AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
F. B. Boyd, Publisher
SILLY TO WCRRY OVER PAST
tATHENA. OREGON, JULY 26, 1918
SQUEEZING THE HUN.
With Foch apparently ready to close
the trap In the Soissons-Rheims sal
ient, as the result of narrowing the
pocket in which the Huns have heen
-.drawn from H7 miles in width down to
21 miiles, it is possible that the allies
are aaVwncing within the circle of a
ulorious vTclory. Press dispatchen of
last evening wnd this morning indicate
that America and French artillery of
heavy bore is in stupendous action,
throwing tons Jf metal and explosives
in a crossfire vfchich is spraying the
two important Juoncentration points of
the pocket. IFrench-Aruerican battle
lines this monfiing were drawn within
three miles dw the main railway center
of the enem aTKlH!''? one narrow line
of commtrtiioation and possible
drawal Lo the north is menaced by the
terrible onslaughts being made on his
flanks by all modern methods of war
fare. The British have thrown fresh
divisions into the vortex and with their
French comrades yesterday advanced
two miles at a poir.t west of Hheiuis, I
which resulted in cutting the mouth of
the pocket eight miles shorter. Thj
Crown Prince is getting an awful
mauling and a few days more of gruel
ling will place the present battle on a
par with the terrible losses he sus
tained in the battle of Verdun. Indi
cations point to indecision on his part,
whether to retreat to the Vesel river I
or throw into the conflict the masses
of Hun reserves he has gathered he-
hind his lines and fight it out. In
either case, the allied command feels
confident of successfully accomplishing
his defeat but what they hope for is an
overwhelming, crushing victory, and
the newa from the front portends
that. I
Far Better to Get Busy as Possible in
Planning Something Worth While
In the Future.
The woman who sits around discon
solately bemoaning the fact that what
she considers her best years have van
ished does not by any means deserve
the sympathy she would like to re
ceive. Pray, who outside the home circle
cares what one's years are, whether
the bloom has faded from one's check
or whether one's figure has lost or 13
losing its youthful lines?
The person who foolishly wastes
good time In wishing that he or she
could reclaim other days should try to
forget self and Immediately become
busied with some wholesome task.
There are no fountains of perpetual
youth to lie found at any price In any
clime. This fact wns demonstrated
long ago, and the person who sets out
In search of those magic waters will
return bitterly disappointed.
Time leaves Its traces upon nil of
us, much as we would like to refute
this charge. How senseless then to
resort to artificial means, hoping that
by so doing we shall eradicate the
narks of passing years!
On the oilier hand, why not concen
t'.ile one's best thoughts upon tho
Present, remembering that there are
'' toiler sunsets more lovely and morn
t"'lllant than any that ever paint a
J''ne sky I
The woman past her first youth has,
V she Is blessed with good health plus
vvlll power, a work to do, and .she
should do It. Not one of us ever ques
tions the age of any person who per
forms some worth-while task. Instead,
we applaud the worker, meanwhile
hoping earnestly that he or she shall
long continue to serve or entertain.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
ROUSED HIS ARTISTIC SENSE
After a Little Reflection Mr. Snignsby
Could See Beauty of Ornament
He Had Condemned.
"Here's where patience ceases to
lie a virtue," said Snlggsby. "Look
at this hat I'm wcarln'. It's three
years old. I can't afford to buy a
new one, and yet you go and pny $."17
for that brass thing lo put on the
mantelpiece. Darned If I'm goln' to
stand for It."
"Jly dear! What shocking language 1
What If the neighbors should hear
you?"
"I want 'em lo hear me. I don't
care who hears me. I've stood this
as long as I'm goln' to stand It. You
take that thing back tomorrow and
see that It's taken off our bill. I'll
never pay for It. Put that down
where you won't forget It. The worm
has turned. Itlght here's where I
cross the lluhlcou. I've stood for a
lot of darned foolishness, but I'm
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Speed
mt Speed Speed!
' Uncle Sam pushed the clock ahead
one hour to Rive more light.
Take advantage of it. You owe it
to yourself and your country to make
every minute count.
Use your car passenger or com
mercial to the limit.
Samuel P. Colt, president of the
United States Kubher Company,
helped awaken the country to the
economic value of the automobile
last fall. He said-
" Everything on wheels must be
used and mobilized.
"The automobile is second to the
railroads as an adjunct and supple
mentary to them in collecting and
distributing merchandise.
"Owners should use their cars,
both passenger and commercial, more
and more."
Make the most of your car by using
the tires that will extend its usefulness
to the utmost.
Use good tires- United States Tires.
