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VOLUME XXX.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 13, 1918.
NUMBER 37
: Quality Always Service First
School Days
Arc Here
We have added to our stock a nice
line of School supplies. We're selling
120-paue Ink Tablet 10c
150-page Pencil Tablet 5c
tiO'page Note.Book 5c
120-paue 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, Pencils
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it is needless for us to dwell upon its merits.
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Dairv Pails and Laundry Dippers
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Meeting the Problems of
the Day
Requires alertness to the ever changing wai-time conditions.
You will always find us ready to help meet these problems
as they arise, and we are going to help you to meet them
By the Expansion of your Credit
on and after September 1.1PI8, all book accounts will be lim
ited to 30 days' credit. If an extension of time is desired,
THE TRADE ACCEPTANCE, a form of paper recommended
by the Federal Reserve Banks, will be used.
For detailed information, watch our ads, see year banker or
call on us and we will be glad to explain.
Tum-a-Lum Lumber Co.
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LADS "OVER THERE"
"Somewhere in France, Aug. 12, '18,
"My dear Mother: I received a letter
from you yesterday, also some pictures
of the gang. They sure looked good.
Windy and Harry Keller rnd the whole
bunch looked at them and the roses in
the picture reminded us of good old
Oregon, so we ended the evening by
talking old times over.
"The Yanks and the French sure put
on some big show on this front. We
had the Boehe going so fast one time
that they could not catch up with
them with cavalry and armored cars.
Well, they have finally stopped but
we are hammering the devil out of
them day and night. Believe me,
there is a bunch of those Hur.s that
will never get back to their Father
land. This will be all the war news
as it will be stale when it gets there.
The Boche has tried to get even with
us for giving- them the trouble we
have, but (Censored.)
"But that is all the casualties we
suffered in this show. It sure was
too bad, but it's all in the game. Well,
this will show you that it's not half as
bad as some people Would make you
believe it is. We are sure that every
man they get from us, we get ten of
those Huns.
' I have a trip coming up, going
after a motorcycle. Some more of
the boys are going along, and we will
ride them back. I hope they will be
Harleys. It sure will feel like home
to ride one again. I got the smokes
o. k., also the song. Tell Mrs. Badde
ley I thank her very much for it.
Corp. E. F. Sebaaky,
Bat. D., 148 F. A.
Letter From Harry Keller.
Harry Keller writes interestingly to
his mother, Mrs. D. B. Banister, and
his sister, Mrs. Jesse Myrick, frcm
both letters of which we excerpt the
following:
"France, Aug 9, '18
"I have been too busy to write. In
fact, we move to a new position about
every other day, so you see one has
n't much time to write. Have plenty
of time now though, am back to a
rest camp for a week or two. Had n
touch of the grip and was sent back
to our battery rest camp about twelve
miles back of the lines. We are in a
small town about the size of Adams.
It has been shelled and there Isn't
much left of it. There are a few good
buildings left and Ed. and myself hap
pened to get one room with a good
spring bed, stove, cooking outfit and
all furnished. We are living pretty
high now. We are close to a Y. M
C. A. and can buy all the canned fruit,
csndy, jam, gum. cigars and cigarettes
we want. There is plenty of garden
truck here, just got through picking
some string beans for dinner. Am
going to make a rhubarb pie this
afternoon. Had hot cakes for break
fast, so you sea I haven't forgotten
all I learned from Mother about cook
ing, and it comes in pretty handy here.
too. I am heating water to wash my
rags now. Windy came up from bis
office and is reading some papers fiat
Ed. got from home. He is just read-
ng the write-up they gave Claude
Sanders. Some 'Longfellow.' Will
give you the bill of fare for dinner:
Canned peaches, hot cocoa, French
fried potatoes, string beans; and Ed.
is rustling some steak from the cook
now and. I almost forgot bread. I
have had light bread most every meal
since I have been in the army. We
can't have this kind of eats forever,
just while we are in a place like
this; but we have pretty good eats
most of the 'time.
"When I left the guns the shells
were falling pretty thick around, but
hadn't done any damage yet. I have
seen a good many sights worth seeing.
We have had only one casualty so far,
and the day I left the guns the Boche
raided us with airplanes and swept the
ground with machine-guns. We all
got under cover except those who were
firing at the planes. A bullet from
one of the machine-guns of the Boche
struck one of our boys in the top of the
shoulder and came out under the shoul
der blade, going through the back
part of his lung, but he is improving
all right.
