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Advertising The c4thena Press circulates in the homes oi readers who reside in the heart of the Qreat Umatilla Wheat Beit, and they have money to spend &thena Notice! It this notice is marked RED, it sig. nines that your Subscription expires vrith this issue. We will greatly ap preciate your renewal $2.00 per year Bntered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mail Matter VOLUME XL. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. MAY 23. 1919. NUMBER 21 LAWSON BOQHER IS LAID TO HIS REST After months of excruciating pain and suffering. Lawson Booher died at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Booher, in Athena, Sunday forenoon and was laid to rest in Ath ena cemetery Monday afternoon. Fun eral services were held at the Chris tian church, which was taxed to its capacity to seat the genuinely sorrow ing and sympathizing friends who as sembled to pay their last respects. The floral offerings were profuse and spake eloquently of the esteem in which be was held. Pastor B. B. Bur ton preached the funeral sermon and paid a touching and memorable tiibute to the young man. The pallbearers were chosen from among his intimate friends and included: Lawrence Tharp and Harold Mclntyre, Athsna; Elmer Tucker, Weston; Paul Lieuallen, Ad ams; Emery Worthington, Pendleton and Don Wilks. Helix. The cause of death was sarcoma, an affliction which made its appearance two years ago, and resulted from a bruise on the knee sustained while playing basket ball in Athena High school gymnasium, lawson was tak en to Portland where his leg was'am putated at the hip joint. Recovering fiom the operation, be returned to his home in this oity. apparently cured. He took up his school work and re sumed his position in B, B. Richards' office, and only a few months ago did .symptoms of the return of the disease make their appearance. Measures were at once taken to com bat the disease, and everything pos sible was done by relatives and friends for the young man's relief, but continued to decline until relieved 'by deatb. Lawson Booher was born in Atbena, Oregon, April 1, 1S09, and died Ma" 18,1911), aged '10 years, one month aid 18 days. He leaves his father, mother and one sister. Mar jorie Jean. His was a lovable disposition and his worth was recognized and esteemed by all who knew him. His illness pre vented him from graduating this year from Atbena High school. During bis school career," he was a recognized leader in athletics, in which he took much interest and devoted considerable pains to excel. In this connection he was well known to educational institu tions throughout Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washington. Lawson was everybody's friend and in turn everybody was Lawson's friend and while all did what they could to make the boy's declining days as peaceful and restful as possible, no one contributed more to that end than did B. B. Richards, who had from the fir,1 inception of illness, taken a per sona! Interest in the lad's welfare. Mr. Ri ards took him to Portland for the operation, and since has stinted no effort where assistance and kindly con sideration could in any degree prolong life or alleviate suffering. TO TOUR EUROPE AND U. S. IN RIFLE DRILL EXHIBITIONS In a letter dated April 80 at Nied ermendig, Germany, John Wall, local boy who is in the Headquarters Co., asth regiment of the iird division, writes his mother the following in teresting news: "They are making up a regiment with men from the different units of the Srd Army Corps, to tour England and give exhibitions in rifle drill and line maneuvers. The 88th furnishes 125 men, or half a company, and 3reenleaf and I have both been picked. I feel pretty proud to be cho8en out of MOO men. "We will probably tour France and Belgium also, and then on to the U. S. We are to drill here until the 14th of May. then go to Coblenz, where the whole regiment aasembles, and leave there the 25th for England. It means quite a lot of drill, but I want to see all of this country before I leave, be cause I know I'll never come back. "I had a letter from Harry Keller yesterday, he said he thought they would go to Paris to do M. P. duty. My division, (3rd: is slated to sail in August, bo if nothing happens, will be home for Thanksgiving. If all goes