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VOLUME XLIII.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY, JANUARY (g1922.
NUMBER 2
NAVAL LIMITATIONS
TASK HEARS FINISH
Tonnage of Airplane Carriers
Fixed and Declaration on
- Divers Expected.
Washington, D. C The arms con
ference has virtually reached the end
of its efforts to put a curb on naval
armaments.
To the capital ship settlement was
added an agreement for limitation of
future tonnage In airplane carriers.
Some sort of declaration with re
gard to the use of submarines and an
agreement not to construct any auxil
iary vessels hereafter with a tonnage
of more than 10,000 are expected also
to be added to the accomplishments of
the conference before the final curtain
Is rung down. A five-power treaty em
bodying all the points on which there
Is agreement now Is In process of
drafting.
There are growing Indications that
the four-power treaty to.preserve peace
in the Pacific, which already has been
signed, will be In some way further
clarified before the conference quits.
The American delegation is under
stood to have withdrawn any objection
to the Japanese proposal that the
treaty's scope be defined as not in
cluding the major Japanese islands,
and the plan for an exchange of clari
fying notes or for amendment of the
treaty text is expected to take definite
form within a few days.
The Japanese request for a clarifi
cation of the treaty's terms is said to
have been based largely on the de
velopment of a difference in view on
the subject between President Harding
and the American delegation. This
development has been a topic of such
widespread speculation In conference
circles that the president took occa
sion to characterize as "silly" publish
ed reports that Secretary Hughes was
considering resigning from the cabinet
as a result of differences arising be
tween him and the .White House dur
ing the arms negotiations. t ,
HAD TO TIE THE YOUNGSTERS
Were Not to Be Trusted When Grand
mother Dipped the Candles on
the Old Farm.
There was another event that took
place once a year In the big kitchen,
so much more exciting than spinning
that Instead of being allowed to sit at
liberty, with directions and cautions,
Kmt we had to be (led tq the table legs
, Jpi a clones lias or we would have
f ' fteen covered wlfh grease. .It was a
" V mysterious proceeding, which began
with my graqdmqtiipr spreading ft
space on the floor with Albory Jour
nals, and Ontario County Repositories
and Waterbury Americans. Then she
stirred the contents of a brass kettle
that hung on the crane, and took up
the Watfrbury Americans, cherished
souvenirs" of her native town, and re
placed them With ordinary BWtfr
rjej. Nexf she brought four kitchen
chars and set them bp the four cor
ners of th$ rectangle of newspapers
mid connecter them with two poles.
Thi-n she stirred the brass kettle agalq
and' looked ftt the clock. ?hen she
proceeded to b1ng in a Igrge number
of rods, each of which was looped with
six twisted wfcki, and laid the ends
of the rods neatly on the poles. It
was then that we were tied up with
a little free rope allowed for limited
range, before the brass kettle was
emptied Into the copper boiler.
And now the fun began, when my
grandmother dipped the first two rods
of wicks Into the boiler of melted tal
low, and we danced as much as the
table legs would permit. It was tWo
rods af a time and then two more, over
and or agalp until the full-grown
candleg hung In rows, slender at the
top and eplargtng to a thick, pointed
pad at the bottom, ff took some of
the joy opt ftf pur ypung lives whet)
the tin molds came and put an end to
candle-dlpptng. W. Henry ghelton la
Scribner's.
Elk Sheds Antlers Yearly.
Once a year elks shed their horns.
As soon as the old ones are gone
iew ones start. This process Is re
peated every rear, the only difference
being that an upper prong appears
each time. Thus an elk's age can be
told by toe prongs In one of his ant-
The shedding Is apparently a palp
less occurrence. As an antler falls
off a clot of blood forms at Its root
In tpe first six months of Its growth
tin-re Is a soft skin over the antlers;
' known as the velvet- As lopg
Is there the antlers re-
.rat soft and sensitive,
velvet pee's off the
fe hard and dry up, and
ia
GABLE RIGHTS ON
; ; YAP ALLOCATED
Washington, D. C The scope of the
Washington negotiations over the ex
German cable properties In the Pacific,
centering In the lBland of Yap, has
been broadened into a proposed six
power treaty definitely allocating Ger
man holdings between the United
States, Japan and the Netherlands.
