18 INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. Boyd, Publ sher Subscription Rates. i One copy, one year $1-50 When paid in Advance, (otherwise, $2.00 One copy, six months 75 One copy, three months " HAVE TO KNOW MULE NATURE lITHENA. OREGON, August 9, 1918 It would seem that Milton is well enough watered artificially, without drawing on nature twice in two weeks for a supply, when the rest of the county is sw:lterinn in the dust. Let up and give us fellows a chance to stand in with Jupe. With harvest in full swing, the al falfa hay crop being stacked and a weed crop coming on, this part of Umatilla county is some husy just now. The crack Prussian and Bavarian guards came along and "got theirs" too, at the hands of the Yank. Drivers of Patient Animals Realize They Have Peculiarities and Must Be Humored. An old flea-bitten, hammer-headed, cwe-necked bell marc, slowly picking li.r way across the corral at the re mount station nt Camp Znchary Taylor, followed by a long string of mules Walking In single lile, heads down and ears wagging, served as Illustration for an oflioer attached to the big can tonment who bad just finished remark ing that "horse nature and mule na ture and human nature were mighty contrary things any way you take them." "Now, take those mules," be said. "The education of a pack mule Is a thing that must begin early. He has Just two purposes In life. "One Is to carry 225 pounds day after day patiently and uncomplain ingly, and the other Is to follow the bell mare of the train, regardless of where that animal may go. Well, there Is In that corral an illustration of the srtectlveness of our trnlnlng. The old mare has started after a drink of water and there! goes every dad-blasted one of those fool mules after n drink of water." Investigation revealed that the pack mule Is not the only member of his family that lias peculiarities that can he played upon or must be humored. It was learned that the larger mules, once teamed up or paired, must there after be worked together If each Is not to suffer a loss in efficiency. Two strange mules will not work together anything like so well In the beginning as they will n few weeks later, after they hnve become well acquainted, and then If they are parted the whole process must be gone over with again. "fancy" to be artlstff. Above ail, the sauce, that Idol of the professional chef, should be dethroned from Its bad eminence. The sauce Is the mother of nightmares. The dish Itself and not its accompaniments, Is the thing. Cook' lng Is real, cooking Is earnest, and the gravy Is not Its goal. Exchange. LADY MORRIS Spruce Used In Airplanes. Becuuse the government needs all the spruce for airplanes, the piano munufucturers of the country are hav ing u hard time to get sounding boards for their Instruments. Spruce Is the best wood the piano manufacturers can get for this purpose and they have used It In Immense quantities for many years. Hut sounding boards and airplane beams call for the same quality of stock cleur, straight-grained, tougli flbered and free from blemishes. In their desire to assist the government In airplane construction the piano manufacturers have agreed to curtail their output 30 per cent during the wur. They can get along with the spruce stock now on hand for some time, they say. Meunwhlle they will try to find a substitute for spruce. Sev eral of the big spruce producing mills in the Grays Harbor district of Wash ington and along the Columbia river In Oregon that always have made a specialty of piano stock now are giv ing their attention to airplane material. LIVED LONG IN WlLU STATE Airedale Dog for Several Years Main talned Wild Predatory State In the Yellowstone Park. While the East is sweltering, we of the west sleep comfoitably beneath comforts at night. Darkness Above the Sky. The projectile of the gun with which the Germans have been shelling Paris from a distance of seventy-live miles must rise In its trajectory to a height of twenty-four miles above the earth. The Scientific American says It Is probable that lit that height there Is so little air that the sky loses Its blue appearance, because there Is hard ly enough of It to produce the refrac tion of light which gives It its luminos ity. "If we could accompany this shell on Its course." continues the Scientific American, "we should probably find the sky growing darker and darker, until It becomes nearly black. In the black sky the sun would show as a ball of fire, while the slurs which were not obliterated by the sun's light would also be visible. Below us we should hnve the reflection of sunlight from flic earth mid from the denser slrutu