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tATHENA. OREGON, FEB. 22 .... 1918
The Portland Telegram worries be
cause the Cowlitz river fishermen have
signed an agreement to charge one
cent per pound for smelt and three
middlemen have contracted for the en
tire output of the river at that price
The Telegram grouches that the mid
dlemen will sell to the wholesaler for
85 cents the 50-pound box of smelt.
The wholesaler will soak the retailer
$1.00 , for the same 50-pound box,
groans the Telegram. Then it ends
its conniption fit with "What the
consumer will have to pay the retailer
remains to be seen. " It's dead easy
for the consumer, in this instance. In
the first place, smelt is the poorest fish
that ever swam a stream, second to
sucker or carp. In the second place,
the consumer doesn't have to consume
smelt at the price stated in the Tele
gram. All the consumer has to do is
to refuse to consume, and the harpoon
is thrown right back into the retailer,
the wholesaler the middlemen and the
Cowlitz fishermen. So why is a grouch?
The daily press is giving consider
able editorial space in denunciation of
the so-called Non-Partisan league. It
is being attacked from every angle
and by journals of every political stat
us. It is being termed everything
from a Bolsheviki movement to a by
product of the farmer's grange which
has been captured by pro-German pro
pogandists as a medium for espionage.
Right here it might be the proper
thing to say that this is not the ac
cepted time for organizing leagues of
any kind save and except get-together
movements against PrusBianism. The
only league that any one should be in
terested in at this time is the one that
is feeding the Allies and our boys in
the European trenches.
Mr. Hoover could help things amaz
ingly if ho would only squeeze down
the lid on the flour substitute profit
eers. Its a fleecing game when oats
flour brings $12.50 a barrel and barley
flour $12.00. The fault doeH not lie
with the millers, but In permitting the
exchanges to manipulate the prices of
the grain.
The first copy of what purports to
be the drat Persian newspaper in the
world has just been issued in New
York. It is a fairly good sheet,
in the estimation of those who are able
to read it. A feature is the makeup
and content of It! front oage,
which is totally devoid of any attempt
at camouflage telegraph Bervice, so
ardently coveted and exploited by cer
tain afternoon brush circuit publica
tions. Indications point to a deal of trouble
coming to certain boys in Athena if
they do not direct their conduct with
more circumspection, regard for the
law and the rights of others, than tbey
have for the past few weoks. No com
munity will tolerate petty lawlcsssncss
nor breach of the public peace for
long.
LIBRARY HAS RECEIVED
THE NEW RENTAL BOOKS
At the Athena Branch Library, the
following new rental books are on the
shelf:
Bower. Cabin Fever.
Holms. A Yankee in The Trenches.
Peat. Private Peat.
The library Board desires to remind
all patrons taking magazines from the
room, that no magazine should be
kept longer than from one library day
to the next; and, also, but one new
magazine should be taken at one time.
In order to be fair to all, these rules
must be strictly observed.
Food conservation pamphlets have
been received at the library, and will
be given out as long as they last.
The Churches
Th ; Christian Church .
"An Apostolic Compliment to the
True Christian," and "Things to Em
phasize," will be the respective themes
at the Christian church Sunday. Bi
ble school at 10, with Geo. R. Gerking
at the helm. On account of the great
interest in the Milton meetings, and
an intervening meeting, the Kellems
and Richards Evangelistic company
will not reach us as soon as expected.
But they will come, unless signs fail.
Athena needs a great meeting. And
every one claiming intereat in the
world should give vote and voice to it.
Our aim 100 in the Bible school, 800
in the church. Are you i"terested?
If so, come. D. Errett, Minister.
Baptist Church Notes.
A new department of the work has
been adopted, viz. an afternoon meet
ing at some place where some one is
shut in. One was held Sunday after
noon at the home of Mrs. White, with
great effect. If all knowing of such
others living in the community or coun
try will they please report to the pas
tor. Topics for next Sunday: 11 a. m.,
"Meet for the Master's Use, or Doing
the Will of God." Let all members
be present. 7:30, "The Docrtine of
Assurance." A larger company than
usual listened to the address on Just
ification last Sunday evening. This
evening address will be just as good.
Good music, with special numbers as a
part of the program. The public is
invited. D. E. Baker, Pastor.
