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JvertlisirtK ,' The e-Sj?V cilkulatae in the 'hbfcfe(tt ij&iif'residc in the he'aWfFi'cat Umofi'l'la Wheat BsltJind v ey have money to spend Entered at the Poat Office at Athena, Oregon, aa Second-Class Mail Matter 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 VOLUME XL. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JUNE 20, 1919. News received in Portland this week indicates that the 148th Field Artillery is at Camp Merritt, awaiting orders to come westward to Camp Lewis, where the men will be discharged from service. Permission fcr the HSth to parade in Portland when they pass through that citv on their way to Camp Lewis, for mustering out, has been granted bv the war department. Word has already been received that the boys would be routed through Portland, Senator McNary having wired Sunday to that effect. Plans are already under way f or a big demonstration, and the program will be worked out as soon as the date of the'arrival and the length of the stay of the organization in Portland is known. On the arrival home of the Athena boys of the 148th, practically all men enlisting in the service from here will have returned, with the exception of four or five, and the suggestion made some time ngo that they be entertain ed at a monster picnic at Bingham Springs, has culminated to a point where it is reasonably certain that the picnic will be a reality. It is now proposed to secure the services of the Weston band for the occasion. This move leaves only the listing of auto mobiles for transporting soldiers and their friends to the Springs, to close the preparatory arrangements for hold ing the picnic. The 148th field artillery is the last overseas unit of any considerable size having a strong representation of Ore gon men. Included in the organization are about 500 men rom Portland and other sections of the state. The Oregon contingent of the HSth was formed shortly after the declara tion of war. with Troop A of the old Oregon National Guard as a nucleus. Through volunteer enlistment, under Major Charles McDonell, who died some time ago in New York, the or ganization of a squadron of cavalry with about BOO Oregon men was ac- ! STANDARD THEATRE OFFERS SOME SPLENDID ATTRACTIONS With the coming of Geraldine Far rar in "Joan, the Woman," a big ten reel feature, at the Standard Theatre tomorrow, beginning with a matinee at 8 o'clock in the afternoon for the convenience of ladies and children who do not desire to remain up late for the night shows, and for those desiring to take advantage of the feature matinee prices of 10c and :'5c. including war tax, the innovation of procuring a big feature picture every fnuith week will be inaugurated. This service will be in addition to the regular schedule of Mutual, Artcraft and Paramount pic tures showing on Wednesday, Satur day and Sunday nights of each week. The big Saturday attraction will be presented in three shows, the first be ing the matinee at 3 p. m., the second will start promptly at 7 p. m., and the third at 9:15. As tun reels, without intermission, completes the production it is advisable that seats be taken at the beginning of each show, so that the observer may have the pleasure of seeing the picture in its entirety from the beginning, as much of its interest would otherwise be lost. The program offered for Sunday night is Julian Eltinge in "The Wid ow's Might," toietber with a K K. comedy and Pathe Weekly. There wi be no comedy with Saturday's feature production. Next Wednesday evening an excep tionally clever and beautiful screen favorite. Bessie Barriacale, will be featured in a splendid picture, "All of a Sudden Norma." Miss Barriscale is one of Mutual's favorite stars. A two-reel Lloyd comedy rounds out the evening's program. The new Mazda light equipment is expected any day from the East, as the bill of lading has been received, and when it replaces the present system, the screen effects which are now very good, will be still better. I 0 The End of a Perfect Day j I 1 1 ; , ' .. i i FOR A SPIN AM; THIS . ,70 I VuMAT1 WUftJ J -THAT?! '' J IOttTH'' Y fj ETjBBS; M 1 i- ,iMT .mmfm IWTTlHTrm re I a ( New Pump Installed. Marshal Dobson has the new Tri plex pump installed out at the pump ing station arid all is in readiness for complished. Included in the squadron J 8tartinj the machinery into regular was nop i ot Umatilla county. The unit left as a squadron of caval ry, but was later changed to field artil lery. The organization went into act ive service in July and was with the army of occupation, service as soon as the electric wire connections are made. The pump is motor driven and has a capacity of 100 gallons of water per minute. It is of the piston pattern, while the old pump was of centrifugal design. Patrons The 14tlth has also arrived on this have been a9"eri to discontinue irriga side. Its personnel comprises men tlon untl1 a'tor tne pump is installed. moBtly from Eastern Washington, 4l,.,,,,.l, , r :, , cc are residents of this county. James X rambnin Dam Breaks. H Sturgis, 1st lieutenant, of Pendle-1 The dam at the Sam Pambrun fish ton, Hallie