Advertising The Athena Press circulates in the homes of readers who reside in the heart of the Great Umatilla Wheat Belt, and they have money to spend mm Entered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mail Matter Subscription Rates One Copy, one year, $2.00; for six months, $1; for three months, 75c; payable in advance, and subscrip tions are solicited on no other basis VOLUME XXX. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 11, 1918. NUMBER 41 Higby Harris, Worth $175,000 Is Bond Slacker; Hilbert and Peters Subscribed for Bonds The Central Committee of the Uma tilla County Patriotic Service League feds that it has occasion and ample warrant for presenting to the public the name of Higby Harris of Milton as one who has consistently and flag rantly failed in the support of his gov ernment at war. It believes that the word "slacker" was coined for just such men as he. Mr. Harris has lived in Umatilla county many years and has grown wealthy here. He is generally credited with being the wealthiest citizen of the east end of the county. He is paying taxes under his own name on real property assessed at f?5,000 and personal property assessed at $10,000. A very conservative estimate as to his wealth made by men in a position to judge places it at (175,000. Mr. Harris did not subscribe to the First or Second Liberty Loan. In the Third Loan, when an organization for rounding up delinquents was created, he subscribed ar00. That was the amount of his subscription to the Fourth Loan also. He refused to sub scribe for his rating of 1000. He was notified to appear before this com mittee and make such explanation as he deemed might justifv his refusal. He ignored the notice and the commit tee feels that it should hesitate 1 o longer in exposing him to the citizer ship of the county for the shirTier that he is. In the Second Bed Cross War Fund campaign Mr. Hartis le'used to con tribute a dollar and we have no record of his ever having made a donation to a war fund. On the other hand we have received innumerable reports to the effect that he has thousands of dollars on deposit and has openly stat ed that he intends holding his money until after the war so that he will be in a position to bny land when values shrink. We feel that Mr. Harris is in a pos ition to stimulate his neighbors in pat riotic undertakings and yet the com mittee believes that there is no man in the county whose example has been the cause of so much dissatisfaction . We hope there are few citizens in America who have given such niggard ly support and who have manifested a spirit of such grudging patriotism. To Mr. Harris and to the county the com mittee wishes to say that it has not had its final say. Besides Mr. Harris, the committee had summoned for hearing Mr. John H. Peters of Pendleton, Mr. Frank Hilbert of Ukiah and Mr L. C. Roth rock of Pendleton. It is glad to an nounce that Mr. Peters has agreed to subscribe his full quota of (1000 and that Mr.JHilbert authorized his banker to bring his subscription up to (4000, his quota. Mr. Rothrcok left for Cal ifornia before he received his notice to appear before the committee and will be granted a little more time to make his explanation if he so desires. Central Loyalty Committee, Umatilla Co. Patriotic Service League. Note. Harris has come forward , and taken his full quota of Liber y 1 Bonds. HERE'S ANOTHER FROG STORY ITALY HAD FIRST PAWNSHOP New Yorker's Experience Seem to Corroborate Tale Told by the ' Kaiser's Press Agent. This Is the time of the year when fish stories are permissible, so the knl ser's press agent cannot be blamed for pulling that one nhout the frogs croak ing In such deafening fashion that they enabled the Germans to bring tip their bntterles without being discov ered by the allies. Hank Newmnn, who Invented the famous "snapper" elixir, partly boars out the statement made by the Hun wnr correspondent. He knows nil the habit of the Johnny Crnpauds and he dcclnres that they can make some noise when they begin to cronk. "I don't know anything about those bloodthirsty frogs of the Chemln des Dames, however," explained Mr. Newman. 'Hut down In Ozone Park, where I live, there Is a frog pond, and hundreds of them live a quiet, peace ful life. In fact, the frogs down my way are musical, for they lull the na tive to sleep. There Is one big fellow, however, who has a high pitched voice. I named him Caruso because he war bles louder than any In the flock. For some time Caruso and me were quite chummy. As soon as he heard my alarm clock go off at five in the morn ing, he would come to my window and sing a roundelay, which indicated that he was hungry. That was when I had daylight work. Now I'm on nights and don't get to bed until three In the morning. And for the past three weeks Caruso and his entire chorus made sleep Impossible for me, so I found tt necessary to move far from the frog pond." New York Sun. Prom That Country the System Gradu ally Spread Over the Rett ef the Civilised World. The French call them monts-de-plete, but no satisfactory explanation for this nomenclature Is forthcoming. The es tablishment of municipal pawnshops In France was attended with more diffi culty than was the case In other coun tries. It Is from Italy that the Idea of mu nicipal pawnshops spread over the rest of Europe. A municipal pawnshop was set up In Madrid In the year 1705, when a priest with very little capital opened up as an "uncle." The system was tried at Avignon In 1577, but It was