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. jwr-r"'... i ' 1 "-'.. v' j Tlfs Edition i con-, tauis Six Pages nsir Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer Athena Merchants Carry Big Stocks VOLUME XXI. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. MARCH 12, 1909. NUMBER 11 THE TUfM-LUM LUMBER GO. " Lumber, Mill Work and all Kinds of BUILDING MATERIAL V- Ji. PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES ; Posts and Blacksmith coal .. ... S A; Mv Johnson, Manager ' ' Athena, Oregon "'" -ESTABLISHED 18G5 Preston-Parton Milling Company : E New Council Will Meet In Special Ses sion Gholsotf Receives City -St-' " '' Marshal Appointment, i , the 'ap the ap- a Float is made in Athena, by Athena labor, in the latest and best equipped mill in the west, ot the best selected Bloeflteui 'wheat' grown f anywhere. ?. Patronize home industry. - Your grocer sells 'American Beauty for Merchant , Millers and Grain Buyers jj Athena. Oregon.' 1 ; 1 Waitsburg, Wash. S Athena's new city officials were in stalled at. tho meeting f the city oounbit Monday evening. " Counoilman Wilson and ..Wm.'Winship, the newly elected water commissioners were ab- sent'and will take their offices at next meeting of the city fathers. Mayor MoEwen announoed the pointmentof W. J. Qholson 'to office of City Marshal, and the poibtment was confirmed by the coun cil.; '" ..jj-r' . tChe new Mayor was not prepared to name his standing committees for the year and deoided to hold a speoial meeting at which the oommittees will be named.. , vF"- Xlt is known the new council strong ly favors a stringent "ordinance regu lating near beer" -traffic At Monday nights meeting the matter waijj given some discussion, and when the speoial I mnetiug. takes place, in all probability I ii t .i,.J.o ...ill ho lue piUViDIUUtf Ui lUOUtUlUBUUD niu w considered. . v ; - 4 " ; Helix Booming. Helix is reported to have taken on a new lease of life. The coming ot Spring will nsher ia the biggest build ing boom the town has seen lor a long period. Already plans have been per fected for the ereotion of a hotel and several dwelling houses, while the First National bank will soon announce plana for its new bnilding. , This will probably be by far the handsomest and most substantial' structure yet erected in that city. , At a reoent meeting of the bank directors, the oapitol stook of the institution was inoreased from $25,000 to $50,000. ... patby and allied subjects among those who doubt the actuality of disoarnate oxistenoe and supernatural powers. It is also empowered through its incor poration to acquire, bold and exhibit antiquities, relics, laces ooins portraits and other historical and numismatio artioles for psyohio researob and sub jective experiments in occult analysis. Missing Man Found. . Word has been received from Prosser that the man who so mysteriously dis appeared at Badger during the cold spell in January and . was thought to bavo perished, has been found safe in Arlington. , The man, whose name was Kehn, oa me west from Kansas and had a ticket reading over the S. P. & S. ioad. He took ' the wrong train at Pasco and got off at Badger in the middle of the night. He did not remain, at the station, and the next day his valise and some olothes and his ticket were found out in I be sagebrush beyond Badger. , No clue to the mau was found, however, and it is not dearly understood how or when he reached his friends in Ore gon. - ':.' ASORROWRJLDEATH Will Defreece Succumbs to Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria After Short Illness. ETIQUETTE. 'it 1 t "''! - "ia, J . ;- : v , ,R. J. BODDY - WHOLESALE BUTCHER Makes a Sneialtj of furnishing Meat in Large Quantities, j First-class stock, Reasonble priced WESTON TURNS OVER MONEY Will Be Turned Over to State Treasurer but Restrictions Are Added. Failing Health Said to Have Been Cause L For Rash Act. , - Paints, Oils; Class i House i Sign anfcGlarriage; -; a rue J. II. STONE, Prop. NORTH IDE OF MAIN STREET -t The Best Meat to be found in J"-.:'''' ' me.' I will treat, you right Town. Come and see J. H. STONE, ATHENA, OREGON A meeting ,of the , exeontivo com mittee haviug charge of tbd'subsorip tion f and of the normal sohool was held and after deliberating, over the proposition of Jurning all jnoq-. ey colleoted into the state treasur ers f und subieot to the warrants drawn on it by the normal school regents they concluded to accede to the re quirements of the sohool regent's a!hd tq make ibe ,dpo8tt -as the amounts were collected but only upon o'ertain restrictions "That no part of the money s.eoued bl;tbe committee in the ibterOsts and.itorftbei Snaintenan'oe of Eastern Oregon normal sohool should be used for the1 benefit of any oi the other normals or for the payment of any past obligations, but only for the sohool from the time that the'looSl people took charge of the matter!" Christian Church Announcements. , We wish to call espeoial attention to the Sunday sohool servioe."t Yon should he in . it t .Yoa -are missing sometbiug if yon are not. Last Sun- ; day was a great day. - Next buna ay should be a greater.. V we are anxious ia uhvb a iun anou- danne of the members of the church next Sunday at the morning service.' Something will be said to interest you, At night the pastor will preaoh, on a theme tbat will interest every ; one.' He is commencing a series of sermons on "Influence." Don't miss one of 4 b?m- , - ., . ' " Psychics Organize. f Psvobios in Spokane have just incor porated under the laws of the state of Washington the Haumaturgio sooiety' .'for the purpose of ; investigating arra systematizing-1 the various lorms or mental and spiritual powers. Other objects of the delvers into the realm ot spirits, are to disseminate know ledge concerning manifestations, tele- -fit' ' - i Suicide ended the life of Perry Bickelbaupt, a prominent young Whet stone hollow farmer, Saturday night, says a Datyou news item. Returning borne with her two children Sunday evening from a visit with ner parents at Waitsburg, Mrs. Biokelbauptfonud the tody of her husband lying ou the floor in a bedroom. A ragged bullet hole beneath the right ear told the story of tbe man's tragio ending. ' Coroner John Hunting visited the scene and after investigating tbe cir onmstances, he said there was no doubt tbat it was self murder. Beside tbe dead man was found a gau, as if it had fallen from hid hand after the fatal shot was fired. The faot tbat tbe stook was looked in the barn and tbat the oowa bad not been milked Sunday was taken as an indication that Bick elbaupt killed himself Saturdaynight. The family had been away slnoe Wednesday. Failing health is said to have been the cause for tbe young farmer's rash act. Mr. Bickelbaupt was about 85 years of age, and was among the most prosperous farmers in the oounty. . His finances are said to be in good condition.' Perhaps one of tbe saddest deaths that ever occurred in Athena ocourred yesterday morning at 9:30, when Will Defreece, only son .of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Defreece passed away. The ycung man finished work at tbe Preston-Parton Mill Saturday eve ning in apparently good health, re narking to a friend later in tbe eve ning, tbat he was more tired tbau be had ever been before in his life. Snnday morning be complained ot his throat being sore. Shortly after noon be took to his bed and in the evening Dr. Sharp waa called. The boy grew rapidly worse and soon de veloped a malignant complication of scarlet fever and diphtheria. Dr. Pla mondon was called in consultation with Dr. Sharp and everything possi ble was done but despite all efforts death ended the struggle. Funeral services, oonduoted at the grave by Rev. Geiszler, took place at U o'clock today. - William Arthur Defreeoe was born in Umatilla oounty, August 81, 1887. and died Marob 11, 1909, aged 23 years, six months and one day. He is survived by his lather, mother, three sisters and one half sister. Normalites Win Out. A mixed team from tbe Pendleton aoadomy and High sohool played a matched game with the normal basket ball team Saturday night on the normal court, resulting in a score of 24 tu 25 in favor of Weston's team. This was a friendly .came cotteu p for the benefit of the Atbletio association fund. Vt Old Fashioned Man Frees Hi Mind About Its Absurdities. "Whether to eat fish with a fish knife and fork or a fork and a bit of tread, whether to serve champagne in a tumbler or a goblet It is quite ab surd to regard one of these courses as right and the other as wrong and to admire or despise a person according ly. The average rule of etiquette has nothing to do with courtesy, with good breeding, and it is no criterion of courtesy or of good breeding." The speaker, an old fashioned gen tleman from the country, knotted the enfls of his napkin more firmly about his neck. "Smile at me, nephews and nieces," he resumed, "because I tuck my nap kin under my jchln. Yet why should I spoil my black broadcloth coat with turkey stains or smears of cranberry sauce? It is a rule of etiquette, you sny, that the napklu may only be placed across the