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' Anil nutr for thu malting of war hls
tuvica, Svwi-Ul without end.
Powdered sugar Is on the market
nyuln, probably in lump form as usual.
This war cost the world two hundred
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tXTHENA. OREGON, JAN. 17 1819
Pendleton complains that it gets no
credit for its record made in the great
Fourth liberty Loan Bond Jrive, when
she came over the top with a total sub
scription of 21,700. Athena can
well appreciate Pendleton's feelings in
the matter for this town has a weH de
fined hankering' for a little credit that
Is due her, too. Athena ambled through
wjtha qoota of 188, 000 as against
Wsston with H5000 and Helix with
$43,000, totalling 77,000. The ag
gregate of the three quotaB being
1285.000 would Indicate that the dis
trict embrace'd, as a whole, was not
over-rated, for in each instance the
quotas were over-subscribed; but that
'quota apportionments are out of joint
and need Fixing, is self-evident for in
this instance Athena was called upon
to raiBe approximately two and one
half times more than Weston and
Helix combined.
The "Y" in its war work appears to
be coming in for a general panning,
but it would appear to be good policy
to await the arrival of the boys from
over there, and get the verdict from
firBt hand. On their evidence alone de
peHils the rise or fall of a great insti
t.atVJiHijat catered to the nation for
HfiP that it might alleviate the dia
'fMmforU and moral laxity attendant
on soldier life. If the Y. M. C. A. in
war work was a faithful custodian of
the nation's charity and confidence, it
will have nothing to fear; if not, it
will suffer the consequences it da
serves. It will take more rainfall and some
snow to insure a supply of water in
Athena's gravity system, sufficient for
domestic needs next summer. Athena
is not the only town by any means in
' Eastern Oregon's inland empire which
is seriously threatened with insuffi
ciency of water for municipal plants.
Vith few exceptions, the towns of
Eastern Oregon have to depend upon
umping systems In absence of abnor
mal winter precipitation.
Portland sees the futility of trying
to stamp out the flu bv closing the
aters and public places, and leaving
homes open without quarantine restric
tions. Portland papers are calling for
a strict quarantine measure, supported
by rigid enforcement.
Judging by the dividend recently de
clared by the Swift packing company,
one may infer that the packing inter
ests are able to take care of them
selves without the aid of federal MRU
, lation. ,
With the (ilsnppenrnnre of highballs
how are tollers to play the nineteenth
hole?
Some of the peace news Is ulmost
as exciting as the war reports used
to be.
When the troops return we shall
hear .lust how some of the socks we
knitted fit.
The government might at least fiend
the ball players home In time to open
the season.
The baseball fan wants to know If
this League of Nations will agree to
a world series.
The thrift learned by compulsion In
war times should not give way to ex
travagance In peace.
More of the mighty have fallen.
The tin is no longer even a minor
topic of conversation.
Belgium occupies a comparatively
small space on the map, but will take
a big place In history.
Sitting on thrones Is becoming more
and more certainly a nonessential In
dustry, i
Why not make the kaiser foreman
of a Hun chain gang to repair ravaged
Belgium?
Having licked Germany, It may be
that eventually we can conquer H. C.
L. In Anierlea.
At the some time It Is much better
to print news you do not have to ex
plain next day,
The food controller says we can
have two spoonfuls of sugar for our
tea now. Sweet of him.
Ilug beaters have raised prices. Tho
bug In the rug seems bound to re
main snug for a long time.
Cigarette smoking used to be re
garded as a bad habit. Hut that was
In the old days, before the war.
AVhat else could one expect of n na
tion that hitches Its women beside the
oxen to pull the plows on Its farms?
The profiteer! would like you a grent
deal better if you wouldn't squeal so
loud when they Jab the gaff Into you.
The Americans' nonsense Is now
about as appalling to kalseiism as the
crown prince's Idea of war as great
fun.
It will help a great deal if all the
Infant nations that are now about to
start out iu life will choose agreeable
niiines.
Next Fourth of July Is most appro
priately luggested as a day for tho
celebration of a world-wide safety and
sanity.
Even If the public does take to nlr
planes In place of automobiles. It will
be pleasant to have good roads to
fly over.
We hear the Salt l.aku base bull club
has been jilted by McCreediu; which is
equivalent to saying that Walter can't
do anything nohow, without Portland.
If we pricked through the pachyder
mia cuticle of Weston's old pickled
skeezicks, we are sorry, but nlad of it.
The United Stntes navy emerges
from the war Just as It went In, with
colors flying, only more so.
If the government does assume the
control of nmvs print It Is to be hoped
It will also undertake to control Its
own publications.
That this Is to be a mild, open win
ter, according to weather prophets,
Is the silver lining to tbe cloud of the
news that coal Is going up.
For some reason there Is a strange
silence on the part of the critics who
were claiming not long ago that the
war would last ten more years.
