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Athena Merchants
Carry Big Stocks
Buy Your Groceries from; Your Home Grocer
VOLUME -XX.
ATILENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 6, 1908.
NUMBER 45
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TUi-HUi LUMBER GO.
Lumber, Mill Work and all Kinds of n
BUILDING MATERIAL
PAINTS, OILS AND VARMSIILS
Posts and Blacksmith coal
A. M, Johnson, Manager
Athena, Oregon
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Preston-Parton Milling Company
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AMERICAN
Floor is made id Athena, by Athena labor, in the latest
aud best equipped mill iu the west, of the best selected
Bluestem wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home
industry. Your grooet sells American Beauty for
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Merchant Millers
Athena, Oregon.
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Paints, Oils, Glass
House, Sign and Carriage Painting
E. T. Kidder, McArthur Building
- " 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 Hoists, Cattle, Sheep, Swine and Fowls, " They are made from the active principle or the
condensed essence of the drug. They don't contain Sawdust, Ashes, Chop Feed or Bran. Are just
H good when 10 years old as when 10 days old. They comply with all pure 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 Louse Powder,
Spavin Cure or Barb Wire Liniment. Distributed by THE BLUE BELL MEDICINE CO.,
Incorporated; Capital Stock $300,000.00; Watertown, South, Dakota, U. S. A.
Sold iu Athena by A. B. McEwen & Sons. ' '
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"livery WHERE PRICES AR
The Freshest and most Choice the Market affords in
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Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here
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and Grain Buyers :
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R. J. BODDY
WHOLESALE BUTCHER
Makes a Specialty of furnishing
Meat in Large Quantities,
First-elass stock, Reasonable price
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VEGETABLES
CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN
GOOD THINGS TO EAT
INFLUENCE IS BAD
Americans Do Not Mix Well in Filo
pino Affairs, So States A For-.;'
mer Athena Teacher.
County Superintendent Welles is in
receipt of an interesting letter from J.
H. E. Scott; who 'left this city last
fall for the Philippines, Where he ac
cepted a government position a?
teacher. Before leaving here, Mr.
Scott was assistant principal of the
Athena bigb sohool and Press readers
will be interested to learn of his suc
cess in the Islands. Mr. Scott says:
109 Calle Palaoia, Iutramuros, '
Manila, P. I.'
Dear Mr. Welles: - '
Was vgry glad to hear fLom you.
You speak about the weather being
warm there this summer. Well, most
of thale that have been reaobitig
Manila or other parts of the Philip
pines, say they have felt muoh warmer
weather in the far away United States
of Amerioa. l oan say for myself that
one does not have so very hot weather
here if one is able to take tbe ther
mometer as tbe judge of the matter.
It has not reaohed 91 degrees sinoe I
came here during the last part of tbe
hot season. It is said that the ther
mometer never gets any higher than
95 degrees here in Manila, but 95 de
grees here is more oonduoive to dis
comfort than I think 100 degrees is in
the Oregon country. Beat causes one
to perspire very freely here. One does
so when the thermometer does not
reach more than 83 degrees. . j
We dress vc:y thinly here, in white
nearly altogether; everything is white
including shoes, bats and all. Some
few dress in khaki, but many, avoid
doing so on account of tbbeat. '
Now for sohool work. We, in the
cities of importance in the Philippines,
begin work at 7:30 in tbe morning and
continue to teach until 12:30 in tbe
afternoon. We however, have two
reoesses of 15 minutes each dniifeg
this period. ; I
In tbe Philippine sohool of com met ce
where I am at pretext assigned, Jive
have, six periods of 45 minutes "eirA.
We bave one of these periods in which
to give our children individual instruc
tion. ! ' ,
My students range in age from 11 to
EO.'at present.
The students are verv industrious as
a rule. Our hardest work is to get
them to ' think. I bave given my
youngsters notice that they mnst do
their own thinking and uot use the old
method uuder which teachers did all
the - thinking and commanded the
pupils what to think.
It is said that tbe Tagalogs, the'trihe
of natives we bave iu this part of the
Philippines are tbe hardest to deal
with ou aooount of their love for op
posing the authorities in power. This
might be hue, tut I have found the
students all right. There is this how
ever, about tbe Filipino people in gen
eral whom I have met, both in sohool
and in the commercial world here in
Munila, yop can not rely upnn them
for tbe trutb. It is also true that they
steal all they can get their bands ou,
but this fault is now being eradicated
as the laws here at present punish
stealing very severely.
