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This Edition con tains Six Pages V'.. 4 Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer Athena Merchants Carry Big Stocks VOLUME XXII. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY. JUNE 17, 1910. NUMBER 24 'Be sure you are ngntM m anotner way of saying "Be sure you kave a Stetson Every SteUon bear tha SteUon Nam anct tnen go anead.'' We Lave tne Stetson Soft and Derby Hate in all tne latest stylet. . Remember You get 4 per cent Discount for Cash. Return $25.00 in cash register checks and get $1 cash or trade free. T.MTAGGART General Merchandise Athena, Oregon mm wi a ----a Don't Mod ey with Inferior GoodtJ fl je rroire Cash Grocery Hill Bros. HI RRADE STEEL GUT COFFEE Blue Label Can, 35c Red Label Can, 45c Ask your neighbor if he has ever tried that High Grade Steel Cut Coffee, which Worthington carries, and it he has not, 'PHONE UN 113 Men's Working Clothes and Shoes, No Shelf-worn Goods. Quick sales and small profits is the motto of the Old Reliable BLUE FRONT STORE, OSF' THE FUM-A-LUM LUMBER GO. Lumber, Mill Work and all Kinds of BUILDING MATERIAL f PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES Posts and Blacksmith coal A. M. Johnson, Manager Athena, Oregon HIS HAND TORN OFF Terrible Misfortune Comes to Potts When His Hand Is Man gled in Cogs of Engine, Will A terrible aooident happened to Will Potts Saturday afternoon whiob oost the young man the loss of his left band, amputation half way between the wrist and the elbow being neoes- sary. In starting the gasoline engine for the purpose of pumping water, bis sleeve caught in the gearing of the pump attaobment oonneoted with the engine, and before hecouldextrioateib his left band was drawn into the oogs and was literally ground to a pulp. With bis right band, Mr. Potts shut off the power of the engine and his wife ooraing to the rescue, be was aid ed by ber in turning the oog wheels over so tbat he could release himself. He withstood the terrible pain as best he oould and with bis wife driving, started foi Athena. John Walker, the young man's uncle, met them on the road and took Will iu obarge Mis. Potts returning borne. The injured hand was bandaged and when unwrapped by Dr. New som, only a couple of clips with an instrument was all that was needed to remove it from the mutilated wrist Further investigation revealed that the bones and muscles above the wrist were badly shattered and ground up and after a temporary dressing Mr. Potts was hurried to the hospital at at Pendleton in Henry Barrett's auto mobile. The injured man stood the ride to Pendleton as well as oould be expect ed. He was at once plaoed on tbe operating table and Dr. Newsom, as sisted by Dr. Parker, amputated tbe arm about half way between tbe wrist and eloow. With proper nurs ing and necessary attention, Will is getting along well, and is standing up under the awful ordeal with oom mendable nerve. MORE THAN HALF A MILLION Estimates Made on Returns From Dif ferent Counties. The oensus enumeration of the state of Oregon, eo far as oan be confirmed ty ofSoers of tbe oensus bureau, will show a population of 675,879. The net gain to the state will be 262,433. While offioial figures are not obtain able, a comparison ' of tbe totals for eaob county, as fathered during the progress of the work, with tbe total sohool population, the votes oast for judges of the supreme court since jhe census of 1900 aud tbe vote on con gressmen, warrants tbe belief that the Oregonian's figure are approximately oorreot An interesting feature of tbe result pertains to tbe total number of con gressmen whiob will be awarded to tbe state and the possibility that Mul tnomah county will be deolared a sep arate congressional district. Representation in tbe present con gress is on a basis of one member for eaob 194,000. Congress is likely to be increased by tbe addition of 20 mem bers on a total population of 90,000, 000 in tbe United States. On that ratio representatives would be on a basis of one for 215,000 people. Ore gon would then gain at least one mem ber. In both congressional districts tbe woik of the field enumerator is still in progress and will probably not be con cluded prior to July 1. At tbat time all of the remaining reoords will be boxed and shipped to Washington for tabulation. Estimates furnished from Director Duiand, of tbe oensus bu reau, indicate tbat offioial figures as to tbe result of tbe count will not be available before Ootober. Immigration to Oregon appears to have held close to tbe lines of rail- II IU I IIIIIIHI IIIIIIMBM I y ta jSi i FeA PROMPT 11 DELIVERY WHERE PRICES ARE RICHT ""SU