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Advertising Th: 4th;na Press circulatca in the homes of readers who reside in the heart of the Great Umatilla Wheat Bait, and they have money to spend mm Notice! If this notice is marked RED, it sig nifies that your Subscription expires with this issue. We will greatly ap preciate your renewal $2.00 per year Knterecl at the Poet Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mail Matter VOLUME XL, ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 1919. NUMBER 8 STILL WANTS LOAN DRIVE DUBiNGAPRI L Though short time notes may be , issued, in lieuof bonds the Government is planning for a fifth loan drive just the same. Following the decision to use short time notes. Secretary Glass issued the following statement: "Th- Victory Liberty loan campaign will b gin not later than April Jl. The requirements of the treasury are imperative and cannot be financed without Buch a campaign. The form and terms of the securities to be issued remain to be determined. Whether they be bonds or notes, it is absolutely essential that the widest possible mea biire'of distribution be realized. This will necessitate a campaign of the same charaoter as that conducted in the past through the existing Liberty loan Organizations. They have pledged again their united support in order that (he Victory Liberty loan bonds or notes may be distributed as widely bh possible among the American peo ple. BATTLEFIELD RELICS SENT HOWIE BY ATHENA SOLDIERS Another consignment of battlefield relics has been sent hotpe by Athena soldiers. In addition to those received previously by relatives and friends, the collection is assuming interesting proportions. This week's mail brings from Ed Sebasky two spiked helmets, (the first of the spiked helmets being received some time ago by H. I. Watts, and sent by George Winship, ) a saber knot and two medallions, one that of a young woman, and the other mounted on stone represents the Virgin Mary. Both the helmets and medallions were picked up by Ed on the Argonne buttle field. Harry Keller sends a couple of Bteins of two litres measure, which with other relics are displayad in the win dows of the library. On a card is this caption: "Captured, full, by Harry Banister Keller, Over There." By far one of the most interesting relics seen here is a shell from one of the famous French H-in. '75s. It is on display at Steele's harness shop. It is loaded with shrapnel and is the prop erty of Clarence Gagnon, who trained with one of these guns at Camp Lewis. ESUME OF WORK OF OREGON LEGISLATURE Last Week of Session Begins Wjth Work in Both Houses " Badly Congested. TOBACCO SELLERS MUST TAKE STOM INVENTORY i . Milton A. Miller, collector of in ternal revenue, requests the Press to announce that all dealers in tobacco, ciiiars and cigarettes must comply wilh the law which provides a penalty if inventories are not taken and the increased tax paid on stocks in the hands of the dealers. Mr. Miller writes as follows: "The pending revenue bill will no doubt be passed before the middle of Febiiiary., All dealers in cigars, to bacco and cigarettes must ascertain the date of the passage of the Act and inventory their stuck before commenc ing business on the next day there after, i - "Arrangements have been made to have the inventory blanks in the hands of Postamsters in mostplaces and they may be obtained there. In case deal ers do not receive an inventory blank in time, they should list their stock and write to Milton A. Miller, Collec tor Internal Revenue, Portland, Ore., for proper blank." WUlaby-Tharp. At the Christian church in Pendle ton, Wednesday afternoon at the hour of 2 o'clock, February 19. 1919, the wedding of Mr. Virgil Willaby and Miss Lula Tharp, was solemnized. Rev H. H. Hubbell.'paftor of the church, peforming the ceremony. Both bride and groom were born and reared in Athena, and ha a large circle of friends to wish them well in their married life. The newly wedded pair returned to Athena Wednesday evening and will make their home on the Cold Springs wheat ranch recently leased by Mr. Willaby. O, E. S. Installs Officers. ,The installation of officers, delayed on account of the influenza epidemic, of Mackenzie Chapter, NO. 112, 0. E. S.. was held Wednesday evening in Masonic hall. The following were in stalled for the ensuing term: W. M., Adele McEwen; W. P.. Joseph N. Scott; A. M.. Louise Boyd; Sec Treas., Kathleen Barrett; A. C. Mary Pambrun; Ada, Bertba Steele; Esther. Marie Pinkerton: Electa. Jennie A. Watts; Warder, Nella