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IT' . AN She Sihr tra Ite INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER P. b. Boyd, Publisher SSuHiscript.it in RateB. One copy, one year . . $2.00 One copy, six months $1.00 One copy, three months .75 Root aphid's mre not a whit about the daylight saving luw. Aerial flights are now but pus; across the In events. ' Atlantic NOTHING SACRED TO YANKS Strnplianglng in mi airplane Ing to lie even more unpleasant. ATHENA, ORHGCN, SEPT. 5, li STREET PAVING. the and the On I Camouflaged Philosophy. Unrle Snn'i Is advertising for sale 100 water wagons. They are much used In' these fateful times. 4 i m f - f Again It seems expedient to warn Ihe public that the Ashing season will not last many weeks longer. Attracting attention and then ap pearing AH be unconscious of the fact Is on urt with some women. ' The replacement of women by men n rallrond work may merely meun that more soldiers arc marrying. A conspiracy that takes the food out of the mouths of the hungry Is a ease of so high and yet so low. Spending large sums of money wise ly on needed public Improvement! Is the best kind of municipal economy. They may be called "athletic union suits" because of their agility In get ting Into the wrong laundry package. The fellow wfc" said that luitomo lilies never would be practical didn't know the fumes could be used to kill rati. If member of the college faculties had to dress ns well as do the students e 15 per cent salary Increuse would be Inadequate. It'l not because the man who, five years ago, was making $1.50 a dny has Increased Ms worth $4.DO that he Is now getting $8. That Columbia college course In Chines;- certainly will make It handy for those who lose their laundry allpa and try to explain. The select circles of Moscow hay bean enjoying an epidemic of glanders. Nralch has contributed to the exclu Mvsacse of. wl drtttt The required legal notice pertaining to proposed street improvement, to conform with the provisions of Ordi nance No. Ml, unanimously passed by the city council at a Bpecial meeting, Tuesday evening, appears to today's Press. Property owners should fam iliarize themselves with every phase of the proposed hardsurfacing of Man street by calling at the city Recorder's office and personally investigating every detail involved in plans, spec ifications and costs. As proposed in specifications submitted by the War ren Construction Company, Main street, from the east line of Ihe Zerba Garage property to Second street, and Third street from Main to Current street is to be hardsurfaced the full width, that Is. on each side of State Highway strip on Third Main street- up to the point at east line of the Zerba Garage. Main street from the intersection of Third street, on west to Second full width hardeuifaci'hg is provided for. From Second street west to the O.-W. track a 24-foot strto of hardsuiface in the center with macadam on each side to the curb, is offerejn solution of ,ecUring permanent improvement of this fast deteriorating sectirJt) of Main street. The cist for hardsurfacing this area and preparing trfe subgrade, except in such cases where additional material other than that now on the macadamized streets would afford, and required to fill depressions, or where a surplus of material is to be removed, is estimated by the Warren Construction Company's engineer at 119,056.08. This is approximately (4.20 per running foot where concrete guttera are now in place, and 5.20 per running foot in front of property where concrete gutters must be pit In, Thus, if you own a 50 foot front age on Main street where the hardsur facing is to be full width, it will coal you either (210 or $260 the gutter taken into consideration based upon the engineer's estimated cost. In addition to this estimated cost, there is a certain character'of work, such as mentioned above in regard to addi tional material in subgrading. and in cluding cost of labor and team hire plus 10 per cent for furnishing the tools and equipment to do this work aside from the hardsurfacing, and. 10 per cent of the cost upon industrial ac cident insurance, gutter and curb con struction, etc., ihat is groiped under the head of force account foreign to hardsurfacing proper but necessary to its completion and charged for ex tra. However this should not be at a prohibitive figure and the contracting company should be in a position to give a comprehensive estimate of what the force account will total. In Ihe scramble for Germany's trade the world Is likely to forget Its hate. Some men write war history to prove how wise they were ns prophets. Apropos of storm centers. Shantung Just now Is holding the championship. ,Thc man who Is unable to send a letter by mall niny still express his views. Flying across the ocean is in dan ger of descending to the commonplace. It takes two to make a quarrel, ond sometimes a Jury of twelve can't set tle It. It Is prison for the food profiteers In (Trance. It should be (he same In America. We can never fed Mint the war Is entirely ovt tint II that extra penny disappears. Kver.vhndy seems to be striking but the ultimate consumer mid he gets lilt at every turn. . The washin: m u nl I. v housewife who sings while Hie dishes Is the real com-singer. The English government Is having plenty of rood for thought lust now in the Irish stew. Another argument for thrift Is that when a man does buy something he can pay for It. If Sir Thomas Upton keeps pace with the times, his next Shamrock will be a blimp. The only fault Ihat can be found With, many makes of nutos Is that they enn still be stolen. Amateur gardeners see no signs In dicating the army of bugs and grubs la being demobilized. No reform Is easy, but If men would quit staring, the women might return to more modest gowns. One reason for the sugar shortnge may he the prevailing custom of sell ing fruit before It Is ripe. Turning nnnd-grenades Into savings banks Is the next tiling to making plowshares out of swords. Wouldn't It be strange to see a mov ing picture advertisement without "big" and "smashing" in It? Englishman's Idea of a Yankee. A lean American was monopolizing the conversation at the club. "Ynsa," he drawled. "I've been about some. I've lumbered on the Mississippi, met bears In the Rockies, seen cattle ranchln' out Texas waV. glanced round Australia, seen some bush life an' gold mlnln'. "Hobnobbed with Indian rajahs, watched u hull scrimmage In Spain. China? Reckon I jest have. Bin anywhere else? I should smile. There's Japan, the AlpB, Switzerland, and that jest about finishes the ca