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VOLUME XXX.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. AUGUST 9. 1918.
NUMBER 32
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LADS "OVER THERE"
Mra. Mary Shirk has received letters
from here two sons. Will, who is in
the U. S. Navy, and Ray, in the Ma
rine Corps, both of which will interest
their Athena friends:
"U. S. S. Shawm ut. June 30, 1918.
Dear Mother and Sisters: I guess you
are wondering where I am. Well; I
am much farther away than I was
when in Boston. We left Boston on
June 16th, and got over here the 39th.
We sure had a nice trip all the way,
didn't see a thing all the way. I guess
they knew better than to try to get us,
for we were sure on the looknut for
the submarines. I stood the trip fine,
didn't get one bit seasick. I don't
hardly know what to say; the thing
you would like to know, I can't tell,
but will tell you all about it when I
come back home, which I don't think
will be such a long time now. Some
of the boys say they will eat New
Year's dinner in Boston. I don't hard
ly think they will. I haven't been
ashore yet but will go tomorrow and
see what kind of a place this is around
here. It sure looks nice from the ship.
The country looks something like it
does around home. The- crops look
nice and green. It makes me think I
am closer home instead of so far away.
Have you heard from Ray or John?
And how does John like the army by
this time? I don't suppose it will be
long till he will be over here too, or
maybe three. I guess the Shicks are
not doing so bad after all three out of
four. Well, you can tell the rest of
the folks that I have made the big trip
across the pond and that I am well and
having plenty to eat. Your son.
Will."
"June 5. !918.
"Dear Mother: Will write you a
few lines to let you know that I landed
0. K. How is everything in Athena?
I suppose it is getting warm by this
time. This is some place. We only
get mail once a month, so answer this
as soon as you get it so it will get on
the next transport.
"We had some trip. It took us 2.1
days and we stopped at Honolulu for
48 hours. I sure would like to have
stayed there, but there was no chance.
Where is Bill now? I suppose he is
still in Boston. I sure would like to
be any place but here, but I guess I
might as well like it for we have to
stay here for 15 months. I hope the
war is over by that time.
"How are the kids, and are they go
ing to school? I hope so anyway, for
they will need all of it they can get.
I am going to write Lawson Booher a
letter, and will send you my picture
soon. It only takes 9 days to go to
China. I suppose I will see it before I
get home. With love to all.
Ray Shick,
Marine Barracks, Guam, M. I.
The following letter dated June 30,
although written before the great
coui.ter offensive of the allies, shows
that the writer, John Wall, an Athena
boy, was in the front lines even at
that date. What he has seen a id ex
perienced since that date, when he has
the privilege, will be a story to tell:
"Dear Mother: I received two more
letters from you a few days go and I
was sure glad to get them. You can
tell Boyd that his paper has quite a
circulation, as I received them in the
front lines. You speak of the eats
over there. I wish you couM see what
we have to eat. We have old dry
bread, coffee and canned meat, and
sometimes we have to rustle it our
selves. But we get along pretty good
as there is quite a lot of garden stuff
and some fruit. I don't know where
all the food goes that is saved over
there.
"Athena must be a prettv dead place
now, with all the young fellows gone.
And from the way things look at pres
ent it will be a couple of years before
they get back. I have been in the
army for seven months now.
"I will write to Henry Miller- and
also some of the fellows from home.
"I had a sweater, the helmet and
wristlets and I had to leave them be
hind, as all we can have now is just
what we can carry with us. Maybe
you can send me some stuff next win
ter. We are having fine weather
here new. Well, there isn't anything
I can write, so will close.
John L. Wall,
H. Q. Co., 88th Inf. A. E. P.
Fred Hendley Dead.
Fred W. Hendley, aged 64 years,
for many years a resident of the coun
ty, was found dead in his bed early
Tuesday morning in his room at the
State Hospital, where he has for the
past six years been employed as a
bookkeeper, reports the Esat Oregon
ian. It is surmised that heart failure
caused his sudden death as he had not
been ill and was apparently in good
health. Mr. Hendley was born in Far
Uge, Wisconsin, June 21, 1854 and
was married in 1877 to Miss Elizabeth
Anne Koontz, who survives him. He
is the son of Mrs. Jesse Failing of
Pendleton and the father of Mrs. Fred
Earl of Pendleton and Mrs. Jesse
Mathis of Echo.
Register Sept. 5 th.
September 5 will be the registration
day for more than 13,000,000 Amer
icans between 18 and 21, and between
32 and 4 6, if congress heeds Crowder's
argent plea by passing the manpower
bill. Crowder warned that registration
must not be delayed if October, Nov
ember and December tails are to be
filled by Class 1 men.
