AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER P. B. Boyd, Publisher Subscription Rates. One copy, one year $1-50 When paid in Advance, (otherwise, $2.00 One copy, six months One copy, three months -5 ATHENAOREGON, APRIL'l2, 1918 HORSE MEAT IN NEW YORK Although There Is Much Opposition to Its Use as Human Food, the Demand Increases. It Is now nearly two years since the board of health lifted the bnn on the sale of horse meat In the effort to re duce (he cost of living, observes the Brooklyn Eagle, The introduction of the food bus been slow, but five shops, two of them In Brooklyn, nre now re ported to be advertising horse meat for sale. The demand for this cheap meat has been increased by the wartime food prices and some of the butchers In Manhattan who compete with the horse meat stores nre Issuing circulars de nouncing the new food and stirring up prejudice against It. Whether as a re sult of the circulars Is not clear, but one of these horse-meat stoics on First avenue, Manhattan, has been attacked, Its window having been smashed In on two successive nights. Neither the circulars nor the attacks nre likely to Interfere with the spread of the demand for the new food. The manager of the company which Is Intro ducing It says that crowds are drawn when he opens n new store and that In one case he had to call on the police to keep order among his would-be cus tomers. In cases of food scarcity horse meat has been eaten in many countries. The great prosperity of the United States has kept It out of our markets heretofore, but the wartime scarcity and high prices are likely to establish It as a regular part of the diet of peo ple who can't afford to pay for beef. The objections to It are sentimental and not hygienic, so that, as a relief from high prices, Its use Is to be welcomed. TOO EASILY LED BY WHIMS Characteristic Even of Men In High Station That la Not Productive of Good Results. Whims nre tho rivulets of the mind. They sparkle over the shallows so that one Is not likely to see how shallow I hey are. And yet a good deal tit this world, most of It, per haps, Is run by whims. We have often been on tile Inside of the arena of national glory, as a spectator, of course, and never fulled to see n whim or two on deck. This world Is not run by Judgment or logic, but by fancy and Inclination. We hnvo seen great men, on tho highest seals of power In a slate and nation, flutter like a leaf In a breeze, not knowlug where lo light. Judgments are not like geometrical formulas, preseallng a solid conclu sion. They float In from everywhere, from the last lunch, the last dance, Hie Inst trip, the last speech, the last Openk, Just as the mists float off of the hilltop, nothing solid or substantial to them. But they awaken action and purposo and In consequence society lacks so much the texture of common sense nnd real purpose. It rides on fancy to some unseen port. What Is needed in public life, in society, in pol itics, In religion, aro men without whims. Ohio State Journal. Her Work. Cnngresswoman Jeannette Itanklu said In n Y. W. C. A. address : "Charles Schwab married on $7 a week, and Olmunccy Depew on $1). I have no sympathy with the girl who makes a devoted young man wait till lie can support her as luxuriously as her old father does. "My sympathy all goes out to tho young man who said Joyously, as soon as he was accepted: "'Then, darling, we'll get married at once. Of course, at first, we shan't be able to keep a servant.1 " 'Oh, Jack, hadn't we better wait, then?' she protested. 'What would the neighbor) say It they saw me doing my own work?' "Jack looked puzzled. "'Why, sweetheart,' he said, 'whose work do you want to do?' " affectionately at etch other's months'. The female of the two never puts her cold fins on the mole one's back. And in the morning- say, It's amusing to watch them yawn and stretch them selves." Detroit Free Press. NOT THEIR FIRST MEETING British Officer and Privates, Home From the Front, Had Same Mem ories of "Tight Corner." Two privates In "Blighty" blue were limping their way nlong Ilegent street, London. Each had his badges of hon ortwo nnd three eloquent gold stripes. They were In Loudon town again In It, but somehow not of It Only the accident of war made them Ilegent street snunterers. From the opposite direction there approached a young officer with a lady companion. He, too, had the gold stripes of the twice wounded. Eager und bright, he seemed ab sorbed In his companion, apparently not noticing the two privates. In deed, he was almost by them when In a flash he darted from the side of his companion, seized the hand of one of the privates in a hearty grip and ejac ulated: "Great heavens I fancy meeting you here I Bit different when we were to gether before, eh? What a tight cor ner! And only we two left and here we are again. And how are you, and how are you getting on?" Succeeded a string of other ques tions, culmlnutlng In "Getting bet