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VOLUME XXX.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 15, 1918.
NUMBER 46
SOLICITORS WORKING
TO PUT ATHENA OVER
3.
DRIVE IS NOW ON
Several days late in getting Parted,
for the reason that the rating lists
were not available, the drive for funds
in the United War Work campaign
was not started in Athena until yes
terday. Handicapped by the late start,
it will make hard work for the solici
tors to put Athena and vicinity over
the top by Saturday night, as expect
ed. However, if every one will do his
part, the goal can be reached.
The solicitors are working on short
time so as to neglect their business
pursuits as little as possible, and it is
no more than fair that when they call
on subscribers they should meet with
ready response.
As set forth in last week's Press.
The original goal set for the nation
was $170,500,000. Umatilla county
was aaked to contribute $45,000, and
Athena's quota wan set at $3100, but
the request for a 50 per cent oversub
scription brings Athena's quota to
$4,650.
At a meeting of the executive com
mittee this morning it was decided
that, inasmuch as district quotas have
been assigned and most of the rating
dene, that It will be Impossible at this
late date to adjust the quotas and
ratings to meet the oversubscription
request. However, the contributing
public Is asked tn take cognizance of
the request which grows out of an in
creasing need for the work of the va
r'ous organizations Involved, and,
whrever possible, to exceed their as
sailed quotas.
The request for an oversubscrip
tion added to the determination of the i
league officials to insist upon contri
butions according to ratings and to
comb cut their lists to the last lndt- j
vidual if It takes until Christmas. An !
of the machinery titherto employed I
In drives will be utilized, including the
Loyalty Commtttee-for dealing with I
shirkers and slackers which happily
have always been comparatively few
and which are growing fewer.
T'matilla county's part of the state j
ml (luring this drive was originally
lv $34 200 but the Patriotic Serv-
Ice League included in the budget ,
several other quotas assigned to this j
county, in order that separate drives
may not be necessary. The league
burrowed $1500 last spring to meet i
tho 1917 T. W. C. A. quota without a
drive and obligated Itself for $1980 ,
rather than conduct a separate drive
'n September for the Salvation Army. :
The county yet owes $200 for smileage
books and the League anticipates thai
itn quota for the Armenian-Syrian re
lief fund in January will be between
$5000 and $7000.
The prospects of early peace do not
lessen the needs of this fund. Even
though peace were declared today it
is estimated that it would take fifteen
months to get our army out pf
France and during that time the work
of the various war relief agencies
would be most necessary.
FLU BAN TAKEN OFF AND
SCHOOL OPENED MONDAY
The influenza ban. which had been
observed by the health authorities in
Athena for three w-ieks, was lifted.
Monday morning and school opened
with virtually a full attendance of
pupils.
It is said there were no real cases of
the influenza in Athena at any time
c'u-ing the quarantine, though there
have Deen several casjs of the grip.
In fact, there is iittle sickness in the
community at this time and it was
thought safe to call off the quarantine.
In the opinion of tho health author
ities it is considered best at this time
to continue all reasonable precautions,
as in the past, except the institution
of a gene.rc.1 quarantine, with the ob
ject of preventing an epidemic of the
influenza getting a start in the com
munity. The churches will hold services Sun
day after a period of suspension in con
formity with the quarantine regula
tions. The fraternal societies will also
resume their meetings.
Sells Pharmacy.
I. W. Ware has sold his drug store
to A. J. McAllister, a well knuwn
druggist of Pendleton, and proprietor
of a drugstore in that c'tv. The deal
wai closed Wednesday and the change
in management will take place Decem
ber 1, with Mr. Harris in charge. Mr.
Ware retires from the business on ac
count of continued ill health. He will
dispose of his residence property here
and with his wife will reside in Med
ford, where they have a home, for a
time,
E"
MONASTERIES HIGH IN AIR
Greek Religious Buildings Construct
ed in the Fourteenth Century, Are
Difficult of Access.
