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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15
KEEP FOOD HOPPERS CLOSED
Enormous Amount of Grain Consumed
by Rats and Mice Can Be Par
TALLY Avoided at Night.

The amount Of grain consumed by
rats and mice Is enormous. This can
not be avoided entirely, but there is
no reason why rats and mice should
have access to the food hoppers at
night, and fill themselves up on mash.
When the chickens have gone to roost,
close the hoppers. If there is leak,
stop 1t,
Keep deep litter on the floor, and
toss 1t up each night, so that the hens
will have no difficulty in scratching In
1t. This kind Of exercise In the morn.
ing will be good for them.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15
GOOD COMBINATION ON FARM
Grasses and Live Stock Go Hand In
Hand-Proper System of Rota.
tlon ls Favored.

Grass and livestock should go hand
in hand. There is no farm which, IL
properly managed and kept at least
one-half of the time In grasses and
clovers, and gradually brought under
u proper system of rotation, would not
produce more, In fact double the crops
which 1t now does, and yet constantly
be growing better and better.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15
ELECTRIC PROD FOR ANIMALS
Handle Holds Dry Batteries, Coll,
Wire and 6utton-Shock Is Said
to Be Effective.

Dry batteries make the use of cleo
triclty possible In many novel appll-
ances, writes G. J. Lynde in Farmers
Mail and Breeze. The following cut
shows an animal prod which 1t is said
will not injure the flesh or hide. The
first cut shows the prod as 1t looks
when completed. The larger end Is
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15
No Help Needed.

Old Maid Crushing down hotel corri.
dor, negligee)-Help! Help! There's a
man in the room.
Heroic Gent-Did you see him?
Old Maid-Yes.
Heroic Gent-Did he see you?
Old Maid-Yes
Less Heroic Gent-You don't need
any help.-Gargoyle.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15
The New York Way.

"How did you like New York;"
"The street cars are too crowded to
suit me. They pack 'em like sardines
in box"
"Your comparison is poor. When a
box Of sardines is full 1t is full. They
don't constantly keep opening the box
to pack In few more" kansas City
Journal.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15
A Legal courtship.

81 sue for your
daughters hand"
d eclared the
young lawyer.
II rule against
you," responded
the judge.
SIS there no
court to which l
can take an ap-
pealf"
"Yes, I must
admit that her
mother reverses
many of my deci-
sions."
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15
TILTING GATE QUITE SIMPLE
inexpensive Arrangement Operated
by Weights--EIimlnates Shocks
and Wear on Mechanism.

The Scientific American, in illustrat-
ing and describing gate invented by
]. W. Loveland, Lincoln, ILL.,, says:
An object Of the invention is to
provide a simple and inexpensive tilt
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15
Maybe He Was Winnino Stake.

Maybe He Was Winning Stake.
Beautiful Ernestine was sobbing as
though her heart would break.
What is it, dear?" asked her girl
friend.
"W-why," she sobbed. "I t-told Jack,
after he proposed, to go up and see
papa"
What of that?"
"Why they started playing crds, and
now he goes up to see papa every
night"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15

Garfield Tea was your Grandmother's
Remedy for every stomach and intes-
tinal i'll. This good old-fashioned herb
home remedy for constipation, stomach
ills and other arrangements of the sys-
tenn SO prevalent these days is in even
greater favor as a family medicine
than in your grandmother's day.-Ady.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15
Not Much Left.

Awoman can feel so disgraced when
her husband allows his undershirt
sleeves to show a little below his cuffs
that we often wonder what depths of
chagrin and sorrow would be left for
her If she caught him leading double
Iife.-Ohio State Journal.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15
RED FACES AND RED HANDS
Soothed and Healed by Cuticura-
Sample Each Free by Mall.

Treatment for the face: On rising
and retiring smear affected parts with
Cuticura Ointment. Then wash off
with Cuticura Soap and hot water.
For the hands: Soak them in a hot
lather of Cuticura Soap. Dry, and rub
In Cuticura Ointment.
Free sample each by mail with
Book. Address postcard, Cuticura,
Dept. L, Boston. Sold everywhere.
ADV.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15
Nervous.