They last longest and carry you
farthest at least cost.
There is a United States Tire for
every car or truck to guarantee un
interrupted service and greatest
economy.
Our nearest Sales and Service Depot
dealer will tell yon which ones will
serve you best.
United States Tires
are Good Tires
We know United States Tires are good Tires. That's
why we &ell them.
BUNCH BROS. ArJauig; ATHENA tiRACE, lU'KlvE & SON
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limit and"
"Henry, feel In your Inside pocket."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean what I say. Feel In your
Inside pocket. Xes! I should think
you would look worried. I found a
letter there last night. Who Is
Thomas BiclcfOrd, nnd what does he
mean tiy debts of honor? Where have
you been going every Saturday night?
You told me you went to your club,
and . that gambling wasn't allowed
there. Does Mr. Bickford "
'Tolly, the artistic qualities of that
thing grow on a fellow. I'm begin
ning to like It. It sort of sets off the
room. Please tell the maid to hurry
up and serve dinner. I'm us hungry
as a bear." Dayton News.
WHAT YOUR
DOLLARS DO
One Hundred Cents' Worth
of Mercy and Relief for
Every War Fund Dollar.
TRAIN MIND TO REMEMBER
By the Proper Exercise of Will One
Can Teach the Brain to Regis
ter Photographs.
A man who has a wonderful memory
says In the American Magazine:
If you can train your right arm to
deliver a good blow, you can train
your memory to retain facts. There
are Just as many flabby-minded men
In the world as there are flabby-bodied
ones. Both kinds of flabblness are due
to laziness, the one mental, the other
physical.
Above all, you must remember that
the brain is a photographic machine
and you can make it take an enormous
number of photographs. I don't con
tend that each man may eventually
have as good a memory as his neigh
bor's, but I am firmly convinced that
lit) men out of 100 can have better and
more serviceable memories than they
now have.
Teach your brain to register photo
graphs of what you want It to retain.
Be enthusiastic about It. Work at It
every day while you are doing your
other work. It Isn't very hard. Most
men use about 30 per cent of their
available energy when they're work
ing. Concentrate on what you are
doing. Let it soak into you. Absorb
It and always absorb it with the con
viction that It is going to stay ab
sorbed. There you have my recipe for a
good memory: Determine to remem
ber, don't worry, and learn how not to
let your office worries and work go to
bed with you at night and, above all
things, get Into the open and give na
ture a chance. Fresh air and sun
shine have as beneficial an effect on
the memory as they (lo on tho other
parts of your general makeup.
Tour Bed Cross dollars every cent
of every Bed Cress dollar actually
relieves suffering actually goes as
you give it, for war relief. Not one
cent of any contribution goes Into
Bed Cross administration expenses
the overhead of War Fund adminis
tration Is more than covered by the
Interest accruing from the banking of
the funds. All relief work not per
taining to the war Is amply covered
by the normal revenues of the Bed
Cross through membership dues.
Your answer to humanity's cry
your donation to war relief Includes
not only the care and restoration of
the wounded. It Is a mission of mercy
to the famished, the homeless and
helpless, the lame, the halt, and the
blind all the victims of war that ap
peal to the heart of mankind.
The relief of Invalided soldiers, re
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ing of crippled soldiers for useful pur
suits relief service for the care and
revival of soldiers on furlough from
the front relief of children through
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pendent families of soldiers relief to
prisoners In Germany relief among
repatriated people returning to France
children's refuges and hospitals
these are among the divisions of or
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to Its every object In a wide field of
activity. Its scop embraces Russia,
Boumanla, Serbia, Italy and Armenia
besides the great field of France,
Sensible Table Discourse.
Speaking of autobiographic recipes
for domestic use, there's nothing bet
ter than Benjamin Franklin's descrip
tion of how the tabh; was managed by
his father when he was a boy. "At
this table he took care to have some
sensible friend to converse with and
he always started a useful topic of
discourse which might Improve the
minds of his children. By this means
he turned our attention to the proper
conduct of life and no critical notice
was ever taken of the victuals on the
table whether they were cooked well
or 111, whether they were In season or
out of season. Thus I was brought up
to be quite indifferent as to the kind
of food that was set before me and to
this day If I am asked after dinner to
tell what I have dined upon I am
scarce able to tell."
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SUMMONS.
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
Eva B. Beauchamp, Plaintiiff,
vs.
Roy h. Beauchamp. Defendant.
To Roy L. Beauchamp, Defendant
above named:
In the name of the State of Oregon,
you are hereby required to appear and
answer the complaint of the plaintiff
filed against you in the above entitled
suit, within six weeks of the date of
the first publication of this summons
Your donation makes this great ml ''wit; n or Fridy- the stlrd
slon of mercy your own.
