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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-10-30
STILL ANOTHER ANGLE

STILL ANOTHER ANGLE
There are many angles from which
to consider the high cost Of living.
One easily can see that the food
manufacturer takes more toll than
he should, and that the big five
among the packers should be regu-
lated. But also one can see that
regulating the packers will only
regulate the packers and make food
distribution fair. 1t will not seri-
ously reduce the price of food.
Also one can see that there are
too many retailers injecting too
much rent, TOO much overhead, too
much light, heat and upkeep of re-
tail stores and too many individual
mistakes in credit, into the cost oil
food.
Also there is much over capitaliza-
ton in food productions but even
when the duplication of selling units
Of food is minimized and the packers
are regulated and water is squeezed
out of food weekly corporations, still
high prices will remain too high for
comfort. If all these things are
regulated the raw material of food
from the farm still is affected by the
price of industrial labor, and the
price of labor is at the bottom of our
entire cost of living
And the price of labor never is
: coming down.
About the best we can do is to
stop other prices from advancing so
that labor may not justly ask for
another advance soon. For the price
of labor enters into everything.
Take the matter of coal Coal is
something more than heat for the
house and the cook stove. Coal is
power; coal is transportation, coal
is steel and iron. Coal is regular
employment for labor; for coal chief
~ is labor.
Now let us put on the witness
stand radical; let us go to the very
top of radical labor leadership in
the world and get the head.
The head happens to be w. A.
Appleton. Mr.. Appleton is head of
the International Confederation of
Labor. He is to the labor of the
world what his confrere, Samuel
Gompers, is to the American Fedora
ton of Labor: And in addition to
being head of the International Con
federation, he also is head of the
British Federation of Trades Unions.
So when he testifies we need not fear
that he will be unnecessarily sympa-
thetie with the employers view
point. He has been fighting employ
ers all his life. He edits a weekly
paper in England called The Demo-
crat, and in a recent issue we fino
this comment on the fact that coal
had advanced in price in England
six shillings ton, about s1.5s. He
writes.
six shillings ton has shocked
men and women into thinking but
this is only part of the cost. II
the export trade fails, as fail it must.
il production continues to fall. an.
other Is, 4d, may be added to the
selling price. This could perhaps
be borne Though the poor must
saffer) If it covered all the cost. IN
1ortsnately, it only reflects the small
er portion Of the prizes We mast pay
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-10-30

earn more money than is paid full
Pledged professor-and that in the
same nine month period for which
the great University of Michigan Of
,fered him ,500.-Detroit Free Press
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-10-30

Without export all food prices will
go still higher. With coal prices
.prohibitive of export, industry win
Ianguish and men must emigrate OF
,starve. The Americans already are
patting eeaI into 9Earket formerly
supplied by Britain.
Now this fear OF American COM
petition which is striking at the
heart of British labor is due not to
the low price of labor here, but to
our superior workmen, to our SUI
perior machines, to our superior sys-
tenn of transportation, to our whole
superior system OF industrial organ
ization. But even that will not bear
up long against the strain of ever
increasing American wages. The in
crease of coal prices in America may
wipe out our advantage. We have
no right to tamper with our bless
ings. And curiously enough when
labor in one industry feels the rise
labor in every industry responds.
The rise started last year among
railroad men, It was but a few
months until the rise was felt among
the hired men on the farms and
that boosted the price of farm pro-
ducts and labor on the railroads
got another rise whereupon labor
everywhere else had to have it and
the hired man again got boost,
and up went food! 1t is vicious
circle and the end of it is revolution.
In Great Britain they are trying
to avert revolution by government
subsidies; the unemployed get pen
sions; the aged get pensions bread
makers are subsidized to bring the
price of bread down, the railroads
are subsidized to bring the rates
down and millions of pounds are to
be spent building government houses
to bring rents down. So again we
find Mr. Appleton, head of the In
ternational Confederation of Labor,
saying in his paper:
The price we pay for coal will be
measured by the number of unem-
ployed and the rates of sickness we
shall have to deal with in January
next, and by the cost of food and
raw materials during that and the
ensuing months.
There are some woh hope to es-
cape the consequence by means or
government subsidies. Their hopes
are futile. The state has reached
it's limit in this direction. Already
it subsidies bread fifty millions Of
pounds) railways( sixty millions
and housing (amount undetermined
and it has on it's hands about a mil
lion men whom the war has left
derelict. Any further grants will
but hasten the bankruptcy of Britain.
Yesterday we lived on our savings
and our earnings; to-day we are liy-
ing on credit; tomorrow if we live
at all, we shall be living on charity.
That is the price we shall pay for
dear coal and dear transport.
Is there any way out There is;
but it will be via the mine, the mill
and the workshop and not via West
minister parliament. Work, rather
than politics will save the situation
though it will not save the suffering
which the past three years economic
robustness has stored up. Revolu-
ton, If you like; strike, if you like;
but neither revolution nor strike will
fill empty stomachs nor clothe un.
clothed bodies nor provide houses.
These will but add to the price we
pay for COAL
nd
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-10-30
OPERA In GERMAN IS
UPHELD In NEW YORK