Rice; Sentinel, Wm. Rice. After the ceremony of in stallation, a social hour was enjoyed in the lodge ball. Anti-Paving. Trust Gill Causes Dissen sionInheritance Tax Bill Passed People to Vote on County Salary Increases Longer Legislative Ses sion Proposed Ballot for Absent Voters Tax on Motor Fuel Passes Persistent Office Seekers Hit. Salem. The present legislature In one respect at least has followed pre cedent for it started out on the clos ing week of the session with the legis lative hopper clogged with undisposed of business. BotH houses are badly congested with work and the closing days will witness the usual confusion, heated arguments and strenuous ef forts to save pet bills. It seems to be the habit of legislatures to fritter away much valuable time during the early days of the session with useless discussion on unimportant bills, while the money and other important meas ures are held back for committee tink ering and then rushed through during the closing hours when there is little time for consideration. Practically the only Important piece of legislation to Its credit when the legislature started out on Monday was the appropriation of $100,000 for the Boldiers. No road bills had been passed and all the big appropriation bills had not been presented. Anti-Trust Paving Bill Passed. Stormy time3 are expected over road legislation this week. The house and senate started the week at logger heads over the anti-trust paving bill" which passed the senate last week at- ter. an extremely bitter debate. By a vote of 21 to 9, the senate passed bill 67, the chief of the four antl-patented pavement bills. The bill as passed is identical as reported by the majority of the roads and highways committee and favored by those seeking to curb the paving trust, with the exception of the Moser amendment to section 7, which now Bays: "All contracts which may be awarded for laying any pavement or for .the purchase of any material, mix ture or process entering therein, shall be awarded to the responsible bidder submitting the lowest aggregate bid under the specifications in the class of pavement which the public authori ties mentioned in section 2 of this act shall determine to accept." Those who have been strafing the patent paving company fought the minority report of the road commit tee, which recommended the adoption of the words, "considering quality and durability," which gave this discretion to the state highway commission in awarding contracts. Over these four words the battle was waged in the senate. MosSr's amendment is construed as tying the hands of the state highway commission, by those who voted no. The others say not. The addition of the four words would have given the commission the power to use its judgment in select ing pavements and awarding bids. Strong opposition developed against the senate anti-trust paving bill when it reached the house and the ire of house members was aroused by threats of certain senators to defeat the $10,000,000 road bonding bill un less the house enacted the senate bill. Tax on Estates Proposed. Estates in Oregon will contribute an extra $100,000 "annually to the state treasury under the provisions of Rep resentative Schuebel's Inheritance tax bill which passed the house. The bill is a compromise measure over house bill 1, which would have produced an annual revenue of approximate!) $350,000 from inheritance taxes. Hits Mil, it is said, will produce a revenue of approximately $160,000 annually. Exemption is provided on estates up to $10,000, but above that amount the tax is assessed against the estate and not against the distributed shares as under the present law. Additional tax, over and above that assessed against the estate, is imposed against shares which go to others than the direct heirs of the decedent. Local Autonomy for Counties Favered By adopting senate joint resolution 14, introduced by Senator Farrell, the senate went on record in favor of tak ing from the legislature authority to increase the salary of any state of- D Remembered 1!A GROUP OF INTERESTING LETTERS ficiai duriiij, IVs term of office and of referring all county salary increases to a vote of the people of the county. The resolution embodies a consti tutlonal amendment, which will be re ferred to the people for approval if the house takes the same action as the senate. The proposed amendnioct provides that the legislature shall not have authority to increase the salary of any Btate official during the preis ent term of that official, and that no