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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-04-17
SWEEPING THE COUNTRY

When the National Prohibition
amendment was submitted, many peo-
pie thought it would require many
years before the necessary thirty-six
states would ratify it. Inside of less
than three months Eleven states have
already done so. A study of the re-
cord below will be found interesting:
al 81 u; Mtsssisssippi~ 80 by Senate
fHa onHa 1ag 8; 1879 2s TO Ratified by
House January II: 1918, "a to Is: "
ua 90 Kent 3s3S 3 IL by Senate JAM
Hoase JANUARY S H. 1s T. 8 81 to ai IT. BY
90 South Garoiina-Ratified by Sem
ate January %, 1918, 20 to s: Ratified
by House January %, 1918. Sc to 20:
Ratified BY senate January Is, 1918. Is
to to- ?. Ratified by House January "a,
& Satse R q SsPr ss
9 Is Mentana5(Special' SESSION. Rati-
1sj TexasS(special SESSION. Ratified
fled by House February 2S, 1918, II to 20.
(9) Delaware-(Special SESSION. Rati-
fed by Senate March 18, 1918, 10 to g.
Ratified by House March IA. 1918, II
(1o) South Dakota-Ratified by Senate
March 10, 1918, Unanimously. Rati-
fed fl i, BY House March 20. 1918. Unani-
ND Massachusets- Ratified by Senate
House fa March 2s. 1s ss l 145 to 81. ''
No doubt if a special session Of the
Minnesota legislature is held this
spring, the North Star State will be
added to the roll of honor.
A BIG SOURCE OF FOOD WASTE
Push the demand for wartime pro.
hibition. The liquor traffic is wasting
the food equivalent to millions of
loaves Of bread daily at time when
the food problem is so grave that the
government cancels its postage stamps
with the statement that FOOD will
win the war;
l. Yet in the face Of all this the brew
cries not only destroy millions of
bushels of feed materials but make
out of it a poison which still fur
Their incapacitates those who use it
and in the production of which hund-
reds of thousands of men are continu-
ally employed at time when man
power for our fields and factories is
admitted to be so meagre as to con-
stitute crisis.
The State Safety Commission could
stop it.
The President can stop it. The
Lever food control bill, that was pass
ed by Congress last summer, gave him
full authority to stop the entire waste.
Congress can stop it.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-04-17

Much interest Is Conferred at the
camp in the big athletic events that.
Caddock. sergeant in the National
Army. in training at Camp DODGE. VIII
defend thu. world'a - wrestling title.
which no holds. twice, during oomjnI
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-04-17

CHARLES JoHNa01S. 49, : 7s seour s
= Tor P0df3o01S WN09s MINI.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-04-17
attended K, r. Meeting

C. Ferdinand Larson.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-04-17

The enlargement at the base hos
pital is about completed. Two hundred
officers and enlisted men of base hos
pital detachment No. II are expected
to arrive at Camp Dodge within q few
days for training
is safeguarded by the sanitary inspec-
tor. No organization in the camp may
purchase milk or milk products from,
any dealer who does not have a Ger.
drop of milk must be certified. Five
Des Moines dealers. and three from
Granger, are now certified to furnish
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-10-18
A GENERAL RED CROSS
ELECTION NEXT TUESDAY

The Athena branch of the Umatilla
Red Cross has received letters advis-
ing of the decision of the executive
board of the Chapter in providing that
each branch shall hold meeting of
it's members next Tuesday. October ~,
1918, to elect its branch officers and
members of the chapter board of direc-
tors. The chairman elected by each
branch is to act as ex-officio member
of the board.
Election of the Athena auxiliary
was erroneousy announced for this
week, through misunderstanding
but all members are urgently request.
ed t, be present at the Red Cross
rooms on Main street next Tuesday
afternoon.
On Wednesday, the 23rd, at IL a.
m. the members of the board of direct
tors will meet in Pendleton, and
nomination committee will be selected
from their number to make nomina-
tions for chairman, vice chairman,
treasurer and executive committee of
the Umatilla County Chapter. These
nominations will be submitted to a
meeting of the board at 7:30 p. m. of
the same day. The system is one re-
commended by the headquarters at
Seattle,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-10-18
WILSON URGES FOR
FULL LOAN QUOTAS

