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VOLUME XX.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. DECEMBER .4, 1908.
NUMBER 49
THE rUM-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 Milling Company
AMERKAN
Floor is made in Athena, by Athena labor, in the latest
and best equipped mill in the west, of the best seleotod
Bluestem wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home
industry. Your grooet sella American Beauty for
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Merchant Millers
Athena, Oregon.
Sty Meat .Market
BERT CART ANO, Proprietor
FOR GOOD MEAT
come to us. We will treat you right. Our aim w 11 be
to furnish the best Meat the market affords at the lowest
possible price. Fish and Oysters in season.
THE CITY MEAT MARKET,
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Paints, Oils, Glass
House Sign and, Carriage Painting
B. T. Kidder, ''Mc Arthur Building
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BATXSiX IN
NEW SCHEDULE
Time Card Which Goes Into Effect
' Sunday Makes Changes on
Washington Division.
From all that can be gleaned in a
round-about souroe, the new time card
which goes into effect at 12:01 o'clock
Saturday night, will materially
change the operation of trains on the
Washington division of the O. R. &
N.
On this division an entire new train
will be run between Spokane and Fort
land via Umatilla, and No 1. on the
Main line will arrive in Pendleton nn
hour earlier, making oonneotion and
transfer of north bonnd passengers to
the new train instead of to No. 8 at
Pendleton as at present.
No. 8 the Pendleton Spokane train
will take the transfer of passengers
from No. 1 and will pass through
Atbeoa about I o'clock p. m.
Nothing definite is known, and it is
impossible to state whether any change
is to be made in the running time of
Walla Walla-Pendleton speoial. No. 7
the down passenger, will arrive here
at 4;15 p. m.
A great stir is being made throughout
the Harriman system to compete with
Hill's North Bank road, and a large
amount of new equipment is being
added. "
Good Roads Meeting.
The Athena Good Roads League
held an enthusiastio meeting last Sat
urday afternoon at whioh business of
importance was transacted. After
much disoussion as to what instruc
tion should be given legislators in re
gard to road laws, President Sobmitt
set Saturday Deoember 12th as the
time at whioh definite resolution
would be adopted. A law compelling
the abutting property owners to work
and keep clean and in repair all roads
seemed to be in favor of all those
present. Final disoussion of the sub
ject will be had Saturday Deoember
12th at 1:30 p. m. Everyone is in
vited to be present.
Two Rivers Rabbit Hunt.
The mroh talked of annual labbit
bunt between sportsmen of Two Rivers
and Burbanks oame off Suuday, the
Bnrbank shooters winning from those
of Two Rivers and the losers are to
give a big dance and oyster supper to
the winner. Bnrbank soored with 180
jack rabbits and Two Rivers 139.
TRACTION LINE WANTS MONEY
$250,000 Must Be Secured to Meet
Terms of Agreement.
At an adjourned meeting of the
exeoutive committee of the Farmers'
Traction company, held in Dr. N G.
Blalock's office at Walla Walla, final
details in drawing up articles of in
corporation for the new conoern were
completed. Aooording to the terms of
the incorporation artioles, the capital
stock . of the company is plaoed at
$1,000,000. The aitioies will be filed
with the county auditor today, says
the Union.
Active work soliciting stock sub
scriptions in the concern will be started
today. Every committee has taken
hold of the work and promises to
toe next lew weeks, it is neoessary to
raise at least $250,000 in stock sub
scriptions before the agreement made
by the promoters of the old Columbia
and Walla Walla Traction company
will become valid.
The territory to be canvassed for
subscriptions has been divided into
distiiots as follows: Dayton, Waits
burg, Presoott and Walla Walla.
Toucbet, Wallnla and Gardena will
be included iu a district as soon as a
committee can be appointed to work
that territory.
In seouring subscription of stock in
the new company the members of the
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executive committee have been in
structed to stipulate that no money
will beoome' due until the whole,
f250,000, baa been subscribed.
