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This Edition con tains Six Pages Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer Athena Merchants Carry Big Stocks VOLUME XXII. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 7, 1910. NUMBER 40 -Ir-Ssi New all GOOflS Nearly every train brings in a shipment of new fall goods and, that means, as it were, a Qnal round-op of all remaining summer goods. Tbe only thing we oan say is that what ever tbere is remainiug bave oeen sabjooted to meroilesa pi toe rednotion as an inoautive to yon to come and boy. New Fall New Fall . New Fall Wool Line gf Line f Underwear Best Shoes Flannel Shirts The largest line The largest line gf new Sweater gf splendid new Coats Clothing New fall Wool Socks tf $e new fall short bosom ; ever kind ; pleated Shirts T. DUE. TA&QAET Main Street. ATHENA'S LEADING CLOTHIER S ' - M si T B e IB rotrt Cash Grocery aofvKisitTie' Don't Monkey with Inferior Goods Hill Bros. GRADE STEEL GUT COFFEE Blue Label Can, 35c Red Label Can, 45c Ask your neighbor it He has ever tried that Hieh Grade Steel Cut Coffee, which Worthington carries, and it he has not, 'PHONE MAIN 113 Men's Working Clothes and Shoes; No Shelf-worn Goods. Quick sales and small profits is the motto . i of the Old Reliable BLUE FR.ONT STORE, SSH"- tHE'TUM-A-LUM 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 LADY SHOP LIFTER Caught By Mr. Gillenbeck in the Act of Operating- While Trading in The Athena Department Store. Mr. Gillenbeok, sties mad at the Athena Department Store, caught a lady shoplifter in tbe act of stealing merohandis6 while tradiDg in tbe store Friday afternoon. The woman in question, aooompan ied by ber 15-year-old daughter, was in the store presumably to do some shopping. Tbe clerks were busy waiting on onstomers and the woman, with a wrap thrown aoross her arm, went about the store room, examin ing different artioles. Finally she worked down tbe room toward the desk where Mr. Gillenbeok was at work, and as she passed she took something from tbe corner of a counter. Gillenbeok de'eoted tbe move, but could not recall what ar tide was on display in that particular spot. However, he left tbe desk and Inquired what the lady desired. She asked to be shown some dishes and while making her seleotion dropped a pair of stookings from ber arm. to tbe floor. Gillonbeok saw them, but was not yet prepared to say anything. She desired to be shown some shirts, and when the salesman stepped for ward, a brand new silver knife drop ped to the floor with a "ping," and Gillenbeok shouted to tbe woman to stay where she was UDtil one of the lady clerks could search her and re oaver the stolen goods. Investigation revealed a set of silver knives and forks, a ladies' night gown and tbe stookings above mentioned. Tbe woman had endeavored to secrete the plunder under the cloak she was carrying loosely over ber arm. Her husband entered the store just at tbe time the search was being made but had little or nothing to say. Mr. Gillenbeok told tbe woman he would not cause her arrest out of pity for her daughter, but that be wanted her hereafter to steer dear of the store. " 10 DEPUTY GAME WARDENS Pendleton Men Take Place of 0. F, Turner Resigned- Two deputy game wardens are to Mil the plaoe reoently made vaoant by tbe resignation of O. F. Turner. This wbs tbe annonnoement made Saturday by State Game Warden JR. O. Steven son, says tbe E. O. Tbe two new dep uties are James Estes and Doo Maple ' of Pendleton. Stevenson explained that owing to tbe large amount of territory to be i covered, it was next to impossible to do it right, and for that reason he thought it was best to appoi-t two men. He said that he would also use them in oonneotion with the goose hunting along the Columbia river, Both Maple and Estes were appli cants for the position and had been highly, reoommended by many looal uportsmen. It is believed tbat tbey will both put forth jpeoial efforts to enforoe tbe game laws and endeavor in every possible way to preserve the game from ruthless slaughter dnring the closed season. Will Discuss Prohibition. Capt Dan Morgan Smith, ' former assistant corporation counsel of Chi cago, an orator of national repute, having had a great deal of experience as a speaker in behalf of tbe anti prohibition movement, will speak in this city at tbe opera house on next Tuesday evening. Capt Smith will take as his topio, "Prohibition, a Farce," which he has delivered scores of times and has never failed