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VOLUME XXI.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 17, 1909.
NUMBER 37
THE rUM-A-LUM LUMBER GO.
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Athena, Oregon
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High School Department Has Xareer
Enrollment Than Expected Pro
gressive Policy Is Outlined.
leave the school honse. Now, taking
more than one step at a time in as
cending or descending the staiia was
striotly prohibited at the beginning of
sohool bnl it is thought that this will
be pardoned as it was a remarkable
show of agility.
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Paints, Oils, Glass
House Sign and Carriage Painting
E.T, Kidder, McArthur Building
City M eat EUlarket
J. II. STONE, Prop.
NORTH SIDE OF MAIN STREET
The Best Meat to be found in Town. Come and see
I will treat you right,
me.
J. H. STONE, ATHENA, OREGON
The Press has set aside a depart
ment in which will appear articles
and news items concerning matters of
interest to its readers pertaining to
the Athena pntlio sohools. Hereafter
this department will be allotted reg
ular space, with appropiate heading
announcing the sohool editorial staff.
Ed.
TIi6 Athena -schools oommenoed
Monday with a splendid enrollment,
especially in the High sobool depart
ment. The opening was most auspi
cious. The sohool board and Messrs.
Riohnrds, worthy clerk of the board,
and Attorney Beverly were present
and made appropriate addresses. Prin
cipal Case and Assistant Principal
Mulkey outlined the progressive pol
icy of the sohool year.
Teaobers and pnpils are enthusiast
ically enteriug upon their work with
apparent purpose and resolution. There
is a marked aud needed emphasis
plaoed upon discipline and supervi
sion. There is snap and hearty re
sponse being introduced throughout
the grades and the High shcool, and
consequent efficiency must grow out
of advancement throughout the grades.
Others are to enter next week.
This week was devoted mainly to
organization and preliminary work in
various subjects, pending ariival of
text books needed in some subjeots,
and it will be a day or two before
the sohool machinery gets down to
smooth, hard work, tut all the better
work will be done for having an in
telligent beginning. v-.-.-.-. -
Toe new piano was plaoed in the
High sohool department Tuesday, and
the pupils of the more advanced
grades greatly enjoy the morning . ex
ercises. The total enrollment will probably
exceed 200 before the week is out. Arf
rangements nave oeen started to nave
atblecios and students are very en
thusiastic over the plans for the year's
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We want everyone interested in se
curing an eduoation to join us. Never
mind age limit. Gome and take up
work. We can offer just as good a
Training Course for teaohers as cnn
be had in Eastern Oregon. We invite
graduates and any others contemplat
ing teaching to join us.
Enrollment By Grades.
Miss Beverly Primary department,
1st and 2nd grades, 89. . ...
Miss Wilkinson 3rd and 4th grades
33.
Miss Ore well 4 th and 6th grades,
33.
Miss B, Orgwell 6th and 7th grades
89.
Mrs, Mulkey 8th grade, 13.
Principal Case and Mr. Mulkey
High sohool, 21.
Total enrollment, 177.
Preparations are being made for a
gymnasium, basket ball team, track
team and other exercises.
The sohool board has rented a piano
from Eilers piano bouse in Pendleton,
and the students hope to purobase the
instrument by giving entertainments.
Students are all enthusiastic and
willing to do anything in their power
to help build up the sohool. All are
well pleased with the teachers.
Mr. Case and Mr. Mulkey are doing
everything possible to get the school
started right and to offer the students
amusement as well as plenty of wotk.
Mrs. Mulkey will take one high sohool
study and Miss Beverly is. to have
charge of the German class.
X A very interesting iuoident oooured
at school on Wednesday afternoon
Prof. Case was seen to clear the hall
in a sinale lean and charge down the
stairs three or more steps at a time,
It is believed that these extraordinary
maneuvers were performed for the
tinmnHfi of induoioe a small dog to
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Seattle Health Commissioner Wars On
Wharf Pests.
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- Giant rat traps to oatoh water-front
rats will be installed by the city de
partment of health and sanitation of
Seattle, aooording to plans now under
consideraton by Dr. J. E. Criohton,
commissioner of health. Dr. Criohton
hopes to install about 15 corrals or
traps as an experiment under the
wharves in the distriot from Smith
cove to the Centennial mill.