ter, eh? Feel as If you'll soon be ready to go out again? How do you feel about It? Will you be glad to go J" What the private said may be In ferred from the resumption of the offi cer's talk. "That's the right spirit. Shouldn't wonder If we meet again In another hot corner. Well, good luck and cheero I" HAD CONFIDENCE IN EDISON Negro Was Sure That Wonderful Bul let He Invented Would Never Kill American Soldiers. Two negroes were walking along a New York street discussing the won derful Invention brought about by the war. "Yes, sab," one said, "an' a friend of mine who knows all about it suys dls heah man Edison has done gone and Invented a magnetized bullet dut can't miss a German, kase ef dere's one In a hundred yards de bullet Is druwn right smack against his steel helmet. Yes, sab, an' he's done Invented an other one with a return attachment. Whenever dot bullet don't hit nothlu' It comes right Btralght back to de American lines." "Dat's what I call lnvcntln'," ex claimed tho other. "But, say, how about dem comln' back bullets? What do dey do to keep 'em from hlttln' ouuh men?" "Well, mall frlen' didn't tell mo about It, but of Mr. Edison made 'ein you can bet youah life he's got 'cm trained, Yoti don't 'spose he'd let 'em kill any Americans, do you? No, Bah. He's got 'em llxt so's dey Jos' ease back down aroun' de gunner's feet an' say: 'DeyNl all dead In dat trench, boss. Scial me to a live place where 1's got a chnnct to do somethln'.' " Bathed While Building Burns. Mrs. Stella Totten, a comely young matron, was enjoying an afternoon "tub" III her apartment on the third floor of the, Addlcks building, the Wool worth Bower of a nearby suburban town, wihon thero came a nolay knock ing at the door. "Who's there?" In quired Mrs. Totten, timidly, recalling lluil Ihc door was unlocked. "It's me Bill Stone," was the gruff answer. "Please don't come In, Mr. Stone I'm In the tub. Who are you, and why are you here?" "I'm Bill Stone of Hook and Ladder 270; tho house Is on lire, and I've come to get you." "I thought the water was getting rather hot," said Mrs. Totten. In less than a minute Bill Stone emerged from a third-floor mvludnw, and amid the plaudits of the surging crowd, Safely curried Mrs. Totton, wrapped only In n blanket, down tho ladder and delivered her safely in a neurby hotel. New York Times. New Type of "Destroyer." The recent report that the I'nltod States Is building a new type of flush deck destroyer, having n very high tpeed and a minimum of billing sur face, has aroused much speculation among interested laymen us to the details of these boat!!, Which, It has been predicted, will revolutionize sen Wgrfare. It Is the belief Hint the new craft bears a resemblunce to a sea lighter designed by a young naval offi cer and described as being of 20,(HH) tons, with a flat protective deck anil two towers, one forward and one lift. This vessel carries no guns, but has eight or ten torpedo tubes on each side. Popular Mechanics Magazine. Love In Flshdom. This I no "Ash" story ns the term Is usually referred to. but It Is a story nhout fish. Jim Foster, student of flsh affairs, vouches for Its authenticity. Jim hns a collection of big live fish In a small aquarium In n down town restaurant and for 12 hours every ulght he watches them perform. 'The fish nre very affectionate," de clared the flsh student. "They nre good tempered and kind toward one nn other. See those two largest fish? They nre 'married.' I guess, or else In love with each other. They always kiss ekUt otlk'r goud night tuu jtUihla Gives Credit to Solomon. "Solomon wus the first human being, so far as we can find out, to know the language of nnlmals," said Prof, S. B. Wolfensen, chairman of the depart ment of SeB)ttlC languages nnd Hellen istic Greek, University of Wisconsin, lecturing on "Archaeological Explora tion In Palestine and the Orient." 'the finding of a blast furnace near the city of Laeklsh, lit Palestine," Pro fessor Wolfensen continued, "shows that the metal Industry Is not so mod em as most of us suppose. "As to monopoly of trade, the first Instance which we discover Is when Solomon took occasion to use the tem ple of Gezar, In Palestine, for this purpose." Not Improbable. "Are you friendly with the police man on your block?" "Oh, we speak cordially enough," said (be citizen of a "dry" town, "but I was Carrying home n box of 'shoes' the oilier day and dropped It on the pavement. The package began to leak and ever since then I've had an Idea that he regards me with suspi cion." Birmingham Age-Heruld. His Tribe Is Increasing. Our daughter Belle, now Mrs. A. M. Frost, Increased the population of Ta conia by one small baby girl on July 27. This makes our sixth grandchild. We always had trouble to count our children, and If the second generation keeps coming an fust we may have to put them In a corral nnd run them through the chute to find tho number. Condon (Ore.) Times. He'd Better Say It. The latest