Miss Lorene Parker. Home Dem
onstration agent for Umatilla county,
finds that one of the principal causes
for discontent of women on the farm
is the amount of time spent and dis
tance traveled in carrying water for
domestic purposes. By way of illus
tration, Miss Parker contributes the
following paragraph, which has to do
with the wife of a Virginia farmer
. "By actual figures, one woman in
Halifax county walked 112 miles in
one year carrying water. Since she
has been keeping house she has trav
tied 1808 miles in carrying water.
your wife's time valuable? Figure
her time at 25 cents per hour, she
has spent If aaH in carrying water.
This is just one specific instance and
this well was only 46 yards from th
house. How far is your spring? Is
your wife as attractive as a woman
at her age should be? If not I expect
you can guess why."
For the most pact the' farm houses
of Umatilla county are supplied with
these conveniences, but there lire many
others fully able, where a few dollars
judiciously expended would bring
water into the kitchen and bath room,
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Rnck of having a home garden, suc
cess ami Mick, Is the same pulnelple
hard work, with, a little perspiration
occasionally,
A strike lias been called In Home. It
seems the new rending of the old prov
erb Is that Home must do what the
others are doing.
War is not without its benefits. For
example, some ecus are now sold by
weight and some shoes are sold ac
cording to their size.
With the postoffice in new quarters
and the Press in old-new quarters,
Watts & Rogers will have thinga about
their own way here on the "Corner."
This is an instance where one move
totaled three moves. It's now up to
"Dick" to make the fourth move.
Your move Dick whaddaye do?
Freshly peeled teepee poles and care
fully groomed race horses out on the
reservation are harbingers of the red
man's Fourth of July celebration. This
yehr Pendleton is a competitive cele
bration point which Cayuse will bow
to on July 4th and 5th. After that the
Indian will have before him a hiyu
celebration of tvo weeks duration.
Plenty good weather the past week
for mountain spud crops and spring
sown grain in the foot hills. A little
more of the same kind would not rome
amisH, in the totaling of the seasonH
yield.
The penuy that looks the biggest
just now is the ono that Uncle Sam
knocked off the postage stamp Tues
day morning. A two cunt stamp will
now carry a letter where formerly it
took a three-center to carry it.
One good reason for not making
The Hague the peace capital of the
world Is that the old peace plant there
never proved a success.
To prevent Uncle Sinn from becom
ing the world's most prodigal spend
thrift he should he put under the re
straint of a national budget.
Ocean flights by airplane are more
easily prevented by atmospheric mois
ture than baseball games when the
home team Is sure of a drubbing.
The man who Is earning a comfort
able living for his family and who Is
receiving fair treatment from his em
ployer is good Insurance against bol
ihevism. -
Travel abroad being extremely d I IB
oil t, Americans will have to be satis
fied this year with views of some
of (he grand old ruins of American
politics.
The assessors seem to think most
auto owners give their cars in at a
value In keeping with their thoughts
when n tire Is blown ten miles from a
service station. ir
An Austrian scientist Is reported as
having found the germ of hunger, and
If somebody only will find and rout
the germ of sleep we should be able
to save lots of time and money,
This bllllon-dollnr era holds very
little encouragement for the opinion
once expressed by some very distin
guished gentlemen that $1(K).(K1() repre
sents a large and sullielent fortune.
After a war to make the world safe
for democracy. It Is startling to he re
minded that there are i;i monarchies,
left as against only 21) republics, some
of jwhlch are republics In name only.
If you are to Judge by the price of
bakery pie. the war is on tit full blast
and the flour ration Is about to he re
duced to nu ounce a week. A world
wide league of pleblters ought to be organized.
Camouflaged Philosophy.
r'.'n Armenian seems alioirt us popu
lar In Kgypl as u 1'1'usalun would he
In Paris.
Acute attack of bolshovltls enn he
cured by sharp clouts with n police
mini's club.
That 75,000-word treaty will make
such nice hot weather reading for our
summer vacations.
If It weren't for flies, tornadoes nud
young lovers spring would he un Ideal
season of the year.
Happiness conies from always look
ing forward to Bomf glad event. For
Instance, the circus!
(Speaking of alliances, somebody
ought to Inform butter and eggs that
tho war is over.
To the disappearance of the pas
senger pigeon must now be added the
passing of the swallow.
German naval OfBcert maintain that
their fleet was never defeated. Neith
er was the Chinese fleet. ;
The fellow who eovles the farmers
never walked for fonrteeu hours In a
freshly turned furrow.
