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Advertisers The Athena Press circulates in the homes of readers who reside in the heart of the Great Umatilla Wheat Belt, and they have money to spend mttm Subscription Rates One Copy, one year, $1.50; for six months, 75c; for three months, 50c; payable in advance, and subscrip tions are solicited on no other basis Bntered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mail Matter VOLUMEJXXX, ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. APRIL 19, 1918. NUMBER 16 uniMiiiiiuinn UlllltllllllllllllllllllUt How to Buy a Piano If you go into, a store where they have many different makes of pianos, which one are you going to buy? Do you have confidence in yourself that you know all about the material that is used in the con struction of pianos? Do you know the essentials of tone and dura bility? You need not be an expert to buy a piano here! You cannot be confused, because every piano in this store has a Price Tag on it with the price marked in plain figures I Each price represents a stan dard value you could send your young son or daughter here to buy a piano, with the same assurance as if you bought it yourself I We pay no commissiosn to teachers or professional musicians; therefore we do not have to add that expense to the price you pay We allow you a fair price in taking your o d piano in exchange. Davis-Kaser's is a safe place to buy a Piano I The Davis-Kaser Co. Home Furnishing Department Store Complete Furnishers of Homes, Offices and Schools 10-20 Alder St. Walla Walla Wash. IIMIIIMMIIIIIMIMMMIIiMMIIMMIIIIIMtllttr miimnniiiiiHiniiinntuiiittniiiiniittHi Watts And Rogers New members to the Combine club Alex Rogers, Roy Tompkins, Grady Herndon and Roy Lieuallen Just Over the Hill MIIMltlttMIMlllllHIIIIMUlinUIIIIIIIIIIMil wss Show Your Patriotism! Buy a War Savings Stamp and Help Win the War v For Sale at The First National Bank of cAthena illinium ESTABLISHED 1865 Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. AMERICAN BEAUTY FLOUR Is made in Athena, by Athena labor, in one ot the very best equipped mills in the Northwest, of the best selected BJuestcm wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home industry. Your grocer sells trie famous American Beauty Flour Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers Athena, Oregon. MMMMMMIMIIMMIfr Waitsburg, Wash. We carry the best MEATS That Honey Buys Our Market is Clean and Cool Insuring Wholesome Meats. LOGSDEN k MYRICK Main Street, Athena, Oregon YOU'RE EXPECTED TO ORDER GOAL NOW Fuel dealers have received instruc tions from the Fuel Administration to secure orders from consumers for coal now. The Fuel Administration recommends the purchase of coal for necessary domestic requirements as early as possible, in order, first, to in sure delivery of coal for this purpose, and second, to assist the transporta tion companies by effecting delivery of as much coal as possible before next winter. Conditions differ so widely in different localities that no attempt is made to provide for every contingency and the State Fuel Administrator is authorized to make certain modilications. Every consumer is urged to place with his regular dealer his order for his reasonable normal requirements for the year ending March 81, 1919. Such orders must be made in writing, and if a consumer already ha., a quan tity on hand, he shall receive only such additional amount as shall make up his normal annual requirements. Carload lots shall not be delivered to a single domestic consumer or to a group of consumers except with the permission of the fuel administrator, and dealers must file with the fuel ad ministrator on the first of each month a statement containing the names and addr esses of consumers to whom the deliveries have been made during the previous month and the quantity de livered to each. The new regulations are very strin gent and provide that any person who wilfully makes false statement in mak ing application for coal is subject to prosecution under the Lever Act, wnich imposes a pena ty of $6,000 fine or two years imprisonment, or both. Until further notice, no domestic consumer of coal shall purchase, re ceive, or otherwise keep possession of more coal than is required for his ac tual and necessary requirements prior to March 31, 19)9. And further, no firm, association or corporation, whe ther acting alone or in conjunction with others, shall directly or indirectly provide any domestic consumer of coal with more coal before March 31, 181!), than is necessary with the amount al ready on hand, to meet the actual nec