COUNTY AGENT ADVISES OUR
mrs mm STRAW
"While we are Hooverizing on sub
stitutes that were formerly considered
unpalatable," says County Agent
Shrock, "let us see if we cannot teach
the livestock to aid the cause of free
dom and democracy by a little Hoover
izing. "Thousands of tons of straw are
annually burned in Umatilla county.
Straw has low feed value if fed alone.
This is because it is low in protein and
high in crude fibre. If fed alone its
effects on the digestive tract soon he
comes serious. It is the same with
some of the substitutes we are eating,
but we do not eat them alone. We
use some judgment and follow pre
scribed formulas for mixing.
"Let us use the same judgment with
our stock feeding. What shall we mix
it with? Naturally we will select the
feeds that are long on the very factors
straw is short on and vice versa.
Straw is short on protein and long on
crude fibre. Oil meal, Suy bean meal,
cotton seed meal, bran and alfalfa in
the order named are our choice. This
is no experiment, it has been amply
demonstrated. Cattle have been win
tered on two pounds of oil meal per
animal daily and all the straw they
would eat, coming through in fine
shape.
"With hay at 20 per ton, and
scarce at that figure we must look for
substitutes. Straw is the most abun
dant thing we have."
HOME JELLY MAKING WITH
JUST PLA1NJ0RN SYRUP
MisB Lorene Parker, Home Demon
stration agent for Umatilla county,
gives the following information on jelly
making:
"Very good jelly can be made with
the white corn syrurj instead of sugar.
The color and texture are good, and
the flavor good, although slightly less
sweet than jelly made with sugar.
Dark corn syrup cannot be used as it
gives a strong, undesirable taste. For
fruit juices that have a considerable
amount of pectin (jelly making prop
erties) use not more than 2-3 cup and
not less than 1-2 cup of the syrup to 1
cup of the juice. In some cases juices
that show a poor pectin test, 1 3 cup
to 1-3 cup of syrup is used to 1 cup of
juice. The jelly is made the same as
anyjelly and when the mixture coats a
spoon and drops off in two drops it is
cooked sufficiently to jell. Blackberry,
apple, currants, crabapple and Oregon
g.ape have been used and all made
good jelly. Loganberry was used but
seemed to be lacking in pectin.
"Preserves may also be made with
the syrup and for canning purposes, 1
cup of the syrup to 3 cups of water
will be sufficient for the sweeter fruits.
The two corn syrups we are most fa
miliar with are Karo, costing 91.20 for
a 10-pound can, and Wedding Break
fast brand, costing 3.00 fo a gallon
jacket.
"Where honey can be obtained it
can be used in the same way that the
syrup is used, but is too expensive to
be practical. In choosing fruits for
jelly making, do not have over-ripe
fruits. Better have about half slight
ly under ripe, to furnish the pectin
and the remainder ripe, to give the de
sired flavor and color."
GROCERS INSTRUCTED TO
KEEP RECORD SUGAR SALES
All retail grocers of Umrtilla county
have been instructed to keep a record
of all sugar sales from August 1st.
These records will be turned in to the
County Administration at the end of
the month and later be used by the
officials in checking up the individual
consumers, to see that they have not
purchased more than their two pounds
per month per person. Later on, it
is anticipated, the State Administra
tion will issue individual sugar cards.
Should the records show that any
person has, by buying from Beveral
different stores, exceeded his monthly
allowance, the Administration has au
thority to prohibit the offender from
securing any sugar for such period as
they might fix, or the offender is sub
ject to prosecution under the Hoarding
Act.
"Special permits for canning-sugar
are still being issued by the Adminis
tration upon statements showing the
amount of fruit which a person desires
to can. However, permits will not be
issued for sugar to make jellies, jams
or rich preserves, these being consid
ered table luxuries. In this connec
tion, to help out the housewife, Miss
Lorene Parker tho Home Demonstra
tion Agent, has prepared a recipe to
make jelly by using white corn syrup,
as a substitute for sugar, is given
in another column."
ATHENA BOYS ON
THE RIG LINE
The following letter from Sergeant
George Winship, to his parents, dated
July 18th, shows him to be on the fir
ing line, and also mentions other Ath
ena boys. He says, in part:
"Hav been going to write for the
past week, but am on the front and
have little time for writing. Have
been on the front since July 4th. The
work I am in now is to keep autos and
guns going, also see that they have
ammunition, which is sure some job.
Have eight men under me, and we
never know when we will be called
upon to make a trip to one of the bat
teries. It gives one a queer feeling
to go along the road, knowing that you
might connect up with a 15b G. P. F.
