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tlTHENA. OREGON, MARCH 29, 1918
One week from tomorrow the Third
Liberty Loan drive commences. The
start will be made on the anniversary
of the declaration o' war against Ger
many by the United States. Umatilla
county is thoroughly organized for the
work of raising its quota. There will
be no slackers. America's boys are
in "the trenches "over there" and
money is the easiest thing to give in
helping to bring victory to American
arms. Every potential subscriber!to
the liberty loan will be rated. The
committee which takes the subscrip
tions will have your rating when it
calls upon you and you will be expect
ed to subscribe for the amount of
bonds your rating calls for. The men
comprising these committees are giv
ing their time from their business av
ocations to solicit the sale of those
bonds, and to facilitate matters in
reaching Athena's quota of the loan
as soon as possible, after the drive
starts you should be ready to take your
portion when called upon to do so.
There is to be no shirking of duty by
any one. The Government must have
the money it asks for, and it is up
to those who have the money to in
vest in the bonds, otherwise they will
be slipped a yellow card, which will
designate but one thing Slacker.
Under that head, the names of all
who do not respond will be published
in every newspaper in Umatilla coun
ty, as they are furnished by the county
Publicity Committee. But Athena
and the prosperous communities ad
jacent, mUBi and will come through
with a clean slate. There will be no
slackers, whether financial or other
wise, found here.
The resolution adopted by the pub
lishers of Umatilla county at Pendle
ton last Saturday, and published in an
other column of today's Press, serves
notice that hereafter the barrage of
publicity is to surround the pro-German
sympathizer, the slacker and all
other propoganda that serves in the
least to interfere with America's par
ticipation in the war. It is sufficient
to say that the newspaper men of the
country have access to the means of
knowing that the time has arrived to
take up the weapon of merciless pub
licity in exposing all who do not sup
port the Government in its war on
Germa ly, from every angle of support
the Government desires or requests.
In the large centers of population,
from the start of the war, the Govern
ment has contended with 'subtle oppo
sition springing from pro-German pro
pogandists and German sympathizers.
The ruuil districts, as a rule, have not
been contaminated and they shall not
become so, for organized publicity will
safeguard them.
The bombarding of Paris at a dis
tance of 7tl miles, co-relativo with war
aims, demonstrates merely an achieve
ment of mechanical science. Were
Paris obliterated, Prance still remains
and su long as Prance remains, the
cause of democracy will be held. Know
ing this, fromja morale standpoint, it
is doubtful if the new long range guns
of Germany will have the desired effect
even though it is possible for their
p ojectiles to bo showered upon several
coast towns of Knglam!.
Along with other elements of na
ture, the sup of Spring has warmed up
the old misogynist over the hill. He
rapped us with this one: "All the
country editors in Umatilla county will
meet in Pendleton tomorrow at the
call of E. B, Aldricn, war drive pub
licity chairman. We're going to see
that Kernel Doyd is there, even if we
have to buy his railroad ticket and
pay for his meals -the latter being a
wad's size job.
The reverse is generally true of an
ticipation. So it was with us in con
juring up a mental tintype of the
Iiulldogger ed. We had thought of
him as being a man of huge frame,
gnarled fists, hairy breasted, square
shoulders, Frank-Gotch-neck and all
that. But he isn't. Far from it.
There is no middle ground to take in
ti.is war, whether you are eligiblo for
trench duty, Liberty Loan subscriber,
Savings Stamp buyer, or Red Cross
supporter--you are either with us or
you are against us jmtriel or slacker.
General Pershing has set aside cargo
space on transports to the extent of 00
tons per month for reading matter for
the American soldiers in France. Dig
up a good book for them.
Tbe war has added two noticable
mediums of exchange in Athena
greenbacks and war-biead recipes.
Kernel Wood's deportment was
above reproach at Pendleton Saturday
that is, it was so long as wo were
with him.
23 Years Ago
From the Press 01 Mar. 29 1895
Arrangements are being made for a
pigeon shoot in Athena in the near
future.
