Advei-tlBing The oAthena Press circulates in the homes of readers who reside in the heart jf the Great Umatilla Wheat Belt, and they have money to spend 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 Entered at the Post Office at Athena. Oregon , as Second-Claee ftail Matter ,;r A VOLUME XL. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 10, 1919. m INLAND TOWNS TO GET LOWER RATES enator Poindexter Seeks to End .All Unfair Railroad freight Charges. fTERIOR POINTS VICTIMS. Have Had to Pay for the Costly Fight of the Railroads Against Water Carrier, Washington, D. C. (Special)-- Tliere is a strong probability that Congress, at Its coming session, will enact Sena tor PolndexterV bill to amend the long and short haul clause in the Interstate Commerce law, so as to abolish discriminations In railway freight rates. This means thatihun- OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERU INTEREST Principal Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Readers. SENATOR POINDEXTER. dreds of Inland cities and towns, for the first time In their history, will fret a fair deal from the transportation companies. The bill passed the Sen ate at the last session, but was lost In the House owing to the pressure of war matters and the congestion which developed during the closing weeks. It Is believed, ho.wever, that a large majority of Hie members favor Its adoption. In an interview today, Major Gen eral William M. Black said: "The Poindexter bill is a long step In the right direction. The abuses connected with railway freight rates first attracted my attention in connec tion with army work. In fact, there is no question but what the present railroad tariffs constitute one of the grossest impositions ever practiced In this country. "The tariffs for freight are still based upon the old principle of charg ing all that the traffic will bear, n relic of the days of unregulated mo nopoly. The railroads have practical ly driven water transportation out of business in many parts of the coun try, by making low cut rates at com petitive points where water carriers were trying to no ousiness. "- they made up the losses by overcharg ing in other localities where there was no such competition. The system was a distinctly selfish one devised for -the greater prosperity of the railroads and Involved the exercise of autocratic powers which do not rightfully belong to common carriers of goods. "Water transportation can be re vived In many parts of the TJnlted States as a result of proper regulation of railway freight charges. There ,,,nv classes of freight which might profitably be sent by water to the benefit or uie elves." s railroads thern- Linn conty banks now have deposits aggregating $5,909,204.75. The convention of the State Federa tion of Labor opened in Bend Monday. Marlon county's apple crop this year i will net the growers more than $100, 000. ) Deckhands and firemen of Portland's river steamboats went on strike last week. ... - - Hood Hlver apple growers have nev er experienced so severe a shortage ol apple packers. r, , t . The price of milk In Pendleton has raised to 16 cents for pints and cents for quarts. , More than I860 -was cleared at a dance given by The Dalles Hospital Alumni association. , Fire which started In the upper story ot the Masonic temple In Woodburn caused a damage of $5000. J. L. Stalker disposed of his 103 acre ranch situated In the vicinity ot Silverton to Edward Olaen. The Oregon Dairy Council will have four delegates to the national dairy show this week In Chicago. Road construction In Oregon willibe pressed forward through the winter by the state highway commission. Cranberry raisers near Marshfleld are short of help and have the biggest crop in recent years to harvest. The Salem Phez company expects ti press more than 3,000,000 poundB of apples during the present season. Two new paving plants, each cost ing in the neighborhood of $15,000, are to be purchased by Marion county.. Pear growers of the Hood River val ley In a number of Instances will real ise. $2000 an acre from their crops this Forty-five thousand gallons of vine gar wlll.be manufactured by the Bu- stene Fruit Growers' association this year. The accumulation of materials await ing shipment is rapidly nearing a con gestion at the Southern Pacific depot in Brownsville. Taxpayers of Coqullle have voted a bond Issue of $50,000 for purchase of a site and to construct a new high school building. Advertisements have been issued by the Umatilla Indian agency inviting bids for the sale of 787 acres of choice Indian allotments. Two fatalities and a total of 588 accidents were reported to the indus trial accident commission for the week ending October 2. The second