Piersol, Athena and Hugh I nopd south of Athena broke auain Taylor, formerly of Athena, are among the Umatilla men who served in the 14th. The two latter are still with the organization. Walla Walla, the place were some of the batteries were recruited, has been successful in aecur ng frorr the War Department, per mission to entertain the Ul'th when it comes westward to Camp Lewis, and that city is making elaborate prepar ations for the event. A Big Barn Dance. Tomorrow, Saturday, night, a big barn dance will be given at the A. C. McUntyre place northwest of Athena. A large number of young people from Pendleton, Helix, Adams, Athena and Weston are expected to be in attend ance, and everything fur their pleasure will be taken into consideration by Mr. Mclntvre. Payant's Jazz orchestra has been secured for the'occasion. WeTdnesday morning, but it is thought but few of the brook trout in the pond escaped, as the break was discovered in time to repair it so that water to the depth of four feet was held in re serve. However, it is possible that some of the trout may have gone out with the flow of the escaping water. The dam broke a couple of years ago and at that time hundreds of trout were liberated. Dealers Are Warned. Dealers are warned in a statement issued bv the Bureau of Internal Rev enue that proprietary stamps by means of which the tax on toilet and med icinal articles is collected, must be cancelled when the article is sold. Re cently there have been received bv the Bureau numerous uncancelled stamps taken from'taxable articles purchased at drug stores. $ ' 125 MEN MADE BLIND Yankee Soldiers Lose Sight in Battles in Europe. Washington. There were but 125 cases of total blindness and fewer than 4,000 amputations in the Amer ican forces engaged In the war, It la stated by the bureau of war risk In surance in uu announcement concern ing the burenu's activity In supplying crippled soldiers and sailors with arti ficial limbs and In otherwise cariug for the wounded and disabled. Not even all of the 125 cases of total blindness cited, It Is stated, have yet been de clined us permanent by the medical of ficers In charge. Relative to amputa tions, denial Is made, on the authority of Surgeon General Ireland and Col. Charles 15. Banks, chief medical officer of the war risk Insurance, that there were any cases in which men lost both arms and both legs. - There have been- more than 500 ar tificial limbs furnished to disabled men to date by the bureau under the pro visions of the act of congress. "Upon being discharged from war department hospitals as unfit for furth er service, all men disabled as a re sult of Injury or disease suffered In line of duty, are entitled to the bene fits of the war risk Insurance act," the statement says. "If their condition demands further treatment they are entitled to medical attention In one of a large number of hospitals now be ing established throughout the coun try, to be operated by the public health service. "If a mnn is disabled, but his con dition needs no further medical atten tion, he may secure from the bvreau of war risk Insurance a monthly com pensation. "Medical experts of the bureau make examinations of all who apply for compensation and rate their physical condition present and potential and de termine the percentage of handicap which each suffers na a wage earner as a result of tils disability. The rat ing given Is carefully considered In fix ing the compensation, which will be Paid monthly to the man and his dependents." WANT SOLDIERS TO PAY BACK War Risk Bureau Not Relieved From Pressing Claims on Over payments. Washington. The war risk Insur ance bureau Is not relieved from seek ing reimbursement In cases of over payment of allotments to soldiers, sail ors and their dependents, the bureau announced. In a stnteinent the bu reau says that under a recent In terpretation of the net of con gress approved Inst February 25 and known as the Trondwuy act, It must continue to demand reimbursement In cases of overpayment by duplicate check, payments continued beyond the date of. a man's discharge from serv ice, death, desertion or overpayments due to change of stntus of the allottee. All such cases. It Is stated, do not come within the provisions of the TreatfwrrPiiiL MrCrtrtrCrCrtrh'CrCrtr'Critii Less inan 4,uuu ranks Lost' Arms or Legs. 9 Washington. D. C Nearly 4, 000 officers and enlisted men In the American expeditionary forces lost arms or legs In the war with Germany, according to statistics furnished by the bu reau of war risk Insurance, which Is now interested In bring ing about changes In the law fix ing icompensatlon for maimed soldiers, sailors, and marines. wimwjimwwww RECORD IN HOUSE BUILDING from "All of a &Jfc Norma dt the Stuiidard Theatre iVeSnestjiL J Tune 25 Slxty.Seven Are Erected In Ninety. Seven Days for Families of Ship builders at Bath, Me. Bath. Me. In exactly 07 days 67 brick houses, providing homes for 118 families of men employed in building ships for the Emergency Fleet corpo ration, were erected here. ghere were used ill building these houses 3,000.000 brick, which, If placed end to end, would stretch