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VOLUME XLl
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JULY 4. 1919.
NUMBER 27
17-YEAR LOCUST
IS SLOWLY GOING
MAKES INDIANS BIGI
Developments in Southwest Net
Them Big Returns.
Washington. Have you nn Ideal in
the absolute In hopelessness?
Well, let It be said. that the house In
which you live Is comparatively new
built within the IastKl7 years. The
Kround on which It stands was orig
inally woodland. In the ' summer of
1002 all the trees thereabouts were full
of 17-year locusts. Eggs were depos
ited In the branches, the larval? came
out, dropped lightly to the gromjd;,nrid
dug In. The long period ofustfbter
innean existence Is almost ended. In
May the Insects will start toward the
light and air and will come in con
tact with the concrete floor of your
cellar! There may be another situa
tion as hopeless, but certainly none
more so.
That clearing up of woodland for
the building of houses and for cultiva
tion Is the principal agency that Is mak
ing the 17-year locust, whose real
name Is the periodical cicada, a van
ishing species. Dr.. Gideon B. Smith,
one of the earlier scientific observers,
allowed rather a melancholy note to
creep Into his Invaluable manuscript
when he wrote thai future generations.
If they rend his writings at all, would
shake their heads and think of him as
a romancer.
Being Slowly Exterminated.
In the same note, also, C. h. Morton,
one of the latest systematic observ
ers, writes In his bulletin, "To the
lover of nnture there Is something re
grettable In this slow extermination of
nn Insect which presents, as does the
periodical cicada, so much that Is In
teresting and annmnlous."
Thus, the present-day experts of the
United States department of agricul
ture agree with the early observer that
the time will come when there will be
no periodical cicadas left.
That time, however. Is a long way
off. There will be multiplied millions
of them this year and In other years
to come. For many persons the cicada
will be as new a sight nB It was to the
first observers when they came from
Europe to the Airterlcn'n forests. Mod
ern writing on- the subject Is done, of
course, In the light of all the observa
tions that have been made through
more than 200 years. They Inek the
freshness of the writings of men who
sow the cicada before a literature of
the Insert had been built up. Those
early writings, therefore, possess an
unusual Interest.
Accompanied by Fever.
In lOflO Nathaniel Moreton, who
lived at Cambridge, Mass., wrote "New
England's Memorial," In it he told of
"a kind of a pestilent fever" that had
prevailed In 103.1 and "carried off
many of the whites and Indians in and
near Plymouth."
"It is to he observed." he says, "that
the spring before there was n numer
ous company of files, which were like
for bigness unto wasps or bumbic-hees,
they cnnie out of little "holes In the
ground, and did eat up the green
things, and made such a constant yell
ing noise as made all the woods ring
of them and ready to deaf the hear
ers." The old centlemnn Is to be excused
for believing that the cicadas "did eat
up the green things." The appearance
of the dead and withered branches
doubtless was such as to Justify such a
conclusion. One "T. M.," supposed to
be Thomas Matthews, son of Samuel
Matthews, governor of Virginia, who
observed the cicadas In 1675, fell Into
the same error.
For nearly 300 years, then, the writ- '
ten record of the cicada has been
piling up, undergoing corrections now
and then, receiving new discoveries
from time to time. As nearly ns can I
be Judged It Is complete now. The .
latest addition Is a circular, "The Sev- ,
enteen-l'enr locust in 1919," by Dixon
Merrltt of the office of information,
United States department of agricul
ture. It does not pretend to present
new facts, but It gives a succinct his
tory of the cicada and the protective
means that can be taken against It
The circular will be available to inter
ested persons In the 21 states wnere
the periodical cicada will appear this
year.
DISCOVER GOLD IN CASSIfVR
Proepecte-r En Route From Vancouv
er to Unexplored Regions Traffic
Conditions Bad.
Vancouver, B. C Prospectors are
in route from Vancouver to unex
plored portions of Cassiar, where gold
has been discovered, according to re
ports relayed from Indians and trap
pers In that wild region.
These reports have been forwarded
to th Canadian geological aorvey.
The only formal attention the repoits
have received ta a statement that the
survey consldeny transportation prob -
leins In the Caa!ar region "almost nn
Mirmountable." .
Goverumedt officials have warned
citUens agaiftt possible fraudulent
sctirUte byblue afcj" promoter.
Oil and Coal Add to the Fortunes ot
the Aborigines In Okla
homa. Washington. There (ire 300,000 In
dlans scattered throughout the 4b
states of the Union; many of them
tile Osnges, Creeks and Quopnws. art
rich In natural resources; rich la oil
gns, coal, nsphnltum. zinc and othei
minerals thut not alone make .wealth
for themselves, but for the country of
which they were the original occu
pants.
