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VOLUME XXX.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. AUGUST 2, 1918.
NUMBER 31
Quality Always Service First
Every Day is Bargain Day
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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
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7 Rolls Good Toilet Paper for 25c
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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Work Shirts
Union Suits
Shirts und drawers
Harvest Huts
Work caps
Suspenders
Wtiitc handkechiefs
Bed
Blue " .
Shoe laces .
Belts
Garters ( Paris s
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5 to .98
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for .35
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