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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.
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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.