a distance of 38 ',4 miles; 0,01X1 pounds of cement, 200 barrels of plain lime and 158 tons of hydrated lime. It took an average of 600 men at work dally to do rtie Job. They were assisted h0 teams, acven big motor tracks and a tractor, capa'ble of hauW Ing five 214-ton' trucks. The houses are modern In every re sfect. They h e hardwood lloora, furnace heat, e. "jtric ' lights, bath rooms and eemetitjcellars and rest on concrete and Ifrick foundations. Values Wife at $50. Wheeling. W. Va. "She's worth SHO and I'll pay It If sou can find her and send her back to me," snld John V. Mnlone, an Irontob (O.) fanner, who called at police hp'adqunrters here the other day and asked the police to lo cate the whereabouts of his wife, who left him a year ago. Mnlone Is slx'y flve years old, whUe his wife Is but twenty-eight. Found an Executive. The hoys In a small Indiana h'eii school desired n football tennr. but got t pnenunigement from their principal ho Is a young woman, finally Ihey sked her If they couM bold a nieetlaK lo organize n team. She gave her con sent, but offered no comment oilier 'ban, "I'm nfqnld ycu boys aren't good enough executives to manage such an affair." The next morning they told her t'.i? result of their meeting. "We organized our team," they said, "and, remember ing what yon told us about needing good executives, we elected you captain." ALIENS OjIT COUNTRY Are Leaving for Europe at Rate ' of 1,000 a Day. Jp New York. Enriched by war work, aliens are leuvlng this country at the rate of more than 1,000 a day, It was learned here from custom officials, who expressed fear that, with the possibil ity that congress may limit Emigra tion for the next four years, the United States will face n serious labor short age. Instead of a condition 'of unem ployment. Since the slgnipg of the armistice, It was said, Italians, Greeks, Span iards and Portuguese huVe been pour ing out of the United Stiies through this port. Since November 70.221 pass ports have been vised at the custom house, nnd since December, 33,000 aliens have sailed. Every ship clear ing for Mediterranean ports bus sailed with a full steerage, so that ratea have jumped from $40 to $80. Custom officials estimate that an enormous sum has been taken out of the country since the exodus began. Each alien, It Is snld, carries with him from $1,000 to $7,000 to ennble him to live In his native land in greater ease than he ever enjoyed before. Since April 2, when all outgoing passengers were forced to pay their Income taxes before leaving, more than $68,000 has been collected. Byron It. Newton, collector of the port, who has been asked by members of the United States senate and house Immigration committee to reduce the exodus to statistics, said today more than 90 per cent of the aliens aro Itullans, and that "something ought to be done to check the out How." Hogs have no wnii;, but ;i iM'tliee the price of iwnk reveals Hut iliey don't need any. Scientific Argument. The medical officer on n troop train was explaining the nature of the Infiu enzn gerin to the colored porter. "Well, Cap'n, 'pears to me that that cuhm would freeze to death in this cold weather, 'cause nn animal if that size would hardly have blood enough to keep body nn' soul togethuh." Frodorlc W. Oanzert In Judge. flow docs It happen that so many men with sinewy bruins get Into politics? If you cun't give the returned sol dier his old Job back, find him a bet ter one. Glad ns he was to go, the doughboy Is a durn sight gladder to get buck. Kirk Elected Director. At the annual school meeting Mon day, Charles Kirk was elected a mem ber of the schjol board to succeed B. B. Richards, whose term had ex pired. The board now comprises M. L. Watts. hirnan; A R Coppoc!', and far Kirk iflr t- r- i E. A. ' - 'til- M1-' "i ; '' 1 , ! a J twelve yearc. and who Wds I he onatnul proponent for the construction of Ath ena's splendid new school building, and has always stood for the proirrcssjon of the school, found that his business ffuira would rot I em it him to serve 1 neer on the heard. Thst h' hw .essur. Mr Kirk ivill make an effi cient school official, is assured, ar.J no doubt the comine year's work of the br.ard will receive the heartv sti'ipujrt of the school's patrons. Negotiating fcr Pre perty Watts &(Roiieis are negotiating for the purchase of the block of three b'jviiess hiilldlnea at the corner of Main and Third treet. at present oc cupied by the postoftiee. Athena Hress and R. A. Thompson a vulcanizing plant. It is understood to be the in tention of the purchasers to remodel the interior of the buildings entirely to accommodate a large stock of hard ware and implements. With the con summation of the deal, the postoffice will move across Main street to the the Froome building, occupied by the Red Cross. The Press and Mr Thomp son have not as yet secured new quarters. ATHENA BALL TEAM TO PLAY DOUBLE HEADE l Sunday. June an. the Athena hasp ball team ia scheduled to play a double header on the local grounds. The first game will be with Reith and the see ond game with Helix. The first game win start promptly at 1:30 p. m after a short intermission, the game with Helix will start. On July Fourth Athena plays Pilot Rock on the Round-Up grounds at Pen dleton, and should the team win. will play the .Pendleton team on July Fifth. The -wlnnine. team will be given a purse of $75 bythe Pendleton 4th ef July committee. 