A tentative draft of the treaty was
considered at. a meeting of the heads
of the American, Japanese, Nether
lands, British, French and Italian del
egations,' and although final approval
awaited further word from foreign
capitals, the proposal found general
acceptance.
Under the allocation, which goes
much further than the separate Yap
treaty negotiated between the United
States and Japan, the American gov
ernment is to have full control of the
cable between Yap and the American
island of Guam.
Japan is to obtain the line known
as the Yap-Shanghai cable, now divert
ed to connect Yap with the Japanese
Loochoo Islands, and The Netherlands
is to have the line from Yap to Men
ado, a city on the Dutch island of
Celebes.
FRENCH-JAP PACT CHARGED
Both Accused Nations Declare That
Communications Were Forgeries.
Washington, D. C. Copies of what
were declared to be communications
between the Japanese and French gov
ernments covering the proposal that
the two governments act In concert at
the Washington conference as to the
establishment of a Japanese protect
orate over Siberia, were given out by
the special delegation of the far east
ern republic, which has asked for a
hearing when the conference takes up
the Siberian question. ,
The jtamunicatioris were charac
terized by a member of the French
delegation as "forgeries, stupidly con
trived," and by a spokesman of the
Japanese delegation as "malicious
fabrications."
Masons of World Unite.
Geneva. An international Masonic
association has been formed as a re
sult of the recent international Ma
sonic conference here. It is composed
of the grand lodges of New York, Al
pina (Switzerland), France, Luxem
burg, Vienna and Bulgaria, and the
grand orients of France, Netherlands,
Belgium, Italy, Lusitanla (Portugal)
and Turkey.
BELIEVE THEY HOODWINK GOD
Chinese Seemingly Have Little Re
spect for the Intellectuality
of Their Deities.
One of the strangest things about
the religion of the Chinese Is the rev
erenee they hold for their gods, de
spite the belief that the gods are guj
ltble ns n man of Ipferlpr Intellec
Instead of attributing Infallibility tq'
the deities they worship, as all other,
races have done, the Chinese resort tQ
tricks of childish simplicity and are
sure they have deceived the god.
Usually the tricks employed are tq
make sure the god does not betray
the sing of a Chinese to the higher
deities, An amazing example is the
treatment of the kitchen god Just
before he Is to start on one of his
periodic visits to heaven. This trip
Is limited, because the kitchen go
may be absent only seven days.
The householder thinks be must pre
vent the god from reciting his sins to
the deities. So It Is the general cus
tom, before the god Is to depart on
the seven day's absence, to prepare
large hollow balls of the god's favorite,
candy. The kitchen deity has a very
small throat. When the candy, of
which he is extremely fond, Is placed
before him, the Chinese say the god
stuffs his mouth with It, being too
gluttonous to leave any behind. His
small throat prevents swallowing the
confection, and thus when he appears
before the ruling deities he is unable
to talk, and the householder's sins
remain a secret.
areat 'Portrait Painter.
Gilbert Charles Stuart was an
American portrait painter, born In
Nnrragansett, K. L, In 1756. He be
came the protege of a Scottish paint
er named Alexander, whom he ac
companied to Edinburgh, but was set
I'drift by the death of his patron, and
! for some years led a wandering life
I In London and America, till his great
gift as a portrait painter was recog
nised. In 1792 he returned to Ameri
ca and painted portraits qf Wash
ington. Jefferson and other noted
' Americans. He died in 1828 and Is
I burled in cne of the tombs In the old
1 burying ground on Boston Common.
