The Athena press., February 21, 1908, Image 1

Athena Merchants
Treat you Square
Athena Merchants
Carry Big Stocks
Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer
VOLUME XX.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 1908.
NUMBER 8
THE TUM-A-LUM LUMBER GO.
Lumber, Mill Work and all Kinds of
BUILDING MATERIAL
PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES
Posts and Blacksmith coal
A. M. Johnson, Manager
Athena, Oregon
ESTABLISHED 1865
Preston-Parton
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Float is made in Athena, by Athena labor, iu the latest
and best equipped mill in the west, of the best selected
Bluestem wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home
industry. Yonr grocer sells American Beauty for
$1.25 Per Sack.
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Merchant Millers
Athena, Oregon.
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MAKE YOUR OWN STOCK FOODS BY USING -
SKIDOO HORSE AND CATTLE TABLETS
Crush and mix in feed or salt Proper doe In tablets .
Makes Your Stock Look Like the Top Price
For Horstt, Cattle, Sheep, Swine and Fowl. They are made from the active principle or the
condensed easenee of the drugr-They don't contain Sawdust, Ashe, Chop Feed or Bran. Are (tut
as good when 10 years old a when 10 days old. They comply with all pure drag laws. Art for
and try once SKIDOO Condition Tablets, or SKIDOO Worm, Kidney, Chicken Cholera,
Blister, Cathartic, Heave. Fever, Hot Cholera, Distemper, Pink Eye, Colic tabletsor Louse Powder,
Spavin Cur or Barb Wire Liniment Distributed by THE BLUE BELL MEDICINE CO..
Incorporated! Capital Stock $30O.O00.0Oi Watertown, South Dakota, U. S. A.
Sold in Athena by A. B. McEwen & Sons.
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DELIVERY WHERE PRICES ARE RIGHT
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The Freshest and most Choice the Market affords in
Tge Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here
DELL BROTHERSiIoTB1ioirTora
Milling Company
BEAUTY
and Grain Buyers
Waitsburg, Wash.
R. J. BODDY .
WHOLESALE BUTCHER
Makes a Specialty of furnishing
Meat in Large Quantities.
First-class stock, Reasonable price
THE ATHENA MEAT
MARKET
J. II. STONE, PROPRIETOR
The place to get the best cWeat that
money can buy, and at the lowest price
Fish and Oysters in season The high
est cash price paid for poultry.
Lumber Material Is Used In Con
struction, In Violation of Ordi
nance Specifying Concrete.
Considerable interest was manifested
in the laying of a sidewalk on the
tiillia property at the cotner of Main
and Fourth streets, Tuesday.
An ordinance, passed by the common
ooonoil some time ago, provides that a
reconstruction of walks in the business
district on Main street must be made
of cement, although permits have
been given from time to time for the
replacement of worn-out surface boards
with new lumber.
It is understood that Mr. Gillis was
given permission to lay new surface
boards on the walk, but before the
boards were placed, new sills through
out were put in place of the old ones,
which had been taken out. Mayor
Plamondon brought the matter to the
attention of the counoilmen. The
sidewalk was finally completed with
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I under perhaps one third of the struc
ture, new silis remaining under the
balanoe.
The walk in question is practically
a new one, and is in direot viola
tion of the ordinanoe specifying that
cement must be the material used in
construction.
Now that a preoedent has been es
tablished, it is said that other property
owners on the street will make appli
cation for permission to replaoe dilap
idated walks with new ones of lumber.
Pendleton Bankers in Town.
Montie B. Gwinn, nresideut, and J.
W. Maloney, cashier, of the Peudleton
Saving's Bank were in the city Tues
day. The bankers met many of
Athena's business men. This was Mr.
Gwin's first visit to Athena and he was
very favorably impressed with the ap
pearance of the town. Jim's frieuds
were pleased to meet him, as they
On Savings
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On the Quarterly Balance or
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On the Monthly Balance
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ST. NICHOLS HOTEL
J. E. FROOME, prop.
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SOnly First-class Hotel in
the City.
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commercial travelers.
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Can bft ieoomended for Its clean and
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Athena, Oregon
always are. Mr. Gwinn stated that his
bank is enjoying the largest volume
oljmtronage in its history and is gain
ing business every day. He recently
returned from trie East and said that
the commercial basis there, was be
coming settled baok to its normal con
dition. Market Day Promoters.
