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1 MM . - ' -1,1 I I IN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER F. B. Boyd, Publisher Subscription Rates. One copy, one year, .i $2.00 One copy, six months $1.00 j One copy, three months . 3 I WW lL : cTKHA. OREGON, JAN. 10 1919 In the passing of Theodore Roosevelt, perhaps the very highest trihute that may be paid to him is to just say that he was an American. He stood for everything American, and to his ag gressive zeal for attainment of ideals to the disregarding of precedent or honest conviction advanced by other statesmen, irrespective of party affil iations, may be Attributed his tempes tuous political caieer. As president of the greatest civilized Nation on the fW' of ifie ear tl he advanced his eotAtry atom? the.Un.is of progress in many WByn;'as soldier, he made a rec ord at San Juan, the lustre of which forever stamped him a being a red blooded lighting man-- hero idolized by the men of the West he formed into an army and led in battle; as a polit ical leader, for years he stood in his country without a peer, exercising his wonderful talent' In this respect to the extent that he disrupted his own party in an effort to winnow out boaaism That He succeeded in his object, though temporarily, has been proven in the last few months by his party virtually conceding him to bo its logical presi dential candidate at the next election. His unrelenting aggressiveness, at times, stripped bare of diplomacy or policy, served to great extent to char acterize him as dictator, and on this ground more than any other did op ponent statesmen grapple with the ''Big Stick." Not only did the leail ors of the Democratic party grapple with it, but men of his own party as well. But in retrospect, the activities of Colonel Roosevelt will leave ever lasting impress upon his country's history as being one of the greatest Presidents, and one of its mobt virile atateamen one whom his bitterest po litical adversary, in fairness, must ad mitwas fail and fearless in his polit ical contentions, striving for the same goal, but on different principles. V do nut kilbw what can hp done about the winter itch unless n way enn he found to get It before the pence conference. Why not keep a hen and be wealthy? DIVIDED FOOD WITH INDIANS Charter No. After July 1 a "drink" will nienn water. A German Is t I H "a German even If he Is hen ten. There Is no longer any such thing as "no man's luml." !' There's nothing like suitcase to mouse suspicion nowaday)!. The world hits' at last been ;un(te life for churclicff und liospltul.; ' The trip of those U-boats to give themselves up to the British was In no sense a joy ride. With no more wars, what will the patriotic woman munition workers do to earn fur couts? What the boys would like especially is to have the gOYerntntnt get Ihem home In time for the opening game next spring. One must hope that their old Jobs have been kepi for the army of ilnl-lar-n-year men who are about to be demobilised. The registrant who sent buck a blank Questionnaire missed an oppor tunity to learn a great deal about him self mid his nlfnlrs. And when the boys get home noth ing will be too good for them not even their old Jobs. An Increase In war gardens next summer will help bring about a de crease In the high prices. Hlndenburg says he will not desert the German people there being no plnce to which be can desert. Hank clerks ure wondering If the end of the war means another set holiday, to be observed every yenr. Now that all our women have learn ed to knit will the home folk hnve warmer feet than usual this winter? It Is to be hoped our boys ure not thinking of bringing home a throne or two us a souvenir of the great war. American soldiers when they left j for Germany were not only ull dressed up; they knew where they were going. There Is a great deal of salvage In wnr, but It doesn't even approach the value it had before It became salvage. In action you couldn't see the Yanks for dUlt. And coming home, In the case of some of them, you cun't see 'em for medals. Some of those bull players who rushed to the steel league will Hurt they did not make such u wise move us tUey supposed. It must be a great relief to the comic papers of Germany to be able ut last to work off their large accumulation of Jokes on the exrkalser. Boon we should hear the real truth about how that Belgian paper was pule Uehed .so regularly during all the years yjf German occupation. It will be some little time before old conditions ore sufficiently approximat ed to permit reference to n million dol lars as a large sum of money. Mulsle and Maine are wot deling how many of those reconstructed homes In France and Flanders will huve the help of u Yankee son-in-law. The German propaganda Is still with us, and It behooves people to examine to narrowing or disturbing reports before putting too much credence in them. Raving avoided trouble with lhe neighbors during more than four ye of war, It Is a poor time for Swiss to begin righting among th selves. Food prices, Washington says, went Ui 10 per cent during the lusi year, lines Washington Imagine thai Infer nation comes under the head of 'hews to the people? One Is concerned now no much about a rise In wages ns u restoration of I lie value of the