annual dahlia show given in Oregon City under the auspices of the St. Paul's Episcopal church guild was largely attended. Dr. William Sunderland Mott, for more than 30 years a resident of Salem and one of the best known physicians in this section of the state, is dead. Salaries of all county employes whose pay 1b not regulated by state laws, were raised by the Douglas coun ty court from $10 to $20 per month. With the number of motor cars con stantly increasing in Portland the traf fic problem as shown by the September record of accidents, is becoming more acute. Home nursing will be a part of the curriculum of the future high school girl in Portland, according to plans of the Portland chapter, American Red Cross.' !::-! A large touring car ran off the Co lumbia river highway near Rainier and plunged down an embankment 100 feet. Matt Armstrong of Astoria suffered a broken leg. Because a large p'Jture of the former kaiser ap ars in the newi geography, the Par Teacher ass t ion at Eu gene he msf'd a .'Uo. n coxdemn- jp Labor Day J stop your w'MimMMMw 1 M I'. fn. 'iCT l 1-4 I W bWVMUBM AMMMKKMM Wl 1 1 IP u - . 'u I.. . . : .: "7 ' ' T.'imBS ',Y . POTATOES PRERLY STORE!) FOR WINTER Approximately One-Third of Crop Is Marketed in Fall. Reserve Supply Must Be Protected From Extremes of Heat and Cold Provide Sufficient Ventila tion and Avoid Moisture. NUMBER 40 WAR OFFICE STOPS BOMB 1 DISTRIBUTION Treasury Department's Plan to Award Hand Grenades Blocked STATE FAIR FACILITIES ARE TOTALLY INADEQUATE The unanimous verdict of atgiwho attended the Oregon State Fair at JACK PARKER EXPIRES HUE IN DOCTOR'S OFFICE ; J. Parker, Athena s pioneer bar- vn:B1 bn.Montu in fir Sham a office shortly after five o'clock Tuesday I Salem last week is that the fair-was evebing as the result ot heart failure. I one or me oesi ever neio, uui ium iu In company with bis son Willard Mr. facilities offered for accommodating Parker had gone to the doctor for med- j the orowds in attendance were mad ical attention, and while sitting in a j, equate in a marked degree, chair suddenly lurched forward to the For 40,000 people in attendance, but floor, dying instantlyThe remains ' four thousand could find seating places were removed to MiUeVWdertaking in the antiquated grandstand, built rrmanta and the funeYal services tony years Hgo, oiu j were conducted at the residence this Swaggart atfernoon at two o'clock, Rev. B. B. Burton officiating. , jajf Mr. Parker had been afflicted- with heart trouble for about two years and bad contracted asthma many years ago, and while death might have been expected to occur at any time, his takin? away was a Bhock to the fam ily and the community. He had been a resident of Athena for thirty-three ..aaa .niTiinar here from Albanv. Ore gon, at which place he spent his boy- the fair was notable hood and early manhood. j Andrew Jackson Parker was born near Burlington, Iowa, in 1859, and at his death was aged fill years, 8 months and IB days. He came to Oregon the other 36,000 having to content themselves with standi.ig room about the track affii grounds. The stock exhibits were superior to any heretofore seen at Salem, and the showing of agricultural products was marvelous, eclipsing anything of that nature ever attempted in the Northwest. The racing program at tracted entries from the best known horsemen of the country, and the suc cess of this prominent feature of EXPERIMENT IN STEER FEED" Pennsylvania Station-Makes Success ful Test With 8Hage, Stover and Linseed Oil Meal. Twelve, head of two-year-old steer were fed at the Pennsylvania expert nnt station on n 01 4109 n,,nnds of corn silage, 2.12 Bounds of sr-.redded corn stover and 3.02 pounds -n linseed oil meal per head dally, rnev made an average dally gain of j - poands per head at t. cost of $134 -,r hundredwelgh. The cattle were mined at S14.40 per hundred, malting , tie profit of $20.93 per bead. ing th I A missii 1000 i prevci ignal I Tl ! ed . respi stroyeu training James' law, John Nebraska, county far of land tor I There Is of the Met, ok. iarber, has ars w $,t te es U urance com- . more than J.ention to fire i hag; been des- trol has, start ieterfcine the re which de at the state tk his brother-torn thy tinners of ttsedhreeLaae g mi -cres .eiy mm,. lowdown work back of living. - when three years of age, and lost his father during the journey west. He leaves his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Bessie Beckham of this citv and Mrs. Haztl Raymond of Walls Walla, and two sons:,, Herbert and Willard of this city. T'.vo daughters and one son pre ceded him in death, a girl and boy in their infancy and Minnie, at the age of ten. He also has a half-brother, William Parker, living somewhere