Methodist Episcopal Church.
Methodist church Sunday services aB
usual; Sunday school 10, W. C. Emmel
Supt. The Sunday School is starting
a contest which is going to be interest
ing, Last Sunday the following class
es reported two new scholars each: Bi
ble class, Young Peoples cIbbs. The
following, one: Primary, Boys', Miss
Coppocks, Mrs. Gleiser's.
Walter S. Gleiser.
23 Years Ago.
c'rom the Press oi Feb. 22 1895
ity. The horse afflif ted reel and stag
ger, hair drops off and sores break out
all over the body.
The band serenaded the candidates
for the city offices Monday night.
L. J. Foss and family moved into
town this week and will occupy their
residence in the north part of the city.
"Dick" Maloney's appointment to a
scholarship in the Agricultural College
at Corvallis has been endorsed by the
proper officials and he may enter the
college at any time he wishes.
Beautiful weather; the robins are
with us again.
Trappers in the Blue mountains are
said to be meeting with poor success,
animals being scarce.
Chief No Shirt's people have been
arrested for participating in the "fun"
dance. Both sides have procured legal
advice.
Ferndale is the name of a country
school north of Milton and according
to reports, some of the pupils would
make fit subjects for Buffalo Bill's
Wild West show or could cover them
selves with glory at a Jim Corbett en
tertainment. Some time ago the
teacher was obliged to enforce order
at the point of a revolver. A literary
society has been having weeklv meet
ings there and it is reported that they
generally break up with a fight.
Volume I, No. I, of Chinooke, the
new society paper of Pendleton, is at
hand. Miss Grace Welch is business
manager and Messrs. Will ParBons and
James Jackson are the editors.
As we have all along predicted, the
bill to divide Umatilla county met its
fate in the Senate. This is in accord
with the wishes of the vast majority
of Umatilla county's citizens.
Extreme cold all over the country,
and balmy weather in Washington and
Oregon.
A Good Position.
Number of young men and women
wanted to prepare for telegraph and
station service caused by unusual
drafting of men for the Signal Corps.
Positions paying from $75 to $90 per
month. Write Telegraph Dept. room
218 Railway Exchange Bldg. Portland,
Oreg. Adv.
NOTICE.
All parties knowing themselves in
debted to me for the year 1917 will
please come forward and settle the
same. N. A. Miller.
YOUR MENTAL MACHINE.
Jo. Bergevin and AgneB Lafave have
procured license to wed.
Hugh Worthington, the Weston
butcher, was in town Monday.
Pendleton consumes about a ton
of butter a week, all of which is made
in Umatilla county, moBtly in Camas
Prairie.
An unusual and peculiar disease is
spreading among the Indian ponies on
the reservation and causing much un
easiness to white settlers in the vicin-
HAITI CLEANS HOUSE.
Changes That Wert Brought About by
th American Occupation.
Five years ago hi Elnltl there was ou
the whole island not more than oua
mile of macadamized roadway, and the
new streets, taking the place of combi
nation trails and sewers, are the most
noticeable changes brought about by
the American occupation.
But more remarkable than the streets
Is the astonishing sight of squads of
Haitians actually cleaning the streets.
Under the old regime tho chief occupa
tions of the male citizens of Haiti were
cockOgbtlng and politics.
The refuse and smells have departed,
and, better still, most of the children
have disappeared from the streets.
They aro actually at school, where by
Haitian law they are supposed to be,
but where by Haitian lawlessness only
about 10 per cent of them ever used to
be
Subul 4 o'clock every week day you
will see this newly mobilized Infantry
coming home in squads clean and, un
fortunately for the picturesque value
of Hnllluu highways and byways, now
thoroughly provided with clothes
World's Work.
The coming of McCredic's ball toss
crs to Pendleton will give Bob Cronin,
sport writer of the Journal, a chance
to visit the sand lots of his own home
town. Leave it to Bob to make tho
inoBt of it only the ol' kid will miBS
his bike up Meacbam for trout. "Wa
ter's too high."
The Bulldogger ed. and Kernel Wood
have our sanction to enter mortal com
bat, but we reserve the right to view
the remains from the observation ton
ncau of an aeroplane this stipulation
for reasons unnecessary to mention.
