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This Edition con: tains Six Pages Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer Athena Merchants Carry Bio Stocks VOLUME XXI. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 3. 1909. NUMBER 35 latest dress fabrics fairly pricedthe new fall suitings are here and their oolois are as rich as tboBe in an autumn forest cedar, olive, mulberry and otheia of nature's boes and the creams, ' tlaoks and navys of course are represented-' these Fall 1909 weaves take kindly to tailoring. Would yon feast your eves on the most royally beau tiful gathering of dress goods that have come from the mills in many seasons? ? Then spend an bonr at our Dress Goo'ds counter ; it . is ; well worth your lime whether you buy- or .not, and we will be pleased ' to- show them in any event just a few. PRICED AS FOLLOWS C. C at e5 you'll be able to oboose OOCfrom some good strong serv ioatle fabric, 36 inob, gnaranteed all wool striped serges in navy and rich brown, also some swell dark colors in fancy mobairs.gCj Wris the price of many new OCpieces of plain " batistes, all Colors and some new things in mohair, panamas, . serges and cashmeres and there's some of them 50 inohes wide, at per 'jCn o,for-tbose pretty wool tattetas V7 VC86 inch, several col-nft ors, olive, grey, etc, yard - ."UL fcl nnpei yar1 or tne88,8we-l CpA.UUimported fine serges, 'colors cream, blaok and red per yard - - t 1 QCfor the 52 inoh, maunish vbl.Osnitiugs very popular for tbe tailored Karments; has blaok and white stripes,, ' ppr yard - ; - $1.50 .at$1.00 $1.25 for the imported two- toned grey suitings, 52-. innhfis. heavy. inst the thing to withstand winter's blasts!' fcf at. per yard PA'tJVf - wt for this 48 inch self pl lO striped novelty, beautiful dainty stripes of light h-f 7K green,, per yardL - . : 9 f . f io nn tot tDia 60 iuoh 8elf ptf .V'VJHtriped imported novelty, either in mulberry, grey or dark olive, one of the successes in goods weaving, t yard r: v. Special attention is oalled to onr line of broadoloths in' all the pop ular shades wisteria, rose, cham pagne, reseda, raspberry and rich dark green. ' Priced at $2.00 to $3.50 : MAY WE SHOW YOU? $2,00 Mottcr-Whecler Company Walla Walla, Wash 103-5-7 and 9, Paints, Oils, Class House Sign and Carriage Painting ; E. T. Kidder, McArthur Building , J. If. STONE, Prop. NORTH SIDE OF MAIN STREET The Best Meat to be found in Town. Come and see ine. I will treat you right. J. II. STONE, ATHENA, OREGON F OUGHT m m F REIICII OWES STATE Fire Laddies Make Brave Struggle Against Odds and Win Under Difficulties. Ex-Normal School President Is Ilold- ' ins Back $800 of Weston , ' School Money. , If ii.i. a and ft Smith Iril II main v v si 1 ; : I Wall Paper I is residence of Mrs. Molntyre on the West Side, located just west of the Preston-Parton Milling 1 company's plant, was; praotioally destroyed by fire Saturday afternoon, virtually only a charred shell of what wirf a hand some residenoe, remaining The fire had' gained onsiderable headway before an alarm was turned in, and only the apparatus of Hose Company No. 2, i could be' used, for the reason that when the connection was made by Hose oompany .No. 1 at the hydrant at the pumping station, it was found that the hose would not reaoh the burning buildjug, aud the department worked under the handi cap of having but one stream of water to play ou the blaze..,-, ' However the boys made toe nest or it and saved more of the building than any of the bystanders antici pated...'." ; ' Just now the fire originated is un known The name of little" ''Bill" Red fl eld, an irresponsible little urchin of 9 or 10 summer?, is oonneoted with the conflagration through rumor1 said to have origin from other youngsters, but most likely the flames started irom ranee in which & fire had been burning during the morning hours. ,,. The residenoe bad been occupied ey B. W. Rivers' family. The household goods had just been pacKed and crated for shipment to Pomeroy, wasn., ana Mrs. Myers and two ohudren nad leit nn the noon train for Dayton, leaving the son to. look" after shipping the goods on Monday. ' x--. . While most of toe pousenoio gouos were carried from the burning build ing all.'