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AN INDEPENPENT NEWSPAPER
F. B. Boyd, Publisher
cATHENA, OREGON, FEB. 21 1919
Camouflaged Philosophy.
Money tnllts, but the high cc3t of
living nets.
Amerlcn lins rw Idle rich. Evca the
Jlnlton work a little.
AIro wnr Ih'IiIpk now nre making the
acQuulntance of their huibuoda,
Philosophy Is a menial crutch to
make walking with Boleless shoes lie
easier,
It Is suggesterl that barbers weur
flu IBhsli.l mill the barbers ought to In
slst on It,
WINTER TRAVEL IN ALAS'"!
As the hoys come baek they will And
the girls they left behind are 100 per
cent loyal.
When the commissioned man re
turns to his old job will the boss do
tho saluting?
The former soldier must miss being
stared at when he gets back Into his
civilian clolhes.
There would not be half the fun In
life were there no struggle to make
both ends meet.
But for summer resorts and colleges
more young women would marry the
hometown admirer.
t A man broke his leg kicking n mule
Another reason for treating the ani
mals with kindness.
The fellow who gets married to ob
tain homo cooking lakes bis wife down
town for Sunday dinner.
Ten or fifteen years ago one was
simply rolling In free calendar!. Now
you have to tease for one.
The former kaiser Is another per
son who tried to beat tho races, so
to speak, and saw his finish.
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The task of feeding Europe loomf
bigger when It Is remembered what
hpnvy feeders the Germans are.
Perhaps the French girls didn't wish
Yankee husbands any more lhan the
Americans desired" French wives.
UtWtlly a personal parade of one's
virtues Is mnde Immediately prior to
nn nttack on othor people's vices.
Perhaps under the new order ot
things it will he necessary for mnn to
have a license to live, as well as his
dog.
Tt Is to be hoped by gentlemen with
feet and ears that the knitters will not
demobilise themselves with the coming
of peace.
Peaceful people go right on hoping
that In time both Petrograd and Merlin
will grow weary of inacblne-gun government.
The unconquerable Qermtn army
has ceased to exist. So much for the
stnyljf power of official Imperialistic
adjectives.
Archdeacon Stuck Tells of Some of the
Sufferings to Be Encountered In
the Frozen North.
Archdeacon Stuck, already famous
for his uscent of Mount MeKlnley
made a remarkable Journey Into Alaska
last winter.
Ills route extended nround the
whole arctic coast of Alaska, begin
ning ot the west side. nnl thence In
land to Fort Yukon. Hi? was received
everywhere with cordial hospitality
by the Bsl.lmos. Two weeks were
spent at Point Burrow, where the trav.
eler bad nn opportunity of studying
the lurgest Eskimo village In Alaska
under winter conditions. During the
subsequent Journey of 225 miles to
Flnxmon Island the party saw only one
human being and were housed only
twice.
The archdeacon describes It ns "the
barrenest, most desolate, most for
saken coast I have ever seen In my
life; flat as this paper on which I
write, the frozen bind merging Indls-
tlngulsbably Into the frozen sca;
nothing but o stick of driftwood
here and there, half hurled In the In
dented snow, gives evidence of the
shore."
For two weeks the travelers hnd to
face a bitterly cold northeast wind,
and lite faces of all were continuously
frozen. The heaviest task of nil was
the Journey over the winter's un
broken snow to Fort Yukon. On this
Inland trip Stefnnsson and his pnrty
were encountered ond escorted to Fort
Yukon, where Stefnnsson, who was
seriously III, received medical attention.
AIRPLANES IN GREAT WAR
Fokkera Must Be Credited With Re
markable Work That Contributed
to Victory of Civilization.
The Fnkker series Is Interesting.
First, there was the monoplane Fok
ker, so long a menace nt the front.
Then they tried the little trlplnne
Fokker, n weird-looking machine,
whose specialty was climbing high
and diving down on the foe. Unfor
tunately in the dive the top plane hnd
n way of coming off. ft was in n Fok
ker trlplnne that tho "Ited Devil"
RflTOn von Itlclithofon came to grief,
nnd you can see the engine of his ma
chine, n 110 I.n Ithonc, copied from a
French rotnry engine.