A couple of Market-day promoters
were in town Monday and endeavored
to interest Athena business men in the
scheme. The proposition did not take
Well, as it involved a subscription of
$125 for the promoters to promote.
While it is thought Athena is a good
point in whiob to hold Market days,
it is believed local men at the helm
would make them more successful.
A $3,500 Home.
)D. A.
Pinkerton has let contract for
a fine $3,600 house on his farm near
town. The successful bidder was Mr.
Olsen of Walla Walla and the Tuma
lum Lumber company, A. M. Johnson,
manager, of this city, will furnish
the building material.
DEATH OF Mm DESPER
Passed Away Saturday Funeral Sun
day at Her Home.
Mrs. Martba S. Deeper, wife cf H.
N. Deeper, died at her home in this
city Saturday morning, aged 60 years.
Death was due to dropsy. The funeral
took place Snnday at her home.
She was born in Sullivan county
Missouri, Ootober 9, 1847. She was
married to H. N. Deeper Ootober 2,
1865, and to them four children were
born, two of whom, Mrs. George
Payne and a son Nova, with their
father survive her.
She was a kind loving wife and
mother, a zealous christian lady.
Years ago she united with the Baptist
church. The end came very snddon,
heart failure relieving ber from long
oontinued suffering. The family have
the sympathy of the community and
the deceased's relatives are thankful
for all aots of kindness bestowed on
them during their bereavement.
MOTHER FINDS LONG LOST SON
They Lived Only 15 Miles Apart for
Many Years.
Thirty years ago a 16-year-old boy
left his home in Washington, Iowa, to
seek his fortune iu the west For
thirty years the mother of that boy
looked in vain for tidings from her
lost son, bnt at last ber patient longing
has been awarded. That boy is now
Arohie MoAvov, of Albion, Wash.,
well known and highly respected, and
the mother and a sister of Mr. MoAvoy
are now residents of Colfax, Wash.
Neither bad beard a word from the
other for thirty years until this week,
when by obanoe the mother learned of
the name and at once telephoned him
to find if he might be her long-missing
son.
Tbey have not yet met, as Mr. Mo
Avoy finds it impossible to get away
from a friend near his farm home who
has the smallpox and requires his at
tention, bnt he will soon find oppor
tunity) to go -and see his mother and
sister. But fifteen miles have been
between mother and son sinoe the
former bas been a resident of Colfax.
Well Known Woman Dead.
Mrs. Ivan O'Harra died at the
family home near Weston Saturday.
This highly esteemed lady has been
ill with pneumonia for some time and
faiut hopes were entertained for ber
recovery. The wife of a leading farm
er, and mother of a large family ber
death comes as a crushing blow,
causing profound sadness to the entire
commnnity as well as to the deeply be
reaved family and relatives. The
funeral took place Monday, a numter
of Athena people attending.
First Market Day a Success.
Freewater's first market day was a
great success Saturday. The streets
were lined with teams of the many
ranchers who attended. Anotioneer
Fred Eiffert suoessfully disposed of all
the things offered for sale, at good
prices. The idea has proved a success
and market day is now an established
fact. The next one will be held in two
weeks and a bigger crowd tban ever is
looked for.
Bride and Groom Here. """
Mr.Tand Mrs. Frank Coolidge, re
cently married at Moro. arrived in the
city Monday evening. On the evening
of their ariival, the small boy and the
tin can were very much in evidenoe for
a short time, the result being a gen
uine charivari. Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge
will shortly begin housekeeping in the
Wills by cottage, on Jefferson street.
David A. Russell Dead,
vid A. Russell, well known in
ibis city, where bis mother and broth
er reside, died at bis home near Con
don Friday night, of pneumonia, aged
46 years 8 months and 14 days. W. C.
Russell and mot ber left here Friday
but did not reach Condon until after
death occurred. The funeral took
place at Condon, Sunday.
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FARMERS BUY SACKS
Inland Grain Growers' Association
Select 400,000 of the "Made
In Oregon" Kind.
