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c ATHENA. OREGON. JULY 21 1022
"HELL ON EARTH"
The butchers of Orenburg, a Rus
sian city under Bolshevik misrule,
sold human flesh over the block un
til compelled to relinquish their
grewsome traffic because, forsooth,
they began to profiteer. This awful
fact is related by Eleanor Franklin
Egan in the Saturday Evening Post,
and she goes on to say:
"Orenburg came nearer to being
hell on earth than anything I had
ever seen either in actual fact or in
nightmares brought upon me through
intimate association with too much
horror. In forty-eight hours in that
awful city I saw more dead bodies
than I had ever seen before in the
entire course of my life, and I saw
the Chinese famine, as a result of
which people died in sufficient num
bers. I saw worse filth and more of
it and completer degrdation than I
had ever before dreamed of, and I
saw the Armenians at their lowest,
which was low enough. I saw dogs
eating human corpses by the road
side while throngs of people passed
by in utter indifference. And it
was not so much the fate of the dead
that troubled me cither; it was the
apathy of the living. I saw starv-1
ing men catch and brutally slaughter ,
pariah dogs for the purpose of eat-'
ing them, holding them by the hind ,
legs and beating their heads against
the ice banks with which the streets
were, lined. I saw worse things than !
those."
Such things are almost too horri- j
ble to print. But it is just as well
that they should be known, so that
we may reflect upon them the next
time we stop to hear a Red fanatic
drooling his poisonous doctrine from
the top of a soap box.
"I'd rather be a young man's darl
ing than an old man's slave," de
clares Mrs. Oscar Hammerstein, 39,
who will wed Prince Oleg, 23, of
Montenegro. Wouldn't that expand
the grin in Montenegrin?
When "our George" was on the
job at Washington we do not recall
a time when he regarded his own af
fairs as of more importance than
the state's and nation's.
It begins to look as though it
would be wiser to deal leniently with
a German republic than to be com
pelled to deal harshly with a Ger
man monarchy.
Oregon has received nearly three
million dollars in six months from
car licenses another illustration of
the high cost of motoring.
Such is fame of a certain sort that
the news of one woman killing an
other with a hammer scarcely needs
a Los Angeles date line.
What few points the Bolshevik
bosses do not know about autocracy
could be supplied by America's high
baseball commissioner.
The Oregon game commission is
said to be importing bullfrogs from
Idaho just as though we didn't
have croakers enough.
Salem stores were closed all day
Wednesday in order that merchants
and clerks could help save the berry
crop. Capital idea.
It's a hopeful sign when the cas
ualty list in our turbulent sister re
public begins to contain the names
of Mexican bandits.
Although it's a bit crippled by the
mine war, we trust there'll be no oc
casion for Wheeling West Virginia.
Auto tourists are being allowed the
full domain of the city park for camp
ing Rrivilcges. Cars are parked any
where on the gronds that appeal to
the camper, with the result that no
rules are observed and the entire
. park will soon be a littered camping
place. It would seem that preserva
tion of the grounds could be obtained
if a little attention was given to the
direction of where the campers should
make camps by the authorities. How
ever, one need only gauge the past
y hutletmg this piece of municipal pro-
( perty has gcen subjected to, to get
i a line on what its future condition
will be. For instance, it has been
demonstrated that the heritage of
shade is of no value to the Athena
park, and that a dead tree is more
ornamental than a live one.
The strike situation seems to re
solve itself into just one blamed
crisis after another.
We again regret to report that the
news of Lenine's death is probably
exaggerated.
ENGLISH ARCHERS LOSE HOME
We'll bet the scribbler who penned
this gibe for the Oregon-Journal is
a dyspeptic grouch. We ourselves
are suspicious of male hashers, but
the delicate flavor of a pretty wait
aess' thumb, or even a few strands
of her golden or auburn or raven
hair, as the case may be, transform
a plate of soup into a culinary
dream: "If waiters and waitresses
would refrain from arranging their
hair and picking their teeth with
their fingers in the presence of their
customers they could be forgiven
for sticking their thumbs into the
soup."
Sam Hi Worth, about all that is
left of the Athena volunteer fire de
partment, or for that matter, any
thing besides the water system that
stands between fire loss and protect
ion in Athena, discovered and put out
a fire in an alley adjacent to Main
street one night this week, after
everyone else wns comfortably
snoozing in their beds. This season
of the year, when everything is dry,
it behooves all to see that burning
piles of rubbish are put out effective
ly before leaving them, and right now
is a good time to enforce the ordin
ance compelling them to do so.
This diverting bit from an inter
view with Congressman McArthur in
The OregoniBn, recalls the free and
easy style of old-time Oregon cam
paigning: "I note that my demo
cratic opponent, Mr. Watkins, has
commenced a campaign of mud
slinging and personal abuse which I
do not intend to dignify by answer
ing, as it Is a waste of soap to lather
an ass."
Ancient Organization Puuled as to the
Disposition of Its Relics of
Days Long Past.
'.There Is a Itoyal Toxophllite society
in England, which lias had Its head
quarters lu Regent'B park for many
years. Now, however, the society has
to move, and Is concerned as to the fu
ture resting place of the wonderful
treasury of archery relics now In
Archers' hall.
