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VOLUME XXI.
ATIIENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 5. 1909..
NUMBER 44
THE rUM-A-LUSVI 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
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Flour is made ia Athena, by Athena labor, in the latest
and best equipped mill in the west, of the best seleoted
Blnestem wheat grown anywhere. Patronize home
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Athena, Oregon,
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SIDE MAIN
ATHENA
Wall Paper
Paints, Oils, Glass
House Sign and Carriage Painting
E. T. Kidder, Mclrthur Building
City Meat roi
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J. II. STONE, Prop.
NORTH SIDE OF MAIN STREET
The Best Meat to be found in Town. Come and see
me. I will treat you right.
J. n. STONE, ATHENA, OREGON
RICHARDS ELECTED
Will Serve On School Board In Place
of Director Jerry Stone Who
Resigned.
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At a speoial eohool meeting held
Monday for the purpose of electing a
school direotor to fill the unexpired
term of Jerry Stone, resigned, B. B.
Rioriardswas the choice of the voters
presoht. Twenty votes were cast, Mr.
Richards receiving 17 - and Benry
Keen, three votes.
When the name of Mr. Riohards
was placed in nomination, Mr. C. A.
Barrett, Chairman of the board and
presiding offioer of the meeting, called
attention to the fact that as Mr. Rich
ards was holding the offloe of sobool
clerk, his election to the office of dir
ector would necessitate the holding of
another speoial eleotion for the pur
pose of choosing a new clerk. .."
Apparently the voters were of the
opinion (bat Mr. Richards was the
man needed on the board, and that it
would be an easy - matter to select a
clerk. No other nominations were
made, and the ballot resulted as above
stated.
After the voting was over; Chair
man Barrett spoke in congratulating
terms of the effioient sorvioes Mr.
Riohards had given the district as
olerk.
Adjournment then followed and
neailv all repaired to the high eohool
recitation room, where Prof essot Case
explained in detail' the methods of
laboratory work and the relative con
nection each instrument in the collec
tion, contained. To same, many of the
vessels and instruments were familiar
and brought to mind memories of the
class room. However, there are
instruments up-to-date, in the Athena
High School collection whioh back
in the log sohool house days were un
known. One of these more than all the
others attracted particular attention
the wireless telegraph equipment,
whioh will be in operation when the
class reaohes the subjeot of electrioity.
0. R. a N. MAY DOUBLE TRACK
The Dalles is Source of Latest Rumor
Regarding New Plans.
That the O. R. & N. company is
really in earnest in the move to
straighten the traok, reduce grades,
make tunnels and otherwise improve
the road between Huntington and
Portland, is evidenced by the filing
of several right of way suits in the
circuit oourt at The Dalles. It is
stated in the complaint that the latfd
is desired for the straightening of tjhe
track between Desohutes station and
The Dalles, but according to a report
from the latter city, it is believed
that, it is really the intention of the
railroad company to double track its
line from La Grande to Portland. "
In speaking of the proposed removal
of onrvee, the Dalles Chroniole sajje.
While this would be an important
move on the part of the 0. R. & N.,
one whioh wonld be welcomed by all
travelers on the, road between the
points mentioned, the report is current
here that the railroad company jhas
still a more important move up its
sleeve, that the property on whioh
right of way suits have been filed,
is wanted for the purpose of double
tracking the road. From an authen
tic railroad source the news is received
here that the O. R. & N. will double
its tracks from LaGrande to Portland.
Were 3nch an improvement made, it
would greatly lessen the time now
consumed in tho handling of freight
between these two points. Much time
is now wasted, due to the side-truok-ing
for passenger trains as this traffio
is exceedingly heavy, and according to
the state law, a freight crew -M not
allowed to work more than 1& hours
without taking a rest of eight Jiours.
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TuYEnY YHERE PRICES ARE RIGHT
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The Freshest and most Choice the Market affords in
tige Best that Money can Buy' Always Found Here
CHRISTIAN REVIVAL SERVICES
Prominent Evangelist Coming to Athe
na Next Week,
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BIG TRACK MEET
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ommenoing next Weduesday night
November 10, Rev. A. A. Doak of
Washington will oonduot a series of
evangelistio servioes at the Christian
ohuroh. He is a whirlwind. Full of
life, fire, ztal, good sense, wit, pathos,
faot, in faot all those traits that go to
make np a great speaker. You simply
uauum auuru tu ujjbm a eiuKiB service. A
fcNeither can your friends. rTell theia
or toe meeting. The seivioes will
commence promptly at , 7:30 eaoh
evening, . and will close early. No
long drawn out meetings. Everything
VYlli 1UUVO IIUU1 IUB WOIQ gO. JNO
waiting, no sleeping. You will enjoy
every minute.