.inoludiug a valuable piano wns badlv damased by nre and water. The household soods were insured in one of the reliable oompanies loo- ally represented by B. B., Riohards and Mrs. Molntyre carried insurance on her residenoe in the MoMionville Mnt.nxl. '-'",. Both the owner of the house and Mr nnd Mrs. Mvers are more than nlflnsad with the heroio work aocom plished by the fire boys and those out side the. department, who rendered valuable assistance. HIT IS READY FOR YOU Pleasantly Located. He Will Launch Sale In New Quarters. A Salem special to the Portland Oregonian says:' When asked whether the notmal schools bad closed up tbeir business with the state, State superin tendent ot Publio Instruction Acker man, who is ono of three members of the executive committee of the Board of Regents of normal schools, stated that, the Ashland and Monmouth sohools had squared up their aooouuts with the state but that the third, Weston, had Dot yet done so,' and that considerable money is still dne the state from the president of the Weston school. "President Ressler of Monmouutb and President Sohaefer of Ashland have settled nn the affairs of their respective schools, but President Robt. O. Frenoh, of the Weston sobocl, has not yet settled with the state," said Mr. Aoserman. "There is about 1800 still due the state whiob the com mittee expects Mr. French to pay. Ibis amount was part of the proceeds from a speoial fund and the executive oommittee was not aware it was being withheld until the end of the sohool year. Mr. Frenoh admitted the in debtedness and promised to pay the gum into the state treasury not later than August 1, but I am advised the money has not yet been received. The oommittee does not wish to te harsh with Mr. French, but the interests of the state must be protected and if the mouey is not paid into toe state treas ury soon it will be necessary to take soma sten to bring t be affairs of the Weston normal to a settlement. AN ARTESIAN FLOW Athena Land & Trust Company Have Fine Prospect of Securing "Gusher." Judge Ayers Dead.' Judge Tbomas W. Ayers of Heppner a prominent pioneer of Umatilla aud Morrow counties, died Saturday at Pendleton of paralysis. . He orossed the ulains in -1869 and settled in the Butter Creek country. SAYS CROP IS BIG Northwest Crop Expert Advises the Farmers to Sell and Gives His Reasons Why. he second strike of artesian water to be found in Umatilla county, was made Saturday, when the big drill of Miller & West, operated by the night foroe on the property of the Athena Land & Trust oompany, drop ped tnrougn a oavity at trie deptn or tev and tapped a small now of water. The first artesian well in this county was drilled at SpotTord Station, northeast ot Milton two years ago. Many Athena .residents visited tbo well Sunday, and the flowing stream looked good to all. .. The flow has increased materially and is now esti mated at 20 gallons per minute, and as the oontraot calls for 600 feet more drilling the prospeot that the owners of the well will . seoure . a "gusher," are very alluring. Toe oonudence witu wnion toe men oomnrisinK the Athena Land & Trust oompauy went about work of seouring a flowing well is oommeudatle, and tbey were fortnuate in securing a, reliable firm in Messrs. Miller & West to oarry on the work. ; Iu the opinion of Mr. West, there is little liklihood of losing tbo arte sian flow, as iu some instauocs is the result. To the oontrary he believes that with additional. depth increase ot i . i 1 TT t water win oe encouueerea. no oases bis opinion on the general formation through which- the drill is now working. . : , " The snccess of this well will de termine to a great degree the problem of securing water in tnis vicinity iu quautity for not only irrigating pur poses, but for city use, also. Should a big flow be eooouutered, the city would be justified : iu sinking for water for domeBlio purposes, ' Indi vidual owners have intimated that they would sink wells tor" private use.- - -" ATHENA HIGH SCHOO L OPENS SEPT. 13 Pleasantly . looated in bis new store t the Corner of Main ' and Third streets'. T,,. M. Teggart desires the ProflH to make announcement that beginning tomorrow morning, Septem- Iwr 4. he. will, start a dik money-rais ing sale: The sale will continue for 10 days, ending. Monday. September 13. The sale will be inaugurated for the sole purpose of dealing spaoe for a new Hue of dry goods whioh is soon to arrive. Mr. Taggatt is in a position to help the young men to something better than heretofore ottered in tailored clothing. September 6. a represen tative of the Marks Tailoring oom pany of Chicago, will e at his store with a trunk full or samples, prepared to take measures as tney boouiq oe made. Mr. TniKrqrt's new store as it is takes on a splendid appearance with Ha nn&ilv arranced stock, and when the new lines arrive, Tom's store will be a "hummer" for sure,. Mistaken for Deer. ' Alfonso Mayons, a aheepherder, sua mistaken for a deer by some care less hunter aud was shot, Sunday. Tee herder beard the man exclaim after the shooting ' "My God" and run through the brush. Mayons is in a hospital with his shoulder (battered and a part of his left lung shot away. : : : ' '. ' " " :-'M 31 1 n PROMPT MlflUTV RBOGEHV 8 OH luvERY VIIERE PRICES ARE RIGHT POHNE MAIN 83 B39 IL S2 fj The Freshest and most Choice the Market affords in mQ Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here p$ 9i DELL BROTHERS, Athena, Oregon f J-kA S. t 4 V . w. "IT -! 