knee nn absurd, ephemeral rule! "It was a rule of etiquette In France during the reign of I,e Roi Solell,' the great Louis XIV., that when the king visited a sick subject the king, too. must He down in a bed, on the ground that it would never do for a subject to maintain a more Informal attitude (ban his master during the. audience. Louis XIV., visiting the Marshal de Villars after Malplaquet, lay In a bed beside the suffering soldier in that way. "Pe.hold the absurdities of etiquette and let me do with my napkin what I please." New Orleans Times-Demo crat. THE FOREIGN LEGION. the LIONS MCKMEN AND HORSES Boldness of Tukanon Animals Attribut ed to Scarcity of Game. i my, THE PROMPT - - DELIVERY l i t? I iyiflti i Ifnll A I WHERE PRICES ARE RIGHT POHNE -MAIN 83 The Freshest and most Choice the Market affords in Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here jff fl DELL BROTHERS, 'SSH AthenaOregon fj Vegeta . V i . Spray For Scale. Fruit growers of the Tonobet valley commenced spraying this week for tbe. San Jose scale.' It is said tbat in most of tbe orchards in-that vicinity one sprayiug will suffice. J. ' J. ' Dumas; president of the- state horticultural sooiety, claims that valley has less scale tban any other fruit section of tbe state,' Predictions are for a bump er apple orop. The ' warm days and cold nights of tbe last week have not injured tbe fruit. Peaoh and apricot trees were injured by tbe cold weather of January but growers deny tbe re port tbat the crop in either tbe valley or along tbe Snake ' river will be a failure. At least a half crop is ex peoted. t .Baptist Church Notes. Bible Sohool at 10 a. m. Pastor Ryder will (D. V.) preaoh at tbe Bap tist obnrcb on Sunday morning at 11 o'olook, B. Y. P. U at 6:30, leader, Mr. Henry Barrett. All young people are cordially invited. At 7:80 Bev. P. S. Rogers will preaoh. A hearty invitation is extended to all to these services; 1 ' On Wednesday evening, Marob 17, a treat is in store for all who care any thing for tbe progress of God's king dom. Rev. Thomas Moody of Africa will tell of God's mighty work through Baptist workers ou the Congo. Dont fail to bear htm. Tbe Sunday, sobdol ' offering for Missions last Snnday-waa 17.78. What school In the oounty oan exoel ii Pastor Ryder is baviog a splendid time in revival meetings at tbe Baptist church at Weston. He oouduoted worabin at the Chapel service at tbe formal Monday. C. P. Davis Is Out. CP. Davis is now at liberty and is .in Poitland, where be has located tem porarily. He waa tbe man sent to Sal em from Umatilla oounty ,who went wrong while in tbe offioe of Sheriff Till Taylor. He was sentenced for five years and bis time has not expir ed. He has either been paroled or pardoned, says Sheriff. Taylor, bnt be has not been enlightened tts to tbat. Even with time off for good behavior, he could not have seoored his liberty this early. Peudleton Tribune. A dispatoh from Dayton says, wild oats and monntain lious are mote numerous and more ferocious in the blue mountains this spring tban ever before. Several rauge horses and cattle have been killed and in one or two instances tints have attacked per sons. . lien Magui returned yesieraay from a trip on the Tukanon and re ported tbe killing, of a valuable saddle horse belonging to R. W. Magill. Tbe lion bad sprung from a tree nnder which the horse had sought shelter from Q snow storm; " Only a few' weeks ago Frank Loti zen, a Tukanon farmer was attaoked by a oat at tbe entrance to his cabin, and. saved his life only by beating off tbe animal with an ax. Several times recently oats have been found prowl ing about barnyards and along the roads in tbe less frequented mountain districts. . Hunters and trappers attribute tbe boldness of tbe animals to the soaroity of small game and tbe protracted wiu- ter witb an unusual depth of snow. HEN FOSTERS FAMILY OF PIGS Kt Tva V "Li ;u Forsakes Feathered Brood for Little Squealers. , ' This story comes from Dayton, Wash: A ben just a common trown bou batched and reared ou tbe ranob of Joe Thorn living ten miles east of Dayton, has developed maternal char acteristics of a nature,entirely n-iusual among poultry. This hen has abandoned a brood of likely little obioka for a trood of Pol and China pigs. Witb a clack as gen tle as tbat with which she formerly rnled tbe f anoiea of ber feathered off spring, tbe ben calls -tbe half dozen pigs around ber. She is indefatigable in her efforts to make ber foster family bappy and tbe pigs have taken kindly to tbeir new mamma. From morning until night tbey follow ber contented ly about tbe barnyard, gulpiog witb wbolesonled satisfaction tbe tempt lug morsels upturned by the sharp toes of the little " brown ben. Unable to bover tbe pigs at nigbt, , tbe fowl squats among them and croons ber goodnight lollaoy. ' ' Mr. Thorn has watched tbe growing a flections of tbe strange family witb moob interest and ho believes tbe hen and awine will continue to show tbe same affection, in wbiob case the fam ily will form part of tbe Colombia connty exhibit at tbe A.