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Buy -Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer VOLUME XXII. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JANUARY 1, 1910. NUMBER 2 9 0 Now is the time to secure your Office Stationery -for the year., THE-TUM-LU1 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 Be Ventilated. Wall Paper Paints, Oils,' Glass House Sign and Carriage Painting E. T. Kidder, McArthur Building' - iv3 eat Market 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. II. STONE, ATIIENA, OREGON Binger Hermann, who for 16 years represented Oregon in the national honse of representatives and for sev eral years was commissioner of the general land offioe in the United States ' distiiot oourt at Portland is facing the charge of oonspiraoy to aefrand the United States government of a part of the public domain. Faoiug eaob other - before United States Distriot Jndge Charles E. W.ol verton, on behalf of the government is, Francis J. fieney, spocial proseout or au(L,Benior counsel -the man who seonred the oonviotions in the pre vious land fraud cases in Oregon; John McCourt, United States distiiot atttorney for Oregon, and Traoey G. Beoker, assistant to the attorney gen eral of toe United States. Hermann is represen ted by Colonel A. S. Wor tbington of Washington, D. J. who seoured bis : client's s acquittal on a charge of destroying' 40 letter copy books alleged to have beea the proper ty of the government land offioe in Washington, and former United SfStes Senator John M. Gearin of Portland, oue of the most astute lawyers in Oregon. . ' ' The indiotmont under whioh Her mann is to be tried was returned in 1905, and the oonspiraoy' it alleges was the most stupendous of all the Oregon land iraud oases. Hermann was jointly indioted with the late United States Senator John H. Mitch ell,'' former state : senator and ex deputy United States Attorney Frank lin Pierce Mays, ' former State rep resentative Wjllaid N. Jones, George Sorenson, a prominent politician, and H. A. Smith, deceased. - Of these Mays. Jones and Sorenson were on September 12, 1906, oonvioted as charged in the indictment. Senator Mitchell and Smith died without com ing, to trial under it; Congressman Williamson was oonvioted under an other indictment and. following the prooedure of the government pioseout ors in the Oregon, land fraud , cases was not tried on this indictment. Hermann's trial under' this indict ment has been postponed year after year, some times at his own request and some times by the inability, for various reasons, of Francis J. Heney to oondnot the trial, v At the trial nf Mays, Jones and Sor enson, who were oonvioted under this indictment witnesses testified that they conspired to have set apart as a forest reserve 200,000 acres of land in Oregon and other states. 1 . In this State the reserve was to be known as the "Blue Mountain forest reserve," and comprised 160,000 acres in the eastern part of the state. This land, aooording to witnesses, was then covered mostly by sagebrush and bunoLgrass. The testimony showed that Mays, Jones and Sorenson sought to benefit by securing the 44,000 acres of state eohool lands embraoed within the reserve, whioh they proposed to use as "base" for exchange for val uable timber land located in other parts of the state, a privilege granted by the act of congress approved June 4, 1897. Evidence was introduced apparently intended to show that this trio sepur ed, though flatly in violation of the law, both advanoe information as to the identity of the government agent who was to pass on the merits of the proposed reserve and advanoe infor mation as to the date the tomporary withdrawals was made, and that the information on this latter point was given out by Hermann, then com missioner of the general land office. His Part In The Attempt at Stupen- r dous Land Fraud in Oregon to SCHOOL TAX. $10- PER CAPITA Attorney Wilson Handles Question Be fore County Board Convention. Sells Hay Business. Feaiine that the bottom will fall out of the high pi iced hay market, B, F. Reed of Ellensburg, Wash., hai sold bis holdings for f 200,000. 12 I If PALI! v gbogeot "BWi WHERE PRICES ARE RIGHT "St.. STOBE Ei J The Freshest and most Choice the Market affords in ,: ". - .: '' - -.'.'" : .'