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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-15

A DELIGHTFUL evening was en-
n joyed by small circle Of friends
a. the home Of DIT. Roocrt 3. Homan,
Friday. when Miss Birdie Alexander
presented her pupil. Mary Virginia Ho-
man. in recital Mary Virginia is q
Uny little artist OF eight years, and
only began the study Of music last
October Az that time she was una
bic 10 distinguish tone relations and
was a complete monotone. Under the
guidance Of Miss Birdie Alexander.
who for years has been one Of the
foremost supervisors OF public school
music iu the state Miss Virginia has
developed 20 an unusual degree for
one Of her years She sang lovely lit
lie songs I'm clear sweet voice, and
demonstrated her ability 10 read and
write music as we'll on tiny black
board. she read az sight songs that
were strange 10 her. and wrote simple
little melodies. scales and chords In
major and minor lunallr-- Interesting
hits Of biography. together with the
poetic ideas underlying the tone pic
lures. were given by the pupil before
each number
Hiss Alexander has used the meth
eds fu teaching her tiny pupil that
are used iu the public schools or -
Pas0 and other Texas cities. and
showed 10 an interested circle OF
friends and musicians just what Che
pu1lic schools are striving for and
are achieving in the training Of chill
dren in music She explained further
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-15
141ST YEAH Of
FLAG OBSERVED
Elks Joined by Military in
Program Of Music and
Speeches in Square.

Two thousand persons we're pres
ent at the patriotic service commem-
Grating the 181st anniversary Of the
birthday OF the flag, conducted un-
der the auspices Of El Paso lodge le1
Of the EIks. at Cleveland Square Erie
day night. The lodge ceremonial, to-
gether with excellent music By the
sea artillery band and speeches by
Gen. Robert L. Howe and Roy u.
Baruum. made up an exceedingly IN
teresting program
II. T. Christie. exalted ruler OF the
EIks. opened the program proper. ar
ter the entire audience stood and sang
two verses Of the star SpanEled Ban
ner" Ritual by Mr.. Christie ana
other lodge officers followed sue
ceeded by a tribute 20 the nag rem
dered by Tom Lea
Mr.. Lea read the composition by
John NOrelaud. the blind Elk OF lodge
No. I. in New York city, said TO pe
one OF the most wonderful mono
graphs on the national emblem IN eL-
gtence. Alr. Lea's rendition OF the
tribute was broken several times oy
Prophetic Blind Man
Mr.. Lea referred in his address 90
the remarkably prophets declaration
written many years ago For in-
stance. this reference struck Mr.. Led
and those OF his audience, too. SIS zee
markedly prophetic
t.The first flag that WIS born 20
represent people rather than
monarch or savuEet the flag
that has never known Eurreuucrs
the flag that Is destined 20 win
the world from wrong. 20 Danish
uuholy strife and TO usher in the
thousand years Of pence"
Talks On Origin OF Flag.
4 short talk was made by r. C..
Candy. great grandson Of Betsy Ross
flag. the first flag Of the nation used
By washington before the stars ana
Stripes was designed and rendered
homage 10 the greatest nag in the
world
'Auld Lang Syue" was then suns BY
officers OF the lodge from the band
stand. in chorus with voices from an
over the big audience
Brig. Gen Howe expressed his
pleasure at the opportunity OF greet
ing the flag or its 1f1st birthday. He
recalled an incident OF globe trotter
whom he had met years ago. who at
tempted 20 show his broadneSs ny
idisparaEinE everything American anl
praisinE al things foreign
Couldn't XIII the Lizard"
Among ather things this man
said. The flags OF the nations OF Eu-
rome are so beautiful that 7 am often
ashamed OF our own stars and
{ Stripes. IT, IS so ugly We were AZ
peace then said the general, $50
] couldn't XIII the lizard But I did
I ask him ff he thought HIS mother was
ugly. The man isn't worth the pow
lder and shot ir takes to blow him 90
he'll who thinks that his mother is
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-15
LIKES COOPERATIVE SPIRIT
OF FL PASO BUSINESS MEN