kind of war soup with which we have had anything to do per sonally la made of one potato, one onion, one pinch of salt and a vast vol ume of water, but under such circum stances n man who tries to be pleas ant nnd cheerful around the house can always eny : Well, this Is goyU and hot. jp-Objv State JuurnaL WHEAT CRISIS FORCES' CHAINS IN RULES Households, Eating Houses and Bakers Must Decrease Use of Wheat. Urgent military necesaitlea of the United States and the Allies has forced a more drastic restriction in the wheat conservation program. Coupled with an earnest appeal to all individuals, households, public eating places and bakers of bread and pas tries for their co-operation and sup port, Herbert C. Hoover has Issued a new set of rules designed to further reduce wheat consumption In this country until the next harvest. These rules and Mr, Hoover's per sonal appeal are given out through Mr. W. B. Ayer, Federal Food Admin istrator for Oregon, In the following message: "If we are to furnish the Allies with the necessary proportion of wheat to maintain their war bread from now until the next harvest (and this is a military necessity) we must reduce our monthly consumption to twenty one million bushels a month as against our normal consumption of about forty-two million bushels or fifty per cent of our normal consumption, re serving a margin for distribution to the army and for special cases, leav ing for general consumption approxi mately one and one-half pounds of wheat products weekly per person. Many of our consumers are dependent upon baker's bread. Such bread must be durable and therefore requires a larger proportion of wheat products than cereal breads baked In tho home. "The well-to-do In our population can make greater sacrifices in the consumption of wheat products than can tho poor. In addition our popu lation In the agricultural districts, where the substitute cereals are abun dant, are more skilled In the prepara tion of breads from these other cereals than the crowded city and industrial populations. With improved transpor tation conditions we now have avail able a surplus of potatoes. We also have In the spring months a surplus of milk and we have ample corn and oats for human consumption. The drain on rye and barley as substitutes has already greatly exhausted the sup ply of these grains. "To effect the needed Bavlng of wheat we are wholly dependent upon the voluntary assistance of the Amer ican people and wo ask that the fol lowing rules shall be observed: First Householders to use not to exceed a total of one and one half pounds per week of wheat products per person, This means not more than one and three-fourths pounds of victory bread containing the required percentage of substitutes and about one-half pound of cooking flour, mac aroni, crackers, pastry, pieB, cakes, wheat breakfast carcals all combined. Second Public eating places and clubs to observe two wheatless days per week, Monday and Wednesday, as at present, and in addition thereto not to serve in the aggregate a total of more breadstuffs, macaroni, crackers, pastry, pies, cakes, and wheat break fast cereals containing a total of more than two ounces of wheat flour to any one guest at aay one meal. NO WHEAT PRODUCT! TO BE SERV ED UNLESS SPECIALLY ORDERED. Public eating establishments not to buy more than six pounds of wheat products per month per guest, thus conforming with limitations requested of the householders. Third Retailers to sell not more than one eighth o( a barrel of flour to any town consumer at any one time and not more than one-quarter of a barrel to any country customer at any one time and In no case to sell wheat products without the sale of an equal weight of olhsr cereals. Fourth We ask the bakers and grocers to reduce tho volume of vie toiy bread sold by delivery of a three-quarters pound loaf where one pound was sold before and correspond ing proportions In other weights. We also ask bakers net to increase the amount of their wheat flour pur chases beyond seventy per cent of the average monthly amount purchased In the four months prior to March first. Fifth Manufacturers using wheat products for non food purposes should cease such ubb e tlrely. Sixth There Is no limit upon the use of other cereal (lours and meals, such as corn, barley, buckwheat, po tato flour, et cetera. Many thousands of families throughout the land aro now using no wheat products what ever except a very small amount for cooking purposes, and are doing so in perfect health and satisfaction. There Is no reason why all of the American people who aro able to cook In their own households cannot sub sist perfectly well with the use of less wheat products than the one and one half pounds a week allowed. We spe cially ask the well to-do households In the country to follow this additional programme so that we may provide tho necessary marginal supplies for those parts of the community less able to adapt themselves to