essary requirements of such consumer prior to that date. The Tum-a-Lum Lumber Company the local fuel dealers, have the ne:es sary application blanks for their cus tomers, and in an advertisement pub lished on another page of today's Press, call the attention of their patrons to the necessity of ordering coal now while cars are available to transp'rt the fuel, in accordance with the Fuel Administration's regulations. Sunken Treasure. There Is some consolation for Cap tain Kidd, after all. The present gen eration Is about to revive the profes sion of searching for the treasure ships of the sens on a scale which, If he could know It, would stir the keenest Interest. True, this age Is not for men of his kind. He has been shamefully outdone In piracy, nnd now he will be out-captained In the salvage of burled treasure by reason of the stupendous plans which are being made for raising ships sunk by German submarined. At the end of the war charts and airships will, It Is planned, locate the wreck? within the war zone. Coal will h sucked out of flooded holds by pipes as vacuum cleaners draw up dust Metal cargoes and steel plates will hi recovered by magnets, acting In combi nntlon with powerful blows of nir. Tin romance of hunting for the gold ol the Spanish galleons will be nothing to the romance of salvaging this th greatest fleet ever sent to the bottom Is It possible that may cross tlv Atlantic on the Lusltanla once more? Chrlstinn Science Monitor. Latest Telegraph Record. Within the past few weeks a sever league stride has been made In high speed telegraphy, says Popular Me rhanlcs. An npparatus, which In ac tual tests has proved Its ability to transmit over a single grounded wire 6,000 words a minute has been evolved. The renl significance of this escapes one until It Is realized that 6,000 words set in type will fill TA standard mag azine pages. Details of what appears to be an epoch-making achievement must be withheld for military reasons. It is a war Invention and has for Its chief purpose the liberation of hundreds of expert operators for the signal corps without disorganizing our much-needed commercial lines. No secret Is di vulged, however, when the apparatus Is described as a printing telegraph system depending upon a universally used recording Instrument that has never before been associated with te legraphy. . . . The system Is ap plicable to wireless but so far has not been actually used In connection with It. Taking the Joy Out of Life. They had been dining In state, In the dining car. Husband, who Is a teacher of English, was glad that little daugh ter had behaved so perfectly. Mother also was In a happy frame of mind. There were numerous other diners In the car and the parents were proud of their child. Not a single thing had hap pened to mar the serenity of the oc casion. Finally the meal was over and they started to leave the car. Their way took them past all of the other tables. Suddenly the little girl felt Impelled to ask a question. "Mother," she called In a shrill voice, "aren't We going to wash the tUeUeaJ" INTEREST GROWING IN EVERY DEPARTMENT R. C. At the Red Cross room in the school building Wednesday, much work was accomplished in the sewing of con valescent suits for the soldiers. Here after a monthly report will be given of all work done, and this will also ap pear in the head Chapter's report, a condensed copy for March, of which appears in another column. 'P The surgical dressings department will soon be added to the work here, and a call is made for women and girls of the community to be in readiness to learn the woik which will begin in about three weeks. Special equipment for this work must be supplied, and a separate room prepared. Expert in structors will oversee the work, which is now a vital necessity. More sewing machines are badly needed in the sewing room, and a plea is made for immediate donations. Loan your sewing machine for the benefit of oui wounded soldiers and ask your neighbor to allow you the use of her's for your spring seeing of which you may get along with less this spring. Also an S. O. S. call 'has gone out for material for the wojk of the Bel gian Relief committee.; Outing flan nel, worn woolen underclothing, and pieces of eiderdown, are the articles wanted right now; also 'willing hands to fashion these into warm garments for needy children in France and Bel gium. The work of the Junior Red Cross is also along this line, and the Athena School auxiliary are doing notable work, the report of the head of this department at Pendleton giving them this splendid compliment: "Athena has completed