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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-03-15
23 Years Ago.
from the Press OF Mar. IS lse

Frozen ground has put a stop to
seeding.
The peach trees are in bloom at Day
ton and it is feared that the cold wave
will destroy the prospects of a peach
crop.
The spring tide Of emigrants has
begun to flow through Athena. Sew
eral "prairie schooners' passed through
town this week.
F. R. Mitchell and Joseph Ell rode
on their bicycles from Pendleton to
Walla Walla Sunday morning in A
hours and rs minutes. the best record
made yet for that trip.
The agency on the reservation is
honored with guard of U. S. reg
ulars, 40 strong. Il all came about
from an innocent Indian dance and the
timidity of an agent who never saw
a siwash until he was imported from
Georgia to Oregon.
Mr.. C. C. Cunningham, whose efforts
to propagate Denny pheasants in the
Walla Walla valley have been extern
sively noted and favorably commented
upon by the press of the state, has
freed all but three pairs of his pretty
birds, but expects to raise several
large broods this summer. The eggs
will be set under ordinary hens and as
fast az the young are hatched and grow
to the proper size they will be set free.
If one is to believe reports. the Pen
dleton school election was carried on
Monday midst great excitement. 1t
was factional fight and much chal-
longing Of votes was done on both
sides. Two physicians were put
against each othtr--C. ]. Smith and
H. s. Garfield. The Tribune says: at
was disgraceful proceeding on both
sides. and reflects no credit upon the
town."
Snow falling Tuesday for couple of
hours caused old settlers to dig up
recollections Of the past. A. W. Nye
said it was IN the nature of an an
niversary of storm which occurred
twenty-five years ago. On that occa-
sion it began showing on March Ii and
for three days the snow fell without a
break. This whole country was COW
cred sixteen inches on a level and
where Athena now stands, then wild
prairie, there was from eighteen inch.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-03-15
Press Paragraphs

V. G. Burke was visitor in Pen
dleton Monday.
Dick repairs tubes while you wait.
Athena Vulc. Shop.
Jesse Hales was in the city from
Pendleton Monday.
How about a Weed chain Jack
Athena Vulc. Shop
Lawson Booher spent Sunday with
friends in Pendleton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Hassell visited
in Pendleton Wednesday.
Born, March 1s, 1918. to Mr.. and
Mrs. Ross Payne. daughter.
Born. to Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Cannon,
March ii, 1918, daughter.
Miss Ada DeFreece spent yesterday
in Walla Walla, with friends.
Fay Loveridge is over from his Ba-
ker ranch visiting his family.
Let Dick take quint at those old
castings. Athena Vulc. Shop.
Mrs. s. F. Sharp and daughter, Alta.
are visiting in Walla Walla today.
Mr.. Rankin Delaney and Mrs. Melia
McBain were recently married at Pen
dleton.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-03-15
Proud Record of Marines,

As the first battle of the American
navy was fought and won by the
marines, so, down through the years
of the Revolutionary war, we find the
marines at the forefront when difficult
work was to be done. In fact there
were but few expeditions in which
they did not figure In more or less
strength. Thus Lieutenant Walling-
ford of the marines died at the head
of his men under John Paul Jones In
the battle between the Ranger and the
Drake; and in the classic fight be-
tween the Bon Homme Richard under
Paul Jones and the Scraps. the
marines lost 40 out of 1877 men.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-03-15

H. J. Taylor. we'll known Pendleton-
ian, was an Athena visitor Monday.
George Brace, Umatilla river stock
m N, transacted business in Athena
Wednesday.
Now is good time to have those
old castings repaired. Let Dick do it.
Athena Vulc. Shop.
Frank Corporan's address is Pvt.
Frfnl F. Corporan, Co. X, l6l u. S.
Inf. 41st div. A. E. F.
Clarence Zerba has sold the Colburn
place north of town to Jesse Gordon.
Mrs. Lille Miller made the sale.
A daughter was born Monday, March
II, to Mr.. and Mrs. C. o. Whiteman,
at their home near La Cross, Wash.
Mrs. John Phillips. who has been
taking treatment in Walla Walla for
dropsy, is reported very much better.
A. L. Swaggart has purchased new
Oakland car. With reliable chauf-
feur at the wheel, the Press man would
MT refuse to take ride with Mr..
Swaggart. a
Potatoes for Sale.-B. D. Tharp has
100 sacks of Melted Gems for sale at
$l.00 per sack. Also 25 sacks of
choice Early Ohio seed potatoes at
$3.50 per sack.
Eugene Osborne went up to Camp
Lewis, near Tacoma, this week, to
visit his brother Lieut.. E. B. Osborne,
before his leaving that cantonment
for some other point.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-03-15