Perched lightly on the dizzy sum
mits of the cliffs of Meteora are the
monasteries of the air. They are sim
ple buildings, these old Greek monas
teries, austere and unadorned, and
If they are not literally resting on air
certainly they are as far as Is prac
ticable from the earth and its influ
ences. To reach the monasteries It seems
as If an airplane would be needed, for
they are built each on a separate rock
several hundred feet high. The cliff
sides rise in perpendicular steepness,
which would baffle the most daring of
mountain climbers. Only when the
cliffs are nearly approached can the
tiny ladders and ropes which bind the
peaks to the valley be seen. The old
monasteries were built, they tell us, In
the fourteenth century, yet no substi
tute for the medieval method of
ascent has ever been made. Conveni
ence and comfort are not sought by
the monks, and tourists like the nov
elty of climbing the frail swinging
ladder or of being hauled up In a jolt
ing cage propelled by a rope.
Some of the seven monasteries may
not be visited by the public; the halls
and altars of the others are open to
the Inspection of those who will risk
their necks for the privilege of the
sight Once, the monks any, there
were over twenty of these monasteries
among the clonds, but the fate of all
but the seven Is hidden Ift mystery
end their very existence Is doubtful.
Chicago Daily Newg.
"New York City. U. S. S. Robin,
Nov. 4. 1M8. Dear Mother and sis
ter: Received your loving letter and
was glad to hear from you. I suppose
you read about the B. R. T. Co. wreck,
when 9"' were killed. It was in a tun
nel and sure was an awful sight. I
was over it two hours after it happened
but couldn't get very close.
"You ask me what I would like for
Xmas. You know just what I would
like, and that wouli be to put my feet
under the old table and sit down to a
stack of those good buttermilk hot
cakes. If I could do that, uothir.g
would suit me better. Ho, Hul 1 sail
see that stack ol hots in my dreams.
The kind you get in the navy, you have
to first go below and take a hammer
and chisel and cut them up and then
get a meat grinder and grind them;
then git some cup grease and shove it
down and if you get over it you will
think that you just got over a triple
case of the flu. It's a great life if you
don't weaken but they can't weaken a
good Westerner. At that, the Rcbin is
some ship, she rides on the water like
a seagull. When we go out after any
thing we generally get it. We went
out the Hist and got run two miles.
That was some retreat. We can't
fight on land, but say I Don't let Fritzy
show his head above the water, for he
sure will lose his whiskers. We are
all wild to get a U-boat, and if we
don't we will think that we are
slackers. We gave one a seven-hours
fight last week and he went down and
diJ not come up. Every time be Bhowed
up e cut loose so he thought that if
he was going to get home safe he had
better stay down. So when it gol dark
we lost him. Some mad crew, believo
me. If we had got him I would have
come home on a furlough.
"Your loving son. C. A. Quinlivan."
Sixtv-Third Inf. Ha-d to Beat.
"Camp Meade Md.. Oct a6 -'18.
"Dear friends and Press readers: Will
write a few lines as I have lota of time
now. We are in quarantine vet, but
expect to be cut soon. Being in quar
a'.tine in this onmr is fierce and tOU
thrt are not in the army should think
yourself lucky to be free. I like the
army life fine. All the boys that left
Athena with me are with the HHrd In
fantry and they all seem to be glad
they are. The following clipping
, shows how highly they are thought of:
" 'One regiment in this camp is be
! ing pointed out bv competent military
i critics as the best in the United
i States at this time, possibly as good
as any in France today. It is the
63rd Infantry. This organization
could give any city a parade that would
stir up the crowds to the shouting
point and would thereby give "pep"
to any patriotic campaign.'
i "Allie Bell says it is Ibe Oregon
hoys that give the f 3rd such a good
WESTON PEOPLE COME
WITH AUTOS AND BAND
When the Engine Stalls on
Dead Man's Curve! -
Why you should give twice as much
as you ever gave before I
The need is for a sum of 70f greater than any gift ever asked for sine the
world began. The Government has fixed this sum at $170,500,000.
By giving to these seven organizations all at once, the coat and effort of six ad
ditional campaigns is saved.
