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Don t Neglect Your Cold We have all of the reliable Cold Remedies, highly recommended ones being Arch Cold and Influenza Tablets. '25c most Rexall Cold Tablets. 25c Rexall Grippe Pills 25c c4ny of these used with White Pine and Tar; with Eucalyptus or Compound Cherry" Bark Cough Syrup, will help your cold and relieve your cough. cTWain Street cthena Drug Company" Frank J. Harris, Managing Partner' Phone 331 OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, was 65 years old January 1. The Willamette river at Albany reached a lower point In the year JuBt passed than at any time since 1861. A disastrous fire that occurred at Malnqs destroyed1 five buildings and caused damage that 1b estimated at $14,500. Herbert Spcckhart, aged 25, com mitted suicide at the Speckhart ranch near La Orandc. He and his wife had quarreled. A total of 2407 cars completely filled with Klamath county products were exported from Klamath FallB during the year 1918, Landowners In the vicinity of West Stayton and Turner, In Marlon coun ty, are planning the organization of an Irrigation district. Mrs. Hoy Herrick and her two chil dren were fatally burned when their home at Sllverton was destroyed by fire. All died shortly afterward. December was a month of exception ally wot weather In Astoria. Accord ing to the official records the rainfall during the month was 11.22 inches. Instead of having -the compensation law optional with employers, a bill will probably be Introduced In the legislature making the law compul sory. Harvey Wells, state Insurance com missioner, has been under quarantine, suffering from an attack or influenza, in Urn Angeles, where he spent the holidays. Publication of retail prices as a check on food dealers haH been dis continued by the food administration tallowing advices from Washington l lint this check Is now considered un accessary, In justice court nt Astoria VS. V. Bailey, as manager of the Pacific Pow er & Light company, was found guilty on a charge of permitting crude oil to flow Into the waters of the Columbia river and fined $250. Thirty guests escaped in their night Clothes .when the brick build! fg occu pied by the Albert hotel and the Op timist Publishing company at The Dalles, was destroyed by fire. The loss Is estimated at ?40,000. 0. S. Dlanchard, of Grants Pass, has been appointed by Governor Withy combe as a member of the Oregon bu reau of mines and geology. Mr. Blan chard succeeds J. P. Reddy, of Med ford, whose term has expired. Warden Stevens has proposed to the state board of control to Install a light ing plant at, the Btate penitentiary at a minor cost to provide 150 horsepower and furnish night lighting for both the penitentiary and asylum. Withdrawal of the Spruce Produc tion division Boldlers from mills and logging camps in the Coos bay district has caused a marked shortage of help, and workmen can obtain work wher ever industries are operating. Much valuable war work was done In Oregon by home demonstration agents; according to a summary juBt completed. Beginning the year with a single worker the work has enlarged until the close of (he year finds 10 workers in the field, 1). B.' McKnlght, Linn county judge, who haB had the distinction of offici ating at more weddings than any other person in the county for several years past, maintained his record in 1918. He performed 40 marriage ceremonies In the year Just ended, ' All employes of the Pendleton Wool en mills who hav' been on the pay roll during the past, year will partici pate In extra earnings amounting to several thousand dollars, the manage ment has announci d. The earnings will be based ou w.'es. The 2?th annual convention of the Oregon Dairymen's association will be held January 14 and 16 In HtUsboro. The convention wi!i take the place of the regular farrao:f' week atul short course that usually Is held at the Ore gon Agricultural college. Charles II. Oram, labor commisBlon erclect, has announced the personnel of his deputies, with one exception. B. II. Hanson, Portland; J. C. Brad lord, Corvallls, and J. H. West, Salem, arc the three deputies named under the factory Inspection law. Attorney-General Brown was In- : structed by the state board of control, tq start, ejectment proceedings against I the Salem riCspltal association, pro viding the building It now occupies and which Is the property of the 3tate, is not vacated by January 13. A decided decrease In the number of Industrial accidents is shown In the statement issued last week by the state Industrial accident commission, However, In the list, which totals 377 accidents, there are five fata! acci dents, as follows: B. A. Bealer, On tario, logging; J. R. Haney, Knappa, togging; Thomas