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VOLUME XXX.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. MARCH 1, 1918.
NUMBER 9
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HOME FURNISHINGS
Increasing attention is being devoted to the harmonious furnishing
of the home; to the quality of material, the color arrangements, the
grouping of the furniture, the planning of the draperies and the
choosing of the rugs; always having in mind the suitability of every
thing entering into the assemblage, whether furniture, floor coverings
or decoration.
It Is Because
This store studies the home that we can render efficient help in the
planning of its many delightful features. Immense stocks for your
selection. Consultation invited.
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Complete Furnishers of Homes, Offices and Schools 10-20 Alder St.
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And if on us you call.
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$2.20 BASIC
18 WHEAT CROP
Although Pood Administrator
Hoover promised on Saturday last
to obtain for the Pacific Northwest
a wheat price equivalent to the
Chcago price, irrespective of the
price of 2.05 named in the Pres
ident's proclamation, nothing of
that nature has yet been done and
members of the Oregon delega
tion have been unable to learn
whether any active move in that
direction is under way.
Absolute parity of Northwestern
wheat markets with Chicago and a
basic price of 12.20 for the 1918 crop
by virtue of the water rate announced
by the United States Shipping Board
was confidently asserted by C. W. Nel
son of Seattle, upon his arrival in
Portland from Washington, D. C,
where he was a member of the Farm
ers' Union delegation from Northwest
ern states in conference with the Fed
eral Food Administration and the
Shipping Board.
The price in Northwestern markets
will be absolutely identical with the
price at Chicago, or 2.20, fortbe 1918
crop," decla'ed Mr. Nelson, who is
general manager of the Iri-btate ter
minal Company, a farmers union en
terprise at Seattle.
Mr. Nelson, who left Washington on
Thursday of last week, at the conclu
sion of a fortnight's conference be
tween the farmers' delegation. Food
Administrator Hoover and officials of
the Shipping Board, waves aside all
rumors of misunderstanding or dis
agreement, and states that harmony,
and willingness to serve the interests
of Northwestern wheatgrowers marked
the entire proceedings at the successful
conclusion of which the delegates de
parted.
Concerning the seeming discrepancy
between the basic price of 12 05 named
for Portland and Seattle in President
Wilson's recent proclamation and the
low water rate pledged by the Shipping
Board, which would automatically raise
the rate to a parity price with Chi
cago, Mr. Nelson stated that it is un
derstood that the 2.05 price is to ap
ply to the remainder of the 1917 crop
only, and that the 12.20 price is to be
fully effective for the 1918 crop.
'The situation is that the President
refuses to interfere with the wheat
price at present," explained Mr. Nel
son. '"It can readily be seen that if
he announced a highei price at this
time, wheat now in storage would be
held for that price.
Such action would embarass the
Administration in its promise of food
to the allies and tend to hamper the
successful prosecution of the war. The
allies have got to have our wheat for
food and we must have it ourselves
without delay.
'It is thoroughly settled, as the re
sult of our delegation's conferences
with the food administration and the
Shipping Board, that the 1918 crop of
the Northwest is to be on an absolute
parity with the price established in
Chicago, through the medium of the
water rate.
'The old rate of 3.05, named in the
President's proclamation applies on
the 1917 crop. We granted that it
was eminently fair that the remainder
of the 1917 crop should be moved at
that figure. The Food Administration
will endeavor to move all this wheat
without delay, which is"hot such a task
as it might seem, as I do not believe
that more than 3 per cent of our old
crop is on hand. The percentage re
maining in the Middle West is greater,
about per 15 cent. I believe."
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Colon R. Eberhard
of La Grande, Candidate for Repub
lican nomination for the office of
Joint Senator to succeed Senator C. A.
Barrett.
HEALTH AND HOUSE SCREENS
Expect Letters Soon.
Letters from Athena boys who are
now "somewhere in France," are ex
pected shortly. It is supposed the
Athena soldiers arrived in France
about the middle of January, so the
time is approaching when letters may
be expected by relatives and inends.
