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" l VOLUME XIX. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. MARCH 1. 1907. NUMBER 17. fly ATHENA'S UP TO DATE STORE ED. MANASSE. Proprietor. With the coming of Spring, the . Ladies need nice irt Waists We invite them all to come and examine before buying. We take orders tor Tailor-made Suits. Our new Samples are just in. Examine them. gsrw c,JgsJZ5a iassa fsaasssaB tar 0 Athena's Up To Date Store Agent for Butterick Patterns. First National Bank of Athena CAPITAL STOCK..... $50,000 SURPLUS,.. .. . ..... .. .. 20,000 4 -PER CI BESTfl OM It MB -JL. MODERN BANKING FACILITIES OFFICERS H. C. ADAMS, President. T. J. KIRK, Vice President, F. S. Le GROW, Cashier. I. M. KEMP, Ass't. Cashier. DIRECTORS H. 0. ADAMS, T. J. KIRK, F. S. Le GROW, D. H. PRESTON, P. E. COLBERN. Primary Election Law Applies to Towns of Over 2000 NOMINATIONS IDE ARE VALID City Ordinance Provides That Ten Days Notice of General Election Shall Be Given By Recorder. There has been some misunderstand ing regarding the status of the Condi dates nominated at the mass meeting of February 5th, for municipal officers. It was contended, and for the most part believed, that the nominations had to be made thirty days prior to the day of eleotion, or by petition, filed ten days prior to eleotion day. Failure in either of the above require ments would appear to make it neces sary for the candidates to run indepen dently, and -without having their names printed on the official ballots. Suoh is not the case, however. On investigation it is found the pro visions of the eleotion laws regarding holding primary nominaing conven tions include towns and cities of 2,000 population and upward. : Section 6 of the application of the law to cities and towns, reads : "The nomination of candidates for municipal offices by the political parties subject to the provisions of this law shall be governed by this law in all incorporated towns and cities of this state, having a population of 2,000 and upward, as shown by the last pre ceding national or state census . . . and in cities and towns containing a population of two thousand and up ward, not holding their municipal elec tions at the same time the general elections are held the duties imposed by this law on the oounty olerk at pri mary nominating elections are hereby, as to all said last prescribed towns and cities, designated to be the dnties of the oity olerk, recorder or auditor, as the case may be, of said towns and cities, as to primary nominating elec tions of the political parties snbjeot to the provisions of this law; provided, that in suoh last named cities and towns the primary nominating eleo tion shall be held on the thirtieth day preoeding their municipal elections." Thus It will be seen that Athena does not come within the proscribed Can sell you Pitts 25 & 30 T Harrows Moline U bar ?) and pipe frame Oliver, Cast and Steel, Steel Shares to fit all the Cast bottoms of No. 50 P ows The "Dutchman" you know. If not, ask your neighbor about his. roil f j I iVW gBaJ4&It tocK luarnea Get our Prices . a A. BARRETT & CO. Athena, Oregon. Good Groceries, Coffee and Tea In this trinity should the grocer build his business temple. The difficulty is not great but it is exceedingly difficult to build well without these 3 things. We have highest grade goods in every line Each Article the Acme of Perfection Our entire stock is selected with the same care and discretion! REMEMBER Our prices are always consistent with quality. DELL BROTHERS CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD TH1NG3 TO EAT Athena, Oregon. limits of the primary election laws, as quoted above. Provisions made by Ordinance No. 40, of the City of Athena as follows: Seotion 1 "All laws of the State of Oregon, regulating and governipg gen eral eleotions therein and proceedings and matters incidental thereto, shall apply to and govern elections within the City of Athena, except as herein otherwise provided. Section 2 The Heoorder, under the direction of the oommon oouncil, shall give tnn days notioe of eaoh general election specifying therein the officers to be eleoted aod the plaoe designated by the Council for holding such eleo tion." The Athena City election will be held at the City Hall, nest Tuesday Maroh 5th. Meesers. David Taylor, S. L. Spenoer, and G. D. Foster have been named judges and York Dell and Fred Kershaw, clerks of election. SPOKANE TRAINS ARE RUNNING Off the Pendleton-Walla. Walla Branch Just Four Weeks- After four weeks to a day, Spokane passenger trains No. 7 and 8 resumed the run over the Pendleton-Walla Walla branch, Wednesday. On Wednesday, January 30, No. 8 arrived in Athena on sohedule time, though the traok in some plaoes on Wild Horse creek was under water. Proceeding to Downing station, beyond Weston, the train oould proceed no farther on account of the traok being washed out. The train returned to Weston for orders and was directed to return to Pendleton. When Athena was reach ed the report came that a bad washout ooourred between this oity and Adams and the train was held here for four days while temporary repairs were made. The train then went to Pen dleton, minus many of its passengers, who had left the