- During the past fow days many en
couraging reports have oome from ev-
ery part of the territory through
whioh the proposed line will pass, and
it is confidently expected by Dr. Bla
lock and his associates that the re
quired amount will be raised within
a few weeks.
The Raymond-Bell Company.
The Raymond-Bell Company will
appear for the first time in Athena at
the opera house for an engagement of
two nights commencing Thursday De
cember 10th. This company is the
best known of any on the Northwest
ern Circuit but is praotioally nnknown
in the smaller towns. It will be very
easy for the people to find oat what
they are as tbey play in Pendleton
Sunday, Deoember 6th and Weston
Monday the seventh. The opening
play will probably be "On Parole"
and Friday "The Power of the Cross."
The oompany is up in fourteen Stan
dard plays I and will give Athena two
of their best. .
GOOD NEWS FOR THE SHIPPERS
Smaller Charge Will Be Made for Di
verting 'Freight in Transit.
Effective January 8 on all O. R. &
N. railway lines and Southern Pacific
lines in Oregon, a change will be made
in the diversion or reoonsignment of
freight in oarload lots.
At the present time it oosts $5 to
divert or reuonsign a oar of freight
while in transit. When the change is
made effeotive this charge will be
lowered from $5 to $2, and the list of
artioles which can be diverted without
cost made smaller, grain being ex
cluded. Under the new ruling only
livestock and perishable artioles will
be diverted or reoonsigned free of
oharge. The time limit in which oars
of anything may be diverted is placed
at five days from tbo time of reaching
destination.
The change will douttless come as
glad news to produce shippers and cat
tle dealers.
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Married in Tacoma.
Charles Gerking of this county
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and Miss Velma Baokns, of Tacoma,
Wash, were married in that city,
Tuesday, Deo. 1st. The bride is a
nieoe of Mrs. W. H. Reeder, formerly
of Athena but now of Tacoma, and
the groom is one of Athena's most
bigbly respected farmers. The newly
wedded pair left immediately for
California where tbey will spend the
winter, and will return in the spring
and reside on the farm west of town1
nil : - A-i a all ; . i. . tt 1
iiimi uuttuy meuuB wui join me riess
in wishing them a long and prosperous
journey throng b life together.
SHORT AND NOT BLISSFUL
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Met, Loved, Married, Robbed
Left in Three Days.
After three short days of married
life, Mrs. Maurice E. Miller, formerly
Miss Virginia B. Yanoe, daughter of
one of the most prominent families of
Kennewiok and highly respeoted her
self, awoke in Spokane Monday to find
that she had been deserted and robbed
by her new spouse. The couple were
married with much splendor at the
bride's borne in KennewioK three days
before and everything started off lovely
for them.
The marriage of Miss Vance (o
Maurice Miller was the culmination
of a three weeks' acquaintance and
betrothal. The two met at the recent
fair and apparently it was love at first
sight. Miller claimed to be a member
of the M. E. Cattle outfit in Montana.
To all appearances be was a respect
able and straightforward man. Rev.
W. It. Rowman of the Congregational
ohurcb of Spokane said that the bride
is one of the most respectable young
ladies in Kennewiok and tha she is of
appaienty an estimable character,
When the marriage was solemnized
Miller told the minister that be was a
little short of cash just then but tbat
he would send bim the fee later.
.The young woman, after she bad
been cast aside, was taken to the home
of the Rev. Willis E. Pettibone of 124
Shannon avenue, Spokane who was for
merly pastor of a cburob at Kenne
wiok, where the bride of a few days
and her parents worshiped.
The bridegroom left with all the
wedding presents and several other
articles of value whioh bis lady love
bad left in two trunks.
Going to Spokane on their wedding
trip the oonple put ud at the Madison
hotel. Later the bridegroom moved
the trunks to the Langbam hotel,
where he ransacked tbem and took
everything of value.
Christian Church Fair Dec. 19.