From time to time their addresses have
been published in the Press, and at
any time may be seen in the window
at Foss-Winship's store.
Tobacco for the Boys.
Packed in two-pound tins, tobacco
purchased from the fund recently sub
scribed by citizens of Athena and vic
inity is being sent to the Athena boys
with the expeditionary forces now in
France. The packages go by mail and
are wrapped and attended by Mr. and
Mrs. A. A. Foss at the Foss-Winship
Hardware store.
Cm Eftsotlve Way to Foil the Flies and
Mosquitoes.
It Is a duty to protect the health of
the home and to fight any peril that
may menace It Vou may hare doubts
or become discouraged when it comes
to cleaning up and keeping so clean
that you won't have flies, or when you
try to keep them down by polsonUig
or trapping, but there's one means of
protecting yourself against flies that Is
safe and efTectlre. This Is thorough
screening. Doors, windows and porch
es, upstairs and downstairs, should be
thoroughly screened In summer for the
comfort of the home and the health of
the family. Mosquitoes are a health
menace as well as flies, and thorough
screening protects against both.
A few years ago screening was con
sidered almost as Ineffective as a
means of protecting against flies as
poisoning, disinfecting and a few fee
ble efforts at cleaning up. None of
these methods prohibited flics. They
apparently continued to come in their
usual large number. But the trouble
was we did not know how to properly
use screens. Then only the kitchen
and dining room doors and windows
were screened, while the doors and
windows of the other part of the bouse
were left unprotected.
Later we found that not only all the
openings to the bouse must bare
screens in them, but that they must
fit and be made so fly tight that no fly
could euter. This was found more ef
fective. But not until the porches were
screened, particularly the back porch,
where most of the food was handled,
did we come to know the real safety
and comfort that lay behind screened
doors, windows and porches. Ex
change. A Bit of Human Nature.
The other day a husky mill rather
rough looking driver was Imving trou
ble with his horse and, suddenly losing
bis temper, stalled lo bent him. A
number of men rushed toward him
with the Intention of stopping him
when his arms were suddenly arrested
In nildnir. The would lie rescuers
paused, loo, and looked. Slinullng
close by the mnn was n litlle girl, of
not more lhan four years Just looking
looking. Not a word was spoken, no
pen could describe the look on the lit
tle one's face, but the heavy driver
stopped bis beating aud spoke kindly
to his horse. Strangely, too, the horse
moved, and there was no trace of the
Incident except n flush underneath the
driver's tan, a few damp eyes among
the spectators and a happy smile on
the little gill's face. - Philadelphia
Press.
Raw Eggt Keep Longer Than Boiled.
Raw eggs keep good much longer
than cooked eggs, even when these arc
hard boiled. This was proved by Dr.
Leon Llndet, a member of the Paris
Couseil d'Hyglene. after many Freucl)
soldiers had reported that the hard
boiled eggs they received from borne
had goue bad, while the raw eggs re
mained edible for weeks.
Dr. Lindet explains this foci by say
ing that the boiling makes the Inner
membrane pervious to gases, liquids
and microbes, and the wlillo of the egg
becomes an agglomeration of coagu
lated albumen and particles of a serum
that Is an ideal medium In which mi
crobes thrive.
Safety First.
I was returning home the other eve
ning about 00 o'clock when I saw
Tommy, my neighbor's boy, playing
with a crowd of other boys. I knew
that bis family always had supper at 0
o'clock sharp, so I said, "I'll bet you 6
cents you'll miss your supper, Tommy."
He grinned up at me saucily and re
plied: "Then you lose your bet, 'cause
I got the chops right here with me.
Ma sent me for 'em at 8 o'clock."
Everybody's Magazine.
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FOR WAR DRIVES
At a meeting held in Pendleton
Friday, the Umatilla County War
Drive committee was organized, with
the object of conducting all campaigns
for war funds, limiting the drives to
three for the year excepting drives for
Liberty Loans; listing of potential
contributors rated according to income ;
and to be assessed equitably for each
drive; defining the status of slackers,
and in fact, taking over the whole
matter of raising war funds for Uma
tilla county.
