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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-12-01
POLICY OF U. S.
JOLT TO ALLIES
Statement Of Opposition to All
Secret Treaties BY Amer
lea Causes Stir.

Lausanne. - America gave Great
Britain, France and Italy hard jolt
when her spokesman, Richard Wash
burn Child, declared that the United
States government has the support Of
the American people in its opposition
to all secret treaties and agreements,
particularly those designed to create
zones Of economic and commercial in
fluence such as the San Reno tri-
partite agreement of 1920, which ap-
portioned the Mesopotamian oil fields
among the three big powers.
Mr.. Child's exposition was merely
restatement Of Secretary Of State
Hughes aide-memoire of October 80,
In which he defined for the benefit
Of the British, French and Italian gov
ernments the functions Of the Amer
lean observers to the Lausanne con-
ference and broadly outlined Ameri
cas- open door policy for the near east
but 1t was g restatement under con-
ditions that made it sensational.
1t came as the conference was about
to begin consideration Of Turkeys
Asiatic boundaries and 1t was clear
warning that America will not remain
nt II the three inviting powers in
upon preferential rights In oil,
eral, railway and power develop
II in present Turkish territory or
hat which was Topped off by the
was not possible for the delegates
be inviting powers to conceal their
htience at Americas insistent re-
tion of her policy which they re-
especially because Of her refusal
,ccept vote In the conference, to
any report or to accept any re-
lsibility further than to act as an
lser.
ne American new attitude, how
Is according great satisfaction
he neutral countries represented
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-12-01
not worth paying freight to market
nor to pay storage on.
TAX REFORM CLUBS

Pierce clubs are being organized
throughout the Grande Ronde valley
to lend hand in support of the next
governor in his tax reduction pro-
gram. Farmers oranges, unions and
societies are at work to insure relief,
should the way prove difficult. The
Pleasant Grove Grange has made a
cor structive program for lending as
sistance to its former leader, Walter
M. Fierce.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-12-01
q RoRGE PROTESTED DEAD

George Preobstel jr., a life long
resident Of Weston, died in that city
Sunday evening of heart disease, after
q lingering illness, aged 81 years.
He was the son of the late George W..
Proebstel pioneer miller and hard
ware merchant of Weston. He is sur
vived by his widow. two sons and two
daughters, four brothers and three
sisters.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-12-01
IRRIGATION AID IS OPPOSED
Desire For Economy May Prevent
Any Legislation at This Session.

+ 4
Washington, D. C.-Opposition to
further federal activities in reclaiming
arid lands at this time has manifested
itself among the members of congress
who represent the middle west sec
tions.
This became apparent when Presi-
dent Harding conferred with num-
ber Of the most active members Of
the committee on irrigation and pub
lie lands In the house.
In view of the desire for economy
In all departments on the part Of the
administration and Of the middle
west opposition. those best informed
in reclamation matters believed there
would be no reclamation legislation
at this session.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-12-01
Athena-Helix Ask
For Market Road

A movement is under way to secure
for Athena her first market road
facilities. The program, as given be-
fore the county court is to include the
Athena Helix highway in the county's
market road construction. In an
nouncing the proposed road improve
ment, the East Oregonian states:
"A request that the county court in
clude part of the Athena Helix road
on its market road program for 1923
was made this morning by delega-
tion of prominent farmers of the
Athena-Helix district who visited the
court.
"The delegation would like for the
road construction work to start at
Athena and extend as far as possible
back toward Helix. some Of the men
told the court this morning. AS an
argument for their road being built,
the delegation called attention to the
fact that approximately 100000 bush
els of wheat are hauled out over the
present road now.
Members of the delegation who
were here this morning to press the
request We're George Gerking, D. H.
San aers, Dean Dudley, Clay Jackson,
Louis Keen, Sheldon Taylor, D. r.
Mike" Hunt, Joe Cannon and Ed
Potts."
Up until this time Athena has held
off from demanding market road con-
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-12-01
New Army Command Created.