increase in salaries of county official! shall be valid unless approved by the people of the respective counties at .ue next, general election.' Session of 60 Days Proposed. A proposed constitutional amend ment submitted to the senate by Sen ator Jones of Lane county contem plates several changes in the provis ions governing Oregon's legislative as semblies. The most important proposal would extend the session from 40 to 60 actual working days, for which members shall receive $300. It also provides that in case an extra session is called by the governor it must not be of more than 20 days' duration and the members shall be paid at the regular rate for every day of such extra ses sion. It provides that all bills mu3t be introduced during the first 20 days of the session. Absent Voter Bill "Passes the Houce. The house passed a bill Introduced by Representative Kubll which will enable qualified voters who may., be away from homo on election day to vote. The bill provides that voters who are absent from home but within the state may notify his county or city clerk, as the case may be, 30 days before election. The clerk will then forward an official ballot, which the absentee will sign, together with a certificate, wWch will then be return ed to the clerk, who will cast the bal lot for him. The bill was designed with especial reference to students and traveling salesmen, but also ap plies in all other cases of necessary absence from home on election day. Income Tax Is Proposed. The committee on assessment and taxation in the house introduced a bill providing for income taxeB in the state and exempting certain personal property from taxation. Under the bill a rate of 1 per cent would be charged on the first $1000 of taxable income; 1 Per cent on the next thousand; 2 per cent on the next; 2V4 per cent on the next; 3 per cent on the next; and a similar ratio on the next each succeeding thousand up to 6'4 per cent on the tenth $1000 and 6 per cent on any sum in excess of $10,000. Gasoline Tax Bill Passed By House. The house passed the bill of the roads and highways committee pro viding for imposition of a tax of 1 cent a gallon on gasoline and a tax of half a cent cn distillate. The bill as passed carries the emergency clause, but with a tacit understanding among the members that in event the emer gency clause is stricken from the big bond Issue bill it will be taken from this and other minor road bills. The till will raiae aLCut iu,5ti0 i:i rev enue, of this $310,500 coming from ;asolln and the balance from distil late. I Would Curb Independent Candidates. A bill aimed at disappointed candi dates and persistent office seekers was introduced in the senate by Sen ator Norblad, of Clatsop county. The bill provides that if a person is a registered voter of one political party he cannot become the candidate if another political party, nor can he .ccept the nomination of ttyat party, iliould he be nominated. The principal purpose of the bill, however? Uk4o prevent defeated party candidates Ifcp running after the pri maries as independent candidates, ac cording to the aJtoor of the bill. If .he bill becomes a llrV the only person ho can run as an independent candi ,.ite is the man or woman who is reg .itereil as an independent yoter. The house also passed a"blH, by Rep resentative Cross providing that suits for divorce must be filed in the county in which the plaintiff resides, A joint resolution, calling for a bill to be placed on the ballot providing for compulsory registration and vot ing, was adopted by the senate. Death came to the Oregon military police when tho bill to keep the or ganization alive under the measure introduced by Senator Orton was killed. With but eight opposing votes, Sen ator Dimick's resolution providing for a submission of the capital punish ment amendment to a vote of the peo ple, was adopted in the senate. Delinquent tax notices will not bo sent to the owners of property on which the delinquent tax amounts to jss than $1, according to an amend ment to the delinquent tax notice law passed by the senate. The prediction that tho ' consolida tion programme for tho session was irtually killed when the house killed ir.a department of agriculture bill, was fulfilled when the coiStiitteo withdrew all of its bills. A house bill by Senator G1M, pro viding for compulsory surgical treat n:ent of all school children afflicted with diseases of the eyes, cars, nose, throat or teeth, was defeated aftt.r a tormy debate, which was featured 'jy Provision for re-establishment