not until the year 1777 that Paris Itself was provided with a mont-de-plete. The national assembly upset the monopoly and the business passed Into private hand:,. The extortions of the pawnbrokers In time led, however, to n demand for the re-establlshment of the governmental Institutions. In 1806 Napoleon re-established the monopoly, regulating It by laws that are still In force. The Interest charged amounts to about 7 per cent. In Paris the mont-de-plete Is In effect a department of the administration, but In the provinces It Is a municipal monopoly. JUST SIMPLE COMMON SENSE Really Nothing to Be Alarmed About When Speaker Uses Pretentious Word "Psychology." One way to get an audience nowa days Is to call the subject of one's talk "Psychology." A Harvard pro fessor recently amazed a convention of clothing manufacturers and deal ers by delivering an address upon this topic, In which he laid down several principles about the effect of clothing upon the wearer, and the surprise of his hearers was due to the discovery that what the learned man had digni fied by a long word was nothing more than what more commonly passes for common sense. A good many of the things he said were already known to them, If they had stopped to think. When he placed them under the head of psychology they sat up and took notice, says the Oregonlan. He said, for example, that the well dressed man Is 10 per cent more effi cient than the poorly dressed man. He Said that clothes that do not fit pre vent the wearer from doing his best. Cleanliness promotes self-respect. Self respect Is contagious, like confidence. The man who does not think well of himself Is unlikely to win the good opinion of others. Comfortable cloth ing, made of good material, well brush ed, was the foundation of the super structure, he said. He was talking to hard headed business men, end they bettered him. because their own expe rience showed his statements to be Mtv Wrist Watohei Afloat Wrist watches at een, with their luminous dials, are at once a conveni ence, a safeguard and a peril. You can tell the time without tearing your clothes to pieces or going to a light. When you walk along the deck at night you can hold your forearm so that the dial glows In the sight of all who are passing along the deck and thus pre vent collisions. If you don't play up your wrist watch, you are supposed to whistle "sweet and low" In the dark as you pass along. But if you are not passing along the deck, only lingering along the deck rail, and are fortunate In having one of the few women who ure crossing as your companion In that lingering, your luminous dial at rest on the deck roll Is apt to wreck the wonderful sense of seclusion that dark ened decks give these war times. One heartless patrol a trip or two ago step ped to the rail and asked a dismayed subaltern not to have his wrist watch "quite so far around," whatever that meant, because tt might be detected by a submarine. Nelson Collins In the Century Magazine. . Hapless Clarlbel's Encounter. The sun was slowly sinking In the usual place. Claribel Sklppenhop, over whose youthful head scarce thlrty-ser-en summers had lightly flown, sat In a regulatlcm-sisp hammock, Idly swinging her foot to the tune of "Keep the Home Liars Squirming," played on a Hottentot bagpipe 42 miles away. Suddenly a thought seized her. She tried to scream and break Its hold. She succeeded In both. Probably one and fifteen elght-mlllionths of a cubic second wns allowed to elapse between her scream and the time the thought was cowering at her feet "Avaunt" she cried. "Don't yrm know this Is my thoughtless day? Now, doggone It 111 have a headache." Then she went back to swing her foot and the hammock. YOU KNOW "the fate of the children of Belgium and Northern France. Protect your own children from a like fate. Our soldiers are ready to fight for them - -to die for them - - to make the world a fit place for children to live in. If you can't fight, support those who can. Buy Fourth Liberty Bonds Any Bank Will Help You AXJYZBTZMMSVT CONTRIBUTES THXOUDX TH73 rAMXOTzc CO-OVUU.TIOX or Standard Oil Company COULD HEED CALL OF WILD Being His Own Boss, This Lucky Man Listened to Appeal and Hied Him to Happiness. A flock of geese, northward bound, honked wildly In their flight. His feet on his desk, his window open to the breezes of the morning, he heard the call. For an hour he sat amid the con flicting sounds of a great city hurrying about its work. Hut his thoughts were miles away. His eyes were dreamy. The spell of the wild wns upon him. He wandered In fertile fields awak ing to renewed life. He beheld the meadows lush with grass. He sat be side wide flowing rivers and tiny brooks whose waters rushed In foamy splendor from hilly heights above. He wandered to wooded slopes, with trees u-bud and wild flowers peeping from beneath dead leaves. A peace was his which seldom enme in his workaday existence In the land of pavement and beehive dwellings. He dreamed on. Brook trout in speckled splendor rose to his captivating hook. Camp fires lit the darkness of his dream night. The odor of burning pine wood and of siz zling trout and bacon filled his nos trils. He ate food such ns his city chefs bad never learned to cook, with an appetite his city stomach had long since lost. In a single hour he dreamed more happiness than had been his for a decade. He closed his desk. Another hour found him grubbing In the recesses of the attic. By noon, clnd In beautifully ancient garments, with a