Washington, ID. Ca new and sep.
arate command, known as the Amer
ican forces in China was announced
in army orders. Brigadier-General w.
D. Connor, former assistant chief of
staff, will establish headquarters in
Pekin at an early date and, It Is under
stood. win act as commanding officer
Of the American forces In China.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-12-01
LEAGUE WILL MEET

A meeting of the Taxpayers League
Of Umatilla county has been called for
Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock In
the circuit court room, at Pendleton,
according to a statement made by
Norborne Berkeley, vice president and
acting secretary Of the organization,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-12-01
II. OF o. ALUMNI

University of Oregon alumni from
all over Umatilla county will meet in
Pendleton December 20 for a reunion
and for the purpose of perfecting a
county organization of alumni. The
meeting will be addressed by Pres
ident P. L. Campbell, Of the U. of O.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-12-01
LEGION CONFERENCE

At Portland the, executive COM
mittee of the American Legion of
Oregon decided to hold conferences
in five districts to maintain interest
in the organization. Harry N. Nelson,
temporary adjutant, was made per-
manent adjutant.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-12-01
CLEMENCEAU is CRITICISED
Hitchcock Leads Off In Debate by
Attack on the Frenchman.


Attack on the Frenchman.
Washington, ID. C.--The Tiger of
France again came under fire In the
senate Monday, when his utterances
on his tour of the United States were
the subject of a conflicting debate.
Senator Hitchcock, democrat, Me-
braska, ex-chairman of the foreign re.
lations committee, led off In the de-
bate with an attack on M. Clemenceau
and on French policies. and was join.
ed In the criticism by other senators.
while Senator Myers, democrat. Mon
tana, came to the defense of the aged
French statesman. Senator Owen.
democrat, Oklahoma, also expressed
sympathy with NJ. Clemenceau's mis-
sion to America, but criticised French
policies.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-12-01
RITNER GOVERNOR. PROTEIN

While Governor Olcott spends a
month in West Virginia, where he will
attend meeting of governors, Roy
Ritner, president of the state senate,
will be governor, PROTEIN. Among the
duties of Acting Governor Ritner will
be the consideration of the budget for
the next biennium.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-12-01
SEASONS FIRST SNOW

The first snow Of the winter greeted
Athena residents when they arose
from their beds, Tuesday morning.
An inch of snow covered the ground,
which was not frozen.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-12-01
20 Postal Clerks involved In Thefts.

Washington, d. G. - Detection of
thefts from the mails In the Council
Bluffs. Iowa, railway mail terminal
and the collection Of evidence alleged
to involve 40 postal employees. were an
nounced by the postoffice department.
Confessions were said to have been OBJ
tained from more than rs OF the men
and warrants for their arrest. and
arrest of the others, have been order.
ed, It was stated.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-12-01
vsnIzeIos Agrees 70 Act as Envoy.

Paris. venizelos has telegraph
cd to Athens his acceptance Of the
invitation extended By the reyOlution-
arr committee TO take up the task OF
defending Greece's interests u the
allisd czpitzl6. zesAr ~ sslafs
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-12-01

The eAthena 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 Ordway new era., 1922-06-23
VERY CLOSE To THE TRUTF
Porter Had Fairly Reasoned as t,
Why the Boots Were Placed
Outside the Door.

had been tramping through the
Virginia mud all day, and stopped at
the little inn. l was tired and i'm
mediately went to my room, small
one with Il large bed occupying most
of the space. AS usual, placed my
shoes outside to be cleaned. Next
morning there they were, as muddy as
the night before, and being number
twelves, they carried considerable soil
I went down to the lobby, and in order
to teach the porter much-needed les
son called him up before the onlOok-
ers who were sitting in the office.
"Why didn't you clean my shoes,
boy?" asked gruffly.
II didn't know you wanted 'em
cleaned, sah." was the reply.
"Why in thunder do you reckon !
put 'em outside the door?"
"Well, sab, allowed there wasn't
room inside for 'em, sah," was the an
swer.-EXchange.
The Ordway new era., 1922-06-23
POCKET GOPHERS ARE
MENACE TO FARMERS
Neighborhood Party Plan Sue
cessfuI in Nebraska.
Eradication Of Pests Difficult unIes,
All Farms In the Community Are
Cleaned Up in One Campaign
plan Outlined.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture)
:. The neighbOrhood party idea has
been successfully applied to gopher
elimination in Furnas county, Ne.
braska, under the direction of a spe-
cialist of the biological survey and the
extension agent In cooperative work
OF the United States Department of
Agriculture and the State College of
Agriculture
The eradication of pocket gophers is
very difficult unless all the farms in u
district are cleaned up in one cam
paign. A district two or three miles
long Is selected by the county agent,
and farmers In this district are in.
vited to gopher poisoning party. A
full attendance is usually secured.
The morning session is given to a
demonstration In cutting the bait and
applying the poison. Sufficient bait is
The Ordway new era., 1922-06-23
GIVE YOUR BEES NEEDED AIR
Either Marrow or Wide Entrance
as May Be Desired.