In face of the expectation of the
aerial war, nobody here will need the
udvlce to look up ami not dow n.
Twenty-five years ago eggs sold for
11 cents a down, No wonder there
is regret for tho good old times.
Japan might bear In mind that most
sensitive people do not care to go
There they have not been iuvlted.
Saying that the Yankees held 83.4
miles of the front doesn't begin to tell
what they did to It besides holding It.
A fashion note says styles are Indi
vidualdepending on whether last
year's or this year's suit Is being worn.
In these times the nnclent and hon
orable snort of picking eggs Is one
that frugal parents are apt to frown
upon.
Bolshevists now take the blame for
everything that goes wrong, nnd ap
pear to enjoy the Importance thus at
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The ornate helmets ordered by the
kaiser for the triumphal entry of the
Huns Into Purls are now pointing
quite another moral ami adorning
what Is for their expected wearers a
very sad tale.
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
That Clfarles Conley, ti'ie young man
arrested In Los Angeles last week'on
a charge of robbing the Beaverton
bank, Is a former Inmate of the Ore
gon state penitentiary at Salem, was
announced by J. M. Hiley, of the Plnfe
erton detective agency in Portland.
That the Reddish farm, north of Eu
gene, would undoubtedly be selected
by the Btate fish and game oomnilsBion
lor the pheaBant farm, location of
which has been under discussion for
several weeks, was the statement made
by State Game Warden Carl Shoe
maker. Tho work of cruising and classifying
the Coos Bay wagon road grnnt lands
will be completed within a few days.
The survey Is preliminary to the turn
ing over to the government and the
subsequent sale to the public of the
lands forfeited by the Southern Ore
gon company.
The temporary Injunction aBked for
by the Phez company, enjoining the
Salem Fruit union from the sale of
1200 tons of loganberries, for which
the Plies people claim to have a con
tract, was allowed la an order handed
down by Judges Bingham and Kelly
of the Marlon county circuit court.
No captured German cannon will be
available for Oregon's state capltol
grounds until after congress has taken
action looking to the distribution of
the material now on hand, according
to a letter just received hy Governor
Olrott from Major General Henry Her
vey, asslBtant chief of staff of the
army.
Commercial clubs and chambers of
commerce throughout eastern Oregon
are being urged by Public Service Com
missioner Corey to lend every possible
Influence to procure passage of the.
long ami-short-haul bill now before
congress, which. If passed, will mean
much to the financial and Industrial
growth of this state.
O. W. 11. Lytic, state veterinarian,
received a salary rise of $2400 to $3000
at a meeting of the livestock sanitary
board held In Salem. His two depu
ties were each Increased from $1600
to $1800. The present officers of (In
board were ro-elected. They are Wal
ter K. Taylor, Corvallls, president: W.
B. Barrett, Heppner, vice-president;
W. II. Lytic, secretary.
A record price was paid at the Union
stockyards in Portland last week for
nine Lane county bogs. The animals
taoiuarajuusLiase Bait u upattsik
and were included In a shipment of
two carloads taken to Portland by W.
A. Ayres, In charge of the co-opers'ive
shipping of livestock by the Lane r.
ty Pomona Granee. They were sold
at 20.75 a btinrlrtdi immiiln
A tine or joo was impose.0 fjy tile
circuit court at Astoria on Charles
Marco on a charge of operating a
purse seine in the waters of the
Columbia river. The case was on ap
peal from the justice court, where a
similar fine had been Imposed, and
notice of appeal was Immediately
taken to the state supreme court. The
action, while of a criminal nature, is
a friendly one to obtain the court'B
interpretation of the state law pro
hibiting purse seining in the Columbia
river.
Captain Conrad Stafrin of Dallas,
who was recently returned from serv
ice In France with tho lS2hd infantry,
was appointed adjutant general of the
Oregon national guard. Governor Ben
W. Olcott announced. The appoint
ment will be temporary, the appointee
to serve only until the return to duty
of Lieutenant Colonel George A.
White, now on his way home from
France, now resigned the office two
years ago on the understanding that
he would be reappointed upou his
return home.
Four hundred and thirty thousand
rainbow trout eggs brought from Odell,
Cresent and Davis lake and placed in
the Tumalo hatchery, the first to be
Handled at the new plant, are due to
hatch Sunday, according to the super
intendent. Three hundred thousand
more eggs, gathered at the lakes, are
ready for transportation, and are ex
pected to arrive Saturday. In addition
to the hatching, 400,000 brook trout
fry, from eggs gathered at Elk lakn
last winter, will be sent in the near
future from Bonneville and will bo
cared for at the Tumalo hatchery until
they are ready to be planted.