Oklahoma ranks first of all the
states of the Union In Indian popula
tion. The Interior department, through
Cato Sells, commissioner of Indian
affairs, leased during the Inst fiscal
year 1,053)20 acres of land for oil.
This vast estate is being administered
through the Indian office In Washing
ton, through the commissioner of tin
five civilized tribes at Muskogee, anc
through the several Indian agencies
scattered throughout Oklahoma.
The total number of barrels of oil
produced from these rich fields durln
the last fiscal year Is 24.103.207. The
value of this oil in dollars would ag
gregnte JuO.OtiiXooo.
The royalties alone during the Inst
fiscal year actually paid to these In
dlnn tribes approximated $8,050,098
and for the six years preceding then
was derived In royalties alone and ac-
tually paid to the Indians for their
benefit In oil royalties .$20,000,000.
The totol amount of oil taken t 'i
these Indian lands In Oklahoma, all
told, since oil was originally disc
ered, aggregates 383,000,000 barrel:).
The total amount of royalties and
bonuses paid the Indians by oil oper
ators during this development is $30,
000,000.
With the coming of the white people
to the state and with the murvelou
Improvement going on In the construe
(Ion- of railroads, wagon roads, school
houses and churches It will be seen
that the Indians are fast becoming us
similnted Into society, taking their
pluce and assuinlug'tbe role of citizen
ship.
Form Squad to Sell
Blood for Transfusion
Santo Barbara, Col. A "blood
transfusion squad," composed of
physically perfect men and
women, to hold themselves avail
able at any time their services
are needed, is being formed here.
The Santa Barbara County
Medical society has Issued a
call for a dozen volunteers.
The merit of the plan, It Is
pointed out, Is that physicians
will hove names of persons who
can be called on Immediately in
emergency cases, whereas by
the old plan valuable time was
lost In examining volunteers.
When one of the members of
the "perfect squad" Is called
upon to give blood for some pa
tient he or she, ns the cose mfcy
be, will be paid $20 for the red
corpuscles given up to save
someone else.
BALZAC'S HOME IS RESTORED
Includes Trap Door Through Which
Famous French Author Es
caped Creditors.
Porls. The home of the famous
French author, Hnnore de Balzac In
the Hue Itaynouard at I'assy has been
reopened as an artists' center. The
house had been sadly neglected, but
has been restored to present the ap
pearance It had in Balzac's time, with
Its vestibule painted blue and the orig
inal oak carvings and dark red tapes
tries decorating the apartment where
Balzac wrote his masterpieces.
On the table stands the big hina
coffee pot from which the nuthn was
wont to refresh himself, for i ilzac
was a mighty drinker of coffee. Old
wood cuts and original printing p. its
adorn the walls. In the garden' the
vine that Balzac tended still grows and
his beloved lilacs have been replanted
there.
In one room there Is still the trap
door through which Balzac used to dis
appear when Importunate creditors
culled.
GREEK REFUGEES
TELL OF OUTRAGES
Snlonlkl. High upon the hills of the
bustling Mncedonlnn city Is a pic
turesque settlement where 3,000
Greek refugees, driven from Asia
Minor by the massacre of 1914, make
their homes. Hundreds of other
Greeks who were interned by the Bul
garians in Dobrudja during the war
have Joined them recently. The
houses In this refugee ennip were con
structed by the Greek government. A
space equivalent to a large New York
furnished room is allotted to a fam
ily of from five to eight.
The settlement has been given the.
pretentious name of "The Quarter of
the Triumvirate" In honor of Greece's
three great modern patriots Premier
Venlselos, Admiral Kountourlotia nnd
General Danglnts, who. repudiating
King Constantlne, espoused the cause
of the allies when Germany sought to
win over the Greek army.
Grat-ful to United Statea.
Many of the people have been
helped by the American Bed Cross
and speak gratefully of the United
States and its people.
As'lfce Associated Press correspond
ent was visiting the village, two ox
corts loaded with Greek refugees who
had been driven by the Turks from
the villages along the sen of Marmora
In 1013 and 1914. nnd who. dtirtne the
present war, were expelled from Mace
donia by the Bulgars. made their way
slowly up the steep mountain road.
