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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1918)
Advertising The cthena Press circulates in the homes of readers who reside in the heart of the Great Umatilla Wheat Belt, andthey have money to spend 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 Entered at the Post Office at Athena. Oreeon, as Second-Class Mail Matter VOLUME XXX. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JUNE 28, 1918. NUMBER 26 Quality Always Service First THE ECONOMY GASH GROCERY Bhone 532 THE IP SAVINGS E Crisco small Crisco medium Crisco large 55c $1.05 2.05 Citrus Washing Powder, 2 pkg 55c Ground Chocolate X Bulk Macaroni per pound 30c per pound 11c Fancy Breakfast Bacon, per lb 47c cTWount Vernon Milk cJTVlount Vernon Milk large cans 2 for 25c small cans 4 for 25c We Pay Cash for Eggs ECONOMY GASH GROCERY Quality Always Service First ; A real satisfiedfarmer's smile is one of the most pleasant ! sights we have about our place and now we are having ! "many of them every day because of the arrival of the New cTVIcCormick Combines ! The third carload has arrived and your time is well in ; vested to come and see them. You can see gold dollars ; in this machine and besides the saving in your harvest X of this year, you probably save $500 to $700 on the price f of next year. Come and see, then decide. Get busy Take out your binder twine, while the taking is good. Watts & Rogers Just Over the Hill uiininiiniitiiiiiiMiiini8frH nnimw wss Show Your Patriotism! Buy a War Savings Stamp and Help Win the War For Sale at The First National Bank of c4thena iiiiMii)iiiiiiiiiimninnnimtnMiiniinnj Athena Bakery O. H. McPherrin, Manager why worry about substitutes? as mm m O Buy nonoacn s tsreaa Give us a Trial. Worthington Building, Athena, Ore ? ;hmhii W4 nitim We carry the best MEATS That Money Buys Our Market is Clean and Cool Insuring Wholesome Meats. RLAD & LOGSDON Main Street, Athena, Oregon 1 inmK4MtmniinMiiiwMmminnnni Each call for wai funds finds Athena district even more ready to respond than in the previous successful cam paigns. The big W. S. S. push is on today and when the Press forms were closed the total receipts for the day could not be stated. Athena's quota is 127.000 maturity value. To cover this amount the committee is asking that the pledges be made today, pay ment for the W S. S. purchase to be made du'lng the next six months. The total sales to January 1, 1919, must cover the amount stated above. The same committee that put Ath ena over in six hours on the Third Liberty Loan is handling ioday's drive. Precinct chairmen are at the helm in their respective precincts. W. S. Gleiser, chairmin of Athena district, is using the Pbstoffice as the central office for the drive. Pledges made to day will be filed at the local Postoffice. Therefore in order to secure proper credit on pledges it is essential that the W. S. S. be purchased at the Post- APART FROM REST OF WORLD pportunity America uao u..v..v,. reli and poor alike to become stoek hdijers in America. The W. S. S. movement makes it possible for the widow's mite as well as for the rich man's million to do duty for humanity. Athena's district expects to turn no yellow cards over to the treasury de partment. Some of the citizens may be missed inadvertently by the com mittee. Any such persons should call at the Postoffice today or tomorrow, Saturday, and pledge the quota of this stamp purchase. An item which Athena district pur chasers should keep in mind is that the limit of W. S. S. purchases for any individual is 1 000. Complete re sults of today's drive will be published in the PieES next week. NO FINER GRAVE FOR MAN THAN FRANCE BATTLEFIELD East Oregonian: Dell Blancett's grave is in the battlefield of France and before he died he did "consider able execution" on the foe, accoiding to word received by J. R. Raley from Major P. S. Torrance commanding the squadron to which the former Round Up star belonged. The major's letter, highly interesting in its details follows: "France, May 21st. 1918. "My dear Mr. Raley: "Unfortunately there was no error in the report of the death of Pvt. Blancett and vour letter of a2nd April was , opened by the writer. "I can readily understand the desire for full particulars of his death since it is certain that he must have been a very popular man wherever he went. He was only with us a short time but was loved by all and was an exception ally good soldier. "On the UOth of March the Brigade became engaged in an operation the success of which earned for it the per sonal thanks of the C. in C. and this Regt. took the leading part. The enemy had forced a way into a large wood cn a prominent hill which we undcrtoc k to clear and this we did both mounted and dismounted. Blancett was with the dismounted party which pushed through the wood while the others galloped around it. On reach ing the farther side it became neces sary to consolidate and it was while this digging in was being done (about noon) that he was shot through the stomach by a German sniper, but not before he ( Blancett I had done con siderable execution to them with his rifle from behind a