use. Let every reader who has a few hun. drcd dollars to spare put It In a good $500 or $1,000 bbnd on the partial pay. meat plan and let It earn something. Five hundred dollnrs Invested In a 0 per cent bond (with the Income depos ited hi a savings bank at 4 per cent) will double itself In twelve years that Is, the $500 will have become $1,000 In that time. This $1,000 at 0 per cent will earn $00 a year, or over $1 a week, for Its possessor. Even nt 5 per cent It will double In fifteen years and at 4 per cent In eighteen years. . Tho lesson the small Investor wants to learii Is Mini his money is Just as good as that of the larger investor. The former has greater need of being careful because he has less to spare. Learn to be a careful Investor. The first thing the careful buyer does If he wants to buy a horse, a cow, a house or a farm, a bond or a share of stock Is to make a careful investigation. Schoolboys may swap the Jnckkulves they hold hi their closed bunds, but grown up men ought to know better. The humblest Investor can buy with as great safety as tbe proudest, for both can deal with the same bankers or brokers In these duys when small lots are popular with firms of estab lished character. Jasper In Leslie's, I W White farmers on the reservation fllhoare working leased Indian land inexcess oi ouu acres wi'i ne allowed to continue to farm that land during the duration of their leases but. will not be permitted to lease other Indian land until they nave cut their holdings to 800 acrestays the Tribune. This decision wasannounced by officials of the Indian bureau in Washington, D. C, after a confernce recently which was attended by several Indians from the reservation and Major E. L. Swart zlander, superintendent. No other changes have been made in the regulations which were announc ed during the summer and none are anticipated. Leases will be bid in by sealed offers, opened 60 days after the land is announced open for bidding. The bids will be subject to the right of the former tenant to meet the terms of the high bid. Senator McNary and Representative Sinnott were present at the conference, which lasted two hours or so. The Indians protested against the procedure of lease by bid ding, claiming that the disposal of their lands was taken out of their hands altogether. Another matter taken up by the conference was presented by Jim Ka nine, representing the Walla Wallas. He entered a protest against the issu ance of patents in fee to the Indians as a result of the examinations con ducted by a commission about a month ago. The officials said that they had not yet received the report of the com mission and would not be able to act. The Indians afterward met the vice president and members of the senate committee on Indian affairs. -TV I Good Scheme. Husband -- Why do you scold the butcher? It Isn't his fault that tho meat comes to the table all dried up. Scold the cook. Wife I don't dare to, but I'm In hopes that If I keep on scoldlnc the butcher he'll get mud and come around n.nd scold the cook. Origin of the Jury Syctem. A Jury Is a body of laymen sum moned uud sworn to ascertain the truth as to facts raised In legal proceedings. The Jury system of the United States developed front that of England. This In turn had its origin In Franklin In quest, Which was translated Into Eng land by Norman kings. In these In quests a body of neighbors was sum moned by a public officer to give uti swer upon oath on some question of fact or law or of mixed fact and law. In the beginning the object of the in quiry was usually to obtain Informa tion for the king to ascertain facts needed for assessing taxes. Kilgore-Harden. sterday, at 4:30 o'clock, in Walla Wain, occurred the wedding of Miss EdnaXHarden and Gerald Kilgore, both popular young people of this city. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harden, and has been reared in Athena, where she has hosts of friends, and the groom, also born and raised here, is a prominent young farmer of the vicinity. They were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Evan Dun ning, who witnessed the cere The young couple will make their home on the Dick Harris farm on Wild Horse creek, recently leased by Mr. Kilgore. SEWING ISIMbUTED 10 REU CROSS WORKERS About fifteen ladies were present at the meeting of the Red Cross auxiliary Wednesday afternoon, when fifty should have responded, considering the present membership in the city and community. Mrs. Hill, local chairman, had received about 125 pairs of hos pital bed socks, a part of which were distributed among those present. More work remains which may be secured by calling on tho'chairman. This work is simple, and may be taken home and done lit the convenience of the Eewer. Nine knitted sweaters and two scarfs were sent in to headquarters at Pen dleton. Six knitters called for yarn, and were supplied. A donation of 100 pennies was re ported, contributed from the "private bank" of the little folks in the family of Mrs. M. W. Hansell. This was given infpatriotic response to a call for penny change, and will doubtless be followed by other t'onations. East Oregonian: Dr. C. F. Wood and son left last night for Portland in response to a message stating that Mrs Wood, who recently underwent an operation for appendicitis, was in a critical condition. No barm can liefull whether alive or dcad.- a liood man, SocraU. Notion Suggestions I We have just received one of the largest shipments of Notions ever ordered for this store. These are items which we do not usually appreciate until we can t get them. By placing our order early, we are able to sell this indespensible merchandise at the same old prices. Pins - - - 2c, 5c and 8c Talcum Powder - - 13c Palm Olive Soap - - 10c Safety pins - - 4e and 7c Hinds Honey Girl Cream - 21c Reslnol Soap - - 2Hc Hooks and Eyes . -V . 4c Hinds Almond Cream - 4 Be Cuticura Soap - - 28c Snap Fasteners - - 10c LaBlanche Powder - 46c Honeysuckle Soap - - no Buttons - - 6cand 10c Woodbury's Powder - - Me Shaving Soap - - Bo Needles 4c Colgates Powder - - 25c Shaving Brushes - 25c and 49c Coats'sewing Thread - - 4c Colgates Tooth paste - 8c, 2Hc Shoe Laces two for - 5c and be Coats Crochet Thread - 12c Woodbury's Tooth Paste - 23c Purses for Men - 16c and 25c Coats colored Crochet thread 10c Perfume - - 28c and 49c Watch fobs ... 10c Belting - - 8c and 12c Toilet Water - - 69c Arm Bands - 5c, 10c and 23c Pencils - - lc and 2 l-2c Hair Tonic ... 09c Hair Brushes - - 25c CarpenterB Pencils - - 5c Knitting needles - - 25c Paris Garters ... 23c See our new line of mens and boys Dress Shoes. Black and Mahoanv, English last Mens $5.50 to $6.90, Boys $4.98 J THE GOLDEN RULE