The refugees had Just come from
Dobrudja. to the south of Koumanla.
where they were practically exiled by
the Bulgars. They had been nearly
two months on the way. and virtually
all the food and old they got came
from the American Bed Cross, which
has relief posts along the line leading
from Bulgaria Into Macedonia. Many
were little tots from one to five years
old. The wonder was how these lit
tle ones, sickly nnd under-nourished,
were able to survive the long trip by
train, motortruck nnd ox cart.
The faces of these returning refu
gees wore nn Inexpressibly sad and
harrnssed look. For five years they
were driven hither nnd yon by Turk
and Bulgar. and had never known
what It was during that time to have
a roof and shelter. Under the Bulgars
Ihey were forced to live in the open
fields or in dugouts or stables. Eight
een hours a doy at hard labor under
constant Intimidation was the lot of
some of them. Three-fifths of a
pound of black bread a day was the
pitiful recompense they received from
the Bulgars. Often those too weak to
work were beaten by their ruthless
masters.
One reftwee declared to the corre
spondent that at one time there were
more than sixty deaths a day amorg
the refugee colony In Dobrudja from
malnutrition, exhaustion end expos
ure. In certain sections, he sold, the
Greeks were forced to live largely on
the rinds of watermelons which the
Bulgarian soldiers threw in the
streets.
Tel) Bitter Experience.
The older residents of this refugee
suburb" of Snlonlkl, most of whom
had fled from different parts of Asia
Minor during the wholesale massacres
there In 1914, have bitter experiences
to relate about their treatment by the
Turks. Some of these people liven in
Hie city of Phocis. where the whole
Ohrlstlnn population either had been
driven out or were killed by the Turks.
The women wept as they told about
the outrages of the Moslems. The
worst story was that told by an Intel
ligent peasant woman, who declared
that in a butchershop opposite her
home In Phocis she saw the Turks
take o young girl who was considered
the most attractive In town and cut
her body Into pieces. They hung the
pieces on meat hooks and offered
them for public sale, she said, to show
the Turks' contempt for Greek Chris
tians. What most Impresses the eye of the
visitor In speaking with these unfor
tunate people Is their sad, wan and
furrowed faces. They have been
driven about by the Invading foe
until they hnve reached the point al
most of despair and distraction.
ARE NOW 11
A physician says that the fewer
garments people' wear, the longer they
will live. Then there's only one fcjr
to live foiever,(nd the police won't
allow' that. ' . . M
"nntrcnl will repeal it. . tax on
-s "because the men evade It.
who will get married to
evadt tx must be a poor matrl
menial . ct- '
PLAN TO ENDOW MOTHERHOOD
British Family Endowment Committee
Seeks to Increase Marriage and
Birth Rate.
London. The family endowment
committee would endow motherhood.
The proposal, as laid before the no
tlonal birth-rate commission, Is thai
tne, state provide a regular weekly In
come for families with children undel
15 years of oge. ;
Emlle Burns, representative of the
family endowment committee, con
tends that the effect of the endowment
would be to Induce earlier marriages
and tend to remove the economic re
striction of the birth rote.
The cost to the government would
be about $1,200,000,000 a year.
Boys of the Hath and 146th F. A.
did not tarry long at Camp Lewis.
They were given their discharges as
soon as they could be written out, and
the men boarded the first trains for
borne.
Hally Piersol of the 140th. and Cor
poral Edward Sebasky, Harry Keller
and Leslie McCubbins of the HHth
urn at home. Sam Starr of the
'.18th remained in Portland for a
viBit with his brother, and will be here
in a few days. With the ar-ival of
Sergeant George Winship. who is.now
at Fort Douglas, Utah, the Athena
coterie of Troop D will have returned
to their homes.
The boys look fit and fine and are
enjoying old home life to the fullest
extent. They saw the horrors of war.
participated in all the principal bat
tles, starting at Chateau Theirry and
stopping only when the armistice was
signed and through it all their one
thought was getting to Berlin and then
home. They were cheated out of Ber
lin, when the Gemans sued for peace,
but now that they are at himc, their
satisfaction is complete.
Fast on the heels of the Field Artil
lery, come our boys of the H04th Eng
ineers, Joke Booher and Joseph Payne,
who passed through Pendleton Tuesdav
morniniz from overseas, and arrived
today from Camp Lewis. Joe Payne,
who has been in the motor messenger
service, comes home minus two front
teeth, which were knocked out in an
accident. Otherwise, the boys, who
were met in Pendleton Tuesday morn
ing as thev pasBed through, by their
parents, Wm. Booher and Mr. and
Mrs. George Payne, aie looking in
fine condition.