Otic bow and set of arrows are more
than 4,000 years old. These were
taken from the tombs at Sakkarah, In
Egypt, and are believed to have been
In use about 12000 B. C.
Another bow waB given to the soci
ety by Miihc, nici Effendl, "embassy
from the Sublime Porte," In 1704, when
he came to England for the first time,
bringing his bow and arrows with him.
When this Turkish official saw the
ground at Regent's park he said It was
much too small, so he went Into a
street outside the park and shot his
arrows Into a field. The distance was
measured and found to be a quarter
of a mile. Mahmnud was so pleased
with this shot Unit he presented bis
bow and arrows to the society. The
bow Is beautifully carved and is of
Immense strength.
Victory Made Difference.
During the allied occupation of Ger
many, an amusing encounter took place
between a British soldier and a Her
man baroness.
The baroness, writes Miss Violet R.
Markham in "Watching on the Uhlne,"
told a British officer that one of his
men Insulted her. Indeed, she de
clared, she had never been so Insult
ed lu her life. The officer at once
began Inquiries) and finally learned
that the lady had found two British
soldiers whistling and sliding down the
banisters of her back stairs. She
had told them sharply that whistling
and sliding on the banisters were ver
hoten. Whereupon Thomas Atkins,
genial and undefeated, had turned to
her and remarked pleasantly, "Aye,
missus, but yer should have won the
war, and then yer could' have come
and slid down our back stuirs and
whistled."
24 Years Ago
Misses Dollie and Carrie Bloch re
turned home from Union Saturday.
Frank Beale and family went to
Bingham Springs Wednesday to spend
a few days at the famous resort.
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Body have re
turned to La Grande after a pleasant
visit with their daughter, Mrs. Ida
Gillis, of this city.
Mrs. Ada Sharp, of Pendleton, is
quite ill.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Umatilla Publishing
Co., held in Pendleton last Saturday,
Homer Hallock was retained for an
other year as manager of the Tri
bune. William Post, a former resident of
Athena, is in the city from Wallowa
county. He will probably remain un
til after harvest.
A week ago Monday Spellia lost
his horse, saddle and bridle. The
horse was found next morning but
the saddle and bridle are still miss
ing. He will give a rewara oi iu
to anyone returning the same.
Nearly 20 acres of wheat belonging
to Asa McDaniel, on the reservation
about 7 miles east of Pendleton, were
burned Friday afternoon. The origin
of the fire is unknown but it is
thought to have been started by
sparks from a passing locomotive.
A. J. Willaby last week had a nar
row escape from losing his entire
crop of wheat by fire. The wheat
caught fire by sparks from a pass
ing freight locomotive. Between two
and three acres of wheat was destroy
ed before they succeeded in extingu
ishing the fire.
China Joe mourns the loss of a dog,
which died yesterday. He held fun
eral services over the body after the
pecular manner of the Chinese, Chin
ese punk and candles burning so as
to light the way of the departed can
ine on his journey to the great be
yond. After all was over Joe set off
a lot ot lirecracKers on me spot
where the odg died, to drive away all
evil spirits.
Henry Pierce has three combined
harvesters at work on his wheat
field. Two of them are drawn by 24
hoi'ses each and harvest about 85
acres a day; one is drawn by an en
gine and covers between 50 and CO
acres daily. Mr. Pierce is now stor
ing wheat at the Mission warehouse.
Friday morning Sheriff Blakeley
made his first arrest since going into
office in the person of Louis Riggs,
the Salvationist who attempted to
drown little Jimmie Froome and as
saulted Al Phillips in Pendleton last
week. Riggs expressed no sorrow for
having committed the deed he is ac
cused of.
Nicholas Taitenger and Miss Ethel
Ray Wright were married yesterday
evening at the parlors of the Golden
Rule hotel in Pendleton. The Rev.
Father Victor Garrand, rector of St.
Mary's Catholic church, officiated. The
wedding was a quiet affair and but
a few friends attended. The bridal
couple left on last night's train for
Portland.
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUiNT
Executor's notice of hearing Final
Account and Petition for Distribu
tion. In the County Court of the st'.te of
Oregon, in and for Umatilla County.
In che matter of the estate of Clark
Walter, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the
Account of John C. Walter as ex
ecutor of the estate of Clark Whiter,
deceased, together with his poiiri- l
for final distribution of said e-'tate,
has been filed in the County Court
of Umatilla county, state of Orjgon,
and that Saturday, the 29th day of
July, A. D. 1922, at the hour of Iwo
o'clock in the afternoon, at the ff ice
of tne County Judge, in Penclh'toii.
Oregon, has been duly appointed by
such court as the time and place for
tre hearing of objections to such fin
al account and petition and the settle
ment of said account, at which time
any person interested in such vtate
may appear and file objections there
to and contest the same.
Dated June 30th, 1922.
John C. Walter.
As executor of the estate of Clark
Walter, deceased.
Call For Warrants.
Notice is herehv given that City
of Athena warrants numbered t)98,
1000 and 1002 will be paid upon pns
entation to the City Treasurer. In
terest on the above numbered war
rants ceases from date of this publi
cation. Dated at Athena, Oregon, this; 9th
day of June, 1922.
E. A. Zerba
City Treasurer
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