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Advertising The oAthcna Press circulates in the homes of readers who reside in the heart of the Great Umatilla Wheat Belt, and they have money to spend mcm 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 Kntered at the Poat Office at Athena, Oreaon. as Second-Class Mail Matter VOLUME XXX. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. AUGUST 2, 1918. NUMBER 31 Quality Always Service First Every Day is Bargain Day THE ECONOMY GASH GROCERY Macaroni, Vermicelli, Spaghetti, 10 oz package 10c Ground Chocolate - ... can 30c Two i5 oz packages seeded Raisins - . - 25c 4 Cans Light House Cleanser 25c Corn Flakes, two packages H. O. cTWush, per package 7 Rolls Good Toilet Paper for 25c Come in and get acquainted. When you see our stock and get prices, you'll leave your order. Use the phone Phone 532 Quality Always Service First iiuiiiiimiHiHiiiMiinHnimiimiiiiiiitii Reed's Plain and Anti Rust Tinware Reed's Tinware is so well known in every locality that it is needless for us to dwell upon its merits. In this line we are now showing Wash Boilers, Striners Dairv Pails and Laundry Dippers Watts & Rogers Just Over the Hill MMIIIIIIIIIIIIHIHIMIHIIMIIIHIII wss Show Your Patriotism! Buy a War Savings Stamp and Help Win the War For Sale at The First National Bank of cAthena lUIMIIIMIIIIIIIIIlUiiiUliiiiniiiiiiMllMIM order your coal now- get it out of Uncle Sam's way- he needs the railroads Tum-a-Lum Lumber Co. LADS "OVER THERE" The following received by A. B. Steele from J. W. Darby, well known here, will be of especial interest to Athena readers. Mr. Darby, who is an Englishman, enlisted in the Can adian Horse in 1914, and has been in active service ever since. "France, June 24. "Dear friend: Just a few lines in answer to your letter and to acknowl edge receipt of the cigarettes and the papers which I was pleased to receive. I was also glad to hear you and every body were all right, and to know that Ed Sebasky was getting along so well. I see Percy Wilson is also out here. "Well, am still the same old style, feeling fine and still in the running. I was in great hopes of getting a fur lough this fall, but am not certain of it as yet. I might get one if I am lucky. Everything is going along fine and the weather has been lovjsjy this year so far. Of course I need not mention anything about the war. as the papers tell you far more than we can, but everything looks fairly gooii and we have nothing to grumble very much about only old Fritz; he knows good and well we have him beat, but he likes to kill as many as possible. Well, we get as many of them and more than they do of us. I ought to have a good scom when 1 finish if I am out here much longer. One thing, they don't fine me tflO for knocking ore over now; but still I never did grumble about that. "Well, I feel as though I will hardly knuw what to do when I get back to civilian life again, but I suppose we will all forget there ias been a .var. I am very pleased the old U. S, is on our side. I think I would have had a fit if she had not come in. But I was very proud of the way she went to work and I am sure all the boys will make a name for themselves, as the Boche knows very well what he is up against when'he meets the boys from the good old U. S. A. I wish them the best of luck and I am sure they will teach the Germans a good lesson. "Since I received your letter have changed regiments, and am now in the Engineers, so my address will now be No. 611684, A Co., 7th Batt. Canadian Engineers, B. E. F., France. With love to all and hoping to see you soon, I remain your old friend, Bill." r MISS MAY PERSHING Mies May Pershing, sister of Gen. John J! Pershing. MIMMMIMMMMMtMMMMm Illl Arnold No Slacker. Arnold Koepke, who is a sophomore at the University of Oregon and has been receiving military training the past year, in apology for not return ing to help his father through his large harvesting operations, writes him in part, as follows: "July 23. "Dear Father: As you know. I am here at the Presidio. I received the best of recommendations from Col. Leader and Col. Bowen, and the Uni versity, and the Colonel sent me here, as next year I will be Adjutant at the University, and maybe, Major, and that means a good deal for a Soph omore. Of course I could have made more money there and could have helped in the harvest but, father, that work is for men and boys not of mil itary age. 1 know it is hard for you to realize the importance of military training for me, but you see when I do get in, I won't be a rear rank private. and that counts a whole lot in this work. I fully intended coming home after the camp at Eugene, but you see this other came up, and