President Wilson'S second warning
to the American people to get behind
the government in whole. hearted sup
port of the fourth Liberty loan, and
foretelling the incalculable damage to
the allied cause which would result
from the slightest under-subscription
was issued from the White House Mon
day night as follows:
''The White House Oct. 14.-The
reply of the German government to
my note of inquiry dated on October
s. gives occasion for me to say to my
-countrymen that neither that
reply nor any other recent events have
in any way diminished the vital i'm
portance of the Liberty Loan. Re-
Taxation now, hesitation now, would
mean years of war instead of peace
upon our terms,
81 earnestly request every patriotic
American to leave to the governments
of the United States and of the allies
the momentous discussions initiated by
Germany and to remember that for
each man his duty is to strengthen the
hands of these governments and to do
it in the most important way now i'm
mediately presented, by subscribing to
the utmost of his ability for bonds of
the fourth Liberty Loan. That loan
must be successful.
~ am sure that the American peo-
pie will not fail to do their duty and
make it successful.
WOODROW WILSON,"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-10-18
On German Soil bv Winter.

Frank Nelson hands US the following
interesting letter from a Canadian
friend:
"With the British Expeditionary
Force Somewhere in France. Sep 10.
"Got your letter and parcel and
want to thank you for the parcel
which got when was up in the line
and in the thick of it, and didn't have
any chance of getting smokes up there
anc most of the other boys were out
of them, sc you can see what Gods
blessing it was to us. And the chew
ing, | was glad you sent me that. You
know there are times that we can not
smoke. You will never know what
smoke means to man until you get
out here. which hope you never have
to do. / may be able to repay you
when we get Fritz back to Berlin. and
we get back to Canada. which | hope
will not be long. il we keep on going
like we have for the last month or so.
We have been giving him good shak-
ing up, and he will get it worse yet if
he don't get back in a hurry. and if
the weather stays good. But it looks
bad just now. it has been raining four
days steady. so we can't do much just
now. and we are getting little rest
at the same time, which we all need
after being in H for SO long; but
great sport at the same time.
IL will bet. if the weather stays
good from now on, that we will be
fighting on German ground before win
tor sets in. He puts his best men
| against US Canadians. We took men
from 20 different divisions from him in
one day. just my Div. alone. and his
! best troops. too. Do you know what
one of their officers said to US. after
he was taken prisoner in the last bat
tlea He said: you fellows can't
fool US. We know you are not Canad-
ians--you Americans dressed up in
Canadian kits, to fool US The Can
adams ere down on ---- front
So, you can see how everything
moves fast here nowadays. We were
fighting them one day on down south
the next day we were miles away
from there. and after them harder
than ever. So everything is going
like clockwork. Your old pal.
"A. Mortensor. r."
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-10-18
ATHENA IS CLOSED TOWN
THO NO EPIDEMIC HERE

Athena schools and churches and all
public gatherings were placed on the
closed list by the health authorities
this week. on account of the influenza
epidemic prevailing throughout the
country, although there are no cases as
yet reported in the city or vicinity.
The action was probably taken with
the view to being on the safe side. in
asmuch as isolation is said to be the
best way to combat the epidemic.
There are several cases reported
throughout the county. and one death,
that of John Myrick of Pendleton, who
died of pneumonia, resulting from in.
fuenza.
Throughout the state the epidemic
appears to be on the wane. While
new cases are being reported in the
larger cities, they are evidently not in
malignant form. giving the health au-
thorities hope that the worst is over.
In all probability, should no cases
develop in Athena. and the wave of
the epidemic continues to subside,
schools and other assemblages will be
reopened.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-10-18
Smut Spores Drift Far.

In the Blue Mountain region near
Pendleton. smut spores were recently
discovered which, according to George
|. Zundel, Federal plant pathoiogist.
must have fioated in from parts of Cal
iornia, Northern Utah or Southern Ore
gon. Counts have just been made
from spore traps in both Eastern and
Western Washington. The western
trap, placed at Puyallup, showed that
in that region from 10000 to $4,000
smut spores settled on square foot of
soil in the harvest. In Columbia
county the smut shower per square foot
went as high as 1888. 500; Asotin, 834..
900; Garfield, 10000 Klickitat, 9l2,-
600; Lincoln. 10000; Walla Walla
2s5, 900; Whitman, 225, 1000.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-10-18
Father Takes Death News.

