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This Edition con tains Six Pages Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer Athena Merchants Carry Bio Stocks VOLUME XXII. ATIIENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 4, 1910. NUMBERS . -.., ' Every H "Be sure you are rignt is another way of Steton" I saying "Be sure you Have a ' jj "I j j Stetson stetson and tLcn go aneacL" 1 We Lave tae Stetson Soft and Derby Flats in all the latest styles. Remember Yon-get per cent Discount for Cash. Return $25.00 in cash register checks and get $1 cash or trade free. v T. M. TAGGART General Merchandise Athena, Oregon THE TUjM-LUi 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 Wall Paper Paints, Oils, Glass House Sign and; Carriage Painting E. T. Kidder, McArthur Building Sty Cv3 eat M a rket J. II. STONE, Prop. NORTH SIDE OP MAIN STREET The Best Meat to be found in Town. Come and see me. I will treat you right. ' J. II. STONE, ATHENA, OREGON TALKING CHATAUQUA Planf Are Under Way Whereby Yearly Event May Be Established . ' . In Athena. It is possible that Athena may be the homo of a Chatanqna. Plans are now under way that if brought to maturity, will result in giving ibis city the prominence of having an an nual event of this nature. - At a ieoent meeting of the Athena Commercial association the matter was discussed to the extent that a committee was appointed to look into details of the proposition. It was proposed that the Chatanqna program be held in connection with the annual pionio of the Umatilla County Caledonian Sooiety and the County Sohool traok meet, whioh is to be held in this oity. The committee was instructed to meet with a com mittee from the Caledonian sooiety, relative to arrangements. In event that it is fonnd inadvisable on the part of the Caledonians to hold their pionio in oonneotion with tbe Cbjatauqua, satisfactory dates could be arranged so that no interference wonld result. , At the Commercial Association meeting Wednesday night the com mittee was increased by tbe addition of two more members. It is proposed to expend 11,000 on program features, expeoting the sale of season tickets and admission charges to cover the expense. No attempt at formulation of program Has been made as yet, but tbe Press expeots to give more definite information next week. Mr. Case, who has bad experience in the management of Chatauquas in the Middle states, is enthusiastic in the helief that one of moderate pro portions could succeed in Athena, beginning tbis year. He intsrms the Press that several business men and citizens have taken most kindly to tbe proposition and without solicita tion, feel disposed to. eqcoorage ' tbe enterprise. lThe following is the program for tne High sohool literary lor iJeoru ary 11, 1910: Music, High Sohool. Debate, "Resolved: That the present polioy of the United States toward Chinese Immignttain should be con tinned." Affirmative, Hugh Lieual len, Floyd Pinkerton, Dottie Conrad. Laura Mclntyre, Zelma DePeatt, Lu vois MoEwen; .Negative,. Clarenoe Brothertno, Jessie McEwen, Glen Dud ley, Ada Banister, Ruth Stewart, Mattie Caton.The judges will be three townsmen, who know tbe differ ence between the negative and the affirmative The following program will be given by the Literary sooiety of the 6tb, 7tb and 8th grades on February 11, 1910: Song " - - by the sooiety Instrumental solo - Bessie Parker Reoitation - ' Louis Stewart Biography of. Bryant, - - - - , . Wesley Tompkins 5. Quotations - by 2nd Division 6. Conundrums, , - Mannie Bryan 7. Song, - . - - by Sooiety 8. Dialogue, Edna Jones, Bessie Par ker, Resa Rothrook, Ruth Rotbrook, Myrtle MoEaobern. 9. Reoitation - Greta Molntyre 10. Song - by Sooiety 11. Dialogue, ,' - Archie Molntyre and Frank Smith a meeting of toe executive committee of tbe board of regents held in Port land Friday evening. V v "Time Not Ripe." The Anti-Saloon league, does not believe the time is ripe to try to oust tbe liqnor business from large oities 11 I (1 A La TY GROCERY STORE WHERE PRICES ARE RIGHT s fj The Freshest and most Choice the Market affords in h.4 4 (J i -WMfl VEGETABLES in tbe northwest, aooording to Rev. W. J. Herwig, newly appointed state superintendeotof Idaho. He says that tbe league advised against trying to win at Walla Walla and North Yaki ma, where defeats were sustained, bnt undertook the fight only on tbe insistence ofttbe local prohibitionists. ''The league is not trying to close the saloons in Spokane, Taooma and Seattle," he continued, "not yet, bnt in five years the time will be