of the straight Australian ballot system ,n the state, with party candidates egregated on the ballot and the voter jiven the right to vote a straight tick ji by checking tho circle at the top of he ballot over the party of his choice, s made In a bill by Hopresentat Lewis which passed the house. The gasoline tax bill was introdui in the house by the joint commit on roads and highways. Under bill a tax of 1 cent a gallon is lev on gasoline, distillate, liberty f and all other Inflammable fuels motor vehicles. The sub-committee of the jo roads and highways committee dec ed to abandon the proposal to pleasure automobiles according weight, and also to eliminate the p to collect, in addition to the lice tax, an equivalent of the property and turn the latter back to the co ties. WOMEN OF WEST AGAIN CALLED TO THE COLORS By MRS. A. S. BALDWIN, Chairman Woman's Liberty Loan Committee of the Twelfth Reserve District. We have at the present time about two million men in Europe who must be provided with all that is t5Cessary to keep them In good spirits and con dltion; and when their work shall have been finished, they must, be brought home and demobilized. The Govern ment must make good the contracts it has entered Into for the construction of all war munitions, and for food sup piles already bought. Having responded to the Govern merit's calls In the past, and having loaned our money ungrudgingly to hurry forward the men and supplies, and victory having come to us because MRS. A. S. BALDWIN of tills, shall we hesitate for a moment to respond to the last call the Victory Liberty Ijomi when we can do so by pledging our credit, perhaps with some little personal Inconvenience, sacrifice or small discomfort? The blood of the young manhood of America Is not now required. That w:ih generously given before (he arm! Itioe was signed, and now we may give thanks that no more will be taken. The credit and good faith of our country Is at stake We have won the war, and the cost Is small compared with what has been won. The men of the West with red blood In their veins will not need to be appealed to, ueeause ;hey will subscribe to this last call o', hft f'.nvernnienl an iinpriirlirlnelv,, as Is rect loan. wo- ting ijrtb dot stl- nti ose pse See race E" GEN. UG0 PIZARELL0 Gen. Ugo Pizarello, one of the most famous and honored of Italy's heroes, who Is here on a mission for his gov ernment, has been decorated 14 times for gallantry In action. He has won the Victoria Cross and the Gold Medal of Honor of Italy, two of the most coveted decorations in the world. LARGE BOOK CIRCULATION BY THE ATHENA LIBRARY That Athena ranks second only to l mlli ton in book circulation from the branch libraries of Umatilla county is shown by the tabulated report given below, from the month of January to August, 1918, inclusive. It will be noted that Athena leads Milton and Hermiston, both of which enjoy a Carnegie donation, by a com fortable margin. When application was made for a share of the Carnegie fund for a library building in Athena it was withheld on the grounds of In sufficient population. The following report therefore may be read with more than passing interest: Circulation for Eight Months of 1918. 918 Athena Herm'st'n Milton Weston Jan. 20, 1919, a few lines to let you know where"I am, and that I often think of Athena and the people there, and still consider that place my home. I am at present located at Wengerohr, Ger- . many, in the Province of Rhine. We ate between Trier and Coblenz, two important cities in this psrt of Ger many. We left France about a month ago and traveled overland on our hors es, taking about four days of hard traveling. We came through Luxem burg. That is a large city and very beautiful. It is more like American cities than any I have yet seen. I also made a trip tbrongh Belgium. It may be of interest to you to know that the squadron to which I belong is a part of what is known as the Army of Occupation, occupying German territory until a satisfactory peace can be signed. This army at present consists of the SeVenth Corps and the Third Army. I There is nothing official about us going home and it is possible that may be here for some time yet. though I have certainly enjoyed ( what I could, and having the oppor tunity to see these foreign countries, I' I will be glad when I get back home and can knock around with my old friends again. I suppose you folks are getting most of your winter about this time. So far we have had no snow at all. This seems to be a rather warm oli- mate, although Germany is pretty well north. We fared pretty well both Christmas and New Years; not tiny thing extra, but we sure had plenty. The Red Cross gave us some chocolate and chewing gum. We had both days off except lor the necessary work that had to be done. Pvt. Eugene N. Osborn, Field Remount Sqd, SIS A. P. 0., 793. Jan. 87.1 285 "2.1 481 Feb. 860 218 M2 8t.7 Mar. 898 51! 