1 Athena lost to Reith Sunday in a weird session of nihe innings, the game going to the railroad town bv the score of 8 to 8. The local team hopes to retrieve ita loss of Sunday's game by putting the skids under the rail roadera in the first game of the double header. 15V l OTDLTT DMIILIPirf ""T .11 in i I r IB iiimniji mmm r chilli inimugg -jjVLIHI ' M LCT PH Ttn 5- ''':HHlflBPt8 A d Athena Girl Makes Good. Kdna Mo Alexander of the class of '17, Athena High school, was Awarded twp first prizes during commencement week at Columbia Junior College, Mil ton. In the contest debate bn the question; "Resolved: That a federal board of arbitration with compulsory powers, should be established to settle industrial disputes between Capital and Labor." she won the first prize of ten dollars in gold. Miss Edna was also awarded tho first prize of fifteen dollars in gold for scholarship, given annually by Tassey Stewart. Former Athena Girl Dies. News is received here ef the death of the youngest daughter of Ncri Ack- les, at her home in Portland this week after a lingering illness. Burial took place in a Portland cemetery, by the side of her mother, who died of influ enza only a few weeks ago. The young woman, who was formerly Ruth Ackles was married and leaves her husband and a baby, besides her father and sister, Mrs. Grover Hays, and numer ous other relatives to mourn her loss. She was a granddaughter of the late T. J. and Ann Kirk. Percy Wilson Writes. Percy Wilson, with the and Engin eers, writes under date of May 21, from Honingen, Germany, to his mo ther, that his expectations aro not to return home soon, but that he may be sent further into Germany, "that is, if they don't sign the peace terms as laid down for them." He adds: "We are going to break all records in put ting a pontoon bridge acioss the river Rhine. We have been down here for over a week, but are going to put this bridge across on Friday, and will go back to Angers on Saturday." Sentiment favoring the navinor of ' Main street when tho Warren Con struction Company ' cornea through Athena with its hardsurfacing of the State Highway, gradually crystalizes. The city council is unanimously in - J favor of the progressive move toward it securing a permanent surface for Ath ena's main thoroughfare, and forever doing away with the useless annual expense of oiling the street to pre serve .what is left of the macadam a base. V"' Attorney Roy Raley, at the instance of the council, is reviewing the city charter to advise as to the procedure of presenting the matter leeallv be- ! V.? 'l-SHM and qrojert.v owners jbgjjL y" P- A. Conergan, superfnteTiaent drr"""' construction for the Warren Construe tion Company was in the city Monday with Attorney Raley, viewing the probable amount of paving to be done, and will soon present the estimate of the coat. A number of Main street property, owners and citizens hava aJHHry1 ex pressed themselves in favor of paving. The general realization seems to be that now is the time to secure a per manent surface for the street, looking at the matter in the light iiiat with ' ' the construction company's plant al- ' reedy in operation on county and state work, the cost will be much leas now. 'lB than if the company had to come here and set up its plant solely to do the street paving. Another and important angle to be considered ia the present rapid and pro nounced deterioration of the macadam surface. This may be seen on almost any part of the street, but more par ticularly where streets intersect and especially at the corner of Third and Main. Here the surface ia now but a series of ruts, and depressions exist at all crossings. The sum and substance of it all means that the macadam ia about gone and that it will have to be replaced either with new macadam or permanent hardsurface, aa now pro posed. Joe Despain at Home. Joe Despain, after over three years service in the Canadian army, in wnich he engaged in all the important battle! arrived at his home in Pendleton Wednesday night. The youn veteran was fittingly welcomed to his home, town by a throng which crowded the railway station, while the Round-Url band played In his honor. His division, the 4th Canadian, baa been cited as the best in the allied army. Joe served as sharpshooter, grenade thrower and dispatch bearer, went over the top many times, and waa several times wounded, EXTRA TEST for Even Cum Five specially contrived scientific devices control curing process perfectly. They give absolute uni formity, tire for tire. Racine Tires can't vary not one iota. .TIRE " "TIRELY on merit on the i 'tra mileage and extra sat--Vitin which they yield, Racine ' t ank among the first in jpulat demand. Racine Country Road Tires Here is the tire specially designed ond extra tested for country road service. It's the all-around cham ; on. 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