The Freshest and most Choioe the Market affords in VEGEM Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here m DELL BROTHERS, itDG' CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD THINGS TO EAT Athena, Oregon G? ways and water routes, as it did prior to 1890. Duriug tbe teu yeans pre ceding tbat date 95,835 people came to make their homes in Oregon, and of the total population 183,642 lived in the 114 incorporated towns. Oensus supervisors have found their large work in tbe oities and towns during the current enumeration. School Election Monday. Monday afternoon at 2 o'olock p. m. at tbe sobool bouse, tbe annual sdbool election takes place. Notjoes to this effect bave been posted aooording to law. It is a duty tbat every taxpayer owes tbe community to be present and oast bis vote foa one sobool direotor and olerk and to bave a voice iu any business tbat may come before tbo meeting. B. B. Richards, whose term expires, has been prevailed upon ty friends to again aocept tbe office, and if eleoted, be has oonsented to do so. The name of Henry Keen has also beeq mentioned for direotor. Charles Betts bas served the district faithfully as olerk and all desire that he be reelected. 5 MILLION BUSHELS ESTIMATE Warehouseman Predicts the Usual Large Crop of Grain, The usual aoreage of wheat, barley and grain hay in Umatilla county is in orop this year, aooording to E. W. MoComas, representative of tbe North western Warehouse company, and according to tbe same authority the usual average yield of 25 bushels of wbeat to the aore or a total of 6,000 000 will be harvested, says the East Oregonian. Mr. McOomas also looks for an early harvest, saying tbat un less there should be muob oloudy or rainy weather within tbe next 10 days harvest will be two weeks ahead of time. MoComas says that of the 200,000 acres in wheat this year, a somewhat larger percentage than usual is spring sown. This is acooonted for by tbe faot tbat tbe early winter put an end to fall sowing before it was completed and for the further reason that the early spring with occasional showers made conditions ideal for spring seed ing. He Bays the barley prospects are also good and expeots to see an aver age yield of 40 bushels per aore or 400,000 bushels from tbe eight to teu thousand aorea in oiop. WESTON 10 PENDLETON IN Athena Lost 4 to 0. Pilot Rock to the County Seat, 9 to 2. Both tail end teams in tbe Blue Mountain league lost to tbe leaders in Sunday's games. Athena dropped the last session of tbe season to the Mountaineers by a soore of our to nothing, and Pendleton trounced tbe Sbeepberders to the tune of 9 to 2. Tbe game at Weston is said to have been better than tne soore .indicates. Wheeler waa in fine form, allowing but two bite and Pioard oould only be found for font safe swats. Three of them, one a two-bagger, were collect ed in tbe third Inning, whiob mixed in with an error, allowed Barnes end Lansdale to oross the rubber. Wes ton's other two runs were netted in tbe eighth, when a single, and two errors by Githens, snbstitnte at short, allowed Groves and Wheeler to soore. A large crowd saw tbe game, wbiob was tbe last of the season between these two teams. Athena plays at Pendleton Sunday and Pilot Rook goes to Weston. Tbe soore: Weston 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 x 4 Athena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 To His Customers. Mr. J. F. Brown, having sold bis Department store to Mr. Jesse G. Campbell of Spokane, desires that his customers know that he has disposed of bis stook to a man who bas made a Euooess in tbe mercantile business and one who will oonduot Athena's De partment store in a manner wbioh will bold tbe trade of all present cus tomers and will also add many new ones. Mr. Brown and family will go to Spokane to reside, and anyone ow ing him may call at tbe First Nation al Bank, where collections will be made, and settle their acoount. Cowboy Bunged Up. Jaok Caldwell, one of the test rid ers among the cowboys who went to Portland with Louis Bergeviu, -was badly bruised by being tossed while trying to ride a bucking bronobo. He bad sucoeeded in roping, throwing and saddling tbe animal and when be mounted missed one of tbe stirrups and before be could secure himself was tossed heavily to tbe ground by tbe tucking horse. Hii injuries are not serious. Prairie City Train. Tbe first train into Prairie City reached there Saturday night when a construction train on tbe Sompter Valley railroad arrived at tbe depot. Regular train servioe was inaugurated M ooday. Thursday a big excundon was run from Baker City to mark tbe opening of tbe road. CREDIT HOI DUTIES