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out understanding. Mr.. f. A. Wander
lip, president Of the National City
Bank of New York, when asked What
is bank?" said in part:
The first and most familiar function
OF bank is that Of gathering up the
idle money of a community, small
sums and large, and thus forming a
pool or reservoir upon which RESPONSE
Bile persons may draw as they have
temporary use for money. 1t is evi-
dent that this makes large sums in
the aggregate available for the en-
ployment Of labor and the develop
ment of the community. But much
more is accomplished than the use Of
the money actually deposited in the
banks, for by the use Of drafts, checks
and bank notes the efficiency Of money
is multiplied several times over. A
very large business, for example one Of
the great beef packers, may use very
little actual money; on one side Of its
bank account will be entered the
checks and drafts it is daily receiving
from everywhere in payment for
meats, while on the other side will
be entered the checks 1t draws In
payment for cattle, ETC., its only use
of money being for small payments,
to labor and otherwise.
II there were but one bank In a COM
munity and everybody paid all bills by
drawing checks on that bank, and ev-
eryone receiving a check Immediately
deposited 1t In the bank, the amount Of
money in the bank evidently would
not change at all and the entire busi-
ness of the community would be set
tied on the books of the bank. And
the situation is but slightly changed
when there are several banks, for they
daily exchange among themselves all
the checks they receive on each 9th.
er which practically Offset themselves,
although the small balances are paid
in cash. This is called clearing and
in every large city there is Clear
Ing House where representatives of
the banks meet daily to settle their
accounts with each other.
A bank is constantly receiving from
Its customers, particularly those that
are shipping products to other locali-
ties, drafts and checks drawn on banks
in other cities, which 1t usually sends
for deposit to a few correspondent
banks in the central cities with which
II maintains permanent accounts, In
this waythese scattered credits are con-
solidated and the bank draws upon
these accounts In supplying custom.
ers with the means of making pay
ments away from home. AS each
local community sells and buys about
the same amount abroad in the course
of year, these payments largely off.
set each other 1t is evident that the
banks are very intimately related to
the trade and industry OF country.
The banker is dealer in credit much
more than q dealer in money, and of
course his own credit must be above
question, He exchanges his credit for
the credits acquired by the customers,
and lends credit for their aceommo.
dalton, but he must conduct the bust.
ness with such judgment that he can
always meet his own obligations with
| cash on demand. This Is the essentia
| thtn8 ah hnnty nrnAtt tat hnl
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CITATION.


10 the County Court Of Umatilla
county, State of Oregon.
In the Matter Of the Estate Of
7. J. Watts. deceased.
To Jsrusha Grab. Homer |. Watts
and NJ. l.. Watts, heirs at law OF
T. J. Watts deceased:
In the name of the State OF Oregon,
you hnd each of YOU are hereby cited
and required to appear tefore the
above entitled Court in the county
court room in the county court house
of Umatilla county. Oregon, in PEN
dleton, therein, on the 31st day Of July
1915, at the hour of ten o'clock a. m.
of said day, then and there to show
cause, il any there be, why an order
of this court should not be made In the
above entitled matter, authorizing
and directing the administrator of the
estate of 7. j. Watts, deceased, M. L.
Watts, to sell at public sale the real
property belonging to said estate, de-
soribed as follows, to-wit: The SEA
Of the Sc a of Sec. 81 and the SWA
of the SW14 of Sec. 80. 7. 8, N. r.
a5. E. W. M. Umatilla County, Greg
Oh. containing 80 acres more or. less.
in accordance with the prayer 'of. the
asid administrator filed hereiu on the
22nd day of June, 1915.
This citation is issued and published
pursuant TO an order Of the Hon.
Chas. Fl. Marsh, Judge of the ABOVE
entitled court made and entered on the
2nd day of July, 1915, directing that
service of said citation herein be made
upon Jerusha Graf. one of the heirs
herein, by publication and that said
publication be made once each week
for four consecutive weeks, ocnstitut-
ing five publications, in the Athena
Press, newspaper published in Ath-
sna, Umatilla County, Oregon.
Date of first publication being July
3. 1915; last publication being July
80, 1915.
Done and dated this aud day OF
July, 1915. at Pendleton. Umatilla
county, Oregon. NChas. Fl. Marsh,
County Judge for Umatilla County,
State of Oregon.
Attest: Frank Sailing,
Clerk of the County Court.
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James J. Hill says: "The way to
revive American shipping is merely
to take off its shaokles. Repeal every
restriction by law on the construction,
ownership. registry or operation OF
ships upder the American Tag, beyond
the minimum oi:tegulations prescribed
by any other country with which we
shall have 10 compete. Make them
as free as the ocean itself; as free as
those from which they are to take the
business II they are to get 1t at all.
No amount Of study, no bungling ex-
periments, neither demagogy nor So
cialism will discover any other way,
This way alone is worthy of the Unit
cd States. We can trust American
patriotism, American enterprise. Am
erican business ability for the rest. "
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SunmOns.
In the Circuit Court of the State Of
Oregon. for Umatilla County.
Nora Upton, Plaintiff,