-Y.-P. ex position. A Peculiar Body of Fighters. , In ' French Army. . The French foreign legion is a het erogeneous organization, it is com posed of disappointed men of every country political refugee, military fugitives. In fact, nil varieties of the world's restless citizens go to make up this wonderful mongrel fighting machine. "No questions asked" mlgut well be the regimental motto. Each man signing his bond of service sells his soul for five years nt the wage of 1 sou (about 1 cent) per day. : The officers are French, but the men hall from everywhere and nowhere. Under various names the French le gion has existed since the eighteenth century and was finally constltuted'ns nt present In 1830. It consists of-twclve battalions divided into two regiments, mustering a total strength of 12,000 meu. Eight thousand are kept in tho far east, tho . remainder serving In northern Africa. , In the early days , the regiments were divided iiito "na tional sections," men from ,tho same country being kept together. This resulted, however, In continual racial disputes, and each company con sequently was given a cosmopolitan composition.-., Since Its formation tho officials have guarded closely against desertions, nntl ns the legion only serves in; French colonial territory where the centers nrc remote and transportation Is, difficult a successful desertion Is a rare, feat Chicago 'News. ' . ., . A Dickens Manuscript. II. F. DIckeiiH, K. C tells an inter esting story concerning the orlglnnl manuscript of his father's famous "Carol." The novelist presented the MS. to Thomas Milton, an old school- follow. In 1875 Mr. Milton sold It to Francis Ilnrvey, n bookseller, for 50. Then it passed Into the hands of George Churchill, nn enthusiastic au tograph collector. Mr. Churchill treas ured it until 1882, when circumstances omiwlled him to part with it. After photographing every pare of it, it was sold to Mr. Bennett, a Birmingham booktsellor and curio dealer, who eventually found a purchaser, who readily signed n check for 200 for it. Finally it was bought by Stuart M. Samuel of Kensington Tnlace Gardens for 300, who Is said to still retain the precious document. London Tlt-Blts. jBapti Baptist Delegates. Snnday School of the First aptist obuiob ot this oity eleoted del egates to' tbe Hth annual meeting ot the Umatilla county Snnday Sohool convention held at Eobo this week, as follows: Mrs. M. L. Watts, Misses Elva Gross, Tobed McFadden, Mary Mckinnoo, and Geo. Baoohter and N. N. Deeper, LaGrande Election Surprise In a municipal election at LaGrande at wbiob little or no interest waa tak en until a late hour Tuesday, tbe sooialist vote was surprising for its size. So little was tbe interest dis played tbat it was nearly 4 o'clock before tbo independents commenced a concerted effort to swell tbe total vote. The biggest sensation was the defeat of Connoilman Williamson, who has been closely affiliated witb the pro gress of tbe effort to seonre a better water system. A Slight Misunderstanding. Little Helen Bcntley of Los Angeles, aged five, dearly loves her grandma, who lias been living with her and her parents. Recently grandma went to Seattle for n visit and caught cold on the way. When she arrived there, sho wrote back to Helen's parents that she had reached Seattle, but had had n hard fight with the grip. Helen want ed to hear what grandma had to Bay, nml tho letter was read to her. Soon afterward nhe saw one of her neigh bors and exclaimed: "Oh, Mrs. Smith, we've had n letter from grandma. She got to Seattle all right, but she had a terrible fight with her valise !"-Los Angeles Times. Whet Counts In Story. As I heard u famou raconteur tell ing a story I had heard In one form or another for many years I could not but recall the statement of some one to the effect that there are but five stories extant and that nil we have are merely variations from the original five. As General Taylor, who 1 some thing of a story teler himself, puts It: "The story doesn't amount to any thing. If 8 the edition that counts." Boston Herald. '4, :-!. i