one layette, and the work is beautifully done. The grades have made wash cloths and fin ished their quota of 10 gay hospital The Knitting Cub is still growing, rnd reports the following new mem bers: Mrs. J. W. Pinkerton, Mrs. Minnie DePeatt, Mrs. G. C. Taylor, Mrs. J. E. Froome, Mrs. W. S. Gleis er, Mrs. E. A. Dudley, Mrs. W. P. Littlejohn, making r membership of 35. This afternoon the meeting is be ing held at the home of Mrs. Victor Burke. Next Friday, April 28, the meeting will be held in the Red Cross room at the school house when a lunch eon will be served and a silver offering taken, for the purchase of more yarn. The public is invited to attend and contribute to the offering. R. C. Report for March. Officios of the head Chapter of the Umatilla County Red Cross at Pen dleton desire all Auxilaries to send in monthly reports of work done for each month, and if received there before the 3d of the month, it will be includ ed in the monthly report to head quarters. The March report from the head Chapter shows the following: Cash on hand first of month 14,616.07 Receipts - - - 1,528.56 ATHENA LISTENS TO Total, Disbursements t0,145.23 1,581.51 Balance - - - 4, 563.69 Shipments to headquarters from the Umatilla county Chapter fo' the per iod since November 30, 1917, include: Sweaters, 1,008; Mufflers, 130; Sox, Packed to its utmost capacity, with the crowd overflowing into the halls and in the wings behind the stage of the High school auditorium, Lieuten ant Plamondon's friends and acquain tances in Athena and surrounding country gathered Wednesday evening to hear him deliver an address on his personal experiences in France. Lieutenant Plamondon who enlisted with the La Grande hospital contin gent, is out of active service for the present on account of physical in capacity, but is growing stronger and is ready to again enter the service when called. With a few appropriate remarks, Mayor Watts introduced the speaker, who was received by the large audience with a patriotic outburst if applause that for the moment completely over came him in its spontaneous greeting. for the most part Dr. Plamondon confined his address to personal exper iences, but at times touched on the conditions of France and its people as the result of the great war. He em phasized the valor of the French sol diers and the undying purpose of the population in their enormous sacrifices to achieve victory over the Hun. He compared the peaceful scene of the rolling grain fields of Umatilla county to the devastated iarm lands and vil lages of sunny France, depicting the awful havoc wrought to the soil by the high explosive shells where great holes from three to twenty feet deep were in evidence. He corroborated the stories of Ger man atrocities, giving two well au thenticated examples, for which he could vouch, which made the blood of his great audience boil With indigna tion. He recounted many incidents of sol dier and hospital life, and paid high tribute to the Red Cross and the Y. M. C. A. He especially dwelt on the many good features of the latter injits relation to making the buiden of the soldier less monotonous, saying every dollar contributed to that organiza tion and to the Red Cross was being put to the best possible use. In his opinion, one thing and one thing onlv would bring victory to the arms of the allies, and that one thing is ships. Transportation he said, was the great problem to be surmounted in the attainment of success, and "over there" Uncle Sam is not only building docks and widening channels, but is constructing standard gauge railroads, that supplies and munitions from Am erica may reach the front to supply the bammies and the fighting forces of the allies as well. Lieutenant Plamondon's address was preceded by an excellent program of patriotic nature, and was participated in by leading singers of the commun ity. The program opened with "Amer ica, sung by the audience and led by Prof. Russell; vocal solos by Mrs. Ethel Scott, and Mrs. J. C. Baddeley ; hoop drill by a class of little girls; instrumental solo by Miss Betheen Read, duet by Misses Areta Littlejohn and Vernita Watts; song by J. N. Scott and trio by Richard Cartano, Herman Geissel and Willard Parker. OUR MINISTER'S HONEYMOON COMING TUESDAY EVENING The Saturday Afternoon Club of Weston, which so successfully produced the operetta, "Our New Minister," in this'city last year, will come to Ath ena next Tuesday evening, April 23, with a sequel to the first play, in the musical success, "Our Minister's Hon eymoon." The proceeds will be used for the French and Belgian relief work and a large