in Washington. Mr. Parker was a mem ber of the Woodmen and Knights of Pythias orders. "THE WAN FROM PAINTED POST" AND "MAN HUNT" A splendid picture conies to the Standard Theatre tomorrow, Saturday, night, when Douglas Fairbanks will be featured in "The Man From Painted Post." A nifty comedy of two reels, "Watch Your Neighbor.' by the Sennett players, is also offered. Sunday night, popular Julian Eltinge will be seen in "Clever Mrs. Carfax." Eltinge has a splendid opportunity in this production to diaplav his fcmiiiine impersonations and the plot is enter taining throuehout.. A glorious L-Ko comedy completes the program. On Tuesday, October 14. the thrill ing picture that has been captivating audiences in the big city theatres, "t e Man Hunt." will be presented fr the first tin"! bv any theatre in ns of less than 2C0O population. Charlie Chaplin in '"Police," two jg reels of fun. Thursday night comes "Tangled hreads," starring Bessie Barriscale a splendid picture. Lloyd comedy end Pdihe Review. JACKSON NELSON. H0N0RE0 PIONEER, PASSES AWAY JacksoiHjelBon, resident of Athena for Bit years, passed peacefully awav last Monday, October , at the home of his life-long friend, David Taylor, and was laid to rest today at 1 1 o'clock in (he Athena cemetery The funeral services were conducted in the Chris tian church, of which he was a mem ber, Pastor B. B. Burton preaching the sermon. A large number of friends gathered to pa their last re spects to this honored pIH pioneer, who has lived an upright life in their midBt for over half a century. Mr. Nelson was up town Monday morning, but being in a feeble Btate of health, he fell to the sidewalk. After being taken to his own home, he recovered and attended to business matters, and afterward was taken to the Taylor home, where, upon enter- j ing, about noon, he complained of s pain in the she. Soon losing con sciousness, he expired at 6:80, Monday afternoon. Jackson Nelson was born March 25. 1S81, in New York State. At the age of eleven years he left home for a seafaring life, ai d made many voyag es over the hih seas befr.re settling ih California, in the gold mining days where sixty-one years ago he was met by Mr. Taylor, then a lad of 1H, when a friendship was formed which lasted throughout life. Twentv-two years aizo he was murried to Mrs. Jane Howell, a eisjer of Mr. Taylor, wbo j survives him. He died at the age of 82 years, months and' 1 1 days. He is - survived by one brother, J. C. Nelson, of Bozeman, Montana, who was present at his funeral, and also a nephew, Malcolm Nelson, of Athena. Three brothers and two sisters have preceded him in death. LON BOOHER, AFTER SHORT ILLNESS DIED SUNDAY Lon W. Booher died at Pendleton Sunday night, after a few days Illness from intestinal' complications. He wss taken from Helix to the hospital at Pendleton last week, where ho Was operated upon just before death oc curred. He was in Athena but recently and was apparently enjoying hisAsual good beajth. Returning to wtiere he worked near Helix, a lev Mys later he was taken ill and gradually became worse. Mr. Hooher was born in Montgom- eryjeounty, Indiana, October 30, 18P5 and at his death was aged 53 years 1 1 months and 15 days. He was one of a family of 10 brothers eight of whom survive him and seven of these attend ed the funeral Wednesday, which was held from the Christian church. The brothers are: Lank Booher j of Lexington, Morrow county: D. E. Boo her of Lewiston, Idaho; W. H. Booher of Weston; A. R., Samuel, William, and Charles, of Athena., and George Booher of Coeur de Alene. Idaho. ' ... t I SMILE HAS DISTINCT VALUE if Leave for Portland. Mr and Mrs. A. B. Steele and daughter Elizabeth leave today for Portland, where they will make their home for the present. beir domiciled in we home of Mr. and ' H. Mc Arthur. at 581. East Ar "street. Mr.'Steele will he coanecti. with the j George Lawrence Wholesale Harness , soloist, and E. Fays Price, harpist, ' company, and wilr later be assigned i and was said by those attending to to a territory not at known to him. i tv i .been a brilliant affair. Library Benefit at Milton. Mrs. W. H. Bailey snd paatv of prominent Milton people were in the city Monday, in the interest St the recital, which was given lattjevening in that city for the benefit , Uu Mil ton public library. The entertainment was given by Anne Peyton (Eompton. In a debate In the national house of representatives one member charged the members on the other side with belng.a ''continual grouch." Is It nat ural foe men, especially politicians, to be grouches? Have they not yet learn ed the value of a smile? This busy world, with its wonderful revelations, Its tremendous possibili ties, has no use for the "grouch." The minister who never smiles misses the sweetness of rellgfon. The lawyer who never smiles loses more cases than he wins. The merchant who never smiles loses trade. The general who never smiles loses Ms grip on his men. The politician who never smiles usually stays at home. The sales man who never smiles loses his posi tion. Somehow people don't like a "grouch," a man who doesn't know how or when to smile. A smile Is the biggest asset to any man or woman. It means admirers, good nature, health and wealth. It disarms a foe and mnkes a friend. It builds hope, banishes fear. It opens the door to the joys of life and the riches of existence. It Is a Jewel be yond price. Dancing; in Haiti. Dancing to the music of a drum, saxophone and flute Is the chief source of amusement for Hnitlans In their lit tle villages on Saturday night, accord ing to an article by William Almon Wolff in Collier's. ISeglnnlng at sun down every Saturday night, he writes, one will come to a wine shop, if one follows the sound of the drum. The drummer sits outside. His unceasing drumming marks the rhythm of the music, what melody there Is, Is borne by a flute, and almost always there Is a saxophone. The mnslc Is the same at every dance. It Is In common tone; a single cadence Is repeated, over and over again. Dancing In Haiti resembles the sat urnalia among the Australian aborigi nes, Mr. Wolff writes. The dancers are frank and unashamed and one gets little or no feeling of n personal note between the two one sees dancing; rather they are staging s spectacle. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Potatoes properly stored should not sustain a loss throughout the winter season of more than 5 per cent, and under exceptionally good conditions not more than 3 or 4 per cent. The max imum return from the crop after It Is produced depends on the care with which the potatoes are harvested, stored, graded, sacked, and the ability of the grower to sell at the most ad vantageous time. Approximately one- third of the main potato crop is mar keted at harvest time, and the re mainder Is stored as a reserve supply for winter and spring. It Is physically , . Impossible, as well aB economically un ! desirable, to attempt to market the en I tire crop In the autumn, and the only I way In which potatoes can be handled I successfully, so as to Insure a uniform supply, Is to provide sufficient storage on the farm or ot the shipping station for from 85 to 75 per cent of the crop. Various types of storage places are now In use, ranging from pits or cheaply constructed dug-outs to large, substantially built storage houses. Plans for the construction of storage houses are given In the department's Farmers' Bulletin 84?. For successful storage, the tubers must be protected from extremes of cold and heat; a temperature of from 35 to 40 degrees P. Is considered sat lsfacory. Sufficient ventilation must be Jrovlded to remove foul air and excessive moisture. The storage house must be so constructed as to make It possible to exclude the light, as the table quality of potatoes quickly de teriorates In the light. The tubers should be dry and reason ably free from dirt when ptd; Into storage, an excess of moisture cir soil Increases the amount of heat In newly stored potatoes. The soil tends to fill up the spaces between the tubers, thus cutting off air circulation, and helping to retain heat that would otherwise escape. All diseased, badly cut, or bruised tubers should be removed from the crop before putting It Into storage. ft Is a common practice for commer- clnl growers and shippers to store po tatoes inB to a depth of 10 to 15 feet. This Is almost pertain to entail a much heavier shrlnkagiIeeejhan when stored to a depth of not nmjhao 8 feet. The heavier shrinkage I the result of the greater amount of hew generated by a large pile of potatoes, which results In a higher amount of moisture loss ns well as a heavier loss from decay, ns heat and moisture both help to develop organisms causing tuber rots. Frequently the losses sus tained when the potatoes are stored under these conditions reach 25 per cent, and where rigid cure has not been exercised to remove all diseased tubers before storing the crop, the loss Is even greater. H Is advisable, therefore, to pile the potatoes not greater than 5 or 0 feet deep, and the floor dimensions of the bin should not be grenter than 12x 12 feet unless provided with n series of ventilating shafts or division walls for the escape of moisture and heat. I i r f mm?