1t is too much to ask of hard
working bee that 1t hang outside the
hive during it's hours Of rest because
the interior of the hive is too hot and
poorly ventilated. zone remedy Is to
tip up the front of the hive one inch
from the base board, using taper
ing splinter or wedge under each
side" says A. c. Burrell, extension
entomologist of the Missouri College
of Agriculture. "Or buy reversible
bottom board, which furnishes either
narrow or wide entrance as desired
We do not advise setting the supers
back half-inch as this artificial ven
tilation interferes with the tanning
bees. Keep your bees in good shady
location for the hot summer months"
The Ordway new era., 1922-06-23

prepared to supply the party for the
day. In the afternoon, the party is
divided into pairs, one person carrying
the bait and placing it In the runways
while the other person uses prod to
locate and open the runways. The
county agent or specialist spends some
time with each pair. giving instruc-
tions. All the infested area repre-
sented by the farmers attending the
party" is covered and poison bait ap-
piled. In many cases a second day is
required to complete the work, but all
members of the party invariably stay
with the Job until 1t is finished.
In Furnas county the work has
been confined to the alfalfa fields in
the valley lands along three important
streams, the Republican river, and the
Beaver and the Sappa creeks. All last
summer the farmers were constantly
reminded of the Importance of the
work, and excellent results were OBJ
tained from the community field par
ties in the fall. In the campaign $500
acres were covered. Figuring the ad-
vantage to the farmers in being rid of
pocket gophers as half a ton of alfalfa
per acre. this area would mean 1880
tons, or $4,000 saved.
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of the Spanish lady. She drapes it
about her body for skirt, allows its
graceful folds to pass over her shoul-
ders and head, where, by trick of
moving it before her luminous eyes
when the inspiration prompts, she
makes 1t Turing instrument of CO.
quetry.
The children and young girls of
Savoy wear little caps in shape like
those an American baby wears, except
that the turned-back frill stands out
over the face at the top. They are
made of vivid red and blue or blue
and green combinations and are tied
under their chins with a ribbon.
There is just slight difference in
this "begine" in each village, and it
soon becomes easy to tell just where
any peasant comes from.
In Mont Rond. for instance, the stiff
part of the begine slopes back at a
D'Arves the lace of the begine stands
up straight.
In st. Sorlin D'Arves the lace in the
front of the begine is bent down fiat
and its back is squarer than that of
st. Jean D'Arves. When it rains these
women put on over these caps a very
large flat felt hat, which takes the
place of our umbrella.
When the Osmanli Turkish woman
goes on the streets she wears a gar
ment enveloping her whole person
which resembles scanty double pet
ticoat made Of any kind of cloth. The
MINER MART is drawn hOOdwiSe over her
head and fastened under her chin.
Her face is then completely hidden by
small square of dark-cOlored silk or
muslin.
Despite the fact that there is tend
ency to do away with the cloak worn
by Turkish women, it is still used to
great extent in the towns and some
Christian women living in close proX-
unity to Moslems have been forced to
adopt the attire.
The Bulgarian woman wears little
round skullcap covered in gold braid
The Ordway new era., 1922-06-23

