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VOLUME XXX.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 6. 1918.
NUMBER 36
Quality Always Service First j
School Days
Arc Here
We have added to our stock a nice
line of School supplies. We're selling
120-page Ink Tablet 10c
150-page Pencil Tablet 5c
00-page Note Book 5c
ISO-page Note Book 10c
80-page Composition Book 8c
144-page Composition Book 10c
School Crayons, seven colors 5c
Carter's Ink, per bottle 5c
Carter's Library Paste 5c
Brass edge, hardwood Ruler- 7c
Linen Envelopes, package 10c
We also have Theme and Legal Tablets, Spelling Blanks, Pens, Pencila
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W!.t$ BBK CAN OREGON REPEAT?
wHtm i Thc vau,ls "f lhc S- Treasury again need
iBMHf'. MSLTssseT I refilling. Ever increasing expenditures necessary
JHr k Haam $ I" hasten the end of the War. the Keeuing-uu and
BUILT ON CORAL FOUNDATION
ECONOMY GASH GROCERY
Phone 532
Quality Always Service First
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 lins wi are naw showing Wash Boilers, Striners
Dairv Pails and Laundry Dippers
Watts & Rogers
Just Over the Hill
t inniiini uiiiiinmmniHiHMH
Keeling Island Group, In Indian Ocean,
a Mat of Varying Colors Attrac
tive to the Eye.
An oasis In the bine expanse of the
Indian Ocean Is the Keeling island
group, built Inch upon Inch of coral.
From far out at sea the ragged outline
of the Islands' coconut palms can be
seen, now In forestlike thickness, and
again one tall, solitary palm silhou
etted on the sky.
Many times Hits is all that the ship's
passengers see of the Islands, for only
when the winds are low can n ship put
In at the harbor. Ordinarily, heavy
winds send the waves crashing against
reef and beach and make the Islands a
danger zone Instead of a haven c5
mariners.
Parts of the Islands are thick with
matted underground, but below It all is
the coral foundation In the form of
sand and reefs of wonderful spreading
formations. The shapes of the coral
growth are fascinating In their variety.
Little Imagination is needed to see tn
them toadstools, oak trees, leaves and
snow crystals. Some are solid rock,
while others are as delicate as the out
shoots of bursting fireworks. The col
ors, too, are like fading fireworks that
leave only a suggestion of yellow,
green and rose.
In contrast to the paleness of the
coral reefs, the Inhabitants of the
pools and sea dazzle the onlooker with
their scales of vivid red and green
flashing through the clear water.
Swordflsh and sharks make fishing and
swimming hazardous.
The air Is fanned by great flocks of
birds of the eastern tropics who might
easily claim ownership of the islands
by reason of discovery by their ances
tors. The birds long ago found the
Islands ideal for nesting and time has
enlarged the colony, for there are few
human beings to dtsturb the feathered
owners. Chicago Dally News.
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of "Our Hoys," the Sustaining of the
and their Peoples, the Perprlun-
nocrncv and Destruction ol Autoc-
lilt the unstinted sacrifice the 1)0
I' NOT SIMPLY "BIT," of every true
e of the 4th Liberty Loan is here,
every patriotic endeavor, OREGON
cannot, will not, shatt not falter NOW. With more
to work for, more to give for, more to sacrifice
for every true Oregoitian will make it his duly
to see that Oregon DOES UEPEAT by going over
the top FIRST once again.
While the campaign does not officially start
until September 28tn, wc will so voluntarily
pledge our subscriptions and anticipate our
quotas that in this town, this counlu tmti th J state
11 nu.l.
SEES LITTLE IN ALHAMBRA
BE OVER WHEN
FOVITH
IT'S OPENED
laaarir Loan Tom v.
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Show Your Patriotism!
Buy a
War Savings Stamp
and Help Win the War
IfSIIIIIIIIBi
For Sale at
The First National Bank of oAthena
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The Churches,
Baptist Church Notes.
Topic for next Sunday morning. The
Tearless Heaven. We earnestly ask
that every member of the church be
present.
The evening service will be a union
service at the Baptist church and the
topic will he The Journey of Life.
Everybody is invited to ttii day's
services. We want them to be the
sweetest services of our stuy with the
people of Athena
The B. Y. P. U. w-ll meet at 7 p.
m. Sunday school at 0 a. m. Let all
come. D. E. Baker, Pastor.