1 IndlaBoll Kewf. J. -
j R 'member
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-THE LAD WHO USEP To FAsSfHE
H005E WITH HO LITTLE VIOLIN, WELL
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BROTHER OF W. C. EMMEL
IS A LEADING SCIENTIST
W. C. Emmel, manager of the J.
C. Penney Company store at Athena,
went to Pendleton Tuesday to meet
and greet his brother, Dr. V. E. Em
mel, whom he had not seen for eight
years. At the age of forty-three Dr.
Emmel is listed by an authoritative
scientific magazine ns among the
twenty-five leading scientists of the
United States. He is a self-made
man, having achieved a broad educa
tion through his rwn efforts, and at
present holds the chrjr of science in
the University of California, the
largest university in America. Dr.
Emmel is a graduate $ Pacific Uni
versity tail i post v of Har
vard and lirown, Hi, ertred as
a member of the fa'cul Urvarri,
of Washington Unive at St.
Louis and of the Unii . Illi
nois. He was in Penrljeton for a
short time while returning home from
New Haven, where he attended a
meeting of scientists at Yale College
as a delegate from the University of
California. Mr. Emme found the
meeting with his brother to be a
thoroughly enjoyable and inspiring;
TEST OF LAND VALUES SEEN
IN COMING INDIAN SALES
ANNUAL REPORT.
Following is the annual report of
Athena Branch Library from Janu
ary W21 to December 31, lSZl:
sh on hand Jan. 1921, 49,.33,
ity Library Levy 350.60
Rental Collection B'unds : 54.10
Fines on overdue Books 20.17
Total
Total Expenses........
".373.60
358.93
al. on hand Jan. 1, 1922 14.67
Late fiction books added out of
ental fund, 31,
Book Circulation.
Adult classed, 1955; Fiction, 3746;
total 5701. Juvenile storie3, 1098;
classed, 306; total, 1404; grand total,
Members Registered.
Adults, 74; Juvenile, 32, total, 106.
ANNA LITTLEJOHN, Sec.
Just what demand exists now for
wheat land, asks the East Oregon
ian: Many think there will be a partial
answer to this question by the act
ion of the public at the sale of In
dian lands by the government on Jan
uary 18. At that time a total of
1,289.64 acres in 20 different teacts
has teen advertised fop salaridtrte
reception accorded the offer of sale
will afford some idea of the interest
felt in wheat lands.
Some changes have made manifest
in the earning sale. Heretofore all
Indian 1; : ! ' . ht'flr! for ''.
In the M:-'kk''M
changed ami 25 pe, cent oi the j.w
chase price will be paid down, and
the balance may be paid in three
equal annual payments. The inter
est on the deferred payments will be
six per cent. The buyer may pay
cash if he desires,. . -.
All of the larid offered has been ap
praised, and this appraised valuation
is listed in the advertisement of the
land. No bid at a figure lower than
the appraised- valuation will be con
sidered. Of particular interest is the
fact that the appraisals have been
materially cut from ha prices asked
during the post-war days. On an
average, the land listed for sale now
is about 60 per cent of the prices, qf
appraisal at the sales of 19,20,,
The highest price ever realized for
Indian lands on the Umatilla reser
vation in government sales was $295
per acre: The highest appraisal on
the land now offered for sale is $130
per acre, or just one-half of the best
price ever paid. ' '
ATHENA-PILOT ROCK IN A
GAME TOMORROW NIGHT
KpH
PHEASANTS ARE HUNGRY.
Word comes that the winter weath
er of the past month has been hard on
the game bird life, throughout the
county. It is said that large numbers
of pheasants have succumbed to hun
ger and weather conditions. Clint
Holconfb, residing west of Athena,
has come to the rescue of the pheas
ants on his farm, by scattering bund
les of wheat hay aver the place,
which the birds readily find and feed
upon.
The opportunity to hear Edgar S.
Kindley tomorrow night at High,
school auditofium tomorrow night,
should not be overlooked by any one
Athena and Pilot Rock high school
basket ball teams clash tomorrow
night at Athena in the first game
of the season between these schools.