They gave the lady the only unoccn-
pied room in the hotel-one with pri-
vate bath adjoining. The next morn
ing, when the guest was ready to leave,
the clerk said:
well, did you have q good nights
rest, madam"
"No, l didn't" rejoined the lady, en-
phatically. IL was afraid some one
would want to take bath, and the
only way to 1t was through my room" j"
Exchange.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15
Starved

Blackton-A poor fellow came to me
this morning and said he was starving.
sent him to a restaurant, told him to
get good meal and I'd pay for it.
Johnson-Did he get it?
Blackton-Yes, six glasses of beer
and three cigars.-Brooklyn Citizen.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15
Practical Patriotism.

Husband (readlng telegram )-Heav-
ensl My rich uncle Ben has fallen
and broke his neck while putting up
an American flag on his porch.
Wife-Three cheers for the red,
white and bluel
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15
Her Part.

Young Arthur waas wrestling with a
lesson in grammar. Father" said he,
thoughtfully, what part Of speech is
woman"
Woman, my boy, is not part of
speech; she is all of it," returned
father.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15

Jinks-He's fine doctor for
children.
Blinks-That so?
Jinks-Yes; he gives them such
nasty medicine that they're glad to
get well,-Brooklyn Citizen,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15
Processes of Civilization.

FVSSooco OI OFVTITIdIfVTIs
"Have you missionaries civilized the
savoges among whom you dwell?"
eve went part way with them" re-
piled the Garnet worker. "But we aren't
the people who taught them the expert
use of modern firearms. Brooklyn
Citizen,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15
Problem For Traffic Cops.

If you were a traffic cop and fire
engine, an ambulance, a police patrol,
a mail wagon and fire patrol were
all coming in different directions, to
which would you give the right of
way?-Topeka Capital.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15

"The cook burnt the steak again."
exclaimed the experienced housewife.
Dear mew exclaimed young Mrs.
Torkins. wouldn't ordinary coal have
been a little cheaperr
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15

"My dear girl, don't lay SO much
stress on beauty. Modest worth is
better far than millions"
Eyes, it doesn't get anywhere near
beauty in catching a millionaire"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15
Her Skill.

$50 Mrs. Tart has that fierce-tem-
pered husband of hers tanned, has
she?'
Il should say she had. She's got him
that tame that she takes money out of
his hand without him swapping at her."
Baltimore American.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15
A Natural Omission.

Nature makes swans sing before
they die."
II wish nature would reverse the
process with some people and make
them die before they sing" Baltimore
American.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15
Invitation Declined.

Professor lin chemical laboratory
This is a very explosive substance
and it might blow us all sky high.
Come closer, gentlemen, SO you may
be better able to follow me.-Widow.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15
His Choice.

$50 you threw up your position be-
cause 1t was hard. Don't you know
that no position is easy?"
eyes, father; that's why I prefer no
position. ."-Exchange
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15
SOME SMILES
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Encouraging.

Young Man-What did your daddy
say when he heard l had kissed your
sister!
Little Glrl-He said that was encour-
aging.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15

Mother-Now, Willie, when I have to
punish you like this it hurts me more
than 1t does you.
Willie-But you amt a-hollerin' any.
Exchange.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15
Mutual Condolences,

Here have an electric runabout on
my hands"
I'm still worse off. I've got run
around on my finger. Baltimore
American.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15
Easily Answered.

Wlfe-The doctor says / should 20
South for my health. The question
now Is where to go.
Hub-Go to another doctor.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15
The Wherefore.

"What q o e s
such a little vii
lage want with
such a big hos
pitalT
"We're right on
the main line
automobile speed
way, stranger"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15

Private Lewis A. Ripley, 121st aero
squadron, at Kelly field, Tex, recently
sold his seat in the New York Stock
Exchange and bought 6O4 Liberty
bonds.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15
Backhanded Wishes,

bdCkndnucu WISneS.
"You gave your lawyer friend rather
a paradoxical wish when you parted"
What was that?"
"You told him you hoped his brief
career would be long one."
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15
Specifications.