Of have been impressed with the
spirit Of cooperation displayed among
the business houses OF El Pasq- sara
T. a. Elkins assistant 90 o. general
manager Of the Texas Employers as
ISOLATION. who is here from Dallas lu-
terviewinr members Of the associ--
ton and making general audlts or
payroll accounts. He VIII pronapiy
81 here for more than a week longer
When 1Ir. EiEins came -o the otllce
Of auditor Norman T. Neazey. or Ane
Herald. he found Air. Neazey % pc q
former fellow student 40 the Cnlver-
sitv Of Arkansas. FAYETTEVILLE, that
state
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-15

ugly. and the Rag is the symbol of
our mother country luIdeutallr me
Germans have only tatherilnd.
which IS part Of what's the matter
with them
kaiser Has Mighty Dream.
'lIy old KeutucHy Home MARY
land. 1Iy Maryland and Dixie were
played by the band. and were re-
ceived by vigorous applause
Roy Baruum then delivered a stir
ring address on the flag. patriotism
and the meaning Of the national colors
in the 3. p. O. T.
Germany Must BE Defeated
"If Germany had never committed
the crimes she has. and had not con-
uer that she IS guilty Of, she Wou-a
still be deserving Of the worst pun-
ishmeut ever visited upon any nation
600 this world" declared ar. karuum-
Millions have died. millions have
been manned, and hundreds OF mil-
lions have suffered because OF tnls
hascless war. brought on by the welt
DoIftfz~ OF a nation OF uadmeu.
eff Germany is not defeated. and
upel iu this insane lust for damua-
ton and domination. the world VIII
rever, TO the barbarism Of the dark
ages Liberty VIII perish from the
earth ans e-eedom viii die. i'm the
/"
he signed the declaration OF iudepen-
dence- eve must all hang together
or Wen an hang separately
The Flag In EIkdom.
1Tr. Baruum went on 10 tell or the
meaning Of the flag I'm Elkdom. how DC
had become a symbol of the Elks, the
only lodge In the world 90 build l-seiI
about the national emblem
The program concluded hy the sing
Ing OF America by the entire audi
euce. standing.
] Preceding the exercises. a taoleau
I was presented by Miss Ruth AuEur as
/ Columbia. Miss Gertrude Yale as a
Z Red Cross nurse, Mrs olive DAVIS
SimnEins as Betsy Ross and little
Teddy French as the Boy Scout
The soldiers and sailors who OF
ficia-ed iu the flag tableau were
] George Gardner. navy recruiting OF
fce- Henry D. BotteI. navy recruit
Z ing office. SerEt. e. T. Glasscoc5,
I Seventh field signal battalion; = j.
I T.anEord. Seventh field signal uar-
T talon n ST. NcGinuis, sgd field ar
I tulerv- T. u. Dammeger. I--l cayalrl-
T BuEIer. Irving Z. Wester1arE- rltln
I cavalry. blew the calls, "Io the COLI
D 0rs and -To Arms
EIkH on Platform
Officers OF the Elks who we're pres
] eut on the platform. were Nr- chris
] tie exalted ruler. g. r. Bootne- es-
] teemef leading knight j. p. aden-
/ esteemed lovsl knight A. T. Walcel-.
I esteemed lecturinE knight, r. T
y Camnt1u- esquire George r. HigEl1s.
I chaplain. and j. T. Anderson, secre-
I tarr.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-15
North Texas Female College
AND
Kidd-Key Conservatory of Music
Sherman, Texas

of texas
Kidd gr,atu o Music
1s sit
aliet and VIII t d
Quiz location
eaat b % only three
rCJn Our @ ah
zeadee tin
ebzt eaHasn ling one "
~ v Feof Music Miss O
F aD l b tea IN
reI State da o. WsC
offered these
evdu
Forth We hre ga
fGe TefTI ofHeoa have a o
OfrFla a and
closed of the mos SUGGEST year In Il
Thaas acts oil
giving
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-15
Out OfToun Visitors.

Mrs. c. W. Dennis who has been q
guest OF Mrs. c. c. Richardson No 10
Ramsey apartments, LETT yesterday
for her home in Globe, Ariz.
f. G. 1lasQuelette and family, OF
Houston. arrived in El Paso this
week. having made the trip overland
in their Cadillac touring car. They
viii be located for the summer in the
.C. " Bassett home on Mckinley
avenue.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-15
Smeets From The Sweet

Lougmont. Col. June 15.-Sugar
reffuers OF Colorado have been so
hard hit hv the draft that a bid has
been sent 10 every coed in the
laboratories OF every college in the
state 10 accept q position In the
chemical departments Of some
sugar plants Experiments were
made with women chemists by the
Great Western Sugar company last
year. and the trial was So success
ful that 100 college girls VIII De
added TO the chemical staff OF thar
CORPORATION this summer.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-15
about ELPasoans.