The purchase of 400,000 grain sacks'
Saturday by the Inland Grain Growers'
association of the Ames Harris Neville
Co., is a viotory for Oregon manufac
tured bags as against the Caloutta bag
manufactured with the cheap foreign
labor, says-the Tribune. When it
was put to a vote yesterday at the
meeting of the farmers all but three of
the votes cast were in favor of the
blaok stripe bag, which is manufac
tured in Portland.
-P. W. Lewis, the representative of
this company who was present at the
meeting was particularly gratified
with the result as he has been endeav
oring for several mouths to 'oonvinoe
the farmers of this county as well as
others in this state and Washington,
of the superior quality of the Oregon
produot
The farmers are also euabled to
make a saving, as aooording to the bid
presented by Mr. Lewis, the bags are
to be laid down in Pendleton in oar
load lots at $7.15 or f. o. b. Portland
at 16.73 1-2. The same company's bid
on Caloutta bags was $6.85 per hun
dred. The bidding was all close and the
awards made after the farmers had
taken a vote on it.
The otuer bids were as follows: S.
Koshland & Co., $7 f. o. b. Portland.
Kerr Gilford & Co., $7.25 delivered
at the stations in this oonnty; $6.75 f.
o. t. Portland.
Interior Warehouse company, $7 8-8
delivered at the station?. This com
pany also offered to furnish twine at
37 1-2 cents per pound.
The twine was purchased, however,
of the Ames Harris Neville Co., a 85
cent grade being selected.
The sacks are to be delivered during
Jnly at the option of the buyers in oar
load lots.
BANK OPENS WITH A MILLION
Merchants National of Portland Re
sumes With Surplus.
With an excess of deposits and
clearance balances amounting to
$558,000 over withdrawals, represent
ing the largest aotual cash business, in
tbe belief of Bank Examiner Wil
son, that bas ever been trausaoted by
a bank north of San Francisco and
west of Denver, the Merchants Nation
a I bank of Portland reopened its doors
for business Monday, after having been
closed 11 woefas to a day.
As was stated iu dispatches, on No
vember 12 last, the bank was solvent
when it olosed and when it reopened
it had over $1,000,000 in gold on band,
this amount being about $300,000 in
excess of its total demand liabilities.
Tbe money withdrawn Monday
amounted to $44 684.18 and represent
ed depositors' sums, for the most part,
of less than $100. According to tally
sheets kept there was at no time dur
ing the day persons in line represent
ing total deposits of more tban $1,000;
and while it required hard work by
two receiving tellers to dispose of de
posits, the one paying teller was not
kept busy tbe entire day.
Egypt Afraid of Cholera.
The Egyptian government bas or
dered 21,000 "doses" of auti-obolera
serum from tbe Swiss serum institute
at Berne, under tbe direction of Dr.
Kobler, savs a report from Geueva.
About 0000 doses have been .despatch
ed, and tbe remaiuder is being pre
pared as fast as possible. Immunity
from the disease is said to be obtained
after three injections, but for a period
of only six mouths, when the doses
have to be renewed if required. Tbe
serum, whiob is the dwoovery of Dr.
Kobler, bas passed severe tests, but is
not yet well known to tbe medioal
faoulty.
REMARKABLE- HORSE ZOLOCK
Famous Pacer, With Record of 2:05 1-4,
Working at Walla Walla.
An equine aristocrat that deservedly
wears the bouors of being tbe greatest
raoing horse on tbe coast arrived at
tbe fair grounds yesterday where he
will be given bis annual spring train
ing for tbe racing season, says tbe
Walla Walla Uuiou. Zolock, tbe
name of tbe champion, with a race
record of 2:05 1-4, is couoeded by
horsemen to be tbe most marvellous
racing machine in the horse world in
tbe west; and bis coming to tbe local
track is a tribute to its excellence.
An interesting incident in tbe rao
ing career of tbe great pacer, and
which at tbe same time illustrates his
remarkable vital individuality as a
sire, oocurred at tbe race course at
Pbeooix, Arizona, when Zolock, com
peting against bis famous oolt. By
stander with a record of 2:00-2, was
forced to equal bis track record to win
tbe race. The game oolt had beeu
showing strongly, and a heavy bet was
made that the colt could win from his
sire Theraoe, which is famous in
the raoing annals of tbe west, was
neck to neck during the first half, the
time being one minute flat Tbe oolt
in the stretoh euabling Zolock to win
by equalling his best record. Zolock
has never raoed against bis fastest
oolt, Sberolok Holmes who has a rec
ord of 2:06 1-4. On tbe same date
that Zolock won a $4,000 purse in Cal
ifornia, another of his colts R. Am
bush, won a $5,000 purse at Salem,
Oregon, breaking tbe track record
here wbiob be now holds.