Opera in German in New York has
been upheld by Supreme Court Justice
Giegerich.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-10-30
HARD TO GET HARD
DRINKS In NEW FORK

Al q result of grand jury probe
u Il hard to GET hard drinks in New
York.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-10-30
FRENCH ARMY REDUCED
TO LESS THAN 700 900

The French army has been reduc
ed to less than zoo, coo soldiers.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21
AlRPLANES IN GREAT WAR
Fokkers Must Be Credited With Re-
markable Work That Contributed
to Victory Of Civilization.

The Folker series is interesting.
First, there was the monoplane Fox
ker, so long menace at the front.
Then they tried the little trlplane
Fokker. weird-oOking machine,
whose speciality was climbing high
and diving down on the foe. Unfor-
tunately in the dive the top plane had
way OF coming off. II was in Fox
ker triplane that the "Red Devil"
Baron Won Rlchthofen came to grief,
and you can see the engine of his ma:
chine. 40 La Rhone, copied from a
French rotary engine.
The last type of Fokker--and a
very good one--is the D7 biplane, all
metal except for the wings, with
high-power engine and tremendous
climber. The specimen on show be-
longed to Richthofen's circus. You can
follow the attempts of the Germans
to win security by armoring their ma
chimes. but armorlng did not pay, ow-
Ing to the weight and clumsiness.
Late in 1918 an extraordinary ma
chine was brought down. made entire
ly of metal, with wings of some kind
of aluminium alloy, and brass seat
for the pilot-the whole thing q maryel
of bold inventlveness.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21
% Years Ago.
From the Press OF Feb Fl l8e6]

Work on the ladies hall of the East
ern Oregon State Normal School at
Weston will be begun in short time
and it is expected that the building
will be completed by June |.
The public school of Weston is to be
conducted for the remainder of the
year by the normal school as training
department.
Peach trees are in bloom in the
Walla Wala valley.
Masquerade balls are now all the go
on the reservation. There have been
several during the past two weeks.
What is to hinder Athena from hav-
ing base pail team Get in. boys
and organize
Auditor Burroughs issued a marriage
license to Frank Slater and Laura
Fawcett. both of Weston.
A band of Oregon horses, in transit
to Kentucky few days ago, says the
HALEY Idaho Times, was taken from
the cars at Shoshone and the animals
sold for so cents apiece. ~.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

An Indian being escorted to Jail the
other day, fearing that his money
would be taken from him., hit upon the
novel plan of swallowing 1t.
Mr.. D A. Richards was observed on
the street this week. MIR. Richards
says you can bank on the approach of
spring when you see him out of winter
quarters.
Athena Hose Company No. |. elect
ed the following officers at their reg
ular meeting Monday evening: Pres
ident. j. W. Maloney; secretary, G. A.
Fischer Jr.; Foreman. Chas. Sharp;
assistant foreman. John Foss.
Charley Barrett says the following
recipe is sure destroyer of squirrels:
Take one bottle of pulverized strych-
nine, a quarts of -four. one cup of
sugar. one cup of salt. Mix these four
ingredients drv. and place at each
squirrel hole one teaspoonful.
A patron of the public school at
Milton writes to the teacher of his
little daughter, asking that she may
be excused in the future from partici.
pating in the morning salute to the
Stars and Stripes, on the grounds that
the little one is simply loan from the
Lord. and the exercise is regarded as
being altogether of too worldly
nature
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21
How Fast Shot Travels.

When standing within few yards
Of q guns muzzle at the time of dis
charge, person would be amazingly
astonished were he only able to see
the shot 60 whlzzlng by. Experiments
In instantaneous photography prove
that the shot not only spread out,
cometllke, as they fly, but they string
out, one behind another at much
greater distance than they spread.
Thus, with cylinder gun, when the
shot of charge reaches target that
Is 40 yards away. the last shot Is lag
ging full ten yards behind. Even
chokebore gun shot will lag behind
eight yards in 40 This accounts for
the wide swath that is moved in a
flock of ducks on which charge of
shot falls just right. About 5 per cent
only of the shot, according to the most
reliable deductions from experiments,
arrive simultaneously at the target
aimed at, the others tagging In the
ratio named above.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21
NOT ABOVE CARRYING p""r,-E
Spirit Shown by New Yprk Man May
Explain Why he Haseeecome
a Millionaire.