488 454 Apr. 484 721 41(1 290 May 460 1180 881 258 June 1121 458 827 245 July 542 418 208' 2110 Aug. i.3li 888 285 180 Totals 4759 8828 8215 2477 WILL GIVE A CONCERT IN THE NEAR FUTURE ft The people of Athena will have MflM privilege in the near future of attend ing a concert given by Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Sutton and Miss Hazel Burton. Mr. and Mrs. Sutton, vocalistB; Miss Burton, pianist. Geo. Sutton was the conveyer of music to the S. P. D. of the U. S. Army. He and Mrs. Sutton are work ing their way trough school and uiub ica) courses. They are taking the opportunity at this time to give the people of Athena a good musical enter tainment, also to make a little money to help them through schnul. Miss Burton has generously offered her as sistance for the occasion. The program and date of the concert will be given in a later iBsue, also the place were it will be given, s .K Saved Lives of 100 Men. i n f"' SaWrg of the lives of 100 men r one m was tho littlu things which 1'red Geissel of Pendleton, did while in France, instructing members of the I ! "th Engineers in the use of hand grenades, according to Sergeant Don FiBher. who returned from overseas yesterday, says the East Oregonlan. Fred was giving instructions in grei ading when some one accidentally dropped a grenade timed to explode in five seconds, into a box of 50 others. Geissel seized the grenade and threw it where it exploded harmlessly. Sgt. Sid Barnes corroborates Fisher's statement, and says too much praise for his act of bravery cannot be given Geissel. whose mother and family live in Athena. Ed. Sebaskv Sends Trophies. Hohr, Germany, Jan. 17, '19. Dear Mother: I am feeling P.ie. Am sending you a couple of helmets and a saber knot I picked up in the llrgonne Woods near Dun-sur-Meuse. The two pictures I picked up in Cha teau Theirry. I have been carrying them around for some time you' see. Am also sending you a few cards of Coblenz. I went in the other day on pass and took in the town; it sure is a fine looking town, you can see by the pictures. Got the box of candy the other day, it sure came in fine and we had some feed on it. Well, we do not know a thing of when we will be going home. We are drilling now every day and go ing to school. It sure has been raining here some lately, but the weather is not cold. Corp. E. F. Sebasky, Bat. D, 148 F. A. BOOKS OF FICTION HERE FOR THE LIBRARY PATRONS Following is the list of new fiction at the local library: Barclay, The Rosary; Barr, Bow of Orange Ribbon; Belasco, Return of Peter Grimm; Bosher, House of Hap piness; Bosher, Mary Cary; Brady, Hearts and The Highway; Burnett. White People; Cable, Dr. Sevier; Craik, John Halifax, Uentleman; Du mas, Count of Monte Cristo: Duncan, ftyberta of Roseberry Gardens; Dun cflLiiuituble Child; Kliott, Mill on the Floss; Favre de Coulevain, On the Branch; Ferber, Personality Plus; I In wells. I. inly of the Aroostook; Lip man, Martha and Cupid; Macaulay, Lady of The Decoration; Locke Belov ed Vagabond; Locke, Fortunste Youth; Martin, Emmy Lou; Martin, The Fighting Doctor: Miller, Come Out of the Kitchen; Montgomery, Mrs. Maho ney gf the Tenements; Nickolson, Hoo sier Chronicle; O'Brien, Thirty; Olm ttead, Cloistered Romance: Oppeu helm, Illust ious Prince; Oppenhelm Mischief Maker; Page, Gordon Keith; Parker, Money MasteT; Parker, The Weavers; Phillpots, Brunei's Tower; Phillpots, Old Delabole; Porter, Four Million; Rice, Mr. Opp; Richmond. Indifference of Juliet; Rinehart, VM cular Staircase; Hives, "Valiants' if;' Virginia; Sapper, No Man's Land: Sinclair, Gringos; Sinclair, Her Prai rie Knight; Smithy Enoch Crane; fimitfl Tom Grogan; Stevenson, Kid napped; Stuart, Sonny; Tarkington, I'enrod; Thompson, Alice of Old Vin cennes; Turgenev, House of Gentle Folk; Vorse, A Very Little Person; Ward, Eltham House; Wells, Research! Magnificent; Westcott, Hepsey Burke; Wharton. Rose of Old Quebec; White, Gold; White, Adventures of Bobby Orde; Williamson, Heather Moon, The influenza, after creating much hardship and apprehension, runs Its course and disappears. Bolshevism, though a malady of tie mind, may po slbly do the same.