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Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer VOLUME XXII. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 25, 1910. NUMBER 8 il-' ","""""""'"""" " I " .11, ms ,yuu rc ngnc - is anotner way o: Baymg--"Bc eure you Have a Stetson Every Stettoo bears tho '.. Stetson Name anol tlien go alieacL' We tave tie Stetson Soft and Derby Hats, - m all tLe latest Btyles. Remember You get per cent Discount for Cash. Return $25.00 in cash register checks and get $1 cash or trade free. T.M.TAGGART General . Merchandise Athena, Oregon o mm meet Will Be Held May 13 -Athena Given Honor of Permanent Location For Event 1 "W......U,M ' THE TUM-A-LUrVi LUMBER CO. Lumber, Mill Work and all Kinds of BUILDING MATERIAL PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES Posts and Blacksmith coal A. M. Johnson, Manager Athena, Oregon Wall tar Pursuant to a oall the exeoutlve committee appointed to draft constitu tion and by-laws met at Pendleton Saturday, February 19, and on behalf of tbe sobools of Umatilla county, drew op a constitution and by-laws, to be submitted to tbe schools desiring membership in the organization. . The constitution will be published in full, in a short time. Provision is made for an annual traok meet to be held during tbe day with an oratorioal contest to be held at night. All the sobools, inoluding rural, town and city sohools and academies are eligible to membership, Tbe divisions of tbe track meet are: Divi sion A, wbiob includes high schools and academies; division B, which in cludes 6th, 7th and 8th grades, and division 0, whioh includes 8rd, 4th and 6th grades. .-. The events are: 100 yard dash, 60 yard dash, 220 yard dash, 440 yard dash, 880 yard dash and One mile. . Jumping xnnning broad jump, tunning high jump, pole vault, hurd les 220 low, 28 inobes high ; hurdles, 120 yards, high, 82 inohes. Belay races, 220 yards, 4 runners; shot put, 12 pounds. Judges to be from out side the county. . Oratorioal contest, divisions, A, B and G Division A constitutes high sohools and academies. Division B constitutes 6th and 7th grades. Divi sion G composed of 8rd, 4th and 6th grades. For divisions B and G stud ents may select declamations. : ' A gold and a silver medal will be given as first and seoond prizes in eaoh of these divisions respectively. " .; An admission of 25 cents will be charged to defray expenses. Tbe asso ciation will own its apparatus. On account of central looation and the expense of tuilding a traok, it was proposed to make tbe meet an annual event for Athena, tbough Athena has not at any time advanoed any selSsb motives. The Athena Commercial As: sboiation has put up a $75 cup for the school winning the greatest number of points. " . ONE THOUSAND AND TWO FEET Contract Depth of Artesian Well Reach ed With No Increase In Flow. would loosen the round rook and merely tnrn it over and over and pro gress could not be made until tbe stone was worked away or broken into fragments with a dynamite charge. A new gasoline engine was reoently installed by Messrs. Miller and West, whioh is especially adapted to deep well drilling. It is not known at this time whether the Athena Land and Trnst company contemplates entering into eontiaot for further drilling, but it is presumed that tbe bole will be driven still deeper. RATE CASE DECIDED IK HONOR OF HIM Athena High School Function Pleased a Large Audience. Paints, Oils, Glass House Sign and Carriage Painting E. T. Kidder, McArttmr Building 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. ATHENA, OREGON Tuesday evening tbe drill at the ! artesian well of tbe Athena Land and Trust company, was hoisted to tbe suifaoe after having struck a depth l of one thousand and two feet or two . feet over the .depth stipula ted for. iiuthe. contract ("Sinoe striking tbe present artesian flow at a depth of 800 feet, there has been po peroeptible increase, neither has the volume of water decreased. Apparently there is a steady flow, the only change that has transpired, is that the water is warmery Work on tbe well commenced on tbe 23rd of last June, tbe oontraot price being $5 per foot up to a thou sand feet. After drilling through basaltic rook, blaok sand and stratas of boulders, at a depth of 890 feet tbe drill pierced a vein of artesian water. Then for several hundred feet the big drill pounded through basaltio rock and only in tbe last couple of hundred feet was there any ohange in the obar aoter of the formation. On several oooasiona the drill