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VOLUME XL
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. AUGUST 15, 1919.
NUMBER 33
WHEAT IK IS
WELL UNDER WAY
The End of a Perfect
Harvest Season Here
Crop In Athena District Yield)) Beyond
Pro-Harvest Expectations.
The end of a perfect harvest sea
son is in sight The bulk of the wheat
has been harvested, and a consider
able portion In storage, Saturday night
and this week a number of machines
have finished and pulled in. Perfect
John Wall a Member of
"Hand-Picked" Regiment
Hoots Two Umatilla, Indian Characters
WMlc In Paris.
John Wall, who is with Pershing's
six-footers, the "hand-picked" regi
ment, writes him mother, Mrs. W. K.
Wall of this city, a very interesting no
count of the recent ovations accorded
the American troops in so
pean capitals.
. This regiment was accorded the
honor of heading the memorable Bag
tile Day parade In Paris, a picture of
wrlteh was thrown on vta screen at
the Standard theatre Sunday evening
as the feature of the Pathe Weekly
News. This regiment, in which the
Nazimova at Standard
Playing "Toys of Fate"
Mary Plckford Comes Saturday Night
Billy Burke, Sunday.
The great Naiimova will be the
screen feature of the month at the
Standard Theatre, appearing next
Wednesday night, August 20th, in
"Toys of Pate." In this producior.
the Russian actress Is supported by
the same cast that appeared her In
"Kye for Eye,"' at the Standard hut
month. . Pour of the big seven-reel
Xazlmova pictujEea,,,were secured, one
a month for four months. The S30
tember picture will be the "Red '..in
tern," find the October picture "Re
velation." With the two-reel come.Us,
requirements are that each doughboy these productions comprise a nine-reel
must be six feet in height and a thor
ough soldier in every particular, has
been pronounced by the military ex
perts of Europe to be the finest body
weather conditions prevailed during of phJ,ieaI manhood ever assembled
the entire season of grain cutting,
with the result that the crews put in
full time.
A large amount of grain was har-
under any commander. The regiment
numbers 3(00 men and when they
swing through the streets of American
cities, with General Pershing at their
vested by bulk method this year, and head, the last arrival of A. E. P. will
those 'who garnered crops by this pro
ocss speak In high terms of It. Both
self-propelled machines and Oregon
specials and other machines pulled by
caterpillars, were equipped with de
vices for hauling grain wagons along-
have been realized.
While In Paris, John met Blue
Peather, a Umatilla Indian girl, of the
reservation, who with an Indian known
as "Squaw Billy," was doing a Vaude
ville act on the Y. M. C. A. circuit.
side and dropping them off when fill- Blue Feather- who 18 a CarllsIe
uate, is wen Known to tne Kouna-up
ed. Other machines turned the wheat
into wagons drawn by teams, and al
together the bulked grain process has
been well received here. A consider
able quantity of grain, however, is still
harvested In the sack, as formerly.
The presence of smut In varied
people, having taken part In several
Round-Up exhibitions as a relay and
trick rider.
Bird Season Opens Today
With the rising of old Sol this morn
ing, the 1919 open season on grouse
quantity has been the only drawback and native pheasants began, and will
this season. The yield turned out tu remain open until sundown, October
be far beyond pre-harvest estimates. lt- Th Dae" limit Is five birds during
not a few near 50 bushel yields being W one day' or ten Wrds dur,ng any
reported. Yields of better than 45 even consecutive days. The open sea-
. . . 4 . son on China pheasants in this county
wunuvw yci aa,i u mo vvutiuvii) imiu ui
fall sown acreage, below 40 bushels is
a rarity.
Wheat sales of considerable mag
nitude have been reported. One buy
er, the latter pert of last vrVek pur-
extends only from the first Sunday in
October to the second Sunday In Oc
tober of each year, both days inclu
sive. Bag limit, five birds in any one
day, or ten during any seven consecu
tive days; provided, that no more than
chased holdings aggregating 0,008 twQ f(male CWna peasants be killed
ousneis. in addition, other sales were m any geven conBecutive days,
made. i
With introduction of Improved
methods of harvesting grain, com- i
parisons are in evidence relative to
Present conditions with those of prior
tieeage. Por Illustration, the Weston
Leader says:
"The Joe Key threshing outfit is
one of the best equipped in Umatilla
county. It consists of a threshing ma
chine and an automatic hoedown, the
Amputation Necessary
The little son of Mrs. Carstena was
taken to Walla Walla Wednesday
morning, where it was found by Dr.