of the at Unisphere." GOOD COOK TO BE ENVIED Always Sure of Popularity la the Per son Who Can Concoct Dishes That Are Appetizing. To prove that there Is nothing in trinsically bumble or shameful In cook ing it is only necessary to mention a bunting or fishing party. The man who can turn out n palatable dish Is envied and lauded. The college girl who can concoct midnight suppers over a can of frozen alcohol or a gas jet Is sure of popularity. Many of the great of the earth have practiced conking as an accomplishment. Louis XV, one of the extremest connoisseurs In the art of living, prided himself on his coffee. One of the most famous of table sauces was Invented by a gentleman of Wor cestershire. Many great ladles of the olden times used to exchange recipes. Sir Kenelem Dlgby, an adventurous and scholarly soul, left n fat volume full of them, ranging from simple ap ple sauce to the most refined elabo ration of game. It is not even necessary that cook cry should aspire to the. phase called 1 An Instance of n dog's return to the savage state of his wolf ancestry came to light In February In the Yel lowstone National park when Scout Anderson's report of a trip into the Buffalo Fork country contulned, under the hendlng of predatory animals killed, a mention of one mountain lion, one bobcat, four coyotes and an Aire dule dog. This dog, which probably wandered Into the park from some farm or set tlement a few miles over the border, bus been living in the Yellowstone In n wild state for several years. Whether or not he fraternized with his cousins the wolves and the coyotes can not be known certainly. No doubt he lived as they live, at the expense of young and weaker deer and elk, and smaller prey. Probably lie lived alone, against all animal kind as they were against him. There ne wcll-authentl-cnted instances of dogs thus returning to savage nature. It speaks well for his tenacity and strength that, alone of his kind In n country where all kinds of wild animals live still their natural lives, he survived. He may have been n dog of good pedigree. Anyway, the dog had been seen at intervals for several years nnd was officially classed among the unlmuls which, alone of all Yellowstone's ani mals, are sought and killed because destructive of the harmless anlma which make of tills national park the best-populated wlld-anlmal preserve In the world. MAKES STEEL HEAL ITSELF 'Usco ' Tread We Set Tire Standards Why is it that United States Tires are setting new records for mileage and serviceability ? Why is it that the sales of these tires are constantly mounting by leaps and bounds? The answer is found in the fac tories where United States Tires are made. Standards of construction for these tires are higher than ever be fore known in the tire industry. Makers of tire fabrics tell us that the standards we have given them for United States Tire fabrics are higher than any previously known. Likewise through every process of construction from crude rubber to finished tires we have set new and higher standards everywhere. These standards work out on your car in the practical economy de manded by war-times. United States Tires will raise any car to higher efficiency. There is a type to suit every con dition of service. The nearest United States Sales and Service Depot dealer will cheer fully aid in selecting right tires for your requirements. United States Tires Remarkable Machine Designed and Constructed in French Workshop During the War. One of the most remarkable ma chines over built Is In operation nt the grout workshop In Franco, whore the Royal Flying corps repairs Its damaged airplanes. This machine, the only one of Its kind, which was both conceived and constructed In that workshop, Is described by Gustavo Babln In L'lllus trutlon as one that makes wounded stool heal Itself In exactly the same way as wounded flesh heals. It Is almost automatic, Is operated by electricity and uses galvanism as Its principle. It needs only one or two men to watch It, they being guided by a chart, Fhowlng In many colors the plKre of metal to be repaired, the ex al rrIrs necessary, the composition "f tb galvanic hath, the current need tb diameter of the wires tlint con duct It r,4 th time of Immersion. All this la worked out mathematically to : . . fra- tion n:.'i the machine doe th run. It is ustd for restoring worn or lnk-n parrs qf delicate motors, most of which art difficult to replace. When M. Bobin saw it there were lying on the table tx-slde It parts It had just repaired that would huve cost $6,000 ami much time to replace. In the previous week It had turned out 300 piece, nil of grout Importance, for nothing