Advertising Til I otthena Press circulates in the homes of readers who reside in the heart of the Great Umatilla Wheat B.-lt, and they have money to spend mm Mhtm 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 Entered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mail Matter VOLUME XL. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. APRIL . 1919. NUMBER 14 Athena's reception of the North west Liberty Loan trophy train will thke place at the O.-W. R. & N. sta tion next Tuesday, afternoon, April 8tb, at 3:'0 o'clock It is suggested that the schools be dismissed for the occasion, so that the pupils may have the opportunity of seeing the world war relics which were captured from the Germans and which will be exhib ited here. Also, it is desired to have as many people from the country as possible, come into town for the pur pose of viewing the exhibit. The special train, comprising four cars carrying war trophies and two cars carrying the men in charge, will be in Athena for HO minutes. The train comes from Walla Walla, stop ping at Milton at 1 V :10 and at Weston at liiH p. m. Leaving Athena, it will make a short stop at Adams then pro ceed to Pendleton, thance east over the main line. The trophy train is run under the supervision of the treasury department of the Federal government for the purpose of advertising the Victory Liberty Loan drive beginning April la. This extensive showing of trophies of the great war includes two flat cars laden with heavy field pieces taken from the Germans. A French mos quito tank that was badly damaged by German shell fire and its two occupants killed, is one of the interesting fea tures. The heavy artillery pieces in the ex hibit and the ordnance and parapher nalia of war included in the small ex hibit will be explained to visitors by soldiers who gained their knowledge on the battlefields of France. The French mosquito tank included in the exhibit is shown by C. Clarence i Likens, a Portland man who served with the "Tom Cats" on this type of war machine. In his own experience, the tank in which he and his 'buddie" were serving, became mired in a shell hole in the thick of the fray. The two soldiers removed the machine gun to a vantage near by, from which they used it effectively in cleaning sniper's nests and his mate was killed at that point. WILL ATHENA PLAY THE NATIONAL GAME THIS YEAR Pilot Rock is organized to play in dependent base ball this year on a booked schedule with other towns of the county, and Kernel Wood's town is exhibiting a cocky temper over her prospects for the season. Athena bugs have grouped around Sid Barnes, the elongated, proficient and efficient storekeeper, and dooe ater Littlejohny, the following galaxy of amateur diamond stars: Shick and Dudley, pitchers; McPherrin, catcher; Hall, (formerly with Touchet) urd base: Geo. Lieuallen, 2nd base; John Barnes, fielder ;Tharp and others, some where else. And there you are. Just a cap of pep, sprinkled over the faithful just now, and some one to head the bunch, and you're off I Who will take the lead and sprinkle the pep? Soldier Has War Bride. Fredtieissel of the 116th Engineers, has arrived home from overalls' hav ing been discharged fom the service at Camp Lewis last week. Mr. Geis. sel, who before the war was employe., in the Walters mill at' Penj'eton. is visiting at the home of his mother in Athena this week. He reports that M.osco Froome. also of the llttth, and who has arrived in the United States, has a war bride, whom he wedded in France. From Sid Barnes, anothey member of the 118th. it is learned that the bride is a Belgian, a refugee from her devastated country, vhere her father and brother were killed try the invaders. - 7 I f Vfsits Sister litre. Ihfifefey. wife of Cap- tell known sea captain s a guest of her sister, j, Dudley. Wednesday and Thursdajf this week., Mrs. Seeley also visited her daughter, Mrs. S. D, Peterson, in Milton, and went from here to Pendleton, to visit her sister, Mrs. Will M. Peteison. It is her first visit here in four years. y , The Picture Show. The new pictu.e show for Athena will be opened for patronage just as soon as the equipment can be assem bled, and this will take some time fop the reason that a portion of it will come from the East, there being a shortage on the coast at- tbis time of certain accessories. When in oper ation, good pictures be exhibited, with the beat projective facilities