Mr. Jim Ashworth of Weston haa
thrown his hat into the republican pri
mary ring aB a candidate for the office
of county commissioner. Jim has been
a candidate for .this self-same office
before.
We notice that old Hindenburg is
being given front page prominence
lately along with Kaiser Hill. Wot's
become of the crown PfinceUt? May
be Veidun got his goat; hence the high
cost of cheese at Potsdam.
Why not a service HaR for Athena?
Other towns of the county have them
and none presents a more gallant crew
than the boys in the service hailing
from Athena.
Now that his creditors are after him,
we may expect to hear any time that
Nick Romanoff's .Ford has been at
Uched.
In Keeping With the
Big Thought of
the Day
The daily preaa reflects a sentiment throughout the nation which
cleurly indicates a new condition.
Men are wanted tvry where. The work of this war is being carried
on largely by those who never before have been in public work. Men who
have been too busy, too engrossed in their own tanks, are leaving their
own tasks, arc leaving their work to others and giving their time and
ability to the cause which is ours, youra, everybody's.
It is time when politics in the ordinary sense must not be considered.
It calls for all the ability that can be mustered.
Oregon to be a successful part in this unit plan for the defense of De
mocracy, must likewse place the thought of the times before everything.
In another part of this paper appears tho announcement of Mr. L. J.
SinirHon as a candidate for the nomination for Governor on the Republic
an ticket. Mr. Simpson was urged to become a candidate by his many
friends in every part of the state, because of his business record, his un
derstanding and knowledge of Oregon's resouces, industries and needs;
Because of his public spiritedness, which of recent years has led him to
tasks which have been more important to him than his own affairs.
L. J. Simpson is clearly the man who can
give Oregon the Administration necessary
to this plan of National Efficiency.
His campaign will be directed straight to you as voters, as individ
uals who do your own thinking.
We are lirmlv convinced that you will not allow politics to influence
your decision, and that you will vote for the man who is best fit to help
the people of Oregon develop the state's vast rcsourcees, and to prepare
for, and participate in, the great reconstruction that is to follow.
We believe you will weigh i-sues more closely than ever before, and
that L. J. Simpson will pe your choice.
First -Talk over his candidacy with
your friends.
Second If you believe that L. J.
Simpson is worthy of your support
write a letter to this committee.
Suggest how his cause may be ad
vanced. We, iu turn, will tell you
how you can help.
Paid Advertisement, issued by
"Simpson for Governor" League,
Pittock Block, Portland.
Shut Off Its Power at Night After a
Day's Hard Work.
It is a treat thing to learn to shut
off tbe mental steam when you quit
work. What would you think of a fac-
ry manager who would leave all of
Ills power turned on after tbe operators
bad left the factory, the delicate ma
chinery running everywhere, pounding
itself to pieces, grinding out Its delicate
bearings without producing anything?
Many of us do not turn off our men
tal power after we are through pro
ducing or creating for the day. We
carry our business borne, take It to bed
with us, think, plan, worry and waste
precious energy In all sorts of ways,
in superfluous thinking, foolish worry
ing that produces nothing, but grinds
out the exquisite mental machinery
and unfits It for the next day's work.
It Is a great art to learu to shut off
power when through our day's work,
bo that we can oil our mental ma
chinery, refresh our minds and recu
perate ourselves, so that we can go to
tho next day's work completely rein
vlgorated. Many men seem to think that they
are accomplishing something If they
keep their minds on business even
when not at work, but they really ac
complish less than nothing because
they are wasting precious mental en
ergy, the power for concentration, the
vigor, the focusing of the mind, which
la Imperative for creating purposes.
Orison Swett Marden.
(the sergeant and the wise rookie
THE DRY WALL
A Beautiful Art In Stone Work That
Is Patting Away.
In the American Magazine David
Grayson says:
"In dry walls I think the old stone
mason takes the greatest pride of all,
for It Is in the dry wall I mean by
that a wall laid without mortar that
the sheer art of the mason comes most
Into play.
"Any one can throw a wall together
If be has mortar to make It stick, but
a, dry wall must stand out for what It
Is, built 80lM from the bottom up.
each stone resting securely upon the
one below it and braced and ucsted In
by the sheer skill of the mason.
