Vrim for 1 lore Week cyilber's Flapjack Flour, per Package 30c Standard Corn, Six Cans $1.00 Standard Tomatoes, Six Cans $1.00 fa "Over The Hill" Mrs. Mayme Taylor Thompson, be loved wife of Selmer Thompson, died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Taylor, Wednesday ev ening, February 1, at the age of 28 vcars. Death was due to complica tions attending the birth of a still- j born son, which occurred January 11. Mrs. Lou Rogers and children, Keith and Nadine, are returning to their home at Hermiston Saturday, after spending the week end with her aunt, Mrs. Amy Van Skiver. John Robert Mayberry was a recent arrival at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Mayberry in Weston. He only weighed six and one-half pounds, but the proud father aserts that every pound is good boy. F. W. Kleese was in town yesterday from Reed and Hawley mountain. Mr. Kleese is plunning to move to British Columbia in the spring. The annual meeting of the forest reserve stockmen's associations will be held tomorrow at Walla Walla, be ginning at 10 o'clock. J. P. Lieual len, president, and P. A. McBride, manager, are among the stockmen who will attend from Weston. Quarantine will be lifted at the country home of G. H. Sams today by order of Dr. McKinney, district health officer. Several patients in the Sams household have recovered from smallpox. Mrs. Seth Beard is reported to bo ill with appendicitis at her homo on Keed and Hawley mountain. Mrs. J. A. Lumsden returned Sun day evening from a week's visit with relatives in Portland. Mrs. Lumsden attended several of the Oregon Prod ucts week festivities which were held in the Chamber of Commerce building. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Tucker were hosts for a dinner party Saturday af ternoon in honor of the eighth birth day of their daughter, Lavinia. A delicious birthday cake gleaming with eight lighted tapers centered the feast. Those who shared in the pleasures of the occasion were: Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Tucker, daughter Verl and son Keith; Mr. and Mrs. R. Morrison, Miss Vira Morrison, E. E. Tucker and family. Members of the younger generation are eagerly welcoming the approach of St. Valentine's day. Many dainty creations of lace and paper ribbon are now in process of manufacture to be delivered to favorite school mates upon arrival of the season for exchanging sentimental souvenirs. An artificial skating pond has been prepared upon the high school cam pus and is attracting a considerable number of devotees of that sport. Mrs. Lysle Webb entertained mem bers of the Saturday Afternoon Club at her home on Normal Heights, Jan uary 28. Following roll call, a quiz on the Oregon constitution was con ducted by Mrs. W. S. Price. The highest grade in the examination was received by Mrs. Joseph Wurz er. Program numbers included a pa per, "The Making of an American," prepared by Mrs. J. A. LuniBden, and a reading by Mrs. Leon Lundell. The latter was well rendered and enthu siastically received. An entertninment of exceptional merit, followed by a box supper, was given at the Dry Creek schoolhouse Saturday evening. The sum of $53 was realized, and will be applied to the purchase price of the piano re cently secured by the school. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Jones visited in Weston Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon O'Harra. U. M. Burts, who has been em ployed near Holdman for Kibby & Kearn, Portland contractors, left for Holdman again this week, after a visit with his family at Weston. The contractors have put two rock crushers in commission, and will macadamize thirteen miles of road thnt has already been graded. It is expected that the work will be com pleted in two and one-half months, thus affording a far better highway for the Cold Springs ranchers. Master Jerry Lundell, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Lundell, was dangerously ill with convulsions Monday night, and Dr. McKinney of Weston and Dr. Smith of Athena both watched at the patient's bed side during the night hours. Tues day the boy was very much better, and he is now pronounced out of dan ger. ' A son was born Saturday at the home of Mrs. Clara Hart in Weston, to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Carlson of Wes ton mountain. Kendall (Tuck) Smith, who is a member of the sales force of a lead ing Walla Walla grocery, is over from the Garden City on a few weeks' vacation visit. J. L. Hodgson was down from the mountain Monday on a business visit, and reports that his confidence in spuds is unabated. He intends plant ing IB acres this year. Mrs. Hattie Wilsey was seized with a sudden and serious illness Monday evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fred Greer, south of town, where she had been visiting. Ray Gould, who is a student of gas oline engineering at Portland, went up the Columbia river the other day on a trip as far as the snow blockade. He writes home that the snow is so deep on the blockaded highway that one can just see the tops of the tele phone poles. Ab Wragar, civil war veteran and old-time plainsman, is on the street again after a week's illness with ap pendicitis. A merry company of local folk mo tored to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clem Duncan near Walla Walla