In the Circuit Court of the State Of
Oregon. for Umatilla County.
Nora Upton, Plaintiff,
We.
CHARLES E. Tipton, defendant.
To Charles E. Tipton, Defendant
above named:
In the name of the State Of Oregon,
you are hereby required TO appear and
answer the complaint filed against you
in the above entitled cause within elk
weeks Of the date Of the first public
alton of this summons, namely, on or
tefore Friday. the 20th day Of August,
1915; and you will take notice that II
you fail to appear and answer or 9TH
erwise plead to said complaint within
said time the plaintiff, for want there
OF, will apply to the above entitled
court for the relief prayed for in her
said complaiot, to-wit, for a decree OF
the court forever dissolving the bonds
Of matrimony now and heretofore ex-
isting between plaintiff and defend mt
and for an absolute divorce from de-
feudant and for the care and custody
of the minor child Of plaintiff and de-
fendant.
This summons is published pursuant
to an order of Hon. Gilbert W. Phelps
Judge of the atove entitled court. duly
made and filed herein on the 7th day
Of July, 1915. and the first publica
tion of this summons will be made OF
Friday the 9th day of July, 1915. ant
the last publication on the goth day
of August, 1915. in the Athena Pres
Newspaper, published at Athena, Um
atilla County, Oregon.
Dated this. the 7tb day Of July, 1915
Will M. Peterson,
Attorney for Plaintiff
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Every enterprise in "a town adds
something 10 the upbuilding of the
place, helps attract people aud trade.
Some help more than others because
Of their size and scope of operations.
The thing to do is to toost each other,
trade with each other and be friendly
with each other. That is one form Of
cooperation that helps most OF ALL
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-07-30

A Washington canvass OF the states
as to choice of republican candidate
for president next year indicates that
all favor conservative man with
Root of New York probably the most
popular. The feeling seems to be es
peoially strong in former progressive
strongholds. Two other leading can
didates are Burton of Ohio aud Weeks
of Massachusetts,, Cummins, BoTah,
Manu. Knox and La Toilette are also
mentioned.
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Pendleton papers faoetiously extend
a yelled invitation to Walla Walla to
make free use of the new natatoiium
swimming pool, Acceptance would
seem to be precluded in great mea-
sure ty the fact that the pool seems
to he no more than adequate for the
accommodation OF tho home popula'
1ion
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-07-30

The modern detective adds to the
remuneration OF his profession by sell
lug the story Of investigation of a
famous crime to the daily papers in
serial form. That's what Detective
MCGUIRE is doing In the Allen murder
case at Joliet penitentiaiy.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-07-30

Athena is in need Of houses fol rent,
and welcomes the announcement that
Mr.. Anderson contsmplates the build
lug Of several bungalows with the
purpose of renting them. .
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The farmers OF
this nation to
come into their
own must study
b u 8 | n e 8 8. We
must, as a class,
understand h g
fundamental prin'
ciples that under
lie every industry
its functions to
society and its re
lation to agricul'
ture, for there can
be no intelligent
co-Operation with,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-07-30

Those girls arrested aud jailed for
polluting Walla Walla's source OF
water supply by bathing IN Mill creek
are legitimate characters for the
movies aud the vaudeville stage.
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Card of Thanks.