The hog market Isn't the only place
where the law of supply and demand
and the price are strangers.
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Kusslan miBfortune has served Its
useful purpose In showing tluHjprld
precisely what "bolsbevlsni" means.
IB A celebration Is expected Halt will
w. IHttJte "gay l'aree" wonder whether It
,'vvr knew before what real gayety Is.
1 In spite of all kinds of pulitlcHy till
I ,-Jsnt in all sections, Paris continues tu
f be the best advertised tofn on the
map. V
Soap Is going up, Its manufacturers
any, Just at the time when n general
cleau-up Is begun throughout the
world. :
Tho whirligig of time brings In Its
revenges. The Invincibility of the
Oermon army and navy Is now a scrap
of liplV
v
Oermany'e efforts, to make tftrket,
r toys would Indicate wmR.fpfSpi'eut
that might, have. twituirif vet vi
jardeulngjT
for
time
war gar
War conditions in Europe hare
brought anarchists and other crlin
Innls to the fore. They must be
put down if they have to be shot
down, v iatffffait?lv
Many Years Ago Charlea Dickens
Looked Into the Future With Vis
ion Remarkably Prophetic.
There Is something almost uncanny
about the accuracy with which Charles
Dickens foresaw the Hun und his aims
as we know them today. Not long
ago there was quoted part of Dick
ens' reply to an Jnvitatlon to become
a member of a peace society that a
number of persons were endeavoring
to form In 1851. The vjirds written
'lion by the great EngttSti author arc
worth repeating:
"Look out toward Austria; look out
toward Germany," he counseled. "Do
you see nothing there?
"I tell you that It Is because there
are the wild beasts of the forest . . .
because I would not be soldier ridden,
nor have other men so, because I dread
a ml hate the miseries and tyranny of
war, that I am not for the disarming
of England, nor can I be a member of
your peace society."
Every reader of "Little Dorrlt" will
remember the landlady of the "Break
of Day Inn" (if Chalons. Words of
this French character of his have a
peculiarly prophetic ring. Here they
are.
"And I tell you this my friend . . .
That there are people whom It Is nec
essary to detest without compromise.
That there are people who must be
dealt with as enemies of the human
race. That there are people who have
no human heart, and who must be
crushed like savage beasts, and clear
ed out of the way."
CLAIMS CENTURY-OLD FUND
Chilean Government Asks Return of
Unexpended Portion of In.
demnlty Paid In 1821.
The fall bench of the Massachusetts
supreme court has been called upon
to determine the ownership of a fund
nearly a century old, which Is claimed
by the commonwealth of Massachu
setts on one hand and the Chilean gov
ernment on the other.
In 1821 an American ship returning
from China to Boston was seized by
Chilean revolutionists and Its cargo
confiscated. When normal conditions
prevailed In Chile the Unltifd States
demanded Indemnity and Chile paid
$70,400.
William H. Gardiner of Brookllne,
Mass,, was selected to distribute the
money among those entitled to it. He
executed the trust except as to two
Chinese known only as Pnqua nnl
M0Q.ua, merchants and Thomas Fur
bor of Boston. Mr. Gardiner failed to
locate these persons or their represen
tatives. When he died the trust was
transmitted to his son, and upon the
latter's death to the grandson and
great-grandson, Robert H. Gardiner
and Itobert H. Gardiner, Jr., who are
now Its custodians.
The present holders of the fund
have searched tjirough the records of
the state department, through the
American consular service at Canton,
Ohlnn, and through various other
sources, for the heirs of Pnqua, Moqua
and Thomas Furber, without success.
"Cleans" Crowd of Cash,
Vacuum gleaning money from street
crowds was the striking scheme em
ployed In one of the large cities some
weeks ago for the benefit of the Red
Cross, says Popular Science Magazine.
A suction pipe was held over the
heads of persons congregated on the
sidewalk, and contributions solicited
!y n leather-lunged seaman who shout
?d through a megaphone. Crisp dol
lar bills and worn greenbacks, It mat
tered not which, were drawn in by
strong suction force when Inserted In
the nozzle of the tube.
The novelty of the plan attracted
passers-by and drew forth many donations.
Bandages Now Made Quickly.
A recent Invention which has not
)een marketed us yet, but is reported
:o be a great success, Is nn (ilectrlc
roller for use in making the much
leeded live-yard rolls of bandages.
This new device Is not only a grent
;lmo and labor saver, but requires
little practice to learn to operate. The
rollers operated by band, ns they have
been heretofore, require skill and
training to operate them successfully,
ind the work Is strenuous. By rolling
lectrlcnlly the operator Is able to
teep both hands ou the hunduge,
while In hand operation one hand
initios the roll or bnndnge and the
ther operates tbe roller..
f4i would 1 poetic Justice If the ex
Uatser mid his six husky sons could he
formed into a street gang to help re
pair some of the devastated Belgian
cities.