Hard Examination.
Only 15 of tbe 26 applicants for
oounty papers oame off victorious, two
became discouraged before tbe exami
nations were completed and went home
and nine failed. This is the largest
percentage of failures the conntv has
ever bad and Snperintendent Welles
attributes tbe faot to tbe extraordinary
bard and long question lists in eaoh
branoh. It is not known how croat
tbe percentage of failnres was in the
state examinations as the manuscripts
of these will be sent to tbe state board
for grading.
TO SHOOT AT YANKEE TARS
Navy Department Calls for Velun.
teers to Face Shells.
Tbe navy department has under
consideration probably the most start
ling test of tbe penetrating power of
shells, danger to life and the resisting
power of armor that ever has been
tried in any of tbe World's navies.
The proposition is to have the monitor
Arkansas, now being prepared for the
test, fire a 12-inoh shell, weighing 850
pounds, from a 60-ton gun a distance
of two miles and have it strike tbe
tuiret of tbe Arkansa's sister ship, the
Florida, wbiob is being plaoed in
readiness for tbe trial.
The astounding part of the test is
tbe proposition to have in the turret
of the Florida at the time of the im
paot a turret complement of 13 men.
The question of having a crew iu tbe
turret was disoussed at length in the
navy, department today. All paper
figures, all statistics so far as tbe
weight of metal thrown, heat generat
ed by impaot, resisting power of armor
and other details would indicate that
tbe men in tbe turret would oome out
uusoratched exoept for a shook. Of
course, there is no record in exist en oe
of a monitor, the turret proteoted by
11-inch belts, being struok plump by
a 13-inoh shell of 850 pounds weight
All figures are pnrely theoretical, but
tbe belief is that a volunteer crew can
be secured to remain in tbe turret at
the time of impaot.
Of course, the possibility of missing
is infinitely small. All shots are now
fired from a geometrical 'deduction
and with maobine precision. Tbe shell
will doubtless land just where aimed
for and then if tbe theory of the navy
experts holds good, it will be deflected
and tbe turret left uninjured.
Admiral Maeon, chief of tbe bureau
of ordnanoe and Lieutenant Command
er Fellers disoussed the matter at
length today. Tbe first plan was to
place 12 dogs or pigs in tbe turret and
see the effeot upon tbem, but the prop
osition of a volunteer crew is now un
der advisement.
The Arkansas is in Norfolk, and the
Florida near by.
Naval attaches from all parts of tbe
world have heard of this test, and ore
anxiously scrambling for an opportun
ity to witness it, but the department
has declined all applications; in fact
it is said that tho test will be made far
out at sea so tbat observations and de
ductions by foreign powers cannot be
made.
Roads Will Not Connect.
According to a letter received by tbe
district attorney from Manager J. P.
O'Brien of the O. R. & N. that com
pany will not take steps to connect its
line with the Northern Paoiflo at Pen
dleton, and it is presumed that the
company's decision applies to connec
tions at Athena as well. The reason
given for declining to make tbe con
nection is tbat tbe traffic department
alleges that tbe only use such connec
tion would be put to would be tbe
transfer of an occasional oar load of
wood. Also tbat tbe double looal rate
wbiob tbe consumer would be compel
led to pay would make the prioe of
wood secured iu this way prohibitive.
Card of Thanks.
To those gonerous, publio spirited
gentlemen, tbe hall committee of
Dolph Lodge, No. 80 A. F. & A. M., to
wbom we are indebted for the use of
their splendid ball on Friday evening
for the Valentiue purty, we wish to
extend onr thanks, and those of tbe
hundred joung people wbo so thorough
ly eujoyed tbeir hospitality.
Tbe Committee of Eleven.
Fined for Selling Liquor.
Dr. J. D. Plamondon, of the Palace
Drng company was fined $100 in tho
cirouit court at Pendleton Wednesday
on tbe charge of selling liquor in
South Athena precinct, whiob is a
prohibition precinot under tbe local
option law. Jerry Stone swore to the
charges.