to make a favorable and indellible impression upon his audience. His address on tbe liquor question is an interesting, fas oinating and eloquent disoussion of a subjeot that affeots every home. He will support Initiative Bill No. 828, 3 m J He; yUMLII. biiiyif eII 1 IJ PROMPT llfUCDC DDinCO A DEI DIP UT POHNE DELIVERY WIILI1L MUULU nllL IIIUII I It MAIN 83 The Freshest and most Choice the Market affords in rj! e Best that Money can Buy Always Found Here A DELL BROTHERS, SSS" Athena, Oregon & whioh gives to every city and town tbe exclusive power to lioense, regu late, control, or to suppress or prohib it the sale of intoxicating liquors within a municipality, and whioh also embodies the present looal option law. (Paid Advertisement.) - Fairs Are Over. With tbe olose of the iatei-state fair at Spokane this week, the fair season for 1910 will be over. For tbe most part, the fairs this year have been well attended and tbe ex bitits bave surpassed those made In previous years. Pendleton lent ad ditional entertainment to the publio by holding tbe round op on three days of tbe distriot fair, and while this feature detracted from the fair dnrin r the afternoon period, tbe pavilion bad a large attendance during tbe forenoon and evening. Walla Walla's fair was a great suooess this year and the Yakima fair was all tbat conld be expeotad. . , . T Pendleton Protests Against Portland Swiping Wild West Show. Tbat Pendleton believes tbat the has the cxolosive right to give the round-up exhibition in tbe Northwest, is evident by tbe strenuous protests being made tbere against Portland's proposal to give a like exhibition in oonneotion with tbe coming livestock show. The East Oregonian says: Pendleton people will not submit without vigorous protest to tbe propo sition of allowing the Portland live stock show to steal tbe Roundup. At tbe monthly meeting of the commer cial association held last evening this subjeot was up for disoussion and in dignation was expressed by those pres ent over the rumor that Portland may attempt to hold a Roundup show eaob fall. . To formally voioe a protest against any such move a resolution bearing upon tbe subjeot was introduced and passed by unanimous vote. The reso lution was introduced by E. B. Aid riob and is as follows: Whereas, Intimation bas.been given by tbe Portland press to the effect that aneffort may be made toward -duplicating the Pendleton Roundup frontier show at tbe Portland live stock fair each fall, and. ' Whereas, Suoh aotion on tbe pait of tbe Portland livestock fair manage ment would be unjust and unfair to Pendleton beoanse of the time, energy and money expended in advertising, errauging and conducting the Pen dleton Ronndup. Thereforo be it - Resolved, Tbat tbe Pendleton Com mercial association Hereby voices its protest against any suoh unfriendly aotion ou the part of the citizens of Portland, . And be it further ", Resolved, Tbat a copy of this reso lution endorsed by the president and seoretary of this olub, be forwarded to the Portland Commercial Club. IS SMS B LOST SOI COilSIOII Ml Mayor and Two Aides Named as Board Which Will Govern the City of Baker. By a vote of S93 to 213 Baker City has adopted the commission plan of city government. Under tbe new form of government the name of the towu is ohanged from Baker City to Baker. Tbe city will be governed by a mayor and two com missioners, tbe mayor to receive $2500 auuually and tbe commissioners 12000 each. Tbe mayor is required to give bond for $30,000 and eaob of tbe com missioners 115.000. Tbe new officials will be chosen at tbe regular election in November and will take office tbe first Tuesday in December. Eaob official is eleoted for four years. . The mayor is chairman of the board of commissioners and has charge of publio affairs, finance, polioe and pound, munioipal court, publio buildings, park and library. Commissioner of department No. 2 has ohaige of the highways, streets, sewers and lighting. Commissioner of department No. 8 has charge of water, tire and sanitation. The mayor and olerk must sign all warrants. All ordinances must be laid over for one meeting and all or dinances granting franchises shall be voted on by tbe people. No franchise shall be exclusive or be granted for more than 25 years. The tax levy oannot exoeed tbe present limit of 20 mills on tbe total valuation of rity property and tbe in debtednss ot tbe oity oannot exoeed 4 per oent of assessed valuation, except ing bonds issued ou any improvement wbioh