IDEAS HARD TO ERADICATE
The Christian Church.
The pastor will preach at 11 o'clock.
In the evening there will be a union
service at the Baptist church in honor
of Bro. Baker, who is soon to leave
Atheia. Let u give him a full house.
All mpmhpi-ft nf the Chtistian church
are urged to be present at Sunday I him, for does not the wind come from
school and church next Sunday and fall i Norway, which is south from the Pole?
trroneous Geographical Notions That
Have a Firm Hold on the Minds
of Most People.
It Is curious to note with what per
sistency people will adhere to current
Ideas without ever thinking that these
Ideas do not, under ull circumstances,
denote one and the same thing. As a
matter of fact, the maximum heat Is
"between" North nnd South viz, along
the equator, and It is as cold at the
South Pole as at the North Pole. Also
the words North and South are as relu
tlve terms as East and West, nnd do
not, to everyone, convey the same
Idea,
To make this clear, let us suppose
that A stands at the North Pole and,
turning In the direction of the "untry
from which he came, feels the wind
blowing In his face. He would, of
course, claim that this wind was south
erly, and nobody would dare contradict
Farmers
Help Finance the War by the ex
pansion of your credit in a safe way
Trade Acceptance Paper
The Trade Acceptance works to our mutual advantage. Jt gives
you additional time when needed to get returns from your crops and
puts your accounts in negotiable form which enables ub to realize on
accounts at a time when we are badly in need of money. This Incurs
no additional obliagtion on your part.
The Trade Acceptance is being adopted by business houses in ll
lines of industry throughout the country and has the endorsement of
the Fedreal Reserve Board, the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, the Na
tional Asssociation of Credit Men and others.
The Trade Acceptance will be used hereafter on all open accounts
of over 30 days standing.
Tum-a-Lum Lumber Co.
HUH
in line for an immediate rally i repar
atory to real aggressive work the
the coming season. B. B. Burton,
Pastor.
Wanted. School girl to work for
room and board. Mrs. W. C. Emmel.
The Lumsden-Wood machine was
pulled under the shed Tuesday, a after
harvest run of 35 and one-half days.
John Phillips Jr.. writes from
Burke. Idah.., to his sister, Mrs. Al
fred Kibbe, that he leaves at once for
Camp Lewis, with a draft contingent.
Dr. Sharp has been indisposed this
week but is now feeling better. He
spent a couple of days at the hospital
at Walla Walla, returning home Tues
day evening.
Mrs. Lillie Miller announces all her
millinery stock for sale, at far below
cost. During one month she will
remodel used hats, after that time the
shop will be closed, Adv.
Miss Mildred Winship has been ser
iously ill the past week and according
to Dr. Parker of Pendleton, is threat
ened with appendicitis. At present
he is very much improved,
The September 13th meeting of the
Knitting Club will be at the home of
Mrs. Uesper, on Third street. The
sum of 114 was realized from the sil
ver tea, held in the Red Cross rooms
last Friday,
Port Umpqua Courier; Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Graham of Weston, have come
to Reedsport with the intention of lo
cating here. Mr. Graham is a carpen
ter by occupation and will follow his
trade at this place.
Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Wilmot last
week took Mrs. Wilmot's sister, Mrs.
John Harris, of Weston, to the hosr
pital in Walla Walla, where she has
since been in a critical condition. He
eon has been sent for.
His companion, B, however, who stands
n little distance further off, let us say
SO steps beyond the Pole, on the
hemisphere on which America Is situ
ated, will just as emphatically assert
that this wind Is northern, as it blows
from the North Pole, and the snow
flakes It carries after having passed
the polar point no longer are directed
toward the North, but the South. There
Is no use disputing; both are right and,
although separated by a few steps
only, that which to A is north Is to B
south.
ENJOY SINGING IN CHORUS
Perfectly Innocent Fun,
"Willie, ure you and Boy In any mis
chief out there 1"
"Oh, no, ma," came the reply. "We're
Just playing with some eggs the grocer
left, to see how many times we can
catch them before they break." Bos
ton Transcript.
Why Children Should Be Encouraged
to Take Part in Exercises of
Juvenile Glee Clubs.