. ' Convention Next Week.
The Umatilla Sub-District Con
vention and Missionary Rally of the
Christian church will be held in
Atbeua next week, Monday and Tues
day. Monday . evening at 7:30 will
be the opening session. The audieuoe
will be addressed by Mrs. Clara G.
Esson state superintendent ot Bible
schools. She is a live wire. You
will be interested. Tuesday beginning
at 9 a. m. addresses will be made by
C. H. Hilton, of Milton and A. Mc
Kenzie Meldrum of Pendleton. Rev.
Meldrum will tell of the things he
saw and heard at the Centennial con
vention. In the afternoon the C. W. B. M.
session will be held, and at night C.
F. Swander of Portland, state secre
tary will be the speaker.
People, of Athena should not lose
this opportunity to bear some good
and inspiring addresses.
, A Scalded Bovs Shrieks,
horrified his grandmother, Mrs. Maria
Taylor, of Nebo Ky., who writes that,
when all thought he'would die, Buck
lens Arnioa Salve wholly cured bim.
Infallible for Burns, Soalds, Cuts,
Corns, Wounds, Bruises. Cures
Fever sores, Boils Skin Eruptions,
Chilblains, Chapped Hands. Soon
routs Piles. 25o at all druggists.
5200 ON $3.80 INVESTMENT
Davton Furniture Dealer Introduces
Ancona Chickens.
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CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN
GOOD THINGS TO EAT
Athena, Oregon
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Homer Saiuudl, a furniture dealer
of Dayton, Wash., has found poultry
rather profitable. In less than 15
months from $3.80 Mr. Samuel bus
netted 1183.50 from eggs and the sale
of obiokens, in addition to having
enough eggs to supply his family.
In May,. 1908, Mr. Samuel paid
$3.80 for a setting of Auoona eggs.
Wnen 4 months old the pullets com
menced laying. Some of these pullet
eggs were set in Ootober. During
this year he sold $90 worth of eggs,
besides reserving plenty for table use.
A few days ago Mr. Samuel sold 21
Ancona bens to A. J. Knight for $3.50
eaoh. Tn addition ho sold 10 yonng
henswith the understanding that he
was to have half the profits from their
sale, whioh at the price reoeived for
the others will mean $25.
Mr. Samuol reoeived $25 in cash
prizes at poultry exhibitions outside
that state, so that the total reoeipts
from his experience reach over $200.
Anconas were reoently imported to
this country from Wales, of whioh
country they are natives.
Farmers Want More Money,
According to Portland buyers of
wheat farmers are not offering tbeii
grain so freely during reoent weeks.
The greater demand has caused many
of them to hold for higher prices, and
aooording to some of the bigger buyers
they are justified in doing so from
present conditions. Outside millers
are clamoring for on advance in the
price of patent flour, but the big
millers are not disposed to pot np
quotations because they say that the
small millers simply use their advauce
in order to out values.
County School Athletes Will Contest
For Cup Given by Athena
Commercial Association
Professor Case, prinoipal of the
Athena High sohool, in an address
before the Athena Commercial As
sociation Wednesday evening, divulg
ed plans on whioh he is working and
through whioh he hopes to interest
the sobools of . the oounty in a big
traotc meet to be held in this oity next
spring. -
After diBOUBsing the matter in a
thorough manner, tho Commercial
Association at onoo took up Professor
Case's proposition and unanimously
voted to pnrohase a silver loving oup,
value $75, whioh the assooiation will
offer as a grand piize to the sohool
winning the greatest number of points
at the meet.
Traok teams from the sobools of
Umatilla county will be eligible to
enter all athletic contests sohedoled
for the Athena meot, and a speoial
committee has been appointed to inter
est the sobools of the oounty in the
big contest.
