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Advertising The rAthena Press circulates in the homes of readers who reside in the heart of the Great Umatilla Wheat Belt, 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 Entered at the Post Office at Athena. Oregon, as Second-Class Mail Matter VOLUME XL. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. APRIL 25, 1819. NUMBER 17 s AT With a splendid preliminary pro grsm. Lieutenant Frederick Steiwer and CBptain Roy W. Ritner delivered stirring addresses at the well filled auditorium Saturday evening B. It. Burton officiated as chairman in his usual pleasing way, announcing the program numbers and introducing tbe speakers. The program opened with, the audience, led by Mr. George Sutton, singing the National anthem. Mr. and Mrs. Sutton again sang for Athena, by request, their popular duet, "The Long Long Trail," and to vocif erous applause, responded with the chorus. They were accompanied at the piano by Miss Hazel Burton. Mr. and Mrs. Sutton came from Pendleton at the express invitation of the com mittee, as did Mrs. Ethel G. Scott from Walla Walla, to appear in the program, and the committee feels very appreciative and thankful to the sing ers for the splendid assistance rendered in making the occasion a most enjoy able one. To Miss Sherman and other teachers in the school, is extended ap preciation lo: the decorations of potted plants and cut flowers. Mrs. Scott probably never appeared to better advantage before an Athena audience, than she did on this occasion. Her singing, always of tbe very high est order, is looked forward (o with delightful anticipation, and she never disappoints. She sang "The Meadow Lark" with great effect, the song giv ing full range to her superb voice, and delighted her audience by responding to an enthusiastic encore, with the song, "Dear Little Boy of Mine." Miss Zola Keen accompanied, with brilliant performance at the piano. Lieutenant Steiwer, well known here where he is popular with a host of admiring friends, was the first speaker. He. as also did Captain Rit ner, gave Athena a glowing tribute for its war work activities, and both recognizing tbe splendid spirit prevail ing here in that respect, said little in behalf of the Victory loan drive, but held their addresses along the line of personal impressions gained by active service in France. Lieut. Steiwer related some thrilling incidents which came under his obser vation while serving as a lieutenant of artillery. Captain Ritner. who was in the Red Cross service, gave his audi ence much information regarding that branch of the war work. The presentation of testimonials to returned service met. on behalf of the City of Athena, did not take place as announced, but was deferred until, in dividually, each soldier and naval man appears at the Library and registers, at which time he will be given the tes timonial. The change was made for the reason that correct data as to com pany, battalion, battery, regiment;, ship and division of each may be ob tained for record. However, a glow ing tribute was paid these returned men whose names were read from the rostrum, by Mr. Burton, who requested that all apply to the local library to re ceive their well deserved testimonials. IS. N. L ACKLES DIES IN PORTLAND OF INFLUENZA News was received here Wednesday, through a letter written to Mrs. Frank Berlin by Mrs. G. C. Osburn of Port land, of the death of Mrs. Neri L. Ackles, which occurred on Tuesday. April 21, at her home, No. lOal. East 24 th street, Portland at & o'clock a. m. Heath was caused from pneumonia, fol lowing the influenza, Mrs. Ackles was ill less, tkan a week! and no apprehen sion, s 'elt as to her condition until th(fe nW,'-revious.to her death. . Alfcl Askles was the eldest daugh ter of T. J. and Ann Kirk, found of , Aj,bena, and was 54 years oC, .'he Tetter states that fun .ral arra :ements bad not been mpde. owing to tht crit ical illness of her daup.'iter Ruth, whose husband and Mr. (Ackles also had the influenza. Tne (JeughteVwSs ill with pneumonia, with aeute kidney trouble, but her husband and father were not considered in danger at that j time , ' Big K: of P. Gathering. TheJKnight's of Tythia3 held forth in Pendlelo.i Saturday night, the occa sion being the District Convention, the first tc be held since the war started. From Athena a number of Knights went down and all were unanimous in declaring that tbe convention was one o tn .st successful ever held in the diet .. G. Lucas, district deputy gr i chancellor, presided and Frank 8. Jrant of Portland, past grand chancellor, was tbe principal speaker. Among those who received the third rank of the order wan Otha Reedei. a ndidate i.