Kelor that amputation of the left limb
was necessary. The lad injured his
left foot some weeks ago by striking
it with a baseball bat. He was taken
tu the hospital at Pendleton, where
he remained for sometime, returning
show.
Saturday night, an etceptlonally
strong program is oirerea. mr
Plckford appears in "Stella Marls,
the eve, pnptt.ar screen star having a
sp'endid part. Also a nifty two-rsjl
rnett comedy.
Billy Burke will be seen Sunday In
one of the best feature hic-turos tnni
Paramount has.given th;s clever act
ress to set forth her real talent, when
she o rears In "The Myterious M
Terry. " Pathe Weekly and new
faces in comedy, Moren & Morin,
oompletes the program.
DOGS ONCE WERE WORSHIPED
latter being a patent lever Invented by home recently. Tuberculosis develop-
Mr. Key which saves the labor of
three men; also , a fine new Yuba
tractor, two headers, eight header
boxes and five grain tanks, which
haul three thousand bushels of grain
daily to the elevator. The machinery
is owned by Joe Key, Jean Schrimpf
and AIlc Johnson. It requires sixty
horses Including those used on the
grain tanks and water wagon twenty
eight men and a Pord Jitney to ope
rate this outfit.
Which Is some outfit. But Marlon
Hansell, with a self-propelles, operat
ed by three men, four four-horse
teams and four drivers seven men In
all, and sixteen horses has averaged
around 16.00 bushels per day since
harvest began. This is the difference
between the ola and new methods of
harvesting.
ec. from the injury. The operation
was performed at nine o'clock yester
day morning.
Hot Stuff Plant Resumes.
The "hot stuff" plant, recently des
troyed by fire at Adams, has been re
built and is In operation again. The
gap between Adams and Blakeley is
being drawn together, and in a short
time the highway will be hardsurfaced
from Adams to Pendleton. A stretch
of hard surface already extends from
Adams this way, and from now on,
work will be centered on the Athena
Milton section, with plants and big
outfits on each end, working toward
the center of operations.
Custom Practised In Many Countries
In Past Age Ethiopia Had
One for a Monarch.
Dog worship spread from Egypt to
many other countries, where U took
different forms. The Romans' sacri
ficed dogs to Anubis. to the lesser (log
star, I'rocyon. and to Pan, and the
Greeks made similar offerings to pro
pitlate Proserpine, Murs, Heeute and
other imaginary beings of whom they
stood In fear, says Nutlonal Geographic
Magazine.
Plutarch says: "The circle which
touches and separates the two hemls
pheres, and which on account of this
division baa, received the name of
horizon, Is" Called Anubis. It Is' rep
resented under the form of a dog be
cause tills animal watches during the
day and during the night."
Out of this idea II seems there aro'
two mythical personages Mrrevr.v
Hermes, and Cerberus, the three-head
ed dog supposed to guard the gates of
hell.
But ' there were humbugs even In
those days, and they humbugged the
dog worshippers even as charlatans
often humbug Christians today. Per
haps the limit of deception was prac
ticed on a certain nation in Ethiopia,
which Is said to have been bambooiled
Into actually setting up a dog for Its
king. Clod In royal robes and with :i
crown upon bis head, ho sat upon bis
throne and received the homage of
his subjects. He signified his ap
proval by barking. He conferred hon
ors upon a person by licking bis' band,
and a growl might condemn a man
to captivity or death.
A Fine Shop
With the installation of its third slug
casting machine, a three-magazine In
tertype, the Pendleton East Oregonlan
will have the most complete and effi
cient mechanical department of any
newspaper in the Inland Empire.
With the Installation of, the new ma
Powers Hisses Opportunity. -
Kernel Wood has suspended publl.
cation of the Leader for this week in
nrflfv in tka JL JTU'.ch-needed VSCS-
tion. He Is In Portland, where last chine at a cost of $00,-a printing
.,. a. f u Di.ni1i.ff.ri in-
h affiliated with a choice col. Plan Wllmn " -
lection of newspaper Kernels from all
parts of the U. S. members of the
National Editorial Association. Sentl-
J stltution will be in a position to vir
tually do away with hand composi
tion altogether.
ment at Weston appears to favor
Wood's vacation, but unanimous Okay
is withheld for the reason that profes
sional Jealousy seems to have side
tracked Bill Powers' grand opportun
Will Improve Farm Home.