tree. Some of the men went to him and he said: "These German bullets sure hit hard well, boys, there's a little change in my jeans which you'd better divide up be tween you." He died a few minutes later quite cheerfully and without suffering. "The fighting was very intense dur ing the day and at night when the Regt. was relieved it was impossible to bring out any but the woundtd. There is, however, no finer grave for man today than the battle field of France. Yours very sincerely, ( Sd.) P. S. Torrance. Major. " 'A' Sqdn." More Booze Seized. Another booze haul has been made by the county officials. Two men and h woman, hailing from Seattle, driv ing a seven passenger car were arrest ed at Umatilla with two suitcases of liquor in their possession and taken to Pendletcn, Five gallon kegs purchased at Pen dleton and taken to Umatilla, pre sumably to be filled with liquor later, led to their detection by the officials. The kegs however had not been filled when the parties were arrested.', They were released from custody by depos ing 500 bonds each. The three led themselves out of jail by depos- ttg cash and diamonds. People Dwelling in High Valley of the Indus Are Isolated, but Com pletely Satisfied. In the high volley of the Indus, guarding the entrance to mysterious Tibet, lies Leh, the capital of an In dian province, writes Niksnh In Chi cago Dally News. Leh is not a haven for tourists. Occasionally a few trav elers with a passion for adventure and a lack of consideration for the com forts of home, work their way through mountain passes and over rivers, on caravan ponies and primitive rafts, and at last reach Leh. Usually the Journey is taken for the pleasure of unconventional travel and not for the purpose of visiting Leh, for merely to view the town Is hardly wortli the hardships of the trip. If you are an astronomer, however, you look at the matter differently. The meterologlcal observatory of Leh Is the most elevated in Asia; and your true lover of the stars will not balk at the blinding snow and scorching sun which follow one another In such mad dening succession In the Himalayas. Devout Buddhists find congenial sur roundings in Leh, for the neighborhood Hod with lamnsserles, as the mon asteries of Tibetan Buddhists are called. Over half the men are priests, or "red coats," nnd spend their days in the worship of Buddhn. Nowhere else are there so many prayer wheels endlessly revolving. On these wheels are manuscripts bearing the Inscrip tion, "Jewel In the lotus, Amen," writ ten many times. As the wheel turns, the paper unwinds and the prayer is considered said. The people of this section know little of outside affairs. They live at an al titude of from 11,000 to 10,000 feet above sea level, In the highest popu lated altitude In the world. If they de scend as low as 5,000 feet, the unac customed atmosphere causes illness. But they are happy in their Isolation, and view complacently the monoton ous grandeur of the mountains, which cut them off so effectually from the rest of the world PLAN ACTIVE WAR ON PESTS West Indian Sugar Planters Seek Aid of the Lizard and a Species of Fungus Growth. Lizard farming nnd fungus cultiva tion are means adopted in the West Indies to protect the sugar industry. It has been discovered that the frog hopper (Thomnspls sacharlnn), so called on account of Its great leaping powers, is the greatest pest of the sugar cane, and that It multiplies by thousands on single plants, sucking the sap from roots nnd leaves. In tho last three or four years two remedies have been developed. F. W, Urlch, a West Indian entomologist, has dem onstrated that lizards devous great quantities of the Immature hoppers, and J. B. Rorer, a United States my cologist, has shown that spores of the fungus known as "green muscardine" are peculiarly fatal to the adults. As part of the work to save the cane, war has been begun In Trinidad,' where the Investigation has been made, against fhe rapacious mongoos, which has made lizards scarce. In addition, hundreds of lizards arc collected in a protective enclosure, and are encour aged to multiply under favoring condi tions of sand banks for burrows, with an abundance of food nnd water. The fungus is grown In test-tube cabinets, which produce spores that are dusted over the cane fields by special distrib uting machines. Anonymity In Literature. A writer In the Boston Transcript, speaking of a man who had written much for publication but always anony mously, says: "I doubt the wisdom of this on practical grounds ; for the pub lic likes to know whoso work It Is rending; a pseudonym Is far better than nothing, and If persisted In Is as good in the long run as the right name ; but a book by an abstraction, by nobody, generally falls to win the rend er's Interest, unless u rumor Is put rixwtf Qaf there Is a mystery concern authorship, and that the author Is a famous man trying a new experi ment." lie might have added that anonymity Is not profitable to the writer, especially if lie Is capable of good work. He gets no credit with the public for what he does; whereas his name If it accompanied his pub lished willing should become a dis tinct