A large V-shaped corral will be
bnilt at regular intervals, the sides of
high wire netting, the opening of the
V facing the water and the point ex
tending back to the rear of the over-
banging wharf. At the point of the
V a small opening will be given into
a barrel sunk -flush with the ground
and covered with a balanced door, so
hinged tLst it will drop anything
coming upon it into the barrel beneath.
By means of this pitfall Dr. Croohton
hopes to take oare of the gi eater part
of the rats congregating under J (-he
wharves.
The traps will-require about 40 feet
of wire netting, protected at the top
to keep the animals from crawling
over. The expense is estimated as
slight. They will extend along a dis
triot about 1 miles in length.
1 READING ROOM
Its New Location Will Be in Basement
of the Christian Church Games
and Gymnasium for Starter,
H IK JOIN
Thirty-Two New Members Added to
Commercial Association Roster
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Wednesday Evening.
1e Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here
DELL BROTHERS,
CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN
GOOD THING3 TO EAT
Athena, Oregon
More as an experiment than any
thing else, the pastor of the Christian
oburob, enoouraged by several frieuds
opened a small reading room in a
building on Main street, which during
the closing months of the past school
year proved so snooessful tbnt it has
been deoided to reopen the reading
room in larger and more oommodious
quarters.
The basement of the Christian
oburoii is to be utilized for this pur
pose. Many new features are to be
introduced, and it will be made a
plaoe whioh is striotly first olass in
every way, a plaoe where pareuts can
permit their boys to go, with the fnll
confidence that nothing but good in
fluence will snrround them. One has
but to go down town after tne
dismissal of sohool 'to see dozens of
boys loafing around, many in very un
desirable places, to see the need of
snob an institution.
The Press feels that Mr. Harris and
the oburnh should be commended for
this undertaking, end further that
the community should show its nppie-
ciation by liberal donations to the
expense fund.
This work will be enlarged just as
fast, Mr. Harris assures us, as funds
are availaule to do so.. It is hoped in
time to add a well equipped tnb aud
shower bath to the plant, and other
featuies which will make the plaoe
attractive to young men and boys.
The place will be opened aoout the
first of Ootober, and will be thrown
open to the pnblio for inspection and
patronage.
Baptist Church Rally Day.
A great day is expeoted at the Bap
tist cbuicb on Sunday. It is Rally
Day and Harvest Home Festival. Ev
ery one is enthusiastic in preparation
for it. The oburoh will be beauti
fully decorated and there will be a
fine display of all kinds of frnit aud
vegetables it is to be a pnblio recog
nition of the goodness of God in giv
ing a bountifnl harvest. The service
at 10 a. hi. will be unique and very
interesting from the start, when you
will be welcomed and decorated at the
door by the reception committee, and
well, you must come and see for
yourself all the good things awaiting
yon. Every one attending, young or
old, will receive a pretty souvonir.
There will be several new and inter
esting features in the servioe, whioh
will please yon greatly. Don t miss
this 10 a. m. service.
Then at 11 o'olook will follow the
Harvest Home Festival service, with
special singing and special sermon by
tbe pastor, Herbert E. Ryder.
At 7:30 p. m. there will be a special
musical program, interspersed with
bright three minute addresses. These
servioes on Sunday, especially the one
at 10 s. m. will probably be among
tbe brightest and most interesting tbe
Baptist church has ever had. Don't
forget, a souvenir for all who attend
tbe 10 o'olook service. Come and
welcome.
Lincoln County High School.
For information in regard to Lincoln
County High School, Stenography,
Typewriting, Vocal and Instrumental
Music. Manual Tiaining, Rent of
Furnished cottages, cost of living,
address Prof. Wilbur, Newport, Ore.
tbe Athena
held siuoe
season, was
There was
and enough
be first meeting of
Commercial Association
cessation for the harvest
held Wednesday eveuing.
faitly good attendance
enthusiasm was nnooiked to 'swim
several ordinary Association sessions.