Mr.. and Mrs. n. r.. Pomar. who have
spent the winter at a down town no.
tel win move today TO their at
tractive bungalow in Aanhattan
Heights.
June DO a son was born to 1lr- and
Mrs. r o. Byerly. Of Canada 1r-
Byerlv was formerly an El Paso boy
and his parents reside az 1850 Nyom-
ing street.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-15
no TAX TO WY oNLY.

Private w. E. Couinge. Of Cauada's
Fighting Seventh" who lectured un-
der the auspices OF the Red Cross
last Wednesday evening In Liberty
hall. viii be heard in his final II Paso
aunearance Monday evening in Mount
Sinai auditorium ColliuEe will deal
with Hun atrocities as practiced on
the civilian population and on prison
ers OF var and viii be restricted 20
men only.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-15

Have your Stationery engraved or
en- bossed by those who have spent
many years in the business, then your
correspondence viii be an added
pleasure. Give the order TO the Fl
Paso Printing Co.-10s Main st.-Adv-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-15

Notice To Insurance Patrons
We have purchased the local fire
and tornado insurance business Of the
Perry Kfrl1patriclz company. which
gives us increased facilities for
handling your business. All old and
new customers are guaranteed the
best Of service and are invited TO take
up with US any matters relating TO In
surancc-
T.eavcII d sherman.
I15 Texas Street Phone 4--5--AdN-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-15

Take that sick baby TO Cloudcroft.
where II Isl always cool Round trip
S6.00-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-15

Buy your coal u-w-it's cteaper-
Held Bros CInc.l. Phone S6.-AdV-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-15

a delightful party was given By DIT
Alice q. Merchant IN her home. el-
North Virginia street. Friday evening
TO some Of the enlisted men Of COM
nanv g. mechanical repair service
1uartermaste- corps. Fort Bliss SerEt-
alvin L. Prick had read in the press
That ir was the intelton OF a group
OF women 10 tender these informal az
fairs. which give the men that touch
OF home life which they receive in no
other way. and supplement the more
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-15

TIE program which walter s. Davis
4 win present az the base HOSPITAL
tonight is here Eiven-
Song. ~A Bowl OF Roses" ..-.--
Clark Macarthur Crane
Readings .---- Kiss Margaret Hines
song. -Cn Del de vedremo" CHA
dame Butterfly .-.--.----.-
---.--.....-. Miss Ina Palmateer
Violin solo. --Iiuuet in G." Beethoven
Miss Florence Crissey.
song. willamette DeI-Acqua' ...
......-..- Mrs. Thomas J. Roberts
Duet. -Ah Eche Ia lorte" ON
Travotore-) .....--.----...-. verdi
sir. Davis and Miss Palmateer
song. Lolita ..-----.. BuEzl--'eccla
ar. Davi-
Violin solo. 'Serenata AozkoWsAl
Miss Florence Crlssey.
1r-s. Carl C. smith VIII be in charge
~ the program TO be given az the
Khaki club Tuesday night By the
Junior Red Cross Some Of the oesL
talent I'm the city viii take part IN
the program and the numbers VIII in-
Toiiin duet misses Fannie and
Margaret Livesl--
Dance. Pipes o. Pam Miss Paula
violin solo. Anderson Davis.
Saxaph0ue solo. fa) Liberty Bels
ODD They Go wild over Ne. Miss
Ciua Locke Accompanies, hoWaIe
Locke.
Piano solo. oscar Lesser.
song. Frederick Stevenson.
Dance. Florence Stevenson
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-15
Freight 20 Advance

Twenty percent on June 25tn
Put YOUR coal I'm now and save money
Osborn Fuel Co. Phone 5300.-Adv-
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-04-05
HOUSE TO HOUSE CANVAS
FOR THRIFT AN0 ". S. S.