Unless Americans do give twice as much aa ever before, our soldiers and sailors
may not enjoy during 1919 their :
8,600 Recreation Buildings
1,000 Miles of Movie Film
100 Leading Stage Stars
2,000 Athletic Directors
2,500 Libraries supplying 5,000,000 books
8S Hostess Houses
15,000 Big-brother "secretaries"
Millions of dollars of home comforts
When you give double, you make sure that every fighter has the cheer and
comforts of these seven organlzadons every step of the way from home to the
front and back again. You provide him with a church, a theatre, a cheerful home,
a store, a school, a club and an athledc field and a knowledge that the folks back
home are with him, heart and soul I
You have loaned your money to supply their physical needs.
Now give to maintain the Morale that is winning the war I
UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN
Yj COMMUNITY SERVICE JJ
AMERICAN LIBRARY
HXhtKiHwtJ ar
reputation, and I agree with him.
Allie wants an ad. put in the Press for
$5.00 be lost while at the base hospital
here. He savs he was out of his mind
for several days ar.d 1 tell Mm he might
have given it to one of the nurses, but
he says he didn't. Forrest Zerba and
I are at the Y. M. C. A. Forrest is
fat and sassy, weighs I7ii pounds and
is r'aring to go to France Every one
feels the same wav either France or
back to dear old Athena but we must
get a shot at the Hun before we come
back. When Allie gets back from
the range will write again i nd ljave
it to him for the (censored) of it.
Pvt. James Haworth,
Co. L. 03rd Inf.
ON BASIS OF COMPROMISE
Couple's Religious Differences, Which
Caused Trouble Once a Year, Set
tled in Peculiar Manner.
Compromise where political and re
ligious antagonisms are concerned Is
evidently possible In Belfast, accord
ing to the testimony of a recent vis
itor to that town. One day she had
occasion to call at a house where a
woman of the Boman Catholic faith
had married a Protestant husband. On
one side of the mantelshelf was u bust
of the pope, on the other a bust of
William of Orange. "I suppose you
find it very difficult to agree at times?"
Inquired the visitor. "No," was the
ready reply; "we only differ once a
year, on the Boyne anniversary, when
my husband comes home drunk and
smashes my bust of the pope." "Then
I suppose you return the compliment
by smashing his William of Orange?"
"Not at all I put It In pawn and buy
another bust of the pope with the
money," was the unexpected answer.
Manchester (Eng.) Guardian.
DAIRY P:,0MS
ARECGMPLEX
Consumers Are Counselled Not
To Decrease Us3 of Milk Nor
Complain of Prices.
"Unless meant; are quickly found to
remedy conditions existing in the dairy
Industry as well as In other classes
of livestock, serious menace to both
industries which are allied may he
forecast."
This is the statement of Assistant
Federal Food Administrator, W. K.
Newt.ll. i
"With the dairymen selling their
businesses as fast aa they are able to
find purchasers." said Mr. Newell,
"with an increasing volume of sales of
heavy calves, both male and female,
and with already a world's shortage
of beef, the outlook for future supplies
is not as rosy as one miht wish.
"It has been charged In Borne
quarters that the price of milk and
other' products of the dairy have been
elevated to such an extent at all
Pacific northwest points that the dairy
Interests should be making a profit and
well satisfied with their lot.
"Taking only the retail price as a
basis that which most vitally affects
the consumer the price cf milk today
in Portland Is 15c per quart.
"Even with normal prices milk is
generally sold retail at 10 cents a
quart here, therefore the advance Is
not nearly as marked as in many
other lines of foodstuffs.
"The dairyman today 13 paying more
than double the wages of normal years
for his hired help. He is paying more
than double for, his requirements of
iiay and' a very consiuei'aule advance
over the normal for his bran and
shorts.
"The cost of milk cans and other
dairy utentils is practically double the
normal. The cost of bottles has soared
to such heights as to make one dizzy
to think of It. The cost of producing
milk today Is therefore more than
double that of normal periods even
without considering tho fact that this
has been a very abnormal season tnd
the production of milk ami cream per
cow in far below the normal.
"Laws enacted during the last few
years force the dairyman to add to his
costs as a matter of cleanliness. The
public Is no longer willing to tolerate
the quality of milk generally marketed
a few years ago. All of this costs
money and the dairyman has been
paying It while the full charges have
not been passed back to the consumer.