The ladies of the Christian Church
Aid sooiety have set the date of their
annua fair and dinner for December
19, the tbird Saturday in the month.
The fair aud sale will take place iu
the old Fair store building, cor tier of
Main and ltd strews. A tomptuoos
KEEPING HANDS OFF
Taft and Hitchcock Leave Chamber
lain's Good Cause to Speak
for Itself.
John E. Lathiop, writing from
Washington to the Portland Jourual in
relation to administration interven
tion in Chamberlain's eleotion, and
other topics of national import, says:
What seems to be official information
from Hot Springs says that Taft has
ic fused to intervene in favor of the
opposition to Governor Chamtjerlain's
eleotion to the senate, yielding to the
argument that it is not his affair. One
correspondent sent out a dispatoh in
timating that Hitohoook might take
notioe of the contest in Oregon, but the
latter's best friends remain firm in
saying he will not interfere, both on
the theory tbat it would not be proper
tor him to do so, and tbat if he did so
be would not injure but rather help
Chamberlain, on acoonnt of the nat
ural resentment of the people of Ore
gon against an outside man's attempt
to dictate the internal concerns of
that commonwealth.
Ibe Oregon senatorial elotion has
beoome a national "cause oelebre," so
wbeu Chamberlain arises to speak in
the mass meeting here during the con
versation oonferenoe, Tuesday, Deoem
ber 8, in oompany with President
Roosevelt, President-elect Taft and one
of the supreme court justioes, because
of the widespread publicity given nis
status at home, be will be unusually
conspicuous. In view of the well
known oharaoter of the organization's
affairs, the seleotion of Chamberlain by
men close to both Taft and Roosevelt
to address the mass meeting, from all
the governors of the country, is re
garded here as, negatively at least,
stamping the Oregon governor as an
acceptable man the powers that be
although it is not to be considered as
done for snob a purpose, but; on ac
count of Chamberlains' vigorous oam
paign in the conservation movement
tor many years.
.The lining up of congressman by the
Cannon forces is carried on with en
ergy, it being the design to pledge
eveiy member if possible before be
reaches Washington, thus to forestall
the anti-Cannou workers. I was told
by a leader of the anti-Cannon element
today :
"There will te a valiant fight on
Cannon. If we oan .unite on some one
who can hold his support, we will beat
him. At any rate, we will force tbo
rerision of the house rules eo tbat the
Cannon oligarchy will be broken."
, People here regard as significant the
expression ty Taft iu favor of the
proposal to issue bonds for a caoal in
Ohio, a project heretofore never
openly advocated by any one high
in authority.
J. N. Jeal of Portland was one of
the leaders in the movement to get the
federal government to issue bonds for
-Mvaterways improvement. Cannon has
uijjjubwu huuu plans venenienuy. mat
Taft now supports the idea is taken as
meaning tbat he is willing to assume
a position against that ooonpied by
the speaker.
Ellis and Hawley are listed here as
"on the fenoe" with reference to the
speakership eleotion. " ' . ...
The Coeur d'Aleue miners here who
bad intended to appear before the ways
and means committee deoided not to do
so, beoause tbey feared the committee
was hostile to them. Tbey wanted to
retain the duty on ores
Fair Officials Elected.
President C. E. Roosevelt, Judse
Thos. Fitz Gerald as secretary, and A.
L. Knight as tieasurer, will continue
tbeir respective duties in tbe manage
ment ot tbe Third Distriot East Oregon
fair next year, having been re eleoted
Saturday at a meeting in Pendleton, of
tbe new diiectoiate. At a meeting of
Report of Condition
first National bank
sf Athena
As made to the Comptroller gf the Currency at the close if
Business, November 27th, 1908.
CONDENSED.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Disoounts $261,975.40
Overdraft 12,137.01
U. S. Bonds 12,500.00
Warrants County & City 2,870.42
Banking-house Furniture
and Fixture - - - 10,000.00
Cash & Due from Banks 58,201.47
(360,684.30
State of Oregou, County of Umatilla, as.