Anyone who has watched a Closs of
schoolchildren singing their songs to
gether, or the members of a juvenile
glee club raising their voices In mel
ody, knows to how great an extent chil
dren enjoy expressing themselves mu
sically. It Is perhaps one of the few
times when they begin to gut an ap
preciation of what concerted action
means lu creating strength and power
both for the Individual as well as the
group. You seldom get a child to stand
up and sing alone, but pluce him
among a large group of children and
note the change In him the change In
bis expression, bis bearing and bis
whole attitude,
It Is therefore a cause for much en
couragement to hear the news that peo
ple are growing Interested In commu
nity choruses for children. The move
ment for grownups has become wide
spread and Its good results have been
appreciated by all who buve taken an
active part In it. The question natur
ally arises, then, wby wait until a per
son is grown up before you let him
take part in that which undeniably la
beneficial to him? Why not give the
child an opportunity to musically ex
press himself before he has grown too
self-conscious to do It freely)
and Importance Of It ore little under-,
rttood by persons outside of the regions
In which It Is carried on. While the
bureau conserves fish, propagates and
distributes fish and labors to educate
mankind on the subject of fish, It also
rescues fish. In times of flood, when
streams and rivers swell beyond their
banks and overflow wide stretches of
land, myriads of valuable food fish ure
carried along with the water. The
flood passes, the rivers subside Into
their normal courses and the fish are
left Inland to perish as the flood-water
evaporates or seeps Into the land.
Gangs of men under the guidance of
the fisheries bureau gather the fish
from these overflow lakes, which are
often of great extent, and cast them
loose iu the streams or rivers.
Somewhat Expensive Err;r.
A large steamer was once wrecked
because one of the sailors was named
West.
The vessel was outward bound from
Rotterdam, nnd the sailor waB on deck
polishing some brasswork. Suddenly
the cuptaln culled him, and told him
to go below. The second officer on the
bridge heard the enptato call out the
man's name, and thought It was an
order to change the course of the ves
sel to the nest. He did so, and the
result was that the vessel ran onto a
dangerous shoul. Thut name cost the
owners of the vessel the sum of $500,-000.
Writer Says Famous Building Ex
presses Mere Beauty, Without Any
Sense of Power or Vigor.
The Alhambra Is on the shoulder of
a mountain. It overlooks the town,
Bart Kennedy writes tn the Wide
World. It was built by the Moors, and
I take It that It was built overlooking
the town for the usual reason. The
ruling Moors lived therein and they
wished to be in a position to give the
nonrullng Moors "what for" when they
became too critical. There is a lot of
human nature In ruling people Just as
there Is In ruled people. A beautiful
place, this Alhambra. But to mo its
architecture expressed decadence nnd
wenkness. There was nothing strong
or massive about It. Whether a race
expresses truly It? character In archi
tecture or not Is not for me to say. To
be able to give a reliable opinion as to
this would necessitate the living of a
life that lasted through a couple of
thousand years. But certainly the Al
hambra did not suggest power and
vigor. Beauty, yes, and also fancy,
but nothing more.
But on the Cuesta de los Muertos
(the hill of the dead), which was out
side the actual palace of the Alham
bra, were three massive square towers.
They expressed strength. In them had
lived centuries before the Moham
medun soldiers of the guard. These
towers Impressed me and I often went
to see them in the moonlight, for then
there seemed to be in their strength
and power some weird effect.
HELD HIS ART ABOVE ALLU
Pension Could Not Induce Beethoven -to
Play for Emperor or
Dukes.
Betttna von Arnlm visited Beethoven
in the year KrO, and wrote a letter
describing the event In August of that
year. It has recently been published,
observes an exchange. Very different
from her correspondence with Goethe,
when It Is a question whether the lady
is indulging in fact or fiction, this
letter about Beethoven is serious In
tone. ,.
Beethoven had a "so-called prida
that prevents him playing for the em
peror and the dukes, who have in vain
given him a pension; and It Is the
rarest thing In all Vienna to hear him
play," she says. But he consents to
play for her when she tells him tt
would be the Joy of her life to hear
him. He "seated himself at the piano,
on the edge of a chair, playing softly
with one hand, as though trying to
overcome his aversion to being heard.