.' ' ' ' jr Best .that Money can Buy Always Found Here 4 The county court has raised the school levy from $7 to $ 10 per capita, The aotion of the oourt was in line with the prevailing , sentiment that existed at the Third annual session of the County Sohool Board convention, held at Pendleton Saturday. . S.F. Wilson and C. A. Barrett, direotors and Ohas Betts. clerk of this distriot were in attendance and Mr. Betts was ohosen seoretary of the meeting. The convention was called to order by County Superintendent Welles. R. F. Robinson, superin tendent of Mnltuomah county schools gave au interesting address. He was followed by Mr. Wilson who ohose for his subjeot, "Ways and Means of Taxation." He brought out the faot that it should be the duty of every citizen of the county to urge upon the oounty court a larger assess ment of taxes for county sohool pur poses ud submitted faots and figures showing that by so doing a more equal adjustment of the'tax problem might be had and that much property which now escapes snob taxation would be brought under snob tax. This point was the most important subjeut brought before the conven tion ana aotion on the matter was taken in the following resolution wbioh was offered and carried by a nnanimous vote. . ; "Whereas the county oourt has tak en the initiative movement in increas ing the per capita in the county sohool levy fund from, seven to ten dollars, and whereas it is the sense of this body that this method is more just and equitable to the taxpayers as a whole, therefore, be it ... "Resolved, that we heartily endorse this aotion on the part of the county oourt and earnestly reoommend that this policy be oontinued in the future and in no event be less than $10 per capita." . kBank Officers Elected. ' At the annual meeting of the stock holders of the First National Ba nk, held Tuesday afternoon,' the following officers were .eleoted: T. J. Kirk, president Henry Koepke, . vioe presi dent; F. S.'LeGrow, cashier; Edw. Koontz, assistant roasbier; , Ernost Zerba, bookkeeper; T. J. Kirk. Henry Koepke, A. B. MoEweu, D. H. Pres ton, F. S. LeGrow. direotors. A divi dend of 10 per cent was declared and $5,000 went to the surplus fund, making the surplus now $35,000, with a capital stook of $50,000, showing that the past season's business for the bank has been exceptionally pros perous. A. a. Mobwen and Henry Koepke two well known and substan tial men of this oommunity have be- oome stoosnoiders in tne nans, tne polioy of the institution being to looalize the holdings of stook as muob as poesible. Cosntv is Out of Debt. Aooording to the annual report of County Clerk Sailing, the receipts of Umatilla county from all sources during the year 1909 was greater tnan the expenditures by more tban $300, 000. A great part of this has been reduoing the county's indebtedness until the county is now practically free from debt aud on a oash basis. The taxes for the year amounted to $350,000, but $23,000 was given back in rebates or wai deliuqueut. The amount received from nil other sources was $87,300 making the total reoeipts for the year $414,300. The total expenditures for the year amount ed to $119,900, 'leaving a balance in favor of the oounty , of $304,000. Pendleton Girl Team Won. By a soore o( 83 to 0, the girls bask et ball team of the Pendleton High school, defeated the girls of . the Ath ena High sobool, at the Athena .opera bouse, Saturday evening. The Athena girls made their first publio appear ance and while tbey met defeat, tbe honors went to a team that is recog nized as being exceptionally strong and one that has bad long experience. Tbo Pendleton girls were aooompacied ty Principal and Mrs. Hampton. After the game a reoeption was held at the M. E. cburob. Refreshment,) were served. i DELL BROTHERS, CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD THINGS TO EAT Athena, Oregon Iff A Rumored Change. According to unconfirmed rumors, tbe Spokane train wbiob at present arrives in Athena at 1:05 p. m. will soon fce running on anew schedule that will bring it into this city at 8 :40 a. m. It is also reported that tbe Portland-Pendleton special will leave Pendleton at 8 a. m. instead of 8 :40 as at present, which would necessarily mean that tbe Walla Walla-Pendleton loobl would arrive here about 7:10 a ni. It is presumed that tbe time of tbe evening passenger will remain as it is DOW. THE SCHOOL RALLY Big Crowd Enjoys Addresses, Songs, Recitations, and then Participate In Association Banquet. Arnold Murder Case K Attorneys H. I. Watts and Will M. Peterson have been retained to defend Cland W. Arnold, alias George Tracy, indicted for tbe murder of Andrew Ratio!. Tbo trial has teen Set for January 14. The local teaohera institute