"That man is always running other
people down."
Scandal or auto?"-Exchange
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15
The Best Method.

'If you want to teach your parrot to
talk, begin with short words"
Wouldn't the bird take better to
pollysyllables s?"-Baltimore American
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15

~ n WuCStIVII OI OUTISCTGTTCG.
Can doctors honestly take money
from their patients?"
"Why not?"
"Are they not all ill-gotten gains?"
-Exchange.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15

DR.. Pierce's Pellets are best for liver,
bowels and stomach. One little Pellet
for a laxative-thre for a cathartic.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15
Perspective View of Gate.

Ing gate, so as to eliminate shocks
and wear upon the various parts Of
the gate mechanism.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15

Bangor says he is out of politics
for good"
"For the good Of politics-yes.". Il
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15

To keep clean and healthy take DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regu-
late liver, bowels and stomach.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15

Say Clarence, how do you spell
felicity"
Il don't spell it.'-Brooklyn Citizen.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15
Could Be.

Willie Monk-Ain't you a stork?
Mr. Stork-What did you think I was
"a bill collector ?-Brooklyn Citizen.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15
MONEY FOR YOU.

Thousands Of trained young people needed
Behnke-Walker Business College, Portland. places
students in positions Enroll any time. Free
Catalogue.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-02-15

"An engine is paradoxical sort Of
proposition"
How so?'
Its hottest when its coaled."- Eek
change.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-20
Huns Foresee
Greatest of
All Battles
I'VE Are Now at Beginning
Of What Is Likely TO Be
Record Breaker,

AMSTERDAM, July 2o-A
semi-official telegram received here
from Berlin. while admitting that
the enemy has succeeded in pene-
trating and pressing back our lines
at some points" avoids particulars
of the allied success. The tele-
gram calls the Franco American
offensive a relief offensive brought
about by the German offensive on
both sides of Rheims, and adds
"The attack was carried out by
very strong and deeply echeloned
forces, supported by low flying air
planes and numerous tank squad
ronS
Lieut.. Gen. Baron Won Ardcnne.
commenting in the Tageblatt on the
German offensive, says.
we clearly are only at the be
ginning of probably the greatest
battle in the history OF the world
Most severe fighting still lies
ahead II will be preSumptuous and
in bad taste to talk already about
the fresh destruction OF enemy
fighting forces"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-20
Red Dose
Puts Indian
In Jail Here
'John Doe Ready to Buy
$4,000 in Bonds, Laughs
at $40 Fine,

John Doe" Wichita Indian
from Anadarko got drunk in Chick
asha last night and some way
found himself in the Oklahoma City
jail this morning
81 don't know how | happened TO
get that whisky" said doe" but
reckon that a friend offered it 10
me and | just took it, But what
worries me is how | got TO Okla
homa City The last | remember
iS getting into a taxlcab in Chicka-
Sha When woke up this morn
ing didn't know where ! was, but
soon found out" D"
doe" had b.75 when he was de-
livered at the police station last
night. When he arrived in Chicka-
shz he claims 10 have had SIS The
police say that he was the widest
Indian that they have had to deal
with for many day. He was fined
$40 and costs in police court this
morning He laughinRly said that
he didn't mind paying the fine as
he intended buying 5000 worth of
Liberty bonds this next issue.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-20
NO GARBAGE PERMITS,
SAYS SANITARY OFFICER

mo permits for hauling garbage will
be given to anybody" said ]. B. Vance
chief sanitary Inspector, this morning
Many people seem TO he under the i'm
preston that the health department is
now issuing these permits, but such is
not the case. We do. however. issue
permits for the hauling of trash as dis
tinct from garbage
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-20
BRITISH ADVANCE
LINES ONE MILE
ON soMME FRONT
436 Prisoners Taken When
Meteren Is Captured Friday,