"The art of the dry wall Is the an
cient heritage of New England and
speaks not only of the sincerity and
the conscientiousness of the old Purl
tan spirit, but strikes the higher note
of beauty.
"Many of the older walls I know are
worth going far to see, for they ex
hibit n rare sense of form and propor
tion and are sometimes set in (lie land
scape with a skill thut only the master
artist himself could exceed. Those eld,
hard wrought stone fences of the Burn
ham hills and Crcwsbiiry, the best of
them, were fconestly built aud built to
last a thousand years.
"A beautiful art and one that Is
passing away! It Is the dry wall that
stauds of Itself that the old stonema
son loves best of all."
Crawling For Penance.
A Buddhist priest who has been eight
years on the way lo Lussu expects to
arrive there eight years hence. He
started from the northeast of Peking,
and when met by an English mission
ary he had completed over 2.000 miles,
about half his journey He does not
walk, he crawls, or. rather, he com
bines both methods On bis hands be
wears boards; on his knees he wears
pads. lie lies full length upon the
ground; then, getting up. walks to
where bis lingers had reached, then
prostrates himself and measures afresh.
He Is under a self Imposed vow and
believes that If he crawls In this man.
ner to the Tibetan holy city his sins
will be forgiven and honors bestowed
upon him by Buddha.-Exchange.
Hot Air as a Polisher.
Hot air Is used for polishing. The
articles to be treated are placed hi a
basket in a centrifugal machine driven
nt a very high speed and heated air is
blown from a pipe through the basket.
A high polish Is thus produced very
rapidly. Nickel plated articles that
have become tarnished are made bright
iu a few minutes. Wet metal, fresh
from the batb, needs no preliminary
drylug, for tbe current of ulr dries and
polishes It at the same moment
Beet Time For Black Baas.
Early morning Is tbe best for black
bass on smaller streams, Liter part of
the day till sundown very good. Cloudy
days midday good, especially if cool.
For fly fishing for bass early morning
hours aud an hour before dark best
time. If full moon even later gets the
big ones. New York Sun.
Effort to Enlighten.
"Father," said the small boy, "what
Is an overt act 7"
"My son, an overt act Is something
that either compels you to be so rude
as to Bgbt or to be so polite ns lo pre
tend that you didu't notice It." Wash
ington Star.
How Your Hair Grow.
According to an authority, the hair
grows half an Inch a month until it
reaches its natural length. With men
the natural length Is from eight to
twelve inches. Wltft women it grows
anywhere from eighteen Inches to their
heels
Where Ingenuity Counts.
The bighorn or Itocky mountain sheep
can travel ns far over the mountain
peaks in a few niluiites as a hunter
can go Iu two hours.
Well Informed.
nillington-I uudcrstnnd his wife has
money. Stllliugson-He understands it
also.-St Louis I'ost DlspaKb.
Humor.
Humor Is the true sixth sense. Lack,
tug it, one mlsseth the joy of living.
It lurks under the serious affairs of
life as a violet lurketh uudcr the trees
of the forest and when so found Is
more to be prized than that which
shoiiteth Itself from tbe housetops
Clevelaud Plain lien lor.
Potatoes.
The stem end of a potato Is the end
that was attached lo the vine; the op
posite end Is the seed end. The seed end
might be called the top of the potato
aud the Rteweod the l Horn The buds
at tbe seed cud swell ami grow tirst.
Ncw York Suu.
WHAT DIFFERENCE I
DOES IT MAKE
WHETHER YOUR
REGIMENT CHEWS
W-BCUTOR I
NOT? I
-1
ID YOU
wa7 f
IF THEVCMEW W-B CUT
THEY'RE ALWAYS SURE
TO BE HAPPY AND Wlf
TENTEDil
HE'S A KNOWING CUSSrJ
THAT RECRUIT I p
SPEED IN BASEBALL.
What an Infield Double Play Means In
Time and Action.