'Will be glad when I get to feeling
better so I can go back to the gun for
I like the excitement. It gets pretty
hot at times, but we make it a sight
hotter for them, the way they have
been retreating. The large battle that
is being fought now, we hope will lead
to success. They took moving pictures
of our regiment the other day, so you
may see them in the States. Just look
for H8th regiment.
"By the looks of things, we will
have to give our bungalow up; for I
see several uld French women moving
back to town today and they will prob
ably want their bouses. They follow
up a few miles behind the lines. This
ground was taken by the Germans early
this Spring and the French were run
out, so as fast as we take a town back
from the Germans, the old women try
to see which can be the first there ;
and we are taking the towns back
pretty fast. This is a very pretty
country. There are hundreds of acres
of wheat going to waste. The people
that own it may save part of it if they
get moved back in time and tbey sure
are moving back as fast as they can.
"I would like to tell you about some
of the sights we see, but I guess there
will be plenty of time after I get back
to tell stories. There is one thing I
will say there are many losses on
both sides, but our boys are doing
wonderful work. This battle field iaA
sure a pretty country. It is in the
mountains, but not like our mounWics.
There are large grain fields, and a good
many of them are destroyed, and the
gardens and woods too.
"Well, I have seen about all the war
I care to see and am ready to come
home any time; but of course "we
won't come home till it's over, over
here," hoping it won't be long, ti
everybody hopes and thinks.
Harry E. Keller,
Bat. D, 148 F. A.
"Windv" Has Music With Meals.
The following letter was received by
Marshal Dobson this week:
"Ordnance Corps, H8th F. A.,
Front, August, 10th, 1918.
"Dear Bill: Received your letter
some time back, but havo been so busy
that I was lucky if I got time to
sleep, let alone to write letters, no
matter how bad I wanted to. We
have been on the front for quite a spell
and sure have been giving the Boche
hell, as you no doubt have seen in the
papers. And they tell about all that
is to be told; in fact, if we wrote some
of the thingH they do. it would never
get by the censor. I like it fine here,'
but of course it is not a very easy life
to live, for we never know one hour
where we wll be the .next, no matter
whether it is night or day. But there
is something about it that one likes
I guess it is the thrills and narrow es
capes that one goes through.
"In my line of work in this war
game, I am on the road most of the
time both night and day, as I have to
visit each gUn every morning and get
them the things they need during the
rest of the day and night. How would
you like to he riding along la your jit
ney and all at once a big shell would
put a hole in front of you that would
hold your jit and two more like it? I
tell you Bill, you would put . on the
brake faster than you ever did in your
life, for nine chances out of ten, the
next one would light about ten feet in
front of that one. The Boche also like
to fly low and sweep the road with
their machine-guns, and then you
would see how fast it would run. in
stead of how fast you can stop. These
are the things I guess that ma''.e one
like the life here. It is the game of
seeing how close you can come to death
and still miss it. We also have music
with our meals. It is not the kind
one gets at a hotel in New York but
is more fascinating. At least, we
here at the front think so; it is the air
fight. We will be eating, when all at
once machine guns will go to barking
and we will grab our rifles or machine
guns, us most of the boys have them,
having picked them up from the bat
tlefield) and cut loose at Mister Hun.
He sometimes gets away, but other
times he will hit the eround, and then
we enjoy our dinner all the more.
"You talk of one having to be a
good driver in the city the front has
the cities skinned so fir for traffic that
they are not in it. I have passed con
voys that were twenty miles long.
Tbey give a driver one minute to fix
his car if it goes bad, and if not fixed
then it is dumped to one Bide. I have
had no accidents, outside of hitting a
Frog or so and bumping a car now and
then. Bill, I could write all day, but
have to get busy. Tell the boys hell-o
for me. Geo. (Windy) Winship,
Chief Ordnance Sergeant.
Spend Less, Borrow Less.
The Federal Reserve Bank tells de
positors that nothing is more vital to
the winning of the war than credit.
The Government often has to borrow
immense sums, temporarily, and the
banks must stand ready at all times
to lend the Government what it needs.
The ability of the banks to lend is not
unlimited. It is just as necessary for
them to conserve their lending power
as it is to conserve coal, food, steel
and other commodities for which the
war brings abnormal demands. Those
who are producing, manufacturing, or
distributing things needed to prosecute
the war or maintain the health and
efficiency of the civilian population,
will be able to obtain the credit to
which their needs and their standing
entitle them; but new loans will rare
ly be justified unless they are to aid
directly in the prosecution of the war,
and every bank has been asked by the
Gove-nment to request all its borrow
ers to keep their demands for credit
down to the very minimum.