The following story, which suggests
that some millionaires are no more
"stuck up" than the rest Of us. is
printed In Forbes Magazine: Broad-
way tNew York city, street car con-
ductor was about to forbid man car
rying huge roll of carpet TO enter his
car-the bundle was so huge that the
conductor feared 1t would block the
aisle. The bearer Of the burden. how
ever, smiled at him so amiably and de-
posted his long parcel promptly at the
far corner Of the platform that the con-
ductor hadn't the heart to remOn-
strate. This was OF Thirty-third
street. opposite department store.
AT Forty-second street the passenger
shouldered his bundle and walked off.
He carried 1t to one of New York's
newest skyscrapers and Immediately
proceeded to lay 1t upon the floor OF
one of the reception rooms there.
He was the owner of the skyscrap-
er! He was Irving 7. Bush, million
aire creator of the famous Bush ter
minal, a veritable city within the city
of Brooklyn, owner Of a large shipyard
and Of other projects.
To friends who chaffed him, Mr..
Bush explained that the rug caught
his fancy while In the store, and he
particularly wished to have 1t laid
down before reception that was to
be held at the Buyers club Tin the
Bush building) that day. But as the
store could not make immediate deliv'
cry, why, the only and the natural
thing for him to do was to shoulder 1t
himself. The spectacle Of a Million
aire Juggling along such burden in
street car and in the street did not
strike this particular millionaire as In
any way funny.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21
Notice of Final Hearing.

In the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
In the Matter of the Estate of Joseph
Sheard, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned as adwipistratrix of the
above-entitled estate has filed her final
report with the clerk of the above en-
titled court and that the Judge thereof
has designated Monday, March "a,
1919. at ten O'Clock in the forenoon. as
the time. and the Office of the Judge
III the county court house at, .Pendle-
ton. Umatilla County, Oregon as the
place, when and where hearing shall
be had thereon.
All persons interested are hereby
notified to then and there appear and
show cause. if any they have, whv
said report should not be approved,
the Administrative discharged and her
bondsmen exonerated.
Dated this eth day of February. 1919.
Lydia Sheard, Administrators.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21
WINTER TRAVEL IN ALAs',Y
Archdeacon Stuck Tells Of Some OF the
Sufferings to Be Encountered In
the Frozen North.

Archdeacon Stuck. already famous
for his ascent Of Mount Mckinley.
made remarkable journey into Alaska
last winter.
His route extended around the
whole arctic coast Of Alaska, begin
ming at the west side. and thence In.
land to Fort Yukon. He was received
everywhere with cordial hospitality
by the ESl.lm0s Two weeks were
spent at Point Barrow, where the trav.
eer had an opportunity Of studying
the largest Eskimo village in Alaska
under winter conditions. During the
subsequent journey Of 225 miles to
Flaxman island the party saw only one
human being and were housed only
twice.
The archdeacon describes It as "the
barrenest, most desoIate. most for
saken coast have ever seen in my
life; Sat as this paper on which l
write, the frozen land merging indls-
tlnguislably into the frozen ssca;
nothing but stick Of driftwOod
here and there, half buried In the in
dented snow, gives evidence Of the
shore"
For two weeks the travellers had to
face n bitterly cold northeast wind,
and the faces OF all were continuously
frozen. The heaviest task Of all was
the journey over the winters un-
broken snow to Fort Yukon On this
inland trip Stefansson and his party
were encountered and escorted to Fort
Yukon. where Stefansson, who was
seriously Ill, received medical at
tentIOn.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21
When Romance Faded.

He got her name and address In a
Red Cross package and that was all
he knew about her. So he did the
thing that lovesick soldier usually
does-wrote her sweet little letter
telling how he longed to correspond
with some one. How did he know but
that real romance might start? This
was her answer:
Il think this war Is horrld. am
doing my share. ! buy War Savings
stamps and eat corn bread, which I
don't like. Also | am learning to
knit"
But the cruel part is that she added: :
IL am ten years old"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21
Laruest Motor Vessel.

The British twin-screw Diesel en-
glned vessel Glenapp. which had just
been built by Glasgow shlpyard, is
according to the local press the larg-
est and most powerful motor vessel In
the world. 1t Is OF 10000 tons dead
weight. and has two sets OF engines,
copstructed by Messrs, Harland &
Wolf at their Glasgow works, These
give y total horse power of 6,600.
which figures represent a very marked
progress In this type of vessel.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

Pendleton royalty received the boys
of the b5th Coast Artillery when it
passed through there early Monday
morning. Lieut.. Fred Steiwer and
Henry Judd of Pendleton. were in the
second section of the troop train and
received a grand ovation and warm
Welcome from the home crowd.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21
Methodist Episcopal Church.