and edu cational rally, held at the Methodist Episoopal church in this city Friday night, was attended by . au assemblage of people that taxed the full oapaoity of the auditorium. State Superintendent Aokerman who wrs to have been on the program for the piinoipal address of the evening, was unable to be present on account of illness, but his plaoe was ably fill ed by Prof. L. R. Alderman of tbe State University, who delivered just the sort of an address to oonform with the oooosion a heart -to-heart talk with the teacher, pupil and parent. -. rn an impressive, pleasaut way At torney S. F. Wilson, who presided as chairman, delivered ' tbe address of weloome. He made every visitor feel the weight of Athena hospitality aud tbe deep interest she takes in ednoational matters. ' Prof. Alderman's address was well received. He held close attention of old and young, alike. He took for his subject, ; "Chums, Gumps and Spooks" and iu the three divisions of bis subjeot be unwound a skein of in formation wbioh was indeed food for reflection and incentive for higher and better endeavor, . From "chums" he extracted the status of governing the toy through olose association with the father in pastime and work, and drew vivid word piotures of sterling manhood as the reward of such association. In "gumps" he depioted tbo mother drudging at household duties, while Mary, the daughter, found time to meet every train and visit the post offioe several times eaoh day. And by the way, tbe particular Mary Prof, Alderman led forth in point of illus tration never had her lessons at sohool but befoie be got through with her (with her mother's help of course) she had brought to him at sobool, bread of her own baking and display ed with commendable pride a waist finished by ber hands. "Spooks" furnished material for illustration by tbe speaker of tho fallacy some par ents have of lauding to otbera the vir tues of their obildren, when in faot the obildren are devoid of tbe virtues attributed to them. In this connec tion tbe speaker cited tbe gill, who assisting her mother in the kitoben, wears out tbe floor between "her room" and tbe oookery, that tbe rat in her hair may always be properly adjusted. Prof. Alderman readily found him self at home in Athena. Several of tbe alumni of the University, and old friends of bis, reside here, among whom are B. B. Biobards, Assistant Principal Mnlkey of tbe Athena High Sohool, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Watts, and H. I. Watts, of the ulouini, and several acquaintances including tbe Misses Edith and Blanobe Orswell and Mr. Merle Robie. Other interesting features of tho program, rendered in tne auditorium was tbe splendid singing of ibe Pen dleton Quartette, tbe reoitatioua and the High Sohool chorus. The quar tette is composed of Messrs. Akers, Landers, Owens and Welles, and every number rendered was warmly enoored. The High Sobool chorus was a pleas ing feature and tbe recitations of Mies Mclntyre.and Miss Martin, of the Adams publio wore greatly appreciat ed, and little Miss Mattie-Lee Case captivated tbe tig audience with her splendid recitation. In tbe after part of tbe eveuing tbe crowd was taken in charge by tbe Commercial Association a committee from whioh had prepared lunch and refreshments. The large basemeul dining room of tbe ohnrob after being thrown open was invaded by the hun gry guests. Lunob was served and after a while the cravings of tbe inuor man were satisfied. President Riohards of the Association presided as toastmaster and a number'of guests and townspeo ple responded. Tbe assemblage great lv appreciated tbe association's social feature of the evening, but muoh ot the pleasnre of likening to the toasts was maired by tbe noise made by obstreperous youths in the upper part of the bouse. The success of tbe big gathering was largely dne to tbe interest taken and efforts put forth sinoe its incep tion. by Prof. Case of tbe Athena High Sobool and Connty Superintend ent Welles. These gentlemen bad hoped to have Superintendent Robin son of tbe Multnomah county sohool present for the occasion, but through unavoidable circumstances, be was unable to attend. Verdict of Not Guilty, The jury in tbe Morse horse stealing case t'rooebt in a verdiot of not guilty, yesterday morning. Tbe de fendants, Clarence and Harry Morse, John Pambnrn and Roy Ellsworth were discharged. This was the seo oud time tbe case has been befoie Judge Bean. In the former trial, tbe jury failed to agree after being ont all of oue