But I like this better than being in
camps like we have been, for here we
have noise in the daytime and fire
works at night.
"The heaviest fighting is between
2:30 a. m. and 12 noon, rain or shine
it goes on just the same. I saw the
Germans set a French balloon on fire
also an airplane battle yesterday.
This life is sure a thrill from start to
finish. We hang onto our steel derbys
and gas masks now. They are our
best friends.
"Sam Starr is telephone operator in
one of the observation posts. Ed Se
basky and Harry Keller are both on
the guns, and Jim Sturgis arrived on
the front yesterday. Night before
last I met Leslie McCubbins on the
ammunition tr; in.
"Its pitiful to see the poor Trench
people leaving their homes. It is a
sad sight to see hundreds of them
along the roads taking their few be
longings and stock with them. Yes
terday went out to bring in a Dodge
and I passed an old lady and a small
boy ; one was leading a cow and the
other a sheep, all thev had left in the
world, or at least time to bring witb
them. This is the saddest part of the
war, to my thinking, but things of
which 1 cannot write show that it
won't be long before they will again
have their homes back.
"Have been watching the Germans
fire at an observation balloon, also an
air fight. As I write this, the 155
G. P. Fs. are sure miking some noise.
It's now 9 p. m., so it won't be long
until the big battle starts up for the
night. It was a warm one last night.
It seemed as if I could reach the shells
going over, and it was a sight to watch
them break.
"I have to accompany each ammun
ition train from the dump to the guns,
which is all done at night, and it is
scary at times, but I like it. I figure
that if my name is on one of them I
will get it, no matter where I am.
Feeling that way, I am not afraid.
Must stop and curl up for a little nap.
"George."
FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN WILL
CALL FIR $6,000,000,000
The campaign for the fourth Lib
erty loin will open Saturday, Sept. 33
and continue three weeks, ending Oct.
19, it was announced Tuesday night by
Secretary McAdoo.
In fixing three weeks as the length
of the campaign for the fourth loan
instead of four weeks as in previous
loans, treasury officials plan for a more
intensive campaign. A shorter cam
paign, it w?s said, will also enable
more business men to enlist as work
ers. Although official announcement has
not been made, the amount- of the loan
probably will be , 000,000,000 and
the rate of interest 1 1-4 per cent.
Should the treasury decide soun to
place the market certificates of in
debtedness redeemable next Jine.
Vimy Ridge Survivor,
George Wells, who in 1909 was em
ployed by Taylor & LeGrow in the
Athena Meat Market, was in the city
Sunday recounting to his friends his
experiences in the great world war.
Weill has been honorably discharged
from the 50th Canadian Rifles on ac
count of physical disability as the re
sult of being shrapneled in feet and
legs in the battle of Vimy Ridge, last
year when the Canadians and the Aus
tralians shoved the boche out of that
famous stronghold after weeks of
fighting. Wells has many horrifying
incidents to relate, ending all with the
statement that the allies are sure to
win in the end. He left Monday for
lone where he was employed prior to
enlisting In tbc service.
DR. YAM IE KIM
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Dr. Yamle Kim, one of China's first
woman physicians, Is a frequent vis
itor to Washington, where she has be
come known aa one of the most inter
esting of the capital's foreign guest.
Broncho Bob Coming.
Broncho Bob Hall, famous as a buck
ing horse rider and runner-up in
Round-Up contests of the past two
years, is coming back to Pendleton
next month with the announced deter
mination of winning the much coveted
championship in his pet event. In
1916 Hall captured third honors to
Jackson Sundown and ltufus Ri llins.
Last year in spite of the handicap of
a badly twisted ankle, he succeeded
in winning second place to Yakima
Canutt, and feeling that he is still on
the up grade, he has it doped out that
he is due to ride into the championship
this year.
Perfectly Good Beer.
M .1 McMillan of Walla Wnlla hn.
lieved he could make beer at home so
good that none could tell it from the
brewerv product. Ho' put his theory
to a test and the beverage was passed
on officially hy Judge Douglas in jus
tice court. McMillun paid $25 for the
test at the suggestion of the judge.
He turned over tie money smilingly,
insisting that his opinion had been
vindicated. Sheriff Dames had heard
of McMillan's experiment and arrived
at the house just when tho beer was
getting good.
Nation of the Steamboat.
Edward Hungerform, writing of the
evolution of the steamboat In the Na
tional Marine, opens his argument
with the following paragraph:
"The United States has been and
Mill remains the mil Ion of I ho Bteam
bnat. She ,vnx the first nutloii to suc
cessfully apply attain propulsion to
bouts, and even though England shot
ahead of tin In her development of the
steam vessel upon the salt sens while
we still clung rather proudly to our
vaunted clipper ships we had n great
pride in the steamboats, big and little,
Which piled upon our Inland waters.
