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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1919)
i onteel TO expect to pay a high price for talc perfumed with an odor that cost thousands of dollars to produce would be natural. But to be able to obtain such a superb perfume at a love price is a delightful surprise. This surprise awaits you in the Talc perfumed with Jonteel the New Odor of Twenty six Flowers. talcum week l&e season for Talcum Powder is here and we have made the week of April 13th -19th Talcum Week at our Store. During this week in way of introduction to J the excellent articles we have added to our Toilet Goods Department, we are offering an assort ment of six distinct odors in Talcum at 23c a pkg. The fexaM Store ATHENA DRUG COMPANY PHONE 331 Ii will pay you to watch our Windows MAKE S0L0IEP FEEL HE IS AS 6030 AS EVER Men disabled In the service who nre returning from the front and who llnd It hurd at Hist to see their way to ward earning a livelihood are n spec rial problem for the Tied Cross. Un der the Smith-Sears law a fund Is ap propriated to ro-eduoute every dis abled man who will take the opportu nity to make a living. It is felt that sueh men arc likely to he weakened in their resolution to keep their self respect and llnd real work by the mis taken charity of hero worshipper, who will forget them once the first (lush of war enthusiasm Is over. Here the sup port of the disabled man's family must be enlisted, for In the last analysis It Is the man's family Who will be the do tennlnlng Influence In Ids rehabilita tion. The relatives must be braced to meet the situation to make of them selves for the man a bulwark against discouragement and weakness. THE KITCHEN CABINET Plucky. Soldiers as a rule are plucky fellows when wounded. This story is told of one : . He came In on a stretcher face all bruised and swollen, eyes protrud ing, all lull of mud and bits of stone. There wasn't an Inch of his body with out Its own bruise or cut. He'd been standing in 0 muddy place and a big olnis had plumped into the ground just In front of him, and then, from a couple of feet down, had gone ulT and up. As he opened his eyes the doctor said to him: "You must have had a pretty rough passage." He replied. "Nuthlng In It, sir nuthing in it. I'll he all right after I ve had a shave." RABBIT SKIN FOR LEATHER LIBERIA 13 REACHING OUT Possibility That Tanning Process Hao Been Discovered That Will Solve Big Problem. At present In Annonny, France, nn earpest effort Is being made to Intro duce rabbit skin leather In shoe mak ing. Annonay Is In the valley of the Ithone, just south of Lyons. It was there, about 75 years ago, that a chem ist devised n tanning process In which the hnlr was removed from the pelt of a rabbit without damage to the skin. Previously no one had been able to remove the hnlr without Injuring the pelt. The chemist had his process tried out for a short time, but It did not prove to he u commercial success and the rnbblt-skln shoe came to be only n memory. Less than ten years ago some Germans got hold of the old chemist's formula and began to manu facture rnbbit leather. At one of the Industrial expositions In Oermuny In 11)0!) there wns a display of 250 styles of shoes made of rabbit skins. The exhibition won first prize In the department of footwear. Now the French have taken up the work of the Old chemist of Annonay and are mnaafacturlng shoes out of rabbit pelts. f As the price of butter flUCtUatej the flapjack tremble! between hope and panic, In addition to being "mistress of the seas," Kuglund now claims mustery of the nltv Tribes of That Country, It Is Said, Are Accepting the Teachings of the Missionaries. Plenyono Qbe Wolo, a I. Iberian of the Kru tribe, who graduated from Co lumbia university, says: There aever has been u sclentifli census of Liberia, but the population Is estimated at from 2,000.0011 to 8,01X1,' 00U, and not more than 15.000 are Ainerlco-Llberlans. the descendants ol liberated slaves. The remainder he- long to tribes ivblcli speak four differ ent languages and oiler only nominal submission to the government. The Krus elect their kings by the selection of the must available man of the royal house. In the Jarroway tribe the king Is an uhsolutu monarch for the reign of six years, and Is then put to death. Other tribes also follow different cus toms. '.lit tribes do uot acknowledge the government of Monrovia, because they feel that It dues not protect them. Ily treaty the United Slates governmeul Is required to help the Amerlco-Llbe rlans against tho tribes, and In 11)12 llils country helped put down a rebel lion of (the Krus. The constitution of Liberia lias a