Th3 organization is to be a compre
hensive and thorough one. Its execu
tive board is comprised of Chairman,
J. V. Tallman; Secretary, M. R.
Chessman; Judge G. W. Phelps, J. Roy
Kaley, Leon Cohen, Judge S. A. Low
ell and Dr. W. D. McNary.
There will be a district chairman
for each of 15 districts in the county.
The district chairmen as nominated
and approved are as follows: Adams,
J. O. Hales; Athena. H. I. Watts;
Echo, R. B. Stanfield; Freewater, E.
J. Davis; Helix, Carl Engdahl; Her
miston, Thomas Campbell; Holdman,
W. A. Gurrant; Meacham, J. D. Ca
sey; Milton, George A. Price; Pendle
ton, George A. Hartman; Pilot Rock,
L, O. Scharpf; Stanfield, R. A. Holte;
Umapine, Lou Hodgen, WeBton, J. H.
Price.
The district chairmen will be respon
sible to the executive board. Each
district chairman will appoint a pre
cinct chairman for each voting pre
cinct in his district.
A committee chairman will be ap
pointed for approximately each 25
potential contributors in the precinct,
each chairman to select two or thiee
members to serve with him.
The organization committee is re
tained permanently to keep tip the or
ganization and assist in the selecting
of all chairmen. This committee is
composed of J. Roy Raley, R. E.
Chloupek, C. M. Bishop, Dr. W. D.
McNary and Rev. J. E. Snyder.
A rating committee will estimate
the income of every potential contrib
utor in the county and, with this as a
basis, determine the equitable propor
tion of each contributor. The general
rating committee is composed of G. M.
Rice and W. L. Thompson, heads of
the two Pendleton banks; Assessor
C. P. Strain, Tax Collector A. C. Funk
and Leon Cohen. Each district chair
man will acl with the rating commit
tee in rating the contributors in his
district.
An auditing committee will audit all
accounts. The committee as named
by Chairman Tallman is composed of
C. K, Cranston, J. T. Lambirth and
R. M. Mayberry.
A publicity committee with E. B.
Aldrich as chairman and consisting of
the publishers of every paper in Uma
tilla county, was appointed and among
other duties prescribed is the publica
tion of all contributors in each drive
together with a list of those whom the
executive board or general committee
adjudge slackers in war giving. The
general committee will be composed of
the executive board, district, precinct
and committee chairmen and the mem
bers of all committees specified above.
LAMAR BENEFIT SOCIAL
NETS RED CROSS $90
The benefit basket social given at the
LaMar school house last Friday even
ing was eminently successful both so
cially and financially. The program,
under the efficient management of the
teacher, Mrs. Clare Partridge Stone,
delighted the audience with its uncon
ventional and highly entertaining fea
tures, carried out with a tendency to
observe the Montessori method in al
lowing the children to be perfectly
natural in their interpretation of their
several parts.
A committee composed of Misses
Blanche Swaggart, Helen Johnson,
Lola and Vergie Key, Lela Stockstill,
Varins Marshall, and Emeral Duncan
and Fred Johnson, received the guests
The program was of a patriotic na
ture, so'dier songs predominating. A
reading, "The Kaiser's Dream," by
Vergie Key, song, "Washington," by
Grant Key with his flag bearers, reci
tation by Eulalie Duncan, songs by
the girls of the committee, and a spec
ially lively duet by Emeral Duncan and
Fred Johnsui, "mezzo sopranos," were
features. A series of old-time songs,
given by Mr. Wallace White, delight
ed the older people, and the children as
well.
The well laden baskets were auc
tioned off by Judge B. B. Richards of
this city, who, with persuasive elo
quence, inveigled the neat sum of t'JO
from thj mor-i than willing audience,
many baskets selling as high as and
7, and some even higher. After the
sale, a social hour was spent, with the
contents of the baskets spread for re
freshments.
