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If this notice is marked RED, it sigr nines , that your Subscription expires with this issue. We will greatly ap preciate your renewal $2.00 per year Entered at th Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mail Matter ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 12, 1919. NUMBER 49 iff" V ' f OT OF WW AND TWENTYllGHT below Have Not "A, try, but Mt,v in Business SOME HAVE BECOME ra.ifty Several Thousand Discharged Amei can Soldiers Remained In France to, Try Their Fortune New, paper Men Land on Foot Parish-Several thousand discharged American soldiers who remained in France to try their fortunes are far ing as must fare all pioneers. A few have become reasonably wealthy; some are "reporting progress;" the majority, however, are flying rather lower than they were when they set out to "Americanize France." Nearly 9,000 American expeditionary force men were released here, and it is estimated a fourth of these have set tled down to work here. The others are visiting, sightseeing or have gone home after a discouraging look at busi ness prospects. Several hundred found employment with large concerns, chiefly American firms preparing to do business in the devastated regiqns. Another group took various small places to pay their way while studying. The majority, it was said, started to make good by capitalizing American methods. But most of them agree that easy money is not one of the natural resources of France, but a few have proved that it is. A negro made 125,000 francs (normal value, $25,000) buylfig and selling army and navy supplies" a? Brest. His case is vouched for by a well-known American commercial ex ecutive. Chicago Press Club Driver Wins. The most striking success reported is that of "the fox-trot kings of Paris," us they term themselves, Gerald Kiley, who drove the Chicago Press club am bulance, and Harold Fitch of St. Paul, who was at the wheel of one of Mrs. VV. K. Vanderbilt's ambulances and later went to the front. Kiley and Fitch, the former said, got their start over here when the wife of an Amer ican banker "pressed 500 francs (about $100) on us" when they played iB a three-man jazz band at a dance The mercury dropped at a rapid e Thursday afternoon. At eight ;lock last evening the thermometer i front of St. Nichols hotel, Athena, recorded 22 degrees below zero. At seven clock this morning the same instrument recorded .28 below whicg some old residents sav is the coldet weather eter known in this Hcalit; since it was first settledV With thfc coming of the sunshine tcA uuy me temperature oecame a trine more moderate. Other Athena thermometers did j not indicate so high a temperature as the one at the St. Nichols which is a spirit instrument. ' ' 1 D Woolens 4V. V" V ' 0 A heavy snow began falling throughout this section early Tues day morning, and by Thursday cov ered the ground to a depth of a foot or more. Some farmers report four teen inches of snow in their stubble fields. The snow followed a prolonged cold snap, during which the mercury hov ered around just above the zero mark. Singularly enough, the snow marked a falling rather than a rising tem perature. Simultaneously with its first appearance Tuesday morning the mercury dropped suddenly to two degrees below zero. The weather soon moderated slight ly, but has since continued so -cold as to lend a serious aspect to the fuel situation. Athena -dealers report their coal stocks as entirely exhausted, and only a few cords of wood are available. Conditions were relieved to some ex tent by the release of 40 tons of coal by the Warren Construction compa ny, which welcome supply was dis tributed by Mayor Barrett. There is no coal for sale in Wes ton, and only green slabwood is available for those who find them selves without fuel in this critical time. One dealer hopes to get be fore long a car for which he was compelled to pay, including freieht. ! in advance, before his order would be ; considered. In common with other towns in the JjToPTtf'j WANT nFF AN' I WALK! VMS ONE SHOW ON SHAY AND SUNDAY HEPEAFTER She gave. They organized a Wilson ! LnlaS.d Empire served by the Pacific V Woleonm hull nt n lending hntpl wlion .iBie president arrived In Paris and het ted more than 10,000 francs on the af fair. This success, they said, they often duplicated at "the Dixie club" dances they organized. Knowing that good things must not be overworked, the men took over the Ice cream making equipment of the Y. M. C. A., which has a capacity of a thousand gallons an