-cm Athena. A cafeteria ...inner was served at leven p. m. and further refreshments at midnight. Fastener's Jazz orchestra of Pendle ton gave a social dance at the opera house Saturday evening. OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST me quarterly meeting or me Ore gon State Nurses' association was held in Portland April 23. Chinook fishing opened on Rogue river April IB. The season is said to have opened with a fair catch. The first semi-annual La Grande sale of the Northwestern Shorthorn Breed ers' association will be held on May 1. The fifth annual conference of the Marine Engineers' Beneficial associa tion for the Pacific coast and Hawaii was held at Astoria. Efforts are being made at McMlnn vllle toward the formation of company A of the national guard, to take the place of McMinnville's home troop of pre-war days. Salem will be the first city In Ore gon over the top In the Victory liberty loan drive. The Salem banks have agreed to take the full quota of $820, 150 allotted the city. Another big meeting of the farmers of Polk county has been called by the Farmers' union to take place at the Artisan hall at Rlckreall on the even ing of Friday, April 26. A vigorous campaign for cleaning up Klamath Falls and making the sani tary conditions of the city what they ought to be has been launched by City Health Officer Soule and Mayor Stru ble. Spanish Influenza has struck Pilot Rock and vicinity for the second time. Although the present visitation Is light the number of cases reached nearly 200. Schools were closed for two weeks more. The position of state highway bridge engineer has been accepted by C. B. McCullough, head of the civil engi neering department of Oregon Agri cultural college. He will take up his work immediately. The first contract In connection with the erection of the Standard Oil com pany's big distributing plant at As toria has been awarded to the Port land Bridge & Building company. The cost is estimated at $50,000. The labor situation in Bend Is bet ter than in any other city in the state, according to Frank E. Manning, as sistant director of civilian relief for the American Red Cross, after an in vestigation of conditions there. The first meeting of the state emer gency board for the present biennium may be called In about two months to provide money for Indemnity claims against the state for the slaughter of cattle that Ijave responded to the tu berculin test. If the Pacific Telephone and Tele graph company wins In its attempt to Increase its telephone rates, the Salem city council will put the municipal tel ephone question up to the people of Salem through the medium of a spe cial bond election. Petitions bearing the signatures of many taxpayers have been presented to the county court asking for sub mission at a special election of the question of issuing $360,000 bonds for the construction of permanent roads In Yamhill county. Better prices for ties and a system of purchasing that will be fairer to the manufacturers are promised by former Governor West in a telegram received from him by O. H. Ball, sec retary of the Western Oregon Tie and Lumber association. For the first time In many months there were no fatal accidents reported to the Iwdustrial Accident commission during the past week, according to the weekly accident report. There were 516 accidents reported from througheut "e state. H. E. Momyer, assistant superin tendent of Crater Lake park, reports nine feet of snow at the lake. There was twice this amount at this time last year, he says, and from present indications the park will be open to auto travel about July 1. Despite the fact thut the United States railroad administration recent ly ordered a decrease of 10 cents a ton for freightage of roadbuildtng ma terials, tbe Oregt'n public service com mission will make every effort to pro sure a still lower reduction. The executive committee of the Kla math Cattle and Horsemen's associa tion met with that of the Klamath County Wool Growers' association Sat urday for a conference regarding the range difficulties and to work toward an adjustment of these matters. Governor Olcolt has posted a re ward of $100 for the apprehension of Albert C. White, parole violator, who has evaded the officers for the past eight or nine months. A. G. Beals of Tillamook, prominent business man and former member of the legislature. A SAFE BRIDGE tias reportea to tne executive officers that he fears White will attempt to kidnap two of his children, adopted by Mr. Beals several years ago, and he also fears that White may endeavor to kidnap Beals or do him great bodily injury. By floating more than $1,000,000 of bonds the farmers of Malheur county are reclaiming 30,000 acres under the Warm Springs irrigation system. This Is the only project now under con struction In the northwest and will provide farms for at least 400 new families. The citizens of Forest Grove have organized a Soldiers' Memorial asso ciation for the purpose of raising funds to build some structure, the nature of which will be decided upon later, as a testimonial In memory of the work of the soldiers and sailors during the great war. Eugene will have a cleanup week from April 28 to May 3, inclusive, dur ing which time the city dump wagons and teams will be at the disposal of the citizens free of charge for the re i moval of all rubbish that