The Red Cross carries 100 cents'
worth of aid for every dollar donated.
LENT INSPIRATION TO ARTIST
ORIGIN OF ALPHABET LOST
Generally Accepted Theory Is That the
Letters First Came Into Use
Among the Egyptians.
The alphabet we use Is n queer
thing, when wo come to think of It.
In effect, it Is made up of conventional
signs.
Turn this page upside down, nnd
you cannot read it. It might almost as
well he printed In Russian characters
or In Arabic.
Few subjects have enlisted on the
part of language students more specu
lative thought than (he origin of the
alphabet. It Is today u matter much
In dispute.
There are those who aver that on
pebbles almost as ancient as the early
cave dwellers of southern Europe have
been found inscribed characters rep
resenting the origin of some o" our
alphabetical letters of today.
But the theory most generally a
copied at the present time Is that the
letters of our alphabet originated with
the ancient Egyptians. They were, to
begin wllh, "ideographs."
Take "S" for example. In form it
represents a snake. The sound of the
letter Is the hissing of a snake. There
you have It. What more could bo de
manded of a single letter in an alpha
bet? It Is a whole picture.
"Q" Is supposed lo have been n knot
In a string the letter being originally
a piece of sinew. "O" was a bow pulled
(nut. "C" was the hollowed hand, from
which one drank whence the sound
of the letter. "L" was the crooked
Stick used in primitive times as a
plow. "N" was n pickax. "V" was an
ox yoke. "X" was a crossroads. "T"
was a tally a primitive mode of count
ing. "Y" was the right hand upheld.
INSECT VICTIMS OF "BOOZE"
Scientists Familiar With Many Varie
ties That Indulge In a Sort of
Bacchanalian Festival.
There would seem lo be no partic
ular reason from the human stand
point why the Ivy should be called the
plant of Bacchus, since no wine Is
made from Us berries. Entomologists,
however, hive found that the ivy
Hewers provide n veritable bacchana
lian festival for n number of Insects.
Men of science are wont to sally forth
at night wllh lanterns to capture the
Intoxicated moths that crowd around
the greenish blossoms. When tho
willow Is Id bloom they find a similar
scene of dissipation around lis yellow
catkins.
The tippling Insect may be used to
point a moral by the prohibitionist,
since rum not Infrequently leads to its
ruin. There Is a fly so addicted to
wine that Linnaeus named It the "cel
lar fly," which appellation Klrhy
changed to the more appropriate one
of the "cellar wine drinker," Klrhy
states that the larvae of this little fly,
whose diet he could attest from his
own observations, disdains to feed on
anything hut w ine or beer, w hich, like
Boniface In the play, It may be sold
both to eat and drink.
There nro bees and flowers whose
random meetings result in the same
curious phenomenon. On the single
dahlias and galllardlas of the garden
bees are often to be seen In the same
maudlin state, nnd these bees are more
frequently of the black and yellow
banded kind. If you take such a beo
off the galllnrdla the Insect will re
main in your hand, Indulging In
quaint antics or simply trembling In
every member. Presently, however, It
will recover and fly off straight to
mother gntllardls flower and In a
very short time Is again In Its former
state of Imbecility. One may pick It
up agnln nnd have a repetition of the
ptrfdruiaacc.
How Glint In Eye of Model Led Paint
er to Alter the Spirit of His
Masterpiece.
"The Spirit of Seventy-six" the fa
mous drum and fife trio came from
the brush and genius of Archibald M.
Willnrd.
The artist emerged from overalls nnd
a Wellington, O., wagon shop. A pic
ture called "Pluck No. 1," displayed
In a Cleveland art dealer's window, at
tracted tho attention of the discrimi
nating and paved the way to a kind of
partnership with James II. Ryder,
through whose suggestion the "Seventy-six"
picture wos begun.
In Its early stages this painting
was called "Yankee Doodle" and It
was first planned along serio-comic
lines. "But one day," declares Mr.
Wlllard, "I caught a glint in tho eye
of tho old man who posed for the cen
ter figure, nnd in a flnsh it revealed It
self to mo what nil this stood for, and
I could go no further. The real pic
ture pushed everything else aside and
went ahead and painted Itself."
Tho old man whose flashing eyes
Inspired this change of conception was
the artist's father, Rev. Daniel Wlllard,
a man of revolutionary stock.
Thus curiously It was only by tho
merest switch of nn inherited senti
ment that this symbol was prevented
from becoming a fanciful burlesque to
live only for the brief day of Its cre
ation. Everybody's Magazine.
