This Edition con tains Six Pages Athena Merchants Carry Big Stocks Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer VOLUME XX. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, MAY 29. 1908. NUMBER 22 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 s M Flour is made in Athena, by Athena labor, in the latest and best equipped mill iu the west, of the best seleoted Bluestem wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home industry, Yonr grooer eells American Beauty for $1.25 Merchant Millers Athena, Oregon. jrrfWff I R- J- BODDY ( tf j WHOLESALE BUTCHER Makes a Specialty of furnishing VV Meat in Large Quantities. First-class stock, Reasonable price MAKE YOUR OWN STOCK FOODS BY USING SKIDOO HORSE AND CATTLE TABLETS Crush and mix in feed or salt Proper dose in tablets Makes Your Stock Look Like the Top Price For Horm, Cattle, Sheep, Swine and Fowl They arc made from the active principle or the condensed estenct of the dru. They don't contain Sawdust, Ashes, Chop Feed or Bran. Are just a good when 10 years old as when 10 days old. They comply with all pore drug laws. Ask for and try once SKIDOO Condition Tablets, or SKIDOO Worm, Kidney, Chicken Cholera, Blister, Cathartic, Heave. Fever, Hog Cholera, Distemper, Pink Eye, Colic tablets or tonse Powder, Sparia Core or Barb Wire Liniment. Distributed by THE BLUE BELL MEDICINE CO.. Incorporated! Capital stock $300,000.00; Watertown, South Dakota, U. S. A, Sold in Athena by A. B. McEwen & Sons. U I 113 II 17 R M J PROMPT delivery WHERE PRICES ARE RIGHT ml The Freshest and m m VEGETA H Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here ri ftlTT TT" AKlTTTiiv n 1 JJMdj MlUrUMtB, Milling Company BEAUTY Sack er and Grain Buyers Waitsburg, Wash. THE ATHENA MEAT MARKET J. H. STONE, PROPRIETOR The place to get the best cTWeat that money can buy, and at the lowest price Fish and Oysters in season The high est cash price paid for poultry. H H W M f ti Kl M P- V most Choice the Market affords in : niTtrtJinja Tn wav TjrrtT.Tr tv GOOD TH1N03 TO EAT IE OF IDE BEST Everything Conspired to Make the Caledonian Picnie the Best Ever Held in Thla Citv -A ' 'lbe ninth annual gathering of tho Umatilla County Caledonian passed into history Saturday, as boing one of the most suooessful events of the kind ever held In Athenay" Perfect weatheraided materially to the success of the occasion, and tho . . .. . result Was that larcn nrnwria warn in attendanoe both days of the pionio. lbe details of oonduoting the pionio fell prinaipally on the shoulders of four men, J. D. Plamondou, president of the society ; H. A. Barrett, soretarv: A. B. MoEwen and W. E. Pnttal Tn the undivided attention and bard work on the part of these men, nothing was left undone that would add to the con venience and entertainment of all who atteuded the big pionio. The urogram was renlete with nhnr. aoteristics dear to the Scottish hnnrt. Song and lore of old Sootland, blended wito tne 'Drilling notes of the bagpipe, brought to memory many an incident of Highland deed and glory. The Poitland participants in the program acquitted themsalvs with their nsnal cleverness and were enoored to the eobo. Miss Stanton, Miss Lytle and Prof. Epping, aooomplisbed vocalists, pleas ingly renedered old Sootoh ballads; the Pottage sisters, Miss Best and Masters D'Aroy and King, were splendid in their Scotch dances. Mr. Jook dole man, monologne and oharaoter artist, was suberb and Frank Hennessy proved himself to be a olever entertainer. Weston and looal talent appeared in several numbers on the program. Pi pers MoOonald and McKinley, in their bagpipe selections captivated the crowds. The concert given at the opera bouse Friday evening, was one of the leading features of entertainment and was largely attended. Saturday after- On Savings We Pay On the Quarterly Balance or 3 On the c7VIonthly Balance THE I ST. NICHOLS HOTEL J. E. FROOME, prop. Only First-class Hotel in the City. THE ST. HIGHOLS : Is tbe only one that can accommodate J commercial travelers. Iff HI X an bvieoomended for Its clean and well ventilated room. : i COB. MA lit AKD THIRD, A TUSH A, Or. MAIN 83 E? ... AtilOIlcl, OrGgOIl 41 noon was given over to spcrts, games