so targe a pro portion of 8iibstitules and In order that we shall be able to make the wheat exports that are absolutely de manded of us to maintain the civil population and soldiers of the Allies and our own army. "With tne arrival of the new harvest we should be able to rolax such re strictions, but until then we ask for tho necessary patience, sacrifice, and co operation of the distribution trades and public." , n.inwi trie curve or. uis mruncnes. His overstrained muscles worked me chanically like pistons. His heart pounded his long, lean, red ribs. "Dizzy, almost famished, he came at last to the top of a hill, and stop ped, ears erect. Below him stretched rows of twinkling lights that, all to gether, made up the glow In the sky. That was the city with the strange building Into which they had carried Tommy Barter When Dog Sought His Master. There Is a story In the American Mngnilue In which a writer says: "He had come many miles. He had many miles yet to go. From sleeping farmhouses dogs bayed him as ho passed, running like a big fox, silent and swift. The road turned and twist ed among the hills and small moun tains. Ahead In the sky was a glow of coming day. It grew brighter with the passing miles. It drew him on. The distance would have meant little to him, except for the tremendous speed at which he had been traveling. Now his chest was flecked with foam. Wff la. carried, usually o ptydlyr Strength Appeals to Women. Women nre or, should It be, have been? so bound by convention that It may be the strain of lawlessness that ties, more or less deep, In us all, In them manifests Itself In admiration for the men who have chosen to be a law unto themselves. Perhaps the real secret Is woman's love for strength, which, despite eman cipated protests, is the strongest In stinct Inherited from the cave woman still rampant within her. Most wom en's favorite character In history Is Napoleon, not because he was great, but because he was ruthless, and she will always have mere admiration for a great soldier than a great poet un less his amours were specially notori ous; but, unhappily, In any Instance she mistakes lawlessness for strength, not being sufficiently experienced to realize that only the bound are free. London Ideas. L Being an officer needn't prevent bin getting hold of $uch a good thing iu a chew of Real Gravely He Gets Days ol Comfort cut of a pouch of Real GRAVELY Chewing Plug Real Gravely Plug is such good tobacco .-! owOPtPtlillff tO floVOt). that a phut of Real Gravely lasts much longer . r l. t -...V. than an ordinary piug, emu ' fort and satisfaction of good tobacco. Givo any man a chew of Real Gravely Plug, and ba will tell you f fiat's the kind to send. Send the best! Ordinary plug ii false economy. It costs less per week to chew Real Gravely, because small chew of it lasts a long while. If you smoke a pipe, slice Gravely with your knife . and add a little to your smoking tobacco. It will give flavor improve your smoke. SEND YOUR FB1END IN THE U. S. SERVICE A POUCH OF GRAVELY Dealers aU around hare esnr it in 10e. pouchei. A 3c. stamp will put it into hil hands in any Trainins Camp or Sea port of the U. S. A. Even "over there" a 3c. itamp will take it to him. Your dealer will aupplr envelope and give you of f i. ciat directions how to address it. P. B. GRAVELY TOBACCO CO., Danville, Va. Tht Pctenl Poaca icepi it Frah and Clean and Good U it not Rtal Gravely without this Protection Seal Established 1S31 POET MADE WAR HIS THEME A Proverb Disputed. "Misery loves company." "I don't believe It. I can't see thai people are any more contented and companionable during a cold wavt than they are nt other times." Washington Audience Somewhat Sur prised That Masefleld Couldn't Spout His Own Verse. The visit of John Masefleld, poet nnd soldier, to Washington recently at tracted the attention of scores of peo ple who have known hlni through his tales of the sea and other stories In verse form. The auditorium was packed by the hundreds who came to see what a real, live poet looked like. The na tional capital, in 1918, may claim its full share of sophistication In matters political, but the visit of a poet is an other thing. Several years ago Alfred Noyes, fel low Englishman of Masefleld, spoke there, and people were delighted to find him a simple, franlf, good-natured fel low who had all the earmarks of a successful young business man. So this time they wondered what Masefleld would be like. Would he spout yards and yards of poetry from memory? He was scheduled to read his poems. Masefleld talked about the war. He had been through It, und tnlked from personal experience. He said scarcely a word concerning his poems. At the conclusion of his talk some one Insisted that he give them several of his poems. "I'll have to have a copy," he said, simply. Finally, after much search through the audience, one lone copy of the book needed was found. Exhibit of Spider Webs. Notwithstanding