Making Hist base, though more dra
matic to watch, Is an uneventful ex
pedition compared with tbe trip to sec
ond. It takes a fast man to negotiate
the Journey In 3 3-5 seconds. No thrown
ball goes over 300 feet, and If a batted
ball travels beyond tbe safe limits of a
single throw It must be relayed by the
fielders. While you are watching the
outfielder scamper after the ball tbe
relay line Is being swiftly formed In
tbe Infield. There guild be no such
quick and accurate fleldbig of deep
outfield bits If tbe outfielder taking tbe
ball did not know that behind him was
ranged bis line of relays ready to take
the ball the instant be could turn and
throw It.
To make a double play In the Infield
the shortstop, for example, must Held
a ball that has been batted -.bout 135
feet. He passes the ball from ten to
twenty-five feet to the second base
man, who must then throw It ninety
feet to first. All this while the batter
Is running ninety feet, a trick that, ns
we have seen, it takes a snappy run
ner to turn In 3 3-5 seconds. It's a
close call and a case of utilizing the
fraction of a second, but with sharp
fielding the margin Is all on the side
of the fielders. The double play is the
menace ever threatening the runner on
first.
Fruit Acids as Mouth Cleansers.
Unless the teeth are very badly dam
aged or eroded the acids of fruit, such
as that contained iu grapes, oranges,
lemons or apples, will be found to be a
saisfnetory mouth wash. Tbe advice
of a dentist should be sought, how
ever, to determine the coudition of the
teeth and to decide whether an alka
line or acid wash Is preferable for the
individual case. But there is no ques
tion, according to the Popular Science
Monthly, as to the efficacy of the food
acids in removing quickly and entirely
the mucous films that are the first
stages of dental decay.
An apple eaten In the evening will
cleanse the teeth mechanically and
chemically and if followed by vigorous
brushing will protect them from bac
teria during the night.
Domestic Jays.
Mrs. Crabshaw-I might have mar
ried that man who became a million
aire. Crabshaw-Forget It. my denr.
If he'd married you be would be as
poor as I am." Lamb.
Imitation.
"What a wonderful sunsetl"
"Yes. It actually leems to be try
ing to look like some of tbe pictures In
the art store." Washington Star.
Notice of Final Acconnt.
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
In the Matter of the Estate of
William H. Wood, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given to all persons
whom it may concern that Arnold
Wood, administrator of the estate of
William H. Wood, deceased, has filed
his final account and report in the ad
ministration of the estate; that the
County Judge by order duly made and
entered has appointed Wednesday, the
27th day of February 1918, at the hour
of ten oclock in the forenoon as the
time and the County Court House of
Umatilla County, Oregon, as the place
where all objections anl exceptions to
the said final account and report will
be heard and settlement thereof made.
Dated this 25th day of January, A.
D., 1918. Arnold Wood,
Will M. Peterson, Administrator.
Attorney for Administrator.
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and heavier the regular f ord motor with direct driven
worm gear; wheel base of 121 inches and will turn in
side a 4H-foot circle. It has all the simplicity of a
Ford car all the economy in operation and mainten
ance. Come in and we will give you further details.
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L
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Most Liberal Terms
FRANKLIN R. HARRISON
Manufacturer's Agent for Eastern Oregon,
PENDLETON. OREGON
i
SUMMONS.
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
Mae Moeser, Plaintiff,
vs.
' William H. Moeser, Defendant.
To William H. Moeser, Defendant
above named:
In the name of the State of Oregon ;
you are hereby required to appear and
answer the complaint filed against you
in the above entitle court and cause on
or before Saturday, the 16th day of
March. 1918; and you will take notice
that if you fail to appear and answer
said complaint or otherwise plead
thereto by said time the plaintiff for
want thereof will apply to the Court
for the relief prayed for in her com
plaint to-wit, for a decree of the Court
forever dissolving the bonds of matri
mony now and heretofore existing be
tween plaintiff and defendant and for
other equitable relief.
This summons is published pursuant
to an order made and filed herein by
Honorable Gilbert W. Phelps, Judge
of the above entitled Court, on the
2tsth day of January, 1918. The first
publication of this summons will be
made on Friday, the 1st day of Feb
ruary 1918, and the last publication
on Friday, the 15h day of March, 1918
and will be published for six consecu
tive weeks in the Athena Press news
paper published at Athena, Oregon.
Dated this 26th day of January, 1918.
- Will M. Peterson,. L
Attorney for Plaintiff,
rostoffice address, Pendleton, Oregon.
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