ana political speaking Both parties were represented by speakers and tbe politioal pot was boiling hot. The sports and games were interestinc and held tbe attention of a large crowd of spectators. The winners of the differ ent events, follows Best dressed -ladv in Hiohland tunie, Miss Jessie Pottage, first: Miss Agnes rottage and Miss Jennie Best of Portland tied for second prize. Best lady dancer, Miss Jeame Best won nrst prize, and Misses Agnes and uessie rottage tied lor second. Best dressed gentleman in Highland costume. Piper McDonald first; Piper jucn.iniey, seoond. Best dancer, Highland fling, Frank u Arcy, nrst; James King, second. Potting tbe shot. Ed Potts, first: D C. Molntyre, seoond. Tossing the caber, Ed. Potts first j samora btone, second. Horse raoe. running. Durse i;2S "Joe," owned by Fay LeGrow. won. Horse raoe. trotting, nurse $15. Les ter U'tfarra's "Sadie Best" won. Bioyole raoe. Soott Bannister first: ooeiaoo Taylor, seoond. Hnrdle raoe, Taylor first: Rugg seo ond. Foot raoe. 60 yards. Rum first: lay lor second. Foot race. 100 yards. Taylor and xtngg tie. High jump, Fruin first; lay lor seo ond. Standing jump, Taylor first; Kirk seoond. Three standing jumps, Taylor fiist; Hill seoond. Hop, step and jump, Rugg first ; Hill seoond. Pole vault, Rugg first; Taylor seo ond. CLASS GRADUATED Exercises Held at the Christian Church Monday Evening, Attended By Large Audience. In the auditorium of tbe Christian ohuroh, midst profuse floral decora tions in class oolors, red and white, the graduating class of tbe Athena High Sobool, held its exercises Monday evening. The exercises commenoed at 8:30 and a large audience was present to witness tbe program. Homer I. Watts. prinoipal of the Athena Sohool read an & .ress. and later in a few remarks addressed to the class, spoke in strong praise of the excellent sohool work ac complished by the students during the past year. The oration of Mr. Maurice Hill who took for his subject, "In ternational Arbitration." and Miss Cecile Boyd's essay on Edgar Allen .Foe, were well rendered, and displayed profound t nought and excellent com position. Tbe Pinkerton orchestra, pnitinnsnd of two young ladies, violin and guitar and two young men, piano and mando lin, greatly pleased tho audience with several selections. Tbe piano numbers by Miss Kitty Gholson and tbe Misses Molntyre were among the best on the evening's program, wbioh follows in full: Song - t' . "Amerioa." Invocation - - Rev. Geo. T. Ellis. Musio - - Pinkerton Orobestra. Dnett -' - "Village Chimes." Tbe Misses Molntvre. Musio - . Pinkerton Orchestra. Oration - International Arbitration. Maurice B. Hill. Instrumental Solo "Vienna Waltz," Kittv Gholson. Musio - Pinkerton Orchestra. Essay - "Life of Edgar Allen Poe." ... Ceoile A. Bovd. Address - - - H. I. Watta! Musio - - Pinkerton Oicbestra. Remarks - Jerry Sione. Presentation of Diplomas. Benediotion. SHAMROCKS LOSE UNO WIN Adams Took Home a Score of 7 to 5 Eleven Innings With Normal. Picnio orowds saw the Shamrocks lose a game and win one during tbe Sootoh reunion here last week. In Friday's session tbe Adams bnnob caught the Irishmen a comin' and a'gwine, and tucked away the game by a score of 7 to. 5. Saturday's game with the strong Weston .Normal Sohool team, was sparkling and spectacular. "Lefty" O'Smith bad everything known to tbe twirling fraternity and won bis game with a spanking bingle wbioh broke the tie by sending in the winning run in the eleventh. Tbe matinee was tied np 4-and in the tbe sixth, and errorless ball, together with fine inside work by both teams held it there until "Lefty" swathed out the leather for a two base bit and ended tbe agony. Hail Clerk and Messenger. A mail clerk and express messenger servioe is now a convenience Installed by tbe O. R. & N. company on its Pendleton-Walla Walla looal passen ger train. The new departure went into effect Sunday. Mail ia now bandied between intermediate points on tbe branob line, and these towns have four daily mails. Express sent out from Portland ou morning trains now arrives at Athena on the evening ttain. After Oregon Frauds. Distriot 'Attorney MoCourt has filed three suits to reoover 9280 acres of Linn