As he sat at his key Monday night,
John Sloan, Pendleton operator. re-
ceived a message over the wire an
nouncing the death of his son. Lyle 7.
Sloan. mechanic in the aviation service
in France. The Young man enlisted
in January of this year and has been
in France about five weeks. Death.
according to the message, was caused
by pneumonia. His parents and two
sisters. Mrs. George Plagman and
Miss Florence Sloan. survive him. He
was born in South Dakota. was 2e
years old. and was graduated from the
State College in that state as an cleo
trical engineer.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-10-18
LETTERS FROM OUR
. LADS over THERE"

Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Payne have
received the following from their son.
Joe:
"Dear folks at home: am we'll
and having a good time and 1 hope
this finds you feeling as goo1 as l do.
and not worrying about me. for l am
all right now. Never felt any better
in my life than do right now.
"We are having some rain; it rains
about three days out of every week.
This is sure some country here. | like
it fine. 1t is the same kind of ground
that we have there. black soil, and the
crops look good what there is of them;
but the farms are SO small there is
only about ten acres to each farm.
The people sure treat US fine.
"Well, | haven't any more to write
about so will close, hoping to hear
from you soon.
"Pvt. Joseph A. Payne
Co. A GOA Engrs., Am. E Il. France. ;"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-10-18
BABIES MUST HAVE MILK

+ "You get more calories to the ,
+ penny from milk than from any I
+ other food even at the present :
j. price," said DR.. e. ]. Liable,
+ specialist, who returned recent .
+ ly from Europe and who spoke :
+ at the State Fair and at other :
+ patriotic gatherings. DR.. Liable !
+ told of the children he treated :
T. in the Red Cross children's hos .
= pital in Evian, on Lake Geneva, :
r in France. The little French =
+ and Belgian refugees were wan :
4 and weak and almost lifeless. :
4 A milk diet soon brought good :
+ results and the babes thriyed. :
y But" said DR.. Liable, "they .
+ will never entirely shake off
= the marks made by the months :
4 in which they were starved for :
+ milk. Children must have milk :
4 If the race is TO go on. 1t Is
+ every mans and every womans .
y duty to do all in his power to :
= keep the herds of Oregon alive. .
= Feed men, mill men, dairymen, .
4 householders, dealers, everyone .
= must cooperate. The babies of .
= the world must be saved" +.
y 4 4 4 = 4 4 4 4 = 4 + 4 4 4 2
Mn nxl M.n T. Ill., l..
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-10-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Payne last week
returned home from visit in Spokane.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-10-18
Advertising

The sAthena 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, 1918-10-18

One Copy, one year, $500; for six
months, 81; for three months, 75c;
payable in advance, and subscrip-
tions are solicited on no other basis
Evening journal., 1918-10-24

The L. 5. Food Administration is ask
ing us to save nut shells to be burned
and used in making gas masks.
The way to accumulate nut shells is
TO eat nuts.
The proper place to eat nuts is at a
Hallow 'en party.
Therefore-the truly patriotic hostess
will make the annuel Halloween frolic
a nut party-and carefully save all the
shells.
A Halloween party is an ideal war
time entertainment because Il provides
a maximum Of fun and relaxation at a
minimum OF expense. No expensive
prizes. no elaborate and expensive deco
rations are used, only the simplest re-
freshments need be served and no
money or time need be wasted on
something to wear to the party
for usually the proper costume is a
swathing sheet and pillow easel
Write the invitations on light brown
tissue paper cut in the shape Of a
large nut fold tightly and enclose in
empty English walnut shells Deliver
by small boy postr' Ask each guest TO
bring a pound OF hickory nuts or wal
nuts. Ask the girls to bring. not wear,
a sheet or pillow case, keeping the cou-
tents of their parcels a secret.
Decorate the house simply with
autumn leaves, corn shocks and jack
o. lanterns, and cover all lights with
red and yellow paper. II possible have
an open fire on the hearth.
As the guests arrive ask them 10
empty their nut contributions into big
wooden bowls fashioned with autumn
leaves. Have the girls take their par
GELS TO an upstairs room and leave
them.
For the first game stage a nut-crack-
ing contest for boys and girls.
Crack the nuts on the hearth or on
large stones provided for the purpose.
Limit each contestant to three minutes
and give a prize to the winners large
cocOenut tied with orange ribbon 10 the
girl, and a box Of walnut fudge TO the
boy who cracks the most nuts in the
time allotted.
Distribute pencils and lists Of nut rid
dies as follows. The answers to be writ
ten opposite each riddle:
4. Five eighths Of Il is a strong box.
Ans. Chestnut.
.. 0ne-half Of It is an enclosed
structure. Ans. Walnut.
3. Two-ffths Of It is a vegetable and
the rest a utensll. Ans. Pecan.
g. Five-eighths of it is much admired
when seen in eyes. Ans. Hazelnut.
3. Three-sevenths means TO occupy
the whole Of. the rest is a boys name.
Ans. Filbert
g. The first syllable is a summer re
sort. Ans. Beechnut.
Z. Most Of it's an expensive dairy
product. Ans. Butternut.
g. It's a painful affliction Of the feet.
Ans. Acorn.
To the person first turning in a COM
plete correct list give prize Of a papier
mache pumpkin filled with salted al
Evening journal., 1918-10-24
WAR BOARD CUTS
FURNITURE MAKING