The olimax came when the names
of the thirty-two new members, which
were secured at the basket sooial aud
educational rally, was by unanimous
xnese sa names aaaea to tne assooia
tion roster, do not inlonde those of
the Ladies' auxiliary, whioh has for
its purpose certain lines of work sep
arate, though in conjunction with
tbat of the association.
Several new members addressed the
meeting and pledged their support to
the work of the Commercial body and
to the advancement of tbe city's
progress.
Mr. J. F. Brown, of the new Mer
cantile firm of Steward & Brown made
a short address, whioh was well re
ceived. He was followed by Prof.
Caso of tbe Athena High sohool, who
in a pleasing and oonvinoing manner,
talked on the relationship of the school
and the influential effort of the com
mercial assooiatiou along educational
lines. He outlined, in a measure, the
needs of the sohool, tbe character of
support it should have from tte pat
rons and citizens generally to insure
its suooess, and appealed for the en
forcement of tbe ourfew ordinance
during the sohool year. Mr. T. H.
Beverly interested the meeting ty re
lating ilia experiences with the suc
cessful results aoorued from the labors
of commercial and other organizations
with whioh be had been couneoted.
Several. committees were appointed
for speoial purposes and the associa
tion went on rooord favoring the
abolition of tbe steeple on tbe building
at the corner of Maiu aud 2ud streets;
the enforcement of the ouifow ordi
nance aud tbe construction of a side
walk south from tbe city hall to the
park.
Commissioner of Washington Thinks
0. R. & N. Must Make 12 1-2
Per Cent Reduction.
Several thousand dollars annually is
to be saved to the wheat growers of
Umatilla county as a resnlt of the re
cent rate reduction ordered by the
Washington state commission, aooord
ing to a member of that commission,
says a county exchange. A 12 1-2 per
cent reduction has been ordered aud as
the present rate from Pendleton to
Portland is 0 1-2 cents tbe reduction
will make a difference of more than a
cent a bushel or a saving of $55,375
on a 5,000,000 bushel crop.
In view of the Washington deoision
the deoision of tbe Oregon commission
on the same question will be watobed
for with all the more interest.
After declaring that wheat rates on
the O. R. & N. in Oregon will be re-
duoed in aoonrdanoe with the 12 1-2
cent rednotion on tbe Northern Paci
fic in Washington. John C. Lawrence
of tbe Washington state railroad com
mission, went on to say:
"Tbe order of tbe commission ap
plies only to tbe Northern Paoiflo, but
we confidently expeot the reduced
rates will be met by tbe O. R. & N.,
otherwise shippers at competitive
points will naturally divert all tbe
grain to tbe road which will give the
cheapest haul to tidewater markets.
'TbeO. R. &N. officials certainly
will not covet such a diversion of
traffic Tbe grain haul revenue is a
big item in O. R. & N. earnings.
When tbe O. R. & N. meet tbe out It
will announce tariffs making rates to
Portland idontical with tbe Tacotua
Seattle rates ordorod on tbe Northern
Paoiflo.
"This done, tbe interstate commerce
commission rules will apply, which
will require that tbe O. R. & N.
charge no more nor higher rates from
intermediate points in Oregon than
tbe rate from Palouse points to Port
land. In other words, meeting tbe
cut in Washington means the O. R. &
N. must make lower rates in Oregon.
By relationship of ratesthis reduction
will extend to all points in tbe latter
state."
FAKE MINISTER A BIGAMIST
Left Wife in North Carolina and Mar.
-ried Freewater GirL
Rev. Edgar H. Ward, who accord
ing to wife No. 3 has four wives and
many affinities now reposes in a cell
in tbe Walla Walla jail charged with
bigamy. He was arrested at bis borne
at Suonyside, Oregon, near Freewater,
ty Deputy Sheriff Painter. As Prose
coting Attorney Everett J. Smith
probes into the past of the prisoner be
seems to have unearthed startling
facts. It now looks as though Ward,
who resigned his charge at Freewater
only after talk of his arrest was heard
about three weeks ago, is not a Bap
tist minister as be professed to be and
besides has fonr wives living, three
in the east and one at his home in
Sunnyside.