Though rainy. last Sunday saw a
still larger number out to Sunday
school and church services. Of special
interest was the reception of six men
bers; three by transfer, one Lutheran,
one Presbyterian and one from the
Christian church. Next Sunday will be
another great day, and at night we
join in the union meeting at the Chris
tian church.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21
The Churches.
Baptist Church Notes.

The church welcomes every one who
comes to worship with us. Bible school
meets at 10 a. M. and both old and
young are urged to come. Preaching
al II a. m. Mr.. George. c. Sntton
has been secured to lead the singing.
He will sing as a solo, Paradise. "
B. Y. P. u, $3.50. There will be no
evening preaching We will attend
the union meeting at the Christian
church.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21
A Famous "Oasls.n

"Dld you see Congressman Twobble
while you were, in WashIngton?t
mo. lie instructed his office force
TO say to any one who called that, he
had gone over to Baltimore to spyfd
the day"
"He actually left message to that
eifect?"
"Yes."
swell, at any rate, he has the lour-
age OF his convictions. ."-Bl.ming IAN
Age-Herald.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

Homer S. Spiza, aged 27, died at
Helix Tuesday of tuberculosis. De-
ceased was a nephew of DR.. Grswol
of Helix. Art Shick went over to
Helix Wednesday and took charge of
the funeral.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21
The Christian Church.

Sunday school and church service at
the usual hours. 10 and IL. The pastor
will speak at union meeting at this
church at 7:a0. B. B Burton. pastor.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

Now tiiat the great war is ever, the
North pole is coming again into the
fimelight. This time the airplane is
10 swrest from 1t its secrets.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

The prudent man who is alive to
progress win speedily begin to con-
strhrt, = hqngapson his ttoof that his
fisiaGItiends play cak
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

Statistics are at hand to show a
phenomenal Increase in the number Of
mllllonnires during the war. And how
many are poorer2
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

A department OF human welfare is
proposed in the cabinet. 1t is to be
hoped we are not going to get too ideal,
istlc to remain practical.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

If the law of Increased demand op-
crates Tint way the price of mar.
riage licenses ought to go up when
the army gets home.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

London Is puzzled by the problem OF
soldiers who have committed higamy
DURING the war, Anyhow, the men
guilty have proved their bravery.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

The large number OF people who sue
coed In restraining the impulse to write
poetry are not properly appreciated by
the cold, cruel world.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

1t is rumored again that King,
George will visit this country. 1T
goes without saying we will give him
royal good time.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

Peaceful people 90 right on hoping
that In time both Petrograd and Berlin
will grow weary of machine-gun gov.
ernment.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

Perhaps under the new order OF
things 1t will be necessary for man to
have license to live, as well as his
dog.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

The unconquerable German army
has ceased to exist. So much for the
staying power of official imperlalistic
adjectlves.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

'nhe popular memory is proverblally
short, but there is no danger of soon
forgetting this war. The prices will
keep it in constant If not fond
memory
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

4 Philosophy Is a mental crutch to
make walking with soeless shoes tjie
easier.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

The former kaiser Is another per-
son who tried to beat the races, so
to speak, and saw his finish.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

When the commissioned man re-
turns to his old job will the boss do
the saluting? .-..
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

The task Of feeding Europe looms
bigger when 1t is remembered what
heavy feeders the Germans are.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21
ATHENA. OREGON. FEB. 2l 1915
Camouhaged Philosophy.

Money talks. but the high cost Of
living acts. .
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

4 Nevertheless and notwithstanding,
4 the league of nations composed. of
France, England. the United States.
Italy and Japan Is in good working
! order.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

The former soldier must miss being
stared at when lie gets back into his
civilian clothes.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

There would not be half the fun In
life were there no struggle to make
both ends meet.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

But for summer resorts and colleges
more young women would marry the
hometown admirer.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

A man broke his leg kicking mule
Another reason for treating the ami.
mails with kindness.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

II Is suggested that BARRIERS wear
flu masks and the BARRIERS ought to In.
sist on 1t.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

As the boys come back they will find
the girls they left behind are 100 per
cent loyal.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21
Catholic Church.

Services at 10 a. M. Sunday. Feb
ruary 23.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

Perhaps the French girls didn't wish
Yankee husbands any more than the
Americans desired French wives.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

The fellow who gets married to oh.
tain home cooking takes his wife down.
town for Sunday dinner.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

Usually personal parade Of ones
virtues is made Immediately prior to
an attack on other peoples vices.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

Also war brides now are making the
acquaintance of their husbands.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

America has few idle rich. Even the
janitors work little.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-02-21

Ten or fifteen years ago one was
simply rolling in free calendars. Now
you have to tease for one.