literacy test, which lias heretofore ex cluded most of the natives from vot ing, as the central government is un able to undertake their education. The Glrbas are being taught by Lpiscopnl missionaries, und the Fulingos, who are Mohammedans, are also gaining the franchise. The Krus are very am bitious and are also catching up. There are more than 50 Llberlaus of tile na tive tribes studying In the United States. Their Tendency. "Tailors ought to be the most eager of men to go to law." "Why so?" "Because they are always ready to press a still." Among other things to remember In estimating war gains Is this: America got out of the war with the minimum of damage and the maximum of glory and International good will. Catarrh Cannot Be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a local disease, greatly In fluenced by constitutional conditions, and in order to cure it you must lake an Internal remady Hall's Catarrh Medi cine is taken Internally and acts thru the blood on the mucous surfaces of the system. Hall's Cutarrh Medicine was prescribed by one of the best physicians in tills country for years. It is coin posed of some of the best tonics known, combined with some of the best blood purifiers. The perfect combination of the Ingredients In Hall's Catarrh Medi cine is what produces such wonderful results In catarrhal conditions. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O. All Druggists, 7iic. Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Notice of Final Account. In the County Court for Umatilla County, Oregon. In the Matter of the Estate of Cath erine A. Zerba, Deceased: Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned has filed his final account and report in the above entitled matter and that the above entitled Court has fixed Saturday, May 10. at thu hour of 10 o'clock a. m., of said day as the time, and the County Court room in the Court house at Pendleton, Oregon, as the place for hearing said account and report. Objections to said final account and report should be filed on or before said date. Ernest A. Zerba, Administrator. EASTER Just one more week before Easter, the day of all days when vou will want to look your best. This day" means so much to humanity that we all want new clothes to wear, so that we may feel in harmony with all that Easter Day means. Dolman Coats In Navy Serge and Crystal Cloth, in the newest and best styles, 37.50 and 41.00. Tan, Brown and Blue Coats, priced from 19.75 to 32.50. We now have a line of Children's and Misses Coats in Rose, Green, Tan and novelty patterns, at 4.98 to 16.50. Ladies' Dresses These beautiful Spring days are just the time to have one of our new silk dresses. New styles, new colors, new patterns. This has been a record year fo r us in Ladies' Suits, and we have at present a very complete line in Navy Serge, Tan Gabardine suits at 19.75 to 37.50. Loving words will cost but little Journeying up the hill of life. But they make the meek and weary Stronger, braver, for the strife. A FEW CAKES WITH FEW EGGS. "Eggs Is eggs" these days and in spite of their high food value, nre too expensive for free use it CO to 70 cents a dozen. A cake which uses no eggs or the minimum number Is the popular one. Here Is one that is good : Eggless, Butterless, Milk less Cake. Take one cupful each of sugar and water, one-half cupful ol shortening, two cupfuls of chopped fruit, n mixture of raisins, currants and citron, one teaspoonful of cloves, one-eighth of a grated nutmeg and a half teaspoonful of salt; boll all to gether three minutes, then odd one cupful of molasses, one tenspoonful of soda dissolved In n tablespoonful of water and two cupfuls of flour sifted wllb half a teaspoonful of baking pow der. Bake In a dripping pan about one hour. Marble Cake. White part take three tahlespnnnfuls of shortening. one-hnlf cupful of sugar, one-third of a cupful of milk, one-half teaspoonful of lemon extract, one cupful of flour and two tenspoonfuls of baking pow der, fold In the white of an egg, heat en stiff. Dark port The same amount of su gar, fat. milk und flour with bailing powder, the yolk of the egg and cloves, allspice and cinnamon added. The whole cake may be made at one mix ing, taking nut a part to add the spices and raisins If desired. Put together In spoonfuls of each without mixing. Bake three-quarters of an hour In a moderate oven. Raisin Cup Cakes. Cream one-third of a cupful of shortening, add one cup ful of sugar, one egg, one-half cupful of milk, one and one-half cupfuls of flour, three tenspoonfuls of baking powder, one-half teaspoonful of va nilla, and one cupful of seeded raisins. Mix as usual and make In Individual tins. Orange Drop Cakes. Cream