W. Phillips, Powers, logging; T. H. Ebener, Portland, ship building; A. N. Durant, Portland, Jan itor. Fred E. Ward, millionaire stockman of Hcmet, Cal has notified A. H. Lea, secretary of the Oregon state fair, that the directors of the- Los Angeles fair have Mr. Lea's name under considera tion for a possible Secretary of that association at a salary of ,$5000 a year. Thirty-one residents of Swiss Home, Lane county, have petitioned the pub lic service commission to order the Willamette Pacific Railway company to maintain a station agent at Swiss Home. They contend there Is enough business at that point to Justify the expense. School children of Oregon were In strumental In selling more than $2, 600,000 worth of thrift stamps during 1918 and In every way Joined In keep ing "Oregon first" in war activities, according to the biennial report of Superintendent of Public Instruction Churchill. The bodies of George H. Sims and hie wife were found In bed at their home In Bend. A revolver was clutch ed In the hand of the woman, and the police declare there was evidence to Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applkutlona. as they caruiot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There la only one way to cure catarrhal deafness, and that la by a constitutional remedy. Catarrhal Deafness la caused by an In flamed condition of cho mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube Is Inflamed you have a rumbling sound or im perfect hearing-, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the result. Unless the llilintninallon can be reduced and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever. Many cases of deafness are caused by catarrh, which Is an Inflamed condition of the mucous sur faces. Hall's Catarrh Medicine acts thru the blood on the mucous surfaces of the system We will give One Hundred Dollars for nny ense of Catnrrlial Deafness that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Cir culars free. All Druggists, 76c. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Shoes Good, warm Shoes and Over Shoes will keep your feet warm and dry" and bv" so doing, will help keep the Flu away. Our lines are complete in most all styles and sizes. Prices within reach of all. Mens Heavv Shoes Mens Army Shoes . . Mens Dress Shoes Ladies' Dress Shoes Ladies' House Shoes Misses and Children Boys School Shoes Roys Dre.s Shoes . es $2.08 to S.90 0.50 3.98 to 7?)() 8JJ0 to 7.!K 198 to 8.80 5)8o to 3.98 . 1.49 to 2.!S 2.!) to 4.98 Mens one buckle Overshoes, Mens two buckle Overshoes iens four buckle Overshoes Mens roll edge Rubbers ... Mens plain ediit Rubbers . Ladies Rubbers M is-t-s and Children's "... Boys Rubbers .1.89, 1.68 2.49 2;88 1.19 98 t9c. 79c. 89c 49c. 69b, 79c 9c 79c, 98c We have good Woolnap and Wool Blankets for these cold winter nights, priced from $4.98 to $12.50 J Incorporated r J ,um "e nau snot ner husband while 1 h lay asleep and then had turned the n upon herself. j Tit- department of agriculture, In ' a'lnuaJ sme-nte Crop value con, I'aHaotii, says that the total value of thirteen crops in Oregon embraclnr all the crops raised on the farm for 1918 was $83,287,000. This was a record-breaker yield. In 1917 the aggre gate for these crops was $73,457,000. Mail service to Canyon City and Prairie City, Grant county, having been cut off by the strike on the Sump ter Valley railroad, Second Assistant Postmaster-General Praeger has prom- is uepresontative SInnott that spe cial service will be provided by stage either by way of Condon and Fossil or via Yukiah. The Sumpter Valley railroad com pany has filed with the public service commission a new passenger tariff, in ori asins the rate from 4 cents, the old rate, to 5 cents a mile. On the basis of the passenger business done on the road for the last three years, this would mean an additional revenue of about $12,000 a year. With but 264 appeals filed In 1918, a remarkable decrease In cases coming before the supremo court is shown In a statement Issued by Court Clerk Ben son. In 1917 there were 332 cases The falling off is attributed largely to the prohibition law and the workmen's compensation act removing personal injury cases from the courts. Figures Included In the report of the state Industrial accident commis sion show that accidents reported to the commission during 1918 have av t raged 84 for each day of the year, or a total of more than 25,000. For 1917 the total was slightly more than 15,000. The Increase is due largely to Increased activity In shipbuilding. While no definite action has been taken by state or United States author ities, the federal sovernment, it was recently announce, may apply $04,000 to the construe: Ion of the proposed Loop road, which will connect the Columbia highway with the old