will bring in a revenue. Tbe commissioners are made direct ly responsible to the people for tbe administration of their departments and have tbe right to hire and dis charge men. Tbe commissioners shall meet daily and when not engaged in office work shall assume tbe foremansbip of their departments. The commissioners are subject to recall and tha people bave tbe right of invoking the initiative and referen dum. The result' will be to abolish the restricted, distriot and give tbe oity a competent business" administration. William Brooke Worked in This Vicin ity in 1908 and Disappeared. : . . ... ; Mrs. John Brooke, of The Dalles, writes tor information regarding tbe whereabouts of her son, William Brooke, who, she says, worked in this vioinity in 1908, sinoe wbioh time she has reoeived no word from him. Her letter follows: To tbe Editor of tbe Athena Press: I am like a drowning man, graspiug at straws. Some two years ago our son, William Brooke, was in around Athena. The last letter we reoeived was dat ed August 8, 1908. He said: "I am going out with a threshing outfit, and will be out about 25 days." Tbat is the last we have beard. Our letters have all oeen returned. We are very anxious to find him. We car,not stand tbe suspense much longer. We thought maybe through your paper we might get trace of him. He is a young man, 20 years old; five feet eleven inches tall, dark hair, blae eyes, nioe, even teeth, broad shoulders. ;" We were living at Dallas, Polk county, Oregon, when he went away, but are at The Dalles now. Mrs. John Brooke, R. R. No. 1. The Dalles, Oregon. McLain the Candidate. Acoording to information from Sa lem, County Assessor C. P. Strain has been defeated in tbe raoe for tbe democratic nomination for railroad commissioner. Returns from 23 conn ties, all save Clackamas, Crook, Cur ry, Harney, Lake, Lane, Linn, Mal heur, Multnomah, Wheeler and Yara bil, give Hugh McLain of Coos county 2937 votes and Charles P. Strain of Umatilla county 1297 for tbe nomina tion for railroad commissioner in tbe demooratio primaries. McLain 's ma jority is 1010, Strain oarried only Umatilla, Tillamook, Sherman and Morrow ooonties. McLain oarried tbe remainder tbat are here reported. Tbese figures are unofficial but fairly accurate. ATTEMPTED JM JOBBERY Indications Are That One Man Worked at Hermiston. ' ' Hermiston dispatch says: 'An on- snooessful attempt at bank robbery oc curred in Hermiston Monday night. The would-be robber was apparently an a -ateui for his efforts were bun glesome in tbe extreme. In departing he left all bis tools behind him, in cluding his gloves. Judging , by the traoks about tbe Hermiston Bank & Trust oompany's building, where the attempt at rob bery was made, cue man had under taken tbe task singlebanded. By means of an old ladder wbioh he had found in the town, he mounted to tbe top of, the building. Then with a brace and bit and a saw, he made a hole in tbe roof. Letting himself down through this hole, he worked bis way along between tbe roof and tbe ceiling to a point where he thought the vault was. , Then by punobing boles through tbe ceiling he attempted to locate the vault, but In this be was not success ful.' Apparently be thought tbe vault extended tc tbe ceiling but suoh is not the case. Finally the man must have been frightened away for la departing be left bis saw, brace and bit, cold chis el, a jimmy and gloves. Evangelist S, M. Martin. Last" Sunday at tbe Christian church the announcement was defin itely made tbat Dr.' S. M. Martin, tbe noted evangelist, will te here and bold a series of meetings, beginning abont tbe middle of November. Dr. Martin is now bolding meetings in tbe middle west. It will be remem bered tbat this eminent evangelist held a series of meetings here some eight years ago, when tbe present Christian church building was ded icated and a large increase was made in tbe membership of tbe local con gregation. ' " L ... 