"It has oftlmes been said that a man
very seldom quits a business where
liberal profits are available, "the fact
that so many dairymen are quitting
that they are not making adequate
that they are not making adaquate
profits If any at all.
"The killing of dairy calves during
the present season has broken all
records simply because the country
producer could not afford to feed them
to maturity. Suggestion has been
made in some quarters that the kill
ing of female calves bo prohibited by
law. This would indeed solve the prob
lem providing some means wero found
to feed and keep the animals.
"Hairy experts have for years
preached the gospel of 'getting rid (if
the star boarder' the cow that does
not pay her expense. That is the
situation just now. Few are paying
their board and there is no improve
ment of the situation In prospect.
"Similar conditions may be spoken
of in regard to the future of the beef
suonlv- Owiue to the abortaeo and ox-
WILL DRAFT MEN TO
THE NftVUND MARINES
Though all draft calls for the army
are cancelled the some is not true of
inductions for the navy and the marine
corps. Nor does the order eiven stou
classification work. The order re- I
ceived by the draft boards says:
"Nothing in this telegram shall be
construed as affecting any competent
order for induction into the navy or
marine corps. All such inductments
and entrainments shall proceed as or
dered. Full explanation circulars fol
low bv mail, provisions for which must
be carefully served. The orderly pro
cesses of classification, physical ex
aminations and other activities of the
selective service act will not be affect
ed or interrupted as a result of this
telegram."
Exempt Above 36.
The local board has received in
structions to the effect that 18-year-
old registrants will All out their ques-
tionniares and that those who had at
tained their H7th birthday and who
have received their questionnaires need
not fill t beiii out, but must return
them to the local board.
Dr. Plamondon at Pendleton.
The Kant Oregonian reports that Dr.
Plamondon, for several years practic
ing physician of this county, began his
duties Sunday as assistant at the state
hospital to Dr. W. D. McNary. He
will fill the vacancy left by Dr. A. E.
Tamasie, who was given a leave of ab
sence from the hosptal to accept a cap
tancy in the medical corps at Camp
Lewis.
FOR SUNDAY NIGHT
In conformity with the populace of
other towns and cities throughout the
nation, which will meet on next Sun
day in a public way to celebrate the
coming of peace, a committee of citi
zens has arranged for a patriotic meet
ing for Sunday evening at the Meth
odist Episcopal church, commencing at
7:110 o'clock.
There will be a musical program and
shurt addresses by some of Athena's
citizens, and doubtless the community
will show its patriotism by a record
attendance. The program, which will
be appropriate to the occasion will be
entertaining and serve as a demonstra
tion of the thankfulness in every heart
that peace is come.
The program will include vocal solos,
choruses and assemblage singing of
patriotic songs. As u special feature,
Mrs. J. C. Baddeley will sing "The
Marseillaise," in the French language.
The addresses will be patriotically
inspiring, and those having the pro
gram in preparation are bending every
effort to make the meeting one long
to be remembered. Tho exercises will
begin promptly at 7:H0, and with fav
orable weather conditions, permitting
the attendance of country people, the
large church auditorium should be tax
ed to its seating capacity.
treme price of feed more light-weight
and unfinished cattle have been
marketed In the Btockyards of the
country during the last two seasons
than ever before known. The country
cannot afford to feed Its cattle even nt
tho present price of beef and the
Journey to market is therefore a neces
sity. In fact tho government has re
cently requested that the public pur
chase beef from light weight animals
because the stock must he marketed.
This means that many thousands of
anlmalB that are today coming to
market weighing around COO to 1,000
pounds, would have showed a weight
of at least a third more If allowed to
fatten properly. This moans an
enormous loss In the meat supply for
the future a Iosb that the country
can ill afford to contemplate."