August 12 Ward was married to
Miss Myrtle Harris of Freewater. A
clipping containing the aooount of
tbe wedding from the Union was sent
to. Bakersviile, North Carolina, and
appeared in the Bakersviile paper. '
The clipping and comment the editor
of that paper saw fit to make is as
follows:
Rev. E. H. Ward, pastor of the
Freewater Baptist ohurob, and Miss
Myrtle Harris, also of that town, were
married at the home of Rev. A. L.
Thorougbman, pastor of the Marvin
M. E. Churoh August 12. The couple
left ou an evening train for Freewater
where they will make their home.
Bof,h oontraoting parties are well
known.
. "Tbe above is from a Walla Walla,
Washington paper. Mr. Ward is also
well known in Bakersviile., where be
kept a small store at the north end of
tbe bridge up to the time of his leav
ing here less. than three months ago.
Of course the news of his marriage to
Miss Harris was a surprise to many of
bis Mitchell connty acquaintances,
who knew be left a wife behind him.
As it is suoh a short while since he
loft here, it is rather strange tbat he
should have forgotten tbat he was a
married man, bnt are not familiar
with the combined effeots of a sudden
change of climate and the multiplioy
of ministerial duties upon some men.
However, a man tbat will forget to
pay the printer before leaving is also
liable to Boon forget that be is bound
by tbe ties of matrimony after taking
bis departure." ,
A letter from Mrs. Minnie Ward,
tbe minister's deserted North Carolina
wife, has also been received by Prose
cutor Smith. In the same the former
wife exposes Ward thoioughly as a
liar, orook and a rascal.
OFFERS A SOU!
Pendleton East Orcgonian Offers
Suggestion For Solving Saloon
Question.
Reoogniziug that the operation of
tbe looal option law is a failure in
Pendlotou as it is in many other towns
whioh are on the "dry" list, the Pen
dleton East Oregonian, which was a
warm supporter of the looal move
ment, in its issue of Monday, offers
the following editorial solution to tbo
liqnor question:
"It is evident that a year from now
tbo people of this oounty will again
have to vote on the question of pro
hibition. Then there is a suggestion
for those who do not believe prohibi
tion furnishes tbe right solution of the
liquor problem do not allow the
fight to be waged on the same lines
it was a year ago a straight tight be
tween the saloon elemont and the pro-
bibitonists. If snob a -fight is made
the county will go dry again.
"There is a way by whioh the peo
ple of Pendleton and of other towns of
tbe oounty may offer the voters some
thing new a third solution of tbe
question At the coming city eleotion
the Pendleton obarter can be amended
so as to limit the number of saloons,
provided tbo liqnor business is legal
ized again, to one saloon per thousand
peoplo or fractional thousand. This
would give Pendleton six or seven
saloons, less than tbe city has now
under prohibition. Then an ordinanoe
should be passod, under tbe initiative,
prescribing how these saloons shall bo
ran, in case they are' allowed at all.
The ordinanoe should be an ordinance
tbat will regulate. It should provide
for Sunday closing; for the rigid en
forcement of tbe blacklist and of the
law against selling liquor to minors;
there should be some ohuraoter quali
fications for men who want' to enter
the liquor business; a saloonmau who
violates the law should loso his ii
ueuse; tbo barrooms should be entirely
open to inspection from the streets;
there should bo neither chairs nor
card tables within tne banoomsand
othor restrictions might bo imposod.
Each saloon should puy a license of
not less than $2500 per annum.
"Now if Pendleton will adopt snob
a charter change and suoh an ordin
anoe and if tbe other towns of the
oounty will do likewise then when tbe
peoplo rote on the liquor question a
year from this time tboy would have
(he assurance that if they legalized
tbe liquor business again tbe business
will be oonduoted along proper, civil
ized lines not as in tbe days of old.
They would know tbat tbe laws for
the regalation of saloons would be
enforood for tbo simple reason tbat
unless they were enforood tbe oounty
wonld go dry again at the next subse
quent eleotion. Wbat do you think
of it, gentlemen?"
Tbe best cook in tbe world can't
make a good cup of coffee out of old
stock tbat has been on the shelves fof
six months. Cbase & tfaoborn coffee is
always fresh. Sold by T. M. Taggatt
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