Last Friday W. S. Gleiser, District
Manager of the War Savings Stamps
Committee. instituted house to house
campaign in which all the members of
the High school participated. Two
captains. Henry Koepke and Connie
Baker, chose des for the drive. The
town was divided into districtAand at
s:lb D. m. the students were at work
on the drive. Every family in town
was interviewed, the W. S. S. system
was explained, and each family was
listed for the future use of the CON-
mittee under one of the following
heads:
/. Families already purchasing
Stamps.
.. Families purchasing Stamps dur
ing this campaign.
h. Families Indifferent, not inter-
ested. or disloyal.
The sale of the Stamps has grown
by leaps and bounds during the past
week, according to the report of Post
master c. 0. Henry.
This week the county officers have
instructed Manager Gleiser to select a
few prominent women to direct sales
agencies at every business place. This
is by far the best idea used thus far
in advancing sales, In that every bus.
mess house in Umatilla county will
soon be offering for sale a Thrift
Stamp with every purchase. Already
many of the stores Of the county are
advertising articles thus: Suits. we
to Ss5, with Thrift Stamp, s25.s
to s85. rs; Corn meal, G0c, with Thrift
Stamp, S5c.
Athena business houses should puI
the enthusiasm, push. punch and vigoi
into this campaign that will assist
Umatilla county in leading all of thu
state throughout the year.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-04-05

OW as to the other bushel
of wheat. A certain
Georgia miller, In need
Of supplies, notified the
Grain Corporation and
received permission to
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-04-05
Advertisers

The cAthena Press circulates in the
homes of readers who reside in the
heart of the Great Umstilla Wheat
Belt, and they have money to spend
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-04-05

The New York jobber took for his
own, In this case. a profit Of 10 cents
per barrel. He sold part Of this ship
ment to retail merchant.
This merchant did small business
and was not licensed, but even here
was another social check. For the
retail merchants Of the large cities
and those of many small cities and
towns find each morning and after
noon in the daily papers a price list
for -four and other commodities which
are considered fair by the Federal
Food Administrator for their State.
These prices are usually arrived at
through the machinery of the whole
salers' and the retailers organizations.
The retailer also discovered that the
jobber who sold him this -four was
keenly interested In the prices paid by
the consumer. For the Food Admins
traitor has discovered an indirect
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-04-05

One Copy, one year, $3.50; for six
months, 75c; for three months, Soc;
payable in advance, and subscrip-
tions are solicited on no other basis
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-04-05
ATHENA SOLDIERS
WRITE TO FRIENDS

The following letter from Sam F.
Starr, dated March 10, to friend in
Athena, is the first news received from
him since his arrival in France. ex-
cepting brief cards. His impressions
of the war-ridden country will be of in
terest to many of his friends:
Received your letter of Jan. End
about week ago. A mistake in the
address took it through the entire
brigade before it finally reached me,
and came to Europe long before we
embarked.
~ don't know just where George
Winship is but he is under quarantine
somewhere over here. We left Harry
Keller in the hospital when we left
the U. S. but he came in the other day
and is here with us now. guess
Hally Piersol is still at Newport News
or was the last we heard of him.
"You know when l enlisted | never
once dreamed that would come over
here. but here am, right next to the
front. can't tell you where we are
or what we are doing, but we are all
still alive and getting along fine
"What have seen of France seems
to be a rather pretty country, although
everything is as odd to us, as it is
pretty. You have seen pictures Of
| those old-time stone houses-well,
that's just what we see here. Every
thing seems to be built along semi
ancient lines, and nearly everything
that is hauled by horses is drawn on a
contraption similar to OK carts, but of
course much heavier. We see lot of
fsmaller carts drawn by donkeys, that
are used by peddlers.
''Talk about railroads should
see European train once; they look
like mere toys alongside of modern
American train. All of the passenger
cars are divided into sections and you
enter from the side of the car. Some
of them are double-decked and divided
into first, second and third classs.
guess we rode fourth class or some
thing else--at least they were box
cars and the one | was in had a bum
wheel and bucked like broncho. They
are so small that it would take whole
train to move shipment of most any
thing. Also we use much lager en-
gines at home in our switch yards
than the largest type of locomotives
that | have seen here.
"Have seen several steam trucks
They are just like an autotruck, excep
that they have a steam engine instea'
of gasoline. Have also seen a raft o
Fords and American autos and trucks
The best one | have seen was BIZ
Packard. carrying some French offic
ers.
"The French seem to be so muc
different from the Americans. Nearll
every man wears a uniform of SOM
kind; and the women--some of then
are swell looking in fair weather, bu
get them in rain storm so some o
the paint would wash off, and they IT
| different. Of course some of them arr
actually pretty, | have to admit, bu
they haven't got the U. S. beat al that
'You remember at home how the.
used to tell us that the girls over her
kissed the American soldiers upon thei
arrival? If there was any truth in it
the l4Sth has been cheated out of it
share; but don't think we will regre
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-04-05