('Why not have milkmaids now a
days?" someone asks. There is a cry
that the labor conditions are in a bad
way as far as the dairies are concern
ed. Tho men have gone to war or
Into other work anil the cows are being
killed off because there is no one tn
inTTlt them. "What is going to become
of the children of this country if that
goes on?" Is the question asked. Some
of tho girls who aro not exactly
fascinated by the thought of washing
Windows, running elevators and carry
ing mail are looking toward the dairies.
They won't wear the costumes seen
in light opera but they'll he quite sen
sible In heavy boots and coveralls
and they'll save the day. Here's to
tho milkmaid fit, modem days.
In reality, Athena celebrated the
ending of the wa as much as any
other town in these old United States.
Beginning last Thursday forenoon with
the premature announcement of the
United Press association that the
armistice had been signed, jubilation
broke forth spontaneously with an ex
uberant celebration that lasted far into
the night. Cords of wood and gallons
upon gallons of gasoline and petroleum
was fed to the big bonfires on Main
street without cessation.
Tho second stage of the celebration
began early Monday morning on re
ceipt of a telegram by Mayor Watts,
announcing the confirmed report of
both press associations that the armis
tice had really been signed and that
hostilities had ceased with the virtual
surrender of the German armies. Bella
clanged out in clarion tones, firearms
were discharged and other noise mak
ing devices, brought the people from
their beds into the streets. A blazing
bonfire was soon started at the inter
section of Main and Fourth streets.
At dawn many automobiles, dragging
tin cans or anything that would add
noise to the din paraded the streets,
loaded with cheering occupants. This
was kept up. with the joyous ringing
of the church bells until the noon hour,
when the celebration died down and the
celebrants motored to Pendleton and
other towns to participate in festiv
ities there.
Shortly after three o'clock when
local hilarity was ebbing at low stage,
it was revived by the arrival of 50
automobiles, loaded with Weston peo
ple, and the third stanza of Athena's
jubilee was on. Headed by its splen
did concert band, the town of Weston
simply dumped its population over
here and they were instantly given the
keys of the city to do as they pleased
with any portion of it. They selected
Main street and at once began the ren
dition of the only program featured in
Athena's celebration.
The band discoursed patriotic airs
and stunning march selections to the
pleasure of the crowds on the street.
Mounting a truck on which stood the
Weston drum corps and a distorted
effigv of Bill Hohenzollern, Mrs. Ralph
Saling, Weston's well known and fav
orite singer, thrilled the merrymakers
with "The Star Spangled Banner."
Weston's participation was a par
ticularly fitting ending to the celebra
tion and gratefully appreciated by
Alhena.
BABY'S LOT NOT HAPPY ONE
Small Wonder That So Many Children
of the Puritans Ended Their
Earthly Career Early.
There Is no doubt of the Btrength
and endurance of the Puritan babies
which survived (he hardships of the
first few months of their lives. The
Puritans come to America some time
before modern heating appliances were
scheduled to arrive, nnd their winter
dnys and nights could have been little
less than one long shiver. ,
If his elders suffered so much dis
comfort, what must have been the
hardship of the newest bnby who, a
few days after his arrival In this
world, was taken to the coldest part
of It the bleak little Puritan meeting
house which never knew anything
better than heutless days? "This ex
i,"dltlon often completed the baby's
earthly career," says Laura E. Rich
ards, In recounting the tribulations of
the Puritan junior population. We
think of the hardiness of tho early
Puritan children, but this writer says,
"Of Judge Sewnll's 14 children, but
three survived him, n majority dying
In Infancy; und of the 15 children of
1:1s friend, Cotton Mather, but two sur
vived their father." The Infant mor
tality due lo exposure may be readily
conjectured.
In Addition to the visit to the cold
meeting house, the bnby must steel
himself to face the greater or lesser
nllments of llbyhood and their reme
dies. One of these remedies, which
admirably asserts tho spirit of tho
limes, was reserved ns a euro for fits
or "rickets," the trouble wns culled,
and was known as "smill water." This
concoction, containing a peek of gar
den shell snails, wns made doubly ef
fective by adding a quart of trotted
earthworms.
Fine System,
Mrs. Brown How do they keep their
cooks so long?
Mrs. Smith Well, you sec, he'
Judge, and he sentences the qdok to
throe mouths at their house.