satchel In his hand and a . Ashing rod carefully In cased In a waterproof cover under his arm, he was at the railroad station. A half hour later he was on his way to the wilds. And a smile such as he bad not smiled In months graced his fea tures. Lucky man I He was his own boss.' Milwaukee Journal. SPANISH INFLUENZA FROM PALACE OF PHARAOH There are.no cases of Spanish Infiu enza as yet reported in Athena. The nearest point where the epidemic is raging is at Walla Walla, where the schools, theatres and all meetings have been ordered closed and dispensed with until the contagion can be controlled. All schools, churches and public amuse ment places throughout the state are to be cloBed immediately upon the ap pearance of an outbreak of the epi demic in the community, according to instructions mailed by the State Board of Health to all city and county health officers in Oregon. This is in direct line with the recent communication from Surgeon General Rupert Blue, instructing the board of health to mobilize all medical aid re quired in combating the influenza epi demic, with the aid of the Volunteers Medical Service corps. Twenty-five deaths in Seattle snd vicinity in the last 48 hours is the re cord uf the influenza epidemic now sweeping through that section of the country. Eight deaths were in Seattle, seven at the University of Washington naval training station and ten at Brem erton. Health Commissioner J. S. McBride announced that a serum for Spanish inuflenza, worked out by health officials and naval authorities at Bremerton, has proved a success. Then when the serum was ready for trial 8000 sailors were vaccinated with it. "Of these," said Dr. McBride, "only three have contracted Spanish influenza and these were in mild form." University of Pennsylvania to Have Pillar That Once Adorned Ruler's Throneroom. The first word In u long time from the Eckley B. Coxc expedition to Egypt has been received at the University of Pennsylvania museum from Dr. Clarence S. Fisher, Its lender. Doctor Fisher reported excellent success dur ing the winter explorations ut Den dereh, the undent capital of Egypt, up the is'ile. In April he returned to Memphis and Continued bis work of uncovering the palace of Mcrenpthali, who Is Identi fied by many Biblical scholars as (he Pharaoh of the Oppression, whose Stubbornness brought on the phiguds. If this Is correct, the greut hall und throneroom of the palace, which has now been completely uncovered, wns the scene of the appearance of Moses nnd Aaron before Pharaoh, ami where the signs and wonders were performed. The throne Is said to be In good con dition, but Egypt will not permit It to ('oiiio to this country. Fortunately, Doctor Fisher has worked over the pieces of the 12 colos sal pillars which upheld the roof und has recovered enough to inuke one complete pillar, which will be brought to the university museum and set up. it win be the most notable specimen of Egyptian architecture In this coun try. The pillars were six feet in diam eter, 80 feet high, covered with in scriptions and pictures Inlaid with gold. Much of the paneling" of the room nnd the lintels of the doors also were Inlaid with gold, and these will be brought here. The natives of Egypt, It Is said, call the palace "The Temple of Moses," as they have nn Idea that Is where he was roared. '. LABS "OVER THERE" "U. S. S. Shawmut, Sept. 16, 1918. ' I'm still on deck, but sort of lone some, there is nothing here to make a person feel any other way. The peo ple are so different to ours, and every thing is hundreds of years old. I don't go ashore very much for every time I go it either rains or does something else. Am going to send you a post card picture of myself and some of my shipmates. I guess you can tell me from the rest for I am sure getting to be a big fellow. I only weigh 22!!, not bad for me. Well, that won't lost long when I get back to handling wheat sacks again. You can show this to Grandma, and see what she thinks )f her grandson. "Send me some postcard pictures of the Round-Up. I can have a lot of fun with a lot of the boys here as they have never seen anything like that. "Well Art, as far as I know, the war won't last much longer than this Fall, We have been doing great work and are going to keep it up till we get them all. That is the only way to end it, is to get them all. We go out among the subs, quite often but we are too fast for them, believe me. When a person gets out at sea and sees a torpedo coming at him, it sure makes him think of home. "WillShick. "S. S. Shawmut, U. S. Naval Force in European Waters." HELEN C. H0ERLE Floyd Studying Gas. "A. P O, No 731. August 26. "Was very glad to hear from you again and to know you and the rest of the kids around the 'petit village' are all o. k. I'm in an entirely different place than when I wrote you last. I'm in the Z. O. A, but not very close to the line. Am in a replacement Bn. I don't know if you will understand just what that is. There are men com ing from hospitals all the time and we equip them and Bend them back to their organizations. Some come from the Stai.es as casuals and we send them where they are needed. Our old Co. is all over Europe, some on the line, and some in the S. O. S. I am study ing 'gas' now and working with the gas officer. I hope to go to school be fore very long to complete the course. It is very interesting and also ex tremely important in this modern war fare. You are very kind to think of send ing me candy etc., but you know it is very