three tablespoonfuls of shortening with one cupful of sugar, add two-thirds of n cupful of milk, one egg and two cup fuls of (lour sifted with two tenspoon fuls of linking powder; add salt and orange extract with the grated orange. Bake In small tins. Cover with icing made of confectioner's sugar, a little grated rind and juice of the orange. RED CROSS WOMEN CITED FOR BRAVERY SUGAR SHOWED OUR BACKBONE The fact that the people of the United States were able to reduce by more than one-half million tons their July, August, September and October consumption of sugar proves conclu sively that their war conscience wns thoroughly awakened and that the country as a whole stood ready to fol low the Injunctions of the Government. Our normal consumption of sugar In the four-month period beginning with July has been 400,000 tons per month, a total of 1.G00.000 for the quarter year. In July, when our sugar stringency began to reach Its height, consumption was reduced to liC.0,000 tons. In Au gust only 325,000 tons went Into dis tribution and In September only 270, 000 tons. In October the distribution fell to 230,000 tons. If the general public had failed to observe the injunctions of the Food Administration this country would have been in the throes of a sugar fnmlne before the end of August. Our visible supplies were so low as to bring great anxiety to those familiar with the sugar situation. They feared that It would be absolutely Impossible to reduce consumption to a point where sugar would no longer be a mere lux ury In the American die Kew accomplishments of the Food Administration will stand forth so pre dominantly as this reduced consump tion of sugar. By It we have been able to bridge over the period of stringency until the new beet and Louisiana cane sugar crops were In sight Now the nation Is in a position so that If we choose we may return to our normal home use of sugar, and Europe, with the release of ships to go far afield, can maintain Its recent re stricted rations. If, however, those nations nre to Increase their use of sugar very considerably It must be by our continued sharing with them through limiting our own consump tion. TESTING SUPPLY OF WATER m American women t.t Enernav. south of llhelnis, have been cited in nn order of th day for remaining at their post In an American Ited Cross canteen tin der bombardment for six days Throughout this buttle they continued to feed and cure for wounded. SMILES AND TEARS GET MIXED. Two little stories came to the Bed Cross headquarters from over the seas n snort time ago. One was a story of iravery that brought the tears, and one a tale of tear that brought smiles. The first story was of a soldier who asked for a light. He was In bed, and a cigarette was between Ills lips, plac ed there by the nurse after she had finished, spreading his blanket up smoothly. At his question, she turned anil gave him a box of matches and hurried on, then remembered that the nrms beneath the blankets were with out bands. Nurses have to be without tears, but there were tears In her eyes as she turned to strike the mutch and light the cigarette for biiu. Quit that," lie said, "they were good mits, and they helped get three or four Germans before I lost them, but they ain't worth crying about, so there!" And the tents story that brought smiles? Well, that was the story of a big, husky, colored man, who sat read ing, ami the Red Cross worker nt the canteen snw that he had ears running down his cheeks. She wns curlouji lo know what he might be reading anil wns astonished when she looked over bis shoulder to see that It was the canteen cook hook. lie smiled through his tears as he saw that she was watching, and said, sheepishly, "You sure must excuse me. ma'ntn, but this here book done make me blnined homesick. I'm 'shamed to make u baby outen mnhse'f, Ut this makes me think o' home." Peculiar Odors, Those of Earthy, or Other Characters, Sometimes De veloped by Heat. (Prepared by United States Department of Agriculture.) There are few tests for contamina tion that the farmer can make, accord ing to Farmers' Bulletin 941, "Water Systems for Farm Homes." Peculiar odors, those of earthy, musty, vegeta ble, sulphurous, fishy or fecal charac ter, sometimes are developed by shak ing or by heat. Water may be tinted green by vegetation or other shades by wash from clays. Brown and yellow tints nre Indicative of organic impur ity and should be regarded with sus picion. Organic matter is indicated sometimes by the following simple test: Add a very little clean, white, granulated sugar to a half-pint of thii water in a clear, stoppered bottle, and allow it to stand In a warm room for n few days or a