last Friday evening to engage in sev eral hours of "rook" and dancing At midnight an appetizing supper was served by the hostess. Those who participated in the frolic were: Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Staggs, Mr. and Mrs. Emery Staggs, Mr. and Mrs. James Beamer, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Staggs, Miss Josephine Spaoldlng, Mr. and Mrs. Clem Duncan, Victor Thoeny and Glenn Staggs. Charles P. Marshall, former upland resident who is now conducting a dairy at Hermiston, is in town today. Mr. Marshall is milking fifty Jersey cows, and is seeking suitable moun tain range which he contemplates using in the summer time. Richard Mayberry is improving slowly, after an illness of several weeks with rheumatism. Esther and Gail Williams were over from Whitman College for a Sunday visit with the home folks. They were accompanied by Miss Margaret Stew art of Baker and Lowell Smith of La Grande, college classmates. An item printed in the Weston Leader a few weeks ago about a nice "bait" of mountain strawberries dug from under four inches of snow by Earl Barnett, mail carrier, was taken up by other papers and seems to have circulated over nearly all of the United States, with more or less elab oration. An aunt of Mr. Barnett re siding at Evansville, Indiana, clipped the story out of a daily paper in that city and has mailed it to him. W. A. Barnes and Ralph Tucker! are moving their cattle to the Hud son's Bay neighborhood, where the stock will be fed alfalfa hay for the remainder of the winter. Feed lots were secured and the cattle will be fed by the ranch owners at a price of only $7.60 per ton. Alfalfa hay in large quantities can be bought in the stack at $5.00 per ton. Leon Lundell is Postmaster The nomination of Leon Lundell as postmaster of Weston has been sub mitted to the United States Senate by President Harding. Mr. Lundell is one of Weston's leading younger citizens, and patrons are confident that he will make an efficient post master. He has been with the Wes ton Mercantile Co. for a number of years, and is manager of its grocery department. He is an ex-service man. There were four candidates for the position, and Mr. Lundell is reported to have led them all in the civil ser vice examination rating, with a slight margin over his nearest competitor. When his successor qualifies, Lewis R. Van Winkle, after serving faith fully and well as Weston's postmas ter for eight and one-half years, will gracefully retire. He was not a can didate for re-appointment. More than twenty years ago "Lew" served one term in the same capacity. ANTI-LYNCHING BILL PASSED BY HOUSE Washington, D. C The house de :larod itself In favor of the federal overnmenfs exerting its authority in in effort to slump out lynching, pass ing by a vole of 230 to 119 the Dyer mti-lynchlng bill. Seventeen republicans Joined 102 lemocnits In voting opposition, while sight democrats and one socialist. London. New York, voted with 221 republicans In favor of the measure. Republicans who voted lu the nega tive Included narbour, California; Curry, California; French, Idaho; Nolan, California, and Parker. New Jersey; Robertson, Oklahoma, and Sinnott, Oregon. The bill provides life Imprisonment or lesser penalties for persons who participate in lynchings and for state, county and municipal officials who tall through negligence to prevent them. The measure also stipulates that the county in which mobs form and kill any one shall forfeit fl0,00t to the family of the victim. WALES Listing &nd 17 -11 Bookkeeping VlSlDlC Machines Will Handle Your Business problems in 1-6 of the time it takes to do them the old fash ioned way, and will also add subtract, multiply, divide, and "you're sure it's sure. " Close to 6000 banks, the hardest users of adding machines, depend on the Wales for accurate re sults. Let us show you on your work. Costs nothing Croxdale Office Furniture & Supply Co. 18 BAST ALDER STREET WALLA WALLA., WASH PHONE 279 Cn IP Campaign Is Outlined By Washington State Commission. Olympla. Wash. Co-operation ot ed itors, clubwomen, school superintend- sots, teachers, bankers, business and professional men will be solicited In a campaign to stamp out Illiteracy la the state of Washington, It was de cided at the first meeting of the stato illiteracy commission here. Mrs. Josephine Corliss Preston, state superintendent of Instruction, was elected president of the commission; C. D. Cunningham, commander of Cen- tralia American Legion post, vice- president; Chapin D. Foster, Orand view. president Stato Press associa tion, secretary; George D. Peddyeord, Colville, president Washington State Hankers' association, treasurer. LANGUAGE SPOKEN BY FEW Vagrants in East End of London Use an Ancient Celtic Tongue Among Themselves. Sheltn ThnrI Is a language used se cretly among people of the tinker clnss and principally to be met with In Scot land and Ireland. Its use was first dis covered nnd made known In 1870 by Charles K. Leland, nn American anti quarian, and Prof. John Sampson of Liverpool. One dny, while walking by the seashore nt Aberystwyth, they encountered n tramp who addressed them In an unknown tongue. Both were versed In the Romany or gypsy language and were much surprised to meet one who spoke a tongue of which they knew not a word. They collected a number