es to two feet. The winter had been
exactly such as experienced this sea-
son and March, the first spring month,
was just like the present March.
The sporting editor of the Weston
Leader, Clark Wood, was Press office
caller Tuesday evening. While Mr..
Wood is endowed with an air Of tim
idity he is man to be feared; hut
after his eyes had become accust tomed
to our uncertain light over here, and
he had extended his hand with an en-
phatic degree of cordiality, at the same
time striking our horse editor for a
chew of the luscious weed, the Press
man was more at ease.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-03-15

Mrs. Keen, Mrs. Frank Tharp, Mrs. S.
Booher, Mrs. Wall, Mrs. ]. Nelson,
Mrs. Boyd, Mrs. R. E. Burke, Mrs.
Michener, Mrs. Keller. The ladies
will meet Friday March 22, ct the
home of Mrs. Buroker.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-03-15


Grover Bowles and Virgil Willaby
are two OF the 2 men called from this
10 1's " eei 'n' ~ Va
~
Mrs. Gary Taylor was called to
Walla Walla the first of the week,
to visit her sister, who is i'll at her
~
we nave me oest metal storage
gram 'alks anu tne pes' ~oou s.orase
IahAs cos. la'io 10 z " l. "a.'S anu
Hogers.-AuV'
IamiIy olnner was enjoyed az 'ne
lugh mcih'yIe nome weunesusy, II
mono, u me pllenuay u 'heif uaush-
'er' mfs' Naipn oaii''on'
Roy Russell, another son of Mr.. and
MRS. WIN. husseii, underwent an oper-
a!lon ior tuuercuiar W ',oupic q, d hoS-
pita' IN "aiia "aiis ias' WEEK.
Miss Katherine Pearce,. formerly
saleslady in the Golden Rule store, was
recently married in Portland to MIR.
n. " "ean' Formerly VI musca''he'
iowa'
F. B. Radtke has purchased Albert
Fix's interest in the Athena Depart
ment Store, and will hereafter conduct
the business. Mr.. Fix will remain
Win 'he wanna "aiia s'ore'
Marion Hansell has disposed of his
studebaker and purchased Hupmo-
bile a car that is growing popular in
IImatilla county. There are three
Hun owners in Athena and vicinity.
REM n Inman cornoral of Troop
D. has been given an honorable dis
charge from the service on account of
nermanent injury to one of his ewes.
and has returned to his home in Adams.
Athena schools for the last two years
and who resigned. has been elected
to srperintend the new Union high
school at pilot Rock at a salary of
$1,000 ner wear.
Maccabee lodge in this citv have
changed their membership to the PEN
dleton lodge. Thev are. ] W. Malo-
nev. c. A. Barrett. John Bell and
Ch.s Rrotherton
~
Mr. ana MIS-. Joseph IN. ocott anu
terdav morning from Long Reach.
Calf. where thew spent the winter,
Thev visited Senator Barrett. at the
bosnital in Portland.
:, -. M,
MIS- A'ce Jenkins oI rnol "och'
mas lhe lohor ~ peinh the ms. 'uo
Third Liberty Loan. Mrs. jenkins has
asked for $4,000 worth of the new
bonds. through a Pen dleton bank.
:, -, :
Mfs. -, Anieia z. WARE nlo'her VI
l. w. ware Oh TINS c,ty' oleo az her
nome IN oo'' 'n' Mich. -, iasI rriuay,
aseu :, years. miss i1'i1e az "en'
which was held Tuesday of this week.
nv, m ~ -, ,
Caro Oh Ahahks. an wno nave
IN the past anu curing tna oealn anu
funeral oi MIS- Nerpa' eA.ehueu ,heir
assistance anu sympathy we are ueep-
~ tnahk!ui anu oes'fe ~ 81 eApfe''
our grat,'uue' 1I M,
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-03-21

cpu but he knew that # Ind .-
wh a , hurrledly by a SURVEYING neen
t,ons n"d made no extensive "rly
terrs A good deal of this coun,rp o na
No ,'a %lncognita. 1t ran varueIv was
nec, n,"ns Land unknown to tbo uo
70 ime going was heavy. Gordon b.,
syo pick his way through the mn nau
br,drap' leading the pack-horse hu ssy
IN 'une, Sometimes he was ant, y n
no m"ler of a greenish slime "eep
hoe a"u TO drag the animal from s"ln
= 's hummock of grass which une
opongy footing. This would an s"ve
,rh,un quagmlre Of peat ,hr IN
Which they must pillow with tha lug
,ng at their feet. II wos niud
h me"r,ng toll. There was notb,ns nard'
80. Keep moving. The youns 70 DO
forward till dusk "an
g Nhausted' he camped for the U,.eriy
. Unlock of moss that rose ~ on
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-03-21
Macleod RAIN
SYNOPSIS.
@1N WZzE NNlRZZN