There are expected to be thirteen
graduates from the Normal school at
Weston this year. Their ages range
from 1 7 to 22 years.
Wm. Zigman and Flora Tucker re
siding near Weston, were married last
Saturday.
John Froome was the lucky man to
draw No. 20 in Echo tobacco, at the
P. 0. store. It entitles him to a fine
gold watch.
The band now rehearseB three times
a week Tuesdays, Fridays and Sun
day afternoon.
The valuable running mare Repetta,
belonging to T. J. Matlock, died Mon
day. This is a very heavy loss to
Mr. Matlock. He was offered $12,000
for her in her palmy days.
Weston's base ball aggregation will
be rather weak this season. Pete
Marsh, their crack pitcher, has accept
ed the principalship of the Blalock
public schools, and will not be with
them this season.
The diphtheria cases below town are
getting along as well as could be ex
pected. Mrs. Brown is able to sit up
but Elmer is not getting along so well.
His throat is paralyzed and he is un
able to swallow.
At C. W. Hollis' grocery department
100 pounds dry granulated sugar $5.25;
25 pounds beans $1.00; G-gallon can
Pearl coal oil $1.20.
Last Friday occurred the ROth birth
day of Councilman E. R. Cox, and his
niece, Miss Davis, invited a number of
his Masonic brethren to dine with him.
It was an enjoyable affair and each of
the guests hope that Mr. Cox may see
many happy returns of the day.
A party of distinguished gentlemen
incldingi E. V. Smalley, editor of the
Northwest Magazine, St. Paul; W.
D. Tyler, receiver of the W. & C. R.
railroad; Capt. Wilder of Fort Walla
Walla, U. S. A. and R. Green of the
business department of the Northwest
Magazine, visited Athena Sunday.
They came by special train over the
W. & C. R. road. The Press ac
knowedges a most pleasant call.
The hydrants have arrived and are
Deing put in position.
Farm Notes by Co. Agent.
Farmers who have skilled farm
hands of draft ago can get deferred
classification for a time, provided such
men are indispensable for the max
imum production on the farm. The
United States Employment Service
announces that in the new draft for
00,000 men shortly to be called, farm
ers with experienced help should file
with the local Draft Board, an affidavit
supported by two witnesses who will
say under oath that they are acquaint
ed with tho farm hand whose services
are asked to be retained and that he is
experienced and Indispensable to the
maximum production of the farm on
which he is employed. Do this at
once before a Notary Public and file
with the local Draft Board.
This is not intended to help slackers
or near slackers to avoid for a time
the draft. It is for the sole purpose
of increasing production. Farm hands
of draft Sg should be made to under
stand this. As soon as they are not so
employed, the exemption is removed.
M. . hhrock,
County Agricultural Agent.
The Churches,
Baptist Church Notes.
Morning service 11 a.m. evening
service 8 p. m. new time. Special
Easter service. Topic, Resurrection,
Hope and Duty. Special song service.
Evening topic, Unworthy of Menial
Life. This address is still in the
eries, centering around tbe general
topic, Around 1 he Crosa.' I he pub
lic invited. I). E. Baker, Pastor.
Methodist Episcopal Church.
The Easter services of next Sunday
will mark the red letter day of the
Spring season. At the Sunday school,
new time will be a new feature
with Easter eggs. Instead of colored
eggs the children will bring fresh eggs
and the total sum realized will be
turned to the Missionary hospital work
of France and Belgium. All are in
vited to either donate eggs or money.
The Easter Festival will be observed
morning and evening. All cordially
invited. Walter S. Gleiser.
Th: Christian Church.
Remember the law of the land and
set your watches and clocks forward
one hour. Get to Bible school and
church one hour earlier according to
our time. Sunday morning calls the
church to the greatest event in the
history of the world Eastertide. Did
Christ rise from the dead? and what
is the import. The pastor will treat
the subject from this standpoint at the
morning hour. There will lie no even
ing service the pastor is unstrained to
be absent. Bible lesson, Quarterly
Review.