- The War Department haB cancelled Its contract to supply the Treasury De partment with 15,000,000 hand grenades which were to be converted into sav ings banks to stimulate the sales ol War Savings Stamps and Treasury Savings Certificates, according to a telegram received by C. A. Farnsworth, associate director ot the War Loan Or ganization in the Twelfth Federal Re serve District, from Washington. Banks and Trust Companies of the Twelfth Federal Reserve District had ordered nearly 100,000 grenades before news ofj the cancellation was received. The telegram' to Farnsworth readu "'As the War Department has reined that- .the distribution of t g:enades as souvenirs should be dis continued, and has cancelled Its ar rangement for supplying grefldes to the Treasury Department to be manu factured Into grenade savjmgs hanks, the Treasury Is unable continue the distribution of the bMKs. "In order, hbwejW;. to recognize the efforts of tlJeAmdren ln.worklng and saving duilBg the mention time, each one nfhe- would be entitled to a bank will receive a certificate ot achieve nient from the Treasury in apprecia tion of his Industry, in saving and buy ing government securities." The hand grenades were known as Mills bombs No. M and were ready for shipment to American forces In France when the armistice was signed. "I am deeply disappointed as I know the peo ple who looked forward to receiving one of these war souvenirs will be," said Mr. Farnsworth. "However, I teel sure that thrifty, patriotiu folks who are investing regularly in War Savlnns Stamps will continue to help the gov ernment." W. 8. S. AMERICA'S MILLIONAIRES RAISE RABBITS FOR PROFITS Little Domestic Animals Are Easy to Handle and Remarkably Free From Disease. Rabbit mlslng on a backyard scale Is not an experiment. Thousands of small rabbltrles In this country are producing meat crops regularly for family tables. These domestic ani mals are easily raised and remarkably free from disease when properly cured for. The Belgian hare Is one of the best rabbits for table use. It weighs more than most breeds, develops rapidly By the income tax returns for 1917 It Is shown that there were In the United States 3302 incomss between $100,000 and $150,000 each. If the aver age was $.125,000, the total incomes in that class were $402,750,000. There were 2347 Incomes Ijetwoef $150,000 and $300,000 each. If the average waa $200,000 the total lncorn&i !n that class were, $469,430,000. There wer9 553 in comes between $300,000 and $500,000 each. If the average was $100,090 the total Incomes In that claES were $223, 800,000. There wero 315 Incomes be Vlmp $500,000 and $1,000,000 each. If the iVeraue was $750,000 the total In comes In that clasH were $336,250,000. At the top of fhe.a(heap were 141 In comes of $l,000,0()ffynore. If the avertge wns $1,500,000 Htotal In comes In that class were $21,500,000. The grand total for all Classen b!vo:i would be $1,643,500,000 Income among 6664 Individuals. What Is your income? You haven't any? Neither did those, millionaire until they started to save ami inveot. Begin now and bulM up itu ir.come. Buy a tlvo dollar United SUlea War Savings Stamp. It pays -1 par cant, compounded quarterly. If you haven't got four dollars and twentycer.lt; that ia what a Sve dollar stamp roata buy a twonty-fle cent Thrift Stamp. Clet started. Get. aa Income,. An Income from War Savings Stamps Is not taxable. j w. a. s. Female Flemish Giant., and the quality of the meat la superior to ull the others. The Flemish giant Is a Belgian hare bred exclusively for large size, with the result, that the meat Is coarser and less nellcute In ilavur. These characteristics are con sidered by some persons aa desirable, but this la largely a matter of Individ ual taste. If all pull together the high cost ot living will soon be pulled dowu. Queer Burial Custom. Among the Indiana of Alaska liv ing along the roClt-boURd const of the Bering sea many old customs prevnll, and It Is still believed that when a man dies he must pass forward through four successive stages before ho reaches heaven. Thus his mourn ers and family must spend four days and nights In chanting songs or tell ing of his virtues and must eat only the foods of which be was fond. At the end of that time the body ot the dead man Is wrapped Into a bundle and Is hauled up through the roof by strong ropes that the corpse may not pass through any door used by the living. Cremation follows and the ashes are put Into a bag and stored In the great wooden chests which fill the family "grave house." In the old days these ceremonies of those four days were very elaborate, and the songs and chants used strik ing In their solemnity. Now, how over, much has been modernized, but they still dislike the thought of en tering a door through which a body has bee:i carried. A flyout may be as serious as a walk out. M' . Keep after the profiteer, robber. wit: 0 A lie Is ,.;i-