A committee was also appointed by
Presideut Riohards of the assooiation,
to select the oup and have it properly
engraved. It will be placed on exhi
bition immediately ou its arrival
here.
The traok and) grounds on whioh
field sports will bo held will in all
probability be made at the oity park.
Goes to Philippines.
The four troops of the Fourteenth
oavalry, for a long time stationed in
Walla Walla, left Monday night fr
San Franoisoo, on their way to the
Philippines where they have keen
ordered for servioe. Upon their arri
val in the islands they will relieve
the Sixth oavalry, four troops of
which, in command of Colonel John
Rogers, will e stationed at Walla
Walla. The troops were joined at
Umatilla by tho two troops from the
Boise barraroks. T-he famous Four
teenth cavalry band goes with them.
WOMAN WAS THE INSTIGATOR
Mrs.
Wherry and Two Boys In Jail At
Heppner For Arson.
Mrs. Mary Wherry, wife of a busi
ness man of Heppner, Valley Dexter
and Clyde Cribbins, two 16-year-old
boys, are looked up in the Morrow
oounty jail obargod with arson, the
boys having confessed to the crime.
A barn in that oity belonging to
Bob Dexter was burned Sunday nigbt.
The fire was discovered abouf 11:30.
Marshal Walbiidge was at the fire
and the Cribbins lad came to him
vcluntarily and made tbe remark
that be could not see how tbe fire
bad started because he had not beon
in there for a mouth. This aroused
the suspicions of tbe offioer and after
questioning the boy the latter con
fessed, implicating Mrs. Wherry and
Valley Dexter.
The Dexter boy lives out of town
and when arrested by Sheriff Sbutt be
confessed, telling praotioally the same
story that the Cribbins boy told.
The story of tho boys is that Mrs.
Wherry. was tbe instigator; that she
went to tbe woodshed at tbe Wborry
home and splitting up some pitch
wood, gave it to tbe boys, who dug
a hole under the barn and started
the fire whioh destroyed tbe bnilding.
Mrs. Wherry is a sister of Bob Dextor
tbe man who lost tbe barn.
Oregon Woolgrowers.
Arrangements are nearing comple
tion for entertaining in Pendleton,
November 9 and 10, tho largest body
of sheepmen ever gathered in Oregon.
Tbe ocoasion is tho twelfth annual
convention of tbe Oregon Woolgrow
era' assooiation.
Pendleton Easy.
Pendleton Aoademy proved easy for
the LaGrande eleven Saturday, when
that team romped up and down tbe
field at wilL The visitors were out
classed and never made things inter
esting. La Grande made seven touob
downs the final soore being, LaGrande
36. Pendleton 0.
y Lost a Finger.
VLittle Riobard Cartano had a por-
severed Monday evening. His sister
was cutting kindling with a hatchet,
when tbe little fellow, reaching for a
(tick got bis band under tbe hatchet.
The finger was out in two between tbe
first and second joints.
To Enforce Laws.
meeting or oluzors
A mass meeting or oluzors was
held at tbe county oourt house Wed
nesday afternoon. Tbe meeting was
held for the purpose of devising means
to enforce tbe looal option laws. Tbe
result of tbe meeting was that County
commissioners gave assurance of am
ple funds with whioh to suppress vio
lations of tbe law, and the matter of
enforcement of tbe law was plaoed in
tbe bands of Sheriff Taylor, with the
understanding that ho be empowered
to employ additional help other than
bis regular deputies, to aid bim in
such enforcement.
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
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Commercial Association Holds Annual
Election of Officers.
There was more ginger sprinkled
around at the meeting of the Athena
Commercial Assooiation Wednesday
evening than has been in evidenoe'for
some time. Nearly every member bad
soma thing to propose for the good of
the town and a corking, lively session
was tbe result The meeting opened
with the election of offloers for the
ensuing year. The new officers are:
B. B. Riohards, president; J. E.
Froome vioe president; J. V. Mitohell
secretary; James Henderson treasurer.
President Riohards named his stand
nig committees as follows:
City Interests. T. M. Taggart, T. H.
Beverly, F. B. Boyd.
Transportation, Jas. Henderson, N.
A. Miller, Jas. Coniey.
County Afifairs, H. A. Barrett, S.