ohl-fashlonetQtlollnr that would buy UK) cents' north of anything. Charles of Austria should have a particular grudge against the 8urajr,, assassin who killed the authentic b, ir to Ihe Austrian throne and left the amiable Charles to he the Imperial goat and suffer for the cylmos uui! blunders of other. ' If America in to feed the German she may us well expect to hear com plaints about the menu such us bus pltnltty seldom escapes. Recently "O. 1)." bus stood for olive drub. When Johnny conies marching home with the latest overseas slang "0. D." will signify "old dour." Running the entire rallrnnd system of the United States doesn't seem to be so lUUCll of u Job. judging by the number of men mentioned to tnckle It. Any U-bout commander who refused to destroy food cargoes would mvr been disciplined to Ihe limit. Yet (lernmny now Issues a plea for rations. When one contemplates the new war taxes and the lili:h cost of living. It la difficult to be content to leave the ox-knlser to the stings of his own conscience. If many more down imd-omers mi grate to Switzerland no may expect that thrifty country t,. be charging tourists un admission fee to see the royal zoo. Thivse upon whom devolves the tusk of mapping out the sky for lines of safe travel should get busy. Already tW aviators huve collided at a height Of 3.000 feet. KlUjil wages for women -are now demanded. Hut after sizing up the pay envelope of (he average, man 111 coinpnrlson with their 'own, ure they sure ll.oy really want It? Purhig'our participation In the war (2,?Ci Amcriemis were captured, while we took . M.OOO German prlsonera, Which tells about the whole story of "cotnpnrallw merits. lOvery little new nation seems to huve a bolshevlkl problem of Its own. A sausage Is now valued much more highly than un Iron cross. Before next July the water wagon will look like an army transport column. Price raising hns reached the plune where un excuse Is no longer bothered with. The Christmas drum for the boy generally comes from outside the family. But who will wish to wear gingham now that It will not be so difficult to obtain? On Its recent visit to the cosmic bnr ber the world had un uncommonly close shave. There will be plenty of room and plenty of places for the soldiers when they come home. Splendid Spirit of Self-Sacrifice 8hown by Party of White Trav elera In the Far North. The day of adventure, romance and sentiment In the wilds, Is recalledTjy the arrival at Quebec a couple of days ago of two men ami a woman, the wife of one of the men, after a 90Q. mile drive by dog sledge across Un gau in 50 days. When the party ar rived at the first outpost on the brim of crvlllzutlon the first net was to re plenish food supplies which were com pletely exhausted, and all hands with an appetite. Then the trio pushed for ward uguln after the first meal In al-, most a month, because halfway across the white wastes the party discovered ten Indian families slowly starving, with no one to go for food and no one to bring any to them. The sledge party was provisioned to the ounce for Its trip of almost two months but could not leave without doing something although pitifully little for the starving Indians. An other careful calculation was made and each of the three consented to live on the least possible ration and take a chance on accident or loss of supplies by storm or other means. AH except what the party believed would sustain life agulnst the cold was left with the Indians and when the trav elers reached the first outpost they hud been some time without food and were strenuously hungry. The food supply of the dogs could not be re duced, as the only hope of safety for the party was In the "huskies," so the humans ate practically nothing while the dogs got their regular allowance. The story of the long drives across the northern snow fields Is familiar In modern fiction but occasionally a nar rative of fact ns in this case presents reading that maintains the essence of adventure and romance quite as well. The spirit that surrenders food to sturving savages or barbarians,, mid way of a 800-mlles journey over end less snow with no surer guarantee of safety than the willingness of a team of dogs Is that which underlie the world struggle In Europe. 4516. Reserve Dist. No. REPORT OF THE CONDITION 12 df th; Fjrsi National Bank, at Athena, in the State of Oregon, at the close on vecemc-er ai, KHOUUKC1S3 I Loans mil Discounts $685 605 56 Total loans 685 605 56 I U. S. bonds deposited to secure circulation (par value) 12 500 oo U. S. bonds and certificates of indebtedness owned 3c unpledged 40 000 co Libtrty Loan Bonds, 3 1-2, 4, 4 1-2 per cent, pledged U S dep. 1 000 oo Bonds other than U S Bonds to secure postal savings deposits . . 