oounty land. Cbarles A. Smith of Minneapolis, is tbe prinoipal defen dant. Tbe land is valued at $1,000,000. Tbe statute of limitations prevents criminal proceedings. MoConrt is making all necessary preliminary ar rangements for expediting tbe work of ti e federal grand jury, wbioh was called Monday afternoon. An inves tigation of the alleged Umatilla land frauds was tbe speciflo purpose for wbioh the jury was requested, and tbe distriot attorney will lose no time in submitting to the jury suob evidenoe as be bas on tbe subject. Took Malheur Land. Prof. W. S. Mayberrv. formerly of Milton, but now Drinoinal of the Val sonooi, ana r ror. K. J. Davis, formerly of Milton, tut now prinoipal of the yssa pucno sobool, bave located on quarter sections of land in Mnlhnnr oounty, near Vale, and will become permanent residents of that oounty. Fifteen teachers of Malheur oounty bave just filed on land and will htnnmn M .. . rarmers unaer tneirriagtion projects of mat section. Snow at Briggson. F. J. Luoas oame down from E ri pe so Monday morning and says that at that place and in that vioinity on tbe Blue mountains about two inches of snow fell Sunday night and Monday afternoon. PROTECT! FISH Oregon Hatcheries Compelled to Close for Want of Spawn Caused By ' Fresh Water Fishing. The state of Oregon has thousands of dollars invested in fish batoberies, some of wbioh are now olosed down for want of salmon from wbioh to obtain spawn. It is evident that fish wheels, operated by greedy oannery men, in- too close proximity to the fresh water spawning beds in tbe Co lumbia river, is the direot cause of this. Therefore, it would seem that tbe state should bave more stringent laws to mgnlate Ihe taking of salmon oy tne nsn-wheel prooess, or better still, abolish tbe fish wheel altogether. Tbe borne of tbe ealmon is in tbe ooean. There be is found in prime condition for food. He enters fresh water only for nature's purpose of spawning and propogating his species, Alter dodging (be meshes of the gill net in the lower river, to reaoh bis spawning grounds be most run tbe gauntlet of fisu wheels, which are lo cated in the narrow ohannels of the upper Columbia among tbe cascades in the river. By the time be bas reached here he is sluggish and as a maiketable food produot be is vastly inferior to bis standard when be left salt water, and be is easily taken prisoner in tbe te- volving shelves of tbe fish wheel, wbioh are directly in bis path to the spawning beds. Oregon protects water fowl on its breeding gronnd. Wby not give tbe same protection to the fish industry? It would appear that tbe proper and only legitimate field for commercial Qsbing is within tbe vast domain of tide water and not in the narrow oon- fines cf a river, a narrow and torturous trail that nature alone prompts tbe Bsb to asoend. Aside from a commercial point cf the salmon iudastry wbioh should be of vital interest to those engaged in it. every lover of the rod should stop and consider tbat a large run of salmon in fresh water streams means an abund- anoe of trout To protect fish, vote for bill 833 and against bill 319. Has Failing Health. Weston regrets to learn tbat Prof. Geo. A. Peebles of Salem, Oregon, bas been obliged to resign from school work on account of failing health. For 30 years Prof. Peebles bas held prominent positions in the edncational field of Oregon and his loss fiom the force will be keenly felt During tbe years be was connected with tbe nor mal as vice president and teacher, tbe town looked upon him as an influen tial, estimable citizen. Helix Will Cerebrate. Arrangements are being made to celebrate the Fonrtb of July at Helix this year. The matter is now being disoused by tbe citizens, and in a short time committees will be appointed and tbe arrangements will be well under way. It will be one of tbe biggest celebrations of tbe kind ever held there. Made a Hit Grangeville will ea to the cnrjtmt with a bnnob of clever ball tossers. Henry La Brascbe, tbe star twirler, ar rived Saturday evening from Athena, Oregon, and warmed np with the local boys at tbe ball grounds Sunday. He made a decided bit with local fans. Gtangeville Globe. MOST VITAL ISSUE Statement No, 1 