asset, editors, especially of maga zines, being governed to some extent In their acceptances by the value of u name, and persistent use of a name even when attached to matter of trivial quality has become a source of liberal Income to many a writer." To Warm Room Evenly. The temperature of a heated room is several degrees warmer at the cell ing than at the floor. To equalize the temperature, It Is necessary for the nlr to be In circulation. This may be accomplished with an electric fan, but to prevent any unnecessary draughts, the blast from the fan should be con fined. As the air must be driven from the floor to the celling, place the fan In one corner of the room in such a position that It will drive the nlr up wards. To keep the air confined make a cgrdboard tube about six Inches In diameter to carry the nlr up and across the celling to the opposite corner of the room. This will take the cold nlr from the floor and force it out at the celling level. Naturally toe air cur rents are forced from a lower to a higher level, thus equalizing the tem perature. Popular Science Monthly. COUNTY WIDE SOLDIER ROLL IS WANTED CROP CONDITIONS ARE MUCH VARIED NAME AGE. HOME ADDRESS (Street) (City) OCCUPATION BEFORE WAR MARRIED . ENTERED SERVICE WHEM? WHERE? BRANCH OF SERVICE TRANSFERS RANK (Include promotions and dates) NEAREST RELATIVE ADDRESS RELATOINSHIP . .. PRESENT ADDRESS SIGNATURE of INFORMANT Friends and relatives of boys in service are asked to fill out above and mail to M . R. Chessman, Sec. Pendleton, Ore., Phone 123. SHORTAGE OF WOOLENS ATHENA HONOR GUARD IN AMERICA IS DENIEO Reports of shortages of woolens and woolen clothing for the civil popula tion were officially denied by the war industries board in a warning to deal ers not to speculate in woolen commod ities. "There is no official warrant," the statement said, "for statements of rumors to the effect that it will soon be impossible to buy woolens or woolen clothing sufficient to meet actual re quirements for the civil population. "The present speculative movement in cloth and clothing will undoubtedly compel definite penalizing action if persisted in. There are at present ample stocks of cloth and clothing and there is no excuse for inflation." All Class 1 Called. With the calling of 93 men Satur day evening to report for duty July 21, Class 1 in Umatilla county is exhausted and further drafts will begin in Class S. Friday evening a call for 48 men from this county was received by the local board and they are to leave Pendleton Julv 5. In this call three Athena men, Jesse Myrick, Leroy McCubbins and Bert Stone are in the draft. With the 72 men that left Pendleton Tuesday, Umatilla has calls for 212 men before August 1. To this number the five volunteers for special service to leave Saturday, should be added, making a total of 217. Rain and Hail Storm. Saturday and Suuday were marked days in a meteorological sense in this ccunty. The first rain storms of the summer fell in different sections and in some instances hail accompanied the rain. A hard rain fell for half an hour at Pendleton and only a sprinkle occurred here Sunday a cloud burst struck Meacham creek, damaging the O.-W. roadbed to some extent and hard showers fell at Athena, Weston and the mountain districts. South Pilot Rock hailstones as large as mar bles covered the ground and a eloud burst struck on the watershed of upner McKav creek. Other sections of the county received no rainfall whatever. IN PENDLETON PARADE The Athena Girls Honor Guard par ticipated in the patriotic parade at Pendleton Tuesday morning, when seveniy two Umatilla county men en trained for Camp Lewis to join the colors. Under the leadership of Mrs. Ralph Hassell, the Guard members drove to Pendleton in automobiles and took up theii position in the parade formation in section three. Thousands of people lined the streets along which the pa rad i moved and other thousands were on the side streets and at the railway station where the soldiers took a spe--al train for Camp Lewis. Two Athena men were among the soldiers, leaving for the training camp. They are Dick Winshiip and Charles Brown. Good Word for Snakes. "Only 17 of the 111 varieties of snakes In America are poisonous," writes OInyne K. Norton In American Forestry. "None," he asserts, "will at tack a human being except In self defense. All of them destroy rodents that Injure crops and carry communi cable diseases." The United States department of ag riculture places our annual crop loss due to rodents nt over $500,000,000, or something like $5 a person. Just how many more snakes we need In America to save this $300,000,000 of food no one claims to know, but It may be a good Idea for snake haters to penult the wiggling reptiles a longer lease of life a reprieve, you might say, until all the rodents tire gone. Grain Grading School. Under the direction of Prof. H. J. Hislop, of O. A. C. and H. A. Martin of the grain standardization bureau of Portland, sessions of the grain grading school were held at Pendleton this week. Those attending from Athena were: Melville Johns, Arthur Cop pock and Chas. T. Smith. Most of the wheat hay is in the shock and