ob tainable. . . OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENEMUNTEREST Principal Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Cur Readers. More than ffi5aWMiHft '$0t ex pected to enroll" for bfjMjkand girls' club work in Oregon tliitfryear. Gearhart Park, near Seaside, is to have a new summer re3ort hotel repre senting an investment of $50,000. . Fire starting in trash piled around the burner resulted In the destruction of-Mhe McKlnley sawmill, near Bend. At a meeting of Heppner lodge No. 358, B. P. O. E., It was definitely de cided to erect a lodge home In Hepp ner. One thousand dollars or more in Jewelry was stolen by burglars from the Madsen Jewelry store at Cottage Grove. A $1,000,000 bond Issue proposed In Linn county for road construction may be voted upon at the special election In June. Such high prices are being offered already by canners and shippers for Btrawberries that It is said there will be very few berries for home con sumption. An effort to secure for The Dalles the Pacific coast manufacturing plant planned by Henry Ford, was launched at a meeting of the board of directors of The Dalles chamber of commerce. Mrs. R. P. Boiso, widow of a former Justice of the Oregon supreme court and member of a widely-known pioneer family, died In Salem at the home of her daughter at the age of 91 years. A Junketing trip through the Pacific northwest as far as Seattle is under contemplation by the Cherrians, a Salem boostors organization, which is now arranging tentative plans for a summer excursion. On Thursday and Friday, at Eugene, will be held a convention of the Na tional Farm Loan associations of this state for the purpose of forming a state association and to discuss mat ters of mutual interest. The 12th annual convention of the Pacific Coast Rescue and Protective society embracing Oregon, Washing ton, Idaho and California, was held in Portland Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. Surveyors are engaged in locating the new highway between Pendleton aih Echo. The road will be changed wf follow the Umatilla river and will be a part of the Columbia river high way through the county. Eugene and Lane county will bear one-half of the expense of maintain ing the federal labor bureau in Eu gene until, such a time as congress provides for the maintenance of the service throughout the country. No battleships, cruisers or sub marines are available for the Rose Festival at Portland in June, accord ing to a communication forwarded by Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roose velt, to Representative McArthur. Announcement of the award of a $276,000 contract to Fordham & Mc Laughlin, of La Pine, for the comple tion of the Morson irrigation project, between La Pine and Crescent, and embracing 27,500 acres, was made. Governor Olcott has reappointed as members of the state board of health Dr. F. M. Brooks of Portland and Dr. Andrew C. S.tith of Portland. He also lias appointed Dr. W. B. Morse of Salem to succeed Dr. A. C. Seeley of Roseburg. The public service commission was not able to issue its order in the Pa cific Telephone rate case by April 1, as it had expected, but an effort will be made to get the order out before April 20. The case is one of the most voluminous ever heard by the public service commission. The big job of charting the unsur veyed marsh lands of the lower Klam ath lake, which has been going on for the past three months under the di rection of Fred Mench, United States cadastral engineer from Portland, has been completed so far as can be done at the present time. Consumers of gas and electricity must pay an increased rate for these commodities in the towns of Rose burg, Grants Pass, Medford, Ashland, Talent and Phoenix. The public serv ice commission entered an order grant ing to the Oregon Oas k Electric com pany authority to Increase Its rates, the order being effective April 1. The referendum can not be invoked by the people of Oregon on the joint resolution adopted by the last legis lature ratifying the national prohibi- STILL BURNING JACK, LITTLE SON OF F. J. HARRIS, DIES SUDDENLY Jack, the little tour-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Harris, died Sunday night at the home of Mr and Mrs. D. Scott Fisher, where the pa rents are residing. While the little one had been in delicate health from his birth, and had not fully recovered from the effects of a recent attack of