To all who SO kindly assisted us in
our hours OF sorrow, duriug the short
illness aud death OF our little daughter
we extend our deepest heartfelt thanks.
MI. aud Mrs. Joe Clsmons,
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The mix-up on notes between the
United States aud Germany emphasiz-
ea Tie importance of having nothing
whatever 10 do with notes-ueither
signing them nor endorsing them.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-07-30

The nan who tries to stand on both
sides Of question gets sn bow-leRRed
aud GROSS eyed yOu can distinguish the
marks Of the straddler a mile of.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-07-30

There are mail order houses that
make a speciality of business with
small merchants. Look out for them
Mr.. Dealer They are just as bad for
your town and community as the cat
alogue house, that t-competes with you.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-07-30

Who are the "peaoe at any price"
men9 We hear a great deal about
them but never meet them. We be-
lieve they are no more numerous at
least than the "war at any pIioe"
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OUR PUBLIC FORUM
Iv.--F. A. VANDERBILT
On The Business of Banking

The farmers o!
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-31
AUTOS USELESS IN NORWAY.


Norwegian owners of automobiles
are hard hit by the announcement OF
dealers that the supply OF tires mas
been exhausted and 1t Is 1mposslDle
to replenish the stock to any extent
because the belligerent countries are
taking up all the worlds supply. AZ
nresent It is said there is not new
tire to be bought at any price any
where in Norway.
The situation is much more than an
noying, for it will have serious econ
omical effect on Norwegian FARMING.
II is doubtful that If any country mas
adonted the automobile more extern
sivelv IN a public way, for IN norway
the snarsely settled hills have never
been able to support railways ana Inc
automobile has come to be the plln,
cipal means of communication anu
Transportation both for the farmer ana
commercial men. The innumeraDle
oars which have been put to service
IN recent years are all OF foreign
for there Is no automo-
lille factory in Norway, and the same
Is true as to oil. gasoline and tires.
The importation Of tires has steaoiiy
decreased since the European war pe.
pan and the present imposs1blllty OF
obtaining new tires has forced many
10 tho taxicabs in Christiana to go out
of business. The cars on the pubic
automobile routes In the country are
wearing their tires down to the last
thread and it appears their service
NAV soon have to be cancelled.
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DOUDS- LEANDO.

Miss Marie Mulvaney Of Eldor
visited a few days with Miss MAUD
Schaffer.
Misses Anna Hissen, Etha Parsons
Aileen Freeland and Elma Yarnell
Rowena Morrow and Dora Wolf anc
Lawrence Bequeaith took the Sth grade
examination at Keosauqua Friday anc
Saturday Of last week.
Mrs. P. c.. Ferguson and children OF
Ottumwa visited relatives in Leando.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. e. Stewart have re-
turned from a visit with friends In
Keosauqua.
Mrs. II. v. BUGGY and son Francis
returned from Alexandria, Mo-, the
first of the week.
Mrs. Florence Moore and children re-
turned to their home in Davenport aft
er spending their vacation at the par
entail home Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Nor
rison.
Charlie Schaffer had business in OF
tumwa Tuesday.
Little Marie Morrison Of Oskaloosa
is visiting her grandparents Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Morrison.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. v. BUGGY we're Of
tumwa shoppers Tuesday.
A pleasant surprise was given Mrs
G.. E. Sandmeyer Tuesday night by the
la dies Of the NJ. E. church of Leando, IT
being her birthday They presented her
with a handsome rocking chair. Mr.
and Mrs. Sandmeyer will leave in a
few days for their home In Mt. Pleas
ant.
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bro CHARACTERISTICS.