hour, and late In October began wholesaling "Dixie" ice cream. Some of the most interesting of the American business experiences here are those of men who married French girls. Three of these are farming east of Paris, "making more money than they ever thought possible In the United States," their business ad viser said. One man married Into a dairy shop. Another returned to his trade of tailoring in the same way. Scores of American boys are in busi ness with their French fathers-in-law. Introduce Rebuilt Typewriters. Rebuilt typewriters, familiar to Americans, have been Introduced to the French by Lieut. J. L. McCann of Tuscaloosa, Ala., and George E. How ard of Pasadena, Cal. Thelijdlfflculty is too much business. Isadore Court, who was a paferhanger, boldly set himself up In the decorating business in a fashionnble suburb. Lieut. S. L. Tyler of Memphis, Tenn., became a merchan dise broker. Harry L. Drucker, pho tographer, returned to his trade. One man. who wanted to bring in carloads of automobiles and bicycle tires turned defeat Into- success by opening a tire sale ainj repair shop. Another one with the same Idea Is 'awaiting arrival of a rent steam vul canizing plant to give Paris a taste of fast "work. He said virtually all tube repairs' here now are made with ce ment patches Instead of vulcanizing, and take a week Instead of an hour. Ife'ws'japer men seem to have landed on their feet most quickly. Nearly all of'thjse who stayed are developing some "idea" outside of office hours. Ideas for wealth may result In the a-stablisbment of a chain of hotels and restaurants along the battle-front town?. One young man who missed the American "shine" is negotiating a leas for a shoe-shining parlor. Power & Light Co., Athena and Wes ton are without electric power, and lights are only available for house hold use. It is expected that house holders themselves will use them sparingly. Business houses - except hotels and restaurants are subject to the "no lights" order, which also applies to lodges and churches. The Preston-Shaffer mills and other in dustries using electric power have cldsjjd down. Conservation of fuel is the reason -- for this order. River plants have frozen up and juice must be supplied from the coal consuming steam plants at Walla Walla and Toppenish. The situation is expected to improve shortly. Portland schools have clsed be cause of weather and fuel conditions and of the appearance of scarlet fe ver, diphtheria and smallpox. Four deaths have occurred from sleeping sickness. Brothers, G. A. R. Vets, Meet After 50 Years Dayton, O. Stepping off a train to make n change of routes, J. A. White, seventy, Xenla, O., and George White, seventy-six, Seattle, Wash., re turning from the G. A. H. en campment at Columbia, were Introduced by a fellow veteran. They recognized each other as brothers who more than half a century ago leftTownndn, Pa., one going into the Black Hills of the Dakota Territory and the other coming to Ohio. Owing to scarcity of fuel and re strictions placed upon the sale and distribution of coal, beginning with Saturday night December 13th, only two regular programs will be shown at the Standard Theatre each -week. These regular programs will be screened on Saturday and Sunday nights and until further notice only one show will be screened each eve ning, commencing at 8 o'clock sharp. This change is made t conserve on consumption of fuel ami at the same time afford Athena ar amusement enterprise within the limits of the fuel restrictions. Tuesday and Thurs day night programs rave been an nuled for the winter and the only shows other than th regulair ones on Saturday and ' SiCiday nights, hereafter, will be t& big super special pictures alreadl'ontracted at this time. The dates fa which these specials are to appear will be announ ced. It will be well to remember that only one show an evening will be given hereafter, nd that the starting hour will be 8 o'clock on Saturday and Sunday evenings. For the super specials, if two shows are to be given, announcement to that effect Will be made, otherwise one showing of the picture will prevail and the time of beginning will be 8 o'clock, as on Saturday and Sunday nights. I For Saturday night, December 13, at 8 o'clock sharp, Douglass Fair- banks in "Mr. Fixit" is the offering, ! with a two reel Snnett comedy, I "She Loved Him Plen'.y." Sunday night Billie Burke comes in "Let's Get a Divorce," the sensa tional society drama. Also a Pathe News and a Lloyd comedy. CIVIC CLUB COMMITTEES WORK FOR MARKET DAY Tuesday afternoon