measles, the end came almost wholly without warning, except that the child became ill earlier in the day. Doctors Sharp and Hart worked heroically, to save the little one's life, but without avail. Mr. Harris, who is manager of the Athena Drug company, brought his fartiiiy to Athena only a short time ago, and their newly made friends and acquaintances sympathize deeply with tnem in their bereavement. Little Jack was a peculiarly lovable and pre cocious child, and made every one his friend. The remains were taken to Wilbur, Wash., on Monday morning's train for interment, where the funeral was held Wednesday, Wilbur being the child's birth placj. Jack Wilson Harris was born December 31, 1014, and died March 2U, 1918, aged four years, two months and 29 days. O; E. S. Visited By Official. Wednesday evening was a notable event in the affairs of McKenzie Chap ter, No. 112. Order of Eastern Star, when the Chapter was visited by Mrs. F. W. Settlemier of Portland, Grand Worthy Matron of the Order in Ore gon. Masonic Hall was tastefully decorated in daffodils and apricot blossoms, and a large number of mem- i bers were present to welcome the official. Two candidates received the degrees by initiation. Refreshments were served by the committee, consist ing of Mrs. M. L. Watts, Mrs. B. B. Richards and Mrs. Henry Dell. tion amendment to the federal consti tution. Attorney General Brown took this position in an opinion to Secre tary of State Olcott. Referendum petitions had been filed with the sec retary of state to be referred to the attorney general for a ballot title. The attorney general declined to prepare the ballot title. He pointed out that under the laws of Oregon a referen dum can apply only to the lawmaking power of the legislature, and that bills or acts may be referred, but not reso lution a. Governor Olcott has requested Mrs. R. J. Hendricks of Salem, president of the Oregon chapter of the American War Mothers' association, and Will Moore of Portland, president of the Oregon chapter of the Association of Fathers of Soldiers and Sailors, to appoint committees to decide upon a memorial in honor of the 116th en gineers, which was made up of men from Oregon, Idaho and North Dakota. The memorial will be placed at the state capltol. Governor Olcott has announced ap pointment of the members of the Oregon- state land settlement commission, which was created by an act passed by the recent legislature. As the act carried an emergency clause it is now in effect and the appointments be come effective Immediately. Mem bers of the new commission are as follows: Emery Olmstead, Portland; Robert N. Stanfield, Stanfield; Whit ney L. Boise, Portland; G, H. Baker, Bend; Charles Hall, Marshfield. Work will start on the Mount Hood loop as quickly as possible and the project will be completed in two years within the forest reserve. This was : one of the various matters determined ! at a ff,nfrp.ncp hetween the HtAtp highway commission and Dr. L. I. Hewes and George H. Cecil, represent ing the federal government. There are S7.2 miles within the forest and the road will be 16 feet wide, of dirt, and cost $514,000. This cost will be divided equally between the government and the state. The state lime board, fn session at Gold Hill, ordered the official In charge of the state lime plant to re sume operations at once with convict labor. A crew of ten men will be employ )'. The fitput is to be 30 tons a iy. Th- ' infilled orders for Immed i del' amount to 1000 tons t . t' ite the orders are comln da, j y may amount to anotli ,00 tins before the spring season closes. All orders for th present will be filled at $1.75 per ton f. o. b. at Gold Hill, pending -an ad justment between the cost of free and convict labor. WATTS & ROGERS BUYING BARRETT IMPLEMENT STOCK jThe firm of Watts & Rogers, hard 1 Y'are ard implement dealers of Weston Ire negotiating this week with H. A. larrett for the purchase of the C, A. Barrett & Co. stuck of farm imple ments. An inventory of the sto.:k has been taken and the deal, involving a transfer of land, has been practically closed, consummation being held sub ject to verification of title to the land. The land involved is the 1200 acre ranch on Pine creek, forrrerly owned by Frank Beale, which adjoins a large body of land owned by Mr. Barrett, and which he secures by releasing the implement stuck to Messrs. Watts & Rogers. Mr. Barrett's outside interests de