be came fastened in tbe deep hole and niuoh time and patienoe was required to recover it. On one oocasion speoial taokle bad to be made before tbe big drill ooold be reoovered. Blaok sand was encountered and made it neces sary to put in casing before ; drilling could be resumed. Aside from the black sand, loose boulders have from time to time been the cause of much worriment to the drillers. The drill -(Ml if J fd M in PROMPT I5B f. - t?i gfiK p" pa S l-OBE DELIVERY WHERE PRICES ARE RIGHT POHKE MAIN 83 The Freshest and most Choice the Market affords in MEGETAi POOT V O f" T.TnrtQTT rOV "Dn-r-r Alntn TT J TT . . . ,. -p Athena, Oregon fi DELL BROTHERS, CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD THING 3 TO EAT - The teachers and pupils of the Athena High sohool gave a spleudid entertainment in honor of tbe anni versary of Washington's birth, at tbe opera house Tuesday evening. The function was attended by a large and entbusiastio audience and tbe big orowd appreciated every number of tbe program, whioh was snooessfully carried ost as printed in last week's Press. '-''.' Every number given was evidence of oare and persistent effort in drilling and instrnotion on the part of the teaohers nd pupils of the grades par tioipating in tbe program. Every de tail was oarried out with a thorough ness that oonld insure nothing but suooess. The choruses, songs, insttnmental numbers orations and recitations were all that ooold be expeoted, and great ly pleased the audience. What may be classed as features of tbe entertainment were the flag drills, tbe military drill' "Marohiog Like Washington" and the tableau, " out ing on tbe Old Camp Ground." . .."-The: flag drill, participated in by sixteen girls from the 6th, 7th and 8th grades under the supervision of Mrs. Mulkey and Miss Blauohe Orswell, was beautiful and the intricate posi tions required to make tbe drill per feot were cleverly taken, to the ao oompanimeutof a splendid maroh with Miss Nellie Mulkey at tbe piano. Tbe girls were oostomed in red, white and blue. ' . s ; : "Marohing Like Washington," by eight little boys from Miss Beverly's primary room grade, brought roais of laughter from tbe audience. ; Tbe little fellows, wearing oolonial head gear, were preceded by Master Everett Rotbrock as drummer boy. and oarried out their march without hitob in step or time. The military drill by pupils of the 3rd and 4th grades was oarried out with preoieion of detail that trougbt applause from the audience. Tbe character of Uncle Sam, impersonated by Master Charles Brotherton, was cleverly executed. The tableau was given by boys fiom the 6th, 7th and 8th grades who wore iu the foreground in the capacity of soldiers on bivouao guard duty. In the background stood a tent, with sleeping soldiers and a stand of arms. After the exeroises, at tbe instano? of Prof. Case, tbe students and teaoh ers were grouped about the stage and tbe audienoe reversed its sitting posi tion, so that it faoed the gallery. Tbe Jigbts were then extinguished and a flash light picture taken of tbe assem blage by a photographer. The Band and Orchestra. Tbe Athena band made a favorable impression on tbe publio when it made its appearance at tbe school entertainment Tuesday evening. In the rendition of a couple of selections, tne organization demonstrated that considerable improvement has resulted from diligent practice in rehearsals. The orobestra, tbe personnel of wbiob includes band members, was also on hand ana" was warmly received. ; J ; 1 V Kicked By a Mule. Earl aiming ton, a young man of Adtms was kioked in tbe face by a mule last Saturday and quite severely injured. The young man was engaged in placing a bridle on tbe animal when it suddenly wheeled and kioked him. A physician dressed the deep gash, out in bis face, and Simingron is getting along nioely. Basket Ball at Pendleton, Tonight tbe first boys' team and tbe girls' basketball teams of tbe Athena High Sobiool go to Pendleton, where they will play tbe Pendleton Aoademy teams. These teams have met before this season and the Aoademy was vic torious so Atbena High hopes to re trieve its laurals tonight. New Port mistress. Edith M. Bell of StanOeld has just been appointed postmistress for that town. Her appointment was made to fill tbe vaoancy caused by the resigna tion of R. B. Stan field, who has been postmaster since the post office was estatlisbed, several months ago. Judge Wolverton Hands Down Decision Which is Important to Local Merchants Local merchants will be pleased to