Legislature Means More to the People Than Issues of Recent Years. Of supreme importance to the peo ple of Oregon is their action Monday, Jnne 1, at tbe polls wbioh will result in tne election of legislators. Tbe greatest and most vital issue of the present campaign, with tbe excep tion of tbe United States senatorship, is the suocess of the prinoiple of State ment No. 1. Tbe eleotiou of a Statement No 1. legislature means more to the people than any other one issue tbat has come before them in recent years. The election of a Statement No. 1 leislature means that the people will bave pledged tbe men elected to repre sent them in the leigslature to carry out the wishes and. desires of the people, expressed at tbe polls. It will mean that the people will have kept in their hands the right and power of tbe direct election of United States senators. Failure to eleot a Statement No 1. legislature will mean tbat tbe un pledged membeis of tbe assembly will have it in their power to disregard tbe voioe of tbe people, expressed at tbe polls June 1, and throw the sena torial seleotion back into tbe hands nf the old-time politicians with all the accompanying corruption, trading and disregard of tbe best interests of the Dusiness or tbe state. This issue is before the nnnnln: whether they desire to retain la their bands tbe Dower to say whn ahull represent them in the United Srntfis senate or whether by tbe election of a legislature unpledged they care to trust to tne politicians of tbe state tbe se leotion of the United States senator. Throughout the state in every Wis. lative district there are candidates be fore tbe peonle who have nledcnrl themselves to Statement No. 1 as well as those who have refused fo taka nnv such pledge and who for tbe most part are members of the old-time faotions now seeking to onoe more secure con trol of tbe politics of lbe state thronirh the discrediting of tbe direct primary law ana statement JNo. 1. In order tbat there may be no mis- take tbe list of candidates for tbe leg islature from this oounty who are pledged to Statement No. 1 should be voted for next Monday. They are Joseph N. Soott, demoorat; C. A. Bar ett, republican; W. M. Blakeley. dem oorat. "STRAWBERR1TDAY" JUNE 4 Milton Will Celebrate Annual Event Next Month. The Milton Eagle says of tbe cele bration of "Strawborry Day" in that town on June 4: June 4 will be "Strawberry Day" in Milton this year, and the regularly appointed committee should see that it is made a brilliant suocess. As many non-residents as possible should beinduoed.to attend, as all Milton needs is to get people to cone and see, - and tbe exoellenoe of our products will do tbe rest. Already the berries are red on tbe vines, some completely matured hav ing been exhibited, and with a few warm days an army of piokers will be gathering tbe crop from 500 acres in tbe Milton Freewater distriot, to 'be shipped to people less favored by the gods with soil and climate. Tbe strawberry Eeason means busy and prosperous times in Milton and it is proper that one day should be de voted to a glorious oelebration. Strawberry Day" in Milton this year will be worth coming far to' enjoy. It's the Milton way. Oil at Coos Bay. Oil bas been discovered on Coos Bay, large options are being taken. Ma chinery for development baa tieen shipped from 'Frisoo. Gas has' been found in many plaoes, the strongest on South inlet four miles from Marsbfleld, where maobinery will be installed. Tbe- first gusher was opened near Bnndon. . Shipping Strawberries. Strawberries are now being shipped out. in great quantities from tbe Free-water-Miiton country, and in a few days' time tbe berry picking season will be at its height A great many have been shipped to Spokane, Seattle and different points, and good prices are being received for them. - Pilot Rock WooL At the wool sale held at Pilot Rock Tuesday morning, nine clips, aggre gating over 200,000 pounds of wool, were sold at prices ranging from 10 1-4 cents to 13 8-8. For Sale. One five room house, furniture aud three lots. For terms, inquire of J. W. Kirk, Athena, Oregor. De Witt's Little Early Risers are small, safe, sure and gentle little pills. Sold by Palace Drug Co.