11-11 Sells Milton Fruit. J. N. Stone, traveling representative of tbe Milton Frait Growers' union, has arrived home after an absence of tbreo months in tbe middle west states with headquarters at St. Louis. Mr. Stone secured during bis abeenoe good markets for tbe froit of tbat section and tbe entire season ha been a profit- abe one to tbe union as well as tbe growers. v Suicide at 4'endleton. " George , Abbott, one of tbe best known wool buyers in -the northwest, vbo has made Pendleton his bead quarters duricg a great part of tbe last several years, committed snicide in bis room at tbe Hotel Pendleton some time Sunday night. His body war found Mcnday afternoon by the hotel clerk, who started an investiga tion upon the failure of Abbott to ap pear. A -small box by tbe side of tbe ted told tbat tbe dead man bad chosen tbe poison route. The box was not labeled and the oon tents had all been taken, so that the nature of the poison was not learned. A postmortem ex amination was not deemed neoessary. Letters addressed to his wife and eaob of bis two daughters were found stamped and sealed, while one for W. A, Brown, proprietor of ; the betel, was also found. The latter gttve in structions as to where his aooounts should te sent for collection . and re quested no greater newspaper notorie ty than possible given tbe case.: Chinaman Held Up. . A Chinaman was held up in Pendle ton Monday evening, knocked) down and robbed of $240 on Alta street. Two men figured in tbe hold up, but tbe polioe have teen unable to fasten tbe crime upon any one yet. . . THE DEAD GALL MAN OBEYS W. II. Diiworth, Well Known News paper Man, Suicides. ' Driven to snioide by pangs of sor row, W. H. Dillwortb, one -of the most versatile newspaper men in the state, sent a bullet through his ' brain at his home in Enterprise Monday morning, after an imaginary seanoe with the spirits of his two sons, who were drowned at Enterprise last spring. , Always a diaoiple of spiritualism, it beoame his mania, when after sev real months Had elapsed from tbe un timely drowning of his small boys, he grew more deeply aSeoted by his' sor row. His friends detected bis failing mentally several weeks ago, . but it was only in bis home that be demon strated bis real dementia. :t Tn conversation with his friends he was continually lost in thought and was foroed to sell his interest in tbe Enterprise News-Record, in w-bioh he beoame interested whert bo moved to Enterprise last winter. His sorrow beoame a constant thought uppermost in bis mind, but during tbat time be produced some splendid prose for East- ern magazines. 1 ' He awakened bis wife at 12 o'clock fciuuday night and built a fire and de clared be bad a seance with bis sons' spirits. At the conclusion be informed bis wife that bis toys "wanted him to come," and, Lidding her. call in some neighbors, be prifured a revol ver and dnring her brief ubsenoe, shot himself through tbe mouth. Hill Will Accept, Ben F. Hill, manager of the Oiegon lumber company and seoretary of the Pendloton Commercial association, will aooept tbe demooratio nomina tion for joint representative and will make the raoe against T. J. Mabooey, tbe republican nominee for that posi tion. An announcement to this ettoot was made tbe East Oregnnian by Mr. Hill after having given the subjeot at tention for a week or more. At tbe primary election tbe demoorats wrote in Mr. Hill's name for joint represent ative. At first he was disposed against making tbe raoe as he had business in terests that require his time and at tention. But within tbe past week so many men of all political faiths, have implored tbe lumberman to run, that be finally deoided to do so. Atfield Found Guilty. "Guilty as charged" was tbe ver diot of the jury in the case of W. W. Atfield, former Umatilla express agent who was charged with tbe em bezzlement of $500 from, tbe Paoitlo Express company. ' The jury was out but a few minutes, tbe agreement ap parently having been reached on tbe first ballot. Atfield . says he will appeal to tbe supreme court but the opinion prevails among those who heard tbe testimony that he will change bis mind. v A Fine Display. SDoU Brothers bave bad an excellent 'At I I J.-14 , .. . uioibj iu imu ana vegetables in ineir show window this week. Tbe season has been exceptionally favorable to tbe production of fruits and vegeta bles of all kinds, and Dell Brothers keep tbe highest grades tbat it is pos sible to secure. )4 i est a ngite Getting Heady to Seed, be recent rains bave started tbe weeds growing and many cf tbe farmers are cultivating summer fal low, preparatory to beginning fall seeding. The aoreage of fair sown wbeat in this vioinity will te about the average of last season. Read ' "Tbe Spirit of Idaho," by Artbnr W. North, and "Greater Than Gold," (Tbe Harnessing of Western Rivers,) by Clayton M. Jones, in October Sun set Magazine. Now on sale on all new stands, 15 centb. Notice. All persons owing C. E. Golf will pleage call on Homer I. Watts or Dr. J. D. Plamondon and make settle ment at once. Homer I. Watts.