has accumu I lated during the past year or since the last annual cleanup. The old carpet In the hall of the house of representatives at Salem, which has been worn almost to shreds by the legislative shoe soles of the last 30 years, Is at last to be removed and a new carpet laid. Under a reso lution of the last legislature Secretary of State Olcott, as custodian of the building, has placed the order. Two hundred and fifteen miles of road work soon will be under way In eastern Oregon. Some of this work is grading, some graveling and some hard-surfacing. In a general way, thiB mileage will be applied on the Colum bia river highway and the John Day highway, although parts of the 216 miles are not on either of those routes. Superintendent Walter O. West of the Klamath Indian agencjf has re ceived offers for the sale of 5975 head of cattle, desired for the Indians of the Klamath reservation. These cattle will be purchased out of the $400,000 appropriation made for these Indians for the purchase of livestock, farming Implements and equipment, new homes, and like purposes. Japanese lessees of 66 aires of fer tile land, near!' Bonboro, In Hood River county, planned to strawberries, bid fair to beconiie rich this season. The berries, planned on land leased from the Boneborlo and Cascade Orchards company, arje 3 years old this year and should bear' their heaviest crop. The tract is perrkaps the largest single area if. strawberries in tne nortnwest. Cancellation of contracts for ties hy several western railroad systems is forcing many tie mills In the Willam ette and Lewis valley tb shut down, according to report of O. H. Ball of the Western Oregon Tie & Lumber association. Forty mills already are Idle, Mr. Ball says, and unless condi tions improve at once 40 to 50 more will be obliged to suspend operationo. If Governor Olcott should resign as secretary of state, he would relinquish his right to serve as governor and would hold neither office, according to the legal contention of Frank S. Grant, former city attorney of Port land, who filed an amicus curiae brief in the supreme court relative to the mandamus proceedings recently Insti tuted by Governor Olcott to determine his rights and duties as governor. The Increasing demand for logan berry juice as a beverage and the high price paid for loganberries by manu facturing concerns of the Pacific coast are arousing interest in the possibili ties of loganberry culture In the North Bend section. Experiments made in loganberry culture there have demon strated that the yield is more prolific and the berries are superior in juice producing properties, than in other well-known loganberry sections of the coast. According to figures just compiled by A. C. Petersen, manager of the northwest properties of the California Packing corporation, with headquar ters in Dallas, the Dallas piant pro cessed and packed during the season just closed a total of 9,757,789 pounds of prunes. Most of the prunes packed were grown In the vicinity of Dallas and represented the largeBt crop of prunes ever harvested In Polk county. Prospects are good for a still larger crop of prunes this year. That the Indians of the Klamath reservation will oppose the construc tion of the proposed Link river dam by the California-Oregon Power com pany, on the ground that it threatens the overflow and will prevent drain age of many of the lands around Mo doc Point and Wood river valley, on which irrigation and drainage assess ments have already been made, Is the report of Secretary Clayton Kirk, of the Klamath Reservation Council, fol lowing a meeting at the Klamath agency. I The reaxon why European govern ments try so hard to force their colo nies upon each other Is explained by Lloyd George, who Bays It's because colonies cost so much more than they are worth. PAY YOUR DEBTS On New Year's eve the cost of the war to the United States stood at $22, 000,000,000. Practically all of this money had been raised by taxation and by the Liberty loans. The entire amount which had come Into the Treasury up to that time for war pur poses had either been spent or had been ear-marked for specific bills. Since the middle of November when the armistice was signed the govern ment has been borrowing at the rate of $600,000,000 every two weeks to meet Its war obliKatlens. At this rate It will have obtained from the banks of the nation from four to five billions of dollars before the beginning of tie fifth Liberty Loan April 21. The people of the United States, through their representatives In Con gress, voted for the expenditures which made necessary the borrowing of these huge sums. The government In antici pation of patriotic support from the country in raising the Victory Liberty Loan has already paid the bills. In all Justice and honesty the people of the United States will not fall their government and will finish the Job by oversnbif rlblng the last popular war loan by an even larger percentage than they did the four which have gone before. MULE OF PECULIAR COLOR Driver Explained