train here for other points by means of private convey ance. . Then the second flood came and the rqadlbed again went out in many plao es, and the passenger trains made the Spokane ruu via Umatilla and Rip ft rid NOT THEIR LORD AND MASTER Walla Walla Women Refuse to Kow tow to H. L. Leavitt. " After one short mouth of connubial felioity, the Order of Good Samaritans, ladies' auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Owls, at Walla Walla, has voluntarily divorced itself from its lord and mas ter. Trouble between Giand Executive H. L. Leavitt, Brotherhood of Owls, aod members of the auxiliary over money matters Jed to the aotion taken by the latter,-who called at headquar ters of the grand uest and surrendered their charter and other "junk" of the Owls, as the secretary, Mrs. Samuel Hinton, expressed it. She said tbey bad given Leavitt $25 for their char ter, now he wanted $150 more that was in its treasury. He wanted them to pay homage to him as their lord and master, which tbey refuse absolutely to do. They propose, however, to re organize under the name of the Inde pendent Order of Samaritan Sisters and keep their organization, with over 800 members, intact. The object of the order is promotion of charitable work iu the community. .These good women have already done much work iu this line and Leavitt, they say, bus taken the credit. Tbey have prepared statement for publication covering the above points, which will appear iu the Walla Walla newspapers. . E WILL IN RATES The Washington Times Says Sweep ing Reductions Will Be Outcome. The Washington Times says there is little donbt that the interstate com merce commission will decide the Spo kane case by making a sweeping reduc tion in rates to Spokane, wholly or in part in agreement with the contention of the Spokane Chamber of Commerce. The great railroads will then oarry the oase into the courts for a ruling as to the legality of the commission's action, thus giving an opportunity lo deter mine the extent of the authority vest ed in the commission, under the new rate law, to reduce rates. The Times differentiates between the commission's authority to lower one given Jiate and its authority to flower all rates to the given point, as asked for by the Spokane commercial body. It is understood the president and the corn mission believe that the new law's provision for expediting such cases in the supreme court will enable a final decision to be made in time for further action in the sixtieth congress in the event that it is found that tho law needs amendment The Times claims that if the court decides this case adversely to the gov ernment, which means adversely to the interstate commerce commission, Pres ident Boosevelt will recommend an amendment empowering the commis sion to make such reductions. The Times continues : "If rates to Spokane from the east can be reduced from 10 to 40 per cent, or at all, by the blanket order of the oommission then rates can be reduced all over the United States where the same state of things obtains. If Spo kane wins in its contention, then every city and town in the territory between tbo Missouri river and the Cascade mountains may be expected to ask the same reduction. "Similar oases will be brought to the commission in the eastern half of the country. "In a word, the whole queston as to the scope of the rate law hanga on the Spokane controversy." The railroads are taking a deep in terest in the Spokaue case, understand ing that a decision favorable to that oity means radical ohauges in trafflo conditions everywhere from New York to the Paoiflo coast. A dozen roads are represented in the array of legal counsel iu the oase, some of the most eminent lawyers of the nation being among them. FUNERAL OFWWARQ MANASSE Held at Walla Walla Tuesday Under Auspices of 1. 0- 0. F. Lodge. The remains of Edward Manasse, the Athona metohant, who died in Walla Walla Monday, were laid to rest in the Jewish cemetery at that plane Wednesday afteruoon at 2 o' clockthe Walla Walla I. 0. O. F. lodge having the services in oharge. The funeral was largely attended, and such was the demand for flowers from friends of the deceased and fam ily, that the stocks of the Walla Wal la florists were exhausted and late Orders oould not be filled. The reason for changing the hour for burial to two o'clock was niado necessary to conform with conditions at Walla Walla. When the ohange was made known here, it was apparent that Athena friends would be unable to attend. Partial arrangements had been made here to seoure a speoial train out of Walla Walla in the even ing to accommodate Athena people who desired to be at the fuueral. The reg ular train oould not reach Walla Walla by two o'clook, so. the matter of securing the evening speoial was dropped. PIONEER TAYLOR GREEN DEAD Died Monday Night at His Home Near Woodward, Okla. hlAVVETD DRAIN BILL Normal School Measure May Receive the Ax. PASSAGE WAS AUCTIONED OFF Board of Normal School Regents Not to Pass Upon Which Schools Are to Be Killed. There is a persistent rumor that tho . governor will veto the Monmouth' Drain appropriation bill, or that it may be filed with a message calling atteution to the flagrant breach of parliamentary law by which Speaker Davey