difficult to do so now. We can only order by our Co. commander's permission and his signature on the or der and then only such things as we are unable to purchase 'over here.' We 01 n get just about everything one needs here, providing we have the fr. Parcels can be sent from Canada, so if you happen to be in Canada, you might send me a box of candy; (but please don't make a special trip just to do that). "Lieut. McFadden of Athena just came in this p. m. I made myself known and gave him my last copy of the Athena Press Corporal Frank F. Corporan, 1st Co. Replacement Battallion, 4th Army Corps, Leonard King in England. Miss Eatelle Smith has received the following letter from her cousin, Leon ard King, former Athena boy: "Somewhere in England Aug. 26, '18 Dear Cousin: Arrived on this side in fine shape; had quite a nice trip as the water never got very rough at any time. Of course nearly every one con tributed a little bit to the fish; how ever it didn't bother me very much. We are at a rest camp at present but will probably move on before long to our permanent quarters. I surely hope we will get settled soon. I feel like a regular tramp, we have been moving aroind so often. This is a fine camp. We have barracks to Btop in and are only a little way from quite a good sized town. Everything here seems kind of queer of course. We passed through some fine looking farming country, mostly small farms. Nearly all the houses are of brick, and in the towns nearly all the houses join. There is hardly a foot of ground around here that isn't growing some kind of food stuffs. They have some pretty good horses here but work most of them single. When they work two, they put them tandem. It is cool and nice, but we sure suf fered with the heat before we left tie ! States. We wore our overcoats a j great deal on the ship. We have quite a bit of fun trying to figure out our change in English money. J suppose e will have more In France, soon. Pvt. Leonard King, i Co. K. 160th Inf. . ,1 sfflli am. Mm Charles Quinlivan, of the S. S. Robin, uends the following sea-song, composed by himself and shipmai.es, to his mother, in this city: "The Tebo Mine Sweepers." "Birds of a feather flock togtber" Is an old proverb, ''is said; But birds without feathers sweep away Miss Helen C. Hoerle, who enlisted In the Naval Reserve as a cook, Is the first woman enrolled In that branch of the service. Miss Hoerle will start a campaign for recruits for cooks for the navy and expects to land SCO. She will Instruct the recruits In the art of cook ing at the United States Naval Reserve school. The mines that the Huns have laid. Built for a purpose with utmost care, Each to the other unknown; Till fashioned and finished, stem to stern, The flag of freedom was flown. Now merrily over the waves we - ride The Lapwing and the Swallow. The Owl and the Robin, aide by aide, And six more Boon to follow. The Tebo's Baain'we all were born. Designed with wondrous cunning. To clear the seas of the danger peat And keep our good ships running. Now o'er the ocean and thro' the bays The waters we'll freely sweep, And secure once more from shore to shore Clear paths o'er the boundless deep. The Lapwing, the Owl and the Robin O'er the deep waters now ride; Now joined by the swift, swift Swal low, Launched on this present tide. Birds of the old Todd Shipyard are wo, William H. Todd, our founder; Designed for the good old U. S. A., To sweep foes mines far under. Doing our part in this great world war Always the right to maintain, Striving to prove to the world at large Our freedom to sail the main. Lapwing and Robin, Owl and Swallow, Good luck to you as you go On your errand of mercy and justice, To vanquish the common foe. He Scraps the Hun. Michael Ryan came down from Spo kane to Athena for the sole purpose of scrapping the Hun. He did it by walking into the First National Bank Wednesday, and handing in Ihis check for 5, 000 worth of Liberty Bonds. Only age and impaired physical con divion holds Mike out of the trenches. At that, he says, he ia going to take a swipe at a couple of slackers he knows of in Umatilla county,' by seeing to it that they subscribe for their full quota of bonds. Mike is taking medical treatment in Spokane, and his address Is Galax Hotel. uiiucu in mixing. Following out an order from the war ileum I men I fiverv member of the S A. T. C. at the Oregon Agricultural college will be drilled in boxing. As many as 1100 men will box at one'tima !i00 of them pitted against imaginaM opponents only, and 100 against tajjj real thing. Student instructors heals been appointed as company leadenNP give the raw men the. rudiments of boxing. Wrestling will be done by those physically fitted for that type of athletics., 20 men working at ono time. , "The Fool Hath Said." This Is a message from one who) knows Couingsby Dawson to those, Alio do not realize. It Is a messugo direct from the treuches In France by a soldier and writer to us behind the lines, lie says: "Life has swung back to a primitive decision since the war commenced. The decision Is the sumo tot both men and nations. They can choose the world or aohlcvu their own souls. They can cast mercenary lots for tho raiment of a crucified righteousness ot tukc up their martyrdom ns disciples Those men nnd nations who have been disciples together cun scarcely fall to remain friends when the tragedy Ik ended. What the fool says In bin heart at this present moment Is not of any lasting Importance." Bed Crass Magazine.