The Athena press., January 25, 1907, Image 1

VOLUME XIX.
ATFIENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JANUARY 25. 1907.
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ATHENA,
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National
of Athena
CAPITAL STOCK. . . .
SURPLUS,.. .. .....
V, PER CENT INTEREST PAID ON TIME DMITS
JL . MODERN BANKING FACILITIES
OFFICERS
H. 0. ADAMS, President.
T. J. KIRK, Vice President,
F. S. Le GROW. Onshinr
. M. KEMP, Ass't Cashier.
but mm- Silverware
S C. A. BARRETT &
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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
Date
in prices
OREGON
$50,000
20,000
DIRECTORS
H. C. ADAMS, T. J. KIRK, F. S.
Le GROW, D. H. PRESTON, P. E.
COLBERN.
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A fine line on display, One piece
of Cut Glass each year and you
will soon, have a nice collection.
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CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN
GOOD THING3 TO EAT
IS AFTERTHE WEEDS
Representative Barrett Would
Eliminate Field Pest.
INTRODUCED BILL FQR PURPOSE
Law Needed to Compel Concerted Ac
tion Humorous Sketch By
Salem Correspondent
The spread of wbito mustard in the
fields northwest of Athena baa spurred
action on the part of G.A. Barrett to
the sxtent of preparing a bill for the
eradication of the pest. This weed is
a serious menaoe to future production
of grain in this part of Umatilla couuty,
and before it can be controlled, a law
enforcing its destruction will have to
appear oi the statute book aud be
striotly enforced.
Last season farmers in some instances
employed extra help to pull these crop
destroyers, but little was accomplished
in the work of extermination for the
reason that other farmers did not pull
weed and these going to seed, were
blown helter-skelter across fields that
had been worked over, thus seeding
them again to weeds.
The Salem correspondent of the Port
land Telegram writes the following
humorous sketch of Representative
Barrett's bill to eliminate the pest of
the wheat fields:
"Representaive C, A. Barrett of Uma
tilla county, is anxious to sibg a
solemn high requiem over the remains
of Oregon's faithful frionds Sesquib
rium Altissimam and Atriplex Argeuta,
at least that is what the reading clerk
of the house said when announcing
the nature of the bill as it was thrown
into the hopper.
"As one of the hewers of legislative
wood and drawers of Salem water,
Barrett believes it would be for the
good of the commonwealth to perform
the aforesaid funeral service. Sequib
rium and Atriplex are better known to
the farmers of Oregon as 'White
Mustard' and 'Silver Salt Brush.'
Very pernioious and quiokly spreading
weeds. With them Barrett would
do to death the truculent Russian,
Canadian and Chinese thistles.
"He suggests that every road super
visor iu toe state, when he takes his
early morning walks, stroll out through
Neighbor Jones' and Brother Smith's
pasture lots and search for the hum-
Athena. Oregon.
Athena, Oregon. !
ble plants even as a boy seeketh after
the shrinking mushroom -ou a foggy
morning.
"He will mark the spot where the
thistle holds foith and then he will
seek Neighbor Jones and with the air
of great authority vested iu him he
will say: 'Neighbor, one Sesquibrium
Altissiuiuin is feloniously and mali
ciously taking root, sproutiug, grow
ing up and blossoming and scattering
its seeds of iniquity to the four winds
of the earth in longitude 115-87-45W.,
latitude 47-51, 23 N., northwest quar
ter, seotion 12, township 7 N, range
8 W., and you out it out or I will pull
the law on youse,' or words to that
effect.
"If the supervisor can't find Joues,
he will plaster large public notice all
around the offensive tare, and then in
a few days form a citizen's posse and,
armed with axes and spades, will lay
low the festive shrub, place a first lien
on the farm for bis fees and look for
the next thistle. These are practical
ly the provisioas of the bill. It has
appeared iu Oregon's legislative "halls
before, but instead of killing the weed
the measure has died itself."
If the oallow youth who peuned the
above could be forced to wear callous
es ou his hands iu the work of clear
ing a 40-acre field of these weeds bis
facetious humor would doubtless be
dampened somewhat. If he would
climb out of his narrow rut and take a
trip through the section of country in
fested with the white mustard plague,
he would find something to write
about which would be of real interest
to the readers of bis paper.
Another Carload of Coal,
Athena is now very well "hooked
up" for fuel. Another carload of
coal came in over the W. & C .R.
Wednesday. The coal was secured
joiutly by the Preston-Partou Milling
Co., and Ed Barrett of the Umatilla
Lumber Yard. The Preston-Parton
people took about five tons for use at
the mill and Mr. Barrett disposed of
the balanoe of the Jot to his custom
ers. .
BILLS BY COUNTY MEMBERS
Several Important Bills Introduced by
Barrett, fclusher and Steen.
The followiug billa have been intro
duced in the house this week by Uma
tilla county members of the legisla
ture: H. B. 95, Steen Making a felony
the drawing of bank checks or drafts
by persons who have no funds on de
posit to meet same.