Barlow (rail, located In the upper Hood River valley. In this case Oreeon will ... pend a like sum. County Clerk Brown estimated that 4000 Umatilla county citizens whose namei appear on; the registration books of the county have failed t vpto at any of the three elections dust ing the;pa"6t two yejirs. The office .is nw engaged hVelinilnating.. these nnmes ftom the rolls. Four thousand names Is about 40 per cnt of the total registration for the county. The Baker Commercial club will send Joseph N. Teal, of Portland, and D. C. Eccles and Frank Gardiner, of Halter, to Washington to confer with railroad administration authorities there on the situation on the Sumpter Valley railroad, provided the railroad administration has "an open mind" on the subject, according to advices re ceived by the public service commis sion. A state fund for providing subsidies for high-class bulls in order to elim inate entirely low breeding Btrains, Is a plan which is being advocated by cattle men of the state, particularly for dairy herds and legislation to pre vent the sale of bulls for breeding purposes unless such are eligible to registry, will be presented to the legis lature, State Veterinarian Lytle has announced. Organization of an $800,000 concern with E. B. Kingman as president and A. V. Miller, vice-president and treas urer, to build and operate a sawmill of 100,000 feet capacity, either at Eu gene or loathe company's timber in the AIs-a,ou!itry, has been announced at Eugene. Construction work on the plant Is expected to utart soon and the mill probably will be in operation early in the spring A flock of 275 milk goats, inspected and graded by expo; is of Oregon Agrl cultural college, will arrive at the Portland Union stockyards about Jan uary 29 and will h offered for sale to the children of Poniaad city schools In the hope of developing an important Industry among ciiy children. The milk-goat project has received the in dorsement of the srhool authorities of the city, who have arranged for the formation of "scat clubs" among the school children. Efficiency Can Be Overdone. It may be that the new and imieh vnunted religion of efficiency can bo carried too far. A little less of It, nt times, might work no great harm. Not that we would decry efficiency, mind you. Doubtless It is a fine thing. But look what it has done to the Ger mans. The idea we are trvinc to cet nt is that if n ninu follow always and oter nnlly the cast Iron roles of efllclenc'; it Is apt to make him stale ns any j other steady diet would do, f'j'to weary him as It would weary fijlfto he always prim and sodatehd nl- ! ways to went stiff collars jtitt tight shoes. Los .ingeles Times. . EASY MONEY FOR YOUNGSTER And Incidentally Druggist Knows More About United States Cur rency, So It's Even Break. The druggist at the corner was pass ing some copper money In change for a broken dime, the big part of which had been spent in chocolate candy, to an eleveB-ye8r-old lad. "There's yUr three pennies change," said the druggist, "Wotcher givii' us?" said the small boy. "Your change, three pennies." "No, y'r not. Them's not pennies. You ain't got no pennies In the house." "I've more than a hundred of 'em In the cash register." "I'll bet you ain't got one, let alone a hundred," said the boy. "I'll bet you nve soda waters." "I'll take you," said the druggist. "I'll prove it right now. Head what it says on that money. Don't it say One Cent? You don't find any pen nies in our coins. Our teacher told us." The druggist acknowledged his error. "Now," said the boy, "come on with your soda water. Gimme two glasses chocolate to begin with." Just What to Do. Commander Capsicum, who looked after the submarine defenses at little WInkleville, had spent the morning Instructing the mine-sweeper's crew In their duties. "Now, you see," he said, fingering his models, "you ram a sub like this. Do you want to ask me any ques tions?" "Please, sir," piped some son of a sea cook, "what shall I do if I see a submarine?" The Instructor gazed at the man with sparks comlne out of hts eves. and the rest of the class thought out an tne horrible stories of the punish ments Nero inflicted on those who crossed him. "Do!" roared Cnnsicum. when he found his voice, "do, man, do! Why follow the thing home and take its name and address!" Pearson's Weekly. Some Famous War Horses. At last the gallant cavalry figures conspicuously on the fighting front, re viving the clorv of the war horse. What a void there would be in the annals of warfare without their trib utes to the Charters ! All 'the noera from Homer and Virgil down, have guuea tnelr heroics with the animal's prowess in battle. Not to mention Rii. cephalus, the first horse of heroic quality to get Into history, there was Napoleon's Marengo, the duke -of Wel lington's Copenhagen. O pnnrnl f!rnnt' Cincinnati, General 1 jPe'S Trnvelpr General Sherman's Lexington and General Sheridan's Wtnehoafor .vh;,.i. has the distinction of commemoration in poetry nnd of having his rider for a biographer. At Blenheim there nro erected two monuments, one to the iron uuke nnd the other to his horse, the latter with this inscription : "Here lies Copenhagen, the charger ridden by the duke of Wellington at Waterloo." The' resources of Germany before the war were estimated to be $80, 000,000,000. The annual expendi tures then of the Imperial govern ment were about $800,000,000. Her debt now is .