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the scat of the disease.
Catarrh Is a local disease, greatly In
fluenced by constitutional conditions, and
In order to cure It you must take an
internal remedy Hall's Catarrh Medi
cine ! taken internally and acta thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces of the
eystem. Halt's Catarrh Medicine was
fireseribed by one of the best physicians
n this country for years. It Is com
posed of some of the best tonics known,
combined with some of the best blood
purifiers. The perfect combination of
the lucie. Hi ma In Hall's Catarrh Medi
cine is what produces such wonderful
results In catarrhal conditions. Send for
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Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
For Sale.- A Holt Special Gas Har
vester, in good condition. See or
phone Alex Mclntyre or C E. Zerba
Athena, Orcj;.
EXPLAINS LAUGH OF BABIES
We Come Into This World of 8orrowe
With a Mysterious Sense
of Humor.
The human love of nonsense Is a di
vine mystery. We have often heard
pessimists declare that we come Into
the world weeping. It Is truer, I think,
to sny that we come Into it laughing.
For laughter In a baby seems to be Its
first conscious apprehension of some
thing outside Its small needs and pains.
It may cry merely becuuse a pin is
sticking Into it, but it laughs because
already It sees something that makes
it laugh, It knows not why, something
that catches the eye or ear and seems
Irresistibly funny to It.
There Is nothing more mystdrlous
than a baby's sense of hum. It fre
quently loses It as it grows up, together
with the other trailing clouds of glory,
but most babies ure born with It. To
satisfy It nursery rhymes were Invent
ed, and to satisfy the same Instinct in
grown peoplo "The Hunting of the
Snark," that Incomparable classic,
came into being, and Caverly and Gil
bert and Lear stood on their heads, so
to speak, and performed such verbal
antics before high heaven as must
havo made the very angels laugh.
When the Owl and the Pussy Cat,
having dined on mice and slices of
quince, "hand In hand, on the edge of
the sand," "dunce by the light of the
moon," there Is something which, as
Stevenson was fond of saying, delights
the great heart of man. But, of course,
with these modern artists of nonsense
there Is usually a deliberate attempt at
the grotesque and the absurd. We
know why we are laughing, but with
the old-fashioned rhymes of which I am
chiefly, thinking, we laugh or, for that
matter, cry, perhaps without having
any reason to give. Richard Le Galll
enne, In Harper's Magazine.
IMPORTANT USE FOR CAMERA
WHERE TO LOOK FOR WIFE
Seek Her In Butcher 8hop, Says This
Writer, and Mark Just How
She Buys.
A good housewife will look at least
two square meals ahead of her nose.
The modern system of marketing dur
ing the high cost regime Is such a fine
art that a youth contemplating matri
mony should hie to the market place
for selecting n bride. My boy, Zira
advises In Cartoons Magazine, when
you see a maiden pinching, smelling
and pricing a soup bone, you may rely
on her sense of economy, for she Is
looking forward not less than two
meals. The soup bone, when cooked,
Is merely food In the rough or primi
tive state. Its choicest by-products
are realized after bouillon stage.
Thereafter comes goulash, the cro
quettes nnd the luscious hash. By all
means avoid the girl who orders choice
cuts of porterhouse or English mutton
chops. She will not make a good help
mate. But the girl wtio selects the
chuck or neck pieces or the tall end of
a ham bono, nnd renders them Into
dainty, palatable dishes Is the one you
want. So take my advice nnd seek the
market place when you feel thnt you
have had your fill of bachelor loneli
ness nnd wish a taste of wedlock. Fol
low such a girl around until you are
perfectly satisfied, then nail her.
Porkers Cut Down Dairy Output.
Ernest E. Gourley, n dairyman of
Portland. Ore., became discouraged
because his cows gave such a small
quantity of milk. Then he became
suspicious nnd estribllshed n close
watch over his bo vines. He nlso
owned several pigs which were becom
ing fnt very rapidly. Presto! The
pigs were helping themselves to the
milk. Now the pigs are separated
from the cows nnd the dairy business
has picked up.