learn' that the Oregon railroad com mission has won another battle in its long rate war with the , a R. & N. company. " ' ' Fedeial' Judge C. E. Wolverton has banded down an opinion in tbe Ore-il-"ii distributive rate case,"1 sustaining tuo demurrer of the Oregon railroad commission and dismissing tbe amend ed bill of complaint of tbe O. R, & N. In all probability, tbe decision of tbe court will hriog to a close the legal battle between the commission and the railroad. Judge Wolverton's opinion cornea as a climax to a fight whioh has lasted for two years between the railroad oompauy and tbe commission. The clash was brought about by the commission's order declaring tbe railroad rates to Oregon points east of The Dalles from Portland prohibitive, and reduoing them one-seventh. ' As its first aotion the O. R. & N. filed in 1907 a bill attacking person ally tbe whole commission aot for al leged conflict, with both tbe federal and state constitutions. It particu larly attaoked tbe order of the com mission made in .be aotion of the- Portland chamber of oommroe against the Oregon Railroad and Navigation company. The poiut was particularly raised by Mr. Cotton that the railroad com mission had exceeded its powers in at tempting to enforoe the order regnlat ing olass rates from Portland to Ore gon points east of The Dalles, and had undertaken to regulate tbe rates of freight upon . the transportation of interstate as well as intrastate com merce - .' 'Whether the rates prescribed ap ply depends on , whether tbe freight specified falls within the category of interstate or intrastate commerce," said Judge Wolvertos in his opinion. "But this discussion brings back to tbe proper interpretation of the aot. I have heretofore interpreted the rate as fixed as applying and intended to apply to intrastate freight only. The order here requires the complainant to cease from charging any higher rate within the state for tbe trans portation of merchandise. " TO SM NEW DRY FIGHTS tute. "You feed 500 pounds of grain to a steer," he said, "and while you may like the taste, yon get- only 100 pounds of that grain baok in food. The other 400 went to keep the mach inery of the animal, bo to speak, run ning. You toed a : dairy - cow 100 pounds ot grain and get only four pounds of food in return. V , In New Quarters. Stone Brothers have moved their meat market into the building two doors east of their old stand. Tbey now , have a neat and clean looking little market.. . ..' BASKET BALL Ti Athena Won from Milton and Teams; Lost to Weston. Adams Do You Want to Sell? If you want to sell yonr business, or if you want to sell yonr property, and will make tbe price right, I would liae to hear from you. Give descrip tion and price. Address J. E. Smith 513 Chamber of Gommeroo, Portland, Oregon. The Washington Apti-Saloon League Will Start Campaign. : Although the Anti-Saloon League and its allies were defeated in tbe re cent speoial eleotioos at both Walla Walla and North Yakima, when tbe liquor question was submitted to a vote under the looal option law, plans are being perfeoted for starting new campaigns in both places, aooording to a Spokane report. Lewis R. Hor ton, snporintendent of tbe league for eastern Washington, is directing the first work along that line. Field day, Maroh 13, will start tbe campaign in North Yakima. Every pulpit in that, city will be filled by a representative of the Anti Saloon League, and with over a dozen active men speaking in that city at the same time it is anticipated there will be more than the usual interest. During tbe same month a similar day will be observed at Walla Walla. . ' Superintendent Horton says that tbe anti-saloon campaign in that state will be along two lines this year, The first effort will be made to seoure ad ditional "dry units", and the second effort will be to seoure nomination and election of senators and repre eentatives who favor a county-unit looal option law. f Realization of Dream. Tbe people of Snake River Valley look forward to a very prosperous year on account of the new railroad whioh will be built during 1910 and J 911 by the Central Idaho Railroad company. 