week. Gradually in creasing turbidity, a smoky clouding, is evidence of impurity. Organic mat ter in water may be indicated also by heating any deposited sediment in a small porcelain dish over nn alcohol flame and noting if the deposit chars and blackens. No Lazy Man's Place. If you saw the bird of paradise, nnd then listened to some folk talk vnn mnv be under the impression Hawaii Is a land where Americans go nnd Just naturally forget to work, He down beneath a shndy, spreany tree nnd listen to the thrum of the Hawaiian guitars until they're lulled Into a sleep from which they seldom nre aroused. "That stuff." said S. S. Pavson of Honolulu, "Is all right, but It's for story books and comic operas. I went to Honolulu 13 years ago from Philadelphia, be came president of the Ilotnry club, a member of the legislature and head of the largest automobile concern In Honolulu. When I came back to the United Stares I don't find any of my old companions are staying up any later at night than I do or travel any faster than 1 do. Don't let any one put that "go-to-sleep-and-never-wnke-tip" Idea Into your head. Hawaii is not a tuzy man's country, by any means." Early Varieties of Seed Spuds EARLY ROSE IRISH COBBLER IDAHO RURAL EARIEST OF ALL EARLY OHIO fVSeeds and OnLn Sets The Economy Cash Grocery Phone 561 and your Orders will be filled. Quality Always Service First HtlMHIf IIMIM "Howdy!" The Stream of Prisoners. Robert V. Chnmbers was rending at the Century club about the capture of Lille when a pacifist Interrupted Itlui. "We don't w ant to destroy Get many utterly, you know," the pnclftst said. "We'll have peace soon and then all this bitterness will be forgotten. I've Just been reading nn Interview with the German crown prince. He seems n pleasant-spoken chap. Kxpeets to come over here to shoot grizzlies ti ter It's all over. Say's he's got a lot of friends In the countries of thenl- lles." "He has, too," said Mr. Chtitnh with a grim smile. "Why, his frleJhds are pouring In on us now at the ate of about 40,000 a week." Good Reason for Leaving. "Hove you had any experience In lewspnper work?" said the editor of a large paper to an agitated little man who had applied for a Job. "I should Just think so. 1 wns editor of tMa Muddlesbury Kail until yester day." "And what made you leave the pa-pert'-. I "Well, It wns like this: The chief of police down our way wns supposed to oe a dangerous man with a revolver, nnd so I tried to keep the right side of him. I wrote a paragraph about him. and said he was Muddlesbury's greatest asset The Intelligent com positor, of course, left out the 'ef In 'asset,' and that Is how It got Into the paper." Hew Do You Do? The cTWan Who is Afraid of His Own Judgment is to Be Pitied. Did you evre do a deal and then step off to one side to look yourself and the deal over to see whether you got the best of the other fellow or he got the best of you? Why do people smile when you remark: "The Deal is made, and each of us made a quarter," You are incredulous; because it is so universally the intent and purpose of human nature to "do the other fellow." If we practice and mutually prefer to deal in such manner that each party to the deal is bettered by the transaction, the atmosphere would be more healthy and agreeable and there would be less use Ar lawyers. An, I there would be neither surprise nor hAor in the remarl. quoted aJjve. We hereby bow and tender, our hands in acknowledge ment of your many'kASd greetings. We are frank to say we have, always felt at home in your midst; but to be so kindly received by you is certainly pleasing and encouraging to us. c In our deal just consummated with your fellow towns man. Henry Barrett, we have learned to know-him better and we have not been disappointed in our pre vious respect and good opinion of him. We each can say we feel and believe we have bettered our respect ive conditions and we come a little closer among you people of this vicinity, hoping to prove" ourselves worthy of your kind welcome and friendly greetings. From "Just Over the Hill" IHMIIIIM tHIMIIIHM One of the scientists of the Univer sity of Saskatchewan, who has been experimenting for some time with the manufacture of gas from wheot straw, has been able, by a gas bag attach ment of 300 cubic feet capacity, to run his motorcar with perfectly satisfac tory result. It Is i itlmtited, says the Saskatchewan Herald, that a ton of straw will generate 11.000 to 12.000 cubjc feet of gas and that 300 cubic feet of gas Is equal to a gallon of gasoline, so that with this hitherto waste product on his hands the farmer will be able to run bis car. The first Mooai Bank of Atnena Capital and 'Surplus, $100,000