The Inst type of Fokker and a
very good one Is t lie D7 biplane, nil
metal except for the wings, with a
high-power engine nnd a tremendous
climber. The specimen on show be
longed to Mlchthofen's circus. You can
follow the attempts of the Germans
to win security by armoring their ma
chines, but armoring did not pay, ow
ing to the weight nnd clumsiness.
I.nte In 1018 an extraordinary ma
chine was brought down, made entire
ly of metal, with wings of some kind
of aluminum nllny, and a brass seat
for the pilot the wholo thing a marvel
of bold inventiveness.
It Is rmuoivd again that Kins
George will visit tills country. Jff
goes without saying we will glwajwm
n royal good time. '
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If the lnw of Increased demand op
erates that way. the price of mar
riage licenses ought to go up when
the army gets home.
Statistics arc at band to show a
phenomenal Increase In the number of
millionaires during the war. And how
many nre poorer?
The large number of people who suc
ceed In restraining the Impulse to write
poetry are not properly appreciated by
the cold, cruel world.
A department of human welfare Is
proposed In the cabinet. It Is to he
hoped we nre not going to get too Ideal
Isllc to remain practical,
The
prog
io prudent mun who Is nllve to
Tess will sneedltv neffln to eon-
strin-l. it JuingiiBkoii hl ( Hint his
tbd'nVliniJUiHiiy cyjf
Vow that the grent wnr Is ever, the
Nurtfl jtole Is coming nguln Into the
flniellght. Tills time the airplane If
.410. wrest from it its secrets.
London Is puzzled by the problem ot
soldiers who hnve committed bigamy
' dtrrlnaj the war. Anyhow, the men
gnlfty have proved their bravery.
Nevertheless nnd notwithstanding,
the league of mil ions composed , of
Fnim:e, England, the I'nlted Stiles,
Italy and Japan Is in good work&ig
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How Fast Shot Travels.
When standing within a few yards
of a gun's muzzle at the time of dis
charge, n person would be nmnzlngly
astonished were he only able to see
the shot go whizzing by. Experiments
In Instnntnneous photogrnphy prove
that tho shot not only spread out,
cometllke, ns they fly, but they string
out, one behind number at a much
greater distance than they spread.
Thus, with a cylinder gun, when the
shot of a charge renches a target thnt
Is 40 yards away, the last shot is lag
ging full ten yards behind. Even a
chokebore gun shot will big behind
eight yards In 40. This accounts fur
Hie wide swath that Is mowed In a
flock of ducks on which n charge of
shot falls Just right. About 5 per cent
only of the shot, according to the most
reliable deductions from experiments,
arrive simultaneously nt the target
alined nt, the others lugging In the
rntlu mimed above.
When Romance Faded.
He got her name and address In a
Red Cross package and that was all
be knew about her. So he did the
thing that n lovesick soldier usually
does wrote her a sweet little letter
telling how be longed to correspond
with some one. How did he know but
Hint a real romance might start? Thin
wns her answer:
"I think this wnr Is horrid. I nm
doing my share. I bay Wnr Savings
stamps nnd ent corn bread, which I
don't like. Also I nui learning to
knit."
But the cruel part Is that she added:
"I am ten years old."
NOT ABOVE CARRYING """'"'.E
A Famous "Oasis."
"Did you see Congressman Twobbia
while you were In Washington?!
"No. lie Instructed his office Corco
to sny to any one who culled Hint, he
lind gone over to llnltiuiore to spt.,y)
the day."
"He actually left a message to that
effect?"
"Yes."
"Well, nt any rate, he hns the amir
age of Ids convictions." Uiinlng mm
Age-Herald.
Largest Motor Vessel.
The British twin-screw Diesel en
glued vessel Glennpp, which bud .lust
been built by n Glasgow shipyard. Is
according to the local press the larg
est nnd most powerful motor vessel In
the world. It Is of 10,000 tons dead
weight, nnd has two sets of engines,
constructed by Messrs. Iliirliiwl
WolIT, at their Glasgow works. These
give ti total horse power of (IdtKl,
which ,'B,gures represent a very marked
progress In this type of vessel.