of next week the Civic Club meets in regular session and matters of importance will de dis cussed. Committees have been out this week soliciting for the pre nnstmas market day, and if - any have been overlooked it is desired that they consider themselves solicit ed, for all are interested. Anything eatable or salable will be'wejcornS.;. A rummage booth will be a. sneeial -fea ture, and this will receive ariy" 'cast off article which . will be. salable Lunch will be served all day, and pies, cakes, doughnuts, sandwiches and cof fee will be acceptable. Vegetables poultry, fruit, art and needlework t will be displayed, and the generous patronage of the public is solicited. The sale will occur at the commo dious store of Watts & Rogers, where all articles will be received on Saturday, the 20th. FORMER ATHENA BOY IS WOUNDED AND DECORATED People of the neighborhood north west of Athena will remember Geo. Norris, son of Rev. E. M. Nor ris, Free Methodist minister- The young man was employed by S. S. Parris and others prior to enlisting in the service of his country. He served in Co. C, 18th Infantry, First Division. He spent but a few weeks in the trenches, and but four days in the front lines when he was wounded by a machine gun bullet and was taken prisoner by the Ger mans. He was reported by the war department as missing and mourned THE DOKIES ARE COMING OVER TO WESTON TOWN (Weston Leader.) "The Dokies are coming." Fortified with potent draughts of camel's milk and leading their hungry ant) ferocious tiger which dixies on tyeolrmeat with the same heatty ap petite with which the bi-horned bi volapus eats a nigger they are com ing to Weston three hundred strong from all points of the compass. The inspiration is the big ceremon ial which will be staged here Decem ber 20 in High School auditorjtehi by Al Kindi Temple of Walla ''Walla. This event was made possible for Weston by the kindness of Athena knights in yielding their sights in the premises, Athena having Hheady had two ceremonials. There will be fifty or more tyros to cross the burning sands, for the sands of the desert do not grow cold in Dokiedom the grand domain of the worthy Knights of Khorassan. There will of course be a big feed of other chow besides tiger meat and camel's milk these being delicacies to round out the feast. The local tern pie of Pythian Sisters has charge of the banquet, which will be served in the banqueting room of the castle hall of Stevens Lodge, Knights of Pythias. There will be a suitable program of toasts. LITTLE FRENCH ORPHAN EXPRESSES GRATITUDE An interesting meeting of the Knit ting Club was held Wednesday af ternoon at the home of Mrs. W. K. Wall on upper Third street. The club is held together for the purpose of supporting four French orphans for the year, pledged by the members last March. A few ladies who at that time pledged have not paid in their dues, and this it is asked that they do very soon, in order that the funds may be forwarded. A letter from one of the little fel lows, with his photo, has been re ceived by Mrs. Sherman, secretary of the club, and his gratitude, as trans lated from the French, is expressed as follows: "Dear Benefactress: I am still very small, it is true, but my little heart overflows with gratitude for the kind nesses you have heaped upon me. Your pity for unfortunate orphans gives you the right to every good for tune which you can desire. May you live a long time for the sake of the childhood which you know so well how to protect. In preserving you from the wearinesses which could come to you, heaven will grant the dearest prayer of my heart. Receive, dear Benefactress, the assurance of my profound gratitude. A', "RENE INSSILLER." t, by relatives as being dead, for many months. The boy was eventually liberated from a German prison and rejoined his company in the Army of Occupation, cominir home with Pershing. George held the rank of sergeant and wears decorations awarded him by the French and American govern ments, i? , '.. LAW CASE RUNS 63 YEARS GRAYSON: MR. WILSON'S PHYSICIAN t- lllinolt Court Dliwrilsaes Suit That Was Begun In Courts In 1856. One of the oldest law suits known In Lake county was settled recently when, on motion of Attorney Eugene M. Kunyard, the chancery bill of Cath erine Hanson against Rhoda A. Rog ers, filed in 1856, was dismissed by Judge C. C. Edwards. Since the bill was filed the plaintiff has died. Child Put $1,95071 Kitchen 8tov. Sioux City. Ia.