Will and Ray Shick, who were dis
charged from the service last week,
have been in Athena visiting relatives
and friends. Will saw service in the
navy and was assigned to duty in the
North Sea where he was engineer on a
vessel lavine mines. Ray was in the
Marine corps and spent a portion of
his enlistment in the South Seas.
At the age of 61 years. Charles
Lovelace, Spanish War veteran, re
turns to Athena after serving overseas
in the 4th F. A., Second Division.
Charley's age was against him in vol
unteering in the National uuara div
isions and in the draft classes, so he
went to Spokane and enlisted in the
regulars. His division opened up at
Chateau Theirry. On July ai he was
mounded by shrapnel, 'was in a French
hospital for five months and in a hos
pital in Chicago. Mr. Lovelace re
ceived his discbarge on May 20th.
Earl M. Cook, Hoadquarters Troop.
91at Division, after two months spent
on the coast, is in Athena. Earl was
in the dispatch bearer branch of the
service,' and while his division was in
Belgium be was cited for bravery and
received the Belgian Croix de Guerre.
He will remain in Athena for the pres
ent. Miss Tompkins Weds.
Athena friends received this week
announcement of the wedding of Miss
Lillian Tompkins, to Mr. Dawn E.
Woodruff, in Walla Walla, Monday,
June 30th. The wedding is described
as a very pretty one, being solemnized
in the suburban home of the bride's
brother, Mr. John Tompkins. Rev.
Thomas Lane of the Pioneer Meth'.dist
church officiated, the ring ceremony
being used. The bride was attired in
white georgette crepe, with bridal veil
and orange blossoms, and cameo, a
boquet of bride's roses. The ceremo
ny was performed under an arch of
pink and white roses, the couple stand
ing beneath a bell of pink roses. The
color scheme was carried throughout
the decorations In these delicate blos
soms. After the ceremony a sumptu
ous course dinner was served the
guests, who included relatives of the
contracting parties. The bride, a
former popular Athena girl, who lias
been living with her mother. Mrs.
Mary Tompkins, in Walla Walla for
some time, is a student of Whitman
Conservatory of Music She is a sis
ter of Mrs. A. R. Coppock, ot Jiinena.
The groom is a well known young man
of Walla Walla, and is interested in
the real estate business with his fa
ther, Mr. B. S. Woodruff. The young
couple are taking an extended honey
moon trip by automobile to Yellow
stone Park and other points.
Division to die overseas. The father
having passed away, the wife and mo
ther is the only member of the family
left. She is a sister of Samuel Pam
brun, and was recently made honorary
president of the Oregon Chapter of
the Rainbow Division veterans, an or
ganization which embraces 27 states.
The funeral of Mr. Andrews was large
ly attended, several hundred railroad
emnloves being present and the O.-W.
"band furnished special music for the
sad occasion. At the vault the Odd
Fellows had charge of the services.
Standard Theatre Program.
Saturday. July fi. .-Douglas Fair
banks in "Headin' South." A splen
did Artcraft picture dealing with the
love of a man for a beautiful woman,
the locale being iu Canada and the
Mexican border, with snowcapped
mountain peaks and magnificent scen
ery. Over 200 cowboys are used in
this picture, and every on of them
take the lid off the pepper can down
on the Bolder.
Sunday, July 8. Pauline Frederick
makes her second appearance at the
Standard Theatre in "Resurrection,"
Count Leo Tolstoy's great story of
Russian life before the debacle. In
the tole of the unhappy "Katusha"
Miss Frederick is given unlimited
scope in which to display her wonder
ful dramatic accomplishments. In her
delineation of Tolstoy's strongest char
acter, the beautiful and talented act
ress ascends the pedestal of dramatic
success equaling that in her production
of "La Tosca." The picture has been
sumptuously produced and shows many
scenes in the snowy wastes of Siberia.
Wednesday, July 9. Sessuo Haya-
kawa in "His Debt." In this master
screen production, Japan's tavnrite
dramatic son ib shown for the first
time at the Standard. In selecting
the Mutual pictures program for each
Wednesday evening, the Hayakawa
series was accepted on the assurance
of the producing compsny that in
filming them, the highest perfection
of the photographic art had been at
tained. Coming soon. "The Star without
an equal' Nazimova, in a series of
three seven-act BUper-featuro attrac
tions: "Bye for Eve," "Out of the
Fog," and "The Red Lantern.'
U. S. SAVES FARMERS MILLIONS
End of War Releasee 151,000 Tons of
Nitrates to Be Sold at Cost
for Fertilizer.