We have advanced so far and so fast
with our collective and Individual etll
clency that n man can't offer nn ex
planation any more without being cull
ed an expert.
Having produced the greatest peace
of all. Americans must now produce In
added quantity all of life's necessities,
Including contentment founded on rea
son and Justice.
Swamp a War Garden.
Too old to bo taken Into the service,
I Seorgo Hoy, n Japanese resident of
j luneau, Alaska, has turned a mos
I juito swamp into u patriotic garden
:lmt has become the admiration of the
I :lty.
Radishes In this unique garden send
their green tops upward to form the
word "Liberty," and near by Is formed
a bell.
To one side a cross blooms in red
iweet peas, while Uny walks, wriggly
fences and rocks with flowers wander
ing over Uuun add to the attractions
f the place.
The way a little girl will hug n ten
cent doll anil forget the ten-dollar one
makes n mail wonder whether his wife
ever had the same dlsregurd for tho
price tugs on things.
When the custodian of alien prop
erty sets out to sell the property he
has felml. It Is to be hoped he will
see to It that It Is so well (Old that
It con never be regained to Geriuans.
Cost of Infectious Diseases.
Scarlet fever, mensles ami diphthe
ria cost the people of Chicago ?7,562.
112 during the course of the year. This
luge bill represents so much paid out
is the price of carelessness and (n
liftereuce, for much If not till of this
iiseuse might have been prevented by
precaution, moralises the Journal of
die American Medical Association,
lrglng the dollars and cents value of
ll3eae prever.tlon.
Is bumething for Which . . . .-, jrtd
Has Been Looking.
There Is probably no service which
subjects cotton fabric to so severe a
test as that it has to endure In nn au
tomobile tire, says Scientific Amer
ican. The fabric serves as a rein
forcement for the rubber. It Is de
signed to withstand an enormous ten
sile strength In all directions,' Im
posed by steady pressure "f air within
the tire, and must also withstand the
sudden shocks due to the passage of
the Wheel over obstructions. At the
same time it must lie perfectly flexi- i
ble; for it is flexed constantly ns the
wheel runs over the ground, The fab
ric cannot have Its strength increased
merely by using heavier threads, for
this would interfere with its flexibil
ity. It has occurred to nn Inventor,
William G. Trantvetter of Paterson,
N. J that n fabric might be designed
in which, in addition to the regular
warp and Oiling, diagonal reinforcing
threads might be incorporated. And,
starting out with Ibis idea, lie has de
signed a machine which will actually
weave such a fabric. Anyone accus
tomed to handling looms or familiar
with tho operation of those machines
will realize how revolutionary must
he a mechanism which will put bias
threads into a woven fabric.
until now. lias controlled lie bulk of
the output of Madagascar graphite
other than that shipped to England.
InasmucffiKl the French firms belong
ing to tlilscjfajiartlum are represented
In Mndagaift is not unlikely that
they will endeavor to control such
graphite as.Sjil.v be shipped to the
United 8tgt$r direct from the Island
when restrfctlons are removed, while
It wouldappear that various Inde
pendent producers are endeavoring to
form direct connections with the
American Importers.
. M f f I I . TSI .it -
Frank Comment.
Martin likes to go next door every
Sunday morning and have his Uncle
AI read the "funnies" to him. One
morning the pictures were particular
ly alluring and he was deaf to all Im
portunities to get ready for Sunday
school. Finally Uncle Al added to
Martin's discomfort by urging the
benefits of attending Sunday school,
offering as an argument that he had
attended until eighteen years old.
Whereupon Martin cast a withering
glance upon him and said: "I don't
see where it did you any good." Chi
cago American.
Madagascar Graphite.
Production of graphite on the island
of Madagascar in 1917 was estimated
at H.I.OOO tons, and exports amounted
to 27,8118. Shipments to England to
taled 15,506, and those to France 17,322
tons. While direct shipments to the
United States have not been permit
ted, it is understood from consular re
ports that 8,000 tons reached this
country from Marseilles In 1017, and
a considerable quantity has also been
shipped from that port during the
present year, principally through a
consortium of French firms vyhlch. to
Flreproof.Cellulold.
Great Interest has been aroused by
the announcement that a professor in
one of the Japanese universities had
invented a successful Incombustible
substitute for celluloid, to be manufac
tured from soya bean cake.
The new product has been given the
trade name of "Satollte," derived from
the name of the inventor, Prof. S. Sato,
and a company for Its manufacture has
been started with a capital of 2,000,
000 yen ($1,000,000).
Satollte is described as 0 galallth
made of the gluclne of soya bean, co
agulated by formalin.
Nevertheless, "a good time was had
by all."
And after peace tbe historians will
resume the war I
1 1 0 1 Q 1 1
Pendleton Marble & Granite Works
' T. A. WYLIE, Proprietor
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