--When Nikolai Peielo sold his little home be received $1,950 tn Mils. The following morning he . gave the money to his wife, who laid I It on the table and stepped into anoth- j er room. While she was gone her five- j year old child placed the roll in the jutenea stgve. Goes Armed to Church. Kansas City. -Frank DarrliS, of Kansas City, Kan., a negro, started to church Sunday morning armed with a revolver and a razor just to "meet a friend," he sold. It ctet him $50 j In the -K'nsas side court. "He done i "ruu JU5e "V once. They were mere window glass. Harrou. "Ah couldn't An' him all dat Sattldy, but Ah knew he'd go to cbtncii 01d M,n B"- last night. Ah tuck the gun and Wizor j Berllngame, Cal. Celebrating his alon" fer protection." "Fifty dollars one hundred and fourth birthday by will do. Darms." said the indeed . ! playing baseball with youngsters in Saw Well at Once. Milwaukee. Nathan Israel claimed a mire cure for blindness In his "ra ilC.ui stone glasses, price $.10." One vmtlent saw "so well" through 'em at Overlooked Valuables, Los Angeles. Burenn who "broke S Into the Southwestiialry company'ii plan;: early today only jtnl $300 In pi saw cash, m'erloekltug' qaantffiW: , aable waktvrwi on the nrcmlses. ,.of exercise. the neighborhood, Daniel McClane, a miner of Lassen county, visiting his daughter here, said hp "just wanted to have a little sport before return tng north." McClane attributes his lonj' evlty tn temperate habits and plent; A man who can serve one presi dent as naval aid and physician Is en titled to consideration. A man who can serve three presidents so different in temperament as Theodore Roose velt, William H. Taft and Woodrow Wilson can justly claim credit for great professional skill and an even higher mark of distinction for diplo macy of the very first order. Carey Travis Grayson, rear ad miral, M. D., Ph. G., F. A. C. 8., U. S. N., doesn't claim credit for anything. As a matter of fact, he Is an unusually modest person when It Is considered that upon his sturdy shoulders has fallen the burden of keeping three presidents in physical trim and restor ing them to normal health front the wear and tear of office cares. You never would know that the quiet, unobtrusive man with the strik ing features of an Indian, who comes and goes unostentatiously about the White Bouse, was the chief physician of the president of the United States and probably the most conspicuous man in the public eye during the present illness of the chief executive. The president's physician Is just on the easy side of forty youngest admiral In the naty. Personally he is one of the most genial of men, fond in temperate way of the good things in life and excessively fond of Mrs. Grayson and their two children, aJl IN SCRAP OVER MAUSOLEUM New York Woman Objects to Having Uncongenial Company in Her Last Resting Place. New York. Miss Mathilda Carlson Is sixty years old and has no present Intention of dying, but, according to her own story told in supreme court, when her time does come, she does now want to await the Angel Gabriel's trumpet ln uncongenial company. ' Kof" ttpwarfls of forty years Miss Carlson told Justice Greenbuum, she and her sister, Sophia Carlson, tolled aa domestic servants in various New York households and saved their money with a view toward providing themselves with "suitable last resting places." With the accumulated sav ings a mausoleum In Woodluwn ceme tery was built. At the time the purchase was made the Carlsons made provision for the Interment of their nephew, Nils Fegel gren, and his wife and daughter in the same vault. The two families were then on good terms. Recently there was a falling out between the relatives and now Miss Carlson Is seeking to have the names of the Fegelgrens striken from the mau soleum deed. Mfeh The plaintiff said she and her sis ter paid $7,000 for the plot of Erouud and the mausoleum, which she testi fied, was built with a window In it and large enough for a person to walk ubout inside. The body of Sophia Carlson, who died a short time ago, is now entombed there. "OLDRAZQBMAN" WAS A WOMAN Story of Anna O'ConneH, Who for Many Years Wore Male Attire. First Battle of the Marne Cost Nearly 750.000 Men The bloodiest battle of the world war was the first battle of the Marne. Official figures just Issued in Purls show the losses were: Dead 329,000 Wounded 400,000 Total 729,000 This means that this one bat tle cost nearly three-quarters of a million men. The figures In clude, of course, the losses on both 'sides. DEATH DISCLOSES SECRET Woman of Education and Refinement Wears Men's Clothes to Enable Her to Earn a Living Unmolested Only One