Experiments and observations made
in between times at the various battle
fronts by bird lovers have revealed
some striking characteristics OF the
feathered broods that have not been
frightened from their accustomed
haunts by the war, Quite as unusual
az any other conclusion is the showing
that crows, from generations Of ex-
perience, fear rife fire but not artil-
lery fire, while song birds, never hav-
ing known the fear Of the hunter and
his rifle. break into song when the
guns are fired, but are alarmed at the
tremendous explosions of shells.
Even the trained artillery horses
continue to show more fright at shell
explosions than the birds. The crows
for instance do not even trouble to take
to fight when a shell lands near them
but does not explode, and only rise for
an instant when it does go off. But when
the rifles begin to pop they put as
much distance as possible between
themselves and the trenches.
Many Of the soldiers have canaries
in their trenches and have conducted
numerous experiments with them.
Usually the discharge of rifle is q
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-31
PLANS SHAPING
FOR LABOR DAY
COMMITTEES GETTING DETAILS
OF ARRANGEMENT WORKED
OUT FOR BIG EVENT.
MAMMOTH PARADE
Circus Joins In Street Pageant; Fac
tories and Packing House to
Close For the Occasion
Real Gala Day.

Arrangements for the mammoth
Labor day celebration in Ottumwa are
rapidly rounding into finished form
and those in charge who have been
busily engaged in plans for the day
during the past two months, are look
ing forward to celebration such as
has never been held in this section of
the state. The combination of Ottum-
wa, Oskaloosa, Abba and Centerville
in one huge organization to celebrate
labors holiday gives promise Of a
crowd such as has never before gath
cred in Ottumwa, and demonstration
that is certain to become memorable.
From early in the forenoon until af-
ter the shades of night have fallen,
Monday, September 6, is to be real
gala day Something will be doing all
the time and many things doing most
of the time. There is not an idle
moment contemplated by the arrange
ments committee.
Employers Enthusiastic.
One Of the biggest features of the
occasion is the cooperation of en-
ployer and employee and all working to
make the day an epoch in the history
of Ottumwa The Commercial and
Retail Merchants associations are ac-
tive in the Labor day movement and
the various shops, factories and pack
ing plant will close for the day that all
of their employees may participate in
the celebration The employers and
business men are entering into the
spirit of the occasion with a zeal rival
ing that of the labor organizations and
the PLEA Is make Ottumwa Guido itself
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-31
THE STATE FAIR.

The sixty-frst Iowa state fair has
been opened. The influx of visitors
from all over the state has begun.
The fair will close September 8.
Those who visit the fair this year
viii ind much to command their at
tention. As usual the livestock exhib-
It is the big feature. Some two mil
lion dollars worth of livestock is on
show in the stalls and pens. Exclu-
sive Of the purses offered in the speed
events, prizes for fine horses, cattle,
hogs. sheep, etc, total SAL 69.
As a result Of the European war
there are fewer imported draft horses
on exhibit this year. In their place
il an array Of Iowa bred horses that
compare favorably with the equine
aristocrats from across the Atlantic.
The livestock exhibit gains added
interest this year for Iowa breeders
from the fact that the Iowa commits
sion to the Panama exposition will Sc
lect from it the herds that will rep
resent this state at the National 1--we
stock exhibition later In the year at
San Francisco.
A sort of year long state fair is pro-
posed by w. B. Barney, state dairy
and food commissioner.
Commissioner Barneys plan is to
have a permanent Iowa exhibit in Des
Moines, showing all the products Of
the state. Visitors to the state cap
ital would thus, he says, gain a good
idea of the states greatness.
"As we captured first prize for agri-
cultural exhibits at the San Francis
co exposition" says Mr.. Barney, I'VE
are bound to have more tourists IN
the future. We have no way Of show
ing visitors what we have In our
state and a permanent exhibit of the
sort suggest would supply the need
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government of all peoples.