the fact that a spider weh Is so fine and delicate that unless covered with dust or spnrkllng with dew it is almost Invisible, the American Museum of Natural History is now displaying a series of these webs, 12 In number, so moulted on dark backgrounds as to be plainly vis ible. The spiral construction, widen ing gradually from the center outward, Is easily traced. The webs arc accom panied by colored plates of the spiders which spun them. Some spiders live in the web they spin; others spend only the nights there, hiding during the day In retreats often some distance oway, with a single thread leading to the web. One of the larger spiders, Arnnen trifollum, for Instance, spins a thread from the center of Its web to a tent made of leaves and silk. Sitting In this tent, the spider holds the thread In such a way that It knows when the web Is shaken by Its Insect prey. American Museum Journal. To Reopen Algerian Oil Fields. The negotiations between the French government nnd an important group of Interests In Paris and Lon don for a concession to exploit the pos sibilities of the abandoned Algerian oil fields are still proceeding. A contract hns been signed by the Arm and the governor general of Algeria, and now awaits ratification by the French gov ernment. An Interesting feature of this pending Anglo-French concern In Algeria is the fnct that French direc tors nnd capital will predominate, but the French slate will participate to the etteut of 20 uer cent of the profits. There Is more Catarrh In this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and for years It was sup posed to be Incurable. Doctors prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with locr.l treatment, pronounced It incurable. Catarrh Is a local disease, greatly influenced by constitutional con ditions and therefore requires constitu tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medi cine, manufactured by F J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is a constitutional remedy, Is taken Internally and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. One Hundred Dollars re ward Is offered for any case that Hall's Catarrh Medk-ine falls to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggists. 75c. Hall's Family rills for constipation. Notice of Final Account. In the County Court of the State of Oregon, for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of Henry Pinkerton, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that the indersigned has filed her final account ind report in the above entitled mat ter and that the above entitled Court has fixed Saturday, May i, 1918, at the hour of 10 o'clock a. in., of said lay, as the time and the county Court -oom as the place, for hearing said ccount and report. Objections to said inal account and report should be filed in or before said date. E. J. Pinkerton. Executrix. THE UNIVERSAL CAR 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 more into being actual necessities both in city and country. Prospective buyers will do well to place or ders NOW, when a reasonably quick delivery is possi ble. Dont put off until spring for the demand is con tinuous from all parts of the country; Ford cars are wanted in the North. South. East and West, every day in the year. Let us have your order today and we'll hustle our best that you may not be kept wait ing. Runabouts 4:15.00, touring cars 1450.00, chas sis 1400.00 f. o. b. Detroit, Mich Burke & Son Garage Phone 82, Athena, Oregon 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 mined defendant: In the name of the State of Oregon, You are hereby required to appear and answer or otherwise plead to the lorn plaint of the plaintiff filed against you in the above entitled suit in said Court and cause on or before Saturday, the 1 1 th day of May, 191H, 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 for in his complaint, 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, 1918. 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, end the last pub lication on Friday, Ihe 10th day of May, 1 D1H. in the Athena Press news paper. Will M. Peterson, Attorney for Plaintiff. Postoffice ad dress, Pendleton, Oregon. H. A. (LON) WILLIAMS Candidate for County Commissioner in the REPUBLICAN PRIMARY, MAY 17 Your vote aud influence respectfully solicited, Paid Adv, Athena Bakery O. H. McPherrin, Manager fresh Bread Cakes Made to Order Ice Cream Soda and Soft Drinks Hohbach Candies Give us a Trial. Worthington Building, Athena, Ore iiiiiiiniiiiiiniiiiMmiiiiniuMimiiiMim-w Wvt t iitiiiumti - Groodyear Tires; Athena Garage Repairing Parts and Accessories, Lathe Work a Specialty. iiiMiittiimittiinimiiniiiiiiiiiii FOSS-WINSHIP HARDWARE COMPANY I Shelf and Heavy HARDWARE BARRETT BUILDING, :: ATHENA, OREGON Absolutely tuRE Powder Makes the food more delicious and wholesome KnU. SAWIMPOWMB CO., NEW VOftK. THE PARKER BARBER SHOP A. J. 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