The entire proceeds of the sale were
given to the Athena Red Cross auxil
iary by Mrs, Stone, to be applied on
the local yarn fund, or other funds, as
desired.
Too Mean a Trick.
"See here; I wrote and asked yon
when you were going to pay that old
account and even inclosed a stamp, but
you never answered."
"My dear sir, wouldn't It have been a
mean trick to use your own stamp to
dCsappolut you?"
A Warning.
"Don't be too ready to bandy wit
with a chemist"
"Why not with a chemist T
"Because he always has a ready re
tcrt" Baltimore American.
Wild Carrot Seed.
Seeds of the wild carrot are small
but very numerous and are covered
with weak bristles which catch on
wool, hair ond clothbig and distribute
the weed for considerable uisiuiices.
They frequently are harvested with
grass, clover ond alfalfa seed aud are
widely distributed by this means. As
found In clover seed, the wild carrot
seeds aro usually without burbs, as
these are rubbed off In the clover hullcr,
A Foot of Snow.
Dick English was down from his
mountain ranch Monday and reported
a foot of snow at his place. While
the fall of snow is not so heavy as
usual. Mr. English expects a plentiful
supply of water in the mountains the
coming summer, as the snow is drifted
deep in the canyons. Owing to this
fact, the snow banks will be slow in
disappearing this spring, thus holding
back a supply of water for stock dur
ing the summer months.
J C. MARTIN BUYS HER SEY
STOCK RANCH IN MONTANA
A copy of the Roundup (Mont. )
Tribune, is at hand with an account of
the purchase of the Hersey stock
ranch in Musselshell county by J. C.
Martin of this city. The account of
the ourchase as given by the Montana
paper places Mr. Martin's holdings
down in Southern Oregon, when in
reality he has been a wheat raiser in
this vicinity. The Tribune says:
"Papers were signed on Tuesday
transferring the H. B. Hersey ranch
and livestock to J. C. Martin of Ore
gon and it is announced that Mr. Mar
tin will arrive about March 1 to take
personal charge of the valuable prop
erty. The consideration was in the
neighborhood of $115,000 nnd it is un
derstood the sale involved a cash pay
ment of tlO.OOO to bind the bargain.
The trasfer was made through the
office of the Roundup Loan & Realty
company.
"Mr. Martin is the owner of an ex
tensive cattle ranch in southern Ore
gon and while the dairy buRiness es
tablished by Mr. Horsey will be con
tinued for a time it is stated that the
ultimate purpose is to turn the ranch
into a blooded stock farm, in which
business Mr. Martin has been success
ful in Oregon. Pending the arrival of
the family, a son will remain at the
ranch to look after Mr. Martin's in
terests. Mr. Martin returned to Ore
gon Tuesday night."
MAGHINFHY WEEK
TO BE OBSERVED
County Agricultural Agent M. S.
Shrock who was in the city Thursday
of last week, when he attended a meet
ing of the farmers in the Commercial
Association rooms, is taking active in
terest in the Repair Week movement,
and writes the Press as follows:
"Next week is repair week. Every
farmer is urged by the Government to
see that harvesting and threshing ma
chinery is put in proper repair so that
no time need be lost when harvest is
upon us. This is one of'the very best
and surest ways by which farmers can
help themselves in partially solving
the labor problem. 'Do it now,' is an
excellent motto to adopt in this con
nection. "There are two reasons why this
early repairing is important. First,
the extras that have to be ordered
from the factory may, due to war con
ditions, be a long time coming. Sec
ond, no farmer can afford to lie under
neath a combine skinning his knuckles
with a monkey wrench, sweating blood
and thinking silent profanitv, when
harvest is crowding. Do it now.
"On the smaller farms definite" ar
rangements should now be made with
the neighbors for an exchange of help
at harvest time. This plan is not feas
ible on tne large farms, lut they will
be benefitted by the release of labor as
a result of such exchange on the
small farms. M. S. Shrock,
"County Agricultural Agent."