The Athena boys' team give every
evidence of being able to put up a
stunning good game as they have
been in action before this season, but
the girls are venturing into the first
ganrethey have playqd this year.
On aV;couiof third Lyceum course
number JbMBlbo scheduled for to
morrow night in the. school auditor
ium, the gjfn ' srd set to begin
promptly at seten o'clock, so those
in attendance may have the oppor
tunity of hearing1 Kindley, famous
' amorilt and lecturer.
' so far scheduled for Ihe
, .u'- a follows:
January 7, Pilot Rock at A' :.. r.
in double header,
January 13, Weston at Athena,;
double header, f :
February 3, Umatilla at Athena.
February 10, Stanfield at Athei
doubieheader. '. t."
February 18, Hermiston at Athen
doubieheader.
In what is classed as one of the best
basketball games of the season, at
Adams, the first town team defeated
Athena.
VALUE OF CBOh
OF JUL IS LESS
Washington D. C Important farm
crops of the United States this year
were valued at $5,675,877,000 by the
department of agriculture in Its final
estimates for 1921.. That was almost
$3,400,000,000 less than last year's
crops were worth and $8,000,000,000
less than the crops of two years afro
when high prices prevailed for farm
products. The values were based on
prices paid to farmers December 1,
and the crops comprised about 90 per
cent of the value of all farm crops.
There were only two bllllon-dollar
cropB this year corn and hay while
last year four crops were valued at
$1,000,000,000 or more. Production
was below last year for almost every
crop, although the acreage of the Im
portant crops was slightly larger ex
cept cotton.
The area devoted to the Important
crops this year was 348,336,000 acres
compared with 349,067,000 acres last
year.
Final estimates of production and
value announced were:
Corn Production 3,081,251,000 bush
els; value, $1,305,624,000.
Winter wheat, 687,032,000 and val
ued at $558,725,000.
Spring wheat production, 207,861,000
and value $178,343,000.
All wheat production, 794,893,000;
value $737,068,000.
SOVIET AGREEMENT SIGNED
Grain Bought for Relief In Volga
Region of Russia.
London. The agreement negotiated
here whereby soviet Russia will turn
over to the American relief adminis
tration $10,000,000 worth of gold for
the purchase of grain In the United
States for famine relief in the Volga
region was signed by Walter Lyman
Brown, on behalf of the relief admin
istration and by Leonid Krasstn i", be
half of the Russian soviet governgitr.t.
The agreement calls for the ex
penditure of $10,000,000 in America
within , 9J) Jays. The purchases of
food and grain are to be mado month
ly at yae rate qf not . less than one
third of the total amount and the
firsT'-grder must be given within five
the signing ot thi (agreement.
CHAPLIN TOMORROW NIGHT
An exceptionally strong program
is offered tomorrow night at the Stand
ard Theatre at regular admission
prices. Charlie Chaplin comes in his
groat three-reel comedy, "A Dog's
Life," and Constance Talmadge will
be seen in "A Virtuous Vamp," one of
her greatest comedies. For Sunday
night, the Goldwyn picture, "Snow
blind" is the offering, supported by a
two-reel Western and Pati.c; Review.
HEAR EDGAR S. KINDLEY AT
AUDITORIUM TOMORROW NIGHT fV RETURNING TO ATHKNA
lr. and Mrs. A. A. Foss, who left
sometime tgo ior roruanu, to re
main for the winter, are returning
to Athena, being at the home of John
Foss at Moro, Sherman county for a
who desires good entertainment, or short visit. It is understood that Mr.
who enjoys the privilege of hearing
a real humorist and briljant lecturer.
Mr. Kindey Comes to Athens in the.
third number of the winter's Lyceum
course, the most highly recommend
ed of all lecturers, and other towns
and cjties having the course consider
it a rare treat to hear him.
and Mrs. Foss are returning to Athe
na with the object of residing here
permanently.
BACK FROM VACATION.