1 5 i I.. 1 l.i if Ji ' t .'I. .'r, .t. rs Prof. II Case, principal of the Athena High Sohool, arrived in the oity .Saturday evening, from Kalama, Wash., aooompanied by his family. Prof. Mulkey, the assistaut principal, with his wife, arrived in Athena the day previous. i ; 4 " Since arriving in tho oity both families have been pleasantly looated in desirable residences for the year. Both the prinoipal and bin assistant have entered zealously into the work of organizing the high sohool for the coming year. They are, interviewing personally, all students qualified for high school work, aud who have been, or who are oontemplatiuz going elsewhere to attend sohool. Prospective students are beins taken individually, and thorough understanding is being culti vated regarding wnat tne status or tne new Athena sobool is to be henoeforth. Prinoipal Case finds in Mr. Mulkey a valuable assistant, tnorougiuy com- Tirnhfindincr the work before him. and together these two men are meeting with oommeudable success in their preliminary work. - The Press has reoeived copies or tne Bulletin and News, the two papers published at Kalama, and both speak iu highest terms regarding Mr. uase a sucoess as an educator in the sohools of that city. He was re-elected to his position there but resigned for the reason that tbe Athena sobool offered a better field and a higher salary. . One of the Kalama papers, speaking of tbe notion of the Kalama board says, sarcastically: "But tbe fact is, the board was too generous, too econo mical, too ; parsimonious. Had the wishes of tbe patrons been consulted Prof. Case would have been retained, even if tbey had to pay 500 more." Forming His Plans, Tha Athena hisb sobool boeios the sobool year ou Monday, September 13. Tbe new principal is a "booster" and be is entbusiastio over tbe brigut pros pects for tbe ensuing sobool year in Athena. Speaking of the situation Mr. Case said: , , "It seema to me that publio senti ment here is ripe for genuine educa tional progress minus the petulant fault-finding so prevalent in many small towns. It require tne nar- monious. consistent as well as persis tent co-operation of patrons, students and teachers to make a successful sobool. No one can escape his share of responsibility for sucoess or failure. Now that tbe new spirit or progress has been awakened, increased effici ency will be demanded and satisfac tory results will follow,. "With tbe wealth of Athena Dis trict, its sohools should be placed upon a par with tbe best schools iu towns nf tha same class. "First, by having its laboratories adeanatelv euuipped for prepara tnrv teaohinff science. The Pnysics laboratory might be purchased tbia year, tbe Biological next year, and Chemioal two yeurs from now, so that there would be cradual develop ment as conditions required. "Seoond, music stoma be encourag ed and arrangements made by next year, if possible, for teacbing vooai music throughout the grades. A piano for high sohool and 8th grade would awaken new interest among the students. .' 1 hope to see a good Glee Clnb organized, and shall invite the musical talent of Athena to co-operate to that endv . "Third, literary and debating socie ties can be maintained to the benefit of the school. "Fourth, Athletics properly super vised and subordinated to sohool work fir writes a snirit of loyalty among the student body. With the farmers around Athena employing the most progressive and up to-date methods tbe sobool "should adopt the same polioy in educational matters. There are habits of communities as well as individuals. "Io introdnoe innovations requires enthusiasm, forbearance and encour asement. , Cnaneos sometimes engend er uniust. destructive oritioisui. There need be no experiment in the organi zation of a first class high school as the requirements are too well known and established. A spirit of oordiaity, mutual confidence and sympathy should at once overcome all opposition to success. - All high sohools of any importance have grown in accordance with tbe principles of normal develop , merit. ' " .- - "The higher grades are depeudeut upon, tbe lower gratJes. When right habits of study are 'formed higher ideals will be attained. Students will como to have a well defined, purpose and finish the regular high sobool course. , ' 1 "With JI5 years experienco in high school work, I oau frankly say that iu my opinion tbe sobool Board and citizens whom I have met seem to have tbe right conception of what the sohool needs and if tbe ideal van be adhered to Ions enoueb. to firmly establish the sobool on a good working basis, patrons will assume a right at titude toward their borne school and students will develop loyalty under suob euoonraging environments. "This-year will be the critical yeai, therefore loyalty of patrons, teachers and students is an imperative need. We need tbe quiet, determined influ ence .of Cburch, Press and Layman. It is