In the Right Pew.
Milt Swaggart, who recently re
turned from a trip to California, tells
a good one that happened to him at
Oakland Mole. When the train drew
up to the feny slip, a fellow yelled
"You'll have to hurry to get the boat
for 'Frisco I" The crowd rushed pell
mell past him through a door and Milt
with others found himself in a large
compartment, where many people were
sitting around. Stepping up to an
official looking personage, Milt very
politely inquired: "Where is the boat
we're to take across the bay?" "Why,
you damn fool, you're on the boat and
half way across now," was the reply.
"And say you can't 'take' this boat;
the boat takes you. See?"
Have Until April 1.
Milton A. Miller, Collector of Cus
toms, announces the time for filling in
come tax returns has been extended
from March 1 to April I, This applies
to the returns of individuals as well as
corporations, the impression having
prevailed that the extension of time
applied only to corporations. While it
is desirable, says Mr. Miller, that re
turns be made as soon as possible, the
extension of time may be taken advan
tage of by those who are unable to
make returns on account of not having
received their blanks promptly.
Had Jaw Broken.
The East Oregonian reports that
Claence Doak of Stanfield, is in Pen
dleton receiving medical attention for
a broken jaw which he sustained Sat
urday night at Stanfield during the
Odd Fellows' convention. He fainted
during the evening, and in falling
struck so heavily on his jaw that a
painful injury resulted.
Red Cross Meeting.
A social hour was passed at the Red
Cross meeting Wednesday afternoon,
when Mrs. Hill, chairman, served a
salad, sandwiches and tea. Many gar
ments were finished, and the workers
are now waiting for new supplies of
sowing from headquarters. The yarn
fund committee reported a donation of
90 from LaMar school, by Mrs. Stone,
the teacher, and the yarn for knitting
socks and sweaters for the soldier
boys is expected to soon be on hand.
A gratifying increase of attendance
and interest is noted.
Gets a New Husband.
Irene Bushman, who was divorced
only Saturday by her husband. Paul
Bushman, was married Monday in
Walla Walla to Joe Hart. She is a
mixed blood Indian.
Mens Work Clothes
Spring work will soon be here. Everyone will bs busy. Come
in and get your work clothes now. We have full lines to select
from. In buying for 175 busy stores, we can undersell others.
A FINE 8TOCK OF SHOES
Timid Sheep.
Sheep, when they become frightened,
always run to an elevation, because
their ancestors originally come from
the mountains. They always follow a
leader, because In the dangerous moun
tain passes tbelr ancestors bad to go
in single tile.
The Great Myettry.
Are we made to tick aud keep the
hours of this mortal sphere only?
When we are done here shall wo bo
run down forever, never to move
again? Or do we belong to (be horol
ogy of the universe? - Ueury Ward
Beecher.
Courage consists not m blindly over
looking danger, but In seeing It and
conquering u.-iubuvr.
Heavy Blue Overalls - I. till
Striped Overalls - - 1.29
Heavy Blue Jackets - I, DO
Good Work Shirts - - .611
Heavy Cotton Shirtj - 1.09
Unionulls - - 2.110
Corduroy Pants - 2.19 to 3.26
Khaki Pants - - 1.25
Good Duck Coats - .1.08
Work Sox 3 pr. .25
Work'Hox - .10
Work'Sox - - 2 pr. .25
Bandana handkerchi"fs .05.-10
Hoys' Canvas Gloves - 2 pr. .15
Men's Canvas Gloves - .10
Men's Canvas Gloves - .15
Leather-faced Gloves - .25
Leather gloves short, - .79 to '..89
" " Gauitlet, - 1.25 to 1.98
Boys' Blue Overalls - .19
Mule-hide Shoes - 1.98
Good heavy Work Shoes
2.98-3.50-3.3.98-1.50
Heavy 8-inch top - - 4.98
Men's High Grade Dress Shoes, Button, Lace, $2.98, 3.50
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