The influence of the majority of the
Americans bere in -Manila is hardly
for tbe best. I mean their influence
on the natives here. I do not know
that I ought to criticise tbe Amer ioaus
here but it is a faot that the greater
part of the Aziioans are bere because
they like a life of adventure. A life
of adventure to many means a lite
that is anything but moral.1
About 150 or ,200 Americans bave
fouud their way to Bili bid. the na
tional Philippine piison. That is if one
is to believe those who ought to know.
The highest entrance salary that
anyoue.can get in any department of
the civil service in tbe Philippines is
11200 per aunum. Many do not get
that. One gets an increase after one
has been in tbe teaching service ayeur
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RIGHT
POHNE
MAIN 83
Athena, Oregon jjs
if one, "makes good." Ti e increase
tbe first year is if 100 per hoduuu I
am Vow making more than my regular
salary for I was fortunate enough to
be appointed a teaotier iu tbe night
school held iu our sobool building.
For this woik I am getting three pesos
a night. A peso is by law just one
half of one U. S. A. dollar. We have
night school, while it is in session, on
tbe night of every school day.
I like it here quite well. I am per
haps different from ruoet people for
there are so many regretting that they
carce here. I may do so before, my
coniriot expires. One does not have
to stay out tbe two years but it is to
one's interest financially to do so.
If thero is any special thing that
yon would like to have me write you
about while here I should like to havo
you mention it. Shall be pleased to
hear febout my former sobools aud bow
tbe people are behaving in general.
'" 1 - - James II. E. Soott.
SEVERAL CHANGES TAKE PLACE
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Jumpabouts Chronicled In the
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City
The leopard may never obange his
spots; but it's different in the vooation
of man. Particularly has this been
notioed in Athena during the past
week.; During this no less than 13
men, were effeoted by business obanges
here.".;' ' '"''.
The May ville cigat f aotory and store
discontinued business, as did J. LT?
Stone, proprietor of the City Meat
Market. '
'Mr. Colby, salesman for T. M. Tag
gart & Co., left for Walla. Walla, and
bis position is now acceptably filled hy
affable "Pete" O'Harra.
, An important ohange has been made
in the clerical force employed at the
First National Bank. Mr. Ernest
Zerba. former emnlove of the Mos-
grove Mercantile Co., succeeds to theH
position ot bookkeeper in place or
Walter G. Preston.
Cleve Myers, heretofore conuected
with the central telephone offioo in
the" capacity of night operator aud
oit linesman, baa operjed a pastime
mi fit ;at t b e oii er. ' 1 ' -. . - -.'-.I .f, ,,
vobii Stanton has purchased tbe
bowling alley and soft drink empor
ium, .wbioh for several months has
been conducted by Clint Thomas.
Mr. Marshall O. Rose, late of lone,
has arrived iu Athena aud with his
family, resides in a cottage ou the
West side. Mr. Rose is an experienced
watch maker and jeweler, and has
established himself in business at the
well known stand in the Pioneer drug
store, where be is prepared to do all
kinds of watch and jewelry repairing.
Mr. Rose will carry au uptodatostock
of jewelry. .
Clifford Stone has purobased a half
interest in Parker's barber shop aud
now looks aftor the wants of patrons
iu the first chair. Carl Christian, tbe
popular tonsoralist has taken a' posi
tion with Kidders, the Painters.
Jimmy Stewart comes from tbe
Mosgrove store at Milton to take tbe
place vacated by Ernest Zerba with
tbe Mosgrove Mercantile Company.
, V All Records Broken.
With uo outside assistauoe, says tbe
East Oregonian. Recorder Hendley
aud ; Deputy Lewis during the last
mouth broke all records of the re
corder's offioo, doing about one-half
mure tusiness than bas ever keen done
in one month by the offloe before. The
foes : received during the month
amounted to 604.80, whilo other in
struments received by late mail Sat
urday would bave iuoreased the total
about 7 had tbey been reoeived in
time for recording during tbe month.
The largest previous mouth's busineris.
amounted to about f 500, but was at a
time when tbe iustrumeuta brorgbt 25
cents per 100 words instead of 20 cents
as at present.
Queer Tax Collection.
It bag beeu discovered after years
of misapprehension that Union coun
ty bas been receiving taxes from tue
O. R. & N. on a stretch of road that
rightfully belongs to Baker county.
The wistako has been discovered,
Baker Officials bave been advised aud
tbe Union county records expunged.
It represents no great sum, though, as
tbe track in question is .87 of a mile
in length.
; Mind Your Business!
If you don't nobody will. It is your
business to keep out of all tbe trouble
you can and yon can and will keep out
of liver and bowel trouble if you take
Dr. King's New Life Pills. Tbey keep
biliousness malaria and jaundice out
of your system. 25o at Palaue Drug
Co 'a store.
Estrar Notice.
Came to my place, a light red cow,
about 3 years old, left born drooped,
crop and uuderbit on right ear, crop
and slit in left; with wattle or brand
ou lett jaw. Owner pay for this notice.