it is a patriotic call, a duty in fact, and you sure dcn't want me to be called and branded as a slacker, and I won't be as long as I have two hands and two feet. "Well, I will be home for about two days before school opens again next tall, to see you, and next year I won't spend as much money as I did this year. Hoping you have a good har vest, I remain your son, Arnold H. Koepke, Co A, F. S. A. T., Presidio, San Francisco, Calif. A FEDERAL TAX LEVY HITS AT ALL A 10 per cent tax on gross sales of manufacturers, producers and import ers of automobiles piano-players.graph ophones, sporting goods, cosmetics, patent medicines, cameras and similar articles, was tentativelv agreed upon by the House ways and means commit tee. The present excise tax on most of these articles ranges around a per cent. Motor trucks will be taxed on ly half the increased mtp on the ground that they are for businses pur poses. Some of the committee voted against the motor-truck tax and the committee finally compromised on 5 per cent on gross sales on original transactions. There was nn affnri in put a tax on gasoline. The Treasury ijeparimenc tias recommended doub ling the present rates on tobacco. The committee wants than this would yield and will decide ine increases later. Data laid before the committee showed that consump tion of cigars in this country is de creasing while cigarette consumption is mounting rapidly. BEES FOR WAR MESSENGERS Their Employment Is Said to Have Gone Far Beyond the Range of Probability. A secret long cherished In the Brit ish war department lias just been dis covered the use of bees as messen gers. No longer will the aide dc enmp spur his staggering horse through shot nnd shell to carry the message to the front. Instead he will don his gloves nnd mask, and, going to the portable beehive back of headquarters, seize one of the faithful little Insects, and send the well-trained messenger through the air. Whoever possesses a receiving outfit can rend the secrets of the wireless; one can cut the wires of the ordinary telegraph, and the pigeon does not al ways escape the bullet. Therefore, other means have been sought. In America, the general staff dreams of using as a dispatch bearer the bee. The bee, like the carrier pigeon, guided by its marvelous instinct, re turns to the hive from wherever he may be liberated. Tiny dispatches, which can be deciphered with the mug nlfying glass, can be attached to its breast. But something better still has been found. By an Ingenious process tho wings of the tiny insect are sensitized, and by means of microscopic photog raphy the message is inipriuted thereon. Obliterated Mattle. "If I hove to come in here again to speak to you children I shall punish you well, mind that I" warned mother, angrily. "I don't want to hour another sound from either of you today." She went back to her work, and u most unhoped-for silence followed. Finally, going bnek to the children's room, she found Edna calmly playing with her dollie, but Mottle hud disappeared. "Where is little sister?" anxiously demanded mother. "I'll explain about her," beamed Edna. "You 'member you snid you didn't want to heard another sound from either of us today, nnd I minded you nicely, hut when I gave Muttle u few pokes she got ready to commence screeching again, so I pushed her Into the closet and locked the door on her, nnd," she triumphantly added, "you couldn't hear a sound out of her now If she screeched her head off." Too Much Soap Bad. Muny persons abuse soap by making a stiff, creamy lather In bathing, under the belief that this Is uecressury to dissolve dirt that fills the ports of tire, skin. On the contrary, Dr. Sumuel Dixon, health commissioner of Penn sylvania, says very Jit tie soup is re quired to break up dirt and permit water to remove foreign substances from the pores so thut glands muy perform their normal function. Ex cessive use of soap usually fills tho pores with fatty substances and re- suits In Imperfect action of the sweat glands, which is recognized ns a cause of disease, especially of a respiratory nature. Loan Campaign Near. The campaign for the fourth Liberty Loan will open Saturday, September 28, and continue three weeks, ending October 19, it waa announced by Sec retly JJcAdoo. -uiKryi'jciimus oi uic dog in war is a subject to consider now that the military demand for dogs in growing," aid Cleveland E. Ellis, of Italelgh, N. C, recently. Dog's ore invaluable In trench warfare. "They scent tho enemy's approach, carry messages and locate the wounded. The thoroughbred dog is usually good at one or two things. Tho pedigreed prlze-wlmilng dog is good to be looked upon, and not much more. "But there Is another dog, a very