WASHINGTON, Oct 2l.-Restrictlons
on patterns, styles and designs OF all
kinds Of furniture have been imposed
by Chairman Baruch Of the War Indus
tries Board. Ornaments and trimmings
Of all kinds are eliminated and patterns
reduced to the simplest lines.
The number Of patterns is reduced 20
one-half OF those OF last year. Metals
OF all kind are placed under the ban.
Except where it is necessary 10 use
nails, screws and locks, wood and COM
position materials are TO be substituted
in their stead. Only black and one
shade Of brown OF tan leather may be
used in upholstering.
In the production of dining room fur
niture the use OF mirrors in excess OF
two square feet is prohibited, and glass
shelves and mirror backs in china
closets Will be discontinued. Restrlc-
tions are also placed on dining tables
and extensions for them. The use Of
mirror plate is reduced 25 per cent, in
the production Of bedroom furniture.
Evening journal., 1918-10-24

mOnds.
Ask each guest to write a four-llne
limerick on peanuts" and give prize
Of a beribbOned jar Of peanut butter TO
the author Of the best rhyme.
Let the hostess next ask the men OF
the party 90 join in a nut-hunt through
the lower rooms Of the house. One by
one let girls slip upstairs and put on
their sheets and pillow cases. The
hostess should ask the girls to wait up
stairs until called In the meantime she
stops the nut hunt and quickly helps
the men to array themselves in masks,
old hats, shawls and absurd costumes
she has provided Uptairs the hostess
helps tall girls to appear short short
girls 10 grow tall and fat or thin girls
to disguise their weight-all with the
aid Of sheets and pillow cases. While
someone plays a funeral march the
ghosts walk down stairs and are in
their turn surprised to find the men
disguised and in costume. The hostess
anioins perfect silence-but asks each
man to pick out the girl he brought to
the party from the assembled ghosts.
Partners are chosen for a dance, and
after unmasking prizes are awarded the
men who guessed right on the ghosts.
Serve refreshments Of nut-bread
sandwiches filled with raisins or cot
tage cheese. a salad Of apples. nuts, cell
cry and chopped marshmallow. coffee,
peanut cookies, gingerbread and mixed
nuts.
Evening journal., 1918-10-24
MAY BUILD HOME FOR
WOUNDED PLAYERS

CHICAGO, Oct. PA plan to devote
the gross receipts Of the next worlds
series to founding a permanent home
for baseball players who have been
wounded in the service Of their coun-
try was outlined yesterday by Ban
Johnson, president of the American
League.
Johnson believes the receipts OF the
first worlds series after the war would
be sufficient to build and equip the
home for the wounded soldiers and
sailors and proceeds from the subse-
quent series so far as necessary could
be set aside for the maintenance OF the
institution.
In the establishment, equipment and
maintenance Of the proposed home the
Government. according to the plan, will
be asked TO handle all moneys, the
function of professional baseball being
merely to supply the necessary funds
through the medium Of its worlds
SERIES
Evening journal., 1918-10-24
NO CHARGE HERE
ON BREAD PORTIONS

The United States Food Administration
has ordered all chain restaurants to dis
continue extra charges for bread and
butter served with meals. The order
was sent out from Washington today.
The local popular-priced restaurants
have kept up the free service Of bread
with meat orders Complaint that the
Childs' restaurants, established in New
York, Philadelphia, and other large cities
were charging for bread to make up for
the other price reductions ordered, led
to the order sent out today from Wash
ingtOn.
Local restaurant patrons learned this
week that the new food regulations for
bid the use Of toast as a decorative ad-
dtion to a dish, and the use OF bacon
as a garniture in a club sandwish or as
a side partner to any dish.
Evening journal., 1918-10-24
Today's News Today
13 STATES REPORT
DECLINE in GRIP