W. P. Wall an.
You can cure dyspepsia, indiges
tion, sour or weak stomach, or in fact
any form "JI stomaob troutle if you
will take Kodol occasionally. Try it
today ou our guarantee. We know
what it. will do for yoo. Suld by
Palace Drug Co.
IT IS Bill" TUFT
Republicans Gain Victory Over Bryan
In Tuesday's Election
Athena Democratic.
North Atheua Bryan 76; Taft 68;
Cbaflo 9; Debs 8. South. Atheua
Bryan 40;Tatt3;Chafln 8. 1 he above
is the home result of Tuesday's elec
tion. Tbe new corrupt practioes law
was strictly observed here, and tbe
t'pcult was that tbe election was an
Aireiuely quiet one. There was no
hauling of voters to tbe polls; no pul
ling aud bantering in tbe case of some
favorite candidate all was peaceful
and so quiet and serene that one could
scarcely realize that balloting was
going ou for the selection of a new
president of tbe nation.
Returns were reoeived Tuesday night
at C. A. Barrett & Co's. hardware
store where a telegraph instrument
was installed and operators employed
to flash assooiated Press bulletins. Ex
treme interest was manifested in the
result by both republicans and demo
crats. Early in tbe evening republi
lioan hopes were set aglow by the re
ports received from tbe Eastern states.
In nearly every early report Taft'a
suooess over bis worthy opponent was
emphatically iu tbe asoendeucy and it
was not until after miduigbt, when
the southern states reported, that any
substantial gains for tho Nebraskan
oame in. ;
1 he Taft victory is so overwhelm
ingly complete that it stupifles bis own
supporters. His votes in tbe electoral
college number 31 to Mr. Bryan's
172.
BIG SHIPMENTS OF BALED HAY
Over
300 Tons Handled at Taylor's
Independent Warehouse.
David Taylor, owner of tbe Indepen
dent Warehouse, has done au exten
sive bnBiuess in baled hay this tall.
Together with the amount shipped and
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Taylor will handle over 800 tous this
year. ..'
The product for tbe most part is
taken by tbe markets on Puget Sound,
whore t great deal of it is rebaled and
shipped by vessel to Alaska and tbe
Philippine Islands. In the former
territory it is consumed iu tbe mining
distriots aud Uncle Sam's horses and
mules eat it in the Islands.
Tho present price paid by Mr. Tay
lor is $15 per ton. The hay, wbioh is
high grade in every respeot, comes
mostly from the mountain ranoheseast
of town, and frequently as many as a
dozen teams are engaged in hauling
timothy from the mountains to this
city for storage. It grades bigb, being
clean aud exceptionally well cured.
Joseph Line Completed.
Iu the presence of oounty and oity
officials, railroad officials and a large
gathering of residents from many sec
tions of tbe country, tbe last spike ou
tbe Elgin-Joseph liue, known as tbe
Wallowa extension, was driven Mon
day. Work was started on the line
more than two years ago at Elgin, 70
miles distant, aud the layiug of tbe
last rail marks the beginning of an era
of unprecedented development, now
that tbe oounty is oonneoted with
tbe outside world through transporta
tion facilities.
Thirty-two Years Ago.
Alvin Burrill and family of North
Yakima, were guests Suuduy of Mr.
and Mrs. R. E. Stewart. Mr. Burrill
is a son of tbe Rev. S. L. Burrill, who
82 years ago held the Methodist cburon
pastorate in this district, with head
quarters at Weston. Be will be re
membered by many old timers. In
those days Athena (then Center ville
was just beginning to appear on tbe
map aud religious services were held
iu the old tcbool house.
Surprised the Pastor.
Au event of much pleasure took
place at the M. E. cburoh last Friday
eveuing, when about 60 members and
friends ot the church quietly congre
gated there for tbe purpose of tender
ing a reoeption to Rev. Ueiszler, tbe
new pastor. Air. Fred Kooutz, on be
half ot those present welcomed the
ue"w pastor. The evening was pleas
antly spent socially, and refreshments
were served.
Adulterated Oil.
Getz Bros. & Co. of Sau Francisco
have just been indicted by the federal
grand jury of tbat city for violating
tbe pure food law by shipping a dozen
tottles of adulterated olive oil to John
G. Montinga of Walla Walla. The
oil was mixp.d with cottonseed oil aud
was sent iu October, 1907,. Mr.
Muntinga took tbe matter up with tbe
authorities immediately ou discovering
the fraud.
Yakima Fruit Story.