well, by the time you get this I will be on my way to England." CERTIFICATES OF AWARD FOR PEREECT ATTENDANCE The following pupils in tbe Athena schools were granted certificates of award for perfect attendance and punc tuality : For one year: Thelma Russell, le Anderson, Lorena Schubert. Dor- othVGeissel. Elizabeth Steele, Doris SchuSert, Lucille Smith. Helen Down ing, Velma Schubert. Lela Schubert. Areta Littlejohn. Henry Knight, Brooks Anderson. Eva Oarstens. Dean Pinkerton. Itol Schubert, Gail Ander son, Kohler Betts. For two years: Lucinda, Dell. Elsa Ringel. Myrtle Downing. Elver Miller, Ruth Hutt. For three years: Delbert Read. For four yeafs: Marvel McAlexan der. Betheen Read. For five years; Conrad Miller, Edna Pinkerton. Cam of Thanks. We take this means of expressing our deep appreciation and gratitude to all who so kindlj assisted us and ex tended help and sympathy during the long illneoB of out son, and in the hours of our bereavement. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Booher. Weston Spuds Sold. It is estimated that all the potatoes in the Weston country have now Men disposed of with the exception of about a thousand sacks, says the Leader. Andy T. Barnett, produce buyer of the Weston Mercantile Co., took on 6U0 sacks this week from C. M. Schneider and Tom Booher at $-13 per ton. He has shipped this spring a little over 800 tons. Weston's entire last yesr's crop was approximately SO cars. Fif teen cars went out last fall and 35 this spring. Ideal Wheat Weather. I Weather conditions for the past ! week have been ideal for growing : grain. With sufficient moisture the warm davs have had the desired effect, with the result that prospects are con tinually growing brighter for a bump er wheat yield this year. In some j localities damage from frost is report ed, but to what extent has not yet I been determined. oAdjs years to the life of your car I Correct lubrication with Zerolene means bet . J ter performance and longer life for your car. By exhaustive stfldy and actual tests the Standard Oil Company Board of Lubrication Engineers has determined the correct consis tency of Zerolene for your make of automo bile. Their recommendations are available for you in the Zerolene Correct Lubrication Charts. There is a chart for each make of car. Zerolene is correctly refined frornJselected California crude oil. It keeps its lubricating body at cylinder heat, holds compression, gives perfect protection to the moving parti md de I posits least carbon. It is the product of the combined resources, experience and equipment of the standard' Oil Company. Get a Correct Lubrication Chart for your car. At your dealer's or our near est station. i STANDARD OIL COMPANY (California) D Lucky Dog mm ft R06ERS SELL WESTON HARDWARE STORE Watts & Rogers, hardware and im plement dealers, Have sold their stock and business at. Weston to a Spokane firm, and will retire from commercial pursuits in that town. Mr, Rogers will move his family to Ath'jna at once and will give his un divided attention to the implement business here, which waa recently pur chased from the C. A. Barrett com pany. Mr. Robert Proudfit and family will also move here from Weston. Mr. Proudfit has long held a position with the firm at Waton and will continue in like capacity in the Athena store. i mm bound GU THRUMS, cA grade for each type of engine Special Agent Standard Oil Company, Athena OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL1NTEREST Vive la Trance, a senior 4-year-old Jersey cow owned by Plckard Bros, of Marlon, has broken the world's butter fat record for Jersey cows of all ages, and has probably broken the senior 4-year-old record for all breeds, al though no official recjr4 bA Jt been Issued by the American Jersey- Cattle club. The unofficial retfofi ahdws that Vive la France's production of butterfat will approximate 1028 pounds. The port of Astoria commission has authorized the construction of pier 3 at the port dock, with a warehouse 1500 feet long by 160 feet wide, the estimated cost of the proposed im provement being approximately $900, 000. The pier will be equipped with loading cranes for the handling of Import and export traffic, complete systems of railway tracks and all mod ern facilities for the loading and dis charging of vessels. At a meeting of the Roseburg cham ber