Crow at Horns on the Earth'.
"I have seen no bird walk the ground
with just the same air the crow does,"
writes John Burroughs In "An Idyll of
the Honey Bee." "It Is not exactly
pride ; there Is no strut or swagger In
it, though perhaps just a little con
descension ; It is the contented and self-
possessed gait of a lord over his do
day of August 11118; and you will take
notice that if you fail to appear and
answer the said complaint or other
wise plead thereto within said time,
the plaintiff for want thereof will ap
ply to the court for the relief prayed
for and demanded in plaintiff's said
complaint, namely, for a decree of the
Court forever dissolving the bonds of
matrimony now and heretofore exist
ing between plaintiff and defendant,
and for other equitable relief.
This summons is published pursuant
to an order made in this Cause by
Honorable Charles 11. Marsh, County
Judge of Umatilla County in the ab
sence of Circuit Judge G. W. Phelps
from said county. The first publica
tion of this summons will be made in
the Athena Press on Friday the 12th
day of July, 1918, and the last publi
cation of this summons will be made
on the Vird day of August, 1918.
Dated at Pendleton, Oregon, this
10th day of July, 19 IS.
Peterson & Bishop,
Attorneys for Flaintiiff.
Post Office address, Freewater, Ore.
Notice to Creditors.
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
In the Matter of the Estate of
Joseph Sbeard, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has been appointed by the
above entitled court administrator of
the estate of Joseph Shear,!, deceased,
anil that she has qualified as the law
directs. All persons having claims
against said estate are hereby notified
to present the same, with proper
vouchers, to me at my home near
Athena, Oregon, or to my attorney,
Stephen A. Lowell, in Despain Block,
Pendleton, Oregon, within 6 months
from the date hereof.
Dated July 1st. 1918.
Lydia Sheard, Administratrix.
Notice To Creditors.
In the County Court for Umatilla
County, Oregon.
In the Matter ot the Estate of
Charles A. Barrett, Deceased:
Notice is hereby given that we, the
mains. 'All these ncres ore mine,' he undersigned, have been appointed Ex-
says, 'and all (hesc crops; men plow
nnd sow for me, and I stay here or go
there and find life sweet and good
wherever I nra.
"The hawk looks awkward nnd out
of place on the ground ; the game birds
hurry and skulk, but the crow Is at
home nnd trends the earth as If there
were none to molest or make him
afraid."
Opprobrious Epithets.
A correspondent Informs us that a
woman defendant In n Brittany police
court has been fined SO francs for call
ing another woman "an old tank." The
offense presumuby lay In the nnusual,
ns In the case ot the fishwife whom
O'Connell silenced by calling n "paral
lelepiped." Psychology has never yet
solved the problem why n compara
tively Innocuous phrase may cause
more offense than the vilest abuse.
For Instance, "mort mix vnches" doea
not strike the Englishman ns so very
terrible, yet, to tell a French gendarme
of your desire for nn Increase In the
mortality rate among cows Is n surer
way of asking for trouble than to slan
der the Pope In a Home Rule strong
hold. London Globe.
ecutors of the Estate of Charles A.
Barrett, deceased, by the above en
titled Court, and as such executors,
have qualified as required. All per
sons having claims against said estate
are hereby notified to present the same
to us with proper vouchers at the office
of Henry A. Barrett, executor, in the
C. A. Barrett & Co. Implement Store,
or to our attorney, Homer I. Watts, at
his office in Athena, Oregon, within
6 months from the date hereof.
Dated this 7th day of June, 1918.
Jennie E. Barrett,
Henry A Barrett,
Executors.
Some Old-Day Battles.
The great odds in numbers which
the British army has had to face on
the western front Is no rare experi
ence In Its annals. Wellington has
borne witness to that fact In his re
marks that Talavern was the only
battle in which he had a numerical
superiority, owing to the presence of
the Spaniards, who, while showing
much personal gallantry, were badly
led. At all his other battles he had
fewer men than the enemy. "At Sala
maca I had 40.000 men, and the French
perhaps 45,000. At Vlttorla I had 00,
000 men against 70,000. At Waterloo
the proportion was still more against
me. I had !W,000 to 58,000 ; Napoleon
had near 80,000. The whole army in
the south of France under my com
mand was considerably larger than the
force of Soult at the battle of Tou
louse, but In numbers netually em
ployed In that battle I had less than
he." All of which goes to show that
strength nnd success do not neces
sarlly lie with mere weight of num
bers. There are other factors vastly
more esseutlul. Christian Science
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