Spirit Shown by New York Mao May
Explain Why He HasJecome
a Millionaire"
The following story, which suggests
that some millionaires are no ueireV
"stuck up" than the rest of us, Is
printed In Forbes Magazine: A Broad
way (New York city) street car con
ductor was about to forbid a man car
rying a huge roll of carpet lo enter bis
car the bundle wns so bilge Hint the
conductor fenred It would block the
nlsle. The bearer of the burden, how
ever, smiled at him so oinlnbly and 'de
posited Ids long parcel promptly at the
far corner of the platform that the con
ductor hadn't the heart to remon
strate. This wns at Thirty-third
street, opposite a department store.
At Forty-second street the passenger
shouldered Ills bundle and walked off.
He carried It to one of New York's
newest skyscrapers nnd Immediately
proceeded to lay It upon the floor of
one of the reception rooms there".
He was the owner of the Skyscrap
er I He was Irving T. Bush, million
aire creator of the famous Bush ter
minal, a veritable city within Hie city
of Brooklyn, owner of a large shipyard
and of other projects.
To friends who chaffed hltn, Mr.
Bush explained that the rug caught
his fancy while in the store, nnd he
particularly wished to hnve It laid
down before n reception that wns to
be held nt the Buyers' club (in the
Bush building) thnt day. But as the
store could not make Immediate deliv
ery, why, the only nnd the natural
thing for him to do was to shoulder It
himself. The spectacle of a million
aire lugging along such a burden In n
street car and In the street did not
strike this particular millionaire as In
any way funny.
The popular memory is proverbially
short, but there Is no danger of soon
forgetting this war. The prices will
keep It in constant if not fond
memory.
Homer S. Km'za, aged 27, died at
Helix Tuesday of tuberculosis. De
ceased was'a nephew of Dr. Griswold
of Helix. Art Shick went over to
Helix Wednesday and took charge of
the funeral.
Pendleton royally received the boys
of the With Coast Artillery when it
passod through were early monaay
morning. Lieut. Fred Steiwer and
Henry Judd of Pendleton, were in the
second section of the troop train and
received a grand ovation and a warm
welcome from the home crowd.
The Churches.
Baptist Church Notes.
The church welcomes every one who
comes to worship with us. Bible school
meets at 10 a. m.. and both old and
ypung are urged to come. Preaching
at 11 a. m. Mr. George. C. Sntton
has been secured to lend the singing.
He will sing as a solo, "Paradise."
B. Y. P. U, 8:90. There will be no
evening preaching We will attend
the union meeting at the Christian
church.
Methodist Episcopal Church.
Though rainy, lust Sunday saw a
still larger number out to Sunday
school and church services. Of special
interest was the reception of six meir
bers; three by transfer, one Lutheran,
one Presbyterian and one from the
Christian church. Next Sunday will be
another great day, and at night we
join in the union meeting at the Chris
tian church.
The Christian Church.
Sunday school and church service at
the usual hours, 10 and 11. The pastor
will speak at a union meeting at this
church at 7:110. U. B Burton, pastor.
Catholic Church.
Services at 10 a. m., Sunday, Feb
ruary 18,
Notice of Final Hearing.
In the Countv Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
In the Matter of the Estate of Joseph
Shcurd, deceased.
Nolice is hereby given that the un
dersigned as administratrix of the
above-entitled estati has tiled her final
nport with the clerk of tho above en
titled court and that the judge thereof
has designated 'Motility, '-March 24,
1818, nt ten o'clock in the forenoon, us
Hit time, nnd the office of the .fudge
iti the' county court house afe.-.Pendlc-ton,
Umntilla Countv, Oregon as the
place, when and where hearing shall
be hud thereon.
All persons interested nre hereby
notified to then nnd there appear and
show cause, if any they have, whv
said report should not be approved,
the administratrix discharged and her
bondsmen exonerated.
Hated this 7th duv of February, 1910,
Lydia Sheard, Administratrix.
23 Years Ago.
From the Press oi Feb 21 1896
Work on the ladies' ball of the East
ern Oregon State Normal School at
Weston will be begun in a short time
and it is expected that the building
will be completed by June i.
The public school of Weston is to be
conducted for the remainder of the
year by the normal school as a training
department.
Peach trees are in bloom in the
Walla Walla valley.
Masquerade balls are now all the go
on the reservation. There have been
several during the past two weeks.
What is to hinder Athena from hav
ing a base Dall team Get in, boys
and organize
Auditor Burroughs issued a marriage
license to Frank Slater and Laura
Fawcett, both of Weston.