of commerce steps were taken for issuance of a booklet Illustrative of the resources of Douglas county. Busi ness Interests are taking on new life, and with returning of the men from the service the situation begins to assume pre-war activity. Many people are arriving from eastern points, and business men are buckling into the work of securing locations for home seekers coming into southern Oregon. J. H. Upton, president of the Oregon Irrigation congress, called a meeting of all officers and committees of the Oregon Irrigation congress to meet in Portland Tuesday and Wednesday for the purpose of perfecting plans to car ry on a campaign of publicity through out the state In behalf of the amend ment to the state constitution, author izing the state, under well-defined re strictions, to guarantee for a period of not over five years tbe interest on bonds Issued by drainage and irriga tion district One benefit of modern surgery It thnt any soldier now can hnve n face built to order on his own plan. The privilege of picking n fac? Is, indeed, one of the inouernnnlracles.. Boys of 63rd Home. Allie Bell and Herbert Parker, of Co. B, 6!lrd Infantry, are home, discharged from the service They came from Baltimore, Md, where their regiment has been stationed for some HttaVto Camp Lewis where they re ceijfel their discbarge. Originally the boWwere in Co. L. but later were placed in Co. B. The BSrd, considered to be one of the crack regiments of the army did not have the opportunity to participate in overseas duty f SCHOOL IN DISTRICT IN CLOSES WITH EXERCISES A very successful school year's work was brought to a close in District No. )7, three miles west of town, Wednes day, May 21, by a program commenc ing at noon and lasting until five o'clock. Aboutthirty-five pstrons and friends of the school assembled for the occasion. The first feature was a bountiful -picnic dinner, served under the spreading trees of the old Taylor homestead, adjacent to the school groutds and included a generous sup ply of iced lemonade, ice cream and f cake, with rones ior the little ones. The set prurram was renderad on the porch of the school bouse, which was made into a bower of spring flowers and foliage with a large green rug on the floor, and pink and white stream ers festooned from May baskets at tached to the building. A large American flag hung in tbe bright sunshine, formed a striking feature of the decorative scheme. Near the close of the program, Jos. N. Scott clerk of the district, in be half oi the school board and patrons, spoke verv highly of the satisfactory progress made by tbe school under the direction of Miss Lois Porter, and of the love and esteem in which she is held by the pupils, five out of the ten of whom have had their entire school experience in the two years Miss Por ter has taught the school. In closing. Mr. Scott presented Miss Porter with a beautiful wrist watch, a gift from all the patrons of the school. Miss Porter plans to enter college next year. The program was given by Charlotte and George Gross, Maribelle, Eliza beth and Clark Walter. Margaret i.nd Pauline Scott, Merle and Beatrice Dickenson and Jessie Dudley, and end ed with the winding of the Maypole. miss burtFpresents class in musical recital Yesterday afternoon in the auditor ium of the Christian rhnrrh. Miss j Hazel Burton presented fifteen of her pupils in recital, the invited guests of honor being the mothers and the grandmothers of her pupils. Miss Burton's class consists of about 115 pupils, whose work shows most sat isfactory progress under her efficient tuition. After the program, the guests, numbering about seventy, were invited to Miss Burton's home, where an afternoon with games and social en joyment was passed. The hostess was assisted in serving most delicious re freshments by Mrs. Guy Cronk. The recital program follows Melody in F. Recieation, Study, The Cuckoo, -On the Meadow, Jennamae Read Charlotte Fisher Fay Beiiln Laura Woodward Lois Mclntyre 9. Meadow Brook Sehotlieche Dorothy Berlin May Day - Blanche Johnson Chasing the Squirrels Elizabeth Steele Right and Left March Dale Stephens Dokeyized at Walla Walla. After fraternizing wjth the Dokeys at Pendleton Monday night. Athena Knights of Pythias Dlieyized at Walla Walla Wednesday night They . were served with all the trimmings' of a 10. AWSunrise - Jessie Dudley good time at both sessions. At Walla II. Gypsy Dance - Lois Johnson Walla a class of 55 victims were ush-li2. Sonatina. - - Ellen Henry ered o'er the sands of the desert, tnd M. Flower Song, - Ed. .a Pinkerton 14. Fireflies - - Verva Gross 15. Valse Caprice, - Lucinda Dell Teachers on Vacation. Of the teachers of the Athena school for the past year, who are now on their vacations, Superintendent Hall with his family will snend the summer on his ranch in Wallowa county ; Mr. and Mrs. Gribble will be at Audubon, Iowa; Miss Enbensen, Miss Grant and Miss Wiley are at their homes in Port land; Miss Sherman will remain at her home here, and Mr. Hubbs will spend the vacation period at his home in Freewater. Dick Winship at Home. Dick Winship arrived in Athena this morning from Camp Lewis, com ing by way of Walla Walla and arriv ing on the 7.45 train. Dick's home coming was the occasion of rejoicing among his friends as his condition has been the cause of much anxiety. He was a member of Co. G, 806th In fantry, 77th Division and saw service on tbe front from his entrance into i France, going through the Argonne ' and all subsequent battles, up to .the signing of the armistice. Soon after this he accidentally received a broken leg, and ever since has been in a hos I pital. He is now recovered and able ; to walk, and thoroughly glad to get I i home. Bright Financial Outlook. Harry McBride is inclined to believ that his days of hard work on his littl farm are drawing to a close and that a brighter aud easier channel for ac cumulatng wealth has opened before him. All that old "Peck" has to do is to send a couple of hundred bucks to a fellow doing the goose-step in a Madrid, Spain, prison. Then, when said fellow gets possession" of a cer tain portmanteau containing a check or IHU.00O. he'll at once remit i2, j 000 of it back to McBride in generoua i gratitude for the favor. Hairy wbb I in town Monday, and a friend tipped us off that he was ttying to borrow the two hundred so that he could cinch the twelve thousand. Athena relatives rnd friends of men in the 148th Field Artillery with the Army of Occupation in Germany, were elated Wednesday evening when they read in the Pendleton Tribune, tha fol lowing news dispatch: "Portland, Or., May 21. Washing ton dispatches say that the 148th field artillery, comprising three Portland troops and Troop D of Pendleton, and the former national guard is no on the way home from the army of occu pation; it is believed that no Oregon units are left in France." This is tbe first authentic inform ation had here relative to the return of the Troop D boys, although numer ous letters of 1 its from Athena boys who are serving in the 118th F. A. contained mention to the effect that they expected to leave shortly for home. Athena boys who are members of Bat. D. 148th F. A. are Edward Se basky, George Winship, Sam Starr and Harry Keller. George Winshiri ia not with the battery, having been trans ferred to hospital on account of illness, and is now scheduled for early return. arage Changes Ownership, Burke & Son have sold the Ford and agency to Will. Winship, Haworth and Isaac Davidson, arties to the deal are in Port- here arrangements for transfer of the Ford 'agency are being made. On retiring from the garage business, Victor Burke contemplates going to the Palouse country ' to ranch. The new owners are Athena men. and are well known. Mr. Davidson has been conducting a garage and repair , shop on Main street for several months, and has been assisted by Mr. Haworth. Mr. Winship until lately was a mem ber of the' Foss-Winship Hardware company, Lou Hodgens has moved his family over from Umapine, to tho farm north west of town, for the summer. X X JanuVJ a and thevi e land, w 'Chain' at Pendleton also a Urge class was in wMmWB A Good Tire Year You have doubtless noticed the growing preponderance of United States Tires Every one is asking for 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 Stctca Tires to build good tires the best tires that can . be built, h appealing to rapidly growing numbers. We can provide you with United States Tires to meet and meet exactly -.your indi vidual needs. United States Tires are Good Tires We know United States Tires arc good tires. That's Why. we Sell them. ATHENA GARAGE. BURKE C& SON BUNCH BROS. Adams m 1