half that of year ago, or 100,0OO,OW
bushels less. It was nothing short Of
master strategy.
The total number Of bushels purs
chased by the Grain Corporation from
the time It commenced activities TO
February / is 97,278, 1850. Arranged
by months, the purchases in bushels
were: September. 7,84l ,209.20; octo-
ber, 1880. .C48.50; November, So,020t
074.28; December, 2l 2l,456.240.0G, and
January, 17,69s.0660s.
During July and August our aoui
exports were about the same as In the
same two months Of 1916; but in Sep
tember, October, and November, the
expectation was 80 per cent larger
than a year ago. SO the Grain Cor
poration has discharged our obliga'
tions to the allies. and restored oul
fiour reserves. which is the larger 40
| pect Of the question,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-04-05
From Percy Wilson. 116 Eng.

Percy Wilson writes again to rel
atives here as follows:
"Was very glad to hear from you
but much surprised to hear that you
have not been getting my letters for |
have written several. Am well 'rand
received the box of tobacco and eats
in fine shape at the other place we
were at and also other letters and pack
ages. Let me tell you, that kind of
stuff sure does taste good over here
for sugar is very scarce article in
this country.
We have sure been doing a lot of
moving since we landed in France and
have seen some very interesting
sights. Some day l will tell you all
about them. We are now in very
beautiful city of about eighty-five
thousand. We are going to school
here and have got four weeks course
to 60 through, with what would ordi-
narily take from eight to twelve weeks
to master. and we have got to get it
III lOuT Wccho, ~ yOu Sdii iiho6ihS
how we are hitting the ball. They are
sure running US ragged-officers and
men alike-no one is excused for this
is mans game and is no place for
weaklings.
had quite an honor bestowed on
me yesterday. Lieut.. Col. Wilcox,
one Of Gen. Pershing's staff. died and
was buried here yesterday and was
picked for one of the firing squad.
There were "a of us, or three squads,
and we fired three volleys and each
volley sounded as one gun. Some Of
the officers said it was the best they
had ever heard at burial.
There are some very interesting
sights here. There is one castle that
! is very ancient and was built by slaves.
Some day | will tell you all about it,
for don't you get it into your nut that
I'm not going to come back-for ] am.
Wagner Percy Wilson,
Co. E, l16 Eng. A. E. F. France,
Feb, 12, '1S.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-04-05

means of control of the retailer by
making the jobber voluntary police
man to his customer. The jobber Is
licensed to sell only to traders who
deal fairly, and II It should turn out
that jobber persists in doing busl-
ness with retailers guilty Of profiteer-
ing In staples under control the Food
Administration has and may exercise
the right to revoke the license Of the
jobber.
The other part Of this shipment con.
tanned our second bushel of wheat and
went over to the East Side into a small
bakery, which quickly made 1t into
creamy loaves. These loaves were
placed In groceries and delicatessens
and the next day were eaten by hun.
cry little boys and girls with dark
eyes and big noses and quaint ways.
Brings Out Startling Truths.
Government control has brought out
these startling truths:
More people unnecessarily make
their living out of wheat distribution
tbon u.os susnactod Thousonds md
."n "es 0usp 49,, D,A. 80
tnousands OF niue SPECTATORS haVo
had to turn elsewhere for livelihood.
A number Of commission men have
had 70 close shon There ore places
where elevators sbou,d he built and
otbor r,acas where tbare ore too many
elevators The Government dominat.
inc tbe wbeot market CARRIES IFS own
marine insurance wheat handlers Mt
terminals have hnd their activities re-
str,cted
Rut most n, al, n ia Interesting to
see how tbe nrice of flour per barrel
tumh,ed from tho time ITncle Sam took
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-04-05

period in 1916. In September, October
and November, under the supervision
Of the Food Administration, flour pro-
duction was ia per cent of the same
period in 1915. What this means In the
great national situation, with depleted
domestic -four reserves and clamorlng
foreign buyers, can hardly be over
emphasized, when movement of wheat
into primary markets has been hardly
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-04-05

JRING last July and Au.
gust, while Congress was
wrestling with itself to
produce a food admins
tration, and there was
no Grain Corporation,
-four production in the
principal centers was Is
per cent under the same
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-04-05

''As Mayor Of the City of Athena,
l hereby request that all places of
business in this city be closed on Lib
e.ty Day, Saturday, April g, 1918, be-
tween the hours of ~ noon and 8 p. m.
in patriotic observance Of the begin
ming of the Third Liberty Loan drive.
"HOMER |. WATTS, Mayor"