With Patience Jint How the Animal's Strange Appear ance Was til-ought About. Two mules, drawing an tinny service nagnn, caused a sensation in Knights bridge n short time ago. One mule was poor but honest In iippenraiice, brown In color; the nlher was n deli cate simile of green. The green mule was solemnly unconscious of tint atten tion he was attracting, "Effects of war outs?" asked a facetious United Slates soldier. A workman rubbed his eyes anil then muttered, "cninoiiHage." The A. S. C. driver looked thoroughly pshamed of the turnout. lie stopped to pick up a crate. "What Is the mat ter with your pony?" asked a mild man. "I am tired of being asked It, and It Isn't a pony," replied the driver. "It is all through the chemical. Good ness knows what color It will be to morrow. Its coat was very light once, and the other mules used to kick It. We washed It In some chemical dye to make It darker. Tbe sergeant can't remember the name of the dye, and now that It Is wearing off, It Is a different color each day. You are the Inst person I shall explain It to." lie drove off furiously a khaki driver on a slate-grny lorry drawn by. one hon est brown mule and one shameless mule of an esthetic shade of gre!fl. London Mall. UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS ENLISTING MEN U. S. Marines are often confused with the sailors of the Navy. They are not sailors they are soldiers. When yuu see a soldier with a globe, anchor and eagle on his hat, cap or helmet, you may know he is a U. S. marine. That is the distinguishing badge, the mark of his service. It means that particular soldier belongs to an organization that is most always mentioned in the same breath with the Foreign Legion, the Pennsylvania State Constabulary, the Northwest Mounted Police and the famous Texas Rangers. It means that he has re ceived training that fits him to fight on land, at sea or possibly in the air. U. S. Marines serve both on land, at sea and abroad. In their service aboard battleships and cruisers, the Marines form a part of the ship's com-, plement for battle, manning the six inch, five inch, three-inch and six pound guns of. the intermediate and secondary batteries and anti-aircraft guns. They are trained and fully equipped for instant service as landing parties for duty ashore. Enlistments in the United States Marine Corps are for four years. All necessary clothing is furnished free by the government, When an enlisted man is discharged from the service, he is entitled to transportation and subsistence from the place of his dis charge to tbe place of application for enlistment. The regular pay of Marines ranges from $30 a month to 176 a month, ac cording to the rank and length of ser vice. A man starts in as a private at 180 a month and climbs up in ac cordance with his own merits and in dividual efforts. Should he qualify with the service rifle, his pay will be increased ta a month for marksman; 8 a month for sharpshooter; 5 a month for expert rifleman, according to which of these qualifications he at tains. Likewise, if he qualifies with the great uns aboard ship his pay is increase rom I'J to tiO a month. Any ,er information relating to the United States Marine Corps may be obtained by either wrung to or ap plying at the U. S. Marine Recruiting Station HOtl Panama Building, itrd and AJder Sts, Portland, Oregon. e. e. coumnapToneer DIES AT LONG BEACH, GAL. Edwin R. Cox, pioneer hardware dealer of Athena and well known in Masonic circes, died at Long Beach, California, last Friday. April 18. suc cumbing to a general decline in health, due to old age. He died at the age of 85 years, ( Mr. Cox left Athena some weeks ago in a bad state of health to join his son at Long Beach. He was taken to a hospital immediately upon his arrival there and gradually giew worse until the end. He leaves one son, Edwin R. Cox, Jr., whose mother died many years ago in this city. The deceased was at one time a suc cessful business man here, but revers es in later years swept his accumula tions away. The building occupied by the J. C. Scnney store and Masonic Hall was built by Mr. Cox. He was identified with the upbuilding of Ath ena in its early days, and took active interest in municipal affairs. He served the city as councilman and mayor, and held numerous positions of trust during his long residence here. He came to Athena from California, where in early days he worked in the mines. The funeral was held Tuesdav at Long Beach, and was in charge of the Masonic Lodge of that city. EMI Frivate Lewis H. Nelson, who vis ited the Press office last week and mention of whose wounds was made, is'certainly an interesting subject of the results of the Argonne battle. Car ried as dead on the war records at Washington, the Umapine soldier Is greeting his friends in Umatilla coun ty. He can most satisfactorily answer the question asked in the following excerpt from a letter written by Lieut. Colin Dyment, Red Cross searcher in France who saw the terrific battle of Epinonville and who is still puzzled in