less Is confided to It. Take Care of the Dishes. Don't smash crockery; the govern ment Is cutting down on the manufac ture of ton principal clay products from lfi to to us high ns 50 per cent. The manufacturing program of tills Industry was ordered rearranged and divided, placing It on the basis of war Industry, Besides crockery, this includes face brick, common and paving brick, terra cotta, roofing tile, floor nnd wall tile and sanitary ware which were cur tailed 50 per cent.; hollow tile, 6ewer pipe nnd drain tile 25 per cent., and stoneware, with the exception of chem ical stoneware, IS per cent. Another order curtails the output of enamel ware 50 per cent. This action Is declared to be the fore runner of similar curtailment of prac tically every Industry considered not vital. Parts of the plants affected will bo converted for war Industries, nnd men, material! nnd transportation will be made available for war production. We know United State Tires are uood Tires. That's why we sell them. PUNCH BROS. Adsiuv, ATllliNA GARAGE, Ul'RJ&fc & SW Use Splints of Wire Netting. A new kind of surgical splint In which galvanized wire netting takea he plnco of wood, has been put on the market, says the Topulnr Science Monthly, it has been tried and offers many advantages. The steel entering Into the construction of this woven wire splint is so tempered that it can be molded by hand. Being galvanized, the wire Is sterilised and at the same time welded Into n single piece that can not fro.y out at loose ends. As the splint Is porous, It allows a certain nmount of evaporation and nlr circula tion to the dressing beneath, which wood or plaster does not. The splint comes rolled like bandage and Is lighter and less bulky lbs wooden UUBU. ... y:..j46t&&!fyG Vtlm Ntwtypw Union! of the church are invited. Rev. H. F. Pemberton will preside. The Columbia River Conference will be entertained in Pendleton. Sept S to 10th. Bishop Homer C. Stuntz will rnside. This offers Athena Meth odists a rare privilege to attend this great church gathering. Some of the best minds of Methodism, of both laity and ministry will address the confer ence. Methodists, old and young, will find the conference a season of glorious fellowship. Walter S. GleiBer. Lady Morris Is one of the members of the Overseas Women's club which has opened at Norfolk house, St. James square. The object of the club Is to provide a welcome and hospitality to the wives of Dominion, Colonial and American officers who have Joined the army and who are at present residing In London. PLACE OF DISMAL HISTORY Roanoke Island Known to Fame Be cause It Was Site of Raleigh' lll-Fated Colony. Off a desolate stretch of sandy beacb in North Carolina lies Roanoke island, the birthplace of Virginia Dare, the first English child born in America. Sir Walter Raleigh was responsible for Roanoke Island being placed on the pages of history, for in 1585 he sent out a colonizing expedition to America, nnd fate and the rough winds of the Atlan tic cast the ship up on Roanoke Is land. On account of the climate, the lack of food and the ubiquitous In dian the Island was voted ns unin habitable by the colonists, who packed their belongings and took the next ship back to England and civilization. But Raleigh was not discouraged. He sent out another colony, which consent ed to stay, and the man In charge of the expedition returned with the glad news. Four years later, when Sir Wal ter Raleigh sent him to report on the progress of the colony, he found on the Island no trace of settlers or set tlement snve the Inscription "Crontan" carved on a tree. Sir Walter then gave up the Roanoke island project as hopeless. Roanoke Island has now been In habited for many years, chiefly by fish ermen and life-savers. The latter arc negroes from the coast guard station ut Pea island, which is separated from Roanoke island by the sound. Pea island, the only coast guard station In this country manned by negroes, Is off a dangerous section of the const. A derelict ship cast on the bench is suck ed farther Into the sands by each tide. The colored guardsmen have established an excellent record in n trying nnd dangerous station. Chi cago Daily News. Channel Tunnel Is Missed. How groat have been the demands upon the British merchant marine for the reservation of ships for purely mil itary purposes Is shown by the statis tics of the first two and a quarter years of war. During that time 8,000, 000 men were transported across the seas and over a million sick and wounded. Of supplies and explosives 9,420.000 tons were carried, besides 1,000.000 horses and mules, nnd 47, 500.000 gallons of petrol. If