Copyright, 1907. by William Macleod Ralne.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-03-21

CHAPTER las a representative OF
the government Gordon Elliot is on his
way TO Alaska to investigate coal claims.
IN the poat he meets and becomes in
teresteu IN a Fellow passenger whom he
learns is Sheba O'Neill, also going in"
Colby Macdonald, active head of the land
srabbing syndicate under investigation,
mine laborers whom he had discharseG
and the active Intervention of Elliot nroh-
ably saves his life.
CHAPTER II-Eliot and Macdonald
pecome In a measure friendly. though the
latter does not know that Elliot is on a
mission which threatens to spoil plans of
Macuonaid to acquire millions of dollars
through the unlawful exploitation Of i'm
mensely valuable coal fields. Elliot also
gets a line" on the position occupied nv
Naly Selfridge, Macdonald's right-hand
MN MN Who Is returning from a visit to
me states where he had gone in an
effort to convince the authorities mat
there was nothing wrong in Macdonaid's
methods.
III-Elliot secures an intro
duction to Miss O'Neill and while the
.oat Is taking on freight the pair set out
10 Climb a locally famous mountain. They
venture too high and reach a p~ositio1
IRON which It is impossible for Miss
ONenl to go forward or turn back.
CHAPTER Iv-Elliot leaves Sheba and
a. imminent peril of his life goes for as
ISSUANCE. He meets Macdonald. who had
Lecome alarmed for their safety, and they
rsturn and rescue Sheba.
CHAPTER V-Landing at Kusiak FL
not hnds that old friends of his. Mr.. and
Mrs. Paget. are the people whom Sheba
mas come to visit. Mrs. Paget is Sheba's
COUSIN. AT dinner Elliot reveals to Mac
uoTald the object of his coming to Alas
me two men. naturally antagonistic,
6heba. "a"u U
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-03-21

talk. II you have any doubts about
whether you can trust someone, don't
take any chances. Fire him out of the
camp. Offer Elliot the company hos
pitality. Load him down with favors.
Take him everywhere. Show him ev.
erything. But don't let him get any
proofs that the claims are being
worked under the anne management"
But he'll suspect it,"
You can't help his suspicious. Don't
let him get proof. Cover all the tracks
that show company CONTROL"
Il can fix that" he said. "But what
about Holt? You know how bitter he
is-and crazy. He ought to be locked
away with the fiitter-mice."
You mustn't let Elliot meet Holt"
How the deuce car 1 help 1t? N
chance to keep them apart in tina.
little hole. 1t can't be DONE"
Cant it?"
Something in the quiet voice rang
a bell of alarm in the timid heart
of Selfridge.
You MEAN"
"A maj who works for me as nv
lieutenant must have nerve, Wally.
Have you got that? VIII you TAXI
orders n 80 through with them?"
Wally nodded. His lips were dry.
60 to it. What am to do?"
Get Holt out of the way while Ell.
hot is at Kamatlah. 1t isn't doing
Holt any good to sit tight clamped to
nat claim of his. He needs a change.
Besides l want him away so that we
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-03-21

aeasons Tor not wanting to 20 voro
aul.e inherent. They centered ahout
q ausKy-eyed young oma wbom %o
naa seen for the first time a fortnio he
b,nn ne would have denied even to
himself that he was in love, but when
vert ne was alone his thoughts re.
Verted to sheba O'Neill.
boat tne pig bend Gordon left the river
uoat Tor his c%ross-country trek. MAJ
ane r~oadhouse was an Indian v%,I,o"a
where he had expected to get n a,,ss
aor the journey to Kamatlah. pu, r are
,shing season had begun, and tbe mna
1t. 'e' u axe part
bro lne old Frenchman who kept the
ronanspose and roadhouse advised
'auo' not TO attempt the tramp alone
rne trail 1t ees what you an dan.
Feefty-Alile Swamp ees a mon-
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-03-21
CHAPTER VII.
The End Of the Pass,o.