Meet in Portland.
From every city and town in Ore
gon delegates representing the Y. M.
C. A., Knights of Columbus, Y. W. C.
A., Camp Community Service, Jewish
Welfare Board, Salvation Army and
American Library Association will be
in Portland Monday, September If,
to help lay plans for raising (170,
500,000 next November for war relief
work thioughout the world. All the in
terests of these allied organizations
have been combined at the request of
President Wilson in order that there
might be but one drive for funds, thus
saving considerable in manpower, and
obviating the necessity of going twice
to the people for the same purpose this
year.
Umatilla County Quota,
While there is no definite informa
tion at this time as to the exact size
of the Fourth Liberty Loan, John
Etheridge, state director of organiz
ation, has advised W. L. Thompson,
Umatilla County chairman, that upon
the assumption that the National loan
will be six billions, Umatilla county s
quota will be 12,111,172, and upon
the same basis Oregon's quota will be
f 35,491,928. No attempt will be
made to distribute the County s quota
over the various districts until definite
information is received.
George Banister writes from the
U. S. Naval station, detention camp,
Seattle, for the Press to be sent him
regularly.
WAR HELPEff ZINC fNDUSTRY SLOUCH HAT OUT OF FAVOP
Remarkable Impetus Given to the
Mining and Refining of the
Mineral in Japan.
The high-water mark In the devel
opment of zinc mining and refining in
Japan has been reached since the out
break of the present war. Zinc was
first mined Id a commercial way In
1897, but even as late at 1911 the out
put wns still only about 10,000 tons.
The refining of the ores was not start
ed on a large scale until 1914. The
rising quotations of the metal In all
markets gave the Industry great Im
petus In Japan, so that In 1915 21,000
tons of refined goods and In 1910 45,
000 tons were produced. It Is esti
mated that the production In 1917 to
taled some 05,000 tons. It Is said
that the refineries can produce as
high as 100,000 tons a year, but as
this takes some 250,000 tons of zinc
ore the problem before Japan Is to
obtain 200,000 tons of ore In foreign
markets, ns only 50,000 tons ore mined
In Japan. In the past Japan has bought
ore from China, Australia and Russia,
the greater part of the ore, however,
coming from Australia. It has been
reported that Great Britain plans a re
finery In Australia In order to produce
zinc In (hat portion of her empire. If
true, this, It Is said, may force Japan
to seek her raw material In some other
market.
Not for Me, but of Me.
Moses Sellg has been In business for
a long time but never until recently
had he received a purely business let
ter from a email granddaughter. The
letter was sent by his granddaughter,
Evelyn Ilahn, who formerly lived In
Indianapolis, and wns as follows:
"Dearest Grandpa: This. Is n busi
ness note. ... I am selling Thrift
Stamps and War Suvlngs Stamps.
Please buy of me, nt for me, and help
me' to receive a position In the army
of thrift workers. Send me a check
If you will, payuble to cash, and I will
send you the stamps. You will oblige
and help me very much. Much love.
"EVELYN."
It Is needless to say tint Mr. Sellg
regarded this as one of the most Im
portant business notes he ever re
ceived. Indianapolis News.
Picturesque Headgear No Longer
Worn by American Soldiers on
the Fighting Fronts.
The slouch hat has for many years
been regarded In Europe as distinctive
ly American, although for as many
years it has been no more commonly
worn In the United States than In the
British Isles, and over a considerable
part of the continent. Nevertheless,
the typical American Is almost Invari
ably pictured In a soft hat, and the soft
felts worn by the soldiers of the
American expeditionary forces to
France helped to sustain the tradition.
In the Civil war the soldiers of the
North wore caps. Soft felts were
chosen for soldiers operating against
the Indians on the plains becuuse they
were supposed to afford greater protec
tion than caps from the glare. They be
came a regulation head covering for
the army In the Spanish-American war,
and, because they matched the khaki
uniform, they have been In use ever
since. Now, however, Genernl Per
shing Is said to have decided that these
hats must be discarded In favor of
brlmlcss and peakless cups, and the
reason for tho proposed change Is
characteristic of the period that bus
introduced Into war so many Innova
tions. The rim of the soft felt hat
throws a shadow on the periscope
used In the trenches so as to Interfere
with sighting by the wearer; also,
when worn by tall men, the crown may
be seen above the parapets by the en
my ; also, a gas mask can be adjusted
much more quickly over a brlmless nnd
peakless cap.
THREE ARE KILLED
IN
Now Has Third Officer Husband.