Melville Johns, who about October
I, will move to the Johns farm west of
Athena, which for many years has
heen under lease to Bern Banister,
ity to give the people of Weston one ! contemplates making extensive im-
provemenis 10 iu -
biuldings. The improvements will in-
real live edition of the leader.
"POKER FAC" HAS ITS USE
Ability to Hide Emotion Will Fre
quently be Found of Value in
Game of Life.
Princeton is about to send 118 grad
uates out Into the world. Some of
them are whimsical young fellows, as
would appear by the way they filled out
questionnaires which asked them,
among other things, what of most value
had been received by them In their col
lege course. One reflective senior
avowed unblushlngly that it was "his
allowance." For others, "cheeks," "a
poker face," "the art of bluffing,"
"learning hogr to loaf scientifically,"
were their acquisitions of highest
worth.
The value of no one of these can
be gainsaid, for most lives bring emer
gencies when any one of them may
be of the highest use. There are
some who may be skeptical of the ad
vantagesof the "poker face." Yet who
can doubt the value on occasion of a
poised, impassive, Imperturbable coun
tenance which gives no slightest hint
of the hopes and fears it masks,
A physiognomy under complete con
trol Is almost essential to a dlplomnt,
and this ability to hide emotions be
hind a changeless exterior goes fur
to give the Japanese envoys the repu
tation of being the best poised states
men. Countenance! which light up
with emotion are more attractive.
Mini
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MME. RAYMOND POINCARE
DIED LAST EVENING
H. C. Caplinger, Oregon pioneer and
Indian scout of early ' days, died last
night at the home of bis stepson, Will
Campbell, near Warren station, after
a long illness. Funeral services will
be held at tbe Christian church, in this
city, Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Obituary next week.
SCRAP BIG WARSHIPS
Great Britain to Dispose of Ves
sels by Auction.
.i . r,inn foot screened veranda on
n-sides of the house, part of wnicn i Wooden faces are never winning iu
L" U . . . , . ., - ..AP.1 Hilt
Robert Steen Dead.
Ttobert. eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. lw0 . . . tn. i xwentaMon of the word. But
. -rrflneeu ,o Ultiuuc --r-
Grant Steen, residents of Dry Crees. furntoh,d
..,..:., &.trHo t Walls. porcn, aim v'
for an open-air living room.
Chrtsialn Church
Sunday school it 10; regular preach
and 8 p. m- Union
died at Midnight, Saturday at Walla
Walla as the result of obstruction of
the bowels during a surgical opera- j
tion. Funeral services were held at
h. i. ami Tuesday afternoon the injr at 11 a. m
remain, were interred in Weston meeting at this church, Sunday night,
eemeterv. The lad was a nephew of B. B. Burton, Pastor. ,
Ibt J.C Burke, of M city. THE EXD OP
they are the winning faces In two at
least of the exeltlng games of life, di
plomacy and poker. Rochester Post
Express.
With American peasants raking In
$2.20 n huhet on n liHtlnn-bitihel crow
It's no ivmh'' - ' 'rt
lee wfU mrp
Many of 200 That Have Outlived Use
fulness Hold High Place in
Naval History.
London. Nearly 200 warships of
the British navy, most of which have
outlived their usefulness, ore to be
sold to the highest bidder as soon as
they can be cleared of their guns, etc.
Among the vessels to be disposed of
are several which have a high place
In naval history nna around which
hovers an Intense sentimental interest.
A somewhat similar step was taken
by the admiralty in 1904, when a large
number of obsolete vessels were dis
posed of. At that time a great hue and
cry was raised, as many persons feared
that the strength of the navy would be
seriously Impaired. But, as a matter
of fact, the sale of the ships resulted
In making the navy stronger thnn ever
and the coming sale Is expected to
have a similar effect.
The removal of obsolete vessels In
1004 had a two-fold purpose, and In
both respects was justified by the war.
It set free the personnel needed to
start the nucleus crew system, and
placed out of commission ships which
did not give an adequate return in
fighting efficiency for the cost of their
upkeep.
WldeiSpread Intercut HI be aroused
by the revelation of the names of ships
to he removed - from service. Sentl-
Half of Money Raised
For a Swimming Pool
Wopen Use Petticoats;
Put Out Field Fii e
A recent photograph of Mme. Ray
mond Poincare, wife of the president
Of France.
cmtal interest in his majesty's ships
f war Is strong, amounting almost to j
werence, evoked by snch nn ancient ,
monument ns Nelson's Victory.