Prof. L. R. Alderman of U. of O., Pre sents Subject of School Credit for Home Duties. on tbe school ' home, home? The following interesting article is from tbe pen cf Prof. L. R. Alderman who gave an address along the same lines while in Athena last winter. Prof. Alderman writes the Press as follows: That civilization is founded to -tie, all will agree. Tbe suoold be a real helper of tbe How can tbe sohool belp the How oan it belp tbe borne establish habits in (be children of systematic perfomanoe of home duties, so that they will be effloient and joyful borne helpers? One way is for tbe sohool to take into acoount borne industrial work and honor it. It is my convio tion, based upon careful and contin uous observation, tbat the sohool oan greatly increase the interest tbe child will take in home indnstrial work by making it n snbjeot of consideration at sohool. A teaoher talked of sewing, and tbe girls sewed. She talked of ironing, and they wanted to learn to iron neatly. She talked of working with tools, and both girls and boys made bird-bouses, kites and other things of interest A school garden was planned in the oity and one of tbe bovs was employed to plow the land. Seventy-five ohil dren were watohing for bim to come with tbe team. At last he oame driv ing around tbe corner. He oould man age a team. He drove into tbe I t, and a hundred and fifty eyes looked with admiration at the boy who oould unbitob from tbe sled and hitch on to the plow, and then as be, "man fash ion," lines over one shoulder and un der one arm, drove tbe big team around tbe field, all oould feel tbe children's admiration for the boy who oould do something worth while. I have seen a girl who oould make good bread or set a table nioely, get tbe real admir ation of her schoolmates. The sobool oan belp make better home builders. It can help by in dustrial work done in tbe sobool, but as tbat is already receiving consider ation by tbe press and in a few schools, I shall not in this short article treat of it. Tbe plan I have in mind will coat no money, will take but little sohool time and oan be put into operation in every part of tbe state at once. It will cre ate a demand for expert instruction later on. It is to give sohool oredit for industrial work done at home. Tbe mother and father are to be reo ognised as teaohers. and tbe sobool teaoher put into tbe position of one who cares about the balits and tastes of tbe whole obild. Then the teaoher and the parents will have muoh in common. Every home has tbe equip ment for industrial work and has somebody who uses it with more or less skill. The sobool has made so many de mands on the home tbat tbe parents have, in some oases, felt tbat all the time of the obild must be given to tbe sobool. But an important thing tbat tbe obild needs along with sobool work is established habits of borne making, and these habits oan only come from real borne making. What oue does depends as muob upon habit as upon knowledge. Ibe oritioism tbat is most often made upon industrial work at sobool is tbat it is so different from tbe work done at home that it does not put the obild into tbat sympathet ic relation with tbe home, whiob after all is for him and tbe borne the most important thing in tbe world. Juve nile institutions find that they must be careful not to institutionalize tbe obild to the extent tbat he may not be contented in a real borne. In my opin ion it will be a great thing for tbe child to want to help bis parents to do tbe task tbat needs to be dene and to want to do it in tbe best possible way. Tbe reason that so many country boys are now tbe leading men of affairs is beoause early in life tbey bad tbe re sponsibility of borne tbruBt upon them. I am sure tbat tbe motto, "Everybody H?1ds," is a good one. But one says, "How oan it te brought about;? How oan the sobool give oredit for industrial work done at borne?" This may be accomplished by printed slips aBking tbe homes to take aooonnt of tbe work tbat tbe child does at home under tbe instruction of tbe home, and explaining tbat oredit will be given this work on the sobool reoord. These slips must be prepared for children aooording to age so that tbe obild will not be asked to do too much, for it must be clearly recog nised tbat children must bave time for real play. Tbe required tasks must aot be too arduous, yet tbey must be real tasks. They must not be tasks tbat will put extra work on parents exoept in tbe matter of instruction and observation. Tbey may well call for tbe oare of animals, and should include garden work for botb boys and girls. Credit in sobool for borne in dustrial work (with tbe parents con sent) sbouia