And the affection that the steamboat
gained lu tho hearts of Americans'
more than a ceutruy it has never lost,"
HARVESTING OF THE
1918 WHEAT CROP
The present week has put the bulk
of the 1918 wheat crop of the Athena
district in the sack and warehouse.
The new departure of handling wheat
in bulk has been tried out sufficiently
to prove that its adoption materially
lessens the laboi of handling grain in
the harvest field, having the advan
tage of putting the grain in the ware
house with the last round made by the
cutting machinery.
In Athena, two firms are handling
the grain this season, the Preston
Shaffer Milling Co. and the Farmers
Grain Agency, the latter loading direct
into cars because of the fact the new
elevator is not completed.
The yield on summer fallow land,
sowed last fall varies from !0 to 40
bushels per acre, the genera! average
seemingly to be turning out between
30 and 35 bushels. The late frosts,
more than lack of moisture, undoubt
edly controlled the quantity of yield
this season.
In the near vicinity of Athena, and
south on tho reservation fields, the
effects of the damage by frost is more
extensive than in the territory extend
ing north and northwest of town. In
that locality a number of 40 bushel
crops aro reported, while not that high
comes from the reservation district so
far.
Harvest Notes.
Three dilferent fields, farmed by
Marion Hansell, approximating 50(1
acres located north and northwest of
Athena averaged 40 bushels of whjat
per acre and is of splendid quality.
McEwen brothers report a yield of
between '.10 and 35 bushels per acre
from 040 acres,
A high wind yesterday forenoon,
preceding a shower of rain, forced tho
Cannon stationary outfit to quit thresh
ing. Threshing was finished on the Sheard
place Saturday afternoon. The field of
1UO acres averaged better than 40 bu
shels to the acre.
Alex. M':Intyre is well pleased with
bis yield under present conditions. He
has in S00 acres and three quarters of
it is fall sown which is averaging 40
bushels per acre.
On the Otha Reeder place, the frost
hit the low ground heavy, and his acre
age of 440 acres averaged over 80
bushels.
E. A. Dudley reports his crop near
town at 30 bushels per acre.
French Criglar received an average
of Rfl '?. bushels to the acre.
Henry Barrett threshed an average
of 30 bushels of Jenkins club from a
200 iicre field, and is now in German
red that is averaging better than that.
Sim Culley, who is harvesting J 000
acres of grain, says his wheat is aver
aging better than BO bushels.
Previous Records Smashed.
The hog market went to new high
records at North Portland during Mon
day ar.d at the same time the highest
summer prices ever known in the Pa
cific eoust markets were achieved for
cattle. One lot of extra good cattlu
went at ifl'J.75 per hundred pounds
but tho general market Bhowed no
change whatever. The hog market
broke all previous records, prices wera
shot up to 40 and 50 cents, top hogs
sold strong at 1111.00 to iflU.15 per
hundred.
Stars and Stripes Received.
A copy of The Stars and Stripes,
fumoiia official newspaper of the Amer
ican Expeditionary Force, of the date
of June '-'H , was received yesterday by
Fay LeGrow, Sergeant George Win-
I ship being the sender. The paper,
j published in Paris, is gotten up by
American soldiers, and is chock full of
news and pep.
Fall Domestics
Now is the time to lay in your Fall Domestics while
our stock is complete, and prices' much lower than one
would think, considering the many advances. Buying
from six months to one year ahead, is why we are
able to quote you these prices at this time.
Hope Muslin ... 23c
Lonsdale Muslin - - 33c
Fruit of Loom Muslin - 38c
Berkley Cambric BO - 27 l-3c
Berkley Cambric 100 - 321-3c
Texas house lining - - tic
Polo unbleached Muslin 13 -3c
Our Brand unbleached Muslin 15c
Pepperel 'J-4 bleachedSheeting 52c
Foxcroft 0-4 unbleached " 49c
Eagle Ticking - - 41c
Berlin Art Ticking - -45c
Pequot 43-inch Tubing 45c
Paquot ISinch Tubing - 48c
Indian Head 10-inch Tubing - 35c
Imperial 45-inch Tubing - 33c
White and dark outing flannel 25c
28-inch canton flannel 35c-30c
I'equot pillow cases pr. - lll'c
I enox pillow cases pr. - Hlc
Acorn pillow cases pr. 43c
Saranac pillow cases pr. - 38c
Turkish Towels, 2-l. 2 25, 3-30,
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