ripe." Superintendent. Herwig says be has hopes of seeing Idaho go dry within' a Bhort time because y women vote thero. .' v"' y .; ' Victim of Wood Alcohol. Mike Hoeffner. a Pendleton charac ter better known as "Dutch Jake" died Tuesday at St. Anthony's hospit al from the results of poisoning from wood aloobol given him in a near beer saloon two weeks ago. The Kast Oregonian says tbe joint where the man got the wood alcohol is known, and that if tbe officers apprehend tbe man who gave tbo poisonous draught a in order trial will result. " .Second Degree Verdict. , Universal surprise resnlted at tbe verdict of mutder in the seoond de gree, returned by the jury in the Arnold case Saturday evening. Tbe case was hard fought and oreated great interest. H. I. Watts of this city, and Will M. Peterson of Pendle ton, defended Arnold in the right for his life. ', The convioted murderer was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Bean Wednesday, f VALUABLE FARMERS' COURSE Lectures on All Branches of Farming Will Be Delivered. Information worth hundreds of dol lars to tbe farmers of the state will be offered at tbe Oregon Agricultural College during Farmers' Week which opens February 1. Lectures and ex pressions oovering tbe most vital and important information whioh " science and experience have gathered, will be given by experts. Work will com mence at 8 o'olook in tbe morning and continue until 10 o'olock at night. Ample opportunity will be offered for questions and disoussions. The first College Poultry show will be held on Friday, when prize winning birds from eorne of tbe best flooks in tbe state will be exhibited. A summary of the work follows: - Five lectures on Diseases of Farm Animals, oy Dr. Witbyoombe; five lectures on ; Stock Feeding by Dr. Witbyoombe; ten hours praotioe in Apple Packing under expert instruc tion. Enough to learn the principles of good paoking. In the Willamette valley esoh year, thousands of boxes of good fruit are not marketed be cause farmers do not know bow to pack for market; five exercises in Pruning. Budding, Grafting, eto., by Prof. Cole; five lectures on Farm Dairying by Prof. Kent; five leotures on Forage Crops by Prof. Sondder ; five leotures on Farm Bacteria by Prof Pernot; five leotures on Orohard Dis eases by Prof. Jackson: five leotures on Vegetable Gardening by Prof, Bonnet; five lecturer on Farm Drain age by Prof. Powers ; Hot Beds and Cold Frames by Prof Boquet; ten leotures on Orchard iu aeots by Prof. Bi id well; five leotures on Landscape Gardening by Prof Pock; five leotures on Chemistry of the farm by Prof. Bradley ; ten or more lectures by prominent men who have been sig nally successful in some speoial brBnob of agriocltore. Prosecutor Henevand Defendant Op. pose Each Other In Hard Fought ' : Legal Battle. , Yesterday afternoon the attorneys for tbe proseoution and defense in the Hermann trial at Portland, battled over the introduction of the testimony of former Secretary of. the Interior Hitohoook, now dead, or rather some of the statements made by him in that testimony given in Washington both direotly and in cross examination. Most of the morning session was taken up by tbe ' struggle between Heney and Hermaun over Hermann's interpretation of tbe forest reserve law on the power of the president to ex clude boundaries of any proposed re serve at will. Heney pressed Her mann for bis interpretation of the meaning of tbe law, or bis belief in tbe power of the president iu oreating i tbe boundaries or withdrawal of forest reserves by a proclamation under the foiest reserve law of 1891. After muoh fenoisg ho explained it was bis belief that a reserve could be oreated by a proclamation, of outside bound aries to the inclusion of all publio un- K looking after damaged roads, says tbe Leader. Considerable trouble was oaused by Wild Horse oreek between Adams and Pendleton, but the county will sustain nowhere the loss it has in former seasons. .;. The new steel bridges were built to stay and more thorough work has been done on tbe roads. With tbe experience be gained in 1909, Roadmaster Lavender expeots to do better work than ever the oom ing year. . . .... , :,;;,., Mrs. Huston Attempts Suicide, " iu. muiuiiuu ui an jjuuhu uu- i y Dttsaei nail at Adams. ' claimed lands' when these boundaries lxhe boys second team and the girl's were within tbe reserve, and to tbe inclusion of all privately owned or elaimed lands. In this way Hermann olaimed a reserve oould be oreated, and private holdings still te exoluded, even tbongh thev were surrounded by forest lands of the