LONDON, July 0.-British troops
last right advanced their front on q
mile south Of Hebuterne, the war Of
flee announced today.
As a result Of yesterdays operation
on the Flanders front he British line
was advanced along breadth Of 4.000
yards in the Meteren sector The viii
lage Of Meteren, and group Of build
ings southwest Of the village known as
lie Walton, are now held by the British
troops The prisoners taken aggregate
4H
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-20

NNDpNFfknlt lhlht ny tne new YORK Times
the. Chicago Tribune and the Oklahoma
City Tlmes)
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES,
July l9.-Delsyed )-Wednesday the
battle for Epernay had reached a stage
Of fluS and reflux which in this. as in
former struggles Of NE year, means that
the allies are counter attacking and that
the enemy Is definitely held.
Allied reinforcements are now on the
line, thanks largely to the admirable
work OF motor transports, many OF
whose drivers did a spell of twenty
continuous hours at the wheel. Any
one who has had the experience of
crowded roads behind the front in
sitting heat amidst dense dust clouds,
can appreciate the superhuman en-
duranee for such feat
Foe Nov Marking Time.
Everywhere, despite the desperate ef-
forts, the enemy has been reduced to
marking time, as French officer
put it.
The allies have gone step further,
following the successful precedent OF
the Noyops- Montdidier battle. and a
tconunssd on Pace ai Column 81
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-20
HUN PLANE FAILS
IN kENTISH RAID

LONDON. July "a German air
plane crossed the Kentish coast this
morning and was driven back by the
fire OF anti aircraft guns, according to
an official announcement
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-20
Generally Fair,
Weather Forecast

LOCAL FoaGcAsT - Generally hlr
and continued warm weather tonight and
sunday.
STATE FoRGcAsT-ronloht and Sun.
day oeneraiiy fair wsstnsr.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-20
French Advance South of Marne,
Pushing Germans to River Banks

PARIS July 20.-Freneh and American troops are
continuing their advance between the Aisne and the
Msrne, according to ofc. issued by the
office today.
South of the Msrne the French hsAe thrown back the
enemy between Fossoy and Oeuilly and have retaksu
ground towards the Marne.
The allied advance north of the Msrne has reached tho
line Of Vierzy beyond the wood of Msuloy Of Vles
Heon and NeuySt Front extreme gain Of nearly s
miles since the take-off.
Foe IL Pushed Back to Marns
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN FRANCE, July 80
(By the Associated Press I'LL ml-Entsnte siied -
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-20
Italians Regain
Mountain Peaks

ROME. July D.-ltalian troops have
wrested f. n the Austrans Monte Sta
bel and completely reoccupied Cornodi-
Cabento. in the Adamnello region OF
the mountain 'front.'
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-20
FORMER EMPEROR
Of RUSSIA SHOT
BY SLAvS JULY Is
BoISheyiki Reveal Counter-Re-
volt Conspiracy,

LONDON, July 20.-Former EN-
peror Nicholas of Russia has been
shot, Russian wireless statement
today announces.
The former emperor's CORE
spondence, including letters from the
monk, Rasputin, who was killed
early in the year before the revolu-
tion, will be published in the near
future, the wireless message de-
clares.
The message announces that a coun-
ter-revolutionay conspiracy was dis
covered with the object of wrestling the
ex-emperor from the authority Of soviet
council
He Was Shot July l6
In view of this fact the president of
the Ural regional council decided TO
execute the former ruler and the de-
cislon was carried out on July 10
The former empress and the Young
Alexis Romanoff, the former heir ap-
parent, have been sent to a place OF Sc
curity
Trial Planned Long Ago.
Documents concerning the conspiracy
which was discovered were forwarded
to Moscow by special messenger II
had been recently decided, the message
explains, 10 bring the ex-emperor be
fore a tribunal to BE tried for his
crimes against the people" Later oc-
currences however, led to delay in
adopting this course.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-20
ALLIES REACH MAIN S0ISS0NS ROAD:
TEN MILES GAINED; 18, 800 CAPTURED
Allied Troops Advance Mile
More During Night, While
French Push Hun to River