of phrases from this man and found on Inquiry that he had acquired this strange speech from his wife, who was a tinker. The tinkers, he said, kept their knowledge of the language a se cret, speaking It only among them selves. Later Lelund encountered many other persons who spoke Shelta. He found that In many of the drinking places lu the East end of London, where vagrants often congregate, the language was freely employed, but that when nn outsider made his ap penrnnoe, It ceased at once to be spok en. Scientific methods applied to the study of Shelta proved that it is no mere system of back slang or cant, but an ancient Celtic speech. Romany, the language of the Eng lish gypsies, is still spoken by a large number of persons. Among the ma jority of them It has become corrupt, but the older gypsy folk still speak what Is known as "deep" Romany, that Is, the gypsy language In Its pure stnte. The dialect of Shetland, although Its grammar Is Lowland Scotch, Is very largely Norse and as spoken by the Shetlnnders among themselves Is scarcely understandable by the aver age Scotsman. On the Isle of Man, a Celtic tongue different from Gaelic or Welch is still used by a number of the Inhabitants. r. 5;,. Aquatic birds that are ordinarily able to float high on the water can also sink at will by expelling the air that Is inclosed within the film of feathers surrounding their bodies, thus making them heavier than water. This mechanical trick on the part of diving birds Is probably familiar to all who have watched the king fisher at close quarters and have noted the sudden contraction In the bird's I apparent sice as It takes the plunge, j This Is much more easily observed In j the case of the starling, which some I times Imitates the kingfisher by piling ' Ing Into the Water. The shrinkage of j the bird Is very apparent when, after hovering shove the surraee, It turns downward to diva.. Polish Diet Passes Prohibition Law. Warsaw. Beer containing more than 2V4 per cent alcohol is to be for bidden in Poland. The alcohol law passed by the diet places the ban on beer of higher alcoholic content, limits drinking places to one for each 2&00 population, prohibits saloons, licensing only cafes and restaurants, makes proprietors liable to arrest in the case of drunkenness on their premises and places a tax of 20 per cent on all liquor stocks. 5 Our annual inventory is completed. The year 1922 will be an era of low prices in every line. All mer chandise sold by us is hard hit and the new prices will bring to the buyer's mind the good old pre-war times when a dollar bought a dollar's worth. At this time we desire to call to your attention the fact that we are able to quote very attractive prices on harness and plows, as these two lines have been cut to the quick. Look before you leap. Get our new prices and save. Watts & Rogers THE ATHENA HOI LAUNDRY Christensen & Post, Proprietors We do First-class Work at Reasonable Prices Your Patronage Solicited THE cATHENA HOME LAUNDRY, PHONE 51 CLASSIFIED For Rent Vacuum Cleaner. See the electrician. For Sale My residence for sale or exchange for a satisfactory residence in Pendleton. Dr. F. D. Watts. For sale Ford roustabout, good as new. Shocks, chains, storage battery, starter. Can use good paper. Phone 382, Residence, phone 592. C. F. Smith, Manager Farmer's Grain Ele vator Co. Storage Stow your batteries with us until spring 25c per month. Da vidson & Hoffman. DR. S. F. SHARP PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special Attention given to all calls, both day and night. Calls promptly answered. Office on Third Street, Athena, Oregon. C. H. SMITH PHYSICIAN' AND SURGEON Athena, Oregon. Office next to Telephone Excange Phones, Office 333; Residence 412 SEND YOUR HEMSTITCHING and Button Holes to MRS. D. H. MANSFIELD, Hanger & Thompson, Walla Walla. Special Attention Given to Mail Orders. THE GROVE APPARTMENTS 104 North Third Street, Walla Walla Close in UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Cleaned and Renovated MRS. ELLA BROTH ERTON Tomlinson & Cudney Dray and Transfer Will Haul Anything Any where at Any Time. Prices are Right Quick, Reliable Service Phone 22 That half the gasoline pumps in the . . state of New York give the consum er short measure is the estimate of the New York state director of weights and measures. It is said that while no type of gasoline pump is absolutely infallible, most will give correct measure if properly operated. The shorages reported varied from a half pint to a gallon on a three gallon purchase. Prestbye's Service Station " Where You ayd Service Meet" THE ATHENA BARBER SHOP AMOS O'DELL, PROPRIETOR Back at the Old Stand and waiting for the old faces, and new ones, too. Shave? Sure. Wc carry the best MEAT That Money Buys Lard, Kraut, Kippered Salmon, Salt and Fresh Fish, Oysters, Clams and Crab, in Season. . A. W. LOGSDON Main Street, Athena, Oregon Eat Athena-Made Bread Made from ATHENA FLOUR. One and one-half Sound loaf now only 10c As good as the best and etter than the rest. EAT IT FOR QUALITY. The Athena Bakery Perry Hall Auto Top Repairer Don't forget to bring your old shoes to me when in need of repairing. I guarantee satisfaction. THE ATHENA SHOE SHOP New Tops Made to Order I The First National Bank if Athena Established 1891 Capital and Surplus $110,000.00