'Ibis line braoobes off from tbe Oregon Short Line at Owioza. Tbis.new line will rnn through fertile valleys and will be nsed for tbe through trains of tbe Oregon Sbort Line, realizing tbe perennial dream of Boise, putting it on tbe main line. It will connect with tbe Short Line again at Payette. Annual Fireman's Meeting. On next Monday evening tbe annual meeting of tbe .Athena Fire Depart ment will be held at tbe city ball. This meeting inolndes tbe presenoe of tbe department delegates and also tbe members ot the different companies for tbe purpose of eleoting a fire chief for tbe ensuing year. H. A. Barrett, tbe present chief, desires tbe presence of all members at tbe meeting. Warns Against Grain Waste, In four or five years, the way things are going now, tbe country will not be growing enough to feed itself, according to Professor R. W. Thatch er of the State College at Pullman, speaking before tbe Farmers' Insti- Six teams, representing four towns, participated in tbe basket ball tourna ment at the; Athena opera bouse, Sat urday evening. Tbe first and seoond boys' teams and tbe girta', teams of Atbena High sohool played against teams from Milton, , , Weston and Adams. .... ",' , ,l4 ' . ... Tbe evening's entertainment opened with the seoond teams of Athena and Weston high schools on the floor. This half was followed by the first team of Athena High and a team from Adams. Then followed the first half between the girls' teams of Athena High and tbe girls' team from Colum bia College, Milton. ' " The seoond halves were played onf in like order before a large audience. ' The game between the first team and Adams was productive of con siderable ronghness, the boya from the town down below on several occasions resorting to football tactics, ; whioh served to materially hold , their end of the score down. The game easily went to Atbena by a soore of 20 to 7. . Athena's girl team took a cleverly and closely , played game from tbe young ladies of Columbia College, the soore resulting 7 to 2. In this game the Atbena team . displayed a marked improvement both in team work and Bhooting goals. Miss Myrna DePeatt won distinction and loud 'applause from the , big orpwd ty tossing three baskets for Athena. Miss Belle Mo Intyre made the otlier point for Athena by tossing a goal 'from tho foul line. ' The fastest game of the evening centered in the confliot between tbe Athena and Weston ' seoond teams, whioh resulted in viotory for1 Weston by a suore of 1 7 to 1 1. Tbe ' work of tbe boys io this game was snappy and olean throughout. 1 l '4 ' Refreshments were served after the game to members of tbe visiting teams and tbe spectators, also. The proceeds from the game amounted to 951. A re markable inoident transpired when tbe expense account was andited by Prof. Case. A obarge of $15 was entered by the" Milton management for a four horse team, and sleigh, tho conveyance need by tbe players . from that town. The bill was paid and the inoident resolves itself into a closed one, even though it, is regarded as being an outrageous graft on tbe part of tbe Owner of the team. - New Drug Store Proprietor. . ; Mr. 0. E. Goff, late of Spokane, has purchased tbe Palace ' Drug store, whioh for some time baa been under the mauagemeut of Dr. J. D. Plamon don, president of tbe Palace Drug Company. Mr. Goff is in charge of tbe business, having taken possession Saturday. Tbe new proprietor is a graduate of Washington State College and has been oouueoted with a large drug bouse at Spokane, since leaving college. He is an aooomplisbed musi cian and band instructor, having keen leader of several of Washington's best musical organizations. u Large Fruit Tree Order. II. H. Hill, local agent for the Washington Nursery company of Top ponisb, Wash., has filled an order for il. G. Case of this city, for fruit trees amounting to $208.63. The trees wbiob consist principally of Royal Ann and Bing cherry and a large number of prune trees, will be sent to Mr. Case's fruit farm near Tho Dalles, where tbey will be set out tbia year. Mr. Hill informs tbe Press that ordors for fruit trees from people in this vloinity are muob larger and in greater number than ever before sinoe be has taken tbe agency for this part of Umatilla oonnty. 1 ' " ' i Meldrum Elected Pastor. A. MoKenzie Meldrum was elected to the pastorate of tbe Christian church of this city at a meeting held for that purpose last Sunday. Mr. Meldrum ' comes from Pendleton, where be has been pastor of the Chris tian ohurob in that city. He has preached to Atbena congregations and has proven himself to be an excep tionally strong and oonvinoing speak er iu the pulpit. Mr. and Mrs. Mel drum are expeoted to airive in the city at once to take up, residence in tbe parsonage. The new pastor will probably begin his work here on Sun day. March ISth. : Mrs. Lester O'Harra and Mrs. Isham Davis were io the oily yesterday from Weston.