I, F. S. Le Grow, cashier of tbe above named bank, do solemnly wear thft, .
tbe above statement is true to the best of my knwledge and belief.
. - . ( ' F. 8. LE GROW.
Subscribed flat! sworn to before me this day of December, 1008.
' - ' S. F. WILSON.
(Sal). : ' Koiwry Public for Oregon. '
the stockholders in the association
just preoediug the directors' meeting,
E. W. MoComas was eleoted director
to suooeed Lee Teutsob.-
Purchases Meat Market.
Bert Cartano has purobased the City
Meat Market, and is in a position to
f nrnish the publio with tbe very best
the market affords in meat, poultry
and Bab, at reasonable prices. . Tbe
change inownersnip of tbe market was,
made Tuesday, when Lonis Bergevin,
the manager, retired, and Mr. Cartano
assumed control. Bert has legions of
friends in Athena, who wish him
suooess in his new enterprise, and
who will be glad to learn that he has
deoided to remain in tbe city.
FORCED TO MARRY HIS WIFE
Could Not Show Certificate When
Called Upon to Do So.
Marriage certificates should be kept
framed and in a promineut and con
spicuous place these days.' - Edwiu
Bennett bad to marry bis own wife,
yesterday morning, beoauso be hadn't
any certificate, says the Oregonian.
He was married four years ago to Ora
Mosgrove, the ceremony being per
formed by a Mormon elder, 'Ibe 7
couple didn't know it was nooessary to
seqJP certificate and omitted' tLat
part of the oereBbony although they
secured tbe elder's receipt,,.
Bennett and his wife wereouT late"
Saturday night when encountered by a
member ot the moral squad. Xhey
explained tbat tbey were man and
wife and could prove it by all tbeir
neighbors in South Portland. But
when asked if they could show a ocr
tifioate tbe couple admitted that tbey
had nothing more than a Mormon el
der's receipt.
They were taken to the police sta
tion and required to furnish bail.
Yesterday morning they were on hand
before Munioipal Judge Van "Zaute
and had several ot their neighbors
with them. During the past four years
they had been laboring under the im- '.
pression that they were duly and form
ally married, tbey said, aud all their
neighbors bad knowu them as mnu;
and wife and received tbem as such. :.
"It seems tbe most absurd thing in
the world to say now we are not mar
ried simply beoause we haven't a reg
ular form of certificate," said Mrs.
Bennett' "We- were married wfb -ceremony
iu tbe presenoe of-fiieuds
and I don't see bow you can get around
that faot."
Judge Vac Zante explained the diffi
culties tbat might arise in theeveutof
property disputes and suggested that
since the formal certificate served as a
record of marriage, it would be butter
for tbem as well as tbe community ut
large, for tbem to secure a license
and be remarried.
"It seems rather strange for a fellow
to be marrying his own wife after bo's
already been married to her four
years,", said Bennett.- "but I'll do it
rather than have any shadow of ques
tion, as to tbe legality of outmar
riage." .1
Accordingly the couple went before
County Clerk Fields, secured a license,
and later in tbe day were remarried
by Justice of the Peace Olson. They '
now have a certificate that tbey promise
to take good oare of.
Goes to Washington D. C. .
Mrs. Royse, well known in this city
wbere for years pust she has dono the '
family washing for mauy Athena fam
ilies, left tbe first of tbe week for
Washington, D. 0., where she will
make ber home witn her son Fred,
who is in tbe government employ.
The old lndy wai t nr1 to persuade to'
give up her modest home and meager
living here, and it was only ou tbe '
earnest solicitation of her daughter,
Mrs. Mitobell of California tbat she
went.
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock
Snrplus and
Profits -Circnlation
Due to Banks
Deposits - -
50,000.00
32,000.35
12.500.00
3,1)20.(59
201.357.38
:!G0.684.30
Undivided
diuuer will La served.
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