with a long fringe hanging down the
back which she covers with large
white scarf embroidered around the
edges and fastened to the cap with
innumerable ornaments and strings of
coins.
Everyone is familiar with the cute
little white Dutch cap with its becom
ing flaps on the side, and knows the
grace with which the Spanish lady
wears her mantilla.
The Alsatian woman wears huge
bow of black ribbon on her head Oc-
casionally you see red or plaid
ribbon and sometimes it is ornamented
with large bright flowers.
The women of the Canal valley
wear a snowy-white starched cap.
The Herzegovinian women in Ra-
gusa wear fascinating long white lace
wells attached to tiny red caps, which
they decorate during festivals with
bright yellow marigolds.
The Sandman farmer wears an en-
larged edition of the Scotch cap.
which serves him not only as Il head
covering but as lunch bag from
which he will take loaf of bread mt
noon, and ON which he occasionally
! sleeps at night.
The Wallachian farmer affects a
small derby. smaller than Charlie
Chaplin's well-known lid" which he
often adorns with wreath of flow
| ers.
The elegant Saloniki dame wears a
flat-covered frame that could scarcely
be termed a hat. 1t is usually crowned
with an oval gilt plaque ornamented in
seed pearls, and invariably has ii
fringed tail of dark green silk. also
ornamented with a similar plaque, in
which she keeps her hair.
But in enc particular the peasant
woman of Russia has the advantage
of all of us. She wraps about her
head one of those soft beautiful Pers
ian or cashmere shawls which is gen
orally richer in texture and color than
any creation of a Fifty-seventh street
milliner.
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DAMAGE DONE TO
Grain BY MOTHS
insects Can Be Destroyed by
Use OF Heat or by Fumiga-
tlon With Poisonous Gases.
CARBON DISULpHlD IS BEST
ny Exercising Proper Precautions
'nfestations in Field Can Be Re-
duced-ThoroughIy Clean Old
Bins and Granaries.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Most of the damage done by insects
TO grain In storage and shipment Is due
to four species, the granary weevil, the
rice or black weevil, the lesser grain
oorer or Australian weevil. and the An
goumols grain moth, according to
Farmers Bulletin 1860, Common
Grain Pests prepared by E. A. Back
ana X. L. Cotton and Just published by
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture. Others Of the 40 species or
groups of species described in the bul-
letin can cause great damage If storage
conditions are unusually favorable for
their increase
Remedial measures are mentioned
only briefly in the bulletin. The in
sects, it is said. can be destroyed by
the use of heat, or by fumigation with
poisonous gases. temperature of
40 degrees to 100 degrees, Fahrenheit,
maintained for short time, will kill
all stages of grain-infesting insects,
without injury to the terminating
qualities of the grain. Carbon dlsul-
phid, carbon tetrachlorid and hydrocy-
amc-acid gas are the fumigants in most
common use today In treating infested
grain. OF these, carbon disulphid Is
the best for treating grain in the bulk
1t Is said. Information on this subject
Is contained in other publications of
the department.
Prevent Infestation.
Infestatlon of grain in the field can
not be entirely prevented, but, by
proper precautions, it can be reduced
to minimum, the bulletin points out
The first generation of Insects in the
maturing grain is usually small, and if
the grain is cut as soon as ripe,
threshed as soon as dry, and then
placed in clean, deep bins the damage
from this source will be slight.
1t is when the grain is left in the
field long after it Is ripe that serious
infestation results, for the insects in
crease In one or two generations to
enormous numbers. In the case of
corn in the field, only ears damaged
through carelessness in shucking, so
The Ordway new era., 1922-06-23
DECLARED SUPERIOR TO COLE

team, of two or four, as Il rule, has
one ballino. This is little wooden
ball about the size of baseball which
is rolled down the alley first. Wher-
ever 1t stops is goal for the
big balls which are pitched after it.
The game is to pitch them SO that
they do not strike it out of position,
but stop as close to it as possible. OF
course if an opponent places the ball
well the game is to use your first ball
to knock his out of place. and then
try to get your second shot into posi-.
tion, says an italian enthusiast who
insists that golf is stupid game II
one has ever learned to play "boccie."
The Ordway new era., 1922-06-23