$30,000,000,000, and her re sources and man power have been se verely impaired. After the war she Is confronted with additional expendi tures growing out of the war totnllne some $4,000,000,000. Notice. The regular annual meeting of the stockholders of The First National Bank of Athena, Oregon, for the elec tion of Directors for the ensuing year and for the transaction of such other business as may lawfully come before it will lie held in its office in Athena, Oregon, on Tuesday the 11th dav of January, 1919 at the houri of 2 o'clock P. m. F. S. LeGrow, December 13th, 1918. , Cashier. Notice of Final Account In the County Court for Umatilla County, Oregon. In the Matter of the Estate of Luke H. Head, deceased. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned administrator of the estate of Luke H. Read, deceased, has filed his final account and report in said es tate' and that the above entitled court has fixed Saturday, February 1, 11)11), at 10 a. m. of said date, as the time when and the County Court room in the County Court house nt Pendleton, Umatilla County. Oregon, as the place where any and all objections it any .1 i . . . , . i 1 inere ue, to suiu unai account uuu re port, should be filed on or before said date Dated at Athena, Oregon, this Hrd day of January. 1919. G. W. Gross, Administrator. 1 fa It' a-Useless Task to make a new 3o out of an old one with a coat of paint. Word painting is not our specia ty. We can-only tell the truth about our Groceries and let you do the rest. If our advertising wereWs good as our Groc eries, we would be doing all the business in town. THE ECONOMY GASH GROCERY Phone 532 Quality Always Service First ; HB I.W.fc.Jt-rlOA. I ,HtiinMmnimiitMmMnmMMtMmMHiu Beware ! Lest a stranger pluck the jewel at your feet. r H --''aH A fine farm near our city for sale much of the time during the past 8 or 7 years. One man has been "thinking about" buying it all this time. Another man has hud nightmares over it for three years Joe Key goes and buys it on the first visit to the owner after he learns of the op portunity. ALL GOOD WISE MEN and they trade at WATTS and ROGERS' Our inventory just taken shows us we have the most ccnplete and best stock ever a stock full of fcv;els in the respective lines, from a left hand monkey wrench to a sidg-hill plow, or'' t FOUR WHELL WAGON Two spool sewing machines. Singer style rotary and vibrators. Elec tric Washing machines the best and we keen a sample for trial pur poses; try it and then decide. Heating stoves galore and bargains. Kash Kounts. Come and See. Watts & Rogers Just Over the Hill IHIHtltMMIIIIIHIIlltll! 1919 ,"V' With Best Wishes for a Happy wi Prosperous Neiv Year the first National bank of athena Use Wireless Lajrfp. A wireless signal lamp has been de vised for. "various kinds of war work which enables the users1 to seep up communication under couslltifms where It would bo difficult or Impossible to stretch telephone or totgrnph wires. A barrage fire, for esanfple. Would be no hindrance to signaling by this new nnmmitlis. Tt eon be used between a ground station nt the battle front and an airplane a considerable dlstnuee wny, Hying, over enemy territory. Notice to Creditors. In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla Countv. In the Matter of the Estate of James M -Kay, Deceased. Notice is hereby given to all persons whom it may concern that Leo Samp son has been appointed administrator of the estate of James McKay, deceas ed, and has qualified as such. All persons having claims against his said estate are hereby required to present them with proper vouchers to the said administrator at the law office of Will M. Peterson in the Smith Crawford Building in PendLton. Ore gon, within six months of the date of the first publication of this notice, which is made on the !lrd day of Jan uary, 1919 Leo Sampson, Administrator. Will M. Peterson. Attorney for Administrator. ' ininiiMMiiiiinn C. A. Barrett &Co. Incorporated It's time to consider your Plow Requirements We have the Oliver Chilled Bases, with Cast or Steel Shares. Also repairs for Canton and cTWoline Plows.