To have lost two husbands and mar
ried a third during the war has been
the experience of Lady Michael War
doll, one of London's recent brides. She
Is a daughter of Sir Daniel Cooper, an
Australian millionaire. She married
first the late Viscount Northland, who
lost his life In active service In 1915,
and left a will In which lie expressed
the hope that his widow would marry
again. She fulfilled his hope when she
wns married to Capt. Geoffrey Mills,
who was killed a year ago. Her third
husband Is also a British officer.
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Hansell
and Alfred R. Price lost their lives in
an automobile wreck at Rosalia,
Wash., Tuesday afternoon, when the
Overland car, driven by Mr. Hansell,
plunged over an embankment after
crossing a bridge.
The report given the Lewiston
Tribune by its Rosalia correspondent
says that Mr. Price was thrown clear
of the car, but was badly crushed.
He passed away without regaining
consciousness shortly after he had
been taken to Rosalia. Mr. and Mrs.
Hansell, Mrs. Price and the two little
granddaughters were caught beneath
the car. The little girls escaped in
jury. Mrs. Price wss painfully bruis
ed and one of her hips is fractured.
Mrs. Hansell was dead when taken
from beneath the car, and Mr. Han
sell died within a few minutes after
being lifted from the wreckage.
The bridge where the accident oc
cured, forms a part of a reverse curve
and is entered by a sharp turn to the
right, and a turn to the left is encoun
tered immediately after the bridge is
crossed. The car went over the grade
on the right hand sido after across the
bridge and had a sheer drop of about
IE feet.
The cause of the accident as given
by Marion Hansell, who telephoned
the Press from Colfax, was due to
strips of planking laid lengthwise on
the bridge floor and placed there to
accommodate passage of large traction
engines, Tbis flunking which since
the accident has been reaipveoV-wa
two inchcB or more higher than the
bridge floor, and a number of minor
accidents had before happened there,
by cars swerving after the wheels
came in contact with the edges of the
planking.
The Hansell car went over the grade
about two and one-half car-lengths
after leaving the bridge, and the
course of tho trackB indicated th it the
planking hud put the car out of control
of the driver.
Marion Hansell left for the scene of
the accident on Wednesday morning's
train, being met at Colfax by his
brother Blaine, who came from Lew
iston. The little girls were taken back to
Lewiston and Mrs. Price is at Rosalia,
under a doctor's care.
The three bodies will arrive in
Athena on this afternoon's train. Fun
eral services will be held at the Chris
tian church, Sunday morning at 1 1
o'clock. Interment for Mr. and Mrs
Hansell will bo in the family lot at
Athena cemetery, and Mr. Price will
be interred at Kees cemetery.
The terjible accident threw a veil
of sorrow, over Athena and vicinity,
where all three victims had resided for
many years, each having filled a niche
in the early development of the com
munity. Though they had departed
to make homes clsewbero, each one
left with their many friends here an
indelible imbression deepened by many
generous, neighborly ministrations.
At the time of the accident, Mr. and
Mrs1. Hansell and Mr. and Mrs. Price,
Mrs. Price being the mother of Mrs.
Hansell, were on a visiting trip. They
were to first stop at tho homo of Mr.
and Mrs. Howell, near Rosalia. From
there they anticipated going to visit
relatives at Wenatchee, after which
they were coming to Athena to spend
a portion of next week with relatives.
Rev. Waller S. Glciser, for the past
two years pastor of the Methodist
church in Athena, has accepted a call
from Echo, and with his estimable
v ife leaves for there ne: ( week. Rev.
W. A. Pratt will succeed Mr. Gleiser
here, and will immediately aBsume
his duties as pastor here.
Buy To-Day
Now is the time to buy a new Coat, Skirt Shoes or
Hat, in fact anything you may need in the clothing
line while our stocks are complete in every way. Re
orders will be very hard to get and no doubt prices
will be somewhat higher in many lines. Buying for
197 busy stores direct from factories, lowers bur prices
Plurh Coats are very popular this year. We have them from $18.50 to 35.00
Cloth Coats in the new Fall shades can be had from - 19.50 to 35.OO
New Skirts in silk and wool, many pretty ones from - 4.98 to 11.50
New Shoes in Toney Red, Mahogany and Gray from - 7.90 to 10.50
Why pay $10 for a new hat? We have the same for from 3.98 to 5.90
We are now showing many new waists in Georgette, Crepe de
Chine, Tub Silk, Satin and Voiles, at prices ranging from 98c to 7.50
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