Tbe big fruit btories at North Yak
ima this year ere not apple, but pear
stories. Four pears of tbe Bartlett
variety, which aggregated a total of
night pounds aud a bait in weight,
made tbeir appearance. Tbey were
grown in the Cowiohe valjey and the
largest tips tte scales at two pounds
and a half. The grower reoeived $1.25
apiece for them and Fred Cleveland,
a real estate man, who bought them
says be bas already been offered $25
for the four. Their glory was short?
lived, however for later iu the day H.v
B. Sohudder, another real estate man,
produced a Jumbo pear ; weighing.. J"""
pounds fourteen ouncea and - a half.
This pear is challenging all comers.
Sues for Divorce, ' "'. " ;
Desertion as grounds for divorce is
alleged in a complaint filed yesterday
by Carter & Smythe, attorneys for
Mrs. Anna Selkirk Norton, who seeks
freedom from marriage ties existing
between tbe complainant and Roy E. -Norton,
tbe well known magazine
writer. ' v- s. .,
ON THE AMERICAN GROWLER
"It's An American Institution;
Poor Man's Champagne."
the
Alderman Douohue the Solomon of
Wilkesbarre, Pa., has given his defini
tion of tbe ever -popular but mucb
abnsed "growler" and bas limited its
use , ' .
Said he: "Tbe 'growler is an
American institution and tbe poor
man's champagne.. A single 'growler'
is refreshing and two of them don't
do any harm, but tbe man that weds
tbe oau makes a fatal mistake.
"It's no disgraoe to 'chase the duok'
or to sip the contents of a 'growler '
can,' but to bog the praotioe is demor
alizing and spoils a good thing."
The definition was given in passing
sentence on Peter M. Smith, charged
by his wife with non-support.
The Purdvs In Court.
Contending, say tbe Portland Jour
nal, that she should not be held liable
ou a note given by herself and husband
to cover tbe overdrafts ot the husband
Mrs. Lillian Purdy appeared to' defend
a suit brought by J. L. Elam's bank
of Walla Walla, VYash. The husband
in tbe case ia T., A. Purdy, formerly a
salesman for tbe Studebaker company,
but be has vanished and left bis wife
to fight tbe battle alone. Tbe note
given by Purdy and his wife was for
16,500. Sbe admits $1,798 of this
sum, but says that tbe remainder of
$1,702 represent overdrafts on ber
husbaud's accounts. In her answer
sbe alleged that she was foroed to sign
the note by throat of violence on tbe
part of ber husband, but tbe testimony
failed to support this view, and this
element was eliminated by Judge
Bronangh, before whom tbe evidence
was taken. As to tbe overdrafts, sbe
denies tbat she received any compen
sation. Judge Bronangh took the case
uuder advisement.
Scriber a Bankrupt.
Tbe liabilities of J. W. Soriber,
cashier of the Farmers & Traders Na
tional bank at La Grande, now in 1 nil
at Portland, on several obarges of
forgery,. amount to $93,105, according
to.a bankruptcy petition wbioh bas
beeu tiled in tbe United States district
court in Portland by Soriber. His
assets,' an inveutory of air property
real aud personal, amount to $97,980.
Tbe petitioner has property amounting
to $12,200, most ot wbioh is in town
lots in La Grande. His personal prop
erty, a part of wbioh is exempt accord
ing to law, is valued at $10,200.
Claims in notion, till receivable, etc.,
reach a total of $12,880. All told,
the , property, including household
goods, which are exempt from execu
tion, is valued at $0,150.
In Receiver j' Hands.
The Central Railway Company of
Oregon operating between Hot Lako
and La Grande, Oregon, by way of
Union, and from Uniou to Elgin baa
passed into the bands of Chester V. '
Dolpb and Henry N. Bertie as re
ceivers. The receivership followed
tbe complaint of the American Trust
Company of Boston, whiob alleges
that tbe intercut ou $500,000 bonds
has not been paid since January 1,
1907.
Jones and Potter.
Iu Washington, Mouday tho supreme
court of the United States denied tbe
petition of Willard- N. Jones aud
Thadeus S. Potter for a wri- of review.
Jones and Potter, who are residents of
Oregon, were sentenced to imprison
ment ou a charge of having defrauded
the government by illegal entry of
lands in this state uuder tbe -homo-stead
law. Tho charge was a con
spiracy but tbey pleaded the statute of
limitations. The decision practically
upheld tbe verdict of tbe lower court.
Supreme Court Session.
Tbe semi-annual term of tho su
preme court is in session at Pendleton
this week. Several important cases
haye beeu argued, umoug wbioh is tbe
Horsoman murder case, appealed from
this county.
Park for Milton.
A movement for a city park is being
organized in Milton and it is expected
that the impiovement oulb will com-
bine with the Women's Civio club - to
secure action by tbe council.
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