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2i.-Continued
improvement in the influenza situation
in army camps and in a number OF
States was shown by reports received
yesterday by the Surgeon-General OF
the army and the public health service.
New cases on army camps totalled only
2,733, with 327 deaths. The disease
now is epidemic at only three camps
Lewis, Washington; Mcclellan, Ala
bama. and Kearney, California.
States where the number Of new
cases reported shows a decrease in
clude Connecticut, Delaware, New Jer-
sey, Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, Ne
vada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ore
gon. South Carolina, Tennessee and
Wisconsin. In portions of other States
improvement has been shown for the
country at large, and the peak Of the
epidemic apparently has been reached.
Conditions still are serious in COl0-
rado, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Ne
braska, Ohio, Texas and New Mexico. Il
is estimated there are i25,0O0 cases in
Ohio, with 22.0OO in Cincinnati. In
Minnesota bad outbreaks have been re-
ported at ST. Cloud, Minneapolis and
other towns.
Illness with railroad men interferes
seriously with freight movement and
unloading. Repair work at railroad
shops also has been hampered, while
decrease in passenger traffic has
been noted.
Evening journal., 1918-10-24

The board win protect him against in
justice or exploitation by the adjust
ment OF difficulties and, If need be, by
aiding him through further training or
assistance to secure other and more
desirable employment in the same or
another occupation.
The opportunity for cooperation be-
tween the United States Employment
Service and the Federal Board for VO-
cational Education is found in the place
ment work for men who have been re-
trained. A man once placed, however.
cannot be abandoned, and in individual
cases it may be found that men who
have been placed can advantageously in
their own interests be shifted to some
other employment or establishment
than the one in which they were orig
inally located. In such cases, the En-
ployment Service can cooperate with
the Federal board in carrying out any
recommendation regarding change OF
employment which may be made in in
divjdual cases by the Federal boards
agents.
Evening journal., 1918-10-24
DOCTORS TO DISCUSS
SPANISH INFLUENZA

An interesting program has been ar
ranged for the annual meeting Of the
Homeopathic Medical Society OF Della
ware State and Peninsula, which will be
held at the Hotel dupont on November
ia. The following physicians from this
city will read papers on the recent cpl
demic: DR.. l. NJ. Finn, Or. Lewis Yer
ger and Or. f. Earle Spencer.
From Philadelphia the following ply
sicians will be present: DR.. C. S. Raue,
DR.. Clarence Bartlett, DR.. Augustus Korn-
derfer, Jr., DR.. James Sappington, Di. D.
Roman, Dr.. G. Morris Golden, Dr.. G.
Harlan Wells. 1t is expected that these
doctors will discuss the papers presented
by the local physicians.
A representative will be present from
the u. S Public Health Service by order
of Surgeon-General Rupent Blue. He
will address the meeting.
Evening journal., 1918-10-24
ARE YOUPALE, THIN?
You should Use the Best, Most Eco
nomicaL Successful Treatment

There is loss of vitality when the
lips and cheeks lose their color. The
blood is thin. the digestion is impaired,
and the nerves are weak.
At this time there is need OF Peptiron
the preparation that gives so much
satisfaction in anemia, nervous weak
ness, nervous dyspepsia, sleeplessness.
1t is a real iron tonic. Begin taking 1t
today.
The more vitality you have the more
force you have, the more strength TO
90, the more power TO endure. the
sreater capacity to enjoy and ability
~ ee' out of life the most and best
sror reptiron of your druggist or
i'oh y. l. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass
Evening journal., 1918-10-24
SOCIAL AND
PERSONAL NOTES

Miss Reba Robinson is spending some
time at Dover.
Mrs. John Manahan has been visiting
relatives at Camden, Del.
Miss Edna Grace who has been spend
ing some time at Magnolia, has returned
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Clark have been
visiting friends at Frederick.
Mrs. Paul r. Smith is spending some
time with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Hartman, at Wyoming.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. b. Book were recent
guests Of friends at Wyoming.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Hoffecker are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. w. z. Onley, at
Clayton.
samuel Cubbage, Of Milford, has been
recent visitor in this city.
Mrs. Harold Hopewell returned home
after spending several days at Bowers
Beach.