All the teachers of the Athena
schools who spent the holiday vaca
tion at their various homes have re
turned. The college students who
came oNtheir homes here have also-
returned to their different schools to
complete the year's work.
HODGEN FAMILY REUNION
The anuual reunion of the Hodgen
family was held at Umapine on New
Year's day, when a large number of
The Cadmean program has more j the clan gathered for the occasion,
than made good in Athena. It has I The usual good time was had by all
been all that was claimed for it, and in attendance, which included a large
it has gone further than any pro-, number of neighbors and friends,
gram heretofore offered in lyceum to Lou Hodgen and family of this city
the Athena public. I were present at th reunion.
The course merits better patronage ' il?
than it is receiving, and unless the j
attendance tomorrow night, and for- Champion Pig (tote,
the other remaining number material- j H may he surprising to ratny east-
ly increases, the usual "dig-up" at the i oniem to learn from the census that
end of the course will have to be '
made.
Gwernor,
.V(raot Len,-S-iuUl
. Very "charg" 6(f! h.m
fhaf of conspiring wHr I :c.
lovernor Sterling and VWnoh
to defraud the state of $2,u0O,0M
Mr. Sterling's term as state
usurer. All charges of embezzle
ment during his own term as state
treasurer were stricken from the rec
cord, partly by Judge Edwards and
partly by the state.
Panama Hats,
Most of the so-cnlled Panama, hats
are made In Ecuador. The materlnl
is called puja tnquiila and comes from
a palm two or three meters high. The
leaves are cut Just as they nre about
to Unfold, the veins taken out and the
fiber remaining Is dipped for a few
minutes In boiling water to which a
little lemon Juice Is added for bleach
ing purposes. Each leaf has approxi
mately 30 strands about 55 centime
tors In length, although the best grade
reaches 80 centimeters. The hats can
be woven only during the part of the
day when the humidity Is greatest,
since the straw of the best quality Is
not dampened. A- man working six
hours a duy completes an ordinary hat
In h!x or seven days, but on a very
flue one he spends a month and a half;
It Is Ihe labor, therefore, which makes
the hats expensive. The most famous
are those of Monte Crlstl ; they sur
pass all others In fineness, lightness
and perfection.
The Pine creek road leading to Reed
and Hawley mountain i3 among the j
market roads designated by the coun-j
ty court for construction this year.
GOOD GRAIN WEATHER.
It appears be the unanimous ver
dict of grain growers that the winter
weather conditions are ideal for the
growing grain. There has been suf
ficient snow to cover the grain and
shelter it from frost and freezing I or osts, In preference to corn, the great i
temperature. pig food. Providence Jjiuruut,
Iowa Is the champion pig state, with a
count of 7.801,304. The second In rank,
Illinois, falls to around 4,000,000, while j
the 3,000,000 class Includes only Mis- j
sourl, Indiana, Nebraxka and Ohio.
Kansas, which used to boast of Its '
great droves, now has fewer than 2,
000,000, a drop since 1910 from 3,000,-
IKK), The Sunflower fanners have re- !
cently been going In strong for wheut
Witch Hazel and Wltchee.
The witching power of the witch
hazel lias received a scientific Jolt, hut
the great mass of Americans, English
and other peoples will never hear of
It, qr listen to It, ond even though
they should read about It, they will
keep on believing Just the same In
the witchery of witch huzel. Old he
liefs will stand tip under any number
ot scientific Jolts.
The hazel was bewitched, hence its
name. Witches have always made
their wands out of this early-blooming
yellow-flowered Bbrub. Whether It
has magical, qualities because witches
use It, or whether witches use It be
cause It has magical qualities, cannot
be determined. But If a man needs a
divining rod In order to find hidden
water or burled treasure, he roust cut
that divining rod from a witch hazel
bush. Men's faith In goblins, hobgob
lins, spooks, wraiths, elves, elfins,
sprites, fairies, brownies, harpies,
nymphs and muxes Is no firmer
grounded than It Is in witch hazel.