audience will be sure to greet the Weston people. The cast of characters includes about thirty of the prominent club workers of that city, and the program consists of choruses, solos and duets, and abounds with amusing situations and dialogue. The play is under the direction of Mrs. J. H. Williams, and A. W. Lun dell is the director of music. The c ompany will be accompanied by the Weston Orchestra, who furnish splen did music. There will be a street pa rade at 7 o'colck Tuesday evening, headed by the band, and consisting of bridesmaids, the "Mite Society," etc. look out for "Uncle Alex," "Sally Ann" and "Sarah Jane." Prices of admission, 35 and B0 cents. The play will be given in the High School Auditorium. I of the crew iimienooK me work of carrying n life-line to fhe wrecked vessel. By this action more than two thirds of the crew were saved. Strick land enlisted In the navy in 1008 at Buffalo as Beast af Burden. The buffalo has always been rated as untamable, and many scientists have regarded Mm as one of the most stupid beasts that ever existed. It has remained for Mnjor Bob Yokura of Pierre, 8. D-, after Ave years of ef fort, to accomplish the wonderful feat of training a pair of buffaloes to trot to wagon, and also to do many other remarkable stunts. Major Yokum Is a former United States marshal, and Is known In the old ranching and cowboy life of the American West, from Texas to Oregon. One of the accomplishments of the Yokum team Is to race against horses, and they distance their speedy competitors. They loathe Ihe saddling process, and when the rider mounts them will "buck" In a way to shame a veteran broncho. St. Nicholas. All the Comfort of Home. All the conveniences of a seagoing pleasure yacht have been provided for In a one-ton track which started on a journey from Boston to Henttle a few weeks ago. Immediately back of the driver's seat Is a steel framework sup porting three spring beds, one above the other. To the rear of the beds the body of the car takes on the aspect of n kitchen and dining room combined. On one side Is a gas stove, a set of drawers, a sink and a cupboard. On the opposite side Is a bureau with eight drawers, and an Icebox with a CitlcLtJLfar W pounds of left The Great Laurant Tonight. Laurant, the much talked of Man of Many Mysteries, appears in the High School auditorium this evening, as the third number of the series of Red Cross benefits, and will doubtless meet with a capacity house. During the yea s which he has devoted to the lyceum platform, many offers are said to have been made from vaudeville and theatrical managers, but they have been turned aside by Mr. Laurant be cause he believed in tho lyceum as a greater field in which to present his work. The high esteem in which he is held by members of his own profession is evidenced in the fact that he was given a gold medal by the Society of American Magicians. He will give a highly artistic magic entertainment this evening, W. S. S. Sales Increase. Athena business men took up the sale of W. S. S. with commendable patriotism, and twenty-one business house in Athena now handle the sale of War Savings Stamps. Soliciting for the placing of the stamps in the busi ness houses was placed by Manager Gleiser into the hands of a committee consisting of Mrs. F. S. LcGrow and Mrs. R. A. Thompson, and the ladies reported not one refusal. Reports show that in the past month, more War Savings stamps were sold in Um atilla county than in any other county in the state, including Multnomah, SOLDIERS RECEIVE ATHENA'S TOBACCO "Somewhere in France, March 25, '18. "To the Editor Athena Press: We desire to express our thanks and grat fication through your medium to the citizens of Athena who so kindly sent us boxes containing tobacco. 1 must say no other gift could be more ac ceptable to the boys over here, for U. S. tobacco has them all beat Af ter a hard old day a smoke is a great solace; although the chief desire of all is news from home, for a letter from home is the sunshine of a soldier's life and those at home who neglect to write neglect a serijus duty. If they could only see the faces of the boys when they learn "No mail for you this trip," they would realize how much it means to the boys "Over Here." "Well, we are a busy bunch. Things in general are in pretty good shape. We have good quarters, good food and the weather is excellent. One can say "Sunny France" Jevery day, as it is as pleasant as a summer day in June. All the boys are a little im patient and eager to have a crack at Mr. Hun, and I assure you our guns are pretty monsters and the boys will go the