H. B. 96, Steen Fixing salary of
sohool superintendent of Umatilla
couuty at $1000.
H. B. 97, Steen Requiring United
States flag to be displayed on or near
public sohool buildings duriug school
hours.
H. B. 98, Steen Re-enacting section
4782 of code as to laying out of county
roads.
H. B. 62, Barrett of Umatilla. Re
ducing minimum punishment for per
sons bribing publio officers from two
years to one year imprisonment in
county jail for between one mouth
and one year or fine between $100 and
$1000.
H; B. 63. Barrett of Umatilla Pro-
The Farmer's Wife
Is very careful about her churn. She
scalds It thoroughly after using, and gives
It a 6un bath to sweeten It. She knows
that if her churn Is sour it will taint the
butter that is made in it. The stomach Is
a churn. In the stomach and digestive
and nutritive tracts are performed pro
cesses which are almost exactly like the
churning of butter. Is it not apparent
then that if this stomach-churn is foul It
makes foul all which is pnt into It?
The evil of a foul stomach is not alone
the bad taste in the mouth and the foul
breath caused by it, but the corruption of
the pure current of blood and the dlnsenv
inatlon of disease throughout the body.
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
makes the sour and foul stomach sweet.
It docs for the stomach what the washing
and sun bath do for thochurn absolutely
removes every tainting or corrupting ele
ment. In this way it curc3 blotches,
pimples, eruptions, scrofulous swellings,
sores, or open eating ulcers and all
humors or diseases arising from bad blood.
If you have bitter, nasty, foul taste in
your mouth, coated tongue, foul breath,
are weak and easily tired, feel depressed
and despondent, have frequent headaches,
dizzy attacks, gnawing or d istress in stom
ach, constipated or IrreguluT bowels, sour
or bitter risings aftor eating and poor
appetite, these symptoms, or any consider
able number of them, indicate that you are
suffering from biliousness, torpid or lazy
liver with the usual accompanying indl-
festion, or dyspepsia and their attendant
erangements.
en:e IQr uTtT i.ToTTrii; alovo symptom
ail thesevera schoqigoi mefiicaj practi
have been Kkillfnlljiarid" harmoniou
combined Xnjrf'wretf f.lT-n UiUgZ
DiiOJjXw That this is absolutely true
will be readily proven to your satisfaction
if you will but mail a postal card request
to Dr. R. V. Pierce. Buffalo, N. Y., for a
free copy of his liooldet of ox tracts from
the standard medical authorities, giving
the names of nil the ingredients entering
into his wnrld-fnmcd rneillelws and show
ing what the n.-t eminent medical men
of the uko gay of them.
hibiting riding of auy animal ou
highways at greater speed than six
miles an. hour, preseut law applying
only to horses and mule-.
H. B. 61, Barrett of Umatilla for
collection of road poll tax under road
law of 1903.
H. B. 116, Slushor Prohibiting
cattle xunuiug at large iu Sherman,
Gilliam, Umatilla and Morrow coun
ties. H. B. 115, Slusher - Giviug sheriff
of Morrow couuty and allowing officers
in retain same fees as aro allowed cou
ntable, aud also giviug sheriff mileage
fees in civil cases which now go to
couuty treasurer.
Epidemic Records Broken.
All epidemic records for a period
of twenty four hours us far baok as
the typhoid plague of 1893, were bro
ken Sunday iu Chicago, wheu 100
cases of soarlet fever aud forty-five
cases of dyphtheiia, a total of 145
were reported to the Chicago Health
Department. Besides these were re
corded twenty cases of other conta
gious diseases. The inorease in dyph
theiia was considered alarming In
the weekly bulletin, issued by the
health department, stroug emphisis is
laid upon a plea for the establishment
of a regular inspeotiou of the sohoois.
It includes an assertion that the in
spection made possible by the oraer
geuoy appropriation of $15,000 should
eud the present couditious within a
fortnight.
Died In a Saloon.
Last week an old man of good ap
pearance was in Ahena soliciting aid
to secure transportation to Walla
Walla. He was given a few niokles
and dimes with which to purohase
shoe-striugs which be desired to Bell
on the streets. Word comes from
Walla Walla of bis death while sit
ting in a saloon of that city. The
only means of identification fouud ou
him was a Pendleton pawn ticket
whioh bore the name of "George Fos
ter. Iu his pockets was found a few
pennies and niokles and a buuob of
shoe-strings.
GROWING WHEAT PROTECTED
Blanket of Snow Covered Ground
During Cold Spell.
Duiing the reoent cold snell a blan
ket of snow covered the ground and
afforded protection to growiug grain
against freezing out.
Those who examined Brain after
the snow went off reported it to bo
tunny and iu good condition.
At tho present time every indication
goes to show that winter iu this seo-.
tiou is by no means over and anxiety
is felt for the future safety of the
growiug crop. Alternate freezing and
thawing is said to be disastrous to the
tender roots of the wheat plant, and
another fall of snow would be wel
comed. Hud the winter weathor held on for
two or threo weeks longer, with its
breaking up tbeu, the opinion is
expressed that an early spring would
have beeu the result, aud consider
able farm work could have beeu done
during the latter part of February.