A band of Oregon horses, in transit
to Kentucky a few days ago, says the
Hailey Idaho Times, was taken from
the cars at Shoshone and the animals
sold for SO cents apiece.
An Indian being escoited to jail the
other day, fearing that his money
would be taken from him, hit upon the
novel plan of swallowing it.
Mr D A. Richards was observed on
the street this week. Mr. Richards
says you can bank on the approach of
spring when you see him out of winter
quarters.
Athena Hose Company No. 1. elect
ed the following officers at their reg
ular meeting Monday evening: Pres
ident. J, W. Maloney; secretarv, C. A.
Fischer Jr.; Foreman, Chas. Sharp;
assistant foreman. John Foss.
Charley Barrett says the following
recipe is a sure destroyer of squirrels:
Take one bottle of pulverized strych
nine, 4 quarts of flour, one cup of
sugar, one cup of salt. Mix these four
ingredients drv, and place at each
squirrel hole one teaspoonful.
A patron of the public school at
Milton writes to the teacher of his
little daughter, asking that she may
be excused in the future from partici
pating in the morning salute to the
Stars and Stripes, on the grounds that
the little one is simplj a loan from the
Lord, and the exercise is regarded as
being altogether of a too worldly
nature.
When your
home burns
A. Hartford
This- double
or your store or your
factory you get' your
Hartford check promptly.
But insurance never pays
a fire loss.
After a fire you begin to see
how many losses fire insurance
fails to cover. Only after a fire
can you realize tho full value of fr.-c prevention
policy covers both insurance and prevention.
service is of value in proportion as your risk is jjreat. Ask
us f tell you how many ways wo can prevent actual fire
loss, business loss, domestic loss and other losses.
B. B. RICHARDS
INSURANCE
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CusTOpSkND Wholesale Rolled Feed
Office wrf Main St. ATHENA Mill on Current St.
Potted Plants
Cut Flowers, Funeral Designs
We have made arrangements at the Foss Hardware
store to handle our business here. Call and see these
plants, and find at what small cost you can have nice
Rosos, Peonies, Window Boxes and Flower Beds.
We can tell you the different plants that grow best.
parr's rose Gardens
Telephone 4(5 F 15
FREF. WATER, OREGON
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Pendleton Marble & Granite Works I
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T.A. WYLIE, Proprietor
PENDLETON, OREGON. PATRONAGE SOLICITED
Shorty gets a
hunch from
the Captain
"When you get such
real lasting tobacco
satisfaction from a
small chew," says
the Captain, "it
can't cost any more
to chew this class of
tobacco."
Good taste, smaller
chew.longerlifeiswhat
makes Genuine Grave
ly cost less to chew than
ordinary plug.
Write to:
Genuine Gravely
DANVILLE, VA.
jar booklet on chewing pint-
Peyton Brand
REAL CHEWING PLUG
Plug packed in poucfu
i THE
PARKER BARBER SHOP
A. J. Parker, Proprietor
Shaving, Haircutting, Massaging, Shampooing.
Bath Rooms In Connection,
St. Nichols Hotel Block - Athena, Oreg.
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ESTABLISHED 1865
Preston-Shaffer Milling Co.
American Beauty
Flour
Is rr.a Je in Athena, by Athena labor, in one ot the very best
equipped mills in the Northwest, of the best selected Bluestem
wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home industry. Your
grocer sells the famous American Beauty Flour
Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers
Athena, Oregon. Waitsburg, Wash.
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MEATS
That Money Buys
Our Market is
Clean and Cool
Insuring Wholesome Meats.
A. W. LOGSDON
Main Street, Athena, Oregon
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Full powered
"Red Crown" is straight-distilled,
all-refinery gasoline. Look for the
Red Crown sign before you fill.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
IvawpRuaj
We can make deliveries on all styles of
Ford Cars within a few days after your
order is signed. Let us have your order
now, and avoid the Spring rush. There
will be no change in the following prices:
Touring Car, $525.oo
Runabout, -Chassis,.-
-Sedans
- -Ton
Truck,
500.00
475,00
775.00
550.OO
AH f. o. b. Detroit
We also carry" a full line of parts and
accessories at all times. Let us see you.
Burke & Son Garage
Phone 82, Athena, Oregon