useful dog, and Dlentr of him. Thin ! the stray dog of tho Street, cur by general repute and tctecfllaneous by breeding." AROUSING MEETING CALLED FOR NEXT WEONOSDAY EVE Wednesday evening, August 7th, has been set as the time for an open meet ing in Pendleton at which men repre senting the State Council of Defense, the State Guard and other war organ izations will address the public, and particularly men In class one. The meeting is one called by the Umatilla County Patriotic Service League at the request of the Oregon Council of Defense. On that date Major John B. Hibbard O. N. G., Colonel Commanding Multnomah Guard and Adjutant of the Oregon Military Police; John K. Kollock executive sec retary of the Council of Defense; and Captain R. H. Russell, U. S. Medical Reserve will be in Pendleton to ad dress, particularly the registrants of the county. However, they will also present matters of general interest to the public. They have asked that all companies of th3 Umatilla County Guard and all Home Guard organiza tions be present in as near full strength as possible, for inspection by Major Hibbard and Adjutant Kollock. Accordingly, Major Drake of the County Guard has requested the at tendance of all companies in the coun ty, and present plans contemplate a batalllon inspection and parade to be followed by short addresses by Major Hibbard and Mr. Kollock, upon the work of the Council of Defense and the various other defensive organiza tion of the State. Later adjournment will be made to a hall where these gentlemen and Captain Russell will talk to registrants and men only, rel ative to the laws passed by 'Congress for the protection of the soldiers, and to the measures necossary for the pro tection of the health of the armv. They desire, especially, tint all men who expect to be, called to the service in the near future be present at this meeting, which is one of the series being held all over the state. EMERY DUST FOUND IN WALTER THRESHING MACHINE As the result of finding "emory dust in the bearings of his threshing ma chine, John Walter and the local pa trolmen of the Oregon Miiltary police have hod Charles Muir apprehended at Pendleton, where charges against him will be investigated today. Muir had been holding the position of separator tender for Walter during the present harvest, nnd according to the latter, has been the cause of considerable friction among other members of the crew. Muir was discharged yesterday and left for Pendleton. Later, yes terday evening, emery is alleged to have been found in the bearings of the machine, and suspicion ' pointed to Muir as the one having put it there. A member of the Oregon Military police has been working with the crew and if he has knowledge of anything wrcng he will probably divulge it at the hearing of Muir's case at Pendle ton today. Walter's machine has been harvesting the E. A. Dudley crop. OR. SANDERS WEKERLE RED GROSS GETS P Ur. Sanders Wekerle, Hungarian premier. CANT GET ALONG TOGETHER Women Won't Work for Women When They Can Help , Always Pre. ferrlng Men Bosses. A "mere man," writing in Womnn's Home Companion, makes this com ment on women in business. "Another reason I have noted why women don't appropriate the big jobs Is that most members of their own sex to say nothing of the members of ours would rather work for a man than a woman. The most successful woman I know Is tho hnnri ,,f ., i,i department In n very big business. Sho knows that her feminine Instinct Is worth thousands to that business. Yet she Is glad that the president of the business Is a man; she wouldn't take the president's job If she could get it; nnd no mutter bow much she believes In her own Instinct, sho recognizes that there Is an element of Judgment In the man that, working with her In stinct, produces a perfect combination. "I hired a stenographer once, for In stance, and assigned her to n woman. At noon of the first day she went out to lunch and did not come hack. I found a laconic note on her desk. It rend; 'I won't take dictation from a Woman.' Any man or any Woman in business enn give similar testimony, Women would rather work for men thun work for women." Warmth Not In Surface. "The Britisher Is just as warm hearted and kindly and friendly as we lire," writes Herbert Corey in Every body's, "but he must be operated on with a full kit of tools before one finds it out. "Not long ago I was riding with a young officer on the British front Ho had just heard that his favorite broth. ei-In-luw was located in some unknown village near by. , "He was quite 'bucked mi' about It I am sure he said bucked up because this was n real brothcr-ln-law. He re galed me with stories of the brother-in-law's youth. He met friends nnd asked where the beloved brother-in-law might be found. By and by we ran neross the brother-in-law, standing knee-deep In mud in a particularly de stroyed village. This is precisely what they culled to each other: "Fancy me finding you here, old top!' 