will be ready for hauling from the fields in a few days. Innkeepers' Signs. In the middle ages, before turnpikes were constructed, the castles of the barons and the monasteries offered shelter and food to travelers. The baronial arms were always hung before the castles In prominent positions, tho object being to enable wayfaring stran gers to Identify n liven house by the most conspicuous object In the device. Tims, If a rose, lily or Hon appeared In bold relief the building was named by the traveler by one or other of these terms. Afler the overthrow of the feudal powers and tho suppression of (he monasteries tho wayside hostelry was the only re source left to wanderers, and It took over tho former custom by displaying signs. The One Achievement. "I do not feel that I hnvo really seen 'Hamlet' played," mused Mr. Storm Ington Barnes. "But you have played the part your self." ".My dear fellow, I could not watch myself net, could I?" From observations and careful in spection of the crop conditions in Um atilla county, yield prospects vary in a large degree. The cause is due primarily to the extended dry weather and to the large acreage of spring sown grain. In the vicinity of Athena, in all directions, within a radius of ap proximately 10 miles there are crops on summer fallow ground that give evidence of a yield as high as 45 bush els per acre, though no further rainfall be recorded, if only normally cool weather prevails, giving the grain a chance to fill. On the other hand, there are fields of fall sown wheat that will not go over 25 bushels per acre, even though abundant moisture should come. This is particularly true of the light soil lands and localities where rock form ation comes close to the surface. Early prospects of spring crop con ditions were never better, based on abundant winter moisture, perfect soil conditions and a seasonable seed ing period. A large acreage of both wheat and barley was seeded, with tho expectation of greatly increasing the grain production of the county, which is normally between four and five mil lion busheis. A combination of cold winds, aphids and drought, served to annul former prospects to the extent that there are many fields on which the grain will yield poor results and others where the owner will get bet te returns than was expected. This is mainly true of the spring barley crop. Spring vvher t promises a greater de gree of variation in yield than does fall wheat. Some fields with rain coming at once would undoubtedly fill out beyond expectations, while other fields would not be helped materially. Early Bl rt seems to offer the best general prospect of spring sown grain. County Agent Shrock who recently investigated conditions, says in his report: "Some very interesting facts were brought out during our recent tour of the wheat counties. Nearly every farmer does some experimenting, cith er consciously or unconsciously. The results of his experiments are interest ing, whether they are positive or neg ative. It was for the purpose of see ing the results and studying the meth ods employed on a few of the mosi. prominent of these experiments that the trip was planned. "In almost every community we 8a some fieldB that wiU.make practically a, full crop Without further rainfall. We also saw in practically every com munity some fields that are almost a total failure. Tho methods of farm ing in the good fields were very sim ilar all the way through. Early plow ing and thorough weed control were the outstanding essential factors. Late plowing and weeds are found the close companions of the poor crop in every case. "We saw men plowing summer fal low on June 'i'i on three different farms, but we (yiw no good crops on these same farms. Next year, re gardless of weather, the drought will be bltim.'d for a poor crop on tluo fields now being plowed." Italian Flag Floats. Commemorating the great victory of tho Italian army over the Austrians on the Pinve river, the Italian (lug has been Hying below the folds of Old Glory on the Athena flag staff this week. The flag was hastily made Monday evening, in honor of our vic torious ally, the emblematic design being copied from a color art curd Hi tho Press office. It has been sug gested that the flags of all the allied nations should be at hand, for conven lence of display wherever occasion warrants. Harvest Supplies Now is the time when everyone will be wanting harvest Clothes, and we have everything in that line, In buying for 175 J. C. Penney stores for strictly cash and selling for cash, you will find that our prices are lower than shown elsewhore. Canvass (iloves 10c and J5c Leather-faced Canvass Gloves 25c Hog Hide (iloves (We Heavy (iloves 98c to $1.69 Driving (iloves $1.09 Work Sox 10c. 2 for 25c, and 2()c Straw Hats 2oe to 98e Mens Khaki Pants $1.69 and $1 98 Meavv blue bib Overalls $1.89 Blue stripe Overalls $19 6x12 8 oz Canvass Bed Sheets 6x1 8 oz 6x14 10 oz " 0xl 12 oz " Harvest Blankets Harvest C niforts (iood blue and grey Work Shirts 69c Heavy blue Work Shirts 89c Extra heavy blue Work Shirts 1.19 Harvest Union Suits 89c to 1.40 $2.69 3.49 4.49 .98 $1.98 to 4.98 $1.49 to 1.98 j Incorporated & J