night aud a great part of tbe next day. STREET STRUNG PROHIBITED Ordinance Prohibiting Practice Hereto-fore employed .to Keep Dust Down. ereafter there will be no more straw used on Athena streets for tbe purpose of keeping down dust during the summer months. An ordinanoe to this effeot was passed by the coun cil at a reoent roeetingyhe ordin ance follows: Section 1 It shall be unlawful for auy person or persons to place on the streets or alleys of the city of Athena any straw, manure or other iefnsa of a like natnre. . t ; ; ; Seotion 2 This ordinanoe shall not 1 piohibit the placing of straw or man ure adjacent to the owners property for tbe purpose of removal. Seotion 8 The violation of this or dinanoe shall subject the person or persons upon oonviotion thereof, to a fine of not less than $5 or impiison mentiu the oity jail not less than three days. Seotiou 4 All ordinauoes or parts of ordinances oonflioting with this ordinance are hereby repealed. .,' Seotion 5 This ordinance stall take effect and be in foroe from aud after its passage aud posting as required ty law. Weston Bank Officers. ' The stockholders of the Farmers' Bank of Weston, at tbe annual meet ing held Friday, eleoted tbe following officers: Robt. Jamison, president; G. W. Proebstel, vioe president; I. M. Kemp, cashier; Fred Kershaw, assis tant cashier; Robt. Jamison, O. O, ' Turner. G. W. Proebstel, G. DeGraw, Joseph Wurzer, Jl M. Price, direotors. -The past year has been the most pros perous in the history of the Weston Bank. Tbe deposits equal more tban twioe the amount in the bank at tbe annual meeting last year. A ten per cent dividend was declared and 10 per oent went to the surplus fund, which : now aggregates $13,000. New Telephone Epuipment. A new switch board equipment is to be installed in tbe local telephone" office in the near future. A portion of the material whioh will be uaod in installing tbe new fixtures is already. here. District Manager Vna IIcv,.- oame over irom Walla Walla Wed nesday, and in nnmnnnv with H. A. T. It , i. . I ... ... .Darren went over, uie lines in iuib city and at Weston. The manager piomised to take up the matter of cabling Fourth street, with bis com pany at once. Mr. arn!;t informs tbe Press that the rates will not he raised on tbe rural lines entering Athena. . Ice Stops River Traffic. ' , The White Bluffs oountry, wbioh according to oldtimers on the Colum bia river reaches from Pasco to Priest Rapids, is under blockade by the ico floes now, filling tbe stream form ban a to bank. Tbe steamer Mountain Gem, Captain Henry Bailey, made ber last rouud trip between Keunowiok and Priest Rapids Monday, lighting through tbe large field of ice for 65 miles. So closely was tbe steamer pressed at times that she was com pelled to float with tbe current on the downriver trip uniug ber wheel only for steerageway. To Warm Strawberry Plants. A bot water beating plant in a gar den is the novel idea which C. R. Delepine of Kennewiok, will put into tyrant ina navfr anwfitnr fn nwnfAif hfci strawberry beds from frost. Mr. Delepine has two-tbirda of au aore of stawborries and is now constructing a fornaoe with which be hopes to save bis crop next year. This will be ac complished ty means of a submerged boiler from wbiob the water will run in pipes to tbe furrows along the berry rows. He believes ho will be able to raise tbe temperature of tbe water to 80 or 90 degrees. Four From Scarlet Fever. With tbe death of 4-year old Oscar Stephanzon early Monday morning, tbe parent? Mr. and Mr?. 0. P. Step hanzon of North Yakima nave lost four obildren sinoe December 2. Tbe oldest eon died on that date, end tbo a I i L.l.t a .it... nav jhiuth uuiihlujuh lwu uiuur uuum- ren were carried off with soailet fever. Three other children are now afflicted with the disease. The family is in poor circumstances. A Burns "Smoker." On the evening of January 25. the anniversary of tbe oirth of Bobby Burns, tbe Scotch poet, tbe members of tbe Umatilla oounty Caledonian scoiety will have a smoker in honor of tbe occasion. Tbe Caledoniaus will meet in tbe Masonio hall in this city, where, it goes without saying, an en joyable evening will be spent. The Athena Cup. The "Athena Cup" which will be presented to tbe sohool whining tbe highest number of points at tho oounty sohool track meet to be held in this oity,, has been received by Bill, , the jeweler, through whom it was order ed. Tbe cup is a beauty and exceed the expsotationa of tbe committee appointed to tnuko tbe selection.