'Hipping, isn't It? Come along and bays n r ' " The 1018 Pendleton Round-Up will be held next month, the war to tho contrary notwithstanding. The direc tors at a recent meeting decided, after consulting witlr representatives of the government, that the necessities of war were not such as to deprive the people of the pleasures and inspiration growing out of the big epic drama of the West, and they decided, too, that every cent of the profits from this show will be turned over to the Uma tilla County Chapter of the American Kea iross. The directors of the chapter, in their monthly meeting Wednesday rat ified the proposal and arranged for an auditing committee to check up on tho reports after the show. The dates of the Round-Up have been fixed as Sep tember 19, 20 and 3 and the directors will sturt this week in signing up stars and making other preparations for the show. The entire net proceeds of the 1018 Round-Up will be turned over to tho Red Cross. The stockholders at a recent meeting tendered the offer to the Umatilla Chapter, but the an nouncement waa withheld pending the submission of the proposal to the Northwest headquarters for approval. The approval has been received. A feature of the entertainment this year will be a patriotic demonstration for numbers of the performers of other years who now are in the service of their country. The directors be fore announcing their decision to hold the show again this year made certain that there is amole talent still avail ble to insure that the show will be up to its usual standard. THE INDIVIDUAL SUGAR ALLOWANCE CUT THIRD The new sugar order announced a few days ago by the food administra tion from Washington was received by wire bv Dr. W. D. McNary, county administrator, from W. U. Ayer, state administrator, says the East Oregon ian. The new order cuts the Individ ual monthly sugar ullowance from three pounds to two pounds. The or der goes into effect ut once, and there will be no exceptions in enforcing it. The order will have the effect of re ducing the amount of sugar which re tailers, hotels und restaurants can se cure for August, by one-third of tho allotment previously fixed. It will have no effect upon the baker's allow ance inasmuch as the bakers had pre viously been cut down to seventy per cent of the sugar used a year ago. The state administration instructs tho local administration that retailers may replace sugar sold for domestic canning by securing special. certificate; from the local officials, The new order also requires that the local adminis tration shall keep a daily record of ull sugar certificates issued, such records to be sent in at the end uf each week ut Purtland. A Huge Rattler, Ugh! J. H. Harris, of Harris Canyon had an experience with a rattlesnake at his ranch the other day thut make; him extremely cautious about ap proaching a pump, layi the Echo News. He went to a pitcher pump near the house to get a drink and as was his custom, stooped to drink from the rpout As he leaned toward the pump, after starting the handle in motion, a big rattlesnake shot its head from the opening above the valve und struck at him, na'rowly missing his face. Tho rattler was killed and found ti be an extremely large one with ten rattles and a button. Harvester Supplies cugust is here and so is harvest. You can save en ough money at this store to buy a good supply of War Savings Stamps. Why pay" more for the same mer chandise at credit stores? Muleskin Shoes - - 1,2. 25 Leather faced gloves - .25 Klkskin Shoes - - - 2.79 Heavy Canvas, six ft. wide, H Elk Hi-top Shoes - - :),70 oz., - - - tl.lOyd. Socks - - ,10 2 for .85, .10 Threc-ft. canvas - - .69 Khaki pants - - . 1.(9 atl-inch canvas - - - ,il5 Cotton work pants - - I. Of (ixia H-oz. Tarps - - a.d'i Heavy blue ovcrulls - - 1.80 Hxll 8-oz. Tarps - - .ID Heavy blue jumpers - "1.89 0x14 10-oz. Tarps - - 4.40 Blue utrlpe overalls - - 1.411 Hxll lli-oz Tarps " - J.tm Blue waist overalls - - 1.41) Harvest Quilts - " - 1.41) Canvas gloveB - 8 for .25, ,15 Uarvstt Blankets - - 1.98 V- Work Shirts Union Suits Shirts und drawers Harvest Huts Work caps Suspenders Wtiitc handkechiefs Bed Blue " . Shoe laces . Belts Garters ( Paris s .89 .05, :i .09 to 1. 19 and .(ill 5 to .98 , 1 5-.I8 .'J 5-. 19 for .35 05.-. 10 .00-.10 pr. .05 . 19-.H9 .23 Get a Flag for your combine. All sizes, two for 15c to 69c. Pole Flags, $1.25 to $3.50 Incorporated J fiiffllliill hi I mil mil i mi i i ii i iiiwiimf