count a much as any one study in school. To add interest to tbe work, exhi bitions should be given at stated times so tbat all may learn from eaob other and tbe best be tbe model for all. The school fairs in Yamhill, Polk, Benton, Lane, Wasoo and Crook counties, together with the sohool and borne indnstrial work done at Eugene, have oonvinoed me most thoroughly that these plans are practicable, and that sohool work and home work, sohool play and borne play, and love for parents and respect for. teaoher and fellow pupils oan best be fostered by a more complete cooperation be tween sohool and borne, so that tbe whole obild is taken into aooonnt at all times. . Free water "Dry," After one of the most bitterly con tested campaigns in the history of Freewater, the "dry" foroes won Mon day what is considered a sweeping viotory by deoiding tbaj the common oounoil may, by ordinance, dose all near beer saloons, billiard halls, pool rooms and card rooms. There was a total of 114 votes oast just twioe as many as was ever known there and tbe "drys" won by 31yf NEW PRINCIPAL FOR ATHENA Prof. Baker of Gresham Elected for Coming Year H. G Case Resigns. 7. Professor Baker, for three years principal of the sobool at Gresham, Ore., was eleoted prinoipal of tbe Atbena High sohool at a meeting of the board last night. Professor Bakeris highly reoom mended as an inatruotor, and bas bad experienoe in the best sobools of tbe state. He is a relative of Professor Alderman, of the State University, and is highly vouched for by State Superintendent Aokermau and several county sobool superintendents under whose supervision be has worked. H. G. Case, who returned from bis fruit ranoh at Tbe Dalles Tuesday , evening, appeared before the board at tbe regular meeting Wednesday even ing, aud tendered bis resignation. The resignation was aooepted behind olosed doois. A number of tbe lead-, ing oitizens of the town were present when Hou. C. A. Barrett, called tbe , meeting to order. After tbe olerk had read the minutes of tbe previous meet ing, the visitors were permitted to remain through, the regular routine of business, but when tbe resignation matter was about to oome up, Chair man Barrett stated that tbe board bad a question to consider whiob they de sired to do in private, and requested tbat all exoopt members of the board retire. And William Jennings Gbol son, oity marshal and superintendent of waterworks and public improve ments, Colonel Frederiok Barton Boyd, editor of tbe Atbena Press; Edward Ezekiel Koontz, oashier of tbe First National Bank of Atbena; Jules Verne Mitchell, bead bookkeeper and con fidential seoretary for the Preston Parton Milling Company, and Homer Isb. Watts, Attorney at law, obedient ly and gracefully withdrew from, tbe room. Ryan Will Serve Sentence. The supremo oourt has denied Mike Ryan a rehearing and tbe oonvioted slayer of Edward Dixon will te taken to Salem to serve his seven years' sen tence in the state penitentiary. In ad dition to bis seven years servitude, Ryan was ordered to pay a fine of $2,000. He is tbe owner of a body of wheat lend in tbe basin northwest of Athena, and it is understood tbat this land is mortgaged for $5,000. With the line and the oosts to whiob Ryan was put at tbe trial, be will have little or nothing left He is over 60 years of age. Inland Rates Fixed, Tbe discriminatory rates on the O. R. & N. lines from Portland to tbe southern Inland Empire towns will be adjusted by tbe railroads voluntarily, aooording to statements made by Ben C. Hold chairman of tbe Walla Walla Commeroial olub's committee on tran sportation. The discrimination was caused by tbe rates being lowered in Oregon by tbe railway commission aud sustained by tbe supreme oourt. Walla Walla not being in Oregon, tbe old rates stand, and the difference in tbe rates threatens to wipe out the jobbing business iu that oity. Freights Fruit. J, N. Stone returned to his home iu Milton the latter part of tbe week says tbe Eagle, after having been absent iu tbe Spokane and Butte oountry during tbe strawberry season, representing tbe Milton Fruitgrowers' union. Mr. Stone is well pleased with tbe markets he secured, as is also the union be represented. He left again Tuesday atternoou for tbe Central states where be will look over the market for future shipments of fruit from Milton district. Mrs. Claud Steen Dead. Mrs. Steen, wife of Claude Steen, died Tuesday afternoon in a hospital at Walla Walla, from complications of blood poisoning, resulting from an operation for appendioitis. Mrs. Steen was well known in this vioinity and was a lady held in high esteem by alL She leaves four little children.