Wally Selfridge was a reliable bus,.
ness subordinate, even though no had
slipped up in the matter of tbe on.
pointment of Elliot. But when # came
TO racing the physical hardships of the
North he was a malingerer. The Ko.
matlah trip had to be taken beconse
MS HE had ordered it, but he little
mar shirked the journey in his heart
JUST as he knew his soft muscles would
shrink from the aches of the trail.
The part of the journey TO he mode
oy water was not so bad. Left to his
own Judgment, he would have pone 70
Michael's by boat and cbartered a
small steamer for the long trim along
coast through Boring sea. But tb,s
would take time, and Macdonald ala
mean to let him waste a dav. He
was TO leave the river boat at tbe bie
penu and pack across country to Ka-
natlah. 1t would be a rough. beovv
rail. The mosquitoes woul he O con,
ihuaf torment. The cooking vvouId
poor. And at the end of the long
rex there awaited him mountainous
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-03-21

ster that swallows men awe, mon
sleur. You whit one week-two week
tree week, and some one will turn
up to take you through" he urged.
"But can't walt. And | have an Of
fetal map Of the trail. Why can't
follow ii without a guidef' Elliott
wanted 10 know impatiently.
The post-trader shrugged. ~"Nlaybeso.
monSieur-maybe NOT. Feefty-Mlle-it
ees II devil Of Il trail. No checha.
koes are safe In there without IA guide.
|, Baptiste, know"
"Selfridge and his party went
through Il week ago. | can follow the
tracks they left"
but II It rains. monsieur. the tricks
VIII ulneesh, nest ce pas? Lose th.
way and the little singing folk Will
swarm In clouds about monsieur while
he stunbles through the swamp"
Elliot hesltated for the better part
NJ Il day, then came 10 an lmpulslye
decision. He had Il reliable map. and
anyhow he had only to follow the
tracks left by the S~elfrldge party. He
turned MS back upon the big river n
plunged into the wilderness.
There came q night when he look.d
up Into the stars OF the deep. sin stv
ana knew that he was hundreds a.,
miles from any other humnn be,nc
Never In all his life had he been "a
much alone. He was not afraid hr,
mere was something awesome In a
world so empty Of his kind.
The tracks Of the selfrIdre marty
grew fainter after n night Of rain. More
ram fell and they were oblIterated al.
together. III
GORDON 1shed. He killed fresh pama
LOT ms needs. Often he cnme on IN.
..achs OF moose and caribou. some
times startled. they leaped into v,a,.
qul'e close enough for a shot. but no
used his rifle only to meet his wants
way led through valley and
'iorass' across hills and mountains 7,
wandered In n sort of hanbazard -.
,on through a s%un-bathed universe
"ashed clean Of s%ordldness and maan-
ness. ""u niehh-
ru was the seventh night ont tbo,
Eliot suspected he was on ,ha 80
naln sluiced down In torrents and ner,
Iuy continued to pour from a dun skv
ms own tracks were blotted ou, 49,
searched for the trail In vain IA.
IUre ne knew 1t he was ~entongloa a.
rnIy-Niie. His map showed hin ,sn
"or"ss stretched for fifty miles 70 ,ha
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-03-21

months IN Il wretchcd coal camp far
from all the comforts of civilization.
No wonder he grumbled.
But though he grumbled ut home and
ut the club and on the street about his
coming exile, Selfridge made no COM
plants TO Macdonald. That man Of
steel had no sympathy with the yearn-
ings for the fleshpots. He was used
TO driving himself through dlscom-
fort TO his end, and he expected as
much of his deputies. Wherefore
Wally took the boat at the time sched-
uled and waved a dismal farewell TO
wife and friends assembled upon the
wharf.
Elliot said good-by to the Pagets
and Miss O'Neill ten days later. Diane
was very frank with him.
Il hear you've been sleuthing around
Gordon. for facts about Colby Macdon.
aid. l don't know what you have heard
about him. but l hope you've got the
sense to see how big a man he is and
how much this country here owes
him.
Gordon nodded agreement. ayes.
he's Il big man"
And he's good" added Sheba eace-
~. He never talks of ii. bur one
hnds out splendid things he has done"
The young mar smiled. but not at all
SuperclliouSly. He liked the stanch
ialth o. the girl in her friend. eyen
though his Investigations had NOT Ied
MN to accept goodness as the ont.
standing quality Of the Scotsman.
Il don't know what we would do
without him. Diane went on. .Give
MN ten years and a free hand and
Alaska will be fit for white peonle -
i've In. These attacks on him by news.
papers and magazines are an outrage"
ms plain that you are a partisan"
charged Gordon gayly.
I'm against locking up Alaska md
throwing away the key, If that is vbot
you mean by II partisan. We need this
country opened up-the farms settl.d
the mines worked, the coal fields dr.
Veioped' railroads built"
The Kuslak chamber Of commorco
ought TO send you out as a lecturer IN
change public opinion, Diane. You ore
ohe enthusiastic little booster for free.
uom OF opportunity" laughed tho
young man. the
On well" Diane Joined in his
laughter. 1t was one of her pood
.p'n's mat she could laugh at herself
l uare say do sound like a real es'
true any
GORDON left Kusiak as reluctantly nc
"aily selfridge had done. though HE
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-03-21