PRESIDENT ASKS
FARM CONFERENCE
Means For Relieving Depres
sion Is Expressed Pur
pose of Gathering.
Washington, D. C President Hard
ing, in a letter to Secretary Wallace of
the department of agriculture, asked
that the latter call a national confer
ence at Washington to "suggest practi
cal ways of improvement" for "the se
vere agricultural depression which
exists throughout the land." .'. '
Prompt action was taken at the
department of agriculture in response
to the request, telegraphic invitations
being dispatched Immediately to a
number of organizations and individ
uals whose attendance is desired at
the gathering.
The conference, it was Indicated,
probably would meet here about Jan
uary 16.
Farmers and representatives of lines
Interested in farmers' products wlH
make up the personnel of the confer
ence, which, It was said, would num
ber between 100 and 150. Farmers'
organizations, manufacturers of farm
ers' products, transportation lnttrests,
marketing agencdes, shipping Interests,
fertilizer makers, farm implement
manufacturers, packers, state, agri
cultural college representatives, cot
ton, grain, livestock, fruit commission
men, experts on rural social problems
and bankers are expected to attend.
"No one will pretend that present
conditions could have been avoided,"
President Harding said in his letter
to the secretary, "but none of us will
deny that some corrective construc
tive steps should be taken to remedy
the severe hardships under which so
Important a portion of our productive,
citizenship la struggling. I am con
vinced that a conference nifty be inada
a very helpful agency in suggesting
practical, ways of improvement, par
ticularly If brought Into co-ordination
with the helpful Investigation which
has been begun by a congressional
commission committed to a rdtd
work."
EACH HAS PLACE IN LODGE
According to Custom, the Occupants
of Indian Tepee Have Their
- Alloted Space.
As there are six different ways of
building, camp fires, It should be ex
plained that my friends built theirs ac
cording to the OJIbway custom ; that Is,
in the so-called "lodge fashion," by
placing the sticks upright, leaning them
tofjMher, ntid crosfclng them over one
another In the monner of lodge poles.
When the fire was lighted, the wind
shields fprined a perfect draft to carry
the smoke up through the permanently
Open flue In the apex of the structure,
and one soon reullzed that of all tents
or dwellings, no healthier abode was
ever contrived by man. Indeed, If the
stupid, meddlesome agents of civiliza
tion had been wise enough to have left
tbe Indians In their tepees, tnsteadof
forcing them to live In houses the
ventilation of which was never under
stood they would have been spared at
least one of civilization's diseases-
tuberculosis and many more tribes
men would have been alive today.
On entering an Indian tepee one
usually finds the drat space on the
right of the doorway occupied by the
woodpile; the next by the wife; the
third, hy the baby, and the fourth by
the husband. Opposite these, on the :
other side of the fire, the older chll- '
dren are ranged. To the visitor Is
allotted the warmest place in the lodge,
the place of honor, farthest from and
directly opposite the doorway. When
the dogs are allowed In the tepee, they
know their place to be the first space ,
on the left, between thjj entrance and.v
the children. Arthur Hemlng f-ln " v
Jokee In Architecture,
The builders of the old churches In
England were not so serious but that
they now and then perpetrated Joke,
even In stone. Ou more than one of
their creations they curved In relief a
scene representing a monk preaching
solemnly to n flock of geese. The same
humorous spirit Is sometimes to iw
detected in the domestic architecture
of early times. Here Is an Instance:, .
Just upon the boundaries W Bed.
fordshfre .and Hertfordshire -fermerly
stood n rumlUIng old farmhouse. Tba !
living room was long and low, and 4
on the center benin that went across,
the celling was Inscribed this legend:
"If you are cold, go to Hertfordshire.'
This seemingly inhospitable! Injita
Hon whs explained by the fact thai
one half of the romn was In one. county
and one half In the oilier. Tbe fire
place was In ttwtfwdjUrt, ,j