regard to Nelson, The letter appeared in the Portland Oiegonian of recent date: "Two soldiers started off with their one-pound cannon. Close by were Pri vate Barney Twerdale of rural route 1, Bow, Wash., Gunner De Soto. Private Gustav W. Peterson, of Emil, Mont., Private Bert Stevens of Norman, Wash., and Private Lewis H. Nelson, whose emergency address was the Odd Fellows Lodge at Umapine, Oregon. Peterson and Stevens were 1-pound ammunition carriers, and all of tbe men were in headquarters company. "It was a third shell that got them.' Twerdale escaped, only to be killed in the Argonne fight. Barnes escaped , with a wound in the leg and recovered and that night escaped the dressing station shell. Davison was hurt in the legs, escaped the night shelling as B he lay wounded, but died near Re vigny. 40 miles south. Stevens and Peterson were blown to instant death, while Nelson became the subject of one of those curious Argonne mixups. "He was reported blown to pieces and his name was turned in as dead to the division statistical office, which sent it to a central record office at Bourges. By and by a slip, apparently signed by him. came back to the com pany, giving his serial number and whereabouts. A correction was then sent to Bourges, but In January bis name was standing as dead on the di vision records. The writer has sent to his lodge to see whether it has had , news. ' ' Who Gets the Helmet? The largest subscriber to the Victory Loan in each town in Oregon will re ceive a Uerman helmet as a- special award. During the flight of airplanes at Portland Monday, literature bombs were dropped over the city in imita tion of methods used by American fighters in dissemirating information to the soldiers in the enemy trenches. Fifty of the bombs contained letters that entitled the finders to helmets. The helmets are from the supply Ger many intended Hun troops to wear upon marching into Paris. Americans at Chateau Theirry stopped the ad vance and captured the helmets. 66TH BRIGADE PUTS OVER MORE THANJALF OF TOTAL The Press is in receipt, with the complimentB of Sam Starr, of Vol. I, No. I, of "The Long Range Sniper," published at Hohr-Grenzhausen, Ger many, under the auspices of the 66tli Field Artillery Brigade, composed of the 14ilth and 148th F. A: From Its leading article, we excerpt the follow ing interesting bit of information: "According to accurate figures fur nished by Colonel P. H. Worcester, commanding the tiotb Field Artillery Brigade, the HUth and the 148th Field Artillery regiments, making up the brigade, f'red 68 per cent of the total of all the G. P. V. ammunition expend ed on all fronts by all regiments of thu A. E. F. The grand total fired by the American forces was 284,000 rounds. "In putting over more than half of the total of G. P. F. ammunition fiVed by the entire arm", this brigade moved' via air something over HB00 tons a dis tance of from la to HI kilometers, aipd dropped it where it would do the mos. good to the general cause. Aside from the powder used as propelling charges, this tonnage of concentrated hard luck would require 3260 trucks to trans port, based on two tons a truck." TUm Flying Circus. Athona was practically deserted Sunday, her population, or the greater portion of it haVjrig found conveyance to Walla Walla to vjew the evolutions of the Flving Circus." fthe army avia tors confined their exhibwn to war time maneuvers, there beinjnhwtrick otunts pulled off. Thousands oPleoplo went from Umatilla county to witness the exhibition, all roads leadinglo Walla Wallu being lined with a cease less flow of automobile traffic. Victim of Pneumonia. Vireil Slater, fl vnilnir man frf rpcpnt arrival in Athena, died Saturday night at the home of his brother-in-law. P. L. McElhaney, after eleven days illness with lineumnnia. He Iphvch h wife and one child, and was a brother of Mm. McLlbaney. The remains, accompan- leu oy me wnow. were taken to Mill City, Oregon, the former home of Mr. and Mrs. Slater, for interment. To Celebrate Anniversary. Tomorrow, "all the Odd Fellow lodges of Umatilla county, also the Rebekah lodges, will meet in Pendleton to cel ebrate in interesting manner the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the first lodge of the order in North America. Elaborate preparations have been made to care for a large number of visitors and Pendleton promises to keep them busy and interested during the day and most of the night. Vw . R. Tavior has purchased the fine evidence of D. H. Saniers on south I Third street Mr. ami Mn Tavlnr wilY occupy the home at once. The place Is located near the City Park and was built a little over a year ago. Church Takes Up Fund. An Easter offering of $158.10 was taken up at the Christian church Sun day, placed in special fund and pre sented by Pastor Burton to Lawson Booher. whose state of health remains in a critical, condition. No solicitation whatever was made outside the church, although from announcement made, some generouB subscriptions were giv en outside the church membership.