from time to time in both horizontal
and vertical directions until the ere
ations worn in New York and Paris
have come about, as well as the pic
turesque hats and caps worn with
various national costumes, for tickle
Fashion makes her influence felt
wherever people live.
In Persia the headgear worn proves
very useful to a stranger as well as
to the natives in identifying both the
residence and the social standing of
the weacer. The Kurds in that coun-
try wear hat which looks like a
huge inverted black coffee-pot bound
around with gay silk handkerchief.
The Bakhtiaris, who live in the
mountains near the British oil fields,
wear q white felt hat that looks like a
preserving kettle.
The peasant or artisan wears a
rough felt dome, the merchant or stu
dent the black pill-box, the porter a
skullcap, the police officer white
lamb's-wool hat, and the ecclesiastic
cushion-like turban.
In the Holy Land, too, the hat is in
dicative of the station of the wearer.
The Bedouin, the dweller in the
"houses of hair" in the desert to the
south, east and northeast, wears a
large flowing scarf of silk or cotton,
called the "kefeeyah," bound round
his head by a twisted rope of goats
or camel's hair, generally about two
Inches thick.
The Turkish soldiers of Bagdad dur
;,,r~ kb1 vxYor thn1nh fhpxy aInnf.
ed a uniform much like that worn
by British and American soldiers. re,
tained the kefeeyah, which artists call
the most picturesque headdress worn
by men.
The fellah, or farmer of Palestine,
wears q turban consisting of four
parts, a small white felt skullcap, over
this another skullcap Of white cotton,
which in turn is surmounted by red
cloth fez with large black tassel, and
about the whole scarf or shawl
Most of the Apostles belonged to this
class.
The third class in the Holy Land
the merchants, artisans, teachers
scribes, and governing officials wear
turban similar to that worn by the
farmers, except tudI tle ScuTI iS ldrs-
er, cleaner, and of lighter and more
delicate colors and materials.
An enormous chignon made of
sheep's wool Is worn by the nuns of
the Ta-Tshang Nunnery Of Tibet
which one traveller says lies in one of
the most desolate and wind-swept
spots Imaginable.
Much Of the charm of the Turko-
man of Transcaspia is due to his huge
and fantastic cap made of shaggy
sleeps wool, two or three times as
large as his head, which he perches
at Enthusiastically. rakish and in
dependent angle.
The Arab woman of Oman wears a
peculiar headdress that to the Amer
lean mind suggests "blinkers," since
it fits around her eyes and down her
nose from its bridge to its tip after
the fashion Of football gear.
The Hindu woman's dress Is made
glorious by the sari, as distinctive a
touch in her attire as Is the mantilla
The Ordway new era., 1922-06-23
SEVERAL DISEASES OF SOIL
Only Way to Overcome Funoous and
Bacterial Ailments Is to Let
Land Remain Idle.

There are several diseases of vege-
tables which live over In the garden
soil from one year to the next, and If
the same crop is planted in the same
soil year after year 1t will be but a
short time until the crop will prove a
loss. These are mostly fungous and
bacterial diseases and the only prac-
tical way to overcome them is to al
low the land to lie idle for two or
three years or to plant a crop which
is immune to the disease.
The Ordway new era., 1922-06-23

stick has slight curve inward. The
violoncello bow Is a little shorter.
The double-bass bow has large arch
and is shorter. The early bows We're
SO crude that they added little to
the delicacy Of tone. The earliest
improvement was made when a metal
band with teeth-like edges was in
troduced with the design Of reguiat-
ing the position and tension of the
hair at or near the handle. 1t was
reserved for Francois Tourte (1747-
1881 to devise the plan of keeping
the hair fiat by, means Of clasp,
The Ordway new era., 1922-06-23
Tip End of Ear of Corn Showing
Round Holes In Kernels Made by
the Anqoumois Grain Moth.

that the kernels are exposed, are SUBJ
ject to the attack of grain insects.
Farmers should therefore, 1t is said,
grow variety of corn that develops
long, tight shuck.
Newly harvested small grain should
not be stored unthrashed for any
length of time, as in this condition 1t
is very susceptible to infestation. If
promptly thrashed and stored in deep
bins, only thin layer on top of the
hin is likely to become infested. Corn
NAV be stored in the shuck If the husk
is long and tight and fully covers the
tin. but all ears with loose, broken,
short or damaged husks should be
shucked and stored separately.
Avoid Dirty Bins.
Clean grain should never be stored
in old bins, granaries or storehouses
until they have been thoroughly
cleaned and freed from the accumula-
tiops of waste grain and other ma
terials harboring grain insects.
Bags of all kinds that have previous
lv held grain should not be allowed In
granaries or warehouses or be rehlled
until they have been sterilized or 9TH
erwise freed from Insects. The use OF
tight cribs will keep the grain free
from infestation by insects that might
fly In from the outside.
Copies of the bulletin may be had
free upon application to the depart
ment at Washington.
The Ordway new era., 1922-06-23
Northern Italians Devoted to "soccie"
Sport Has Some of the Princi-
pies Of Curling.

The game of "boccie" is the national
sport of northern Italy. The crowd
follows it as our crowd follows base
ball. The people spend all day Sun
day after mass playing it. There is
always betting on the game. Every
one with an estate of any size has a
course for "boccie." On the private
courses, men, women and children
alike play.
Each player uses two wooden balls