F. Wilson A. B. McEwen. Z. W.
Lookwood J. F. Brown, John Froome,
W. O. Miller.
Education, S. F. Wilson, B. N.
Hawks, H. G. Case.
A number of speoial oommittes were
also appoiuted. Tbe assooiation de
oided to meet twice eaoh month dur
ing the winter, the first and third
Wednesday nights in eaob month.
To Be Spotless Town.
Monday began a oleannp campaign
iu Walla Walla which will last nntil
tbe town is spotless. Under the di
rection of Sanitary Inspector William
C. Gates, Health Offioer, E. E. Shaw '
and F. S. Hull, chairman of the oity
oounoil committee on health and
police, the work was taken np at 8
o'olook. Dump carts and wagons are
being utilized and tbe whole town is
to be scoured.
Fall Seeding Better.
Aooording t o leading framers, a
period of transition is at hand in tbe
planting of grain crops of eastern
Washington. Tbe old method of
seeding spring graiu is rapidly giving
plaae to fall seeding. Commissioner
C. B. Bowman, who lives in tbe west
ern part of Columbia county, said last
week that nearly every one is sowing
fall grain, wbile R. II. Prater reports
tbe same conditions in tbe Turner
and Covello districts.
Young Girls are Victims.
of headache, as well as older women,
but all get quick relief and prompt
cure from Dr. King's Life Pills, tbe
world's best remedy for sick and.
nervous headaches. They make pure
blood, and strong nerves and build op
your health, try tbem. 253 at all
droggste.
Blood Poisoning.
Miss Jennie B. Patriok died Sunday
night at Milton from blood poisoning
caused by an accidental gunshot
wound at Colfax, Wash., about a year.
ago. bne was tbe daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. G. W. Patriok of Miltcn.
BIG PUBLIC AUCTION SALE
Dave
Still Will Dispose of Property
Thursday Novemder 11.
David Still, tbe well known Milton '
farmer, having deoided to retire, will
offer a large amount of personal prop
erty for sale at publio auotion on
Thursday, November 11.
ube sale, wbioL will oommenoe
promptly at 1 o'olook p. m., will be
held at the old William Bado place
on Dry creek, two and one half milos
west of Milton. Tbe property con
sists of :
Seventeen head of good work hors
es; two good driving noises; one lion
Wilkes filly; one yearliug oolt; one
oolt six mouths old; several head of
hogs; 7 sots of work harness; one set
eiugle harness; one set double driving
harness; one oow; five wagons; one
back; one buggy; two seed drills; one
MoCormiok mower; one hay rake;
three gang plows; three six-horse har
rows; one spring tooth harrow; four
seeders; one disk; one sleigh; five log
chains; double trees; single trees;
neok yokes; forks and other articles
too numerous to montion.
Terms, under $10, oasb ; all over $10
ten months credit with approved joiut
note, at tbe rate of 8 per cent. Three
per cent off for oasb. Free lunoh at
12:30 o'clock.
he Athena hunters have returned
home from the Grand Ronde, and were
sucoesful in their quost for venison.
John Stone killed the largest buck
over brought into Athena. The deer
was a monster, weighing .231 pounds
dressed. Three fine bucks fell before
the unerring aim of Will Dobson, and
one was killed by tbe Press man. All
tbe boys hud a good time and will be
ready for next year's bunt.
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James-Douglas. .
Albert James of Walla Walla, and
Miss Ruby Douglas, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Douglas of Weston,
were married at tbe residence of Mrs.
E. Brady, tbe bridegroom's mother on
Sunday afternoon at Freewater in the
presence of a few intimate friends and
relatives Rev. D. O. Sandorson officia
ting. Tbe young people, who are
well known in Freewater and Weston,
left on tbe evening train for Walla
Walla, where they will reside.
Epworth League Social.
Tuesday evening, tbe Epwortb
Leaguo gave tbe first of its social
meetings for tbe rear. About thirty
gathered at tbe Methodist parsonage,
and participated in a most enjoyable
program of pleasure and sociability.
These good times will be repeated on
tbe first Tuesday of every month.
Mr. Beveily will lead tbe Epworth
League Devotional meeting next Sun
day nigbt.
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fS L. J. Henderson has resigned his
position as operator for tbe O. R. &
N. Co., and will travel for a Portlaud.
firm, j