Washington. More than $1,500,000
will be saved by the farmers this year
as a result of the action of the govern
ment In making available at reduced
prices large quantities of nitrate for
fertiliser.
After the armistice was signed the
war department released to the de
partment of agriculture 111,000 tons of
nitrate produced during the war for
use In explosives. To this quantity Is
added 40,000 tons received from Chile
by the agricultural deportment, too late
for distribution last year.
Under authority of the food con
trol act the nitrate Is to be sold at
cost and already, says a statement by
the department, farmers have taken
up the full 151,000 tons in orders rang
ing from 200 pounds to 300 tons.
Scientists now say I hut It takes
three months for the body to recover
from the effects of nn attack of anger.
Well, doesn't that depend on the size
and muscularity of the chap you get
angry ot7
SAVED BY U. S. FOOD
Destitute People of Roumania Are
Grateful to America.
Many members and friendB of the
local Christian church attended the
four days convention at Milton last
week and report a pleasant and profit
able session. Pendleton ha been
chosen fo- next year convention,
which will be held during June, l'.iao.
There never was d dethroned giant
In the world but who learned the bit
ter lesson that In the moment of dis
aster the sycophantic anil hypocritical
"me too" bunch of idolatrous slob
berers were the first to quit filin cold.
Chautauqua Lecture Tour.
Rev. B. B. Burton, who is filling
Chautauqua dates through the Sound
oountry this week, writes that he is
having "some strenuous life, deliver
ing two lectures each day, and eat and
sleep when we can." Ho says, "Here
is the way it goes: Lectured at Har
rington Friday night: at 11 o'clock
started on tin mile ride in auto to
Everett. Three of us in the party
with our grips, two trunks and a big
Italian harp. Got to Everett at a a.
m,, went to bed and was called iu two
hours and took trolley to Seattle
where we went on steamer for three
hours ride and then took train for
Seouim. where we met one of the best
Chautauqua assemblies I have ever ad
dressed. I will be In Eastern Oregon.
Umatilla, and Baker City last of this
week, then Idaho. Hope to be home
after two more weeks . Have seen
some of the finest country in the world
but nothing that looks as wholesome
und prosperous and promising as my
own town and community."
Timely Arrival of Supplies Prevents
Growth of Bolshevism and
Revolution.
Bucharest. American flour and
clothing are saving the lives of thou
sands of destitute people throughout
Kounmnin. The United States food
administration has already brought In
to the country nearly 20,000 tons of
flour, while the American Bed Cross,
which hus n large mission established
here, Is distributing clothing and gen
eral relief supplies of all kinds among
the needy population.
The flour from America arrived ot a
time when conditions were at their
worst nnd when local supplies for the
Roumanian people were almost ex
hausted, It was feared that the want
of food would result lu a state of bol
shevlsin and revolution. 1
This American flour has been a tre
mendous factor In preventing the unj
rest. From Its relief stations estab
lished ot Bucharest, .Tassy, Constnnza,
Colutv ttnnaiinl .,,,,1 Pit,,.. 1 1 tlta A iiim'l.
can Bed Cross is distributing Its sup
plies, nnd In every Important village
an American lied Cross soup kitchen
Is helping to feed the population.
Queen Marie, who litis taken the
greatest Interest In this relief work,
has assigned Prince Carol to co-operate
with the American Bed Cross, Col.
Henry W. Anderson, Red Cross com
missioner to the Balkans, said that
three large consignments of relief sup
plies had already arrived In Houmu
nia, and that the fourth was already
on Its way from Toulon, so that the
American Bed Cross would soon be
able to cure for every destitute person
In Boumnnln.
War taxes are heavy, perhaps, but
the money goes to Uncle Snin. In
case of defeat It might have gone
to nn entirely different person.
A Uulted States court has ruled that
a Jew's hurp Is a musical Instrument.
Must hnve been the same ono that
ruled that turtles were insects.
An oyster produces 400.0MO eges an
nually, but of these only about ,0 r6
any good. Be very careful about or
dering oyster eggs in the shell.
Death of Chas. Andrews.
Charles Andrews, a former resident
of Umatilla county, and of late years
foreman of the round house at La
Grande, dropped dead at Union, last
Wednesday while in attendance at an
Odd Fellows meeting. The funeral
was held in La Grande, last Saturday.
N. A. Miller of this city being called
there to assist in directing it. The
remains were interred in a vault re
cently constructed by the Berry Mun
ument company of Walla Walla, in an
ticipation of the arrival from France
of the remains of their son. Bert An
drews, the first soldier of the Rainbow
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