reserve. Owners would have, to cross tbe reserve lands to gain aooess ontside of their domain. Crop Conditions. The long continued oold weather of the winter has not had a bad effect on crops, as might have been expeoted, but bas been rather beneficial to them, aooording to reports from differ ent parts of tbe state. Fruit pros pects throughout the Northwest are now the brightest in years, it is said, the oold "weather holding back the bnds eo long that there is little fear of damage by late frosts. Tbis is shown particularly in tbe apple and pear orchards, where tbe crop during the past year was tbe smallest in several seasons. The snowfall of tbe winter is said to. have been . generally ample to proteot fall sown grain ex cept iu some portions of tbe Willa mette Valley. The snow, too, has added moisture to the ground in tbe drier sections. Rare Presence of Mind. Dayton Cbroniole: Extraordinary presenoe of mind aud knowledge of just what to do saved Mrs. Win. Zeb ley from being the viotim of a hor rible accident last Saturday afternoon. The lady was arranging her toilet and stepped to the kitchen range to stir the fire; tbe blaze from the stove flared np and ignited tbe robe ebewas wearing. Instead of rushing out into tbe open air and calling for help as most people would, Mrs. Zebley smothered tbe flames with a portion of the garment she was wearing. Ufof the 0. A. C Plans Celebration. A celebration of the qnarter cen tennial of the Oregon Agricultural nnllnon ia tn tabft Til up a at, Cnrvallia o" - I i dnrintr - the anminir commencement IV New rhannol U D. K. weeK at the institution. " The deoision LAThB widanine and construction of to hold the celebration was reached aM tjL new channel for taking care of water through tbe aore tracts of tbe Athena Land and Trust company so far this winter bas proved to be a suooess. At no time, has the water raised high enough to give tbe, new passageway a test. It ia thought tbe channel will 'be amply sufficient to take oare of tbe big spring freshet that will come with tbe meltiug of tbe mountain snow. Athena Jurors. tbe 800 names of citizens and five leotures onq taxpayers who will be subject to jury dnty during 1910, the following are from Athena: Henry Burrett, mer chant; Frank Berlin, farmer; Hamp Boober, farmer; Frenoh Crigler, far mer; Bud Sanders, farmer; Jerry Stone, farmer; Link Swaggart, far mer; Thomas laRgart, merobant; John Tompkins., farmer; Andrew Wagner, farmer; Charles E. Williams, farmer; William MoBride, farmer. Tl .l a.1 J. KT :- f- A 1 . TTt 3 TT it. X5esL mat .money can ouy mway& ruuuu xieru p$ DELL BROTHERS, CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD THINGS TO EAT Athena, Oregon f: i ill Ji it. It Jt Jt Jt Jo. Ji Ji Ji Ji 'J Jt J W 4'.4' WW WW WW WWW WW A w v v. v- r-w Winter Weather Again. , iter a few balmy days, just suffi cient to make one think of spring, a continuation of winter was foroibly introduced with tbe hardest snow storm of the season, Monday. Over six inches of the beautiful fell on water soaked soil, so that when toe snow melts, tbe greater part of tbe moisture will be absorbed. Tbe mer cery kept monkeying on its downward course until it fell five below zero Tuesday night. , - Refuse to Sell Hay. Farmers of tbe Nolin neighborhood are refusing to sell bay. There is plenty of alfalfa hay in tbat section to supply tbe stock tbere, nut owners will not dispose of any until tbey are sure tbat epiing bas opened. A small amount has been sold at $12 per ton. Echo Won from Columbia. The Echo school basket ball team defeated Columbia college at Echo Saturday evening, by a score of 18 to 8. Echo bas a good team and is scheduling games with otner teams of the county. Mrs. Jaok Huston wife of a Pendle ton printer lies at St. Anthony's hos pital in a critioal condition as the re sult of what is believed to have boen an attempt to end her life, says tbe East Oregonian. She was fonnd un oonsoious by her husband Saturday evening and while the physioian has not yet been able to determine what poiaon was taken "he is convinced tbat some kind of poison was taken with suicidal intent. This opinion is also shared by Mr. Huston who at tributes the action of bis wife to men tal derangement as the result of a nervous breakdown. He says she has never been herself sinoe tbe death of her mother, several months ago and tbat her trouble was aggravated by his recent serious illn&sss To Import Birds. Importation of mooking birds and' red birds into Walla Walla county is being urged by District Fruit Inspect or C. L. Whitney. , Both of