A Call Meeting.
Notice is hereby given that a call
meeting of Mignonette Rebekah lodge
will be held Tuesday eveniug January
29, for the purpose of installing officers
for the eusuing your. All members
are requested to be present and to
bring refreshments. Airs. Gross,
District Deputy.
To Change Quarters.
The Corner saloon building, vacated
by Robert Genevay last weok is uol to
remain vacant. Mr. Davis, proprietor
of the "Horseshoe Club, has made
application for a lioonse to sell liquor
there.
Mr. Stewart Improving.
R. K Stewart is still confined to his
bed from the effects of a serious attack
of pneumonia. Ho is convalesing as
fast as could be expected, aud the ser
vices of a professional nurse dispens
ed with yesterday.
Cured of Long Trouble..
"It is dow eleven years since I had
a narrow escape from consumption,"
writes C. O, Floyd, a leading business
man of Kershaw, S. C. "I had run
down iu weight to 135 pounds, and
coughing was constant, both by day
and by night. Finally I began taking
Dr. King's New Discovery andcoj
tinued this for about six months,
when my cough and lung trouble were
entirely gone and I was restored to my
normal weight, 170 pounds." Thous
ands of persons ate healed every yoar.
Guaianteed at McBride's drug store.
50o and $1.00. Trial bottle free.
How to Cure Chilblains.
"To enjoy fieedom from chilblains,"
writes John Kemp, East Otisfleld,
Ale., "I apply Bucklon'a Arnica Salve.
Have also used it for salt rheum with
excellent results." Guaranteed to
enro fever sores, indolent ulcers, piles,
bnius, wouudtf, froHt bitos nod skin
disease.. 20c at McBride's drug stoi".
Effort for a Large Commercial
Association.
SOCIAL FEATURES TO BE AODEO
Interest is Centered in the Matter
Which Will Be Taken Up at
the Meeting of Feb. 5.
A movement for a larger member
ship iu the Athena Commercial Asso
ciation is well under way. ;
As an iuduoemeut to inorease the
membership roll by securing new mem
bers, and enthusing interest in the
ssciatiou on the part of old members,
as stated in the Press some time ago,
it is proposed to add social and amuse
ment features, in the way of providing
reading matter arid card tables at
which sooial games may be played by
members.
It is believed that by following this
method, as employed by the commer
cial leaders of other towus and cities,
and which has been fouud by them to
be a success, and whiob has been the
means of attaining and keeping to
gether a largo membership, the Athe
ua Association will bo greatly benefit
ed. ; .
With an open town that is, the
Commercial Association rooms always
open to members interest will ueoes
sarily be more keen in the regular
meetings, and attendance will be
better and more regular.
The matter will be disousaed at the
next regular meeting, whioh takes
plaoe on Tuesday evening, February 5.
Fi
A REALITY
Farmers of Middle West Decide to
Cut Cut Middlemen.
Years of dreams iu whioh farmers of
tho middle west have soon themselves
thoroughly unionized dealing with
the consumer iu Chicago through tho
agency of local unions without the as
sistance from the arbitrary middle
man, aro to bo realized withiu (Lilly
days. ' ... . ' 'jV ,
The plans for the beginning of the
experimeut were practically oomplat
ed by representatives of the American
Society of Equity, the Farmers' Union,
at a meeting of the Chicago Federa
tion of Labor.' Under these plans the
promoters of the scheme expect to bo
in u position within a month to ship to
Chicago, hay, butter, and eggs and
such other farm products as are to be
fouud in the country at this season cf
the year.
The Federation of Labor is aotiug
as the olonriug house for the farmers'
produce.
The exeoutivo committee of tho
Federation of Labor aud tho Farmers'
Union representatives met and decided
that the Chicago clearing house should
be iu chargo of a man appointed by
each body. Several grooery stores,
in evoiy quarter of the city, will be
as tho representatives of the clearing
house and they will bo pormitted to
sell the produots at a profit of 10 per
cout.
Killed By Dynamite.
W. G. Hunter, . ouo of tho oldest
pioneers, largest property owners and
most prominent citizens of Union
county, wus iustautly killed Wednes
day morning iu an explosion of dyna
mite which was being thawed out by
working the Grand Rondo electno
light project of Vvhich Mr. Hunter
was president. Three workmon were
seriously injurod in the explosion.
PER
CENT
Is your idle money earning you four
percent? You have just as good a
right to a share of the profits earned
by your money as the banker who
keeps it for you. Wo divide tho profits
with oui depositors aud still make a
satisfactory profit for the bank. Our
business has more than doubled duriug
the past year. This bauk has a cap
ital of $100,000 fully paid in and is
conservatively managed by progres
sive and successful business men.
Your business will receive prompt and
careful attention. We will be glad
to meet you any time and get acquain
ted with you.
We pay FOUR per cent on saving
accounts.
Call or write for f urthor particulars.
FOUii
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