To speed up road development half
of the counties in Oregon voted road
bonds at the special election last week.
The aggregate of the bonds is in ex
cess of $5,000,000, or more than half
the size of the bond issue for roads
enacted by the session of the legisla
ture in February. In addition to these
bond issues, several other counties
plan road bonds elections during the
summer, under the newly enacted 6
per cent county Indebtedness law for
roads. More than $1,000,000 in bonds
is contemplated at the special elec
tions to be held later. Road bonds
voted by various counties at the
special election were as follows:
Baker, $500,000; Benton, $220,000;
Deschutes, $125,000; Gilliam, $250,000;
Jefferson, $100,000; Klamath, $347,704;
Lake, $200,000; Linn, $600,000; Lin
coin, $180,000; Marion, $800,000 Mal
heur, $230,000; Polk, $265,000: Tilla
mook, $430,000; Wheeler, $44,000;
Wallowa, $00,O00; Morrow, $230,000;
Yamhill, $360,000.
One Result.
"Has your son had any sucfess with
this nvladon experiment?"
"Oh, yes; he has succeeded In mak
ing my money fly."
The Churches
Baptist Church Notes, i
The regular services will be held in
the morning, Bible school at 10, and
preaching at 11 oclock. At 8 oclock
there will be a union service at the
Christian church. AH are invited to
attend these services.
SUMMONS.
In the Circuit Court of the State
of Oregon for Umatilla County.
Olevia C. Davis, Plaintiff,
VB.
Bert G. Davis, Defendant.
To Bert G. Davis, Defendant above
named: In the name of the State, of Oregon,
you are hereby required to appear and
answer the complaint ot the plaintiff
filed against you in the above entitled
suit within six weeks of the date of
the first publication of summons to
wit, on or before Friday, the llth day
of July, 1919. And you will take no
tice that if you fail to appear and an
swer said complaint or otherwise plead
thereto within said time, plaintiff, for
I want thereof, will apply to the Court
for the relief praved for in her said
complaint, namely for a decree 'of the
Court dissolving the hotjpi of matri
mony now and heretof orsfixisting be
tween plaintiff and defendant and for
! other equitabb relief.
Ibis summons is published pursuant
to an ordei made by the Honorable
Gilbert W. Phelps. Judge of the above
entitled Court on .the asth day of May,
1919. The first " publication of this
summons will be made on Friday the
30th of day of May, 1919, in the Ath
ena l'rjsa newspaper, published at
Athena, Umatilla County, Oregon, and
the last publication will be made on
Friday the said llth day of July, 1 H 1 9.
Dated this 28th day of May. 1919.
Peterson, Bishop & Clark.
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Residence and postoffice address,
Pendleton, Oregon.
Notice to Creditors.
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
In the Matter of the Estate of
E. R. Cox, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has been appointed adminis
trator of the estate of E. R. Cox, de
ceased, by the above entitled court.
All parsons having claims against the
said estate are hereby notified to pre
sent them to me at Athena, Oregon, or
to my attorney. Homer I. Watts, at
his office in Athena, Oregon, w'thin
six months from the date of the first
publication of this notice. All claims
must be verified as by law required.
Dated at Athena, Oregon, this 6th
day of June. 1919. A. M. JOHNSON.
Administrator.
Notice to Creditor.
In the Countv Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
In the Matter sif the Estate of
'George W Gross. Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned have been appointed exec
utors of the last will and testament of
George W. Gross, deceased, by the
above entitled court; and that all per
sons having claims against the above
entitled estate should present them to
either of us in Athena, Oregon, or to
our attorney. Homer I. Watts, 'at his
office in Athena. Oregon, within six
months from the date of the first pub
lication of thisr noti.-e; said claims to
be verified as by law required.
Dated at Athena, Oregon, this 13th
day of June, 1910. Sarah J. Gross,
Homer I. Watts, Executrix,
Attorney James F. Gloss,
for Executors. Executor.
' Notice to Creditors.
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon, for Umatilla County.
In the Matter of the Estate of
Jennie G. Watts. Deceased:
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has been appointed admin
istrator of the estate of Jennie G.
Watts, deceased, by the above en
titled court. All persons having
claims against said estate are hereby
notified to present them to me at my
office in Athena, Oregon, within six
months from the date of the first pub
lication of this notice. All claims
must be verified as by law required.
Dated at Athena, Oregon, this Bth
day of June, 1919.
HOMER I. WATTS,
Administrator.
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