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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
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Fire Laddies Make Brave Struggle
Against Odds and Win Under
Difficulties.
Ex-Normal School President Is Ilold-
' ins Back $800 of Weston
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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.
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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.