a good thing to get into tbe habit of indulging in meritorious commend ation in -your borne tbe school aud town in wbiob yon livo. "I assume that tbe boys and girls of Athena are just as bright and cour teous as in other towns. Tbe studouts oinduot is an index to home life. We want all tbe students we can get. Students from other dietiiots are cor dially invited to join us more espec ially do we solicit tbe eighth grade graduates from other distiiots." The Press publishes the following in terview given by Leo Peterson, a crop expert and publisher of the Commer cial Review, at Portland, for what it is worth.,' The interview look place at Colfa Washington. ;Mr. Petersou said: - : "I have personally visited every section devoted to grain raising io the northwest, exoept Walla Walla, where I am now going,": said Mr. Peterson, "aud I believe that the total crop in Washington. Oregon aud Idaho this year will reaoh 65,000,000 bushels cf wheat, 83,000.000 bushels of oats aud hetweeu 16,000,000 and 17,000,000 bushels of barley. Washington aloue will market . 40.000.000 bushels of wheat 14,000,000 bushejs of oats aud 9,000,000 bushels of barley. ; '- a : "The largest previous orop was harvested iu 1907, when ! Washington produced total orop of 88.000,000, Oregon 20,000,000 und Idaho 5,500,-' 000, ; The prices this year ate fullv 65 per cent higher tnau normal, and the northwest farmer is going to nave more mouey this fall thau he ever had from his orops before, provided he does not let tbe false prophets that have arisen of late in , tho farmers' unions induce bim to bold bis grain too loug before selling, by telling him, as many of tbeni are doing, that tbe total yield of Washington is but 80, 000,000 and the export demand 41, 000,000. r ( "As far as I am conoerued personally it . does not . make any diff orenoe whether the orop is 1,000,000 or 100, 000 000 bushels, consequently I want the farmers to understand that I am only telling them this tor tbeir own good, and I most assuredly would advise them to sell before the present market breaks, as it undoubtedly will, in two or three weeks. "There is not the jdemanfl this year for export stuff that there is commonly supposed to be, as European buyers can buy cereals in Europe at the pre sent time for tbe same price that tbe Const buyers oau get it on track at tidewater, and it is a certainty that they are not going to buy in the American market and pay tbe freight to foreign ports." : Killed By Automobile. Delos B. Coffin, a wealthy farmer Jiving near College Plaoe was run down and killed by an automobile driven bv John Baxter, a Walla Walla real estate man Tuesday night. The occupants of the oar were surrounded by an angry mcb of citizens and had it uot been for the timely iuterveution of tbe officers, some of them might havo done bodily harm. Baxter haB been plaoed under $1,000 bonds for appearance at the coroner's inquest. Au examination of .the wounds buow- ' ed Coffin's neuk was broken, larynx twisted and crushed back, causing hemorrlince of tbe luuea, ribs on left side crushed and deep gash, cut ou lett obeek, above tbe right eye aud ou tbe book of bead. . ' Nerve Is Broken. Bud Burnes who for more than a year has boon bravd and sneering at the efforts of the law to punish him and who a few days ago reoeived news of bis certain doatb with calmness, litis broken down and is now limp with terror in the Wulla Wnlla oounty jail. He pleads that be never com mitted the crime; that he is innocent. He wrote a long letter to bis wife, begging ber to visit bim. The opinion is that ho will go to the gallows , broken and whimpeiing. - Weston Has Project. James Asbwortb a leading man of Weston, has practical ideas regarding tbe feasibility of constructing a huge dam across Pine Creek Canyon, above Weston and creating a reservoir for the storage of water whioh would be used for irrigating purposes, juis piaus contemplate tbe construction or a , oanal aud electrio power transmission.' He estimates that the plant could be constructed for $250,000. Walla Walla Home for Sale If you are contemplating buying a homo in Walla Walla, talk to G. II. LaDue. Fern Avenue next to.Benjamiu Stanton's fine home. A modern su bmbau home for sale. Eight room house, well finished, grounds 110 by 885 tent, excellent shade, good barn and ohioken park, fiuit tiees, garden ground and berry bushes. One blook of car line acd iu flue residence dis trict. Just tbe place for a retired farmer. . The Dime's Attractions. Atbena people showed tbeir appre ciation of wholesome attractions, by giving Manager Tbarp liberal patron age last week.. This week the Dime offers tbe strongest bill so far present ed this season. Samson, the modern Hercules is tbe top liner at tbia popu lar amusement resort tonight and to morrow night. Iu addition, extra fine motion pictures aud illustrated hooks are on the program.