mand his personal attention to the ex tent that he has foind it'necessary to relinquish his connection with an en terprise with which he has been iden tified from boyhood. Pythians Bestow Jewels. Pythian Ledge No. 29. Knights of Pythias, held a most interesting ses sion last evening when in the presence of members of the lodge and visiting members of the order from Pendleton. Walla Walla and Weston. Charles P. Strain of Pendleton, in an eloquent address, presented T. D. Taylor, H. P. Millen and A. R. Booher with veteran jewels. Initiatory work in two ranks was participated in by visiting mem bers, air the close of which refresh ments were served. Ladies Visit Weston A group Athena ladies, members of the local Eastern Star Chapter, visited Crescent Chapter of Weston, last eve ning, where they enjoyed the work of the neighboring chapter under the di rection of the Worthy Grand Matron. Those going over were: Mrs. R. B. McEwen. Mrs. A. B. Steele, Mrs. F. B. Boyd, Mrs. W. S. Ferguson, Mrs. Wm. Rice and Miss Grant. The Wes ton ladies most graciously entertained, and Mrs. C. II. Marsh and MisB Lorene Parker, of Pendleton, were also their guests. Work for Red Cross. The following ladies comprise the roll of honor for Wednesday afternoon at the Red Cross rooms: Mrs. W. K. Wall, Mrs. D. H. Sanders, Mrs. W. R. Taylor, Mrs. A. R. Thompson and Mrs. E. A. Dudley. An urgent call comes from headquarters at Pendleton, to members to assist in the completion of 1500 garments by the 1st of June, tf is task being set for Umatilla Chap ter. It is promised that after tbis consignment is finished, the work for the summer will be over. But it will eguire the united effort of all faithful workers to arcomplish the task, and Athena members ure urged to be at the working rooms each Wednesday afternoon, until June 1st. Well Driller Here. R.'A. West has arrived in the city this week with his well drilling ma chine and haB it in operation on the Cass Cannon premises on south Third street. On completion of this well, Mr. West will move the machine to J. A. Kirk's home just south of Mr. Cannon's and drill a well there. Mr. WeBt is after a vein of pood, cold water and expects to find it at a depth of 85 feet. EPWORTH LEAGUE Following along the lines of the Methodist centenary world program conference recently in Spokane, there will be held Monday, April 7, at the Pioneer Methodist Episcopal church in Walla Walla a district mobilization rally of the Epworth League. There will be delegates from every league chapter in the Walla Walla district and it is expected many delegates from outside points will make the trip to Walla Walla for the conference. The league conference plans to begin to mobilize the 13,000 members of the Epworth League in the northwest behind the great spiritual and financial campaign of the Methodist centenary. Among the speakers at the Walla Walla conference will be J. Edgar Purdy, Epworth League secretary, Portland area; Dr. T. W. Lane, Walla Walla; Dr. H. R. Schuett, Tacoma and Dr. H. O. Perry, Moscow, Idaho. Mr. Carl Bell will be toaattnajater. Sessions will last both afternWn and night, beginning at 4:00 p. m. Trophy Shoot Score. The second event of the trophy'shoot of. the Athena Gun Club which took place at the traps last Sunday, is re corded as follows: v Division A Shot Hit Dean Dudley - 25 14 W. W. MoPherson - - 2B 28 F. S. LeGrow - - 31 36.2 M.L. Watts - - 95 U Division B M. W. Hansell - - 25 21 0. O. Stephens - 26 18 Guy Cronk ... 35 28.3 W. C. Miller - 38 25 Division C R. T. Cannon - - 25 21 E. A. Zerba - - 35 30 A. A. Foss - 26 11 C. A. Sigmon - 29 13 Division D' John Barnes 25 1A Z. E. Lockwood 39 8 W. P. Littlejohn - 88 25 Henry Dell - - - W OSr W. P. Willaby came up from Port -land Tuesday on a short business trip. He will visit st the home of his daugh ter, Mrs. Fred Kershaw, in Waits burg, befure returning home. ' Chain ' ' Usco 1 A Good Tire Year You have doubtless noticed the growing preponderance!. United Statec Tires. FA-ery one is asking for tires of known value and proved dependability. And that is precisely what United States' Tires represent in the minds of motorists here and everywhere. The idea back of United tatcc Tireo to build good tires the best tires that can be built, ic appealing to rapidly Crowing numbers. We can provide you with United State3 Tires to meet and tfceet exactly ycjur indi vidual needs. United States Tires are Good Tires