these birds feed on insects, bugs and worms, and are valuale beoause of their assis tance iu oxterminating these pests. For starting a fund to impoit these birds for experimental purposes, In spector Whitney is utging tbe wealthy ranob-owners to contribute. Wenaha Reserve Open April 1. Wenaha forest reseive, in oharge of the Walla Walla offloe of tbe national forest service, will be open to grazing for horses and cattle April 1 and June 10 for sheep. Tbe grazing season for horses and cattle ends Ootober 10, while grazing season for sbeep extends nntil October SO. Tbe charges for the entire season will be probably tbe same as last year, 10 oents for horses, SO cents for cattle and 7 oents for sbeep. Wireless at Walla Walla. Word bas teen received at tbe office of1 tbe Wireless Telegraph company at Walla Walla tbat tbe overflow station at St Helens, on tbe Columbia, has been completed and tbat tbe Walla Walla staion will be opened this week Mayor Tansick will send out tbe first message, and a committee is arrang ing a program for tbe opening exercises. Busy Roadmaster, D. F. Lavender, county roadmaster, and his looal deputy C. P. Smith, bave been kept on the jump tbis week, team of tbe Athena High sohool clay basket ball at. Adams this evening. Tbis will be tbe first instance where Athena has played away from home, exoept at Weston. BALLINGER FINDS NO PROMISE Secretary Answers Umatilla Water Users' Association Resolution. The following letter has been receiv ed by G. H. Uptbegrove, of Hermiston seoretary of the Umatilla River Water Users' association, in response to a resolution mailed to Secretary Bell inger of the interior November 27, 1909, asking tbat water be delivered to the, highest practicable point of every 40-aore subdivision in the seoond and third units" tbe same as in the first unit. The third unit will be open to entry. February 10, according to notioe of January 6 : r r "Ihe nbjeot matter of tbe resolu tion bas teen considered and your statement is noted tbat it was prom ised to the stockholders tbat water would be delivered to tbe highes. practicable point on eaoh 40-aore subdivision by tbe reclamation servioe. No reoord of snob a promise to your association oan be found on file, and engineers of tbe reolamation service do not appear to be aware of any such promise. Tbe servioe has oonstruoted laterals to high controlling point in or in tbe vioinity of most of tbe 40 aore subdivision or of indMdual hold ings when tbe latter exoeeded 40 aores. In a number of oases doliveiy was not actually made to the 40 aore sub division within tbe first unit. Tbe same general rnle was applied to the construction of laterals within the second nnit and is being carried out in connection with the third nnit. "Owiug to the fact that within tbe seoond unit a large proportion of tbe holdings are large and cultivation has not been attempted, tbe oonstruotion of a few small ditches, particularly in the northeasterly portion of tbe second unit, has been deferred. It is planned, however, to build some ad ditional sub-laterals in tbat vioinity as soon as the owners are ready to be gin cultivation. "From tbe examination of a plat showing tbe three units, tbe treatment in the matter of distribution within the first unit is oarried to a somewhat closer point than has teen found feasible ' in other nnits. Absolute equality of treatment in oases of tbis kind is impossible. All ditohes built are being operated by the reclamation servioe exoept ia four cases where in formal arrangements exist among the water users to distribute the supply. It is not proposed tbat small laterals shall be maintained by the United States." Indian Murderer Pardoned. . Tbe pardoning of Columbia George, tbe Umatilla Indian murderer ty President Taft, recalls one of the most interesting murder cases with which tbe county of Umatilla has to deal. George has been confined iu tbe feder eal prison on McNeil's island for sevreal years, and was released on tel egrapbio information from President T aft. It will be remembered that Columbia George and Toy-toy mur dered an Indian by the name of Anna Edna by giving stryobnine in aloobol. PL Again In Business. Luna has purchased the black. smith shop whioh be recently sold to Charles Coomaos. Mr. Coomans will seek another location.- He offers bis residence property for sale. It is said that cattle oan te pur chased in the John Day country for $5 per head, but tbey are expensive at tbat price, for the reason tbat no hay is to be had and the animals are too weak ia be driven cot to where it can te obtained.