the chan nel tunnel had been built In the days before the war, a vast amount of merchant tonnage, now employed on transport tiervlce, would have been available for the world's commercial service. Scientific American. Hs Had Changed. Mother Why didn't you speak te that little boy who just passed? Tonimlt I don't know him, mama. "Yes, you do know him. He's tht little boy who just moved In next door to us. You were playing with him yesterday." "Well, mama, If that's the same boy, he's over-washed today." The Churches. The Christian Church. Preaching at 11, Sunday school at 10. Union meeting at 8 o'clock on the lawn of the parsonage Rev. W. S. Gleiser, pastor of the Methodist church, will preach at the union meet ing. The pastor will preach at the mnrninir service. You are most cor dially invited. B. B. Burton. Pastor. Bnptist Church Notes. One among the Bweet services was enjoyed last Sunday morning. The address was along the line of personal experience. Topic for next Sunday morning, "Watered Gardens." Let all the membership be present. The address at the union service in the evening was given by Bro. Burton, which was a spli ndid appeal to putting one's self into his work, and that the minister would pledge that all he had of self would be placed into the life of the community. The address was enjoyed by everybody. Bro. Gleiser will speak at the evening service next Sunday. D. E. Baker. Pastor. Methodist Episcopal Church. Sunday sermon topics are: 11 a. m., "The Church In a World at War;" 8 P. m.. " When The Voice of God Is Heard." The Fourth Quarterly Conference will meet next Wednesday night at 8 p. m. Every official member is es rd!ly urgj to Do preseut. Frier State of Ohio, City of Toledo. Lucas County, sa. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., dolne business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1881. A. W. OLEASON, (Seal) Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken In ternally and acts through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O. Sold by all drupeIsts, 75c. Hall's Family Pills for const Ipatlol SUMMONS. In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. Eva B. Beauchamp, Plaintiift, vs. Roy L, 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, to-wit. on or before Friday, the Hlird 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 Honorabls Charles H. 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 lllth day of July, 1918, and the last publi cation of this summons will be made on the T-iid day of August, 11118. Dated at Pendleton, Oregon, this 10th day of July, 191b. Peterson & Bishop, Attorneys for Tlaintiiff. Post Office addrecs, Freewater, Ore. Notice to ('editors. In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of Joseph Sheard, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned has been appointed by the above entitled court administrator of the estate of Joseph Sheard, deceased, and that she has qualified as the law directs. All persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified to present the same, witb 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 undersigned, have been appointed Ex 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 ot Co. Implement Store, or to our attorney, Homer I, Watts, at his office in Athena, Oregon, within G months from the date hereof. Dated this 7th day of June, 1918. Jennie E. Barrett, Henry A Barrett, Executors. Notice of Final Account. In the County Court of the State of Oregon, for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of Madison Jones, Deceased. Notice is hereby given to all persons whom it may concern that John M. Jones, administrator with the will an nexed, de bonis non, of the estate of Madison Jones, deceased, has filed his final account and report and that the County Judge of said county has ap pointed Tuesday, the 37th day of Au gust, 1918, at the hour of two o'clock in the afternoon as the time and the county court house at Pendleton, Or egon, as the place, where all objec tions and exceptions to the said final account and report will be heard and a settlement thereof made. Dated at Pendleton, Oregon, on this 21th day of July., A. D.. IU18. John M. Jones, Administrator. Will M. Peterson, Attorney for Administrator. CROUP & LASH Dentists In Athena Monday' Tuesday, Wednes day, other days of week in Walla Walla, 2nd and Main over Third National Bank Dr. E W. Croup Dr. C H. Lash Thousands of men have chewed Real Gravely Chewing Plug for twenty-five years and more. And every time they have tried some other brand it made them think more of Gravely than ever. 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