government of all peoples.
The higher officers in Germany. 1t Is
said, are rapidly losing their enthusi-
asm for war. The mortality among
them has been enormous and many OF
the old Junker families are becoming
extinct, their estates reverting to the
crown. At the same time we must re.
member that the great body Of the Ger
man people still believe as we do
not - that their war Is one purely OF
self defense against wanton aggression
and to this end they are cheerfully
making supreme sacrifices. In the
stress of conflict 1t is as hard for the
! citizen to change his opinions as for
the ministry to change it's face. At the
same time the counter currents against
| war in general and against this partic-
ular causeless war grow stronger every
day The military party are bent on
holding Belgium. The others have con-
scented more or less unwillingly TO a
temporary military necessity" but
they cannot be reconciled to the per-
manent seizure and subjugation of a
sister nation.
| More and more the other Germany
is coming to feel about this war as the
/ people of America feel. We cannot
fight military Germany without inflict-
ing incalculable injury on the other
Germany. To go to war is to plunge
ourselves into the atmosphere OF lies
and hate in which, as in poisonous gas,
, all Europe Is suffocating.
There is no reason for us to take
part in the fight. Our business Is later
on in the rescue corps. Nations like
men, says Rollo Ogden, ARE the best
peace makers when they mind their
own business Our business in
Europe is not to fight, or even to con-
DENIM It lies in the feeding Of Bel
GUM, the saving of Serbia from typhus
and cholera, the caring for the people
in Armenia, Galicia, Palestine, Alsace
and Lorraine. Such things count more
for the safety as well as for the glory
of the republic than hundred VIC
tories on land or sea. It was one Of
the greatest of Germans, German
American II you choose, Carl Schurz,
who said: There are those who speak
lightly of war as mere heroic sport;
he must be an inhuman brute or a
slave of wild INSCRIPTIONS ambition,
who, having seen the horrors OF war
will not admit that war brought on
without the most absolute necessity is
the greatest and most objectionable Of
crimes
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Long ago Burke laid down the rule
that 1T is impossible to indict whole
nation" Every people, no matter how
rigid the rule under which 1t Is held,
is made up of distinct individuals, each
with his own range Of experience and
his own habit of mind. And no nation
is ever truly represented by IT'S war
makers or its law.breakers.
And in our relations with Germany
we should keep this fact in mind. The
Germany with whom we shall trade
and beside whom we shall live for the
next century will not be the Germany
of the shining armor" or the military
necessity" The Germany which will
rise from the blood and ashes Of this
war will be a civil Germany, civil and
civilized.
A leading professor in Berlin asks us
to remember that There are in reality
two Germanys, one the loud, blatant
party that temporarily has the upper
hand. The other, one will discover only
when he speaks to men here and there
in their homes or in the solitude oil
small towns. In the large cities, these
sentiments are not so freely expressed
for each fears the other and is asham-
ed to pronounce his views openly"
The Union Of the New Fatherland"
Is society formed in Berlin since the
war began, it's purpose being stated as
follows:
"The furtherance of all efforts that
will make for infusing into the politics
and diplomacy of Europe the idea OF
peaceful competition and international
cooperation, that in turn will lead to
political and economic understanding
among the cultured people of Europe.
This will be possible only if the pres
ent system is thrown overheard a
system which enables few men to de-
eide the fate of hundreds of millions Of
human beings"
The Social Democrats met in Vienna
in April to adopt the following plat
form for a lasting peace:
/. Peace must not mean humiliation
of any nation.
2. International arbitration must be
made obligatory for the settlement of
all disnItes between nations "
8. Democratic control of all treaties
and international arrangements, this
means control not by minority, but
by reichstag, parliament or congress.
4. Limitation of ornaments by in.
ternational agreement as step toward
5. Recognition of the rights of self.
ae(Copyright, 1915, by Ma
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FEWER PEOPLE INTOXICATED.

since closing up it's saloons, the city
Of Des Moines has had about half as
many arrests for intoxication IN CIV.
en- time compared with the record
during the days of the open dram
shop. The first five months of dry
ness" saw 939 people arrested on
charges of intoxication. The cores
ponding five months Of last year saw
a total Of 1,75O taken to Jail on SIM
liar charge.
The wet" interests contend that
these figures prove that prohibition
does not prohibit but the "drys' come
right back with the assertion that the
comparison is not a good one mas
much as policemen are now under or
ders to arrest anyone showing the
slightest trace of intoxication whereas
under the former order of things, only
those who were unable to walk alone
were arrested.