His Trouble.
'You are looking miserable, Sub-
bubs. Why don't you ask a doctor
what alls you?"
'I know what alls me quick con
sumption."
"You don't mean It!
"I do. I have to bolt my hronkfnst
In two gulps to catch the train, nnd
my lunch In two more to get buck to
the orflee." Boston Transcript.
Coming to
Walla Walla
Doctor
Mellenthin & Co.
Specialists
DO NOT USE SURGERY
Arctic Region Can Be Mapped by Pho
tographs Taken From Miles
Above the Objective.
The adventures of the camera men
In this war are more thrilling than any
ronmance. Braving the fire of batteries
of anti-aircraft guns and hourly en
countering the skillful air duelists,
they must calmly choose their posi
tions, risk their lives often for a single
exposure, and carry back their pic
tures In record time. Successful pho-
togrnphs have been made at a height
of more than three miles, snys Boys'
Life, the boy scouts' magazine, for
February. From such an altitude the
earth appears flat, all objects being
lost in n dull cloud-like effect, but the
cameras used are of the tele-photo
type, which will pierce through this
I distance. Some are made with a pis
tol grip which enables the aviator to
aim his camera quickly. Other aero
cameras are built Into the floor or side
of the aircraft and pictures are taken
by touching a button with the foot. An
Ingenious mechanical device has been
Invented which will take pictures at
any desired rate per second, so that
nothing will be overlooked.
Aero photography has many Impor
tant uses apart from warfnre. The
camera has been carried by daring ad
ventures over unexplored regions. It
has been estimated that an aero pho
tographer could cover more territory
in a day in the Arctic region than could
be traversed In a month by dog
sledges.
will Be at
Dacres Hotel, Friday and
Saturday, April 19-20
Office Hours 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
One Day Only
NO CHARGE FOR EXAMINATION.
The doctor in charge is a regular
graduate in Medicine and Surgery and
is licensed by the state of Washington.
He visits professionally the more im
portant towns and cities and offers to
all who call on this trip consultation
and examination free, except the ex
pense of treatment when desired.
According to his method of treat
ment he does not operate for chronic
appendicitis, gall stones, ulcers of the
stomach, tonsils or adenoids.
He has to hia credit many wonderful
results in diseases of the stomach, liv
er, bowels, blood, s''.in, nerves, heart,
kidneys, bladder, bedwetting, catarrh,
weak lungs, rheumatism, sciatica, leg
ulcers and rectal ailments.
If you have been ailing for any
length of time do not get any better,
do not fail to call, as improper mea
sures rather than disease are often the
caiii.i cf your long standing trouble.
Remember above date, that examin
ation on this trip wiill be free and that
his treatment is different.
Address, MtO Boston Block, Minne
apolis, Minn.
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to give himthesolid comfortof tobacco wherever
he happens to be.
Give any man a chew of Real Gravely Plug, and be will
tell yon that 's the kind to send. Send the best I
Ordinary plug is false economy. It cost, less per week
to chew Real Gravely, because a small chew of it lasts a
IODff rtwamoke a pipe, slice Gravely with your knife and
add a little to your smoking tobacco. It will give flavor
improve your omoke.
SEND YOUR FRIEND IN THE 0. S. SERVICE A POUCH OF GRAVELY
Dealers all around here carry it in 10c. pouches. A 3c
stamp will put it into his hands in any Training Camp or
Seaport of the U. S. A. Even "over there" a 3c. stamp will
take it to him. Your dealer will supply envelope and give
you official directions how to address it
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Established 1831
SUMMONS.
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
John L. Smith, Plaintiff,
vs.
Minnie E. Smith, Defendant.
To Minnie E. Smith, the above
named defendant:
In the name of the State of Oregon.