Main Flank Effort Is on Center of D.
Mile Front, Where Hun Brings Up
100000 Reserves; Americans Dash for
Mile and Half Over Groued Strewn
With Dead.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-20
0'LEARY'S JURY
CANNOT AGREE

NEW YORK, July 20.-A jury in the
federal court hereEbday reported its
inability to agree on verdict in the
trial of John ]. O'Leary for alleged OBJ
struction OF Justice and was discharged
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-20
1856 SURVIVORS
OF "SAN DIEGO"
LANDED IN PORT
Number of Lives Lost, Navy
Says, Will Be Small,

WASHINGTON, July 2o-For-
ty-eight members Of the crew of the
United States cruiser San Diego,
sunk yesterday off Fire Island,
N. Y, are still unaecounted for,
after checking off reports OF reseu-
ing steamers made to naval officials
here today.
WASHINGTON, July 2o.-Al-
though Captain Christie OF the
srmored cruiser, San Diego, re-
ported his belief that II was a tor
pedo that sent the ship down off
Long Island yesterday, further re-
ports today showing that five or
six mines were destroyed by war
ships In the vicinity last night,
strengthened the opinion Of naval
officers here that an enemy subrs-
rine was not responsible for the dis
aster.
WASHINGTON, Judy O.--Capt II
n. Christy, commander of the armored
cruiser San Diego, sunk yesterday oil
l. l.ong Island, reported TO the navy de
partment today his belief that the shlr
was torpedoed, in spite OF the Absence
of any positive evidence OF the presence
Of an enemy submarine.
Little Loss OF Life.
That there was little If any loss ol
life is indicated by the fact that the
shin was abandoned in good order, all
hands remaining at their posts until
ordered to take to the boats.
There was no disorder on the cruls
er. the captain said, every man taking
his station as il in ordinary drill.
The Captains Report.
Captain Christy's dispatch follows
"The captain OF the San Diego re.
ports that he is inclined to the belief
that the ship was sunk by torpedo
There are no conclusive facts, however
on which to base definite opinion al
in view of the following cir
cumstances
"l--No torpedo was seen.
"2-No convincing evidence that
q periscope was seen,
"J-No submarine appeared, in
spite OF the fact that three. unarmed
rescue ships were in the vicinity for
about two hours.
"4-Ship was srtuck on port side
sbaft beam, which discourages mine
theory
"5-Weather was fine, smooth
sea"
Information received by the navy de-
partment early today that steam RS
(contlnusd on Page q. Column ~
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-20
BULLETIN.

ON THE FRENCH FRONT IN FRANCE,
July 20.-(By the Associated Press THE Ger
mans have been repulsed and are crossing the
Mane to the northward
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-20
CLEVELAND CLUB
TO CLOSE BALL
PARK TOMORROW
American League Likely to
Quit Playing for Season,

CLEVELAND, July 0.-zPresident
James c. Dunn Of the Cleveland Amer
lean league club, today sent the fol-
lowing message to Cleveland from Chi
cago!
We will play a double header with
Philadelphia tomorrow and will then
close the ball park for balance ot sea
son II is our desire to comply
promptly with Secretary Bakers ruling
in baseball"
CHICAGO, July 20.-A message to
all club owners in tn, American league,
asking them il they were willing to
abide by Secretary Bakers order at
once, was sent today by President Ban
b. Johnson. The action of the Cleve-
land club in closing tomorrow ls the
first result of the message
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-20
Red Sor Owner Bali,

BOSTON, July O.-"My answer is
that will not give my consent and il
Vequires unanimous consent to close the
season" declared President H. II. Fra
zee OF the Boston American league
eam, today, when his attention was
called to Ban Johnson's request to
abide by Secretary, Bakers order at
once