Confidant. San Francisco. The death of "John Youug," known for years along the highways between this city and Los Angeles as "the quaint old razor man," discloses a secret long kept that the real name of the old peddler was Anna O'ConneH. For many years, left alone In the world, she had worn men's cloth ing to enable her to earn a living un molested. Dies on Doorstep. She died on the doorstep of the home of Edwin A. Turner, a toy-maker, in Green street. The Turners' were her friends of early years. When her wan derings brought her to this city she nlways went to their home. They chonced to be out this time when she called. A lodger In the house Informed' her they would soon be back. She wm veakland 111, and as she turned on the doorstep she sank down, clutching at her heart, and died. Mr.. Turner now feels free to tell her story. "More than twenty yeajfi ago," be said, "my wife ami I Bade the ac quaintance of a Canadjifn gentlewom an, Mrs. Anna O'Cflasfell. She was then living In Montgomery block, with her only child, Marie. Her husband, a Canadian army officer and a native of Yorkshire, England, had died. "In the fire and earthquake of 1906 Mrs. O'ConneH and her daughter dropped out of sight We heard noth ing of thera,nd-, -finally, we went on a long visit to the Island of Guernsey in the English channel, my native place. About five years ago we re turned to San Francisco. -. ., ,.a' "One evening when my wife wW; nlone at home there was a knock at the door. Opening It she saw n little old man wearing a small mustache. 'I am a brother of your old friend, Mrs. Anna O'ConneH,' the caller said. 'Don't I resemble her?' My wife re plied: 'Yes, the likeness Is striking; come In.' They had a cup of tea and talked. Tells Her Story. . , "Suddenly, the old man rose, put his" arms around my wire and said : 'I am Mrs. O'ConneH ; look well at me.' "My wife was too surprised! for words. Then the old peddler explained that she had adopted men's clothes in order to make a living, for her daugh ter had died and she was alone. She ws In the house when I returned hoiifev My wife and I both promised to keep her secret From that tlmeshe visited ns year. We were her only Intimates. Se had wished to live In San Franciecd,tat the climate of the south suited her fflWcate health better, and so she made tier home in Pasadena. We knew from her that she sold razor and knife-blade, sharp eners, walking from place to plaeeand getting frequent lifts from passing mo tor cars. We will see that she has d cent burial." V DOG SAVES CHICAGOAN'S LIFE Mongrel Pup Attracts Attention Room Where Master Is Lying Unconscious. to Minneapolis. Jerry, a mongrel pup of the streets, repaid kindnesses of his bachelor master, William Hart, sixty years old, and saved Hart's life. Hart, who lives In the rear on the second floor at 2017 Washington ave nue, opened two jets of his gas stove, but failed to light one. Neighbors were called to the room by the whines, growls ond scratchlngs of Jerry, who was locked outside. Breaking In the door, they found Hart unconscious. The police were called and Hart was taken to the city hospital. Neighbors say Hart found the dog in the street about four months rtgo and befriended him. nail Is a ma chinist and came to Minneapolis from Chicago. SUES FATHER FOR $300,000 Minnesota Qlrl Says He Ordered. Her 'Out After Enticing Her to .', His Home. , TcJji Dulnth, Minn. A damage suit for $')0O,000 has been filed In district court , by Miss Edna O. Budd, forty-two, of St, Paul, against her father, Dr. J. D. Budd of Duluth, department comman der of the O. A. It. MIbb Budd Is the daughter of the Duluth physician and philanthropist by a former marriage and did not learn Mr. Budd was her father until she bad reached maturity. She charges that Doctor Budd In duced her to abandon the name of her adopted father, Miller, and to come to hln home In Duluth, where one hour after arrival, she said, he "directed and commanded her to leave his house and informed her tliat her presence was not desired." Rat Attacks Baby. Draper, S. D. A rat bite may prove fatal to one of the twin babies of Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Nelson of this place. Mrs. Nelson was awakened by the cries of her baby and, hurrying to the crib, which stood near her bed, she discovered a large rat had man- i aged to get into the crib where the Infants were sleeping. She frightened the animal away, but not before It bad; bitten one of the babies on the cheek I and partially chewed off one of its uuMi. xuu one mgy urove lata), , a"