You are hereby required to appear and
answer or otherwise plead to the com
plaint of the plaintiff filed against you
in the above entitled suit in said Court
and cause on or before Saturday, the
IlthdavofMav. 1918, and you will
take notice that if you fail to so ap
pear and answer or otherwise plead
within said time, plaintiff for want
thereof, will apply to said Court for
the relief prayed fcr in his complai t,
to-wit, for a decree of said Court for
ever dissolving the bonds of matri
mony now and heretofore existing be
tween plaintiff and defendant; for such
other and further relief as pertains to
equity and good conscience.
This summons is published pursuant
to an order made on the 25th day of
March, 1018. by Honorable Gilbert W.
Phelps, Judge of the above entitled
court. The first publication of this
summons is made on Friday the 29th
day of March, 1918, tnd the last pub
lication on Friday, the 10th day of
May, 11118. in the Athena Press news
paper. Will M. Peterson,
Attorney for Plaintiff. Postoffice ad
dress, Pendleton, Oregon.
Specifications of the Model "Four-Ninety"
Chevrolet
Motor: Four-cylinder, valve - In
head type, 3 11-1B in bore, 4 in.
stroke.
Cylinders: Cast en-bloc (including
upper half of crank case. ) Head
detachable.
Valves: 1 1-2 in. liameter.
Connecting Rod Bearings: I 7-f x
1 o-8 in.
Crank Shaft Bearings: Front, 25
18 in. x 1 3-8 in.; Center, 1 1-2
in.xl S1-M2 in.; Rear, 2ll-lHin.
x 131 in. Center bearing of
bronze back, babbit lined.
Cam Shaft Bearings Front, 2 3-8
in. x 1 S-lt in.; Center 2 in. x
1 U-32 in.; Rear, 1 7-10 in.xi 1-4
in.
Oiling System: Splash, gear pump
and individual oil pockets.
Carburetor: Zenith improved dou
ble jet.
Clutch: Cone type.
Transmission: Selective type, slid
ing gear; three speeds forward
and reverse.
Cooling: Water pump; radiator
extra size.
Rear Axle: Three-quarter floating,
wheel bearing carried on the
wheel-hub and in axle-housing,
not on axle shaft. Nickle steel
shafts and gears. Hyatt roller
bearings.
Front Axle. Dropped-forged; I
beam, with integral yokes of spe
cial steel, duuble heat treated ; tie
rod ends, steering spindles and
arms of Chrome Vanadium steel,
heat treated. Wheels fitted with
cup and cone ball bearings.
Erakes: Emergency, internal ex
panding type; service, external
. contracting type; 10 in. brake
drums.
Wheels: Wood, artillery type, de
mountable rims, large hub flanges
Tires: 30 in. x 3 1-2 in. on touring
car. Roadster and Coupe; 31 tin.
x 4 in. on Sedan; non-skid front
and rear.
Fenders: Front and rear fender
skirts extended to meet the rad
iator splash guard and rear splash
guard on body.
Drive: Left side, center control;
spark and throttle under steering
wheel. Foot accelerator.
Steering Gear: Compound spur and
sector, adjustaole for wear. 15
in. steering wheel.
Springs: Semi-cantilever, front and
rear, each with extra wide main
leaf, or driving plate, made of
Chrome Vanadium steel.
Bodies: Two-passenger roadster;
five- passenger Touring Car; Cou
pe; Sedan.
Wheelbase: 102 in.'
Equipment: Electric lights 'and
starter, highest type two-unit
system, single wiring used. Com
plete lamp equipment, including
headlight dimmers; Mohair tail
ored one-man top, top cover and
s:de curtains; tilted windshield;
speedometer; electrc horn; extra
rim and carrier on rear; complete
tool equipment, including pump
and jack. Foot rest, robe rail
(touring car only, pockets in
each door.
This Car may be seen at the
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While there's no telling what conditions may face
the country before the war is ovjr, one thing is cer
tain and that is that Ford cars will grow more and
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fresh Bread
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