boodle." "What Is his profession?" asked some one, when the American had de purted. "Hla profession?" said a little man who had hitherto not spoken. "Why, he's manager of a cinematograph show In the West End." London Tit-Bits. Ancient Edifices, With Their Historic Memories, Have No Power to Over awe American .Soldier;. Ton can't awe n Tank. You can feast Ids eye and his mind on history nnd castles and things that are so old they are sacred. But you can't awe him, Stephen Doughton writes In Chamberlain's. You can, as has been done, for Instance, take him to War wick castle and show him the moat, the portcullis, Caesar's tower nnd won ders that date from 1)00 A. D. Then when he sees the broad rampart on the castle wall he thinks what a fine place It would be to dance, nnd he does. Recently a hundred Yanks on leave In England made n two-day tour. They played baseball nt the home of the late William Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon; visited Leninington Spn, Coventry, Warwick castle and the ruins of the famous Kcnllworth castle. .Tust to add a sort of finishing Ameri can touch to the tour they had peanuts at Warwick think of It, peanuts at sacred Warwick. But lest the Yanks be falsely ac cused of carrying peanuts to Warwick let It be noted that Harry tioruon Selfrldge, a former Chlcagoan, now a department store man In London, sent up 50 pounds of the delectable goobers Just to make the boys feel nt home while gallivanting about the castle's moats and ramparts and towers nnd places. This the Day of Young Men. In their enthusiasm, some well stricken In years have been heard to argue that this ought to be called the day of old men. But one would have to be not only old but foolish to at tempt to make that out. Youth will still be Berved. It Is really more em phatically than ever before the day of young men. Theirs the main service, theirs the thrill nnd ecstasy of patri otic devotion. Yet their elders canuot he denied a share in the great making of history which is going on. To be living through It at any age is to stir the pulses and quicken the imagina tion. It Is a time when, with the coun try making so many calls upon her old er sons, they can scarcely be blamed If they adapt for their own use the poet's saying, and declare that It is n period when It is bliss to be alive and very Heaven to be old. New York Evening Post. from the Principal at the school house. Mr. Pinkcrton has been busy re moving vast amounts of. Athena real! estate from the.recitatioh rooms; stairs and hallways and with the assistance of Mr. Kirk, the new director, Jburnel the dried grass and weeds from the entile campus. NOTICE CF STREET MENT. IMPROVE. The Churches Baptist Church Services, The regular services will be held, Bible school at 10 o'clock, preaching, at 11 o'clock and 8. In the evening the union services will be held with us. We will give you a welcome at any of these services. The Christian Church. Surday school at 10; preaching at II. Union meeting at the Baptist church at 8. Mr. Burton's subject at the morning service will be: "Life's Common Octave." You are most cor dially invited. B. B. Burton, Pastor. Notice is hereby given that the Common Council of the City of Athena has passed an ordinance, being Ordi nance No. 1H2, providing for the im provement by paving of Main street in the city of Athena from a point 100 feet east of the east line of Fourth street to a point 2W feet west of the Southwest corijer of the intersection of First and Main Streets In the City of Athena, and Third street from the south line of Main street to the north side of Current street, such improve ment to consist of paving and of con structing curbs and gutters thereon where there are now no curbs and gutters, Plans and specifications for such work estimates of the cost there of, and statement of the property to be assessed therefor, with an estimate of percentage of the total cost which each oi such lots, parts of lots and parcels of land should pay (in account of the benefits to be derived from such improvement are on file in the office of the City Recorder, All persons interested are hereby notified that the City of Athena will do said work unless the owners of property shall within ten days from the date of this notice file with the City Recorder their remonstrance or their election to do such work at their own expense and that if the said im provement is made by the city the cost of making such improvement, ex cept such part thereof as is borne by the city, shall be a charge and litn upon all lots, parts of lots, and parcels of land adjacent to and abutting upon. the pottions of streets, by said or dinance proposed to be improved. The persons interested are further notified that applications for raising or lowering the percentage of the cost of such improvement to be charged against any lot, part of l 't. or parcel of land shall bj filed with the City Recorder within ten days from the date of this notice. Dated September 2nd. 1919. B. B RICHARDS. City Recorder. Nazimova i ' I "The Red Lantern" Saturday Evening September 6 25 and 50 cents William S. HART in WOLVES OF THE RAIL wm. s. hart it? wolves- .of heBa Airomiw Saturday Sep. 13 School Notes Come to Walla Walla Frontier Days (Contributed. ) The elective system for high school scholars will be followed more closely than formerly, thus making possible more adaptable work for each student. Parents of high school pupils should discuss with their sons und daughters th 3 course each one is to elect in ordet that the secondary education of their children may be most suitable for the later plans in life. Soldiers, sailors and marines, reg ularly discharged from service, who expect to take advantage of the new law, should secure the blankB and have them properly filled in and mailed to the institutions of their choice at once. A few of these blanks can be secured Sept. 11.12.13 Great Assemblage of Wild West Talent RIDErtS AND ROPERS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD COMPETING FOR CHAMPION SHIP TITLES AND t000.00 IN PURSES. Riding Ropjng Steer Bull DoggingRelay and Pony Express Races---Wild Horse and Saddle Horse Races Indian Relay Races, and Huge In dian Congress, as well as many other thrilling Wild WEsi- Events Gigantic Parades and Civic Celebrations We carry the best MEATS 1 r. That Money Buys Our Market is Clean and Cool Insuring Wholesome Meats. LOGSDON & MYRICK Main Street, Athena, Oregon IP -'Yfi? . -.iri P 1 till Pendleton Marble & Granite Works Hilllll T. A. WYLIE, Proprietor PENDLETON, OREGON. 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