auotioued it off for passage. The latter oourse would throw the question of the legality of the law into the oourts. This is the bill Davey deolared pass ed Friday night, alter ho had held the gavel suspended, calling for : affirma tive votes, until he thought be had secured the bill's passage. The sub sequent count after adjournment showed 80 votes, 1 short. Next morn, ing Davey reopened the vote without the aotion of the house and allowed King to change from no to yes. On this ground it is held that the vote is illegal and the governor may veto it. The board of regents bill was filed Tuesday night. Through a mistake tbo house enrolling committee amend ment, requiring the board to report upon the two uormah for abolishment was not put in (he enrolled bill. The regents thus are not compelled by law to make any report upon the number of schools for the state and the entire normal question is in tho same condi tion as following the close of the 11105 session. Becond Loss By Fire Within a Year For Mr- Morgan. Mrs. Bert Huffman of Pendleton has received a message stating that her father, Taylor Green, f be well known pioueer of Weston, died Monday night at his home near. Woodward, Okla., aftnr a long illness with diafcetos says the East Oregonian. He had been suffering with diabetes for a nmuber of years and had prac tically made arrangements to oome back to Umatilla county in hopes that the ohange would benefit bis health. Mr. Green was a native of Sullivan county, Missouri, and was 74 years of ago. He came from Missouri to Wild Horse creek, near Weston, in 1864, and was one of the first settlers near Weston, where he engaged extensively in farming and stock raising, being one of the principal horsegrowora of the country. Iu 1873 he purchased a farm near Hot Lake and moved from Weston to that plaoe. Later he purchased a large tiaot of excellent land near Union, where be resided until his de parture for Oklahoma in 1893. Mr. Green was well known to all the Ttfnnaar ClofflAWB r9 ITmnfflln .win.. T T i a I . i i ... f I xiu whs a uuurcer memuer oi me wes ton Masonio lodge, but transferred bis membership to the Union 'lodge later and was a member of the latter when he died. He was also a member of the Odd Fellows and took a prominent part in lodge work iu Woodward. Card of Thanks. Mrs. Manasse, daughter Jeanette and son, Herbert, desire to express their thanks and gratitude through the col umns of the Press to the many friends who, by their nauv tokens of heartfelt sympathy during the illness and death of Edward Manasse, made their be reavement easier to bear. Rising From the Crave. A prominent manufacturer, W. A. Fertwell, of Luoama, N. C, relates a most remarkable experienoe. He says: "After taking less than three bottles of Electric Bitters, I feel like one rising from the grave. My trouble is Bright's disease, in tbe Diabetes stage. I fully believe Elcctrio Bitters will cure me permanently, for it has already stopped tbe liver and bladder complications which have troubled me for years." Guaranteed at Wm. Mo Bride's druggist. Price only 50c. Mr. and Mrs. II. II. Morgan came down from their home at Albion, Wash. Wednesday evening, on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Wagner, Mr. Morgan being a brother of Mrs. Wag ner. Yesterday morning Mr. Morgan re ceived a telegram informing him that at four o'clook, fire whioh started from au unknown cause Dad destroyed his barn, together, with its contents, including five head of valuable horses, a chop mill, gasoline engine and $500 worth of feed. This is the second loss by fire sus tained by Mr Morgan within the past year. Last fall his residonce was burned, eutailiug a loss of over $1200. In this instance fire Wf.s started in a smoke houso, adjacent to the dwelling. Fanned by a strong wind, tho flames devoured the house so quiokly that only a pottion of tho household goods could be saved. Mr. Morgan left for borne on yester day morning's train. Hia wifo will remain at the Wagner home for sev eral days. WHEAT SALES AT WALLA WALLA Walla Walla Company Bays 197,000 Bushels the Fast Week. 'The top of the maiket for 197,000 uuHtioia or wueat was paid by J. Z. Smith, representing the Kerr Gilford company of Wallu Walla during tbe past week. Ibis is the largost amount of wheat purchased there by all deal ers since tbe close ot active sales last fall in anything like tbo same period of timo. Tbe saloa were made on tbe basis of57o for club, and COofor tlue stem. Olfite a lurge amount of wheat on the north slopes between Walla Walla and Prcscott is said to have been killed as tbe resnlt of the extreme cold wea ther during the mouths of December and January. On tbe ranch owned by Thomas Bowe and Tom Eunis, work of i encoding 800 acres will commence this week. Muob dissatisfaction exists among farmers in Washington regarding the bill now before the legislature propos ing a change in the system of distrib uting grain bags manufactured by tbe penitentiary. Under tbe new law In stead of a deposit of 10 per cent the whole amount of the purchase price is required, while no assurance is giveu that the order will be filled, while tbo price is materially advanced. Many are placing orders for Calcutta bag with local grain dealers.