The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

Monday, February "a.
Two hundred delegates, representa-
tives OF 100000 employees of shipyards
and allied industries, met in Portland
Monday when the Pacific coast metal
trade workers convened for their an
nual session. The convention will
probably last about week.
Federal money secured on farm
loans through the Bandon-Curry Coun-
ty National Farm Loan association
during .he past year totals $112,4OO,
according to figures presented at the
annual meeting held in Bandon. The
entire amount is being used in devel-
oping the dairy industry.
Completing contract for supplying
the French government with % car
loads of an evaporated material for
soup, the Wittenberg- King company of
The Dalles shipped its last carload
Saturday. One-half of the big order
was filled by the The Dalles plant and
one-half by the plant at Salem.
To prevent the district meeting of
the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lum-
bermen, scheduled to be held at the
Bend Athletic club gymnasium, mem
bers of the central labor council wait
ed on directors of the club, protesting
against the use of the gymnasium for
that purpose. The labor representa-
tives contend that the Loyal Legion
is hostile to union interests.
Unless restrictive conditions i'm
posed by the United States railroad
administration are removed from the
manufacture of ties practically all of
the small mills Of; Oregon will be
forced to suspend operation, according
to the widespread opinion among oper-
ators. At least one has done so al
ready, and others are apt to follow
within a short time. 1t is predicted.
March 4 has been set by the Una
tilla county court as the date for
special election to vote upon the pro-
posed bond issue for $1,050,000 with
which to improve the principal high
ways Of all parts of the county. II
the county votes the bonds the state
highway commission will appropriate
more than half a million dollars to
match the county expenditures on
state highways.
During the war Mrs. C. F. Daniels,
wife of well known Pendleton farm
er, carried on correspondence with
9S different Umatilla county boys in
the service. In doing this she has
written more than 100 letters to
them. During the last 70 months she
has written an even thousand letters
and sent 1898 packages. This is PROB
ably the record for correspondence
with soldier and sailor boys.
The secretary of the interior has
advised Representative Sinnott that
there will be no more grazing permits
issued for Indian lands in Gillian
county, Oregon, for long time By
new regulations recently completed,
the secretary says allotments in Gil,
liam county will SOON be made to the
Klickitat Indians which makes the
| There Is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases
| put together, and for years 1t was sup
posed to be lncurable. Doctors prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing
to cure with loccl treatment, pronounced
1t incurable. Catarrh is local disease,
greatly influenced by constitutional con-
ditions and therefore requires constitu-
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine. manufactured by r ]. Cheney &
| Co.. Toledo. Ohio, is constitutional
remedy, lie taken internally and acts
thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
of the System. One Hundred Dollars re-
ward Is offered for any case that Halls
Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials.
Il. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, Zoe.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.