1 000 oo Securities other than U S Bond's (not including stocks) owned un- I pledged 625 00 Total bonds, securities, etc. other than US Stock of Federal Reserve Bank (50 per cent of subscription) Value of banking house $ 9 000.. Equity in banking house f Furniture and fixtures Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank Cash in vault and net amounts due from national banks . . Net am. nts due from banks and bankers, and trust companies other than included in Items 13, 14, and 15 Total of Item 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 104 956 45 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due f.om U. S. Treasurer. . Interest earned but not collected approximate on notes and bills re ceivable not past due Due us on Liberty Loan Subscriptions Total j" Remember. When the war Is over, no excuse will go. Either you were In It or you were not. Either you shouldered your gun, served In the trenches or the navy, or the Young Men's Christian association, the Bed Cross or In some place where the door was opened, or else you did nothing. If you could not yet serve, you could send your boys with a Godspeed, as they marched out to the front. TO hold them back stamped them as slack ers. Either you strained your resources to buy Liberty bonds or you forgot your obligation to those who fought and died for your flag. Disqualification for active service Is no Justification for forgetting the boys behind the guns who sacrificed all thought of gain and were willing to sacrifice their lives at their country's cull. The war will be fought to the bitter end. The Hun will be crushed. Peace will come. The flag will fly and free dom will win. If you do your part, however smull, you will shure In the glory. If you full to do your little bit, nothing but remorse will be In store for you. Leslie's. Better Ports in Europe. The beautiful harbor of Naples Is to be much Improved by the extension of docks nnd a general broadening of its Immense natural capacity. More than one French port has been raised from minor usefulness to first-rate lmpor tuiiee. Even Bordeaux has profited greatly. And ull these immense new utilities will remain us a monument. In pnrt ut least, to American engineer ing efficiency nnd a liberal use of American money. We shall get full value from them nil, and It Is pleas ant to think that they will ulso be come n lusting benefit to our friends. Our own home ports, both Atlnntic nnd Pacific, huve nlreudy felt the stim ulus, nnd will continue to grow under If. New York must Inevitably be the grentest shipping point of all the world without exception, ns time goes on. And the enormous new American tonnage now being launched will not go Into ihe scrap-heap when peace comes. Chrlstlnn Herald. Vegetable Seed Survey. Total production of vegetable seed, wilh the exception of cabbage, lettuce, salsify, and turnip, will be ample for the needs of the coming yeur, ac cording to the preliminary returns from the seed-production survey of July 1, 1018, mid crop reports from Important commercial seed growers, in some enses where the condition "of crops is not satisfactory increased acreages ure expected to bring the total production up to normal, while more thnn mutual production of seed Is Indicated for some kinds of vege tables. This condition. It Is pointed out. does not necessarily mean a large surplus, for it Is known that lurge orders huve boon placed for certain vegetable seeds by foreign- concerns for export to countries In Europe which formerly have been exporters of these seeds to the United States. fihnckinn of business 665 605 56 . 52 500 oo 1 000 oo 1 625 oo 3 000 oo 9 000 oo 1 000 oo 59 630 22 104 241 80 Hank pinned the bee on Ed for fair 714 65 625 oo 6 330 12 4 485 oo 929 757 35 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in $ 50 000 oo Surplus fund 50 000 oo Undivided profits $9 980 44 9 980 44 Circulating notes outstanding 12 500 00 .ndividu 1 j posits subject to check ' 504 362 98 Oert's of deoosit due in less than 30 days (other than money borrowed. . 281 923 84 crtified checks 3 599 u4 Cashier's checks ou.standing 218 72 Dividends unpaid .' . .'.'.' 10 0U0 00 Total of demand deposits other than bank deposits subject to reserve, Items 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 40 and 41, ... $800 604 58 ' Hk Postal Savings depoBi.s 342 21 Toial of timj deposits subject to Reserve, items 42, 43, 44, 45 $342 21 Liabilities other than those above stated, Interest arned but not collected 6 330 t2 Tota $ 929 757 35 State of Oregon, County of Umatilla, ss: - I, F. S. Legrow, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best ot my knowledge and belief. F, S. LeGrow, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me ihis 10th day of Jan. 1919. B B. RICHARDS, Notary Public for Oregon. My commission expires Mar. 5, 1921. Co.rect Attest: M. L. Watts, W. B. Shaffer, R. T, Cannon, Directors. 8Hiimtncmniiiiiiiitttitttitiiinintin Pendleton Marble & Granite Works T. A. WYLIE, Proprietor , PENDLETON, OREGON. PATRONAGE SOLICITED t,iiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiMoiiiaiMiiinim Ed never could see any chew but a big hunk of oversweet tobacco. "You take this plug of Real Gravely,"saysHank.'Take asmall chew two or three squares. See how long it holds its pure, rich taste. If you don't admit that Gravely gives you tobacco satisfaction without extra cost, I'll buy your plug for a month." Hanged if Ed didn't walk in next day, grab off a plug of Gravely and throwdown his money fast like a little man! It eMj'fartktr that's mhrram ant ths geedtastiof this slats of tobacco with- Mini eft. PEYTON BRAND Real Gravely Chewing Plpg each piece packed in a pouch THE PARKER BARBERF SHOP A. J. Parker, Proprietor Shaving, Haircutting, Massaging, Shampooing. Bath. 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