limit. The way things look around here, we will be in action pretty soon. The boys are all in good health. "Trusting you will find space in your paper to express our appreciation and thanks, Remaining yours sincerely "Ord. Sgt. G. A. Winshio, Corp. Edward Sebasky, 1st. CI. Pvt. Harry Keller 1st. CI. Pvt. Sam Starr, 1st. CI. Pvt. Leslie McCubbins." Will Sell His Chickens. Donald McFadyen, who has been en gaged in the poultry business in Ath ena for a number of years, will sell his laying stock at the end of the present season, until after the war. He finds that he cannot feed wheat, and without this grain he finds the production of eggs and raising pullets a losing venture. With the cessation of war and the return of normal condi tions, he will again embark in the business on a larger scale than heretofore. Caught in Belt. Roy Burke, of the Burke & Son Garage, was struck by a belt which ran off a pulley and became fast in a set screw, with the result that he was severely bruised about the face and head, Monday of this week. The belt was attached to a motor which Roy was repairing, and when it began winding on tho shaft, the stand on which the motor was resting was turn ed over and a casting broken. Main Street Walk. nforming to the city crdinance, a new concrete sidewalk is being put down on the south side of Main street, from Second tn the O.-W. R. & N. sta tion. The concrete work begins at the Spencer building occupied by the Burke & Son Garage and the other property owners are making prepara tions for the concrete tilling. Bert Davis, who has been in the em ploy of B. B. Richards, has leased a small ranch on the Umatilla river west of Cayuse, and will reside there. Percr Wants to Dig to Berlin. "Somewhere in France, Mch. 12, '18. "My dear Mother: Just a few lines to let you know that I am all O. K. and feeling fine. Received your letter and was very much surprised to hear I was shot. If it had been half shot, it would have been nearer the truth; but as it is I am just about as lively a corpse as any Boche would care to meet up with. "We are having beautiful weather here now and this is a beautiful town, but 1 have not seen one half of it as yet, for we catch guard every other day and on week days we are hitting the ball from 6:45 a. m. until 5 p. m., bo the only time we have for sight seeing is on Sundays and two or three hours at night, as we have to be in quarters by 9 p. m. ; for then the gates go shut, as the place we are at has a high wall all around it and those who are caught outside of the 'caserne,' as it is called, after the call to quar ters is blown, are out of luck and are pulled up on the carpet. That is not very pleasant; fori have been up a couple of times and I know from ex perience. "We are sure doing a lot of trench digging; it is one thing that gets my animal for fair. It is just dig, dig all the time and sometimes I wonder why they don't put us in the first line trenches and start us on a straight line and let us dig our way to Berlin. We would be over half way there by now. But it is all in the game, and we have to know everything from handling a pick and muck stick, to running a sub marine. "I received a package of tobacco and a bundle of papers from Edna. "There was a big bunch of American soldierB just arrived and the band just got through playing 'There's a Hot Time in the Old Town. ' "Pvt. Percy Wilson, Co. E, 116 Eng'rs., A. E. F., France." The concrete work is progresssing on the Farmers' elevator, a portion of which is now level with the surface of the ground. The scaffold for the ele vation of building material and con crete has been put in place. Mr. Rancher Look over our cash prices and see how much we can save you bv trading with us. In buying for 197 busy stores, paying cash and selling for cash, we can save you enough money in a very" short time to buy a Liberty Bond. Win the war by saving. Men's genuine blue dye overalls - - 1.69 Men's heavy Chambra shiits, - - 1.19 Men's blue stripe overalls, , 1.89 Men's blue and gray work shirts, - .69 Men's blue overalls . . .98 Men's work sox .10, 2 for .25 and .15 Men's American dye overalls - - .88 Men's gauntlet gloves - 1.25 to 1.93 Men's khaki pants, .... .25 Men's short gu-ves - - - .49 to 1.98 Men's work pants, .... 1.09 Men's work hats - - .98 1.49 to 1.98 Men's khakifsuits, .... 6.00 Leather laced canvas gloves - - .25 Boys' American dye overalls, - - .48 Canvas gloves - - - .10 and. 15 Mens c7Wuleskin Harvest Shoes, $2.25; cTWens Elk Hide Shoes, $2.79; fJWens Elk Hide Harvest shoes, 8 inch top, $3.79. Buy Thrift Stamps, we have them. J Incorporated & J