Among the ships now to be dis
posed of are many which have been
brought prominently before ihe public
eye. Several have flown the flags of
distinguished officers, and not a few
have made records In connection with
the war.
More than 100 destroyers, compris
ing the "A" to "F" classes, are now
classed as noneffective, and 97 of
them, Including 21 for Immediate dls-
posal, appeared in the list of April 9.
I There will soon, therefore, be no de
I stroyers In the navy launched before
1909. All the torpedo boats, except
the 38 turbine-driven boats of the
coastal tyne built In 1900-09, ore be
ing clearetr off, and 40 are in the list.
Perhaps the most Interesting unit of
this group is torpedo boat No. 079,
which in the naval maneuvers was
commanded by King George, then a
lieutenant In the navy.
Grain Field of Casper Woodward Sav
ed by Prompt Addon.
r'-tWny-tfimFRcMlf. t- whip tut
the fire, Mr. c. F. Wood, of Pendle
ton, visiting nt the home of Mr. e.a.l
Mrs. Casper Woodward, v est of Athe
na, and Mrj. Russell. ! arveet co 'k
saved a wheiu field on ihe Woodwrrd
place from horning.
The ladies passed the field In nn
automobile, end on ibelr return,
shortly afterward, they found thj
stubble bla.tnv with flames. Nothing
was at hand which could be used to
fight the fin:. -ind to rre for hV.i
meant disastrous spread of the
flame.s Nothing daulted, they divest
ed themselves of their petticoat and
with this wearing apparel, vigorous!?
weHded, subdued the fire after only
f've sacks of grain had ''eon destroyed.
Mr. Woodward generously pnved
his apreclatlon by purchasing eich
lady a new petticoat ad ng a cash re
ward of f 20. '
The fire originated in the stubbie
at the roadside from an unknown
cause, though tracksdtclosed where
an automobile nad turned around in
the highway at the spot where the fire
started.
A Lawn Partv.
Mrs. Lula Read, aslsted by her nelce
Miss Vera Cross, gave ' a birthday
party for her daughter, Jennamae,
Saturday afternoon. The guests were:
Kathleen and Freddie Radtke, Lorena
and Doris Schuoert, Edna and Roy
DcFreece. Dale Stephens, Oral Mlche
ner, Kenneth Kmmcl, Marjoric Boo
lier, Belle Anderson, Areta Kirk and
Elizabeth Steele.
o Sollctatlon for funds to .construct a
swimming pool In the City Park, Is
meeting with success sufficient to In
sure the consummation of this much
desired civic enterprise In the near fu
ture. A fund of approximately $400 ha
been held at the First National Bank
since the beginning of the war, when
the project was of necessity, dropped.
A few days ago, the matter of the
natltorlum or swimming pool was re
vived, with the resolution to see suffU
clent funds raised- for construction
purposes or failing, to turn the fund
contributions back to the original
subscribers. The result of a few hour
work succeeded in bringing the fund
up to nearly $1500, Including jhe orig-inalHOO.
At the present cost of material, the
construction of 'he pool, 70 by 35 feet
dimensions, Including dressing rooms,
with lockers, for men and women,
complete without figuring any dona
tion work, has been estimated ty
contractor Scott at $2300. To thh,
amount Has been estimated $700 for
excavating a well and installing a
pump and motor, bringing the total
cost up to $3000. if V
The plans and specifications pro
it alls 12 Inches thick, smooth surfaced
with 8 foot surrounding the pool and
dressing rooms at each end, spring
boards, rubber matts, ladders, etc.
The dimensions, 70 by 35 feet Inside
measurements, will provide a pool
practically as large as the one at Bing
ham Spring. The depth of water will
range from three foot In the shallow
part to eight foot in the deepest part.
The plans were secured by Mr. Lc
Grow and are modern In every parti
cular. They may bo scon at the Prcts
office.
An August Cleanup Sale
Our Annual August Cleanup Sale Opens Sat- '
urday Morning, Avgust 16th
It's the greatest economy event since the war began. Every de
partment of our great store offers wonderful bargains Groceries,
Shoes, Women's Ready-to-wear Garments, Mens Clothing, Mens and
Women's Furnishings, Dry Goods, Kitchenware, etc.
GREATEST AUGUST SALE EVER HELD IN PENDLETON
and it's right in the face of the most rapidly rising market we've
ever known. Don't wait. You will be the looser if you do. Don't
hesitate. Buy now, to last you a whole year.
Pendleton's Greatest Department Store
THE PEOPLES WAREHOUSE
Where It Pays to Trade
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