Suddenly he had forgotten his sur
roundlags and his thought expanded
Into an ocean of harmony,"
She goes on! "I got to like this
man tremendously. In everything that
hns to do with his art he la so com
manding and truthful that no artist
dares to approach him."
Why Paper Turna Yellow With Age.
It il a well-known fact that paper
exposed to light will become yellow
Ish Within a comparatively short time;
and even when kept In storage where)
light does not reach it, It will undergo
gradual deterioration. Investigations
by Doctor Klemm demonstrated that
these changes are due maluly to the
presence In the paper of mechanical
wood-pulp or llgnified fiber, although
they are met with also In paper col
ored with dyes that fade under ex
posure to light. In wood-free papers
the fading Is found to be duo to a for
mation of soaplike compounds of Iron
with rosin aud fatty substances. Tha
greater the amount of these com
pounds present, the more marked the
yellowing of the paper. A mixture of
ether (two part) and alcohol (one
part) will remove the soaplike matter,
Popular Science Monthly,
tine any irt a Southern cui'ip on? or
the negro soldiers was showing me a
service pin with three stnrs which he
always carried In Mr pocket. I asked
him who the relatives were and he re
plied : "One Is to' mnself nn' the other
two Is fo' inn braiders; one Ik going
m unllst nn' the other Is In the next
Walking Stlok and Can.
At one time the general use of canes
or walking stlcka was forbidden In
Rome by Imperial edict, except to per
sons of patrician rank, thus making It
a privilege which came to be popular
among the nobility and eventually a
distinction. The women of that time
carried them also, their richly and ar
tistically decorated canes serving as a
rod for punishment of their slaves.
The cane appeared In England aa
the badge of aristocracy in about the
fifth century, but after serving this
purpose for some time came Into the
hands of the humbler classes and was
dropped by those of higher social
standing. It was re-established to Its
true form by the pilgrims and soldiers
returning from the Holy Land during
the Crusades, and soon came Into pop
ularity again.
Matter of "Two Evils.''
A Londoner whose business Is
coaching stage aspirants tells this
one:
"One day my work was interrupted
by a weak-feutured but ratber pretty
girl of about eighteen. She was taste
fully dressed, but had obviously been
crying. She said she was wishful to
adopt the profession of the stage. Hud
she ever played lu amateur produc
tions? No. Were her parents pre
pared to pay the fees? She hod neither
father nor mother. "Well, what are
you?" he Inquired. Then she sobbed.
She wub a housemaid In the service ot
a'crochety old lady. When the pro
fessor advised ber to return to her
mistress, she exclaimed : "I can't bear
'it l I'd sooner go on the stage than
stand her any longer."
Furnishings
Have vou seen our new Fall Furnishings? While our
boys are giving their lives ''over there" to put down
the Hun, we are striving to give you the best and
keep the prices down, buying for 197 stores.
SUITS.
Men's Serge Suits S1B.50 to 24.75
Fancy Suits - 12.60 to 21.75
Boys' Serge and novelty Suits,
newest styles and patterns,
4.98 to 9.90
Get your boy a suit before Bchool
starts.
Boys' Caps - - .25 to .98
Men's Caps - .49 to 1.69
Men'a Hats 1.98 to 4.98
UNDERWEAR.
Men's two-piece cotton, each .89
" Wool " - 1.98
Men's cotton Union suits 1.09
" Fleeco " " - 1.98
" Wool " " - 3.98 to 8.98
" Bilk and wool " " 4.60
Boys' Fleece union euitB .98-1.19
Boys' hose - .29-. 39
" socks . 2 for .25
Men's work Socks - . t.O to .15
SHOES.
Boys' English shoes
" dress "
Men's English shoes
" dress "
" work "
" army "
" nine-inch "
" eleven inch
3.50 to 4.98
11.69 to 8.08
3.98 to 8.50
8.60 to H.50
1!. 25 to 8.60
4.50
" 4.1)8 to . 60
laics - 6,90
H " sixteen-inch
Boys' work shoes
' . 7.60
- UO to 3.50
Reselling Pish.
The rescue ot fish Is one of the ac
tivities of the burean of fisheries. It
is an important work, but Uiu miuiv
We have one of the best tailoring line of suits in Chicago. Try a eJWark G. Harris
suit. . New fall samples are here. Satisfaction in every detail.
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