can contest his claim. Run him mr.
mo the hills. Or send him across "a
siberia on a whaler. Or, better stiIl
nave him arrested for insanity and
send him to Nome. I'll get Judge Lam
dor to hold him awhile"
Leave 1t TO me. The old man is
going on a vacation, though he doesn't
know it yet"
GOOD enough, Wally. I'll trust Won
But remember, this fight has reached
an acute stage. No more mistakes
n devil Of it is we never seem to
iand the knockout punch. We've
beaten this bunch of reform idiots he
fore Winton, before the secretary of
the interior, before the president and
De1ore congress. Now they're begin
ming all over again. Where is If to
end?' y"
This is their last kick. Probably
~uuttenchlid agreed to it so as to LET
the party go before the people at the
next election without any APOLOGIES.
entirely formal investigation, l should
say"
This might be true, or II might not
Macdonald knew that Just now tbe
american people, always impulsive in
us thinking, was supporting strongly
the movement for conservation A
searchlight had been turned unon tbe
kamatlah coal fields.
The trouble had originated in q do
row, but 1t had spread until
the Macdonald claims had become a
party issue. The officials of the land
once as well as the national admin.
were friendly to the claim
ants. They had no desire to offend one
Vi the TWO largest money groups in the
rouhtry. But neither did they want to
to wreck on account of the Cut.
fenchilds. They found it impossible n
,ghore the charge that the entries were
and if consummated vvorId
'esult In a wholesale robbery of tbe
,upnc domain. Superficial investipa-
IONS had been made and the claimants
listed. "u per ,
Inc Facts were simple enough. Mao /
,onalu was the original promoter of
ne hamatlah coal field. He had on. (
aged dummy entrymen to take nm t
oo acres each under the homestead b
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-14
Commissioners
L. D. Wishard

He inspected the War Zone War Council and special request
President Wilson Dr. Wshard will speak this evening Liberty Audi
Everybody invited excepting persons under 10 years of age There
Is admission fee.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-14

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Tastes pleasant, toO-children like !,
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Pour 25a ounces of Pinex in
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Thus you make a full pint-a family
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And as a cough medicine, there is
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Pinex is a highly concentrated COM
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To avoid disappointment ask your
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-14
He'll OF War, It's Shocks And It's
Hideousness Told 4 Man In 1t

A WINSTON, Ala, Nov. 14-Here is
n the descriptions Of a big hattie,
as it impressed itself upon the mind
Of sergt Lawrence Hopkins. Of Oxford:
They're off
1T sends a thrill through you as
you hear their cry and rise up and
find yourself in a crowd OF men; paus-
ing a moment to light our pipes or
cigarets and we are hurrying forward
with glistening steel in our hands to
meet the foe.
IF it were mt for these other men
moving along heavily laden TO keep
pace with the barrage one might well
stand in amazement at a wilderness
suddenly become crowded with sway
ing humanity, brayely attempting TO
weather the furious storm
'The big guns roll like heavy thun-
der, the little field batteries answer
With a bark. shells scream, whistle
howl. according to their moods.
The quick coughing Of machine
guns goes on increasingly all around
you and is swallowed up in its echoes
There is n spatter Of rifle
bullets rs they Thiz by You and
you wonder that you are I'M
touched. Barbed wire tears our
clothes; mud sticks them together
again. Birds fly at Our feet and
from the sky winged airpIanes
swOOp down. spitffre tanks pIOd
on behind. crashing and crushing,
burning, boiling oil sends flames
IenpinE to the clouds; molten
phosphorus Is pczred into dug
cuts. There is gas to blind and
choke you.
There are laughs and cries.. the